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The Dream
There is an interesting concept in this story. I think I wrote it to impress some girl in my class who's name was Steph but I don't think she ever saw it, and i definitely didn't have any dreams about her. : ) Enjoy
He strolled into class one chilly, bright winter's morning and something suddenly dawned in his mind. It was calling to him, informing him that something was going to happen for him but whether it would be good or bad, he didn't know yet. He just knew today was going to be different.
He didn't know what to do, he had the vision in his head, recalled everything from his dream the night before trying to think of something that would help him understand what was going on. In his dream there was a girl, so beautiful and kind. Like an angel; he felt like he had seen her before. She appeared to him in the dark and talked to him. She told him that he would fall in love with her, and that he would be happy again. It was a sign, from somewhere or something or someone, telling him things were going to get better. He did not know why he had this dream, but it must be important. His dream was real, or was it a dream? Was it in fact a prediction, a flash-forward of something amazing? Then he realised it must be true when he saw the girl from his dream sitting at a desk.
When he stepped through the weathered wooden door frame of the classroom, his heart leapt into his mouth. She was right in front of him, just sitting there, talking. It was a perfect opportunity, all he had to do was march over there, say hi, tell her how he felt and see what will happen. How hard could it be? He pondered for a while as he mechanically sat down and got out his books while staring into nothing. It was a huge decision for him, it could all go wrong and she might think he's just a freak or a stalker or something. On the other hand, she might like him too and has been waiting for the right time to tell him and he was giving her the chance now. Questions were flooding his head like a burst dam; will it change anything for me if I tell her? What will she do when she finds out? Will she just think I'm a blithering idiot or a freak or something? The butterflies in his stomach were fluttering about so much he could almost see them trying to escape. But his wild emotions edged him on, like an angel and demon sitting on his shoulders. The angel was telling him to talk to her to find out if she likes him or not; and the demon was telling him to do it, just to see what will happen. He was desperate to find out what she thought of him, he was going to do it, he had to say something to her.
He shuffled over and crouched down on his knees next to her, quickly glanced over her amazing figure then averted his eyes and started at the dark blue, ragged carpet. "Hi"
She looked so perfect and innocent. She was a little shorter than he was and slim; Her skin was so smooth and soft, like a golden rose petal. Her hair, long, dark brown and a little wavy, fell over her face like a waterfall trickling over soft rocks. Her eyes glistened in the light above their heads. They were a most Beautiful Topaz, set in the middle of a ring of Diamond. Her lips looked so red and luscious. This was the first time he noticed these things about her. He had not even thought of her until he dreamed about her last night.
She turned to gaze at him and studied him curiously. His heart bashed against his ribs like a great caged beast, smashing itself against the bars, desperate to escape. "Hello," she answered curiously. Her friends looked over at him and eyed him with dark stares; apparently, they didn't like being interrupted. The looks from her friends stole the words from his mouth. She waited a few uncomfortable seconds for him to say something then turned back to her friends.
"Umm, you're Stephanie, right?" he asked nervously, almost stuttering and coming close to swallowing his tongue. His heart was pounding so hard he could almost hear it over the din of the class chatter.
"Yeeah... and you are Nick aren't you?" She looked at him suspiciously. It made him smile when she said his name. At least she knew him a little. But it didn't help the butterflies in his stomach. They were still happily flying around, minding their own business, making him feel absolutely petrified.
"Yeah, that's me. Umm, could I talk to you about something?" he darted his eyes from looking into her deep blue topaz eyes to glancing at her friends who were now giving him the evils. He was feeling so weird and funny inside, this was something he'd never done before and it was eating him up. His whole reputation could be destroyed with just this, if it all went wrong he would never live it down. But he had to say it. He would regret not saying it and maybe missing the opportunity to be happy again, if things went well.
"What do you want to talk about?" her voice was calm and collected, but he could tell she was feeling pretty nervous too. She started to shuffle in her seat but she never took her eyes away from his. He started to wonder why. Perhaps she liked him too and was nervous that he was now talking to her, or maybe she didn't like him and was trying to tell him to go away, he couldn't quite tell.
"It's kinda important. I, I need to tell you something. I don't know if it will mean anything to you but I want to tell you anyway. Do you mind if we talk somewhere a little more quiet?" he was almost shaking by now. His adrenalin was pumping hard like an oil field, the hammers regularly lifting up and down, pulsing blood and emotion to his senses. It felt so strange. How could one simple thing like telling a girl how he felt stir up so much in himself. He had never quite grasped how powerful love was, but now he was in love it all became clear to him and he felt it hard to control it.
"What do you want to talk to her about that we don't need to hear?" one of her friends interjected. He hated how whenever he tried to talk to a girl when she's near her friends they always make him feel really uncomfortable and try and protect her. Can't they just mind they're own business for once?
"No, it's ok. I'll be back in a minute guys." She looked away from them, turned back to him and moved her bag away from her chair. "Alright, let's go to the back where it's a little quieter." She stood up and Cale moved out of the way for her to get past. He was trying desperately not to grin. He was so relieved that he had a chance to talk to her alone. She stared at him as she walked past. It was then that he realised how beautiful she was. It was exactly like in his dream. This was the girl, this was her. It was all so strange to him and he never understood what it all meant but he knew something was going to come out of this. It was like, fate. Everything happens for a reason. Someone or something was telling him she was the one.
Stephanie sat on an empty row of desks at the back of the class and waited for Cale to sit down. "Ok, what did you want to tell me?" she sat straight and tense, as if expecting bad news or something. This was it. There was no turning back now. He opened his mouth and sighed quietly.
"This is going to sound really crazy and I can understand if you might feel a little freaked out, but just bear with me ok?"
She took a deep breath and sighed. "Alright,"
"Ok. Well, have you ever had that feeling like, there's someone that you want to love, but you don't know who they are? You haven't seen them before, you don't know what they sound like and you've never met them in your life, but you just know that when you do, you'll love them?" Cale tried to avoid her eyes but they were so beautiful he couldn't resist looking into them.
"Yeah, I do, sorta. But what's this got to do with me though? Why are you telling me this?" Steph started to sound a little scared. He didn't blame her. He was just as scared as she was. But things were going ok so far.
"I've somehow always known there was someone I would love, someone, who would mean the whole world to me and who I could care for and think about every day. But I've never known who it was. Until last night,"
"What happened last night?" she asked enquiringly. Her eyes lit up curiously like flames from a gas cooker just as the gas seeps out and ignites with the spark.
"I had a dream, about someone. It was one of those, sub-conscious dreams, where you can remember it, but you have no control of what happens in it. Like, it might tell you something you always knew but could never see because it has always been in the back of your mind. I dreamed about the girl that I would love, that I do love. I could see her as clear as day, she saw me too, she spoke to me, we talked. I can't remember what we talked about, but I knew she was the one I would love. And then, and then I came into class this morning, and I saw her from my dream. She was right in front of me the whole time but I never saw her until my mind told me to." He spoke quietly and sweetly. Steph was now staring at him, taking in his every word. It was exactly how he planned it would be.
"Oh my god. That's so freaky, but at the same time that's so amazing. So, you saw her in your dream? Just like that?" She leaned in closer to hear him better. A smile spread across her face, he thought it a little funny that she didn't realise it was her but at least she hadn't ran off or freaked out yet. Maybe it was going to work out. Maybe it was meant to be.
"Yeah. It was just a way my mind could tell me something I wanted to know. It was like, I already knew the answer to my own question, but I had been too ignorant too see it." He started smiling a little now and so did she.
"That's so weird but it's also really sweet. So, are you going to tell me who it is? Do you want me to tell her or do you want to?" He looked at her and wondered why she did not have the hint yet. Then he looked deep into her topaz eyes and she looked into his.
"Well, I already have."
She gasped a long deep breath and leaned back again. She looked at the ground and gasped again. He did not know what to do now, he had not actually thought this far ahead. She stared at him then looked away again. "Oh my god! Are you, Are you saying you love me?"
"Yes." That was all he could manage to let out of his mouth. He became completely breathless and almost choked on the air.
"Oh my god... But, you said you don't even know me, how is this possible? Are you sure it's me?" she looked as if she was going to cry but he never saw any tears.
"Yes, it was, it is, definitely you. And, I can see now, why it was you I had in my head." She put her hand to her mouth and her friends really gave him horrible looks now. He didn't care, she knew everything now. It was all up to her what would happen to him now.
"What do you mean?" she sounded a little distressed now. He knew it wasn't going very well.
"I can look at you now, and, I think you're the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. And I think back now, you're sweet, kind, funny, and clever. I'm sure you hear this all this time, and to you I must be just another person to tell you all this, but everything I tell you is true. Everything I tell you comes from my heart. I could only have told you this now because I never saw it until my mind showed me where to look." He still spoke softly and clearly and kept his cool. This made Steph feel a little better.
"I, I, I really don't know what to say. No-ones ever said anything like this to me before. What am I supposed to say?" she asked, stammering a little.
"Just say what you feel is true. Tell me how you really feel, no matter how bad it might sound. I'll understand. Just, say what you feel is right."
"Ok, ok, let me think about all this ok? Just, give me time. Don't get too upset. This is, crazy, but I'll think it about it ok?" she refused to look at him anymore. She was about to say something else but stopped herself and tried to control her breathing. Now Steph's friends were really giving him bad looks. Cale leaned back as she walked off back to her friends. They all crowded around her but she lied about what had been said. He admired her for that. Cale grabbed his bag and sat back down at his desk. He kept throwing quick glances at her, but whenever she looked back at him, he suddenly looked away. She seemed alright about everything, but he could tell she was thinking hard about it all. He just had to wait for her to tell him what she thinks about him, and what's going to happen now.
A few days passed and she hadn't spoken to him yet. It was very awkward. She never looked at him, never said anything, and just completely ignored him. He felt like he had blown it. It was all over, finished. Ruined. His one chance at being happy was gone like the dream from his head. When he tried to remember it, it was impossible. His mind just went blank. He felt worse and worse as the days went on.
Until the 5th day.
"Hi." A soft, sweet voice drifted into his left ear. Cale almost jumped when Steph suddenly appeared beside him.
The bell rang at the end of school and everyone was walking out of class. Cale was last to leave. Just as he walked out of the door, he saw her waiting for him. He looked at her then quickly looked away. He started walking slowly and she stayed by his side.
"Hello." He said nervously. The butterflies in his stomach were fluttering away again. "H... How are you?" he stammered. It was a stupid thing to ask but he was trying desperately to break the awkward silence.
"I'm alright." She looked into his eyes and he stared back. "Look, I've been thinking about what you said and..."
"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to upset you or anything, I shouldn't have said anything in the first place lets just..." as he was stammering away she just shook her head, walked towards him and put her finger over his mouth to shut him up. He stopped and continued breathing.
"It's ok. I didn't mind what you said. It was the truth wasn't it? If that's how you tell girls you love them, then you must have them tripping over themselves for you." She spoke softly and calmly and smiled a little. He gently held her hand and pulled it away from his lips and looked at the floor a little.
"Um, not really. I mean, to be honest, this has only happened once and, I haven't been with anyone for over a year." His voice was barely over a whisper. She still held his hand and they walked out into the corridor.
"Oh, well, me too. And no, no-ones ever said how beautiful I am. Thank you." She smiled more now and they both relaxed a little more.
"Really? I would've thought someone like you... never mind." he stopped speaking again; he didn't want to say too much in case it was all in vain.
"Someone like me what?" she looked at him. She was still smiling so she must have known he wanted to tell her how beautiful she was.
"Well, I would've thought, someone as... amazing as you would have tonnes of guys that like you. I mean, you know I do." Cale blushed a little and so did Steph. This was all so new to him but it was building his confidence in himself more and more.
"You're too sweet. But like I said, the guys that like me, about 99% of them simply disgust me. I'm not some slut or toy to hang off the guys arms ya know?" she said.
"Yeah, I can understand that. So, what about the other 1%?" he had just noticed they were still holding hands and she held his tighter.
"You make up that other 1%. I've never met a guy who was as sweet and kind as you. I'm sorry I was ignoring you till now, I wanted to talk to you, but I was just too shy." She explained.
"It's fine. So was I. I'm just glad I can talk to you now." He smiled at her and happiness filled him inside. It seemed like everything was going great, he loved her, she liked him, and maybe she might even love him if they got together. But he had to know if everything will change from now on. "So, I have to ask you something. I need to know this. What's going to happen now, like between us? Do you, want us to go out or what?" a huge lump in his throat formed when he tried to say the last words. She let go of his hand and stood in front of him.
"Well, I'm going to let you figure this one out for yourself." Then she held his neck and kissed him. He held her arms and embraced her. They closed eyes and just stood together, locked lips and unlocked hearts. They kissed for what seemed like an eternity. It was magic. Perfect. There was no other way to describe it. His heart was beating so hard Steph could feel it pumping in his chest. They broke off and stared into each other's eyes then hugged each other tightly. This was exactly what he wanted. His life was perfect now. He was in love.


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- Place of origin:
Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1200-1300 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
- Materials and Techniques:
Oak, carved
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Chests were the earliest form of furniture used for storage and could easily be carried from place to place. This one is smaller than most and easily transportable. Chests were used for storing clothes, linen, documents or money and often had locks for security, as in this case. They were used in churches, as well as in houses, to store valuables. This chest is said to have come from a church in Hampshire. The decoration is contained entirely in the chip-carved roundels on the front. Other chests with similar chip-carving have been found, mainly in Surrey and Sussex.
Physical description
Chest of clamped-front type, the front carved with three large roundels incised with geometric patterns. The front and back are composed of a single panel flanked by wedge-shaped stiles.The end panels slope slightly inwards and are faced with a framework of chamfered rails halved together and tenoned into the stiles, with a removeable mid, upper, section (one missing, one replaced). The plain back board (which is split at its bottom edge) is recessed between the rear stiles, where the front is flush with the front stiles. The lid, which is a single, wide board, is fitted with pin hinges (repaired originals), and has rails (one replaced) with curved chamfers fixed on the underside (using large trenails) which fit down into slots. A long hole has been drilled diagaonally through the replaced rail into the stile, presumably for a long peg to secure the lid. The bottom boards (replacements) are aligned side to side and sit in a groove run along the bottom edge of the front, back and side panels. These four panels were riven and are noticeably thicker along their bottom edge, also having been cut back to create a deep 'lip' on their inside face at the bottom edge, into which a deep groove was cut to receive the bottom boards (probably originally aligned front to back). Inside the chest are grooves which originally held a lidded till (now missing). There is a large lockplate in the front.
Along the front edge of the lid are four holes, more or less equally spaced, and now partly plugged. The two central holes possibly held two iron staples that engaged with an internal sliding lock mechanism. The two outer holes are countersunk and appear to be of relatively modern date, possibly having been used with screws to fasten the lid shut.
Relatively fast growth oak was used throughout. The lid if wedge-shaped, having been riven.
Condition and modifications
An infill patch in the front with some geometrical carving (top, centre) where a lock has been removed.
Bottom boards repaired.
Hinges replaced
Right side of lid - lid batten and removeable section of transom replaced
Place of Origin
Great Britain (made)
1200-1300 (made)
Materials and Techniques
Oak, carved
Height: 53 cm, Width: 111 cm, Depth: 49.5 cm
Object history note
Bought for £100 from Arthur Watson, (a dealer) of 13, Saville Row, London W1
RF 26/3246 H.Clifford Smith notes that it had been received 'from a dealer in the West of England', and was 'said to have originally come from a church in Hampshire'
A replica chest, apparently based on W.30-1926, is at the Weald and Downland Museum, Singleton (2016).
Descriptive line
Chest, British 13th century, with roundels of chip-carved decoration
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Charles H. Hayward, Antique of Fake? (1970), p.232-3
Eric Mercer, The Social History of the Decorative Arts - Furniture 700-1700 (London, 1969), fig.27
Geoffrey Wills, Daniele Baroni and Brunetto Chiarelli: Il Mobile - storia, progettisti, tipi e stile (Milan, 1983), p. 42
WINDISCH-GRAETZ, Franz: Möbel Europa. 1. Romantic-Gotik. (Munich, 1982), fig. 75
G. Bernard Hughes, 'Chests for plate and for blankets' in Country Life, Oct. 8, 1964, pp. 934-7, plate 1
Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (London, 1988), cat. no. 296.
'Chest. The front and back are composed of a single panel flanked by broad wedge-shaped standards or stiles, the two front ones of which being curved below on the inner sides so as to form an arch. The end panels slope slightly inwards and are faced with a framework of chamfered rails halved together and tenoned into the standards. The lid, which is a single board, is fitted with a pin hinge, and has rails with curved chamfers on the underside which fit down into slots. On each standard and in the centre of the front is a roundel incised with geometrical patterns: (1) a simple star within a double zigzag border, (2) seven stars in a single border of zigzags, and (3) a spiral similarly enclosed. Inside the chest are the grooves into which was fixed the framework of a tray or till with lid, and a well or secret receptacle for money underneath, but there is no slot in the lid. The upper part of the centre roundel has been restored, probably in the 18th century, when an enlarged lock plate was inserted. Each of the roundels is the same size. On the side panels they have had to be pushed right to the edge in order to avoid the line of pegs which secure the flanking stile to the central panel (PL. 102).
Oak, 13th century
50.6 x 109 x 48.2 cm
Mus. No. W.30 - 1926
Said to have come from a church in Hampshire, this chest is of the hutch type (P. Eames, Furniture in England, France and the Netherlands from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century, London, 1977, p. 108 & 143-5, and FIG. 17). Apart from the chip-carving there is no decoration, the columns flanking the outer stiles, as at Stoke D'Abernon (FIG. 55), Surrey, Midhurst and Bosharn, Sussex, being absent here. The museum's chest is a member of a small class of 13th-century hutch chests decorated with standardised chip-carved ornament found mainly in Surrey and Sussex (See P.M. Johnston, 'Church Chests of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries in England', Arch.Jnl, LXIV, 1907). Most of these chests have pin-hinged lids and a strengthening framework on the sides. The museum's chest is smaller than most and must, like the example at Stoke D'Abernon, have been designed to be easily transportable.
The inflexible manner in which all three roundels are the same size, although there is hardly room for them on the outer stiles, suggests that the carver was using a pre-existing pattern which he could prick onto the surface. Chip-carving, of course, required only routine skills. Johnston suggested that this family of chests was probably made by the same guild at some central location.
There are traces of red on the roundels of the Stoke D'Abernon chest (See P.M. Johnston, 'Church Chests of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries in England', Arch.Jnl, LXIV, 1907, p. 273). The application of bright colours to these simple motifs would have been extremely effective.
The hole which has been drilled through the right-hand stile at an angle so that it continues through the upper transom of the side paneling may not be an original feature. If it was for a chain, as a precaution against theft, it would have been less than adequate since the diameter is comparatively small (compare the chains attached to iron straps on the back of the Climping chest) (See P.M. Johnston, 'Church Chests of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries in England', Arch.Jnl, LXIV, 1907, FIG. 19)'.
Accessions to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1926, in Country Life, March 17th, 1928 p.xlii (vol. LXIII)
F. Gordon Roe, 'Susan Meadows'' Desk, a study in love tokens, The Connoisseur, September 1946, pp.31-5
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Groupon Q1 2014: Why Investors Are Losing Confidence!
- Groupon recorded a good quarter, beating revenue and non-GAAP EPS estimates.
- Future guidance was disappointing amidst rather unusual management commentary.
- Groupon remains a risky bet given unproven low margin goods business.
Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) announced Q1 2014 results on 6 May. The company's revenue growth met their own guidance and surpassed analyst estimates. GRPN's non-GAAP EPS beat both, the company's guidance as well as estimates from analysts. However, the company's stock was down about 10% in pre-market hours, as the company's revenue guidance indicated a return to its rather flat growth trajectory, worsened by uncertainties in its transitioning business.
Groupon Q1 2014: Estimates vs Actuals
Revenue: $758 million vs guidance of $710-760 million and analyst estimates of $738 million.
Non GAAP EPS: $ -0.01 vs guidance of $ -0.04 to S -0.02 a share and estimates of $ -0.03 a share.
Groupon delivered a decent quarter in terms of revenue growth and EPS. However, in the absence of a break-up of revenue contributions from its acquisitions, it's unclear how much of the growth is the company's organic growth.
Going by the company's expectation of revenue ($50 million) from these acquisitions, the company's organic revenue would be about $707 million, representing a growth of about -7.9% sequentially and 17.7% Y/Y, both of which are not very flattering.
Groupon Q1 2014: Key Financials & Metrics
Groupon's revenue grew by 26% Y/Y in Q1 to reach $758 million, near the top end of their guidance. The company recorded operating and net losses of $20 million and $37.8 million respectively, translating to margins of -2.6% and -5%. GRPN delivered a non-GAAP EPS of $ -0.01.
Groupon generated an operating cash flow of $ -20 million to end Q1 with cash and cash equivalents of a little over $1 billion.
Driven by the acquisition of Korean deals, e-commerce and travel business Ticket Monster, revenue from Rest Of the World (ROW) grew faster than Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and North America (NA) regions to account for a larger share of the revenue than it did in Q4 2013.
Operating margins in this region were at about -25% vs 8.2% and 2.6% in the other 2 regions respectively. About 60% of the operating losses were attributable to marketing spends to aid Ticket Monster and the company's winding up of Groupon Korea.
GRPN's goods segment grew by about 68% while the 'local' and 'travel' segments remained flat to marginally negative Y/Y respectively.
Overall, Groupon's improvement in gross margins was more than offset by an increased marketing spends and selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs driven by acquisition related costs.
Groupon's share buyback program mopped up over 3 million shares at an average price of $9.58 a share aggregating to $29.5 million in Q1. The company has an authorization to spend up to $224 million for this cause after having used up $76 million so far.
Groupon Q2 2014 Guidance:
Groupon's guidance pegs Q2 revenue at $725 - $775, growing at 19-30% Y/Y and -4.3% to 2.3% sequentially which indicates a return to its somewhat flat trajectory, even after the acquisitions.
Non GAAP EPS guidance ranges from $0 to $0.02.
Groupon: Future Outlook & Valuation
Groupon aims to take 'local' (deals) growth into double digits by the end of 2014 in North America and EMEA regions. If this pans out, it will help Groupon's profit margins since this segment typically has high gross margins.
Following the current market flavor, Groupon showed resolve to improve profitability in its earnings con-call, as they identified operating profits in the ROW region as one of their goals for FY 2014.
Further, GRPN also intends to bring down costs in its e-commerce (goods) business so as to double its gross margins by the end of FY 2014.
However, by its own admission, the measures that the company is taking will boost margins at the cost of revenue in the goods segment. The company expects growth in gross billings in the goods segment to normalize to about 25% Y/Y from its current 80%.
The projected increase in profitability in the goods segment is not a result of scale, but a cut back in customer conveniences such as an increase in units per order and the free shipping threshold.
What's more worrying is that the tone seems to have changed from a firmly growth oriented business, to one that recognizes the word 'profits', and is willing to side-line growth. One might wonder if this has to do with the recent bashing that momentum stocks like Twitter, LinkedIn and Amazon have received.
At a price of $6.72 a share, Groupon trades at a Price/Sales ratio of about 1.64 which is not really expensive. Further, that P/S multiple looks likely to go down further, going by the wrath of the markets in pre-market hour. However, Groupon remains a risky bet.
Broadly, by the end of the year, if CEO Mr. Lefkofsky's plans remain on track, one might find a much healthier, more sustainable business in GRPN. But at this point in time, it's hard to predict the shape and size of this business a year from now.
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PROFESSIONAL NEVINE CARMELLE BEST SERVICES THE TRUTH BEHIND THE VICIOUS CYBER INTERNET ATTACK AGAINST BEAUTIFUL NEVINE CARMELLE DISCOVER THE VICIOUS INTERNET ATTACK AGAINST GORGEOUS NEVINE CARMELLE Irvine California
Ms. Carmelle Filed a police report regarding all these FALSE POSTINGS and the VICIOUS INTERNET attack against her.
Ladies and Gentlemem. Please be adviced that all negative reports on the internet against innocent Nevine Carmelle, E.A, M.S.T. have been finally proven by the Irvine Police Department that they are all false and all came from ONE source, her SCORN LOVER EX Steven Sears who got disbarred and whom she's had and have criminal and civil restraining order against him for the past seven years. He has one child with her, Sears reports on the internet that Ms. Carmelle used to be a man.
Well does that make him the woman who delivered their child? Due to these false postings and the vicious internet attack against Nevine Carmelle, Irvine Police Department conducted criminal investigations against her ex Sears whom she knew that was him who made up ALL these false statements. Search warrants have been issued to all (((REDACTED)))...ETC. sure enough all IP addresses results were traced back to her EX' building and his websites as well, whom we all know Steven Sears got disbarred in 2011. Crimminal charges will be filed shortly and Nevine Carmelle now that she obtained the evidence that he is behind all these false statements, will file a defamation lawsuit against her disbarred SCORN Steven Sears. Evidences will be published soon. if any one concern or have any doubt about Beautiful innocent Carmelle regarding the internet vicious false attack against her, you may contact Irvine Police Department detective Partida at 949-724-7000 to verify that Ms. Carmelle is COMPLETLEY INNOCENT and that her ex made up ALL these false postings against her to retaliate since she left him due to his cheating habits. Her ex also has been impersonating her and her group of attorneys as well. Once again, please contact Irvine Police Department to proof Ms. Carmelle's innocence.
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Unless we were doing something wrong - and we'll correct this in the Comments later if it transpires we were - it appears as if the TV doesn't actually have any significant codec support of its own. Instead it just functions as a simple renderer of stuff streamed - at low quality only, so far as we can tell - from the Windows Media Player 12 system shipped with Windows 7. WMP 11 doesn't offer the facility to stream out video to a TV, which is why the TV is only acknowledged to be compatible with Windows 7 PCs.
Toshiba is on its own with this frankly rather half-hearted approach to DLNA functionality, and it's not a great move. We've asked Toshiba for clarification/confirmation of all this, and if a firmware update might be in the offing that could improve matters, but haven't had a response as yet. (Though sadly, a workable firmware update seems unlikely.)
It's also a tad disappointing - though more forgiveable given the 40SL753's price - that Toshiba hasn't stretched the Ethernet jack to any sort of online functionality beyond the potential occasional interactive feature that might come on line via the built-in Freeview HD tuner.
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Thankfully, the 40SL753's features become much less controversial once you stop trying to get its multimedia stuff to work and focus instead on calibrating its pictures. For among a surprisingly flexible suite of adjustments are a genuine colour management system, multiple gamma settings, a basic but welcome tool for shifting the underlying black and white balance, and separate MPEG and standard noise reduction systems.
It's a pity Toshiba's dated looking onscreen menus don't make using all these features more enjoyable, but really we're just happy they're there at all considering how affordable the set is. Especially since the tools on offer really can help the TV deliver some startlingly good pictures considering what an affordable edge LED model it is.
With bright, colour-rich footage, for instance, there's a degree of luminousness and that eludes most CCFL TVs. This helps colours achieve that extra level of vibrancy and insight we're starting to associate with edge LED sets too, yet for the most part the extreme saturations don't become stressy or cartoonish (so long as you don't make the mistake of sticking with the insane Dynamic factory picture preset).
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Why is the bezel so freaking huge!? The proportions make it look like a little 19" TV. I know Toshiba isn't exactly on the leading edge of good design, but this is ridiculous.
That's the first thing that struck me as well pimi, so I second that!
I think TR have used wrong press shots - like you say, they pics are of a smaller TV.
i agree...Toshiba seem to be going a bit backwards at the minute. They always used to produce sleek, unobtrusive decent tv's with great picture quality but the last range and this new range seem a bit too cheap in my eyes. Big frames are a no no at the minute and until they can get edge lit LED working properly, perhaps Toshiba should go back to producing a decent CCFL tv.
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Ga. man shares story of survival after near-fatal wreck in Tobago
by: Ashley Swann Updated:
ATLANTA - A Georgia man with an amazing story of survival is now facing a mountain of medical bills from his ordeal.
Once an active 32-year-old, Justin Lake is now a quadriplegic recovering at Atlanta's Shepherd Center. It's a story that can only be described as a nightmare.
On Aug. 26, Justin was on vacation in Tobago with friends when a drunk driver hit him going at least 80 miles an hour as he sat in a parked car.
Justin couldn't feel anything from the neck down, and said his fear only grew when emergency responders didn't seem to know what to do.
"Laying on my back and just completely paralyzed, that was a pretty terrifying feeling," he shared with Channel 2's Ashley Swann. "I had to walk the guy through putting on my c-collar and how to stabilize my spine so the damage wouldn't get any worse."
A trained EMT himself, Lake was taken to a makeshift hospital where he assisted as doctors stitched up his head wound without pain medication.
Finally, thanks to the hard work of friends who live in Trinidad, Lake was taken by military helicopter to Trinidad, where he underwent surgery to stabilize his neck. He was eventually flown by a private ICU jet to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
"It's an amazing place. I'm lucky to be in America," Lake said.
But that flight alone cost nearly $30,000 -- expenses Lake and his family said their insurance company may not cover.
"Maybe they'll reconsider once we get some more documentation to them, hopefully, because the bill is astronomical,"
Lake said.
Now facing a future he never imagined, Lake said the support of loved ones and even strangers on Facebook is keeping him going.
"It's just, it's just amazing. It's humbling really," he told Swann. "Hopefully it'll continue and I'll keep getting all those prayers from those people. I'm still here. God still wants me on this earth, you know, so there's a reason for it."


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Bolero (horse)
Bolero (1975-1986) was a dressage horse and an influential sire.
- Height: 16.1½ hh
- Sex: Stallion
- Color: Chestnut
- Markings: Star
- Breed: 3/4 Thoroughbred, registered Hanoverian
- Breeding: by Black Sky xx, out of Baroness by Bleep xx
- Breeder: Heinrich Behmann
Bolero was by the English Thoroughbred stallion Black Sky, who was imported to Germany in 1972. Black Sky was a grandson of the great stallion Djebel, who also sired the very influential My Babu, a stallion seen in many show jumpers and hunters pedigrees in the United States. Black Sky stood at the private stud farm of Schmidt-Ankum, and his offspring were general nice dressage horses with good rideability, but with very little jumping talent.
Bolero's dam, Baroness, was registered with the Hanoverian Verband. She was half-Thoroughbred through her sire, the large-framed stallion Bleep. Her dam's side includes Hyperion, who in turn traces to Bay Ronald. The dam-sire of Baroness was the stallion Athos, who was known as a broodmare sire of dressage horses, and her damline (Athos-Fliegerstern) also produced the stallions Grenadier, Hitchcock, and Winner.
This breeding combination of a Thoroughbred stallion to a mare that was by a Thoroughbred was prohibited by the Hanoverian studbook at the time, due to the belief that the offspring would be unsuccessful.
Pedigree for Bolero
1975 Chestnut colt
Black Sky
br. 1966
b. 1957
gr. 1945
|Gale Warning
ch. 1951
|Court Martial
ch. 1942
|Fair Trial
gr. 1935
|Mr Jinks
|Gentlemen's Relish
ch. 1970
ch. 1956
b. 1950
|The Satellite
ch. 1949
br. 1938
Breeding career
Bolero did only moderately well at his 100-day stallion test held at Adelheidsdorf, placing 6th out of 30 stallions with a final score of 111. He stood at Landesbrück from 1979 until his death of a heart attack at the age of 12. He only stood for 9 seasons, making his impact on the breeding of Hanoverians even more spectacular.
Despite the relatively short breeding career, Bolero was remarkably influential on the breeding of dressage horses, although like his father, his offspring are generally poor jumpers. His high degree of Thoroughbred blood brought an elegance to his progeny, and this trend toward a lighter dressage horse has been on the rise since he stood at stud. He consistently produced offspring with good shoulders and toplines, as well as elastic and rhythmic gaits.
Bolero was the founding sire of a new B-Line in the 1990s, and produced the stallion Brentano II, who also became a foundation stallion for this line. Bolero was found to be most successful with daughters of Grande and Duellant. Breeders continue to cross the B-Line with the G- and D- lines to produce successful dressage horses, as well as those by Argus.
The stallion sired 47 licensed stallions during his time at stud, the most important being Brentano I and II, Buenos Aires, Bismark, and Beltain. As a well-known sire of sires, Bolero sons have been exported around the world. Bolero has also made a name for himself as a sire of broodmares, producing 317 mares that went on to be registered, 96 of whom earned the status of State Premium. The great success of his mares gave him a dressage ranking of 139 (against a rather poor 57 for jumping).
Sons and Daughters
Bolero began with 5 sons attending the Verden licensing, of which 4 were selected. His offspring, known as the "Bolero Boom," continue to make their mark on the dressage scene. As of 2000, there were 412 Bolero offspring competing, with winnings of DM1,282,504. Three of his descendants medaled at the 2004 Olympics in Athens: Brentina, Bonaparte, and Beauvalais.
- Buenos Aires: champion of his year
- Brentano II: the most successful son of Bolero, competed up to Grand Prix in dressage. Progeny including Olympic medalist Brentina, Poetin, Olympic contender Barclay II, and Bona Dea II. Last Offspring: Brentano Ultimo Brentano II#Progeny, chestnut colt born in May 2006. Video Clip and photos at[1]
- Beauvalais: under Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, won individual silver and team bronze at the 2002 World Equestrian Games, and team silver and individual bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
- Batumi: this mare won the 1986 DLG Championship
- Beltain: sired Bellissimo, the Champion six-year-old at the 2005 Bundeschampionate
- Baccarole: 1989 Champion mare at the Louis-Wiegels Show, 1990 European Champion mare at Brussels
- Baltengracie: 1991 Champion mare of the Louis-Wiegels Show
- Boruschkin: 1984 three-year-old Riding Horse Champion at the Bundeschampionate, advanced level dressage horse. Later sold at the Verden auction for 110,000 DM
- Bini Bo: 1987 three-year-old Riding Horse Champion at the Bundeschampionate, advanced level dressage horse
- Bocaccio: 1988 three-year-old Riding Horse Champion at the Bundeschampionate, advanced level dressage horse
- Borsalino: Grand Prix horse under Heike Kemmer
- Bossanova: Grand Prix horse under Anna Merveldt-Steffan
- Bon Bonaparte: sire of the Grand Prix horse Bonaparte (ridden by Heike Kemmer)
- Bismarck: trained to Grand Prix, sire of Breitling W (who had a remarkable number of very good offspring himself), Barnsby W, and Burlington W.
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