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This roast goes deeper and into darker realms than we've ever gone before. But have no fear: the same care and passion for exploration that guided us to stellar light roasts have informed this journey, too.
So what does it take to boldly go? We found it takes incredibly sweet coffees that will hold up to longer roast times and higher temperatures. The coffees we use in Supernova are like interstellar spacecraft designed to not burn up when they reenter the atmosphere. We wanted to push them to that perfect threshold where the sugars would caramelize and leave us with a flavor reminiscent of baker's chocolate.
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- Sensational design
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Aesthetically it gets off to a near-perfect start, taking the idea that 'less is more' to a whole new level. For the UE40D7000 is pretty much just a screen, with practically no bezel. Barely a cm of frame sits round the screen – and even this puny bezel is transparent over much of its width, making it look even less obtrusive. Every year Samsung somehow comes up with a genuinely innovative design, it seems, but with this bezel-free effort it's truly outdone itself. In fact, the design almost defies belief considering that the TV is driven by edge LED lighting. After all, for edge LED lighting to work, you need an edge, right?!
As with all edge-LED LCD TVs, the UE40D7000's profile is impressively slender. Not quite as slender as last year's Samsung models, perhaps, but this seems a more than fair trade for this year's reduction in bezel width. After all, we don't know about you, but we tend to watch our TVs from the front, not the back…
When it comes to connections, the UE40D7000 is every inch a premium model. Highlights include four HDMIs, three USBs, a D-Sub PC port, and a LAN port – though the set also carries built-in Wi-Fi if you're geared up to use it.
As you can tell from this extensive suite of jacks, the UE40D7000 isn't about to skimp on the sort of multimedia functionality that's become such a big deal this year. The USBs, for instance, are able to play the vast majority of photo, music and video file formats, or else they can be used for adding a USB HDD ready for recording programmes from the built-in Freeview HD and Freesat HD tuners.
As for the LAN/Wi-Fi capabilities, they're for either streaming stuff from a networked PC or accessing Samsung's new Smart TV service. We've covered this online engine in depth a couple of times now – see, for instance, our review of the UE55D8000. So it doesn't seem worth going into it in full again here. We will, however, cover the essential bits briefly for people who can't be bothered to click to the other review.
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One of the joys of occasionally writing about music is that sometimes people will send you things you haven't heard of before and would otherwise dismiss because you have to wade through so much rubbish. There is the chance that you cast away pearls of musical invention, visions of the future and Kooks singles (seriously, STOP SENDING THEM), but if you're not expecting something then you, again, occasionally get a reward. The lovely folk at Bella Union saw fit to throw in a copy of The Acorn's latest release, Glory Hope Mountain, alongside something I was reviewing elsewhere, and I truly thank them for it.
Consummate musical intelligence, clarity of expression, fun and satisfying nuance and a distinctive drama run throughout Glory Hope Mountain. Much of this is exhibited in the very first track (the album's most important and probably best), 'Hold Your Breath', where proceedings begin with trembling control. Rubato pauses, such gentle escalation and word-painting create synaesthesiac experiences, ones you can imagine enjoying for long after. Vocalist Rolf Klausener is just so_ clued-up, using simple but brilliantly effective touches here. It seems so easy. When he sings, in a Carl Wilson-esque broad shimmer, of climbing constellations moving in semitones, his vocal line takes a gentle upward curve – as an audience we're vaguely conscious of it happening, but it forces you irrevocably to listen to what he says next. When he then mentions a _"melody of gravitation", the threads of both celestial imagery and musical terminology are sweetly continued. While not a massive challenge to unpick (and why should they be?), these knotted fragments of intellectual interest riding on top of the beautiful music make the whole experience very memorable indeed. Plucking the strings behind the headstock aids the starry atmosphere, and the band are very careful to not explode so much as to become hackneyed when they finally do climax. A masterpiece of construction.
Obviously, it'd be insane fortune to continue at this rate, and things dip slightly for less excellent tracks. 'Flood', while invigorating, calls to mind the comparative woe of Iron & Wine's world music live show and 'Even While You're Sleeping' plods a little with not quite enough melodic variation, but that's pretty much all, save for a few stock moments here and there. But those are sometimes difficult to avoid, such is the nature of operating in a rock group, an ensemble with such strongly defined codes. 'Crooked Legs' won't sit still, appropriately, rumbling along like Norfolk & Western's strongest tracks, with melodic drive and marimbas aplenty. A definite dynamic of tension and release is created by the constantly altering percussion, and buoyed by prettily simple guitar lines. Again, The Acorn are using their heads, making very sensible and sparing choices about how their music is presented. There is a massive intelligence sat behind these songs, but it's never foregrounded. You have to explore that cave yourself. And what better way to encourage that than to make the melodies so imitable and so classically built?
That the whole album is based on the life of Klausener's mother (a Honduran with a terrifying-sounding life of floods and orphanages) is appropriate. It may seem trite to compare it to the hero's journey model, but many elements are present. Setbacks, disasters, redemption, family ties, guides and helpers all make appearances – culminating in the lovely 'Lullaby (Mountain)' where, sensitively, we're told that everything's going to be alright. The flood waters appear to have receded, even though we were pulled under for a while, and normality has resumed. Something got Klausener's mother through it all. As he sings on 'Flood Pt.2', "I think I've got this covered,". Glory Hope Mountain is an excellent achievement, and heralds Klausener as a major talent in the idiom of narrative song, primed to rival Daniel Bejar, Colin Meloy, Spencer Krug and others. The next LP should be excellent.
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This makes me feel like your 88-year-old grandpappy, but MLB 10 will have the old Polo Grounds. Back in the day, its centerfield ad read "Always Buy Chesterfield," a cigarette. Guess SCEA didn't want a T rating for tobacco reference.
As we mentioned earlier, the Polo Grounds will be available as preorder DLC for MLB 10 The Show, but Sony clarified a few more details about the venues. They will be included on the disc and they can be unlocked for free, but you have to earn every trophy in the game. Platinum status on The Show takes a lot of doing, so Sony's definitely incentivizing the preorder for nostalgia buffs.
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I don't think I'd ever fantasized about appearing on a national TV show. If I had, I doubt I pictured myself as a tough, French-speaking enforcer who (apparently) cuts off people's heads. I might have imagined me with a glass of cognac or a tall beer. But on Friday, I turned up on the hit NBC fantasy series Grimm playing a guy of that description, with each of those drinks in front of him.
For those who haven't seen the show, Grimm starts from the premise that all the supernatural beings in the tales by the Brothers Grimm were real creatures. In the pilot, young Portland (Oregon) homicide detective, Nick Burkhardt, learned from his dying aunt that he is a direct descendant of the Grimm Brothers. His forebears were not just storytellers, they were hunters. The Grimm bloodline enables Nick to perceive the many "wesen" (the German word for "creatures," pronounced "vayzen") among us through their human disguises, and he has a responsibility to protect the human race from the dangerous ones. His aunt bequeaths him her journals and reference works, special weapons, potions, and other tools for wesen control.
Nick acquires a "consultant" who has swiftly become the most universally beloved character on the show: a "Wieder Blutbad" ("veeder blootbod," more or less), or wolf-like creature with a powerful sense of smell and great strength, named Monroe. A former meat eater who has "gone straight" as a human and a vegetarian, Monroe advises Nick about the tangle of strange critters who keep appearing on the streets of Portland. Increasingly, the wolf guy has helped Nick by running interference, conducting surveillance, or digging up information or evidence for him in places where the standard police don't go.
David Giuntoli, a six-year veteran of mostly one-time TV series appearances, often bears a startling resemblance to the young Tom Cruise and plays his first starring role as Nick in a fairly low-key and almost bland manner. Silas Weir Mitchell, an oddly featured actor with a substantial resume of playing insane or frightening characters in shows like CSI, Dexter, Six Feet Under, Burn Notice, 24, and Law & Order: SVU, beautifully delivers the perky, upbeat, and charming Monroe. Mitchell gets most of the laugh lines.
The supporting cast includes our hero's veteran partner on the force, Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby); Nick's live-in girlfriend, a veterinarian named Juliette Silverton (Bitsie Tulloch); and his boss, the mysterious Captain Renard (Sasha Roiz). Throughout the 19 episodes that have aired thus far, neither Hank nor Juliette has become aware of Nick's status as a Grimm, or fully noticed that fantastical creatures keep popping up in each episode. Renard not only seems to know what Nick is, however, but also appears to be in league with other, ambiguous powers.
Like The X-Files, Grimm has tried to maintain a balance between "critter of the week" and a longer, more mysterious narrative arc. With the The X-Files, the cigarette man, aliens, and "are Mulder and Sculley ever gonna end up in the sack?" kept viewers coming back. In this show, fans have hung on for the steady unveiling of Nick's Grimm powers and responsibilities, the odd but growing partnership of Nick and Monroe, and the ambiguous status and aims of Captain Renard (which is French for "fox," of course).
Slotted on the traditionally weak night of Fridays at 9 p.m., Grimm's premiere on Oct. 28, 2011 snagged 6.56 million viewers, a solid turnout opposite the seventh game of the World Series on Fox. This was less than a week after the debut of ABC's more female-centered fantasy show, "Once Upon a Time." For the rest of the season, Grimm has usually scored first or second in its time slot, bouncing between 4.79 and 5.3 million viewers (although CBS has put up some rough competition by running CSI: NY opposite our heroes on some Fridays in April). On March 16, NBC announced it had renewed the steady if not spectacular ratings puller for a second season of 22 episodes. Given its time slot and strong numbers in the vital 18-to-49 demographic, Grimm qualifies as a hit.
As happened three years ago with Leverage, Dean Devlin and Tim Hutton's show on TNT, the State of Oregon lured the makers of Grimm to Portland with tax incentives. But co-creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, previously involved with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, have also said Oregon's evergreen stands are a perfect stand-in for Germany's Black Forest. They reported that LA viewers of the pilot asked if all the trees were real, and whether greens crew had had to paint the moss on them. In their press release confirming the series' renewal, Greenwalt and Kouf stated: "Rain or shine, Portland has been the ideal setting for fairy tales with its enchanting layout. It is its own character in our show with the perfect mix of urban and rural settings."
Naturally, Portland has taken Grimm to its heart. The show has brought jobs and a solid flow of money (estimated at $2 million per episode) to the city, as well as given a further boost to our already-trendy image. In addition Leverage, which shot its second through fourth seasons here while pretending to be set in Boston, will explicitly identify Portland as its home base starting with the fifth season. Along with the Fred Armisen-Carrie Brownstein sketch comedy series on IFC, Portlandia, that makes three different television series that have permanently put down roots in Stumptown.
And if you were watching Friday night, you saw a longtime California Literary Review writer on Grimm. In my next piece, I'll tell you more about the process of auditioning, shooting my scenes, and working with the LA actors who shared the "German bar" with me, plus I'll have a few photos to show you from my day on set.


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Pokémon: Meloetta available at GameStop from March 4
US Pokémon fans: bring your DS or 3DS and a copy of Pokémon Black, White, Black 2 or White 2 into GameStop from March 4 in order to receive Meloetta, the latest addition to the RPG's line up.
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Pokémon Black and White: Meloetta available early at Hoyts cinemas in AU, NZ
Meloetta will be available to Australian and New Zealand gamers two weeks ahead of previously announced retail distribution plans. To grab the special Pokémon, purchase a ticket to see Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice at a select number of Hoyts Cinema on February 23 or 24. Details and a list of […]
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Pokemon is known for its super-rare, hard to catch legendary creatures, and in a tradition that started way back with Mew in Pokemon Red & Blue, Nintendo is offering legendary Pokemon as timed downloads only. Next up is Meloetta in March.
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Linux/Samba on identical hardware now consistently performs better than NT Server. And best of all, Samba is improving.
Improved "opportunistic" locking allows client machines to cache entire files locally, greatly improving speed without running the risk of accidentally overwriting the cached files.
There are several additional features in Samba 2.0. You can now have multiple Samba aliases on the same machine, each pretending to be a different server, a feature similar to virtual hosts in modern web servers. This allows a host to serve multiple departments and groups, or provide disk shares with normal username/password security while also providing printers to everyone without any security. Printing has been changed to make it easier for Unix System V owners: Samba can now find the available printers automatically, just as it does with Berkeley-style printing. In addition, Samba now has the capability to use multiple code pages, so it can be used with non-European languages, and to use the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) to encrypt all the data it sends across the Internet, instead of just passwords.[7]
[7] If you reside in the United States, there are some federal rules and regulations dealing with strong cryptography. We'll talk about his later when we set up Samba and SSL in Appendix A, Configuring Samba with SSL.
At the same time as it's becoming more capable, Samba is also becoming more compatible with Windows NT. Samba has always supported Microsoft-style password encryption. It now provides tools and options for changing over to Microsoft encryption, and for keeping the Unix and Microsoft password files synchronized while doing so. Finally, a Samba master browser can be instructed to hunt down and synchronize itself with other SMB servers on different LANs, allowing SMB to work seamlessly across multiple networks. Samba uses a different method of accomplishing this from the Microsoft method, which is undocumented.
Finally, there is an entirely new version of the Unix client called smbwrapper. Instead of a kernel module that allows Linux to act as a Samba client, there is now a command-line entry to load the library that provides a complete SMB filesystem on some brands of Unix. Once loaded, the command
/smb will list all the machines in your workgroup, and
share_name will take you to a particular share (shared directory), similar to the Network File System (NFS). As of this writing, smbwrapper currently runs on Linux, Solaris, SunOS 4, IRIX, and OSF/1, and is expected to run on several more operating systems in the near future.


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Slowly adding hot broth to arborio rice helps release the starch from the rice, giving risotto its characteristic silky, creamy texture. We add a splash of wine along with each addition of broth to give the dish a more pronounced wine flavor. If you'd prefer the wine to be more subtle, add the entire cup at the end of Step 2 and cook, stirring, until the liquid is absorbed, then begin adding the broth. If you prefer to omit wine, use more broth in its place.
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
I can think of no better way to relax before kicking off a big whirlwind of a tour than kittens. And I think Carrie Underwood agrees. That's probably why she and her mom stopped by the Checotah Animal Shelter over the weekend to play with all the tabbys, black-and-whites, Siamese and calicos. "Hanging out at the Checotah animal shelter! Anyone want a kitten? I think we have a few!!! Ha ha!," Underwood tweeted about the shelter's collection of kittens. The shelter director told People that Underwood stayed for about 45 minutes loving up on all the animals, but that it was the kittens that stole her heart — especially a silvery grey one that had been found on a parking lot. For that one, she wrote, "Someone left this one at the grocery store." The shelter's director added that Underwood makes a habit of stopping by when she's back home in Checotah. "She comes to visit every time she comes to see her mom. She got all the kittens up on her lap and loved on them. She really cares a lot for animals."


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Current global statistics state that an estimated 34 million people globally are living with human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS. In the thirty years since the discovery of the virus, much has changed, yet so many continue to struggle to live with the disease, a disease that science still does not completely know how to fight. I get up and make my breakfast. I think about a birthday party I will attend over the weekend. I think about what I will wear, I think about the gift I will bring. I look into my living room, and laugh at my two Chihuahua's, excited about something outside the window, and it makes me smile. Then I get my med box and vitamins and remember that I stilll have HIV. For those two minutes, I let my mind wander to a place where HIV was not present, but after twenty one years since my diagnosis, I know my HIV will never go away, I know it will always be with me -- unless they find a cure.
My story is not unlike so many other HIV afflicted patients. I contracted the virus from my first boyfriend in 1989 through unprotected sex. I was just sixteen years old. I am thirty eight years old now..soon to be 39 on April 11, and I live with my partner of four years, Lisa, in Miami, Florida. I have been living with HIV for a long LOOOONG time! I have seen it all! The good, the bad, and the ugly of this illness!. Like so many women, my male partner had never been tested and was unaware he was infected. He passed the virus onto me through unprotected sex. I did not realize I had contracted the virus until a random blood test for job corp when I was turning 18. I am similar to others with HIV, and I am also a fighter. My passion is dedicating my life to fighting the stigma, educating the young, and spreading the word to get tested. I was just a young kid..that had been abused, tormented and damaged. As a kid and teen before my HIV diagnosis, my life's direction was to have fun, like most sixteen year old kids, except twenty some years ago they did not have posters, and pamphlets, and the internet. I am now an activist, LGBTQA supporter/activist, mentor, and educator for others with HIV, especially in the Hispanic community or cimmunities of color.
I am the daughter of Colombian immigrants, who came to the United States for a better life. Like many immigrants, they found that the American dream wasn't always the dream they expected. My uncle started sexually molesting me at age of three, unknown to my parents. This was a confusing period growing up as a victim of abuse. Things like this were not spoken about in my strict Hispanic household. I endured this abuse for years and then eventually came under the mental and verbal abuse of my autocratic, mentally unstable father. He ruled the home with a tyrannical fist. He not only verbally abused me, but my mom as well (I have now forgiven my father ). My mother eventually left my father, but not until I had been placed in a series of foster homes, and taken away from my family, by social services. At thirteen, I ran away from the foster system in Florida, and spent some considerable time living on the streets.
Soon after, alone, young, with no one to turn to, I started keeping company with a family that took care of me ... a refuge from the outside world, a family not unlike myself, a gang family. For me, this group was a social structure of other teens, from similar backgrounds. I became the girlfriend of the gang leader, Flyskee, another "kid" just trying to get by in the world. Being the girlfriend of the gang leader made me feel special. It had been a long time since I had felt special. Like most teens our age, we had our whole lives in front of us, plenty of time, and nothing to learn. We lived a nomadic life, gang banging for money, etc.. eventually I wanted to change my life around, making my way to Kentucky where I enrolled in Job Corps.
During the Entry process, I was asked to take a random drug, pregnancy and blood test. I really did not think anything about it when they asked me. Although I had heard of HIV and AIDS, I knew it was a gay man's disease or for drug users or prostitutes! Not me. I was not prepared for the news I was about to receive. I remembered being called back to the testing clinic for a meeting. I walked into the small room, sat across from the clinic's doctor unaware that my whole entire life was about to change. The doctor delivered the devastating news that I had AIDS and DID NOT PREPARE ME and that I could stay or go home and prepare to die. There was nothing that I could do. I felt sick to my stomach, I felt fear, shock, and saw my whole life pass in front of me!! And for a while, probably months, I just walked around in a complete fog. I felt like my mind was outside my body, just trying to absorb the news. I had so many questions. How could I be HIV positive? I wasn't a commercial sex worker. I didn't use needles. I wasn't in the right demographic. I was just going to go to school and they told me I had AIDS and was DYING??. It felt unreal. I went home and looked at my fresh and healthy face in the mirror. I did not look sick. I did not feel sick. Then I cried, and cried, and cried some more. This disease, this AIDS, it was what gay men had, not me.
I contracted HIV from Flyskee. Flyskee, was young, uneducated and experimenting with IV drug use..and I didnt know this!. He didn't know about his HIV status, in fact he probably did not know much about AIDS at all. Back then, they didn't know about the safety of condoms, we did not know about safe sex. . Some years later I heard Flyskee had died of AIDS. I really did not know how to feel about his death. I was sad. I was living in a black hole.
That was in 1991, one year after congress enacted the Ryan White CARE Act, which allowed care for persons suffering from HIV and AIDS to receive treatment, drug treatment, which at that time, consisted of roughly three antiretroviral drugs. I, like many people who were told they had AIDS, fell into a deep depression, and some even think about suicide. After all, I was scared! I feared telling my family. I went through periods of denial, and did not know where to turn. I reunited with my mother in Miami who was my rock from day one, she has never cried in front of me! I had AIDS. Not knowing much about the disease herself, my mother turned to prayer, and we agreed to keep it to ourselves and tell no one else in the family or friends. The stigma attached with HIV/AIDS was so strong, My mother and I both feared being ostracized by family and community. It was too strong for either of us to deal with at that time. Much of the information on HIV/AIDS was published in English; so many non-English speaking patients did not understand the need to get on medication as soon as they were diagnosed. Many in the Hispanic community in 1991 thought AIDS was the "gay person's disease". .
I tried to keep busy never knowing how much time I had left in her life for sure I knew it wouldnt be more than 10 years, so I would make it to 28! On April 11, I will be 39. I volunteered and learned more about the disease that affected me and so many others. I trained with the International Red Cross, took classes at U.M and also the health dept trained me to be a tester and I become a pre- and post- counselor for HIV/AIDS services. I knew from my classes that there were many people who needed to get the correct AIDS/HIV information, and treatment. I knew also that they responded to me and I had a gift to get through people, and people listened to me, and that I could help. I felt, even in those dark days in the beginning that I had a new life mission.
Feeling like I suddenly had a purpose and duty, I felt revitalized about what my life should become. Maybe having AIDS was a message, for me to speak for those who were afraid to speak, to teach those who needed to learn. I had a life mission. Unfortunately, being in my HIV denial, and after going without medication for 10 years after my diagnosis, My illness started to get worse. I tried eating health food, and living the best life I could live, but with AIDS, you can never really feel safe, with AIDS it never really goes away. I started suffering from some of the symptoms that all HIV/AIDS patients experience, nausea, fever, fatigue. Knowing I would be dead if I did not seek medical treatment, I knew that avoidance and denial were not going to help me ... I discovered that even a simple cold could cause me to be ill for weeks, and I had difficulty recovering. Untreated, AIDS will eventually lead to death. Medication is the only answer.
I faced an uncertain future. my infectious disease doctor retested me and told me that my CD4 T-cell count was 39, dangerously low. CD4 cells are one particular type of immune cell that helps the body fight off infection, and tests to monitor CD4 cells are considered a major factor in determining how a patient will respond to antiretroviral therapy along with a viral load test. I was dangerously close to death. I know, "If the disease isn't bad enough, the side effects of some of the medication are even worse. "Some drugs are toxic, they kill the virus, but are very hard on the body". I continued to take my medication, despite the side effects. I wanted to feel better, and I was willing to give the medication a chance. Every day is a struggle for me as everything in life -- ups and downs, -- and for the thousands of people like me YOU ARE NOT ALONE, but I, myself, will never give up hope for a cure.
I was in "the HIV closet" for many years, and many never knew about my positive status, it was not something I openly discussed. This is where HIV infected people stay, away from judgmental eyes, away from the prejudice of a disease that many everyday people do not understand. The stigma associated with AIDS is still very strong, and spreads fear to the general public. Posters of naked people, sleeping with human size scorpions hang from the walls of clinics , we have been compared to Hitler in some ads! Posters like these are everywhere and they fuel STIGMA. Inside, I was safe. Inside, no one could judge me (but now its not all about me). When I came out, only a handful of people knew my secret. It's a dark lonely place, where depression, anxiety and isolation only add to the misery. "You can never be too sure how people will react if you tell them you're HIV positive" (I have been blessed that no one has ever discriminated me). But for some people's experience they tell me people think if they talk to you, they are going to catch it. They are afraid of you. That's how much they really do not know about AIDS.
One day I remembered reading an article on HIV and the Hispanic/Latino population in the United States. It said, 'According to the United States Department of Health & Human Services, the Center for Disease Control, Hispanic/Latino women represented a quarter (24%) of new infections among Hispanic/Latinos in 2006. Their rate of infection was nearly four times that of white women (14.4/100,000 vs. 3.8/100,000)'. I thought to myself, "This is not getting any better, those girls, those kids, they are just like I was. They need to listen to someone like me. They NEED to have someone tell them how to protect themselves. They need someone who looks like them, and who speaks like them. I knew that I could reach them". There simply were not enough pretty Hispanic women who were willing to expose themselves to get the message out. So finally, after a good cry, and a nervous stomach, I got angry enough to "come out"... out of my HIV closet..I started posting and telling my story everywhere (blogging for The Well Project (A Girl Like Me) and TheBody.com I became a media activist...I am everywhere...Youtube, Twitter, magazines. I founded two huge international support groups in Facebook for people infected and affected in Spanish and English I am a public speaker and a fierce activist! I am very active in Facebook (see links below) so many people from all over the world can contact me. I am not a doctor, but I know the right things to say. I have been professionally trained. I always encourage people to talk to their health care professionals. I tell them that everyone is different and that not every patient needs to be on the same medication. Most importantly, I tell them to do their homework (RESEARCH). I encourage them to read and educate themselves on every reputable site they can find like I did, talk to counselors and medical personnel, pharmacists, scientists. My biggest message to anyone is "get tested". The sooner you get tested, the sooner you can start medication that may prolong and save your life and others. I must admit, "Some people do not want to know, but they need to…for themselves, for the people around them. AIDS is still a disease that will kill you, but is manageable with the correct medication. AIDS is not a death sentence, it is a LIFE sentence as I always say! People need to understand that.
My days are brighter now, my partner and I, enjoy a relatively happy life. I still have bad days (who doesn't?) but I have some good ones too :). Lisa and I are active in our community, working with both AIDS patients and patients of need in various areas. We enjoy the beach and our doggies, and art galleries, shopping, concerts, traveling, etc... It is a long way from that lonely, sick kid who had nowhere to go. Far away from that kid who lived on the streets with the gang. I am 100% compliant with my medication, as all HIV patients need to be. I am an advocate for healthy eating and organic foods. I recommend a good massage, particularly for those folks who suffer bone pain or neuropathy as a result of HIV. I promote regular HIV testing, as my HIV-negative partner, Lisa, is tested regularly:). I protect her! I have completed many college certificate programs for counseling and education for HIV/AIDS programs, and continue with my outreach work. I speak in churches, schools, and I am solicited by groups who want me to come and share my story. By the way, whoever gets into this thinking we are getting paid, (NO) we dont get paid to blog, most of our presentations are pro bono, the time spent helping others and saving lives is my PAY! I know I have a story to tell, and I also know that there are others who have similar HIV stories. My story might be a little different in some places, and in some places, it might be the same, but my message to young teens is always the same, "I have to get to these kids, they have their whole futures in front of them. I don't want them to live it like me. Get tested, practice safe sex, use a condom, take your medication, eat healthy." That is my message.
At the end of the day, I, like so many people dealing with HIV/AIDS, have to look at my face in the mirror. The face is the same, it ages a little, but the story is still the same and I thinks to myself, "It's Friday…..I Still Have HIV. This April I will be celebrating another year with HIV! I have HIV, HIV doesn't have me! And I didn't die after all!
Much Love and Light,
Maria T Mejia
Maria's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mariahiv
Facebook Group (English): International place for people with HIV/AIDS, and the people who love us
Facebook Group (Spanish): GRUPO INTERNACIONAL PARA PERSONAS CON VIH/SIDA,Y LAS PERSONAS AFFECTADAS


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2013: (Indoor): Finished in 18th in the 60m with a 7.34 and ninth in the 200m with a time of 23.43 at the Tufts Stampede (2/03) … tied for eighth in the 400m in 50.95 at the New England Division III Championship (2/16) … improved his time in the 400m to 50.01 at the NEICAAA Championship (2/22), coming in 23rd … has the sixth fastest time in MIT track and field history in the 60m with a 7.22.
Off the Track: Majoring in mechanical engineering with minors in biological engineering and Spanish … conducted immunology research in Hidde Ploegh's lab at the Whitehead Institute … Freshman Leadership Program Counselor … Sigma Chi fraternity.
High School: A 2011 graduate of the Lawrenceville School … all-prep team … MAPL Student-Athlete award … also competed in track and field and lacrosse … three-time all-prep for track and field … member of 4x200, 4x400, and sprint medley relay record-holding teams … Cum Laude Society … Oval Society (200+ hours of community service) … McClellan Society (400+ hours of community service) … Boys' Lower Day Prefect … features editor for on-campus political magazine … community service council member … recipient of Semans' Family Merit Scholarship Award … AP Scholar with Distinction.
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Photographer's Note
In Asuncion, across Paraguay River there are still some origunal indian people living in their own territory, they earn their living mainly from tourism, you can visit their place but must paid for photos
Also they wave colorful textiles ( same as all over South and Central America ), carved wooden masks and souvenirs
I found this woman at the very City Center of Asuncion, without asking ( onother one has refused) I took the photo, she noticed me and adopted a dignified and proud position
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mkamionka (55158) 2014-01-11 12:09
Hola Maria,
lovely street scene. In this case it is not just a seller but she is a local person and selling local souvenirs which makes it typical for the place. Very well spotted and with some interesting architecture in the back.
Very well done!
Do you like Paraguay more than Uruguay?
merhaba Maria,
Composition, sharpness, color e excellent with details.
a nice frame, congratulations
siudzi (34141) 2014-01-11 14:08
Hi Maria,
You had a luck to found and photographed such a great scene! The lady and her stuff look really interesting and created a fantastic scene. Well done with extremely well executed sharpness and exposure. TFS!
williewhistler (16606) 2014-01-11 14:19
Hello Maria,
the colourfully dressed lady makes an imposing and attractive figure surrounded as she is by a whole array of tourist wares.
Kind regards Les.
carlo62 (81155) 2014-01-11 15:34
Ciao Maria
una venditrice del luogo, con abbigliamento tipico e colorato, hai ragione, ha uno sguardo molto fiero.
Bel ritratto, ben ambientato.
Buona domenica
mesutilgim (116886) 2014-01-11 15:39
Hello Maria,
Nice capture of this Street seller in Asuncion marketing folcloric artwork.
Good pov and good layout.
TFS and have a nice weekend
ikeharel (100055) 2014-01-12 0:45
Hola Maria,
Nice angle chosen with the white edifice on the BG, enhanced the colorful display of the Indian women street vendor.
She look proudly strait to the camera, face expression show content, and many items immaculately placed in order.
Fine photo, well collected street scene.
Buen Domingo,
lousat (122901) 2014-01-12 2:01
Hi Maria,i seen something of similar in the streets of Milano..ehehe...there are most illegal ethnic shops on the road in my country too with things like this...ehehe...beautiful capture of this woman and its merchandise,typical for tourist.A lot of colors and perfect details too.Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano
Romano46 (18472) 2014-01-12 2:55
Ciao Maria
bella cattura.
Il personaggio è molto caratteristico e aiuta a comprendere le svariate etnie che popolano questo paese poco conosciuto del Sud America.
Piacevole anche il contrasto tra la tradizionalità del soggetto e la modernità dell'edificio che si trova alle sue spalle, ben lontano dalle origini che il soggetto mostra nella sua esposizione.
Ciao e buona omenica
holmertz (85035) 2014-01-12 5:01
Hello Maria,
She seems to have dressed in her best outfit to attract customers. I have just read that little is left of the original Guaraní culture except for the language. Maybe some handicraft is still done according to traditions (or maybe it is mass produced for the entire Latin American market). It is a good photo in any case with great clarity and fine colours. The woman looks quite comfortable in front of your camera.
Kind regards,
No_One (4) 2014-01-12 6:41
Hi Maria,
She does look so dignified, so I guess she was pleased to have her photo taken. And a treat for us that she was, as its created a very beautiful image. Not only the lady herself, but the huge array of things she has for sale with so many different colors. The woman herself is a bright burst of color and a perfect focal point, perfectly composed slightly off centre.
Thanks as always
Subhogen (4067) 2014-01-12 7:51
Hello Maria,
Nice DL shot of this local lady in local traditional attire selling local artifacts. I like head gear and her traditional dress which is very colorful. excellent clarity and colours a usual. Thanks for sharing a superb shot. Very well done!
eldancer1 (36343) 2014-01-12 7:55
Nice capture of what I hope are hand-made crafts and the woman hoping for a sale. Those trinkets look very nice and colorful. Good pov and nice details. Well done, tfs.
cornejo (61498) 2014-01-12 10:35
Hola Maria, muy buena foto de esta vendedora de artesanía guaraní, buen encuadre, nitidez luz y color, muy buen e interesante trabajo bien realizado, mis felicitaciones amiga mía. Gracias por compartir.
Buena tarde y feliz comienzo de semana.
Un cordial saludo.
photoray (13981) 2014-01-12 15:54
Howdy Maria,
Interesting candid of Guarani woman with colorful souvenirs laid out and backdrop of important looking building.
Well done,
abmdsudi (83353) 2014-01-12 16:14
Hi Maria
Good capture of a typical local scene, a colorful street vendor plying the trade and a lovely little insight into the local life. A fabulous image which really brings this sight place to life and effective in illustrating her daily working activities. The cheery array of colors are really attractive, a lovely capture with a treatment that gives just the right atmosphere. Great work, Congrats
Best regards
clic (23086) 2014-01-12 16:32
Hola Maria
La manière de s'assoir suggère déjà l'exotisme; puis le costume traditionnel porté avec fierté de même que les marchandises colorées offertes confirment cette ambiance ancestrale.
Une dame de coeur qui sait rendre hommage à ses aieux!
Hasta luego.
jcpix (14030) 2014-01-12 19:58
Buenas noches Miss Maria,
This is great, I love the spontaneous nature of this shot based on your note. That split second it took here to proudly give her attention to your camera really shines through as authentic. Such a bright and colorful display of products she has to sell, so many more interesting things to look over. This is quite telling too, as she is not standing in a traditional market, but rather humbly on the street. It really feels genuine, you've taken care and respect to provide us with this image. Hope you purchased something useful. :) Disfrutar de la nueva semana. Ciao.
Friendly wishes,
More Paris pictures coming soon. ;D
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-01-13 23:13
Hello Maria,
Admirable shot of the lady from Paraguay.Great colors and sharpness.Lots of bags and other articles on display for sale.Very well done.TFS.
Cricri (176) 2014-01-14 3:04
Hola Maria
Superbe et beau portrait, j'aime ces plumes sur la tète, ces vêtements colorées et sa position cool, un bel étalage avec de très beaux souvenirs, j'ai le même sac que je met a mon dos et que je prend quand je vais faire mes sports, j'aime beaucoup
Belle journée
adramad (62896) 2014-01-17 8:06
Hola Maria.
Fabulosa esta composicion, tanto por el retrato de esta mujer tan autentica en sus rasgos y con esas ropas tan coloridas, que dan un bonito toque de cromatismo, como por los articulos que exhibe, en su puesto de venta son de lo mas hermosos y originales, como fondo plantas y unos muros solidos, completan esta gran composicion.
La luminosidad y la nitidez de la imagen tambien estan perfectos.
Buen trabajo. Me encanta.
Pasa un buen fin de semana.
Saludos muy cordiales.
Waylim (25436) 2014-01-17 17:50
Hi Maria,
Beautiful photo. Funny how some people looks a certain way. She is to me very recognizable as a Guarani tribe :) I had the pleasure of being in their homeland in Ecaudor many years ago. I posted a couple picture of them, one of them is a woman that looks almost like this one :) So they also made all the way into the city. It took me 3 days to go to their village. I should have just go to Paraguay :)
Lovely photo, a combination of daily life and portrait.
mirosu (16313) 2014-01-18 17:21
Hello Maria,
A greater view of the indian woman and her goods for street sale and close enough to savor the briliant details and excellently focused for maximum sharpness. The layout is fine this way abound of interest with nice goods giving the extra details for a more pleasing combination. I am attracted by the excellent diagonal arrangement and the colourful woman's dress which breaks up the appearance nicely as main focal point. Indeed a nice capture. Well done my friend.
Wish you a very nice Sunday.
HOLIDAYS in MOUNTAINS
aliabazari (18006) 2014-01-18 17:48
Hi Maria Dear
Portrait of a beautiful Indian woman vendor. Crafts attractive. Exposure nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
rigoletto (34279) 2014-01-20 8:01
hi maria. well, i like paying those colorful people, wherever they are, for a nice photo. i think they deserve it :)
and she glows with her red colors among the surrounding silvery tones. lots of rich details to observe, and probably a rare photo from paraguay.
ps: thanks a lot for your great award for knowing musee d'orsay! i wasn't even expecting to be awarded :))
PaulVDV (49034) 2014-01-20 15:49
Hello Maria,
Long time ago I've been one afternoon in Paraguay, in Ciudad del Este. I was on a holiday in Brazil and crossed the border in Foz do Iguaçu.
This picture reminds me at my very short time in Paraguay. In Ciudad del Este there were many indigenous people selling lots of different stuff in the streets. I didn't see indigenous people in Foz do Iguaçu or in Puerto Iguazú in your country.
The picture is very colourful and the woman looks proudly into the camera.
Best regards, Paul
ourania (51103) 2014-01-21 10:07
Hola querida Maria,
I like very much how the lady responded to your attention and camera, assuming a proud and straightforward pose. She is very well placed within your interesting composition that has an attractive perspective and makes a strong association between the lady and her neat and lovely display of jewellery and accessories. The colours she's wearing stand out superbly in a setting of subdued tones and the red border you've added enhances the vividness of this tranquil scene. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great day,
Miguel82 (38459) 2014-01-26 6:55
So authentic capture Maria, that Guarani woman is selling many handicraft products in a street of Asuncion, vivid colors, I notice blue ara's feathers in her hair clip, all the best Maria, have a good we
Silvio1953 (194007) 2014-01-27 7:41
Ciao Maria, great portrait of lovely woman with fantastic costume, wonderful colors, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio
jmdias (93954) 2014-02-14 1:01
me gusta mucho los colores, la posicion de la mujer y los detalles de sus productos. Hermosa foto.
Photo Information
- Copyright: Maria Ocampos (nikkitta) (17070)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2009-06-11
- Categories: Daily Life
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2014-01-11 11:12
- To mkamionka: What do you believe? (1)
by nikkitta, last updated 2014-01-11 12:17


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it. The reaction most likely occurs because of a genetic mutation in one of the
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up in the lining of the skin, mouth, and eyes, and severely damages the tissue.
It is similar to a burn, but the damage occurs from the inside out. Internal organs
also may be involved.
The initial signs of SJS are bloody crusts on the lips, a sore mouth that has a
foul smell, and purple-red tender spots on the skin. Drinking and eating are difficult,
and light is painful to the eyes. Large areas of tissue death occur, and large blisters
may form, followed by a loss of large sheets of the skin or the mouth. The linings
of the eyes have pus drainage, and they may heal with scarring so that the eyelids
do not move normally. The cornea also may erode. Fingernails may be shed, and a
loss of skin color may occur. Severe stomach problems may occur in some individuals,
and diarrhea and kidney or liver damage may result. The internal lining of the airway
may slough off, blocking breathing.
Most physicians diagnose SJS from the involvement of the mouth and the eyes, plus
the appearance of skin lesions. Sometimes, a skin biopsy may be needed to distinguish
SJS from other conditions, such as pemphigus, which is another blistering condition.
There is not a specific treatment for SJS at the time of an attack. Treatment for
SJS consists of replacing fluids, calories, and salts, and then treating the skin
as if it was a burn. If a drug is suspected of causing SJS, it should be stopped.
SJS is a severe, life-threatening condition, and the best treatment occurs when
the child is admitted to a hospital with a pediatric burn unit or a pediatric intensive
care unit.
The complications of SJS are similar to a severe burn. The following complications
may occur: infection through the open skin, dehydration, salt disturbances, fever,
scarring, fingernail loss, loss of skin color, breathing problems, pneumonia, kidney
failure, liver problems, and death.
SJS may be prevented by avoiding those drugs that have caused reactions in the past,
and by not taking those drugs that are more likely to cause SJS. However, for most
individuals, SJS appears unexpectedly and cannot be prevented.
Researchers are currently examining treatments that block the cell death pathways.
Potential genetic mutations also are being examined, which may help in developing
tests that can predict who will get a severe reaction to a particular class of drugs.
About the Author
Dr. Weston is a Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at the University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center and Chair of the Department of Dermatology. His scientific
and clinical interests include Cutaneous immunology, Cutaneous virology, and Pediatric
Dr. Weston is the primary author of the Color Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology
(Weston, Lane, Morelli; Mosby, Inc.) which is used by clinicians worldwide and is
published in 4 languages.
He created the Genetic Skin Disorders clinic at the University of Colorado in 1998.
Copyright 2012 William L. Weston, M.D., All Rights Reserved
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December 22, 2009 — Led by two legacy gifts and a record United Way campaign, UT-Battelle and ORNL staff contributed more than $2 million to a variety of local projects and initiatives in 2009.
UT-Battelle community gifts in the past year included $200,000 for the University of Tennessee arboretum, $175,000 for the Oak Ridge Playhouse, and more than $1 million in staff and corporate contributions to the 2009 United Way Campaign.
"UT-Battelle is guided by the belief that we cannot be one of the world's premier science laboratories without a strong partnership with the local community," said Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thom Mason. "Because we want our gifts to have a lasting impact, they are fewer in number and larger in size."
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Among UT-Battelle's largest community gifts in 2009 was a $200,000 contribution for a new facility at the University of Tennessee Arboretum, a 250-acre nature sanctuary in Oak Ridge. The new facility will provide space for educational programming, including a summer science camp for youth in the Oak Ridge area.
Since assuming management of ORNL for the Department of Energy in 2000, UT-Battelle has donated more than $6 million to the United Way and $10 million to area organizations in support of science and math education, economic development, and a variety of civic projects.
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Should look good in Firefox and IE on PC and Mac.
These sites give you an idea of design creativity we like:
* http://www.lee.com/ (front page has type of interactive map we might like to have)
* http://www.2monksandamoose.com/vision.php (nice, clean home page and menu presentation)
* http://www.pearlfisher.com (compelling entry and navigation)
* http://www.houserdesign.com/index.php (another interesting approach to home page using business card style)
* http://www.red-dot.de (2nd level pages have nice clean, simple look with plenty of white space)
* http://www.jackmorton.com/us/home (nice clean home and 2nd level pages with very nice dynamic navigation with dots)
* http://www.philippe-starck.com (compelling front page and homepage clean with interesting menus/navigation style)
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Is this what David Tennant left Doctor Who for? Word comes that he's joined the remake of ultra-campy vampire movie Fright Night. On the plus side, he's joined by Red Mist/McLovin actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Mintz-Plasse will be playing the psychotic character Evil Ed in the new Fright Night remake, and Tennant is cast as Peter Vincent, the character previously played by Roddy McDowall. But in this remake, Tennant won't be acting as the host of a late night horror show. Instead, Tennant will be a Vegas magician with a supposed strong knowledge of vampires. We can only imagine what kind of Criss Angel horrors this movie will subject Tennant to. Ugh.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - CNN has learned that the White House is quietly talking about drafting formal health care legislation after allowing Congress to work on its own for months.
Multiple sources close to the process told CNN Friday that while the plan is uncertain, they are preparing for the possibility they could deliver their own legislation to Capitol Hill sometime after the President Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, with one source calling the possibility of new legislation a "contingency" approach if efforts by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus to craft a deal fall through.
The White House emphasized Friday that no formal bill has yet been written. "The President has been reviewing all of the various legislative proposals, but no decision has been made about whether formal legislation will be presented," said Deputy Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer.
Multiple sources told CNN earlier in the day the thinking among administration officials was that the president will lay out a path to reform in his speech next week that the White House hopes can bridge the various differences in the competing proposals. Sources expect the president to emphasize the message: If Congress passes something now, it will serve as a foundation to pass further reform in the future.
As previously reported, the so-called trigger option remains very much on the table.
Under a 'trigger option', a new government-run health care plan would only go into effect if insurance companies fail to meet certain affordability standards with their own plans.
A source close to the White House says the administration is leaning toward dropping the public option, and continues to zero in on trying to convince Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe – who has long pushed for a trigger option - to come on board.
The source says the bill that would be presented to Snowe would leave out a public option but include a trigger provision that could lead to the introduction of a new government-run insurance plan under certain circumstances. The legislation would cover most, though not all, of the 46 million uninsured Americans. It would also include popular insurance reforms, such as ending the insurance industry practice of using pre-existing conditions to deny coverage.
This Democratic source also says that if the deal comes together, the key will be to successfully address the pushback from disaffected liberal legislators and congressional leaders.
As Obama prepares to go before Congress and lay out more details about his stance on health reform, he held a conference call Friday with some of the most liberal members of the House, who say they won't vote for a bill without a government run insurance option.
Two congresswomen on the call, which took place Friday afternoon, tell CNN that the president probed them about how entrenched they are, even asking them to define what they mean when they call for a "robust" public option.
"I think he would like to convince us that there is something sort of that could lead to a public option that would satisfy us, and guess what? It doesn't," Rep. Lynne Woolsey, D-California, told CNN in a telephone interview after the conference call.
Both Woolsey and Rep Barbara Lee, D-California, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, told CNN that they told the president point blank that they do not believe a health care proposal without a government run option is real reform.
"All of our caucuses are very unified about a robust public option, and that is essential in healthcare reform efforts," Lee told CNN in a separate phone interview after the conference call.
A Democratic source close to the process told CNN Friday that the White House was very conscious of the potential congressional fallout: "How do you (get the deal passed) without a revolt in the House? It can be done, but very delicately."
The bottom line, said the source, is that the president would have to "move to the center" on the issue eventually, "and it's not a bad thing to have liberals screaming at him" - that development will help sell the deal to Americans, "convince them it's a good, moderate deal, if liberals are mad."
Woolsey and Lee said Friday the president invited them to the White House to continue the discussion on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, before his speech to Congress.
- CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash contributed to this report.
(Updated Friday 7:30 pm with White House comment)
As a middle-class, tax paying member of society, I have no problem with the government using some of my tax money to help other people get healthcare or food or shelter. It's better than using million dollar smartbombs to blow up brown countries.
The so called "public option" must be permantly put to sleep. As many have pointed out, the public option would not be an option for long after having the government beat down the insurance carriers until it is just not worth the hassle anymore for what profit they may get., then big gov moves in and we have Obamacare on steroids. Just give me my pills now and lets get it over with.
Van Jones, please switch to Fox News. They are very easy to understand for people like you, NON THINKERS


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Windows 8.1 may fix Microsoft's dot-zero release but it may not fix the PC market.
After Citi Research revised its PC market growth forecast down to negative 10 percent growth earlier in the month, market researcher IDC chimed in on Friday with a less-than-upbeat snapshot for May.
"May results reflect deteriorating conditions rather than improvement and the market will probably fall short of projections," said Loren Loverde, an IDC analyst in a statement, referring to May regional PC shipments.
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Despite investor optimism on a resumption of year-to-year growth in the second half of 2013, "we do not expect [PC] units to grow" due to a "softening in PC end-demand" and "muted benefit from Haswell and Windows Blue [Windows 8.1]."


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