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Hello everyone... basically I got windows 7 a couple of months ago and I'm extremely tired of it.
Windows just releases crap after crap after crap, and windows 7 is what vista set out to be.
I'm looking for an OS that can run almost any game, software etc. just like windows can without any 3rd party help. I've tried linux(ubuntu) but you have to install 3rd party programs to get other programs to run which is a real hassle anyone know a good OS for me.
I mostly game, but I also code, and do projects on my computer.
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Got it chugging at 600, and did a variety. Buffalo chicken did not get photos.
White pizza with onion:
The "Come Kiss Me" - olive, anchovy, onion, pepperoni, and bacon:
BBQ Chicken - bbq sauce, cheddar/pizza mix, onion, and ...well, chicken:
Wood-fired crust on a Friday night. Sorry for the lump under the nail
Used the screen to raise the crust up off the stone if it got too hot, or was cooking too fast. Gave me a lot more control over the browning.

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text: Q: I read that the joint health supplements glucosamine and chondroitin may worsen the diabetic condition. I have diabetes and I'm taking glucosamine. Should I be concerned? -J.M.A: Hi J.M.,No, you shouldn't be concerned. These warnings have been circulating for years. They stem from older animal studies which suggested that large injections of glucosamine raised blood glucose levels, and a small, preliminary human study that demonstrated mild increases in insulin resistance. However, all of this misinformation should have been laid to rest when a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine clearly showed that glucosamine is perfectly safe for people with diabetes.In this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, researchers enrolled a group of older patients with type 2 diabetes and tested their levels of hemoglobin A1C. They then randomly assigned these men and women to take either a combination of 1,500 mg of glucosamine and 1,200 mg of chondroitin sulfate or a placebo every day. When they retested hemoglobin A1C levels after 90 days, the researchers found no significant differences between the two groups, leading them to conclude that "glucosamine supplementation doesn't result in clinically significant alterations in glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes."My clinical experience supports these most recent findings too. I've given glucosamine to thousands of patients with diabetes who also have arthritis, and have yet to observe a negative impact on blood sugar.Yours in good health,Dr. WhitakerDid You Know?Excess weight can wreak havoc on your joints. If you're looking for an effective, easy-to-stick-with way to drop unwanted pounds and regain control of your health, I invite you to participate in my Diabesity Challenge. For complete details, visit www.drwhitaker.com/challenge.Want to learn more about diabetes control? Visit DrWhitaker.com.Got a question for Dr. Whitaker?Check out Health Bistro for more healthy food for thought. See what Lifescript editors are talking about and get the skinny on the latest news. Share it with your friends (it's free to sign up!), and bookmark it so you don't miss a single juicy post!Talk to us on Facebook and Twitter!


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Because 3.0 is no longer supported. Firefox 3.5 will soon be unsupported. Anyone running 3.5 will be forced to upgrade to 3.6.
Stick with 4.0.1. I know some of the new 'features' take some getting used to but it really isn't that bad. Now if Mozilla kills off the URL like they been talking about I will really complain about that.


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Best Of :: La Vida
It may be small, but what this Mesa restaurant lacks in size is more than made up for in soul. The family-run restaurant came into being after months of hard work from Marco, Jinette, and Edmundo Meraz, who renovated the mid-century building themselves and even inherited some of the cacti out front from family and friends. The menu includes a wide selection of wheat flour empanadas, which range in flavors from traditional to the more unexpected. On the savory side, don't miss the Boricua, which combines rice, pigeon peas, and ham hock cooked in sofrito sauce. And for a standout sweet, try the fig cheese and caramel, which contains local figs, mozzarella, and South American-style dulce de leche. The rest of República Empanada's entrées are worth a try, too, particularly the arroz con pollo, seasoned with capers, olives, peas, celery, cilantro, onions, and red bell peppers. Don't forget, you can also wash down your meal with one of the many craft beers available by the bottle.
For years, Tacos Atoyac was the bar against which we judged all other street-style Mexican eats. The no-frills restaurant served everything we could have asked for from a taco: affordability, simplicity, and lots of flavor. That's why we were devastated to hear the restaurant had closed suddenly and indefinitely in March. Taco enthusiasts wondered whether we'd ever find an acceptable replacement for the restaurant's near-perfect beer-battered fish taco. Thankfully, the drought didn't last long. In May, we were thrilled to hear that co-owner Pablo Lopez had reincarnated the beloved spot under a new name, Restaurant Atoyac Estilo Oaxaca — same location, same menu. If we close our eyes while biting into one of the carne asada burros, it's almost as if nothing changed.
If you've never dined on the patio at Los Sombreros, then you've been missing out on one of the more romantic dining spots in town — not that the inside of the converted brick house that this restaurant calls home is a bad option. No matter where you sit at this dining spot, you're sure to have a memorable meal. Chef-owner Azucena Tovar uses her impeccable talent to craft modern Mexican cuisine that blends traditional flavors with her own personal style, traveling to Mexico City every year for inspiration. Some of her standout dishes include mole poblano, huitlacoche quesadillas, and hibiscus enchiladas — in short, not the kind of fare you'll find at just any ol' Mexican joint.
When you know that Phoenix Burrito House comes courtesy of the De la Cruz family — they're the folks behind Zócalo Mexican Grille and El Sol Mexican Cafe & Bakery in Chandler, Mangos Mexican Cafe and Bakery in Mesa, and Méjico in Central Phoenix — then it should come as no surprise that Phoenix Burrito House is such a solid new spot. The restaurant took over the former home of The Fry Bread House, adding a little south-of-the-border charm to the Melrose District. We love the restaurant's tortillas, which are soft, chewy, and offer just the right amount of stretch. They're particularly enjoyable when wrapped around ingredients such as pork in green chile sauce and Phoenix Burrito House's spicy shrimp.
If you're at Los Olivos only for the chips and salsa and a margarita, you will not be disappointed. This restaurant delivers from that first perfectly crisp, salty chip. But we dare you to stop at just chips — soon you'll be ordering a cheese crisp, maybe some corn sopas from the friendly staff, and from there it's just a hop and a skip down the menu to a giant selection of every classic Mexican dish imaginable: chimichangas, fajitas, enchiladas. There's nothing nouveau about this place. It's a collection of Sonoran classics made for decades and served in a crazy series of connecting cavernous rooms. Our favorite spot is the underwater-esque lounge. As long as Los Olivos keeps the chips coming and the tequila flowing, we're good.
Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, there is no wrong time to sink your teeth into chilaquiles at Pepe's Taco Villa. There's an endless list of places in town to get yourself an order of the Mexican favorite, but nowhere with the balance of chicken, tortilla strips cooked to crispy perfection, and chile with enough kick to tease our lips. Let's not forget the fried egg — or two — that sits atop the blend of chicken and tortilla, with yolk that smoothes out the rest as it goes down. We also can't resist the owner's excitement when he brings out our order and waits to make sure everything is just right.


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im gonna order summmmmmmm montana from BS soon and uh i was wondering which color White is best??????????
caz theres like 4 whites
and like 4 blacks
so can you guys explain to me the difference, or give me your opinions on which one is best?caz ive never used MTN before
I'm a person just like you,
Except i've got better things to do,
Than sit around and fuck my head,
Hang out with the living dead.
ironlak is the shit. kills the rest
RIP Bingo aka adam king
RIP FUSIN. ill miss you bro
im from alberta canada. no real way to get montana down here. especially since im 14 and my parents got no idea i paint, so i like krylon.
It's time to change the world, kids, heres the blueprints
i voted montana just cause its actually good paint, do i got out and by tons of it no. Rona and Painter touch r my usuals, cheap and ok, only bad thing is Rona's caps spray lines not dots its weird, but w' u change the cap to a ny fat r skinny and bam u got som good shit
I voted montana but I also us belton and hip color.I've used rona and those cheap piece of shit walmart ones and there not worth it one bit.So many people say but there cheap ya and you can use a whole can doing on tag going over and over it and it still won't stay longer then a month.
It is the only place I know Where death is most alive It is when truth is turned to lie That death is most alive
the walmart stuff is cheap and gets it done ...
its the only thing aside from krylon i tried and to me its all the same ... so i go for cheap
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german montana is probally the best cans ive used, alot of people say hardcore is better paint but idk ive had hardcore and its alot more glossy and runs more then gold or black series lines, ive heard its not as good at covering and mostly probally because u never shake yur can before u use it, gold wont come out as thick if u dont shake it good, and hardcore will drip but w/e if can actually paint i think it dosent realy matter what can u use its alll about the holder, then agien its hard to get a hold of in the states with out dropin 8 dollors a can so u got to order the shit, rusto works good but out where i like they have like 8 colors and we dont have krylon so were forced to order good shit, has anybody used monster or clash cans before??, and if u cats out there want cheaper montana hardcore go to www.illegalsupply.com they got hardcore for 4 dollors a can and alien for 3.50 word up, peace
any can of paint can be great with a good cap.
best paint eh? why is molotow last then? also where are the legendary brands of: car plan, japlack, buntlack, rust not, motip, auto k and hycote. you cant get better than a hycote jungle green!
99 cent black and white from home depot. And other then that just rustos
walmart... cuz thats all ive ever used and its all i can afford... wut the fuck is belton?
Los Angeles Pride
Belton Molotows and montanas are the ill shit
i didnt vote cause its kinda a trick question. i love them all really. im not to particular. ill use what ever i can find or have the money for.
ironlak,not just cause its aussie made,in the end it all comes down to price,half the price of a belton,nice pressure,dope colors(releasing more all the time)and some of the thickest most pigmented paint ive laid my hands on,not only that but they work off the publics perspective,they never stop listening to someones occasional problem(maybe a color not being thick enough or too thick) and they release new paint formulas constantly
IMO the best paint for its price
To be honest i usually use paints from home depot and canadian tire because its cheap, if you shake it enough and if you use the right tip its ok paint. However when Sub V closed for renovations in march of something i stocked up on montana which was real fun. So I would chose rustoleum.
I use Belton when I can afford it, but i usually rack Krylon, Rusto & other shit like that from Home Improvement stores...
I'm worse than all 7 deadly sins!
Cause i'll kill ya off wit tha speed of hurricane force winds!


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Discussions about an organic checkoff reached the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry recently when a Pennsylvania Democrat sponsored a related amendment in the farm bill.
The Organic Trade Association has been "exploring" the concept since July 2011 when it spent $50,000 to create its own feasibility plan, according to OTA's 2012 winter report.
Miles McEvoy, deputy administrator of the National Organic Program, said the OTA approached the NOP about creating an assessment program.
Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., initially wanted an amendment in the Senate committee's version of the farm bill to establish an assessment. During committee work the amendment was pared down to a sentence fragment requiring a feasibility study. The bill awaits consideration by the full Senate.
Roger Pepperl, marketing director for Stemilt Growers LLC, Wenatchee, Wash., said the company opposes an assessment on organic produce.
"We really believe in organics. We will go 100% organic in our stone fruit soon," he said. "… Commodity boards have been on the downslide for a while now. Generic promotions help no one."
Charles Sweat, chief executive officer at Earthbound Farm, San Juan Bastista, Calif., said a checkoff has potential to help, but would need careful consideration.
"It will be important to ensure that it's designed equitably, responsibly and with results-based accountability built in," Sweat said May 24."Earthbound Farm is involved in the exploratory process…"
The OTA contends all organic producers would benefit.
"OTA views its role as facilitating the industry to look at the possibility of a program," said Laura Batcha, executive vice president.
Batcha said OTA plans "town hall" meetings on the topic, and it plans to make a decision by the end of this year on whether to pursue assessments.
The organization is now in Phase 2 of its checkoff work, which includes "grassroots buy-in, legislative development and defining parameters of such an order," according to an OTA newsletter. "OTA will advocate for removing current barriers by establishing such an order by proposing necessary technical fixes."
The "fixes" would include significant revisions of federal law. Currently producers can be compelled to pay into only one assessment program. Whether that would be an existing commodity program or a new organic checkoff would have to be defined, among other details.


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- What's the smart money buying this summer? Financial stocks, for one thing. So far, just shy of a hundred hedge funds have reported their second-quarter holdings to the SEC, and these fund managers have been piling on the financial sector, adding onto a small number of names.
"13F season" is officially starting to get red hot, and the early holdings being reported by hedge funds are telling -- especially because they're subject to less lag right now.
And since we're looking at fund holdings in the aggregate, they're less impacted by the fact that some funds might not have filed yet. Consider it a sampling of the trillions of dollars managed by hedge funds: a sneak peak.
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It's clear already, though, that hedgies are buying financial stocks. And not just any financial stocks. With anxiety still prevalent in the market this quarter, hedge funds focused on buying staid, large names in the financial sector, looking to snap up bargains in a group that's underperformed the S&P 500 in 2012 without turning to the risks of big banks.
To peek at hedge fund holdings, we're turning to a new set of 13F filings that are hitting the SEC's mailbox right now.
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Institutional investors with more than $100 million in assets are required to file a 13F – a form that breaks down their stock positions for public consumption. From hedge funds to mutual funds to insurance companies, any professional investors who manage more than that $100 million watermark are required to file a 13F. And by comparing one quarter's filing to another, we can see how any single fund manager is moving their portfolio around.
Without further ado, here's a look at 5 financial stocks hedge funds love.
American International Group
First on the list is one of the unlikeliest of names: American International Group (AIG). If hedge funds are trying to skirt the risks of the big banks, why on earth would they turn to AIG, the poster boy for the financial screw-ups of 2008? The best example of a black swan catastrophe imaginable?
Because it's a different company, for starters.
AIG emerged from the financial crisis as the recipient of a series of gut-wrenching bailouts from the U.S. government, around $182 billion in total. But even after the fire sale that AIG had to undergo at its darkest hour, the firm is still one of the biggest insurers in the world.
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Even more surprising may be the fact that the government is actually making money on the AIG deal. Uncle Sam's breakeven price for shares is $28.72, a level that's well under foot right now. And so the government has been exiting its ownership stake in AIG since 2011, shifting the firm from a ward of the state to a real, live standalone company once again.
However you feel about the AIG bailout, it's hard to compare the AIG of today with the AIG of before. There's a new (and experienced) management team in place. The less attractive (and riskiest) businesses have been jettisoned. But the firm still has the scale to compete with any insurer on the market today, and once Wall Street gets over the bitter taste in its mouth from old AIG, this stock should be able to catch more of a bid.
Hedge fund managers agree: They snapped up 3.07 million shares of AIG in the second quarter, more than doubling their stake to $174.7 million.
AIG shows up on a list of 10 Stocks of Top-Performing Mutual Funds in 2012.
Charles Schwab
It's been a solid year for shareholders of Charles Schwab (SCHW), a fact that I find pretty telling given record-low rates and the gun-shy nature of stock investors over the last couple of years. Since the first trading day in January, Schwab has rallied more than 17%, besting the broad market by a wide margin.
And hedge fund managers have been participating in the Schwab trade, piling on 7.28 million shares in the second quarter, a move that triples their previous holdings in the stock.
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Charles Schwab is one of the biggest discount brokers in the world, operating a network of around 300 branches spanning the country (and a tiny presence overseas). In the last decade, Schwab has made big strides towards expanding its financial service offerings, adding a banking arm, a mutual fund business, and a bigger institutional presence to its menu.
Low rates and spooky equity markets are tough for brokers: they mean that firms earn much lower interest from cash on account, and that trading commissions are much lower than in full-on bull markets. Even so, Schwab has managed to compensate by boosting the proportion of its sales that come from nascent fee-based operations.
With substantial net profit margins flowing off of its income statement, a decent balance sheet, and even a modest dividend payout, Schwab looks in solid shape to keep outperforming the rest of the sector in 2012.
Capital One Financial
Capital One Financial (COF) isn't just about credit cards anymore. The $33 billion firm took the great recession as an opportunity to branch out, buying up traditional retail banks at bargain prices. While COF had already owned banks for nearly a decade, its scale has truly ballooned in recent years, making the firm the sixth-biggest bank in the country by deposits right now.
But both before and after the change, Capital One's bread and butter has always been consumer lending. The firm is one of the biggest Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) issuers in the country, and a major auto lender. The retail banking business isn't inconsequential -- quite the contrary. It provides COF with an ample flow of dirt-cheap capital that it can lend out at rates that are traditionally on the high end of the spectrum. One result of that is a net profit margin of nearly 20% last year.
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As a well-capitalized "bank," Capital One doesn't have to worry about the same regulatory pressures faced by peers that are handing onto their own capital requirements by the skin of their teeth. With rates just about as low as they can go right now, Capital One stands to benefit immensely when rates reverse and turn higher. Its loans are tied to benchmarks, giving it a wider spread between the interest it charges borrowers and the interest it pays out to savers at Capital One Bank.
Hedge funds have been taking notice of Capital One lately. Funds bought 1.6 million shares of the firm in the second quarter, boosting their holdings of COF by more than 10% to $610 million.
Capital One was included on a list of 10 Stocks to Watch During Earnings Season.
Hatteras Financial
It's been a fairly perfunctory year for Hatteras Financial (HTS), and that's just the way investors like it. The firm is a mortgage REIT, a unique type of financial firm that owns agency mortgage securities. While that sounds like risky business to anyone who remembers the alphabet soup of mortgage-related securities back in 2008, the truth is that it doesn't get any safer than agency securities: they're backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
Without credit risks, Hatteras earns its keep by ramping up its leverage, borrowing money cheaply to buy income investments that pay out higher interest payments. Since Hatteras owns a portfolio of agency-backed investments, lenders see it as relatively low-risk, and since homeowners are individually higher risk, the spread on rates is designed to work in HTS' favor -- and by and large it has.
As a REIT, Hatteras is obligated to pay out more than 90% of its income as dividends. That's resulted in a massive 12.7% yield right now. While uncertainty over interest rate policy is one of the biggest reasons why investors are skittish about HTS right now, the firm should have the wherewithal to refinance its debt quickly or rebalance its portfolio to counter any big benchmark moves.
Hedge funds picked up more than 2 million shares of Hatteras in the last quarter, more than tripling their stake in the firm -- and ramping their exposure to $95 million.
Last up is Allstate (ALL), a household name that ranks as the country's second-biggest personal lines property-casualty insurer. The firm insures cars and homes and provides life insurance and other financial products through a network of 13,000 Allstate agents as well as a network of banks and independent agents. That network size, and the success of Allstate's brand, bode well for the stock right now.
That's because insurance has become largely a commoditized business in the last few decades -- in other words, all policies are more or less created equal. That creates immense competition for insurers trying to perfectly balance between providing costs low enough to snatch customers and margins of safety that are sufficient to protect from losses and earn profits underwriting policies. Allstate's reputation and customer service give the firm the ability to be a bit more risk-conscious than many of its rivals, but ultimately if ALL can't compete on price it's going to lose business.
Post-2008, ALL trimmed its homeowners portfolio to shed some catastrophic risk from its balance sheet, instead opting to pile on exposure to the much better-quantified auto insurance business. While Allstate isn't the most exciting name on this list, it's nevertheless a solid way to get exposure to the insurance business, with a bit of income on the side: Allstate currently pays out a 2.3% dividend yield.
Hedge funds bought 1.28 million shares of Allstate in the second quarter, nearly doubling their holdings in the firm.
To see these stocks in action, check out the at Hedge Funds' Favorite Financial Stocks Q2 portfolio on Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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At the time of publication, author had no positions in stocks mentioned.
Jonas Elmerraji, based out of Baltimore, is the editor and portfolio manager of the Rhino Stock Report, a free investment advisory that returned 15% in 2008. He is a contributor to numerous financial outlets, including Forbes and Investopedia, and has been featured in Investor's Business Daily, in Consumer's Digest and on MSNBC.com.


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Obituary Scott McPike
18 January 1972 — Silverton, Oregon
Silverton Appeal Newspaper, January 13, 1972 Obituary
Scott McPike Dies Tuesday
Scott McPike, a resident of this area for 46 years, died Tuesday at the Veterans Hospital in Portland. He was born April 14, 1889 in London, Ohio and was a former resident of 206 S. Second St.
Survivors include his wife Ruth of Silverton; daughter Mrs. Jean Beals of Los Angeles, Calif.; sister, Miss Lola McPike of Chicago, Ill.; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two nephews.
Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Unger's Funeral Chapel with interment in Valley View Cemetery.
Rev. Donald Colburn will officiate.


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Arkansas Inmate Executed
A convicted murderer in Arkansas is the first of several inmates to be executed before a lethal injection drug expires at the end of the month. Ledell Lee was one of eight inmates who were scheduled to be put to death, however, several of those inmates have received stays of execution.
Ledell's execution took place just before midnight after a series of last minute appeals were rejected. Earlier, the state Supreme Court overturned a ruling that blocked the use of another drug involved in the lethal injection drug cocktail. The next execution is scheduled for Monday.
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'Tynan shared part of the program with Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and forward Drew Stafford, who played their guitars along with the U2 song "All I Want Is You." They seemed to know the ropes pretty well, and Stafford got off a few strong solo riffs. Later they returned to help close the concert with ringa- ding performance of another U2 tune, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," which Tynan equated to the Sabres quest for the Stanley Cup.'
The dynamo that is Tynan runs at full speed
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text: Usually the tabloids don't release their covers until Wednesday, but this week because of a possible leak, both People in the US and Hello in the UK decided to show their covers early. I'm not sure I like People's cover. I think the whole point of Angelina's dress, or at least what makes it interesting for a third wedding are the drawings of the kids on the dress. On People's cover you don't see them at all and what parts you do see aren't clear enough to make out the fact they are drawings. Another thing going for the Hello cover is Brangelina kissing which is missing from People. They went with the kind of pose they love and would probably be the same one Nicole Kidman would do. A final strike against People is they have to find other ways to get eyeballs inside so they have a blurb about the fall television season and Meredith Vieira.


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Hossein Rahnama: Monetizing education Add to ...
Hossein Rahnama runs Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone, an innovation hub that builds student companies and accelerates product launches and research, while students earn their university degrees.
This is part of Our Time to Lead: Education, The Globe and Mail's series on the state of postsecondary education in Canada. To discover the full series, visit the Our Time to Lead section. Or, view all of the video inside the multimedia interactive.