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Cameron Diaz says there's something about not being married.
In a new interview for Playboy, the actress downplayed a rumored relationship with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez and dished on her dynamic with ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake.
"No, no, no," Diaz said when asked if she and A-Rod were "an item."
"I've been in relationships since I was 16 years old," Diaz explained. "I've made a conscious decision not to be in a relationship for as long as I want."
Keeping single means staying "away from all the traps," according to Diaz, who added that she "can't even count the times" she's hopped on a plane to pursue a lover.
Speaking of one ex-lover in particular, Diaz told Playboy that working with Justin Timberlake on the set of the film "Bad Teacher" wasn't a problem.
"We're adults," Diaz said. "Of course we could work together. It's been three years since we broke up."
Diaz, who has been romantically linked in the past to her "Something About Mary" co-star Matt Dillon and actor Jared Leto, said she's "evolved" from her old relationships.
She described her style as"primal on an animalistic level, kind of like, 'Bonk me over the head, throw me over your shoulder. You man, me woman.' Not everybody has the right kind of primal thing for me...I love physical contact. I have to be touching my lover, like, always. It's not optional."
And don't confuse love and sexuality because there's a difference, Diaz said, using her own sexual orientation as an example.
"I can be attracted to a woman sexually, but it doesn't mean I want to be in love with a woman," Diaz said. "If I'm going to be with a woman sexually, it doesn't mean I'm a lesbian. We put these restraints and definitions on people, but it's hard to define."
Diaz is set to appear in the upcoming films "Knight and Day" and "The Green Hornet."

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Things that are sad: CakeSpy's birthday week is over. And (bad spy) the giveaway schedule had a slight hitch: friday's giveaway never went up! Yikes (must have been too busy eating Birthday Cake French Toast!).
Things that are glad: There's a final giveaway to cap the week and say thank you for the totally sweet memories.
That's right: here's another giveaway, this time for the lovely and amazing M-Cups by super-creative company FRED! Here's a description:
This set of 6 dry-measure cups nests neatly just like traditional Russian matryoshkas. They accurately measure 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4 and 1 full cup, and they're built from heavy-duty, food-safe, long-life engineering plastics. M-Cups are useful, easy to store, and quite charming...so why not doll up YOUR kitchen with a little Russian folklore? Each set is packaged in a full-color printed giftbox.
They're a popular seller at CakeSpy Shop, and now you can win a set for free! How? Simply answer the following pressing cake question below. US and Canadian entrants only this time, please! The giveaway will close next Tuesday, September 7, at 12pm PST. Good luck!
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What is your least favorite dessert, and why?
Update: The winner!
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I'm not a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies. I'd rather eat the chocolate chips straight out of the bag or have the cookie minus the chips.
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Indelible, by Karin Slaughter [audiobook]. Read by Deborah Hazlett. [S.l.]: BBC Audiobooks, 2006.
Two intertwined plots, here - one a shooting and hijack situation in Grant County; and one an entangled situation years before, involving at least some of the main characters. This is the first of Slaughter's books I've read (I have to admit to being put off by the surname, at least in part) but it was tremendous, plot-wise. There were some things I absolutely hate which turn up in so many US novels - "purposefully" rather than "on purpose/deliberately", and "cohort" rather than "sidekick" - and they were in full view; please, someone buy this woman's copy-editor a dictionary. Even so, I've added Slaughter's series to my reading list.
Death comes to Pemberley, by P D James. London: Faber, 2011.
This was interesting, and I'm glad our book group picked it - but ultimately slightly unsatisfying as both a period and a detective story. The detection element is, of course, hampered by contemporary forensics - one of the detectives is dreaming of the day when one man's blood can be distinguished from anothers - and by the lack of a police force at the time; and both of these are interesting parts of the plot. A lot of the plot is exposed through letters and correspondence, but we find out a reasonable amount about magistrates and trials of the era. There are odd flashes of Austen - Elizabeth's description of Mr Collins's reaction to the murder, for instance. He began by stating that he could find no words to express his shock and abhorrence, and then proceeded to find a great number, few of them appropriate and none of them helpful. I should really have re-read Pride and Prejudice to remind myself of past history, but it was an absorbing enough read.
Lestrade and the sawdust ring, by M J Trow [audiobook]. Read by the author. Whitley Bay: Soundings, 2008.
Sholto Lestrade is forced to run away and join the circus in pursuit of a murderer at "Lord" George Sanger's Circus. As he continues to investigate, he also begins to question involvement at the highest level - Howard Vincent, founder of the recently-established CID, and Disraeli (hilariously caricatured by Trow). Lestrade employs his tenacity, physical clumsiness and almost complete inability to connect facts until they're staring him in the face in this nicely-read romp around 19th-century showmanship.
Brainiac: adventures in the curious, competitive, compulsive world of trivia buffs, by Ken Jennings. New York: Random House (Villard Books), 2004.
Ken Jennings made his name by winning 74 consecutive games on the quiz show Jeopardy! in 2003. This book is part autobiography of that episode in his life, but also an affectionate, funny history and exploration of trivia culture, from the publication of Notes and queries in the 1870s to an account of a weekend spent visiting teams involved in an 8-questions-an-hour, 54-hour trivia weekend run by a campus radio company. As an extra bit of fun, what appear to be footnotes throughout the book are actually trivia questions, with the answers at the end of each chapter. I loved this book.
The uninvited, by Liz Jensen [audiobook]. Read by Colin Mace. Rearsby, Leics: W F Howes, 2012.
This is a truly scary dystopian tale; possibly something John Wyndham might have produced if he'd been writing now. Something is happening to both children and adults - in the children it manifests as uncontrollable violence against adults; in the adults, industrial sabotage followed by suicide. Anthropologist Hesketh Locke, himself the former stepfather of an 8 year old boy, narrates and investigates the phenomenon. Locke is an ultra-rationalist with Asberger's Syndrome and has always found himself a slight outsider to the belief systems he studies; his perspective is made more interesting as a result. As ever with dystopias, the author flounders slightly towards the end, but this in no way detracts from the achievement of the rest of the book.


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This YouTube video of a clam "eating" salt is making the rounds on the Internet today, but we here at Business Insider wanted to know more, so we asked some researchers to take a look and let us know what they think. Here's the video for your reference:
Researcher Hans Ulrick Riisgård, a marine biologist at the Marine Biological Research Centre in Denmark, said this clam isn't actually eating: "The poor clam on the kitchen table sticks out its muscular foot in a vain attempt to dig itself into the sediment where it normally lives," he said. "The salt on the table just sticks to the wet foot but is not eaten by the clam which is a suspension-feeder."
Essentially, the poor clam is just trying to survive! Brian Bayne, a marine researcher from the University of Sydney agreed that this clam is definitely not feeding.
"These clams live buried in mud and they get there by digging-in with a large, mobile foot (which looks convincingly like a tongue), he said. "This clam, stranded on someone's floor, is trying to dig itself back home."
Clams like this actually feed by filtering small plant particles from the water using their gills, which are located inside the shell.


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Eight days of mass protests in Indian-administered Kashmir have prompted the region's government to reverse a controversial decision to transfer a large tract of land to a Hindu organization.
The land transfer, which was seen by some as an attempt to change the Muslim-Hindu ratio in this Muslim-majority area, sparked huge – sometimes violent – protests in the capital, Srinagar. The protests, in which four people were killed and hundreds injured, were the biggest in Kashmir for years.
The Associated Press reported on Monday that protesters had dismissed the government's claim that it would renege on transferring the land and vowed to continue with the protests.
By Sunday, the protests appeared to have evolved into pro-independence agitations.
"Our protests will continue until we achieve freedom from Indian domination," Mirwaiz Omer Farooq, head of the moderate faction All Parties Hurriyat Conference, told a crowd of protesters in Srinagar. The crowd chanted "We reject Kashmir's auction" and "We want freedom."
Greater Kashmir, a local newspaper, elaborated upon the separatist leader's motivations.
Mirwaiz termed the present struggle as peoples' movement. "The resentment of people is not only against land occupation, but also against cultural, political and army aggression of New Delhi in Kashmir. It is sentiment for Azadi (freedom) and New Delhi should without any further delay address the basic issue. Even if the land transfer order is revoked, sentiment of Azadi will remain," he added.
The government had originally said it would transfer 99 acres of forest land to the Amarnath Shrine Board, which manages a Hindu shrine in the area, saying it was necessary to build huts and toilets for the many pilgrims that visit the area.
Each year, thousands of Hindus trek to a Kashmir cave, situated at an altitude of 3,800 meters (2.3 miles), which they believe is an abode of the god Shiva. Last year, 400,000 pilgrims visited the cave, staying in tents and prompting the government to find new ways to accommodate them.
The BBC reported the view of separatists who believe that the land transfer "was part of a 'conspiracy to settle non-local Hindus in the valley with a view to reducing the Muslims to a minority'."
The Hindu, an Indian daily, reported that the situation was a little calmer on Sunday after the authorities imposed a curfew in Srinagar. The police had used batons and tear gas against protesters, who had responded by throwing stones. But the report also hinted at more trouble to come.
As the authorities imposed "undeclared curfew" with stringent security measures, the level of protests came down but the Mirwaiz led a protest in downtown and demanded the revocation of the land order. He said a sea of people would throng the city on Tuesday in response to a "Srinagar Chalo" call by the Action Committee on Land Transfer (ACALT).
The Kashmir Observer reported on Sunday that the situation remained tense, and that life was becoming increasingly difficult for some in the area.
However in more volatile areas where pro-freedom sentiments have traditionally been high, police failed to keep youth off the roads. The protesters, mostly young and teenagers, burned tires, created road blocks and held noisy protests chanting 'favourite' slogan – Ham Kya Chahtay: Azadi or "we want freedom".
Similar reports have come in from other major towns where for last seven days people are observing a spontaneous strike.
This despite the fact that people are facing acute shortage of essential commodities, including vegetables, milk and bread because truck services bringing in such commodities from rural areas and from outside the state too have been grounded for past one week.
The political fallout of the controversy is likely to last longer than the protests themselves.
On Saturday night, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), a key partner in Jammu-Kashmir's ruling coalition, which is led by the Congress party, withdrew its support of the government, saying it had not acted fast enough to quell the protests.
The Calcutta Telegraph later reported that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad did not want his former allies in the PDP to rejoin the government, even though his government had been significantly weakened by their withdrawal.
Azad, who has accused the PDP of pushing the land deal and then doing an about-turn, today got the governor to accept the resignation of its ministers.
Other parties castigated the government for succumbing to pressure over the land transfer, according to the Indian television news channel NDTV.
CNN-IBN, another leading Indian news channel, said India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had called for a general strike to protest the government's decision to back down.
"The whole issue has been given a communal colour by the Congress and the PDP, and they are being supported by the National Conference in that. People in Jammu feel hurt," state BJP In-charge, R P Singh said.
The government has said that, in the future, it will provide accommodations for pilgrims traveling to the sacred cave.


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Kitchens are the heart of the home. They are where your family gathers, where you entertain friends — and — of course, where you prepare meals. A well-designed kitchen supports these essential functions of your lifestyle.
A poorly designed kitchen…well, we hear the complaints:
- "I don't enough room on the counters."
- "I don't have places to put away the containers and small appliances."
- "Everyone walks right through the kitchen."
- "When we have friends over everyone is crowded into the kitchen."
- "We don't have enough room for larger family gatherings."
- "We only use our formal spaces a couple times a year."
Remodeling your kitchen provides you with a great opportunity to create a kitchen designed for your family. By using principles like the work triangle (see illustration), remodelers can create cooking areas with the necessary counter space and convenient storage.
By figuring out the traffic flow patterns, the cooking area can be protected from other people getting in the way. For example, some families have two or more people involved in cooking. So, design can create separate work zones.
Form follows function! Great design creates spaces that support your lifestyle and look beautiful. Kitchens offer great flexibility in combining finishes to create a particular style. How the design coordinates cabinets, countertops, flooring, lights, backsplashes — and, of course — appliances will make it "traditional," "contemporary," "country" or customized to your unique preference.
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Should the President Declare a National Emergency?October 2007
By William Faloon
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. In response to this attack, President Roosevelt declared an emergency and committed every national resource to supporting the war effort.
Another significant event occurred in 1941, but no government response was generated. The result of this oversight is that at least twelve times more Americans have died than all the US soldiers killed in World War II.
This historic 1941 discovery has been confirmed by recent human studies. It would thus seem appropriate for today's President to hold a news conference announcing a simple step that every American should take to drastically cut their risk of dying from age-related diseases.
When adding up the lives that could be spared, the numbers are staggering. For cancer alone, 275,000 American lives could be saved each year if a nationwide program was implemented.
When one considers how much money the government spends to protect against real and imaginary events, the cost of implementing this program would be trivial.
Where You Live Affects Your Cancer Risk
In 1941, the first scientific study was published showing that greater sunlight exposure resulted in lower cancer mortality.1 People living in northern
latitudes were shown to contract more cancers than those in southern latitudes, where there is greater year-round sun exposure.
Researchers subsequently identified vitamin D as the cancer-protective factor generated from sunlight.2-6 Published scientific studies have shown cancer risk reductions of 50% and more based on higher vitamin D status.7-13
In all, we have identified 89 studies that describe how greater vitamin D levels reduce cancers of the breast, prostate, colon, esophagus, pancreas, ovary, rectum, bladder, kidney, lung and uterus, as well as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma.7-96
What has been lacking up until now, however, has been a double-blind, placebo-controlled study (with strong adherence levels) that specifically measured the effects of higher-dose vitamin D (with calcium) on cancer incidence.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Publishes Breakthrough Study
In a report published this year, the effect of administering 1,000 IU/day of vitamin D (with calcium) was evaluated in 1,180 postmenopausal women living in the Midwest.97
Unlike some recent flawed studies, the researchers took extraordinary steps to ensure that study participants were really taking their supplements and that all other variables were tightly controlled. After only four years, the risk of contracting any cancer was 60% lower in the vitamin D (and calcium) group compared with the placebo arm of the study.
The scientists then performed an even more detailed analysis of the data. By excluding cancers diagnosed in the first year of the study, which would have included cancers present when participants began taking vitamin D, they found an astounding 77% reduction in cancer incidence in the group receiving vitamin D compared with placebo.97 (Interestingly, in a third arm of this study in which the participants received calcium but no vitamin D, the cancer risk reductions were not as significant.)
What this means is that if all Americans began taking just 1,000 IU of vitamin D each day (with calcium), as many as three-quarters of all cancers could be prevented in just four years. The significance of this is such that a national emergency should be called to urge or mandate that all Americans over age 30 take at least 1,000 IU of vitamin D each day. There may not be a better example of what the federal government could do to save American lives than ensuring optimal vitamin D status in all citizens.
New findings show that children could also greatly benefit by supplementing with higher doses of vitamin D.98-111
How Vitamin D Prevents Cancer
Cancer has been defined as the "accumulation of mutations in genes that regulate cellular proliferation." Once genes that regulate cell division mutate, normal cells can turn into cancer cells.
Vitamin D has an effect on at least 200 human genes.98 Many of these genes are responsible for regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. In the next column are simple definitions of these cellular processes:
Proliferation: Uncontrolled cell division (cancer cells are characterized by rapid and uncontrolled division).
Differentiation: Process that cells undergo to mature into normal cells (uncontrolled reproduction of immature [undifferentiated] cells is a defining feature of cancer).
Apoptosis: Natural termination of defective cells (cancer cells are resistant to natural destruction, making them difficult to eradicate).
With less than optimal vitamin D status, the genes that regulate the three critical regulatory processes above become defective. These regulatory genes can therefore no longer maintain healthy cellular function (including programmed termination). The result is a sharp increase in cancer risks, as the DNA regulatory genes lack the vitamin D needed to maintain the normal proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis of our cells.
In addition, vitamin D has been shown to help prevent angiogenesis (new blood vessel growth into tumors) and metastasis (spread of cancer).11,51 It is for all these reasons that Life Extension recommended ten years ago that cancer patients take the highest tolerable dose of vitamin D.
Vitamin D Prevents Numerous Other Diseases
If vitamin D only reduced cancer risk, then it would be well worth supplementing with 1,000 IU/day and higher (depending on your level as determined by a blood test).
An abundance of recent studies, however, has uncovered a myriad of other diseases that vitamin D helps prevent.113-146 One interesting report showed that elderly people with higher vitamin D levels suffered far fewer falls and were less frail.147 This finding alone points to potentially huge reductions in nursing home confinements, along with less suffering and mortality, if every American adult took 1,000 IU/day of vitamin D.
Last year, Life Extension reported that the reason more people develop infections in the winter is not because of cold weather.148 Instead, the reduction in sunlight during winter causes a vitamin D deficiency that impairs immune function.149-159 When one considers that 60,000 Americans perish each year from pneumonia-influenza,160 it becomes apparent that maintaining optimal vitamin D could sharply reduce these grim statistics. Not only is vitamin D required for proper immune function, but by preventing falls and bone fractures, fewer elderly people will succumb to pneumonia as a result of being confined to a hospital setting.
If you've ever wondered why so many hospitalized people deteriorate so fast, look no further than the lack of vitamin D that caused their initial problem and the subsequent diminished vitamin D status that occurs in the absence of sunlight in the hospital setting.
Chronic inflammation is an underlying factor in the development of numerous age-related diseases. Vitamin D has been shown to suppress pro-inflammatory cytokines and protect against conditions ranging from rheumatoid arthritis, chronic muscle pain, and metabolic syndrome to congestive heart failure and stroke.161-169
Furthermore, those living in higher latitudes contract multiple sclerosis at far higher rates than those who obtain more sunshine throughout the year.138 Scientists have identified specific vitamin D receptors in the white matter of the brain, which may die prematurely in early life if given inadequate vitamin D (resulting in multiple sclerosis).139
So for a nutrient that was once thought to only protect against osteoporosis, vitamin D has emerged as a superstar, which may sharply reduce the risk of most age-related diseases.
When looking at all the different lethal diseases that vitamin D has been shown to prevent, hundreds of thousands of lives could be spared each year if every American supplemented with at least 1,000 IU of vitamin D each day. This is why this issue deserves "national emergency" status.
A Historical Precedent for Issuing a National Emergency
Polio was one of the most feared diseases in the first part of the 20th century. The polio virus often attacked children, sometimes leaving them walking on crutches, confined to iron lungs because of pulmonary paralysis, or dead!
Dr. Jonas Salk discovered the polio vaccine in 1952. Two years later, a clinical trial was conducted whose scope was unprecedented in medical history. The results were dramatic. Within two hours of announcing the successful clinical trials, the vaccine was licensed for use. Thanks to guarantees from what is now the March of Dimes, vaccine production facilities were already built and ready to operate. In 1955, the vaccine was distributed to children throughout America.
In 1952, there were 58,000 cases of polio in the United States—the most ever. By 1964, there were only 121 cases reported. The last case of acquired polio occurred in the United States in 1979.170
Many key players were involved in successfully eradicating the polio virus, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was instrumental in establishing the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (known today as the March of Dimes).
There is a clear precedent for the federal government to treat today's epidemic deficiency of vitamin D as a health crisis emergency and take affirmative steps to ensure that every American achieves optimal vitamin D status, just as was done with the polio vaccine in 1955.
The reduction in human misery and number of lives saved if all Americans achieved adequate vitamin D status would exceed those saved by the polio vaccine.


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MVC3 is the fifth game in the series, preceded by X-Men vs Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter, MVC: Clash of the Super Heroes & MVC2: New Age of Heroes. The first two games, however, released only in Japan. :( :P For the storylines & a handy X-roster table for ALL the MVC games including MVC3: Fate of Two Worlds/ Ultimate MVC3 go here & here!
Now onto the latest! It may contain some video game jargon & I'm not getting into their details out here. :P All the info is from the Marvel vs Capcom SDCC '11 Panels:
*It has 50 playable characters in total & 8 new levels.
*Gameplay enhancements include:
-Balanced gameplay
-Spectator mode & an improved X-Factor mode (both thanks to fan feedback)
-MT Framework technology that was last used in Capcom's Resident Evil 5
*This doesn't imply that old players need to learn a whole new gameplay. As Producer/Director Ryota Niitsuma puts it, it'll be like "putting on an old pair of shoes". However expect some changing fight strategies...
*Deadpool, Wolverine, Weapon X & X-Men: Dracula vs Apocalypse scribe Frank Tieri was brought onboard to pen the script & ensure the characters look & sound authentic. Known for his violence, he was (in his own words) "the Marvel cop (for the game). I gotta make sure the stuff is authentic for Marvel. The dialogue, the characters have to act like they normally act." And it's not "Marvel vs Marvel", so Tieri played all the games as Capcom characters for research .
*Characters like Ghost Rider, Hawkeye & Capcom's Strider have been introduced on fan demand! Check out the BADASS Ghost Rider trailer below!!
*Ryan Penagos (Marvel.com Editorial Director) noticed "really solid voice work, special endings, in-game events & fan-service for all fans of Capcom, fighting games & comic books." Yup, expect multiple exciting game endings especially for the new characters.
< Phoenix in her X-Men: Phoenix Force & New X-Men inspired costumes.
*The music (veering mostly towards the techno-dance genre) includes new songs while updating old favorites. Soundtracks can be customized for the X-Box 360.
*The game movies are supposedly AWESOME & get extended as new characters are introduced. Niitsuma worked hard on translating the comics to the movies, making you feel like you're entering the panels. The game also has a seriously cool comic book feel to it. Get ready for loads of MVC3 screenshots & gameplay vids like how I posted for X-Men Destiny (once HQ vids get released online), soon out here!
*Galactus continues to be the final boss, but with some new attacks.
*Original MVC purchased downloadable content (DLC) characters can be transfered to the game! However, DLC plans are still being finalized.
Get more MVC3 details from the awesome SDCC coverage via the live blogs out here! And wait! Witness the trailer released during the SDCC 2011 Panel!
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Functional verification typically consumes the largest amount of time and resources on ASIC, SoC FPGA, and FPGA design projects. To improve efficiency, verification teams are adopting Accellera's Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) standard along with IEEE Standard 1800 SystemVerilog (refer to: Blog Part 6 and Blog Part 10).
The main goal behind this approach is to increase verification efficiency through reusable verification components. However, manually creating and debugging UVM verification components still requires a significant amount of effort (refer to: Blog Part 8).
Since many chip design projects begin as algorithms in MATLAB® or Simulink®, test bench development efforts can be reduced by reusing the MATLAB code or Simulink models in the UVM verification environment.
HDL Verifier™ can automatically generate a SystemVerilog DPI component from MATLAB code or a Simulink model. This component can be used as a golden reference checker model in a UVM verification scoreboard, as a behavioral digital or analog component model in mixed-signal simulation, or as a sequence item in your UVM verification stimulus.
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my dad has had a weber grill (propane) since 1995. they are built like tanks and should last as long as you care for it.
On a different note, I received a class action notice yesterday concerning a case against Weber. They plaintif is claiming Weber has engaged in false advertising by advertising the grills are made in America but some parts might be manufactured in other countries.Why do we do this to good American companies who have kept the majority of thier operations here, employ a lot of people here and make a very good product? Sorry for starting to rant.On a happier note I saw a 22.5" Weber Kettle at Lowes for $99 yesterday.Paul
Check craigslist. I see quite a few used ones on there from time to time that might be half the price.
On a happier note I saw a 22.5" Weber Kettle at Lowes for $99 yesterday.
Quote from: Slowbrew on March 09, 2012, 12:17:18 PMOn a happier note I saw a 22.5" Weber Kettle at Lowes for $99 yesterday.I just bought a lightly used 22.5" off craigslist for $20. It even came with charcoal.I felt like I was robbing the poor lady but she was glad to get rid of it.It's older, with wood handles. But I kinda like that. It's been well cared for and is almost like new.It will replace the even older one sitting in my yard which I will seek to modify and repurpose as a dedicated smoker.


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LRR Energy, L.P. (NYSE: LRE) ("LRR Energy" or "LRE") announced today that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire oil and natural gas properties in the Mid-Continent region in Oklahoma from its sponsor, Lime Rock Resources, for a purchase price of $21.0 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. As part of the transaction, LRE will acquire commodity hedge contracts that LRE estimates to be currently valued at approximately $1.7 million. The purchase price will be adjusted based on the value of the hedge contracts at the closing of the transaction. The effective date of the transaction is October 1, 2012, and closing of the transaction is expected to occur on or about January 3, 2013, and is subject to customary approvals and closing conditions. LRE plans to finance the transaction with borrowings under its existing revolving credit facility. Terms of the transaction were approved on November 29, 2012, by the Board of Directors of the general partner of LRE and by the Board's conflicts committee, which is comprised entirely of independent directors. Eric Mullins, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are excited to announce our second acquisition from our sponsor, Lime Rock Resources. The transaction includes liquids-weighted, mature properties with a large inventory of low-risk development opportunities. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to distributable cash flow on a per unit basis." Charlie Adcock, Co-Chief Executive Officer, noted, "This transaction fits our operational strategy of acquiring long life properties and is a bolt-on to one of our core areas where we have extensive operating expertise and scale." The properties are located in Dewey and Custer Counties, Oklahoma. Transaction highlights: • Estimated net proved reserves of approximately 1,987 MBoe (based on Netherland, Sewell & Associates reserve report with an effective date of October 1, 2012) • Approximately 55% of proved reserves are oil and natural gas liquids
• 53% of proved reserves are proved developed producing• Current net production of approximately 350 Boe per day • Proved reserves to production ratio of 15.6 years • 124 producing wells, 32 of which are operated • Estimated maintenance capital expenditures of $1.0 million per year (to hold production of 270 Boe per day flat through 2015) • Based on acquired hedges, approximately 73% of expected PDP production is hedged through 2015 Financial highlights: The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to distributable cash flow per unit. As of November 29, 2012, and after taking into account the estimated total adjusted purchase price of the transaction, LRE will have approximately $45 million borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility ($250 million borrowing base less $205 million of outstanding borrowings) and approximately $8 million of cash on hand. The borrowing base capacity of $45 million excludes any potential increase in the borrowing base related to the newly acquired properties. LRE management believes that LRE's cash on hand, expected cash flow from operations and available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility is more than sufficient to fund expected 2012 and 2013 capital expenditures, working capital and cash distributions. As part of this transaction, LRE will acquire the following crude oil and natural gas hedges:
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About LRR Energy, L.P.LRR Energy is a Delaware limited partnership formed in April 2011 by affiliates of Lime Rock Resources to operate, acquire, exploit and develop producing oil and natural gas properties in North America. LRR Energy's properties are located in the Permian Basin region in West Texas and southeast New Mexico, the Mid-Continent region in Oklahoma and East Texas and the Gulf Coast region in Texas. Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes "forward-looking statements" — that is, statements related to future events. Forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of LRR Energy and include any statement that does not directly relate to a current or historical fact. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "may," "predict," "pursue," "expect," "estimate," "project," "plan," "believe," "intend," "achievable," "anticipate," "target," "continue," "potential," "should," "could" and other similar words. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in such statements. Forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, and ultimately may not prove to be accurate. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, a decline in oil, natural gas or NGL prices, the risk and uncertainties involved in producing oil and natural gas, competition in the oil and natural gas industry, governmental regulations and other factors. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements due to the factors described under the captions "Risk Factors" in LRR Energy's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and LRR Energy's subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. LRR Energy does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Reserve DisclosuresThe SEC permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only "reserves" as defined by SEC rules. Estimates of reserves in this press release are based on economic assumptions with regard to commodity prices that differ from the prices required by the SEC (historical 12 month average) to be used in calculating reserves estimates prepared in accordance with SEC definitions and guidelines. In addition, the estimates of reserves in this press release were prepared by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. and are based on various assumptions, including assumptions related to oil and natural gas prices as discussed above, drilling and operating expenses, capital expenditures, taxes and availability of funds.


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Today is Friday, March 2, the 62nd day of 2012 with 304 to follow.
The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Neptune, Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus and Venus.
Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. They include statesman DeWitt Clinton, chief sponsor of the Erie Canal project, in 1769; Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas, in 1793; Pope Leo XIII in 1810; journalist, politician and reformer Carl Schurz in 1829; Pope Pius XII in 1876; publisher Max Schuster in 1897; German composer Kurt Weill in 1900; baseball player and World War II-era spy Moe Berg in 1902; children's author "Dr. Seuss," Theodor Geisel, in 1904; baseball star Mel Ott in 1909; entertainer Desi Arnaz in 1917; actors Jennifer Jones in 1919 and John Cullum in 1930 (age 82); former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and writer Tom Wolfe, both in 1931 (age 81); author John Irving and singer Lou Reed, both in 1942 (age 70); Irish musician Rory Gallagher in 1948; singer Karen Carpenter in 1950; comedian Laraine Newman in 1952 (age 60), rock singer Jon Bon Jovi in 1962 (age 50); actor Daniel Craig in 1968 (age 44), musician Chris Martin in 1977 (age 35); and NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in 1982 (age 30).
On this date in history:
In 1836, Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico.
In 1925, the first system of interstate highway numbering was introduced in the United States.
In 1933, the movie "King Kong" premiered in New York.
In 1943, in the Battle of Bismarck Sea, U.S. warplanes attacked a Japanese convoy en route to New Guinea in the South Pacific, eventually blocking Japan's attempt to send in reinforcements.
In 1945, units of the U.S. 9th Army reached the Rhine River opposite Dusseldorf, Germany.
In 1949, a U.S. Air Force plane piloted by Capt. James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight in just more than 94 hours.
In 1962, Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game NBA scoring record with 100 points against the New York Knicks.
In 1991, Yugoslavia's federal army was sent to Croatia to protect Serbs after violence erupted between Croatian security forces and villagers.
In 1992, U.S. President George H.W. Bush vetoed a bill linking improvements in human rights to continued most-favored-nation trade status for China.
In 1999, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, son of the former president, said he was setting up a committee to explore a run for the White House.
In 2000, a longtime political fundraiser for U.S. Vice President Al Gore was convicted for arranging more than $100,000 in illegal donations in 1996.
In 2004, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., locked up the Democratic presidential nomination with a series of primary victories.
Also in 2004, at least 125 people died in explosions at two Shiite shrines in Iraq.
In 2005, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan urged Congress to scrutinize spending and taxes to help solve the problem of federal budget deficits that he called "unsustainable."
In 2006, the United States and India announced agreement on a plan to allow India to buy U.S. nuclear fuel and reactor components. India in return reportedly would separate military and civilian nuclear programs and allow inspections.
In 2007, U.S. Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey announced his resignation amid charges of poor conditions for patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
In 2008, outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin's choice as his successor, Dmitri Medvedev, was elected president in a landslide. Putin remained in power as prime minister.
Also in 2008, the latest clash between Israel and Hamas continued to escalate with more than 100 Palestinians killed in five days of intense fighting.
In 2009, American International Group, the insurance giant whose massive failure helped bring on the global financial crisis, reported a record U.S. quarterly loss of $61.7 billion. The federal government in bailout and extended financing paid AIG about $180 billion to keep the firm afloat.
Also in 2009, the CIA was accused of destroying 92 tapes recording harsh interrogation proceedings with the al-Qaida terror suspects.
In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a program that would offer rebates to American consumers who invest to make their homes energy efficient.
In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that an anti-gay Kansas church had a constitutional right to stage a peaceful protest at the funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq. The religious group claimed war deaths were God's punishment of Americans for a tolerance of homosexuality and carried such placards as "Thank God for dead soldiers."
Also in 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama signed a 2-week extension that kept federal agencies open while work continued on a fiscal budget agreement.
A thought for the day: Mikhail Gorbachev said, "Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face."


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DetailsThe Venus Bridal panty brief is a masterpiece of exclusive lingerie from the Love Story collection by Gracya bridal lingerie collection. Seductive Panties made of the high quality tulle adorned with straight ribbon strap and bow with tiny Swarovski crystals. An absolute must have for any bride.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Course Goals and Structure
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Part D: Evaluate, Assess What You Have Learned
In the last part of each session, you are asked to use the information you have learned in the session to create a carefully crafted lesson plan that you can use in your classroom. You are encouraged to use a problem you teach or to adapt a problem from the course. Links to sources of problems, including the Annenberg Learning Math courses, are provided in the reference section of the course.
Classroom Checklist
A printable classroom checklist of items that you may want to review in light of your lesson plan also is included. This checklist is in PDF form, and you will need Adobe Acrobat reader to view it. Use of the classroom checklist is optional.
As mentioned previously, the journal appears at the end of each part. In Evaluate, we ask you to read your previous journals to see how your understanding of the process standard has changed and to answer questions based on the entire session.
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Birds of Tokyo say March Fires has alienated some of their fans, but the album has been a risk worth taking. It took six years of hard graft for Birds of Tokyo to rise through the ranks from practical unknowns to Australia's indie darlings with three chart-topping albums under their belt. And yet it's taken a mere 18 months to wipe the slate clean and start over with a new sound on album No4.
"This record is a very different front for the band," lead singer Ian Kenny says of the aptly titled March Fires, which refers to the natural cycle of regeneration in the Northern Hemisphere when forests burn off in spring.
"We kind of redress who we are and it does feel new and fresh. We have a completely new conversation with our crowd now."
A large part of that process was working out whether Birds of Tokyo wanted to remain together as a band. "We're 30-year-old dudes. We've been doing this for a while and we really thoroughly discussed why we were writing music. It was a conversation the whole way through - why are we writing record No4? And the more you ask yourself, the more you find," he says.
For Kenny and co there was much on the line. "We're very much a DIY band.
We're business-savvy guys, everything is done in-house and we pay for everything, from our own touring to our own video clips. So it's a very deliberate decision when it comes to being a band. If you want something out of it, then you have got to put in the work."
Musically, the band's regrowth reveals itself in a more expansive and dramatic sound, with uplifting and soaring choruses, designed to fill stadiums. It's stark in contrast to the their earlier alt-rock leanings.
And although it's a move that has polarised fans, Kenny says there are no regrets.
"Some people really adore it and some people are just questioning it, which is something we're getting really excited about to be honest. I love the idea of having a bit of risk. We've got some new fans coming through already and the record has only been out a few weeks."
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What does it mean for Maryland?
Every five years, Congress reauthorizes and revises the child nutrition programs. These programs – which include school meals, afterschool snacks and meals, child care food, summer meals, and WIC – provide funding to ensure that low-income children have access to healthy and nutritious foods. Each day, millions of children across the country benefit from the child nutrition programs, which are proven to improve educational achievement, economic security, nutrition and health.
Although the programs are permanently authorized, the reauthorization process provides an opportunity to improve and strengthen these programs so they better meet the needs of Maryland's children.
What were the outcomes of the last Child Nutrition Reauthorization?
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (the child nutrition reauthorization bill for 2010) has many important and excellent provisions, and invests an additional $4.5 billion over ten years in new funding for child nutrition programs.
Critical child nutrition changes will:
- Support improvements to direct certification for school meals and other strategies to reduce red tape in helping children obtain school meals;
- Allow state WIC agencies the option to certify children for up to one year;
- Mandate WIC electronic benefit transfer (EBT) implementation nationwide by October 1, 2020;
- Improve area eligibility rules so more family child care homes can use the CACFP program;
- Enhance the nutritional quality of food served in school-based and preschool settings; and
- Make "competitive foods" offered or sold in schools more nutritious.
The bill also:
- Authorizes $20 million dollars for Summer Food Support grants for sponsors to establish and maintain programs; and
- Expands the Afterschool Meal Program to all 50 states. Previously, only Maryland, the District of Columbia and 12 other states were able to operate this program.
Fast Facts: Maryland and Hunger
One out of every nine Maryland households faces a constant struggle against hunger.
One in five Maryland households with children say they struggled to afford enough food for their families.
For every 100 low-income children that eat school lunch, only 46 also eat school breakfast.
Find out more about Child Nutrition Reauthorization at the Food Research and Action Center website.


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Cassava Coconut Vietnamese Cake (Banh Khoai Mi)
03.10.09 by Jackie
Bánh khoai mì nướng, literally baked cassava (or manioc) cake in Vietnamese, is a sticky, sweet cake. The cassava provides the starch, the coconut milk provides the fat, and condensed milk is used as a sweetener. It's unlike any Western dessert you've ever tried.
Cassava is a starchy tuberous root that is widely used in South America, Africa and Asia. The flour made from the roots is called tapioca.
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WTI/UNITAR Joint e-Learning Courses
The World Trade Institute (WTI) in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) offers e-Learning courses in the field of international trade policy and regulation. The four to six week long courses are designed specifically for officials and professionals wishing to deepen their knowledge and understanding of international trade. The courses are entirely delivered via the internet, including thematic online discussions moderated by instructors who possess in-depth knowledge and experience of current trade challenges and issues. Certificates of Completion shall be awarded to successful course participants.
High quality training content will be provided by WTI and UNITAR for each course, which will form the basis for study, discussions, group work and individual assessments. The learning environment will comprise trade sector officials and professionals from all over the world (developing, emerging and industrialized nations) who will have a unique opportunity to study, share, and engage in practical discussions using our discussion board facility.
Through a unique approach linking economic and legal perspectives, each of our courses will aim to deepen the skills and understanding of participants, as well as allow participants an opportunity to network and dialogue with other officials and participants from across the globe so as to share country experiences and good practices in trade policy and regulation.
WTI and UNITAR are pleased to inform you that registration is now open for the following new e-Learning courses which will be offered in 2013. Please check our website regularly for new updates or join our mailing list.
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The 4 seamless shots of 'the airplane approach' shown on LIVE TV
And here is the full "airplane approach" film sequence - a grand total of 16 seconds of footage - that was aired LIVE on the major TV networks o
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So I'll now ask everyone to consider the odds of these 4 cameras capturing a sequential series of shots showing 'FLIGHT 175' entering and exiting their given lens views in seamless fashion. Does this seem likely - or can you say "fabricated animation sequence"? I call this the "16-second magic sequence". You will have to be very convincing if you are to tell people that this was all a matter of pure happenstance. Please know that these mere 16 seconds of 'plane footage' make up THE GRAND TOTAL OF AIRPLANE IMAGERY THAT THE TV NETWORKS SHOWED LIVE ON 9/11.
This the sum total of shots of alleged "FLIGHT175" shown on LIVE TV ON 9/11.
Four sequential chunks of 'the hijacked airliner's' approach were aired in seamless succession, none of the 4 'camera shots' overlapping the other.
This is how the approach breaks down between the TV networks:
-16sec to -15sec : "DIVEBOMBER"(cbs) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Ul7g#t=29s
-15sec to -7sec : "THE BALL"(nbc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... C8#t=1895s
-6sec to -4sec : "THE WINGTIP"(cbs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Ul7g#t=38s
-3sec to 0sec : "INTERNATIONAL SHOT"(abc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaxo8-mv ... F5C1#t=55s
Note that all 4 show a "plane" entering the edge of the screen then disappearing behind either smoke or the towers...like 4 tv commercials
If you are among those who believe this is a real video sequence portraying a real hijacked Boeing 767, a remote-controlled-modified-military 767, a drone of any type or perhaps Baron Von Richthofen (a.k.a. The Red Baron) in a cloaked version of his WW1 Fokker combat plane, please provide a compelling explanation to account for the following questions/observations:
- How did the producers of CBS, NBC an ABC coordinate their respective cameramen so that - at no time - no two of them filmed the 'aircraft' at the same instants in time/space?
- If you assert that this was just a happenstance/coincidence, please provide (on a scale from 1million to 10trillions) a calculation of the statistical probabilities for this occurence.
- Considering the 3 TV feeds are accurately synchronized (+/- 0,2secs) why does CBS show WTC2 exploding at least 1 second before ABC?
For reference, here are the first 11 minutes of the 9/11 broadcasts :
"SYNCHED OUT" http://tinyurl.com/SYNCHEDOUT