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CapitalOne Venture Rewards Card offers 2 miles for every dollar spent, plus 10,000 miles after one purchase. What does that equate to? A $100 credit for any airline ticket purchase. They’ll even waive the $59 annual fee for the first year. (Foreign transaction fee = 0%)

CapitalOne Orbitz Visa Platinum offers 3 points for every dollar spent on Orbitz booking your flights, hotels and cars and 1 point per dollar for all other purchases. You can even get bonus points just for redeeming points. (Foreign Transaction Fee = 0%)

Chase Sapphire Preferred Card offers 25,000 bonus points – enough for a free flight – after you spend $3,000 in the first 3 months. Cardholders also earn 7% “interest” on their points, get double points for all airfare booked through Ultimate Rewards, and there are no blackout dates on travel. The $85 annual fee will even be waived for the first year! (Foreign transaction fee = 3%)

Discover Escape Card rewards 1,000 Bonus Miles each month you make a purchase for your first 25 months (that’s 25,000 miles!) Additionally this card offers double miles on all purchases and an additional 2 miles for every $1 spent at ShopDiscover.com. (Foreign transaction fee = 2%)

American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Card offers a sign-up bonus of 10,000 points – enough for 3 free nights – after first purchase, and 2 points for every $1 spent at Starwood. Plus, they’ll waive the $45 annual fee for the first year. (Foreign transaction fee = 2.7%)

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The HALO character flash drives are available in a range of 2GB, 4GB, 8GB or 16GB of storage space and come preloaded with content like HALO wallpapers, avatars and screen savers unique to the Mimoco brand and specific to each character.

Mimoco fuses the art of contemporary characters with the functionality of personal data storage devices. Pricees start at $24.95 and MIMOBOT designer USB flash drives are available online at mimoco.com or at select retailers.

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Perfect for backyard BBQs, this refreshing summer cocktail from Hpnotiq will help cool the season down a couple degrees. Instead of beer or Margaritas at your next outdoor party, serve up a batch of this lemonade.

• 2 parts Hpnotiq
• 1 part Blueberry Vodka
• Add fresh lemonade to taste, drop in blueberries and mint, pour over ice, garnish with a fresh mint sprig

More summer cocktail recipes:

• Cool Kahlua Cocktails
• Grey Goose Storm
• Banana Boat Cocktail
• In a Pickle

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Grey Goose In a Pickle

Ingredients:

• 2 dashes of orange bitters
• Dash of dry vermouth
• Pinch of dried dill
• 2 to 3 pieces of pickled watermelon rind
• 2 parts Grey Goose Le Citron Flavored Vodka
• Mustard seed for rimming glass
• Garnish with pickled okra spear or cucumber

Method:

1. Place mustard seed on a small plate. Rub outside lip of glass with honey and roll in mustard seed.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add first four ingredients, muddle well. Add ice and vodka, shake vigorously, strain into a martini glass.

Grey Goose Surf Spritzer

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ parts Grey Goose L’Orange Flavored Vodka
• ¾ parts Aperol
• ¾ parts Lillet Blanc
• 1 part orange juice
• 1 part seltzer
• Garnish with orange slice

Method:

1. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add first four ingredients, shake vigorously and strain into tall glass filled with ice.
2. Top with seltzer, garnish.

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Guy Fieri’s New 2-pc. Santoku Knife Set (Knuckle Sandwich by Ergo Chef) includes:

• 5.5-in. Chopper Santoku Knife with Crisscross Crusher – perfect for rocking and chopping fruits and vegetables. It has a special crisscross knurl on the end to pulverize garlic, nuts, etc.

• 4-in. Lil’ Guy Paring Knife. 5.5-in. Hollow Ground Santoku Knife is perfect for rocking and chopping fruits and vegetables – has a hollow ground blade for less friction and stick, and a tapered tip for extra strength. It’s great for peeling and cutting small fruits and vegetables.

You can purchase Guy Fieri’s New 2-pc. Santoku Knife Set (MSRP: $150.00, Special Price: $77.99) and so much more at the Food Network Store, so check it out at foodnetworkstore.com.  Also, to receive details about special promotions from the Food Network Store, you can sign up for their newsletter.

To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment here on this blog post and let us know your favorite thing to cook. Deadline to enter is Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:59 pm ET. We will select on random winner from all the entries to receive the knife set. US and Canada Only.

Disclosure: Prizing is from the Food Network

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Duct Tape Elvis - Maxim.com

There’s also a website dedicated to wallets, hats, handbags and other items made out of duct tape – ducttapefashion.com. And don’t miss The Duct Tape Guys’ How To Make It Yourself With Duct Tape.

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Old Navy

From Friday, July 23, 2010 through Sunday, July 25, 2010, Old Navy is giving students and teachers 25% of their entire purchase. Bring your school ID (or your pay stub if you are a teacher) to get the discount at your local Old Navy store.

You can find out more information on Old Navy’s Facebook page.

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Banana Boat

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce light rum
• 1 ounce creme de banana
• 1 ounce white creme de cacao
• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Method:

1. Blend all ingredients in a blender.
2. Pour into a tall glass.
3. Garnish with banana slices

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1800 Select Silver is the first-ever 100 proof silver tequila. This tequila is pure, 100% Blue Agave grown on family-owned ranches and bottled in Jalisco, Mexico. A smooth and supply entry leads to a round medium-bodied palate with sweet prune, roasted pepper, and delicate spice flavors. It finishes with a long sweet fruit and pepper fade.

Serve up a batch of the Passion Caipirinha featuring 1800 Select Silver at your next get-together.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. 1800 Select Silver
• 1 oz. Passion fruit juice
• 1 oz. Agave Nectar
• 5 Muddled Limes
• Drizzle of Raspberry liquor

Method:

Muddle limes and agave nectar in the bottom of a mixing glass. Add ice and all other ingredients besides the raspberry liquor. Shake and pour contents into a rocks glass and drizzle with the raspberry liquor.

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Check it out. Even if you aren’t a Star Wars fan, it’s amusing.

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