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If you want to survive in the game of sports betting, Today Soccer Fixtures And Predictions in Tips then you have to use effective money management. I recommend that you follow these guidelines at all times.
- Only invest what you can realistically afford to lose. Free Soccer Predictions For Today you have to remember that you really do not need to start with al a lot of money. I got started with only $100 dollars and I followed the system and my money has doubled over and over again over the course of years.
- Do not make your initial bet too high. Only invest 5% of your total bankroll for a flat betting system (in which you bet the same amount each time) and no more than 2% for a progressive system. You need to be patient here and allow your systems to do their slow and steady work.
- Increase your initial bets when your bankroll has increased by 25%. This will increase your earning power, Today Soccer Fixtures And Predictions just remember to stick to the suggested percentages in #2.
- Remember to Diversify your portfolio. If you have a total bankroll of $1000 and 4 systems that you would like to use, then each system should be allotted $250 and you have to keep those amounts separate.
You have to be disciplined in your use of your systems and in your money management strategy. It can be difficult especially you are doing exceptionally well or if you are losing badly. You may be tempted to deviate from the systems or the money management guidelines in either of those situations. But do not, Today Soccer Fixtures And Predictions just remain diligent and the rewards are sure to follow.
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Do you want to make more money with your soccer bets using the Football Betting Tipsters service website? There has been an increase in activity of soccer betting in recent years with the introduction of better technology for punters to bet online. However, more than 95% of all punters lose money in the long term, but there are some seasoned punters who know how to make money from it consistently.Before you bet with real money on any online website, always be sure to research them carefully first to ensure that they are not scams. Luckily, most gamblers who try online betting are aware of the dangers. To try to make more money from my soccer bets, I decided to join this tipster membership site called Football Betting Tipsters.By becoming a member of this site, you will get access to professional and expert analysis on soccer bets that are based on reliable data. However, you should always be ready to accept occasional losses as they are inevitable and no soccer betting analysis website is 100% accurate. Ever since I started using the strategies provided by this site, I have been betting more logically with more consistent winnings compared to how I was doing on my own before.
Best Sports Betting System Guaranteed to Win!Introduction
In article one, I introduced you to the Betting Exchange concept and explained the basics of LAY Betting (Lay to Lose). Now in this article, I'm going to introduce you to another unique and powerful feature of the betting exchanges, the Place Markets.
What Are Betting Exchange Place Markets?
Place markets are as the name suggests, markets which allow you to bet on a selection to be 'placed'. Eg. a horse to finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a 8 runner or larger field.
Now, the first and most important thing to highlight here is that these place markets are completely different to the well known Each Way (EW) betting markets offered by traditional bookmakers. The Each Way bet is in fact 2 bets of equal stakes.
The 1st stake is on the selection to win and the 2nd is on it to be placed. So a £10 EW bet will cost you £20 in total.
A £10 place bet on a Betting Exchange is a single bet and therefore will only cost you £10. If your selection finishes in a place, you collect your winnings and smile.
Think about it for a minute. How many times have you been certain that a horse will be placed, but you have not been confident that it will win...
Traditional Each Way Betting
Take the following example. A horse named 'Im gonna be placed' that is available to back with traditional bookmakers at 4/1 (5.0). Your very confident that it will finish in the top 3 in a 10 runner field.
With a traditional bookmaker, your options are:
1) Take a chance on it winning and place a win single on it. E.g. £10 at 4/1
2) Place an EW bet on it. E.g. £10 EW at 4/1 (5.0). Total stakes £20. The bookies will pay you 1/5 odds on the place element of this E/W bet based on their standard EW rules. On our horse which is available to back at 5.0 this equates to 1.8
Now, the only time the above race will be profitable for you is if the horse actually wins. In both cases you would make a very nice profit if it did. For option 1 you would win £40 profit and for option 2, £48 profit.
BUT, if as you suspected the horse only finishes placed in 2nd or 3rd, you actually lose money in both cases. With option 1 you obviously lose all your stake money so are down £10. With option 2, you win £8 on the Place side of the EW bet but still lose £2 overall as the win part of the bet was a losing one.
Enter The Betting Exchange Place Markets
Using the above example and depending upon the prices of the other horses in the race, you would probably see the Betting Exchanges offering odds of around 1.60 - 2.00 (evens) on this horse being placed. You can therefore put your £10 PLACE bet on at say 1.8 and collect £8 profit (minus commission) as long as the horse finishes 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Only if the horse finishes outside of the top 3 do you lose your £10 stake.
I'm sure this has got you thinking and you can probably see the power in this straight away!
When combined with a good staking plan and a sensible selection process, it can be common to have very long winning streaks when backing horses to be placed on the betting exchanges. These longer winning streaks more than make up for the relatively short prices that are offered on selections to be placed.
Place Market Important Notes
A few important things to note about place markets:
1) Unlike the betting exchange win markets, Place markets DO NOT go "In-Running" when the race starts but this is true of the traditional E/W bets offered by bookies as well.
2) If a race is planned as a 8 runner or more event but a number of horses become non-runners leaving less than 8 runners, the betting exchanges still offer odds on 3 places. This is different to bookmakers who in such cases adjust their odds on the place payment from 1/5 to 1/4 of the win odds BUT they only pay out on 2 places. If a 5,6 or 7 runner field is shortened to less than 5 runners, the betting exchanges will still offer place markets and payout if the horse finishes 1st or 2nd.
3) You can make up the equivalent of an E/W bet on the betting exchanges by placing a bet on the win market and a separate bet on the place market. Depending upon the type of race and the form of the market, you will often find that this offers more value in terms of odds than an E/W bet with a bookmaker.
Backing Or Laying On The Place Markets
As explained in article 1, the ability to Lay a selection is perhaps the most important feature of the betting exchanges. You now have the ability to Lay selections to be placed. In other words, if you have a valid reason to believe that a selection will not even finish in a place, Lay it to Lose on a betting exchange. The real beauty of laying on the place markets, is that the odds are always much lower than the outright win odds so your lay liabilities are much lower.
Trading On The Place Markets
As the place market prices are much lower than the outright win market prices, they also offer a great place to learn the skill of TRADING without much risk to your balance! Betting Exchange trading is simply the process of betting on price movements for guaranteed profits. E.g. Back a horse at 4.0 and then Lay it later at 3.0 for a no risk bet or guaranteed profit regardless of the outcome!
Betting exchange trading will be covered in detail in a future betting article.
Place markets should be used as part of your betting armory. They offer you the chance to make money frequently with long winning streaks being very common. This helps to build your confidence as well as your betting bank!
Bookie Each Way bets are not always poor bets but in the vast majority of races, the odds are stacked firmly in the favour of the bookmakers. They simply love punters taking EW bets on these races as they know its their bread and butter. A small proportion of races where the market is formed in a certain way do offer the punter very good E/W value but that's for a different day...
Well that's it for part 2 of my betting exchange articles. In part 3, I will be explaining the Betting Exchange In-Running markets.


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Frieri working his way back to closer role
ANAHEIM -- Joe Smith, 3 for 3 in save opportunities for the Angels, went into Sunday's game against the Rangers still in his temporary role as the closer.
But fellow right-hander Ernesto Frieri, who pitched a scoreless eighth inning to set up Smith in a 5-3 Angels victory Saturday, is closer to regaining the role, manager Mike Scioscia said.
"Our optimum bullpen is really with Ernie back in the ninth inning and being able to move Joe Smith around," Scioscia said. "But we need some bullpen depth to evolve before we can push Joe that far.
"Right now, last night Ernie matched up well with the hitters coming up in the eighth inning and we let Joe handle the ninth. We'll stay that way today and see how it goes. At some point, maybe matchups are better for Joe a little bit earlier and we can have Ernie for the ninth. It's encouraging where Ernie's been his last three outings."
A return to Smith pitching in the eighth inning (or earlier) and Frieri working the ninth has been Scioscia's stated intention since the switch of Smith to closer was made nearly two weeks ago while Frieri was struggling.
Asked if he's back to being his old self, Frieri -- who had 37 saves in 2013 -- said: "I'm working. I'm working. I don't want to say that I'm 100 percent back because I still have to work on other stuff. I still need to work on making my pitches, keeping the ball down whenever I want it to and just mix my fastball with the slider like I did today."
He said he's close, though.
"I just need to execute my fastball," Frieri said. "At this level, you can throw 100. But if you leave it right down the middle, you're going to get hit. Look at [Jered] Weaver, man. He doesn't throw hard. But he paints the corners and he elevates his fastball whenever he wants to. And he mixes up his pitches pretty good. That's what you need to do to pitch at this level. You can't throw the ball not knowing where it's going to land."
The slider is also a work in progress.
"I've been getting more confidence with that pitch," he said. "And the guys behind the plate -- Hank [Conger] and Chris [Ianetta] -- they're giving me confidence in it. They're calling it more often."


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Below the register are two separate groups. The first allows you to adjust the various bars at close of registration. The second shows you all the important counts you need during the progress of the tournament.
The smaller right hand pane contains the draw and the results. You can edit the draw by either dragging and dropping, or by first clicking on the player you desire to be Black, and then on the player you desire to be White. You can edit the handicap and also specify the number of komi stones to be taken if you desire this to be shown on the draw printout.
All results are entered via keystroke with automatic advance to the next empty board. When a batch of 5 results is entered, press the Return key to see the next batch of 5 missing results. If you click a result and then hover you will be reminded of the available result codes.
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Right click on the register displays a popup menu giving access to a Player Details form with fully detailed information on all opponents and results. You can also change the initial McMahon score using this form.
Right click on the Draw or the Results grids also gives a popup menu with an additional form allowing you to compare the details for the players on the seleceted board side by side.
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Kinescope (2007) is a dashing 1940s-style brush script, inspired by hand-lettered titles in Fleischer Brothers' Superman cartoon series. Although I used that as a starting point, there was much room for interpretation, and many characters had to be invented. Kinescope uses some OpenType magic to mimic hand lettering, automatically choosing the best character shape based on its position in a word. Kinescope was designed along side of and released with another Fleischer Brothers-inspired design, Snicker.
Kinescope Specimen. Complete showings of the font and usage examples. 3 pages. 93 KB PDF.
Kinescope User Guide. Full details on using Kinescope's features. 2 MB PDF.
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- Automatic arbitrary fractions.*
- Extended language support for most Latin-based Western and Central European languages.
* Requires an application with support for OpenType advanced typography, such as Adobe Creative Suite and QuarkXPress. Check your application's user guide.
See the Kinescope Specimen and the Kinescope User Guide (below) for complete information.
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For a man with so many iconic attributes, James Bond sure does go off the rails now and again.
He wears a tux, smokes cigarettes, drinks martinis, drives an Aston Martin... these all are key ingredients that contribute to making Bond Bond. But as time passes and fashions change, 007 occasionally will try to tweak his image in an effort to stay current. Sometimes it works, other times...
With the release of "Skyfall," Bond's 23 adventure, right around the corner, we look back at some of his biggest missteps.
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Bond in a Dive Bar and Orders a Bud with a Wedge of Lime in "Licensed to Kill"
For average workaday Joes, going to a dive bar teeming with ruffians and roundheels can be a fun, cheap way to pass an evening. For James Bond, it is a non-starter. 007's morals may at times be a wee squishy, but the man's hygiene and style are unwavering beacons, stars the rest of us are constantly reaching for.
But let's pretend for a moment that our hero were to find himself in such a dump, he still wouldn't order a beverage as pedestrian as a Budweiser and sully it with fruit. If Bond survived that, we can surely get past the Heineken he'll be drinking in "Skyfall."
Bond Goes Tsunami Surfing and Grows a Beard in "Die Another Day"
Bond's exploits regularly strain the bounds of credulity, but he pulls it off by having whatever he's doing be more awesome than ridiculous. That formula breaks down like a laser-beamed iceberg in this idiotic scene made even more egregious by some of the worst special effects in the franchise's history.
And while Bond's not infallible—he gets captured and tortured now and again--he does not grow beards. Whether he keeps a shaving kit secreted away in a cavity, is naturally hairless or stanches the growth if his whiskers by sheer force of will we may never know. And frankly, it's none of our business.
Bond Rents a Ford Focus in "Casino Royale"
We get it, these movies aren't cheap to make, but putting James Bond behind the wheel of a Ford Focus is no way to defray costs. Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Bentley… these are the cars of international intrigue. Bond's time behind the wheel of a Focus makes his trip on an AMC Hornet seem positively dignified.
Bond Goes Digital in "The Spy Who Loved Me"
Bond hangs up his classic Rolex Submariner in favor of a Seiko 0674. Let's forget for a moment about the fact that 007 eschewed the most iconic wristwatch ever made, and instead contemplate the fact that the man opted for a digital timepiece. No. Just no. The 0674 isn't even water resistant and the coolest thing about it, the built-in ticker-tape machine, was a fake.
Bond Takes a Bride in "Her Majesty's Secret Service"
007 has slept with so many women, north of 50 by some counts, that the term "Bond Girl" is a part of the zeitgeist. What he doesn't do is marry women, and if he were to take a knee, it wouldn't be for help hunting a criminal, not even Blofeld. That said, of all the women Bond "dated," Diana Rigg was easily the most worthy of marriage.
Bond Sings in "Dr. No"
It matters not that it came in response to the sight of Ursula Andress emerging from the sea looking like Venus herself, Bond don't sing--and if he did, it wouldn't sound this bad. It almost seems unfair to declare something from the first Bond film to be un-Bond-ly, but for the man we've come to revere as the very essence of cool, the standards are a bit higher.
Global James Bond Day is Oct. 5. "Skyfall" opens in theaters Nov. 9.


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If you were born between 1943 and 1954, it was sometimes rough going squeezing into overcrowded housing, schools and colleges. But in terms of Social Security claiming choices, no one has it better than you.
The age at which workers born between 1943 and 1954 can receive full Social Security retirement benefits is 66. If workers delay claiming benefits until age 70, they are rewarded with a whopping 8% increase in benefits for each year delayed. Workers who are retiring now can get the 8% increase each year for four years. In an environment where interest rates are historically low, the 8% Delayed Retirement Benefit bonus is one of the very best bargains around.
This boom time in Social Security claiming comes about because of changes in 2008. Before that time, the Delayed Retirement Benefits — the additional benefits that a worker receives each year he or she waits to claim between the full retirement age and age 70 — were smaller.
Those with a full retirement age of 66 also have available to them other strategies that mitigate some of the cost of delayed claiming of Social Security retirement benefits. By using a restricted application or file and suspend strategy one member of a married couple or a divorcee can get a spousal benefit while waiting to claim their Delayed Retirement Benefits. In essence, the spousal benefit is a subsidy for delayed claiming. In an earlier article, I discussed the importance of the full retirement age for married couples, divorcées and widow(er)s. This article describes how special strategies can be used to enhance benefits once someone reaches full retirement age.
Younger workers have some of the same strategies available to them, but they won't realize as great a benefit. Under present law the full retirement age is scheduled to increase in several stages until it reaches 67 for workers born in 1960 or later. The increase in the full retirement age will reduce the benefits that younger workers will receive since these workers will be able to take advantage of Delayed Retirement Benefits for a maximum of three years instead of older workers' four years. In addition, the benefits that they will receive at each age between 62 and 70 will be smaller than they will be for workers that are now between the ages of 59 and 70.
For example, when a worker born between 1943 and 1954 waits until 70 to claim, the benefits are 32% (= 4x8%) higher than they would be if the worker claims at 66. Once the full retirement age becomes 67, the increase in benefits for waiting until 70 will be 24% (3x8%). In a recent article, "Social Security's Real Retirement Age is 70," noted researcher Alicia Munnell calculates that when the full retirement age moves from 66 to 67 this will reduce benefits at each claiming age by about 7% on average.
There have been discussions about changing the full retirement age to help bring the Social Security program into long term financial balance. But for the time being, it's boom time for baby boomers.
A Social Security 'split' that pays off
How a 'magic birthday' could change your retirement
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The Cancer Genome Atlas Biospecimen Core Resources are centralized laboratories that review and process blood and tissue samples and their associated data using optimized standard operating procedures for the entire TCGA Research Network.
The work of the BCRs include the following important functions:
• Serving as the interface between the TCGA program and the different Tissue Source Sites collecting tumor and matched normal controls
• Ensuring and verifying that TCGA human subjects protections and guidelines are adhered to and that all regulations are followed at each Tissue Source Site
• Including use of language consistent with the TCGA informed consent documents
• Examining of all biospecimens to ensure they meet rigorous standards for each tumor type (including percent necrosis and percent tumor nuclei)
• Reviewing of pathology to ensure accurate diagnosis and inclusion in TCGA
• Collecting clinical information for each tissue and applying standardized terminology, definitions and formats that are caBIG compliant
• Extracting DNA and RNA from tissue samples and and distributing to each of the genomic characterization and sequencing centers
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|BC Cancer Agency
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|Baylor College of Medicine
|Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
|Broad Institute
|Johns Hopkins University
|University of North Carolina
|University of Southern California
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|Broad Institute
|Institute for Systems Biology
|Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
|University of California, Santa Cruz
|University of North Carolina
|University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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TCGA Genome Characterization Centers (GCCs) are responsible for characterizing all of the genomic changes found in the tumors studied as part of the TCGA program. The GCCs will use multiple platforms, including array technologies and second generation sequencing, to provide data to the cancer research community on alterations in miRNA and gene expression, single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number changes.
TCGA Genome Sequencing Centers (GSCs) perform large-scale genomic sequencing using the most current technologies. The GSCs have the opportunity to continually improve existing technology and invest in implementation of new sequencing technologies to enable whole genome sequencing of tumors for complete genomic analysis at an increasingly reduced cost.
TCGA Genome Data Analysis Centers (GDACs) work with the Genome Characterization Centers to develop state-of-the-art tools that assist researchers with processing and integrating data analyses across the entire genome.
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|NCI Center for Bioinformatics
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The informatics component of TCGA involves developing best ways to collect, store, and distribute the clinical and genomic data generated by the project.
The Genome Data Analysis Centers work with the Genome Characterization Centers to develop state-of-the-art tools that assist researchers with processing and integrating data analyses across the entire genome.
The National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute launched The Cancer Genome Atlas program to create a comprehensive atlas of the genomic changes involved in more than 20 common types of cancer. This large-scale, high-throughput effort is being carried out by a network of more than 100 researchers at many organizations across the United States. The overarching goal of TCGA is to further scientific understanding of the genomic changes in cancer, thereby improving the ability to diagnose, treat and prevent this devastating disease. All data generated by the TCGA research network are made rapidly available to the research community through the TCGA Data Portal.
TCGA Program Directors: Jean C. ZenKlusen, M.S., Ph.D. (NCI) and Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D. (NHGRI)
Biospecimen Core Resources (BCRs)
Julie Gastier-Foster, Ph.D.
Robert Penny, M.D., Ph.D.
Genome Characterization Centers (GCCs)
Stephen Baylin, M.D.
Rui Chen, Ph.D.
Lynda Chin, M.D.
Stacey Gabriel, Ph.D.
Richard Gibbs, M.D., Ph.D.
Neil Hayes, M.D., M.P.H.
Raju Kucherlapati, Ph.D.
Peter Laird, Ph.D.
Jason Lieb, Ph.D.
Marco Marra, Ph.D.
Matthew Meyerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Chuck Perou, Ph.D.
Jonathan Seidman, Ph.D.
David Wheeler, Ph.D.
Genome Sequencing Centers (GSCs)
Richard Gibbs, Ph.D.
Eric Lander, Ph.D.
Richard Wilson, Ph.D.
Data Coordinating Center (DCC)
David Pot, Ph.D., Project Director
Genome Data Analysis Centers (GDACs)
Christopher Benz, M.D.
Lynda Chin, M.D.
Gaddy Getz, Ph.D.
David Haussler, Ph.D.
Neil Hayes, M.D., M.P.H.
Marc Ladanyi, M.D.
Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D.
Chris Sander, Ph.D.
Ilya Shmulevich, Ph.D.
Terrence Speed, Ph.D.
Paul Spellman, Ph.D.
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A group of brazen and possibly lucky thieves made off with $1.2 million worth of Western Digital hard drives. The master plan behind their daring heist? They just got in the delivery truck and drove it away. Someone's getting fired!
The cargo truck, loaded with 524 boxes of hard drives, was sitting unattended in a warehouse at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and at 5:20 am, there were no security guards to be seen. The thieves actually entered through the police entrance—how's that for ballsy? But luck may not have had much to do with it, as police believe it may have been an inside job—and have since arrested five warehouse employees. Cuffed suspects led authorities to a house where most of the drives were recovered—which is good news for Western Digital! But bad news for the thieves, who will now have to backup the world's most massive porn collection some other way. [Channel Register]
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I still have the copy of Hear! Here! by The Hollies that I received on this very day in 1966 from one of my older brothers. I had asked for the "Stop Stop Stop" 45 as a Christmas present, and he must have figured that if I liked a single by this band I would enjoy an entire album. The jacket is now frayed and the vinyl has scratches but this is still a prized possession because I'm pretty sure it was the first album I ever owned.
Hearing those 12 jangling pop songs sealed my fate as a lifelong Hollies fan. A month later, I bought their Stop Stop Stop album (For Certain Because in the UK) with money I earned from shoveling our next door neighbor's sidewalk after the infamous big snow of 1967. Even in my early teens, I was fascinated with the emergence of Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, and Tony Hicks as first-rate songwriters. (Their original compositions on Hear! Here! had been credited to the fictitious L. Ransford.) And of course, their harmonies were fantastic.
My tradition of wanting rock and roll for Christmas has continued throughout the years, and just this morning, I received a copy of Chrissie Hynde's limited-edition Stockholm Live EP from my wife. I can't wait to put that one on the turntable, but at the same time, I've got an urge to give Hear! Here! a spin and relive the joy of that 1966 Christmas Day. Happy Holidays to all my visitors here at Broken Hearted Toy.


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From the Floor of the Writers' Room
It goes without saying that we're excited about the show coming back on tomorrow! But lately, SPN fans have also been excited about the possibility of the show coming back next year. Television history demonstrates that sometimes series which have been on the air awhile have to alter their original direction—characters who have been in high school for the show's entire run move on to new settings and plots on college campuses; a show that was initially based on the "power of three" sisters killed one off and had to cast about for a way to play off the premise; and after four seasons of fighting Wolfram and Hart, Angel accepts a job offer to work for them.
So, if the Winchesters return for an unexpected sixth season after the Apocalypse (which many feel is a natural end), will it be more of the same, or will the writers revamp the show entirely?
I was recently given a wadded up piece of paper from an unnamed source (my imagination. What, you named yours?) Said paper is rumored to have been found near the wastebasket in the Supernatural Writers' Room, giving us a rare what-might-have-been peek at some proposed—but ultimately rejected—new directions for the brothers Winchester.
1. In the season five finale, Dean is killed in a climactic battle but, during the episode's last few seconds, "downloads" into a new body. Season six opens with Sam's stunned realization that his brother is a Cylon. The resulting story arc unravels the mystery of who else might not be human and why Bobby is suddenly hearing Dylan music.
2. With the Apocalypse behind them, Sam returns to law school and the sixth season premiere kicks off SPN's new legal-drama format. Sam finds himself defending Dean against a murder charge. Richard Speight Jr. guest stars as the prosecuting attorney.
3. The Apocalypse is over. But our boys are so traumatized by what they've seen and done that all they want to do is forget for a few years. Enter a mysterious British woman who works for a shadowy corporation. She offers them the refuge of a temporary fresh slate, if they will allow their minds to be wiped clean and "imprinted" with different personalities…some of which might be sent on risqué assignments such as sleeping with multiple female clients. However, this show never really finds its feet and is ultimately axed, due to Dean scoffing that he's perfectly happy to sleep with dozens of women without any personality transfers and Sam--broad-shouldered, tall, tall Sam—inadvertently breaks the treatment chair the first time he sits in it.
4. Now that the day has been saved and demons have retreated below to lick their wounds, Hunters everywhere are at loose ends. What to do next? With their accumulated knowledge of American diner cuisine, Sam, Dean and others compete against each other for the title of Top Short Order Cook. Quickfire challenges include best roadtrip snack and best new take on pig in a poke. The entire season is hosted by Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio, with the Ghostfacers rounding out Judge's Table.
It's probably best that the writers aren't going with any of these and we all just wait to see what Kripke and Co. decide!


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Ack! I thought it was that program because the compiler was working fine yesterday, and just today when I start this new one it starts crashing. However, the compiler is crashing now even when I compile my other project.
Alright, so I can scratch the "Is there some mysterious my-code-runs-at-compile magic going on" question and move on to "What causes my compiler to break overnight?"
I have started on another project, this one a fun memory editor for an old game I play. I have a process class in which I've defined functions to get the process IDs for windows and read memory from them (haven't gotten to writing memory yet).
Anyway, the problem is actually that the target window (I have it hard-coded to call process.setup("FCE Ultra") first thing in main()) freezes, but not at runtime; it freezes when I compile. And sometimes, when I have that window up during compile, the compiler program itself freezes too.
I'm using Bloodshed's Dev-C++ compiler.
What is the deal? Does the compiler actually run parts of the code at compile time?
When I actually do get it to compile, if I run the program itself that has been created it works fine. It just crashes the target window and the compiler when I try to compile the program. It's getting annoying having to continually go to the program manager, tell it to forcibly close the windows, and then restart them all the time.
Actually, upon further testing, the compiler is crashing often even when the target program is not running.
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Earn Chuck's Bucks Update! Chuck and his good friend comedian Anthony Anderson recently got together to review some of the lighter contest submissions. From water parks to kiddie pajamas to weight-loss plans, these two read a few of the humorous suggestions and gave us their take. Check back every Tuesday for their Earn Chuck's Bucks review.
If necessity is the mother of invention, it's no wonder so many innovations are the brainchildren of parents striving to solve problems and stay sane. But Charles and Anthony have their doubts about the efficacy of escape-proof pajamas.


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Even before our Boo was born, she already received gifts from relatives and friends. One of the gifts was a pair of Pitcheco covered feet tights. Boo got to wear them a month ago, after I remembered she had them in her stash of clothes! I am glad the tights still fit and I did not forget about the pair forever, LOL!
So cute right? This pair actually made me hoard a few more pairs and some pairs of socks for little Boo, about two weeks ago. I just could not get enough of them. :)
Yesterday, I saw this poster in Facebook:
And the caption said "Share our new poster and get the chance to win 1000 worth of Pitcheco socks ( mix of tights, socks, and headbands)! Winner will be announced on October 20, 2012." So I did. I hope we win! :)


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Markakis plans to welcome Cruz with open arms
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis, who has been a vocal advocate for stricter penalties for performance-enhancing drug users, said Saturday the organization's addition of Nelson Cruz -- who was suspended last season for his role in the Biogenesis scandal -- doesn't change his opinion.
But Markakis, the team's longest-tenured player and a quiet leader in the clubhouse, will put aside his personal feelings on the matter and plans on welcoming Cruz to the Orioles.
"He's my teammate now and I got to be a teammate, and no matter if you disagree or agree with your teammates, they are still your teammates," said Markakis, who has called PED users out for "stealing" money. "He's going to be welcome here and we are going to play as one. That's for sure."
Markakis didn't think there would be any ill-will among the other players when Cruz, who is slated to arrive Saturday night, joins the clubhouse. Chris Davis, who has also been vocal about PED users and maintains that the home run record is 61, played with Cruz in Texas.
"We know how things go on in this clubhouse, we know how we do things and we do things certain ways," Markakis said. "Guys coming in here are going to have to adjust to that. It's not just about making adjustments in the batter's box and on the pitcher's mound, it's making adjustments to a new clubhouse, a new team, and so forth. There's adjustments, not just on the field but off the field, too.
"I'm aware of what's going on and what's been going on in baseball, but my opinion doesn't change toward anything. He's part of this team now and he's going to be in this clubhouse and we're going to welcome him just like anybody else. He's going to be part of this team."
Speaking hypothetically until the organization officially announces the deal, manager Buck Showalter said the front office and coaching staff have done their homework on researching guys before they bring them in.
"Obviously there aren't isolated cases, so it is something I've thought about," Showalter said. "I think every case, you can't throw a blanket over all of them, but we have a tendency to. I'll have a good answer for you if that happens. … It is something that every manager and coach and potential teammate thinks about."


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other students are getting the chance to speak live to astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
The conversation takes place around midday Tuesday from the Northern Star Boy Scout Council's new Base Camp facility at Fort Snelling. It will feature a 20-minute question-and-answer session with astronauts Ron Garan Jr., Mike Fossum, and Satoshi Furukawa.
The astronauts will be shown live on Base Camp's 19-foot TV screen and throughout the 35,000 square foot facility, allowing hundreds of young people to participate. Many science and space-related activities will also take place there. In preparation, Scouts have been working on merit badges related to space exploration and other aerospace learning experiences.
The event will be carried live worldwide on NASA Television and streamed on its web site.
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Happy Hour at Estate Restaurant and Bar (Santa Monica, CA)
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When the conversation at the next table is easier to hear than the person that I'm eating with, I'm generally not having a good time. This type of occurrence has been more frequent of late because many restaurants have adopted a bistro format with small tables and uncomfortable chairs. I recently had the opportunity to visit Estate Restaurant and Bar to experience their new happy hour menu, and luckily, Estate's layout provided plenty of space to diners to be comfortable.
The interior of the Estate Restaurant and Bar is a modern take on what restaurants used to be like. Estate Restaurant and Bar has different seating areas and plush booths and individual seats. Because they don't attempt to use every square inch of the restaurant, there is a general feeling of spaciousness. Even the bar has cushioned comfortable chairs.
Their happy hour menu had plenty of discounted food and drinks. We started off with the Tuna Crispy Wonton Tacos ($9)
Instead of frying taco shells, they use wonton shaped like a tortilla, just like classic tuna tartar. The contrasting colors and textures were both visually stunning and delicious. The tuna was fresh and the ginger nicely enhanced the tuna.
Char siu pizza with hoisin sauce? I had to see what that was all about.


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Outside may be cold and snowy, but here in the GIF Party, it's... well, also cold and snowy. But come on in anyways!
How are the conditions out where you are today? Has your day been called on an account of snow? Show us what's going on (or just any of your favorite GIFS, really) now, because the Friday GIF Party is here.


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SANDY, Utah — If opposing coaches want to provide Real Salt Lake striker Álvaro Saborío some extra incentive, RSL head coach Jeff Cassar has absolutely no objections.
Toronto FC manager Ryan Nelsen said in the days leading up to the club's road game vs. RSL that he would've liked to have seen Saborío get suspended for a tackle on LA Galaxy defender A.J. DeLaGarza. The Costa Rican forward was not disciplined at all, however, and he responded to Nelsen by handing out his own form of punishment with two goals on Saturday.
"If they're saying it, I hope they keep saying more of it," Cassar told reporters following his team's emphatic win over previously unbeaten Toronto FC.
Saborío's brace gave him three goals in two games this season, 71 in 119 games over four campaigns with Salt Lake, and 22 game winners. After drawing and converting a penalty kick in the first half, Saborío left no doubt about the match's result by finishing a beautiful pass from midfielder Javier Morales to make it 3-0 in the second half.
Saborío is never more dangerous than when he feels like he has something to prove. That much was evident vs. Toronto.
"Sabo is a competitor," Cassar said. "He always wants to go out and prove people wrong and show people what his talents are and tonight we saw it."
The veteran striker was the focus of controversy in the days leading up to the game. Nelsen publicly called for Saborío to be suspended for the game at Rio Tinto Stadium after a hard tackle on DeLaGarza in a match on March 22 — a call that fell on deaf ears as MLS Disciplinary Committee took no action, but may have accounted for extra effort on the forward's part.
"He was fantastic tonight," Cassar said. "He was playing unbelievable defense and challenging for every ball in the air. And I thought that just brought him into the game."
Not surprisingly, Casser called Saturday's win "our best overall performance. I thought offensively we were really great with the ball and had really good ideas. And I thought our defensive shape was fantastic."
He also said Saborío's 11th-minute penalty kick was vital to RSL's commanding victory over a TFC side that was flying high after winning their two first matches of the year.
"It was something that … the coaches really stressed to the guys was TFC never had to come back," said Cassar. "They had the lead in all their games. So we really wanted to see what they would be like if they were under the gun."
The RSL boss also had high praise for midfielder Luis Gil, who picked the perfect time to break into the scoring column on Saturday night. He's headed to US national team camp on Sunday along with RSL teammates Kyle Beckerman, Nick Rimando and late addition Tony Beltran, and Gil's score came with US head coach Jurgen Klinsmann watching in the stands at Rio Tinto Stadium.
"I mean, I didn't think of it," Gil said. "But it's good just to get a goal in general. It wasn't the prettiest goal, but you've got to shoot to score, so I'll take it."


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Do you need some inspiration for your holiday shopping list? Tired of handing out holiday knick-knacks and silly sweaters? We have the answer for you. We've compiled a gift guide filled with fun experiences to savor in Minneapolis. We've got ideas for the foodies, health nuts, arts and music lovers and sports enthusiasts on your list. (Share your gift ideas by tweeting us at @swjournal or emailing [email protected])
Cooking classes
We all know the old adage: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
True enough. But what if you teach that man to whip up a nice lemon aioli? That lifetime's worth of fish starts to sound a little more appealing, doesn't it?
That's just one of the skills you learn in Fish Fundamentals, one of scores of cooking classes on offer at Kitchen Window in Uptown. The course description reads like a menu for a Feast of the Seven Fishes: scallops with orange vinaigrette, shrimp with fresh tomato linguini, mussels in saffron butter and — the one recipe every Minnesotan should learn, if they haven't already — fried walleye.
Kitchen Window hosts cooking classes nearly every day of the week — about 400 over the course of a year. They cover a wide array of global cuisines and cooking techniques, from curing meats to pairing wines, and are a popular holiday gift, said Kitchen Window General Manager Doug Huemoeller.
"You're actually giving them a skill, versus something they may or may not use," Huemoeller said.
The assortment of classes changes with the season. In November, Huemoeller was one of two instructors leading Grillmasters: Winter Grilling, a course that walked students through an entire menu, from oak-planked goat cheese- and pesto-stuffed ciabatta to herb-roasted chicken pot pie, with detours to cover side dishes and dessert, all prepared on the grill.
While many of the classes will appeal to the experienced home cook looking to expand his or her repertoire, Huemoeller said "a big percentage of the interest" was in the basics: courses that teach pasta-making, stocking a home pantry or knife skills, for example.
A course catalog is available at kitchenwindow.com, where online registration for classes offered in March and April opens in January. Courses cost about $30–$80 per session and can be purchased with a Kitchen Window gift card.
For your beer buddies
Homebrewing is the hobby du jour of guys with beards, but they're not the only ones who enjoy the uniquely rewarding pastime. It's more than just dudes fueling the explosion of interest in craft beer and world brewing traditions.
There may be no better way to grow your understanding of beer than to make some. St. Paul's Northern Brewer is a major player in the local homebrew scene, and it's expected to open a 6,000-square-foot flagship store offering both supplies and classes in the Windom neighborhood any day now.
Northern Brewer's homebrew kits start at $79.99, and are available both in the store and at northernbrewer.com. Watch that website for updates on the Minneapolis location's opening.
Beer, wine and cheese: what more do you need?
Maybe your loved one is less interested in the actual preparing of food than in the consuming of it — and really, who isn't? In that case, try Surdyk's.
The experts on staff at Northeast's landmark liquor store regularly host classes on wine, beer, liquor and cheese in nearby Ginger Hop, the cozy, wood-paneled former Times Bar and Café. Ten classes are on offer in the next session, running Jan. 9–Feb. 7, including two cheese classes, several on wine and separate whiskey and Belgian beer tastings.
"All of our classes do sell out," said Lindsey Coleman, a store manager. "This session particularly quickly, just because it's a really good gift."
Classes are on Monday and Tuesday nights, and run about two hours. (Full disclosure: This reporter's sister occasionally teaches the cheese class.) The costs of each course ranges from $35 to $50, Coleman said.
For a listing of courses, check the Surdyk's holiday sale catalog or the events section of surdyks.com. Gift cards, good for any course, are available for purchase online or in the store.
Savoring chocolate
Anna Bonavita has a passion for the finest chocolates in the world.
She launched a new business called Chocolate BonaVita with her husband Massimo Bonavita last year to spread her love for high quality chocolate. They are founders of the Italian Culture Center in the Hennepin Center for the Arts.
Bona Vita means the "good life" in Italian. As part of their new business venture, they have offered classes on high-end artisan chocolates made from rare cacao beans with intense flavor profiles.
Many of the people who attend the tastings, however, don't know how to savor and fully appreciate the chocolate. They tend to eat too fast, so she got the idea to offer meditation, restorative yoga and Thai Chi classes before the tastings to help people slow down and relax.
Now Chocolate BonaVita has classes at the Hennepin Center for the Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave. S. noon and evenings on Tuesday and Thursday and Saturday mornings.
Bonavita said the chocolates have high levels of antioxidants, too, which should ease the guilt many associate with the special treat.
"[Chocolate] is one of the most beautiful gifts to humanity," she said.
For more details on the classes and tastings, go to chocolatebonavita.com. Gift certificates for the holidays are also available.
Time to sweat
One of the best ways to survive the Minnesota winters is to take on a hot yoga practice.
There are many places to try a class and one of the newest hot yoga studios in the Twin Cities — Moksha Yoga — is getting rave reviews.
The new 6,000-square-foot studio in Calhoun Village is owned by Phil and Ryann Doucette, natives of Canada. It's an environmentally friendly studio with furniture made from reclaimed wood, corkboard flooring and a radiant heating system in the yoga room. The radiant heating system is designed to be more energy efficient than forced-air heating.
Moksha Yoga was co-founded by Jess Robertson and Ted Grand of Canada. It involves doing 40 postures in a 105-degree room. Yogis who practice the style are encouraged to be environmentally conscious and involved in community cards.
Moksha offers gifts cards for classes. It's $40 for an introductory month, $140 for a 10-class pass, $80 for a five-class pass and $17 for a drop-in session. For more information, go to Minneapolis.mokshayoga.ca.
A spa day
Got someone on your gift list that deserves some extra pampering?
The Ivy Spa & Fitness Club offers special holiday packages that will help melt away the stresses and pressures of the holidays.
The Tinsel & Twinkle Package ($149) includes an Ivy signature massage or facial, express manicure, shampoo and style, signature lotion and Ivy T-shirt. The Glitter & Gold Package ($249) features a massage, facial, shampoo and style, mini-makeup application, spa lunch, beverage, lotion and T-shirt.
If you spend $150 or more at the spa, you get a package of discounts and services valued at $250 and a complimentary 30-minute personal training session.
For more details on holiday packages, visit ivyspaclub.com.
Rock Camp For Dads
This holiday season, Rock Camp For Dads (RCFD) wants you to consider giving the gift of rockstardom.
The St. Louis Park-based company offers amateur adult musicians a chance to make good on the rockstar ambitions of yesteryear by getting bands together, giving them a rehearsal space to hone their rocking and coaching them with the help of working professional musicians.
After a month of once-a-week rehearsals, the experience culminates with the rockstar moment — a gig at well-known Twin Cities venues like Bunker's, Famous Dave's or O'Gara's.
Co-owner Mitch McMillen, a former camper himself who picked up bass at 48, said RCFD's core customers are "guys who have left their instruments behind while growing careers and families and are missing something in their lives."
"We can fill that void," he added.
Despite the name, RCFD isn't just for dads. Anyone over 21, male or female, can participate.
Each month, the camp offerings have different themes. For instance, this January, the camp is offering a classic rock camp, Eric Clapton and Van Halen tribute camps and an alternative rock camp.
The one-month camps cost $299. Beginner camps and private lessons ($25 per half hour) area also available, as are cost-defraying scholarships for qualifying students.
For more information about the camp, check out rockcampfordads.com.
Get jazzed
There is no finer place to experience live jazz in the upper Midwest than the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, 1010 Nicollet Mall.
While St. Paul's Artists' Quarter predominately features local jazzers, the Dakota regularly books acts with national and international profiles.
Notable recent performances include John Scofield, Charlie Hunter, Joshua Redman, Sophia Shorai, Joey DeFrancesco and Foreplay. January's calendar features Davina and the Vagabonds and Raul Midon.
Live music isn't the only thing the Dakota offers. The club's acclaimed restaurant offers full lunch and dinner menus featuring everything from Lake Superior Whitefish to Amish chicken breast entrées.
Local trumpeter Steve Kenny, who recently played a late-night set at the Dakota with his group the Illicit Sextet, described the club as a "Midwest oasis" for touring jazz artists.
"For Twin Citians, it stands alone as a venue where the atmosphere, award-winning food and great acoustics combine to make a whole-evening one-stop-shop out of the experience of going to hear live music," Kenny added.
This holiday season, the Dakota is offering a $20 promo card with every purchase of $100 in gift cards, meaning you can give someone the gift of an unparalleled live music experience and perhaps persuade them to take you with too.
Check out dakotacooks.com for more information.
The gift of rock
If jazz and a classy dinner aren't up the alley of the person you're shopping for, perhaps some greasy-spoon food and a show at Minneapolis' most legendary rock club will be more to their liking.
First Avenue & 7th St Entry sells gift certificates online and at the venue box office. In addition to being redeemable at any shows in the main room or at the Entry, the certificates can be used to buy food and drink at the adjacent Depot Tavern and merchandise.
Featuring an eclectic mix of genres and events, there's sure to be something for everyone on First Avenue's calendar. Mainroom shows in January and February are set to feature everything from the jam band sounds of Dark Star Orchestra to the metal of In Flames, with an assortment of dance nights sprinkled throughout.
Since the doors first opened in 1970, First Avenue has been the premier spot for live music in the Twin Cities. More intimate than arenas yet large enough to host wildly popular acts spanning the gamut from Prince to TV on the Radio, the venue offers the quintessential Twin Cities music experience.
For more information, check out first-avenue.com/merchandise/gift-card.
The Nutcracker at The Cowles Center
"The Nutcracker" is a holiday favorite, and this year you'll actually have the chance to catch two very different versions of the beloved ballet at The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts. From Dec. 23-31 you can catch Loyce Houlton's "Nutcracker Fantasy," the longest-running arts event in Minnesota history. The Minnesota Dance Theater production has been a holiday favorite for 45 years and been enjoyed by more than 1.4 million audience members, so it is only fitting that the production closes out the first year at Minneapolis' new home for dance.
On Dec. 17-18, you'll also have a chance to check out a more experiment version of the ballet. Zenon's "Nutcracker" mashes up Tchaikovsky's classic with stories from Mother Goose, such as Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep and other nursery rhyme characters. This combination of two family favorites should make it a perfect event for families. If your kids enjoy Zenon's version, why not take them back to The Cowles for the classic interpretation later in the month?
And if you're really nuts about "The Nutcracker," you can also catch the Moscow Ballet's version on Dec. 2-3 at the Orpheum Theater.
Tickets for "Nutcracker Fantasy" are $36. Tickets for Zenon's "Nutcracker" are $15-20. Tickets for the Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" are $33-92.
'Graphic Design: Now in Production'
Let's face it: unless you live in an extremely artsy household, there's probably someone in your family who isn't so hot on the idea of going to art museums. Fortunately, The Walker Art Center has an ongoing exhibit that should please those who are "dragged along" as much as those who take them. "Graphic Design: Now in Production" is a massive exhibition of graphic design work that ranges from the accessible to the esoteric.
The biggest graphic design show at The Walker since the 1989 show "Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History," the show spans two exhibit halls and totals over 10,000 square feet of gallery space. Items in the collection include a wall of posters by local design firm Aesthetic Apparatus, a room of infographics, collections of t-shirts, displays focusing on elements of digital design, and even many logos for death metal bands. There's also a pop-up shop selling exclusive items from the show, so you'll be able to take a little piece of the show home with you. With such a wide variety of things to see and experience, this may be the exhibit that converts the museum holdout in your family into a veritable patron of the arts.
Art classes
Experiencing art is great. Creating art is even better. There are a variety of art classes that are perfect experience gifts for the holiday. Adults and children can create art together at Simply Jane Studios, which offers classes in everything from painting and drawing to weaving and mosaic. Prices vary, so visit simplyjanestudio.com
For those who like to get their hands dirty, Fired Up Studios at 1701 E. Hennepin Ave. offers basic pottery classes in four, six or eight week sessions. Classes begin in January and range from $140 for four weeks to $220 for eight weeks.
Ski season
With winter just around the corner, Minnesotans are ready to get out and play in the snow. In order to help your loved one take advantage, now may be the time to buy a cross country ski pass for Minneapolis parks.
Minneapolis parks feature over 23 miles of trails, primarily in the Theodore Wirth Recreation Area, but also at Hiawatha and Columbia golf courses.
A $45 pass gets you a full winter of unlimited use on the trails, where users can circle one of several lakes or explore the forests of Wirth Park.
If your loved one is a beginner, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board offers 90-minute weekend classes for $20. Call 370-3926
If we get a timid Minnesota winter, fear not. Wirth Park now has snowmakers that keep 1.5 miles of trail open all winter.
Passes can be purchased online, at minneapolisparks.org or at the Theodore Wirth Chalet, the Theodore Wirth Par 3 clubhouse, or at Columbia Golf Course.
If cross-country skiing isn't your thing, Wirth also has snowboarding, tubing and snowshoeing. Visit theodorewirth.org for more information.
Support the Golden Gophers
The NBA is locked out. The Vikings are out of playoff contention. The Wild play all the way across the river in St. Paul.
There's never been a better time to head over to the University of Minnesota to catch a Gophers game.
The men's hockey and basketball teams are offering 3-game packages for $99. Buyers can pick thee games from three different pools of games, with each pool having a different quality of opponent.
The hockey team was 9-1 in early November and held the No. 1 national ranking in the USA Today/American Hockey Magazine poll.
At the same time, the men's basketball team was preparing for its fifth season under head coach Tubby Smith. The team features on of the best big man combinations in the nation, with Trevor Mbakwe and Ralph Sampson III.
Best of all, the Gophers play in Williams Arena, or better known as The Barn, one of the best and most historic venues in the country.
Don't forget, tickets are also available for other winter Gophers sporting events, including women's hockey, gymnastics, basketball as well as wrestling.
For tickets, go to mygophersports.com or call 612-624-8080.
Urban ice fishing
It's not Mille Lacs, but Minneapolis lakes offer walleye, northern pike and crappie within a quick drive.
For only $17, a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fishing license is the gift that keeps on giving.
Minneapolis lakes have a few more restrictions than most other Minnesota lakes. Icehouses cannot be left on the lake overnight, and vehicles, ATVs and snowmobiles aren't allowed on the ice.
But, you can bring out a portable icehouse without buying a permit. You can also use tip-ups and brave the weather.
Not sure what you're doing? The Minnesota DNR offers several clinics. On Feb. 4, the DNR plans to hold a clinic for parents and kids at Fort Snelling State Park. Call 612-725-2389 to register.
The Park Board recommends boat launches as entry points for ice fishing this winter.
Visit dnr.state.mn.us/licenses/fishing for more information on buying a license.
For ice safety tips, visit dnr.state.mn.us/safety/ice.


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A Comparison of the 2004 and 1994 US Model BITs
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In November 2004 the United States adopted a new model negotiating text for its bilateral investment treaties (BITs). The 2004 model was the first comprehensive revision of the model BIT since 1994 and the most comprehensive revision since the program's inception. This article compares the 2004 model with its 1994 predecessor.


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Nintendo downloads, May 10 – Sudoku, Monster World IV, more
Nintendo has updated its Virtual Console, eShop and DSiWare offerings this week with Sudoku on 3DS, Amoebattle and for Virtual Console, Monster World IV. There's more, and it's all below.
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- Extensibility
The new specification proposal suggests offering more service provider interfaces and extension points, meaning that technologies can "cleanly layer on or plug in to" Java EE application servers.
- Profiles
Profiles "may include a subset of Java EE platform technologies, additional JCP technologies not part of the base Java EE platform, or both." Part of the proposal offers the initial definition of a "Java EE Web Profile - a subset of the Java EE platform targeted at web application development. This profile will provide a more gentle introduction to the Java EE platform, providing only those technologies needed by most web application developers, without the enterprise technologies that sometimes confuse such developers."
- Pruning
The proposal also offers a mechanism which, along with profiles, can convert currently required specifications into optional specifications. For example, as Rod says in his blog, Java EE 5 still mandates support for EJB 1.1 and EJB 2.0. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but for new development, EJB 1.1 and EJB 2.0 are largely irrelevant, and shouldn't be required in an application server used to develop new Java EE 5 applications. The "pruning" aspect of the Java EE 6 specification allows the definition of the process by which mandated subspecifications can become optional.
- SOA support
The new specification is considering aspects of the Service Component Architecture for inclusion into the Java EE specification. Unfortunately, there are two major revisions of SCA - one under JCP control (and largely stalled, to all appearances) and the other, alive and well under IBM's and BEA's stewardship. That said, both IBM and BEA are supporting this specification, so perhaps some future unification is in order.
I believe that the enterprise Java community should welcome Java EE 6, and should welcome Sun's willingness to move with the times and take the choices that will strengthen the enterprise Java platform as a whole. There's a lot of good in J2EE/Java EE, but some of the problems have obscured it. Java EE 6 should change that!While Java EE 6 is more a factor of the JCP and not Sun, Rod's sentiments are well taken.