text: Statehouse Beat: Is $10,000 too much to cash? By Phil Kabler December 2, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Throughout the evolution of the state Lottery Commission from its humble origins overseeing the distribution of scratch-off tickets into a major state agency housed in its own office tower, and regulating a veritable gambling empire, including five full-fledged casinos and nearly 7,500 video slot machines in bars and clubs around the state, one thing had never changed -- until last week.Over the years, the commission has been strictly focused on the business side of the industry, looking at maximizing revenue figures for the state, and using euphemisms such as "gaming," instead of gambling, and "video lottery machines" instead of slot machines, etc.The commission has not devoted much time or attention to any negative societal aspects of gambling. The last time it had even been an issue was back in 2008, when the Legislature moved control of the state contract to operate the Problem Gamblers' Helpline from the Lottery to the Department of Health and Human Resources, over concerns including the commission's requirement that the state lottery logo appear in all help-line advertising.So it was somewhat startling when Commissioner Dave Lemmon raised objections last week to a commission proposal to raise the limit on personal checks that casinos may cash from the current $200 maximum to $10,000.(Personally, the only time I've written a check that big was the down payment on my condo, and my hand was shaking the whole time.)Lemmon pointed out that in his previous career as State Police superintendent, he frequently dealt with incidents that resulted when husbands had gambled away their paychecks in back-room poker games that predated the legalization of gambling.Lemmon succeeded in getting the matter postponed for a month. Whether the commission ultimately approves the $10,000 maximum, or comes up with some lower limit, it was refreshing to hear a Lottery commissioner actually raise the issue of the negative aspects of state-sanctioned gambling.*** Speaking of, as we've discussed before, the daily operations of the state rely on the use of a series of legal fictions, generally because no one wants to enforce the laws on the books, or change the laws to conform with reality.Case in point: Liquor by the drink is illegal in West Virginia, except for members of private clubs. However, the state operates under the legal fiction that everything from the Red Carpet Lounge to your neighborhood Applebee's is a private club, and you are magically granted club membership by setting foot in the door.The Lottery Commission affirmed a new legal fiction last week in declaring that a bus ride and $20 buffet constitutes an "event" under the state law intended to limit access to The Greenbrier casino to registered overnight guests or persons attending conferences, conventions or other major events at the hotel.(If there was any doubt that the commission was going to do anything other than what The Greenbrier sought, it was erased when lobbyist and state Democratic Party Chairman Larry Puccio appeared to speak on behalf of the resort management.)Naturally, having the Lottery Commission create a legal fiction to get around the law is much easier than going back to try the Legislature to amend the law to ease restrictions on access to the casino -- restrictions that Greenbrier officials readily agreed to when the historic resort gambling act was originally passed. ***After years of resisting modernization, the Senate continues to go high-tech, with the latest additions being closed-circuit TV systems in the Finance and Judiciary committee rooms. Each system includes large wide-screen monitors, which hang from ceilings of the committee rooms, with one screen facing the committee members, and one screen facing the public seating in each room.The systems also include controls, and a smaller monitor, at the podiums in each committee room.Each system, including installation and wiring, cost $12,349 and were purchased from Electronic Specialty Co. of Dunbar, according to Senate assistant clerk Lee Cassis.He said they ultimately should save on printing costs, since committee staffs won't have to make printed copies of power-point presentations for each member.(In addition to being able to view the presentations on the TV monitors, senators will be able to call up the reports on the iPads the Senate purchased for the members last year, he said.)Cassis said the monitors can also be used for two-way closed-circuit broadcasts, so that experts can appear before the committees without having to travel to Charleston. ***Finally, even though I should know better, I can never resist referencing the number of state holidays (14 this year, four in November alone), knowing it will get a rise out of state employees.Why, I'm not sure. It's not a slight on the employees that they get so many paid holidays. That occurred over the years as a way for Legislatures and governors to curry favor with state employees, and to placate them in some years in lieu of pay raises.The only reason I can think why state employees would get so worked up is that they're concerned there could be some effort to scale back the holidays to a more reasonable number. However, in all these years, the Legislature has only taken back one holiday -- Lincoln's Birthday in 2005 -- and that wasn't even a true take-back, since they swapped it for a new official holiday on the day after Thanksgiving.Reach Phil Kabler at email@example.com or 304-348-1220. 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With this investment in the fund, the two global pharmaceutical companies will share their expertise by participating in the scientific advisory board (SAB) of the fund. Index will maintain full decision making rights to the portfolio companies and the fund rules and procedures will follow previous Index Ventures funds. This unique pharma/venture partnership model is intended to stimulate promising, early-stage R&D innovation.
Index's "asset centric" model focuses on investment in companies with just one or two projects, rather than companies with multiple programs. The fund will consider opportunities across Europe, primarily, but also across the USA, with assets that have first-in-class or best-in-class mechanisms of action and target areas of unmet medical need.
Index Ventures' Partner, Francesco De Rubertis said: "We are delighted by the decision of GlaxoSmithKline and Janssen to participate in this fund. The fact that these two global pharmaceutical leaders are committing substantial resources to seek early-stage opportunities through a pure-play classic Venture Capital fund is a testament to the visionary leadership behind the companies."
"This unique collaboration shows our commitment to the biotech ecosystem and to continuously pursuing creative new ways to access groundbreaking new science," Dr. Moncef Slaoui Chairman of Research and Development at GSK said. "With its unique platform of entrepreneurs behind the execution of the "asset centric" investing model, we believe Index is well positioned to create an exciting pipeline of drug candidates."
Dr. Paul Stoffels, Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group, Johnson & Johnson, added: "New and creative approaches to funding early stage innovation are crucial to the development of transformative medicine. We believe that supporting and nurturing start-ups and encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation will be good for the entire industry. Partnerships like this one with Index Ventures and its "asset centric" platform will enable us to enhance the probability of identifying early stage technologies in disease areas of high unmet need."
Composed of nine members, the SAB will include senior executives from the two pharma companies, from GSK, Dr. Moncef Slaoui and Dr Paul-Peter Tak, Head of GSK's Immunoinflammation Therapy Area Unit and, from Janssen, Dr. Paul Stoffels and Dr. Bill Hait, Global Head, Research and Development; as well as five Index Ventures-appointed executives: Francesco De Rubertis, Kevin Johnson, Michele Ollier, Roman Fleck, and Remy Luthringer.
Index Ventures has been involved in the start-up rounds of companies including Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN), PanGenetics B/V (acquired by Abbott Laboratories, Inc,), Aegerion, Inc., (Nasdaq: AGRN), Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd (SIX:ADXN), ParAllele BioScience Inc. (acquired by Affymetrix), Molecular Partners AG and ProFibrix BV. Index has also invested in later stages rounds of financing in companies such as Micromet (acquired by Amgen) and Ariad, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA - News). Many molecules discovered in labs financed by Index are now part of late stage clinical pharmaceutical pipelines.
Index Ventures, GSK and Janssen senior executives (Francesco De Rubertis, Dr Moncef Slaoui, and Dr Paul Stoffels) will be holding a panel to discuss the fund at BIO-Europe Spring, in Amsterdam on Wednesday 21st March at 9am. To watch the panel on a live webcast please visit: http://www.ebdgroup.com/bes/media/livestream.php.
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Since inception Index Ventures has raised five early stage funds and in 2008 Index Ventures raised its first Growth Fund (€400 million), to invest in later stage companies, Index recently raised its biggest fund to date with a second Growth Fund in November 2011 for €500 million. The current active funds under management for life sciences investments are Index II, IV, V and Growth Fund I. The new life sciences fund launched today is called Index Life VI.
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A DISQUALIFIED driver left the scene after hitting another vehicle at a junction and spinning the car through 180 degrees.
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, going on sale at the start of April 2012. Just 15 months in, and owners already find themselves no longer receiving critical security and usability updates.
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We can confirm that the HTC One S will not receive further Android OS updates and will remain on the current version of Android and HTC Sense. We realize this news will be met with disappointment by some, but our customers should feel confident that we have designed the HTC One S to be optimized with our amazing camera and audio experiences.
The year old device will now be stuck on Android v4.1.1 Jelly Bean. Android v4.2 Jelly Bean v2
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'"We're involved now as an outsider working with the future stars of the NHL," Foligno said. "We're working with players who are inevitably going to be drafted come (NHL) draft time. Hopefully, there will be a draft. Hopefully, there will be a place for these players to go to. I'm sure down the road there will be, but as to when we don't know. We've got our fingers crossed that it will get rectified so these players that are draft eligible this year do get an opportunity and don't have to miss a year."'
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SCR8PFEST 9 - Custom Truck Show
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Name: SCR8PFEST IX
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Location: Concord Motorsports Park, Concord, North Carolina
Dates: September 22-24, 2006
Total Vehicles in Attendance: 400+
Spectator Attendance: 1,000+
Fast 411: Pebble Pushers began in 1994, and is a single chapter club, with 42 members. They travel to many different towns and states to support other shows. This was the 9th year for SCR8PFEST, and despite having to change the show venue to the Concord Motorsports Park; it keeps getting bigger and better. The quality of vehicles was way up, as well as the number of entries. SCR8PFEST was one of the very first shows to bring a full-on draggin' competition on the East Coast, and this year was huge with more than 50 vehicles entered.
Events: -Club games, Tug-o-war, a milk-chugging contest, draggin' competition, and a burnout contest.
Sponsors: American Eagle WheelCorporation, Carolina Golf Cars, Dale Jarrett Ford, Overkill Fabrications, Speedstyles, DC Customs, Allied Waste, 110 Kustoms, McDonald Electrical Services, Star Club, Beantown Tavern, Ornamental Specialties Inc., Rims Unlimited, Domination The Video, TMR Development, Mark Holms Construction, Whirlwind Designs, Carolina Central Vacuum Systems, El Vallarta Mexican Restaurant, AVS, Camelot, Manpower Collision Center, Builders Design and Supply, and Chili's Restaurant.
Vendors: Drop 'Em Wear?, Drop Jaw Magazine, Graphic Hut, Overkill Fabrication, and Dirty South Productions
Contact for Future Events: September 28-30, 2007www.pebblepushers.com
Special Thanks: Pebble Pushers would like to thank Concord Motorsports Park, all of their sponsors, club members and their families, and everyone who came out to show off their custom creations.


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I'm looking for an ecommerce solution which would allow me to sell products as a one-time purchase (like a regular web store) and based on a subscription. In the latter case, once a person signs up, they would receive our "product of the month" in the beginning of each month. The plans will vary, but this is the basic idea.
Now, there are good one-time purchase platforms (Zen Cart, CubeCart) as well as membership/recurring billing ones (aMember). What would you suggest for a combined platform, i.e. one-time purchases and subscriptions in one package? Do any of the major shopping carts support subscriptions like these?
So why not use Zen Cart or CubeCart ecommerce platform?Zen Cart may be better than CubeCart to fulfill your demand.
Because neither Zen Cart nor CubeCart support subscriptions/recurring billing.
At this point, I'm looking at Modular Merchant vs. X-Cart integrated with aMember. Any feedback on these solutions?
X-cart supports both one-time products and subscriptions. As for subscriptions, customers will pay some amount each X days/month/period and will receive the products periodically.
Feel free to check information on the question here:http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/?subscriptions.htm
By the way, which payment gateway do you plan to use?
As for Modular Merchant, you could contact their team and ask about that.
X-Cart's subscription functionality looks fine, but I'd hate to store CC numbers in the database, which it requires. Hence I'd prefer a hosted e-commerce solution or a solution where recurring billing is done by the payment gateway.
My preferred payment gateway choices are Authorize.net and PayPal. Unfortunately, X-Cart doesn't seem to support PayPal's Recurring Payments or Authorize.net's ARB; thus I was considering using a third-party solution like aMember for subscriptions.
aMember supports recurring billing in PayPal Website Payments Standard only where a customer must have or create a PayPal account. This is not necessary in Website Payments Pro, but aMember doesn't support it and you need to be PCI compliant to use the Pro, is this hard?).
So, still looking for a solution...
I see, your concern is clear. As for X-cart, it would work with Authorize.net for subscriptions however you are correct that credit cards information is stored in the database. By the way, this sensitive information can be encrypted.
Also it seems you need to browse through features of other shopping cart packages and find the one that would suit you.
I hope you will find the solution you need.
I too am looking for a similar subscription based product. Amember was recommended to me, but it is not open source. Another one suggested to me was phpmembers.com, it is open source with plenty of plug in options.
My use for it is slightly different - i am designing a site where membership is required to access the content (protect pages).
Does anyone have any other suggestions. I too am looking at using Paypal, at least initially, before getting merchant details for credit card facilities.
Storing credit card information on an internet connected server, as 99% of X-cart users would be doing if they used that feature, is illegal. It does not meet the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. Encryption is not nearly enough to meet those standards, especially when the decryption code is sitting on the same server as the encrypted data. Fines for violations under the Visa and MasterCard operating regulations are in the half million dollar range.
You should stop recommending this to people.
Your software shouldn't even support it, doing so only helps merchants put themselves in a position where they're legally liable and exposes card information to hackers.
If you're going to do recurring billing, then the payment information needs to be stored somewhere that does meet those standards, such as on Authnet's servers. That's why they offer two ways of doing recurring billing - Automated Recurring Billing (ARB), which is good for billing a fixed amount on a fixed cycle, or Customer Information Manager (CIM) which you can use to make arbitrary charges based on a reference ID alone.
I had a similar website and aMember worked beautifully for me. This is a very mature product designed to do specifically what you have described. If I didn't need a product catalog with the ability to have one-time purchases, just the memberships, I'd go for aMember again without a second thought.
aMember is a commercial product, that's correct, but you do get full source code which you can modify. And there's plenty of plugins (mostly paid ones, though), too. Overall, in my opinion, it's totally worth it.
I admit you are correct, taking into consideration security requirements ARB system is preferable to use. By the way, we are developing a payment module for X-Cart future versions that would be (verified by a PA-QSA) processing credit cards in a PCI-DSS compliant manner.
Give 1ShoppingCart a try. They have recurring billing and they are hosting everything, so they're the ones holding the CC information. This is not to knock X-Cart b/c X-Cart is one of my favorite shopping cart solutions out there. I suggest them above all else, but if you're still worried, then 1ShoppingCart is a safe bet.
I am a big supporter of oscommerce for this sort of application. Zen cart is good and so is x cart however the support in oscommerce is bigger and the contribs are almost endless. As for subscription payments there would be plenty of contribs that do this just search on there website. I myself have always used paypal for this and it works well..
Thanks, I used to consider them because of the recurring billing support. However, 1ShoppingCart lacks some of the functionality that's essential for me - customer accounts, product pages/catalog generation etc. Overall, it looks more like a checkout solution, not a fully functional web store.
Jamix, why not to hire developers to make required integration for you/make required adjustments?
Also, i have found a topic on amember forum about the module that was created by some one:http://www.amember.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7795not sure whether it would work for you (also the topic is 1 year old), but you could try to contact the person and ask him for help.
Keep in touch with dataoutsourcingindia for such issue...they are good.
1shoppingcart is not bad, but there is still plenty of room to improve. My "refund button" never worked, it said it worked, but nothing showed up in authorized net. That was a big pain for me. Also their affiliate system was pretty buggy.But if you don't need this kind of features - go with it.
I also considered 1Schoppingcart as my solution but went with PremiumWebCart instead as there are so many more features already built in already.
If you're looking for a Password protected Member's Area, they already have it as a standard part of the cart. But what really got me on their team was the fact that I can run unlimited Member's Areas, for unlimited websites and still brand each one specifically ...without buying multiple licenses.
Their other features all work this way as well so if you want your live chat and ticket support to be website specific then this is a good option to look at.
You can look at the comparison of the carts at Premiumwebcart.com or there's a good review at a site called ScamDetective.com (listed under Ecommerce Tools category)
Shoppingcartdepot.com is a new cart that has all of the stuff needed for recurring billing and selling online. Very cheap and very robust. I have used multiple in the past but they have been a pain to configure and make work right. Shoppingcartdepot.com is simple and easy to use. But I really want to try a few more - any recommendations?
I know that Authorize.net and ITransact both support recurring billing in their gateways. Several others do as well, but unless you are willing to store card numbers on your own servers (better be very secure) I wouldn't do this on the shopping cart level, I would just sign up for one of the payment gateways that support recurring billing and manage the recurring transactions from the gateway's server.
What you're looking for is easily accomplished.
With a standard cart you can do the following:
Trial periods - i.e. $1 purchase (or free) for 14 days and then charge $29 every 30 days
Recurring on a fixed time schedule - i.e. charge $29 every 30 days
Recurring Billing on a fixed day - i.e. charge $29 on the 5th of every month or on the1st Monday of every month or quarter etc.


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Righty chased during seven-run first; Marshall, Adams debut
NEW YORK -- There were still paying customers filtering into Yankee Stadium's seating areas by the time Phil Hughes slumped onto the dugout bench, his night's work cut short and the top of the first inning still incomplete.
The Yankees right-hander spent all of 17 minutes frantically trying to adjust to his situation on Wednesday, but it wasn't to be. The Mariners batted around for seven runs and chased Hughes in the first inning, coasting to a 12-2 blowout victory in the Bronx.
"It seems to go by pretty quick," Hughes said. "Everything kind of speeds up. You're just trying to find something, and next thing you know, you've got two outs and seven runs are in. It's tough."
Raul Ibanez homered twice and collected six RBIs, including a grand slam off Hughes in a disastrous first inning that saw 11 Seattle players come to bat, 10 of them against Hughes. Kyle Seager later slugged a three-run homer off rookie Brett Marshall as the Mariners set a new season high in runs scored.
Hughes was left holding the bag after his shortest career outing, lasting just two-thirds of an inning. Generally a fly ball pitcher even on his good days, Hughes was constantly up in the zone while hitting the fat part of the plate, and the Mariners gleefully took advantage.
"Obviously there too many balls in the middle of the plate, and he didn't locate enough pitches," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "And he got hurt."
The start was the shortest by a Yankee since Bartolo Colon allowed six runs and also recorded two outs on July 14, 2011, against the Blue Jays in Toronto. Hughes said that he tried his changeup, slider and curveball, to no avail.
"Hopefully, this is a 1-in-100 type thing," Hughes said. "I remember I've had bad nights where I'd get 12 outs or something, but I don't think I can remember having an outing like this before.
"It's tough to swallow, but it happens to everybody. No one's going to feel sorry for you, so I have to throw my bullpen in two days and move on."
Yankees catcher Chris Stewart said that the pivotal at-bat was Ibanez's; if Hughes could've coaxed a double-play grounder in that spot, he might have escaped with just two runs on the board and then settled in to provide a decent outing.
"I think it happens to a lot of guys," Stewart said. "They struggle the first inning, come in and settle down and figure out what they were doing out there and make a change. But we couldn't get him through that."
For Ibanez, the display conjured memories of his sensational hot stretch last September and October in pinstripes; even in a different uniform, Yankee Stadium's dimensions still agree with the professional hitter.
"You can't help but to think of that," Ibanez said. "That was obviously a great moment as a team over there and something I'll never forget, so I definitely remember that. But at the same time, last year is over and you've got to move on. My job is to try to help this team win, so I try to just have good, quality at-bats."
Vernon Wells and Stewart hit home runs off Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma, who limited New York to two runs and eight hits over seven innings as he logged his third consecutive victory.
For the Yanks, Preston Claiborne hurled 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before Marshall made his Major League debut, walking five and surrendering five runs over 5 2/3 frames but earning praise for saving the bullpen with a 108-pitch outing.
"He did a good job for us," Girardi said of Marshall. "I'm sure he would've liked to pitch a lot better, but he saved our bullpen."
With two outs in the ninth, Girardi opted not to burn another reliever and instead moved Alberto Gonzalez from shortstop to the mound, while sticking Wells at second base. Robert Andino flied out to right field against Gonzalez.
"A shortstop usually has pretty good command of where he's throwing the baseball all the time," Girardi said, "so I figured that he's the guy."
Hughes said that it would be difficult to sleep for days until he is able to throw his next bullpen session, but one silver lining from the lost evening was that two Yankees rookies got their feet wet in the big leagues.
Marshall was told to prepare to come into the game when Hughes was lifted in the first inning, and David Adams logged his first Major League hit, a single off Iwakuma in the sixth inning.
Adams had his contract selected from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre earlier on Wednesday, getting a big league start at third base on his 26th birthday.
"I wasn't as nervous as I thought I was going to be," Adams said. "Coming in, I was thinking I was going to be freaking out with all the people in the stands. For me, I was trying to do way too much. I don't know why. I wasn't as nervous as I thought I was going to be."
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Sarah is going off to college. Her parents decided to get her a gift that she could actually use. They said that they had gotten someone to build for her a very special dwelling for when she went away. Sarah, being very excited about surprises, begged them to tell her what it was. They refused each time, but after two weeks of incessant pleading, they gave her a sheet of paper. It was a riddle. It said:
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The first riddle is describing Lothlorien. The land is east of the Misty Mountains, and north of Fangorn Forest (which is where the Ents live). It is said to be a very beautiful land, but you'll never see it because it doesn't exist.
The second riddle describes some of the elves from Lothlorien, since they would have lived in telain (plural for talan). Celebrian means Silver Crowned Gift, and she left Lothlorien earlier than her parents, because she went to Rivendell when she married Elrond. Her father's name, Celeborn, means Silver Tree, and he left much later than her, to go to Rivendell to live with her sons Elladan and Elrohir, before leaving for Valinor to meet up with her and his wife Galadriel.
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CBS AL-Only Expert Auction Results
Yesterday afternoon, I participated in the CBS AL-only Analysts (read: experts) league auction, which marked the beginning of the league's 10th year. This was also my 10th year in the league, but it was my first time playing under the Baseball Prospectus banner.
For readers who followed me over from my old blog, I need not explain my approach. However, for my new readers at Baseball Prospectus, it is worth a brief explanation of how I go about my auction—especially since it is markedly different from how some experts approach theirs.
Some experts approach auctions using a strategy-based model, basing their purchases on certain categories or players. This isn't what I do. I enter every auction as a pure agnostic and a strict price-enforcer. I walk in with my bid limits (the same bid limits that have been featured here at Baseball Prospectus the last two Mondays) and try to buy as many players as I can at prices below those bid limits.
In an ideal scenario, I can go through an entire auction adhering to this philosophy. In reality, this almost never happens … particularly not in expert auctions. Pricing is typically too tight and I have to either buy certain players at par prices or adjust my strategy to emphasize certain categories over others.
Every player purchased can possibly change or challenge my directive to get bargains. Below is a recap of the CBS auction, including the players I purchased, when I purchased them in the auction, and my thinking at the time.
(CBS is a 12-team AL-only league with a "standard" $260 cap for 14 hitters and nine pitchers. Each "round" is 12 players long.)
Round 1, Player 1: Mike Trout $40 (raw bid $43)
In the past, CBS has featured a freewheeling bid philosophy among its owners that has seen multiple $40+ prices for the top players. This stopped in 2011, when not a single player cracked the $40 barrier. I was glad to see Trout come up right away; I was either going to buy him for $40 or less, or see him sail past that and target different players during the auction. An expert who was thinking along similar lines called out Trout for $38: He'd either buy Trout at this price or let someone else pay more. I was happy to buy him and see where the rest of the auction would take me.
Round 2, Player 13: Alex Rios $21 ($25)
Outfielders tend to be deeper bargains in CBS than they are in other leagues I've played in, so I wanted to be careful not to push them too close to my bid limits. At $4 below my price, Rios definitely fit the profile of someone I was willing to purchase this early. The average might slip, but I'm fairly certain that Rios is good for another 20/20 season with some solid RBI and runs contributions as well.
Round 2, Player 17: Felix Hernandez $27 ($30)
I'm not as concerned about Hernandez's elbow as some are, so I forged ahead and made Felix my ace. Justin Verlander ($34) and David Price ($30) both went for more money earlier, and I have Felix ranked ahead of Price and just a couple of notches behind Verlander. Given where the rest of the top tier fell, I was very satisfied with this price.
Round 2, Player 20: Joe Mauer $21 ($24)
I seem to own Mauer nearly every year I'm on the A.L. side of this league. Part of the reason for this is that Mauer comes up fairly early every year and owners seem reluctant to spend money on a catcher at this stage of the auction. Twenty-one dollars isn't an absolute steal, but for a near-mortal lock for a .300 average behind the dish, along with plenty of RBI, Mauer is as reliable as they come. Some of the later catching prices (Salvador Perez for $20, for example) justified my decision.
Round 2, Player 24: Adrian Beltre $28 ($31)
By my valuation, you can see why I just kept spending and spending and spending. I had already blown through $137 of my $260 budget, but as long as I adhered to my prices, I believed I would do fine later. Just like with Mauer, some of the later third-base spending (Will Middlebrooks $18, Mike Moustakas $21) made Beltre look even better in hindsight.
Round 3, Player 28: Brandon Morrow $18 ($22)
I'm probably higher on Morrow than most and this price is admittedly a reach if Morrow doesn't finally put up a 200-inning season. Nevertheless, I liked Morrow here as a complement to Felix and as my number-two starter.
Round 4, Player 41: James Shields $19 ($22)
Shields is another pitcher I assume I'm higher on than the rest of the market, but he was money down the stretch for the Rays in 2012. I didn't like the Shields trade in real life from the Royals standpoint, but for fantasy, I think Shields will be fine.
Here is where I had to make my first strategy decision. Already, I had spent $174, leaving me with a scant $86 to spend on 16 players. With $65 locked up on three pitchers already, I decided to avoid buying anything more than $1 starters, unless an obvious bargain came along. This meant tossing saves overboard. I dislike dumping categories in a non-carryover league, but I didn't want to wind up spending $90-100 on my pitching and walking out of CBS with a soft offense.
Round 4, Player 45: Nick Markakis $19 ($22)
Markakis might seem pricey at $19, but my pricing shows him earning $16 in AL-only last year in an injury-shortened season. I'm hoping that the power boost he showed in 2012 wasn't a fluke and that the batting average stays strong. Again, the potential for greater outfield bargains later scared me, but I decided to plow ahead with Markakis.
Round 7, Player 81: Asdrubal Cabrera $18 ($21)
I might not have purchased Cabrera before joining Paul Sporer on Baseball Prospectus' fantasy podcast a couple of weeks ago, but talking with Paul about shortstops convinced me to push Cabrera's price up just a little bit. He earned $19 in a down year and a little more power could push Cabrera back into the $20s. However, shortstop is the first position on the diamond where I might have been better served waiting. Alcides Escobar ($20), Jhonny Peralta ($7), and Yunel Escobar ($5) were all better bargains in my estimation.
Round 8, Player 92: Coco Crisp $17 ($20)
Yet again, I might be higher on Crisp than the rest of the market. But Crisp is more than merely a significant speed asset; he also provides a little pop (he hit eight, eight, and 11 home runs in 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively) to go with that those wheels. Staying on the field is a concern, but that's why I had Crisp priced at $20, not $30.
Round 8, Player 93: J.J. Hardy $12 ($14)
Despite the "bargain" here, this may have been my least-favorite buy of the day. Sometimes I assign a price to a player and even when I get that player below my price I still don't feel good about it. This was how I felt after I pushed Hardy up to $12 and no one saved me by going to $13. Hardy offers nice power for a shortstop; hopefully he won't prove to be a significant batting-average drain.
Round 11, Player 130: Adam Lind $7 ($11)
This price was also okay, but might have been one of my two mistakes. A handful of players that I had valued between $8-10 went for $3-5 later on in the auction. My thought process at the time was that there was too much money on the table, and I didn't want to assume that there would be some bargains later. From this standpoint, I did okay, but in hindsight, this wasn't the best use of my money.
Lind also pushed me into the endgame far sooner than I would have liked. I was left with $13 to spend for 11 players (for a maximum bid of two dollars). There was a 100-player gap from when I bought Lind to when I bought my next player. But instead of panicking or getting upset about having to wait to buy half of my team at the end of the auction, I continued to diligently track the auction, watched where the money and slots were falling, and maintained my faith in my values. Rather than go through the endgame player-by-player, here is what my team looked like at the end of the day.
To go with those starters, my reserves were: Rick Porcello (P), Matt Thornton (P), Sean Burnett (P), DeWayne Wise (OF), Kelly Shoppach (C), Blake Beavan (P), Scott Downs (P)
On the offensive side of my endgame, I feel like I hit the ball out of the park. Of my five $1-2 players, it's possible that I bought four everyday players. Getz, Gutierrez, Scott, and Sizemore obviously aren't superstars, but with all of the offense I purchased, they don't have to be. I only need 400-500 at-bats from each of them to have a powerful offense.
Pitching is where I'm going to need to grind. I like the pitchers I bought in the endgame, but I'll readily admit that I need more. Saunders is a solid number-four option in Safeco, but I'm not sure if Bedard will hold up. I'm hoping McGee, Robertson, and Uehara provide enough quality innings so that I can stream Bedard, Porcello and/or Beavan with confidence.
My goal is always to go where the value takes me. Yesterday, the value took me to a team with a strong offense and a pitching staff that leaves me hopeful. This team is a contender; that's all you can ask for in an expert league when you're swimming with the sharks.
Mike Gianella is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @MikeGianella
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I actually like your pitching more than you do Mike, your rotation is very serviceable and you got some of the best set-up men in the game with McGee, Uehara, Robertson and Coke, over all it looks a very well balanced team.
Mar 01, 2013 03:01 AM
Could someone provide a link to all the picks? Thanks.
Mar 01, 2013 06:26 AM
Dave Holgado
Great stuff, Mike. Really happy to have BP fantasy content geared towards the single-league auction format, especially when it's this good.
Mar 01, 2013 08:04 AM
Mike, where can we find the NL info? TIA
Mar 01, 2013 08:48 AM
Bret Sayre
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As someone who uses a very similar strategy of valuation and bid limits for auctions, I thought this was a great write-up that provided detailed insight into a process that I've also had a lot of success with.
Mar 01, 2013 09:48 AM
Keith Cromer
Great recap, Mike. While we differed a bit on just a few of our raw bids (hey, player valuation is what it is), you sure did get great value in this auction. I also like your pitching more than you do....and you had an amazing end game.
Mar 01, 2013 12:56 PM
Would love to hear about where (and even when) the extra money got spent -- I know your list added up! (Maybe in a follow-up article.)
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Hope to file a complaint or sue this lady. Wrong diganoisis horrible service very unprofessional malpractice for me. Started out as an aveage Dr. Quickly learned she did not do what was best for me!! But those 800 shots she put me on looked great to big pharma. All i can say is i hope to see her out of practice.
Dr. Ullyatt makes you feel as though your life is important. She makes sure you're well enough to leave the hospital and while you're in there, there's nothing she would not do for you. I absolutely loved her as a psychiatrist! Unfortunately I am with Dr Power now.
She is an excellent physician. She treated me with respect and dignity. She knows her profession well. I agree totally with the nurses comments. Treating mental illness is indeed difficult. She kept me totally informed as we worked together to restore my health. I have a doctorate degree in another profession that relies on forensic testimony. She knows her medicine. The problem with all psychiatrists in western Newfoundland is there simply not enough to serve the population. We need more psychiatrists like her and Dr. Power. Listen closely to what this woman tells you and your health will be restored. Personally, I believe ECT or insulin induced shock are reserved as a last resort. Some patients beg foe ECT when nothing else works. It should be used only with the informed consent of the patient. She is excellent at what she does.
I feel Dr Ullyatt does have a bubbly personality at times as was mentioned in another comment. I personally disagree with the use of psych meds. Another comment made was that chemo drugs and cardiac drugs have terrible side effects too, well my thoughts on that are that psych meds are all proven to cause cancer and cardiac damage. It is my opinion that prevention is the best medicine along with healthy food and surrounding yourself with loving compassionate caring individuals. EMPATHETIC THERAPY is something I strongly recommend.If these things are lacking in your life then how can anything else get better? Depression, anxiety or other mental issues certainly wont.
Dr. Kim Ullyatt is NOT my Doctor but I have spoken with her on various occasions. I WOULD recommend her to anyone who wants a Psychiatrist with a good ethic and an awesome uplifting personality. She is easy to talk with and though she "administers" ECT, which I do NOT agree with or support, she is a good Doctor. I have had people tell me positive things about her care. With the knowledge, information and relations that I have had concerning Dr. Kim Ullyatt, I WOULD tell people I know and care about to try to get her services. She is a new Psychiatrist here in Canada and so is perhaps not as well known as the other staff Psychiatrists at Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook. No one is perfect but I believe if you are seeking a caring, realistic and open minded Doctor, Dr. Kim Ullyatt would be a good option.
I finally had my appointment with Dr. Ullyatt yesterday, & I have to say, I was completely blown away. I am so thankful that she took me on as a patient. She is so kind and understanding, and after seeing so many doctors who have such little respect for patients with mental illnesses as well as physical illnesses, she said to me today, "I will respect you". Those 4 words mean the world to me. NO doctor has ever said that to me, and it actually brought happy tears to my eyes. She was able to have me smiling from the moment I seen her till the time I left, at a time when my depression and anxiety has been at an all time high. She seems very knowledgable and seems willing to help any way she can. She said she won't make me talk about issues in my past/present, that she is mainly there to help me with medications or other way that can help, and that I have a good psychologist to talk to, but if I want or need to share she is there to listen. Great doctor and look forward to feeling better.
To everyone out there who is considering to have electroshock therapy or take psych meds id like to encourage you to check out Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggins books, websites and pod casts,he is a Harvard trained psychiatrist who believes in giving his patients therapy and he is strongly against the use of toxic psych meds and ect.Most psychiatrists including Dr. Ullyatt could learn alot from him,and any patient of his is truely blessed.Dr. peter Breggin testifies in many cases most of which are settled out of court,defending psych patients who are under the influence of psych meds who commit crimes that are out of character because the psych meds drove them to do it.One such case happened in winnepeg a 16 yr old on paxil knifed a friend to death and Dr Peter Breggin testified that it was more than likely the paxil that cause his actions and the young boy won his case.Psych meds have all been proven to cause the very same things they claim to fix,pls dont take them!!!!!
With regards to the previous comment. ECT is a controversial procedure, however has proven benefits as well as risks as with any medical procedure. These risks are explained to the patient and consent obtained. I am a nurse and have had ambivalent feeling about this procedure myself until I have witnessed first hand amazing results for some of these patients. This procedure is not used lightly, it is often used when all other options are exhausted. Also ALL meds have possible side effects. Unfortunately some used for certain mental illness have the risk of the conditions listed in the other comment. Some cardiac meds and chemo have terrible side effects as well, however I think most of us would take them if diagnosed with heart disease or cancer. Mental illness shouldn't be an exception. As for Dr. Ullyatt as a doctor; she is kind, compassionate and knowledgeable. I have a tremendous amount of respect for her.
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Unlike Don Quixote's towering windmill, however, the 57-year-old mechanical engineer's target is largely unseen: forced connection to a sewage project Whitlock says he neither wants, needs, nor was told about when purchasing his Winters Road home five years ago this month.
"I intentionally purchased property in an unincorporated part of the county to avoid the unknown future expenses of the various city 'services' as I rapidly approach retirement and its associated lower fixed income," said Whitlock, who was "blindsided" a few months later by a letter from the Allen County Regional Water and Sewer District informing him he would be required to connect to a new sewer line being installed nearby – a $140-a-month bill that is being assessed despite Whitlock's refusal of service.
Both the United States and Indiana constitutions generally prohibit "ex post facto" laws that take effect retroactively, and that is precisely what Whitlock claims the District is doing in this case. So far as anyone knows, his filter bed-style septic tank still meets all the standards in place when it was installed in 1969, and even though those standards have since been upgraded, that doesn't mean his system has "failed."
But that argument runs full force into a law requiring property owners to connect to sewers if the line runs within 300 feet of a building, as it does in Whitlock's case. What's more, say officials with the Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, potentially harmful bacteria has been detected in the ditch into which the septic tanks of Whitlock and many of his neighbors discharge.
It was that presence of e coli, in fact, that spurred requests for sewers in the area to begin with – a project that would affect nine homes, eight of which have already connected.
To the lone holdout, however, the issue isn't the relatively modest monthly sewer bill. This is about something far more precious.
"It's the principle of the thing," said Whitlock, who noted that owner of the cattle farm next door is not required to connect to the sewer because the home is outside the 300-foot radius. The runoff from those cattle puts far more bacteria into the stream that Whitlock's septic system does – a system health officials say has never been specifically tested.
Adding insult to injury, Whitlock said, is the fact that federal stimulus money is helping pay for the project, which will prohibit homeowners who connect from fighting annexation by the city for at least 10 years.
"This is not a public health or environmental issue as much as it is a jobs program subsidized with our tax money and repaid by those of us few in rural areas," Whitlock said. "It amounts to taxation without representation. One can no longer feel their property is secure . . . I suspect the real reason they want us connected is so we will bear some of the cost of the design failures of the city utility."
That's a reference to a federal mandate that the city spend hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade its sewage system – something that could also qualify as "ex post facto."
Despite Whitlock's legitimate complaint, this issue is hardly black and white. Since its creation in 1979, the district has connected about 4,000 former septic-tank users to sewers and has hundreds more planned, according to Executive Director Tom Fox — most of them voluntarily. That's good for the environment and probably good for the homeowners in the long run.
But with 5,000 systems similar to Whitlock's still in use in Allen County, it's also just a little arbitrary.
The tension between an individual's property rights and the public good is inherently difficult to resolve, but would have been lessened tremendously in Whitlock's case had he simply been notified of the possibility of the sewage project before buying his home. Homeowners must disclose all sorts of things; why not that?
On that score, at least, there is good news to report. Earlier this year, the Health Department adopted guidelines requiring would-be buyers to be informed of the presence of septic tanks and urging them to investigate the systems' status with the Board of Health. Had Whitlock done that, Administrator Mindy Waldron said, he probably would have discovered the District's plan for his area.
That still puts too much of the burden on the individual and too little on the bureaucracy. But it is a step in the right direction, which if nothing else proves expecting common sense from government is not always an "impossible dream."


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At Mobile World Congress, Nokia introduced a 41-megapixel camera in its new 808 Pureview phone, and HTC came out with some pretty amazing camera technology as well. But Scalado is busy re-inventing what phone cameras can do.
Scalado is one of the most interesting companies you've never heard of, but may have unwittingly come across. The Scalado technology is in more than one billion mobile phones, and its claim to fame is handling images more efficiently. But it's what it's about to do that gets especially exciting: Scalado has truly re-imagined what's possible with a smartphone camera.
Scalado accomplishes almost all of its magic using what its CTO, Sami Niemi, calls Random Access JPEG technology. Essentially, this technology can extract information from within a compressed JPEG file, and take only the parts that are needed for displaying information. So when you zoom or scroll around an image, it just displays the parts you need to see, rather than decompressing the entire file. Niemi claims that this process is more efficient, and it's certainly much faster, as we saw in some Scalado demonstrations at MWC 2012 last week in Barcelona, Spain.
Niemi scrolled around various high-resolution images, and even demonstrated 10,000 images on a screen at one time--a screen from which he could scroll, pick, and zoom instantly. Very impressive.
Niemi also demonstrated some uses for this technology, from the ability to take a burst sequence of photos and put them together into a single, interesting photo, to its "remove" feature where you can go into a photo and remove parts of an image. Many phone cameras (and software) let you take panoramic shots, but Scalado's demonstration application wasn't restricted to a single direction: It allows for 360-degree panorama, and then takes advantage of a device's accelerometer to explore the image. A similar capability lets it capture a 3-D/angled image.
All of these are featured in demonstrations in the video embedded below.
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OPM UK writes -Where do you want Assassin's Creed 4 to be set? We've been to everywhere from Jerusalem to Boston thanks to the Animus, so now it's time to carry on the fine tradition of H.G. Wells, Bill and Ted, and Ashton Kutcher circa Butterfly Effect, and mess with the dials on the great Assassin's Creed time machine: here's your top 7 locations.
I am up for anywhere of historical importance
Pre-World War 1 Europe. If they made Franz Ferdinand a Templar, with your character being responsible for assassinating him and inadvertently kicking off WW1!
Sneaking behind enemy lines in the trenches to kill generals, using your Assassin senses to cross no-mans-land or picking off politicians in Berlin, Turkey, Paris or London! Now that would be a game I'd play!
And you could throw in the 1916 Rising in Dublin as well & later taking out the Black n Tans (but maybe that's just wishful thinking from a Paddy!)
That sounds awesome. Although, they would probably then have to continue the game into WWII, and the portrayal of Hitler would be demonised by the media.
Last thing we need is touching on that sensitive Holocaust stuff. I myself would love it, but I know what the media are like.
Excellent idea though, I loved WWI history. Though it was better than WWII.
Yeah WW1 doesn't get enough representation in gaming; loved the trench levels in The Darkness way back! It's a pity that dev's always gravitate towards WW2 instead.
But it look's like Ubisoft will try & stretch the series out as much as possible, so expect to see the French Revolution, American Civil War & Victorian London before a 20th Century conflict...
You mean the Ottoman Empire, there was no Turkey untill WW1 ended. The empire collapsed after the war
Yeah meant to type Istanbul, but just had a turkey sandwich for lunch; so it must'av been on my mind!
Just a quick tidbit about the Ottoman Empire in WW1, they're allegiance was up for sale during the early days of the war and the Allies bid of £4 million was only outbid by the Axis powers by just one million.
The £5 mill pretty much paid itself off in Gallipoli. Bargain of the century.
I really want them to take a break for some time, and get new ideas like they did with AC3.
AC3 reinvigorated a franchise that was getting stale.
I don't want 2 more Connor games, I liked him as a character... but I rather Ubi took their time and did something fresh like with AC3 and AC2
the next assassin creed game the name will be (Assassins Creed IV) trust me
That is probably not going to happen. I am sure there will be some "expansion" game like Revelations and Brotherhood was next year.
Yes "FarCryLover182", I agree.
Ubisoft plan on having a yearly Assassin's Creed release, so I'd imagine it would have to be a spin-off next year or an expansion to AC3.
Wouldn't be suprised if it was Assassins Creed Karting at this point.
They already have an expansion out, it's called liberation. Buy a ps vita it's awesome.
@pillsbury, I don't mean expansion in the literal sense or portable version, I mean a game that is coming next fall
Mexico with the Myans, Scandanavia during Viking times, or present day middle east < I don't think they have the balls to tackle that one...it'll most likely be somewhere typical though like Nazi Germany or Vietnam, which is still cool.
Modern day middle east would suck big time, IMO.
Every single action movie and Military shooter has overdone it. Besides, the whole game would be you trying not to step on a 1-hit kill landmine.
Yeah but this is a game and it's a controversial part of history at the moment, they could even take it back to the first war ever recorded which was in the Iraq area. Japan/China would be interesting too during the samurai ninja era... Assassin's creeds gameplay would definitely suit it.
I agreed with you just because you have some awesome ideas.
I think the most obvious would be the Chinese/Japanese - Samurai/Ninja thingy. Possibly with a female character, you never know. I Kind of feel that they wasted the chance for an awesome female character on Liberation. It was a great game, it just felt too rushed.
Especially with a super fast ninja sword (forget the name), could make some brutally fast executions, stemming more into fluid God Of War type of game-play (without all the flipping and jumping of course).
Keep the cool ideas rolling.
Adam or Eve during the First Civilization era please.
I hope Desmond era is finally over. The series need a wider perspective in the next game, probably it will be a new Desmond, I don't think they will forget about the Animus.
I'm expecting a more nearer era to ours, than in AC3, as it has always been progressive, but AC3 left us at a really wide possibility situation, so there is really no point in thinking on which period of time and where the next game will be played in.
People are asking for this since AC2: feudal Japan.
Absolutely yes. If done right, they marketing for Japan would be all the easier. As long as they were respectful of the culture and historical moments (which they mostly are).
It has been hard for the western developers to reach the Japanese market, so I thought this choice would be obvious. And there is some pretty dark themes to feudal Japan.
Plus, Ninjas are supposed to be the best assassins, so it makes even more sense. Especially if I get a cool Ninja outfit.
I was trying to work out what the missing ingredient was in assassins creed 3 and I realised it was actually been an assassin. In AC3 you weren't allowed to prey on your victim plan your attack and hop across rooftops into position. The game wanted you to chase and free run everywhere and it lost that element of planning early titles like brotherhood had.
I think Victorian London would be wicked as a location, the darkness of the place the narrow alleyways and hopefully a return to the old style of gameplay that was missing from no3.
I agree with victorian Londan, as not only dark and atmospheric, it could also be a wonderful place for sightsee. BUT, narrow alleyways could be problematic gameplay wise, with the camera getting in the way.
Japan is the only location on that list I like. What's up with people's fascination with the 20th century? Do you really want an AC game with even more guns? Probably. May as well make AC a shooter.
December 21, 2012 approaching -Game over Ubisoft
For med the series has ended because it coincided with our real-world timeline. Assassin's Creed III was that finale. Assassin's Creed IV you say ?, hmmm, it has to be post 2012 era
Victorian London & Japan. Awesome top choices
Why does no-one ever think of the First Civilization? They could make a completely new world for that.
Thank you. Someone who finally understands.
This is a spoiler for AC3 sort of, so read on at your own discretion.
But yeah, you can talk to Shaun in the temple at one point and he says something like: "So yeah, after all this is over, how would you feel about jumping in the Animus one more time to visit the First Civilization? See what the fuss was all about." And Desmond assents.
Now, I haven't finished AC3 yet, I'm like halfway through sequence 9 with about 52% completion, so I don't know if the game's ending suggests anything, (I suspect something crazy happens to Desmond, possibly death.) but still, I think Ubi almost have to do this someday. Not necessarily with Desmond.
@-Gespenst- I'll tell you that I have finished the game, and if the game's ending suggests anything at all, it isn't a trip to the First Civilization era for sure.
They should continue with Connor and ease him into the Wild West. I think that would be amazing. That was practically what this one was, but less about revolutionary war and more The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. I think that would be boss.
He deserves at least one more outing so we can see a better formed, more confident assassin in a wild west.
I thought Ubisoft dropped a few hints in AC3 on the whereabouts of the next location. Connor was invited to visit Paris and London by two characters in that game, though I cannot remember their names.
One was Marquis Lafayette, who has a role in the French Revolution (I really hope that's not the next location, I mean, from one Revolution to the next? Pretty pathetic way to be lazy with a game). And I believe the other was one of the Assassin recruits. *SPOILERS* I think it's the one that was the boy that watched Haytham kill his uncle. *END SPOILERS*
Revolutionary France?
I honestly thought it was a bit of a cop-out placing AC3 in the American Revolution when the hints beforehand pointed so strongly towards France.
While im all for the next AC IMO they put so much into Connor i feel they are going to find a way to make at least one more Connor game maybe even his own trilogy before moving onto AC IV. Im not saying thats what i want but im just saying i could see it.
Also what happened to Egypt? That was a popular location being thrown around for a while & it didnt even make the list?
I'm more interested in Egypt or maybe even Ancient Greece
Revolutionised France would be really nice, I think it was the revolution with the best backstory. it also had some interesting key figures.
reading the comments made me realise how much potential this series has. if they keep innovating the game and keep quality up with each time period then I'm sure Assasin's Creed will ha e Final Fantasy-like longevity.
Egypt, Japan, Revolutionised France, Victorian London, First Civilisation, even a few returns to Italy since it has such a rich history, this franchise could go on forever.
Id like to see a Civil War Assassins Creed. But I have a feeling that if that were to happen, the south would go nuts! The south is still butthurt about the Civil War and they believe they won, but I think it would go great with AC.
I say they bring Connor back for two more games like they did with Ezio. The first should be set in Revolutionary France and the final one should be set in the War of 1812. It'd be awesome. All while they have another team work on AC4.
I'd like to see World War II Europe. I got sick of WW2 shooters, but not the setting. Worked great for Saboteur.
I wonder if they have to follow the trend that the games have to go forward in time?
I doubt it, if that was the plan they wouldn't have jumped from the 12th century to the 15th to the 18th. There are plenty of interesting events before and inbetween the games' settings and if they really want to have an Assassin's Creed 10 then going forwards all the time isn't the right approach.
Can it take place in my own home? Neighborhood? City?
I have no doubt in my mind they'll make at least one spin off of III set during the American civil war. The setting of III kinda sets itself up to lead into that. Maybe they'll have one set inbetween III and the civil war. Who knows?
The Civil War was almost a hundred years after the Revolution, they'd need to get a new assassin, which they won't do until AC4.
I know that but they had two Assassins in III so I don't see why they wouldn't, perhaps III will lead into a spin off based on the French revolution and then Connor's son become the next Assassin in the American civil war. It could work, it makes the most sense before going on to AC4.
Maybe it should start where AC:Embers ended, were the japanse girl goes to Ezio to try to get some help, and you will be playing as that girl.


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The increase shrank to a 0.1% when sales at gasoline stations were excluded. However, the biggest decline in auto sales in more than a year also pulled down overall sales. When taking out sales at gas station and of autos, retail sales rose 0.6%.
Many analysts considered that a solid gain, given the jump in gas prices and the fact that Easter is late. They also noted that sales in the previous two months were revised up to show slightly better gains.(On Wednesday, the government revised February's sales growth to 1.1%, up from the 1.0% increase it originally reported.)
For March, sales of autos dropped a sharp 1.7%, the biggest decline since February 2010, with some of the weakness attributed to General Motors' scaling back incentive offers.
Among the strongest performing retail sectors was home furnishings stores, where sales rose 3.6%. Sales were also rose at appliance stores and specialty clothing stores. Sales at general merchandise and discount stores increased 0.4%.
However, sales at just department stores dropped 0.2% in March.
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The next highest group of cross-country commuters are the 81,000 Seminole County residents who drive to Orange County for jobs in the metro Orlando area.
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MALVERN is one of the worst areas in the country for poorly-paid working women, says a report published by the Trades Union Congress.
The report says that according to official figures, the majority on women working part time in Malvern earn less than the living wage - the highest proportion in the Midlands and the third highest in Britain.
Across the UK, two in five part-time jobs pay below the living wage, but in Malvern the figure is 65.7 per cent. The next worst affected areas are Mansfield and North Warwickshire.
Cllr Julian Roskams, leader of the Democratic group on Malvern Hills District Council, said: "It seems surprising that Malvern is the worst in the Midlands, but it's because of the nature of the employment demographic, with lots of people working in agriculture and small start-up companies.
"Chief executive officers get good pay, but low-paid workers get their earnings topped up with tax credits from the government - effectively a subsidy from the taxpayer."
Cllr Roskams said he will be pressing MHDC to make sure its staff and staff employed by council contractors are paid the living wage, and encouraging local employers to do the same.
Midlands TUC regional secretary Lee Barron said: "In-work poverty is growing across the Midlands and it's often women that bear the brunt of low pay.
"The living wage was created so that work can provide staff with a basic standard of living. But in too many places like Malvern and Mansfield, most women working part-time are way off earning this.
"Women would gain most from a greater take-up of the living wage by employers. Councils can lead the way by becoming living wage employers themselves. But they also need to work with local employers and unions to use the living wage to tackle in-work poverty throughout the area."


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Energy has been hot and Apple (AAPL) has not, but I am taking those two themes into tonight's earnings. Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) has struggled along with AAPL, but I am willing to play it the other way into earnings here. Cirrus Logic (CRUS) put up solid numbers and pessimism is still high on the sector, which makes it ripe for a quick snapback. The short interest is only around 4%, which is lower than what I'd normally like to see, but this also tells me not as many investors believe SWKS is overvalued fundamentally. It doesn't look it to me. With just a little push, SWKS looks headed to $23.50, and I believe earnings will be that push. The $19.50 area looks like the major support on the downside, but over $24 and this one could run. The risk-reward seems to favor the upside. I am looking at the February $21-$24 call spread around $1.25 for this name. If it moves, I can always roll the position up and out. Aggressive players may simply look at the February or March $22 calls.Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) Source: StockCharts.com View Chart » View in New Window »
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Pope Francis' comments pertaining to the hot button issue of homosexuality have been over-interpreted by some members of the press.
I think that at least some of this is due to the fact that the over-interpreters don't know very much about Catholic teaching. In truth, the Pope did not change existing teaching at all. He simply confirmed it.
The revolutionary act was in his willingness to address the question of homosexual priests openly and without embarrassment. That, far more than his words, signals welcome change.
However, this welcome change is not limited to questions of homosexuality. Pope Francis has demonstrated this same unflinching and unapologetic grasp of reality linked with traditional Catholic teaching in all of his actions and statements.
Instead of making the mistake of over-interpreting things myself, I'm going to let you watch the video and decide what he meant. Based on the intelligent comments you've made to my earlier post on this topic, I think you are going to do a great job of it.