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REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/06/13 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)
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- To help customers achieve greater value from Oracle's PeopleSoft applications, Oracle today announced a new release of Oracle's PeopleSoft PeopleTools.
- PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 continues Oracle's commitment to extend the value of PeopleSoft applications by providing new technology enhancements that deliver a dramatically improved user experience and help reduce ongoing operating costs.
- This latest release of PeopleSoft PeopleTools enables a new level of usability and productivity within the PeopleSoft applications by delivering a process rather than task-centric interaction model. PeopleSoft applications now incorporate high productivity features such as a cockpit style single stop WorkCenter for expert users and methods that improve all users' ability to simply, find and work with enterprise data in more visual ways.
- With this release, PeopleSoft customers will be better able to manage their total cost of ownership for PeopleSoft applications by leveraging options for system virtualization, instance consolidation and Oracle private cloud solutions.
- PeopleTools 8.53 is Oracle's latest effort to extend the value of PeopleSoft applications. This new release is designed to be a technology upgrade for all currently supported PeopleSoft applications and to power Oracle's next planned release of PeopleSoft.
- PeopleSoft PeopleTools is a comprehensive development toolset that is the technology foundation for PeopleSoft applications. PeopleTools enables application developers to build, configure and customize PeopleSoft applications quickly and easily.
PeopleTools 8.53 Improves Usability and Reduces Costs for Existing PeopleSoft Deployments
- The latest release of PeopleTools delivers a process-centric model for user interactions rather than a task-based approach with features such as PeopleSoft Activity Guides. This more intuitive user experience provides a visual layout for multiple step processes, across both PeopleSoft and non-PeopleSoft applications.
- The inclusion of Oracle's Secure Enterprise Search (SES) provides secure, free text search within PeopleSoft applications across multiple objects and multiple instances. With SES, PeopleSoft now enables users to take a more streamlined search-driven approach to navigating the system rather than hunting for actions in complex menus.
- Furthering the change in navigation, the expansion of the Related Actions Framework in PeopleTools 8.53 provides end users the ability to take contextually relevant action on objects in place of using traditional menu paths.
- The PeopleSoft user interface now showcases improved use and support of web-standard Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Leveraging CSS more than ever, PeopleTools 8.53 enables users to easily configure their PeopleSoft system to reflect corporate design elements such as colors, graphics and web page behavior, delivering new look and feel options.
- In addition, the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub extends the native PeopleSoft application user interface to include Unified Application Navigation, role-based configurable homepages as well as a comprehensive suite of social and collaboration tools.
- Real-time, embedded decision support analysis capabilities are delivered in PeopleTools 8.53 by Pivot Grids. Pivot Grids are self-service, multi-dimensional analytics built into the applications that provide users with improved analytic capabilities and the business intelligence needed to make informed decisions.
- PeopleTools 8.53 also increases the productivity of professional users through the use of WorkCenters. WorkCenters consolidate user tasks, exceptions, alerts, links, reports, and queries into a single, secure, role based, cockpit style "command center" that can be personalized via end user configuration.
- Designed to significantly reduce the total cost of ownership, PeopleTools 8.53 enables Oracle private cloud deployments of PeopleSoft. Multiple PeopleSoft application instances can be consolidated on a single Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud machine, delivering improved application performance and scalability as well as improved system management, patching, and maintenance. Oracle VM Templates for PeopleSoft support rapid application provisioning and scaling, allowing customers to easily adopt the latest PeopleSoft application innovations.
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- "Oracle's PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 is designed to help customers derive greater value from their PeopleSoft investment," said Paco Aubrejuan, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle's PeopleSoft. "The functionality delivered in the latest version of PeopleTools should help users configure and customize their PeopleSoft applications in ways that provide a more intuitive user experience while also driving business value."
Supporting Resources
- Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications
- Oracle's PeopleSoft PeopleTools
- PeopleSoft Technology Blog
- PeopleSoft Apps Strategy Blog
- Oracle Human Capital Management Blog
- PeopleSoft Info on Twitter
- Oracle HCM on Twitter
About Oracle Applications
Over 65,000 customers worldwide rely on Oracle's complete, open and integrated enterprise applications to achieve superior results. Oracle provides a secure path for customers to benefit from the latest technology advances that improve the customer software experience and drive better business performance. Oracle Applications Unlimited is Oracle's commitment to customer choice through continuous investment and innovation in current applications offerings. Oracle's next-generation Fusion Applications build upon that commitment, and are designed to work with and evolve Oracle's Applications Unlimited offerings. Oracle's lifetime support policy helps ensure customers will continue to have a choice in upgrade paths, based on their enterprise needs. For more information on the latest Oracle Applications releases go to: www.oracle.com/applications.
About Oracle
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), visit www.oracle.com.
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"Our goal is to create digital experiences that connect our customers around their passions – and EURO 2012tm is the football event that supporters will be most passionate about this year," Séverine Legrix de la Salle, vice president of brand at Orange said. "By adding social and geolocation functionality to a EURO app for the first time, we are helping football fans across Europe to get the most out of EURO 2012tm whether at home or at the tournament."
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Think about it. When you do ecommerce or are looking for a product or service - what do you do?
Old timers may still pull out the yellow pages, but most of us use search engines and/of maybe specific sites they know are competitive price wise.
If you happen to go to facebook and get served up an ad for whatever you have been looking for it is after the fact - which means you have already used a search engine like Bing (my preference because it is better) or Google and fb is simply snooping in your cookies to pull this info. Too late FB already bought the product.
Anyone care to present a counter factual argument? I thought not. BING.
benzilla's is correct for the most part. I disagree with his definition of what a multiple is. A multiple is just that a multiple and can apply to current PE. For example FB using your NON GAAP #s is trading at a multiple of its growth and Non GAAP earnings of about 1.21 (1.62 x 37.15 x 1.21 = 72.82 about where it is trading now). This would give FB a Non GAAP PE of about 45. Traditionally PEs and multiples are associated with GAAP figures so normally a stock trading at a GAAP multiple of 2 would be labeled expensive, but if you state what your reference points are it is ok to use Non GAAP figures - unless the Non GAAP figures are in violation of Non GAAP reporting which I believe FB is guilty of. But that is another issue. As stated GAAP is always the way to go unless you have non recurring revenue or expense items you want to exclude to provide investors with a better picture of the company.
On a GAAP basis using 2014 Zacks current year #s FB is trading at a multiple of 1.77 times it's growth and earnings rate (1.32 x 31.1 x 1.7738 = 72.82). The PE is about 55 ( 72.82/1.32 = 55). If you go to Zacks and look at the earnings page for FB you will see a current PE of 55.64 pretty close to where I calculated. What stands out here is the multiple of 1.77 which is close to 2 and traditionally considered expensive. Sometimes you will here it phrased a stock is selling at 2 times its growth rate. In this case it is 1.77 times its growth rate. Expensive because of expectations. You see the yahoo number for growth coming in at 37.15 vs zacks which is at 31.1 which is a wide margin.
Clear as mud right.
also if you owned a restaurant you should have no time to diddle on a fb message board. You certainly should have sense enough not to post legit doings under a pseudo moniker for the very reason that you just demonstrated. You state this and that but when someone calls bullcrp you cop out and say blah blah blah. I'm done. Have fun fooling the sheep here.
Yeah right - Prove it. Post the name of your restaurant so we can find it on FB. If you do not all that you have written will be considered drivel. Last time I issued this challenge to similar posting we never heard back. Man up dude!
it is absolutely a fair post. If what you are saying is true you have nothing to fear because you are advertising on FB for anyone to see to gain customers. The only reason why you would not post the restaurant name is if you posted stuff here that you would not be proud to associate your real name with. I'm calling Bullcrp on your post regarding FB advertisement. If you read closely what you posted makes no sense. You say you have 5k likes but you are planning on spending $65k on FB ads comeon dude. That scale up makes no sense from the prior ad spend.
Get a clue you can't measure the conversion rate by looking at the CTR - you actually have to do some work and ask the consumer what brought them in to buy. I get asked this all the time. I have never attributed my purchase to a FB ad. Ask yourself and ask your friends and family.
Boyle is a boil clueless - ROI actually cannot be measured if you can't measure conversion. CTR & CPM are both bullsnot stats.
the users - you mean the dumbfrucks as zuck calls 'em. Zuck was correct in his characterization. The logical end is anyone dumb enough to join fb with their correct information is too dumb to have any money to monitize. Zuck made a critical error. The users are too stupid to make money off of if they give up their personal information so readily. ZucksnomoneyhavingDumbfrucks appropriately named.
If the sun rises it will also set
You're stupid Bush admin was warned about Bin Laden and threat heck Bush and NSA Rice received a "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States" briefing she and Bush received five weeks before 9/11 - Bush too stupid to recognize the threat was real. The warnings were there way before this. Maybe his Yale C average reflected things to come and foretold the idiot decisions he would make.
Bet ya voted for the idiot Bush twice.
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ok back to your regular scheduled nonsense
be careful - don't drink the red kool-aid
you will probably do ok but your logic is way out in the twilight zone. You do know his wife is Chinese right ergo his motivation to learn Mandarin. Makes practicing easier too I imagine. I give Zuck props for pulling the wool over people's eyes and equating a like with a potential customer as a metric but stupid is as stupid does. BUY BUTTON BUY BUTTON I WANT TO FIND THAT BUY BUTTON... no where to be found - strange huh maybe it is beside Gifts button - nope not in the garbage pile.. oh where oh where is my BB.
dnfa13, if your audience is poor and either cannot or will not buy the products from the platform what is the point in advertising to that audience? This is the dilemma which faces fb advertisers in general. We saw the failure of "Gifts" please explain why that failed other than what I have proffered. Also I have been having fun with that "BUY" button which should have been out 2+ months ago since they announced testing over 4 months ago. I speculated when this was announced that FB would only do the "BUY" button if they were stupid cause it would definitively prove their ad platform does not work when the buy button failed. 4 months and counting is a bit long for someone who's motto is move fast and break things. If you see any signs of a "BUY" button please let me know.
the motivation is not that she doesn't speakadee english but that she and her family speak Chinese most likely Cantonese with relatives back in China who speak Mandarin - get it - on visits to China Mark would be able to converse with her relatives. My original point stands.
poor countries do not count if major countries are slowing growth - nice try though m8.
with all the hyped coverage WHISPER EPS for FB is HIGHer than a kite. Headlines like blow away earnings are out there. All FB has to do is deliver. Not the sandbagged 40 cent per share NON GAAP number but blowing through mid 50 cent eps. Should be easy enough for FB to do right with all the price target increases and coverage initiation. BUY HIGH SELL LOW brilliant.
initial citing of Hindenberg Omen - mkt breadth not good today on NYSE - nothing to be alarmed about yet
Laissez les bons temps rouler !
Bareft, the best tip I can give is buy or sell relative to the business or boom bust cycle - watch the Fed and yield curve when it inverts baton down the hatches. Buy when there is fear and sell the greed. Sounds like you are doing just fine.
Tepper had it right go with the Fed. don't fight them you will always lose. I personally bought all the way down lightly during 2008 financial crisis then bought the bottom heavy in 2009 been holding and buying on panic headlines and concerns. My problem is I am overweight in stocks. Good problem to have till the music stops.
1st rule in posting don't argue with cult stock speculators. U have the facts and laid them out perfectly - expecting sheep to listen is useless.


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My first impressions: Amazing clarity! The type is so crisp and easier on the eyes. The size and weight is right. The feel is comfortable.
The negatives: The power button is a push-style on the back in the upper right. My Voyage has gone to sleep twice when I have inadvertently pushed the button while gripping the device. (I don't use a cover.) I'm disappointed with the push-button to page advance. It takes a rather strong touch to turn the page. Maybe my device is built backwards – the sensitive button has been put on the back in error.
Update: Chris commented that the settings for the page-turning buttons can be adjusted. That negative is now a positive. . .
Another negative: When I started the Voyage later in that first evening, the device was no longer registered. I was able to complete the process on the device, but it was an aggravation. Hope I have time to learn more about the Voyage this weekend.
Ben Bradlee, Long-Time Washington Post Executive Editor, Dies
Ben Bradlee, the executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 – 1991, passed away October 21 at the age of 93.
Bradlee became widely known during the presidency of Richard Nixon, when he challenged the federal government over the right to publish the Pentagon Papers and oversaw the publication of Bob Woodward's and Carl Bernstein's stories documenting the Watergate scandal.
As a reporter in the 1950s, Bradlee became close friends with then-senator John F. Kennedy, who had graduated from Harvard two years before Bradlee, and lived nearby. Bradlee's wife at the time, Jean Saltonstall, was related to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
In 1960 Bradlee toured with both Kennedy and Richard Nixon in their presidential campaigns. He later wrote a book, Conversations with Kennedy ($1.99), recounting their relationship during those years. From parties at the White House to weekends at Palm Beach to JFK's enduring influence on Bradlee's own life, this is an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the man behind a myth, written by a giant of American journalism.
The Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO.
Cheap Reads – WitchLight Trilogy – $1.99 each
Written by by Deborah Geary , Witchlight Trilogy is light contemporary fantasy with a good dose of humor, a little romance, and characters you won't want to leave.
Kindle Voyages Shipped
Amazon shipped the first Kindle Voyage ereaders on Monday. We received this email Tuesday from Diane in Texas:
Oh my gosh, just got my Voyage (the UPS man was early today -thank you UPS!!) and though I've barely gotten it set up – I already love it. It is much smaller and lighter than my Paperwhite, but feels 'right' – I'm loving not having to remove my hand from the book to turn the page and the overall screen experience is so great – so much easier on the eyes. I'm anxious to see how long the battery really does last with a voracious reader, but so far, it's fabulous!!
I really think they've created THE reader. I think this is going to enhance my reading experience. Time will tell, but right now, I'm over the moon.
Diane's excitement and enthusiasm speaks louder than the best advertisement Amazon produces. Diane ordered her Voyage "the minute it came out" and admitted that she checked the order status every day.
I'll admit to being envious that Diane already has a Voyage in her hands. I ordered on the second day and was given a delivery date of November 28. Following Diane's habit, I checked the order status. The estimated delivery date is now October 31. I'm over the moon!
Bookstore dream or nightmare?
David Willis from Dallas, Texas, was accidentally locked inside a Waterstones (book)store in Trafalgar Square, London, earlier this month. The closing staff didn't realize David was upstairs when they turned out the lights and locked the door.
David tweeted his predicament. Soon more than 9,000 tweets were spreading the word through the hashtag #freethewatersones1. The police and someone with a key arrived after two hours to open the door. Read the tweets and more here.
Cheap Reads
Halloween with all things supernatural and gruesome will be here soon. Publishers have been featuring sales on books with vampires, ghosts, goblins and many chilling, scary creatures.
These three books are selling for $1.99 each:
The Ghost Bride ($1.99) Part 19th century novel, part magical journey to the Chinese world of the dead, Yangsze Choo's debut novel The Ghost Bride is a startlingly original historical fantasy infused with Chinese folklore, romantic intrigue, and unexpected supernatural twists.
A Kiss of Blood ($1.99) One of the few humans who managed to escape the deadly twilight world of Vamp City, Quinn Lennox vows never to return. But the vampires want her back, for only she has the power to renew the magic of their crumbling world and free the vampires trapped within.
Bird Box ($1.99) Bird Box is a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat horror thriller, set in an apocalyptic near-future world. Something is out there . . .Something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from.
The blurb makes it or breaks it
I doubt that I will ever read a mystery written by Carol Higgins Clark. She can blame it on the blurb. Here is a partial synopsis from Gypped.
While Jack attends a business dinner, Regan goes to Zelda's by herself, unaware that she is being followed. Regan is more than surprised at the run-down condition of the house and grounds. People should be paid to stay here, she thinks. Zelda introduces Regan to a colorful cast of characters, including her old neighbors, friends from her yoga class, a filmmaker, Zelda's financial adviser, her bookkeeper, and her personal assistant. It's all good fun. As the guests are leaving, Zelda asks Regan to stay for a cup of tea. They've barely sat down to chat when Zelda falls ill. A worried Regan doesn't want to leave Zelda alone and decides to spend the night at the isolated, aging estate. It's not long before Zelda asks Regan to investigate people in her life, starting with her father's new wife, Bobby Jo. The couple said "I do" in the back of a cab at a drive-through chapel in Las Vegas after only three months of togetherness.
Good grief! That is quite a cast of characters to follow. With a synopsis this tedious, this tortured, I just will not even try the author.
A good blurb will:
• provide setting and context
• introduce the characters
• set up the conflict
• compel us to read the book
The blurb below from the popular novel Labor Day ($8.89) is an example of a well-written teaser:
As the end of summer approaches and a long, hot Labor Day weekend looms, the life of lonely thirteen-year-old Henry Wheeler is irrevocably changed when he and his emotionally fragile mother show kindness to a stranger with a terrible secret.
Have you ever passed on a popular book because of the description? How much do you want to read in the blurb? Have you ever read the first portion of a book and then re-read the blurb to see if you were reading the right book?
What customers are saying
I recently noticed this on the books Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought section of a book's webpage.
I often read the reviews of many books and may have been why this appeared on my screen.
I feel it's pushy. Who is this Grand Poobah? Why would Amazon quote his/her review?
Would you buy a book based on these mini-reviews?
Cheap Reads – 200 Kindle Books for $1.99 Each
Now through November 14 you can purchase 200 Kindle books published by Amazon for just $1.99 each.
These three novels are included in the sale:
Why I like Paperwhite but still want a Voyage
For awhile, I (Susan) used the Kindle Fire as my primary reading device. The Fire is perfect for surfing the web, checking email and playing games. I also enjoyed reading on it. The highlighting feature in different colors and the variety of settings for the background (the off-white background makes for perfect reading) are useful features for reading.
Then I bought a Paperwhite last fall. And reading was back! The Paperwhite is really designed for one purpose – reading – and it does it well. It's easy to hold and easy to see. Plus, I don't get distracted by Facebook or games as can happen when I'm on the Fire. It's great that I can turn on a reading lamp, but don't have to if I don't want.
With all of its good qualities, there are two minor things about the Paperwhite that bug me.
1. To turn a page, you must swipe your finger across the screen.
Maybe not a big deal, but it requires two hands to read. The original Kindle (remember back that far?) had this wonderful button on the side of the device where a gentle push of your thumb turned the page. The button made it easy to hold the Kindle in one hand and keep the other propped under your head or tucked beneath the covers on a cold night.
2. The type size is impossible to get just right.
The Paperwhite has 8 font sizes from which to choose. The first three are suitable only for fine print on legal contracts. Seriously – why even bother with so many tiny fonts? Those on the larger end of the scale are perfect for people who have vision impairment or just prefer a larger size. But that leaves me – and probably the majority of readers – somewhere between too small and too big. It's like jumping from 8 point type to 14 point, when a 10 or 12 point would be best.
That's why I was excited to see that the new Kindle Voyage has a "retro" feature – you can turn page without lifting a finger. According to the product description: Simply apply pressure on the bezel to turn the page, and PagePress will provide a silent haptic response for consistent and immediate feedback. Finally, Kindle is back to where it began with page turning! Plus, it still has the touch screen option.
I haven't seen a Voyage yet, but I hope on this device created specifically for reading, the type size has more options. The automatic light sensor also looks like a promising feature.
I have not jumped off into the Voyage yet, thinking I may let the early adopters work out a few bugs before I bite.
Free app review – Township
There are a handful of games I (Susan) enjoy playing on the Kindle Fire.
A new one I discovered is Township (free). It's like similar farming games. You get a small town and plant crops, then feed animals, harvest and make products in factories.
Township is nice in that I can play as much as I want without feeling obligated to log in every day. It doesn't require having a bunch of friends who also play (or letting everyone on Facebook know how much time I waste feeding imaginary sheep). It's not cluttered with a bunch of ads, although sometimes I can earn extra "Township bucks" by watching a one-minute ad.
What makes this app really enjoyable is the exquisite detail. In my little town, residents walk the streets and if you click on them they do actions. A cop will munch on a doughnut or a skateboarder perform a flip. I even observed a biker and scooter rider crash and the ambulance showed up on the scene. When I pan over the ocean, there is the sound of waves.
It's still free on Kindle if you'd like to start your own township!
Cheap Reads – Legends of Muirwood Trilogy – Fantasies for $1.99 each
The Wretched of Muirwood ($1.99 Audiobook $1.99) In the ancient and mystical land of Muirwood, Lia has known only a life of servitude. Labeled a "wretched," an outcast unwanted and unworthy of respect, Lia is forbidden to realize her dream to read or write. But when an injured squire named Colvin is abandoned at the kitchen's doorstep, an opportunity arises.
The Blight of Muirwood ($1.99 Audiobook $1.99) Lia finds herself filled with inner turmoil after the great battle of Winterrowd that led to the death of the wicked king and her closest ally. Lia is called to be an official protector of Muirwood Abbey and is charged to employ her magic to defend Ellowyn Demont, the lost heir of the fallen kingdom of Pry-Ree.
The Scourge of Muirwood ($1.99 Audiobook $1.99) When a deadly plague is unleashed in the land of Muirwood, the fate of the world is placed in the hands of a young woman named Lia. The revelation will force Lia to choose between the lives of her closest friends and her deepest desires…
Page Numbers?
Does the number of pages in a book regularly influence your purchase?
Shorter reads are good for light reading. I wouldn't read a 600-page book on vacation, but three 200-page reads are perfect.
Some readers consider any book less than 400 pages light-weight. One woman on a reading forum requested recommendations for books of 1,000 or more pages. To me, that's a series.
A popular trend at this time is to serialize a book into episodes or volumes of 20-50 pages each. The author will then bundle the episodes and offer the book of 110 pages at a great rate. That's not a book, that's a novella.
Take the poll and tell us how many pages you consider a book.
Wait for the package and get a $1 credit
Amazon Prime members are getting an enticing offer.
When you order prime-shipping eligible products and choose the free no-rush shipping option, you will receive a $1 credit toward Kindle and/or print book purchases.
Orders arrive in 5 – 7 business days. Shop early to be able to use the longer delivery choice and then use your credits to buy a book or two from your wish list.
Read the official information here, but don't use the no-rush option when ordering your new Kindle reader or tablet. You will want it as soon as possible.
Big Deal Sale Deals
The Big Deal Sale ends Sunday, October 5. If you enjoy baking, grilling, and all things food, several cookbooks in the sale are well worth the money. These three are selling for $2.99 each. Click here to browse all the cookbook and food titles.
Mission to Murder now just 99 cents
Mission to Murder (99 cents) In the California coastal town of South Cove, history is one of its many tourist attractions—until it becomes deadly…
Jill Gardner, proprietor of Coffee, Books, and More, has discovered that the old stone wall on her property might be a centuries-old mission worthy of being declared a landmark. But Craig Morgan, the obnoxious owner of South Cove's most popular tourist spot, contests her claim.
When Morgan is found murdered shortly after a heated argument with Jill, even her detective boyfriend has to ask her for an alibi. Jill decides she must find the real murderer to clear her name. But when the killer comes for her, she'll need to jump from historic preservation to self-preservation…
Improving the pre-order system
A few weeks ago I posted about the messages I had received that pre-ordered books would not be filled.
Since then Amazon has made improvements and continues to keep readers in the know about their pending orders.
I recently received this email:
The release date has changed for your Amazon.com pre-order
We have received new release date information for the item in the order below. The release date has been changed by the publisher and we want to provide you with the updated release date. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this delay. We'll keep your pre-order open on your account and you'll receive a confirmation when the item is available for download.* As a reminder, you can change, cancel, or view the status of your orders in Your Orders on Amazon.com.
Thanks, Amazon, for providing a better accounting of pre-orders.
The next thing to clean up: Those gift books that I gave three years that still haven't been downloaded.
How many Kindles?
The day after the announcement of the new devices I ordered the Kindle Voyage (Starting at $199 wi-fi only with Special Offers up to $289 wi-fi +3G without Special Offers). The estimated ship date is November 28 – about five weeks after the release date.
Recently I've also ordered a replacement 6" Kindle (the $69 one no longer available) and the Fire HD 6 Tablet (Starting at $99 for 8GB with Special Offers up to $134 for 16GB without Special Offers) for family members on my account. I was astounded when Amazon identified my latest purchase as my 32nd Kindle. It's time to deregister the no-longer-used Kindles and Kindle apps on phones and tablets that are out of commission.
Take the poll to tell us how many you have registered. Don't know? Go to the Kindle Store and click on MANAGE YOUR CONTENT AND DEVICES on the menu ribbon and then click on YOUR DEVICES.
Cheap Reads
Two thrillers by Michael Dobbs selling today for $1.99 each.
Old Enemies ($1.99) In the Swiss Alps a teenage girl is thrown from a helicopter and her boyfriend is brutally abducted to Trieste, a city filled with undercurrents of past hatreds.
Ruari, son of Irish media owner J J Breslin, is in desperate danger, at the mercy of ruthless kidnappers making impossible demands. His terrified mother contacts the only person she knows can help her son: Harry Jones, her former lover. Time is running out for Ruari and Harry, torn between his loyalties, is quickly drawn into a political game played for high stakes. Far higher than he realizes…
A Ghost at the Door ($1.99) 'Tell me about your father.'
Five short, razor-edged words that rip the world of Harry Jones to pieces.
He barely knew his father Johnnie and hated what little he did know, yet no man is able to escape the shadows of the past.
Harry has already lost almost everything – his seat in parliament, his reputation, his fortune. There is little left apart from his love for the headstrong Jemma, and now he must risk losing her and even his own life to uncover the truth about his dead father.
Seventh generation of Kindle now available to pre-order
Late yesterday Amazon introduced the 7th generation of Kindle: Kindle Voyage, the most advanced e-reader ever, and the new $79 Kindle, with a 20% faster processor, twice the storage, and now with a touch interface. Both devices are available to pre-order now with delivery beginning next month.
Kindle ($79 with Special Orders/$99 without – pre-order today with delivery beginning October 2) Wi-Fi only.
• Touchscreen display that reads like real paper—no screen glare, even in bright sunlight
• Exclusive Kindle features—now includes Goodreads integration, Kindle FreeTime, Vocabulary Builder, Word Wise (coming soon), and more
• Double the on-device storage—holds thousands of books
• Page turns fly with a 20% faster processor
Kindle Voyage (Starting at $199 wi-fi only with Special Offers up to $289 wi-fi +3G without Special Offers – Pre-order today for delivery beginning October 21) Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + Free 3G
• High-resolution 300 ppi display—reads even more like the printed page
• Reimagined page turns—PagePress enables you to turn the page without lifting a finger
• New adaptive front light—provides ideal brightness, day or night
• Our thinnest Kindle ever
• Battery lasts weeks, not hours
Click on graphic at left and scroll down for a better view of the Voyager's features.
Amazon announces three new Kindle Fire Tablets
Introducing the All-New Fire HD 6 Tablet –The Most Powerful Tablet Under $100
(Starting at $99 for 8GB with Special Offers up to $134 for 16GB without Special Offers – Pre-order today for delivery beginning October 2) Wi-fi only.
• Beautiful 6″ HD display—Crisp, vivid HD display (252 ppi / 1280×800) with over a million pixels—perfect for apps, movies, TV, games, photos, and more
• Front and rear cameras—Take photos or capture videos in 1080p HD with a rear-facing camera or Skype with a front-facing camera. Plus, free unlimited storage in Cloud Drive for photos taken with Fire devices
• Best selection of digital content—Enjoy over 33 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, Android apps and games—including Facebook, Netflix, Minecraft, and more
• Great for the whole family—Create unique profiles and set screen time limits for kids with Amazon FreeTime. Coming soon, link two Amazon accounts and share books, games, apps, and Prime Instant Video content across all devices in the household.
Introducing the All-New Fire HDX 8.9 Tablet–Higher Performance, Exclusive New Audio, the Fastest Wi-Fi, and Still Startlingly Light with a Stunning HDX Display
(Starting at $379 for 16GB with Special Offers up to $494 for 64GB without Special Offers – Pre-order today for delivery beginning October 21) Wi-fi only.
You can pre-order 4G LTE-enabled devices also – priced at $529 to $594.
• Exclusive 8.9″ HDX display—With 30% more pixels than iPad Air's Retina display, Amazon's exclusive HDX display (2560×1600) features exceptional pixel density (over 4 million pixels, 339 ppi) for vivid, lifelike images
• Incredibly light design—Weighing just 13.2 ounces, Fire HDX 8.9 is 20% lighter than iPad Air
• Ultrafast 2.5 GHz quad-core processor—70% faster graphics performance with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 420 GPU for quicker gaming and smoother video
• Rich, multi-dimensional audio—Twice as loud as iPad Air, with crisp, clear sound and no distortion. Plus, the first tablet with Dolby Atmos for a new headphone experience
• Firefly and Mayday—Quickly identify and take action on over 100 million items with Firefly. Get free, live video support with an Amazon expert, 24×7, 365 days a year with Mayday
• 8MP rear-facing camera with LED flash for high-resolution photos and 1080p HD video, plus a front-facing 720p HD camera for video calls and more. Free unlimited storage in Cloud Drive for photos taken with Fire devices
Introducing Fire HD Kids Edition Tablet –The Kids Tablet That Has it All, Including the First-Ever 2-Year Worry-Free Guarantee.
($149 6" display/$189 7" display – Pre-order today for delivery beginning October 21) NOTE: Cannot find information regarding wi-fi capability.
• A real tablet, not a toy—A quad-core processor for great performance, a vivid HD display, front and rear-facing cameras, and Dolby Digital Audio
• Built for even the toughest kids—Enjoy the peace of mind with an unprecedented 2-year worry-free guarantee—if they break it, we'll replace it for free. No questions asked
• Don't worry about the bill—The Kids Edition includes a year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited so kids get unlimited access to 5,000 books, movies, TV shows, educational apps, and games—at no additional cost.
• Best-in-class parental controls—Create individual profiles for each of your children. Personalize screen time limits, educational goals, and age-appropriate content
• Kid-Proof Case—Durable, lightweight case to protect against drops and bumps caused by kids at play.
• Comes in blue, green or pink.
Apple Settlement
Did you get an e-mail earlier this week from Amazon that was titled: Important Legal Notice Relating to eBooks Settlement?
Consumers may receive a credit at Amazon if Apple pays under the terms of the settlement. If Apple is successful in its appeal, consumers will not receive a credit. The Court required that notice be given to consumers by September 15.
Due to the ongoing litigation, this paragraph from the e-mail is the essential information:
The Apple Settlement provides for three possible outcomes, depending on the decision of an appeal of the District Court's July 10, 2013 finding that Apple violated the antitrust laws ("Liability Finding"). First, if the Court's Liability Finding is upheld, Apple will pay $400 million to Eligible Consumers. Second, if the Liability Finding is sent back to the District Court for further consideration of whether Apple violated the antitrust laws, Apple will pay $50 million to Eligible Consumers. Third, if the Liability Finding is reversed, Apple will make no payments.
Don't hold your breath that you will receive the credit in time for your holiday shopping this year. Maybe in 2015 or 2016. The wheels turn slowly as we learned from the last settlement.
Further proof that Fire Phone is a Fizzle
Monday Amazon announced that the price of the Fire Phone is now only 99 cents with a two-year contract.
Customers can also purchase the phone from AT&T through their installment program for $18.75 per month for 24 months for a total of $450. The previous purchase price was $600. AT&T is the exclusive network provider for the Fire Phone.
Below is a quote from the press release:
Fire is now 99 cents with a two-year contract, plus customers get one full year of Prime included," said Ian Freed, Vice President, Amazon Devices. "With access to all of the Prime content, Mayday, 32GB of memory and free unlimited cloud storage for photos, plus the exclusive Dynamic Perspective and Firefly features, Fire is another example of the value Amazon delivers to customers.
Cheap Read
Today is Patriot Day in the United States – the day we remember the lives lost, the lives forever changed and the security of our world altered following the September 11 attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Between Heaven and Ground Zero: One Woman's Struggle for Survival and Faith in the Ashes of 9/11 is one survivor's story of the horror of 9/11. Buy it today for only 99 cents. Published by a faith-based publisher.
Book Description: On the sunny morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, terrorists murdered more than twenty-seven hundred people in an attack on New York City.
Thousands died when a hijacked Boeing 767 slammed into Tower One of the World Trade Center.
It was first blood.
For Leslie Haskin, it was a second chance at life.
This is the riveting account of Leslie's harrowing escape–down 36 floors in a doomed and dying building and away from a life focused on perks, prestige, and power. The intervening months brought crippling mental and emotional distress, but from the rubble and ashes, the corporate climber rediscovered the faith of her childhood and now embraces a new life of serving others.
Just how many have sold?
The Amazon Fire Phone isn't exactly setting the world ablaze. The Guardian published an article that provides the complex process to come to an estimated 35,000 phones sold since the phone's debut in July. Consumers are not waiting in line to buy "the next big thing in smartphones".
The television ads with snooty, pre-teen overachievers hasn't drawn me to the device, either. Fire Phone commercials just aren't selling it.
Summer Schedule Vote
Thanks for everyone who voted in our poll asking about keeping our summer schedule year round. Nearly 55% of you like the posts early in the morning. It's the best time for me, too. If something comes to our attention after the early posts, we'll put it on the site.
Thanks for being loyal followers of DCR. We appreciate every one of you!
Remembering 9/11
A week from today marks the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies in the United States. These three titles feature that event.
The 9/11 Dogs ($1.99 pre-order, delivery September 5) A Short Read: Meet the dogs who searched for life amongst the ruins of the Twin Towers. Many heroes were made on 9/11 and in the weeks that followed. Not all of them showed human courage. Some of them could only show that they were truly man's best friend.
Clear Blue Sky (99 cents) Inspirational fiction: It's the beginning of a gorgeous September in the City that Never Sleeps. Summer may be officially over, but Labor Day Weekend means ethnic festivals and dancing the streets and lots of overtime for police officer Tony Cavalucci. All this foreshadows what's about to come to the people of New York on September 11, 2001. Now Tony finds himself in brand new territory. As he fights to survive and help others survive as well, Tony learns all over what faith means, what family means, and what life itself means.
Nightwatcher ($4.99) As the city sleeps in the early hours of September 10, 2001, the killer waits and watches, unaware of the cataclysm to come. Even the nightmare of 9/11 will not postpone his private reign of terror.
Allison Taylor adores her adopted city, New York. But on a bright and clear September morning, the familiar landscape around her is savagely altered—and in the midst of widespread chaos and fear, a woman living upstairs from her is found, brutally slaughtered and mutilated.
Labor Day is a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of this country. Established in 1887 to occur each September, the day unofficially marks the end of the summer vacation season.
The vintage drawing shown here may be an accurate representation of the campaign waged by workers to establish an 8-hour work day. My question is: What happened to the idea of 8 hours to recreate each day? Think of the books one could read in 40 hours a week.
Whether you are reading, relaxing or working, we wish each of you a happy Labor Day holiday.
Cheap Read
This collection of short stories about the hard-working American pioneers would be a great read anytime.
With more than 120 titles still in print, Louis L'Amour is recognized the world over as one of the most prolific and popular American authors in history. Though he met with phenomenal success in every genre he tried, the form that put him on the map was the short story. Now this great writer will receive his due as a great storyteller. This volume kicks off a series that will, when complete, anthologize all of L'Amour' s short fiction, volume by handsome volume.
Here, in Volume One, is a treasure-trove of 35 frontier tales for his millions of fans and for those who have yet to discover L'Amour's thrilling prose—and his vital role in capturing the spirit of the Old West for generations to come. Buy this collection for only $1.99 today.
NOTE: The webpage has conflicting page numbers for this book. One place states 432; another 864. The book has nearly 9000 locations which makes the page count more than 850.
Click here to purchase The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume 1: Frontier Stories


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If you've ever asked yourself, "Why do I know how to eat healthier to lose weight but don't do it?" this is the perfect book for you.
Susan Albers, Psy.D., a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic Family Health Center, has discovered that the key to successful weight loss is not physical exercise, calorie counting, or even willpower—it's emotional intelligence (EI). EI includes the noncognitive aspects of intelligence, such as optimism, impulse control, empathy, and the ability to manage stress, which are predictors of future success—including the ability to lose weight and to keep it off long-term. (In contrast, lacking these skills can ignite nutritional neuroses, food phobias, and disordered eating that can cause cravings, binges, and weight gain.)
EI skills have traditionally been used to help people navigate their relationships with other people, but Dr. Albers has learned how to use them to help people strengthen their relationship with food. Even the smartest people can struggle with their emotional intelligence, which can keep us locked in a vicious cycle of dieting failure.
In Eat.Q., Dr. Albers uniquely and innovatively applies both self-help and business wisdom to weight loss for optimum success. You learn what your personal style is as it relates to your Eat.Q., and Albers helps you identify exactly what issues you have with eating. She discusses all different kinds of eating styles and explains each of the strategies, allowing you to customize her program to suit your total Eat.Q. profile—including your personal schedule, understanding what you eat and why, and how cravings, environment, and mood affect your relationship with food. She gives you specifics, teaching you how to refine your needs and desires to achieve better results.
Increase your Eat.Q. to eat better, drop excess pounds, and settle at a healthy weight for the long-term. It's a revolutionary new way of eating better and feeling great about your body that will release you from the craziness of yo-yo dieting once and for all.
If you feel addicted to food, try this. It helps you think about your problem in a new way.Published 1 month ago by NY Buckeye
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Very helpful information to understand why we eat the way we eat. I've been able to figure out my Eat Q. and get healthy.Published 2 months ago by Grady girl
It is really effective to take the emotional charge out of eating, to slow down and be mindful when having meals. This book provides many ways to help the reader do just that.Published 4 months ago by stepyhanie w. lazzeroni
EatQ is a fantastic book complete with full explanations about the relationship with food and how we use food to cope with stress and emotions. Read morePublished 5 months ago by Lauren
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka has thrown 25 pitches in his first bullpen session in a month since going on the disabled list with a partial tear in his right elbow.
Tanaka, 12-4 with a 2.51 ERA in 18 starts, pitched from the mound before Saturday's game against Tampa Bay. This is the Japanese right-hander's first season in the major leagues.
Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild said Tanaka looked "fine," but that it's "more important how he feels tomorrow."
The Yankees put Tanaka on the disabled list July 9 and hope he can avoid surgery and return next month.
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Cubs 40-Man Roster InfoOrganization Depth ChartMLB Rules Info
40 players on RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus three players on 60-DAY DL
* bats or throws left
# bats both
Jake Arrieta
Dallas Beeler
* Felix Doubront
Kyuji Fujikawa
Justin Grimm
Kyle Hendricks
Edwin Jackson
* Eric Jokisch
* Joe Ortiz
Blake Parker
Neil Ramirez
Hector Rondon
* Zac Rosscup
Brian Schlitter
Dan Straily
Pedro Strop
Jacob Turner
Carlos Villanueva
Arodys Vizcaino
* Tsuyoshi Wada
* Travis Wood
* Wesley Wright
* John Baker
Welington Castillo
* Rafael Lopez
Javy Baez
Starlin Castro
Mike Olt
* Anthony Rizzo
Chris Valaika
* Luis Valbuena
Christian Villanueva
* Logan Watkins
# Arismendy Alcantara
* Chris Coghlan
* Ryan Kalish
Junior Lake
Jorge Soler
Matt Szczur
Josh Vitters
James McDonald, P
Justin Ruggiano, OF
* Ryan Sweeney, OF
For failing to sign top overall pick Brady Aiken, the Houston Astros will get the 2nd pick in 2015 draft as well their their regular pick. The teams with the 10 worst records (top 11 picks) have their first round pick protected if they signed a qualified free agent this offseason.
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The A's make their second-ever visit to Wrigley Field—the Cubs are the only National League never to have played in Oakland—having been swept this past weekend in San Francisco.
The weather forecast is not promising, with Weather.com saying there is a 100% chance of precipitation through the shank of the evening. Is there a rainout-forced doubleheader in these teams' immediate future? If there's anything better than interleague play, it's an interleague doubleheader made necessary by the screwy MLB schedule...which became infinitely screwier when MLB adopted interleague play.
Few details at the moment but Aaron Miles and Jake Fox plus a $1M are going to the Oakland Athletics for RHP Jeff Gray and two more prospects. Refresh for updates...
UPDATE #1: The other two prospects look to be 21 year old RHP Ronny Morla and 23 year old OF/1B Matt Spencer.
I would expect the following to happen over the next few weeks:
For all the pecularities that have plagued the 2009 Cubs, this Bobby Scales starting in left field has to be the most perplexing. First, let's look at the numbers:
Today at Baseball Prospectus (subscription), Joe Sheehan wrote about how the Cubs have become one of baseball's most home run-dependent teams and tonight, we saw, yet again, where that generally gets you.
A pinch-hit home run by Bobby Scales in the eighth inning against Randy Wolf accounted for all the Cubs' scoring Thursday night in the team's most recent, painful defeat.
Jake Fox and his 17 PCL home runs are on their way to Chicago for today's game. To make room on the roster, Aaron Miles will be put on the disabled list with a sore shoulder that has apparently bothered him since spring training. Miles is barely good enough to play major league baseball when healthy, he certainly didn't need to be struggling through an injury all this time.
Fox - even with all his defensive misgivings - was putting up a line that he probably hadn't put up since his days in the Pony League: .423/.503/.886 for a 1.389 OPS.
Bruce Miles also says that Neal Cotts could be on his way out, possibly to Iowa as he states that Cotts still does have an option left. Arizona Phil and other outlets have been saying he's out of options, so we'll see what the loophole is here if the roster move does indeed happen. And if he did have an option left, what the fuck was the hold-up on sending him down?
UPDATE: Muskat says lefty Jason Waddell and infielder Andres Blanco are at the park as well and also says that Cotts should be looking for a Des Moines apartment.
UPDATE #2: Fox, Blanco and Waddell called up, Scales and Cotts optioned to Triple A.
Cubs Manager Lou Pniella generally prefers to delegate pitching matters to his pitching coach (that would be Larry Rothschild), but one aspect of the pitching staff Uncle Lou believes he understands is how to get his bullpen ready for Opening Day.
And a big part of this preparation is Piniella's belief that each of his relievers need to throw on back-to-back days once or twice during the last ten days of Spring Training, and each reliever needs to throw two innings one time, too.
That's where Minor League Spring Training games can really come in handy.
While Ryan Dempster, Jeff Samardzija, Randy Wells, and Kevin Hart made the two-hour bus trip to Tucson to pitch against the Colorado Rockies at Hi Corbett Field, Kevin Gregg, Chad Fox, and Luis Vizcaino took the 20-minute van ride to the Papago Park Baseball Complex in Phoenix (a former WWII POW Camp) to get their work in versus the Oakland A's AAA squad in a minor league game.
Jake Fox had three hits and drove in five runs with a two-run double and a three-run homer, Milton Bradley drove in three runs with a two-run home run and an RBI single, Alfonso Soriano drove in two runs with a solo HR and an RBI single, and Sean Marshall started the game and pitched five strong innings (getting ten ground balls), as the Cubs drubbed the White Sox 13-2 in Cactus League action at Camelback Ranch this afternoon
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Sean Marshall,threw three perfect innings and Alfonso Soriano, Jake Fox, and Aramis Ramirez slammed home runs, helping the Cubs dump the Oakland A's 6-4 under overcast skies and 80-degree temperatures and in front of 6.500 fans at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in Mesa this afternoon.
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Jake Fox slammed a three-run homer and Joey Gathright had three hits, a walk, an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base (and made a nice running catch in right-centerfield as well), as the Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 in Cactus League action at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in sunny Mesa, Arizona this afternoon, before another smallish crowd (6,711).
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Reading the various internet reports last night I can't help but think this is Maddon's job now. For him, it's the opportunity of a lifetime, the ultimate career challenge, and possibly ultimate career accomplishment. Being the manager that helps break the 100+ year cycle. I think he'll risk some mumbling for that.
I will kind of feel for Capt Happy, but them's the breaks.
The "Culture"
That's a huge part of this job. It's what turned NY cocksure Lou, into mumbling going to the beach Lou.
Going to need a strong character for when this team kicks in and starts challenging.
That's when the real pressure hits. And when it happens this time, it's going to make Lou's situation look like what Herman Franks dealt with in '77-78.
Maybe that's why Cpt Happy is good for the job. He might be oblivious to it all.
4-23-2008 at Colorado: Cubs trailing 5-4 going into top of the 9th... Manny Corpas is the pitcher (he was the Rockies closer at the time)... one-out single by Derrek Lee... Felix Pie pinch-runs for D-Lee.... A-Ram two-run HR puts the Cubs ahead 6-5... Kerry Wood blows the save in the bottom of the 9th, but the Cubs win 7-6 in 10.
Maddon was the ideal fit, open to ideas from the analytics-minded front office and popular with players for cultivating a loose clubhouse atmosphere while thriving on competing with the payroll behemoths in the American League East.
Well that's a perfect description of Bob Brenly if I ever heard one.
Cubs had two great years under Lou, he was just too old to care to babysit when they stopped winning.
My favorite Lou moment -- Cubs down a run in the 9th, get a man on first, ARam coming to the plate. The other team has a lefty on the mound. Lou pinch runs Felix Pie. Bob Brenley says this is a great move, since Pie can steal a base and put the tying run in scoring position. Pie never tries to steal 2nd. Brenley is flabbergasted as to why they would pinch-run Pie if he wasn't going to steal. The reason -- the scouting report said the lefty used a slide step with a fast runner on first, and when he went to the slide step, his slider flattened out.
Twins paying 5/25 for Madden would make his salary about 50% of their 25 man roster
finally, someone is making sense of all this managerial shakeup stuff.
...a challenger appears
"LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the Twins plan to contact Joe Maddon regarding their managerial vacancy."
Thanks Rob - all managers make head scratcher moves so I'm not worried about that angle. My overall feeling is that if everybody loves the guy then they ought to go for it. The march against Cubbery needs every angle it can get to overcome the stench we've had to endure.
it's a manager, no one has yet to devise a great way to really evaluate one vs the next in any tangible way. But we know he can succeed with young talent, we know players love playing for him, sure does love defensive shifts, is a really sharp guy.
Not saying Renteria isn't any of those things, and that Maddon wouldn't make some head scratcher moves here and there, but the track record and reputation are certainly there.
Why the hell are the players announcing their nationality, like it's a friggin football game?
Is Maddon really that much better than Renteria? I honestly don't know that much about Maddon since I hardly pay any attention to the AL. Renteria had this team playing pretty sound, fundamental baseball. I haven't seen that in about ten years. I'd be bummed if they hired a star manager and then started missing cutoff men again or played wacky in their many other ways.
On the other hand, Olt.
It's these huge questions that I rely on you guys to answer, since I really have no clue what is best.
The Cubs reportedly will keep Renteria as Bench coach in an attempt to get Mike Olt on the field since the two cannot be in the same place at once. F+
The Cubs reportedly will keep Renteria as special manager in charge of Valbuena. C-
The Cubs reportedly will keep Renteria as special assistant to the Manager in charge of grinding it out. B-
The Cubs reportedly will keep Renteria as Assistant Manager in charge of replay review and ejections. C
The Cubs reportedly will keep Renteria as special coach in charge of weird people batting cleanup. D+
yeah, guess I could see Tigers getting rid of Ausmus. Mets made sense and was team everyone jumped on besides Cubs, but they've been rather adamant all day that they're not making a move, but that could change of course. Cubs on the other hand have been completely silent about it today.
Mets and Tigers also being rumored and both seem plausible.
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The third-seeded Tigers host the sixth-seeded Titans of Ryetown/Harrison in a quarterfinal-round game at the Hommocks Ice Rink. This is the two teams' first meeting of the season.
The winner advances to the semis Thursday against the No. 7 Lakeland/Panas-No. 2 Somers/North Salem victor.
Mamaroneck, 14-7 this season, had a first-round bye. The Tigers are riding a three-game winning streak and have won nine of their 11 games played in the 2013 calendar year.
Trey Herlitz-Ferguson and Peter Conley lead the Tigers in scoring with 33 and 32 points. Goalie Tom Brill enters the game with a 3.20 goals-against average.
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Ian Bass leads the Titans in scoring with 22 points, and Ryan Morningstar has 14. Goalie Brian Ketchabaw owns a 2.88 goals-against average.
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