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Michael Brandman Associates, Santa Ana, has appointed William P. Magdych senior project manager, and Lynda Person, environmental analyst.
Ferris Zoe has been named director of business development for Reel/Grobman & Associates, Los Angeles.
Richards & Associates Ltd., Santa Barbara, has appointed Marcus D. Hiles general partner.
Michael R. Dunham has been appointed project manager of Pardee Construction Co.'s development operations in Riverside County.
Davidson Communities Inc., San Diego, has named Elizabeth J. Speer marketing director.
Nancy Evans-Hamlin has been promoted to assistant vice president of design and merchandising for the Lomas Group, Del Mar.
The Sunland Housing Group-Inland Empire Division, a subsidiary of Sunland Consolidated, San Diego, has promoted Larry Suits to general superintendent.
Patrick Gravitt has been appointed director of marketing for Ontario Vineyard Partners, an association of Meadow Resources Inc. of New Mexico and the Sickels Group of La Jolla.
Costa Mesa-based developer Donahue Schriber has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Burke as marketing director of the Glendale Galleria.
L. Joseph Lagerbauer is the new director, housing management division, at the Los Angeles office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Mark Ossola has joined Kilroy Industries, Los Angeles, as development executive.
Amgen and Celgene , looking to boost oncology offerings, announced separate deals for small biotech companies Thursday, the latest in what analysts expect to be a major wave of biotech mergers.
Amgen is buying Micromet for $1.16 billion at a 33 percent premium to its market price.
Micromet has several cancer drugs in development, including a specific compound for leukemia that the company has in a late-stage trial. Analysts say this is a worthwhile acquisition for Amgen as the biotech firm has been looking for ways to strengthen its position in oncology.
There have been four biotech deals already this year. Analysts expect the merger wave to continue and to specifically target companies with phase II or III drugs in the pipeline. They are of special interest to the bigger pharmaceutical companies, which have strong cash flow but not much in their own research pipelines and older drugs coming off patent.
Some companies that the street has identified as possible acquisition targets include Idenix Pharmaceuticals , BioMarin Pharmaceuticals , Pharmacyclics and Achillion Pharmaceuticals . All of these smaller biotech names have promising drugs in trial that could yield high profitability.
Also Thursday, Celgene announced the acquisition of a privately-held biotech company, Avila Therapeutics for $925 million. This acquisition will give Celgene the ability to expand its role in the hematologic cancer and therapeutics space. Avila Therapeutics specializes in hematology drugs and has a Phase I drug that is designed to treat blood cancers, similar to Celgene’s Revlimid drug.
The acquisition should be closed by March of 2012.
The deals follow Wednesday’s hostile bid by Roche for Illumina , a leader in DNA mapping. Takeover speculation now surrounds its competitor, Life Technologies , which is rumored to be the next target in the genomics space.
At J.P. Morgan Health Care conference, Life Technologies announced that it is launching a new genome mapping device that will offer readings for $1,000, a sharp discount from the current price for sequencing DNA.
Genomics is expected to play a larger role in customized health care, thus the reason we’re seeing large pharmaceutical firms invest in this hot space.
2017 Record: 9-4, includes 2-1 playoff record and Class 3A quarterfinal appearance.
Strengths: There is a continuation of confidence supported by three consecutive quarterfinal playoff appearances. The Raiders are 6-3 in the playoffs since 2015. There is a starting quarterback returning along with a core group of receivers who are playmakers. There is enough team speed to make defenses wary.
Weaknesses: The big running back the Raiders have used in previous seasons has not emerged, There are also questions along the lines of scrimmage (defensively and offensively) and many of the offensive playmakers might have to play both ways. There is also the question of the kicking game.
Daily World outlook and prediction: The Raiders have been the most successful football program in St. Landry Parish over the last few years and that could continue in 2018 if several things happen. The Raiders could go through non-district undefeated, but Northwest is being picked behind Church Point in District 5-3A. Iota and Eunice could also provide blemishes on the regular Northwest season record. Will Northwest have enough offensive balance and defensive depth? Look for the Raiders to finish 8-2.
Nationalists are being unlawfully denied equal treatment by flying the Union flag at courthouses in Northern Ireland, a judge heard on Monday.
Lawyers claimed the practice of having the standard erected at full mast on designated days breaches a requirement to ensure parity of esteem for both communities.
Co Tyrone woman Helen McMahon is mounting a challenge in a bid to have the tradition quashed.
Ms McMahon, described as being a nationalist, centred her case on the Union flag being flown at Omagh courthouse.
But the judicial review was widened out to include all other court buildings where it is erected on set days throughout the year.
Her legal team contended that the requirement, contained in the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 goes against the Good Friday Agreement.
Martin O’Rourke QC told the High Court it defies a commitment to ensure equality for the identity, ethos and aspirations of each of the two main communities in Northern Ireland.
“It demonstrates the absence of any consideration of the parity of esteem provisions,” he argued.
According to counsel the solution could be to fly no flags on courthouses and public buildings.
“It’s not necessary to mark the constitutional position,” he added.
Tony McGleenan QC, for the secretary of state, disputed any suggestion of constitutional legal force to the parity of esteem concept, describing it as “unsound”.
He also questioned the timing of the challenge to regulations which came into force for court buildings eight years ago.
“The applicant gives no real information about herself or her interest in the process, other than to say she is a member of the nationalist community,” Mr McGleenan said.
Mrs Justice Keegan reserved judgment in the challenge.
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There is continuing risks of refarming. Idea has bulk of its 2G renewals scheduled. Looming high financial burden.
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton staked out a skeptical position on a Taliban prisoner swap for released soldier Bowe Bergdahl in internal administration deliberations when she served as secretary of state, according to reports on the evolution of the deal.
The leaked descriptions of a tough-minded Clinton allow the possible presidential candidate to carve out some distance from President Obama, who ultimately authorized an exchange for Bergdahl, even as Clinton expresses general support in public for the deal that first emerged on her watch.
Since Obama stood with Bergdahl’s parents in the White House Rose Garden to announce the sergeant’s release, the deal has come under fire from lawmakers for the price paid (five prisoners from Guantánamo Bay), risks that the detainees could return to the battlefield, and the administration’s failure to inform Congress.
“She was reluctant to enter into negotiations with them,” he said.
Officials told CNN that Clinton favored stricter restrictions on monitoring the five detainees who got released. The terms of the final deal related to the conditions of their release have come under fire by Sen. John McCain and others, after Reuters reported detainees were already spotted wandering around Doha, Qatar.
The administration has said the ex-detainees, who include high-ranking former Taliban officials, must remain in Qatar for a year, but hasn’t spelled out all the terms of their post-confinement status.
Clinton publicly defended the idea of negotiating with the Taliban in public.
The terms under consideration during Clinton’s tenure at the State Department would have included a series of confidence-building measures. The Taliban would open an office in Doha, Qatar, and renounce terrorism. The Guantánamo detainees would have been released in two batches, the second of which would have been simultaneous with Bergdahl’s release.
In public comments on Monday, Clinton was supportive of Obama’s action — although she did leave some room for distancing should the former detainees re-emerge as a threat.
Clinton wasn’t the only official to harbor doubts about the swap. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal.), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, indicated the idea didn’t fly when the administration briefed her panel on it.
“There were very strong views and they were virtually unanimous against the trade,” she told a group of reporters Tuesday.
The Washington Post reported that Clinton was part of a group from Obama’s first-term cabinet that opposed the terms of the exchange, citing a former senior administration official.
They included Defense Secretary Robert Gates, CIA Director Leon Panetta and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
On Wednesday night, Clinton’s camp pushed back against the notion that she was against a deal.
“The notion that Secretary Clinton ever rejected a transfer like this out of hand is not accurate,” said Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill.
In the latest of a seemingly endless line of 30-pin products, we thought we'd get down and dirty with Sony's 2012 offering in the shape of the licence plate impersonating Sony CMT-V758BTiP.
The most important thing to notice about this shelf-side audio solution is that it's not, in fact, a dock. Of course, it is a dock but - as any self-respecting member of a Sony Store will tell you - it's also so much more. It's a CD player and an FM/DAB/DAB+ radio too. It'll also support Android music streaming over Bluetooth if you're not an iOS household.
The Magnetic Fluid speakers mean that the speakers are damperless and so should create a more efficient, thinner, speaker that's less prone to distortion. In reality, what it equates to is some reasonable sound given the shape and very thin profile of the device. Don't expect luxurious bass because you're not going to get it. The bottom end of the sound is better than you'd think to look at the V75 but there's a definite compromise for style.
The alternative to the just under £200 asking price is its baby brother, known as the V10. Closer to the £100 mark, the V10 is smaller and promises less on the sound front but, given that the V75 doesn't exactly excel in that area anyway, it's not such a bad trade off. What you get in return - apart from more money in your pocket - is the addition of a USB slot on the top of the device as well as the kind of sliding CD tray experience that you used to measure tape decks by in the Eighties.
Both the V10 and V75 are out in the coming weeks, look awfully good and seem to be the typically quality units that you'd expect from Sony. Yours to buy in the coming weeks.
SAN DIEGO — As Taylor Ward continued putting up big numbers at Triple-A, he couldn’t help but think about the next step.
The day finally came on Tuesday, when the Angels’ third base prospect made his major league debut. Making the day even better, Ward had two hits and a walk in the Angels’ 7-3 victory over the San Diego Padres.
Ward, a 24-year-old former first-round pick, said he had 10 friends and family members in the stands at Petco Park, just a three-hour drive from his high school in Indio.
The Angels hung a No. 3 jersey in his locker, an improvement from the No. 99 he had sported during spring training.
Back then, Ward was a catcher who hadn’t quite panned out in his first three professional seasons. Shortly after he was sent down from big league camp in March, the Angels moved him to third base, and everything began to change.
Ward hit .349 with a .977 OPS between Double-A and Triple-A this season, a change that’s often been attributed to him being free of the mental and physical demands of catching.
While Ward didn’t deny that helped, he said he actually began retooling his swing last winter.
He stepped to the plate for the first time on Tuesday with runners at first and second and no outs, facing right-hander Brett Kennedy, who was ahead of Ward by just one game in major league experience. Kennedy, who had spent most of the year in Triple-A, threw him a fastball over the outer half and Ward punched it past the first baseman into right field, good for an RBI double.
In the fourth, Ward drew a walk and scored on an Eric Young Jr. triple, putting the Angels ahead 3-0. Ward led off the sixth with another single into right field.
In the field, he handled a foul pop-up and an easy bouncer, so it remains to be seen how he’ll do on defense.
He said before the game that he typically went out for extra defensive work four or five times a week in the minors, and he made a breakthrough in his comfort at the position just recently.
Ward was able to enjoy a relatively stress-free big league debut thanks largely to another big night from Justin Upton, whose two-run homer put the Angels ahead 5-1 in the fifth. Upton’s fifth homer in his last seven games was one of three hits on the night. He is 13 for 29 (.448) in the last seven games.
Starter Jaime Barría gave up one run in five innings, working around six hits and a walk. The Angels have won Barría’s last four starts.
What does two hits, an RBI and a run in your MLB debut earn you?
“Sorry not sorry”- @JUST_JUP to @PetcoPark probably.
Don't blink. You might miss it.
KARACHI, (Dawn): Opener Sami Aslam continued his prolific form as Pakistan Under-19 beat India Under-19 by one run in a thrlling last-ball finish in the Under-19 Asia Cup on Sunday.
In a pulsating finish to the second Group A match being played at Kuala Lumpur�fs Kinrara Oval ground, Mohammad Nawaz bowled a dot ball to end the match and India U19��s innings at 286-7.
IndiaU-19 were brought close to the target with the help of Vijay Zol�fs unbeaten century (109), wayward Pakistan U-19 bowling and fielding as they gave away 28 runs and dropped two catches in the last two overs.
Zol was helped by captain Unmukt Chand (49) and Akshdeep Nath (42) but two wickets apiece from Nawaz and Akhtar Waheed kept the match balanced until the last delivery.
Earlier, Aslam led Pakistan�fs assault with 121 runs, following-up on his 82 against Nepal U-19, in his innings of 15 fours and one six. He was helped by Imam-ul-Haq (88) and all-rounder Nawaz (42) as they took on the Indian bowling with 29 fours and three sixes in the total of 287-7. Left-arm pacers Rush Kalaria (4-54) and Mohsin Sayyed (2-63).
The win gives Pakistan six points and has all but assured their semi-final berth after they beat Nepal U-19 by eight wickets on Saturday. They play their last group match against hosts Malaysia U-19 on Tuesday.
India, meanwhile, have three points from their two matches. They beat Malaysia by eight wickets and face Nepal next on Tuesday, who beat Malaysia by 103 runs.
In Group B, Sri Lanka U-19 have beaten Afghanistan U-19 by four wickets and Bangladesh U-19 by 43 runs. Bangladesh, meanwhile, thrashed minnows Qatar U-19 by 328 runs earlier on Saturday.
The semi-finals will be played on Thursday and Friday, with the final is scheduled for Sunday.
KTLA's Jennifer Thang contributed to this report.
Correction: An earlier version of this article gave the incorrect first name for Willman. The story has been updated.
The Walls of This Church Are the Only Thing Standing Between Amanda Morales and Deportation \| Democracy Now!
On a brisk evening in early December, Amanda Morales’s oldest daughter is perched at the edge of a bunk bed inside a cavernous century-old Gothic Revival church in upper Manhattan. She is just 10 years old, round-faced and shy, and she is writing her life story.
“Once upon a time there was a girl named Dulce. She had a mom who was going to be deported,” the fifth-grader types haltingly in Script MT bold font. “Because of Mr. Trump,” she adds.
Dulce briefly sets aside the family’s laptop—donated only hours earlier—to retrieve a toy ball from her younger sister, Daniela, and return it to their teary-eyed baby brother, David, who had been squirming at Dulce’s side. The small room, which is technically the church’s library, is strewn with children’s clothes and toys.
“Get ready for your shower!” Dulce’s mother, Amanda, calls in Spanish. She’s sitting in the adjacent room with one of the church’s congregation members, Rosalba, chatting about the new bag of coffee their friend brought earlier. Amanda nearly always entertains visitors at this hour, mostly older Dominican women who stop by after work to keep her company during the long evenings.
Nov 26 (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers who missed out on deals this past Black Friday are expected to flock to online sites Cyber Monday, testing the limits for some retailers that have been investing heavily on their e-commerce operations to stay relevant in a brutal space.
Retailers across the country are fighting to entice people to come to their web sites, offering new services such as deliveries with no minimum order limits and an assortment of deals.
Amazon.com Inc and Target Corp are pushing free shipping with no purchase minimum for the first time this holiday season.
Cyber Monday is expected to draw over 75 million shoppers, according to research firm Planalytics. The much-hyped marketing day is expected to be the largest U.S. online shopping day in history, yielding $7.8 billion in sales or 17.6 percent growth over last year, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks transactions at most of the top U.S. online retailers.
But retailers will also face a deluge of online orders, which will task their e-commerce sites. If not backed with the right IT infrastructure the lure will lead to headaches - forcing outages and other technical glitches due to heavy traffic.
On Black Friday, websites of clothing retailers J.Crew and Lululemon Athletica Inc and home improvement chain Lowe’s Cos Inc suffered technical difficulties because of huge orders. Website outage tracker DownDetector.com also reported that Walmart Inc’s website had some problems.
Toys are expected to be have the biggest discounts on Cyber Monday, Adobe Analytics said.

Michael Brandman Associates, Santa Ana, has appointed William P. Magdych senior project manager, and Lynda Person, environmental analyst.

Ferris Zoe has been named director of business development for Reel/Grobman & Associates, Los Angeles.

Richards & Associates Ltd., Santa Barbara, has appointed Marcus D. Hiles general partner.

Michael R. Dunham has been appointed project manager of Pardee Construction Co.'s development operations in Riverside County.

Davidson Communities Inc., San Diego, has named Elizabeth J. Speer marketing director.

Nancy Evans-Hamlin has been promoted to assistant vice president of design and merchandising for the Lomas Group, Del Mar.

The Sunland Housing Group-Inland Empire Division, a subsidiary of Sunland Consolidated, San Diego, has promoted Larry Suits to general superintendent.

Patrick Gravitt has been appointed director of marketing for Ontario Vineyard Partners, an association of Meadow Resources Inc. of New Mexico and the Sickels Group of La Jolla.

Costa Mesa-based developer Donahue Schriber has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Burke as marketing director of the Glendale Galleria.

L. Joseph Lagerbauer is the new director, housing management division, at the Los Angeles office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Mark Ossola has joined Kilroy Industries, Los Angeles, as development executive.

Amgen and Celgene , looking to boost oncology offerings, announced separate deals for small biotech companies Thursday, the latest in what analysts expect to be a major wave of biotech mergers.

Amgen is buying Micromet for $1.16 billion at a 33 percent premium to its market price.

Micromet has several cancer drugs in development, including a specific compound for leukemia that the company has in a late-stage trial. Analysts say this is a worthwhile acquisition for Amgen as the biotech firm has been looking for ways to strengthen its position in oncology.

There have been four biotech deals already this year. Analysts expect the merger wave to continue and to specifically target companies with phase II or III drugs in the pipeline. They are of special interest to the bigger pharmaceutical companies, which have strong cash flow but not much in their own research pipelines and older drugs coming off patent.

Some companies that the street has identified as possible acquisition targets include Idenix Pharmaceuticals , BioMarin Pharmaceuticals , Pharmacyclics and Achillion Pharmaceuticals . All of these smaller biotech names have promising drugs in trial that could yield high profitability.

Also Thursday, Celgene announced the acquisition of a privately-held biotech company, Avila Therapeutics for $925 million. This acquisition will give Celgene the ability to expand its role in the hematologic cancer and therapeutics space. Avila Therapeutics specializes in hematology drugs and has a Phase I drug that is designed to treat blood cancers, similar to Celgene’s Revlimid drug.

The acquisition should be closed by March of 2012.

The deals follow Wednesday’s hostile bid by Roche for Illumina , a leader in DNA mapping. Takeover speculation now surrounds its competitor, Life Technologies , which is rumored to be the next target in the genomics space.

At J.P. Morgan Health Care conference, Life Technologies announced that it is launching a new genome mapping device that will offer readings for $1,000, a sharp discount from the current price for sequencing DNA.

Genomics is expected to play a larger role in customized health care, thus the reason we’re seeing large pharmaceutical firms invest in this hot space.

2017 Record: 9-4, includes 2-1 playoff record and Class 3A quarterfinal appearance.

Strengths: There is a continuation of confidence supported by three consecutive quarterfinal playoff appearances. The Raiders are 6-3 in the playoffs since 2015. There is a starting quarterback returning along with a core group of receivers who are playmakers. There is enough team speed to make defenses wary.

Weaknesses: The big running back the Raiders have used in previous seasons has not emerged, There are also questions along the lines of scrimmage (defensively and offensively) and many of the offensive playmakers might have to play both ways. There is also the question of the kicking game.

Daily World outlook and prediction: The Raiders have been the most successful football program in St. Landry Parish over the last few years and that could continue in 2018 if several things happen. The Raiders could go through non-district undefeated, but Northwest is being picked behind Church Point in District 5-3A. Iota and Eunice could also provide blemishes on the regular Northwest season record. Will Northwest have enough offensive balance and defensive depth? Look for the Raiders to finish 8-2.

Nationalists are being unlawfully denied equal treatment by flying the Union flag at courthouses in Northern Ireland, a judge heard on Monday.

Lawyers claimed the practice of having the standard erected at full mast on designated days breaches a requirement to ensure parity of esteem for both communities.

Co Tyrone woman Helen McMahon is mounting a challenge in a bid to have the tradition quashed.

Ms McMahon, described as being a nationalist, centred her case on the Union flag being flown at Omagh courthouse.

But the judicial review was widened out to include all other court buildings where it is erected on set days throughout the year.

Her legal team contended that the requirement, contained in the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 goes against the Good Friday Agreement.

Martin O’Rourke QC told the High Court it defies a commitment to ensure equality for the identity, ethos and aspirations of each of the two main communities in Northern Ireland.

“It demonstrates the absence of any consideration of the parity of esteem provisions,” he argued.

According to counsel the solution could be to fly no flags on courthouses and public buildings.

“It’s not necessary to mark the constitutional position,” he added.

Tony McGleenan QC, for the secretary of state, disputed any suggestion of constitutional legal force to the parity of esteem concept, describing it as “unsound”.

He also questioned the timing of the challenge to regulations which came into force for court buildings eight years ago.

“The applicant gives no real information about herself or her interest in the process, other than to say she is a member of the nationalist community,” Mr McGleenan said.

Mrs Justice Keegan reserved judgment in the challenge.

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There is continuing risks of refarming. Idea has bulk of its 2G renewals scheduled. Looming high financial burden.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton staked out a skeptical position on a Taliban prisoner swap for released soldier Bowe Bergdahl in internal administration deliberations when she served as secretary of state, according to reports on the evolution of the deal.

The leaked descriptions of a tough-minded Clinton allow the possible presidential candidate to carve out some distance from President Obama, who ultimately authorized an exchange for Bergdahl, even as Clinton expresses general support in public for the deal that first emerged on her watch.

Since Obama stood with Bergdahl’s parents in the White House Rose Garden to announce the sergeant’s release, the deal has come under fire from lawmakers for the price paid (five prisoners from Guantánamo Bay), risks that the detainees could return to the battlefield, and the administration’s failure to inform Congress.

“She was reluctant to enter into negotiations with them,” he said.

Officials told CNN that Clinton favored stricter restrictions on monitoring the five detainees who got released. The terms of the final deal related to the conditions of their release have come under fire by Sen. John McCain and others, after Reuters reported detainees were already spotted wandering around Doha, Qatar.

The administration has said the ex-detainees, who include high-ranking former Taliban officials, must remain in Qatar for a year, but hasn’t spelled out all the terms of their post-confinement status.

Clinton publicly defended the idea of negotiating with the Taliban in public.

The terms under consideration during Clinton’s tenure at the State Department would have included a series of confidence-building measures. The Taliban would open an office in Doha, Qatar, and renounce terrorism. The Guantánamo detainees would have been released in two batches, the second of which would have been simultaneous with Bergdahl’s release.

In public comments on Monday, Clinton was supportive of Obama’s action — although she did leave some room for distancing should the former detainees re-emerge as a threat.

Clinton wasn’t the only official to harbor doubts about the swap. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Cal.), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, indicated the idea didn’t fly when the administration briefed her panel on it.

“There were very strong views and they were virtually unanimous against the trade,” she told a group of reporters Tuesday.

The Washington Post reported that Clinton was part of a group from Obama’s first-term cabinet that opposed the terms of the exchange, citing a former senior administration official.

They included Defense Secretary Robert Gates, CIA Director Leon Panetta and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.

On Wednesday night, Clinton’s camp pushed back against the notion that she was against a deal.

“The notion that Secretary Clinton ever rejected a transfer like this out of hand is not accurate,” said Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill.

In the latest of a seemingly endless line of 30-pin products, we thought we'd get down and dirty with Sony's 2012 offering in the shape of the licence plate impersonating Sony CMT-V758BTiP.

The most important thing to notice about this shelf-side audio solution is that it's not, in fact, a dock. Of course, it is a dock but - as any self-respecting member of a Sony Store will tell you - it's also so much more. It's a CD player and an FM/DAB/DAB+ radio too. It'll also support Android music streaming over Bluetooth if you're not an iOS household.

The Magnetic Fluid speakers mean that the speakers are damperless and so should create a more efficient, thinner, speaker that's less prone to distortion. In reality, what it equates to is some reasonable sound given the shape and very thin profile of the device. Don't expect luxurious bass because you're not going to get it. The bottom end of the sound is better than you'd think to look at the V75 but there's a definite compromise for style.

The alternative to the just under £200 asking price is its baby brother, known as the V10. Closer to the £100 mark, the V10 is smaller and promises less on the sound front but, given that the V75 doesn't exactly excel in that area anyway, it's not such a bad trade off. What you get in return - apart from more money in your pocket - is the addition of a USB slot on the top of the device as well as the kind of sliding CD tray experience that you used to measure tape decks by in the Eighties.

Both the V10 and V75 are out in the coming weeks, look awfully good and seem to be the typically quality units that you'd expect from Sony. Yours to buy in the coming weeks.

SAN DIEGO — As Taylor Ward continued putting up big numbers at Triple-A, he couldn’t help but think about the next step.

The day finally came on Tuesday, when the Angels’ third base prospect made his major league debut. Making the day even better, Ward had two hits and a walk in the Angels’ 7-3 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Ward, a 24-year-old former first-round pick, said he had 10 friends and family members in the stands at Petco Park, just a three-hour drive from his high school in Indio.

The Angels hung a No. 3 jersey in his locker, an improvement from the No. 99 he had sported during spring training.

Back then, Ward was a catcher who hadn’t quite panned out in his first three professional seasons. Shortly after he was sent down from big league camp in March, the Angels moved him to third base, and everything began to change.

Ward hit .349 with a .977 OPS between Double-A and Triple-A this season, a change that’s often been attributed to him being free of the mental and physical demands of catching.

While Ward didn’t deny that helped, he said he actually began retooling his swing last winter.

He stepped to the plate for the first time on Tuesday with runners at first and second and no outs, facing right-hander Brett Kennedy, who was ahead of Ward by just one game in major league experience. Kennedy, who had spent most of the year in Triple-A, threw him a fastball over the outer half and Ward punched it past the first baseman into right field, good for an RBI double.

In the fourth, Ward drew a walk and scored on an Eric Young Jr. triple, putting the Angels ahead 3-0. Ward led off the sixth with another single into right field.

In the field, he handled a foul pop-up and an easy bouncer, so it remains to be seen how he’ll do on defense.

He said before the game that he typically went out for extra defensive work four or five times a week in the minors, and he made a breakthrough in his comfort at the position just recently.

Ward was able to enjoy a relatively stress-free big league debut thanks largely to another big night from Justin Upton, whose two-run homer put the Angels ahead 5-1 in the fifth. Upton’s fifth homer in his last seven games was one of three hits on the night. He is 13 for 29 (.448) in the last seven games.

Starter Jaime Barría gave up one run in five innings, working around six hits and a walk. The Angels have won Barría’s last four starts.

What does two hits, an RBI and a run in your MLB debut earn you?

“Sorry not sorry”- @JUST_JUP to @PetcoPark probably.

Don't blink. You might miss it.

KARACHI, (Dawn): Opener Sami Aslam continued his prolific form as Pakistan Under-19 beat India Under-19 by one run in a thrlling last-ball finish in the Under-19 Asia Cup on Sunday.

In a pulsating finish to the second Group A match being played at Kuala Lumpur�fs Kinrara Oval ground, Mohammad Nawaz bowled a dot ball to end the match and India U19��s innings at 286-7.

IndiaU-19 were brought close to the target with the help of Vijay Zol�fs unbeaten century (109), wayward Pakistan U-19 bowling and fielding as they gave away 28 runs and dropped two catches in the last two overs.

Zol was helped by captain Unmukt Chand (49) and Akshdeep Nath (42) but two wickets apiece from Nawaz and Akhtar Waheed kept the match balanced until the last delivery.

Earlier, Aslam led Pakistan�fs assault with 121 runs, following-up on his 82 against Nepal U-19, in his innings of 15 fours and one six. He was helped by Imam-ul-Haq (88) and all-rounder Nawaz (42) as they took on the Indian bowling with 29 fours and three sixes in the total of 287-7. Left-arm pacers Rush Kalaria (4-54) and Mohsin Sayyed (2-63).

The win gives Pakistan six points and has all but assured their semi-final berth after they beat Nepal U-19 by eight wickets on Saturday. They play their last group match against hosts Malaysia U-19 on Tuesday.

India, meanwhile, have three points from their two matches. They beat Malaysia by eight wickets and face Nepal next on Tuesday, who beat Malaysia by 103 runs.

In Group B, Sri Lanka U-19 have beaten Afghanistan U-19 by four wickets and Bangladesh U-19 by 43 runs. Bangladesh, meanwhile, thrashed minnows Qatar U-19 by 328 runs earlier on Saturday.

The semi-finals will be played on Thursday and Friday, with the final is scheduled for Sunday.

KTLA's Jennifer Thang contributed to this report.

Correction: An earlier version of this article gave the incorrect first name for Willman. The story has been updated.

The Walls of This Church Are the Only Thing Standing Between Amanda Morales and Deportation | Democracy Now!

On a brisk evening in early December, Amanda Morales’s oldest daughter is perched at the edge of a bunk bed inside a cavernous century-old Gothic Revival church in upper Manhattan. She is just 10 years old, round-faced and shy, and she is writing her life story.

“Once upon a time there was a girl named Dulce. She had a mom who was going to be deported,” the fifth-grader types haltingly in Script MT bold font. “Because of Mr. Trump,” she adds.

Dulce briefly sets aside the family’s laptop—donated only hours earlier—to retrieve a toy ball from her younger sister, Daniela, and return it to their teary-eyed baby brother, David, who had been squirming at Dulce’s side. The small room, which is technically the church’s library, is strewn with children’s clothes and toys.

“Get ready for your shower!” Dulce’s mother, Amanda, calls in Spanish. She’s sitting in the adjacent room with one of the church’s congregation members, Rosalba, chatting about the new bag of coffee their friend brought earlier. Amanda nearly always entertains visitors at this hour, mostly older Dominican women who stop by after work to keep her company during the long evenings.

Nov 26 (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers who missed out on deals this past Black Friday are expected to flock to online sites Cyber Monday, testing the limits for some retailers that have been investing heavily on their e-commerce operations to stay relevant in a brutal space.

Retailers across the country are fighting to entice people to come to their web sites, offering new services such as deliveries with no minimum order limits and an assortment of deals.

Amazon.com Inc and Target Corp are pushing free shipping with no purchase minimum for the first time this holiday season.

Cyber Monday is expected to draw over 75 million shoppers, according to research firm Planalytics. The much-hyped marketing day is expected to be the largest U.S. online shopping day in history, yielding $7.8 billion in sales or 17.6 percent growth over last year, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks transactions at most of the top U.S. online retailers.

But retailers will also face a deluge of online orders, which will task their e-commerce sites. If not backed with the right IT infrastructure the lure will lead to headaches - forcing outages and other technical glitches due to heavy traffic.

On Black Friday, websites of clothing retailers J.Crew and Lululemon Athletica Inc and home improvement chain Lowe’s Cos Inc suffered technical difficulties because of huge orders. Website outage tracker DownDetector.com also reported that Walmart Inc’s website had some problems.

Toys are expected to be have the biggest discounts on Cyber Monday, Adobe Analytics said.