“We’re satisfied that there’s been a complete review of the deal,” Frances Fragos Townsend, the White House homeland security adviser, said on “Fox News Sunday.” In the administration’s earlier review, completed Jan. 17, DP World agreed to cooperate with law enforcement investigations and disclose records on demand about “foreign operational direction” of its business. The U.S. review committee unanimously approved the deal after a regular 30-day review, during which U.S. intelligence agencies reported they found no derogatory information about DP World in their files. In the legal papers sent to the White House, DP World said it would abide by the outcome of the lengthier review but indicated it could sue if the results were any different. The administration could seek additional security measures beyond the terms already negotiated. 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MORECasino Insider: Here’s a look at San Manuel’s new high limit rooms, Asian restaurant In a statement Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said he will recommend that the Senate wait for results of the broader review before acting on legislation to delay or block the deal. Frist said he anticipates oversight hearings to continue to examine the agreement and its implications on maritime security. DP World’s offer was highly unusual. The secretive U.S. committee that considers security risks of foreign companies buying or investing in American industry has conducted such full investigations only about two dozen times among the more than 1,500 international deals it has reviewed. The company said that during the renewed scrutiny, or until May 1, a London-based executive who is a British citizen would have authority over DP World’s U.S. operations. It pledged that Dubai executives would not control or influence company business in the U.S., but said it was entitled to all profits during the period. It also said it will appoint an American to be its chief security officer in the United States. “We hope that voluntarily agreeing to further scrutiny demonstrates our commitment to our long-standing relationship with the United States,” said Edward H. Bilkey, the company’s chief operating officer. President George W. Bush forcefully has defended his administration’s earlier approval of DP World’s proposal to buy London-based Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. It was not immediately clear whether the re-examination by U.S. officials would produce a different outcome. WASHINGTON – The Bush administration said Sunday it will accept an extraordinary offer by a United Arab Emirates-based company to submit to a second – and broader – U.S. review of potential security risks in its deal to take over significant operations at six leading American ports. The plan averts an impending political showdown. The Treasury Department said in a statement it will promptly begin the review once the company formally files a request for one. It said the same government panel that earlier investigated the deal but found no reason for national security concerns will reconsider it. In six pages of documents sent earlier in the day to the White House, Dubai-based DP World asked for a 45-day investigation of plans to run shipping terminals in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia. The announcement means the White House likely won’t face a revolt by fellow Republicans when lawmakers return today from a weeklong break. A united Republican Party can assert that its leaders – both in Congress and at the White House – have taken additional steps to protect national security. read more

Brendan Marley, Glenfin working GwenBY MARY GALLAGHER IN PETTIGO: Well Day 1 of The Irish National Sheepdog Trial 2012 has been completed at Glebe Farm, Pettigo in the grounds of Castle McGrath on a warm hazy day perfect for dog and handler.Fifty handlers put their dogs through their paces on Thursday and run number 3 in the morning set a very high score which proved to be unbeaten:- Michael Hastings from Mayo with his dog Ben.Two of the top 5 handlers today are from Donegal and go on to represent Ireland at the Internationl Trial in Cardiff, Wales next month. Trialling begins again today, Friday, at 8am. Martin Feeney, Sligo penning the sheep with JackWatching the masters at workSUN SHINES AS NATIONAL SHEEPDOG TRIALS COME TO DONEGAL was last modified: August 10th, 2012 by BrendaShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:SUN SHINES AS NATIONAL SHEEPDOG TRIALS COME TO DONEGAL read more

Read Next Frontrow holds fun run to raise funds for young cancer patients  MOST READ LATEST STORIES Fire hits houses in Mandaluyong City Santiago finished with 23 and 22 points in their sweep of the Lady Tams and drew solid backup from Jorelle Singh, Aiko Urdas, Risa Sato, Princess Robles, Audrey Paran and libero Gayle Valdez.Jasmine Nabor also came through with six points on top of 45 excellent sets, although she lost the Best Setter award to Arellano U’s Rhea Ramirez.Other individual awardees: Adamson’s Christine Soyud (1st Best Outside Spiker), Arellano’s Regine Arocha (2nd Best Outside Spiker), Villareal (1st Best Middle Blocker), Sato (2nd Best Middle Blocker), FEUs ’Toni Basas (Best Opposite Spiker) and Valdez (Best Libero). —MARC REYESADVERTISEMENT View comments PH women’s volleyball team motivated to deliver in front of hometown crowd PLAY LIST 02:25PH women’s volleyball team motivated to deliver in front of hometown crowd00:50Trending Articles00:50Trending Articles01:37Protesters burn down Iran consulate in Najaf01:47Panelo casts doubts on Robredo’s drug war ‘discoveries’01:29Police teams find crossbows, bows in HK university01:35Panelo suggests discounted SEA Games tickets for students02:49Robredo: True leaders perform well despite having ‘uninspiring’ boss02:42PH underwater hockey team aims to make waves in SEA Games Typhoon Kammuri accelerates, gains strength en route to PH BSP sees higher prices in November, but expects stronger peso, low rice costs to put up fight “There will be additional players,” Castillo bared on Saturday, moments after steering the Lady Bulldogs past the Far Eastern U Lady Tamaraws in the PVL finals at Filoil Flying V Centre.NU has won the UAAP women’s volley crown only twice, but the last was way back in the 1956-57 season.But given the team’s strength, NU will surely be one of the teams to beat in Season 80 and will give reigning back-to-back champion La Salle a tough fight.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSWATCH: Drones light up sky in final leg of SEA Games torch runSPORTSSEA Games: Philippines picks up 1st win in men’s water poloSPORTSMalditas save PH from shutoutJaja Santiago, who nailed a third consecutive Most Valuable Players award, is likewise raring to nail the only crown missing from her vast collection of championships.“For me, winning a championship is always unexpected because we go through a lot,” said the 6-foot-5 Santiago. National University, buoyed by its record nine-game sweep of the Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference crown, will try to end more than six decades of a fruitless campaign in the women’s volleyball tournament of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.Coach Babes Castillo said he will add a couple more players to his already formidable squad, making the Lady Bulldogs one of the early favorites when the tournament kicks off early next year.ADVERTISEMENT LOOK: Loisa Andalio, Ronnie Alonte unwind in Amanpulo for 3rd anniversary Brace for potentially devastating typhoon approaching PH – NDRRMC Kammuri turning to super typhoon less likely but possible — Pagasa Nonong Araneta re-elected as PFF president Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. Ceres-Negros survives wet Panaad, Kaya Makati read more

TagsTransfersAbout the authorPaul VegasShare the loveHave your say Bournemouth due tidy Mings windfall from Aston Villaby Paul Vegas10 days agoSend to a friendShare the loveBournemouth are due a tidy cash windfall from Aston Villa.The Telegraph says are set to receive £250,000 from Villa as a result of Tyrone Mings making his England debut last night.Mings made a permanent switch to the Villans in the summer, in a deal the Daily Echo says could reach £26.5million.That includes an initial payment as well as performance-related add-ons.The first of those instalments is now due after Mings played in England’s 6-0 win over Bulgaria in Sofia. read more

In becoming the 18th major-league player to hit four homers in a game (and the second player this season), Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder J.D. Martinez did something rarer than a perfect game. But in accomplishing the feat, Martinez has also become the poster boy of one baseball’s biggest trends: the overnight fly ball-smashing sensation.Martinez began his career as a slap-hitting prospect for the Houston Astros — and to be charitable, he was not successful at it. Over his first three MLB seasons, Martinez had an adjusted on-base plus slugging that was 12 percent worse than average, accumulated negative 1.3 wins above replacement1Taking the average of Baseball-Reference.com’s and FanGraphs’s versions of WAR. and hit for very little power, belting just 24 home runs in 252 games. By 2014, Martinez was struggling so much that Houston released him.“I’m doing everything the coaches tell me,” Martinez told Travis Sawchik of FanGraphs in March about that period of his career. “I’m swinging down on the ball. In BP, I’m hitting low line drives everywhere. In games, it doesn’t play.”But the Detroit Tigers saw potential in Martinez, snapping him up a few days after his release. And Martinez repaid their faith by turning his career around, with the help of a new philosophy at the plate. He became one of baseball’s earliest fly-ball revolutionaries, reducing his ratio of ground balls to fly balls from 0.87 in his first three seasons to 0.64 in the seasons since. And the results were striking. Since 1901,2The first season of MLB’s modern two-league era. only Hall of Fame second baseman Rogers Hornsby increased his isolated power — which is slugging percentage minus batting average — more from his career average through age 25 to his average between the ages of 26 and 29 (Martinez was coming off his age-25 season when the Astros waived him): Ivan Rodriguez.14997.8.235127.7+.086 Harry Heilmann.125118.3.216165.4+.092 PLAYERISOWRC+ISOWRC+ISO DIFF. Rogers Hornsby.162162.6.300203.5+.138 George Sisler.096136.7.192160.0+.096 Joe Adcock.15297.5.246138.5+.094 Gil Hodges.14796.4.244135.9+.098 David Ortiz.182101.5.288143.9+.106 Jeff Bagwell.170138.4.284169.1+.115 Tony Armas.12773.6.219105.1+.092 Kirby Puckett.07186.0.182138.3+.111 For players with at least 750 plate appearances through age 25 and at least 1,500 from age 26 to 29.Sources: FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference.com Albert Belle.222118.0.323159.9+.100 George Foster.14898.0.258151.3+.110 Todd Hundley.13667.0.251128.1+.115 J.D. Martinez.13687.3.265145.8+.129 Gorman Thomas.16281.8.264129.5+.101 Damion Easley.09272.9.190105.5+.098 Andy Pafko.114111.7.203132.2+.089 Duke Snider.203124.0.306163.8+.103 Martinez isn’t the only recent player to go on an out-of-nowhere power spree — Jose Bautista, for instance, went from a light-hitting utility man early in his career to a fearsome, bat-flipping homer machine as he approached his 30s. Nor is Martinez the only exemplar of the fly-ball phenomenon sweeping across the game; from Daniel Murphy to Yonder Alonso, plenty of players have given their careers new life by way of an uppercut swing.But Martinez might be the best of the bunch.Because of his newfound affinity for fly balls, Martinez — who landed in Arizona via a midseason trade — has remade himself into one of the game’s most dangerous hitters. Over the past four seasons, Martinez ranks as the eighth-best batter in all of baseball according to Weighted Runs Created Plus, which measures how many runs a player generates per plate appearance.Early in his career, it would have been a pleasant surprise if Martinez had hit four home runs in a month. But after Martinez modified his approach, Monday’s accomplishment is just the latest signpost along his road to stardom. And with the red-hot Diamondbacks practically assured of making the playoffs, a national audience will have a chance to get acquainted with Martinez’s power stroke this fall.Check out our latest MLB predictions. Ken Griffey Jr..234141.9.321146.0+.087 Sammy Sosa.18396.7.273123.5+.090 THROUGH AGE 25AGE 26-29 Late-blooming power hittersLargest difference in isolated power (ISO) between appearances through age 25 and age 26-29, 1901-2017 read more

OSU then-junior forward Nichelle Prince (7) during a game against Butler on Nov. 14 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Credit: Courtesy of OSUAfter two weeks on the road, the Ohio State women’s soccer team returned home to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium to face the Texas Longhorns in senior forward Nichelle Prince’s first home game since the Rio Olympics.Prince played for team Canada and took home the bronze in the XXXI Olympiad.At the end of Friday’s game, the Buckeyes were glad to have Prince back up front.OSU trailed since the third minute of the game after a goal when Longhorns sophomore forward Alexa Adams put one past redshirt senior goalkeeper Jillian McVicker. But in the 59th minute Prince earned a penalty kick and finished inside the right post to knot the game at one apiece.Six minutes into overtime, Prince struck again with a header into the back of the net off of a cross from senior forward Lindsay Agnew, sealing a 2-1 victory for the Buckeyes over the Longhorns.OSU coach Lori Walker didn’t anticipate the game going quite like this. “No disrespect to Texas, but I think this is about as poor as I’ve seen our team play in the first half,” said Walker, “There was a lot of things we weren’t doing… we did not play the way Ohio State knows how to play, and we found a way to win anyways.”Agnew shared the sentiment with Walker.“I don’t think today we played our best soccer,” said Agnew. “It doesn’t always have to be super pretty, and we just got it done and that’s all that really matters. Texas brought a really good team, and they beat us to the ball more.”Prince took little time to readjust to college soccer after playing in the Olympics, but notes that there are some differences in how the sport is played.“At international level it’s very structured, and you kind of have a structured play… here you have a little more freedom, you get to be more creative,” Prince said.Prince also said there was a large difference in the crowd at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium as compared to the thousands of international fans in Rio. Nevertheless, she was overjoyed to be greeted excitedly by her teammates after nine months of being away.On Monday, September 12, the Buckeyes will take on No. 7 Brigham Young in Columbus. read more

The Ohio State University Marching Band performs during a game against Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. OSU won 45-24. Credit: Alexa Mavrogianis | Photo EditorIn what coach Urban Meyer called a “coming-of-age” game, Ohio State’s youth showcased its talent in the national spotlight as the Buckeyes dominated the Oklahoma Sooners in front of a school-record crowd of 87,979 fans.The game started rough for the Buckeyes as Oklahoma drove easily down the field.  However, the defense stopped the Sooners for three straight plays in the red zone with Oklahoma ultimately deciding to settle for a 27-yard field goal.  After the short kick smacked against the goal post and the Sooners missed out on an easy 3 points, the Buckeyes took control and never looked back.After back-to-back three-and-outs for the two teams, Barrett and the offense started with good field position on the Oklahoma 45.  On a fourth-and-one, junior H-back Curtis Samuel broke free for a 36-yard touchdown run.  Oklahoma tried to respond, but sophomore linebacker Jerome Baker intercepted Baker Mayfield and ran 68 yards for the Buckeyes second touchdown of the night.  Oklahoma redshirt sophomore Joe Mixon returned the kickoff for a touchdown to make it 14-7, but that was as close as the Sooners got for the rest of the game.The Buckeye defense looked superb in Norman, Oklahoma, intercepting Mayfield twice increasing the team season total to a stunning nine interceptions, with four being returned for touchdowns, through three games.Redshirt sophomore Noah Brown, after missing last season with a broken leg, stepped into the spotlight as J.T. Barrett’s go-to receiver, hauling in four touchdown receptions against the Sooners.  Redshirt freshman running back Mike Weber had another solid performance for the Buckeyes as he added 123 yards on 18 carries to lead the rushing attack.After the impressive win, OSU takes a week off before opening Big Ten play against Rutgers for Homecoming on Oct. 1.By The Numbers:4: Noah Brown tied an OSU record with four touchdown receptions against the Sooners, including a highlight reel catch on the back of defender Michiah Quick.3-0: In the third meeting all time between the college football powerhouses, the away team came out with the win for a third consecutive time.  Oklahoma travels to OSU next year.19: OSU has now won 19 straight true road games (including five straight against ranked opponents), which is the second longest streak in the FBS over the last 25 years.  This will be put to the test when the Buckeyes visit Wisconsin and Michigan State later this season.35: The Buckeyes put up 35 points in the first half against Oklahoma, which was the most points given up in the first half by the home team throughout history.55: With four touchdown passes in the game, Barrett now has 55 career touchdown passes, passing Braxton Miller and Troy Smith for the third most in school history.3: Barrett is now three touchdown passes away from becoming the all-time leader in career touchdown passes.  The current record is 57 by Bobby Hoying. read more

Ohio State redshirt senior guard Linnae Harper drives the ball during the first half of the Buckeyes’ game against Quinnipiac on Nov. 15. Credit: Colin Hass-Hill | Sports EditorNo. 9 Ohio State (3-1) rode a season-high 32-point performance from guard Kelsey Mitchell and guard Linnae Harper’s career-high 23 points to a 95-63 win against Quinnipiac (0-3) Friday night at the Schottenstein Center.Harper also pulled down 10 rebounds, which gave the 5-foot-8 guard her third double-double of the season. “She’s one of the most unique players in college basketball with the fact that she’s such a great rebounder and defender for her size,” head coach Kevin McGuff said. “We can get away with playing small because of that. It gives us an opportunity to do some different types of things.”Mitchell converted 6-of-9 3s, including three in a row down the stretch. She drilled a her final 3-pointer with 4:09 remaining in the contest to give her 32 points — which eclipsed her former season-high of 30 points — and cap off a 13-0 run. A preseason first-team All-American, Mitchell said she felt like she got into a rhythm near the end of the game.“It’s just a flow, still try to play within the game system, trying to play within the gameplay defensively and offensively,” Mitchell said. “But what ever you see, try to go for it.”Despite the 32-point win against a team that made it to the Sweet 16 last season, McGuff was not pleased by Ohio State’s performance.“I thought we played hard throughout the game, but we had some stretches where we just mentally had lapses and when we did that, they made us pay,” McGuff said. “So that was kind of the message afterward, if we’re going to be the team that we’re capable of being, it’s got to be a much more consistent mental effort for closer to 40 minutes.”Ohio State redshirt senior forward Stephanie Mavunga corrals a rebound during the first half of the Buckeyes’ game against Quinnipiac on Nov. 15. Credit: Colin Hass-Hill | Sports EditorQuinnipiac ended the third quarter on a 7-0 run, trimming its deficit to 65-53. But Ohio State quickly quenched any Bobcat comeback hopes with Mavunga hitting two free throws and Calhoun scoring an and-1 layup to put the Buckeyes up 70-53. Mitchell chalked rebounding up to the reason for Ohio State pulling away from the Bobcats with a 30-10 fourth quarter.“It takes us a long way,” Mitchell said. “Y’all know how we are, if we get a rebound, we get it in transition, it’s always positive for us.”Ohio State held just a one-rebound advantage at halftime, but ended the game with a 55-40 rebound lead. Of the Buckeyes’ 17 transition points, 15 came in the second half when they were able to corral rebounds and turn them into points.Redshirt senior forward Stephanie Mavunga also picked up her third double-double of the season. She dropped 12 points and snagged up 11 rebounds. Most of her buckets came from the charity stripe as she made eight free throws. The Bobcats played 11 players and were helped by 23 bench points, while Ohio State’s bench combined for just 11 points. Quinnipiac frequently subbed five-person lineup in and out out of the game.Ohio State redshirt junior guard Sierra Calhoun drives the ball during the Buckeyes’ game against Quinnipiac on Nov. 15. Credit: Colin Hass-Hill | Sports Editor“You’ve got to know personnel,” Mitchell said. “A person like [forward Jen Fay] that can put it on the floor and shoot it, but you don’t know whether she’s a [power forward] or a [center]. But then she’ll go right back out and come right back in and you don’t know who to guard. It was different.”Playing its second game in three days, Ohio State came out of the gate slow. The Bobcats pulled ahead to a 12-8 lead, but Harper hit a 3-pointer and Mitchell hit a jumper to give the Buckeyes a lead they would not relinquish.The Buckeyes entered halftime leading 46-32 as the Bobcat offense faltered down the stretch of the first half as the visitors hit just two of its final 12 shots of the half. Quinnipiac junior guard/forward Aryn McClure was tied with forward Jen Fay for the team-lead with 15 points.Redshirt junior guard Sierra Calhoun finished fourth on Ohio State with 11 points, but went just 3-for-13 from the field.Ohio State will look for its third-straight victory when it takes on Washington at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Schottenstein Center. read more

Tags: State of the State State Rep. Kathy Crawford, of Novi, released the following statement following the governor’s State of the State address Tuesday:The governor began his powerful message quoting the Wall Street Journal from Oct. 20, 2009. The headline read, “The State of Joblessness.” Then, he quoted the Wall Street Journal from Sept. 25, 2017, which read “The Michigan Comeback Story.” I was struck by the short time frame – just nine years – under the governor’s leadership that Michigan has gone from worst in the nation to number one in the nation. With 122,800 manufacturing jobs created and number six in the nation for private sector job creation. Ours truly is a remarkable comeback story. I look forward to continuing that story throughout 2018.### 24Jan Rep. Crawford applauds Snyder’s State of the State address Categories: Crawford News read more

Swedish cable operator Com Hem reported strong Q1 results with lower than expected churn, slight growth to its TiVo customer base and a more than doubling of profits.For the first quarter, Com Hem said that churn of 13.9% was “significantly better than our expectations” and was only one percentage point higher than the record low churn of 12.9% it recorded in Q3 and Q4 2015.“Underlying consumer churn trends are positive, and we expect to return to our prior underlying trend rate from Q2 and onwards,” said Com Hem CEO, Anders Nilsson.The number of digital TV customers remained unchanged during the quarter at 635,00 revenue-generating units, which Com Hem attributed to “price rise activity”. However, its TiVo base TiVo base grew by 5,000 customers.“At the end of the quarter, 228,000 digital-TV customers had a TiVo subscription, corresponding to 36% of the total digital TV base,” said Com Hem.It also reported that more than 90% of new subscribers are choosing speeds of 100 Mbit/s and above, bringing average speeds among Com Hem’s user-base up to 125 Mbit/s, compared to 100 Mbit/s a year ago.In terms of financials, Com Hem said that revenues rose 3.9% year-on-year to SEK1.276 billion (€139 million). Its net result for the period more than doubled to SEK 95m, compared to SEK40 million a year earlier.“The increased customer satisfaction we saw during 2015, after product improvements, such as the introduction of Com Hem Play and extensive investments in the quality of our broadband services, paired with improvements in our service levels, have made it possible to implement price adjustments,” said Nilsson.“Price rises had a limited impact on Q1 consumer ARPU, with the bulk of pricing implemented on March 1 and a minor part on April 1, driving an increase of ARPU of SEK 1 to SEK 364 (Q4 2015 SEK 363). The full effect of the price rise will be seen in the second quarter revenue. In total, over half of our customers were affected by this year’s price rise programme which on average was somewhat larger than 2015.” read more