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F.N.B. Corporation Prices $500 Million Senior Notes OfferingSam Fox, St. Louis entrepreneur, megadonor and US ambassador, dies at 95By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of President-elect Donald Trump's most controversial nominees, Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, sought support from U.S. senators on Monday, but it remained uncertain whether they would get the near-unanimous Republican backing they will need to win confirmation. Former Fox News personality Hegseth held a second meeting with Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran and sexual assault survivor seen as a key to the decorated Army National Guard veteran's hopes for becoming secretary of Defense. Ernst's statement afterward seemed to open the door to voting for Hegseth. She said the nominee had committed to completing a Pentagon audit and selecting an official who would address the issue of sexual assault within the ranks. "As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources," Ernst said. Hegseth faces concerns about allegations of misconduct in his professional and personal life, including accusations of sexual assault, which he denies. Several of his supporters have called for his accusers to come forward publicly. Trump has kept his support strongly behind Hegseth, predicting he will be confirmed. Hegseth told reporters the meeting with Ernst had gone well, saying, "The more we talk, the more we are reminded that we are two combat veterans and we are dedicated to defense." Trump's fellow Republicans will hold only a slim 53-47 Senate majority next year, meaning nominees can afford just three Republican no's and still be confirmed, if Democrats unite against them. Former Representative Gabbard, Trump's choice for director of national intelligence, arrived for Senate meetings as the abrupt fall on Sunday of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad prompted renewed scrutiny of her 2017 visit to Damascus. Gabbard, a former Democrat who lacks significant intelligence experience, is also seen as soft on Russia, although her supporters say she has a healthy skepticism about foreign U.S. military involvement, in keeping with the America First policies of Trump, whom she endorsed this year. Her selection to be director of national intelligence in November sent shock waves through the national security establishment, adding to concerns that the intelligence community would become increasingly political. Gabbard did not respond on Monday when reporters at the Capitol asked her to respond to events in Syria. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; editing by Jonathan Oatis) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters .Being an athlete while also being a mother often comes with challenges. On top of their professional and parental duties, athlete mothers often contend with inequalities and media coverage that reinforces stereotypes. Pregnancy and motherhood are reasons why some sportswomen . Many athletes grapple with sport organizations that are unprepared to support them as mothers, alongside cultural pressures to focus on just motherhood. Yet, many athletes have pursued both motherhood and their athletic ambitions and gained . Acceptance of motherhood and sport careers is shifting. The 2024 Paris Olympics by providing spaces for child care, and are gaining media attention. Media coverage of athlete mothers has been increasingly . It also helps to . These include limited information about training during pregnancy and postpartum, lack of support for family planning, inadequate maternity and child-care policies and insufficient support for identity and career changes. As part of our , we analyzed news and sport media coverage of 2020 and 2024 Olympic athlete mothers to reveal several themes. We also explored . Athlete mothers Our research reveals that sport media portrays the idea of being both an athlete and a mother as possible, but with challenges. Athlete mothers must often contend with social expectations that women should do everything for their children, . Our research on media stories of boxer Mandy Bujold’s and basketball player Kim Gaucher’s 2020 Olympic journeys . Bujold was returning to top form after giving birth, but the pandemic forced the International Boxing Federation to cancel all upcoming Olympic qualification events. They subsequently reverted to pre-pandemic rankings, which excluded Bujold, as she was on maternity leave. Gaucher was told there would be no children allowed at the Games. She was forced to choose between competing at the Olympics or staying home to breastfeed her daughter. After telling their stories in the media and hiring a lawyer, . These two examples highlight the inequitable treatment and stress athlete mothers have to face. They also show that motherhood and sport are compatible. When the media elevates sportswomen’s fight for maternity rights, change is possible and celebrated. Super moms shows media stories featuring . Super mums are portrayed as selfless providers of child-care who excel in motherhood and their athletic careers. The super mum character in media stories celebrates these sportswomen’s accomplishments. However, the super mum narrative can also ignore the difficulties of balancing motherhood and sport without support. There is a among national and international sporting bodies, and lack of funding to support athlete mothers. The expectation that they have to be able to “do it all” can make any mother . Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe : “When I got pregnant, I kind of was just like ‘that’s all, I’m done.’ At the time in my mind, there was just no way that [a return to competition] was going to work. I was like, ‘I can’t do that. I’m not a superhero.’” revealed health issues and fears she had when coming back to sport. Kipyegon managed to train until she was about five months pregnant, but the delivery was traumatic. She needed an emergency C-section to deliver her daughter. “I was so afraid, [thinking], ‘Maybe I will not come back, I will just disappear’,” she said. These examples showcase the realities elite athlete mothers continue to face. Sports journalist how it is unreasonable to expect athlete mothers to be superwomen: “Yes, that is unrealistic, but sometimes that is what we are faced with. It doesn’t always manifest gracefully, but there it is.” Ahmed’s reporting of athlete mothers’ stories is groundbreaking, as she celebrates their athleticism . A motherhood penalty While elite women athletes are and success, they can also face a motherhood penalty in the . Despite having experience or previous success, media stories often represent these athletes as exceptions who come back to their careers against all odds. This . When older athlete mothers do succeed, there is sometimes a in media coverage. This narrative may reinforce stereotypes that motherhood ends fitness and competitive sporting goals. Veteran Canadian Olympian marathon running performance qualified her for the 2020 Olympics, despite her age and her retirement from 1500 m running 17 years earlier. Last September, at 43, showing that continued career success as a mother is possible. Changing the way these comeback stories are discussed can reduce pressure for veteran athlete mothers coming back to sport. What next? The themes from our research shows that media stories of motherhood and sport to celebrate women’s sport careers. and more diverse athlete mothers are needed. There should also be more coverage of racialized and and athlete mothers with disabilities. Such coverage would reveal their shared and unique challenges and triumphs, and would offer a more fulsome portrayal of athlete motherhood. To remove this article -

NoneThe American Athletic Conference is the only Football Bowl Subdivision league whose championship game matchup is set: Army vs. Tulane. The final week of the regular season will determine pairings for the other eight conferences. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.A Wollongong developer has been hit with $225,000 in fines after the hook from a tower crane smashed into the side of the building. Black Friday Sale Subscribe Now! Login or signup to continue reading SafeWork NSW took developer Modco Homes to court over an incident that happened at 38-42 Atchison Street on July 12, 2021, when the building was under construction. On that day the worker operating the tower crane left for a toilet break, though he did not leave the hook block high enough to clear the building. "The tower crane slewed in an anti-clockwise direction from the roadside causing the hook block, lifting chain and hoist rope to strike and cause damage to the northeastern facade of the site on levels 16,17 and 18," the court ruling stated. Later that day, the crane operator was asked to lift two skip bins from the ground to level eight. During the lift, the hoist rope failed and the bins fell five storeys to level two - no-one was injured in this second incident. The crane driver went to retrieve the hook block, standing at the unprotected edge of the balcony without any fall protection devices. SafeWork NSW only discovered what had happened when it received two anonymous notifications about the second incident a day later. After an on-site investigation, Modco director George Seghabi informed SafeWork of the first and second incident. In court Modco pleaded guilty three incidents of failing to ensure the safety of workers, as a result of the two crane incidents and the incident where the worker was on the balcony. There was also one charge of not notifying SafeWork, and two charges of not leaving the site undisturbed until an inspector arrived. "While I accept that no harm occurred, and thankfully the outcome was not as bad as it could have been, had the regulator been notified after the first incident, then the tower crane would have been stood down and the second incident would not have occurred," Judge Wendy Strathdee's ruling said. In her ruling she also accepted Modco was unlikely to reoffend as "it had undertaken significant changes and is even more focused than before on the health and safety of its workers". "This is not a defendant that had no regard to safety at all - it had systems in place to protect its workers but there was no enforcement of such policies at the relevant times. "I further note that the defendant does not currently have any employees and that it does not intend to continue in the business." The defendant was fined $15,000 each for failing to notify SafeWork and the two counts of not leaving the site undisturbed. They were also fined $60,000 for each of the three incidents of failing to ensure the safety of workers. All up the fines totalled $225,000. I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading. I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading. 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LUQUE, Paraguay (AP) — Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during weddings and served slightly chilled for special toasts. The smooth rice wine that plays a crucial role in Japan's culinary traditions was enshrined on Wednesday by UNESCO on its list of the “intangible cultural heritage of humanity." At a meeting in Luque, Paraguay, members of UNESCO’s committee for safeguarding humanity's cultural heritage voted to recognize 45 cultural practices and products around the world, including Brazilian white cheese, Caribbean cassava bread and Palestinian olive oil soap. Unlike UNESCO’s World Heritage List, which includes sites considered important to humanity like the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Intangible Cultural Heritage designation names products and practices of different cultures that are deserving of recognition. A Japanese delegation welcomed the announcement in Luque. “Sake is considered a divine gift and is essential for social and cultural events in Japan,” Kano Takehiro, the Japanese ambassador to UNESCO, told The Associated Press. The basic ingredients of sake are few: rice, water, yeast and koji, a rice mold, which breaks down the starches into fermentable sugars like malting does in beer production. The whole two-monthlong process of steaming, stirring, fermenting and pressing can be grueling. The rice — which wields tremendous marketing power as part of Japan's broader cultural identity — is key to the alcoholic brew. For a product to be categorized Japanese sake, the rice must be Japanese. The UNESCO recognition, the delegation said, captured more than the craft knowledge of making high-quality sake. It also honored a tradition dating back some 1,000 years — sake makes a cameo in Japan’s famous 11th century novel, “The Tale of Genji,” as the drink of choice in the refined Heian court. Now, officials hope to restore sake's image as Japan's premier alcoholic drink even as the younger drinkers in the country switch to imported wine or domestic beer and whiskey. “It means a lot to Japan and to the Japanese,” Takehiro said of the UNESCO designation. "This will help to renew interest in traditional sake elaboration.” Also, Japanese breweries have expressed hope that the listing could give a little lift to the country's export economy as the popularity of sake booms around the world and in the United States amid heightened interest in Japanese cuisine. Sake exports, mostly to the U.S. and China, now rake in over $265 million a year, according to the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association, a trade group. Japan's delegation appeared ready to celebrate on Wednesday — in classic Japanese style. After the announcement, Takehiro raised a cypress box full of sake to toast the alcoholic brew and cultural rite. The Associated PressState-owned BEML on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders to develop technologies for the marine industry. NSE The company aims to leverage the opportunity to expand its expertise into the marine sector, BEML said in a statement. "BEML and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) have entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly advance research and development in cutting-edge technologies for marine applications," it said. As part of the agreement, BEML will provide technical support for the design and manufacturing of strategic equipment, specifically suited for marine applications. MDL will make dedicated facilities available to BEML's research team, facilitating the development, testing and validation of innovative technologies and systems. Together, the two organisations aim to drive innovation and deliver cutting-edge solutions, aligning with India's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) and strengthening the nation's maritime capabilities. BEML aims to leverage the partnership with MDL to develop solutions for futuristic marine applications to expand its expertise in the marine sector, the company said. BEML CMD Shantanu Roy said, "The collaboration underscores our commitment to reducing dependency on imports for the defence forces while strengthening our manufacturing capabilities and contributing to India's self-reliance in the defence and maritime domain". Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders specialises in the construction of wardships and submarines for the Indian Navy, ships for coast guard as well as other maritime platforms for commercial purposes. BEML, under the Ministry of Defence, operates in three verticals construction and mining, rail and metro and defence and aerospace.

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