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Winnipeg Free Press
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Twins host the Giants, look to continue home win streak
San Francisco Giants (24-15, third in the NL West) vs. Minnesota Twins (19-20, fourth in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Logan Webb (4-2, 2.61 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 56 strikeouts); Twins: Joe Ryan (2-2, 2.93 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 47 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -117, Twins -103; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins, on a seven-game home winning streak, host the San Francisco Giants. Minnesota has a 19-20 record overall and a 13-6 record at home. Twins hitters have a collective .371 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL. San Francisco has gone 12-10 in road games and 24-15 overall. The Giants have hit 40 total home runs to rank sixth in the NL. Saturday's game is the second time these teams meet this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Byron Buxton leads the Twins with 17 extra base hits (five doubles, three triples and nine home runs). Ryan Jeffers is 10 for 35 with three doubles, two home runs and 10 RBIs over the last 10 games. Jung Hoo Lee has 11 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 23 RBIs for the Giants. Willy Adames is 11 for 38 with three doubles, three home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 6-4, .245 batting average, 2.79 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs Giants: 5-5, .244 batting average, 3.48 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs INJURIES: Twins: Luke Keaschall: 10-Day IL (forearm), Matt Wallner: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Michael Tonkin: 15-Day IL (shoulder) Giants: Tyler Fitzgerald: 10-Day IL (ribs), Casey Schmitt: 10-Day IL (side), Jerar Encarnacion: 60-Day IL (finger), Thomas Murphy: 60-Day IL (back) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
The Star
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
What is a firefighter jacket and why has it suddenly become fashionable?
Many fashion trends are a matter of inches. This one is a matter of cinches. The firefighter jacket, a variation on the three- or four-pocket chore coat that features weighty metal clasps in place of buttons, has emerged as a curious, clangy spring jacket trend. Adrien Brody, pre-Oscar win, wore a firefighter jacket in British GQ . Supreme, the streetwear agenda-setters, offers one in glossy cowhide for close to US$1,000 (approximately RM4,371). Instagram-marketed brands like Ronning in Britain target early adopters with waist-length clasp jackets for about one third of that price. Vintage dealers, reporting increased interest, offer them for even less. When worn, firefighter jackets are part fidget toy, part ASMR doodad. Those metal clasps lock together with a pleasing "click", like a seatbelt on a roller coaster. As the owner of a vintage version from the nearly forgotten Italian label Energie – purchased for around US$175 (RM765) at 194 Local, a New York vintage shop, I can tell you that those closures are pleasing to idly toggle as you, say, contemplate how to write a spring jacket story. As is perhaps obvious, it's those shiny clasps that lend the coat its name. Authentic firefighter's jackets feature metal clips that are easier to fasten than buttons or zippers while wearing gloves. Read more: Want to look fashionable – and ultra rich? Dress in cream, beige or off-white Kiyana Salkeld wears a firefighter jacket she bought from Brut, a French label that riffs on vintage workwear. Photo: The New York Times Still, firefighter coats have been around well before the term ASMR was in use. A 1979 article in the St Joseph Gazette in Missouri includes a photo of a man in a US$150 (RM656) metal-clasped 'fireman's jacket' from the defunct men's label Hunter Haig. 'Firemen take risks,' the accompanying article read. 'That's why they need a coat that can take the roughest treatment in the worst weather.' To note, vintage dealers today will tell you to never buy a genuine used firefighter's jacket, which may have, if not carcinogens soaked into it, then at least a smoky odour. Through the 1990s, jackets with gleaming clasps were common at mainstream-leaning labels: Liz Claiborne, Isaac Mizrahi and Structure, all of which are, if not shuttered, then shells of their former selves. It was Ralph Lauren, though, who was most closely associated with the style. Liam Gallagher, the Oasis frontman, was wearing a colour-blocked version from the brand back in 1994. Photos of him in the blue-and-white coat still cycle around the internet. 'Ralph definitely made them way more wearable,' said Matt Roberge, a vintage seller in Vancouver, British Columbia, who sells a US$350 (RM1,530) denim firefighter's jacket with a corduroy collar and a US$250 (RM1,093) washed-out-to-near-pale-blue model, both from Polo, both decades old. 'I found a fireman's jacket in a vintage store a few years ago, and I wanted to update it,' said Sigurd Bank, the founder of Mfpen, the Scandinavian label that produced the tri-clasp jacket Brody wore in British GQ . Mfpen's version (now entirely sold out on its site) came in a washed denim fabric, with corduroy panels on the back. For the clasps, Bank used an Italian manufacturer who made closures for authentic firefighter outfits. If the firefighter's jacket is becoming popular, it's doing so in the wake of a broader trend: the embrace of barn coats. Barbour and J Crew have collaborated on a barn jacket, now nearly sold out. The GQ s and Vogue s of the world are hailing them as the coat of the moment. LL Bean is importing a heretofore only-in-Japan lightweight version of its 100-year-old field coat design. And designer labels like the Row and Auralee have brought the barn to the boutique with four-figure upsells. 'I had reached barn coat fatigue,' said Jalil Johnson, the writer of fashion newsletter Consider Yourself Cultured in New York. Read more: Flaunt them, pair them with sandals: How to pull off white socks fashionably Johnson, instead, went searching not for a barn jacket clone, but a cousin. He took to duffle coats, the very Anglo, rope-closed wool overcoats, but he did acknowledge that firefighter jackets were another contender in the barn-jacket-but-just-off-enough contest. 'It is a continuation of all these jackets we've seen, but it's more interesting because of the hardware,' Johnson said. And that, in the hairsplitting manner of micro-trends, makes it worthy to shoppers. 'It goes no deeper than 'I like these clasps,'' said Kiyana Salkeld, a product designer in New York who owns a pair of firefighter coats from Brut, a French label riffing on vintage workwear. They are, she said, similar enough to the J Crew barn coat she'd worn for 15 years to slot effortlessly into how she already dressed. The clasps were sturdy and reassuring but not so heavy as to distract. Said Salkeld, 'It's just nice to have a slightly different version of the same thing that you had previously.' – Jacob Gallagher/©2025 The New York Times Company This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore depart ISS for Earth
March 18 (UPI) -- A Dragon capsule undocked from the International Space Station early Tuesday, sending NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on their way home after being stranded on the orbital laboratory for nine months. The pair of astronauts along with Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were aboard the SpaceX capsule as it detached from the ISS at 1:05 a.m. EDT, putting them on the 17-hour flight back to Earth. The SpaceX Dragon is expected to splash down off the coast of Florida at about 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. Williams and Wilmore launched for the ISS on June 5 as the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner and were only expected to be on the orbital eight days. But the Starliner was sent back to Earth uncrewed over issues with the spacecraft -- including the malfunction of five of its thrusters on approach and helium leaks in its propulsion system that had delayed docking -- leaving the pair stranded on the ISS. Following months of delays and President Donald Trump last month asking ally and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to "go get" them, Williams and Wilmore are finally on their way home. The 286 days Williams and Wilmore spent in space is among the longest single space missions in NASA history, but well behind the record of 371 days held by astronaut Frank Rubio. During their stay, Williams performed two spacewalks, both in January, which pushed her cumulative spacewalking hours to more than 62 -- a new NASA record for total spacewalking time by a woman. The Dragon capsule is expected to splash down off the coast of Florida at 5:57 p.m. EDT where they will be picked up by a recovery vessel.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
House committee takes testimony on bill that would ban certain vaccines in Montana
Feb. 11—Legislation that would ban mRNA vaccinations statewide — including the Covid-19 vaccine — drew equal parts support and opposition during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Friday. House Bill 371, sponsored by Rep. Greg Kmetz, R-Miles City, would prohibit administering gene-based vaccines to a human within the state. Violating the law would result in a $500 fine and a misdemeanor charge, as well as the potential revocation of a license. Northwest Montana Reps. Tracy Sharp, R-Polson, and Lukas Schubert, R-Kalispell, are cosponsors. The bill's text states that "gene-based vaccines" are vaccines developed using messenger ribonucleic acid — also known as mRNA — technology, which the legislation considers a danger to humans. Supporters testifying before the committee agreed with that assessment. Dr. Christine Drivdahl-Smith, a family physician in Miles City and a volunteer board member for the Montana Medical Freedom Alliance, was among the bill's backers. "[mRNA vaccines are] the most destructive and lethal medical products that have ever been used in medical history," she told the committee. Drivdahl-Smith and other proponents blamed mRNA vaccines for causing serious injury in humans. She cited the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, which is a passive reporting system that helps detect adverse symptoms of vaccines, to back up her testimony. But opponents, who argued mRNA vaccines help the body create a protein from the virus to help build antibodies, argued that the data collected by the system is unreliable evidence. Doctors are required to report any adverse event after a vaccine is given, even if they can't determine that the vaccine itself caused the subsequent issue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which manages the system alongside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, includes a disclaimer on its website: "A report to VAERS does not mean that the vaccine caused the adverse event, only that the adverse event occurred some time after vaccination." MANY DOCTORS, nurses, tribal members and pharmacists testified against the bill, stating that the Covid vaccines are safe and saying that mRNA technology opens the doors for more options in the future. They also objected to the government intervening in medical decisions. "This bill interferes with the health care provider, patient relationships, it interferes with the practice of medicine," said Dr. Douglas Harrington, a preventative medicine physician and the state medical officer for the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. There are other vaccines that HB 371 could target beyond Covid-19. An mRNA vaccine could help specifically target disease processes, like with auto immune diseases like lupus. Ann Langdji, a critic of the legislation, is the director of Montana Families for Vaccines, a nonpartisan network that works to bolster public health in the state. "Prohibiting mRNA vaccines would limit preventative health care," she said. "... This legislation is not about safety; it's about restricting personal choice." Dr. Marian Kummer, a retired pediatrician in Billings with almost four decades of experience, echoed Langdji's sentiment. "It denies the people of Montana the freedom to choose their health care ... I should have the ability to protect myself, I can decide with my doctors," Kummer said. Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, told the committee that while he wasn't anti-vaccine, he was against rushing vaccines. Drivdahl-Smith responded by deeming the Covid vaccine rushed and that the "incidents of Covid-19 itself went up after the vaccines came out." Toward the end of the hearing, Rep. Ed Stafman, D-Bozeman, asked Dr. Lauren Wilson, a practicing pediatrician, whether she agreed with the statements made by the bill's supporters. Wilson serves on the executive committee of Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "I've been keeping a list of things that seem inaccurate, and I've gotten to point 14, I think those things are not accepted in our organization, the views [Drivdahl-Smith] is expressing," Wilson said. Stephanie Lathrop, a researcher in immunology for over 25 years, stated in her testimony that she was "quite shocked" when she was informed that this legislation had gotten to committee. "All of these statements that seem to be the basis for this bill are completely and totally incorrect," Lathrop said. Reporter Kate Heston may be reached at 758-4459 or kheston@
Arabian Business
28-01-2025
- Business
- Arabian Business
Sharjah real estate: Alef Group records $373.5m of sales at ACRES 2025
Sharjah real estate developer Alef Group saw 1,006 sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with a total value of AED1,371,547,922 ($373.5m) at the ACRES 2025 exhibition. The remarkable accomplishment highlights the strong demand for Alef Group's innovative, community-driven developments. During the four-day event at the Sharjah Expo Centre, Alef Group unveiled its newest project, Al Mamsha Hamsa, which attracted significant interest and positive feedback from investors and visitors alike. Alef Group Sharjah real estate sales The company also showcased its recently launched Olfah project and the Hayyan villa community, both of which continued to draw attention for their unique designs, modern amenities, and focus on creating high-quality, vibrant living environments. Issa Ataya, CEO of Alef Group, said: 'This achievement at ACRES 2025 reflects the confidence that investors and residents place in Alef Group's vision of redefining modern living. 'The launch of Al Mamsha Hamsa, alongside the sustained interest in Olfah and Hayyan, underscores our commitment to delivering sustainable and innovative developments that align with the aspirations of Sharjah's residents and elevate the emirate's real estate landscape.' Al Mamsha Hamsa, the latest addition to Alef Group's portfolio, combines contemporary living with pedestrian-friendly spaces and family-oriented amenities, setting a new standard for lifestyle communities. Olfah offers a tranquil retreat with a seamless blend of nature and modern design, while Hayyan remains a premier villa community in Sharjah, renowned for its expansive green spaces, privacy, and high-end amenities.
