While new research suggests that symptoms linked to long COVID could vary depending on which COVID-19 variant a person is infected with, infectious disease experts say they are not completely convinced this is the case. The data is based on a study involving 428 long COVID patients treated at a post-COVID outpatient service between March 2020 and June 2021, while the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and the Alpha variant were both in circulation. It suggests that those who contracted the Alpha variant encountered different neurological and emotional symptoms when compared with those who were infected with the original strain of SARS-CoV-2. When the Alpha variant was the dominant strain, there were more instances of muscle aches and pains, insomnia, brain fog, and anxiety and depression among long COVID patients. Meanwhile, symptoms such as the loss of smell, difficulty swallowing and impaired hearing were less common. However, infectious disease experts question the accuracy of the study, and point to difficulties in assigning specific long COVID symptoms to different variants. Dr. Christopher Carlsten is the head of respiratory medicine at the University of British Columbia. While he said he commends any effort to better understand COVID-19, he is not yet convinced that the Alpha variant results in a worse COVID-related syndrome than other variants. “It's a retrospective observational study, which always raises questions of bias in terms of whether [this] is actually truly due to the Alpha variant, or is it due to some other factors that went along with the Alpha variant,” he told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview on March 30. “There's so many variables changing in parallel that to pinpoint any one of those and claim that variable as the cause of some pattern is hazardous.” The study was published in an early news release ahead of the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases conference, which will take place later this month. Looking at the study’s design, it also appears as though researchers did not confirm which variant of the virus caused infection in which patients, said Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine, an epidemiologist at the University of Saskatchewan. Instead, patients were assessed based on whether they were infected when the original strain dominated, or while the Alpha variant was dominant. This raises doubts around the accuracy of the study, Muhajarine said. “That's a big limitation,” he told CTVNews.ca on March 30 in a phone interview. “You really don't know unless you actually take a specimen and you do that genomic sequencing and find out [whether] this person was infected with Alpha [or] the original virus. “I'm a little bit unconvinced that specific lingering symptoms can be associated with a specific variant of SARS-CoV-2.” However, Muhajarine said this remains a key area of interest among COVID-19 researchers and that larger-scale studies will be necessary to get a clearer picture of the causes and effects of long COVID. The authors of the study also state that more research is necessary to better understand long COVID, as much still remains unknown about the condition. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LONG COVID SO FAR? Long COVID, otherwise known as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), occurs when symptoms of an initial COVID-19 infection persist for longer than about 12 weeks after infection, said Muhajarine. At this point, experts would generally expect symptoms to have cleared. As a result, someone with long COVID would not necessarily test positive for the virus while using a PCR or rapid antigen test, Carlsten said. “When that symptomatology persists beyond the infection, meaning the bug is no longer active to the extent that we can measure it and you continue to have symptoms…that's what I would consider long COVID,” said Carlsten. As described in the study, long COVID has been diagnosed in both young and old patients, as well as those generally considered healthy and those with underlying health conditions. A recent study suggests that as much as about 30 per cent of those infected with COVID-19 will go on to develop long-term symptoms. However, the exact percentage is still unclear as population-level studies assessing the prevalence of long COVID have not yet surfaced, said Muhajarine. Still, the condition is real and has the potential to affect a significant number of people, Carlsten said. “Even modest percentages of patients with COVID having long-term symptoms is a lot of people,” he said. “Rather than obsessing too much at this point about the exact percentage, it's pretty clear that it's a non-trivial percentage and that at a population level, that means lots of people.” With the recent emergence of Omicron, the idea of long COVID developing in those infected with the latest variant of concern is a possibility, Carlsten said. “The basic answer is yes – to me, there's no question that Omicron can result in long COVID,” said Carlsten. “I think the question is how much and there I have the opposite answer, which is that I don't know, and I don't know that anyone can tell you at this point.” Given that the world has only known about the Omicron variant for a few months, Muhajarine said more time is needed to determine the connection between Omicron and long COVID, as well as whether a different set of long COVID symptoms may be attached to this variant when compared to previous ones. “We are just at that threshold in terms of whether Omicron leads to long COVID, and if it leads to more long COVID compared to the previous variants,” he said. “I think we have to give it some more weeks and months to really be able to say that because I think we are really at the cusp of even that definition of what is long COVID.” According to Carlsten, the concept of different symptoms being linked to different COVID-19 variants is not a new one. This is due to slight differences in the amount and types of mutations held by each variant, which can trigger different symptoms to appear once a person is infected, said Muhajarine. However, these differences are not usually striking, Carlsten said. “Over the course of the pandemic, there seems to be more similarities in the symptomatology related to COVID than differences by strain,” he said. GENERALIZED SYMPTOMS A HURDLE FOR DIAGNOSIS Commonly reported symptoms of long COVID are shortness of breath, chronic fatigue, trouble sleeping, visual problems and brain fog. A spiking heart rate also appears to be linked to long COVID. One international study suggests as many as 203 symptoms could be connected to long COVID, the most common being fatigue, exhaustion and cognitive dysfunction. One of the challenges around understanding the cause of long COVID lies in the fact that many of the symptoms associated with it are rather generalized, Carlsten said. “The fundamental vexing nature of long COVID is that there's not a single symptom that is specific or even remotely specific,” he said. “They're almost, by definition, symptoms that are very common to other illnesses and other medical problems.” This also makes the condition exceedingly difficult to diagnose and treat, said Carlsten. “The fundamentals of a diagnosis are that the more specific the characteristics, the easier it is to diagnose,” said Carlsten. “But because these are non-specific … it makes diagnosis more difficult, and treatment accordingly is difficult.” There isn’t a single test used to diagnose long COVID, Muhajarine said, although certain tests can be used to identify common symptoms, including blood tests, heart rate and blood pressure checks, electrocardiograms and chest X-rays. It does not appear as though there is a single treatment or medication for long COVID either, he said, although experts have begun to try to tackle this question. So far, the focus appears to be on treating some of the symptoms linked to long COVID rather than the condition itself, Muhajarine said, which can involve patient rehabilitation to help with breathing and lung function, for example. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the United Kingdom, which provides national guidance to improve health care, has put forward a proposal for the management and treatment of long COVID that involves a tiered approach. This begins with patient-led rehabilitation based on self-care, and evolves into recovery guided by a general practitioner or specialist, depending on the severity of the condition. Muhajarine said he can see this being an effective approach to the management of long COVID in Canadian patients as well. ‘AT THE STARTING GATE’ OF MANAGING LONG COVID As restrictions continue to lift across parts of Canada, this might give people the idea that COVID-19 is in the past, but that is not the case Muhajarine said, especially when looking at the possibility of developing long COVID. As a result, Carlsten said, it is important to continue with efforts to better understand the condition. “It's a huge issue that we need to continue to try to understand,” said Carlsten. “I think we should persist in the research in spite of the fact that it hasn't, in terms of long COVID, been incredibly revealing, because it is a massive population-level problem.” Muhajarine also calls on health-care systems to open more clinical facilities that specialize in outpatient treatment for long COVID patients. Provinces such as Ontario and British Columbia have long COVID clinics in operation, but provinces such as Saskatchewan do not, Muhajarine said. “We are still really at the starting gate of dealing with long COVID in this country, unfortunately,” he said. “We hear stories from people who are experiencing long COVID symptoms and they just feel that they are left high and dry to deal with this on their own. “This is the legacy that acute COVID-19 is going to leave us with, and this is why we cannot take COVID-19 lightly.” Muhajarine is also calling on public health systems to build patient registries among those experiencing long COVID. By collecting data on these patients, including their medical history and details of previous infections, this can help better identify patterns that could be used to diagnose the condition more easily, he said. “First of all, we can identify who is having these symptoms and … secondly, we can monitor them,” said Muhajarine. “We can understand who they are, where they live, what was their history like with COVID-19, and what kind of services are utilizing. “If long COVID is this big canvas that we need to paint, many places in Canada, including my own province, hardly have a dot of paint on the canvas.” ------- WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT OMICRON? With the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant of concern, labelled Omicron, CTVNews.ca wants to hear from Canadians with any questions. Tell us what you’d like to know when it comes to the Omicron COVID-19 variant. To submit your question, email us at dotcom@bellmedia.ca with your name, location and question. 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Whistler Film Festival awards top prize to director Bruce McDonald's The Husband Article content Toronto director Bruce McDonald’s taut psychological comic drama The Husband took the $15,000 prize Sunday in the Whistler Film Festival’s Borsos competition for best Canadian feature film. Advertisement 2 Article content McDonald was a distinctive sight around Whistler over the weekend in his trademark cowboy hat — I always mean to ask him how a guy from Toronto came to the cowboy look. tap here to see other videos from our team. Whistler Film Festival awards top prize to director Bruce McDonald's The Husband Back to video The Husband, which premiered last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival and had its western Canadian premiere at Whistler, was a worthy winner for the 10th edition of the Borsos prize. Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, who co-wrote the movie, also stars as a man steadily unravelling as he cares for his infant son while his teacher wife (Sarah Allen) serves a jail sentence for sleeping with a teenaged student. It’s a tight, 80-minute story that mixes incredibly dark comedy with moments of extreme discomfort. Expect a theatrical release in the new year. Actor Tatiana Maslany wasn’t at the festival in person this year, but won the Borsos best performance award for the second year in a row, this time for her role as a bohemian drifter in director Jason Priestley’s road movie Cas & Dylan. Maslany won the same prize last year for Picture Day, and this year the jury clearly agreed with Cas & Dylan co-star Richard Dreyfuss’ assessment of her work. The World Documentary Award went to Jingle Bell Rocks, in which director Mitchell Kezin’s childhood obsession with Christmas tunes, while also featuring a host of off-beat Christmas fans from Run DMC to John Waters. The $1,000 Canadian ShortWork Award went to the short film Anxious Oswald Greene, directed by Vancouver’s Marshall Axani and starring Ryan Beil in the story of a nervous guy and a talking fly. Advertisement 3 Article content The International ShortWork Award went to A Grand Canal, directed by Johnny Ma. The $500 ShortWork Student Award presented by Capilano University Film Centre went to the Alzheimer’s drama Backward Fall by the University of B.C.’s Andrew Pollins. Best Mountain Culture Film Award went to The Crash Reel, from director Lucy Walker. Her story of the road to recovery for brain-injured U.S. pro snowboarder Kevin Pearce is on this year’s short list for the best documentary Oscar. The MPPIA Short Film Award was won by Vancouver writer-director Nick Citton for his pitch The Future Perfect. Citton gets a $15,000 cash award plus up to $100,000 in services from the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C. and Creative BC to make his film, which will screen at next year’s WFF.

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Wildrose pledges end to PC entitlements and perks, says party leader Brian Jean pledged Thursday to introduce stricter rules to curb “outrageous” vehicle and housing allowances for Alberta MLAs if his Wildrose party forms government, but the Tories dismissed their rival of political grandstanding. “The PCs have created a set of rules that hurt taxpayers and it needs to end,” Jean, flanked by about a dozen Wildrose candidates, told reporters outside McDougall Centre on Thursday. In Alberta, MLAs are allowed to expense travel and hosting related expenses, including gasoline, vehicle maintenance, parking and car washes. However, they are also reimbursed 43.5 cents per kilometre — up to 80,000 kilometres a year for non-Edmonton MLAs — with no documentation needed. Further, MLAs residing more than 60 kilometres outside of the capital can claim nearly $2,000 a month to maintain a secondary residence in Edmonton when the provincial legislature is not in session. Jean said the current system is ripe for abuse, pointing to PC MLA for Edmonton-McClung David Xiao, who racked up $34,793 for travel expenses, double the average of all Edmonton MLAs back in 2012. A Wildrose government would usher in rules and best practices from the private sector and federal government, Jean said. “These perks simply could not happen in Ottawa,” he said. “Under our new rules, MLAs who charge taxpayers for mileage or any other vehicle expense must first of all account for this in a very clear, itemized, detailed way.” He then tore into a large, mock “MasterPerks” credit card, cutting the visual device in half with an electrical reciprocal saw. While campaigning though southern Alberta, Tory Leader Jim Prentice fired back at Jean, accusing the former federal MP for Fort McMurray-Athabasca of political grandstanding. “People who are serving in elected office are by and large honest folks who are working hard and trying to do the right thing,” Prentice said. “He knows because he was a federal member of Parliament that there are costs involved in people travelling back and forth between the capital and visiting their constituents,” the premier said in an interview. Prentice pointed out Jean, who served as a Conservative MP for a decade until 2014, recorded over $1 million in travel and personal expenses over that period and $100,000 in his last year in Parliament. Jean also said he would increase the amount of time MLAs sit in the legislature. He also responded to questions over the party’s decision Wednesday to reject its potential candidate in Calgary-Varsity over a blog deemed offensive to gays. The Wildrose leader said Russ Kuykendall was never an official candidate and that the party learned of his blog during the vetting process and subsequently cut him loose. When asked to explain his personal views on gay rights, Jean said all Albertans deserve to be treated equally and fairly. “They get to decide what they want to do with their personal time and their life,” he said. “Bluntly, it’s none of my business. ” thowell@calgaryherald.com

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Will flight restrictions help as new virus variant emerges? A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease. The risks of the variant, called omicron, are largely unknown. But the World Health Organization has called it a “variant of concern” and governments around the world are not waiting for scientists to better understand the variant to impose flight bans and other travel restrictions. On Friday, European Union nations agreed to impose a ban on travel from southern Africa to counter its spread. The 27-nation bloc acted within hours upon the advice of the EU executive, which said all countries needed to be extra cautious in dealing with the variant until it was clear how serious a threat the variant posed. The U.K. also banned flights from South Africa and five other southern African countries and announced that anyone who had recently arrived from those countries would be asked to take a coronavirus test. The moves have renewed a debate over whether flight bans and other travel restrictions work to prevent the spread of new variants. Some say at best the restrictions can buy time for new public health measures to be put in place. At worst, they do little to stop the spread and give a false sense of security. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said it strongly discouraged imposing travel bans on people coming from countries where the variant was reported. DO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS? They might buy countries more time to speed up vaccination and introduce other measures, like masking and social distancing, but they are highly unlikely to prevent the entry of new variants, said Mark Woolhouse, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Edinburgh. “Travel restrictions can delay but not prevent the spread of a highly transmissible variant,” he said. Johns Hopkins University infectious disease specialist Dr. Amesh Adalja says the travel restrictions only give the public a false sense of security and should stop being the “knee-jerk” reaction by public officials. Adalja noted imposing restrictions makes politicians “look as if they're doing something” but doesn't make sense when countries now have countermeasures such as rapid tests and vaccines. Meanwhile, Sweden's chief epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell told a local news agency said he does not believe that a travel ban would have any major effect, other than for countries with direct flights to the affected areas. “It is basically impossible to keep track of all travel flows,” Tegnell told the Expressen newspaper. COULD IT BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME? Jeffrey Barrett, director of COVID-19 Genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, thought that the early detection of the new variant could mean restrictions taken now would have a bigger impact than when the delta variant first emerged. “The surveillance is so good in South Africa and other nearby countries that they found this (new variant), understood it was a problem and told the world very fast about it,” he said. “We may be at an earlier point with this new variant so there may still be time to do something about it.” However, Barrett said harsh restrictions would be counter-productive and that the South African officials should not be punished for alerting the world to the new variant. “They've done the world a service and we must help them, not penalize them for this.” WHAT DOES THE SCIENCE SAY? Sharon Peacock, who has led the genetic sequencing in Britain at the University of Cambridge, said any decisions to restrict travel were political decisions, not scientific ones. She emphasized that there was still great uncertainty about the new variant, including whether it is actually more infectious or deadly. Although some of the mutations detected appeared worrying, she said there is still no proof that the new variant is any more lethal or transmissible than previous versions. “It's possible to keep infection out, but you would need very, very severe restrictions and only some countries would be willing to do this,” she said. “Buying time is important and worthwhile, but this is a decision for policymakers,” she said. “At the moment, we won't have any definitive scientific answers for a few weeks.” WHAT ABOUT ECONOMIC IMPACTS? If there's anything the global economy didn't need, it's more uncertainty. A new highly transmissible coronavirus poses an economic as well as a health risk, threatening to disrupt the global economic recovery and worsen supply chain bottlenecks that are already pushing prices higher. Markets plummeted around the world over worries about the variant - and reaction from political leaders. “The most worrying thing about the new strain at the moment is how little we know about it,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst for the currency trading firm OANDA. AP writers Matt O'Brien in Providence, Rhode Island, Paul Wiseman in Washington and Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen contributed to this report. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content. MORE HEALTH NEWS COVID-19 COVERAGE CTVNews.ca Top Stories Canada easing some COVID-19 border rules for children and those fully vaccinated Starting Monday, some of Canada's pandemic border restrictions are being eased for those who are fully vaccinated and for children regardless of their vaccination status. 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Britain, India call for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine India and Britain on Friday called on Russia to begin an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an expansion of economic and defence ties that could help India reduce its dependence on Moscow. Russians shift elite units to the new battleground: Ukraine Russia shifted a dozen crack units from the shattered port of Mariupol to eastern Ukraine and pounded away at cities across the region, Ukrainian authorities said Friday, as the two sides hurtled toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country's industrial heartland. Israeli police storm Jerusalem holy site after rock-throwing Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed. 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Wilton overcomes No. 7 Ridgefield for the first time since 1993 The Tigers were unable to generate much momentum on offense, scoring just once when quarterback Justin Keller connected with Nick Wright on a 20-yard strike in the fourth quarter. ... The Tigers finally broke ... Middlesex County college student news for Oct. 7, 2021 Nicholas Wright of Colchester, class of 2021, majoring in environmental science. Middlesex County college student news for Aug. 24, 2021 They are: Haillie Bakula of Middletown, Amanda Beck of Old Saybrook, Douglas Brown of Killingworth, Samuel Castiglia of Durham, Kristiana Cloutier of East Hampton, Zachary Corey of East Haddam, Kristen Dansereau ... 14 charged in sex sting Louis, Attempted Enticement of a Minor • Nicholas Wright, 35, O'Fallon, Missouri, Attempted Enticement of a Minor, Interstate Travel to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Child • Vallie F. More than 50 officers aid in 14 Madison County arrests Louis, Attempted Enticement of a Minor • Nicholas Wright, 35, O'Fallon, Missouri, Attempted Enticement of a Minor, Interstate Travel to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct and Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Child • Vallie F. Ubly Golf Overview Ubly GolfJaiden SchulteNathan PartickaNicholas WrightBlake BadgerEli EmmingZachary ZiehmIsaac WarczinskyHead Coach David Hanson ScheduleApril 22 Brown City JamboreeApril 25 Ubly JamboreeApril 26 Ubly ... Ubly Spring Sports Preview In boys track, Ubly won the GTE championship, but the team will have a much different look in 2019 Gone are state champion Alex Grifka, along with Nicholas Swanson and Andrew Gilbert. ... Ubly Girls Track & ... Spring Sports Teams 2019 og soft.jpg Members of the Owendale-Gagetown softball team are (front row from left) Amber Haldane and Libby Ondrajka (middle row) Jessica Partaka, Cristal Crandall, Kaitlyn LaCroix, Allison Haldane, Dagon ... Ubly reveals Coming Home court Pictured (from left) are William Spicer, Nicholas Wright, Adam Weber, Ethan Lemke and Nathan Particka. Muhly scores with second Met commission Now 37 - still young enough to find himself described in articles as a "wunderkind" - Muhly is back with a second commission, an adaptation by librettist Nicholas Wright of the novel "Marnie" that also inspired the Alfred Hitchcock movie. Calendar: What's happening this week Luigi Pirandello's "Naked," in a new version by Nicholas Wright, delves deep into the struggle of self-id Calendar: What's happening this week Things 2 Do MUSIC CLASSICAL Alexei Kenney, violin and Renana Gutman, piano, Union College-Memorial Chapel, 807 Union St., Schenectady. 3 p.m. Sunday. $30-35. unioncollegeconcerts.org or 518-388-6080. This ... Calendar: What's happening this week Things 2 Do MUSIC CLASSICAL Albany Symphony, Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 7 p.m. Saturday. $19-$60. 518-465-4663 or palacealbany.org. For opening night of the season, the symphony performs Wagner's ... Review: 'Naked' @ Berkshire Theatre Group, 10/5/18 The central problem is that virtually all of the important action of the play, performed here in a 1998 version by prolific contemporary British dramatist Nicholas Wright, happens offstage, most of it before the play takes place. Calendar: What's happening this week Things 2 Do MUSIC CLASSICAL Ariel Quartet, Zankel Music Center, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. 7 p.m. Friday. $5-$8. Characterized by its youth, brilliant playing and soulful interpretations, the string ... Calendar: What's happening this week Things 2 Do MUSIC CLASSICAL "The Falling and the Rising," Charles R. Wood Theater, 207 Glen St., Glens Falls. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $30. 518-798-9663 or woodtheater.org. 2018 Ubly Football Nicholas Wright10. ... Cass City*League Game ubly foot .jpg Members of the Ubly varsity football team are (front row from left) Casey Sweeney, William Spicer, Nicholas Wright, Nolan VanErp, Nathan Particka and ... Glimmerglass Festival stages 'The Little Prince' glimmerglass going back to its first stage Shows in Cooperstown mark return for troupe Joseph Dalton, Classical Notes On Tuesday and Wednesday next week, the Glimmerglass Festival presents "The Little Prince," ... Ubly High School announces honor roll An asterisk (*) indicates all A's Grade 12: Morgan Block, David Bowman, Jonathan Brandel, Derek Brown, Jessi Clink, Kaitlynn Foster, Grace Grifka, Michelle Inbody, Nathan Keller, Aaron Klama, Noah Krueger, Megan ... Ubly school announces honor rolls ., Jillian Osentoski, Kirah Osentoski*, Tyler Osentoski*, Gavynn Pallas*, Kimberly Peplinski, Brianna Pionk*, Allison Romzek, Dominic Rosenthal*, Jared Sabins, Richard Schmidt, Darren Soule, Sarah Stephens, ...

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Windsor man, 45, struck and killed by car Man's death marks the seventh pedestrian struck in York County this year, surpassing the total of all such cases from 2015, according to Coroner Pam Gay. A 45-year-old Windsor man walking along a hilly road just outside Red Lion on Tuesday was struck and killed by a motorist, the York County Coroner's Office confirmed. Richard Allen Zech, Jr., of the first block of East Main Street, was walking along the 2900 block of Windsor Road around 2:30 p.m. when he was struck by a vehicle, the coroner confirmed. The vehicle was traveling in the same direction Zech was walking, according to police. Zech was pronounced dead at the scene. Zech's cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma, the coroner confirmed. Pennsylvania State Police and York Area Regional Police shut down roads in the area of Windsor and Delta roads for about three hours. Fire engines were on scene and police could be seen mapping out the scene. At 5:15 p.m., a tow truck that drove up Windsor Road towed away a sport utility vehicle with damage to its windshield. York Area Regional Police are investigating the incident, that of which would mark the seventh pedestrian struck and killed by a vehicle this year, the coroner's office said. That surpasses all of 2015, which saw five total. "People have to be vigilant both when they're walking and driving," Gay said on Tuesday, speaking generally about this year's cases. "Unfortunately, that's a risk when you walk out on a highway. Sometimes, no matter what you do you, how you prepare, you can become a victim." In the most recent fatality, Nita Stout, 45, was struck on a road in Fairview Township where she regularly walked, officials have said. And in York, in February, 70-year-old Evelyn Miller was hit by a school bus. This year's cases also include the death of Mary Von Lange, 85, who died at her home on Jan. 14 after she was hospitalized the month before. Gay said she was struck by her own vehicle in a restaurant parking lot in Springettsbury Township. This year's fatal pedestrian struck incidents: Jan. 3: William Seitz, 67, was found dead in the middle of a street in York. His death was later ruled accidental with officials saying he was struck by a vehicle. Jan. 14: Mary Von Lange, 85, was hospitalized after she was struck by her own car late last year. She died at her home on Jan. 14. Jan. 26: Sotirios Drivas, 78, of Manchester Township, was killed on Interstate 83 by a tractor-trailer after he stopped his car to inspect an issue with it. Jan. 29: Glenn Shellenberger, 73, was pushing a snowblower in the middle of a street in Dover Township when he was struck by a truck. Feb. 17: Evelyn Miller, 70, of York, died after being hit by a school bus. Feb. 20: Nita Stout, 45, of Fairview Township, was walking on a road that she frequently walks on when she was struck and killed by a vehicle. April 26: A man walking on Windsor Road was hit by a vehicle. His name had not yet been released.

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Wisps of wonder emerge at Fog Design+Art Fair Among the expertly designed booths were 40 of the most pre-eminent galleries in the country (Pace, R & Co., Winston Wachter Fine Art, Reform, Friedman Benda) as well as stars from our own gallery galaxy, ... Galleries S.; Soil Art Collective, 112 Third Ave. ... Also nearby is Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. ... Best include Martin-Zambito Fine Arts, 721 E. Design Files Road Trip: SoLa furniture shops are for all ages Nestled between fine furniture and fine food is this mini-emporium of both for man's best friend. ... Patricia Cameron Fine Art -- 234 Dexter Ave. ... Winston Wachter Fine Art -- 203 Dexter Ave. In The Galleries: November This month, two of the region's most important figurative realists contend on gallery stages: Bo Barlett opens Nov. 9 at Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. ... If you'd like to collect savvy art but your ... Susan Dory's grids set their own rhythm, while Brian Murphy makes his flesh float Her exhibit at Winston Wachter Fine Art is titled "Sequence Bias," which suggests a third way to consider her work: As a subverter of order. ... Like Ann Gardner, who recently exhibited there, Dory is a step up ... Art Shows ART/NOT TERMINAL GALLERY: 2045 Westlake Ave. ... "Dames Demanding Democracy," photography and calendar art by Erin Spencer. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. Art Shows ART/NOT TERMINAL GALLERY: 2045 Westlake Ave. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... Comix art by Frankie Chan. Art Shows "A Lifetime of Art," works by Genevieve Tuck. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... Comix art by Frankie Chan. Art Shows BLUEBOTTLE ART GALLERY: 415 E. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... Comix art by Frankie Chan. Art shows ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE: 2323 Elliott Ave. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... "Yuendumu III: Australian Aboriginal Art From the Central Desert." Art shows ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE: 2323 Elliott Ave. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... North Coast Indian Art exhibit and sale. Art shows ART INSTITUTE OF SEATTLE: 2323 Elliott Ave. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... EDMONDS ART WALK: April 15, 5-8 p.m. Art shows BON-MACY'S ART GALLERY: Third Avenue and Pine Street, sixth floor. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... North Coast Indian Art exhibit and sale. Art shows ART/NOT TERMINAL GALLERY: 2045 Westlake Ave. ... A group show featuring works from students from Pratt Fine Art center, Cornish College of the Arts and Seattle Fine Arts Academy. ... SOLOMON FINE ART: 1215 First Ave. Art shows "Seniors Making Art," an exhibit featuring art by local seniors. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... A group show featuring works from students from Pratt Fine Art center, Cornish ... Art shows "Seniors Making Art," an exhibit featuring art by local seniors. ... BLUEBOTTLE ART GALLERY: 415 E. ... A group show featuring works from students from Pratt Fine Art center, Cornish College of the Arts and Seattle Fine Arts Academy. Art Shows "Seniors Making Art," an exhibit featuring art by local seniors. ... Art Walk: March 5, 6-9 p.m. ... A group show featuring works from students from Pratt Fine Art center, Cornish College of the Arts and Seattle Fine Arts Academy. Art shows "Seniors Making Art," an exhibit featuring art in a variety of mediums by local seniors. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... A group show featuring works from students from Pratt ... Art shows "Seniors Making Art," an exhibit featuring art in a variety of mediums by local seniors. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... "Regional Master of Fine Arts Selected Works 2004." Art shows "Seniors Making Art," an exhibit featuring art in a variety of mediums by local seniors. ... CAROLYN STALEY FINE JAPANESE PRINTS: 314 Occidental Ave. ... "Regional Master of Fine Arts Selected Works 2004."

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Woman accused of providing sex services to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft arrested One woman accused of providing sex services to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others in January at a Palm Beach County spa has been arrested, according to records. Shen Mingbi, 58, of Jupiter was arrested Monday on eight counts of offering to commit prostitution and a single count of deriving support from proceeds of prostitution after a Jupiter police investigation. More: Robert Kraft video evidence to be sealed until jury is seated or case is otherwise resolved According to court records, Mingbi was involved in providing sex services to Kraft on Jan. 19 at Orchids of Asia Day Spa near Indiantown Road and U.S. 1. Kraft is accused of getting similar sex services the next day from Lei Wang, 40, at the spa, records said. Wang and another woman, Hua Zhang, 58, were arrested earlier in connection with the case. Wang and Zhang each face charges including more than two dozen counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution, deriving support from proceeds of prostitution, maintaining a house of prostitution and renting space to be used for prostitution. Mingbi also is accused of being involved in providing paid sex services to other men, records showed. A fourth woman, Lei Chen, 43, of Jupiter, was arrested April 13 in the case, records show. Chen’s charges are the same as those of Mingbi, though Chen is not accused of providing sex services to Kraft. More: 31 male, female customers videotaped at spa Robert Kraft also visited sue over recordings Kraft, 77, faces two misdemeanor charges of soliciting prostitution. About two dozen men in total have been implicated in the case. The case involving Orchids of Asia began being disclosed Feb. 19 at a media briefing at the Martin County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff William Snyder said his agency targeted four spas in Martin County and spoke of the cases in the context of human trafficking. More: Police snuck cameras into massage parlors years before Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution Investigators ultimately were led to Orchids of Asia in the neighboring Palm Beach County community of Jupiter, where covert surveillance cameras were installed after investigators got a warrant. Kraft's alleged involvement in the case was disclosed days later. More: Who are the 264 men arrested in the February day spa crackdown? In court in Palm Beach County April 12, Assistant State Attorney Greg Kridos said at the outset of the investigation into Orchids of Asia, there appeared to be human trafficking involved but as the case went on, and after evaluating the evidence, there didn’t appear to be human trafficking. During the investigation of Mingbi, a detective watched Mingbi travel to a nearby Bank of America and make a cash deposit. Investigators also got a state report that documents the earnings reported by a business for employees and/or owners and managers. There was no income reported for Mingbi, who has an address in Flushing, New York, listed on some records. A search warrant executed Feb. 28 on Mingbi’s safety deposit box turned up about $43,800 in cash. A search warrant executed the same day on Chen's name at J.P. Morgan Chase revealed Chen had about $2,900 in a number of accounts. Kraft has a suppression hearing scheduled Friday in Palm Beach County. More:Large human trafficking ring busted across Treasure Coast, Palm Beach and Orange counties Kraft's attorneys have made many legal filings to get the videos said to depict the Kraft sex acts protected from release and suppressed from the criminal case. Kraft has several high-profile lawyers, including William Burck, whose biography states he was special counsel and deputy counsel to President George W. Bush and a former federal prosecutor in New York. Published reports indicate Burck also represented at least three current or former officials in President Donald Trump’s White House. More: Second woman pleads no contest in Martin County sex spa case Mingbi had a court-ordered bond of $5,000 on the charge of deriving support from proceeds of prostitution, and was released on her own recognizance on the other charges, records showed. She was released Tuesday from the Palm Beach County Jail, records showed. Mingbi must surrender her passport and travel documents and can't work in a spa or massage parlor, records said. Want more Treasure Coast breaking news coverage? If you're already a subscriber to TCPalm, thank you! If not, please subscribe to keep coverage of Treasure Coast breaking news coming.

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Women's Euro 2017: Mark Sampson tells stars to become England greats by winning tournament MARK SAMPSON has told his players to become England legends by winning Euro 2017. GETTY England’s Lionesses begin their campaign against Scotland tonight. But boss Sampson believes his team write their names in the record books by going all the way in the Netherlands. “The message we’re giving the players is that these three weeks can change the next 50 years,” he said. “Three weeks of hard work and they’ve got 50 years to live as legends, three weeks to make history and live the rest of their lives as champions and winners.” Injury-hit Scotland will be cheered on from the stands in Utrecht by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. “Scotland have had an unfair crack of it in terms of injuries,” said Sampson. “The message we’re giving the players is that these three weeks can change the next 50 years”England boss Mark Sampson “A lot of people outside the game probably think this is a banker for an England win. “But Scotland are a good, well organised outfit and they’ll make it very difficult for us.” Scotland’s Swedish coach Anna Signeul said: “We’ll go out as underdogs, but we’ll aim to put in a good performance and see how far that takes us. “After 10 years in Scotland I feel half-Scottish and this is the biggest game of my career – it will be a big moment for me to see the flag and hear the anthem.” Scotland captain and goalkeeper Gemma Fay insists her team will not be fazed as they make their first ever appearance at a major tournament. “We’re well prepared and ready for this tournament,” said Fay who is set to win her 201st cap. “Players have worked their whole careers for this moment and we will do everything we can to win this first game.” England have won 21 and lost only two of their previous 24 meetings between the two nations. But they have not won the opening game of a major tournament since 2005. England captain Steph Houghton said: “It’s a massive game, probably the biggest. I remember watching England v Scotland when I was younger when Paul Gascoigne scored the winner at Euro ‘96.” Sampson, in charge at his second tournament following 2015’s third place World Cup finish, said: “The opening game’s important and of course we want to start with a win. “Scotland stand in our way, but if we get the performance level right the result will look after itself. “The feeling in the camp is that we can’t wait to get started.” England (4-4-2): Bardsley; Bronze, Houghton, Bright, Stokes; Carney, Nobbs, J Scott, White; Taylor, Kirby. Scotland (4-1-4-1) Fay; Frankie Brown, Dieke, Barsley, Smith; Corsie; Evans, Crichton, Weir, Fiona Brown; Ross. Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI) 7.45pm Channel 4.

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World / AT LEAST 25 people have died and almost the same number are missing after a pleasure cruiser collided with a ferry off the coast of Hong Kong. World / AT LEAST 25 people have died and almost the same number are missing after a pleasure cruiser collided with a ferry off the coast of Hong Kong. UK / It was a sad start to 2013 for many as deaths, disturbances and missing people cast a shadow on New Year celebrations. Royal / THE Windsors enjoy Christmas as much as any other family in Britain. UK / TOP Gear, the BBC’s most successful global show, is now so popular wives are complaining they cannot drag their husbands away from the television to watch shows they prefer. Weird / I'VE ALWAYS been a worrier. In the run–up to 2000 I stockpiled water and fretted over Y2K, when it was feared computers would crash at midnight on December 31, 1999, thereby paralysing society. This never materialised but I continued to keep cupboards full of dried pasta along with tins of food in case of apocalyptic disasters. UK / HOME SECRETARY Theresa May has agreed extra funding for police to pursue a full-scale investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, effectively taking over the case from the Portuguese authorities. UK / TWO eastern European men are being questioned after a military bomb disposal team was sent to a Wolverhampton mosque last night amid fears of a "a possible device activation". UK / Four broadcasters including Channel 4 and Discovery have been reprimanded by the advertising regulator for showing alcohol adverts during programmes aimed at under-18s. UK / A RANGE Rover with a trailer has caused more than five hour delays after it spilled more than 200 litres of cooking oil on the M11. UK / POLICE have condemned soft-touch magistrates after a violent thug who attacked two officers convinced a court to lift his curfew – so he can watch England play.

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Worries about Chinese economy and rising tension surrounding North Korea brings fear trade to mining and industrial metals. BHP Billiton Mining News BHP brands Elliott's overhaul proposals as flawed, costly Activist investor Elliott's proposals to break up BHP are riddled with “major flaws” and could end up costing far more to implement than they would save, the company said. Iron ore market keeps getting uglier — prices at lowest since November The commodity is now trading below $70 a tonne and has just suffered its largest one-day percentage decline in over a year. BHP Billiton to escalate defence from Elliott with Goldman’s help Analysts expect BHP to argue that a demerged petroleum business would need to fund offshore growth projects by raising debt. It may also contend that a stand-alone division won’t have the same ability to defer production until oil prices improve. Iron ore prices keep falling despite a decrease in China’s inventories After a 85% rise in 2016, iron ore prices are now down 3.2% so far this year, which has placed the commodity in a bear market. BHP rejects activist fund Elliott urge to spin off US oil assets Company says the associated risks of spinning off about $22 billion of its US oil assets and listing them in New York would significantly outweigh any potential benefits. Coking coal price close to $300 a tonne on Australian disruptions Coking coal prices gained 86% to $283.10 a tonne this week, the biggest gain in four years. Iron ore miners shares drop as prices collapse Ore with 62% content in Qingdao fell almost 7% overnight, entering a bear market and erasing all of this year’s gains. Cyclone damage causes BHP to declare force majeure in Australia The miner said it won't meet its coal export commitments due to the damage caused by cyclone Debbie, which struck Australia’s north-east coast last week. Iron ore drops below $80 a tonne again So far this year, the commodity has risen just 0.6%, quite far from the over 20% gains seen just over a month ago. Top 50 biggest mining companies Combined worth of $842 billion with 20% gains so far in 2017. Freeport’s Cerro Verde copper mine resumes normal operations The news follows the end of a historically long 43-day strike at BHP Billiton’s Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine in neighbouring Chile. Escondida mine replaces top exec after failing to reach deal with workers Appointment comes barely a week after the mine, operated by BHP Billiton, failed to secure a wage deal with 2,500 workers after a 43-day strike. Iron ore hits lowest price since early February The steelmaking ingredient has shed almost $10 a tonne in just a week. US court cancels most of class action against Samarco over deadly dam burst Vale said the US District Court for the Southern District of New York annulled the majority of a class action lawsuit against the company and executives over the 2015 deadly accident. BHP's Escondida mine strike becomes Chile’s longest, ends with no deal Workers ended their strike and invoked a rarely used legal provision that allows them to extend their old contract, which leaves them in the exact same situation they were before they downed tools. Iron ore miners worst nightmare just came true — prices tank Prices for the raw material have dropped below $90 a tonne as doubts gather about the strength of demand in China at stockpiles hit record highs. Copper price falls on Grasberg production resumption Freeport restarts supply to domestic smelter in Indonesia, but the copper concentrate export ban at iconic mine remains in place. No end in sight for strike at La Escondida A 39-day-long stoppage at the world’s largest copper mine may continue for up to three months. Workers at Freeport’s Cerro Verde copper mine to go on indefinite strike Around 1,300 unionized miners plan to start an indefinite stoppage at Peru's largest copper mine beginning March 24. Escondida mine to resume operations as BHP losses soar past $700 million The company is currently analyzing options to resume work as soon as possible, which includes hiring temporary workers to replace those that have downed tools. Chinese data, strikes bring copper price back to boil China releases scorching industry output growth, fixed investment numbers for January-February. Third attempt to restart talks at giant Chile mine fails. Copper supply disruptions push prices up Disputes at BHP Billiton’s Escondida mine in Chile, the world's biggest copper mine, and Freeport’s Grasberg and Cerro Verde mines, are also having a significant effect on global supplies of concentrate. Freeport’s Cerro Verde copper mine in Peru hit by strike The mine produced just under 500,000 tonnes of the red metal last year, making it Peru's largest copper operation. Copper price falls to 8-week low Strike at Freeport's giant Peru mine takes offline world's three biggest mines, but worries about demand drops copper after huge jump in warehouse stocks.

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YEREVAN (Armenianow) — A key committee in Armenia’s National Assembly on Monday did not give its approval to a bill co-authored by opposition lawmakers Zaruhi Postanjyan and Hrant Bagratyan that would commit Armenia to formally recognizing the independence of Nagorno Karabakh. The discussion of the bill that was referred to the National Assembly from the government on May 5 comes weeks after hostilities in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict zone during which President Serzh Sarkisian, the leader of the majority Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), warned Baku that Yerevan would consider recognizing Karabakh should the armed clashes escalate into a full-blown war. Azerbaijan responded by stating that the passage of such a bill in Armenia would mean an end to the internationally mediated negotiations on the status of Karabakh and would therefore entail a new war. Officials in Moscow also discouraged Yerevan from taking the step. A majority of RPA members and representatives of other opposition factions in the Armenian parliament today called into question the prudence of passing a Karabakh recognition bill now, but they consider the potentiality of the move to be itself a major deterrence against a new Azerbaijani offensive. Postanjyan, Bagratyan and several other lawmakers, on the contrary, believe that only Karabakh’s formal recognition will provide more security guarantees against Baku’s designs to resolve the conflict militarily. After discussions at the National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee, most of the Committee members, both pro-government and opposition representatives, opted out of the ballots on whether to approve the bill and include it in the parliament agenda. In the first ballot only one member voted “for” endorsing the bill, and one voted “against” it. In the second ballot, with only “for” votes from Dashnaktsutyun and Heritage members, Committee Chairman Artak Zakharyan declared that the bill will not be put on the parliament’s agenda.

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You've seen him as Sideshow Rob and Han RoLo, and once again Robin Lopez is channeling another iconic character.
The Bulls center went all out and commissioned custom costumes for himself and girlfriend Christine Vargas to reenact a classic scene from the 1973 Disney cartoon film "Robin Hood," in which the two lead characters are foxes. Vargas plays Maid Marian and Lopez, of course, is Robin Hood.
It's not clear why Lopez chose to do this particular Disney homage, or why now, but he did mention actor Will Smith's role in a live-action remake of "Aladdin."
"Admist all the hullabaloo about the casting of Will Smith as the Genie, it was lost in the shuffle that we got cast in a live action Robin Hood where, yes, I *will* be donning ears and a tail!!! Thanks @adaria.designs for the amazing work!!! #FurryFilm #MuppetIsLittleJohn #WesMatthewsCanBeIDunnoSkippy #MyBritishAccentIsBetterThanCostnerAtLeast #RobinHood #MaidMarian #D23," Lopez wrote on Instagram.
The Robin Hood getups were made by seamstress Caitlin Margolien's company, owner of Durham, N.C.-based Adaria Designs Costume Replicas.
Margolien called Lopez a "delight to work with." Her friend and subcontractor Katie Edwards took 40 hours to craft each costume. Lopez's cost $850 and Vargas' totaled $875.
For you cosplayers reading this, get ready to nerd out: "Robin Hood's tunic is made of linen, the hat is made of felt with a red-dyed turkey feather, with the belt and quiver being made of a faux-leather," Margolien said via email. "Marian's dress is a beautiful poplin fabric over a cotton lawn blouse, with her hat being shaped from a buckram material called Fosshape finished in the same poplin as the dress, draped in a lightweight voile. We also created her necklace, fitting a cameo pendant over a broadcloth cotton choker."
Margolien did admit that styling a costume for the 7-foot Lopez, who wasn't available in person, was a tall challenge.
"In particular, we were worried the quiver was too long despite his height. Compared to either Katie or myself it was just shy of 5 (feet) and we felt like we might fit into the case itself," she said.
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