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Often, emeralds are considered the gemstone with the most personality as they're one of the few precious jewels where inclusions add value to the stone. Imperfections are part of the beauty of each emerald, as is the color, making them an ultra-unique engagement ring choice. The more vivid the green, the higher the value of the stone. And emeralds with bluish overtones, typically sourced from Colombia, are the most coveted and rare.
Cut is the third most important characteristic ahead of setting styles. They're challenging to cut due to their fragility—they have a softer exterior and damage more easily than diamonds and other precious stones. However, the emerald cut itself was created to enhance the color and quality of this stone because it mimics its original crystal shape.
As a genuinely distinctive stone, emeralds are a piece of nature and history in one. We may not be as lucky as Elizabeth Taylor, who was gifted an entire suite of emerald jewelry from Richard Burton. Still, those looking for an alternative engagement ring or one-of-a-kind vintage ring can dream of an epic emerald design. Here, 45 creations to envy—that is, until one becomes yours.
Compared to diamonds and other precious stones, emeralds are very soft. You shouldn't be nervous about sporting them, but consider your lifestyle before committing to this delicate gem. Expert tip: Setting an emerald in a sturdy bezel or staircase design helps protect it from scratches and chips.
Trust us: Two stones are better than one. This ring is for the alternative bride with fashion-forward taste. Stones set apart, almost meeting in the center, are a subtle nod to two individuals coming together.


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police say an argument between two men led to a shooting at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s main branch in the city’s downtown.
Columbus police say the 28-year-old suspect said he fired gunshots at a 47-year-old man after an argument Sunday near a library elevator.
A police report says the suspect then chased the victim through the second level of the library with his gun out. Police say the suspect surrendered when confronted by a library security officer.
The building was evacuated after the shooting around 3 p.m.
The suspect has been charged with felonious assault. An investigation continues.
The victim was hospitalized in stable condition at a Columbus hospital with a gunshot wound in the ankle.


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Sinclair wanted to photograph child marries in India and Nepal, because sometimes the boys entering a marriage are also young.
“And often they're victims just as much of this harmful traditional practice,” she says.
By Samuel Burke, CNN Before their wedding ceremony begins in rural Afghanistan, a 40-year-old man sits to be photographed with his 11-year-old bride.
The girl tells the photographer that she is sad to be engaged because she had hoped to become a teacher.


In addition to protecting your fleet and drivers from accidents, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) also gather quite a bit of data that can be useful to a fleet. Jim Barber, Bendix director of fleet sales and service, NA-West, addressed the topic in a recent talk at the Heavy Duty Repair Forum in September.
“Our systems generate data, our systems store data. The fleet owns the data, Bendix doesn’t own it,” he began.
How is that data accessed? “With a SafetyDirect subscription, the telematics company of the fleet’s choice can take all that data in the event of a crash or actively going down the road and transmit it off the truck. Other than that, the only other way to do this is through a manual process.”
SafetyDirect is Bendix’s video-based driver safety platform, featuring a web portal that provides fleet operators with feedback on their fleet and drivers, along with videos of severe events.
According to Bendix, data often cannot be used effectively by the fleet because there is so much of it. The information needs to be translated into information before it becomes useful – which, Bendix notes, is what SafetyDirect does.
Barber went on to speak about the value of ADAS. There has been a 44% reduction in forward collisions and 41% reduction in rear end crashes according to IIHS data as of Sept. 2020. “This,” Barber says, “is a very easy ROI for a fleet.”
He then explained a bit about how Bendix’s system, Wingman Fusion, works. “Simply put, the camera and radar data go into the ECU, and when those two fuse together and agree, that’s when the system goes active, making a decision to alert the driver or possibly take action by applying the foundation brakes.”
He gave the example of a can of soda sitting in the middle of the road — the system will pick up on the metal, but it cannot confirm it is a stationary vehicle and will not apply the brakes.
“If they don’t fuse, the system does not go active,” Barber continued. “With the camera and radar, we can now brake on stationary vehicles because there’s more data in the system.”


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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A newcomer beat out some longtime favorites in the 23rd annual Winterfest Chowder Cook-Off on Saturday.
Clarksburg School, in its first showing, won the People's Choice voting while Grazie, which has won top spots twice in the past, was selected by a panel of judges as the best chowder in the city.
More than 4,000 samples from 14 entrants were slurped down at The Green on Main Street over a two-hour period on Saturday afternoon.
Judges were Nick Moulton, chef of Mezze Bistro in Williamstown; Nina Zacek, general manager of Tourists; and Cheryl Adams, a DJ at WUPE.FM. They blind taste-tested all 14 entrants and declared Grazie as the winner. Grazie also won in People's Choice and came in third in judging in 2018.
Second place went to Bounti-Fare, which frequently places in the top three for judging and People's Choice, and Wild Oats Market, which served up a shrimp chowder this year.
Judges' Choice winners were announced to the participants at the end of the event and a total of 351 ballots were cast for People's Choice favorites and write-ins for the Only in North Adams most unique chowder award. Those ballots were tallied and the results announced on Sunday.
For Peoples' Choice, voters were asked to rank their top three favorites, though many just picked one. Competitors were awarded 3 points for every 1st place mark, 2 points for each 2nd place mark, and 1 point for every 3rd place mark.
Clarksburg School received 333 points with its closest competitor another school — Dining Services at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, which has competed in the past. MCLA racked up 271 points and third place was A-OK Berkshire BBQ with 202 points.
There were 199 votes written in for most unique chowder, with another newcomer, Wigwam Western Summit, winning "Only in North Adams" for earning 25 votes for its chicken chowder with bacon topping.
This category was a tight race, according to organizers, with only 3 points total difference between the winner and 5th place.
The city's tourism and events director Suzy Helme delivers chowder to the judges, who selected Grazie as this year's winner.
Every single entry was picked as 1st place by at least one of the voters. Participants were A-OK Berkshire BBQ, Berkshire Food Project, Berkshire Palate, Boston Sea Food, Bounti-Fare, The Capitol Restaurant, Clarksburg School, Gramercy Bistro, Grazie, MCLA Dining Services, McCann Technical School Culinary Arts, Sweetwood of Williamstown, Wigwam Western Summit, and Wild Oats Market.
Winterfest also included a farmers' market with local products and foods, a craft market, some fantastic ice sculptures, marshmallow roasting on Holden Street, hot chocolate in the morning at MoutainOne, music, wagon rides on Main Street and free skating at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink.
The city and organizers congratulated this year's participants and invited them to return next year. Winterfest 2021 will be Saturday, Feb. 20.
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute and MASS MoCA announced that as of Nov. 1, 2021 all visitors will be required to show proof that they have received the COVID-19 vaccination prior to entering their facilities.
"The vaccine requirement we put in place for FreshGrass was overwhelmingly well-received, so our staff now has a playbook to work from," said Tracy Moore, Deputy Director of MASS MoCA. "We're committed to maintaining safe and healthy conditions as we approach the winter months and start to spend more time indoors."
MASS MoCA's Vaccine Policy:
Effective Monday, Nov. 1, all visitors to MASS MoCA over the age of 12 must show proof of a full COVID-19 vaccination (accompanied by a photo ID for visitors over 18). Acceptable forms of proof include a photo or hard copy of an official immunization record of a vaccine administered from within or outside the U.S. Digital forms of state or federally issued proof of vaccination such as the NY Excelsior Pass are also acceptable. Children under 12 who are not vaccinated must be accompanied by a fully vaccinated adult. Masks are required for everyone over two years of age while indoors.
Community Fridge Program organizers Sarah Defusco and Isabel Twanmo met with the trustees Wednesday to see if the library would be interested in hosting a refrigerator from which community members could take food from.
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Mayor Thomas Bernard on Tuesday night acknowledged that the 1955 structure is "at the endpoint of a deferred maintenance challenge that has been decades in the making," despite a number of "expensive Band-Aids over the years."
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The North Adams Fire Department was notified of the fire shortly after 5:15 Sunday evening and responded to find the doors locked on the century-old building and an interior storage room fully engulfed in flames.
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Fed Researchers Say Labor Recovery in U.S. May Soon AccelerateAki Ito
Improvement in the U.S. labor market may soon speed up, building on gains during the past year, Federal Reserve researchers said, citing six employment indicators.
“The recovery in the labor market is robust, broad-based, and likely to continue, if not accelerate, over the coming months,” Mary Daly, Bart Hobijn and Benjamin Bradshaw, economists at the San Francisco Fed, said in a research note published today. “Whether this increase in momentum amounts to a ‘substantial improvement’ in the outlook for the labor market is a question for policy makers to decide.”
U.S. central bankers are debating when to begin tapering $85 billion in monthly bond purchases after saying last month they wanted to see more evidence of sustained economic strength. The Fed has pumped up its balance sheet to $3.76 trillion and has pledged to press on with so-called quantitative easing until the job market improves “substantially.”
“The labor market is improving along a variety of dimensions, not just a few isolated measures,” according to the San Francisco Fed researchers. “Labor-market activity is beginning to converge to levels consistent with past recoveries rather than continuing at the highly suppressed pace that has defined the past few years.”
The San Francisco Fed researchers examined 30 indicators, six of which are “excellent” predictors of the future unemployment rate, they said. Those are the insured unemployment rate, initial jobless claims, capacity utilization, the Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index and private payroll growth.
The researchers also reviewed the difference between the ratio of households that consider jobs hard to get and the ratio that consider jobs plentiful, taken from the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Survey.
The six “indicators show the pace of the labor-market recovery has increased compared with a year ago,” according to the researchers.

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As our Chezza finally emerges out of the shadows for the first time since her horrible public firing from the US version of The X Factor, we were pleased to hear her say all is well. What we didn’t enjoy so much was supposed friend and band mate Nadine Coyle’s apparently slagging of her. Oh jealousy can be a horrible thing. Let’s hope it has been a misunderstanding!
Miss Cole broke her silence by posting a message on her blog and described the past few weeks as the “weirdest” she has had. Cheryl has basically called the aftermath of the X Factor mess a bit of a blessing as it has given her (well deserved!) time off that she wouldn’t have had otherwise!
“I have had the time that I have not had in so long to just chill with my
loved ones and do the normal things that I like to do. See my friends and
family and be with my doggy’s . It feels long overdue and sooooo good, even
my feet are happy to not have to wear a pair of high heels hehe…”
So it seemed all was well in Camp Chezza, until we heard that Nadine Coyle had been overheard calling Cheryl “a failure”. Sorry, did Nadine just call Cheryl a failure? Cheryl as in number one platinum selling solo artist, successful TV personality, face of L’Oreal and the UK’s favourite sweetheart?! Yes, clearly a failure…? This would be a case of the green eyed monster we think, Nadine’s poor and failed efforts at a solo career compared to Cheryl’s continual flourishing career must be a sore point. It was reported that whilst out in a New York bar last week she said “I have more talent in my little finger. Why would I be jealous of a failure?” and that Cheryl had “got way too big for her boots.” Jeez, don’t hold back Nadine!
Anyway, I’m sure we will see them return as the force that is Girls Aloud at some point and all will be forgotten. We are glad to have you back out of the shadows Cheryl and can’t wait to see what you are going to do next!!!


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Gonna start looking more professional for clients and meetings. I am always told they don’t care how i dress because they’re happy to have someone talented like me with them. But apparently they have to explain to people who haven’t met me why I’m allowed to dress however i want by showing them my work. So I’m gonna mix it up a little and surprise my clients a tad more. Enjoy :D

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Has the pain from your past crushed you into thinking you've failed at everything?
I used to think I never would amount to anything...That I was doomed to fail at everything because I couldn't even get myself out of bed to do the simplest of things.
Even just going to the store to buy groceries felt like I was climbing Mount Everest. Have you ever felt this way? Have you ever had big goals in life, but then were unable to take action on them because of your trauma or PTSD?
If you have, my heart goes out to you...Because having a big goal and not being able to make progress on it is one of the most painful things on the planet.
If you've ever struggled with this I have a message you NEED to hear.
The truth is that you're NOT a failure, you've just gone through a lot and are in a lot of pain. That's not your fault. We just need to start reframing what success looks like and start making little steps forward...because those little steps will add up and one day you'll look back in amazement with how far you've come.
You're never too broken, you're not a failure, and you're not alone.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers tonight.
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Hi everybody, Brad Schipke here and today I have another very important message that I want to tell you that I want to share with you.
Because I hear it all the time, and I had it myself in my own life. People who have PTSD who have gone through so much trauma, feel that they are just complete failures. And that's just not the truth, you're not a failure, you haven't failed at anything, you've just gone through something extremely, extremely hard, you're in a lot of pain.
And that's not your fault. You're not failing, I used to think I was the biggest failure, biggest loser in the world. And I just remember being in my basement, at my rock bottom, and I probably put on 2030 pounds, I couldn't hold a job.
I had all these big goals of starting a business and growing into this massive enterprise. And I couldn't take any constructive steps to get there. I just remember waking up morning after morning after morning, and not wanting to face the day, it was just too painful to wake up to get up to do anything.
Even just getting out of bed to take a shower felt like I was climbing Mount Everest, I felt like it was like this big, impossible job because I had this huge massive weight, just on my chest and on my shoulders. From all the pain I went through in my past, and you know that wears you down.
When you go through days and days and weeks, and months and years of wanting these big goals and not being able to take action to achieve them, that wears you down to the point where you start believing that those big goals aren't for you in the first place, that maybe you aren't really cut out for this or you're not made for or that those that life just isn't for you anymore, because you're broken, you're a failure, you're a loser. And none of that is possible for you.
But I'm here today to tell you that that's not true. It's just a bunch of crap. It's a bunch of crap that we believe. And it's not that you're a failure. It's not that you've, you know, you've failed on all these things, or that you're a loser that you can't do these things, it's that you've been through an immense amount of pain, you've been through so much trauma.
And you're not affiliate, you're just hurt, you're just hurt. That's it. And what you need right now isn't more pressure. Is it more self talk, telling you how bad you are, or how much of a failure you are thinking about all the things that you've, you know, failed on all the people you've let down, I know what that feels like. And that is soul crushing. You don't need any more of that.
You need love, you need understanding. You need to look at yourself from a different perspective and see you as you would see one of your loved ones in the same experience.
Because I guarantee you that you would not say the things you say to yourself to someone you love, who's experiencing exactly. Who was if they were experiencing exactly what you're experiencing right now.
You will tell them, Hey, it's okay, you're gonna get through this. And no matter what it takes, I'm here every step of the way, right by your side, to love you to support you, and to push you to get there.
But instead of doing that for ourselves, we tell ourselves that we're loser, that we're failure, that we'll never get this. But that's just not the case. So you need to become your own best friend, your own best lover, your own best cheerleader, whatever that is to you. That inner self talk is so vital during these moments of hardship.
And what are you saying to yourself? What are you saying it to yourself, maybe you're not even aware of the mental patterns or the mental loops that you keep going down again, and again and again, and you're just driving that, that screw deeper.
You're just driving that belief deeper and deeper and deeper into yourself. Every time you repeat those thoughts. And that's where it starts to change. You start becoming aware of when you have those negative loops, and you start making the intentional choice to switch that that intentional choice to interpret your situation differently. Because your situation is the way it is that's the reality, but it's the way that we interpret reality that affects us.
And that interpretation is up to you. How are you going to interpret your scenario? Are you going to interpret everything that's happened to you and come to the conclusion that you're a failure, you'll never do anything right and you'll never amount to anything. That's what a lot of people do.
But that's just one interpretation. And your input interpretation can be changed. You can reinterperet your life, to look at it from the lens of, hey, I've just gone through something extremely, extremely hard. And that's okay. I need to be patient with myself, I need to love myself, I need to look at see wins in different arenas.
So like, when I was back hurting so much, I was like, Okay, if I am not taking action, if I'm not working 10 to 12 hours a day, on my job on my dream on my business, then I'm a failure, that was my benchmark for success. Right? Maybe what's your benchmark, right? Like? Where are you setting that where it's like, okay, if I do this, then I'm, I'm a success. If I do anything less than this, then I'm an absolute failure piece of shit that will never amount to anything.
Right? That's, that's, that's how we talk to ourselves, right? It's like we set these bars that are really just arbitrary in the first place. And then we're like, if we don't achieve this, then we're nothing, we're dirt.
What is that bar for you. And what you need to do is you need to lower that. And I like I like, there's part of me that hates that. And I'm not saying lower the bar, in your overall dreams or goals. Keep your overall vision and your goals high. But you need to lower your bar to be like, what's a win and what isn't? What constitutes I had a great day today.
And whatever not, but really, it comes down to what, what is progress. What is a win for me in this moment. Because wins can look differently regard or depending on where you are in your recovery journey. In the very beginning, a wind could be I got up this morning, I took a shower, I went for a walk, I meditated, I watched a video, that can be a win. But we don't realize that we don't see that in our life, we don't see that, hey, I did something good for me. And that's progress for me.
But a lot of times we don't. We don't give ourselves credit. where credit's due. So what you need to start doing is celebrating yourself for the smallest of wins.
And they seem small, but they really are huge. And you want to start shifting your mindset to be looking for those things automatically. And what I want you to do right now reflect on your day right now, wherever you are, what is one win that you had today, something in the past that you may have looked at and then like that's not a big deal. But then reinterpreting your life, your situation where you are right now, to look back on that and be like, that's a win. That's a massive win for me. And then actually taking a second to close your eyes. And take that in.
I want you to do that. What is one win? And something that I highly, highly recommend everybody do every one of our clients, everyone that we meet, is write down three wins that you had in that day. And it doesn't matter how small. But what that does, it starts to rewire your brain to start looking for wins for progress in areas that you haven't seen before. And you wouldn't believe the difference that that small practice makes just looking.
How did I? What did I do? Well today, right? How often do you look at my friend? I did it I did a good job today. How often do you like give yourself credit or give yourself a pat on the back for anything? We're so harsh on ourselves, You're so harsh on yourself, and you don't need to start becoming aware of that internal roommate, that person that's always in your head always talking? What are they saying?
Are they saying good things are the same that next and whether or not that dialogue changes is 100%. Up to you. This work comes down to you on a moment by moment basis. And by creating systems and processes to help yourself stay consistent by having that nightly routine where you write down those three wins.
Or by having that nightly routine about writing down those gratitudes. That's another practice that we have all of our clients do writing down five gratitudes three wins every single day. In that small practice will change your life.
Because it's all about changing the way that you perceive yourself and your situation. So what I want to leave you with today's you're not a failure, you haven't failed. You haven't done anything wrong. You're in a lot of pain you need to reframe your life. You need to reframe progress. What does progress look like for you? You need to celebrate that progress each and every day. Look for it. Look for right now. Where are you making progress in your life because you're making progress.
You're just not crediting yourself for that progress. So look for the progress. Know that you're not broken, know that you're not a failure. Know that you can do this. And with every little win that you see in your life, you're going to notice
Hey, that's progress. And you're going to start to believe more and more that recovery from all this pain is possible but it starts with the smallest of wins. So focus on those small wins and they will become bigger and bigger and bigger. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, hit that subscribe button, and I will see you later.

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We currently have 282 stations registered for Jamboree on the Air. Of those, just over 100 are planning to participate in the JOTA Jump Start on Friday evening. This is an unofficial early start to JOTA since so many stations will be at a camp out starting on Friday evening. So get on the air early and often throughout the JOTA weekend.
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Hello everyone! We are English Time, including afternoon classes 1, 2, and 3!
Our Fun Week for the month of July included a new board game, ABC Life!
It was so fun to color, a lot of us tried to make it very colorful! There were lots of letters, and the pictures were just like our phonics flashcards!
We had to choose one shape on the board as our own. Then we got to cut it with scissors, carefully of course.
“Are we done? Let’s play together!”
“What number did you roll?”
“What letter is that?”
“Do you know this phonics gesture?”
Everyone got really into playing.
After such a serious game, we needed a break to run around! Our special Game of the Month was “What Time is it, Mr. Wolf?”
The teachers were the wolf, and we asked them for a number.
“It’s 4 o’clock!”
How close will we walk?
“It’s… Lunch Time!”
This Fun Week was really fun, and all of your teachers are really happy to have you with them.
Good job, English Time! You’re welcome to play your games with your family at home, too! Maybe you can win your ABC Life game with them, or you can catch your parents when you count for “What Time is it, Mr. Wolf”. Keep doing your best, and let’s have fun together in your next class too!

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Week of Reflection. Since I’m feeling inspirational today I wanted to talk about one of my favorite non-profit organizations. I donate to a wide variety of charitable organizations, mostly environmental and wildlife. This is one of the only people centered organizations I give to. Why this one?
The vision is that we actually believe these things…
We live in a difficult world, a broken world. We believe that everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know that you’re not alone in the places you feel stuck.
We all wake to the human condition. We wake to mystery and beauty but also to tragedy and loss. We know that pain is very real. It is our privilege to suggest that hope is real, and that help is real.
You need to know that rescue is possible, that freedom is possible. We’re seeing lives change as people get the help they need. People sitting across from a counselor for the first time. People stepping into treatment. In desperate moments, people calling a suicide hotline. We know that the first step to recovery is the hardest to take. We want to say here that it’s worth it, that your life is worth fighting for, that it’s possible to change.
Beyond treatment, we believe that community is essential, that people need other people, that we were never meant to do life alone.
The vision is that community and hope and help would replace secrets and silence.
The vision is that we can reduce the suicide rate in America and around the world.
The vision is that we would learn what it means to love our friends, and that we would love ourselves enough to get the help we need.
The vision is better endings. The vision is people finding life, finding freedom, finding love. The vision is people breaking cycles, making change.
The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead.
The vision is the possibility that we’re more loved than we’ll ever know.
The vision is hope, and hope is real.
You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.
That’s straight from their Vision on the site. They have some great Facts about Depression, Addiction, Self-Injury, and Suicide as well.
I never cover my scars with this, but I write it between them, above them, around them, over and under my family tattoo. It’s silly but I love it.
It should be pretty obvious why I relate to this particular organization, having struggled with and continuing to fight, against all of these issues. While a lot of what I write in this blog is about how tumultuous and sad/angry/hurt I often feel. About the facts, statistics, and issues of Borderline Personality Disorder… My goal is to educate. To understand the label of BPD and see past it, to see the person Beyond the Borderline Personality. In knowledge comes understanding. In understanding comes hope. With hope there is the possibility for a better life. A life worth living.


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A singer-songwriter with a powerful voice, Rachel Platten has been playing music since the age of five. Over decades, this classically trained pianist has taken inspiration from songwriters in pop, hip-hop, R&B, and alt-rock to find her own musical voice. Her breakout single, “Fight Song,” became an international hit, and her debut album, “Wildfire,” introduced the world to even more of her personal brand of songwriting. In concert, Platten’s live renditions of other favorites like “Stand By You” and “1,000 Ships” impress fans, while her down-to-earth personality shines through on stage. If you have any questions about purchasing Rachel Platten tickets in our marketplace, reach us by calling 866.848.8499 or connecting to Live Chat.
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Storm dynamics orographic kinematics and naturally emitted aerosols conspire to create a natural cloud seeding environment over California
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The precipitation from a US West Coast winter storm grows in a complex system. To attempt to quantify the effect of changing aerosol properties on precipitation from such storms, we have conducted a model sensitivity experiment using two case studies from February 2011 over Northern and Central California. The storm from each case was simulated using the Weather Research and Forecast model with Spectral Bin Microphysics which has been modified to allow for aerosol chemistry and surface area sensitive ice nucleation. Each storm contains a strong baroclinic zone which marks a discontinuity in upper-layer long range transported aerosol source. We will present evidence herein which suggests that the baroclinic zone discontinuity in aerosol source is common in West Coast winter storms and may have profound impacts on the growth of precipitation in orographic post-frontal clouds. To isolate the change in aerosol source from the meteorology, we have simulated the time period before and after a cold front transits our model domain in two configurations. In the first, the temporal evolution of aerosol chemistry, size, concentration and vertical location follows that observed by aircraft during an intensive field phase, during which elevated layers containing ice-nuclei active dust and biological aerosols were observed after a cold front. In the second configuration, the aerosol properties approximate those observed during the pre-frontal period and remain constant throughout the simulation. Simulated cloud and precipitation properties are validated using data from a continuous flow diffusion chamber, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, and cooperative raingauge stations. We find that introducing an elevated dust and biological aerosol layer immediately after cold front transit increases post-frontal hourly precipitation rates by 23 percent. Greater increases are found when near surface winds are westerly and temperatures are cold. The frequency of clouds with top pressure less than 400 hPa increases dramatically. Analyses of water phase segregation and cloud particle size distributions suggest that cloud microphysical processes other than ice nucleation respond to the proliferation of ice-nuclei active aerosol particles, and are primarily responsible for the precipitation rate increase.


Trump Gets Supreme Court Victory As Judges Allow Immigrant Detention
The Supreme Court has given Donald Trump an important victory by endorsing the US government’s authority to detain immigrants waiting to be deported at any time, even years after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions.
The 5-4 ruling saw the court’s conservative justices overcoming liberal dissent, and essentially allowing US immigration enforcement to detain such immigrants indefinitely and at any time.
In writing the majority ruling, justice Samuel Alito left open the possibility individual immigrants could challenge the law on constitutional grounds should they be detained long after serving their criminal sentence.
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He wrote that the ruling was not intended for “extreme” situations in which immigrants had left prison many years before and gone on to lead productive and law-abiding lives.
But, mirroring concerns expressed by conservative justices during oral arguments that detention manpower and resources can be limited when an individual is released, he said it was ridiculous to expect Department of Homeland Security officials to “turn into pumpkins” just because an ex-con immigrant is released.
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Justice Stephen Breyer, in his dissent, questioned whether Congress “meant to allow the government to apprehend persons years after their release from prison and hold them indefinitely without a bail hearing” when writing the law in question.
Mr Breyer continued, warning from the bench that the majority’s decision gives too much power to the federal government.
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“It is a power to detain persons who committed a minor crime many years before,” he said. “And it is a power to hold those persons, perhaps for many months, without any opportunity to obtain bail.”
The Trump administration had argued a lower court ruling that immigrants would undermine the US government’s ability to deport immigrants who had committed crimes,
The case involved two legal US residents who filed separate lawsuits in 2013, a Cambodian immigrant and a Palestinian.
The Cambodian immigrant, Mony Preap, had been convicted previously for marijuana possession. The Palestinian immigrant, Bassam Yusuf Khoury, was previously convicted of attempting to manufacture a controlled substance.
The US law in question allows the government to detain immigrants indefinitely during their deportation proceedings, and without a bond hearing, after completing prison sentences.


Acoustic Africa: African Guitar Stars in Concert at UCLA's Royce Hall
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Spend the day enjoying the luck of the Irish with traditional food, Guinness and other tasty brews, stages featuring Irish rock, traditional Celtic music and classic rock 'n' roll, and an arts and crafts section. Children can have a blast acting like knights in the medieval Kids' Castle, and the entire family can learn to dance the Irish Stew and speak a few Gaelic phrases. Fill up on a hot shepherd's pie and a cold glass of Dale Bros. Brewery's Shameless McDale -- and you might even take home a prize or two from one of the many contests. Learn More
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Fabulous concert. Mystic and spiritual sounds of Habib Koite and Afel Bocoum were unforgettable. How is it possible to layer 5 to 6 melodies on top of each other and maintain a comprehensible blend of rhythms? Remarkable. And what can anyone say about Olive Mtukudzi. Genius!
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This musical journey focuses on the richness of the African guitar tradition. The evening will include performances by Malian superstar Habib Koité, whose exciting concerts have endeared him to audiences worldwide, Oliver Mtukudzi, the best-selling artist in his home country of Zimbabwe, and Afel Bocoum, a guitarist, singer and composer from Mali whose songs evoke the evolution of traditional Malian society. With more than 75 years of experience between them, Koité, Mtukudzi and Bocoum converge to create a breathtaking blend of styles, traditions and influences.


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I suppose if I were to "illustrate" It would look like this (above). This is from this last year at RISDI ran into a friend today who mentioned my personal paintings . He observed that maybe we replay events from out past, over and over again to get past the reoccurring guilt.
It's very hard for me to illustrate. I'm not sure that people completely understand why since I did major in Illustration (It's a long story). I've always felt more like a painter, because of my personal pursuits and ideas. Many of my illustrator friends fit in well and are getting jobs successfully, because they are GOOD (GREAT in fact) at what they do. If I were to illustrate, I would need some kind of edgy outlet. Like Tim Burton-esque. Or angsty stuff.
I wouldn't say that I make these paintings because of guilt. Most likely, it's part of it because there's a guilt that comes with things unsaid, and undone obviously. I am certain I would feel even more guilty if I stopped pursuing these paintings all together because they're too gloomy. I think it's okay to relish in melancholy from time to time.
What it comes down to is: I need to make these paintings. Not just because I'm angry, sad or hurt. But because there's something to learn from them. With every memory comes an image in my head that I need to make. And with every one there's hope of healing.


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By Dani Kass (March 9, 2022, 3:57 p.m. EST) — The location of independent auto dealerships cannot be used to justify the location of patent litigation against automakers, the Federal Circuit said Wednesday, reversing the U.S. District Judge Alan Albright for the first time in months.
The Federal Circuit has granted mandamus motions filed by Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and Hyundai Motor America, which are both facing patent litigation in the Western District of Texas brought by StratosAudio Inc. The case brought that when Volkswagen and Hyundai sell their cars to independent dealers, they have no control over the sales, the Federal Circuit’s previous notice states.
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text: Depression in childhood, as in adulthood occurs as a function of one of several issues. Depression may stem from a family inherited genetic propensity. It may occur in reaction to the occurrence or anticipated difficult event or it may result as a bi-product of another medical treatment. In any event, depression reduces the amount of information the child is able to take in and process. It saps the child of mental energy and it robs the child of any enthusiasm the child would otherwise have about life. It may involve sleeping a great deal or difficulty sleeping, over eating or loss of appetite. It may also involve lethargy or disruptive behavior. Focus and attention may become difficult for a child that is depressed. It is as a result of these symptoms that child depression is frequently confused with ADHD. The depression may be long and lingering or it may be immobilizing. In either case, it should be addressed through counseling. The depressed child is likely to have a great many feelings about life that they are reluctant to address. They frequently find that their behavior is simply prohibitive and is likely to result in the loss of closeness in relationships. Children, like adults, must fight their way through depression in order to recover. Counseling becomes a critical element in this recovery as encouragement, interpretation of confusing behaviors and ongoing support become critical for not only the child but for the family. At times, medication is useful in a child recovering from depression. As stated above, depression is at times a side effect of other medical issues or treatments. This is particularly true in the treatment of cancer, the occurrence of hypothyroidism and the management of seizure disorder to name a few. The counselor in these situations will work in a consultative fashion with the medical providers as well as with the child and family.

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INTIMAS SUCULENCIAS. Tratado filosófico de cocina. by ESQUIVEL, Laura ( Ciudad de México) and a great selection of similar Used, New and Collectible. Íntimas suculencias has 25 ratings and 3 reviews. Dany said: Se trata más de una autobiografía, ensayo. Recopilación de las columnas que Laura Esquive. User Review – Flag as inappropriate. Una desilución. Después de la pasión puesta de manifiesto en “Como agua para chocolate”, esta recopilación de historias.
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Helena rated it really liked it Jan 11, Love both familial and romantic is passed through cooking. I rarely read short stories, but this was a compilation of thoughts, feelings and no stories.
Esquivel believes that food is one of the roots of Mexican Between Two Fires is a charming collection of Laura Esquivel’s thoughts on the intersection of food, culture and the modern world, which are illustrated with these quirky drawings about Mexican life. Open Preview See a Problem? Check copyright status Cite this Title Intimas suculencias: The recipes were an added bonus, I could almost taste them as I read.
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Early in their treatment most patients with formal eating disorders have a gross misunderstanding of the meaning of “body image”. These patients are aware that the term refers to how the body is viewed, but the method for altering poor body image is imagined to be changing the body. When patients understand that it is the distortions in the mind that require change they often feel discouraged. Anything contrary to a loathsome view of their bodies is what these patients view as distorted. Patients experience such negativity as objective truth that negates competing sources of self-evaluation.
Worsening their dilemma is the cycle of futility created by patients’ belief in an inferior body co-existing with, and reinforced by an obsessive pursuit of impossible physical perfection. This cycle is difficult to interrupt because both the pursuit of perfection and the belief in physical inferiority are driven by a deeply held assumption that appearance, weight, and shape are inextricably linked to self-worth. Patients’ self reports often indicate acknowledgment of accomplishments, talents, intelligence, creativity, compassion, and other aspects of personal value. However, these are seen as inconsequential compared to the value of appearance. Multitudinous evidence of personal value is summarily dismissed because the patient believes her true standard of worth (her body) is sub-standard. She believes that her worth would be proven if only her body were perfect; and because that perfection is hopelessly elusive, her value is unalterably undermined.
Images of idealized female beauty are marketed as the normal and desired standard, and are virtually inescapable in our media saturated culture. Exposure to this relentless urging to pursue unreal physical perfection and thinness is thought to detrimentally influence the self-esteem of most girls and women. Indeed, evidence suggests that the non-clinical population experiences significant and persistent body dissatisfaction. A research summary from the Social Issues Research Centre cites a study indicating that 81% of girls had already dieted by the age of ten. The centre also cites recent research indicating an increase in body dissatisfaction among adolescent and middle-aged males, attributed in part to increased presentations of unrealistic images of male beauty.
Among the clinical population, most, but not all patients with eating disorders suffer from distorted body image, according to a study in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The authors suggested that, if replicated, their findings might indicate a need for revision of the DSM diagnostic criteria for formal eating disorders, which currently include body image distortion. That said, while many women with normal eating habits adopt a critical stance toward their bodies, and not all persons with eating disorders suffer from extreme body image distortions, it is rare in our clinic to see a patient who does not suffer more than the average person from distorted body image. Rita Carter in her book Mapping the Mind states, “anorexics…may have impaired hypothalamic function”, positing that “limbic area dysfunction is increasingly seen to play a part in eating disorders”. Carter also names cultural influences as culpable in patients’ distorted body images. “An anorexic’s ambition to be thinner-than-thin, or the bulimic’s determination to prevent their body from absorbing what they have eaten, are conceived in the conscious part of the brain and clearly have a lot to do with the way that a person thinks.” Carter suggests that eating disorders are open to interventions that address both physiological disturbances and mental distortions.
Mental distortions are addressed in Walker Wellness Clinic’s body image groups for adolescents and adults with evidence-based interventions based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy methods and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Patients are shown how to reduce anxiety and loosen the grip of negative beliefs by distancing themselves from distorted thoughts and overwhelming emotions. Patients then become more open to exploring and disputing negative self-talk and other self-defeating habits. The resulting glimpse of a more affirming relationship with the body introduces a sense of hope; and hope becomes the patient’s strongest ally in exchanging a sense of futility for the will to continue the arduous process of body image alteration.


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Pakistani Filmmaker’s Qandeel Baloch-Inspired Film Makes It To Cannes Festival
Pakistani-Nigerian filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal’s film ‘Wakhri’ has made it to the Cannes Festival.
The filmmaker’s production made it to a fast track finance program at the prestigious film festival. She made it to the Cinefondation’s Atelier programme which features around 15 top directors from all over the world.
“Cinefondation Latelier is a curated official selection program of Cannes where 15 directors from the world are invited to a seven-day intensive fast track finance program,” she said while talking to Dawn Images, adding that the general manager of the program had seen her film in one of the festivals and had been tracking her ever since.
Wakhri is a film about an accidental social media star who learns the harsh cost of wearing masks in the real world that deals with themes like “hypocrisy, trolling and the ultimate empowerment of self”. Wakhri is inspired by the great Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian, who was brutally murdered in 2016 by her brother in an “honor killing”.
About the film, Irum added that for the past few years, she has seen a rise in social media trolling and campaigning against female figures of authorities, for example, actors, politicians, journalists etc and through her film she wants to highlight that.
She also thanked colleagues for their support in the project. “It has been an honour for Abid Merchant, the producer, and I to be in the company of our esteemed colleagues.”


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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is one of the most common knee injuries in sport (30). Most patients undergo surgical reconstruction as a means to reestablish static knee stability (29). Unfortunately, ACL reconstruction and traditional rehabilitation do not restore lower extremity joint mechanics (3,14), creating a scenario in which there is greater risk for ACL reinjury (37) and early-onset osteoarthritis (3,28). Specifically, during level ground walking and jump-landing tasks, patients with reconstructed ACL who have been cleared for full physical activity demonstrate reduced peak knee flexion angles (27) and smaller peak extension moments (16,27) in concert with excessive knee abduction moments (8). Biomechanical alterations have also been observed proximal to the knee, with patients with ACL injury experiencing decreased hip flexion (14,19) and increased hip adduction (19) angles. Sagittal and frontal plane alterations in hip biomechanics during gait may lead to aberrant loads at the knee joint, creating a mechanism thought to lead to the onset and progression of posttraumatic osteoarthritis (3).
Given that posttraumatic knee joint degeneration is hypothesized to develop from chronic and consistent abnormal joint loading (3), it seems plausible that abnormal biomechanics during daily tasks have prominent and detrimental long-term consequences on knee joint health. Few articles have assessed biomechanical adaptations of patients with ACL injury during more challenging activities of daily living, such as stair ambulation. Stair walking is known to produce larger joint angles and moments compared with level ground walking, indicating that ascending and descending stairs are more biomechanically demanding tasks (2,39). Limited data suggest that individuals with reconstructed ACL, specifically those greater than 1 yr after surgery and cleared for full physical participation, ambulate stairs with less flexed (20) and more abducted knee joints (18). This shift in knee joint position likely affects the location of tibiofemoral joint contact area (3), which could be detrimental to long-term joint health by creating an abnormal load distribution on the articular cartilage (3). Although data that separately examine biomechanical alterations in patients with ACL injury or reconstructed ACL exist (18,20,46), there remains a paucity of evidence that longitudinally evaluates changes in biomechanics throughout the injury process, specifically during stair walking. Data generated during level ground walking indicate that biomechanical adaptations occur early in the injury process and can progress in the years after surgery (15). Understanding how these biomechanical alterations progress throughout the course of injury and reconstruction can help identify biomechanical risk factors that could lead to the progression of joint degeneration. Furthermore, identifying deleterious biomechanics early in the injury process could help guide presurgery therapeutic programs, such as early gait retraining, to counter these abnormalities.
As such, the primary purpose of this investigation was to longitudinally evaluate peak sagittal and frontal plane knee and hip joint angles and moments, joint angles at initial contact, and joint excursions during stair ascent and descent in patients with acute ACL injury, and again at a time when these individuals returned to activity after reconstruction. It was our hypothesis that patients with ACL injury would ambulate stairs with more extended knee and hip joints before surgery, demonstrate smaller knee extension moments, and use less sagittal plane knee joint motion in the injured limb compared with that in the uninjured limb and healthy controls. Furthermore, as patients with ACL injury have demonstrated alterations in level ground walking gait and jump-landing biomechanics upon return to sport participation (8,16,27), we anticipated that these alterations during stair walking would persist and also be present when they were cleared for unrestricted activity.
Twenty patients who had sustained a unilateral, primary ACL rupture, confirmed by physician examination and magnetic resonance imaging, were recruited from the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University Medical Center (Table 1). Patients with ACL injury reported no history of orthopedic surgery or major musculoskeletal injury in either lower extremity limbs. After reconstruction, all patients were entered into a standardized rehabilitation protocol by the orthopedic surgeon and physical therapy clinic of the University Medical Center (see Document, Supplemental Digital Content 1, Standardized ACL rehabilitation protocol, http://links.lww.com/MSS/A558).
Twenty healthy control participants free of any history of major lower extremity musculoskeletal joint injury or surgery and lower extremity musculoskeletal injury of any kind within the past 6 months were also recruited and demographically matched to patients with ACL injury using age, height, mass, and activity level. Patient activity level was evaluated using the Tegner score, and self-reported function was assessed via the international knee documentation committee (IKDC) form (Table 1). The biomedical institutional review board approved this study, and all participants provided written informed consent before enrolment.
This longitudinal, case–control investigation involved two testing sessions: presurgery (after injury but before reconstruction) and 6 months postsurgery (cleared by physician for unrestricted activity). The two testing sessions for healthy participants were separated by an average of 27.7 ± 1.4 wk (Table 1). All outcomes were collected bilaterally in both groups, with limbs of the healthy group being matched to those of the ACL group on the basis of limb dominance. Limb dominance was determined by asking the patient which limb they would prefer to use to kick a ball (23).
Lower extremity joint mechanics were evaluated during stair ambulation using a 12-camera Eagle motion capture system (Motion Analysis Corp., Santa Rosa, CA) and an AMTI OR5-6 force plate (dimensions, 50.8 × 50.8 × 8.25 cm; Advanced Motion Technology, Inc., Watertown, MA). Before collection, participants were equipped with 35 retroreflective markers (bilateral acromioclavicular joints, anterior superior iliac spines, posterior superior iliac spines, iliac crests, greater trochanters, anterior thigh, medial and lateral femoral condyles, proximal, lateral and anterior shanks, medial and lateral malleoli, dorsal navicular, second metatarsal head, base of the fifth metatarsal, posterior calcanei, and on cervical vertebra seven). After an initial static trial, participants performed five ascending trials and five descending trials for each limb on a custom-built four-stair staircase (rise, 17 cm; run, 25 cm). An 80-lb box (50 × 50 × 35 cm), separate from the rest of the staircase, was custom-fit to be positioned directly atop the force platform. To help avoid unwanted movement of the box, double-sided carpet tape was affixed to the force plate surface. The staircase had an opening to receive the box and allow it to serve as the second step but without contacting the rest of the staircase. The known weight of the box was accounted for in the calculation of ground reaction forces (1). To familiarize themselves with the task, participants were allowed two practice trials of both stair ascent and descent. Participants then performed each trial at a self-selected pace and were allowed adequate rest periods between each trial (Fig. 1). Gait speed was calculated by evaluating the velocity of the marker placed on cervical vertebra seven. Importantly, every trial was initiated from a standing position, in which the participant’s first step was a level ground step toward the staircase with either their left or right limb and their second step was a step up or down the staircase with the opposite limb.
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Cortex motion capture/processing software (version 188.8.131.522; Motion Analysis Corporation) was used for collecting and tracking all motion trials, and Visual 3D (version 4.0; C-Motion, Inc., Germantown, MD) software was used for postprocessing. A kinematic model consisting of seven skeletal segments (bilateral foot, shank and thigh segments, and pelvis) was created using the static trial (33). Lower limb joint rotations were defined on the basis of the initial static trial of each participant that was aligned with the three-dimensional laboratory coordinate system. Joint rotations during the stair task were calculated using the Cardan rotation sequence (12) and expressed relative to the static trial for each participant (32). Kinematic data were sampled at 200 Hz (22), and synchronized ground reaction force data were sampled at 2000 Hz and filtered using a fourth-order, zero-lag, low-pass Butterworth filter with a frequency cutoff of 6 Hz (22,35). Filtered kinematic and ground reaction force data were processed in the Visual 3D software using a standard inverse dynamics approach (45). Kinetic outputs were normalized to participant’s body height and mass (N·m·kg−1·m−1) and represented as internal moments (11).
Biomechanical data were time-normalized to 100% of the stance phase, with initial contact occurring when the limb of interest was in contact with the second step of the staircase and the vertical ground reaction force exceeded 10 N (32). Toe-off equated to the time when vertical ground reaction force fell below 10 N (32). Peak sagittal and frontal plane knee and hip joint angles and moments, joint angles at initial contact, and joint excursions (joint excursion = maximum joint angle – minimum joint angle) were obtained from the participant’s five individual trials of each task and averaged for analysis. Ensemble averages from the five ascending and five descending trials were calculated across stance for all rotations and moments and used to create biomechanical graphs for visual representation (Figs. 2 and 3) (33). Each graph was further partitioned into specific stages of stance phase: weight acceptance (WA), pull-up (PU), and forward continuance (FCN) for stair ascent and WA, FCN, and controlled lowering (CL) for stair descent. (31)
Independent t-tests were conducted to evaluate differences in demographic characteristics and gait speed during each task between groups. Separate 2 × 2 × 2 (group × time × limb) ANOVA tests were used to assess differences in peak sagittal and frontal plane knee and hip joint angles and moments, joint angles at initial contact, and joint excursions between the two groups (ACL and healthy) and two limbs (injured and uninjured) across the two time points of presurgery (average, 37.1 ± 15.3 d after injury) and 6 months after surgery (28.3 ± 2.9 wk after surgery). Where appropriate, Bonferroni post hoc multiple comparisons were performed using estimated marginal means. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS statistical software, version 21 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Alpha level was set a priori at P ≤ 0.05.
All 40 participants completed both sessions; therefore, all patients were available for the 6-month follow-up analysis. Patients with ACL injury reported lower IKDC scores compared with those reported by healthy controls. No other demographic differences were observed (Table 1). Gait speed did not differ between the ACL (ascent pre, 0.65 ± 0.10 m·s−1; ascent post, 0.68 ± 0.11 m·s−1; descent pre, 0.78 ± 0.11; descent post, 0.79 ± 0.09) and healthy groups (ascent pre, 0.67 ± 0.08 m·s−1; ascent post, 0.68 ± 0.06 m·s−1; descent pre, 0.79 ± 0.07; descent post, 0.80 ± 0.06; P > 0.05). Means and SD for all outcome variables can be found in Tables 2 and 3. Knee and hip biomechanical curves (angles and moments) across 100% stance can be viewed in Figures 2 and 3.
During stair descent, there were no differences for any frontal or sagittal plane joint angles at peak or at initial contact (P > 0.05) (Table 2).
There was a significant limb–group effect for sagittal plane knee joint excursions (F1,38 = 4.95; P = 0.03) during stair descent, with the ACL-injured limb using less sagittal plane knee motion than the ACL-uninjured limb regardless of time point (P = 0.04) (Table 2). There was a significant limb–group effect for peak knee extension moment (F1,38 = 3.45; P = 0.03). Specifically, the ACL-injured limb demonstrated smaller knee extension moments than the ACL-uninjured (P = 0.01), healthy matched injured, and healthy matched uninjured limbs (P = 0.04) regardless of time point (Table 2). Lastly, a significant group main effect for peak knee abduction moment (F1,38 = 6.75; P = 0.01) was observed during stair descent, with the ACL group demonstrating smaller peak knee abduction moments regardless of limb or time (P = 0.01).
During stair ascent, there was a significant limb–group–time effect for peak knee extension angle (F1,38 = 3.97; P = 0.05) and a significant limb–group effect for knee flexion angle at initial contact (F1,38 = 4.07; P = 0.05) (Table 3) Regardless of time, both the ACL-injured (P = 0.001) and uninjured limbs (P = 0.006) displayed less knee flexion angle at initial contact and also experienced greater peak extension angles than the matched injured (P = 0.005) and uninjured limbs (P = 0.03) of the healthy group. It should be noted that participants never achieved a position of knee extension during stair ascent; therefore, we operationally defined peak knee extension as the amount of knee flexion at the knee’s most extended position during that task and is represented as a negative value in Table 3 (18). A significant limb–group effect was also observed for sagittal plane knee joint excursion during ascent (F1,38 = 10.57; P = 0.002) (Table 3), with the ACL injured limb utilizing less total sagittal plane knee motion than the ACL-uninjured limb (P < 0.001) and both healthy matched limbs (Table 3, P = 0.002).
A significant limb–group effect was observed for peak knee extension moment (Table 3) (F1,38 = 4.87; P = 0.03), and it was discovered that the ACL-injured limb demonstrated smaller peak knee extension moments than the ACL-uninjured limb (P = 0.002) and both healthy matched limbs (P = 0.01) regardless of time (Table 3).
Lastly, significant group main effects were discovered for hip abduction angle at initial contact (F1,38 = 10.39; P = 0.003) and frontal plane hip joint excursions during stair ascent (F1,38 = 21.79; P < 0.001). The ACL group initiated stair ascent with more hip abduction (P = 0.003) and used more total frontal plane hip motion (P < 0.001) than the healthy group regardless of time and limb (Table 3).
We hypothesized that patients with ACL injury would ambulate stairs with more extended knee and hip joints before surgery, experience smaller knee extension moments, and use less sagittal plane knee joint motion in the injured limb compared with both the uninjured and healthy matched control limbs. We expected these alterations to persist when patients were cleared for unrestricted activity. Our hypothesis was partially confirmed, as individuals with ACL injury used less knee flexion bilaterally, at initial contact (WA), and at peak extension (which occurred during the FCN phase of stance) compared with healthy controls during stair ascent. These alterations were observed before surgery (37.1 ± 15.3 d after injury) and when these patients returned to unrestricted activity (28.3 ± 2.9 wk after surgery). We also observed smaller knee extension moments (occurring in the PU phase of stance during ascent and in the CL phase of descent) in the ACL-injured limb compared with the contralateral uninjured and healthy matched control limbs. Although we did not detect any differences in hip joint angles at peak or initial contact during stair descent, patients with ACL reconstruction contacted the stair using greater hip abduction bilaterally and used greater frontal plane hip motion than healthy controls during stair ascent.
Previous investigations have separately examined biomechanical alterations during stair walking in ACL-deficient (18) and ACL-reconstructed limbs (18,20,46) and have concluded that individuals with ACL injury ambulate stairs with less flexed (20) and more abducted knee joint angles (18). In the current study, we detected less flexed knee joints in ACL-injured limbs in the absence of kinematic alterations in the frontal plane during stair ascent. It is hypothesized that a shift in knee flexion angle likely affects the location of tibiofemoral joint contact (20). A shift in tibiofemoral contact pattern could be detrimental to long-term joint health, as this would lead to abnormal load distribution on the articular cartilage (3). As such, it seems plausible that cumulative effects of small alterations in knee joint flexion angles over time, whether it be at initial contact, peak, or through the entire range of motion, may have detrimental effects on knee joint degeneration. Clinically, however, it remains unclear how these relatively small alterations in knee flexion angle during WA (approximately 8° difference at initial contact) or throughout the entire stance phase (5° difference in sagittal plane knee excursion) contribute to posttraumatic knee joint degeneration. Notably, it should be highlighted that our data suggest these alterations in knee flexion angle occur mainly during stair ascent, which has been shown to be a more demanding biomechanical task than stair descent (39). Although this is the first investigation to longitudinally track patients across the recovery process after ACL injury, it is clear that more research is needed to fully understand the extent of these kinematic alterations and ultimately what effect they have on posttraumatic joint degeneration.
An interesting finding of this study was that patients with ACL injury used less sagittal plane knee joint range of motion throughout stance phase of stair ascent while experiencing greater frontal plane hip joint range of motion. Abnormal movement patterns at a joint have the potential to influence joint biomechanics both proximal and distal to the injury (19). It is likely that a decrease in sagittal plane knee joint motion initiates abnormal movement patterns proximal in the kinetic chain, ultimately affecting hip joint motion. Less sagittal plane knee excursion has also been observed during stair walking in patients with knee osteoarthritis (10), and others have demonstrated increased frontal plane hip motion in patients with reconstructed ACL during dynamic tasks (19). It is also plausible that increased strength at the hip played a role in allowing these patients to utilize more motion at the hip joint, creating a new strategy in which they were able to complete the task. Hip strengthening was a specific focus of the standard rehabilitation protocol that these patients completed, and although hip muscle strength measures were not recorded, increasing hip strength has been a strategy previously used by clinicians to help correct abnormal biomechanics following knee joint injury (17,38). In contrast, these alterations were also observed before surgery, and some data suggest that hip strength is not associated with hip and knee joint biomechanics during stair walking (7) (specifically in patellofemoral pain syndrome patients), making it unclear if the post-surgical rehabilitation positively affected hip biomechanics in the current set of patients. Therefore, it seems more likely that this reduction in sagittal plane knee motion and increase in frontal plane hip motion is a compensatory strategy in response to the ACL injury. Further, it is possible these alterations may contribute to the development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis overtime; however, more research is needed to determine the influence these biomechanical alterations have on the progression of joint degeneration.
Similar to previous investigations, we observed smaller knee joint extension moments in the ACL-injured limb as compared with those in the uninjured limb (20,46) and healthy individuals (18,46) during stair ambulation. This reduction in knee extension moment is thought to result from persistent deficits in quadriceps strength that are commonly observed in patients with injured and reconstructed ACL (25). Weakness of the muscle causes a decrease in the patient’s ability to produce enough quadriceps force to eccentrically control the limb through the entire range of motion (3). Furthermore, smaller moments in the involved limb may develop because of planned biomechanical adaptations, where the individual with ACL injury attempts to reduce stress on the injured joint and avoid painful movements related to compressive forces (41). Previous investigations have observed reduced knee joint moments at times of greater than 1 yr after reconstruction (20,24,26,46), and this is the first investigation to identify these alterations both before and after reconstruction in the same cohort of patients. Therefore, it is likely that changes in knee joint function developed in response to the acute ACL rupture and that reconstructive surgery and traditional rehabilitation do not appear to restore normal biomechanics during daily tasks in these patents. However, this investigation was not prospective in nature, and therefore, we cannot conclude whether these biomechanical alterations were present before, and potentially contributed to, the ACL injury in the current patients. Although recent evidence suggests that baseline movement patterns are altered after injury and reconstruction (19), further work in the area of ACL injury risk and prevention should aim to prospectively evaluate lower extremity biomechanics during a variety of tasks.
Investigators continue to discover (20,46) higher joint moments in the uninjured ACL limb, which seems to warrant the investigation into rates of contralateral ACL injury and posttraumatic osteoarthritis of the contralateral limb. The unloading of the injured joint, whether due to quadriceps weakness or pain avoidance, may place undue stress on the contralateral limb, creating a scenario for injury on the uninvolved limb. Rates of osteoarthritis in the contralateral limb are not investigated as regularly as posttraumatic osteoarthritis in the injured limb; however, rates of contralateral limb osteoarthritis are reported to be approximately 20%–30% (5,34), which is significantly less frequent than reports of ipsilateral posttraumatic osteoarthritis (50%–60%) (5). Although instinctively counterintuitive, it has been suggested that the unloading observed in the injured limb may actually contribute to these high rates of osteoarthritis, as unloading previously loaded articular cartilage may negatively affect joint health by changing the biochemical composition of the cartilage and compromise its structure (4,9). Similarly, less is known regarding the rates of contralateral ACL rupture, however reported rates of contralateral ACL injury range from 5% to 30% (21,37,40). It is also important to note that knee joint asymmetry is suggested to contribute to secondary ACL rupture (37) and posttraumatic osteoarthritis (36). The asymmetrical shift in biomechanics after injury and reconstruction may ultimately negatively affect joint health and stability in these patients. More research is needed to understand the clinical meaning of patients with ACL injury shifting joint loads to the uninvolved limb and how this adaptation ultimately affects bilateral long-term joint health.
Although the return to high-level dynamic activities on a reconstructed, but not normal, knee may increase loads on the knee joint that over time can lead to joint degeneration and osteoarthritis (3,42), little is known regarding the cumulative effects of small biomechanical alterations that are potentially adopted during activities of daily living, such as level ground walking and stair ambulation. Our patients with ACL injury experienced biomechanical differences from healthy controls before surgery, potentially indicating that these alterations develop early in the injury process. Furthermore, traditional reconstructive surgery and therapeutic rehabilitation did not restore these biomechanical alterations to normal levels. This is in agreement with previous investigations evaluating level ground walking, which found early biomechanical responses to injury (15). The lack of any gait retraining or biofeedback interventions during the current rehabilitation protocol stands out as areas in which further consideration is warranted to help correct these abnormal gait patterns. Therefore, it is possible that patients may benefit from early, presurgery gait retraining interventions to correct abnormal gait adaptations before they become permanent movement patterns. Gait retraining programs have shown varying levels of success in patients with reconstructed ACL (13); however, it is possible that after reconstruction, poor biomechanical strategies have already been adopted. Therefore, clinicians may have better success instituting gait retraining interventions before surgery and training with a variety of low- and high-demanding activities, to help limit the development of deleterious biomechanical strategies. However, gait retraining interventions alone may not restore normal biomechanics and may need to be supplemented with neuromuscular control and strengthening programs to help combat the deficits in muscle function common in this population. Furthermore, outside of advancements in therapeutic rehabilitation, improvements in surgical procedures must also be evaluated in an attempt to minimize joint and limb asymmetry in both structure and function.
One limitation of this investigation is that biomechanics were only captured during the second step of stair ascent or descent. It is possible that movement patterns further up or down that staircase (i.e., the 10th step) may be different from those during the participant’s second step. Similarly, previous research has demonstrated that a participant’s starting position during stair walking tasks can influence joint biomechanics in healthy populations and that initiating stair ascent or descent from a walking position may create greater joint moments and powers (43,44). The current study only used one starting position (standing with an initial step); however, it remains possible that the biomechanics of patients with ACL injury may be more or less affected when initiating stair ascent/descent from a walk. Future research is needed to understand the influence that starting position has on joint biomechanics during stair walking in populations with ACL injury. Another limitation is that our biomechanical model did not have a trunk segment. As such, we did not account for movement of the trunk during these tasks. It is possible that patients with ACL injury adopted a strategy in which they altered trunk movement patterns to limit changes in their lower extremity. Recent evidence has determined that excessive lateral trunk flexion is a possible biomechanical strategy adopted by patients with reconstructed ACL (6). Accordingly, future research would benefit from evaluating trunk movement during stair ascent and descent.
Patients with ACL injury used less knee flexion bilaterally at initial contact and at peak compared with healthy controls during stair ascent, with less sagittal plane knee joint excursions. We also observed that regardless of time point, the ACL-injured limb experienced smaller knee extension moments compared with the contralateral uninjured and healthy matched control limbs. Importantly, biomechanical alterations were observed before surgery and persisted when patients were cleared for unrestricted activity. Therefore, patients may benefit from early gait retraining interventions. More research is needed to understand the effect of biomechanical alterations during activities of daily living on the development of posttraumatic osteoarthritis after ACL injury.
No conflicts of interest or sources of funding were declared by the authors of this article. The results of the present study do not constitute endorsement by the American College of Sports Medicine.
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