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While you run on slopes the running gait changes. Depending on whether you are running uphill or downhill the point of impact changes on the foot. Before we learn about how the gait of a runner changes depending upon incline lets us gain a rudimentary understanding of the different sections of the foot and how they strike the ground during running. Running Uphill When running uphill, the point of impact on the foot goes slightly ahead, from the mid-foot towards the fore-foot....

How Allergies Cause a Runny Nose A runny nose can be caused by exposure to any allergen, including foods you might be allergic to. However, the most common allergy-related causes of runny nose are allergic rhinitis and sinusitis. Allergic Rhinitis Allergic rhinitis causes a runny nose, stuffiness, sneezing, and itchy skin/eyes/mouth. Although this condition is commonly called hay fever, it doesn’t usually cause a fever. It occurs when your body overreacts to harmless substances in your environment....

The Pope’s Exorcist, produced by Screen Gems, will adapt the true story of Father Gabriele Amorth, the officially appointed Chief Exorcist for the diocese of Rome and the Vatican. Screen Gems had previously purchased the rights to Amorth’s story, including his two bestselling memoirs, An Exorcist Tells His Story (1999) and An Exorcist: More Stories (2002). Amorth, who said in 2011 that yoga is satanic and that reading Harry Potter books “leads one to evil," reportedly performed over 100,000 exorcisms while in his official position....

NBA PLAYOFFS 2019:Full schedule | Picks from first round to Finals Oklahoma City walked away with the win that night as Westbrook tallied 29 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds. Lillard didn’t need any additional motivation — he’s a four-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA player — but Westbrook lit a fire under Lillard that turned the Thunder’s playoff run to ash. After that Jan. 23 loss, Lillard went nuclear against the Thunder over the next seven games, including an incredible buzzer-beater in Tuesday night’s 118-115 victory, which gave the Trail Blazers a 4-1 series win....

There were 10 games in the Association on Wednesday, a day ahead of Thursday’s big game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors. The Thunder got 35 points from Russell Westbrook to hand the Clippers an 85-83 loss in Los Angeles. Despite leading all scorers in Wednesday’s game, Westbrook did not have a great shooting night. He missed all seven of his 3-point attempts and was 14 of 30 from the floor....

The defense ministry issued its latest update on the ongoing war in Ukraine on Saturday morning and reported that large-scale clashes have not taken place in Bakhmut so far. The update came as the Ukrainian government claimed Saturday that more than 20,000 Russian troops had been killed over the past month, though Ukraine’s figures have not been verified and the country describes them as “approximate.” The MOD said that in recent days “the heaviest fighting has focused in three sectors....

Russia’s defense ministry said Monday that Ukraine rocket attacks one of its bases killed 63 soldiers. The casualty count is the single largest incident loss Russia has recognized since President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion in Ukraine on February 24. In a rare admission, the ministry said on its official Telegram channel that the Ukrainian military fired six rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launch system and that two of the missiles were shot down by air defense systems....

Dugina’s father, Alexander Dugin, has been credited with being a key architect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is also believed to have been a target of Saturday’s attack. “As a result of urgent detective measures, the federal security service has solved the murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, born in 1992,” Russia’s FSB security services said in a statement published by state-run news agencies. “The crime was prepared and committed by Ukrainian special services,” the FSB said....

The Moscow native is the venerable captain of a ragtag team decimated by injuries and looking for guidance ahead of the June 14 kickoff. He is an engaging 31-year-old with a winning smile who would seem to be the calming presence Russia need. Akinfeev helped Moscow’s once middling CSKA club win six league titles and a UEFA Cup trophy in 2005. His commanding presence saved Russia from added humiliation in a 3-0 World Cup warmup loss to Brazil on Friday....

Chief of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov was appointed by President Vladimir Putin on January 11 to head his invasion of Ukraine in a surprise reshuffle, taking over from Sergey Surovikin. Having taken a less public role in the war over the last few months, he gave an interview to Russian newspaper Argumenti i Fakti published on Tuesday in which he said that modern-day Russia “has never known such a level and intensity of hostilities....

Milley, who was speaking during a news conference with Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Wednesday, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army has not taken down any of the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). “To date, those systems have not been eliminated by the Russians, and I knock on wood every time I say something like that,” Milley told reporters. “And they’re [Ukrainians are] being very effective at using them, employing precision weapons against targets....

In its daily update, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that over the last month, Moscow’s forces have mostly used cruise missiles to target Ukraine’s electricity distribution grid. This was likely to be part of the military doctrine it has adopted in recent years known as Strategic Operation for the Destruction of Critically Important Targets (SODCIT). This tactic entailed using long-range missiles to prioritize strikes on critical national infrastructure instead of hitting military forces in a move “to demoralize the population” and force the capitulation of the state’s leaders....

The Russian military launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last Thursday after weeks of alarms sounded by American and European leaders that an assault was imminent. As Ukrainians fight back against the aggression ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. and Europe have united along with other partners around the world to uniformly condemn and sanction Moscow. The United Nations General Assembly passed a historic resolution condemning Russia on Wednesday, with 141 of the assembly’s 193 members voting in favor....

Speaking on Fox News, Waltz responded to reports that the Russian military dropped toxic chemicals on Ukraine’s besieged southeastern city of Mariupol on Monday. The allegations have not yet been verified by the U.S. or NATO. “Well, this is part of the Russian doctrine, and it’s certainly part of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s doctrine to escalate to weapons of mass destruction. It would not surprise me if this is true,” Waltz told Fox News....

In a widely expected move, the State Duma voted on Wednesday to withdraw Russia from the agreement which was signed in 1992 and came into force in 2002. It followed one of Donald Trump’s final decisions as president in November when his administration said the U.S. would leave the accord that his administration had accused Russia of violating; claims which Moscow has always denied. Under the treaty’s terms, 34 members can conduct unarmed observation flights over each other’s territories to collect data....

The appeal was delivered a day earlier to Newsweek via the Kremlin’s special representative for cooperation in the field of information security, Andrey Krutskikh, ahead of a key meeting to be held Monday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York by the United Nation’s Open-ended Working Group dedicated to cybersecurity efforts. “Modern life is impossible without information and communications technologies (ICTs),” Krutskikh told Newsweek at the time. “They determine our well-being, security and survival....

Moscow’s approach is rooted in an initiative called the Collective Security Concept for the Persian Gulf Region, a project first floated in the 1990s and periodically reintroduced with amendments. The first two came in 2004 and 2007, and the last in 2019, a time of soaring regional tensions during then-President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” doctrine against Iran. But as Biden seeks to deescalate from his predecessor’s brinksmanship, Russia has identified a new opportunity to advance its proposal based on common ground it sees with the United States, its traditional rival....

The combat robotic platform will undergo a “baptism of fire” on the battlefields of the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the “Tsar Wolves” military advisor group, announced on his Telegram account. Rogozin, the former head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, added that the “Marker” combat robot “works autonomously” to perform combat missions, as well as locating targets from a distance of around 9.3 miles, according to state news agency TASS....

Russian forces have been trying to surround and cut off the capital, but large areas around Kyiv remain under Ukrainian control, especially south of the city. Sporadic shelling has caused civilian casualties and wiped out homes in the city, despite Russian artillery being out of range of the city center. In a statement released on Thursday, Britain’s ministry of defense said: “Ukraine is increasing pressure on Russian force north-east of Kyiv....

Agentstvo [The Agency], a Russian independent investigative news outlet which aims to expose government corruption, reported on Telegram how one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies last appeared on state-run television on March 11. Agentstvo, citing an unnamed official, speculated that Shoigu may be unwell and suffering from heart problems although the agency could not confirm that. In a lengthy post on the messaging service app, Agentstvo reported that Channel One aired a story on March 18 about Shoigu presenting at an awards show that day....