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Butts, Blood and Busting Moves: How Matt and Kim Videos Rock the Internet
originally posted on TIME
The band walks TIME through 5 of their music videos
Whether they're forming flash-mobs all over New York or spoofing awkward family photos, Brooklyn-based duo Matt and Kim have a reputation for consistently generating must-see music videos for their high-energy songs. "We were two creative people that had no money to make music videos," vocalist-keyboardist Matt Johnson tells TIME. "I always thought, 'We need a really expensive idea.' The only person who's going to come up with that idea is us."
The band has a simple test for evaluating their concepts: can you boil the pitch down to just one curiosity-piquing sentence? "I want it to be quasi-intriguing: Matt and Kim beat the crap out of each other, Matt and Kim get naked in Times Square," says Johnson, who met drummer Kim Schifino while studying film at the Pratt Institute. "I guess it's an old advertising thing. If you can be sold on it in one sentence, it's probably pretty good."
As the band readies its fifth album, New Glow, out April 7, Johnson admits coming up with new ideas can be daunting, but he's not trying to compete with the band's previous work. "I feel like [OK Go] got to a point where they needed to trump their last idea, and it became less and less about the music," he says. "I want to show the energy of these songs, and I want to show a visual, but I don't think I need to think of something that's more clever. I don't want it to become not about the music."
"Lessons Learned" (from 2009's Grand)
In order to avoid run-ins with the law while stripping naked through Times Square, the band sneakily applied for a permit to shoot a viral video about tourists dressed inappropriately for the weather. Despite Schifino's initial hesitation, the clip ultimately scored the band an MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video in 2009.
"I don't know if you ever noticed, but you can see our friend collecting our clothes as we're doing it," Johnson says. "We did it like three times, so we needed to get our clothes back each time. You don't really notice it because you're focused on what we're doing, but if you look behind us, you can see him jumping around. He was able to get everything back, but I think he did have to take a couple things out of peoples' hands."
"Cameras" (from 2010's Sidewalks)
Matt and Kim are known for being one of the happiest bands making music today. During their exuberant live shows, their facial expressions rarely communicate anything other than sheer joy and enthusiasm, so releasing a video that features the two of them getting into a shockingly brutal fight seemed a little off brand — at least at first.
"As two people who create upbeat music, we always try to have something a little bit darker in the visual," Johnson says of the video, which he says was their most expensive shoot to date. "If it was an upbeat song with a video of us swinging on swing sets with lollipops in our mouths, you'd be like, 'Ugh! Disgusting!' But if you're going to listen to this upbeat song and watch two people beat each other up, it creates a good balance in my mind."
"Hey Now" (from New Glow)
Longtime Matt and Kim fans weren't shocked to see Schifino spend an entire music video dancing her heart out. On previous tours, she used to crawl onto the crowd and get down to Major Lazer while fans held her up. "If Beyoncé came and was like, 'Kim, I need you to cancel your tour and come out as a backup dancer,' I'd be nervous — I don't know what she'd choose," Johnson says. "She loves dancing so much, and she obviously loves Beyoncé so much."
For those less familiar with the band's live antics, Johnson admits the video might give them initial pause. "It's weird, people think, for an indie band to do a dancing video. It doesn't happen all the time."
"It's Alright" (from 2012's Lightning)
Filming a dance routine in bed in your underwear isn't as intimate as it might seem, especially during the song's bridge, when Johnson and Schifino model a number of different sex positions (while clothed!). "As Kim's bent over and my face is buried in her butt, they're like, 'Just hold on for one more second, we're trying to get the light right!" Johnson says of the clip, which was shot in a producer's bedroom, not their own. "I'm like, 'This could not be any less sexy.'"
Unlike Schifino, the choreography didn't come so easily to Johnson. "It's like trying to learn French," he says. "My body doesn't communicate to itself in that way. Someone can say, 'Hey Kim, right hand down, left foot back, right knee in, right hip out,' and she's like, 'Oh, like this?' They'll tell me to do the same thing and I'll just fall on the floor. It doesnt make any sense!"
"Can You Blame Me" (from New Glow)
The band's upcoming video relies on some not-so-old-fashioned audience participation. First, Johnson and Schifino uploaded close-up videos of themselves singing along to the song to YouTube. Next, they asked fans to play those videos on iPads and tablets held in front of their faces — and to film themselves while they pretend to perform. "At some point down the line we're going to make a compilation video of what fans have made and make the video for it something we all did together," Johnson says. "I think it will be really cool, and very Matt & Kim."
The band modeled how the project will work with some examples they filmed around their house, but Johnson is hoping fans will get far more creative: "I hope someone goes on horseback or does it while skydiving."


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"You're Not Welcome Here":
The Diplomatic Crisis between Turkey & Holland
In Istanbul, once the most civilized metropolis of the Roman world, brave men defended their national identity by stabbing oranges with butter knives in front of cameras.
The Turkish Context
Would you rather be a member of the world's most exclusive club of oligarchs or an Oriental potentate? Only one person in the twenty-first century has had to struggle with that question so far, and his name is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey. As the hurdles to becoming a Bilderberger in good standing grew higher and the misbehavior of his predecessor's former subjects became international in scale, the choice has been made for him.
On April 16, 2017, the Turkish voters (including Turks living abroad) will decide whether or not to approve the constitutional amendments which will eliminate the position of Prime Minister and concentrate executive, legislative, and judicial powers in the office of the President. It will also not only eliminate the requirements for candidates for Parliament to have completed their compulsory military service, but also cryptically bans candidates who have "ties to military service," which goes beyond the existing ban on active-duty military candidates. Recall that the military has historically been the last-ditch defender of Kemalism, Turkey's particular blend of civic nationalism and secularism.
As the constitutional amendments are contrary to the principles of the balance of power, it concentrates power in the hands of a soft Islamist, and reinforces the constitutional denial of the existence of Kurds within Turkey. It is also opposed by think-tanks and parties of the Center-Left, of the Kemalist-Nationalist tendency, and of the Far Left/Kurds, respectively.
Erdogan is therefore hunting down every Turkish vote he can find to pass this controversial change. Despite his party having over 57% of the seats in Parliament, polls in January and February did not look good for his referendum. So he has started outreach to Turkish citizens living abroad, including the 400,000 Turks in the Netherlands . . . which brings us to the current crisis.
The Dutch Context
The Netherlands is currently ruled by a coalition government of the Center-Right and the Center-Left that was created in order to keep the civic nationalist Geert Wilders' Freedom Party out of power. The head of government is the cuckservative, Mark Rutte. The Netherlands is holding its parliamentary elections on the 15th of March . . . let's hope that day treats Rutte as kindly as it did Julius Caesar.
Geert Wilders' party has a plurality of support in most opinion polls since November, while Mark Rutte's party is in second place. The Netherlands has proportional representation and is not subdivided into constituencies. Even if Wilders makes it to first place, he will struggle to create a coalition government with other parties of the Right. Mark Rutte is well aware of the populist wave sweeping Europe and the anti-migrant feeling among the voters.
The Diplomatic Incident
The Turkish Foreign Minister tried to fly into the Netherlands, not on government business, but rather on behalf of his political party to rally Turks in Rotterdam to vote "yes" on the referendum. According to Dutch sources, the Foreign Minister was informed on Thursday that he would not be given logistical support, though his "freedom of assembly" would not be impacted. (Nationalists should laugh when a government like that of the Netherlands pretends to champion this Right.) When the Foreign Minister decided to exercise his Dutch "freedom of assembly," he was prevented from landing. In a major rally in Turkey on Saturday supporting the "yes" vote, Erdogan accused the Dutch government of containing Nazi remnants.
On the municipal level, the Moroccan mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, hoped to make good on his promise to the Turks to hold a rally with a member of the Turkish government present. On Saturday evening, the hijab-wearing Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policies flew into Germany and drove to Rotterdam in an attempt to address the rally at the Turkish consulate there. The Dutch government deployed their jeans-and-sneakers special forces to handle the protesters and rioters, and also to stop the Turkish Minister. After stopping two decoy convoys from Germany, they managed to halt the Minister on foot within blocks of the consulate! She was eventually escorted back to the German border.
Meanwhile, in Turkey, violent demonstrations were held in front of the Dutch diplomatic outposts. The Dutch ambassador, who was out of the country, was told not to return by the Turkish government.
Turkish state television did all they could to instigate anger. They played a two-year-old video of Geert Wilders telling the Turks, "You are not welcome here," and pretended that it had just been released.
During their protest coverage, a former Prime Minister speculated about why his government was spending so much money on "refugees" (there are around four million currently in Turkey) when they are only being held back from Europe as a favor to the EU. Other government officials have suggested banning Dutch airlines from passing through Turkish airspace, among other threats. They have also ploddingly reminded all of Europe that "all of the oil and gas that Europe needs passes through or around Turkish territory." The geopolitical importance of Turkey will be addressed below.
Other Bumps in Turkish Diplomacy
Both before and after the attempted coup in July 2016, the Turkish consulates and embassies were seeking out political rivals of Erdogan among the Turkish diaspora in Europe. This led to public criticism from a number of European governments, including the Dutch. For an analysis of the coup and its underlying rivalries, I recommend the work of The Caspian Report, which I have relied upon for several years.
What Is Really Going On?
There can be no doubt that Erdogan is intentionally inflaming tensions with Europe. There is an inverse relationship between the popularity of Erdogan and his soft Islamism and the extent to which Turkey is treated as part of Europe. This escalation was perfectly timed for the most sensitive political moment in the Netherlands and in time for Erdogan's mega-rally on Saturday. Erdogan has suppressed polls since January, when his numbers looked bad; however, if this gambit has worked, we should see some poll numbers released soon.
There is an open question about the motivations of the cuckservative Prime Minister, Rutte. As a pro-EU errand boy for the oligarchy, Rutte does not want Turkey to pass any laws that will hurt its chances of joining the EU. Also, amidst the rising tide of nationalism and anti-migrant sentiment, Rutte has to look like he is being tough on the Muslims. So there are three possible thrusts on the Dutch side which caused this incident:
The Dutch Foreign Minister made a legalistic decision distinguishing government business from domestic electoral business. The situation then got out of hand.
Rutte is a good liberal-democratic evangelist of the European Union, and he doesn't want his dear Turkish neighbors to make the wrong decision next month, so he will silence the voices urging the wrong decision using the tools at his disposal.
Rutte is a purely cynical political player and has seized a situation that will allow him to weaken the base of the nationalists (like the Jewish-Hungarian Nicolas Sarkozy did in the 2007 French presidential election) by acting tough for a week. He is primarily focused on the elections.
Erdogan will continue to heat up tensions with Europe as he approaches his April 16th vote. Perhaps he will pick a fight with Marine Le Pen and France during this time (we can hope).
Rutte has had over six years as Prime Minister to show the Dutch how he handles Muslim issues. This incident will be too little, too late.
Geert Wilders gave an excellent response to the incident, undoubtedly stoking the fiery passions of these squatters on European soil.
The Freedom Party will likely come in first in the election, though they will not hold a majority of the seats. Wilders will likely remain out of power because he will not be able to form a coalition government.
The Geopolitical Goals of White Nationalists
I have spent the last decade personally working against the neocons, but there is one Middle Eastern war I am in favor of: we must retake those European lands that are currently in Turkey, all the way to the Bosporus. Turkey holds an incredibly important strategic position, and there is no level of cultural destruction that will alienate their government from the alliances with the forces of the world periphery—see George Friedman's book The Next Hundred Years for an example of this attitude toward Turkey—seeking naval chokepoints to use against continental peoples.
Regular readers of my articles know that I have a soft spot for national liberation movements, and the Kurdish struggle is no exception. I hope that they will be able to carve out an independent state in Western Anatolia which will act as a buffer state against Iran and Iraq.
The city of Adana, along with its surrounding farmlands and mountains, would be a worthy compensation to Syria for their loss of Kurdish territories to this future Kurdish state. Adana has a large Arab Alawite population (the ethno-sectarian group of Syria's Assad family) who will be happy to change out their passports. The city also has many Shi'a Alevis who fled to the city to escape massacres at the hands of the Turkish Army, and their traditional preference for secularism, gender equality, and socialism would be welcome in a country run on Ba'ath Party principles. There are also still many crypto-Armenians, as this was once a mostly Greco-Armenian city before the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide. This would also result in the closing of the NATO's nearby Incirlik Air Base and the removal of its forty American nuclear warheads from Asia Minor.
The Republic of Turkey should remain only as a rump state bereft of its geopolitical importance, so that it may never again threaten to turn the lights off in Europe, to open the gates to the barbarian hordes, or to aspire to lead the Muslim world toward political unity.
Published: March 13, 2017 | This entry was posted in North American New Right and tagged articles, Geert Wilders, geopolitics, North American New Right, originals, Patrick Le Brun, Syria, the Netherlands, Turkey. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
"we must retake those European lands that are currently in Turkey, all the way to the Bosporus."
Yes! Constantinople must be returned to the Race-Culture that created it, and these Turkics need to be pushed back into Asia, where they belong.
Henri Gouraud
Thrace, Bithynia AND Ionia reclaimed from the Türk; Hejaz and Bahrain restored and the Saud sent back to Najd; Coptic supremacy in Egypt; a free Kurdistan; and full Aaliyah to an Israel contained within its 1946 borders. We have so much work to do, and so much could already have been done.
All very desirable but also very unrealistic.
How about a new Empire of Trebizond and a Greater Armenia as well?
Mac Tírè
Yes! Free Constantinople! So let it be memed…
Wilders was not able close the deal. While he made modest gains over the last election, his party's results, as of this comment, are nearly half of his high-watermark in polls over the winter.
His campaign was partially suspended over security breaches (involving a Moroccan Muslim government employee assigned to his protection!). Also, 2 days after Rutte showed Jan Six-Pack that he knows how to handle the Muslims, Rutte and Wilders debated. Rutte succeeded at looking like a steady hand at the wheel who knows how to govern. Rutte's party has lost several seats but holds a plurality and will probably be able to create a Center-Right to Center Coalition Government that will continue to Cuck for the genocidal fanatics of the Organized Jewish Community.
The explicitly Turkish party, DENK (not a misspelling of Dank), which was composed of 2 Socialist MPs who broke from their party, has at the very least held their seats and may have even gained some.
Overall, the major parties suffered to the benefit of the plethora of minor parties. Also, Wilders has shown that he is good at being a firebrand but is not a closer.
Some nationalists are excited about a new party, Forum for Democracy, gaining a small foothold, but it is too early to tell if they will help the Cause of European Survival or not.
Unfortunately, there was not scenario in which a White Nationalist could have said, "We Won!" There were various degrees of losing, though. It has turned out to be an unfortunately high degree of losing today.

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All systems are in place to host the 7th crowning of Miss Mpumalanga.
Socialite celebrity Khanyi Mbau will be the MC at the event that promises lots of glitz and glam.
The event will take place this coming Saturday (18 March) at the Mbombela stadium and twelve finalists from all corners of the province will battle for the crown that will be handed over by Miss Mpumalanga 2016 Elaine Mkhabela.
Outgoing Miss MP Elaine Mkhabela. © MfisoDIGITAL/MLM.
According to the founder of the beauty pageant, Gugu Nyarenda, guests must expect a "totally welcoming atmosphere".
"This year being the seventh edition of this prestigious event, guests must expect a totally welcoming atmosphere," she said.
"When they set their foot on the red carpet they shall be met by the Top 10 fashion designers who will be housed in their fashion hubs.
"Everything about this grand finale is very special to us and our sponsors, MGB and our very new sponsor MEGA which had added a feather in our endeavour to simultaneously grow and develop beauty alongside fashion and it's practitioners," said Nyarenda.
Besides winning the crown Miss Mpumalanga 2017 will walk away with a brand new car, prizes and will also be an ambassador for responsible gambling at MGB.
"Brace yourselves to fly with us as you will enjoy every moment of it.
"The wardrobe is exclusive, a sign of tremendous growth and the whole organisation is out of this world because we have every reason to be celebrating our seventh year of success with grooming the child through education," she said.
Internationally-renowned and award-winning Afro-pop group, Mafikizolo, will be in the house as well as Swaziland soul sensation, Sands will mesmerise the guests with their live performances during the main crowning event.
Tickets are available at Computicket at R150 for ordinary people and R400 VIPs.


How do I get the Internet Explorer icon back on my screen?
Click on start, then click on programs find your Internet explorer program click on it to open, once it is open right click in the middle of the screen not on the toolbar not on the top and Click where is says create shortcut it should ask you if you want to put a short cut on the desktop and just say yes. Or look and see if it's in your recycle bin is so just restore it.
And if that doesn't work: click start, open search and key in "internet explorer", a list should appear. Right click on the icon for internet explorer and click "send to desktop."
In the future an excellent place to get all sorts of computer questions answered is TheComputerLady. I get weekly newsletters and she has saved me so much time and energy. I think she's linked to The Dollar Stretcher.
Try Kim Komando's web site for computer help. You can trust any information she posts. You can get daily e-mails and a weekly e-letter from her site that are computer and electronics related.
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Leisure can be just as important for autistic people as formal academic presentations. We will have a period each afternoon for scheduled leisure workshops. There will also be free time in the afternoons to do activities of your choosing. In the evenings, structured discussions or informal social activities are available. Most unstructured leisure activities are available during workshops and lectures as well, for those who choose not to attend.
We will be offering some formal/instructed leisure sessions, which could also be considered non-verbal workshops (although the are not completely non-verbal, they are not word-based in the way lectures and workshops are), for those who are interested.
There will be some free time in the schedule. Autscape participants can sign up for different free time activities if they like, or use the time to socialise or have some time to yourself. Most free time activities are always available as long as there is space. Attendance at workshops is purely optional.
In the busy and people-filled days at Autscape, don't forget to take some low-stimulus time to rest, relax, and gather yourself for the next activity. The venue and its environs have areas to walk in. There is enough space that if you need some time alone, it is possible to get far enough away from everyone for a while. The quiet room, in which no interaction or unnecessary noise is allowed, is available at all times during Autscape. Of course you can also relax on your own in your room, in the common rooms, in the grounds, or anywhere outside the venue.
There is plenty of outdoor space for physical activities.
If you bring a laptop, we hope to be able to offer access to the Internet via WiFi. We will be bringing some autism-related videos and DVDs which can be viewed during Autscape. You may also bring along something you would like to watch.
While it may be quite averse to some people, others will enjoy socialising with other participants. Just be sure to respect the Interaction Control Badges. You may find someone who shares interests or experiences with you, but if you don't, try not to take it as anything more significant than just having unusual tastes. For those who like socialising with a little more structure and a little less intensity, there may be board games such as chess or card games. Please feel free to bring any favourites you are willing to share.
Each evening, there will be an area you can gather to socialise. There will be various planned and unplanned discussions going on. Some will be structured and facilitated to help more reluctant communicators have their say on issues.


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Fognini stuns Nadal to reach Monte Carlo final
Peter King on NBC Sports April 20, 2019, 6:03 PM UTC
MONACO — Fabio Fognini ended Rafael Nadal's long winning streak at the Monte Carlo Masters, stunning the defending champion 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to reach the final for the first time and hand Nadal his first defeat here since 2015.
The 13th-seeded Italian had beaten Nadal twice before on clay, and also once at the U.S. Open in five sets, but this was arguably the most impressive.
Not since the 2005 final, a five-setter which Nadal won in four sets, had the 11-time champion Nadal been beaten 6-0 in a set here. And Fognini came so close to doing just that.
He served for the match at 5-0 and 40-0, but Nadal saved three match points – and some pride – by breaking back and then holding.
Serving again for the match at 5-2, Fognini hit a superb forehand down the line to clinch victory on his fourth match point.
Nadal's last defeat here was also in the semifinals, against Novak Djokovic in 2015. He had not lost a set at the clay-court tournament since conceding one in the second round against Britain's Kyle Edmund in 2017.
Fognini next plays unseeded Serb Dusan Lajovic in their first-ever meeting, and one few would have predicted happening here.
The 48th-ranked Lajovic earlier staged a remarkable comeback from 5-1 down to beat 10th-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-1.
Lajovic won 10 straight games to open up a 4-0 lead in the second set before Medvedev finally held serve. But after saving one match point, the Russian player tamely hit a return long on his opponent's next opportunity.
It could have been an all-Serb semifinal but Medvedev knocked out the top-ranked Djokovic in Friday's quarterfinals.
Saturday's match started in difficult conditions, with a heavy wind coming in from the Mediterranean.
Serving for the first set at 5-1, Medvedev dropped his serve and remonstrated with himself.
Lajovic clinched the first set on serve, with Medvedev completely mistiming the ball and sending it skyward.
The 28-year-old Lajovic was ill before the tournament and said he needed antibiotics to recover.
He struggled to describe his surprise run.
"Incredible … Unreal," he said, before settling on "It's been a great week."


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The oil and gas industry has so much planning on the front end, but even with that type of thoroughness things can always go wrong. Accidents like Deepwater Horizon are on the front of everyone's minds, and although tragic, they provide a huge learning lesson for how things can be done better.
Nathan Sumrall, Welding Engineer at Superior Cladding, points out that there is an urgency within the industry today that can lead to stress while trying to get everything done quickly but correctly.
As a child, he was fascinated with joining materials together, from super gluing fingers to playing with his dad's welder. That has carried on through his B.A. in Welding Engineering and the five years that he has been in his important role at Superior Cladding.


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You are about to discover what we have been cooking in April, which will be ready to enjoy in the next few weeks.
We had a stand at the Women's Expo on 10th April, which was very well attended by interested (and very interesting!) women. A lot of curiosity about each other, questions and answers, ideas exchanges have made that day a special one. As a result, our community has become bigger, now including women from the Bern, Freiburg and Zurich regions. If you haven't logged in recently, do so and discover many new women, who may share your interests and passions and whom you can contact in no time.
All our registered members have enabled us to organize the first Our Swiss Business Brainstorming Event on 11.06.2016 in Bern. This is something you don't want to miss! It will be an exciting happening, with brainstorming groups built around your passions and needs. No matter if you are just starting to consider the perspective of creating your own business in Switzerland, or you have already founded your company. We have a stimulating offer for you!
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On Waxidea you can work on your business ideas, get feedback from experts, find co-founders, brainstorm and discuss either privately or openly, complete your business canvas, and and and… The platform has users from all over the world, but it is specially thought for the EU and the team behind Waxidea is partially based in Switzerland. Most importantly, Switzerland will be the first "local community" we will develop together!
This should become the virtual discussion place for Our Swiss Business members, as a complement to face-to-face events. Look at it and start using it if you wish (it's free!). It should be quite straightforward to create your idea and start working on it. Furthermore, we will be holding hands-on sessions and tutorials during our next face-to-face events. Of course, Waxidea team and I also stay at your disposal if you need any help. The platform will further evolve in the next months, so please share your feedback with me.
Thanks again for your interest in Our Swiss Business and I am looking forward to seeing you at any of the next events or on Waxidea.


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Predictors for the development of severe tricuspid regurgitation with anatomically normal valve in patients with atrial fibrillation
Mohammad Q. Najib, Karyne L. Vinales, Satya S. Vittala, Suresh Challa, Howard R. Lee, Hari P. Chaliki
Background and Aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF) may be a risk factor for severe functional tricuspid valve regurgitation (FTR). We aimed to determine the predictors of severe FTR in patients with AF. Methods and Results: From our echocardiographic laboratory database, we searched for and reviewed the medical records of consecutive patients with severe FTR and AF seen at Mayo Clinic in Arizona from 2002 through 2009. Our search identified 42 patients who met all inclusion criteria. These patients (cases) with severe FTR and AF were compared with 38 patients (controls) with AF who had no greater than mild tricuspid regurgitation. Case patients with severe FTR were older than controls (mean, 81 years vs. 76 years; P < 0.001) and more frequently had chronic AF (69% vs 26%; P < 0.001). Mean right atrial volume (86 mL/m 2 vs 46 mL/m 2; P < 0.001), right ventricular volume (42 mL ± 33 mL vs 22 mL ±8 mL; P < 0.001) and tricuspid annular diameter (3.6 cm vs 3.0 cm; P < 0.001) were larger in cases than in controls. Patients with severe FTR also had a higher prevalence of right-sided heart failure (69% vs 16%; P < 0.001). After adjusting for age and gender, right atrial and right ventricular volumes were independent predictors for the development of severe FTR in patients with AF (odds ratio, 1.7 [95% CI, 1.3-2.8] for every 10 mL/m 2 increase in right atrial volume; P = 0.0002 and odds ratio, 3.1 [95% CI, 1.5-8.9] for every 10 mL increase in right ventricular volume; P = 0.0002). Conclusions: Severe FTR occurs in older patients with chronic AF as a result of marked right atrial and right ventricular dilatation; and enlargement of the tricuspid annulus in the absence of pulmonary hypertension. More importantly, severe FTR leads to increased prevalence of right-sided heart failure underscoring the nonbenign nature of chronic AF. (Echocardiography 2012;29:140-146)
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Najib, M. Q., Vinales, K. L., Vittala, S. S., Challa, S., Lee, H. R., & Chaliki, H. P. (2012). Predictors for the development of severe tricuspid regurgitation with anatomically normal valve in patients with atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography, 29(2), 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01565.x
Predictors for the development of severe tricuspid regurgitation with anatomically normal valve in patients with atrial fibrillation. / Najib, Mohammad Q.; Vinales, Karyne L.; Vittala, Satya S.; Challa, Suresh; Lee, Howard R.; Chaliki, Hari P.
In: Echocardiography, Vol. 29, No. 2, 01.02.2012, p. 140-146.
Najib, MQ, Vinales, KL, Vittala, SS, Challa, S, Lee, HR & Chaliki, HP 2012, 'Predictors for the development of severe tricuspid regurgitation with anatomically normal valve in patients with atrial fibrillation', Echocardiography, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01565.x
Najib MQ, Vinales KL, Vittala SS, Challa S, Lee HR, Chaliki HP. Predictors for the development of severe tricuspid regurgitation with anatomically normal valve in patients with atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography. 2012 Feb 1;29(2):140-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01565.x
Najib, Mohammad Q. ; Vinales, Karyne L. ; Vittala, Satya S. ; Challa, Suresh ; Lee, Howard R. ; Chaliki, Hari P. / Predictors for the development of severe tricuspid regurgitation with anatomically normal valve in patients with atrial fibrillation. In: Echocardiography. 2012 ; Vol. 29, No. 2. pp. 140-146.
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For Saint Ambrose, his Marian teachings stem from Mary's Perpetual Virginity. He was astounded by how she consecrated herself to God. It is from here that all his writings develop. Below are some excerpts from his different writings focusing on Mary.
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How many workers' compensation claims result from complacency?
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Most industries have inherent dangers, and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health prescribe industry-specific safety standards. Employers must take the necessary steps to protect employees from known hazards, even those who are seasoned workers with years of experience. Safety authorities often warn about the dangers of complacency, which is the cause of many workers' compensation claims that are filed each year.
Complacency is an error trap that might not receive the attention it deserves. One way of mitigating it might be to schedule frequent training sessions for all workers -- regardless of their experience levels. It might be only natural for workers who have done the same jobs for years, without any adverse incidents or accidents that caused injuries, to disregard the safety regulations and take shortcuts.
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Expected high temperatures can bring workers' compensation claims
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health urged employers to heed the high temperatures that have been predicted and protect workers from excessive heat exposure. Temperatures are expected to reach up to 100 degrees in the coming weeks. Taking the necessary precautions can prevent heat illness, and yet, each year the state-regulated workers' compensation program receives benefits claims from workers who were not protected.
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The deadliest days for California's teens to hit the road
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For California's teens, summertime means a release from school. Until school resumes in the fall, they're largely free to enjoy the sunshine, long days and the company of their friends. But parents will want to make sure their teens are careful when they hit the road because we're neck deep in the "100 Deadliest Days."
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Workers' compensation covers trench-related injury claims
Construction workers in California and elsewhere risk their lives whenever they enter trenches. The number of workers' compensation benefits claims that follow cave-ins is concerning, and authorities hope that the upcoming Trench Safety Stand Down from June 17 to 21 would prevent future wall collapses. Although trenches and excavations are both human-made cuts or depressions in the surface of the earth, trenches are those of which the depth is greater than the width, with widths not exceeding 15 feet.
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At least 8 people have died on E-scooters
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The E-scooter trend has been sweeping cities across the country. Companies like Lime and Bird allow users to rent scooters via cellphone app and then leave the scooters almost anywhere when they arrive at their destination. Most companies rent the scooters for an initial fee of about $1 and then add a few cents on for every minute.
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Workers' compensation covers own-fault injuries
On behalf of The Sexton Law Firm posted in Workers' Compensation on Monday, May 27, 2019.
Authorities say a significant percentage of workers suffer workplace injuries attributable to their own fault. Fortunately, the California workers' compensation insurance program is a no-fault system that pays benefits regardless of who caused a work-related accident. Benefits claims data shows there are some contributing factors that lead to many preventable work injuries.
Neglected housekeeping leads to slips, trips and falls that cause sprains, strains, lacerations and other more severe injuries such as traumatic brain injuries. Distractions also contribute, and they can be caused by noise and clutter in the work area, or personal issues could cause mental distractions that often lead to the loss of focus on the job. Workers with many years of experience in particular jobs often become complacent. This could lead to taking shortcuts that increase the risks of workplace injuries.
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Five things you didn't know about Uber accidents
On behalf of The Sexton Law Firm on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.
When was the last time you used a ride sharing service? Ride sharing services like Uber and Lyft provide you with a safe ride home after a night out or a more convenient option than trying to find parking downtown. Chances are high that you've used one of these services at least once in your life.
We're beginning to learn more about the societal impacts of ride sharing companies like Uber, who launched back in 2010. While ride sharing services provide many benefits, they are not impervious to things like car accidents. Here are five things you didn't know about Uber accidents:
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Workers' compensation for first reponders exposed to fentanyl
On behalf of The Sexton Law Firm posted in Workers' Compensation on Tuesday, May 14, 2019.
First responders in California and elsewhere face severe consequences due to exposure to opioids such as fentanyl. Although they are covered by the state-regulated workers' compensation insurance system, the risks could be life-threatening. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says emergency workers could inhale aerosols or powders, ingest them or they could come in contact with mucous membranes, particularly involving the eyes.
Opioids can also enter their bodies through broken skin, often caused by needlestick injuries. Authorities say the potency of fentanyl is as much as 50 times higher than heroin, and exposure can rapidly cause respiratory depression that could be fatal. Opioids are divided into synthetic and prescription drugs, and statistics show that the number of deaths caused by synthetic opioids far exceeds those caused by prescription drugs.
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Personal injury risks in construction zones
On behalf of The Sexton Law Firm posted in personal injury on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
Following the recent National Work Zone Awareness week, authorities in California likely hope that this program will bring about safer work zones -- for both vehicle operators and construction workers. Reportedly, the average number of lives lost in construction zones nationwide each year exceeded 700. Statistics show that commercial motor vehicles are involved in a significant percentage work zone accidents that result in personal injury or worse.
Safety authorities urge automobile drivers to avoid construction zones when possible or take additional care when travelling through such zones. This applies especially when they share the restricted roadways in construction zones with commercial trucks, 18-wheelers, buses and other large vehicles. Staying alert and heeding the posted warning signs about speed limits, lane changes and additional information can go a long way in avoiding accidents.
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Stagehand's death might bring workers' compensation claim
On behalf of The Sexton Law Firm posted in Workers' Compensation on Monday, April 15, 2019.
During the preparation of the grounds at the Empire Polo Club in Indio in the week leading up to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, a tragic workplace accident claimed the life of a stagehand. Although his family will be eligible for financial assistance with the funeral and burial costs through the California workers' compensation system, nothing can ever make up for a loved one's death. The deceased worker was a 49-year-old San Diego man.
Reportedly, the man was a member of the crew since the festival was established 20 years ago, and he was the lead rigger before his death. Indio police, CalFire and the county fire department responded after receiving a call at about 9:30. Sadly, the rigger succumbed to his injuries before he could be transported to a medical facility.
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Millions of Monarch Butterflies and the Quest to Count Them
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Sophie Phillips
Sophie Phillips is a graduate student studying energy and environmental policy at the University of Delaware, U.S. She is also a research assistant for the Water Resource Center within the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. She studied environmental and marine science during her time as an undergraduate, and she worked as a laboratory technician in the Robotics Discovery Lab on University of Delaware's Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, Delaware. Her research interests include human noise impacts on wildlife, wildlife conservation, environmental justice, and the connection between environmental history and race within the United States. *sophiekp@gmail.com
Martha Merson
Martha Merson has co-led the project Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks, along with Hristov and Allen. Merson was never an outstanding science student, but she was curious about scientists' work. She has worked closely with scientists and park rangers to bring science stories to public audiences.
Louise C. Allen
Louise C. Allen is a biologist and higher-ed administrator with expertise in undergraduate mentoring. Her research has focused on human impacts on behavior and stress in wildlife, including bats. She also has expertise in science learning inside and outside of the classroom.
Nickolay I. Hristov
Nickolay I. Hristov is a scientist with interests in information and learning design and population dynamics. His research (done in tandem with Louise Allen) using LiDAR technology has provided more accurate counts of clustering species like monarchs in Mexico and cave-dwelling bats in the south-central United States.
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Monarchs are capable of amazing feats! They transition from caterpillars to beautiful butterflies. During migration, they fly for thousands of miles—from the northern part of the United States and southern Canada to Mexico. But monarch butterflies are in trouble. In the past 25 years, citizens and scientists have reported fewer and fewer of them. There were less than half as many monarchs in 2020 as in 2019. Parks across the United States, like Rocky Mountain and Indiana Dunes National Parks, host the monarchs along their migration paths. The park rangers are helping scientists track monarchs through "capture, tag, and release." With this method, anyone who sees a tagged butterfly can report when and where they saw it. By tracking monarchs along their migration paths, we expect to learn where they run into problems. Scientists are also using new technology to count monarchs in their winter habitats.
Why Monarchs?
Have you seen orange wings fluttering by? Or maybe you have seen a green caterpillar eating a milkweed plant? Certain caterpillars transition into the popular orange-and-black monarch butterflies (Figures 1A,B). Monarchs do important work in the ecosystem. While these insects feed on nectar, they also move pollen between plants. Pollination helps plants reproduce (Figure 1C). When pollination is successful, there is more food available for all types of animals, including people! While monarchs help create food for us, they are also a good source of food for birds, other insects, and small animals (though they have ways of defending themselves according to https://monarchwatch.org/biology/pred1.htm).
Figure 1 - (A) Monarch butterfly.
(B) Monarchs clustering on cold winter day to keep warm. (C) Monarchs pollinating a milkweed flower.
There are two different populations of monarch butterflies. One population spends winters in California (United States) and travels through state and national parks west of the Rocky Mountains; the other population, called the Eastern population, stays east of the Rocky Mountains. We will focus on the much larger Eastern population. These butterflies travel thousands of miles every year, from southern Canada all the way to Mexico. This event is called migration [1]. Imagine traveling thousands of miles (up to 4,000 km, which is 2,500 miles) under your own power! That is almost like traveling from New York to Los Angeles! Butterflies make the trip only once in their lifetimes. This makes monarchs very interesting to scientists—how do monarchs know where to go if they have never been there?
Since these creatures are helpful to ecosystems across North America, it is very important to keep track of their population sizes. The best way to count Eastern monarchs is in Mexico in the winter, when all Eastern monarchs snuggle together in the trees of protected cloud forests. The rest of the year, monarchs are spread out across the United States and Canada and are too difficult to count. Mexican cloud forests have the perfect temperature and humidity for monarchs. Areas further north are too cold; monarchs can freeze to death. Areas further south are too warm for the plants monarchs depend on for food. Monarchs crowd into these few places in Mexico during the winter because conditions are just right.
Traveling to Mexico
As they migrate to Mexico, monarchs must rest along the way. Some of their rest stops are in Indiana Dunes and Rocky Mountain National Parks in the United States, where staff and visitors have been monitoring monarchs for 15 years. Monarch monitors catch monarchs with butterfly nets, gently put little tags on them, and release them. This method is called "capture, tag, and release." The tags look like little stickers with numbers on them (Figure 2). Anyone who sees a monarch with a tag can write down the number and report it online to an organization called Monarch Watch. The stickers work like car license plates—you can tell which state a car came from no matter where it is seen. This way, researchers can piece together the path of that specific monarch. If the butterfly does not make it to Mexico, researchers can figure out where it was last seen and maybe even why it ran into trouble. Anyone, including you, can help researchers collect this information! Whenever you see a monarch with a tag, write down the number and report it to MonarchWatch.org! On this website you can see how the number of butterflies goes up and down. The numbers go up as more monarchs are sighted, and they go down if the monarchs get caught in storms or fires.
Figure 2 - (A) To track its migration route, a monarch butterfly was tagged by Monarch Watch on September 20, 2016 and released from Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, USA.
(B) The monarch traveled 2,300 miles in 5 months. (C) This picture of the tagged monarch was taken on February 20, 2017, in Zitácuaro, Mexico (for more on tagging, see https://monarchwatch.org/tag-event).
Counting Millions of Butterflies
Monarchs cluster together on fir trees high in the cloud forests of Michoacán, Mexico [2]. Scientists have been wondering how to accurately count so many monarchs. The problem is that monarchs come in extremely large numbers, and they hang on to the trees in very dense groups. If you did not know you were among butterflies, you might think you were walking through trees with blankets tossed over them! This has made it very difficult for scientists to be sure they are getting correct numbers. Picture it this way: you are asked to estimate the number of M&Ms in a giant jar in front of you. When they are all clumped together in the jar, it is difficult! If you could line them up, it would be much easier.
What if you had super eyesight and could count the shapes of the hidden butterflies to get your answer? Scientists have that technology today! It is a laser-beam technology called LiDAR, for light detection and ranging. LiDAR technology uses a laser scanner, which is like a camera. But instead of making a two-dimensional image (like a drawing of a square on a piece of paper), it makes a digital, three-dimensional model (like a Rubik's cube). To generate the model, the LiDAR scanner sends out millions of laser beams to record the positions and distances of objects in the environment. Two scientists, Louise Allen and Nickolay Hristov, decided to use LiDAR to estimate large populations of animals that cluster together. To find out how many monarch butterflies were in the forest, the scientists scanned the forest two times: first when there were no butterflies, and then when the butterflies were covering the trees. Since the laser scans show detail in three dimensions, they can be used to figure out how much space something in the image takes up (its volume). They subtracted the volume of the bare trees from the volume of the covered trees, to get the volume of just the butterflies (laser SVE) (Figure 3, Video 1). Since scientists can estimate the typical volume of one monarch, they can divide the total volume by the volume of one butterfly, to estimate the total number of monarchs in the forest [3].
Figure 3 - Three-dimensional models of Oyamel fir trees in central Mexico, based on LiDAR.
(A) A tree without butterflies. (B) The same tree with butterfly clusters. (C) The combination of (A,B), to show the shapes of the tree with and without butterflies present. (D) Only the roosting butterflies, created by subtracting (A) from (B). Notice that the trunk and branches of the tree are missing. (E) Conversion of the volume of butterflies from (D) into estimated individual monarchs.
Before this new method, SVE scientists estimated that, between 2000 and 2020, the monarch population was between 1.6 and 1.5 billion butterflies [4, 5]. That is like saying you either have $70 or $70,000, you are not sure which, but at any time the amount is somewhere in that range. That is a big range. Of course, the number of butterflies changes every year. If the techniques for estimating the numbers of monarchs are not accurate, it is difficult to tell if efforts like milkweed plantings are making a difference. We need the most accurate numbers to understand whether there is a big problem with monarch populations. In the past 2 years alone, the estimated number of monarchs dropped by half according to the area estimations.
With LiDAR, more accurate counts of monarchs in Mexico are possible. Using LiDAR technology, scientists can compare a baseline count taken today to future scans. If future scans show an increase in monarchs, it will tell us that whatever help we are providing for monarchs is successful.
We know monarch butterflies face many challenges. Besides the storms and fires that kill them, monarchs only eat and lay their eggs on the leaves of the milkweed plant. Milkweeds are getting harder to find because people often kill these plants with herbicides or other chemicals. As we build more houses, stores, and parking lots, we lose space for plants and trees, including milkweeds. The same is true at the end of the monarch migration route in Mexico. More houses, stores, farms, and factories mean fewer trees where monarchs can spend the winter. Mexicans who grew up seeing thousands of monarchs are working hard to preserve the cloud forest habitats, so the monarchs have a place to go. Monarchs have also suffered the effects of changing weather patterns, like more frequent storms, sudden drops in temperature, and excessive rain.
We all benefit from monarchs. They help us by pollinating the plants we eat. We can use new technologies to track and count monarchs, which will help us learn how best to protect them. National parks, both in the United States and Mexico, have a big role to play in protecting monarchs. We can all help decrease the dangers monarchs face by helping to preserve forest areas, limiting the use of chemicals, and leaving milkweed plants in place for monarch habitats. Let us continue the hard work so that we can see larger numbers of monarchs across North America. Help save monarchs! Visit www.monarchwatch.org or www.xerces.org/monarchs to learn more.
Pollination: ↑ Transfer of dust-like pollen particles from the flower of one plant to another (or to a reproductive part of the same plant). Pollination is essential for plant reproduction.
Migration: ↑ Movement of wildlife or people to find a location that is optimal for finding food and safety for the next generation. For birds and insects, migration is often seasonal.
Cloud Forest: ↑ Cloud forests are like rain forests: they exist in tropical areas. Cloud forests are all at high elevations where low clouds filter through the trees and produce precipitation.
LiDAR: ↑ Light detection and ranging. A technique in which a camera-like device directs a beam of light into a space and measures the distance to the first solid object it hits.
SVE: ↑ Subtractive Volume Estimation. A method for estimating the number of animals in dense groups by analyzing the shape and volumes of these groups when scanned with LiDAR.
Video 1: ↑ Visual description of the SVE method showing how the LiDAR scan of a tree with and without butterflies is converted to 3-D models for analysis and estimating the count of individual butterflies.
Author Disclaimer
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Thank you to the staff of the United States National Park Service, California State Parks, US Fish and Wildlife Service, the stewards of the Monarch Biosphere Preserve, Mexico, conservation partners at CONANP, SEMARNAT, WWF-Mexico, and UNAM in Mexico and the tri-national Commission for Environmental Cooperation headquartered in Canada. We would like to thank the co-authors of the original paper—D. Nikolaidis and T. Hubel. This research was supported by the US Department of the Interior via DOI US Fish and Wildlife Service awards (F18AC00004 and 0040294142) with additional funding from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, headquartered in Canada. Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks (www.iSWOOPparks.com) was supported by the National Science Foundation DRL 1514776 and 1514766.
Original Source Article
↑ Hristov, N. I., Nikolaidis, D., Hubel, T. Y., and Allen, L. C. 2019. Estimating overwintering monarch butterfly populations using terrestrial LiDAR scanning. Front. Ecol. Evol. 7:266. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00266
[1] ↑ Brower, L. P. 1977. Monarch migration. Nat. Hist. 86: 40–53.
[2] ↑ Anderson, J. B., and Brower, L. P. 1996. Freeze-protection of overwintering monarch butterflies in Mexico: critical role of the forest as a blanket and an umbrella. Ecol. Entomol. 21:107–16.
[3] ↑ Hristov, N. I., Nikolaidis, D., Hubel, T. Y., and Allen, L. C. 2019. Estimating overwintering monarch butterfly populations using terrestrial LiDAR scanning. Front. Ecol. Evol. 7:266. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00266
[4] ↑ Calvert WH. 2004. "Two methods estimating overwintering monarch population size in Mexico," in The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation, eds K. S. Oberhauser, and M. J. Solensky (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press). p. 121–7.
[5] ↑ Thogmartin, W. E., Diffendorfer, J. E., López-Hoffman, L., Oberhauser, K., Pleasants, J., Semmens, B. X., et al. 2017. Density estimates of monarch butterflies overwintering in central Mexico. PeerJ. 5, e3221. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3221
Phillips S, Merson M, Allen L and Hristov N (2022) Millions of Monarch Butterflies and the Quest to Count Them. Front. Young Minds. 10:718328. doi: 10.3389/frym.2022.718328
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