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is it safe (for mom and baby) to take prednisone during pregnancy to increase platelette levels?
I am 37 weeks pregnant. My hematologist in consultation with my ob prescribed 30 mg/day prednisone to increase my declining platelette levels (which have gone down from 169 at 8 weeks of pregnancy to 74 at 37 weeks)so that I can have epudaral as an option during labor/delivery (the anestesiolgist at the hospital would not administer epidural below 90-100K platelette levels, I was told). Do you think this could help increase my platelettle levels and is it a safe way to do so? what potential risks/side effects it could have for me and the baby??
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I am 38weeks with my second pregnancy. With both I have sufferred from immune thrombocytopenia(low platelet count). I am currently on 40mg/day of prednisone. Some side effects are extreme hunger, rapid weight gain, hot flashes, heartburn, extreme swelling of your hands, feet, legs and face. Your baby will also gain weight right along with you. A recommendation for the swelling, increase your water intake. It really does help as does elevating your feet and eliminating salty foods and sodas. I hope this helps.posted 10/29/2009 by lesleyfelts
I am on my second day of 60mg of prednisone for ITP. This is my first time showing up with low platelets. I'm 36.5w on my first pregnancy. My platelets have bounced from 150 down in the first trimester down to 28 in the third and back to 103. Now they've been 74 for 2 weeks. The hematologist and OB decided to prescribe 60mg. I'm feeling pretty amped and having trouble sleeping. Hopefully it isn't making the little one feel this way or somehow giving him ADHD!!! Has anyone had their baby have any changes like that after birth? -Looking forward to tapering...posted 12/10/2009 by megomama
I'm 37 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child and found out my platelets are low. With my 1st child after delevery I had to have 2 blood transfusions. So after having 2 blood tests show my platelet count being around 75000 my ob sent me to a hemotaligist. She put me on 20mg of prednisone and i'll have to go see her again in a weeek to see if my platelets are going up. My docs assured me that it's absolutely safe for me and baby to take prednisone during pregnancy but if my count doesn't go above 100000 they'll be unable to give me an epideral during delivery. I'm hopeing that this medicine will raise my count above 100000 soon because i'm scheduled to have a c-section in 2 weeks. Has anyone ever had to take prednisone for low platelets during pregnancy and how long did it take for the the count to go up. I eat right lots of fruits and veggies whole grains and take prenatal vitamins and also an iron supplment 2x a day. Does having low iron lower your platlet count?posted 05/16/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
I had a platelet count done and it was at 75000 so they repeated the test and it still was at 75000 so my ob sent me to a hematologist. She put me on 20 mg of prednisone and both docs assure me it's safe to take during pregnancy. I was so scared I wouldn't be able to get an epideral but last week wheen I got my count done again it was up to 106000. The doc says to stay on prednisone until after delivery b/c as long as it's above 100000 I'll be able to get the epideral thank god because i'm having a c-section. And with my first child I had to have 2 transfusions so this shouldnt be the case again. The only side effect is that i'm getting hot flashes and sweat alot when i'm asleep and i'm always hungry which is a good thing since being 38 weeks I have no appetite. I also have a low iron count so my ob put me on 2 doses of iron with my mega prenantal vitamins. I'm not sure if my platelet count is low because my iron is low but hopefully after delivery everything will go back to normal.posted 05/25/2012 by jillianbeatty
I have been on prednisone twice now off and on through my pregnancy. This is my 1st pregnancy and I am currently 25 weeks in.I started prednisone at 40mg and tapered over the 1st 8 weeks of my pregnancy till none,but then started getting sick again so was put back on it at 40mg again and am currently at 30 mg tapering down to eventually 10mg a day for maintenance until a few weeks AFTER labor and delivery for safety! I have Ulcerative Colitis and Fibromyalgia and the steroid keeps the flare-ups in control-thus avoiding premature labor and other fetal risk. I have gained more weight then i ever needed to and im only at 6 mnths,plus ive bloated up like a balloon so needless to say-im not thrilled about being on steroids while pregnant but if it saves babys life then thats all that matters to me! ill spend the months after shes born worrying about diet and excercise and accept my big ol pregnant self now!posted 04/20/2012 by msla2003
I was given prednisone a week prior to planned induction. My platlets are about 50k. I was also given gamma globulin (sp?) in my IV during labor.posted 11/06/2014 by hkolln
This isi my first pregnancy. I am running in 14 week. My blood platelet count is decreased upto 43. Last week I had a gastrointestinal infection and because of this infection my plate no decreased to 9. I have been given immediate IVIG 2 dose. After that it increased upto 112. I am taking 25mg of prednisone. I m feeling pretty hungry all the time. I m not sure. How it will going to affect baby. Plz share ur experiences. Except platelet rest all the blood related things are ok. I m keeping my finger crossed.posted 05/24/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
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I saw on NatGeo the episode of "AirCrash Investigations" (Funny : in italian the title becomes : "high altitude investigations" without crashes) the introducing of the ASD which at a first sight does not less not more than what is commonly known as TCAS : it gives altitude variations and directions on pfd, as long as I noticed. I didn't see it all tough.
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I was hammered early by those truths. Sure, I had a kid's understanding that mortal life ends. At school, the nuns talked of heaven, purgatory, limbo, and hell. I knew my elders would "pass." That's how my family skirted the subject. People passed. Went to be with God. Rested in peace. So I accepted, in some ill-formed way, that earthly life was temporary. Nevertheless, the deaths of my father and baby brother slammed me hard.
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Some 6 months ago I asked the brilliant graphic artist Wolfgang Bartelme to help me out with a visual experiment. I had a visual idea that required subtley and an eye for detail, and if anyone could make it work, Wolfgang could. Before I explain the experiment, let me give you some of the thinking behind it.
Too Clean?
Computer interfaces usually present icons identically, which themselves are often gleeming like a freshly polished Porche showflow. The icons and graphics are so 'clean', so devoid of detail, that I wondered if us human-types were possibly missing out on subtle channel of information. We know which books at the library are read a lot — they've got dog-eared pages. We can tell the new books from the old, the frequently used, to the dusty unused. I wrote an earlier post on the topic of 'mess'. And of course, the idea of making a computer space more 'realistic' is not a new idea. But it certainly wasn't an idea that had caught on. Why?
For example, no matter how new or worn, recently used or untouched, full or empty (on the Mac, at least), file folders look identical. I often search for my newly created folder amongst archaic, yet identical-looking icons.
Many times a new Mac user has wondered why their disk is full. I need to explain that they have to empty the trash. They look surprised — there is no graphical difference between a little trash and a lot. For this reason I like the idea of the Pileup Dashboard Widget which piles up ugly looking junk as your trash fills up.
Of course you may say "I use a computer to avoid ugliness like dirt and grime!" So the question is,:
how beautiful and stylized could the characteristics of newness, age and usage visually look?
The perfect job for Wolfgang — if you're a Mac or iPhone user you've possibly come across his beautiful work. I asked him to illustrate:
- What if a folder or application was new?
- What if it was old, or really old?
- What if it lay untouched for some time?
- What if the object was taken away, what would remain?
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As you can see, Wolfgang iterated on standard Mac folders and an application icon to convey the different facets of each object. There will be many fans of Wolfgangs work who will enjoy the set of design iterations on this Skitch thread.
Some of the many arguments against adding more realism in this way:
- 'Why not use a different file view, like a list sorted by age?' This is true, as computers can do the filtering for us. And as you search, and learn more about the information space, you can formalise and add more filters as you go. For example "I remember it was in this folder…(click)…hmmm lots in here…I remember I used it last week…(click)… and the folder only had a few things in it…(click)…ah there it is." This is called facetted search.
- Perhaps it's not possible to make this many variables look 'pretty'. After all, the original Macintosh trash can had flies — which were removed for aesthetics before release, and there is a history of making clean, shiny, interfaces…perhaps with good reason.
- I contacted the eminent Cognitive Scientist Steven Pinker and asked him about this topic. He explained that while we're good at seeing single changing variables in a lineup (the reddest apple in the bunch), our ability to search declines when we search for a 'conjuntion' — the overlap of many variables like age, usage, size, etc. Perhaps this means a visually richer system would be cognitively expensive: no net gain
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Liza Robertson - March 20, 2014Bradley and Julie Robertson of Elsie, Neb., are the proud parents of a daughter, Liza Faith Robertson, born Jan. 16, 2014 at Perkins County Community Hospital.
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Almost a half-year after it was initially expected, the most successful Kickstarter project so far, the Pebble Smart Watch, is finally shipping out to its many thousands of backers, at least according to an update posted today by the company on Kickstarter.
Not all the Pebbles owed to backers are ready. Pebble says it will begin shipping to its earliest backers first (only the first few hundred are going out today) and then continue working its way through the backlog. To monitor progress and figure out where the heck your Pebble is in line, there's an official tongue-in-cheek website at www.ispebbleshipping.com. At the moment, the site doesn't inspire much confidence, as it hasn't yet been updated to show the new status.
Shipment tracking is apparently also being added to the getpebble.com website where backers will be able to track their individual orders.
There are other delays on the software side of things as well, as Pebble reports here:
- Pebble iOS App is not yet available in the App Store. We submitted 2 weeks ago and have been responding to reviewer feedback. For the moment, iOS users who receive Pebble early will be able to do notifications/Music control but will not be able to install watchfaces or upgrade to the latest PebbleOS until the app appears in the App Store.
- Android app will go live on Google Play on Thursday Jan 24
We've been badgering Pebble about the long delays for a while now, but all things considered, this is not such a disastrous turn-around time on their part. Considering the campaign set out for $100,000 and raised 100 times that amount, and was the first campaign with a manufacturing component to have to sort out such a quick scaling up of operations, taking 6 months to catch up to reality is not the end of the world.
What matters is that Pebble is fulfilling its commitments, and the whole crowdfunding world will learn from the company's experience. Now we'll just have to see is the product itself lives up to its promise.
- Eric Mack is Managing Editor for Crowdsourcing.org. He has covered business, technology and politics for more than a decade for major outlets including CNET, CBS, AOL, NPR, Wired, and the New York Times. You can contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Find him on Twitter and Google+. Also be sure to follow Crowdsourcing.org on Twitter and join our Crowdsourcing community on Google+.
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text: The first female Thunderbird pilot: Nicole Malachowski callsign "Fifi" (50 Photos) By: Rick In: Aircraft, Girls, Inspirational, U.S. Air Force Disliked Liked! Sep 19, 2012 7 0 0 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter + View as Slideshow 1 "My name is Nicole Malachowski, but my call sign is "FiFi". I am a Major in the Air Force and am currently serving as a White House Fellow in Washington, DC. Prior to this assignment, I flew an F-16C/D as #3/Right Wing with the USAF Thunderbirds at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada. I have been an Air Force officer for 13 years, and a fighter pilot in the F-15E for most of those years. I'm married to an F-15E WSO (Paul). I am a career fighter pilot in the Air Force. I have flown the F-15E Strike Eagle in three operational fighter squadrons, and have over 1,000 hours in that aircraft. I also have over 190 hours of combat time. I've flown over 800 hours in the F-16C/D. I've wanted to be a fighter pilot since I was 5 years old. I came from a patriotic family, who always supported our military. I went to an airshow where I saw the F-4 Phantom flying, and fell in love with the power, technology, and grace of the plane. That's when I decided to become a fighter pilot. My parents always supported my dreams, and they laid the foundation for my being able to achieve them. I was determined to fly from a very young age…and made that choice during a time when women were not allowed to be fighter pilots. I did, at times, run into people who were adamant that women could not, or should not, pursue a career as a fighter pilot. But, I always actively stuck to my goals and chose to surround myself with positive people who believed in my dreams as much as I did. I learned to fly in high school at the North Las Vegas airport. I received a flying scholarship from the Civil Air Patrol that paid for all of my lessons through my first solo in a Cessna 172. I have flown a few plans: gliders, Cessna 152, Cessna 172, T-37 Tweet, T-38 Talon, AT-38, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16C/D Falcon. I do not own my own plane, but the Air Force lets me borrow theirs. It is very rare that a stranger believes I've been a fighter pilot for my whole career, let alone that I had the privilege of flying with the Thunderbirds. Once the initial shock is over…I often find overwhelming positive support. At the end of the day, most people are happy to see someone achieve their dreams. I've been blessed by the amount of encouragement and support I have received." Source 234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Source Category: Aircraft, Girls, Inspirational, U.S. Air Force Share on Facebook Share on Twitter +


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I've searched around on the forums, but I must not be using the right words to narrow my search. So I used that as an excuse to draw up a very rough sketch of my idea/question:
Does a product exist that would allow me to use my road or commuter bike to tow my mountain bike to a trail head? I have two local mountain bike trails that are 4.5 and 8 miles away from my home. I don't mind riding the mountain bike to those to go riding. However, there are trails that are in the neighborhood of 15-30 miles away that I would be comfortable riding to and from, but NOT on stubbies. Also, this would be a great option for taking my mountain bike to the shop when I break things, and in all cases avoiding driving a car. I often have difficulting mentally resolving the concept of DRIVING to a BIKE trail.
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I figured that it had to be something like that. Either Mr. Liberty did not know what he was talking about, or wanted to scare you into listing your lots for sale with his real estate office because the section which he referred to, Arizona Revised Statutes Section 32-2101(54), says absolutely nothing of what he was trying to convince you of. That entire section, Arizona Revised Statutes Section 32-2101 is nothing but definitions and subsection 54 specifically states the following,
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55. "Subdivider" means any person who offers for sale or lease six or more lots, parcels or fractional interests in a subdivision or who causes land to be subdivided into a subdivision for the subdivider or for others, or who undertakes to develop a subdivision, but does not include a public agency or officer authorized by law to create subdivisions.
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I had read section 55 when I was researching your question and I interpreted that to mean someone who was actually subdividing the parcels for sale. Apparently, that must be the interpretation given to it by the Maricopa County Assessor's Office which told you that there was no prohibition against selling the parcels. In order to be on the safe side, I would offer less than the 6 parcels for sale at any one time, then if section 55 is applicable, you would not be subject to any penalty because you will be offering less than 6 lots for sale,
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Just came from an exam and I am wondering how to prove the following:
A topological space $X$ is connected if for each continuous function $f:X\rightarrow X$ there is a $x \in X$ such that $f(x)=x$.
Just came from an exam and I am wondering how to prove the following:
Let us show that the contrapositive holds. If $X$ is not connected, then $X=U\cup V$ for some disjoint open non-empty subsets $U$ and $V$. Pick $u$ in $U$ and $v$ in $V$. Can you think of a continuous function $f:X\to X$ using $u$ and $v$ and such that $f(x)\ne x$ for every $x$ in $X$?
One way to ensure this condition would be that $f(x)\in V$ for every $x$ in $U$ and that $f(x)\in U$ for every $x$ in $V$. But remember, $f$ must be continuous... Last hint: one can do this with $f(X)=\{u,v\}$.
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The Ball-Chatham School District has launched a $35 million construction plan, thanks to a voter approved bond referendum.
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It sets up very quickly and is taut once staked out. I didn't ever notice the fly touching the tent body. There's plenty of headroom and the vestibule is adequate. While the hubbed pole system makes setup a breeze, it also adds to the bulk of the poles once they're folded up. I also wish it were a little longer. I'm 5'11" and found that at any give time either the hood or the foot of my sleeping bag was touching the tent walls. I borrowed this tent for the trip, but I think I would get the XL version if I were to buy one. The fact that it's free-standing is nice. I never had trouble staking it out in the Grand Canyon, but it was nice having a free-standing tent that I could pick up and shake the sand out of.
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Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Recommended Ages: 14+ If I had read Anna Karenina after this book, it would have cheered me up. Hardy's last novel, written in 1895, stirred up such harsh criticism that its author never wrote another novel, although he lived until 1928. In me, listening to the audio-book while driving a sales circuit of convenience stores in rural Illinois, it stirred up feelings of failure and disappointment in life. The ... Read More »
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text: 2012 Team USA Road to London Olympics Rank: #66 on the Top 100 Free iPad Apps List as of July 28th For: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation),iPad The 2012 Team USA Road to London Olympics app allows you to stay informed on the official USA Olympic team. With this app you'll take an extra step and dig deeper so it's not just about the events but the athletes taking part in them. This official app is provided by the U.S. Olympic Committee so you know the information you see is accurate and up-to-date. The app followed the progress of putting the team together and then chronicling their personal experiences during the games themselves. The Paralympic games are also covered in this app. You'll be treated to daily updates, a very cool "cheer" button which essentially allows you to cheer a particular athlete on by sending a personal message through Twitter or Facebook, editorial that focuses on the athletes and the different sports, a spot to make donations to Team USA, and a place for buying official Team USA merchandise. Perhaps the most useful area is the athlete bios, where you'll get to learn about all the team members. There are also video clips and photo galleries to browse. Whether you follow the Olympics religiously or just like to get the main pieces of information, this app is a great tool to use. You'll be able to take it on the go with you so you can stay informed no matter where you are. The other advantage of the app is to have all the information in one handy location rather than searching out all the individual athletes on your own. It's a one-stop shop for Olympic news, information, and updates. The app itself is extremely easy to use and well-organized. The sports are divided up so you can go into each individual sport and then learn about the athletes taking part. The Medal Tally and Interesting Facts sections are a definite must to check out. All in all it's a great supplementary piece to the Olympics themselves.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. — The national job market for college graduates should rebound slightly next year as many large corporations end hiring freezes and small, fast-growth companies continue helping reshape the economy, according to Michigan State University's 2010-11 Recruiting Trends report.
Overall hiring is expected to increase 3 percent, with bachelor's-level and MBA-level hiring both surging 10 percent, said Phil Gardner, director of MSU's Collegiate Employment Research Institute, which conducted the survey of some 4,600 employers.
Geographically, the Great Lakes region, which took the brunt of the recession, will see a robust 13 percent increase in bachelor's-level hiring, which is tops in the nation, Gardner predicts. The region consists of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
But the good news should be taken with a word of caution, Gardner said. An uptick in job growth is simply the first step out of a very deep hole, he said, and hardly represents a return to the heady economic days of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
"The national economy is certainly not returning to its previous high production base," Gardner said. "And even though the economy has shown early signs of sustained recovery, the overall job market has remained relatively anemic."
From an industry perspective, hiring will be driven by a core group of employers in manufacturing, professional services, large commercial banking and the federal government, the annual survey found.
Gardner said smaller banks that didn't receive federal bailout money will continue closing their doors and slashing positions. And unlike the projected growth in federal government hiring, state governments and colleges and universities could see a drastic reduction in hiring, he said.
While mid-size companies (500 to 3,999 employees) will continue shedding positions, Gardner said large companies (at least 4,000 employees) plan to hire 114 bachelor-level employers per company next year.
That's good news for graduates – but only if they are prepared and start working toward a position early in their college careers, said Kelley Bishop, MSU's career services director.
Typically, Bishop said, large corporations now hire about 50 percent to 75 percent of new employees from their own intern pool.
Among the fast-growth companies (nine to 100 employees), hiring is expected to increase 19 percent, the survey said.
"These fast-growth companies in many ways represent the new economy – that bold employer that can adjust quickly, that sees a niche and runs with it," Bishop said. "This is an important group for our students getting jobs."
Other details of the report:
- Hiring is expected to decline for those with associate, master and professional degrees, with professional-degree hiring seeing the biggest drop at 13 percent. The professional category includes law, medical and veterinary degrees.
- Ph.D.-level hiring, on the other hand, is expected to increase 5 percent.
- Hiring of engineering majors appears sluggish, with the exception of computer science and information technology students. Demand should be very strong for IT workers.
- The Northeast, Southeast and Pacific Northwest could see a much weaker expansion of jobs than the Midwest.
- For the past two years, starting salaries have remained stagnant for college graduates. "Remember the words 'signing bonus?'" Gardner said. "Don't expect to hear them again anytime soon."
- Some 36 percent of all companies said they'd consider any major for a position – an all-time high. "Most employers are out there are looking for the best candidate they can find, regardless of major," Gardner said.
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text: 2010 Year in Review: Mobile Technology and Sustainability Are Among Government Issues A look at the trends and people that influenced government IT in 2010. The Pros and Cons of Open Source Software and Cloud Computing for Government As agencies adopt cloud computing and open source software, questions abound about how these hot technology trends are destined to intersect. Products New Products from Seals Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Apple Rugged mobile phone, tablet PC, notebook computer. Signal:Noise 5 Things We've Learned This Year — From Smartphones to Transparency (Opinion) Cloud computing and IT consolidation were also hot in 2010. Public Safety First Responders Looking Forward to New 4G Network By the end of 2010, Verizon plans to launch a massive long term evolution (LTE) network, reaching 110 million Americans in 38 major markets across the country. Green Initiatives Montana Data Center Blows Hot Air to Keep Servers Cool Montana officials believe it's the first U.S. state to install a 'heat wheel' in its data center, which uses climate control technology to keep server temperatures and costs down. Legacy Systems New Jersey Treasury Department Seeks to Bring Legacy Systems Into the 21st Century Legacy systems have New Jersey hankering for a major electronic records renovation. Point of View Incoming Governors Inherit IT Consolidations, Shared Service Initiatives (Opinion) The changing political landscape may also mean new chief information officers are appointed. Cloud Computing Microsoft and Google Cloud Services Weighed by Government Customers Government customers of Microsoft and Google cloud computing services explain their preferences. GIS New York City's Digital Map Puts In-Depth GIS Data a Few Clicks Away NYCityMap takes user input and generates maps that show nearby services and locations. Four Questions Business Intelligence Dashboards Simplify Regulation Compliance for Social Service Agency Mary Shamouel, CIO of the Santa Clara County, Calif., Social Services Agency, discusses streamlined evaluation process.


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UK artist James Alliban's latest work Traces, a collaboration with Nexus Interactive Arts, is a piece that explores movement by letting participants use their bodies as a kind of human brush. By throwing their limbs around and moving their bodies they're able to "paint" an abstract self-portrait of themselves on a digital canvas.
Using a Kinect the user's movements are captured and translated in real time into colorful particles and ribbons and generative sounds by David Kamp. The piece was commissioned as part of the The Art of Motion exhibition at The Public gallery in West Bromwich, UK. Participants flinging their bodies about to interact with the work creates a kind of role reversal of the traditional dynamic of artist as performer and audience as observer, so the work becomes a kind of crowd-sourced performance piece.
At a simple level the responsive nature of the installation is immediately attractive to us—it has an ageless appeal that taps into that sense of wonderment—and vanity—that technology in its playful capacity has the ability to elicit. Just think of all those hours spent throwing yourself around in front of a Wii—now you can do it in public. As you swoosh your arms about and spin on the spot to create the alternating visuals, warped electronic sounds—which you could imagine emitting from an elaborate spaceship terminal—give an audio accompaniment to your actions.
To find out a bit more about the project and its aesthetic we asked Alliban a few questions about the work.
The Creators Project: What was the idea behind turning users' bodies into abstract shapes?
James Alliban: Representing the user in an abstract manner is a theme that runs throughout much of my work. This usually manifests as a deconstruction of the subject using its original elements. In this case I was visualising motion rather than presence so it was an excuse to be more experimental with the visuals. I often take inspiration from abstract art movements of the 20th century. In this instance I was looking to Post-Impressionism, particularly Van Gogh and the pointillist works of Georges Seurat. This is reflected in the particle system which comes together as an animated collection of dots and broad strokes.
In what ways does the piece explore the "art of motion"?
At its heart Traces is a performance-based piece that places the user into the role of an audio-visual composer. The aim was to create something beautiful by translating the user's motion into abstract visuals and sound. A sort of animated painting if you will. There are two aspects at play here, the art can be found both in the user's performance and the audiovisual results, with both influencing each other. Traces adopts themes such as creativity, discovery, and play that already permeate the gallery spaces of The Public.
How does the software process, or translate, the movement and form of the performers?
First the skeletal data is taken from two Windows Kinect cameras and sent via OSC to a server PC. Once the server application has been through the many stages of skeleton calibration (scaling, rotation, position etc) to achieve the mirrored effect, the motion tracking can begin.
First I figure out the individual velocities of each skeleton point. These numbers determine how many particles are emitted and the particle's velocity and starting positions. The start position and velocity need to be interpolated between neighboring skeleton points and frames to avoid bunching. This was vital in creating transient glimpses of the body through the collections of newly emitted particles.
Why do you think people are fascinated by seeing their physical bodies as a kind of digital shadow, like in this work?
As a child I remember being so fascinated by the house of mirror attraction at funfairs. Seeing myself distorted and warped gave me a surreal and disorienting sense of losing control of my body which was quite liberating (and a lot of fun). Using digital technology and computer vision we are able to recreate this experience and represent the body in an unlimited amount of ways. In doing so we can offer alternative approaches to thinking about our ourselves. There's a certain narcissistic and magical quality to this form of virtual mirror experience that can take us back to that childlike state where we first discovered ourselves taking an abstract form. In this moment, inhibitions are dropped and people tend to become more creative.
What do you think will be the next level of interaction for this kind of interactive art work? What directions do you think it will take?
It has been fascinating to see how smartphone and tablet devices have been used by artists to display their work. One of the most interesting aspects to this has been the ability to explore new channels of distribution and consumption of art. Art is no longer confined to art galleries but is potentially ubiquitous. In addition, artists have a very democratic way of making money from their digital work, which is not very saleable. However we are still limited by the available hardware and sensors.
There are plans to install depth sensing cameras in devices such as TVs, laptops, smartphones/tablets, and potentially the promised HUD glasses. This would give the tech art community an incredible opportunity to distribute their immersive work to an ever increasing audience. Interactive art could actually bypass the largely indifferent fine art world and be adopted by the public. I was very impressed by Yugo Nakamura's FRAMED project. With advances in our entertainment systems, this could be a common distribution/consumption platform for interactive art in the coming years.
There have recently been a lot of gestural interface systems that are becoming available for home PC and office use, like ubi interactive and Leap Motion. Do you think one day even simply interacting with a computer will be a kind of performance?
Even if these NUI technologies do become adopted for everyday computing, I do not believe so. Performance is a vehicle for art. Most tasks undertaken on a computer are utilitarian. You wouldn't call the act of washing the dishes a performance, no matter how elaborately you did it! Using a gesture enabled interface to update a spreadsheet might be novel at first but would soon become just as dull as its keyboard and mouse counterpart (and far more tiring).


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ElPozo took an early lead but Barca bounced back with three goals in two minutes
The team coached by Duda made it a nervy last five minutes for the home side
The win gives Barça a six-point lead over direct rivals ElPozo
Barça Alusport: Sedano, Ari, Saad, Lin and Fernandao –starting five-; Lozano, Aicardo, Gabriel, Igor, Torras.
ElPozo: Rafa, José Ruiz, Álex, Kike and Miguelín –starting five-; Adri, Bebe, Grello, Paulinho.
Goals: 0-1, Bebe, min 5; 1-1, Ari Santos, min 6; 2-1, Igor, min 6; 3-1, Lozano, min 7; 3-2, Miguelín, min 30; 4-2, Lin, min 32, i 4-3, Álex, min 40.
Officials: Gutiérrez Lumbreras i Lope Díaz.
Barça Alusport made it eight wins in nine games this Saturday against one of their direct rivals for top spot, ElPozo Murcia. The visitors took the lead but Barça hit back with three goals in quick succession from Ari, Igor, Lozano and Lin. ElPozo pressed hard in the second half and had the home fans biting their nails towards the end when Álex made it 4-3. The win opens up a six-point gap over direct rivals ElPozo.
Whirlwind start
Matches between Barça and ElPozo are always special. And this one was no exception, as the 3,690 fans in the Palau who witnessed this electrifying spectacle will testify. The Murcia-based outfit immediately took control of the ball and created danger. Bebe put them 0-1 up in the 5th minute. Barça had been on the back foot until then but the goal stung them into action.
A minute later, Ari Santos equalised and Igor followed up with a superb shot from nine metres to make it 2-1. Lozano added a third from a direct free kick. The match settled down as Barça controlled the pace of the game with Sedano in excellent form. At halftime, Barça led 3-1.
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Once again Barça were goaded into a reaction and Lin broke through the visiting defence to restore Barça's two-goal advantage.
A tactical switch by Duda in the final five minutes led to a goal and a number of other chances for ElPozo. In the end, one goal wasn't enough and the match finished 4-3 for Barça Alusport, who maintain their authoritative position at the top of the table.


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TN status may be requested for up to three years, and may be renewed in three-year increments. Although the regulations do not limit the number of years that the TN may be used, TN is a nonimmigrant status. The beneficiary must establish to the satisfaction of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that the employment opportunity is both temporary and short-term. If the position is an academic appointment eligible for UW sponsored Permanent Residence, the H-1B is a more suitable visa alternative.
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Policemen from the Marine Corps Police Department, on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., move tactically through a building on base to take down an "active shooter" during a training exercise. The training evaluated how efficiently the emergency response teams on base were able to stabilize the threat and evacuate casualties.
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Granite Bay wins a wild one at Rocklin in double overtimeBy: Bill Poindexter, Roseville Press Tribune Sports Editor
ROCKLIN — Ernie Cooper, the exhaustion genuine in his voice, said softly, "I'm done."
Rocklin head coach Greg Benzel, with a combination of disappointment and strength in his voice, vowed his Thunder will roar again.
Granite Bay High School defeated Rocklin 41-34 in double overtime Friday night in another three-hour marathon that saw momentum and frustration swings throughout a Sierra Foothill League slugfest that left the Grizzlies (4-3 overall, 2-0 SFL) tied for first with Del Oro and the Thunder (3-4, 1-1) angry for next week.
"It was an interesting night," Benzel said. "We had the game won."
Yes, on a night that saw Rocklin junior Logan Webb complete 23 of 39 passes for 303 yards and four touchdowns, three Thunder receivers record 100-yard games, the Grizzlies' defense hold Rocklin to 30 yards rushing and running back Johnny Cooley chug for 114 yards in 27 carries, being yanked at smacked every step of the way, it was two interception returns for a touchdown by Granite Bay that made the difference.
Luke Bussey had a 47-yard interception return for a touchdown, and Aaron Knapp stepped in front of a pass and returned it 62 yards for a score.
"You should never lose when you have two defensive touchdowns," Cooper said.
Said Benzel, "We live and die by throwing because that's where our strengths are."
Granite Bay took a 27-14 lead in the fourth period on a two-yard run by Cooley, but the extra point was blocked. Rocklin came back with Webb touchdown passes of 29 yards to Dominic Giampaoli and 12 yards to Cory Burmester. Only Grant Mook's last PAT try was wide right, leaving the score tied at 27.
Rocklin had a chance to win in the final minute of regulation, but Mook's 29-yard field-goal attempt again was wide right. Mook made the kick moments earlier, but officials called Rocklin for having 12 men on the field.
Each team scored a touchdown in the first overtime, Granite Bay's coming on a pass from Grant Caraway to Cooley on fourth down, and Caraway's five-yard scramble for a score and the PAT gave Granite Bay a 41-34 lead in the second OT.
Beau Hershberger, leading a defense that recorded three sacks in the fourth quarter and OT, recovered a fumble on third and goal from the 7, and the game was over.
Cooper said he knew his defense would record a stop in the second OT.
"I wrote that down when Rocklin came out for offense," he said. "Hats off to Rocklin. They've really come of age the last two games."


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