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An Appling convenience store clerk has been charged with selling alcohol to someone without asking for identification during a recent undercover operation by the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office sent an underage, undercover person into nine alcohol-selling establishments on Tuesday, said sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris.
"Eight of the nine were in compliance," Morris said, adding that compliance means the clerk asked for identification and denied to sell the alcohol to the underage shopper.
Connie Akins, clerk at Circle K at 1825 Appling-Harlem Highway, sold a six pack of beer to the undercover person without asking for identification, Morris said. She was charged with a county ordinance violation for selling alcohol to someone without proper identification.
Typically, Columbia County Code Enforcement will follow up by citing the business owner as well. Both are usually fined $1,000 in county Magistrate Court, Morris said.
Morris said the sheriff's conducts these random operations several times a year.
Morris said businesses receiving three violations within three years are usually taken before the Columbia County Commission for potential alcohol license revocation.
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Why do I think of an older looking 20 year old undercover deputy picking a spot where the clerk is busy to buy the beer? Maybe he even comes in the store in uniform at times and is known to the clerk to be a deputy? I think the age should be lowered to 18 in any case. If you are a citizen at 18 you should have all legal rights. If not, let's start limiting those over 70 from buying alcohol. Same thing.
Right on Riverman1.
So Riverman, you saying the deputy frequents all 9 stores in uniform before they pull the sting. Bottom line is the law is the law but I will agree with you on the drinking age of 18.
WorldHistory, I have to admit that is a good point, but the whole matter is just too much. I'm sure the clerk wasn't selling to anyone who looked like he was 15 or something. It was some older looking, responsible looking 20 year old I'll bet. Since a good portion of us feel 18 year old citizens who can vote, serve on juries, enter into contracts and serve in the military should be able to buy beer, what the heck?
Know what is "wrong" about all this. The woman clerk arrested is going to have to pay $1000. Circle K won't help her. Poor lady.
well she should have done her job, if her job is to ID every customer than she should. we all make mistakes, but she should have known better.
Entrapment. You can bet he comes into that store, probably even drinks free coffee when he's pulling a night shift. I'm glad CCSO doesn't have lots of these incidences to trumpet, seems like there's lots better things to focus their efforts on. Sorry Clay, but that's the way I feel.
You can VOTE, DIE for your country, but can't buy a beer.
Totally Ridiculous!!!!
More than likely, it was not anyone "undercover". SLED usually operates these things and actually finds outsiders to do this for them.
The law is the law no matter how busy a clerk is. Also, stopping underage drinkers from drinking reduces the number of drunks on the road. You know they will be on the road most of the time riding around. A department having nothing better to do than stopping underage alcohol sales means making the streets a lot safer for my family. A department taking the time to deal with the "little" things keeps the "big" things from popping up. Keep up the good work Sheriff. I also have no problem with the drinking age being lowered to 18 and I think it is a great ordinance that requires a retailer to request proper identification from anyone no matter how old.
The way to change the drinking age is to contact your legislator.
WHAT A COMPLETE WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY! Beer is Beer.
She knew the rules. She chose to break the law. She should pay $1000 just for being so foolish. Why should Circle K pay any of the fine? They make it extremely clear to the clerks that if they don't ID and they get caught, they are on their own. Aren't you expected to do your job and obey all policies and follow the law? Poor lady, nothing. You can't entrap someone into committing a crime, they do it to themselves. And if she had sold it to a teenager, who would get drunk and hit your car, would you feel the same way? No, you wouldn't. She should be glad it's just $1000, if a teenager had gone out and killed someone, it would be a lot worse.
Hold on riverman. I thought you had to be 21 to be a deputy. Now did they hire someone under 21 to pose or was the person over 21 and they didn't ask for ID? Notice the charge isn't for selling to a minor.
Dissman, this may not have been a deputy, but that's who they used to have do these checks. The article did say, "The sheriff's office sent an underage..."
Sure you can be a deputy at 18. It would be age discrimination if that were not the case. Remember at 18 you are a legal adult citizen who can vote, enter into contracts, fight for your country and serve on juries.
Riverman, regarding your point about the clerk possibly having seen the deputy in uniform....That is very possible considering that the store is only about a half mile from the CCSO. I am in this store frequently and know for a fact (from experience even though I am 47) that they ALWAYS ask for ID unless they know you.
I know I'm a little late posting on this article but I just have to say to SCgirl SLED is in South Carolina...this was in Columbia County, GEORGIA!!!
Riverman I distinctly remember being in a neighborhood meeting when the question was put to sheriff Strength. At that time he indicated 21 was the rule here and gave a pretty danr good reason for it. What I can't figure out is was she fined because she didn't ask fo ID, or was the person under age? I would sure like to sit in on that court case if it goes to court. I just love one size fits all justice where people are prevented from using common sense.


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Trouble arrived, ironically, as Mercier was coming to the defense of Los Alamos. In January 1990, amid discussions on a new plutonium-processing facility, environmentalists expressed qualms about the health hazards of living close to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the nation's premier nuclear-weapons design facility. Mercier, who describes himself as a political conservative who strongly believes in the need for a nuclear deterrent, dismissed the talk as irrational and offered to set up a simple system for monitoring radiation levels in the community.
To the sculptor's surprise—and dismay—the three dosimeters he set up around town registered more than twice the amount of radiation he had been advised was normal. In August 1990, after Mercier made his findings public, a scientist from the National Laboratory approached him privately with evidence of seven recent brain-tumor deaths in one Los Alamos neighborhood. Last October, having discovered five more brain-tumor victims, Mercier submitted the list of 12 names to the laboratory, asking what they made of it. For months there was no response. "I lost many nights of sleep wondering what to do," says Mercier. "I didn't want to create a false concern. But I thought people in that neighborhood had a right to know if their lives were in danger." On May 23 he discussed his list at a public meeting.
There has always been a hush-hush atmosphere in Los Alamos. The community that grew up on the site where government scientists quarantined themselves nearly a half century ago to build the first atomic bomb is still a one-industry town. But spurred by Mercier's public alert, the National Laboratory has finally begun a serious self-examination, investing an estimated $1 million to check for air, soil and water contamination throughout the area.
Since May, Mercier's count of recent primary brain-tumor cases has risen to 41. From talking with surviving relatives, Mercier learned that many of these tumor victims had frequented Acid Canyon, a recreational area that was used as a dump site for radioactive materials and toxic chemicals between 1944 and 1964. He is no longer alone in his suspicions. Recently, the Department of Energy earmarked $400,000 to determine whether the apparent cluster of brain-tumor victims uncovered by Mercier is indeed cause for concern.
Mercier, who moved to Los Alamos so that his wife, Christina, now 33, could take a job as a supercomputer specialist at the National Laboratory, says he had a moral obligation to go public with his findings, but local reaction has often been skeptical. Though he has never pretended to be a nuclear expert, some residents believe he is out of his depth. "Mercier's intentions are good, but I think he has a hard time dealing with the data and reads a lot into it," says Los Alamos internist Jon Johnson, who has treated some of the brain-tumor victims on Mercier's list.
Hank Winburn, a retired engineer who worked with plutonium at the laboratory for several decades, comes down harder on Mercier's nonscientific background: "It's a matter of the blind leading the blind into an area they're not familiar with." Other residents worry that his charges will hurt property values. "There have been numerous anonymous letters saying that I would be killed by the "nuclear crowd' or the 'nuclear boys,' " Mercier says. Still, he is not without defenders. "I think Tyler did a remarkably good job of gathering his data," says Bob Watt, a retired nuclear physicist.
Fed up with the harassment and worried about having his 17-month-old son, Daniel, grow up in a potentially toxic environment, Mercier is now house hunting with Christina in nearby Santa Fe. "I feel I've done everything I can here," he says.
In the meantime, Mercier still routinely retreats to his sculpture studio at 4 A.M. for a few quiet hours before spending the day caring for Daniel. While sales of his sculptures have declined as a result of his unpopular revelations, Mercier believes he is in the midst of a period of personal growth as an artist. "I used to do erotic nudes," he says. "Now I'm doing mothers who lost their children." Mercier's sense of priorities has also changed. "When this started, I was a sculptor trying to make lots of money," he says. "Suddenly, just taking care of my son seems infinitely more important."
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Forget Brazil 1970, Argentina 2006 or the current Barcelona team – the greatest team goal may have been scored by a bunch of kids in Greece.
The above video shows the team in orange produce some amazing total football as they string 20 passes together straight from kick-off before finding the net, but it is not the Dutch but rather AO Giannina who produced the wonder goal.
It appears that all 11 Giannina players are involved in the move – even the goalkeeper plays his part– and the slick passing was produced despite the pitch looking more than a little dodgy.
The unlucky team on the other end of the goal was Atromitos and they must have been fearing the worst after watching the match begin in such a manner.
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There was little doubt that once CEO Elon Musk and Tesla announced they would locate their electric vehicle battery "Gigafactory" in Nevada, that Silver State lawmakers would vote in a special legislative session to support targeted tax breaks and incentives – even at the breathtaking amount of $1.3 billion.
Gov. Brian Sandoval, the courter, would have appeared an extreme fool if he didn't already have the political backing needed for the deal. But there were other mini-surprises: Unanimity at the legislature; four separate bills passed to construct the package; and benefits enjoyed by other industries in Nevada that were rescinded to help with the Tesla payoff.
Only a year after Tesla Motors and CEO Elon Musk extracted themselves from the $465-million taxpayer stimulus loan that brought critical scrutiny to the company's performance, the electric automaker has once again put itself under the spotlight that comes with taking government corporate welfare.
Today the company will announce its plans to build a battery manufacturing plant near Reno. The new gambit was the culmination of competition that pitted at least five states against one another for the "privilege" of hosting Tesla's "Gigafactory" – named so because of the amount of stored power they plan to produce. Cost to build the plant is estimated to be $5 billion, and Musk said he expected the winning bidder to cover at least 10 percent of that, according to the Associated Press. That means at least $500 million in some form of incentives or conciliations from Silver State taxpayers.
Would you be willing to fly on a newly developed jumbo airliner with battery technology that has been known to cause fires, whose exact cause is still unknown, but whose manufacturer has claimed to find a temporary "fix" that would allegedly contain –but not prevent – future flaming flights?
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Johnny Russell's condition is worsening, but his friends in the business have been faithfully visiting him in an effort to cheer him up.
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While Michael Grabner didn't have the Calder Memorial Trophy in tow on his flight back to Long Island, he did have a lot of positives to take away from his time in Las Vegas.
"I was naturally a little disappointed that I didn't win Rookie of the Year, but (Jeff) Skinner was definitely deserving of the award," Grabner said after Wednesday night's NHL Awards Show. "He had a great season and I'm still happy to have been a finalist."
Grabner is becoming a regular at these sorts of events, having already met a lot of the NHL's best at All-Star Weekend this year in Raleigh.
"It's fun being around so many of the top players in the league," Grabner said. "Hopefully I make it back again next year and maybe do a little better in the voting."
The Gremlin's marathon week continues on Friday night on Long Island, when he'll join a number of his teammates at the Islanders Draft Party at Nassau Coliseum.
"This year's draft should be exciting for us." Grabner said. "We'll get a really talented player where we're picking. It'll be good to see the crowd's reaction when we add another young guy to our core."


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Commentary: The Superyen Could Soon Fall Back To Earth
In the contest of currencies since the industrial world's fixed exchange rate system collapsed more than two decades ago, the yen stands out as the long-distance champion. Twenty-five years ago, the Japanese needed 360 yen to buy one U.S. dollar. With their nation accumulating nearly $1 trillion in trade surpluses since the late 1970s, however, the Japanese can now buy a greenback for a bargain-basement price of less than 90. This year alone, the yen's value in dollars has shot up 12%.
The superyen has bankrolled Japan's dramatic push into Asia, just as it financed its move into the U.S. But despite the currency's extraordinary appreciation, it would be a mistake to assume it will gain indefinitely. Not only does the dollar remain the preeminent currency of international finance and trade but it also may benefit in coming months from a shift in global growth patterns, interest rates, and capital flows.
EXTRA HEFT. Some doubts about the yen's chances for further huge gains stem from Japan's reluctance to see it become a truly global currency. That gives the deficit-plagued dollar some heft it otherwise might lack. With 60% of America's banknotes circulating overseas--and many emerging economies pegging their currencies to the dollar--the buck is still the preferred medium of exchange from Guayaquil to Guangzhou. The dollar's share of world foreign exchange reserves remains around 55% today, notes Kemper Financial Services Inc. economist David D. Hale.
The yen accounts for a mere 9%, little changed from its level of a decade ago. And while 15% of all Eurobond issues are now denominated in yen, most of these bonds are issued by Japanese companies and sold to Japanese investors. Many foreigners are reluctant to borrow in yen. Japan's barriers to foreign direct investment prevent them from earning enough yen to repay their debts.
Despite Japan's unwillingness to see the yen play a greater global role, the country's recent economic policies have all but ensured that the currency would rise. Trying to overcome the hangover of the easy-money-fueled bubble economy of the 1980s, Japanese monetary and fiscal authorities have pursued a hard-money strategy of slow growth and deflation. That has helped cool global price pressures and permitted the U.S. to follow the opposite course: robust growth and tolerance of modest inflation. But with Merrill Lynch & Co. estimating that Japanese investors already have $400 billion in unrealized foreign exchange losses on their books, their willingness to recycle their trade surpluses back into dollars has been fading.
However, 1995 could see both countries change course. Many economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again this spring to rein in the U.S. economy. That should dampen inflation jitters and shrink the U.S. trade deficit. At the same time, Japanese officials are conceding that their economy may not be able to stand much more pressure from the yen. Acknowledging this, Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura on Mar. 27 promised a new government spending plan to spur growth. In an unusually strong statement, he suggested that the Bank of Japan should cut rates. The bank will probably respond by slashing its record-low discount rate by 50 basis points, to 1.25%, this spring. Perhaps foreshadowing this, the bank has already pushed money-market rates to a six-month low. Coming on top of heavy central bank purchases of dollars, those moves have led some economists to think Japanese authorities would like the greenback to return to 96 yen, or maybe even 100.
If anything, Japan's new Asian investment focus could help this trend along. As Japanese manufacturers replace domestic production with goods from their new Asian factories, imports should rise, and the country's trade surplus should decline. It may never dwindle enough to make the yen a weak currency again. Even if it does, the yen should remain a relatively strong currency for years to come. But for now, some of the forces pumping the Japanese currency up could be taking a break.


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In many Arab countries, chronic job shortages combined with cultural factors, such as pressure on employers to give young men jobs that enable them to marry and start families, may limit employment opportunities for young women. The World Bank recently reported that the Middle East and North Africa region continues to have the lowest female workforce participation rate of any global region.
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Thanksgiving Dinner Tips From Star Chefs, Part 1: Eric Ripert
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This is the first in a series of items about how some celeb chefs and foodies mark Thanksgiving Day.
First things first: Eric Ripert doesn't do turkey.
"I find it dry," the French-born chef of Le Bernardin fame says. But that hardly means Ripert forgoes any Thanksgiving Day celebration. He just does it his way.
Or should we say, his extended family's way. Ripert lets his Puerto Rican in-laws handle a portion of the planning and cooking for the feast at his New York apartment. "They do the leg of the pig," he says, referring to the classic dish known as pernil. And the in-laws also take care of the beverages –- namely, the rum punch that's served at the meal's end ("to finish the job," laughs Ripert).
Which is not to say that Ripert, whose new book, "Avec Eric" (based on his PBS series of the same name) was published earlier this month, doesn't lend a hand. He likes making a six-pound chicken in place of a turkey (almost as big as the holiday bird –- and far more moist, he explains) and he does his own versions of cranberry sauce (a sweet-meets-savory recipe that includes chopped onions and ginger) and stuffing (made with wild mushrooms, chicken livers and bread –- all crammed inside the turkey, er, chicken). Oh, and don't forget the sweet potatoes –- in this instance, Ripert doesn't mess with tradition, even letting his son top the beloved tubers with marshmallows.
And for dessert? Pumpkin or pecan pie, purchased from a local bakery. Wait a sec — no homemade sweet from one of the world's foremost chefs? "I'm a very bad baker," Ripert confesses.


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Trying To Conceive? 104 is The Magic NumberRebecca Odes
The average couple has sex more than 100 times before becoming pregnant, according to a U.K. study. That's approximately four times a week for six months. And for one out of ten couples polled, attempts involved the future dad being called home during the work day to do the deed.
Yet 70% of couples said they wanted their babies to be borne of spontaneous sex acts inspired by love and desire rather than scheduled sex for reproductive purposes.
Do you know when your baby was conceived? I'm pretty sure I do.
My son's origins were super-romantic. We were on an extended late honeymoon in Italy, stretched longer and longer because both of us were unusually free of other commitments at the time. The last couple of days were prime fertile time for me, and I think I can trace it to the actual afternoon. I woke up that night with some strange boob tingling I hadn't felt before, and didn't feel again until I started breastfeeding. Maybe I'm crazy, but I wonder if my body was somehow getting the message that there was a baby brewing and kicking into gear.
My daughter's conception was not quite so glamorous. She was a home-made baby. I was taking my temperature before getting out of bed in the morning and doing all kinds of gnarly checks to see when I'd be ready to conceive. I was also drinking cranberry juice which I'd heard made conceiving a girl more likely. A far cry from the Negroni Sbagliatos I was drinking in Rome. The mood was somewhat less free-wheeling, as well.
Both times I was lucky to have gotten pregnant the first month I tried. I've always heard that six months is average. I'd never actually tried to calculate how many attempts that translated to. A hundred is a pretty hefty number. It's easy to see how the romance can fly out the window after the first month. People always suggest couples try to forget the reproductive part and get back to the sexy stuff, appreciate the fact that you "get" to do it so often. But that is way easier said than done. (See recent discussion of stress as an impediment to conception, and discussion of stress as an impediment to conception as a generator of stress). I wonder if women had more awareness about their fertility (using the above-mentioned gnarly methods, per Taking Charge of Your Fertility) would it take less time? Or maybe just fewer attempts. I just don't know if that would be a good thing or a bad thing.
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Apps We Like: News360
It often feels as if news junkies should be better served than they are by the online world. There are plenty of aggregation services and apps, but most seem to fall short. They tend to be cluttered, unintuitive to use and deliver results that frequently seem almost eccentric.
This is surprising, given that just last year Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corporation, the owner of The Wall Street Journal, said companies including Google were tapping into a "river of gold" with aggregation services using content from news websites. If that "river of gold" exists it has not so far been spent on Google News apps, Google+ integration or on prettifying what must be one of the ugliest sites on the web.
But, if Google has taken its eye off the ball, it has left room for other companies such as News360 which has released apps for the iPhone, iPad. Windows Phone 7, Android phone, the BlackBerry Playbook and Android tablet. This represents a far wider range of platforms than most companies target with their apps.
On an Asus EeePad Transformer TF101 10.1 inch running Android 3.1, News360 is pleasantly intuitive and has some nice touches. Topics are displayed on the left with pictures and news stories in the centre. On the right are the links relevant to the articles.
Open the story up and there is its introduction. A clever touch is that while you are reading the intro the full web page with the article loads below. It cuts the feeling of waiting on even fairly slow connections. Links to other sources for the story including Twitter are readily available at the top of the page. Sharing with services such as Facebook, Twitter or Read It Later is straightforward.
But it is not perfect. The process of setting up feeds linked to your personal interests feels slightly clunky. The "360-degree view" which allows users to select stories based on pictures seems to be a bit of a gimmick. But, overall, if it has a fault for the average news junkie, it is that it is almost too addictive.
What impresses, more than the interface, is the way the choice of stories seems more rational than with other services. There are reasons for the differences as Roman Karachinsky, the CEO of Russian-based News360, explains: "Google is very good at the top stories. It's not so good at the less-popular ones." He says this could be because of a focus on computational linguistics which requires more data than is available for news further down the long tail.
News360 instead uses semantic analysis and natural language processing to select news stories and their sources. The origins of News360s expertise in this area go back to a B2B web-clipping business analyzing online news and reputation. According to Mr. Karachinsky, over seven years, the company reduced the number of people sifting this data from 300 to five thanks to improvements in its technology.
Deciding to change focus from B2B to consumer, the company first launched an iPhone app last year. "We tried to keep it under the radar, but after a few weeks Apple put it on the front page of the App Store," he said. Since that early success, it has added a number of apps for different types of mobile device, attracting almost universally favorable reviews.
The next stage, declared on the company's website, is for a desktop computer app. This, however, is expected to be just one of several parts of a major announcement scheduled for next week.


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Charred Walls of the Damned will release their third full-length, 'Creatures Watching Over the Dead', on September 23rd via Metal Blade Records. Today, the band has released the first single from the album, entitled 'The Soulless'.Read More
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Jewels of January Contest Winner: Ana Luisa Remelgado Gomes
Tell us about yourself:
My name is Ana and I'm 23. I'm from Portugal, living very close to the shore with my mother, my younger sister and our silly but loving 2-year-old cat. I'm a landscape architecture student; I've finished my graduation this past month and am now aiming for a master's degree. My hobbies include reading, writing, role-playing, biking, beach/park walking, drawing, and of course, jewelry making.
How did you get interested in beading/jewelry making?
It was actually my boyfriend who suggested to me jewelry making as a new hobby, around 4 years ago. I was trying to improve my high school grades so I could get into college. I also used to dance, however, successive injuries kept preventing me from devoting myself to such activity. I was going through a hard time and in need of something else to keep me busy besides studying – something that wouldn't require too much of me in a physical way. He knew I used to spend hours browsing online handmade jewelry galleries and threw the idea. And so, in the following months, I would be falling in love with jewelry making as a form of therapy, which helped me in letting my body and mind fully heal. I had to put it all aside when I got into college, because my course was too time consuming, but a few months ago I was able to revive it and here I am!
What are your favorite materials to use in jewelry making?
That's quite a hard question! Not sure if I can nominate just a few. Czech glass beads, pearls, lucite flowers and cabochons, Swarovski crystals, organza, vintage findings, artistic wire… I'm crazy for a lot of different materials and I love combining them – and thus playing with different textures. I would also like to have a try at resin and clay sometime in the future!
Who or what inspires your creative process? What inspired your winning design?
|Jewels of January Winning Design!
As a landscape architecture student and a nature lover (not to say an actual tree-hugger!), I am always inspired by Mother Nature and the wonders she has to show and give. During my course, I've been taught to observe landscape at a higher level, and to try to understand it along with its components. So, to me, jewelry making takes it even further, as I always seek to deliver an ethereal, natural meaning to each piece I create. It's like a form of meditation on all the natural wonders out there, be it single trees or flowers, scenery, ecosystems, or even a few natural phenomena. For this contest, I was inspired by an imaginary landscape of a dormant, snow-covered forest, dipped in chilling white-bluish hues of a cold winter night. It is something I have never really been able to watch, excluding in pictures, movies, or Christmas postcards. In other words, 'Iced Forest' represents kind of a wintery fantasy of mine.
Is there somewhere people can see/purchase your work?
I do have a couple of online sources where I display all my work and everyone is more than welcome to visit! But as I am still quite new to this huge, wonderful world of jewelry making, those sources are nothing more than my blog and my Facebook page. Also, portuguese is my main business language at the moment, but now that I have a few non-portuguese followers, I am currently working on this language issue. Besides, my next plans include opening an Etsy store (I didn't want to take the risk and invest when I wasn't sure of my possibilities) and a more versatile, accessible new website.
For now, feel free to browse my work through:
For now, feel free to browse my work through:
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You would probably be better off finding a good Industrial Design program. They tend to be more diverse and multidimensional. Many graphic design and industrial design programs are either divided between studio skills and design thinking... but the ID schools, in general, seem to be ahead of the curve. A lot of the undergraduate programs in the US are still focused on cranking our graphic artists... that have computer software skills. Make sure that you find a program that is deeply theory rooted and applied, yet not a simple vocation program (many major universities disguise their four year programs as such.
As for the IxD part... at the graduate (masters level) diversity and cross discipline are key. If you look at programs labeled Interaction, try and determine how much time you spend in the design department. If it is 70% or more... keep looking.
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>Yes, training is the keyword. For my situation (...and of many others who
>don't live near a Interaction Design University, School, etc) I think it's
>better to study first Graphic Design.
I agree with this. Although my own education is in graphic design, I
took some product design courses and have later hired product
designers for interaction design roles. Graphic Design centers around
a few core principles such as: visual composition in 2D space,
communication design (understanding how to develop ideas that
communicate effectively, such as in advertising) and in branding.
There are obviously other areas that some programs expand into, such
as motion graphics, packaging design, and multimedia design, but the
core focus in on shaping the aesthetics and communication within a 2D
space. While product design does spend a large amount of time
focusing on the 3D space, there is a core component of understanding
the human needs and developing a compelling product to solve those
needs. This means breaking down those needs (each school has its own
approach to this) and solving the meta and micro needs. That kind of
problem solving in a perfect fit for interaction design.
Each program is different and you can look at what their underlying
philosophies are to find the one that will suite your interests. Is
you interest more in the aesthetics and emotional dimensions of
interaction design or in the ability to make life easier for people?
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Am 14.09.2006 um 15:44 schrieb mark Schraad:
Exactly. The advantage of an industrial design program is that the design student will get more exposure to the concept of context (person, tool, environment, interaction and time) which is lacking from mostgraphics programs and extremely important in IxD work.
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It all depends in what you want to achieve with your degree. The facts are that Interaction Designers have multiple backgrounds.
What is important is to get the different skills that will prepare you well for the job market. Some of these skills are: user centered design, cognitive sciences, design thinking and design process, multidisciplinary design, human factors, usability principles and accessibility principles and the ability to drawn and render ideas quickly and esthetically. A solid understanding of technology is, if not a necessity, a very strong asset.
Also, learning to listen and problem solve, feeling empathy towards your user, understanding work processes and be able to observe and map how users perform tasks in order to translate their needs into excellent design solutions. Be able to design within design constraints defined by user needs and human factors. Be able to support your design with the research on user needs and human factors. Be able to complement your own skills with the skills from other professions.
You cannot be everything!
Never believe that your solution is the only good solution. Always be careful not to fall in the trap of your own prejudices (i.e.: industrial designers are better than graphic designers)
The other fact is the degree you get at graduation is only the first step of your career. Once you have graduated, you have to keep learning and expanding your mind as well as acquiring new skills.
Doris L
User interaction designer
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Exactly. The advantage of an industrial design program is that the design student will get more exposure to the concept of context (person, tool, environment, interaction and time) which is lacking from mostgraphics programs and extremely important in IxD work.
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I must say it was surreal the way I found out about the passage of my childhood icon, Michael Jackson. I work for a news outlet but on this occasion, when the news spread like wildfire over the internet, I was happily tuned out, enjoying my daughter at gymnastics class.
I received a phone call from a friend who wanted to chat about goings-on in the town and he said he had something else he wanted to tell me but couldn't think of it right then. Almost as soon as we hung up, I got a text message saying "I remembered. King of Pop has died." I didn't have a clue what that meant. He couldn't possibly mean Michael Jackson?
I hadn't seen a TV or heard the radio in a couple hours. I knew Farrah Fawcett had died and Ed McMahon so a third was imminent. But MJ? No way! Then more phone calls: my sister, my dad. My mom was with me. We were floored. I think I am still in shock. Why? Why do I feel like a member of my family, a part of my life has died? Because I grew up with Thriller.
I'm part of the lucky generation that got to witness the awesomeness that was Michael Jackson. He was beyond a star. He was my generation's Elvis. He was enormous, ridiculously talented, a tortured genius the likes of whom we will never see again. The first time I became aware of Michael Jackson was around the time Thriller came out. MTV was huge and was known for playing videos. Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller were groundbreaking eye candy.
The gloved-one was mysterious and, even with all the controversy that would follow him later in life, I never forgot the man in the sunglasses at the Grammy awards, waving to the girls in the balcony. Many people, much of them younger, are quick to point out all of Jackson's faults, calling him a freak.
They obviously weren't aware of his greatness at the height of his popularity. They obviously were not touched by his music, his contribution to pop culture, his tragic story as an abused child star from Gary, Indiana who went on to rule the world. I was there. I witnessed history and now the world is a sadder place because of his passing.
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MOUNT VERNON—Brewton-Parker College's Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) is on track to exceed its $4,000 annual goal for summer mission programs, said BPC Campus Minister Rev. Glenn Wallace.
Rev. Wallace reports BCM raised $2,500 during its signature fundraiser, Baron Idol, Monday night during Homecoming Week 2010, Feb. 22. This is the fourth year the Christian student organization has held the popular campus-wide talent competition.
"This year's turn out was great," said Rev. Wallace. "The students had a lot of fun, and our total was up from last year. We raised about $1,600 last year."
Winners of this year's Baron Idol were William Braswell and Bryan Mauldin. Senior Rebecca Brady placed second, and Sophomore Elisa Gordy won third. The event was hosted by BCM members Kolby DePratter and Cody Smith. The competition's judges were Coach "Boo" Mullins, Prof. Vance Rhoades, and Director of Retention and Counseling Services Tonia Spaulding.
One hundred percent of the monies raised will support summer mission projects for state students through the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC).
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Last year, BPC sent 10 students on summer mission destinations. This year, the College will send a married couple, Kolby and Paige DePratter, to South Korea. Several other students plan to attend mission trips, but will do so either independently or through the International Mission Board, said Wallace.
BCM will continue fundraising throughout the semester with a small fundraiser in April during Alumni Weekend and a Care Package fundraiser in May.
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The emails started flooding in after I offered a fairly harsh critique of union negotiators' demands and the perverse logic they used in blaming management for their need to strike. My inbox piled nearly four dozen emails deep.
I'm accustomed to hearing from people who question my intellect. And from people who doubt my parents were married. Much of my correspondence arrives singed around the edges. But these folks were writing to say they agreed:
The overriding theme seemed to be that transit strikes should be outlawed. A few folks thought everyone should be fired, citing Ronald Reagan's handling of air traffic controllers. Some want the BART system privatized, and these were not button-down conservatives, as far as I could tell.
"I grew up a liberal in Berkeley," one wrote, "but this whole BART nonsense is making me rethink my position on workers and unions."
"I'm not following the negotiations very closely," wrote another, "but I sure don't understand labor's intransigence, and I'm a labor guy."
And another: "I'm usually left of center; nobody would call me a conservative or a down-with-unions type, but this has become such an egregious situation ..."
Imagine how angry they'll be when they learn what another emailer shared. He said he knows two train operators who openly talk about how they "game" the system in which they work. He said they "trade" sick days to manipulate work shifts and guarantee overtime pay.
That falls nicely in line with this writer's sentiments: "I have written my state legislators and demanded that BART unions have a no-strike clause. These current union deceptions, half-truths and outright lies are the product of self-entitlement."
Then there was one expression of incredulity at labor's demands: "I'm a 27-year-old law school graduate and BART rider who gets no benefits of any kind, and I'm just lucky to have a full-time job in San Francisco that pays me something."
Annoyance was not restricted solely to public employees. One comment was typical of many like it: "What is driving me crazy is the lack of concern for the riders by legislators. Where are they? Now is the time to get a bill in place that will not allow this to happen again in a few years when this contract nonsense will have another go around. I hope all riders remember this lack of support during election time."
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The John Hopkins University Homewood House Campus is believed to be closely monitoring this case of international importance as it is a well know fact in academic circles that professor Ronald Hoffman was a high level board advisor to the Carroll Institute Oxford University Carroll Chair of Irish History which is attached to Hertford College. John Hopkins Universities Homewood House Campus is known to have been the home of Charles Carroll of Carrollton's son Charles Carroll Jnr. prior to the residence being transformed into the center of academic excellence at John Hopkins University.
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Suppose that d(t) = 5u(t). Find the value of K that will limitthe steady-state component in c(t) due to d(t) to 1 percent of thevalue of d(t). Note that this specification limits the dc gain fromD(s) to C(s) to the value of 0.001.
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