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27-1014.00 - Multimedia Artists and Animators
Create special effects, animation, or other visual images using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products or creations, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.
Sample of reported job titles: 3D Animator, 3D Artist, Animation Director, Animator, Art Director, Artist, Creative Director, Graphic Artist, Graphic Designer, Illustrator
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
- Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
- Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.
- Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters.
- Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.
- Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.
- Develop briefings, brochures, multimedia presentations, web pages, promotional products, technical illustrations, and computer artwork for use in products, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and slide shows.
- Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques.
- Implement and maintain configuration control systems.
- Assemble, typeset, scan and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs.
- Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.
- Use models to simulate the behavior of animated objects in the finished sequence.
- Create and install special effects as required by the script, mixing chemicals and fabricating needed parts from wood, metal, plaster, and clay.
Technology Skills
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk 3ds Max Design; Autodesk Alias Surface; Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D ; solidThinking (see all 6 examples)
- Configuration management software — Perforce Helix software
- Desktop publishing software — Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign ; QuarkXPress
- Development environment software — Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript; C ; Unreal Technology Unreal Engine; XML User Interface XUI (see all 12 examples)
- Document management software — Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Enterprise application integration software — Extensible Markup Language XML
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Ability Photopaint; Corel Painter; Microsoft Visio ; VectorDesigner (see all 72 examples)
- Object or component oriented development software — C++ ; jQuery ; Object-oriented programming languages; Python
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Apple macOS ; Microsoft Windows ; UNIX
- Platform interconnectivity software — Adobe Systems AdobeMlashMX
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Video creation and editing software — Apple Final Cut Pro; Chaos Group V-Ray; Pixar RenderMan Studio; YouTube (see all 10 examples)
- Web page creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Web platform development software — Drupal ; Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML; JavaScript ; PHP: Hypertext preprocessor (see all 11 examples)
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Fine Arts — Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
Work Activities
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Detailed Work Activities
- Create computer-generated graphics or animation.
- Prepare production storyboards.
- Develop artistic or design concepts for decoration, exhibition, or commercial purposes.
- Draw detailed or technical illustrations.
- Coordinate logistics for productions or events.
- Construct distinctive physical objects for artistic, functional, or commercial purposes.
- Convert data among multiple digital or analog formats.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 85% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 77% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 85% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 83% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 60% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Spend Time Sitting — 59% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Contact With Others — 64% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 54% responded "Extremely important."
- Time Pressure — 49% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 56% responded "Extremely important."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 52% responded "Some freedom."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 59% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 62% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 56% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Deal With External Customers — 41% responded "Extremely important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 38% responded "Moderate results."
- Level of Competition — 35% responded "Highly competitive."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 36% responded "Very high responsibility."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 32% responded "Extremely important."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 33% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 36% responded "Very important."
- Physical Proximity — 49% responded "Slightly close (e.g., shared office)."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Bachelor's degree
|Associate's degree
|Some college, no degree
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- Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
Work Values
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2018)
|$34.87 hourly, $72,520 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2016)
|74,000 employees
|Projected growth (2016-2026)
|Average (5% to 9%)
|Projected job openings (2016-2026)
|State trends
|Top industries (2016)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 wage data and 2016-2026 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2016-2026). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- AIGA, the professional association for design
- American Film Institute
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Comic Art Professional Society
- International Cinematographers Guild
- National Cartoonists Society
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Multimedia artists and animators
- PromaxBDA
- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- The Animation Guild
- The One Club for Creativity
- Visual Effects Society
- Women in Film


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An ordinance passed by the Secession Convention on 17 April 1861 called into service volunteers to be organized into regiments, brigades, and divisions. On June 6, 1861, Governor John Letcher issued a proclamation transferring all the volunteer forces in Virginia to the Confederate States of America. Virginia's contribution to the Confederate cause consisted of more than one hundred independent artillery batteries, more than fifty regiments and battalions of cavalry, more than sixty infantry regiments, and various units of militia, local defense, home guard, and others.
Conduct a keyword or subject search heading in the catalog using the following examples of Library of Congress subject headings.
Confederate States of America Army Virginia Artillery Otey Battery
Confederate States of America Army Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1st
Confederate States of America Army Virginia Infantry Battalion 23rd
Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental Histories
Virginia Regimental History Series
Driver, Robert J. 1st Battalion Virginia Infantry, 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, 24th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers. Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1996.
Jackson, Harry L. First Regiment, Engineer Troops, P.A.C.S.: Robert E. Lee's Combat Engineers. Louisa, Va.: R.A.E. Design and Pub., 1998.
Wallace, Lee A., Jr. 1st Virginia Infantry. Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1984.
———. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861–1865. Rev. 2nd ed. Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986.
———. The Richmond Howitzers. Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1993.
Weaver, Jeffrey C. The Virginia Home Guards. Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1996.
———. Virginia Regimental History Series Index. 4 vols. Saltville, Va.: J. C. Weaver, 2005.
Since 1982, H. E. Howard Inc., of Lynchburg, Virginia, has published more than 200 regimental and other Civil War histories in its Virginia Regimental History Series. Searching under that subject heading reveals all of the titles. Individual regiments may be searched by name; e.g., 1st Virginia Infantry, 2nd Virginia Infantry. (Click Here for a List of Additional Titles)
John P. Alderman. Twenty-fourth Virginia Infantry Abstracts. Accession 28479.
Introduction and abstracts from the regimental records in the National Archives for the Twenty-fourth Virginia Infantry Regiment. The introduction contains information on the regiment's formation, regimental officers, brigades under which it fought, and campaigns in which it participated. The abstracts of the regimental records consists of a list of officers, a chronological record of events, and abstracts of individual service records arranged alphabetically as they appear on the microfilm. These service records include a muster date where available and a brief summary of the soldier's service. Only a fraction of the data in the service records has been abstracted.
Fourth Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Records, 1862–1865. Accession 41008. Miscellaneous Microfilm Reel 4363.
Records, 1862–1865, of the Fourth Virginia Cavalry Regiment including certificates, commissions, dispatches, horse and equipment valuation, invoices, letters, medical exemptions, oaths of allegiance, orders, petitions, and reports concerning military operations, supplies, and personnel. Many of the records are endorsed. Also included is a copy of the Preamble and Resolutions on the Hampton Roads Peace Conference adopted at a meeting of the 2nd Regiment of Virginia Cavalry (28 February 1865, Fredericksburg, Va.), written by Thomas Taylor Munford.
Richmond Light Infantry Blues. Records. 1794–1933. Accession 29873.
Records, 1794–1933, of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues containing records of the famous infantry company, which was one the longest continually active militia units in the United States at the time of its disbanding in the mid-twentieth century. It entered Civil War service as Company A, 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment on 24 April 1861 and served throughout the war until its surrender at Appomattox Court House, 9 April 1865. Two of the eleven volumes pertain to the Civil War. Volume One is a record book of the company from 1794–1883, which includes minutes of its meetings, an early history of the unit, muster rolls, and a unit roster. Volume Four is a scrapbook for the years 1859–1866, which includes newspaper accounts, invitations, ribbons, and other memorabilia related to the unit.
Tenth Virginia Infantry Regiment. Records, 1861–1864. Accession 20295, 20296, and 20297.
Records, 1861–1864, of the Tenth Virginia Infantry Regiment consisting of three volumes. The first is a volume of morning reports that contain the number of men present for or absent from duty, and the location of the regiment. Also included is a volume of morning reports captured from the 4th Maine Militia Regiment at the First Battle of Manassas. The second is a volume of quartermaster records kept by Captain A. S. Byrd, Assistant Quartermaster. Included are monthly reports of forage received and issued, moneys received and paid, public animals, wagons, and tools in use, non-commissioned officers and privates employed on extra duty, and statements of accounts with the Confederate States of America. The final volume is that of guard reports for the regiment that include names of those on each relief of the guard, their station, the parole and countersign, list of prisoners, and various remarks.
William M. Tuck and the Third Virginia Infantry. Papers, 1861–1900. Accession 25188.
Papers, 1861–1900, concerning the military service of William Munford Tuck (1832–1899) of Halifax County, Virginia, as an soldier and officer in the 3rd Virginia Infantry, Company K. Accounts describe Tuck's and his regiment's performances in Civil War battles from the Battle of Williamsburg until the Battle of Gettysburg when Tuck was captured and later imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Includes negative Photostats of muster rolls for Company K, receipts for Tuck's pay, prison records and rosters, and Tuck's signature on the oath of allegiance.
Virginia Department of Confederate Military Records, Series II: Unit Records, 1861–1993 (bulk 1861–1865, 1884, 1900–1918). Accession 27684.
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Unit records, 1861–1993, of the Virginia Department of Confederate Military Records containing rosters, muster rolls, powers of attorney, special orders, descriptive lists of pay and clothing, notes, correspondence, certificates by company commanders, and other sundry items. These materials document Confederate veterans who served in the Virginia artillery, cavalry, infantry, local defense, reserves, home guard, Virginia State Line, and militia. There are both original materials from the Civil War and secondary materials gathered by the Secretaries of Virginia Military Records or the Adjutant General. For example, there are both original muster rolls and rosters compiled per the acts of the General Assembly in 1884 and 1900. There are often handwritten notes and rough drafts of rosters by Major Robert W. Hunter or Colonel Joseph V. Bidgood with each unit's file. The rough drafts of rosters simply duplicate the information contained in the Confederate rosters compiled by the department.

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These are some thumbnails for the project that I've done for the class I'm taking at CGMW. I'm going to be working some of them into finished illustrations in the coming weeks.
A place to put all the nerdy bits of artwork I do in my spare time. All work copyright Nick Carver 2008-2012
Very Good Nick!
Amazing Work man!
Awesome! How do you like the classes so far?
Awesome thumbnails, a lot in them already.
Cheers guys!
Szymon: So far it's going pretty good. I'm keen to get some critical feedback on these compositions. I'm happy to be concentrating exclusively on environment pieces for a couple of months rather than jumping from one thing to another. Should hopefully help me to level up a bit.
I'll be doing a bunch more compositions for homework this week too. I'm going to focus on interiors and more character/story-driven shots.
Should be fun!
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There are myriad reasons why I haven't sat down to write in 10 days. Mostly I've spent a lot time navigating by snorkel, buried by the vast and sundry. Buried by work, natch. But also buried by Stephen Colbert, who appeared as Stephen Colbert (instead of Stephen Colbert) at a book signing. Buried by Michael Chabon's book, by R.E.M.'s new live DVD. By autumn leaves that have finally started to fall. By little legs who want to ride the daddyhorse, and by slightly bigger legs who fear being replaced by the little legs and therefore treat Daddy's back as the Mountain of Filial Supremacy.
Especially buried by those pesky baseball playoff games, which beat the crap out of my sleep schedule and after Sunday's win left me hoarse, beer-soaked, and delirious.
So I was buried. But as I thought when I woke up Monday morning and wiped the ginger ale and ketchup off my glasses, it was a good kind of buried.
The good news is I'm rested, I'm relaxed, and I'm rarin' to blop. Who's with me? Can a fella get a what-what?


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There is a huge misunderstanding between the overlapping functions in which these two processes—industrial design and design engineering—operate. The following definitions are from Wikipedia:
Industrial Design (ID) is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved. Design aspects specified by the industrial designer may include the overall shape of the object, the location of details with respect to one another, colors, texture, sounds, and aspects concerning the use of the product ergonomics.
Design Engineering (DE) is a discipline that creates and transforms ideas and concepts into a product definition that satisfies customer requirements.
The definitions of these two categories of design have a fundamental difference between them: ID is an applied art, whereas DE is a discipline. This means that industrial designers more often have more liberal control than design engineers to design everything that they or their customers like. This is due to the fact that design engineers have only one choice: make it work.
However, since the functions of each are often unclear, customers can easily be confused as to which one they need. Although, misunderstanding which one they need is almost inevitable because of a series of factors:
1. Each industrial designer or design engineer has greed to get the job, so they do not make it clear to the customer what their function is.
2. The customer looks for a "one stop shop", so they want to accomplish everything in one shot, whereas they may need both an industrial designer and design engineer.
3. Designers believe to be something they are not. Some industrial designers believe to be design engineers as well, only to end up creating a product that is not functional or suitable for manufacturability. Whereas, some design engineers believe to be industrial designers as well, only to end up creating an ugly product that requires a three-armed person to use it.
It is both the industrial designers and design engineers' job to educate customers. If we compare them with doctors, doctors have done a much better job in educating their customers (patients) about their specialization. You never have a cosmetic surgery doctor performing brain surgery (or vice versa) due to the differences in specializations (and liability). It is very clear on what one can and cannot do. Unfortunately, it is not as clear what one can and cannot do in ID and DE. Therefore, it is a big mess.
When I started in the plastics injection molding industry 26 years ago, I was fortunate to be taught then the difference between ID and DE. And so, as a design engineer, I have always been careful not to step into the ID area. My job is to design a working product and send that to an industrial designer to dress it up.
Having worked with different customers of different backgrounds, I realized that industrial designers and design engineers very rarely recommend that their customers see the other (unlike doctors do). This is a matter of pride and business. There is a fear that the customer will think one is incompetent or that the customer will finish the project with the other one, although unbeknown to the customer the other one is not the expert in both.
I consistently receive product designs from industrial designers, in which case 99% the parts are not ready for manufacturing. They most often times need a draft angle added in order to eject the part from the mold or a wall thickness increased to accommodate the material specification. Somebody has to spend the time to redesign the part, and that has to be paid for by the customer. Often times, the customer does not understand the need to redesign and the sequence of events to validate. This situation creates confusion, frustration, and mistakes.
When a customer pays for a design, they expect the design to be ready for manufacturing. However, many times customers find themselves paying more and waiting longer for product redesign so that it is suitable for manufacturing. Therefore, know the difference between industrial design and design engineering, and ensure you know which one you are dealing with.
Agjah Libohova
Director of Research & Development
Autronic Plastics inc.
29 New York Ave
Westbury, NY, 11590
Ph: 516-333-7577
Fax: 516-333-7695
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Your Favorite From Down There?
laughing hieroglyphic. the live version is fucking amazin,,<3
i bet
Laughing Hieroglyphic is a really emotional song for me since it is about loneliness and loss and trying to comfort people, the last one is really what gets me.
Elusive, Avey said he originally wanted Lucky 1 and Heather to be one song. So thats why they flow so well together.
Lucky 1 sounds a lot like a Panda song to me! The whole album is really great. I just bought it, and it really surprised me. I seriously dont get all the criticisms about the songs going nowhere. Favorite song is either Laughing Heiroglyphic or Ghost of Books. Theyve both been stuck in my head all day!
Heads Hammock all the way. QQ
oliver twist. I never knew the guy but the songs pretty good
Pretty good... pretty good!? Please sir, can I have some more... Avey Tare?
I think you're going a BIT too far, I want another Avey solo album, but I want it to be a mix between electronic and organic sounds, i'm thinking about an electronic folk album maybe, because Down There was mainly electronic and I want a newer sound on this next Avey album.
actually i didnt mean that i meant like the way it's laid out/written. i dont really know what i meant. if by electronic folk you mean something like call home (buy grapes) then i humbly agree with you
I'm happy to wait patiently for the type of solo he wants to release. Honestly, he could to collaboration with Nicki Minaj and I'd still gobble it up.
Yeah Tikey, CH(BG) came to mind, that and some of the stuff on Feels, HCTI, and Sung Tongs. I don't think we will get a Avey release soon though, i'm guessing it will never happen or it will be one of the last AC-related releases.
the first one came out of damn nowhere so i can only assume the last one will come out of somewhere! some WHEN! and only then... i like how avey really showed up panda! ... panda saying in like jan of 2010 his album would be out in september and even THAT seemed like quite the wait but it was all LIES! then avey shows up and says oh hey i got an album too and it's coming out in like a month blam! take THAT panda! deeks is being way too damn slow! all the momentum is DEAD! should have been an early 2012 release at the very latest NOW what the hell will happen? no body knows!
I bet Deak will release it after Centipede and it will get lost in the wildfire. Or get really big because of the fire Centipede brings, sort of like Tomboy and Down There to a greater degree.
Man, I'm completely in love with "Ghost of books" and "Laughing Hieroglyphic" You know what would be awesome? If Avey released a live album from his solo tour. I was so bummed out after he played his last song, quickly going to his mic and saying "Thanks". Haha, man I visit that night in my mind way too often.
i thought he was going to do a live EP of all the new songs... which is... odd... i'd rather have studio versions of songs and if a live thing why not the whole she-bang? what the damn actual hell avey! yr making me crazy!
Received this through the post a few days ago. First impressions: - Much likage - It's very ODDSAC in a lot of places, certainly no bad thing - Every time Laughing Hieroglyphic gets going I'm expecting him to sing "A peace bone got found in a dinosaur wing" ! Don't have a favorite yet, only heard it thrice
We already know it's Cemetary. Don't worry man, we feel you.
The first time that really deep voice sample is played in Cemetary i always crack up!
Cemetaries is now my favorite off Down there! (Clawed: *yay!) It just is so atmospheric and so chilling and so...Avey. I love it so much!
Well, since I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Down There, Cemetaries is like a 9.99 and Oliver Twist is like a 9.97. Both are some of my favorite tunes ever. My favorite part about Oliver twist are the lyrics and how they are sung with all of the samples hitting at certain times to make the song just go up and down (that's how I see it in my mind). "He saw what he would look in the rock and see what was in there, and I guess that day he saw a skull, one of his dark days.) Oh when I look out the door of my lean-to. I want another green room from my other room. Should I pull up the phone on my kitchen? So I can feel the dark in while I'm doing all my dishes. To live in a house that is breathing, is a luxury when you understand its meaning. But in the bitty-b-box, am I dreaming? A galaxy of stars above our ceiling. In my eyes is an understanding of what I see Its hard to think about the time it takes to get from space to me. (And then everyone) And everyone I would ever know wondering what I should be. And then there's the thinking and I led me to thinking Of the many dirty pennies Different ocean Not of the kind of stick you wanna get stuck inside the ocean. City grime It's hard to sit myself down rather than just think about the ocean (Ocean) Why I'm crying Shouldn't I be content with what I've got when I see dimes? And not enough Cause I picked something that I enjoy with. I acquire. And I wonder if its me Who's just a thief who's taking a stash of books in the grass. Digging a hole and digging it deep. (And dig for a while) You'll dig for a while Cause you'll never know when I plant the seed. And it left us to thinking, it led me thinking of the many dirty pennies. (It's going to be a good night tonight; it's going to be a fine day tomorrow) If I had some kind of need, everything I need is the thing I've got. And if I look inside of me you'll find the thing what gets me to the brock (???). And I know that there are needy, some are good Yeah, but some are rotten. Why should I motivate my needs when I know my needs should be forgotten."
The "if i had some kind of need" part at the end of the song really makes it for me
Well that is a great part indeed, especially right when the bass hits when he says "and I know " the first couple times around.
After a couple more listens Down There is going from good to something really special I love listening to solo albums like these because you really get a feel for what the individuals contribute towards the AnCo albums.
Right now my favorite is ghost of books. I love "I ran away to a ghost town, it felt like a perfect dream. I grabbed a hold of two ghosts and" and get the idea.
"you're so beutiful when you can't hear me"
Great song, underrated. Probably my fourth favourite.
when it comes to down there, oliver twist is the best, and then cemetaries, then every other song is equally special imo
I think Shudderfraud is the best song.
The whole album is my favourite song! (yes, it was so worth you opening this thread to read my lousy comment! ha!)
Slow Words!!
I love Oliver twist, makes me wanna DANSE! Ghost of books is great. I love the opening. I also love the dialogue/lyrics of Glass Bottom Boat. Reminds me of waking life for some reason.
Yeah Curses, this album is just too hard to pick a favorite from. I mean, I can narrow it down to 3-4 songs, but it would be onfair to put one in front of another.
My all time favorite is undoubtedly ghost of books. That needle drop dude reviewed this and all he got out of the album lyrically with Heather in the hospital. He only get's the concrete lyrics that you don't need to interprit or feel like "am I really all the things that are outside of me" WOWWWW MIND BLOWERR!!!! It suprises me that he likes them so much if he only scratches the surface. I do love their...not political... but societal statements???... but my favorite lyrics are the ones you just feel the meaning of.
my favorite is, well, my user name
Right now I'm going with Heads Hammock.
[quote=OakenCipher]Right now I'm going with Heads Hammock.[/quote] Heads Hammock is excellent. When those female vocals kick in, it just goes to another level entirely. And I love how HITH bleeds into Lucky 1. I've really, really been feeling this album lately. More than any of Panda Bear's albums, I think! It just is that good. :-$
I've been listening to the Knitting Factory boot a lot recently. I prefer the live version of 3 Umbrellas to the studio version, mainly because of the percussion. Also, Slow Words is sooo good. If you havent heard it yet check it out!
glass bottom boat into ghost of books is soooo good.
lol, the knitting factory. during photographs that one dude is yelling "STREET FLASH!" and I'm like " yeah because he can just change the samples in the box"
slow words is amazing
oh yeah that one guy also yells Alvin Row i think
I love when the band is like "we cant do that one" when theyre taking suggestions
when do they ever take suggestions?
they make it seem like theyre taking suggestions in the break/encore thing, it happens in a couple boots around 2007


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Kansas, Oklahoma and West Virginia have all garnered Big 12 postseason rowing awards, as voted on by the league's head coaches. OU, winner of this year's Big 12 Championship, led the way with two awards, taking Rower and Coach of the Year, while West Virginia took home Newcomer of the Year and Kansas nabbed the inaugural Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.
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Nicole Furmanek, Oklahoma, Sr., First Varsity Eight, Five Seat
Furmanek was an integral part of Oklahoma's first Big 12 Championship win. In the First Varsity Eight, OU took first with a time of 6:28.39, beating Texas by nearly three seconds. The senior was also part of the Sooner's First Varsity Eight boat that won the first Big 12 Boat of the Week honors this season. The Belleville, Ill.-native was both an All-Big 12 First Team selection and on the Academic All-Big 12 Frist Team this year.
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
Elizabeth Kantak, West Virginia, Fr., First Varsity Eight, Five Seat
Competing in its first Big 12 Championship, Kantak helped West Virginia's First Varsity Eight crew cross the finish line in 6:34.34 in third place, a spot higher than its seed of fourth, behind Oklahoma and Texas. The Atlanta, Ga.-native was a member of the same crew, which won Boat of the Week accolades for the week of April 10.
Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Liz Scherer, Kansas, Jr., First Varsity Eight, Five Seat
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Big 12 Coach of the Year
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One of my journal entries from my Canyon trip this past March. Cant wait to get back in there with the boyz this coming August. The stoke is high.
March 18, 2016
Good golly! I slept so hard last night, it was amazing. Some how I was able to fall asleep while the boyz were partying on the boat. Been going pretty hard the past week getting everything I can out of The Canyon. I awoke to Ines trying to yell at me in a whisper so not to wake the rest of the crew. I was finally able to figure out what she wanted. She wanted to know how to make coffee. Seriously? Tyler and I chalked her newfound hope to help out to try and impress Steven. First night with the new crew that we picked up at Phantom so the morning had a slow start. Having the extra time this morning was a plus. I got in gear and packed up my personal stuff while enjoying probably a few too many cups of coffee. Turns out Ines was able to make some decent coffee. Eventually the crew packed up and we rowed out for a day of big rapids known as the gems.
Right out the eddy was Granite. Had to listen to this rapid all night. Granite is a pretty good rapid by Canyon standards. Today I had Kristine, Sammy and Adrian in the boat. Granite has huge laterals coming at you from all sides. The rapid is a long sweeping bend to the left with the majority of the water exploding off of the right wall creating huge laterals. Meanwhile there are huge laterals coming at you from the left trying to slam you into the wall or at least render your right oar useless. My two previous runs through Granite were pretty decent so I felt pretty good about it. Moto for this trip is to run the meat. So that is what we did. Rowed down the rapid about and oar length off the wall and squared up to the laterals. Left, right, left, etc. Made it to the bottom and stayed dry. Everyone else had pretty decent runs.
Quick float downstream and we arrived at Hermit. Hermit is a pretty straight forward rapid with five to six massive waves that are all offset from each other. Have to make sure to square up to each of them if you want to keep your rig upright. Some folks were camped at the top of the rapid so we bypassed the scout and rallied in hot and heavy. At first glance it seemed smaller than normal. It didn't take long for you realize it was not as small as it looked. It seems that you are climbing the waves forever and then you finally reach the peak and drop into the trough of the next wave. The fifth wave is notorious for flipping boats. Have to keep count so you can make sure you are squared up for it. We were able to run it flawlessly and eddied out to watch the rest of the crew. Everyone was jazzed up about the rapid with most them stating that those were the biggest waves they have ever seen. Big smiles all around.
Another quick float downstream and we arrived at one of the biggest rapids in the The Canyon. Crystal. In the guidebook they describe two different lines that can be taken. The Chocoate highway down the left or a right run down the meat and through some massive holes. Only one real option if you ask me. The book also states that there is a small eddy on the right called "Ego Beach". Named so cause you have to feel pretty good about yourself to run the big holes down the meat and make the small eddy in the middle of the rapid. First trip down the canyon I missed the eddy to give chase to Tyler when his kayak fell off the back of his rig. Second trip I was able to make the eddy which was good thing cause we had a raft get pinned on the rock bar at the bottom. This eddy served as a great place to organize the rescue effort. Why not go for it a third time?
Rolling up to the rapid everyone pulled out to scout. I was choose not to scout and rally into the goods. Jason who was rowing another rig felt as though he was up to the challenge as well. Hollered to him to see if he was going to scout to see the line. He answered no and decided to just roll in with us blue angel style. My man! Gave him some advice and told him that id see him at the beach. I rowed out into the current and got my bearings. Drifted in on the right through some laterals till I saw the holes. Squared up and was able to punch both of them. The second hole sent me left and I started to think we would not make the beach. Got my shit together and pulled/pushed with everything I had. Made it! Victory was short-lived cause Jason got destroyed in the holes. Black side was up when it was supposed to me down. Jason actually made the beach but without his boat. Still counts I reckon. My crew roped him and his crew into the eddy. My boy Tyler gave chase to the boat. Rounded them up and rowed out to help give chase. Found Tyler on top of the boat trying to paddle the 3000 lb boat to sure. Gave him some help and eventually got it to shore.
While all of this was happening the other half of the crew was up on the scouting platform watching it all go down. Once Jason's boat flipped they all hustled back to the rafts to help give chase. For some reason they choose to take the same line… We were down around the corner and did not have eyes on the rapid, so we did not see their runs. What we did see was a bunch of random shit floating down river. Tyler once again gave chase to random stuff floating down the river. Beers, oranges, sunscreen bottles and many other things. Figured I would take a look over the rock to see what happened. Two more boats upside down! High action at Crystal.
Over the course of the next hour we were able to right all three boats. Took inventory to see if we were missing anything. Biggest loss was 11 chairs and the can crusher. Glad my chair was on my boat. Pretty much everyone gear was soaking ass wet. All Tyler and I could do was just sit there and smile in our dry clothes and comfy chairs. Tonight at camp it was a good time listening to everyone's perspective on what had happened. Today will be now known as Black Friday. Going to sleep good tonight. Big stars tonight as well.
Black Friday on The Canyon
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Trendsetters: Feb. 2010
Tammy Kovar and Eric Kriss
Tammy Kovar
Biological Tree Services and Sustainable Landscape Supply
Owner / Lakewood Ranch
Claim to Fame: As a seventh-grader in 1974, Kovar, a member of her junior high cheerleading squad in Charlotte, N.C., made news when she played on the boys football team. "There's such a joy to working together with others to accomplish something."
She found landowners willing to try the products, but they couldn't find someone to apply them. Thus in 2004 was born her Biological Tree Services. "I wasn't planning to have my own business," she says. In 2008, she founded Sustainable Landscape Supply to sell landscaping materials online and is trying to crack the international market.
Kovar, 48, is fluent in Spanish, conversant in Japanese, holds a tae kwon do black belt and expresses herself with casual enthusiasm: A professor was "amazing," Oregon is "awesome," plants "captured my heart," habitat restoration work "was just prime."
Her nine-employee company posted $700,000 in revenue in 2009. She pitches her products and services as a superior natural alternative to chemicals. "We'll be one of the little companies that could. I took a lot of bumps along the way. I'm real fortunate my team stuck with me."
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Eric Kriss
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Entrepreneur in residence
Coral Gables
It's safe to say University of Miami students, regardless of their interests, will find something in Kriss' background to draw on in his new role as the business school's first entrepreneur in residence. He advises students, talks to classes, participates in seminars and assists with a business plan competition, among other things. Says Kriss: "What I really want to work on is creating the entrepreneur environment in south Florida that already exists in other parts of the country," namely his native Silicon Valley and Boston's Route 128. Miami is an obvious candidate, he feels, with its financial infrastructure, gateway status and UM.
Kriss became a Florida resident in 2005. He never reconciled to Boston winters, and one of his sons was a UM student. Despite the university job, Kriss, 60, these days is more than an Ivory Tower entrepreneur. He has an automotive-devoted IT company, krissmotors.com. Hobbyists can custom-build a car on the site. He has one of his own in Boston, a V8-powered replica of the 1965 AC Cobra 427 that won Le Mans.


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UPDATE: The Associated Press is reporting that late Saturday, Nov. 17, divers found the body of one of two men missing from an oil platform that caught fire Friday morning, Nov. 16.
The Coast Guard suspended the search for two missing platform crew members Saturday, Nov. 17, at approximately 5:25 p.m.
Coast Guard crews searched a 1,400 square-mile area of the Gulf of Mexico for more than 32 hours in an effort to locate the two missing crew members following a platform explosion approximately 20 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La.
Watchstanders at the 8th Coast Guard District received notification at about 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, that there was a platform fire on board the shallow-water rig West Delta 32.
Eleven crew members have been medevaced from the Black Elk Energy-owned platform to various local hospitals. Nine additional crew members were safely evacuated off the platform. The fire has been extinguished, but an oil sheen has been spotted in the area.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has established a team to investigate the explosion and fire. The seven-member investigative team includes safety inspectors, engineers, safety management investigators, and law enforcement experts. The investigation report will include recommendations for initiatives to prevent a similar accident in the future.
The search is suspended pending further developments.


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Book Sculptures: The Full Set
During Book Week Scotland 2012 an exciting treasure hunt through classic and well-loved Scottish books took place - with clues posted online and loads of people taking part to solve the mystery of the sculptures' locations. Lucky treasure hunters in the area have then raced to the uncovered locations to seek out the sculptures, with the first person to find them winning a little mini sculpture of their own. The beautiful paper scuptures were made by a mystery sculptor whose identity remains a secret, the same sculptor left a series of beautiful and anonymous sculptures around Edinburgh in 2011 - all of which celebrated the importance of libraries, words and ideas. All that is known about the sculptor is that she is female and that she believes passionately in the importance of libraries, books, words and ideas. Each sculpture bears a tag with a message about the importance of stories, books and reading - which have been the focus of Book Week Scotland and at the centre of the work of Scottish Book Trust.
On Monday 26th November - the first day of Book Week Scotland - the first sculpture was found by Emma Lister (a teaching assistant from Glasgow University) hidden in the Glasgow School of Art Library. The sculpture was inspired by (and made out of) Alasdair Gray's famous novel Lanark after Emma solved the online clues and rushed to find it. Emma won her own 'cup' - a trophy in the form of a teacup and with elements of the Lanark theme. Emma said: "I am so excited as I am very interested in the book as an art object. I only discovered the competition today and decide to take a chance. I am a big Alasdair Gray fan – he's my favourite author and Lanark is one of my favourite books. I'll treasure my sculpture." Members of the public can go and see the Lanark sculpture in the reception area of the Glasgow School of Art Lending Library.
On Tuesday 27th November the second sculpture was discovered in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway - based on the Robert Burns poem Tam O' Shanter - a very apt location since that is where the famous poem is set. The sculpture was found by Jemma Dornan after unravelling a series of Robert Burns-related clues and arriving at the Robert Burns Museum in the nick of time. Jemma, who is studying Scottish Literature at Glasgow University, said: "The sculpture is amazing, I was gutted to miss the treasure hunt yesterday and I thought it was going to be somewhere too far away today but when I found out it was in Alloway I said 'Tam o' Shanter here we go!'." Jemma's prize was a teacup featuring a horse's tail - if you know the poem you will know why! You can go and visit the amazing Tam O' Shanter sculpture in the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
On Wednesday 28th November, the third treasure hunt took place which led the children of Eriskay Primary School to the Am Politician pub on the Isle of Eriskay to find a sculpture inspired by Compton Mackenzie's Whisky Galore - the 9 children from the school celebrated by singing some Gaelic songs and their teacher Katy MacDonald said: "The pupils and I have had great fun following the mysterious trail, which led us to a beautiful Whisky Galore-inspired sculpture – a story we all know and love." The sculpture will remain in the Am Politician pub on Eriskay, which is one of the places which inspired Whisky Galore and you can drop in to see it if you are passing that way.
The fourth in the series of five book sculptures created by the mystery sculptor to celebrate Book Week Scotland was inspired by J M Barrie's classic tale Peter Pan. The sculpture was found, appropriately enough, at J M Barrie's Birthplace in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Stephen Ryan (60) drove all the way from Edinburgh to discover the clue after being drawn in by the online Treasure Hunt. He said, "I drove up from Edinburgh today with my wife Maureen. I brought her along as a navigator – and to check for speed cameras! I took part as I'm generally interested in books and love puzzles, so the Book Week Scotland Sculpture Treasure Hunt caught my eye when I saw it in the press. I've loved taking part in the hunt and I am delighted to have won."
Success was sweet for Morag Jones (60) who found the fifth and final special book sculpture created to celebrate Book Week Scotland by the Mystery Sculptor. Morag has been on the hunt for sculptures all week and today she was successful, beating the largest crowd of treasure hunters yet to solve the riddle and discover the artwork inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island at the Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick at 14.39.
Morag, who is a retired teacher from Glasgow, was thrilled to finally be first to find a sculpture: "I found myself becoming increasingly obsessed with the treasure hunt as the week went on and was keen to see one of these magnificent artworks in person. Today, as soon as I knew I had solved the location I gulped my sandwich, grabbed my coat and left. I am absolutely delighted to have been the finder. It is a truly beautiful work of art."
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This year's holiday retail numbers are uglier than anticipated. Growth came in at 0.7 percent— the weakest since 2008.
The strategies that retailers used over the holidays didn't convince enough Americans to come to stores this year.
The early Black Friday backfired on retailers, wrote Brian Sozzi, chief equities analyst at NBG Productions in a note to clients.
"Early store openings for Black Friday only shifted the holiday consumption pool, which was the opposite of the intended effect," he wrote.
"Retailers wanted early buying to lead to splurge buys towards the end of the season. The thought they hoped to trigger: 'man, did I REALLY get everyone enough?'"
It didn't work, and in the end, the move probably cost retailers more than a few pennies.
"Ultimately, retailers may find that all the Black Friday shifts have really achieved is the higher costs they incur from paying employees to come in for Thanksgiving," wrote Justin Lahart at The Wall Street Journal.
Between the fiscal cliff, Hurricane Sandy, and the tragic Newtown shootings, shoppers weren't in the mood.
"A lot of the Christmas spirit was left behind way back in Black Friday weekend," Marshal Cohen, chief research analyst at NPD Group, told the AP. "We had one reason after another for consumers to say, 'I'm going to stick to my list and not go beyond it.'"
Even by offering steep discounts in the final moments, retailers didn't manage to get enough shoppers into stores to buy up merchandise. They resorted to "contingency promotional plans" in their panic as Christmas closed in, wrote Lazard Capital Markets analyst Jennifer Davis in a note to clients.
"Traffic definitely picked up over the last weekend, but we believe sales were not quite as robust as hoped. The extra weekend before Christmas this year, compounded by the warm weather, amplified the post Black Friday lull," she wrote.


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This photo from 1906 features my Great-Grandparents on my Mother's side – Rose and Richard.
Richard FLEISCHHAUER
Born: September 06, 1884 in New York
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Married: June 17, 1906 in New York, USA
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Ethnicity: USA
Date of Arrival: Sept 22, 1892
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On Friday, Bloomberg reported on leaked emails between Wal-Mart executives describing February sales as a "total disaster" – the worst monthly start in at least seven years.
The executives cited the effects of the expiration of payroll tax cuts, which they believe are weighing on consumer spending.
However, there is at least one reason to believe that the news is a bit of a fluke.
As we noted on Friday, Miller Tabak economist Andrew Wilkinson suggested a link between the weak numbers and tax refunds (emphasis added):
Second is the delay to tax refunds due to year-end complications from the fiscal cliff. The IRS delayed the filing process to the end of January and as a result early filers accustomed to receiving refund checks are running behind schedule this year. According to a one source, tax refunds this time one year ago were running at $19 billion.
Perhaps Wal-Mart didn't sell as many flat-screen televisions in February as they did a year ago on account of delayed filings and subsequent delays to refund checks.
Today, UBS economists led by Maury Harris put some numbers to that theory. They note that through the first two weeks of February, 2013 tax refunds total $55 billion – down 28 per cent from last year.
The chart below shows the difference.
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The weakness mainly stems from a delayed filing season this year. The IRS officially began the filing season on January 30 this year versus January 17 last year due to the changes in tax code as part of the fiscal cliff deal. There has only been roughly 10 days of refunds issued this year versus about 17 days in 2012. However, recently the pace of refunds has picked up. For the first 10 days of this year's filing season (thru Feb 14) versus the 10 first days of last year's season (thru Feb 6), refunds are running a cumulative $55 bil versus $37 bil last year.
Admittedly, that comparison is not perfect, but what appears to have been a headwind for the consumer in late-Jan/early-Feb now appears to be turning into a tailwind as refunds are picking up the last few days. According to the IRS: "Last year, the IRS issued more than nine out of 10 refunds to taxpayers in less than 21 days, and it expects the same results in 2013."
According to Harris, "Tax refunds are an anticipated annual recurring event and thus are more likely to affect consumption than temporary swings in tax rates and gasoline prices."
Jefferies analyst Daniel Binder has the same theory. In a note following the leak, he wrote:
Delayed tax refunds likely causing some temporary pain. While we have not yet conducted checks in February, our January checks indicated softness in the last week of the month. With the payroll tax increase and delay in tax refunds (more on that below) adding further pressure, it seems reasonable that Walmart sales could have fallen short of expectations so far this month. We suspect the same holds true for other retailers serving middle to lower income consumers as well.
Putting things into perspective… While the payroll tax increase is likely to create pressure on consumer spending all year long, it is important to not underestimate the significance of the delay in tax refunds. At February 3 (beginning of the retail month for most retailers) there were $22.4 billion fewer tax refunds y-y. To put that into perspective, that equates to 8.5% of February retail sales last year. Now imagine that hitting all in a week or two… the impact is much greater. We are convinced this early Feb weakness will reverse and the wrong thing to do now is panic with knee jerk selling on the broad group. Clearly not all tax refunds get spent, and our analysis is for illustrative purposes, but it helps put things into perspective.
More up to date numbers include $77.5 billion in tax refunds as of February 14 versus $55 billion last year, so there is still a $22.5 billion gap, but that is down from a $39.3 billion gap on February 6. The gap should continue to reverse through the tax filing season and shorter term we would expect to see some stabilisation in retail spending. For more detail, go to http://www.fms.treas.gov/dts/index.html
If that is the case, perhaps Wal-Mart will be pleasantly surprised with March sales figures.
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After all the fact-checkers and many in the media denounce the Romney campaign's blatant fabrication that Obama is "gutting" the welfare work requirement, Romney/Ryan doubled down, going full-on Angry White Male. The campaign says they are doing this because "it's working" and declares "we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers." Clearly not.
Romney Goes All "Old South"
Mitt Romney yesterday said that Obama's "base" consists of welfare recipients, and that Obama is making it easier to get welfare to get them to go vote.
Here is Mitt Romney speaking on, of course, FOX News, reported by Luke Johnson and Sam Stein at the Huffington Post, in, Mitt Romney Suggests Obama Welfare Waivers Are A Tactic To 'Shore Up His Base'
"Well, I'm not sure exactly what President Clinton will say, but there's no question that President Obama's decision to say that we're going to allow waivers or excuses from work requirements in welfare was designed to shore up part of his base that may not be inclined to go out and vote in the same kind of energy and passion as they did four years ago.
"And, I think putting a measure that would take work out of welfare and waiving the work requirement in welfare is an extraordinary political move on his part, and one which I disagree with. My own view is that we should have greater work requirements with welfare, not less."
Yes, he said that. This is not "dog-whistle politics" this is flat-out race baiting.
This followed running-mate Paul Ryan, as reported in the Washington Post, saying Obama was "rolling back welfare reform."
"And by the way, under President Clinton, we got welfare reform … which moved people from welfare to work, to get people out of poverty. President Obama is rolling back welfare reform."
Suppressing Minority Voters
At the same time as the campaign is using race to appeal to bigoted white male voters, several Republican-dominated states are engaging in efforts to suppress the votes of Hispanics and African-Americans. Ari Berman,writing at the Nation in, Voter Suppression: The Confederacy Rises Again explains, (click through for complete list, and links)
Eight of eleven states in the former Confederacy have passed restrictive voting laws since the 2010 election, as part of a broader war on voting undertaken by the GOP. Some of these changes have been mitigated by recent federal and state court rulings against the GOP, yet it's still breathtaking to consider the different ways Republicans have sought to suppress the minority vote in the region.
• Laws mandating strict forms of government-issued identification to cast a ballot were passed in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Virginia tightened a looser voter ID law. A federal court blocked Texas's discriminatory voter ID law last week and will rule on South Carolina's law shortly. …
• Laws requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote were passed in Alabama and Tennessee. Restrictions on voter registration drives were enacted in Florida and Texas. …
• Early voting periods were reduced in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. African-Americans in states like Florida were twice as likely to cast ballots during early voting as white voters. …
… • Only three Southern states—Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina—did not pass restrictive voting laws since 2010. North Carolina Democratic Governor Bev Perdue twice vetoed efforts by North Carolina Republicans to pass a strict voter ID law before the 2012 election. …
• In conjunction with these new voting restrictions, Republicans all across the South used their control of state legislatures following 2010 to pass redistricting maps that will lead to a re-segregation of Southern politics. …
The consequences of these changes will be to make it harder for growing minority populations to be able to cast a ballot in much of the South and to make the region more segregated politically at a time when it is becoming more diverse demographically.
Berman has much more at The Nation.
If Romney "wins" the election with a campaign of race-baiting, lies and voter suppression, many people may not consider his election to be legitimate. They are likely to feel that the public was bullied and tricked, and that the purpose of the bullying and trickery was to hand the country over to corporations and billionaires for plunder. The Romney/Ryan plan is to drastically cut the taxes on billionaires and their giant corporations, and severely cut back the things that our government does for We, the People.
If they do gain power with these tactics, especially after there were so questions about the way George 'W' Bush gained power, it could lead to a perilous civil situation.


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Dear friends,
I took a while to create the new lesson. Sorry for the dealy. This lessons covers the definition of functions in RF. Since this is a rather complex issue with lots of possibilities and methods, it wasn´t easy to give a basic overview. The main aspect is to give beginners an idea about the definition of functions and what they are used for.
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As always Thomas, thank you very much for all your effort. Downloading now...
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TSN, I just started to use script with RF and come across your tutorials, very clear and useful, thanks for the hard work, and hope more coming:)
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