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South Korea has a problem with rampant suicide in their country, with it being the leading cause of death among 15-24 demographic. While this is a sad fact in and of itself, one suicide became an even more heartbreaking tragedy. A 39 year-old man jumped to his death from a 11-story building, killing a 5 year old girl who was leaving the building with her parents. The suicide took place in in the port city of Busan, South Korea. The man died instantly, the girl had multiple broken bones, brain damage, and was immediately taken to the hospital after the impact, where she died. Her parents were unharmed in the incident. No reason has been discovered as to why the man jumped to his death, but he was being treated for depression. There hasn’t been a note discovered at this time. The incident adds to the epidemic of suicides which plagues South Korea every year. Giving it one of the highest suicide rates among industrialized nations. [H/T: Inquistr]

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Designers are breaking barriers and going global with their designs and one of the best ways to showcase their talents is to have designer portfolios. An online portfolio is a must for designers who want to take their careers to new levels. From it, clients can have a better view of your advantage over other freelancers. If you don’t because you do not know how to code, know that this is no longer a problem. There are plenty of online platforms that allow you to build your own portfolio in a matter of minutes. No coding required. This is good news, as you have one less thing to worry about and can have more time to focus on your clients and in improving yourself. Here are 8 such online platforms you can use to build your own portfolios. Recommended Reading: 8 Platforms To Build Photography Portfolios 1. Carbonmade Carbonmade is one of the best portfolio sites available online. It allows you to show off the masterpiece of your work in a user-friendly and flexible interface. Carbonmade provides the user with two options: Free and paid. The free option is limited with a registered account offering only 5 projects and 35 images to be uploaded. The paid package offers a bunch of exciting services starting from domain binding, video & flash project and technical support for $12 per month. For designers who have no HTML skills, Carbonmade just made it easy. 2. Wix Wix is a free website builder that’s worth a try for designers who are clueless about Web development and any sort of coding involved in building a website. It features the essential tools you need in order to build a strong online presence. It’s also easy to use: the drag and drop website editor makes it easy to create an amazing portfolio, the sharing tools that get you connected with prospects in social media networks makes it easy to spread the word, and the hundreds of website templates that are customizable to meet your designing needs are great for foundation work. 3. Dribbble Dribbble is a networking community for designers, illustrators and web developers to share screenshots of projects that they are working on. It allows the users to give opinions about the work of other designers before going public. Their interface is visually appealing and simple. It integrates a modern layout that enhances engagement and sharing between users and increases the odds of getting hired by clients. On Dribbble, you can sign up as a prospect, enabling you to share your work or you can either register an account to scout for designers to hire. 4. Behance Behance is an online platform to showcase creative work, making it easily accessible for designers to explore it. Behance attracts millions of visitors per month who are interested in hiring talented and creative freelancers. Its synchronization with Prosite, a free website builder, allows you to build your online portfolio in a hassle-free and fast way. It integrates essential tools, such as, a drag-and-drop editor, font customizer (TypeKit), Google Analytics and social media sharing for you to build and manage your website with no coding required. 5. DeviantArt DeviantArt is a wonderful networking and art community that gets millions of page views per month. To no surprise, it is considered to be one of the most popular online communities for creative professionals who devote their time to arts and designs. Building a portfolio on deviantArt is quick, easy and doesn’t require any html coding skills to get it ready. It offers two packages; you can either choose the free or the premium portfolio option. Besides the unlimited portfolios and image hosting, the Premium package offers a personal domain (yourname.com) while the free option is limited for only 100 upload images alongside a (yourname.daportfolio.com) domain name. 6. Coroflot Coroflot isn’t just another online platform for designers to showcase their skills. It is a community site built by designers for designers who want to get