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June 7th, 2010 #1
Sketcbook Hustle!
Hi all,
I have just started to focus more on my drawing in general and to that goal, I dedicating most of my waking hours. I know I can not progress on my own so please provide your input and crit my work. I decided to focus on anatomy to start with.
Here we go!
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I chose to start studying anatomy as it seems the obvious starting point, I am currently using a number of books on the subject. These are terrible but hopefully I'll get better
June 7th, 2010 #3
Great start, but have you thought about drawing from observation to start off with so you can get some experience before you go straight to anatomy books? Life drawing, self portraits, landscapes, still lifes, or anything you can think of really.
Make sure you understand the structure beneath the drawing as you copy them!
I look forward to more : )
June 7th, 2010 #4
Make sure when you draw you work from general to specific: Block in the large main forms to make sure general proportions, angles and shapes are correct, then start going for more and more detail as the drawing progresses.
As Nutella said, work from life. And copy the masters. Copy work will really help your technical skills. Learn perspective. Make sure not to neglect the fundamentals.
December 22nd, 2013 #5
Gosh, its been a few years since I posted anything here. Glad to see the community still going strong. I have been drawing on and off, life gets in the way sometimes but I am back to my abandoned sketchbook. I have contemplated starting a new one but seeing as though this is still in its first page why not continue here.
As stated above all critiques are sought and are very much welcome, I shall do my utmost to keep this sketchbook updated.
Here are a couple of recent-ish figures, continuing on the same theme I started this sketchbook with. My goal is to be a concept artist for the film and entertainment industry.
The drawings below are from life, and there is a portrait study after John Singer Sargent.
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December 25th, 2013 #6
Some recent life drawings ranging from 2 mins to 20 mins. Merry Christmas yall
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December 26th, 2013 #7
I like your lines Great sketchbook so far, would like to see some still lifes
December 26th, 2013 #8
Minella thanks for stopping by, I really need to get some still life going, I've done some in the past but I've been avoiding it so much lately. Alas, some still lifes should be coming up very soon
Some more recent life drawings, again ranging between 2 and 20 minutes. I have been using charcoal for a while now and was very hesitant to bring my laptop and tablet to life drawing. I have decided to paint digitally in a manner similar to the wipe out technique in oil paints. It would basically help me focus on the values at hand and avoid the use of colour. I had a bit more time with a couple of them so decided to add hints of colour to them.
If you have any critiques please do keep them coming
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Don't have a critique for you, but the improvement between 2010 and now is amazing! Makes me want to work hard, too, aha.
Keep up the good work, and I'm loving your life drawings!
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December 27th, 2013 #10
Bitschi thanks a lot buddy, need to keep working, we'll get there
These are pretty much more of the same. Below are life drawings ranging between 10 and 20 minutes, its always a rush to add colour but I will keep at it and see how it goes.
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nice that you back on this sketchbook
damn you figures are really fine!
and the faces look stunning
I draw on paper I stole from school.
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December 27th, 2013 #12
Thank you rabdi for your comment!!
Your sketchbook is nice!! It's incredible the improve to 2009 until 2013 !! i love your pose life !! the shadows are wonderful and the lines are amazing. I hope you will manage to accomplish your projects and worked in entertainment industry. Keep it up !!
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It's great that you updated your SB againt after a 3yr hiatus.
The improvement is really cool to see, sad that you didn't stick with it for the full 3 yrs.
The figures look damn good. I'd suggest mixing your appoaches without using line for instance, and working with tone to build up your figure
December 27th, 2013 #14
Awesome stuff. You have a good handle on life drawings! Thanks for the feedback on my sketchbook by the way!
December 27th, 2013 #15
Wow! I really like your figure drawings! were you able to take classes on those 3 years?
December 28th, 2013 #16
twelvexthanks a lot! I figured no point in opening a new one Thanks for stopping by.
féfé73cheers pal, I will definitely try my best now that I am back!
TomSeasthanks Tom. Wish I could have put more time into this but life got in the way I guess. I am determined to stick at it now though Thanks for your feedback and I am certainly in need of mixing my approach, will keep that in mind for sure!
aburnierAbsolute pleasure! Thanks for stopping by and keep up the hard work!
JpoyYes, there were times when I could not do classes but I tried to attend regularly or sketch on my own as much as I could. Need to work harder to make up for lost time!
Below are some more life drawings that I did a while back, I am realising I really need to up my anatomy game. Some of these are really quick, 30 seconds or so while others go up to 20 minutes. I find that I learn most from quick ones, I guess they're good for developing some dexterity and line weight.
January 12th, 2014 #17
Some quick sketches, both traditional and digital. Lately I have been trying to get more comfortable with digital drawing and painting, it is killing me but I need to get the dexterity and have some patience, I have a bad habit of abandoning digital pieces if things don't look correct at the early stages, which strangely I do not have an issue with when working traditionally. So yeah, I need to do a lot more in terms of studying digitally and up my game.
Gotta get better
January 12th, 2014 #18
Attempted painting clouds for the first time, need to push values first but just wanted to play with colour a bit.
January 13th, 2014 #19
Hope all is well in ConceptArt land. Had a real crazy night at life drawing recently. Basically turned up with my laptop and tablet pen but somehow forgot my tablet at home (I know!), so had to borrow paper and materials. The models were standing so close as well so it was not ideal. Yes, I am blaming my tools!
January 13th, 2014 #20
Great line work at the still life sessions.
January 13th, 2014 #21
Your lines are wonderfull !! I like the still life sessions !!
January 13th, 2014 #22
Thanks AdrianNagorski and féfé73 I do not know exactly what you meant by still life sessions, if by still life you mean the cast painting above, that was actually following a tutorial I saw on Daarken's website. Thanks for stopping by
January 13th, 2014 #23
I can be wrong I mean the sessions of living model. Sorry for the error !
January 22nd, 2014 #24
Went to life drawing last night and I am still struggling with the digital aspect of life drawing. These were 20 min, the problem was that there was very little in terms of directional lighting, so trying to describe the form was really difficult. This means I had to rely heavily on the contour and I somehow feel these lack a little compared to my previous efforts. It would be really cool if I had the chance to do digital life drawing sessions more often.
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January 26th, 2014 #25
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Hi there Rabdi~ Nice traditional works. I'm really in love with your charcoal figures.
I think I shall try to emulate them a bit. Really nice.
Mmmm guess for now only critique would be, upload MORE ahha This way I could give a better judgement later on
Question though, why bring your digital tools to the figure life drawing course?
I don't know about you but I definitely feel a disconnect compared to if I try to learn traditionally. I don't know, it's harder for my brain to get a grasp around certain things and also you lose alot of the pressure sensitivity that traditional charcoal/conte is amazing for. I might just be acting naive though so please explain if you could I'd love to hear what you have to say
Will be watching for further
January 29th, 2014 #26
Pou, hi buddy, thanks for stopping by! I totally see what you mean with the using digital tools in life drawing classes. The thing is, I have been trying to up my game in traditional for a while now, and in doing so have really neglected digital painting. Not that I will stop drawing from life traditionally, but at the moment I am trying to seriously get into digital so by immersing myself in it I hope that I will learn more. I find digital painting from life to be particularly challenging, you have 10-20 min at most to produce something presentable which for me is just insufferable, so yeah, I am trying to ease myself into digital painting for now. It is always exciting to do it traditionally, the calligraphy and mark-making is exciting, a lot more than digital but I am trying to balance things and at the moment, I suck a lot more in digital than I do in traditional, so this is my attempt at sucking equally in both mediums
Speaking of traditional (segue master here), below are some oil paintings from life.
January 30th, 2014 #27
Your painting are really wonderful.
I honestly think with what you're doing traditional in some time you will do the same thing with digital. It's just a matter of time and digital tools (techniques).
I like your digital
January 31st, 2014 #28
Féfé73 thanks buddy, that is the plan, though I am not finding digital any easier. Only time will tell I guess, thanks for stopping by
These were done from were both 20 min poses, it is always harder to get something quickly when you do not have form light, sometimes you end up making lights up
February 5th, 2014 #29
A cast study and a Japanese samurai mask study, in pencil. Still very little luck with digital
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There's a steady improvement in the figure work. Even when switching medium and going to oils.
The place you got to for life drawings look good too, judging by how the work comes out, compared to a place I used to go where there were like 20 different lights on and you basically had to work with line, because the tone would be very flat.
The last pieces have a charcoal feel to them, considering the mask goes quite dark, and the tones are really soft, as if you laid it down with vine and smudged it.
Not sure if you're doing it, but doing longer studies digitally could help with the work flow, like setting a still life or something.
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for using information about colors, fonts, and viewing distances to predict the legibility of a sign. The invention takes into account the colors used in the sign, in order to allow the use of many different color combinations while still avoiding "strobing" from simultaneous contrast caused by complementary afterimages. A computer program accepts information such as the desired visual acuity, viewer velocity (for signs viewed from a car), font specification, ambient light strength, and the desired typeface color and background color. The program then predicts the legibility of a sign which uses the fonts and colors indicated under the given conditions. Thus, the program may be used to assess the effect of various changes on the sign's legibility without actually rendering or building the sign, installing it, and looking at it.
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating the legibility of a sign configuration, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) constructing in computer memory a sign configuration state machine, the state machine including slots for receiving and holding signals corresponding to predetermined viewing distance, font, ambient light, typeface color and background color characteristics of the sign configuration, the state machine also including a controller for retrieving signals from the slots and transmitting signals to the slots to thereby effect state transitions;
(b) computing a legibility indication for the sign configuration utilizing the state machine; and
(c) transmitting to a display device signals corresponding to the computed legibility indication.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of constructing a state machine further comprises the step of allocating slots for signals corresponding to the visual acuity of a viewer.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of constructing a state machine further comprises the step of allocating a slot for a signal corresponding to the velocity of a viewer relative to a sign in the sign configuration.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of computing a legibility indication comprises the steps of:
retrieving signals from a plurality of slots allocated in computer memory;
calculating a preliminary legibility indication for the sign configuration at the predetermined viewing distance;
repeating said retrieving and calculating steps a plurality of times while substituting different viewing distances for the predetermined viewing distance in said calculating step; and
merging the resulting plurality of preliminary legibility indications to obtain the legibility indication that is utilized in said transmitting step.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of fabricating a sign having font, typeface color, and background color characteristics corresponding to the signals held in slot in the state machine.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the fabricated sign has a contrast value of at least six percent but less than seventy percent.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the fabricated sign has a contrast value of in the range from about ten percent to about twenty percent.
8. A method for evaluating a sign configuration comprising the steps of:
(a) fabricating a sign at a predetermined location, the sign being fabricated according to predetermined font values;
(b) positioning a viewer at a distance from the fabricated sign specified by a predetermined distance value;
(c) measuring the ambient light on the fabricated sign to thereby obtain a measured light value;
(d) evaluating the legibility of the fabricated sign to the positioned viewer under the measured light condition to obtain a measured legibility indication;
(e) constructing a state machine in a computer memory, the state machine including state signals which correspond to viewing distance, font, and light characteristics of a sign configuration;
(f) running the state machine to thereby obtain a computed legibility indication based on the state signals; and
(g) analyzing the computed legibility indication and the measured legibility indication to obtain an assessment.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the values referenced in steps (a), (b), and (c) are termed "fabricated configuration values," wherein said running step comprises providing the state machine with signals corresponding to the fabricated configuration value characteristics but differing in value from the fabricated configuration values in at least one characteristic, and said analyzing step produces an assessment of the impact the difference in value would have on the measured legibility indication if the difference in value were reflected in the sign configuration containing the fabricated sign.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein said running step comprises providing the state machine with signals corresponding to the font values for the fabricated sign, the distance value for the positioned viewer, and the measured ambient light value, and said analyzing step produces an assessment of the accuracy of the computed legibility indication with respect to the measured legibility indication.
11. A computer-based system for evaluating a sign configuration, said system comprising:
means for associating signage letter heights, viewing distances, and type faces according to their combined effect on sign legibility;
a keyboard for generating signals corresponding to predetermined color characteristics of the sign configuration;
a sign configuration state machine in computer memory, the state machine including slots for receiving and holding signals corresponding to predetermined color characteristics of the sign configuration, the state machine also including signal generators for generating signals transmittable to the slots to thereby effect state transitions; and
a display for displaying values corresponding to state machine signals.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein said means comprise charts stored in a computer-readable medium.
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This application is based on commonly owned copending provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/000,541 filed Jun. 27, 1995, entitled EFFECTS OF DISTANCE, TYPOGRAPHIC FORMS, COLOR, AND MOTION ON VISUAL ACUITY ("'541 application"), which is incorporated herein by reference. The above copyright notice also applies to said incorporated material.
The present invention relates to evaluation of the effects of distance, typographic forms, color, and motion on the legibility of signs, and more particularly to a system and method for using information about colors, fonts, and viewing distances to predict the legibility of a sign to a person having a specified visual acuity.
Signs are widely used to direct traffic, advertise products and services, identify businesses and other institutions, and to generally inform, amuse, or caution their viewers. However, designing a sign that is legible under the expected viewing conditions is not a straightforward task. Font styles, font sizes, type and background colors, viewing distance, lighting, and the time available to read the sign may all impact the sign's legibility. Moreover, there is an enormous number of possible combinations of particular values for these and other important characteristics of any given sign configuration.
Some efforts have been made to identify general guidelines that tend to produce legible signs. These efforts draw on the fields of visual perception, visual acuity testing, and pattern recognition, among others. However, reliance on general guidelines inhibits experimentation and unnecessarily removes from consideration possible sign configurations that lie outside the domain defined by the guidelines but nevertheless provide acceptable legibility. Moreover, many of these efforts assume a world containing only black, white, and shades of grey, so they provide little help in designing legible color signs.
Thus, it would be an advancement in the art to provide an improved system and method for evaluating possible sign configurations.
Because signs are expensive and time-consuming to fabricate, it would also be an advancement to provide such a system and method which reduces the need for sign fabrication in order to test the legibility of a specified sign configuration.
It would be a further advancement in the art to provide such a system and method which is helpful in designing color signs.
Such a system and method are disclosed and claimed herein.
The present invention provides a system and method for determining the likely legibility of signs under specified conditions without fabricating a sign at the intended site from wood, metal, paint and similar materials. This can substantially reduce the cost of sign fabrication and alteration, and also encourages sign designers to try alternative designs that may improve legibility, provide greater consistency with other signage, or enhance the aesthetic appeal of the sign.
In one embodiment the invention comprises a computer program and charts referenced by the program. A program user enters information such as the desired visual acuity, viewer velocity (for signs viewed from a car), font specification, ambient light strength, reflection characteristics, and desired typeface color and background color. The entered information collectively defines a "sign configuration."
The program then transforms the sign configuration characteristics and selected information from the charts into a format that specifies an optimal viewing distance, thereby permitting evaluation of the sign's legibility under the specified conditions. This evaluation is used during an iterative design process as a predictor of the legibility of a specified sign that uses the fonts and colors indicated under the given conditions. Based on the prediction, the user may elect either to alter the specified characteristics or to fabricate signage according to those characteristics. In short, the invention may be used to assess the effect of various changes on the sign's legibility without actually rendering or building the sign, installing it, and viewing it.
The features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent through the following description and appended claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
To illustrate the manner in which the advantages and features of the invention are obtained, a more particular description of the invention summarized above references the appended drawings. The parenthetical page number in each brief description indicates the page at which the drawing is found in the '541 application. Understanding that these drawings only provide selected embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered limiting of its scope, the invention is described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the placement of a sign on a poster and the flow of foot traffic past the sign.
FIG. 2 shows the sign referred to in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 shows selected zones in the sign referred to in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 shows an example of stacked type.
FIG. 5 shows two examples of rotated type.
FIG. 6 shows an example of slanted type using reversed letterforms.
FIG. 7 shows a Snellen letterform.
FIG. 8 shows a Snellen visual acuity testing sign.
FIG. 9 shows a Landolt ring visual acuity testing sign.
FIG. 10 shows locations of convergence in an example letterform.
FIG. 11 shows a mono weight typeface viewed at different distance values.
FIG. 12 shows an application of Snellen's approach to provide a legibility indication.
FIG. 13 shows examples of letterforms having corresponding thinnest part values.
FIG. 14 shows two examples of the effects of different kerning values.
FIG. 15 shows a Rosenbaum visual acuity testing sign.
FIG. 16 shows example letterforms for use in testing the practical effects of Snellen's approach.
FIG. 17 shows a letterform in its positive and reversed states.
FIG. 18 shows a spectral power distribution curve for a light source.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing refraction of a beam of light.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing reflection of a beam of light.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing absorption of a beam of light.
FIG. 22 shows an application of the tristimulus approach to provide a legibility indication.
FIG. 23 shows a diagram illustrating two different angles of vision.
FIG. 24 shows a cross-sectional diagram illustrating eye anatomy.
FIG. 25 shows a diagram illustrating receptor pairs in the eye.
FIG. 26 shows a diagram illustrating an additive color wheel.
FIG. 27 shows a diagram illustrating a subtractive color wheel.
FIGS. 28 and 29 show plots summarizing the results of measuring legibility indicators for selected color sign configurations.
FIG. 30 shows a diagram illustrating the relationship between velocity and peripheral vision.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the likely legibility of a sign under specified conditions without fabricating the sign, and for improving the accuracy of such determinations based on measurements made using fabricated signs. One embodiment of the invention comprises a computer program including a user interface in signal communication with a keyboard and a display device to permit communication between a human user and a state machine constructed in computer memory. The user interface and a state machine controller may be implemented in BASIC, C, C++, assembly, or other code executing on a laptop, desktop, palmtop, workstation, or mainframe computer operating under DOS, UNIX, Windows or another operating system. The display device includes a computer monitor.
The computer includes a memory such as a random access memory ("RAM"). The memory is one example of a "data store," also known as a "computer-readable medium." Other familiar data stores include, without limitation, magnetic hard disks, magnetic floppy disks, optical disks, CD-ROM disks, and magnetic tape. Each such data store includes a substrate such as a magnetic material which is capable of storing data in physical form. According to the present invention, the substrate of the memory is given a specific physical configuration that causes the computer to operate in the manner taught herein.
Visual acuity of the viewer is initially assumed to be 20/20 vision but other visual acuities may be specified by the user. The font specification typically includes a font choice (e.g., Helvetica), the font's point size, options such as "bold" or "italic", and information about spacing and kerning.
Unlike many conventional approaches to creating legible signs, the present invention takes into account the colors used in the sign, in order to allow the use of many different color combinations while still avoiding "strobing" from simultaneous contrast caused by complementary afterimages. In particular, the invention produces legible color combinations which have substantially lower percentage contrasts in the color Y tristimulus values (a.k.a. "spectral luminous efficiency" values) than conventional signs. Signs produced according to the invention have contrast values of at least 6% and preferably 10-20%, rather than a conventional value which may be as much as 70% or more.
According to one method of the invention, the optimal viewing distance is determined by measuring the thinnest part of the desired letterform (or counter form if it is smaller than the breadth of the letterform lines), multiplying that by a factor of five (based on Snellen's approach), multiplying by a visual acuity factor, multiplying by a Y tristimulus value for the desired color and lighting, and then multiplying by a reflectance characteristic value (under glass=0.10, otherwise 1.0). The resulting distance can then be evaluated according to the viewer's reaction time to take viewer velocity into account. Suitable visual acuity factors include:
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Additional details describing the invention are set forth in the '541 application and incorporated herein by reference. It will be appreciated that the charts provided in the '541 application, as well as similar charts for other typefaces, distances, font heights, or visual acuities, are readily placed in a computer-readable form accessible to the state machine and controller of the implementing program to provide a means for associating signage letter heights, viewing distances, and type faces according to their combined effect on sign legibility.
Appendix A of the present application contains C++ source code illustrating one implementing program according to the present invention.
Appendix B contains additional Y tristimulus values for colors not listed in the '541 application.
Appendix C contains a list of font specifications indicating which specifications comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Although particular methods embodying the present invention are expressly illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated that apparatus and article embodiments may be formed according to methods of the present invention. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the description herein of methods of the present invention therefore extends to corresponding apparatus and articles, and the description of apparatus and articles of the present invention extends likewise to corresponding methods.
The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. Any explanations provided herein of the scientific principles employed in the present invention are illustrative only. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
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San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio repeatedly said the signature drive to place an initiative on the June 2012 ballot that would fundamentally change the city's pension system was struggling and he had doubts about whether it would be successful.
Then DeMaio and a dozen supporters on Friday unloaded boxes filled with 145,027 signatures — believed to be the most ever submitted for a citywide ballot measure — more than two weeks ahead of a deadline under election law. The group needs 94,346 valid signatures from registered city voters to trigger an election, and the petition is currently under review.
One labor leader said DeMaio lied during the campaign about how many signatures were still needed based on the large number that were eventually turned in. DeMaio provided The San Diego Union-Tribune with an internal campaign spreadsheet that backs up his account and accused labor of a continued smear campaign against him despite offering no proof.
"They continue challenging my integrity without a shred of evidence," DeMaio said.
Accusations of blatant lies and misleading statements plagued both proponents and opponents throughout the nearly six-month-long petition drive and most are difficult to prove. That strikes to the heart of why political experts say many people loathe a statewide initiative process that allows signature-gatherers to say and do just about anything to get voters to sign a petition.
There are plenty of laws that govern finance and other technical campaign issues, but there's no legislation to regulate campaign advocacy because of the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech.
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Thad Kousser, an associate professor of political science at University of California San Diego, said there's nothing to prohibit lying or sandbagging in politics.
"There's no 'truth in advertising' law in politics," he said. "What we have is a system designed to give microphones to both sides who can call the other out for lying and also a robust political press. … You mislead the public at your own peril because the benefits for lying in a campaign are far outweighed by the costs of really being caught in a lie."
Kousser added, "That's certainly true as a candidate because it becomes a character issue if you're seen as lying about the other candidate. It's not quite so clear whether this holds true for initiative campaigns."
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You sit on the edge of the tub, with your legs (or just one leg at a time) in the tub. Have a plastic cup or bowl (or even the lid from the shaving cream) filled with water sitting in the tub. Wet down one leg with a wet washcloth and lather it up with shave cream. Shave that leg, and after each pass with the razor you rinse the razor by swishing it in the bowl of water. Rinse that first leg with the washcloth and switch legs. There! You've shaved your legs and only used about 2 cups of water! You can do your pits while you're sitting there, too.
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I don't know how much water this takes compared to a 5 or 15 minute shower, but sometimes I take what I call the 1-inch bath. I put just a little water in (1 inch, lol) and can take as long as I want. Nowhere near as relaxing as a full bath, but it gets the job done, and allows for shaving time. I wouldn't wash my hair with this method, though.
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Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act:Survey of Federally Recognized Tribes on Implementation of the Act (GAO-15-30SP, November 2014), an E-supplement to GAO-15-23GAO-15-30SP: Published: Nov 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 18, 2014.
Nov 13, 2014
Alternatives to Detention:Improved Data Collection and Analyses Needed to Better Assess Program EffectivenessGAO-15-26: Published: Nov 13, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 13, 2014.
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In recent history, just about every President has asked Congress for the right to do what the governors of 43 states are able to do: veto individual items from budget bills without vetoing the entire bill.
Its called the line-item veto.
Several years ago, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a version of the line-item veto approved narrowly by Congress.
Now, President Obama is asking Congress to consider and approve a variation of the line-item veto he is proposing.
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Says Ekalavya award was 'too little, too late'
Noted swimmer Nisha Millet supports Advani
Advani wants clear guidelines from the State Government
BANGALORE: Should a World champion beg for recognition? Precisely that's what Pankaj Advani was forced to do here as the World billiards champion spoke in anguish of being denied his rightful recognition by the State and the Union Governments.
Advani's impromptu media interaction on Sunday came after he rejected the Karnataka State Government's Ekalavya Award, which was given away on Saturday and the ace cueist chose to stay away from the function, terming it as " too little and too late."
"This award should have come when I won a National title eight years ago, and not after I had won an Arjuna award (2004) and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award last year. What am I supposed to do with a shawl and sandalwood carving they give in an award function like the Ekalavya," Advani asked. More than the Ekalavya Award what rankled Advani was the total apathy of the Government for the past four years.
"I had won four World titles and there had been no word of appreciation or grants for my effort. They have wasted no time in other sports such as cricket, where they announced awards of Rs. 5 lakh," Advani said.
Obviously, he was referring to the State Government's cash prize to cricketer Robin Uthappa and the Indian bowling coach, Venkatesh Prasad, in the wake of ICC World Twenty20 triumph. "Why this indifference? What more should I do to prove myself?" asked the champion.
Proper guidelines
Advani demanded that the State Government should come out with proper guidelines as regards to announcing awards and cash prizes. "They should clearly state what a World champion deserves to get," he added.
Arvind Savur, Advani's mentor, chose to compare the accolades and cash bonanza to cricketers and lack of it for his ward. "Indian cricketers won a World Cup, albeit a Twenty20 one after 24 years, but Advani has won the World title four times in four years, doesn't he merit a better deal?" queried Savur.
Advani's good friends and noted sportspersons including swimmers Nisha Millet, Shikha Tandon, former hockey international Ashish Ballal, among others were present at the meeting, lending support. Nisha also chose to speak about the plight of sportspersons in Karnataka. "We too have undergone such shabby treatment, promised of sites and cash prizes after the National Games in 1997 and 1999. We had to run from pillar to post in vain, though we got a token recognition much later. "Giving the Ekalavya award to Advani is meaningless, he should be conferred the Karnataka Ratna award and be given a decent cash prize and a site that they had always been promising," Nisha said.
"I hope we are not forced to go on a hunger strike like the hockey players on this issue," she added as a parting shot. The KSBA officials, President, Pandu Prakash, and BSFI Vice-President, S. Balasubramaniam, explained their efforts to get Advani due recognition. "Virtually, we have been knocking on every closed door and we now are thinking of gathering support through like-minded sportspersons and other associations to support our cause," said Balasubramaniam.


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Light Snow On The Way In Seattle
Seattle is finally going to see snow for the first time this season, but it won't be sticking around very long.
Wind Chills Down To Minus 45 In Southeastern Wyo.
Temperatures are below zero across much of Wyoming and wind chills are making the air feel that much colder.
Winter Storm Dumping Up To 2 Feet Of Snow In Parts Of Western US
A wintry storm pushing through the western half of the country is bringing bitterly cold temperatures that prompted safety warnings for residents in the Rockies and threatened crops as far south as California.
Above-Normal Temperatures This Week In Wash.
Summer may be in its final weeks, but forecasters say it will make itself felt with above-normal temperatures this week in Washington.
Anchorage Set Record For Consecutive Days Over 70
Anchorage has set a record for the most consecutive days with a high temperature of 70 degrees or higher.
Record-Breaking Heat Possible In Wa.
The weather that Western Washington residents dream about through the damp gray days of winter is finally here.
Record Highs In Western Washington
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Authorities in Washington state say one woman has died and one man is still missing after a pair of spring avalanches struck separate groups hiking in the mountains each of Seattle.
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Police asked if media leak was to undermine whistleblower
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday recommended the constitution of a Special Investigation team or a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into the murder of RTI activist Lingaraju.
Protection sought
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B.V. Nagarathna passed this order after it was brought to its notice that Lingaraju had approached various authorities, including the Chief Minister and the Home Minister way back in 2010 seeking protection as he feared threat to his life from C. Govindaraju, husband of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) councillor Gowramma.
Encroachment of tank
Govindaraju, who has since been arrested, had been threatening Lingaraju ever since he complained about encroachment of 9 acres of tank bed and running of a powerloom illegally by Govindaraju's henchmen.
Interestingly, the court-appointed amicus curiae, Hashmath Pasha, produced a copy of the declaration made by Lingaraju on a stamp paper sent to the Chief Minister and State Home Minister in June 2010.
In it, Lingaraju had, inter alia, said Govindaraju had personally accosted him that year, threatening him with dire consequences if he failed to withdraw the complaints. Lingaraju wrote if something happens to him or his family, it would be the handiwork of Govindaraju and his henchmen.
No action on threat
Mr. Pasha told the Bench the offices of the Chief Minister and the Home Minister had forwarded the declaration to the Bangalore City Police Commissioner for necessary action but nothing happened.
Police version
State Police Chief Lalrokhuma Pachau had already filed an affidavit before the court that Lingaraju had filed a complaint with the Chamrajpet police in 2010 alleging threat from Govindaraju but the then police inspector, after investigation, on January 31, 2011, had filed a B report (closure report) stating that allegations could not be established.
Quoting these instances, Mr. Pasha said there was a conspiracy to eliminate Lingaraju since 2010 and the present investigation is not going in the right direction. Even Councillor Gowramma has not been questioned.
The Bench criticised the police for leaking the information to the media that dispute regarding "non-sharing of spoils" between former friends may one of the motives for the murder. "Who leaked this information? Was it to undermine the whistleblower?" the Bench asked.
Phones seized
Meanwhile, government counsel informed the court that mobile phones of both Govindaraju and councillor Gowramma have been seized and call details are being analysed.
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Rare albino turtles hatch on Vamizi Island
Even after long years of nesting monitoring, there are still things that surprise us all. For the first time on Vamizi Island in Mozambique, on the turtle monitoring project that started over 10 years ago, four albino green turtle hatchlings were found on the island's most successful nesting beach, two of which were still alive. What was even more interesting about these hatchlings, was their red eyes (lack of pigmentation), a common consequence of albinism. …
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All species great and small must be preserved
The paper, "The Importance and Benefits of Species", released today in the journal Current Biology, advocates a conservation philosophy that all species are important, no matter their direct use by humans, apparent value, intelligence or attractiveness. The default setting for our relationship to all species on Earth should be "Conservation", not trying to develop arguments for why a species should be saved through its current perceived usefulness to humans. …
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IUCN recommends action for natural World Heritage in danger
Key recommendations by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, on new and threatened natural World Heritage sites are released today ahead of the World Heritage Committee meeting which takes place in Bonn, Germany from 28 June to 8 July. IUCN recommends that Colombia's Los Katíos be withdrawn from 'in-danger' status. It also recommends inscription for a new site in Jamaica and major extensions to two listed sites in Viet Nam and South Africa. A second batch of reports is due at the end of May. … | French | Spanish
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Newman says NASCAR bears 'responsibility' for tire fiasco
Updated: July 30, 2008, 7:15 PM ETAssociated Press
PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- NASCAR's apology went only so far with driver Ryan Newman, who held the governing body responsible for the tire fiasco that ruined the race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend.
"NASCAR has the ultimate responsibility," Newman said Wednesday, during a visit to Buffalo Bills training camp in suburban Rochester. "They are the Barnum and Bailey. They know what's going on in the center ring. And if they put a tiger out there that's going to bite somebody, then ...
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