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Stock picking, plain and simple. And successful. That's what attracts investors -- individuals, private-wealth managers, and endowments -- to Lateef Investment Management, a $4.5 billion money-management firm in Greenbrae, Calif., a small Marin County town just north of San Francisco. Three portfolio managers, Quoc Tran, James Tarkenton, and Matthew Sauer, scour and sift for underappreciated and mispriced blue-chip companies with strong balance sheets, strong business models, high free-cash flows, and attractive returns on capital. The trio is steeped in the art of value investing, having learned it from some of the best in the business, including Wally Weitz of Weitz Funds and John Rogers of Ariel Investments. Their flagship offering, the Lateef Fund (ticker: LIMAX), celebrated its fifth anniversary at year end by doing what it's usually done: beating its benchmark.
Barron's: Are you more bullish or bearish about the U.S. equity market after the run-up in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrials?
Sauer: You can almost feel the rumbling of what they are calling the "great rotation" into equities. We're seeing it in fund flows. Corporate risk spreads are obviously tight. Junk-bond yields are low. That is positive for the market.
In the past few years, there have been moments when we've seen individual investors start to move back to equities, only to get spooked and return to bonds. Why is this time different?
Sauer: Government bonds have continued to go down in yield. The economic environment is more positive, and credit spreads on corporate bonds are narrowing. When you see the junk market rallying, a market of equity-like bonds, it's no wonder the Dow is approaching new highs. That rally will be a bell for some investors to get back into equities. If the Fed continues to keep rates low, and the war on cash continues, people are going to start to take more risk.
From left, Sauer, Tarkenton, Tran. "We own 15 to 20 growth stocks, with managements we respect...selling at 20% to 50% discounts." Martin Klimek for Barron's
Tarkenton: From a psychological standpoint, another big component of investors' net worth is their homes, and as pricing turns up there and as we get closer to setting new highs in the equity market, it will drive the individual investor to take more risk.
Tran: In any form of investment, whether it is in fixed income or equities, you are buying a stream of future cash flow. Using the 10-year Treasury as a proxy, you are getting 2% or less in total return. In the equity markets, at least in our portfolio, you are getting a trailing-free-cash-flow yield of 6% and growth in the midteens, we estimate, for the next three to five years. So you have an attractive absolute return today with growth, as opposed to a total return of 2% in the bond market. In terms of asset flows over the past four years, a trillion dollars moved into fixed income and about half a trillion came out of equities. Retail investors are coming back to equities in fits and starts, and only time will tell if this is the beginning of a truly long set of inflows. But it certainly feels much more constructive now than at any point in the past four years.
Also, we follow the asset allocation of pension funds, retirement accounts, and college endowments. Five years ago, it was pretty typical for these groups to have 60% allocated to equities. Now, that asset allocation has been reduced to about 30%, and yet these funds are still assuming a rate of return of 8%. In this low-interest-rate environment, that's mathematically impossible. They will need to raise their equity allocations in order to get to mid-to-high single-digit returns to meet their funding obligations.
We've got higher taxes. We are still dealing with the debt-ceiling issue. Europe is still struggling. How do those issues stack up against the positive catalysts?
Tarkenton: The core tenets of our investment criteria drive and build a portfolio of very attractive returns, earnings, cash flows, and return on equity. Even in 2008, in an extremely dislocated economic environment, our portfolio grew its earnings 13% while S&P 500 earnings were down over 40%, and the return on equity on our portfolio of companies was 24%, versus 12% for the S&P 500. We definitely want to be mindful of the economic environment in which we are allocating our clients' capital, but by sticking to our criteria, we think our portfolio will continue to have those types of growth rates and performance.
Sauer: We don't try to own the whole market: We own 15 to 20 growth stocks -- with managements we respect who are allocating capital appropriately -- selling at 20% to 50% discounts to what we think they are worth.
Why the concentration?
Tarkenton: You have to have conviction in your top ideas. Our top four names in the portfolio represent 32% of assets, and our top 10 names are 70% of assets. The investment criteria that drive our decision-making generate a portfolio with less risk relative to the market and with earnings growth and returns and general characteristics that are more attractive than the market.
Sauer: In order to beat an index, you have to look different than the index. Our portfolio and the way we construct it gives us the freedom to do things like sell Apple aapl 0.8752568688636883% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD132.54 1.15 0.8752568688636883% /Date(1432328400108-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 44876715 AFTER HOURS USD132.77 0.230000000000018 0.17353251848498566% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 719257 P/E Ratio 16.3831891223733 Market Cap 763566849045.821 Dividend Yield 1.569337558472914% Rev. per Employee 2287920 More quote details and news » [AAPL] in the second quarter of last year, when all the portfolios in the U.S., it seems, held Apple. It was obviously a very popular stock at the time, but we saw Apple's prospects differently than the consensus.
Do your criteria rule out or favor certain industries?
Tarkenton: Business services is an area where we find a lot of our opportunities. These are companies with few assets and [that are] not capital intensive.
Tran: Also, heavily regulated businesses where you have a regulated rate of return are not going to be a high priority for us. You will see us in a lot of consumer-discretionary names. You are going to see us in some tech and in some B2B [business-to-business companies]. Intellectual capital companies are attractive, too.
Intellectual capital such as?
Tran: Qualcomm qcom -0.8275074903695249% Qualcomm Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD69.51 -0.58 -0.8275074903695249% /Date(1432328400014-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12605374 AFTER HOURS USD69.6 0.0899999999999892 0.1294777729823047% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 571908 P/E Ratio 16.471563981042653 Market Cap 113312495339.089 Dividend Yield 2.7621924902891672% Rev. per Employee 878307 More quote details and news » [QCOM]. Qualcomm has two segments: They invented CDMA, which is the technology that enables 3G and smartphones to work. They also have a licensing business where they get a royalty on every smartphone in the world. Qualcomm wins if Apple wins, or if Microsoft MSFT -1.0965837199493884% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD46.9 -0.52 -1.0965837199493884% /Date(1432328400226-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 25401723 AFTER HOURS USD46.84 -0.0599999999999952 -0.1279317697228145% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 318860 P/E Ratio 19.46058091286307 Market Cap 380499712379.456 Dividend Yield 2.6439232409381663% Rev. per Employee 737992 More quote details and news » [MSFT] wins, or if Android [made by Google (GOOG)] wins. The stream of licensing revenue is highly profitable with margins of 85% in that segment. Qualcomm generates returns on capital of more than 50% and has a very high barrier to entry because of the patents on those licenses. The stock is about $67 a share; there is $15 a share in cash and no debt. They'll earn about $4.40 this year on a calendar basis, and adjusting for cash, Qualcomm is selling at about 11 times earnings. We think the intrinsic value is $85 to $90 a share.
Lateef's Picks
|Stanley Black & Decker
|Robert Half
|Waters Corp.
|Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
|Source: Bloomberg
Tarkenton: This is a very stable growth business, and with the growth in mobility, it is almost an open-ended opportunity.
European companies are trading at a steep discount to their U.S. counterparts. Are you increasing your exposure there?
Sauer: We are primarily a U.S. manager, but we own Accenture acn -0.4544046266652897% Accenture PLC Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD96.39 -0.44 -0.4544046266652897% /Date(1432328503927-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2071551 AFTER HOURS USD96.01 -0.379999999999995 -0.39423176678078636% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11479 P/E Ratio 20.46496815286624 Market Cap 60364719538.4186 Dividend Yield 2.1164021164021163% Rev. per Employee 107483 More quote details and news » [ACN], for instance, and it is based in Ireland. Suncor [SU] is Canadian. We are not precluded from investing outside the U.S. if we can find a company that meets our investment criteria and we have access to management. An example was last summer when we bought Stanley Black & Decker swk -0.2695417789757412% Stanley Black & Decker Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD103.6 -0.28 -0.2695417789757412% /Date(1432328514343-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 728106 AFTER HOURS USD103.69 0.0900000000000034 0.08687258687258688% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6422 P/E Ratio 21.673640167364017 Market Cap 15926013150.4425 Dividend Yield 2.0077220077220077% Rev. per Employee 224784 More quote details and news » [SWK]. Stanley bought a European security business, and investors worried about the increased exposure to that region, and the shares sold off and allowed us to take an oversized position. About 30% of its revenues now come from Europe. It's a great company with improving returns on invested capital, high and improving margins, and a great barrier to entry in its U.S. tool business. The power-tool business is about 50% of its business since Stanley merged with Black & Decker. It supplies Home Depot HD 0.1339166145879832% Home Depot Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD112.16 0.15 0.1339166145879832% /Date(1432328414810-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3672953 AFTER HOURS USD112.19 0.0300000000000011 0.02674750356633381% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 21006 P/E Ratio 23.76271186440678 Market Cap 145623951180.514 Dividend Yield 2.10413694721826% Rev. per Employee 227439 More quote details and news » [HD] and Lowe's Low 1.1932479627473807% Lowe's Cos. U.S.: NYSE USD69.54 0.82 1.1932479627473807% /Date(1432328446550-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4842003 AFTER HOURS USD69.43 -0.109999999999999 -0.15818234109864826% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20545 P/E Ratio 24.9247311827957 Market Cap 66181567759.7397 Dividend Yield 1.3229795800977855% Rev. per Employee 214094 More quote details and news » [LOW]. The rest of its business is 30% security, cameras and monitors for commercial buildings, and 20% industrial, fasteners and other parts. The management has a proven track record of adding value. We think a repricing will occur as it evolves more into an industrial company and not just a power-tool company, although revenues in the power-tool segment will benefit as housing continues to improve.
Tarkenton: Also, senior management's incentive-compensation program is tied directly to return on invested capital for the business. While we typically look for businesses that have high returns on invested capital, another great opportunity is finding a business that has arguably suboptimal returns on capital that are going to improve. If you look at the return on capital for Stanley Black & Decker the past three years, it started in the low teens. Each year, management's incentive compensation has been based on hitting higher and higher hurdles for return on invested capital.
How do you approach pruning the portfolio? Why did you sell Costco, for instance?
Tran: We bought Costco Wholesale cost -0.18063081839655412% Costco Wholesale Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD143.68 -0.26 -0.18063081839655412% /Date(1432328400162-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1172288 AFTER HOURS USD144.12 0.439999999999998 0.3062360801781737% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17172 P/E Ratio 28.0625 Market Cap 63215460957.2217 Dividend Yield 1.1135857461024499% Rev. per Employee 593010 More quote details and news » [COST] because it typically grows revenues by about 10% a year, driven by 5% same-store sales and 5% square-footage growth on average. Costco's net income is about exactly equal to their membership fees. So the way for them to grow net income is to grow members. We thought they could continue to do that because they had said they expected to double the store count in the U.S. Additionally, about 20% of their products are sold under their private-label Kirkland brand, which sells at a lower price point but generates higher margins. They had an opportunity to make the Kirkland brand a higher percentage of sales. Costco represented growth, improving margins, and improving return on capital. In 2008, the economic environment caused Costco to throttle back on their growth plans.
We fundamentally disagreed with management. We thought '08 provided an opportunity where real estate was cheap and they had capital to invest. They were in a unique position when they could have accelerated their growth. Yet they took the opposite tack. Their margin growth reversed when they dropped prices on their private-label products to wow their customers. We thought that was unnecessary.
Would you call yourselves activists?
Sauer: We're not activists in the sense that we are going to file proxies and demand board seats. We are active in that we have numerous conversations with management about strategy. If we disagree with a management's strategy, we will sell the stock.
Let's talk about what you have been attracted to more recently.
Tran: Robert Half International rhi -0.8229732095955175% Robert Half International Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD56.64 -0.47 -0.8229732095955175% /Date(1432328447326-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 557699 AFTER HOURS USD56.64 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4110 P/E Ratio 23.798319327731093 Market Cap 7650704785.72021 Dividend Yield 1.4124293785310735% Rev. per Employee 21405.5 More quote details and news » [RHI] is a leading provider of temporary staffing, as well as permanent staffing in accounting. It is an asset-light model where they get paid for other people's labor. The return on capital is around 30%. Temporary hiring is a leading indicator of full-time employment, since a company will often hire a temp first and then a few quarters later make the person a full-timer. For 10 consecutive quarters, we've seen their temp business grow by double digits.
You've liked this one for a while, so what makes it stand out now? Have you been adding to it?
Tran: We have been adding to it. We are seeing a conversion now from temporary positions to permanent placements, for which they get a higher margin. Right now, accounting temps make up about 35% of their total revenues. Yet in downturns, Robert Half has tended to make investments and position itself in other areas, and in the 2008 to 2010 time frame they moved more into technical staffing, which is now about 10% to 11% of their revenues.
The tech-staffing market is four times greater than accounting, and so they have the ability to continue to grow by double digits for the foreseeable future. It is also a company where management does a very good job in capital allocation. Its trailing-free-cash-flow yield is 7% to 8%, it's growing in the midteens, and we are beginning to see an acceleration in some of their new markets.
Thanks all.
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We had an issue recently where DDE broadcasts were being blocked on a system. The customer noticed that the problem happened after they called MAPIInitialize on their worker thread. Our investigation gives us a chance to add a 5th rule to the MAPI Multithreading Rules I wrote about a few years ago:
5. The first thread to initialize MAPI must pump messages.
5. The first thread to initialize MAPI must pump messages.
To understand this, first we need to know a bit about DDE. Turns out, Raymond wrote about it a couple times already, so I don't need to rehash that. The second thing to know is that MAPI uses a hidden window for idle processing. If you dig around a bit, you might even find the window, named "WMS Idle". MAPI only needs one of these per process, so it's created on the first thread to initialize MAPI. And as we know, any thread with a window on it must pump messages.
In the customer's case, they were pumping on the main thread, but not on the MAPI worker thread. Once they inserted message pumping into the MAPI worker thread, DDE was no longer blocked. Alternatively, they could have called HrDispatchNotifications, which is a simple way to pump messages, or called MAPIInitialize on the main thread.
First of all I want to thank you about having that blog which already helped me a lot.
Recently I've faced with a problem and need some advise on using MAPI.
I have a COM object which initializes MAPI and subscribes to the fnevNewMail notification event of a store. There is a thread pool, and all worker threads ofc initialize MAPI as well, and performs copying messages from one mailbox to another. Thus I get message ID from the event and pass it to worker thread to copy it. It works fine, but then I start spamming mailbox with messages every second. After 4 hours working thread crashes with 0xC0000005 code which is access violation.
After logging every operation to a file I found that all pointers are correct and this reproduces only when a lot of messages arrive and significant amount of time has passed.
COM works fairy simple and I'm using smart pointers to avoid memory leaks. It opens session, opens storage, subscribes to events and then passes IMAPISession pointer to the working thread, where on every new message message store and folders are opened and message is being copied.
My question here: is it safe to keep session opened very long time, or should I log on every time when message arrives in a worker thread. I'm trying to make a small app to reproduce it, but I will appreciate if you can give me a direction where I start looking at.
Thank you.
Nothing in your description sounds inherently wrong. I suggest opening a case so we can analyze a crash dump of the problem. In fact, prior to opening a case, you should take a look at the stack of the crash and make sure you're not the one causing the AV.


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Arrupe Center for Business Ethics and KPMG Host Intercollegiate Business Ethics Competition
PHILADELPHIA (April 8, 2013) – Saint Joseph's University's Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics will present its inaugural KPMG Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition beginning with a dinner and keynote address on Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m., and concluding on Friday, April 12, at 3:30 p.m. in Mandeville Hall.
Haverford Trust CEO to be Honored with HSB Hall of Fame Award
PHILADELPHIA (April 5, 2013) — The Haub School of Business will recognize Joseph J. McLaughlin Jr. '81, chairman and CEO of The Haverford Trust Company, with this year's Hall of Fame Award. McLaughlin will receive the award during a dinner reception at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel on Wednesday, April 17 at 6 p.m.
For 12 hours on April 11, 54 students, faculty and administrators will read aloud the 12 books of John Milton's epic poem, "Paradise Lost," in the Falese Atrium of Merion Hall.
SJU Theater Company to Present 'Rent'
The Saint Joseph's University Theater Company will perform Jonathan Larson's iconic, Tony Award-winning rock musical 'Rent,' opening Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m. in the Bluett Theatre and runs through Sunday, April 21.
SJU Gallery Showcases Senior Work
PHILADELPHIA (April 5, 2013) – Four senior artists will display their work in the 14th annual senior art thesis exhibition at Saint Joseph's University Gallery, April 12-May 31. The art will be shown on the second floor of Merion Hall on the James J. Maguire '58 Campus. An opening reception will be held Friday, April 12th 5-9 p.m.
SJU Marks Autism Awareness Month
PHILADELPHIA (March 27, 2013) —Saint Joseph's University's Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support will host a week of events, April 7-12, aimed at raising autism awareness and promoting the Center's growing list of services for the autism community.
SJU Releases Commencement Information, Announces Speakers
Saint Joseph's University will grant honorary degrees to Elisabeth A. Hagen, M.D. '91 (B.S.), under secretary for food safety for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and John W. O'Malley, S.J., university professor in the Department of Theology, Georgetown University, at the 2013 Commencement ceremonies.
Haub School Ranked Among Nation's Best
In its 2014 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools," released March 12, 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranked four Saint Joseph's University Haub School of Business (HSB) disciplines among its "Top 25".
SheUnited Conference Brings Women Together for Renewal, Inspiration and Networking
PHILADELPHIA (March 11, 2013) – Women of all backgrounds and ages will convene at Saint Joseph's University's SheUnited Conference on March 23, 2013 at the Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena to share their collective wisdom and experience through speaker sessions and networking.


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August 28th, 2006 #1
A Turkey's Sketchbook (upd. Sept 16)
I need to draw way more, and starting this sketchbook will hopefully motivate me to keep producing stuff for whoever reads/looks at this. Right now I'm at about one or two art-related things a week, which is not much for someone who is just starting art school in a few days.
Hopefully I get a decent response!
I even did a brand-new drawing as a "cover" for this sketchbook! See, I'm trying!
And few sketches/paintings
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Last edited by dindon; September 16th, 2006 at 04:08 PM.
Hide this ad by registering as a memberAugust 28th, 2006 #2
Yup, if you're going to art school, get ready to make art for most of the hours you are awake. And if your school doesn't require you to make art almost every waking hour, do it anyway.
Want to join me in doing a painting-a-day? It's a great way to whip yourself into action.
I think you are awesome, and I wish you the best in your endeavors, but I am tired of repeating myself, I am very busy with my new baby, and I am no longer a regular participant here, so please do not contact me to ask for advice on your career or education. All of the advice that I have to offer can already be found in the following links. Thank you.
Perspective 101, Concept Art 101, Games Industry info,Oil Paint info, Acrylic Paint info, my sketchbook.
August 29th, 2006 #3Originally Posted by Seedling
August 29th, 2006 #4
Haha! Okay, you could make it a drawing-a-day, or a sculpture-a-day, or whatever suits your fancy. :-)
I think you are awesome, and I wish you the best in your endeavors, but I am tired of repeating myself, I am very busy with my new baby, and I am no longer a regular participant here, so please do not contact me to ask for advice on your career or education. All of the advice that I have to offer can already be found in the following links. Thank you.
Perspective 101, Concept Art 101, Games Industry info,Oil Paint info, Acrylic Paint info, my sketchbook.
August 29th, 2006 #5
I really like the windmill. What school are you going to?
August 30th, 2006 #6Originally Posted by Bloodstone
Some more older pages
August 31st, 2006 #7
Hey Dindon
thanks for your comment in my book.
Keep plugging away at yours, good to see you doing studies. They can be tedious but will get you ahead.
You're going to ACAD? What program you in? just curious what you think of the place. I'm in Edmonton.
August 31st, 2006 #8Originally Posted by Craig D
I've heard people say that the school is more hands-on and less lecture-y than others. There's one lecture hall for stuff like art history and whatnot. The rest appear to be devoted to the various fine arts and design courses. Class sizes for the studio courses are about 20. If you take a look at their site, you would find more info than I could ever give at the moment
Sorry I'm not of much help.
August 31st, 2006 #9
More stuff. Ignore the stuff at the top of the first page...
The studies are referenced from "Drawing the Head and Figure"
September 1st, 2006 #10
Some random DSG-inspired drawings.
Yes I know the anatomy is off.
A meying prantis. The shading is messed, Most of the graphite rubbed off on the other page when the book was closed...
September 3rd, 2006 #11
Hey there dindon!
Thanks for dropping by my book. You have some very solid stuff in here and those studies are looking good. I'm sorry if I can't offer any proper crits!
Anyway, keep drawing mate!
http://www.sakuhatakka.com/ - image portfolio
September 3rd, 2006 #12
Hey Dindon. I am starting at ACAD this year aswell. Its cool to see someone from CA.org will be starting there aswell. I have heard very good things about this school but I guess well find out tuesday. I am living over at the Sait res right now. Where are you staying at ?
September 4th, 2006 #13Originally Posted by dark_wraith
I really hope I can make it on tuesday, I haven't been going to bed as early as I should...
Spats - Thanks for taking a look! I appreciate the comments.
September 4th, 2006 #14
Referenced from "Draw the Head and Figure"
September 4th, 2006 #15
hey man, the last flower looks really good, I can't paint for shit, so I'm quite impressed I dig the lines in the windmill too. Perspective is looking good!
You seem to be in a bit earlier stage, remember to do lots of life studies, bring your sketchbook all over and draw peeps and buildings. Helps a lot!
September 4th, 2006 #16
-Hi DINDON, thanks a million for your comments..... I like your water-colour style. It looks very very effective & quite nice rendered. I know an water-colour is very difficult to use. But your water-colour stuff are pretty good..... Keep posting & goodluck man..... STAY COOL .....
Here is my: S-K-E-T-C-H-B-O-O-K
/.....if there is someone from AUSTRALIA especially from SYDNEY on this site, then leave a msg for me, and I really want to meet with you & to making a friends-of course if you'd agree it...............please
September 5th, 2006 #17
A good variety of work here. Keep widening it.
Don't miss the rise
This is actually Wolverine's sketchbook
September 5th, 2006 #18
allright you turky, I'm going to sound like an old monkey here. something you must do is bring a sketchbook with you all ways and draw every time your hands are free draw whats in front of you or from your imagination. if your at a party draw people their. if your eating breakfast draw with one hand eat with the other. draw in toilet paper when your sitting on the pot. if your waiting for your next class draw. draw before you go to bed. be shameless just don't stop drawing. If art is what you choose in your life it can be very rewarding but you have to love it. if you want to be great you must be married to it. never say I'm going to art school they're going to teach me to draw. they'll teach you some stuff but 90 percent comes from how much you practice on your own. Just remember two things you can become better than anyone but you have to practice, and there's no cap on how good you can get.
peace, dave
September 5th, 2006 #19
Hey dindon, looking through your book that flower popped out. Nice job. Otherwise it would be nice to see more depth in the shading, especially in the environments, and work on your line weights. It would make your drawings jump more from the page.
Nice to see the facial studies, as Dave said, keep on practicing.
September 5th, 2006 #20
Hey dindon, looking through your book that flower popped out. Nice job. Otherwise it would be nice to see more depth in the shading, especially in the environments, and work on your line weights. It would make your drawings jump more from the page.
Nice to see the facial studies, as Dave said, keep on practicing.
September 5th, 2006 #21
Wow, thanks for the replies everyone. This has definitely motivated me to draw more.
Tigermilk Thank you. I must say that the paintings I do are with my friend's mom, who is a private art teacher. She gives a lot of crit as well as teaches me technical stuff about painting, so I owe a lot to her. I will draw in my book when I have spare time, like lunch or whatever.
Mag-Neo Also thanks There's a balance that's hard to get to in watercolor. A bit too much water and everything is messed up. Too little, and it just sits there and does nothing. It's fun though!
Listing For sure! I try to keep my mind open as to what subjects to draw. Thanks for the comment!
dave You make very good points. I will draw more, I swear to you!!!
Kitiker Thanks for the crit. I'm not exactly sure how to apply the idea of line weights... To shaded areas, or curves, etc?
And now for more sketches. Referenced from Drawing the Head and Figure, as always.
September 7th, 2006 #22
Yo! Thanks for dropping by my sb. Those last figures are rocking, do more of them. I also like your paintings. I would say work more on putting those facial features together, and work on facial expressions. Keep up the hard work, you're imrpoving already.
September 7th, 2006 #23
studies looking good, keep it up ... nice flower too
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September 9th, 2006 #24
Lovely flower there Watercolours, right? They're a bitch. I hate them.
Anyway, them studies are looking pretty good. I think you need to work on your line weight, though. That's all I can say for now.
Keep postin'!
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September 9th, 2006 #25
Thanks for the advice
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September 11th, 2006 #26
Thanks guys. Can anyone be clearer on the line weight issue? Which drawings are especially guilty of having poor line weights? How do I go about this? Basically the only way is to lose pressure on the pencil and let it fade, correct? If I press very hard, the dark, thick line becomes entrenched in the paper, and is no longer easy to manipulate. It looks heavy and cumbersome. I don't think this is very good for sketches.
Anyway, about school. It's been pretty busy, I have classes from 9-5 basically. Been running around getting supplies... Still need to get more! The last week was just course outlines and whatnot, so I'll be getting into the meat of it this week.
Anyway here some pages from a week ago. The second one hasn't really been "filled" yet. I did a page with stick figure poses and such but it's pretty bad, so no one gets to see it.
September 11th, 2006 #27
Hmm...dialup...so typing this based on the images that have loaded ...basically Line Weight is both the 'darkness' and the width of a given line...heavier lines are wider and darker, lighter lines are thinner and lighter.
From what I can tell there are 2 major ways to decide on line weight: Light/Shadow, or "Weight".
for the Light/Shadow thing, lines are heavier in areas with shadows, thinner in areas with highlights, and in-between elsewhere.
for the 'weight' thing, lines are heavier at the bottoms/weighted down areas of the object, while thinner on the lighter more airy parts (ie heavy lines at the soles of the feet, but light lines on the tops of the shoulders and in the hair).
Several ways to achieve line weight, the most obvious is pressing harder with your tool, another is widening the line either through making lines following the original line, or tilting your drawing tool (A normal pencil can act much like a paint brush in that respect, and since you seem to have a painting background - that may be a helpful way to approach line weight from). you can also go back over the 'heavier areas' with a darker pencil (ie sketch lightly with a 2b, go back in with a 6b to extablish the weighted areas of line).
The main issue people may be seeing is the addressing of lines in a very 'uniform manner' - ie all lines are the same width, and darkness for the most part - a way to use this to your advantage would be to force yourself to make the lines lighter, then go back and establish the image with value making the lines inconsequential for the most part.
The major issue I'm noticing is a 'stiffness' (although it's getting better, I can still feel it a bit) - step up on the gesture drawings and it should help you loosen up the figures a bit more (or even just do gestures as a warmup prior to doing serious drawings).
You have a very good eye for referenced imagery, however the 'from imagination' works are a little less strong (as is normal for everyone imo). Remember to slow down when working on a referenced image, and think to yourself "Why does it look this way?" - is it a bone, a muscle, the lighting, some physical oddity about the source (suprising how often that one occurs), etc.
I personally didn't like the Jack Hamm book (Drawing the head and figure), but it looks like you're getting some use out of it. You may want to hunt around on these forums for links to the Loomis books online - I think you'd find a wealth of useful information in them to help you get to the next level.
A trick I use when there is no physical model to work from for figure gestures btw, is to use the Windows XP Screensaver "My Picture Slideshow" and set the time at about 2 minutes between images, and point it at a folder of some figure reference photos I had stored up beforehand. Then you have a new pose ever 2 minutes to do a gesture from, and don't have to go hunting for another image or stop stride at all.
Anywho...very good works from what I can tell, stay diligent and you'll go far fast I think - you have some talent that you can use to your advantage (meaning you seem to pick up on things quickly concerning art).
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September 11th, 2006 #28
nice stuff. i really like the watercolor of the lily or whatever. it's really well done. i have a lot of respect for people who can watercolor. keep it up.
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Here's my first drawing for drawing class. I think it looks pretty good, but when I put it up on the "critique" wall and compared to the others, it looked really washed out. I have to keep in mind to really lay on the darks next time.
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September 17th, 2006 #30
Some things are a little off in the latest picture, but overall good job (things that feel off are his eye positions, a few of the wrinkles, and his nose length). It feels like you got parts correct, and they're just being thrown off by a few minor problems.
Was that from a photograph if you don't mind me asking?
(sidenote - you may want to invest in an ebony pencil...makes it easy to lay in those 'dark darks' on graphite drawings).
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- A man holding a baby in front of a circus caravan in an open field.
This photograph shows Danny Dealma of Holden Brothers Circus, holding Francis Holden's son Frankie, early 1940s. One of the Holden brothers, Adolphus 'Dolph' jnr or Francis 'Frank', built the caravan behind them. Frank did the painting, including 'Yworrie' on the front. Melba Ryan remembers: 'Caravans in those days made of three ply, with no lining. When it rained or hailed, there was very little between you and the weather.' The location is unknown.
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The Postal Service took the rare step of closing post offices and suspending mail delivery Saturday in New England.
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"People expect us to be open, so we're open," she said with a shrug. Lupien added that she grew up in snowy Maine: "That's why it doesn't affect me much."
Lindsay reported from Salisbury, Mass. Associated Press writers David Klepper in Providence, Ebony Reed in Quincy, Mass., Karen Matthews in New York, Frank Eltman in Farmingville N.Y., Charles Krupa in Boston, and John Christoffersen in Fairfield, Conn., contributed to this report.
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Cueto has a 1.77 ERA in 11 games.We are 5-6 in those games,for whatever reason,amazing.Any reasons why?
Cueto has a 1.77 ERA in 11 games.We are 5-6 in those games,for whatever reason,amazing.Any reasons why?
The epitome of the season (and i used that exact line this morning to a coworker regarding the Reds) was the RBI single last night.
I'd make Volquez start against the other teams ace, and let Cueto start against the other teams #4 guy. Cueto would be 10-0 right now and Volquez 0-10.
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
Biggest thing is just sample size. Also, Reds are actually 6-5 in the games cuetos started.
Losses were also against some pretty good starting pitchers, well, at least the first 4 listed anyways.
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Taking music lessons may help you become a little bit smarter.
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Learn to play the piano. Join your school band or sing in a musical. Take some guitar lessons and start a rock group. If people wonder what you're up to, tell them you're doing something important. You may be making yourself a little bit smarter.
A new study shows that young children who learn to sing or play a musical instrument may gain a slight mental edge over kids who don't take music lessons.
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A brother of the U.S. soldier who slaughtered 16 Afghan civilians last year began making the case Wednesday for why he should one day be eligible for release from prison, portraying him as a patriotic American and indulgent father who let his son put ranch dressing on chocolate chip pancakes.
"There's no better father that I've seen," William Bales said of his younger brother, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. "If you brought the kids in here today, they'd run right to him."
Sgt. Bales, 39, pleaded guilty in June in a deal to avoid the death penalty, acknowledging that he slaughtered 16 people, mostly women and children, during unsanctioned, solo, pre-dawn raids on two villages March 11, 2012. A jury is deciding whether he should be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole, or without it.
The picture painted by the first defense witness, William Bales, 55, severely contrasted with that portrayed by the soldier's admissions as well as by the testimony of nine Afghan villagers — victims and their relatives — about the horror Bales wrought.
William Bales repeatedly referred to his sibling — once the captain of his high school football team and class president in Norwood, Ohio, where they grew up — as "my baby brother" and "Bobby."
He described how as a teenager his brother cared for a developmentally disabled neighborhood boy, assisting him with basic life functions. The boy's father also testified how helpful Bales was.
"I don't know too many 16-, 17-year-old boys who could do that," William Bales said.
He also described how the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed "good-time Bobby" and how he soon thereafter enlisted in the Army.
Prosecutors noted, however, that Bales was also facing a fraud lawsuit when he enlisted. An arbitrator eventually imposed a $1.5 million judgment against Bales and his former stockbroking company.
One of Bale's lawyers, John Henry Browne, said after court Wednesday that his client will speak to the jury at the end of the case, and he will offer an apology for his crimes.
On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, a series of Afghan villagers who traveled about 7,000 miles to testify at the hearing in traditional garb spoke of their lives since the attacks.
Haji Mohammad Wazir lost 11 family members, including his mother, wife and six of his seven children. He told the six-member jury that the attacks destroyed what had been a happy life. He was in another village with his youngest son, now 5-year-old Habib Shah, during the attack.
"If someone loses one child, you can imagine how devastated their life would be," said Wazir, who received $550,000 in condolence payments from the U.S. government, out of $980,000 paid in all. His son, now 5, "misses everyone. He hasn't forgotten any of them."
"I've gone through very hard times," he added. "If anybody speaks to me about the incident … I feel the same, like it's happening right now."
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Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) won the most votes in a parliamentary election held on Sunday, an exit poll showed.
According to the poll conducted by the Gani Bobi agency, the PDK claimed 31 per cent of the votes cast, ahead of Pristina Mayor Mustafa Isa's Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) with 25 per cent.
The snap election was called last month when the coalition of PDK and LDK fell apart amid squabbling over the election of the new Kosovo president and the sale of the national telecoms company.
Newcomer party Vetevendosje (Self—Determination) came in third with 15 per cent, ahead of the Future for the Alliance of Kosovo (AAK) on 12.5 per cent. No other coalition collected more than 5 per cent of the vote to qualify for Parliament.
If the official vote count follows the exit poll, which has a margin of error of 2.5 per cent, the outcome creates a complicated landscape to build a majority coalition.
PDK and LDK are at odds after governing together over the previous three years, and Vetevendosje, a radical movement that opposes European Union assistance as "meddling," may have a limited coalition potential.
The AAK, headed by the former guerrilla commander and prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, who is now on trial over a war crimes indictment at the International tribunal for former Yugoslavia, has long—since been hostile to both PDK and LDK.
Sunday's election was Kosovo's first since its majority Albanian population split from Serbia in 2008. Belgrade called on Kosovo Serbs to boycott the vote, but eight of their parties took part nevertheless.
The Kosovo Parliament has 120 seats, with 100 contested in a direct race, 10 reserved for Serbs and 10 for other ethnic communities.
The minority seats are likely to enter the equation in the race for an alliance controlling at least 61 votes in the upcoming legislature.
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Tucked down a tiny, curving alleyway in the Trastevere neighborhood, Dar Poeta has become something of a Roman pizza institution, which you'll figure out once you see hungry mobs outside. So come early or be prepared to wait. The pizzas here range from classic—margherita, marinara—to offbeat: the spicy, bean-topped "Mexican" pie is better than it sounds. There are also variations on the theme of bruschetta: thick bread topped with tomatoes and basil or pumpkin spread.
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Besides some improvements that could have been done I believe your theme was rejected because it looks like many of the themes here and lacks a unique touch on it.
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UPDATED Tuesday, April 17: "Bully" will not open at either the Edwards Valencia or Canyon Country theaters on Friday, April 20, according to managers at both complexes. Last week's original story follows:
"Bully," a gut-wrenching documentary by filmmaker Lee Hirsch chronicling the bullying epidemic in America's schools, opens in theaters across the country Friday, but not in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Released by the Weinstein Company, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2011 and opened for limited engagements in Los Angeles and New York March 30. "Bully" is set to expand into a total of 55 markets on Friday.
However, managers at both the Edwards Valencia and Edwards Canyon Country theater complexes, owned by the Regal Entertainment Group, confirmed Thursday and today, respectively, that the movie won't open at either location on Friday.
"The corporate office decides what we get," said Audrey Watts, Edwards Valencia manager, adding that Regal's decision is based on how well the company thinks the film will do at the box office. "We usually don't get the more artsy or documentary films."
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"We're the designated arts theater in the Santa Clarita Valley," said Katriana Lahero, Edwards Canyon Country manager. As of Tuesday, though, "Bully" was not on the schedule of films opening there Friday.
UPDATE: On Wednesday, Rachel Lueras, Regal marketing manager, confirmed the film is not opening at either theater complex on Friday. She also said that Regal and the Weinstein Company are still discussing other markets in which the film may open. So it's still possible the film could open in the SCV.
"Last night when I spoke to (Regal and Weinstein), Valencia and Canyon Country had still not been booked," Lueras said. "They said possibly Simi Valley, but they still don't have a firm idea where those (other) bookings are going to fall."
"Bully" has earned generally positive reviews in its limited engagement. It was released to theaters unrated after the Motion Picture Association of America wanted to assign it an R (restricted) rating due to a half-dozen instances of the f-word being used by school bullies. After much controversy that called into question the relevance of the current movie ratings, a compromise was reached. The filmmakers edited "Bully" to soften the f-bombs, and the film was granted a PG-13 rating.
Thirteen million students will be bullied in the United States this year, and three million kids are absent each month because they feel unsafe at school, according to statistics on the "Bully Project" website.
"I think everyone should see 'Bully,' because it shows in graphic detail what it's like to be bullied, and I think that bullies should see the impact they have on kids," said Marisa Watkins, who has Asperger's syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism.
A graduating student at Sequoia Charter School and in the Transitional Learning Center program at College of the Canyons, the 18-year-old Stevenson Ranch resident was taunted, mocked and physically bullied in junior and senior high school (Rio Norte, Golden Valley and Canyon), and has been involved in anti-bullying efforts at local schools for several years.
"Some kids get bullied so much, they don't want to live anymore," Watkins said. "They just want to stay home from school. They're afraid. They build up phobias about going to school. That's where I was, basically, last year." After a bullying incident at Canyon High, she said, "I didn't want to go to school for three months."
With help from a therapeutic behavioral therapist, Watkins was able to recover from the most recent episode and get back into school, but at Sequoia, in Saugus. "There's no bullying at Sequoia," she said. "I've never been bullied there."
A Special Olympics athlete and coach with 53 gold medals in a variety of sports, including snowboarding and skiing, Watkins serves as the organization's Global Ambassador, speaking at schools and fundraisers designed to raise awareness of its services and resources for special-needs students in and around the Santa Clarita Valley.
She is also a coordinator for Project Unify, a Special Olympics-related inclusion program at West Ranch High School that combats bullying, both physical and verbal. Project Unify is mounting a "Spread the Word, End the Word" campaign to stop people from using the "R-word" (retard). West Ranch students also started a club called the "Special Olympics Society" that helps with volunteering and fundraising.
While the "Bully" documentary focuses on special-needs students terrorized in schools in the American Midwest and South, it's a national problem, and as Watkins and her peers can tell you, bullying is just as prevalent in the Santa Clarita Valley as anywhere else.
"Most of the time when they're bullied, some kids react," Watkins said. "Autistic and Asperger's kids get bullied the most because they're either stuck in a conversation or they become different because they stick out if they're having a meltdown," Watkins said. "That's when they get bullied the most, because some people with autism are non-verbal. They make noises, and that's how they try and communicate.
"And kids say, 'What's wrong with this kid? Are they a freak?'" she said. "Or they use the R-word. The R-word is 'retard,' but the new R-word is 'respect.' Every kid with special needs, and adults, needs to have respect."
Watkins urges students who are being bullied to tell their school administrators.
"Bully" is now showing at the Arclight Hollywood, Landmark and AMC Century City theaters in Los Angeles. Santa Clarita Valley residents may "demand" that "Bully" be screened here by voting online.
Kim Goldman, SCV Youth Project executive director, understands the film not opening here may be a business decision. "But from an emotional side, from someone who's in the community, who sees the value of it…I just watched the trailer. It's powerful. I'm sitting in my car, crying, watching, because it's so incredibly powerful, and it"s all out of the mouths of babes, it's from their voice. It's so touching. And it's a shame that our community, being as youth-focused and family-focused as we are, would miss the opportunity to pull ourselves together as a community and to take care of each other and talk about something that all of our kids are actually faced with."
For more information about the film and bullying in schools, visit www.thebullyproject.com or watch the trailer.


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Rowdysheeter Yadagiri Rao, accused in the bail scam involving mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, was arrested in Ooty on June 30 but not in city on July 2 as claimed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), his lawyer informed a court here on Friday.
He opposed the ACB's petition seeking five day police custody of Yadagiri Rao for further interrogation on the ground that the agency had misled court on every issue. The ACB abused the power of taking accused into custody for the purpose of implicating people who were no way connected with the case, he said.
It had stated in its remand report that the Swift car purchased by Yadagiri with the money received from Janardhan Reddy's relatives was parked in front of his house when it was seized.
However, the fact was Yadagiri himself handed it over, Mr. Sharat Kumar, the lawyer said.
On May 25, the CBI searched his house and found nothing. However, the ACB came up with a false story on July 2 that it recovered Rs. 3.75 crore. There is no need for Yadagiri's custody, he added.
The public prosecutor of ACB, H. Venkatesh, said the agency collected certain leads to investigation when Yadagiri made a confession before it initially.
They had to be followed up by further questioning.
He also said the Rs. 9.5 crore given to Yadagiri by Janardhan Reddy's relatives had to be accounted by interrogating him.
The court reserved order for Saturday.
Keywords: cash-for-bail scam, P. Yadagiri Rao, cash-for-bail scam, Janardhana Reddy, Karnataka mining scam, illegal mining