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You might recall my photos of Sally Campbell's beautiful textiles at Design:Made:Trade in Melbourne a month or so ago…. It was so, so lovely to meet Sally in person… I've admired her from afar ever since reading a lovely article about her in Vogue Living a couple of years ago… (you can download that article from Sally's website here – it also has some gorgeous shots of Sally's Sydney home!)
Sally is such an inspiration! After 25 years working as a set and costume designer in the Australian film industry, Sally's passion for beautiful textiles eventually inspired her to produce her own collection. Sally's unique textiles are truly exquisite, and as they're hand-crafted, no two pieces are ever quite the same. Personally I feel so inspired by Sally's career move from film into textile design…! It's good to know what creative opportunities can come from years spent working in the film industry!
Sally set up her business in 2005, and now travels to many remote communities in India each year with her husband Greg in tow. She has discovered the incredible talents of women in many different regions – from exquisite applique work in the desert near Pakistan, to natural dye block printers in Rajasthan, village weavers in Bengal, and intricate hand embroiderers in Lucknow. Sally hopes her business can play a role in keeping these ancient crafts alive amidst what she calls the 'manic rush to modernisation'.
Thanks so much to Sally for her time and all these beautiful images! For more info on Sally's work, or to buy her products online, please visit her website!
Tell me a little about your background – what path led you to what you're doing now?
I worked for 25 years as a set and costume designer in the Australian film industry. The nomadic life gave me an endless passion for travelling the world and collecting textiles. Filming in India I met wonderful people who introduced me to an interpreter with textile contacts …this led to many adventures into the desert of Rajasthan and visiting all the villages famous for block printing in natural dyes and applique (cut work).
You spent many years working in the Australian film industry as a set and costume designer, before taking the plunge and starting your own textile business. What prompted this brave move!?
Recovering from throat cancer gave me heaps of new courage and confidence to try a new career. Textiles and travel were the obvious magnets beckoning me.
Your textiles are handcrafted in India… how did you go about initially setting up relationships with Indian artisans, and what challenges have you faced in dealing with craftspeople based so far away?
I ploughed naively into the whole business armed with passion, enthusiasm and determination. Not realising for a second the endless difficulties. Everywhere we went there were different dialects and difficult interpreters. I was confronted with class and caste problems plus enormous distances between villages. Our modes of transport are beyond… tuk tuks, camels, rusty Ambassador cars, trains and planes. And the heat is to be believed.
There is always so much to learn from all the different crafts. Trying to find the best artisans and always experimenting with new ideas. I only discover the problems through hands on experience. There are constant hiccups and hilarity. All my years working in the film industry has been invaluable, as every day there is a crisis. All problems have to be solved right now…. it's all about spontaneity. It doesn't get easier but is mostly challenging, fun and inspiring.
How is your business structured? Do you outsource any key tasks, or employ fulltime staff aside from the India-based production?
My business consists of me and my brilliant husband Greg. He is the chief organiser and planner. We have the help of a few amazing people in Sydney…. with graphics, sewing, prop making, web-site and people to lift and shove huge boxes full of textiles. We take it all one step at a time as it always evolving.
Where do you turn for inspiration – fine art, travel, books, magazines etc?
My inspiration can be found in a leaf, vegetable, flower or frock. Travelling keeps the juices flowing full of wonderment. Am constantly inspired by humour, art, nature, books, friends and family… also strangers. Thank goodness I am inspired by something every day.
Which designers, artists or creative people do you admire?
I admire Japanese designers. Endless textile artists from Japan, India and Africa. I love painters from all periods including my sister Cressida Campbell's woodblocks…. the list is endless.
What does a typical day at work involve for you?
In Sydney – as soon as my eyes open I get my look together for the day, do my exercises and then I rock into life. Every day is different. It could be taking photos for the web-site, sending off orders, creating new designs, visiting sewers and answering endless e-mails and phone calls to India.
In India – the day begins travelling to a remote village in Bengal or Rajasthan overseeing production of weaving, stitching and blockprinting. Checking orders, experimenting with dying new colours, discussing new designs. All the while throwing down endless amounts of water under a giant hat to stave off the heat….and generally marvelling at my wonderous new life.
What are you most proud of professionally?
Creating a new career for myself and doing my bit in helping to keep eco friendly traditional crafts alive, hoping to give more employment and education to the families I work with.
What would be your dream project?
I am already doing my dream project. My aim is to make people more aware of the beauty in handmade naturally dyed textiles.
What are you looking forward to??
Leaving for India next week and heading into the heat and monsoon.
Sydney Questions –
What are some of your favourite Sydney retailers who stock interesting textiles and soft furnishings?
Chee Soon and Fitzgerald, Society Inc and Planet… and my fave textile shop Edo Arts who specialise in old Japanese textiles.
What/where was the last great meal you ate in Sydney?
Last night at the Zen Japanese restaurant in Randwick celebrating the end of our sale.
Where would we find you on a typical Saturday morning?
On the verandah sipping a coffee and eating a croissant with my mothers home made marmalade while I read the papers.
Sydney's best kept secret?
Wonderous walks and swimming at Little Bay.


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"Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody's power and is not easy" – Aristotle. The same applies to giving criticism, especially negative criticism – it is difficult to do right, and can be damaging if done wrong: sometimes receiving is easier even if it is painful.
Good feedback is rare. It can take a long time to find people who know how to provide useful criticism, instead of simply telling you all the things they think are "wrong" with you or whatever you've made. A good critic spends as much energy describing what something is, as well as what it isn't. Good criticism serves one purpose: to give the creator of the work more perspective and help them make their next set of choices.
Bad criticism uses the opportunity provided by someone else's work to make the critic feel smart, superior or better about themselves: things that have nothing to do with helping the recipient of the critique (Or in the case of movie reviews, the reader of the critique). Given the difficultly of creative work, it would seem that giving and receiving useful feedback should be an important part of what designers, writers, programmers and others are taught to do. This essay attempts to serve that purpose.
Assumptions bad critics make
There are four fundamental assumptions bad critics make:
- There is one universal and objective measure of how good and bad anything is.
- That the critic is in sole possession of the skill for making these measurements.
- Anyone that doesn't possess this skill (including the creator of the work) is an idiot and should be ridiculed.
- That valid criticisms can and should always be resolved.
Let's work with these one at a time. First, the idea of objective measures runs against everything we know about the history of man made things. To objectively measure how good and bad anything is would require not only that the universe is objective, but that the people in it are objective. There is no film, book, software, website, or album that is universally liked by everyone (including those who have the word critic in their job title). Some people may be more informed or knowledgeable than others, but this doesn't make their opinions objective.
More important perhaps is the idea of measurement. To measure how good or bad something is requires knowledge about the intent of what the thing is trying to do. If you show me a frying pan that you've made, and I criticize it for not playing MP3 files, there's a mismatch of intention in what we're trying to measure and evaluate. Unless the intention of the work is clear to everyone "I want to make omelets", good criticism is impossible. There are an infinite number of intentions and goals in the universe, and if two people can't agree on what the creators intentions are, real communication is impossible. It might be fair to say that the intentions of a work should be transparent in the work itself: A toaster oven should look vaguely like something that can receive slices of bread. But in the case where the intentions aren't clear, critics have a choice: they can trust the creator and invest more energy trying to sort out what the intentions are, or they can assume the worst about those intentions and begin criticizing what they don't understand.
Second, believing that one person has sole possession of good perspective is a contradiction in terms. Good perspective by definition means the recognition of how many alternatively valuable perspectives there are on any matter. Two smart knowledgeable people might both love the new super-thin I-mac design or the recently U.S. released film Hero, but for entirely different and non-overlapping reasons. Good criticism generally comes with some degree of humility and respect for the possibility of other equally valid points of view. The better the critic, the more holistic their sense of how their own perspectives and tastes fit into the diverse pool of informed opinion of others.
Third, respect and ridicule don't mix well. To offer good criticism must be an act of respect: an act of communication with the intention of helping the other person do better work, or understand their work better. If you are shaping sentences and remarks to be snide, snarky, or sarcastic, the intention of being helpful is unlikely to be served (Unless you know the recipient of the criticisms well enough to be comfortable razzing or joking with them about their work). It's entirely possible to offer criticism, commentary and advice without any negative energy attached: it's just so rare that we see it done properly that most of us don't realize it's possible, much less more effective.
Lastly, finding a valid criticism doesn't mean that it can be fixed or is worth fixing. In many situations responding to one kind of criticism will just make the design or the work vulnerable to another kind of criticism. A film or essay that is dark and brooding could be made lighter and funnier, but then another critic could say "it wasn't dark and brooding enough". And in some cases, fixing a particular problem will cause other problems that are worse. Until the creator explores the alternatives presented by feedback, it's impossible to know whether responding to a piece of criticism is possible, much less desirable.
Collectively, this means that criticizing and giving feedback should be a thoughtful activity. If you're flippant, arrogant, dismissive, curt or annoyed while giving feedback, you're probably making one of the four assumptions above and not giving very good criticism.
How to give critical feedback
The verb criticize, once a neutral word somewhere between praise and censure, is now mainly used in a negative sense. To say "He criticized me for being so friendly" generally means something different and less positive than "He made me think about the possible effects of being so friendly".
crit•i•cal (adj.)
1. Inclined to judge severely and find fault.
2. Characterized by careful, exact evaluation and judgment: a critical reading.
Now I'm not saying that finding fault isn't useful. On the contrary, it's very important. It's just that of equal importance in understanding the value of a design, algorithm, script, or film is to know what isn't broken, or god forbid, what's actually done brilliantly. What you want to do when you are offering criticism is to live up to the second definition listed above: Careful evaluation and judgment. To do this you need to do the following:
- Before you speak, know the goals: What problem is the work trying to solve? What are the goals? If you don't know the intention of the work it's very difficult to offer careful evaluation and judgment. Remember the frying pan? If I don't know what the creator is trying to achieve, how can I possibly offer any commentary that's of value? Now it should be the creators job to inform me of what they're trying to do, or tell me that they think it should be self-evident in the work, but if they don't there's not much harm in me asking "What are you trying to accomplish here?", and it will save everyone much time and grief. If the problem is at the level of intention, discussion will ensue at that level instead of trying (and failing) to sort out intentions at the level of specific design choices.
- Good and bad, is not the same as what you like or don't like. You must shatter the idea that anything you like is good, and anything you don't is bad. If you can't separate your personal preferences from more abstract analysis of a kind of work, then you will rarely provide much useful feedback: criticism is not about you. It's about the work you are viewing and the person that made it. Your personal preferences only get in the way of providing the work (and its maker or possible consumers) with useful information. Learn to see the good and respectable attributes in work you do not like: they are there if you let yourself see them. For example: a good film review should evaluate the film's merits somewhat independently from the reviewers personal tastes. It should be possible to read a review about a film the reviewer didn't like, but be inclined to see it anyway based on the observations he made about it's content, style, and form.
- Talk as much about what it is, as what it isn't. While it can be more efficient to focus on problems and what's broken, rather than what's good and working, if the creator can't see both, there's not much hope of their next choices being good ones. Make sure you spend as much energy helping them to see and keep the strong parts of what they've done as you help them see the weaker and more questionable parts.
- Try the PNP sandwich (positive negative positive): I don't like this idea much, but I think it can be a good one (see what I did there?) for dealing with people sensitive or new to receiving criticism. The idea is simple: find a way to alternate your feedback. Find something positive, then find something negative, then find another positive thing. It's an easy way to develop trust and help people become comfortable with hearing other people's opinion. I don't like it because it has a touchy-feely vibe and it can lead to pretension and insincerity. However I have seen it work as a way to get strangers to warm up to each other, and eventually grow out of this little pattern of behavior.
Receiving critical feedback
It's much harder to receive criticism than to give it. By the time most people make it through college there have been so many bad experiences with receiving feedback, especially on creative work, that they tend to avoid it or ignore it. Nothing can be worse: feedback is essential to developing ideas, and if the project involves a team in any way, the dialog and communication that falls out of feedback is essential. Anyone that makes anything must find ways to not only obtain feedback, but to master the skills of milking it for all it's worth.
- Shut up. Just shut up and listen. Creators often fall into the trap of speaking for their work, trying to use words to defend things that should be in the design. This is a form of denial: The work has to speak for itself. Even if only for a few minutes, let the prototype or draft be its own thing, and stand on its own. If you respond right away to (or perhaps interrupt) every point made in a critique, you can't possibly be thinking about what's being said to you. Thinking takes time. Try to talk as little as possible, and let the time be used for critique, not for defense. If you don't trust the people critiquing you to be fair, that's a problem best solved by defining sound ground rules (See below), or by investing more in finding better critique partners.
- Ask clarifying questions. Again, avoid filling the conversation with defensive chatter. Instead respond to questions by trying to sort out any ambiguities or points you don't agree with by getting whoever is critiquing to restate their point. "When you say the style in my design is sloppy, do you mean that the lines aren't sharp, or that the composition isn't balanced quite right? Can you show me exactly what you mean?" By asking clarifying questions you allow yourself time to decide if you agree with the criticism or not by working with the other person to understand their point/question better. It makes the critique into a dialog, which is what it should be, and not a courtroom trial.
- Refer back to the goals. If you're not getting what you want from the critique, provide some goals for the work that you're trying to achieve. If you're working on a project this should be easy: the goals for a given design should derive from the project goals. Ask whoever is giving you feedback to do so in terms of those goals or your derivations of them. Then whenever the conversation goes astray, you can refer back to the goals and set things in a useful direction again.
- Ask for what changes you can make that will satisfy the criticism. The goal of criticism is not to learn every nuance about a design's weaknesses: its to know enough about a design so that the designer can make it better. If you agree with a criticism, but don't see a path to improvement, ask for one. Turn the question back around on the person who made the comment. "Good point. So do you see anything I can do to improve on that?" Often they won't have anything to say: critiquing is not the same as creating. But by asking the question you do move the conversation forward into thinking about future action, instead of staying stuck in criticism mode.
Ground Rules
- Take control of your feedback process. Feedback is not something that happens to you: it should be something you make happen. If you wait for feedback to come to you, it tends to be less positive and supportive than if you seek it out. If you walk into someone's office and say "hey, can I have 5 minutes of your time to look at something?" you are taking control. You put yourself in the driver's seat of the process, and can frame and shape the criticism you get however you want. But if you wait and wait and wait until deadlines approach, you have less and less control over how feedback will be given to you. It will have more edge to it and will tend to serve others more than serve you.
- Pick your partners. Who do you get the best feedback from? It's probably not the person who loves everything you do. If you don't think you get good feedback from anyone, part of the problem might be you haven't taken control of the process. Be more specific about what kinds of criticism you need, and go to people and ask for it. If you find a good source, cherish it, and reward them for it. Much of what a good mentor does is provide good, consistent, honest feedback. If you can get this from a peer or a manager find ways to cultivate and reward it. Look for people outside of your company or organization that might be willing to form a peer review group: meet once a week/month over coffee and show each other your work.
- Strive to hear it all, informally and early. The sooner you hear a question or criticism of something you've created, the greater your ability to do something about it before it's finished. If there is any kind of formal review or feedback process (e.g. a spec review or group critique) make it your job to find out what opinions there are of what you're doing well before it happens. This can be as simple as going to door to door and showing sketches, and asking for a few quick comments. Give yourself the opportunity to benefit early from other perspectives and think things through. But do know how much feedback you can handle: you don't want your work driven by other people's opinions, but you do want to give yourself the opportunity to benefit from them.
How to run a design critique: sometimes critiques need to be small group discussions. Here's a guide for how to run these meetings well.
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Wow!!!!!! That is the best essay I have ever read. It is so important to know how to criticize. Sometimes we want to help someone by telling them they have done something wrong, in order to help them, but we do not know how to do so, and actually make the situation even worse!!!!! I totally agree that when we criticize, we need to do it without letting our ego interfere; it is the best way to help that person. Maybe we can think what we would do, if we were in that person
Chris |
Very helpful
Kyle |
What about if the person's work you are criticizing that person yells back at you or ignores you all together?
There is nothing worse then being ignored.
I had it happened on a youtube channel for asking a really good question about a video and my question got deleted while all the other questions were like. "Good vid" or "Keep uploading".
I PM'ed the person and never got a reply and yes I was polite so now I am still flustered despite it being months ago.
When I get flustered I cannot let it go as it's in me forever until I get an answer or go insane asylum crazy.
your materials are educative. keep it up please.
i wish you send materials on artistic directing to me with references
irma beckler |
I know the taking a critique from anyones most of the time our reaccion is defensive, but when we criticise someone else we think that is easier, bad idea it is the hardest point. Thank you for your help. It is vere good.
irma beckler |
Very helpful
tesfalem |
i have been working as a critic forthe last ten years.usually i used my uqniue technique. mostly u prefere in this way. first itray to introduce the book, film and song in short way, the writer, contents and texts then i jump to the second phace. i tray to asses the internal part of the work, through the formal and informal literary terms. just how do ilook the work its iner part. then i describe generaly and particularly in detail, in ther third phase, the work in phsycoogicaly,sociologicaly, socio economicaly and philosophicaly. at last in the forth phase i put down my comments objectively. my custumers accept this type of critic.
kanakasri |
I to is very difficult to everyone when somebody criticizes to be calm and think for sometime but to get success everybody must accept criticism this is very useful
Sarah |
Thats easy to say, when you never had a critic, that the only thing they had to say about your work, was that it was padding, but they never bothered to explain why. And then use irrelevant comparisons to pop culture icons you haven't even heard of.
Will |
I am not sure why you don't like the PNP method. All Critiques should be handled this way unless you have a Pro critiquing you work that you totally respect but that is not always the case. You should really focus on the positive and ask them what they think of the negative and give them choices.
Sarah |
The main thing here, is that the critique needs to be framed as "You could consider", and not "You should do this, this is how you do it." I'm inclined not to listlen to a crit thats demanding.
Padding is one of my push button words, because I already write short enough as it is, most of my stories are barely even a page. I would dare say a page length summary could use more padding.
alex |
it is very useful! it's hard to critic someone. and if you dont say it clever you will get many problem, even you loss good friends, friendly colleagues and so …. thanks for your essay!
Tim McCormack |
It's also important to know whether someone *wants* a critique.
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I would buy another Touran without a moments hesitation, but next time with a DSG box
I own a 1.9SE TDi and can only fault it for 2 things, those being rapid front tyre wear and smoke from the auxiliary heater. The car was returned to the dealer within 5 days of purchase after it started smoking and was told to just let it develop. I have taken it back several times since (to another dealer) who have carried out all the modifications available, but I still have the problem. If the problem still exists when the warranty expires I wonder what VW's position will be as the problem has never been cured from when the car was new.
As for the tyres wearing badly on the inside and now down to the legal limit at 13000 miles I am surprised at this.
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Brett Eldredge made good on his promise to go shark diving if his latest single reached the top of the charts, taking the plunge off the coast of the Bahamas Wednesday. The trip was planned with the non-profit organization Rock the Ocean in celebration of his latest #1 hit, "Beat of the Music." Brett even took the plaques commemorating his gold-selling hit down with him for an underwater photo op.
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Sunday away at Rushden
We are away this Sunday at Rushden for an 11am start I assume because of the AllBlacks match which starts at 9 am
Postcode is NN10 0SA. Bedford Road Rushden
Please be ready to start straight away so it doesnt go over to much
There is no Under 7 FIXTURE as we do not have a team
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John Cleese: "Aliens, If You're Out There, Please Abduct My Ex-Wife"
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a_nervous_wreck: We should like organize a charity for him or something, so he doesn't have to sell all his houses to make money
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This is BULLYING AWARENESS MONTH on The Y94 Morning Playhouse. We are asking members of The Playhouse Family that have dealt with bullying to share their story to let others know that it does get better.
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In fifth grade I moved to a new school and found my place among the "popular girls." It didn't last long though. Soon they started to bully me. I remember one specific incident:
I was invited to the sleepover/birthday party they were having at my friend Megan's. She lived near me so I biked over. When I arrived, all the lights were off. Megan and I had hung out many times before so I knew the layout of the house pretty well. I knocked on the doors and peeked in. No one appeared to be home. Disappointed, I went back to my bike and began to leave. I was about half way out of the yard, when I heard laughter. I looked back and the house was alive with lights and people. My so-called friends were all there and had apparently watched me the whole time. I turned around, relieved, and tried covering with "ha, ha, guys, very funny" but then they made it clear I wasn't welcome. I went home crying.
At school they started to bully me. They bonded over ostracizing me from the group. It was pretty awful. I contemplated many things that could end the pain...
A few years later they had lost interest in me and had ganged up on another one of their members, Megan. The very same girl who had thrown the party that I had been given a fake invitation to, was now the butt of their jokes and bullying. Megan and I became friends again. She asked why I was so nice to her when she'd been so mean. I told her I just couldn't find it in me to be mean, even when people "deserved" it.
We've since grown apart and on with our lives, but the lesson I learned will forever stay with me. One, never let what anyone does change your character, stay strong, and stay kind. Two, you're never really alone and you're not the only one these sort of things are happening to. Three, and this is the most important one, it WILL get better if you just stick it out.


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Think of the Colorado mega-church minister who, in addition to scripture, dabbled in hardcore drugs and transvestites. Does Oral Roberts ring a bell?
In 1987, he told followers they must donate 8 million dollars, otherwise God would "call him home." A final $9.1 million kept Roberts alive (just enough to keep up his profiteering - - oops, I mean prophesying).
Are there rewards in heaven? Who knows? God pays it forward. Most people know the stories. Many public ministers have been incarcerated for fraud and racketeering, and they have few qualms.
Hence, countless Americans assume a perverse interpretation of the "ask and you shall receive" which motivates the public-preacher's ministry.
The rise of Evangelism also heralded the negative stereotype of the public minister, a template against which society scrutinizes other well-known pastors.
This is why Juanita Bynum, the 48-year-old former hairdresser, flight attendant and welfare recipient turned Pentecostal "prophetess" (targeting women nationwide via the Trinity Broadcasting Network) finds fire and brimstone in her coffers.
The media question her archaic rhetoric about a "wife's duty to please" and her denunciation of domestic abuse in light of her husband beating her in a hotel-lobby in late August.
Though this hasn't been Bynum's first sharp role change, her decision to actively oppose domestic abuse ought to be applauded instead of rebuffed. The implications are enormous. She reaches thousands of women on a weekly basis and intends to use this turn of events to animate her message of empowerment and action.
Her call to arms is a healthy and natural response to self-suffered violence - - a truly admirable and positive step.
A preacher since 1998, Bynum is famous for her charged sermons. She uses her checkered past to exemplify wrong life choices.
Before her marriage, she delivered sermons centered on the difficulties of a chaste, single life, a message simultaneously encouraging her audience to persevere in the name of self-respect.
Her personal approach creates a rare level of intimacy between Bynum and her followers.
However, traditionalists unaccustomed to lighter distinction between the saved and the sinners criticize Bynum.
Bynum, however, changed her message after her ritzy 2003 wedding to fellow Pentecostal Bishop Thomas Wesley Weeks. She began imploring women to concern themselves with their husband's pleasure and contentedness.
Together, the power couple coauthored books and toured the country to deliver sermons on how to develop a solid marriage.
Their lavish wedding and Bynum's extreme makeover were too close a comparison to Jimmy and Tammy Faye Bakker (of the popular show "Praise the Lord Club"), the epitome of the veiled excess and malleable morals of the 1980s.
Her infamous heavy makeup and hair made her appear electrocuted, but Jimmy's tax evasion, racketeering and cheating is what people recall each time they see a televangelist.
In 1987, Jimmy's white-collar crimes led to his incarceration and eventually, the two divorced.
Ask your parents, they'll know - - they may have even donated a portion of the one million dollars raised weekly by the duo.
So are Bynum and Weeks the newest residents of Bakkerville? No.
Granted, some extravagance and narcissistic elements place them in the township, but there have been accusations of adultery, money laundering and scandal in addition to the beating.
What remains are two private lives stretched across the public stage. It is particularly difficult within Pentecostal denomination to distinguish between opinion and the "Lord's word."
The movement has never opposed integrating personal charisma, as religion and personal experience are not considered mutually exclusive. Indeed, to lead a congregation, one must testify to having a personal conversion experience.
Bynum refers to her personal conversion experience when naming herself a prophet. The title refers to God speaking through her, not her similarity with Ms. Cleo.
Yet, a biased Sept. 20 New York Times article doesn't bother to highlight this distinction, or include the details of Pentecostalism or give Bynum credit for dealing tactfully with these public blows.
Instead, the article's word choice, selected experts and slanted reporting mercilessly portray her as just another enterprising preacher.
Statistics report that it typically takes a woman in an abusive relationship seven attempts to leave before she actually does.
Bynum left in one. Following her abuse and its very public aftermath, she has held together well and acted rationally by denouncing domestic abuse.
She is in no way capitalizing on this to get attention. No, she is doing what many lay women in her position have done, and her vow to thwart domestic violence is in line with the Pentecostal interplay between experience and the holy.
The media chooses to ignore important characteristics and details of her brand of Christianity, leading to a vulgarly unthoughtful portrayal of a woman struggling through a wrenching personal ordeal.
News Editor Lyndel Owens '10 is from Granville, Oh. She majors in English, Asian studies and sociology- anthropology.


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Stackables is a new image editing tool from Samer Azzam, the developer behind ProCam, that allows you to apply filters and other effects in layers. It's the layering and high quality filters that set Stackables apart from its competition.
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Mrs Hughes gets a makeover! Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan is effortlessly elegant in midnight blue as she hits the red carpet at the SAG Awards
She's known for her role as dowdy housekeeper Mrs Hughes in Downton Abbey.
But Phyllis Logan looked worlds away from the servants' quarters as she hit the red carpet at the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Casting aside her simple maid's clothing in favour of a stunning midnight blue number, the 57-year-old actress looked effortlessly elegant as she joined her co-stars and the great and good of the film and television worlds for the annual ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium.
Logan teamed her stylish gown with a dazzling diamond necklace and showstopping pearl drop earrings as she hit the red carpet.
The actress completed her look with a dramatic beehive hairstyle and a slick of dramatic red lipstick.
And it would seem her efforts were worthwhile, with the actress being centre stage when it was announced Downton Abbey had beat off stiff competition from the likes of Mad Men, Homeland and Boardwalk Empire to bag the prestigious ensemble in a drama series prize.
With the entire cast visibly shocked at hearing the news, Logan seemed particularly astounded as she took to the stage to accept the award.
She said: 'We were so not expecting this. Shut the French windows, honestly!
"Shut the French Windows!"
You can take the risk of losing the beautiful and strictly Platonic relationship you have with someone, and see where destiny takes you. Or, more comfortably, you could continually appreciate that person from afar, masking your feelings completely. It's a tough choice, you only get this one moment and this one reality. Now, is the pain of rejection from not being loved back more violent than that of silent patience and possible regret? You decide.
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…and I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me
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There are many...once you visit Mumbai, you may find...!Answered by Dil Se, 21 Jan '13 02:17 pm
It would be very difficult to choose the top 5 continental restaurants in Mumbai as there are many good restaurants in Mumbai that serve wonderful continental food and provide a brilliant ambiance as well. Check this site www.tablewalla.com/ It has a good database of restaurants in Mumbai and you can book a table from this website itself. A really good site for foodies. Cheers!Answered by Bhoomi, 21 Jan '13 01:38 pm
I dont go mombaiAnswered by wenz, 21 Jan '13 01:11 pm
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It's time again for the weekend update of our "Real" Mega-Bears, an inflation-adjusted overlay of three secular bear markets. It aligns the current S&P 500 from the top of the Tech Bubble in March 2000, the Dow in of 1929, and the Nikkei 225 from its 1989 bubble high.
This series is consistent with my preference for real (inflation-adjusted) analysis of long-term market behavior. The nominal all-time high in the index occurred in October 2007, but when we adjust for inflation, the "real" all-time high for the S&P 500 occurred in March 2000.
This chart series now includes a nominal version to help clarify the illusion of market performance created by inflation.
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Is it me or could every other image of kids using an iPad be used for a PSA on bad posture? Kindergartners hunched over screens on their lap, necks hyper-flexed, totally absorbed in that position for long periods of time… Actually, it doesn't matter how old the 'kid' is, I rarely see anyone modeling ergonomic ideals while using tech.
A quick Google search with 'iPad' 'kids' 'posture' did not return as many alarming hits as I had expected. One newspaper article referring to a Chiropractic Association of Australia study warned that kids as young as 3 were developing poor posture due to use of electronic devices. "We understand we are not going to stop kids from using these devices, it's something that has become ingrained in our society.But we would encourage children to get out and get active and not just sit hunched over those devices for extended periods."
My daughter is 6 and I remember noticing her posture when she started using my iPhone to play games. She could sit on the sofa forever hurling birds at pigs. I couldn't blame her for getting a bit obsessed with Mom's new gadget (I was too) but I kept trying to prop up her arms up on cushions hoping this would bring the screen up to an acceptable eye level. Eventually I gave up and just started breaking up her 'screen time' by setting time limits and telling her she had to go do some other type of play.
Is this going to be a problem at schools where the iPad becomes a regular tool in the classroom? Actually, I don't think so. Our periods and activity times are pretty short – especially at the lower grades. I might be wrong, but I don't think they will have too much continuous screen time. (At home is another matter all together.) However, it doesn't mean we shouldn't encourage good posture, provide ergonomic iPad holders, and model it ourselves. No one will be surprised to hear that we're guilty of the old caveman hunch, and if you're a bit computer addicted like me, you probably hold this bad posture for longer periods of time. Every time I visit my osteopath he bemoans my 'computer use injuries'. He did give me some great stretches to do, but I should really follow my own advice and break up my screen time and move around.
What are you doing to avoid strains? Below is a great little iPad inspired animation that might give you a few ideas. Strangely enough, it doesn't address iPads even though it seems to be played from a tablet.


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C.H. Rotary Club's Rebecca Anwar an angel to orphans
It has been 12 years since Rebecca Anwar, of Mt. Airy, first began volunteering at an orphanage in Guyana, South America, but after spending about six weeks there during each of those years, it is still just about having the chance to do something for others.
"That's why I'm here (on earth)," she said. "I look at it as an obligation of being alive. You have a choice; you can take action, or you cannot."
As a charter member of the Rotary Club in Chestnut Hill, Anwar has spent more than a month every year for the past 12 years aiding in an orphanage in Guyana, providing both administrative and educational support. For the first six years, she spent her time at the St. John Bosco Orphanage for Boys, while the last six years have been spent at the Hope Children's Home in Enmore, a small village on the East Coast of South America.
World Cup snooze: how to make (boring) soccer exciting
The 2010 World Cup is now history, and like all good Americans, I find history dull and boring. I tried to pay attention to the game; I really did. I thought, "Billions of soccer fans can't be wrong." Right?
I even wore an orange shirt (left over from my five minutes as a Flyers fan) to support my new favorite team, the Netherlands. I rooted for them over Spain because: 1. They're not into bullfighting, and 2. They were once a colony of Spain. And of course, host country South Africa was once a colony of the Netherlands. You really would need an encyclopedia to keep track of all the colonoscopies that have occurred throughout human history.
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Ed. Note: Mt. Airy resident Bruce Kravetz, 70, is a professional photographer, adverturer and world traveler who had journeyed by himself to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Sudan, Kanya, Tanzania, Indonesia and countless other countries. He owned Pacific Rim, an import/export business in Manayunk, from 1992 to 2006, and he would travel around the world buying crafts to sell in his store. During one five-month stay in India, he had an intense experience with a cult run by a charismatic leader named Rajneesh. Here is the second half of that story. (The first half ran last week.):
Encounter groups were popular in the U.S. during the time I was in India. I had never had that experience, but that was soon to change. We started out just sitting around; most of us seemed a bit awkward and shy, but we loosened up as time went by. Almost forgot to tell you – since we were shedding all our bad karma, we shed all our clothes as well (getting interesting already) and we just began. I thought that if we were to get anything out of it we had to say what was on our minds. We would become clear (another catchword).
For all I knew, these shenanigans might work. (I have a few cubbyholes in my brain that could use some Drano. I won't go into any psychobabble about myself. If you really want to know what's inside my head, take this article to your local shrink; then let me know what he says.)
O.K., I thought, here goes. I spoke my mind and said it seemed to me there was a certain behavioral norm in an encounter group, and I proceeded to point out those who obviously had been in groups before and those who had not. So this young man spoke up and said what was on his mind and started yelling and swearing at me and banging on the wall, (he was so pissed at me). He actually broke his wrist, and the next day he came in with a cast.
After 60 years, thoughts of Lynne still bring tears
When I was in the fifth grade, I sat next to Lynne Erney, but after the second week, her desk was empty. She had rheumatic fever, we were told, and would be home in bed for a long time. For a while, her desk was a reminder of our absent classmate, but then it became just an empty desk to most of the class.
For my part, I lived near Lynne Erney, who wasn't contagious, and so I was designated to take her books and lessons to her so that she could keep up with the class. She had a brother in the third grade, but our teacher decided I would be better able to explain the lessons. I also became the de facto reporter of the progress of her recovery.


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California District Makes Major Purchase of New Tablets Designed for Schools
Manteca Unified School District will deploy 23,000 tablet devices, specially designed for use in K-12 education, this fall as part of a 1-to-1 computing initiative.
Manteca Unified School District will deploy 23,000 tablet devices, specially designed for use in K-12 education, this fall as part of a 1-to-1 computing initiative.
Recently I gave an Ignite talk at ISTE. Afterward, folks wanted to know where they could review some of the ideas I had mentioned. So... I went through my slides and tried to type out basically what I said for you below! Here it is (approximately), with the slides. (Side Note: I hope to turn this into a longer presentation someday! Because... I love PD!)
Erik Martin, who will be a junior at the University of Maryland, will advise the federal agency's on seeking student input on ed-tech issues.
Companies large and small are trying to convince K-12 schools to buy their products in the massive exhibit hall at ISTE's 2014 gathering in Atlanta.
One of the nation's biggest ed-tech conferences, expected to draw at least 18,000 attendees, has opened in Atlanta.
Independent schools extol and cleave to their mission statements, and I'd like to see an organization, or a series of events, whose stated purpose would be to bring educators together across all sectors to build and fortify, to lift some language from the #PubPriBridge statement of purpose, "a mutual commitment 'to make the waves that raise all boats'" and to "direct these waves toward helping all students in all schools rise higher, think more deeply, and become more engaged and active citizens."
When ed-tech companies approach schools, they often do so with disregard for the dynamics of a successful relationship, says Chris Lehmann, Science Leadership Academy principal.
OpenEd, an online catalog of more than 250,000 web-based educational videos, games, and exercises aligned with some 3,300 Common Core State Standards, launches today.
Preparing districts for the common core requires focusing on instructional shifts, rather than technology itself, panelists at an ISTE forum argued Monday.
Education gaming guru Jane McGonigal kicked off ISTE 2013 by arguing that games are a powerful tool to reach today's youth academically.


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Five Worst New Food Trends: Rock slime as food? Fake smoke? Optional tipping? While it's hard to believe, these are all taking place in the food world right now. Time Magazine's Ideas blog has a round-up of these and other trends they'd like to see get thrown down the garbage disposal in 2013. We whole-heartedly agree. If you ever catch us cooking up moss-infused dishes here at the Test Kitchen, give us a good whack with a frying pan.
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Foxborough, MA (Sports Network) - Matt Schilz threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns and the Bowling Green defense did the rest, as the Falcons blanked the Massachusetts Minutemen, 24-0, in Mid-American Conference play at Gillette Stadium.
The Falcons (5-3, 3-1 MAC) earned their fourth straight win thanks to a stingy defensive effort, as they notched four interceptions and allowed only 118 total yards. It also marked the fourth straight game they held an opponent below 100 yards rushing.
It was an offensive performance to forget for the Minutemen (0-7, 0-4), who own the longest active losing skid in the FBS at 10 in a row. Eleven of their 15 possessions resulted in either a three-and-out or a turnover, while they converted just 1-of-16 third downs.
Bowling Green scored the only points of the first half, as Schilz threw a 16- yard touchdown pass to Shaun Joplin at the 5:12 mark of the opening quarter, capping a seven-play, 35-yard drive.
Schilz made it a 14-0 game on a two-yard TD pass to Alex Bayer with 3:42 to play in the third quarter.
On the ensuing possession, UMass quarterback Mike Wegzyn was intercepted by Dwayne Woods, who returned it 48 yards for a touchdown to push the lead to 21-0. Falcons kicker Tyler Tate tacked on three more points with a 42-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to account for the final score.
The shutout was the first by Bowling Green since a 52-0 win over Western Michigan in 2004.
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Dr David Williams
Career Profile
2007- Reader in Oral Microbiology (Cardiff University)
2003-2007 Senior Lecturer in Oral Microbiology (Cardiff University)
1999-2003 Lecturer in Oral Microbiology (UWCM)
1997-1999 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (UWCM)
1994 Diploma in Biomedical Methods (with Distinction)
1993-1996 MRC PhD Studentship (UWCM)
1987-1993 Research Officer (Leatherhead Food Research Association)
1987 BSc (Hons.) Applied Biology (First Class)
Teaching Profile
I teach a variety of subjects associated with Oral Microbiology for the dental undergraduate course and additional postgraduate courses. My teaching responsibilities comprise of giving lectures, seminars, practical classes and student assessment. I am a full member of the Institute for Learning and Teaching (ILT) in higher education since also a member of the Association of Basic Science Teachers in Dentistry (ABSTD).
External Assessment
Past and current - External Examiner for PhD and MPhil theses
Memberships / External Activities
International Association of Dental Research (IADR)
British Society of Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) and Chair of Awards Committee
British Society of Medical Mycology (BSMM)
Association of Basic Science Teachers in Dentistry (ABSTD)
Association of Clinical Oral Microbiologists (ACOM)
The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE)
Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair (CITER)
Oral Microbiology and Immunology Group (OMIG)
Oral Medicine and Pathology Group (OMPG)
Editorial board member of the Journal, Oral Microbiology and Immunology
Editorial board member of the Journal, Molecular Oral Microbiology (from February 2010)
Invited Lectures
- Second International Practical Course in Biofilm Science, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 2009.
- 19th Annual Microbiology Symposium, Oglebay Resort and Conference Center, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA, 2008.
- Yeasts and Moulds: An Update. West Virgina University, Morgantown, USA, 2008.
- European Tissue Repair Society, San Gorg Hotel Conference Centre, Malta, 2008.
- OMIG/ABSTD, Durham, UK 2007.
- Emerging Microbiological Threats in Dentistry. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 2007.
- Immunopathogenesis of Oral Candidosis. Kanazawa Medical School, Kanazawa, Japan, 2006.
- The Biology of Microbial and Epithelial Interactions, OMIG/Biofilm Club, Port Sunlight, UK, 2006.
- Colgate Plenary Symposium, BSDR Annual Meeting Dundee, UK, 2005.
- The Formation of Oral Biofilms and their Significance in Disease, SUDI conference, Cardiff, 2005.
- Identification and Typing of Candida species. IADR/PEF Göteborg, Sweden, 2003.
Additional International Presentations
IADR, Toronto, Canada, 2008
IADR, Honolulu, USA, 2004
IADR, San Diego, USA, 2002
IADR, Washington, USA, 2000
IADR/PEF, Nice, France, 1998
IADR, Florida, USA, 1997
Awards and Prizes
Personal awards:
Senior Colgate Prize (1996, BSDR)
Edward H Hatton Award (1997, IADR)
Associated Undergraduate/Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Awards:
Franklyn Williams Elective 2004
PPP Foundation Poster Competition (3rd prize; 2002)
Dental Protection Society Premiere Award (2nd prize; 2002)
Dentsply Student Clinician Award (2002)
Graduate School in Biomedical and Life Sciences Travel Grant (2006)
Bristol Urological Institute Prize Innovation (2009)


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Brendon's POV
Walking around backstage, I found myself humming along to "The Kids Are All Fucked Up" as Gabe belted it out. While his voice faded into the distance, my ears perked up at the sound of another song. Intrigued, I followed the familiar melody to one of the dressing rooms.
"So testosterone boys and harlequin girls
Dance to this beat
So testosterone boys and harlequin girls
Dance to this beat
And hold a lover close
Let's get these teen hearts beating faster, faster
Let's get these teen hearts beating faster..."
As the last notes hung in the air, I leaned against the doorway and clapped. Soap looked up from her guitar and blushed.
"I didn't see you standing there..." she said, looking down.
"Well I'm glad that I was," I said, sitting next to her. "I heard that you could play, but since when do you sing?"
She shrugged. "I don't know... I kind of always have."
"Do you mind playing another song?"
"Not at all." She lazily strummed her guitar as she pulled her legs up onto the couch. "Do you have any requests?"
"Know any Third Eye Blind?"
She nodded and smiled.
"Slow Motion alright?" she asked, tuning the guitar.
I sank further into the cushions, watching her play.
"Miss Jones taught me English
But I think I just shot her son
Because he owed me money
With a bullet in the chest you cannot run..."
Soap's POV
I had just finished playing a Third Eye Blind cover when Nate, Gabe, Alex, Vicky and Ryland came bursting in, in that order. With post-set sweat still on their foreheads, they stopped in front of me and Brendon.
"You guys wanna come to Dairy Queen with us?" Nate asked.
"Sure," Brendon replied, getting up.
"Soap?" Ryland asked.
"I can't. I'm supposed to hang out with Andy after their set."
"We'll be back before their set is over," Gabe added. "The DQ is just down the block."
"Promise?" I asked.
"Promise," he said, helping me off the couch.
After gathering the rest of Panic, we headed down the street for our ice cream fix.
Stepping inside, I noticed that the place was almost empty. Aside from an elderly couple to our left and a random trucker who sat in the corner, we were the only customers in the building.
I was just about to ask where all the kids were, but I remembered that the concert was still in full swing. By the looks of the crowd we left behind, every teenager within a 50-mile radius was packed into the venue.
It seemed that the oreo blizzard I asked for was in my hands once the order left my lips. Definitely the best service I've had in a while. After the guys signed autographs for the grateful cashier, we headed toward some seats.
"We're not all gonna fit in one booth," I said, observing the small space by the window.
"Psh. I'll make it fit," Gabe said.
"You know, we do have pretty much the whole place to ourselves," Spencer commented. "We don't have to fit in this one booth."
"Yeah, but where's the fun in that?" Brendon asked.
Brendon and Ryan played rock, paper scissors to determine who the first cushion would be.
"Ha!" Ryan smiled. "Paper beats rock."
Brendon reluctantly took a seat next to the window, while Ryan took a seat on his lap. Jon and Vicky slid in next to them. I sat across from the pair, and Gabe planted his butt onto my thighs.
"You've been eating a lot of those Brazilian chocolates," I joked, poking his stomach.
"You think I'm fat," he pouted, feigning sadness.
"No," I said, hugging his waist. "I just think you have a very bodacious ass."
He laughed. "Damn straight."
Nate, Spencer, Ryland and Alex claimed that their asses "weren't meant for sitting on dudes," so they just crammed their party-pooper selves around us.
Andy's POV
After we finished our set, Soap was nowhere to be found.
"If you're looking for your girlfriend, she's not here," Dirty said, throwing a towel my way. "She left with Panic and Cobra about an hour ago."
"Did they say where they were going?"
"Something about ice cream..."
I pulled out my cell phone, but just as I highlighted her name, I put it back in my pocket. I was not going to be the overprotective guy always checking up on his girlfriend. Like Dirty said, Soap was with Panic and Cobra. It wasn't anything to worry about.
Still, I couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy build up in my chest.
We all went back to the bus and I turned on the GameCube. Even though Soap wasn't there, it didn't mean I couldn't have fun with the guys. We started up a game of Super Smash Bros., and as always, it quickly got heated. I was kicking ass with Princess Peach, but Pete's Zelda and Joe's Bowser wouldn't give up. And it didn't help that Patrick's Jigglypuff kept singing everyone to sleep.
About half an hour into the game, the bus door opened, and it was none other than Soap. Patrick paused the game as words spilled out of her mouth.
"Andy, I know I promised that we'd hang out after your set but we lost track of time at Dairy Queen because we started playing truth or dare and Nate didn't want to tell us the strangest place he masturbated, so he had to ask some elderly dude for an emergency prostate exam and it ended up that the guy was a proctologist so things got really weird and before we knew it, it was 11:35. I know the set ended at 11 and I know how you've been craving some Mexican food, so I picked up some chickpea burritos on the way back to make up for it. I hope you're not mad," she seemed to say in one breath. "Forgive me?"
"C'mere," I said, motioning toward the spot next to me.
She set the burritos down on the counter and took a seat between me and Joe.
"Of course I forgive you. Nothing says love like a vegan burrito." I planted a kiss on her lips and she snuggled into my arm as Patrick unpaused the game.
"Can I play next?" she asked.
"Sure, Joe's gonna die any second now," I laughed.
"Hey!" he said, as I knocked his character off the side of the platform.
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BTW: I also updated Here Is Your Verse. Anyone on Team Pete should check it out.


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Notice how Barack Obama slyly and pompously states that he is merely ASKING successful entrepreneurs and business owners to pay a little more in income tax. I'm certain that Republicans would agree with that REQUEST, and their collective response should be - fine, let's start ASKING wealthy democrats to begin paying more in income tax, on a voluntary patriotic basis. But ASKING the wealthy to pay more is starkly different than MANDATING that they pay more, and that is where they "draw the line."