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Common Navajo Indian blanket designs include wide stripes, serrated diamonds, rectangles with stripes, angled diamonds and stepped diamonds. Sandpainting, twill-weave and two-faced designs are also common for Navajo blankets. These basic designs typically consist of primary reds and blues and warm earth tones such as brown and beige. Some Navajo blanket designs are named after Indian regions, such as Teec Nos Pos, Chinle and Ganado.Continue Reading
Historically, woven Navajo Indian blankets were made for both function and fashion. Indians wove blankets and rugs to decorate their homes, clothe their chiefs and delineate tribes. Mantas, the most common type of Navajo blanket, are short and wide. Typically worn as wrap dresses, mantas are vertically woven with bright colors.
Traditionally, Navajo blankets were woven with handmade wool thread, and Navajo mothers and daughters worked together to clean, spin and dye the wool. The women would then weave the wool thread using a vertical wooden frame loom, creating wide, horizontal patterns.
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Mary Berry has confessed she stopped watching 'Coronation Street' because she finds it too depressing
Mary Berry thinks 'Coronation Street' is too depressing.
The 'Great British Bake Off' star has revealed she used to watch the ITV soap but has turned off in recent years because she doesn't like being faced with harrowing storylines.
She said: "I used to watch 'Coronation Street' but it was totally different then. I don't really want to watch the stuff that goes on now - the fighting, the drama, the stories about rape, children out of wedlock... That may be as life is, but I don't really want to know. I want something a little bit happier on my television, something gentle that's not going to disturb and worry me."
However, despite claiming she's uncomfortable with the issues 'Corrie' deals with, the 80-year-old baker insists she's a big fan of dramas such as 'Downton Abbey'.
Asked what her favourite TV programme is, she told Radio Times magazine: "'Downton Abbey' - Oh, I'm so boring! 'Call the Midwife'... I love a British period drama! I'm in another world. I love seeing all the scenery, the china, the food, the lamps, the beds, the clothes... and also the speech. Listening to it puts you in another world... it's all gone now."


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Although sharks are streamlined swimmers and ferocious predators in the water, they lack the ability to swim backwards and the ability to stop swimming suddenly. This is due to the fact that a shark's pectoral fins cannot bend upwards like a fish can. This limits their swimming ability to a forward motion. Thus, if a shark needs to move backwards, it uses gravity to fall. In order for a shark to come to an abrupt stop they must swerve to the side in order to hit something as they cannot just simply stop themselves. For the shark swimming for them is more like flying.
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|VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 3 Spring 2003
On the Road Again
Rob Gray '99 is a soft-spoken, studious-looking man – until he gets on stage. Then the transformation takes place into Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol or Merlin in The Sword Called Excalibur or Dr. Ronk in A Doll's House.
That magic of transformation is what Rob and his wife, Lorrie, try to create in their work with Children's Stage Adventures (CSA). The Grays, who live in Sullivan, N.H., spend a week onsite every year in several communities and schools throughout the country. At the end of a week, as if by magic, a high-quality musical production of a classic children's tale is performed by 50 to 60 local students. Each production is complete with professionally designed scenery and costumes, props and makeup, and sound and lighting equipment.
CSA is striking a chord with students, parents, and educators. In 2000, its first year, CSA worked with about 250 children in five plays. This school year, CSA has been in residence at 19 schools and worked with nearly a thousand students in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and even Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
"Rob and Lorrie have the unique ability to focus and motivate students to be successful in such a short period of time," says Stephen O'Neil, principal of Barnstead Elementary School in Center Barnstead, N.H., where CSA performed A Sword Called Excalibur in 2000.
"Parents and teachers are often amazed at what kids are capable of," says Rob Gray. "The first few days, we're almost sure that it's not going to work this week. Then the show happens. It is truly theatre magic. After the show, we have 55 elated kids and the parents give them a standing ovation. Some come up crying, saying they didn't realize that this was in their child."
The Grays describe themselves as actor/educators. They perform in the plays, but in minor parts, so the children can take the leads. The shows in their repertory are all original musical productions written by Rob or Lorrie. They include – in addition to Excalibur and The Fisherman – Androcles and the Lion and Oliver Twist.
"We base our plays on classic stories rather than fairy tales," says Gray, "on stories that reinforce values like cooperation and responsibility and pride in accomplishment. In Excalibur, Arthur has to learn that knowledge, not magic, is the way of the future, for instance. And Androcles gets repaid for his selfless act of kindness in pulling the thorn from the lion's paw. They both learn the importance of planning and teamwork, and they learn that friends help friends.
"We try to stay away from the someday-my-prince-will-come, helpless damsel kinds of stories," he adds. "We focus on action versus waiting for something to happen; we try to choose stories that are about empowering kids."
"We don't teach kids to become actors in a week," Gray cautions, "but we can teach them a lot about themselves and open up new possibilities for them."
Sharon Botting teaches reading at Ossipee Central School in Center Ossipee, N.H., which hosted CSA residencies three years.
"I can't say enough good things about the benefits for our students," Botting says. "They are simply so proud to be up there on stage, to hear the applause, to see their classmates and teachers in the audience. I have seen kids who may not shine academically just shine on that stage. They may not be academic stars but they are stars on that stage."
"Sometimes we don't even know the impact we have until later," says Gray.
He tells the story of a young boy at an audition who came up afterward and said he was concerned that he wasn't chosen for any part. Gray explained to him that he hadn't followed directions the whole time and that that was important for the success of the play.
"I told him I needed him in the play," says Gray, "because we needed older kids, but I needed him to listen."
It turned out the boy had attention deficit disorder. Gray cast him and they agreed that when the child needed to stop and have a time out, he would let Gray know.
The student's parents and teachers were amazed at his performance, says Gray, and thrilled that he was able to focus on anything for two hours. Gray later found out that the boy had so much trouble focusing that his desk faced the wall in his classroom.
"We purposely don't ask the teachers or staff about the kids' behaviors ahead of time," says Gray. "We want everyone to have the same chance. And if kids don't get cast because of certain behaviors, we don't keep it a secret. The next year, you can see those same kids trying really hard to get cast in the play."
"The kids are always looked at with fresh eyes," Botting adds. "Rob and Lorrie come in fully believing that every child who has a part will be a success."
The weeklong residency includes three workshops for the kids on topics such as mime, Shakespeare, puppets, and improvisation, as well as workshops for teachers.
"The workshops give the kids who choose not to audition a chance to still benefit from the stage skills," says Botting.
"What we do is not just for when we're here," says Gray. "They're skills and techniques that teachers and students can use throughout the year."
The Grays bring plenty of on-the-road theatrical experience to CSA. From 1995 through 1997, they traveled and performed for the Missoula Children's Theatre, the largest touring children's theatre program in the United States. When they decided to create CSA, they designed it around many of MCT's concepts.
"We'd travel 500 miles in a weekend in a pickup truck," says Gray. "Each week, we'd be in a new town with new people. We were forced to spend a lot of time together in some fairly tough conditions. Luckily, Lorrie and I had been married for seven years by then – we were 34. In fact, the Missoula people told us, when we were selected, that they were glad to pick a couple that had been married for several years because they figured we'd already had most of the fights we were going to have."
In 1997, the Grays returned to their home in New Hampshire and took "regular jobs" – Rob as a special education job coach at Fall Mountain High School and Lorrie with a local insurance company. They both acted in community theatre in New Hampshire and Vermont.
And Rob decided to return to Keene State to finish his degree – the degree he'd started in 1982, originally majoring in education. He needed only 30 credits to graduate, and this time he knew he wanted to major in theatre. Edith Notman, then chair of the theatre department, helped him design a course of study that allowed him to complete his degree in a year.
"That was the best time I had in college," he says. "At 37, I finally figured out what I wanted to do."
Lorrie, meanwhile, who had studied music in college, began writing their first original play – The Sword Called Excalibur.
Shortly after Rob received his degree, they put CSA on the road. They each continue to work part-time jobs – Rob drives for a transportation company and Lorrie works in insurance – but every spring they take a leave from their jobs, pack up their Ford Ranger pickup and hit the road for several weeks. With 19 performances in 2002-03, they are almost ready to add a couple of additional actor/educators to the CSA staff. (Among those already helping out are Rob's sister, Kathryn (Gray) Bush '78, a second-grade teacher in Penacook, N.H., who serves as president of CSA board of directors, and his brother, Chris Gray '88, who teaches at River Valley Technical Center in Springfield, Vt., who has designed and helped build sets.)
Ironically, Rob's experiences as a Keene State "drop-out" in the 1980s played a crucial role in preparing him for starting CSA years later. Not knowing what he wanted to major in, he left college and decided to ride his bicycle across the country.
"I wanted to prove myself to myself," he says. "I felt like I hadn't completed anything."
Beginning in New Jersey in August 1985, with several stops to work along the way, Gray rode 5,300 miles, arriving in San Diego in the spring of 1986.
Gray says he also needed to learn, at 22, that most people are good people. "I didn't find one person on that trip who wasn't helpful to me."
There was the man in North Carolina who drove Gray to a bike shop after a tire blew and insisted on paying for fixing the tire. And the family in New Mexico who welcomed Gray into their home for Easter dinner. One man in Gettysburg, Pa., made a particularly strong impression on Gray. He was 70 years old, his wife had just died, and he was riding a three-speed bicycle across the country.
"He said he had always wanted to do it," says Gray, "and when his wife died, he decided it was time. If he died doing it, so be it. He didn't want to regret not having done it."
Later, when he was contemplating starting CSA, Gray realized that he didn't want to be 70 years old and regret not having tried it. And he gained another lesson from that bicycle trip.
"When we started, it was a huge undertaking," says Gray. "We had no idea how long it would take or if it would be successful, but I learned from the bike trip to just worry about one day – just focus on that day. I learned patience and I learned I could rely on myself."
Cherryl Jensen is a freelance writer living in Keene.


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There is no way to secure the Middle East as long as Iran pursues nuclear weapons and engages in terror, Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon said on Thursday.
"Without confronting the Iranian regime, there is no way to stabilize Afghanistan, Iraq, Bahrain, Syria and Lebanon," he said during a speech in Jerusalem at a conference organized by The Israel Project.
Ending the Iranian threat, Ya'alon said, "is a challenge for the stability of the Middle East and the entire world. By one way or another a nuclear Iran should be stopped."
He added that Iran should feel as if it has to choose between continued pursuit of its nuclear program or its survival as a nation.
Tehran's nuclear program should be halted by "a joint international regional effort since it does not threaten only Israel but the entire region," he said, "and aspires to be a hegemonic power in the region and then a world power."
These measures should include isolation and sanctions as well as support for forces in Iran that support democracy, modernization and freedom, he said. There must also be a "convincing and credible military option as a last resort," Ya'alon added.
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Well, talk about a hypocrite. Israel a nation with a mass undeclared nuclear arsenal are teaming up with the United States who are the only country to actually use nuclear weapons on another country in more "dialogue" to keep the peace in the Middle East.
Hey Moshe, there is no proof that Iran is actually seeking nuclear weapons, and your country (Israel) is the ring leader when it comes to terror in the Middle East.
A senior IAEA expert team is returning from Iran after two days of discussions with Iranian officials held on 20 and 21 February 2012. The meeting followed previous discussions held on 29 to 31 January 2012.
During both the first and second round of discussions, the Agency team requested access to the military site at Parchin. Iran did not grant permission for this visit to take place.
Intensive efforts were made to reach agreement on a document facilitating the clarification of unresolved issues in connection with Iran's nuclear programme, particularly those relating to possible military dimensions. Unfortunately, agreement was not reached on this document.
"It is disappointing that Iran did not accept our request to visit Parchin during the first or second meetings," IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said. "We engaged in a constructive spirit, but no agreement was reached.
You're looking at this the wrong way. The burden of proof is on Iran. They are required to satisfy the IAEA in accordance with the NPT and Iran has failed continuously to do so.
Another bash Israel thread?
The fact that they did not allow inspectors into the Parchin facility does not qualify as proof of Iran seeking nuclear weapons.It may be suspicious, but it's not proof.
In November 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors rebuked Iran following an IAEA report detailing how Iran had undertaken research and experiments geared to developing a nuclear weapons capability. For the first time, the IAEA report outlines, in depth, the country's detonator development, the multiple-point initiation of high explosives, and experiments involving nuclear payload integration into a missile delivery vehicle.
Actually you are the one who is looking at this the wrong way. There is no burden of proof on Iran. They have the right to deny inspections of facilities if they wish to do so once they are unfairly sanctioned. They at least have the "politeness" to sign the NPT.
Meanwhile nations like Israel will not allow inspectors. Yes I know they are not signatories to the NPT, but let's be logical here.
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Lets just GIVE Iran a few hundred Nuclear Weapons......
We ALL know how stable Iran is, and it would bring stability to that region, if they had these types of weapons, ushering in Muhammad al-Mahdi......
a new poll commissioned by the European Commission show that Israel is believed by Europeans in 15 countries to be the greatest threat to world peace, greater than North Korea, Iran or Afghanistan. While the European Commission will release the full results of the poll on Monday, the International Herald Tribune reported that the 7,500 people polled living in the European Union (500 in each of the 15 E.U. member states) were presented with a list of 15 countries and asked if these countries present a threat to world peace. Shockingly, Israel was rated first.
A true story, which explains in detail the nature and modus operandi of the Organization, and extensively demonstrates that the following two statements by Mr John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the UN (who together with Mr Colin L. Powell and later also Ms Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretaries of State, already since 2004 wanted to oust Mr Mohamed ElBaradei), are also true for the IAEA:
"The US will use nuclear weapons against states, which have violated or renounced the NPT" (Barack Obama) - It is the job of the IAEA to denounce those states!
Israel, according to Mr Mohamed ElBaradei, the problem no. 1 in the Middle East (it is already bad enough, that the US, which have caused the Middle East Conflict in the first place, are also the mediator in this Conflict! But it is still worse that the Arabs, who are the victims in this Conflict, recognize this mediation role to the US!)! It is well known that Israel's army is largely funded by the US. Therefore, it would not be surprising if it is known that it is the US that provided Israel with its nuclear weapons, or otherwise helped it to acquire them, thereby fostering the proliferation, it is ready to fight with the same weapons! This might be the reason why the US in this respect systematically vetoes year after year every "Resolution" against Israel in both the UN Security Council and the IAEA. Mr Yukiya Amano is well aware of this and of the fact that Israel has not signed the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and that, therefore, the IAEA has no right to investigate "Israel's nuclear capabilities"!
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Israel has just as many nut jobs, including in it's upper ranks so it's unfair to only portray Iran as group of extremists, even though most of the stuff we hear about the Iranian extremists is Western propaganda.


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HOOVER, Alabama (KFSM)-5NEWS content partner Bo Mattingly gives his thoughts from day two at SEC media days:
One of the intriguing questions today was Texas A&M without Johnny Manziel. Kevin Sumlin has recruited really well in Texas but they will start either a freshman or redshirt freshman at quarterback. He won't announce that until two weeks prior to the season. Defensively they've got a ton of holes, and were not very good last year. Some of their best producers are gone. A&M looks like a team that could miss a bowl game. I think it's a great opportunity for Arkansas when they come up on the schedule in Arlington.
Steve Spurrier was his usual self today, entertaining and poked fun at Nick Saban and Kevin Sumlin. He was a good quote. South Carolina is coming off three consecutive 11-win season and won't play Arkansas for the first time on the schedule. I don't think they will contend for the SEC East. I think that will be Georgia, and surprisingly, Florida, coming off a 4-8 season. I don't see South Carolina good enough on defense to win the Eastern Division.
Another interesting team is Mississippi State. Dan Mullen is expected to have his best year in Starkville. He has 16 returning starters off a seven-win team. His quarterback, Dak Prescott, is a dark horse Heisman contender. But when you look at the schedule, I only see, at best, nine wins. It would be a great season for Missisippi State but I don't think it's SEC Western Division time for them quite yet .


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Happy Birthday Gorgeous
For today's project, I am bringing attention to a different way to build a landscape scene with Glossy White card stock. This week at the What Will You Stamp challenge, we are stamping with Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set. Be sure to go over to the page and check out all of the Design Team's cards this week and if you are up to a challenge…. add a photo of your card as well!
Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set
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Working with Glossy Paper
To create this cool landscape scene, I first started out with a piece of Glossy White paper, a stack of paper towels, a Stampin Spritzer filled with rubbing alcohol and a few Ink Refills ( aka re-inkers). After dripping a moderate amount of ink onto the paper, it is misted with the alcohol and the color bleed begins. This is a lot of fun to watch, as it gives instant results. Be sure to allow the paper ample time to dry before adding stamped images.
Happy Birthday Gorgeous
Seaside Shore stamp set is packed full of beautiful floral images and as you can see from the photos, I did not create a typical birthday card. These stamps do lend themselves to a more artistic look when in the proper setting. Such a versatile stamp set to have in your stampin stash!
For a visual demonstration on how I created the background, check out the video demonstration link below.
measurements for this project
Thick Whisper White card base: 11″ x 4 1/4″, scored at 5 1/2″
Whisper White card stock layer: 3 1/8″ x 4 5/8″
Glossy White card stock panel: 3″ x 4 1/2″
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Asking good questions
What makes a good question? Now that's a good question! Why? Because it's an open-ended question.
Open-ended questions are questions that cannot necessarily be answered with a simple yes or no. These kinds of questions make for the best interviews. Avoid leading questions, questions that simply make a statement or questions that lack any real conviction or genuine curiosity.
Generally, while it's preferred you have done some homework beforehand, it's best to go into and interview with just a natural curiosity. Be authentically interested in the person and the subject matter and your interview should go fine. And as we said in our previous blog on listening, be sure to do that in order to properly follow-up the answer should it lead you down an interesting or informative road.
Occasionally you will get an interviewee that is reluctant or simply not prone to elaborate. In that case, you have to be ready with follow-up questions. I'm not saying to necessarily have a prepared list of questions that you machine-gun at your subject, but rather be prepared to follow-up as a listener, who at least be prepared with the ultimate question of all: "Why?"
Why will literally call into question just about any answer you are given in an interview. If a politician tells you what the new law is, respond with "So, why was it necessary in the first place." If an athlete tells you "this was a big win tonight," be sure to fire back, "And why exactly do you feel this is so?"
Personally, I have a pet peeve with reporters who simply make a statement to an interviewee and expect a response. Well, some interviewees will choose to be curt or frankly, will wonder what it is you do want them to say once you've uttered your statement. Remember, statements are just those and do not necessarily require answers, or at the very least, thoughtful answers. Good questions are thought provoking and can probe much more deeply into the issue at hand.
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Even though I never really adjusted to the cold, I love Northern Hemisphere winter.
Snow is so beautiful, for one thing. I love wearing coats, for another. And holiday parties? Come on. Those are the best of all possible parties! You get to wear ugly sweaters and silly hats, and everyone eats and drinks too much, and sometimes there are presents.
Now that I've cut my hair short, my question has been "How can I style this for maximum holiday festiveness?" And, like so many things, the answer turned out to be "Relatively simply, but awesomely."
I test-drove A LOT of hairstyles, and had the curling-iron burn on my neck to prove it. But bob-length hair is tricky, and it takes a lot of really elaborate work to accomplish styles that would have been simple when my hair was long.
Our time is valuable. I know you guys don't have three hours to spend just on your hair, and neither do I. So I took some inspiration from one of my favourite previous looks and served up a festive curly style that manages to be retro and totally modern at the same time.
You will need:
•A narrow-barreled curling iron. I'm talking 1" or smaller
•A fine-toothed comb
•A paddle brush
•Some clippy things to hold your hair back
•Fun pins. I didn't make these, but you can do that if you want.
Start by brushing your hair, then separating out a section underneath. This is the bit we are going to curl first. As always, the thicker your hair is, the narrower this section should be.
Now we're going to curl.
No matter your preferred method of curling--iron, rollers, the firey heat of dragon's breath--wrap a 1" section of hair from root to end so that the curl is going up (as in, wrap the hair UNDER the curling iron, then around). This will help to give the style a lot of volume, especially if maybe your hair is a little thinner in the back lately and you feel a bit vulnerable about it (like yours truly).
Once you have a bunch of happy, bouncy curls, spray them with some hairspray. Leave them in their little Shirley Temple rolls for right now!
Next, pull out another horizontal section of hair. You want it to be about two or three inches wide, depending on the thickness of your hair. Start curling small pieces, this time with the curls wrapped facing down (so the body of the hair goes OVER the curling iron).
Once you're done, spray everything with hairspray.
Repeat this--separate, curl facing down, spray--until your entire head is done. I have very thick hair and it took me about 20 minutes to finish this the first time I tried it. You will look something like this when you're all done…
I know, it's very Toddlers and Tiaras. But we're about to fix that.
With your wide paddle brush, gently brush out the curls. As always, please do not use a round brush--if it gets stuck, it will HURT.
You will notice them start to fall out and become a little looser and softer (and bigger). This is what you want.
The curls have likely given you a little volume on the top of your head. That is awesome! But you also might have some dents or flyaways, so let's smooth those suckers out by gently combing through our hair with the fine-tooth comb.
Don't go all the way to the ends--comb to where the curls begin, then stop. Any bumps or imperfections will melt away under the force of your mighty comb! You can add some hairspray when you're done to make sure everything stays smooth.
Have a look at how your curls are laying. Sometimes I need to go back in and recurl some sections, especially the pieces nearest my face, but this time I was pretty happy with how everything looked. HAIR JUST RIGHTY!
Once you're happy with how your curls are placed, it's time for my favourite part: We are gonna tease the curls.
Use your wide paddle brush for this, because the comb will rat them a little TOO much. Take a medium-sized section of hair--exactly how much will depend on your hair's thickness--and gently tease it towards your scalp with the brush. You've teased it enough when your hair is voluminous; if you hit beehive-ratty, you've gone too far.
Once you've done one section, you pretty much know what you're doing, and you can go all around your head, teasing like crazy, until it's all done! Pay special attention to the back of your head; it's really easy to not get it quite as "big" back there as at the sides.
When you're all done, smooth the top with the comb again in case you've got some mess happening up there. Spray everything with hairspray to keep it lookin' fly!
Now is the time to add your sparkly pins for extra glamourousness. I like mine to sit right above my curls and just a little bit back from my ears, so that is where I clip them.
And I'm done! I have a really cute, festive hairstyle that will take me through the hundreds of Holiday parties that one must attend this time of year. Life truly is hard.
This look is a little retro without going full-costumey. It looks really good with a dress or a suit. And, like I said, it takes about 20 minutes to do. Then you can spend the rest of your time doing awesome glittery makeup!
You don't need bangs or a center part for this to work. Deep side-parted hair looks more '40s, but still amazing. And the best part is, you can wear it with whatever kind of outfit you like. Dress! Suit! Bikini, ski mask and Ugg boots!
Just kidding, please don't wear Ugg boots.
Cheers, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO US ALL!
I am still on my NYC vacation, but I will be checking in on the comments. So tell me, what's your go-to hairstyle for holiday parties? Are you overwhelmed with festive cheer yet? I know I am.


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There's nothing quite as giddy-making as BBC/BBC America flashing up the words "Next Time" after an episode of Doctor Who and immediately following it with scenes of Madame Vastra and Jenny — which is exactly what happened this weekend after "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS." The last time we saw our favorite time-traveling, crime-fighting, interspecies lesbian couple was the Christmas special when we found out that Vastra and Jenny are actually married. ("Good evening. I'm a lizard woman from the dawn of time. And this is my wife.") And now they're back with Strax for "The Crimson Horror."
Here's BBC's official preview:
Let's watch Jenny wrestle a full-grown man to the ground again, shall we?
You want to get even more excited? OK! In their spoiler-free review of the upcoming episode, SFX promised:
After Vastra and Jenny's first co-appearance in "A Good Man Goes to War," the lesbian internet started buzzing like bananas about the couple, begging and wishing and hoping and praying for a spin-off. Steven Moffat even joked about it on Twitter. But after their appearance (and subsequent webisodes) in "The Snowmen," the Whovian community at large began to wonder what would happen of Strax and Jenny and Vastra teamed up to travel through time and fight crime on their own show. I guess we'll get to see exactly what that will look like this weekend.
I still haven't given up hope that a spin-off really will happen. If Moffatt/BBC have given so much screentime to the trio in a single episode, they must know viewers are clamoring for it.
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The meeting on the sidelines of the inauguration of Malian President Ibrahmim Boubacar Keita, will bring together the heads of state of Gabon, Chad and Cameroon, the main contributors to an African Union force in the country, hit by a coup in March, aides said.
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In Faithful, Abundant, True: Three Lives Going Deeper Still Priscilla Shirer says: "As I've considered different seasons of my life, it's occurred to me that I've often been waiting on my circumstances to change before feeling like I can experience God's abundance. We often think: If I can just get out of this season and into the next one, then I know abundance will be waiting for me. If I can just get out of this disappointing, frustrating circumstance I'm in, then I know I'll experience God's best" (p.68).
Like Priscilla, this thought process has occurred in different seasons of my life. One time that stands out was my freshman year in college when it felt like all of the comforts and security of home were stripped away from me. Instead of embracing the exciting new phase I'd entered, I grieved the end of my childhood. Making meaningful connections with new friends was a struggle and I longed to be known and valued. I viewed my new surroundings in Southern California with a critical eye and compared everything to home. Nothing met my unrealistically high standards. I thought: If I could just leave this place, I would be happier.
In spite of my struggles, I knew I had to figure out how to make things work. I grew up in a home where "We Don't Quit" was a motto—I could even picture the paper with my dad's printing written in green felt pen and pinned to my brother's bulletin board. I didn't want to give up so easily after all the hard work of getting into college and I certainly didn't want to disappoint my family.
So, in the midst of my intense loneliness, I turned to God– the only One I felt really knew and loved me in this strange place so far from home. For the first time in my life I needed and wanted to spend time studying His word to find truths that would sustain and encourage me. I poured out my heart in prayer, sharing my struggles and heartaches. I listened to Christian music at night as I fell asleep. It bathed my mind with God's comforting promises, which seemed more relevant to me than they ever had before.
As the school year progressed, I slowly began to accept my new surroundings, to find friends and to enjoy Christian fellowship. By the time my parents came to collect me in June, I realized that I was leaving a little piece of me behind as we drove up back to Northern California. More importantly, my relationship with God was stronger and deeper than it had ever been in my life.
In the midst of my misery and loneliness, I'd discovered the abundance of God's love and the reassurance of knowing that He would always be with me. By removing me from the comfort and security of my earthly home, He showed me that my ultimate comfort and security came first and foremost from Him. God took my sour outlook and sweetened it slowly as He revealed Himself to me during that difficult year.
There have been many other times when I've struggled through hard things. Difficulties are always going to pop up, but that doesn't mean we just have to grit our teeth and white-knuckle our way through them. God is there with us and has things to show us through our struggles. Priscilla Shirer says it well: "The abundant life is not when no impossible situations occur and you're experiencing peace, joy, and happiness. While that's nice, true abundance is really seen when you're sitting in a prison circumstance, when you're eye to eye with an impossible situation, and right in the heart of your impossible, you experience the fullness of God" (p.69).
Seven years ago I found myself staring impossible right in the face and felt hopeless to do anything about it. My Dad's health was rapidly deteriorating as a debilitating neurological disease ravaged his mind and body. Although we loved each other, we'd never had a great relationship. We'd both made feeble attempts to connect at various times in life, but they never produced much. As I watched him decline, I despaired that I'd lost the chance to develop a close relationship with him because of his compromised state.
And then, right in the heart of impossible, God showed up and made the last two weeks of my Dad's life our sweetest time together. He gave me the courage to initiate sharing thoughts with my Dad that I'd never been able to verbalize before. Although his ability to think and speak was painfully slow, he responded and we had several tender conversations. It was the first time we shared honestly how we felt about each other without the usual awkwardness or sarcasm that characterized our relationship. By the time my dad passed away I had a peace about our relationship that had eluded me for my entire life. I'd thought my Dad's illness had eliminated any possibility of having a meaningful connection with him, but God used it to bring us together in a way I never would have anticipated.
Ironically, the relationship with my dad that had been such a source of pain and hopelessness for me was the catalyst that launched me into sharing my writing with others. After my dad passed away, I wrote about our final days together and submitted it for consideration in an anthology of short stories. To my surprise, the story was chosen and published in 2013 in a book called When God Makes Lemonade: True Stories that Amaze and Encourage. I was humbled to discover that God often uses the hardest things in our lives to reveal Himself to us. Reading the book has showed me the authors of the other stories experienced something similar.
The truth is we get access to God's power when we lay our weaknesses and difficulties at His feet. The apostle Paul knew this when he wrote 2 Corinthians 12:7b-10:
"Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
When we take our hard circumstances and our weaknesses and entrust them to Jesus, we invite Him to bring change. Sometimes He changes the hard things we're dealing with, sometimes He gives us the courage to take action, but often He changes our perspectives more than anything else. There is no circumstance too large or too small for Him. Paul tells us God is "able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20). We can have great hope remembering that He can go beyond our wildest imaginings.
Is there a sour circumstance in your life? Maybe something that seems impossible to change? God can and will work to bring sweetness to it in His perfect timing. He is able. Are you willing to let Him show you?
For added perspective on this topic, click on the link to listen to Laura Story's song "Blessings." It will show you how God uses hard situations to change us and to show us a new perspective.


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Rosslyn, Va.-based National Electrical Manufacturers Association's (NEMA) Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American conditions lost ground in October for the first time in four months, falling 6.7 points. Nonetheless, at 51.9, the index managed to breach the critical 50-point threshold for the third straight month, suggesting at least a modest improvement in industry conditions relative to September.
The EBCI for future North American conditions also slipped in October, declining 7.4 points to 61.5. While a sizable proportion of industry leaders continue to expect further improvement in the business environment during the next six months, anecdotal comments suggest that the degree of improvement is largely seen as limited.
To read the full October 2009 report, download the pdf from the NEMA Web site.
The EBCI gauges the business confidence of the electroindustry in Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America, and is based on the results of a monthly survey of senior managers at NEMA member companies. Those companies represent more than 80% of the electroindustry.


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UPPSC Uttar Pradesh PSC Exam 2018 - 2019 Complete Details
1. Overview (UPPSC)
PUBLISHED ON: || Dr. Ramanujam Reddy
UPPSC Notification & Latest News
Check out the Schedule of Interview for Lecturer of General Medicines (Department. No. 8/07) and Lecturer E.N.T.
COMBINED STATE ENGINEERING SERVICES Notification has come out
For Sending any Document to the Commission Directly the Address Slip can be downloaded or printed through the official website
U.P. CHIKITSA SHIKSHA (HOMOEOPATHIC) DEPTT. / Professor Homoeopathic Pharmacy The Result is announced by UPPSC and can be seen directly on official website
The Syllabus for Each Exam conducted by UPPSC can be downloaded from the official website of UPPSC
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission [UPPSC] is the biggest state authority to conduct the Examination of Civil Services


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Master of Teaching (Secondary)
Welcome to the students website for the Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). In these pages you will find useful information about:
- units of study
- course completion requirements
- course structure
- school staff associated with the teaching and administration of the course.
Lesson observation and practice teaching are major, integral components of the professional experiences in all teaching programs at the Sydney School of Education and Social Work.
Practicums and internships – which are offered in partnership with participating schools – are designed to augment University coursework and provide student teachers with opportunities to develop their teaching skills and professional understanding.


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Earlier this week we met for the annual May birthday party for Laura, Frieda, Emily and Anne.
Laura Wasilowski greeted us to her humble abode in Elgin.
Anne Fahl and Trish Williams listen attentively to Jane Sassaman while Frieda Anderson takes notes and Emily Parson knits. It looks like such serious business, but this is more like it
Frieda showed us that her newest book Fabric to Dye For was recently translated into Spanish.
We had a fabulous potluck lunch!
from left to right Emily Parson, Jane Sassaman, Ann Fahl, Laura Wasilowski, Trish Williams, Barb Vlack, Frieda Anderson and Anne Lullie.
It is always so nice to see sweet Emily, who dyes and sells the most gorgeous sock yarn. I gave her a big skein of yarn to dye that my friend Erylin from New Zealand spun for me last year.
Laura models some of Emilys knitted baby blankets as a sarape.
What a wonderful day, you all had.
Looks like a good time was had by one and all!
Good times! Thanks for visiting!


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Illustrated by John Kovalic
This bookmark was released to promote Zombie Dice.
Official Rules
You may use this bookmark in any game of Munchkin or its sequels, or Munchkin Quest. It may be used at any time when you are in combat. You may only use one bookmark (of any kind) per game unless you change sex. If you change sex, you may use a second bookmark. You may not use more than two in a game, no matter what.
- Show everyone the bookmark so they can satisfy themselves that it is what you say it is.
- Randomly select a number of Zombie Dice equal to your Level.
- Shake the dice in the Zombie Dice cup, yell "BRAAAAAAAAINS!" and roll the dice on the table. Shambling footsteps are optional.
- Each side showing a brain gives you +1 in the current combat. Each side showing a shotgun blast gives the monsters +1 in the current combat. Each side showing footsteps gives you +1 to Run Away.
- See a full list of all the official Munchkin bookmarks here!
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Title: The Watchtower (Black Swan Rising #2)
Author: Lee Carroll
Publisher: Bantam, 2011
Buy link
Never judge a book by its cover, and this one definitely shouldn't be. Nothing on the cover of The Watchtower indicates that it is any different than the slew of "skinny white chick in a prom gown" examples currently flooding the market. And I started reading, filled with severe misgivings that I'd just found yet another Fallen clone.
Fortunately, the cover is misleading.
First off, yes, some of the standard young adult paranormal tropes *are* present – the impossible romance between mortal and immortal, with a whiff of a love triangle. Then I've always held the opinion that it's not having the tropes present, but what the author *does* with them, and writing duo Lee Carroll (husband-and-wife team Lee Slonimsky and Carol Goodman) succeed in engaging my attention. At no point did I want to hurl the book across the room.
Although this is the second book in the series (the first being Black Swan Rising) the story doesn't suffer. There's just enough narrative summary to sketch in the past without leading into reams and reams of exposition. Carroll keeps up a good pace from the get-go, the stakes growing higher as the story progresses as a sort of treasure hunt. Fairies, and definitely not the cutesy sort, abound, as well as the ubiquitous vampire, all wrapped up in a tale of time travel garnished with a Shakespearean theme.
What made the story for me was that Carroll paints a vivid picture of the surroundings, and characters all tangled with history and literature, so that I soon forgot I was reading. The story shifts in perspective between the main character, Garet, presented in first person, alternating with Will's past in second person, as a sort of prequel leading up to how he became a vampire. I must admit at first the segueing took a little getting used to but by the time I got past the first few chapters, I found I enjoyed this swinging between tales – almost like reading two books simultaneously.
Garet, as a character, has far more depth than the standards such as Bella Swan or Lucinda Price, in equivalent genre novels. Although it's clear she's madly in love with Will Hughes, it's refreshing to see a main character who has interests and ambitions other than just being defined by the unfortunate male with whom she's romantically entangled. Will is not squeaky clean and there were times when I wanted Garet to kick his butt for him for being so self-absorbed. I must admit I did struggle to find his redeemable qualities, and often wondered what Garet saw in him, that she was willing to go to the ends of the earth to rescue his sorry posterior.
Overall, when it comes to the actual quality of the prose and narrative, this is possibly the better of the current crop of similar tales that I've encountered as reviewer, and an enjoyable read with a wicked little twist near the end.


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220th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda
Friday, February 13, 2009
Building 31C, 6th Floor
Conference Room 6
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
|8:30–8:35 am
|Call to Order
Thomas R. Insel, M.D., Chairman
Director, NIMH
|8:35–9:00 am
|Director's Report
Presenter: Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH
|9:00–9:30 am
|NIMH Council Workgroup on Neurodevelopment: Update on Follow-Up Activities
Presenter: Molly Oliveri, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Developmental Translational Research
|9:30–10:00 am
|Global Health and Science Agenda
Presenter: Craig Van Dyke, M.D.
Program Director, Office of the Director, NIMH
|10:00–10:15 am
|10:15–10:45 am
|Addressing Disparities in Mental Health Care
Presenter: Philip Wang, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Director, Division of Services and Intervention Research
|10:45–11:15 am
|The Emerging Genetics of Psychotic Illnesses; a Revolution in Psychiatry
Presenter: Edward Scolnick, M.D.
Senior Associate Member, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Director, Psychiatric Disease Program Director, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
|11:15 AM-11:45 pm
|Collaborative Study of Suicidality and Mental Health in the U.S. Army
Presenter: Robert Heinssen, Ph.D., ABPP
Deputy Director, Division of Services and Intervention Research
|11:45-12:15 pm
|Concept Clearance
Presenters: Wayne Goodman, M.D.
Director, Division of Adult Translation and Treatment Development Research
PROBE-Psychiatric Research on Objective Biological Endpoints
Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W.
Division of Services and Intervention Research
Building a Longitudinal Mental Health Tracking System
Ann Wagner, Ph.D.
Division of Developmental Translational Research
Implementing a Strategic Plan for Autism Research
Julia Zehr, Ph.D.
Division of Developmental Translational Research
Identification and Characterization of Sensitive Periods for Neurodevelopment in Studies of Mental Illness
|12:15-12:30 pm
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Take an audio tour on the Gwynns Falls with trail historian Ed Orser and audio artist Steve Bradley
Along the way, listen to comments by trail users or interviews that record the many special ways people are engaged with the trail and the neighborhoods through which it passes. Besides the human voices along the trail, listen to the water rushing over rocks down the Falls. Listen to a pileated woodpecker calling out, or a nearby cricket chorus singing beneath the whoosh of traffic and wind through the trees. Tune your restless ear and listen deeply to the world of the Gwynns Falls Trail.
The podcast selections are keyed to the nine trailhead numbers and range from 20 to 25 minutes in length. The index identifies voice and sound sequences (with time marks indicated) and provides links to related web sites. Each trailhead podcast begins with directions and a general introduction to that section of the trail. To download the sounds click here, or join iTUNES to automatically add the podcast to your preferred mp3 device >> SUBSCRIBE.


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- By:
- Virginia Johnson
He was trouble, into everything at once, with an imagination that just wouldn't quit. Neither his teachers nor his parents knew quite what to do with him. But when he opened his mouth the most beautiful sounds came out. Young Jack Prelutsky had a glorious voice, so good they called him a prodigy, and the New York Metropolitan Opera's choirmaster gave him free lessons. But he gave up his dream of being the world's best opera singer when he heard Luciano Pavarotti perform. He knew he couldn't match that amazing voice, and he did know for certain that whatever he did in his life, he wanted to be the very best at it.
On the way to figuring out exactly what that was, he worked as cab driver, a bookseller, a clerk, a carpenter, and many other jobs. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he joined the Beatnik scene, and traveled around the countryside, making his living by singing and playing his guitar. He was friends with Bob Dylan, who said his voice sounded "like a cross between Woody Guthrie and Enrico Caruso." Still, he wasn't sure that being a folksinger was his best art.
He moved on to drawing--quick, sketches that might be interesting to kids. While he was at it, he scribbled some poetry to go along with them. He was so happy when a publisher said his pieces showed real talent. No, not the drawings-- those were the worst she had ever seen. But his poetry was terrific. It was different from the old, boring pieces that teachers assigned for memorization. Students ENJOYED reading them. His words had zing. His topics were edgy. He never talked down to his readers, or stretched a poem longer than it should be. Finally, he had found the job where he could be the very best in the world: Kids' Poet.
The Sickening, the Silly, and the Just Plain Gross
"Its fangs were red with bloody gore,
its eyes were red with menace,
it battered down my bedroom door
and burst across my bedroom floor,
and with a loud, resounding roar
said, 'ANYONE FOR TENNIS?'"
From The New Kid on the Block
Gross-me-out humor has held a sweet spot for kids ever since "Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts" made its playground debut. Jack adds a healthy splosh of cleverness to his rhymes, from the doughnuts tasting of pickled whale at "Gussie's Greasy Spoon," to "Drumpp the Grump" who never washes and likes to squash his fingers into worms. He's full of fleas and smelly cheese and fifty million germs, but he likes the way he is. Judging from Jack's rave reviews when he comes to visit schools and libraries, kids like Drumpp and the rest of the gang just the way they are: warts, rumblings, shrieks, and all.
Things That Go Bump, Slither, and Rip
Jack's mind goes non-stop, even when he's asleep. He often uses dream images as part of his poetry, such as the boneless chicken and the elephants' ball. Check out Writers Dreaming to learn more about his creative process. Some of those dream creatures are the stuff of nightmares.
In some untidy, illogical, but necessary part of kids' (and adults') minds, the monsters are real, or at least they should be. Scooby Do's most annoying feature has to be the revealing of the mundane villains at the end of each episode. Jack wrote two terrific books of scary poems, Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep and The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight. These are not your cutesy monsters a la Maurice Sendak. The teeth are sharp, and the claws are not retractable:
In wildest woods, on treetop shelves,
sit evil beings with evil selves--
they are the dreaded darkling elves
and they are always hungry.
--The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight
Want to try some more popular poetry? Click here for all the books in the library by Jack Prelutsky.
Prelutsky Prowls the Web
Biography in Context
Use your CRRL library card to get articles from Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, Contemporary Authors Online, and St. James Guide to Children's Writers.
Jack Prelutsky: The American Academy of Poets
A photo, a short biography, and seven super poems online.
Poetry Writing With Jack Prelutsky
"Poetry's cool — and a lot of fun! In this workshop, I will help you turn your words and ideas into descriptive and powerful poems. As you explore the world of poetry writing, I'll share with you writing tips that I use when I write my poems, as well as ideas for revising your work. When you complete the workshop, you can create a special edition of your poem — published online! I won't be commenting on your poems, but I'll enjoy reading them after you've posted them online."
The Teachers' Corner: Jack Prelutsky
Several terrific online poems (Homework! Oh, Homework!, WHEN TILLIE ATE THE CHILI, and more), an interview with the author, and a short biography.


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I'll make you up from out of the living rooms we face, equal parts singing gate and people we knew once, in biographical order. Equal lengths investiture, and the sun came out and it was bright in my eyes. The room is dark behind the flaring particles. The day is twenty years ago and Tuesday.
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In a Landscape: IV
Now the scene changes, we say, and the next few years are quiet. It's another curse, the inverse of the "interesting times" the Chinese were said to go on so about. Nevertheless, there it is, as the emptiness needs a something in order to be defined as empty, which means we spend the next few years talking about other years, as if that's what's important. Maybe that is what's important. It was terrible, the hospital stay. The children. Not the children in the abstract way, but those times worried that this would go wrong, or that, and then things do go wrong and it almost feels like we'd wished for it to happen, so not only do we have to go through this terrible time, but we also have to keep reminding ourselves that we didn't wish for it. It's Problem One. And there's our two-year-old son strapped to a board with an IV, crying. And doesn't it feel like a formal device then? As if expecting it were the same—or is the same—as willing it, but then almost willing it anyway, saying something like, "Please God, or whomever, get it over with already . . ." if the world isn't going to be a museum only, as museums keep calling out that there's so much more to find in the past, like ourselves, for instance. The simplification of our forms. The question of why it might be important to save our dinnerware, or Yo-yos. We have these accidents in common: last night I was pulling a filing cabinet upstairs on a hand truck, and at the 90 degree turn it fell on top of me and I had to hold it like that, one wheel on the stair, one in mid-air. So I had some time on my hands, waiting for Robin to get home. They say that if you relax, lying there is 80% as restful as sleep. And knowing how to relax is key, they say. Here's a guess: we will sit on a wooden lawn-chair in the sun, and we will like it. We will run the numbers and think it sounds like a good proposition. We will consult a map, even ask directions. The sun's out right now, in fact, and it's all a matter of doing the next big thing. Driving home, say. And then it's a manner of having done something. Driving past the car wash. Yes, forcing a matter of doing the next thing, which is filling out the accident report, while the old man who hit my pickup is crying in the street. And then I'm walking around, picking up the fender and light pieces and putting them in the bed.
Copyright © 2013 by John Gallaher. Used with permission of the author. This poem appeared in Poem-A-Day on November 18, 2013. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive.
Copyright © 2013 by John Gallaher. Used with permission of the author. This poem appeared in Poem-A-Day on November 18, 2013. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive.
John Gallaher
John Gallaher is the author of Map of the Folded World (University of Akron Press, 2009) and The Little Book of Guesses (Four Way Books, 2007), which won the Levis Poetry Prize. He is an associate professor of English at Northwest Missouri State University and coeditor of The Laurel Review.


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How did Romans heat their homes?
Rich Romans liked to be warm and cosy. They had central heating at home, in villas and in public baths. The heating system was kept going by slaves, who kept a fire blazing in a furnace to heat warm air. The warm air moved around the building through spaces under the floors and between the walls. The underfloor space was made by raising the floor on top of piles of tile or stone. The Roman heating system was called a hypocaust.
What are aqueducts?
Although they did not invent the arch, the Romans were the first people to build arches into big buildings and aqueducts. An aqueduct was built to carry water. It was like a bridge, built on arches. On top was a stone channel to carry water. The Romans used aqueducts to supply towns with water from springs, rivers or lakes. The aqueduct sloped downhill towards the town, because water will only flow downhill.
The Romans also used arches in buildings. They made very big buildings with arched roofs. These roofs did not need rows of pillars, or columns, to hold them up - like in a Greek temple. A famous Roman building, the Pantheon in Rome, was the first big building with a dome.
Why didn't the Romans need many machines?
The Romans were good at building roads and bridges, but not so keen on machines. They had slaves to do nasty jobs and heavy work. The Roman crane, for example, didn't have an engine. It was powered by slaves or animals. The Romans invented war machines, like catapults, worked by twisted ropes and springs, and a reaping machine, for cutting corn. But the Romans never needed machines to take the place of slaves.
Did Romans have smelly drains?
The Romans were keen on keeping clean. Towns and forts had underground drains to take away dirty water and sewage. The drain pipes were flushed through with water from the baths, so they didn't get too smelly. From remains and writings found at Pompeii, in Italy, we know that most towns had plumbers, and also laundries where workers washed and ironed people's clothes. Fresh clean water and sewers are important. Without them, people risk catching diseases from drinking dirty water or from sewage left around streets and houses.