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|Bertha Lumley
|Nathaniel Lumley
|Freda Todd
|First appearance
|19th July 1976
|Last appearance
|4th August 1976
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|Played by
|Madoline Thomas
Bertha Lumley was Albert Tatlock's sparring partner at the bingo in 1976. Bertha started talking to Albert during a game and suggested they go halves. Surprisingly, the miserly pensioner agreed and honoured his word after winning the £100 house prize.
Unfortunately Albert didn't know what he was letting himself in for as Bertha was a bingo regular and, deciding that Albert was lucky, started calling at 1 Coronation Street to dote on him and get him to agree to another game. While she was there, her daughter Freda Todd arrived at the house to fetch her, remarking that Bertha's husband Nat had threatened to kill the next man she went off with at bingo. Bertha told a worried Albert that Nat never made good on his threats, while Albert was simply bemused that aspersions were being cast upon their innocent friendship.
Later, Nat sought out Albert but rather than being after Albert's blood, he in fact offered to pay Albert to keep taking Bertha out! Nat explained that Bertha's passion for bingo meant that if she was losing she was difficult to live with and since meeting her "lucky charm" she had been a delight. Albert obliged and Bertha had another win that afternoon, this time only £20. Albert expected them to split the winnings as before but Bertha refused to do so as they hadn't agreed to go halves this time, Albert had only assumed it. Bertha blanked Albert when he banged on her door to demand his £10 but later gave him his share, saying it had been preying on her mind. The exciteable pensioner gave Albert a peck on the cheek as she left his house. Somehow, Nat found out about this and charged over to No.1 to have it out with Albert. Ena Sharples managed to separate them before they came to blows.


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"New York completes sweep as Ryan Zimmerman's slump deepens," was the WaPo headline a few days later.
You can imagine these headlines splashed across fake twirling newspaper front pages during a movie montage of Zimmerman's slump writ as mounting civic crisis.
"Children weep in streets, women beat their chests as Zimmerman slump reaches new depths,"would come next.
"Ryan Zimmerman benched; panic sweeps city," perhaps completes the series.
Davey Johnson is already expressing his concern. About the slump, not the civic panic.
"That really concerns me," Johnson said on Sunday. "We've got to get Zim going. Need to get Zim in a happy place."
Mike Rizzo, though, is not expressing concern.
"He's got a track record," the GM said of Zimmerman Tuesday on ESPN 980's Sports Fix. (Audio here.) "He's gonna come out of it, and someone's gonna pay for it. They call 'em averages for a reason. I've said it many, many times. These guys get their numbers, they reach their norms, and this is a guy that's gonna get hot.
"You're one at-bat away from a hot streak," Rizzo continued. "And he's the type of guy who can carry a club for a couple of weeks at a time, which he's done on countless different occasions. The good thing is, he hasn't taken it on the defensive side, he's still a positive uplifting figure in the clubhouse.
"Nobody takes it tougher or harder than Zim does. He knows he's the leader of this ballclub. He wants to do it. Nobody presses and pressures themselves harder than he does. So I'm confident that he's gonna put it together and turn it on. And when he does, some pitcher and some team is gonna pay for it."
If Rizzo's concerned about getting Zim in a happy place, in other words, he's not talking about. And his club as a whole?
"I think if we play close to our capabilities, we should be playing meaningful games at the end of the season, and that hasn't really changed," Rizzo said. "We haven't anywhere near hit our stride yet, as far as hitting on all cylinders....
"Pitching and defense and athleticism never go into slumps. If you have that, you have a chance to be consistent....What I can say is when we're hitting on all cylinders, we're gonna be hell to play, and we're gonna be a team that's gonna be reckoned with."
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Drew hosts holocaust/genocide films
The Drew University Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study in Madison has received a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities to present a four-part film/lecture series: "Reclaiming Lost Art/Reclaiming Lost Culture." The second film is "The Last Klezmer," with Dr. Allan Nadler, director of Drew University's Jewish Studies program as guest speaker. It is the story of Leopold Kozlowski, "the last active Klezmer musician trained in the original, pre war tradition…he emerged from the experience [of the Holocaust devoted to keeping alive his cultural heritage and Klezmer music." The film will be shown at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 24 in the Learning Center Room 28.
Randolph Township clinic to prepare town's baseball coaches
RANDOLPH TWP. The Randolph Township Parks and Recreation Department will sponsoring the Rutgers SAFETY (Sports Awareness For Educating Today's Youth) clinic on Wednesday, March 13 at the Senior Community Center on Calais Road. Registration begins at 6:15 p.m. and the clinic begins at 6:30 p.m. No one w ill be admitted to the clinic after its scheduled start. In accordance with the Little League law, the Rutgers Safety Clinic helps co aches minimize the risk of injury to young athletes, provides information about fundamental coaching concepts and protects volunteer coaches from civil lawsuits , according to a statement from the township. By attending the safety orientation and training skills program, coaches are eligible for the civil immunity protection provided by the Little League law, the statement said. The curriculum for the Rutgers SAFETY Clinic is based on the Minimum Standards for Volunteer Coaches Safety Program.
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Amlin Challenge Cup: Bath moved into quarter-finals after Agen victory
Bath squeezed past Agen 19-16 to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup.
Last Updated: 13/01/13 6:47pm
Tom Heathcote's penalty settled a tense clash at the Recreation Ground to extend Bath's 14-game unbeaten record in the tournament
It put the gloss on a mixed afternoon for the young fly-half who missed a string of kicks before landing two decisive penalties in the second half.
Heathcote traded early penalties with opposite number Raphael Lagarde before Wales prop Paul James scored Bath's only try for a 13-9 lead at half-time.
Agen then had to play with a man less after Lagarde was shown a yellow card in the 44th minute but the hosts failed to take full advantage of the extra numbers.
Heathcote extended Bath's slender lead only for Agen to tie the scores through No 8 Uelenitoni Fono before striking the winner to secure top spot in Pool 4.
Elsewhere in Bath's group, Calvisano claimed their first win 34-20 against Bucuresti.


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Looking Forward: The Age of Enlightenment
February 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Western politics, philosophy, science and music were radically reinvented between 1685 and 1815 — a period referred to as the Age of Reason, or simply the Enlightenment.
Thursday, February 23, 2017 — 7:30 PM
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Marianna Prjevalskaya, piano
Winner of the 2016 New Orleans International Piano Competition
HAYDN Symphony No. 69 in C major
MOZART Concerto for piano (TBD)
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2013 Mercedes-Benz C350 Problems
RepairPal has identified the most common problems with the 2013 Mercedes-Benz C350 based on complaints from actual vehicle owners. We'll tell you what the problem is and what it'll take to fix it.
Inside grab handles, the upholstery on the center console cover, and door trim panels can delaminate. Most commonly replacement of the affected part is necessary.
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Every four years GLMW organises an expedition open to all Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Adults within the County to the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland. The Expedition aims to deliver an exciting international experience for over 500 people.
During the two week expedition, young people from all walks of life in GLMW can experience activities as diverse as camping and hiking in the high alps, walking and climbing on a glacier, parascending, white water rafting, meeting a wide range of international visitors to the Centre, spending the night in a Swiss mountain hut, tackling a high ropes course, going canyoning, visiting numerous cultural attractions in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland and participating in community support projects.
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Tuesday 8 August to Friday 18 August 2017.
Expedition participants will be flying from a London airport then catching the train to the village of Kandersteg. Personal baggage and camping equipment will be travelling by lorry from the UK to Kandersteg.
£580. This price includes return travel from a London airport, transport of personal baggage and camping equipment, camping fees, food, personal travel insurance, expedition badge and scarf, a programme of onsite evening activities, together with an opening and closing ceremony.
Daytime programme activities are not included in the expedition cost, nor is insurance for group camping equipment. KISC provide a range of activities which we will help you book through their programme team. Information about the costs for this season can be found online. Group leaders should also make provision for camping consumables and social activities for their young people in their budgeting.
Any scout troop, explorer scout unit or scout network can participate in the expedition. We are also welcoming members of GirlGuiding in Middlesex on this expedition. To register your interest in taking a group of young people on the expedition please complete the form online. Adults can also join the staff team.
Yes. We are looking for a team of adults to help deliver the expedition. We have a very diverse range of roles available from helping to manage the food logistics, loading lorries, delivering evening programme activities and leading hiking groups. As a member of the staff team we'd expect you to work approximately 1 day in 3 for the expedition, in return you will be catered for and be allocated a bed inside if you would like one. To register your interest as a member of staff please complete the form online.


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John Force Racing press release
HIGHT 2nd, NEFF 3rd IN QUAL AUTO CLUB FINALS
POMONA, CA --- An impressive run by Funny Car point leader Matt Hagan shifted Robert Hight and Mike Neff back a slot in the qualifying order and set up the potential for another historic championship comeback by John Force Racing. In order for Neff or Hight win an unprecedented 18th Full Throttle Funny Car championship for John Force Racing they will have to get some help from other teams on their way to the winner's circle.
Hight will enter the race as the No. 2 qualifier followed by Neff. John Force made the show in the first and only qualifying run today recording a time of 4.131 seconds which place him 11th and gives him a first round match-up with Johnny Gray. Rain washed out the final qualifying session as darkness fell on Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Neff can lock up his first championship as a driver in a number of combinations but winning the race would give him the best shot.
"We have to go win this race and hope that everyone in front of us goes out early. We need Hagan out in the second round, (Jack) Beckman out by the semis and Cruz (Pedregon) out in the final," said Neff. "That is what it is going to take. We are definitely going to have to have a bunch of things fall our way. It is going to have to be the perfect day and anything can happen. We had a perfect day here one year ago. It is not out of the question."
Last year as co-crew chief Neff guided John Force and his Castrol GTX HIGH MILEAGE Ford Mustang to a comeback of 38 points versus Matt Hagan for the championship. Going into tomorrow's race he is 40 points behind Hagan and 28 points behind Beckman.
In three runs at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Neff has made respectable runs. He has not been pressing and is prepared to get aggressive on Sunday to insure that is Castrol GTX Ford Mustang has the best shot of success on the race track.
"We have gone down the track three out of the three runs. That is always good. We didn't run as good as we would have liked the last couple. We think we can step it up and be competitive tomorrow. As a whole I feel pretty good about our chances," said Neff a five time winner in 2011.
Neff will be battling four Funny Cars for the championship including his teammate and 2009 Funny Car champion Robert Hight. Sitting in the No. 5 position in the point standings has Hight relaxed and ready to attack race day with a focus that he has been developing as driver since he first got the driving job.
"Tomorrow is a normal race day for me. I go into every race trying to win. I believe I can win this race tomorrow. We have to do whatever we can to win this race. The way I look at it is to look back at Las Vegas. We all got beat first round and we lost to cars that should not have beaten us. Really the truth is we beat ourselves. That can happen to our opponents," said Hight, who reclaimed his championship hopes with a win in Reading.
"If they go out there tomorrow and they try and be cautious this track has teeth and has some grip. If they are cautious to try and get a first round win they could shake. Jon Capps could take out Hagan in the first round. We have to win this race. If the cars don't fall our way then I want to win this race anyway. I want my sixth win of the year and we will go into the off season on a high note. That is always the best way to do it, win the last race of the year."
"We have the Auto Club here and we need to win the last race. We have done it before and I believe we can do it again. It is kind of a bummer that we didn't get to make that last run and try and get our top spot back but still it has been a long time since my Ford Mustang has made three runs down the track. I am proud of (crew chief) Jimmy (Prock) and my guys."
Team leader John Force made the show and will have an opportunity to take out one of the Countdown contenders' biggest nemesis in the first round, Johnny Gray. He will have to make a much improved run over his 4.131 second pass but for the winningest driver in NHRA history he is going to take a page from the playbooks of his teammates Neff and Hight.
"Neff is calm and cool and so is Robert. I am that way when I get to the starting line. We all have a job to do. This is exciting racing for the fans. I like the Countdown and it is a shame that Mike and Robert won so many races and you lose the points but it is fair to everybody. At the end of the day we have a job cut out for us," said Force. "It is going to be tough but Neff and Robert will be fine. The ladder isn't too bad. I wish we would have gotten that last shot. All three of our cars were looking to go better than that low ET number. We wanted to take away that round and that is just the way the cards fell. Tomorrow we'll come out and we'll go after them."
All season long NHRA fans have been voting on the Greatest Moments in NHRA history ranking the Top 60 moments. Tomorrow the top two moments will be unveiled and Force is in the running for the top spot with Drag Racing Legend "Big Daddy" Don Garlits. Force's 15th championship is going head to head with the introduction of the rear engine dragster. As the NHRA Legend for the 47th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals Force feels like he has already won being in the running with Garlits.
"Everybody knows my feeling about Snake (Don Prudhomme), Shirley (Muldowney) and (Don) Garlits. They are all the greats of this sport. Even though I never had a dragster I watch him (Garlits). When I was up for the 50th (in 2001 a panel of NHRA experts voted on the Top 50 drivers) and Garlits beat me I was honored to just be up there with me," said Force. "I think he is a great individual and I do believe what he did changed the sport and was unbelievable. At the end of the day winning 15 championships ain't too shabby but if you are in the running with Big Daddy then you have already won and that is how I look at it."


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|By Firefromhell456
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|"I am the master of my blade. Darkness is my soul and fire is my body, thousands of blades I have forged which even death does not know. My hands dripped with the blood of those souls and my blade delivers their ultimate fate. And now you shall join their eternal slumber."
|— Shen's words to his victims before using "Gate of Steel"
Shen Long is a skilled swordsman and the very first person the bend lightning, he was once a prince and born in the Fire Nation royal family. He was banished from the Fire Nation for his inability to bend fire, with that he set fort and travelled the world in search for Won Shi Tong's Library.
Was considered to be the black sheep of the Firebender, Shen was the first son and the first royal member of the family to be banished. Due to him being unable to bend and also with a weak body, his father Ozai decided to banish him, which Ursa tried to reason with him but his choice was already decided.
Shen was left to die as a young oy at the age of 5, he walked towards unknown places and was even welcomed by thieves, assassins, mercenaries, criminals and even those who were treated as trash. It didn't bother them if he was a Fire Nation but when they heard what the Fire Lord did to his son they accepted him.
5 years passed as he was trained by those people and became an expert assassin, created a secretive spy network and became a good tracker. He bid farewell to his true family and left only to wined up in the desert and luckily found Won Shi Tong's library.
The temple had only half of it covered with one of the windows still possible for entry. He entered the temple and was welcomed by Won Shi Tong himself who gave him free access as long as he gave something valuable, Shen did so and gave a scroll which he got in one of his jobs.
Shen started reading books but one book caught his interest, a book containing records of the secret Lightning Bending. He knew that special fire benders were the only one who could use lightning but not bending it.
He studied to book determined to gain knowledge and studied both lightning bending and books about the 4 elements. Those books gave him knowledge about bending that others lacked, he combined some bending styles to perform attacks.
He continued to practice and master lightning bending but one problem reached him as he was unable to continuously separate his yin and yang. He began to look for books in search for an answer for this problem. It didn't take long for him to discover a book containing a way to every problem but with a sacrifice
He found a book about a forbidden demon contract that gave anyone unlimited power. Shen didn't even gave a second thought as he performed the seal and summoned a demon. He made the contract and promised him 6 special souls.
After that he left the Library and started traveling the world, he began to recruit worthy and talented benders and fighters and created the "9 Circles of Hell". Rumors about the mysterious group spread to the world and one rumor tells that one of its member destroyed the citizens of an island leaving no one alive.
A carefree young man who seeks only wild adventures or anything that the wind blows him to. He seeks no desire for revenge to his father, since he had already lost an interest in even considering him as his father. The only family he considered as one was his mother Ursa, who even if he didn't live long for him to have much of a mother and son relationship, considered her to be his mother.
The only thing that makes him still a Fire Nation is his drive to accomplish what he seeks. His determination to do anything and protect anyone makes his abilities and emotions intact. The only thing that makes it hard for him is losing anyone, which causes him to release his powers and becomes uncontrollable.
Shen Long is a young man with blond hair and red eyes. He has red tattoos on his bodies that signifies his contract with the demon. He wears two rectangular golden earring on both his ears.
His clothing consist of a white sleeveless jacket and a pair of golden armored pants along with some red cloth connected to the waist. His two weapons are placed on both sides of his waist and are connected to him without the need of a belt.
After entering the Fire Nation, he changed his clothes to a kung fu like clothing. Both the pants and the vest are red and both have a triangular pattern with black linings, and the pants are tied with a black silk belt.
Lightning Bending
Thanks to the large amount of chi in his body, Shen can easily control the amount of lightning he uses. The book he studied about the secret art of bending lightning gave him a brief history and knowledge on how bending something as lightning.
One thing showed on how bending lightning was possible was if the person lacked the art of bending one of the 4 elements but carries a vast amount of chi. Difference to the way special Firebenders use lightning which is created by swift hand movements and the ability to control their yin and yang, lightning bending needs someone who's yin and yang are always in battle.
With each clash of the two energies lightning can manifest in any form instead one of lightning bolt. Shen meanwhile passed the test of being one who lacked the ability of bending but carried a large amount of chi but had a hard time in performing the second part.
After Gaining demonic power, the demonic energy collided with the yin and yang making him fully control his yin and yang being able to separate them in a second and without any movements. Not only can he use lightning as an attack but fully manifest himself in lightning enhancing his speed, strength and power.
Like normal lightning he can use some items to use as a catalyst for his bending, metal or even water is a useless thing. His powers reaches its strongest at times of a powerful storm as lightning manifest in the clouds and he can easily release thanks to the rain.
Demonic Power
When he made the deal, Shen gained demonic power but was still limited as the souls of those 6 people weren't given.
That time he gained the ability to fully control his lightning bending but couldn't use his demonic power for his own attacks
But then after those 6 died, he gained the ability to manifest his demon powers and create weapons out of them. He gained two special skills when he continued his training, one was the ability to combine his demonic power to his release lightning and create black lightning and the other one was to fully envelope himself in his dark magic and transform into a demonic being.
Master Swordsmanship
He has demonstrated the ability to perform tremendously powerful and precise strikes, capable of cutting through very sturdy targets even creating a whole in the Walls of Ba Sing Se. His skills in performing fast attack are incredible that even the naked eye couldn't see how fast he sheets and unsheets his blade.
Thanks to also his bending and also demonic power, he can perform some bending with his attacks. Infusing himself in lightning to increase his speed, add demonic power to his sword to perform dangerous slashes.
His senses also increases his swordsmanship as he can decimate an element that is sent to him or even before they could perform one.
a gift from one of his masters, the sword was made by one great blacksmith. The sword has some history seeing as it was passed from one of the greatest assassins to another, the blade is made of dragon scales. The sword has a very sharp blade that could cut steel like butter and also carries a special ability of being a lightweight sword
The sword has a black shaft and is placed on Shen's left waist.
a sword he created with the knowledge of swords and sword making. He added seals at the back of the blade making it easy for him to use his demonic powers with the blade. One of his skills is to perform thousands of lightning fast slashes.
The sword has a white shaft and is placed on Shen's right waist.
"You choose to join Ozai even after what he's done!"-Shen to Zuko in "Roads of Destiny"
"Father? I don't have a father. I just hate you"-Shen to Azula in "Human vs Machine"
"You're still the funny uncle I love"-Shen to Iroh in "Jasmine Dragon"
"No one said that she died, just banished"-Shen to Zuko in "Memories of Mother"
"Thanks for banishing me old man, because of that I became powerful"-Shen to Ozai in "The Inner Rage"
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"Somethings are considered beautiful because they area unattainable"-Shen referring to Rina in "Tales of Blades"
"The Avatar? I don't really care if he lives or die"-Shen referring about Aang in "The Assassin and the Serpent"
"He is a good strategist but his sense of humor is not much"
"Hey what does that mean?!"
"Can't you understand a simple sentence"-Shen and Sokka arguing in "Walls of Ba Sing Se"
"Can you please stop!"
"It's not my fault that you got injured"
"And it's not my fault that Aang was going crazy"-Shen talking to Katara while being healed in "Deserter"
"I don't understand why can't you just tell him you love him"
"I'm not like you who just can tell his feelings"-Shen and Mai talking about her feelings in "Human vs Machine"
Ty Lee
"Sokka and Ty Lee?! Man that guys a playboy"-Shen talking about Ty Lee in "Humans vs Machine"
- He tends to start conversations with his enemies before fighting
- He is known to some for his weird fighting style as he randomly attacks using lightning, weapons, summons and punches making it hard for anyone to predict his next move
- Some people has seen him to be very Charismatic person which he sometimes denies
- The sign of him getting serious in battles is when he flips his hair back making it spiky
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Washington lingo loves acronyms and abbreviations. Max Stier, president of the Partnership for Public Service, has a new one that seems appropriate for the past few years:
FBATT — fed bashing all the time.
That describes how federal workers feel after a three-year freeze on their basic pay rates, unpaid furlough days for many staffers and various proposals to cut their retirement or otherwise hit their wallets.
Stier said this week is the antidote to FBATT, though Public Service Recognition Week, organized by the Public Employees Roundtable, won't make up pay lost to the freeze and furloughs.
"Seriously, we will never get the government we want if all we do is tear it down," Stier said. "Amazing things are going on by public servants and we need to recognize them if we want them to be replicated by other public servants."
The week started with a 5K run/walk Sunday in Anacostia Park with proceeds benefiting the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund.
"PER was started in the 1980s to combat the idea that government was the problem and continues to push back anti-public employee rhetoric today" said Bill Bransford, the Roundtable's chairman. "The race is one way to highlight public employees and say thank you to the men and women who serve our country."
There was a Public Service Town Hall with members of President Obama's Cabinet on Monday and on Tuesday a congressional breakfast is scheduled to announce finalists for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, better known as the Sammies.
Obama kicked off the week with a letter honoring local, state and federal workers who "tirelessly carry out the work of our government. Diligently serving without the expectation of fanfare, they enforce our laws, teach our children, and lay a strong foundation for our nation's progress."
Fifteen members of his Cabinet signed a letter inviting everyone to join them "in saying thank you to the public servants you meet and reflect on the many benefits we all enjoy as a result of their dedicated and tireless work."
Cabinet members were among those at the Town Hall showing their appreciation for public employees, particularly feds. Secretaries Shaun Donovan,of Housing and Urban Development; Janet Napolitano of Homeland Security; acting administrators Bob Perciasepe of the Environmental Protection Agency; and Dan Tangherlini of the General Services Administration were on the Town Hall panel at the Partnership.
Among a range of topics, they couldn't ignore sequestration, the widespread federal budget cuts that Napolitano called "the worst possible way to manage government." The flexibility to surge or increase airport screener staffing during the summer travel season, Napolitano said, "now is denied us. It has made it very, very difficult to manage in as effective a way as I think all of us would like to."
In addition to the Cabinet officials, federal employees have been thanked by their organization leaders:
Bruce Moyer, chairman of the Federal-Postal Coalition, which says it represents 5 million federal and postal workers and retirees covered by 30 national organizations: "America's federal and postal employees and retirees have made a difference in the lives of every American every day. These dedicated workers are the reason we don't think twice about boarding an airplane, using a cellphone, visiting a national park, checking our mailbox or cooking burgers for dinner. On behalf of every American community they serve, we thank federal and postal workers for all they do to uphold the centuries-old legacy of the nation's workforce."
Colleen M. Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union: "Each and every day, NTEU members are hard at work protecting our borders, ensuring the safety of our natural resources, health, food supply and financial systems. They make sure that nuclear plants and materials are safe and secure, promote a healthier America, collect the taxes that make all of this possible, and much more. Despite their commitment and hard work for the country, federal employees have been consistently targeted for cuts to their pay and benefits, as well as unpaid furlough days under the sequester. This is a critical time to promote awareness of the importance of federal employees, and NTEU is committed to achieving this goal during Public Service Recognition Week and year-round."
American Federation of Government Employees President J. David Cox Sr.: "This is a tough time to be a federal employee. During the past few years, federal employees have been targeted repeatedly for sacrifices to deficit reduction that no other group has been forced to make. Despite these challenges, federal employees continue to go to work each and every day. They know that the work they do makes an important and positive difference in people's lives. Federal employees keep our country and its citizens safe, secure and sound. They deserve our admiration and gratitude — not just during Public Service Recognition Week, but every day of the year. I hope that lawmakers think about the federal employees back home in their districts when they confront the terrible proposals that would further cut federal employee benefits and take-home pay."
To close the Town Hall discussion, moderator Cokie Roberts, a journalist and Partnership board member, asked the officials why they serve.
"If you're somebody who has the passion to serve," Donovan said, "if you're somebody who frankly can put up . . . with being the butt of jokes at times. . . . It really is a calling . . . government is the best place to serve."
The Partnership has a content-sharing relationship with The Washington Post. Staff writer Josh Hicks contributed to this column. Previous columns by Joe Davidson are available at wapo.st/JoeDavidson.


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A: Yes, many reptiles appear to see in color much as birds do but unlike humans. What a perceptive question! As you imply, seeing in color depends on the animal. Different species can look at the same object but see different colors and patterns.
Human eyes have three types of color cones that absorb red, blue, and green light best. These colors are primary for us. Many reptiles (11 species) have four color cone types and, consequently, have four primary colors. They see a different world.
We see a blue sky. A reptile may see a green one or some other color we can't even dream of. Turtles, lizards, and birds can see in ultraviolet and probably dinosaurs could too. Imagine a reddish-ultraviolet rose. I can't. A turtle might see such a combination, though.
A rainbow illustrates some of the differences among birds, reptiles, and humans. Probably all birds perceive rainbows but the colors are too close together for many reptiles to resolve, says Mickey Rowe, neuroscientist at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Their eye optics is too poor and they have too sparse a density of color-sensing cones. Also, humans may see more bow hues, not because we have more cone types (we generally have fewer) but because we have vastly more neurons than reptiles to process visual information.
Further Surfing:
•WonderQuest: Color — all in the eye of the beholder
•Palaeontologia Electronica: Vertebrate visual capacities by M.P. Rowe
•Melissa Kaplan's Herp Care Collection: Reptile vision
•Talk Origins: Evolution of color vision
Q: I am the principal at a school in Missouri and I get parents calling all the time saying "Johnny won't be at school today, he has the 24-hour flu". Having taught science for 17 years I tell them there is no such thing. Where can I find proof to back my claim?
A: The 24-hour flu does not exist, say the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The flu is a respiratory disease and not a stomach or intestinal disease. The fever and body aches associated with the flu lasts three to four days — not 24 hours.
"There is no such thing as the 24-hour flu," says Alaska's Environmental and Food Safety expert Nancy Napolilli. "It's food poisoning."
If Johnny has the "24-hour flu" or food poisoning, he might feel queasy all day. On the other hand, he could suffer intense abdominal pain and diarrhea if he ate food contaminated, for example, by the bacteria called Clostridium perfringes. These bacteria infest soils, intestines, and sewage.
So, you're absolutely right. There's no such thing as the 24-hour flu but the kid is really sick anyway.
By the way, to avoid these miseries: cook food long enough and at a high enough temperature (above 140 degrees F, 60 degrees C) to kill bacteria.
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•Ohio State University: Clostridium perfringesns, not the 24-hour flu
Q: If gravity is nothing but the bumps, depressions and warpings of geometrical space-time, why is anybody talking about 'gravitons' to explain gravity? Doesn't Einstein's General Theory of Relativity do the job?
A: Trying to explain all the forces and elementary particles in the Universe with a single theory is the culprit.
Sure, we think Newton explained gravity wonderfully well. Einstein extended Newton's notions, giving us, as you say, insights into the geometry of space and time. All that's well established.
Then, why do we need gravitons? To pull all of physics under a one-theory umbrella and to understand physics on a deeper level.
"If we hope to understand the unification of forces, the big bang, cosmic inflation, or even certain details of black holes, we will surely need a quantum theory of gravity at some point," says Steven Pollock, physics professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. (Related information: Steven Pollock)
Our present theory (the Standard Model of fundamental particles and interactions) does offer an explanation of the other two fundamental forces (the strong and electroweak). We still, however, haven't included gravity, although Einstein tried.
First, a word about the forces the Standard Model covers. The "strong interaction" is the force that binds protons and neutrons together to form atomic nuclei. The "electroweak interaction" is actually two forces — electro (electromagnetism) and weak (involved in radioactive decay). We recently found strong evidence that these two forces are different manifestations of the same force (electroweak).
We hope to use quantum mechanics and gravitons to bring gravity into the Standard Model. A graviton is a hypothetical (we still haven't found any) elementary particle having no mass and no charge. We can think of the gravitational attraction between two objects as the exchange of gravitons. Gravitons are analogous to photons. Gravitons and photons — both massless — travel at the speed of light.
Quantum mechanics says that light travels in particle packets called photons. Photons carry the electromagnetic force. We know this to be true experimentally. The quantum theory of electrodynamics works superbly — to incredible accuracy. For example, the theory predicts the magnetic strength of an electron to 11 decimal places: 2.00231930435. The unitless number (which compares the electron intrinsic magnetic moment with a Bohr magneton) checks with experiments.
That's why we're trying the same idea, with gravitons instead of photons, to explain gravity. If we succeed, then we will be able to explain every force (including gravity) and every elementary particle with a single theory.
"All the known interactions in the Universe can be attributed to one or more of just four fundamental forces — strong, electromagnetic, weak, and gravitational in descending order of strength. If we can reduce all interactions to four forces (now three), then why not to one? Perhaps there is only one master force which split into four manifestations as the Universe cooled toward our present state," says Rod Nave, physics professor at the Georgia State University. (Related information: Rod Nave)
•Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: The particle adventure
•HyperPhysics by Rod Nave: How the fundamental forces work by exchanging particles, like photons and gravitons
•University of Texas and NASA: Animated model of Earth's gravity field
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'Superficial stuff' unlikely to impressPosted on: March 18, 2013 15:21:22
When it comes to wooing a female, blokes need to be doing much more than boasting about how much money they earn or what car they drive, one dating expert has suggested.
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