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Life after Turbo Fire – 90 days of Turbo Fire done!
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I can't believe it is April already, do you know what this means? It means that as of tomorrow, I will have completed my 90 days of Turbo Fire. It's both invigorating and depressing. I will miss Chalene. She has been such an inspiration to me over these past (almost) 90 days.
But I have many new and exciting things planned for the month of April!
Remember, I do not believe in annual resolutions, instead, I set goals and resolutions each month.
Here are my plans for life after Turbo Fire – the month of April
- I am recommitting to posting in both this journal and my craft/personal blog every single day for the month of April. In fact, I am so determined that I will not go to bed until a post for the next day is written. This is my commitment to you, my readers, hold me to it.
- I will be posting a healthy recipe blog and description every single day on my facebook page.
- I will be sending Motivational/Inspirational text messages to everybody that I coach – if you are interested, please make me your coach for free here.
- And I am going to do 1 week of the Insanity Recover Video. My husband uses Insanity as his workout, and I really like the Recovery Video. It is a perfect transition.
- ThEN I am going to start on 30 days of Brazil Butt Lifts
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Vortigaunts,[6][7] also known as Alien Slaves,[1][2] and affectionately known as Vorts by their allies, are a hive-minded, energy-wielding, sapient alien race found throughout the Half-Life series.[8]
[edit] Overview
[edit] Physiology
In appearance, a Vortigaunt is roughly humanoid with two legs and two arms, but has an additional arm protruding from its chest. This extra limb is a feature also found in other bipedal, sapient species from Xen, including the Alien Grunt and the Nihilanth. This similarity, along with other shared features such as red eyes and back-jointed legs, is strongly suggestive of a common ancestry with other intelligent Xen life forms, which are said to be all from the same world, and is the reason why the Nihilanth had a particular ability to control them.[9] Vortigaunts have mottled green-brown skin, sharp teeth, and clawed hands. Vortigaunts have a slightly hunched posture, and their faces are dominated by a large, single eye with a maroon sclera and a heterochromic red-yellow iris with a yellow pupil, surrounded by three (in the original game, five) smaller eyes. They have two noses on each side of their head as small tubes.[a] Another interesting feature of the Vortigaunts is that they have no tongue or teeth on their lower jaw, yet they can speak English fluently, albeit with a strange accent and some sort of speech impediment when using S's and R's.[10][11]
[edit] Intelligence and culture
Vortigaunts are very intelligent and social creatures. Throughout the Half-Life series, they can be seen in pairs or groups, and are capable of developing intelligent strategies. When faced with a superior enemy, Vortigaunts will often run away, and if possible, group together with other Vortigaunts to form a stronger force.[12] Unlike other aliens, they don't eat human corpses. They're seen cooking Headcrabs in Half-Life 2, first in a cave over a fire, and later in a kitchen at Black Mesa East.
Brief glimpses into the Vortigaunt culture can be gained by occasional speeches given by them in Half-Life 2, and in scenes during the original Half-Life. In the original game, Vortigaunts were enslaved by the Nihilanth and used as workers and drone soldiers.[12] Based on comments by the Vortigaunts, it seems that the species has endured slavery for many generations[13] and enforced servitude appears to have formed the bedrock of Vortigaunt history and culture up to the events of the first Half-Life. In Half-Life 2, Vortigaunts make occasional references to their species' culture. They have many traditions, including an apparent oral tradition of passing down poetry,[14] songs,[15] and philosophical sentences[16] from generation to generation. Vortigaunts are not typically seen wearing clothing, although several are observed wearing lab coats and chef's clothing in the course of Half-Life 2 and its expansions.
[edit] Communication and the "Vortessence"
Vortigaunts possess their own native form of vocal communication, which, in Half-Life 2, is referred to as "flux shifting," and can be heard in rare instances when two Vortigaunts are engaged in conversation. According to the Vortigaunts, flux shifting cannot be understood by "those whose Vortal inputs are impaired," which may suggest that other inaudible components are involved, perhaps explaining why it is incomprehensible to humans.[10]
By the beginning of Half-Life 2, Vortigaunts have learned to speak at least one human language, which, in the English language version of the game, is predictably English (in the international versions of Half-Life 2, Vortigaunts speak the appropriate language for the country of the game's release; e.g., in the French language version of the game, the Vortigaunts speak French). However, the Vortigaunts' use of English is slightly strange, as they often use verbose sentence structures without contractions. The Vortigaunts encountered in-game also tend to refer to characters by adding "the" before their name, such as "the Freeman" or "the Alyx Vance".
Vortigaunts believe in a binding life-force which they call the "Vortessence".[10] Due to their use of this force, which remains untapped by humans,[17] the Vortigaunt species can communicate with one another telepathically. They believe Vortessence is the fabric of the universe, made of "vortal cords," of which everything is woven (and therefore everything is connected). The Vortigaunts are able to read and control this force for their electrical powers, nearly hive-mind telepathy and, likely, their ability to take power from objects. They can use their powers coupled with "the extract" of Antlion larvae to bring the nearly dead back to life (however, it is shown in Episode Two that they cannot do this alone).[18]
It is also suggested that death is not permanent for a Vortigaunt, and that they might have the ability to "reincarnate" into a new body after death.[19]
[edit] Behavior and skills
[edit] Half-Life and its expansions
In Half-Life, Vortigaunts are common enemies in both Black Mesa and Xen. While they usually attack aggressively, they often become timid when injured, preferring to run away rather than risk further combat and possible death. They are also able to heal themselves by using Healing Chamber if they become damaged.[20]
In the Xen Mines Gordon comes across a number of Vortigaunts which, despite being aware of his presence, are not aggressive towards him unless attacked first. They do, however, resume their normal hostile behavior while in the presence of Alien Controllers.
Vortigaunts have two modes of attack: an energy attack in which they fire powerful green lightning-like energy beams that require a vulnerable period of "charging-up" before being unleashed, and, when close to opponents, a claw attack. Significantly, in Half-Life all of the Vortigaunts wear green collars and shackles. Later events reveal these to be a means by which they are controlled by a remote master, the Nihilanth. Vortigaunts often act as support for Alien Grunts, making the Vortigaunts more likely to be able to use their attack, as the player is usually concentrating on killing the tougher Grunts.
[edit] Half-Life 2 and its episodes
In Half-Life 2, their electrical attack is far more devastating, as it tends to kill whatever it hits immediately and knocks the target back a considerable distance. They can be seen using their electrical attacks several times in the game. When charging up the generators in the Black Mesa East, which can be seen during the elevator ride to Eli's Lab, later when they're defending the facility against the Combine. Finally, when the Vortigaunt extracts Bugbait from a dead Antlion Guard.
It is also suggested that Vortigaunts can siphon an opponent's life-force with their energy beam attack, as they are heard saying phrases like "Give over your essence!" or "Empower us!" during some of their attacks in Half-Life 2. In the Half-Life expansion Decay, the player plays as a Vortigaunt in a bonus mission, and the beam attack does indeed 'steal' life-force from enemies.
The extent of the Vortigaunts' powers are revealed fully in Episode Two, where a group of Vortigaunts use it to defend an underground outpost from a massive Antlion attack. It is shown to be powerful enough to kill Antlions and Zombies, and causes a shock wave strong enough to knock over other nearby foes. Freeman's Vortigaunt companion uses this ability to aid him in his attempt to raid an Antlion nest.
Furthermore, as was revealed in Episode One and Episode Two, Vortigaunts, under certain circumstances, are capable of manipulating space and time to an impressive degree. In Episode One, the Vortigaunts show the ability to teleport, and possibly use a limited form of time travel.[21] In Episode Two, with the aid of a larval extract from an antlion nest, a group of Vortigaunts are capable of healing Alyx after she sustains near-fatal injuries from a Hunter.
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Half-Life and its expansions
Vortigaunts first appear in the chapter Anomalous Materials, during the Resonance Cascade. Several Vortigaunts teleport in from the ceiling of the test chamber, disappearing as they near the floor.[22] A few moments later, when Gordon Freeman is briefly teleported to Xen, he appears in a dark room, with four Vortigaunts standing in a half-circle around him; however, they do not attack him. Later on, in Unforeseen Consequences, they can be found as standard enemies, and remain so for the rest of the game. They also appear in the expansions as regular enemies. In Decay, the players can find a dead Vortigaunt with his collar and shackles removed and connected to a machine in the Alien Quarantine Labs.
In Half-Life for PlayStation 2, the players are able to play the game as a Vortigaunt in two game modes: Xen Attacks, which is a bonus mission for Half-Life: Decay, and in Alien Mode, which allows the player play through Half-Life as a Vortigaunt.
[edit] Half-Life 2
In Half-Life 2, it is revealed that Gordon Freeman inadvertently liberated the Vortigaunts by killing their master, Nihilanth. Rather than fall under the dominion of the Combine, the Vortigaunts joined the human Resistance against the Combine, after being persuaded by Eli Vance, who was the first human being to make peaceful contact with them,[23] and earned their trust. The game also reveals that the Vortigaunts are capable of using their electrical attack productively, in the form of a blue energy stream that can recharge batteries, power electronic circuits, fuse objects together and even power up Gordon's HEV suit.
The Vortigaunts credit Gordon Freeman with their freedom, and hold him in high esteem as "The Freeman". However, not all Vortigaunts have been freed. In the first chapter of Half-Life 2, Point Insertion, it is possible to catch a brief glimpse of a Vortigaunt working under the Combine. Wearing a collar and shackles similar to those worn in Half-Life (with an additional band around the waist), the Vortigaunt is shown slowly and meticulously using a push-broom to sweep dirt and garbage in the City 17 Trainstation.
When exploring Nova Prospekt, the player comes across a dead Vortigaunt, wearing collar and shackles, sitting in a restrained chair. Interestingly, this occurs in block A2 about which Overwatch had directed shortly before: "De-service all political conscripts in block A2 - prohibit external contact." It appears that the Vortigaunt had died during electrical torture by the Combine, which would explain Alyx Vance's comments that the Resistance's only knowledge of Nova Prospekt is through telepathic communications from Vortigaunts taken there for torture or interrogation.[24]
[edit] Half-Life 2 episodes
In the beginning of Half-Life 2: Episode One, a group of Vortigaunts free Gordon from the G-Man and save Alyx from certain death after the explosion of the Citadel's Dark Fusion Reactor, teleporting both of them to the relative safety of the center of City 17, just outside the Citadel—revealing the Vortigaunts may be more powerful than previously speculated, even to the point of challenging the G-Man.[25] Strangely, the Vortigaunts appear purple-colored in this scene.
Despite being part of the Resistance, some Citizens still distrust the Vortigaunts, as heard in a rebel safe house during Episode One.
Vortigaunts play a much larger role in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. After a Hunter mortally wounds Alyx and traps Freeman under a collapsed building, a Vortigaunt saves the former from being eaten by an Antlion. The Vortigaunt then stabilizes Alyx's condition and carries her to an underground Resistance outpost, where, with the help of three more Vortigaunts, they beat back a heavy Antlion incursion. A Vortigaunt then accompanies Freeman in a quest to harvest the larval extract of the Antlions to save Alyx's life. The Vortigaunt proves a valuable companion, as it kick-starts generators by giving them an electric jolt, its lightning attack damages and knocks over nearby Antlions, and it also charges up Freeman's HEV suit on occasion. Eventually, Freeman is able to access the Nectarium, where the Vortigaunt harvests a small quantity of the larval extract. Both Gordon and the Vortigaunt travel back to the outpost and begin a ritual to heal Alyx.
After the Vortigaunts begin the ritual, they begin to turn purple-colored just as in the beginning of Episode One. It is at this point the G-Man reestablishes contact with Freeman. He states "...but I had to wait until your... 'friends' were otherwise occupied...", suggesting up until then the Vortigaunts had somehow been keeping the G-Man at bay. The Vortigaunts are unaware of the intrusion, and they never mention the G-Man, nor the service they rendered Freeman and Alyx at the beginning of Episode One.
The Vortigaunt then accompanies Freeman and Alyx a little further on before heading back, mentioning that he and his cohorts are occupied with searching for Combine Advisor pods. Another Vortigaunt, given the name Uriah by Arne Magnusson, aids Freeman briefly later on in the Episode at White Forest.
For gameplay purposes, if Gordon strays too far from Alyx during the course of Episode Two to some specific place where she cannot reach, the screen briefly shows the text 'The Freeman must proceed with the Alyx Vance, else our struggle is doomed to failure. Those who do not learn from their mistakes are doomed to an endless Vortal Loop.', after which the game will reload the most recent save (referencing that those who continue to leave Alyx will keep reloading the game).
[edit] Related Achievements
|Half-Life 2
|Vorticough (13G)
|Discover the hidden singing Vortigaunt cave in chapter Water Hazard.
[edit] Behind the scenes
[edit] Half-Life
Originally known simply as Alien Slaves, the alien species was eventually given the name of "Vortigaunt" during the development of Half-Life.[5] Although never mentioned during gameplay, this title was first revealed in the Prima strategy guide for the game.[6] Additionally, the in-game monster entity has two internal designations in the code: the generic "
monster_alien_slave" along with "
monster_vortigaunt". Vortigaunts are also referred to as "Vortigons" in text messages leftover by the developers in a test map "
hl1devteste" included in Half-Life: Source.[26]
In Online Gaming Review's early Half-Life Monster of the Week Feature preview, Vortigaunts were given the taxonomic designation "Xenotherium subservilia." They were described as being highly subservient creatures bred to be unquestionably loyal to its masters. They had an indiscriminate diet, choosing to abstain from even the lowly Chumtoads, as they were only afforded the scraps from battlefield remnants and whatever little else they could scavenge. Vortigaunts are said regularly groom Alien Grunts, their most common masters, and dine on the ectoparasites gathered in this process. When ordered into combat, they fight with a fervent vigor heedless of their own personal risk as they fear the wrath of their superiors more than their enemies. They are commonly sent first in battles as cannon fodder or bait. Outside of the eye of their masters, Vortigaunts would act remarkably cowardly and choose to flee from hostility, becoming virtually harmless. They were thought to be of low intelligence, seemingly being incapable of independent thought and their original survival instincts being altered by their masters. Nonetheless, it was still apparently necessary for its overlords to implement slave collars on all units to keep any chance of rebellion under control.[27]
Gordon Freeman was originally to win the Vortigaunts over as allies on Xen, then lead them to outright rebellion. This plan proved impractical but was reused for Half-Life 2.[28]
Some unused content can be found in the game files. There are animations showing the Vortigaunts getting electrocuted through their collar around their neck when they don't obey their masters.[29] They have an unused melee attack called Major Rake[6] (clawrake), which is a duplicate of their claw attack in the code, but stronger. The damage values (25/25/25) can be found in the skill configuration file (
skill.cfg). Even though it's unused, the values (10/20/25) were changed for the Dreamcast port. The Vortigaunt could resurrect dead Vortigaunts using their beam attack in Half-Life.[2] Moreover, they could get caught by Barnacles.[30]
[edit] Half-Life 2
The Vortigaunts originally played a slightly bigger role in Half-Life 2. City 17 was originally to be filled with Vorti-Cells, Combine devices used as stations siphoning power from trapped Vortigaunts.[28] Friendly fire was originally possible on Half-Life 2's Citizens and Vortigaunts, as in with the Black Mesa personnel in Half-Life. Upon being damaged by the player in the leak, Vortigaunts will respond with remarks like "You have given me no choice but to eliminate you," or "Let me return your gift," although they do not fight back.[31] Furthermore, the Citizens were originally to say "Hey, stop that! The Vorts are on our side, now!" if the player would harm the nearby Vortigaunts.[32] The leak files also contain a texture of a charred Vortigaunt body.[32] Unused animations show a Vortigaunt being caught, pulled, and killed by a Barnacle.[33] The small number of Vortigaunts in City 17 was a result of a lack of resources needed to fully develop the urban combat. The developers instead decided to involve the creatures far more substantially in the sections of the game taking place outside the city.[34]
The Tau Cannon was apparently supposed to be removed from the Scout Car by a Vortigaunt. An unused animation shows an individual firing the gun.[33] According to David Speyrer, the Vortigaunt who's been tortured to death in Nova Prospekt, was alive late in the development of the game, and was sitting in his cell. The player could let him out, and fight alongside him.[34] The leftover entities that can still be found in the map indicate that this sequence would feature the Tau Cannon.[33]
In Half-Life 2, the Vortigaunts are voiced by Louis Gossett Jr.; he declared having interest in working for Valve himself. According to Bill Van Buren, who described the search for a voice actor for these creatures as a fun challenge, the team had been getting rather bad audition tapes for the Vortigaunts until they gave the casting agents some additional direction, clarifying that they "want somebody speaking human language, but not human." In Raising the Bar, van Buren gave the examples of Vincent D'Onofrio's work for Edgar in Men in Black, and Lou Gosset, Jr.'s work in Enemy Mine.[28] Lou Gossett's voice lent itself to a mystical and mysterious characterization of the Vortigaunt.[35] Robin Williams also expressed interest in voicing the Vortigaunts, but scheduling conflicts prevented him from playing the role.[36] In Episode Two, the Vortigaunts' voicing was done by Tony Todd. In his reading, the team heard new possibilities for a Vortigant "who is more of a mystic martial artist." With new attack animations and companion behavior, they worked with Tony to build the Vortigaunt into a powerful ally, "a full-on alien ass-kicker."[35] As noted by John Guthrie, the team, however, didn't want to make them too powerful as that would take away from the player's fun, but also wanted him to be a good ally to have around. One solution was the shock attack where the Vortigaunt would stun a group of Antlions, so that the player could finish them off.[35]
According to the series' writer Marc Laidlaw, one of the most important goals with Episode Two was to expand on the Vortigaunts as characters, as opposed to just "purveyors of bugbait or Xen koans". As such, Valve added new behaviours, new animations, and new audio to the Vortigaunts. In the developer commentary for Episode Two, Danika Wright noted that turning the Vortigaunt into an expressive character was a challenge for animators, given that they don't have a "traditional face". To bring out their personality, the animators concentrated on shifting bodyweight and broad hand gestures. Most importantly, where human characters tend to move their heads a lot for emphasis, the developers concentrated Vortigaunts' performances on expressive spinal motions.[35] Their smoother, shinier and slug-like appearance originally introduced in Episode Two was later added into Half-Life 2 and Episode One in The Orange Box 2010 update.
Some of the Episode Two locations were designed with Vortigaunts in mind. According to Doug Wood, during the development of the Antlion battle in the Victory Mine, Valve was careful to make it fairly easy for the players to sit back and enjoy watching the Vortigaunts clear the room of Antlions during the last wave. The developers wanted to show off the Vortigaunts' new abilities and get the player excited about the role they were going to play as active allies in the struggle against the Combine.[35] According to Jason Brashill, after a new model was created for the generator, the developers decided to exploit the Vortigaunt's natural relationship with electricity by having him charge the generator in a similar way he charges Gordon's suit. They were then able to use generators as "Vortigates" throughout the level to indicate areas the player could enter only with a Vortigaunt's assistance.[35] According to Leslie Hall, as the Vortigaunt's dispel attack that takes out a swarm of Antlions looks most impressive when seen from above, though that's not a perspective the player gets very often in the Antlion tunnels, the team designed the exit from the battle at a overrun Resistance outpost in the Victory Mine purely to give the player a view from above so the Vortigaunt could put on a show.[35] According to Ted Backman, making the Overwatch Sniper Rifle found near the Muscle Car bridge visible and accessible to the player required the team to come up with a way to make the rifle usable only with the Vortigaunt's help.[35]
The Vortigaunts are mentioned in Marc Laidlaw's BreenGrub, a fan fiction story set in the Half-Life universe.
[edit] In modding
In the Half-Life mod Point of View, one can play as a Vortigaunt during the Black Mesa Incident.
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[edit] Concepts and screenshots
Cycler[b] Vortigaunt in a technology demo.
Vortigaunt in a Healing Chamber.
Burnt Vortigaunt corpses in Uplink.
Vortigaunts in a conference room in Opposing Force.
The HUD used when playing as a Vortigaunt.
A group of Vortigaunts hold back the G-Man at the start of Episode One.
Alyx and the Vortigaunt outside the Victory Mine.
[edit] Models
Half-Life Alpha version.
Half-Life: Day One version.
Dreamcast version.
PlayStation 2 version.
High Definition version.
Decay arms viewmodel.
Unused gib model.[i]
[edit] Other
[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life: Day One (First appearance)
- Half-Life
- Half-Life: Uplink (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life: Decay
- Half-Life 2 (First identified as Vortigaunt)
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Source Particle Benchmark (Game files only) (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
[edit] Notes
- ↑ The name of the textures used for the tubes are:
Nose1.bmp, for the side of the tubes, and
Nostrils1.bmp, for the holes on the tubes. In Half-Life 2, the tubes use the flexes used for the nose of human characters.
- ↑ The cycler is an entity (in this case, a
cycler_alien_slave) that allows the player to display and cycle through the different animations of a model. Shooting a cycle will cycle it to its next available animation. Using a cycler will cause it to pause its animation.[37]
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Half-Life, entity name:
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Half-Life SDK,
- ↑ Half-Life, filename:
- ↑
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chuck Jones' personal website
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Half-Life Prima Guide
- ↑ Worldcraft, Half-Life Game Definition File (
- ↑ Half-Life 2 Prima Guide
- ↑ Marc Laidlaw on the Vortigaunt slaves
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Half-Life 2
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Half-Life
- ↑ We have endured these chafing bonds for eons, yet a single moment of further servitude seems intolerable!
- ↑ Our finest poet describes it thus: Gallum galla gilla ma.
- ↑ Your song we sing and shall sing for eternity. No matter the consequences of this struggle.
- ↑ We are mindful of the words of our greatest philosopher: companum gannennen vorgenot!
- ↑ We are a tapestry woven of Vortessence. It is the same for you if only you would see it.
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode Two, chapter This Vortal Coil
- ↑ What seems to you a sacrifice is merely, to us, an oscillation. We do not fear the interval of darkness.
- ↑ Half-Life - Vortigaunt Healing Itself on YouTube
- ↑ Marc Laidlaw on the time between Half-Life 2 and Episode One
- ↑ Half-Life, chapter Anomalous Materials.
- ↑ The Eli Vance was our first collaborator.
- ↑ Half-Life 2, chapter Nova Prospekt.
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode One, chapter Undue Alarm
- ↑ Use this turret to kill Vortigons. / Vortigons should spawn here with effects. When one dies, another will spawn 5 seconds later.
- ↑ Half-Life - Monster of the Week feature on Online Gaming Review (archived)
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ↑ Half-Life game files
- ↑ Half-Life: Day One game files
- ↑ Playable Half-Life 2 leak
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Playable Half-Life 2 leak files
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Half-Life 2 game files
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Looking Back... Half-Life 2: Episode One on Computer And Video Games (October 19, 2006) (archived)
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.7 Half-Life 2: Episode Two commentary
- ↑ The Final Hours of Half-Life 2 on Gamespot (November 12, 2004) (archived)
- ↑ Worldcraft, Half-Life Entity Guide (
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Superhero window washers return to Children's Hospital
Like a high-flying sequel to a big-screen blockbuster, window washers doubling as superheroes made a dramatic return on Wednesday to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
This time, they had company.
Trailed by news crews, photographers and hospital media gurus, the foursome from Allegheny Window Cleaning Inc. of Springdale brought newfound celebrity to their rounds at Penn Avenue and 45th Street in Lawrenceville. More than a half-dozen other children's hospitals across the country have adopted the idea since Allegheny Window workers suited up last fall as Batman, Captain America, Spider-Man and Superman.
"I duck the spotlight. I say as little as I can. But this has been overwhelming with what's happened on the Internet," company President Edward Matuizek said. "We probably were in 20 newspapers worldwide. It continues to fuel itself."
For Naomi Kurzweg, 10, of Squirrel Hill, the surprise appearances lightened an appointment for blood work.
"I think my favorite was Spider-Man," she said, grinning at the superheroes' choice of footwear: sneakers.
Matuizek's wife and company office manager Michelle Matuizek saw a similar appearance at a British hospital and suggested the costumes. With a blessing from Children's Hospital, workers Rick Bollinger, 46, and Mark Errico, 26, both from Natrona Heights, Ed Hetrick, 36, of Springdale and Jim Zaremba, 45, of New Kensington morphed into comic-book alter egos to wash windows for two hours on Oct. 22.
They expected to do it again this fall but bumped up the appearance because of a request from the 296-bed UPMC facility. Their four-hour session was better coordinated this time, reaching more banks of windows and more young patients. Organizers plan to make the visit a twice-yearly event.
"If the windows have to be washed, it might as well be done by superheroes," said Naomi's mother, Anne Kurzweg, 42.
Tribune-Review photos from October drew a following of thousands through social media. Michelle Matuizek said the company received around 200 thank-you email messages from around the world.
An observer from Crybaby Media, a New York reality-TV firm, mingled with local journalists to watch the characters rappel from a 12th-floor roof.
"It's about the kids and giving the kids an environment where their health and welfare is the focus, but not just from a medical perspective," Children's facilities director Liz Munsch said. "It gives them something else to enjoy and make it feel less like a hospital."
Katrina Koenig, 9, of Apollo darted among the windows, taking photos with an iPod as Batman dangled outside with a squeegee.
"It's really fun," she said.
"Too bad we couldn't get his autograph on our doctor's excuse," said her mother, Shawne Koenig, 41.
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At the end of 2008, agents across London were shaking their heads about prospects for the market. La vie was not, for them, en rose. Prices were going down, developers were holding up projects and work was about to get horribly thin. But then the economy did not vanish into a system of medieval barter and nor was sterling replaced by gold coin.
Staff at Stanmore's Preston Bennett were pleasantly surprised that, as one set of developers pulled back from the market, another set emerged and instructed the firm to act. This has put it in a strong position for the foreseeable future. It has a range of developments to bring to the market, including properties outside its traditional areas of Stanmore, Mill Hill and Middlesex and South Hertfordshire. It also reports recovery in the market for secondhand homes.
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Not to take anything away from your choices but Christian Kane should rank #1. Regardless of the criteria you used to select your favorites, I am sure Christian scores high in all categories...he is a singer, songwriter, actor, stuntman, cook and looks great in whatever he chooses to wear...long or short hair, jeans or suit and tie...Kane is a hero and he is hot! Thanks for including him on your list as Jake Stone.
I think Greg German's character as Assistant Director will re-surface. There is no way a man so obviously unsure of himself got to that level...always thought something was up with his role...he was up to something...also, I think McGee's father is set to appear again...a very confusing scenario...fans are in for a crazy ride...if Ziva dies or leaves, my husband is done with the show...and he is a dedicated NCIS fan...I'm more worried with what changes are in store for Gibbs on a personal level...would hate to see Leroy Jethro Gibbs change. Mike Franks will see him through whatever he has to face...love Muse Watson.
Loved all the sublities of this episode...Abby breaking through to Vance, Tim jumping too quickly to tell everyone her friend was NOT her boyfriend...Vance pranking Tony...Gibbs calling his dad...Dorney with is nose screen...makes them all human...while I love action episodes, we all need a lighter one once in a while. Nice change of pace.
Tony's bed is probably a corvette kids bed...so can't wait for McGee and dad episode...fans have been waiting so long for a serious McGee episode...may also help clear up the Abby/Tim relationship...and put some perspective on his relationship with Gibbs...he is the only one without a defined attachment to Gibbs...is Jackson going to make an appearance around the holidays...he is the best!
Please don't let this be another 'stretch' episode...it will be a stretch finding a way to involve Diane in an NCIS caper...she is a fun character but there are so many issues fans wish would be addressed...and then there is the McGee factor...he will end up being the butt of jokes...and there are so many questions about his character that would be fun to explore...NCIS is such a complete show on its own...the more we see of second string recurring characters the less time for others...where is Kort...what happened to Franks' family once they moved to DC...what about McGee's family...so many threads yet to be followed. Hopefully, many of those issues will be addressed this season. The best show on the planet!
Also waiting forever for a Tim-centric episode...bringing on the ex-wife is a big stretch...just hope Murray gets to use his acting chops and he isn't simply a 'set gag' for Gibbs, Fornell and DiNozzo. I would rather see an episode based on the relationship between him and Abby...need to clarify it. To make up some lame excuse to get McGraw back on the set is exactly the scenario that will make NCIS an ordinary scripted show. Come on writers...you are the best in the business...pick up the pace and stop recycling former guests. Before you know it, we will be subject to another Jamie Lee arc and then I just may be done with my favorite show.
I hate to say it bit this was the only, and I mean only, episode that left me a little empty. A very long road to bringing Ducky back to autopsy. I liked the additional humor as it such an integral part of the show but it lacked something. I was very disappointed at Des Barres' role...so limited. They built his guest role up so much I kept waiting for him to surface and it took 50 minutes...what a waste of a talented, fun man. Hope my favorite show picks up the pace a bit, gives Tim something crazy to do and keeps Gibbs away from women for a while...basement, bourbon and ???? is enough for him.
I think it is time to give the viewers a couple of 'Tim centric' episodes. Abby, Ziva and Tony all look to Gibbs as a father figure but I have never sensed that from Tim and he could use one. I would also like to see an episode detailing the roots of Abby and Gibbs' relationship. I just hope this turns out to be as good a season as any...once it starts to slip or show signs of wear, one of the stars will bolt (probably Weatherly) and it will fall apart...that is a problem with ensemble casts. Great guest stars lined up for the beginning of the season. Hopefully the writers will leave Gibbs' love life alone. The man has set his own destiny and needs to be alone...at least let him catch his breath before they have another woman break his heart.
Michael Des Barres was a recurring character on the Macgyver series...scary, nasty character I always looked forward to seeing...he should be a blast and a half...and the guy can rock!
I couldn't agree more, Eric. Not only has the Ryan arc run its course, but I'm not sure it was worth the time. JLC is cool but it was an awful lot of crazy to get Gibbs a girlfriend. Her character took too much time away from the cast we want to see. Why would a man like Gibbs, who trusts no one, be interested in a head banger who takes great pride in screwing around with people's minds? Made no sense from the beginning. He should have sent her packing the first time she came on to him. I am sure we will see her again as she and Harmon are personal friends and he will have a lot to say about what happens to the character.If we must see her again, I just pray they lay off the kissing...she looks like his sister and it is creepy. Who the heck paired them up in the first place...awful move.


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FORT A.P. HILL, Va. -- U.S. Army Garrison Fort A.P. Hill recently honored seven interns who provided excellent work and key support to the post's environmental and cultural resources efforts here.
Garrison commander Lt. Col. Peter E. Dargle praised the seven during a lunchtime ceremony. Dargle said their hard work and great contributions to the post was invaluable, especially in a time of personnel shortages and reduced budgets.
Fort A.P. Hill Environmental Division Chief Terry Banks said the internship provides college students an opportunity to gain professional experience in their area of study.
"I think it's a great opportunity to expose them to as much as possible," she said.
The interns worked in forestry, waste water management, hazardous materials, recycling and archaeology. They also got a tutorial on noise modeling.
Banks said the interns also perform tasks she is not staffed to do. Some of the interns conducted a refrigeration study that will help the Environmental Division to determine the condition of the refrigerators on post.
"It will give us a baseline…it helps us to do an assessment and determine whether we need to do full-scale upgrade or replacement of the reefers," she said.
Three of the interns went deep into A.P. Hill's forests to count trees; one of them was Virginia Polytechnic Institute student Nathan Balog, who was on his third internship here.
"We counted trees, pines, oaks," Balog said. "We saw some old trees; some were 60 to 100 inches around. It was hard work but good experience."
The information they gathered will help the Forestry Branch manage A.P. Hill's forests.
Another intern, Mark Durante, is a graduate student of Archaeology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He assisted the Cultural Resources Office in several projects.
"He was very good; he worked on our Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, it has to be updated every five years," said Rich Davis, the Archaeological Field Coordinator and Durante's supervisor.
Davis said Durante worked with the Archaeological Society of Virginia and the Virginia Department of Transportation regarding the excavation of the Garrett House, the site where Union Forces cornered and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth. The site lies in the median of U.S. Route 301 that bisects A.P. Hill.
Durante also did some valuable field work at Bethesda Church on post, Davis said.
The church sits on a prehistoric site that's about five to eight thousand years old, Davis said. Durante did shovel tests every five to 15 meters to determine what might be underground.
Davis said Durante hopes to return to A.P. Hill in December to write his report on his tests at the site.
All of the interns came to A.P. Hill as part of the Oak Ridge Institute for Scientific Education, Banks said. The program works through the U.S. Army Environmental Command. It provides students with experience related to their field of study.
We've had interns for at least the last ten years, she said. We like them to be a science or engineering major so we can synch them with our program areas.
Finding enough students to work as interns isn't a problem, Banks said. People know the garrison has positions; they call about them or relatives or friends know of the program.
And, over the years, the post has hired several people who worked as interns.
"When we find good people we try to bring them back," she said. "It's a way of building your program, building for the future. I think it's a good program because it allows us to build our people. It's good for community outreach too because the kids come from the community and they understand what we do here."


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Musical Chairs: Robert Ruyak, Ex-Chairman of Howrey, Finds a New Home
One of the most colorful characters in the saga of Howrey LLP, the once-thriving law firm that dissolved this past March, was Robert Ruyak, former chairman of the firm. Alas, many at Howrey found Ruyak's leadership to be less than inspiring, but yesterday brought news that Ruyak has found a new professional home. Where's he going?
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Size Matters: What's In A Name?
Before this column launched, I spent several moments stewing over possible pseudonyms. After all, branding is everything. So, I wanted to come up with a name that said to my audience that I was a small-firm expert and a super-cool chick. Naturally, I picked the name that is synonymous with post-menopausal Jewish bubbies. Perhaps I […]
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Dead Firm Billing: Howrey Going to Keep Doing Business?
Although it officially passed away back in March, when its partners voted for dissolution, the law firm of Howrey LLP continues to twitch in its grave — or maybe even step out of its grave and walk around a bit, like a zombie from a horror flick. Howrey continues to have a presence on Twitter, […]
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NALP 2011: Performance-Based Compensation Systems
The official title of the NALP conference panel that I attended on merit-based compensation contained a playful shout-out to Sarah Palin: "How Is That Performance-Based Compensation System Working for Ya?" The panel was originally supposed to have featured a representative of the now-defunct Howrey law firm. So the snarky answer to the question presented might […]
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Howrey Going to Go On Without Bank Funding?
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This is what greeted me when I logged into my Twitter account this morning: Alas, the Howrey Twitter feed hasn't been updated since February 9. In terms of more active feeds, please feel free to follow Above the Law (or yours truly, or Elie Mystal). You can also follow many leading legal commentators, including several […]
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Associate Bonus Watch: Seyfarth Shaw
This week, Seyfarth Shaw announced the arrival of two construction litigators from Howrey, David Mancini and James Newland Jr. The two partners have been on the Seyfarth website for a while, as we noted last week, but Seyfarth made it official on Monday with a press release. The other big news this week at Seyfarth: […]
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Howrey LLP, RIP: Partnership Votes to Dissolve
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|A heart's betrayal by Coble, Colleen, author.
After discovering a horrible truth about her late husband, Emmie heads for Fort Laramie, Wyoming, where a new beginning awaits her with soldier Isaac Liddle, but a secret may drive them apart.
|Nov 30, 2015
|A heart's danger by Coble, Colleen, author.
"On the brink of war with the Sioux, a young woman risks everything to expose the betrayal threatening the man she loves. Christmas is coming, and the air at Fort Laramie has turned cold...but relations with the Sioux have turned colder. As tensions between soldiers and natives approach a tipping point, Ben Croftnerand Jessica DuBois prepare a trap for Rand Campbell. Bitter from rejection and backfired plans, Croftner has enlisted the help of Rand's new fiance´e to keep Rand from ever returning
|Nov 30, 2015
|A heart's obsession by Coble, Colleen, author.
When Sarah Montgomery's father succumbs to his long illness, Sarah is faced with a life-altering choice : submit to her brother's will and marry the deceptive Ben Croftner, or escape through the dangerous American West to reclaim the heart of her beloved Rand Campbell at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From captivity in her family's home, Sarah makes her decision, and begins the perilous journey to Wyoming by train.
|Nov 30, 2015
|A lesson in Hope - a novel by Gulley, Philip, author.
Sam Gardner has been pastor of Hope Friends Meeting for just four months when ninety-eight-year-old member Oilve Charles passes away. What's more shocking news is that Olive has left her entire estate--worth nearly one million dollars--to the meeting. At first the gift sounds to Sam like a godsend. Yet as word of the unexpected windfall spreads, it stirs up a storm of conflicting opinions among the church members as to how the money would best be used.
|Nov 26, 2015
|A reason to stay - a Texas gold novel by Gilbert, Kellie Coates.
"As the host of her own television news show, Faith Marin works to expose the truth for her viewers. But in her personal life, she's anchored her world with firm boundaries in order to hide a family history she'd like to forget. Her pro bass fisherman husband Geary's life is an open book, and unfortunately his busybody family doesn't know the meaning of boundaries. Deception and crippling differences soon derail their tender relationship, leading Faith to believe her only option is to end the ma
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|A reluctant bride by Fuller, Kathleen.
"When tragedy strikes an independent Amish woman, she must accept a marriage proposal from the man she vowed never to marry. As the oldest daughter in an Amish family, Sadie's life was mapped out since the day she was born. She would join the church, marry an Amish man, and eventually she and her husband would take over her family's store. But when her parents unexpectedly die in a buggy accident, her life goes into a tailspin. Determined to keep her parents' legacy alive, Sadie works harder tha
|Nov 30, 2015
|A wedding at the Orange Blossom Inn by Gray, Shelley Shepard.
Emma Keim, young widow and mother of three young girls, strikes up a friendship with widower Jay Hilty, single father of three boys, but even after years of mourning, her family still opposes her new friendship.
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|A.D. 33 - a novel by Dekker, Ted, 1962- author.
"New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who becomes a queen in Arabia, A.D. 33. They call her the Queen of the Outcasts. Maviah, a woman whose fate was sealed on her birth by this world-unwanted, illegitimate, female, a slave-subject to the whims of all. But then she met a man named Yeshua who opened her eyes. She found strength in his words, peace from the brutal word around her. Because of what he taught her, she has gathered her own traveli
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|Barefoot Summer - a Chapel Springs Romance by Hunter, Denise, 1968-
In the years since her twin brother's drowning, Madison has struggled to put it behind her. Despite the support of her close-knit family and her gratifying job as a veterinarian in their riverside town, the loss still haunts her. To find closure, Madison sets out to fulfill his dream of winning the town's annual regatta. But first she has to learn to sail, and fast. She'll even work with the infamous Beckett to reach her goal. Can their romance survive summer's challenges? And will achieving her
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|Beautiful star of Bethlehem by Copeland, Lori, author.
"How did Arlene Santana -- happy wife, successful business owner, young grandmother -- get here, a rehabilitation center surrounded by old people? Her new friends make her laugh, and the days speed by, marked by holidays on which her two sons and their wives come to visit her. But when will her husband, whose love she feels every moment of every day, come to see her? Then one Christmas the confusing pieces of Arlene's life start to click into place, but will she and her sons like the reality
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|Deadlock by Mills, DiAnn.
Two murders have rocked the city of Houston. Are they the work of a serial killer, or is a copycat trying to get away with murder? That is the question facing Special Agent Bethany Sanchez, who is eager for her new assignment in violent crimes but anxious about meeting her new partner. Special Agent Thatcher Graves once arrested her brother, and he has a reputation for being a maverick. When hot leads soon fizzle out, their differences threaten to leave them deadlocked. But an attempt on their l
|Nov 30, 2015
|Eve - a novel by Young, William P., author.
"When a shipping container washes ashore on an island between our world and the next, John the Collector finds a young woman inside--broken, frozen, and barely alive. With the aid of Healers and Scholars, John oversees her recovery and soon discovers her genetic code connects her to every known human race. She is a girl of prophecy and no one can guess what her survival will mean... No one but Eve, Mother of the Living, who calls her "daughter," and invites her to witness the truth about her sto
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|Every girl gets confused - a novel by Thompson, Janice A., author.
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|Falling like snowflakes by Hunter, Denise, 1968-
"When the Christmas season finds Eden in Summer Harbor, Maine, she's on the run from trouble. Romance is the last thing on her mind. Riding in a bus in the thickly falling snow, Eden Davis wonders how it ever came to this -- fleeing under cover of night with young Micah sleeping fitfully in the seat beside her. When a winter storm strands them in Summer Harbor, Maine, Eden wonders if what might have been the end could be a new beginning. Beau Callahan is a habitual problem-solver. He's recently
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|Made with love by Goyer, Tricia.
Carpenter Noah Yoder agrees to help Lovina Miller make her lifelong dream come true by building a pie shop for her, but the love that grows between them is threatened by mistakes and insecurities from the past.
|Nov 30, 2015
|Miracle drug by Mabry, Richard L.
The infection wasn't supposed to happen, but it did. The treatment was supposed to take care of it, but it didn't. Then Dr. Josh Pearson discovers why--his patients, including the former President of the United States, have been dosed with a different strain of the original virus, one that is universally fatal.
|Nov 30, 2015
|More than a dream by Snelling, Lauraine.
Thorliff Bjorklund's goal of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories for the Minneapolis Tribune and Harper's Magazine. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when an epidemic hits the town of Blessing, North Dakota, following the Red River flood of 1897. Thorliff returns home to help family and friends recover from the aftermath of the disasters and rebuild their town. A captivating and heartwarming tale
|Nov 30, 2015
|The bishop's son by Irvin, Kelly.
"Leila Lantz is in danger of losing her heart to a Plain man until she discovers he's not so Plain after all. Leila has been drawn to Jesse Glick, the bishop's son, since the first day she met him at his father's store, and she knows he feels the same way about her. But she can't understand why he seems to make overtures one day, then withdraw the next. Jesse has a secret. He's considering making a choice that will forever affect his family and his future. He knows it's not fair to draw Leila in
|Nov 30, 2015
|The imposter - a novel by Fisher, Suzanne Woods.
|Nov 30, 2015
|The memory weaver - a novel by Kirkpatrick, Jane, 1946- author.
Eliza Spalding Warren was just a child when she was taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians during a massacre in 1847. Now the young mother of two children, Eliza faces a different kind of dislocation; her impulsive husband wants them to make a new start in another territory, which will mean leaving her beloved home and her departed mother's grave--and returning to the land of her captivity. Eliza longs to know how her mother, an early missionary to the Nez Perce Indians, dealt with the challenges o
|Nov 30, 2015
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