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Haven't been that way for several months....so when was the step on the top section flattened out? No sanitisation of the next section, so why that bit I wonder.
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Summer Lightening?
Posted 4 years ago #
It was done last summer at some point IIRC
Real shame. Whilst the trail is the same, the character of it and the feeling of whizzing through the trees is gone, and you don't get the same feeling at all.
But it's their land and at least they left the trail intact...Posted 4 years ago # -
I rode it late summer when it was still there, so a bit of a surprise to come fast round the corner looking for a nice little jump only to have flat section to the tree. Just can't understand why flatten that one but none of the next section which is marginally harder (albeit still not difficult).
The first bit was frozen solid and nice to ride, just a lot tamer!!
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I think teamhurtmore is referring to the log step/drop thing half way down in the top section, rather than the tree felling. Didn't know it had gone either - not been over there for ages! (is it frozen?!)
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Yes HH, the log step that had the little root afterwards that occassionally bought the big tree into play!!! Complety flat now.
The water was very cold, my feet were frozen by the end. Time for the overboots!
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My bad.
I was there when that drop first went in, early 2007. A tree had blown down so we just threw a load of earth down to turn it into a ramp. TBH it's was always a bit hairy finding yourself wheels off the ground and heading towards a tree!Posted 4 years ago # -
I did a course in the summer and we spent some time checking technique on that little drop and the next section. It was interesting to watch lots of riders go by and just how many made a horlicks of the landing on the little drop followed by close shaves or full on contact with the tree. It never looked much but gave onlookers some entertainment.
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Went earlier this month. Annoyed me too. Don't think it had anything to do with sanitisation...I got the impression the deforested area was being prepared hopefully for re-planting. It deserves to be re-instated and I'm sure it will
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Gordon Freeman
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This article contains spoilers. Read at your own risk! It might spoil your gaming experience when first playing the related games.
This article is about the main protagonist of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. For his predecessor, see Ivan the Space Biker.
- "Man of few words, aren't you?"
- ―Alyx Vance[src]
Dr. Gordon Freeman is the main protagonist of the Half-Life series. He is a theoretical physicist who is forced to defend himself and the Human race against hostile Aliens and other enemies following an experiment gone wrong. In the process, he becomes an almost legendary resistance hero, eventually becoming one of the leaders of an uprising against the alien invaders.
A native of Seattle, Washington,[1] Freeman harbors an early interest in theoretical physics, such as quantum mechanics and relativity. His earliest heroes are Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman.[6]
He has no dependents[3] and is a graduate of MIT, having earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics.[3] His thesis was titled Observation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement on Supraquantum Structures by Induction Through Nonlinear Transuranic Crystal of Extremely Long Wavelength (ELW) Pulse from Mode-Locked Source Array (the behavior of large stuff {Supraquantum Structures} relative and related to each other {Entanglement} after a very short duration {Mode-Locked} "Extremely Long Wavelength Pulse" by an arrangement {Array} of crystals with an atomic number greater than 92 {Transuranic}, without coming into physical contact with the structures in question {Induction}) (essentially about the teleportation of matter through the use of extremely dense elements).[1]
After graduating from MIT, Gordon travels to Austria, and observes a series of teleportation experiments conducted by the Institute for Experimental Physics in Innsbruck. Eventually, he becomes disappointed with the slow pace of teleportation research in academia and begins to search for a job outside the education sector. By coincidence, Freeman's MIT mentor Dr. Isaac Kleiner has taken charge of a research project at a government-owned, integrated research facility known as the Black Mesa Research Facility and offers Freeman a job. He accepts, hoping that at least part of the immense funding would go towards civilian applications of astrophysics and quantum computing.[6]
At the start of Half-Life (on May 16, 200-), Gordon Freeman is 27 years old,[2][3] and has been working, for a while, at the Black Mesa Research Facility under a "classified" administrative sponsor. There he owns a Level 3 Research Associate position,[2] is accommodated in the Level 3 Dormitories in the Black Mesa South Wing, alone in room 309.[2][7]
He is assigned to the Anomalous Materials department doing nuclear, subatomic, and quantum research. Despite having obtained a Ph.D. from the prestigious MIT, the laboratory work that the player actually does as Freeman (pressing a button and pushing a cart) does not require any intellectual expertise at all. Barney Calhoun pokes fun at this in the beginning portion of Half-Life 2, when Freeman performs similar "technical" assistance (pushing a switch and attaching a fallen plug back into a socket). Barney then goes on to joke that Gordon's MIT education "really pays for itself."
During their time at the facility, Freeman and Calhoun would compete with each other to be the first to retrieve Dr. Kleiner's keys whenever he locked them in his office in Black Mesa (apparently a fairly regular occurrence) without resorting to conventional means.[8] This is reputedly where Freeman learned to make use of ventilation shafts to infiltrate rooms and buildings. Indeed, Gordon and Barney crawled through numerous ventilation shafts in Half-Life and Half-Life: Blue Shift respectively.
On May 16, 200- at 8:47, Freeman starts his tram ride from Level 3 Dormitories at Black Mesa. He is 30 minutes late. Arriving at the Anomalous Materials department, he and his team perform an experiment on sample GG-3883 in Sector C's Anti-Mass Spectrometer. The experiment goes wrong and triggers a Resonance Cascade. As a result, the space-time continuum is ruptured, allowing alien lifeforms to enter the Black Mesa facility. They immediately start killing any humans they can find.
Freeman finds himself hunted by two groups: the invading aliens and later the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, a military clean-up team that has been sent to contain the situation, by silencing aliens and surviving personnel alike. Freeman manages to survive the chaos, impressing the few surviving scientists and security guards with his acts while quickly becoming the HECU's top priority target.
Eventually, Freeman encounters a few rare glimpses of an elite military detachment sent to eradicate all life at the facility, including Freeman himself. However, Freeman fights his way through them, and continues on his journey across the facility.
After numerous challenges, and after eliminating countless aliens and soldiers, Freeman is eventually transported by a few surviving Lambda Team scientists to the alien home-world of Xen, where he manages to eliminate the alien "leader", the Nihilanth.
Upon recovering from his final encounter, Freeman is finally confronted by the mysterious G-Man, who has been observing Freeman from a distance throughout the entire game. The G-Man shows Freeman several locations throughout Earth and Xen, before finally offering him a choice: either agree to work for him and his mysterious "employers," or be left to die on Xen without any weapons and surrounded by hostile lifeforms. Half-Life 2 assumes that Freeman chooses to accept the G-Man's offer of employment.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
In Opposing Force, Adrian Shephard witnesses Gordon teleporting to Xen in the Lambda Complex, and any attempts to follow him through the same portal will result in a "temporal paradox" which sends Shephard falling through Xen's void and ends the game.
An "Employee of the Month" picture of Gordon can also be seen in one of the offices visited.
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Gordon is seen four times by Barney Calhoun during the course of Blue Shift. Barney sees Gordon waiting for the tram on a ledge which Barney passes by. A few moments later, Gordon can be seen riding by. He is also seen heading towards the HEV storage area through a surveillance camera. Lastly being dragged to a trash compactor by a pair of HECU marines.
Half-Life: Decay
Although never actually seen in Decay, Gordon is mentioned several times throughout the course of the game. First by the first security guard to be met, who says: "The big guy was pretty excited today when he came in earlier. He was talking about the new guy, Dr. Freeman." Dr. Richard Keller also mentions "Dr. Freeman is running late today, again." He also questions Freeman's skills, stating he does not understand what Isaac Kleiner sees "in that boy."
Furthermore, the HECU soldiers are also heard screaming "Rot in hell, Freeman!", "Ha! Ha! We've got Freeman!" or "Freeman is on the move!".
Freeman's bedroom in Level 3 Dormitories can be visited; on his night-stand can be seen a copy of the book "The Truth About Aliens" (by "RH", a nod to Gearbox's Rob Heironimus), also owned by Barney Calhoun.
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 begins with the G-Man speaking to Gordon, waking him from an apparent altered state he put him in at the end of Half-Life. Like the ending of the original game, the scene is somewhat inexplicable and psychedelic, with the G-Man's face in extreme close-up fading in and out of visibility over backgrounds representing scenes from the original Half-Life as well as scenes Gordon will visit in the course of Half-Life 2.
The G-Man delivers a typically cryptic speech, commenting that "the right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world," and concludes by telling Freeman to "wake up, and smell the ashes." He kept Freeman "in stasis far from Earth, thought, and time itself" for "nearly two decades,"[9] which sets Half-Life 2 at 202-. It is also implied by Eli Vance that Freeman did not physically change during his stasis, in the words "My god man, you haven't changed one iota," said in Black Mesa East.
Freeman then wakes up on a train with two Citizens being "relocated" to City 17, and as a Citizen himself (thus also wearing Citizen clothes). One Citizen remarks that he did not see Freeman get on the train, implying that he was brought onto the train in the middle of its journey. Freeman quickly learns that Earth has been conquered and occupied by the trans-dimensional Combine empire. He soon meets up with Barney Calhoun and Alyx Vance, and eventually joins the Resistance against the Combine.
During the course of the game, Freeman battles the forces of the Combine in order to free humanity from its grasp. Already famous for his role in the Black Mesa Incident, Gordon quickly develops a legendary reputation among Earth's surviving human populace, who begin to refer to him by messianic titles such as "The One Free Man."
Shortly after his arrival, and having killed a significant number of Civil Protection troops whilst attempting to escape City 17, the Combine designated him Anticitizen One, a title that indicates the individual posing the greatest threat to their empire. After slaying scores of Combine soldiers and leading an assault against the Combine stronghold of Nova Prospekt, Gordon eventually sparks a full-scale rebellion against the Combine domination, in which he becomes a prominent combatant. Gordon infiltrates one of the Combine's footholds on Earth, the City 17 Citadel, and destroys its teleporter core by detonating the dark fusion reactor, rendering the Citadel inoperable.
Although caught in the reactor's explosion along with Alyx Vance, Gordon is rescued by the G-Man at the last second, who tells Freeman that he is impressed with his work and has "received several tempting offers for his 'services'." The G-Man finally informs Freeman that, rather than offering him "the illusion of free choice", the G-Man has taken the liberty of choosing for him, and deposits Freeman back in stasis until he is needed once again. Thus, Half-Life 2 concludes just as cryptically as its predecessor did.
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode One rejoins Gordon and Alyx as they attempt to escape from City 17, doomed by the destruction of the Citadel's dark fusion reactor at the end of Half-Life 2.
At the beginning of the episode, the G-Man appears once more to Gordon, but this time, he is interrupted by the appearance of a group of chanting, purple-glowing Vortigaunts, who take Gordon and Alyx away while blocking the G-Man's path. The G-Man appears most displeased by this development, and responds by scowling and darkly stating "We'll see... about that!"
Gordon regains consciousness under a pile of rubble and is found by Alyx and Dog. It is quickly revealed that the only way to escape the Citadel's explosion, which would obliterate virtually all of City 17, is to contain the Citadel Core which would stall the structure's detonation long enough for an escape. Gordon and Alyx attempt to do so, discovering in the process that the local Combine forces were deliberately trying to overload the Citadel's reactor in order to send a distress message to the Combine Overworld since the teleport core had been destroyed in Half-Life 2.
The Combine apparently consider this an acceptable outcome, considering the damage the Citadel had already taken; the subsequent explosion would destroy all of City 17 and much of the surrounding countryside which has been all but lost to human Resistance forces. Gordon and Alyx avert the destruction for a few hours and manage to escape the Citadel with a copy of the distress message and meet up with Barney and other survivors.
The pair eventually escape City 17 via an evacuation train as the Citadel goes critical. Evidently, the Combine message is successfully transmitted while several Combine Advisor pods escape from the Citadel at great speed. The train carrying Freeman and Alyx is still close to the city and is hit by the shock wave as the Citadel is destroyed. Their subsequent fate is revealed in Episode Two.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Episode Two begins almost directly where the previous episode ended. The train Gordon and Alyx were escaping on was caught in the shock wave from the Citadel explosion and derailed. Gordon and Alyx crawl out and begin to make their way to White Forest, the Resistance base where Eli Vance, Dr. Kleiner, and Dr. Arne Magnusson are waiting for them, encountering many obstacles on route.
Early in the journey, Alyx is severely wounded by a Hunter and only survives through the aid of several Vortigaunt allies. Alyx is saved through the use of a miraculous larval extract that Gordon retrieves from the Antlion hive. The G-Man briefly reappears to Gordon revealing that Alyx was under his watch as well - that he had "appraised" her and "plucked her from Black Mesa". He requests that Gordon safely escort her to White Forest as repayment for his own survival without explaining the reasons. He then proceeds to whisper to the unconscious Alyx an instruction to relay the message "Prepare for unforeseen consequences" to her father (this refers to the Resonance Cascade in the original Half-Life). Once Alyx recovers, they make their way to White Forest.
The journey is far from smooth, as Gordon is required to travel through a Headcrab-infested mining settlement that was used as a rebel outpost in order to retrieve a car to be used to make travel much faster. Then, on the road, the two encounter a radio tower and Alyx decides to send a warning about Combine forces they had witnessed heading in White Forest's direction. They linger for too long, however, and are ambushed by Hunters.
They later encounter a Combine Advisor in incubation who almost kills them when they destroy its life support but escape before being chased by a Hunter-Chopper into another rebel outpost. Gordon is then required to deal with a Combine Autogun while Alyx and the rebels repair their car. The Combine then set up a force shield ambush at the White Forest Inn where Gordon and Alyx are outnumbered and surrounded but manage to fight through.
Finally upon arrival at White Forest, Alyx gives Dr. Kleiner the data packet she retrieved from the City 17 Citadel before its destruction and Gordon is enlisted to help defend the base from an unexpected Combine infiltration. The data reveals the existence of the Borealis, an Aperture Science vessel thought to have been lost and containing some sort of advanced portal technology that Dr. Kleiner insists should be used against the Combine while Eli, haunted by the Black Mesa Incident, insists upon its destruction.
After Gordon destroys a Hunter and Strider assault force in order to protect Dr. Magnusson's rocket launch, Dr. Magnusson is able to use the data in his satellite which, using the old Black Mesa Array, is able to shut-down the Combine Superportal before it could open fully, which would have allowed a second Combine invasion.
As Gordon and Alyx prepare to depart for the Borealis, two Combine Advisors rip through the base and kill Eli. Fortunately Dog reappears in time to rescue Alyx and Gordon from the same fate. The episode ends with Gordon looking over Alyx weeping over her father's body, with the possibility that the Combine have now learned everything about the Resistance, the Borealis, and, debatably the G-Man, through Eli.
Isaac Kleiner
Dr. Kleiner was Gordon's teacher at MIT and recommended him to Black Mesa, where they likely worked together. After the Combine invasion of Earth, Gordon once again worked alongside him, this time in the Resistance. Kleiner feels genuine concern for Gordon on his travels, yet still foolishly puts Lamarr first on a few occasions.
Eli Vance
Eli knew Gordon well at Black Mesa; they both worked in Sector C. After the Resonance Cascade, Eli was the one who opened the door for Gordon to head towards the surface in search of help. That was the last Eli would see of Gordon until he showed up at Black Mesa East nearly twenty years later. They forged a stronger bond throughout Episode One and Two, due to the fact that Alyx was with Gordon most of the time. At one point in Episode Two, shortly before his death, he tells Gordon not only about his encounter with the G-Man, but also that he could not be prouder of Gordon if he were his own son.
Alyx Vance
Relatively speaking, Alyx and Gordon have not actually known each other for a very long period. Alyx says to Gordon that he probably does not remember her, indicating he briefly met her (likely at Black Mesa) when she was an infant. But after going through such intense life and death combat situations and other hardships, they have forged a very strong relationship with each other. Alyx has shown affection to Gordon several times throughout the series: Twice giving a sad goodbye at an elevator, and hugging Gordon when Dog pulls him from the rubble at the beginning of Episode One.
Barney Calhoun
Barney and Gordon go way back, being old friends at Black Mesa. When Dr. Kleiner would lock himself out of his office, the two would race to be the first to get the door open, usually making use of the ventilation ducts to get in. They also see each other once in Half-Life and Blue Shift, Barney's background having been retconned in Blue Shift and Half-Life 2. In the Combine-controlled world, Barney, undercover, saves Gordon from a terrible fate when Gordon nearly boards a train to Nova Prospekt. Gordon then joins Barney in assisting the Resistance. As of now, he still owes Gordon a beer.
Arne Magnusson
The work relationship between Gordon and Magnusson is relatively unknown, but Arne did harbor a grudge about Gordon destroying his casserole on the day of the Resonance Cascade. In the aftermath of the Citadel's collapse, Gordon becomes an assistant to the Doctor at White Forest in order to get the rocket being constructed there into space. Near the end of Episode Two, Dr. Magnusson finally has to swallow his pride and actually show appreciation to Gordon for what he did.
Judith Mossman
Gordon and Judith both applied for the same position at Black Mesa. Gordon won out with his Innsbruck experience, and even later during the Combine occupation she is still jealous, at least according to Alyx.
The G-Man
Not much is clearly known about the relationship between Gordon and the G-Man, as they have only had conversations at the beginning or the end of a game. However, what is known is that the G-man has displayed great interest in Gordon before the Black Mesa incident and he has stated to Adrian Shepard that he has respect for those who survive against all odds, in which Gordon is no exception to. However, as stated by Wallace Breen, it is likely that the G-Man is only interested in those worthy enough to survive for either his "employers" or his "contract" and can skillfully manipulate people.
Personality and skills
As a silent protagonist, Gordon does not say a single word during the entire Half-Life saga. This is most likely an intentional choice, so that he is not regarded as a separate character outside of the player's influence. Since the start of Half-Life, Valve has made sure that the player's and Gordon's experience are one and the same. An example of Valve's player strategy is shown during the scene in Eli's lab. Investigation of certain props (most notably the newspaper board) triggers Eli to give some explanation to their meaning and history.[10]
Although quite proficient with weapons and explosives, Freeman had not actually handled any weapons until some cursory training at the Black Mesa Research Facility's Hazard Course (aside from the butane-powered tennis ball cannon he constructed at age 6).[6]
What separates Gordon Freeman from other games' heroes is that he is a scientist – a rather unlikely kind of hero when compared to more traditional video game characters such as Duke Nukem, or soldier types in many other games, such as the Doomguy or the Master Chief.
Behind the scenes
- Freeman's original model had a full, wild beard that earned him the nickname of "Ivan the Space Biker". The beard eventually turned into a stylish goatee, while his glasses also went through several iterations.[5]
- Freeman's HEV Suit model (the version used in Half-Life and its expansions for the dead scientists on Xen and seen in Blue Shift, as well as the version used in Half-Life Deathmatch and seen in Opposing Force, and the PlayStation 2 model) sports a small ponytail, while his white coat scientist model (seen in Blue Shift) has none. The glasses are also found only in the Opposing Force model. While Gordon wears glasses most of the time, the ponytail is actually a reminiscence of his early design stages never removed from the model, which is not to be considered canon.[5] The Half-Life: Day One model is identical to the Half-Life one, except that it has "gender" body parts. The "male" version is Gordon, and the "female" is an early "
" / "holo.mdl
". Furthermore, it has an animation removed from the more recent models, named "ambushplayer", consisting of Freeman being hit twice, then falling on the floor, unconscious. This may be related to the end of the Half-Life chapter Apprehension, during which Freeman experiences the same thing, and may be related to a cutscene feature, not present in the final games. The HEV Suit also has "Valve" written on the back. The Day One files also contain two small avi files, "gordon.avi" and "gina.avi", consisting of a higher resolution version of the "male" / "female" player model turning on itself, but with the HEV Suit helmet in their hands.
- The name "Gordon Freeman" was coined by Gabe Newell. When looking for a name for the character, Marc Laidlaw wanted it to evoke some famous scientists, so he took inspiration in the names of his "heroes": the name of physicist/philosopher Freeman Dyson mixed with that of the French mathematician Jules Henri Poincaré, ending up with "Dyson Poincaré". Gabe Newell apparently disliked it and suggested "Gordon Freeman" instead.[5]
- The first name "Gordon" is a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "great hill".[11] "Freeman" is a common English surname which originally referred to a person who was born free, or in other words was not a serf,[12] and not subject to the will of another. This is a rather ironic title to be given to Gordon, since he is 'involuntarily' serving the G-Man. On the other hand, it does make sense in that Freeman unknowingly sets the Vortigaunts free from the Nihilanth in Half-Life and sets humanity (and their new Vortigaunt allies) free from the Combine rule in Half-Life 2. The Vortigaunts refer to Gordon as "the Freeman" and in one of Dr. Breen's announcements, he mentions that people are starting to refer to Gordon as "the One Free Man, the Opener of the Way".
- Gordon Freeman was originally designed by Dhabih Eng and Chuck Jones, while the Half-Life 2 model was made by Dhabih Eng only. The face for that model was made out of the faces of several Valve employees morphed together, such as David Speyrer, Eric Kirchmer, Greg Coomer, and Kelly Bailey.[5] Of note is that while Freeman has several GoldSrc models available, no official Source model was ever released. By typing "thirdperson" in the console in Half-Life 2, it's revealed that Gordon's Source model is untextured and motionless, meaning Valve never finished the model.
- While older sources state that Gordon only started work at Black Mesa on May 15 (the day before the Black Mesa Incident),[3] Half-Life 2 and its episodes retconned this, implying that Gordon was already working for some time at Black Mesa before the incident: Barney tells Gordon he owes him a beer and reminds him who he is when first meeting in the City 17 Trainstation, and Alyx tells in the City 17 Underground that Gordon and Barney would compete in air ducts to get into Kleiner's office whenever he got himself locked out, among others.
- As seen on a board at Valve's seen in early 2004 where it is listed as a cut item, a love scene between Alyx and Gordon was at some point to be featured in Half-Life 2.
- In October 2009, Gordon Freeman won the title of Greatest Video Game Hero of All Time by GameSpot after a four week long user voted competition.
- In May 2010, Gordon Freeman was ranked #1 of the 50 Greatest Video Game Characters by Empire.
- In Half-Life, the picture of a baby with beside an adult hand making a "thumb's up" can be found in Freeman's locker.[13] Although the baby on the picture is Harry E. Teasley's daughter Isabel,[14] and the picture was officially explained as being an Easter egg placed by the level designer, Marc Laidlaw offered the idea that it could be an infant relative of Gordon's, such as a niece or nephew.[15] The locker also contains the books The 37th Mandala and The Orchid Eater by Marc Laidlaw, as well as what seems to be Gordon's diploma in a frame, a Thermos and a cup, a HEV Suit battery, two sticky notes, and apparently a blue suit. After the Resonance Cascade, the Thermos fell on the floor and the diploma fell on its face.
- Though Gordon is commonly thought to be a mute, this is contradicted in the Half-Life PlayStation 2 manual. The image of Gordon Freeman's letter of acceptance to the Black Mesa Research Facility mentions a "recent telephone conversation" between Freeman and someone at Black Mesa.
- In Blue Shift and Opposing Force, Gordon's model doesn't have a death animation; if he dies, he will do the walking animation instead. However, his body can be destroyed.
References in other media
- In Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Anna Grimsdóttír remarks to protagonist Sam Fisher that "crowbars are for geeky video-game characters," poking fun at the fact that Gordon Freeman is a scientist by profession.
- In Call of Duty: United Offensive, two American soldiers are shown running side-by-side. On the left, Pvt. Gordon, and on the right, Pvt. Freeman.
- In the Stark Towers level of the video game The Punisher, a scientist refers to another scientist as "Doctor Freeman" and asks what a noise he heard was, to which Doctor Freeman replies (paraphrased) "Maybe the quantum physics department finally opened that extra-dimensional portal!," with the other scientist replying "Extra-dimensional aliens! Wonder what they look like?," a reference to the opening scene of Half-Life.
- In The Ship, a game developed using Source, the description of the crowbar weapon states it is suitable for any "free man."
- In Destroy All Humans, the main character, Crypto 137, can read the thoughts of humans. If he scans the mind of a scientist, the player may hear "I must hurry, they need me in the test chamber! Oh wait, wrong game."
- In TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, during the level Breaking and Entering, Cortez, the protagonist of the story, changes into a lab coat along with a name tag that reads "Dr. Freeman." He is also told, "Remember, your name is Gordon, now lead on doctor."
- In S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, the player may find the body of a scientist named "Gordon Freeman," whose PDA makes mentions of Black Mesa, City 17, and a crowbar.
- In Metro 2033, a skeleton can be found, with a pair of glasses and a crowbar at its side.
- In the novel A Big Boy did it and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre, the author makes frequent references to various video games including Half-Life; one of the protagonists takes the alias of "Gordon Freeman" while there is an SAS soldier named "Shepard." At one point the male protagonist is equipped with a crowbar and the main action takes place in a largely underground hydroelectric power station with the Gaelic name "Dubh Ardrain" which can be translated as "Black Mesa."
- In the Left 4 Dead 2 downloadable campaign The Passing, Louis will sometimes say "Man, I feel like Gordon Freeman!" when equipped with a crowbar.
- In console versions of Duke Nukem Forever there's a control setup similar to the default control setup in the console versions of Half-Life 2 called Freeman.
- In Fallout: New Vegas, one of the terminals is from Dr. Gordon, griping about the lack of cake at his retirement party. A reference to both Half-Life and Portal.
- In Penumbra: Overture, a frozen, detached hand holding a crowbar can be found in a lake of ice. The name "Freeman" is written on the crowbar.
Half-Life story arc
Half-Life 2 story arc
Half-Life 2 model face
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 (Mentioned only) (Door name only)
- Half-Life 2
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Source Particle Benchmark (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- The Final Hours of Portal 2
- Randolph the Red-Nosed Turret (Non-canonical appearance) (Mentioned only)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Half-Life 2 Prima Guide
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Half-Life
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Half-Life PlayStation 2 instruction manual
- ↑ The height scale in Half-Life 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Half-Life Prima Guide
- ↑ Half-Life: Decay
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Episode One
- ↑ Episode One: The story so far on Half-Life 2's official website (Archived)
- ↑ Half-Life 2 Chapter: Black Mesa East
- ↑ Gordon on BehindtheName.com
- ↑ Freeman on BehindtheName.com
- ↑ Gordon Freeman's locker contents
- ↑ Wavelength: A Day with Valve
- ↑ The Girl in Gordon's Black Mesa Locker is 14 Years Old, Today on LambdaGeneration
- ↑ "The Final Hours of Half-Life 2", Page 6: The Hemoglobin, on GameSpot

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After more than two decades as an outspoken advocate for improving health care for female veterans, Patricia Hayes is now leading an ambitious Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiative to make the male-dominated medical system more responsive to the growing number of women who have served in the military.
As chief consultant on women's health care, Hayes has been responsible for the VA adopting a set of best practices for female patients, training more than 1,200 providers in womens health, designating 144 full-time female program managers around the country to promote health services for women, and driving a culture change effort.
She has helped make more readily available basic gender-specific services such as breast examinations, cervical cancer screening, menopause management, obstetric care and treatment of reproductive cancers. Hayes also spearheaded an outreach campaign to notify female veterans that there are services at VA clinics, and by next year, she expects comprehensive primary care to be available for women at all VA medical facilities.
"Patricia Hayes' vision and commitment to this under-recognized population has raised the quality of VA health care for women veterans and the nation's recognition of their service," said Dr. Laure Veet, the VA's director of women's health education.
The number of women using VA services doubled from nearly 160,000 in 2000 to more than 337,000 in 2011, and that increase is expected to continue over the next decade due to the deployment of women in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. There are approximately two million female veterans, with 17 percent using VA services and more than half of those women having a service-connected disability. Women currently comprise approximately 14.5 percent of the active duty military, 18 percent of the National Guard and Reserves, and 5.9 percent of VA health care users.
When Hayes first came to the VA in 1984 as a psychologist to work with Vietnam veterans, there were few female patients and almost no gender-specific services available. Following the Gulf War in 1990, the number of female veterans started increasing, but the VA did not have clinicians trained in womens health or even separate changing rooms or private bathrooms for women.
Dr. Madhulika Agarwal, the VA deputy undersecretary for health policy and services, said the VA for many years lacked standards for women and a full understanding that women had special health needs that were not being met.
"Patty has helped change the whole face of how services are now constructed and then delivered in the field," said Agarwal. "She has been very effective in changing the culture, which is the hardest thing in any organization."
Hayes early on recognized the shortcomings in the VA regarding womens health, understood what this would mean for VA nationally, and took a leadership role in the Pittsburgh region that led to the construction of a VA womens center and expansion of services for female veterans.
She was promoted to regional program manager for women veterans in 2000, and soon witnessed greater numbers of women veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars seeking help for gender-specific medical care and mental health needs. She instituted a number of reforms and in 2007, was appointed to lead VA's initiative to enhance health services for women nationwide.
In this role, Hayes developed a five-year plan that included replacing a fragmented and inadequate health care delivery system for women with a "one-stop" health care model that allows a primary care provider to meet all the needs of female patients in one place. The idea, now being implemented, is designed for women to go to one provider and receive a range of services, including annual physicals, blood tests, mental health services, gynecological care and mammograms.
Hayes has set benchmarks for quality health care for women, including ensuring that specialized services are available and that training programs would be in place. Her culture-change program is aimed at making the VA a more welcoming environment by addressing the intangibles of quality care, such as recognizing a woman's discomfort sitting in an all-male waiting room or not automatically adding "Mr." to every last name on the waiting list.
"The number one difficulty has been the invisibility of women in the VA system, and the fact that people don't understand how many women are in the pipeline," said Hayes. "The VA needs to adjust its services for women. They are on our doorstep."
While the VA has been making significant strides, Hayes acknowledged that many more women need to be reached and served.
"When these brave women complete their service and become veterans, we want them to know that VA is there to meet their health care needs," said Hayes. "At the same time, we want the public to recognize the contributions of women veterans and the benefits they have earned through their service to the nation."
This article was jointly prepared by the Partnership for Public Service, a group seeking to enhance the performance of the federal government, and washingtonpost.com. Go to http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/fedpage/players/ to read about other federal workers who are making a difference.


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The word OK looks like a sideways person. I've said OK my whole life and never noticed him. What's up little guy?
recently got squished by a car...taking his final hits...the wave things could be the middle line of a street or smoking whilst laying down lol i said whilst
you just shotgunned my mind
Sy-ko-lyn-guis-tikz (Psycholinguistics)
sorry, your words brought something to mind. ever use your subconscious, like you are zoning out and you've done something in that time? well, what about forming an idea or imagination, attaching meaning and understanding to it and possibly visualizing. maybe having a consistent factor(maybe at first visual then audio or vice versa depending on what fits your personality?) and tying the whole of the idea to it with the determination in your heart and believing. cant tell if i'm missing something. but something along those lines is what just popped into my head lol
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lol was higher than I am now then, but what I meant by determination was learning the whole of it so thoroughly, that its solidified in your mind, body and soul? or your thoughts, feelings physical senses and muscles, and heart your intentions your will your emotions and your life energy or something like that. lol this site is fun.
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I also forgot to mention breathing, since we do it even as we speak. i think with breathing, almost anything can be improved. even understanding? or brain function
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fuck, why is it when i went to wikipedia and checked psycholinguistics, there were 5 categories.... the meaning behind that is funny because of what it could be related to lol
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yeah i have never noticed that till now. thanks dude. Plus i like 'playerkiller's' "OK-" hahaha thats a good one..
today i am 19 years 8 months 12 days ish years old and i now know that...
OK - is a lil man
QK - is a lil ninja man
8K - modern day beth
i havent learned this much in one readin session since well a long time i dont do reading, not my thing
non the less i am shocked you were able to notice this but you were prob just told it from a friend but it had to start somewhere
Have you ever noticed that the word bed looks like a bed???^^
i have infact noticed that "bed" looks like a bed
have you ever noticed that "ben" also looks like a bed cause i know i dont have a bed with poles at the end of it
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thats what my bed looks like
the word "Ben looks like a bed with pillows on it... because i dont have a headboard but i have lots of pillows
Asian girl -> CK
Little man doing jumping jacks! -> OK OX OK OX OK OX OK
Fuckin Amazing LMAO!
I'm not a pothead I just really really really like smoking pot.
I wonder what other pictures you can make with txt??
They should make lyk, a dictionary of it!
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I name him, Weed man. he says weed is OK and should be legal, as well as given out to young schoolchildren
Fuckin' sweet
"Say goodbye to a tangerine sky, say hello, say hello to tomorrow"
HAHHAHAAHA omg that is hilarious i am so fucking done right now but i still got that joke.
O8K its a little woman
( . Y . ) theres a close up of the tits
OH - kinda looks like the little man got run over by a semi and flattened
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I love, love, love cinnamon. Please could you share your best cinnamon recipes with me.
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Make bread dough in machine. Roll out thin. Spread with melted butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Roll up and slice. 20 mins at 180*
Cinnamon popcorn. Make popcorn as per instructions. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar while still warm so that the sugar melts and the cinnamon coats all the popcorn.
Cinnamon french toast. Make the french toast as per normal but add a bit of cinnamon and sugar to the egg mix. Once cooked coat in cinnamon sugar and serve drenched in maple syprup.
I make the cinnamon sugar with one teaspoon of cinnamon to one tablespoon of sugar.
Oooh, Purple do they come out like Swedish bulle ( swedish cinnamon rolls)?
I loved these when I stayed in Sweden as an exchange student, I could make the dough in the bread maker and finish by hand, off to explore, thank you
No idea, I've never had the swedish ones! Nice and not too sweet, though
I often put a pinch of cinnamon in my tomato sauce for meatballs.
these are gorgeous - similar to the bread dough ones but with puff pastry
Swedish ones have cardamom infused milk in the dough. But the same idea!
For chelsea buns add some sultanas soaked in a little orange juice.
Take a sheet of puff pastry, cut into long triangles, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, place a slice of apple at the point and roll up. Bake. Apple cinnamon bites.
Not a recipe but cinnamon is lovely sprinkled on porridge.
Faves in this house:
apple and cinnamon cake
cinnamon porridge w sultanas
added in granola mix before baking
Often sprinkle it in crumbles, on baked fruit, on natural yoghurt
In Morocco we were served sliced juicy oranges sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. Was really lovely and refreshing. I also do an approximation of kheer rice pudding with cardamom, cinnamon, rose water and almonds. Sometimes make with rice or almond milk..
purple i take it you prove them before baking? got my dough in the bread machine as we speak!!!!
Im making cinnamon buns today too.
And a chocolate fudge cake!
Going to have to do a lot of walking after this
rice pudding
pudding rice
that gold milk, channel islands stuff?
cream (oh yes! cream too)
delicious. If there's a better food, I've never found it.
Make this amazing cake and add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the cake mixture and then more sprinkled on the top. This is my definition of heaven!
these cinnamon buns are also amazing.
I make a lovely blueberry and cinnamon cake.
Great ideas - thank you! Have much baking to do tomorrow I think
That rice pudding sounds bloody lovely!
It is. It really is.
And your whole house smells delicious all day.
Cinnamon apple crumble.
Stew apples with tsp cinnamon, tsp of vanilla essence and some OJ (just enough to stop them sticking.
Make crumble with cup of oats, cup of flour, cup of ground almonds, cup of brown sugar, cup of soft butter, tsp of cinnamon and tsp of vanilla essence again. Bake for 20 mins. Gorgeous. The best.
Cinnamon toast - make toast, butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Simples
franca, would you mind sharing your recipe for blueberry and cinnamon cake, please?
Drive to Ikea, buy a packet of their cinnamon rolls, drive home. Heat in oven for 12 minutes, burn mouth while eating
I love cinnamon too so bookmarking this page. Might do cinnamon toast for breakfast tomorrow.
bigTillymint - cinnamon toast is even better if you put it under the grill afterwards so the sugar caramelises.
Also is delicious if you slice apple thinly and put on the buttered toast and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the top before putting under the grill. Granny Smiths work well
Sure, here it goes:
170 gr butter (soft)
140 gr sugar
2 eggs
175 ml sour cream
230 gr self raising flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
200gr blueberries
pre heat oven at 180 C (can't remember which gas mark it is, 4, maybe?)
beat butter and sugar until creamy, then beat in the eggs. Add the sour cream and then sift in the flour + cinnamon. Add the blueberries.
Pour into a plum-cake tin lined with baking paper.
Cook for 1 hr and 10 mins.
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I am suffering constantly from constantly feeling like I have to urinate.When I do urinate ,my urine will absolutely not come all out.Even just one small drop of urine in me makes my bladder feel like a baloon thats completely filled with water and like Im going to explode,&I have to run to the bathroom immediately& CONSTANTLY.Detrol,and elmiron never helped.Pyridium does help just a bit.When I urinate,the urine wont all come out,&it only comes out in little bits at a time.. and it takes me a long time to relax myself so I can void, but it is horrible, depressing, and very inconvenient to say the least.I cant take it much longer.Ive been diagnosed with interstitial cystits, but am not sure if thats exactly it.Thank you very much for your time.I would really appreciate some advice on what I can do.PS.what do you think of the Medtronic Implant?
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There is a widespread view that using can to ask for permission is wrong and that it should only be used in expressions to do with ability or capability, e.g.:
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For a week the Earth had been seiged by an alien force known as the Technax Armada. Technax had come to Earth seeking a powerful artefact held by Silver: the Royal Crystal of the long-dead planet Crystax. During the invasion heroes and villains alike were forced to work together to hold off the attacking forces. Finally a group of heroes were able to band together and, boarding Silver's sentient spacecraft Epsilon, travel up to the Armada Mothership. They battled their way past all manner of guardians so they could confront Technax himself. Since Silver was amongst the group and held the Royal Crystal on his person, Technax initiated the firing of the mothership's ultimate weapon, the Extinction Cannon, which would obliterate Earth. Whilst the majority of heroes fought Technax, Silver and Sluice travelled to the Extinction Cannon's power source. Both groups managed to disable the shielding surrounding the power source. Silver then revealed that he planned to use his powers to destroy the power source, which would create a backlash of energy which should destroy the cannon. With too little time to come up with an alternative, the heroes were forced to flee whilst Silver made his sacrifice. An incredible burst of energy destroyed the cannon, and began spreading outwards in all directions, consuming the mothership. The heroes boarded Epsilon and began their escape...
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All of Technax's forces converged on Epsilon, doing their best to hinder the heroes' escape. The heroes' powers in combination with Epsilon's weaponry helped them to leave the Armada Mothership in the nick of time; moments later the energy surge spreading from the destroyed Extinction Cannon consumed the entire ship, eradicating the Technax Armada in a brilliant flash.
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Hedonic Prices In The Malting Barley Market
An important characteristic in the malting barley market is the multitude of quality variables which affect the value of particular samples. The purpose of this study was to estimate implicit (or hedonic) prices for selected quality factors. An econometric model was used to analyze factors affecting the variability in malting barley prices, and to estimate implicit prices for plumpness and protein. The results indicate that a change may be evolving in the price determination process for malting barley. In particular, the feed grains sector has had increasingly less effect on malting barley prices in recent years.
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Lakers Sign Kobe Bryant to Contract Extension
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50 MILLION?? :jack: Last edited by Ex2k; 11-25-2013 at 12:22 PM. |
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and that's the bottom line, cause JV said so!!!
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regardless. The right thing to do, the team player thing to do, would be to take the hit like Duncan or KG for the betterment of the team.
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I think he signed for big money just so he could be #1 on the all time career earnings.
#1: Kobe Bryant – $327.5 million #2: Kevin Garnett – $327.4 million #3: Shaquille O'Neal – $292.2 million #4: Tim Duncan – $234.7 million #5: Dirk Nowitzki – $204 million #6: Joe Johnson – $198.6 million #7: Jason Kidd – $193.8 million #8: Ray Allen – $181 million #9: Chris Webber – $178 million #10: Paul Pierce – $169.5 million |
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When has Kobe ever been a "team" guy? He's been out for himself from Day 1 and it will continue as such until he retires. He clearly has his sights set on passing Jordan on the all-time scoring list.
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LOOL all these people "WOOOW KOBE YOU SHOULDA TOOK 580K INSTEAD OF 25 MIL" Oh stfu all and everysingle one of you. Sorry if he REALIZES that taking WAY less money is a stupid decision in LIFE. Yea, believe it or not, money is important. More so then basketball. Nd if you get get max money and play ball, two things I'm sure he loves, he'll do so. Sure Timmy nd KG did take less, but why does that matter? How does two other superstars decisions, who are not even nearly as accomplished in and outside of basketball as Kobe, matter? Good on them they choose to have a less glamorous lifestyle for a possibility for a ring which will make no difference outside of the basketball world. Thank God he ignores idiot fan's and media opinions and does what's best for him and his family. And good on Lakers, without him they're about 100X less watchable. All is see is a max player getting max money and fans bitching that he didn't drop 50 million... as if they would.
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they gave him the contract.. he did not force them or put a gun to their heads.. so I don't know where all this selfishness talk comes from, they won 5 Rings with this dude and has been on team since he was 18.. that is why he got the contract.. Kobe is still a top 5 player in this league.. he is proven.. Lakers won't win a title, but as long as number 24 is playing their will be ratings and show time in Laker Land Last edited by creative1mm; 11-25-2013 at 03:28 PM. |
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Min Chai Liu gave props (6 Aug 2010):
Like this colorful crowd gathered for some religius function.. Rikh , Could you please give a short nerration about this function and place.. People will appreciate it a lot.. In my hunble opinion
Rikh said (8 Aug 2010):
Well,this one is a festival named "Chatth Puja"(Festival).This happens every year around end of October or early week of September. This festival is all about worshiping river The Ganges and The Sun.
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Thank You Christa....
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Metamorphic rock
A metamorphic rock is a type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure. Its name is from 'morph' (meaning form), and 'meta' (meaning change).[1]
The original rock gets heated (temperatures greater than 150 to 200 °C) and pressured (1500 bars).[2] This causes profound physical and/or chemical change. The original rock may be sedimentary rock, igneous rock or another older metamorphic rock.
There is always more pressure and higher temperature under the Earth's surface. In the root of a mountain chain or a volcano these forces will be enough to change shape of the strata and the minerals it is made of. Sedimentary rock which has been near such forces often looks as if a giant had twisted it and heated it over a fire. Examples of metamorphic rock:
- Marble is a metamorphic rock formed from limestone.
- Slate is a metamorphic mudstone or shale.
- Quartzite is a metamorphic sandstone.
The recrystallisation of minerals after heating generally causes the destruction of any fossils the rocks might have contained.
Types of metamorphism[change | change source]
Regional metamorphism[change | change source]
Regional metamorphism, or dynamic metamorphism, occurs in great masses of rock. Rocks can be metamorphosed just by being at great depths below the Earth's surface. There they get high temperatures and the great weight of the rock layers above.
Much of the lower continental crust is metamorphic, except for recent igneous intrusions. Horizontal tectonic movements such as the collision of continents create orogenic belts. High temperature, pressures and deformation occurs along these belts. If the metamorphosed rocks are later uplifted and exposed by erosion, they are seen as long belts or other large areas at the surface.
Contact metamorphism[change | change source]
Contact metamorphism occurs when magma is injected into the surrounding solid rock (country rock). The changes that occur are greatest where the magma comes into contact with the rock. The temperatures were highest there and decreased with distance from it.
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- ↑ This originally Greek prefix has several meanings, but here it means 'change'.
- ↑ Blatt, Harvey and Robert J. Tracy, 1996. Petrology. 2nd ed, W.H.Freeman, p.355. ISBN 0-7167-2438-3
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Mangalitsa Coppa Tasting
This is some fabulous stuff! I now understand what all the fuss is about. This was cured with the hot pepper powder and fennel seeds. It hung for roughly 6 weeks. I cut it down right at 30% weight loss. In this case, I think the 30% was perfect. The fennel seed and hot pepper powder really seemed to mellow and faded into the background as the pork was really able to stand out. What really makes this stuff ridiculous is it's unctuousness. Sliced paper thin, it actually melts on your tongue. This coppa was perhaps a bit too salty, but, that's hardly a complaint. Overall, I really couldn't be happier with this effort. Really, really great stuff.
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Five New Members Begin Terms on Little League International Advisory Board
"Little League is a passion for my family, and I look forward to working with the Board," Mr. Ellis said. "I hope the ideas and opinions we share will help make Little League the premier youth baseball and softball program in the state of South Carolina."
Mr. Hoy, from Torrance, Calif., has spent 31 years of his life working with Little League. He has served in virtually every volunteer position in the local Little League organization including coach, scorekeeper/announcer, member of the Board of Directors, local league president and vice president, player agent and district tournament site director.
For the last 10 years, Mr. Hoy has been the District Administrator for California District 25. He has also been an umpire for 17 years.
"I am thrilled and honored to have been selected as one of the representatives from the Western Region to serve on the Little League International Advisory Board," Mr. Hoy, who is retired after spending 40 years as a marine clerk/longshoreman at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors, said.
Mr. Shuff, from Calhoun, La., has been a Little League volunteer for 12 years. He began his association with Little League in 1998 as the Player Agent for the West Ouachita Little League in Calhoun and the following season became the Assistant District Administrator for District 3 in Louisiana. In 2000, he was elected as the District Administrator for District 5, a position he continues in today. Mr. Shuff is an engineering consultant.
"I truly feel this is a huge honor to serve on Little League's International Advisory Board," Mr. Shuff said. "I hope to not only represent my district, state and region, but to benefit the Little League organization."
The Advisory Board, which has existed in its present form since 2000, convenes twice a year, once by conference call and once at Little League International in South Williamsport. Each board member serves a three-year term.
Little League considers the input of the Advisory Board vital in providing an effective program to ensure that all participants, parents and volunteers have a rewarding and enriching Little League experience. Board members are current and former district administrators, assistant district administrators and other volunteers whose many years of experience at the local level of Little League operations is highly valued by Little League International.
Below is a list of the current members on the Little League International Advisory Board.
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Serafin Gomez | International | Mexico | 2011 |
Jon Mitchell | Southeastern | Virginia | 2011 |
Robert "Biff" Newnam | Eastern | Delaware | 2011 |
Tony Tulino | Central | Ohio | 2011 |
Rob Fitch | Canada | British Columbia | 2012 |
Bob Olson, Jr. | Central | Minnesota | 2012 |
Joe Wendler | Eastern | Pennsylvania | 2012 |
Irwin Altman | Western | Arizona | 2013 |
Larry Brown | Southwestern | Texas | 2013 |
Travis Ellis | Southeastern | South Carolina | 2013 |
Marty Hoy | Western | California | 2013 |
Brent Shuff | Southwestern | Louisiana | 2013 |
The Little League International Advisory Board is currently meeting in South Williamsport, Pa. Members of the board are, from left in the front row, Tony Tulino, Larry Brown, Brent Shuff, Serafin Gomez, Rob Fitch and Robert "Biff" Newnam. In the back row from left are, Patrick W. Wilson, Vice President of Operations for Little League Baseball and Softball, Marty Hoy, Joe Wendler, Irwin Altman, John Mitchell, Jr., Travis Ellis and Bob Olson, Jr. The Little League International Advisory Board meets twice a year, once by conference call and once at Little League International. The purpose of the board is to provide insight, perspective and opinion on current aspects of the Little League program and proposed new initiatives. All board members are current or former district administrators, assistant district administrators or other volunteers with many years of experience at the local and district levels.


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Jewish World Review Dec. 18, 2007 / 9 Teves 5768 A campaign crater for the Clintons By Wesley Pruden
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Went out with Soldo and My GF recently and Kev and my GF practiced some rolling shots. The mini is Kev's gfs the 3 is mine.
These are my gfs shots Keven's will post his eventually. They were all taken at about 20-30km/h next time we might try a bit faster. Flickr http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp.../2009/10/3.jpg http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp...09/10/mini.jpg http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp...2009/10/32.jpg http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp...9/10/mini2.jpg http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp...2009/10/33.jpg http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp...9/10/mini3.jpg Comments, advice, criticisms appreciated. |
these are really good if its your first time... couldnt have done better than this.
I approve of this, they look really sweet. I want to do that with my car. Did she just lean out the window and pull the trigger? I like the one where you are turning the best.
great shots, any special settings you used? it was probably bright enough out to speed up the shutter quite a bit eh?
She tried a lot of different exposures and shutter speeds I can ask her for specifics if you guys like.
The shots were taken lying down in the back of her Kia Soul. Out the window corks but we decided to try it this way instead |
You rock a sunday sticker? I imagine your around sauga park quite often?
On topic, I think the pics are decent. Very good for first try to say the least. |
Ya I ride iceland fairly often. Do you ride?
I unfortunately skate lol. But yeah i try to make a trip once a week, i come in a slammed blue GTR or black GTS-T everytime.
But alot of my friends bike who i hang around, mainly from Burlington (guys like Will Fisher, Cole Dow, Jesse Trnka (Black 240sx), Matt Drew, all pretty damn good at what they do) I'll try and come out one last time before snow, everything breaks to easy when its cold ha-ha. |
^I'm on that list lol, You must skate Waterdown a lot, what's your name?
Have you guys tried using a neural density filter?
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I've been to Waterdown once, I like it but when it's busy its not fun. And Iceland is really close so I am spoiled.
Ha-ha yeah its a fun park when its not ridiculously packed. Which is very rare, but I'm a big fan of Sauga i could skate that step-up all day.
BMX cant we please meet up and do a shoot of our own? I wanna learn some shit on my SLR:) pm me, and ill link you my cell
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but i refuse to feel a sense of loss over it. - May 31, 2009 at 10:19 PM
If anyone has an urge to kill someone at an abortion clinic, they should shoot me. ... It's madness. It discredits the right-to-life movement. Murder is murder. It's madness. You cannot prevent killing by killing."
- John Cardinal O'Connor.
Rich - June 1, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- Gino said...
but killing has been prevented with waterboarding.
and on it's face, O'Conner is wrong. violence, and that means killing as an option, has saved lives throughout history.
that is why societies defend themselves and raise armies. - June 1, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- my name is Amanda said...
I don't think anyone who condemns the murder is necessarily required to feel a sense of loss. That would be the same as saying that one ought to feel a sense of loss over every individual who is murdered every single day. In general I feel that someone who is murdered is a loss to humanity, but if I don't know them personally, or their story, etc, then of course I wouldn't feel a sense of "loss." More like sadness that world can be so cruel.
I would think that O'Connor was referring to abortion doctor killings, not killing in general and/or war-time.
Gino, I love ya, but waterboarding has nothing to do with abortion.
...And you have no proof to support that statement! (Sorry, couldn't help it.) - June 1, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Sounds like you are advocating terrorism?
Also, I would like to see you prove that statement about waterboarding.
Rich - June 1, 2009 at 8:53 PM
- Gino said...
rich, are you equating a standard army, or a police force, with terrorism?
amanda: you're right. waterboarding is much nicer. - June 2, 2009 at 12:44 AM
you are the one who is trying to blur the lines between a terrorist act and defensive actions, not me. Also, I am waiting on the waterboarding thing.
Rich - June 2, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- Gino said...
hasnt it already been reported about the terrorist acts on skyscrapers in los angeles that were discovered through waterboarding that hairy guy?
i grew up in LA. i can verify that these buildings have living people inside them 24hrs a day. - June 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM
I have not seen that evidence. Please supply the link.
Rich - June 2, 2009 at 10:25 PM
- Gino said...
when Obama releases the memos cheney and others say exist, then we'll have a news link.
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- Todd Pletcher, who added two more winners on Friday, is locked and loaded at Gulfstream on Saturday with live entrants in five of the 11 races. In the 5th, Danaslam (Grand Slam) moves inside in quest of her third win in her last four starts, and looks the part of 5-2 morning line favorite.
In the 6th, a six furlong allowance, three-year old Exclusive Quality (Elusive Quality), makes his first start, as the 5-2 morning line choice, since his snazzy maiden win on January 7. He's a $850,000 yearling out of a Glitterman mare who's a half-sister to Brave Deed, second in the Test to Jersey Girl in 1998. Also in the race is Union Course (Dixie Union), making his first start of the year; he was a close second in the Flash at Belmont last June, and then spent the summer chasing Henny Hughes and Private Vow.
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The tenth is the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Breeders Cup at that popular 1 7/16th mile distance on the grass, and Pletcher has one of the main contenders in Go Deputy (Deputy Minister). He was a close second to Honor And War in the Mac Diarmada Stakes with a lifetime best 101 Beyer, and looks like a horse on the improve as he takes on four Grade 1 winners.
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...sorry about Highland Cat, Alan...i just looked at the charts...and wow, did Scanlon's Song run badly!...i'm guessing Achilles of Troy could've done better... 8^P
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