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For Nicole and Angel Ortiz, conversations about spirits and the afterlife do not just take place on Halloween.
They think about the afterlife nearly 24/7 because they are the members and founders of CT Soul Seekers, a paranormal investigation and research group based in Naugatuck.
"It is a huge part of our lives," Nicole said.
Nicole's interest in the paranormal began during childhood when she heard haunted stories about her family home in Seymour. Although she was too young to remember what happened, Nicole said her family heard the garage door going up and down by itself, footsteps on the stairway and other strange noises. She also said her family had "strange" dreams at the house.
Although the majority of her family kept those ghost stories a secret, Nicole said she was not afraid to share her experiences with other people.
"I was the girl walking around with an Ouija board," she said.
Unlike his wife, the paranormal did not interest Angel until adulthood. Once a skeptic, Angel said he started questioning the afterlife after his mother died.
"I never had a reason to believe in ghosts," Angel said. "But now I wonder what really happens when we do pass on."
Both Nicole and Angel formed The CT Soul Seekers in early 2009. The paranormal group now includes eight more members who all bring certain skills and talent to their mission. As paranormal investigators, they have investigated public and private residences using different types of equipment and technology to record possible unnatural phenomena.
But their work goes beyond investigating places in the local community. Besides appearing on WTNH Connecticut Style, The CT Soul Seekers have appeared on the Chiller TV Network in its special, "Real Fear: The Truth Behind More Movies." When not appearing on TV or conducting paranormal investigations, Angel and Nicole co-host a weekly online radio show called, "Our Haunted Lives," and a few episodes of a public access television show in the Naugatuck Valley.
"I did not realize it would get as big as it did," Nicole said.
The CT Soul Seekers also make public appearances at local libraries and give back to the community through events like Relay for Life. On Thursday, Oct. 17, they will conduct a lecture at the Southington Public Library to share different types of data they captured with pictures, video and audio from various paranormal investigations. They will also make an appearance at the Beacon Falls Haunted Hay Ride in late October.
Nicole and Angel said they want to educate more people on the different types of tools they use during investigations and the purpose of using them in order to gain a better understanding of true paranormal phenomena. They will also discuss different paranormal theories and practices.
"It is not necessarily something you need to be afraid of," Nicole said.
Nicole and Angel also said the purpose of their lecture is not to persuade people that the paranormal exists, but rather to open their minds to the possibilities.
"We can give them some extra information to think about," Nicole said. "I hope everyone comes out and has a good time."
Anyone interested in attending the event can register online at www.southingtonlibrary.org by clicking on Calendar, or contact the Reference Department at (860) 628-0947, ext. 5.
Paranormal research group to present at library
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DIY Glass Charger Makeover
One of my most popular posts has been my knock off a Pottery Barn spring tablescape here. I do love that one!
One of the fun things about that tablescape was my Pottery Barn knock off clear glass chargers. I found them for $4 each in the clearance isle at Hobby Lobby. They were gorgeous and charger size! There was a small hole in the centers from where they had been parts of two tiered stands. As chargers, it would never be seen.
Well, now I need two more and of course, an exact match isn't happening. I found two absolutely gorgeous clear blue plates (no holes!) the right size at Home Goods very affordably. But, they are blue! Given that I wasn't finding affordable options at all, I bought them. I adore the scalloped edges!
So here was my thinking, I know that sometimes the "color" on glass items is not all the way through, but applied to the backs. Today I gave it a try. Half a bottle of maximum strength nail polish remover ($.97 at Walmart), a fingernail brush and a towel later, I have sparkling clear glass chargers!
Tip: If you try this, I found that doing it in the porcelain sink made a HUGE mess that actually took more nail polish remover to clean off! Laying it on the towel (white so I could see when all the blue was off), and holding a rag over my brush so it caught all the harsh splatters worked brilliantly!
Also, note that I said "maximum strength nail polish remover". I believe that if you use the non-acetone product it would not work nearly so well.
The nail brush was a blessing to quickly and easily get into all the 3D pattern on the back.
A last thought is to warn you that the blue did not come out of my towel.
I love when you can remake things to fit your needs and for so little! Satisfaction indeed!
Hope you are enjoying the new year and God bless you and yours!
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The 66-year-old Illinois man who opened fire early Wednesday on members of Congress practicing for a charity baseball game, raged against President Trump and once singled out House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was wounded in the attack.
"Here's a Republican that should lose his job, but they gave him a raise,'' James T. Hodgkinson allegedly wrote in a 2015 post to his Facebook account, referring to the Louisiana congressman. The message was accompanied by a cartoon depiction of Scalise.
Federal authorities said it was too early to determine whether the assault targeted members of Congress. But Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., raised the ominous prospect that the incident may have been politically motivated, saying that a man who appeared to match Hodgkinson's description approached him and others in the parking lot of the Alexandria, Va., baseball field to ask whether the practice involved Republicans or Democrats.
"Now, that I've seen the (suspect's) photo, I've got to believe that he was the guy,'' DeSantis said on MSNBC.
President Trump, in a statement from the White House Wednesday, said that Hodgkinson died at a local hospital from wounds suffered when officers returned fire on the Belleville, Ill., man who owned a home-inspection business.
In a March 22 Facebook post, Hodgkinson, who turned his ire against Trump, who he described as a "traitor.''
"Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy,'' he said. "It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co."
In a post earlier this week, the suspect highlighted a campaign calling for the president's impeachment.
"Trump is Guilty & Should Go to Prison for Treason,'' Hodgkinson wrote.
A home inspector
Illinois business records show that the suspect owned JTH Inspections, which he claimed to have operated for more than 30 years.
"I have past licenses in construction, roofing, electrical, septic, appraisals and more,'' Hodgkinson said. "I am a certified member of the American Society of Home Inspectors. I adhere to all of their standards of practice and codes of ethics. I am also a proud member of the International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants.''
An official statement from the American Society of Home Inspectors confirmed that Hodgkinson's membership ended in 2015.
Hodkinson, described in court records as 5-feet, 6-inches tall and weighing 202 pounds, also had a record of arrests on various criminal charges dating back to 1988, according to St. Clair County, Ill., Circuit Court documents.
The charges ranged from minor driving offenses and repeated failures to obtain work permits to battery and driving under the influence.
Records show that the 2006 battery case, which resulted in his arrest, was later dismissed after a period of "supervision.''
Hodgkinson's 1992 arrest by Illinois State Police for suspicion of resisting and obstructing a peace officer also was later dismissed.
None of the offenses involved a weapon.
But St. Clair County, Ill., Sheriff Richard Watson, whose deputies were assisting federal investigators in a search of the gunman's Belleville home, said deputies last encountered Hodgkinson March 24, when a neighbor reported that gun shots were being fired in the area.
The sheriff said deputies arrived to find Hodgkinson with a hunting rifle on his property where he was apparently engaged in target practice.
"The guy was very cordial,'' the sheriff said. "He showed the deputy his firearms identification card. Even though he was on his own property, he told the deputy that he probably should take the rifle to a gun range, just to be safe.''
At no time, Watson said, did Hodgkinson's behavior appear erratic or threatening.
Watson said he learned of Hodgkinson's connection to the Virginia shooting shortly after 9:30 a.m., when he arrived at the department for a meeting.
"I about fell out of my chair,'' Watson said, adding that local authorities then began to search their files for records of past contacts with the shooter.
In the March encounter, Watson described Hodgkinson's weapon as a common deer rifle. A federal law enforcement official, however, said investigators had recovered an assault-style rifle and a handgun that were believed to be associated with the suspect.
Contempt for GOP politics
At home in Belleville, Hodgkinson, an ardent supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, made no effort to hide a simmering contempt for Republican politics.
In a series of 2012 letters to the local Belleville News-Democrat, the gunman offered scathing critiques of GOP policies, focusing largely on tax issues.
"I have never said 'life sucks,' only the policies of the Republicans,'' he wrote on Aug. 28, 2012.
The next month, he cited the MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show as one of his favorite television programs, adding that a recent show had highlighted the contributions of 17 wealthy donors to the Republican Party.
"These men are trying to buy our country,'' he wrote. "You know they expect something for all this money. That something is that (then-GOP presidential candidate) Mitt Romney and a Republican Congress won't raise their taxes.''
Hodgkinson appeared to express his most extreme political views on Facebook, where he took particular aim at Trump and the president's family.
Donald Johnson of Ann Arbor, Mich., said he became Facebook friends with the suspect last February.
"I was friending a lot of Bernie supporters at the time," he said. He never met Hodgkinson in person, he said, but they exchanged memes over Facebook.
"We never even messaged," he said, "but he liked a lot of my posts."
"He seemed kind of extreme," said Johnson of Hodgkinson's Facebook posts, referring to him as a "Bernie-bot."
Johnson said he has been scrolling through his wall since learning that Hodgkinson had been identified as the shooter, wondering if any of his posts may have negatively affected the gunman's behavior. Johnson recalled posting something in January about the on-camera slugging of white nationalist Richard Spencer, intimating he understood why someone would resort to such an attack.
"If [Hodgkinson] was reading that, he could have taken that as a go-ahead, I suppose," he said.
But Johnson said he has "never advocated for violence.''
"I think violence is wrong,'' he said.
Federal authorities said it was still too early to determine what drove Watson to target such a gathering, hundreds of miles from his home.
Witnesses said the attack and the barrage of gunfire seemed to come from nowhere.
One witness said she never saw the attacker's face but cowered in fear as the sound of the gunshots appeared to come closer, as she walked her dogs near the baseball field.
At first, Katie Filous said she thought the noise was related to a pitching machine at the field before hearing screams from the people gathered there.
"They were screaming, 'It's a shooter! He's got a rifle! Get down!' I laid down on the ground. There were a lot of shots. Maybe about 20."
From her vantage point behind a tree, she saw a security officer leave a nearby SUV and attempt to confront the shooter with a handgun.
"I saw the officer get hit, kind of slumping near the SUV," Filous said. "I saw two people being carried away on stretchers. The (wounded) officer was airlifted out.
"I was doing what I could to not get killed."
Contributing: Emily Bohatch and Sarah Toy.


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The Evolution of Customer Experience Management: From scoring net promoters to customer effort
By: Greg Owens, Senior Director, Global Marketing, Motive CEM Solutions, Alcatel-Lucent
I just returned from a Customer Experience Management (CEM) event in London. After attending the same event in January 2014, I reported that I was struck by how pervasive customer experience had become within the world of telecoms. Well, a year has not changed that. In fact, I no longer feel compelled to extol the virtues of focusing on customer experience. There is no doubt: CSPs are intent on improving customer satisfaction and on making it a key focus of their businesses. Many of the CSP-led presentations showed examples of mission and vision statements that place the customer smack-dab in the crosshairs.
So what has changed in twelve months? Here are some highlights, for me, of some great presentations and scintillating conversations that took place over the course of three days in the shadow of Westminster.
Big Data for Better Operations - The Use of Analytics in the Connected Home
By: Alan Marks, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Alcatel-Lucent's Motive Customer Experience Solutions
The increasingly competitive broadband market has service providers facing new challenges as they deliver services to today's Internet-connected home. One challenge is delivering technical support for the rapidly increasing number of Internet-connected devices in the home. Consumers are now connecting gaming consoles, smart phones, tablets and other devices to their residential gateway, and their broadband Internet service. In light of this increasingly complex and dynamic technological landscape, it is no surprise that service providers have turned to analytics to better understand their customers' needs.
We ask the experts: How can exceptional QoE be achieved in VoLTE networks?
By: Jean Jones, Director, Wireless Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent
What does voice over LTE (VoLTE) offer your subscribers? Better voice quality, including HD voice. Rich communications with messaging and video. And whatever inventive applications you choose to introduce. In other words, VoLTE can provide a superior quality of experience (QoE) for subscribers and give you a competitive edge — particularly when your service operates at its best.
In my last blog[CCE1] , our experts explained why an end-to-end strategy is the key to maintaining peak VoLTE performance. Now we'll look at how this strategy gets put into practice to optimize real-world service offerings. The information here is based on interviews with Luis Venerio who works with our VoLTE Readiness Services team. And his observations come straight from his experience on VoLTE deployments that serve millions of subscribers.
We Ask the Experts: How Can VoLTE Outperform Circuit-switched Services?
By Jean Jones, Director, Wireless Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent
This second blog in our series begins a discussion of the most basic, yet crucial voice over LTE (VoLTE) question: How can you make sure your 4G voice service works as well — if not better — than familiar 3G wireless services. Your subscribers' expectations are high now, as VoLTE services are launched on a larger scale. And they're looking for carrier-grade quality.
To satisfy these expectations (and reap all the benefits of VoLTE), you need to start with a new way of thinking about service deployment. According to the VoLTE experts I've talked to, that means developing an end-to-end strategy. Then, ideally, carrying out your plan with the help of a cross-functional team.
Enterprises Need a Converged Network to Meet Current and Future Requirements
Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Contributor
Bring-your-own-device, mobile video, virtualization and a greater need for quality of service have prompted the need to rethink the network. In fact, the exponential increase in traffic has added a sense of urgency on the part of enterprises to upgrade their networks.
What's needed is a converged network, according to a recent paper by Alcatel-Lucent (ALU). Enterprise Converged Network Solution, which carries the subtitle, Deliver a Consistent and Quality User Experience, Streamline Operations and Reduce Costs. With a long and deep history of providing state-of-the-art enterprise networks, ALY is advocating a converted, application-aware network that accounts for the latest evolutions in computing, yet is a resilient enough to meet both today's needs and those of tomorrow.
Viable Carrier Wi-Fi Starts with ANDSF
By Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Contributor
Mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets have made users a little more ornery. They now expect both a high quality of experience and high bandwidth availability to run their mobile devices. Yet, this can be a challenge for operators.
One solution to tackle the bandwidth issue is leveraging carrier Wi-Fi, which eases the cellular load. But Wi-Fi has historically been challenging in terms of user experience, as logins and moving between cellular reception and Wi-Fi have made the experience anything but simple and elegant.
Policy empowered carrier Wi-Fi control looks to change that, however, delivering both bandwidth and a high quality of experience. This empowered Wi-Fi is possible thanks to 3GPP, Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF).
Motive Mobile Device Manager Key to Better and More Cost-Effective Customer Experiences
By Mae Kowalke
The customer service challenge for cellular providers is clear.
Numerous research firms have recently published studies estimating that smartphones currently make up half of all mobile phone purchases globally and that number is expected to reach 75 percent by 2013. This is context for what is a vexing industry challenge. It turns out that more than half of all customer service calls to mobile service operators now deal with the difficult technical problems that can come from smartphones, such as mobile internet, and 63 percent of returned phones are not actually faulty.
In fact, a recent Yankee Group study notes that technical difficulties now represent a bigger percentage of call center volume than billing issues. They also represent a huge financial drain on operators. A single support call, for example, can cost a provider roughly a month's worth of customer profit. This means finding ways to effectively address device configuration and service provisioning is more crucial than ever.
The War Will be Won over Customer Experience
By Mae Kowalke
The battle for the best mobile device portfolio steals the headlines with its flashy array of smartphone offerings. However, increasingly it appears that the war will be won by the mobile broadband operator who provides the best customer experience as enabled by overall quality of experience (QoE) on their network.
"To thrive in today's competitive mobile broadband market, service providers must deliver superior QoE and enrich the customer experience," noted Greg Owens, director of marketing for customer experience at Alcatel-Lucent, in a recent Enriching Communications article, "Customer Insights Improve Business Performance, stated that, "With growing pressure to reduce churn and increase revenues, service providers need to have a better understanding of how customers use their services."
The Mobile Customer Experience Imperative
By: Susan Campbell
Mobile service providers throughout the world are in an interesting competitive situation. The service provided is becoming a commodity by consumers. This means that true differentiation in this market going forward will be driven by customer experience transformations, such as those enabled by Alcatel-Lucent's portfolio of Motive Customer Experience Solutions, as traditional approaches prove to be increasingly ineffective.
Market realities today are that consumers tend to avoid brand loyalty when considering services delivered and even price points when there is little differentiation. As a result, mobile service providers by competitive necessity must pay particular attention to establishing exceptional customer experiences if they hope to achieve business success. The focus must be on building trust with customers over time and increasing customer perceptions of the value of the customer experience, rather than leveraging services and products.
Alcatel-Lucent s recently shared its view on this in a piece entitled, "Customer Experience Transformation: The Mobile Customer Experience Imperative." It highlights these market changes and what service providers need to be thinking about in order to be correctly positioned for success.
'Main-Streaming' Changing Video Game in Content Delivery Networking
By Mae Kowalke
As traditional TV collides with the internet, unprecedented changes are taking place in the video industry. The biggest trend is what Alcatel-Lucent calls 'main-streaming:' video streaming as the new normal mass market model for how consumers get their video.
In short, consumers want video content anywhere, anytime, on any device. In an early 2011 report, Neilson said U.S. consumers spent 34.5 percent more time watching video on the internet, and 20 percent more time watching mobile video, than they did in early 2010. No doubt that number has grown since—and will continue to grow.
Online video is popular with consumers because it satisfies an appetite for flexible consumption. Plus, the success of online services like Hulu+ and Netflix indicate customers are willing to pay for that flexibility.
Content delivery industry players like Netflix and Hulu offer video using ad-funded or direct-subscription business models. These content providers pay traditional content delivery networks (CDNs) like Amazon and Limelight to publish video content online, because doing so theoretically helps ensure quality of service (QoS).
Trouble is, CDNs are making promises they can't keep. The structure of their platforms—where caches are located at the edge of ISP networks—simply can't provide guaranteed adequate QoS for end users. This presents a significant opportunity for network service providers.
No 'One-Size-Fits-All' Path to Improving the Customer Experience
By Erin Harrison
In this day in age, no matter what business you are in, the customer is king.
As we touched on last week (and commands further attention), European telecom operators are not cutting it when it comes to delivering a stellar – or even an adequate – customer experience. This weakened Quality of Experience (QoE) tendency is forcing tech-savvy consumers to side with the company that is most responsive to their communications needs and not necessarily the one that offers a specific kind of service.
Typically consumers base their requirements on the strength, speed and coverage of their network, the depth and breadth of their product and services portfolio and, least of all, price. But this is the case no longer.
A recent study conducted in EMEA by European Communications – the results of which appear in a recent special edition, "Customer Experience" – found overwhelmingly that telecom operators are losing their edge when it comes to QoE. Alarmingly, only17 percent of operators say they have a 360-degree view of their customers.
Optimizing Networks in a Demand for Video Everywhere Era
By Mae Kowalke
In my blog last week, I focused on some of the changes and challenges in digital media delivery that vendors likeVelocix (an Alcatel-Lucent company) are developing to help service providers maximize the quality of end user experiences while minimizing network traffic. In that piece I cited the first article in a two part series by Richard Gibbs, Vice President Worldwide Technical and Business Consulting at Velocix's article in the Alcatel-Lucent e-zine TechZine, "A New Approach to Publishing and Caching Video." It focused on the architecture and design considerations for a Content Delivery Network (CDN). This post picks up the story with the second Gibbs post, "Optimize Delivery to Meet Demand for "Video Everywhere," which looks in detail at the delivery, management and control functions needed for efficient CDN operation.
A Holistic Approach is Necessary for Quality Customer Experiences
By Mae Kowalke
For the hotly competitive world of mobile communications service providers, it's no longer enough simply to provide fast, reliable connections for a variety of devices at competitive rates.
A recent article in the Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) e-zine Enriching Communications titled, "Taking Care of the Customer Experience," co-authored by ALU's Ben Geller, Senior Director of Marketing and Oliver Krahn, Customer Experience Transformation Growth Program Leader, on this subject is worth a read. They explain how, "Service providers are learning that they cannot differentiate with devices, services or pricing." This is clearly a dramatic change from the past.
Mobile Application Assurance: The Ideal Business Engine
By Susan Campbell
Many mobile services available to consumers today are perceived as commodity services. The assumption is that every provider offers the same thing at the same level of quality. The result is that those willing to go the extra mile in terms of customer service are often those deemed worthy of customer business.
This perception is driving a new focus in this space as providers seek methods for:
- Improving monitoring
- Personalizing the experience
- Optimizing the network resources
- Enriching the customer experience to drive loyalty
As captured in this Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) TechZine article, Mobile Application Assurance, the main focus for any service provider should be on advanced deep packet inspection (DPI) for doing the above.
Bell Labs Helps Mobile Service Providers to Understand and Meet Video Calling Quality of Experience (QoE) Challenges
By Michelle Amodio
The explosive growth of smart mobile devices capable of making video calls is placing intense pressures on service providers to configure their networks to assure users have experiences that meet or exceed their expectations. However, providing a superior quality of experience (QoE) is a complex challenge.
As part of its support of mobile service providers around the world, Alcatel Lucent's Bell Labs recently looked at the factors that influence QoE) to help service providers full understand all of the issues and what needs to be done to resolve them.
The questions the Bell Labs researchers explored were:
- What are the key factors that influence QoE for mobile video calls?
- Are residential broadband networks ready for them?
There was good news on both fronts. The challenges could be identified and categorized in terms of importance, and viable solutions can help operators meet consumer expectations in a timely and cost effective manner, as well as lay the foundation for new profitable services.
The main finding of the researchers was that service providers require not bigger (more bandwidth) networks but faster ones (in terms of response time). They validated that speed, combined with the proper provision of a consistent quality of service (QoS), are the critical determinants in mobile video calling QoE.


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Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. In addition, our program is designed to serve majors from geographic information science, environmental science, as well as science students in other fields who are interested in adding to their knowledge of the earth and planetary system. We also provide support for students preparing to earn certification for teaching at the K-12 level, and interested non-science majors.
Members of the geoscience faculty provide majors with a broad overview of geology and planetary processes while offering the opportunity to pursue specialized knowledge in selected areas of geoscience in preparation for graduate study and careers in government, industry, or academia.
More information about geology and job opportunities that geology offers are found here.
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Chicago is one of the world's great cities — and most of the clichés that have long stuck to the Windy City (a nickname with origins that even Chicagoans argue about) remain anchored in truth today. It's a sprawling, tough place; neither East nor West, but proudly anchored between; filled with people passionate about sports, food and the sometimes ugly, always entertaining rough-and-tumble of politics. The range and depth of its cultural life, meanwhile — the stellar Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Goodman Theater, the Field Museum, the Joffrey Ballet, its unmatched live comedy and on and on — are world-class.
[See all of TIME.com's coverage of Chicago.]
Over the past few years, however, Chicago has seen its share of trouble. In 2012, for example, 506 Chicagoans were murdered — the majority of the victims, and their killers, from its poorest neighborhoods. New York City, by contrast, saw just over 400 murders in 2012 — a four-decade low for a city roughly three times the size of Chicago. Other large cities, like Los Angeles, have also seen their homicide rates drop, in some cases dramatically, in recent years.
(Note: Thus far in 2013, Chicago's murder rate has dropped to far below that of 2012.)
Here, in recognition of the Second City's hard times — and with confidence that it will, as it has in the past, pull itself out of this grim downward spiral — LIFE.com points to a series of photographs made in Chicago in 1954, focusing on what the magazine called the "encroaching menace" of the city's slums. While the language used in the article might sound, for lack of a better term, rather un-P.C. today (describing Chicago's slums, for example, as "23 festering, proliferating square miles aswarm with 800,000 human beings …"), the focus of the piece was, in fact, the question of how a great, growing American city can transform itself into a liveable place for all of its citizens: a question that cities everywhere have always faced — and likely always will.
[See all of TIME.com's coverage of poverty in America.]
The photographs in this gallery, meanwhile — many of which never ran in LIFE — are remarkable not only for the intensity and the intimacy found in so many of the images, but because they were made by a German-born photographer named Fritz Goro who was widely regarded as one of the most accomplished science photographers who ever lived. That a man so comfortable capturing the wonders of 20th-century science and technology could also convey the deeply human, immediate problems of urban poverty and despair speaks volumes not only about Goro's talent, but about LIFE magazine's often risky choices when assigning photographers to stories.


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child custody lawyer Cupertino
How are child custody and visitation issues resolved?
Ideally, parents going through a dissolution of marriage will be able to reach an agreement on child sharing arrangements that work for both the parents and the children. When parents cannot agree, the law requires the parents to participate in mediation. Parents may hire a private mediator from outside the court system or, in Santa Clara County, the court provides mediation at the courthouse through Family Court Services. If an agreement is reached through mediation, it is put in writing and filed with the court as an enforceable court order.
When parents are not able to agree upon a child custody and visitation order following mediation, they proceed to a child custody assessment or evaluation. This is a process where the parties either agree upon using a qualified mental health professional or the court refers the parties to Family Court Services for a qualified mental health professional to conduct an investigation and prepare written recommendations to resolve the child custody dispute. The standard for the assessor/evaluator is the same standard used by the court in contested proceedings, namely the best interests of the child or children.In making recommendations or a decision concerning child custody, the child's health, safety, welfare, and issues of abuse or domestic violence must be considered. Each parent is entitled to at least have reasonable visitation with a child, unless it is determined that such visitation would be detrimental to the child.
Mark Erickson has been a Certified Family Law Specialist since 1987, and has practiced family law in San Jose and Campbell, California since 1979. Mark currently maintains Martindale Hubbel's prestigious "AV Preeminent" peer review rating.
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eZ-AZ! Point of Sale (POS) is a point of sale solution for general retail stores, pawn shops, salons, restaurants and pubs. The product is suited for single stores. It includes point of sale as well as inventory management functions.
eZ-AZ! POS allows users to calculate revenue, sales and inventory reporting as well as performance reviews. It offers customer management features, including purchase histories, payment histories, rewards points and customer comments. It also features barcode scanning and receipt/label printing and comes with wireless and touchscreen support.
eZ-AZ! POS is available for on-premise deployment. It's priced on a perpetual license at three levels depending on the number of terminals needed. It also supplies hardware such as cash drawers, pole displays, slip printers, barcode scanners and computer systems.
eZ-AZ! supports Windows operating systems and is available in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Angola, Monaco and the UK.


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This article is the guaranteed* one stop shop that's going to give you everything you need to succeed online. If you follow the advice in this article you could be making so much money that King Midas will be saying that he has your touch. Complete strangers may prostrate themselves at your feet asking you to merely turn your gaze upon their site for the briefest of brief moments in order for it to catapult up the rankings and sell so many of their widgets that they'll need to open a new overflow factory in Walla Walla staffed by the last remaining Oompa Loompas.
While you go find your credit card so that you can pay the nominal fee to read the rest of this article, let me tell you a quick story.
Back in the early '80s there was a company that advertised that they could legally get your phone bill cut to nothing. You'd never have to pay another phone bill again, all you had to do was send them $19.99 and they'd mail you the amazing, perfectly legal details.
Hundreds of people sent off for this offer and eagerly tore open the package that was sent by return of post. Inside the packet was a single sheet of paper with 3 lines on it:
- Call your phone company
- Ask to be connected to the accounts department
- Ask to have your phone disconnected
Bait & Switch?
Of course there's no quick fix way to jump to the top of the rankings, which is how it should be, as SEO isn't about who has the most money, and is able to buy their way to pole position, it's ideally about helping the search engines discover and rank the content that has the most relevance to the query.
Not everyone believes that SEO is a worthy pursuit, Search Engine Watch Director Jonathan Allen recently wrote a very eloquent response to Bill Barol of Forbes, who had expressed his dismay with SEO, and a few weeks ago BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti was quoted in the Business Insider as saying
"The problem with SEO is that you're not trying to delight people, you're trying to get your content through a gatekeeper, that gatekeeper being the Google algorithm. You're not making the best content for humans, you're making the best content for a robot…you're trying to game a system"
Unfortunately this looks to me as though Mr. Peretti just hasn't met the right SEO. I have never in my career as an SEO asked to have keywords inserted into copy, or on a website that detracted in any way from the user experience. He goes on to explain that his new venture will be a socially focused publishing site, but he's missing out on a huge opportunity if he doesn't think that the search engines still drive a huge chunk of traffic to a well optimized content site.
Increasing Findability
While journalists and PR professionals are sometimes reticent to "SEO" their work, when it's explained to them that it's not a bad thing and will actually, if done right, lead to more people perusing, sharing and commenting on their work, those that get it, get it.
Whenever I work with these groups I make sure that they know that I always want them to write for the user, but that they should consider some minor tweaks to also make their article work for the search engines, nothing that affects the readability though.
A good SEO practitioner primarily has the users in mind because a search engine isn't going to click through on an ad, or purchase a case of ball bearings. So suggesting that a journalist uses the full name of a person in a headline rather than a nickname helps a user to identify the subject when they're searching for a specific article about them, and also helps the search engines rank the page as they can more easily determine the primary entities involved in the article.
SEO is neither a scam, nor anti-user. Now that's not to say that there aren't people out there that do scam in the name of SEO or that think that inserting the phrase "buy Viagra here" in every second sentence is a fantastic idea, but there are people like that in every industry, people who find loopholes or leap with both feet over ethical boundaries in order to make lucre.
As with any industry, you tend not to hear too much about those that are working away behind the scenes, doing the right things for their clients (especially when many large companies have SEO firms working on NDAs), but you do hear about the ones that are caught out doing the wrong things. Consumers just have to do some due diligence before handing their hard earned money over to the first company that mentions title tags.
In fact, think about what the web would look like without SEOs working to help legitimate sites rank for the terms that they should rank for. If you think that perhaps I'm biased, feel free to jump over here for 3 minutes & 14 seconds and listen to Matt Cuts of Google talk about why SEO is good for the web.
SEO as a Force for Good
Last week a friend asked me to take a look at her e-commerce site, she was concerned that she wasn't getting enough traffic. I looked at her analytics and saw that her traffic numbers were low and had been pretty static for the last three years.
Looking more closely at her site I was able to identify several architectural issues that were impacting her ability to rank, as well as a selection on on-page issues. Fixing those will enable the right pages on her site to be found for the right terms. The more optimized and targeted her site becomes, the greater the chance that potential customers will find it. Then the focus switches to ensuring that that the conversion process is as effective as possible, one may even say "optimized".
Does this really sound like a scam, or something that's detrimental to users the world over? I don't think so, but maybe I'm biased (if you still believe that then I refer you back to the aforementioned Matt Cutts video above).
If you're looking for the definitive guide to SEO, you're going to have to go ahead and actually do the work yourself, although you could start by reading around Search Engine Watch on the topics that are of interest to you. They won't cut your phone bill to zero, but they will help you make your site more findable.
*the term guarantee, in this instance, implies no actual guarantee, nor really even an implied guarantee, and we guarantee that.
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The brief, bloodless revolution of Peter King
As of Tuesday night, Rep. Peter King had lost, embarrassingly.
After Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of downstate New York, including big swaths of his Long Island district, King, the dean of New York's Republican delegation, was tapped as the point-man for the state's $60.4-billion Hurricane Sandy aid request in the House.
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King had received some modest assurances along the way that House Speaker John Boehner would be supportive of the package, despite the party's overall resistance to federal spending, and on Tuesday afternoon, he got the best news yet: the House leadership, with the strong backing of Majority Leader Eric Cantor, would bring the package to the floor.
But after a contentious vote on President Obama's fiscal cliff deal late Tuesday night, Boehner promptly and surprisingly adjourned the lower chamber, disregarding the promise to the region's Republicans that the leadership would bring the relief package up for a vote.
Area members flocked to the House floor to denounce the decision; King was incensed.
"Everybody played by the rules, except tonight, when the rug was pulled out from under us!" King said on the floor. "Absolutely inexcusable! Absolutely indefensible! We have a moral obligation to hold this vote!"
The next day he toured the media to continue his offensive.
"These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they're out raising millions of dollars," King said in a morning appearance on Fox News. "They're in New York all the time filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers. I'm saying right now, anyone from New York or New Jersey who contributes one penny to congressional Republicans is out of their minds. Because what they did last night was put a knife in the back of New Yorkers and New Jerseyans. It was an absolute disgrace."
This got people's attention: King isn't just a Republican, but has long been considered an ally of Boehner.
On the other hand, he's somewhat independent, if not exactly moderate. He's pro-union and pro-gun control, and sided with Bill Clinton and Charlie Rangel when each of them came under attack from the rest of his party.
He also happens to have built his career as a party guy who periodically turns on his leaders.
He hadn't railed against House leadership like this for a while, at least since his nemesis Newt Gingrich had left the building, and had steadfastly supported Boehner as the speaker battled a recalcitrant Tea Party faction in his own caucus.
Now he was calling Boehner "dismissive, cavalier and indifferent."
By mid-morning all the cable channels wanted a piece of the intra-party battle (including, apparently, the Weather Channel) and, interview by interview, King ratcheted up the pressure on Boehner, who subsequently announced he'd hold an afternoon meeting with the region's Republicans.
In the meantime, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie—who has battled King in the past—backed King up, raising the temperature even more.
When King arrived for the meeting with Boehner, he was amused by all the the press waiting there, according to Jason Horowitz's lively account of King's day in the Washington Post.
King is the Queens-born son of a cop, and Boehner the Ohio-bred son of a bartender, and the meeting went about how one might expect to settle a dispute between old friends at the local Legion hall.
Boehner broke the ice by calling King an "asshole," according to Horowitz, and by the end, the two had an agreement to prioritize the bills in the next Congress, including an emergency Friday vote to replenish the federal flood insurance program. (Staten Island congressman Michael Grimm, a former F.B.I. agent who also attended the meeting, said he lagged behind to seal the deal with a man-to-man handshake.)
After the meeting, King celebrated with his fellow Republicans.
"What's done is done," he said of Boehner's earlier decision, adding, "That was a lifetime ago." He and Grimm both pledged to support Boehner in the next day's leadership vote, after previously saying they might not.
By Thursday morning, King had turned his fire away from Boehner and toward the Republican hard-liners who still oppose the aid, appearing on CNN's "Starting Point" to say that Rep. Darrell Issa was "one thousand percent wrong" to allege the bill was filled with pork.


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Jade K. Scott is an erotica author who likes it raunchy! She writes hardcore erotica in taboo niches such as spanking and pseudo-incest. Jade's been writing raunchy stories since she was a young teen, and she loves sharing her passion with her fans!


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Mega Con-fusion
As you über fans/stalkers already know, John and I spent the last three days at MegaCon, a local sci-fi and comic book convention. (Yep, we're some of "those" people. HI.)
It was a delightful time, and we had a blast meeting lots of you readers, gawking at Star Trek celebs, and taking pictures of all the awesome costumes. In fact, after three days it's a little strange to see people NOT wearing rainbow wigs and light-up armor. I don't suppose some of you would carry around six-foot foam swords while I adjust back down to reality, would you?
Anyhoo, at every con there are always some costumes you can't ID - kind of like certain character cakes. (See, THERE's the segue you were waiting for.)
For example, I can almost guarantee you know who this character is, so see if you can guess:
Nope, it's not a skinned Princess Leia! Try again.
Give up?
John and I saw TONS of My Little Pony costumes at the con, though thankfully no one subjected Pinkie Pie to quite this level of humiliation:
[wincing] Ouch. Let's get an official reaction on this one, shall we?
Yeah. Us, too.
We also saw plenty of Spider-Men ...
K, I give up: what is that head made of?
... Avengers:
Sad Jesus: THE ULTIMATE SUPER HERO.
(Yes, yes, I KNOW it's supposed to be Thor. Quit spoiling my fun, details.)
... princesses:
Though thankfully none with tentacles sprouting from their bazooms.
... and, of course, zombies.
"Can YOU say 'CEREEEEEEEBROS'?"
Well, I'm off to sort through all my photos, so I'll leave you with an awesome wreckplica of everyone's favorite Darth-Vader-Riding-A-My-Little-Pony cake, which we printed onto pins, which we then gave out to any readers who found us at MegaCon, thereby completing THE CIRCLE OF LIFE:
Told ya it was awesome.
Thanks to Gretchen W., David S., James P., Santiago P., Mary, Analiese F., & Kathryn K. for the mega lolz. Oh, and if you guys want to see *my* costume from this weekend, plus all the pics I took of everyone else's, be sure to watch my other blog, Epbot!


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When will right hate Hillary again?
Her poll numbers are staggering. Fellow Democrats fear her. So do some Republicans. The main question now is, when will the right start hating Hillary Clinton again and kick a "Stop HRC" movement into high gear?
You could hear the sounds of the ignition being turned during the past 10 days as an illness that led to a concussion (under circumstances that the public still knows little about) forced Clinton to cancel Senate testimony about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. That led to charges of a cover-up from some dependably anti-Clinton quarters, such as the New York Post and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton.
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( PHOTOS: Hillary Clinton's 2012 travels)
A blog post Wednesday by The Weekly Standard — promptly blared across the Drudge Report with the headline, "Where's Hillary?" — questioned the scant explanation out of Clinton's camp of her two-week public absence this month.
But there was a cautious quality to much of that criticism. The language used by the Post, a longtime Clinton antagonist, was tough but not disrespectful. And Sen. Lindsey Graham said conservatives peddling the idea that Clinton faked her illness to get out of testifying need to knock it off. "I think that's inappropriate and not true," the South Carolina Republican said last week.
( Also on POLITICO: Benghazi review: 'Systematic failures')
That all fed a sense that the engine of the once vaunted anti-Hillary machine still seems stuck in neutral.
She is scheduled to have a rain date before the Senate in January, but some of the passion over Benghazi may have dissipated by then. A special report led to the resignation of lower-tier State Department officials and did not target Clinton. And when she testifies, some of her old Senate Republican colleagues may be mindful of being too tough at a public hearing, meaning that unless she makes a misstep, she likely will get a respectful greeting.
( Who's talking about Hillary, 2016?)
Which leaves a status quo in place that would have been unthinkable for conservatives just four short years ago: The anti-Hillary Clinton industrial-entertainment complex, a source of income and headlines for conservatives over much of the past two decades, has been dormant while she's been at the State Department. There has been no Clinton in elected office, a constant in American political life since the 1990s, for four years. The secretary of State has generally become an apolitical and deeply popular figure — and Republican nominee Mitt Romney spent much of 2012 lionizing the Clinton legacy.
Some Republicans believe it's only a matter of time before she appears in more direct-mail appeals. A second Hillary presidential campaign seems eminently possible, and it's already prompting a fundraising appeal from the PAC ActRight, helmed by National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown, who recently wrote to his list: "The time to start planning for the defeat of Hillary Clinton is right now."


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Letter, C. Robinson, Camp Sacket, to Hon. J. C. Fremont
Author: Robinson, Charles
Date: July 28, 1856
While a prisoner at Camp Sackett near Lecompton, Robinson informed Fremont that James Emery was traveling east and should be used in Fremont's presidential campaign as a stump speaker as he "can do good service to the cause." Robinson also indicated that he did not know if the Pierce administration had decided whether or not to hang Robinson and his fellow prisoners.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: James Stanley Emery Collection, #339, Box 2, Folder Correspondence 1855-1859
Item Number: 100504 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Camp Sackett, Kansas Territory; Election, Presidential, 1856; Elections; Emery, James Stanley; Free state cause; Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890; Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869; Prisoners; Prisons; Republican Party (U.S.: 1854- ); Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
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British reality TV star Katie Price has taken aim at a fellow model who accused her of taking drugs while pregnant with her disabled son, branding the claims "vile."
Wonderbra model Katie Green made the comments about the 34 year old and her son Harvey, who was born in 2002, during an appearance on Loaded TV's "Looser Women" – and Price is fuming about the remarks.
Speaking to Britain's The Sun, she says, "This vile lie makes me so angry. This is a supposedly intelligent woman but she is stupid enough to repeat something so utterly disgusting. It is people like her that set back disability rights for years.
"Disabilities sometimes just happen and no one is at fault… the type of sneering, curtain-twitching comments made by this silly girl causes deep distress. Harvey's conditions are genetic. I hope she is thoroughly ashamed."
Harvey is Price's son with former soccer star Dwight Yorke. The star is currently pregnant with her fourth child, by new husband Kieran Hayler.


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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance – Simulator Disc Missions Guide
Xbox 360
Simulator Disc Missions Guide by Maj
Version: 0.4 | Updated: 12/14/06
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (USA Playstation 2 version)
Simulator Disc Missions guide version 0.4
By Maj
Website: http://sonichurricane.com
E-mail: email@example.com
Nearly every character in MUA has a unique solo adventure accessible via the
Training Computer located inside team headquarters after obtaining the
corresponding Simulator Disc in Story Mode. With sound combat strategy and
proper allocation of talent points, it is possible to obtain Gold ranking in
each of these comic missions immediately upon retrieval. There is no need for
power-leveling, additional stat bonuses, costume upgrades, or ideal equipment
to successfully complete these missions.
This is not a full walkthrough guide. By now there are plenty of those out
there. Just about all of the major stuff has already been covered, and the
game itself is not difficult by any means.
This is not a character guide. Some characters, some skills, and some team
builds are better than others, but any team can get through the game. Most
people will just pick their favorites and that really is the best approach.
Since this guide covers such diverse gameplay, it will take a few updates
before it is completed. If you have anything to add, just drop me an e-mail.
If whatever you have to say is new to me and you're the first person to bring
it up, i'll make sure to give you proper credit.
If you want to use any of the information below, just give me due credit.
Maybe include a link to this document. Whatever, you know the drill. Thanks.
12/14/2006 - MUA Simulator Disc Missions guide version 0.4
Tabulated skill point distribution advice for every character
Incorporated simulation timer slowdown trick into general tips
Appended weapon respawn discovery to Mephisto's Realm description
Included contributed throw instructions pertaining to Skrull map
11/22/2006 - MUA Simulator Disc Missions guide version 0.3
Examined melee options in general strategy
Reorganized map overviews to incorporate Helicarrier respawn point discovery
Posted a pair of contributions to Blade strategies
11/17/2006 - MUA Simulator Disc Missions guide version 0.2
Added updates section
Completed map overviews
Expanded character-specific strategies
Made several slight clarifications
11/11/2006 - MUA Simulator Disc Missions guide version 0.1
Established project groundwork covering basics, maps, and characters
Table of Contents
I. General Strategy Overview
II. Map Analysis
III. Character Analysis
IV. Character Build Recommendations
I. General Strategy Overview
While Versus Comic Missions allow unrestricted team selection, each Hero
Comic Mission focuses on one solitary character. Since the MUA roster is so
large, the first step toward successfully completing a character's simulation
is becoming familiar with that character's powers, strengths, weaknesses, and
play style. When using an unfamiliar hero, it helps to use each room of
enemies to test out one or two powers at a time. Apart from attempting to
complete the mission, there is no need to worry about points or rankings
during first playthrough of any new simulation.
-Power Selection-
Despite the diversity of the cast, there exists a sort of "general solution"
to combat efficiency in MUA. Selecting the right combination of powers to use
is the primary challenge to mastering each character. Usually this translates
to choosing the best boost and picking the best offensive power. In most
cases, the bottom line is damage. The first task is finding the boost that
augments damage caused by powers. If none exist, some defensive boosts may
also prove useful, as well as certain unique gimmicky boosts that create a
significant advantage. However, some characters simply do not have a good
boost to use in simulator disc missions so it's best to conserve the energy.
Some of the best solo boosts are Mr. Fantastic's Fantastic Fists, Black
Panther's Stealth, Invisible Woman's Fantastic Shield, and Iceman's Frigid
Aura. Some of the worst include Human Torch's and Spider-Woman's boosts.
The next step is experimenting with special powers which cause useful status
effects. Some powers inflict ailments such as stunning opponents, slowing
them down, trapping them in place, and so on. However, many of these are far
less effective in practice than they appear in theory due to factors such as
overpriced energy cost or prohibitively lengthy execution time. Some of the
best status change powers are Thor's Hammer Toss, Invisible Woman's Kinetic
Snare, and Spider-Woman's Ensnare. Some of the worst include Storm's Hail
Storm and Ms. Marvel's Explosive Touch. Since bosses are immune to status
effects, these powers are typically reserved for standard mobs and not worth
the energy cost against bosses.
Finally, it all comes down to finding the attack power which yields the
greatest damage/cost ratio to kill as many things as possible before running
out of energy. Sometimes the best attack power against normal enemies is not
the best attack power against bosses, simply because due to status effects.
For example, Thor's best attack against normal enemies is Hammer Toss (since
it stuns multiple enemies) but his best attack against bosses is Thor's Rage
(due to high damage output and auto-targeting). For many characters, the
most potent offensive powers are their chargeable projectile attacks. Always
fully charge Blade's Spike of Destruction and Elektra's Death's Touch before
unleashing them and don't worry about getting hit by the minor enemies.
Otherwise, they will run out of energy quickly without inflicting lethal
damage to enough enemies.
Nearly every Xtreme power in the game is valuable enough to justify the two
talent points required to unlock them. Once the Momentum meter is full,
quickly find a room full of enemies and use it immediately. This accelerates
progress, saves time, and clears the Momentum meter to avoid wasting any
further meter-building opportunities. However, most characters should not go
out of their way to engage in unnecessary melee combat in order to build
Momentum. For most characters, melee simply deals damage too slowly.
Of course, once the decisions have been made, all talent points should be
subtracted from unused powers and reallocated to the best ones. Usually there
is no reason to keep primary powers at low levels since damage/cost ratios of
all powers increase with each upgrade.
-Gear Selection-
Until the final two acts of the game, the best equipment for simulator disc
missions is the Attuma's Wrath item. It increases power damage by +25% which
provides the greatest combat efficiency boost of all gear found in the first
three acts. Characters with Energy Dmg Powers are the only exception since
the White Ring of Mandarin bestows an even greater damage boost.
-Melee Efficiency-
The fastest way to knock out ordinary opponents with melee attacks is to
knock them down using the Trip combo (Attack, Smash, Attack) then land a
couple of hits while they're down, and repeat when they get up. This simple
five-button sequence (Attack, Smash, Attack, Attack, Attack) can be reiterated
without hesitation until the opponent runs out of health.
The universal Stun combo (Attack, Smash, Smash) is the next best thing
against enemies that can not be knocked down via the Trip combo. Damage is
inflicted slightly slower than the preferred combo above. Unfortunately, the
Popup combo (Attack, Attack, Smash) elevates opponents out of range for too
long to be useful in timed missions. It is the least optimal of the three.
-Time Limit Extension-
Several characters have the ability to temporarily slow time for everyone
except the hero team. Daredevil's Hyper Sense, Ms. Marvel's Cosmic Awareness,
Silver Surfer's Slow Time, and Spider-Man's Spidey Sense all produce this
altered state. Strangely enough, these boosts also affect the countdown timer
during simulator missions. Daredevil, Ms. Marvel, and Spider-Man can take
advantage of this phenomenon to finish simulations with substantially improved
completion times. Of course, this trick does not apply to Silver Surfer
because he has no simulator disc to obtain.
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-Monitoring Progress-
Look to the bottom right corner of the screen when an enemy dies. The total
current Enemy Kills Score briefly appears below the Seconds Remaining clock.
Use these figures to estimate whether the final score will surpass the desired
ranking achievement - typically 20,000 points for Gold.
II. Map Analysis
Two simulation maps contain a fixed number of enemies: Mephisto's Realm and
Skrull. The remaining four maps house enemy respawn points: Helicarrier,
Omega Base, Murderworld, and Asgard.
In stages with finite numbers of enemies, it's all about attack efficiency
and keeping seconds on the clock to add to the final score. Enemy kills earn
more points than saving time, so it is important to be thorough.
In stages with countless enemies, it's all about reaching the respawn point
and pumping up the score as high as possible before taking on the boss. Even
the toughest bosses don't last longer than three minutes, leaving plenty of
time to rack up 20,000 points for that Gold ranking. Consequently, maps with
enemy respawn capability make it much easier to attain Gold ranking. Since
the clock isn't a factor, survival is the only challenge.
-Mephisto's Realm-
Two armed Fire Giants patrol this stage - one at the halfway mark and the
other at the end. Immediately upon encountering the first Fire Giant,
initiate the acrobatic button sequence (using the Grab button) to steal his
sword. Then clear out everything else in the room very quickly. The massive
blade greatly increases melee damage as well as attack range without any
energy cost. With it, heroes can clear entire rooms in seconds and greatly
reduce mission completion time.
At the end of the stage, kill everything before engaging the Fire Giant,
then deal 90% damage to the Fire Giant. Finish him off with the Grab button
sequence to steal his sword without having to use it on him. Continue to the
boss room and drop the sword, activate the boost, pick up the sword, and
rush through the pre-fight conversation. Possessing the sword will yield
roughly 20% damage to the boss without having to use any powers. Once the
sword breaks, switch over to the most damaging attack power available until
energy runs out. Once that happens, either switch over to melee chains or run
around evasively while recharging energy. Once again, it's all about damage.
Do enough damage, quickly enough and the boss will throw out health and energy
orbs. As long as the hero can inflict roughly 20% damage to the boss before
dying, the orbs will replenish reserves and lead to victory.
The first Fire Giant encountered on this level respawns approximately every
minute. This won't generate sufficient enemy kill points to meet Gold ranking
requirements, but it does provide additional weaponry if needed.
[contributed by: KFCrispy]
Although this stage contains a fixed number of enemies, several rooms do
produce enemies in waves for extended periods. It is important to maintain an
aggressive pace in order to conserve time. The melee brawlers post the
greatest direct threat in terms of damage, but they also make the hero's job
easier by not running away. The ranged attackers inflict less damage, but are
harder to catch. If possible, save time by destroying them from a distance.
Before attempting to achieve Gold ranking, take the time to become familiar
with the map layout. Unlike other stages, the proper path through this level
is not immediately apparent from the mini-map display. Enemies on this map
always approach in groups of two or three. Although none of them are
particularly formidable, the Galactus Punishers do possess a radial knockdown
attack. Avoid this at all costs because getting knocked down wastes too much
valuable time. If possible, use attacks which damage multiple opponents from
a distance in order to keep everyone in check. Relative to some of the other
maps, this stage is actually quite fair.
Unarmed enemies can be thrown off the exposed edges of the walkway segments
located throughout this map. This excellent alternative to melee combat can
dramatically reduce completion time. Attempting to throw while too close to
the edge can give enemies a chance of bouncing back inexplicably. Staying one
character-width away from the edges usually prevents this occurrence.
[contributed by: Ken]
Early on in the level, a breakable wall must be breached to progress onto
the next room. After stepping into the following area, the three enemies
encountered before the wall respawn once more. Don't lose points by ignoring
them. Whenever Xtreme powers become available, open a nearby door to increase
the number of enemies affected. At first glance this map seems to house a
fixed number of enemies, but it turns out that there is a hidden respawn point
on this level. Every hero with a Helicarrier mission can finish it quickly
enough to attain Gold ranking without utilizing the respawn point. In fact,
the character-specific strategies provided in this guide were devised before
the respawn point discovery. However, the respawn point makes it much easier.
The fifth room, found on the other side of the force field, contains two
Ultron Strikers, one Ultron Warrior, and one Doom Bot. After defeating them,
open the door back to the fourth room and take a step into it. All four
enemies in room five will respawn instantly. Continue to fight them until
roughly the eight-minute mark and then move on, leaving plenty of time to
clear the rest of the map and take out the boss. The enemy kills alone should
produce over 20,000 points.
[contributed by: McMystery]
-Omega Base-
The ability to customize the respawn point in this stage makes it quite
possibly the easiest simulation level design in the game. Located halfway
through the map is a room containing six teleporters, each adjacent to a
destructible computer. Each teleport chamber will generate an endless
succession of AIM Troopers for as long as its corresponding computer remains
intact. If six enemies attacking simultaneously is too much to handle, simply
destroy one or two of the computers to restrict the flow. Find a comfort
level and keep fighting until the desired number of enemy kills is reached,
then destroy the leftover computers and move on.
Some of the other enemies found on this stage can prove troublesome, but the
respawn point effectively eliminates the need to race against the clock. Use
the Grab button on Shielded AIM Troopers to wrestle away their safeguard, then
knock them out. Popup combos (Attack, Attack, Smash) and certain attack
powers can even pierce their shielding. To ensure that Super Soldiers can't
perform their throws, hit them with the Stun combo (Attack, Smash, Smash) or
take them out from a distance.
Fortunately, the respawn point on this map occurs on the bumper car stage.
Even characters who normally struggle in solo gameplay are placed on an even
playing field. Piling multiple opponents into the corners of the arena yields
particularly lethal results because each collision will inflict multiple
instances of damage as enemies ricochet into one another. It helps to drive
extra bumper cars down the steps and out of the rink to free up the corners
and make this tactic easier to perform.
As an example, Deadpool simply does not have the tools needed to effectively
control mobs of opponents. All of his powers are slow, costly, and leave him
open to counterattack. Therefore, the easiest approach is to use his Teleport
Ability (jump twice) to rush through the level, avoiding combat entirely.
Then simply spend ten to fifteen minutes driving the bumper car accruing
20,000 points accrue via enemy kills. With that objective out of the way, all
that remains is to survive the boss encounter.
The action never stops on this level, because the entire battlefield acts as
a respawn point. The constant flow of Clay Guardians and Loki Trolls may seem
overwhelming at first, but most good radial powers can keep them at bay. The
steady stream of energy orbs from fallen enemies should regularly replenish
reserves. Heroes with superior piercing beam powers should utilize a castle
doorway as a bottleneck to keep opponents in line. Alternatively, taking a
few steps back from an attacking mob usually manipulates them into forming a
line - perfect for unidirectional piercing attacks. Since there's never any
end to the enemy army, it's entirely up to the player to decide when to finish
the simulation by heading to the end of the map to face the boss.
III. Character Analysis
Although MUA features a surprisingly well-balanced cast in four-character
team settings, the same can not be said of solo capability. Most characters
have one or two powers that can contribute to a powerhouse team combination,
but very few have what it takes to survive alone. Unfortunately, the heroes
who struggle in solo scenarios also tend to be the least fun to use alone.
With underpowered characters, the most viable attack in terms of damage/cost
ratio often turns out to be their most basic and least interesting attack. To
make matters even worse, the exciting characters can easily achieve Gold
ranking in two or three simulation attempts while the boring characters will
most likely end up repeating the same mission ten times simply to become
sufficiently efficient at shaving seconds off the clock.
-Exciting Characters-
Spider-Man faces one of the more challenging boss simulations in the game,
but is fortunate enough to find himself on the Omega Base map. Web Warrior is
essentially the only power needed here. Just keep using it over and over.
Don't worry about taking damage. Spidey will be killing opponents so quickly
that their health and energy orbs will offset everything the enemies throw at
him. Feel free to utilize whichever boost seems more interesting, but neither
one is actually necessary.
Proceed to the room with the AIM generators and keep using Web Warrior on
the constant flow of AIM Troopers. If they prove too difficult to control six
at a time, break two or three of the computers to even the odds. Continue
until surpassing 18,000 enemy kill points, then break the remaining consoles
and move on. None of the generic opponents on this stage should pose a threat.
The boss battle isn't too difficult either. Web Warrior won't throw the
boss, but that only means the damage is inflicted faster. Just try not to
screw up the button sequences for saving Dum Dum Dugan and he'll be fine.
It might be a good idea to invest five minutes into becoming familiar with
the final fight before spending fifteen minutes trying to earn Gold ranking.
Spider-Man's Web Zip ability (Jump and hold Jump) allows him to get through
the whole level very quickly without having to fight anything. Practice
fighting the boss once or twice to get an idea of what to expect, then go back
and rack up those points for the Gold ranking.
Thor does quite well on his own. The Asgard map provides a constant flow of
enemies whose only hope is to swarm Thor from all sides. Thor's Rage is
almost ideal for this situation, but its main drawback is that it causes
knockdown, negating a large portion of its potential damage. Hammer Toss, on
the other hand, yields respectable damage for a reasonable cost while stunning
opponents and providing an additional strike as Mjolnir returns to Thor's
hand. Simply taking a few steps back aligns freshly spawned enemies perfectly.
After achieving the required number of enemy kills, fly to the end of the
level to face the boss. Remove talent points from Hammer Toss and reallocate
them to Thor's Rage, use one of the weapons on the outer walls to make the
boss vulnerable, then fly beyond the boss' melee range and take him down with
Thor's Rage. Since bosses can't be knocked down, he'll have to bear the full
brunt of the attack with no means of counterattacking.
Invisible Woman is even more fun to use. Her Fantastic Shield boost renders
half of the enemies on the Helicarrier powerless while her Kinetic Snare takes
care of the melee assailants. It will take some time to kill any given enemy,
but all of them will be incapacitated in the meantime. Since the number of
enemies on the Helicarrier is fixed, speed is the ultimate goal. Therefore,
the best approach is to cast Kinetic Snare on every opponent in a room and
simply progress onto the next room to do the same. Invisible Woman can
actually engage as many as ten opponents simultaneously. The boss is even
less of a challenge, since he prefers to use ranged attacks which simply get
reflected back in his direction.
-Boring Characters-
Completing the Blade simulation is not a problem, but his Gold ranking is
one of the most difficult to attain. It all comes down to combat efficiency
and racing against the clock, but sadly Blade has no dominant offensive
options. He's definitely one of the most boring solo characters in the game.
This mission is all about optimizing damage and not trying to do anything
fancy. Blade gets the best damage/cost ratio from his fully charged Spike of
Destruction. Blood of the Warrior is a good boost that increases damage, so
max out both of these powers.
Focus on keeping the Demon Leapers at a distance. That means shooting them
before they get to Blade. Moving targets will successfully dodge some of
Blade's projectiles, but try to achieve around 80% accuracy and try to hit
multiple targets with the explosion. Don't miss opportunities to take out
Mephisto's Pets because it only takes one fully charged projectile and one
melee combo, but the first priority is always taking out the Demon Leapers.
The Mephisto's Realm map analysis provides strategies pertaining to the Fire
Giants roaming this level. Their weapons are key to attaining Gold ranking.
Continue using fully charged Spikes of Destruction over and over against the
boss. Try not to miss because wasting energy will eventually get Blade
killed. Once energy does run out, resort to various melee chains while energy
regenerates and repeat until the boss is defeated.
As an alternative to focusing on ranged combat, Blade can run up close to
Demon Leapers and hit them with an uncharged Spike of Destruction. This makes
them explode if they try to grab Blade, as with the Ghost Rider tactic below.
Some people find this method easier than aiming at distant moving targets.
[contributed by: yoshox2000]
Yet another approach is to max out Blade's Glaive Strike in addition to
Blood of the Warrior. Glaive Strike may not cause a lot of damage, but it
doesn't need to be charged. Use it to damage (not kill) enemies from a
distance before running up and finishing them with melee attacks. Making the
most of the broken bridge is key to this approach. It's possible to throw ten
leapers and two Demonic Souls off the bridge while running to melee Mephisto's
Pets in-between. Ideally, Blade should reach the boss in under five minutes,
yielding plenty of bonus points to reach the Gold ranking plateau.
[contributed by: Rabasha]
Ghost Rider fares somewhat better than Blade in Mephisto's Realm. Both
Ghost Rider and Iceman have a weird effect on the Demon Leapers. If they've
been hit by Ghost Rider's Damnation or Iceman's Frigid Aura, they explode when
they attempt to latch onto the hero's back. This interaction still disrupts
whatever the hero was doing so don't waste time charging attacks once the
Demon Leapers have closed in. Iceman needn't rely on this tactic because his
fully charged Polar Explosion does plenty of damage, but Ghost Rider can save
a lot of time by concentrating on killing the Mephisto's Pets and letting the
Demon Leapers self-destruct.
Actually Ghost Rider commands several formidable attack powers, but Ravaging
Flame seems best suited for this environment. Max it out and use it against
Mephisto's Pets from long range while the Demon Leapers approach. Tag the
leapers with Damnation once they get close. While waiting for them to commit
suicide, run up to the fliers and finish them off with melee attacks.
Ghost Rider's Penance Stare debuff also proves useful on this stage. Its
energy refund helps in keeping up the aggressive pace throughout the level and
especially against the boss. The Mephisto's Realm map analysis provides
strategies pertaining to the Fire Giants roaming this stage. Their weapons
are key to attaining Gold ranking. Killing Demonic Soul zombies can eat up
too much time, so try to find a way to throw them into the lava. Use the
obvious combination of Penance Stare, Ravaging Flame, and melee attack strings
to finish off the boss.
Despite Storm's vast array of diverse powers, she has difficulty producing
sustainable damage output. All of her powers are either geared towards team
synergy or devour energy at unreasonable rates. Since she can't take much
physical punishment, her only good solo strategy is maxing out her Lightning
Strike power and clearing rooms before entering them. Luckily, Storm doesn't
have to open doors to attack enemies because Lightning Strike auto-targets
enemies - even through walls. Her entire strategy in the boss fight simply
consists of casting Lightning Strike over and over, trying to do enough damage
to survive off health and energy orbs released by her rival.
Spider-Woman beats her simulator mission boss absolutely for free, simply by
flying and shooting fully charged Venom Blasts. When she runs out of energy,
run to one of end of the stage, wait till the boss catches up, fly over him,
land behind him and run to the other end of the stage, repeating as long as
necessary. However, the rest of the stage is really hard for her because her
boosts suck, everything is energy resistant and the number of enemies is
fixed. Thus, all of her powers suck in terms of damage/cost ratio. Neither
the Aura of Seduction item nor the Stone Touch item work quickly enough to
achieve Gold ranking.
The most viable strategy is to max out Venom Blast and Ensare. First,
Ensare everything in the room, then use fully charged Venom Blasts to kill the
non-energy-resistant enemies. Try to hit multiple enemies with one shot to
save time. Then melee whatever competition remains. The key to attaining
Gold ranking is using melee chains to build Momentum meter and then opening a
nearby door to hit six to eight enemies with her Bio Web Xtreme attack. When
close to having full meter, focus on melee against energy resistant enemies
and leave the others Ensared for later.
IV. Character Build Recommendations
Since the full cast of playable characters is several times larger than the
maximum limit of four active team members, most simulator disc missions force
the player to assume control of a hero for the very first time. The following
basic configurations are meant to aid in the initial selection of powers for
unused or unfamiliar characters. Countless valid alternatives exist, but
these choices have proven to be effective and consistent.
In general, every hero should invest the two points to unlock their Xtreme
attack. Unless otherwise noted, all powers should be upgraded to maximum
available levels while in use.
Black Panther:
Crippling Blow (primary attack)
Energy Daggers (secondary attack)
[partially contributed by: Chaotic Mind]
Spike of Destruction (primary attack)
Blood of the Warrior
Captain America:
Shield Throw (primary attack)
Shield Bash (boss battle attack)
Shield Charge (one point if available, faster transportation)
no boosts (energy costs too high at low character levels)
Baton Throw (primary attack)
Extensive Strike (secondary attack)
Hyper Sense
[partially contributed by: KFCrispy]
Blade Cyclone (primary attack)
Battle Cry
[partially contributed by: yoshox2000]
Dr. Strange:
Black Magic (primary attack)
Eldritch Aura (secondary attack)
Levitation (one point, use to throw enemies off bridges)
Eye of Agamotto
[partially contributed by: Nahymt]
Death's Touch (primary attack)
Focused Chi
Ghost Rider:
Ravaging Flame (primary attack)
Damnation (use against nearby Leapers only)
Penance Stare
Human Torch:
Fire Storm (primary attack)
Inferno (backup attack)
no boosts (energy costs too high for insufficient benefits)
Polar Explosion (primary attack)
Frigid Aura
Ice Slide (one point, faster transportation)
Invisible Woman:
Kinetic Snare (primary attack)
Kinetic Bolts (boss battle attack)
Fantastic Shield
Iron Man:
Plasma Disc (primary attack - Uni-Beam unavailable at low character levels)
Rocket Uppercut (secondary attack)
Energy Reroute (if available)
[partially contributed by: tragic]
Luke Cage:
Jab (primary attack)
Chain Strike (secondary attack - Drill Bit unavailable at low character levels)
Mr. Fantastic:
Rubberband Recoil (primary attack if available)
Drastic Elastic (alternate primary attack)
Elastic Crush (boss battle attack)
Pinball (one point, faster transportation)
Fantastic Fists
[partially contributed by: Elma007]
Ms. Marvel:
Prism (primary attack)
Photon Burst (secondary attack)
Cosmic Awareness
Web Warrior (primary attack)
Web Shield
Ensnare (primary attack)
Venom Blast (secondary attack)
no boosts (energy costs too high for insufficient benefits)
Lightning Strike (primary attack)
Whirlwind Armor (boss battle boost)
Hand Clap (primary attack)
Uppercut (boss battle attack)
Bullrush (one point, faster transportation)
Tough Skin
Hammer Toss (primary attack)
Thor's Rage (boss battle attack)
Asgard's Blessing
Claw Frenzy (primary attack)
Lethal Lunge (boss battle attack)
MUA is yet another quality title from the people at Raven, showcasing even
more ambition than their previous efforts. Some particularly nice touches
include: Thor's Asgardian Armor costume, Captain America's Shield Throw,
Invisible Woman's Kinetic Snare, Spider-Man's Web Zip Ability, Silver Surfer's
flying attacks, the Nightcrawler Teleport Frenzy cutscene, and the cutscene
introducing Galactus.
Will Galactus ever be featured as a playable character in a video game?
Only time will tell, but it would help if the upcoming Silver Surfer movie
turned out exceedingly well and made a lot of money in theaters.
Hm, i just noticed that virtually everything i requested in the closing
remarks of my X-Men Legends II Advanced Tactics guide ended up appearing in
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. That's pretty cool. Anyway, time to wrap up.
Hopefully you found this guide useful and informative.
One last thing ... If you're into fighting games, be sure to check out my
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I guess this topic has been asked quite some times now. The buggy way the GPU memory is retrieved in the game causes headache with Nvidia Optimus powered notebooks. From what I understand with the latest patch having huge amount of VRAM is now supported, but it still has issues retrieving the GPU VRAM.
Setting the Nvidia GPU globally doesn't seems to help, and even when you can see in the launcher that it sees that you are using the Nvidia GPU, it still shows (121MB in my case) very low RAM which I believe must be from the Intel GPU.
So just to recap, is there any hope or official statement from Nadeo or any of the Devs if this will be ever fixed?
Nvidia Optimus Graphics Issues. Any hopes for it to get ever solved?
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Re: Nvidia Optimus Graphics Issues. Any hopes for it to get ever solved?
This game will not receive any updates anymore, so it is rather unlikely to see a fix being deployed for this rather annoying and unfortunate issue.
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