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We first met on a golden night
As the moon radiated love light
On the dock of the bay.
Somewhere between the real deal and an illusion
We lay unapologetically
Stroking each others lack of responsibility.
'I want to be a poet,'
She said looking over the mountain,
'I want to be a hippy,'
She said checking out me natty dread,
'I want to be political,'
She whispered as she admired my scars,
'I may not look it, but I'm really oppressed,'
She said smiling,
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The sea lassoed the shore
Time and night hovered towards daylight
And bellyfilled foxes sniffed their way home.
She put the blanket over her head
Farted, and fell asleep.
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She was trying to find The Goddess of Plenty,
Desperately seeking the freeway
And after me money.
'It's different for women,' she said
'We can use men for their bodies
Men do it to us all the time.'
The next time I saw her
She ran over me with her wheelchair.
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* Sunprincess * (3/14/2014 7:57:00 PM)
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ahahaha.. you made me laugh at the end.. but a touchy one indeed. [3 (Report) Reply
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after watching News night tonight, I decided to look you up, this is the first poem I chose and checked out, and it made me smile and even giggle... I could analyse it and say you meant this and that, but it would not be true to you... You meant what ever you penned and thought, or should I say thought and then penned.... What I love is the use of langauge and down to earth observations of normal everyday people....I will now read more... well when I am not knackered.... loving it... :) (Report) Reply
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (BRAIN) — Santa Cruz Bicycles has added new outside sales rep groups in the Midwest, East Coast and South — territories previously covered solely by inside sales staff.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BRAIN) — The USA Triathlon Hall of Fame is welcoming six multisport members as part of the 2014 class of inductees.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (BRAIN) — Colossi.us is the new U.S. distributor of framesets from Colossi, a brand owned by former Dutch pro racer Jan Kole. The new distrbutor is owned by David Sommerville and Jed Kornbluh, the founders of the Brooklyn clothing brand Sommerville Sports.
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Today we will be talking about VCE's cloud infrastructure product, the Vblock. Gartner's recent study that through next year 60% of enterprises will embrace some form of cloud adoption, has enlightened the competitive cloud vendor market. But at the same time, does the cloud industry need to be driven by vendor competition or vendor collaboration? Archie Hendryx of VCE Technology Solutions discusses this very matter.
EM360°: Could you tell us about VCE and why cloud has played a big part in your company's solutions?
Archie: VCE is a unique start up company formed via joint investments from EMC, Cisco, VMware and Intel that has been operating for just over three years. Its focus is solely on building the world's most advanced converged infrastructure, the Vblock. The Vblock is a pretested, prevalidated and preconfigured and more importantly pre-integrated infrastructure solution of storage, compute, networking and hypervisor; so in other words it ships out as a single SKU and product to the customer.
Personally I like to equate VCE as a revolutionary that has changed the way we view infrastructure as it's manufacturing and selling infrastructure as a product much in the way like you buy a car such as an Audi. When you buy an Audi you may have different components from different vendors that make up that car but what the end user is purchasing is a single product. Similarly with the Vblock while we may use different components from our investors Cisco, EMC, VMware and Intel the end user is acquiring a product. Because it's a standardized product, the Vblock models are exactly the same regardless of geographical location, which completely radicalizes and simplifies the customer experience of infrastructure and consequently mitigates the typical risk associated with it.
As for how the cloud has played a big part in VCE's success, one of the major criticisms of private clouds is that the end user still has to build, manage and maintain the infrastructure to the extent that they are continuing the 'keeping the lights on' approach of IT. Ultimately this lacks the economic benefit that makes cloud computing such an intriguing concept. Hence what we and our customers quickly realized is that a private cloud's success ultimately depends on the stability, reliability, scalability and performance of its infrastructure. By going the Vblock route our customers immediately attain that stability, reliability, scalability and performance and consequently accelerate their private cloud initiatives. For example with support issues, VCE alone are the owner of the ticket because the Vblock is their product. Once the Vblock has been shipped out problems that might potentially be faced by a customer in Glasgow can easily be tested on a like-for-like standard Vblock in our labs. This rapidly resolves performance issues or trouble tickets.
The other distinctive feature of the Vblock is its accelerated deployment. We ship to the customer a ready assembled logically configured product and solution in only 30-45 working days, from procurement to production. This has an immediate effect in terms of the reduction in cost of ownership, especially when the businesses demand that instant platform for their new projects.
EM360°: Your latest cloud infrastructure solution sees your components from the Vblock, integrating with VMware's new cloud solutions system. Can you tell me why industry collaboration is seen to be prominent in today's market?
Archie: What I think has driven this is a change in mindset of customers which has been initiated by the concept of cloud computing. Customers are reassessing the way they procure IT and they want a simplified and accelerated experience that doesn't require having to go to multiple vendors and solutions. I think vendors that are still only focused on storage or servers and have not looked at expanding their offerings via alliances or acquisitions are either going to fold or be swallowed up by the big fishes as they look to add to their portfolios. This is one of the reasons why the latest announcement from VMware and their vCloud suite is so exciting and of course VCE's support and integration for it.
If VCE and the Vblock are responsible for accelerating your journey to the private cloud you could say that adding this vCloud suite would pretty much give it a major turbo boost.
EM360°: Are copyright factors, or other vendors sussing out each other's strengths and weaknesses, a problem when you encounter a project like this?
Archie: That's a really interesting question and certainly I have experienced that in previous roles, especially when I was with initiatives such as Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) when they had SMI-S compliancy. We were always promised that SMI-S compliancy would allow us to have the utopia of a single pane of glass for heterogeneous storage arrays, regardless of whether the storage array was from HDS, HP or EMC. Sadly this was never the case. As none of the vendors opened up fully and you only ended up with around 60% functionality, which ultimately meant that you went back to the native tools and multiple management panes of glass that you had anyway. You could not really blame the vendors as it would be naive to think that one vendor would allow its competitor to dissect their micro-code. This mindset is not going to change. So that is why you will see vendors deciding to procure their own server companies or storage vendors to provide this end-to-end stack.
At VCE we are in a very unique position where our investors are not competing with each other, and for us they are ultimately the component providers to our product. We don't necessarily support or include all of our investors' products or portfolios as components, only those we feel really best integrate with our single end user product. Once we have our specific components defined from our investors based on our standards we then pre-integrate and manufacture our product as a comprehensive solution. While our competitors and even our investors have such a large portfolio of products and offerings, VCE only do Vblocks and hence only focus on improving and optimizing Vblocks, enabling us to do things which others in the industry have only dreamed of, and this will be announced very soon.
EM360°: Today's enterprise market is obviously rather confused and what some other analysts are also thinking. I don't think some companies know what they want for their departments, whether to embrace public, open, private or a bit of both - hybrid functions. A lot of vendors are doing their own spin on cloud, particularly the niche players. Is the industry doing enough to simplify the product offering?
Archie: In a nutshell no. There is still a lot of confusion out there and smoke screen marketing from various vendors and this hasn't helped the end user decide or make the distinction between the various offerings and what is best for them. What we have found most recently with a lot of our enterprise clients is that they initially look at us as part of a storage server or datacenter refresh. While they may have some cloud initiatives, they really have little or no idea on how to achieve them, certainly in terms of the traditional model of IT procurement and deployment.
Once they understand the concept of the Vblock and how VCE can provide them a productized, risk free infrastructure we immediately see them come to the realisation of how this could be aligned to a Private Cloud model that in turn could develop to a Hybrid cloud. Once the customer realizes how agile and quick the deployment of their infrastructure could be with a Vblock , we nearly always find them talking and feeling freer to think higher up the stack with strategic discussions and plans on how they can deploy a management and orchestration solution and service portal. Ultimately if you want people to really understand the Cloud and what's best for them you've got to show them how you take away the risk from their traditional IT and infrastructure challenges.
EM360°: Have we seen innovation thrive in the cloud infrastructure management market, and what kinds of developments and developments have really caught your eye today?
Archie: There are a lot great products and suites out there. Every day we are seeing improvements in the look and the feel of such products as they come closer to providing that public cloud experience to the private cloud. I think the challenge of all of these solutions up to now is that they have to be integrating with all of the components of the infrastructure as separate entities, especially when it comes to designing and deploying orchestration. Without trying to reveal too much what VCE will be bringing out, I can certainly say that it will completely revolutionize and simplify this, where the product will now be managed, monitored and orchestrated as exactly that, a single Vblock product. When this development comes it will really excite many and completely transform the private cloud infrastructure model going forward.
EM360°: Are there any final thoughts you would like to leave our readers with as to how the cloud infrastructure market will play out in the future, what kind of systems we could be using and how enterprises should look to plan ahead?
Archie: The industry is at an inflection point. The approach to IT is changing and is affecting the way customers and vendors approach and procure infrastructure, specifically with regards to the mission critical applications that they ultimately depend on. This is going to lead to more converged infrastructure offerings that are eventually going to pretty much get to the point where VCE are, which is a standardized product offering, or as we like to call it an x86 mainframe. One CTO of a customer recently said to me that if I do not look at purchasing the components of the power and cooling of my datacenter, why should I do that with my infrastructure? That kind of summed it up for me because there is going to come a time when people will look back at the way open systems IT was purchased and deployed as ludicrous as someone today buying all of the components of a laptop, putting it all together, somehow expecting it to work perfectly and then be supported seamlessly by all of the vendors of the components.
To take that laptop analogy further what we will eventually see with infrastructure viewed and built as a product, is a new way to manage, monitor and update it as a product. For example when you update your laptop you are automatically notified of the patches and it's a single click of the button for the single product. You don't receive an update for your keyboard, followed by an update for your screen only for a week later to be sent another update for your CD-ROM. Concurrently when it comes to support you don't log a call with the manufacturer of the CD-ROM component of your laptop you go directly to the manufacturer of the product. Imagine that same experience with your Cloud infrastructure where it alerts you of a single seamless update for the whole product? Where it has a true single management pane and presents itself to the end user as a single entity? Imagine how that would simplify the configuration, orchestration and management of the Private Cloud. That's where the future lies and to be honest it might not be that far away.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that robomq.io will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. robomq.io is an interoperable and composable platform that connects any device to any application. It helps systems integrators and the solution providers build new and innovative products and service for industries requiring monitoring or intelligence from devices and sensors.
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The list of 'new paradigm' technologies that now surrounds us appears to be at an all time high. From cloud computing and Big Data analytics to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the Internet of Things (IoT), today we have to deal with what the industry likes to call 'paradigm shifts' at every level of IT. This is disruption; of course, we understand that – change is almost always disruptive.
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The WebRTC Summit 2014 New York, to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY, announces that its Call for Papers is open. Topics include all aspects of improving IT delivery by eliminating waste through automated business models leveraging cloud technologies. WebRTC Summit is co-located with 16th International Cloud Expo, @ThingsExpo, Big Data Expo, and DevOps Summit.
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This walkthrough for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 [Playstation 3] has been posted at 21 May 2010 by kolll and is called "Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 FAQ/Walkthrough". If walkthrough is usable don't forgot thumbs up kolll and share this with your freinds. And most important we have 2 other walkthroughs for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, read them all!
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MARVEL: _ _ _ _______ _____ __ __ _______ ______ | | | | | |__ __|_ _| \/ | /\|__ __| ____| | | | | | | | | | | \ / | / \ | | | |__ | | | | | | | | | | |\/| | / /\ \ | | | __| | |__| | |____| | _| |_| | | |/ ____ \| | | |____ \____/|______|_| |_____|_| |_/_/ \_\_| |______| _ _ _____ _ _ _____ ______ /\ | | | | |_ _| /\ | \ | |/ ____| ____| / \ | | | | | | / \ | \| | | | |__ / /\ \ | | | | | | / /\ \ | . ` | | | __| / ____ \| |____| |____ _| |_ / ____ \| |\ | |____| |____ /_/ \_\______|______|_____/_/ \_\_| \_|\_____|______| 222222222222222 :::::::::::::::22 2::::::222222:::::2 2222222 2:::::2 2:::::2 2:::::2 2222::::2 22222::::::22 22::::::::222 2:::::22222 2:::::2 2:::::2 2:::::2 222222 2::::::2222222:::::2 2::::::::::::::::::2 22222222222222222222 FAQ/WALKTHROUGH v1.20 2009-10-06 Copyright 2009, Barry Scott Will This FAQ is based on the PS3 version of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. The Xbox 360 edition should be identical except for the controls. The Wii, PS2, PSP and DS versions of the game will be substantially different. A premium version of this guide, inlcuding maps and screenshots, can be purchased from www.papagamer.com =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= CONTACT INFORMATION =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= To contact me about the guide, send email to: email@example.com Please include "MUA2 FAQ" in your subject line so I do not auto-discard the message. Also, please read the FAQ carefully prior to asking for help on any part of the game. If you send me additional suggestions or hints for the game and I find them useful, you will be acknowledged in the Credits. If you find this guide useful and would like to contribute a small token for my efforts, you may send money through PayPal to: email@example.com Or use the Donate link found on my Web site: http://www.papagamer.com/ Thank you, and enjoy the guide! =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= TABLE OF CONTENTS =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= 1 OVERVIEW 1.1 CONTROLS 1.2 OVERVIEW 1.2.1 DIFFICULTY LEVELS 1.2.2 DAMAGE & DYING 1.2.3 SAVING YOUR GAME 1.3 COMBAT 1.3.1 BASIC MELEE 1.3.2 POWERS 1.3.3 FUSIONS 1.3.4 BOSS BATTLES 1.4 GLOSSARY 2 WALKTHROUGH - PRO-REGISTRATION 2.1 ACT I-IN WHICH NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED 2.1.1 CHAPTER 1: LATVERIA 2.1.2 CHAPTER 2: NEW YORK CITY 2.1.3 CHAPTER 3: WASHINGTON, DC 2.2 ACT II-IN WHICH HEROES BECOME VILLAINS.AND VICE VERSA 2.2.1 CHAPTER 1: HIDEOUT RAID 2.2.2 CHAPTER 2: GUARD DUTY 2.2.3 CHAPTER 3: AMBUSH 2.3 ACT III-IN WHICH THE BEST LAID PLANS BLOW UP IN YOUR FACE 2.3.1 CHAPTER 1: PRISON 2.3.2 CHAPTER 2: WAKANDA 2.3.3 CHAPTER 3: SHOWDOWN 3 WALKTHROUGH - ANTI-REGISTRATION 3.1 ACT II-IN WHICH HEROES BECOME REBELS WITH A CAUSE 3.1.1 CHAPTER 1: BASE DEFENSE 3.1.2 CHAPTER 2: CONVOY STRIKE 3.1.3 CHAPTER 3: CHEM PLANT 4 CHARACTERS 4.1 CHARACTER BUILDING 101 4.1.1 POWERS 4.1.2 ABILITIES 4.1.3 ATTRIBUTES 4.1.4 HEROIC DEEDS 4.1.5 GENERAL COMMENTARY 4.2 PLAYABLE CHARACTERS 4.2.1 CAPTAIN AMERICA 4.2.2 DAREDEVIL 4.2.3 DEADPOOL 4.2.4 GAMBIT 4.2.5 GREEN GOBLIN 4.2.6 HULK 4.2.7 HUMAN TORCH 4.2.8 ICEMAN 4.2.9 INVISIBLE WOMAN 4.2.10 IRON FIST 4.2.11 IRON MAN 4.2.12 JEAN GREY 4.2.13 LUKE CAGE 4.2.14 MR. FANTASTIC 4.2.15 MS. MARVEL 4.2.16 NICK FURY 4.2.17 PENANCE 4.2.18 SONGBIRD 4.2.19 SPIDER-MAN 4.2.20 STORM 4.2.21 THING 4.2.22 THOR 4.2.23 VENOM 4.2.24 WOLVERINE 4.3 DOWNLOADABLE CHARACTERS 4.3.1 JUGGERNAUT 4.4 TEAMS 4.5 TIERS 4.5.1 SINGLE-PLAYER 4.5.2 MULTI-PLAYER 4.5.3 AI 5 COLLECTIBLES 5.1 ASGARDIAN RUNES 5.2 AUDIO LOGS 5.2.1 ACT I 5.2.2 ACT II 5.2.3 ACT III 5.2.4 END 5.3 BOOSTS 5.3.1 ADVANCED COMBAT 5.3.2 ATTRIBUTE 5.3.3 BASIC COMBAT 5.3.4 COUNTER TACTICS 5.3.5 DEFENSIVE 5.3.6 ELEMENTAL 5.3.7 FUSION 5.3.8 POWERS 5.3.9 RESISTANCE 5.3.10 SPECIAL COMBAT 5.3.11 STATUS EFFECT 5.3.12 SUPERIOR TRAINING 5.3.13 TACTICAL ADVANTAGE 5.3.14 UTILITY 5.4 DOSSIERS 5.4.1 GAME TIPS 5.4.2 KEY OPERATIVES 5.4.3 PERSONNEL 5.4.4 INTEL 5.5 GAMMA REGULATORS 5.6 M'KRAAN FRAGMENTS 5.7 POWER PIP TOKENS 5.8 SIMULATOR DISCS 5.9 UPGRADE TOKENS 5.10 TRAINING OBJECTIVES 5.10.1 MELEE TRAINING 5.10.2 POWER TRAINING 5.10.3 COMBAT MASTERY 5.11 TROPHIES & ACHIEVEMENTS 6 SIMULATOR MISSIONS 6.1 BASIC TRAINING 6.2 HEAVY METAL 6.3 HEAVIER METAL 6.4 HOW ARE DE DUCKS? 6.5 WANTON DESTRUCTION 6.6 ADRENALINE RUSH 6.7 ADRENALINE SURGE 6.8 COUNTDOWN 6.9 SEARCH AND DESTROY 6.10 COMMAND 6.11 PINNED 6.12 BREAKOUT 7 TRIVIA QUIZZES 7.1 STARK TOWER, ACT I 7.2 S.H.I.E.L.D. HQ, ACT II 7.3 WHITE STAR HQ, ACT II 7.4 SECRET BUNKER, ACT III 7.5 WAKANDAN PALACE, ACT III 8 VERSION HISTORY & CREDITS 9 LEGAL ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1 OVERVIEW ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1.1 CONTROLS ACTION PLAYSTATION 3 XBOX 360 Move Left stick Left stick Camera Right stick Right stick Quick Attack X A Strong Attack (1) Circle B Grab/Interact Square X Jump (2) Triangle Y Change Character D-pad D-pad Block L1 LS Dodge Left stick + tap L1 Left stick + tap LS Fusion L2 LT Heal/Revive R1 RS Powers R2 RT Navigation R3 Pause Menu Start Start Quick Level (3) Select Back 1) You can charge the Strong Attack for a greater impact by holding the button for a couple of seconds. 2) All characters can double-jump. Some characters have a flying ability that kicks in when you double jump. Some, like Spidey, require that you hold the Jump button in order to "fly." Others, like Iron Man, remain flying until you press the Interact button to come down. Flying characters do not regain Stamina while in the air. To fly higher, press the Jump button. To fly lower, press the Interact button. To smash enemies on the ground, press the Strong Attack button. 3) You can use the Quick Level button to add points to your character's Powers and Abilities and change your team's equipped boosts. The game does not pause while you are using Quick Level. In multi-player, your character is taken over by the game's A.I. so your partners can continue playing while you make adjustments. 1.2 OVERVIEW If you have played either of the X-Men Legends games or the first Marvel Ultimate Alliance, you'll feel right at home in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. The game is a linear, action/RPG with emphasis on the action. What distinguishes this title is the two distinct storylines as the plot splits the superheroes along the lines of Marvel's Civil War series from 2006 and 2007. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(comics) for more information on the story. Approximately one-third of the way into the game, you must choose to side with Iron Man (Pro-registration) or Captain America (Anti-registration). Your choice determines which superheroes you can use, what powers they have and your objectives through the rest of the game. You'll also get a different ending depending on your choice. The maps, however, remain the same. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is a pretty standard "action/RPG," which means there is a lot of action and a little role-playing. Most of the role-playing involves leveling up your characters by choosing which powers and abilities to emphasize. More on powers, abilities and attributes can be found in the Combat and Characters sections of this guide. 1.2.1 DIFFICULTY LEVELS There are four difficulty levels for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: * Casual-your heroes don't die, they only faint temporarily; you don't get Health Tokens (why bother when you can't die?); and you can't adjust Powers and Abilities (Autospend is always on) * Heroic-normal difficulty; your heroes can die and you can turn Autospend off and adjust Powers and Abilities as you like * Super Heroic-hard difficulty; your heroes can die, you can turn Autospend off and enemies have more health * Legendary-very hard difficulty; your heroes can die, you can turn Autospend off, enemies have more health and do more damage and you start at higher level For your first game, Legendary difficulty is locked. You must beat the game at Heroic or Super Heroic difficulty to unlock Legendary. Once you have unlocked Legendary, there are two ways to begin a Legendary game: 1) From the main menu, start a new game and choose Legendary difficulty. Your heroes begin at level 30; however, it is in all other respects the same as starting your first game. You have to unlock all characters again, re- collect all Boosts and other upgrades and collectibles, etc. 2) At the end of the game, you have an opportunity to begin a new game from the final headquarters map of the game. If you do this, you begin a new game at Legendary difficulty; however, you keep everything you've earned thus far-all characters, all costumes, all Boosts, all upgrades, all collectibles, etc. You can also use any hero at any time-i.e play as Cap on Pro-Reg or use Thing before he makes up his mind, etc. This is the preferred method of starting a Legendary game. 1.2.2 DAMAGE & DYING All characters have health, which is displayed to the right of your character portrait as a red semi-circle. If your health runs out, your character is "fallen." Fallen characters can be revived (see below). If not revived, characters remain fallen until you reach the next HQ or reload the game. Characters can be healed before they fall by using a Health Token or collecting health orbs. Health Tokens are special rewards for getting a high score on a Fusion. You may also find Health Tokens at various points in the game. You may carry up to two Health Tokens at a time. To use a Health Token, press the Heal button and press the face button corresponding to the character you want to heal. The character is restored to 100% health. Health Tokens will also revive a fallen character if that character is nearby. Press the Heal button and press the face button corresponding to the character you want to revive. That character will be restored to a percentage of full health. The percentage of health restored is determined by the character's Teamwork attribute. There are special rewards for finishing maps and defeating bosses without using revival. This does not mean no character falls, only that you do not revive any fallen characters. You can also restore health (but not revive fallen characters) by collecting health orbs. Health orbs are red orbs released by some containers and some enemies. Destroy everything in your path to release these orbs. 1.2.3 SAVING YOUR GAME Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 uses an automatic save system and checkpoints. Checkpoints are not always obvious; though, usually they are present only at the beginning of a mission and at the beginning or in the middle of some of the more intense boss fights. You may also have up to ten (10) manual saves; unfortunately, you cannot name your manual saves so it's not always obvious which save is for which game if you're playing more than one simultaneously. 1.3 COMBAT Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is mostly about fighting. There are three types of fighting: 1.3.1 BASIC MELEE All characters can punch and kick using two attack buttons: Quick and Strong. Quick attacks are faster and do less damage; strong attacks are slower and do more damage with a chance of knocking opponents back. You can also charge strong attacks by holding the Strong Attack button for a couple of seconds before unleashing the attack. You can string quick and strong attacks together to achieve certain effects. * Pop-Up: Quick, Quick, Strong-launches the opponent in the air * Trip: Quick, Strong, Quick-knocks the opponent to the ground * Stun: Quick, Strong, Strong-stuns the opponent, preventing him from attacking 1.3.2 POWERS All superheroes have four active Powers that can be used in combat. Most of these Powers are offensive in nature, a few are defensive or boost Powers. Superheroes also have a range of passive powers (i.e. powers that are always active). The passive powers are called Abilities, are generally defensive and are discussed in more detail in the Characters section of this guide. Active powers are automatically mapped to the four face buttons on your controller (i.e. X, Circle, Triangle, Square for the PS3 or A, B, X, Y for the Xbox 360). Press-and-hold the Powers button (R2 for the PS3, RT for the Xbox 360) and press the appropriate face button to activate the power. Some powers allow rapid firing by tapping the button; others allow continuous use by holding the button (as long as your Stamina holds out). In order to use active Powers, you must have Stamina, which is displayed as a blue semi-circle to the left of your character portrait on screen. Stamina restores itself over time; the speed at which it recovers depends on the hero and the hero's abilities. Stamina can only be restored when on the ground; flying characters cannot recover Stamina. As in earlier games in this series, powers are far more effective than straight-up melee. Ranged powers are especially useful as many of your enemies have ranged weapons of their own and the sooner you hit them the better. 1.3.3 FUSIONS Fusions are special attacks created by two superheroes "crossing their streams"-i.e. using their powers to complement each other. You see an early demo of a fusion when Iron Man shoots a pulse at Wolverine, who deflects the pulse with this adamantium claws, creating a huge explosion. Fusions can only be performed if you have a Fusion Star. You earn Fusion Stars by defeating enemies. You can only store two Stars at any time. Using Fusions often is the name of the game. In single-player, activating a Fusion is simple: hold the Fusion button (L2 for the PS3, LT for the 360) and press the corresponding face button for the character you want to pair with (button icons appear over the heads of your teammates). In multi-player, if you want to pair with another human-controlled character, both players must press the Fusion button to activate the Fusion. There are three types of Fusions: Clearing, Guided and Targeted. * Clearing Fusions create explosive blasts that damage enemies in a large radius around the paired heroes. After activating the Fusion, follow the on-screen prompt in the lower right of your screen to increase the Fusions power (e.g. rapidly tapping Quick Attack). Clearing Fusions do the least amount of damage over the largest area. Clearing Fusions are best used in large, open areas where you are surrounded. * Guided Fusions create areas of effect that you can move around the battlefield, trapping enemies in its wake. Once the Fusion is active, you can move your heroes around the battlefield, trying to catch enemies in the area of effect of your Fusion. Guided Fusions do more damage than Clearing Fusions; and, overall, are a better choice unless you are literally being swarmed and need to get the enemies off your back as quickly as possible. * Targeted Fusions only work on a single target. Once you have activated the Fusion, a countdown circle appears on the ground. Use your left stick to move the circle over your target before it fills completely; then, watch your heroes inflict major pain on your enemy. Targeted Fusions, of course, work best against bosses. You can rapidly tap Quick Attack while waiting for the timer to expire to increase the area of effect of the Fusion. For each type of Fusion, there is a target that, if reached, automatically awards you a Health Token. For Clearing and Guided Fusions, the target is a certain number of enemies (typically ranging from 10 to 15) that are hit by the Fusion. For Targeted Fusions, using the Fusion on a boss-as opposed to just a strong regular mob-earns the Health Token. There are no names for the various Fusions (though the developers occasionally refer to a Fusion by name); however, the important info on each Fusion is the type of Fusion. When putting together any team, you want to be sure you have at least one Targeted Fusion and one Guided Fusion. Clearing Fusions, while nice, are not as indispensible. 1.3.4 BOSS BATTLES Here is THE generic, one-size-fits-all boss battle strategy for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Run around blowing up minions or pounding the boss with ranged attacks until you earn a Fusion Star; then, hit the boss with a Targeted Fusion. Collect the Health Token that pops out for using a Targeted Fusion on a boss; heal or revive teammates. Keep moving to avoid as many of the boss' attacks as possible. Repeat until the boss is down. Yeah, it's really that simple. There are a two or three battles (including the final boss battle) where you have to modify these steps a bit. But, only a bit. The primary mix-up is to throw two bosses into the mix and have one be invulnerable for a while. Still, if you keep on the move and have good ranged attacks, you're golden-even at Legendary difficulty. The important thing for any boss battle is to have at least one (preferably two) heroes on your team that have a strong ranged attack that targets multiple enemies and does a lot of knockback. You can use this Power to move around the battlefield blasting away, keeping enemies off-balance and rapidly racking up the points needed to earn a Fusion Star. 1.4 GLOSSARY A brief set of definitions for words that are peculiar to RPGs or games in general. 1) Boost Another term for "buff" (see below). Also, in Ultimate Alliance 2, a Boost is a specific type of item, see "Team Boost" below. 2) Boss Any enemy in the game that is significantly tougher and harder to kill than the majority of enemies. Defeating bosses usually requires special tactics. 3) Buff Anything that increases a character's Attributes, damage output or defensive capability. 4) Debuff Anything that decreases a character's Attributes, damage output or defensive capability. 5) HP Hit points or health. Refers to how much damage a character can take before "dying." 6) Leader Ultimate Alliance's term for a mini-boss (see below). 7) Mini-Boss An enemy that is stronger than normal enemies; but, not as strong as a boss. 8) Mob Any enemy in the game. May also sometimes refer to a group of enemies. 9) Spam Not a lunch meat. To "spam" something in a game is to use it repeatedly. Most often used to refer to specific attacks; e.g. "Spam Thor's Mighty Swipe" means to use Thor's second Power over and over again. 10) Tank A character built like a tank with lots of natural defense and strong close- range attacks. 11) Team Boost A medal that can be equipped to one of three slots for your team and provides enhancements for all heroes on your current team. To equip Boosts, open the Quick Level menu with Select/Back or, in the Pause menu, press Triangle/Y. Boosts are found in maps, awarded for defeating bosses and for completing sim missions and Heroic Deeds. =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= 2 WALKTHROUGH - PRO-REGISTRATION =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Directions in this walkthrough are based on cardinal points of the compass with North being toward the top of the screen when viewing the in-game map. Press Start to bring up the Pause Menu, scroll right one place to Map and press X (PS3) or A (360) to see the map. Your party is represented by a red arrow; your objectives are blue S.H.I.E.L.D. icons and the exit from the map is a yellow S.H.I.E.L.D. icon. This walkthrough was written while playing the Pro-Registration path on Super Heroic difficulty. A partial Anti-Registration walkthrough follows, covering just Act II, which is the only part of the game that is significantly different. This walkthrough does contain spoilers; though, they have been kept as minimal as is possible. 2.1 ACT I-IN WHICH NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED 2.1.1 CHAPTER 1: LATVERIA This first two chapters of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 follows the basic storyline of Secret War. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_War_(comics) for more information on the story. 184.108.40.206 URBAN WARFARE Objectives: [] Defeat Latverian Resistance [] Head Toward Castle Doom [] Retrieve Black Widow's Intel Drop [] Disrupt Power Source Collectibles: [] Dossier: Latveria-in an alcove to the left of the first gate [] Audio Log: Latverian Power Supply-after first Fusion battle [] Boost: Team Tactics I-after Fusion battle, go south into a side street before going up the ramp to the area with the sparking wires [] Boost: Resist Crush I-in area with sparking wires, fly or climb to a ledge on the north side of the first intersection [] Boost: Resist Electric I-in plaza with the Doom statue, break the statue [] Boost: Team Tactics III-beat Electro (Legendary difficulty) You're stuck with Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man and Wolverine. Not the world's greatest team; but, serviceable-especially for early in the game. Fight off the initial wave of attackers, which are all basic melee types. This is a good time to experiment with the different characters: Iron Man is mostly a ranged fighter; Cap and Spidey are melee fighters with a bit of range to them (Cap's thrown shield and Spidey's Web Mace) and Wolverine is pretty straight-up melee. When the soldiers finally yell, "Pull back!" you'll be able to advance east. You'll run into your first set of gunners at the end of the street. Take them out and turn left and continue north and then around to the east. At the next corner you'll encounter another large wave similar to the one you beat back at the beginning of the map. Head south and jump up a couple of ledges to the right and then head left (east) across the bridge. As you come down from the bridge, you'll encounter a raised gate guarded by a half-dozen or so soldiers. Take them out and bash the gate to bring it down. Defeat the soldiers behind the gate; then, look in an alcove just to the left of the gate for Dossier: Latveria. Head north and go up the ramp to your left and around the corner to a major battle arena. You'll be introduced to Fusions. For the trophy/achievement "Tactical Training," perform a Clearing Fusion here (e.g. Iron Man + Wolverine). If the Fusion doesn't take all the robots out, you'll need to clean up what's left. After the battle, collect the Audio Log in the center of the arena to initiate the next part of the map. You'll have to head west and jump down into the street and keep going west. At the end of the street, turn left (south) and pick up a Boost, then backtrack and go up the ramp. Beat off the guys at the top of the ramp and then jump down into the street beyond. For the remainder of the map, you'll want to try to avoid the sparking wires lying in the streets. Go north up the street. At the intersection, climb the ramp to your left and go along the north side of the ledge, jumping the gap, to collect a Boost. Fight your way east along the street to a plaza with a statue of Dr. Doom in the center. There's another gang of robots and soldiers here, so you'll probably want to break out a Clearing or Guided Fusion. (For "Tactical Training," you must use a Fusion here.) After the battle, if the Doom statue is still standing, knock it down to uncover another Boost. Go down the street to the church and fight off the robots. Enter the church at the end of the street for your first boss battle against Electro. Refer to the generic boss battle strategy under Combat in the first section of this guide. Pound on Electro until you have a Fusion Star; then, target Electro with a Targeted Fusion. For "Tactical Training," use Spider-Man and Wolverine. At two points during the battle, Electro will recharge himself at one of the capacitors on the side of the room. When he does this, quickly move in and smash the capacitor; Cap or Wolverine using basic attacks are good for this. Return to the generic boss battle strategy until Electro fizzles out. 188.8.131.52 ASCENSION Objectives: [] Reach Castle Gates [] Destroy Turret Defenses (optional) [] Defeat Wizard and Scorcher Collectibles: [] Audio Log: Electro's New Suit-patio to the left at the first right turn [] Dossier: Black Widow-patio to the left at the first right turn [] Boost: Destructive I-to the right after going up the elevator [] Body Upgrade-to the right after going up the elevator [] Dossier: Electro-to the right after going up the elevator [] Boost: Fire Proof I-on second round platform after first set of force fields [] Boost: Powerful IV-defeat Wizard (Legendary) [] Boost: Striker IV-defeat Scorcher (Legendary) This map begins with more running through streets taking out soldiers and bashing down gates. As you start up the street you'll make a left and then a right. Before making the right, look to the left, there's a patio where you can grab an Audio Log and a Dossier. After the first gate you smash, you'll run into soldiers with shields for the first time. There are three ways to take care of shield-toting enemies: 1. Stand in front of the soldier and press Grab to grab the shield; then, rapidly tap Grab to rip it from the soldier (on PS3 you can also shake the controller rather than tap Grab) 2. Hit the soldier with a Trip combo to knock him to the ground 3. Hit the soldier with a Direct Damage Power For now, grabbing and ripping is probably the easiest solution. Smash the next gate around the corner and climb the hill. As you round a bend you'll run into a helicopter firing missiles. Use Block to deflect the missiles; or, just dodge them and rush the helicopter. When the chopper starts chucking grenades, pick one up and throw it (Grab a grenade to pick it up and press Grab again to throw). One or two grenades will finish the 'copter and you can continue up the hill. At the top of the hill you will once again be swarmed by soldiers, a couple using shields. There are three to four waves of soldiers that will drop on you, so use Fusions judiciously. (For the "Tactical Training" trophy/achievement, you must use at least one Clearing Fusion.) When Fusions aren't available, Spidey's Web Mace and Iron Man's Pulse Barrage are most useful in keeping enemies off your back. Once all the soldiers are defeated, a cutscene will introduce a ride in the elevator. This will be your first chance to select responses. There are three attitudes represented by the responses you can give. The first response in the list is an Aggressive response; the second is a Diplomatic response; and, the third is a Defensive response. By giving the same response throughout a conversation, you can earn Boosts as bonuses. After the ride in the elevator, ignore Fury's suggestion to go left and go right (south). Explore the area to find a Boost, Body upgrade and Dossier. Now you can listen to Fury and go back past the elevator to a round platform. Defeat the few enemies here and advance down the path to the west. There will be a turret to each side of the path. Use a ranged attack (Iron Man's Pulse Barrage, Cap's Shield Throw) to take out the turrets. Keep going until you're blocked by a force field. To the left of the field is a large metal something; step up to it and press-and-hold Grab to grab the object and pull it to the force field. Slide it in on the left side to leave room on the right to go through; defeat the soldier and press Grab/Interact at the control console to take down the far force field. The final Fusion training moment is to use a Guided Fusion to advance to the next platform. Advance to the next circular platform; where you'll find a Boost on the far side. From this second circular platform, the path has two more turrets along the sides. After the turrets, there's one more swarm to take care of before you advance to the boss battle. At the castle gates you will face Scorcher and Wizard. Concentrate on Scorcher until Wizard comes out of his little protective field; then, turn your attention on him. You can use the generic boss battle strategy as there's nothing unusual going on here. When both villains are down, step up close to the gate and press Grab/Interact to start the cutscene that opens the gate. 184.108.40.206 CASTLE DOOM Objectives: [] Smash the Shield Projectors [] Clear Out Security Control [] Disable Radio Jammers Collectibles: [] Body Upgrade-inside the building from which the ninjas jump [] Boost: Resist Impact I-inside the building from which the ninjas jump [] Boost: Draining I-inside the castle right after fighting the ninjas [] M'Kraan Fragment-behind the west door in the first room with force fields [] Dossier: Lucia von Bardas-in the parlor after the first room with the force fields [] Asgardian Rune-in a side room blocked by a force field just past where you get the previous Dossier [] Audio Log-Lucia von Bardas Profile-in same room as Asgardian Rune [] Dossier: Doctor Doom-at the intersection before the radio jammers, break the crates to reveal the Dossier [] Dossier: Latverian Soldier-under a pile of missiles on the final stage of the map After all the cutscenes, you will finally have the ability to put together your own team. 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The Westfield YMCA's 2015 Chili, Chowder and Chocolate Off (Chili Division) was won for the 2nd year in a row by the Westfield Rotary Club. Stiff competition was received from the Westfield Police Department (2nd Place) and Allessios (3rd place).
Eric Forish, Forish Construction and Past President of the Westfield Rotary Club was presented with his 4th Paul Harris Fellowship Award on January 5, 2015. The award was presented by Past President Robert Goyette.
The award acknowledges "service above self" which that individual has offered to their community, their nation or indeed to the world. Paul Harris was the founder of Rotary and this award program was created to fund many Rotary Foundation programs. A contribution $1,000 in the recipient's name to the Rotary Foundation was made in the recipients honor to continue the funding of many Rotary Foundation programs, including the Polio Plus program dedicated to the eradication of polio worldwide.
December 15 marked the Westfield Rotary Club's 76th Anniversary and Christmas Party.
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The Rotary Club of Westfield participated in the Arbor's Country Days celebration. Rotarians Christina Beeke, Lynn Boscher, Timothy Flynn, Gary Gover, Jennifer Gruszka, Carl Hartdegen, Robert Herrick, Rock Palmer, Donna Tatlock-Calkins and Richard Teodore performed admirably at their assigned duties from cooking, popping popcorn, selling hot dogs, hamburgs, cheeseburgs and chocolate chip cookies and soda and water.
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April 26, 2014 marked the 30th Annual Noble Hospital 5K Run/Walk. Three Rotarians participated in this event to raise money for Noble Hospital's oncology unit. Past President and Secretary Lynn Boscher, President Dawn Carignan-Thomas, and Past President and Treasurer Robert Herrick. Photos are in the photo album.
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FedEx Delivers Functional and Attractive New Uniform to Employees around the World.
Designed by fashion industry consultant Stan Herman, the new uniform provides employees day-to-day variety with an updated classic-casual look in the workplace. It also provides more comfort and new safety features, including 80 percent more outerwear reflectivity.
"We conducted extensive employee surveys and focus groups around the world to determine how the new uniform could better meet their needs," said Gayle Christensen, managing director of Corporate Marketing for FedEx. "We're especially proud of the uniform because it was a true team effort, taking the needs and desires of a global work force into account, and extending our new identity."
Among FedEx World Service Center agents surveyed, 93 percent requested more casual and comfortable uniforms, like those of the couriers.
Employees will receive uniform pieces at launch and throughout the year; the full roll-out will be completed by December 1997.
"Over 80 percent of employees said they wanted new, updated uniform components," stated Christensen. "The current uniforms -- also designed by Herman -- were revolutionary for their time and have served the FedEx team well. We're making the new uniforms bolder and more comfortable to meet the needs of the company's employees."
Uniform Designed to Perform
Meeting the various needs of an international work force is a challenge. For example, U.S. employees prefer wash-and-wear clothing; international employees prefer all natural fibers in apparel. Therefore, FedEx compromised: while most uniform components are the same around the world, FedEx developed one short-sleeved golf-style shirt that is different overseas. In the U.S., the shirt is made of a very high percentage of cotton blended with synthetic fiber; the international shirt is 100 percent cotton.
"We chose slightly different material for some U.S. and international uniform components, based on employee requests and climate differences around the world," explained Christensen. "Our employees told us that they needed uniforms that were easy to care for, so we developed a cotton/poly blend that contains as much cotton as possible."
A Distinct Appearance
The new uniform incorporates a variety of components so employees can mix separates to meet their individual needs. Some of the new pieces include a variety of shirts, sweaters, caps and outerwear. The shoulder epaulets on the current uniform will be replaced with modern pins worn on the collar or chest to display and employee's years of service.
"We updated the uniform, not only to correspond to changing job requirements, but also to allow employees the opportunity to express their individuality within the confines of a uniform," said Herman, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. "FedEx's desire to work with its employees in designing a new uniform exemplifies the company's forward-thinking nature."
Federal Express is the world's largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable services for more than 2.5 million items in 211 countries each working day. The company employs approximately 124,000 people and operates more than 560 aircraft, 37,000 vehicles and over 400,000 Powership(R) and FedEx Ship(TM) automated systems in its integrated global network. Federal Express reported revenues of $10.3 billion for its fiscal year ended May 31, 1996. -0-
-- Based on extensive employee surveys and research, the updated FedEx uniform offers employees many separates for a variety of layering options, depending upon climate, work environment, job requirements and individual preferences.
-- The new FedEx uniform is made from fabrics woven exclusively for FedEx with a higher percentage of natural fibers. The proprietary FedEx fabric is an 84% cotton and 16% polyester blend, which is comfortable, easy to care for and durable.
-- Designed to meet the demands and regional customs of a global work force, the core pieces of the new FedEx uniform are provided free to employees.
Uniform Components
-- 84% cotton/16% polyester woven fabric shirts: Long- and short-sleeved button down collared shirts with new FedEx logo embroidered on the breast pocket; orange, purple and white threads are woven together for a unique FedEx color.
-- Knit shirts: Long- and short-sleeved golf-style shirts in FedEx navy blue, with the FedEx logo and "The World on Time" tagline on the sleeve. The long-sleeved shirts are 100% cotton; the short-sleeved shirts are a cotton/polyester pique blend.
-- 100% acrylic reduced-piling sweaters: Pullover, sweater vest and cardigan feature the FedEx logo and "The World on Time" tagline in FedEx purple/navy heather; the FedEx logo is knit into the fabric of the pullover and sweater vest.
-- 100% cotton turtleneck and T-shirt: Long-sleeved turtleneck with knit collar and short-sleeved T-shirt in FedEx purple or navy blue coordinate with all other layers of the uniform.
-- Durable, year-round polyester/cotton twill pants/shorts: FedEx navy pants and shorts, which feature five pockets, are more functional.
-- Nylon and Fortrel(R) Ecospun(TM) (a fiber made from recycled plastic) fleece jackets: The outer jacket, hooded fleece liner and fleece vest include 80% more reflectivity for increased safety. The three can be worn separately or together.
-- Durable nylon and hollofill overalls and raingear: A quilted, insulated bib overall in FedEx navy with a reflective strip around the legs; 100% nylon FedEx navy rain jacket and pants feature a three-inch reflective trim across the chest and back, back vent and attached hood.
-- Thermastat(TM) gloves: Purple/orange gloves with rubberized grips on the palms and fingers for added strength and durability.
-- Nylon and Ecospun(TM) hats: FedEx sun protection hats include a "foreign legion-style" cap with sloping front long bill and neck shield; the FedEx navy visor has an elastic strap back.
-0- Note to Editors: Fortrel Ecospun is a trademark of Wellman, Inc. Thermastat is a trademark of Dupont, Inc.
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AT PROVIDENCE: 2008: Started 16 of 17 games in 2008...Recorded one assist on the game-tying goal at Cincinnati on 10/3. 2007: Started 16 of 17 games in 2007...Finished first on the team in shots with 24 and tied for first in assists with two. 2006: Started 14 of PC's 16 games in 2006...Finished tied for third on the team in points with four, on one goal and two assists... Scored her first collegiate goal versus Holy Cross on 8/25.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned five varsity letters with four in soccer and one in basketball at Valley Stream South High School... Captained her high school soccer team for two seasons... Received All-State Honors and was named Valley Stream South MVP in 2005... Received All-Nassau County Honors from 2003-04 and All-Class honors in 2002...Was a member of the high-honor roll... Athletic Honor Society, Athletic Leadership Team and the Class Council.
CLUB SOCCER: A three-time member of the ENY ODP team and a four-time captain of the East Meadow ISA Magic... Won the State Cup Championship in 2004 and 2005... Named to the ODP Region 1 team in 2005, the SYL Region team in 2004, and the SYL North American Umbro Team in 2003... Was a member of the PDA College Showcase and Disney Showcase Championship teams in 2004... In 2003, led team to the SYL National semifinals, the Disney Showcase semifinals and the WAGS "A" Flight Title.
PERSONAL: Born September 12, 1988... Daughter of Laura and Mike Benko... Has an older sister, Danielle and a younger brother, Michael... Health policy management major with a minor in finance.
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The BIG EAST announced its annual league and major awards on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Three members of the Providence College women's soccer team were recognized for...
Women's Soccer Set To Face...
The Providence College women's soccer team is set to play Marquette in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Milwaukee, Wis.
Women's Soccer Defeats...
The Providence College women's soccer team defeated Villanova in overtime, 2-1, on Friday, Oct. 31 at the Ray Treacy Track and Field Complex.