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A solution for network latency inherent in a multiplayer online game involving more than two players. The solution is a dynamic re-sequencing and synchronization mechanism that enables seamless and simultaneous participation by remote users, such that an event can have an immediate and consequential effect on a related event without the unwanted effects resulting from network latency.
1. A method of compensating for network latency in an online multiplayer game requiting more than two participants, wherein the client structure of said game utilizes at least one server, comprising the steps of:
qualifying all participants in the game as members of either an active group or an awaiting group;
qualifying a member of said active group as an initiator;
qualifying at least one member of said active group as an intended receiver;
qualifying at least one member of said active group as an interceptor;
conveying an occurrence of an action, which is initiated by said initiator and directed to said intended receiver, first to said interceptor, wherein said interceptor becomes aware of said action first and has the initial opportunity to react to said action, and wherein a reaction by said interceptor results in an outcome signal; and
conveying said outcome signal to each of said initiator, intended receiver and interceptor at a specific time for each, wherein each of said initiator, intended receiver and interceptor will witness the reaction concurrently.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/002,976, filed Nov. 14, 2001, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/716,853, filed Nov. 14, 2000, now abandoned. This application expressly incorporates by reference the entirety of each of the above-referenced applications as if fully set forth herein.
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With the rise of the popularity of the Internet, many forms of digital entertainment have crossed over from their traditional distribution medium to that of Internet. One notable example is radio broadcasting, where technology in the past decade has enabled listeners from around the world with access to the Internet to select the desired content and hear radio programs from their personal computers. While digital entertainment such as radio broadcasting has gained popularity, the genre is limited in the sense that the action is uni-directional, i.e. entertainment content flowing in one direction only from the provider to the users. Although this is convenient, the format does not fit well with the intrinsic nature of the Internet, which always has involved a high degree of interaction. The most basic example of a bi-directional form of communication with respect to the Internet is the interaction of users in clicking a link on a page in the World Wide Web to select content to be viewed.
Interactive online digital entertainment has gained ground on many fronts in recent years, especially with respect to video gaming. For example, users can login to certain websites to first find an opponent and then play a game of chess in the virtual world. As a human player will be competing against another human player, the form of communication is bi-directional. However, not all video games can be played online. For a game of chess where time to make a move does not have an immediate and consequential effect on the outcome (also called a twitch game), players obviously have ample time to contemplate the next move, counter-move, game strategy and so on. However, in a majority of real-time video games, time needed to make a decision and act upon that decision is relatively short so that players involved feel a sense of realism. In such a real-time game, action must occur in close proximity in every aspect thereof to real life events. Real-time action is a must for the action genre (e.g., fighting games), simulation genre (e.g., flight simulators) and sport genre (e.g., baseball games).
With respect to video games played by a single player (either on a console or personal computer (PC)), the video game program determines how best to mimic real life. On the other hand, with respect to games played over the Internet, game programmers must consider network latency that will delay an action, or, in a multiplayer setting, display a different progression of the same game to players based on a variety of criteria. The time difference of the display to respectively different players can be extremely small, perhaps no more than 500 ms (equivalent to approximately one half of a second), which may seem like a relatively insignificant passage of time; however, in a real-time game such a time difference may be determinative of game outcomes.
Network latency involves the time needed for packets of data (e.g., the information related to a character's action) to travel from a user's computer to the game server and then from the game server to the rest of the users. Ideally, if all users have the same network latency, there would be no issue as all events would just be delayed by the same amount of time. However, due to different geographical locations, as well as quality of Internet connection services, each user is likely to have a different latency. Thus, each user would be looking at a different point in time in the game, which would prevent crucial judgments (e.g., determining at a given moment the right strategy to defend an offensive play in a football game) from taking place and thereby would effectively eliminate the realism in the game.
Network latency has been addressed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,695,400 to Fennell, Jr. et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,775,996 to Othmer et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,820,463 to O'Callaghan; U.S. Pat. No. 5,838,909 to Roy et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 5,899,810 to Smith; U.S. Pat. No. 5,974,442 to Adams; U.S. Pat. No. 6,006,254 to Waters et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,012,096 to Link et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,025,801 to Beitel; U.S. Pat. No. 6,042,477 to Addink; U.S. Pat. No. 6,304,902 to Black et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,345,297 to Grimm et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,415,317 to Yelon et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,475,090 to Roelofs; each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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The above-described process is complicated tremendously if the network latency of player X is higher than a certain threshold, say, 500 ms. In such a case, the whole solution would be rendered useless because the delay in the action would be too great (i.e., more than 1 second). Thus, various methods have been proposed to address this problem.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,475,090 to Roelofs is directed to in-game factors to compensate for network latency. A method is provided for compensating for high-latency computer clients in a multi-player electronic game played on a plurality of terminals connected by a network. A latency value is determined for computer clients operating the terminals, after which a latency compensation factor is determined from the latency value for each client computer. The playing modality of a client computer can then be adjusted based on the latency compensation factor. The compensation techniques are applied during the playing of the game time via the previously constructed latency compensation curve. For example, a compensation curve may be employed whereby a player would be afforded a compensation mechanism commensurate with his measured latency. The compensation may, for example, provide the player with an increase in speed to enable him to compensate for his delay. There is, however, no buffering involved.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,304,902 to Black et al. is directed to a method and system for determining network latency between clients in a computer network having at least two clients connected thereto in a manner that reduces network traffic at any given time. Each client determines the network latency between each other client via a ping, response, and response-response protocol. To this end, a first client places first time information such as a time stamp into a (ping) data packet and sends the packet to the second client, who places second time information into the packet and sends the packet as a response packet back to the first client. The first client determines a first network latency based on its current time and the first time information returned in the response packet. The first client then sends the packet back to the second client as a response to the response packet. The second client determines a second latency based on the current time information at the second client and the second time information received in the response-response packet. For multiple clients such as in a gaming zone environment, each local client sorts the IP addresses of the other remote clients into sets of clients, and pings the remote client or clients in each set once per predetermined period, thereby distributing the pinging operation to balance incoming and outgoing network traffic. More particularly, this solution matches players in proximity (and thereby lower network latency) to play each other, thus exempting the possibility that network latency may affect gameplay during the game. However, this method only allows peer-to-peer (where action information in the form of data packets are sent from one player to other player(s)), not server/client, matches to take place.
Importantly, the above-described solutions do not permit a potential third party to intervene in the gameplay. Team sport games such as baseball, American football, soccer, ice hockey and basketball, for example, by their nature require multiple players to engage in possession of the game ball. While the aforementioned solutions address compensating network latency, the pertinent architecture focuses on one-on-one gameplay. The particular problem related to a multiplayer game having a TCP/IP server/client structure (in contrast to peer-to-peer structure), in which a solution to latency compensation (due to an event that has an immediate and consequential effect on another (or next) event) is required, has heretofore yet to be provided.
Thus, with respect to multiplayer online games involving simultaneous participation of users positioned at different locations (i.e., users distanced remotely from one another, perhaps even in different countries), wherein the structure is TCP/IP server/client, there exists a need for an invention that can effectively overcome problems posed by network latency.
Accordingly, a primary object of the present invention is to provide a massively multiplayer online game with a mechanism that enables seamless and simultaneous participation by remote users, such that an event can have an immediate and consequential effect on a related event without the unwanted effects of delay and desynchronized events resulting from network latency. For purposes of the invention described herein, the term "dynamic re-sequencing" refers to such a mechanism. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method to synchronize the game following dynamic re-sequencing thereof.
What is claimed is a method of compensating for network latency in an online multiplayer game requiring more than two participants, wherein the client structure of said game utilizes at least one server, comprising the steps of qualifying all participants in the game as members of either an active group or an awaiting group, qualifying a member of said active group as an initiator, qualifying at least one member of said active group as an intended receiver, qualifying at least one member of said active group as an interceptor, conveying an action initiated by said initiator and directed to said intended receiver first to said interceptor, wherein said interceptor has the initial opportunity to react to said action, and wherein a reaction by said interceptor results in an outcome signal, and conveying said outcome signal to each of said initiator, intended receiver and interceptor at a specific time for each, wherein each will witness the reaction concurrently.
The following detailed description should be read with reference to the drawings, in which like elements in different drawings are identically numbered. The drawings, which are not necessarily to scale, depict selected preferred embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The detailed description illustrates by way of example, not by way of limitation, the principles of the invention. This description will clearly enable one skilled in the art to make and use the invention, and describes several embodiments, adaptations, variations, alternatives and uses of the invention, including what is presently believed to be the best mode of carrying out the invention.
In order to describe the present invention, examples are provided with respect to a typical multiplayer online game. In these examples, users are represented in a virtual reality as their own avatars, or characters. Each character is assigned a particular designation based on his or her involvement in the game at a given point in time. Character designations are reassigned continuously throughout the game, depending on various qualifying factors, which will be described in more detail below. The terms "designating," "assigning" and "qualifying" are used interchangeably herein to describe the mechanism for which a character is placed into a certain group and/or becomes an active participant in a game event such that the dynamic re-sequencing and synchronizing solutions of the present invention can be adequately conveyed. Also, in the examples herein, the actual human participants in the game may be referred to with respect to the characters they control within the game.
In one example showing how the present solution to network latency is implemented, all characters on a given playing field are divided into one of two groups: an action group and an awaiting group. The action group comprises an initiator, an intended receiver and potential interceptor(s). The initiator is usually in possession of a game object (i.e., a ball), and an action initiated by the initiator is a game event. An interceptor may attempt to capture the game object and although he may not actually gain possession thereof, he would have a chance to alter the outcome of what the initiator wants to achieve (e.g., to pass the ball to another teammate), which for purposes of this example will be called the goal. The intended receiver is on the receiving end of this goal and, in some cases, there can be more than one intended receiver. Characters in the awaiting group would queue up according to a predetermined, game-specific formula that qualifies them in a specific order to replace and assume the role of intended receiver and/or interceptor. The qualification process takes place recurrently in very short intervals, and a new goal is established once the result of the previous goal is determined.
In basic terms, the present invention allows the interceptor to witness a game event a few milliseconds before the rest of the characters on field witness the beginning of said event, the interceptor being sequenced to react initially to said game event. Such an arrangement allows the interceptor to determine at a slightly earlier time whether the outcome of the goal is to be altered. In the event that the interceptor has not altered the initiator's goal, the intended receiver will have the next chance to act upon the goal and determine its outcome. At that instance, if another character from the awaiting group can qualify as an intended receiver, then the role of the original intended receiver will immediately change to that of one in the awaiting group, who may qualify as an interceptor. In another scenario, a character in the awaiting group can qualify as the interceptor, while the role of intended receiver remains the same. The determining factors of whether a character qualifies as one of the three members of the action group include, for example, distance to the event, performance aspects of the characters (such as speed), rules specific to the position the character is playing related to the sport and/or video game (e.g., a defensive lineman in an American football game would be unlikely to intercept a pass), network latency effects, hardware limitations, etc. It is worth noting that members from either team in a two-team game can be in the same pool of characters in the awaiting group. As characters are constantly making plays on the field, characters in the awaiting group will have ample chances to become either an intended receiver or an interceptor, and if intercepted successfully, become an initiator.
Thus, the game must dynamically sequence which characters can become an interceptor and thereby witness a game event earlier than the other characters. Rules for determining the sequencing can originate from either the rules with respect to the game being simulated (such as a pass interference penalty in American football) or video game specific rules (such as only characters possessing certain traits can successfully complete certain action in time). Following are examples of different games in which the dynamic re-sequencing of the present invention is utilized.
In a first example, characters engage in a baseball game, in which the most time-sensitive sequence of event occurs between the batter and the catcher. In this scenario, the pitcher is the initiator, the batter the interceptor and the catcher the intended receiver. The goal is to deliver the pitch safely to the catcher, while avoiding a hit by the batter. In real life, only a small fraction of a second will elapse when the ball travels past the batter (i.e., the batter does not make contact with the ball), which cannot be mimicked in an online multiplayer game realistically due to network latency. As explained above, the present invention allows the batter (interceptor) to see the pitch a split second before the rest of the characters do. Once the batter decides whether to swing the bat or not in response to the location of the ball, the outcome is determined and the rest of the characters, including the catcher, will know what the result is and take the appropriate action(s). The qualifications required to become an interceptor in this embodiment would be the rules of the game of baseball in that the batter is trying to hit a pitch delivered from the pitcher to the catcher.
In a second example, characters engage in a soccer game, in which a player (an initiator who has possession of a soccer ball) is trying to pass the ball to a teammate (an intended receiver) while an opponent is trying to intercept the pass (the interceptor). Once the system determines the opponent player is qualified (perhaps due to the fact that he is stationed at the moment in the vicinity of the soccer ball), the character is allowed to see the action of the soccer ball moving from the initiator along a path to the intended receiver. Depending on his response to this pass, the virtual distance between the character and the ball, the character's speed and the user's ability to control the character, the interceptor may change the outcome. If he does, he assumes the role of the initiator. The qualifications required to become an interceptor in this scenario are firstly in-game factors (i.e., the distance to the soccer ball) and secondly the character's performance traits (i.e., that he is speedy enough to intercept).
In a third example, characters engage in an American football game, in which a quarterback is making a throw to an intended receiver with three defenders nearby. By video game rules, only a maximum of two defensive players may approach the intended receiver. Thus, for example, the furthest character from the ball (or the slower of the characters) will not be involved in the play. Of the two remaining defensive players, video game rules dictate that the closest defensive character will have a chance to try to intercept the ball first; if he fails, the remaining defensive character will have a chance. Therefore, the first defensive player will see the pass a split second before the rest of the characters, and then the second defensive player will see the pass, followed by the intended receiver. The qualification required to become an interceptor in this scenario is in-game factors.
Intuitively, it is relatively easy to determine which player/character qualifies as the initiator and the intended receiver; however, the role of an interceptor is harder to assign because each character participating in the game should theoretically have an opportunity to intercept the object. Upon closer analysis, several rules determine whether a participant can qualify as an interceptor, three of which are explained in more detail below. It should be appreciated, however, that there are countless possible rules that could determine whether a player would qualify as an interceptor and therefore, the below list should not be construed as an exclusive list.
Summarizing, the primary thrust of the present invention is to provide a network latency solution by sequencing events and allowing an interceptor the opportunity to determine the outcome before the initiator or the intended receiver. With reference to
The initiator in this example is a pitcher, having a 250 ms delay, the intended receiver is a catcher, having a 125 ms delay, and the interceptor is a batter, having a 400 ms delay. The pitcher begins a given action by initiating a pitch. The server receives the signal of the pitch at t=250 ms and transmits only to the batter at t=650 ms. As explained above, the batter (interceptor) is permitted a brief moment to view the event and react thereto, in this case, several milliseconds, prior to the other players. If the batter succeeds in intercepting the object (i.e., making contact with the ball), he may experience a brief period of delay between the end of the event and the beginning of the next event so that all players can be synchronized to see the outcome of the event at the same time. Thus, the batter may spend a few milliseconds dropping his bat and preparing to run to first base. At this point, the next interceptor will be determined.
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The present invention has been described above in terms of certain preferred embodiments so that an understanding of the present invention can be conveyed. However, there are many alternative arrangements for dynamic re-sequencing not specifically described herein, but with which the present invention is applicable. Although specific features have been provided, dynamic re-sequencing in the present invention would equally be embodied by other configurations not specifically recited herein. The scope of the present invention should therefore not be limited by the embodiments illustrated, but rather it should be understood that the present invention has wide applicability with respect to online multiplayer games generally. All modifications, variations, or equivalent elements and implementations that are within the scope of the appended claims should therefore be considered within the scope of the invention.
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I hope Se'Von gets eleventy billion sacks.
If he gained a little weight it would be kind of cool to see him as an RB in the NFL. If that happened he may overtake Barry Sanders as my all time favorite NFLer.
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I think one of the things we all forget is that the majority of these guys are freshmen, sophmores, or juniors getting their first real shot at playing time. Add that to the fact we've gone from #WALRUSBALL to a competent offense, and I think we can give the guys some leeway.
I'm hoping we see these two things:
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2) Get Miller, Hall, and Hyde all in there together, maybe run a little triple option here and there. I think, in the end, it could be too much for Sparty to handle.
I agree with you. Outside of the UCF game, we were heavy favorites to win all of them. I know that whenever Tressel played Michigan, it alway seemed he had 2-3 plays drawn up that were unlike anything else we'd see the rest of the season. I'd love it if Meyer had been playing it close to his vest (jacket?) these last four weeks and opened up the entire playbook to blow out Sparty.
I still think something strange happened on that XP. It looked like the D Lineman one the outside left either timed the snap count perfectly or might have jumped offside. It almost looked as if Basil stutter stepped thinking there was a penatly coming and then realized he still had to kick the ball. I feel it was more than just shanking the kick.
I'm not using it as an excuse, just wondering if anyone else saw it the way I did.
I'm glad Meyer has chosen to bring in coaches who all have philosophies that differ slightly from his. I think it provides an opportunity to complicate our offensive and defensive shcemes, epsecially, as stated, when things get "stale."
Yay defense, you were great! I heart you. But in order to beat a Wisconsin or *gasp* possibly even a Michigan we're gonna need more than four forward pass attempts. At least an occassional play action or something.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- The Cal State Northridge women's tennis team (2-2, 1-0 Big West) defeated Cal State Fullerton 6-1 in a Big West Conference match in Fullerton, Calif. on Sunday, Feb. 5. The 66th-ranked Matadors swept the doubles point and then picked up four straight-set victories in singles competition as they evened their season record.
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1. Sher/Man-Son-Hing (CSUN) def. Mai/McIntosh (CSUF): 8-4
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3. Pistalu/Cheung (CSUN) def. Pepa/Tomaiko (CSUF): 8-1
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3. Rodriguez (CSUF) def. Man-Son-Hing (CSUN): 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-8
4. Pistalu (CSUN) def. Slevcove (CSUF): 6-4, 1-6, 10-8
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The MANJ Drama program, Thespians at Montessori, offers a comprehensive and high quality Arts experience under the direction of Ms. Michele Tuma. Children learn about and participate in theatre, improvisation, pantomime, movement, and playwriting. Links to program information, Schedule and Enrollment Forms for the Drama Program are available on the Downloads page of the Parents section.
Golf Academy
Montessori Academy will offer Youth Golf Lessons as a supplemental after school program to students 7-15 years of age (students 6 years of age with prior golfing experience will be considered). Committed to introducing young players to the game of golf, the talented and professional golf instructors introduce students to the basic fundamentals of the golf swing, short game, course management, strategy, rules and golf etiquette. Students will gain self-confidence and respect for the game. As a courtesy, clubs and balls may be loaned to new students who do not have their own equipment.
Typically, 2 sessions of golf lessons are offered, one in the fall and one in the spring, each meeting twice a week. Guidelines, Enrollment Forms and Schedules can be found on the Downloads page of the Parents section.
Piano Lessons
In partnership with the Cherry Hill Academy of Piano & Guitar individual piano lessons are offered as an enrichment activity for students 5 years or older (younger students will be considered). Information and enrollment forms for the Piano Program are available on the Downloads page of the Parents section.
Guitar Lessons
Christopher Peary, Head Guitar Teacher for the Cherry Hill Academy of Piano & Guitar offers students at diverse and creative approach to guitar lessons. His extensive experience as a performer, guitar instructor and recording engineer will benefit each and every one of his students. Information and enrollment forms for the Guitar Program are available on the Downloads page of the Parents section.
Yoga Classes
Kim Stevenson, MANJ Parent, Registered Yoga Teacher, offers lively and engaging Yoga Classes to Primary (5+) students and Elementary (6-11) and Middle School (12-15) students on Tuesday afternoons.
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Conditions continue to develop which strongly hint at a significant El Nino event this fall and winter, and swarms of strong earthquakes began erupting Monday in two locations across the Pacific Ocean.
Sea surface temperature anomaly data continues to show large areas of warmer than average sea water in key areas; just west of equatorial South America and extending in a plume westward along the equator for thousands of miles across the Pacific. Long range precipitation models, which were updated last week, now hint even more strongly than previously for above average precipitation across the southwestern U.S. beginning about September, 2014.
Additionally, another significant area of warmer than average Pacific ocean temperatures has been noted off the coast of southeast Asia. The possibility of this patch combining forces with the South American warm patch presents an interesting scenario—a situation which could lead to hemispheric changes in jet stream steering currents this fall and winter. Instead of storms being guided along usual tracks (generally north of the 40-45th parallel) the entire Pacific Ocean could be crossed by warm subtropical-air enhanced storms at latitudes as low as 35 degrees north or even lower. This would send winter storms directly into central and southern California, potentially bringing an end to years of devastating drought there and across much of the southwestern U.S.
Statistically, this is also supported because what is known as a zonal (straight-line west to east) winter storm pattern has been notably absent across the eastern Pacific for the last several years. Strong high pressure probably due to colder water has shunted winter Pacific storms through the Pacific Northwest with extreme dryness elsewhere as a result.
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Travelodge Hotel Belleville
Travelodge Hotel Belleville
Hotel Guest Rating: 7.1/10
11 Bay Bridge Road
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Welcome to the Travelodge Hotel Belleville
A scenic location on the bay, a pool with a waterslide and delicious on-site dining help you relax and recharge at the non-smoking Travelodge Hotel Belleville.
Hotel Features
All 124 rooms at this four-story non-smoking property include free Wi-Fi, cable TVs and coffeemakers; select rooms offer balconies with water views. Nosh at the on-site restaurant, buckle down in the business center or shoot a round of pool in the game room. Stay active in the gym and swim year-round in the indoor pool, which boasts a waterslide, or the heated outdoor pool that's open seasonally. Pets are welcome and parking is free.
Hotel Location
Located on the Bay of Quinte next to a marina, the Travelodge is adjacent to East Zwick's Centennial Park and one block from the bridge to Prince Edward County. You're just over a mile from the John M. Parrott Art Gallery and two miles from Glanmore National Historic Site and King George Square. The Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment Military Museum is one hour west and Sandbanks Provincial Park is 45 minutes south. Toronto Pearson International Airport is 120 miles west and Syracuse Hancock International Airport is 120 miles southeast.
Guest Favorites
"Nicely appointed rooms with flat-screen TVs," "very inviting pools" and a "good location next to a park" are highlights of the Travelodge, say Priceline guests.
Travelodge Hotel Belleville Amenities
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Please contact the hotel about the hours of operation for the waterslide. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Travelodge Hotel BellevilleOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
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Now THIS is the show Bravo should be airing. Forget about James Lipton and his boring snooty "professional" actors. Give me comedian Zach Galifianakis interviewing a porn star any day of the week. Watch the video… and take notes. It's funny and informative.
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Fuelled by new smartphones, apps and services consumer demand for mobile data is accelerating beyond expectations, finds a new report from Arieso. Following a similar study in 2010, Arieso's new analysis reveals that so-called 'extreme' users are becoming even more extreme, with 1% of subscribers now consuming HALF of all downloaded data. One thing is clear: the capacity issues plaguing mobile operators around the world will worsen in 2012.
The Arieso study, "Recent Smartphone Trends & the Extreme Data User", compares data usage across a variety of smartphones and connected devices. It finds that users of the iPhone 4S demand three times as much data as iPhone 3G users and twice as much as iPhone 4 users, who were identified as the most demanding in the 2010 study. In a finding consistent with 2010 results, it also shows that Google Nexus One users make twice as many data calls as iPhone 3G users.
"The introduction of increasingly sophisticated devices, coupled with growing consumer demand, is creating unrelenting pressure on mobile networks. The capacity crunch is still a very real threat for mobile operators, and it looks set to only get harder in 2012," commented Dr. Michael Flanagan, CTO, Arieso and study author. "The mobile industry needs new investment and new approaches to boost network performance and manage the customer experience".
The Arieso analysis compares the data consumption of users of the latest smartphones against the iPhone3G as a "normalised benchmark". The study found that different users and different devices exhibit very different demands on the network.
The most significant change in consumer behaviour between 2010 and 2011 data has been catalysed by the introduction of the iPhone 4S. iPhone 4S users download 2.76 times as much data as users of the iPhone 3G. And while an Android-powered device maintains last year's position at the top of the table for uplink data volumes, with HTC Desire S users typically uploading 3.23 times as much data as iPhone 3G users, the iPhone 4S falls just behind in this category with a typical 3.20 times as much data uploaded.
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"While the report provides general trends, the studies on which they're based demonstrate the importance to operators of understanding the increased consumption each type of smartphone brings. Despite stark industry warnings, mobile operators are still playing 'Guess Who?' with their subscribers," continued Flanagan.
"Without adequately preparing networks to support the new generation of smart devices, operators risk spiralling and misplaced operational expenditure and delivering a sub-par quality of experience to customers. It's critical that operators redouble their efforts to limit the impact of this inevitable squeeze."
Arieso has published the detailed findings of its latest studies, conducted using ariesoGEO, together with in-depth analysis in its report "Recent Smartphone Trends & the Extreme Data User" which is available upon request.
Arieso is the world's leading provider of customer centric, location aware solutions that enable mobile network operators to focus their business on the evolving desires and experiences of their customers. The company's solutions locate, store and analyse data from every call, providing operators with a rich source of information to boost network performance and enrich user experience. This same detailed insight which transforms the effectiveness of Radio Network Capital Planning and Performance Engineering opens new possibilities for Customer Experience Assurance and Geomarketing. Arieso's proven carrier grade solutions are robust, reliable and highly scalable. Operating on five continents, Arieso's clients include mobile operators such as América Móvil, MTN, Portugal Telecom, Telefónica O2, Vodafone and leading equipment vendors including Alcatel Lucent, Ericsson and NSN.
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One of our most eminent historians presents a powerful look at the buildup to and aftermath of one of the most decisive moments of the Second World War - Kristallnacht - not only for the Jewish population suddenly identified as a group to be destroyed, but also in terms of the international response it inspired and its larger implications. In "Kristallnacht," Martin Gilbert seamlessly combines a moving account of the suffering of the victims of the Nazi regime with a sophisticated analysis of the gradual process, which made the horrors of the Third Reich possible. Broadening his canvas, Gilbert also powerfully depicts how the rest of the world failed Europe's increasingly desperate Jewish population: in the aftermath to Kristallnacht almost every country was asked to help; most would not do so, despite the transport of a staggering 10,000 German Jewish children to Britain. This international indifference had direct implications for future German policy, while the events of Kristallnacht went on to radically influence the attitudes of governments - and people - outside Germany towards Nazism. This is the third book to be published in the illustrious "Making History Series" edited by Lisa Jardine and Amanda Foreman, which examines a broad and eclectic range of history's most crucial turning points. Eminent guest writers have been invited to write on subjects about which they feel particularly passionate to create a collection of provocative and enlightening essays that provides a sweeping panorama of the past. The series sheds new light on familiar topics - Waterloo, Mussolini, the fall of the Aztecs - as well as uncovering more subtle shifts of fortune which went on to turn subsequent events on their head.
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Martin Gilbert was born in London in 1936 and educated at Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1962, he became research assistant to Randolph Churchill and, after Randolph's death, succeeded him as biographer of Sir Winston Churchill. He is the author of many works of history and lives in London and Jerusalem.
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Posted by nycbroker on 02/28/2007
Great place! I went for a dinner with my wife last week and we had excellent meal. They were very busy we waited for the table about twenty minutes but it was worth it. Their porterhouse was excellent and the service was very good. Great wine list as well. I am definitely going back…
Posted by fat guy knows his food on 02/26/2007
The reviewer below listed 3 2nd tier steakhouses which are all chains by the way in justifying their review. All I can say is if those are the standards, you are correct, don't go here. This is a top notch NY steakhouse and is in a different league. By the way, get a real steak like a porterhouse, not a filet...
Posted by Anonymous on 02/23/2007
I frequently visit Smith and Wollensky's and The Palm, as well as the Capital Grille on occasion. Thought I would try Ben and Jack's tonight, because of its Peter Luger pedigree. What a mistake. Four of us ordered the filet mignon, and they were gristled, fatty pieces, one of which the cook absolutely butchered. Our waiter was extremely unhelpful, with an attitude. And the atmosphere certainly didn't add to anything. I've never had a bad meal at any of the three steakhouses mentioned above. Had a poor first meal at Ben and Jack's, and would NEVER go back.
Posted by Jen on 02/21/2007
This is one of the best steak houses period. I was very impressed by the caliber of service and atmosphere. I had the ribeye steak and it was cooked to perfection. My date and I did not have to ask for anything, all of our needs were met. Great baked potato too! I will becoming back!
Posted by qb on 02/18/2007
Had high hopes, but we were disappointed. Steak was fatty and needed salt. Didn't have any "punch". (Did not taste better as next day's leftovers!) All sides/salads/apps were good but average. (Caesar salad was diner quality.) Made worse mentally by automatic comparison to Luger's and other spin-offs. Service was uneven. Rushed at the start, then neglected (but OTOH, we were not rushed out.) If you're going to do the "fix napkin while patron is at the loo" routine, at least you can fold it. Decor is "boring traditional". At least the other spin-offs have tried to improve or re-work something from their collective ancestor.
Posted by Anonymous on 01/21/2007
We had a group of 10 for dinner and had a table in the middle of the room where we were bumped into by every waiter the whole evening. The servers had no idea what table they were assigned to and we had many through the evening. On the good side, the food was amazing. From the crabmeat appetizers to the 4lb. lobster and the many orders of steak that were done to perfection. Sides that were great were the mushrooms, peas and also the potatoes. For dessert we had the apple struedel, and the cheesecake. YUM!!! I would go back in a heartbeat but please be awre that this is a very crowded and noisy restaurant so be prepared.
Posted by steakfan on 01/18/2007
This is by far the best steak in Manhattan. It is nearly identical to Lugers (Porterhouse). I could care less about the ambiance when I am eating steak so all my attention is on the meat. Sizzling steak, drowned in butter, cooked to perfection on a plate that can cook the steak even further its so hot. I have tried all the rest in the city and even the steakhouses that try too hard with their creations. Hands down go here. It makes Old Homestead porterhouse taste like roast beef. The butter makes all the difference and I wouldnt go anywhere else except Luger and Luger spinoffs. This is the best Luger spinoff.


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I attended the dinner last evening and when I entered there were about 20 people milling about making a bunch of chatter. Afterwards they were gone. I'm surprised they warranrt press with all build up you'd think a couple thousand would turn out. That didn't happen.
Beck was fantastic by the way. Entertaining, funny, and in his style called it like he sees it.
Dingell is an old wind bag.
Health care reform absent tort reform is no reform!
If the government cannot run AMTRAK and the Postal Service why in the good name of God would I want them running my health care.
ENOUGH! 2010 come quickly for the revolution is at hand!
Oh my, the market making the call not the government. What a novel idea in the of Obama Socialism. Yep, and it happened right here in the Great Socialist Republic of Ann Arbor.
Who wouda thunk it!
WalMart will want to make nice with Saline. Look for a big donation to the school system and for the football stadium to be renamed WalMart Field by the 2010 football season. Complete with a video scoreboard and of course half a dozen WalMart logos to remind us that they are good corporate citizens.
All I can say is ABA!
Anybody But Alma!
With socialist in the White House we certainly don't need another in Lansing after the Granholm debacle!
There are two issues here:
1. Wermers was not in the mix and that drove his decision to transfer. He will do fine at Ball State.
2. The "not my crowd" statement is shared by many. Time will tell if off the field issues escalate. The new breed have a more individual view of football than the type of kids Carr recruited. That is not good, bad, nor indifferent it just is a fact. We'll see how it all plays out.
This can only happen in The Great Socialist Republic of Ann Arbor.
While people lose jobs and try to keep food on the table the liberal elites are talking about a frickin dog park.
Perhaps we should have Mayor Hitler round up all the dogs and do the nasty to them. Imagine all the money that can funneled to help PEOPLE. Gosh that might even be called STIMULUS.
Only in A2 squared!
The exiled Queen must be having a fit over this.
Get the Sheed outta town!
One cancer gone and now it's time for Iverson to be sent packing.
I have one question for the Congressman:
Where are the jobs from the "stimulus" package, where are the jobs?????????????
Typical LEFTY here. Oh we will fund the primary races. Well that brings up a couple questions:
1. Where does the money come from????? Special interest groups no doubt....or will the "proper thinking" DEMS have a litmus test for accepting donations.....a good LEFTY exercise that will take about 6 months and be over 100 pages when done.
2. Who gets campaign money and how much? Will the money be distributed evenly for ALL who are seeking the party nomination OR will the local "vanguard" determine who is worthy (and behaves the way they want) to get the coin????
As Obama continues to fail eventually the lemmings will break away from the DEM party and such silly ideas for creating "competition" can be put back on the book rack along with the pipe!
Well looks like the pipe smoking pontificating Profs will continue to live the cushy life. No mention of them "helping" the cause as all good Obamabots should. The elites are above having to "suffer".
1. Eliminate all sabbaticals!
2. Every Associate Prof and Professors MUST teach a minimum of two classes.
3. Anybody with Emeritus before their title should NOT be on the payroll.
When will the A2 News take on the real source of waste on campus instead of picking on an Athletic Dept. that actually supports itself!
The Ypsi School Board should be recalled for knowingly passing a budget with a defeceit.
CUT CUT CUT! Just like families have been forced to do.
Oh and get used to it, we have three more years of the Obama economy to endure.
Sure put the locks on in exchange for eliminating sabbaticals which is costing millions of tax dollars for Profs to go pontifcating for a year with other pontificating profs.
If the UAW is cutting back so should the faculty unions!
To Lunagrief
Please no revisionist history here. The facts are the Big 3 and UAW had an oligopoly on the US car market. They paid high wages and made junk back in the 70's and well into the 80's.
Accepting your 3-5,000 dollar premise on production costs that means the inefficiency within the US producers was about 30%. And who paid that?????? We did!
The fact is the government, car companies, and UAW all have fault here. It has been 35 years since the first oil embargo and here we are still figuring out how to reduce dependency on foreign oil. It's the entrenched interests, across the board, that has led us to this point.
Did John Dingell notice the blood dripping on his shoes after being stabbed in the back by the Obama administration again?????
Now in plain view it is clear the Michigan Democratic Congrssional delegation is worthless and cannot save jobs in the state and certainly has no clue how to create them.
Will the last one out of the union hall please turn off the lights.
"And the wolf finally came."
Wonder if the boys down at the union hall still think Obama is the greatest thing since sliced cold watermelon at break time????????
Wake up folks, Willow Run closed for two reasons.
1. Chairman Obama wanted to erase yet another symbol of the military-indutrial complex. Willow Run was where the Rosie the Rivetor symbol was created...where America came together against the duel axis of evil Japan and Germany. An part of American heritage that can be erased will be by Obama.
2. The Toledo, OH transmission plant remains open even thou Willow Run can make the same transmission for $145 less. You know why? Ohio is a swing state and Michigan is not. Obama takes Michigan for granted that it will remain loyal to him but needs to maintain Ohio to win reelection.
Welcome to life under Obama and Liberal Fascism!
Obama is a liar when he says he has no interest in running GM. This plant closure is proof!
The UAW lemmings need to wake up!
A great run by true blue Michigan Men!
You are spot on. The days of the early season intersectional match ups is over sad to say.
We need a playoff based on conference champs qualifying. That will bring back the good ol days.


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Betty Ann Martinez, a pawn shop employee, is accused of stealing more than $21,000 from the north San Antonio business through bogus loans and thefts from the store safe. Martinez, 30, was arrested on a theft charge Monday.
A loss prevention employee from EZ Pawn contacted Castle Hills police last Wednesday about some money missing from the business in the 7100 block of Blanco Road, an arrest warrant affidavit stated.
Police said they later obtained a written confession from Martinez, admitting that she took the money, mostly in the form of bogus loans that she obtained by putting friends' names on the pawn shop receipts, the affidavit stated.
Investigators said in some cases, jewelry that wasn't real gold had been used as collateral, the affidavit stated.
Martinez also told police she had taken some of the money from the store safe and used it to keep the loans current, the affidavit stated. In all, police said, she stole more than $21,000.
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It's a hole that formed along a seam in the bed where the floor and the wheel well meet. This is a support channel underneath where it looks like gunk collected and the rust just found a void or scratch or something and I suppose has been just munching for a while.
I was packing the truck for the weekend and noticed a bubble that seems sorta soft, so took a chance fearing the worst and cut into it. Pulled out what I could and painted the whole thing with rust converting prep and covered it with duct tape. I tapped the rest of the floor and didn't feel anything else, but will start peeling off the bed liner.
Or maybe just buy a new bed from Toyota...
I'll have to investigate more but my first thought is based on how easy it was to peel off what I did that dry ice and trying to take it off in chunks would be most successful. Seems heat and chemicals that soften will just result in a mess.
'91 Pickup - Imelda
'08 Tacoma TRD - Donna
'09 Kawasaki KLR650
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"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Still looking at Tacomas since selling that 2001.
Apparently this is still an issue. What the heck, Toyota? They worry about Pandora radio and key fobs but their truck frames are rotting. Apparently Dana didn't clean stamping press lube from the frames before coating them, which rendered them essentially unprotected.
There is a limited service campaign, SC-E0D, under which 2nd gen Tacomas in several states are getting replacement frames.
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"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
i have bought 2 toyota that toyota would deem dead.. and i have even replaced an entier frame on a tacoma when working at the dealer..
i dont mind the rust as i can fix it.. its really easy. as the bad structural rust in isolated to the gap between the bed and cab. at the spring hanger location..
i say this next part like its no big deal. because to me its not and i can do it all in 1 day.
remove the bed, drop the gas tank, grind down the scale and flake.
cut out the bad sesction with a cut off wheel (typically the size of a football)
clean out the inside of the frame of all deprix por15 as much as you like and plate the frame with a 1/8" steel at liest 2" larger than your hole. treat the side and bottom as seprate repairs. it trully isnt a bad fix..
the spare tire carrier also gets it real bad.. i just cut it down and remove it compleatlly as we dont run stock size tires anyways.. and i plate that part of the frame as well for strength and add a tube to mount the shocks..
done in 1 day if you bust ass.
my newest taco has it the worst
it has it in the typical rear locations but also has it in the front by the firewall.. i have never seen it in the front before.. but it trully isnt nothing to be scared about or loose sleep on. because the fix is way stronger than the orgional.. i had holes (solid hole you can put your fist threw) about 10-14" long and 4-5" tall on the inside (both sides). and 2x8" on the bottom.. i even had to replace the spring hanger on one truck
but thats what converting to chevy 63" are for
84 Hilux, 22re Conversion, 63" chevy rears, Rears up front, Bobbed bed, duel e-lockers, 5.29's, 35" Ground Hogs low compression
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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
I was at a seminar recently where the presenter was covering certain material, but would often stop to add his own thoughts. He began to talk about the passage you just read. He talked about the crowd who had gathered and was shouting, "Crucify him!" He pointed out that the crowd had gathered on Friday morning and a similar crowd had gathered on the Sunday before as Jesus rode in triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The presenter said, "When I get to heaven, I want to see a video of the crowd shouting for Jesus death. Then I want to see a video of the crowd that was shouting 'Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!' I want to see who was shouting praises on Sunday and condemnation on Friday."
Why did that the presenter want to know who participated in both events? What drives that curiosity? Why are we as humans so concerned about who is "out" and who is "in?" The truth is that we are so concerned about ourselves we transfer that concern to others in an effort to justify ourselves. But there is no justification. That presenter would have been present with the crowd on Palm Sunday shouting acclamations and with the crowd on Good Friday shouting condemnations. So would I. So would you. If there is such a video in heaven showing both events, the only faces we would see are the face of Christ and our own faces.
The crowd on Palm Sunday was hailing a person who was supposed to be their Messiah who should act according to their wishes. The people wanted a Messiah who kicks out the Romans and all those that the crowd thought should be out. The Messiah was supposed to be the one to tell the people that they were "in" and others were "out." Instead they received a Messiah who proclaimed that even though every person was guilty and deserved to be "out," all would be "in."
On Good Friday Christ stretched out his arms on the cross to embrace all. The Good News is that you are "in." Rest in that faith and tell others the Good News too. Christs Peace,Pastor Scott412-682-6886