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How to fix lag in online games? - FULL GUIDE
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Online games are very popular and almost all game developers have jumped on the boat to develop such games. Reported lag and latency issues increase with the amount of players joining online games around the globe.
How does an online game work, how is it possible to play with a mate 1000 km away from your location? And why do some players experience lag, stuttering, flickering, freezing, disconnections or crashes in online games?
Which solutions exist to fix lag and latency issues in online games?
How does an online game function and why do lag and latency issues happen?
In this article we will try to give answers to all online game lag and latency issues related to questions a gamer may have. We will provide images, graphs and statistics, list existing solutions to fix lag and latency issues and explain to you in detail how an online game network functions!
Based on facts, you will find out that fixing lag and latency issues is not magic but rather a complex task which will not always end in success. This is because there are numerous causes; you the gamer do not have influence on all parts of the online game network chain!
What is lag in online games?
Online game lag refers to a delay of actions, chat, movements, sound or screenplay. Lag can cause an online game to freeze or disconnect as well.
Lag can be caused by malfunctioning hardware, not meeting the system requirements, slow performing operating system, wrongly configured or corrupted processes, settings, entries or services. Old drivers or firmware, high conflict devices and game settings also cause online game lag.
A majority of lag issues are caused by the internet connection. The performance of your internet connection does depend on hardware (CPU, RAM, network card, adapters…), the processing speed of your operating system, settings made in your router or modem and of course the speed and quality of the line or signal from your ISP provider!
It is not always the internet connection *speed* what counts!!!
In most of the cases, a speed of 256kbps will be fine for online games, as the packages sent and received are relatively small!
If one of the included chains in the online game network suffers from a delay in sending and receiving data packages which contain game information, then the online game lags. The chain includes your end (computer, laptop or mobile device, the ISP, internet gateway and nodes), the datacenter connection of the game server and the game server itself.
What is latency in online games?
Online game latency refers to the time a data package needs to be sent or received from your computer, laptop or mobile device to a server or host computer located somewhere in the world and back.
The latency also refers to the time local processes an online game needs to perform on your computer. For example, the time your graphic or audio cards need to update your screen or play a sound file.
How is the Online Game Network build up?
Online games require a network over the internet (internet network). All actions, movements, chats and so on are sent and received via servers and clients. In order to play an online game you will need a computer, laptop or mobile device and a router and/or modem.
You also need to have an active internet connection from an internet service provider which is used to communicate with the game server (part of the online game network). There are the 3 major ENDS included. The Internet functions over gateways and nodes (big and fast datacenters/servers connecting countries and continents).
An Online Game Network includes:
A. Gamers computer
B. Router/Modem
C. Internet Service Provider
D. Gateways/Nodes
E. Datacenter or ISP where the game server is connected
F. The game server
A typical Online Game Network
(Image 1 & Online Game Network)
Explanation to the Typical Online Game Network Image Above:
1. Gamer 1's PC
2. Gamer's Router/Modem
3. Gamer's ISP
4. Internet Gateway/Nodes
5. Game server ISP
6. Game server
7. Gamer 2's ISP
8. Gamer 2's Router/Modem
9. Gamer 2's PC
As you can see in the picture of an "Online Game Network" the network circle is quite complex and there is not always only one end causing lag or latency issues for gamers.
Let's make an example based on the picture (Online Game Network):
Player 1, located somewhere in South America (1. Gamer PC) is playing with Player 2 (2. Gamer PC) located in Russia in an online game. Both joined a huge virtual game world (realm) with thousands of players on a game server located in the United States.
Both signed up with an Internet Service Provider and have a similar internet connection speed. Player 1 just got a new gaming computer and Player 2 has a five year old standard set-up computer. Let's play the online game now to understand latency and lag issues!
Player 1 enters the game world and adds Player 2, who was already playing the game for a while, to his contact list in order to chat with him. Both agree to meet in a specific location to hunt down beasts. After some traveling, Player 1 and Player 2 are virtually meeting. Now Player 1 can see on his screen that Player 2 walks to a big house in front of them.
So what's actually happening when Player 1 sees his mate walking to the house?
Look at the picture showing the process of sent and received data packages in an online game network.
1. Player 2's computer creates a data package containing the movement information
2. The computer sends the data package to the modem/router
3. The modem/router processes the command received from the computer
4. The modem sends the data package to the datacenter of Player 2's ISP
5. The ISP datacenter processes the data package and forwards it to the node or gateway
6. The internet node or gateway datacenter processes the data package and forwards it
7. The data package arrives at the ISP and/or datacenter of the game server
8. The game server processes the data package and sends a confirmation back to the sender and sends a data package with the movement information over the same network circle to Player 1
You've already got an idea of what's happening when you join a group of players and fight heavily against another team or NCP?
Sent & received data packages in an online game
(Image 2 & Sent and received data in a Online Game Network)
Where in the online game network can latency issues happen and cause lag?
Literally everywhere (see also the pie chart for the top 11 lag and latency causes) in the process a delay of the sent and received data packages can happen.
Sending and receiving data packages around the globe is very complex and requires many operators, datacenters, gateways and nodes. A solution to cover ALL possible issues is not available.
Lag & latency issues are a part of the nature of online gaming. But this does not mean that the latency or lag issues you individually suffer from cannot be fixed. (See image 5)
Possible causes of latency and lag in the network chain of an online game
(Image 3: possible latency and lag causes in an online game network)
What solutions are available to fix lag and reduce latency in online games?
If you are or ever have been affected by high latency and/or online game lag you probably have searched for solutions. As the online game market is quite huge and growing (currently around 350 million online gamers worldwide) many applications, tools, utilities and services claim to reduce latency and/or fix lag. Lately, even virus scanners want to be part of these solutions.
As already mentioned above, there is no solution available that will cover ALL possible causes!!! We analyzed and tested some of the more popular solutions claiming to fix lag and latency issues. As causes of latency issues and lag are very complex, most of the mentioned tools, applications and services have an impact (higher - less) on reducing latency and fixing lag. On the other hand, some sources are just self-claiming with no proof of results!
Here is a column chart of the top 12 lag & latency fixing solutions with high to little impact:
(Column chart 1: lag & latency fixing solutions)
Lag and latency solutions:
1. The Online Game Booster - LATENCY OPTIMIZER can be found here
2. A Signal Boosters can be found here
3. A Game Booster can be found here
4. A Tunnel Service - WTFAST can be found here
5. Another Tunnel Service - BATTLEPING can be found here
6. A Game Proxy - tunnel service PINGBETTER can be found here
7. Another Tunnel Service SMOOTHPING: can be found here
8. An Internet Accelerator can be found here
9. A Junkfile Cleaner can be found here
10. A Disk Cleaner can be found here
11. A System Maintenance Tool can be found here
12. A Virus scanner can be found here
13. A Registry scanner can be found here
14. A WOW Lag Fix tool can be found here
You might have noticed that the Latency Optimizer is on top of the list and we do understand that you might have a smile on your face, because we (Badosoft) are the developers of Latency Optimizer. We are the only available solution that what will boost online games due to the fact that we cover a wide range of testing, optimizing and fixing tools while using the newest techniques.
Fixing lag and reducing latency in online games is not an easy task and most of the solutions have limited effects. Accelerating the internet connection speed, cleaning junk files, boosting your PC, lowering your ping, offering tunnel services/game proxies or cleaning infected systems are all effective procedures.
All of the top 12 solutions we have tested have some kind of impact, though naturally some are more effective than others.
To give you a deeper insight into latency and lag causes, here is the TOP 11 pie chart:
(Pie chart 1: Top 11 lag and latency causes)
The pie graph shows the most common lag & latency causes in online games:
1. System Requirements
2. Hardware issues
3. Slow Operating System
4. Internet connection settings
5. Router / Modem
6. Internet Service Provider
7. Firewall / Virus-scanner
8. Internet Gateway / Nodes issues
9. Game Server
10. Old Drivers / Firmware
11. In-Game-Mechanics
If you look back to the top 12 lag and latency fixing solutions chart, you will recognize that all of the solutions are effective but the impact of solving major issues is mainly small.
Allow us to give an example where we will compare Latency Optimizer with a tunnel service or game proxy, just to show you where the impact of those 2 solutions lie. As you can see on the image "Latency Optimizer vs. Tunnel services" you can see that Latency Optimizer works on the gamer's computer.
Game tunnel services and game proxies impact on gateways and or node issues!!
A tunnel service or proxy influence on latency issues caused by gateways and/or nodes.
You will still need to have your computer in top condition, your internet connection optimized and properly setup, a stable and fast line or signal from your Internet Service Provider and last but not least no lag or latency issues caused from the game server. That does not mean that a tunnel service will not help a player whose ISP suffers from gateway or node issues. But these are firstly the issues your ISP needs to fix!
The tunnel or game proxy uses other gateways or nodes as your ISP might do!
(Image 4: Lag and latency fixing the impact of a tunnel service)
Latency Optimizer has a high impact when it comes to the computer's system performance and involves tweaking and tuning your internet connection.
Furthermore, Latency Optimizer is the only online game booster available that includes testing and troubleshooting tools as well. Latency Optimizer assists you with getting the highest performance of sent and received data packages through the online game network.
Of course it must be said that this software cannot do magic! But it is the only lag fix and latency reduction solution available that covers a wide range of cleaning, tweaking, tuning, optimizing and testing tools.
Latency Optimizer impacts on latency and lag issues in online game networks
(Image 5: Lag & latency fixing impact of Latency Optimizer)
Latency Optimizer works mainly where the latency and lag issues exist! At the gamers END!
All online games are vulnerable to latency and lag issues!
Here is a bar chart of popular games and the reported lag and latency issues! Note that the popularity of the online games has an impact of the reported issues! As you can see on the bar chart, even the most popular online games have lagging players.
(Bar chart: Top online games with reported lag and/or latency issues)
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"ROAD TRIP!" is the title of this blog post, because that is the name of the "map" you are given when you enter this most unusual-looking building, sitting high on a hill in Tacoma, Washington.
You can visit the museum's lobby and adjoining gift shop, even if you do not have time to enjoy all the sights you will see, with a paid admission.
Their vision is to be a place where all sorts of people can gather to learn, have fun and celebrate---first hand---America's love affair with the automobile.
The goal is to help visitors enjoy the memories and stories the museum's various cars will evoke. For example, seeing this car, instantly took me back to my days as a junior in high school, because my boyfriend drove a car like this. There were no air bags or seat belts to protect us back in those days, just lots and lots of chrome!
Both ends of the new location for this museum have glass walls. This vintage red convertible provides a striking foreground, to the skyline of Tacoma and Commencement Bay, that the visitor sees from the end of the building opposite the entrance.
The doors in above photo lead out to an elevated outdoor patio, where one can sit and relax on the colorful, movable benches, while taking in the beautiful view. This would also be a great location for your party to get a group photo, as you could frame it with either the Tacoma skyline in the background, or the Museum glass wall in the background. The movable benches would enable some of your group to stand, and some to sit. (Can you tell I think like a photographer??!!)
When I saw these shiny pipes on the exterior of one of the automobiles on display, it made me have a better appreciation of what the architect had in mind, with the shiny, pipe-like design of the museum's new building exterior.
I read that the company that made the arch supports of this building's roof line, also worked on the custom-made roof of the Tacoma Dome.
In a collaborative effort with Tacoma's popular Museum of Glass ( www.museumofglass.org ), hot shop artists made the custom-designed pieces in this exhibit, to give a "nod" to abstract aspects of automobile design.
There are various sections to the car museum, and one section is all about the story of race cars in America, with this vintage Indianapolis 500 car being the "title shot" for that display.
For an additional fee, a visitor can try their hand behind the steering wheel at one of the CXC Racing Simulators. If that is too much of a thrill for your nervous system to tolerate, you could try your luck against your buddies on the pro-class slot car track.
I liked this section of old trucks that was on one of the lower stories. Again, since the purpose of the museum is to evoke memories in its guests, I have to mention that seeing these lovingly restored old trucks, reminded me of a time when I was a passenger in the vintage truck of a high school classmate. When we pulled into her driveway to park the truck to get out, the old truck's brakes failed, and we went right through their lovely garage door! I will never forget the calmness with which her father assessed the damage, when he heard the crash from his location inside the house. His first reaction was to express gratitude that Cathy or I had not been injured in the crash, and to say he was actually glad the accident happened where it did---demolishing their lovely garage door---rather than on "Harrison Hill", which we had just descended from! I had great respect for him after that incident, and it taught me that one's first concern in an auto accident are the human beings, NOT the physical damage to the car, or objects it hits!
Again with the memories, I had to take a photo of the iconic 1957 blue chevy. That is because my family had a 1957 blue chevy. However, since my father was the "King of Parsimony", our '57 chevy did not have a speck of chrome on it. Dad ordered our new family car as "stripped down" and inexpensive as was humanly possible! It didn't even have a radio, and air conditioning was out of the question! (And I wonder why I am so frugal??)
Since NAPA company is one of the corporations that make this museum possible, it is understandable that they would having a working repair shop, that museum members can utilize, to get their vintage automobiles serviced.
In years gone by, automobile companies put a lot more chrome and size into their hood ornaments. Most of us recognize the well-known, circular symbol of Mercedes, and vintage auto aficionados will know the figure with the bow and arrow is from the now-defunct, Pierce Arrow automobile. These symbols got me to thinking about what is the symbol for me as a Christian? Although the cross is probably the first thing that comes to mind, Jesus' very own words in John 13:35 say "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." Those words convict me that I need to be very careful that my "love walk" is my symbol of being a Christ-follower, and not just a cross on a necklace that I wear!
The LeMay Car Museum has a WONDERFUL gift shop that just about anyone, at any age, would enjoy perusing. Since Route 66 is has the nicknames of "Mother Road", and "America's Main Street", it is not surprising that there is a huge selection of Route 66 items. The store also carries auto-themed clothing, model cars for youth to assemble, and an extensive line of books, related to automobiles, motorcycles, and road trips. Many of these items are also available for purchase on the museum's website, which is www.lemaymuseum.org .
During my recent visit to Tacoma, I used the light rail, FREE (daddy would be proud) public transportation that Tacoma offers, called THE LINK. I took this photo from my fifth-floor room at the downtown Marriott Courtyard Hotel ( www.courtyardtacoma.com ). It illustrates why that hotel property is such a good choice for your lodging needs while in the Tacoma area.
Once you step onto The Link outside the Marriott, you just sit back and enjoy the "free ride" to the Tacoma Dome station, which is the terminus of the downtown Link. The LeMay: America's Car Museum is just across the street from the Tacoma Dome. There are SO MANY wonderful attractions/activities to do in Tacoma, that I hope you will go to the website of the Greater Tacoma Convention and Visitors Bureau (www.traveltacoma.com ), or visit their page on Facebook, to start making your plans to explore this amazing area of America's Pacific Northwest. If you are like me, doing so will give you MILES OF SMILES! Tricia


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The Visayas Island-wide Assessment Conference was conducted to make an interim assessment of the status of the biofarming clusters in the Visayas and plan their activities for the rest of the year (until the end of the project). A total of 12 cluster representatives (9 male and 3 female) attended the conference. They represented clusters in Iloilo, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Biliran and Southern Leyte. They were joined by three (3) National Office staff (National Manager Raul Montemayor, National Treasurer and project assistant Jean Villacote, and National Bookkeeper Ma. Femila Gregorio), the national marketing adviser (Mr. Dante Apara) and the project consultant (Ms. Joan Uy).
Following their arrival in the morning of June 27, the participants devoted the afternoon to refining and finalizing their agro-enterprise plans for their respective clusters for implementation until the end of 2014. National office and project staff assisted the cluster representatives in filling up the forms for their agro-enterprise plans. Mr. Montemayor also provided a brief introduction on the objectives and expected outputs from the exercise.
In the second day, the following activities were conducted:
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Is the video still up and geo-restricted to US only or did someone get at HBO? Can't get it in Canada. Guess I'll have to resort to "alternative access".
How does the Department of Hopeless Security react when you try to drag one of these through an airport?
I'm using a different VPN and the status this morning is the same as it has been since January: I cannot access US Netflix content if I connect to the NYC, NJ or Chicago servers, but if I use the server at a location in the middle of the US (i.e. away from the border with Canada) I'm good to go. Since it is still working I don't really want to share the provider or the location that works.
I can understand the flow of this article and I actually agree with it and a lot of the comments too but it seems to me that it overlooks something that at least some of us like about the choice...
I'm not really overjoyed about the skinny bundle I have - I pay $25 for the mandatory channels and and additional $6 for the US networks, I get one DVR that I own connected to the service for free and my second DVR could be connected for an extra $15 (which I've chosen to not do). However, I get exactly the channels that I watch programming on - CBC, Global, CTV, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC for a total of just over $30 per month plus taxes. I used to pay $90 per month to watch those channels and then I had a bunch of sports, news and reality TV channels that I never watched......EVER
For me, this is perfect (and there are a few other Canadians in this same position) - if I need to catch anything else there is the internet as everyone points out and it gives me peace of mind when I'm travelling for business that I won't get calls at all hours from my non technically inclined family members because as much as cord cutters boost that concept, it isn't easy for everyone to make this stuff work reliably all the time.
Also, unfortunately we don't have Google trying to install fibre in Canada so our ISP's have no incentive to improve connectivity. My connection might give me 60MBPS at 2am on a Tuesday when Jupiter is rising in Cancer or something like that, but trying to put an episode of Bones up on a 50" TV on a Sunday at 8pm at anything approaching even standard definition through XBMC is enough to try the patience of a buddist monk.
I'm with Shaw Satellite and I can tell you that the individual channel prices have gone up by around $1 per month so that is clearly attempting to profit, but the channel bundles have always been $6 to $8, so I guess you could probably conclude that most of the price you are referring to is due to the channel demands.
You can't be thinking about the same United States as I am. Lawsuits because coffee is too hot? Lawsuits over footwear choices? I could go on....Filing a lawsuit over increasing the risk of being hacked is almost sane in comparison...
Connecting to the internet via an unsecured AP at a hotel (which I do frequently) is nothing short of irresponsible and every time I've done a speed test using my VPN while at home, my 60Mb connection has been no slower than 55Mb so I can't complain about a slowdown there, since I don't need more than about 3Mb for SD and 5Mb for HD.
We've talked about this around our office a fair bit as our engineers travel around the world for business and want their Netflix in some form (we are based in Canada by the way).
The first problem I see with your suggestion is physical internet connections around the world... an example is China - if you stay in a major brand hotel in some locations they have agreements with the Chinese government to bypass parts of the Great Firewall (TM) and allow VPN usage so you can actually watch Netflix over there (its complicated politics and business). However, the major pipe back to North America goes to the LA area so that is the best location for VPN connectivity if you want to stream stuff. I've tried connecting to my Toronto VPN location from Taicang and the Netflix experience is almost unusable, whereas connecting to LA is tolerable.
...but that isn't really much different than your cable or satellite TV bill, if you have one - you don't really posess any of that programming either. I don't know what your situation is like, but my combined Internet and Netflix bill is less than my satellite bill - a service that I see going away in the next couple of months, once its warm enough to go outside and install an HD antenna in place of the dish....
Interestingly enough I was caught by this net last night. I'm in the US on business and was connecting to a US VPN node at my hotel, which I always do when on a network that could have security problems. Anyway, Netflix popped up the now annoying "oops you seem to be using a proxy - turn it off you bad boy" message. Took about 2 minutes of flipping between various servers offered up by my VPN service to find one that wasn't blocked.
I do wonder how long it will be before Netflix starts paying out millions in fees to lawyers to battle the inevitable lawsuits by American users who cannot access content they paid for, in their own country, unless they lower their personal security settings.
who still uses Google and other similar search sites when looking for "evaluation" copies of books and other media? Everyone I know just goes straight to the torrent sources...
If the following is true:
Conceivably, if the Copyright Office gets its way that might mean you'd still need to tell the Copyright Office every time you intended to use the work
What exactly is the process you go through to tell the Copyright office that you want to use the work? Would it be possible for people to application bomb the office with enough requests that it can't get any other work done?
I'm so happy to hear that I don't really want my global unlimited data plan from Verizon. I will remember that next time I'm on business in China (wait, that trip starts today) and I want to make a call back home and I'll remember the good old days when I was really happy to pay dollars per minute in extortionate roaming fees instead of a VOIP call that is free as part of my plan. I'll fondly look back on those days when I had to deal with the Great Firewall when using wifi in a cafe instead of simply calling up my Verizon data plan and bypassing the worst of the censorship. I think maybe I've been mistaken all this time. I should cancel this plan and join all the other happy users who have seen the light. But maybe I'll wait until this trip is over.......
I would think that a more reasonable test for copyright would be whether someone is still producing and selling a work. We have all these pro business people telling us all the time that "the market" (whatever that is) does the best job of determining whether something is economically viable...if business can't make money off something any more (or is unwilling to) and shows it by abandoning the work then perhaps that is the time to let the public domain have at it.
Actually, I was thinking that since I never had any trouble downloading torrents while I was living in China, I suggest that VPN people could change their protocols to make the traffic look like torrent traffic. This would bypass the blockage and as a bigger bonus, those accused of piracy by the MPAA and other criminal organisations could just smile sweetly and say "sorry, you must be mistaken I was simply connected to the secure tunnel to my place of work - your detection software must be broken".
It is actually pretty simple to use the legal (well mostly legal) routes. I use a Sony Reader and buy everything in ePub format. If it doesn't exist in that format, I wait or buy something else. The publication immediately gets its DRM removed upon download if it has such an evil thing. Now there is no way for Sony or Google or anyone else to delete my account and remove my legally purchased items from my possession. OK, so I'm probably going to go to Publishers H**l when I die (if such a thing exists) but in the interim I'm going to enjoy my reading the way I want.
Well, that was quick - 30 seconds to find a pirated copy on the web. Afterwards, 5 minutes to post to lostbooksales.com
No epub for my Sony reader either. Even if I had a US credit card to order the hard cover from Amazon, I'm sure that the censors here in China would stop it at the border. You really would think that a book available to a broader audience would have made more sense to kick off the book club
Chances are though that a large amount of the equipment any other supplier provides to fulfill this contract will be made in China (or have substantial portions made in China), so the back doors may be there anyway.
It would probably be even more accurate to say that these collections organisations are there to protect the annual salaries and bonuses of their senior executives. Is that too cynical?
Your own article earlier in the day spoke to the appeal of the judges reduction of the Jammie Thomas jury award. At $80K per song, that drive would only need 63 songs on it to blow though the $5M if one were to plug it in and make it available via file sharing network.


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IGN: Since the first couple of strange deaths had the familiar quality of ghost attacks, especially when Sam and Dean learned that both victims had been guilty of a crime, the revelation that it was the Egyptian god Osiris and not a more typical vengeful spirit was a nice twist. The first attack was almost humorous, seeing a car chase a man to an upper floor apartment, but the second victim's death was like my own personal nightmare since I have a fear of dogs.
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canadianCUBING is pleased to announce the Toronto Limited, Spring 2016 speedcubing competition. The competition will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at YMCA Toronto, which is located at 20 Grosvenor St Toronto, ON M4Y.
The competition will be held on the second floor auditorium.
A Limited competition is one where the number of participant is capped. This competition will allow a total of 150 competitors. Anyone registering after the limit has been reached will be added to the waiting list.
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Since this is a Limited competition, we will be opening registration to all on Saturday April 2, 2016 at 10 AM EST in order to give everyone an opportunity to register with plenty of notice.
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Since this is a Limited competition, you must pay your fee online before your registration is completed. Only those that have completed their registration are able to compete in the competition. When you start your registration process using the online form, you will receive an email with further instructions on how to complete your registration.
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Maya Govt hikes compensation for farmers
Faced with protests by farmers demanding higher compensation for land acquired for a township along the Taj Expressway, the Mayawati Govt today decided to hike the price offered to them by 20 per cent at Rs 570 per square metre.india Updated: Aug 17, 2010 13:04 IST
Faced with protests by farmers demanding higher compensation for land acquired for a township along the Taj Expressway, the Mayawati government on Tuesday decided to hike the price offered to them by 20 per cent at Rs 570 per square metre.
A team of top state officials led by state cabinet secretary Sashankh Sekhar Singh and some senior ministers of the Mayawati government held parleys with farmer leader Ram Babu Kateria at the Aligarh airstrip in the early hours today.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Aligarh, Satender Veer Singh told PTI that "The package offered by the state government includes the provision of raising the compensation price offered to the farmers to Rs 570 per square metre (about
20 per cent higher than the earlier price)".
It is expected that the farmer leaders will place this offer before the kisan panchayat at the dharna site at village
Jikarpur and seek its "ratification".
Kateria, who is under arrest, is expected to be produced before a judicial magistrate today. He is presently at a private nursing home after he had complained of some "discomfort" yesterday.
The state government has also decided to set up a high-level committee headed by the divisional commissioner to further review all other issues related to acquisition of farm land along the Noida-Taj Expressway in the district, officials
After clashes between protesters and police left four persons, including a PAC jawan, dead, farmers were continuing
their sit-in in the village.
Opposition leaders, including former BJP president Rajnath Singh, Leader of Opposition in UP assembly Shiv Pal Singh Yadav and RLD leader Ajit Singh, had yesterday addressed the mahapanchayat and extended support to the agitating farmers.
SP leader Akhilesh Yadav had said that while the farmers were being paid Rs 436 per square metre, it was being given to a private developer at Rs 4700 per sq metre.
The farmers have been holding demonstrations for nearly three weeks near Aligarh demanding compensation at the rate paid to Noida and Greater Noida farmers. The protests turned violent over the past three days.
The 165 km-long eight-lane expressway is aimed at reducing the driving time between New Delhi and Agra.
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Treat your guests to lemon sorbet
In hollowed out lemons to give it that special touch! Um, how cool (literally)? "It's a wonderful way to get refreshed on a hot day," says San Francisco-based wedding planner Amy Nichols of Amy Nichols Special Events. "Not only is sorbet light, but it's not too sweet either so it's a perfect little app before dinnertime that serves a duo purpose of keeping you hydrated while staying cool."
Serve some fresh fruit popsicles
They're especially great at a daytime wedding on a sunny afternoon, notes Nichols. "We served fresh fruit paletas at a wedding in Mexico, and they were a huge hit with guests, not to mention fun and colorful." If you'd like to spice things up a bit, your friends and family certainly won't say no to some boozy fruit popsicles. However, Nichols advises waiting until after the ceremony is over to serve alcohol on a scorcher day.
Try tea-misted fruit skewers
While citrus-infused water stations always go over well at a warm summer wedding (particularly in remote ceremony areas), Christina Canalez, Associate Director of Catering at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, recommends offering tea-misted fruit on bamboo skewers for a bright and creative twist. "They're unexpectedly refreshing and act as a wonderful alternative to just offering water," she tells us.
See More: The Ultimate Summer-Wedding Survival Guide for Brides
Pass out moist lavender-scented hand towels
Because nothing cools you off quite like a cold towel on a hot day, right? Stephen Starr Events Miami suggests greeting guests with moist, lavender-scented hand towels at your ceremony. "It's refreshing and smells wonderful as well." If you're feeling overheated, simply place the towel on your forehead (guys) or behind your neck (ladies) to relieve heat stress.
Provide personalized water bottle holders
You can also jazz up the water bottles themselves with an image of you, the bride and groom, on the outside label, offers Canalez. "Personalized water bottle holders are a nice hydrating addition, as they manage the condensation of a chilled water bottle," she explains. In other words, they'll keep your beverage cooler for a lot longer, which is a must at a sizzling summer wedding.
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On first impression, four things rule daily life in Italy's third-largest city, football, Catholicism, mopeds, and, most importantly, food. I spent one day in the sun-soaked capital of Campania, the northernmost of Italy's southern regions, not enough to properly know a city, but enough to fall in love.
Stepping out of Toledo metro station, named for the main avenue that cuts through the centre, you are immediately transported back in time into an enchanting stereotype of Italy: shouting, narrow, dirty side streets, the elderly firmly rooted on roadside benches, graffiti, and speeding scooters. As with any beautiful city, there are many tourists, but they do not spoil the authenticity of the city, as can happen in other parts of Europe.
Tradition is evidently important to Neapolitans. In the Decumani area, to the east of Via Toledo, there are beautiful churches seemingly on every street. Personal highlights were the Basilica di Santa Chiara, originating in the fourteenth century, with an intriguing monastery at the back, and the Cappella Sansevero, a couple of minutes' walk away, which houses the famous Veiled Christ sculpture, by the eighteenth-century Neapolitan Giuseppe Sanmartino.
Neapolitans also love their football, and their greatest hero, Diego Maradona, retains a striking presence, another symbol of a city that evolves at a snail's pace. Every street store sells shirts bearing his name, and graffiti or street posters dedicated to the Argentinian are ubiquitous. Nostalgia is clearly an important aspect of Neapolitans' lives.
Fortunately, for food-loving tourists, a day in Naples offers an opportunity to sample some of the many edible delights that originate in the beautiful city. Our mission, indeed the main factor in deciding to take the train journey down from our base in the countryside near Rome, was to experience the pleasure of a traditional Neapolitan pizza. First, however, it was time for breakfast.
Italian breakfasts are very different from what we are accustomed to in England, sweet rather than savoury. In Italy, though, breakfast means sweet pastries, many of which are very tasty. On recommendation, we headed to Gran Caffè Gambrinus, a historic, grand café founded in 1860, and chose the sfogliatella, along with a coffee, of course. The sfogliatella was beautifully cooked, several layers of crispy pastry, similar to filo, with a sweet, fruity filling. Although unsure what the filling consisted of, it was very good. While there may be better pastry shops across the city, Gambrinus is an interesting option for those seeking a historic location. The imposing rear dining room resembles a Viennese coffee house.
The next few hours were spent visiting the magnificent churches, monasteries and basilicas, time to work up an appetite for Naples' main party piece, the pizza. Legend has it that the pizza was created by Greeks who founded the city, pizza being a linguistic distortion of pita, a theory I choose to believe. Whatever the provenance, the modern pizza is truly a Neapolitan speciality, and the Neapolitan pizza was safeguarded as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish by the EU in 2009. There is even an association dedicated to ensuring the city's pizzerias serve their pizzas in proper fashion, I assume its called the Pizza Police. Clearly, pizza matters in Naples.
Prior to our trip to Naples, we were recommended two pizzerias, Pizzeria i Decumani and, Pizzeria Da Attilio, both unfortunately closed on Mondays. On Via Pignasecca, however, just north of the Spanish Quarter to the left of Via Toledo, we spotted an authentic looking pizzeria, Pizzeria Al 22, founded in 1936. Choosing this restaurant was arguably one of the best decisions I've ever made, it would hardly be an exaggeration to state that it was a life-changing experience.
The key to choosing a good restaurant abroad is simple. A dining room packed with locals is pretty much the crucial factor, every thing else plays second fiddle. Al 22 was predominantly occupied by locals, with non-English speaking waiting staff, another good sign. In the front room lies the huge wood-fired oven, the most important part of the restaurant given the most prominent location, yet another good sign. In the back lie two small, cramped dining rooms.
One thing I noticed on arrival was that most Italians went for the simple Margherita, for reasons I was soon to discover. The pizza menu was varied, with several choices, but we settled for the Margherita and a Margherita with salami, costing a very reasonable €5 each. Within ten minutes we received two perfectly created works of art to rival any of Sanmartino's sculptures. The first bite was one of those rare moments, usually reserved for a perfectly cooked steak, where you stop and gasp at the flavour of what you have just consumed. For anyone unfamiliar with the Neapolitan pizza, unlike its thinner sister the Pizza Romana, more commonly found in England, its crusts are thick and its dough chewy. Those who've eaten at Franco Manca in London will know the drill. In Naples, however, the pizza is at another level, down to the quality of the local produce. While I had the salami pizza, the Margherita was a touch better, the flavour of the tomato and mozzarella shone without the overpowering, though excellent, salami. When it comes to Neapolitan pizza, less is most certainly more. Together with wine and water, the meal cost under €20; a better meal surely cannot be had in the finest of restaurants.
After lunch we strolled around the chaotic Via Pignasecca, which houses a vibrant market, sadly closing for the afternoon, and had a coffee at one of the several local coffee bars (80 cents for an espresso!). The rest of the afternoon was spent sightseeing, culminating in the interesting Castel dell'Ovo. Legend has it that Roman poet Virgil put an egg underneath the castle upon construction, hence the name. Should it break, Naples will be doomed (Naples is situated precariously close to Mount Vesuvius, the mountain that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79).
We were not able to try any more of the local delicacies, except for a disappointing pistachio ice cream, as we were having dinner back with our friends in the countryside of Lazio. Anyone who's eaten with an Italian family knows they must arrive with an empty stomach. On the plus side, however, this means I am even more keen to return to Naples, which is also famed for its fish, seafood and pasta dishes, though I will probably end up eating pizza at every chance.


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Much of my personal and creative life began to fall in place when I started to practice yoga and study yoga philosophy. It was on the yoga mat and in the classic texts that I found the best instructions for healthy thinking and practical spirituality. These enhanced my writing life. (You can read my paper presented at the MLA conference and published in the book Beyond the Frontier here: " Writing West to East and Back Again: A Yogic Approach to Life-Writing.")
In the introduction to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a classic Hindu text on physical yoga practices, Swami Muktibodhananda explains that yoga is the union of mind and body (to be clear, they aren't separate…they just get out of synch or in dysfunctional relationship). This idea from that introduction has become central to my well-being:
Often we observe that when we try to practice self-control and discipline, we create more mental problems in our mind and personality…Therefore before you practice self-discipline and self-control, you must prepare yourself…If harmony is not created in the personality, then self-control and self-discipline will create more conflict rather than peace of mind.
You want to know what this "conflict" looks like?
Imagine your ego self holding a whip demanding that you to get to work and your feeling self complying grudgingly, refusing defiantly or in some way failing miserably. The task could be working on a creative project or going to the gym or doing the dishes. Big or small, it doesn't matter. The point is that there's a split in the personality between the self that thinks you should do something and the self that doesn't want to it. It's a sort of schizophrenia, almost.
A self divided against itself cannot stand. Or put another way: you are not being able to stand yourself.
I lived like this for years. I got a lot written, published and performed, but I was miserable because I was living in conflict with myself. Basically I'd tell myself I was a loser if I didn't do the thing I knew I should do. There was some value (moral, financial, ethical, etc) inherent in the action that I felt I "should" do, but instead of focusing on the value, I focused on the action itself. When I lose focus of the "why" of things, I quickly see a hostile relationship between Marya the goal-setter and Marya the goal-fulfiller.
These days, when I recognize a "should" and an aversion to it, I know to look deeper. Why do I think I should do it? What is at the root of the aversion? This sort of reflection really helps me unify my "selves." When I am connected with my desire — with why I "should" do something –I am able to get to my work in a way that makes me feel good and fills my work with purpose.
What "shoulds" do you wrestle with? Take some time to write about these, about what value these have (financial, moral, ethical, social, etc.). Sometimes we inherit "shoulds" from our families or society without examining them; if they have no value to you, personally, let these go the same way you might discard an ugly chair that used to belong to Aunt Agatha.
I think you'll find that once you connect with why you want to do something, the aversion will soften or even disappear and you'll be able to show up for the work you should do because you want to do it.


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Soprano Laure Meloy recently made her debut in Germany as Zaïde with Theater Freiburg, in the premiere of Zaïde/Adama, Chaya Czernowin's updated realisation of Mozart's unfinished opera. She covered Leticia in Thomas Adès' latest opera The Exterminating Angel for the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Salzburg Festival (world premiere.) Other recent projects include One Art, a monodrama about the life of Elizabeth Bishop, with original art songs by American opera composer Paula Kimper. The world premiere took place at the Canterbury Festival, and the North Amercian premiere at Opera America's National Opera Center in New York. A companion CD, also called One Art, launched at the Canterbury Festival and was named a winner in the HPR International Art Song Contest. She also made her debut at Hungarian State Opera, as Ariel in Thomas Adès' The Tempest.
Opera roles include Lucia, Fiordiligi, Konstanze, Volpino Lo Speziale (Haydn), Marquise de Cathé Un Giorno di Regno, and Goldentrill Impresario. Laure has performed with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, the Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, Aspen Opera Theater, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. She first joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in the 2012-2013 season, covering Ariel The Tempest, a role she also covered for the Wiener Staatsoper.
Ms. Meloy has made a specialty of singing challenging 20th and 21st century repertoire, with roles such as Berg's Lulu, Madame Mao Nixon in China, Janine/Ofwarren A Handmaid's Tale, Henze's Hilda Mack (Elegy for Young lovers) and Ligeti's Venus/Geppo (Le Grand Macabre.) She was critically acclaimed for Hecuba in English Touring Opera's Olivier Award winning King Priam (Tippett.) Laure has collaborated directly with composers, performing in a concert with Thomas Adès based on The Tempest for La Poisson Rouge and for The Shakespeare Society of New York, and sung many premieres, including the world premiere of Paula Kimper's Patience & Sarah at the Lincoln Center Festival New York, the role of Kaye in the American premiere of John Metcalf's Kafka's Chimp with Pittsburgh's Quantum Theatre.
Concert and oratorio repertoire includes Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony (Canterbury Cathedral), Carmina Burana, Mozart Mass in C Minor (Canterbury Cathedral), Gounod St. Cecilia Mass, Rossini Stabat Mater, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Poulenc Gloria (Minnesota Public Radio), Beethoven Mass in C, Vivaldi Magnificat, Haydn Creation (Bronxnet Television), Brahms Requiem, and Rutter Gloria (Minnesota Public Radio). She has presented recitals at the Canterbury Festival and at St. Pancras Church, London. Her voice was featured in the BBC/Sony Pictures film Rocketmen, and she has released two CDs of opera arias and duets.
Ms. Meloy studied voice at Central Michigan University (B Mus, cum laude), the University of Minnesota (M Mus), and Manhattan School of Music. She was a Young Artist/Apprentice at the Aspen Opera Theater, the Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, and Sarasota Opera. Future engagements include One Art for the MAYS concert series, and performing Wonder Woman, a song cycle composed by Canadian guitarist Jamie Moore.
'Ariel, the mischievous sprite at Prospero's beck and call, is a tour de force role that calls for supersonic hissy-fits above high C – the sonic embodiment of a musical tempest…Soprano Laure Meloy is astounding in her performance as Ariel, a role that's a brilliant stroke from Adès' pen. He has created a serious competitor for Mozart's Queen of the Night. In this production, Ariel is an airborne theremin, a fireball of fioritura…flitting about on pulleys and wires. Needless to say, she's a scene stealer.'
'Impressive poise and a finished soprano.'
The New York Times
'Meloy sings the enchanting Zaide Aria "Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben" smoothly to the top, with a substance that seems to extend far beyond the required lyricism.' Opernwelt
'Pleasing flexibility and admirable control.'
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Wireless Extends Process Control's Reach with a Little Help
Executive Editor, Jim Montague Says the Most Important Detail About Wireless is That it Can Be Accomplished By Multiple Avenues and Devices
Once end users and integrators become convinced that wireless can substantially benefit their equipment and applications, they can get giddy. The savings in cabling, hardware, labor, maintenance and all the new signals and data can be downright intoxicating. Recent converts to romance, religion or other ways of thinking are often similarly infatuated, but their euphoria can cause them to miss some crucial details and risk losing the blessings that love or wireless can give them. Or, as Marvel Comics' sightless superhero, Daredevil, once said when some villain knocked him for a loop, "From despair to overconfidence in one easy lesson."
Well, I was reminded while researching this issue's Bandwidth column, "Wireless Builds Ties That Bind," that the most important detail about wireless is that it can be accomplished by multiple avenues and devices. However, because they're invisible, wireless methods can appear to be a single concept, and this can obscure the importance of doing a site assessment for each facility and determining the appropriate wireless components for each application.
"Wireless is not one monolithic thing, so all the different types of wireless should not be lumped together and treated as one," says Carl Henning, deputy director of PI North America, which supports the Profibus and Profinet communication protocols. "I see four main types of wireless used in industrial automation, each with its own capabilities, benefits and requirements."
First, traditional long-distance radios bring data in from faraway sources, such as remote terminal units (RTUs) at wellheads and deliver it to a central control facility. These radios tend to be proprietary, so users generally must employ the same brand at both ends.
Also Read: Infographic: Do You Deploy Wireless in Your System?
Second, process instrument networks implement wireless via WirelessHART and ISA 100.a standards, and related suppliers specify their respective protocols and radios. Henning adds that the HART Communication Foundation has been working with PI and the Fieldbus Foundation on their Wireless Cooperation Team for several years to ensure better interoperation.
Third, discrete sensors and actuators don't use much wireless yet. Henning reports that, while process instruments have slow cycle times (seconds or fractions thereof), discrete devices operate much faster (milliseconds). "PI has worked with leading discrete vendors to develop a wireless standard for discrete sensors and actuators," Henning adds.
"The specification is complete, and the working group is developing a software base that will expedite adoption. Coexistence with the other wireless technologies is assured."
Fourth, wireless backbone is how Henning characterizes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when they're implemented in conjunction with industrial Ethernet. "Any plain old Ethernet should run just as well on wireless standards like 802.11a-n," Henning says. "Of course, Profinet does this well."
Likewise, Bill Conley, machine-to-machine applications manager at B&B Electronics, agrees that users never will have just one wireless protocol because their applications will rely on different combinations of WirelessHART, ZigBee, ISA 100, Wi-Fi proprietary radios, cellular and other communication methods. "The real pain point today is getting away from the mindset that wireless must emulate a former piece of wire," Conley says. "It can't do it because wireless still has some latencies compared to hard wiring, even though those latencies are decreasing. So in applications that need fast data turnaround, those latencies still must be taken into account. Similarly, Wi-Fi isn't a full duplex radio that's able to receive and transmit at the same time, so that limit has to be addressed. Each application's required data volume, speed, latency, security and other issues must be considered. For instance, is your IT department going to let you bump into its wireless network, and if not, what cellular carrier are you going to use?"


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It's the biggest night of the year for Papunya Tula Artists, otherwise known as 'The Artists' Company', with the opening of their November showcase this evening. General Manager, Paul Sweeney, spoke to 783 Breakfasts' Stewart Brash today
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People no longer drag couches outside the gallery to while away the hours before the doors open, but there's still plenty of interest in Papunya Tula Artists' annual exhibition.
Tonight's triple bill of Western Desert art includes recent Pintupi works, along with two solo exhibitions by Nyarrumparra (Sister Brother) artists Naata Nungurrayi and George Tjungurrayi.
Surprisingly, it's Naata Nungurrayi's first ever solo show, and it's been a long time coming, says General Manager of Papunya Tula Artists, Paul Sweeney.
"She is a very slow painter, it takes a long time to get a group of works together," he says.
"In an attempt to keep the flow of works out to people who are wanting them we sort of put ourselves back in terms of putting a solo together."
There's a beautiful collection of Naata's work on show tonight alongside the very different, but equally esteemed linework of fellow artist George Tjungurrayi's.
Despite the downturn in the market produced in part by the global financial crisis, Sweeney maintains that Papunya Tula remains relatively unaffected.
"Demand for great paintings by well known painters is still there, we really don't have any problem finding homes for the really good works," says Mr Sweeney.
The Papunya Tula Artists 2011 Exhibition opens at 6pm this evening at the gallery.


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