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[0003] The present invention relates generally to personal identity security methods and more particularly to a system and method for performing real-time (immediate) validation of an identification card or a security card based on human biometrics.
[0004] Identity theft and privacy are issues of increasing concern to consumers as well as businesses. Substantial numbers of transactions using credit cards occur every day. These transactions include Internet or e-commerce purchases as well as purchases at brick and mortar stores.
[0005] Fraud prevention by eliminating losses from stolen or misappropriated credit cards will benefit businesses, financial institutions, and individuals.
[0006] Physical access controls, e.g., entry into a building or a room, may include biometric authorization. For example, a scanner may scan the iris of an individual and compare it to iris data stored in a database in order to determine if the individual is authorized to enter the facility. This type of authorization is secure yet non-invasive.
[0007] There is no comparable protection for a person's identity. For example, credit cards include a place for the owner's signature that may be visually compared by a store clerk. However, this is not infallible. Furthermore, there is no way of knowing whether the person who signed the card is the true owner of the card. Smart cards can be used to store data and contain logic for performing various functions. (No known smart cards, to date, have been used to store biometric data in order to provide security for the card owner and prevent fraud and identity theft.)
[0008] Therefore, there is a clear need for a non-invasive method for preventing fraud and identity theft of credit cards while at the same time protecting the privacy of the credit card owner.
[0009] A system and method for validating or authenticating an identification device comprising stored biometric identification information and a person using the identification device are disclosed. The validation or authentication process reads the stored biometric data from the identification device and in conjunction with a biometric data acquisition device, obtains a representation of the biometric data of the person using the identification device. The biometric data acquisition representation of the biometric data obtained from the individual using the biometric data acquisition device is formatted into a format that can be used to generate at least one template and then at least one template is generated. The generated template is compared to at least one template on the identification device to determine if the person using the identification device provided the biometric data in the template stored on the identification device. If the generated template data matches the template data on the identification device, the encrypted authentication data stored on the identification device is validated to verify that the identification device was created using a predefined creation process.
[0010] The biometric data may comprise but is not limited to iris data, retina data, face data, lip movement data, hand/finger geometry data, keystroke data, fingerprint data, nail data, signature, vein data, DNA or voice data.
[0011] The identification device may be any device capable of storing biometric template information such as: a credit card, identification card, or CD-card (Compact Disc).
[0012] The biometric identification information may be stored on the identification device. For example, credit card or identification card (using a high-density magnetic strip, a high-density magnetic patch, or PDF417 barcode (high-density two dimensional symbology)), or optical CD-card.
[0013] These as well as other features of the present invention will become more apparent upon reference to the drawings wherein:
[0014]FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating exemplary logic of data acquisition for an enrollment process;
[0015]FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating exemplary logic for completing the enrollment process of FIG. 1A;
[0016]FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary logic for performing identity verification using a biometric template stored on a card that has been enrolled using the enrollment process shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B;
[0017]FIG. 3 illustrates identification information, including biometric information that is added to an identification device, such as an identification card, a credit card, or an optical CD-Card;
[0018] FIGS. 4A-4D illustrate various examples of placement of biometric information on an identification card, credit card, or optical CD-Card;
[0019]FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a commercial credit card reader for reading and authenticating a credit card or identification card having biometric information stored thereon; and
[0020]FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a personal credit card reader for reading and authenticating a credit card or identification card having human biometric information stored thereon.
[0021] Referring now to the Figures wherein the drawings are for purposes of illustrating preferred embodiments of the present invention only, and not for purposes of limiting the same, FIG. 1A-1B are block diagrams illustrating exemplary logic for performing an enrollment process for a card authorization using biometrics. The example illustrates capturing iris biometric data and storing the biometric template temporarily in a database 112. The templates and all other related data are subsequently transmitted to an Eye Verification Card Creation Processing Facility 400. The Eye Verification Card Creation Processing Facility 400 encrypts the biometric templates and writes the encrypted data on a magnetic stripe area or PDF417 high-density barcode area of a new or re-issued credit card. A CD-Card can be equally well employed. The new or re-issued card is then mailed to the consumer.
[0022] A credit card enrollment processor 300 obtains video data of human biometric information. The credit card enrollment processor 300 includes a video camera 302 for obtaining biometric information that can be recorded by the credit card enrollment processor 300. The camera component 302 can be any camera that can generate video formats. In the example shown and described herein, a picture of the eye 50, and more particularly a picture of the iris, is taken by the camera 302 in order to obtain iris information. It will be appreciated that other human biometrics can be used. For example, face, face/lip movement, hand/finger geometry, retina, keystroke pattern/pace/pressure, nail, signature, vein, voice, fingerprint, DNA, etc.
[0023] After the video information is obtained, the data is formatted, for example by digitizing the pixels. See block 100. The formatting converts the data into a format that is expected by the template generating process. One or more templates are generated from the formatted, (e.g., digitized) image. See block 102. The templates can be created using existing technology. For example, Iridian� Technologies, Inc. of Moorestown N.J. and Geneva, Switzerland develops and markets technologies for extracting biometric data from the iris. In the iris example, at least two templates are generated, one for the left iris and one for the right iris.
[0024] The template information is stored. See block 104. The information may be stored in a database or in temporary storage 112. Encrypted validation/verification information and the template information are stored on the identification device. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the identification information 200 to be stored on the card includes encrypted prefix data 204 and/or encrypted suffix data 206 that is pre-pended and/or appended, respectively, to the biometric template data 202. This encrypted prefix 204 or suffix data 206 provides validation information that the person identified by the biometric data stored in the template has been enrolled using the enrollment process of FIGS. 1a-1 b.
[0025] The identification device may be a credit card and/or a debit card with a high-density magnetic strip, PDF417 high-density barcode strip or optical CD-card (compact disc). The identification device may also be an identification card, such as a driver's license or a social security card. The magnetic identification information 200 which includes encrypted validation information 204, 206 and human biometric information 202 may be stored using the high-density strip, high-density patch, PDF417 high-density barcode strip, or CD-card. Exemplary high-density strips, patches, or CD-cards can store as much as, but not limited to 640 bytes of data per eye.
[0026] FIGS. 4A-4F illustrate several examples of possible placement of the high-density data storage strip or patch. The exemplary cards shown 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, and 218 each include the current magnetic stripe (magstripe) 220. Each of the cards 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218 also includes one or more high-density strips or patches. In the illustrated example, there are two high-density strips or patches per card 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218. Each of these strips or patches 200 includes template data 202 and encrypted identification information 204, 206 as shown in FIG. 3. The template information in one of the strips or patches is template information for the left iris 222 and the template information in the other strip or patch is template information for the right iris 224. As can be seen in FIGS. 4A-4F, the patches or strips can be placed at various locations on the card 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218. A level of security can be supplied by locating sections of storage at various positions on the card or storage device making it necessary to know the sequence of the locations in order to 'decrypt' the information. In exemplary embodiments, the current magstripe 220 is not modified. However, in other embodiments, the magstripe 220 but could be modified if the entire stripe were converted to high-density technology which could store the template information of both the left iris 222 and the right iris 224.
[0027] Referring to FIG. 1A, the template information and other identification information is stored in a temporary location 112. The consumer participation in the enrollment process is complete when identification has been certified and their iris templates have been successfully stored 104 for offline processing. Preferably, this information is transmitted 105 to an offsite location 400 for final offline batch processing.
[0028] The offsite location 400 (for security purposes) will perform the final steps of creating the identification device 208. These steps include encrypting iris codes on the identification device 106 and writing the identification information 200 (shown in FIG. 3) on the identification device 208 using a card writer 108. The enrollment process is then completed by sending the identification device (e.g., card) 208 to the card owner 110. In the case of a credit card, the consumer participation portion of the enrollment process (FIG. 1A) is performed at the bank or other transaction location (e.g., financial institution) providing the credit or debit card. In the case of an identification card, the enrollment process can be performed at the appropriate institution, e.g., Department of Motor vehicles, bank, Social Security office, or "Identity Verification Agency."
[0029] When the consumer uses the card, an authentication/validation/verification process such as the one shown in FIG. 2 is performed. The card 208 is read by a card reader 306 which is a part of or in communication with a credit card reader processor 304. The credit card reader processor 304 also includes a video camera 308 for obtaining biometric information from the person using the card. Since the biometric information used in the enrollment process shown in FIG. 1A is iris information, iris information is used to validate that the user is the owner of the card. After the iris data is obtained, the pixels are digitized. See block 100. Iris templates are then generated. See block 102. The processes up to this point (obtaining biometric information, digitizing it (block 100) and generating templates (block 102)) parallels the initial steps of the enrollment process (shown in FIG. 1A). The template(s) generated in step 102 is then compared to the appropriate template(s) read from the card 208 by the card reader 306.
[0030] If the template(s) do not match (no in decision block 126), there is a negative identity match and the card is rejected. Appropriate rejection processing is then performed. As described in further detail later, the credit card reader may be a commercial version (FIG. 5) or a personal version (FIG. 6). In the commercial context, the person performing the validation (e.g., a store clerk or bank teller) may confiscate the card and may notify authorities of the invalid cardholder. In the case of the personal version, all card data and mis-matched templates will be transmitted to a secure location for investigation of potential fraud.
[0031] If the template(s) do match (yes in decision block 126), there is a positive identity match (block 130). A special encrypted code is generated to indicate that the identity has been authenticated. This will be a special code that indicates that the transaction has successfully passed the "Eye Verification" security check. The special encrypted code contains all of the necessary information to be passed on to the credit card processor. This encryption is performed to prevent the merchant of being a victim of internal fraud. The merchant will never see the actual credit card account number. See block 132. Normal or standard processing is then performed. For example, if the card is a credit card, the credit transaction continues.
[0032]FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary commercial embodiment 310. The commercial credit card reader 320 is attached to an existing system 312. An example of an existing system is a payment system, such as payment systems developed and sold by Verifone�, Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. In the embodiment shown, a connector 342 is attached to the existing system 312 and a connector 338 is attached to the credit card reader 320. The two connectors 338, 342 are attached via a swivel connector 340. In the embodiment shown, the credit card reader 320 and the existing system 312 communicate data and online information over Universal Serial Bus (USB). The credit card reader 320 includes an input device, such as a camera 322 for obtaining the real-time biometric information and a card reader 324 for reading the card that includes templates having biometric data of the card owner. The credit card reader 320 includes logic such as that shown in FIG. 2 for verifying the user by comparing the biometric information obtained from the user (via camera 322) with the biometric information stored on the card read by card reader 324.
[0033] The credit card reader 320 also includes indicators to assist the user in performing the validation process. In the embodiment shown, there is an Insert Card indicator 326 that is illuminated when the processor 320 is ready to accept a card. Once the card has been accepted, a logic chip in the credit card reader 302 detects the presence of a card. Once the card has been inserted and detected, a View Lens indicator 328 is illuminated. The user then places his eye in front of the lens 322. Validation/Authentication processing is then performed. If the biometric information does not match, an Iris Match Fail indicator 330 is illuminated. If the templates match, an Accepted indicator 332 is illuminated. If there is an error in the encrypted data, an Invalid Card indicator 334 is illuminated. Such an error indicates that the card was not enrolled using the enrollment process of FIG. 1, e.g., the card is a counterfeit card. After processing has been completed, a Remove Card indicator 336 is illuminated and the user can remove the card. The Insert Card 326 indicator is then illuminated to indicate that processing for another user can now be performed. In exemplary embodiments, the different indicators are different colors. For example, the Insert Card indicator 326 is white, the View Lens indicator 328 is yellow, the Iris Match Fail indicator 330 is red, the Accepted Indicator 332 is green, the Invalid Card indicator 334 is red and the Remove Card indicator 336 is blue.
[0034]FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary personal embodiment 350. This embodiment communicates with the user's computer and allows for secure online purchasing. The personal credit card reader 360 is essentially the same as the commercial version 310 shown in FIG. 5 and described above. The personal credit card reader 360 communicates with the user's computer via USB 384 and may be attached to the user's monitor 352 as shown in FIG. 6.
[0035] While an illustrative and presently preferred embodiment of the invention has been described in detail herein, it is to be understood that the inventive concepts may be otherwise variously embodied and employed and that the appended claims are intended to be construed to include such variations except insofar as limited by the prior art.
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|11 Jul 2002
|Alan Kramer
|High security flash memory and method
|22 Oct 2001
|11 Jul 2002
|Lake Lawrence L.
|Method and system for verifying the identity of on-line credit card purchasers through a proxy transaction
|5 Apr 2001
|10 Oct 2002
|Davis Dustin M.
|Method and system for interacting with a biometric verification system
|30 Apr 2002
|31 Oct 2002
|Almalik Mansour Saleh
|System, method and portable device for biometric identification
|22 Feb 2002
|26 Dec 2002
|Biometric Security Card, Inc.
|Biometric identification system using a magnetic stripe and associated methods
|18 Jul 2002
|8 May 2003
|Rudy Simon
|Identity card and tracking system
|27 Mar 2003
|4 Dec 2003
|Innovation Connection Corporation
|Apparatus and method for effecting secure physical and commercial transactions in a contactless manner using biometric identity validation
|13 Nov 2002
|13 May 2004
|Dombrowski James Douglas
|Acquisition and storage of human biometric data for self identification
|30 Sep 2004
|26 May 2005
|Catherine Topping
|Identification system
|11 Apr 2005
|18 Aug 2005
|Black Gerald R.
|Method for identity verification
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|24 Jul 2007
|Retica Systems, Inc.
|Method and system for generating a combined retina/iris pattern biometric
|7 Sep 2007
|25 Aug 2009
|Blayn W Beenau
|Authorizing radio frequency transactions using a keystroke scan
|15 Oct 2004
|5 Jan 2010
|Nexxo Financial, Inc.
|Systems and methods for generating revenue from banking transactions using a stored-value card
|22 May 2009
|30 Mar 2010
|Daon Holdings Limited
|Method and system for confirming the identity of a user
|15 Oct 2004
|8 Jun 2010
|Nexxo Financial, Inc.
|Systems and methods for identifying and verifying a user of a kiosk using an external verification system
|10 Aug 2006
|5 Oct 2010
|Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
|Method and apparatus for choosing and evaluating sample size for biometric training process
|25 Aug 2010
|26 Jul 2011
|Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
|Method and apparatus to relate biometric samples to target FAR and FRR with predetermined confidence levels
|15 Oct 2004
|19 Jun 2012
|Nexxo Financial Corporation
|Systems and methods for money sharing
|19 May 2011
|3 Dec 2013
|Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
|Method and apparatus to relate biometric samples to target FAR and FRR with predetermined confidence levels
|23 Jan 2007
|29 Jul 2014
|Nexxo Financial Corporation
|Self-service money remittance with an access card
|8 Aug 2011
|9 Sep 2014
|Amazon Technologies, Inc.
|Verifying user information
|1 Nov 2013
|23 Jun 2015
|Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
|Method and apparatus to relate biometric samples to target FAR and FRR with predetermined confidence levels
|13 Nov 2002
|13 May 2004
|Dombrowski James Douglas
|Acquisition and storage of human biometric data for self identification
|15 Oct 2004
|21 Apr 2005
|Nexxo Financial Corporation
|Systems and methods for banking transactions using a stored-value card
|15 Oct 2004
|21 Apr 2005
|Alvarez David R.
|Systems and methods for money sharing
|23 Mar 2005
|27 Apr 2006
|Muller David F
|Method and system for generating a combined retina/iris pattern biometric
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|Louisiana Tech University Foundation, Inc.
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|U.S. Classification
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|16 Sep 2009
Owner name: MERITON NETWORKS US INC.,DELAWARE
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Regular Meeting of Wilmington City Council
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
Council Chambers
Louis L. Redding City/County Building
800 North French Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Non-legislative Business
|All Council
|Sympathy Thomas L. Cottingham
|Recognize Wanda Lopez
|Sympathy Lawrence Collins
|Gregory/D. Brown
|Recognize Walnut Street YMCA 75th Anniversary
|Commend Southbridge Farmers Market
|Celebrate Joseph H. Dulin 90th Birthday
|Recognize Mrs. Robino's Restaurant 75th Anniversary
|Commend Erin Hutt Founder of Chains, Inc.
|Commend Delaware Business Times' 40 Under 40 Class of 2015
|Recognize Shiloh Baptist Church 140th Anniversary
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Darius J. Brown: 3rd District
|Agenda #4084
| Ordinance 15-032
Enacted but not codified
|Approve the Removal of a Portion of Todds Lane from the Official City Map
|This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for City Council's review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the removal of a portion of Todds Lane from the Official City Map. This request, approved by the City Planning Commission on July 28, 2015, was made by an adjacent property owner who uses the referenced section of road for his business interests. The City has determined that the section of Todds Lane in question is not owned by City, that the owner is not known and that the section of street does not contribute to the surrounding traffic pattern and therefore can be removed from the Official City Map.
Charles M. "Bud" Freel: 8th District
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| Ordinance 15-043
Referred to Committee
|Amend Chapter 5 of the Wilmington City Code Relating to the Head Tax Exemption Program
|This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for City Council's review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing an extension of the City's head tax abatement program through June 30, 2018. The City's head tax abatement program expired on December 31, 2014. Under this program, an eligible entity approved for participation in this program is entitled to head tax abatement for a period of five (5) years to begin on the date of initial entry into the program and continuing for the full five years regardless of the programs expiration date.
|Agenda #4106
| Ordinance 15-044
Referred to Committee
|Constituting Amendment No. 2 to Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget, Being an Ordinance to Amend Substitute No. 1 to Ordinance No. 15-013, the Ordinance Adopting the Annual Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year Beginning on July 1, 2015 and Ending on June 30, 2016 (COLA and one-time payment for non-union employees)
| This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for City Council's review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing a one-time payment totaling either $2,000 or $4,000 to 221 non-union City employees. The amount of the one-time payment is tied to the date non-union employees were hired. Those hired prior to July 2, 2013 would receive $4,000 while those hired between July 1, 2013 and July 2, 2014 would receive $2,000. Another 20 non-union employees hired after July 1, 2014 would not receive a one-time payment. This Ordinance also authorizes a 2% cost-of-living salary increase (COLA) for all non-union
employees beginning in the current Fiscal Year 2016. The cost to the City for the one-time payments would be $925,790 and the total cost for the 2% COLA for the current fiscal year FY 2016 would be $432,160. The ongoing annual budget cost for the 2% COLA for non-union employees would be $301,724.


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Stay away from here
If you want a comfortable and clean place to stop then I suggest you stay away from this place. We were disgusted with what we had paid for so we checked into a Comfort Inn instead and stayed there for our holiday. We managed to get a refund and pay for just the one night (even though we never stopped) and the cancellation fee but it was worth it just to get away from this dive they call a hotel.
The room was dull, cramped, dirty and the bathroom was just as bad. To top it off, the staff aren't very helpful and the elevator had broken so we had to carry all of our luggage up and down the dingy staircase.
Keep away..........!!!!!!!
Stay away ...!
I chose this hotel as an alternative to a hostel, as we'd have our own room..But have to share a bathroom, which I thought would be OK. It cost us about �600 for ten nights, booked online with CheepHotels. Got there and all seemed OK until we got to our room. It was TINY with a three-quarter bed and a rickety bunk-bed. A small broken sink, a dodgy TV and an old fridge. The door didn't lock properly and you could see through the gap when it was closed. One of the window panes was missing and boarded up with cardboard. No hairdryer, no iron. It just felt REALLY dirty being in there.Consequently we checked out STRAIGHT AWAY and found a room at a Comfort Inn further downtown..Which was perfect and included a Free Breakfast. We had to pay �117 Cancellation Fee but got the remainder of the balance refunded, fortunately. The guy on reception acted like he had people complaining about the state of the place all the time !We spoke to some foreign travellers there and they told us that they'd checked in the previous night and after pulling back the bedcolthes found HAIR in the beds ! After complaining to the staff downstairs were told to remake the beds themselves !DO NOT believe the description for this hotel and DO NOT read anything into the photographs shown on the websites. STAY WELL AWAY FROM THIS HOTEL ...! BE WARNED ...!
Disgusting - do stay away
Everything about this place is disgusting - the two guys at reception, the rooms, the bathrooms. The 2 guys at reception are rude, untalkative, and unhelpful - only 'helpful' to solo female backpackers - a Canadian girl we met was leaving and going to another hotel - she said that the 2 guys would not leave her alone - she did not feel safe there. We had to leave as the dust and flaking paint was having an affect on my partner's asthma - i was concerned the paint contained lead too! I cringed having a shower - the taps don't work properly- spend the whole time having a shower ensuring they don't fall off the walls and land on toes. The toilets are constantly blocked - this place STINKS! NO secure locks on the doors. In the 6 months of travelling around the world - this place is the worst we have seen - and we have been travelling on a budget - we even stayed in cheap places in Eygpt and they were cleaner. STAY AWAY!
Dear LORD this place sucks.
Imagine spending a Saturday in NYC when it's 91 outside and 1/2 a million people are crammed into every subway car you take (which are many as that's the best way to travel there). Shopping and sightseeing all day puts a beating on anyones legs, and nothing sounds better after a looong day like that than coming back to a nice, clean cool hotel and taking a shower then stretching out in your own comfy bed, right? Well, if that's what you're looking for, look somewhere else. My sister and I spent 4th of July weekend in NYC. We reserved a 2 bed room (one queen and one twin) that was supposed to come with an alarm clock, airconditioning, a hair dryer, an iron and ironing board. We GOT a room on the 5th floor (broken elevator...that was a friggin blast) that came with ONE bed, a fan (which I assume was to double as the air conditioner/ hair dryer) a "mini fridge" that didn't work, a sink with water pressure that could be compared to trying to blow water through a straw with your nostril, a crap load of roaches, and a view of a fat naked man at all times laying in bed across from us. It was just GREAT.
And you'd think they'd bother telling us at the front desk that they didn't give us what we had paid for, but NO. We climbed the 5 flights up to the top and found our room and had to discover all this greatness on our own. So I descended the flights again to complain and explain what we were supposed to have. Did they care? No. Allow me to directly quote what the guy said when I told him what we were supposed to have and what we DID have. Ahem..."We ran out of rooms with 2 beds. It's fourt of july weekend, what do you expect? If something comes opened tomorrow, which I DOUBT and make no promises, you can take it". He also said something about how I had to come find out myself in the morning.
I was so pissed off. The instant I would step out of the cold shower, I would be covered in sweat again. OH! And half the time I wanted to use the bathroom, I'd have to personally un-clog the toilet with a plunger.
It was great. They wouldn't refund ANY of our money, even after totally screwing us on our room. So we left the next day early and slept in the car. It was that bad. We slept in a damn car. Seriously. Don't go to this place unless you're a big fan of self torture. Or if it's in the winter, and bring a space heater and make sure you're on the first floor. This place sucks.
We were close to everything!
We were close to everything via sub way. Desk was very helpful and friendly. No air conditioning in our room but with the window fan very pleasant. Thanks West End Studios, ROCK
We make a reservation for Valentine's weekend through Orbitz. We arrived that day at 8 pm to the hotel and they said that they did not receive the confirmation. We called Orbitz and they said that they sent it. The person at the front desk was very mean with us; he said that it was our fault for trusting Orbitz. It seems that there were more people than they expected and they did not respect our reservation. After one hour arguing, we spent the night in a quarter of star hotel in Harlem. =(
Please...Stay away..
I booked a room through hotels. I was amazed that this place was even an option. I was shown a tiny room with no Air conditioning or TV. I immediatly called American Express and told them of my situation. I was advised of another location for a little more money..but well worth it. Why don't they tear down this old building , It was not fit for the homeless.
Not for Everyone
Not for the faint of heart. Great for students or travelers only staying one or two nights.
Was GOOD for me due to price, was staying alone, didn't spend much time in the room, and I'm used to roughing it.
Bathrooms were clean. Heat worked. TV only had 3 clear channels.
I felt safe there. Near the 1 & 9 subways. Near restaurants and a Duane Reade.
It Doesn't Get Much Worse Than This
I wasn't expecting much but this place is a dump. The first clue is the sign at the desk when you check in saying there are no refunds for early checkouts. This is a 100 plus year old unrenovated building. My room had a big hole in the window which was covered with phone bookb. Lighting consisted of bare light bulbs; one from the ceiling and other laying bare on a wood table! The wiring and pipes are exposed. The walls are crumbling so nothing is hung from there - they put the clothes rod into the door frame of the closet (so the door cannot close) because it could not be hung on the walls. It has radiator heat which you cannot control. It was 100 degrees when I got there so I took all my clothes off and removed the phone books. Then about 1 AM they shut off the heat so I put back the phone books, put on all my clothes and my coat and tried to sleep. In the morning the process started over again. The building and floors are tilted and collapsing. The floors are so uneven that they carpeted over them to try to hide it but the carpet is ripped from people tripping anyway. I got stuck in the elevator when it stopped between floors. There is no security - the doors were unlocked and the guy didn't even look up when I entered after 1 AM. There is no way in hell this place could pass any inspection without bribery being involved. It cannot even rate 1 star. It is one step up from being homeless and sleeping over a grate. You would be better off spending the night in jail.
Just don't go there :(
Pros: Cheap, convenient location close to public transportation
Cons: Just about everything except the 2 pros listed above
Well, don't believe the pictures you may have seen on the Internet, because the rooms don't look like this at all.
They are loud, tiny, doors don't close properly and don't fit, the carpets are filthy, and there must be a legion
of cockroaches leaving in this hotel (OK we only saw one,
but it didn't look the friendly type as it threatened
to fall straight upon our breakfast cookies that morning).
So when you get here basically the one thing you want to do
is find another hotel. But there a sign at the entry saying that you can't get a refund, so you stay. The most frightening is that you can't really close your door properly, and I kept thinking about it, after a bad experience in Raleigh where people once fired gunshots in the room next to mine. But eventually nothing bad happened, so let's say this can be convenient for broke backpackers not too fussy about cleanliness, but definitely not for anybody else.
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Hilarious antics in space!
this was good but not as good as 1 or 3. the 4th one shoud be better then 3 and if not you will be destroyed
Almost as funny as the 1st one! Can't wait to watch the 3rd!!!
why you not include light tail
Don't worry - part 3 is coming soon ! ;)
How did you do that?
That's great animation!
Though, I would like to know how you made Vader's voice.
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A lot of trial and error on impression and then vocal processing.
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These short leader guides are designed for a novice user to pick up and implement the activities with ease. They address a range of topics all related to asteroids - most especially Asteroid Vesta. Activities are tagged to quickly find ones that are... (View More) active (involves movement), edible (involves food), calm (stationary) or informative (about NASA's Dawn mission and Vesta). (View Less)
This astronomy program is designed for middle school children in out-of-school-time settings. The program explores basic astronomy concepts (like invisible light, telescopes) and focuses on the universe outside the solar system (stars, galaxies,... (View More) black holes). The program is structured for use in a variety of settings, including astronomy days, summer camps, or year-long afterschool programs. Although session activities build concepts sequentially, each session activity is designed to be freestanding as not all participants may attend every session. A manual provides background information and descriptions of how to conduct each activity. A companion website provides additional information and resources for the program leader. (View Less)
This exhibit uses text and images to portray humanity's views of the universe and how they have evolved over time. It includes six two-sided panels that feature key astronomical discoveries from the past 400 years. The exhibit also highlights the... (View More) technological advancements that made these discoveries possible. Exhibit topics range from celestial objects within our own "cosmic backyard" to those beyond the realm of our solar system. Featured objects include the sun, the moon, Saturn, Mars, comets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies. Images are accompanied by captions that highlight relevant, historical discoveries. Each exhibit panel is supported by supplemental resource materials available online in a downloadable, PDF format. Resource materials include science background information in the form of Q&As, related science misconceptions, a glossary, and links to additional resources on NASA's Amazing Space website. In addition, each exhibit panel is available as a downloadable, poster-size file. (View Less)
This is a lithograph about the Sun. Learners will read a short description about the two Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory, or STEREO, spacecraft. On one side of the lithograph, learners can view a two-dimensional image of the Sun taken by... (View More) STEREO. On the other side of the lithograph is a three-dimensional image of the Sun taken by STEREO. To see this image in 3D, learners will need access to 3D glasses, either purchased or made. (View Less)
This is an activity about ultraviolet light. Learners will make ultraviolet light detector bracelets and use them to experiment with artificial light and sunlight. Then, they experiment with various sun-blocking materials to see how such materials... (View More) impact the beads' absorption of ultraviolet light. Special UV detecting beads are required for this activity. This is Activity 3 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. (View Less)
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This is an activity about modeling the apparent motion of the Sun as seen from Earth. Learners will use a flashlight, toothpick, and styrofoam model Sun to mimic the relative shadow motion produced by a sundial. The activity will help learners... (View More) understand that because the Earth rotates from West to East, the Sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West. This is Activity 6 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum. (View Less)
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The best thing about Victoria isn't actually its technical prowess—it's the lead performance from the mesmerizing Laia Costa as the title character.
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Here is a portrait of a damaged, limited woman who is probably mentally ill, although that isn't obvious to everyone she meets. She's one of those people we read about, whose home is overrun by cats and dogs. You don't know that when you meet her working at a discount store, or a stable, or a pet shop. A nice guy even asks her out on a date.
Melissa Leo's sympathetic performance shows her as a loner. As the movie opens, she's being released from prison, her crime and sentence left unmentioned. She moves into a tiny house in a semi-rural area, wanders outside and comes across a scrubby punk band performing at deafening volume at the edge of a parking lot for perhaps two dozen bored teenagers. She begins to dance along, working herself into a frenzy, then abruptly walks away.
She finds a stray cat, feeds it, takes it in. She takes the first of a series of minimum-wage jobs. She finds it difficult to speak audibly or look customers in the eye. She's hired by Ned (Keith Leonard), a recovering alcoholic, to help him as a stable hand. As she gently brushes polo ponies, we notice how much she loves and even pities animals; she seems to identify with them, offering them the consolation she requires.
At home, by small stages, her dog and cat population grows, until she finally just scatters dry pet food on the floor. She doesn't so much caress her animals as cling to them for consolation. On a date with Ned, who sips a Coke, she has too much beer and abandons herself in a wild dance with a woman (Victoria Charkut) from Ned's church. That night, and another time, she engages in casual sex.
There is a fascinating, detailed, sequence during which a veterinarian trains her as an assistant, particularly to handle dying animals as they are put down. She throws herself emotionally into comforting the animals during their last moments. She has no pity for herself, but later when she sees a dog left locked inside a car, she goes frantic. She can't find the owner. She stands near the car desperately waving her arms at the sky in frustration.
This is a first feature from writers and directors Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky, who have previously made documentaries together. They like details. They stay in the moment. They allow Francine to speak for herself — or not. Melissa Leo plays her without inflection, giving us no instructions about what our opinion should be. It is a brave performance, an act of empathy with a sad woman.
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Chrysler Corporation helps to build the atomic bomb (A-bomb)
The buildup to the first atomic bomb
When World War II started, the United States had the world's 24th rated air power; the Army was the seventh best in the world, the Navy was ranked fifth.
In August 1939, Albert Einstein and former student Leo Szilard drafted a letter to President Roosevelt to say that splitting uranium atoms could set off a chain reaction which could result in a powerful new bomb. Germany had already begun their quest to have this new power.
Chrysler was a major contributor in making the actual bomb, as well as the delivery system: seven of the eight engines that powered the nuclear-bomb-laden B-29s were built by Chrysler.
The atomic bomb's principles are easily understood. How people harnessed this energy into a fission is the story.
After years of dithering by project leaders, President Franklin D. Roosevelt put the military in charge, tapping 46-year-old Colonel Leslie R. Groves, an engineer and one of the oldest colonels in the military. His PhD had taken ten years to obtain; he was harsh, strict, a hard worker, and, as Chief of Army Construction, was finishing up the building of the Pentagon.Groves was not well liked. Still, he was told he would be promoted to brigadier general if he took the job, and that very day (September 17, 1942), he met with the current engineer in charge. The office that had the lead in the project was in New York, so the name was coded as the "Manhattan Engineering District." Groves shortened it to the "Manhattan Project."
There was no uranium, nor had any supplies for it been acquired. No one had figured out if they could make the U-235 or plutonium that would be needed for a bomb.
After jsut one day, Groves found a source of uranium in Canada. On September 24, 1942, he was in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, scouting a site to refine U-235 and plutonium.
It was pointed out that it would be extremely dangerous to have both plants in the same area, so Groves looked elsewhere for a spot to make plutonium, settling on an area Hannaford, Washington — where he bought a thousand square miles of land.
Oak Ridge grew extremely rapidly, with whole streets and barracks set up from modular kits. It took three days for full setup for 540 people including streets and curbs. Eventually, the staff hit 75,000; in less than one year, Oak Ridge became the State of Tennessee's fifth largest city. Yet, you could not find it on any map. Its location was secret.
Chrysler is called in
Ground was broken for the diffuser plant almost exactly one year after General Groves took charge. To separate U-235 from uranium by diffusion, it must be brought into contact a highly corrosive gas, uranium hexafluoride, which devoured steel and was only resisted by pure nickel.
General Groves gambled that it was an engineering problem, not a scientific one. Colonel Edward Garbisch, an Army engineer and son-in-law of the late Walter P. Chrysler, telephoned Chrysler President K.T. Keller, requesting a meeting at the Detroit Office of the Corporation. The meeting was led by now-Major General Groves himself.
The Corporation was in, for $75 million. Chrysler engineers quickly worked out the size of the diffusers. They looked somewhat like oversized steel drums. Based upon the calculations of the scientists, building the would take every single available source of nickel that could be had for the next two full years. That was untenable in view of the war effort, since nickel was needed in other places as well.
The engineers at Chrysler suggested that, with careful bonding, nickel plating should work just as well as solid nickel. Their theory was that it was not the depth of the metal that counted as a barrier, it was the metal itself. Chrysler suggested electroplating, which provides a positive bond and a purer form of nickel, which normally has about 1% impurities that cannot be smelted away.
The scientific experts pushed back, saying that the gas would attack the plating, peel it off, and eat through the steel.
Mr. Keller ordered that a large shell be plated and tested. The Head Engineer of the Plating Engineering Section at Chrysler Corporation, Carl Heussner, had to argue with the Columbia scientific team assigned to test the idea for two whole days to get them to agree to test the plated metal sample.
No hexafluoride gas could be used at the time, so Mr. Heussner covered a large chunk of boiler plate with a thin sheet of nickel, and immersed it in a solution of boiling water and carbon dioxide. Now the problem was finding a work space.
Mr. Keller attended a war bond rally at 1525 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. The building used to be a department store, but now the first floor was serving as the temporary headquarters for the bond drives. Upon returning to his office, he immediately ordered that the space up above be rented. All the Chrysler personnel associated with "Project X-100" moved in and stayed there for nearly two years.
Then he had to find 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space, clean to the point of commercial sterility. Chrysler converted the Lynch Road factory to manufacture the diffusers, which had been making military trucks; those were pushed to a much smaller building. The building was converted to air conditioning, with a complex filtration system to remove as many particles in the air as possible. They used Chrysler's AirTemp division, which had done the Chrysler Building in New York and Pullman cars for the railroads.
Outsiders estimated the number of diffusers at 7,000. The K-25 Diffusion Plant at Oak Ridge Tennessee ran until 1985.
The diffusers needed millions of pin holes at precise places to allow the gas to flow freely, and had to be radius turned to smooth the edges.
Chrysler accomplished its assigned task in record time, passing the completed drums to the next contractor, who was supposed to attach tubes to the insides. Unfortunately, these tubes were not precisely sealed, allowing leaks of fluoride and Freon. Later studies indicated that the diffusing process at Oak Ridge was the single largest source of causing ozone damage.
Chrysler worked closely with Union Carbide, which operated the K-25 diffusing plant. Taking weeks to erect in what would ordinarily have been years, it was an engineering triumph. If it had not been for the engineering acumen and prowess of the Chrysler Corporation Engineering Team, the diffusing plant would not have been on line until late 1945.
Robert Oppenheimer, in charge of the Las Alamos Development Laboratory in New Mexico, had U-235 that was around 90% pure by mid-April 1945. By the end of June 1945, while the "Gadget" was being assembled at Las Alamos, Oak Ridge had provided 132 pounds of the enriched U-235 from an estimated ore delivery of 150,000 rail cars.
The plating process applied by Chrysler in all of the diffusers never failed, functioning right up until the plant was taken apart in 1985.
Appendix: costs
The Brookings Institute estimated the U.S.'s expenditures for World War II:
- All bombs, mines and grenades: $31.5 billion
- Small arms material excluding ammunition: $24 billion
- All tanks (including Chrysler's arsenal): $64 billion
- Heavy field artillery: $4 billion
- All other artillery: $33.6 billion
- Manhattan Project:
- Oak Ridge - $13 billion
- Hannaford Engineering - $4.4 billion
- Total: $21.6 billion, or about $5 billion per bomb.
While the secretive atomic bomb drew the most attention, it was not the most expensive project of the war; the government spent more on radar, to the tune of about $27 billion. Without the benefits of radar, neither the plane that flew the bombs nor the coordinated air force establishment of air superiority would have been possible.
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