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|BIOMEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM COMBINING A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention provides a biomedical monitoring system combining a mobile device. Signals can be transmitted between the sensing device and the mobile device via the audio interface by modulating and demodulating the audio signals or encoding and decoding the digital signals. Thereby, it can be applied extensively to mobile devices having audio jacks and thus bringing more convenience. In addition, because the mobile devices inherently have the functions of operational processes, transmission, storage, interface operations, result displaying, network connection, image extraction, and power supply, the required components in sensing devices can be simplified substantially and hence reducing the volume and the manufacturing cost.
|Method and System for Processing Signals of Touch Panel - A method and system for processing the signals of a touch panel are provided. Therein, the capacitive values of each sensor on the touch panel are successively taken during a period of time. Then, the average capacitive value of each sensor is calculated for computing estimated touch point coordinates. The distance between each two sets of such coordinates sensed respectively at two sensing time points is calculated. If a distance thus calculated is less than a predetermined distance, the two sets of estimated touch point coordinates corresponding to the distance are defined as valid touch point coordinates. If a series of estimated touch point coordinates are successively defined as valid touch point coordinates for a predetermined number of times, the touch point corresponding to each set of valid touch point coordinates in the series is defined as a valid touch point. Thus, the precision of touch point determination is enhanced.
|METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH POINTS ON TOUCH PANEL AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method for determining touch points on a touch panel and a system thereof. The method includes the following steps: sampling, calculating a difference, comparing the difference, sampling a determinative area, and calculating a barycenter. The barycenter position from the said steps is a touch point position. The present invention can overcome the problem of the ghost point in traditional touch panels and also be applicable for touch panels of various types.
|COMPUTER PERIPHERAL APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a computer peripheral apparatus. The computer peripheral apparatus includes an USB hub, at least one build-in card reader, and a controller. Each build-in card reader is electrically connected to one built-in downstream port of the USB hub. The controller connects to the USB hub and the build-in card reader to monitor the connection requirement of the build-in card reader. When the controller determines the build-in card reader does not need to be kept connected, the controller sets the status of its corresponding built-in downstream port as a "first status," which defines the corresponding built-in downstream port is not connected. Thus, the computer system is informed that the built-in downstream port is not connected. Therefore, if there are no USB devices connecting to other downstream ports of the USB hub, the entire computer peripheral apparatus can enter into hibernation mode, thereby lowering the power consumption
|Video/Audio Module Applied to Computer System - The present invention discloses a video/audio module applied to a computer system. The video/audio module includes a circuit board, at least one analog microphone unit, and at least one analog-to-digital converter. The analog microphone unit and the analog-to-digital converter are electrically connected and fixed to the circuit board. The analog microphone unit captures an audio signal from ambient air and converts it to an analog audio signal. The analog-to-digital converter receives the analog audio signal and transforms the analog audio signal into a digital audio signal. Because of the analog-to-digital converter, a digital microphone unit can be replaced by the analog microphone unit, thereby reducing the production cost of the video/audio module.
|UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS APPARATUS FOR LOWERING POWER CONSUMPTION - A universal serial bus (USB) apparatus for lowering power consumption is provided. The universal serial bus apparatus includes a universal serial bus circuitry, a monitor unit, and a system duty clock generator. The monitor unit is used to monitor a start of frame (SOF) packet generated by the universal serial bus circuitry and generates a clock control signal accordingly. The system duty clock generator receives the clock control signal and a reference clock signal to generate a system duty clock signal. The enable or disable status of the system duty clock signal can be determined according to the SOF packet monitored by the monitor unit so as to make the universal serial bus apparatus enter into runtime idle mode to lower the power consumption.
|CARD READER - A card reader that can enhance the efficiency of the application system is embedded in the application system. The application system has an external memory drive. The card reader includes at least one memory card connector, a flash memory, and a control unit. The memory card connector is used for being plugged with a memory card. The flash memory is driven and integrated by the external memory drive. The control unit is electrically connected with the memory card connector and the flash memory and is used for transmitting data between the memory card and the flash memory and the application system via the control unit. Thereby, the flash memory can be used as an extended memory of the application system. The total memory of the application system increases, and the efficiency of the application system is enhanced.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING STATUSES OF CHANNELS - An assessment system classifies a plurality of channels to several channel groups according to the characteristics of the channel groups and assesses the status of each channel by a corresponding method, such as a period comparison method or a SNR comparison method, defined based on the channel groups. Hence, the present invention allows simpler computations to be made and a simpler circuit structure to be used.
|PACKET DETECTING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A packet detecting circuit detects a packet inputting time via calculating a delay correlation function and an autocorrelation function. In order to prevent a DC offset from affecting the calculation of the delay correlation function and the autocorrelation function, when the packet detecting circuit calculates the delay correlation function and the autocorrelation function, the packet detecting circuit will calculate and remove the error of the delay correlation function and the autocorrelation function produced by a DC offset. Then the packet detecting circuit calculates a packet triggering value according to the delay correlation function and the autocorrelation function for detecting the packet inputting time more precisely.
|Method to Access Storage Device Through Universal Serial Bus - A method accessing a flash memory storage device through universal serial bus (USB) of the present invention includes a flash controller and a flash memory, wherein the method includes connecting the storage device to a USB interface of an electronic device; outputting a plurality of accessing instructions to the flash controller via the electronic device; deciding which data is needed to be temporarily saved in a cache memory and a priority of the accessing instructions according to the characteristic of the file system and the content of preceding instructions of the flash controller; and writing the data temporarily saved in the cache memory into the flash memory according to the priority of the flash controller. The objective of the method of the present invention is to enhance the operation efficiency of the storage device.
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The Battle of the Z Boys was a boxing fight between Mexicans Carlos Zarate and Alfonso Zamora, who were, respectively, the WBC and WBA World Bantamweight titleholders. Held in Inglewood, California on April 23, 1977, the bout was not recognized as a unification fight by either of the sanctioning bodies without any specific reason given for withholding the sanction. As it turned out, the fight was one of the most-anticipated 10-round fights in history among boxing fans. Alfonso Zamora was the first one of the so-called "Z boys" to become a world champion, when he knocked out Soo Hwan Hong in four rounds on March 14, 1975 in Inglewood. He defended his title three times before Zarate had his first world title shot; one of his challengers was Eusebio Pedroza, the future WBA world Featherweight champion, whom Zamora defeated by knockout in two rounds in Tijuana on April 3 of 1976. Zarate, for his part, won the WBC world title one year and two months after Zamora became WBA world champion, on May 8, 1976, when he defeated defending champion Rodolfo Martinez by an eighth round knockout in Inglewood. Zarate and Zamora were both once trained by the same man, Arturo Hernandez. [ - ]
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CRTC proposes pick-and-pay TV plan in draft paper prior to September hearing
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Consumers could wind up with many more choices about what they watch on TV and how they pay for it, given sweeping new proposals from the country's broadcast regulator announced Thursday.
According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's "Let's Talk TV" draft paper, Canadian TV could change drastically, from the cost of basic TV programming being capped at $20 to $30 monthly, to American Super Bowl ads being aired north of the border.
"The way of watching TV is morphing. It's evolving with time and we don't want to be stuck in a regulatory framework; we want to adapt to how Canadians are consuming TV in the new reality," said CRTC spokeswoman Patricia Valladao. "We want that to change with them. Everything is on the table for discussion."
The document, produced after consultations with industry and more than 10,000 public online comments, is meant to focus a public hearing taking place in Quebec from Sept. 8 to Sept. 19 that will explore the future regulation of the Canadian television system. The paper states it is "intended only to provide parties with a possible model and to stimulate discussion and debate."
The CRTC aims to make regulatory changes by December 2015.
According to the paper, the commission could require broadcasters to offer a basic service made up primarily of local Canadian channels, to which users could add individual channels in a pick-and-pay structure.
"I think that's positive. Where I say they could have gone a bit further is with their proposal to include all local Canadian channels, including channels not taxpayer supported, such as the big telecom channels City TV and CTV," said David Christopher, spokesman for Internet freedom advocacy group OpenMedia.ca.
"Perhaps they could have gone a bit further with flexibility there and simply said the basic package needs to include CBC, APTN and a few other taxpayer-supported channels and then perhaps let people pick and chose whether they really want to get City TV or CTV."
One consumer group says the CRTC hasn't gone far enough and should allow Canadians a "pure choice."
"What store do you walk into, or anywhere else, where you're told you've got to buy certain things before you can buy what you want?" said Bruce Cran, president of the Consumers' Association of Canada.
Consumers should be allowed to buy TV channels one at a time, without having to pay for a basic service, no matter how pared down, he said.
"It makes absolutely no sense as far as the consumers' point of view."
Still, Cran said he understands the CRTC has a mandate under the Broadcasting Act to ensure a certain amount of Canadian content, and that programming is delivered that reflects "Canadians to Canadians."
Under the CRTC proposal, viewers could also chose from build-your-own channel packages, or continue to buy the pre-assembled packages currently on the market. And they would no longer have to seek out American Super Bowl commercials online, since simultaneous substitutions would no longer be allowed.
"Every time there is a Super Bowl game, people come to us and we have to clarify. There is a fact sheet on the website to explain it's not us. We don't force them to do that. They have to do that because of the benefits of having local advertising in big games," said Valladao.
For the first time, broadcasters could be allowed to count what they spend on original programming produced for the Internet toward what they are required to spend on Canadian programming. According to the draft, this would encourage broadcasters to make more Canadian content online. And it proposes allowing television stations and networks to count revenues from online or other delivery platforms toward their overall revenue base.
At the same time, the commission is considering allowing local TV stations to shut down their transmitters — a move that might not go over well with consumers who prefer to get TV programming over the air.
Canadians, especially members of multicultural communities, would have access to more ethnic and third-language programming, with the elimination of the requirement that consumers must first subscribe to Fairchild TV, Telelatino, Talentvision, Asian Television Network or Odyssey if they want to subscribe to any other Canadian or non-Canadian channel in the same language.
Christopher is disappointed that the changes won't come into force until December 2015.
"Given that this consultation has already been running all year, it seems like a long lead-in time before Canadians can actually benefit from some of these changes," he said.
"You have to get the broadcasters to comply. To make the changes that are necessary, you have to give them time," said Valladao.
The CRTC is accepting online comments and suggestions until the last day of the hearings.
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A variety of breakthrough drugs which will likely clear FDA this year.
Fool Sean's pick & I like it too!!
Recent LX1032 phase 3 data likely leads to approval, and to robust launch due to pent-up demand and complete lack of effective therapy for patients refractory to SSA. Incidence rate and OS for carcinoid syndrome both increasing, $450 mln peak sales conservatively with full US and Japan marketing rights retained, as well as royalties from French partner Ipsen.
As of 8-19-15, opportunistic entry/addition point for short-term trade or long-term position after recent pullback despite significant de-risking event in phase 3 read-out. $1.1 bin now quite undervalued given risk:reward. Call $30 PT EOY 2016.
several drugs are at late stage and with potential to pass regulation
signal and Zacks 2
Banking on approval
insider buying....
Lexicon stock is declining but I think it's mostly a tidal effects related to a market correction and weakness in speculative sectors like s,mall cap biopharma. I've made my issues with Lexicon's valuation clear and the street as responded over and over again by taking the market cap back over a billion. I haven't seen anything to tell me this time will be any different.
Short. Biopharma. No real revenues to speak of, just lots of selling their own stock.
When deal-activity begins to slow it is a signal that prices in the market may begin to move lower. M&A activity is common at a market bottom because lower stock prices are attractive to potential acquirers as they look to consolidate competitors and grab more market share.
Big diabetes market for there main drug LX4211. It's the only drug that inhibits SLGT1 and SLGT2 which can treat both type 1 diabetes and type 2. No one has taken notice of this stock yet. They are also going to be partnering in the next few months with a large biopharma company to get LX4211 rolling.
A small company that gets very little attention, working in apparently random areas like bowel issues and rheumatiod arthritis. Diabetes, however, is a research zone where they've suddenly picked up and, with a current price slip, insiders and board members are accumulating shares hand over fist. Speculative, but promising.
Like all medical research companies, this one carries risk but they have ownership of good idea and the price is lower than the strike price that was granted to the last investor that made a big investment in the company.
Biopharma company that works on mouse genetics , localizes potential drug targets , and then attempts to make drugs specific for those targets. Completely speculative play. If LX4211 succeeds (phase IIb trial currently enroling; results available in 2012) then it would get partnered with big pharma. That being said, a similar drug from Astra Zeneca just got shot down by the FDA.
I would peg their chance of success at 1 in 3.
They do have 3 more in the pipeline , 2 for irritable bowel syndrone and one for rheumatoid arthritis.
Chance of a further dilution before the end of the year ~ 100%
chance of being partnered or bought out by big pharma for a successful drug ~ 25%
If the pipeline falls through, chance of going to zero by late 2012~ 100% !!!!
Worth a speculative flier, the underlying technology and methodology is completely sound.... Though not necessarily enough to ensure success!
Kick'n butt in court
With more less than 80c per share available in cash, LXRX will have a very hard time to keep their heads above water. The me-too compound, LX4211, seems to be stuck in the ground due to the lack of interest in the pharma community. Even it finds a partner, this will take ages (+3 years at least) to be on the market. There are enough alternatives on the diabetes markets and more developed phase 3s anywhere that LX4211 would seem like a DOA (Dead On Arrival). I think the best way to move forward with LXRX is get rid of the current CEO (A. Sands) and replace the entire Board of Directors. Then, try to sell the sole effective compound LX1032 to a specialty cancer or gut specialty drugmaker and sell the ground/building/labs to a fellow Texan drugmaker. Call it a day! It's over.
It has several durgs in the pipeline and one or two have good change to get to the market. This is a potential grand slam stock.
Just a random bet with high upside and lower downside.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2013, ATX South returns to Orlando, Florida, the heart of Florida's most vibrant automation marketplace. Florida is home to more than 17,500 manufacturing establishments employing over 400,000 people. This region annually produces $253 billion in manufacturing output, requiring the annual purchase of $127 billion in materials and $7.2 billion in capital equipment. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120911/LA71766)The world's leading automation suppliers will showcase their products and technologies at ATX South. The exposition provides manufacturers with the means to stay competitive in today's global marketplace. Face-to-face marketing offers the lowest cost-per-qualified-contact and provides access to top management decision-makers and more senior titles than can otherwise be achieved. ATX South delivers decision makers from your target markets who have immediate buying needs. ATX South benefits from strategic placement amongst the co-located events, allowing you to satisfy your automation needs, find inspiration and new perspectives, discover new suppliers and prospects, and network with industry leaders across a variety of sectors. One badge gives attendees access to all co-located expos. About UBM Canon UBM Canon is the leading producer of face-to-face trade events and media brands that support the flow of information, commerce, and innovation in the world's $3 trillion advanced technology-based manufacturing sector, including co-located events in Anaheim, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; Orlando, FL; Charlotte, NC; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Houston, TX; Boston, MA; Minneapolis, MN; Toronto, ON; and Montreal, QC. UBM Canon's extensive manufacturing portfolio includes events for medical design and manufacturing, packaging, process technology, design engineering, assembly and automation technology, plastics processing, quality assurance, and electronics. UBM Canon's signature strategic co-location of these events has resulted in the largest design and manufacturing events in the United States. SOURCE UBM Canon
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webcasting, and Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA). PCMA represents more than 6,000 planner professionals, suppliers, faculty and students globally with 17 chapters in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and holds several professional development opportunities annually. Sonic Foundry's Mediasite platform will be used to stream PCMA's largest event, the Annual Meeting: Convening Leaders, live Jan. 13 to 16 in Orlando, Fla., and more events throughout the year, allowing professionals unable to make it to the conferences to attend online regardless of location."Our partnership with Sonic Foundry allows meeting industry professionals around the globe who are unable to attend our conferences due to time, location or travel restraints to watch the webcasts whenever and wherever is most convenient for them without missing a beat," said Sherrif Karamat, PCMA COO. "Using Mediasite will support PCMA with reaching a larger audience for both live events and archived on-demand options catalogued in our online video library. Convening Leaders attracts a broad range of meeting planners – conference designers, disruptive educators, networking orchestrators, technology masters, entrepreneurs – seeking to learn new ideas, technologies and businesses that will shape the future of meetings and events. Sonic Foundry's Mediasite Events team will capture nearly 100 sessions at the conference. Some will be streamed live as part of the hybrid event, and nearly all will be archived for members to review after the event on-demand. PCMA also hosts additional conferences and webinars throughout the year for industry leaders. All of PCMA's Events will be supported by Mediasite including PCMA Education Conference June 24 to 27 in Denver, Colo. "The fact that PCMAis increasingly using webcasting to reach larger audiences is validation that hybrid events are growing. The most influential thinkers in the meetings industry convene at these conferences, and it's necessary to capture, archive and index that information so it can be retrieved and shared in the future. We're pleased PCMA places such a high value on the preservation of knowledge and chose to partner with Sonic Foundry to broaden its reach," said Rob Lipps, executive vice president of Sonic Foundry.
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Three Strikes Against Waste Disposal in Afghanistan
For the third time this year, the Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog found wasteful, possibly life-threatening, waste incineration practices on U.S. bases in Afghanistan.
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Yesterday, because I had planned with a friend, I had a healthy lunch I brought myself, instead of eating expensive, unhealthy, tasteless junk food from the Bowling Alley deep fryer. I tell ya though, I really felt like a criminal! The bowling... Read more
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So, I had another rough morning today, and once again I turned to exercise to release my stress. Today, the ice at the rink took a real beating from my skates as I vented my anger with my legs instead of my lips. I then walked for 1 hour, atte... Read more
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I had an awful start to my day for various reasons, and really needed to nurture myself to get past it. I h... Read more
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I have been weighing in daily for a long time, and I think it is time for me to release that a bit. So, I a... Read more
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Well, that just didn't pay off yesterday! My day was all messed up from go. Sleeping in sent me into a tai... Read more
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Ten Kate are using the 2009 bikes for the first time - presumably not got them up to maximum potential yet.
This might be the first blow out WSS race in a while.
If I'm guaranteed any exciting racing this weekend this is where it will be at,come on the Brits and Irish.
TBH I'm pleased to see Westy back up there after all the **** that fell on his head last season.Sick Cylinder's right tho, the 2009 Ten Kate bikes'll be 'work in progress' for a bit, which is sortta distorting the pattern.
Stoked for Westy! Hope he can make it another podium...
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Mary Brittain-White writes: "A long time ago, on my very first mobility project, I was sure of the possibilities that the technology would deliver: workers would get rid of their paperwork, referential information would be at their fingertips allowing them to make better decisions and, most importantly, management would have greater transparency via additional information captured regarding each incident. I was just completely wrong."
How to get that line gig and how to keep it from a guy who knows
NYPA lineman Todd Jones was nice enough to share these tips on becoming a lineman with Intelligent Utility. Five tips on how to get the gig and five on how to keep it. And he even illustrates his piece with some fabulous work photos.
After more than 100 years later, the work of modifying the code to keep it relevant and effective at contributing to worker and public safety is always ongoing. And work for the next version in 2017 is ongoing.
BYOD is a new trend with significant implications for the utility business model. If they don't act, utilities may get pushed off their own turf, but if they do act, they stand to reach much greater levels of engagement with their customers. All said, it's a strategic opportunity that demands a strategic answer.
FirstEnergy lineman gets his own bobblehead
"I tell people: Utilities are slightly more conservative than Jesse Helms. They like people who look and act a certain way. They pay top dollar, and they can ask for what they want," said Steve Lampley, leader instructor for Richmond Community College's Electric Utility Substation Relay Technology (EUSRT) program.
In this two-part series, we talk to a professor at Richmond Community College and the president of Doble Engineering about how they are working together to change workforce training for utilities.
What can utility leaders learn from their local charity raffle?
Doug Sterbenz, retired EVP and COO of Westar Energy, gives a little leadership advice to the industry.
And a hall of fame spot, too
A lot of little boys and girls dream of being firefighters or police officers or even utility linemen when they grow up. Evan Suboticki was a lucky dreamer. He got to realize that dream and be that lineman for FirstEnergy. He never realized, however, that this dream job came along with a second one---namely being a model.
Remembering a grandfather's lessons for a leading life
Sterbenz, the retired EVP & COO from Westar Energy, gives us a lesson on leadership and remembering for this Memorial Day.
part of the women-in-energy series
Wanda Reder wants to figure out how to bring the power industry the best workforce possible, and she's doing so by examining what younger workers want, what mid-career workers need and how the industry should be planning to balance both.
I love my company, and I love the utility business—what we do and what we mean to the communities we serve. I also know there is a time to tap others on the shoulder and let them answer the call to leadership. For me, that time is now, but I'm not going without imparting a little advice.
Do you know what week it is? Yes, technically, it's the week of Feb. 22. No, despite the furniture store TV sales ads to the contrary, they have not extended Presidents Day into a full week or more. Need a hint? What if I tell you it's STEM-related?
For the past couple of years, we've been interviewing women across the power industry. Each had interesting insights into the industry and into how women fit in this industry—even advice on how women can conquer this industry. So, we gathered all the best advice from this series and put them all here in one handy spot.
Co-workers in Southern California Edison's (SCE) Southern Region sometimes get twins, Larry and Terry Thien, confused. But the brothers, who followed their father into lifelong careers with SCE, couldn't be more certain of who they are.
Wanda Reder, chair of IEEE's Smart Grid Taskforce, and Noel Schulz, president of IEEE's Power & Energy Society, answer questions about industry changes, evolution within IEEE and the role of women in both.
Kevin Mays with IUS Technologies reveals four ways you can fight off the potential instability on the way. The cause? A combination of mass employee retirement and the mindset of "keeping the lights on" (KTLO) at all costs. The answer? Click to read all four tidbits.
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Splendid! I love her! She is my most favourite female Tekken character, and she makes great couple with Kazuya!
Very fantastic! Just...damn...
Kunimitsu has one hot body.
I am just blown away by how well this turned out! Kunimitsu rocks that black bikini even better than she does her trademark watermelon one, and it's amazing how her face can still be so alluring even with half of it covered up!
Is it weird that This is made hotter to me by the fact that she left her mask on?
No not at all. It fits her completely. Anyone can flaunt a bikini or revealing outfit but when you can make a character look sexy yet still capture her essence then you've taken the sexy aspect off the charts.
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quite the nice modeling here. well done.
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Milky, creamy, and full of tomatoes, this Parma Rosa Tomato Soup recipe makes a perfect warm meal on a cool afternoon.
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For the first half of the 20th century, images of industry were synonymous with progress. As assembly lines increasingly supplied the needs and wants of the world's growing urban population, factory scenes became shorthand for the brave new world of modernity. Industrial art became an international genre, crossing political borders and economic systems alike....
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Fine art stolen by Nazis slowly finding its way home
Conquering armies have returned with booty from time immemorial, but in the 20th century, the Nazis organized what was probably the largest campaign of art theft in history. To call it organized, however, overlooks a rivalry among Nazi leaders that resembled gangsters fighting over their share of the loot.
Heinrich Vogeler's life was as beautiful as his Art Nouveau prints
German artist Heinrich Vogeler (1872-1942) believed art should be inseparable from daily life. Fine art expert Mary Manion show us in her Art Markets column why his life of is worthy of a great novel.
Canadian Modernists Attracting Respect
Canada might have seemed hundreds if not thousands of miles distant from the centers of modern art in the early decades of the 20th century, but the artists of the dominion transformed their isolation into an asset.
Art Markets: Art values can be an illusion
It was a snowy New Year's Eve day, and the appraisers were making a house call. The client was a woman with a family heirloom, a piece of cut and painted paper silhouette art from a genre known by its German name, scherenschnitte.
Art Markets: Impressionism's lasting impact
An art critic puzzled at the sight of Claude Monet's Impression, "Sunrise" (Impression, soleil levant), coined the name "Impressionism" as a jeering insult. But the artists in the exhibition who so irked the critic eagerly embraced the term to describe their new approach to painting.
Art Markets: Maxfield Parrish infused in romance
Very few artists have had a color named for them. One of them, Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), was an American illustrator and painter known for his luminous hues, including the shade called Parrish blue.
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It didn't take long for Leo Castelli to establish himself as one of America's premiere art dealers. In 1957, he opened the Leo Castelli Gallery on East 77th Street in Manhattan, and less than a year later, in January 1958, he took center stage with an exhibition of Jasper Johns.
Art Markets: Cartier-Bresson captures eternity
When Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) switched his focus from paintbrush to camera, the essence of photography was still the subject of fierce debate. Should photographers aspire to art or remain as mere documenters of reality?
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When the empires of Europe went to war in August of 1914, almost everyone involved dreamed of a swift campaign of glory for their side, and of returning home covered in victory laurels by Christmas.


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2005: University of Exeter, PhD in Statistics
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Currently I am involved in teaching first year Probability and Applications as well as final year Stochastic Calculus. i also tend to find myself teaching non-maths students introductory statistical methods.
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I am interested in generalised linear mixed models (GLMM), particulary for multivariate responses. These models could be considered as a vector of GLMs with the the assumption that there is an underlying multivariate normal random effect. There are a number of ways of approaching these models, I have tended to focus on Bayesian approaches, and have tended to use MCMC. There seem to be two routes to the multivariate normal distribution, one involves a Wishart prior for the multivariate random effects the alternative is to envisage a latent structure with a smaller number of latent variables and a matrix of loading variables which effect a transformation of the latent variables into the higher dimensionality of the response variables. Most of my recent effort has gone into these latent structure models with a view to superimposing a discrete mixing structure, in particular this seems to yield a good method for unsupervised classfication of multivariate count data. However, there seem to be many possibilities to use latent variables with application specific structures, such as having Conditionally Autoregressive Priors, or temporally correlated sets of latent variables or even to allow for spatial structuring.
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This report on the Second Rural and Main Roads Project of Guatemala provides the findings of an INT administrative inquiry (the Investigation) into allegations of corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, and/or coercive practices, as defined by the WBG for purposes of its own policies, rules and procedures (the WBG's Framework regarding Anti-corruption), in relation to the WBG-supported activities. ... See More + The purpose of the Investigation was to allow the WBG to determine if the WBG's Framework regarding Anti-corruption has been violated. This Report is being shared to ensure that its recipients are aware of the results of the INT Investigation. See Less -
Board Report 99904 SEP 30, 2015
Jordanian citizens are no exception - a household survey conducted in Jordan in 2011 found that roughly 20 percent of families had a member experience a legal problem in the previous five years. ... See More + Legal problems, left unaddressed, can cause an economic or social shock that pushes vulnerable persons into poverty. From an equity standpoint, the poor and near-poor need equal access to services that subsequently enhance opportunities to exercise their rights. Taking the equity argument a step beyond equal access to existing services, governments should develop special services that target the specific needs of the poor in resolving legal problems. Defining the relationship between legal problems and poverty is not a simple task. The first step is identifying the types of legal problems that are most likely to affect the poor and the near poor, and comparing this with wealthier citizens. The second step is to identify within this group the types of cases that are most likely to have some kind of poverty impact on the poor and near-poor. Greater knowledge of this relationship will help policymakers develop the appropriate tools to address these problems. See Less -
Brief 99730 SEP 01, 2015
Prettitore,Paul Scott Disclosed
The discipline of law and economics deals with wide-ranging topics, from competition and environmental policy to crime control, and has been instrumental in determining how an economy performs. ... See More + Yet its success has fallen short of its potential. The discipline's shortcomings are nowhere as visible as in developing economies, where a common refrain is how the law looks good on paper but does not get implemented. This paper articulates a methodological flaw that underlies much of contemporary law and economics, and argues that there is an intimate connection between human beliefs and expectations, on the one hand, and the effectiveness of the law, on the other. I propose a new approach to law and economics that is rooted in game theory and rectifies the flaw. It is argued that this approach can open up new areas of research and be marshalled to address some of the more pressing policy challenges of our time. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7259 MAY 07, 2015
Basu,Kaushik Disclosed
Procurement Plan 96495 APR 20, 2015
Over 150 countries maintain mandatory civil registration systems. The number and variety of registration and identification systems has increased with the rise of the Internet (World Bank 2015). ... See More + The functionality of these systems has also expanded over this time period, with delivery mechanisms for services and benefits increasingly tied to registration. Attracted by the promise of new technology, countries and development partners alike have invested heavily in identification systems, in terms of both development dollars and strategy. Regarding strategy, identification systems have found their way onto no less preeminent a platform than the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, which include the proposed target, by 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration, under the broader goal of peaceful and inclusive societies. This article will explore the prospects, challenges and risks of pinning inclusive development outcomes on identification systems. Much of the current discourse on identification- and registry- related issues3 is framed from a state-centered perspective; that is, improving the functioning of government agencies and enhancing the collection of data for planning and policy. The authors suggest complementing this with a stronger focus on the impacts of identification systems on the poorest and most marginalized. In many circumstances, identification systems risk not serving the development needs of such people. In developing global and country-specific identification strategies, there is a need to more clearly and critically articulate the implied benefits, costs and risks of alternative approaches. See Less -
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The development of a regulatory framework which meets international standards is a major concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as it is key not only to fostering economic development but also to ensuring the wellbeing of its citizens. ... See More + To achieve this goal, it is important to: create a sound institutional structure; employ staff qualified in law drafting; set up efficient procedures for co-ordination and consultation; and ensure that the possible impact of new legal instruments is assessed before adopted. The prime objective of the World Bank in supporting the KRG Shura Council remains an improved guide consistent with international standards that can be used by all relevant parties in charge of drafting all types of legislation in the KRG. In keeping with better regulation principles, the authority and impact of the guide are to be achieved more by the relevance of its contents and the quality of its practical advice than by the strength of the legal instrument that seeks to enforce it. This will help to maximize the benefits of the guide in the KRG. In this context, the official use of the guide to legislative drafting should become mandatory. This could be achieved either through making the guide an integral part of a new law on legislative drafting to be passed by the parliament in the KRG under penalty of 0ity of any draft law that violates this rule. See Less -
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Almaroof,Salam Falah; Cuvillier,Emmanuel F.; Diab,Razi A. Disclosed
PPIAF has supported the Government of Jordan to improve the institutional and policy environment for public-private partnerships (PPPs). The objective is to provide the enabling conditions for the development of a PPP program that seeks to improve and expand access to infrastructure services to the people of Jordan.
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The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) provided funding in 2013 to support the definition and establishment of a PPP Unit within the Ministry of Finance, provide recommendations to improve the legal and regulatory framework for PPPs, draft a PPP policy, and identify a pipeline of priority PPP projects. As a result of the PPIAF support, the PPP Unit has been established based on the recommended organizational structure. In addition, a new PPP Law passed through Parliament and was ratified on November 2, 2014.
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Procurement Plan 90932 SEP 12, 2014
The Flood Emergency Recovery Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina will meet critical needs and restore functionality of infrastructure essential for public services and economic recovery in flood-affected areas. ... See More + Catastrophes caused by flooding during 2014 indicate that it is essential for authorities to act preventively in order to stop the consequences of flooding. These consequences are manifest through the loss of land, accretion of land, moving of land, the loss of agricultural or cattle fond, damage to buildings, also also the loss of production, equipment and machinery. The implementation of this project can impact the exclusion of real estates from their owners or creation of easement over their property, or some other real right over the property affected by flooding. The stipulated exclusion procedures discussed in this document concern many different circumstances realted to social, legal, socioeconomic, and cultural characteristics. There are a number of different regulations and rules passed by different agencies and institutions that are releveant to resettlement. Starting from the constitutional structure of the country and fragmented protection system, the successfulness of the project hinges on the coordination between the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry, Agency for Sava River District, Agency for the Water Area of the Adriatic Sea, 10 cantonal ministries for waters, affected municipalities, and other authorities and parliaments. This document provides a series on annexed tables for the overview of national regulation relevant for the project, the process of subtraction, expropriation and resettlement, and also the rights to atonement. See Less -
Resettlement Plan RP1697 SEP 01, 2014
Bosnian Disclosed
The Honduras water and sanitation sector modernization project aims to improve the sustainability, efficiency, and reliability of Honduras's water supply and sanitation services in the participating municipalities through implementing the strategic plan to modernize the sector. ... See More + No large-scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts are foreseen from this project. In any case, the key safeguard issues and impacts associated with this project are: noise, dust, proper disposal of construction waste, erosion control, protection of spring catchments, etc., produced during construction and installation of pipes will be addressed by appropriate guidelines that will be incorporated into the technical specifications governing the work of construction contractors. There is no expectation that cultural property would be found in the project area. Nevertheless, because of the nature of the works envisioned, the environmental assessment sets forth chance find or equivalent procedures in case such property is encountered. PROMOSAS will not finance any subprojects involving involuntary resettlement or dams and so these safeguards are not triggered. See Less -
Environmental Assessment E1645 AUG 28, 2014
The Urban Infrastructure Project (PIU) of Guatemala aims to improve the quality of life for residents of communities in distress within the Commonwealth Big City South (MGCS) through actions to improve infrastructure and crime prevention activities and violence. ... See More + In that sense this framework aims to ensure that communities and vulnerable social groups, can participate in the design and implementation of project activities, by the fact that it is the social base to which the project is addressed. A special emphasis on indigenous peoples is included in this Guide in order to ensure that the rights of peoples shall not be violated, and that also included mechanisms to ensure their participation in the implementation of this project. The activities under the project could pose some potential effects on the social and economic level that could affect vulnerable populations and indigenous peoples. The nature of the project, is not supposed to have high-impact effects, because it does involves massive population displacements and considerable loss of land, housing and assets The possible effects that may result from this project and specific actions for subprojects, which require the full participation of stakeholders groups of the vulnerable and indigenous, to enhance its positive effects and reduce the negative impacts are as follows: 1) Reducing crime and violence in communities by improving infrastructure in urban slums (access, lighting, decoration and public spaces), which requires active social participation of communities to design and implement best options for investments benefitting the greatest number of inhabitants; 2) Training bodies at Community level in which the project works should be comprehensive and long-term benefits to effectively contribute to improving the living conditions of the population and also have a favorable impact on reducing crime and delinquency since a strong involvement of community organizations avoid the risk that the works deteriorate rapidly becoming obsolete; 3) Increase access to basic services because the communities and townships that will be included in this project, have very little in terms of basic services, and that is what is to be solved with this project; 4) Recovery of public spaces as the project aims to restore public spaces to reconvert them into areas of mobility, recreation, or culture. See Less -
Indigenous Peoples Plan IPP718 JUL 03, 2014
The objective of the Urban Infrastructure Project of Guatemala is to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of precarious communities within the Commonwealth Big City South through actions of infrastructure improvement and prevention measures of crime and violence. ... See More + Land acquisition or relocation may result from some of the sub-projects such as vehicular streets cobbled entrances, sidewalks and pedestrian stands, signage and naming of streets, construction of public transport and street lighting could have an impact that is only temporary or partial. Another type of sub-projects, such as community centers or parks, may require the acquisition of overall properties. In order to mitigate these impacts it will be necessary to: a) Minimize resettlement from the project, and the impact generated for them to be the same. b) Assist the affected people in a resettlement in improving their standard of living or, at least, to maintain pre-resettlement conditions. c) Consider all social and economic aspects of resettlement at the time of making the same, in order to give effective coverage benefits of the affected population. See Less -
Resettlement Plan RP1647 JUL 03, 2014
The aim of the Urban Infrastructure Project of Guatemala is to improve and dignify the quality of life of the inhabitants of the urban and semi-urban centers through the increase access to basic infrastructure and targeted actions to reduce their vulnerability to natural disasters as well as to crime and violence. ... See More + In relation to the stage prior to the execution of works, the following activities are susceptible to generate environmental impacts: 1) Selection of areas for the location and arrangement of storage and water purification; and 2) Location of equipment and materials for the construction of the works. With regard to the implementation phase of the works the following activities are likely to generate environmental and social impacts: a) Transport of materials and fuels; b) Some construction activities that affect the normal traffic of vehicles; c) Hauling inappropriate material to disposal areas; and d) Solid waste disposal in the workplace. The main impacts are related to the conveyance and distribution of water. Aspects such as earthworks, waste disposal and impairment of areas for disposal of construction material and access roads are among other major potential impacts during implementation and subsequent operation of such works. Furthermore, this type of work related to rehabilitation, expansion and improvement of the distribution networks can bring negative impacts for both villagers living near these networks and users of the roads. The impacts of noise and particulate matter during execution are the most common aspects and the project should consider measures to prevent and mitigate these impacts. See Less -
Environmental Assessment E4563 JUL 01, 2014
This annual report for fiscal year 2014 was prepared by the Legal Vice Presidency Unit (Legal VPU) at the World Bank. Following endorsement by shareholders at the 2013 Annual Meetings, on July 1, 2014, new Global Practices (GPs) and Cross-Cutting Solutions Areas (CCSAs) were launched as part of a broad internal change effort designed to deliver the best knowledge available to Bank clients. ... See More + The Legal VPU has been a key partner in implementation of the WBG's strategy and the change agenda while continuing to deliver critical support to the World Bank's lending and trust fund operations. During fiscal year 2014, staff worked on large transformational projects, such as the Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmissions and Trade Project aiming to create enabling conditions for sustainable electricity trade between certain countries in Central Asia and South Asia, the Water Supply Augmentation Project in Lebanon and the Dasu Hydropower Project in Pakistan both involving the construction of large dams and complex social and environmental safeguards issues. Staff also made significant contributions to innovative projects, such as the Africa Regional Development Policy Financing for the Accelerated Program for Economic Integration, which is the first regional development policy operation in the region, and Mexico Oaxaca Water and Sanitation Sector Modernization Project, which involves a hybrid Program for Results and Investment Project Financing loan. On the policy front, the Legal VPU has played a major role in global multi-stakeholder consultations and review of the World Bank environmental and social safeguard policies, and in preparation of the landmark guarantees modernization initiative, which went into effect on July 1, 2014. The Legal VPU also championed the implementation of a Policy and Procedural Framework initiative that put in place a new structure for the development and management of policies, directives, procedures and guidance that govern the business of the World Bank. It also worked across the WBG to coordinate policies and practices in the areas of data management and intellectual property. See Less -
Annual Report 91622 JUN 30, 2014
This report on the assessment of land governance in Brazil summarizes and discusses the results of a series of standardized self-assessments of the land governance situation in Brazil, conducted entirely by Brazilian speakers. ... See More + Therefore, these findings represent the perception of local experts based on their experience of news and data available. The main aim of this report are federal and state authorities directly involved in land governance in the evaluated states and other states. The general objective of the development of this assessment is to measure reliably the skills and the performance of land governance in a cross section of the country. This assessment is highly relevant and timely, as the land and real estate of natural resources linked to the land are the central core of the current competitiveness of Brazil and its strategically valuable position in the changing world economy. The evaluation methodology was the Assessment Framework of Land Governance (LGAF) developed by the World Bank. It focused on five key areas of good land governance and three additional topics. Key areas were: legal, institutional and associated policies to land rights; planning of land use and taxation; identification and ownership of land management of the state; provision of public land information; and dispute settlement. The optional modules used in some evaluations focused on the large-scale acquisition of land, forestry and the regularization of land tenure. Based on the LGAF in related workshops and review of some publications, the review has identified four areas of relative force on the Brazilian land governance. They include the guarantee of property rights, transparency in allocation of public land, public accessibility of information on registered land and transparency of increasing concern emerging from the influence of democratic and social movements. In addressing these and other areas of reform of land governance, the efforts of the newly created Inter-ministerial Working Group on Land Governance (IMWG) will be vital. That is particularly so because some of the reforms depend on the consistency of improving legal and institutional framework for land governance, which is necessarily a collaborative and cross-sector enterprise. This report therefore calls on the IMWG to join the President's Office to create an annual and transparent work program, for a period of at least three years with a regular mechanism of agreed reporting to the IMWG Office and Civil Office of the Presidency. See Less -
Law and Justice Study 89239 JUN 01, 2014
English Disclosed
The Vega Drainage and Flood Prevention in Cuenca del Arroyo Project of Argentina aims to reduce the negative impacts of floods. Among the major impacts, are damages to housing, local commercial and other property, prolonged power outages, and lack of access to activities such as the workplace, schools, health facilities and recreational areas. ... See More + Infrastructure projects can cause displacement of activities and / or individuals, loss of land and other economic assets, and create social and environmental problems. In these projects, the World Bank promotes the implementation of the Operational Policy 4.12 (OP 4.12), intended to avoid or mitigate adverse impacts and ensure that people affected by resettlement do not result in a worse situation than before the comprehensive conception of the relationship between property rights and other essential rights that make human dignity. See Less -
Resettlement Plan RP1686 JUN 01, 2014
The federal ethics and anti-corruption commission (FEACC) was established in 2001 - through proclamation number 235/2001 - as an independent federal government agency with the following three objectives: (1) to create awareness in Ethiopian society that corruption will not be condoned or tolerated by promoting ethics and anti-corruption education; (2) to prevent corruption offenses and other improprieties; and (3) to strive to create and promote integrity in public services by detecting, investigating, and prosecuting suspected cases of corruption offenses and other improprieties. ... See More + The World Bank Group (WBG) has identified corruption as the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development. The FEACC is undertaking numerous activities to combat corruption in the country. The study was based on interviewing 350 random sample executives of foreign companies which were active in all regional states of the country and all economic sectors. The respondents owning the foreign direct investments were citizens of 42 countries coming from all continents except Latin America. The respondents also pointed to the impact of bureaucratic inefficiencies on the registering, opening and running foreign owned businesses, and indicated that the whole registration process, that is from document authentication to getting a legal business license takes on average about 8 days. Finally, the respondents expressed opinions about what should be done to combat corruption and attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ethiopia. The report is divided into six sections First section gives introduction. The second section presents the objective and expected outputs of the consulting assignment. Section three deals with the methodology of the study and section four outlines the results of the literature review. The core section, section five describes in detail the findings of the survey. In section six, the major conclusions and recommendation of the study are put forward. Additional information is also presented in annexes. See Less -
Working Paper 89534 MAY 01, 2014
Ababa, Addis Disclosed
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A Lakewood police officer who was questioned in an abuse investigation involving his 3-month-old daughter was found dead in his home along with his wife following an apparent murder-suicide.
Police are investigating the shooting deaths of William O'Shell, 36, a Lakewood police officer, and Tiffany Cuin-O'Shell, 25, a former Lakewood police officer, as a possible murder-suicide, said Sgt. Joseph Sandoval, a spokesman for the Commerce City Police Department.
The couple's daughter was taken from the home on June 17. Authorities began questioning William O'Shell in the abuse of the child — who had suffered serious injuries, including fractures — within the last few days, Sandoval said.
"We do have an open, active child-abuse case," he said.
Lakewood police had been notified by O'Shell that he and other family members had been questioned in the abuse case but not that he was a suspect, said Steve Davis, Lakewood police spokesman. He had not been placed on administrative leave, Davis said.
Had he been identified as a suspect or arrested, Lakewood police might have initiated an internal review, he said.
"It would have to be based on something like an arrest," Davis said. "Once he was arrested there would be a suspension or administrative leave."
But even if O'Shell had been suspended he would keep his revolver, which is his own property, he said. Commerce City police have not said whether the murder weapon was O'Shell's service revolver. That is part of the investigation, Sandoval said.
Police went to the O'Shell home at 6:15 p.m. Monday after receiving a phone call from a relative of the couple, who were found in the home in the 11500 block of River Run Parkway, Sandoval said.
Authorities also are investigating who fired the shots, he said.
Davis said William O'Shell began working as a patrol officer for Lakewood in March 2005 and did not have any reprimands. His wife began working for the department in April 2006 and resigned in September 2007, he said.
He notified his superiors about the child-abuse investigation 10 days before the deaths. O'Shell worked his last shift as a police officer on Saturday from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m., Davis said.
"The department is very saddened to learn of the tragic deaths of one of our current agents and one of our past agents," Davis said.
Neighbors said the O'Shells moved to the home on River Run Parkway about six months ago.
"In a way, it makes it even more shocking," said neighbor Kathy Martinez, commenting on the fact that the victims were police officers.
Adams County Social Services took custody of the couple's 3-month-old daughter and placed her in foster care, Martinez said.
She said after neighbors learned that the couple had been shot to death, they were worried about the little girl. But police officers who spoke with them told them that the infant was in Social Services' custody.
"It's just really sad because that little girl doesn't have a mom or a dad," Martinez said.
She said the family kept to themselves and avoided contact with neighbors. She said she was at home all day Monday and did not hear gunshots or an argument.
Previously, she had not heard any arguments in the home next door.
Homicide detectives worked throughout the night at the scene collecting evidence, Sandoval said.
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LONDON - Tracy Britton has become head of marketing for HSBC Group, replacing Chris Clark, who is now group head of customer experience at the bank.
Britton joins from HSBC's US operation, where she oversaw marketing across North America. She will be based at the bank's Canary Wharf headquarters in east London.
Prior to joining HSBC, Britton was senior vice-president and director of marketing at US financial-services brand Home Savings. Clark joined the bank in 2001 as head of
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The appointment of Britton comes a month after the resignation of HSBC's UK marketing director, James Boulton, whose responsibilities are currently being overseen by the bank's head of UK marketing, Philip Mehl.
HSBC's most recent product innovation was the UK launch of its HSBC Plus account last October.
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Opened in 2008, this modern 226-room Holiday Inn is a great value. Rooms are particularly small, but they're clean and all have flat-screen TVs, free Wi-Fi, and comfy beds. The on-site gym and business center are big pluses for the price. Just note that its location in artsy Chelsea is 20 blocks from the tourist hubs.


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It's actually an interesting read . A movie was already made about the college student who owned it,and his friends,but they all died in the movie .
The box was actually sold on eBay,more than once.
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