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The Personhood Movement: Undermining Roe In The Courts: Part 3

This is the third post in a RWW series on the reemergence of the fetal personhood movement and what it means for the future of abortion rights in the U.S.

Part 1: The Personhood Movement: Where It Comes From And What It Means For The Future Of Choice
Part 2: The Personhood Movement: Internal Battles Go Public
Part 4: The Personhood Movement: Regrouping After Defeat

As we have detailed in previous posts in this series, ever since the anti-choice movement rose to prominence in the wake of Roe v. Wade, it has been divided over how to go about repealing Roe and recriminalizing abortion in the U.S.

Groups like Americans United for Life (AUL) and the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) have achieved great success in pushing states to adopt incremental measures targeting abortion providers in the name of protecting women’s health and in advocating for national policies — such as the 2003 “partial-birth” abortion ban and the 20-week abortion ban currently being considered by Congress — that attempt to undermine the legal reasoning in Roe by targeting a small segment of abortion procedures.

But the anti-choice personhood movement believes that the incremental strategy is doing too little to end legal abortion. They believe they have a better plan.

The personhood movement argues that small, incremental legal victories cutting off access to abortion will never achieve the ultimate goal of completely criminalizing the procedure — in part because those measures fail to make a moral argument on behalf of the humanity of the fertilized egg and fetus.

At the founding convention of the Personhood Alliance late last year, the chief of staff to Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, notorious for his legal fight over a Ten Commandment monument he placed in the courthouse rotunda, discussed an alternate legal strategy to end abortion rights. As Nina Martin has outlined in The New Republic, Moore’s protégé and colleague Justice Tom Parker has been carefully laying out a legal framework to overturn Roe, not by constitutional amendment, but by the legal redefinition of what it means to be a person protected by the law.

Parker, with Moore’s backing, has been building a body of jurisprudence that offers a blueprint for a personhood victory in the courts. In doing so, he’s drawn the attention and praise of anti-choice activists; Liberty Counsel, a right-wing legal group, has called him a “modern-day Wilberforce.”

Since efforts to overturn Roe by passing a Human Life Amendment or a legislative alternative faltered in Congress in the 1970s and 1980s, personhood advocates have focused on the states, passing legislation giving limited rights to fetuses as separate entities from pregnant women. Since 1986, 38 states have passed “fetal homicide” laws identifying fetuses at some or all stages of development as separate victims of crime and in 2004 Congress passed a similar law covering federal crimes. Similarly, in 18 states substance abuse during pregnancy is legally considered child abuse. In Alabama last year, Republicans passed a law allowing judges to appoint lawyers for fetuses. As Elizabeth Nash, senior state issues associate at the Guttmacher Institute, put it in an interview, “all of that is about trying to build up a legal case that personhood starts at fertilization.”

Personhood USA’s 2014 attempt to insert personhood language into Colorado law drew on this legal history, specifically limiting its new definition of personhood to the Colorado criminal code and Colorado Wrongful Death Act. But the proposal was nonetheless widely recognized as an attempt to ban abortion, or at least to set up a legal battle challenging Roe. In fact, Colorado had already passed laws imposing extra penalties for crimes against pregnant women, the purported purpose of the personhood amendment. “They are changing the tone, they are changing the language, they are changing the messaging to try to win,” Nash said.

Parker has chronicled laws treating fetuses as full-fledged humans in certain cases to argue that “[t]oday, the only major area in which unborn children are denied legal protection is abortion, and that denial is only because of Roe.” He has urged the Supreme Court to address the issue at the next chance it gets.

Parker and Moore’s strategy relies on what the personhood movement’s proponents believe is a loophole in Roe v. Wade that would allow anti-abortion advocates to effectively undo the decision without a constitutional amendment or a Supreme Court friendlier to their cause. In Roe, the Justices rejected the idea of fetal personhood. Justice Blackmun wrote in his majority opinion that “no case could be cited that holds that a fetus is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment,” noting, “If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant's case, of course, collapses...for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment.”

A federal bill that currently has 132 cosponsors in the House and 21 in the Senate takes aim at this supposed loophole in Roe, simply declaring that “the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being," which includes “each member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual member of the human species comes into being.”

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, the chief sponsor of the Senate bill, signed a fundraising email for the pro-personhood National Pro-Life Alliance in November, arguing that his was the strategy that would work:

The Supreme Court itself admitted  if Congress declares unborn children 'persons' under the law, the constitutional case for abortion-on-demand 'collapses.'

Alabama’s Supreme Court is the most prominent court to give a serious hearing to the personhood strategy, long considered by even some in the anti-choice movement to be a crackpot theory and a potential political and legal disaster. As recently as 2009, Clarke Forsythe, senior counsel at Americans United for Life, wrote in the National Review that the so-called “personhood loophole” was an “urban legend” and those pursuing it were “heading toward a brick wall.” Forsythe argued that in 1992 Casey decision, the Supreme Court had shifted the abortion debate from the personhood of fetuses to the rights of women, and that that was therefore the ground that the anti-choice movement should be playing on. “The real challenge for pro-lifers in 2009 is to effectively address the assumption that abortion is good for women,” he wrote, presaging AUL’s revamped woman-focused messaging.

Even more alarming to the personhood strategy’s detractors in the anti-choice movement is the possibility that a personhood challenge to Roe could create the opportunity for a Supreme Court ruling that would actually strengthen constitutional protections for abortion rights. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for instance, has said that she believes abortion rights should be secured under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, making the issue more clearly about the rights of women. In 2010, Austin Ruse of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) wrote, “If a personhood amendment comes before this court, a new and terrifying decision may put the pro-life movement back a quarter century or more.”

In 2007, as the anti-choice movement’s schism over a ban on so-called “partial-birth” abortion was gaining national attention, Georgia Right to Life, which was at the the state affiliate of NRLC, worked with legislators to introduce a state constitutional amendment defining a “person” under state law as “including unborn children at every state of their biological development, including fertilization.”

Although the Georgia amendment was based on language originally drafted as a federal constitutional amendment by NRLC, NRLC’s chief counsel James Bopp, Jr. tried to shut it down. In a lengthy and frank memo to his fellow anti-choice activists, Bopp contended that such an amendment would be immediately struck down in federal courts and, if it made it to the Supreme Court, could give the court’s majority the opportunity to rewrite Roe in the way favored by Ginsburg. The state-level personhood strategy, he cautioned, was “presently doomed to expansive failure.”

Instead, Bopp said, the anti-choice movement should continue its incremental strategy, which was succeeding in curtailing access to abortion while keeping the issue in the public eye. He wrote that the “partial-birth” abortion law had been a successful example of this strategy because it “forced the pro-abortion camp to publicly defend a particularly visible and gruesome practice.” Acknowledging that “most pro-lifers” believe that abortion should only be available to save the life of a pregnant woman, he warned that absolutist, no-exceptions approaches like personhood were both legally unwise and poor public relations:

By contrast, the pro-life movement must at present avoid fighting on the more difficult terrain of its own position, namely arguing that abortion should not be available in cases of rape, incest, fetal deformity, and harm to the mother. While restricting abortion in these situations is morally defensible, public opinion polls show that popular support for the pro-life side drops off dramatically when these “hard” cases are the topic. And while most pro-lifers believe that a consistent pro-life position requires permitting abortion in only the rare circumstances where it is necessary to save the life of the mother, some pro-lifers believe that there should not even be an exception to preserve the life of the mother. Other pro-lifers advocate exceptions for rape or incest. This is an important debate to have, and we should be ready to convince the public of the need for few, if any, exceptions to laws prohibiting abortion when such laws can be upheld. However, since that is currently not the case, such a debate is premature and would undermine public support for the pro-life position.

Responding to Bopp’s memo, the conservative Thomas More Law Center, which drafted the Georgia amendment, argued that the incremental strategy had taken too long and done too little and that “after 34 years of abortion on demand through all nine months of pregnancy, it is time to rethink pro-life strategy.”

“[T]he central holding of Roe v. Wade remains the primary obstacle to any meaningful pro-life initiative that seeks to end abortion,” wrote Thomas More attorney Robert J. Muise. “To remove this obstacle, a case must be presented to the United States Supreme Court that challenges the central premise of Roe — that the unborn is not a person within the meaning of the law.”

If personhood laws were to succeed in the courts, the legal implications would be immense and unpredictable.

The ambiguous wording of personhood measures has led to concerns that they could be interpreted to outlaw oral contraception, IUDs and in-vitro fertilization. But birth control is not the only issue. As the National Advocates for Pregnant Women’s Lynn Paltrow and Fordham sociologist Jeanne Flavin have documented, laws granting legal rights to fetuses outside the context of abortion have led to hundreds of cases of pregnant women being arrested or otherwise apprehended after suffering miscarriages or for alleged drug and alcohol use deemed to be harmful to the fetus.

In countries that completely criminalize abortion — the goal of the “pro-life” movement in the U.S. — pregnant woman can find themselves in terrifying situations: recently in El Salvador, a woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder after suffering a miscarriage.

As Paltrow told Newsweek in 2012, “There’s no way to give embryos constitutional personhood without subtracting women from the community of constitutional persons.”

By redefining what it means to be a person under the law, personhood measures could also have a broad legal impact on issues unrelated to reproductive rights, threatening to upend everything from inheritance law to census results. In 2014, the Colorado Bar Association opposed the state’s personhood ballot measure, warning that the vaguely worded measure would have “potentially serious, unintended and unknown consequences for Colorado lawyers…From areas of Family Law to Probate Law to Real Estate Law, as well as the explicit effect on Criminal Law and Wrongful Death statutes, this Amendment could create uncertainty and endless litigation.”

Daniel Becker, the former leader of Georgia Right to Life and founder of the Personhood Alliance, also sees the personhood issue as extending beyond abortion rights, but in a different direction. The final chapter of Becker's 2011 manifesto, "Personhood," is written in the form of a science fiction story set in a "post-human future" in which computers have gained consciousness, procreation has been moved to laboratories, and a "specialized sub-class of human-animal hybrids" has been developed to perform menial labor. The anti-abortion rights movement, he argues, will cease to be relevant in coming battles over biotechnology if it remains "at its heart, anti-abortion as opposed to pro-sanctity of human life." He argues that only by embracing full "personhood" rights for zygotes and fetuses will the movement remain viable in the future.

The personhood movement, while it has hope in the legal system, also recognizes that it won’t get far without winning hearts and minds. In the final post in this series, we’ll look at the movement’s efforts to reorganize in the wake of electoral defeats.

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6 Right-Wing Zealots and the Crazy Ideas Behind the Most Outrageous Republican Platform Ever

Note: this story is cross-posted at AlterNet.

The official 2012 Republican Party platform is a far-right fever dream, a compilation of pouting, posturing, and policies to meet just about every demand from the overlapping Religious Right, Tea Party, corporate, and neo-conservative wings of the GOP.  If moderates have any influence in today’s Republican Party, you wouldn’t know it by reading the platform.  Efforts by a few delegates to insert language favoring civil unions, comprehensive sex education, and voting rights for the District of Columbia, for example, were all shot down.  Making the rounds of right-wing pre-convention events on Sunday, Rep. Michele Bachmann gushed about the platform’s right-wing tilt, telling fired-up Tea Partiers that “the Tea Party has been all over that platform.”

Given the Republican Party’s hard lurch to the right, which intensified after the election of Barack Obama, the “most conservative ever” platform is not terribly surprising. But it still didn’t just happen on its own.  Here are some of the people we can thank on the domestic policy front.
1. Bob McDonnell.   As platform committee chair, McDonnell made it clear he was not in the mood for any amendments to the draft language calling for a “Human Life Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution and legal recognition that the “unborn” are covered by the Fourteenth Amendment – “personhood” by another name.  McDonnell is in many ways the ideal right-wing governor: he ran as a fiscal conservative and governs like the Religious Right activist he has been since he laid out his own political platform in the guise of a master’s thesis at Pat Robertson’s Regent University.
His thesis argued that feminists and working women were detrimental to the family, and that public policy should favor married couples over “cohabitators, homosexuals, or fornicators.”  When running for governor, McDonnell disavowed his thesis, but as a state legislator he pushed hard to turn those positions into policy.  As the Washington Post noted, “During his 14 years in the General Assembly, McDonnell pursued at least 10 of the policy goals he laid out in that research paper, including abortion restrictions, covenant marriage, school vouchers and tax policies to favor his view of the traditional family. In 2001, he voted against a resolution in support of ending wage discrimination between men and women.”  As governor, McDonnell signed the kind of mandatory ultrasound law that is praised in this year’s platform.  When his name was floated as a potential V.P. pick, Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood decried his “deeply troubling record on women’s health.”
2 Tony Perkins.  Perkins heads the Family Research Council, whose Values Voter Summit is the Religious Right’s most important annual conference, at which movement activists rub shoulders with Republican officials and candidates.  Perkins bragged in an email to his supporters how much influence he and his friend David Barton (see below) had on the platform.  Perkins was an active member of the platform committee, proposing language to oppose school-based health clinics that provide referrals for contraception or abortion, and arguing for the strongest possible anti-marriage equality language.  Perkins also introduced an amendment to the platform calling on the District of Columbia government to loosen its gun laws, which Perkins says still do not comply with recent Supreme Court rulings.
The media tends to treat Perkins, a telegenic former state legislator, as a reasonable voice of the Religious Right, but his record and his group’s positions prove otherwise.  Perkins has been aggressively exploiting the recent shooting at FRC headquarters to divert attention from the group’s extremism by claiming that the Southern Poverty Law Center was irresponsible in calling FRC a hate group.  Unfortunately for Perkins, the group’s record of promoting hatred toward LGBT people is well documented.  Perkins has even complained that the press and President Obama were being too hard on Uganda’s infamous “kill the gays” bill, which he described as an attempt to “uphold moral conduct.” It’s worth remembering that Perkins ran a 1996 campaign for Louisiana Senate candidate Woody Jenkins that paid $82,600 to David Duke for the Klan leader’s mailing list; the campaign was fined by the FEC for trying to cover it up.
3. David Barton.  Texas Republican activist and disgraced Christian-nation “historian” Barton has had a tough year, but Tampa has been good to him.  He was perhaps the most vocal member of the platform committee, and was a featured speaker at Sunday’s pre-convention “prayer rally.” During the platform committee’s final deliberations, Barton couldn’t seem to hear his own voice often enough.  He was the know-it-all nitpicker, piping up with various language changes, such as deleting a reference to the family as the “school of democracy” because families are not democracies.  He thought it was too passive to call Obamacare an “erosion of” the Constitution and thought it should be changed to an “attack on” the founding document.  He called for stronger anti-public education language and asserted that large school districts employ one administrator for every teacher.  He backed anti-abortion language, tossing out the claim that 127 medical studies over five decades say that abortion hurts women.  Progressives have been documenting Barton’s lies for years, but more recently conservative evangelical scholars have also been hammering  his claims about American history.  The critical chorus got so loud that Christian publishing powerhouse Thomas Nelson pulled Barton’s most recent book – which, ironically, purports to correct “lies” about Thomas Jefferson – from the shelves.  Of course, Barton has had plenty of practice at this sort of thing, from producing bogusdocumentaries designed to turn African Americans against the Democratic Party to pushing his religious and political ideology into Texas textbooks. Barton’s right-wing friends like Glenn Beck have rallied around him. And nothing seems to tarnish Barton with the GOP allies for whom he has proven politically useful over the years.
4. Kris Kobach.  Kris Kobach wants to be your president one day; until now, he has gotten as far as Kansas Secretary of State.  He may be best known as the brains behind Arizona’s “show me your papers” law, and he successfully pushed for anti-immigrant language in the platform, including a call for the federal government to deny funds to universities that allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition – a plank that puts Kobach and the platform at odds with Kansas law.  Immigration is not Kobach’s only issue. He is an energizing force behind the Republican Party’s massive push for voter suppression laws around the country, and he led the effort to get language inserted into the platform calling on states to pass laws requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration.  He also pushed language aimed at the supposed threat to the Constitution and laws of the US from “Sharia law”; getting this language into the platform puts the GOP in position of endorsing a ludicrous far-right conspiracy theory.  Kobach hopes that will give activists a tool for pressuring more states to pass their own anti-Sharia laws.  In the platform committee, he backed Perkins’ efforts to maintain the strongest language against marriage equality.  Even an amendment to the marriage section saying that everyone should be treated “equally under the law” as long as they are not hurting anyone else, was shot down by Kobach.  Kobach also claims he won support for a provision to oppose any effort to limit how many bullets can go into a gun’s magazine.
5. James Bopp.  James Bopp is a Republican lawyer and delegate from Indiana whose client list is a Who’s Who of right-wing organizations, including National Right to Life and the National Organization for Marriage, which he has represented in its efforts to keep political donors secret.  As legal advisor to Citizens United, Bopp has led legal attacks on campaign finance laws and played a huge role in bringing us the world of unlimited right-wing cash flooding our elections.  Bopp chaired this year’s platform subcommittee on “restoring constitutional government,” which helps explain its strong anti-campaign finance reform language.
Bopp is also an annoyingly petty partisan, having introduced a resolution in the Republican National Committee in 2009 urging the Democratic Party to change its name to the “Democrat Socialist Party.”  In this year’s platform committee, Bopp successfully pushed for the removal of language suggesting that residents of the District of Columbia might deserve some representation in Congress short of statehood.  His sneering comments, and his gloating fist-pump when the committee approved his resolution, have not won him any friends among DC residents – not that he cares.  He also spoke out against a young delegate’s proposal that the party recognize civil unions, which Bopp denounced as “counterfeit marriage.”  In spite of all these efforts, Bopp has been at the forefront of Romney campaign platform spin, arguing in the media that the platform language on abortion is not really a “no-exceptions” ban, in spite of its call for a Human Life Amendment and laws giving Fourteenth Amendment protections to the “unborn.”
6. Dick Armey.  Former Republican insider Dick Armey now runs FreedomWorks, the Koch-backed, corporate-funded, Murdoch-promoted Tea Party astroturfing group – or, in their words, a “grassroots service center.” Armey has been a major force behind this year’s victories of Tea Party Senate challengers like Ted Cruz in Texas and Richard Mourdock in Indiana, both of whom knocked off “establishment” candidates – FreedomWorks also backed Rand Paul in Kentucky and Mike Lee in Utah in 2010.  As Alternet’s Adele Stan has reported, FreedomWorks’s goal is to build a cadre of far-right senators to create a “power center around Jim DeMint,” the Senate’s reigning Tea Party-Religious Right hero.
To put Armey’s stamp on the platform, FreedomWorks created a “Freedom Platform” project, which enlisted Tea Party leaders to come up with proposed platform planks and encouraged activists to vote for them online. Then FreedomWorks pushed the party to include these planks in the official platform:
      Repeal Obamacare; Pursue Patient-Centered Care
      Stop the Tax Hikes
      Reverse Obama’s Spending Increases
      Scrap the Code; Replace It with a Flat Tax
      Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment
      Reject Cap and Trade
      Rein in the EPA
      Unleash America’s Vast Energy Potential
      Eliminate the Department of Education
      Reduce the Bloated Federal Workforce
      Curtail Excessive Federal Regulation
      Audit the Fed
An Ohio Tea Party Group, The Ohio Liberty Coalition, celebrated that 10 of 12 made it to the draft – everything but the flat tax and eliminating the Department of Education.  But FreedomWorks gave itself a more generous score, arguing for an 11.5 out of 12.  FreedomWorks vice president Dean Clancy said that the platform’s call for a “flatter” tax “opens the door to a Flat Tax” and said that they considered the education section of the platform a “partial victory” because it includes “a very strong endorsement of school choice, including vouchers.”
Honorable mention: Mitt Romney.  This is his year, his party, and his platform.  The entire Republican primary was essentially an exercise in Romney moving to the right to try to overcome resistance to his nomination from activists who distrusted his ideological authenticity.   The last thing the Romney campaign wanted was a fight with the base, like the one that happened in San Diego in 1996, when Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition delighted in publicly humiliating nominee Robert Dole over   his suggestion that the GOP might temper its anti-abortion stance.  Romney signaled his intention to avoid a similar conflict when he named Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell to chair the platform committee.
Keeping Everybody Happy
The new GOP platform reflects Romney’s desire to placate every aspect of the party’s base.  It also demonstrates both the continuingpower of the Religious Right within the GOP, as well as ongoing efforts to erase any distinctions between social conservatives and anti-government zealots, as demonstrated by Ralph Reed welcoming Grover Norquist to his Faith and Freedom coalition leadership luncheon on Sunday.

GOP Platform Committee Disses DC

The Republican Party’s platform committee spent the day addressing amendments to sections of the platform draft that came up through subcommittees.  It seems that the DC delegation had managed to get into the draft platform some vague language supporting improved representation. It didn’t last.

The language said that while the Party is opposed to statehood, there could be constructive alternative means of representation that should be considered.  Even that was too much.  James Bopp, delegate from Indiana, dripping contempt for DC, called for that to be hacked out, which it was. He said the District already has representation through its delegate and through the "Democrat Party," which is “of, by, and for the federal government.”

Watch Bopp's comments and his little victory celebration:

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Jim Furyk has had success at THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, but is still looking for a win.
May 06, 2013

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Labeling TPC Sawgrass as Pete Dye's most innovative or most devilish or you-fill-in-the-superlative is a relative discussion for your local 19th hole, but there is no question that the legendary architect mastered the art of nuance all over the host course for THE PLAYERS.

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The PGA TOUR's flagship event celebrates its 40th playing this week. It always boasts the deepest field of any non-major. This has a great deal to do with the fact that there's never been a repeat champion since the tournament began in 1974 at Atlanta Country Club. Since TPC Sawgrass first hosted in 1982, only four of the 31 winners have posted as many as two titles at the tournament, and none since Davis Love III in 2003. Of that quartet, only Steve Elkington (1991, 1997) didn't wait over a decade to secure victory No. 2.

While most envision the peninsula green at the famous par-3 17th hole as Dye's signature -- and make no mistake, it is, indeed -- par-72 TPC Sawgrass plays more like a carnival game where the house always wins. However, the law of averages eventually swings toward those with experience. Seven of the last eight champions required a minimum of seven appearances prior to their victories. This includes Matt Kuchar, who defends this week. He won in his eighth trip.

After two years of averaging par or better, TPC Sawgrass scored 72.466 in 2012, fifth-highest among 20 par 72s in non-majors. It's properly described as a ball-striker's track. Since the tournament was shifted to May to coincide with the advent of the FedExCup in 2007, it's averaged among the six longest in proximity to the hole from the rough. Last year's clip of 51'1" was second among all measured courses.

Scoring on the par 3s and 4s is firm but fair, so the mindset upon arrival should be to take advantage of the par 5s, which are gettable. Its fairways-hit percentage of 60.89 a year ago was the lowest since 2007, but it still managed to record its second-highest greens-in-regulation split (64.04 percent) of the last six years.

The notable par 5-3-4 closing stretch averaged 11.937 in 2012 (-0.063 strokes to par). That's primarily due to the 16th hole where everyone in the field of 145 must be thinking birdie (or better) to build a cushion for the demanding finish on the 7,215-yard layout.

Although a weekend deluge closed the course to spectators on Monday, those attending should enjoy warm, dry weather for the majority of the week. A cynic's chance of rain enters the forecast on Friday, but the greater relative threat is not expected to arrive until Sunday. Winds may freshen ever so slightly throughout the week.

NOTE: For similar characteristics among winners of THE PLAYERS Championship in the FedExCup era, please look for "Stats Suggest" in The TOUR Report on Wednesday.

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Jim FURYK Jim FURYK The local resident has missed just two of his last 16 cuts at TPC Sawgrass and posted eight top 25s. Ranks fifth on TOUR in fairways hit and first in proximity to the hole. Thirteen consecutive cuts made; two top 10s in his last five starts.
Adam SCOTT Adam SCOTT First start anywhere since his Masters victory. Won THE PLAYERS in 2004 and has added three top 15s since. If he had logged enough rounds to qualify for official rankings, he'd sit second in adjusted scoring and fourth in scrambling.
Tiger WOODS Tiger WOODS Only one top 10 (solo eighth, 2009) since his title here in 2001, but he's already a three-time winner on TOUR this season. Leads the circuit in strokes gained-putting, adjusted scoring, par breakers, par-3 scoring (T1) and par-5 scoring.
Lee WESTWOOD Lee WESTWOOD Gradually climbing the ladder, with a T10 (Houston), T8 (Masters) and T4 (Wells Fargo) in last three starts. Sits T10 in total driving, 13th in adjusted scoring and an impressive eighth in scrambling. Three top-sixes in 10 tries at TPC Sawgrass.
Luke DONALD Luke DONALD With three top-six finishes among seven cuts made in his last eight appearances, he owns one of the better records at TPC Sawgrass without a victory. The short-game artist took two weeks off since sharing third at the RBC Heritage.
Sergio GARCIA Sergio GARCIA The 2008 champ grinded through a sore back to share 16th place at Quail Hollow, padding his total of 16 top 25s in his last 17 starts worldwide. Ranks 10th in strokes gained-putting, third in adjusted scoring and T7 in par-4 scoring.
Phil MICKELSON Phil MICKELSON He's survived each of the last 11 cuts at TPC Sawgrass, a stretch that includes a title in 2007 and six top 25s. Held leads after 36 and 54 holes at Quail Hollow last week, but settled for solo third. Led the field in strokes gained-putting.
Justin ROSE Justin ROSE One top-35 finish in nine appearances at TPC Sawgrass (T22, 2009), but he's posted top 25s in his last 15 starts worldwide. Currently second on TOUR in total driving, sixth in GIR, T7 in proximity, fifth in scrambling and T4 in bogey avoidance.
Graeme MCDOWELL Graeme MCDOWELL Rested since his playoff victory at Harbour Town where he ranked inside the top seven in fairways hit, GIR and strokes gained-putting. Currently T4 in bogey avoidance. No top 25s among four cuts made in five starts at TPC Sawgrass.
Kevin STREELMAN Kevin STREELMAN Classic example of a guy in his prime thriving in a career season. Since winning in Tampa, he's added a T3 (RBC Heritage) and a T6 (Wells Fargo). Fifth start at TPC Sawgrass; best finish a T19 in 2011. Favorable splits across the board.
Brandt SNEDEKER Brandt SNEDEKER Missed his last four cuts here, but he leads the TOUR in proximity to the hole from the rough (30-feet, 5 inches). Moreover, his lead (4-feet, 11 inches) over second place equals margin between second and T33. Also ranks first in bogey avoidance.
Henrik STENSON Henrik STENSON All of his five cuts made in seven trips to TPC Sawgrass have gone for a top 25. Won by four strokes in 2009. Currently leads the PGA TOUR in total driving and greens in regulation; also 33rd in adjusted scoring and 13th in bogey avoidance.
Matt KUCHAR Matt KUCHAR The defending champion logged three top 20s at TPC Sawgrass prior to his two-stroke triumph. Ranks 34th in strokes gained-putting, 16th in adjusted scoring and seventh in both scrambling and bogey avoidance. Also fourth in par-5 scoring.
Bo VAN PELT Bo VAN PELT Fresh off his first top 10 of the season (T6, Wells Fargo) where he ranked 13th in total driving, T14 in greens hit and 12th in strokes gained-putting. All three cuts made in eight appearances at TPC Sawgrass are top 10s, including T7 last year.
Tim CLARK Tim CLARK En route to victory at TPC Sawgrass in 2010, led the field in strokes gained-putting, par-4 scoring and bogey avoidance. Recently placed T11 at the Masters and T24 at the RBC Heritage. Second on TOUR in fairways hit; 21st in bogey avoidance.
Rory MCILROY Rory MCILROY Tied for 10th at Quail Hollow for his third straight top 25. Led last week's field in total driving and greens hit, but ranked T69 in strokes gained-putting. Amid the learning curve at TPC Sawgrass where he's 0-for-3 with no sub-par rounds.
Charl SCHWARTZEL Charl SCHWARTZEL Cooled since a torrid winter, but he has 12 consecutive top 25s in stroke-play events. Hasn't played TPC Sawgrass since a career-best T26 in 2011. Ranks 13th in strokes gained-putting, fourth in adjusted scoring and T23 in bogey avoidance.
Billy HORSCHEL Billy HORSCHEL The only first-timer at TPC Sawgrass in this feature, but he lives locally and ranks among the most in-form golfers in the world right now. Strung together three top 10s as a prelude to his breakthrough victory in New Orleans.
K.J. CHOI K.J. CHOI His win here in 2011 served as the cornerstone for a mammoth season. After an off-year in 2012, he's already tied last year's output of two top 10s this season. Ranks 31st in strokes gained-putting and T28 in adjusted scoring.
Ryan MOORE Ryan MOORE Making his seventh appearance. Hasn't cracked a top 25 at TPC Sawgrass but hasn't missed a cut either. Regained form at Quail Hollow where he tied for sixth after sharing the 18-hole lead. Ranked T21 in ball-striking at Quail Hollow.
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Stability Reigns in Contract Services

The PharmTech/PharmSource annual outsourcing survey results suggest that CDMOs may be getting complacent.
Aug 01, 2013

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A sense of relative calm seems to have overtaken the bio/pharmaceutical contract services industry in 2013. Bio/pharmaceutical companies say that their spending on contract services is still growing, but at a pace in line with the growth in their overall budgets. Service providers state that 2013 has been a good year, but it is not exceeding their expectations the way 2012 did.

Those are the impressions gained from analyzing the results of this year’s PharmSource Pharmaceutical Technology Outsourcing Survey, administered during June and July 2013. PharmSource and Pharmaceutical Technology have been conducting the survey for more than 10 years.

Figure 1: How will your contract services spending change this year? (All figures are courtesy of the author.)
Modest spending growth
Responses from professionals at bio/pharmaceutical companies indicate that spending on contract services is up in 2013, but at a more modest rate than last year (see Figure 1). Just 30% of buy-side respondents indicated that spending this year will increase by 10% or more; in 2011 and 2012, 43% expected spending growth of 10% or more. Further, the number of respondents indicating that spending year-over-year will remain flat jumped from 27% in 2011 and 2012 to 37% in 2013.

The modest spending growth appears to reflect the overall growth in R&D spending. Approximately 40% of bio/pharma company respondents indicated that contract services spending is growing at the same pace as total R&D spending while those answering that services spend is growing faster or slower than total R&D spend are evenly split. These results are consistent with past years’ responses.

Figure 2: What will business be like for your company this year?
Contract service providers appear to have come into 2013 with high expectations and while most haven’t been disappointed, those high expectations have left little room for upside surprises. Among sell-side respondents, 22% said they expect their volume of business in 2013 to be “very good” or “extremely good,” which is down sharply from the 39% in 2012 (see Figure 2). Further, 15% said business in 2013 was “not very good;” only 5% were so pessimistic in 2012.

Those subdued assessments of business conditions may reflect expectations more than actual performance. Only 28% of sell-siders view business in 2013 as “better than expected” while in the 2012 survey 49% were pleasantly surprised. Clearly, many service providers went into 2013 expecting strong performance while their expectations going into 2012 were more tentative.


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Teva Opens New Sterile Plant in Hungary

Oct 16, 2012

Teva has invested $110 million in a new sterile plant in Gödöllő, Hungary. With 15,000 m2 of production area and modular building, as well as an annual production capacity of 160–200 million units of injection products in six production lines, Teva hopes the plant will strengthen the company’s role in Hungarian drug production.

At the opening ceremony, which took place on Oct. 2, 2012, Jeremy Levin, president and CEO of Teva, highlighted the company’s commitment to quality drug production and its Hungarian employees. "This plant is the symbol of the harmony between the most up-to-date technology and the people, the creativity and hard work of our human capital."

According to a press statement, Teva’s new plant is not only one of the biggest sterile pharmaceutical plants, but also one of the most flexible ones in the world. The large production potential and flexibility means that the company will be able to supply patients in more than 70 countries, mainly in the US, Europe, and Far East.

Teva has been operating in Hungary since 1993 and employs more than 3500 people.


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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Pistachios may help reduce diabetes risk

Eat more pistachios to help combat diabetes risk?
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people who may be headed for type 2 diabetes, regularly eating pistachios might help turn the tide, according to a new trial from Spain.

People with so-called prediabetes have blood sugar levels higher than normal but not yet in the diabetes range. If they do nothing, 15 to 30 percent will develop diabetes within five years, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the new Spanish study, people with prediabetes who ate about two ounces of pistachios daily showed significant drops in blood sugar and insulin levels and improvements in insulin and glucose processing. Some signs of inflammation also dropped dramatically.

Although the trial specifically involved pistachios, many previous studies have found encouraging evidence that eating nuts may be linked to a lower risk of heart disease and lower cholesterol, the authors write in Diabetes Care.

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  • The study team divided 54 prediabetic adults into two groups. Both groups were instructed to keep to a calorie-regulated diet with 50 percent of energy from carbohydrates, 35 percent from fat and 15 percent from protein, using provided menus and seasonal recipes.

    One group was given 57 grams of pistachios, about two ounces, daily to add to their diets. To match those calories, the comparison group added olive oil and other fats for the four months of the study.

    By the end of the study, fasting blood sugar levels, insulin and hormonal markers of insulin resistance had decreased in the pistachio group while they rose in the comparison group.

    Participants' weight did not significantly change by the end of the study in either group. But glucose-use by immune cells involved in inflammation, as well as circulating inflammatory signaling molecules both dropped in the pistachio group, the authors note.

    "Although pistachios were examined in this work, I believe that any beneficial effects on glucose metabolism are shared by all nuts, as they have a general composition with lots of bioactive compounds liable to beneficially affect biological pathways leading to insulin resistance and diabetes," said Dr. Emilio Ros, director of the Lipid Clinic of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Service at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona. He was not part of the new study.

    Researchers from the Universitari Hospital of Sant Joan de Reus, in Reus, and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid collaborated on the trial, which was funded by American Pistachio Growers and Paramount Farms.

    "The nut industry always supports clinical or experimental studies with their nuts, otherwise no such studies would be carried out," Ros told Reuters Health by email.

    He believes the evidence is strong enough for people with prediabetes to add pistachios, or other nuts like peanuts, to their diet, and recommends about "a handful" per day, or around one serving.

    "This particular study builds on previous research on pistachios," said Dr. Joan Sabate, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the School of Public Health at Loma Linda University in California.

    Sabate has also researched nuts, principally walnuts, but was not involved in the new study.

    "There are some indications that eating pistachios on a regular basis lowers fasting glucose and lowers insulin and hormone ratio, which is particularly relevant in prediabetic subjects because unless they do a change in lifestyle they will end up being diabetic," he told Reuters Health by phone.

    "So the fact that eating nuts on a regular basis seems to improve some of the critical parameters is very relevant."

    Results with almonds and walnuts have been similar, he said.

    Pistachio allergies are rare, but nut allergies generally would be the only deterrent to adding them to the diet, Ros said.

    Typically people with prediabetes are adults so they already know if they have a nut allergy, Sabate said.

    Pistachios are very rich in energy, he noted, so it would be better to incorporate the nuts into the diet without increasing your total calorie intake.

    SOURCE: Diabetes Care, online August 14, 2014.

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Meriwether Lewis in Philadelphia

Captain Meriwether Lewis, by Charles Willson Peale, 1807.

This time, Thomas Jefferson wasn’t messing around. As POTUS (President of the United States) and POTAPS (President of the American Philosophical Society) in 1803, Jefferson now had the power, the intelligence and the allies to mount a secret missionand finally discover—if one existed—a water route across the American continent. All he needed was “an intelligent officer, with ten or twelve chosen men, fit for the enterprise” to “explore the Missouri river… it’s course & communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean.”  Along the way, of course, they’d gather all kinds of information that would prove useful and valuable to the new nation.

Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis for the venture and instructed him to prepare an expedition to the Mississippi River, up the Missouri River and into the uncharted beyond. “You will take careful observations of latitude & longitude, at all remarkeable points;” Jefferson wrote Lewis, you will observe and even collect flora and fauna along the way. And you will “endeavor to make yourself acquainted…with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue.” Learn everything about them: “the names of the nations & their numbers; the extent & limits of their possessions; their relations with other tribes of nations; their language, traditions, monuments; their ordinary occupations in agriculture, fishing, hunting, war, arts, & the implements for these.”  Lewis was to keep a keen eye for “articles of commerce they may need or furnish, & to what extent.”

The President had an expedition in mind here much more ambitious than a search for the North West Passage. A successful Lewis would return with enough new information to publish a veritable Encyclopedia Americana.

In order to prepare, Jefferson sent Lewis to Philadelphia to be tutored by the President’s colleagues at the American Philosophical Society: botanist Benjamin Smith Barton, geographer Robert Patterson, anatomist Caspar Wistar and physician Benjamin Rush. Jefferson had given Rush a heads up that Lewis was on his way and urged him “to prepare some notes of such particulars as may occur in his journey & which you think should draw his attention & enquiry.”

While in Philadelphia, Lewis outfitted for the expedition. With the help of Israel Whelan, who served as a guide through scores of specialty shops, Lewis went on a shopping spree the likes of which had never been seen before or since. Lewis spent more than $2,100 on everything from “calico ruffled shirts” and “strong wine” to “tomahawks” and “jews harps.” From Thomas Parker, 31 South Third Street he bought a gold chronometer; from Thomas Leiper’s, 726 Market Street, he bought 63 pounds of “pigtail tobacco.” At François Baillet’s, 21 N. 9th, Lewis bought 193 pounds of “portable soup;” in Christian H. Denchla’s, 114 North Third, Lewis scooped up 73 dozen “colored beads, small mirrors, burning glasses, pin cases, earrings, tapes and ribbons, tassels and small bells”—gifts for Native Americans. Of the 27 Philadelphia shops Whelan and Lewis visited more than 200 years ago, not one remains intact.

On June 10, 1803, a Conestoga wagon packed with Lewis’ 3,500-pound haul trundled across the floating bridge at Gray’s Ferry for points west.  And nine days later, Lewis had made his way back to Washington, D.C. and wrote his old friend William Clark, informing him of the still secret mission, and proposed that Clark share equally in its leadership. “President Thomas Jefferson and the congress of the United States wish to explore the western rivers which may run all the way across North America to the western ocean, and they have asked me to conduct the passage. The aims are to meet and begin trading with Indian tribes, to discover new plants and animals and to make new maps. My friend, could you join me to lead this enterprise with all its dangers, its fatigues and its honors?”

Next Time: Clark’s Response and more Philadelphia connections.

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Girl Power

Once upon a time, Philly public relations was dominated by anonymous men churning out bland press releases. Today? PR has turned into a party, honey, and the women are taking charge

One night last December, Denim, Rittenhouse Square’s first and only velvet-roped nightclub, hosted the holiday party for Nicole Cashman’s public relations company, Cashman & Associates. Inside, some 300 Philadelphians of various statures — the invite list included professionals, athletes, and assorted boldfaced names like the Daily News‘s Stu Bykofsky and WYSP’s Couzin Ed — munched on hors d’oeuvres, networked, and went home with gift bags containing postcards promoting Vine Street Imports, entries for a contest sponsored by 32ª, and sample-sized products from beauty retailer Kiehl’s. These were physical reminders of the brands — Cashman clients all — the guests had been exposed to during the evening.

To the same end, Level, the new vodka from Absolut, had provided liquor for cocktails, which were festively named after the Associates themselves: the Nicole, the Susan, the Meredith, the Carrie, the Kate, the Kayce, the Monique and the Jacklyn. The real-life Associates, meanwhile, flitted around the party in little black dresses, making introductions and small talk.

“How are you doing?!?” Cashman senior account executive and former Sixers dancer Carrie Nork asked a guest enthusiastically, her eyes reflexively flitting over his head. “Excuse me a sec, hon.”

Then Nicole Cashman herself appeared, wrapped in a low-cut black dress and a massive fur coat, and swooped in to greet guests with an air-kiss and a minute adjustment of her bra strap. One 26-year-old investment banker, a regular at Cashman events, smiled appreciatively. “You gotta love Nicole,” he said, sipping a Nicoletini. “She’s just trying to make Philadelphia a little bit more fabulous.”

In many ways, the Christmas party didn’t differ from the 80 or so other events Cashman & Associates threw last year. The Metro newspaper, Philadelphia Style magazine and the St. James condominiums were all celebrated in variations on this theme, the common factor being that of all of the brands in the room, the most obvious thing being promoted was Cashman & Associates itself.

In other words: The publicist isn’t just selling the drink — the publicist is the drink.

How the publicist went from clipboard-toting anonymous toady to fur-clad glamour queen can be explained, in part, by a 2002 book that could have used a more glamorous title. Al and Laura Ries’s The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR is one of Nicole Cashman’s favorite books, and it’s easy to see why. The authors claim that ad agencies lost their way when hipper-than-thou, indecipherable ads replaced the actual selling of product. Everyone loved the talking Taco Bell chihuahua and the Budweiser Whassup ads, but did they actually move burritos and beer? Companies were better off, the Rieses argued, spending their dollars on niche marketing and public relations.

It’s a valid point. Why funnel all your money into obscure 30-second spots when you can do a surgical strike on your target audience? Instead of an ad in a magazine, why shouldn’t Denim just hire Cashman to throw a fabulous party and invite 200 of Philly’s hip young things? In all likelihood they’ll get drunk, hook up, then tell another 200 friends how fabulous Denim is. Similarly, if a developer wants to schmooze with the movers and shakers who can approve or deny zoning variances, should he and his firm schlep through a monotonous stream of charity events, or hire someone like Kelly Boyd, of Center City’s KB Consultants, to choose the exact ball where they can do one-stop shopping?

Of course, this being America, you’re frequently just trading one oversized personality for another. Say goodbye to ad-guy ego and hello to flack hubris. Call it the Grubman Effect, after Lizzie Grubman, the New York publicist who made headlines after she rammed her Mercedes into a crowd of Hamptons club-goers. She was rewarded with her own MTV reality show, PoweR Girls, which chronicles Grubman and her cadre of not-so-bright young things. But can anyone name even one of her clients?

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Adelene Opens At The Port-O-Call

You know that giant pink hotel straight out of the 60s and right on the boardwalk in Ocean City? It’s called the Port-O-Call Hotel, and it’s definitely a classic Ocean City landmark.

Well recently, the family-friendly hotel decided to upgrade their dated dining room into a restaurant fit for a good vacation.

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Parlor Pizza Bar to Open Early March

Former Saint James in Ardmore will become Parlor Pizza Bar

Rob Wasserman, owner of Rouge and 500 Degrees, has announced his plan to turn his Saint James into a family friendly pizza restaurant called Parlor Pizza Bar in early March.  The restaurant will be located at Saint James used to be, at 30 Parking Plaza in Ardmore.

Parlor Pizza Bar’s menu will center around artisan wood fired pizzas, as well as pastas and salads intended for families and groups. The restaurant will also be serving draft wines by the glass, with reasonably priced options starting at $6 a glass.

Otto Architects is remodeling the space, bringing in a crimson and gray palette. A Ferrari red pizza oven imported from Modena, Italy will be the focal point of the dining room.

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Main Line Happenings: Ardmore Becoming Beer Destination

Ardmore has become a beer geeks destination with the rise of Tired Hands Brewing. The tiny brewery  was just named to First We Feast’s 12 Bucket-List Breweries That Every Beer Lover Should Visit. The Main Line town has some other things happening as well. The eleventh Iron Hill Brewery location, grandly opened on Sunday at 44 Greenfield Avenue, just a block from Tired Hands. And speaking of Tired Hands, the brewery continues to make progress on its second Ardmore location. The larger location’s brewhouse was just delivered yesterday and the brewery will open in the first half of 2015.

The Saint James is closing. The much ballyhooed restaurant from Rob Wasserman (Rouge, 500º) and Michael Schulson (Sampan, Izakaya) opened in 2012 but was slammed by critics. Schulson left the partnership earlier this year and Wasserman will close the restaurant on December 30th. Michael Klein reports that the space will undergo six weeks of renovations before producing what Wasserman says will be a “‘very family-friendly'” restaurant.

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Third Annual Philadelphia Burger Brawl Set for Sunday, May 5th

Burgers. Lots of burgers!

That’s what’s in store Sunday, May 5th at the Third Annual Philadelphia Burger Brawl being held at the Fleisher Art Memorial, located on 719 Catherine Street in South Philadelphia. The event will feature twenty of the city’s top burger chefs duking it out to see who will come out with the top burger.

The invitation-only event sells out annually and more than 700 attendees are expected. Marc Summers will emcee the event.

The Philadelphia Burger Brawl was founded in 2011 by Rob Wasserman, owner of Rouge, 500 Degrees and The Saint James, as a private fundraiser to benefit the construction of computer labs in public elementary schools in the City of Philadelphia.

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500º Spotted in the Office

Dan McQuade spotted this 500° bag in last week’s episode of the Office. 500° owner, Rob Wasserman had no idea his burger spot’s bag was going to show up on network television but then The Price Is Right didn’t tell him that a meal at Rouge, Wasserman’s Rittenhouse spot, was going to be a prize either.

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No Bells for Ardmore’s The Saint James – Is Location to Blame?

Craig LaBan smashes The Saint James in Ardmore with a stinging no-bell review. Plates were dropped with regularity,the meat was over-cooked and salads were under seasoned. Is the problem, the location?

Finding skilled restaurant workers in the burbs is “painful,” says Schulson, whose Saint James kitchen had an 85 percent turnover in the first three months. But the problem is as much economic as geographic, he concedes, with line-cook wages only barely above what some say they’d receive in unemployment compensation. The culinary passion that drives many young chefs through that rite of passage is especially scarce outside the city. But given that Moon told me “only the sous-chef and a dishwasher” remained in his kitchen since my final visit, just a week before our conversation, I’d suggest that a pay increase is in order. Or perhaps these owners just aren’t cut out for multiple restaurants.

No Bells – Poor

The Saint James [Philadelphia Inquirer]
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Saint James Opens in Ardmore

Rouge‘s Rob Wasserman and Sampan‘s chef Michael Schulson are opening their spacious American bistro The Saint James tomorrow at Suburban Square in Ardmore.

Schulson has created the menu with Matt Moon who has previously worked with Schulson and will oversee the menu as executive chef. The menu will include everything from chicken noodle soup to a special lobster risotto on Mondays.

Check out our video walkthrough and the menu »

Suburban Snacks: Schulson to Ardmore, Brew Pub to Collegeville

Michael Schulson (Sampan, Izakaya) and Rob Wasserman (Rouge, 500º) are joining forces to bring an American grill to Ardmore. [The Feast]

Pepperoncini Sotto is opening this week in Phoenixville. It’s the sister restaurant to Pepperoncini in Conshohocken. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Appalachian Brewing is opening a brewpub this May in Collegeville. it is the Central Pennsylvania based brewery’s first foray into the Philadelphia market. [The Beeryard]


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Gibo to undergo surgery

MANILA, Philippines - Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. is now ready to move on to face another challenge – surgery to remove a small cyst in his gall bladder.

“I am scheduled for surgery,” said Teodoro in a chance interview at the recital for outgoing Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Ferdinand Golez at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Theater at Camp Aguinaldo last Wednesday evening.

Golez is a member of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1976 that adopted Teodoro.

Teodoro left early from the affair, which was also attended by former AFP chief and now ambassador to Brunei retired Gen. Alexander Yano, former AFP chief retired Gen. Victor Ibrado, and police director Magtanggol Gatdula.

“I have to go ahead, because I have to go fasting,” Teodoro told the generals.

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Some Questions and Answers About Injections

This is not medical advice or an endorsement of any product or method. It is from the FAQ on impotence, from the newsgroup Web site which covers more issues than those created by prostate cancer but is still a resource. Do not abide by or rely upon any single lay opinion. Takes these issues to and consult your physician.)

I've heard about penile injections for ED.  What's this all about?

There are several drugs which can be injected directly into the erectile tissues of the penis to cause an erection.

Before you run screaming at the idea of sticking a needle in your dick, be assured that the injections are made with a very fine needle (the type normally used for insulin) and are less painful than a flu shot.  The following questions discuss the various drugs and how they're used.

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What is Caverject?

Caverject is the trade name for an injectable solution of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) or alprostadil, which is manufactured by Pharmacia-Upjohn. There are other variants of this including Edex, a similar product from Schwarz-Pharma.

Caverject makes the shot kit. (Do a Internet search for 'Caverject') It is portable and does not require refrigeration until you mix the ingredients.  It's expensive, compared to the PGE1 or PPP (Prostaglandin, Papaverine and Phentolamine). A popular complaint is that the needle is very large. Many here will tell you to purchase the small needles that diabetics use for insulin injections. Mix your powder and liquid using the large needle supplied with the kit, then change to the small needle for the injection. The reason the company supplies large needles may be the worry you might break off the needle in your dick and sue them.

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 What are Bimix and Trimix injectables?

Bimix and Trimix are injectables for intracavernosal administration. They refer to any combination of either two or three chemicals. Bimix is often a mixture of papaverine and phentolamine, while Trimix (PPP) would add PGE1. Other cocktails are used, mainly in Europe.

These mixtures are not commercially available but must be mixed by a compounding pharmacy.  They are generally much cheaper than Caverject or Edex, and tend to minimize aching in the penis or testicles which is a problem in some men with Prostaglandin (PGE-1) alone.  A compounding pharmacy is one which will create custom medications on a doctor's prescription; it usually doesn't include the corner drugstore or large chain pharmacies.

If you need to find a compounding pharmacy close to where you live, you can go to the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists at .  You can fill in a form on the site and they'll mail you a list of pharmacies in your area.

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My urologist says he's going to try me on injections my next visit.  What should I expect?

Either the doctor or a nurse will inject your penis with a test dose of the chosen medication and observe the reaction.  Since different men react in varying degrees to the same dose, this is to establish what's the correct dosage for you.  The doctor or nurse will also show you how to administer the shots yourself.  Depending on your penis's reaction to the test dosage the doctor will write you a prescription showing a higher, a lower or the same dosage for home use.

When you inject at home you may get a different reaction than you did in the doctor's office.  That's because the environment is different;  you may be more or less relaxed or apprehensive.  You can adjust the dosage upwards or downwards in small increments until you find the right dosage for you.  The danger of too large a dose is that you may get an erection that refuses to go down.  This is called Priapism and if it goes on for more than three hours you should contact your doctor immediately.  Priapism can be serious.

[P5 Webmaster note: The danger is that if blood is not allowed to circulate in any tissue oro portino of the body within a certain period of time, that blood and the tissue can "die." See question further down.]

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Do the shots hurt?

Less than in your arm. The small needles, combined with the soft tissue, makes it go in easy. It's just a little unnerving the first time. And the first time is usually done by a Dr. in their office.

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How do I give myself an injection?

A diagram usually comes with the medicine. One says to lay your dick to one side, against your body, and shoot into it. Another has you hold it out. The idea is to inject into the corpora cavernosa; the tubes on each side of your dick. Going into the side at about the 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock, or, 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock position. This way you miss the urethra. Anywhere from the base of your dick (next to your body) to about ¾ of the length. Don't shoot in the head (ouch!)

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What about the possibility of scarring?

The understanding is that there's a possibility that Prostaglandin (PGE1) can cause scarring, (fibrosis) with long-term use. Several men in the newsgroup, however, have used injections for years with no adverse effects. There seems to be less risk with Trimix.  Penile fibrosis can lead to Peyronie's disease or "bent penis".

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Will the shots give me a 100% erection by themselves?

They can, but in practice the shot alone should give you about an 80% erection. Stimulation should bring it the rest of the way up. If the shot alone gives you a 100% erection, you may have an erection for a longer time than you want. Many have received a shot in the doctor's office and had little to nothing happen. Yet when they inject at home, in a situation where they began having sex, it worked.

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What is the medicine in the shots?

Most doctors start you out with PGE1 . This is Prostaglandin E1 (AKA Alprostadil) and is the ingredient in Caverject and Edex.  If this doesn't work the doctor may prescribe  Tri-mix, which is a mixture of Prostaglandin, Papaverine and Phentolamine.  A typical mix,  in one bottle, is: Prostaglandin, .05ml; phentolamine, .55ml; Papaverine, 2.5ml; Saline, 1.2ml.

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Can I use my injectables intravenously to get better effect?

In a word, NO.  It would be inadvisable to do this and may be positively dangerous. Certainly with Trimix, side-effects are minimized by the fact that you are applying the drug intracavernously and are, in fact, localizing the effects of the drug to the corporal tissue. To give the drug intravenously would be likely to cause serious systemic side-effects.

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What about Priapism (an erection that won't go down)?  I've heard it can be a problem with injections.

This can be a problem, especially of you take too large a dose.  It's unlikely to happen if you follow the injection guidelines your doctor gave you and increase or decrease dosage in small steps until you find the right dosage for you.  Your doctor should definitely have given you specific instructions about what to do in case this happens. If not, then be sure to ask about it!  This will normally involve a prescription which you should have filled and on hand, and instructions about either calling the doctor or going to the emergency room if the prescription doesn't work.

In general, you should be concerned about any erection that lasts for more than about 3 hours (but follow your doctor's advice about this).  We're talking about a hard, steady erection here; not one that comes and goes.  The problem is that with a very hard erection, there is virtually no blood flow through the penis, since the veins that carry blood away are shut off tight.  Blood flows in but can't leave.  All the oxygen in the blood captured in the penis is used up and the blood stagnates and thickens, making it even harder for it to be removed by any veins that are still open. If this goes on too long it can cause permanent damage to the erectile tissues.

In extreme cases you might have to go to a hospital or doctor's office for treatment.  The treatment may involve injection of antihistamines, caffeine or adrenaline directly into your penis, or "bleeding" your penis to remove stagnant blood.

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A Dude's Dream Comes True Aboard the Holy Ship!!

Katie Bain
Aboard the Holy Ship!! one gets to mix and mingle with the slew of name DJs. "Hey there's Zedd in line for pasta salad. Oh wow, there's Dillon Francis in the elevator. Oh damn, Diplo is out on the beach swimming with all the fans.

"Jackbeats just bought all those people shots!"

With this mesh of artists and commoners there exists the possibility of a transcendent one-on-one situation. Kind of like when attendee Curtis Osesik of New Jersey was plucked from of the crowd to dance onstage with A-Trak and then found himself playing Fool's Gold hype man before hanging backstage and smoking with Skrillex. Call it living the dream, Holy Ship!! style. We spoke with him.

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So what happened? Osesik: So I'm grabbing a drink with my roommate, and I have this cardboard cut out of Obama. Everyone is loving this thing and taking photos and we go to the bar and a Fool's Gold promoter comes up to me and puts a sticker on Obama and asks if I want to dance for A-Trak. So I say, "Yeah man, that sounds really chill. I'll be there."

And then? He said I was going to get backstage access and a bunch of Fool's Gold swag sent to my house in Jersey. And then in an hour I'm backstage with the Fool's Gold head on [below] thinking, "I can't believe I'm about to do this." I mean, I love to dance. I don't really know how to, but when I was up there I was just thinking of music videos from YouTube and trying to bust out the Charleston and "Cotton Eye Joe" and stuff like that.

How did it feel? The rush that I had was unreal. Being backstage and meeting the artists, I mean you expect to run into them around the ship and everything, but I literally was hanging out with A-Trak, Diplo, Gary Richards and Big Gigantic back there.

Why did you have that Obama cutout? He's a very important person. I felt like it was important for him to be here with us.

What was the best part of the experience?

Katie Bain

Talking with Gary Richards, because he's the one that created everything here. I gave him mad props. Oh and smoking a cigarette with Skrillex. I've never done that before.

Did the gig give you a better sense of what it's like to be a DJ? Yeah, totally. When you have the Fool's Gold mask on and you raise your hands up and everyone starts cheering, that's the greatest feeling in the world. And coming from New Jersey, which was like 30 degrees, to the Bahamas where it's 80 degrees, was awesome. Plus there's this whole community of fans and artists and everyone treats everyone else like family, it's really amazing. And getting on a first-name basis with these artists is a pretty cool thing.

How does this compare to your other festival experiences? This is the top of the festival pyramid right here. I'm going to go home and go to a show next week and be like, "Damn, this sucks."

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OSAndroid (4.0)Android (4.1.2, 4.0.4, 4.0, 2.3)
Dimensions5.06 x 2.59 x 0.33 inches (128.5 x 65.8 x 8.35 mm)4.93 x 2.60 x 0.33 inches (125.3 x 66.1 x 8.49 mm)
Weight4.59 oz (130 g)
the average is 5 oz (142 g)
4.09 oz (116 g)
the average is 5 oz (142 g)
MaterialsMain body: kevlar
Physical size4.3 inches4.3 inches
Resolution540 x 960 pixels480 x 800 pixels
Pixel density

Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.

256 ppi218 ppi

Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.

Screen-to-body ratio60.29 %62.75 %
Colors 16 777 216
FeaturesLight sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glassLight sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass)
Camera8 megapixels8 megapixels
Aperture size

Aperture size - The aperture of a camera is the opening through which light travels before it reaches the camera sensor. The smaller the number is, the bigger this opening is, allowing for more light to pass.

Camera sensor size 1/3.2"
FeaturesAutofocus, Digital zoomBack-illuminated sensor (BSI), Autofocus, Smile detection, Digital zoom, Geo tagging
Shooting Modes Panorama
CamcorderYes1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps), 1280x720 (720p HD)
Features Video light, Video calling
Front-facing cameraYes2 megapixels
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System chip - Most modern handsets use an advanced chip that includes many of the device’s hardware modules like the processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and sometimes even the wireless radio. This field shows what particular system chip (or System-on-a-Chip) is used in the phone.

 Samsung Exynos 4210

Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.

Dual core, 1200 MHzDual core, 1200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9
Graphics processorYesARM Mali-400
System memory

System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.

 1024 MB RAM
Built-in storage 32 GB
Storage expansionmicroSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBmicroSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB
Talk time 18.30 hours
the average is 12 h (718 min)
Stand-by time 29.6 days (710 hours)
the average is 19 days (466 h)
Talk time (3G) 9.00 hours
the average is 16 h (956 min)
Stand-by time (3G)9.5 days (228 hours)
the average is 25 days (601 h)
25.8 days (620 hours)
the average is 25 days (601 h)
Capacity1780 mAh1650 mAh
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Filter byAlbum, Artist, PlaylistsAlbum, Artist, Playlists
FeaturesAlbum art cover, Background playbackAlbum art cover, Background playback
Radio FM, Stereo, RDS
SpeakersEarpiece, Loudspeaker
YouTube playerYesYes
Internet browsing
Built-in online services supportYouTube (upload), Picasa/Google+Facebook, Picasa/Google+, Twitter
GSM850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
DataHSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRSHSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSPA (unspecified), HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE

Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.

NavigationTurn-by-turn navigationYes
Wi-FiYes802.11 b, g, n
Mobile hotspot Yes
USBUSB 2.0USB 2.0
FeaturesMass storage device, USB chargingMass storage device, USB charging
HDMI via microUSB
OtherTethering, Computer sync, OTA syncDLNA, MHL, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync, SyncML
Other features
NotificationsHaptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, SpeakerphoneHaptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
SensorsAccelerometer, CompassAccelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
OtherVoice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recordingVoice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording
Officially announced 13 Feb 2011
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OS Series 40 UI
Dimensions4.08 x 1.75 x 0.38 inches (104 x 44.7 x 9.9 mm)4.49 x 1.97 x 0.49 inches (114 x 50 x 12.5 mm)
Weight2.47 oz (70 g)
the average is 5 oz (142 g)
3.55 oz (100 g)
the average is 5 oz (142 g)
Physical size2.0 inches2.4 inches
Resolution240 x 320 pixels240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density

Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.

200 ppi167 ppi

Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.

Screen-to-body ratio26.89 %31.26 %
Colors16 777 216262 144
FeaturesLight sensor
Camera2 megapixels3.2 megapixels
Aperture size

Aperture size - The aperture of a camera is the opening through which light travels before it reaches the camera sensor. The smaller the number is, the bigger this opening is, allowing for more light to pass.

FeaturesDigital zoomDigital zoom, Self-timer
Settings White balance presets
Shooting Modes Panorama, Effects
Camcorder220x176320x240 (QVGA) (30 fps)
System memory

System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.

 64 MB RAM / 256 MB ROM
Built-in storage0.03 GB
Storage expansionmicroSDmicroSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB
Talk time4.30 hours
the average is 12 h (718 min)
20.00 hours
the average is 12 h (718 min)
Stand-by time12.5 days (300 hours)
the average is 19 days (466 h)
37.0 days (888 hours)
the average is 19 days (466 h)
Talk time (3G) 6.00 hours
the average is 16 h (956 min)
Stand-by time (3G) 39.0 days (936 hours)
the average is 25 days (601 h)
Music playback18.00 hours
Capacity860 mAh1200 mAh
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RadioFM, Stereo, Visual RadioFM, Stereo, RDS, Recording option
Speakers Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Internet browsing
BrowserOpera Mini BrowserNokia Xpress Browser
Built-in online services support Facebook, Twitter
GSM850, 1800, 1900 MHz850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS 900, 2100 MHz
OtherOther version supports GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz
DataEDGEHSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS

Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.

 Cell ID
Bluetooth2.0, EDR2.1, EDR
USBUSB 2.0USB 2.0
Features Mass storage device, USB charging
Other features
NotificationsMusic ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (64 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, SpeakerphoneMusic ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (32 voices), Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
OtherVoice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, Push-to-TalkVoice recording
Officially announced29 Aug 200725 Feb 2013
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OSAndroid (2.3.3, 2.2)Android (2.2)
Dimensions4.69 x 2.38 x 0.56 inches (119 x 60.4 x 14.1 mm)5.00 x 2.42 x 0.60 inches (127 x 61 x 15 mm)
Weight6.35 oz (180 g)
the average is 5 oz (142 g)
5.70 oz (162 g)
the average is 5 oz (142 g)
Physical size3.7 inches3.5 inches
Resolution480 x 800 pixels480 x 800 pixels
Pixel density

Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.

252 ppi267 ppi

Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.

Screen-to-body ratio54.11 %44.66 %
Colors 16 777 216
FeaturesLight sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glassLight sensor, Proximity sensor
Camera5 megapixels3 megapixels
Camcorder1280x720 (720p HD)720x480 (DVD) (30 fps)
Features Video calling
Front-facing camera 0.3 megapixels VGA
System chip

System chip - Most modern handsets use an advanced chip that includes many of the device’s hardware modules like the processor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and sometimes even the wireless radio. This field shows what particular system chip (or System-on-a-Chip) is used in the phone.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM7230Samsung Exynos 3

Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.

Single core, 800 MHzSingle core, 1000 MHz, ARM Cortex-A8
Graphics processor PowerVR SGX540
System memory

System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.

512 MB RAM512 MB RAM / 1024 MB ROM
Built-in storage4 GB
Storage expansionmicroSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBmicroSD, microSDHC up to 32 GB
Talk time9.83 hours
the average is 12 h (718 min)
6.50 hours
the average is 12 h (718 min)
Stand-by time17.9 days (430 hours)
the average is 19 days (466 h)
19.0 days (456 hours)
the average is 19 days (466 h)
Talk time (3G)6.66 hours
the average is 16 h (956 min)
Stand-by time (3G)17.9 days (430 hours)
the average is 25 days (601 h)
Capacity1300 mAh1500 mAh
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Music player
Filter by Album, Artist, Playlists
Features Album art cover, Background playback
YouTube playerYesYes
Internet browsing
Built-in online services supportFacebook, YouTube (upload), TwitterFacebook, Twitter
GSM850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS1700/2100, 2100 MHz1700/2100, 2100 MHz
DataHSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s, HSUPA 2 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGEHSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSPA (unspecified), HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE

Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.

Bluetooth2.1, EDR3.0
Wi-Fi802.11 b, g, n802.11 b, g, n
Mobile hotspot Yes
USBUSB 2.0USB 2.0
FeaturesMass storage deviceMass storage device, USB charging
OtherUMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA syncDLNA, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync
Other features
NotificationsHaptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, SpeakerphoneHaptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Phone profiles, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
SensorsAccelerometer, CompassAccelerometer
Hearing aid compatibilityM3M3, T3
OtherVoice recordingVoice recording
Shopping information
MSRP price$ 200$ 100

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Today Novarra announced its new Vision Platform for smartphones. The platform takes advantage of the hardware on smartphones, such as touch screens and keyboards and integrates those components into HTML and other web technologies to make browsing better. It offers support for video, Flash, multimedia and RSS; SmartNav single click jump to search, login and main content; multiple viewing options that make the best use of the particular handset's strengths; mobile widgets and personalized content; and network-based acceleration to speed up content delivery. The Vision Platform is a product for handset makers and network operators to deploy.

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Yeah, right!!! I'll believe it when I see it. If it was coming out on 11/27, I think we would have seen some publicity on it already.

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I haven't tested it on the Aria yet, but on my other HTCs you have to have the headphones hooked up to it so it can use the cord as the FM antenna but you can listen to the radio through the loudspeaker on the phone.

Since it's Android, you should have plenty of options for being able to watch Youtube videos. I know the Skyfire web browser can do it right in the browser or I'm sure you can get a stand-alone player too.

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KDAB has provided an update regarding the current state of the Qt tool-kit on Google's Android mobile platform and plans they already have in the works for Qt 5.3.

Qt 5.2 is coming up and there will be official support for Android, after a tech preview level of support was introduced with Qt 5.1. Qt 5.2 supports Android rather well but features like system semaphores and shared memory within Qt Core is not supported, there is no WebKit/WebEngine support, and various add-on Qt modules are not supported like NFS and Bluetooth support. Many of these extra Qt5 features though are planned to be completed for the Android support during the Qt 5.3 cycle. The Qt 5.3 release should come in the first half of 2014.

For those wanting to find out the complete state of Qt Android, including its origins, there is the KDAB blog post published on Friday that covers the support status at length. Multiple blog posts are planned, including getting started with Qt development on Android.

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Hi. I know all the cons about MS Frontpage, but it's what I had free to create and manage a family site. That being said...

I currently have photopost running in an <iFrame> on a Frontpage page. This works great but of course looks like crap when you have start scrolling. I've tried ripping out the Frontpage code to use as a header, but it loses all the images (probably referential URL problem?) and loses all the navigation (Frontpage uses a "webbot"). Any ideas? Thanks!

July 1st, 2004, 02:24 PM
Dont use an iframe use a regular frame and have the main page of the frame point to photopost then set up photopost to use the frontpage footer as its footer and you are done...

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Silver - Thanks, I'll give that a try!