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Motorola PHOTON 4G Review
0. phoneArena 01 Aug 2011, 06:34 posted on
Not too long ago Motorola was teetering on the brink of viability, but along came a little green robot and the company's fortunes have changed drastically. Sprint's situation isn't quite as bleak, but its hoping that their renewed partnership with Motorola helps turn the tide for the nation's number three carrier. They're kicking things off with a bang with the Motorola Photon 4G, a beastly phone with a massive spec sheet...
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1. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
Wow, an Android phone that may actually be worth owning and *GASP* it's made by Motorola.
6. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
The DROID X got a 9.5 last year.
17. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
shh shhh...let him come to us.
32. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
So did the iPhone 4. What's your point?
34. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
that Motorola made a phone on Apple's level before.
41. JayQ330 (Posts: 56; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
uh oh, here comes iphone man! always ready to throw iphone into the mix. even when a comment has nothing to do with the iphone! your a hero to all fanboys all over the nation mr.The_Miz... **smh**
19. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
That was both respectful and unexpected. Thanks for the open mind, Miz.
33. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
i give credit where credit is due.
23. rican (Posts: 132; Member since: 02 Jul 2011)
i played with phone today and its by far the best phone ive ever played with. its smooth and very very well built, ive never liked blur but launcherpro fixes that, i would get this over the 3d anyday but im still waiting on the galaxy s
71. jake (unregistered)
I fail to see your excitement over any apple phone. I looked at the iphone4 and came to the conculsion that it was really just an ipod touch, both incapable of making calls. I suspect the iphone5 will remain the same dimensions and the "big" improvement will be that the phone will actually be able to make calls....................
2. Deacz (unregistered)
Yea maybe not since its a Motorola and that = horrible customer support. Slow updates on the software.
8. KingK (unregistered)
Actually they have quick software updates just depends on the carrier. Verizon is always fast with theirs for Droids.
You must be in some non-US country to complain.
3. Immolate (Posts: 310; Member since: 17 Jun 2011)
A 9? Wow. It doesn't look that impressive from the specs. Doesn't even do 1080p. Are we prepping the battlefield so that you can give the iPhone 5 a 10 in the event that its numbers aren't cutting edge?
4. xenover (Posts: 174; Member since: 27 May 2011)
I'd give it a 8.5 for 720p video recording. An 8 mpx camera SHOULD be able to do it not to mention it has a dual-core processor.
5. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
What do you want to bet that the 1080p recording will come in a software update like it did for the Atrix?
12. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
it probably will, but at this stage in the game it shouldnt be an Update. Especially since its so far after the Atrix and that has already gotten the update.
That said, I like the way the phone looks.. just enough to be different without looking nutty.
BTW, the kickstand issue is easily fixed, u had the phone upside down on the kickstand.. it actually goes the other way. :)
14. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
with a 4.3 screen you will not tell the different between 720p and 1080p. 720p on a DSLR will a 100x person then one on a camera phone. So what is the point of having some like that?
24. Immolate (Posts: 310; Member since: 17 Jun 2011)
HDMI mirroring to your HDTV will take advantage of 1080p. Agreed it's a small thing, but curious for a beasty phone from a manufacturer that has shipped many models with 1080p.
29. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
You better have a TV better then 32 in. HD recording suck big time compare to real camera. My friend DSLR take great look 720p video and I will put money that his 720p video is better then any 1080p video on a camera phone.
27. megamrambo (Posts: 37; Member since: 19 Jul 2010)
Most average consumers do not know the Difference between HD and Full HD. All they car about is the HD. That is where phonearena is coning in at. And if the quality of the HD video is good then who cares. It actually works fine then!
50. JayQ330 (Posts: 56; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
most phones with 1080p recording are always recording @ 30fps but its always stuttering & jumpy,detail in the background are always grainy & shows alot of noise in complex detailing like tree leaves & buildings *bricks* it turns out to be a gimmick & can be seen in recordings in youtube to see what i mean, cars pass by too fast for the recording to catch the video in every frame you get a frame skipping effect. try & find the youtube videos with the options of "1080p & original format" for those that would say its youtubes compression that degrades the video. also those DLNA & MHL connections with HD video output can only do 720p output so dont expect to watch 1080p videos from your phone unless you have a micro HDMI port. heres where it gets interesting for those that say *720p! they better catch up!* do some research & youll notice that the upscaling of 720p *which is a higher resolution than DVD format* & dvd are just as good as original 1080p depending on the upscaling software or hardware. so when recording @ 720p you dont get any frame skipping or stuttering nor any shaking effect,because the hardware & dualcore cpu's can actually handle the 720p's lower bandwidth processing & with the upscaling you get with the photon it turns out to be better than the 1080p that you get from these phones that stress out there hardware to levels that it cant sufficiently reach for 1080p thats worth recording. and of course most people fall for these gimmicks because they sound good & companies will put features that phones cant do properly,*gimmick* (3D isn't a gimmick!) they just want your money so why not? consider what i said & realize not only do you save battery,storage & get better video recording quality & detail..but you also have a company that actually cares about their reputation & there customers. build quality is always on the top list of motorola phones & were the only other phone makers besides nokia to use real xenon flash for there camera's although theyre both switching to the dual led setup.look back threw moto's past phones & youll see innovation,the moto razr was the first mobile phone to be a "fashion gadget" before iphone ever thought of thin,aluminum & glass, motorola had it & look at there smartphones...the only ones with built in touchpads & fingerprint scanners for unlocking your phone with security in a single swipe. sometimes there innovations are crazy but at least they try,the 1 year old *maybe older* atrix still has specs that are just being used on the latest super phones & even at that they dont use security & ease of fingerprint scanning for unlocking with password in a single swipe. i give motorola respect for being there from the beginning & after all this time they kept up with innovation.
7. Irad123 (Posts: 32; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
A great phone. would've got it if it wasn't for my atrix, which is not that fast as the photon
9. sniperace (Posts: 95; Member since: 20 Aug 2009)
News flash great phone ,but it only has 8 gigs of internal storage. How do you review a phone and not even check? and only 2 of the gigs can be used for storing apps.but still a good phone.
10. miikeyroks11 (unregistered)
As an owner of the phone is is still 16gbs of storage, but like every other smartphone with internal storage not all of it is user available- my Photon has 8.92 gigs of internal storage for media plus 2.9 gigs of app storage- so in all reality there is 11.82 gigs available to the user after all the UI customizations.
15. annonymous (unregistered)
it has 16 gigs, but 8 are dedicated to the phone and 8 for storage. of those 8 for the phone, 2 are for apps
11. Synack (Posts: 677; Member since: 05 Jul 2011)
If this phone came out with a single core processor, nobody would even look at it. That's how unimportant this phone almost is.
13. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
wow you can say that about any phone
21. kstagg (Posts: 7; Member since: 04 Jul 2011)
What about Outlook Exchange Support? Worldphone capabilities? Yeah, you really thought that comment out.
16. theBankRobber (unregistered)
It's a very nice phone, I also like the fact I can use the webtop dock which at the Sprint store was fantastic. It looked like a Windows setup, it had a box you could minimize and full screen that is just the Android homescreen, and the rest of the screen was setup for whatever else like the web browsing. Really looked like a Windows OS setup, very nice in my eyes. The phone felt very solid and since you can pair the wiimote to the phone without root or changing the Rom is a deff plus in my book. But sadly I still have to wait until November for my next damn upgrade. Well enjoy the phone.
18. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
obviously this thing is faster than an EVO 3D but as far as the smoothness they exhibit the EVO 3D does win on that one luckily because it seems the Photon didn't get the extensive version of the Applications Platform that the Droid 3 has. my Droid 3 feels just as smooth as a EVO 3D and it puts out better benchmarks. why Motorola didn't put the more updated interface on the Photon i don't know, maybe it's a Tegra II issue. maybe it's a Verizon thing, i don't know but it's an injustice.
22. roddeyp (unregistered)
I have the phonton and i love it...
25. ILikeBubbles (Posts: 525; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
My question here is isn't the Photon supposed to be Sprint's version of the Bionic? if so i wonder how this will impact that release... my boyfriend desperately needs to replace his Droid X as it's been constantly plaguing him with random reboots.... i WANT so badly to get him the Motorola Bionic but i'm incredibly hesitant. What do you guys thing?
26. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Wait, you're a girl?
Relax guys, she's only fourteen. Dirty pedos.
Anyway, it depends on whether Sprint works well in your area and whether you're okay with not getting the absolute fastest data speeds available on any wireless network. If those aren't deal breakers for you, the Photon will work fine. Heck, if screen size doesn't matter to you, you could even get the Atrix right now and save a hundred bucks while you're at it. But then there's the question of whether you are okay with AT&T. If you are, and if you're okay with the smaller size and 5 mp camera, then the Atrix is a great buy as well.
28. Thump3rDX17 (Posts: 2160; Member since: 10 May 2010)
for all we know the Bionic could be coming out with a 1.5GHz OMAP4440 after all this time. Samsung is supposedly bumping Exynos to 1.4GHz in their Galaxy S II around the same time frame so it would make sense that Moto would want to stand up to that with such an upgrade.
30. Henrick (unregistered)
The Samsung Galaxy SII continue to be the best Smartphone out there & I´m sure not even the upcoming Iphone 5 will surpass it.
A very difficult handset to beat.
I own one very proud.
31. MTSMega (Posts: 9; Member since: 18 Jul 2011)
This phone normal. Very large internal memory 16gb
35. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3108; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Even with 1gb of RAM its still petty laggy. This thing would be a beast if it was running stock android.
36. Dr.Peanut (unregistered)
I would prefer this over the EVO 3D if it did not have that pentile display. This would be a much better phone if they used the same qHD displays that HTC uses.
37. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
Is the only phone in the Sprint line up that would love to get... and no surprise.. is from Moto....
38. biscutbob (Posts: 82; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
This phone looks super badass. It should pull a lot of attention to sprint.
39. Illusionist (unregistered)
i wonder why all present smart phones are tending to have the same shape,colors and look??
without the logos of manufacturers, they are the same!!
40. MotoDango (Posts: 1; Member since: 04 Aug 2011)
Respectfully, the Con "Awkward microUSB port placement" in the review is inaccurate. The phone kickstand is made to allow the phone to be placed on EITHER side. The phone will flip the display either way. So, you can have it freestanding and connect to the charger at the same time.
42. JayQ330 (Posts: 56; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
i have to say that in the back of the photon 4G's box it says that the phone uses sprint's 800/1900 mhz network & im getting reception where i wouldnt with my evo 3D *ex evo 3D* & even my t-mobile vibrant...even the evo 3D while on roaming on verizon's 800 mhz channel i would only get 2 bars in the concrete & glass building im living in now. now i get a full 6 bars where i would roam or get no service/signal at all...in the 3rd floor of my building i get all 6 bars as well! i wouldnt even be able to roam off verizon's service in that area because there was too much concrete in the walls,i can get 4 bars in the basement with the photon!. the building i live in is a 30 story tower which i stress because i wouldnt get signal at all, no one could! but this phone does & it does with all 6 bars which is crazy, im sure it cant be just a "good antenna" even if it was such a good antenna im sure that the 1900 mhz wouldnt penetrate threw because the closest i use to get to service was roaming & that was on the 1st floor only,not the 3rd floor where i now get all 6 bars. could it be that the sprint 800mhz SMR frequency is already in use? the box says so in the back fineprint that it uses sprints 800 & 1900 mhz as i said before. can it be smr? or is smr still i know the evo 3D will start using it in a couple of months, but motorola still owns i believe it is 24% or 48% of nextel, so maybe theyre using there iden channel before anyone else? also i remember with my nextel phone years back you would get the echo effect that everyone hated allot, well i experienced that today...alot of things are pointing to smr. anyone have same experience post it up i want to compare.
43. UncleD (unregistered)
After this site's horrible review of the Palm Pre and perceived (mine) iOS bias, I find all your comments (pros & cons) more useful for this phone. I'm dying slowly with the Pre, and need to make the jump to Android. I'm premium Sprint & have the $$ off on a new phone annually. Mostly business user - calls & email - but look forward to some apps. Would you pick up the Photon now or suffer a bit more with the Pre waiting an unknown amount of time for the S-II?? Staying with Sprint, so no other option. Thanks for your input.
44. thatoneguy.... (unregistered)
used both phone and i got to say this is a good phone but not worth it giving up my 3d.
46. mj (unregistered)
I think the word you used about Sense 3.0 was "buttery." It sure is, and I really wanted an HTC phone for that. But, no single phone on the market today has everything I want, and the fact that I can travel overseas with the Photon was the tipping point. I'm really surprised you don't mention the fact that this is a world phone in your list of "Pros." This is really a huge plus for Sprint customers, and for people thinking of switching.
47. QWIKSTRIKE (Posts: 1131; Member since: 09 Mar 2010)
I had the EVO 3D and the antenna signal sucked. In mid town Manhattan I got 1-2 bars, and that's when I knew there are phone issues. I took it back for the Photon because I need a phone to make, and receive calls on! Sense is way better than Blur, but I can live with it and launcher pro helps. Out side of 3D and Sense the photon is definitely a great phone. If antenna signal is an issue do not hesitate to get this phone unless you can wait for the Galaxy S2. EVO 3 D has Sense, and 3D viewing, weak speaker and volume. The Photon IMHO has better picture quality, way better antenna signal, a screen you can view from all angles, a stronger speaker with better volume. The EVO 3D is much smoother with sense, but seems to me that the rotation from landscape to portrait is smoother with the Photon. Blur will take time to get used to but a working phone supersedes smoke and mirror 3D. IMHO the 3D needs to be polished on the EVO and to trade up from the EVO 4G is a waste unless the 4G is broke. The EVO 4G has a wider screen, and better antenna signal, but is not as fast duh....it's older and should be slower......but my EVO worked better than MY 3D.......so I kicked the 3D to the curb. Sprint recognizes that there is an antenna issue just like many of the very first reviewers have made reference to....shame on you Sprint for ruining my experience with a faulty phone!
48. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
Will I be able to use this phone on ATT 3G network, as is?
49. Jose15killer (Posts: 1; Member since: 14 Aug 2011)
I think this is a realy good phone
51. Cell Phone Reviews (unregistered)
nice info.... my blog
52. yungmel0 (Posts: 39; Member since: 18 Jun 2011)
Today was the my first day with the device and i must say im in love with it!!!! I switched from the EVO 3D due to the headaches from the pictures or videos i took personally. Other than that i would of kept the EVO. I hate that i couldnt enjoy the 3D unless it was on a movie or a video game. I must say the pics that I took that didn't give me headaches was amazing. From a personal stand point I like how well the Photon 4G responds. its just as fast if not faster than the EVO. I would prefer SENSE over the MotoBlur/GhostBlur but its still a powerful and fast phone. I downloaded LauncherPro and that pretty much took care of all of that. While the phones stack up quite evenly on everyday use the Photon performs nicely. As for looks, When i whip out the Photon its attracts way more attention. People often call it a "Diamond phone". Im still downloading all the apps i previously had and am bringing the phone up to speed. I'm looking forward to buying all the accessories (Laptop Dock, HD Dock, Wireless Keyboard). With the functionally of the phone itself and all the upcoming accessories Im feeling like i made the right choice when turning my EVO 3D in.
54. abdulwahab (unregistered)
i would like to see a test for the (video recorder) and also (voice recorder) by record a sample from any song inside the car , and volume up the voice then volume down ,, to see the quality of the sound , many people like to record their favourite moments in the clubs :P , when they see what they recorded the sounds like s**t ,, i think the iphone is the best for recording videos and also voice ,, best quality of sound ...
57. photonuser (unregistered)
Well.. I got my Photon yesterday, and am not happy about the Muted Call issue.
A lot of people are having problems with trying to make a call, and neither person on either end of the call can hear anything. The call connects (and charges your minutes) but it's useless for talking. The fix is to pull the battery and reset the phone.
I talked with Sprint about this, and they admit the problem, but they say this is not a defect. DO WHAT???? The damn thing doesn't work for the main intended purpose.. MAKING CALLS... THAT is a defect.
Supposedly, a fix is being worked on, but Sprint and Motorola are being quiet about it, and when it will be released...
Otherwise, it blows my Droid X outta the water... but what good is a phone that you have to reboot ot make a call with?
58. photonuser (unregistered)
Oh... one added thing... running the phone on 4G all the time will kill your battery in a mattter of a couple hours.. Turn off the 4G and the battery seems to do really well. I've gotten to where I only turn on 4G when I need to get something off the web quick and don't have time to wait.
67. Chevy (unregistered)
I'll be waiting for ATRIX sequel.. It was damn handset cons for blur and locked bootloader. I find the finger print reader very innovative as no handsets has used this..
Moto Rocks... Samsungs are better but not better than the best of Moto..
77. paxmossss (unregistered)
Unfortunately, it is on Sprint.
82. Raki (unregistered)
83. cellularseller (Posts: 2; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
i love my motorola photon. i had the htc evo 3d for 5 weeks before i got my photon, and needless to say, i am much more satisfied with my photon!
84. cellularseller (Posts: 2; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
and the battery life is FAR MORE SUPERB than the htc evo, evo 3d, evo shift, samsung epic, or any other android out there. thank you motorola!!!
86. Tmachaveli (Posts: 425; Member since: 01 Apr 2011)
love my photon


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An affiliate of Merck & Co. has exercised its option to exclusively license from Xenon Pharmaceuticals small molecule compounds for a new, undisclosed target for potential treatment of cardiovascular disease—a category where the pharma giant suffered Phase III failure in December.
"The discovery of loss-of-function mutations for this target in humans with protective cardiovascular profiles was central for the development of compound modulators of the target," Simon Pimstone, Xenon's president and CEO, said in a statement.
Merck's exercise of its option comes four years after the two companies launched a strategic alliance focused on cardiovascular disease. Since 2009, Xenon said, it has received from Merck milestone payments and an option fee and is eligible for up to $86.5 million in additional payments from the pharma giant tied to further research, development and regulatory milestones. Merck has also agreed to pay Xenon undisclosed royalties on sales of products resulting from the collaboration.
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The partnership with Merck marked Xenon's fifth with a pharma giant. In a statement at the time, Xenon's CSO Michael Hayden cited what he called Merck's "significant presence in and commitment to the cardiovascular space."
Last year at the European Society for Cardiology 2012 Congress, in Munich, Germany, Merck said it planned to apply for marketing approvals for two new cardio drugs this year—vorapaxar for acute coronary syndrome chest pain caused by coronary artery disease, and K-524A (tredaptive), for LDL (bad cholesterol) to reduce incidence of vascular events.
But in December, tredaptive failed a Phase III trial after enrolling more than 25,000 patients with a high risk for CV events. Merck acknowledged tredaptive produced no significant risk reduction for coronary deaths, nonfatal heart attacks, strokes or revascularizations compared to statin therapy, while increasing "incidence of some types of nonfatal serious adverse events in the group that received extended-release niacin/laropiprant."
Xenon says it focuses on rare inherited human diseases representing severe and extreme forms or the opposite presentation of common diseases. In addition to CV disorders, other medical areas of focus for the company include pain, anemia, and metabolic disease.
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"During the wedding, a few people realized that Serena Williams was at the beach," Sam tells PEOPLE. "I wasn't surprised, being that they're celebrities, that she was staying in South Beach Miami anyway. I didn't think anything about taking a picture; I was more focused on, you know, our wedding and vows. Fast forward to the end of the wedding, we're proceeding out, and a lot of the people said, 'Call her over …'
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Allen Robinson continues his climb up the ladder toward the top of the Penn St ate receiving chart and, depending on whether he returns for a final season of eligibility in 2014, he may well stand alone by the time his career ends.
Robinson says he'll sit down with his coaches and family after the season and make the determination on next year's address.
"I haven't thought too much about it," he said earlier this week as the Nittany Lions prepared for their trip to Minnesota. "I'm just trying to take one game at a time and help us get some more wins down the stretch."
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Allen Robinson is on the verge of some Penn State receiving records.
Much of Robinson's decision will be tied to how he finishes this season and his draft stock in the eyes of the NFL. The pre-draft gurus currently have him slotted around the second round.
He said if he does return, it would be to "finish what I started with my teammates and to get my degree."
Either way, the former Michigan high school basketball star is approaching hallowed ground in joining the best of Penn State's best-ever receivers.
With 1,043 yards this season, he's only 41 yards shy of Bobby Engram's season record of 1,084. Robinson is fifth all-time in receptions (146), fourth in receiving yardage (2,085) and fifth in touchdowns (17).
His 66 catches this year are the second-highest single-season total in school history behind his record 77 last year. Deon Butler's career-record 179 grabs are within reach _ especially impressive since Robinson has been a starter for only two seasons.
Statistics can be deceiving because of freshmen eligibility and the fact that teams play more games in this era than they did in the 10- and 11-game schedules of the 1960s and '70s (when bowl statistics didn't count, either.)
Any discussion of the best couple of receivers in PSU history has to begin with Bobby Engram, even though he's second (167) all-time in receptions to Butler.
O.J. McDuffie, Kenny Jackson and probably Joe Jurevicius would be included, too.
Especially if he stays next year but even now, Robinson - who has had as many spectacular catches as anybody and more yards after the catch than everybody - Is playing himself into elite company.
"Of all the receivers who have come through here and being in the conversation with those guys is a great honor," Robinson said. "But I don't pay too much attention."
He doesn't have to: His performance speaks for itself and with each passing record, that performance is getting louder.
To have a little fun, I took a trip through the Penn State record book during the flight to Minnesota and found the following records to be relatively safe:
Larry Johnson's single-game rushing total of 327 yards may someday be broken, but what of his record 279 yards in a single half against Michigan State in 2002? Johnson didn't carry in the second half.
Kerry Collins' 10.5 yards per attempt in the 1994 season. Yards per attempt is the best gauge of a quarterback's vertical passing game. As good as he was last year (with an incredible 24-5 touchdown-interception ratio) Matt McGloin averaged 7.3 yards per attempt. Mike McQueary holds the Lions' career mark at 8.8.
Engram's 31 touchdown receptions. Seriously.
Neal Smith's 19 career interceptions. It's stood for 44 years plus nowadays, when somebody starts picking off passes at that rate, teams throw in the opposite direction.
Courtney Brown's 70 career tackles for loss. The runnerup is Brandon Short's 51. Today, if a guy starts racking up those numbers, he declares for the NFL.
Williamsport's Gary Brown's 43.0-yard kickoff return average in 1990 - even though he had just eight. Teams are getting too many touchbacks for this mark to be broken.
Joe Colone's 14 punts against Cornell in 1942. Especially if Bill O'Brien stays around, this record won't be approached. By the way, Colone was a freshman, and the game was a 0-0 tie.
Finally, the most unbreakable of all Penn State records: Mike Reid's three safeties against Maryland in 1966. To show why it's safe, it's not only the single-game record but the career record, too.


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VIENNA, 30 November 2011 – Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes has been appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) during the 14th Session of the UNIDO General Conference taking place in Vienna this week.
Pontes was the first professional Brazilian astronaut to go into space. Coming from poor living conditions in the suburbs of Sao Paulo, he reached his dreams through basic education and professional skills training, that enabled him to commence subsequent studies in aeronautical technology and engineering.
"With his unique life story, Marcos Pontes is giving an example of how basic education and professional skills can make a real difference," said UNIDO-Director-General Kandeh K. Yumkella. "His story is an inspiration for many people around the globe."
Marcos Pontes expressed his appreciation for UNIDO to consider him as an advocate for the organization's cause and accepted the appointment, saying: "Looking from space, earth is a unique and beautiful planet. We have 7 billion people trying to live with some quality on this wonderful blue home. But that will not be possible if we try it selfishly. We need to get together and prepare the new generation to be citizens of one world. UNIDO can help in this challenge, and I am honored to accept the nomination to cooperate as UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador, for a better future on earth".
UNIDO's first Goodwill Ambassador Programme was inaugurated on 14 October 2004. Outstanding public figures, eminent businessmen and industrialists from various regions of the world were selected for this function, to collaborate in the implementation of UNIDO's activities. UNIDO's Goodwill Ambassadors also have an advisory role and support the Organization's activities in its three thematic priorities: poverty reduction through productive activities, trade capacity building, and energy and environment.
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I grew up in the heart of Buffalo, and still consider myself a Buffalo girl though I have not experienced a breeze off the lake for a whole summer or a sustained blast of nail-hard cold for 34 years. But there were many visits and, since my parents both passed away several years ago, many memories.
Watching the massacre of 6- and 7-year-olds at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., evoked powerful memories of my school days in Buffalo, which were filled with freedom, independence and absolutely no consciousness that anyone would hurt us in school. After all, in my grammar school days at St. Matthew's, we had the Sisters of St. Joseph protecting us, throwing erasers at us to quiet down, and the fresh linen smell of their habits as they paced the aisles between the desks nailed to the hardwood floors while we said the rosary every afternoon.
Even more powerful is the memory that if you were lucky enough to be sent out of the classroom to take a note to the principal or run an errand for a teacher, you would be in a place of sacred quiet and emptiness in the halls.
The floors smelled of old wood and the stairs at the front and back doors were two stories and well-pounded by small feet. You could breeze through the halls, feeling like a little spy while you heard murmurs coming from behind closed doors of classrooms. If anyone had burst into the school, well, that would have caused a terrible racket. Of course, anyone could walk in at any time, but they knew enough to report directly to the principal's office.
But, really, the only loud noises we ever heard were fights on the playground, the raised voice of discipline and a hand bell rung by the principal, signaling to you to line up. If anyone was anxious or fearful, it had more to do with passing the next spelling test and being on time for daily Mass than the idea that a gun would be wielded on the premises. The Sandy Hook children will never have the gentle butterflies that flew in our stomachs.
Even more outrageous was that as first-graders, we walked home alone, or with a group of neighboring kids, to have lunch. If you were lucky, you got a Twinkie or Hostess cupcake. Then you dawdled on your way back to school, which was four long blocks and across a very busy street from my house.
There was an occasional stop at one of two small stores on the way that had overflowing shelves of penny candy directed at the St. Matt's Catholic kids and the largely Protestant kids at School 62 on Moselle Street. What our parents worried about was cavities.
I didn't think about the sweet pleasure of all this until I moved to Washington, D.C., shortly after college to continue pursuing a career as a journalist. After I had children of my own, I learned about the fearfulness of sending them to school; daily killings of adolescents in poor neighborhoods; the possibility the Capitol could be blown up by a terrorist; the insidious trace of anthrax in the official mail, even at the Washington Post where I worked; and a Beltway sniper in 2002 who ran around the city and suburbs randomly terrorizing innocent victims.
Now they shoot babies, don't they?
I know there is no St. Matthew's School anymore, my old neighborhood is a dangerous one, the house I lived in stands forlorn and every city is a target. But in my mind's eye, I see a church, a school and a statue of Mary with hands outstretched as a safe place where no harm would ever come to us.


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Pol Pot was a bad person!!
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Sometimes spelled "Pole Pot," and also known as "Candle Can" or "Sodomised," the name was granted to a half-human, half-maggot cambodian leader who started the Khmer Rouge and killed off 2-3 million of his own people. The name derives from the fact that Pol Pot is currently in Hell, being continuously anally raped by demons.
If there is a Hell beyond Hell, Pol Pot is experiencing it.
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Mao Tse-tung's evil son.
Pol Pot is the very example of political leader under Chinese Communist Party influence.
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A name used to describe one who is particularly vicious and dictatorial whilst playing drinking games. A "Pol" will never be granted the authority to be Chairman of a drinking game but will assume all power and dominate with the sentencing of 'digits' to any who stand in his/her way.
"Oh God, Pol Pot's come out ... "
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Mao Tse-tung's evil son.
Pol Pot set the very example of political leader under CCP influence.
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Also used as a slur. A way to degrade someone
I punched that pol pot punk in her pol pot baby
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I just woke up for school today and found out it's a snow day! It's odd to think we have snow in Salisbury in March let alone we are getting off school for it! We had planned a nice sledding adventure, but it got canceled due to practice indoors.
We have played four games and so far we are 4-0. I like the way we have started this season posting some quality wins against some good competition. Our offense is finally starting to gel and become comfortable with each other. When we finally find our groove it's going to be scary how good we can be! Our defense hasn't missed a beat either, only allowing somewhere around 5 goals a game.
It's too bad we couldn't bust out the orange balls for practice and have some fun out on the turf today, but i am sure all will be enjoying their day off. I am getting flack for my sub-par posts compared to my fellow captain Timmy OB (Obranski) on the NCAA.org site. Timmy likes to over-achieve in pretty much anything he does so I don't think I will ever be able to solidify myself as the number one blogger on the team. His superfluous blogs definitely have me beat for sure! I can use big words like he does though…and make it sound much better!
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Feeling sweet sorrow for the demise of Twinkies and other Hostess products
One of the most decidedly odd commercials I remember from my childhood featured a mother clad in that mom-uniform-of-the-60s (but which I never saw my mother wear): apron, pearls, collared dress.
Anyway, this particular mom was venturing outside her kitchen fortress to bring snacks to her children playing. She carried a large round tray piled high — not with home-baked goodies; I guess she was vacuuming instead of baking — but with, yes, Hostess products: Twinkies, Sno-Balls, Ding Dongs and the like.
Instead of looking at them and thinking, "What lucky dogs those kids are!" I thought, "WEIRD!" Not that I had anything against such treats; I liked peeling the skin off a Sno Ball as much as the next grade-schooler. Plus, I had a fondness for Mrs. Baird's Devil Dog, which, looking back, I think was kind of an elongated Ding Dong.
Perhaps even at such a tender age, I was already ascending my moderation soapbox. I didn't know that a Twinkie would get an F on caloriecount.com or that each has 150 calories and not much of anything else. I was just a bit ooked out at the pile o'pastry.
This isn't to say I feel anything but sorrow for the closing of Hostess Bakery and, thus, the jobs of 18,000 people who operated the machines that stuffed Twinkies with teeth-hurting product; who swirled the same white stuff (I have a feeling the ingredient list is a lot longer and more complicated than merely "sugar") on cupcakes; who drove the trucks; who tinted the coconut mixture to wrap around the little spheres under Sno Ball skin. Plus all the other jobs.
It's not the end of junk food, of course. But the bakery's closing represents the end of something sweet — in a pure, untainted, no-preservatives nostalgic kind of way.


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This is the first I have seen them have the OD up. (And it's by accident , because it's labelled FD)
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Volunteerism: Welcome attribute to global citizenship
08 December 2006
Monrovia, Liberia: Over 1000 students from five leading universities in Liberia participated in programs marking the observance of International Volunteers Day held on 5 December with the theme "Volunteering for Reconstruction and Development in Liberia".
At a formal program held on the campus of the University of Liberia, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, in a special statement read on his behalf by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Governance and Recovery Mr. Jordan Ryan, said the culture of volunteers make volunteerism one of the most visible and most welcome attributes of global citizenship. He said, "volunteers are transforming their communities and the world" in both big and small ways and "in this era of growing problems without passports – from HIV/AIDS to trafficking in people and contraband- they are providing grassroots solutions to humanity's most pressing needs".
He said, today, no such need is more urgent than attaining the Millennium Development Goals on schedule. "Our world has the wealth and the vision to make poverty history, to end hunger and to bring about development for all. Yet progress has proved uneven both within and between countries," he added. Mr. Annan further that volunteer efforts can help fill the gap between declarations and delivery and supplement broader national and international efforts to achieve the MDGs.
In his opening remarks at the program, University of Liberia President Dr. Al Hassan Conteh stressed the centrality of youth to the development of this nation. He said the youth constitute 60% of the population and one way the youth can begin to prepare for the challenge of nation building is to cultivate the spirit of volunteerism. He said the theme for the observance; "Volunteering for Reconstruction and Development in Liberia" is ideal and reflects the reality needed for the rebuilding of war-ravished Liberia.
Several speakers including UNDP Country Director, Steven Ursino, Youth and Sports Minister Cllr. Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie, Deputy Commerce Minister Laveli Kortimah and representatives from various youth groups spoke at the program. Activities for the observance of International Volunteers Day included the cleaning of the campuses of the 5 universities in the capitol city and the distribution of souvenir materials commemorating the day. At present, there are 333 UN Volunteers in Liberia.
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Splinting a friend's finger and suturing were on the agenda Tuesday when nearly 100 UB medical and dental students visited ninth and 10th graders at the Health Sciences Charter School (HSCS).
The UB students and some faculty members, as well as local dentists and physicians, visited the Buffalo school as part of "Doctors Back to School," a national event sponsored by the American Medical Association to inspire students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in the health sciences.
They introduced the high school students to various medical and dental procedures. Students learned how to make casts and splints, with their friends posing as patients. They also handled human hearts, lungs and brains on loan from the UB medical school's anatomy program and performed some basic dental procedures, including tooth waxing and tooth identification.
In addition to teaching small groups of students how to perform procedures, the 65 medical students and 30 dental students talked about why they chose medicine or dentistry as a career.
"We are so honored to have students from the University at Buffalo at our school," said HSCS principal Hank Stopinski. "Many of our students walk out of the event suggesting that one day they want to be just like the UB graduate students and become a medical professional. We are so grateful for the experience."
Seventy percent of the 243 students in ninth and 10th grades at HSCS are African-American; the majority is female.
The goal of the program is to "show our students that you don't have to be a rich kid from the suburbs to go to medical or dental school," said Melina Vamvas, college and career coordinator at HSCS.
When UB medical students brought the Doctors Back to School program to HSCS four years ago, they had just 10 students. Since then, and with the addition of UB dental students, the number of UB students involved has expanded tenfold.
This year's event was coordinated by Kiana Guerrero, a Bronx native and first-year student in the UB medical school, and Arthur Bigsby III, a student in the dental school.
"This program helps pique young minority students' interest in medicine and dentistry by introducing them to real-life role models and by raising awareness about the need for more minority physicians," Guerrero said.
Added Bigsby: "I feel our job as current students and eventual health professionals is to fuel the fire in these young kids. We were obviously all inspired to enter the medical field at one point in our lives, and I cannot imagine a better feeling than returning that favor and inspiring the next generation."
According to the AMA, while African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native-Americans comprise nearly one-quarter of the U.S. population, they make up only 9 percent of the doctors in this country.
"I'm participating in 'Doctors Back to School' because I have a vested interest," said Luther K. Robinson, UB professor of pediatrics. "I want to see more local students pursue careers in the health sciences — in all its varied enterprises. I believe that 'one sows and another waters …' but no one can predict which plant will flower. My role models were two dynamic teachers who validated me in my formative years. My participation in this event is an opportunity to potentially and positively impact a young person's life."
Michael Hatton, clinical associate professor of oral diagnostic sciences at UB, said he and his wife, Elizabeth Hatton, a family physician in private practice, took part in the event because of their own modest backgrounds.
"We believe in enlightening young people about our respective professions," Michael Hatton said. "If only one goes on to a doctoral degree, they will be repeating the journey that my wife and I undertook many decades ago. It was a hard road, with no family financial support. We lived on a dream and we made it happen. So can one of these kids."
In addition to Robinson and Hatton, Steven Abel, associate dean for student affairs in the dental school, participated in the event.


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It would be hard to find better source material for a camp fantasia than the 1981 film "Mommie Dearest," the cult favorite in which Faye Dunaway plays the notoriously unhinged actress Joan Crawford.
The film's many juicy lines and scenes immediately entered the vernacular of a certain generation of gay men and others drawn to its protagonist's volatile mix of talent and insecurity. A scene in which the actress rouses from bed her young daughter, Christina, to beat her with a wire coat hanger, and another in which she lays the smack down on the board of directors of Pepsi-Cola, have served as fodder for untold numbers of drag routines and impromptu barroom re-enactments. (Say the lines "This ain't my first time at the rodeo," or "No wire hangers, ever!" in pretty much any gay bar in America, and you'll make instant friends.)
The film's recognizability made it the perfect inspiration for playwright and drag performer Jamie Morris, who penned the parody "Mommie Queerest" in 2003 and has been performing it on stages across the country ever since. A riotous local production of the play, led by Buffalo's beloved Jimmy Janowski in the role of Joan Crawford and directed by camp champ Todd Warfield, is now running in the Buffalo United Artists Theatre to the delight of sell-out crowds.
As in many productions Janowski helms, the piece is a delight from start to finish. The play is even more scattershot than the already unfocused film on which it is based, which in most cases would be a liability. But in the gloriously inverted world of camp-driven theater, scattershot is a virtue, breaking the fourth wall is encouraged, and raucous audience participation is a given.
Janowski, whose entrances are always met with rapturous applause, gives about as tongue-in-cheek a performance of Dunaway's famous scenes as possible. He's helped by the consummate drag performer Bebe Bvulgari as Christina, who took the brunt of the star's abuse and eventually penned the 1978 poison pen memoir upon which the film is based. Michael Seitz and Chris Standart also do good comic work in a variety of roles.
Warfield also added a series of low-budget, black-and-white video interludes, including a send the film's opening scene in which Janowski dips his face in a bowl full of ice and vodka and another scene in which he stands outside a local gay bar smoking a cigarette and muttering under his breath, as if to convince himself it was true, "Joan Crawford, Hollywood star!"
The play is a self-consciously drag-infused highlight reel of the juiciest and most absurd movie scenes. How much you'll like the play depends on your tolerance for ridiculous sight gags and over-the-top references to the fact that the performers are in drag. (Mine happens to be pretty high.) If it's sophisticated comedy you're after, by all means head elsewhere.
A re-enactment of the scene in which Crawford cuts Christina's hair as punishment for one of her many perceived misdeeds involves Janowski diving toward Bvulgari with scissors, tackling her behind a couch and then throwing up tufts of blonde hair into the air. Another scene, in which Crawford insists that Christina eat her rare steak, sends torrents of "steak juice" – water, we hope – spraying into the audience, not unlike a Gwar concert. And so on.
The coat-hanger scene – probably the most famous in the book and movie – lives up to its surreal, psychotic potential. And Janowski's delivery of Crawford's oft-quoted speech to the Pepsi board of directors was expertly done and just on the verge of chilling. This is definitely not Janowski's first time at the rodeo – and we can all be thankful for that.
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If you use fonts with special chars, remeber to read in the encoded file *.enc with imagepsencodefont ... etc. for Danish, Swedish, German.....
imagepstext — Draws a text over an image using PostScript Type1 fonts
, string
, resource
, int
, int
, int
, int
, int
[, int
$space = 0
[, int
$tightness = 0
[, float
$angle = 0.0
[, int
$antialias_steps = 4
]]]] )
Draws a text on an image using PostScript Type1 fonts.
Refer to PostScript documentation about fonts and their measuring system if you have trouble understanding how this works.
Una risorsa immagine, restituita da una delle funzioni di creazione immagine, come imagecreatetruecolor().
The text to be written.
A font resource, returned by imagepsloadfont().
size is expressed in pixels.
The color in which the text will be painted.
The color to which the text will try to fade in with antialiasing.
No pixels with the color
background are
actually painted, so the background image does not need to be of solid
x-coordinate for the lower-left corner of the first character.
y-coordinate for the lower-left corner of the first character.
Allows you to change the default value of a space in a font. This amount is added to the normal value and can also be negative. Expressed in character space units, where 1 unit is 1/1000th of an em-square.
tightness allows you to control the amount
of white space between characters. This amount is added to the
normal character width and can also be negative.
Expressed in character space units, where 1 unit is 1/1000th of an
angle is in degrees.
Allows you to control the number of colours used for antialiasing text. Allowed values are 4 and 16. The higher value is recommended for text sizes lower than 20, where the effect in text quality is quite visible. With bigger sizes, use 4. It's less computationally intensive.
This function returns an array containing the following elements:
|lower left x-coordinate
|lower left y-coordinate
|upper right x-coordinate
|upper right y-coordinate
Example #1 imagepstext() usage
// Create image handle
$im = imagecreatetruecolor(200, 200);
// Allocate colors
$black = imagecolorallocate($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = imagecolorallocate($im, 255, 255, 255);
// Load the PostScript Font
$font = imagepsloadfont('font.pfm');
// Write the font to the image
imagepstext($im, 'Sample text is simple', $font, 12, $black, $white, 50, 50);
// Output and free memory
header('Content-type: image/png');
Nota: Questa funzione è disponibile soltanto se il PHP è compilato utilizzando --with-t1lib[=DIR] .
If you use fonts with special chars, remeber to read in the encoded file *.enc with imagepsencodefont ... etc. for Danish, Swedish, German.....
The documentation above is bad. It says $font:
"Can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for built-in fonts in latin2 encoding (where higher numbers corresponding to larger fonts) or any of your own font identifiers registered with imageloadfont()."
But it can't. When I put in 1,2,3,4,5 I get
"Warning: imagepstext() expects parameter 3 to be resource, integer given"
I get the same thing when using imageloadfont() because imageloadfont() also returns an integer. The documentation should instead say:
"resource returned from imagepsloadfont()."
imagepstext() appears to be quite memory intensive and we had a problem where about 50% of the time the script would error. You need to make sure PHP has enough memory assigned to it - we had to increase PHP's allocation from 8MB to 16MB for a simple "hello world" example to work smoothly.
If the png header was commented out it would sometimes error with a message like:
Warning: imagepstext() [function.imagepstext]: T1Lib Error 11 or 14
and if the png header was there it would sometimes say:
The image [...] cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
The coordinates given by x, y represent actually a starting point of the text baseline. They represent the lower left corner of the first character only in case that any part of the character doesn't lie below baseline (it works for "Hello" but for "Howdy" it does not - because of letter y). There may be some small differences according to the font and size chosen.
It is important so make shure that the "text" really is a string.
imagepstext ($im, $text, $font, $textsize, $black, $white, 10, 10);
won't work if $text is undefined, so PHP will quit with an error.
so always write it like this:
imagepstext ($im, "$text", $font, $textsize, $black, $white, 10, 10);
One other thing... variables. It is important to convert variables to the proper type before they hit this function. In this respect, ImageTtfText is easier to work with. IE, if you pass a font size from one page to the next, via GPC, it becomes a string type. Sooo... use IntVal() to convert it to an integer type that ImagePsText can digest. In addition you must convert HTML special characters or use chr() to represent special characters. ImagePsFont will not decode to represent a space, use Chr(32) or a space:
ImagePsText($im, $textstring, $font, $fontsize, $textcolor, $background, 0, $fontsize,'','','',16); //note antialias is set
As of PHP 5.2.13 with bundled GD (2.0.34) antialiasing_steps mustn't be "4 to 16", but "4 or 16". Values from 5 to 15 result in a warning.
I found a way to let imagepstext understand 32-bit colors (RGBA) by replacing in gd.c:PHP_FUNCTION(imagepstext)
int _fg, _bg, x, y, size, space = 0, aa_steps = 4, width = 0;
unsigned int _fg, _bg, x, y, size, space = 0, aa_steps = 4, width = 0;
I made a function that makes it easy to align text to the right
of an image. Below you can find the code because for me it
works great. You can also use it to center text as well, if you
like to have that simply remove the -10 and split the result
of $imgwidth and $texwidth
function AlignRight($string, $font, $imgwidth, $fontsize) {
list($lx,$ly,$rx,$ry) = imagepsbbox($string,$font,$fontsize,0,0,0);
$textwidth = $rx - $lx;
$imw = ($imgwidth-10-$textwidth);
return $imw;
a note on kernnig:
t1lib tries to load a corresponding afm file in the directory of the font file.
it does this by replacing the extension (.PFB .pfb) with ".afm". note that this has to be a lowercase afm! usually windows-ps-fonts have file names in all-uppercase, so try renaming the *.AFM file to *.afm.
i also noticed that sometimes this gives an error -2. it seems like t1lib chokes on windows-linebreaks in the afm file.
try 'recode dos..lat1 fontfile.afm' and check again.
if it all works, combinations like "Ta" or "Te" should show the second letter slightly moved to the capital T (on normal fonts like Times anyway).
If you have a programming error in your code, using ImagePsText, sometimes t1lib crashes with an unrecoverable error. Because of this, httpd needs to be restarted.
This problem only occurs if there is a programming error, but can drive you crazy when debugging, if you don't know about it. By killing the parent process(httpd) you "reset" t1lib. When debugging, if you get an error then make a code change, restart httpd before testing it again. This will save hours of frustration. Make it a habit to just restart httpd after every error, and you will be much happier.
Also, to see debugging messages, (if you are rendering x's) comment the jpeg header, and the ImageJpeg statement. You will get beautiful error messages. When you get a blank page, your ImagePsText code is working correctly. Uncomment the Header() and ImageJpeg() and see what you have. You might be passing parameters that render a white image with no text, but the code is working!
Numeric t1lib error messages can be decoded using the t1lib_doc.pdf file that comes with t1lib. PHP simply relays these errors from t1lib to the page. Please don't ask the PHP people about these errors... t1lib has beautiful documentation.... use it: )
with a font included in t1lib:
Header ("Content-type: image/jpeg");
$im = ImageCreate (350, 45);
$black = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 0, 0, 0);
$white = ImageColorAllocate ($im, 255, 255, 255);
ImagePsText($im, "Testing... It worked!",
$font, 32, $white, $black, 32, 32);
ImageJpeg($im, "", 100);//for best quality... your mileage may vary
ImageDestroy ($im);
Better than using freetype, but with freetype2, the difference is marginal. To flip backround and foreground colors, alternate the order of ImageColorAllocate statements.
If you get outlines (the antialiasing produces these) reverse the $black and $white color identifiers in the ImagePsText function.
Happy PostScripting!


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2006 Hybrid Tax Breaks – New Rules
A little over a year ago I wrote about the tax breaks for tree hugging autos and this time I'm here to update that article with the tax breaks for 2006. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 updated various energy related tax break laws, such as deductions for energy saving home improvements, and one of those things was to change how the tax breaks on clean fuel vehicles worked. The differences are significant and outlined below.
Here are some of the certification amounts, straight from the IRS.
Toyota Prius (05, 06) – $3150
Toyota Highlander Hybrid (06) – $2600 (2WD & 4WD)
Lexus RX400h (06) – $2200 (2WD & 4WD)
Toyota Camry Hybrid (07) – $2600
Lexus GS 450h (07) – $1550
Ford Escape Hybrid, Mercury Mariner Hybrid – $1950 4WD
Ford Escape Hybrid FWD – $2600
If your hybrid isn't listed, it just means that the manufacturer hasn't followed the procedures yet to get the cars certified as a clean fuel vehicle eligible for a tax credit. It takes some time, the ones listed above were all certified within the last month.
Some major changes to note:
1. It's a tax credit now, not a tax deduction (i.e. it's better). You get the amount of the credit off your tax bill.
2. You get the percentage of the deduction based on when you buy the eligible vehicle with respect to how many of those vehicles the manufacturer has sold. Before the manufacturer sells 60,000 vehicles, buyers get 100% of the deduction. After the manufacturer has sold 60,000 cars, that quarter and the next you get 100%. The next two (2nd, 3rd) will only give you 50% of the credit. For the fourth and fifth, only 25%, and none after that.
3. It's an above the line credit, so you get this regardless of whether you claim the standard deduction or itemize.
Info from the IRS:
Prius, Highlander, RX2005. Camry Hybrid, Lexus GS 450h. Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner.


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What We're Listening To This Holiday Season
Forget caroling. Be a jukebox hero this year with the BA Holiday Playlist.
A Holiday Playlist from Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori
We asked Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori to make us a holiday playlist. They came at us with everything from Beck to Donald Fagen
Our Test Kitchen's Thanksgiving Playlist
From CCR to Robyn, the songs that get the Bon Appétit kitchen staff energized for Thanksgiving
How We Rocked Out at Feast Portland (and So Can You!)
A Spotify playlist of the songs chosen by Bon Appétit deputy editor Scott DeSimon at the Feast Portland after-party
2 Chainz Made a Spotify Playlist for Bon Appétit!
Here's a Spotify playlist by 2 Chainz, who's coming to Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen for dinner and a listening party for his new album, B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time
Bon Appetit's August Issue, Set to Music
From "I Like Food" to Merle Haggard's "Misery and Gin," music to listen to while you read the August issue of Bon Appetit
Bon Appetit's July 2013 Issue, Set to Music
We put together a Spotify playlist to go along with our July issue. Check it out!
Bon Appetit's Ultimate Backyard Barbecue Playlist
All of the Bon Appetit staff's favorite tunes for summer cookouts, in one playlist
What Music Would Chef Sean Brock Play?
What did the Husk chef play during last weekend's Grub Crawl in Charleston, SC? We've got the playlist (and here's a hint: think beards--big ones)
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"I don't want my children to feel they have a sense of entitlement," Sarah Jessica Parker, 44, tells Glamour for its January issue, out Dec. 8. "I want them to work hard and be challenged. That's hard to do when you have everything you need and want, so I am working on those values all the time."
Parker, who grew up with a modest background herself, says that not having everything handed to you helps you appreciate your successes – but confesses that even at the height of her fame, juggling family – she is married to Matthew Broderick – and career can be a challenge.
"It is the eternal conflict of every working woman, and I am not complaining, because I've done this to myself," she says. "And I have a wonderful, wonderful nanny who allows me to be a working person. The great challenge for me is to be all things to all people; I want to be a great mother, and I want to feel good when I'm at work. But it is hard."
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Top Definition
girl who gives head frequwently to anybody who askes and some that don't
aka whore
laura is a bobblehead
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লিখেছেন- Jasmine Carter 21 de ডিসেম্বার de 2005
The act of oral sex, hinted to in my own definition of gooseneck. A direct reference to the head of the female bouncing up and down around the cock-al region of a male during fellatio, resembling a bobblehead doll after its head has been tapped.
Dude, she gave me some amazing bobblehead last night.
লিখেছেন- Paul L-K (while blunted) 22 de মার্চ de 2005
-n; refers to a female who freely gives oral sex to random males without pay
You can always get oral sex from her because she's a bobblehead.
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A person who gives a lot of blow jobs.
"Does she put out?"
"No, but she's a great bobble head."
"No, but she's a great bobble head."
লিখেছেন- C_CA 8 de জুন de 2006
a girl that sucks so much dick that her head is refered as a bobblehead
that girl was on me wit a bobblehead!
লিখেছেন- Jay 8 de জানুয়ারি de 2004
someone who gives head to anyone at anytime
christines such a bobblehead, right ashley?
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The most wonderful creature ever to walk this earth.
Berri is so wonerfully amazing, I hope that she never perishes!
von Berri 31. März 2004
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A helium addict, usually used in association with "damn teenagers."
Dude, your voice is soooo high. Are you a berri?
von The Infamous Bob 20. April 2005
To have a total face!
Disgusting facial appearance
Disgusting facial appearance
That boy over there, he's got a berris likes!
von Skin84 2. Oktober 2006
Stuck-up little liberal bitch. Supports communism in all forums, and has Clinton's dick so far up her ass, she eats it for breakfast. Usually a 'punk' by today's standards.
Jesus, that loser is such a berri.
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When a man folds a flacid penis in the eye of another man/woman.
Gerry turned to Kate and tiring of the blowjob she was trying to give him decided to give her a texan hat instead. Well, after the night he'd been through he certainly deserved it.
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Pat Miles and Dena Sicola went to different high schools, but Pat certainly noticed Dena. She was the head cheerleader at Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School and a full year older than Pat, who went to Hollidaysburg Area High School.
"I knew her, but she never knew me," said Pat, who never dreamed he would marry the girl he admired from afar.
More than a decade after high school graduation however, Pat, 29, and Dena, 31, found themselves at the altar.
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They became friends a few years after high school. Though there was a mutual attraction, they didn't start dating until 2010 when they both were single. Then, they were inseparable. They had the same goals, likes and dislikes and they couldn't get enough of being together. (Dena is a physician's assistant and Pat is vice president in the commercial lending department at S & T Bank in Altoona.)
"He was the most awesome guy, and he had all the qualities I wanted," Dena said. "When we had the opportunity to be together, it was just a given. It was so natural. I think I knew from the start that he and I were meant to be together."
Pat's brother, Randy Miles (who was also his best man) said they were a great match from the start.
"I think she centers him. She really helps give him direction. They share a lot of the same values and views on everything," Randy said.
Sarah Richard, Dena's best friend, said she suspected they would one day become a couple.
"We knew it was a long time coming," she said.
On July 16, 2011, while on vacation in Hilton Head, S.C., Pat dropped to one knee and proposed. Around sunset, Pat walked with Dena out to the beach, bottle of wine in hand.
"I told her I wanted to show her this special spot on the beach," Pat said. "I definitely wasn't nervous. I knew it was something she did want. I finally felt like this was the person I would be with for the rest of my life."
Dena insists she was completely surprised, though she knew she wanted to marry Pat from the moment they started dating.
"I couldn't have been more surprised or happy," Dena said.
The day after the proposal, the couple began planning the wedding, and reserved Oct. 20, 2012, as their wedding date.
"We just thought a fall wedding sounded good," Pat said.
Dena's family church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Altoona, was chosen for the ceremony and Scotch Valley Country Club for the reception.
"He and I decided on Scotch Valley for the venue based on how beautiful it was, as well as the size of the ballroom. It was also chosen based upon the beautiful scenery given the time of year and the fall foliage," Dena said.
Dena and Pat opted for a traditional Catholic mass, with a lot of involvement from family and friends. Pat's sister, Jessica Connell, sang "Ave Maria" during the ceremony, and other family members read Bible passages, passed out programs, helped with the guest book or took the gifts to the altar.
As for the reception, Dena and Pat opted for a back-to-basics celebration. Bucking the recent trends of candy bars, photo booths and sweetheart tables, Dena and Pat planned a more traditional wedding, which in a way, made the affair much different from modern weddings. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin dominated the reception play list, the bridal party sat at a head table and the couple had a traditional wedding cake.
"If everyone else was doing it at the time, then I didn't want to do it," said Dena. "I just wanted a traditional, classic wedding."
Unlike recent trends of short, simple dresses, Dena's six bridesmaids wore long, burgundy gowns, accented by the champagne-hued dresses worn by the flower girls. Though the wedding wasn't entirely autumn-themed, Dena and Pat chose fall tones, especially burgundy and champagne.
"I saw those two colors in a bridal magazine, and I thought they looked great," Dena said.
The flowers were a mix of ivory, taupe and burgundy roses, hydrangeas and ranunculus. The centerpieces were also a mix of the same colors and flowers, and Pat and Dena chose not to provide wedding favors.
"Everything was perfect," said Richard, who served as Dena's maid of honor.
Dena wore a strapless satin ivory gown with a sweetheart neckline, as well as a train with fabric buttons lining the zipper.
"It was the first dress I tried on," she said.
Though Dena said she couldn't think of any "special touches" for the wedding, she said it was the perfectly simple wedding she and Pat had imagined.
"Everything went really well. It was worth all the planning. It really was a perfect day for both of us," Dena said.


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Today, if you want to use a card on another machine you have to move it there by exporting and importing.
Alternatively, you could use a different card but associate it with the same account at the website. Our samples on http://cardspace.netfx3.com show how websites can easily allow this and it is also a very useful feature for handling revocation and different user contexts. For example, I might want to use an employer card *and* a personal card to access, say, fidelity.com. In one context I'm seeing what my employer is paying into my 401K and in the other I'm looking at my overall retirement fund (imagine I change employer).
In the future we'll have support for cards and token generation on devices such as smart cards and phones - Novell and Microsoft have already demostrated prototypes. This enables secure roaming scenarios where I can login using a kiosk machine when on vacation carrying nothing more than my phone and without having to worry about key loggers since all that passes through the compromised Internet Cafe machine is an encrypted token with a limited lifetime.
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quote: OK, but you people arent always on the interstate or in thier own hometown. FFS, its highly useful when you are on a trip, away from home, and NO, there arent signs everywhere for every restaurant ATM or gas station in ANY city anywhere on Earth.
quote: I said "easily reroute". You cant safely unfold a map while driving.
quote: You are just being obstinate on purpose here.
quote: We could all use stars, the sun and a sextant for navigation, it gets you there, but modern tech is more convenient.
quote: #1 Above all - Traffic updates. If there is a crash, you can go a different route. This is why I use it daily #2 Easy access to everything. The last I checked, Rand McNally wasnt putting restaurants, gas stations, ATM's, etc etc on their maps. #3 Ability to easily reroute re-route if you do happen to miss a turn or get lost
quote: How many people would starve and or freeze without electricity? hint (more than most would like to admit).
quote: Okay then I'm going to dump you 25 miles offshore in a rowboat without GPS. You have a 1 in 4 chance of guessing the right direction back to land. Good luck there Bear Grylls!!
quote: how on earth did we ever navigate prior to smart phones?
quote: Long after you curl up and die of starvation because the power is out and you can't figure out how to cook your burrito without a microwave there will be Amish folks and people like me getting along like they have for hundreds of years.


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In this impressive range of plants and seeds you'll find all manner of climbers from old favourites to more unusual varieties. They're perfect for covering walls, fences and sheds and many of them will fill your garden with a delightful scent.
Morning Glory 'Milky Way'
Ipomoea purpurea, Convolvulus purpureus, Pharbitis purpurea
A glorious climber which is free flowering and self clinging. Spreading pure elegance wherever it should wander. Milky Way features the purest white blooms flanked by rich maroon striping. Vigorous and ideal for quick effect. Height: 120-180cm (4-6ft).
CAUTION : Seeds are very poisonous.More info
Mina lobata
Ipomoea lobata, Spanish Flag, Ipomoea versicolor, Quamoclit lobataCustomer Rating
An exotic looking climber, with twining stem ideal for rambling over trellises, fences etc. The flowers are very impressive with up to 12 per flower spike producing a spectacular combination as they age. They start off a most powerful and stunning bright red and as they mature they go from red to orange, orange to yellow and from yellow to white and all are out at the same time. A plant positively loaded with flowers is an impressive sight. Climbs to 120-180cm (4-6ft). More info
Morning Glory 'Lazy Luxe'
Ipomoea purpurea, Convolvulus purpureus, Pharbitis purpurea
Possibly the best-ever mixture of Morning Glory! Ten fabulous colours especially selected to all flower at a similar time, creating an eye-catching summer display. An easy-to-grow and vigorous climber, flowering all summer until the first frosts.More info
Morning Glory 'Carnevale di Venezia'
Ipomoea purpurea, Convolvulus purpureus, Pharbitis purpureaA vigorous climber producing masses of spectacular, striped blue and pink blooms with intricate markings, as if painted individually. Flowers all summer, transforming your garden with all the dazzling colours of the Venice Carnival. Twining climber to 2m (6ft). More info
Morning Glory 'Split Personality'
Ipomoea purpurea, Convolvulus purpureus, Pharbitis purpurea
Dedicated breeding has helped create an exciting new flower shape, where many of the blooms are set as perfect stars due to gentle splits between the petals. These distinct flowers are magenta pink with a white centre. A splendid climber, ideal for trelliswork, fences, poles, etc.More info
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Canary Creeper, Tropaeolum canariensePretty climber with lots of yellow flowers in summer, soon covers fences etc. if given some strings to cling to. Nice for the greenhouse too. Flowers summer. Climber More info
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Ipomoea tricolor, Ipomoea rubrocaeruleaA free-flowering vigorous climber for quickly covering trelliswork, obelisks and fences. In summer, an abundance of exquisite white blooms with blue-mauve streaks are produced, their antique appearance giving an air of yesteryear. Climbs to 180-240cm (6-8ft). More info
Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue'
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Gorgeous sky blue flowers, up to 6cm (2½in) across that open in the morning, appear throughout summer on this free-flowering, elegant climber. Also suitable for greenhouse or conservatory growing. Prefers a sunny, sheltered, warm site; Beautiful climber ideal for warm site trellis, fences, poles, etc. More info
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IpomoeaThe stunning colour mixture of Ipomoea Hazelwood Blues brings together some of the most attractive shades of blue available in Morning Glories. This is a truly vigorous annual climber, ideal for covering fences, trellis or an ornamental garden arch. Ipomoea Hazelwood Blues will also look spectacular planted in a large container and then trained up and through an obelisk to create a wonderful patio feature. More info
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A stunning and very striking garden plant which can be used as a climber or ground cover subject. The large flower buds open to royal a deep purple, silk-like, 7cm (3in) bloom with rich red vein markings, forming a star from the very centre to the petal tips. You can also grow it in a container where it will cascade over the side, and if supported, will climb to form a dome. Flowers summer. Climber to approximately 180cm (6ft). More info
Morning Glory 'Kniolas Black Night'
Ipomoea purpurea, Convolvulus purpureus, Pharbitis purpureaAn abundance of very attractive purple - black flowers with cerise throats, covering this very vigorous climber. Ideal planted in a sunny situation, up trellis or left to ramble amongst other climbers or shrubs. Climbs to 180-240cm (6-8ft). More info