Running Numbers

901 Number of minutes of daylight in the longest day of the year, June 19. Make it count, slackers.

323 Number of years Philadelphia will have existed on June 18, the day William Penn founded the city in 1682.

80 Percentage of U.S. pharmaceutical companies located within a 50-mile radius of Philadelphia. Representatives from these companies will join more than 18,000 professionals who are expected to attend the BIO 2005 International Convention, the annual conference of the biotechnology industry, June 19-22.

2 Number of Philadelphia chapters of Food Not Bombs, one of several organizations planning to protest the biotech convention.

60 Number of parties to be celebrated in 60 nights by the Philadelphia Area Disc Alliance in honor of the 20th anniversary of its Ultimate Frisbee summer league. Check out games on weekday nights in Fairmount Park.

—Nick Norlen

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