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1970 Dodge Charger R/T
- Stock #
- 132890
- Body Style
- Hardtop
- Engine
- Exterior Color
- Top Banana
- Interior Color
- Black
- Miles
- 34631
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- 426 Hemi V8
- Overall Galen grade: 1.1
- Recent restoration
- 4-speed manual transmission
- Extensive documentation
- 100% numbers matching
- Highly optioned
As you might imagine, it takes a very special car to amaze us here at RK Motors Charlotte. As the retailer of more Hemi cars worldwide since 2007 than any five guys added together, we've seen some pretty amazing machinery come through our doors. But few cars can compare with this spectacular 100% matching-numbers 1970 Charger R/T Hemi, which is one of only 56 Hemi Chargers built that year, sporting a 1-of-1 color combination on top of being the only Hemi Charger ever built with the Performance hood with engine call-out. We also believe this is the most heavily optioned 1970 Dodge Charger R/T Hemi in existence. This Charger is so amazing that it received a rating of 1.1 from Galen Govier. Oh, did we mention the science fiction level documentation, the complete ownership history from new and one of the best stories we've ever seen attached to a Mopar muscle car? Make no bones about it-this is the ultimate, no excuses Hemi Charger. If you are a 68-70 Dodge Charger fan like we are, this is THE Hemi to own if you're serious about having the absolute best.
Our story begins in California in 1968, where a young lad of 13 by the name of Wayne Gagosian landed a job washing dishes with the intent of saving enough money to purchase a Hemi Charger when he was old enough to drive. The Gagosian family lived very close to Carl Berger Dodge in San Diego, CA and Wayne had grown up watching the Dodge muscle cars roll into the dealership, sparking his fascination with the Dodge Charger R/T Hemi. Two years later, at the age of fifteen, Wayne had amassed more than $5,500.00 in his Hemi war chest. Unfortunately for Wayne (and fortunately for us, 42 years later), the clock was ticking after news arrived that Dodge was redesigning the Charger for 1971. If Wayne were going to get the Charger he wanted, it would have to be a 1970 model. So off he ran to Carl Berger Dodge and after he stopped checking off options, the final price tallied $6,100.00!
Check out the breakdown of the original fender tag on this R/T, which is backed up by the original Chrysler Corporation Broadcast Sheet and the original Window Sticker from Carl Berger Dodge:
- Dodge Charger
- Special, R/T
- 2-Door Sports Hardtop
- R0G: 426 HEMI 425 horsepower 2×4 barrel 8 cylinders
- 1970
- St. Louis, MO, USA
- 223755: Sequence number
- E74: 426 Hemi 2×4 barrel V8 425hp
- D21: 4-Speed Manual Transmission
- FY1: Top Banana Exterior Color
- C6XA: Trim – Charger, Vinyl Bucket Seats, Charcoal/Black
- TX9: Black Int. Door Frames
- 512: Build Date: May 12
- 139446: Order number
- V1X: Full Vinyl Top, Black
- A01: Light Package
- A33: Track Pak w/3.54 ratio
- B51: Power Brakes
- C21: Center Front Seat Cushion
- C55: Bucket Seats
- G36: OS Dual Racing Mirrors
- J25: 3-Speed Wipers
- J45: Hood Tie-Down Pins
- L31: Hood/Fender Mounted Turn Signals
- M21: Roof drip rail moldings
- M25: Wide sill moldings
- M31: Belt Moldings
- N85: Tachometer
- N95: Emissions Control
- P31: Power Windows
- R22: AM Radio with 8-Track (10 Watts)
- V24: Performance hood paint treatment with engine callout
- V6X: Longitudinal Stripes, Black
- 26: 26 inch Radiator
- END: End of Sales Codes
In May of 1970, this incredible Charger arrived in San Diego, but since Wayne was two months shy of getting his driver's license, his mom was forced (!!!) to drive the Hemi 4 speed home. In July of 1970, Wayne took his driver's test in the Charger and managed to secure his driver's license. Thrilled at having such a high profile machine, the sixteen year old buy did what any of us in his position would have done-he set about impressing females with his car and engaged in a little street racing. However, Wayne was a practical kid and the merits of owning a loaded Hemi Charger soon wore thin. Given the era and his age, insurance costs were sky high and as was the case with nearly all Hemi cars, the car was simply not a practical daily driver. In that first year of ownership, Wayne managed to roll up 6,000 miles on the Charger and then traded it in on a brown 440 powered 1971 Charger R/T.
Since Wayne was a responsible kid, all of the Charger's original paperwork had been stashed away and was presented to the dealer at trade-in, including the original Window Sticker, the original books & manuals, original Warranty Card, original dealer paperwork and the original California license plate. Those documents remain with the car to this day.
Having dodged the bullet of being ordered by a 15 year old and surviving unscathed as a 16 year old learned to drive, the Hemi Charger was purchased February 13 of 1971 by Lee Hancock, who lovingly took care of the car for the better of three decades and was a card carrying member of the National Hemi Owners Association. When Lee passed away in 2000, the Charger had 28,000 and a new set of documents, including service records, California registrations, etc., to pass along to the third owner, Akbar Aly, who wrote to famed Chrysler authentication expert Galen Govier, wondering what on earth he had.
In 2003, although the car was remarkably intact and well preserved, showing just over 30,000 original miles, it went to Doug Stewart for a cosmetic restoration. After the professional repaint and detail as completed, Galen Govier performed a visual inspection on the car and graded it as a 1.1, which is the highest rating we've ever seen on a Galen Govier visual inspection report. As Galen pointed out in his visual inspection report, this Charger has all of its original sheet-metal, original 426 HEMI engine (with all original components), original transmission, original fender tag and all original body stamps and tags. In short, this is as good as it gets. Shortly after the restoration was completed in 2005, the Charger traded hands for a cool $275,000.00!
And to finish off the amazing story behind this Charger, the car was selected by Daimler Chrysler to be used as a feature for their commercial display at SEMA in 2005. At SEMA 2005, Wayne and the Charger were reunited at an event that created the ultimate photo opportunity and appeared in dozens of collector car magazines. If you want a no-stories Charger with an awesome story, this is the one!
Now about the car itself. As you know, it's rust-free and matching-numbers, but that doesn't quite tell the whole story. This Charger is a 100% correct, numbers matching car. Sure, it has its original engine block and all original sheet-metal, but it doesn't stop there. Also present are the original carburetors, intake, heads, exhaust manifolds and radiator. Look very closely at details like the washer bottle in the engine compartment-that's an original piece, not a reproduction. Galen Govier doesn't hand out 1.1 scores unless a car is near perfect … and except for a reproduction spare and non-original tires, this Charger is a reference for any 1970 Hemi Charger that's not a pure survivor.
There's more chrome than you'd expect on a 1970 Charger, mostly due to that ultra-cool ring of bumper up front protecting the grille and folding headlights. Of course, all the chrome is outstanding, from that front bumper to the door handles to the rear bumper, which sits just below that awesome single-piece full-width taillight. All the stainless was polished to a brilliant shine, then reinstalled—no reproduction pieces here. Details like the flip-up gas cap, R/T emblems on the faux vents on the front doors, and optional racing mirrors are all in impressive condition considering that most of it is original equipment.
Giving a 16-year-old kid the keys to a Hemi sounds like a recipe for disaster, but since young Wayne earned the car himself and didn't have it handed to him, well, there was a level of respect for the machinery that seems to have been infused into the very sheetmetal. In fact, it appears that NOBODY ever abused this car, and while the engine was carefully disassembled, checked, adjusted, and rebuilt with vast care, most of the vitals are original. Then the elephant was dressed for show, with Hemi Orange paint, crinkle finish valve covers, and all the little things that Mopar guys expect in top-flight show cars. With all the original factory markings still intact, reproducing them accurately was easy, and every detail you see under the hood is as it was in 1970 when Wayne's mother drove the car home for him (he was only 15, after all). In fact, when the current owner acquired it in 2005, he drove it home, a testament to how well this big HEMI runs today. Heck, even the MOTOR MOUNTS are original! For you numbers guys, we have a complete listing of all the components, just so you can verify that it is totally legit. Just a sample:
Intake: 27806543
Water pump: 2843290
Left manifold: 3418453
Right manifold: 2780508
Distributor: 2875987
Fan: 28 63 216
Clutch: 2806070/K18
Underneath, it's as you would expect, fully restored but highly authentic. The original 4-speed manual transmission is there, of course, feeding the factory-issued Dana 60 full of 3.54 gears, which makes this Hemi an effortless cruiser. The floors, which original, still wear original undercoating, with original overspray. New lines and hoses, rebuilt brakes and suspension, and a fresh dual exhaust system with proper resonators and rectangular chrome tips have been installed. Beautiful Rallye wheels, which were original specification although Wayne almost instantly replaced them with a set of Ansen mags, have been reinstalled and fitted with reproduction F60-15 Goodyear Polyglas GT tires.
Loaded with options is how you'd describe the interior. Black buckets were the best choice with the Top Banana paint job, but you'll also notice cool things like the 6-way power driver's seat (ever seen THAT in a HEMI?). Incredible as it looks, the interior in the Hemi Charger is 90% original. Check out the original seat-covers-that's what they looked like when new. The dash is full of fully-functional Rallye gauges, including the Tic-Toc-Tach, and the original woodgrain appliques are bright and crisp. Note the completely rust-free door jambs, the crisp detailing on the door panels themselves, and the taut headliner, all included thanks to 40 years of caring maintenance. Grab the pistol-grip shifter and run it through the gears—just because it's almost perfect doesn't mean it isn't ready to rock at a moment's notice. The trunk carries a painted steel wheel and matching Goodyear tire, as well as a complete jack assembly, and Galen Govier has already verified that all the vital VIN stampings are present and 100% authentic.
Documentation is beyond impressive. We do have the original Chrysler Corporation Broadcast Sheet from under the rear seat and it's exceptionally nice. As I mentioned, Wayne kept most of the original paperwork that came with his new Charger, including the window sticker, dealer invoice, order form, warranty Certi-Cards, consumer information sticker, owner's manual, receipts for dealer-installed goodies like the Ansen wheels, air shocks, and a sport steering wheel, the original California license plate, original keys, California emissions certifications, registration documents, and, well, the list goes on and on. Finally, there's a complete Galen Govier visual inspection package, with decodes, production figures, and photographs, and he gives this car the highest possible rating. There are a few restoration photos included, and this car has also been featured in magazines around the world, including:
Classic American, January 2006 (UK)
Musclecar Enthusiast, February 2006
Chrom & Flamen, February 2006 (Germany)
AMCAR, February 2006 (Sweden)
Cars & Parts, March 2006
Mopar Collector's Guide, March 2006
Super Rod, March 2006
Hemming's Muscle Machines, May 2006
Wheels Magazine, June 2006 (Sweden)
Classic & Powercars, June 2006 (Mexico)
A-Cars, January 2006 (Japan)
Highly decorated, beautifully restored, with an incredible story to tell, this IS the ultimate Hemi Charger. You'll never get tired of telling its amazing story, and the car itself will be the subject of discussion for years to come. Just to reiterate, just in case you skipped to the end: matching numbers, known ownership history, fully documented, 1-of1 color combination, 1 of 1 options, highest numbers of options, and low original mileage. Investment-grade HEMIs don't get more blue-chip than this, and the price you see on the sticker today will surely be considered a bargain in the future. Few other cars can compare with this one's pedigree, HEMI or otherwise. Don't miss this opportunity.
- Year
- 1970
- Make
- Dodge
- Secondary Make
- n/a
- Model Name
- Charger
- Secondary Model
- Vehicle Type
- Passenger Car
- Hobby Segment
- Muscle Car
- Mileage
- 34631
Engine / Transmission
- Engine Type
- Gasoline
- Engine Size
- Engine Number
- n/a
- Heads
- n/a
- Fuel Specification
- n/a
- Fuel Delivery System Type
- Dual 4 Barrel
- Transmission Type
- 4 Speed Manual
- Transmission Spec
- A833 18 Spline
- Transmission Number
- n/a
- Entertainment System Type
- n/a
- Battery Location
- n/a
- Battery Shut Off
- n/a
- Battery Charger
- n/a
- Power Steering
- No
- Air Conditioning
- No
- Interior Color
- Black
- Seating Type
- Bucket
- Seat Material
- Vinyl
- Shifter Type
- Floor
- Center Console
- Yes
- Body Style
- Hardtop
- Doors
- 2
- Safe Body Color
- Top Banana
- Paint Type
- n/a
- Stripes
- Yes
- Front Suspension Type
- n/a
- Rear Suspension Type
- n/a
- Axle Specification
- Dana 60 3.54 Posi
- Front Wheel Specification
- n/a
- Rear Wheel Specification
- n/a
- Front Tire Specification
- n/a
- Rear Tire Specification
- n/a
- Front Brakes Specification
- n/a
- Rear Brakes Specification
- n/a
- Spare
- n/a
- Exhaust Type
- n/a
- Muffler Type
- n/a
- Restoration Status
- Restored
- Mileage Since Restoration
- n/a
- Awards Summary
- n/a
- Historical Documents Summary
- Original Broadcast Sheet. Original Window Sticker. Original dealer paperwork. Original Plate. Complete Owner History. 14 Magazine Features. SEMA documents. SEMA/Chrysler video. Galen Govier visual inspection.
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Steven Holl's Daeyang Gallery and House on a residential hillside outside of Seoul, South Korea, draws inspiration from composer Istvan Anhalt's 1967 sketch of three fragments of a musical score entitled "Symphony of Modules." In its built form, Holl's 10,703-square-foot gallery and house comprises three distinct pavilions—one each for the actual residence, an entry hall, and an event space—all on top of a gallery volume that unifies the structure. The pavilion volumes are tied together by a thin film of water in the form of a shallow reflecting pool on the gallery roof; rectangular skylights under the water allow light to penetrate down to the gallery's interiors. The datum of the reflecting pool is also evident from the entry gate, with grade-level bamboo-formed concrete walls, which contrast with the treated copper cladding of the pavilions above. Thin skylights in the pavilions' ceilings echo those in the gallery below, and the charcoal-stained wood interiors in the pavilions, combined with full-height glazing, add light and warmth to the residence and reception areas.
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EDA webinars, whitepapers, articles, surveys, and presence at industry events will include solutions for iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices as well as the Mac. In these materials, we'll explore the issues that confront organizations as they plan and deploy these mobile devices and explore how solutions from our companies can help.
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Contact: Jeffrey Woodworth (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON – The U.S. General Services Administration today announced a new telework policy that will help GSA meet Administrator Lurita Doan's goal to have 50 percent of the agency's eligible workforce teleworking at least one or more days a week by the end 2010.
The new policy emphasizes human capital management, information technology components and employee telework agreements. In addition, a fund has been established to absorb the costs for employees wishing to use alternative worksites.
"This policy adds additional structure and will ensure broad participation across GSA," said Administrator Doan. "Our success is important because it will demonstrate the benefits of telework to the entire federal government."
The new policy supports the Administrator's challenge to increase GSA's telework participation, strengthens GSA's governmentwide leadership role, helps to execute continuity of operations plans (COOP), and contributes to the success of GSA's environmental initiatives.
"Telework works, and this policy will move us closer to our goal," Doan said. "The telework seeds are taking root across GSA and flourishing; we hope our results will convince our sister agencies to move forward as well."
Administrator Doan has made telework one of GSA's top priorities, naming veteran GSA human resources expert, Bill Kelly, as GSA's telework champion and senior coordinator of the agency's telework efforts, improving internal communications involving GSA's telework options, and providing guidance to other agencies regarding telework best practices.
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What is wrong with Joe Miller?
Some journalists and bloggers have been stalking the Alaska Republican Senate nominee to see whether he's receiving military disability benefits, and, if so, for what. The court-ordered release of documents from his last workplace, the Fairbanks North Star Borough local government, only deepens the mystery. The judge had medical information redacted, causing the documents -- a series of 2009 e-mails released late Tuesday -- to read like a Mad Libs exercise. (We encourage readers to fill in the blanks in the comments section of this post.)
Writes Miller to a colleague in an e-mail:
I'm scheduled for _______ in Anchorage on Monday, _______ is Thursday in Anchorage. I don't know what the recovery time is and won't know until after my _______ on Thursday. Apparently, the _______________my _______.
Miller also writes:
"Although the ______ is serious, it's my understanding that this type of _____ does not have an extensive recovery period."
And then this:
"Again, although the reason for the leave was for my ______ (completed), ______ (completed), and ______ (canceled but being rescheduled locally), it was submitted as personal leave."
And this:
"I canceled my _____ with VA in Anchorage yesterday and am now trying to reschedule with Wade."
A supervisor writes to Miller:
"You cannot obtain leave on the basis that you need _____ immediately and keep the leave when that circumstance changes significantly."
One colleague writes to another colleague:
"The message Diane got from the doctor sounds like Joe cancelled the ______, not the doctor. It was phrased something like. . . . I just wanted to let you know that Joe Miller cancelled his _____ scheduled for today."
Another e-mail between colleagues says:
"If he cancelled it then I can only conclude that his earlier representation essentially that it was _________ because the problem was ________ is bogus."
Whatever the blank was wrong with Miller, his colleagues seemed to agree that he was under a great deal of pressure and was not to be trusted. In various e-mails and other documents from 2008 and 2009, related to Miller's leave-taking and his use of colleagues' computers for political purposes (which he then covered up), they make the following observations:Continue reading this post »
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| October 27, 2010; 2:23 PM ET |
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Rand Paul supporter asks for apology from woman he stomped? An apology guide
Doesn't anyone understand how apologies are supposed to work?
First, Virginia Thomas calls Anita Hill to demand an apology for whatever it was that happened 20 years ago.
Now Tim Profitt, the Rand Paul supporter who subdued a woman by stepping on her is saying she should apologize to him.
I know our culture is full of confusing cues about apologizing. There's that old saying that love means never having to say you're sorry. This led to a lot of confusion in my past relationships. "If I say I love you, then apologize, which one didn't I mean?"
Then there's that Elton John song (this week's theme!) about how sorry seems to be the hardest word.
In fact, apologies are simple. An apology, from the Greek apo + logia, which roughly translates to "I am fairly certain that wasn't my fault, but I want to rehabilitate my public image," is something that Person A says to Person B when Person A has wronged Person B in some way, or Person B has complained about Person A to someone else, for instance, the news media.
The following are a few scenarios in which apologies are called for.
- You inadvertently award the Nobel Peace prize to the wrong political dissident crusader for human rights, because of a Google Translator error.
- While out hunting with a friend, you shoot him with buckshot. You are vice president of the United States.
- You attempt (unsuccessfully) to assassinate someone, then find yourself sitting next to him at a dinner party.
For all other scenarios, I've prepared a handy chart. Next time, consult this before you demand or offer an apology!
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| October 27, 2010; 11:22 AM ET |
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DiFi sees doom; Rand Paul supporter votes with his feet; Soros drops $1 million for marijuana
Millions of words have been wasted in the coverage of the midterm elections. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was able to sum up the whole situation with a single word: "bad."
Atlas Shrugged. Rand Paul supporters go a bit further. Lauren Valle, the young MoveOn activist attacked by Rand Paul supporters at Monday night's Kentucky Senate debate, suffered a concussion and sprained shoulder and arm, according to MoveOn. Video footage shows her being dragged to the ground by Paul supporters, one of whom stomped on her head.
It's but the latest sign that overheating anger is finding its way to places other than the ballot box. NPR reports that it received a bomb threat over its firing of Juan Williams because of the commentator's remarks on Fox News.
Liberal billionaire George Soros has been unusually quiet this election cycle, and now we know why: He's heavily involved in marijuana. He has given $1 million to the ballot effort in California to legalize marijuana. On the street, that sort of contribution could have purchased Soros some 300 kilograms of the good stuff.
Dana Milbank
| October 26, 2010; 9:35 PM ET |
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Why the Jon Stewart Rally is my generation's Woodstock
We don't go to rallies.
Drag races? Men in heels.
Once we were in a protest, but only because we had to walk through it to get to a Lady Gaga concert.
Sign petitions? Please. March for a cause? Only if by "march" you mean "walk in a determined fashion" and by "cause" you mean "to buy that new frozen yogurt that is so popular these days."
Call us Generation I. I for irony, iPhones, and the Internet. I for instant gratification. I for idiosyncratic, inventive, impertinent. We're all these things.
Recently, Charles Murray accused us of being a "New Elite." This might be overstating our case a bit. What binds us is not a common experience or similar eugenetic stock, as he claims. It's our mindset -- a staunch and unstinting refusal to take anything seriously.
It's not that we don't believe some things are serious. We'll make It Gets Better videos or perform comedy for jazz relief, or whatever the occasion is. But sum up our lives in a phrase? The Importance Of Never Being Too Earnest.
We know what happens to people who take themselves seriously. They become bent and broken with care and develop arterial plaques. Sometimes they're elected to political office. "In America, any boy may become president," Adlai Stevenson once noted. "And I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes." We don't like the sound of that.
Forget the 1950s, which we picture as an entire era of people in conservative sweater-sets earnestly pushing towards the front of the class. These days, the whole class wants to sit in the back row and lob spitballs. Our icons are the class clowns, not the overachievers in near the blackboard. Raise our hands? Make a statement? Please. What is this, a Norman Rockwell painting?
After someone discovered the mystical secret of doing things ironically, we felt a great weight lift from our shoulders. Now, we dwell in thickets of inverted commas. Commit to fashions, opinions, favorite beverages? Why bother, when you can take someone to prom ironically as a commentary on beauty, or move to Tibet and spend three years living ironically in a monastery?
Want us to come to a rally? Better make it a "rally." Want us to testify before Congress? Can we do it in character?
Alexandra Petri
| October 26, 2010; 4:34 PM ET |
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Goodbye Pulpo Paul: a tribute to our favorite psychic octopus
"How far that little candle throws its beams. So shines a good Octopus in a naughty world."
- The Merchant of Venice, Octopus Edition
Before commenting seriously on the news, I want to take a moment for Paul the Octopus, the psychic cephalopod who correctly predicted the outcome of eight World Cup soccer matches, including the final. It is highly possible that none of us -- not you, not myself, not Christine O'Donnell -- will ever bring so much concentrated joy to people -- or inspire so many angry recipes -- as this octopus did. So as we head into some of the more divisive weeks of the year, let's come together and celebrate someone who touched all of us with his tentacles, but opted not to release a paralyzing toxin into our bloodstream.
Octopus in the Wind*
Goodbye Pulpo Paul
Though I never knew you at all
You had the jets to propel yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled into the Sea Life Centre
And gave you mussels to choose
They let you pick the winners
And ignore the ones who'd lose
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a cephalopod in the wind
Always knowing which to cling to
'Ere the games'd begin
And I would have liked to have known you
But the lifespan of the common octopus is only 3 years
Your ink cloud disappeared before
Your legend ever did.
Prescience was tough
The toughest role you had to play
Haters with recipes
Could ruin your whole day
And even when you died
Some people mocked your psychic stare
"Guess he didn't see it coming,"
Was all that Twitter had to share.
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a cephalopod in the wind
Always knowing which to cling to
'Ere the games'd begin
And I would have liked to have known you
But the lifespan of the common octopus is only 3 years and tickets to Germany are out of my price range at the present time
Your ink cloud disappeared before
Your legend ever did.
Goodbye Pulpo Paul
Though I never knew you at all
Goodbye Pulpo Paul
More fun to watch than Knocked Up was
You left a legacy far greater
Than the average octopus.
Goodbye Pulpo Paul.
Enjoy the Octopus's Garden in the sky.
I'm going to go cry into my Pulpo a la Gallega now.
*With apologies to Elton John!
Alexandra Petri
| October 26, 2010; 10:59 AM ET |
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Missing Links: Obama shoves it and Barbara Boxer gets ribbed
Maybe Frank Caprio, the Democratic candidate for governor of Rhode Island, meant to say he would "love it" if President Obama would give him an endorsement. But, when push-it came to shove-it, there was no endorsement. Now comes the surely unrelated news that Caprio paid a visit to Republican National Committee headquarters in February and met with Chairman Michael Steele.
Here's more evidence of a world government conspiracy. Dan Maes, the GOP candidate for governor of Colorado and the man who warned that bicycle sharing could lead to a U.N. takeover, is polling so poorly (about 5 percent of the vote) that he risks relegating the Republican Party to "minor party" status in Colorado.
Jerry Brown, leading the gubernatorial race in California, secured an unexpected endorsement: that of his opponent, Meg Whitman. A new Brown ad shows the former eBay executive saying "Thirty years ago, anything was possible in this state." A question then appears in text: "Who was governor 30 years ago? Jerry Brown."
A less kind, but much funnier ad has been produced mocking Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) for her caught-on-camera claim that "I worked so hard to get that title" of senator. In the ad, produced by David Zucker -- the genius behind the film Airplane -- a major general, an eagle scout and a Native American chief talk in a committee room about how hard they worked to get their titles. At least they didn't call her Shirley.
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| October 26, 2010; 8:19 AM ET |
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Top 25 topical Halloween costume ideas
So you've run out of costume ideas, but want to impress your friends with your grasp of today's hot issues? Have no fear! That's why I'm here.
The biggest tip I can give you is NOT to dress as a witch and say you're Christine O'Donnell. Everyone's already doing that, even Christine O'Donnell. Trust me, you don't want to be that guy.
Here are some costumes you can try instead.
- Before and After Pelicans. This is a fun costume for couples! Draw straws and decide which pelican will be cute and which will be covered in oil and saddened by the loss of its habitat.
- The Gulf of Mexico and BP. Wear normal clothes, but give yourself a black eye and make your other half wear a top hat and tails. Explain that you're the Gulf of Mexico and she's BP. For added effect, have a friend dress as oil-eating bacteria and show up later in the evening to insist that he's "taking care of everything."
- Waiting for Superman. Dress as Superman, but make a point of not going anywhere near the nation's public schools.
- Healthcare Reform. Wear a lot of weird things that don't really seem to cohere. Have someone in a white lab coat follow you around trying to explain you in a way that makes sense.
- Rich Iott. Dress as Hitler. Instead of "Trick or Treat," say, "Never Forget."
- Aqua Buddha. Cover yourself in blue paint! Later in the evening, try to convince women to worship you! If no one gets it, just say you're an extra from Avatar.
- Sarah Palin? So done. Sarah Impalin, a family-values vampire hunter? So not done!
- Karen Owen's Sex Powerpoint. Wear a sandwich board describing what hooking up with you would entail. Use graphs. Obscure your eyes so people have difficulty identifying you!
- Eliot Spitzer's New CNN Show. Don't go to the party. Just hide someone where no one can see you.
- The Constitution, as Christine O'Donnell Imagines It. Just dress as a giant, God-fearing bunny that wants to hug people.
- "Ground Zero Mosque." Crash a party! Insist that you have every right to be there. For added accuracy, actually crash a party that's several blocks away, and keep asking strange people to fund you.
- That Guy Who Wanted To Burn All Those Korans. Carry a Koran with you and insist that you're going to burn it unless that other guy dressed up as the Ground Zero Mosque leaves the party right now. Don't actually do it, though.
- Salmonella Egg.Dress up as a regular egg, but act increasingly weird and paranoid! Shout angrily about how the chicken was always putting itself first. Try to poison everyone at the party.
- Brett Favre's Sext Be grainy and slightly shorter than people were expecting. Keep bugging attractive women. Say you're going to quit and leave the party, but then come back a few minutes later. Do this, like, eight times.
- Someone Who Would Frighten Juan Williams At The Airport. Figure out what "muslim garb" is. Wear that.
- Anita Hill's Telephone. Dress up as a telephone. Keep ringing. Say "It's Ginni Thomas, and I need an apology!" Do this every Halloween for the next twenty years.
- Steven Slater. Flight attendant uniform. Check. Attitude. Check. Midway through the party, grab a lot of alcohol and leave. Great if you have multiple destinations.
- That Menacing Guy From The Immigration Reform Commercials. Take a lot of handouts, and try to steal everyone's jobs!
- Rent Is Too Damn High. Everyone's going as the Rent is Too Damn High guy or Antoine Dodson. If you're in a state where Prop 19 is on the ballot, just go as the rent! (Aqua Buddha is a great companion costume.)
Don't have time for costume making? Try these instead.
- Whore. Say you're dressed as "Meg Whitman, seen through the eyes of a Jerry Brown staffer."
- The Recession. Wear a regular zombie outfit. Tell everyone: "I died in June 2009, and yet, I'm still here, eating your livelihood!"
- Mark Zuckerberg. Don't dress up. Wear a hoodie. Act a little bit more like you have mild Asperger's than you usually do.
- It Gets Better video. Walk around telling people how glad you are that you made it through middle school and giving them hope. Unless you're a politician, in which case, walk around telling people that eventually, things might get better, and you urge them to "stay cool."
- Phil Davison. Don't wear a costume, just yell a lot.
- Carl Paladino at a Gay Pride Parade. Just stand there looking uncomfortable. If anyone asks what you are, shudder, and say, "Stop brainwashing me into thinking this is acceptable."
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| October 25, 2010; 2:46 PM ET |
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Jennifer Mee -- from hiccups to murder?
"Hiccup girl" Jennifer Mee has been charged with first-degree murder!
It's the classic tragedy. Someone rises to fame and prominence for something innocent and then starts arranging for people to be killed. Like Macbeth! Or Mark Zuckerberg -- at least according to "The Social Network."
Mee reportedly lured Shannon Griffin to a house where he was robbed and shot repeatedly.
Is this a logical step? Does the brief and fleeting notoriety associated with the moniker "hiccup girl" lead naturally to that other kind of peculiar and fleeting notoriety associated with murder charges?
Of course.
People hate hiccupers with the sort of vehemence they usually reserve for, well, murderers. On an unscientific poll I just conducted, asking people whether they would prefer to stand next to a murderer or someone with hiccups on their next subway ride, 66 percent picked the killer! This makes sense. After all, killers have off-days.
And the parallels between the two go deep. Consider the following, replacing "hiccup" with "murder."
Hiccups are very irritating to those around you. And they're usually impossible to cure.
You can try praying for divine assistance, but if you're hiccuping while doing it, it sounds a lot less convincing.
The more hiccuping you do, the more likely it is that you will draw media attention to yourself, or that an episode of Law and Order: SVU will be based on your life
"I can't stop, and I don't know why it happens," is something people say about hiccups.
Some people find hiccups sexy, but most people don't.
"Try thinking about something else, like horses," is advice people give you when you are hiccuping.
You can blame hiccups on your diet or upbringing, but it won't be very convincing.
Hiccups might alienate you from your cellmate.
All I'm saying is, it's a slippery slope. She should plead not guilty by reason of inanity.
Alexandra Petri
| October 25, 2010; 12:18 PM ET |
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Joe Miller hires the "Christian Indiana Jones"; Obama packs bag lunch; Meg Whitman wastes $139 million
Don't mess with Joe Miller.
First, the Republican nominee for the Senate from Alaska caused a stir when the active-duty military bodyguards protecting him handcuffed a reporter who was trying to ask the candidate questions. Now comes word from Mother Jones that Miller has hired a consultant named Terry Moffitt who describes himself as the "Christian Indiana Jones" and claims to have "received death threats from a radial [sic] Islamic groups and been bitten by a very nasty spider in Australia."
"Radial" Muslims, in case you didn't know, are significantly more dangerous than those who use snow tires.
Watch this drive.
President Obama is mere days from an election that will define the rest of his term, and he's clearly on his game. On Sunday, he devoted his precious time to a game of golf at Andrews Air Force Base.
But let it not be said that this president is out of touch with these austere times. According to the White House pool report, Obama "appeared to be carrying his own foil-wrapped sandwich."
One hundred and thirty-nine million dollars later, Republican Meg Whitman's closing pitch in the California gubernatorial race begins with an admission that she's seen as "a billionaire with no government experience."
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NASA Hubble spots oldest galaxy yet
That smudge in a photo released by NASA's Hubble telescope earlier this year? According to astronomers, it's a galaxy from 13.1 billion years ago!
This would make it the farthest away and longest ago galaxy ever -- and, consequently, the one with the best chance that Star Wars is happening there right now!
13.1 billion! That's old. What's bizarre is I bet the residents of that galaxy are convinced it's only 6,000 years old. "That's when Dagmar built everything," they tell each other. "With his glort." Still, it's almost three times our age! Earth is only 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
The other bizarre thing about this is that the only pictures we have of this galaxy are 13.1 billion years old. I assume that it describes these pictures as "recent" on its Match.com profile.
Of course, maybe that's not the only picture. Maybe the galaxy has just been untagging all the subsequent pictures because it's gained a lot of mass recently.
This will backfire when we try to set up a coffee date. "The picture showed a fit guy who worked out often," we'll say. "But you look more like a 13.1 billion year-old galaxy!" "Sorry, I keep meaning to work out in the new year," the galaxy will explain. "Is it my fault that one revolution out here is the equivalent of 200 million earth years?"
But maybe the galaxy is better looking now, since graduating from high school, moving to the big city, and figuring out its place in the universe. I can't wait for the Big Bang Reunion -- or, as scientists prefer to call it, the Big Crunch -- when we'll be able to find out!
Still, I hate long-distance relationships. That's the nature of space, but it makes communication so hard. Whenever other galaxies spot us from a million or so lightyears away, they wind up basing all their conversation starters on the assumption that we still have dinosaurs. That's always awkward.
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The UNLV College of Fine Arts' Department of Art presents the Visiting Artist Lecture Series with Matthew McGarvey
Matthew McGarvey does interdisciplinary theoretical work in the fields of music, art, philosophy, cognitive science and political theory; he also makes sound and video constructions. He received his M.A. in philosophy from Villanova University, and is currently completing his Ph.D. in the Critical Studies and Experimental Practices program in the Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego. His current research deals with a set of inter-related topics. First, he is involved in a synthesis of ecological cognitive scientific theories of perception with post-structuralist analyses of the influence of social praxis upon bodily behavior. In this regard he hopes to show concretely how social practices, as well as technologies and architectures, play a formative role in the immediate patterns of perception, while at the time demonstrating the systematic exclusion of this social and political dimension from scientific discourse. In general, he seeks to integrate these insights into a larger aesthetic theory derived from Theodor Adorno and Gilles Deleuze; in particular, he is investigating specific aesthetic practices revolving around ambient stimuli in social space, including both "practical" modulations of sound and light by advertising and police agencies, and the varied "artistic" practices leading through soundscape art to ambient electronica. His sound and video work have been shown in galleries in Los Angeles and Rotterdam.
Matthew McGarvey's bio information was taken from the California Institute of Arts website.
For more information on the Visiting Artist Lecture Series visit, the Marjorie Barrick Museum website.


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Results from last night's primary elections have been tallied.
The three county commissioner primary election finals are as follows:
District 3 (City of Milaca, Milaca and Page townships): incumbent Phil Peterson earned 147 votes; challenger Laurie Gahm had 130 votes and Phillip Eggen received 127. Gahm will have to close the 17-vote gap in November to unseat Peterson.
District 4 (Cities of Bock and Onamia, Bogus Brook, Borgholm, Dailey, Hayland, Mudgett, Bradbury, Onamia and Lewis townships): incumbent Roger Tellinghuisen easily gained the favor of residents with 236 votes. His closest challenger, Greg McQuay will face Tellinghuisen in the general elections by earning 88 votes, while Rick Savitski will not appear on November's ballot with just 37 votes.
District 5 (Cities of Isle and Wahkon, Kathio, South Harbor, Isle Harbor and East Side townships): Incumbent Frank Courteau decided not to run this year. David Oslin has a healthy lead in the run-up to the generals with 236 votes. He will face Bill Hill who earned 111 votes, while Katie Vivant, who had just 82 votes, will not be in the competition.
State Sen. Dave Brown, who ran for the Republican ticket unopposed, received 1,477 votes, while Democratic challengers Sally Knox earned 975 votes and Roy Thiessen 586 ballots. Knox will go on to face Brown in the general elections in November.
State Rep. Sondra Erickson faced no Republican primary challengers and neither did her opponent, DFLer Joe Walsh.
In the U.S. House of Representatives District 8 primary, Republican Chip Cravaack did not face a fellow GOP challenger and received 18,683 votes. DFL challengers Rick Nolan earned 20,258 votes, Jeff Anderson tallied 15,590, and Tarryl Clark had 16,507. Nolan will go on to campaign against Cravaack for the general elections.
For the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Amy Klobuchar faced three DFL challengers. Klobuchar soundly beat Jack Shepard (1,424 votes), Dick Franson (1,964 votes) and Darryl Stanton (1,358 votes) with 47,525 votes for the incumbent. Klobuchar will go on to face Independent challenger Stephen Williams, who won his primary against Glen Anderson Menze by 192 votes. Sen. Klobuchar also faces Republican opponent Kurt Bills, who, with 7,491 votes beat out fellow GOP contenders David Carlson (6,993 votes) and Bob Carney, Jr. (2,627 votes).


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Ceremony this weekend marks first anniversary of George Jones' death
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The late George Jones is being remembered with a special ceremony this weekend. His widow, Nancy Jones, will host the memorial event Saturday afternoon at Nashville's Woodlawn Cemetery.
The ceremony, marking the first anniversary of the singer's death, will include the planting of two dogwood trees at the Country Music Hall of Famer's monument.
Nancy is encouraging George's friends and fans to attend the event, which is open to the public. She admits it's "going to be bittersweet," but is hoping people will turn out to help her keep her husband's legacy alive.
Country music's legendary Possum died at a Nashville hospital on April 26th, 2013. He was 81.
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In his CM: the Next Generation series, Joe Farah gives us a glimpse into the trends that CM experts will need to tackle and master based upon industry trends and future technology challenges.
If you're planning a configuration management (CM) project, it's time to put together a CM Plan. A CM plan can take on many forms and the CM Crossroads site is a great place to investigate what goes into a plan. In this article I'm going to concentrate on a number of areas that need to be addressed in your plan in order to follow best practices.
What's Your Product Road Map
You may be putting together a CM plan for a project, or for an entire organization. One of the first things that you need to do is to consider which products (including process products) are going to be managed under your CM plan. You then need to look at the products and for each identify the product road map. If you're creating software for a one-time event, such as the display controller for the celebration of a new millennium, you may only have one release of the software to worry about. Your product road map will be a straight line targeted towards the millennium celebration.
But most software will have an ongoing sequence of major releases, with perhaps some milestone releases in-between. A product road map for something like Microsoft's Windows OS might look something like the one below, with the dotted line representing today:


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Seriously mate, there 4 people there that day, 1 of them was you, 1 of them was me and the other two would only agree with me. I say bad things about you when they're due. I have no reason to run, there's just a time and a place and that wasn't it. I could spurt loads of shit about you running across the globe when things got rough at home but I won't.
Back to this topic, you missed by 0.2, therefore you missed. You didn't make weight. If they're sorting your diet out that's good! I expect you to make weight for your fight in Pakistan but don't moan if people criticise you should you miss again. I wish you the best of luck with your cut.
As for Anthony Jefferies I have never been a team mate of his. I've only ever had one conversation with him and thats when I interrupted a conversation between him and Danny Welsh so I think your facts are wrong on that one.
Andy Green again, never trained with him. I have met him a handful of times and as for Jay Furness, Jay has never backed out of a fight, you offered him a fight on a date where he was already fighting and another date were he was fighting the day before.
I am in no way affiliated with YourMMA. Jay has worked extremely hard to create a brand and they're not a fight team. They're a very established MMA website.
I agree with your final comment. Lets put this to bed, I'll say no more if you don't.
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Paññāsikhara wrote:Prepare to quit your job, and say goodbye to your family. Give away everything you own, except maybe a change of clothes for now, close your bank accounts and deal with any other such things. While you're doing this, find a good teacher or at least a good monastery, and arrange for a time to enter the community. Then do it.
All the best!
Sobeh wrote:Saying goodbye to friends and family is definitely a LOT harder than I had expected at even my most pessimistic, a few months ago. I can identify now with the part of the Buddha's life where he felt a sense that, on leaving his home, if he was to wake his wife and child up he knew he wouldn't be able to leave. That whole moment is charged in a way it never was before, now that I am doing something similar.
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Korn to release expanded edition of 'Paradigm Shift'
Korn's Paradigm Shift will be growing this summer. Jonathan Davis and company are set to release an expanded edition of their latest album, which will be introduced with the new single "Hater."
The track is scheduled to hit radio on Thursday before becoming available to buy on June 23rd.
Davis tells Billboard that everyone can relate to dealing with a "hater," and he says the new song is probably the most empowering thing he's ever written.
He adds that the new Paradigm Shift will also include songs that didn't make the final cut when the album was originally released back in October, as well as live tracks he says were recorded "all over the world."
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Swannanoa, N.C. – The Brevard College men's basketball team picked up their third road win of the season on Monday night, defeating the Warren Wilson Fighting Owls 76-46 in Swannanoa, N.C.
With the win the Tornados improved to 4-1 overall on the season and complete the two-game sweep of the Owls in 2008-09. The loss drops the Fighting Owls to 3-7 on the year.
The Owls hung tough with the Tornados in the first five minutes of play, as BC found themselves down one at 6-5 at the 15:33 mark.
Brevard then responded with a run of their own, as the Tornados went on a 15-0 run capped off by old fashion three-point play by redshirt junior Nathan Whitmire to go ahead 20-6.
The Tornados did not look back as they held a double-digit lead for the remainder of the opening half, taking a 40-25 lead into the break.
The second half started off as a mirror image of the first, as junior forward Jonathan Whitson had the opening basket off the half, putting the Tornados up by 17 points at 42-25.
Brevard used great defense and a strong inside and outside attack to pull ahead as much as 32 points in the second half.
The Tornados held Warren Wilson to 21 points in the second half on only seven made baskets, as the Owls shot 24.1 percent from the floor.
For the game, the Tornados out-rebounded Warren Wilson 43-24 and dominated around the basket, shooting 47.5 percent for the game, including outscoring the Owls in the post 43-12.
The bigs for the Tornados led the way, as senior Joseph Chilton had 17 points, while Sam Carlisle added 16 points and 11 rebounds. Whitson went for his third double-double on the year, as he poured in 12 points and hauled in 11 rebounds for the game.
The Fighting Owls were led by Jermon Marsh, who had a game-high 21 points, while John Nelson had eight points and a team-high five rebounds.
The Tornados will open up their 2008-09 conference slate on Saturday, December 6, as BC travels to Greeneville, TN to take on the Pioneers of Tusculum College. The game is the second part of a double-header and is slated to tip-off at 4 p.m. Warren Wilson will next be in action tomorrow night, Tuesday, December 2 when the Owls will take on Crown College.


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Ohio's Unemployment Rate Falls Again
COLUMBUS, OHIO (WSPD) -- Ohio's unemployment rate dropped to 5.7 percent in April, the lowest level in more than six years.
April's rate is down from 6.1 percent in March and the lowest jobless rate since February 2008.
"In April there were 12,000 more people working according to the household survey and 12,600 more jobs according to the business survey, so the surveys lined up very nicely," said Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services spokesman Ben Johnson.
Ohio's rate remains below the national rate, which fell to 6.3 percent in April from 6.7 percent in March. The number of unemployed workers in Ohio in April was 328,000, down 26,000 from March.
"The unemployment rate last year was 7.5 percent. The unemployment rate at its worse was 10.6 percent. That was in late 2009 and early 2010," he said.
But the state's labor force continues to shrink, shedding 14,000 people last year.
"There are probably as many reasons that people leave the labor force as there are people who leave. In other words, everyone makes their own decision," Johnson said. "What I can tell you is that a decrease in the over the last two months in Ohio mirrors what we've seen nationally."
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(visited by Olli Suutela and jussi kattelus)
10-Oct-2001 -- Since my very first confluence visit I have received plenty of support from my colleague Jussi. He has also urged people to visit the Project's site for good laughs. Jussi himself has found this a great thing to do and finally we were able to visit a confluence together; we would pass one on a business trip. Actually we drove by N62E24 as well but it has already been visited.
After a good night sleep in Hotel Mesikämmen, Ähtäri and a very brief visit we headed towards the confluence point. Jussi was driving and I read the maps and gps.
Very soon we came to less than 10 km from the point but had to drive around a few lakes which made the distance a bit longer. This is not rare in a small country with more than 100.000 lakes. We passed small country villages and talked about the poor situation of country side; abonded houses, closed gas stations and general stores etc. But the landscape with colors turning was....well you just have to see it yourself.
Small dirt roads tooks us to a small house (Picture 8) and an old logging road (Picture 9). We parked the car about 370 meters from the point. We decided not to continue any further in our business suits and changed into proper clothes and shoes.
The logging road took us almost directly to the point and Jussi showed true spirit; 5 meters was not close enough for him....has to be "triple zeros"! We congratulated ourselves with the successful visit and went back. On the way back to the car we noticed a rusty piece of an old truck or tractor (Picture 10)


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April 22, 2004
Members - Join us this Sunday, our hike is just three days away!
20 FOS11 members have already registered and the weather will be perfect!
Photos of 9/11 families from our fall 2003 hikes - come and hike with us!
Join us on our first hike of the Spring Season - Sunday, April 25th! FOS11 and the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center invite you to participate in a day-long, scenic hike at Harriman State Park in Sloatsburg, New York.


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Topic: Stacie and others: a review of the treatment options
Hi everyone
I have a CT scan this week and I'm seeing my oncologist next week and I'm trying to prepare a list of treatment options to discuss (in case my Gem-Carbo chemo is not working). At the risk of going over what for many of you is "old ground" I'd be most grateful for your comments on the following (and anything I've missed). I've read and learned a lot on this website, and done some of my own research, what I need is to summarise the situation.
Are there any early results from clinical trials, or maybe just individual case reports, regarding the effectiveness of the drug in delaying disease progression and/or extending survival times in respect of CC or pancreatic cancer, for:
Bevacizumab (Avastin)
Approved in the US for colorectal cancer and apparently Caroline will get to receive it for CC. I'm not aware of any trials for CC or pancreatic. I believe the UK's Royal Marsden hospital are conducting a trial of an alternative angeogenic drug, AZ2171, which they described to me as a "2nd generation avastin".
Not sure whether this is "mainstream". A lot of the reports about Davanat seem to come from the developer "Pro-Pharmaceuticals" and of course they have a commercial interest to promote.
XL119 (Becatecarin)
There are phase-3 clinical trials under way but as far as I know these are "blind" trials so I guess results won't be available until after the trials are completed. Not sure whether any stage-2 trials results are available.
BAY43-9006 (Sorafenib)
The only positive reports I've seen relate to kidney cancer.
Capecitabine (Xeloda)
A chemo drug for colorectal and breast cancer. From what I read it's no more effective that 5FU, just more convenient (it is oral) and less side effects. Caroline reported that she tried Xeloda without any success.
The subject of much research worldwide and possibly the definitive cancer treatment of the future. I have seen a recently published "report of a case" from Japan where a woman with CC was treated with surgery and post-op immunotherapy and, despite lymph node metastasis, she is still alive 3.5 years later. But I have not seen any reports of wider use of this form of treatment.
Again I'm looking for real evidence of effectiveness, which I recognise will probably not exist.
I recently met an oncologist in UK (a specialist in cancer vaccine research) who recommended the following which he said has been shown to shrink tumours:
Green Tea extract
Bromelain (an enzyme derived from pinapples)
Asprin (yes asprin!)
In addition have seen references to:
Active Hexose Correlated Compound (AHCC) - derived from mushrooms and the subject of an informal trial in Japan.
Fermented wheat germ extract - I've just seen Stacie's post on this, and read a couple of the references, it sounds very promising.


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- The S&P 500 has effectively traded flat this week -- and you can practically hear the sigh of relief from investors who've been sitting white-knuckled at their computers waiting for the worst to happen.
Here's a hint: It's not happening.
>>4 Reasons to Buy Stocks in 2013
While U.S. markets are in wait-and-see mode, overseas stocks are carrying on their own recovery rallies, with Japan's Nikkei 225 up close to 2% so far this week -- and around 10% year-to-date. Over in Europe, stocks are taking a breather too, but only because they've already shoved their way to new record highs in many major indexes. Make no mistake, those factors bode well for U.S. equities to keep on keeping on.
That's why we're taking a technical look at the price setups forming in five of the big names on Wall Street.
If you're new to technical analysis, here's the executive summary.
>>5 Stocks Poised for Breakouts
Technicals are a study of the market itself. Since the market is ultimately the only mechanism that determines a stock's price, technical analysis is a valuable tool even in the roughest of trading conditions. Technical charts are used every day by proprietary trading floors, Wall Street's biggest financial firms, and individual investors to get an edge on the market. And research shows that skilled technical traders can bank gains as much as 90% of the time.
Every week, I take an in-depth look at big names that are telling important technical stories. Here's this week's look at the charts of five high-volume stocks to trade for gains.
>>5 Stocks Hedge Funds Love -- and So Should You
Just a month in, and 2013 has already been a good year for Google (GOOG). Despite a temporary pre-earnings sell-off, shares of the search giant have rallied close to 9% so far this year. And now, it looks like this stock could have further to run this year.
The price action in Google doesn't get much simpler. Google is currently bumping its head up against new highs, testing the same $770 level that shoved shares considerably lower back in October. Investors should be watching for a breakout above that price.
>>Apple Doesn't Suck -- but Its Stock Does
Making new highs is significant from an investor psychology standpoint because it means that everyone who has bought shares in the last year is sitting on gains. As a result, the "back to even" mentality is less of a concern than it would be for a name with a higher proportion of shareholders sitting on losses.
Ultimately, technicals all come down to buyers and sellers, and resistance at $770 is an indication that there's still a glut of selling pressure at that level. When buyers become more eager to pile onto Google positions than sellers are to take gains, then we'll have a high-probability trading opportunity in this stock.
Momentum, measured by 14-day RSI, looks positive here too. This time around, GOOG isn't going up to test resistance while it's already in overbought mode. Until the breakout, I'd recommend sitting on the sidelines.
Oil giant ConocoPhillips (COP) has undergone some big changes in the last year; the firm completely transformed itself in May when it spun off its downstream assets into Phillips 66 (PSX), a move that's unlocked considerable value from shares and made COP itself more competitive. We're seeing investors' increasing sentiment in this stock's price action right now.
>>5 Dividends That Are About to Get Bigger
Like with the Google chart, you don't need to be an expert technical analyst to figure out what's going on in COP right now: This stock is trading higher in a channel. The support and resistance levels on the chart have acted as consistent barriers for COP's price action since the summer -- and now, they give us a high probability range for this stock to trade within. As you might expect, the ideal time to be a buyer is on a bounce off of support; that's exactly what we may see today.
When you're looking to buy a stock within a trend channel, buying after a bounce off of support makes sense for two big reasons: It's the spot where shares have the furthest to move up before they hit resistance, and it's the spot where the risk is the least (because shares have the least room to move lower before you know you're wrong). With shares right at that support level, I'd recommend keeping a close eye on this one.
BHP Billiton
We're seeing a very similar setup in shares of BHP Billiton PLC (BBL) right now. That's not hugely surprising -- BBL and COP are two large-cap commodity-driven stocks, so their price charts are all but guaranteed to correlate highly with one another. Just like with COP, we'll want to see a bounce off support for the buy signal to trigger in BBL.
>>4 Big Stocks to Buy in February -- and One to Sell
More recently, the 50-day moving average has acted as a good proxy for trend line support. That simplifies things for traders looking to enter this stock on a bounce; setting a trade alert (through your broker) when shares close below the 50-day will provide an early warning that this setup is failing.
I'd recommend keeping a protective stop just below that level.
General Growth Properties
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been on fire in the last year and change, enjoying a combination of a rebound in real estate prices and the price benefits of huge yields in a zero-rate environment. Mall owner General Growth Properties (GGP) is one example of a REIT that's set to move even higher in 2013 thanks to the technical setup that's been forming in shares for the past few months.
GGP is currently forming an ascending triangle pattern, a price setup that's formed by a horizontal resistance level above shares, and uptrending support to the downside. Essentially, as GGP bounces in between those two technical price levels, it's getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakout above that resistance level. Complicating things a little is the fact that GGP's resistance level is actually a range between $20.50 and $21. While the 50-cent range obscures the buy signal here a bit, the trading implications are still the same.
If you're looking to buy the breakout in GGP, just fit the breakout level you use to your risk tolerance. More risk-hungry investors should be looking to enter closer to the bottom of the range at $20.50, while the risk-averse should use $21 as the buy signal for this stock. The earlier entry provides more potential upside, but a slightly higher chance of a fakeout. Either way you play it, keep a protective stop just under the 50-day moving average.
Last, but certainly not least, is commercial food service firm Sysco (SYY). Sysco is forming the exact same setup as the one we're watching in GGP right now: an ascending triangle pattern. In this case, resistance comes in at $32, and shares are testing uptrending support as I write. The resistance level in SYY is a much firmer level, so a close above $32 is a sufficient buy signal for this trade.
Remember, with any technical pattern, it's critical to think in terms of buyers and sellers -- not shapes. After all, triangles, channels and the like are a good way of describing what's happening on a chart, but they're not the reason why it's tradable.
Instead, that all comes down to the supply and demand caused by those buyers and sellers. The horizontal resistance level at $32 is a place where a glut of sellers has been looking to unload shares. A breakout above that price tells us that increasingly eager buyers have absorbed all of the excess supply of shares sitting at that level. It's crucial to wait for that breakout before putting your money on the line.
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-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Jonas Elmerraji, CMT, is a senior market analyst at Agora Financial in Baltimore and a contributor to TheStreet. Before that, he managed a portfolio of stocks for an investment advisory returned 15% in 2008. He has been featured in Forbes , Investor's Business Daily, and on CNBC.com. Jonas holds a degree in financial economics from UMBC and the Chartered Market Technician designation.