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Note: Separate PDQ summaries on Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer Screening; Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment; and Cigarette Smoking: Health Risks and How to Quit are also available.
Who Is at Risk?
Oral cavity cancer and oropharyngeal cancer are two distinct diseases, although they have some risk factors in common. People who use tobacco in any of the commonly available forms (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco) or a have high alcohol intake are at elevated risk of both cancers; they are at particularly high risk if they use both tobacco and alcohol. People who chew betel quid (whether mixed with tobacco or not) are also at high risk of cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx.[1,2,3] People who have a personal history of cancer in the head and neck region also are at elevated risk of a future primary cancer of the oral cavity or oropharynx.[4] Human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 is a sufficient, but not necessary, cause of oropharyngeal cancer.[5]
Factors With Adequate Evidence of an Increased Risk of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer
Tobacco use
Based on solid evidence from numerous observational studies, tobacco use increases the risk of cancers of the oral cavity and oropharynx.[6,7,8] .
Magnitude of Effect: Large. Risk for current smokers is about tenfold that of never-smokers, and is dose related. Most cancers of the oral cavity are attributable to the use of tobacco products.
Alcohol use
Based on solid evidence, alcohol use is a risk factor for the development of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer. Its effects are independent of those of tobacco use.[9,10,11,12]
Magnitude of Effect: Lower than the risk associated with tobacco use, but the risk is approximately doubled for people who drink three to four alcoholic beverages per day compared with nondrinkers, and is dose related.
Tobacco and alcohol use
Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer risk is highest in people who consume large amounts of both alcohol and tobacco. When both risk factors are present, the risk of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer is greater than a simple multiplicative effect of the two individual risks.[10,13]
Magnitude of Effect: About two to three times greater than the simple multiplicative effect, with risks for persons who both smoke and drink heavily approximately 35-fold that of persons who both never smoke and never drink.[10,13]
Betel-quid chewing
Based on solid evidence, chewing betel quid alone or with added tobacco (gutka) increases the risk of both oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers.[3,14] Of the three primary components of betel quid (betel leaf, areca nut, and lime), the areca nut is the only one considered to be carcinogenic when chewed.
Magnitude of Effect: Relative risks for oral cavity cancer are high and typically stronger for gutka than for betel quid alone. Both products appear to confer a modest yet statistically significant increase in risk for oropharyngeal cancer.[3]
Interventions With Adequate Evidence of a Decreased Risk of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer
Tobacco cessation
Based on solid evidence, cessation of exposure to tobacco (e.g., cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco) leads to a decrease in the risk of cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx.
Magnitude of Effect: Decreased risk, moderate to large magnitude.
Interventions With Inadequate Evidence of a Reduced Risk of Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer
Cessation of alcohol consumption
Based on fair evidence, cessation of alcohol consumption leads to a decrease in oral cavity cancer, but not until approximately 10 years after cessation. For cancer of the oropharynx, reduction in risk does not occur until approximately 20 years after cessation.[15]
Magnitude of Effect: Decreased risk, small to moderate magnitude.
Factors With Adequate Evidence of an Increased Risk of Oropharyngeal Cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
Based on solid evidence, HPV 16 infection causes oropharyngeal cancer.[5] HPV 16 is a sufficient but not necessary cause. Other high-risk HPV subtypes, including HPV 18, have been found in a small percentage of oropharyngeal cancers.[16,17]
Tobacco and alcohol use does not appear to be associated with increased risk among people with evidence of HPV 16 L1 seropositivity or oral HPV 16 infection.[16]
Magnitude of Effect: Large. Oral infection with HPV 16 confers about a 15-fold increase in risk relative to individuals without oral HPV 16 infection.
Interventions With Inadequate Evidence of a Reduced Risk of Oropharyngeal Cancer
Vaccination against HPV 16 and the other high-risk subtypes
Vaccination against HPV 16 and 18 has been shown to prevent more than 90% of oral HPV 16/18 infections within 4 years of vaccination.[18] However, no data are available to assess whether vaccination at any age will lead to reduced risk of oropharyngeal cancer at current typical ages of diagnosis.
Incidence and mortality
From 2010 to 2014, the estimated age-adjusted incidence of cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx in the United States was 11.2 cases per 100,000 persons per year. The estimated mortality rate for the same years was 2.5 per 100,000 persons per year. U.S. incidence and mortality rates are both about 2.6 times higher in men than in women.[1] It is estimated that there will be 49,670 new cases of oral cavity and pharynx cancer diagnosed in the United States in 2017 and 9,700 deaths due to this disease.[2] Cancer of the oral cavity will account for about 45% and cancer of the oropharynx will account for about 20% of the estimated incidence.[3] In 2012, the estimated age-standardized (World Standard Population) worldwide incidence rate of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer was about 7.0 per 100,000 persons per year; the estimated mortality rate was 3.9 per 100,000 persons per year.[4] Cancer of the oral cavity accounts for about one-half of the incidence and mortality estimates, and cancer of the oropharynx accounts for about one-third of the incidence and mortality estimates. Rates of oral cavity cancer vary greatly across the world, primarily because of differences in alcohol use, tobacco use, and betel-quid chewing and the products chewed. In 2012, for example, the rate of oral cavity cancer in French Guiana was 0 per 100,000 persons; in Papua New Guinea, the rate was 25 per 100,000 persons. Rates of oropharyngeal cancer vary as well but less so; in 2012, rates varied from 0 per 100,000 persons in a number of countries to about 9 per 100,000 persons in Bangladesh.[4]
Oral cavity cancer includes cancer of the tongue, gums, floor of the mouth, and other parts of the mouth. In the United States, oropharyngeal cancer is the most common pharyngeal cancer.[1] Squamous cell carcinoma, which arises from the oral mucosal lining, accounts for more than 90% of the tumors in the oral cavity and oropharynx. Leukoplakia, erythroplakia, and erythroplasia are considered preneoplastic lesions, but most will not progress to carcinoma.[5]
The most important factor affecting long-term outcome after treatment is the stage of disease at diagnosis; however, overall outcome is stage and site dependent. Although localized cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx have an excellent anticipated 5-year survival rate of about 83%, the 5-year survival rate for patients with regional lymph node spread is only about 62%; the 5-year survival rate for patients with metastases is about 38%.[6] Separate stage-specific survival rates for oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer are not available.
Tobacco use is implicated in most cases of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer.[7] All forms of tobacco use (cigarettes, pipes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, gutka [betel quid with tobacco added], and other smoked and smokeless products) increase the risk of these cancers.[8] Epidemiologic studies consistently demonstrate that cigarette smokers have a higher incidence of mortality from oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers compared with lifetime nonsmokers, and there is general consensus that the relationship is causal. Among current smokers who smoke only cigarettes, the relative risk of cancer of the oral cavity or oropharynx was observed in a large cohort study to be approximately tenfold greater in men and fivefold greater in women compared with lifetime nonsmokers.[8] However, other epidemiologic studies have observed smaller and larger increases in risk, with some variation by anatomic location. Gutka chewing is prevalent in many countries in south and south-east Asia, including China and India, and is an important risk factor for both oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer.[7]
Alcohol use is a major independent risk factor for the development of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer.[9] Most epidemiologic studies demonstrate an increase in risk with increasing drinks per day, with a more than fivefold increase in risk for individuals who consume five or more drinks a day relative to nonconsumers.[10] Associations are observed in studies that control for confounding by smoking, as well as in studies of nonsmokers.[9] There is a suggestion that consumption of beer and hard liquor confers a greater risk than does wine consumption.[11]
Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer risk is highest in people who consume large amounts of both alcohol and tobacco.[10] When both risk factors are present, the risk of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer is typically about two to three times greater than a simple multiplicative effect.[11] In a case-control study, individuals who consumed two or more packs of cigarettes and more than four alcoholic drinks per day had slightly over a 35-fold increased risk for developing oral cavity or oropharyngeal cancer, relative to individuals who neither smoked nor drank.[11]
Betel quid is composed of betel leaf, areca nut, and lime; gutka is betel quid with added tobacco. Both betel-quid and gutka chewing increase the risk of cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx.[7,12] The carcinogenic component of chewed betel quid arises from the areca nut.[7]
Relative risks are typically stronger for gutka than for betel quid alone.[12] A meta-analysis of oral cavity cancer studies conducted on the Indian subcontinent calculated a statistically significant eightfold increase in risk for gutka chewing and a statistically significant twofold increase in risk for betel-quid chewing. A statistically significant tenfold increase in oral cavity cancer risk for betel-quid chewing was demonstrated by studies conducted in China or Taiwan. A meta-analysis of oropharyngeal cancer studies conducted on the Indian subcontinent calculated a statistically significant fourfold increase in risk for gutka chewing and a statistically significant twofold increase in risk for betel-quid chewing.[12] Studies of head and neck cancer (without specification of subsite) suggest that increases in risk are positively correlated with chewing frequency and duration.[7]
The cessation of cigarette smoking is associated with about a 50% reduction in risk of developing oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer within 5 to 9 years [13] and a return to a cancer risk comparable to that of never-smokers within 20 years.[13]
Dentists can participate in the full scope of pharmacological and behavioral interventions for smoking cessation.[14] A study has shown that only 25% of tobacco users report receiving advice to quit tobacco use from their dentists,[15] a proportion less than tobacco users who received such advice from their physicians.
Because alcohol is associated with oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer in a dose-dependent fashion,[11,16,17,18] it is believed that cessation or avoidance of alcohol use would result in reduced incidence. However, the evidence for reduced oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer among people who have stopped consuming alcohol is inadequate.[13] Most studies suggest that the risk of oral cavity cancer decreases as time from cessation increases; one meta-analysis of eight studies observed a statistically significant 35% reduction (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.26-0.78), relative to current drinkers, for those who ceased consumption 20 years or more ago. Data for oropharyngeal cancer alone are not available, but studies that examine oropharyngeal cancer in conjunction with at least one other pharyngeal cancer typically have demonstrated a smaller risk reduction than for oral cavity cancer.[13]
HPV 16 infection is a sufficient, but not necessary, cause of oropharyngeal cancer.[19] It is, however, present in more than 85% of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers.[10] A meta-analysis of five case-control studies of HPV 16 positivity in either serum or tissue calculated an odds ratio of 4.3 (95% CI, 2.1-8.9) for oropharyngeal cancer.[20] In a case-control study, the observed strong association of HPV 16 serologic status and oropharyngeal cancer did not vary at different levels of tobacco or alcohol use.[21]
Other high-risk HPV subtypes, including HPV 18, have been found in a small percentage of oropharyngeal cancers.[21,22] Given its association with cervical cancer, HPV 18 is believed to increase oropharyngeal cancer risk as well.[22]
Vaccination against HPV 16 and other high-risk subtypes
Vaccination against HPV 16 and 18 has been shown to prevent more than 90% of oral HPV 16/18 infections within 4 years of vaccination.[23] Given the relatively recent adoption of vaccination and the age at which individuals are vaccinated, there is not yet evidence that vaccination at a young age will lead to a substantially reduced risk of HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer later in life. In addition, no data are available to examine whether incidence or mortality would be reduced if vaccination occurred at an age closer to that at which oropharyngeal cancers tend to present.
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Yes, Panoramio is mirrored for right to left languages :)
Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi were available some time ago, but without mirroring they were not really usable, so we decided to pull them back until we could mirror the site. Now it is ready.
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How to Finally Cut the Cord on Cable
Looking to save on your cable TV bill? WSJ Personal Technology Columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler tests digital antennas, Slingbox and buying a la carte, and finds the secret to buying just Internet and HBO. (Illustration: Kagan McLeod)
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Justin Bieber Meets Belieber With Down Syndrome [Video]
For all the bad press he's been getting for his vehicular exploits and general bratty behavior, Justin Bieber still puts Beliebers first, especially those who are special, sick and have medical issues.
The Biebs took time out to meet with Marisa Cox, a little girl with Down syndrome who has endured a whopping 35 surgeries throughout her life, the most recent being a kidney transplant.
Marisa's mother toiled tirelessly so that her daughter, 8, could meet The Biebs; and as you can see in the video above, her face lit up whenever the singer's name was mentioned. What's miraculous about this story is that her mother said that whenever they'd play The Biebs' movie 'Never Say Never,' Marisa would perk up and appeared to recover more quickly. There's something "healing" about The Biebs for her and that's utterly amazing!
In the heartwarming clip, we see Marisa get a mani, a pedi and her hair done in big curls in anticipation of her meeting with the singer in San Diego on Saturday, June 22. She was uber presh.
We're so glad that despite all the negative press he is getting, JB is still does the right thing when it comes to his fans.
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Spring 13 Bags
We had so much fun pairing our favourite tastemakers with spring's top looks last month that we've decided to put our matching skills to the test once again with another game of What Would She Wear. This time, the subject is bags. While there are so many new and notable styles available this season, we've narrowed down the covetable list to the top four you need to know about, including Mulberry's two-in-one tote and Proenza Schouler's op art bag, and are pairing them with potential celebrity owners. Read on for all of the necessary details, and let us know if you agree with our fashion predictions! **Rihanna/ Givenchy Quilted Medium Lucrezia Duffel ($2300)** We've seen a plethora of noteworthy black bags for spring, but Givenchy's Quilted Medium Lucrezia Duffle tops our list. Though Rihanna has recently been spotted toting the Miss Dolce Bag ($1595, 310.360.7282) from Dolce & Gabbana, this duffel has her name written all over it, from its accommodating shape and two handle options to the spike detailing on the strap and bottom. Just like the singer, it's cool, subtly edgy, and supremely chic all at the same time. We also approve of Mango's like-minded Quilted Bowling Bag ($70), and we're positive your wallet will too. **Gwyneth Paltrow/ The Row Twin Mini Messenger Bag ($4100).** As is the case with all pieces by The Row, we're enamoured with the brand's Twin Mini Messenger Bag. We've matched the luxe, hands-free carrier with Gwyneth Paltrow--wearing a Chanel cross-body bag above--given the actress' fuss-free and sophisticated sensibilities. It's the kind of piece that will instantly elevate a casual look, yet is chic enough to complement an elegant evening ensemble. Love the style and colour, but can't commit to the budget-busting price tag? Try Rebecca Sanvar's Small Leather Bag ($225). **Miranda Kerr/ Mulberry Willow Tote ($2600, 415.399.9105) in Nude Classic Calf** Miranda Kerr seamlessly juggles motherhood and a successful modelling career, all without sacrificing her incredibly chic sense of style. If we had to guess, her carrier of choice would be a versatile bag--much like the Saint Laurent Cabas Chyc Tote ($2450) she is carrying above--making Mulberry's new-for-spring Willow Tote the perfect match. In nude, the Willow goes with everything, and even better, the front pouch zips off to become a sleek clutch. Is there a chicer day-to-night bag out there? We think not! If the price point is not quite what you're looking for, MICHAEL Michael Kors' Leather Tote ($283) is a superb alternative. **Kate Bosworth/Proenza Schouler Record Bag ($1725)** Kate Bosworth is already a fan of Proenza Schouler's signature PS1 satchel and the PS1 Large Chain Wallet ($785) above, so we have a hunch she'll adore the brand's newest style, the Record Bag, too. The graphic black and white pattern speaks to Bosworth's affinity for visually intriguing motifs, while the compact size and cross-body strap are ideal for her weekend jaunts around LA. You should also check out Diane von Furstenberg's Harper Charlie Check Shoulder Bag ($295), which has a similar op art vibe at a more affordable price.
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Fall foliage and harvest season set a colorful and vibrant scene for vacation and lifelong learning in Western New York. Now in its second year, the Colors of Chautauqua fall learning festival honors the rich natural and cultural heritage of the region with educational tours, culinary and craft workshops, and entertaining experiences.
Inspired by special places featured in the Natural History Atlas of the Chautauqua-Allegheny Region, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute will offer a Natural Adventure Tour on October 26and celebrate the natural rhythm of life in the Chautauqua region. Exploring the area around Chautauqua Lake, participants will observe birds stopping to feed and rest during their annual epic journey from High Arctic breeding grounds to wintering grounds on the East Coast. The Natural Adventure Tour is timed to observe these migrating waterfowl at their peak. Trip leaders will locate ducks, swans, geese, loons, and other birds and help participants see and identify them too. According to Mark Baldwin, RTPI Director of Education, "to witness hundreds or even thousands of beautiful avian visitors on the lake is an unforgettable experience, and it doesn't matter whether this is your first or your hundredth time out to see them."
Tour leaders, Dr. Terry Mosher, widely recognized as a top authority on birdlife in the region, and Mark Baldwin, will share their extensive knowledge and provide tips to enable students to keep discovering on their own. Transportation will be provided along with the use of binoculars and spotting scopes and instruction in how to use them.
SUNY Fredonia's Lifelong Learning and Special Programs teams up with Carol Lorenc to offer two Amish tour experiences– an Amish Tour and Lunch and Holiday Shopping in Amish Country. The daylong experiences provide participants with a chance to meet members of the Old Order Amish community in the Leon/Cherry Creek area along New York's Amish Trail. Stops include an Amish blacksmith, quilt shop, toy factory and bake stand followed by an Amish-style lunch at the Cherry Creek Inn Bed and Breakfast. Tour Guide Carol Lorenc has twenty-five years of management experience focusing on community development and has been a principal in Amish Flair Tours for the past eight years. She lives in Cherry Creek and has a continuing commitment to the rural economy through tourism.
Additional experiences during the Colors of Chautauqua learning festival include Whiskies of the World, a beer pairing dinner, Brewer for a Day at Southern Tier Brewing Company, historic cemetery tours in Jamestown and Fredonia, a vineyard walk, and several culinary and craft workshops.
Chautauqua County's learning festivals have grown out of 139 year history of vacation learning at Chautauqua Institution and other lakeside summer assemblies formed during the late nineteenth century. Workshops and classes are offered through local businesses and tourist attractions as well as through SUNY Fredonia's Lifelong Learning and Special Programs and Jamestown Community College's Center for Continuing Education. Instructors are experienced educators, artists, professionals, or, in some cases, people who want to share a lifelong interest. Individual classes range in time and cost.
Descriptions of all the workshops offered during the Colors of Chautauqua can be found on the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau website at www.tourchautauqua.com/colors-of-chautauqua.aspx. For more information and a schedule of vacation learning events during the Colors of Chautauqua as well as throughout the year, call 1-866-908-4569 or visit www.tourchautauqua.com.


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As New York Fashion Week came to a close last week, Plus Model Magazine hosted a blogger conference in order to introduce Mynt 1792; a new plus friendly clothing line that recognizes just how much "luxury-sized" women like to show off their assets. The collection featured embellished denim, fur vests and brightly-hued motorcycle leather jackets. The bloggers in attendance were practically giddy with excitement because the line recognizes curvy women are not afraid of rich and vibrant colors- like the bright Kelly green and fire engine red motorcycle jackets paired with skinny jeans featured in the collection. I was particularly fond of the gold slim fitting jeans as they offer a perfect option for the upcoming holiday season when you want to be festive and stand out in something other than the typical cocktail dress. Mynt 1792 uses fit models that are a size 18 and they recognize that not all curvy girls have an hourglass shape and as a result the collection offers something for everyone.
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Nancy Ruth Galloway
Aug. 9, 1929 - March 3, 2012
Nancy Ruth Galloway, 82, a 44-year resident of South Laguna Beach, died peacefully in her home March 3, 2012. She was surrounded by her loving family and her prized books and artwork.
A longtime English teacher at Laguna Beach High School, Nancy also volunteered as a docent with the Laguna Beach Art Museum and the Laguna Beach Community Clinic where she served as a certified AIDs counselor for five years.
Born in Lowell, Mass. on Aug. 9, 1929, she was the daughter of a minister and a homemaker. She grew up in the East Hampton, Mass. and New Jersey. Following graduation from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she married the late David Barnes Galloway of Washington, D.C. Galloway, a Swarthmore College graduate who served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, was an Army Airborne Ranger when they met. He became a lifelong newspaper editor whose career choices took them to El Centro, California, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Laguna Beach.
Nancy earned her master's degree in English from the University of Alaska. Tired of the Alaskan winters, Nancy announced in 1968 that she was moving to a temperate climate, and the family was welcome to join her. Her husband became an editor at the L.A. Times, where he devoted himself to putting out the Orange County edition from 1968 until his death in 1993.
Nancy's most rewarding accomplishment was being a mother. Her favorite pastime was playing duplicate bridge. She competed in regional and national tournaments for decades, becoming a silver life master. A voracious reader and gourmet cook, Nancy built an extensive library of books and cookbooks. Never one to cut corners in the kitchen, Nancy produced incomparable Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. She loved living on the ocean in Laguna Beach, travel, fine clothes, fine food and wine, fine objects, movies, theatre, and art museums. For decades, no morning was complete until LA Times and New York Times crossword puzzles were tackled. And she spent the final years of her life attending weekly Shakespeare classes.
She is survived by her three children: Pamela E. Galloway of Reno, NV., retired journalist and civic activist; Christopher B. Galloway of San Juan Capistrano, CA, owner of South Coast Stairs; and Dr. Gil Q. Galloway of Cardiff by the Sea, CA, chief of surgery for Scripps Hospital - Encinitas; sisters Shirley Betz of Sierra Madre, CA and Gayle Feyrer of Albany, CA; four grandchildren, and seven nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life is planned later this month at her bridge club in Dana Point.
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The Volvo 240 didn't change much over its multi-decade production run, but what did change were the kinds of people who bought them.
The ever-bizarre Regular Car Reviews explains how the car (on the East Coast at least) transitioned from the ride of choice for conservatives in high-waisted trousers to skinny jeans hipsters. Over on the Left Coast, the 240 ended up with the same hipster owners (count me in that bunch), though it was more of a liberal professor's car before that.
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Jack Hazelgren's 1963 Galaxie Lightweight
Jack Hazelgren's '63 Galaxie Lightweight Offers Unexpected Pleasure
When we saw this Wimbledon White '63 Galaxie at a Utah car show four years ago, it got our attention. It was a striking, slippery, stylish fastback massaged to perfection in Ford's design studios five decades ago. The '631/2 Galaxie fastback symbolized a new mindset at Ford that spring. The Galaxie's fastback roofline was the brainchild of Ford Division General Manager Lee Iacocca, who wanted more sportiness in all Ford car lines. The Falcon also got a fastback roofline and a sporty name--Sprint}. Iacocca infused a totally new image into the Ford Division lineup called Total Performance. Showroom floors quaked; so did the racing world.
Closer inspection of this slippery Galaxie revealed the legendary crossed checkered flags and a portension of things to come--SOHC. This was a 427 Galaxie fastback born of Ford's new, aggressive attitude and the Total Performance era. When Jack hopped in the car and spun its FE big-block, it had a decidedly different sound beneath the teardrop hood. There was the whiz of timing chains and the chatter of 16 rocker arms. Jack goosed the throttle, and we felt a rush of adrenaline. We had discovered not only a lightweight Galaxie, but also one fitted with a N.O.S. 427 SOHC big-block screamer that had just roared up from the '60s.
Jack is passionate about old Ford factory drag racers, but that's getting ahead of ourselves. Jack's love of vintage Fords dates back to when these cars were new, and it has never faded. A friend of his purchased a '63 Galaxie XL convertible in 1986, and Jack fell in love with '63 Fords all over again. He just had to have one. Today, he has five of them--all in various forms with 390s and 427s. Jack found this '63 lightweight in Hemming's Motor News in August 1999. He traded a '97 Camaro SS LT4, plus some cash, to get his hands on this Galaxie lightweight. Jack's find wasn't your typical glass Galaxie. It was fitted with the rare 427 SOHC hemi-head big-block designed and built for NASCAR competition in the mid-'60s.
When NASCAR told Ford it could not compete with an overhead cam engine, Ford wound up with dozens of 427-inch cammers on its hands. Many of them wound up in drag racers. Others were installed in boats. Still others were installed in street drivers. This is one of the crate engines that went undiscovered for many years. When it was discovered, it was knocked down and thoroughly inspected before assembly and fire-up. Jack tells us he removed the original sodium-filled valves and opted for Manley stopcocks instead. When he spun the cammer on the dyno, it made 675 hp at 7,500 rpm. It's a scream still heard high in the stratosphere over Utah.
You couldn't imagine anything less than an adequate drivetrain behind a 700-horse FE big-block. Ford's Top Loader four-speed channels the ponies into a "N" case 9-inch Detroit Locker, sporting 4.11:1 gears for good measure. Jack built his cammer glasser much as you might have expected in the '60s: factory drum brakes at all four corners, American Torq-Thrust D wheels, Mickey Thompson tires, N.O.S. factory Autolite shock absorbers, a 17-inch steering wheel, lightweight bucket seats, and only the necessary instrumentation. The sun tach takes us on a time trip back to the smell of burning rubber and Sunoco 260.
Of course, the centerpiece of this ride is its beating heart from the Total Performance era. The FE-series, 427ci, single overhead cam big-block was born in 1964 for NASCAR competition. It was a corporate act of desperation because Ford was getting clobbered on the superspeedways by Chrysler power. The FE's architecture made it challenging to fit with hemispherical cylinder heads as Chrysler had done with its 426ci RB-block. Because Ford had experience with overhead cam technology in its high-revving Indy small-blocks, it seemed logical to apply this thinking to the FE big-block. What Ford didn't know was NASCAR's Bill France wasn't having any part of overhead cam power on his speedways. Ford would quickly learn there would be no SOHC racing, so they took their corporate ball and went home.
What made the 427 SOHC revolutionary at the time was the technology practiced by Ford engineers. The SOHC's bottom end wasn't much different than we find with the wedge variants. Outside of oil distribution to the unusual heads, the block is virtually the same. Down under is a 7.5-quart oil pan. The crank was a steel forging for obvious reasons. Where the SOHC differed greatly was in its hemispherical crossflow heads with 2.250-inch intake and 1.90-inch exhaust valves. The head gaskets certainly were unique with an asbestos/steel combination designed for extreme pressures and heat. Rocker arms were little more than a cast-iron construction supported by needle-bearing fulcrums. These engines were quite sophisticated for their day--fitted with dual timing chains that looped from the crank sprocket to the single overhead cams above. Chain slack could be adjusted via a single idler. Screw-in freeze plugs were incorporated due to the high cooling system pressures. Ford opted for a transistorized, dual-point ignition system for added measure to keep the fire lit at high rpm.
The most remarkable part of the 427 SOHC story is how quickly Ford went from concept to running test mules--just 90 days. When Ford took its cammer to the dyno labs in Dearborn, it witnessed more than 600 hp at 7,000 rpm with more than 500 lb-ft of torque.
And this brings us back to Jack, who fires his 427 SOHC once a month to keep the oil circulating, and parts nice and limber. For Jack, listening to the SOHC enables him to live a dream most of us will never experience. Because Jack lives out in the country, he's able to spin the twin cams as aggressively as he desires. We will leave the rest to your imagination, and Jack to the business of door slamming.


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Last week, the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG)—a follow on to the original 9/11 Commission—reported that, 10 years after 9/11, nine of the 41 recommendations made by the commission remain unfulfilled. With scores like that, this report card certainly isn't going to make it on anyone's fridge.
The NSPG's findings point to several key recommendations of the commission that have not been met. For one, some seven years after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created, congressional oversight remains abysmal. DHS remains subject to oversight by a total of 108 different congressional committees and subcommittees. This is in stark contrast to the Department of Defense, which, with a budget 10 times greater than DHS's and millions more employees, is subject to oversight from only 36 committees and subcommittees.
These reports looking at the progress in meeting the 9/11 recommendations are nothing new. Roughly every year since 9/11, DHS has issued its own reports on implementing the commission's recommendations. Each year however, these reports seem only to "epitomize everything that is wrong with the current state of homeland security: too much triumphalism and not enough recognition of the pressing challenges in building the homeland security enterprise that the nation needs…. [These reports] contain little discussion of whether these recommendations are still relevant or whether they are the right answer in the first place."
The fact of the matter is that the 9/11 Commission findings focused on the problems of 10 years ago as they were understood then. A look at the experience of the past 10 years suggests different answers.
Reviewing the lessons learned from the past 10 years is certainly important; however, Congress and the Administration should remember that we aren't fighting the same war we were 10 years ago. Winning the global war against terrorists and ensuring that the nation never relives the tragedy of 9/11 requires that we look toward the next iteration of homeland security.


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TIME AND DATE: July 23, 2008 – 10:00 a.m.
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(1) Extension of time to issue initial decision in Docket No. 07-07 – Embarque Puerto Plata, Corp., and Embarque Puerto Inc., dba Embarque Shipping, et al. – Possible Violations of Sections 8(a) and 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984 and the Commission's Regulations at 46 CFR Parts 515 and 520
(2) Agency Report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations Regarding Sole Source Contracts
(3) Letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations Regarding the New Orleans Hire
(4) 2008 Human Capital Survey - Authorization to Issue Advance Notice to Staff
(5) Administrative Control of Funds C.O. 77 - Delegated Authority to Make Payments and Re-delegating Authority to Director OFM
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(1) Export Cargo Issues
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Shortly after his graduation, William F. Buckley Jr. wrote God and Man at Yale (1951), focusing on three areas where Yale was failing as a university: (a) its intolerance of, and open hostility, to religion in its courses; (b) in economics courses, its love of big government, its teaching the "obsolescence of individualism and waning of free enterprise and capitalism," and its disparagement of entrepreneurship, the engine of growth and prosperity; and (c) its manipulation of "academic freedom for their own ends and in such a fashion to deny the rights of individuals." Buckley called on Yale alumni to stop "abdicating their responsibilities" and get engaged and right the wrongs that he documented.
More than sixty years later, the situation has not improved; in many ways it is worse, not only at Yale but at colleges and universities across the country. Buckley's book addresses so many of the pathologies that we are dealing with today in America. It could be that we allowing our universities to fail to teach students what they need to know to become responsible citizens.
In the first chapter of God and Man at Yale, Buckley addresses religion at the university. He concludes that Yale, which for its first two hundred years had been led by clergymen, essentially turned its back on faith. He shows that departments including sociology, history, and psychology actively disparaged faith and its contribution to Western civilization or, in the case of psychology, simply ignored it. This attitude continues today.
The modern approach ignores the central role religion has played in Western civilization. David Aikman, the former bureau chief for Time magazine in China, noted recently that a secular scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Science said to him that the Chinese had studied the West, seeking the source of its predominance. "We did not find it in your guns, your wealth, even your natural resources," the Chinese scholar said. "We find the secret in your religion: we believe Christianity is central to the rise of the West." Yet many of our leading universities won't even consider what the Chinese have found as the source of the West's success.
In higher education, it is important that various worldviews be identified and fairly considered. How can students understand the world around them if they don't understand worldviews? Also, when a professor has a point of view, shouldn't that professor state it clearly so that students can understand where the professor is coming from?
In looking over some of my own notebooks from classes at Yale in the 1960s, I see that I was intrigued by the language of various professors. I wrote down lots of phrases. Unfortunately, no professor ever explained his viewpoint. No one ever gave me a framework to understand what I was being told.
Thus, several years after graduation from Yale and later from business school, I found myself incapable of making a key decision. Yes, I could write down all of the pluses and minuses on a yellow pad. I felt like a donkey starving between two bales of hay. My university education had not given me any framework in which to make a decision. My education at Yale and elsewhere had failed me.
The second chapter of Buckley's God and Man at Yale is entitled "Individualism." It bemoans the Marxist theory of economics that became ingrained in textbooks and classroom teaching in the late 1940s. To thrive after college, students had to repudiate what they had learned so that they could recover the entrepreneurial spirit.
Buckley notes that in the textbooks, economists failed to separate fact from belief. Advocating more government involvement, textbook authors had no problem making unsubstantiated assertions as to public policy. According to Buckley, these economists believed that "the individual firm, the individual himself is powerless to cope with the complexities of the economy in times of stress. The government must step in." He shows how the economics texts took a one-sided view that government spending is good and thrift is bad. "No consideration of private property or individual economic freedom is to deter the government from spending," Buckley explains. Even worse, "No credit is given—not even a footnote—to the serious works of serious students who insist that abridgement of freedom is an inescapable by-product of government planning." The same held true when I was at Yale. The economics professors hovered over us in our final exams to make sure that we could properly regurgitate Keynes's socialistic belief that government had to step in when the economy turned down.
Yet the past thirty-five years have demonstrated the power of entrepreneurship in creating jobs and wealth. Testifying before the Senate, Kate Mitchell, a director of the National Venture Capital Association, cited a study showing that in 2006, companies started with venture capital since 1971 now accounted for 10.4 million jobs, $2.3 trillion in revenues, 9.1 percent of private sector employment, and 17.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The list included Intel, FedEx, Microsoft, Apple, Google, and eBay.
As a result of this entrepreneurial activity, people at all levels of the economy have prospered: the average inflation-adjusted income in the top quintile of American earners increased 22 percent between 1993 and 2003; incomes in the middle quintile rose 17 percent on average; incomes in the bottom quintile increased 13 percent.
In contrast, when the government has tried to be the venture capitalist, it has not worked out well. Larry Summers, who served as President Barack Obama's top economic adviser, summed up the matter well in a prescient e-mail regarding Solyndra, a solar company the government lent money to that ended up bankrupt: "Gov[ernment] is a crappy vc," he wrote, using vc as shorthand for venture capitalist.
In God and Man at Yale, Buckley notes the economists' assertion that there is no practical limit to government debt. For example, Professor Lorie Tarshis in his textbook claims that "the government may be said to exhaust its credit only if it is unable to borrow; and, as we have just seen, its ability to do so can never be seriously in question." In another text, Professor Paul Samuelson concludes: "In short, there is no technical financial reason why a nation fanatically addicted to deficit spending should not pursue such a policy for the rest of our lives, and even beyond." We should ask the people of Greece today if that is true.
Buckley also takes on the issue of academic freedom in God and Man at Yale. In a carefully reasoned argument, he demonstrates that "academic freedom" has not protected free inquiry but instead has limited discussion. In practice, Buckley says, the system ends up allowing professors to speak out on issues with impunity—even to assert their opinions as fact in classes. Buckley cites numerous examples from a wide variety of departments at Yale.
The problem has only gotten worse and it goes well beyond Yale. For example, during her inaugural address, Harvard University president Drew Faust said:
The "Veritas" in Harvard's shield was originally intended to invoke the absolutes of divine revelation, the unassailable verities of Puritan religion. We understand it quite differently now. Truth is an aspiration, not a possession. Yet in this we—and all universities defined by the spirit of debate and free inquiry—challenge and even threaten those who would embrace unquestioned certainties. We must commit ourselves to the uncomfortable position of doubt, to the humility of always believing there is more to know, more to teach, more to understand.
In fact, the original motto on Harvard's shield was not simply "Veritas" but "Veritas pro Christo et pro ecclesia"—"Truth for Christ and the Church" which can be seen on the Harvard shield on the third floor of the Harvard Club in New York City. The dictionary defines truth as reality. Thus, Harvard University once recognized objective reality.
It is then hard to understand President Faust's new definition of truth/reality being "an aspiration." The very notion that truth is equivalent to reality suggests that that there can be only one truth or reality and it can hardly be "an aspiration." The search for truth may well take place in the spirit of debate, in grappling with doubt, and in the humility of always believing there is more to learn. But in the end, truth for one is truth for all.
Ignoring the truth of physical laws has immediate physical consequences. When you step out of a fifth-story window, gravity will take you quite quickly to the ground. There are also consequences to life and society when the truths of the natural law and of universal moral law are ignored. At the very least in ignoring these laws, our intellectual life—our worldview—is a house built on the shifting sands of opinion and not on the bedrock of truth. It is therefore very disturbing that President Faust would even consider threatening "those who would embrace [these] unquestioned certainties."
Our universities ought to recapture their role, which is not to enshrine the passing fads but to help their students lay hold of truth.
In God and Man at Yale, Buckley raises the question of "whether or not the alumni have the power or the right to interfere if they are in disagreement with Yale's educational policy." He concludes that alumni not only have the right but actually have the duty to "interfere." In the book's concluding chapter, he urges the alumni to hold the university accountable and ensure that professors who fail to respect religion and individualism be discharged.
What can be done about this situation? Buckley focused on alumni involvement, and in some cases alumni have been able to hold university administrations more accountable. Most notably, several years ago a group of Dartmouth alumni accused the college administration of sacrificing free speech to political correctness and of abandoning Dartmouth's historical focus on undergraduates. This group petitioned to put on the ballot its own candidates for the board of trustees, and two years in a row the outsiders unexpectedly defeated candidates whom the alumni association had endorsed.
Beyond alumni involvement, there are other things we can all do to try to hold colleges and universities accountable:
Questions that are also worth asking include:
Ultimately, William F. Buckley Jr. demonstrates clearly that what universities are teaching is harmful to our students and even destructive to our communities and our country. We must start asking universities the hard questions on what they are teaching and why. If we are to continue sending our children, and providing financial support, to these universities, we need to get answers that make much better sense.
Chuck Stetson is a Managing Director of PEI Funds, a private equity firm based in New York. A graduate of Yale and of Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, he has written articles for the Harvard Business Review, Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital, The Journal of Corporate Strategy, and Trinity Forum. He created The Doubleday Pocket Bible Guide, coauthored the acclaimed public school textbook The Bible and Its Influence, and edited Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce. Mr. Stetson is CEO of Essentials in Education, an educational publisher that initiated and produced the documentary The Better Hour: The Legacy of William Wilberforce, which was broadcast on PBS. He has initiated and funded research on marriage, including The Taxpayer Cost of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing, The Marriage Index, and most recently Second Chances for Marriage.
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I wasn't mocking my colleagues!
That's the upshot of what House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday about recent comments he made regarding his fellow Republicans and immigration reform.
"You tease the ones you love," Boehner told reporters at a Republican leadership press conference.
To recap what the Ohio Republican said last week: "Here's the attitude. Ohhhh. Don't make me do this. Ohhhh. This is too hard."
Boehner quickly pivoted to President Barack Obama and didn't promise any legislative action this year.
Overhauling the country's immigration laws has gotten pushes from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk. But Congress is at an impasse. The Senate has passed an immigration-reform bill, but the House is still debating.
Boehner said House Republicans will continue having discussions to see "if there's a way forward."
On his comments from last week, Boehner said: "Our members know me, alright? Sometimes I can rib people a little too much."
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Posted on January 30,
Chevron's Fight with Richmond
R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer
Greg Karras has heard the talk about Chevron
Corp. possibly pulling out of Richmond. He isn't buying it.
Karras is a senior scientist of an environmental group fighting
Chevron's plan to upgrade its Richmond refinery, which has
occupied a spot on the city's western edge for more than a
To him, recent hints from Chevron executives that they might
leave Richmond unless they get their way ring hollow. Although
they're low right now, refinery profit margins tend to be higher
in California than they are elsewhere in the country, he said.
Chevron isn't likely to sell or close the third-largest producer
of gasoline in the state.
"It's not going to happen - not to this refinery," said Karras,
with Communities for a Better Environment. "Here you've got
the California market, a gold mine for any refinery, and a
new refinery is very unlikely to be built. If it's profitable
to sell gasoline, diesel and jet fuel in California, Chevron's
not going to close the Richmond refinery."
Negotiating tactic
Many of the people sparring with Chevron in Richmond - over
the refinery expansion as well as a $20.5 million tax dispute
- don't believe the company will leave. Some consider the executives'
hints of departure a negotiating tactic. Chevron's announcement
this month that it needs to cut jobs throughout its worldwide
refining operations and possibly sell some facilities didn't
change their minds.
"It seems like they've got something that's working and making
money," said Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, a frequent Chevron
The City Council, she said, will discuss the possibility that
the refinery could change hands or close. But she doubts either
will happen.
"We're basically going to look at all the potentialities," McLaughlin
said. "But I do think that because it is a profitable refinery,
this probably won't result in a closure." [emphasis added]
Chevron, based 35 miles away in San Ramon, won't say which
of its refineries around the globe will close or be sold. Those
details will be revealed in March.
Chevron spokesman Sean Comey said the company wants better
relations with Richmond, but the city's business environment
leaves something to be desired.
"The refinery was there before the town was incorporated,
and historically it had been a good place to do business," he
said. "Right now, there's some opportunity for improvement."
Oil companies rarely disclose profits for specific refineries,
lest they give competitors too much information. But in a New
York Times article last fall, the head of Chevron's global
refining operations said Richmond ranked in the "lowest tier
of earnings" among the company's refineries. "Refineries
that don't make money don't stay open," he warned.
And yet, California refineries typically enjoy some of the
nation's highest profit margins. The state uses unique gasoline
blends designed to fight air pollution, and only a small number
of refineries make those blends. Limited competition has, for
most of the past decade, made California the place to be for
Refining industry profits can be tracked, roughly, by looking
at the difference between the price of the oil that refineries
use as raw material and the price of the products that they
make, a measure known as the "crack spread." Last year, the
crack spread for West Coast refineries averaged $14.83 per
barrel of oil. For refineries on the Gulf Coast, it averaged
Demand down
These days, all refineries are hurting, in California and
throughout the country. The recession has driven down the demand
for gasoline, as Americans try to save money by driving less.
Even with high gas prices, averaging more than $3 per gallon
in California, refineries are losing money. In such a bleak
environment, Chevron might contemplate closing or selling its
Richmond site, said Brian Youngberg, senior energy analyst
with investment company Edward Jones.
"I doubt that they would close it, but I don't think it's
necessarily out of the realm of possibility," he said. "I really
think they're re-looking at their entire portfolio. If they
feel they need to make significant improvements in Richmond,
and they're getting pushback, they might consider it."
Chevron is Richmond's largest employer, with 1,250 people
at the refinery and 1,350 at a research and technology center.
The company's relationship with the community has been turbulent.
In 2008, Richmond voters approved a new tax on the refinery,
based on the value of the crude oil it refines. A judge ruled
the tax unconstitutional in December, saving Chevron $20.5
Another courtroom fight has gone badly for the company. Last
summer several organizations, including Communities for a Better
Environment, persuaded a judge to block the refinery's upgrade
and expansion. The company had not answered key questions about
the project in its environmental impact report, the judge ruled.
Settlement talks between Chevron and the plaintiffs have, so
far, produced no results.
Chevron executives have not explicitly said that the company
would leave Richmond. Instead, in comments to the New York
Times and National Public Radio, they have suggested that if
they can't upgrade the refinery, their relationship with the
city might end in "divorce."
To Karras, those comments sound familiar.
Nearly 10 years ago, owners of another Bay Area refinery embroiled
in an environmental dispute threatened to close their facility.
The Tosco refinery (now owned by Tesoro Corp.) had been ordered
by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
to cut the amount of dioxin it released into the environment.
Company executives said the changes would cost too much, and
they threatened to shutter the facility, located near Martinez.
The board backed down. Two weeks later, Tosco announced that
another company, Ultramar, had agreed to buy the refinery.
The sale had to be in the works before the showdown with the
water board, Karras said.
"Lo and behold, the water board granted their request," Karras
said. "It was clearly and obviously an empty threat. It clearly
and obviously put pressure on the environmental agencies."
And yet, California refineries face significant uncertainties
about the future.
State rules
As part of the fight against global warming, California is
developing a cap-and-trade system that would put a price on
carbon dioxide emissions. The state also has adopted a "low-carbon
fuel standard" that will force refiners to reduce the carbon
intensity of the fuels they sell. Both will probably prove
expensive for refiners.
If the entire country adopts those measures, refineries throughout
the country would face similar costs. But if the federal stalemate
over climate-change legislation continues and California goes
it alone, refineries in the state would be at a disadvantage,
said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States
Petroleum Association, an oil industry lobbying group.
"We've got companies that are looking at every investment
dollar, every investment and where they're going to make it," she
said. "And I can tell you, California is not at the top of
the list."
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I hope to see more and more of this. The company had to pay 7.5 mil and the individual had to shell out 750 grand.
By MARK JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer 45 minutes ago
ALBANY, N.Y. - The former chief executive of a company accused of secretly installing adware and spyware on millions of home computers agreed to pay $750,000 in penalties after an investigation, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.
In April, Spitzer sued Los Angeles-based Intermix Media Inc., saying the company was responsible for sending software tens of millions of times on computers across the country and three million times in New York.
The company subsequently agreed to pay $7.5 million in penaties to settle the case.
Adware and spyware deliver nuisance pop-up advertisements and can slow and crash personal computers. Spitzer said such programs are fraudulent and threaten to discourage e-commerce.
Shortly after filing the suit, Spitzer's office began investigating Intermix's founder and former CEO Brad Greenspan, Spitzer spokesman Brad Maione said.
Greenspan served as CEO of Intermix from July 2002 to October 2003. Investigators said he directed employees to bundle adware with other free programs and to make the software difficult to remove.
Greenspan did not admit to any wrongdoing in the settlement. His lawyer did not immediately return a call for comment.
Intermix runs a collection of Web sites featuring quizzes, games and jokes that it packages for advertisers.
Spitzer also said that Intermix's agreement to pay $7.5 million in penalties over three years and stop distributing adware programs was approved by state Supreme Court Judge Judith Gische.
Calls to Intermix spokeswoman Sara Jones and company lawyers were not immediately returned.
Intermix affiliate Acez Software also agreed to pay $35,000 to end an investigation by the attorney general's office of its bundling of adware with free screensavers without providing notice to consumers, Spitzer's office said.
In July, News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said it would buy Intermix for $580 million in cash.


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A California jury has found accused serial killer Joseph Naso guilty of killing four women in the Bay Area and Yuba County between 1977 and 1994, in a notorious series of killings known as the "alphabet murders."
The Marin County jury deliberated for about seven hours over a two-day period, and agreed with prosecutors, convicting Naso of four counts of first-degree murder, as well as the special circumstance of committing multiple murders, which makes him eligible for the death penalty.
Naso, 79, did not visibly react when the verdict was read at about 2:20 p.m.
Naso insisted on representing himself in the trial, which began in mid-June, with the help of an advisory counsel.
The jury convicted him of killing Roxene Roggasch, 18, of Oakland, and Carmen Colon, a 22-year-old East Bay resident. Roggasch was found dead off of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard west of Fairfax on Jan. 11, 1977.
Roggasch's stepfather, Vern Ashby, told NBC Bay Area the family is relieved and elated by the verdict. He said the family has always wondered if they would ever find out who killed Roxene and if she would ever get justice. Ashby said the district attorney called him Tuesday afternoon to inform him of the verdict.
Roggasch's mother, Beverly Ashby, said she hopes Naso will get the death penalty. "I think they ought to hang him by the balls," Beverly Ashby said.
Colon's body was found near Carquinez Scenic Drive in Port Costa in Contra Costa County on Aug. 15, 1978. Naso, a former commercial photographer, was also found guilty of the murders of Pamela Parsons, 38, and Tracy Tafoya, 31, whose bodies were found in Yuba County in September 1993 and August 1994, respectively.
All four victims are believed to have worked as prostitutes, and their murders became known as the "alphabet murders" because their first and last names all began with the same letter.
The jury saw Naso, acting as his own attorney, smiling and wearing a suit and tie during the two-month trial--a far different demeanor than on his first day in a Marin County courtroom after his 2011 arrest at his home in Reno, Nevada.
Naso was arrested after visiting probation officers found disturbing photographs of nude women in unnatural positions. They appeared unconscious or dead.
Naso called it art.
Deputy District Attorney Rosemary Slote called it criminal, claiming Naso drugged and photographed his victims, strangled them, and dumped their naked bodies in rural areas of Marin and Contra Costa counties in the 1970s.
Naso's DNA was found in semen collected from the pantyhose Roggasch was wearing when her body was found, prosecutors said.
Evidence against Naso included a handwritten list that prosecutors allege refers to at least seven women, including the four victims and some of the locations where their bodies were found. During the trial, the prosecution presented 70 witnesses, and Naso called seven to the stand.
The jury began deliberating on Monday afternoon. The sentencing phase of the trial, to begin next month, will determine whether Naso will face the death penalty.
Even if Naso is sentenced to death, it is unlikely he will be executed. There are 725 inmates already on California's Death Row and executions have been on hold since 2006, when a federal judge ordered an overhaul of California's execution protocol.
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