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ORLANDO, Fla. -- If Dwight Howard's days are numbered in Orlando, he doesn't resemble a man who isn't fond of being in a Magic jersey.
Howard scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and J.J. Redick added 18 points and a career-high nine assists as the Magic ran past the Indiana Pacers 107-94 on Sunday night.
It was the first of two home games Orlando plays this week before Thursday's trade deadline, which could be Howard's final two appearances in a Magic uniform if team officials honor his preseason trade request.
"Thursday, he'll either be here or he won't," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said of the expected spotlight this week on his team.
For Howard's part, he said afterward the only thing that was on his mind was how Orlando can improve going forward after struggling to maintain what was mostly a 20-plus point lead for most of the night against the Pacers.
"We have to do a better job of putting four quarters together," Howard said. "We have a quarter where we play great, then we kind of let up. We've got to work on that."
To do that, of course, Howard would have to be in a Magic uniform beyond Thursday.
Asked if he was looking forward to the trade deadline, Howard remained mum on his future.
"I'm looking forward to the next game that we have," he said. "That's the only thing on my mind right now."
As for Sunday, the Magic played without starters Hedo Turkoglu and Jason Richardson, but seemed unfazed as they built a 20-point lead in the first half and got 30 points from their bench.
Richardson sat with a sprained left ankle and Turkoglu was out serving a one-game suspension for making contact with a referee in last week's win over Chicago.
Orlando flourished without them, though, thanks to the strong efforts of replacements Redick and Quentin Richardson and an equally active night by the Magic on defense.
Howard did his damage in just 37 minutes of action and also connected on 8 of 12 attempts from the free-throw line.
Orlando has won four out of its last five, and also earned a 3-1 season series victory over Indiana.
Van Gundy echoed Howard's dissection of their performance against the Pacers, and said he thought the Magic played with energy in spurts and are not where they want to be even with the seemingly dominant win.
He did, however, praise Redick's effort. In particular playing the pick and roll with Howard, which contributed to several of his assists.
"We rode that," Van Gundy said. "It was working very, very well and we rode it."
Redick said he felt comfortable stepping into the starting lineup.
"I know that Stan trusts me," Redick said. "I know that when Turk is playing and J-Rich is playing that it takes away some of the need for me to be a playmaker. But I just wanted to be aggressive."
Paul George led the Pacers with 22 points, Tyler Hansbrough added 19 and Danny Granger 18.
They lost their fourth straight game and will try to avoid their second five-game losing streak of the season Tuesday when they host Portland.
The Pacers certainly were accomplices in the Magic's production on both ends, and played as though they had some leftover fatigue from their overtime loss Saturday night at Miami.
George acknowledged that and emotion from the Heat loss "kicked us" but said the losing skid isn't something they are overly concerned about.
"We've been here before," George said. "At the same time, we're still in a good position. We're still a good team. Just keep working. We have a day off (Monday) and that will be much needed."
Indiana cut a huge first-half lead by the Magic to single digits early in the third quarter before watching it balloon back above 20 points late in the period, connecting on just 1 of 12 3-pointers overall.
Orlando was 10 for 27 from beyond the arc to offset being outscored 50-36 in the paint.
Indiana coach Frank Vogel said there isn't anything special he needs to help his team rebound from their current downturn.
"They understand," he said. "We've had a five-game losing streak a couple of weeks ago, then we won six straight. We know we're a good team. We know the schedule is going to hit you hard sometimes, and you've got to do the best you can to manage it.
"We have a great deal of confidence that we're a good team right now."
Game notes
Howard and Hansbrough received double technical fouls early in the fourth quarter after a brief verbal exchange following a play. It was Howard's eighth tech of the season. ... Van Gundy said that even if Howard remains in Orlando past Thursday's trade deadline, it won't end the speculation around his team. "There won't be closure," Van Gundy said. "There's closure, I guess, if he goes. If he stays, it just starts all over again. Just start the clock again. You're right back where you started from the day the playoffs ended last year, like Groundhog Day." ... The Pacers played Sunday without G George Hill, who sat out his second consecutive game with a sprained left shoulder.
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The Jeep Liberty is the successor to the aged Cherokee, which was in production from 1984 to 2001. Evolved from the Dakar and Jeepster concept vehicles ('97 and '98, respectively), the Liberty features design themes from each, such as a large greenhouse, short front and rear overhangs, high roofline, rear-mounted spare tire and 16-inch alloy wheels below pronounced wheel flares. It also borrows from the past; the Liberty is a bloodline descendant of the original Jeep Willys. The Liberty carries the trademark Jeep grille with seven vertical rectangles as well as the traditional Jeep round headlamps.
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A man charged in a hit-and-run that left a former Kennesaw State University student in a coma was granted a $50,000 bond on Thursday. William Wilson Heaton, 22, is accused of hitting 19-year-old Emily Bowman with his truck and fleeing the scene.
No attorney was present to represent Heaton when he appeared before the judge. He listened as the district attorney poured over his criminal and driving history that consisted of various alcohol and speeding violations. The judge issued bond to Heaton over the DA's objections.
If Heaton posts bond, the judge ordered him to wear a GPS monitor, surrender his driver's licence, be subject to drug and alcohol tests, and have no contact with witnesses.
Heaton's mother was present at the bond hearing, and tells FOX 5 her heart is focused on the Bowmans, and her son is ready to take responsibility for his actions.
"Wilson and his father and I are all committed to the truth, and we have been from day one. We have communicated that again and again, and Wilson is fully prepared to take responsibility," said Tara Heaton.
Heaton turned himself on Wednesday night after a warrant was issued, nearly three weeks after the hit-and run-accident. Police say Heaton hit Emily Bowman with his truck in the early morning hours of February 16 while she was walking with a friend.
Investigators say he fled the scene and they found his truck abandoned nearby with empty alcohol containers inside. Bowman has been fighting for her life ever since at Athens Regional Hospital. Her mother Debbie says it's been a tough road, but she is showing signs of progress.
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Liver disease is on the rise. Successfully managing this complex disease takes an experienced team. For many patients with advanced disease, a life-saving liver transplant is needed. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, world-class expertise and comprehensive care translate into patient outcomes that are among the best in the nation.
In March 2011, Debbie and Jack Fleming of New Berlin were invited to dinner with friends out of town. Deb Fleming decided to stay home.
"I didn't want to go, because I wasn't supposed to be more than an hour from the hospital," she recalled. Deb had liver disease for years and was on the national liver transplant wait list through Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. She had been on the list just a short time, but the severity of her illness placed her near the top. Jack attended the dinner alone, then returned home later that evening. The couple had just turned in when the phone rang.
"It was about 12:30 at night," Deb said. "I didn't quite believe it. When you get a late night call, you think something's wrong, but it was the opposite." A donor liver was available.
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More than 16,000 people in the United States are on the United Network for Organ Sharing national wait list for liver transplant. Unfortunately, only about one-third will actually receive a donor liver. Experts expect the gap to grow even wider in the coming years as liver disease becomes more common.
The liver is the largest organ in the human body and one of the most versatile, aiding in digestion of food, making agents that help blood clot, and filtering toxins out of the bloodstream. Diseases that may affect the liver include hepatitis (inflammation of the liver), cirrhosis (scarring), fatty liver (accumulation of fat in the liver cells), and liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma).
It takes a comprehensive team to successfully manage liver disease, and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin provide care for people with acute and chronic liver disease as well as end-stage liver disease. Team members include hepatologists (physicians who specialize in liver disease), physician assistants, nurses and others who are highly trained and experienced in managing all types of liver disease.
"Not everyone with liver disease will need a transplant," said Samer Gawrieh, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin gastroenterologist/ hepatologist and medical director of the Liver Transplant Program at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. "Many people with less severe disease can live for a long time without developing complications."
Froedtert & the Medical College also conduct research to study the effects of new drugs and treatments that can improve outcomes for patients. For people whose liver disease has progressed to liver failure, the symptoms become more notable: fatigue, jaundice, fluid build-up in the abdomen or legs, internal bleeding and even mental confusion. Cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver tissue, also puts people at higher risk for liver cancer.
"When liver disease progresses to liver failure, cirrhosis or liver cancer, the patient should be evaluated for liver transplant," Dr. Gawrieh said. A multidisciplinary medical review board evaluates the patient's candidacy for transplantation and other treatments and therapies; candidates accepted for liver transplantation are registered on the national waiting list. In liver transplantation, the organ allocation system is complex, but the overall goal is to get organs to the sickest patients regardless of how long they have been waiting.
Debbie's journey to transplant began nearly 20 years ago, when routine blood work revealed she was infected with hepatitis C. "I don't know how I acquired it – nobody does," she said. "I had never had any symptoms." Debbie's liver disease was monitored by her gastroenterologist for many years. She eventually developed cirrhosis and began to experience the symptoms of liver failure. "I was sort of running out of steam," Debbie said. She began to retain so much fluid in her legs that her shoes no longer fit.
In 2010, she sought care at Froedtert & the Medical College through the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinic, and was subsequently evaluated by the physicians of the Liver Transplant Program, where she received a comprehensive evaluation.
During that process, diagnostic scans detected a cancerous tumor on her liver. Liver cancer was a setback for Debbie, but it ranked her higher on the transplant waiting list.
"Although having a liver tumor can position a patient higher on the transplant list, if it grows too large, the patient may no longer be a transplant candidate," said Robert A. Hieb, MD, RVT, Medical College of Wisconsin vascular and interventional radiologist. Therefore, these patients often undergo treatment. Treatment is typically Regional Cancer Therapy, either therapy with radioactive microspheres or, as in Debbie's case, high-dose chemotherapy, delivered directly through an artery to the tumor. Her response was good, and the tumor shrank significantly.
Debbie then began to prepare in earnest for a transplant.
The liver transplant team includes hepatologists, surgeons, radiologists, specialized transplant nurses, physician assistants, psychologists, a pharmacist, dietitians, social workers and financial liaisons. In addition to extensive medical testing and psychosocial assessment, the transplant team focuses on readying patients for surgery and optimizing their opportunity for a successful procedure and a good recovery. Smoking cessation and abstinence from alcohol and recreational drugs are critical. The team also emphasizes good nutrition and physical fitness. Deb met with David Cronin II, MD, PhD, FACS, a Medical College of Wisconsin transplant surgeon and director of the Liver Transplant Program at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin since 2008.
"He told me I should take care of myself and lose weight for optimal health," Debbie said. "On the way home, I stopped at Weight Watchers and joined the YMCA." Debbie worked hard for weeks, and it paid off. The day she hit her 25-pound goal was the same day she received the late-night call informing her that a donor liver was available.
Dr. Cronin understands what makes a transplant successful.
"Performing a liver transplant is doing the highest level of surgery on the sickest patients," Dr. Cronin said. "It's technically and intellectually demanding, incorporating medicine, surgery, immunology and pharmacology. "The key to a good outcome," he said, "is comprehensive management of the acute and chronic complications that occur before and after transplantation." This attention to detail makes a difference. Nationally, 89 percent of liver transplant patients survive a year or longer after their procedure. For transplants performed by the Froedtert & the Medical College team, patient survival is 95 percent (http://www.srtr.org/, July 2008 – January 2011).
When Debbie arrived at the hospital, the transplant team was in full swing. She was prepped for surgery, waited for several hours and, at 10:30 a.m., was brought to the operating suite. Dr. Cronin and the team operated for more than seven hours. After transplantation, Debbie was brought out of sedation. "I didn't feel that bad," she said, "and I was very emotional." Two days later, she got out of bed and walked around her room. The third day was even better. "They told me I could go home when I could handle the stairs, so I was determined to try," Debbie said. Under watchful care, she walked all the way around the unit and up and down a flight of steps.
After discharge, follow-up care is coordinated by a Froedtert & the Medical College transplant nurse coordinator, who helps patients navigate appointments, prescriptions, lab tests and other needs. The transplant team monitors patients closely for signs of rejection, graft function and side effects of medications that suppress the immune system.
"Infections are frequent, and the medications may lead to high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high cholesterol, which all need to be managed," Dr. Gawrieh said. "Transplant patients receive lifelong follow-up, but the first three months are the most intense. After six months, many patients require only one anti-rejection medication. At this point, the majority of patients feel they are completely back to normal.
"While some liver diseases like hepatitis C infection can return, the majority of liver transplant recipients live long, healthy, high quality lives," Dr. Gawrieh said.
At home, Debbie followed her medication plan and diet guidelines. Losing weight is difficult for most patients, but she has managed to take off additional pounds. After just two months, Debbie returned to her job doing computer work for a pharmacy service. "I think going back to work makes you feel better," she said. "You get to talk to people, and you don't dwell on things so much."
Debbie gets tearful talking about the support she received at Froedtert & the Medical College.
"My caregivers were excellent, very positive and compassionate," she said. "I feel very fortunate to have had all the doctors and nurses that I did." She's also thankful for her personal support system – her family and her husband, Jack. "He was there all the time for me," she said. "And he still is."
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ATLANTAThe debate over what Georgia children should learn about economics and finance took center stage today at a conference of key state education and business leaders, including State School Superintendent Kathy Cox, University System of Georgia Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith and Bank of America Georgia President Eugene J. Godbold Jr. The Georgia Summit on Economic and Financial Education was sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Georgia Council on Economic Education.
Georgia is one of 14 states requiring students to pass a high school course in economics, but many participants at the summit said that much more is needed to prepare students for the realities of being workers and consumers in todays complex financial world. While other subjects have curricula that build skills from the earliest grades, the path for economic and financial education is less clear, said William B. Walstad, a national economic education expert. The voices for economic education are far too soft. We need more people saying that economics is just as important as math, science or language arts, he said.
At the summit, participants provided solutions to help close gaps they identified in the states financial and economic education curriculum, teacher training in economics and assessment of school and adult education programs.
The Atlanta Fed and the Georgia Council on Economic Education will develop a report on the conference, said Patrick K. Barron, the Atlanta Feds first vice president and chief operating officer. A work group will then be commissioned to carry forward the reports recommendations.
As part of the nations central banking system, the Atlanta Fed participates in setting national monetary policy, supervises numerous commercial banks and provides a variety of financial services to depository institutions and the U.S. government. The Georgia Council on Economic Education helps teachers teach economics in the public and independent schools of Georgia.


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On August 20th, Bellingham area restaurants will partake in the 6th Annual Bite of Bellingham. Vendors compete in three categories; "Best Bite," "Sweetest Sweet" and "Dreamiest Drink." To experience what culinary treasures Bellingham has to offer, I suggest starting with last year's winners.
Best Bite- Bayou on Bay's Smoked Tasso Po'Boy
Sweetest Sweet- Mt. Bakery's Vanilla Bean Crème Brulee
Dreamiest Drink- Tie between Poppe's and Obe Café's. Raspberry Ginger Ale and The Copper Hog's Purple Drink
For a day guaranteed to leave your culinary curiosity satisfied, here is a tasting guide for Bellingham inspired by this year's competitors.
Breakfast at La Vie en Rose Bakery and Deli. on Holly St. After your first bite out of a freshly baked good at this quaint French bakery, you will have a hard time believing you are not in the heart of Paris.
Lunch at India Grill, located at 1215 Cornwall Ave. They offer a $7.95 lunch special buffet and extensive menu. Their Mango Lassi earned third place for Dreamiest Drink in 2010.
Dinner at The Table located at 100 N Commercial Ave. With a seasonal menu all ingredients are fresh and provide fantastic variety. Parents can choose from fanciful greens or decadent pasta dishes and kids will be happy with classic mac n cheese or spaghetti and meatballs. Thursday is Ravioli day!
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Theater exist, continue to thrive and be strong and offer entertainment opportunities
to the community," Shields said.
Florence Main Street and
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spring and summer to pay for the project.
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text: content LE Magazine October 2001 Page 3 of 4 Green Tea/Cancer Inhibition of prostate carcinogenesis in TRAMP mice by oral infusion of green tea polyphenols. Development of effective chemopreventive agents against prostate cancer (CaP) for humans requires conclusive evidence of their efficacy in animal models that closely emulates human disease. The autochthonous transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate (TRAMP) model, which spontaneously develops metastatic CaP, is one such model that mimics progressive forms of human disease. Employing male TRAMP mice, we show that oral infusion of a polyphenolic fraction isolated from green tea (GTP) at a human achievable dose (equivalent to six cups of green tea per day) significantly inhibits CaP development and increases survival in these mice. In two separate experiments, the cumulative incidence of palpable tumors at 32 weeks of age in 20 untreated mice was 100% (20 of 20). In these mice, 95% (19 of 20), 65% (13 of 20), 40% (8 of 20), and 25% (5 of 20) of the animals exhibited distant site metastases to lymph nodes, lungs, liver, and bone, respectively. However, 0.1% GTP (wt/vol) provided as the sole source of drinking fluid to TRAMP mice from 8 to 32 weeks of age resulted in (i) significant delay in primary tumor incidence and tumor burden as assessed sequentially by MRI, (ii) significant decrease in prostate (64%) and genitourinary (GU) (72%) weight, (iii) significant inhibition in serum insulin-like growth factor-I and restoration of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 levels, and (iv) marked reduction in the protein expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in the prostate compared with water-fed TRAMP mice. The striking observation of this study was that GTP infusion resulted in almost complete inhibition of distant site metastases. Furthermore, GTP consumption caused significant apoptosis of CaP cells, which possibly resulted in reduced dissemination of cancer cells, thereby causing inhibition of prostate cancer development, progression, and metastasis of CaP to distant organ sites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 Aug 14 Green tea extracts decrease carcinogen-induced mammary tumor burden in rats and rate of breast cancer cell proliferation in culture. Epidemiological evidence suggests tea (Camellia sinensis L.) has chemopreventive effects against various tumors. Green tea contains many polyphenols, including epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG), which possess anti-oxidant qualities. Reduction of chemically induced mammary gland carcinogenesis by green tea in a carcinogen-induced rat model has been suggested previously, but the results reported were not statistically significant. Here we have tested the effects of green tea on mammary tumorigenesis using the 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) Sprague-Dawley (S-D) rat model. We report that green tea significantly increased mean latency to first tumor, and reduced tumor burden and number of invasive tumors per tumor-bearing animal; although, it did not affect tumor number in the female rats. Furthermore, we show that proliferation and/or viability of cultured Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer cell lines was reduced by EGCG treatment. Similar negative effects on proliferation were observed with the DMBA-transformed D3-1 cell line. Growth inhibition of Hs578T cells correlated with induction of p27(Kip1) cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CKI) expression. Hs578T cells expressing elevated levels of p27(Kip1) protein due to stable ectopic expression displayed increased G1 arrest. Thus, green tea had significant chemopreventive effects on carcinogen-induced mammary tumorigenesis in female S-D rats. In culture, inhibition of human breast cancer cell proliferation by EGCG was mediated in part via induction of the p27(Kip1) CKI. J Cell Biochem 2001;82(3):387-98 Inhibitory effects of orally administered green tea, black tea, and caffeine on skin carcinogenesis in mice previously treated with ultraviolet B light (high-risk mice): relationship to decreased tissue fat. Treatment of SKH-1 hairless mice with ultraviolet B light (UVB; 30 mJ/cm(2)) twice a week for 22 weeks resulted in tumor-free animals with a high risk of developing malignant and nonmalignant skin tumors during the next several months in the absence of additional UVB treatment (high-risk mice). Oral administration of green tea or black tea (6 mg tea solids/ml) to UVB-pretreated high-risk SKH-1 mice for 23 weeks after stopping UVB treatment decreased the number of tumors/mouse, decreased the size of the parametrial fat pads, and decreased the thickness of the dermal fat layer away from tumors and directly under tumors. Administration of the decaffeinated teas had little or no effect on these parameters, and adding caffeine (equivalent to the amount in the regular teas) to the decaffeinated teas restored their inhibitory effects. Administration of caffeine alone also decreased the number of tumors/mouse, the size of the parametrial fat pads, and the thickness of the dermal fat layer away from tumors and under tumors. Using data from individual mice and linear regression and correlation analysis, we found a highly significant positive correlation between the thickness of the dermal fat layer away from tumors and the number of tumors/mouse (r = 0.34; P = 0.0001), but the correlation between average tumor size/mouse and the thickness of the dermal fat layer away from tumors was weak (r = 0.16; P = 0.034). The results suggested that p.o. administered tea or caffeine may have decreased tumor multiplicity in part by decreasing fat levels in the dermis. Additional analysis revealed that oral administration of caffeinated beverages (green tea, black tea, decaffeinated green tea plus caffeine, decaffeinated black tea plus caffeine, or caffeine alone) decreased the thickness of the dermal fat layer under large tumors to a much greater extent than under small tumors. This is the first demonstration of a close association between inhibition of carcinogenesis and the lowering of tissue fat levels by a chemopreventive agent. Cancer Res 2001 Jul 1;61(13):5002-9 Intake of butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytoluene and stomach cancer risk: results from analyses in the Netherlands Cohort Study. Both carcinogenic and anticarcinogenic properties have been reported for the synthetic antioxidants butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). The association between dietary intake of BHA and BHT and stomach cancer risk was investigated in the Netherlands Cohort Study (NLCS) that started in 1986 among 120,852 men and women aged 55 to 69 years. A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to assess food consumption. Information on BHA or BHT content of cooking fats, oils, mayonnaise and other creamy salad dressings and dried soups was obtained by chemical analysis, a Dutch database of food additives (ALBA) and the Dutch Compendium of Foods and Diet Products. After 6.3 years of follow-up, complete data on BHA and BHT intake of 192 incident stomach cancer cases and 2035 subcohort members were available for case-cohort analysis. Mean intake of BHA or BHT among subcohort members was 105 and 351 microg/day, respectively. For consumption of mayonnaise and other creamy salad dressings with BHA or BHT no association with stomach cancer risk was observed. A statistically non-significant decrease in stomach cancer risk was observed with increasing BHA and BHT intake [rate ratio (RR) highest/lowest intake of BHA = 0.57 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.25-1.30] and BHT = 0.74 (95% CI: 0.38-1.43). In this study, no significant association with stomach cancer risk was found for usual intake of low levels of BHA and BHT. Food Chem Toxicol 2000 Jul;38(7):599-605 Stomach cancer-related mortality. In Japan stomach cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. We analyzed the annual mortality rate of stomach cancer in relation to age, gender and life expectancy in Japan between 1970 and 1995. The adjusted stomach cancer-related mortality rates decreased from 88.9 in 1970 to 45.4 per 100,000 in 1995 in males and from 46.5 to 18.5 per 100,000 in females. The male-female ratio for stomach cancer-related mortality in all ages was 1.9 to 2.5 during this 25-year period, and the mortality rate was higher in females than in males at young age. The negative contribution to life expectancy for stomach cancer in males was 0.65 years and 0.42 years in females, which is consistent with a higher mortality rate in males. This negative contribution was 41.8% of total cancer in 1970 and 39.4% in 1995 in males and 34.4% and 16.0%, respectively, in females. Our results demonstrated the need to take into consideration the characteristics of stomach cancer in young women and the effects of aging when designing programs aimed at prevention and control of this malignancy. Eur J Cancer Prev 2001 Feb;10(1):61-7 Green tea and the risk of gastric cancer in Japan. BACKGROUND: Although laboratory experiments and case-control studies have suggested that the consumption of green tea provides protection against gastric cancer, few prospective studies have been performed. METHODS: In January 1984, a total of 26,311 residents in three municipalities of Miyagi Prefecture, in northern Japan (11,902 men and 14,409 women 40 years of age or older), completed a self-administered questionnaire that included questions about the frequency of consumption of green tea. During 199,748 person-years of follow-up, through December 1992, we identified 419 cases of gastric cancer (in 296 men and 123 women). We used Cox regression to estimate the relative risk of gastric cancer according to the consumption of green tea. RESULTS: Green-tea consumption was not associated with the risk of gastric cancer. After adjustment for sex, age, presence or absence of a history of peptic ulcer smoking status, alcohol consumption, other dietary elements, and type of health insurance, the relative risks associated with drinking one or two, three or four, and five or more cups of green tea per day, as compared with less than one cup per day, were 1.1 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.8 to 1.6), 1.0 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.7 to 1.4), and 1.2 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.9 to 1.6), respectively (P for trend=0.13). The results were similar after the 117 cases of gastric cancer that were diagnosed in the first three years of follow-up had been excluded, with respective relative risks of 1.2 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.8 to 1.8) 1.0 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.7 to 1.5), and 1.4 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.0 to 1.9) (P for trend=0.07). CONCLUSIONS: In a population-based, prospective cohort study in Japan, we found no association between green-tea consumption and the risk of gastric cancer. N Engl J Med 2001 Mar 1;344(9):632-6 Vitamin nutrition and gastroesophageal cancer. Nitrosamines have been suspected in the etiology of esophageal/ gastric cardia cancer in the high incidence area of Linxian of the Henan Province in northern China, but marginal deficiencies in riboflavin, vitamins A and C, and other micronutrients may also be involved. A joint U.S.-China nutritional intervention study with investigators from the Cancer Institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the U.S. National Cancer Institute tested the effects of the following four combinations of nutrients on 29,584 subjects in an eight-group design: 1) retinol and zinc; 2) riboflavin and niacin; 3) vitamin C and molybdenum; and 4) vitamin E, beta-carotene and selenium. Supplementation with Group 4 nutrients significantly decreased mortality rate from stomach cancer, primarily due to the decrease in deaths resulting from adenocarcinomas of the gastric cardia; it lowered the total mortality rate and showed signs of other beneficial effects. Another study of nutrition and gastric cancer in a high incidence area of Linqu of the Shangdong province in northern China (in collaboration with the Beijing Institute for Cancer Research and the U. S. National Institutes of Health) found significantly lower serum concentrations of vitamin C and beta-carotene among individuals with intestinal metaplasia; an intervention trial with vitamins C and E and selenium (combined) is ongoing in Linqu. Other studies are also elucidating the mechanisms for the pathogenesis of adenocarcinoma at the gastroesophageal junction with the use of a rat model. Such studies are expected to shed light on the etiology and prevention of gastroesophageal cancers in humans. J Nutr 2000 Feb;130(2S Suppl):338S-339S Continued on Page 4 of 4 Back to the Magazine Forum


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When my brother first told me about it, the job seemed like an over-the-top challenge: installing a coffered ceiling in a barrel vault. But after some thought, we realized we could use the same techniques we've used on radius balustrades and countless curved walls. With a router, a trammel arm, and plenty of patience, we figured, we could take it on.
The plans called out a 134-inch radius for the barrel vault but didn't specify whether the measurement was from the framing or the drywall. So our first step was to check the actual radius at the drywall. To do this, we placed a 6-foot level against the ceiling, then measured perpendicular from the center of the level up to the drywall. Using a Construction Master, we quickly found that the ceiling had a 129-inch radius on the face of the drywall.
Determining the Radius
We always make a mockup of coffered ceilings; it's the best way to determine the exact size of the backing and the crown position, and for the client to visualize the finished product. In fact, we won't proceed with an installation until the mockup has been approved.
On this job, the homeowner couldn't decide between crown styles, so we assembled the mockup with two different types of upper crown molding. The client picked the most difficult option, of course — one with a crown that couldn't be coped, as we discovered during installation.
Another issue was that the two-piece buildup, which had been designed by the architect on the project, didn't allow any room for error, because the two pieces of crown butt each other to form one large profile. With no center fillet strip or soffit to hide inconsistencies, there would be no wiggle room. This meant we would have to cut the backing for the upper crown molding so that it followed the ceiling nearly perfectly.
Because every piece of backing had to be precise, cutting it with a jigsaw was out of the question. Instead, we used a trammel arm — a piece of 1x4 — attached to a router. There are many ways to attach the router; some carpenters make an auxiliary wooden base and screw the router right to the base. For this job, we used an adjustable fence made by Porter-Cable (42700 Edge Guide, $40 at Amazon.com). Since this guide doesn't fit every brand of router, we had a local machine shop make an aluminum adapter so we could use it with our Bosch plunge routers. The nice thing about the Porter-Cable guide is you can quickly fine-tune the trammel-point distance.
Working from the drywall surface, we set up the three trammel points. The longest radius was for the top of the beam, the shortest for the bottom of the beam; a third intermediate point was for the bottom of the upper-crown backing. The trick, when setting up a trammel arm, is to make sure you're measuring to the correct side of the router bit.
We made the beam sides and the crown backing from 3/4-inch MDF. Rather than use the trammel arm to cut every piece, we made two templates — one for the side and one for the backing — and used them to duplicate the additional pieces. We found it fastest — and least dusty — to trace the pieces and make rough cuts with a circular saw and jigsaw, then clean up each piece with a top-bearing template bit.
After laying out the beams, we attached blocking to the ceiling with panel adhesive and nails. We waited a day for the adhesive to dry, then installed the sides of the beams, followed by the three-layered beam bottoms. We used 1/4-inch MDF for the first two layers, and 1/4-inch alder plywood for the exposed bottom layer.
Next we installed the upper crown backing, then moved on to the straight intersecting beams, repeating the process. To make sure the crown molding reveals would be dead on, we used gauge blocks at every step.
Each coffer had four pieces of straight hardwood crown (two lower, two upper) and four pieces of flexible plastic crown. Installation took a lot of patience. We ended up using a combination of coped ends and open miters to get it done.
Starting with the bottom crown, we first experimented with open miters. We found that cutting both pieces at 43 degrees got us close, but the joints didn't close as tight as we wanted. We also tried coping the ends of the flexible crown, but still couldn't get a good fit.
Finally, we tried coping the ends of the straight hardwood. Cutting the coped end at 43 degrees worked best. We cut the pieces a little long and pressed them into place. This locked the flex trim into position and hid the inconsistencies you always get between flexible molding and its hardwood equivalent. The tight copes hid everything.
I thought we'd be able to cope the upper crown, too, and was looking forward to working on the smaller profile, but that molding turned out to be the biggest problem — it wasn't copable. Whenever a crown molding profile turns to horizontal — whether it's on a flat fillet, a bead, a bullnose, or a cove — the molding can't be coped.
One good example is the bottom corner of most crown moldings: We're all taught to cope that bottom fillet paper-thin, so it's practically the thickness of the paint, and then to install the molding so that the paper-thin miter laps over the previous piece. Why? Because you can't cope a profile that runs level.
We used test pieces to check the fit of the miters, marked the length of each piece with the miter squeezed tightly in place, glued both sides of every miter, then sprung each piece into place, nailing off the miters and leaving a bow in the center, which we fastened last.
Except for the coloration difference between the flex molding and the solid alder, the upper and lower crowns looked like a single piece when we were finished. And by the time the painter finished applying multiple veneer coats and graining, the whole ceiling looked like alder.
Gary Katz is a finish carpenter in Reseda, Calif., and the moderator of JLC Online's finish-carpentry forum.
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The Philippines is a great place to buy indigenous art, woodwork, masks and religious artefacts, mostly at rock-bottom prices. Manila also contains a number of shiny malls with stores offering much the same designer gear you can find in London or New York. The country's two main department-store chains are Rustan's and SM. Both are good for clothes and shoes, at slightly lower prices than in the West; children's clothes are especially inexpensive.
CDs are a bargain in the Philippines, at around P500 apiece for legitimately produced items, though the choice is limited to mainstream Western artists and OPM ("original Pilipino music") from local stars. DVDs are also cheaper than in the West (P500–950 for legitimate releases), the range limited to Hollywood blockbusters and local movies. Note that pirated products are sold in many malls and on the street for a fraction of the price. The best places to buy legitimate releases are in Manila; elsewhere it's a case of scouting around in the malls to find local retailers.
Typical souvenirs include models of jeepneys, wooden salad bowls, cotton linen and small items such as fridge magnets made of coconut shell or carabao horn. In department stores you can find cutlery sets made from carabao horn and bamboo and costing less than P2000. Woven placemats and coasters are inexpensive and easy to pack to take home. Filipino picture frames are eye-catching and affordable. Made from raw materials such as carabao horn and Manila hemp, they are available in most department stores. All towns have markets that sell cheap local goods such as sleeping mats (banig) that make colourful wall hangings, and earthernware water jars or cooking pots that make attractive additions to a kitchen.
For serious souvenir-hunting, you'll have to rummage around in small antique shops. There aren't many of these, and they're often tucked away in low-rent areas. The better shops in big cities are listed in the Guide; elsewhere, ask around at your hotel or look in the local Yellow Pages under "Antique dealers". Many of the items in these shops are religious artefacts, although you'll also find furniture, decorative vases, lamps, old paintings, mirrors and brassware.
Some souvenir stores and antique shops will ship goods home for you for an extra charge. Otherwise you could send bulky items home by regular post. Note that the trade in coral and seashells as souvenirs in beach areas is decidedly unsound environmentally, as is the manufacture of decorative objects and jewellery from seashells.
Tribal and religious artefacts
Not all tribal and religious artefacts are genuine, but even the imitations make good gifts. Woven baskets and trays of the kind used by Cordillera tribes are a bargain, starting from only a few hundred pesos. They come in a range of sizes and shapes, including circular trays woven from grass that are still used to sift rice, and baskets worn like a backpack for carrying provisions. The best are the original tribal baskets, which cost a little more than the reproductions, but have an appealing nut-brown timbre as a result of the many times they have been oiled. You can find them in antique shops around the country and also in markets in Banaue and Sagada.
Some exceptional home accessories and ornaments are produced by tribes in Mindanao, particularly in less touristy areas such as Marawi City and around Lake Sebu. Beautiful brass jars, some of them more than a metre tall, cost around P2000, while exquisite wooden chests inlaid with mother-of-pearl cost around P3000, inlaid serving trays P500.
Rice gods (bulol), carved wooden deities sometimes with nightmarish facial expressions, are available largely in Manila and the Cordilleras. In Manila, they cost anything from a few hundred pesos for a small reproduction to P20,000 for a genuine figurine of modest size; they're much cheaper if you haggle for them in Banaue or Sagada. At markets in the Cordilleras, look out also for wooden bowls, various wooden wall carvings and fabric wall hangings.
The best place to look for Catholic religious art is in Manila, though antique shops in other towns also have a selection. Wooden Catholic statues called santos and large wooden crucifixes are common. Cheaper religious souvenirs such as rosaries and icons of saints are sold by street vendors outside many of the more high-profile pilgrimage cathedrals and churches such as Quiapo in Manila and Santo Niño in Cebu.
In market areas such as Divisoria in Manila, Colon in Cebu and the Palitan barter centre in Marawi, Mindanao, you can find colourful raw cloth and finished batik products. Don't leave Mindanao without investing a couple of hundred pesos in a malong, a versatile tube-like garment of piña (pineapple fibre) that can be used as a skirt, housedress, blanket or bedsheet. Ceremonial malong are more ornate and expensive, from P4000 to P10,000. Another native textile is Manila hemp, which comes from the trunk of a particular type of banana tree. Both piña and Manila hemp are used to make attractive home accessories sold in department stores, such as laundry baskets, lampshades and vases. The versatile and pliable native grass, sikat, is woven into everything from placemats to rugs.
Department stores everywhere have a good selection of Philippine linen products with delicate embroidery and lace flourishes. Some of these are handmade in Taal; a good set of pillowcases and bedsheets will cost about P2000 in Taal's market, half the price in Rustan's or SM. In beach areas you'll find a good range of cotton sarongs, cheap (from P200), colourful and versatile – they can be used as tablecloths or throws.
The malls are full of stalls selling cheap jewellery, but you'll also find silver-plated earrings, replica tribal-style jewellery made with tin or brass, and attractive necklaces made from bone or polished coconut shell. In Mindanao – as well as in some malls in Manila, Cebu City and at souvenir stalls in Boracay – pearl jewellery is a bargain. Most of the pearls are cultivated on pearl farms in Mindanao and Palawan. White pearls are the most common, but you can also find pink and dove grey. They are made into earrings, necklaces and bracelets; simple earrings cost around P450 while a necklace can range from P1000 for a single string up to P10,000 for something more elaborate.
Musical instruments
In Cebu, and increasingly on the streets of Manila and Davao, you can pick up a locally made handcrafted guitar, bandurria (mandolin) or ukelele. Though the acoustic quality is nothing special, the finish may include mother-of-pearl inlays, and prices are low – a steel-string acoustic guitar will set you back P2000. Mindanao's markets – such as Aldevinco in Davao – are a good place to rummage for decorative drums and Muslim gongs.Read More
Prices are fixed in department stores and most retail outlets in malls, but in many antique shops and in markets, you're expected to haggle. Bargaining is always amicable and relaxed, never confrontational. Filipinos see it as something of a polite game, interjecting their offers and counter offers with friendly chitchat about the weather, the state of the nation or, if you're a foreigner, where you come from and what you're doing in the Philippines.
Never play hardball and make a brusque "take it or leave it" offer because that's likely to cause embarrassment and offence. Start by offering fifty to sixty percent of the initial asking price and work your way up from there. Foreigners tend to get less of a discount than Filipinos, so if you're travelling with Filipino friends, ask them to do the haggling for you and hover in the background as if you're not interested.
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Sari-sari stores
A Philippine institution, the humble sari-sari store – sari-sari means "various" or "a variety" – is often no more than a barrio shack or a hole in the wall selling an eclectic but practical range of goods. If you're short of shampoo, body lotion, cigarettes, rum, beer or you've got a headache and need a painkiller, the local sari-sari store is the answer, especially in areas without supermarkets. All items are sold in the smallest quantities possible: shampoo comes in packets half the size of a credit card, medicine can be bought by the pill and cigarettes are sold individually. Buy a soft drink or beer and you may be perplexed to see the store holder pour it into a plastic bag, from which you're expected to drink it through a straw. This is so they can keep the bottle and return it for the deposit of a few centavos. Most sari-sari stores are fiercely familial, their names – the Three Sisters, the Four Brothers or Emily and Jon-Jon's – reflecting their ownership.
The sari-sari store is also held dear by Filipinos as an unofficial community centre. Many sari-sari stores, especially in the provinces, have crude sitting areas outside, encouraging folk to linger in the shade and gossip or talk basketball and cockfighting.


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