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Conn. Senate candidate only Asian in lower 48 (AP)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AP - As a U.S. Senate candidate from Connecticut, William Tong doesn't have major, statewide name recognition like his two main rivals for the Democratic nomination. But the son of Chinese immigrants has picked up supporters from across the country as the only Asian-American candidate for Senate this year in the continental U.S.

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Restaurant Review: Sam's Chop House ? Foods To Try Before You ...

There are few places in Manchester?s centre that are as charming as Sam?s Chop House, a haven of Victoriana in a 21^st century city. The below-street-level timbered bar, with its olde-worlde fittings and characterful warmth, is as good a room to drink in as any in town. The dining area ? a tiled jewel every bit as pretty as the centuries-old Paris bistros tourists go so wild for on holiday ? is even better, and for years it had food to match.

I vividly remember my first visit in 2005, when I was left awed by an incredibly simple but immaculate plate of smoked salmon, seasoned only with capers, egg and spring onion. An award-winning roast dinner followed: generous slices of stunning beef, gravy made from the pan juices, one crisp giant of a Yorkshire pudding, beautifully cooked buttery veg and that ultimate restaurant rarity ? acceptable roast potatoes.

I went back time and time again for the roast when I lived in the city centre. The portions were monstrous but I?d order other courses when I felt manly enough. There was the legendary brown onion soup, cooked for three days ?til rich and sumptuous, and deeper than a poem by Sylvia Plath. There was the house-made corn-beef hash, a luxurious take on the tinned working class favourite; comforting and tasty enough to be a serious contender for a death row last meal.

It wasn?t entirely consistent, but the fabulous surroundings and wine list were always the perfect plaster for any cracks. Sam?s was, quite simply, the best place to eat lunch in Manchester.

Last week, after a two-year hiatus*, I decided it was finally time to go back.

The usual crowd was in for a quiet Tuesday lunchtime. A few City-types enjoying business lunch over a bottle; an old retired couple trying admirably to conquer a full three courses. Not wishing to spend too much money or be full to bursting, we elected to just have two courses and drink beer.

My hanger steak carpaccio had decent flavour and went well with a watercress, radish and horseradish coleslaw, but it felt more like sandwich filling than a complete dish. Certainly, it would?ve been more interesting between two thick slices of white bread, and I probably wouldn?t have felt so cheated by the portion size.

My wife?s starter of scallops with ham hock and a butternut squash pur?e was better but similarly uninspired. The pur?e was sickly sweet and the scallops, though well-cooked, were dismally small. The combination of hot scallops with fridge-cold ham hock and lukewarm butternut squash was slightly disconcerting.

(We did take pictures of both of these, but they were crap, so I?m not going to bother putting them in.)

Pork belly from Wilson?s Farm, Helmsley slowly braised then roasted with mustard swede, black pudding mash & finished with a light pork sauce & crispy crackling

One disappointment I experienced on an earlier visit to Sam?s was a dish of belly pork that was absolutely delicious but didn?t have any crackling with it, which sort of defeats the point of pork belly as far as I?m concerned. Seeing crackling specifically mentioned on the menu this time, I couldn?t resist giving it another go, and I found myself disappointed all over again.

The skin itself was fine, though nothing more than that; the pork was very dry. Stodgy black pudding mash and somewhat out-of-place slices of mustard swede completed the dish. In a lot of pubs this would be adequate fare, but not in Sam?s, a place that one critic once said did ?cooking like your mother wished she could?. I can?t imagine many keen home cooks being proud of this.

8oz 28-day aged Pennine Hills prime sirloin steak with a slow-roasted seasoned plum tomato, a garlic & thyme-roasted flat mushroom, Chop House chips & peppercorn butter

The best bit of the meal was probably the chips served with my wife?s steak, although in a world where the triple-cooked variety is becoming increasingly common, they?re nothing to write home about. The steak seemed to be a lovely piece of beef, but of course in this meal of letdowns it was unevenly cooked; one half the requested medium, the rest more or less well done. It wasn?t a patch on the steak I remember ordering from here back in the day.

The bill came to ?66, which included three-and-a-half pints of Stella Artois and a 10% service charge. This seemed rather expensive given the quality of the food and compared to what we?d be able to get for the same price elsewhere in the city (a far better meal at The Mark Addy, for example). It was by no means a terrible experience, but it was thoroughly average.

In the past, when I went to Sam?s Chop House, there was always a bit of magic about the place. If something wasn?t right, there was normally something else to make up for it; at the very least, there was the feeling that next time it would all be right again.

Regretfully, on this visit, the magic was gone. Unless it?s just for a drink, I don?t think I?ll be going back.

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Food: 9/30

Service: 5/10

Dining Room: 4/5

Experience: 5/10

Overall score: 42/100 (OK)

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*In case you?re scratching your head and wondering why I stopped going if I loved it so much, I had to cut back a lot on restaurant visits between 2009 and 2011 as I saved up to buy a house and pay for a wedding. It?s only been open season again since August and now I don?t live in the city centre, lunch at Sam?s is no longer as convenient as it used to be.

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DIY Landscape Design: Choosing Garden Structures

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??One of my favorite public gardens is Dumbarton Oaks, in Georgetown, a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Even though I?m a plant lover, (so many plants, so little time) it?s the structures in this garden that make it work for me. The design of the garden and attention to detail both with the ornaments and the plants is such that the garden charms during every season.? See full article.

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Radiation After Lung Cancer Surgery Doesn't Help All: Study (HealthDay)

MONDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- For older people with a certain type and stage of lung cancer, administering radiation treatment after surgery may not extend survival, according to a new study.

Radiation is not without risks, and the new study "questions the benefit of this treatment," said study leader Dr. Juan Wisnivesky, an associate professor of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

He and his team looked at survival outcomes in more than 1,300 lung cancer patients with locally advanced disease, 710 of whom got the postoperative radiation therapy. It is routinely given in an attempt to prevent recurrence.

No substantial survival benefits were found at one year or three years.

"We found in this group of elderly patients, many of whom received the treatment, the use of the treatment did not appear to help them live longer," he said.

Patients in the study, all 65 or older, had stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer and involvement of N2 lymph nodes. Their cancer had spread but not widely. All had been diagnosed from 1992 through 2005 and were included in the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, which is linked to Medicare.

The study, published online Feb. 13 in the journal Cancer, was funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

About 226,000 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year, 90 percent of which will be non-small cell, according to the American Cancer Society. Within non-small cell cancers, there are three main subtypes.

Previous studies looking into the survival benefits of post-op radiation for this group of patients have produced mixed results, Wisnivesky said.

However, in his study, he found no substantial differences between those who had the treatment and those who didn't. And, radiation therapy carries risks. Besides the inconvenience of the additional treatments, the therapy can cause irritation of the lungs and inflammation of the esophagus, he said.

"Patients need to be well informed," he said. "They have to have a good discussion with their doctor about what are the potential benefits," he said. They also need to discuss possible side effects.

Another expert, Dr. Dan Raz, an assistant professor of surgery at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, Calif., emphasized that the study is not talking about all stage 3 lung cancer patients, but only a specific group, those with stage 3 non-small cell and involvement of the N2 lymph nodes.

"It's a small subset of patients" of all lung cancer patients, he said, adding that it's a challenging group.

Some previous small studies have also suggested that post-op radiation may be unnecessary in these patients, and the new findings add to that argument, he said.

"In the end, survival and quality of life are the most important things for patients," Raz said. But recurrence, a key factor, was not addressed in the study, he said.

The new finding "wouldn't change the way I treat patients, but I think it raises a very important point."

What's needed is a trial comparing use of post-operative radiation and its non-use in this group of patients, Raz said. According to Wisnivesky, such a study is under way in France, but will take several years to finish.

More information

For more on radiation therapy, go to the American Cancer Society.

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