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"We'll see how it goes," said Vogel. "If he comes back in the next two weeks and is our best scorer, then yeah, you have to put him back in the starting lineup, probably. Or not. Or you use him as a bench scorer."
Obviously, it's still possible he can come back and be effective but there's no clearly defined role for him now and precious little time to actually carve one out. And there's already been one aborted comeback attempt that wasn't exactly awe-inspiring in the first place. Instead it showed just how much rust there was and left as many or more question marks than it answered.
BTW... Did anyone ever answer my question about current rules on the playoff roster? The last time I knew them you had to declare your playoff roster and live with it throughout the playoffs. So if someone got injured you couldn't dress someone else and replace them on the playoff roster. Not sure that is the case these days though. It would be important to know though considering Granger's potential to aggravate his knee.
Last edited by Bball; 03-26-2013 at 07:38 PM.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
We aren't exactly running like a smooth machine right now.
As for the rules of the roster, I'm not 100% sure but I thought they had changed that to where u declared it at the start of each series now. I'm going to look it up
Playoff roster size will be expanded from 13 to 15 players, with each team designating 12 active players and up to three inactive players prior to each game.
this is from 2006 I couldn't find anything more recent
If Danny replaced BEN or MILES on the playoff roster, I'm fine with it. There is no scenario, not a single one, that involves us saying "thank god they had Ben on there instead of Danny, that's the reason they won that playoff series". You aren't going 12 deep because if something happens that makes you go 12 deep in a playoff game then you just lost. Guys gut hurt - it's over. Guys got in massive foul trouble - lost the game already. Guys got in a fight and suspended - you lost that game and maybe the next one.
The 12th man on a playoff roster is like a seatbelt for a car made of nitroglycerin. By the time you need it it's existence is a moot point.
Unless you are sending him on the court to try and murder Lance Stephenson ala Miami.
I think the Dallas game was the toughest and the Phoenix game wasn't far behind, and that really surprised me. Clips might have been the most reasonable of the 4 games actually.
Lol at you wanting Danny to be the 12 man, not long ago you thought he was going to be the Pacers Rasheed Wallace and gave me s&&$ for thinking otherwise, now who is talking out of his a**?
Trade him
<---- Hansbrough smiling in the training room after Gerald Henderson's cheap shot. UNC won the game, Tyler was happy so he took this picture. Roy Williams keeps it on his desk.
All I can see is Danny playing and his defense being timid due to favoring his knee plus rust... and then countering that on the offensive end with not being a threat to go to the rim at all and launching some ill-advised long shots thinking he's still 'Danny Granger' and missing them... badly.
He sat out a few games at the end of last season and came into the playoffs looking like he hadn't played in months. He's already had a false start this season and didn't look good and went back on the shelf. Now he's going to come back and be a positive factor? I don't think so...
I like Danny Granger, but I like the Indiana Pacers more. Granger hasn't looked like the player he was projected to be for some time. I seriously doubt a hobbled Danny Granger is going to be the missing ingredient now. In fact, I think trying to insert him when we did threw things out of kilter in the first place. Rather than admit that and learn from it and try to right things as they are we're going to try to bring him back again?
This thread asks: Is it time to pull the plug on Granger's comeback?
It's time to be honest and answer it. Yes, it's time to pull the plug on Granger's comeback.
Let's let the team KNOW what we have for the rest of the season and playoffs and move forward. No murkiness.
It's time to pull the plug.... It's been time for a while...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Anyway, does anyone know if he is playing tonight?
We have a chance. We won the season. Series for a reason.
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The nice thing is that there is no such thing as a "playoff" roster. All 15 players are available to a coach for each game. The coach just has to decide which players will/ will not dress. Under this new guideline, I think this entire thread becomes moot.
At this point you don't even think about starting Granger unless he comes back and sets the world on fire, not very likely based on history. As a bench option though is still viable. I don't really expect him to be up to par by the playoffs, but I do think you can expect him to be good enough to be a good bench player. Just think of it this way, Granger would be replacing Green. So I am not worried about him being some kind of distraction, or ruining chemistry. In my opinion, if Granger comes back soon and is able to play, worst case scenario for the playoffs is Granger is a bigger stronger Green who teams respect more, whether or not he deserves that respect by then or not. Not a bad worst case scenario when you consider the other options. So unless Green suddenly becomes that consistent scoring option off the bench we hoped for I don't see a down side to bring Granger back with the plan of using him as a bench player.
Smothered Chicken!
Here is hoping Granger Plays tonight in Houston and complete blows up and leads all scorers, so you all will shut your trap about this topic for one day.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
will never happen
Smothered Chicken!
I'll agree with that... But it's hoping versus the reality of the situation.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Sorry if already posted but Danny is expected back this road trip and possibly vs Houston tonight.
Danny Granger's return to an Indiana Pacers uniform is just one of the medical cases coach Frank Vogel is watching as a four-game Western Conference road trip begins Wednesday night in Houston.
Vogel expects the former NBA All-Star to play sometime this week although maybe not against the Rockets as the Pacers look to get healthy as the regular season winds down.
Meanwhile, guard Lance Stephenson (hip) appears ready to play, Vogel said. Forward David West (back) and point guard George Hill (groin) will have their injuries re-evaluated Wednesday.
"I guess you'd call them questionable," Vogel said. "Day-to-day."
Vogel used three new starters (Tyler Hansbrough, Gerald Green and D.J. Augustin) in Monday's 100-94 home victory over Atlanta, a mix-and-match that could be in play Wednesday, too.
West and Hill didn't practice at Bankers Life Fieldhouse prior to the team's afternoon flight to Houston, but West might as well have. He battled Stephenson (see video), Orlando Johnson and Green in a half-court drill for the better part of 20 minutes after others had left the court.
"I was under the impression he wasn't supposed to do that," Vogel said, laughing. "I think (the medical staff) wanted to limit him to no contact. He's feeling good so he pushes it a little bit."
Vogel said the goal is to rest West one more game, "but I guess it's possible (he plays)."
West said he will suit up when he's given permission to.
"Just trying not to have a setback; that's the biggest thing right now," he said. "I feel good, but I'm still trying to be cautious."
Hill said his groin is painful when he plays but he's otherwise ready to return to action.
Granger is the one Vogel was most interested in talking about. The seventh-year veteran hasn't played since March 3 and has missed all but five games this season while nursing knee soreness.
Granger looked good in the part of practice visible to the media. Vogel didn't sound like he expects Granger to play Wednesday in Houston, but he could. The Pacers are in Dallas on Thursday, Phoenix on Saturday and Los Angeles to play the Clippers on Monday.
Vogel can see Granger in any number of roles down the stretch.
"If he comes back in the next two weeks (and) is our best scorer, you've got to put him back in the starting lineup probably," he said. "Or, we use him as a bench scorer.
"We'll approach it on a week-by-week basis."
Vogel worries some about having so many key players sitting alongside him on the bench, but he said it's a fact of life at this point in an NBA season. Eleven games remain in the regular season.
If everyone returns without additional problems, Vogel thinks his club will be fine for the playoffs.
"I think you get through it," he said. "It's a concern, but I think once you get everybody back healthy you settle back into the rotation that they're used to for most of the year, and you go from there."
Green, who has been stuck on the bench, scored 19 points with six rebounds against Atlanta. Hansbrough has played well in relief of West, who has missed the past five games, including 12 points and 11 rebounds against the Hawks. Augustin ran the offense in Hill's absence Monday night.
"We're a good basketball team," West said. "We've always had that 'next-man-up' mentality. That's why we train hard and prepare hard so (when) somebody goes down ... last night three starters were out and we had a 28-point lead on (Atlanta), the fifth seed in the East."
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I'm not perfect and neither are you.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim,
Ephisians 4: 32 And be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah.
That's why he's on my ignore. You MUST be intentionally trolling to misread my post that bad and pulling some "you said he was great, now you say he sucks" BS angle. Obviously I was addressing the comments in some posts just prior that suggested that adding Danny to the playoff roster would compromise it, which is of course nearly impossible to do. They could add Chuck Person to their playoff roster and not take a hit.
This is not a team looking to pare back shots and PT for players. This is a team that's still looking for scoring and more guys it can lean on. And Lance has slumped badly enough that some of us started mumbling about OJ catching him and moving into that spot, or Green if he keeps shooting well and working well as a starter with Lance out.
Anyway, even though more setbacks could be lingering, I'm still buying into the excitement of the DG return 2.0. He could do 2 road games and be starting to get back on track by the OKC game which would be nice. A decent outing from him in a win over the Thunder would do wonders for the general morale in Pacersland.
BBall, I just don't get your angle on the "timid defense" thing after we saw him get very aggressive on guys during his return, during his FIRST game back after months of being out. TraderJoe and I commented on that many times while watching his home debut. His shot took a few games and maybe his lateral quickness wasn't at it's peak, but he was definitely defending aggressively when he had position. He was closer to being back on defense than offense.


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Our Infinite Growth Bubble Has Burst
Our friends over at CultureChange.org just posted a great article from Chuck Burr titled, "Steady-State Economy: Light at the End of the Tunnel." Burr makes a great argument for the fact that life on this planet is changing, whether we want it to or not. Local, low-energy, economies are the only way forward—and we can either steer ourselves there thoughtfully, or be taken there by the forces of collapse.
Here is an excerpt:
The world economy is essentially broke. U.S. daily bankruptcy filings have risen from about 1,300 in January 2006 to about 5,000 in September 2008.
Here is how big the problem really is. First, the value of all the money in the world until recently was three times greater than the value of all physical goods and services. In other words, our "money" is actually worth 30 cents on the dollar. And considering, physical assets such as real estate have been over valued, your pixel money is actually "worth-less."
Second, the U.S. government's $9.7 trillion commitment to solving the financial crisis amounts to almost two-thirds of the value of everything produced in the U.S. last year. The promises are composed of about $1 trillion in stimulus packages, around $3 trillion in lending and spending and $5.7 trillion in agreements to provide aid.
Third, until recently our growing economy has been able to cover our debts and deficits, but now the blue-light-special lifestyle is over. Everyone, from the public to governments is now under water. America has built up a staggering amount of debt. At the time of the 1929 stock market crash, total U.S. debt was 176 percent of GDP. Before the current financial crisis began, total debt stood at a whopping 304 percent of GDP. Today it is far worse; we are well beyond our means.
When all of the cards are done falling, local powered-down steady- state economies will be the only replacement for our infinite growth global consumer economy. To live within our means for perpetuity means living within the earth's carrying capacity which we have vastly reduced especially over the last 100 years.


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Nobody is innocent. The Democrats have their talking points just like the GOP. Both use sleazy tactics and push-polling and have corrupt members of their caucuses. But I am not talking about every instance, just one from this morning.
I often receive press releases from Hamilton Strategies, a right-wing publicity organization that spews hateful e-mails attacking President Barack Obama and others in the Democratic Party on a regular basis. Today's, though, was especially offensive. Here it is (bold mine):
President Obama's visits to the countries of India and Indonesia have amplified the already existing controversy regarding the president's Muslim loyalty. As America undergoes vital political changes, devastating unemployment, moral corruption, and economic decline, citizens show concern over the president's prevailing desire to travel to express Muslim sympathy before attending to the blatant needs of his own country's citizens. In light of confusing policies and messages that seem to undermine our country's Christian heritage, the intellectual exploration of apologetics is necessary to bring into focus the infallible truths of God's Word, and for Christians in this society to know how to respond to and live out their faith in culturally shifting times.
OK, for a second let's overlook the confounding grammar and poor sentence construction. ("[P]revailing desire to travel to express Muslim sympathy"? What does that even mean?) What this press release says is, "We still think Obama is a Muslim, and his going to Indonesia is a betrayal of good Americans, i.e., Christians."
It's well-established that Obama is not a Muslim, and the craven mention of "already existing controversy" over his "Muslim loyalty" merely intentionally stirs up falsehood as a means of race- or religion-baiting. Pretending that a settled fact remains an unknown factor in someone's honesty is base, evil and a lie. (Don't Christians believe in not telling lies?) Going further to act as if our country's "Christian heritage" warrants attacks on anyone who is not Christian is not only anti-American, it's untrue.
But what really bothers me is this: Where are the principled people on the right condemning these lies, this divisiveness, this cultivated animosity against other races, ethnicities and religions? Does Hamilton Strategies really speak to your beliefs, Newt? Or yours, Sarah? Do you, as leaders of your party, honestly agree that there is a "controversy" over Obama's religion, or that visiting a country of another religion is a betrayal of our citizens? Do you, Mitt, think that only mainstream Christian thought can find a place in our nation's governance and dealings with other countries — because your religion is hardly mainstream.
If you are not decrying such hate speech, such lies, such misinformation, which you know to be all these things, how can you claim to be leaders? How can you wonder why some Dems and moderates refuse to listen to any of your ideas because you cannot be trusted to stand up on principle? I'm no fan of Obama, but I don't appreciate anyone who lies and uses religion as a cudgel to do it. Shame on Hamilton Strategies. Shame on Newt and Sarah and Mitt. And shame on anyone who would prefer to be on the right than in the right.


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Discussion in '2005 - 2009 Specific Tech' started by GOLDENPONY, Feb 17, 2008.
Anyone know if these are a 1-piece plug?
Autolite Revolution HT Spark Plugs
Thats is a two piece plug.
There are only (2) 1 piece plugs for our engines, Brisk and Champion.
That will soon change in an economy based on capitalism. I'm holding out for a 1-piece finewire Iridium plug for the 3V heads.
Guys, here's some pics I located on one of the other websites. They include the new 3v revised heads, along with the re-designed 3v spark plugs.
It appears the new plugs, are more of a conventional one piece design, in which the threads aren't located above the shield areas, unlike those cheap 2 piece design 3v plugs.
Anyway just thought I'd share them with anyone, who may be interested.
dumb ? but
If the sheild breaks off can you screw the plug back in and drive it to the dealer and tell them the car is not running right?
I'll worry about the plugs when the 100K miles arrives...if it 'aint broke, don't fix it.
Obviously there was a reason behind Ford changing both the head, and spark plug design.
As for the reason, well it's due from the 2 piece designed spark plugs, in which the electrode shields were breaking in the heads, thanks to carbon build up seizing them all up.
In fact there's been quite a few complaints, where plugs were breaking with less than 25k miles. That being said, I'd recommend at least having your plugs taken out, and then put a light coating of nickel anti-seize on the electrode shields, before reinstalling them !
Why didn't Ford release revised 1-piece plugs or have the supplier change the design? Instead they revise the cylinder heads...
Good question. I was wondering the same thing.
Hey all,
just traded an 3GT for an 08 GT and came over here to see what was happening. Saw thie plug thread and got to wondering if the 08's have the same problem? If so, I think I will do the same thing before any carbon builds up - only 580 mi. on the clock so I shouldn't have that problem yet!
Very good question indeed, as it would've made far more sense if Ford had designed new one piece designed spark plugs for all 2005-08 models, instead of screwing us over by designing revised cylinder heads, for only those with 2008+ models. Nice going Ford
I have read that all the 08s have the new plug. I have also read that only 08s manufactured in calendar year 2008 have the new plug. One sure way to find out--remove one of the plugs!
All 2008 models with build dates after November 2007, have the new revised heads.
Those with build dates prior to Nov. 2007, still have the previous designed heads !
Valve Cover Codes?
Does anyone have a description of the valve cover codes? I'd suspect that one of the codes will indicate the new head/sparkplug type. Will be swapping plugs (07 - old style) next weekend during a whipple install. By the way, the kit came with the FRPP two piece plugs .
Klaw, did you get a chance to look over post #105 ? The valve cover code If I'm not mistaken, appears to indicate the new head/spark plug type
I saw that post and that's what got me thinking. One of the codes will indicate the new head style but which one?
Hi all,
Well I decided to check my plugs after 25000 Km. They came out without hesitation, there is minimal carbon buildup. I put a little of the nickel anti seize and screw them back in. The problem now is that the engine has a rough idle and hesitates when accelerating upto approx. 2K rpm. I thought that I might have put too much anti seize on the plugs and it ran down to the electrode, so I pulled the plugs back out and they are like new. I then decided to clean the MAF sensor but still the engine is not running smooth.
Anyone has an idea of what might be causing this? Thanks.
You must of got antiseize on the plug tip and its shorting out at the electrode. Take them out and clean them off and put them back in minus the anti-seize and see what happens.
It's also possible that one or more plugs are bad. Other S197 owners have also experienced hesitation problems after removing and reinstalling their existing plugs, and it caused by a short which was occurring due to the porcelin cracking inside the electrode shield.


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Even with Jack and Tinsley's ineffectiveness, if we don't get whistled for the two consecutive Jermaine offensive fouls and the AJ BS call, we don't fall back by 5 with 4 minutes to go.Originally Posted by Jay@Section204This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Spooner called O'Neal for three fouls in a span of 52 seconds in the fourth quarter.
Spooner whistled O'Neal for a defensive foul with 9:49 to play and the Pacers leading 68-64. On the next possession, Spooner called on offensive foul when O'Neal was jockeying with Rasheed Wallace for position. After the Pistons pulled within 68-67, Spooner called O'Neal for another offensive foul with 8:57 left, the fourth foul of the game for the O'Neal. Detroit's Richard Hamilton hit a layup with 8:36 to play and the Pacers never led again.
The Pacers hit 2-of-7 free throws; the Pistons were 22-for-24.
"That third team out there, the discrepancy in free throw shooting -- they shot 24, we shot seven," Pacers guard Anthony Johnson said. ". . . It's unfortunate the game wasn't decided by the players tonight."


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The involvement of the FBI in the investigation of doctors affiliated with Salinas Valley Urology Associates indicates the inquiry involves suspicion of criminal activity, potentially carrying prison time and exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The investigation appears to be part of an emboldened federal effort, strengthened by the Affordable Care Act, to crack down on Medicare and health insurance fraud with indictments that carry much longer prison sentences in addition to civil fines.
In 2011 alone, the effort recovered $4.1 billion in federal money and led to felony indictments of hundreds of doctors, nurses and medical executives.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General confirmed it is investigating Salinas Valley Urology, which is owned by urologists Aytac Apaydin and Stephen Worsham. The federal agency declined to discuss the details or status of the probe.
A statement issued last month by Salinas Valley Urology denied wrongdoing. An attorney representing Apaydin and the practice, which includes 10 affiliated doctors, denied there was any investigation and refused to respond to questions.
"SVUA complies with the law, both state and federal," said Sacramento lawyer Robert Sullivan.
According to a Bloomberg News report in November, investigators are examining the doctors' referral of patients for prostate cancer treatments at the Advanced Radiation Oncology Center, which is co-owned by Apaydin and Worsham and located at Salinas Valley Urology in Salinas.
Under federal law, a physician who refers a patient elsewhere for specialized treatment cannot receive a referral fee or collect a portion of the fee charged for that treatment. Under some circumstances, however, physicians can collect fees for treatment administered in their own offices.
The federal agencies are investigating allegations that local urologists and Salinas Valley Urology have been skirting the law by having the urologists pay "rent" at Salinas Valley Urology, thereby making that facility appear to be an extension of their own offices.
An advisory opinion issued by the inspector general's office in 2008 regarding an unnamed practice with a strikingly similar arrangement concluded it was a potential violation of anti-kickback and self-referral laws.
According to sources familiar with the arrangement, at least one of the affiliated doctors, Monterey urologist David Flemming, pays $20,000 to $25,000 in monthly "rent" to see patients occasionally at the Salinas facility. Flemming has declined to comment for this article despite repeated requests.
Two health professionals told The Herald the investigation also involves suspicions that one or more area doctors have billed for excessive and unnecessary use of many other kinds of costly medical intervention, from CT scans to needle biopsies.
Those people said they have spoken with an FBI agent assigned to the case in recent months, as well as an investigator from the inspector general's office. That investigator is Blade Bricker, according to Amanda Thandi, assistant special agent in charge of the inspector general's regional office in Concord.
Investigative partners
The FBI and Office of Inspector General are the investigative arms of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, a joint effort of the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services. While the inspector general can pursue criminal, civil and administrative enforcement, the FBI's only mission is investigating criminal activity and threats to national security.
Representatives of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney General's Office refused to confirm or deny the investigation.
Another spokeswoman for the Office of the Inspector General also confirmed the agency is investigating Salinas Valley Urology but refused to provide details. In general, she said, her agency partners with other federal, state and local investigative agencies in its work to eliminate abuse of federal medical programs, which include Medicare and Medicaid.
"Sometimes there are cases we end up working on that involve Medicare or Medicaid fraud and (the targets are) also ripping off private insurance companies," she said. "So that would be a case where we would work with the FBI, or state or local law enforcement."
No charges have been filed against Apaydin, co-owner Worsham or the 10 other doctors affiliated with Salinas Valley Urology: radiation oncologist David Gallardo, who also practices in Tulare; Monterey urologists Flemming and J. Anthony Shaheen; Salinas urologists Brickley Sweet, Dan Milanesa and Leonard Renfer; Salinas surgeon Neil Rudo; Morgan Hill urologist Amir Saffarian; and urologists P. Andrew Knorr and David Benjamin, who practice in Santa Cruz and Watsonville.
It is not known how many of the physicians are under scrutiny. With the exception of Saffarian, none of the doctors whose shingles hang outside the 1115 Los Palos Drive offices has responded personally to requests for comment.
Bloomberg report
A former patient of Saffarian, Max Calderon, was profiled in the Bloomberg article, which suggested he was too old and too ill for the radiation treatment he received at the facility. Though he never saw Calderon at Salinas Valley Urology, Saffarian billed Medicare and Medicaid $30,000 for the radiation treatment, Calderon told Bloomberg reporter Peter Waldman. Calderon died in August.
In a telephone interview, Saffarian said the Bloomberg News article mischaracterized his work.
"The guy played me out to be a monster," he said of the Bloomberg reporter.
Saffarian said he is hamstrung by patient privacy laws that prevent him from defending himself or discussing the case. He said he has not been interviewed by the FBI or sued by former patients and is not under investigation by the medical board.
Unlike Saffarian, Apaydin has both been sued by patients and is facing possible sanctions by the California Medical Board in connection with an allegedly botched procedure that led to one of the lawsuits.
In a statement released after Bloomberg's Nov. 6 investigative report, the urology group said the news agency had "the facts wrong."
"(The company) practices medicine in a state-of-the-art manner," the statement said. "We provide thorough and compassionate diagnostic and treatment services to our patients."
The nation's largest radiation oncology organization also issued a statement in reaction to the report, condemning the practice of doctors who "self-refer" patients for medical procedures at facilities in which they have a financial interest, saying they are driving up health care costs and hurting those they are supposed to be helping.
"The time for debate and analysis of self-referral is over," said Michael L. Steinberg, president of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
The society cited an October report from the federal Government Accountability Office that found providers made more referrals for advanced imaging services when they were invested in the equipment.
Radiation therapy
According to the Bloomberg report, the Salinas investigation centers on the doctors' referrals for intensity-modulated radiation therapy, or IMRT, which focuses multi-angled X-rays on tumors. Proponents of IMRT, like Saffarian, say it delivers bigger doses with fewer side effects than surgery or radiation.
Apaydin's office manager, Lori Stroud, pointed to a Yale study published Thursday that concluded IMRT was just as effective as an even more expensive treatment, proton-beam therapy.
But studies are mixed on the effectiveness of IMRT versus surgery, traditional radiation or the implantation of radioactive seeds, a procedure called brachytherapy. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an association of cancer researchers whose guidelines are followed by oncologists, does not recommend any of the treatments for elderly men whose life expectancy is waning faster than their cancer is growing.
Doctors are reimbursed nearly 20 times more for IMRT treatment than for surgically removing a cancerous prostate. Preference for the procedure over surgery or brachytherapy has skyrocketed in recent years as urologists nationwide have invested in their own machines.
In 2006, the year before Salinas Valley Urology plugged in its IMRT machine, there were 16 prostate removals at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital. Last year there were none. The number at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula fell from 21 to four in the same period; brachytherapies and radiation dropped by 50 percent.
'Ancillary' treatments
The business model takes advantage of loopholes in federal and state laws designed to prevent doctors from prescribing needless procedures for profit. Since the laws were written in the 1980s, broad exemptions have been pushed through allowing physicians to refer patients for "ancillary" treatments in their own offices or in facilities in which they invest.
Advanced Radiation Oncology, where Salinas Valley Urology provides IMRT, is located on the same Los Palos Drive property as Apaydin's and Worsham's medical office. Sources said other doctors whose names hang outside are seldom there. Flemming reportedly spends a few hours a week there.
Apaydin has owned other ancillary services for years, including a pathology lab and surgery center.
A registered nurse who spoke to The Herald in November said she believes her father received unnecessary biopsies and IMRT from Apaydin. The woman spoke anonymously to protect her 77-year-old father's privacy.
The nurse, who has her father's medical records, said Apaydin conducted two needle biopsies on her father for no apparent reason in 2004 and 2007. The records showed the urologist performed a third biopsy in 2011 when her father's prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, went from 0.21 to 0.4. A PSA below 4.0 is considered normal.
Two of 17 samples from the last biopsy showed low levels of slow-growing cancer, with a "Gleason score" of 6. A score below 10 is considered very low risk, according to national guidelines, which call only for monitoring a man of her father's age, health and test scores.
Apaydin recommended a course of 43 IMRT treatments, delivered five days a week over nine weeks. The treatments were so debilitating, she said, he discontinued them after 36 treatments.
The nurse has since reported her suspicions to the Office of the Inspector General, which sent two investigators to interview her last month.
Staff Writer Phillip Molnar contributed to this report.
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Big displays, regular ads and a wide selection of pack sizes are vital to moving large quantities of strawberries at retail.
The strawberry display at Ralph's Red Apple market in Bremerton, Wash., one of several independently owned Red Apple stores in Washington, doubles in size, featuring about five cases of strawberries in the summer compared to its winter display, said John Walker, produce manager.
Sometimes the store also has a display at checkout, he said.
"Strawberries are one of the top fruit sellers," Walker said. "They're a customer favorite — up there with grapes as a nice, healthy snack."
Strawberries aren't an ad item very often during the winter, but that changes in summer, when they're on ad about three times a month, he said.
Regular price is about $3.99 a pound, and a typical special is two for the price of one.
The store offers 2-pound clamshells on ad about once a month during peak season.
Walker cross-merchandises strawberries with glaze, dessert cups and other bakery products.
Cross-merchandising gives consumers use ideas and boosts sales of related items as well as strawberries and helps shoppers save time, he said.
Ralph's Red Apple features organic strawberries from time to time, if the market is good, Walker said. Sometimes they're featured on ad.
Strawberries typically rank third in produce sales — after bananas and avocados — during peak season at Bel Air Market in Sacramento, Calif., said produce clerk Steve Jacobus.
When they're on ad, which is about three weeks out of the month, they come in second, he said.
The store regularly offers 1-pound clamshells and sells 2-pounders when they're on ad.
Jacobus cross-merchandises strawberries with dessert cups and sometimes glaze. He features white and chocolate dip with stem berries.
Regular price during the winter at Bel Air Market is about $4.99 per pound. Sale price is two for the price of 1. During the summer, they sell for $2.99 regular and $1.99 or two for $3 on sale.
The store sells about 10 times as many strawberries during the summer as it does in winter because of the higher quality and lower price, Jacobus said.
Suppliers say one way to increase strawberry sales is to offer a wide selection of packages — not just the 1-pound clamshell.
John King, vice president of sales for San Diego-based Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce, said he recently met with several retailers.
"What we've learned is that there is success in featuring additional, larger pack styles," he said.
"We see retailers adding every day either a 2-pound, 3-pound or 4-pound clamshell."
Repeat business has been very good on larger pack styles, he said.
"What it comes down to is that one pound of strawberries is not a lot strawberries," King said. "If they taste good and look great, it's easy for a family to (consume) a pound with just one sitting," King said.
Pricing a 2-pound clamshell for less than two 1-pounders offers an incremental incentive to buy more strawberries, he added.
Strawberries are a favorite item for holidays at Red Apple, Walker said. The store sometimes triples sales on special occasions.
If a holiday is coming up and he can get a good price, Walker creates a large strawberry display, but he said he is careful not to set out too many berries.
"I want to keep them fresh and rotated," he said.
Stems are big sellers for Valentine's Day and Mother's Day at Bel Air Market. Jacobus expected to sell 10 cases of stems in the days leading up to Valentine's Day.
The store merchandises strawberries on an endcap, at checkout and near the front door during the summer.
"We kind of spread them out, especially when they look good," Jacobus said. "They're a good impulse buy."
In winter, they get about a 4-foot display.


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I'm seeing a nice-looking trade setup in American Express (AXP) off a particular support cluster -- one that comes in between $57.91 and $58.65.
That zone was identified by calculating quite a few 100% projections of prior declines on the daily chart. It also included some key Fibonacci retracements, as well as an extension of a prior minor swing.
So far, AmEx has hit a low at $58.70, just a nickel above the price-cluster zone, and the price held -- so it's time to look for a buy entry. We've already gotten the all-clear signal from buy triggers, but you can still look for a secondary entry on a pullback.
As for risk, we'll define it either as being below that $58.70 low, or below the low end of the price-cluster zone at $57.91. Target 1, if AmEx continues to hold above $58.70, will be at $62.86 -- the 1.272 extension of the downswing into the price cluster. Target 2 is always the 1.618 extension, in this case $63.99, and target three is a 2.618 extension -- $67.26.
Now that we've defined these parameters, let's take a look at how you can still get into this trade by looking at a "trigger chart." After a stock tests and holds above a key price area, I dial it down to a lower time frame chart for an entry -- and, if you've read my guidelines article, you'll know I like to use a 30-minute chart for a swing trade.
For a buy entry, the stock needs to take out a prior swing high, and its eight-day exponential moving average needs to cross above the 34-day EMA. It does not matter which happens first -- just that both criteria are met. Again, an initial buy trigger has already been seen, as illustrated on the chart -- so now we can look at a secondary low-risk entry by waiting for a bit of a pullback. The ideal pullback zone would be around $59.09 to $59.62.
If you prefer a more aggressive entry, that is fine, but remember to define your risk either below the recent low or below that zone! Many of my traders will even wait for a confirmation of the pullback zone. Everyone who uses this method does it a little bit differently, and you can tailor your trading plan to fit your own personality. My work is meant to define risk.
But the bottom line here is that I like the buy side of AmEx against the recent low. My stop is below $58.70.


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Upgraded insulation
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Summer kitchen
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The villa is located in an absolutely tranquil and green surrounding at the border of Klosterneuburg and at the end of a street. In about 10 minutes the center of Klosterneuburg can be reached by car. Viennaґs city center is about 30 minutes away.


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The Utah Grizzlies have agreed to terms with Los Angeles Kings forward Trevor Lewis, a Salt Lake City native.
With National Hockey League players locked out by management in a labor dispute, the 25-year-old Lewis is expected to make his debut with the minor league Grizzlies this weekend, wearing his familiar No. 22. Utah hosts the Ontario Reign on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.
Lewis, a Brighton High School product, helped Los Angeles defeat New Jersey 4-2 in the Stanley Cup finals in June, becoming the first Utahn to have his name inscribed on the trophy. A center on the Kings' third line, Lewis scored two goals in Los Angeles' 6-1 victory in the decisive Game 6. He spent Aug. 30 with more than 6,000 fans at Maverik Center, sharing his only day with the trophy with them.


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Employers are committed to improving the quality of jobs in the UK but lack guidance about how to achieve it, according to a new report by The Work Foundation.
Far fromseeing decent quality jobs and commercial or organisational success as conflicting objectives, the report shows that growing numbers of employers see them as mutually supporting goals.
Employers understood a 'good job' to involve: being valued and appreciated, interest and fulfilment, job satisfaction, autonomy, decent working conditions, morale and teamwork, effective management, and staff development Although 78 per cent did not mention pay, 22 per cent cited it as an important feature.
Poor quality of jobs was seen as being part of an underlying explanation for many persistent workforce issues they faced including sickness absence, retention, poor motivation levels and difficulties hiring the right people.
Stephen Bevan, managing director of The Work Foundation said: "Employers grasp the link between staff wellbeing and howit can affect productivity.What is missing is howto deliver this. As organisations prepare for recovery after the recession, the need for the government to take a lead in supporting employers to tackle the root causes of lost productivity and illhealth will become more and more acute. But the responsibility for health and wellbeing of the workforce is spread across different government departments.We need one centralised body with a clear identity and a clear remit to work in partnership with employers to crack many of the UK's persistent job quality problems."
Stephen Bevan also called for companies to be required to report job quality outcomes in their annual reports.


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Carrot Cake and Cheesecake Cake
Remember that beautiful, flavorful, awesome, red velvet cheesecake cake that I made around the holidays? Well, a recent post on Erin's Food Files got me thinking. You see, she made another cake with a layer of cheesecake in the middle.
After seeing that post, it got me thinking about what other flavors of cake could benefit from a layer of cheesecake in the middle. I realize there are probably very few cake flavors that wouldn't benefit from a layer of cheesecake, but I digress…
Since Easter is coming up, I've been seeing carrot cake recipes all over the place. And we all know that carrot cake goes so well with cream cheese frosting, so it was a no brainer! Once I made up my mind, it was just a matter of finding the perfect carrot cake recipe.
I scoured the internet, my cookbooks, other blogs and every other resource to find a great carrot cake recipe. I decided I wanted a purists version of carrot cake, nothing with a bunch of additional fruit or nuts mixed in. I went with the Cooks Illustrated recipe and it's really good. It does actually call for toasted walnuts, but I knew I'd be using them on the outside of the cake, so I left them out.
One of the best things about this impressive cake is that it can be broken up into small tasks that can be done over the course of a few days. I made the cheesecake on a Monday and once it was completely cooled, I wrapped it in two layers of plastic wrap, then two layers of foil and popped it into the freezer.
Then I made the carrot cake layers on Thursday night after work. The hardest part about this recipe is just peeling and shredding the carrots. After that, it comes together in minutes. Once the cake layers were cooled, I wrapped them in plastic and foil and popped them into the fridge.
Then on Saturday, I brought some leftover cream cheese frosting to room temperature and went to town stacking the cake. I once again took advantage of the fact that the sides didn't need to be frosted very well since I was covering them with toasted nuts.
I did however have a harder time getting the nuts to stick to the cake than I did toasted coconut. I think it was a combination of two things. When I made the coconut and lemon cake, it was a 6″ cake that I could hold/tilt in one hand and use the other hand to smoosh coconut into the frosting. This cake was much bigger and heavier so I couldn't hold it in my hand. It just sat there on the cardboard and I pressed nuts into the side of it.
The second thing is the nuts are bigger than the toasted coconut so it makes sense that they wouldn't stick as well. The whole thing was a pretty messy process but I'm happy with the results. Hubby told me that I need to toast nuts more often because that was one of his favorite parts of the cake – the toasted nuts covered in cream cheese frosting.
If you don't already have a dessert idea for Easter, OR, if you're looking for a carrot cake recipe to impress someone, definitely consider throwing a layer of cheesecake in the middle. It's just such a sweet surprise!
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Carrot Cake Cheesecake Cake
Yield: Serves 12-16
Cheesecake Layer
1 1/4 pounds bar cream cheese (20 oz), room temperature
3/4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp finely grated lemon zest, plus 1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp coarse salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
For the Carrot Cake Layers
2 1/2 cups flour (12 1/2 ounces)
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1 lb medium carrots (6 to 7 carrots, yields 3 cups), peeled
1 1/2 cups sugar (10 1/2 ounces)
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar (3 1/2 ounces)
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup vegetable oil, safflower oil, or canola oil
To Garnish
Double batch of Cream Cheese Frosting
1.5 cups chopped, toasted pecan
For the Cheesecake Layer
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Set a kettle of water to boil. Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese on medium until fluffy, scraping down side of bowl. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy. Beat in lemon zest and juice, and salt. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping down side of bowl after each addition. Beat in sour cream.
Cut parchment paper in a circle and line the bottom of the cheesecake pan. Wrap bottom half of pan in foil. Pour in filling; place in a roasting pan. Pour in boiling water to come halfway up side of springform. Bake until just set in center, about 45 minutes. Remove pan from water; let cool 20 minutes. Run a paring knife around edge; let cool completely. Cover; chill overnight, then wrap in plastic wrap and freeze.
For the Carrot Cake Layers
Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray two 9" round pans with nonstick baking spray with flour.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt in large bowl; set aside.
Shred carrots using large holes of box grater; transfer carrots to bowl and set aside.
In bowl of standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat granulated and brown sugars and eggs on medium-high until thoroughly combined, about 45 seconds.
Reduce speed to medium; with mixer running, add oil in slow, steady stream, being careful to pour oil against inside of bowl.
Increase speed to high and mix until mixture is light in color and well emulsified, about 45 seconds to 1 minute longer.
Turn off mixer and stir in carrots and dry ingredients by hand until incorporated and no streaks of flour remain.
Pour into prepared pan and bake until toothpick or skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking time.
Cool cake to room temperature in pan on wire rack, about 2 hours.
To Assemble the Cake
Place bottom layer on cake stand. Remove cheesecake from freezer, unwrap, and remove from metal bottom, then peel off parchment paper. Place cheesecake layer on top of the bottom layer of the carrot cake.
If the cheesecake is wider than the cake, and it is necessary to to trim it, wait approximately 10 minutes for the cheesecake to soften, then trim it with a knife. Place top layer of cake on top of the cheesecake, and coat with a generous layer of the cream cheese frosting to act as the crumb coat.
Refrigerate approximately 30 minutes, then frost with as much of the remaining frosting as necessary. Coat this sides of the cake with toasted pecan if desired
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Cheesecake layer adapted from Martha Stewart, Carrot Cake layers from Cooks Illustrated
22 Responses to "Carrot Cake and Cheesecake Cake"
Give me a moment to compose myself… ok. This is the cake that my dreams are made of! Carrot cake and cheesecake are my two favorite cakes, so combine them into one amazing dessert, and I'm in total bliss. It looks phenomenal, and I would dominate a big slice ;).
This cake was phenomenal!!!!! I have now made 3 versions and I think the carrot was the best. Everyone raved over it and we all thought it was better the 2nd day! YUM is an understatement!
I'm confused, how did the become a red velvet cake during the assembly?
Do i have to put the cheesecake pan in a roaster with water? I dont have a roaster? Before I purchase one I thought Id ask. Ive made many cheesecakes in the past and never did this
Just made this for Easter and everyone loved it.. Thank you
I made this for Easter today as well, and it was great, everyone said so. I couldn't eat much, it's SO thick and rich. I don't think it would have been half as great without the cheesecake. LOVE that and what a super easy recipe for the cheesecake.
The cake was quite a bit more work than I am used to, and I had to change a few things up based on what I had, in cae this helps anyone else…
I didn't have brown sugar, subbed coconut palm sugar.
I used toasted almonds instead of pecans and was pleasantly surprised that I actually like them when toasted, as I don't normally like them at all, they were so light and crispy.
I do not have a stand mixer, I used my Ninja blender with the whipping cream attachement (I didn't know that it would work but it worked just fine!)
My food processor is broke and couldn't find my grater, so I used my blender for the carrots, worked just fine.
I skipped the parchment paper bc I was out and that was no biggie.
The cake looked picture perfect and tasted amazing, no complaints here. Thank you!!!
How many people will this feed? It is a combo of my two favorite things so I want to make it for a Bunco group.
I made this for my mom's 60th birthday and everyone loved it. My dad announced that it was his favorite cake ever, so…I'm about to go buy the ingredients to make it again for HIS 60th next week 🙂 Thanks!
Hey there!
Wonderful recipe 🙂 just curious, when you assembled the cake, is the top layer bottom side up, or right side up? Did you trim the rounded top off?
Made this for Easter, for my husband's side of the family. Perfect cake recipe! Takes time to make, but nothing difficult. Turned out beautifully and tasted wonderful. I didn't tell anyone about the cheesecake layer, so when I cut the first piece everyone was just thrilled to see that middle layer. The cake is a feast for both the eyes and the palate. It also travels well, which is a bonus for a 3-layer cake. I will make this cake again, and again, and again. Thanks!!!
Just tried to make this… and I am curious if other people who had success used the volume or weight measures??
I used the weight and was quite precise BUT the cake is now seemingly exploding in my oven.. I am thinking some of the ounces are wrong but am not sure. (I have checked the recipe about 5 times to make sure i measured correctly too…)
Quite disappointed but hopefully I can still salvage something from it.
hi! I wanted to make this for Easter tmrw..but I only have 10″ pans..both for the cheesecake & cake..can u PLEASE help me w/ the adjustments? I tried googling it, but it's just not happening & I WANT to make this recipe..it has 5 stars! THANK U, THANK U!
what I left out, was, I don't want my cakes to be thin..I LOVE/prefer a high cake 🙂
Hello! Will the cheesecake tend to soften and tilt or sink in if it's in a slightly warm environment or if I make it into a 5-6″ layer cake? I'm thinking of having one cake layer at the bottom, then the cheesecake, then the rest of the 2-4 layers cake layers. I am wondering if the cake will hold (with the cheesecake layer) if I put a center dowel?


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