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Lung Cancer Expert Witnesses
Lung cancer expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on lung cancer. The lung cancer expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, Hematology, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Oncology, Preventive Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Radiation Oncology, Sleep Medicine, Thoracic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery.
Phillip Beron, MD
Radiation Oncology, Oncology - Radiation injury, quality assurance, radiation safety, delayed diagnosis, breast cancer, lung cancer, talc, brain tumor, stereotactic radiosurgery, mesothelioma, prostate cancer, peer review, implant therapy, hospital safety, radiation side effect, cervix cancer, head and neck cancer
Active Board Certified Radiation Oncologist with extensive teaching experience. Chair of a National Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance Committee (ASTRO). Former Chief Quality Officer Dept of Radiation Oncology UCLA. Former Quality Officer David Geffin School of Medicine at UCLA. Former Chief Quality Officer CTCA Radiation Oncology. Extensive experience in evaluating or developing programs for hospital safety, patient safety, and peer review in Radiation Oncology. Elected by my peers for the Top Doctor Award multiple years. Expert witness experience since 1998 for both plaintiff and defense. Able to explain complex cases to juries and attorneys in easily understood terms. Easily reachable. 310-709-4604 (cell) [email protected]
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Nizar Suleman, MD
Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine - Respiratory failure, Shock, Sepsis, Critical Illness, Mechanical Ventilation, ARDS, Pulmonary Embolism, Lung Mass, Lung Nodule, Lung Cancer, Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion, Dyspnea, COPD, Asthma, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension Sleep Disorders , sleep apnea, Narcolepsy
I have 15 years experience practicing in a busy pulmonary, critical care and sleep disorders medicine practice, both in the office and hospital. As an expert witness, I believing providing an unbiased opinion to support a fair review of the case. The practice of critical care medicine requires attention to detail as well as timely intervention to facilitate safe patient care. My approach to providing an expert opinion is paying attention to detail, developing a timeline, conducting a comprehensive literature review, and providing a comprehensive report focused on the opinions requested. I possess a calm demeanor with effective communication skills. I like to teach and explain issues, beginning with the basics. I believe in paying attention to detail, being thorough when taking care of patients, documentation and preparation of reports, as well as being able to evaluate cases critically.
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Roy Artal, MD
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine - Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Sleep Apnea, Restless Legs Syndrome, Narcolepsy, Hypersomnia, Insomnia, Parasomnia, COPD, Asthma, Pulmonary Nodule, Lung Cancer
Dr. Roy Artal is a board-certified pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist and Medical Director of Tower Sleep Medicine. Dr. Artal received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1991, and his medical degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine (UCLA) in 1995. Following medical school Dr. Artal completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship training at the Cedars-Sinai-UCLA Combined Fellowship Program. In addition to being Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases, he is also board certified in sleep medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, the Medical Director of Tower Sleep Medicine an American Academy of Sleep Medicine accredited sleep disorders center, a member of the Cedars-Sinai Medic...
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James L Pearle, MD Western Pulmonary Medical Group, Inc.
Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine - occupational lung disease, hospitalist medicine, sleep apnea, apnea, COPD, asthma, asbestosis, critical care medicine, lung cancer, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis,medical malpractice
Asbestosis and Occupational Lung Diseases with national expertise and publications. Medical Malpractice. Sleep Disorders, Hyperbaric Medicine, Hospitalist, Pulmonary , Critical care and Internal Medicine. Former Medical Director Kindred Hospital, Former Hospital Chief of Staff, Director of Hospital Respiratory Therapy, President Western Pulmonary Medical Group, Inc, President Southern California Hospitalist Network, Independent Medical Examiner, President and Principal Investigator California Research Medical Group, Inc. (over 125 trials as PI), over 100 depositions and trials. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease. Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, Former Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Medicine. Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine Chairman, Physician Well-Being Committee, St. Jude Medical Center
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Steven M. Simons, MD
Pulmonary Disease, Internal Medicine - Asthma, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, lung cancer; recent Chief of Staff - Cedars - Sinai; Professor - UCLA, medical director, medical affairs - Cedars - Sinai
Over 20 years experience. Former Chief of Staff, Chief of Medicine, Chief of Pulmonary Division - Cedars- Sinai Health System. Currently Medical Director, Medical Affairs - Cedars- Sinai Health System. Clinical Professor of Medicine UCLA School of Medicine.
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Jessica Anchor-Samuels, MD
West Hartford, Connecticut
Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine - primary care, standard of care, delayed diagnosis, colon cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, Internist, missed diagnosis, heart disease, heart attack, diabetes, inappropriate care, cancer screening, anemia, telemedicine, risk factors, preventative care, hypertension
Dr. Anchor-Samuels is a Brown University trained Internal Medicine physician and a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine with board certifications in Massachusetts and Connecticut. She has significant experience in clinical medicine, as well as medical legal consulting. She has consulted, both for medical record review and as an expert witness, on numerous cases for both plaintiff and defense. She has also worked directly with insurance companies to review cases in anticipation of potential litigation. She has extensive experience with cases of delayed/missed diagnosis of prostate cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among others.
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Larry S. Wasser, M.D., FCCP Associated Pulmonologists of Western CT
BROOKFIELD, Connecticut
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease - Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine, Medical Malpractice, Urgent Care, Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Asthma, COPD, Respiratory failure, Lung Cancer, Interstitial lung disease, Asbestosis, Post-operative management, Covid-19, Occupational lung disease
I am board-certified by the ABIM, in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care and am a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, as well a member of the American Thoracic Society. I am formerly an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I have 30 years of clinical experience specializing in Asthma, COPD, Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Cancer, Asbestosis, Occupational Lung Disease, Respiratory failure, Sepsis, mechanical ventilation, Critical Care, Postoperative management, COVID-related pulmonary disease and Sleep apnea. I have been "hands-on", providing direct pulmonary patient care since 1986 and have had the opportunity to work in both an urban and rural settings, allowing me to gain an expansive clinical expertise. I am currently licensed in CT, NY, FL, PA, IN, OH, GA, CA, MI, NJ. I attended the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and did all of my residency and fellowship tr...
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Jeffrey C Wolkowicz, MD
Coral Springs , Florida
Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine - Asthma, Reactive Airways Disease, COPD, Pneumonia, Lung Cancer, Bronchitis, asbestosis, Occupational Lung disease, sleep apnea, sepsis, ARDS, Critical care
I provide support to Litigators, IME's, record reviews + expert testimony for over 10 yrs. Have served as expert witness including testimony at depositions + in court to both plaintiff + defendants , in the fields of, Pulmonary + Critical Care Medicine, Pneumonia, COPD, sleep apnea, ARDS, Reactive Airways Disease, sepsis, lung cancer, asbestos + Occupational Lung diseases
Jeffrey C Wolkowicz, MD - Full Listing and Contact Info
Richard K Freeman, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery - Lung cancer, esophageal cancer, chest surgery, lung transplantation, cardiac surgery, aortic surgery,
Subject matter expert for cancers of the chest (lung, esophagus, mesotheliama), chest trauma, infections of the chest, lung transplantations and heart and aortic surgery. Director, Thoracic Surgery and Vice Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Fellow, American College of Surgeons and American College of Chest Physicians. Board Certified in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Richard K Freeman, MD - Full Listing and Contact Info
NEEL SHAH, MD, FACP Med Expert Billing Co.
Wheaton, Illinois
Hematology, Oncology - Medical Oncologist, Hematologist, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lymphoma, Melanoma, Bleeding, Sarcoma, Board Certified, Head and Neck Cancer, Thrombosis
I am a triple board certified physician in Medical Oncology, Hematology & Internal Medicine. I have experience reviewing cases, as well as being an expert witness. I have reviewed cases that deal with lung cancer, bleeding, clotting, lymphoma, carcinoid and metastatic cancer. A full narrative report will be supplied with each case review. I am happy to review a case with you prior to acceptance. Should you need doctors in other specialties I would be happy to refer as well.
NEEL SHAH, MD, FACP - Full Listing and Contact Info
Charles M Yarborough, MD, MPH CYHealthAssociates, LLC
Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine - Medical Epidemiology, Asbestos, Chrysotile, Lead, Occupational Disease, Causation, Independent Medical Examinations (IME), Toxic Tort, Impairment, Fraud, Product Liability, Toxicology, Case Review, Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer, Healthy Life Expectancy, Risk Management
Charles Yarborough, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM, CIME, is president of CYHealthAssociates, LLC, a health consulting and research firm based in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Yarborough is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and also in Occupational Medicine. Licensed in several states and DC, he continues to see patients for these areas of medicine at company and community clinics. For litigation support he writes expert reports and was deposed and has testified mostly in asbestos and lead matters. Dr. Yarborough is on the medical staff of Johns Hopkins hospital in Bethesda and Inova Alexandria Hospital. Before joining Lockheed Martin as medical director in 2007 until 2015, he was senior managing scientist in New York City for an international engineering and health consulting firm, a company physician, and a doctor in private practice. For years he was a part-time Chief Physician at the VA Health Care System and medical consultant to USDOL on medical causation. Dr. Yarborough is an elected ...
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Tushar R Shah, MD, MHA Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute
Flint, Michigan
Radiation Oncology, Oncology - Radiation Oncology, Oncology, Breast cancer, lung cancer, brain tumor, stereotactic radiosurgery, prostate cancer, gynecological cancer, head and neck cancer, lymphoma, gastrointestinal cancer, Radiation injury, peer review, implant therapy, radiation side effects
I am Board Certified (American Board of Radiology) in Radiation Oncology and in active clinical practice since 2003. I utilize Standards of Care and National Published Guidelines in my clinical practice in oncology. I am available to provide medical chart review, narrative reports, consultation/testimony for plaintiffs and defense.
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Timothy P. Korytko, MD
Cooperstown, New York
Oncology, Radiation Oncology - Brain tumor, spine tumor, radiation injury, delayed diagnosis, breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, head and neck cancer, lymphoma, skin cancer, rectal cancer, cervix cancer, uterus cancer, sarcoma/soft tissue tumor, radiopharmaceuticals, liver radioembolization, brachytherapy
• Board Certified Radiation Oncologist in active practice over 10 years. • 5+ years in administrative leadership chairing a radiation oncology department. • Columbia University faculty appointment. • Published author in area of radiation oncology. Board certified radiation oncologist with over 10 years clinical experience treating and diagnosing patients with brain tumors, spine tumors, breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, head and neck cancer, lymphoma, skin cancer, rectal cancer, gynecologic cancers, and soft tissue tumors. Extensive clinical experience providing radiation therapy to all areas of the body including the brain, spine, and liver, and in radiopharmaceuticals. Available to provide expert witness services in medical malpractice and personal injury cases in the areas of cancer treatment, treatment-related damages, causation, and claims of delayed cancer diagnosis.
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Craig A Nachbauer, MD, RPVI, MBA North Country Thoracic and Vascular
Plattsburgh, New York
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery - Thoracic Surgery, Wound Care, Phlebology, Non-invasive Vascular Testing, Lung Cancer
Dr. Craig Nachbauer is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and has practiced thoracic and vascular surgery since 1991. He is experienced in medical record review, determinations of standard of care, and deposition and testimony in medical malpractice cases. Dr. Nachbauer received his thoracic surgery residency at the Ohio State University Hospitals. After a fellowship in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University, he completed his training as Clinical Associate in Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Cleveland Clinic. Currently, Dr. Nachbauer is in private practice, specializing in thoracic and vascular surgery. He was former medical director of the University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Wound Center.
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C. Gerard Petersen, M.D.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine - Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Bronchoscopy, Lung Cancer, Black Lung, Occupational Lung Disease, Asthma, Sleep Medicine, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy, Commercial Driver's License, Motor Vehicle Accident
Board Certified: Internal Medicine - ABIM Pulmonary Disease - ABIM Critical Care Medicine - ABIM Sleep Medicine - ABSM
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Chandar R. Abboy, MD Chandar Abboy MD LLC
Greer, South Carolina
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease - Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Internal Medicine, Sepsis, Septic Shock, ICU care, Mechanical Ventilation, Lung masses and nodules, ARDS, Pneumonia, COPD, Asthma, Life Support, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, sleep disorders, Pulmonary Embolism, Lung Cancer
Quadruple boarded in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine. Undergraduate education at the University of California, Irvine with Bachelor of Science and Minor in History. Medical Education at Madras Medical College, Chennai, India. Internal Medicine residency was at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. Pulmonary/Critical care fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, NY. I have been in private practice for greater than 9 years seeing both inpatient and outpatients. I have also been teaching medical students and residents. I am currently doing predominantly critical care work and regularly involved with patient care. Current active medical licenses in North and South Carolina and Georgia. Currently residing in Greer, South Carolina.
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Clinton F Merrill, MD Western Oncology & Hematology Consulting Services
Hematology, Oncology - Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Tumors, Leukemias, Lymphomas, Myeloma, Myeloproliferative Disorders, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Benign Hematology, Anemia, Bleeding and Clotting Disorders
Experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of all solid tumors as well as the full range of hematologic malignancies. Special expertise in benign hematology including: anemias, low blood cell counts, iron overload disorders, and bleeding and clotting disorders. I take pride in providing thorough record review, meticulously researched reports reflecting unbiased opinions, and excellent communication skills with the ability to make the complex understandable.
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Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Zuyd University
Studying International Business at Zuyd University: a student story
Student stories 5 July 2016, 10:57
Aziza Madani from Dubai is a third year student in the International Business Bachelor's programme at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. Below, Aziza explains why she chose to study in the Netherlands and shares her experiences with prospective students looking for a university abroad.
Choosing a country to study in
Aziza explains that choosing the Netherlands as a study destination was a coincidence. She says that her father owns a company in her home country and, as the oldest child in her family, she is interested to join the business. In order to do it, however, she needs a degree in international business. When she started to seek such a programme at home, she found that the majority of local programmes are not international enough. This made her pay attention to universities in other countries. At that time, Aziza's uncle was working at the Qatar Embassy in the Netherlands and he recommended this country as a study destination because of its reputation of having high-quality programmes and an international environment.
"My first choice was Maastricht University, but my application there was unsuccessful. Now, however, I have no regrets at all." — Aziza says.
Applying knowledge to practice
Aziza considers the practical approach to teaching as the most attractive aspect of studying at Zuyd. Recently, one of her assignments consisted of creating a business plan for an imaginary company and then another one for the paper producing company, Sappi. She and her classmates also attended a three-day student contest in Leuven, Belgium. Every day, they had 3 hours to find a solution for a business case and to prepare a presentation for a jury. Aziza likes that the knowledge students receive at Zuyd can instantly be applied to practice.
Studying in different countries
Aziza finds studying at Zuyd as a really international experience. She is going to study in the UK as an exchange student next year. After that, she will have a five-month internship abroad. She will have to find a company to intern with herself and she hasn't decided yet where she wants to go — but it could be anywhere in the world!
Speaking English, learning Dutch
Aziza says that she was quite nervous when she got to Maastricht in September of 2014. She thought that communication with locals would be a problems as she didn't know Dutch. Later she found, though, that nearly everyone in the Netherlands speaks English, even her neighbours and people in shops.
"My dad thinks that's a pity. 'If people only spoke Dutch to you, you could learn the language in no time,' he said. I am now learning Dutch as my second language, together with my fellow international students." — she concludes.
Studying International Business in Maastricht
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences is located in the south of the Netherlands (zuyd means south in Dutch) and hosts around 15,000 students from 40 different nationalities. It offers Bachelor's and Master's programmes taught in English in the city of Maastricht.
Zuyd was rated 4th nationally among medium-sized vocational universities in the 2015 Keuzegids HBO ranking.
The International Business Bachelor's programme is offered every year, beginning in September, and takes 4 years to complete. There is also a fast-track option, which lasts just 3 years, for advanced students wishing to take the programme.
Find more information about the International Business programme on the Zuyd University website.
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This two year course is an Advanced Training in Deep Bodywork - specialisation in Psychotherapeutic Postural Integration. It combines intensive personal experience with theoretical and practical training.
This course is for people who want to become more skilful at working deeply with the bodymind, both their own and their clients'. It follows on from the Deep Bodywork 1-year Foundation Training and is a thorough 2-year training in process-oriented bodywork and bodypsychotherapeutic techniques. This course can be a powerful supplementary training in how to work deeply with bodymind for practitioners of other bodywork/therapy modalities and for practitioners of other forms of psychotherapy, wishing to enhance and extend their current practice.
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'Lost' Camera Records Stunning Footage From Edge Of Space
A GoPro camera lost after being launched in a weather balloon two years ago has been recovered, and it has some incredible footage of the Grand Canyon as seen from the edge of space. (Huffington Post)
Launch your own out-of-this-world photos with kiteography!
The footage from the edge of space was taken with a camera attached to a helium-filled weather balloon. How did the balloon rise so high in the atmosphere without any engine or mechanical liftoff device?
Helium is lighter than air.
This just means that the helium gas molecules in the balloon have a lower density than the gas molecules that make up our atmosphere (dry air). Helium's volume ratio compared to dry air is just 0.000005.
Watch the slow-motion replay of events starting at about 3:00 in the video. What is the substance that the New York Times describes as "white confetti against the darkness" of space?
The confetti is remnants of the popped weather balloon.
So, why did the weather balloon pop?
As altitude increases, atmospheric pressure drops. This is why, as you climb a mountain, you are literally climbing "into thin air." Here's a nice graph showing the relationship between atmospheric pressure and altitude.
At an elevation of about 30 kilometers (98,660 feet), the pressure inside the weather balloon was so much greater than the pressure outside, it forced the elastic "skin" of the balloon to pop into white confetti.
The balloon climbed to nearly 100,000 feet in the atmosphere before popping. Take a look at this diagram of Earth's atmospheric layers, or read our encyclopedic entry on the subject. What layers of the atmosphere did the camera document?
First, you have to convert feet to miles (or kilometers). Luckily, the good folks at Google will do it for you! 100,000 feet is about 19 miles or 30 kilometers.
The camera glides through the troposphere and the stratosphere. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, extending from the surface to about 16 kilometers (10 miles) above. The stratosphere is above the troposphere, extending from 10 kilometers (6 miles) to 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the surface of the Earth.
How did the Stanford students lose their fancy weather balloon camera?
The students were tracking the camera's location using GPS, but their Earthbound smartphone (the GPS receiver) lost the signal. "The problem was that the coverage map we were relying on (looking at you, AT&T) was not accurate, so the phone never got signal as it came back to Earth, and we never heard from it," said one student.
Luckily, AT&T redeemed itself. "Two years later, in a twist of ironic fate, a woman who works at AT&T was on a hike one day and spotted our phone in the barren desert. She brings it to an AT&T store, and they identify my friend's SIM card. We got the footage and data a few weeks later!"
Watch our introductory video on kiteography, in which a simple kite—not a helium weather balloon—is launched over the landscape. Why is kiteography a little safer and easier than balloon-ography?
Conducting an experiment with high-flying weather balloons is potentially more dangerous and requires a little more prep work.
Watch the beginning of the video to see the Stanford students conduct flight preparations including a parachute drop test, trajectory planning, engineering a structure to safely and efficiently hold the camera, and use a 3-D printer to make the chassis.
To avoid endangering the skies and your legal record, balloon-ography also requires clearing your project with the Feds. In the United States, there are two sets of regulations governing launching and tracking high-altitude weather balloons. One is from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the other is from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Says one of the students who did the Grand Canyon experiment: "(I)t could be potentially dangerous for pilots and other aircraft. We registered with the FAA and let them know our desired time, location of launch, and the balloon's predicted trajectory ahead of time. They responded back with a location and time window in which we could launch our balloon."
Grand Canyon (center left), grander vista.
Huffington Post: 'Lost' GoPro Records Stunning Grand Canyon Footage From Edge Of Space
Bryan Chan: Grand Canyon from the Stratosphere! A Space Balloon Story video
Nat Geo: #Kiteography
Popular Mechanics: How to Launch a Camera Into Space
Nat Geo: What is the atmosphere?
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Q: Is Jersey (REST Framework for Java) used widely in Production? We're looking at various frameworks to create a REST Service in Java. One obvious choice is Jersey.
However, we have not been able to find many testimonies that say Jersey is used by xyz number of users.
We're trying to see following -

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*How widely used is Jersey in 2017?

*Is it actually used by companies for in-production services?

*Are there any performance or stability concerns about it?

It would be appreciated if you can provide any links.

A: From the Jersey front-page:

Goals of Jersey project can be summarized in the following points:

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*Track the JAX-RS API and provide regular releases of production    quality Reference Implementations that ships with GlassFish;

Granted, this is not a statistical measure of production use, but Jersey is certainly viable for production use.
Jersey aside, if you make sure your implementation relies only on classes, annotations, and interfaces from the JAX-RS specification, it will be vendor agnostic. This should be your goal as you can then easily switch implementations in your production environment (no source code changes necessary).

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The season 3 of the show aired its debut episode titled "Aruba-Con" on CW. It picked up from where season 2 left. Captain Hunter disbands Legends as he now heads an organization called "Time Bureau" so he no longer needs them to fix history, but then he needed them badly once Julius Caesar showed up at Aruba.
It is now confirmed by the show-makers that Constantine will appear for a specific plot and that the show will embrace his bi-sexuality from the comics as well. In 1992 issue of Hellblazer, he was revealed to be bi-sexual. John Constantine is a fascinating character with many layers. He is someone who is haunted by the sins committed in the past and then suddenly sent to defend humanity from the forces of darkness. He is a weather-worn exorcist and expert on the supernatural and the occult. He is also a detective, magician, and a hunter of demons.
The first time Constantine series was aired on NBC, it had to be discontinued/canceled only after thirteen episodes. The actor Matt Ryan was brilliant as the demon hunter but somehow the show received poor ratings. There was also a major "Save Constantine" campaign launched by DC fans which were joined by Matt Ryan himself, but Comcast wasn't interested.
This all-new animated series from Warner Bros. Animation and Blue Ribbon Content follows DC's popular comic book character John Constantine (voiced by the live-action series star Matt Ryan), a seasoned demon hunter and master of the occult. Armed with an arcane knowledge of the dark arts and a wicked wit, he fights the good fight. With his soul already damned to hell, he'll do whatever it takes to protect the innocent. With the balance of good and evil on the line, Constantine uses his skills to face the supernatural terrors that threaten our world and send them back where they belong. After that, who knows… maybe there's hope for him and his soul after all.


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A reputable family dentist will be experienced in a wide variety of dental practices, from preventative oral care of cavity fillings and teeth whitening to restoration services of implants and bridges.
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Children have borne the brunt of separatist and ethnic conflicts in country's remote and underdeveloped northeast.
India(***)s northeast has been the hub of ethnic conflicts and separatist movements.
The seven states in the northeastern part of India (also known as the Seven Sisters) have been plagued with years of separatist and ethnic conflict, insurgency, heavy military presence and underdevelopment. Several armed groups operate in the area - some call for complete independence, while others fight for regional autonomy.
In the provinces of Assam and Manipur, for example, sepratists recruit children as young as twelve to fight against the government.
According to the International Displacement Monitoring Centre, more than a million people were forced to flee from their homes in the past 20 years.
However, the turbulence in Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, is often neglected in mainstream discourse.
Children - society's most vulnerable - often bear the brunt of the conflct's effects. Many have been displaced and are being raised in shelter homes.
Years of conflict have resulted in chronic underdevelopment, heavy presence of military, high rates of unemployment and lack of private investment and growth.
According to UNICEF, children in conflict ridden areas suffer from lasting psychological damage as a result of the constant exposure to violence.
Children from insurgency hit areas of northeastern India are being rehabilitated in different shelter homes across India.
A girl plays dress up at a shelter home in New Delhi.
Many of these children receive long term counselling.
Counsellors at shelter homes say children from violence affected areas tend to be more aggressive and eager to pick a fight.
A woman giving art lessons to a child.
For some the shelter homes provide an opportunity for healing, while many more continue to live in the shadows of conflict.
A child playing at a shelter home in New Delhi.


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"""
Belief propagation iterations for binary tomography reconstruction
"""
import numpy as np
from solve_lines import solve_line, solve_uncoupled_line
try:
    from joblib import Parallel, delayed
    joblib_import = True
except ImportError:
    joblib_import = False
if not joblib_import:
    try:
        from sklearn.externals.joblib import Parallel, delayed
        joblib_import = True
    except ImportError:
        joblib_import = False

# --------------- Utility routines --------------------------

def _reorder(inds, l_x):
    """
    Order inds in the order of a light ray of angle > pi/2, that is,
    with increasing x (first coordinate) and decreasing y (second coordinate)
    """
    ind_x, ind_y = inds / l_x, inds % l_x
    ind_y = l_x - ind_y
    return inds[np.argsort(ind_x * l_x + ind_y)]

def _calc_Jeff(inds, l_x, J):
    """
    Coupling between two neighbour spins.

    For a slanted light ray, the distance between spins is not 1. We
    therefore correct the coupling factor.

    Parameters
    ----------

    inds: tuple (i, j)
        positions of the two spins

    l_x: int
        size of the original image

    J: float
        coupling value for a distance of 1
    """
    x, y = inds / l_x, inds % l_x
    dist = np.abs(x[1:] - x[:-1]) + np.abs(y[1:] - y[:-1])
    res = np.tanh(J) ** dist
    res = .5 * np.log1p(res) - .5 * np.log1p(-res)
    return res

def _initialize_field(y, l_x, proj_operator, big_field=15):
    """
    Message passing from measurements to pixels, in the case where
    there is no spatial coupling between spins.

    Without coupling, the value of the field h_m_to_px (from measure to
    pixel)is given by

    h_m_to_px = atanh(y_m / N_m)

    where y_m is the measurement corresponding to light-ray, and N_m the
    number of spins contributing to this measurement.

    Parameters
    ----------

    y: ndarray
        measurements

    proj_operator: sparse matrix
        the tomography projection operator

    big_field:  float, optional
        value used to clip the field, to avoid numerical underflow
        and overflow

    Returns
    -------
    h_m_to_px
    """
    n_meas, n_pix = proj_operator.shape
    n_dir = n_meas / l_x
    h_m_to_px = np.zeros((n_dir, n_pix))
    for i, proj_value in enumerate(y):
        inds = proj_operator.rows[i]
        if len(inds) == 0:
            continue
        mu = i / int(l_x)
        ratio = proj_value / float(len(inds))
        if np.abs(ratio) >= 1:
            h_m_to_px[mu][inds] = big_field * np.sign(ratio)
        else:
            h_m_to_px[mu][inds] = 0.5 * (np.log1p(ratio) - \
                               np.log1p(-ratio))
    mask = np.abs(h_m_to_px) > big_field / 2.
    h_m_to_px[mask] = np.sign(h_m_to_px[mask]) * big_field / 2.
    return h_m_to_px

def _calc_hatf(h_m_to_px):
    """
    Computation of the field from pixels to measures.

    h_px_to_m[mu] = sum_nu h_m_to_px[nu]

    where the sum over nu is over all measurements to which a pixel
    contributes, except mu.
    """
    h_px_to_m = np.empty_like(h_m_to_px)
    h_sum = h_m_to_px.sum(axis=0)
    for mu_to_px, px_to_mu in zip(h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m):
        px_to_mu[:] = h_sum - mu_to_px
    return h_px_to_m, h_sum

def _calc_hatf_mf_correct(h_m_to_px):
    """
    Computation of the field from pixels to measures.

    h_px_to_m[mu] = sum_nu h_m_to_px[nu]

    where the sum over nu is over all measurements to which a pixel
    contributes, except mu.
    """
    l = len(h_m_to_px)
    h_sum = (1 - 1./l) * h_m_to_px.sum(axis=0)
    return h_sum

def _calc_hatf_mf(h_m_to_px):
    """
    Computation of the field from pixels to measures.

    h_px_to_m[mu] = sum_nu h_m_to_px[nu]

    where the sum over nu is over all measurements to which a pixel
    contributes, except mu.
    """
    h_sum = h_m_to_px.sum(axis=0)
    return h_sum

# ----------- Different flavors of BP iterations -------------------

def BP_step(h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, y, proj_operator, l_x, J=.1,
                        hext=None):
    """
    One iteration of BP (belief propagation), with messages updated
    after all new messages have been computed. A strong damping is needed
    with this update method.

    Parameters
    ----------

    h_m_to_px: ndarray of shape (ndir, l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetizations (measure to field). The frame is the one of the
        non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at an angle
        corresponding to the projection)

    h_px_to_m: ndarray of shape (ndir, l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetic field, determined by the other measures. The frame
        is the one of the non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at
        an angle corresponding to the projection)

    y: ndarray of shape ndir*L (1-D)
        Array that contains all measures (sum of spins along rays)

    proj_operator: sparse matrix, in lil format
        The projection operator (with only 1s in non-zero entries)

    l_x : int
        linear size of the image to reconstruct

    J: float, default 0.1
        Amplitude of the coupling between spins. The larger J, the higher the
        coupling.

    use_mask: bool
        If True, there are no spins outside the central circle

    hext: ndarray of same shape as y, default None
        Guesses for the values of the external field to be used in the Ising
        chains.

    Returns
    -------

    h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, h_sum, h_ext

    h_m_to_px and h_px_to_m are the new iterates

    h_sum is the sum over all directions of h_m_to_px, from which the marginal
    of a spin to be +1 or -1 can be computed.

    h_ext is the new external field
    """
    ndir = len(h_m_to_px)
    if hext is None:
        hext = np.zeros_like(y)
    hext_new = np.zeros_like(y)
    # Heuristic value that works well for the damping factor
    # The more projections, the more damping we need
    damping = 1 - 1.6 / ndir
    h_tmp = np.copy(h_m_to_px)
    for i, proj_value in enumerate(y):
        # Which pixels are in this measurement?
        inds = np.array(proj_operator.rows[i])
        if len(inds) == 0:
            continue
        # How are they ordered?
        if i > len(y) / 2:
            inds = _reorder(inds, l_x)
        # effective couplings
        Js = _calc_Jeff(inds, l_x, J)
        mu = i / int(l_x)  # angle number
        # Solve the chain
        h_m_to_px[mu][inds], hext_new[i] = solve_line(h_px_to_m[mu][inds], Js,
                        proj_value, hext=hext[i])
    h_m_to_px = (1 - damping) * h_m_to_px + damping * h_tmp
    # Then we update h_px_to_m
    h_px_to_m, h_sum = _calc_hatf(h_m_to_px)
    return h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, h_sum, hext_new

def BP_step_asym(h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, y, proj_operator, l_x, J=1,
                        hext=None):
    """
    One iteration of BP (belief propagation) with uncoupled spins on all
    directions, but four equally-spaced directions.

    Note that the value of J is different for the uncoupled version than
    for the coupled version.

    Parameters
    ----------

    h_m_to_px: ndarray of shape (ndir, l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetizations (measure to field). The frame is the one of the
        non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at an angle
        corresponding to the projection)

    h_px_to_m: ndarray of shape (ndir, l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetic field, determined by the other measures. The frame
        is the one of the non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at
        an angle corresponding to the projection)

    y: ndarray of shape ndir*L (1-D)
        Array that contains all measures (sum of spins along rays)

    proj_operator: sparse matrix, in lil format
        The projection operator (with only 1s in non-zero entries)

    l_x : int
        linear size of the image to reconstruct

    J: float, default 0.1
        Amplitude of the coupling between spins. The larger J, the higher the
        coupling.

    use_mask: bool
        If True, there are no spins outside the central circle

    hext: ndarray of same shape as y, default None
        Guesses for the values of the external field to be used in the Ising
        chains.

    Returns
    -------

    h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, h_sum, h_ext

    h_m_to_px and h_px_to_m are the new iterates

    h_sum is the sum over all directions of h_m_to_px, from which the marginal
    of a spin to be +1 or -1 can be computed.

    h_ext is the new external field
    """
    ndir = len(h_m_to_px)
    coupled_dirs = np.linspace(0, ndir, 4, endpoint=False).astype(np.uint)
    if hext is None:
        hext = np.zeros_like(y)
    hext_new = np.zeros_like(y)
    # Heuristic value that works well for the damping factor
    # The more projections, the more damping we need
    damping = 1 - 1.6 / ndir
    #l_x = np.sqrt(h_m_to_px.shape[1])
    h_tmp = np.copy(h_m_to_px)
    for i, proj_value in enumerate(y):
        # Which pixels are in this measurement?
        inds = np.array(proj_operator.rows[i])
        # How are they ordered?
        if len(inds) == 0:
            continue
        if i > len(y) / 2:
            inds = _reorder(inds, l_x)
        mu = i / int(l_x)  # angle number
        if mu in coupled_dirs:
            # effective couplings
            Js = _calc_Jeff(inds, l_x, J)
            # Solve the chain
            h_m_to_px[mu][inds], hext_new[i] = solve_line(h_px_to_m[mu][inds],
                        Js, proj_value, hext=hext[i])
        else:
            hext_new[i] = solve_uncoupled_line(h_px_to_m[mu][inds],
                                            proj_value, hext=hext[i])
            h_m_to_px[mu][inds] = hext_new[i]
    h_m_to_px = (1 - damping) * h_m_to_px + damping * h_tmp
    # Then we update h_px_to_m
    h_px_to_m, h_sum = _calc_hatf(h_m_to_px)
    return h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, h_sum, hext_new

def BP_step_mf(h_m_to_px, H_px, y, proj_operator, l_x, J=.1,
                        hext=None, mf_correct=True):
    """
    One iteration of BP (belief propagation), with mean field: pixels
    send the same message to all factors they belong to. For a large
    image size, the result is as good as without mean field/

    Parameters
    ----------

    h_m_to_px: ndarray of shape (ndir, l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetizations (measure to field). The frame is the one of the
        non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at an angle
        corresponding to the projection)

    H_px: ndarray of shape (l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetic field, determined by the other measures. The frame
        is the one of the non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at
        an angle corresponding to the projection)

    y: ndarray of shape ndir*L (1-D)
        Array that contains all measures (sum of spins along rays)

    proj_operator: sparse matrix, in lil format
        The projection operator (with only 1s in non-zero entries)

    l_x : int
        linear size of the image to reconstruct

    J: float, default 0.1
        Amplitude of the coupling between spins. The larger J, the higher the
        coupling.

    use_mask: bool
        If True, there are no spins outside the central circle

    hext: ndarray of same shape as y, default None
        Guesses for the values of the external field to be used in the Ising
        chains.

    Returns
    -------

    h_m_to_px, h_sum, h_ext

    h_m_to_px are the new iterates

    h_sum is the sum over all directions of h_m_to_px, from which the marginal
    of a spin to be +1 or -1 can be computed.

    h_ext is the new external field
    """
    ndir = len(h_m_to_px)
    if hext is None:
        hext = np.array([None for i in range(len(y))])
    hext_new = np.zeros_like(y)
    # Heuristic value that works well for the damping factor
    # The more projections, the more damping we need
    damping = 1 - 1.6 / ndir
    h_tmp = np.copy(h_m_to_px)
    for i, proj_value in enumerate(y):
        # Which pixels are in this measurement?
        inds = np.array(proj_operator.rows[i])
        if len(inds) == 0:
            continue
        # How are they ordered?
        if i > len(y) / 2:
            inds = _reorder(inds, l_x)
        # effective couplings
        Js = _calc_Jeff(inds, l_x, J)
        mu = i / int(l_x)  # angle number
        # Solve the chain
        h_m_to_px[mu][inds], hext_new[i] = solve_line(H_px[inds], Js,
                        proj_value, hext=hext[i])
    h_m_to_px = (1 - damping) * h_m_to_px + damping * h_tmp
    # Then we update h_px_to_m
    if mf_correct:
        h_sum = _calc_hatf_mf_correct(h_m_to_px)
    else:
        h_sum = _calc_hatf_mf(h_m_to_px)
    return h_m_to_px, h_sum, hext_new

#------- Not used for now (might be buggy) -------------------------

def BP_step_parallel(h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, y, proj_operator, J=.1,
                        use_mask=True, hext=None):
    """
    One iteration of BP (belief propagation), with messages updated
    after all new messages have been computed. A strong damping is needed
    with this update method. This function is parallelized (uses as many
    procs as possible !)

    Parameters
    ----------

    h_m_to_px: ndarray of shape (ndir, l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetizations (measure to field). The frame is the one of the
        non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at an angle
        corresponding to the projection)

    h_px_to_m: ndarray of shape (ndir, l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetic field, determined by the other measures. The frame
        is the one of the non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at
        an angle corresponding to the projection)

    y: ndarray of shape ndir*L (1-D)
        Array that contains all measures (sum of spins along rays)

    proj_operator: sparse matrix, in lil format
        The projection operator (with only 1s in non-zero entries)

    J: float
        Amplitude of the coupling between spins

    use_mask: bool
         If True, there are no spins outside the central circle

    hext: ndarray of same shape as y, default None
        Guesses for the values of the external field to be used in the Ising
        chains.

    Returns
    -------

    h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, h_sum

    h_m_to_px and h_px_to_m are the new iterates

    h_sum is the sum over all directions of h_m_to_px, from which the marginal
    of a spin to be +1 or -1 can be computed.

    h_ext is the new external field
    """
    if not joblib_import:
        raise ImportError("""joblib could not be imported, use the
        function BP_step instead""")
    ndir = len(h_m_to_px)
    if hext is None:
        hext = np.zeros_like(y)
    hext_new = np.zeros_like(y)
    # Heuristic value that works well for the damping factor
    # The more projections, the more damping we need
    damping = 1 - 1.6 / ndir
    l_x = np.sqrt(h_m_to_px.shape[1])
    h_tmp = np.copy(h_m_to_px)
    if use_mask:
        X, Y = np.ogrid[:l_x, :l_x]
        mask = ((X - l_x / 2) ** 2 + (Y - l_x / 2) ** 2 <= \
                        (l_x / 2) ** 2).ravel()
    inds_all = []
    J_all = []
    # We should not recompute this every time, but pass to the function
    # the indices of the chains, and the effective coupling
    for i, proj_value in enumerate(y):
        # Which pixels are in this measurement?
        inds = np.array(proj_operator.rows[i])
        # How are they ordered?
        if i > len(y) / 2:
            inds = _reorder(inds, l_x)
        # Handle pixels outside circle -- remove them
        mask_inds = mask[inds]
        inds = inds[mask_inds]
        inds_all.append(inds)
        if len(inds) == 0:
            continue
        # effective couplings
        Js = _calc_Jeff(inds, l_x, J)
        J_all.append(Js)
        mu = i / int(l_x)  # angle number
    # Solve the chain in parallel for all measurements
    res = Parallel(n_jobs=-1, verbose=0)(delayed(solve_line)(h_px_to_m[i/int(l_x)][inds], Js, proj_value, hext=hext_val) for i, (inds, Js, proj_value, hext_val) in enumerate(zip(inds_all, J_all, y, hext)))
    for i, (inds, resi) in enumerate(zip(inds_all, res)):
        h_m_to_px[i/int(l_x)][inds] = resi[0]
        hext_new[i] = resi[1]
    h_m_to_px = (1 - damping) * h_m_to_px + damping * h_tmp
    # Then we update h_px_to_m
    h_px_to_m, h_sum = _calc_hatf(h_m_to_px)
    h_sum[~mask] = 0
    return h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, h_sum, hext_new

def BP_step_truemf(H_px, y, proj_operator, ndir, J=.1,
                        use_mask=True, hext=None):
    """
    One iteration of BP (belief propagation), with messages updated
    after all new messages have been computed. A strong damping is needed
    with this update method.

    Parameters
    ----------

    H_px: ndarray of shape (l_x, l_x) where the original image
        is (l_x, l_x)
        local magnetic field, determined by the other measures. The frame
        is the one of the non-rotated image (ie, Ising chains are taken at
        an angle corresponding to the projection)

    y: ndarray of shape ndir*L (1-D)
        Array that contains all measures (sum of spins along rays)

    proj_operator: sparse matrix, in lil format
        The projection operator (with only 1s in non-zero entries)

    J: float, default 0.1
        Amplitude of the coupling between spins. The larger J, the higher the
        coupling.

    use_mask: bool
        If True, there are no spins outside the central circle

    hext: ndarray of same shape as y, default None
        Guesses for the values of the external field to be used in the Ising
        chains.

    Returns
    -------

    h_m_to_px, h_px_to_m, h_sum, h_ext

    h_m_to_px and h_px_to_m are the new iterates

    h_sum is the sum over all directions of h_m_to_px, from which the marginal
    of a spin to be +1 or -1 can be computed.

    h_ext is the new external field
    """
    if hext is None:
        hext = np.zeros_like(y)
    hext_new = np.zeros_like(y)
    # Heuristic value that works well for the damping factor
    # The more projections, the more damping we need
    damping = 1 - 1.6 / ndir
    h_sum = np.zeros_like(H_px)
    l_x = np.sqrt(len(H_px))
    if use_mask:
        X, Y = np.ogrid[:l_x, :l_x]
        mask = ((X - l_x / 2) ** 2 + (Y - l_x / 2) ** 2 <= \
                                    (l_x / 2) ** 2).ravel()
    for i, proj_value in enumerate(y):
        # Which pixels are in this measurement?
        inds = np.array(proj_operator.rows[i])
        # How are they ordered?
        if i > len(y) / 2:
            inds = _reorder(inds, l_x)
        # Handle pixels outside circle -- remove them
        mask_inds = mask[inds]
        inds = inds[mask_inds]
        if len(inds) == 0:
            continue
        # effective couplings
        Js = _calc_Jeff(inds, l_x, J)
        # Solve the chain
        h_line, hext_new[i] = solve_line(H_px[inds], Js,
                        proj_value, hext=hext[i])
        h_sum[inds] += h_line
    h_sum *= (1 - 1./l_x)
    h_sum = (1 - damping) * h_sum + damping * H_px
    h_sum[~mask] = 0
    return h_sum, hext_new

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text:
Panthers veteran Ed Jovanovski doesn't believe NHL owners when they cry poor
By Mike Berardino
Wrote today's column in the Sun Sentinel on the NHL labor negotiations and the increasing likelihood of a lockout being imposed at 11:59 p.m., Saturday when the current CBA expires.
Panthers defenseman Ed Jovanovski has been through several of these before, so nothing really surprises him. However, even Jovo had to admit it's a "little hypocritical" to see owners crying poor in the wake of the teams continuing to hand out 13-year mega-contracts (as the Minnesota Wild did this summer with Zach Parise and Ryan Suter).
"You look at the revenues from '04 to now: $2.4 billion to $3.6 billion," Jovanovski told me. "The league has done well. I believe the owners made money and everyone's salary cap has gone up and teams are able to spend more money on getting guys.
"Where lies the problem? It comes to dollars and cents at the end of the day. People want more of a piece of the action, and I think the players have a firm hold on what they believe in. At the end of the day, there has to be some sort of partnership on it, and we're definitely negotiating in that way."
There is talk on ownership's side of limiting the maximum length of player contracts in this new CBA, a la the NBA, but isn't that really just NHL owners asking the union to save them from themselves?
"You can't blame the players," Jovanovski said of the trend toward mega-deals. "These players work hard, and teams are willing to spend on lucrative deals. There's a reason that money is thrown out. The league is making money. Is it wanting more? That's for you guys to figure out."


text:
Ryan Adams, misogyny and "sensitive" masculinity
The accusations made against Adams will resonate with women who have been manipulated by "sensitive" men who engage in a more insidious strain of destructive, misogynistic masculinity.
By Anna Leszkiewicz
Follow @@annaleszkie
Yesterday, the New York Times published a damning investigation into the behaviour of indie musician Ryan Adams. In it, "seven women and more than a dozen associates described a pattern of manipulative behaviour in which Adams dangled career opportunities while simultaneously pursuing female artists for sex", before eventually becoming "domineering and vengeful, jerking away his offers of support when spurned, and subjecting women to emotional and verbal abuse, and harassment in texts and on social media".
Several of the accusers are high-profile musicians themselves: Mandy Moore, Phoebe Bridgers, Courtney Jaye. One was an aspiring musician who met Adams when she was just 14; she said her encounter with Adams deterred her from persuing a career in music. Adams denies some of the claims, calling the piece "upsettingly inaccurate" and at times "outright false", but offered an apology of sorts. He tweeted: "I am not a perfect man and I have made many mistakes. To anyone I have ever hurt, however unintentionally, I apologise deeply and unreservedly."
For many, it comes with the dull, heavy feeling of familiarity. Women working in and around the music industry were quick to say they'd heard it all before. Rumours had circulated about Adams's behaviour for years; the industry is infamous for these tired, exploitative dynamics: older men taking advantage of the musical ambitions of younger women in order to gain their sexual attention.
And it will resonate with many others, too; women who have been emotionally manipulated by self-professed "sensitive" male partners, who engage in a more insidious strain of destructive, misogynistic masculinity, not burying their emotions but wielding them as weapons of domination and control. This masculinity is narcissism disguised as vulnerability and emotional honesty. It demands indulgence and infantilisation, and thus protects itself. It comes with a generous side of self-absorption performed as judicious self-awareness, making it immune to criticism.
Adams's career has been dogged by criticisms of his behaviour for over two decades: he has been characterised as reckless, ranting, unstable, and obnoxious. But even more frequently than that he has been perceived as sad and sensitive, still in some ways the 17-year-old who emancipated himself from his parents, to become an adult too young. As Adams himself said in an interview with Rolling Stone, "I see this beautiful and tragic world, and I do my best to describe it, because it's been crushing to me since I was a kid."
Throughout his 20s, 30s and 40s, the music press variously perceived Adams as a melancholy young genius, unusually susceptible to the harshness of the world, and a whiny, defensive immature mess selling out with frequent releases of poor quality. He's been described as a "lovable fuck-up"; a grown man with "a childlike sense of wonderment"; a peddler of "performative sadness", his music a series of "lonely-boy laments" or "pain-streaked bar-stool ballads" or "white-boy blues" songs; a man with enough "self-awareness" to give his misery "a meta quality"; a "childlike sketch of how an overnight rock star should act"; and "a boozy, druggy brat". Pitchfork even called his music "an open invitation to fondly remember that time when you relied on a fucked-up guy like him to save your life".
In one sense this is entirely unrelated to the accusations of abuse that Adams has faced in the last 24 hours. Branding is not, after all, evidence of any questionable personal behaviour. But in another, it's not. The way we celebrate, excuse and even ridicule masculinity is not unrelated to the points at which masculinity spills over into abuse and misogyny.
Back in 2015, when Adams covered Taylor Swift's album 1989 in full, I compared the rock critics who adored his lo-fi rearrangement of her sparkling pop songs, and hated the original, to Mark from the movie Juno. Mark is a rock fan who likes the Carpenters best when covered by Sonic Youth, and a grown man who hits on pregnant, teenage Juno and abandons his wife and unborn, soon-to-be adoptive child in his quest to become Kurt Cobain. I was careful not to tar Adams with the same brush as his reviewers (though the reaction "really upset" him). In retrospect it feels like there are more obvious, damning comparisons to be made between Mark and Ryan Adams.
Reading a 2003 interview with Adams in Spin, I came across a quote from producer James Barber, praising one of Adams's most mournful songs, "Anybody Wanna Take Me Home". "There's two ways to hear that song," he says. "One is the 'I'm really lonely and devastated, and I don't know how to communicate with women,' and the other is that this is the best damn pickup line in the world. It works both ways. I love that about Ryan."
That sensitive guy we all know. Is he lonely, devastated and unable to communicate with women? Or does he know exactly what he's doing? I guess it works both ways.
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Cottage Country Cuisine
Meals to warm your heart in a cold winter
Article by Karen Wehrstein / Photography by Tomasz Szumski
One of Canada's greatest pastimes is winter survival: finding ways to alleviate the chill in the air, our bones and our hearts. Insofar as food is love, or at least something to love, there are a number of types of culinary coping mechanisms that can comfort us through to spring.
To approach them professionally, we will journey first to the popular Bala restaurant Moon River Lookout, home of Chef Ken Bol, who is co-owner with his wife Tiffany.
"It was built in 1944, and everyone who worked at Dunn's Pavilion – now The Kee – had meal tickets to get their meals, here," Bol recounts. "It was called the Sunset Restaurant, and we had all these ambitions to decorate with sunset images, but it was known as a biker bar, so we had to change the name." That was in 1999.
Bol's personal history starts in Rexdale, and he has cuisine in his blood.
"My father was a chef. But he said 'stay out of the kitchen, if you can.' He just didn't want me to work so hard while the managers out front got to dress up and mingle with people. So that's what I did."
From back-order cook at Pizza Nova, he got promoted to manager. School at Humber College didn't suit him; he quit after a week and a half and found a job as a manager at Pizza Hut.
"I did so well I was sent across Canada opening Pizza Hut restaurants before settling in Windsor," Bol reminisces. "The restaurant that was there was a Casey's, and I thought it was a cool environment." Now working with that chain, he journeyed on to the Yorkdale Casey's, where he met Tiffany. Together, they opened a 60-server Casey's on the Queensway, and operated it for two years.
Moving next to Hockley Valley Resort, Bol decided after 10 years of managing that it was time to cook, and took a culinary apprenticeship at $5 per hour and 80 hours a week for three years. "It was the best five bucks an hour I ever made," he says. "I'm a big fan of apprenticeship. You get so much more out of your trade and can be proud of it. I trained under some great chefs, and learned a lot."
By then, Tiffany's parents had retired to Muskoka. "We had come to visit and fell in love with the area," Bol recalls. "We were looking for a house, and everything was out of reach, down south, so we started looking up here."
In 1988, the couple made their move, and Bol's mother-in-law, who worked at the Royal Bank, put his name out around Bracebridge. "Everyone was looking for a chef," he says. The Old Station in Bracebridge snapped him up and he worked there for two years.
But the family was growing. "I was tired of working nights and weekends and getting laid off in winters. Tiffany's father was in construction, and I started doing some and quite enjoyed it." That led to the founding of his construction business Cedar Works of Muskoka, which operated from 1991 to 1997. It's not just the food at Moon River Lookout that is crafted by Bol, but also a lot of the woodwork.
The culinary world tempted him back when he drove past the Bala Bay Inn and saw the lights were off. "The people were taking offers to run the place. They accepted my proposal." He did that from 1996 to 2004, during which time he and his wife were able to purchase both the Sunset Restaurant and the Bala Falls Pub.
"We focused on those two restaurants, and were very successful," Bol recalls. "We sold the Bala Falls Pub last year, so that we can focus on Moon River and gourmet catering."
Bol's fondest culinary memory, though, goes back to his roots. "When my father was retired, he came and stayed with us in Bala and cooked some special buffets with me," he recalls. "That was the highlight of my cooking career."
In winter, Moon River Lookout serves more soups and stews, and "good old-school stick-to-the-ribs comfort food" like braised short ribs, an old English dish. "It's one of the go-tos," Bol says. "It's what you need on a cold day."
As dishes go, it's a forgiving one. "The only mistake you can make is to not let it braise enough. Sear the meat, lock in the flavours, then let it absorb everything that's in the recipe. People like it, it's easy to serve, easy to store."
The meat does indeed both fall off the bones and pick up the flavour of the vegetables and herbs, in a rich, tangy, full way. You'd never know the almost undetectable soupçon of sweetness comes from local blueberry wine, but it does. Rule of thumb: fats and oils are warming, and this dish is redolent with the latter. But, Bol enthuses, "olive oil is good for you!"
On Muskoka Road 118 between Glen Orchard and Port Carling sits Richwell's Muskoka Fine Foods, owned by chef Richard Bynoe.
His background is a bit different than that of most chefs. Bynoe was a North Bay base brat whose father worked for more than 32 years in a NORAD underground compound while also founding and running a martial arts school to teach unarmed combat and weapons defence to military personnel and police. Following the path taken by his father, Bynoe began martial arts, himself, at age seven. Still continuing his martial arts training, he moves around his kitchen fast and silently, blades flashing, a black-clad gourmet ninja.
"I was going to go into physiotherapy or something like that," Bynoe recounts. "But I had a summer job at this inn in Callander, and had to make an eight-foot gingerbread sleigh. And that was it." He was hooked on cuisine.
Starting as a dishwasher at Blue Mountain Resort, he did his apprenticeship there. Bynoe then attended Algonquin College, where he scored the second highest grade point average in the hospitality department. On graduation, he returned to Blue Mountain as a sous-chef, then moved to the restaurant North 44 in uptown Toronto.
"That was a culinary challenge," he says. "It was very fast-paced, very competitive, with lots to learn."
Next, Bynoe moved around southern Ontario, working as executive chef at Italian restaurants in Pickering and Brooklin, Ontario, and a Greek one in Markham. But he wanted to move further north. "I love nature, and not so many crazy drivers," he explains. He started in the same building he's in now, the eatery then named Rebecca's, until it closed in 2014. He then opened a seafood shop at Field of Greens in Port Carling. Dividing his time, he gradually shifted to Patterson-Kaye Lodge.
Then came his big opportunity. "My extended family loved my food and bought the building, so I could start this restaurant." Richwell's opened in 2017.
Bynoe's soul-warming meal derives from his background in Italian cuisine, being his spin on a traditional Lombard dish. "osso bucco with risotto alla Milanese" was first served at Richwell's as a Labour Day dinner special and will be a staple item on next season's Italian-inspired menu.
It is absolutely true when he says: "Everything about it is warm: the tomato, the other veggies, the colours, the richness of the cheese." The saffroned risotto and the copious olive oil are warm too, singing richly on the tongue.
In Italian cooking, Bynoe instructs, "you pay attention to the flavours of the ingredients you're using, and don't mask them with something else. Make sure all the flavours you're putting together are more like a symphony rather than a big gong."
Bon appetit and stay warm this winter.
Osso Buco with Risotto alla Milanese
Richard G. Bynoe, Richwell's
6 (1 to1 1/2-inch-thick) pieces osso buco (veal shanks)
(about 4 pounds total)
Kosher salt and freshly ground
1 cup all-purpose flour (5 ounces)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil,
plus more if needed [use garlic oil]
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
(1/2 ounce)
1 large yellow onion,
1/2 inch cubes (12 ounces)
2 medium carrots, 1/2 inch cubes
(6 ounces)
1 celery stalk, 1/2 inch cubes
3 medium cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup homemade or store-bought chicken stock
1 28-ounce can peeled whole tomatoes, seeded and drained, tomato flesh crushed by hand
3 fresh thyme sprigs
Lemon zest and chopped flat leaf parsley (gremolata) for garnish
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Season veal shanks with salt and pepper. If you have butcher's twine, tie it around each shank to help hold their shape.
• In a large roasting pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Working in batches, lightly dredge shanks in flour, shaking off excess, and add to roasting pan (be careful not to over-crowd them). • Lightly brown shanks on both sides for about 4 minutes per side. Lower heat as necessary to prevent flour from burning. • Transfer browned shanks to a platter and repeat with remaining shanks, adding more oil if pan becomes too dry.
• Add butter to roasting pan, along with onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Cook, stirring, over medium-high heat until vegetables are softened and just starting to turn a light golden colour, about six minutes.
• Add wine, stock, and tomatoes to roasting pan, then place shanks on top, spaced evenly as possible. The liquid should nearly but not totally cover the shanks; if it doesn't, add more stock or water. Add thyme and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer.
• Cover roasting pan with plastic wrap then aluminum foil, and transfer to oven.
• Cook for two hours, then remove plastic and foil and cook for another 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven, let rest for 5-10 minutes then use tongs and a spatula to move shanks to a platter.
• Strain vegetables.
• Perfect the consistency of the sauce by reducing or by adding more stock.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Use a ladle or sauce spoon to skim excess oil from the top and remove thyme sprigs and bay leaf.
• Spoon over shanks, and garish with zest and parsley.
14 ounces risotto rice (about 2 cups), preferably carnaroli
4 cups homemade or store-bought chicken or vegetable stock, plus more as needed
1 small yellow onion, minced (about 7 ounces)
2 generous pinches saffron (stamens)
1 1/2 ounces freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, plus more for serving
• Combine rice and cold stock in a large bowl. Agitate rice with a whisk to release starch. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer set over a 2-quart liquid cup measure or large bowl. Allow to drain well, shaking rice as dry as possible. Set stock aside.
• Heat oil in a heavy 12-inch sauce pan over medium-high heat. Add rice and cook, stirring frequently until all liquid has evaporated and rice sizzles and takes on a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes.
• Add onion and continue to cook, stirring frequently, until aromatic, about 1 minute.
• Add wine and cook, stirring occasionally, until the pan is nearly dry, about 3 minutes.
• Add saffron, a large pinch of salt
and 1 cup stock and stir till absorbed.
• Continue adding the stock and stirring until 1 cup remains.
• Add that into rice with butter and stir constantly until butter has melted and rice is thick and creamy.
• Add more stock or water if risotto becomes too dry.
• Turn off heat, add cheese and stir rapidly to thoroughly incorporate.
• Season with salt. Serve immediately, with more cheese in a grinder for diners to use as desired. Serves six.
Wine pairing: Sauvignon Blanc.
Chef's Tip
What!? Plastic wrap in the oven?
"Chefs have been doing this forever, "Bynoe reassures." I've done it for 20 years. Even at higher temperatures the plastic won't melt, just go hard around the edges." The idea, of course, is to seal in moisture, but acidic ingredients such as tomato and lemon will eat away the foil unless the plastic is there.
Ken Bol, Moon River Lookout
4 lbs. beef short ribs (ask butcher to cut into 2" pieces)
11/2 cups olive oil
4 cups beef stock
2 large cans of plum tomatoes
2 cups Johnston's Blueberry Wine (available from Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery near Bala)
3 Tbsp crushed black peppercorns
8 sprigs of rosemary
1/2 cup chopped fresh garlic
1/2 bunch parsley
3 lbs. mini red potatoes
8 cups of coarsely chopped onion, celery, carrot and any other root vegetables you might like.
You will need a large stock pot or roasting pan with a lid, able to hold 12 litres.
• Preheat oven to 275° F.
• On stove top, heat oil to very hot and sear the short ribs on all sides until golden brown.
• Remove from pot and cut into two-rib portions.
• Return to pot with beef stock, tomatoes, blueberry wine and all spices. Stir well, cover and put in the oven. (If you don't have a lid, cover tightly with tin foil.)
• After one hour, add in the potatoes and other vegetables. Remove after 1½ to 2 hours, checking to see that the meat is super-tender and falling off the bone.
• Check seasoning and add more salt and pepper, if necessary, to taste.
• Serve with a chunk of crusty baguette and blueberry wine.
Serves eight.
Chef's tips
Other root vegetables you might like: "hardier squashes such as butternut, celeriac bulbs, parsnips, yellow beets, rutabaga…"
"Blueberry wine sweetens over the years." Sock some away now.
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Formula 1's qualifying flop a reminder of the sport's conflicting objectives
March 20, 2016 Jo SoucekBernie Ecclestone, F1, F1 Business, F1 Politics, FIA, Formula 1, Qualifying, Regulations, Sporting Regulations
Saturday's Formula 1 qualifying at the season opening Australian Grand Prix highlighted one of the sport's underlying problems: that its wealth is a two-edged sword.
Formula 1's income, and ultimately its survival, is dependent upon casual viewers and new fans. These are the people who make up the bulk of the TV audience, which dictates the cost of the TV rights, which is how Formula 1 makes its money. The more fans there are, the more expensive the TV rights, the more revenue the sport receives. To attract casual viewers and new fans the sport must be exciting and engaging upfront on a race by race basis: it must be entertaining without the need for greater investment.
Mercedes dominance over the past two years was becoming boring and predictable and harming the sport's TV audience (if not yet statistically then certainly theoretically). This is not a new issue. For at least the past twenty years, Formula 1 has been characterised by dominance of one team interspersed with the occasional close fight. In the early noughties it was Michael Schumacher and Ferrari, Brawn ran away with the championship in 2009, then Red Bull won four titles in a row.
The sport's reaction to dominance is to fiddle with the rules, generally with two aims. One is to directly spice up the visual spectacle and the other is to improve competition via attempts to level the playing field, usually through limitations on spending. In response to Schumacher and Ferrari's dominance, for example, the qualifying format was changed to a single lap shootout with race fuel loads on board in an attempt to make it more of a lottery, add some intrigue about strategy and (artificially) give the impression that racing was closer. Meanwhile the FIA also sought to impose restrictions on testing and engine use that negated some of Ferrari's financial advantage.
Similarly over the past few years there has been a steady stream of changes – some evolutionary, some revolutionary – designed to keep the sport entertaining and the competitors close: the introduction of DRS; restrictions on wind tunnel use; race weekend staff curfews; the banning of innovative design components; and, recently, revolutionary new engine rules designed to reset the playing field and shift the focus onto something with more "real world" relevance and accessibility.
Most of the measures fail or create a new series of problems for which another solution must be found. The problem, however, is not as simple as F1's rulemakers being hopeless or failing to undergo proper consultation. Rather it is vested in the fact that F1's entertainment requirements are incompatible with the nature of its competition. There is too much money at stake for teams at the pointy end to be anything other than focused on protecting their advantage and winning. On one side there are the sponsors of the top teams who would almost certainly take umbrage if their positive association or airtime was deliberately limited. On the other side are the hundreds of millions of dollars at play in the Constructors Championship, where the difference between first or second in a race could add up to ten million in prize money.
So it doesn't matter what rules are implemented, the teams will always look to exploit an advantage. Thus restrictions on testing just resulted in the wealthier teams diverting funds into other developmental areas such as wind tunnels, computer aided design, and manufacturing less engines just meant more money for research and development. Meanwhile innovation benefits the teams with more money, but limiting it results in spec-cars which detracts from the essential constructor and team component of the sport. And structural changes to qualifying and the race that respect the nature of competition and don't incorporate handicaps will only temporarily mask true car performance. We saw in the noughties, for example, Schumacher qualifying fourth, but with enough fuel on board to make one less pitstop than all the cars ahead.
Equally, teams will never agree to any sort of handicap. So when F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone proposed alternative qualifying systems to artificially mix up the grid, one of which was that the driver who won the race would be given a time penalty in qualifying at the subsequent event, the teams baulked.
The F1 Strategy Group, the first hurdle for any new rules, incorporates Ecclestone, the FIA and six leading teams. The teams were therefore able to object to Ecclestone's qualifying proposals at the outset. However, historically his ideas have had a way of becoming part of the sport, either directly or indirectly by shuffling the regulations in their direction. In 2009 his proposal to award the championship to the driver with the most wins via medals for wins became part of the Sporting Regulations against the teams' wishes and only failed to remain there due to a technicality. Moreover, in December 2015 the World Motorsport Council (WMSC), who are the ultimate governors of F1 and final determinants of the sport's regulations, approved a mandate for FIA President Jean Todt and Bernie Ecclestone to "make recommendations and decisions regarding a number of pressing issues in Formula 1". Although this has not been tested, it increased the possibility that one of Ecclestone's qualifying proposals could have been introduced against the teams' will. Thus, rather than simply veto the new qualifying system the teams looked for an alternative, which led to the ongoing elimination qualifying introduced at the Australian Grand Prix.
Because it was a kneejerk reaction and rushed through – it was developed in February and only approved by the WMSC in March, and the necessary software almost wasn't ready for the season opener – the new qualifying system was unlikely to be a success. But quite possibly that didn't matter. It looks to have been nothing more than a roadblock to Ecclestone's other proposals. And whether by accident or by design, it seems to have served its purpose.
The old qualifying system of two elimination sessions followed by a final shootout for pole position worked well, and had become stable after years of different systems. Indeed when the new one was proposed people questioned why it was even necessary: if it ain't broke, why fix it? At this point the simplest option will be to revert to the old system for the next race. Moreover, the Sporting Regulations make clear that from 15 March they cannot be changed without the unanimous agreement of all competitors. So there is no longer the same risk that Ecclestone can get any of his proposals implemented.
However, this does nothing to resolve the fundamental conflict. Ecclestone's responsibility is the commercial side of the sport and he is focused on solutions that increase the entertainment value and therefore the TV audience. From this point of view, his proposal has a lot of merit. Mixed up/handicapped grids are one of the best ways to make the racing more exciting. It defies logic to believe that if you have the cars fight it out to see who is the fastest and then line them up in that order that the subsequent race will be anything other than processional. But on the other side, Formula 1 is a competition with a lot at stake. It goes against this concept to limit or curtail the capabilities of the best competitors in any way.
Unless the sport sorts out these conflicting objectives, Formula 1 will continue to cycle through dominance interspersed with close racing and implement solutions that create more problems than they resolve.
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BJP Mahila Morcha's national executive meet to be held in Jan
Mahila Morcha Media Convener Neetu Dabas said that Mahila Morcha's upcoming action plan will be discussed and work will be reviewed by the morcha in the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections.
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NEW DELHI: National Executive meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha will be held on January 20 and 21, 2023, in Karnataka's Tumkuru, of which Assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be on agenda.
BJP national president JP Nadda, and National General Secretary BL Santhosh will address the meeting. Members along with the President of Mahila Morcha Vanarthi Srinivasan will attend the meeting.
Mahila Morcha President Vanarthi Srinivasan said, "There will be a deep discussion on the women's issues covering all the aspects. PM Modi always emphasises on women's empowerment and always seeks extra participation of women. We will be discussing on the ongoing policies and programs for women. Discussions will also be held on women's participation in the G20 meet next year, also there is an assembly election next year what will be their share of efforts etc".
"Also, the Lok Sabha 2024 election will be discussed. New plans will be layout to make it successful", she added.
Earlier this year on International women's day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that women are the reflection of ethics, loyalty, decisiveness and leadership.
"Our Vedas and tradition have given a call that women should be able and capable to give direction to the nation. The progress of women always gives strength to the empowerment of the nation. Today the priority of the country lies in the full participation of women in India's development journey. More than 80 per cent of the loans under 'Standup India' are in the name of women. About 70 per cent of loans have been given to our sisters and daughters under Mudra Yojana," he had said.
After winning majority seats and forming a government in Gujarat, BJP's now focus is now on the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka scheduled for next year.
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David Robertson Plans To Pitch In 2023
Veteran reliever David Robertson recently expressed his intent to pitch during the 2023 season, stating that he feels "feels like next season will be a lot easier and I'll be more prepared," as reported by The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham.
After pitching to a 2.76 ERA in 626 2/3 innings (with 137 saves) from 2009-2018, Robertson joined the Phillies ahead of the 2019 season on a two-year, $23MM deal with a $12MM club option for the 2021 season ($2MM buyout). However, after only seven appearances, Robertson underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery and suffered a setback during his rehab, forcing him to miss the entire 2020 season. His club option was subsequently declined by the Phillies.
After missing the prior two seasons, the righty pivoted to the Olympics and helped Team USA qualify for the Tokyo Games. In the break before the games, the righty signed with the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League and pitched a handful of innings. Returning home with a silver medal, Robertson joined the Rays on a major league contract and reported to Triple-A Durham before joining the major league team in September. With the Rays, Robertson pitched 12 innings, allowing 6 earned runs, and striking out 16 of the 50 batters he faced. He was selected to the Rays' post-season roster, pitching four scoreless innings in the ALDS against the Red Sox.
After the 2021 season, Robertson signed a one-year, $3.5MM contract with the Cubs, with up to $1.5MM in incentives. In Chicago, Robertson recaptured his 2000-2018 form, pitching to a 2.23 ERA with 14 saves in 40 1/3 innings, with a robust 30.9% strikeout rate and 47.8% groundball rate — albeit with a high 11.5% walk rate.
Robertson's strong performance on a rebuilding team made him a top trade target at the deadline, and on August 2nd he was shipped to Philadelphia in exchange for pitching prospect Ben Brown. Robertson continued his strong work with the Phillies, pitching to a 2.70 ERA in 23 1/3 innings with a 30.3% strikeout rate. However, Robertson's walk rate increased to a high 16.2% and his groundball rate fell to 43.4%.
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Why is the Kenmore 28042 Upright Freezer the #1 Bestseller?
The Kenmore 28042 upright freezer sits at the coveted #1 position of the Kenmore upright freezers bestsellers' list. So, why is it a shopper's favorite?
Well, it has quite a few pluses going for it in the capacity, storage options, security, design and price departments.
External dimensions are important because you need to know whether the freezer will get through the doorway or hallway and whether it will fit in its designated spot. Honestly, if the freezer can't be installed, it's of no use and is a waste of money.
So these dimensions are that important.
So grab your tape measure and note book and jot down the measurements of the doorway, hallway and the destination spot for the freezer.
If all is well, come and read the rest of the page. If it isn't, check out a slightly smaller Kenmore upright freezer, perhaps a 16.7 cu. ft. fellow bestseller?
The Kenmore 28042's 20.6 cu. ft. capacity can hold up to an unbelievable 721 lbs. of frozen food. That's tons and tons of storage space, even by a large family's standards.
Make the most of this space by reducing your trips to the store, saving precious time.
Or to rake in some decent savings by buying whole primal cuts of beef or pork and packing them into meal-sized steak and roast portions yourself.
4 spacious, fixed shelves provide the bulk of storage space, and are made of wire for extra durability.
5 door bins transform the door into more than just a shutter. What's more, they are movable and even adjustable, making them a source of customizable storage for short, tall and oddly shaped items. So whether you need to store bulk purchases on a long term basis or party supplies temporarily, this Kenmore upright is equipped for the gamut of freezing jobs.
A slide out basket is great for storing tiny items—such as a veggie pack—that would otherwise slip through or get trapped in the wire shelves.
This Kenmore freezer also comes with a soft-freeze zone that is designed to remain slightly warmer than the rest of the freezer. As such, it's best for keeping ice out of your ice cream and your butter and whipped toppings mellow and ready to eat when you are.
Food costs money. Obvious? I know. But when you lose food, you lose money, right?
OK. I guess the point really is that there is no point investing money (and time) to shop and stock up your freezer, only for some unauthorized people to unjustly reap the hard-earned fruits of your labor.
So, if you can't exactly vouch for your neighbors' integrity, it's probably a good idea to protect your food by investing in a lockable freezer such as the Kenmore 28042. And believe me, that's quite a deterrent. Because your neighbors will have to qualify as locksmiths before they access your food.
Mechanical controls for those of us who still feel intimidated by digital controls and backlit LCDs (whatever that stands for!).
A manual defrost system for those who think the virtues of this type of freezer far outweigh the tedium of manually defrosting it. True, this freezer only consumes 526 kWh of electricity in an entire year. And while it is not certified as an Energy Star, it only cost $56 to operate each year or just $4.67 each month. As such, it is in effect, far more energy efficient than identically-sized Energy Star frost free upright freezers.
And, it also sports a security lock—because we can't afford to lose multiple 700-pound hauls of food to inconsiderate pilferers!
This upright freezer's price point points to its no-frills design. So it's an all-white freezer—cabinet, door and handle. To their credit, white appliances are easy to keep clean and they certainly help to brighten up the kitchen. Plus, the door has a textured finish, which adds a touch of style to a decidedly minimalist design.
Kenmore stands by this design and backs up all Kenmore 28042 units with a one year limited warranty. This means that all defective parts and poor workmanship that existed at the time of purchase will be remedied by Kenmore, free of charge to you.
Oprah, the billionaire queen of daytime TV (and of inspiration, too) once famously said that she checks price tags before buying anything. So who are we lesser mortals not to? Especially when we are looking to buy big-ticket items like freezers.
But it is the cheapest of all the 20.6 cu. ft. Kenmore upright freezers. And, given its potential to save time and money, it can pay for itself in months, not years. So yes, it is good value for money.
The Kenmore 28042 offers a surprisingly large storage capacity and versatile food organization at an affordable price. And the security lock is a welcome bonus.
This winning combination makes it a dream freezer for the price-conscious shopper who is looking for a large upright freezer.