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PROS / Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional allows for user defined file type searches.
CONS / Stellar took longer than average to recover our test devices.
VERDICT / While it is missing some features the top-rated software offers, it tested with one of the best recovery rates among the software we reviewed.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional is our choice for the Top Ten Reviews Bronze Award for best disk recovery software. The software outperformed several others in the area of recovery, but fell short in a few key features that we deemed beneficial to the consumer. Regardless, Windows Data recovery is among the best disk recovery software brands available.
Stellar's scanning and recovery speeds were below average, so you may have to wait a little longer than most to get what you need. We measured its rate and determined it would take just over a day to scan a 64GB microSD card. It performed more quickly in SSD testing, but it was still the second slowest program we tested.
File Recovery Rate
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional's best showing was on solid-state recovery. From our reformatted microSD card, it was able to recover two-thirds of our picture files, three-quarters of our MP3s, and nearly all of our videos and MS Office documents. It was also able to consistently recover all of our documents (though not always picture, video or music files) from the solid-state drive across our two tests: lost files and a reformatted drive.
Lost File Recovery
Lost files are simply files that have lost their header information. This type of data loss has a variety of causes, but no matter how it happens, your data is still there – the computer just doesn't know how to find it. All a recovery software has to do is piece together a file's various fragments. Steller was one of only a handful of leaders that was able to do this successfully on our solid-state drive. It performed slightly less well on the hard disk, but that was only for a few missing video files.
Lost file recovery fell to 69% when we tested it against a microSD card, but it still recovered our pictures, MS Office files and most our MP3s. It did find some of the video files too, but barely more than half.
Reformatted Drive Recovery
In our tests, Stellar Phoenix recorded excellent recovery rates on each of the storage devices we tested. With the HDD, it recovered 66 percent of the files, which was among the highest recovery rates in that test. It recorded an even better recovery rate of 68 percent on the reformatted SSD. However, the best recovery rate was on the MicroSD, rescuing 78 percent of the files. Each recovery rate was among the highest in our tests for the tested storage device, which makes this data recovery software one of the best options when you've lost files because of a reformatted drive.
Recovery Speed
The overall recovery process of Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional is intuitively designed to guide you from beginning to end. This includes a remarkably uneventful interface with buttons that only appear when you need them. There's also a noticeable lack of overwhelming options and hidden menus that you'll see in some of the other software we reviewed. This all makes the interface clean and easy to use as it guides you through the recovery process.
This software has a powerful recovery engine with some of the best results we've seen. This of course is built on Stellar's own in lab experience. The software has options for drive, CD-DVD, photo and email recovery. While each does provide settings for specific types of data to recover, we found our best results when testing the raw data recovery capabilities found in Drive Recovery.
The Raw Recovery tool lets you work on even the most severely corrupt devices. It works by executing a comprehensive scan for the file signature of specific formats among the file fragments on your connected drives. It does this by scraping every bit of data from the drive's surface and identifying the pattern of the file against known formats. You can add to user-defined formats to this format database.
The software doesn't come equipped with tools for network recovery or boot recovery. This means you can't perform a remote or pre-OS environment recovery. However, you can purchase these tools as add-ons to the software if you determine you need them.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional has the advanced options necessary to recover your lost data. It comes with imaging options and a S.M.A.R.T. interface to help you diagnose your data loss and to help you from further damaging your drive.
S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, which is your hard drive's own utility for warning you of potential disk failure. While it only reports to you on bad sectors and their proliferation, it can also advise you of when you need to send your drive to a professional recovery service.
Elsewhere on the Advanced Options tab is where Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional keeps its advanced imaging tools. Among the features you will find the Create Image button, which allows you to create a functioning copy of your drive or device as an IMG file. This file also allows you to interrupt your scan and resume later. You can create an image of the disk, partition, or particular region.
Under the same tab is the Clone Drive button. Cloning a drive creates a bit-for-bit mirror copy of your drive. A clone is a lot like an image; however, the tool is limited in that it cannot be used to capture only a partition or particular file.
Help & Support
The support services for Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional are based in India. It is a large part of a global corporation with offices around the world. The sum of Stellar's global experience in data recovery is built into its software, and its support is based on that. Windows Data Recovery offers multiple support channels, including a comprehensive user manual, a knowledgebase, a live chat function and even lab recovery services to help you get back the data you need. However, because that service is not based in the United States, it has not been included in our Best Hard Drive recovery Services Review.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery Professional had the broad compatibility to take on all three of our test devices and perform very well. The software's additional features give you the opportunity to make even your most challenged recovery better.


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As part of its 2016 public awareness campaign, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has announced that October will mark the beginning of their #Chiropractic1st theme and hashtag. In the face of a nationwide opioid abuse epidemic, #Chiropractic1st advocates for a conservative approach to pain management where chiropractic services are the first line of defense against pain.
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September is Healthy Aging month a great time to consider ways to reinvent yourself.
According to Carolyn Worthington, editor-in-chief of Healthy Aging Magazine, its never too late to find a new career, sport, passion or hobby. Here are a few ideas to get you going:
Be positive in your conversations and your actions every day. When you catch yourself complaining, check yourself right there and change the conversation to something positive.
Walk like a vibrant, healthy person. Come on. You can probably do it. Analyze your gait. Do you walk slowly because you have just become lazy or, perhaps, have a fear of falling? (Tip: Make a conscious effort to take big strides, walk with your heel first, and wear comfortable shoes.)
Lonely? Stop brooding and complaining about having no friends or family. Do something about it now. Right this minute. Pick up the phone, landline, or cell and make a call to do one or more of the following: Volunteer your time, Take a class, invite someone to meet for lunch, brunch, dinner, or coffee.
Get outdoors! Start walking not only for your health but to see the neighbors. Have a dog? Youll be amazed how the dog can be a conversation starter. (Tip: If you dont have time for a dog, go to your local animal shelter and volunteer.)
Make this month the time to set up your annual physical and other health screenings. Go to the appointments and then, hopefully, you can stop worrying about ailments for a while.
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For those on tight budgets, skipping routine car maintenance services may be tempting, but it will cost you plenty down the road.
If you don't maintain your car, a vehicle that might have been driven for 200,000 miles will likely last only 100,000 miles.
Then there are the costly repairs for turning a blind eye to maintenance: bad brakes, failed emissions tests and maybe even a failed engine.
Regular oil changes help keep your engine clean and lubricated, says Deanna Sclar, author of "Auto Repair for Dummies."
"Oil cuts down on the friction that can literally wear away the parts of the engine," she says. "One of the most important maintenance-related things you can do is change your oil frequently."
The recommended two oil changes per year cost about $60, while the cost of engine replacement can easily exceed $5,000.
An annual brake inspection allows us to spot wear before it gets dangerous and costly. Replacing brake pad and shoes costs as little as $99 per axle, while replacing rotors or drums can add several hundred dollars for NO reason!
Timing belt replacement at the manufacturers suggested interval can save big bucks. If the timing belt fails, the engine can stall resulting in a big towing bill. Replacing a timing belt costs about $450, while repairing the engine following a timing-belt failure could run about $5,000.
All told, regular maintenance of your car will cost a fraction of one major repair, a small price to pay to avoid costly repairs, vehicle life span and safety concerns.
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Do you consider yourself an avid hunter? So does Tony Kriss. Kriss, the owner of Advanced Firearms Training in Gresham, OR, has been working in the firearms business since 1979. With a wealth of expertise at his disposal, Tony has a few tips to help you have your best hunting season ever.
Whether you are trying new ammunition, or you have purchased a new rifle and/or scope, you will want to sight-in your rifle for more predictable shot placement during the season. Make sure to use the SAME ammo for sighting-in that you will use while hunting. Its a good idea to use the same ammo brand and lot# for added consistency.
Additionally, you should sight-in for distances that match the area you will be hunting. Normal range for the Coast is 100 yards, whereas Central and Eastern Oregon have ranges of several hundred yards.
Depending on the conditions and your shooting distances, your sighted-in firearm may be the wrong caliber for a given hunt, however. For blacktail deer, .30-30 caliber rifles work well in dense brush settings, along with .444 and .44 Magnum. In contrast, more open hunting areas make the .30-06 and .308 Winchester excellent calibers for hunting blacktail deer.
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How old are your homes windows? If you answered more than 15 years old, its time to consider upgrading to newer, more energy-efficient windows.
Windows have multiple functions that they perform for your home. First, beautiful windows will add to your propertys aesthetic look and can even boost your propertys resale value. Secondly, windows allow light into your home, brightening rooms and creating a more open and welcoming environment.
However, these same windows are also perfect conduits for hot air to travel through, whether its heated air escaping your home in the winter or the outside heat flowing into your home in the summer. Many older windows do not have protective tinting or are single-paned, and therefore inefficient at regulating your homes temperature.
Upgrading your home to newer, more energy-efficient windows carries a number of benefits. According to the Efficient Windows Collaborative, replacing the old windows of a 2,600 square foot, 2 story house with energy-efficient windows will save you at least 15% annually on your heating and cooling costs. Depending upon the condition of the old windows, these savings can be even higher, especially if air leakage is reduced by the new windows.
New windows will also add value to your home. For even average-quality vinyl windows, the National Association of Realtors 2015 Remodeling Impact Report states that roughly 80% of project costs can be recouped in added home value.
If youve decided that your windows definitely need replacing, McCord Construction would love to work with you; call us today!
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You dont have to be a scientist to figure out that our pets make us feel good. Whether its your cats thunderous purr or the simple tail wag of an excited dog, an affectionate relationship between seniors and their pets can improve mental health while lowering the risk of depression and stress-related illnessesfor both seniors and their pets!
At Cherry Park Plaza, we encourage our residents to live life well. Our residents should bring the best parts of their lives with them to Cherry Park Plaza, including their pets! Community residents are encouraged to bring their small cat or dog into our family, provided that they have received current vaccinations and can be given the proper care.
Pets provide both their owners and our community with many great benefits. Being a responsible pet owner nurtures a sense of purpose and family for a pet owner, helping to combat loneliness and elevate their mood. Pets also keep seniors moving and their heart rates up; dogs in particular are the best furry personal trainers around, encouraging their owners to be active.
For both old friends and new acquaintances, pets can be a great conversation starter; bring your dog to a social activity and you are sure to be the life of the party. Have a friend over, and your cat can provide hours of entertainment.
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Feed wellDuring the summer fish grow and consume more food than any other time of year. Be sure you are feeding a summer blend feed with a higher protein content to accommodate your fishs faster metabolism and ensure proper nutrition.
Be prepared for temperature changeA pond thermometer is a pond keepers best friend. Water temperature varies greatly depending on environmental factors like surrounding trees, elevation, and air temperature. New in stock this season are small digital thermometers that a very easy to read and only cost $10.
Transition feedAnywhere from late September to early October water temperatures will drop to 64 degrees, and thats when you transition to a spring and fall blend fish feed to prevent bloating and indigestion from excess protein.
Hibernation readyIt takes until around Thanksgiving for water temperatures to drop down to 50 degrees. When the water is consistently below 50, its time to stop feeding and let your fish hibernate for the winter. Add pond salt at a rate of 2.5 pounds per 100 gallons to achieve a salt reading of 3 parts per million. This keeps your fish free of parasites when theyre most susceptible.
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If youve received one of Nancys Florals beautiful rose arrangements, there are a number of steps you can take to help your roses last. Roses should last a minimum of 5-7 days; follow these tips, however, and it is not uncommon for rose arrangements to last 2 weeks or more!
Keep your roses in an environment that has a temperature range of 72°-74° Fahrenheit.
Sunlight and air from vents and ceiling fans will dehydrate your arrangement, so keep your roses away from exposed areas.
Roses are very thirsty flowers, therefore rehydration is a must. Keep the water level in the vase at its highest point, refilling with lukewarm water often. Re-cut the stems and change the water (and floral food) every five to seven daysbacteria in the water can clog stems and shorten the life of your flowers. All of our rose arrangements are shipped with floral food already in the water.
If you do have any roses that prematurely wilt, they can usually be revived! Premature wilting usually indicates that air is trapped in the stem and the preservative solution cannot flow properly up the stem. Look for a cut or scrape in the bark above the water level. Re-cut the stem above the injured section under water and then submerge the entire rose in a shallow pan of warm water (about 100 degrees Fahrenheit), keeping the stem and head straight; the rose will usually revive within an hour.
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You may think that all HVAC technicians are created equal, but thats just not the case. Working with NATE-certified technicians provides numerous advantages to working with technicians not certified by NATE. But just what is NATE, and why do I want a NATE-certified technician? Read below to find out:
What Does NATE Stand For?
NATE stands for North American Technician Excellence, a not-for-profit organization that trains on the latest heating, cooling and air conditioning technologies. Its the only nationwide program accepted by the entire HVAC industry, including contractors AND manufacturers.
Technicians who are NATE members must take periodic classes and tests on their knowledge of HVAC topics to keep on top of developments in the industry. NATE certification proves that technicians are experts in their chosen field. This program ensures that qualified technicians have a core set of competencies and can be trusted by those who hire them.
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An important part of NATE membership is regular training to update HVAC skills as technology is constantly changing. NATE-certified technicians can efficiently and properly install, repair, service and replace many different types of HVAC equipment. Properly detecting and fixing problems is essential because of the nature of these mechanical systems; if equipment is not serviced or installed properly, systems may not operate properly, resulting in higher energy consumption and more expensive bills.
Thanks to the extra training and updated skills that NATE technicians have, they have the ability to understand and handle both newer and older HVAC equipment models, providing consumers with peace of mind, regardless of the type or brand of equipment.
NATE certification is not only voluntary, it is also rigorous. Although other third-party certification programs are present in the HVAC industry, most have extremely high pass rates. NATE has the lowest pass rate of any industry certification program. This means that if you choose a NATE-certified company like Honke Heating and Air Conditioning, you are assured of having the best possible HVAC technicians complete your job. NATE certification was developed in conjunction with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), which developed testing procedures to ensure high professional standards.
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Protecting your intellectual property, such as your business name, your inventions, or your trade secrets, is crucial to the success of your business. This intellectual property may be as valuable as the business itself and often times may be your business most valuable asset. If your business hasnt protected its intellectual property, here are 5 ways it can do so:
Patents protect products or processes that are unique, useful, and non-obvious. Under the protection of a patent, you can stop third parties from making, using, or selling your invention for a period of years.
Copyrights protect an original work of authorship, such as literature, music, or computer software. Filing for a copyright is voluntary, but doing so will make it easier to seek court enforcement of your copyright.
Having a unique, identifiable name for your product gives your business an advantage over its competitors. A trademark protects the name of your product by preventing other businesses from selling a product under the same name.
When you create a new organization, you reveal your valuable product ideas, marketing plans, and other intellectual property to employees, suppliers, and other business relationships. Non-Disclosure Agreements control the disclosure and use of your business intellectual property, ensuring that your trade secrets are maintained.
If you still have steps to take to ensure your intellectual property is protected, be sure to contact The Law Offices of Ken Mitchell-Phillips today.
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Tired of shaving, tweezing, and waxing to remove unwanted hair? Then laser hair removal, the most prevalent and widespread laser treatment today, is worth considering. Laser hair removal is effective, it is safe, and at Bridge City Medical Aesthetics, it is affordable.
Virtually anywhere on the body can be treated, so long as the hair is darker than the skin. We use two gold-standard platforms to optimally treat all hair types with the exception of grey, white, and true red hair, which the laser cannot see during the procedure. We keep pricing simple by offering 4 packages sold in sets of 6 treatments: Small (lip, chin, sideburns, cheeks, happy trail, fingers, toes, neck front, neck back, areola), Medium (basic bikini, lower arms, upper arms, face, buttocks, underarms), Large (lower legs, upper legs, upper back, full face and neck, full arms, extended bikini or Brazilian), and Extra Large (full legs, torso front, torso).
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One of the big recent developments in the travel and tourism industry is the rise of the solo traveler. In the past, travel was centered on couples and families. Particularly on cruises, singles were often subject to a single supplement fee, which meant paying for double occupancy rooms as a single. Over the last several years, however, solo travelers have grown substantially, and the industry is doing its part to cater to this new demographic.
Cruise companies Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Lines have added studio cabins free of single supplement fees to several of their cruise ships. Holland America Line has launched what they call their SinglePartners Program, which matches solo travelers together to share a stateroom on one of their cruise ships. Best of all, SinglePartners travelers are guaranteed the lower rate of a double occupancy room even if a match cant be found.
Travel companies such as Abercrombie & Kent and Go Way Travel have similarly begun designing excursions specifically for solo travelers. These tours are often done in small groups of 10-20 people, and are a great way for travelers to experience a new destination without feeling lost in a crowd.
And at C.P. Trips, we are reviving our Classy Lady Travels (& Couples Too) program in 2017. Whether local, regional, or around the world, our program is focused on creating world-class trips for singles to experience in a group of like-minded travelers.
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WASHINGTON – A pink pill designed to boost sex drive in women – the latest attempt by the drug industry to find a female equivalent to Viagra – fell short in two studies, federal health regulators said Wednesday.
The Food and Drug Administration is considering Boehringer Ingelheim's drug flibanserin for premenopausal women who report a lack of sexual desire, a market that drugmakers have been targeting for more than a decade since the blockbuster success of Viagra in men.
The search for so-called "female Viagra," has proved elusive though, with many drugs abandoned after showing lackluster results.
On Friday the FDA will ask a panel of experts to weigh in on the safety and effectiveness of Boehringer's drug.
In its review posted online, the FDA said two Boehringer studies failed to show a significant increase in sexual desire, as recorded by women in a daily journal. Women taking the drug reported slightly more sexually satisfying experiences, but FDA said that was not the primary measure of the study.
The FDA also noted increased side effects like depression, fainting and dizziness seen among women taking the pink pill.
The drug, which is related to the antidepressant family, affects serotonin and several other brain chemicals, though it's not clear how that increases sex drive.


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Wow - that was a long one! Still digesting, but while I enjoyed it, I wouldn't recommend it to very many people.
EDIT: I decided to go back to the book. It turned out to be better than I originally thought it was, but I still do not like it. My earlier review below is basically accurate.
Didn't finish due to being annoyed with most of the characters as well as the lack of movement/change/development. I usually don't care about plots - characters are the most interesting thing to me, but they didn't develop over such a long time that I felt that they never would (as some readers who completed the book confirmed.)
I thought I loved Murakami, but I don't love this book. I need to try a third Murakami work soon.
The endless repetition has me wondering if the author has dementia. :-) The love connection between Tengo and Aomame is not only ridiculous, it's kinda weird.
This is a reflection on only about 60 pages of Murakami's novel 1Q84, but I had enough, I can't read remaining 900 pages. Although his language is exquisite, I couldn't identify with or feel anything for his characters and, more importantly, I learned only about a couple of interesting things in those 60 pages. For me Murakami's beautiful language is wasted on skillful description of ordinary, mundane things.
I quit reading after one character had a casual sex with a stranger. It was perhaps the worst description of sexual intercourse I have ever read. Maybe I'll try to read a little bit more of this novel later, for now I'll try some of his other works.
A thriller written in Murakami's typical baby-step language, but stopping often to reconsider, regurgitate, theorize, and review. An obsessive hand-holding romance with hardcore distractions. A meticulous, irrelevant style guide to fashion and daily living. A spiritual descendant of Heinlein's Strange Land and Herbert's Dune, bursting with messianic visions carried along in girls' bodies that are split and ritually…well, you know how young girls do in Murakami.
One long, long read. Feels like being stuck in the "Wind-up Bird" well with no way out.
Watch out—the little people creep into your dreams after 500 pages.
Murakami name-drops George Orwell's laugh-riot 1984 several times. Both books deal with the concept of manipulated realities. And while Murakami's book is more than three times as long, it's also more fun to read.
1Q84 is definitely worth checking out if you enjoy fiction set in fantasy worlds with a deep love story that brings up the questions of fate and pure, true love.
As always, the experience is a bit like watching a Hollywood-influenced Japanese movie in a version that's been dubbed by American actors. This time, sad to say, it also reminded me of stretches of the second season of Twin Peaks: familiar characters do familiar things, with the expected measure of weirdness, but David Lynch has squabbled with the network and left the show.
I finished 1Q84 feeling that its spiritual project was heroic and beautiful, that its central conflict involved a pitched battle between realism and unrealism (while being scrupulously fair to both sides), and that, in our own somewhat unreal times, younger readers, unlike me, would have no trouble at all believing in the existence of Little People and replicants. What they may have trouble with is the novel's absolute faith in the transformative power of love.
One of the many longueurs in Haruki Murakami's stupefying new novel, "1Q84," sends the book's heroine, a slender assassin named Aomame, into hiding. To sustain her through this period of isolation she is given an apartment, groceries and the entirety of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past."
For pity's sake, if you have that kind of spare time, follow her lead. Aomame has the chance to read a book that is long and demanding but well worth the effort. The very thought of Aomame's situation will pain anyone stuck in the quicksand of "1Q84." You, sucker, will wade through nearly 1,000 uneventful pages while discovering a Tokyo that has two moons and is controlled by creatures that emerge from the mouth of a dead goat. These creatures are called Little People. They are supposed to be very wise, even though the smartest thing they ever say is "Ho ho."
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0307593312, Hardcover)Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: The year is 1984, but not for long. Aomame, on her way to meet a client--the gravid implications of which only come clear later--sits in a taxi, stuck in traffic. On a lark, she takes the driver's advice, bolts from the cab, walks onto the elevated Tokyo expressway, descends an emergency ladder to the street below, and enters a strange new world.
In parallel, a math teacher and aspiring novelist named Tengo gets an interesting offer. His editor has come upon an entry for a young writer's literary prize, a story that, despite its obvious stylistic drawbacks, strikes a deeply moving chord with those who've read it. Its author is a mysterious 17-year-old, and the editor proposes that Tengo quietly rewrite the story for the final round of the competition.
So begins Haruki Murakami's magnus opus, an epic of staggering proportions. As the tale progresses, it folds in a deliciously intriguing cast of characters: a physically repulsive private investigator, a wealthy dowager with a morally ambiguous mission, her impeccably resourceful bodyguard, the leader of a somewhat obscure and possibly violent religious organization, a band of otherworldly "Little People," a door-to-door fee collector seemingly immune to the limits of space and time, and the beautiful Fuka-Eri: dyslexic, unfathomable, and scarred.
Aomame names her new world "1Q84" in honor of its mystery: "Q is for 'question mark.' A world that bears a question.'" Weaving through it, central motifs--the moon, Janáček's Sinfonietta, George Orwell's 1984--acquire powerful resonance, and Aomame and Tengo's paths take on a conjoined life of their own, dancing with a protracted elegance that requires nearly 1,000 pages to reach its crowning denouement.
1Q84 was a runaway best seller in its native Japan, but it's more instructive to frame the book's importance in other ways. For one, it's hard not to compare it to James Joyce's Ulysses. Both enormous novels mark their respective author's most ambitious undertaking by far, occupy an artificially discrete unit of time (Ulysses, one day; 1Q84, one year), and can be read as having a narrative structure that evinces an almost quantum-mechanical relationship to reality, which is not to say that either author intended this.
More to the point, the English translation of 1Q84--easily the grandest work of world literature since Roberto Bolaño's 2666--represents a monstrous literary event. Now would somebody please award Murakami his Nobel Prize? --Jason Kirk
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The couple, who launched Anlo at retail in May 2006 with about 12 specialty stores nationwide, made a mark with their signature sophisticated premium denim jeans line. The brand, which is based in Los Angeles, can be found worldwide in about 600 specialty stores. Now the Lonsteins are branching out.
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For spring, the couple will launch a collection of silk tops and dresses. Andreola Lonstein, the creative director, said they chose to work with silk instead of what denim makers traditionally go with — cotton.
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Activists dressed as Avatar characters demonstrate in east Jerusalem against Palestinian evictions
While many Israelis use Friday afternoons for a pre-Shabbat nap, hundreds each week are refusing to sleep through what appears to them to be a glaring injustice against Palestinians. They have converted a park opposite east Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood into the venue for regular protests against evictions of Palestinian residents to make way for Jews.
When they started in November, the protests were tense, with police deeming them illegal and arresting anyone they viewed as playing a leading role. But after the courts upheld their legality last month, the police have taken a more hands-off approach.
Last Friday, there was a friendly, almost carnival feel to the demonstration, with a man selling popcorn amid chanting of "Sheikh Jarrah, don't despair, the occupation will end".
"There was much more energy when we were facing a SWAT unit," said one demonstrator, holding a sign declaring, "Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies."
Still, it would be a mistake to underestimate the determination of the protesters, who recently have included the writer David Grossman and Yossi Sarid, the former education minister.
Jews had owned the properties since the 19th century
"People are being thrown out of their homes by a discriminatory law," said Sarah Benninga, an art student. "I feel a civic obligation. I can't stand by and just watch this happen to my neighbours."
Around 500 Palestinians are threatened with eviction from disputed properties in Sheikh Jarrah, which had been owned by Jews as far back as the 19th century. The Palestinians are refugees from the fighting in the 1948 war who took up residence in Sheikh Jarrah in 1956 in an arrangement with the UN refugee agency and the Jordanian government. The latter had expropriated the Jewish-owned property after the war.
In August, two families were evicted after an Israeli court upheld the Jewish ownership claims and agreed that the Palestinian tenants had violated the terms of their lease.
Protesters say the evictions of the Palestinians are unjust because Arabs are not allowed to reclaim properties that they lost in 1948 in other parts of Israel. They also worry that settlement in Palestinian areas will make it hard to reach a peaceful compromise in the city.
But Yair Gabbay, a Jerusalem city councillor, says he supports the settlers in Sheikh Jarrah because Jews should be able to live everywhere in Jerusalem. He says that there is no reason to return Palestinian property because in his view, they started the 1948 war "and there must be a price for starting war".
Avner Inbar, a protest organiser who is a student in political philosophy, says he hopes the demonstrations will help revive the Israeli Left, which has been in decline since the second intifada. A demonstration is planned for March that will feature popular Israeli singers. He says that for the protests to work, they will need to have a broad appeal, bringing together both the radical and more mainstream left.
Palestinians do not participate in the protests but they welcome them. "It is good that the public should know what is going on here. The demonstrations will tell our story to the world,'' said Refqa Kurd, 85.


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The main conclusion of the study is that the most coherent feature in nearly all of the regional temperature reconstructions is a long-term cooling trend, which ended late in the 19th century, and which was followed by a warming trend in the 20th C. The 20th century in the reconstructions ranks as the warmest or nearly the warmest century in all regions except Antarctica. During the last 30-year period in the reconstructions (1971-2000 CE), the average reconstructed temperature among all of the regions was likely higher than anytime in at least ~1400 years. Interestingly, temperatures did not fluctuate uniformly among all regions at multi-decadal to centennial scales. For example, there were no globally synchronous multi-decadal warm or cold intervals that define a worldwide Medieval Warm Period or Little Ice Age. Cool 30-year periods between the years 830 and 1910 CE were particularly pronounced during times of weak solar activity and strong tropical volcanic eruptions and especially if both phenomena often occurred simultaneously.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014
The 10 Most Fascinating People in Racing in 2014
Barbara Walters ended each year with a special naming her 10 Most Fascinating People of the past 12 months. She says this December's show was her last. So we'll pick up the concept...with a twist. Here is the first year-end recognition of the 10 Most Fascinating People in Racing.
MIAMI, Dec. 23, 2014--Barbara Walters says she has done her last "10 Most Fascinating People of the Year" special. I'm going to pick up the torch…with a twist. Here is the first 10 Most Fascinating People in Racing.
Not everyone made it for positive or praiseworthy deeds. But they all captured attention and got people talking. (The roster is alphabetical except for The Most Fascinating Person of the Year.)
Ed Allred—The owner of Los Alamitos would be deserving merely for stepping up when Hollywood Park closed and refitting his quarterhorse track to create a new venue for thoroughbreds in Southern California.
He also did something everyone talks about but few address in a meaningful way. He took a decisive approach to clean up racing's act. Allred suspected drugs were a factor in one trainer, with dubious connections, qualifying eight quarterhorses for the $1 Million Super Derby. So he ordered the race postponed until additional testing could be done.
Then he instituted a house rule to have more revealing hair testing done for illegal drugs. "If someone gets a temporary restraining order or some BS," he warned, "I'll close the track."
Steve Asmussen—The second winningest trainer in thoroughbred history was painted as public enemy No. 1 by PETA when it released a video of Asmussen's long-time right-hand man Scott Blasi talking crap about the way the barn treats horses and cuts corners to win races.
The severely edited video, compiled over months by an undercover operative of PETA, which often has been accused of employing terrorist tactics, led to such a firestorm that Asmussen was removed from the National Racing Hall of Fame ballot even though he was considered a lock to be selected.
Subsequent investigations in New York, Kentucky and other jurisdictions have failed to come up with any wrongdoing on Asmussen's part. Meanwhile, he just went about his work and won the Kentucky Oaks and Breeders' Cup Distaff with Untapable, a longshot candidate for Horse of the Year.
Larry Collmus—A career that has had more pinnacles than the Himalayas reached its zenith when Collmus was named to succeed Tom Durkin as the race caller for NYRA. This capped a meteoric rise that in just a few years saw him go from Suffolk Downs to Monmouth to Gulfstream to Churchill Downs to NYRA as well as becoming the voice of the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup.
Dumb Ass Partners—Steve Coburn and Perry Martin charmed America with their rags to riches fairytale of breeding the $8,000 mare Love That Chase to $2,500 stallion Lucky Pulpit and coming up with California Chrome, the winner of the Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness. The stable got its nickname when someone remarked that only a dumb ass would pay $8,000 for a mare that had won only one cheap race.
It all started to go sour when Coburn unleashed a bitter, sore loser's screed in the immediate aftermath of California Chrome failing to complete the Triple Crown. Given a chance to recant and apologize the following day he refused and doubled down. Obviously coached that he was in the process of descending from beloved to despised, he finally apologized on Good Morning America.
Alas, he hadn't learned his lesson. When word leaked that he demanded $50,000 to have California Chrome parade at Del Mar on Pacific Classic Day, he accused racing writers of being in Del Mar's pocket. Not only did this violate the rule of never picking a fight with someone who buys ink by the gallon, he might have alienated some of the people who vote for the Eclipse Awards.
Indian Charlie, Eddie Musselman—The man whose slogan is, "We never let the truth get in the way of a good story," has been a bane of many in racing for years as he took shots, some of them vicious, at track management, owners, trainers, jockeys and anyone else not on his good side. On his behalf, he also made personalities out of people who had no personality and a lot of his stuff was pretty funny.
But he went over the line with a cruel, tasteless slur of immigrants on the backstretch. In the era of political correctness, it was all the excuse tracks, which probably were itching for a reason to bar him, needed.
To make matters worse, he got into a brawl with Dale Romans in the Churchill Downs barn area. He and his sheet were banished. Other tracks and sales companies quickly followed Churchill's lead.
Musselman filed suit against Churchill and a settlement was reached that will allow him back on the track in 2015. It will be interesting to see how much, if at all, he is chastened.
Rosie Napravnik—Talk about going out on top. After riding Untapable to victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff the No. 1 active female jockey used the winner's circle interview to announce to a national TV audience that she and her husband, trainer Joe Sharp, are expecting their first child. As a result, she said, she is retiring. This got more attention in the mainstream media than all of the Breeders' Cup races.
Hey, it was a positive mention and you take what you can get.
Napravnik, only 26, left the door open to a comeback. "I can't promise to stay off horses forever."
Martin Panza—It didn't take long for the veteran of West Coast racing to make his mark in the East. Named NYRA's Senior Vice President of Racing Operations in October 2013, he shook up the racing agenda, creating an uber Super Saturday of 10 graded stakes, six Grade 1, on Belmont Stakes Day.
He also created the Stars and Stripes Festival of five stakes, including the new Belmont Derby and Belmont Oaks designed to attract an international field. The first edition resulted in more than double the attendance and handle of the Independence Day holiday of a year ago.
Tim Ritvo—Working for the mercurial Frank Stronach is like managing the Yankees for George Steinbrenner used to be. Ritvo is Stronach's Joe Torre, someone Stronach has finally put his trust in. The former jockey and trainer keeps rising in the ranks to the point where he is now the Chief Operating Officer of racing for The Stronach Group.
Ritvo presided over the agreement to end the debilitating war with Churchill Downs and Calder then supervised the first Gulfstream West meeting, which exceeded all expectations.
Perhaps most important, he never ducked fans and the media when issues, such as a refusal of Palm Beach Downs to allow in independent clockers and the inaccurate timing of Gulfstream races, cropped up. Ritvo dealt with both within 24 hours and, in the case of the latter, went on Roger Stein's radio show this past weekend to talk about it.That's transparency.
Jim Rome—The wildly popular and outspoken radio and TV personality used to knock racing as "not a sport but a bet." Then he got involved and became one of the game's biggest boosters. He won back to back Breeders' Cup Turf Sprints with Mizdirection then hit the motherlode when he became the ranking owner of Eclipse champion Shared Belief.
Rome showed his class when Shared Belief was denied his shot at 3-year-old champion and Horse of the Year by the incident out of the starting gate in the Breeders' Cup Classic. He went on his show and said, "Bob Baffert actually said it best before the race saying, 'the horse that brings it's A game and gets the best trip is going to win.' And he's right. His horse (Bayern) ran a big one and got the best trip.
"Now you could argue that the reason he got that trip was because he cleared out 3 or 4 horses when he smashed into Shared Belief. But I'm not going to. I'll just say this. We just didn't get the trip we were hoping for…That's racing. The stewards actually called looking for me Saturday night to explain their decision. I didn't even return the call. I didn't need to. No one knows the concept of scoreboard better than I do…As for Shared Belief, plenty of you want to crack on him, saying he's over-rated and over-hyped. You're entitled to your opinion. But I think you're wrong. He's a great horse, who didn't have a great day. And he'll be great again."
The most fascinating person of all
What Vin Scully is to baseball and Al Michaels and Jim Nantz are to the sports they cover Tom Durkin has been to racing, the benchmark of excellence. It's too bad everyone hasn't had the opportunity to learn up close what a great guy he is outside the announcer's booth.
His career of calling every major race in America and some of the biggest around the world were well documented in the run up to his retirement in August. He will be honored with an Eclipse Award of Merit on Jan. 17, the first race-caller to be so honored.
He outdid himself in his farewell address on a stormy afternoon at Saratoga. He was greeted by chants of his name and pats on his back all the way from the announcer's booth to the winner's circle.
"There is one person that is completely responsible for this wonderful life that I've had the privilege to live in horse racing," he began. "That person is here at Saratoga today. Right now he's in the backyard sitting at a picnic table under two pine trees looking at this image on television. She's at the top of the stretch leaning over the rail and she's in a box seat or at a simulcast center in Syracuse or at a track in Ohio or in front of a computer in California. The person I owe an inexpressible gratitude is you, the racing fan, the horse player. Thank you."
Thank you Tom.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) -Marcin Komorowski scored in the 82nd minute to give Poland a 1-0 victory over South Africa in a friendly match in the Euro 2012 stadium in Warsaw on Friday.
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September 16, 2010, 11:26 PM
Folks, I am in the market for a nice leather holster for my HK USP 45. I see some brands that offer "Suede lined" holsters. What does the extra money for these lined holsters buy me? What are the benefits?
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September 16, 2010, 11:37 PM
Never owned one ... but wouldn't the lining reduce holster wear?
Oh yeah ..and make a faster draw with less resistance. Because roughish leather does provide more friction.
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September 17, 2010, 12:24 PM
I would say that you will regret the suede lined holster. The suede will collect dirt and grime. Hard on the finish. Great retention but difficult to draw. Try one at a gunshop.
Get a good leather holster and use a sealer/polish to keep leather clean amd smooth.
September 17, 2010, 12:39 PM
The really high end ones sometimes offer a smooth leather lining. That would be less likely to collect grime and allow an easier draw.
September 17, 2010, 12:49 PM
I have a lined holster from El Paso Saddle Co. that I really like. I was supprised when I got it that the lineing was smooth, not suede, so I called them and asked why. I was told that suede will remove the finish real fast, they don't use it. I've never noticed any "holster ware" on my relover, unlike a couple other ones I have for other guns, so I'd say it works.
September 17, 2010, 04:02 PM
Another vote for EL Paso Saddlery.
They use Pigskin lining on some of their holsters, and the one I have for my Colt SAA has been very kind to the finish over the years.
Of course the holster fits like a glove, and that prevents holster wear too because it prevents movent inside the holster.
September 17, 2010, 04:16 PM
I would say that you will regret the suede lined holster. The suede will collect dirt and grime. Hard on the finish. Great retention but difficult to draw. Try one at a gunshop.
Great advice.
In a perfect world free of dust, dirt, debris and moisture...it would do a fine job protecting the finish.
We all know, however that a little holster wear is sexy.
What a suede lining doed do, is add another layer to the holster and increase the bulk...not something I find attractive in a concealment holster.
For quality custom leather...check out http://www.mernickleholsters.com/
I have no regrets with the holster I purchased from them. I will say that I carry my $30 high noon split decision holster far more often because it is just easier does the same thing...for far less money. Sure, the craftsmanship isn't there...but it functions just as well. That being said, I wouldn't feel right without some nice custom leather. I like to wear it whenever I dress in a tie. It just feels like a nice, formal holster!
September 18, 2010, 06:48 PM
Folks, thanks to all of you for your fine input. I will keep researching this issue. Have pleasant weekend.
September 18, 2010, 07:46 PM
A local holster maker once told me he lines his soft lined holsters with sheep skin.
I recently bought a Sparks VM-2 and the only thing I don't like is that I was very surprised to find the holster was not soft lined.
September 18, 2010, 08:17 PM
Only one I have is a OWB for my 357mag & is Excellent OMO
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Hartford – U.S. Senate hopeful Chris Murphy today accused his Republican opponent Linda McMahon of relying on personal attacks against him to distract voters from her positions on issues and support for "radical right-wing leadership in the Senate."
"This is Linda McMahon's entire campaign," Murphy, 39, a Democrat and current 5th Congressional District representative, said at a midday campaign rally in a park outside the Capitol.
"She's trying to pull one over on the people of this state, trying to blind people with personal, vicious attacks -- all untrue -- against me and my family so that they don't pay any attention to the right-wing agenda that she stands for," Murphy said.
Murphy's campaign had been on defense for weeks following a series of disclosures about his troubles meeting personal financial obligations during his time as a state legislator in the late 1990s to the mid-2000s, including missed car, rent and mortgage payments.
Murphy eventually paid all the overdue bills, although not before a bank briefly initiated foreclosure proceedings against him in early 2007.
McMahon is running television and print ads suggesting that the congressman, with his checkered financial past, obtained preferential treatment from Webster Bank when it gave him a home equity line of credit in 2008. He and the bank deny the allegation.
Opinion polls show the two candidates in a statistical dead heat.
More recently, Murphy's campaign has seized on reports that McMahon and her husband, Vince, were a month-and-a-half late this month on a property tax bill for their $4.1 million penthouse at a luxury high-rise in Stamford.
Murphy also criticized the former WWE executive for having not paid old creditors from her and her husband's nearly $1 million personal bankruptcy in 1976 until the case's files were made public last week by The Day.
"Linda McMahon's hypocrisy is stunning," Murphy said at today's rally. "During the exact period of time that she's running ads lying about my financial history, she wasn't paying her own taxes in Stamford – literally as the ad was running on TV."
Murphy said repeatedly that voters want a Senate race focused more on issues than the candidates' personal finances or attacks. "When I'm going door to door and I'm out there at town fairs and festivals, people are asking questions about when this campaign is going to be about the issues," he said.
McMahon's campaign manager, Corry Bliss, later issued a formal response to Murphy's rally that called Murphy a hypocrite in calling for an issues-focused campaign.
"Chris Murphy clearly doesn't want to acknowledge it, but the fact that he is a corrupt, career politician in full cover-up mode has become one of the biggest issues of this campaign," Bliss said.
He criticized Murphy for sidestepping questions on why he missed bill payments, as well as his decision to not release documents such as past credit scores that might clear up questions regarding his relationship with Webster Bank.
Murphy was joined Tuesday by more than 60 supporters, including members of a carpenters' union.
He said McMahon's positions are counter to what state voters want, including "another round of tax cuts for millionaires" and her stated support for the Blunt amendment. The Blunt amendment is a Republican proposal to allow employers with moral objections to opt out of providing workers certain coverage in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, such as birth control.
"She is so badly out of step with Connecticut," Murphy said. "She supports a radical right-wing leadership in the Senate that would strip education and job training and housing funding from Connecticut. If we're talking about the issues, Linda McMahon loses this campaign."
McMahon has said she supports full access to contraception and is pro-choice on abortion rights. She supports the Blunt amendment because "it was about religious freedom, over-regulation of businesses and the government imposing its will on individual citizens," she said.
In her new TV spot, McMahon responds to the latest Murphy attack ad that shows black-and-white footage of six Connecticut women denouncing her for supporting the Blunt amendment and having "demeaned" women during her years running WWE.
"Chris take a look – I am a woman, a pro-choice woman," McMahon says in her ad. "My company offered excellent health benefits that included mammograms and access to birth control. It's absurd to claim I'd vote differently. Murphy's had a tough few weeks, but this is really sad."
McMahon signs off in the ad as "an independent-minded woman."
Yet Murphy says that McMahon's likely actions as senator would differ from her campaign speech.
"Linda McMahon has a very different vision for women's health care," Murphy said. "She might be telling people over the course of this campaign that she's pro-choice, but her election would virtually assure that the United States Senate would be run by right-wing leadership that will work every day to overturn Roe vs. Wade and criminalize a woman's right to choose."
A group of about 20 McMahon volunteers and a few paid staffers showed up at Murphy's rally with hand-drawn anti-Murphy placards. There were no visible conflicts or exchanges between the competing groups.
Bliss, McMahon's campaign manager, later faulted Murphy for having "failed to release a jobs plan to address the top issue on the minds of Connecticut voters: jobs and the economy."
McMahon has issued a six-point plan with middle-class and upper-income tax cuts and regulation rollbacks to spur the economy and create jobs.
Murphy has dismissed the plan as a consultant-bought campaign prop that wouldn't pass in gridlocked Washington.
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The Clintons In The War On Women
Do Americans want another Clinton in the White House? As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flirts with running in 2016, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., also a potential White House candidate, has put an interesting spin on Bill Clinton's White House years. Democrats shouldn't accuse the GOP of waging a "war on women," he recently told "Meet the Press," because President Clinton was a "sexual predator" with former intern Monica Lewinsky.
The next skirmish in the war on the war on women came from the Washington Free Beacon, which reported on papers archived at the University of Arkansas Libraries by Diane Blair, a deceased political science professor and close friend of Hillary's. According to Blair's notes, in 1998, the then first lady told her friend that her husband's relations with Lewinsky — a "narcissistic loony toon" — represented "gross inappropriate behavior," but it was "consensual," as in "not a power relationship."
One of the uglier archived documents is a 1992 campaign memo written by attorneys Nancy McFadden, now chief of staff to California Gov. Jerry Brown, and Loretta Lynch, president of the California Public Utilities Commission from 2000 to 2002. Under the heading "Defensive Research: Tying up ends and seeing ahead," the memo's first item no doubt referred to Gennifer Flowers, who said she had an affair with Bill Clinton: "Exposing GF: completely as a fraud, liar and possible criminal to stop this story and related stories, prevent future non-related stories and expose press inaction and manipulation."
Six years later, President Clinton admitted under oath to having had sex with Flowers, so it turns out Flowers wasn't the "liar" in this little tale. Didn't matter. With both Flowers and Lewinsky, Clinton operatives' first impulse was to smear the women as liars.
Longtime Clintonista Lanny Davis bashed Paul for "attacking Hillary Clinton for Bill Clinton's conduct."
So much for the 1992 campaign slogan of a Clinton candidacy's offering "two for the price of one." Ditto Hillary Clinton's role as Bill Clinton's chief enabler; remember how she dismissed the Lewinsky scandal as the product of a "vast right-wing conspiracy."
It's "old news," Davis told me. Veteran GOP strategist Ken Khachigian, however, pointed out that accusations of "inappropriate behavior" in the 1990s torpedoed Herman Cain's presidential aspirations in 2012. There ought to be the "same standard" for both parties.
And don't get me started with Mitt Romney's famed 1983 ride with the family dog on the roof. Paul's remarks may well backfire. If anything, the Lewinsky saga seemed to prop up President Clinton's favorable poll ratings.
But you have to give Paul this much: He rightly pointed out the chasm between how Clinton Democrats treat women as an interest group and how they treat them as people. When Bubba strayed, only the women paid.
The McFadden-Lynch memo serves as a reminder of what the Clinton machine does to women who speak out. They become loose ends who need to be tied up.
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text: One of the many unfortunate legacies of Romanticism (there were some fortunate ones as well) is the mystification of the artist, as if, say, a literary genius were some ethereal sensitive soul far above the crass material realm of everyday life. Whereas in reality, actual literary geniuses–like Chaucer, Jane Austen, Dickens–tend to be of solid, down-to-earth middle class stock. That certainly was true of William Shakespeare. Recent research into the abundant records of his business dealings show him to have been a rather ruthless capitalist. [Read more…]