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Posted in review By Bill Kopp On November 24, 2010
Album Review: The Goldenhour – Tonight Becomes Tomorrow
This internet thing, it's interesting. Time was — when I was growing up, to take the most handy example — if you were a fan of a certain subgenre of musical called powerpop, you were largely on your own. Living in a big city in the 70s and 80s might have made it easier than it would have been if you, say, grew up in a one-stoplight town, but the fact remained that the music was decidedly unfashionable. With the odd exception, powerpop bubbled under on the charts and the radio. So if you found a connection with the music, it was a solitary experience.
Liking powerpop was not at all like being a member of the Kiss Army. You didn't have a bunch of friends with whom you could share the anticipation of an upcoming release from The Records or Squeeze.
The internet changed all of that to a degree. Not to prattle on endlessly about social networking and whatnot — it's a shopworn subject — but social media and its antecedents (Usenet etc.) offered a virtual means for like-minded people to form affinity groups. Not wholly dissimilar to fan clubs of the 60s, these affinity groups provided an opportunity for those with similar interests and concerns to connect with one another. And that sort of thing — even for, no, especially for someone like this writer who isn't an especially social animal — helps provide the reinforcement needed to keep those interests alive.
It's admittedly easier to sustain one's interest in an esoteric subject when other people tell you, essentially, "Yeah, you're on the right track; you've got something there." Even better, these affinity groups allow this sort of message to be shared: "You like that? Well, I bet you'll dig this too. Check it out."
Speaking for myself, through Facebook (yeah, Facebook) I too have managed to fall in with a group of like-minded souls who really dig the powerpop stuff. Good thing, too: there simply are not that many people with whom I come into regular contact who have any sort of interest in powerpop. Through this interaction, I've stumbled on to music I would have otherwise missed. And I'm discovering that one reliable source for the stuff is a label called Kool Kat Musik.
Throughout the years, a few small labels have championed this oft-maligned and/or –dismissed genre of powerpop. Jordan Oakes' legendary Yellow Pills series kept the flame alive in the 1990s, collecting otherwise-unheard cuts from a wide variety of artists. Bruce Brodeen's Not Lame! Label did the same until very recently (word has it that the label won't be releasing further product). Even in the face of the download culture, a few labels are managing to keep things going. Kool Kat is one of these.
One of the latest offerings from the label is an odds-and-sods compilation from The Goldenhour. This Glaswegian quintet has been releasing its brand of high-energy rock on a variety of labels since 1998. Like their countrymen Teenage Fanclub, the Goldenhour draw inspiration form the rave-up end of the 60s rock spectrum, with healthy elements of post-60s influences thrown in.
A swirling organ figures its way subtly but powerfully into many Goldenhour tracks, giving the group a sound a bit like Inspiral Carpets. Packing plenty of Who-like punch in their songs as well, the Goldenhour can swagger like the Stone Roses one moment, and kick it out like the Small Faces the next.
But despite all the benefits of social networking, the Goldenhour toil in relative obscurity. With two albums to their credit (2003's Beyond the Beyond and the 2005 long-player Always in the Now) the band has jumped from label to label. Now Kool Kat Musik has collected fifteen tracks — some dating back nearly fifteen years — on Tonight Becomes Tomorrow: The Early Years 1996 to 2000.
The tracks on Tonight Becomes Tomorrow consist primarily of`previously unreleased material, with a handful of compilation-only cuts, alternate takes and radio broadcasts. But one should not assume that this material is somehow of a lesser sonic quality than a proper release. Those unfamiliar with the Goldenhour's catalog — in other words, damn near everybody — won't discern anything on this set that marks it as anything other than a fine collection of songs.
The musical highlights on Tonight Becomes Tomorrow are so plentiful that singling out a few songs for praise does injustice to the remaining tracks. But here goes: even though Neil Sturgeon's raspy vocals add a delightful texture to the group's songs, the amazing instrumental workout "The Network" is an exciting in-you-face raver. "I Happen to Love You" is one of only two covers on the set, but this Goffin/King number — best known as an Electric Prunes track — jumps out of the speakers, full of texture and thrills.
But there's nary a weak track on the disc. For powerpop fans, just throwing the label out there — if the thrower has credibility, of course — is generally enough to pique interest in further investigation. So I'm throwing out The Goldenhour's Tonight Becomes Tomorrow. Catch it and you won't be disappointed.
This title is available exclusively from Kool Kat Musik.
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I'm sometimes invited to judge rural photography awards and competitions, which I really enjoy doing.
My personal preference is to find and reward the most skilled photographer. A rising tide lifts all boats and I love to see talent and effort recognised while simultaneously promoting regional areas and rural industries. Winning an award can make a big difference to someone who is genuinely dedicated to photography, it has done this for me, so I take judging seriously.
The ideal way to find the most skilled photographer is for organisers to require 3 images from each entrant and ask the judge/s to amalgamate the scores for each. This helps iron out minor judging discrepancies and eliminates the once-in-a-lifetime get lucky shot or rare subject, captured by a casual photographer for whom winning the award will not have a lasting impact. This is an important point to consider if one of the main organiser aims is to foster great photography standards in their region.
Technical excellence; sharpness, suitable lighting, composition (level horizon, no extraneous detail, best angle for impact). Have these technical aspects been done competently enough for the image to do what the photographer intended it to do? A degree of technical expertise is required to produce consistently top-drawer images. Ironically, technical standards are falling at a time when there is the least excuse; given the ease of camera use now plus instant digital image viewing.
Degree of difficulty. It might be a 'nice' image, but is it a common scene or cliché – or did capture require significant skill, effort, imagination?
Originality/creativity. Is it a unique image (as distinct from being just a unique subject). EG is it brand new take on an old subject? This wins over an ordinary pic of a new subject; as the former shows a lot more skill & effort than the latter.
2 & 3 above relate to the wow factor – without which the potential audience will ignore images – thus making them pointless wallpaper.
Do the entered images fit the theme and meet all the organiser's stated specifications? This is the most common fail I see – entrants have simply rifled through their favourite images & entered what they think is best, while ignoring the underlying aim of the award. Anyone who has disregarded the specs does not get judged. Pay attention to the organiser aims and exactly what they've asked for, and if the judge/s do a good job, you will be in with a much better chance of success.
Style – what style is most appropriate – graphic design (a large amount of digital manipulation), or photojournalism (no more than very basic tweaks; IE no digital manipulation)? This relates to the aims of the organisers. Most of the competitions I'm asked to judge are centred around photo documentary themes as they're centred around promoting agriculture or regional areas, so believability is vital.
Clear relevance to agriculture/ag. journalism. Do the images tell an agricultural story on their own or do a good job of illustrating the agricultural story or caption they were published with?
Do the images inform or educate? Or provoke thought? Or are they just pretty pictures, that would be better entered into one of the many general photography competitions, rather than a specifically agricultural one?
Are the images constructive, from an ag industry/rural resident point of view? This knocks out technically perfect, creative images which reinforce negative stereotypes or actively undermine agricultural industries and life for regional residents. Ancient machinery, falling down sheds, empty shops, deserted country towns and 'Ma & Pa Kettle' type portraits – favoured by photographers only interested in creating cliches rather than helping the bush – are thus disqualified. I've never seen this stipulated by agricultural photography competitions however it's obvious that the effect of these kinds of images would be the opposite to what was intended by organisers. The reason why the photography award or competition exists, must never be forgotten.
I can provide advice on setting up and running photography awards and competitions in a way that benefits all involved. For more information visit the Corporate Services – Photography Competitions.
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Tumor Genetics Research Brings Some Answers for Families at High Risk
Courtesy of the Mayo Clinic
Let's Win! Pancreatic Cancer
Research on the genetics of pancreatic cancer is still somewhat in its infancy.
But ongoing work by genetic detectives like Gloria Petersen, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology at the Mayo Clinic, is paving the way for tests for earlier detection, risk assessment, personalized treatment, and preventive steps that people at high risk for the disease can take.
"There is still a lot we need to learn, but we are making progress," says Petersen, who founded the PACGENE Consortium, a group of leading cancer institutions across the United States and Canada that are collaborating to identify susceptibility genes in high-risk familial pancreatic cancer, in those families with at least two affected first degree relatives with the disease.
What Has Been Learned about Tumor Genetics
Collaborative efforts in studying the genetics of pancreatic cancer have already yielded important information. Here are just a few findings:
Individualizing Risk: Inherited pancreatic cancer can be caused by mutations, known as "germline" mutations, in a number of different genes. These mutations occur in egg or sperm cells and are passed on to every cell in an offspring's body during reproduction. Today, those at risk of pancreatic cancer due to certain inherited genes can now be better informed of their risk. The genes that can confer inherited risk include BRCA1, BRCA2, PALB2, and CDKN2A. Studies have also shown that certain hereditary colorectal cancer genes, specifically MLH1, MSH2, and MSH6, also increase the risk of pancreatic cancer.
Risk Varies by Mutation: Genetic variants that are common may only increase a person's risk of pancreatic cancer one or two percent, while more rare mutations can carry a higher lifetime risk of five to 30 percent.
Other Factors Influence Risk: Studies have shown that about ten percent of people with pancreatic cancer carry the rarer mutations in genes like BRCA2, ATM, and PALB2. The remaining cases of pancreatic cancer may be linked to the lower-risk genes, lifestyle, or environmental causes, explains Petersen.
Familial Pancreatic Cancer Is Not a One-Gene-Fits-All Scenario: Research shows that family members with familial pancreatic cancer may have a mutation in one gene, such as BRCA2. Another family may have a PALB2 mutation.
New Information on Tumor Formation and Spread: Because the cells of pancreatic tumors can be vastly different in the same patient (meaning the tumor is heterogeneous) scientists have assumed there were many different acquired genetic mutations that caused tumor formation and spread. However, genetic research showed the same mutations are involved in driving the primary tumor and the metastases, potentially paving the way for targeted therapies to treat metastatic disease.
Moving Research from the Lab to the Clinic
"Getting a better understanding of the genes that could cause familial pancreatic cancer helps us not only quantify the risk of pancreatic cancer but also the risk of other cancers," says Petersen, who is also the lead investigator of Mayo's Pancreatic SPORE initiative, which is focused on the genetic and biological factors influencing pancreatic cancer. "The point of the research is to move the findings from the laboratory into the clinics so we can try to save lives by not only detecting cancer earlier, but also providing more individualized treatment."
Indeed, individualized treatment does hold promise. Already, doctors know that some drugs seem to work better in patients whose tumors carry certain mutations. For example, one drug called erlotinib may work better in patients whose tumors have a particular change in a gene called EGFR.
To be clear, though, DNA is not always destiny. "Many people who carry mutations may not develop pancreatic cancer, but positive family history of pancreatic cancer is a consistent risk factor, with about a two-fold increased risk to first degree relatives" says Petersen, who along with co-investigator Ken Zaret, Ph.D., of the Penn Institute for Regenerative Medicine, developed a new blood test that uses two protein markers to pick up pancreatic cancer in its earliest, most treatable stages. The test is still being studied, but has shown 87 percent sensitivity, meaning that's how often it can correctly identify someone with stage I or II pancreatic cancer. It also had 98 percent specificity, meaning the ability to accurately rule out cancer in a person who doesn't have it.
If you are concerned about your risk, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk. Among those risk-reducers are maintaining a healthy body weight, and quitting smoking, since tobacco users are about three times more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than non-smokers, says Petersen.
But if there is a significant family history of breast cancer or pancreatic cancer, there are tests available for the BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2 genes. If there is a family history of melanoma and pancreatic cancer, testing is available for the p16 or CDKN2A gene. Some people may choose to participate in familial pancreatic cancer research registries.
The first step, though, is to speak to a cancer genetic counselor who can advise on the benefits as well as potential risks of genetic testing, explains Petersen, who is also researching the bioethical and behavioral implications of cancer genetic testing. A genetic counselor will go over the family history, see if there may be a hereditary component, and try to determine a person's lifetime risk.
As to the future, Petersen is very hopeful. "Pancreatic cancer is a terrible disease, but I do absolutely believe that soon we will be better able to inform individuals about their risk," she says. "Everything that we do adds to the body of knowledge about pancreatic cancer, and that's why we do this."
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The Soft Landing Fund: The IRC in Northern California's Housing Subsidy
The Soft Landing Fund is a way to directly support refugee families arriving in Oakland and San Jose as they work towards self-sufficiency. The fund is supported entirely by Bay Area community members, like you.
Photo: Mason Trinca | IRC
The Need: Refugees only receive a one-time amount of $1,125 per person to cover initial basic costs and this amount is the same regardless of where in the country they are resettled. The majority of refugees arriving in Oakland and San Jose are coming to join family members who are often not yet financially stable themselves. As a result, the refugees served by the International Rescue Committee typically require additional financial support as they get on their feet in the United States.
A Solution: You can help! The Soft Landing Fund provides housing assistance for refugees who have arrived in the last six months. 100% of your donation will be disbursed to refugee families in need of modest support with rent and utilities after their first 30 days.
A Story: One benefitting family is the Aryas, who arrived from Afghanistan in October of 2017. The young couple, Abdul & Hadia*, had three small daughters in tow and were joining Hadia's sister and her family, who had lived in the U.S. for three years. Hadia's brother-in-law found an open apartment in their Walnut Creek complex. This potential to be close to family support was a relief to the Aryas. A monthly rent of $1,850 felt daunting, but not impossible once they got on their feet. The challenge would be the initial months while they acclimated and Abdul looked for work, hopefully in construction as he was a civil engineer in Afghanistan.
Through The Soft Landing Fund, they were able to get a total of $3,150 in rental support with the monthly payment decreasing each month. Today, Abdul has a job and is studying for the building standards test that will allow him to work in his field. The two older girls are in school, and Hadia attends ESL and stays home with their toddler.
When asked how The Soft Landing Fund has helped his family, Abdul said, "Starting over in a new country is not easy; everything must begin from zero, and the first six months are a challenging transition period in resettlement. Without the IRC's financial and emotional support it would not be possible. The housing subsidy was especially helpful for us, covering part of our rent. I greatly appreciate your efforts for me and my family; it has been more than we expected but very much needed."
How to Give: Give online to the Soft Landing Fund here OR donations can be by mailing a check to the address below. Please write 'Soft Landing Fund' in the memo line to ensure your gift is directed appropriately.
International Rescue Committee
Attn: Development Manager
For more information, please contact Development Manager, Stephanie.Heckman [at] rescue.org (subject: Soft%20Landing%20Fund) (Stephanie Heckman).
*First names changed to protect the family's safety & privacy.


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Q: Is there a "user_objects where status='INVALID'" in SQL Server? I'm trying to get all the invalid objects in SQL Server.
In ORACLE, I only need to do:
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There is a similar way in SQL Server?
Thanks!

A: Searching, actually in SQL SERVER there is not a VIEW or a TABLE with this invalids objects. The closest I found to get my doubts was in this link.
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Note that it cannot be used to buff shields, even when using one in the right hand as a weapon.


The Institute for Casual International Gamers (or ICI Gamers for short) is a multi-gaming community founded by a few friends several years back. We are looking for (active) players to fill our ranks and, at first, are looking to grow to a stable 10-15 member crew to start actively participating in Clan Battles. Furthermore it is important to note, once again, that we are multi-gaming community. The only sort of "requirement" we have is that people come on Discord when they are playing games . If a member hasn't come onto Discord and has been inactive in-game for a period of 60 days we will kick him/her.
The thing about ICI Gamers is that we are definitely defined as a "fun" community as is. This doesn't mean that we don't want to do some of the more serious things like Clan Battles but we emphasize fun and just fun banter/chatting. The chatting part for us is more important than the actual activity in-game. We understand people might have a wife/kids/school/other obligations that prevent them from gaming 24/7 so this is definitely not a requirement. Having said that we like to get to know our members in somewhat more detail and we believe that talking to one another over voice comms like Discord is the way to go.
*Be polite/respectful towards other players within and, more importantly, outside our community.
*Preferably based in either GMT/GMT+1/GMT+2 timezone.
Something that we don't lack is humor and a bit of light name calling. As we prioritize having fun (regardless of the game we play) we do like to laugh and just joke around often. There are definitely a few more "serious" gamers among us that like to let their rage blood pump high but this is generally only of short time.
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Review: High-PPI Toshiba Kirabook goes after Retina MacBook Pro
Price, Intel's impending refresh, desktop scaling undermine likable Ultrabook.
Andrew Cunningham - May 14, 2013 1:02 pm UTC
Meet Toshiba's Kirabook, a high-res Ultrabook for the Windows world.
Andrew Cunningham
High-resolution, high-density screens are expected on most high-end phones and tablets today. Everything from the iPhone 5 to the Samsung Galaxy S 4 to the Nexus 10 is trying to pack as many pixels as it can into a given screen size to increase the sharpness of on-screen text and images.
You often hold a phone or tablet pretty close to your face, so the benefits of a high-resolution, high-density display are easy to see. Perhaps it makes sense then that the technology hasn't been picked up as quickly in laptop computers. To date, there have only been a few serious contenders: Apple's 15-inch and 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros, Google's Chromebook Pixel, and now Toshiba's Kirabook.
We're sure that more high-density Windows laptops are on the way, but the Kirabook is the first to make it to market. The laptop raises some natural questions: Does a computer that is both thinner and lighter than the Pixel and the Pros skimp on battery life to achieve these feats? Is the Kirabook good enough to justify its jaw-dropping $1,599.99 starting price? Most importantly, can Windows support high-density displays as well as OS X, Chrome OS, iOS, Android, and others can?
Body and build quality
Specs at a glance: Toshiba Kirabook
2560×1440 at 13.3" (221 ppi)
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
2.0GHz Intel Core i7-3537U (Turbo up to 3.1GHz)
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 (non-upgradeable)
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (integrated)
256GB solid-state drive
802.11n (2.4GHz only), Bluetooth 4.0
3x USB 3.0, HDMI, card reader, headphones
12.44" × 8.15" × 0.7" (315.98 × 207.01 × 17.78mm)
2.97 lbs (1.35kg)
Price as reviewed
Other perks
Webcam, backlit keyboard
The 2.97-pound Kirabook crams the high-density display of a laptop like the Retina MacBook Pro (3.57 pounds) or Chromebook Pixel (3.35 pounds) into something that weighs about as much as the 13-inch MacBook Air. It's a bit thicker than some other Ultrabooks (0.7" compared to 0.5" for Acer's Aspire S7), but it's still light and very easy to carry around in a bag.
Most laptops today are either rectangles or gently rounded rectangles, but the Kirabook splits the difference. Its back corners are rounded and its front corners aren't. This is a simple design touch, but it helps to make the Kirabook easier to identify at a glance. Like other Ultrabooks, it uses a tapered design that's thicker in the back of the laptop (where the system components and fan are located) and thinner in the front, which angles the keyboard slightly toward the user.
The laptop's construction is partly "magnesium alloy" and partly plastic. The lid, palm rest, and keyboard area is all made of a lightly brushed gray metal, while the bottom case is made of plastic that has the same color but no brushed-metal texture. Four round, rubber feet on the bottom of the laptop are also joined by the stereo speaker grilles. The positioning means that sound is amplified slightly by a hard surface like a desk or table but muffled slightly by a soft surface like a couch or lap—either way, the sound quality is as middling as we've come to expect from most Ultrabooks. There's a bit of distortion at higher volume levels.
Update: Toshiba tells us that the bottom of the laptop is also made of magnesium alloy and not plastic—it looks and feels more like plastic than either the lid or the palm rest, but they're apparently the same material. I'm told that the lid is pressed magnesium alloy and that the bottom of the laptop is die cast, which accounts for the differences in how they feel.
Enlarge / Logos are happily pretty understated on the Kirabook: There's one Toshiba logo on the lid, one underneath the screen in the laptop's bezel, and "Kira" and Harmon/Kardon logos on the palm rest. Windows, Intel, and Energy Star stickers are likewise understated and easy to remove.
Enlarge / In length and width, the Kirabook is actually a bit smaller than the MacBook Air even though they have identically sized screens. The Kirabook uses a brushed metal texture rather than the MacBook's smooth aluminum.
Enlarge / The power button is surrounded by a light and positioned above the keyboard. The Kirabook's palm rest shares its brushed metal texture with the lid.
Enlarge / The Kirabook is a bit thicker than the 13-inch MacBook Air, but the two weigh about the same. There are two USB 3.0 ports and an HDMI port on the laptop's left side.
Enlarge / Another USB 3.0 port, an SD card reader, and a headphone jack are on the right.
Enlarge / There are four rubber feet and two vents on the bottom of the laptop for the computer's single fan.
There are also two fan vents on the bottom of the laptop, both used for the laptop's single fan. During light and general use, fan noise isn't a problem—in a room with light ambient noise the laptop is essentially silent. It's when the hardware starts straining that things get less pleasant. As the device picks up speed its fan sounds more and more like a vacuum cleaner.
Finally, the Kirabook has a nice selection of ports for a laptop of its size: three USB 3.0 ports (two on the left and one on the right—one of which can be used to charge a device when the laptop is asleep), a full-size HDMI port, a card reader, and a headphone jack.
Keyboard and trackpad
Enlarge / An all-around excellent keyboard and trackpad. Note that the trackpad is the same shape as the computer itself.
The Kirabook's keyboard shares similarities with past Toshiba keyboards, but overall the layout is an improvement over what we've seen from the company in the past. Most of the keys are just a bit shorter than they are in other keyboards, but they're just as wide—instead of being square, they're ever-so-slightly rectangular. The bottom row of keys (which includes the spacebar) is slightly taller, and the top row (the function keys, delete key, and a few others) is a little shorter and narrower. Arrow keys are half-height, as they often are in Ultrabooks. The key sizing and arrangement is very easy to get used to if you're coming from any other chiclet keyboard, and I was quickly able to type at my normal speeds.
The quality of the keyboard is also an improvement. Travel is good, and the keys are nice and firm—the mushiness we noticed on last year's crop of Toshiba Ultrabooks is entirely absent. Where the old Toshiba keys were also entirely flat, the Kirabook's are gently scooped to better fit your fingers. The keyboard's backlight is also bright and even. It's important to get the keyboard right when you're making a laptop, and the Kirabook got it right where other Toshiba Ultrabooks have failed.
The trackpad shares its shape with the laptop itself. The top edges are curved and the bottom edges are squared off. Aside from this thoughtful design touch, the trackpad is very much like all the other trackpads we've been seeing in Windows laptops lately. It's a single, clickable piece of plastic with a textured surface that supports multiple touch points. Basic gestures like two-fingered scrolling and pinch-to-zoom work as intended, as do the Windows 8 trackpad gestures. We had no issues with palm rejection. Some specific applications (Chrome, we're looking at you) had trouble with scrolling, but we're more inclined to blame that on Chrome than the Kirabook since other applications were fine.
The screen
Enlarge / Slim bezels around the LCD help the Kirabook fit a 13.3-inch screen into a package that's almost an inch shorter than the Air.
The build quality and design of the Kirabook are generally excellent, but the screen is the real star of the show. At 221 ppi, its 13.3-inch 2560×1440 screen is playing in the same ballpark as the Retina MacBook Pros and the Chromebook Pixel. While it's not the first computer to market with this kind of a screen, it's the first Windows PC to include one (we'll talk more about how Windows handles the pressure in a moment).
The display itself is bright and colorful and, as is to be expected, optimized text and images look very crisp. Its viewing angles are worse than what we've seen in other high-end PCs of late, though; colors shift and you'll notice the screen washing out if you bend the screen toward yourself at a 70 or 80 degree angle. The screen doesn't become unusable unless you're looking at it from an extreme angle, but it's not quite as good as either the Pixel or the Retina MacBook Pros. The hinge is stiff enough that the screen doesn't wobble too much when you reach out to touch it, but not so stiff that it's impossible to lift the lid with one hand.
Enlarge / The glass layer on our touch-equipped Kirabook's screen is extremely reflective.
In the higher-priced, $1,799 and $1,999 models, the laptop adds to its list of features a 10-point capacitive touchscreen. The touchscreen uses a layer of Corning's Concore Glass, a scratch-resistant surface which reduces the overall thickness of the screen by integrating the touch layer into the glass itself. This is a bit different from "in-cell" touchscreens we've seen in phones like the iPhone and Galaxy S4, which integrate the touch layer into the LCD display rather than the glass itself (for more information about how modern capacitive touch works, see this article). Corning's marketing materials for Concore imply that its solution is better-suited to larger surfaces, but in both cases the implementation is similar: reduce thickness by integrating the touch layer into one of the others.
We spent some time navigating the OS, tapping and swiping various onscreen elements and playing games. We noticed no particular problems with the screen on our review unit. The screen picks up fingerprints and smudges (a sad but inevitable fact of life with gadgets) but my fingers glide across it without any undue resistance. The glass layer does make the screen extremely reflective, though.
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OrangeCream Ars Legatus Legionis
Why can't Microsoft do some of the scaling for the developers? Why not translate straight font calls into 2x and call it a day? Graphics will be blurry but text won't.
JPan Account Banned
isn't really anything it or even Microsoft can wholly remedy.
Which is true up to a point. On the other hand Microsoft never forced their hand like apple did with its retina initiative. Make a set of new hardware, update all your first party apps with it and make a big media splash essentially forcing most first party apps to update in the midterm as well.
I think Microsoft didn't really care until apple forced their hand. Which is the reason for the shitty scaling support and 768p notebooks. What does it matter if customers suffer through terrible screens it's not like they have a choice anyway.
It also helps that apple doesn't have 15 different user interface apis that went in and out of vogue over the years. Managed non managed xaml silverlight win32 etc. Pp.
And I don't even like apple that much it's like they are in a winter sleep right now and osx is if anything worse then two versions ago (my battery life never reached snow leopard times again) and the windows7 ui is better than osx. On the other hand they don't screw customers for ideological reasons like ms with windows8 and they can get big changes like the retina stuff done. Take your poison I suppose.
Akdor 1154 Smack-Fu Master, in training et Subscriptor
Windows has two modes of desktop scaling - XP-style (which I believe is still the default in at least Vista and 7), and 'new style', which was introduced with Vista. Which did the review use? Can you share screenies of the other mode as well?
94 posts | registered Oct 11, 2010
DyDx Ars Praefectus
Wow, a Toshiba laptop I could see myself owning, that's a first. Too bad about the loud fan and scaling issues, but at least the latter will probably improve in time with updated software. Well, if very high res displays become common anyways.
sd4f Ars Praetorian
This notebook has some promising features, but then has some aspects to it which make me just stop considering it like chiclet keyboad.
My six year old T43 is kind of on its last legs, still works fine, but i want a replacement. I can't find a notebook that emulates its design goals, they're all trying to be apple, but trying to be netbooks (in certain aspects), or trying to be plastic craptastic devices, none of them are doing a decent laptop that ticks every box and I would like to get.
I'm really dirty with lenovo for abandoning the keyboard layout of old, and i wish notebook manufacturers would at least consider 16:10 ratio displays. I can't believe that many of them are still using the ghastly 1366x768 (shudders) resolution.
SirReadsALot Seniorius Lurkius
A $1600 laptop with a plastic bottom, lots of fan noise, speakers on the bottom (genius) and trying to vent hot air out the bottom too.
I don't know why Toshiba bothered. These are the same issues (or worse in the case of the speaker placement) that they had with laptops the last time I bought one about a decade ago.
They haven't learned anything, except how to put the price up.
chleuasme Ars Scholae Palatinae
In length and width, the Kirabook is actually a bit smaller than the MacBook Air even though they have identically sized screens.
They don't have identically sized screens, they only have the same diagonal measures. The MBA13 is 16:10, the Toshiba is 16:9.
du_sumboudy Smack-Fu Master, in training
I'm very happy to see Ars planning to report on Ubuntu compatibility. Please continue this trend!
Not to mention support for all those applications. That is the biggest issue with Windows scaling imo. The software library is gargantuan and written in many many different ways. That is nothing MS can do much about anyway. Which is why the Metro thing came to be I guess.
At this stage such a screen is wasted on a 13 inch laptop running Windows imo.
RockDaMan Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor
Delight people with the hardware, and they'll pay your price.
eallan Seniorius Lurkius
So happy to see another 16:9 laptop... /s
Use the Pixel ratio please or at least 16:10.
46 posts | registered Jun 4, 2008
AngelZero Ars Legatus Legionis
SirReadsALot wrote:
This. Plus, folks really need to stop with the super-reflective screens - the Daystar is bad enough already without it beaming straight into my face while coding outside on a sunny day... or inside under normal lighting conditions.
MatthiasF Ars Tribunus Militum
As far as the "Retina initiative", Apple had an far easier time because all of the hardware running their OS was standardized (made by them), whereas Microsoft's OS is installed on much larger variety of devices.
And again, Microsoft designed different UI APIs because they tried to appease a broad range of partners, of which Apple has virtually none.
But I agree, Windows 8's UI moves are a little strange compared to Windows 7, but I won't trash it until I see it running on a tablet (like a Surface Pro) in a production environment.
ciparis Ars Centurion
The name initially made me think KIRFbook; the side-view and bottom pictures next to the Macbook didn't dispel the notion. A brushed-metal lid tacked onto a cheap plastic chassis isn't going to cut it anymore on a device with high-end aspirations.
Jonathon Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor
OrangeCream wrote:
They can and do-- that's why Chrome and the Firefox installer show up scaled and blurry. The DWM will automatically scale apps that don't claim to be resolution-independent.
Windows' problem are apps like Photoshop which claim to be resolution-independent but then render at 1x anyways (or worse, render incorrectly). This is partly Microsoft's fault, for not having a good unmanaged solution for coding DPI-aware apps (WPF was meant to solve this problem, but never really caught on), but is also partly the fault of app developers-- the current style of DPI scaling has been possible since Vista; support it already...
andyfoo Seniorius Lurkius
"Otherwise they'll actually look a bit worse on a high-density display than they would on a lesser one."
I'm not sure I'm clear on why un-optimised images / text would look worse. Surely if they are pixel-doubled (what I assume is happening, is this my folly?) but occupy the same physical space on screen, they will look identical to images/text on a non high-DPI monitor?
Or is it that having un-optimised images surrounded by optimised ones gives the perception that the un-optimised images are worse?
(This is assuming everything is doubled, rather than say a 1.5x scale, as this particular quote is referenced just after talking about things that are at 200% scale rather than 165%)
What about the "Bane of Windows-Notebooks" aka preinstalled crapware? Is the thing actually useable out of the box or does it take a complete cleansing and OS-reinstallation to get a proper working environment?
No pixel doubling occurs. I don't believe that's the point, either. A 10pt font could be drawn at 16.5 pt instead of 10pt and resampled 1.65 times.
andyfoo wrote:
That's what I thought too until I got a Retina MacBook Pro. Trust me, they actually looks worse.
Little-Zen Ars Tribunus Militum
Meathim wrote:
The software library is gargantuan and written in many many different ways. That is nothing MS can do much about anyway. Which is why the Metro thing came to be I guess.
I was just thinking the same thing - if the scaling works so well in Metro, I can't help but wonder how different the user experience in Win8 could be if they'd tried for a solid break from the Win32 style - allow old programs to use it for backwards compatibility, but have some sort of requirement going forward that new UI methods be used.
I don't know how they could enforce it, though. And there'd be far more flailing of limb and gnashing of teeth than when Apple deprecates something in OS X.
Kimbie Seniorius Lurkius
For the asking price I would be expecting dedicated gfx like the rPro to be honest.
grimmReaper Seniorius Lurkius
couple of questions
1. Are the USB's both USB3 and USB2 compatible
2. Why doesnt PC's have USB3/USB2 ports like macPros? I have seen a bunch of PC's with eSata+Usb2 ports and a seperate usb3 port.
bullshit Ars Praetorian
muckz Ars Praetorian et Subscriptor
Here we go with the ugly stickers! Let's plaster 3 of them! Because one thing that Windows users like is stickers. The more the better.
Gosh, get rid of that nasty stuff. I'm sure you can tell it runs Windows 8 by looking at the screen instead of the sticker. Energy star? What is this, 1992? And Intel inside? Go away already.
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FrisbeeFreek Ars Scholae Palatinae
I'm curious for whom the SD card readers are targeted? I have one in the Thinkpad, and I've never used it. Most people connect their cameras with a USB cord. If you need a card reader, and external dongle is about $5, yet it seems a huge number of laptops include them.
The reason I ask is that it seems like it takes up quite a bit of space and adds another hole in the laptop frame for a relatively small market.
Just curious if anyone has a use case to share.
Louis XVI Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius et Subscriptor
Kimbie wrote:
The 13" rMBP only has integrated graphics, too.
vudaful Ars Scholae Palatinae
$1600 for a Toshiba laptop? I don't care what specs it has, Toshiba - like HTC - don't support their products after a couple of months. I've had numerous friends in college own Toshiba laptops and they couldn't find drivers when they tried to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. Not to mention their support is lacking.
Pubert Ars Tribunus Militum
"It's possible that Toshiba was just trying to get the Kirabook out ahead of the flood of Haswell machines we'll probably see at Computex next month, but the people being targeting with this laptop are probably more likely to pay attention to this sort of thing."
I'm puzzled as to why they are releasing this thing now.
This system cries out for the Haswell. And next month, there will probably be a slew of comparably priced Retina resolution competitors which do have it.
grimmReaper wrote:
If it's USB3, it automatically supports USB2 (usb3.0 devices can still be used on 2.0 slots). Not all PCs have USB3.0 slots because most people still use/have 2.0 USB devices (it's also cheaper.)
Apple just happens to include all USB3.0 ports. I would also complain if I spent $2500 on a MacBook Pro and it still had USB2.0 slots on it.
(edit - usb 3.0 devices can be used on 2.0 slots, you just won't get 3.0 speeds)
bames53 Ars Praefectus
I am just guessing here guys.. Let me know if I am wrong!
rMBP's have 4 times the pixels. so for every pixel in a regular laptop, rMBP has 4. when a program is not optimized for rMBP it only activates one out of the four pixels. the icon/text will occupy the same space as regular screens but the image won't look sharp because of the 3 unused pixels for every used one!
That's not accurate. All four pixels are used, they're just the same color and so things look blocky compared to other parts of the screen.
sgshredhead Smack-Fu Master, in training
At first glance I too wondered where the discrete video card was. Then I pulled up the Apple site. They are both 13" with identical processors, screen sizes and resolutions at very similar prices. I need to stop being such a fanboy...
I haven't used a rMBP, but I've used a 3840x2400 screen with pixel doubling and it looked fine as a 1920x1200 screen (actually it looked really good). That was nearly a decade ago with Windows XP, so the entire screen had a consistent resolution. Could that be what makes the difference?
CastleFox Wise, Aged Ars Veteran et Subscriptor
Thank you very much Ars for seeing how well Ubuntu runs on it that follow up article AND at the repair-ability of this laptop.
I always feel like repair ability is the one big thing most reviewers dont talk about at all that I want to see the most. (Besides checking Ubuntu support but I feel that is asking a lot most of the time since most laptops are sold with Windows)
bames53 wrote:
You'd think that if 1 pixel was replaced with 4 in the same exact amount of space then it would be able to show images at the 'old', lower resolution and it'd look identical to regular 'non-retina' displays. Nope. Since both with regular 1440x900 AND the 2880x1800 are both exactly 15.4", it doesn't quite make sense to me...
I wonder if it's just text down-scaling to lower resolutions isn't 'mature' enough to look the same. :\
doubledeej Ars Centurion
Hey, hey! An ultrabook with a usable keyboard! Finally somebody decided to include real Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys.
Those of us that do a lot of typing and editing as part of our jobs now have an Ultrabook option.
I got a Retina MacBook Pro.
Nice! Congrats.
Penforhire Ars Praefectus
FrisbeeFreek, I use the built-in SD card reader of my work laptop frequently. It wouldn't be a make-or-break thing to leave out but it is faster and more convenient to pop a card out of a camera (or a card someone hands me from their camera) than it is to dig out a card reader or camera cable. It is one less cable I need when I travel and I don't need to depend on camera power to transfer images (a rarer issue but always a concern).
I don't see my use case as being common (I'm 'the image guy' at work) so I'm with you on wondering why they include it so often.
FrisbeeFreek wrote:
I'm curious for whom the SD card readers are targeted? I have one in the Thinkpad, and I've never used it.
Over on the Nexus 7 update thread there are a band of users promising to besiege Google with crossbows and battering rams if the next Nexus devices don't have SD card slits.


This week the National Coalition for the Homeless (a group on whose board I sat on for several years) and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty released a report listing the 20 "meanest cities" to those experiencing homelessness.
The report focuses on specific city measures from 2005 that have targeted homeless persons, such as laws that make it illegal to sleep, eat, or sit in public spaces. The report includes information on about 224 cities nationwide.
One of the least reported on issues related to homelessness is violence perpetrated against people living on the streets.
The issue, however, flashed vividly across television screens and web browsers today.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- Assailants armed with baseball bats or sticks beat three homeless men in separate attacks Thursday, killing one of the victims, police said. One of the attacks was caught on a university surveillance video.
Police said the attacks may be related but they aren't yet sure.
Two to four young white males were involved, police said. Officials released the surveillance video from Florida Atlantic University. It shows two men beating one of the victims with what appear to be bats.
Norris Gaynor, 45, died of his injuries, and the other two men were in serious condition at Broward General Medical Center, police said. The survivors were not identified.
You can watch the video on CNN.com.
The National Coalition for the Homeless has tracked 156 murders of people who are homeless over the last six years.
The number of deaths has increased 67% since 2002.


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Gum disease and tooth loss may be associated with a higher risk of death in postmenopausal women but not increased cardiovascular disease risk, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the open access journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Loss of all natural teeth also was linked with an increased risk of death in postmenopausal women, according to the study led by UB researchers.
Periodontal disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the gum and connective tissue surrounding the teeth, affects nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults 60 and older. The loss of all one's teeth, called edentulism, impacts about one-third of U.S. adults 60 and older and often results from periodontal disease.
"Beside their negative impact on oral function and dietary habits, these conditions are also thought to be related to chronic diseases of aging," said Michael J. LaMonte, PhD, study author and research associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health in UB's School of Public Health and Health Professions.
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The Christian Conservative Party (, PCC) was a far-right conservative political party in Chile. It was officially recognized by the Electoral Service of Chile (Servel) on 30 October 2020.

The origins of the party date back to 2001, when the "Águilas de Jesús" movement emerged at the University of Concepción in order to compete for political spaces in the university. Its members are Evangelicals and Protestants.

In 2021 the Christian Conservative Party formed a coalition called the Christian Social Front with the Republican Party, and supported the Republican Party presidential candidate, José Antonio Kast. The party was dissolved in February 2022 because it did not receive at least 5% of the votes in the 2021 parliamentary elections to maintain its legality. Its members in the Chamber of Deputies thereafter sat as independents.

Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Christian Conservative Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
2021: José Antonio Kast (lost)

Electoral history

Congress election

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Valerie Jarrett writes a pack of ****ing lies book about her time "advising" Soetoro.
Nobody gives a damn what this woman thinks, we saw plenty of her. Disgusting human being.
And it shows. Her paltry sales put her number 1040 (approx) on Amazon. On Barnes and Noble the book is 1200 some thing.
New York (fake) Times "bestseller" list? I swear to god, number FOURTEEN!
Somebody is lying, somebody is FAKE NEWS. For discussion who do you believe and who do you think is lying?
My vote is the New York Times is full of ****. Cause that is what they are.
NYT is a lying POS liberal rag.
Where do they fall on "the chart"?
Anyone make the case that Amazon and Barnes and Noble are lying? Id LOVE to hear it.
Do you have any idea how the NYT creates its bestseller list?
Hence the name "BEST" "SELLER". or is that a lie too?
ah but it seems you just dont have the secret knowledge that the cognoscenti posses. Stay tuned. I bet we are treated to it. Sort of.
NY Times probably uses one of those super secret algorithms like google uses.
The ones that they could never manipulate to show results they want verses actual results.
Whaaaaat... are you suggesting the same one they used to announce Hillary's victory over Trump?
Positive. They have called it the Best Seller List as far back as I can remember. Was it ever called anyting else? Ever?
its about books that "ought to sell... would sell... deserve to sell... " if only evil R would just go away and quit messing up nirvana and the national unicorn park.


Brian Krebs reported on September 2, 2014 that The Home Depot was the victim of a massive data breach, in which credit card numbers were stolen in large numbers. The Home Depot responded by posting a message claiming that they were investigating the issue. As of today (September 8, 2014) that message has not been updated, assuming that a breach has not yet been determined. However, at the same time. Krebs is already providing information about the exact type of malware used to conduct the heist.
What is very interesting, by lack of a better term, is that this is yet another attack against the point-of-sale infrastructure of a large retail chain. In fact, the alleged breach resembles the Target breach of December of 2013 in many different aspects.
A concerning bit there is that we now know that adversaries are willing and able to compromise large retailers at the PoS terminals in their brick-and-mortar stores. So far, these breaches have been focused on stealing credit card data, which makes me believe that it is the work of criminals.
However, if criminal organizations have these capabilities, it is no stretch to also believe that nation states and/or other organizations driven by ideology, rather than by profit, have the same ability. And, for those with a different moral compass than most of us in the West do, rather than quietly stealing information, they could have the ability to shut down entire PoS infrastructures.
The amount of financial damage, as well as the inconvenience, and possibly fear, that an attack against, say, the PoS infrastructure of organizations like Walmart, Target, or Sears can cause is disconcerting, to say the least.
In our incident response planning, we have been focusing on the first class: data theft. But, how well are we prepared for the second one? Malicious destruction of assets is something that we prepare for in business continuity planning, but those plans seems to mostly focus on natural hazards, like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, fires, civil unrest, etc.
How well are cyber incident response plans aligned with your business continuity plans?