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Scott RaymondAugust 12,2014
Scott RaymondScott Raymond
Scott Raymond, 40, of Rutland, died Saturday August 19, 2014, at the Rutland Regional Medical Center following a long illness.
He was born on June 22, 1974, in Rutland, the son of Mary Jane Messer Duval and Timothy Raymond.
Mr. Raymond grew up in Rutland graduating from the Rutland High School in 1992.
He married his best friend and the love of his life Meredith Walker on October 12, 2002.
Mr. Raymond has been employed by Sherwin-Williams Paint Store since 1992 and was promoted to store manager in 1997, transferring to Brattleboro. He returned to Rutland in 2000 as the operating manager.
He loved camping, hunting, fishing, 4 wheeling and traveling with his family in his recreational vehicle and, more than anything, his girls. Their special spot was York, Maine.
Mr. Raymond was a member of the Painters, Decorators Contractors Association of Vermont and the Home Builders and Remodeling Association of Southern Vermont and was the 2014 recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award, Mendon Fish and Game Club, the Poultney Rescue Squad for 15 years and earned his EMT training in 1993 in Rochester, Vt.
He was a proud owner of an R32 high-performance Volkswagen and member of the Bareknuckle Group of Rutland.
Survivors include his beloved wife, Meredith Raymond; a daughter, Tori Raymond; his mother of Rutland; his father and step-mother, Madeline, of Wallingford; his maternal grandmother, Gladys Messer of Rutland; paternal grandmother, Shirley Bassett of Rutland; his father and mother-in-law, Bruce and Katherine Walker of Wallingford; sister-in-law Melanie Walker of Rutland; step-sister Phyllis Raulf of Bristol, Conn.; niece Adora Mojica of Rutland; and a nephew, Tyler Gomes of Rutland; aunts and uncles.
Friends may call from 4 -7 p.m. Thursday at the Aldous Funeral Home, 44 North Main Street, Rutland, VT.
Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Friday at the Evergreen Cemetery. A Celebration of his life will be at 4 p.m. Friday at the West Rutland American Legion Post #87, 333 Pleasant Street, West Rutland.
The family would like to thank the Norris Cotton Cancer Center of Dartmouth in Lebanon, N.H., and the Foley Cancer Center in Rutland for all their care and support.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Toris college fund: Make checks payable to
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"We were lost," Val said. "We went from living in a home to nothing. We didn't know where to turn."
Walton County natives, Melissa, Val and their three kids, Zackary, 17, Valiant, 8, and Alexus, 6, were originally living with a family member but they had to move out after a domestic incident.
"I just didn't feel safe there," Melissa said.
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Yours. But now that you say that - both
If Crowe is Roland, the movie will get a lot of over-attention. That might actually be a Good Thing.
Since King's already sold the specific rights...we just have to Hope.
And wait.
Steve thinks he'd do a good job. I told him I'd never been much of a Russell Crowe fan because I think he mumbles too much. His response was, "Weeeellllll, then...." We both chuckled and moved on. If I had to choose between him and Bardem, though, I'd probably go for Crowe based more on a closer physical similarity to my mental image of Roland and hope they do some very good sound editing.
Has Mr. King thought about putting any of his own money in on this, or does he try to keep a wall up between his books and their movies? I have greatly enjoyed Roland's adventures and would give anything to see it on the big screen. A lot of the arguments go back to money issues, budget cuts, etc. If he just got behind this with his own money, could he push it forward himself? I know he doesn't want to commit the next couple of years to getting this made on his own, but it seems to me like he would want to see his "Lord of the Rings" come to life. Just act as a producer, put up some money, take his piece off the ticket receipts, and consult when people had questions. I have been excited to see this get traction over the last couple of years, but man do I hate reading these articles about studios passing on this. I would be throwing money and resources at this.
I didn't read through the several inches thick contract so don't know what arrangements are for his financial participation, if any. His first love is for writing the books, though, not financing film adaptations.


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Steve Jobs mentioned the possibility of a 3G back in September, when he was announcing the iPhone on O2. He was asked a question about 3G and when we'd see it in the iPhone. His response back in September was telling:
"We've got to see the battery life for 3G get back up into the five-plus hour range, before it's really suitable for [the iPhone]. I think we'll see that hopefully late next year. But right now, you make a really big tradeoff to go to 3G, and that's really bad battery life."Well, AT&T's Randall Stephenson had a big PR quotefest that you can read over at Bloomberg, and he mentions again that the iPhone would be coming out in 2008, but without the 'late' part. A lot of naysayers will use that to back up their crazy predictions of 3G iPhones arriving 'May 2008.' They may do well to note that Jobs is not so optimistic: he's thinking hopefully late next year, meaning there's a real possibility of 2009.
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So the US will get a 3G iPhone likely before Canada gets a 2G (not that we have a 3G network to use such a beast on anyway -- we're expecting one shortly after the US goes 4G or 5G...)
What I wonder is this: Could the iPhone that is on the market right this moment also run 3G? With a firmware upgrade, perhaps? Here is why I ask - a Windows Mobile phone can run on both EDGE and 3G. Can the iPhone only run EDGE because it is crippled? I wonder...
It's my understanding that the current iPhone does not have the proper chip(set) to run on a 3G network at 3G speeds. So firmware updates wouldn't do it.
There are tons of 3G phones on the market here in Europe. And most of them deliver decent battery life. Why can't Apple manage to get things right?
I start suspecting it's all about the price of 3G parts and the additional price people are willing to pay for such a feature...
I wouldn't attribute it to either stupidity or malice, just business and battery life. AT&T's 3G rollout wasn't really near complete, so their main market for iPhones is mostly EDGE markets. And when they started designing the iPhone years ago, 3G was barely a gleam in Cingular's eye.
With battery life, if a person is worried about battery life or running out of juice in less than a day on their iPhone, they'd be less likely to use it as an iPod.
What I wonder is this: Could the iPhone that is on the market right this moment also run 3G? With a firmware upgrade, perhaps? Here is why I ask - a Windows Mobile phone can run on both EDGE and 3G. Can the iPhone only run EDGE because it is crippled? I wonder...
It's my understanding that the current iPhone does not have the proper chip(set) to run on a 3G network at 3G speeds. So firmware updates wouldn't do it.
My understanding is that the iPhone has a 3G chipset in it but its 3G functions are unused; the current iPhone also lacks a 3G antenna. I don't think it will ever be enabled, but bringing the iPhone in to an Apple store to get the antenna replaced would be cool. Not likely, but cool. I get this idea from Cringely, caveat emptor.
BTW Rener, all the rumors I see point to January. I think it's very safe to say that we'll see a Rogers launch well before we see a 3G iPhone. 3G iPhone is probably a year away; a Rogers launch is probably scant months away.
I believe it goes slightly beyond the chipset to an entire other radio. Either way the current iPhone will not work on a 3G network.
There are other phones that have 3G on ATTs network and the battery life sucks on all of them, and not just when data is being accessed. The Blackjack has been plagued by horrible battery life even when simply making voice calls while on the 3G network. I've not seen any 3G phone that will go an entire day without needing some juice at some point. Plus, the whole point of having 3G is to make using the internet more appealing, if thats the case then one would expect an increase in data usage which would drain the battery even faster.
Apple often makes fringe, or "yet to be fully adopted" technology mainstream, but not before it makes sense. I trust that Apple will throw a 3G radio in the iPhone when they can keep the battery life at about the same level it is now.
I recall the story you're talking about, marcol. I don't have time to check the numbers, but here's a link to the research. anandtech 3g study
BTW Rener, all the rumors I see point to January.
I sincerely wish, but my faith has been made weak by time and constant disappointment from Rogers on everything from current handsets to data rates to VoIP throttling.
(I'm running an expatriated iPhone at the moment, which Rogers doesn't seem to have a problem with, but of keen interest will be whether Rogers and Apple will create a "path back to the fold" for people who have one of those 250K off AT&T phones but who would be willing to get onto a legit iPhone contract in exchange for support and easy future upgrades).
I get this idea from Cringely, caveat emptor.
Update: RedFlagDeals forum is rumormongering Rogers announcements for Dec. 5th (lower data rates?) and Jan. 8th (iPhone?)
While the (purely conjectural, since it was never announced) delay in iPhone 2 from Spring to Summer/Fall 2008 likely has everything to do with development timelines for feature implementation, the conspiracy minded will no doubt wonder how the news of an iPhone 2 delay hits the media scant days after AT&T moronically announced iPhone 2 for next year, threatening sales of this years model...
Apple product cycle playing havoc with NAND flash market
The product at fault here is the iPhone, but the specific issue is related to the timing of Apples release of new and updated iPhones. Originally, the new models were thought to be coming in March, but more recent information suggests a summer or even fall release. If Apple pushes back the iPhone, the overall demand for NAND flash in the first and second quarters of 2008 would likely decrease even more than expected, which isnt exactly what the manufacturers want to hear.


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John C. Bucher, 69, of Columbia City died at 7:08 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Miller's Merry Manor, Columbia City, where he had been a resident for the past week and a half.
He was born June 22, 1943, in Rochester, a son of Daniel M. and Barbara J. (Ferverda) Bucher.
His formative years were spent in Silver Lake. He graduated from Silver Lake High School.
On Sept. 2, 1962, he was united in marriage to Karen S. Heckaman. They made there home at Diamond Lake and later Roann before moving to Whitley County where they have resided for the past 44 years.
John spent his work career with the telephone company now known as Centurylink. He was a service and repair technician with 40 years of service. He retired in 2006.
His memberships included Columbia City United Methodist Church and the Gideon's. He enjoyed his semi-annual fishing trips with his wife and good friends.
Surviving relatives include his wife of 50 years, Karen; two daughters, Monica (Todd) Bouck of Woodsboro, Tx. and Ann (Scott) Hill of Columbia City; a son, Daniel (Anita) Bucher of South Whitley; six grandchildren, Andy Bouck, Tommie Ann Green, Toni Bouck, Cody Bucher, Brett Hill and Joe Hill; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bill (Jacki) Bucher of North Manchester and Jerry (Janice) Bucher of Michigan; two sisters, Judy (Kent) French of Silver Lake and Roberta (Jim) Estes and a stepmother, Betty Scott of Akron.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Columbia City United Methodist Church, 605 Forest Parkway, Columbia City. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Smith and Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City and one hour prior to the service at the church.
Preferred memorials are to the Columbia City United Methodist Church or the church's Helpline.
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The new version of Gmail I was talking about the other day is already available in some Gmail accounts. If you see a link to an "older version" at the top of the page, that means you can enjoy the new features: mail prefetching, updated contact manager and other small updates.
Gmail has a new architecture that improves the performance and the usability. Now you can use the back button in your browser and bookmark URLs from different Gmail views because the URLs change when you go to a different section. The messages are prefetched when Gmail loads so you don't have to wait too much until a message is displayed.
The new contact manager has inline search, better options to delete contacts or add them to a group, the address is now structured and you can enter usernames for different IM networks. You can also export the contacts in vCard format, export the contacts from a group and print your address book so you can use it offline. If you want to see the new contact manager and you don't have the new version of Gmail, don't worry. It's a separate application that can be found at this URL.
Gmail also added an option to create filters based on the current message and a mystery-meat "mute" that brings to the interface an already existing feature. When you hover over a contact name you'll no longer see only the picture, now Gmail shows a beautiful contact card that lets you view the recent conversations with one click.
There are more options for displaying Gmail chat and you can now select a photo for your profile from Picasa Web Albums. Gmail will probably use the same profiles available in Google Maps and Google Shared Stuff.
Here are some comments from those who have the new version.
Chris: "Just experienced the new interface. The load time for the inbox takes a bit longer, but my goodness are the instantaneous load times of the pre-fetched emails ever convenient."
Anonymous: "The new interface seems quite a bit slower to me. Prefetched messages do load more quickly, but switching to labels/folders that have many messages now takes quite a bit longer. (E.g. switching to All Mail or Sent Mail from the inbox seems to be quite a bit slower now.) The new contacts manager is surprisingly unstable for a Google web product as well."
Gmail's interface is almost identical, but the team promises to add more features in the future. "The Gmail team has been working on a structural code change that we'll be rolling out to Firefox 2 and IE 7 users over the coming weeks (with other browsers to follow). You won't notice too many differences to start with, but we're using a new model that enables us to iterate faster and share components."
Bottom line - Gmail 2.0
- limited testing: Firefox, IE 7 (only some users)
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- look for: permalinks, new contact manager, photo picker, mail prefetching
- there aren't many new features, but I think these are the first steps for the social Gmail
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This might help. Pictures of M76 8mm bolt
This might help. Pictures of M76 8mm bolt
Thanks! I've noticed that it's not so much that the lugs are that much bigger.. just the bolt head is longer so that the hole for the extractor take-down (or whatever you call it) is in front of the lug instead of through it/under it. I'm guessing that makes it stronger? Perhaps testing at the factory deemed it necessary??
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I was only comparing prices, not time involved, and I know time is money. easy'r to do sure. persionaly If I had a 30-06 saiga I would not touch it. what would you gain? even max 8mm loads will not touch a 30-06 in the (150 -180 grain range) or a 308 for that matter my feeling is that you would be making a good gun worse by converting a saiga 30-06 to a 8MM. (just my opinion not a slam or a argument) to me the most compeling reason to do a conversion is the cheap Yugo kits with bad barrels (what else are you going to do with them) and the unqueness of a one off firearm. I am not saying a 8mm would not be cool as hell ,but I would still be asking why and what did you do with the barrel. If you are going to convert a Saiga to an assult style weapon there are those costs as well. Most of my builds start life as a pistol for hunting thats what got me into the AK, this also rules out starting with a saiga unless I want to replace reciver as well. a 8MM pistol using a 220 grain slug would sure knock the hell out of a white tail at 150 yards. another good site for load info is http://www.hodgdon.com/data/rifle/857mmmau.php
grasshopper great pics can you post them on the 308 conversion forum as well? aside from the bolt face being opened up and I assume the longer length do you see any differances in the bolt lugs or other dimensions? thanks for the picks
I hear ya.. doesn't make any sense to mess with a perfectly good rifle, does it. What got me thinking along those lines was that a Saiga is FAR cheaper than what they're asking for an M76 de-milled rifle these days... so I started to think about how I could do it. Re-barrel/fit mags. Cheapest while still being the easiest. If the picture of that 30-06 Saiga is accurate it looks like it may be on a milled reciever anyway.. so there's a monkey wrench in the works. Tell you what... if I knew for sure a standard M70 bolt would cut the mustard and not eventually fly apart on me.. I'd work with that for sure. What were the pressures on a 7.62x39 vs 8mm again??Originally Posted by 1biggun
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Ok, More picture for you guys.
Bolt comparison between M70 and M76
The full length of M76 bolt is 106mm
I'm really, honestly, truely not trying to be a wet blanket but I honestly think you guys are asking for trouble trying to go from a 7.62x39mm to a .308 or 8mm. Much higher pressures and more powerful rounds and the Yugoslavians (and Russians and Israelies and Finns) came out with rifles specifically adapted to them.
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I have to agree.Originally Posted by Templar
Unless you are reloading your ammo with those lighter bullets, the CUP pressure is going to be pretty high (see my previous post).
Most all of that cheap ammo is built for Mausers and/or some type of MG - both of which are heavier-duty platforms than an AK action.
After looking at those CUP numbers, I don't like the idea of using cheap ammo in a 7.62x39 kit. I would only use hand loads on the light side. Most sites I visited imply the 8mm is regarded as 'close' to 30.06 on the hot side. Maybe converting a 30.06 Saiga would be the best?
Reloading ammo would negate the main reason I would do t is - a *cheaper* alternative to the M76.
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No worries about wet blankets.. it's just a conversation to satisfy some curiosity. Where do you think the failure is most likely to come from off an M70.. the bolt, trunnion.. all of the above? I guess what I want to know is.. .what part of the original 8mm rifles was specifically designed for it? My .308 Saiga front trunnion with only one bulge in it doesn't look nearly as beefed up as a standard M70 trunnion with two.. seems like the M70 trunnion could handle it. It looks as though the 8mm bolt and the M70 bolt are pretty close despite the longer bolt stem.
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I belive the veper uses a rpk trunion in it's 308 version and as far as I can tell the yugo m70 trunions and the rpk are the same. If some one know's of a differance I would like to know. I have seen some reloading sites that show the 7.62x39 loaded up to 50,000 CUP pressures with no prolems http://www.ak-47.net/ammo/reload2.html & http://www.chuckhawks.com/7-62soviet.htm.
http://www.hodgdon.com/data/rifle/223rem.php In fact at over 51,000 cup the 223 is as high as a 308 or a 30-06. the m77 (308) and m76 (8mm) appear to use a m70 style trunion. a lot of this has been coverd in the 308 conversion forum that I started several monthes ago. Now I relize that chamber pressure and recoil are two different things and that a 8mm with a 200 grain bullet with only 39,000 cup is going to kick a hell of a lot harder than a 223. this is the force that works the reciver ,stock, rivits screws your shoulder ect. the chamber pressure is what works the bolt and trunion lugs. If I have this wrong let me know.. this is what let's me belive that a 308 or 8mm on a m70 stamped bulged trunion is safe. The milled version it thinner than the stamped m70 yet thicker than Yugo stamped.


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TFD marks 30 years of women fighting fires in ToledoWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | email@example.com
The recent Women of Courage event celebrated 30 years of female firefighters in Toledo, from the pioneering women of the Class of 1984 to those who graduated with the latest Toledo Fire & Rescue Department (TFD) class this winter.
As a member of the first TFD class to include women, Barb Aldrich, 59, can look back on her 30-year career with pride. Aldrich and her female classmates persevered through years of skepticism, scrutiny and discrimination to win over most of their co-workers in the male-dominated profession. She is the last of the nine women from her class still on the line.
"When we first came on, there was a lot of animosity," Aldrich said. "They were always bringing people out to see that we could do the job and check what we were doing. Every little thing was scrutinized. That was pretty much to be expected, but I was not prepared for the animosity. I was a little taken back because I'd worked for years with guys. To me it was no big deal."
Aldrich, whose father was a volunteer firefighter, joined TFD after 10 years as a police officer, EMT and paramedic in her hometown of Gibsonburg.
In the early years, men and women didn't have separate sleeping or restroom facilities. Firefighters' wives would stop by to size up the female firefighters, both to check out potential competition and make sure their husbands' safety wouldn't be compromised at a fire, she said.
"[They'd be wondering], 'Can she get my husband out of a fire?' I was like, 'Can your husband get me out of a fire?'" said the 6-foot-tall Aldrich.
One day, Aldrich came to work to find her hydrant wrench painted pink.
"That actually really helped me out because I never lost that pink hydrant wrench in the grass at night and there was not a company in this city that was going to steal that wrench, so they saved me a lot of trouble," Aldrich said.
After one male firefighter refused to acknowledge her, Aldrich followed him around until she convinced him she was serious about learning the job.
"He ended up taking over all my drills and training. He taught me so much that I use even today and we stayed friends to the end," she said.
Aldrich said it took three or four years before she started feeling a shift toward acceptance from a majority of male co-workers, although some still aren't convinced women belong in fire service.
"This isn't a job; it's a career and it becomes a way of life. You have to have a drive inside you that says, 'I can do this,'" Aldrich said. "There are guys today on the job who think women don't belong in the fire service, but you can go to any job and find that same attitude. I don't worry about them. We have just as many men who support us and let us do our jobs as we have been trained to do. When we put our gear on and we're in that fire, you don't know who's who. All that matters is if you can perform at the scene."
'Milestone day'
Mayor D. Michael Collins, a retired Toledo police officer, spoke at the May 3 Women of Courage event, calling it a "milestone day." May 11 is the 30th anniversary of TFD's Class of 1984's graduation. Members include many of the department's current top brass, including Chief Luis Santiago, Assistant Chief Phillip Cervantes, Deputy Chief Thomas Jaksetic, Battalion Chief Gerald Takats and Battalion Chief Dennis Facer.
Collins graduated with the 1973 Toledo Police Academy class, the first to include a woman with the male-equivalent title of police officer rather than police matron, he said.
"I'm very proud to say I happen to be the mayor of a city that recognizes the importance in the profession that it is not gender-biased, that women play a vital role," Collins said.
Robert Schwanzl, retired TFD assistant chief and board president for the Toledo Firefighters Museum, said then-Chief William Winkle decided in 1982 to start recruiting women before the department was court-mandated as it had been for minority firefighters.
In 1983, a new agility test called FEAT — First Encounter Acceptance Test — was developed that is still used today. Rather than pushups, situps, pullups and vertical jumps, the test measures ability to stretch and roll hoses, chop holes in roofs, lift heavy objects and other skills a firefighter actually uses on the job, Schwanzl said. Both men and women are measured by the same standard.
Of the department's 526 firefighters, 56 are women, including 48 white women, four Hispanic women and three black women. The highest-ranking female is Battalion Chief Sally Glombowski. TFD has 347 white male firefighters, 77 black male firefighters and 43 Hispanic male firefighters.
The nine women in the 1984 class were Aldrich, Christine Armstrong, Kathryn Balogh Mayer, Sheila Layson, Deborah Leonard, Dorothy Lopez, Geraldine McCalland, Rebecca Williams and Jennifer Wilson. One of the women and two men didn't graduate; another woman was cut along with two men during the probationary period, Schwanzl said.
Wilson's firefighting career was cut short in 1994 when she stopped to help at the scene of an injury accident while off-duty and was struck by a drunken driver. She now works as a dispatcher.
"This is my family," Wilson said. "It's the best career you can ever want to have."
Schwanzl, who was in charge of training for the Class of 1984, said it took time for many firefighters to get used to women on the job.
"Change is something a lot of people really don't like and a lot of people didn't really like the idea they were going to have women on the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department, but we changed that. Actually it was the women we hired who changed that. They made it work. Pioneers are truly what these women were," he said.
Class of 1984 member Tim Ross, still a TFD firefighter, said at first he didn't realize the significance of having female classmates.
"That's all I knew. That's who we came in with. We saw them every day," Ross said. "When we got on the line that's when I was acutely aware this was something major, because it was the topic of conversation in so many engine houses.
"There was a lot of fear, there was a lot of misunderstanding, a lot of things they had to go through," Ross said. "I'm proud to say they stuck through, they persevered, they endured a lot and they did it with class. We've come a long way, but we have a long way to go.
"Being pro-women doesn't mean you're anti-man. It means you celebrate women and what they've done. I think that's so important. They've brought so much to the table. Why would you not want to celebrate this?"
Class of 1984 member Mark McBee, also still a TFD firefighter, said the department went through a lot of "growing pains" after bringing women into the department.
"A lot of the rhetoric you hear — that they can't do the job, can't do this, can't do that — that was the same thing they said about African-Americans coming on the job," said McBee, who is black. "The truth of the matter is there's a lot of women on the job stronger than the average guy on the job."
The first African-American male firefighters were appointed in the 1890s, said TFD Public Information Officer Matthew Hertzfeld.
"I'd like to see more people of color on the department," McBee said. "I'm an advocate for minorities — black and brown and women, especially women of color."
Father's daughter
Lt. Kevin Goolsby has four sons, but it was his only daughter Komako who followed in his footsteps by joining TFD with the Class of 2006.
Goolsby, 38, is one of TFD's three black female firefighters. She thinks part of the reason there are so few black women is the lack of role models. She's trying to change that by doing community presentations and leading tours at the Toledo Firefighters Museum.
It doesn't help that many people refer to firefighters as firemen, a pet peeve of Goolsby's.
"I'm not a fireman. I'm a firefighter," Goolsby said. "Even in books, there are men with fire helmets, men on fire trucks. We want to change that and through these small efforts I believe it will change. … [Girls] have to see us to want to do it and to want to be a part of it."
Goolsby and her father were assigned to the same station and occasionally went on calls together. He retired last year after 31 years with TFD.
"It was awesome," Goolsby said of working together. "Indescribable."
Recalling a South Toledo fire in which a woman died after being pulled from the house, Goolsby, a trained surgical tech, said one of the toughest lessons she had to learn is she can't save everyone.
"I was just beside myself," Goolsby said. "I thought, 'Wow, as fast as we got here and as fast as we got in that house, we couldn't save her.' We're talking eight to nine minutes. So I beat myself up pretty bad about it.
"But the chief said something really important to me. He said, 'It's not your job to save that lady. Her life is out of your hands.' … Now every run we go on, I look at it like it is my job to do my job, but I am not God. I can't save everybody. And that takes some getting used to, because as firefighters, that's all we want to do."
Because a woman's success or failure tends to reflect on all the other women on the job, Goolsby said many female firefighters feel pressure to be perfect.
"[Aldrich] would tell me, 'It's not good enough for you to get a 70 [percent], just because 70 is all you need to pass. You, as a female, need to make sure you get a 95,'" Goolsby said. "That way you can never be questioned."
Goolsby said her father's reputation helped her to some extent.
"Just by his reputation, the guys gave me a chance," Goolsby said. "But one thing my father instilled in me as a little girl, whether I became a firefighter or not, is you have nothing to prove, only to yourself."
Women of Courage
Women of Courage organizers said the group's focus is on women, but celebrates all people of courage.
"We are all courageous in our own way, but firefighters take it in a different direction," said Kim Hood, a TFD firefighter since 1996. "It takes a very special personality to become a firefighter."
Another organizer, Gina Shubeta, a TFD firefighter since 2001, said the main goal is to "recognize diversity and embrace equality."
"We are going to continue to recognize the importance of women, diversity and equality on our department to bring forth greater unity amongst members to better serve the citizens of Toledo," Shubeta said. "We recognize that there will still be challenges and some of the many goals will be to educate and move forward into a direction of harmony with all our brothers and sisters."
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Aldrich, who plans to retire next year, said she still loves the job.
"It's been one heck of a ride. There's been ups and downs but it's been a great ride for 30 years and I've met a lot of wonderful people," she said. "Bumps in the road only make us stronger. We're here and we're here to stay."
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Independence Day at Ammons Farm keeps growing
While the behind-the-scenes work may differ, facilitators of the annual Ammons Farm's Fourth of July Celebration and Fireworks hope Thursday's event will instill the same sense of community.
Cindy and Joel Ammons have sought sponsorships for this year's annual Independence Day festivities and fireworks, located in the open field at 2702 Farrell Road, to raise funds for the Lee Christian School Booster Club and Wounded Warrior Project. The inflatables, food and music will be open to the public at 4 p.m. Thursday and fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
"We are not charging for parking this year and, instead, have sponsors to get the band, fireworks and inflatables covered," Cindy Ammons said. "We plan to raise money by selling armbands for the inflatables for the children to play."
Parking and admission to the festivities will be free, she said, but donations are encouraged and Lee Christian School students will be out in the parking lot to solicit donations.
"This has grown substantially every year," Ammons said. "And we are going to do it regardless, so why not try and benefit the community."The annual event — which began as a small party for family members — gives people a chance to socialize with friends and neighbors, while catching up with people they may not have seen since last year.
"It's a safe place for kids to run and play, and parents to listen to a great band," she said. "It's a staple in the community."
Lee County Events
* Ammons Farm's 4th of July Celebration and Fireworks
When: 4-10 p.m. July 4, fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
Where: Field next to Sanford Health & Rehabilitation, located at 2702 Farrell Road
Cost: Parking and admission is free, but donations are encouraged.
* Independence Day Celebration at American Legion Sanford Post 382 including cookout
When: 1-3 p.m. July 4
Where: 305 Legion Drive, Sanford
Cost: Free
Other Area Events
* 4th of July Party at Yesterday's Grille
When: 7 p.m.-1 a.m. July 3
Where: 98 Amarillo Lane, Sanford
Cost: No cover charge
* Carthage's Annual July 4th Parade
When: 11 a.m. July 4
Where: downtown Carthage
Cost: Free


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Husted heralds 'new era' at BOE; Hill elected chairWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | firstname.lastname@example.com
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted traveled to Toledo on July 22 to personally welcome and deliver his vote of confidence to the members of the newly reorganized Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE).
It was the first official meeting of the board since Husted removed three of the four members last month, citing a culture of "dysfunction."
Calling it a "new era" for the Lucas County BOE, Husted said he was confident in the board's ability to restore voter trust.
"I thought it was important for me to be here today on the occasion as you begin the process of restoring public trust to the Board of Elections," Husted told the board. "And I thank you very much for your willingness to serve."
"This is in my view a new and better day," he said, encouraging the members to create "a climate and a culture of cooperation and competency."
The new board is comprised of Democrats John Irish and Brenda Hill and Republicans Mark Wagoner Sr. and Peter Handwork. Hill was quickly and unanimously elected chairperson during the meeting, which lasted about half an hour.
Husted acknowledged it's unusual for a secretary of state to make a personal appearance at a county BOE meeting, but said he felt it was warranted in this case.
"This is no ordinary occasion," Husted said outside the meeting. "This is a board that's been troubled for a number of years. It's been our biggest problem spot in the entire state. And today is a new day for it. I wanted to make sure they knew they had my confidence and support and that we would provide the resources they needed to make sure they got off to a good start."
Husted also announced July 22 that training for the November general election would be mandatory for all poll workers statewide. In the past, new workers have been required to go through training but returning workers only had to be trained every three years.
To help offset costs, Husted announced $760,000 in extra grants to be distributed amongst Ohio's 88 counties based on the number of registered voters. Lucas County will get $30,720 and Wood County will get $9,442.
Interim Director Gina Kaczala, a Republican, expressed confidence in the new board.
"I think we have the possibility of a real dream team," she said. "They really seem to want to be a team. They are here to solve problems, not create problems. … Everyone is here just to serve the voter."
All four members said they felt confident they could work together and pull off a smooth election.
"That's what I think the board of elections' goal is, not to fight and feud with each other. I just don't think we're going to do that," Wagoner said.
"In previous boards, we had some hidden agendas," Irish said. "These are team players."
"I am very encouraged and very excited about where this board is headed," Handwork said. "I honestly feel we are going to work very well together to do what needs to be done to restore in the voters of Lucas County confidence in our process."
Hill, a retired teacher, said she was chosen as chairperson because of her past experience as president of the Toledo Public Schools Board of Education and because traditionally the board chairperson is from the opposite party of the director.
"We have all said we are working together and our goal is to have this run smoothly and correctly," Hill said.
"In my opinion [problems in the past] was mostly just differences in personality and I think sometimes there might have been bad feelings about what might have happened years back. But with [Husted's] mandate that the new members have nothing to do with the board of elections all of that is gone. We don't have anything to do with it. We're all new except Mr. Irish."
Removed from the board in June were Republicans Jon Stainbrook and Anthony DeGidio and Democrat Ron Rothenbuhler. Only Irish was left in place. Husted has said he allowed Irish to stay because he was newest to the board and because he made attempts to implement suggestions made by the transparency committees.
Kaczala's job was in danger as well, but Husted kept her as interim director. He said July 22 it would be up to the board whether she would remain in the position. No timeline was established for making that decision, but Kaczala said she believes the board will focus on the upcoming Aug. 5 special election first. Elections Services Manager LaVera Scott is serving as interim deputy director in place of Dan DeAngelis, who resigned.
Earlier this month, Husted approved the appointment of Hill, but rejected two Republican nominees, saying Kelly Bensman and Benjamin Roberts were too closely tied to the former board culture. Instead he appointed Wagoner, a lawyer, and Handwork, a retired judge, to fill the vacant positions.
A lawsuit is pending before the Ohio Supreme Court to reverse the rejected appointments, which were chosen during a meeting of the Lucas County Republican Party, chaired by removed BOE member Stainbrook.
If the court sides with the county GOP challenge, Husted said he will comply.
"We'll certainly follow the court order, but as far as I'm concerned, this is the new board, this is the new day, this is the new start and this is the direction we're going," Husted said.
Husted said he looks forward to a smooth election season — and spending less time in Lucas County.
"This is not hard. It happens every day in 87 other counties with very little problem," Husted said outside the meeting. "I'm sure that this new board will get things back on track.
"This is a new day in Lucas County and we're excited to get it started."
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The fact that I cannot fix it after the warranty is out is a deal breaker for me. I'll stick with the Mini, at least until they seal that up too.
New iMac teardown reveals lots of adhesive and almost no end user upgrade options
As with every big Apple product launch, iFixIt has given the new 2012 iMac the teardown treatment. Unfortunately, it only receives a repairability score of 3 out of 10. Most of this is attributed to the difficulty level of replacing common items such as RAM or a hard drive. This time around, it's no easy task.
The first thing realized upon tearing open the new iMac is that Apple has ditched the traditional screen enclosure that used to be held in with magnets for an adhesive. According to iFixIt, it's simliar to the adhesive used in iPads. You'll need a heat gun and your ninja skills to even break into the computer. After doing so, the foam around the edges that secures the screen will have to be completely replaced. If you break the glass in the process you'll also have to replace the LCD since they are fused together in order to make the iMac so thin.
We were quite worried when we saw that super-thin bezel during Apple's keynote, and unfortunately we were correct: the glass and LCD are now glued to the iMac's frame with incredibly strong adhesive. Gone are the lovely magnets that held the glass in place in iMacs of yesteryear.
Once you get beyond the screen you'll have quite a bit of work to do before you can even replace something as little as a RAM card since it's hidden beneath the logic board. Anyone who has an older generation iMac currently enjoys being able to lay the computer flat, unscrew a few screws, pop their RAM cards out and hot swap them. This is definitely not the case here so for most users, they'll need to pay Apple's ridiculous premium for a RAM upgrade instead of ordering RAM for a lot less on their own.
iFIxIt also found some traces and connectors on their base model 21.5" iMac that they believe are for Apple's own proprietary Fusion Drive. In other words, if you order a model that is baseline, you won't be able to add your own SSD as the connectors are Apple proprietary and the connectors on upper models may even come soldered onto the main board.
While many people were irritated with the lack of repairability and upgradeability of the 15" retina MacBook Pro, the 13" variant showed a few improvements.
While laptops are not necessarily made to be largely upgradeable, desktops are. This isn't exactly good news for iMac fans who depend on being able to upgrade basic items in their computers over the years. If you'd like your new iMac to last and don't want to attempt to get past tons of glue in order to upgrade it yourself, you'll have to pay Apple a large premium for a spec'd out model.
Is upgradeability a huge factor to you when purchasing a desktop? And if you were considering a new iMac, does any of this deter you from getting one?
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It's an iMac. They don't really 'break', in my experience. Not to mention, if you keep it for 4 years, you get pretty good resale value and you just upgrade to a new model at that point. And Macs like the iMac now come standard with all most anyone could need, IMO. For example, if you need more than 8GB or RAM in your iMac then if you ask me you're probably best waiting for the 2013 Mac Pro (or whatever they end up calling the new, no doubt more miniature, pro machine).
Back on planet earth however, the average consumer will be more than fine with 8GB of RAM. The new iMac is a beast, and since the iPad was released (and now even more so with the iPad (4)), I feel buying an iMac makes more sense than ever. Buy personal iPads and one main top-of-the-line 27" iMac for the house. This combination/setup is the future family setup, for all families, worldwide, if you ask me.
8GB of RAM is not a lot and anyone who uses Photoshop or any other photo editing, video editing, or even modest programs like that experience lag when too many things are open. I have consulting clients that are attorneys that do nothing but browse and complain about slow down, so we put in more RAM after a while.
General consumers also have a nasty habit of leaving 80 billion Safari windows and other programs open that eat resources. They don't want to learn the smart way of using a computer, they just want it to be fast and do what they want, and in that case, they add more RAM, etc... I have tons of clients who will be really irritated when they start slowing down and I can't do anything about it without ripping apart the entire setup.
I have to disagree. I have a 2007 IMac with 4 gb of ram and run illustrator, photoshop, all video processing, (albeit home usage - handbrake, iMovie, IDVD), and have very few issues. If home users can't make it work with 8gb of ram, I would think they should be moved closer to a power user that should either max out the new iMac or get a Mac tower to suite their needs.
I always find this hard to believe, considering that with 4GB of RAM I can keep pro-tools, photoshop, final cut, steam, pages, keynote, and watch a ton of videos in Flash with a bunch of Tabs open and still not get any lag. Though I can hear the fan spinning like hell.
Don't really break? At work we have about 40 older 27" iMacs (don't remember the year offhand). While they were under AppleCare, about 10 or so of them suffered from hard drive failure (all Western Digital), and/or memory failure (all Hynix). Since they've been off warranty, I've had to replace the hard rives in at least 10 more so far. Good luck with these new iMacs.
I think your workplace shouldn't have bought the iMacs for work at all. They are consumer products anyway. To me the iMac is a bag of hurt. I bought a 2008 iMac 24" and now it's very old but I can't upgrade the internals (the computer part) without throwing away the screen - I still love the screen! I can only choose to buy another one. If this iMac dies, my next set up will be a Mac mini plus a 3rd party screen.
Can't you disable the computer portion and just use it as a monitor?
Storage upgradability is not an issue when you've got 4 USB 3.0 ports. The 21.5" iMac is ideally aimed at the family. The 27" iMac is ideal if you want to run larger apps and it's really not that much more expensive than the 21.5"
But, as I stated above, internal drive failure can happen and it's a serious concern now since it's not user replaceable.
I don't mind not being able to upgrade or repair my iPad or MBAir, but a desktop is a completely different story for me. My desktop has been the workhorse. I couldn't care less how thin the edge of the screen is. I need to be able to upgrade or replace components as needed without spending another $2000. I was going to swap to an iMac before this joke happened. Instead I upgraded my trusty desktop with a new Ivy Bridge CPU, Mobo and RAM all for $300. No thanks Apple.
It IS worth noting that this is only the 21.5" model. RAM is user accessible and upgradeable in the 27" model. That is stated in Apple's tech specs. HD isn't from what it looks like anyways.
The days of the desktop pc as most people are used to are slowly coming to and. Welcome to a computing world where everything resembles a device / appliance.
I've built computers for a while now iMacs are nice but if you a gamer, doing photo editing, CAD work etc, stick with windows. If you just want a computer for you or your family to use, do school work on or browse the web then 4 gigs is plenty. In my gaming rig right now I'm running a 32 bit OS. Even with high end gaming components I usually have a gig or so if free memory. I got the windows OS for free, 64 bit is not worth paying any extra for, maybe in a few years but all games are still built on 32 bit.
I almost popped on a 2012 i7, 2GB Graphics, with a 1TB drive. I was just going to upgrade the RAM to 16GB and the HDD to SDD when I got the machine. As in I had the computer in my cart, credit card numbers punched in and thought, let me just watch a quick tear down on YouTube to make sure I know what I am getting myself into. Needless to say, mission aborted immediately when I saw the ridiculous amount of adhesive. I'll rock my 2011 Macbook Pro. The day a laptop is easier to upgrade than a desktop is the day I stop buying desktops. It takes like 3 minutes to switch a hard drive or change out a defunked battery. I don't even know why they are so worried about how thin it is. The 2011 model was ideal for me. At least you could get into the thing without an advanced degree in thermodynamics and the gentle hand of a heart surgeon. Apple. Return to your roots and quick messing up with the iMac!
Very well said, I could not agree more!
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Last year's event saw 21 drivers battle for the coveted sword trophy as well as cash prizes. The format for this year's event will be a 10 minute open qualifying session which will start shortly after the last Route 66 Series Saturday class final. After a short break, the 20-lap Komet Throwdown feature will begin.
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Should Apple bring the iOS 7 design language to OS X? [Poll]
Should Apple bring iOS 7's new, clarified, deferential, depth-driven look and feel OS X? For the last few years Apple has worked diligently and deliberately to bring iOS nomenclature and metaphors back to the Mac, and create a more consistent experience between their two platforms. Right now, however, iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks couldn't look further apart.
iOS 7 has an all-new physics and particle engine, making it feel like a collection of objects in space, and work more like a video game, as well as a completely new paint job with icons and interface elements the likes of which we've never seen on an Apple product before. They've both had their richly rendered textures removed, but where Mavericks lost the old leather, it didn't lose it's Aqua-era gloss, at least not entirely. It didn't gain any of the new modern, ultra-thin, color-tinted look, at least not yet.
Macs are often said to enjoy a halo effect from iOS devices. People buy iPhones and iPads and then start considering the Macs well. For the last few years, no matter how different the two platforms, the interfaces looked similar -- and more importantly, familiar -- enough that the Mac was approachable to iOS users in a very direct and comforting way.
Likewise, Jony Ive is now vice president of all design, not just hardware, and not just iOS. It's not unreasonable to think his grand digital plans will eventually encompass future versions of OS X, as well. (Even the best designer and design teams in the world can't do everything at once.)
On the surface it feels more like a question of when, not if, Apple's platforms regain their semblance of uniformity. And of what iOS looks like by then, and how well it's translated to OS X.
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You're right, the point was to make them more similar and connected (like learning from the other and improving) but not the same. I think Mavericks and the next updates will continue this, but Mac is still for desktops and should be optimized that in how it looks and works.
Absolutely not. There have been rendered images on the net of Mac OS Looking like iOS 7 and for the most part... It looks on point... And I think it looks unprofessional and loses its elegance. As if the Mac community doesn't get ridiculed already. It will just give the trollers one more thing to troll about the Mac looking all goofy and childlike
I love my Mac and will continue using it even if they do adopt iOS 7 looking theme... I will just be disappointed that they would remove the entire elegance/classy look...
Again... I'm just one person. And many will disagree with me. But this is just my honest opinion.
Agree completely, except this---> "As if the Mac community doesn't get ridiculed already. It will just give the trollers one more thing to troll about the Mac looking all goofy and childlike"
--who cares what some lame dorky virgins think about the os YOU(keyword) choose to use bc it fits your needs. It's one thing if you don't want it to look like that or if it has a negative impact on YOUR usage. It's something totally different if you won't use it out of fear of being ridiculed by some neck-bearded computer nerds playing D&D all day.
I'm not sure personally I'd enjoy an iOS look on my Mac. Sure, OS X has looked very much the same for some time, and maybe I'm being old (fashioned, or just old) but I like it as it is
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Somethings like the transparency would look nice but the overall flat design, no.
I think that the Mac should remain a Mac but I also think it could benefit from a fresh look.
I think once the Frosty UI is refined in iOS, they should definitely bring it over to the Mac where it makes sense along with the key qualities. Simple, Minimal, Frosty UI overlays, and edge to edge display. I think those things if phased in would be great additions to OSX.
I was gonna say the same thing. Once the new UI has gelled a little more on iOS, then maybe it'd make sense to think about bringing it to the Mac.
Personally, I can't stand the ui of iOS 7. I don't think one man should be in charge of hardware and software design. I love his minimalist approach to hardware, but can't stand the flat, wannabe W8 look of iOS 7.
iOS 7 couldn't look any less like WP8.
People take the word "flat" and for some insane reason conjure WP8.
These two OS' dont look alike at all.
Perhaps when they start making macs with touchscreens it would make a lot more sense. I imagine this is their long term goal.
I think it's way too early to discuss but not until we see how ios7 goes over and if it hurts adoption rates. I myself know I won't be switching over right away if not waiting til ios8. Just the other day I thought to myself "we'll at least I still have my MacBook free of this minimalist weirdness"
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Actually one thing I've noticed about ios7 (not that I'm a developer so this is based on videos,etc) is that it seems to have incorporated a few things from OSX. Not just features like airdrop,but also some of the "gamified" features...look at some of the animations from osx,say opening a folder or app from the desktop,even stuff like mission control,and it seems to me that if anything,ios has almost started to take more of a (anti- skeumorphic) leaf out of osx's book.
Microsoft brought their mobile OS look and feel to their desktop OS. It's unclear of the results but most people call it a failure.
No.... maybe integrate the two together and hotkey the LaunchPad, or allow the LaunchPad to be the default app launcher, upon the user's option.
But, ask any Windows user how they feel about the Windows 8 mess. Surely, we don't want to imitate that.
Design language? Maybe - though I can't imagine I'd want my large screens blaring full screen expanses of white at me all day, every day. Different tools, used for different purposes.
People seem to be missing that iOS 6 and earlier all looked pretty similar to OS X. I liked it. And I do believe that iOS and OS X should have a similar look. But I don't think iOS 7 should be it. I can't see this design working well for a desktop or laptop experience. But the inconsistency in apps created for both iOS and OS X, such as the Messages app, will be frustrating. Apple and developers in both app stores will have to combat this when creating cross platform apps.
I don't necessarily think the Mac needs to go iOS 7 on us, but it does need some fresh paint. I'd like to see the stock applications between the 2 run a little bit more parallel. I'd like to see that Helvetia ultralight be an OPTION throughout the apps I use. I'd like to know that when I'm going to share something in my iOS device, it'll be the same way in my Mac. Just some simplicity and harmony... Not too much to ask for.
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Definitely not. I like that Apple is making iOS and OSX play together so it's easy to move data between the two while keeping the user paradigms separate. Personally, I feel this kind of ecosystem is key to the future of computing. Whether or not they build touch screens into Macs, I'm indifferent since I likely would use it sparingly or not at all (tried it on other systems and i just don't find them productive when a keyboard/trackpad/mouse are present).
HELL NO!!! If they make OSX look like iOS 7's horrid rainbow bright theme I would never upgrade or have to switch to another OS. People have made mock ups already using iOS 7's "design", and it looks horrible, like an OS made for 4 year olds.
Apple should have kept Forstal, at least his stuff was classy and elegant, and had actual design in it.
exactly where i stand with windows 8. I just didn't upgrade from 7. forcing me to go mac. i'd hate for mac to immediately force me to never upgrade. They probably will though cause the Job look and feel is over. Those without style are now doing the design work. It's like letting Steve Urkell pick out your clothes.
Why on earth would anyone want their Mac to look like iOS 7 or any other version?
Macs and iDevices are fundamental different and trying to shoehorn the iOS look and feel into OS X will just bugger it up completely.
I hate the iOS-style scroll bars on the Mac. I can live with them on my Mac that has a Magic Trackpad, but on my Macs that still have mouses, they're a regular annoyance. Clearly iOS and Mac OS need to be different in some ways.
After seeing the iOS 7 changes, I think Ive will do a good job of making sure they figure out what things make sense to do the same and what things it makes sense to do different.
Good God NO!!!
The UI I sense is a shallow attempt not to be out marketed by Microsoft and Google and is playing catch up foot ball. I do like getting flatter access to air plane mode, blue tooth etc. but dont get so flat that every applications setting appears in the same place. the depth of field idea wins for coolness, and Ill grant the apple the ability to be self indulgent.
I will adopt IO7 when it comes out, but dont hurry to get it onto the mac until its mastered. ala Launch pad. rushing to a make this leap is why the windows OS and Metro goes from an intriguing idea to becoming a nightmare forcing Microsoft to put the Start bar back.
We are only human - and we dont like our cheese being move to rapidly, to a point of none usability - Im still with Microsoft Office 2k, the ribbons were a terrible idea for longs time office users who knew the menus and new the key strokes to be rapidly productive.
No. A desktop/laptop UI is fundamentally different from a phone/tablet UI. While there is some overlap, after all, they are all computing devices, they should remain separate.
For an example of the extreme, look at Win8. That "Modern" UI may work well on tablets and phones, but it's an unmitigated use disaster on a "full size" desktop.
I think similar but definitely not the same. I admit I am brand new to OS X and Mac so I don't have a whole lot of experience with the system. Like Rene said after using iOS on iPhone and iPad just decided to go bust and get the whole Apple ecosystem. It was the amazing screen on the iPad that made me jump ship after viewing the same video on a Dell. Yes something as trivial as that. I like the way the dock screen looks. More integration and some apps coming into the Mac app store yes. Totally look like my mobile devices NO. I actually like the differentiation between the two. My two cents.
I couldn't have expressed that better. That's exactly the way I see it. Attempting to iOS-ify OSX is a bad idea. Let the two be distinctive. Don't dumb down OSX and essentially turn it into iOS. OSX is one of the reasons people either switch from a Windows computer, or get one to use along with, or more than their Windows computer. I pretty much do most of my work on my MBP and all of my gaming on my Windows PC.
I think that consistency is a good thing, not everything needs to be transfered but some similarities should be immediately evident. I'm surprised that it's not sharing a more unified look since the updates are being released together (transparency, clarity and typography have a nice feel).
OH GOD NO!!! Please Keep that Candy coated color scheme in iOS ONLY. I have no immediate plans to upgrade to OSX Mavericks any time soon as it is (thanks to my audio interface manufacturer dragging their feet on last year's Mountain Lion Driver. I don't trust them to be ready for Mavericks any better, this year), so I'm not in any rush to see any of this candy coating in OSX.
It's absolutely inevitable that the new design language will come to Mac OS X as well. Apple simple prioritised iOS this year, and will get the Mac OS next year.
That said, I really hope they also dedicate a good chunk of time to improving iOS next year too. Giving it a much needed visual refresh is nice, but it desperately needs new functionality too. Android has been running rings around it for years, and it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon.
None of you old enough to remember System 6-9 then? Much simpler, much 'flatter' and streets ahead of any version of OSX. I think the design ethos could and should easily be applied to the desktop OS and it would be a great improvement. I like the look of Windows 8 personally. It's the functionality that doesn't work. Forcing features from the mobile OS to the desktop is a bad idea. It hasn't worked for Microsoft and I don't like it when Apple do it either. But the aesthetic language would work just fine. Apart from the horrible 'Settings' icon.


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WSSU roster features players with area ties
Area football fans watching Saturday's NCAA Division II national championship game between Winston-Salem State and Valdosta State (1 p.m., ESPN2) will be familiar with many faces on the field.
WSSU, a former CIAA rival of N.C. Central, is seeking to become the first historically black college or university (HBCU) to win the Division II national title. The Rams had jumped to Division I but returned to Division II three years ago for financial reasons.
The Rams (14-0) feature eight players with area ties, including a pair of transfers from N.C. Central and one transfer apiece from Duke, N.C. State and North Carolina.
Also on the roster are three graduates of Durham-area high schools — Tehvyn Brantley of Mount Zion Christian Academy, Donavan Rasberry of Northern and Quentin Lloyd of Southern. In addition, Duke transfer Justin Wilkerson is an Oxford Webb product.
Brantley (5-8, 175) is a senior second-team receiver who has caught 26 passes this season for an average of 13.7 yards per catch and has scored four touchdowns. He also has seen action as the No. 2 punt and kick returner.
He has returned five punts for a total of 63 yards including a long of 52, and has averaged 25.8 yards per return on four kickoffs.
Receivers Rasberry (5-8, 175) and Lloyd (6-2, 184) are sophomore reserves who have not caught a pass this season.
Wilkerson, a 6-3, 240-pound redshirt senior starter at defensive end, was part of Coach Ted Roof's last full recruiting class at Duke, signing in February 2007 as Scout.com's nationally No. 57-ranked strongside linebacker. He redshirted one season and left the program shortly after Roof was fired in late 2007 and replaced by current coach David Cutcliffe.
Wilkerson is a mainstay on the Rams' defensive line, playing in all 14 games and posting 34 tackles, including three quarterback sacks.
UNC transfer Joshua Hunter is listed as the No. 2 rover for the Rams. He has 12 tackles in nine games this season with one pass broken-up and no interceptions. He transferred from UNC in late August 2011 after playing sparingly for the Tar Heels as a reserve redshirt freshman safety in 2010.
Senior wide receiver Everett Proctor played at N.C. State and has a pair of catches in as many games for the Rams this season.
From NCCU, sophomore guard Darren Schuman (6-5, 310) is listed at No. 2 on the depth chart. Sophomore Kimani Jones (6-0, 215) transferred from NCCU and has recorded only one tackle in three games this season, but it was a quarterback sack.
Another area player who signed with WSSU in February, wide receiver R.J. Quick of Chapel Hill, delayed his enrollment for academic reasons and is expected to join the Rams in the future. Quick was the Carolina 6 Conference offensive player of the year for 2011 and played in the East-West All-Star Game in July.
The recruiting trail
The Chicago Sun-Times and USA Today newspapers are reporting that 6-8 Chicago prep basketball star Jabari Parker, the No. 2 rated senior in the country by several major scouting services, has narrowed his final list to five — Duke, Brigham Young, Florida, Michigan State and Stanford — and is expected to announce his choice Dec. 20.
Parker's father, Sonny, told USA Today he thinks his son is leaning towards either Duke or Michigan State.
Parker was the national Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior and was considered to be the top player in this year's class before Andrew Wiggins announced his intentions to graduate a year early and moved into this year's top spot.
Wiggins verbally has committed to Kentucky.
Early arrival at Duke?
Linebacker Dominic Zanca of Lake Brantley High in Altamonte Springs, Fla., who had verbally committed to Tennessee, changed his commitment to Duke this week, according to published reports.
He told a Tennessee fans blog that the program's recent coaching change played a major role in his decision.
Zanca (6-2, 242) graduates this month and is expected to enroll at Duke for the spring semester.
NCAA rules prohibit colleges from commenting on recruits until they sign national letters-of-intent or enroll in school.