Guard Found Not Ready
March 10, 2007
From the Washington Post:
Nearly 90 percent of Army National Guard units in the United States are rated “not ready” — largely as a result of shortfalls in billions of dollars’ worth of equipment — jeopardizing their capability to respond to crises at home and abroad, according to a congressional commission that released a preliminary report yesterday on the state of U.S. military reserve forces.
The report found that heavy deployments of the National Guard and reserves since 2001 for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for other anti-terrorism missions have deepened shortages, forced the cobbling together of units and hurt recruiting.
“We can’t sustain the [National Guard and reserves] on the course we’re on,” said Arnold L. Punaro, chairman of the 13-member Commission on the National Guard and Reserves, established by Congress in 2005.
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Eyesbright | March 10, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Please, please change the colors so that they can be read without such pain! The gray on black is horrendous on the eyes. I’d say anything would be better but that’s, of course, not true (it could always be worse, I guess). In this box where I’m typing my quote, it’s even worse. I can’t even see my cursor and have to guess where my characters will appear. Good luck!
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Quiddity | March 11, 2007 at 1:53 am
Eyesbright: What’s the prob? I think gray on black is cool. But dark gray on black would be even cooler. Or maybe dark gray on darker gray. Stop being so negative!
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Tim in SF | March 11, 2007 at 8:10 am
If one person says it a hundred person feels it, so maybe Eyesbright ain’t alone. For me, it looks cool but it’s not easy to read. Reversed out type should usually be used sparingly. 500 years of graphic design says black text on a white background is the easiest to read. Everything else just isn’t as easy on the eyes, boring or not.
My advice: make your content the compelling thing that brings people here, not the design.
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bloggernista | March 11, 2007 at 11:05 am
Thanks for the feedback. I have changed the layout. This is easier to read and has an overall cleaner look. Let me know what you think.