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Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former top commander of international forces in Afghanistan, said this week that the United States should bring back the draft if it ever goes to war again.
"I think we ought to have a draft. I think if a nation goes to war, it shouldn't be solely be represented by a professional force, because it gets to be unrepresentative of the population," McChrystal said at a late-night event June 29 at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival. "I think if a nation goes to war, every town, every city needs to be at risk. You make that decision and everybody has skin in the game."
He argued that the burdens of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't been properly shared across the U.S. population, and emphasized that the U.S. military could train draftees so that there wouldn't be a loss of effectiveness in the war effort.
"I've enjoyed the benefits of a professional service, but I think we'd be better if we actually went to a draft these days," he said. "There would some loss of professionalism, but for the nation it would be a better course."
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I was at civil war reenactment thing in Charleston recently and one of the participants went through that very thing.
He was a marine artie along with a lot of his unit got to do foot patrols and the like.
The information by state is more useful than the region grouping. WA, OR, AK and HI are all overrepresented individually, then they are thrown in with low ratio CA to make an "underrepresented" Pacific region. Doesn't make sense.
Leatherneck: "We got a saying in the Marines. The most dangerous thing in the world is a green officer in the dark with a book of matches.
Wet Suit: "Amen to that brother. Amen to that."
Couldn't agree more !
A free country doesn't need a slave army.
VOLUNTARY US Army vet.
FIRST - Investigate whether one Baraq Hussein 0bama registered as required by law.
Your idea of national service (in the military) and our federal governments ideas are quite different. The military is letting people go, what do you think they would have all those extra people doing?
Giving politician and generals easy access to manpower makes war MORE probable.
Here's the universal draft they have planned. 1 million get put in the military. 8 million get shipped to Federal make work and indoctrination camps.
"I think when you graduate from high school everyone should enter the military and spend at least two years."
Military service is an honor not an endenture, if you don't want to serve, I don't want you to.
"I also thing that all officers should have to serve time as and enlisted person."
Do you think that would make the military more fair?
And "they" were right when it came to taking down Afghanistan & Iraq. Of course when you end up occupying both countries for ten years, then you run into a real need for the infantry that you don't have.
"I don't think the state has the right to take a couple year of your life absent a true national emergency. The idea that we all inherently owe something to the government is very distateful to me."
First, thanks for your service and Semper Fi.
Second, I want to be clear that my feeling is that every citizen owes fealty and service (if required) to his NATION, not to his government. I see a distinct difference.
Better than what?
At the height of the daytime air war over Europe. American airmen deaths dwarfed Iwo Jimas entire USMC losses. They were staggering - sometimes thousands per month.
Why not eight? That way since they are stuck the malcontents among them might decide if they are in for eight they might as well do what the are supposed to do. Four or eight, we would have a big if not necessarily competent military with compulsory service, just like the ChiComs.
We'll at least find out how many illegals are in the country by the sounds of the stampede south....
I appreciate every veteran and service members service to his country.
With that being said, I dont want to be forced to do ANYTHING. Even dying for your country, should be a choice. And I especially want my son to have the same Liberty.
The people don't decide if to go to war, power brokers and politicians do. We don't have elected reprentatives, we elected authorities that are controlled strictly by those with money and power. Don't believe that? Then watch 25,000 of your fellow citizens write your congresscritter and ask for something...then watch a power broker hand him a $25,000 bribe, I mean, 'campaign contribution', at lunch to ignore your demands.
I see it not as war is discussed carefully because everyone has skin in the game during a draft but that if we are an all volunteer force then no one has to enlist when the power brokers demand it. That is the real throttle to war.
I have read many times on this forum, that our "all volunteer" force would never fire upon U.S. civilians, nor would they go door to door confiscating legally owned firearms. Do we feel the same level of confidence when the forces in question are conscripted?.
I for one, do not.
How so?
Do you mean some attachment to the land, like burial grounds of our ancestors, or to my fellow citizens, with whom I share a common culture, moral philosophy, and history?
My understanding is that this is true for blacks, but that Special Forces are heavily White Southerner and Hispanic.
2DV- have you ever been to the 7th Gp area? There are quite a few Hispanics assigned there.
Jeff- Ha-ha! There are a lot of Yankees in Special Forces, city-folk also. Blacks have generally not been attracted to SF for a variety of reasons. Mostly, they come from an inner-city background and do not like the idea of humping a ruck. There are those who do make it through training and into Group, but they are the exception.
I catch cold in drafty places.............
McChrystal is an a$$clown. He hampered our troops ability to close with and destroy the enemy in Afghanistan. It's no wonder he was fired.
The Marines lost 6800 dead in 36 days, I am aware of the US losses during the air campaign in WWII, 30000 dead in 994 days of combat operations in Europe. The dead from Iwo were 2% of the total American dead from the war.
My "yeah" was meant as sarcasm. I too do not believe in the draft because, as history proves in most cases, wars are fought to expand the power of the world's oligarchy and as a means of reducing the human population. The focuss of killing for peace should be against the oligarchs.
McChrystal is exactly right. Our all volunteer military has not and will not conclusively win any wars. It has nothing to do with the ability to fight and everything to do with the will.
There is currently far too much disconnect between the war fighters and the society they represent. The best we can hope for these days are trillion dollar, decade long stalemates.
Its easy to blame the leadership, but the problem is far deeper than them. It's in our society. The cheap and easy answer we came up with was to divorce society from warfighting, and give a small number of troops higher pay and better training in exchange for not asking the rest of society to contribute anything to the wars we fight. It's created a fantasy version of bloodless war for our civilians, and reduced our military operations to kabuki dance rituals.
The sooner we can re-introduce society at large to the reality of war, the sooner we might win another one (and likely, the less often we'll go).
The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with a vast network of bunkers, hidden artillery, and 18 km (11 mi) of underground tunnels. The Americans were covered by extensive naval and air support, capable of delivering an enormous amount of firepower onto the Japanese positions. The battle was the first American attack on the Japanese Home Islands, and the Imperial soldiers defended their positions tenaciously. Iwo Jima was also the only U.S. Marine battle where the American overall casualties exceeded the Japanese, although Japanese combat deaths numbered 3 times that of Americans.
Of the 22,000 Japanese soldiers present at the beginning of the battle, only 216 were taken prisoner. The rest were killed or missing and assumed dead. Despite heavy fighting and casualties on both sides, Japanese defeat was assured from the start. The Americans possessed an overwhelming superiority in arms and numbers; this, coupled with the impossibility of Japanese retreat or reinforcement, ensured that there was no plausible scenario in which the U.S. could have lost the battle.
US casualties: 6,821 killed/missing; 19,217 wounded.
During this one-month-long battle, 27 U.S. military personnel were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions, 13 of them posthumously. Of the 27 medals awarded for the actions at Iwo Jima, 22 were presented to Marines and five were presented to United States Navy sailors; this was 28% of the 82 Medals of Honor awarded to Marines in the entirety of World War II.
The latter - IMHO, the nation is made up of its citizens far more than its government, which should be the servant of the citizen (note the qualifier).
So I have some secular obligation to serve my fellow citizens?
Care to explain the basis of that obligation?
I don`t blame you one bit for feeling that way. I would never recommend the post-DADT military to anyone.
"I think when you graduate from high school everyone should enter the military and spend at least two years. I also thing that all officers should have to serve time as and enlisted person."
I know a lot of kids who got their lives turned around by going into the service. I know that is not the purpose of the military, but I'm wondering if the wrong path the country is taking lately is not due to a populous that is dominated by people who have had it too easy for too long, who don't know what sacrifices have been made for them. I don't think that a nation that had shared the responsibility of military service would have elected Obama.
I bet there were a lot of "undependable draftees" who were hero's in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam!
Actually you're wrong. Blacks are under represented in combat arms. Hispanics are a bit over represented. As it has always been the evil white grunt is well represented in combat arms , KIA and WIA lists. But go ahead perpetuate myths if you must.
Vietnam shoots your thesis to hell and gone.
with that in mind I also think that no one should serve congress who has not served in the military
That's why Rangel always wanted the draft back. He wants more war protests. No thanks!
I generally don't look at deeper obligations from a secular viewpoint. I think that being endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights creates concomitant obligations on the part of the society which enjoys them to protect and defend those rights.
I'm not perpetuating myths, Walsh. I apologized for my oversight after Kabar's post. If you read the entirety of the thread, you would see that I reneged on my oversight.
I fell victim to the MSM propagating the myth that blacks and Hispanics are disproportionately overrepresented. I know better now.
Sorry for piling on. But it's a sore point. Happy Independence Day belatedly.
Rights are naturally accompanied by obligations, otherwise taxes are enslaving too.
Now that the fags are going to have free reign in the military, I wouldn't encourage anyone to volunteer.
Of course that was the point, the Left hates a volunteer military, they think of the military as the Mother of All Social Programs.
Tell me how many of the soldiers in Washington's army were draftees.
What rights were you thinking of?
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Colunga was pronounced dead at the scene, and police officers are awaiting the results of his autopsy.
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Federal employees rallied in downtown Honolulu Wednesday to protest across-the-board budget cuts, known as sequestration.
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Many of the protesters work at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, where about 4,500 workers would face 22 furlough days from April through September.
"My whole life is going to change," said Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard worker Piilani Migel. "I have to watch where I spend my money, what I spend on. You know, I have contemplated on finding a part-time job, finding a job elsewhere."
But not everyone at Pearl Harbor may be looking. KITV4 News has learned that an "exceptions list" is in the works that would exclude about 450 employees.
"When we first got the list, it was about 80-percent management," said Jamie Hironaka, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 121 president. "So we felt that was unfair and we went to our congressional (representatives) about it and so far, (The) Department of Navy has said there are no exclusions but, I believe that they're still trying."
Bongo added, "All we want Congress to do is get their act together. They need to repeal or stop sequestration, stop the furloughs and especially stop picking on the working families of America. That's all we ask."
The protest was one of more than a hundred similar rallies outside federal and lawmaker offices across the country Wednesday to battle sequestration.


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Camera Recommendations?
I'm thinking about getting a new camera. I would love to get a nice SLR. I would love to use it when i'm fishing to take some better quality pics of fish but also of my surroundings (mountains, river, etc.) I realize SLRs for the most part are pretty big so that might be a problem but I really want something that's durable. Any suggestions? Someone suggested a Rebel. Any information would be a great help!
I have a Canon Rebel SLR and a digital SLR. They are both great cameras, but certainly the digital is easier when it comes to printing out pictures. I also like that "instant gratification" of being able to look at the shot on the screen. I usually have this with me when we travel(for scenics and such), but I take a small Sony cybershot into the stream with me.
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When you go to get a camera you have to ask what you want to do with it. If you mainly need it to record your catch and take pics of pretty places then a point and shoot might be the way to go. They are smaller, easier to carry, and you can even get ones that are waterproof.
A SLR camera is going to give you tons more control over the photos and the ability to have different lenses. The only drawbacks are, price (more expensive) and size. You definitely have to be more careful not to fall in when you are carrying an SLR. Unless you get the really pricey pro models they aren't going to fair well by being dunked.
If you decide to go with a SLR, I've had great success with the Canon Rebel bodies. I've got several 35mm bodies and now have a Rebel Xti digital. The digital has 10.1 mega pixels which will do everything you could want. I've had almost no problems with my Canons. If you get an outfit I would get the Canon brand lenses.
Canon is about to release a new model of Rebel, the Xsi. It is going to be over 12 mega pixels but it is also supposed to be around $800. What I'm hoping is that this is going to cause a price cut on the older Xti so I can get a 2nd body.
Just my thoughts. Think about what you want to do with the camera and if convenience or features are more important.
There's a really nice Fuji digital at the bottom of the Little River somewhere... just make sure, unlike me, you don't get too excited and not replace it securely! But, I really liked taking my Fuji FinePix Z100, it was slim, had a nice view screen, and was 8 mp. Picked it up at Walmart and was pretty inexpensive. Wish I still had it. Think I may pick up another one soon.
I have a digital slr a nikon d100 that I would never even think about taking it fishing with me . I just bought a olympus 790sw that is 7.1 mp and waterproof. I can prove the fact that it is waterproof after I gave it a formal baptism in the clinch Saturday. The cameral was unhurt but the cell phone was a diffrent story. The picture of UofMontanaAlum's brown was taken with the olympus before the dunking and all pictures were fine. awsome little camera for the money. I would recomend it in a heart beat.
Fishing is not a matter of life and death.It's more important than that.
If you're wanting a DSLR, I'll second the Rebel Xti... I got one last summer and have enjoyed using it immensely. It always goes with me on hikes and any other outdoor excursion but you won't find it with me on the stream. I believe you can buy a waterproof housing for it if you really wanted to take it with you on the stream but it is quite expensive.
If you're just wanting a good fishing camera to document your catch, I've been using a Pentax Optio W30 for awhile and it has worked great...
"Then He said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'" Matthew 4:19
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Both myself and my fishing buddy (Drag Line, posted above) just picked up Olympus Stylus 790 SW. The camera is waterproof up to 10 feet, shock-proof up to five, will handle temperatures down to -10degrees and its tiny.
Imagine how you would feel if you dropped at $500 camera body and $500 lens into the river. No thanks.
Think small
I concur with the Pentax Optio W30. I use mine for work as a consulting ecologist in the Florida wetlands. It is durable and takes great pics. It does not allow manual exposure settings but in most situations the different settings will get the job done well. Believe me you want a small camera to take a picture while controling the fish and protecting that expensive rod and reel you have saved up for.
An SLR is too bulky and heavy not to mention not waterproof without more cash and making it heavier and bulkier. I won't send this thread into a discussion about Nikon vs Cannon but both are excellent. I use a Nikon D100 and an F5 (film). Would like faster frames per second on the digital but to do so brings the cost way up. Some of the newer Nikons (D40) are cheaper and look promising (Look in the recent Outdoor Photographer magazine for a comparison of features. I think consumer reports has a recent article too).
And you thought deciding on a fly rod and reel was tough!
remember, i sunk a sony alpha (10.2 mp) last summer.....it is a solid camera.....dried out and still shooting great ..... so, you get what ya pay for.....and this camera has come way down retail and is a bargain....especially if ya already have minolta af lenses
I started with nothing, and I have most of it left.
I picked up the Olympus 790SW last fall (October I think) and it has become my favorite camera. I have a much more expensive and feature rich digital (Cannon) and have hardly used it since I got the Olympus. It's handy, waterproof, the photos are sharp and of high quality.
It isn't an SLR and cannot compete with the clarity and quality glass one can get with SLR cameras but bang for the buck, my little Olympus is a fine choice.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jim Cramer fills his blog on RealMoney every day with his up-to-the-minute reactions to what's happening in the market and his legendary ahead-of-the-crowd ideas. This week he blogged on:
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Posted at 12:48 a.m. EDT on Friday, July 19
The market is bigger than Microsoft
This market is about General Electric
Remember, financials are almost as big as tech in the S&P 500 and that's fabulous news for the market. I am dazzled by literally every single bank and broker. Regional, national whatever and they are, even after these terrific earnings they can still go higher. My favorite remains Wells Fargo
The industrials? Take a look at Eaton
UnitedHealth and Johnson & Johnson
Then how about that Schlumberger? International drilling is finally being spurred by the inexorable price of oil. I think that bodes well for tons of companies including BP
Finally there's the commentary from Union Pacific
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This A list mostly movie actor is old, but apparently his sex drive isn't. He is still married, but has a girlfriend and when his girlfriend couldn't make it to an event out of town he found another woman for the night.
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Ew. He has old man ballsReplyCancel
Viagra Enty, just be careful of erections lasting over 4 hoursReplyCancel
Well. Gotta get it Any Which Way You Can. But when his wife finds out, he'll be Unforgiven.ReplyCancel
A cheating Republican? Since when is this news?ReplyCancel
Clint Eastwood can do whatever he wants, as long as it isn't lil kids.ReplyCancel
May be the women are his carers – incontinence pant changes etc.ReplyCancel
Does he wear a helmut or is he riding them Rawhide?ReplyCancel
Luckily, he's a celebrity, or it may have cost him A Fistful of Dollars.ReplyCancel
I bet he tag teamed Sandra Locke w/ the Clyde. That broad loopy enough to go with it. Lil cocaine, lil "starring role, just right for you… Could be an Oscar." Next thing ya know, O-tang and Clint doing an Eiffel Tower.ReplyCancel
Celebrity or not, I'm surprised he found so many people willing to have sex with a Dirty, Harry old man.ReplyCancel
Maybe he has a big, Pale Rider?ReplyCancel
Although his girlfriend said he cantaleavher, that night he just neded an Arm Chair.ReplyCancel
For protection, he must use a Magnum. Force something smaller on, and he might have circulation troubles.ReplyCancel
Good for him. Get it when and where you can.ReplyCancel
Nailed it! As did Clint.ReplyCancel
Oh yay, more political BS. Newsflash: Your "side" is just as corrupt and evil as the supposed opposite "side". None of them give a fuck about any of you.ReplyCancel
I thought Clint came out as Anti Gun when he was Mayor of Carmel? I recall people being anti Clint because of it in HS.
Only thing better at culling the herd than guns is abortion.ReplyCancel
Ewwe yuk. Sex with a Bag of bones.ReplyCancel
@JMY That made me laugh!ReplyCancel
Clint could get it any time, anywhere, any way.ReplyCancel
Such bitter comments. Smile, ladies, you'll live longer 🙂ReplyCancel
He's what? 89? I still would.ReplyCancel
ROFL @CHARLIE AND CHEEKReplyCancel
Good for him. Small minded people seem to think that when a man turns 50 he needs Viagra.Clearly this is not the case.ReplyCancel
Thanks, Sherry. It's just so stupid!ReplyCancel
You guys are having trouble with the curve there.
Better get off his lawn!!
Have a seat in the open chair mmmkay?
"This is a .44 Magnum, and it will take your head clean off."
Clint may be a very old man now, but he was a Marine and he will always be Dirty Harry.ReplyCancel
Whoops, sorry, because he trained at Fort Ord and was a swimmer, I always think that Clint was a Marine. He was Army.ReplyCancel
I think he's the only senior citizen I'd consider doing it with.ReplyCancel


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Heart Disease Patients May Not Benefit from Depression Screening
PHILADELPHIA – Results of a new study call into question recent clinical guidelines issued by leading cardiovascular groups, including the American Heart Association, which recommend patients with cardiovascular disease be screened for signs of depression and treated accordingly. The study, published in the November 12 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association and conducted by an international team of researchers including James Coyne, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, determined that there is no clear evidence that depression screening plays a conclusive role in improving cardiovascular patients' health.
Nearly one in five patients with cardiovascular disease suffer from major depressive disorder, but because some heart disease symptoms can be confused with signs of depression, standard screening tools for depression may not be appropriate for this patient population.
"If a patient has a positive score on a depression screening test, most cardiologists do not have the time or training to conduct a follow-up interview, rule out false-positive results and establish an appropriate depression treatment plan." said Dr. Coyne. "Given the scientific evidence concerning the necessary steps to diagnose and treat depression effectively, cardiologists should be discouraged from dispensing antidepressants casually, without proper diagnosis and follow up planning."
"For a patient to benefit from depression treatment, they need to receive comprehensive education, an appropriate treatment (i.e. medication, psychotherapy) and a follow-up care to monitor progress," Coyne said. "That is hard to accomplish in a busy cardiology practice and may not benefit the cardiac health of the patient."
In addition to Dr. Coyne, other researchers who contributed to this study were Brett Thombs, Ph.D. of McGill University and the affiliated Jewish General Hospital, Roy Ziegelstein, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Peter de Jonge, Ph.D., at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands; Mary Whooley, M.D., at the University of California, San Francisco; Nancy Frasure-Smith, Ph.D., also at McGill; Alex Mitchell, M.Sc., M.R.C. Psych, at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom; Marij Zuidersma, M.Sc., also at Groningen; Cheri Smith, M.L.S., and Karl Soderlund, B.S., at Johns Hopkins, Chete Eze-Nliam, M.D., M.P.H., at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Bruno Lima, at Federal University of Ceara School of Medicine, in Fontalez-ce, Brazil.
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MONTPELIER Gov. Peter Shumlin is defending the decision to spend as much as $2.8 million on marketing and outreach for the online health insurance marketplace at which more than 100,000 Vermonters will soon be required to purchase coverage.
In an interview Wednesday night, Shumlin said the reinvention of the states health insurance market demands an outreach effort commensurate with the scope of the change.
He said the $2.8 million contract inked by the state with the Washington, D.C., consulting firm GMMB to supply the advertising, public relations and production of educational materials for Vermont Health Connect is a key to the success of the $172 million endeavor.
Getting the education piece right is incredibly important, Shumlin said.
His administration has come under fire for several components of the contract with GMMB, notably the commissioning of an earned media landscape report in which the firm monitored the subject and tone of individual reporters and their stories.
Shumlin, however, said understanding how best to disseminate information about Vermont Health Connect requires a baseline understanding of the medias portrayal of the reform initiative.
It is (GMMBs) job to have a baseline for what the job is and what the needs of the education effort are, Shumlin said. And the only way that you can do that is by talking to people and reading press reports and figuring out who is saying what. So there is nothing surprising in any of that.
The first iteration of the states contract with GMMB authorized up to $669,000 in expenditures for everything from convening focus groups to test the Vermont Health Connect brand to designing the websites logo.
Two subsequent amendments neither of which was put out to bid brought total authorized expenditures to more than $2.8 million, and enlisted GMMB to perform an array of tasks, including the production of television ads, scripting of talking points, training of spokespeople and other outreach-related activities.
Mark Larson, commissioner of Vermont Health Access, said that while the contract authorizes up to $2.8 million in spending, the state has paid out only $1.18 million thus far, and might not reach the maximum cap.
He said the decision to forego the bidding process for the bulk of the deliverables contained in the GMMB contract was in part because of confidence he had in the firm, based on its work for Vermont in a previous health insurance reform initiative.
The states most recent contract with GMMB isnt the first time Vermont has enlisted its services. Over a 14-month period between 2007 and 2008, the state inked two contracts worth nearly $2 million for help with public relations, marketing and outreach on Catamount Health, a program signed into law by then-Gov. James Douglas to subsidize insurance for lower-income residents.
The decision was made then to spend Vermont taxpayer dollars on this very same firm, and therefore it seemed prudent to spend federal tax dollars now on the same firm, Shumlin said, referencing the fact that the most recent contract is underwritten entirely by federal grants.
Douglas has been among the critics of the Shumlin administrations contract with GMMB. He told VTDigger.org this week that, unlike officials in the administration of his successor, he never had any concerns about how Catamount would be portrayed publicly.
In fact, a $1.4 million contract signed by his administration in April 2007 called on GMMB to perform many of the same PR services for Catamount which the firm is doing now for Vermont Health Connect.
In justifying the expenditure, Douglas Office of Health Access said that in order for Catamount to be successful, the state will need a broad-based, compelling message that conveys to all Vermonters why it is important to have health insurance coverage.
The contract under Douglas also called for a staged-approach marketing campaign to maximize enrollment. And GMMB was also paid in 2007 to develop and write public relations plans and strategies, including writing press releases, coordinating special events, and conducting communication audits.
Its unclear whether those communication audits included the same kinds of reporter-by-reporter analyses contained in the landscape report submitted by GMMB for Vermont Health Connect.
Asked whether hes entirely satisfied with the products delivered by GMMB, Larson said that generally he is. And compared with the expenses incurred by the state for Catamount in 2007, Larson said, Vermonts budget for outreach and marketing now is well within the bounds of good judgment.
Lets think about the number of Vermonters who are impacted by Vermont Health Connect, compared to the number affected by Catamount, Larson said.
About 14,000 Vermonters were enrolled in Catamount at its height.
And I think when you look at how many people are affected, and the scope of the change involved, the amount of money were spending to help Vermonters get information seems reasonable, Larson said.
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Good clay is abundant if you know where to look
By Christopher Nyerges 07/23/2009
Some of the best wild clay that I've ever found is located in the hills above Pasadena and Sierra Madre. Not that I've searched the globe for clay — I haven't. But I have sought and found lots of local clays of many colors — white, pink, green, blue, gray, red — in river bottoms and erosion cuts in hillsides.
In the many classes that I teach, I show students how to take locally found clay, process it and make such useful things as vessels, pots, oil lamps, plates, tools, pipes and countless decorative items. This is a skill that in the past most people simply took for granted.
If you enroll in a ceramics class at any local high school or college, you'll learn what it takes to make useful and ornamental objects that won't explode or crack when they are fired. You'll learn how to use a wheel, how to keep the walls of your pot thin, how to glaze and how to add color and ornamentation to the objects. You should also learn some of the basics of using a modern kiln.
But you don't usually learn how to find and prepare the clay yourself, or how to fire the object using primitive methods.
I was once one of those people who believed that there wasn't any good clay anywhere near home. But then, I wasn't really looking. Once I began searching for clay, I realized that while it was abundant, good clay was not so easy to find.
Here is a good rule-of-thumb test to see if your found clay is good quality. Assuming it is already moist, roll a little in your palm until it is as thin as a pencil. Does it stay together? If it contains too many impurities, or if your sample has too little clay content, you won't be able to form a pencil shape.
Next, test the flexibility of the pencil-shaped clay. Good quality clay will hold together well when bent.
Though you may find a good batch of clay, chances are that you'll have to refine what you find and add temper to it.
Though I read a lot about how to process clay from the wild, it was mostly by talking with Phil Cornelius that I learned some of these basics. Cornelius is a master potter who has taught for decades at Pasadena City College. After I called him with lots of questions, he invited me to his class.
I arrived one evening with a bucket of the raw red clay that I dug out from the foothills. He answered all my questions about making pinch pots and primitive firing. He then looked at the clay I had brought and we added water to my bucket so it was all very soupy. One of his students then took a paint mixer attached to an electric drill and mixed up my raw clay until it was homogenous. Then we poured it through a sieve to remove any lumps and foreign matter. He said that when I got home I should pour the sifted material onto a sheet laid on the ground. The liquid would strain through and I'd soon have good quality clay material.
This is how I have processed clay ever since. I blend the clay-and-water mix with a paint mixer on a drill, strain it through a fine metal sieve, then pour it onto a sheet on the ground. It may take a day or more, but when the liquid is gone, I have good workable clay.
Sometimes I simply crush the dry clay and shake it through a sieve and then moisten and use it.
It is very fulfilling and even therapeutic to collect and process clay, then to sit making an object with your own hands that you can ultimately use and enjoy.
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It was Karen Rodriguez and Haley Reinhart who found themselves under the uncomfortable center stage spotlight. The former wasn't great in either English or Spanish on Wednesday, while the latter has spent the past three weeks flailing to find her comfort zone.
It was Rodriguez who received the lowest number of votes and had the task of singing for her show survival. She did well enough in her last-chance performance Thursday to have judge Jennifer Lopez lobby the other judges for her, but not enough to earn the save.
"My mom believes in me!" Rodriguez said at one point in her final plea. But as she also said, "I know it's all about the votes," and she got too few to avoid finishing in 12th place.
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Lee DeWyze was back on the "Idol" stage for the first time since winning the season nine title. Ryan introduced him by noting that he'd gone from "salesman to superstar overnight."
True enough, but since then he's been more like "ordinary guy trying to make it in the music business." If nothing else, that's a cautionary tale illustrating that getting the most votes in May doesn't always translate into getting the most downloads the following March.
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Ryan reminded judge Steven Tyler that he had agreed Wednesday night to perform onstage with James Durbin ... if Durbin makes the finale. It seemed the host felt like having an extremely nervous Durbin onstage with him — a singer desperately eager for Ryan to be quiet and get to the results already — was a good time to press the point further.
"Do see a little of yourself when you watch James perform?" Ryan asked.
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Then Durbin made a face and Tyler backtracked and said that he did. Ryan finally told Durbin he was safe, getting him one step closer to that potential gig.Grio.com: 'Idol's' breakout black stars
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As of 9:20 p.m. ET, Naima Adedapo, Rodriguez and Reinhart had the smallest number of Twitter followers. Adedapo had 10,803, Rodriguez 11,941 and Reinhart 11,955. They were also the three singers with the fewest votes.
If that's a sign of overall support, Jacob Lusk had better watch out. He has the lowest number of followers (12,486) among the other nine contestants.
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Ty Dillon is in Daytona Beach to race his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops Camaro in the NASCAR Nationwide Series event on Saturday. But, before he even did one lap around the 2.5-mile oval of Daytona International Speedway (DIS), he did a little short trackin' in the dirt and left with a lot of hardware.
Indeed, a major part of the Speedweeks excitement around this Atlantic Coast town is centered around the "big track" of Daytona. However, before the NASCAR stars get in their cars on the asphalt, a group of them head down to the ½ mile oval of Volusia Speedway Park to have a little fun in the dirt before DIS duty calls.
Dillon and his No. 41 Bad Boy Buggies/UNOH/Ferris Mowers fielded by Team Dillon Racing (TDR) definitely showed the fans in the stands he was ready to race at Speedweeks by capturing four features in six nights and earned the DIRTcar UMP Modified Championship on Tuesday night. His TDR teammate, older brother Austin Dillon, didn't race the entire series, but did finish second to one of Ty's wins and third to one of his brother's seconds.
The elder Dillon did manage a victory, which came on the same night he won the pole for the Daytona 500 in his No. 3 Chevrolet SS at DIS. But, it was younger brother Ty who took home four different gator trophies in six nights to roll out of Volusia as this year's Speedweeks champion.
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Every once in a while I see a film out there that is not only beautifully executed but emotionally impacting as well. I recently came across a film that I thinks hits those two points on a very high level.
Indie Game: The Movie, is a documentary that takes you through the trials and emotions of a few indie game designers. What makes this film so significant to the students here at Cogswell is this is something that nearly each and every one of them can empathize with. Cogswells students are getting trained and taught the skills they need to get a job in the industry but not every one of them want to just go work for an already established studio. Many of these students have something that we all have and that are quite honestly, hard to ignore: Dreams.
I talk to Cogswell students everyday here at work, and sometimes even when I am away from work since most of them are close friends of mine. These kids and adults have dreams to not only create games for others but to also create their own gaming studios. We live in an age of entrepreneurship and the students see the opportunity to jump in and fight for everything they have been dreaming of.
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MONMOUTH, ILL.—The Central College track and field teams notched a handful of top-five finishes at the Fighting Scots Indoor Invitational hosted by Monmouth (Ill.) College Saturday.
No team scores were kept, but there was a plethora of competitors.
Phipps sets the pace again—Middle distance runner Elin Phipps (sophomore, Boone) was tops in the 800-meter run in 2:17.54, setting the pace by more than one second. Phipps was also part of the Central's 4x400 meter relay team with Camie Kibbee (junior, Mason City), Taylor Beckman (junior, Panora, Panorama HS), and Davis, which was runner-up in 4:05.45, .15 seconds back of first. It was the best time by any Dutch 4x400 squad this season.
Sprinter Abi Davis (sophomore, Des Moines, Dowling Catholic HS) finished second in the 60-meter dash in 7.80 seconds, a personal record. Davis was also third in the 200-meter dash in 26.34.
Thrower Lorell Stuht (freshman, Loveland, Colo.) tossed the weight 48-0.5, a personal best by more than eight feet, for a fourth-place finish.
The Dutch are scheduled to compete in a pair of competitions Friday. Central will send athletes to both the Nebraska Tune-Up at Lincoln, Neb. and the Iowa Invitational at Iowa City. Meet times are set for 12:30 and 4:30 p.m., respectively.
Dutch distance in front—Distance runner Isaac Steffensmeier (freshman, St. Paul, Fort Madison HS) finished runner-up in the mile run in 4:25.64, less than two seconds off the pace. Fellow distance runner Jamie Vander Veer (junior, Knoxville) placed fourth in the 800-meter run in 1:56.68.
Thrower Steven Messerschmidt (senior, Neola, Tri-Center HS) was third in the shot put with a mark of 49-7.75. He was also third in the weight throw with a mark of 54-6.
Hurdler Dan Roemerman (sophomore, Iowa City, City High HS) placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.65.
Central's 4x400-meter relay team of Mason Zimmerman (junior, Urbandale), Austin Roberts (sophomore, Bloomfield, Davis HS), Mitch Wagoner (senior, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS) and Spencer Hammack (sophomore, Ottumwa) finished fifth in 3:28.95.