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The broad objective of the World Bank's India Country Partnership Strategy Report (CPS) for the period 2013-2017 is to support poverty reduction and shared prosperity in India. The Report states that between 2005 and 2010, India's share of global GDP increased from 1.8 to 2.7% and 53 million people were lifted out of poverty. But it also states that with population growth, it has proved difficult to reduce the absolute number of poor at a rapid pace and 400 million Indians still live in poverty. Each of the seven low income states (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan; Uttar Pradesh) and seven special category states (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttrakhand) have poverty rates that are higher than that of the more advanced states. The low income states, where a large majority of the poorest 200 million Indians reside, are a priority for the World Bank Country Strategy funding during 2013-2017 (estimated to be $ 5 billion annually with 60 percent lending through direct financing of state projects of which half will go to low income and special category states).
India, both in the above mentioned and its advanced states (e.g. Punjab, Haryana, Kerala) is undergoing a massive rural- urban transformation- one of the largest in the 21st century. For the first time since independence, India has seen a greater absolute growth in urban population. The number of towns has increased from about 5000 in 2001 to 8,000 in 2011 and some 53 cities have a population exceeding one million. Today 30.1 percent of the population lives in urban areas and the share is expected to rise to 50% in the next 20 years (with urban India expected to generate 70% of its GDP by 2030). Though villages vastly outnumber towns in India (660,000 villages as per Census 2011), the construct of these villages is changing as the economy grows.
As per the Indian Institute of Human Settlement's (IIHS 2011) analysis of Census data, though proportion of rural India living in small villages and hamlets (of fewer than 2000 people) has decreased from 63% to an estimated 28%, at the same time the percentage of people living in large villages (more than 5000 people) has jumped from 5% to 17%. The latter may not qualify as towns, the analysis adds, but they do mimic urban living. In this context, IIHS Report notices the striking importance of what it describes as a 'grey zone' of between 80-140 million people living between the smallest town and the largest village of more than 5000 people with more than 75 percent of its male population working off the farm. It is herein, the Report observes, that the success of India's labour intensive manufacturing, rural livelihood and skill building policies (in both the informal and formal sectors) will be sorely tested.
Therefore, according to the World Bank's India CPS Report, accelerating urbanization is central to India's growth, development and poverty reduction but it cannot be done without an equally pronounced focus on rural development. Rural areas with deficient basic services (housing, social security, energy, food, education, drinking water & sanitation, health care) are often poorly connected to expanding villages, small towns and cities, resulting in weak value chains for agricultural products and slow rates of off farm job creation (e.g. services, construction and light manufacturing).
The IIHS Report emphasises that India's urbanization will interact with the country's ongoing demographic evolution to shape the extent of the 'demographic dividend'. A young labour force (8 million entering the labour force every year with 16 percent deriving income from wage employment and more than half engaged in agriculture) is, therefore, in the process of migrating and making a transition into more or less productive employment avenues.
In the backdrop of 2011 Census, the IIHS Report identifies twenty streams of youth migrations that make up half of the total migrants over the 2001-10 decade. The most significant total migration flows (urban & rural) are from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Key destination states are Delhi, Tamil Naidu, Kerala, Haryana, UP and Bihar. Urban migration is much more diverse but the lead source states still continue to be UP, Bihar, Tamil Naidu, Karnataka and Haryana. Herein, key destination states include Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Naidu and Andhra Pradesh.
In wake of the above migration patterns detailed in the IIHS Report, there is a dire need to strengthen rural-urban linkages that enable growth centres/clusters in or across 640 districts within states to become catalysts for rural employment and to reduce rural poverty through local self government led public-private partnerships. Such growth centres/clusters ought to have economic potential based on comparative advantage (natural endowments, traditional skills and basic entrepreneurial spirit) and ought to be located in areas that are witnessing higher migration of rural youth.
In the above context, Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) is a national central sector program that was initiated as a pilot project in 2005. It aims at narrowing the gap in the availability of physical and social infrastructure between rural and urban areas through provision of urban amenities and livelihood opportunities. It also aims at catalyzing the convergence between different infrastructure schemes and create a new model of management of urban services in rural areas. Its salient features include i) simultaneous delivery of key infrastructure in villages leading to optimal use of resources ii) provision of funds for O&M of assets for 10 years post construction along with capital investment iii) transformation of several schemes into a single project to be implemented as per set standards on a defined time frame and with the requirements of each scheme being kept intact iv) combining livelihood creation with infrastructural development v) enforcement of standard of service delivery in rural areas almost at par with those obtaining in urban areas and vi) enforcement of service standards through a legally binding arrangement.
Holistic and accelerated development of compact areas around a potential growth centre/cluster in the Gram Panchayat area (or a cluster of five contiguous Gram Panchayats- the lowest of the three tier village government structure in India) is to be executed through a public private partnership. The core funding is to be sourced from the convergence of central government schemes and complemented by additional support through the PURA scheme. The private sector is envisaged to bring on board its share of investments besides operational expertise. Other features entail a) competitive selection of a lead agency/anchor partner with clear articulation of roles, rights and responsibilities, b) commitment of the state government, c) selection of growth centres /clusters on basis of economic growth potential, d) creation of sustainable revenue model to encourage commercial banks and private sector to participate.
There are two main relationships in the project based design of the program, viz., one between the Gram Panchayat, the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) in the district and the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the development of the PURA project and two between the Union Ministry of Rural Development, the State government and Project SPV. These relationships are governed by a concession agreement and the state support agreement for an operational period of thirteen years (of which three years are allocated for development of project facilities and ten years for operating and maintaining the same).
The scope of the program targets to cover approximately 3000 Census Towns (emerging towns identified by the Census of India with a minimum population of 5000 with more than 70 percent of population in nonfarm jobs and governed by Gram Panchayats) and non-municipal block headquarters in rural areas of various states. It is proposed to undertake 600 PURA projects during the 12th Plan Period (2012 -2017) that would entail an expenditure of over $ 9 billion annually. The latter is the annual expenditure being currently incurred on the centrally sponsored flagship program Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Program (MGNREGA) that aims at creating a public safety net for livelihood security in rural areas and also provides for an unemployment allowance.
The states in which PURA pilot projects have been initiated include Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, and Kerala. The major livelihood services to be provided include rural tourism, food/meat processing, Apparel Park, agricultural park/support, micro/small industries and rural business hubs. The World Bank India CPS could be very instrumental in taking up an analytical study that examines the implications of convergences needed between basket of basic service schemes being managed by the Union Ministry of Rural Development (water, sewerage, drainage, solid waste, skill development etc) and other union line ministries (street lighting, telecom, electricity generation, etc) to take up PURA projects through growth centres/clusters in the low income and special category states.
It goes without saying that the key to a robust and sustainable public private partnership in this last mile program are empowered Gram Panchayats (there are over 260,000 for villages and groups of villages). The first key institutional challenge, therefore, is to make program implementation effective by enforcing PRI 'activity mapping' (unbundling subjects into smaller units of work and assigning these units to different levels of local government). Once the activities are unbundled, they are to be assigned to each of the local government tiers where they can be most efficiently performed. Empowering Gram Panchayats with funds, functions and functionaries (3F's), especially in Schedule Five Areas, is a critical incentive to build their institutional capacity for service delivery in PURA growth centres/clusters.
The World Bank India CPS must specifically support the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj's programs such as the Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS) that measures the "Devolution Index" in various states for macro parameters such as setting up of State Election Commissions and District Planning Committees. Infact, this Index should be expanded to incentivize and monitor implementation of micro parameters (e.g. activity mapping) at the level of Gram Panchayats. In this context, Kerala is an example of a province that has mapped and assigned activities and sub activities by legislation to Gram Panchayats. For instance, responsibilities in areas of agricultural extension, watershed management, soil conservation and management of assets have been detailed for the Gram Panchayat, Block Panchayat, District Panchayat, Municipal Corporation and the State Headquarters separately.
In the above context, it is also pertinent to highlight two other areas of critical importance. First, India's 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) emphasizes capacity and training enhancement of approximately three million elected representatives and related official functionaries at the grassroots every year. Second, all Gram Panchayats are to be connected with fibre based broadband along with associated infrastructure to enable them to electronically track national flagship program funds, improve internal management processes and infact supervise converged flow of funds efficiently. The World Bank India CPS, therefore, should also support scaling of the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj's schemes- The Rastriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY) and the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) that focus on training needs of the above mentioned target groups while plugging crucial gaps in infrastructure (of connectivity, both digital and physical) at the Gram Panchayat level.
The second key issue is the need for multi sectoral convergence within PURA growth centres/clusters for the latter to be job creation engines during the next five years. This would include programs and schemes for the rural youth that impinge upon small farms, agri-business, micro-enterprises, self employment, self help group (SHG) activity, labour intensive manufacturing, skill development etc. The four critical elements herein would be accelerating job creation (with construction as the biggest contributor), raising farm productivity (agricultural infrastructure and extension) , increasing public spending on basic services (health care and elementary/vocational education) and well as making them more effective (bio-metric technology, conditional cash transfers and social audits).
A World Bank study points towards three manufacturing activities amongst micro enterprises as most important across all developing countries- textiles and apparel, food & beverages and wood & forest products. These account for 90% of the manufacturing enterprises in rural areas. Besides, India's 12th Five Year Plan outlines five trades that have the potential to create large employment for the youth in rural areas- textiles & garments, leather & footwear, gems & jewellery, food processing industries, handloom & handicrafts. In addition, labour intensive services such as tourism circuits, hospitality, retail trade and transportation would also be critical in absorbing low skilled youth moving out of farm jobs in PURA growth centres/clusters.
In this context, there are four key national programs/schemes where synergies need to be identified for effective livelihood generation in PURA growth centres/clusters in collaboration with civil society. These being MGNREGA, National Industrial Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ), The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and National Skill Development Mission (MSDM). In addition, critical operational issues of priority e.g. reliable & low cost power, road/rail/air/port connections, transparent tax administration, access to land & finance need to be dovetailed with service provision in PURA growth centres/clusters. In this context, The World Bank India CPS could support nongovernmental organization backed skill orientation projects to train rural youth in addition to connecting young people to jobs through skill inventories in low income and special category states.
In conclusion, the way forward is to remedy the institutional failures and market imperfections that prevent the state in partnership with the private sector from creating more avenues for youth livelihoods.
Photograph courtesy of Simone D. McCourtie via The World Bank Photo Collection, available here.
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Barred Owl
Jim Huffield 12/28/2009 8:20:03 AMMarvelous clarity and detail, Derek. Jim #1220437
James N. Carpenter 12/28/2009 8:47:55 AMStunning Derek, just beautiful. Nice work. James #8251405
Linda D. Lester 12/28/2009 11:34:29 AMI would say so and to have a tree to match....awesome capture!!! #8251645
Linda A. Braddock 1/18/2010 8:39:36 AMDerek, Gorgeous!!! #8305718
Laurie Daily 1/18/2010 3:00:02 PMHuge congrats Derek...saw one perched in my tree last year but no luck in a capture...I saw it swoop in but needed night vision to see it...this is perfection! #8306607
Nancyj E. Hovey 1/18/2010 3:05:56 PMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Carolyn Morgan 1/18/2010 3:34:20 PMAdding my congratulations - wonderful shot! #8306984
Linda A. Braddock 1/18/2010 4:02:53 PMDerek, Congratulations on this beautiful Finalists!! #8307232
Fran J. Jagger 1/18/2010 4:06:47 PMCongrats on this outstanding finalist, Derek!! :) #8307275
Ellen Hodges 1/18/2010 4:54:59 PMCongrats on an awesome finalist, Derek! Best luck!! #8307904
Patrick Rouzes 1/18/2010 6:45:02 PMDerek, CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist, my friend! #8308904
Timothy Guay 1/18/2010 7:40:34 PMPERFECT!
Usman M. Bajwa 1/18/2010 10:23:58 PMHuge CONGRATZ. on this beautiful Finalist, Derek!!
Summer A. Kozisek 1/19/2010 12:03:55 AMFantastic capture Derek, congratulations on your finalist!! #8310163
Karen Celella 1/19/2010 5:20:13 AMCongratulations on your wonderful finalist Derek! #8311003
James N. Carpenter 1/19/2010 9:05:22 AMBig congrats Derek, very well deserved. James #8311793
Sharon F. Morris 1/19/2010 11:32:10 AMCongrats Derek on this wonderful finalist and wildlife capture. :) #8312191
Eivor Kuchta 1/19/2010 12:36:03 PMWonderful capture! Excellent details and a perfect composition. Congratulations on your finalist, and good luck in the next round! #8312352
Jeff Robinson 1/19/2010 4:07:05 PMCongrats Derek on your outstanding Finalist! Jeff #8312892
Tammy Espino 1/19/2010 4:59:30 PMCongrats on your win :) #8313068
Claudia Kuhn 1/19/2010 5:24:40 PMBeautiful Derek, congrats on your win! #8313192
Sam Britt 1/19/2010 5:45:21 PMCongratulations on this winner, Derek! #8313309
Jennifer L. Alder 1/19/2010 10:05:08 PMOwls are so awesome! :)
Usman M. Bajwa 1/19/2010 10:17:09 PMHUGE CONGRATZ. on getting in the Winners' Circle, Derek!!!
Renee Doyle 1/20/2010 12:24:27 AMCongratulations to you Derek on this outstanding capture and excellent winner!! #8314550
Derek D. Dafoe 1/20/2010 2:19:05 AMThank you to the judges and all of you for your wonderful comments!! #8314702
Bill Houghton 1/20/2010 3:41:23 AMDerek, congratulations on your outstanding win. Have a great day, Bill #8314872
Karen Celella 1/20/2010 4:56:47 AMCongratulations on your impressive winning image Derek! #8315097
Sharon 1/20/2010 7:19:09 AMCongratulations!! Excellent photo!! #8315556
Linda A. Braddock 1/20/2010 7:41:02 AMDerek, Congratulation on this beautiful winner!! #8315590
Esther R. Tinz 1/20/2010 1:24:10 PMStriking. Congratulations! #8316353
Esther R. Tinz 1/20/2010 1:30:28 PMStriking. Congratulations! #8316364
Dominick M. Dimacale 1/20/2010 3:07:15 PMCongratulations Derek on your Wonderful Win!!!
Dominick #8316588
Dianna Murphy 1/20/2010 3:53:12 PMA big warm hearted congratulations to you on your fantastic winner!!! I wish you continued success in the future.
Eivor Kuchta 1/20/2010 4:58:04 PMCongratulations on your winner, Derek! #8317023
Michael Umbreit 1/20/2010 6:08:28 PMDerek - Congratulations my friend!! I would love to have a shot like that in my collection! :) - Mike #8317288
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 1/22/2010 1:01:17 PMBeautiful owl photograph Derek, a wonderful win! Congratulations! #8321884
Ellen Hodges 1/25/2010 3:41:15 AMCongrats on an awesome winner!! Derek!! #8327617
Easily identified by it's dark eyes and barred tail feathers. Yesterday was a great day for photography and I was lucky enough to have this bird's co-operation!!
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Greg Turner needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 141 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
We are a wholesale wine company that focuses on wine sales to restaurants in Australia. We are agents for approximately 20 different boutique wine brands.
People often 'discover' fabulous new wines when buying by the glass in a restaurant.
MobiWine.com.au is an app that allows a patron through a participating restaurant to take an order for these newly discovered wines for later home delivery.
We would like the design to be new, fresh and simple. If possible with elements indicating the connection of ordering wine via a mobile device like an iPhone. If you can introduce the element of the restaurant then that would be even better.
We will be having a follow project to design an app icon for this business as well.
To fit on most mobile devices we would like the ratio of the logo to be 5:2
Width 5 Height 2
Our first attempt at our own design is attached
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Dating RequestsJune 10, 2005
No, not that kind of dating. Due to popular demand, a quick explanation of the date boxes on this site's home page.
Whoa. I don't know what happened, but all of a sudden I'm getting three or four inquiries a day about the little date boxes on this site's home page, which have been around for, what, a year now? Some want an explanation, others want permission to use them. So this is both at once for my reference and yours.
Fundamentally, only two HTML elements are needed to pull this off. One container, and an additional element to surround the day. In my case I've opted for
spans. (You could add a link, but I haven't because I only just now thought that might be a good thing to have.)

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You may prefer different markup; I'm sure there are a thousand interpretations out there of the best or most semantic way to represent a date in HTML. Of particular note is a microformat called hCalendar which, taking my best shot, might look something like this:

Jun 8
It's doubtful whether this is an appropriate use for hCalendar though. I'm sure someone will clarify in the comments.
Anyway. So now that we have some basic HTML to work with, the CSS needs to do its thing. Making use of Sliding Doors and a couple of strategic images, the container
span gets the top edge, the date container gets the bottom, and both are set to
display: block; and constrained to a fixed pixel width to make it work. Plenty of font styling later, and this is what you have:
.calPage {
display: block;
font-size: 10px;
line-height: 1;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
text-shadow: #fff 1px 1px 1px;
// only safari renders text-shadow
color: #BDBDBD;
background: url(/i/ice/deco-date1.gif)
0 0 no-repeat;
margin-top: 0;
width: 35px;
padding-top: 5px;
position: absolute;
top: 20px;
left: -40px;
.calPage .day {
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 20px;
letter-spacing: -2px;
text-indent: -3px;
text-shadow: #bbb 2px 2px 0;
color: #ddd;
background: url(/i/ice/deco-date2.gif)
bottom left no-repeat;
padding-bottom: 5px;
Because the markup is so thin, the complexity has been moved to the CSS. I'm not going to explain the basic font formatting or box model in any detail, since that's more or less copy-and-paste-able. What does need a bit of explanation is the positioning.
These dates are placed with absolute positioning, not floats; this is probably why some have been having trouble figuring them out. The positioning is based on the parent elements which contain the dates, because those have been positioned as well.
A quick refresher on this concept is over at Stopdesign, Making the Absolute, Relative. Basically, the parent element (in this case,

) is given the position value
position: relative;, but not actually positioned with
top or
left values. The sole reason for doing this is so that when I later absolutely position the dates, they don't start positioning from the top left corner of the page, they start from the top left corner of the container block, which is
Movable Type
And because it's also been requested, here's the Movable Type template code to have it generate these:

<$MTEntryDate format="%b"$>

<$MTEntryDate format="%e"$>
So here's my permission to use this date formatting for whatever purpose you wish. You'll want to create your own images, because the background images I use (1, 2) blend in with this site's slightly off-white background; they won't do much on a white background. But otherwise, feel free to play with the markup and CSS in this article, and re-use it elsewhere.
Nice article.
Note about the markup though: The extra 'day' class isn't needed here. You could just leave it out and then use '.calPage span', as it's the only span within the .calPage.
Rest of the code is tight though. :)
They are very nice little date boxes, thanks for the article and the permission :)
That is very sweet. They look very much like the real calendar dates. Hm.. this may lead to a very interesting design project of a calendar.
I do like snipets of code. All code should be released as snippets. Then you can create your own system to meet your needs. Rather than, the box contains everything game.
They are nifty little boxes considering how they provide some accessibility over using a dynamic image (perhaps generated via PHP).
Are you sure you are subliminally asking for people to ask you out on a date? Or is there someone you want to ask out? Wait, that's off topic and personal…
Great article. I like your explanation of making the absolute relative, as it is somewhat complicated, and you said it well.
I'm sure we'll see these pop up all over the web soon. Thanks for your permission.
(Silly me, I thought I'd submitted my comment instead of previewing it…)
As a CSS-newbie, I very quickly became frustrated with floats and wherever possible I do the relative-absolute trick.
Floats have been relegated to a) column behaviour and b) reflowing thumbs. (but once inline-block has broader support, even that will have a better alternative…)
Anyhow, I've always liked those little calendar boxes. It's a great way to turn something long and skinny into something compact.
I laughed when I saw the title of the article in Firefox's live-bookmark… then I saw the description.
The way the dates are formatted on the front page is actually what caught my eye the most when I first saw mezzoblue. When I first saw them, they looked even like images to me.
It's a really neat and creative trick, yet it seems so simple once you find it out.
Hi! Thanks for the permission and the trick. I have only one question, as I am trying to learn CSS. Why did you use span with display:block, instead of div's that are block to start with?
I was considering a similar sort of design for a future redesign, not as much with positioning but instead the best way to achieve those rounded edges. I was playing around with the sliding doors technique when I saw a imageless CSS/DOM/Javascript technique, Nifty Corners [http://pro.html.it/esempio/nifty/].
Personally, while I'd like to drop images and possibly any extraneous tags necessary to use the images, the javascript looks not a whole lot cleaner. Ever considered it?
I came to mezzoblue today to see if I could figure out how you did the date boxes and low and behold an article on it… Coincidence? I have read your book and can say it's the only techie book I have ever read cover to cover. Normally I only buy books for reference but the Zen Garden has inspired me an completely changed my way of thinking. It's hard to break old habits but I'm working on it. Thanks for the date code.
sorry, i never noticed them, i've been looking and reading thinking "what date box", the contrast is too low, maybe you should make them stand out more.
firefox 1.0.4 win Xp sp1
Yes very nice little date boxes :)
"Making the absolute relative" seems to be a technique that's popping up more and more. I too think you explained it well. The technique defintely beats floats. Heh, anything beats floats :)
>>The extra 'day' class isn't needed here
Yes it is. Without it you end up with unobvious rules in your CSS that can make things harder to maintain.
Tommy > It may have been because Dave doesn't really consider a date to be a "block" of information (you usually display dates inline, not as blocks). Using spans is therefore more logical from a markup standpoint, and if he ever feels the need to change his design he'll have "logical" markup to work with and to style.
In a nutshell, Dave chose to markup logically and style… stylishly.
Ah love it! Amazing article and you explained absolute relative. Not an easy take by any stretch of the imagination.
As seen on <">http://www.snook.ca/archives/000372.html>
I like the comments design a lot.
It is playfull, with the comments' name , date of entry, next to the comment itself.
Check it out.
Are you sre the MT code is right? I had trouble geting it to work. It would not post the month.
Wow! And here I had always assumed those were just dynamically generated images.
I use MT and it also doesn't work properly. I can get only one date image to appear per page, which means only one entry has a date next to it. The rest of the entries appear date-less. Any ideas why this happens and how to fix it?
Thanks :)
Making the absolute relative" seems to be a technique that's popping up more and more. I too think you explained it well. The technique defintely beats floats. Heh, anything beats floats :)
Those boxes look like the real calendar dates. Thanks for the CSS!
Someone commented: "The success rate is extremely low for online dating."
Care to define success rate? The author seems to be content.
Yes, I'm J. Random Netizen. A guy who just dropped in after seeing language being abused just to "prove" a point. I guess *that's* my pet peeve.
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2018 Ford F-150
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The new outlet will be available in 33 million U.S. homes through DirecTV and Dish Network, according to the companies. That's not including the 5.6 million households that KCET already reaches in Southern California.
Al Jerome, KCET's chief executive, is to run the new entity, with Link's president, Paul S. Mason, becoming chief strategy officer. The combined company will be headquartered in the Burbank high-rise where KCET already has offices and studio space.
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Or a few of them. I did a tour of this odd land Friday night, and decided to pick one topic likely to be on all conservative political blogs to study their approaches. Condoleezza Rice's testimony seemed a topic that would be covered. Here is what three popular conservative blogs say about her testimony:
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ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Missy Nelson wonders if Time pulled an OJ and darkened Condi's skin for this It looks like they've cranked the contrast up in order to produce an unflattering photograph, but beyond that, who knows? They've certainly demonstrated in the past that they're not above this sort of thing.
Deconstruct that!
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CONDI: What is there to say? We have a frigging war on and the major networks all run this? I have nothing to add. Except to say: we have a war on. We used to win them before we engaged in elaborate blame-games as to who was asleep at the wheel when they broke out.
Deconstruct that!
3. The Volokh Conspiracy:
Hardball" Bingo: Condoleezza Rice is going to testify tomorrow. Many people (myself included) will be interested in what she has to say and have not already made up their minds about her and her testimony. But many others have made up their minds -- notably, the partisan talking heads who populate shows like "Hardball." They already have their talking points in their heads, I'd bet. Moreover, they have better reason than usual to write their scripts in advance: My guess is that there will be few, if any, surprises tomorrow. The short format (ten questioners dividing up 2 hours and 30 minutes) doesn't allow for any person to pursue one line of questioning at length, and Rice is too well-prepared and too poised to say something really stupid.
There was no follow-up by today's date. Deconstruct that!
I'd say that these bloggers didn't think Condi did very well. If Andrew Sullivan believes that Iraq would be a more favorable topic for the current administration, things must be a lot worse for Bush people than I thought from my admittedly much more lefty angle.
Speaking of my lefty angle, I'm not a real lefty (like in communist, for example), or even a born-again one. I'm the balancer of scales: if this country ever turns to the extreme left, expect me screeching and shouting arm-in-arm with Rush and Ann! No, cancel that. There are limits to everything in this world.


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Apparently bored by its meteoric rise through the ranks of Japan's telecom market, SoftBank is now ready to make a major play for a piece of the American pie. According to the New York Times, Japan's second largest wireless service provider is close to taking controlling interest in Sprint, America's third largest mobile carrier.
SoftBank is no stranger to growth through acquisition, as it has made its way toward the top of the Japanese market by buying up other competition. This includes the purchase of eAccess, which occurred earlier this month and bumped SoftBank into the second slot for service providers in Japan. It has yet to make a move as sizable as the proposed Sprint purchase, though. While details are still hazy, a report from Reuters set the cost for controlling stake at 1 trillion Yen, or about $15.9 billion. Other sources the cost to be as high as $30 billion. It's a sizable price tag, but it also introduces one of the shrewdest of companies to the huge American market that is ripe for competition.
For Sprint, the would deal finally give it the deep-pocketed backing it so desperately needs. The carrier has struggled to gain its footing after royally screwing up its Nextel merger years back. It has since attempted to expand its infrastructure in hopes of offering a competitive LTE network, but the $21 billion debt and consistent money loss since 2007 has hindered any chance at growth. A recent attempt to buy MetroPCS and block the merger between the regional provider and the Deutsche Telekom owned T-Mobile is the latest in Sprint's seemingly futile attempts to retain its share of the U.S. market. SoftBank could be the boost it needs to get back in the fight.
While most reports claim the deal to be nearing its final stages and are expecting an announcement soon, Sprint and SoftBank appear to be completely shocked by the news leaking out. Sprint has declined any comment and SoftBank issued a statement that staunchly said, "The story about SoftBank and Sprint Nextel Corporation being reported is based on speculation. We have not announced anything. We do not comment on speculation."
Update by Jeffrey VC 1:30pm: Business Insider has supposedly intercepted an email that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse sent out to all Sprint employees. It seems to, by not denying, confirm that talks are indeed happening.
Dear Sprint teammates,
A few minutes ago we put out a statement indicating that Sprint is in discussions with Softbank regarding a potential transaction. The transaction could include a substantial financial investment by Softbank in Sprint and could include a change in control of the company. This transaction may or may not occur. I wanted to let you know about the possibility. We will keep you updated. Most importantly, please stay focused on delivering strong fourth quarter results.
Thanks for all you do for Sprint,
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By blending contemporary power pop with elements of the post-grunge era, Gin Blossoms briefly emerged as torchbearers of the lighter side of alternative rock. Bassist Bill Leen and guitarist Doug Hopkins formed the band in 1987 in Tempe, AZ, rounding out the initial lineup with vocalist Jesse Valenzuela, guitarist Richard Taylor, and drummer Chris McCann. The following year saw several personnel shifts as the band struggled to solidify -- McCann was replaced by Dan Henzerling (and, shortly thereafter, Phillip Rhodes), while Taylor was fired and replaced by guitarist Robin Wilson. Wilson and Valenzuela subsequently switched roles, and the band recorded a self-released album, Dusted, in 1989. A&M signed them the following year.
After an impressive debut EP, 1991's Up & Crumbling, the Gin Blossoms rocketed out of the college pop charts and into the mainstream with their 1993 hit single "Hey Jealousy." Combining the ringing guitar hooks of the Byrds and R.E.M. with a solid, rootsy drive, the band's breakthrough full-length album, New Miserable Experience (which had actually been released the previous year), was filled with songs equally as strong as "Hey Jealousy," including the second hit single, "Found Out About You." New Miserable Experience and its assorted singles dominated radio and MTV for the following year -- "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You," both penned by Hopkins, remained in heavy radio rotation nearly a year after their initial release -- and such success pushed the sales of their debut album to over one million copies.
All was not well within the group's ranks, however. Hopkins' battle with alcoholism and depression had taken its toll on the band during the sessions for New Miserable Experience, and he was fired shortly after the record's release, with guitarist Scott Johnson taking his place. Speculation abounded as to whether the band would be able to maintain its success without Hopkins' melancholy songwriting voice. Tragically, on December 5, 1993, Hopkins shot and killed himself, even as the songs he had written were blanketing the airwaves.
In the summer of 1995, the Gin Blossoms contributed "'Till I Hear It from You," a song they co-wrote with Marshall Crenshaw, to the soundtrack of the film Empire Records. "'Till I Hear It from You" became a major radio hit, but was never released as an official single until it was featured as the B-side of "Follow You Down," the first single from the group's second album, Congratulations...I'm Sorry. Upon its release in February of 1996, Congratulations...I'm Sorry charted well, but within six months, it had disappeared from the charts. Following the supporting tour, the Gin Blossoms disbanded in 1997.
Strangely enough, the group reunited (sans Rhodes) for a 2001 New Year's Eve concert. The Gin Blossoms hit the road several months later for a summer tour, drumming up renewed interest with the release of Dusted -- originally issued in 1989 as the band's debut cassette tape -- as well as a live DVD, Just South of Nowhere. Four years later, the band unveiled its first batch of new material since the mid-'90s. Major Lodge Victory proved to be sonically similar to the band's earlier efforts, and the album earned warm critical reviews. Signing with 429 Records, the Blossoms released another collection of new material, No Chocolate Cake, in 2010.
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This summer I am housesitting for a good friend in Vancouver. In the process, I have been adjusting to life in Vancouver and to a different kitchen. I didn't bring my appliances, cookbooks or usual equipment, which I always keep on hand at home. In some ways, this change is a good challenge, because it compels me to be more creative: I have to work with the tools and resources that I have here.
The interior of my friend's place is beautiful, and his garden is truly amazing. For instance, the garden's assortment of herbs includes: lavender, sage, rosemary, tarragon, oregano, mint, cilantro, parsley, chives, thyme, lemon thyme, creeping thyme, and others I haven't identified yet. He also has raspberry and black current bushes. There are many plants in various stages of growth that will offer tomatoes, zucchini, leafy greens and things that will surely be a pleasant surprise. My friend has also planted a beautiful assortment of flowers. In short, the garden looks fantastic, and I feel very fortunate to be staying here. Thanks so much, P.!
With such a fabulous array of herbs, berries, vegetables and flowers, I will certainly be drawing from this wonderful garden in my baking and in my posts. Cheers!
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lovely pics, Sam. How lucky for you to be house sitting for someone with such a gorgeous garden! I'm totally jealous!
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I can't wait to see what creative things you come up with in such an inspirational setting!
Lovely flowers!
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Hi Elizabeth and Ivonne,
I feel very lucky. The garden is very beautiful and inspirational. Here is to a fantatsic summer for everybody. Cheers!
- Sun. Jul. 02, 11:45:00 p.m. EDT
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LONDON (MarketWatch)—Worries over the so-called fiscal cliff in the U.S. and antiausterity demonstrations across southern Europe kept European shares under pressure Wednesday, although strong corporate updates helped limit losses.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.22% dropped 0.9% to close at 268.14, the lowest level since early September.
Strikes and protests were seen across some of the region's largest countries, with labor unions organizing coordinated walkouts in Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy. See: Europe's increasingly desperate launch austerity strikes
However, investors' attention was focused largely across the Atlantic, analysts said.
"The key issue is the fiscal cliff. It would help the markets if [U.S. policy makers] would agree on some kind of solution that Congress can take forward into 2013," said Mike Lenhoff, chief strategist at Brewin Dolphin.
The fiscal cliff refers to a round of massive spending cuts and tax hikes that will automatically take effect unless Democratic and Republican lawmakers end a stalemate and strike a budget deal before year-end.
"If there's a deal it will obviously have contractionary influence on the economy because of fiscal consolidation, but it could remove some of the prevailing uncertainty that inhibits growth. That alone will help growth and may make more companies go ahead with investment intentions," he said.
Among major movers in the index, shares of Telekom Austria AG TKA, -0.29% jumped 9.2% after the carrier confirmed its 2012 outlook. See: Telekom Austria reiterates 2012 outlook
Shares of Vivendi SA VIV, +0.82% rose 4.7%. The French media and telecom company late Tuesday raised its full-year earnings forecast following stronger-than-expected performances by different units. See: Vivendi ups full-year adjusted net income target.
Shares of ICAP PLC UK:IAP sank 9.2%, after the interdealer broker reported a 26% drop in pretax profit for the six months to Sept. 30. It's "been one of the toughest periods in my 36-year career in the wholesale financial markets," said Chief Executive Michael Spencer in ICAP's earnings release.
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The broader European stock markets headed south as investors took a cue from prior-day losses in the U.S., where uncertainty about the fiscal cliff overshadowed encouraging signs about the housing market. Read MarketWatch's full coverage of the fiscal cliff
President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders on Friday to begin discussions on averting the cliff, although no definite deal is expected this week, Lenhoff from Brewin Dolphin said.
"What will happen is that they'll lay out their differences and use this as an opportunity to say what their positions are. This will create an indication on where the gap lies and how to close it.
"I think they'll be laying out bargaining chips and hopefully from there be closer to reaching an agreement," he said.
A rise in U.S. business inventories accelerated the selloff in global equities in afternoon action, as the September reading showed a 0.7% jump, more than the 0.5% rise expected by analysts. See: Business inventories climb 0.7% in September
U.S. retail sales also caught investors' attention. Sales for October fell by the sharpest amount since June, hurt by Hurricane Sandy. See: U.S. retail sales retreat in October
Stocks opened higher on Wall Street, but benchmarks traded lower at the European close. Read more in Market Snapshot.
Spain also garnered attention. Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn reportedly said he doesn't see the need for the country to ask for a bailout in the near future and that the government has taken effective action on budget deficits for 2012 and 2013.
The IBEX 35 index IBEX, +0.34% lost 0.3% to 7,673.00.
Adding to the downbeat mood, industrial production data for the struggling euro zone showed activity slumped 2.5% in September, more than had been expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
And in the U.K., the Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate from July to September was 7.8%, slightly better than expectations of a 7.9% reading.
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Most U.K. shares were, however, on the decline, with Vodafone Group PLC VOD, -0.81% VOD, -1.04% closing down 1%. Citigroup cut its price target on the wireless carrier, citing slower growth.
Heavyweight mining firms were also on the decline. Shares of Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. UK:ENRC fell 4.6% and those of Rio Tinto PLC RIO, +1.17% RIO, +0.51% RIO, +1.39% lost 2.1%. Metals prices were mixed. See: Gold wobbles, base metals rise on weak dollar
Also in the U.K., shares of J Sainsbury PLC SBRY, +0.49% fell 2.4%, even as the supermarket chain reported a 6.7% rise in interim dividends. See: Sainsbury profit rises amid positive outlook
The FTSE 100 index UKX, -0.15% gave up 1.1% 5,722.01. See: Vodafone, miners off as U.K. stocks drop
Among German stocks, E.ON AG EOAN, +0.95% shed 3.1%, after Société Générale downgraded its rating on the utility firm to hold from buy. Credit Suisse, which rates the stock neutral, cut E.ON's target price to 16 euros ($20.40) from €18.
However, shares of Infineon Technologies AG IFX, +0.07% rose 5.9% as fourth-quarter earnings topped analysts' expectations. See: Infineon sees falling revenue, margins on slowdown
The DAX 30 index DAX, +0.57% sank 0.9% to 7,101.92.
In France, shares of Veolia Environnement SA VIE, -0.94% gained 0.5%, after Société Générale initiated coverage of the waste and water services firm with a buy rating.
Banking shares posted broad-based losses in Paris: Shares of Credit Agricole SA ACA, +1.26% lost 2% and those of Société Générale SA GLE, +0.05% gave up 1.4%.
The CAC 40 index PX1, +0.31% fell 0.9% to 3,400.02.
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Tuna melts and avocado melts are treasured comfort foods in our house, but the other day when the larder was failing me (no tuna in the pantry and my avocados were hard as rocks) I came up with a great new recipe for us that will go in our sandwich pantheon. I was sandwiched myself between work and needing to feed my soccer goalie before zipping out with her to an indoor match and needed a light, quick meal. I sauteed up some broccoli florets and sliced mushrooms in garlic and oil, flopped some on some bread, covered it with grated Cheddar and into the toaster oven it went. A scrumptious surprise!
I used slices of Rudi's Multigrain Gluten-Free Bread which I had never tried before and it was a perfect base for a sandwich melt - sturdy enough to hold the weight of a broccoli-mushroom-cheese blanket and holey enough to absorb the luscious vegetable juices and dripping cheese.
I received a package of this bread (which retails for $5.99), some coupons and a cute bread-shaped reusable sandwich container from the Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery based in Boulder, Colorado. Their breads are available locally at Four Seasons Health Food Store in Saratoga Springs and Honest Weight Food Coop in Albany. Rudi's is currently offering a $1 coupon at their website and is currently running a Spread the Bread promotion in which they are donating $1 to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness for every downloaded coupon.
I like having my own pre-sliced homemade sandwich bread in the freezer and a couple of Saratoga Gluten-Free Goods French baguettes (they make awesome pizzas), but now I think I will have to keep a loaf of this scrumptious Rudi's Multi-Grain bread around because it is has so much extra heft and fiber. It's a great sandwich bread, great toasted and substantial enough to endure hearty sandwich melt test. Two thumbs up for this great bakery product which I can recommend whole heartedly.
Here's the recipe for a great new sandwich favorite:
Broccoli and Mushroom Sandwich Melts
1 head broccoli, (stem removed and reserved for a delicious pot of broccoli soup or some broccoli slaw later on) cut into smallish florets
1/2 lb. sliced mushrooms
2 Tbsp. olive oil
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
6 slices sturdy multi-grain bread (Rudi's was great)
2 cups grated Cheddar Cheese
Heat oil in frying pan and add garlic. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add broccoli florets and mushrooms and continue cooking until broccoli is crisp-tender, about 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Place a heaping mound of the vegetable mixture on each slice of bread. Top with grated cheese and press down on the vegetables to make a snug blanket.
Broil at 400 degrees for about 7-10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly and just starting to brown.
Awesome and virtuously healthy too!
This gives me the idea to flop some of my frozen summer garden ratatouille for sandwich melts in the future. Yum.
I'm sending this tasty sandwich idea over to my Hawaiian blogger buddy Deb of Kahakai Kitchen, who hosts Souper Sundays, a weekly roundup of Soup, Sandwich and Salad posts. Deb will post another roundup next Sunday, so be sure to check in there if you need some winter menu ideas.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Rudi's Bread: A Product Review and A Vegetarian Sandwich Melt Recipe
3 comments:
- Deb in Hawaii said...
This looks like the perfect veggie sandwich--hearty with the broccoli and mushrooms. Yum! Thanks for sending it to Souper Sundays--always a pleasure to have you join in. ;-)
- Sunday, 23 January, 2011
- Simona said...
I wonder if I can apply for a portion, though I am no goalie soccer ;) I love it when the spur of the moment turns into a dish to remember.
- Monday, 24 January, 2011
- Devi said...
nice sandwich - looks devour -able :)
- Monday, 24 January, 2011
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A stint in Megadeth must expose a person to all kinds of crazy things -- but for their former drummer Nick Menza, the most shocking sight of all was hovering right in the sky above his own front yard.
That's what Menza claims in his latest YouTube video, anyway. The 46-second clip, uploaded July 22 (and embedded above), claims to depict some sort of colorful unidentified flying object in the night sky outside his house. "I was standing in my front yard with my two boys and this what we saw," he writes in the description. "Not sure what it is but it's totally awesome!"
Menza's fascination with the possibility of alien life is well-known to Megadeth fans -- as well as band leader Dave Mustaine, who's said that a conversation during the sessions for the group's alien-themed 1990 track 'Hangar 18' contributed to Menza's eventual ouster from the lineup in 1998. "I wrote the song and called it 'N2RHQ,'" claimed Mustaine. "It was like the numbers on the side of a plane. It was a future-tech thing. It was kind of sci-fi where I would go someplace in the future into space. Not that I saw an alien. Menza is the guy who believes in UFOs. If you look at his website or if you listen to his solo music, it shows you where he's at in his life. Nick said something that I found really juvenile and offensive. He told me that Jesus was an alien and he could levitate. That was the end of me taking Nick seriously -- I believed in God ever since I was a kid."
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The seventh annual John Waner Memorial Crappie Fishing Derby will be Saturday at the county lake's heated fishing dock.
Registration is in advance at the lake office or starting at 6 a.m. Saturday. There is a $15 fee and registration is limited to the first 35.
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