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Podge Belgian Imperial Stout - Picobrouwerij Alvinne
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Reviews by bgildea:
3.9/5 rDev +12.1%
A: Pours a murky brown color with a faint hint of burgandy. Light tanish head that disipates quickly and leaves some decent lacing.
S: Slight smells of belgium yeast and malts. Also hints of nuts in the background. Not an overwhelming aroma by any means.
T: Starts with a nice sweet flavor of chocolate with hints of malts in the background. Finishes with a malty hoppy falvor and a slight hint of coffee. Good flavors, and defintly delivers better than it smells.
M: Decent amount of chew to the beer. I was satisfied.
D: The beer is pretty drinkable. Not amazing, but definitly worth a try.
Overall: Overall the beer was pretty good. It had a nice sweet chocolate flavor that wasn't overpowering at all. Finishes with some bitter flavor of hops and coffee. I'd recommend trying this beer for any dark beer drinkers.
01-27-2011 01:06:39 | More by bgildea
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3.75/5 rDev +7.8%
05-05-2014 21:43:38 | More by braugon
New York
3.98/5 rDev +14.4%
On tap at the Blind Tiger in NYC. Always a treat to try a pretty rare (in least in the NYC area) brew like this one and even better to find it on tap. This one poured the expected near black, with very little head, no lacing and seemingly non existent carbonation. Some roasty malt notes, chocolate, cocoa, moderate hopping. I sensed some sourness layered in there somewhere. Nice stuff, subtle, not the kind of Impy stout that will knock your taste buds out. Less of a R.I.S. and more of a mellow, lighter body wise, easy drinking but still fairly complex Belgian style stout. Worth a try.
02-29-2008 03:04:07 | More by Billolick
4.05/5 rDev +16.4%
Generously given to me after volunteering for the 2008 Beeradvocate.com Belgian Beer Festival.
Belgian Imperial Stout. The words drip with oxymoronic wonder. No idea what to expect here, but eager to give it a try.
The pour looked like a hearty mix of apple cider and hot chocolate. Smells sweet of figgy, dark fruit, tinge of alcohol. Tastes fruity as well, full malty flavor, very nice. Smooth beer with no lingering taste after the initial sour nibble.
I have to say, I was really impressed with this beer, which I feared would be nothing more than a gimicy brew. I'd say it's worth a try if you can get it.
11-27-2008 01:00:21 | More by fdrich29
3.53/5 rDev +1.4%
Pours hazy brown with a tall, thick tan head comprised of very tiny bubbles. Roasted malt, sour yeast, caramel, fig, and earth in the aroma. Coffee and caramel in the taste, lots of choclate malt, all blended with the Belgian sweet-and-sour yeast. Starts sweet and ends tangy.
12-10-2008 22:58:50 | More by magictrokini
4/5 rDev +14.9%
11-16-2011 02:54:25 | More by bpfrush
3.25/5 rDev -6.6%
09-10-2012 03:25:22 | More by Beer21
3.4/5 rDev -2.3%
(Served in a tulip glass)
A- This beer pours a full glass of creamy light tan head, even with a gentle pour. After about 5 minutes a dark walnut black body forms underneath. The body is pretty dense but a light hue of light comes through at the very base. Still no sign of carbonation.
S- The smell of dark roasted malt has a smell of dark candy sugar and sweet dates to it.
T- The taste of dark smooth malt has a note of wood and milk chocolate to it. There are sweet dark candy notes and some light prune qualities. After the malt flavor there is a light tartness with a burnt but sweet note at the finish. There is a taste of alcohol at the finish.
M- This beer has a medium-light mouthfeel with a slight creamy texture and a big soda pop fizz in the finish. There is alcohol warmth that turns to an alcohol burn as this beer warms.
D- This beer has a big alcohol heat but not much depth in malt and not that much flavor. I didn't notice any interesting yeast qualities that it alluded to on the bottle. Inside the logo there is the date of 2003 but I didn't have any stamped on date, which was odd because the text said it could be aged for up to 8 years. I don't think age would help this beer.
07-26-2007 19:45:29 | More by rhoadsrage
New Jersey
3.5/5 rDev +0.6%
07-07-2012 21:00:10 | More by acurtis
3.83/5 rDev +10.1%
Appearance - Poured a very deep, earthy brown. Foam dissipated pretty quickly and left a small tracing of lace around the top
Smell - very rich dark fruit smell, with a underlining hint of roasted malts. The dark fruit is very pronounced.
Taste - At first, very sweet and then sour, definitely taste what i smelled with the dark fruits. by the end i tasted malts and a hint, a very tiny hint of the coffee - the hint of coffee came more with the after taste than anything. hides the alcohol very well for a beer that comes in at 10.5%abv
Mouthfeel - heavy, yet it is very liquid, moves around seamlessly.
Drinkability - this was different - you could tell it had a Belgian twist on it. But they melded the maltiness and sweetness together pretty well...I would say this is more of a dessert type beer. I think it would pair well with a nice cherry pie or other similar desserts. Not something I think I would enjoy by itself.
a well made and tasty beer, just not something to have by itself, imo.
12-20-2008 03:06:19 | More by fitzy21
North Carolina
3/5 rDev -13.8%
Be careful and pour slowly...gushed upon opening and left some sediment in the murk. Not sure why, as no shaking occurred. Just a temperamental one, I guess. The head is huge and stays big. The color is about the darkest milk chocolate-brown that brown can be before turning black. Thick walls of lace form as the head very slowly minimizes. No points taken off for its boisterousness, no hard feelings.
Aroma is malted milk, sweet cream, cheap coffee and shavings of dark baking chocolate. Has a kind of mineral slant that carries over into the flavor.
And the flavor is a weird one. Acidic fruitiness, low-grade coffee and terribly bitter chocolate chip are masked by that mineral flavor, which gives a soft, flat, tart metallic sheen to everything. Sour where it shouldn't be. Could be the "Irish ale yeast" that's used, as I taste some parallels between this and various Irish stouts. There's a great flavor here somewhere, but it's beset by problems.
Mouthfeel is a frothy one. Not as creamy as it could or should be. Finish turns things a bit fruity, still with a metal/mineral glaze. And yes, the long dry finish promised on the label is here...again reminding of various Irish stouts, and even some Scotch ales with that weird, musty, mineral/metal thing going on.
The 10.5% alcohol is superbly well-hidden. The thing looks amazing. It's definitely got its moments in other departments, but really, I'd probably pass this up in the future. There are better Belgian stouts out there (Special Extra Export and Obscura come to mind), but you gotta give it props for originality.
05-17-2008 21:43:16 | More by Metalmonk
2.83/5 rDev -18.7%
A: out of the stubby bottle poured cloudy black color. Soap cream colored head, splashes of lace. The pour was not as viscous as I was expecting
S: alcohol, dark malts, dark roasted coffee. A touch of dark, rich fruits
T: dark flavor of malts, chocolate, and coffee. Sweet black liquorice and alcohol notes. Sweetness is followed by sharp sour bitterness, overall a very sweet imperial stout. Most characteristics vanish/very subtle due to sweetness, I get two things out of this brew...sweet then bitter, not much else
M: syrup-like feel and very smooth and creamy. Body is a good heavy
D: with all due respect, I am going to have to try this one again sometime. I am not sure what to think? I am a stout lover but this was somewhat of a bad experience for me...dang!
12-05-2008 03:27:42 | More by Magpie14
Ontario (Canada)
4.33/5 rDev +24.4%
Tip of the hat to Papsoe. A dark not jet black colour with some white head. Aroma of yeast and coffee and chocolate. Unique rich stout, not as thick at a top RIS, not a Bell stout, just enjoyable Belgian style, similar to Hercules. Great balance as not too coffee (spelled Koffee), nor too chocolate, nor too bitter.
02-18-2007 02:44:35 | More by Sammy
3.53/5 rDev +1.4%
11.2oz bottle. 2003 vintage per label. Pours a dark brownish black with a massive light tan head. There is a lot of carbonation in the bottle, which forced me to pour extremely slowly to avoid a foam over. The aroma is a bit sour with roasted malt and cocoa powder. The taste like the aroma suggests is dark roasted malts with some coffee flavored bitterness in the finish and a warming booziness that lingers into the aftertaste. This is a "Belgian Imperial Stout", so people should not compare it to a big bold Russian Imperial Stout. This is not an extreme beer like some RIS, it is kicked down a few notches but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Overall, this is a pretty solid brew for what it is and is definitely worth a shot.
03-10-2008 03:44:11 | More by cjgator3
3.53/5 rDev +1.4%
Got this one from Digita7693. Thanks man
Poured into my Cigar City Snifter it has a very nice off white head. Great lacing. Very dark brown. Not very stout looking.
Aroma is not very stoutish either. Just sort of malty. Can't really smell anything else. Not very aromatic.
Taste is actually pretty good. But it tastes nothing like a stout. No roastyness. Just sort of smooth almost bock ish. Sort of sweet. Not bad just not a stout.
Mouthfeel is smooth. Good carb.
Overall this is not a stout. It's good bit it needs to be renamed or something. Then I would give it a better review.
03-08-2011 04:27:34 | More by PeprSprYoFace
3.18/5 rDev -8.6%
11.2 ounce short brown bottle without dating.
Pours murky dark brown with a 1/4 glass of tan head and rich lacing. The smell carries some mild roasted coffee and chocolate malts and is much more fruity than British-derived imperial stouts. Most malt flavors are obliterated by the extremely large alcohol presence in the beer. Strong fusel alcohols are predominant throughout. Alcohol-derived dark fruit flavors plus a little burnt coffee malt squeeze in at the swallow. The body is heavy and creamy as you'd expect. Rather difficult to finish due to the overwhelming booze content. Not something I'll be looking for in future.
11-08-2007 01:45:05 | More by dgallina
Alberta (Canada)
3.78/5 rDev +8.6%
Had this at the Delirium Cafe in Brussels. Never had a Belgian IS before.
Appearance - Very dark brown....not opaque. Very little off white bubbly head arose but fell quickly.
Smell - Fairly sweet and malty with a little belgian yeast. Some chocolate and roasted characteristics are there with some black licorice and fruit.
Taste - Up front dark fruits are present. There is a good alcohol kick and some chocolate and roasted malt. A little vanilla flavor is there too. Of course belgian yeast is in the taste as well. Interesting and good.
Mouthfeel - A thin but syrupy feel to it. Carbonation as expected.
Drinkability - Not bad...alcohol takes from it.
A good beer which was very interesting to taste. I would revisit it again but I dont think its possible.
06-09-2007 14:43:10 | More by Orrshow
2.63/5 rDev -24.4%
Initial comment is that this beer just isn't what it purports to be, at least in my opinion. It tastes like no stout I've ever tried.
Pours a hazy brown/black with a very quickly disappearing head. Pleasant light nose of simple fruit and simple ripe grapes. Some sweet malt/ripe pear nose, as well.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with light carbonation and no overwhelming character except that this is like no stout I've ever tasted. Flavors are a cross between wine and a sour. Not terribly appealing or pleasant on any level. Very different flavors. Spices, cooked fruit and some grape acid but not the kind of flavors that have you wanting more.
Interesting high acid, aged red wine finish. I can't really imagine drinking a glass of this for any reason other than a tasting experience.
09-05-2009 09:30:08 | More by GRG1313
2.98/5 rDev -14.4%
12 oz. These Belgian stouts have a great appearance. Dark brown/black with a huge light tan head. It kind of ends their though. Very roasty malt and coffee aroma. Something astringent. Carbonation is off the charts and really clouds everything. Earthy, fairly clean finish. This style has potential, but I just don't get it yet. They really should make a seperate category for these.
06-28-2009 02:31:28 | More by Bung
3.53/5 rDev +1.4%
Was recommended this when I bought some other stouts. Expiration date on the cap says Sept 2014. More than half of it gushed out when I opened it. My bad for storing it on its side when it explicitly says to store upright.
Smell: Smells very sour. Not sure if an imperial stout is supposed to smell like this might be infected.
Appearance: Kind of a murky dark brown. Not so attractive.
Taste: Very flavorful. I would call it "meaty". The sour kind of adds to it.
Mouthfeel: Almost bubbly. It's not a light beer, but the carbonation suspends it.
Overall: I would definitely drink it again. Easily overlooked due to it's mediocre appearance. Wish I hadn't lost half of it to gushing.
03-08-2014 08:00:13 | More by NRo
New Jersey
3.63/5 rDev +4.3%
A: A viscose pour yielded a dark chocolate color with a 1 finger solid foamy, dark khaki colored pancake head.
S: yeasty and fruity, bananas, melons, cantelops at first before yielding to some sweet dark chocolate and lactose notes.
T: dark cocoa beans and dry, milky lactose. Some dark fruit with a very spicy alcohol bite. Theres a spicy fruitiness of apple cider and yeastiness as well detected. The finish is hot and spicy with some alcohol fusels and a dark earthy bitterness. More alcohol then roasted character for my liking.
M: medium, oily, and was very spicy and bitter.
D: limited due to the hot and spicy nature. A big alcohol bite limits this to a sipper and distracts from the flavor.
10-21-2008 22:26:59 | More by beerthulhu
3.53/5 rDev +1.4%
A ton of frothy head unexpectedly results when the last dregs are poured into the chalice. Tan foam, dimpled surface. Leaves some lace, looks a little like a trappist Dubbel. In the light, the stout pours almost an amber color, not very dense.
Aroma of roasty malt, very subtle banana. Not strong at all, could use a boost in the nose.
Very malty and rich, unfortunately there's a metallic note that can't be shaken. Roast malt, chocolate, fried plantains. Thin mouthfeel, it needs work there too. Tastes like a cross between a Dubbel and a Guinness. Slight residual astringency. No hint of %10+ abv.
Average at best, when compared to other Belgian stouts, and American counterparts. I really wanted to like this, but it doesn't hold a candle to De Dolle Export Stout, Hercule, or others from Belgium.
07-07-2007 03:36:52 | More by emerge077
3.53/5 rDev +1.4%
11.2 ounce bottle. Served in a snifter, the beer pours a mahogany brown color with a small tan head that went away quickly. There is a decent amount of lacing left behind on the glass. Aroma is roasted malt, brown sugar and dark fruit (raisins, plums). Taste is similar to the aroma, with some chocolate also noticable in the taste. The dark fruit flavors are stronger compared to the other flavors. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's a bit syrupy and has moderate carbonation. Drinkability is OK, it goes down easy and it's not hard to drink at all. The 10.5% ABV is well hidden. Overall I think this is a decent enough brew. It's not something I would buy often, but it's definitely worth a try.
01-24-2010 00:10:16 | More by bluejacket74
3.65/5 rDev +4.9%
Pours dark brown and settles a lighter black than most Imperial Stout. The head is massive and very Belgian looking, being two fingers thick, wispy and creamy and tan. Aroma is slightly dusty, but sharp too. Some cocoa and raisin, but little roastiness aroma wise. Rich and chocolatey in the fore with a tart fruitiness, some baked cherry, plum and prune appear though the middle. Palate is thin for the style, but not desperately so. Its very "different" but it does leave a slightly roasty lingering dark chocolate flavor. Interesting, but not something Id go back to over and over.
12-18-2006 16:56:27 | More by Jredner
3.13/5 rDev -10.1%
Poured from a 335 ml bottle to a standard pint glass.
This had a tall but very airy head. Tastes of chocolate and burnt malts. Very interesting Belgian interpretation of this style. Much sweeter than typical imperial stouts. Lighter mouth feel also. Lacking some of the creaminess in both the body and head that typical comes with Imperial Stouts. For a beer this strong the alcohol was hidden well.
Not in my 10 imperial stouts. But interesting to try and recommended.
08-19-2007 21:51:20 | More by tendermorsel
Podge Belgian Imperial Stout from Picobrouwerij Alvinne
79 out of 100 based on 215 ratings.


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It's crystal clear now that my stated ambition to get through season one of DuckTales by the end of the Summer was laughably overoptimistic. My new goal is to finish the initial set of 65 eps by the end of the Fall semester. This estimate is based on my maintaining a one-ep-per-week posting schedule once school begins in the last week of August, which I should be able to do. I've already written my infamous "notes" and clipped the images for the two episodes immediately following "Down and Out in Duckburg," so I should be able to pop those out in short order before the "time-vise" really begins to bite down on me.
Greg's stated desire to interpret DuckTales' Carl Barks adaptations independent of any acquaintance with the original stories, "Down and Out" is arguably the textbook case of how familiarity with a Barks tale -- in this case, the early $CROOGE adventure "Trouble from Long Ago" (FOUR COLOR #495, September 1953), more popularly known as "The Horseradish Story" -- is absolutely ESSENTIAL in order to fairly assess the TV version of the story. Ken Koonce and David Weimers turn what was, in its original incarnation, a pretty straightforward "race against time" story into an unwieldy combination of a now-dated media parody and a none-too-subtle morality play in which a hard-hearted Scrooge is pauperized and made to learn the meaning of the "Golden Rule." This might have played better had it been produced during the Obama era, in which the mere possession of wealth is all too often taken as prima facie evidence of questionable character. In light of the manner in which Scrooge's character had been developed during the course of the series, though, it seemed at the time like a tremendous step backwards into the mindset of far inferior "moralizing" cartoons of the 80s.
Taking the ep at face value, Greg described it as "awesome and depressing at the same time." The thing is, even if one is not familiar with "Trouble from Long Ago," the K&W version of the story has more than enough of its own share of problems. Logical lapses and inappropriate slapstick abound, and even the draftsmanship lets the ep down in several instances. Most frustrating of all is the fact that "Trouble from Long Ago" presented Scrooge with a real "moral dilemma" that was far more believable than any of the chump-change-chiseling in which he indulged on screen. Had K&W showed more faith in the simple power of the Barks narrative, they could have had their "moral moment" and some legitimately exciting undersea action as well. It was all right there, laid out for them in the persistently perused pages of UNCLE $CROOGE McDUCK: HIS LIFE AND TIMES. Given such a beautiful canvas to copy, why settle for primary colors and finger-painting?
Don't Give Up the Ship." The Scrooge featured at the start of "Treasure of the Golden Suns" was purportedly an isolated, grumpy guy who hadn't yet softened up and returned to an "active lifestyle" with the Nephews. I'd argue, though, that the supposedly more "civilized" Scrooge who raises Mr. O'Flannel's rent, avoids giving boat-repair money to Captain Jack, and dodges donating to Salvation Mary comes across as a far more questionable, if not downright sinister, character. These three one-shot characters were obviously created to put a "human face" on the monetary misery that Scrooge causes others (never mind that the "real" Scrooge would probably have dealt with these folks through intermediaries), and the twisted logic that Scrooge employs during these confrontations (especially the one with Jack) winds up seeming more like a personal insult than the standard "sorry, it's just business" behavior in which you might expect a mogul to indulge.
North of the Yukon," to take just one example, he had to be arm-twisted into giving an interview and his picture to a magazine (and was subsequently proven prescient when the unwanted media exposure caused him some major difficulties). Nor has Scrooge ever expressed any interest in how any other rich person lives, except insofar as it directly infringes upon his personal space and/or property values (e.g., his resentment of the lottery-winning Blurfs' nouveau riche crudeness in "Bubbeo and Juliet"). K&W must have found the temptation to satirize Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (and, by extension, the self-indulgence of the boom-time 80s) too much to resist. Never mind that the Scrooge I know and love would probably have run screaming from any intrusion by anyone remotely resembling "Robin Lurch."
Yuppy Ducks" got slammed big-time for the whole idea of HD&L's deals getting cancelled and Scrooge not losing a penny of his fortune as a result. It seems to me that "Down and Out" is equally vulnerable to criticism for failing to follow through on the consequences of Fritter's many (supposedly) legitimate deals.
I still have no clue as to why K&W saw fit to change the shipment of horseradish to a barrel of marbles. Were they afraid that viewers wouldn't know what horseradish is? (Talk about showing contempt for your audience...) Did they want the freedom to employ the tiresome "He's lost his marbles!" pun at any time they chose? My guess is that, during their radical simplification (and that's a kind way of putting it) of the original salvage sequence, in which the "power" of horseradish played a key role in helping the Ducks locate the Golden Goose, K&W realized that they simply didn't need such a "complicated" McGuffin and jettisoned it. Besides, shortening the salvage action would free up more time for the middle-game parody of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous around which the entire adaptation was presumably built.
(Greg) He is Fritter O'Way who is voiced by Aron Kincaid (according to the USIMDB; so take that one with a grain of salt) who started on the television show This Is The Life in 1952; then Fall of Nineveh (which he wrote, directed and produced along with acted in it!), and as a beekeeper in The Wasp Woman. He went on to do mostly movies such as Spartacus, The Girls On The Beach, Ski Party, Beach Ball, Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine, The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini, The Secret Sharer, The Happiest Millionaire, and the New Wife. He didn't land much in terms of roles on television until he got into animation as The Iron Sheik in Rock'N'Wrestling in 1985. He then became Sky Lynx in Transformers and Killer Croc in Batman: The Animated Series.
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A burned out home in central Albany was demolished Tuesday as part of the Code Enforcement Department's effort to take down hundreds of dilapidated and dangerous properties across the city. But code enforcers say they still have a big job ahead.
The home at 414 North Jackson Street burned July 9th, 2012. There was a dispute with the owner, Scott Dismuke, because the home had been seized by the city. But today a contractor, paid by Dismuke, tore the dangerous structure down.
Albany Code Enforcement Director Mike Tilson said the home was a danger to that neighborhood. "Everyone that we can take down is a good thing for Albany."
Code enforcement says now there are 170 homes on the list of dilapidated structures in the legal process with the city to be condemned and demolished, like the two homes in the 600 block of Burke Avenue.
Both burned abandoned shells that neighbors like Alex Payton said are nightmares on their street. "It creates lots of unwanted crime and stuff. Plus you know kids can get hurt in these abandoned houses and stuff. If that could get torn down that's one less thing that could happen," Payton said.
Both these house are on the municipal court docket for condemnation. Code enforcement agrees they attract crime. "Prostitutes to vagrants to gang members use a lot of these open, unsecured buildings for various things that you or I would not want done in it in our home," Tilson said.
In the last 6 years the city of Albany has demolished more than 300 homes and blighted properties, and continues to work to have the rest repaired or taken down. But this year the money to demolish these blighted problems was cut from $150,000 to $117,000.
So city officials continue to work with home owners to have them take care of their own blighted properties. "Many buildings that have had court orders on them like in this Dismuke case have been taken down by the owners, and not with city dollars," Tilson said.
Code enforcement says they feel the city improves with each one of these dangerous homes coming down, and they are making good progress, even despite budget cuts.
Alex Payton is glad they continue working to tear down the dilapidated homes on his block. "Yes sir. That would be great. I'm waiting on that to happen, that would be great."
Code enforcement says it will take some time, but they are making progress. Code enforcement director Mike Tilson said one problem Albany has, the 2010 census found that 52% of Albany homes are rentals, much higher than the state and national average.
Tilson said some landlords don't keep their property up to standards and that is one reason for the high number of blighted property legal cases the city faces. Albany Code enforcement says if you have an empty, unsecured home in your neighborhood that you are concerned about, call 311 to report it.
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To keep pace with the global consumer shift from computers to mobile smart phones with their miniature displays, branding has had to learn to think like a Lilliputian. All things small however, does not guarantee less expensive as we have Apple asking $1M for interactive engagement media on its iPhone. Their explanation is the user experience… advertisers should not have an exclusive window to their subscriber, but rather a shared engagement with the content.
One of every five consumers is using a smart-phone to make a branded purchasing decision. The small screen will be attracting growing numbers of transaction as device prices drop and current carrier contracts expire. Being able to present offers 24 hours a day coincidental to the consumers geo-location with GPS technology is a ticket to demographic Nirvana.
For there to be a mobile brand conversation icons et al have to be miniaturized. The 3G-4G consumers already know there is less functionality in a mobile app and web browsing is a richer content experience, but to be effective both must be consumer relevant, up to the minute and platform specific. The inherent functionality of the medium….phone, web site etc, needs to focus on the user experience, so a mobile version of a Web site is becoming a have to have rather than I will think about it option.
buy me, bring me, get me, take me, give me….if you want them to come back. Once again, branding is edging ever so much closer to sales promotion with bar code scanning and location aware proximity technology drawing them all together at the point of sale.
One caveat when creating your mobile marketplace…each platform; Apple, Android, Blackberry and Bada sees the code differently and each device sees that code differently.
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Carnegie Mellon School of Drama has appointed Abigail Rosen Holmes as an associate professor of Lighting Design. She joins lighting technologist, Todd Brown, and professor of Lighting Design, Cindy Limauro. Together, they will partner to continue Carnegie Mellon's high standards of excellence and will look to the future of lighting design education.
Rosen Holmes brings an international reputation as a premiere concert lighting designer with experience in projections, television, film, corporate events, and architectural lighting. She has designed concert tours for Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus, Shakira, Martina McBride, Cher, The Cure, Pet Shop Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Janet Jackson, Amy Grant, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, Roger Waters' The Wall in Berlin, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Walt Disney Imagineering.


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I'm in the same boat, I uploaded last night after a month of working on a new design. Oh yeah, and my wife might go into labor any minute with our first child. Stress isn't even the right word for it at this point, I'm using the phrase, "perpetual panic state".
:)) okay then, you're right for your wife, although for the design, you have a uploaded before and you also have a good reputation. I don't think your design won't be approved. Mine is for the first time. Who knows … good luck and take good care of you wife
Happy (with less panic) weekend and congrats for you little son / daughter!


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Rice right-hander Philip Humber was the top choice, going third overall behind California shortstop Matt Bush, who went to San Diego, and Old Dominion righty Justin Verlander, who was tabbed by Detroit.
"I think coming out of a program like this, Rice is the pinnacle of college baseball," said Humber, who took the loss on Sunday as the Owls were eliminated from NCAA Tournament by Texas A&M. "It prepares you for success down the road. I know college baseball is a little lower level than minor league baseball, but I gained a lot of experience here.
New York tabbed pitchers with their second and third picks, choosing San Jose State righty Matt Durkin (44th overall) and Belen Jesuit High School (Fla.) righty Gaby Hernandez. Right-handers Scott Hyde of George Fox College in Oregon and Neil Jamison of Long Beach State went in the eighth and ninth rounds, while Virginia Tech's Jeff Landing and Servite High School's (Calif.) Brad Meyers were chosen in the 12th and 14th rounds, respectively.
"I haven't spoken to anyone with the Mets yet," Hyde said. "I actually looked it up on the Internet and called my parents. We were using the MLB.com Draft Tracker. It was pretty crazy. We were scrolling down and waiting, holding our breath."
Joseph Williams of St. Xavier University in Illinois was the only southpaw chosen.
Overall, seven of the 18 players selected were from high schools, including outfielder Brahiam Maldonado of St. Francis High in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He went in the 10th round.
New York picked University of Washington catcher Aaron Hathaway in the fourth round before filling out the left side of the infield with their fifth and sixth picks. Third baseman Nick Evans of St. Mary's High (Ariz.) went at No. 5 while shortstop Ryan Coultas of The University of California-Davis went at No. 6.
Outfielders Josh Wyrick of Porterville College (Calif.), Martinez Allen of Dunellon (Fla.) High School, Parris Austin of Douglas County (Ga.) High School and Kyle Brown of Lemoyne College in New York were also selected.
The Mets also picked first baseman Mike Carp of Lakewood (Calif.) High in the ninth round and shortstop William Psomas of West Virginia University with their 15th pick.
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Malware attacks have taken on new meaning over the last few years. Businesses and consumers are more or less used to the day-in and day-out of Trojans, phishing scams, and such, but a new breed of much more complex and sophisticated threats has changed the game.
The Stuxnet and Duqu worms, as well as Flame, Gauss, and Red October malware all appear to have been developed by nation states or well-organized terrorist groups. Each has had specific goals and precise targets. Unless you're specifically in the crosshairs of one of these cyber espionage attacks, you have nothing to worry about, right? Not exactly.
[ Also on InfoWorld: Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun. | Security expert Roger A. Grimes offers a guided tour of the latest threats and explains what you can do to stop them in InfoWorld's "Fight Today's Malware" Shop Talk video and Malware Deep Dive Report. | Learn how to secure your systems with InfoWorld's Security Central newsletter. ]
There are three ways anyone will feel the consequences of cyber espionage or cyber warfare threats, even if they're not the intended target.
1. Critical infrastructure
A nation-state or terrorist organization using malware may be able to cripple the critical infrastructure of the target nation. That includes things like the electrical power grid, train and air transportation, traffic lights, natural gas pipelines, nuclear power facilities, water treatment plants, and more.
These things are called "critical infrastructure" for a reason--they're crucial elements required for basic survival, defense, transportation and communication. If an attack impacts the critical infrastructure of a nation, the fallout will be felt by all businesses that rely on those services.
2. Collateral damage
Despite the "good intentions" of the developers behind these sophisticated cyber-espionage attacks, businesses and consumers not intended as targets may be affected nonetheless. Collateral damage, after all, is calculated in pretty much any military or intelligence operation, and the same applies to strategic attacks by rogue groups.
An attack meant to cripple the PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers) at an enemy nuclear facility may accidentally shut down similar model PLCs at an automobile manufacturing plant. The fact that the attack wasn't meant to impact the manufacturing facility is little consolation if you're affected.
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In a presentation at the Kaspersky Cyber-Security Summit 2013 in New York this week, Costin Raiu, Kaspersky's director of global research and analysis, pointed out interesting data. Although the Duqu cyber-espionage threat was discovered and neutralized long ago, one of its core exploits showed up as the top, most prolific threat for two days in a row last December.


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Environmentally-friendly or "green" production design is becoming the norm. It's my marching orders for many shows, and all of my jobs feature some green elements today. I often suggest green alternatives to clients, and they're starting to see how easy it is to take advantage of the options. But, admittedly, green set design is initially more expensive—with upfront costs 10 to 30% higher—so I need a show's blessing to pull it off.
Even if higher upfront expenses are a given, the use of tax rebates and certain post-show practices offer ways to recoup those costs. In New York, Mayor Bloomberg is very active in the green movement and has instituted a number of green incentive programs. Many corporate clients like NBC have internal incentives to offset the cost of green set design. Producers need to explore the financial gain or loss associated with every decision in a production, but, in my experience, if they opt for green set design, they'll either break even or come out ahead at the end.
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The most important issue in green production design is early involvement by the set designer. A majority of my clients, on a diverse roster of projects, now ask about green set options up front. If a client wants to go green, the production designer needs to know going in so he or she can start doing research, make apples-to-apples green vs. non-green budget comparisons, incorporate choices in the design process, and line up appropriate vendors.
All of that takes time, especially if you're a designer who hasn't worked green before; there's a learning curve to take into account. Realistically, there may not always be time to implement all of the necessary pre-planning, but it is usually possible to put at least a few green decision into effect.
Fortunately, at least one of those steps has become very easy for production designers: sourcing green vendors. With a greater public awareness of green living today, you can get instant gratification in green shopping. The eco-superstore Green Depot, for example, which sells green building supplies and materials to homeowners and professionals, recently opened in Manhattan. When I designed the MTV series Real World: Brooklyn, the turnaround was so fast that there was no time to shop trade-only (traditionally the best way to locate green options). I had to go retail/commercial, but on Real World, I had plenty of eco-friendly choices.
Making green choices starts in the set designer's office. Instead of working with paper, binders, and plastic, most work can be done digitally with a lot more flexibility. At Vibrant Design, we draft with CAD and store data on external servers. Although we still buy books for research, there are such wonderful design blogs and image sources on the web that 90% of the visual research I do is online. Even in situations where I don't believe the computer works as well as traditional methods for me—such as client presentations where I prefer the tactile nature of paper—I can choose recycled paper products.
Green Options Multiply
Construction shops have reached a green critical mass in the last 12 months. Designers pushing them to work green have helped turn many of these shops in an eco-friendly direction.
I often work with Showman Fabricators in Long Island City, which has a green mandate in their business plan. They suggest green options for me to present to the client. With some other shops I have to specify exactly the kind of green materials I'd like them to use: low VOC paint, recycled glass and carpet, salvaged windows. Just about everything can be green these days but their usage has to be instigated by the designer.
It's useful to have shops bid a job showing green and non-green costs. Or you can get bids from shops that are green and shops that aren't. I do a lot of legwork comparing different bids and laying out products for the client, so it's immediately clear what they get for their money; facilitating the understanding of what the choices are and why they should be considered makes it much easier for a producer to make a green decision.
Stay tuned for part 2 of Ellen Waggett's discussion of eco-friendly options.
Ellen Wagget has extensive network television credits most recently designing the hip, colorful set for MTV's The Real World: Brooklyn and co-designing NBC's new Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. She was production designer on ABC's Hope & Faith from 2004-2006 and art director on the first season of FX's Damages; she won an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Art Direction in 2004 for her work on the NBC series, Whoopi. Waggett also served as production designer on Stephen Colbert's A Colbert Christmas, Food Network's Chopped, Worst Cook, and Food Detectives and the second season of Tim Gunn's Guide to Style.www.vibrantdesign.tv


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Born Oct. 1, 1938, in Muncie, he was a son of Delbert and Eleanor White Mann. He married Alta Kinniman on Jan. 14, 1971, and she survives.
Mr. Mann was a U.S. Army veteran. He worked 32 years as a hi-lo driver at Chrysler before retiring in 2000.
Additional survivors include children Norman Paul (Erin Marie) Blunk, William Dale Mynatt, Jennifer Lynn (Jeffrey Paul) Seguna, Delbert William Mann, and Thomas Scott Mann; and five grandchildren.
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McDonnells fate in hands of juryThe corruption case that could send former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife to federal prison were put in the hands of jurors Tuesday.
Brooks: Let them eat lunchKing George Supervisor Cedell Brooks Jr. said he plans to put $500 into a fund for elementary students who dont have money for lunches and dont qualify for free lunch.
New academic year gets off to hot startStudents and teachers return to school on an uncomfortable hot and humid day
Colonial Beach schools to get $1.8 million settlementThe Colonial Beach school system will receive $1.8 million from its insurance company in a settlement from a January fire that destroyed the town%u2019s old high school building.
Safe crossings goal of city trail workWork at the Lafayette Boulevard and Blue & Gray Parkway intersection is a sign that the Virginia Central Railway Trail is close to opening.
Traffic to shift at North Stafford commuter lotThe Virginia Department of Transportation said commuters might want to leave a little earlier Monday because the new section has a different layout.
Hot weather doesn't detour these youngstersPHOTO: Evening football practice continued despite the heat with plenty of water breaks for youngsters of a youth football team.
K. G. planners to review drilling ordinancesThe current ordinance allows for exploratory drilling only, so the supervisors directed planners to recommend any changes necessary, should a company apply for a special-exception permit to drill for natural gas or oil.
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The "Angels Among Us" Poker Run in Evansdale on Saturday was meant to honor multiple kidnapped and murdered girls, including Evansdale cousins Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins, Dayton teenager Kathlyn Shephard and Shelly Day who was abducted and murdered almost 40 years ago when she was only two years old.
Poker Run participants started out at Lofty's and made multiple stops throughout Evansdale to remember the girls.
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Beekmantown girls secure first Upstate hockey title
CANTON — It was a tremendous sense of relief for Beekmantown girls' hockey coach Ray Guay on Sunday.
The Eagles skated to a 3-0 victory over Potsdam to capture its first-ever Upstate Girls Hockey Championship in its fifth trip to the Final Four and fourth to the finals.
"I feel like a big block has been taken off my shoulders," Guay said. "The girls came out hard right from the get-go and it was a high-paced game.
The third time was a charm for Beekmantown (20-1-1), which had lost to Potsdam twice in previous finals, including a 2-1 setback a season ago.
"Definitely, it was good to play them in the finals again and to beat them this time," Guay said. "We had beaten them, 2-1, in a regular season game that could have gone either way.
"But I knew we could beat them if we played our game. We shortened our bench a little — you have to do what you have to do. We didn't look for certain matchups and felt good about what we had."
The Eagles took the lead for good at 8:06 of the first period when Alexis Guay scored off an Emily Raville pass.
Then, at 3:14 of the second, it was Raville who scored with Guay assisting to make it 2-0.
Katie Matott, who moments earlier came up empty on a breakaway, was able to get behind the Potsdam defense again and made sure this time, giving Beekmantown a 3-0 lead at the 8:00 mark of the second.
The Eagles held a 31-13 advantage in shots on goal and Kayleigh Bell made 13 saves in net for the shutout. Ali Compeau stopped 28 shots for the Sandstoners.
"Matott played a great game," Guay said. "And I can't say enough about the leadership we got from seniors Alexis Guay, Amanda Peterson, Emily Raville and Ashley Terry. They led the way for us.
"The girls played very well — they played outstanding. We were tied of getting to the finals and not winning. We didn't allow a shot on goal in the third period. We played a 1-2-2 and wanted to keep the play in their end. We were able to do so."
The Eagles advanced to the finals with a 3-2 victory over Kenmore the day before in the Final Four semifinals. Potsdam, meanwhile, was a 3-1 winner over Alexandria Bay.
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First period- 1, Beek, Guay (Raville), 8:06.
Second period- 2, Beek, Raville (Guay), 3:14. 3, Beek, Matott, 8:00.
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It was a whole different set up in the News 13 studio earlier Saturday. WMBB once again hosted the Annual Community Auction for Panama City Marine Institute.
"It's five hours of controlled chaos," said Nick Lowe, a team leader at PCMI. "It goes quick."
For five hours, the News 13 studio transforms as different, but familiar, faces take to the desk and announce what items viewers can bid on at home.
"It's a big fundraiser for us," said Mark Carroll, Executive Director. "It's the biggest one we have every year. "
PCMI is part of a national non-profit called AMI Kids, which offers schooling and counseling to kids who have either been expelled from the school system, or ordered to attend by the Department of Juvenile Justice.
"We get to get ahold of them, grab onto them, love them, help them out, and show them the right path," said Lowe.
Viewers bid thousands of dollars Saturday but even though the lines are now shut down and the auction is over, it's unknown just how much of a money maker this fundraiser was.
But one thing is for sure, those helping answer phones and volunteering, had a blast doing it.
"We have a good time, its fun," said Lowe.
Carroll says he hopes to raise around the same amount last year which was $30,000.
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Malawi's semi-annual review: Shedding light on power sector reform
Posted on July 10, 2014 by Tom Haslett, Program Officer
Earlier this year, the Principal Secretary of Malawi's Ministry of Energy convened the first semi-annual review of the country's five-year, $350.7 million MCC compact. These reviews will be held every six months and provide key stakeholders with an opportunity to assess progress against the agenda for reform in Malawi's power sector. The compact establishes an ambitious program to revitalize the country's power sector through investments in critical infrastructure, hydropower plant efficiency and sector institutions.
The centerpiece of the review is a set of indicators focused on the performance of ESCOM, the country's electricity utility, in areas like asset maintenance, bill collection and efficient provision of electricity. ESCOM's financial plan establishes targets for these indicators, which are then compared against actual performance at the semi-annual review. This gives stakeholders in attendance and the Malawian public in general a window into what's going on at ESCOM and with broader power sector reforms aimed at attracting new investment in electricity generation.
Why is this important? ESCOM is the main electricity provider for Malawian households and companies, and its operations are a matter of intense public interest. However, ESCOM's recent performance has not been strong, and many Malawians lack confidence in the utility's ability to improve. This was displayed recently as stakeholders spoke out against an increase in tariffs proposed by ESCOM; people asked why they should pay more for unreliable service and encouraged the company to increase efficiency, not raise rates. And in April 2014, the energy regulator approved a tariff increase below the level ESCOM identified as necessary to cover costs while highlighting the need for performance improvements.
ESCOM's efforts to improve its service have given rise to a chicken-and-egg problem: The company believes a higher, cost-reflective tariff is necessary to improve service. But the public will have trouble accepting significantly higher tariffs until ESCOM's operations improve.
This is where the semi-annual review can establish a path forward by providing a forum where objective data helps paint a picture of ESCOM's performance and define corrective actions.
At the same time, emerging issues in the power sector can be jointly reviewed by power sector institutions and representatives of the private sector and civil society.
The review is also a perfect tool for the MCC model. The sustainability of our work in Malawi is based on strengthening ESCOM's ability to recover costs, invest in service provision and be a viable partner for investors. We're supporting these goals by introducing a modern management information system and helping build capacity in areas like financial management, procurement and billing efficiency.
The compact also targets policy reforms that can incentivize private investment in new power generation. The semi-annual reviews will allow us to understand if the compact is meeting its goals and provide learning opportunities. In addition, by bringing together stakeholders from across Malawian society, these forums will ensure the public consultations that helped develop the compact continue to inform its implementation.
This first semi-annual review gave concerned stakeholders a chance to better understand current power sector reform goals, progress to date against those goals and how the compact is supporting their achievement. A report that includes data on all key performance indicators discussed in the review will be publicly available soon. And three sub-committees with members drawn from the semi-annual review participants will meet on July 17 to review priority corrective actions to progress against the reform agenda and approve implementation procedures and timelines to address these issues. As our work continues over the coming months months, we'll look forward to the next review—another opportunity to shed light on how MCC is helping to reform Malawi's power sector.
What a difference a paved road makes
Posted on July 8, 2014 by Alison Wallace, Development Specialist
MCC's five-year compact with Burkina Faso ends on July 31. This story is part of a series of blogs and stories that highlights the accomplishments of this compact through the voices of the people who will benefit most from MCC's investments in Burkina Faso. Read the stories and learn more about the Burkina Faso compact.
Kiribina is a village that lies along the upgraded 31-mile road between Banfora and Sindou in southwestern Burkina Faso. Assétou Hilou lives in this tree-lined village, where she has two rice fields and a small sheep-raising business which she uses to support her four young children.
Prior to the Millennium Challenge Corporation's five-year, $480.9 million compact with Burkina Faso, Hilou and her neighbors had limited access to Banfora, the regional capital. The road would flood during the rainy season, making certain parts dangerous to traverse and others entirely inaccessible. During the dry season, the dust-covered road was in poor shape, causing expensive motorcycle and vehicle damage and contributing to breakdowns of the taxi van that she would take to the nearby market.
But access to Banfora is critical for people living in Kiribina: Not only does it have the largest marketplace for miles, it also has the best schools and health centers. When the road became inaccessible, Assétou was simply unable to meet her family's basic needs for part of the year.
But the MCC road investment has changed that.
Since the construction, Hilou has been able to make the journey to Banfora on a regular basis. She can plan her market days carefully based on the best moment to sell her goods. She has better access to the resources that Banfora offers—resources she said will benefit her family. In total, the road will reach 190,000 of Hilou's neighbors along the length of the road segment.
"I used to sell rice only in the local market where I got a low price," she said. "Now, I sell in Banfora where I can sell the rice for more money, even in the rainy season."
The Banfora-Sindou Road is only part of MCC's $194.1 million Roads Project, which also involves the construction of two additional national roads and the upgrade of rural roads in the southwest of the country, significantly increasing connectivity in this key agricultural region.
Hilou is not just excited about earning more money; because her house is near the road, she is also happy that the dust from vehicles driving by has decreased. And she is not alone in her excitement for the new road—many others in villages along the road noted that they were thrilled for an easier route to market, more regular access to essential social services, the ability to travel more easily during the rainy season and the reduction in dust and mud that has come with a paved road.
Traffic safety signs people can relate to
Posted on July 1, 2014 by Alison Wallace, Development Specialist
MCC's five-year compact with Burkina Faso ends on July 31. This story is part of a series of blogs and stories that highlights the accomplishments of this compact through the voices of the people who will benefit most from MCC's investments in Burkina Faso. Read the stories and learn more about the Burkina Faso compact.
As anyone who has worked with Kateri Clement, MCC's resident country director in Burkina Faso, can attest, some of her best ideas come while traveling in the field. During a recent trip, we passed one of MCC's traditional branded signs for the compact's Roads Project and Kateri said, "I like the branded signs that we have on the road, but we can do better. Could we get an artist to design some signs to mark the road that MCC just funded?"
And so it began. Within a month, the team at MCA-Burkina Faso had launched a competition and opened it to the project beneficiaries living along the road in six municipalities in northwestern Burkina Faso. The challenge was to come up with a message that would encourage driver and pedestrian safety. Each municipality was to submit drawings with potential road-safety messages, and the winning designs would be turned into professionally produced signs.
Submissions came pouring in, and the topics ranged from warnings to drivers to obey speed limits and avoid reckless driving and alcohol to messages aimed at pedestrians with warnings to watch where they walk and keep a safe distance from the road when selling produce.
After a three-week design collection period, the municipalities' mayors delivered the best entries in Ouagadougou, where judges from MCC, MCA-Burkina Faso and the National Road Safety Organization chose the designs that best incorporated messaging and quality artwork. The second- and third-place winners were both from the municipality of Bomborokuy, whose designs warn drivers against talking on a cell phone while driving and exceeding vehicle weight limits. The community earned two professionally produced road signs replicating the drawings, as well as school supplies for students.
Dédougou took home first prize—not only school supplies, but three large signs to be placed along the road to warn drivers not to drive too fast and to limit the number of passengers to the recommended number for the vehicle.
At the inaugural ceremony—attended by MCC Senior Advisor Cassandra Butts and Managing Director Alicia Phillips Mandaville—the mayor of Dédougou proudly accepted the prizes on behalf of her community. Cheers rang out when the sign was first unveiled, and construction workers installed the sign in the town of Nouna later that afternoon.
What began as an idea on a routine drive in the field, ended in an activity that fostered broad community participation and put a spotlight on the message that adherence to simple rules for traffic safety can save lives. Today, the residents along the MCC Road Project can be proud that they became a small part of the road construction, putting the final pieces together so that their neighbors can have easier and safer access to markets.
Resettlement means opportunity for all
Posted on July 1, 2014 by Scott Fontaine, Corporate Copywriter-Editor
MCC's five-year compact with Burkina Faso ends on July 31. This story is part of a series of blogs and stories that highlights the accomplishments of this compact through the voices of the people who will benefit most from MCC's investments in Burkina Faso. Read the stories and learn more about the Burkina Faso compact.
The start of Burkina Faso's rainy season used to bring a sense of unease for Assonsi Karama.
Rain would leak through the straw roof of his house and cause his mud-brick walls to fall apart. Everything in the house would get soaked, and Karama often resorted to starting a fire inside the house to dry everything out.
"It rains, and I sleep well," the 35-year-old farmer said. "There's no problem."
Karama's family was one of 16 that received new housing in the village of Diarabakoko in southwest Burkina Faso to make way for road construction as part of MCC's five-year, $480.9 million compact.
The $194 million Roads Project is paving 170 miles of primary roads in western Burkina Faso to help improve access to markets, reduce travel times and vehicle operating costs and ultimately boost household incomes.
On my visit earlier this year to Diarabakoko, Karama gave me and an MCC colleague a tour of the village. As we walked past women stirring porridge over open fires and chickens pecking at the ground, we saw the new homes—sturdy structures with concrete walls and metal roofs—standing in stark contrast to the town's usual mud-and-straw huts. On the outskirts of the village were newly built latrines and hand pumps for drawing groundwater. These investments demonstrate MCC's high standards for compensation designed to improve the quality of life for those persons affected by its projects.
Karama's father and the village elder, 79-year-old Massefa Karama, said the new homes were one of the best changes the community has seen in his lifetime.
His son wants him to carry a message.
"When we bury him, he'll tell our ancestors that they missed these new houses," Assonsi Karama said. "They missed a huge event."
Water resource management: a new form of life insurance
Posted on June 23, 2014 by Alison Wallace, Development Specialist
MCC's five-year compact with Burkina Faso ends on July 31. This story is part of a series of blogs and stories that highlights the accomplishments of this compact through the voices of the people who will benefit most from MCC's investments in Burkina Faso. Read the stories and learn more about the Burkina Faso compact.
The average American uses 100 gallons of water per day. In Burkina Faso, water is scarce, and the majority of the population cannot afford to waste a drop. Farmers depend on it to water their crops and nourish their livestock; families depend on it to wash clothes, cook and bathe; and everyone requires drinking water to live.
When there is not enough water and the water is poorly managed, the population is more susceptible to the consequences of droughts, floods, regional overpopulation, environmental degradation and pollution, as well as water-use conflicts.
While water is scarce, there is a way to manage water resources so that everyone has enough. And the Millennium Challenge Corporation is helping the Government of Burkina Faso do just that through investments in integrated water resource management. The Government of Burkina Faso – with MCC assistance – is drafting Water Resource Management Plans for two water basins. The plans are designed so that people will have reliable access to water while maintaining environmental standards that protect the surrounding ecosystems.
And through investments in Local Water Committees, MCC is working to ensure that everyone has a voice.
Ambroise Coulibaly, president of the Satiri Local Water Committee which is responsible for water resource management in 16 villages, says the training that his committee members have received has been a valuable tool. "Before we learned about integrated water resource management, there were a lot of conflicts between gardeners and herders. But with the training that our committee has received, we can now go out and teach the population how to share those resources."
MCC has helped put in place 10 local water committees that work with residents to determine water needs at the sub-basin level. Through representatives, residents' needs are then brought to the attention of the water basin committees where they are integrated into the basin planning documents. On April 30, 2014, the third revision of the Water Resource Management Plan for the Mouhoun Basin was completed by its water agency, and plans are now in place for the national government to approve the plan by July 31. Combined with user and polluter fees, government approval of the plan will make it operational. At the conference, a sign hung over the doorway which read, Water is life. Water resource management is life insurance. And nothing could better explain the goal of the Water Resource Management Plans.
Ambroise agrees that the plan will make a difference.
"The passing of the Water Resource Management Plan will solidify behavior change in many people because there will be rules on the books," he said. "Everyone will know their roles, begin caring for the environment, and people will start seeing conflicts go away."