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He'Brew Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. - Shmaltz Brewing Company
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Ratings: 1,664 | Reviews: 846 | Display Reviews Only:
3/5 rDev -26.1%
12-10-2011 02:48:00 | More by jenray
3/5 rDev -26.1%
03-19-2012 23:27:51 | More by illini4x4
3/5 rDev -26.1%
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3/5 rDev -26.1%
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3/5 rDev -26.1%
05-10-2012 14:51:10 | More by Willywong1962
3/5 rDev -26.1%
05-19-2012 18:01:36 | More by TimH
3/5 rDev -26.1%
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3/5 rDev -26.1%
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3/5 rDev -26.1%
06-03-2013 01:21:57 | More by szmnnl99
3.03/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
This is a bomber of RIPA from Shmaltz. It is near room temperature (as this is the last of the bottle I opened 2 hours ago).
Appearance: For a DIPA, the ale is very dark, more similar to an amber. There is a nice ring of head that laces.
Smell: Malts that remind me of a barleywine are the first that I detect. Very sweet and malted-up, this beer is no regular DIPA, as there is no hop presence in the nose.
Taste: The rye adds a very nice touch up front, a change of pace in terms of malts. From there though, the malts spiral out of control and dominate the beer. There is a distinct barleywine aftertaste that lasts a long time. Again, there is some hop bitterness, but nowhere near that amounts I expected.
Mouthfeel: The flavors are too powerful and do not subside. This is not for the faint of heart.
Drinkability. Trust me, one bomber is enough.
Serving type: bottle
07-03-2006 23:07:13 | More by akorsak
3.05/5 rDev -24.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
I've never seen Lenny Bruce perform. From what I've read, he was ahead of his time, pushing the boundaries of what was thought to be good taste in his time, and never afraid to take risks or possibly ""step over the line". In that spirit comes Bittersweet Lenny RIPA On Rye from He'Brew.
Unfortunately, like a comedian who simply swears too much and uses shock value of profanity to make up for poor punch lines, this brew simply didn't have the proper level of restraint, nuance, and balance to work for me.
I started by pouring it into my tulip, and appreciated the dark brown liquid with a slight head of white foam floating on top. There was lots of sheeting action on the glass. I have a weak nose, but couldn't pick up much aroma for all the strong flavors I was about to encounter, a little hop aroma, a little malt aroma, not much else. The flavor was strong, the flavor was aggressive, the flavor was a little shocking, and unfortunately, the flavor was not all that enjoyable. There was a lot of malt in there, with a bitter rye note, that seemed to overwhelm a lot of piney, grapefruity hops. I was surprised to see the malt overwhelm the hops is what the bottle said was a double IPA. Now there is nothing wrong with breaking the rules, but if you're going to break them, something good should come out of it. That didn't happen here.
With all that malt, the mouthfeel was one of the high points of this brew, with a luxerious, creamy texture. But I found this too strong, aggressive and unbalanced to be very drinkable.
I can appreciate what He'Brew was trying to accomplish here, but these type of beers work not because of the aggressive flavors, but because care is taken to balance and blend the aggressive flavors, and that is missing here.
Serving type: bottle
01-22-2009 15:28:22 | More by RunDWP
3.06/5 rDev -24.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Type: 12-oz. bottle
Glass: Lagunitas mason jar
From: Pacific Liquor at Renaissance at North Park (San Diego), Calif.
Price: $2.99
Purchased: June 28, 2013
Consumed: June 28, 2013
Misc.: N/A
Poured a dark mahogany color with 4-to-5 fingers of khaki tan head that actually overflowed over the mason jar. Very thick caramel tan lacing on the sides. Great retention all the way down.
Smelled rye hops, iced tea, licorice, molasses, caramel and honey.
Tasted bitter rye hops right from the get-go, followed by iced tea, molasses and licorice. Very bitter and the alcohol's 10 percent is not well hidden at all. Thick, grainy, earthy, heavy, malty.
Medium-to-full body. Creamy-to-sticky texture. Average-to-lively carbonation. Long, bitter finish.
Really was not a fan of this beer. I would never have it again on purpose.
Serving type: bottle
06-29-2013 07:42:44 | More by BucannonXC5
3.08/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
I love rye beers.
I love hops.
What isn't to like? Well . . . nothing. But what is to like?
Some DIPAs are all about the hops. Some of them have a strong malt presence that balances out the sheer hop volume. This is one of the latter catagory, but it doesn't work. It is very sweet, but monodimensional in terms of malt. There is some light rye spiciness, but nothing serious, but it manages to be excessively sweet and dry at the same time. 'Creamy' is the taste/texture combination used to describe this taste of maltiness to me. I freakin' hate it.
And the hops? Resiny, but that's it. The resin conflicts with the light rye spiciness.
Absolutely run-of-the-mill.
Oh, and it is hot as heck!!! The 10% is really hit-you-over-the head noticable. Not my cup of tea.
Serving type: on-tap
08-18-2006 01:28:11 | More by shbobdb
3.08/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
poured into a pint glass, smells of hops, and a slight spiciness, chalking that up to the rye.
tastes is off, hoppy, but not enough, spicy and malty flavors are throwing off the hoppiness. the mouthfeel is just wrong, thick, way too thick for a dipa, more in the range of a big stout. this beer just missed the mark for me.
Serving type: bottle
01-11-2009 02:19:11 | More by redneckchugger
3.1/5 rDev -23.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours deep red-amber with a finger of slightly yellowish head that recedes to a cluster of soap bubbles. Rye beers look awesome.
Aroma is mixed citric hops with a strong malt backbone and just a note of rye spiciness. I'd have liked a rye bomb, but this smells pretty good.
The flavor profile opens up surprisingly malty with a hint of rye.The finish is bitter and piney. The bitterness is jarring, as there isn't much lead-in of hop flavors. Not bad, but the balance needs work. And it needs. more. rye. (I've yet to find a beer that had too much rye.)
The mouthfeel is oily with a medium body and well-balanced carbonation.
Drinkability is decent.
Serving type: bottle
12-23-2007 06:27:04 | More by kajerm
3.13/5 rDev -22.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Ok so maybe I'm just not a rye beer guy. I'm wasn't really picking up much of the hops, seeing as this was a DIPA. I don't really like the way that the two flavors mix and this beer tastes like a poorly balanced barley wine. The mouthfeel is actually quite nice. Oily and moves around well on the tongue. Drinkability is ok, but its more sessionable than anything.
Serving type: bottle
01-18-2009 20:00:05 | More by supercolter
3.13/5 rDev -22.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Deep amber body, clear and free of any haze. Heavy four finger white head perched atop with very impressive retention. The glass is left coated with lacing.
The bottle states Lenny's was "brewed with an obscene amount of malts and hop" This definitely is coming through in the nose. First the good. Bright citrusy scents spill out of the glass. The hop selection is awesome, I love rye beers that balance the astringency with a nice citric bite. Now the bad, there is a lot of malt and not all good. Lightly toasted malt provides a pleasant base though I begin to worry by the amount of caramel I am smelling. Getting a bit to happy with caramel malt has killed many good IPA/DIPA's.
I tried to keep an open mind but my concerns were only justified. Bittersweet Lenny should just go by Sweet Lenny. The cloying caramel malt in combination with the fruitiness of hops makes for an entirely too sweet beer. The nice bit from the rye I so looked forward to is nonexistent. If only the percentage of crystal malt was cut down this would be one damn good beer.
Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. The overwhelming sweetness coats the tongue making for an inappropriately long finish.
It is sad that one ingredient can ruin a beer with so much promise. Lenny is just far too sweet to enjoy.
Serving type: bottle
11-02-2010 01:09:08 | More by kzoobrew
3.15/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Served from a bomber, purchased at Woodmans west, Madison, WIsconsin, into a pint glass.
A: Nice pour, achieved a beautiful 2 finger head. Pours a nice dark amber color, with a light tan head. Head dissipates slowly, leaving nice lacing down the side of the glass.
S: Not much in the way of aroma, just picking up mild scent of hops.
T: Hop flavor is somewhat limited, although maybe I'm not picking up on them due to the solid malt backbone. Either way, not enough bitterness to call it a double IPA, in my opinon. That being said, this is a tasty brew, balanced, tasty, and makes you want to drink more, and more. But It might have been better marketed as an IPA, not the double.
M: Good mouthfeel, smooth and creamy.
D: I would have to rate the overall drinkability as just over average. I would drink this beer again, but not if I was in the mood for a double IPA.
One last thing: I would like to say that this is the first beer I've had from this brewery, and while I don't think it's a good example of the style, I want to stress the point that it's a good beer. Had it been sold under the
"regular" IPA label, I would have rated it higher. If you're looking for a "hop bomb", keep looking. If you're in the mood for a well balanced IPA, pick this one up, and enjoy it. I did.
Serving type: bottle
08-26-2006 00:11:22 | More by dancinwillie
3.15/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
12oz picked up at Pilgrim's Market in CdA over the weekend... enjoyed while listening to some Carl Cox Black Rock and chilling on my hotel balcony.
Poured into my small weizen glass... 2 finger lite khaki head... good retention and lacing... the brew is a polished copper.
Nose is hop forward with a bunch of caramel maltiness to balance... citrus hops out front with more than enough malt to pull it out... big booze presence.
Hop bitterness helps balance the pretty thick malt component.. toasty and thick caramel essence.. citrus hops bite barely bite through the malts.. too syrupy... not really cloying, but just unbalanced in my mind.. Body is heavy and the carbonation is pretty high, yet gets punished by the viscosity.
This should easily be in the American BW category.. no where near... NO where near a DIPA... The rye is present yet only in hints throughout the palate and evident on the mouthfeel where a nice slickness appears.
Ehhhh... okay.. boozy and sweet.. needs alot more hoppiness... really, alot more.
Serving type: bottle
06-14-2010 09:57:38 | More by JohnGalt1
3.15/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
The beer pours quite viscously with a dark reddish hued, amber color that shows a brilliantly clear ruby tinged color when held up to the light. The beer is topped by a frothy, amber tinged, tan colored head that is initially about a finger and a half thick. I am quite happy to say that the aroma is quite hoppy. Notes of sweet oranges and a touch of pine intermingle with a big, chewy, caramelized maltiness. Quite fruity, almost a berry like note joins the citrus notes. Toasted grain notes help to dry out the aroma towards the end.
The beer is a bit sweet up front, in fact perhaps amply so, but there are lots of things to balance the sweetness out. An astringent bitterness rides throughout this beer, it is a touch harsher than I would like. Part of this is that there is a menthol like note, that seems to couple with a bit of an astringent dark grain note and a sharp note of alcohol. There is some hop flavor character here as well, it just plays second fiddle to the other notes that I have mentioned; notes of orange peel and some herbal notes are here. This beer is just unbalanced, and not in the way a double IPA should be; harsh, sharply astringent and hot. Perhaps some age will help to mellow this out, but it no longer would be a even the shade of a double IPA that it is now.
Serving type: bottle
09-11-2006 03:41:24 | More by Gueuzedude
3.15/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
Appearance: Pours out a syrupy looking deep burnt copper color with ruby highlights. Half a finger of off-white head forms very slowly. Retention is okay, lacing is decent.
Smell: Spicy rye malt is prevalent immediately, along with caramel and toffee. Also some piney and herbal hops on the back end. Very interesting smell. Not something I'm a huge fan of though.
Taste: See smell. This beer has a very spicy character from the rye along with caramel and toffee, and on the back end some hop character. Pretty intense. I see this is kind of a love it or hate it beer. I don't hate it, but its not something I would drink more than one glass of at a time.
Mouthfeel/Overall: Medium bodied with very low carbonation. A bit syrupy. Pretty solid in this category, but it could use a bit more carbonation. Overall, this is a unique beer but not something I would go out of my way to get again.
Serving type: bottle
03-28-2011 04:53:16 | More by zhanson88
3.18/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
deep reddish copper color, slight haze and creamy tan head. looks dense. caramel, resiny pine, grapefruit in the nose along with some vague spice, and a hint of some dark dried fruit. big, sweet caramel malts along with a big, somewhat harsh hop bitterness along with the spiciness from the rye to balance it out. big bitter finish lingers. very thick and viscous, full-bodied, with some prickly carbonation struggling through. sticky sugars linger on the lips. a sipper. if you like a darker, spicy dipa try it.
Serving type: bottle
11-12-2009 20:29:21 | More by MrMcGibblets
3.18/5 rDev -21.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Shared this one with BA cmaruschak
Aroma: Peppery, spicy hops. Some alcohol warmth noted. Spicy and dry is definitely the dominant theme here.
Appearance: Brilliant ruby colored pour with a sudsy white 1-finger head.
Flavor: Bittering hops, peppery spiciness dominate the palate. Just a hint of some malty sweetness but this is followed by a bittering dry finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied and oily. Almost overcarbonated.
Overall impression: A bit too unbalanced for me. Needed more of a malt presence to balance out the punishing hops and alcohol burn. Glad I split this one. Hard to finish for me. Normally I enjoy a highly hopped rye beer but this one missed it's mark for me.
Serving type: bottle
09-10-2006 15:58:57 | More by mattcrill
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3.2/5 rDev -21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours a hazy brown/amber with a 1/2 finger of head
Strong smell of earthy, piney hops, booze, baked bread, grass, and booze.
This stuff tastes intense- strong hops, pine, booze, and bitterness are the initial flavors. I taste some spiciness from the rye as well. The finish has a strong bready flavor from all the malts. I might taste a hint of caramel but this beer is dominated by pine and bread.
The mouthfeel is solidly medium. A little oily and sticky from the hop oils. Slightly syrupy at times.
The flavors of this beer are really in your face- aggressively bitter, bready, and boozy. Seems pretty abrasive. Definitly could not drink more than one bottle. This stuff kills your palate. I don't like flavor profile
Serving type: bottle
12-09-2011 05:11:10 | More by Dubber55
3.2/5 rDev -21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Glass - Snifter
A - Amber with a bit of orange to it, a little cloudy but you can still see some tiny bubbles in there. Produced a 1-2 finger head, slightly off white, retention was decent. Left broken/splashy spots here & there.
S - Very sweet aroma with lots of date, plum, fig, grape, and alcohol. Soft undertones of biscuit, honey, caramel. Nice floral hops in there as well, a little dry, some oily hop notes, a bit of tree sap & soft pine. Burnt sugars with a touch of rye as it warms.
T - Alcohol is what I get most upfront, not as sweet as the aroma suggests. Lots of candied date/plum/sugary flavors, more alcohol, soft caramel & biscuit, touch of rye. Finishes with lots of burnt wood chip like flavors, lots of burnt bitterness lingers on the palate long after you taste it. Oh, and more alcohol as well.
M - Oily, almost syrupy feel, soft Co2 bite, full-bodied.
D - Not much a DIPA to me, more like an American Strong Ale, Not as complex as expected, just a smack in the face with burnt sugars, alcohol, burnt bitterness, and more alcohol. Not bad but I don't like it much, way to much alcohol for such a simple flavor & aroma. I'd pass, don't think I'll buy this one again.
Serving type: bottle
03-28-2010 23:50:03 | More by PintOHops
He'Brew Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. from Shmaltz Brewing Company
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I got 14 days in Switzerland in january which has been great! I got 1 week in Andermatt, and the next week in St Moritz. I hooked up with some good norwegian friends (Helge Berg Enitch + more) and a german Marc Hartinger. We shreded some deep deep amazing pulver Schnee. I got no video clips from there, we actually forgot to set the camera on rec. But sometimes its better to have the good memories printed in the brain, than in a video. Skiing, and having a great time with good friends I feel more important. When the snow is that good you just want ski all day long until your legs and body says stop.
We took some pictures with German photografers, Peter Lintner and Michael Neumann and we got some good shots, but it was hard to find untracked lines.
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At Forest Lake Elementary School, in Columbia, South Carolina, the student population grows more diverse by the day. Income levels, ethnicities, family structures, first languages, interests, and abilities now vary so much, that a traditional teaching approach, with a uniform lesson targeted to the average-level student, just doesn't cut it. (Sound familiar to you educators out there?)
To challenge and support each child at his or her own level, the Forest Lake teachers and staff are deploying a powerful array of widely available digital-technology tools. Each classroom is equipped with an interactive whiteboard and a Tech Zone of eight Internet-enabled computers. Plus, teachers have access to gadgets including digital cameras, Flip cameras, remote-response clickers, and PDAs.
More important than the gadgets themselves, of course, is how the teachers use them to create personalized lessons and a productive environment where each child is engaged. Here are Forest Lake teachers' top tips on how to do it.
1. Deliver Instruction through Multiple Forms of Media
You now have at your fingertips far more than just the old standbys of words and still pictures. Teachers at Forest Lake use computers and whiteboards to access oodles of instructional videos, audio clips, animations, and interactive games, some through software and some available online. Children also cement their knowledge by doing hands-on activities with these media. When learning about shapes, for instance, the youngest students sometimes scour the school with digital cameras, taking photos of shapes wherever they find them. (Download Forest Lake's ideas for using interactive whiteboards.)
2. Gather and Use Immediate Feedback on Students' Understanding
Why wait days or weeks to deliver and grade a quiz to find out which kids missed important concepts? Teachers here routinely use remote-response systems (clickers), colorful little gadgets that allow each child to enter her answer to a practice question so that the teacher can instantly see who got it right or wrong. Computer software programs, too, can give kids practice questions, quickly diagnose trouble spots, and allow teachers to customize subsequent lessons for each child's needs.
3. Give Students Options
All students shouldn't be required to show their learning the same way. And digital media open up a host of possibilities beyond the traditional essay, poster, report, or quiz. For instance, fourth-grade teacher Kevin Durden gives kids additional choices, such as creating a PowerPoint slide show or a comic strip (using Comic Life software) or filming a skit (using Flip video cameras). "This way," says Durden, "you don't see the students' disabilities. You see their abilities." (Download sample rubrics from Forest Lake.)
4. Automate Basic-skills Practice
Free up some hours for more creative, fun technology projects (and for yourself!) by using software to do much of the basic-skills practice and assessment that would otherwise take up a lot of time. Educational computer programs (Study Island and EducationCity are Forest Lake favorites) can identify specific weaknesses in a child's skills, such as understanding analogies or adding fractions. Teachers can review these outcomes daily, then assign lessons to each student according to her needs -- for the next time she logs on.
5. Practice Independent Work Skills
Differentiating instruction often means setting up kids to work alone or in groups. And that, we don't need to tell you, can lead to chaos. The solution for second-grade teacher Tamika Lowe is "practice, practice, practice." Early in the year, she makes her expectations clear, and she and her students repeatedly drill their procedures -- how to use the technology, what to do if you have a question, how to behave if Ms. Lowe isn't standing right there. (Download a sample lesson plan for grade 2 language arts.)
6. Create a Weekly "Must Do" and "May Do" List
Give a classroom of students an array of different, personalized tasks to do, and they'll inevitably finish them at different times. That's a tricky part of differentiation. Forest Lake teachers tackle this by assigning a weekly list of "must dos" and "may dos," so kids who finish first can always find something to do next.
7. Pretest Students' Knowledge Before Each Unit
Before starting each unit of study, grade-level teams at Forest Lake brainstorm a way to assess prior knowledge so they can tailor the lessons effectively to each child. It can be as simple as a question that the class answers with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down or as rigorous as a one-on-one conversation.
8. Be Flexible When Plans Go Awry
Computers don't always perform the way you wish or expect, especially if the teacher in command is new to digital technology. So as you embark on this journey, expect the unexpected. When obstacles arise, you can model good problem-solving behavior by asking students to help you devise alternative approaches. "I say to students, 'You know what? If something doesn't work, it's OK,'" Lowe explains. "Every experience is a learning experience."
9. Let Students Drive
If you've got the tech tools, put them in kids' hands. In Lowe's class, students use Flip cameras to film each other doing oral book reports, then critique both the presentation and the videography. Other Forest Lake teachers routinely give kids turns at leading lessons on the whiteboard, either by hand or with remote tablets called AirLiners. These opportunities allow students to work at their own pace, capitalize on their skills, and discover ways to work around their challenges.
10. Share the Work of Creating Differentiated Lessons
To ease the burden of planning lessons for students at diverse levels, Forest Lake teachers often divide up this task. When they plan each unit of study, different members of each grade-level team design the activities for higher-skilled kids, lower-skilled kids, etc.
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These idea are fabulous and what I try to do in my computer ancillary class. But, I only see these students 2-4 times a month. It is the classroom teachers that need to implement these on a daily bases. But, they can't get beyond survival and into implementation of these 21st century ideas. How do you increase the rate of change in low-income public schools? What support does Forest Lake provide for teachers to help do this?
I teach Kindergarten and first grade English language learners and I use technology all the time with them. I really believe that children need and must learn to use what is their form of literacy for the future. We do lots of reading and writing and we then use digital storytelling, wallwishers, wordles and all sorts of technology to enhance and extend what we've learned. We have been very successful at it and my Kindergartners and I have won the PBS Teachers Innovation Award this year for making a voicethread about polar bears. I am now in Austin, Texas at the PBS Annual Meeting to learn all the other wonderful tools that I can incorporate.
I see the potential with technology and choice, and these are some excellent examples of how this school has gone about using technology for differentiation. I teach 9th and 10th grade English/Language Arts and have aprox 115 student contacts a day. Currently I am doing an experiment where I gave students a list of 7 assignments they must get done, 2 of these assignments include a lot of choice (http://bit.ly/9cce90 and an essay where they choose the topic), but I am definitely struggling with managing the different assignments, speeds of students, etc. I have been looking for examples of high schools using technology to enhance differentiation since the number of contacts per day is a substantial hurdle to differentiation.
Looking for suggestions, and open to ideas :)
I'm thinking of breaking my course (American Literature) into modules (with "themed" literature) next year and requiring a certain number of modules (which students would choose). Within each module I would require them to demonstrate responses to certain questions, but with no specification of how they have to show they understand/know/have learned. They get lots of choice, and I'd like their responses to be collected into an online or digital portfolio of some kind. Of course, this is entirely theoretical and I have NO idea if or how it'll work... Could be a total train wreck. If you have ideas, let me know. :)
Would you be willing to share more details about what you so with such young learners using technology...sites, programs, assignments, management?
Thank you, Pamela Francisco email@example.com
Thanks for these great comments and questions, everyone. Pamela, you can find some lesson plans and rubrics on our Resources and Downloads page. Geri, we've had requests from a number of readers like you wanting more info on differentiated instruction at the high school level. We hear ya! We will definitely be on the lookout for good high school models that we can share with you soon.
For the other questions, I'm hoping the good folks at Forest Lake will have some tips to share with you on this page soon. They're in the thick of end-of-year testing and activities now (I'm sure you know how it goes). Stay tuned...
If you are interested in this part of my blog: http://edsome.com/2010/06/whats-the-difference/
I'm a high school graphic arts teacher and run all of my classes through a lab of iMacs. I'm a big proponent of technology in the classroom, and the ability to use online text and lessons to employ differentiated learning, interactive structuralist lessons, and self directed learning. This summer I plan to develop Moodle sites for all of my classes.
However, after reading several articles on the research in "The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr, I'm worried about the depth of learning through use of the internet and all it's various media and distracting links. I'd love to read your response to his book.
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MILWAUKEE -- Many players have tried to call themselves Kobe Stoppers in years past. While nobody has ever truly stopped one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, the best defenders have found a way to make him work for his points. A quick glance at Thursday's box score shows that Bryant scored 30 points against the Bucks. What it doesn't show is how hard he had to work for those points, with 18 coming from the free-throw line. For years, Milwaukee's Luc Richard Mbah a Moute has been tasked with guarding Bryant, LeBron James, CarmeloAnthony and the other great scorers in the league. With Mbah a Moute easing his way back from a turf toe injury, Marquis Daniels picked up the slack Thursday and scored 16 points on the other end of the floor. Daniels hounded Bryant all night, forcing the Lakers' star into a 6-of-17 shooting night. The Bucks were able to play better team defense because Daniels and Mbah a Moute when he was in the game took care of Bryant and didn't need a double-team. "I like the challenge," Daniels said. "He's probably one of the better players in the league, if not the best player. It's a challenge. I just wanted to make it tough for him. Come out (and) just challenge all his shots. I know I've got help behind me with Larry (Sanders) and the other guys, so I just wanted to take my turn guarding him and just make it tough for him." Though Daniels doesn't have flashy numbers and isn't the scorer he once was in his prime, the 32-year-old has been a valuable addition to Milwaukee's bench. There have been stretches in which Daniels hasn't played much, but he's always stayed ready and has been a positive influence in the locker room. He's a tremendous asset to have on the bench, as Daniels can play shooting guard and small forward, can defend with the best of them and won't hurt the Bucks offensively. When injuries or foul trouble strikes, Milwaukee has a player it feels comfortable going to for extended periods of time. "Marquis (Daniels) has been playing well for us," Bucks coach Jim Boylan said. "It's tough when you sit on the bench for a little while, and he gets back in when Luc (Mbah a Moute) gets hurt. It takes you a little while to get your game rhythm going a little bit, but Marquis has been playing really well, and obviously (Thursday) you could see what he brings to the table for you from a defensive standpoint. "He made some plays, made some shots. I thought the difference in the game for us was trying to keep Kobe as in check as you could keep a guy like him in check. Marquis made him work. He's got a big body, strong, leans on him. It was a great effort by him." It was a badly needed victory by the Bucks, one that snapped a four-game losing streak and cut their magic number to clinch a playoff spot to four. A loss to the Lakers, coupled with the tremendous challenge Oklahoma City presents on Saturday, could have had things spiraling downward in a hurry. "You look at your schedule and you've got the Lakers and Oklahoma City waiting for you when you get home," Boylan said. "I don't care where the Lakers are. You're still playing against Kobe Bryant, a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash. To be able to come back after having a tough loss (in Philadelphia) and win this one is huge for us." Daniels felt Thursday's win was something that could fuel the Bucks to get back on track. "When you're losing, it seems like you'll never win again," Daniels said. "Finally we got a win, we can breathe a little bit. Not breathe, but it's just fresh air and we've got to continue to build off this. "Right now we're working on ourselves. We've got to continue to work and get better on ourselves. Execution down the stretch, our defense needs to get better. We're trying to make a playoff push, but we've got to work on Milwaukee basketball right now and continue to get better." Follow Andrew Gruman on Twitter.
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I am a gaming fan. I enjoy how you can be more connected to a game than to a film. I like the fact I can create and play cinematic moments rather than have them play out for me. I like talking in the first person about how I killed a vampire and be shocked as I play out my own death scene. I've played games as long as I've ridden my bike. It's just something my brother and I did when we couldn't go outside. From Spectrum ZX, through Super NES to PS3.
However, one genre of game I've never been in tune with is the RPG. The role playing game. I've just never 'got' it. It just took too much time and gave too many options. Why would I be a barman selling flagons of ale and talking, talking, talking, slowly discovering the secrets of the realm, when I can be jumping on Koopas or in the SAS, head-shotting insurgents from behind generic looking crates or barrels?
This includes the whole MMORPGWTF worlds as well. If I can't drop in and out, or it was not shooty, drivey, jumpy fun I was just not interested. It seemed to be reserved for those who dabble in the Pasty-faced-T-shirts-of-wolves-howling-at-the-moon-wearing-dungeons-and-dragons side of gaming. People who really dedicate time to not seeing real grass or trees. That's not entirely fair. Let's not forget that many a boy (my brother included) played Championship Manager to the early hours of the morning – Yes that is an RPG Sean, you were watching numbers change on a screen for chrisakes! Not me, none of it. All those stats. Talking. You hit me. Wait. I hit you. Wait. You hit me. Wai…Boring.
But I'm changing. One thing I have seen in gaming is that RPG elements are making their way into even the most mainstream of games. Not only did we not notice this infiltration into our super cool driving games. We like it. Because it gives our pew, pew games more depth.
Call of Duty. Bioshock. FIFA 11. Red Dead Redemption. Gran Turismo. Assassins Creed. Big popular games, full of RPG parts. Yep. You know it's true. Levelling up. Crazy customisation. Character creation. Weapon classes. Open worlds to explore. Ambient missions. Multiple endings. Moral choices. Being left on the bench as a season plays out while you watch – damn you FIFA. All things that have made these games last longer and feel more fulfilling, and that I used to avoid like the T-Virus. I now demand them. I feel cheated if I can't lose myself in these things.
It got me thinking. Am I playing RPG games with great shooting/driving/jumping elements? Or are these jumpy/drivey/shooty games with great added RPG bits? Or is it simply that developers have realised that a world growing up on the internet can handle this added level of choice alongside the shiny graphics? As I type I'm surrounded by buttons and choices every second. In Facebook I create my own character with text, use digital currencies, friend stats and share found treasures everyday. For me, these gaming classifications are becoming more and more redundant as I start to see more immersive entertainment using the best bits from all types of sources. It's becoming a question of game universe (franchise), rather than game genre.
Charlie Brooker is right, modern games are difficult to describe as anything other than 'experiences'. And this blurring of the genre lines just emphasises that. One thing I've been told is that RPGs are stories you unravel in a way unique to you. But more and more games are letting me do that, without a broad sword in sight.
Most great games are tales that put Hollywood to shame – wrapped up with action, intelligence, subtlety and an even greater ability to make the story your own. I recently played Mass Effect 2… ummm alot. It's an 'Action RPG' and I played it out of morbid curiosity. And got hooked on the amount of subtle things I could do with the game, outside of the 'action' bits. I took ownership of my character and defined, in my own mind, what they would and wouldn't do. It's big, epic and you still do a fair bit of talking. But it's also blockbustery, shooty fun.
But back to my main question (I recently posed it to Official PlayStation Magazine. And got a great answer – although I'm not sure my wife would agree) – Am I now an RPG fan? It's fair to say I am turning into one, but not by choice. I still don't 'get' many 'pure' role playing games. Or why I'd sink half my life into them. But I do have a levelled-up appreciation for the RPG. As I said, I'm playing them more and more, without even knowing it. As long as they come packaged with a lot of vroom, screeee, bang, bang, kaplooee, ROONEY!


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OK, so this whole speculative fervor around Research In Motion shares is starting to get a little out of hand.
The stock is up more than 10% this morning, no doubt largely a reflection of a 17% rally in Toronto trading on Thursday – while you were fattening up on turkey and apple pie, up north they were loading up their plates with shares of RIMM. (Or for the Canadians in the house, shares of RIM.TO.)
The obvious question is WHY?
The Toronto spike is reportedly tied to National Bank Financial analyst Kris Thompson, who upped his target price on the shares to $15 (Canadian, I presume) from $12. His thesis is that CEO Thorsten Heins and the rest of RIM's new management team is doing well, maintaining the BlackBerry subscriber base, managing costs and cash and getting BlackBerry 10 devices ready for market. He asserted that momentum in the stock was likely to continue.
Meanwhile, the Globe and Mail this morning has weighed in on the recent spike in RIM shares, writing that "there is still no certainty about RIM's long-term prospects against larger rivals such as Apple or Samsung Electronics, but sentiment around the company is beginning to change."
Let me just note a couple of other wrinkles.
Earlier this week, the subscription-based news site StreetAccount reported that there was a rumor circulating that Carl Icahn, Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital were all interested in bidding for the company at $13 a share. Now, I don't buy that rumor even for a split second. The Sequoia Capital part is a total give away; what would a venture capital firm do with RIM? Also, Carl Icahn is sort of busy right now, harassing Netflix and Take-Two, among others.
I'd also note that if you were in the mood to start floating rumors about RIM, keep in mind that the company continues to say that a strategic review is ongoing; the company at least in theory could still choose to sell itself, unload parts of the business, sell patents or make other stock-enhancing moves. The company also has discussed potentially licensing BB10 to other hardware makers, but had not announced any such moves to date.
Not least, while it certainly is encouraging that carriers are interested in BlackBerry 10, I would note here that what the company really has to do is get consumers interested in the new phones, and on that score the jury is still out. I've seen the new phones, and they do have some impressive new features, including a really cool feature that speeds up typing by attempting to predict the next word you're likely to type – software that improves as you use it. B10 is an impressive piece of software.
But so is Windows Phone 8. And here's the thing: Both Research In Motion and the Windows/Nokia cabal are betting that in fact there really is going to be room for a third competitive platform in smartphones. In game consoles, we've got three platforms; so there's at least a little bit of precedent. But in PCs, I would note, there's really only two platforms – Windows and Apple's OSX. If you really think that there will be a third player in smartphones, and that BB10 can be that player, then sure, speculate on RIM shares. But that's what you're doing: playing smartphone roulette. And like roulette, the potential payoff here is high, but the odds are stacked against you.
RIMM is up $1.25, or 12.2%, to $11.52. Over the last two months, the stock is up 82%.
When you play roulette, you know the odds are stacked against you when you calculate the expected value (EV). The EV is calculated in all cases when you're playing a game of probabilities.
What's the chance of success of BB10? Analyst Peter Misek recently said 20%, with a $43 price target if it does succeed. If you assume that if BB10 fails, and the intrinsic value of the stock is $6-7, then the EV of the stock is $13.40 to $14.20.
What this means is it makes perfect logical sense to buy the stock up to ~$14. It's a gamble worth taking (assuming you believe Peter's estimates of success).
When you play roulette, you know the odds are stacked against because you calculate the expected value (EV), which is negative. The EV is calculated in all cases when you're playing a game of probabilities.
What's the chance of success of BB10? Analyst Peter Misek recently said 20%, with a $43 price target if it does succeed. If you assume that if BB10 fails, and the intrinsic value of the stock is $6-7, then the EV of the stock is $13.40 to $14.20.
What this means is it makes perfect logical sense to buy the stock up to ~$14. It's a gamble worth taking (assuming you believe Peter's estimates of success).
Your smell of protectionism – Have you seen a demo of this phone? The most ridiculous thing of all about so many American companies is how unpatriotic they actually are to their homeland.. Apple designs a Chinese made product….Lets be clear….Rim has no debt much of their losses have been goodwill attirbuted, and despite all the blackberry haters like you many people love theri products.. in fact almost 100 million of us. 40 cellular phone providers are endorsing the BB10 phones and many say they will subsidize it…You're right…there's some short sellers up-chucking their turnkey dinners from last night. 25% of the float is short so when the stock goes parabolic from $8 to $12 some people might get nervous… but finally.. How do you or anyone else think Microsoft is going to take a chunk of this market? They suck.. the company has blown it on their operating ssytesm for a decade.. Lets recall Windows ME, 7 & and Vista… RIM already has 8% of the market internationally!!! wake up all they need to do is meet the bar that really isn't that high.
"all they need to do is meet the bar that really isn't that high."
Is this the basis for sound investing? While you're at it, can you explain how losses "attributed to goodwill" was able to drop the stock from a high of $140 to a recent low of $6. How is it that Microsoft can be considered to have "blown it" and RIM gets a pass after it had the market to itself until the debut of the original iPhone? What does "protectionism" really mean to you?


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A Hillsborough woman was charged with aggravated assault and other violations after allegedly striking a township police officer with her vehicle Sunday night, police said.
According to a release from Hillsborough Township Police, Linda Chester, 34, allegedly drove through traffic cones and road flares officers set up at the intersection of Dukes Parkway East and Taylor Avenue to prevent vehicle traffic while a utility pole fire was being extinguished Sunday at about 5:15 p.m.
A Hillsborough Police officer in full uniform in a marked patrol car was blocking the intersection as well, the release said.
The officer approached the driver's window of Chester's white Toyota, and advised her that she could not proceed down the road.
The officer requested her driver's license, since she had committed a motor vehicle infraction by proceeding down the closed road, police said. Chester allegedly became argumentative with the officer, began swearing and refused to provide her driver's license, police said.
The officer then ordered Chester to exit her vehicle, according to the release. In response, Chester allegedly put her vehicle in drive and continued to swear at the officer. She executed a "K" turn and allegedly struck the officer and a railroad tie on private property with her vehicle before fleeing the scene, police said.
The officer was uninjured and was able to obtain Chester's car registration number. She surrendered at Hillsborough Police Headquarters on South Branch Road later that evening and was charged with fourth-degree aggravated assault, third-degree eluding law enforcement, obstruction of justice, driving on a closed road, failing to exhibit documents, performing an improper U-turn, disregard of traffic control by an officer, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident.
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Attorney Jerome Lee has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to allow all DeKalb voters to be able to participate in the Brookhaven election.
Lee filed the suit on Tuesday and said the move is meant to protect voting rights of African-American voters. He has also requested an emergency hearing, according to WSB-TV.
WSB reported that the suit's plaintiffs include civil rights icon Joseph Lowery, the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and a bloc of African-American voters.
Lee and other plaintiffs worry that Brookhaven's cityhood will dilute the African-American vote in DeKalb. According to the U.S. Census, African-American people make up 54 percent of the population of DeKalb and 11 percent of the Brookhaven city population.
Do you think DeKalb voters should have a right to vote in Brookhaven's city elections? Is this a ridiculous lawsuit? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.


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VISALIA — A group of Latino men who sued the city Thursday allege that Visalia's "at large" system of electing council members violates the California Voting Rights Act by making it nearly impossible for Latino candidates to win.
The Superior Court lawsuit seeks a court order requiring the city to switch to district elections and hold them in even-numbered years, which would correspond with state and federal election cycles.
Council members are currently elected in a citywide vote in odd-numbered years, with the top vote-getters winning.
The lawsuit comes less than two months after a City Council election in which the only Latino candidate came in a distant fourth behind three white incumbents in the city of about 127,000 that is 46% Hispanic.
It will force the city into adopting district elections that will give Latinos power at the ballot box, said attorney Marguerite Melo, representing the plaintiffs.
"The at-large system dilutes the Latino vote," she said.
Visalia is a holdout among larger Valley cities that have gradually switched to electing council members by district. Only one Latino candidate, Jesus Gamboa, who served in the 1990s and 2000s, has been elected to Visalia's council.
Mayor Steve Nelsen, an opponent of district elections, said Thursday that the council is divided on the topic but may accept a court order rather than engage in an expensive legal battle.
"At what point do you say financially this is a drag on other things we want to do?" he asked.
Council Member Warren Gubler, a proponent of district elections, said court rulings under the California Voting Rights Act invariably require election by district.
"It's just not worth (spending) public funds to litigate," he said.
Filing the lawsuit are Carlos Medina, a small-business owner; Robert Aguilar, a school superintendent in a Kern County district; Miguel "Mike" Fierro, a disabled U.S. Army veteran; and Louis Montion, a former Visalia Unified School District trustee.
The city's charter mandates citywide elections and can only be changed by a vote of the people or court order.
The lawsuit said the plaintiffs waited patiently for the city to change the charter but were dealt a setback last year when voters rejected a ballot measure to amend the charter -- placed there by the City Council at the recommendation of a task force.
A court hearing for the lawsuit is set for April 18.
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Drug trafficking and border security captured most of the headlines during Mexican President Felipe Calderon's recent visit to the United States, but the one issue that many in the Mid-Columbia had on their minds seemed to escape notice.
Mexican tariffs on U.S. products have had a devastating impact on Washington's agricultural industry, forcing the loss of revenue and jobs.
In a news conference following his meeting with President Obama, the Mexican leader told reporters that the two countries are working quickly to resolve the issue.
The comment didn't seem to get much attention outside specialty publications aimed at the trucking industry, but whether Calderon's promise holds up is of vital interest to Washington's farmers.
For our potato industry alone, the tariffs have meant a loss of $14 million in frozen product exports in the past year. Exports of pears, onions, cherries and other locally grown crops also have been severely curtailed. Eighty-seven products in all are subject to the tariffs.
The tariffs came about because the U.S. Congress ended a cross-border demonstration project allowing Mexican trucks onto U.S. highways. In retaliation, Mexico added a 20 percent tariff to frozen potatoes, for example, making exports cost-prohibitive.
We've seen Con Agra close two processing plants in recent months in the Northwest because of decreasing demand for frozen potato products.
Our neighbors to the north in Canada are reaping the rewards from the border battle in the south, with exports increasing by 50 percent over the same period.
In our state, industry representatives say potato acreage already has taken a hit, and they expect it will only get worse. A 50 percent further decline in frozen product exports is projected if a remedy isn't quickly found.
Nationwide, the tariffs are costing farmers and businesses $2.4 billion. The tariffs are so high that it just doesn't make financial sense for Mexican buyers to purchase U.S. products, which makes the action by Mexico retaliatory and prohibitive.
A lot of clamor surrounds this issue, from accusations that the U.S. violated the North American Free Trade Agreement by ending the trucking program, to claims that the Teamsters pressured lawmakers into putting a stop to it.
Sen. Patty Murray has picked up the issue and asked President Obama to find a way to remove the tariffs, citing harm to the economy of her home state. She also has met with the Mexican ambassador to the U.S. to discuss the matter. Rep. Doc Hastings has jumped into the fray as well, sending letters to Calderon and Obama.
It's encouraging to see that the issue isn't partisan and that our top lawmakers understand the gravity of the situation.
Some people have cited safety as an issue in allowing Mexican trucks past the vicinity of the immediate border. But as one business representative said, the trucks were probably the most inspected in the world.
The U.S. Department of Transportation says that the issue of unsafe drivers or vehicles is unfounded. In 20,000 trips into the U.S. during the pilot program, only one resulted in an accident.
We've got enough problems when it comes to the U.S./Mexico border. Feeding people on either side of the line shouldn't become yet another issue we can't agree on. Especially when it's hurting our local producers, and in turn our local workers.
Yes, the tariffs are extreme, but it looks like Mexico's leaders might just have NAFTA and evidence from our own DOT on their side.
The tariffs are to make a statement, but the point is taken. We need to demand a long-term resolution to this dispute.
It's good for all parties, providing reliable and year-round access to food and allowing our farmers to make a living by doing what they do: feeding the world.


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The Bengals today traded QB Carson Palmer to the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders will compensate the Bengals with their first-round choice in the 2012 draft and their second-round choice in the 2013 draft.
"Several factors made us believe that trading Carson to Oakland was the best move for the Bengals at this time," said Bengals president Mike Brown. "The principal development has been Andy Dalton, who has shown himself to be one of the best and most exciting young quarterbacks in the NFL. We have a good, young football team, and Andy can be the cornerstone of that team for a long time.
"We also find ourselves rather suddenly in position of being able to receive real value for Carson that can measurably improve our team – which is performing well and is showing real promise for this year and years to come. When this opportunity arose, we felt we could not let it pass, and needed to take a step forward with the football team if we could."
The Bengals drafted Palmer with the first overall pick in the 2003 draft. Palmer was with the team through last season, leading Cincinnati to AFC North Division championships in 2005 and '09.
"Carson helped elevate the franchise here," said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. "He played at a very high level for us, and I wish him well with the Raiders. We obviously have a strong belief in the ability of Andy Dalton to continue playing well and to be the leader of our offense. He has been exceptionally effective for a rookie, and as good as he has been, we know he has tremendous potential to be even better."
Pending any future moves, the Bengals in 2012 will have two first-round draft choices for the first time since 1998, when LBs Takeo Spikes and Brian Simmons were chosen with the No. 13 and No. 17 selections. The Bengals obtained the No. 17 pick, along with a third-round choice, from the Washington Redskins in exchange for DT Dan Wilkinson.
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Abel Lee McCullah, infant, of Middle Sanders Creek, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Smith Cemetery in Faber.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the graveside services Saturday at the funeral home chapel.
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During Tuesday's Orangetown town board workshop meeting at town hall, Supervisor Andy Stewart presented the members of the town board with a packet including possible areas to make cuts in the 2013 budget.
He was careful to point out that the information he presented was preliminary The supervisor's proposed budget will not be available until late Monday, Sept. 24, the day it is due to the town clerk's office. Nov. 20, 2012 is the legal deadline for the town board to adopt its 2013 budget.
"Just treat this as a working document," Stewart said, "It is not in any sense final."
The members of the town council are careful about this in part because of the strong reaction by the public to some of the budget information that has already been made public, though no actual firm proposals have been made yet.
Stewart said the board has to weigh the importance of protecting services and infrastructure while attempting to keep tax increases as low as possible. He asked all department heads to turn in one proposed budget with no increase from 2012 and another with a five percent decrease.
"That gave us a menu of options," Stewart said. "I have to say, the smaller departments can't do a lot usually. You can only cut supplies so much. Then it becomes staff. The larger departments stepped up to the plate. It's no fun to take a knife to your own department, but that's essentially what people have done (in the proposals with a reduced budget)."
Stewart pointed out that the town must also adjust for additional costs from the county, such as elections and tuition.
The board engaged in relatively little discussion of budget options Tuesday. Councilman Tom Diviny said he wanted to see all of the memos from the department heads and the board members said they needed time to look over the information Stewart gave them, which they got just before the meeting.
"We're between a rock and a hard place," Orangetown Councilman Denis Troy said. "We have to look at all of this. It's not like the town was spending like crazy to get to this pint. But if costs go up and revenues go down, you have got to come up with a different plan."
Stewart again brought up the possibility of closing Broadacres Golf Course, which was controversial when he suggested it in March. The Orangetown Town Board agreed to keep the golf course open for the rest of 2012, but left the door open for future discussion of the idea.
Stewart outlined the potential impact of decisions such as using $3 million in fund balance, cutting the number of officers in the police department and the amortization of this year's pension increases. He called the idea of cutting police officers extreme, presenting the option without saying he would support it. A five percent cut in the Orangetown Police budget from 2012 would be approximately $700,000. The department currently stands at 81 officers.
"With police, the only way to get close to (cutting) five percent is to reduce the number of staff," Stewart said. "That presents and enormous dilemma for the town. As much as I want to have a small tax increase, I'm loathe to pursue the idea of collapsing a patrol sector to save on police costs. That's probably what it would take to get substantial savings."
Councilman Tom Morr asked for a five-year projection to be included if the proposed supervisor's budget includes using fund balance.
"We should try to push out a multi-year budget. Take a percentage increase look at a year or two or three from now," Stewart said. "That is particularly important for the use of the reserve fund. Whatever amount we use in 2013, it will be or will almost be our last chance to dip into that without finding a way to restore that fund.
"One situation we don't want to be in is we give everybody whiplash by using enough reserve now to keep a moderate tax increase, then everybody is doing flip-flops when we don't have enough to keep the increase down (in the future) and you get a real spike."
The amortization of the pension increases had been part of the plan for 2012, but it was not done. Ann Maestri of the finance department said she is still finding out where that money is coming from in 2012.
Stewart said his own suggestions for the town will be available Monday. He did suggest meeting individually with the members of the town board this week in preparation.


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The Nightmare Affair is the first in a gripping new urban fantasy trilogy by Mindee Arnett.
Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she's a criminal. No, she's a Nightmare.
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So after we noticed Alltel's seemingly spurious claim not too far back, we decided to look into the matter. Regarding Alltel's emboldened stake in having "America's largest network," the disclaimer on their page says the following: "Largest Network Claim: Based upon analysis by an independent research company in December 2005, which compared marketed coverage patterns at the time of their creation of each wireless carrier without allowance for variations due to electrical interference, customer equipment, topography & each carrier's translation & defined preferences of their own internal engineering data."
Well, that didn't really help very much -- in fact, that's nearly incomprehensible. But in plain English it sounds like the firm that conducted the analysis was comparing the coverage of each carrier's network at the time it was originally rolled out, and did not take into account carriers' own "internal engineering data," i.e. carriers' data on their own networks. Surely Alltel would never make this claim -- and fashion a marketing campaign around it -- based on such dubious information. So we contacted their VP of PR, Andrew Moreau, and asked for: a) a statement regarding these claims, b) a copy of the study, c) to know who conducted the study, d) information on where the study could be found, and e) hard figures on the study. Click on to see what we found out.
Alltel's Vice Prez of PR met our queries with two rather terse replies. (Since neither of which disclaimed them to be unofficial or off the record, and we asked for a statement on the claim, we will republish them here.) The first simply said: "Our wireless network -- built out and lit -- covers more square miles than any other carrier. Hope this helps. Andy." And the other, sent in reply to asking for more information simply said: "It's more s.f. covered than any other provider." That's it. Not even a "Hope this helps. Andy."
Now, we had a pretty difficult time tracking down any solid figures for square mileage covered by the big four (and we're sure as soon as we publish this we'll get flooded with the information we're after). But from what we could tell the biggies play in terms of millions of square miles -- not square feet. We did have some vague figures (for example, Verizon covers "more than two million square-miles," Sprint covers "more than 2.8 million square miles."). And, of course, measuring coverage isn't an exact science; roaming partnerships, spectrum sharing, indefinitely dead zones or areas with just generally crappy service can make it a difficult proposition to accurately gauge. So let's go check out the carriers' latest maps and see just how much of America these guys are really claiming to cover. We know coverage maps aren't the benchmarks of coverage accuracy, but we think they could help illustrate the point.
Now this Alltel National Freedom Coverage map covers some serious area. We can tell where all those roaming agreements and AMPS coverage really came in handy. Let's look at their other map.
Here is Alltel's "native" map. Some decent coverage of Eastern, Mountain, and Central time zones -- even a little on the west side (if you count Nevada, anyhow). This shows broad coverage, but obviously there's no specification between how much of this area is actually covered, and how much is merely licensed by Alltel for coverage (i.e. "Current coverage area," "Future coverage area," etc.). Now let's check out Sprint's map.
So, Sprint's service map: a lot of coverage, but it's difficult to tell how much is roaming, and on whose network. The orange and dark green are understood to be native to be their network, owned and operated, but how much of the rest of the green is Alltel's, Verizon's, or another party's is not apparent. Let's see some of the others' maps for reference.
Here we have Cingular, whose very decent nation-wide coverage is also supplemented by service up in AK, down in the 'Rico, and over in Hawaii.
Above is Cingular's Pay As You Go map, which helps illustrate what their coverage looks like without at least some of their roaming partnerships. Very interesting.
T-Mobile's, well, you know, T-Mobile. They may not provide the widest area of coverage, but we love 'em anyway. You don't even want to see their PAYG map.
Yeah, their Pay As You Go map is a little rough, but hey, they're, um, "urban."
Finally, we have the mighty behemoth that is Verizon, whose roaming coverage extends into Canada and clear up to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. Nice. Not that this has anything to do with Alltel, of course.
And, of course, here's their prepaid coverage map. Drastically different.
So what have we learned? Well, obviously carrier agreements and roaming makes coverage with your provider vary drastically -- literally, your mileage may vary. If you're roaming in an AMPS only area and you've got a straight up powerhouse EV-DO device, you're out of luck -- as many unsuspecting people have learned the hard way. And then the aspect of 3rd party coverage (companies that lease out their own network capacity to carriers, kind of like a meta-MVNO) can make accurate gauging even more difficult. But we can't avoid the fact that Alltel has some explaining to do, and they could start be releasing the study they're basing their "America's Largest Network" claims on, for one. (As stated above, our request for a copy or any information was rejected.) No more convoluted technicalities when it comes to where you get cell access -- that would be a great start when making such superlative statements, and goes for all carriers.