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I would recomend looping above the Grand Canyon, hit the North rim and Zion NP rather than the South Rim.
If you do come to San Diego there is a cool skate park right. at. the. end. of I-8 in Ocean Beach.At the stop light at the end of the highway you are literally looking at the park across the street!
Got a bunk for you here if you need it.
I added a lot of looping around there to my route to see a lot of other nearby parks. Is the north rim a lot better? It mightnt be a huge mission to loop both or skip the south and go straight to the north. Ill hit you up if I swing by SD for sure.
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You can pick your routes and destinations, and when roads are flat and straight, one road is as good as the next.
From Yellowstone you're just going to be riding home, the only thing you need to decide is where do you want to cross the Mississippi.
Straight east then down the Missouri to StL would be OK by anybody as would coming across on the southern Route 66 thru Tulsa & Joplin, or even some catty-corner way across the plains. But, 66 from Tulsa to StL exists just to mark the southern edge of the Great Plains so that folk avoid falling into the Ozark Mountains.
The bottom 50-100 miles of MO down to Little Rock is IT. Tons of good to great roads, cross the Mississippi at or between Cape Girardeau and Memphis.
I'd put Joplin, MO as a for-sure spot on your map.
Ill swing through Joplin then. Im really thinking I might get more out of the trip if I skip Yellowstone and just head east after Yosemite. That way I can go through Colorado and see a lot more. Its also much less out of the way so it makes the whole trip less rushed.
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If I had to choose between San Diego and Yellowstone, I'd choose Yellowstone. For one, I prefer the majestic scenery up there to California beaches. Also, the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone are much more different from Florida than San Diego is.
If you want to visit a California micro brewery, you could visit Lagunitas in Petaluma just north of San Francisco. They have live music almost every night, and a $55 motel 2 doors down, which might be cheaper than finding someplace in San Francisco. It will also give you an excuse to cross the Golden Gate, which is free heading north.
Im starting to debate skipping Yellowstone altogether (and SD) to have more time for Colorado. As far as San Fran, looking at the map, I was thinking about taking a ferry in not-free direction (because ferries are just awesome) and go over the golden gate in the free direction. Ill check out Lagunitas.
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More route stuff....(thanks for linking your routes!):
-Did you specifically want to go to Albuquerque? If not, I would suggest this route through New Mexico: From Roswell, take 380 west, then to Socorro, then 60 west to Datil. At Datil, take 12 southwest, and then go to Luna and then Alpine, AZ. From Alpine, take 191 north to Eagar, then 60 to Show Low, and then 260 to Payson. From Payson, head north on 87, then take 260 to Camp Verde and then Cottonwood, then head north from Cottonwood on Alt 89 to Flagstaff.
-On your trek across Kansas, you might want to take US50 instead of I-70. Follow I-25 to Pueblo, CO, and then pick up US 50 from there. We have found the US routes to be a little bit more interesting than the interstates because you end up going through some cool little towns which are a nice alternative to the rather boring sameness of the interstate eateries.
-In Cody Wyoming, there is a great museum, The Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Worthy of a visit if you are going through Cody anyway:
-Flagstaff has a couple of good breweries:Beaver Street Brewery and Flagstaff Brewing Company:
-The Hotel Monte Vista in Flagstaff is kind of old and funky, but it's within walking distance of the breweries:
Could you look at this route?
Google maps wont let me drag the route through 260 between show low and payson. I dont know if theres a road closure or if google maps is just dumb.
That whole route you suggested looks awesome.
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sure looks like way too much interstate time
and you completely missed Colorado
Yeah Colorados starting to sound like a better idea than Yellowstone. Also, Ive just been taking the fastest (interstate) route and modifying it to take the us roads to hit good stuff. None of the maps Ive put up are final by any stretch. I havent done very extensive route planning.
Thanks all of you for the input.
On an update note, I scored that shadow I wanted. I wanted to have left Tuesday.. Unfortunately Id been waiting on some parts for the Shadow. Just got them today. Gonna finish putting her back together with the new stuff and head out tomorrow or the day after.
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Hello Jo, the green house was cleaned a couple of weeks past, the tomato's were done, a very poor crop this year but no disease.Have not used bubble wrap for a long time now as it very rarely drops below freezing, the brick wall at the back takes in the heat and gives it back at night, it is surprising how warm it gets even when we cannot see the sun, one of the gains with a lean-to.When we get warning I do put a fan with frost guard just in case and pop some fleece over things but then I am there to take it off every morning, the workers will not have time.
Stockton today sunny and clear, true little box, I drove along route 66 into Ironopolis as was, now shopalolacis with very poor parking so we all go to Teasdale instead.Azure sky and lovely sunshine, crazy drivers, shoppers belting round beating you up with their trolleys why do I bother, probably because there is a need to eat?!!Coming back it was so clear to the west you could make out Scar-gill High Moor across the Dales but also a bank of cloud heading South, probably on its way to Halifax?Well it did stop me planting bulbs yesterday so some one elses turn, I should get a clear run at it after a light lunch.
Stockton heavy rain says yon tha box, wrong, brilliant sunshine at 07:30 this morning mainly blue sky above with an odd drift of cloud now at 10:00 hours.Have some bags of bulbs to plant up and may have a look around the nursery up the road, they do have good plants.
Every food crisis brings an answer, not always for the best, to feed the burgeoning populations of the world we will need new and better processes including GM.China Japan South Asia are all experimenting with better rice yields, America? well we are not too sure what they are playing with.The British army marched on Pom, dried Cabbage Bully beef and M&V during the war, there are stories of German troops swapping their processed sausage for British corn beef? Then we got Spam which was to some of us a luxury not knowing or wanting to know the salt content. Margarine horrible, dried egg horrible tinned bacon so-so, we had no choice, it was extra food to supplement rations.With peace came the burger bars, hot dog stands and ice cream with 15 ingredients instead of three, it was a reaction to shortages and food that was much the same for nearly ten long years.Now we are at a time when a lot of people cannot be faddy in what they eat, they eat what they can afford and that cuts out organic and other wholesome things, well wholesome to some of us who can afford it but have go cheaper to a lot of folk.Demand sets trends and GM whether we like it or not will be the norm in the next decade, it is already here by stealth, we may as well accept it.I can afford to shop at the last of the local butchers, we know where the meat comes from but he is the last if he goes then it will be the Supermarkets, we do not know where the meat comes from, it is cheaper but to me tasteless, if money was short it would have to make do and that is the way life works.
Gary, I love Herring in tomato sauce although it is not good for the gout so once a month, but, if I could grow it all in one of my tomato's the sky is the limit.Speaking of which, I do not mind flying mice but flying pigs??? Frank.
Dmball, "err" did you say boats, well apart from pushing Chesil beach another mile out to sea when Stationed at Wyke Regis, they are not too bad.A couple of bad periods in the Bay of Biscay, A Med storm best forgotten and a North Sea storm the worst I have ever seen that sent the ferry we were on from Hamburg nearly to Iceland as we rode it out.Apart from that nothing to write home about.
Still a lovely day here though the sun is now going.
I would say that is a mineral deficiency, could be wrong.A lack of Potash, Magnesium, Nitrogen. They should have an all round feed in your garden Centre with instructions for feeding, you could use up any tomato feed you have left and water it onto the roots, see what happens.The normal time for feeding would be January or February but you could give a good mulch of compost and manure though the tree will be resting in the winter months.Another year will lose you nothing so keep it and see what comes, they do not like thin soil so a mulch each year or twice a years does no harm.
Well Gily, you certainly caused a discussion although you have now gone beyond me, Macro is something on my camera and that is it.As a lad I lived in a place that had soil toilets so surely the answer for someone worried about manure is use their own, everything out of those earth toilets in the village went onto the land, nothing wasted and the Veg tasted just as good. I went back last year for the first time since I left, those gardens were still as productive and the Veg still as large although I would assume they now have better toilets, therefore different arrangements for fertilisation?An intuitive process you say "hm" my intuition is eat to live not live to eat and it has got me this far!!!
First of all I am afraid there is no quick fix, the people talking about bleach diesel and soda are talking about drilling the old stumps pouring the stuff into the holes then covering and leaving for a long time, I have a stump four years old and only now is it breaking up.Second you do not want to be contaminating the ground where you will plant new plants and all those things will do that.It depends on how old thick and heavy the old stumps are, there are people who will grind them out for you or you can hire a machine to dig them out, or get some one in to clear the ground for you, none cheap but you only need do it once.So what is left, cover the ground between the stumps with heavy membrane covered with gravel, cut holes in it where you are putting a plant and let it grow on the membrane taking care of the weeds. You could then plant up pots and containers to put on the gravel until you are either fitter or the cover has been down long enough to kill off most weeds it will not kill all.There are many other ways all include covering the ground for a while, some use old carpet or heavy mulch both take the ground out of use for a while.Starting as you are doing is hard work and if there was an easy way there would be many more gardeners, it may come down to getting a local person in to sort it out so you can then progress.Good luck,
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Depends on what you mean by interesting Chris, one of them in Lincoln was a bit close for comfort. We were doing Artillery spotting in an Auster single engine high wing plane taking off from a grassy field with a swathe cut in it for a runway. I had been up a while when the Pilot said he was tired and we came into a very bumpy landing. His Officer said he had to do one more run but had brought a relief for me so he took off, ten minutes later there was an explosion on the landing strip and both were killed.The Rapide never made it up and when I saw I was sitting in a canvas seat inside what looked like cardboard sides i was happy about that.The Dakota ran out of runway but it was dead flat desert so he made a turn and back to the start. Hang about lads we will clean the Carb's!! what? and they did take the covers off mess around and said right.Off we went again, we had no side doors on as we were dropping supplies and gravel was flying in so we knew we were again off the runway but this time it staggered up. We did the drop got back and the Captain said "same time tomorrow lads" on your Nelly I managed to persuade the MT Sergeant it was my turn on the ration truck.I managed to find trouble where ever I happened to be, is trouble interesting? depends how hard you have to clench your cheeks.Been up the A66 and could see out over the Dales sunny and the Vale of York cloudy, coming back it was clear out over the coast.Bought a big bargain bag of Daf's and one of Tulips at the GC, surprised to see the Christmas section is quite small this year, do they know something?


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"The claims are false, all of them, including the Moonlight tickets, including the cooking of the books, are all false and it's hurtful and it's harassment," Anderson said.
Administrative Law Judge Dorothy Johnson with the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board sided with Anderson, ruling in his favor on June 10.
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She also determined district resources were not used to investigate Carlsbad Mayor Matt Hall, nor was Anderson's distribution of Moonlight theater tickets problematic, based on the evidence presented.
"The employer offered no persuasive evidence that any of the claimant's conduct was outside his authority as CEO," Johnson wrote in her decision. "The employer discharged the claimant for reasons other than misconduct connected with his most recent work."
Anderson, who had led the Oceanside hospital district since January 2009, was placed on paid administrative leave Sept. 4, and was fired by the board on Oct. 17. Tri-City will be on the hook to pay Anderson's unemployment.
Anderson's total compensation began at $524,987 in 2009, grew to $856,966 in 2010 and dropped to $778,841 in 2011. It topped $798,800 in 2012, according to the state controller's public agency pay database.
Tri-City did not provide Anderson's 2013 compensation when requested this week, so it is unclear what he made in his final year on the job. Unemployment documents show that Tri-City paid him $73,502 the week he was fired, an amount that included paid time off.
Law firm Procopio represented Tri-City in the unemployment appeal. Neither Moser, a Procopio partner, nor hospital officials answered questions about the judge's decision.
Anderson filed a claim this year alleging Tri-City defamed him by releasing the termination memo, among other things.
Anderson also claims he terminated his contract for cause in writing before the board terminated him, so he is eligible for 18 months of severance pay as required by his contract. It's not clear what effect that separate dispute might have on unemployment, generally not granted to people who resign.
Anderson is seeking an unspecified amount of money in damages for "lost wages and employment benefits, unpaid wages and civil penalties, attorney fees and costs, and emotional distress," the claim says.
Anderson and Tri-City are in arbitration on the matter.
Merton Bernstein, professor emeritus of Washington University Law School, said a person whose income was high does not necessarily fall outside the purpose of unemployment insurance.
"Somebody with income that high might very well have obligations that most of us might not have," Bernstein said. "Initially it would seem that people with that high income are not the main concern of the unemployment system, but it's conceivable that people in that category would need an income substitute for at least the 26 week period that it's commonly available for."
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The days of unemployment blend into each other, and I am fast discovering that finding piecemeal jobs is driving me even crazier. A babysitting job here and there, and teaching swimming for $12 an hour. Oh, there is work to be done, even in this economic downtown, but where do adults with attention deficit disorder (ADHD/ADD) fit in? For me, the work never ends, and the...
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The MACE Manifesteo: A Summary.
The MACE Manifesto: The Politically Incorrect, Irreverent, and Scatological Examination of What's Wrong with American Public Education is a gonzoistic examination of what is wrong with the institution known as American Public Education. In this Gonzo style of writing, Dr. John Trotter and Mr. Norreese Haynes make no high-minded pretenses of being objective but give colorful and compelling explanations of what are the real problems of public education, not what the so-called "school reformers" think are the problems. Trotter and Haynes bewail the teaching conditions in America's public schools and especially in the urban schools. They often cite the MACE Mantra: "You cannot have good learning conditions until you first have good teaching conditions."
Trotter and Haynes contend that the so-call school reform efforts are misplaced, misguided, and cause much more harm than good. These efforts start, according to Trotter and Haynes, from a false premise, viz., that the teaching corps is the problem with our public schools. They, however, write that the number one problem in the public schools today is that power has been taken away from the teachers. They contend that teachers have been denuded of power and influence over student discipline and the curriculum that they teach in their classrooms. Trotter and Haynes state that teachers need to be put back on their thrones in their classrooms and that school administrators should get the heck out of the classrooms and quit "snoopervising" the teachers. Instead of micromanaging teachers, good teachers should simply be hired and allowed to have the freedom in the classroom to be creative, and the administrators should back the teachers to the hilt when it comes dealing with rude, defiant, and disruptive students. The authors contend that a loose net will catch any weak or incompetent teacher but a tight net will suffocate creative teachers and drive them out of the profession.
Besides defiant and disruptive students, Trotter and Haynes state that the other major problems in public education are the irate and irresponsible parents; angry, petty, and abusive administrators; systematic cheating on standardized tests as well as on regular tests and assignments; and the treating of most lack of learning as technical breakdowns instead of motivational breakdowns. They rant against the standardized tests which they say have become the curricula as well as "the false gods of public education." They also bewail the inordinate, onerous, and inane paperwork and meetings that encumber the teachers on a daily basis.
Trotter and Haynes explain that when it comes to mega changes like the pushing of Common Core Standards throughout the nation's schools (which through the backdoor becomes the national curriculum), it really is "all about the money." They see the push for Common Core by Bill and Melinda Gates and Pearson Education as the attempt to take over the American schools by nationalizing and homogenizing the curriculum. But, Trotter and Haynes contend that "local control" of the curriculum is very important because each community is different with different needs. Trotter and Haynes see U. S. Secretary Arne Duncan and the controversial Michelle Rhee as the "acolytes" doing much of the work for billionaires Bill Gates and Eli Broad, the latter two of whom they call "denizens" in public education.
The MACE Manifesto is organized in six major parts, though there are many sections that stand alone. The major parts of this book are (1) Expounding Theories (19 chapters); (2) Explaining Race (five chapters); Exhaling Rants (21 chapters); (4) Exposing Myths (five chapters and 25 myths); (5) Eviscerating Accreditation; and (6) Exhibiting Appendices (26 appendices).
This book had been described by attorney Preston Haliburton as "a gripping and riveting read" and by educator James Yawn as "the tour-de-force on public education." © Big Daddy Publishers, 2014.
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"Dr. Trotter and Mr. Haynes are true friends of public school teachers, and I know that when they write or speak on public education, everyone needs to take note. Every educator, young and old, and all politicians – legislators, school board members, and even superintendents – need to read The MACE Manifesto!" – The Honorable Darryl W. Jordan, Georgia State Representative
"A gripping, riveting read." – Attorney Preston Haliburton
"John and Norreese are politically incorrect but are absolutely correct on public education!" – The Honorable Sandra G. Scott, Georgia State Representative
"As a former PTA President at a public elementary school, a public middle school, and a public high school, I appreciate the fact that The MACE Manifesto addresses the need for discipline in our public schools." – Michael Robinson
"Dr. Trotter and Mr. Haynes are dealing with the unpleasant realities of today's public schools – and, as a teacher, I can vouch for this!" – Dr. Jose Helena
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"Dr. Trotter and Mr. Haynes have been fighting for teachers for years, and as a son of two Georgia school teachers and as a Vice Chairman of a Georgia public school board, I know the importance of the message of The MACE Manifesto!" – Attorney J. Anderson Ramay
"The MACE Manifesto is the inconvenient truth about what goes on in our public schools – and especially in our urban schools. I know. I spent my whole career as a teacher in the Birmingham and Atlanta schools." – Charles Melton
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"The unvarnished and sad truth about public education today." – R. L. Moore
"I spent my career as a teacher and an administrator in two urban schools systems, and Dr. Trotter and Mr. Haynes are right on target in The MACE Manifesto." – Mark Harris
"As a former teacher and a current administrator, I know the importance of good teaching conditions, and this is what The MACE Manifesto is all about." – Lee Carter
"Yes, we are going to endorse our own book. It is an impressive manifesto. We're not falsely modest. In this educational treatise, you will gain many insights about how American Public Education operates. You will learn about how newly appointed superintendents come to town with ropes around their necks, barely escaping the last school system alive but the search firm pimps put cheap perfume on them, recycle them, and sell these educational sluts to other unsuspecting school boards.
"You will learn how the publishing and software industries (most notably Pearson out of London, England and Bill Gates of Microsoft) are driving the American Public Education agenda with an indoctrinating, watered-down, dim-witted, drivel-type, homogenized, and nationalized curriculum called Common Core which is aligned with the values of UNESCO and not necessarily with the values of the local community.
"We show you how the standardized tests have become the false gods of American Public Education and how three essential elements for learning are completely ignored by the 'school deformers' – discipline, aptitude, and motivation.
"We deal with subjects that others either don't know shit about or have parakeet balls and are afraid to broach.
"You will understand that trying to find a school administrator who supports teachers to the hilt and demands that students behave in the classroom is like trying to capture dinosaur farts and bottling them for the Smithsonian. They are just that rare!
"You get it all here…with panache and street cred. Forget hollow platitudes. We give it to you straight…right in the gut!" – Dr. John Trotter and Norreese Haynes
The above video was made in August of 2014. The book ended up with more than 600 pages with almost 200 photos. What publisher besides Big Daddy Publishers could have done such a terrific job publishing The MACE Manifesto?
What in the Hell is The MACE Manifesto?
The MACE Manifesto is a gonzoistic explanation of what is really wrong with the institution known as American Public Education (APE) – with no holds barred. In the parlance of professional wrestling, it may resemble a Texas Cage Match. A gonzo style of writing is written in the first person, uses the vernacular, is loaded with details, and makes no high-minded and hypocritical claims of objectivity – and, quite frankly, doesn't give a rat's ass whom it might offend. In fact, Trotter and Haynes state clearly that they intend to offend.
Trotter and Haynes bewail the teaching conditions in America's public schools, especially in the urban schools. Unlike the common and trite analyses of the so-called school reformers, Trotter and Haynes do not lay the blame of the ills of public education at the feet of the classroom educators but at the feet of the "numbskull" and "dumbass" politicians, policymakers, superintendents, and administrators. They go a bit light on the elected school board members, describing them as too naïve to the games of the school system's "sluts," "pimps," and "bitches" who, according to Trotter and Haynes, have razed any common sense in the school systems, causing the systems to become mental and moral wastelands.
Trotter and Haynes are not calling for more school "reformation" but for a complete return to the ways of the days which produced literate citizens who, upon graduating from high school, could write cogent paragraphs, deftly multiply and divide numbers in their heads at cash registers when buying something, know the difference between George Washington and the Revolutionary War and Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, and generally were culturally literate. The Cromwellian Revolution of School Reform of the last 30 years has resulted in the teachers being denuded and dethroned in their own classrooms. The teachers need to be returned to power. They need to be the kings and queens of their classrooms once again. Order needs to be restored, and when order is returned to the classrooms, learning will take place.
Readily acknowledging that public education is on life-support, Trotter and Haynes assert that it is tragically sick largely because of the asinine rules and regulations that the State and Federal governments have intravenously administered to the collective school corpus. The most recent invasive viruses injected into the collective school corpus in America have come about by the ideas pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and vulture philanthropists and denizens like Bill Gates and Eli Broad and their devoted acolytes, U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his sidekick and educational charlatan, Michelle Rhee.
Trotter and Haynes make a strong case for detoxifying public education in the United States with a series of metaphorical enemas. "The real problem with public education is that the teachers have been stripped of their power and authority in the classroom – over both curriculum and classroom discipline," they contend. They often quote the MACE Mantra: "You cannot have good learning conditions until you first have good teaching conditions."
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If you want to purchase The MACE Manifesto, you can write to Big Daddy Publishers, Post Office Box 71911, Newnan, GA 30271. This manifesto is over 600 pages and has nearly 200 photos. It should cost $60.00 but Big Daddy Publishers has agreed to sell this manifesto for only $30.00 plus $4.95 for shipping and handling. If you are a MACE Member, the book is just $15.00!
Big Daddy Publishers did what other publishers were probably too nervous to do…publish this manifesto with all of its edginess. This manifesto will prove to be a "timeless classic" on public education and is indeed "a gripping, riveting read," as Attorney Preston Haliburton describes it. Trotter and Haynes take on the richest person in the world, Bill Gates, who, along with his wife Melinda, is more responsible for pushing the Common Core Standards (as well as unlimited Charter Schools and Merit Pay Evaluations for teachers with their students' test scores largely factoring into the teachers' final evaluation) on the public schools nationwide, thus nationalizing and homogenizing this mushy and feckless curriculum and enabling his company, Microsoft, and other companies to reap financial dividends thereof. Trotter and Haynes tear into Bill Gates and his Common Crap Curriculum perhaps like no one else in the country. Literally, Gates has given millions upon millions to other unions and colleges of education throughout the country, effectively shutting down criticism from these organizations.
Trotter and Haynes took on other public figures and public officials, squarely calling a spade a spade. They did not boringly and placidly measure their words. "We told the truth about certain public officials and public figures and let the chips fall where they fell," quipped Dr. Trotter. "I had so many lies told on me when I was an elected official," laughed Mr. Haynes, "that we thought that it was time that the truth be told, and truth is the absolute defense against libel."
Trotter and Haynes outline eight plagues of American Public Education which pretty much sum up all the problems. These plagues are: (1) Irate & Irresponsible Parents; (2) Defiant & Disruptive Students; (3) Angry & Abusive Administrators; (4) Deification of Standardized Tests; (5) School-Directed Systematic Cheating; (6) Common Crap Curriculum & Mushy Thinking; (7) Centralization & Homogenization of the Schools; and (8) Inordinate, Onerous, & Inane Paperwork.
About MACE…
MACE was founded in 1995. The MACE Mantra has been from the beginning: You cannot have good learning conditions until you first have good teaching conditions. And, yes, MACE does devour administrators who abuse teachers. MACE does not allow administrators or supervisors to join, and if a teacher becomes an administrator or supervisor, this person can no longer remain a MACE Member. MACE is not mad at them. MACE just has to make sure that there is no conflict-of-interests. This is a major reason that the other unions are so ineffective. They have built-in-conflicts and don't really know who they are representing. MACE protects and empowers Classroom Educators…one member at a time.
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About the Authors
About the Authors
Dr. John Trotter's educational training is in History (BA, summa cum laude, Columbus State University, 1976), Education (MA, EdD, University of Georgia, 1978, 1984) and Law (JD, Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law, 2004). He worked as a teacher, coach, and administrator in several Georgia school systems before working for six years with the Georgia Association of Educators/National Education Association. In 1995, Dr. Trotter was the principal founder of the Metro Association of Classroom Educators (MACE). He has three children, Marissa, Robert, and Matthew, and he spends a few months out of the year in Brazil with his wife, Luci, and his step son, Victor. He has written hundreds of articles on education, history, politics, and religion for the last 40 years, and he published a research article in a major refereed academic journal at 27 years of age (The Journal of Negro Education in the Winter Quarter of 1981), an article dealing with peer pressure perceptions of academically able black male adolescents. Dr. Trotter's views and comments on various educational issues have appeared in newspapers and educational journals throughout the country, including his comments about U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's stated intention of reforming failing schools by getting rid of staff members. Education Week reporter Michele McNeil confronted Secretary Duncan about Dr. Trotter's statement and wrote: "Metro Association of Classroom Educators Chairman John Trotter was quoted as saying, in reference to proposed regulations by the Education Department for turning around the nation's worst schools that call for firing staff: 'He [Duncan] wants to replace everyone … except the ones who matter, the children … The problem starts with the students. What is Duncan going to do with some so-called students who act like miscreants each day?' Those statements lit up the blogsphere [sic] and Twitter feeds" (September 3, 2009 issue).
Mr. Norreese Haynes worked for several years in the Clayton County School System in the Metro Atlanta area where his middle school basketball teams won several county-wide championships before he turned 30 years old. He coached a number of outstanding athletes, including D. J. Shockley who quarterbacked the University of Georgia to its last Southeastern Conference Football Championship. D. J. was named Co-Player of the Year with Jay Cutler in the Southeastern Conference. D. J. was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons. Mr. Haynes also coached Josh Powell who earned an NBA World Championship ring while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Mr. Haynes also worked with some very popular pop artists in his music studio while they were students at Riverdale Middle School. One was Clifford (Tip) Harris (aka known as "T. I.," the King of the South) and another was Ciara. The popular Mr. Haynes was elected to and served on the Clayton County Board of Education. He was the first person in his family to earn a college degree, earning an Associate's degree from Clayton State University and a Bachelor's degree in business from Phoenix University and is about to finish up his Master's degree in business and management from Central Michigan University. He has two sons, Nick and Zyair.
By John R. Alston Trotter, EdD, JD
If this book offends you, we are certainly not surprised. In fact, we intend to offend. This book is indeed politically incorrect and irreverent and offensive. We write so as not to be misunderstood, and we use the vernacular of the day. We use words like "shit," "bullshit," and "damn" on a few occasions, and once we even use the phrase "fucked up" just to make a point, viz., that the "F bomb" is used gratuitously in the classrooms and the hallways by students and is sometimes aimed, along with "bitch," at the teachers themselves – and with impunity.
We do indeed describe the appointed superintendents who jump from one school board bed to the next and traipse all over the country for more money and power as "educational sluts." This is descriptive. This is accurate. This is what they are…educational sluts. We describe the so-called search firms and attorneys who find, recommend, and placate these egomaniacs as "pimps." They just pimp these sluts.
We describe the petty, insecure, mean-spirited, vindictive, and abusive administrators who are sycophants of these sluts as "bitches" – and we are including the female administrators too! The teachers know that they are bitches – and they regularly call them "bitches" behind their backs. There are, however, a few fortunate souls who actually have an "old school" principal who respects his/her teachers, has their backs, and supports them. These administrators are a dying breed. They don't last long. If you have a caring and supportive principal, thank the good Lord and count your luck stars! The next principal who comes your way will more than likely be a "bitch." The bitches actually think that the best way to run a school is to treat the teachers like dog shit.
Come to think of it…what is more offensive? Using the word "shit" in this book or treating the teachers like dog shit? Using the word "bitch" in this book or acting like a bitch when interacting with the teachers? Using the word "slut" or simply acting like a slut by jumping in and out of (school board) beds for the offer of more money, leaving behind their "babies," as these pseudo-pious superintendents call the students? Actions are more offensive than words; words simply describe actions.
We offer this caveat. You have been warned. This manifesto is not for the faint-hearted. © Big Daddy Publishers, May 26, 2014.
The MACE Thesis
The MACE Thesis
By Dr. John R. Alston Trotter and Norreese L. Haynes
You cannot have good learning conditions until you first have good teaching conditions. Assuming that you can is rank stupidity and results in environmental chaos in the schools. The reason that so many of our public schools are chaotic and full of shit today is because legislators, policymakers, school board members, superintendents, educrats, and administrators actually and absurdly think that they can usher in "achievement" (if we deign to call increases on standardized test scores "achievement") without respecting teachers and empowering them to do their jobs. They threaten, intimidate, and generally treat teachers like dog shit in their quests to increase "achievement." This results in nothing more than a massive and wholesale systematic cheating on all grades – not just on the standardized tests – and the lowering of academic standards and rigor throughout the corpus of American Public Education. Demigods are put in positions of power, and they terrorize teachers on a daily basis, resulting in a large segment of the best and brightest leaving the teaching field. When the teaching field once again becomes a profession, then these creative and energetic souls who refuse to be treated like dog shit may return.
When you treat teachers like dog shit, public education will carry the stench of dog shit. Right now, sadly, public education is full of dog shit. Everywhere you step, you step in this mess. Those educational demigods who arrogantly traipse around public education seem to be immune from the smell. They are oblivious to this cankering shit that is all over their metaphorical shoes – the same shoes that trample upon the dignity and humanity of the classroom educators, creating this massive mess. By catering to the irate and irresponsible parents and by coddling their rude, defiant, and disruptive children, they have created horrid and unimaginative teaching conditions. They have ignored MACE's Law of Learning: "You cannot have good learning conditions until you first have good teaching conditions." This is how they have wittingly or unwittingly created chaos in our public schools and most especially in our urban public schools. © Big Daddy Publishers, May 23, 2014.
Why You Came to MACE!
Why You Came To MACE!
By Dr. John R. Alston Trotter and Norreese L. Haynes
You didn't come to MACE because we give you a tote bag or do spelling bees for the children or sell you auto insurance at an alleged discount. We don't give out tote bags. We have never put on a spelling bee contest for kids. We don't sell auto insurance. Heck, we don't even endorse any political candidates. You vote like you want to vote. We don't care. We don't even agree in the MACE Office about political candidates or parties! But, we do agree about this: Teachers should be respected, esteemed, and supported by the administrators to do their jobs in the classroom. We know that you cannot have good learning conditions until your first have good teaching conditions. This is an inexorable law. It can no more be set aside or ignored than the Law of Gravity.
You came to MACE because you are frustrated with how public school teachers are now blamed for all the ills in public education. Students aren't motivated to learn. You are blamed. Students are defiant and disruptive in the classroom. You are blamed. Parents are irate and irresponsible and frustrated with their own children's lack of effort. You are blamed. In fact, you came to MACE because you are tired of being blamed by the angry and abusive administrators for the failure of the students who refuse to learn and who refuse to behave. You are tired of being badgered and harassed by these angry, insecure, petty, ignorant, and abusive administrators. We don't blame you. You came to the right organization. You came to MACE.
MACE simply exists to protect and empower classroom educators…one member at a time. You came to MACE because you have heard of the reputation of MACE. You have heard that MACE doesn't play, that MACE kicks metaphorical ass, and that MACE tightens up the mean-ass and petty administrators. You have heard correctly. You came to MACE because you know that better than any other organization in the State of Georgia, MACE is able to tighten up your angry and abusive administrator. You know that there is not another union, organization, or association (or whatever you want to call it) for teachers in Georgia which is as effective as MACE in legally scaring the heck out of administrators who are already terrorizing you. This is why you came to MACE. You came to MACE because you are tired of being tired and tired of being afraid and tired of being frustrated. You came to MACE because you want MACE to protect you, to empower you, and to scare the dog shit out of your abusive administrators. Welcome to MACE! © Big Daddy Publishers, 2014.


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March 11, 2014
By Alyene Senger and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
The Obama Administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will not finalize controversial elements of its proposed Medicare rule. The proposed rule would have undercut patient choice and reduced the competition that controls costs in the Medicare drug program (Part D).[1] Many key stakeholders and Members of Congress expressed concern with the proposed rules, and in response, Representative Renee Ellmers (R–NC) introduced H.R. 4160, the Keep the Promise to Seniors Act, to block the regulation.
Under its original plan, the Administration's proposed changes would have inflicted serious damage on seniors' Medicare Part D benefits.
The proposed rules would have restricted plans in two major ways.
1. Limiting "Parent Company" to One Contract per PDP Region. CMS proposed to limit an insurer to one prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor contract per region. According to CMS, in contract year 2013, there were 57 parent organizations that held more than one PDP sponsor contract through subsidiary contracting organizations. CMS argues that duplicate contracts create inefficiencies and do not reflect true competition: "Two subsidiaries of the same parent organizations offering plans in the same PDP region are not truly competitors as decisions concerning their operations are ultimately controlled by a single entity, or parent organization."
While the truest form of competition among plans is at the insurer level, this rule would still have reduced the number of plans and thus decreased the plan choices available to seniors.
2. Limiting Plans per Sponsor to Two. The rule proposed to limit an insurer to offer only two plans, one standard plan and one enhanced plan. CMS justified this by arguing that it "may … help ensure that beneficiaries can choose from a less confusing number of plans that represent the best value each sponsor can offer."
Restricting the number of plans an insurer can offer would hamper seniors' choice and cause significant disruption in the Part D market.
Avalere Health, a health care consulting firm, estimates that "the change would require 214 of the current 552 enhanced PDPs to be terminated or consolidated with an existing plan." Those 214 plans are sold by carriers that currently offer two enhanced PDPs in the same region and account for 39 percent of total enhanced plans. The study goes on:
The anticipated change in policy would impact 7.4 million of the 7.9 million (94 percent) Medicare beneficiaries who are currently enrolled in an enhanced plan—including both beneficiaries whose plan will be terminated or consolidated and those whose plan will remain but may see changes in benefits or premiums as plan options and enrollees are consolidated.[2]
Obamacare granted the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to establish new criteria to identify categories or classes of Part D drugs that must be included in every Part D plan formulary. Based on the criteria established in the proposed rule, three of the six existing classes of protected drugs would not meet the newly established criteria and therefore would not be required to be covered in each plan's drug formulary (though they propose to allow one to maintain its status through 2015).
The effect of this rule would have been a reduction in the drug mandates that a plan formulary must abide by. Thus, this would have had a positive impact on a plan's ability to compete. A plan could still include these drugs if that is what the market dictates, or it could exclude them from coverage, which could potentially reduce the cost of that plan, which would benefit both seniors and taxpayers. However, it is also critical that seniors have a broad scope of coverage options to ensure that they have a choice, something that this rule begins to limit.
The noninterference clause in Part D excludes the government from participating in negotiations. It states:
(i) NONINTERFERENCE.—In order to promote competition under this part and in carrying out this part, the Secretary— (1) may not interfere with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and PDP sponsors; and (2) may not require a particular formulary or institute a price structure for the reimbursement of covered part D drugs.
Despite the clear text of the law, CMS's proposed rule aimed to "formally interpret" the clause in a way that outlined more specifically what CMS can and cannot do. For example, CMS clarified that it cannot set a price formula or benchmark and cannot establish the parameters of any price concession (e.g., Medicaid-style rebates that are often proposed, including in the President's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal)—even though this is already understood to be what the non-interference clause means.
However, CMS's interpretation also stated that "the prohibition on interference in negotiations…would not pertain to negotiations between Part D sponsors and pharmacies."
The legality of CMS's ability to interpret the clause in such a way is highly questionable.[3]
Although the Medicare prescription drug benefit adds to the insolvency of the Medicare program, using private-run plans rather than a government-run plan in Medicare Part D has exceeded all expectations. The program offers seniors a wide choice of drug therapies at competitive prices, and its dramatic achievement in controlling costs for both seniors and taxpayers is beyond dispute.[4]
Concerning Part D and CMS's proposed rules, seniors understood that it would have a negative impact on them. According to a recent survey conducted by the Morning Consult, 88 percent of all seniors—in different age, gender, and income categories—are very or somewhat satisfied with the program, and three out of four prefer less expensive plans with smaller preferred networks rather than more expensive plans with broader networks. Significantly, eight out of 10 seniors opposed limiting the number of plans a company can offer to two in any geographic area.[5]
Bottom line: The Administration's effort to cancel or reduce Part D plans was no more popular than its policy to cancel plans or reduce competition in the commercial health insurance markets.[6] As the Administration reevaluates the rules, it would be wise to avoid the same mistakes as the original plan.
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[1] Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 7 (January 10, 2014), pp. 1918–2073, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-01-10/pdf/2013-31497.pdf (accessed March 10, 2014).
[2] Matthew Eyles, "7.4M Medicare Beneficiaries Could Be Affected by Proposed Meaningful Differences Policy," Avalere Health, February 12, 2014, http://avalerehealth.net/expertise/managed-care/insights/7.4m-medicare-beneficiaries-could-be-affected-by-proposed-meaningful-differ (accessed March 10, 2014).
[3] Boyden Grey and Associates PLLC, "The Medicare Modernization Act's Prohibition Against Federal Negotiation of Drug Prices," February 24, 2013.
[4] Medicare Part D's overall costs have defied official expectations. The program's total costs from 2006 to 2011 were 48 percent lower than the Medicare Trustees' original projections for the same time period. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2004 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, Table II.C18, http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/ReportsTrustFunds/Downloads/tr2004.pdf (accessed May 15, 2013), and 2012 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, Table III.D3, http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/ReportsTrustFunds/Downloads/TR2012.pdf (accessed May 15, 2013). In addition, seniors' premium costs have remained remarkably stable. See Robert E. Moffit and Alyene Senger, "Real Medicare Reform: Why Seniors Will Fare Better," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2800, May 20, 2013, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/05/real-medicare-reform-why-seniors-will-fare-better.
[5] Michael Ramlet, "Poll: Seniors' Opinions on Medicare," the Morning Consult, March 3, 2014, http://www.themorningconsult.com/2014/03/seniors-opinions-on-medicare-and-proposed-changes-poll-analysis/ (accessed March 10, 2014).
[6] Edmund F. Haislmaier, "Health Insurers' Decisions on Exchange Participation: Obamacare's Leading Indicators," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2852, November 7, 2013, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/11/health-insurers-decisions-on-exchange-participation-obamacares-leading-indicators, and Alyene Senger, "Lack of Competition in Obamacare's Exchanges: Over Half of U.S. Has Two or Fewer Carriers," Heritage Foundation Issue Brief No. 4082, November 8, 2013, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/11/obamacare-insurance-exchanges-and-the-lack-of-competition.
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- 1 spiral-sliced, bone-in half ham (7 to 10 pounds)
- 1 large oven bag (plastic)
- Cherry-Peach Mango Glaze
- 1/2 cup Peach Mango Juice (i.e. V8)
- 1/2 cup cherry preserves
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1. Leaving ham's inner plastic or foil covering intact, place ham in large container and cover with hot tap water; set aside for 45 minutes. Drain and cover again with hot tap water; set aside for another 45 minutes.
- 2. Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 250 degrees. Unwrap ham; remove and discard plastic disk covering bone. Place ham in oven bag. Gather top of bag tightly so bag fits snugly around ham, tie bag, and trim excess plastic. Set ham cut-side down in large roasting pan and cut 4 slits in top of bag with paring knife.
- 3. Bake ham until center registers 100 degrees on instant-read thermometer, 1 to 1 1/2 hours (about 10 minutes per pound).
- 4. Remove ham from oven and increase oven temperature to 350 degrees. Cut open oven bag and roll back sides to expose ham. Brush ham with one-third of glaze and return to oven until glaze becomes sticky, about 10 minutes (if glaze is too thick to brush, return to heat to loosen).
- 5. Remove ham from oven, transfer to cutting board, and brush entire ham with another third of glaze. Let ham rest, loosely tented with foil, for 15 minutes. While ham rests, heat remaining third of glaze with 4 to 6 tablespoons of ham juices until it forms thick but fluid sauce. Carve and serve ham, passing sauce at table.
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