My Domestic Links of the Day!

In honor of those who died on 9/11/2001 -see the 2996 Project on Pinterest.
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I remember Colleen

An interesting article on literature and the Common Core standards and how they do NOT encourage the reading of the great classics. Great lines like “Call me Ishmael” may be lost from the cultural literacy.  Read more at Common Core ELA

The debate about vaccines and vaccine safety goes on.
Link between fetal cells in MMR vaccinations and autism from September 2014

Using statistical analysis and data from the US Government, UK, Denmark and Western Australia, scientists at Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (SCPI) found that increases in autistic disorder correspond with the introduction of vaccines using human fetal cell lines and retroviral contaminants.Even more alarming, Dr Theresa Deisher, lead scientist and SCPI founder noted that, “Not only are the human fetal contaminated vaccines associated with autistic disorder throughout the world, but also with epidemic childhood leukemia and lymphomas.”

Truett Cathey, the founder of Chick-Fil-A passed away September 8.

Dave Ramsey shared some of his priorities.  This one is my favorite.

3. Make family a priority.

A company’s true core values always “drip from the beard” of its leadership. That’s why Chick-fil-A goes beyond being a family-owned business and works hard at being family friendly. The “Closed on Sundays” policy gives team members a regular opportunity to spend time with their families. In addition, special family nights and emphases affect not only the culture of the workplace, but they also have a powerful impact on the culture of communities.

Our neighbor girl often talks about the security at the local pubic high school – but this seems like overkill to me.  In Texas, cops take down a small female high school student because she won’t give up her cell phone.  The reason?  No one can reach her mother on dialysis.
Cops vs. 100 pound unarmed female student right here.

Then there’s the soldier who isn’t allowed to enter his daughter’s school because he’s wearing his uniform.

and a school in Virginia protecting its students from Chap Stick?