8:55 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... President George W. Bush told of World Trade Center attack

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K7on6C_7K9ubDJ4z_VTN7aQb4LTazya6S4rVTufXYry58vZQYWPXTRaLDD_yamai-CY9gmwdIAR025Vtndz1Hhs0cjd0pqqFpXURF5PDiYXarq-F6BBpBUp1V8fq6yycX_YAx_Lvomzo/s1600/George+W.+Bush+39+Andy+Card+9-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K7on6C_7K9ubDJ4z_VTN7aQb4LTazya6S4rVTufXYry58vZQYWPXTRaLDD_yamai-CY9gmwdIAR025Vtndz1Hhs0cjd0pqqFpXURF5PDiYXarq-F6BBpBUp1V8fq6yycX_YAx_Lvomzo/s400/George+W.+Bush+39+Andy+Card+9-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />8:55 a.m. Chief of Staff Andy Card informed President George W. Bush that an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center. The President was visiting a classroom in Sarasota, Florida, and kept a calm demeanor to not alarm the young students.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">9/11 ... may we never forget.<br /><i></i></span></span>

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8:55 a.m. Chief of Staff Andy Card informed President George W. Bush that an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center. The President w...

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Today's Teamster News 09.02.13

<a href="http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/labor-economics-101-few-jobs-means-bad-jobs" rel="nofollow">Labor Economics 101: Few Jobs Means Bad Jobs</a>  Center for Economics and Policy Research   ...because the economy is not generating decent jobs in any reasonable number, workers are forced to take bad jobs...<br /><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/01/5699124/calls-to-raise-minimum-wage-return.html" rel="nofollow">Calls to raise minimum wage return with Labor Day</a>  Associated Press   ...A recurring call to raise the minimum wage has returned in the run-up to Labor Day in the form of national rallies and a new report that finds Michigan ranks second-to-worst among states for wage growth during the past 30 years...<br /><a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/09/the-long-battle-for-a-living-wage-goes-on.html" rel="nofollow">The Battle for a Living Wage Goes On</a>  naked capitalism   ...The battle for a living wage for the nation’s poorest workers is set against the backdrop of mass unemployment and the highest level of economic inequality in the U.S. in almost a century...<br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/09/02/10-fastest-growing-jobs-in-usa/2750169/" rel="nofollow">10 fastest-growing jobs in the USA</a>  USA Today   ...For both petroleum engineers and service unit operators in the resource industry, the nation's two fastest-growing jobs, growth likely is due largely to changes in the energy sector...<div><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/31/best-paying-jobs-high-school-diploma_n_3847987.html" rel="nofollow">The 7 Best Paying Jobs With Only High School Diploma</a>  24/7 Wall Street   ...Subway and streetcar conductors, fashion designers, power distributors and dispatchers...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/richest-ceos-compensation-ceos_n_3825087.html" rel="nofollow">Taxpayer Dollars Paid A Third Of Richest Corporate CEOs: Report</a>  Huffington Post   ...More than one-third of the nation's highest-paid CEOs from the past two decades led companies that were subsidized by American taxpayers, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/opinion/sunday/the-hazard-of-free-trade-tobacco.html?ref=opinion&_r=0" rel="nofollow">The Hazard of Free-Trade Tobacco</a>  New York Times   ...Give thanks to Malaysia for heading off, at least temporarily, an American effort to weaken the ability of countries to impose stiff rules on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products within their own borders...<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/30/eurozone-unemployment-set-to-remain-high---business-live" rel="nofollow">Eurozone unemployment steady at 12.1% in July - as it happened</a>  The Guardian   ...Eurozone figures show youth unemployment edging higher...<br /><a href="https://www.aclu.org/national-security/federal-court-sides-aclu-no-fly-list-lawsuit" rel="nofollow">Federal Court Sides With ACLU in No Fly List Lawsuit</a>  ACLU   ...The suit challenges the process for attempting to get off the list as unfair, inadequate, and unconstitutional. The decision also asked the ACLU and the government to submit additional information about the No Fly List redress procedure in order to help the court decide the ultimate question of whether it satisfies the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of due process...<br /><a href="http://m.toledoblade.com/Columnists/2013/09/01/State-budget-is-gold-mine-for-rich-shaft-for-all-others.html" rel="nofollow">State budget is gold mine for rich, shaft for all others</a> (opinion)  Toledo Blade   ...the richest one percent of Ohioans will net a yearly tax cut of nearly $6,000, Middle class taxpayers who earn $51,000 will see a whopping cut of $9. And some of the poorest Ohioans will see their taxes go up...<br /><a href="http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-09-01/news/fl-florida-gains-jobs-loses-wages-20130902_1_wages-new-jobs-florida-international-university" rel="nofollow">Floridians finding jobs, but often at low wages</a>  Sun-Sentinel   ...wages are stagnant or dropping, except for the top 10 percent of households, while health-care and other costs are rising...</div>

bailout CEO Pay European debt crisis Florida Ohio spying taxes TPP wages Today's Teamster News 09.02.13

Labor Economics 101: Few Jobs Means Bad Jobs  Center for Economics and Policy Research   ...because the economy is not generating decent jo...

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Back in the homeschool classroom: A chance encounter

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7q6CIQ5fuSDXBghlyaLneba7meMy6D-GS0nDYvkjWo9f86vG00gYZk3XjnRrp5_MG0jVBPJunGxIov9BhcRa6SbBX778qyvtPVmgGmPABR0aeqc1lLBYpNG6DD-6Zd8IpCM3krHJ3X5c/s800/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_7q6CIQ5fuSDXBghlyaLneba7meMy6D-GS0nDYvkjWo9f86vG00gYZk3XjnRrp5_MG0jVBPJunGxIov9BhcRa6SbBX778qyvtPVmgGmPABR0aeqc1lLBYpNG6DD-6Zd8IpCM3krHJ3X5c/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Gulf of Mexico on the Florida Panhandle.</i></div><br />I ran into an old friend today while shopping at Martin's in Staunton ... a homeschool mom who joined our local homeschool organization while I was in leadership. It was good to see her and brought back memories of the years I educated my children at home.<br /><br />We got caught up in that quick in-a-nutshell way that you do when running into someone you haven't seen in a while in a public place like the grocery store, and then she said something that kind of stopped me in my tracks.<br /><br />"I read your blog."<br /><br /><i>"Really?"</i> I was flattered.<br /><br />I thanked her, and laughed about how I write about politics but then escape to the mountains or the back roads to take photos and enjoy the Shenandoah Valley. She smiled and nodded and said, "Your pictures of the beach...."<br /><br />"Ah, the Gulf of Mexico," I said nodding my head. "I had not been there in years but the water was just as blue as I remembered."<br /><br />She noted that it was beautiful and she had really enjoyed the pictures and it made her want to go to the beach. Yes, I told her, I had heard that from others, too.<br /><br />The photos are my window on the world that I enjoy sharing with others, the neat nooks and crannies of the places where I ramble and make discoveries and spend time taking in the beauty of wherever I am. It has always been amazing that people write to say how much they enjoy seeing them.<br /><br />It is equally amazing that a number of homeschool moms, some whom I've never met, read my blog. You would think they would have their hands full with required school reading so I consider it an honor that they take a few minutes out of their day to stop by SWAC Girl.<br /><br />A while back, one mom wrote that she especially enjoyed when I ended my posts with, "It's summer (spring/winter/fall) in the Shenandoah Valley...." Now when I type that line, I think of her.<br /><br />Our chance encounter today was once again a reminder that friends are priceless. And knowing that there are those who enjoy my blog is an honor.  <br /><br />And, Leslie -- great seeing you today! May the rest of your homeschool journey be especially gratifying and successful, and hopefully it won't be so long before we meet up again....<br /><br /><i>----- </i><br /><i>Lynn Mitchell educated her children at home for 16 years and was part of leadership in North Carolina's Iredell County Home Educators (ICHE) and Virginia's Parent Educators of Augusta County Homes (PEACH). Her son graduated from Harrisonburg's James Madison University (JMU) in 2007 with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Creative Writing. Her daughter graduated from Staunton's Mary Baldwin College in 2012 with a BS in Sustainable Business and Marketing. Lynn and her husband live in Augusta County located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The story of how she began her homeschool journey <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/01/back-in-homeschool-classroom-blazing.html">can be found here</a>.</i> <br /><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />Seacrest, Florida <br />May 2013

Florida Gulf of Mexico homeschooling Lynn R. Mitchell Seacrest Shenandoah Valley Back in the homeschool classroom: A chance encounter

The Gulf of Mexico on the Florida Panhandle. I ran into an old friend today while shopping at Martin's in Staunton ... a homeschool mom ...

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