today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today… “I was so happy to hear that the Americans are leaving our country. They destroyed our country. They created so much tension among Iraqis.” – Firs Fertusi, 33, a former fighter in the now-disbanded Mahdi Army.

• Occupy Columbia coming? Found at craigslist: “here is some greed (Columbia) – I have no choice but to agree with the 99% hmn Wells Fargo charged my wife $7.00 to cash her pay check & it was drawn on them?? Wtf is this? its not like its a check from fairbanks alaska,its from one of your so called corporate customers! hmn says payable to her $xxxx not payable minus 3/4 of an hour of your pay. seems kinda greedy. face it we are all the 99% if im wrong let me know, chime in as well. support the cause & there are many, unfortunely it all boils down to greed!”
• “Did you ever wonder why our political leadership seems to be so … lacking?” This is the question asked by Bobby Halton of Fire Engineering magazine as he explores the process of leadership in any organization. Click here to read the article, “Gus’s Boy, the Resilient One.”
• Schools brace for more budget cuts – Associated Press article from York Daily Record
• First frost in York County – York Dispatch – Makes us think of this poem learned long ago.
• For years, Ask Dr. Gott, was a regular feature column in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era. Recently Dr. Gott retired and a new health column, Ask Dr. K., is the health column. Dr. K is Dr. Anthony Komoroff, “a practicing physician in Internal Medicine, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Editor in Chief of Harvard Health Publications.  Dr. Komaroff is a Senior Physician at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, where his experience and medical knowledge, access to the most current research and techniques, and warm “bedside manner” have helped thousands of patients through the years.  He has written more than 200 journal articles and textbook chapters and was the editor for the best-selling book, the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide.” In today’s column he offers these tips as a reply to this question: “I’m in my mid-60s. As I get older, my biggest fear is becoming forgetful. I’ve heard that keeping your mind active is a good way to stay sharp. Is this true?”
• The American Medical Association (AMA) has released this guide to citizen preparedness, “How you can prepare for disasters and public health emergencies.”