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Quote for today …  “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is lord.” – Machiavelli

• “A nearly five-month lockout at the Armstrong Marietta facility came to an end Friday, with the 260 locked-out workers due to return to work in January.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
• Woes continue in Harrisburg: “Harrisburg mayor owes back taxes, home being foreclosed” – York Daily Record
• 2011 has been a year of unparalleled extreme weather. This article in today’s Harrisburg Patriot-News – “2011 extreme weather a sign of things to come, says the Natural Resources Defense Council” – includes a link that shows an interesting compilation of the extreme weather in a dynamic format.
• “Donations on decline for holiday fundraisers” – York Daily Record
• The Daily Collegian, the Penn State newspaper, continues it first-rate “transparency” reporting. This excerpt from an editorial says it well as it challenges its readers remain informed: ““Wednesday, Jerry Sandusky was charged with 12 additional counts of child sexual abuse. This will get worse before it gets better. And, if you tried to ignore it before, don’t anymore. As we go home for winter break, we cannot disconnect from Penn State and the current investigation. This case is developing quickly and it is our job to keep up on current events. It is our responsibility to read the five page presentment released Wednesday and to follow this case. Many are misinformed about the case. We need to set them right, which we can only do if we know the information. Letting the misinformed keep their wrong views will only hurt us.”