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Quote for today…

• “New Traffic Pattern Coming to Eastbound Route 30 Bridge over Susquehanna River” – PennDOT Travel Release
  
• “Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income” – Associated Press 
• “Protesters, many with their wrists bound and their mouths covered in duct tape, walked the streets of downtown Friday night to oppose the 2012 National Defense Authorizaton Act.” This 980 page document “authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of … military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purpose” including the verbiage that allows authorities to sequester indefinitely  certain “terrorism suspects, including American citizens, without trial as defined in Title X, Subtitle D, SEC 1031(a-e) of the bill. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, wikipedia.org and other sources [NOTE: Because the Bill is so large, many sites will alert readers that “This bill is very large, and loading it may cause your web browser to perform sluggishly, or even freeze. This is especially true for old and/or bad browsers.”]
• “A Marietta man accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls in October now faces new charges involving more young victims.” – Lancaster Intelligenger Journal/New Era
• Yesterday’s Intelligencer Journal/New Era included a preview/overview ofthe girls’ basketball teams in the counry. Here’s the story for “COLUMBIA: COACH — Gary Sutton LAST YEAR’S RECORD — 1-15 L-L, 3-19 KEY PLAYERS LOST — None. KEY PLAYERS RETURNING — G/F Jenna Plastino (5-9 Jr.; 13.2), G/F Ashlyn Phillips (5-6 Jr.; 4.0), G Megan Seibert (5-5 So.; 6.5), G Jenai Plowden (5-5 So.; 5.5), C Paige Herchelroath (5-9 Sr.; injured). OUTLOOK — The Crimson Tide no longer plans on being a pushover, according to Sutton, who has made offensive and defensive changes to make Columbia much more of an attacking team. The Tide has good balance around the perimeter with Plastino, Plowden and Seibert, and a couple of solid low post threats in Georgie Shoff and Herchelroath, who returns after missing all of last season with an injury.”
• While Western governments (including Hillary’s) and the United Nations have persistently pressed China on human rights issues, “China’s official news agency announced Friday that Gao Zhisheng, a prominent human rights lawyer who has been missing for more than 20 months, will serve the next three years in prison because he violated his probation.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era [NOTE: Wonder whether this is part of the Chinese National Defense Authorizations Act?]