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 swear to the Lord – I still can’t see – Why Democracy means – Everybody but me.” – Langston Hughes

• Columbia’s queen of lies and Columbia’s lies: A Scribbler column – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Could this happen here; you betcha’! – “‘You could hear cars hitting each other. People were crying. People were screaming. It was crazy,’ the Gainesville man said hours later. ‘If I could give you an idea of what it looked like, I would say it looked like the end of the world.'” – CBSNews

• Funds for disabilities care cut as “The state Office of Developmental Programs, with a $35 million deficit,” is slashing funding to service providers, “forcing them toward the ‘nightmare’ of having to cut patient services.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “Manheim Township trims $1.2M from preliminary budget; police “frank and honest” salary discussion helped to lessen the blow. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era [NOTE: To view the Township’s budget as .pdf files at the Website, click under
  DOCUMENTS” or click here.]

• “Teachers ‘flip’ their lectures, homework to reach more students: The idea is that by working on ‘homework’ in class, teachers and students get more out of their time together.” York Daily Record

• Westbound Route 30 – Single Lane on Tuesday – PennDOT

• “Beer in an ambulance?” – York Daily Record

• Meet the Newt Gingrich from Hummelstown, PA – Harrisburg Patriot News

• Advice column; hopefully it won’t apply to you. “Help! My Boss is an Insecure Jerk” – LeadershipFreak