Saying Thanks Many Ways...

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Focus on the other person. First, find their address, and write it out yourself on the envelope. Where are they living? What did they go through to give you this gift? When is the last time you did something like that for them?

Think beyond material gifts. What about the person who serves you coffee every day? What about the doctor who saved your life, the Good Samaritan who found your wallet, the teacher who takes an interest in your child, the special friend who listens to you, the person who loves you.

VA HEALTH BENEFITS

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VHA Health Eligibility Center Health Benefits Website

VHA Health Eligibility Center (HEC) has enhanced its ability to communicate with the Veteran community by launching the new Health Benefits website.

This site replaces the previous Health Eligibility website and is designed for easier navigation and is more interactive to enhance the user’s experience. The new website is an online resource for Veterans, family members and care givers to learn about eligibility, enrollment options and benefits offered by VHA.

Make Your Own Movie!

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Calling all aspiring filmmakers! They're looking forward to seeing you at next CENCOM on Tuesday's seminar with Lloyd Kaufman. Be sure to RSVP at www.cencom.org. You can also reach us at info@cencom.org or 212.686.5005.

RIP ~ CAPTAIN ED SADLER 1916-2011

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He was the longest living resident of City Island and our most senior clam digger. He was and will always remain in my memory as a proud father, an even prouder grandfather and the proudest great grandfather ever, as well as my oldest and wisest friend.

City Island lost an old angel at 7:30 this morning, while the heavens have now claimed a new one.

Headlines 11/12/11

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PENN STATE BRACES. Final Football Festivities.

CHOPPER CRASH. Mexico Security Chief.

BASEBALL PLAYER FREED. Kidnapping.

JAPAN NUKE. New Inspections.

OCCUPY. More Arrests.

C-130 "Angel Flight"

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This video is about a song called "Angel Flight"... It is terrific. The song
is being performed with "effects." Listen to the words of the pilot and the
tower, and make sure you sit quietly and listen at the very end.. You will
understand why one of the singers said he would be glad to help with the
song.....if he could stop crying. This is beautiful. God bless Vets!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Ikj1hZDnw&feature=related

SAMUEL CLEMENS aka MARK TWAIN

He was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri and died on April 21, 1910 in Redding, Connecticut. Clemens grew up in Hannibal, Mo., on the West Bank of the Mississippi. At age 13 he was apprenticed to a local printer. When his older brother Orion established the Hannibal Journal, Samuel became a compositor for the paper. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/164886-1

Mark Twain, The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
C-SPAN's Video Library: Mark Twain

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UNESCO BUDGET SHORTFALL

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The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today the agency will temporarily halt some activities owing to the $65 million budget shortfall resulting from the United States’ decision to withhold its dues, and launched a new online tool to enable donors to help offset the loss.

The new fund is one of several measures announced by Director-General Irina Bokova in an address to the 36th session of UNESCO’s General Conference that ended today in Paris.

IMOW

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Curating Change: Leila Janah on Equality

“Women are the world's silent majority. We do not, for the most part, start wars and hoard resources … However, we earn 10% of the world's income and own 1% of the property. Our wages are roughly 17% lower than men's. Something has to change, and soon.”
--Leila Janah on Equality

Our final installment in 2011 of Curating Change features social entrepreneur Leila Janah on Equality. Leila is the founder of the organization Samasource, which provides work to marginalized women and youth living in poverty around the globe.

BRONX VICTORY MEMORIAL @ PELHAM PARK

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In our back yard, we have one of the most impressive monuments ever erected in NYC, The Bronx Victory Memorial was designed by architect and landscaper John J. Sheridan 1888-1954 and sculptors Belle Kinney 1877-1959 and Leopold Scholz 1877-1946.

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