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Because Cheney is in the news for his life-saving surgery I thought I'd share with you the event materials I collected back on October 18, 2001... when the former VP came out of hiding from Osama bin Laden and spoke for the first time in public after 9/11 at the Al Smith Dinner in New York City. A historic event indeed.

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Sorry for the delay in announcing this to you, but...

 

an exhibition of my entire 3000 piece seven year 9/11 aftermath paper ephemera and autograph collection is taking place from now until October 14, 2011 at the Art Center at Queens College (in Flushing, NY).

 

For details of it and the press release go to:…

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Walking through the predominantly Polish-American neighborhood I live in right now is a sobering experience... as many of the residents grieve over the death of the President of Poland, his wife and others in Russia. I live in Queens in New York City.

Check out some of the images I took of their pubic displays at:…

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The morning of February 8th, 2006 I was assigned to videotape the 2nd Annual International Emergency Medicine Conference which took place in the huge event space at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital located at Columbia University Medical Center. It featured five medical professionals who were involved in a variety of international emergency medical care situations throughout the world – in Darfur, Pakistan, Africa and Iraq after the U.S. invaded it -… Continue

Since 2002, pundits in the U.S. news media have called her everything from an activist and radical lawyer to a terror moll and terror monger - while in news commentaries and articles, they have also suggested she “Play well…” and “Rot in Hell.” Of course, I’m talking about disbarred civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart, who at the age of 70, surrendered to federal authorities here in New York City on November 19, 2009 to begin a 28-month sentence for assisting terrorism. Free on bail since… Continue

Pete Seeger was in the news a week ago here in New York City. He, with many others performed or spoke at a memorial tribute for Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary fame. It took place at the Riverside Church in Harlem, which holds upwards of 2,000 people.



Seeger is of course an iconic singer/songwriter/activist who has dedicated his life to celebrating others through song, and I secured his autograph almost eight years ago to the day - twice when he appeared with… Continue

I recently posted the first images of pieces from my contemporary New York City-focus autographed and non-autographed paper ephemera collections on the site – some of which are related to the aftermath of 9/11 here. Check them out in the All Scrapbook section of TEN.



I also invite you to check out some of my writing and additional posting of images of from my collections elsewhere online.



My mostly C-SPAN autograph collection at:…

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