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It is generally thought that drinking too much coffee will lead to bad health. However, this past year the Harvard School of Public Health released two studies that linked coffee consumption to lower risks for certain types of cancer. Researchers found good results for men and women coffee drinkers.

A study released in November showed that women coffee drinkers were less likely to develop endometrial cancer (cancer that forms in the lining of the uterus). The study consisted of 67,470 women, between the ages of 34 and 59, and found that women who drank more than four cups of coffee per day were 25 percent less likely to develop endometrial cancer. Also, women who drank between two and three cups per day had a 7 percent reduced risk.

A link was also found in decaffeinated coffee where a 22 percent reduced risk in women who drank more than two cups per day.

The research that focused on men showed a link to prostate cancer. Men who drank more than six cups a day had a 60 percent lower risk of having lethal prostate cancer. These men also showed a 20 percent lower risk of developing any form of the disease. Those who only consume up to three cups daily had a 30 percent lower risk of lethal prostate cancer. The study consisted of 48,000 men over a 12 year span, between the years 1986 and 2008. Whether the coffee was caffeinated or decaffeinated did not make a difference in the study results.

These studies show that coffee isn't harmful to you as was once thought and can perhaps have health benefits. So don't be afraid to drink up!

From VA.gov, here is a history of Veterans Day:

World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”
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Remembering Pearl Harbor USS Arizona Tribute

On that cold Sunday morning, a long time ago, When the children were sleeping, and the watch was below, You will not be forgotten you cannot be forgotten. When your ensign was raised and the reveille blown, When dawn had just flown, and morn hardly shown, You will not be forgotten, never forgotten.

There you stood, proud and tall, fairest of all; Your sisters in rank caused men to quake. On Arizona, the strong red sun rising, dove from on high, As bomb shattered sea, and missile filled sky. You stood firm to the last, indignant guns blazing, Hellfire and smoke, your stern eyes glazing.

Your sisters sank round you, yet still all held the line! Bloody and burned, broken, blasted, and all still fought, While their charred remains lasted. Until at last one found you, Your weakness chance gave fate to toy with, For now was come your day!

You shall not be forgotten, never forgotten The day chance gave your life to the grave, That you might protect the home of the brave. Strong in the hour, unyielding to the night, One foot in the grave, but finished the fight. NEVER forgotten.