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The small intestine
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The small intestine extends from the duodenum to the ileum. Its surface area is enormously increased by mucosal folds. In addition, the mucosa has numerous finger-like projections called villi and the surface area is further increased by microvilli . Each villus consists of a core containing blood vessels, lacteals (lymphatics) and cells, e.g. plasma cells and lymphocytes, and is covered by epithelial columnar cells that are absorptive. Opening into the lumen between the villi are the crypts of Lieberkiihn. The epithelial cells are formed at the bottom of these crypts and migrate to the tops of the villi, from where they are shed. This process takes 3-4 days. On its luminal side the epithelial cell has a brush border of microvilli that is covered by the glycocalyx. The lamina propria contains plasma cells, lymphocytes, macrophages, eosinophils and mast cells. Scattered throughout the gut are peptidesecreting cells.
Most of the blood supply to the small intestine is via branches of the superior mesenteric artery. The terminal branches are end arteries, i.e. there are no local anastomotic connections.
Histochemically there are three types of nerves in the gut:
• Cholinergic parasympathetic (with muscarinic or nicotinic receptors)
• Adrenergic sympathetic (with both a and f3 receptors)
• Non-cholinergic, non-adrenergic. The transmittershere are thought to be either cyclic nucleotides and A TP (the purinergic system) or intestinal hormones, e.g. vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) (peptidergic system) or nitric oxide which is now thought to act as a neurotransmitter.
he structure of the small intestine.
The small intestine is concerned with the digestion and absorption of nutrients, salt and water. It produces many enzymes and hormones in order to carry out these processes. Nutrients can be absorbed throughout the small intestine with the exception of vitamin BJ2 and bile salts, which have specific receptors in the terminal ileum. The small intestine also has local defence mechanisms to prevent antigens from entering the body.
Functions of the small intestine.
General principles of absorption
SIMPLE DIFFUSION. This process requires no energyand takes place if there is a concentration gradient from he intestinal lumen (high concentration) to the bloodstream (low concentration).
ACTIVE TRANSPORT. This requires energy and can work against a concentration gradient. A carrier protein is required and the process is sodium dependent. For example, glucose enters the enterocyte on the luminal side via a sodium-dependent carrier molecule and leaves on the serosal side via a sodium-independent carrier that is found in the basolateral membrane. A gradient is maintained across the membrane by an energy-dependent sodium pump (Na", K+ATPase) that keeps the intracellular sodium concentration low.
FACILITATED DIFFUSION. This is an energy-independent carrier-mediated transport system that allows a faster absorption rate than simple diffusion, e.g. fructose absorption.
Absorption in the small intestine
CARBOHYDRATE. Dietary carbohydrate consists mainly of starch with some sucrose and a small amount of lactose. Starch is a polysaccharide made up of numerous glucose units. Its hydrolysis begins in the mouth by salivary amylase. The majority of hydrolysis takes place in the upper intestinal lumen by pancreatic amylase. This hydrolysis is limited by the fact that amylases have no specificity for some glucose/glucose branching links.
These breakdown products, together with sucrose and lactose, are hydrolysed on the brush border membrane by their appropriate oligo- and di-saccharidases to form the monosaccharides glucose, galactose and fructose. These monosaccharides are transported into the cells, largely by sodium-dependent active transport systems.
PROTEIN. Dietary and endogenous proteins (desquamated cells, intestinal secretions) are mainly digested by pancreatic enzymes prior to absorption. These proteolytic enzymes are secreted as proenzymes and transformed to active enzymes in the lumen. The presence of protein in the lumen stimulates the release of enterokinase, which activates trypsinogen to trypsin, and this in turn activates the other proenzymes, chymotrypsin and elastase. These enzymes break down protein into oligopeptides. Some diand tri-peptides are absorbed intact by a carrier-mediated process, while the remainder are broken down into free amino acids by peptidases on the microvillus membranes of the cell, prior to absorption in a similar way to disaccharides. These amino acids are transported into the cell by a number of different carrier systems.
Diagrammatic representation
of solute transport across the apical
membrane showing glucose/galactose
sodium-linked transport. The Na+, K+
ATPase pump is located in the
basolateral membrane.
Dietary fat mainly consists oftriglycerides with some cholesterol and fat-soluble vitamins. Emulsification of fat occurs in the stomach and is followed by hydrolysis of triglycerides in the duodenum by pancreatic lipase to yield fatty acids and monoglycerides. Bile enters the duodenum following gallbladder contraction. Bile contains phospholipids and bile salts, both of which are partially water soluble and act as detergents. They aggregate together to form micelles with their hydrophilic ends on the outside. Trapped in the hydrophobic centre of this micelle are the monoglycerides, fatty acids and cholesterol; these are then transported to the intestinal cell membrane. At the cell membrane the lipid contents of the micelle are absorbed, while the bile salts remain in the lumen. Inside the cell the monoglycerides and fatty acids are re-esterified to triglycerides. The triglycerides and other fat-soluble molecules (e.g. cholesterol, phospholipids) are then incorporated into chylomicrons to be transported into the lymph.
(a) The pathophysiology of fat absorption.
(b) Diagram showing the formation of mixed micelles
The pathophysiology of fat absorption is shown . Interference with absorption can occur at all stages, as indicated, giving rise to steatorrhoea.
WATER AND ELECTROLYTES. A large amount of water and electrolytes, partly dietary, but mainly from intestinal secretions, are absorbed coupled with monosaccharides and amino acids in the upper jejunum. Some water and electrolytes are absorbed in the ileum and right side of the colon, where active sodium transport occurs but which is not coupled to solute absorption. Intestinal secretion also takes place and abnormalities of this mechanism cause secretory diarrhoea.
WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS, ESSENTIAL METALS
AND TRACE ELEMENTS. These all have to be absorbed in the small intestine. It must be remembered that vitamin B\2 (see p. 304) is the only substance other than bile salts that is specifically absorbed in the terminal ileum alone and malabsorption of both these substances will always occur following ileal resection.
IRON.
Defence against antigens.
The normal intestinal mucosa forms an intrinsic barrier to the absorption of many antigens such as bacteria, viruses or dietary proteins. The mucosa contains scattered lymphoid cells as well as lymphoid aggregates, e.g. the tonsils and Peyer's patches, to form the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT).
Antigenic priming of the GALT can give rise to specific secretory immunity, not only in the gut but also in other mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), e.g. respiratory tract, lacrimal, salivary and mammary glands. This is because of the migration of specifically primed T and B cells from the GALT via the local mesenteric lymph nodes, and the thoracic duct and peripheral circulation back to the lamina propria (of gut or other mucosal tissue) where they become immunoglobulin (Igj-producing plasma cells.
Small intestinal mucosa with a Peyer's patch
showing the gut-associated lymphoid tissue.
Local mucosal immunity is provided by the secretory immunoglobulin (sIg) system. There are approximately 1010 Ig-producing immunocytes (plasma cells and plasmoblasts) per metre of human small bowel of which 70-90% are IgA immunocytes. Dimeric and polymeric IgA (pIgA) and IgM, containing a disulphide-Iinked polypeptide called T (or 'joining') chain, are transported through the glandular epithelium via the transmembrane pIg receptor called 'secretory component' (SC) into the gut lumen. These antibodies are the first line of defence against antigens in the lumen and may take part in the immunological homeostasis within the mucosa, e.g dampening T-cell-rnediated hypersensitivity responses against harmless absorbed luminal antigens. sc expression can be up-regulated by lymphokines, e.g. interferon-y (IFN-I') and tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) secreted by activated T cells and macro phages respectively, thus promoting the transport of IgA and IgM into the lumen.
A specialized epithelial cell above the Pey r's patches, called the 'M' or 'membrane' cell, lacks Sc and HLA-DR expression; these cells allow non-selective inward transport of luminal antigens. Antigens may also be taken up by other epithelial cells (expressing HLA-DR) on a genetically restricted basis and may subsequently be presented directly by antigen-presenting cells (macro phages) to primed (memory) T lymphocytes. Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) are mainly T cells with a predominance of TS (CDS+) cells, whereas the lamina propria contains mainly T4 (CD4+) subsets. Most human IELs express the T cell receptor a/{3 (TCRa/{3) which, along with considerable CD45RO expression, suggest that they are traditional memory T cells. Few cells express TCRy/8.
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McDonald's Salad Pulled From 3,000 Stores Due To Possible Fecal Parasite
Athena Yenko, Tech Times 15 July 2018, 06:07 am
McDonald's has stopped selling its salads in 3,000 fast-food restaurants in 14 states in response to an outbreak that sickened people in Iowa and Illinois.
As a precaution, the fast-food chain pulled its salads from stores in Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Missouri aside from Iowa and Illinois.
McDonald's has also been working together with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an ongoing investigation aimed at finally pinning down the actual cause of the multistate clyclospora outbreak.
Clyclospora infection, mostly characterized by frequent bouts of watery diarrhea, is spread by people who ingested food and water that were contaminated with feces.
Clyclospora Outbreak In Iowa And Illinois
On July 12, the Illinois Department of Public Health received confirmation of about 90 cases of cyclosporiasis. People had become ill starting in mid-May. One-fourth of these cases reported consuming the McDonald's salad in the days before becoming sick.
Nirav Shah, IDPH director, advised anyone who, after eating a salad from McDonald's, experienced diarrhea and fatigue to contact their nearest doctor for testing and treatment.
Dr. Patricia Quinlisk of the Iowa Department of Public Health issued the same advice to people in her state. She said there are already 15 cases of cyclosporiasis linked to eating the McDonald's salad.
Both departments recognized McDonald's full cooperation regarding the matter.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we decided to voluntarily stop selling salads at impacted restaurants until we can switch to another lettuce blend supplier," McDonald's said in a statement. "We are in the process of removing existing lettuce blend from identified restaurants and distribution centers."
Cyclospora Infection
Cyclospora infection can be treated, according to FDA. However, it is unknown exactly how food and water become infected with the parasite. FDA said people should be aware that rinsing or washing food is not likely going to remove it.
The common cases of cyclosporiasis in the United States have been linked to various types of imported fresh produce. The parasite can also infect people more than once.
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National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers speaks about the economy from the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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Q: Timing for opacity keyframe animation I'm trying to animate the opacity on some simple Font Awesome icons, but I can't get the timing right.
Basically, of the 5 circles, I want the last 3 on either end to animate on together. So, when the far-left 3 are on, the remaining far-right 2 are off and vice versa. I sort of have this happening on the last 2 on either end, but it's not very smooth and I haven't accounted for the middle one yet. I'm reversing the animation on either end, but I'm not sure if I should just create separate keyframes.
Desired pattern: https://youtu.be/zPPhFs1Y4Ts?t=89

@keyframes blinker-skip {
  0% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  10% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  20% {
    opacity: 0;
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  30% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  40% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  50% {
    opacity: 0;
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  60% {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  70% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
  80% {
    opacity: 0;
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  90% {
    opacity: 0;
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  100% {
    opacity: 0;
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}

.boosted-led-blink-skip-first {
  animation: blinker-skip 1s linear infinite;
}

.boosted-led-blink-skip-second {
  animation: blinker-skip 1s linear reverse infinite;
}

.boosted-led-blink-middle {
  animation: blinker 1s step-start infinite;
}

.boosted-led-orange {
  color: #ff8533;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.14.0/css/all.min.css">

Demo: https://codepen.io/ourcore/pen/GRZYjxZ

A: It looks like you want the dots to show for 50% of the time on one side and then 50% of the time of the other side.
You can do this by having the opacity at 0 from 0-49% and then set it to 1 for 50-100%. You already use reverse for the second set so that will (obviously!) run the opposite way for set 2.
Working example:

.boosted-led-orange {
  color: #ff8533;
}

@keyframes blinker-skip {
  0% {
    opacity: 0;
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  49% {
    opacity: 0;
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  50% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
}

.boosted-led-blink-skip-first {
    animation: blinker-skip 1s linear infinite;
  }

.boosted-led-blink-skip-second {
    animation: blinker-skip 1s linear reverse infinite;
  }

.boosted-led-blink-middle {
    animation: blinker 1s step-start infinite;
  }
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.14.0/css/all.min.css">

Note that you only need to include the keyframes for the times where the changes occur - there is no need to include the ones in between.

A: If you are intrested you can do this with one element and without font awesome

.loading {
  width:200px;
  margin:5px;
  background:linear-gradient(#ff8533 0 0) left/60% 100% no-repeat;
  -webkit-mask:radial-gradient(circle closest-side, #fff 97%,transparent 100%) 0/calc(100%/5) 100%;
  animation: blinker-skip 1s linear infinite;
}
.loading::before {
  content:"";
  display:block;
  padding-top:calc(100%/5 - 5px); /* 5px is the space between circles */
}

@keyframes blinker-skip {
  0%,49% {
    background-position: left;
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  50%,100% {
    background-position: right;
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}

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Early Years 1903-1957
When leaving the Greek island of Icaria, the immigrants didn't say they were going to America... they said their destination was Verona!
Many of the Greek families who settled in the Oakmont-Verona area of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s were from the island of Icaria. Several Icarian immigrants worked dangerous jobs in the steel mills. The hours were long, the work was hard, the compensation was low and there was no such thing as insurance. According to the oral history, one of the Icarian immigrants died in an accident at the mill where he worked. There was no insurance and his widow was still in Greece. Without money and family to bury him, the community of Icarian immigrants came together to see to his final needs. Never again did they want this to happen to one of their own and according to the historical record, the Verona community of Icarians formed a mutual aid society in 1903.
In 1905 they were officially chartered as the Icarian Brotherhood of America. The purpose of this organization was to provide medical, disability, and funeral benefits for its members and to provide a vehicle for raising money for charitable contributions for the people of Icaria. Today the organization is known as the Pan-Icarian Brotherhood, with chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Some of their charitable works to date include granting scholarships and building hospitals in Icaria. Since their inception, they have had a positive and powerful impact on Greek and Greek American lives.
This core group of Greek immigrants in the Oakmont and Verona areas had developed a community, but they had no local place of worship. Instead, the families would attend services in the neighboring communities of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in New Kensington and at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Pittsburgh.
This group of families petitioned the Archdiocese to send a priest. In 1922 the church was officially chartered by the Archdiocese. Once they had their charter, the diocese sent priests. The first visiting priest was Fr. John Antarakis. He constructed a makeshift altar on which to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. The parishioners raised money to cover rent at the A&P and payment of the priest by door-to-door canvassing for donations.
They would hold sacraments and worship services two or three times a year in a rented second floor above the A&P Market on Front Street in Verona. The Lutheran church, also on Front Street, was used for funerals.
The congregation rented a house in the alley behind Main Street in Verona for $15 a month. The house served as the parish Greek School. Diamond Lewis, Eva Tsambis Kratsa, Mary Kratsas, and Ethel Karnavas were among the first Greek School teachers
Just before and during World War II the money for the parish was collected in a piggy bank and placed in the church account at Allegheny Valley Trust Bank in Verona.
In 1950 a committee of six met and decided it was time to build their own church. Their efforts to organize led to the present church site on Washington Avenue in Oakmont. On that spot was a house owned by J.T. Anderson, who also owned the Willows Pool and the Willows Nightclub directly across from the church site. Big bands played at the Willows... Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Kay Kaiser, Paul Whitman, Harry James and many more.
The house was eventually sold to the Italian American Club and used as a nightclub and meeting place. They went out of business and lost the property. The mortgage then was held by the Greek Catholic Union of the USA (a predominantly Croatian-American denomination).
Through the efforts of William Kratsas (a.k.a. Billy Kay), the group negotiated the purchase of the property from the Greek Catholic Union of the USA and it was in their possession once again. On June 29, 1950, the committee traveled to Munhall to sign the papers. The price of the property was $14,500. The committee members included William P. Kratsas, Sr., Gus Argyros; George Tratras; Emmanuel Mamatas; Peter Tsudis; and John Viores. Others on the committee included Samuel Plutis and wife Koula, William Ptohides and Kostas Tsambis.
Billy Kay was appointed the first parish council president. During the mid 1950s elections were held and Billy Kay was then voted as the first president. "With the help of God and the efforts of many dedicated hands and hearts, our dream had come true, and the new community was named Kimisis tis Theotokou (affectionately called St. Mary's)," said Billy Kay. The by-laws were drafted and approved at a general assembly meeting in 1957.
The newly organized community of about 60 families grew quickly. The priests who served our parish over the years included Archimandrite Dorotheos Neamonitos, Fathers Timotheos Houndras, Panagiotis Parianos, Spiridon Zois, Archimandrite Greagoras, Fathers Petros Garivaltis, Constantine Mager, Gregory Tsikourakos, John Protopapas, and Theoklitos Mihalas. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis served as the parish priest for several months in 1967 while taking classes at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Our current priest, Archimandrite Polycarp Rameas, has been serving since October 1975.
The Physical Plant
In 1972 the old building was torn down and the current church and social hall were built in 1973. Parishioners offered their skills and labor in the construction. To raise money, Steve Cratsa and his wife Bessie approached the board about having catering in the church hall. Weekly Bingo was held to raise money for tables and chairs. Stratigos Catering was appointed the first caterer in 1974. Later, Frank Phaturos' A-1 Catering and Nicholas Futules were added as caterers. Since that time, Stratigos was sold to the Kennywood Park group and continues to provide catering services as "Stratwood" catering. In 2005 Nick Futules left to concentrate on his own banquet hall and newcomer Hoffstot's, a local restaurant, is now providing catering. Frank Phaturos continues to provide catering services.
Weddings and other affairs were booked in growing numbers. Steve Cratsa served as the first hall manager. Gus Lewis was appointed hall manager in 1974, and with his wife Carol still manages the expanded hall reservations.
The annual Greek Food Festival was organized in 1974 as a small two-day affair under the guidance of Mike Glaros and his committee. Today the annual three-day (held the last weekend in June) festival attracts people from the entire community who come to savor the Greek delicacies and culture, and are entertained nightly by live Greek music and ethnic dancing by our young people.
Preparations for the festival begin in January. It is a major undertaking that requires parish-wide involvement. It presents the opportunity to foster fellowship and community among the members. Over 10,000 meals are served in 3 days.
In addition to the usual entrees and desserts, the food festival has expanded its offerings to include freshly made gyros, souvlakia, fried potatoes, fried smelts, and loukoumades. The loukoumades, which were formerly shaped by hand, are now expedited using a dough dropper system that suspends, measures, and releases the dough into the hot oil, making uniform balls. The loukoumades are a very popular item with festival goers.
The unique atmosphere of the festival makes good use of the church's space. The Social Hall houses many tables, the hot dinners, and the inside bar. Outside in the main parking lot, a huge tent holds the gyros and fried foods, more seating, and the band.
In 1977 the board voted to extend the hall by adding a large area for a bar and buffet tables, storage rooms, a walk-in cooler, a walk-in freezer, a janitorial closet, bathrooms, five classrooms and a library on a new second floor. Classroom furnishings and supplies were donated by parishioners.
Father Rameas organized the Sunday school in 1976. About 20 students met in the hall, taught by Sally Zourelias, her daughter Linda Zourelias (now Linda Barnes) and Lottie Apostolos. In 1977 Mary Bender was named Sunday School Supervisor. Teachers included John Ioannou, Athanasia Ioannou, Linda Barnes, Sophia Facaros, Mary Worf, Maria Bardos, Mildred Brenlove, Frances Fulton and Rhoda Gemellas Worf. Sophia Facaros took over when Mary Bender retired in 1997, and held the post until 2001, when Theodore Ioannou was named supervisor. Allison Sadlowski is the current Sunday school supervisor.
Teaching of the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and the Creed, along with the Archdiocesan curricula, are stressed in Sunday school. Each year Father Rameas selects a theme that the classes use throughout the year, along with the regular curricula. In 2005-2006, the theme was studying the saints. Each classroom had a patron saint. The students looked up information on the saint and reported it to the class. The class would celebrate their saint's feast day. They were also taught the 12 major feast days. Memory games were used to help them recognize and understand the meaning of the icons. As an Eagle Scout project, altar server Andrew Barnes (then a 10th grade student, and grandson of Ted and Sally Zourelias) made small wooden "altar tables" for each classroom. The patron saint of each class was placed on the altar table, along with a Bible and censer.
Each year the Sunday school sponsors a drive to provide toys for 50 children through the Salvation Army's angel tree project. They also collect money for food bags for needy Oakmont families. The teachers have access to the Archdiocese Web site, which is helpful in learning and teaching. Current teachers are Linda Barnes, Christina Contes, Barbara Lafferty, Athanasia Ioannou, Dianna Wyrick, Angie (Kouknas) Schaeffer, Christos Ioannou and Kristen Ioannou. Enrollment is about 65 students, grades preschool through 12th grade.
Our Byzantine choir is under the direction of Protopsaltis Peter Papadakos, who was hired in 1979. He has tutored many young students in the art of Byzantine chant. Chrisanthi (Chrissy) Louis and Mary Brahos served as the Choir Directors in the past. Peter Soterin has been serving as sexton since 1995.
Riverside Landing
In 1994 the church purchases the Hunt Marina and properties fronting the Allegheny River. Under the direction of then president Andrew Gavrilos, parishioners volunteered their time and talents to renovate the marina restaurant into a new social hall. In 1996 it opened as the beautiful Riverside Landing, which can seat 200 people. The new facility soon became a popular place for small affairs and is booked almost every weekend, in addition to bookings in the larger church social hall. The old marina building was demolished to create additional parking for the church campus.
The latest addition to the church, the chapel of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene (revered martyrs of the island of Mytilene), was built in 2004 under the leadership of then President George Ioannou. Parishioner Michael Kratsas designed the beautiful baptistery chapel adjacent to the main sanctuary. The first donor, Panteli Soterin, donated $1000. Under the leadership of past president Pauline Klein, the Philoptochos raised money for the forthcoming altar table. Monies for the epitaphio were raised under the leadership of the president, Olympia (Kokales) Arthur. The adult baptismal basin and the Six Days of Creation murals were donated by Nicholas Moraitis, the iconostas by Billy Kay, the dome by Aristotle and Christopher Aivaliotis, and iconography in the dome by Spiro Tsudis. Many other furnishings and icons were donated by Philoptochos and our parishioners. Relics of the three martyrs are located in the chapel altar for veneration on special feast days.
The newest renovations were completed with a new dome, narthex and offices. The outside was painted to look like white stucco, reminiscent of the churches in Greece. The remodeling project has made the church one of the most beautiful in the area. William Wyrick was the president at the time.
Church Organizations
Mary Tsambis was the first Philoptochos president. During Coulitsa Kuntz's presidency a fund was started to buy pews for the church. Prior to the purchase folding chairs were used. Eunice and Betty Laris donated the first $$000 toward this goal. Remainder of the pews was purchased by individual members. The baptismal font was donated by Jim Futules, Sr. The old Bishop's throne and altar table were donated by St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Oakland. Everybody pitched in unselfishly, pouring out countless expenditure of time, talent and labor. Today's church members still give their talents and time for the beautification of the church.
The Philoptochos is constantly raising funds to cover its many philanthropic projects, including preparing sandwiches for the local food bank, helping people in need, providing food coupons for the needy at Thanksgiving and Christmas, visiting the sick, donating to the agape fund, etc. In addition, through the years Philoptochos has donated many items to the church, including new kitchen cabinets, a tile floor, carpeting in the sanctuary, chairs in the chapel, and many other artifacts and icons to beautify the church. The current president, Aleka Batis, and the members continue to work for the philanthropic and spiritual needs of the community and the church.
Greek school classes are held weekly for children and adults. Aleka Batis is the current teacher.
Parishioners look forward to the weekly Bible and Orthodox studies conducted by Father Rameas for the past several years.
In 1976, the first GOYA was formed and Lou Pahountis served as President. The first outing with Father Rameas was to the Pittsburgh Zoo.
A very active GOYA (grades 7-12) has undertaken many projects. They made 150 sandwiches and passed them out to the homeless at the Salvation Army. They host spaghetti luncheons, sing Christmas carols to the elderly and home bound parishioners, polish brass fixtures in the church and help wherever needed. Their social activities include fireside chats three times a year with Father Rameas and participation in Metropolis basketball and volleyball tournaments. They attend weekend retreats and summer camp at Camp Nazareth. In June 2004, the GOYAns combined with the GOYAns from St. Mark in Boca Raton, Florida for a 4-day trip, retreat and sightseeing.
The Grecian Stars and Junior Grecian Stars (Greek folk dancing groups) perform at the annual Food Festival, the New Year's Vasilopita celebration, and other church functions throughout the year. Alecia DeNillo and Allison Arthur are the current instructors for the Junior Grecian Stars.
The John T. Ioannou Memorial Library was established in 2000 by the Ioannou family and parish council in his memory. John taught Sunday School over 20 years, was instrumental in starting the adult religious classes, was youth advisor several years, served four terms as Council president, and for 20 years, with his wife Athanasia, scheduled over 300 parishioners and friends (young and old) for the annual food festival. John loved his work as an engineer, but he loved teaching religion to Sunday school students and the youth more. It was more important to him than engineering. If he had to do it over again, he would have been a teacher.
The St. Nectarios Bookstore was established in 1999 by Ella Moravec and Athanasia Ioannou. Parishioners can buy religious books, cards, jewelry, incense and incense burners, and hand painted icons from Russia and Greece. T-shirts from Guatemala (to support the Orthodox Orphanage) and religious and secular CDs and videotapes are also sold.
Nativity of Theotokos Monastery and St. Elias Retreat Center
Elpiniki "Eva" Kratsa Mortsos donated her entire estate to the Oakmont parish which was put under the then Diocese (now Metropolis) of Pittsburgh in 1988. The farm where she and her husband had lived in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania is now the home of the Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery and St. Elias Retreat Center. Currently twelve nuns are in obedience to the monastery. Father Demetrios Carellas serves as chaplain.
The children of the early fathers and mothers are continuing the work begun by them so many years ago. Each year, new members join the church and adding their time, talent and energy to further the aims of our house of worship. Today, under the spiritual leadership of Archimandrite Polycarp Rameas and the hard work of our devoted and loving parishioners, our parish strives to be a united and caring community, witnessing to our Holy Orthodox Christian Faith.
Thank you to Billy Kay for furnishing the early history prior to and up to the purchase of the first church building in 1950. Thanks to Father Rameas and the many parishioners who provided historical church data. And, many thanks go to Constance Wong who helped with the final editing.
Mary Bender — 2006
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We all want to be happy. That much is obvious, but the problem is that many of us look to external sources for that happiness. We lead ourselves to believe that when we land that high-paying job and we're driving that expensive convertible around a mountain highway that we will be happy, but it really has to start from within. There is no single reality, because your perception of reality will always color your experience.
If you go into a situation where you "don't like yourself very much," you're certainly going to face a lot of challenges when it comes to achieving happiness. You're more likely to focus on the negative aspects of the experience, particularly as they pertain to your self-worth, and less likely to notice the more positive aspects. This is very much the philosophy that underpins the self-fulfilling prophecy, both positive and negative.
The quote above comes from Lynn Johnston, a cartoonist who may know best from her For Better or For Worse comic strip that was syndicated across many newspapers in its over 30-year history. Raised in North Vancouver, she became one of the best known cartoonists to come out of Canada. This is despite facing several personal issues in her life, including her abusive mother, her first husband, and her lack of preparation to be a mother to her first child. She was faced with a lot of negativity, but she was able to rise above it.
Life is about balance. We certainly don't want to dwell on the negative, because all that's going to do is fuel more negativity. At the same time, we need to be critical of ourselves, not only to keep us humble, but also to encourage continued growth. When you recognize the areas in your life in need of improvement, you can motivate yourself to get better, to do better, and to be better.
It's amazing just how much insight we are able to derive from comic book artists and cartoonists. Society typically views comic strips as a mildly comical distraction from the real perils that affect the real world, but we can learn a lot from artists like Lynn Johnston, Jim Davis, Bill Watterson and Gary Larson. Indeed, I've always wanted to be a cartoonist and I may one day achieve that goal. I just have to remain positive, while also remaining humble.
I love the comic itself, have grown up reading it. I totally agree with the point of the post too, as our opinion of ourself makes us what others see. Only we can change ourselves and what others think of us.


Periscope is an instant live streaming application that launched in March 2015 by a startup company that averages about 10 million users. The application provides users a way to share live moments from their personal lives with their followers as well as build connections with other users. It was one of the first live streaming services offered in the social media world, another to exist was Meerkat which was a smaller rival streaming service that Periscope blew out of the water with its initial success. As the concept of live streaming began circulating the social media world, larger apps started to notice, one of which was Twitter. Twitter took full advantage of the opportunity and decided to acquire Periscope in order provide a live streaming feature on their platform. The purchase is said to have been anywhere between $50 million to $100 million; specifics are unknown as both platforms have declined to give insight into the deal. That being considered, Periscope's target audience is now joint with Twitter's target audience, so let's take a look at the target audience of Twitter. Twitter users consist of a wide range of audiences and according to a social media demographics study done by the Pew Research Center "Twitter is somewhat more popular among the highly educated". Younger generations such as high schoolers and college students use the platform to stay updated on the latest trends, news updates, social environment, and celebrity news while older generations may use the platform for news updates, business concerns, etc. People in between those audience categories also have a variety of reasons for using the platform, but incorporating live streaming into Twitter allows each of these users to establish a more personal connection with any of the pages they follow. Typically, someone that is a Twitter user knows how to navigate their way around social media websites and applications and enjoy the technological advancements and updates offered to them. All in all, Periscope targets anyone that successfully utilizes the functions of Twitter and seeks to connect more in depth with the pages they are following, so their target audience consists of individuals that may be in their early teens to individuals that may be considering retirement. Of course these categories of individuals are not definite and their will be outliers such as Twitter users younger than early-aged teenagers, and users older than an average retiree, as well as everyone in between, but the main point is that Periscope targets a large audience that is involved in the social media world.
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West Chester Fire & Rescue is our community's front line of health care.
The West Chester Fire Department owns six medic units - two on reserve status and four in service 24/7 - with at least one paramedic on each squad. The squads are equipped with the most up-to-date cardiac monitors and the ability to perform 12 Lead EKGs and transmit the information directly to the hospital prior to patient arrival.
The West Chester Fire Department continues to meet federal, state, and local requirements for training and medical protocols, and continues their 40-plus year tradition of care and commitment.
DO NOT LET BILLING CONCERNS STOP YOU FROM DIALING 9-1-1 IN AN EMERGENCY!
West Chester Township seeks reimbursement from health insurers, Medicare and Medicaid for ambulance transportation and medical supplies used in patient care through a third-party billing service - Change Healthcare.
Residents of West Chester WILL NOT be charged for service or materials, beyond what is paid by the insurer, Medicare and/or Medicaid. West Chester residents WILL NOT be responsible for co-pays, deductibles, or any uncovered fees.
As a West Chester resident, what should I do if I receive a bill for ambulance service? Contact Change Healthcare, our EMS billing service at 1-800-676-0111 or 1-866-631-2658, Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If the problem is not resolved, call the West Chester Fire Department, (513) 777-1133.
You may receive an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) from your insurance carrier and/or a statement from Change Healthcare. If you are a resident of West Chester, this is not a bill.
Non-residents who receive emergency medical service from West Chester Fire & EMS will be responsible for the balance not paid by insurance, Medicare or Medicaid; and will receive a bill from the third-party billing service, Change Healthcare.


The Division of Sustainability is looking for an Electric Vehicle Charging and Clean Transportation Project Coordinator to assist with the deployment of public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and support ongoing emissions reductions in the City's vehicle fleet. The City recently received a grant to fund new EV charging infrastructure throughout the community. The City currently operates publicly accessible EV charging infrastructure at six separate locations and the outcomes from this project will complement and significantly build upon this charging network. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the analysis, planning, procurement and initial deployment of infrastructure for this project.
The City has a number of department-specific plans to reduce air quality and climate change pollutants from the municipal fleet. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for reaching out to staff to drive ongoing implementation and understanding of clean fleet procurement, vehicle use coordination, and behavioral changes in order to ensure ongoing emissions reductions. The Project Coordinator may also be assigned additional duties related to energy and/or emissions reductions, or other portions of the City's sustainability program, as needed.
This Project Coordinator role is a part-time, temporary position. The position will require 15-20 hours per week for approximately nine (9) months, depending on status and needs of assigned projects. There will be flexibility to work remotely, in addition to a need to coordinate and attend ongoing meetings with City staff from various departments along with community partners. Selected candidate will need to largely work autonomously and should possess solid technical and communications skills in order to deliver on necessary tasks.
Bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental policy, engineering, business or related field from an accredited college or university.
Demonstrated success coordinating past projects, including strong organization skills, analytical capabilities and verbal and written communications. Experience with evaluating energy and/or emissions impacts is preferred.
Possession of Driver's License or Utah Driving Privilege Card and the ability and means to travel between office and other City locations.
Email resume and brief cover letter to: Debbie Lyons, Sustainability Program Director at debbie.lyons@slcgov.com.
Deadline to apply is Thursday, September 10, 2015.


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FIRST LOOK: Discovery Delivers a Hardcore — and Hunger Games-esque — New Series with The Wheel
Six contestants will try to survive six different harsh locations for 60 days
By Steve Helling December 23, 2016 03:51 PM
Remember that scene in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire when all the competitors in the Quarter Quell realize that they're inside a big clock?
The Discovery Channel is premiering a new show, The Wheel, that's giving us serious Hunger Games vibes — only (hopefully!) with less death.
The show will feature six everyday people who have been dropped into six remote locations with nothing but a small survival kit and an SOS device. All alone, they will build a shelter, hunt for food and search for water.
So far, it's like every other survival show on television, right? Wrong.
At any point during the 6o-day adventure, the participants can be plucked from their environment and dropped into an entirely new wilderness. They may go from a sweltering rainforest to a frozen tundra, or from a deserted tropical island to a remote mountain peak.
What the participants don't know is that they're on a figurative lunar wheel. With each phase of the moon, the wheel will turn and send each person to a new eco-zone. Viewers will know what's coming, but the participants will be left obsessing over when the wheel will thrust them into a new harrowing domain.
While the Discovery Channel assures PEOPLE that there are no carnivorous monkeys or poisonous fog on the wheel, it's safe to say that the locales will be harrowing for the participants. They won't be competing against each other (don't expect a bloodbath), but they'll all be competing against The Wheel.
The six cast members aren't hardcore survivalists like the cast of Naked and Afraid. Instead, they are ordinary people from all walks of life, including a model who runs marathons and a master plumber who survived thyroid cancer.
Will the survivalists have what it takes to endure the harsh terrains? The Wheel premieres Jan, 13 at 10 p.m. ET on the Discovery Channel.


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The global exoskeleton market is projected to witness a compound annual growth rate of 38.61% during the forecast period to reach a total market size of US$3201.60 million by 2023, increasing from US$451.37 million in 2017. The global market for exoskeleton is largely driven by recent advances in technology coupled with rising adoption of exoskeletons in the military and industrial sector. The growing demand for exoskeleton in rehabilitation, as well as increasing number of people suffering from spinal cord injuries, will boost the demand for exoskeletons. The continuous product innovation will augment the demand for exoskeletons in the coming years. In addition to this, the rising adoption of exoskeletons in developing countries will further add to their demand over the projected period.
Geographically, Americas accounted for the largest share in 2017 and is expected to grow at a high rate. The major factors responsible for this growth are the ongoing technological development and high-speed technology adoption within the region. Moreover, the rising government support coupled with increasing number of approved products by the US FDA will further contribute to the market growth. In addition, the region consists of a large population with traumatic brain surgeries, spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy which results in a steep rise in the number of rehabilitation centres.
Major industry players profiled as part of the report are Parker Hannifin Corporation, Hocoma, Myomo, Inc., Ekso Bionics, ReWalk Robotics, and Cyberdyne, Inc. among others.


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President Trump's Remarks in White House Press Briefing on COVID-19
Today, My Administration has taken a momentous step toward achieving American pharmaceutical independence — a very, very big, big step — a focus of our campaign to bring America's critical supply chains and medical manufacturing back to the USA. We've been working on this for a long time.
This is a core of our strategy to protect our people from the horrible China virus. It should have never happened. It should have never been here. They should have stopped it.
In the decades before I took office, foreign nations were allowed to freely plunder our factories and loot our industries, take our business out of the United States. Millions of jobs were vacuumed out. Our politicians let that happen. Our communities were stripped and shipped, in many cases, to China and all over the world.
Nearly four years ago, we launched a bold effort to revitalize American manufacturing, enact fair trade deals, and bring our industries back home where they belong. When the China virus landed on our shores, it became clearer than ever before that restoring American manufacturing is a core matter of national security.
We must never be reliant on a foreign nation for America's medical or other needs, and that includes many other needs.
I just want to say that Pfizer just announced, a little while ago, that they're combining phase two and phase three trials, and the vaccine looks like it's really heading in a very rapid direction, in a very positive direction. First time that's happened. They're many months ahead of any other trial. There's never been anything like it. It's the fastest ever, and to me, it's very exciting.
I'm proud to announce one of the most important deals in the history of U.S. pharmaceutical industries. My Administration has reached a historic agreement with a great American company — you remember this company from the good, old camera age, the old days — to begin producing critical pharmaceutical ingredients. It's called Kodak. It's going to be right here in America.
I want to congratulate the people in Kodak. They've been working very hard. Members of my Administration are present in Rochester right now a good place. They're trying to finalize this groundbreaking deal, and they will be announcing this deal.
I want to thank Governor Andrew Cuomo and his representatives. We've worked really well together on this deal. It's a big deal. It's going to be a great deal and a great deal for New York and a great deal for Kodak.
Ninety percent of all prescriptions written in the United States are for generic drugs. We have approved more generic drugs than any other administration, by far. Generic drugs can be just as good as the brand names but cost much less.
Yet, in less than 10 percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed to make these drugs. They're currently manufactured in America, more than 50 percent, however, are made in India and China. You'll be seeing a lot of things happening. It's been happening, but it's happening at a more rapid pace right now.
With this new agreement, my administration is using the Defense Production Act to provide a $765 million loan to support the launch of Kodak Pharmaceuticals. It's a great name, when you think of it. Such a great name. It was one of the great brands in the world. Then people went digital, and Kodak didn't follow.
Under very extraordinary leadership, they are following and they're doing something that's a different field, and it's a field that they've really hired some of the best people in the world to be taking care of that company and watching that company watching over it. It's a breakthrough in bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States.
Under this contract, our 33rd use of the Defense Production Act remember when you were saying I didn't use it enough, I didn't use it enough? Now you heard it's the 33rd use. We don't talk about it all the time; we used it, and we used it as a little bit of a threat, frankly, with certain companies that weren't doing as we were asking them to do, and it came through as both a threat and a usage. But this is our 33rd use of the Defense Production Act.
Kodak will now produce generic active pharmaceutical ingredients, which is a big deal. Using advanced manufacturing techniques, Kodak will also make the key starting materials that are the building blocks for many drugs in a manner that is both cost-competitive and environmentally safe. We'll be competitive with almost all countries, and soon with all countries.
Once this new division is fully operational, in addition to all of the other plants that we've opened with other companies throughout the United States recently, it will produce as much as 25 percent of all active ingredients needed to make generic drugs in the USA. That's a big number: 25 percent.
This agreement will directly create 360 new jobs at Kodak's factory in Rochester; that's just in the initial phase. In Minneapolis, a place I have gotten to know very well and it's a great place. I'm very happy that we're able to help them with the problems that they've had recently. I want to thank the National Guard, both state and beyond. I want to thank them for the incredible job. They went in and they did some beautiful job. They cleaned it up. You didn't hear about the problems anymore.
We created thousands more jobs all across our pharmaceutical supply chains. We have now been building a very big pharmaceutical supply chain not only coming out of China, coming out of other countries also. I want to thank Peter Navarro, Adam Boehler, and Admiral Polowczyk for their tremendous work to make this deal possible.
Today's action is our latest step to build the greatest medical arsenal in history. We'll be able to do that.
Through the Defense Production Act and other authorities, we have invested more than $3 billion in our nation's industrial base. We've contracted with companies such as Ford, General Motors, Philips, and General Electric to produce more than 200,000 ventilators by the end of this year, nearly seven times more than we would ever do in a typical year.
We've contracted with Honeywell, 3M, O&M, Halyard, Moldex, and Lidl to increase U.S. production of N95 masks. We've brought it from less than 40 million a month to over 100 million a month by August, and we'll have 160 million in a very short while — 160 million a month. That's many times what we used to do. If you go back two years ago, it's many, many times.
We're increasing domestic production of gloves by 1,000 percent. It's 1,000 percent. We will be manufacturing 450 million gloves annually by next year.
We're finalizing contracts with our textile industry to make gowns in America with American fabric, which makes a lot of our businesses happy that produce the fabric. We have 13 million reusable gowns in the Stockpile, and we'll continue to grow that number to 72 million this fall, which is a rapid escalation indeed.
We made major investments in new rapid point-of-care tests. There's nothing like the rapid point, where you get your answer in 5 minutes to 15 minutes to maybe 20, 25 minutes at the max. And we're already at about a 50 percent level, and we're bringing it up very substantially from there.
We're growing domestic production from less than 250,000 test kits per month in May to 8 million test kits per month. There is nothing like this that has ever taken place anywhere in the world or close.
Through our partnership with Puritan Manufacturing and the state of Maine, we've increased production of test swabs from 30 million per month in June to 56 million per month now. As you remember, I went to Maine; I went to the plant where they do this. It was incredible. It was a great experience. We'll produce over 100 million swabs per month by January.
We've dramatically ramped up production of materials needed for a vaccine and are on track to rapidly produce 100 million doses as soon as a vaccine is approved, which could be very, very soon, and 500 million doses shortly thereafter. We'll have 500 million doses.
Logistically, we're using our military, our great military — a group of people; their whole life is based around logistics and bringing things to and from locations and they'll be able to take care of this locationally and bringing it where it has to go very, very quickly. They're all mobilized. It's been fully set up.
A very, very talented general is in charge. When we have that vaccine, it will be discharged and taken care of. It'll be a very rapid process all over the country. Perhaps we'll be supplying a lot of the vaccine to other parts of the world, like we do with ventilators and other things that we, all of a sudden, have become very good at making.
When the China virus struck our nation, we mobilized the entire government and the private sector to acquire, source, and deliver lifesaving supplies.
HHS, FEMA, and the private sector combined have coordinated the delivery of more than 196 million N95 respirators, 815 million surgical masks, 20 million gloves, 34 million face shields, and 354 million gowns. That's a lot of gowns.
Last week, FEMA completed a second shipment of personal protective equipment to over 15,000 nursing homes in the United States. Our big focus has been on nursing homes and senior citizens. As you know, that's where we want to take care — we have to take care of the most vulnerable, especially if they have a medical difficulty, a medical problem — in particular, heart or diabetes. Which provided a total of 1.2 million pairs of protective eyewear, 14 million masks, 66 million pairs of gloves, and 13 million gowns.
We have replenished the long-neglected National Stockpile. In January, the Stockpile had 17.9 million N95 masks. Today, the stockpile has over 50 million N95 masks, and we'll be doubling that in a very short period of time and then doubling that number.
We've shipped more than 14,000 ventilators to areas of need across the country, and we have more than 75,000 available to deploy. Not a single American who has needed a ventilator has been denied a ventilator. I you remember, early on when we were first hit with the virus, ventilators were very hard to come by, and now we're the largest maker anywhere in the world, by far. Not only are we fully supplied and stocked, but we're helping other nations, because ventilators are hard to build and hard to get.
This is just the beginning. In the coming months, we will continue the largest onshoring campaign in American history. We will bring back our jobs, and we will make America the world's premier medical manufacturer and supplier. That's what's happening already. It's been happening now for quite some time.
We're seeing improvements across the major metro areas and most hotspots. You can look at large portions of our country; it's — it's corona-free. But we are watching very carefully California, Arizona, Texas, and most of Florida. It's starting to head down in the right direction, and I think you'll see it rapidly head down very soon. But if you look, California, Arizona, Texas, and, for the most part, most of Florida, it's starting to head down.
In the wake of the recent mass gatherings Americans have witnessed in the streets of Portland and Seattle, we are also tracking a significant rise in cases in both metropolitan areas because of what's been going on.
We, as you know, have done a excellent job of watching over Portland and watching our courthouse where they wanted to burn it down. They're anarchists. Nothing short of anarchists, agitators. We have protected it very powerfully. And if we didn't go there, I will tell you, you wouldn't have a courthouse. You'd have a — you'd have a billion-dollar burned-out building.
We're also working aggressively to combat the virus and Native American and Alaska Native communities. Under the CARES Act, we provided $8 billion to address the coronavirus in tribal communities, and we've worked very hard with tribal communities. They're very vulnerable to this horrible plague. It's the largest investment in Indian Country in U.S. history. There's never been an investment that big in Indian Country.
We need every American to help protect our fellow citizens and prevent the spread of the disease. It's critical that younger Americans remember that even though they are at lower risk, in fact some are in age groups are at an extraordinary low risk themselves, they can unknowingly spread the virus to others who are at higher risk.
I ask all Americans, regardless of background or age, to practice social distancing — which people have gotten very used to, but we have to keep doing it; remain vigilant about hygiene; avoid indoor gatherings and large gatherings, but especially indoor, especially where you have crowded bars; and that you wear a mask whenever appropriate.
Through the genius of our scientists, the devotion of our doctors, the skill of our workers, and the dedication of our people, we will achieve victory over the virus and emerge stronger than ever before.
We're looking at a very powerful year next year, economically. The job numbers are looking outstanding, to put it mildly; set records. The numbers on retail sales came in two weeks ago at the highest number in the history of our country. We look like we're heading to some very, very good economic times; that means jobs, that means stock market.
The stock market is already doing very well. It's getting to a point very close to where it was when we hit with the plague. I just want to thank everybody for being here.
Topics covered in the answer and question portion of the briefing can be found here: July 28 Briefing
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Wilhelmsen Ships Service' (WSS) was a sponsor of last month's Smart Shipping event in Singapore, with Business Director Ships Agency Frederic Fontarosa describing it as an 'essential conference for the industry which is certain to root itself firmly in the international maritime events calendar'.
MarineCFO Inc. said that GIS Marine, Inc. has chosen to implement the full MarineCFO Enterprise software suite. GIS Marine is now providing a fleet of supply vessels and crew boats to support oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
The recent growth of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry, with the construction of more than 20 new shipyards and efforts to modernize older shipyards, has highlighted the need for more efficient ship design and construction methods.
The maritime industry is notorious for braving the elements. One element however — the human one — poses greater safety risk than rough seas or gale-force winds and is requiring more companies to take an aggressive approach in emphasizing every employee's role in their risk management efforts.
As Polar shipping movements increase, Castrol Marine suggests that greater attention should be paid to the environmental credentials of lubricants used on board in applications where there is a risk of leakages and discharges.
The IMO's Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE) is working on a mandatory Code for ships operating in Polar waters — widely known as the Polar Code, to supplement other regulatory instruments, including SOLAS and MARPOL.
The first International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW Convention) was adopted in 1978. It proved to be largely toothless and vague to the point that it actually established no meaningful standards.
It has been more than 16 months since the Deepwater Horizon incident on April 20, 2010 which resulted in the deaths of 11 and injuries to 17 men working on the platform and the discharge of approximately five million barrels of oil.
As the NATO and EU NAVFOR operations Ocean Shield and Atalanta continue their work in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and Red Sea areas, one could easily be forgiven for thinking, well, that's that. Tough luck, pirates, the world is on to you.
Not Enough Ships Able to Flush Out Invasive Species Before They Reach Port, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Reports Invasive species have hitchhiked to the U.S. on cargo ships for centuries, but the method U.
Jerry Nagel, Chairman of Rickmers-Linie (America), was presented with the 8th annual Lifetime Leadership and Achievement Award at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the 22nd annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition at the New Orleans Convention Center on 26 October.


Lagos State boxing coach Babafemi Adefemi has predicted an easy win for Nigeria's Ajose Olusegun in his WBC super lightweight elimination bout with Algeria's Ali Chebah in the United States on September 30.
Both Ajose (29-0, 14 KOs) rated No. 1 and Chebah (33-1, 26 KOs) rated No. 6 are making their debut in the United States fight arena and will need to impress ahead of a possible title challenge against champion Erik Morales.
"Ajose will not break a sweat before eliminating Chebah in that fight. He's fast, strong and determined to get that title and nothing will stop him," Adefemi told our correspondent in Lagos on Tuesday.
Adefemi added that the presence of veteran coach Joe Mensah would inspire Ajose to put up his best in the bout.
"Mensah is a very experience coach. He can easily understand the opponent's strategy and that will be useful for Ajose in the fight," Adefemi said.


YEE is an ingenious vehicle that is capable of transforming into a flying machine instantly. Simply by upturning the front wheels sideways and rear wheels to the outside back, this interesting concept vehicle would take you away from a hectic traffic jam. The concept car has been envisioned to be powered by solar panels spread over its roof.
Three Chinese students from South China University of Technology(SCUT), Jiazhe Pan, Lai and Zhu Wenxi Zexin devised the concept YEE, a flying car, simply. They have created a concept car that can evolve on land and in the air.
For land mode, the wings are folded down and through the small wheels at their ends. Note the flying car has only two "real " rear wheels.
Although the concept YEE has won the "Gold Award for Best Creative Future " in Beijing, it is obviously impossible to achieve as presented in the current state of our technologies.


2017 was a funny year for us. My husband has had a very hard time at work (his new boss turned out to be a true nightmare). I really wanted to support him better emotionally, but haven't been able to quite successfully. I guess I am rather insecure myself and have been shaken to observe how things are affecting him, the most important person in my life.
Health-wise, we have been fairly lucky except that my husband gained quite a lot of weight due to medication (and/or his excessive gin and wine consumption!); and that I had to have an operation in my mouth to remove infection in the bone of my upper jaw and to have all-on-four procedure done at the same time. God it feels like as though a huge chunk of toffee was stuck in my mouth. I just cannot speak properly. All of my pronunciation exercise books from the old days are being dusted off and I'll do all I can to get rid of this lisp.
Walter the dog has been well, apart from this recent development of coughing, which a course of antibiotics failed to abate. Worrying. Henry the (deaf and very old) cat has had a few seizures in the past two years, yet he is VERY happy, spoilt rotten with cooked chicken and whole milk served at will.
I have been learning the piano for tree years now. My progress is painfully slow, but I keep at it, never to give up as I know I would be cursing and kicking myself with regret in my grave if I stopped trying. Currently I am working on Liszt's Romance as a project piece while working on Graded Pianoforte Studies Book II for technical purposes. In addition, I will be taking Grade 5 Music Theory Exam later in 2018 (...or when I am ready eventually. Oh, how can you compose without the aid of an instrument!).
I had a membership with a local photographic society for a year. I did well and won several prizes including the best street photography and the best colour print at the final exhibition. Unfortunately, though, I didn't quite care for the type of photography enthusiastically supported by the major stream of the society. Beauty to perfection with additions and subtractions to transcend (rather than enhance) the reality. I lost interest and left it. I will be taking pictures of course, but not competing in that manner at least for the time being.
I like the sense of closure at this time of the year. It somehow feels comforting and reassuring. I reflect the past and make plans for the future. Nobody knows what the year 2018 will bring to us, but I will be in it, with it and at it, as best as I can.
Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year to you all.


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Notre Dame's Father Keller: "A Defense of Voluntary Unionism"
Often in the battle for media attention, the moral argument for Right to Work laws can be lost. As a reminder, here are but a few quotes from the late Notre Dame Professor Father Edward A. Keller, C.S.C.:
Right-to-Work in the American sense means that any worker, having the necessary qualifications, has the opportunity to seek work for whom he wishes, where he wishes and without undue interference. Because normally, a job is necessary for livelihood and therefore necessary for life itself, right to work is simply the extension of the inalienable right to life as announced in the Declaration of Independence.
"Right-to-Work" laws, therefore, do not pretend to create work or give a right to an actual job; these laws seek merely to protect the constitutional and natural right to work from the restriction of compulsory union membership, which restricts the exercise of the right to work only to members of a union.
It should be emphasized that the right not to join is a necessary corollary of the right to join, for without a right not to join there can be no such thing as a right to join. Freedom rests on choice, and where choice is denied freedom is destroyed as well.
Voluntarism is at the foundation of our Christian and constitutional heritage. To deny it in an area as broad and important as labor, could so weaken that foundation as to threaten all our cherished natural and constitutional rights. This would be "selling our heritage for a mess of pottage."
— Excerpts taken from Father Keller's Book: The Case for Right-to-Work Laws, A Defense of Voluntary Unionism (The Heritage Foundation, Inc., 1956).
Forced-Dues for Politics
Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed
Defense of Voluntary Unioinism
Edward A. Keller
Heritage Foundation


Asan Railway station is situated in Asan Khurd, Haryana. Station code of Asan is ASAN. Here are some trains that are passing through Asan railway station like Jind Pnp Rok Pass, Jind Rok Pass, Jind Rok Pass, Jind Pnp Rok Pass, and many more.


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The Ball: Is a Futsal reduced bounce version of a FIFA size 4 ball
The Team & Players: 5 players on the pitch including the goalkeeper but a team can have 12 players. If there are less than 3 players (inc. the goalkeeper), the match is abandoned.
Rotating substitutes (sub): Sub's can be made at any time regardless of whether the ball is in play or not.
Duration of the match: The match will last 40 minutes and comprises of two 20 minute halves played in normal time. Half time will be 1 minute. At the end of the half, if the ball has been kicked towards goal the referee must wait for the kick to end before he may sound the whistle. Teams are entitled to a 1 minute time-out in each half. The following conditions shall apply:
Start and re-start of play: The game is started by a kick-off in the same manner as a normal 11 a-side football match. The following should be noted however:
A goal may not be scored directly from the kick-off
The opponents of the team taking the kick-off must be at least 3m from the ball until it is in play
Ball in and out of play: The ball shall be deemed in and out of play in the same way as normal 11 a-side football. If the ball hits the ceiling it is deemed out of play and the game is restarted with a kick-in to the opponents of the team that touched the ball last. This shall be taken from the touch line at a point nearest to the place on the ground above which the ball hit the ceiling.
Method of scoring and winning a match: This is the same as normal 11 a-side football
Fouls and misconduct: The procedure for a direct or an indirect free kick is exactly the same as 11 a-side football. Every infringement resulting in a direct free kick results in an accumulated foul. A penalty kick is awarded in the same way as normal 11 a-side football for any infringement inside the penalty area resulting in a direct free kick. If a goalkeeper commits any of the following offences an indirect free kick is awarded:
After clearing the ball, he touches it again following a deliberate pass by a team mate, before it has been touched by an opponent.
Controls the ball with his hands from a back pass.
Controls the ball with his hands or feet in his own half for more than 4 seconds.
An indirect free kick shall also be awarded to the opposing team for the following:
Plays in a dangerous manner
Deliberately obstructs a player
Disciplinary sanctions: Yellow and Red cards are shown in the normal way for fouls and misconduct. The following differences should be noted:
A substitute player may enter the pitch 2 minutes after a team mate has been sent off.
Free kicks: The procedure is the same as normal 11 a-side football but with the following differences:
All opponents shall be 5m from the ball until it is in play
When a defending team is taking a free kick from inside its own penalty area, all opponents shall remain outside the area
If the team taking the free kick takes more than 4 seconds, the referee shall award an indirect free kick to the opposing team
Accumulated fouls: Each team will be allowed to give away 5 direct free kicks in each half. On the 6th foul a direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team and the defending team is not allowed to position any players (other than the GK) between the ball and goal. The kick may be taken from a 10m mark or if the foul was committed closer to the goal than the 10m mark, then the kick may be taken from where the foul took place.
Penalty kick: This follows the same procedure as normal 11 a-side football
The kick-in: Used to restart the start the game after ball has crossed the touchline. The ball is kicked back into play from the touchline at a position where the ball crossed the touchline. The ball must be stationary on and up to 25cm off the touchline and the feet of the player taking the kick-in must not cross the line. The player taking the kick-in must do so within 4 seconds. If this is not done, then the kick-is is awarded to the opposing team.
Goal Clearance: This is used to re-start play after the ball has crossed the goal line. A goal may not be scored directly from a goal clearance. To re-start play the ball can be thrown from any point inside the penalty area by the goalkeeper. If the ball is not thrown directly out of the area, then the goal clearance shall be re-taken. The opponents shall remain outside the area until the ball is in play. If the goal clearance is not taken within 4 seconds of the goalkeeper taking possession of the ball; then an indirect free kick shall be awarded to the opposing team on the penalty area line from the place nearest to where the infringement occurred.
Corner Kick: Is used to restart play by the attacking team and is awarded when the ball crosses the goal line, having touched a defending player last – as in normal 11 a-side football. The ball shall be placed inside the corner arc of the nearest corner. The defending team players must be 5m away from the corner arc until the ball is in play. The ball is kicked into play by an attacking player. But the kicker may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.


Front and back of jewelry charm shown; Charm Size: 1.5" in diameter.
A beautiful soaring barn swallow set against vintage script is on the front of this jewelry charm. The reverse side wishes the wearer "Good Luck and Plenty of It" with an illustration of a four-leaf clover. From recent graduates to anyone on a journey, this makes the perfect good luck charm. Our Mini-Luck Itty Bitty is the perfect complement to this lovely piece.


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Sara Davidson first captured America's imagination with her international best seller, Loose Change, about three women growing up in the Sixties. In her many articles, books, TV shows and radio interviews, she's earned a reputation as a social observer who does cutting edge pieces about the way we live.
In her latest book, LEAP!, she interviewed nearly 200 Boomers (famous and not-so-famous) and questioned them about the new life phase, "THE NARROWS", that describes "the rough passage to a different phase of life". Telling her own story along with the inspiring narratives of others, she offers a clear and realistic picture regarding the potential futures of millions of boomers.
Sara grew up in California and went to Berkeley in the Sixties, while participating in the cultural revolution. At Berkeley, she was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa, majoring in English and writing for the Daily Cal. After graduation, she headed for New York to attend the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Her first job was with The Boston Globe, where she became a national correspondent, covering everything from the election campaigns of Bobby Kennedy and Richard Nixon to the Woodstock Festival and the student strike at Columbia.
Returning to New York, she worked as a free-lance journalist for publications as varied as Harpers, Esquire, The Atlantic, The New York Times and Rolling Stone. She was one of the group who developed the craft of literary journalism, combining the techniques of fiction with rigorous reporting to bring real events and people to life. Her work is collected in the textbook, The Literary Journalists, by Norman Sims.
In 1975, Sara moved back to California where for the next 25 years she alternated between writing for television and writing books. Her books tend to fall in the gray zone between memoir and fiction. Sara uses the voice of the intimate journalist, drawing on material from her life and that of others and shapes it into a narrative that reads like fiction. Her most famous works are the previously noted international success, Loose Change (1977), Real Property (1980), Friends of the Opposite Sex (1984), Rock Hudson, His Story (1987) and Cowboy (1999).
In television, she created two drama series, "Jack and Mike," and "Heart Beat," which ran on ABC. "Heart Beat" was the first ensemble of women on television who had no male boss above them, and featured the first lesbian character (inspired by a real medical group in Santa Monica). She was later co-executive producer of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," wrote hundreds of hours of drama episodes, movies and miniseries, and in 1994 was nominated for a Golden Globe.
She's been a guest on national television shows such as "The Today Show," "Larry King Live", "Good Morning, America" and "Sixty Minutes," and has done commentary on public radio.
In the year 2000, her life began to unravel. She was divorced, her children were leaving for college and she couldn't find work in television. Following her intuition, knowing nobody, she drove to Boulder, Colorado for three months to be a visiting writer at the University of Colorado. She never drove back, and has settled in Boulder, piecing together a different life which she has written about in LEAP!
Radio has been a source of rebirth for her. She fell in love with the medium and began to develop techniques for what she calls "The art of the interview." Basically, she says, "a great interview tells a story, and there's a point when you hit gold--the subject starts thinking and saying things he or she hasn't said before. The interchange comes alive; it's as if the quality of the air changes, and the listener is reluctant to leave the car or turn off the set". Since moving to Colorado, she has continued to host interviews on KGNU in Boulder.
In addition to interviews and public speaking, her other current passions are skiing with the Masters Race Team and hiking in the Rockies.
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NAVIGATING "THE NARROWS":
What Will We Do With The Rest Of Our Lives?
For more information on LEAP!; articles by and about Sara; links to her blog; and, other assorted good things, please click here! or www.saradavidson.com
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Angel Grandia Echigo-Nakazato is located in Japan and makes a great getaway. Owners - click the links on the left to rent or sell your Angel Grandia Echigo-Nakazato timeshare. Vacationers can use the links on the left to find rentals and resales of Angel Grandia Echigo-Nakazato in Japan.


Over the past few weeks we have discussed the growth potential for the emerging markets and suggested ways for investors to get in on the game.
Recent studies regarding the demographic dividend that may be on offer from Indonesia are well worth investigating.
Well regarded Research firm 13D noted recently that Indonesia's reliance on domestic consumption (which accounts for roughly 60 per cent of GDP) has served it well during the global financial crisis, as its slowdown in GDP growth this year will be relatively mild compared with other major developing Asian economies, according to the IMF (4.0 per cent growth in 2009 versus 6.1 per cent in 2008).
Given that the country's export to GDP ratio is the lowest in Southeast Asia at 25.4 per cent (versus Malaysia's 94.3% and Thailand's 61.5 per cent), it is easy to understand why its domestic consumption growth remained fairly steady during the worst period of the crisis; 5.1 per cent in the second half of 2008 and 5.4% in the first half of 2009, which was roughly comparable to the prior two half year periods.
In addition, Indonesia's trade with China is booming, having quadrupled between 2000 and 2008, to $31.5 billion, which far outstripped the growth in exports to the U.S. In fact, Indonesia now exports more to China and India (combined exports equal to 13.7 per cent of its total) than to the U.S. (9.5 per cent of total).
Indonesia's population, at 240 million, is the world's fourth largest after China, India and the U.S. More importantly, roughly half of Indonesia's population is aged between 20 and 54 years. Despite having a total population less than one-fifth of China's, Indonesia's workforce could increase an estimated 20.5 million between 2010 and 2020, just slightly less than China's projected workforce increase of 22.7 million during the same period.
Indonesia's literacy rate, in excess of 90%, is one of the highest in emerging Asia (in contrast, India's hovers around 60 per cent). Indonesia's labour costs have already fallen below those in China's coastal regions.
Indonesia's urban population could exceed its rural population either this year or next, for the first time in its history. Urbanisation is likely to increase further in the coming years as more people seek jobs in major cities, similar to China's experience in recent decades.
Indonesia's infrastructure appears to be a central focus, as roughly 40 per cent of the population does not have access to electricity and 30% lack access to private toilets. Furthermore, Indonesia's road network is one of Asia's worst, with an average length approximating 0.6 kilometre (km) per square km - roughly half of India's.
Infrastructure spending as a share of GDP amounted to one per cent in 2008, implying considerable room for improvement.
Indonesia is endowed with natural resources that will be critical to emerging Asia's future growth. According to the World Bank, the total export value of rubber, palm oil, copper and coal, important commodities for countries such as China and India - accounted for nearly 25 per cent of the total value of Indonesia's exports during the first ten months of last year, with oil and gas accounting for another 21.2 per cent of total exports.
According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Indonesia was the largest thermal coal exporter in 2008, with total exports at 198 million tons - almost as much as the combined exports of the second-and-third largest exporters (Australia and Russia). Indonesia's thermal coal exports could grow three per cent year-over-year in 2009, reaching 203 million tons, and another four per cent next year, reaching 212 million tons.
China, once a big coal exporter, could be forced to rely on imports from Indonesia and other countries in the future. China views coal as a strategic resource that can be store underground for future generations, while the recent consolidation of coal mines appears to be limiting its domestic production growth.
According to Bloomberg, Indonesia's market cap-to-GDP ratio, at 19% is one of the lowest in the world.


IDA L RODRIGUEZ DICKENSON was born 19 May 1938, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 7772 Fort Mchenry Ct, Orlando, Florida 32822. Florida voter ID number 115585316. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 28 February 2019.
IDA M HARRIS was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 247-43-6915 (indicating South Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 28 September 1997. Research in ZIP Code 36461.
IGNATIUS J WOJTASZEK was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 022-30-1904 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 13 September 2007. Research in ZIP Code 01225.
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IMA J MCKENZIE was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 466-60-5840 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died 08 September 2001. Research in ZIP Code 75401.
INA L GRENZ was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 537-34-7866 (indicating Washington) and, Death Master File says, died 04 August 2010.
INDALECIO MOLINA was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 582-44-3965 (indicating Puerto Rico) and, Death Master File says, died 12 July 2004. Research in ZIP Code 00694.
INEZ D. REDD was born 19 May 1938 and registered to vote in Weatherford, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
INGEBORG HELENE ETHERTON was born 19 May 1938 and registered to vote in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
INGRID H VARNER was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 379-42-3857 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died 29 September 1999. Research in ZIP Code 49866.
IRENE GIORGIO was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 035-40-3480 (indicating Rhode Island) and, Death Master File says, died 03 June 2012.
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IRENE STIEVO was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 394-34-1608 (indicating Wisconsin) and, Death Master File says, died 09 November 2009. Research in ZIP Code 54313.
Irene M Piermatteo was born 19 May 1938, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 1101 Roseate Ct, Bradenton, Florida 34209-7365. Florida voter ID number 105312947. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 28 February 2017.
30 April 2016 voter list: Irene M. Piermatteo, 1101 Roseate Ct, Bradenton, FL 34209 Republican Party of Florida.
IRIS MARRERO was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 099-42-2774 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died December 1987.
IRIS R KENNEDY was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 244-58-9679 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died 21 May 2013.
Irma Rosa Castillo was born 19 May 1938, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 16216 Carnoustie Dr, Odessa, Florida 33556. Florida voter ID number 118317834. Her telephone number is 1-813-926-7078. . This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 28 February 2019.
IRMA S SULLY was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 021-62-5246 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 21 November 2009. Research in ZIP Code 02186.
Irmgard Livingston was born 19 May 1938, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1547 Anglers Dr Ne, Palm Bay, Florida 32905. Florida voter ID number 117109550. Her telephone number is 1-321-984-5338. . This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 28 February 2019.
IRVA O LEWIS was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 523-46-0436 (indicating Colorado) and, Death Master File says, died 01 December 2011.
IRVIN D SYSUM was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 533-34-7536 (indicating Washington) and, Death Master File says, died 19 November 2010.
IRVIN E HAIRSTON was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 231-44-8404 (indicating Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died 02 April 2003. Research in ZIP Code 46806.
IRWIN LAWNER was born 19 May 1938, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 9220 Se 118Th Loop, Summerfield, Florida 34491. Florida voter ID number 122160749. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 28 February 2019.
Isadore Irving Brown was born 19 May 1938, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 1005 Riviera Dunes Way, Palmetto, Florida 34221-7129. Florida voter ID number 118771057. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 4 Yorkshire Ct Warren NJ 07059. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 28 February 2019.
31 August 2016 voter list: Isadore Irving Brown, 1005 Riviera Dunes Way, Palmetto, FL 34221 Republican Party of Florida.
ISAY BRENER was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 613-14-9677 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died 11 September 1999.
IVAN H JESTER was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 430-60-1357 (indicating Arkansas) and, Death Master File says, died 26 March 2004. Research in ZIP Code 97530.
IVAN R RATLIFF was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 445-36-3283 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 05 March 2004. Research in ZIP Code 73015.
IVON E DAVIS was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 417-52-4064 (indicating Alabama) and, Death Master File says, died 08 November 2010.
IVY WILBUR was born 19 May 1938, received Social Security number 031-28-0733 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 26 August 2011.


Ash Wednesday "You are dust and to dust you shall return" and Latin Wednesdays at The Mad Marlin.
Starting to see all of the smudged foreheads and wishing those that are on their fast the best of luck. If you wish to learn more about this tradition, check out this article by Time.
If you're not bound by any fasting procedures, swing by The Mad Marlin for an early night of Latin vibes. They will be starting the party at 6PM.


If you would like to see a list of all products from Höfner, then please click here.
Höfner started in 1887, when Karl Höfner founded the company Karl Höfner GmbH & Co. KG. The company's headquarter is in Baiersdorf-Hagenau (D).
From a total of 209 Hoefner products 164 are directly available . Höfner has been a part of our range since 1996. Höfner was brand of the week on 27.02.2012.
We put effort also into providing detailed information for our customers about Hofner products. Only for Hofner products you will currently find the following 1973 product pictures, 47 different 360 zoom images, 304 sample sounds, 2738 customer reviews and 34 test reports from magazines (in various languages).
In our current top seller lists you will find a total of 36 Hofner top sellers, among others in the following categories Short Scale Basses, Miscellaneous 4-String Basses, Misc. Pickguards for Bass + Accessories, Standard Classical Guitar Strings, Flatwound Electric Bass Strings, 2L/2R Tuning Machines for Bass and Jazz Guitars.
The current top seller is the following product Höfner Blade Bass Pickup H513B. An absolute hit is the following product Höfner Ignition Beatles Bass VSB - we have sold this item over 5.000 times already.
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It is that time of the year again ... we, the PhoneArena Team, wish you a Merry Christmas. May all your days be merry and bright and may your Christmas be white! Merry Christmas!
Thank you phonearena! Merry Christmas to you to!
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