Turkey opens underwater tunnel linking Europe and Asia. The Marmaray, connecting the European and Asian shores of Istanbul, is the world's first sea tunnel between two continents. A Turkish worker buffs up one of the new trains before the opening ceremony Photo: EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU.
A: Benefits of being a member of Moose include discounts on travel accommodations and prescription medication, access to special rates for different insurance plans and the ability to obtain dental and vision coverage, as well as cellular phone service.
All four orders survive today as fraternal benefit insurance companies. As we enter into the Twenty-First Century, fraternalism in America has itself fallen on hard times. Membership in Blue Lodge Masonry is at its lowest point in over a hundred years and other orders are not fairing much better.