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The Flag of Greece is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the country and the nine stripes are one for each of the syllables of the phrase "Freedom or Death" (E-ley-the-ri-a i Tha-na-tos).



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Physician urges changes in diagnosis for sore throat in young adults
New analysis suggests that physicians need to re-think their diagnosis and treatment of sore throat, or pharyngitis, in adolescents and young adults to consider a more newly identified and potentially dangerous culprit as the source of that infection.

QuikScat Shows Rough Seas, Atmospheric Conditions At Time Of Two Java
A ferry carrying more than 600 passengers sank in the Java Sea between the island of Java and Borneo just before midnight on December 29, 2006, during high winds and rough seas. On January 1, 2007, a plane carrying more than 100 people crashed on its flight over the Java Sea; high winds and turbulent weather are being investigated as possible causes. The origin of surges of deadly winds in this usually relatively calm region is poorly monitored and understood. However, ocean winds data from NASA's QuikScat satellite show potential for helping alleviate such deficiencies.

How Earth survived its birth: New simulation reveals planet migration
New simulations show how planets form and maintain an orbit around a developing solar system. Until now, models plunged Earth-like objects into the stars they orbit.

Freedom Flight: Black South African Kid's Homemade Paraglider Leads to
South African Cyril Mazibuko is a professional paraglider, one of the few black practitioners of a predominantly white sport. After seeing gliders in the air as a kid, he makes a glider out of plastic bags and baling wire, catches the attention of the pros, and flies in the face of apartheid.

African Carnage: One Year's Seized Ivory Likely Came From 23,000 Eleph
New research shows African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989.

'Hidden-hero' Microbes In Soil, Water May Help Clean Toxic Sites
Buried under 243 acres in an East Tennessee valley adjacent to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Y-12 National Security Complex, toxic waste from weapons manufacturing at the facility between 1951 and 1983 leaches into groundwater that extends in radioactive plumes for miles from the contaminated site. But soon, Florida State University Associate Professor Joel Kostka and his FSU oceanography department team will help clean up the mess.

The Mother of All Happy Macs Gives the Gift of Web 2.0

Our Mutual Friend: The Scholarly Pages
Website devoted to "Our Mutual Friend"(1864-1865), the last novel completed by Charles Dickens. Contains scholarly articles and bibliographies, and images of the novel's original woodcut illustrations. Also features biographical accounts of Dickens, correspondence from the author, contemporary reviews, essays and photographs concerning life in London during 1865, and a gallery of "advertisements from the original serial parts"of the novel. From the Dickens Project, University of California, Santa Cruz.

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Information for Consumer
Consumer educational materials about the role of physical therapists, "health care professionals who diagnose and treat people of all ages who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives."Includes tips for choosing a physical therapist, a database of physical therapists, articles (on topics such as arthritis, back care, and fitness), and more. APTA is a professional organization for physical therapists.

Longer Hormone Therapy Doesn't Help Prostate Cancer Patients Live Long
Prostate cancer patients treated with either radiation or surgery who use hormone therapy for longer than six months do not survive any longer than patients who use the treatment for a shorter amount of time, according to a study presented November 5, 2006, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.




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