The Hellenic Navy (HN) (Greek: Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, Polemikó Naftikó, abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece, part of the Greek Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence. During the periods of monarchy (1833–1924 and 1936–1973) it was known as the Royal Navy (Βασιλικόν Ναυτικόν, Vasilikón Naftikón, abbreviated ΒΝ).The total displacement of all the navy's vessels is approximately 150,000 tons.The motto of the Hellenic Navy is "Μέγα το της Θαλάσσης Κράτος" from Thucydides' account of Pericles' oration on the eve of the Peloponnesian War. This has been roughly translated as "Great is the country that controls the sea". The Hellenic Navy's emblem consists of an anchor in front of a crossed Christian cross and trident, with the cross symbolizing Greek Orthodoxy, and the trident symbolizing Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology. Pericles' words are written across the top of the emblem. "The navy, as it represents a necessary weapon for Greece, should only be created for war and aim to victory."...............The Hellenic Merchant Marine refers to the Merchant Marine of Greece, engaged in commerce and transportation of goods and services universally. It consists of the merchant vessels owned by Greek civilians, flying either the Greek flag or a flag of convenience. Greece is a maritime nation by tradition, as shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks and a key element of Greek economic activity since the ancient times. Nowadays, Greece has the largest merchant fleet in the world, which is the second largest contributor to the national economy after tourism and forms the backbone of world shipping. The Greek fleet flies a variety of flags, however some Greek shipowners gradually return to Greece following the changes to the legislative framework governing their operations and the improvement of infrastructure.Blogger Tips and Tricks
This is a bilingual blog in English and / or Greek and you can translate any post to any language by pressing on the appropriate flag....Note that there is provided below a scrolling text with the 30 recent posts...Αυτό είναι ένα δίγλωσσο blog στα Αγγλικά η/και στα Ελληνικά και μπορείτε να μεταφράσετε οποιοδήποτε ποστ σε οποιαδήποτε γλώσσα κάνοντας κλικ στη σχετική σημαία. Σημειωτέον ότι παρακάτω παρέχεται και ένα κινούμενο κείμενο με τα 30 πρόσφατα ποστς....This is a bilingual blog in English and / or Greek and you can translate any post to any language by pressing on the appropriate flag....Note that there is provided below a scrolling text with the 30 recent posts...Αυτό είναι ένα δίγλωσσο blog στα Αγγλικά η/και στα Ελληνικά και μπορείτε να μεταφράσετε οποιοδήποτε ποστ σε οποιαδήποτε γλώσσα κάνοντας κλικ στη σχετική σημαία. Σημειωτέον ότι παρακάτω παρέχεται και ένα κινούμενο κείμενο με τα 30 πρόσφατα ποστς.........

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

NASA Image of Aug 24th ..[ 1672 ]

The latest NASA "Image of the Day" image.

This image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the floor of the moon's Anaxagoras crater, including a portion of the crater's anorthositic central uplift. 

The boulders perched on ridges are eroding out of densely fractured bedrock. 

This image was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, which consists of a pair of narrow-angle cameras and a single wide-angle camera. 

The mission is expected to return over 70 terabytes of image data. 

Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
Τρίτη, 24 Αύγουστος 2010 7:00:
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Moscow Heads Back to Afghanistan..[ 1701 ]

With U.S. Approval, Moscow Heads Back to Afghanistan

 24-8-2010.,..2 hrs ago | Posted by: roboblogger
Click here for.....Full story: TIME.com





From left: Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev meet in the Russian resort town of Sochi on Aug.
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Chinese passenger jet burst into flames. ..[ 1700 ]

42 killed in Chinese plane crash

More than 40 people were feared dead after a Chinese passenger jet overshot a runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames.

 
BBC.,Published: 7:21PM BST 24 Aug 2010

A Henan Airlines E-190 jet similar to the one that crashed
A Henan Airlines E-190 jet similar to the one that crashed Photo: AFP/GETTY
The Henan Airlines plane crashed in Heilongjiang province’s Yichun City, according to state media, who said 49 of the 91 passengers had been rescued. State media last night confirmed 42 passengers had been killed.
Wang Xuemei, vice mayor of Yichun, told Chinese television that three of the 49 hospitalized were in critical condition but gave no specifics.
 
The plane had taken off from Heilongjiang’s capital of Harbin shortly before 9pm and crashed during landing at the Lindu airport a little more than an hour later.
China’s last major civilian aircraft crash was in 2004, when a CRJ200 operated by China Eastern Airlines came down in a frozen lake in northern Inner Mongolia shortly after take-off, killing more than 50 people.
Yichun airport is a small domestic facility which opened only last year, and is one of an increasing number of airports built in remote parts of China to help boost economic development.
Henan Airlines is a small regional carrier controlled by Shenzhen Airlines, which is itself part-owned by Air China. The airline is based in Henan, a province in central China.
It changed its name from Kunpeng Airlines earlier this year and flies only domestic routes using the Brazilian-made Embraer.
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TIMES / CNN Photo..[ 1699 ]

    China, Bridge destroyed by floods   

The Space Between The two ends of a train remain after floods destroyed the bridge beneath it in Guanghan, China.
AFP / Getty Images
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The two ends of a train remain after floods destroyed the bridge beneath it in Guanghan, China.


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NASA Image of the Aug 23rd,,,..[ 1698 ]

The latest NASA "Image of the Day" image.

Two extremely bright stars illuminate a greenish mist in this image from the Spitzer Space Telescope's "GLIMPSE360" survey. 
 
This mist is comprised of hydrogen and carbon compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which also are found here on Earth in sooty vehicle exhaust and on charred grills. In space, PAHs form in the dark clouds that give rise to stars. 
 
These molecules provide astronomers a way to visualize the peripheries of gas clouds and study their structures in great detail. 
 
They are not actually green; but are color coded in these images to allow scientists see their glow in infrared. 
This image is a combination of data from Spitzer and the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS). The Spitzer data was taken after Spitzer's liquid coolant ran dry in May 2009, marking the beginning of its "warm" mission. 
 
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS/SSI/University of Wisconsin
Δευτέρα, 23 Αύγουστος 2010 7:00:00 πμ
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