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.........

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Birway Terror, what the poepole says.....[2351 ]



"Soundoff ” total -2458 Comments on the Norway terror , ( a few  following )



  • diggit
    Best comment of the day - Why did it take the police an hour and a half to get onto the island that is 700 yards off shore?Why did the guy kill a bunch Norwegians if he was upset with all the immigrants?Get ready for the naked body scanners, Norway, wire tapping, and all the pleasantries of a tyrann... 

  • nigletgook
    they will give this guy 15 years and a slap on the wrist. i guarantee it.

  • 25891
    Explain??? bla bla psycho killer bla bla bla....

  • devosays
    has the hope and change really worked, is the world or America a better place since 2008??? I don't think so!!! do you???

  • NReptilian
    Knights of Templer train people to be a militia member? The last picture was that the killer has a professional weapon. He was aiming something professionally. He really wanted to be a hero of Knights of Templer by the Youtube video the killer made. Watch "Knights Templar 2083 by Anders Behring Brei... 

  • Commander666
    KT Elton Jon this

  • ballew57
    Well I'm tired. Had fun flaming! Good Night commenters.

  • AIIah
    Asalamalakum!!!

  • danny379
    They should chop this guy's head off!

  • The70sSUCK
    his dick first

  • SatansHelp
    I am a PROPHET! Bow Down to me./ Or be destroyed!

  • The70sSUCK
    knee you in the face instead

  • SatansHelp
    It was not a warning my child LaChaparrita... I am the one who sent you the message, don't be afraid my child. Bow To ME!

  • schitstarter
    The world is bowing already! We all suck the c--k of the almighty Benjamin

  • LaChaparrita
    Yeah, prophets like you the Lord had already warned us about.

  • The70sSUCK
    kick you in the kunt better

  • Jim2012
    I wonder how many Jew extremists pretend to be Christians or Muslims in this forum...just to create chaos and hate!??!

  • ftheworld420
    prophet for profit

Atlantis, Completing the Mission..[ 2350 ]


NASA Image of the Day

The twin attaciks in Norway..[ 2349 ]


Norway mourns twin attack victims

Map of central Oslo and Utoeya


Norwegians are mourning the victims of a massacre at an island youth camp and a bombing in the capital Oslo.
At least 85 people died when a gunman opened fire at the Utoeya camp on Friday, hours after a blast in the government quarter killed seven. Another four are missing on the island.
A 32-year-old Norwegian man was charged over both attacks, but police say it is possible another person was involved.
The suspect surrendered when approached by police officers, they said.

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People were falling dead right in front of me”
Adrian Pracon Survivor
Police chief Sveinung Sponheim said they took 45 minutes to reach the island, and the gunman was apprehended 45 minutes after that.
Mr Sponheim added that there were still bodies or body parts in buildings damaged by the Oslo blast, which he confirmed was caused by a car bomb.
However, the buildings were currently too fragile and dangerous to search, and there were still undetonated explosives there, the police chief said.
It was possible the total death toll from the two attacks could rise to 98, he said.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg comforted victims and relatives alongside King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon in the town of Sundvollen near the island.
Mr Stoltenberg said he was "deeply touched" by the meetings.
"We will do whatever we can to give them as much support as possible," he said.

At the scene

Thousands of people have come to the perimeter of the government quarter in downtown Oslo where the bomb went off on Friday. They have come to have a look at the destruction, lay flowers and many are just standing in silence. Churches across the city and the entire country have opened their doors and many are packed.
The area is still cordoned off and the army is manning many checkpoints - a sight never seen before in this normally peaceful city.
The downtown square which is overlooked by the now ruined building housing the PM's office would normally be crowded with people enjoying a drink and the sunshine - instead it is blocked off and the only people here are soldiers, police and those clearing the broken glass and rubble. It will be some time before this city gets back to some sort of normality.
King Harald said: "It's now important that we stand together and we support each other and we do not let fear conquer us."
Fertiliser used? The suspect is reported by local media to have had links with right-wing extremists.
He has been named as Anders Behring Breivik. Police searched his Oslo apartment overnight and are questioning him.
The BBC's Richard Galpin, near the island which is currently cordoned off by police, says that Norway has had problems with neo-Nazi groups in the past but the assumption was that such groups had been largely eliminated and did not pose a significant threat.
Meanwhile a farm supply firm has confirmed selling six tonnes of fertiliser to Mr Breivik, who is reported to have run a farming company. Speculation has been rife that fertiliser could have been used in the Oslo bomb.
The number killed in the island shooting spree, which is among the world's most deadly, had been put at 10 on Friday - but soared overnight. Hundreds of young people had been attending the summer camp organised by the governing Labour Party on Utoeya island.
Eyewitnesses described how a tall, blond man dressed as a policeman opened fire indiscriminately, prompting camp attendees to jump into the water to try to escape the hail of bullets.

Island shooting suspect

Anders Behring Breivik
  • Describes himself as a Christian and conservative on Facebook page attributed to him
  • Grew up in Oslo and attended Oslo School of Management
  • Set up farm through which he would have had access to fertiliser - which can also be used to make a bomb
Some of the teenagers were shot at as they tried to swim to safety.
Armed police were deployed to the island but details of the operation to capture the suspect remain unclear. After his arrest he was charged with committing acts of terrorism.
Police say they discovered many more victims after searching the area around the island. They have warned the death toll may rise further as rescue teams continue to scour the waters.
The gunman is reported to have been armed with two weapons, one of them an automatic rifle.
NRK journalist Ole Torp told the BBC the suspect went to the island dressed in a police uniform, asked people to gather round and then started shooting.
The attacks sparked strong international condemnation, with US President Barack Obama expressing his condolences and offering support.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth spoke of her shock and sadness in a letter to King Harald.
The BBC's John Sopel in Oslo says the city is strangely quiet and there is a heavy military presence, with checkpoints around the government quarter.
Officials have urged people to stay at home and avoid central areas of the city.

Friday, July 22, 2011

No Greek deal without collateral..[ 2348 ]

No Greek deal without collateral, says Finnish PM (6:08) 

Posted july 22,2011 -

Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen says there'll be no deal on a rescue package for Greece unless reassurances are given on collateral to limit liabilities.

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Americans hitch a ride to space via Russia...[ 2347 ]

Americans hitch a ride to space via Russia

Posted 22 Jul 2011 / issued by (CBS News)  21 Jul 2011
By Elizabeth Palmer

Now that the last shuttle has been retired, the obvious question is, "What's next?" It'll be years before NASA flies another manned mission. In the meantime, Americans will still travel into space. But they'll have to rely on the Russians for a lift. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports from Moscow.
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U.S. astronaut Cady Coleman is going to work on the space station. Her commute is 220 miles straight up on Russia's Soyuz.
If the space shuttle was the Cadillac of space transport, the Soyuz is the Honda Civic. Coleman has a poetic way of saying it is rather cramped.
"You have a window about six inches from your face," she said. "It's a very intimate way to be in space."
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Atlantis lands, NASA's shuttle program ends
Now that Soyuz is the only way for U.S. astronauts to travel up and down, NASA keeps a full-time manager who lives at Russia's space complex near Moscow. He's Mark Polansky, who resides in a suburban-style home built especially for visiting Americans. He was an air force officer back when the us and the then-soviet union battled it out for space supremacy.
"I was a fighter pilot when the Cold War was still going on," he said. "And if anybody had told me that when I was flying F-15's that I'd now be living with my family in Russia, I'd have never believed them in a million years."
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In 1957, the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite and the space race. Four years later, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went into orbit and round one went to the Soviet Union.
Eight years later, the U.S. evened up the score by putting a man on the moon.
But the astronomical costs of this race helped bankrupt the Soviet Union and end the Cold War. Only America could continue building new shuttles. The Russians had to stick with the 1960s-era Soyuz, which did bring Cady Coleman safely back to earth just last month.
"Does it make you uneasy that here is no plan B anymore?" asked Palmer. "It's the Soyuz or nothing?"
"I don't think we could have a more dependable alternative than we have right now with the Soyuz," said Coleman.
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Dependable, yes. And a monopoly -- which lets the Russians charge NASA $60 million a ride, contributing roughly 10 percent of the entire space budget.
Of course, $60 million buys more than just a round trip on the Soyuz. American astronauts also get an extensive training program, which includes a dip in what may be the world's most specialized swimming pool.
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But there are undercurrents of resentment at NASA that America's space program is now hostage to Russian technology. It's an issue that Palmer brought up with Oleg Kotov, deputy chief at the Gagarin Training Centre.
"You hear that from them? asked Palmer.
"Yes, yes. Absolutely," said Kotov.
"Does it make you mad?"
With a smile, Kotov replied: "No, I think it is political."
Starved for money for most of the '90's, Russia's dilapidated space program seemed to prove they'd lost the space race. Selling seats on the Soyuz to American astronauts at least let's them call it a draw.