In medicine, the presence of elevated transaminases, commonly the transaminases alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST), may be an indicator of liver damage. Other terms employed include transaminasemia and transaminitis, although some sources consider the latter pathologically meaningless.
Flag Day in Mexico. Ex Mexican president Vicente Fox salutes the flag. DÃ­a de la Bandera (Flag Day) is a national holiday in Mexico. Flag Day is celebrated every year on February 24 since its implementation in 1937. It was established by the President of Mexico, General LÃ¡zaro CÃ¡rdenas, before the monument to General Vicente Guerrero, first to pledge allegiance to the Mexican flag on March 12, 1821.
(To this day the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the only state where Flag Day is a legal holiday, though it is observed in all 50 states as a day of honoring our Flag.) The following year (1894) 300,000 school children participated in Flag Day celebrations promoted by the Illinois American Flag Day Association.