Male life span increasing. Updated 6/12/2006 8:04 AM ET. E-mail | Print | .addthis_button_email span {display: none;} .addthis_button_print span {display: none;}. Men are catching up. American men now live just five years less, on average, than women, closing a gap that once approached eight years. Male life expectancy hit a record 75.2 in 2004, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced.
Flag Meaning: The black is for the people; the white exemplifies peace, harmony, brightness, and hope; red stands for the blood spilled for freedom; the green represents Islam, blue represents the Nile River; and the star symbolizes the unity of the states of South Sudan.
The rainbow flag is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements in use since the 1970s. The rainbow flag, commonly the gay pride flag and LGBT pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements.GBT communities in other countries have also adopted the rainbow flag. A South African gay pride flag which is a hybrid of the rainbow flag and the national flag of South Africa was launched in Cape Town in 2010.