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Monday, April 23, 2012

Accident

The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled flight from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, to Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, which was the airline's first evening flight in almost 12 years (Bhoja Air was earlier closed down amidst financial difficulties in the year 2000, but restarted operations in March 2012). There were six crew and 121 passengers (including 6 children and 5 infants) on board.[2] The flight departed from Karachi at 17:00 PKT (12:00 UTC) and was due to land at Islamabad at 18:50 (13:50 UTC). At 18:40 PKT,[3] the aircraft crashed 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) short of its destination,[2] near the village of Hussain Abad. Eyewitnesses stated that the aircraft may have been struck by lightning prior to the crash, describing it as a "ball of fire."[3] All 127 people on board were killed.[4] Initial reports suggested that as the pilots attempted to land amidst rain and strong winds, the aircraft may have flown into an unexpected wind shear, which smashed it onto the ground below.[5] The landing was attempted during heavy rain and a thunderstorm.[6][7][Note 1] A following Airblue flight landed safely five minutes after the accident occurred.[2] The airport was closed for three hours after the accident due to a lack of fire cover. The emergency crews based at the airport went to the crash site to assist in the firefighting operations there.[2] Flights affected by the closure were diverted to Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore.[7] Despite the fact that the crash occurred in a residential area, there were no casualties on the ground.[8] It was the second-deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan,[9], the first being the 2010 crash of Airblue Flight 202 that killed all 152 on board, and is the fourth deadliest accident involving the Boeing 737-200 series.[10]

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

History

In 1752, area of the tower on the old Schierstein church collapsed. Building plans for any new church had recently been discussed in previous a few years suddenly became urgent. Since 1748, the previous Mayor of Frankfurt, merchant and banker Johann Georg Schweitzer Edler von Wiederhold, an affiliate in the Frauenstein Gesellschaft, had allowed the Schierstein curate an accumulation 604 guilders from the Free imperial city, which provided the financial reason for construction on the church.[1] The Chamberlain of Electoral Mainz, privy counsellor and chief architect of Electoral Mainz Anselm Franz von Ritter zu Groenesteyn made the vegetable garden of his country estate available as building terrain.[2] Johann Scheffer, a government official in the duchy of Nassau was in charge of the style of architecture from the building. On 3 May 1752 the soil breaking ceremony was held as well as on 15 September 1754 the newest church was consecrated. In 1962 the choir Schiersteiner Kantorei was founded inside the parish by cantor Johannes Krüger. Since 1974, the choir has been directed by Martin Lutz, who shaped the group of some 40 singers to your large concert choir.[3]

Monday, April 9, 2012

Liquids

Water, or some other liquid, is used to form the flour into a paste or dough. The volume of liquid required varies between recipes, but a ratio of 1 part liquid to 3 parts flour is common for yeast breads, while recipes that use steam as the primary leavening method may have a liquid content in excess of one part liquid to one part flour by volume. Instead of water, other types of liquids, such as dairy products, fruit juices, or beer, may be used; they contribute additional sweeteners, fats, or leavening components, as well as water.

Friday, April 6, 2012

First term

During President Mutharika's first term in office (2004-2008), the country achieved a high rate of agricultural production and food security. The President's initiatives, centred on a programme of agricultural subsidy, benefited approximately 1,700,000 resource poor smallholder farmers. In the 2005/2006 crop season, Malawi achieved a food surplus of more than 500,000 metric tons. During the 2008/2009 planting season, food surpluses topped 1.3 million metric tons. This agricultural policy was widely regarded as successful but expensive, and was curtailed in 2011.[10]