Monday, April 23, 2012

Investigations

Investigations into the crash were opened by the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAAP) and by the Safety Investigation Board of Pakistan. Boeing is assisting the CAAP with the investigation.[12] The aircraft's cockpit voice recorder was recovered from the wreckage on 21 April and passed to the CAAP.[13] The flight data recorder was also recovered. Both were sent to the United States for analysis.[2]

Pakistani officials have promised a full investigation and Farooq Bhoja, the owner of Bhoja Air, has been put on the exit control list, meaning he may not leave the country while the criminal investigation is underway.[14]

CAAP, the regulatory authority for maintaining aviation safety standards in Pakistan, faced harsh criticism in Pakistani media for allegedly compromising on safety standards.[15] The corruption within CAAP, due to politically motivated appointments, was considered the prime reason for increase in frequency of technical faults, crash landings and catastrophic air accidents.[16]

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Interior

While the exterior is kept simple and easy, the inside expresses the rococo spirit in colours and vitality. The design with the sanctuary is normal for your Protestant view of the equivalence on the altar (sacrament), pulpit (sermon and exegesis) and organ (worship / community involvement). Several Corinthian columns in the sanctuary symbolize the 4 Gospels. Three putti symbolize the theological virtues, faith (using the cup), hope (the anchor) and - inside the center - charity, based on 1 Corinthians 13:13. Charity holds the law, the Ten Commandments. A realistic representation of the crucifixion is flanked by a golden halo. Twelve Doric columns offer the galleries along the nave, representing the Twelve Apostles, the Twelve tribes of Israel plus the community of the congregation. All wood carvings are derived from the Frankfurt wood sculptor Johann Daniel Schnorr. The pulpit while using the Blazonry of Nassau-Usingen, the brand from the sovereign Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, is often a symbol of absolutism: This issue who looks as much as the preacher on the Gospel, also needs to identify that you will find there's secular lord.

The altar cross emanates from the contemporary metal sculptor Professor Klump (Wiesbaden), crafted from gold with rock crystal being a symbol of Christ, and twelve rubies for the Apostles and then for feeding the multitude.

The Paternoster bronze bell was cast in 1430 in Mainz, bearing the inscription "Meyster John on the gos Mence mec".

Monday, April 9, 2012

Yeast

Many breads are leavened by yeast. The yeast used for leavening bread is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same species used for brewing alcoholic beverages. This yeast ferments carbohydrates in the flour, including any sugar, producing carbon dioxide. Most bakers in the U.S. leaven their dough with commercially produced baker's yeast. Baker's yeast has the advantage of producing uniform, quick, and reliable results, because it is obtained from a pure culture. Many artisan bakers produce their own yeast by preparing a growth culture that they then use in the making of bread. When this culture is kept in the right conditions, it will continue to grow and provide leavening for many years.
Both the baker's yeast and the sourdough methods of baking bread follow the same pattern. Water is mixed with flour, salt and the leavening agent (baker's yeast or sourdough starter). Other additions (spices, herbs, fats, seeds, fruit, etc.) are not needed to bake bread, but are often used. The mixed dough is then allowed to rise one or more times (a longer rising time results in more flavor, so bakers often "punch down" the dough and let it rise again), then loaves are formed, and (after an optional final rising time) the bread is baked in an oven.
Many breads are made from a "straight dough", which means that all of the ingredients are combined in one step, and the dough is baked after the rising time. Also, dough can be made using a "pre-ferment", when the leavening is combined with some of the flour and water a day or so ahead of baking and allowed to ferment overnight. On the day of the baking, the rest of the ingredients are added, and the rest of the process is the same as that for straight dough. This produces a more flavorful bread with better texture. Many bakers see the starter method as a compromise between the highly reliable results of baker's yeast and the flavor and complexity of a longer fermentation. It also allows the baker to use only a minimal amount of baker's yeast, which was scarce and expensive when it first became available. Most yeasted pre-ferments fall into one of three categories: "poolish" or "pouliche", a loose-textured mixture composed of roughly equal amounts of flour and water (by weight); "biga", a stiff mixture with a higher proportion of flour; and "pâte fermentée", which is simply a portion of dough reserved from a previous batch. Sourdough (also known as "levain" or "natural leaven") takes it a step further, creating a pre-ferment with flour and water that propagates naturally occurring yeast and bacteria (usually Saccharomyces exiguus, which is more acid-tolerant than S. cerevisiae, and various species of Lactobacillus).

Friday, April 6, 2012

Internal politics

Mutharika has been accused of trying to sideline and isolate his vice-president, Joyce Banda.[15] He kicked her out of the party in 2010, but she still remained the vice-president of the country.[15] He also expelled the British High Commissioner, due to a document leaked by Wikileaks that accused Mutharika of being increasingly 'arrogant' and 'autocratic'.[15]
In 2011, two days of nation wide protests occurred, sparked by worsening fuel shortages, rising prices and high unemployment. Malawi's health ministry confirmed 18 deaths in the northern cities of Karonga and Mzuzu as a result of police using live ammunition to quell protests.[16] Mutharika was unapologetic and said that he would "smoke out" all his enemies.[17] This was accompanied by a crack-down on Malawian journalists, human rights activists, and lawyers, including Ralph Kasambara.[17]