Cargo Plane Crash at Tokyo Airport - News In Picture

A FedEx cargo plane has crashed on landing at Tokyo's international airport.

The plane, on a regular flight from Guangzhou, China, burst into a ball of flame killing the pilot and co-pilot on board.

The plane, which was landing despite high winds, appeared to bounce off the runway.

Narita Airport's firefighters and rescuers immediately swarmed on to the plane. The pilot and co-pilot - the only people on board - were pulled from the cockpit and taken to hospital, where they were later confirmed dead.

National broadcaster NHK identified them as 54-year-old pilot Kevin Kylemosley and his 49-year-old co-pilot, Anthony Stephen-Pino.

The longer of Narita's two runways remained closed with all incoming flights diverted.

Unusually strong winds of up to 47mph were blowing at the time, but airport officials said it was too early to say whether the strong winds had caused the crash.

News reports said the plane was an MD-11, a wide-body airliner built by McDonnell Douglas and based on the DC-10









Ganguly Has No fixed Captain for Kolkata Knight Riders: Buchanan

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders announced that there will be no “fixed captain” for the team during the season 2 of IPL. Team coach John Buchanan made this decision after discussions with the captain for last season Sourav Ganguly.

Both were present in the press conference where this was formally announced in Kolkata.

Buchanan clarified at the press conference that, "The decision has nothing to do with Sourav Ganguly's performance. It's just that we would like him to concentrate on batting when he's batting, bowling when he's bowling."

Earlier, Indian Express reported that Kolkata Knight Riders’ director of operations John Buchanan is set to appoint as many as four captains for the second edition of the Indian Premier League. Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Brad Hodge and Sourav Ganguly are expected to have their turns at leading the team as the former Australian coach seems inclined to make the captain’s post rotational.

It is learnt that Buchanan on Tuesday had a long discussion with Ganguly, KKR’s captain last year, in this regard and the latter nodded in the affirmative. Later, Ganguly told a news channel: “All I can say this has never happened in cricket. Let’s see how things turn out.”

Mumbai Indians happy | South Africa to host IPL 2009

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians would miss the excitement of playing in their home ground, but under the circumstances, were happy with the decision to play the second season of IPL in South Africa, its owner Nita Ambani said.

"Mumbai Indians will miss the excitement of playing in our home ground Mumbai and in India. However, under the limitations of the present circumstances, we are taking the unexpected turn of events positively and believe that it will add an exciting new facet to IPL. We are happy with the decision to play the second season of IPL in South Africa", she said.

The IPL on Wednesday decided to hold the second edition in South Africa after its Commissioner Lalit Modi held a meeting with Cricket South Africa chief Gerald Majola in Johannesburg.

Mrs Ambani said that the entire team was looking forward to meet the challenges.

"We are keenly looking forward to the start of this edition from Mid-April. The entire team of Mumbai Indians is gearing up to meet a different set of challenges and keenly look forward to the start of the edition.

Sri Lanka Cricket Team Attack Video | 6 Players Injured 5 Policemen Killed




Cricket News: Sri Lanka Cricket Team Attack Video | 6 Players Injured 5 Policemen Killed One is in ICU, Sri Lankan News on Tuesday described as "appalling" the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan's Lahore city.

Know More President Barack Hussein Obama

Barack Obama Biography Profile

President Barack Hussein Obama II is the first President with dark colored skin to be elected as President of the United States of America. He was a junior Senator from the State of Illinois from January 3, 2005 until his resigned in November 16, 2008, after he got elected to the presidency.

Barack Obama's Parents
Barack Obama's parents met in 1960 while they were both studying at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. At that time, Obama's father was already married to a Kenyan woman named Kezia Obama. His mother was not aware of this relationship.

Obama's mother was a white American named Stanley Ann Dunham, who hailed from Wichita, Kansas. According to Obama, she was a non practicing Protestant Christian who called herself an atheist. Obama's grandparents from his mother's side were non practicing Methodist and Baptist Protestant Christians of English and Irish descent. During her later career, she worked as an anthropologist doing social welfare work.


Barack Obama's father was a black African named Barack Obama, Sr. who worked as a goatherd in Nyanza Province in Kenya. According to Barack Obama, his father was raised a Muslim who later became an atheist.

Barack Obama's parents married each other on February 2, 1961 and Barack Obama was born six months later on August 4th, 1961 at a medical center on the island of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Barack Obama's Religion
According to Obama, he was not taught much about religion when he was a child. Barack Obama's religious views began to develop only when he became an adult and were influenced by the views of his Christian grandparents who raised him. This is picture of Obama with his grandparents when he graduated from high school.

Today, Barack Obama's religion is Protestant Christianity. He was baptized at the Trinity United Church of Christ at the age of 27 in 1988. Since then, Obama has been an active member of that Church.

Barack Obama's Kenyan Family
Barack Obama's parents separated when Obama was two years old and divorced in 1964. His father went to Harward. There he met an American teacher called Ruth, whom he took to Kenya and married. Their marriage ended in divorce. Then Obama's father returned to his first wife in Kenya, a local Muslim woman called Kezia Obama. She has four children - one daughter called Auma and three sons. One of her sons, Roy studied in a Madrasa.

In total, Barack Obama's father had seven other children of which six are still alive. In Kenya, he worked as a government geologist. He met his son only once, before he died in a car accident in 1982, when Obama was 21 years old. In the picture, bottom row from left is half sister Auma, Kezia and step grandmother Sarah. Roy is the guy standing behind with the unknown woman in his arms. Obama's step mother Kezia currently lives in Britain.

Barack Obama's Indonesian Family
After divorcing Barack Obama's father, Obama's mother Ann Dunham married an Indonesian foreign student Lolo Soetoro, who was studying at a college in Hawaii. He was also a Muslim. In 1967, they moved to Indonesia.

They had a daughter named Maya Soetoro-Ng, who was Barack Obama's half sister. In Indonesia, Obama attended local schools in Jakarta such as Besuki Public School and St. Francis of Assisi School. Here he picked up the Indonesian language. His mother lived mostly in Indonesia, visiting Hawaii only for five years from 1971 - 1977. She divorced Soetoro in 1980. Later Soetoro married Erna Kustina, with whom he had two children - Yusuf and Ruhayu, who were both Muslim. Soetoro died in 1987 due to a liver ailment while Ann Dunham, Obama's mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995, when she returned to Hawaii.

Barack Obama's Grandparents
When Barack Obama was 10 years old, he returned to Honolulu and began to live with his white Christian maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Armour Dunham. They were non practicing Methodist and Baptist Protestant Christians of English and Irish descent.



His grandfather had joined the US Army during the Second World War while Obama's grandmother worked at the Boeing factory in thier hometown of Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Obama's grandfather worked as a furniture salesman while his grandmother was vice president of a bank.

Stanley died in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1992. His grandmother Madelyn passed away on November 2nd, 2008, just before Barack Obama won the presidential election.

Barack Obama's Education
The young Barack was known to use alcohol, marijuana and cocaine during his teenage years. During this time, he was known as Barry to his friends.

After finishing high school in 1979, Barack Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York City and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and International Relations) in 1983. He shifted to Chicago and began working as a Director in a church based NGO called Development Communities Project. In 1988, Obama joined the Harvard Law School. In the summer of 1989, he worked as a summer associate at the law firm of Sidley and Austin.

Barack Obama's Marriage
It was here, at the Sidley and Austin law firm that Obama met his future wife - Michelle Robinson. Michelle Obama was born on January 17th, 1964 and was brought up in Chicago, Illinois. She was a Christian who belonged to the same Church as Obama. Her father Frazer Robinson worked at the city water plant while her mother Marian Shields Robinson was a secretary at Spiegels Catalog Store. Michelle Obama lived in a normal two parent family with her younger brother Craig. Both siblings did well at school and completed college.

At the law firm, Michelle Robinson was assigned for three months as Barack Obama's advisor. After three months they began dating and finally got engaged in 1991. Michelle and Barack Obama were married on October 3, 1992 by Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first marriage for both of them.

Barack Obama's, first daughter, Malia Ann, was born seven years later in 1998. In 2001, a second daughter, Natasha also known as Sasha were born to the couple.

Barack Obama's Book
Barack Obama later got a fellowship and a publishing contract from the University of Chicago Law School to write a book about race relations. He travelled to Bali with his wife Michelle to complete writing this book. Obama's autobiography book was published in 1995 and was titled, 'Dreams From My Father'.

President Barack Obama
When he returned to Chicago, Barack Obama began working as a Professor at the University of Chicago Law School, teaching constitutional law for twelve years. He later got elected to the Senate in the State of Illnois before winning the Presidential Election in 2008.

Kitchen Tips and Healthy Cooking

Here is the A-Z of Indian Kitchen Tips and other healthy cooking home remedies for your daily kitchen needs.
  • Almonds: To remove the skin of almonds easily, soak them in hot water for 15-20 minutes.
  • Apples: Apply some lemon juice on the cut surface of the apple to avoid browning. They will look fresh for a longer time.
  • Biscuits: If you keep a piece of blotting paper at the bottom of the biscuit container, it will keep biscuits fresh for a longer time.
  • Butter: Avoid the use of butter. If it is essential to use, use butter containing low saturated fat or with plant stanols (which avoid absorption of cholesterol by our body) or similar substitutes.
  • Banana: Apply mashed banana over a burn on your body for a cooling effect.
  • Bee and Scorpion Sting Relief: Apply a mixture of 1 pinch of chewing tobacco and 1 drop of water. Mix and apply directly and immediately to the sting. Cover with band aid to hold in place. The pain will go away in a few minutes.
  • Bitter Gourd (Karela): Slit Karelas inthe middle and apply a mixture of salt, wheat flour and curd all round. Keep aside for 1/2 an hour and then cook. This will take away some of the bitterness.
  • Celery: To keep celery fresh for a long time, wrap it in aluminium foil and place it in the refrigerator.
  • Burnt Food: Place some chopped onion in the vessel having burnt food, pour boiling water in it, keep for 5 minutes and then clean.
  • Chilli Powder: Keeping a small piece of hing (asafoetida) in the same container will store chilli powder for a long time.
  • Chopping: Use a wooden board to chop. It will not blunt the knife. Don't use a plastic board, small plastic pieces may be cut with the vegetables which is harmful for health.
  • Coriander/Mint: You can use dried coriander and mint leaves in coarse powder form in vegetable curry or chutney, if fresh ones are not available. To keep them fresh for a longer time, wrap them in a muslin cloth and keep in a fridge.
  • Cockroaches: Another useful kitchen tip. This requires you to put some boric powder in the corners of your kitchen and in other places where you notices cockroaches entering your home. Cockroaches will soon leave your house.
  • Coconut: Immerse coconut in water for 1/2 an hour to remove its husk.
  • Dry Fruits: To chop dry fruits, place them in the fridge for half an hour before cutting. Take the fruits out and cut them with a hot knife (dip it in hot water before cutting). This helpful kitchen tip helps the process of cutting dry fruits easier and faster.
  • Dough/Rolling pin: If the dough sticks to the rolling pin, place it in freezer for a few minutes.
  • Egg peeling off: Make a small hole in the egg by piercing a pin before boiling it. You will be able to remove its skin very easily.
  • Egg fresh: This healthy cooking tip is quite helpful. Immerse the egg in a pan of cool salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh; if it rises to the surface, it is old and should not be cooked.
  • Garlic: Garlic skin comes off easily if the garlic cloves are slightly warmed before peeling.
  • Ghee: Avoid the use of ghee. If it is necessary for a certain dish, substitute it with canola oil or some other healthy vegetable oil. Even for making halwa, you can partly substitute it with oil. This healthy cooking tip helps prevent heart disease and other health problems.
  • Green Chillies: To keep the chillies fresh for a longer time, remove the stems before storing.
  • Green Peas: To preserve green peas, keep them in a polythene bag in the freezer.
  • Idlies and Dosas: Here are some of the best kitchen tips for South Indian specialities. Place a betel (paan) leaf over the leftover idli and dosa batter to prevent them from turning sour. Do not beat idli batter too much, as the air which has collected during fermentation will escape. If you add half a tsp of fenugreek seeds to the lentil and rice mixture while soaking, dosas will be more crisp.
  • Fruits: To ripen fruits, wrap them in newspaper and put in a warm place for 2-3 days. The ethylene gas they emit will make them ripe.
  • Frying: Avoid deep frying. Substitute deep frying with stir frying or oven bake. Don't pour the oil, but make a habit of spraying the oil in the utensil for cooking. Heat the utensil first, then add oil. This way oil spreads well. You will need to use less oil this way. Not only will your family be healthy though these healthy cooking tips, but you will also save a lot of money.
  • Left Overs: Don't throw away the foods left over. Store them in the fridge. Use them in making tasty dishes like paranthas the next morning. You may also feed them to the birds and other stray animals.
  • Lemon/Lime: If the lemon or lime is hard, put it in warm water for 5-10 minutes to make it easier to squeeze.
  • Lizards: Hang a peacock feather, lizards will leave your house.
  • Milk: Moisten the base of the vessel with water to reduce the chances of milk sticking at the bottom. Keep a spoon in the vessel while boiling milk at medium heat. This will stop the milk from sticking to the bottom of the vessel. Adding half a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate to the milk while boiling ensures that the milk will not get spoilt even if you don't put it in the fridge.
  • Mixer/Grinder: Grind some common salt in your mixer/grinder for some time every month. This will keep your mixer blades sharp.
  • Mosquitoes: Put a few camphor tablets in a cup of water and keep it in the bed room near your bed, or in any place with mosquitoes. Mosquitoes will soon dissappear.
  • Noodles: When the noodles are boiled, drain all the hot water and add cold water. This way all the noodles will get separated.
  • Onions: To avoid tears, cut the onions into two parts and place them in water for 15 minutes before chopping them. Wrap the onions individually in a newspaper and store in a cool and dark place to keep them fresh for long time.
  • Oven: Look through the oven window to conserve energy, as the oven temperature drops by 25 degrees every time its door is opened. To clean the oven, apply a paste of sodium bicarbonate and water on the walls and floor of the oven and keep the oven on low heat for about half an hour. Dried food can then be easily removed.
  • Paneer: To keep paneer fresh for several days, wrap it in blotting paper while storing in the refrigerator. Do not fry paneer, immerse it in boiling water to make it soft and spongy.
  • Papad: Papads should be bake in a microwave oven to save oil and kitches gas. The best kitchen tip to store papads is to wrap the papads in polythene sheet and place them in the dal or rice containers. This will prevent them from drying and breaking.
  • Pickles: To prevent the growth of fungus in pickles, burn a small grain of asafoetida over burning coal and invert the empty pickle jar over it for some time. Only then, put the pickle in the jar.
  • Popcorn: Keep the maize/corn seeds in the freezer and pop while still frozen to get more fluffy, bigger popcorn.
  • Potato: To bake potatoes quickly, place them in salt water for 15 minutes before baking. Use the skin of boiled potatoes to wipe mirrors sparkling clean. Don't store potatoes and onions together. Potatoes will rot quickly if stored with onions.
  • Refrigerator: To prevent formation of ice, rub table salt on the insides of your freezer.
  • Rice: Add a few drops of lemon juice in the water before boiling the rice to make rice whiter. Add a teaspoon of canola oil to the water before boiling the rice to separate each grain after cooking. Don't throw away the rice water after cooking. Use it to make soup or add it in making dal (lentils). Add 5 grams of dried powdered mint leaves to 1kg of rice. This kitchen tip will help keep insects at bay. You may also put a small paper packet of boric powder in the container of rice to keep insects at bay.
  • Samosa: Bake them instead of deep frying to make them fat free. Don't fry the filling of potato masala. Preserve the samosas in the freezer. Before eating, take them out of the freezer two hours in advance and bake them over low temperature in the oven.
  • Sugar: Put 2-3 cloves in the sugar container to keep ants at bay.
  • Tadka: Use sprouted mustard seeds (rayee) and fenugreek (methi) seeds for your tadkas. Both of them when sprouted have more nutritional value. Also this will add flavour to the dish and is more beneficial to health, besides giving a decorative look to the dish.
  • Tomato: To remove the skin of tomatoes, place them in warm water for 5-10 minutes. The skin can then be easily peeled off. When tomatoes are not available or too costly, substitute with tomato puree or tomato ketchup/sauce. Place overripe tomatoes in cold water and add some salt. Overnight they will become firm and fresh.
  • Tamarind: Tamarind is an excellent polish for brass and copper items. Rub a slab of wet tamarind with some salt sprinkled on it on the object to be polished.
  • Gargling with tamarind water is recommended for a sore throat.
  • Utensils: Use nonstick utensils. Thick bottomed utensils are better as they get uniformly heated. For electric stoves, use flat bottom utensils. Add a little bit of common salt to the washing powder for better cleaning of utensils.
  • Vegetables: Don't discard the water in which the vegetables are soaked or cooked. Use it to make soup or gravy. To keep the vegetables fresh for a longer time, wrap them in newspaper before putting them in the fridge. Another healthy cooking kitchen tip is to chop vegetables only when you are ready to use them. Don't cut them too early as it would spoil their nutritional value.
  • Sink (Blocked): To clear the blocked drain pipe of your kitchen sink, mix 1/2 cup sodium bicarbonate in 1 cup vinegar and pour it into the sink, and pour about 1 cup water. In an hour the drain pipe will open.
  • Soup Salty: Place a raw peeled potato in the bowl, it will absorb the extra salt.
  • Yoghurt (Home Made): To set yogurt or curd in winter, place the container in a warm place like over the oven or voltage stabliser.
  • Yogurt: If the yogurt or curd has become sour, put it in a muslin cloth and drain all the water. Then add milk to make it as good as fresh in taste. Use the drained water in making tasty gravy for vegetables or for basen curry. To keep the yogurt fresh for many days, fill the vessel containing yogurt with water to the brim and refrigerate. Change the water daily.


Banglar Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal of Bangaldesh)

Today I visited "Banglar Taj Mahal" located at Sonargaon, Narayanganj. It's a replica of Taj Mahal built by Emperor Shajahan several centuries ago.
It's not yet finished although it has already been opened for the visitors. Here are few photos:




Sonargaon Folk Arts and Crafts Museum

I visited Sonargaon Folk Arts and Crafts Museum yesterday. Once Sonargaon was a capital city of Bangladesh which was established by Isha Khan.
Following are few photos of "Sonargaon Folk Arts and Crafts Museum":



The Museum from inside void



Pond inside the Museum complex

Nature is so beautiful here

Google Adsense Payment Method

In this article I will describe about the payment method of Google Adsense. It is very important for you to know about Adsense payment system before Sign Up for adsense. There are three types of payment system in Adsense program. Those are:

(1) Receive Checks.

(2) EFT(Electronic Fund Transfer) .

(3) Western Union Money Transfer.

As an Adsense publisher I strongly recommended that you must choose EFT or Western Union to receive your money. Because receive money via Check is a very lengthy process. Adsense send money at the end of the month whereas you earn the money till the last day of previous month. So after wait a month you may wait another a month or two if you want to receive money via Check. Now a question come that is why the people select Check? This is happen because Adsense does not allow publishers all around the world to receive money via EFT or Western Union. But there is a way to receive money via EFT or Western Union from any country. The most of the publishers have relatives live in the country which Adsense allow that two ways to receive payment. So if you are a publisher you must try to Sign Up with an address or country which allowed for EFT or Western Union. Remember one thing all the countries where Western Union Money Transfer is available are not allowed by Adsense. Only fourteen countries allowed for Western Union.

There will be a pin code sent to the address given by you and a test amount to your given account when your Adsense account reach 10 dollars. So you must keep communication with your relative whose address you give for Adsense Sign Up. When those two reach to your relatives address and account. You must collect the correct Pin Number and the correct amount reach to your relatives account.

Usually Adsense send about 1 or two dollars with few cents (such as .85 or 1.45). Remember cents are important. You must submit the correct number of dollars or other currency received with cents .

Now here are the countries list of EFT and Western Union Money Transfer allowed by Adsense:

EFT ( Electronic Fund Transfer):

• Australia - Australian Dollar
• Austria- Euro
• Belgium- Euro
• Canada -Canadian Dollar
• Czech Republic- Koruna
• Denmark- Crone
• Finland- Euro
• France- Euro
• Germany- Euro
• Hong Kong- Hong Kong Dollar
• Hungary- Forint
• Ireland - Euro
• Israel- Shekel
• Italy- Euro
• Japan- Yen
• Mexico- peso
• Netherlands- Euro
• New Zealand- New Zealand Dollar
• Norway- Crone
• Poland-Zloty
• Portugal- Euro
• Slovakia- Koruna
• Spain- Euro
• Sweden- Koran
• Switzerland-Franc
• Turkey- lira
• United States- US dollar
• United Kingdom - Pound

Western Union Money Transfer:

• Argentina
• Bulgaria
• Chile
• China (Mainland)
• Colombia
• Egypt
• Lithuania
• Malaysia
• Morocco
• Pakistan
• Peru
• Philippines
• Romania
• Taiwan

I strongly recommended that you select your country from the lists above. So you can easily and fastly receive your money without any risk. Now Sign Up for your Adsense Account.

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