Baby boy born on the way to Australia

DARWIN, Australia – An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband.

Judith Hamel, one of four doctors who helped deliver the 6 pound baby aboard the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to the southern city of Adelaide, described the delivery as smooth.

“I think we all had fun once we knew it was all safe,” Hamel told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio Wednesday.

The flight was diverted to the northern city of Darwin where the 29-year-old mother, Paramjit Kaur, from Punjab state in northwest India, and the baby were admitted to the Royal Darwin Hospital within two hours of the birth, a hospital spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity.

The mother was 34 weeks pregnant when she took the first flight of her life from New Delhi. She and her first born, six weeks premature, were both well. The child’s father, Jagdar Jagdar, an Indian-born Australian citizen who drives taxis in Adelaide, flew 1,900 miles to join his wife and child at the hospital in the early hours of Thursday morning, the spokeswoman said.

Kaur is an Indian citizen entitled to live in Australia as the spouse of an Australian. Her son also becomes an Indian citizen.

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Philippine Air Force C-130 crashes

MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo planes crashed off a Southern coastal village with nine people on board.

Body parts and debris were found in the Bukana village on the outskirts of Davao City. Colonel Isagani Silva said the recovered debris included combat boots, a plane wheel and a folder containing the plane’s flight plan.

Lieutenant General Pedrito Cadungog, Air Force chief, said the C-130 took off from the International Airport in Davao City on Monday evening.

The flight was bound for the Eastern city of Iloilo, where it was supposed to arrive about two hours later. But Cadungog said the Air Force lost contact with the plane about 10 minutes after it took off.

One fisherman in Bukana village said he saw a ‘flash of light’ from the plane before it entered nearby waters. The planes was supposed to pick up Presidential security guards from Iloilo City for transport back to Manila.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was in Iloilo City to attend the wake of an army lieutenant colonel killed in an ambush by Muslim separatist rebels in a Southern province last week.

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Maintaining and Cleaning Your Wooden Desktop Models

Collectors and hobbyists spend most of their time and effort on crafts, collectibles, action figures and the list goes on. Models made from resin, plastic, glass and non-organic materials are the easiest to maintain. Others would prefer to collect those made from wood, paper and organic materials which is harder to maintain and make it last for another decade. For some instances, wooden desktop model planes. Most of the time, wood does not go well with humidity and moist as it softens, destroys and forms mold on our wooden models. Mold is a function of temperature, relative humidity and time; mold often appears when wood is exposed to dusty, moist and warm places.

To keep your model airplanes and other collectibles made of wood in A+ condition and clean, here are some tips that help.

1. Make sure the materials, paint and varnish used are safe on wood. To find out, model should have gone through extreme quality check.
2. Once model is out of the box, locate a spot where air goes through; free from dust and accidental water drippings. Glass cabinets keep your models safe and free from dust.
3. When cleaning, use a dry clothe and apply a protector that will not ruin the finish. Mineral oil helps.
4. In case mold starts to grow, easiest solution is to put it out on direct sunlight – it stops the growth but mold must be wiped off with a damp clothe and dry it quickly.
5. For worse mold cases, bleach and water solution will do followed by a light coat of mineral oil. Letting air go through is still needed.
6. For best results, keep models in a room below 30 degrees Fahrenheit or over 110 degrees Fahrenheit and away from the basement, your collection doesn’t belong there.

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