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Issue of power sharing between center and different units of federation has always been a topic of great importance in Pakistan. In a country, which was founded on the basis of a common ideology of Islam but itself is consisted of a diversified demography, adapting a centralized common system becomes a very tricky question.
The diversity in our society is not only in terms of culture, linguistics, races, life style and living standards but if we look at religion, diversity is their to a large extent despite us being an Islamic State and vast majority is Muslim. Not only religious diversity is there in the form of different religious minorities but within the majority Muslim population presence of different sects with range of conflicting issues have created many problems in terms of legislation and implementation of law.
Distribution of resources and authority to run their affairs has also seen its share of conflicts in our country. The biggest example is the fall of Dhaka when more than half of our population felt that their rights are not been given by the authorities controlling the center. Even after the fall of Dhaka smaller provinces have felt the similar feelings. This issue of provincial autonomy has always played an important part in the electoral politics of the country. Even if we see the current parliament, we can clearly see the strong provincial and ethnic color of our political base.
The history of our country shows that these demographic diversity and provincial autonomy issues are not tackled well by our mainly centralized system. Whether we see feudal-corporatist democratic periods or military dictatorships, the tensions between different communities and regions have increased over the time. This situation indicates us of adapting a different approach of running our affairs related to governance, legislation and economy which will not only cater the problems mentioned above but ensure a sustainable progressive path for our future. This type of system will require the loosening of grip by centralized power structure over our national affairs, in other words we need a decentralized governance, legislative and economic structure.
Decentralization of governance means a state gives majority of authority and control to the lower levels of administration for e.g. provinces and local bodies. In this the decision making process will be in a bottom-up model i.e. decisions are taken at the local and gradually passed on to the center and in most cases passing on to the center is not required. This type of governance model will ensure that governance decisions and structuring of institutions is done according to the needs of local requirements for e.g. policing system of Karachi may not work well in FATA and Dera-Bugti.
If we see in past several steps have been taken like setting up local bodies, establishing alternate policing structure in the form of FC or giving some departments to the provinces. But the main problems was and still is the upper hand of central government and flow of resources from center to the federation constituents. The big size of the government also plays a negative role in implementing decentralization of governance as we see several ministries and departments work where there is no requirement of government at all.
The other thing which we need to do is to decentralize the process of legislation. Even thought we are a dominant Muslim state but still our customs and cultures vary from area to area in our country. Also the presence of different religions, sects and social communities demands for a legislative system flexible and capable enough to cater the needs of regional and social diversity. This can be achieved by keeping the centralized common laws as minimum and delegate the legislative powers to regions and social communities. By giving legislative powers to social communities means law making related to a particular social community should be done by the representatives of those communities. Careful provisioning can be done to ensure basic human rights and conflicts of interest.
Now the issue will come of handling the situation where different people from different social and religious backgrounds are involved in a dispute. This can be done through social contracts between communities like "Meesaq e Madina", empowering civil courts to resolve disputes based on social customs and some careful central legislation just to resolve disputes between different social communities can be made.
After governance and legislation, we see how we can run our economic affairs more efficiently and transparently. It is again an issue of great discussion in Pakistan whether the state should control the economy and run the institutions like steel mills, PIA itself or not. But if we look our history more than having the issue of it should or should not, the issue is the capability of the state of doing it. We have seen huge corruption scandals involving key government and establishment personalities being highlighted in media and taken up by courts. Most of the time the main reason behind other than greed is having too much discretionary powers. If we see many of these powers are a result of unnecessary state involvement and undesired regulations. All these not only lead to corruption but also result in economic loss as a result of inefficiencies created.
Therefore regulation, in areas other than where it is required to cater corruption and social benefits, should be removed and free market economy is needed to be promoted. The discretionary powers of licensing and quotas needed to be eliminated so that fair play can take place and more economic opportunities are created. Privatization is also a key element of decentralization of economy but it needs to be fair and transparent otherwise it will be counter productive and will result in more economic instability.
The two key steps we need to do to achieve decentralization and reap its benefits are strengthening the judiciary and to reduce the size of state. Strengthening judiciary is necessary in order to ensure smooth running of affairs between different federal constituents and social communities. In absence of a strong, independent and impartial judiciary we cannot expect any smooth running and harmony among different constituents of our country. Luckily through recent lawyers movement we have at least come to the point where a big portion of our society has realized the importance of having a strong and effective judicial system. The other thing which we need and as discussed above is reducing the size of our government. This is necessary to create more economic opportunities and more freedom.
If we look at the 18th amendment, the situation is not that promising. On one hand if they have dissolved the concurrent list, the parliament on the other hand has strengthened an unelected party head who will be in actual the ruling authority whether in center or in provinces. The biggest thing which happened in 18th amendment is weakening the judiciary and making them dependent on parliamentarians by forming judicial commissions and parliamentary review committee. This will not only pave way for corruption and lack of accountability but it will also endanger the rights of people not represented by the elected parliamentarians or not represented by the government as judiciary is supposed to be an institution safe guarding the basic human rights of all people including those who didn't vote for the government or don't give votes at all.
If we look at our history main challenge we face towards achieving decentralization is political will not the lack of capacity and resources. Our national politics is mainly dominated by our military establishment and feudal-corporatist political class who are mainly interested in having the tight grip over the country affairs, economic resources and political decision making. This totalitarian approach has given us nothing except for miseries and sense of deprivation and hopelessness for our people.
Even though slogans like provincial autonomy, provincial harmony, devolution of power have played key roles in country politics but not much in true sense has come out. Its high time for us to re-think our strategy as a nation and decide how we should proceed towards our future course in time. Decentralization is not only necessary for efficient and smooth running of our affairs but it will give more freedom, confidence and sense of ownership to our people.
– Faisal ur Rahman


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Sunday, March 04, 2012
You Are Good Enough
Is it enough to even say that, in all the time I knew him before he died, I still didn't get to know him enough or understand him? He tucked a lot of shit away and didn't share. As a father, he really lacked some things. I understand; that kind of thing gets passed down.
But, as an artist, he did his best to pass on to me the secrets of the craft. Even though he never truly made his mark in that respect, he certainly tried to convey the importance of listening to your muse and going with that flow and surfing its waves onto the shore of the great unknown.
I've never quite known why the hell I'm bound to do what I do, but there's never been much of an argument as to why I shouldn't. It's never a question of wanting to. It's always a matter of simply how to make it happen and damn the consequences.
If you feel that way, then why don't you just do it?
If any kind of art is burning within you, regardless of why it's even an issue, then perhaps it's meant for you to pursue it. And if you're coldly calculating the artistry, well - you're dead in the water, mate. There is no heartless approach to this.
Where does this come from? Man, I'm only cracking the egg at this point; just wanting to lay some things out from a perspective. If you follow this blog, then you might just be a fertile bed of soil looking for a few seeds. Here's my contribution: go with it. Blow up and whirl like a haystack of ideas and let those ideas sink into the soil. Who knows? A bloom may sprout and form something in your heart. Wouldn't that be grand?
Who can even question why some people might find themselves possessed of the nature to expose, compose, repose and go to the ends of their abilities just to understand and comprehend the "why"?
Well, I just did - and why are you even reading this unless you want to do something about it? Don't bother unless you have the desire to move forward.
Art isn't something you "do." Art is something you "are." Modern times and media will pretend to associate the concept of expression with some kind of yearning, but honestly - it's in you already. Nurturing is the key - not some limp attempt to embrace an inner "you" that can only be expressed by the amount of pop culture knowledge that you cling to like a life preserver.
It can't be done alone. And the Feedback Fairy is waiting in more rooms than you even care to know.
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Following your bliss is a wonderful idea. The question is, what is your bliss..In the world we need food and shelter. That I would consider is my priority bliss. Then there is the fantasy bliss, what I would like to do with my time to create or enjoy. In my mind I have allways wanted to do what I want to do, but had to do what I had to do. Is that true? Maybe I have always been following my bliss.
- Bing Futch said...
I'm not sure that it's "bliss" of which I speak; more like "purpose" or "fulfillment of being." Though art has been commercialized to the point of seeming frivolous in many ways, it is as real and necessary a form of expression as speaking to someone. As words can be conveyed through a variety of mediums for the common good, so can art communicate ideas, concepts, emotions that can help, heal, build, inform, etc. What I'm getting at here is helping people to engage their art without minimalizing it. Seeing it as something that is essential as opposed to optional. For some people, it just may not be that important in comparison to other things (like food or shelter, for example.) There is a great stage play (and later movie) called "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" in which a sculptor loses the use of his hands in an automobile accident and, having lost his ability to create, chooses to die despite the best efforts of the hospital to keep him alive. It is a drastic and dramatic extreme but one that has more than its fair share of merit. It raises its own questions, perhaps for another time and post.
"My Bliss" is all about me. My art is to show off what I can do, so others will be impressed. I beleive all people try to please others so they will be loved. They follow trends so they will be exceped and not laughed at or rejected. I beleive are all dependent on others to raise our self esteme. If you painted a picture in the forest, and no one saw it, would it be beautyful? The comercialized art is driven by food and shelter and has taken us to greater heights of so called "Art".
Can identify with this on many levels. Part encouragement and honestly, part kick in the ass. Nurturing -is- the key. Thanks for saying the right thing(s) at the right time.
- Bing Futch said...
Anon 1 - Creating your art for you (and summarily for others) is a wonderful thing! That said, there is a certain freedom that comes from creating art for art's sake and not relying upon any sort of input for success. Art is a very personal medium for lots of people and to put your heart and soul on the line can be daunting, even scary, when you're unsure if that art will be accepted or rejected or, worse, ignored in a puddle of complete ambivalence. This is the sort of thing that scares many people off of ever sharing their talents with others. Personally, if you paint a picture that no-one sees, it is still beautiful if you find it to be so. The artist imbues their work with every quality that others may find within it.
Anon 2 - Glad to have been of some help! I think the connection between my dad and I has to do with that "tough love." He sure could kick an ass, but he was not so great with the encouragement. Every creative sort needs someone to guide them once in a while, provide input or just to simply be a witness to what's developing. Challenges may be unpleasant sometimes, but it's those walls that we scale that give us better perspective of our art and the surroundings in which we create. Good luck and may the muse be with you!
Creating art for art's sake. I question my motive for my art, am I really doing it for art, or am I doing it to please others so I can be put on a pedistal like Elvis, Michael, or Whitney? Years ago I questioned my reason for sending christmas cards, Am I sending them because it is expected of me, or because I wanted to. That was the begining of questioning my motives. I found in myself doubt of what the real truth is. In the morning, when I wake, I assume my role and put on my face which I present to others. It is formed by the illusion in my mind of who I think I am. But really, Who am I? Life has become more complicated because of becoming aware of the consiquences of my thoughts.
- Bing Futch said...
It's good to question your motivation; the soul is the plum line by which we measure our lives. Putting it in a different perspective; if you pursue your art for the sake of self-glorification and someone is able to appreciate that art, better themselves or get into a more positive head-space, then the effect you might have intended has gone a completely different way. That alone illustrates the disconnect between your motivation and the eventual acceptance of your actions. Now, if your intention is to greatly turn off an appreciator of art and you witness someone loudly rejecting what you do, then the intention matches the results; that happens sometimes. As much as making an effort to deeply touch the humanity in someone and bringing them to tears. It's as scattershot as probability will allow, which just comes right back to your own intentions. Of course, you can't escape those - so that is first and foremost what you must deal with and be in alignment with. If you don't agree with self about how to move forward, then it truly doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about your art, does it? You'll never be happy with your art until you are happy, at least with the process. Of course, you won't be happy at all if nothing gets produced, presented or practiced!
It seems all so complicated. I have found for my self, its simple. Just do what I do, don't question my choice, live in the moment. Be myself. When I reach a fork in my path,and I must make a choice of the direction, make that choice in the moment. its never the wrong choice, however it may have conciquences I could not predict....
- Bing Futch said...
Anything analyzed becomes complex upon scrutiny. Which is why living in the moment can be so blissful. : ) Be like the reed and bend in the wind and may all of your choices yield the very best results for you and all any involved (I think that's the Buddhist way of looking at it anyway.)
Wise words, but its not just art it is what ever you decide to follow in life. It sounds like our dads came from the same mold except mine was a different kind of artist he was a mechanic. He could repair most anything and when he worked on an engine there was some kind of magic happening.
Me - I'm a mechanical designer, odds are you have owned something that I have had a say in how it works or how it looks. When I am in the midst of creating some new widget, time goes on without me, I am lost in the world of lines and arcs, static and dynamic loads, how will it be used, how should it look. Am I an artist? Not in the classical definition but I still follow a muse.
If you have a dream and are willing to expend the energy and time to attempt to become the best at your chosen field, you will survive. You may not ever be the best but there will be enough money for food and rent and life will be great.
- Bing Futch said...
Amen to that!


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The BBC reports that a combination of CCTV, facial recognition technology and radio frequency identification are paving the way for real-time individualised adverts. Based on our online activity, our physical appearances and so on, we will be presented in public with adverts which cater to our unique personal tastes. This is worrying on many levels, but the one I want to focus on is how it might affect our subjectivity.
The first result will be to urge us into an unchanging, eternal present of ourselves (an extension of a process already well underway). By accessing data on what I like, on what I've already bought and so on, it will simply present me with more of the same. In no matter how subtle a manner, it will urge me to continue along this one particular path of taste (within the general cycles of fashion). It will recycle my affect, and in doing so it is effectively designed to prevent the advent of novelty. For if all I am ever confronted with is an extension of a previous version of myself, I am partially stripped of my capacity to be other than I was.
The second result will be an objective narcissism. I say "objective" because here the narcissism is literally inscribed in (what was once) public space itself. As Žižek has observed, "Even in a public space, I am still within my private space, engaged in no interaction with other people". And if I am everywhere surrounded by my inner private world, incapable of experiencing the objective limits of my own desires and introspections, then I cannot fully live. For surely any life worth living is one in which I am able to learn and accept my limits via my interactions with other people and the natural world – with that which is subjectively and materially other than myself. It is no wonder that death has no place in such a society, since it is the ultimate limit on all egomaniacal projects. Likewise, it should make us stop and think when the German airline, Lufthansa, has as its slogan a theological definition of hell: "Nonstop you".
The political upshot of such subjective dispositions is yet more erosion of our in-built capacity for solidarity. For if I live constantly in the shadow of my own mollycoddled self, a subject who is seriously other than me – one who makes demands on me – can only strike me as at best an obstacle, at worst a monster. So it is, then, that seemingly innocent advances in advertising have quite direct political effects.
In Utopia, of course, this technology will be used for far different purposes. One day, as I'm brushing my teeth, an image of my rotting corpse will suddenly flash up on the mirror in front of me, surrounded by my children – old themselves now – and friends. Or as I'm walking to the forum to take part in the collective centenary movie of the saviour of earth from the Anthropocene, I will see an image of another world suddenly appear on the side of the workers' theatre, a world where everything is different, like a fairy tale in which we are all invited to honour our past selves but not to be shackled by them, to dare to dream in the bosom of the space we have made together.


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Paulding County District Attorney Dick Donovan says Paul and Sheila Comer pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of cruelty to children and false imprisonment.
Under a plea agreement, they were sentenced to serve 15 years in jail and then 15 on probation.
The Comers are the stepfather and mother of 18-year-old Mitch Comer, who was found wandering a Los Angeles bus station Sept. 11. The emaciated teen told police he had suffered years of abuse.
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Novak Djokovic won his second Australian Open title, breezing past Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday to extend Britain's near 75-year drought in men's singles Grand Slams.
Djokovic also won the 2008 Australian title. Murray has lost three Grand Slam finals, also falling to Roger Federer in the 2008 U.S. Open and 2010 Australian Open.
The Scot hasn't won a set in a Grand Slam final. Last year, Murray cried after his loss to Federer. They weren't immediately visible this year, but the hurt may have been just as bad after he lost seven straight games through the end of the first set and into the second and never appeared to be in the match.
The last British man to win a Grand Slam singles title was Fred Perry in the 1936 U.S. Open - more than 270 majors ago.
Murray and Djokovic, each 23 and born a week apart, are good friends and often practice together. At the coin flip before the match, Djokovic smiled broadly for photos while Murray looked fidgety and nervous.
After the match, the two hugged, then Djokovic threw his racket, his shirt and then his shoes into the crowd.
The roof was closed at Rod Laver Arena for most of the day due to 100-degree temperatures, but was opened just before the match started and after the weather had cooled significantly.
Trailing 5-4, Murray double-faulted to lead off the 10th game of the first set. Then he hit a backhand into the net after a 39-hit point. Murray challenged the final point of the set when he thought his forehand stayed in on the backline, but Djokovic walked away with the set in 59 minutes.
Djokovic held serve on four straight points to open the second set, then went up 2-0 when he again broke Murray's service, finishing off the point when Murray's attempted drop shot was returned crosscourt for a winner. Murray had five unforced errors in the first two games.
The Serb went up 3-0, then continued his domination in the next game, breaking Murray in four straight points to go up 4-0 and held for 5-0, his seventh straight game win. Murray finally stopped the streak with an ace on game point to trail 5-1, then broke Djokovic in the next game to cut it to 5-2.
Murray appeared to be having problems with his eyes, blinking often and rubbing them on changeovers and often during points. That didn't help in the next game when he again dropped serve and lost the second set in 40 minutes, Djokovic establishing set point with a memorable crosscourt winner off a near-impossible shot from Murray.
The third set started with Murray's second break of Djokovic's service in the match, but Djokovic ensure that Murray's advantage was short-lived by breaking him in the next game. After an unforced error wide, Murray pounded his fist and yelled out in disgust.
Things didn't improve for Murray, who held off six break points before Djokovic prevailed on the seventh in the fourth game, hitting a backhand down the line to pass a stretching Murray. Djokovic pumped his fist and let out a loud yell in celebration.
That, too, was short-lived, when Murray broke back in the next game to pull to 3-2, then held through two break points to level the set at 3. Late in the match, Murray appeared to clutch his lower back after a low return on the baseline.
Djokovic soon broke serve again and then served it out.
Djokovic leads the head-to-head series 5-3, ending a three-match streak for Murray.


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HEALTHY RECIPE OF THE WEEK – Roasted Garlic Clove Chicken
HEALTHY RECIPE OF THE WEEK – Roasted Garlic Clove Chicken
Total Time: 1 hr 5 min
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 45 min
Yield:4 servings
8 chicken thighs
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 head garlic, separated into whole cloves, papery skin removed (about 20 cloves)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons herbes de Provence
1 teaspoon flour
1/4 cup chicken stock
1/2 lemon, juiced
Bread, for serving
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Rinse and pat dry the chicken. Salt and pepper liberally and allow to temper on a cutting board while you prepare the garlic. In a large ovenproof saute pan over medium heat, cook the whole garlic cloves in olive oil and butter, stirring occasionally, until lightly golden, about 10 minutes. Remove the garlic from the pan and set aside. Increase the heat to medium high and brown the chicken skin-side down until the skin is golden and crispy, about 5 minutes. Turn the chicken over, sprinkle on herbes de Provence. Add the garlic back to the pan and place hot pan in oven. Bake the chicken until cooked through, about 25 minutes. Once the chicken is done, remove chicken thighs and garlic to a platter. Place the pan over medium-high heat and sprinkle the drippings with flour and stir to incorporate. Deglaze the pan with the stock and lemon juice. Pour the sauce over the chicken on the platter and serve with bread for sauce-mopping and garlic-spreading.
Recipe courtesy of Melissa d'Arabian
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/roasted-garlic-clove-chicken-recipe.html?oc=linkback


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Central Connecticut men's soccer freshman Conor Qualter has added a selection to the College Soccer News All-Freshman Third Team to his growing list of post-season accolades this season. Qualter helped lead the CCSU men's soccer team to the NEC Regular Season title in 2013, and was one of the top freshman players in the country.
Earlier this fall Qualter was named a 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-North Atlantic Region Second Team selection. Qualter was also named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year and was a First Team All-NEC selection at the conference's end of the year banquet on November 14.
Qualter was a force on the defensive end of the field for the Blue Devils in 2013, helping Central post eight shutouts on the year and capture the NEC Regular Season Championship.
The first-year player was an NEC Player of the Week selection once this year and is a four-time NEC Rookie of the Week. He scored a pair of game-winning goals in wins over LIU Brooklyn and Sacred Heart.


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[Please, if you would, take a moment right now to pray for a special intention of mine today. Thank you so much!]
This video was making the rounds on my Facebook news feed yesterday. You may have seen it:
Now I was a fan of this guy's last video. And in this video, he does say some things that are right, and I get that his heart is in the right place. Where I take issue is that he is not merely saying that Jesus is greater than Religion (which, by the way, I agree with). He is saying that Jesus hates religion. And while it may be tempting to play the, "yeah, I think religious people are lame, too" card in an attempt to get more people to hear our message, we need to be careful that our message does not fly in the face of the Gospel. I don't have time to cover everything misleading in the video here, but I will try to hit the main points.
What if I told you Jesus came to abolish religion?
…Then I'd say you probably haven't read the New Testament very carefully. Jesus is pretty clear in Matthew 5:17 when He says,
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
The Law, of course, being the Law of Moses, i.e. The Old Covenant, i.e. RELIGION.
In the Old Testament, God actually calls religious people whores
Yes, God called some religious people whores in the Old Testament—when they were being unfaithful to the Law (in other words: when they were disobeying the laws of their RELIGION—their religion given to them by God, by the way)
In the New Testament, Jesus refers to the scribes and Pharisees as hypocrites an awful lot, but remember the definition of a hypocrite: a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings. Jesus actually told the disciples that they should DO what the scribes and Pharisees tell them.
"…practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice" (Matthew 23:3).
"Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven…For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:19-20)
Doesn't sound like Jesus hates religion to me. In fact it sounds like He takes it pretty seriously.
When individuals use religion as a mask or for personal gain? Yes, Jesus hates that. But only because religion is not (and never was) meant to be a mask. It's meant to be an aid.
If I'm sick, knowing the doctor is definitely going to be important. I'm going to need a relationship with him in order to let him know what is hurting me so that he can heal me. But the fact of the matter is, if there's no hospital, I'm not going to be able to find a doctor. If I don't go in for regular check-ups (even when I don't feel like I'm sick), I'm not going to remain healthy. If there's no medicine when I am sick, my relationship with the doctor isn't going to be enough to make me well again. There's a reason the doctor prescribes medicine, just like there is a reason God gave us the rules of religion.


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Taiwan's plastics machinery makers are worried about a 40 percent fall in their order books in India, one of their largest export markets, following this year's sharp drop in the value of the Indian currency against the U.S. dollar. Speaking at the Indplas 2012 show, held Oct. 5-8 in Kolkata, Taiwanese firms said the depreciation of the rupee has led to big drop in what had been full order books a year ago. But they are hopeful the currency will stabilize and Indian companies will resume capital investment that they have put on hold. The Indian currency fell from 48.6 rupees to the dollar in early 2012 to 57.1 at the end of June, before recovering somewhat to its current level of almost 53 rupees to the American greenback. "We have exported a lot of machinery to the automotive industry in India, but due to the slowdown in the Indian automobile market from the beginning of 2012, orders have dropped by almost 40-50 percent from last year," said Grace Lin, the Africa and India Manager for Tianan, Taiwan-based Huarong Plastic Machinery Co. Ltd. Huarong exported 200 injection molding machines to India in the last three years, and has offices in Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. About 80 percent of its business is in the country's automotive market. But the falling rupee has made its equipment more expensive for Indian firms, Lin said. She said the company has also been hurt by the closing of Indian car maker Maruti-Suzuki's plant in Manesar for almost three months, after violence broke out and workers burned down part of the factory. "The vendors of Maruti-Suzuki have been forced to shut down their operations and stopped sourcing machinery from us," Lin said. The company is looking to new markets in India, including in-mold labeling and two-color injection machines, and also is supplying six machines to India's Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology (CIPET), the first by any Taiwanese company to an Indian government organization, she said. As well, business slowed down in 2012 for AFTA Technology Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of large Taiwanese press maker Fu Chun Shin, which has been selling equipment to India's automotive sector for 25 years, including 10 machines making components for automaker Tata's Nano car, said Diana Sung, a manager for Pune-based AFTA. "We are waiting for the Indian currency to stabilize against the dollar,'' she said. Taiwanese equipment supplier Steady Stream Business Co. Ltd. estimates that business is down almost 60 percent this year as its customers in the automotive industry have put projects on hold, waiting for the rupee to rebound. "We are hoping the worst is over,'' said Vice General Manager Kenny Chen. The company, which supplies tooling, injection molding and equipment, is changing its strategy away from major cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai to move deeper into the Indian hinterland. "We have now changed the strategy and shifted our focus to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities," Chen said. That's a switch mirrored by other Taiwanese companies, said May Chien, director of business development for Pilatus International Co. Ltd., the Taipei, Taiwan-based marketing agent for the Indplas show. "India is big market for us and it cannot be ignored,'' she said. "Therefore, we are looking for newer markets in the country. Earlier, we used to be more focused on the plastics shows organized in the cities of Delhi and Mumbai. Now we are focusing on the other parts of India.'' She said the eastern regions of India could be a big market for Taiwanese companies in the near future. Taiwanese firms have also been helped by the Indian government decision to put anti-dumping duties of up to 174 percent on some types of injection molding machines imported from mainland China, Chien said. "We are working hard to maintain a good market for our machinery in India," she said. Reflecting growing business in eastern India, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, a government backed non-profit trade promotion organization, plans to open an office in Kolkata next year, said Chie Yien Huang, India director for TAITRA. Huang said trade between India and Taiwan had been on an upward trend for five years before it suffered in 2012 because of the rupee depreciation and the recession in the European Union. India was Taiwan's third-largest market for plastic and rubber machinery exports in 2011, with Indian companies importing $95 million worth of equipment, up seven percent from 2010, Huang said. Source: Plastics News
Source: http://www.plasticsnews.com/headlines2.html?id=26726&channel=120


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Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Famous Blizzards In America
Within a few hours, the advancing cold front caused a temperature drop from a few degrees above freezing to −20 degrees Fahrenheit (−40 °F in some places). This wave of cold was accompanied by high winds and heavy snow. The fast-moving storm first struck Montana in the early hours of January 12, swept through Dakota Territory from midmorning to early afternoon, and reached Lincoln, Nebraska at 3 p.m.
What made the storm so deadly was the timing (during work and school hours), the suddenness, and the brief spell of warmer weather that preceded it. In addition, the very strong wind fields behind the cold front and the powdery nature of the snow reduced visibilities on the open plains to zero. People ventured from the safety of their homes to do chores, go to town, attend school, or simply enjoy the relative warmth of the day. As a result, thousands of people—including a significant number of schoolchildren—got caught in the blizzard. The death toll was 235.
The mercury fell within twenty-four hours from 74 degrees above zero to 28 degrees below it in some places, and in Dakota went down to 40 degrees below zero. In fine clear weather, with little or no warning, the sky darkened and the air was filled with snow, or ice-dust, as fine as flour, driven before a furious wind. Men in the fields and children on their way from school died before they could reach shelter; some of them suffocated from the impossiblility of breathing the blizzard.
Lois Royce found herself trapped with three of her students in her schoolhouse. By 3 p.m., they had run out of heating fuel. Her boarding house was only 82 yards away, so she attempted to lead the children there. However, visibility was so poor that they became lost and all the children froze to death. The teacher survived, but her feet were frostbitten and had to be amputated.
Etta Shattuck, a schoolhouse teacher, got lost on her way home, and sought shelter in a haystack. She remained trapped there until her rescue 78 hours later by Daniel D. Murphy and his hired men. She soon died on February 6 around 9 A.M. due to complications from surgery to remove her frostbitten limbs.
Minnie Freeman safely led thirteen children from her schoolhouse to her home at a boarding house, one half mile away.
The Great Blizzard of 1888, Great Blizzard of '88, or the Great White Hurricane, (March 11 – March 14, 1888) was one of the most severe blizzards in United States' recorded history. Snowfalls of 40-50 inches fell in parts of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and sustained winds of over 45 miles per hour produced snowdrifts in excess of 50 feet.
The "Great White Hurricane," as it was called, paralyzed the East Coast. Telegraph and telephone wires snapped, isolating New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington for days. Two hundred ships were grounded, and at least one hundred seamen died. Fire stations were immobilized, and property loss from fire alone was estimated at $25 million. Overall, more than 400 deaths were reported. On March 10, temperatures in the Northeast hovered in the mid-50s. But on March 11, cold Arctic air from Canada collided with Gulf air from the south and temperatures plunged. Rain turned to snow and winds reached hurricane-strength levels. By midnight on March 11, gusts were recorded at 85 miles per hour in New York City.
Up to 15,000 people were stranded on the elevated trains; in many areas, enterprising people with ladders offered to rescue the passengers for a small fee. In addition to the trains, telegraph lines, water mains and gas lines were also located above ground. Each was no match for the powerful blizzard, freezing and then becoming inaccessible to repair crews. Simply walking the streets was perilous. In fact, only 30 people out of 1,000 were able to make it to the New York Stock Exchange for work. Wall St. was closed for 3 days. Severe flooding occurred after the storm due to melting snow, especially in the Brooklyn area. In the wake of the storm, officials realized the dangers of above-ground telegraph, water and gas lines and moved them below ground. In New York City, a similar determination was made about the trains, and within 10 years, construction began on an underground subway system that is still in use today.
The Great Blizzard of 1899, aka The Snow King, The Great Cold Wave, The Greatest Cold Snap in American History, or The Valentine's Blizzard started out on February 11 as a severe cold wave in which every part of the East Coast from Georgia to Maine received sub-zero Fahrenheit temperatures. In Santuc, Union County, SC the recorded temperature was -11 degrees Fahrenheit. In Atlanta, GA it got down to -9 degrees. In Erasmus, TN it was -30 degrees. In Tallahassee, FL it was -2 degrees.
Snowball fight on the steps of the capitol steps of Florida in Tampa, FL.
On February 12, snow started falling from Fort Myers and Tampa in Florida and then headed west towards New Orleans. Blizzard conditions were reported north of Tampa along the west coast of Florida due to ocean-effect snow. The storm crossed the Florida peninsula and intensified as it rapidly moved up the Eastern United States. The Mississippi River froze its entire length down to the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, some ice even flowed into the Gulf.
Fayetteville, NC
The Knickerbocker Storm was a blizzard that occurred on January 27–28, 1922 in the upper South and middle Atlantic United States. The storm took its name from the resulting collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C. shortly after 9 p.m. on January 28 which killed 98 people and injured 133. The Knickerbocker Theatre was the largest and newest movie house in Washington, D.C., built in 1917 and owned by Harry Crandall. The roof was flat, which allowed the snow which had recently fallen to remain on the roof. During the movie's (Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford) intermission, the weight of the heavy, wet snow became too much for the roof to bear. The roof split down the middle, bringing down the balcony seating as well as a portion of the brick wall. The theater's architect, Reginald Wyckliffe Geare (1927), and owner, Harry M. Crandall (1937), later committed suicide.
An estimated 22,400 square miles of the northeast United States were affected by 20 inches of snow from this cyclone, which was over one-fifth of the total area that received over 4 in of snow. Snowfall was quite heavy in Maryland and Virginia. Richmond, Virginia recorded 19 inches. Baltimore, Maryland was paralyzed as it received the most snowfall within 24 hours since 1872. The measured snow depth at the main observing site in Washington, D.C. reached 28 inches. The storm responsible for the record snowfall formed east of South Carolina on the morning of January 27 and moved slowly north to a position well east of Cape Hatteras on the morning of January 28. It then drifted slowly east-northeast out to sea.
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 was also known as The Big Blow, The Freshwater Fury or The White Hurricane. It was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and the Canadian province of Ontario from November 7 through November 10, 1913. The Great Lakes Storm killed more than 250 people, destroyed 19 ships, and stranded 19 others. The storm originated as the convergence of two major storm fronts, fueled by the lakes' relatively warm waters—a seasonal process called a "November gale". It produced 90 mph winds, waves over 35 feet high, and whiteout snowsqualls. November gales have been a bane of the Great Lakes, with at least 25 killer storms striking the region since 1847. During the Big Blow of 1905, twenty-seven wooden vessels were lost. During a November gale of 1975, the giant ore bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank suddenly, without a distress signal. The Great Lakes storm, however, raged for more than 16 hours, with an average speed of 60 mph. Historically, storms of such magnitude and with such high wind velocities have not lasted more than four or five hours.
On November 6th to 8th 1913, a weak storm was moving eastward across the southern U.S. An Arctic front was moving southward through Canada and hit the northern Great Lakes on November 7th. This brisk front brought extremely cold air and the temperatures quickly plunged. Ahead of the Arctic front, there were strong southwest winds and then they changed to the northwest as the front passed over.
On November 6th to 8th 1913, a weak storm was moving eastward across the southern U.S. An Arctic front was moving southward through Canada and hit the northern Great Lakes on November 7th. This brisk front brought extremely cold air and the temperatures quickly plunged. Ahead of the Arctic front, there were strong southwest winds and then they changed to the northwest as the front passed over.
It was best summed up in a report by the Lake Carriers Association in the wake of the Great Lakes " white hurricane":
"No lake master can recall in all his experience a storm of such unprecedented violence with such rapid changes in the direction of the wind and its gusts of such fearful speed! Storms ordinarily of that velocity do not last over four or five hours, but this storm raged for sixteen hours continuously at an average velocity of sixty miles per hour, with frequent
spurts of seventy and over."
Approximately 235 people lost their lives ships with most of them from eight large freighters that sunk on Lake Huron. They include the John McGean, Isaac M. Scott, Argus, Hydrus, James Carruthers, Wexford, Regina and Charles S. Price.
The Argos
Most sunk over central and eastern Lake Huron, in Canadian waters. Horrific stories of dead sailors being washed ashore during the days following the storm came from Southern Ontario. A farmer, along the Canadian shoreline,told how the first dead body came floating ashore, "announcing" the arrival of the grisly scene to follow. It was truly an eerie and ghastly sight when, out of a dense fog, he saw a man bobbing in the water with his arms stretched out as though he were waving to him! It was a sailor from the Wexford and his shipmates quickly followed. The scene of bodies floating to shore was like out of some horror movie script in the book by Robert J. Hemming titled, "Ships Gone Missing." In it, he graphically describes the ghastly sight in the thick fog...
"Singly and by twos and threes they drifted in, as if coming to be present at some ghastly muster, shrouded in life jackets bearing the names of ships gone missing. The Wexford, Argus, McGean, Hydrus, Scott, Regina, Carruthers and Price had all sent representatives to shore to announce to everyone that they foundered, that their crews were all dead. Stiff, bloated and battered, their heads capped in ice, they floated in, rolled and pitched by the combers crashing on the beach. They came draped over life preservers, they came wrapped in each others arms, they came frozen together in clusters. All week long they came, to be collected by area farmers who sometimes had to dig half-buried bodies out of the sand that was trying to cover them."
Some strange tales also arose from this tragedy, such as, the sailor who washed ashore from the Charles S. Price...with a life preserver from the Regina!
The upturned Charles S. Price
Another tale surrounded a unidentified sailor with the initials J.T. on his arm. After reading about it in the paper, Mrs Edward Ward, telegrammed her
father, Thomas Thompson of Hamilton, Ontario, telling him his son (her brother) John, must be the unidentified man. John Thompson had been on the Carruthers, like the unidentified man and also had a tattoo with the initials J.T. on his arm. Therefore, Thomas rushed to the funeral home to identify the body. The body was badly battered but the facial features, similar to John's, were still largely recognizable. Other similarities were compelling, the feet had crossed toes, just like John's, the tattoo was on
the left arm, like John's and a scar on the nose and leg matched John's perfectly. Not to mention, the body's teeth had the same teeth missing as John's! There was, however, a puzzling fact that didn't match...the hair color. The corpse's hair was light brown, while John's was almost black! The undertaker dismissed this fact, figuring the body, being immersed in cold water for a long time could have caused the hair to be lighter. In light of all the remarkable similarities, they went ahead with the funeral.
You guessed it, it wasn't John. Right in the middle of John's memorial service, in walks John! You could have knocked over the mourners with a feather as they stood there, stunned as the resemblance was uncanny! Evidently, John had jumped ship to be on a ship called the Maple and waited out the storm in Toronto, where he read about his "death." Thinking it would be a real good joke, he said nothing to his family and friends and thus, walked in on his own funeral!
Another seaman, Milton Smith, having been bothered by a persistent bad foreboding that something terrible would happen to him if he stayed aboard the freighter Price. He told his superior officer of the foreboding, and he tried to persuade him to stay but Milton was more determined than ever and left as his shipmates laughed.
The Armistice Day Blizzard occurred on November 11, 1940. It was a blizzard that overtook Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. Up to 27 inches of snow fell, resulting in the deaths of 154 people. A lot of them simply froze to death, but perhaps the most tragic of the deaths were the 66 people who died in Lake Michigan when three freighters and two smaller boats sank under the weight of the snow.
The morning of 11 November 1940 brought with it unseasonably high temperatures. By early afternoon temperatures had warmed in lower to middle 60s degrees Fahrenheit. As the day wore on conditions quickly deteriorated. Temperatures dropped sharply, winds picked up, and rain, followed by sleet, and then snow began to fall. An intense low pressure system had tracked from the southern plains northeastward into western Wisconsin, pulling Gulf of Mexico moisture up from the south and pulling down a cold arctic air mass from the north. The result was a raging blizzard that would last into the next day. Snowfalls of up to 27 inches, winds of 50 to 80 mph, 20-foot snow drifts.
Along the Mississippi River several hundred duck hunters took time off from work and school to take advantage of the ideal hunting conditions. Weather forecasters had not predicted the severity of the oncoming storm, and as a result many of the hunters were not dressed for cold weather. When the storm began many hunters took shelter on small islands in the Mississippi River, and the 50 mph winds and 5-foot waves overcame their encampments. Some became stranded on the islands and then froze to death in the single-digit temperatures that moved in over night. Others tried to make it to shore and drowned. Duck hunters constituted about half of the 49 deaths in Minnesota. Those who survived told of how ducks came south with the storm by the thousands, and everybody could have shot their daily limit had they not been focused on survival. Casualties were lessened by the efforts of Max Conrad, a pioneering light plane pilot and one of his students (John R. Bean) both based in Winona, Minnesota, 25 miles upriver from La Crosse. They flew up and down the river in the wake of the storm, locating survivors and dropping supplies to them.
The Minnesota State Climatology Office rated the Nov. 11, 1940 snowstorm as the No. 2 weather event of the 20th century. Only, the 1930s' dust bowl outranked it.
The Nebraska Blizzard of 1949 started November 18, when a blizzard roared into the state with heavy snow, sleet and winds of 50 - 70 miles per hour. Roads were blocked, schools closed, snow drifted over rooftops and livestock were stranded. Travelers filled hotels to overflowing. Trains were stuck, and telephone service was disrupted.
Some of the snow melted before the next storm hit around Christmas. After a brief warm spell, the next storm started on January 2. Rain began to fall, then the temperature and barometer dropped as the storm got worse. The blizzard lasted for almost three days across western, central and northern Nebraska. Winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour drove snow on top of what had fallen earlier in the winter. The last two weeks of January brought sub-zero temperatures and then freezing rain and more snow. The last week in March another storm hit around North Platte, dropping 20 more inches of snow. The storm caused train derailments and flooding. The Big and Little Nemaha Rivers flooded because of ice jams. On April 14, the last of the big storms hit south central and eastern Nebraska, with 12 inches of snow.
During the Nebraska winter of 1948-1949, parts of the state had received more than 100 inches of snow. One area in Antelope County had drifts that reached about 30 feet and didn't melt until June. Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming all suffered through the blizzards.
One Saturday afternoon a group of men finally got through to save Mr. and Mrs. George Harris of Riverton, WY, who had been snowed in their car on Highway 20 since the previous Thursday afternoon. The car's gasoline supply had given out in the early hours Friday morning and the couple had bundled up for more than 30 hours in their heatless car to keep from freezing.
In the January storms, across the Great Plains, over 100,000 travelers were marooned, and more than 100 perished. In the communities, people volunteered to rescue people trapped in their cars and brought them in for the townspeople to take care of. Private homes opened up to take in the temporary refugees. People cooked and served the stranded and provided places to sleep.
Airplanes flew and dropped bales of hay for livestock and boxes of groceries for ranch families.
On January 26, 1967, 23 inches covered Chicago and the suburbs, the largest single snowfall in the city's history. It was called the Chicago Blizzard of 1967. The snow fell continuously on Chicago from 5:02 am on Thursday, January 26 until 10:10 am Friday.
Thousands were stranded in offices, in schools, in buses. About 50,000 abandoned cars and 800 Chicago Transit Authority buses littered the streets and expressways. All most people wanted to do was get home. One woman who worked downtown and lived on the city's North Side--normally a 35-minute commute--spent four hours making the trip.
In south suburban Markham, 650 students in four schools camped out in libraries and gymnasiums because school buses could not get through.
Looting was rampant. Long lines formed at grocery stores, and shelves were emptied in moments. As a result of the record snow, 26 people died, including a 10-year-old girl who was accidentally caught in the cross-fire between police and looters and a minister who was run over by a snowplow. Several others died of heart attacks from shoveling snow.
50,000 automobiles abandoned on the city streets and expressways. The blizzard closed both Midway Airport and O'Hare Airport. Ten-foot drifts covered the runways at Midway. Thousands of travelers and airport workers were stuck in the terminals by the storm.
The Chicago area started to recover from the extreme snowfall over the weekend, then it snowed 4 more inches on Wednesday, February 1. The following Sunday, February 5, another storm dumped 10 inches.
The Blizzard of 1977 was a deadly blizzard that hit upstate New York and Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1, 1977. Daily peak wind gusts ranging from 46 to 69 mph. Weather conditions during the months prior to the blizzard allowed the blizzard to have the impacts that it did. November's, December's and January's average temperatures were much below normal. Lake Erie froze over by December 14. Lake Erie was covered by a deep, powdery snow; January's unusually cold conditions limited the usual thawing and refreezing, so the snow on the frozen lake remained powdery. The drifted snow on roadways was difficult to clear because the strong wind packed the snow solidly, almost like a form of cement. The combination of bitter cold, high winds, and blowing snow paralyzed areas affected by the storm. Lake Ontario does not freeze over, which meant that northern New York had to deal with considerable lake-effect snow, which when coupled with the existing snow cover and wind, created paralysis.
On Thursday, January 27, an Arctic front had swept southward through the northern Great Plains to the Midwest. Between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Friday, January 28, a wall of snow accompanied the cold front passage through Indianapolis, Indiana, along with a temperature drop of almost 25 degrees. That morning observers on the 16th floor of the M&T Bank Building in Buffalo watched as a gray wall covered the city; it appeared white as it came closer. A blast of wind hit the building that caused the floor to move and the glass window to creak, and then the wall of white enveloped the building. It was 11:10 a.m.
The 12 inches of new snow associated with the cold front, along with the snow that had previously accumulated on land and on the frozen Lake Erie, was all blown by the strong winds and created drifts of over 25 ft in metro Buffalo. Authorities estimated 13,000 people were stranded Friday night in downtown Buffalo, NY.
Looting broke out and items stolen included radios and firefighters' clothing from fire trucks, as well as more than $1,500 in medical supplies from a stuck ambulance. Cigarettes, liquor, beer, coffee, meat and refrigerators were stolen from abandoned semi-trucks. 114 There was also looting from factories, stores (including a couple jewelry stores and a furniture/appliance store) and homes. 114 Nearly 100 people were arrested for looting.
There were 23 total storm-related deaths in Western New York, with 11 in the City of Buffalo, plus seven more in the rest of Erie County, three in Wyoming County, and one each in both Niagara and Orleans County. At least nine were found buried in cars, while others involved heart attacks while shoveling snow and car accidents.
The Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978 was a catastrophic and historic nor'easter that brought blizzard conditions to the New England region of the United States and the New York metropolitan area. The Blizzard of 1978 formed on February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7, 1978. Boston received a record 27.1 inches of snow, as did Providence, Rhode Island with 27.6 inches of snow. The storm killed approximately 100 people in the Northeast and injured around 4,500. The storm's power was made apparent by its sustained hurricane-force winds of approximately 86 mph with gusts to 111 mph.
Many people were stranded in their cars along roads and highways throughout the New England region. People perished on Interstate 95 outside Boston as snow piled high enough to prevent the exhaust from escaping from their idling vehicles. Interstate 95 eventually had to be evacuated by cross-country skiers and snowmobilers. More than 3,500 cars were found abandoned and buried in the middle of roads during the clean-up effort.
On the evening of the blizzard, two Brown students who were also Red Cross volunteers were able to make their way on snowshoes to the Providence office of the Red Cross. All the regular Red Cross disaster staff were stranded at their homes. People from throughout the city called the office to ask for food and other supplies. Many of these people had abandoned their cars on I-195 and found their way to makeshift shelters in various buildings near the highway. At 2 a.m., the two students loaded backpacks full of supplies from the Red Cross stockrooms and headed out toward the shelters. They encountered high winds and cars covered in feet of snow. One Providence fire truck was stranded across an intersection in Fox Point, its red lights spinning and firemen asleep in the cab. The students were able to reach shelters with food and supplies, and headed back to the Red Cross office. At 5 a.m., they borrowed snowshoes and skis from the Brown Outing Club and contacted the media to recruit neighbors and students who were skilled in winter travel. More than 500 students and neighbors took shifts around the clock delivering supplies to private homes and makeshift shelters across Providence. At one point, a National Guard helicopter landed on the school's athletic field to refresh the Red Cross supplies. These volunteers were part of a larger effort of citizens taking care of each other for days, awaiting rescue by National Guard units from the Carolinas who came equipped with front-loaders large enough to begin moving snow off the streets of Providence.
Fifty four people were killed, many from fallen electric wires. Ten-year-old Peter Gosselin, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, disappeared in the deep snow just feet from his home's front door but was not found until three weeks later.
The Chicago Blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, U.S. on January 13-January 14, 1979. On top of 7-10 inches left over from a New Year's Eve storm, 20.3 inches of new snow fell--setting a record for total snow on the ground.
Transportation came to a standstill for several days. Deployment of plows was significantly delayed and when they finally appeared they struggled to keep up with the snowfall. Much of the snow remained unremoved throughout the next 2 months, causing ongoing public transit delays and significant problems with trash collection. The city's inadequate response to the blizzard was blamed primarily on mayor Michael Bilandic.
The Halloween Blizzard was a period of heavy snowfall and ice accumulation that affected parts of the Upper Midwest of the United States, from October 31 to November 3, 1991. Between the blizzard and the ice storm 22 people were killed and over 100 were injured. By the time the snow ended on November 3 the storm had dropped 36.9 in on Duluth, the largest single snow storm total in Minnesota history at that time. The Twin Cities received 28.4 in, setting a single storm record for the metropolitan area. In all, at least one foot of snow fell in a swath approximately 100 mi wide from south central Minnesota, northeastward into northwestern Wisconsin and into the Minnesota Arrowhead. A more narrow band of 2+ ft of snow fell from the Twin Cities to Duluth and northward. Southern Minnesota and Iowa did not see as much snow, but instead saw a major ice storm. Though the precipitation started out as snow in these areas, it changed over to ice during the day on October 31 continued falling over the next day. Ice accumulations as high as 2–3 in were recorded in these areas before the precipitation changed to snow. Up to 10 in of snow proceeded to fall on top of ice accumulations from the previous day, making travel even more treacherous.
The Storm of the Century, also known as the '93 Superstorm, or the Great Blizzard of 1993, was a large cyclonic storm that occurred on March 12–13, 1993, on the East Coast of North America. Described as one of the largest and most intense storms in a century, the March 12-14,1993 blizzard paralyzed the eastern seaboard with record cold, snow, and wind. Southern cities not accustomed to severe winter weather like Birmingham, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee were buried by paralyzing snows and frozen by unseasonable cold. The severe cold following the storm preserved much of the snow. The combined effects of high wind and heavy wet snow downed thousands of miles of power lines leaving millions of people in the dark for up to a week in some cases over the south.
Winds estimated up to120 mph blasted the Florida west coast early Saturday, March 13, producing a six to ten foot storm surge. Winds up to 100 mph over the mountains of North Carolina Saturday afternoon, March 13, drifted snow to depths of five to ten feet. And, 81 mph winds measured at Boston's Logan International airport Saturday evening, March 13, closed the facility and aided in the shut down of the city.
a tornado outbreak developed and devastated parts of Florida. An estimated twenty seven damaging tornadoes touched down across the state killing four people and injuring many others. The combination of extremely heavy snow and high wind produced widespread white-out conditions (zero visiblities) along with very rapid snow accumulations. As a result, New York and the six New England States all declared disaster emergencies during the height of the storm. All major highways, such as the Northway, I-88, Thruway, and Massachusetts turnpike were closed by Saturday afternoon, March 13. Approximately 285 fatalities nationwide can be directly attributed to the storm.
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- Denielle Radcliff Koch said...
I love all the photos. I remember the Blizzard of 1993. We were out of power for nearly 3 weeks. Thankfully, we had a wood-burning stove in our house so we just closed off the rest of the house and camped out in the living room around it.
My mom was ingenious at figuring out ways to still cook decent meals. Between the wood stove and my dad's grill, she could cook most things. One of the things that stands out in my mind is me and my sisters complaining because we wanted popcorn, but couldn't make it because all we had was the microwave variety. She dumped a bag into her wok and put it on the grill. To this day, that was probably the best popcorn I ever had.
My dad was a truck driver at the time and on his way home when the storm hit. He left the truck and trailer and his boss came down to get him. Between the snow and having to cut trees that had fell on the road, it took them 13 hours to make what was normally a 30-45 minute drive.
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Great compilation!
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- Spinach
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Graduation was held May 17th. The following is a
list of all graduates from the Lincoln Christian Seminary:
1 In absentia
2 Degree awarded August 31, 2013
3 Degree awarded December 31, 2013
Jonathan Mark Butcher, Rochester, IL
BA, Lincoln Christian University, 2010
General Theology
Chettie Mae Cole, Boise, ID
BA, Boise Bible College (ID), 2012
Church History/Historical Theology
Andrew Cox, Glen Mills, PA
BA, Lincoln Christian College, 2000
Leadership Studies
Zachary Clement Crowley, Tinley Park, IL1
BS, Western Illinois University, 2010
Christian Education
Daniel A. Hoehne, Germantown Hills, IL3
BA, Lincoln Christian University, 2010
General Theology
Elizabeth Anne Jackson, Roberts, IL
BA, Eastern Illinois University, 1998
Pastoral Care & Counseling
Mark Gregory Magee, Lincoln, DE1
BA, Cincinnati Christian University (OH), 1990
General Ministry
Stephen Myong, Buda, IL
BA, Logos Presbyterian University (Seoul, South Korea), 1994
General Ministry
Jonathan Loyde Nevel, Columbia, MO1
BB, Western Illinois University, 2003
MDiv, Lincoln Christian Seminary, 2007
New Testament
Andrew Michael Peterson, Riverton, IL3
BS, Illinois State University, 2010
General Ministry
Lyndall Carl Propst, Champaign, IL
BA, Lincoln Christian College, 1981
General Theology
Carmelo Fernando Sarmiento, Las Vegas, NV2
BA, Lincoln Christian College, 2009
Christian Education
Jennifer L. Seay, Sherman, IL2
BA, Kentucky Christian University, 2003
Christian Education
Judyta Sobczak Coers, Krakow, Poland1
BA, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej (Poland), 2008
MAC, Lincoln Christian University, 2013
Worship Studies
Sheri A. Tesar, McKinney, TX
BS, Dallas Christian College, 2011
Worship Studies
Sara Elizabeth Ann Thurlow, Garnett Settlement, New Brunswick,
BA, Lincoln Christian College, 2009
BLA, University of Maine, 2012
Christian Education
Marcia Jean Wells, Lincoln, IL
BA, Lincoln Christian College, 1978
Christian Education
Allen Santiago Williams, Rogers, AR
BTh, BBL, Ozark Christian College (MO), 2002
Worship Studies
Jennifer Lyn Belle, Bloomington, IL
BA, Northern Illinois University, 1995
Deron K. Boyer, Farmington, MO
BA, McKendree University (IL), 1994
MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary (KY), 1998
DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (MA), 2007
Keith Ray Brooks, Champaign, IL
BS, Illinois State University, 1999
Terri J. Clayton, Riverton, IL
BA, Lincoln Christian University, 2010
Eugene D. Crosser, Anna, IL3
BS, Johnson Bible College (TN), 1989
Christopher Headrick, Gibson City, IL1
BA, Lincoln Christian University, 2010
Kenneth Dayton Krueger, Cambridge, IL
BS, Western Illinois University, 2010
Jason Robert Probst, Normal, IL1
BA, Illinois State University, 1999
Barry Fitzgerald Ufheil, Peoria, IL
BA, Bradley University, 1993
Brittany N. Uhlry, Lincoln, IL
BA, Lincoln Christian University, 2010
Andrew M. Beal, Miamisburg, OH1
BA, Lincoln Christian University, 2010
Alexander Jacob Berger, Tomball, TX3
BA, Dallas Christian College, 2009
Church History/Historical Theology
D. Scott Chambers, Paden City, WV
BS, Hope International University (CA), 2004
MA, Hope International University (CA), 2011
Pastoral Care & Counseling
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Timothy Scott Earle, Denver, IN2
BA, Lincoln Christian College, 2007
Church History/Historical Theology
Matthew L. Kreeb, Fisher, IL3
BA, Eastern Illinois University, 2008
Jonathan Bradley Magnuson, Carlinville, IL
BS, Saint Louis Christian College (MO), 2010
James Michael Morrill, Manhattan, KS
BBL, Ozark Christian College (MO), 2007
General Bible
Jason Robert Poznich, Miami, OK
BBA, Pittsburg State University (KS), 2004
MBA, Pittsburg State University (KS), 2005
BBM, Ozark Christian College (MO), 2008
Preaching Ministry
Darryl Evan Roosevelt, Allendale, IL
BFA, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2006
General Theology
Murray Spencer, Lord's Cove, New Brunswick, Canada1
BA, Maritime Christian College (Canada), 2000
General Ministry
Benjamin M. Swineford, Port Orchard, WA
BS, Liberty University (VA), 2011
Matthew Henry Termeer, Powell, OH
BS, Johnson Bible College (TN), 2011
Old Testament
Christi Anne Wells, Arcola, IL3
BA, Lincoln Christian College, 2005
MA, Lincoln Christian University, 2010
Contemporary Christian Theology
Joseph Michael Willis, Le Roy, IL
BS, Johnson Bible College (TN), 2002
MA, Lincoln Christian Seminary, 2008
General Ministry
Ryan Joseph Connor, Amity, OR
BS, Amridge University (AL), 2002
MA, Marshall University (WV), 2004
Pastor Care
David L. Huskey, Papillion, NE2
BS, Central Christian College of the Bible (MO), 1991
MA, Lincoln Christian Seminary, 1996
Spiritual Formation
The following degrees were awarded August 31, 2013:
Melissa Ann Drobnak, Champaign, IL
Brian Keith Medaris, Manhattan, KS
DMin, Spiritual Formation
Kimberly A. Rose, Windsor, CO
MA, Leadership Studies
Scott A. Schlotfelt, Tulsa, OK
MA, Contemporary Christian Theology
The following degrees were awarded December 31, 2013:
Dennis H. Abrams, Bloomington, IN
MDiv, Pastoral Care & Counseling
Seth Michael Dralle, Bloomington, IL
MA, Church History/Historical Theology
Myles Anthony Sansotta, Soldotna, AK
Jeffrey John Terpstra, North Huntingdon, PA
MA, New Testament
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