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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has rattled Alaska residents through the Anchorage area and beyond. |
There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries after Sunday morning’s earthquake. |
It was an aftershock of the magnitude 7.0 Anchorage earthquake that struck on Nov. 30. |
The Alaska Earthquake Center says the moderate quake in the Cook Inlet area was located at a depth of about 21 miles (33 kilometres). |
The centre says people felt the quake throughout south-central Alaska. |
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, people reported feeling weak-to-moderate shaking. |
Teachers go beyond their everyday roles to support students and families every day, guest blogger Barbara Gottschalk writes. But those same teachers need better support from their districts. |
Do Career Pathways for Teachers Really Improve Instruction? |
Districts have begun to implement career pathways for teachers in order to reward highly effective teaching and motivate teachers to improve. But are salary increases really an effective way to improve the quality of instruction? |
It's seems as if it was around since bread was first made but check out how recent an invention sliced bread is. |
The first sliced bread was made in Chillicothe, Missouri, in the US, in 1928 by inventor Otto Rohwedder. The phrase “the best thing since sliced bread” became popular about 20 or so years later as people loved having cut bread that stayed fresh in bags. |
When your moving date creeps closer and closer, the mere thought of packing up can be daunting. Putting all your belongings into boxes just so that they can be taken out again is nobody's favorite activity, so we found some amazing moving tips that will make going to a new place easier than you ever thought possible. C... |
The Texas restaurant company that banned a customer after an employee’s story of a receipt scrawled with a racial epithet went viral said Monday that it had parted ways with the employee and learned that the story was spurious. |
The incident came amid increased attention given to incidents of racist behavior in the public sphere, particularly as they are shared in social media posts that generate thousands of views and strong emotions. But the ease with which fake information can spread on the Internet before it is ever verified remains a pers... |
Cavil’s post was shared thousands of times, generating about 8,000 comments on Facebook. The decision by Saltgrass, which is owned by the company Landry’s, to ban the customer for the incident drew coverage in USA Today, CBS and The Washington Post. |
“Racism of any form is unacceptable,” Turney said at the time. |
On Monday, the company declined to explain what had caused it to issue the striking about-face or whether Cavil had been fired. |
“All I can say is he’s no longer with the company,” spokeswoman Colleen Wagner said. It is not clear what information on the receipt was authentic. |
The customer, whose name had been redacted on the receipt, has not been identified, but the company said that the person has been invited back to the restaurant to dine free. |
Cavil was not immediately available to comment. A voice-mail message left with his mother, Jamie Swindle, was not returned. The Odessa American reported he had apologized in an interview with a reporter. |
After his story went viral, Cavil thanked supporters on Facebook who sent him money. But Cavil’s Facebook posts about the incident have since been deleted and it is not clear whether his profile still exists. |
At the time, Cavil gave an interview to an ABC affiliate in Texas in which he spoke about what he said was the history of his name and about how his faith was guiding him through the experience of supposedly being called a terrorist. |
It took this black man years to open his lemonade stand. Then someone thought he was robbing it. |
Music enthusiasts can now have a chance at savouring their favourite Beatles music in digital format, with their collection of 14 studio albums being made available on a USB drive from the official Beatles store. |
The music will be available in an apple shape USB pen drive and it will feature the tracks in 320Kbps MP3 high quality format along with 24 bit FLAC format. |
The drive which goes on sale on 7th December, which incidentally is priced at £200, will also include artwork and 13 mini documentaries which will allow fans to relieve the nostalgic moments associated with the fab four. |
Only 30,000 units of the limited edition USB drives will be made available for purchase and interested buyers would have to get themselves registered with the official Beatles store to get a chance at purchasing the drive. |
It is interesting to note that the music from The Beatles is officially not available at any major online music store including iTunes and the only place where it is available is Bluebeat.com in the US which is termed by many as a case of unauthorised sale and it may soon face legal action from record label EMI. |
Some big changes are on the way for Microsoft's Windows Phones, thanks to the Mango update coming this fall, but what about hardware? |
An HTC Windows Phone with a 16-megapixel camera, as seen in a YouTube video posted by PocketNow. No other details are available. |
The HTC Eternity, with a ridiculous 4.7-inch screen, 1.5 GHz processor, 8-megapixel flash-equipped camera, DLNA support and microHDMI out, as reported by WMPowerUser. |
The HTC Omega, a mid-range smartphone with a 3.8-inch screen, 1.5 GHz processor, 8-megapixel flash-equipped camera and DLNA support. |
HTC hasn't said when its first Mango phones will appear, but if these rumors are correct, HTC will be hitting some extremes in the spec department. |
Dell's Windows Phone plans are a bit murky now, considering that Microsoft didn't mention the company among its list of upcoming hardware makers on Tuesday. Microsoft later clarified that Dell simply isn't one of the "partners ready to go" with the new software -- itself a rather vague statement. |
At one point, Dell did have a "Next Gen" Windows Phone on the way, according to a leaked roadmap obtained by WPCentral. The "Wrigley" had a 1 GHz processor and 8-megapixel camera with 720p video capture. But the fate of this phone, and Dell's Mango plans in general, remains unclear. |
Nokia, of course, is the one to watch for Windows Phone devices. A big partnership between Nokia and Microsoft will likely bear its first fruit this year. Nokia expects to meet its goal of launching a "small portfolio" of Mango-equipped Windows Phones this year, Forbes reports. |
And what about those Nokia Windows Phone concept renderings that appeared in February? Jo Harlow, Nokia's head of smart devices, told Fortune that they're "not characteristic" of the company's finished products. Harlow stressed that Nokia will try to differentiate itself through hardware innovation. |
I wish we had more concrete details on future Windows Phones, but right now the rumor mill is running dry. Hopefully that'll change as Mango's fall release draws closer. |
As social media has emerged as a key communications tool, the External Affairs Ministry has come on the top among various ministries and government departments in terms of its presence on digital platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+. |
On the micro-blogging site Twitter, Indian Diplomacy with its @IndianDiplomacy handle (the official account of India's Public Diplomacy, Ministry of External Affairs) has as many as 2.76 lakh followers -- larger than any other ministry. |
The other Twitter handle @MEAIndia, run by the ministry's official spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, has 1.98 lakh followers. Another handle related to this ministry, @CPVIndia (for consular, passport and visa issues), has close to 3,500 followers. |
On the world's largest social networking platform Facebook, External Affairs Ministry's official page has the maximum number of likes (6.82 lakh) among all the ministries. |
The official YouTube channel of Indian Diplomacy has 16,500 subscribers and has clocked in 4.2 million view. The MEAIndia YouTube channel also has 6,100 subscribers and about 5.5 lakh views so far. |
However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is way above all the ministries in terms of Facebook likes. On Twitter also, Prime Minister's Office has much larger number of followers. |
As on December 22, Modi had 2.62 crore Facebook likes while his Twitter @narendramodi has 89.3 lakh followers. The official handle of the Prime Minister's Office @PMOIndia is followed by was followed by over 41 lakh people on Twitter. |
According to the officials, the External Affairs Ministry has created a significant presence on social media and digital platforms and the focus is to keep pace with the ever changing digital technology and evolve its communication and engagement strategy, accordingly. |
"Our accounts on these platforms are regularly used to update followers on soft stories on India's diplomacy, its foreign policy, disseminating official statements, addressing public grievances and over all monitoring the developments which are of interest," an official said. |
"These Social Media channels help in measuring public sentiments towards the ministry and the Government of India. |
"With the ministry's conscious encouragement for active use of social media, more than 70 Indian Missions/Posts today are active on Facebook and nearly 20 Missions/Posts regularly use Twitter to engage local communities in their public diplomacy and outreach activities there by projecting India's soft power image," he ... |
The ministry's web portal is also one of the most widely- accessed government websites and is one of the few government websites which is fully compliant with the Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW). It is accessible to people with different abilities as well and has Spanish and Arabic versions to cater to... |
As part of its new 'digital' initiatives, it has launched the first mobile app for any government organisation. |
Among other ministries, the Home Ministry has 2.37 lakh followers on Twitter, while the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has over 2.2 lakh followers. |
Besides, Railways, Commerce and Industry and Health and Family Affairs have significant number of Twitter followers. |
"Social media has emerged as a major communication medium directly with people. A high number of Facebook likes and Twitter followers shows that people want to be directly in touch with the government," a government official said. |
While most of the ministries have established a presence on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, there are still a few that are yet to join this league or have very limited presence. |
On Facebook, the ministries with significant presence also include Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Finance Ministry, Railways, Environment and Forest Ministry and Human Resource Development Ministry. |
However, Urban Development Ministry, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation have lower presence on Facebook. |
Donald Trump is not the Republican nominee ... yet. |
Nevertheless, it was a big night for the New York billionaire, and for Hillary Clinton. They won seven states each, picked up armloads of delegates and advanced their respective claims on their parties’ presidential nominations. |
It’s not over yet – on the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders’s four state victories keep the race alive, and on the Republican side Ted Cruz’s big win in Texas and second win in Oklahoma do the same. |
Florida senator Marco Rubio had a tough night. He won only one state - Minnesota – and fell short of the 20% minimum needed to earn delegates in Texas, Alabama and Vermont. He appeared to fall 100+ delegates behind Cruz. |
Rubio vowed to fight on, telling supporters the race was in its early stages and he would start to clean up later this month. |
Clinton profited from giant 60- to 80-point margins among African American voters across the South. |
The races could resolve dramatically in the next two weeks. Nine states host contests between now and 15 March, when the contests suddenly become winner-take-all and crucial states vote including Florida, Ohio and North Carolina. |
As for color, there was a strange Trump victory-rally-slash-press-conference that ran interminably. What made it strange was New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who endorsed Trump last Friday, introduced Trump and then stood behind him the whole time. But the look on Christie’s face was one of doom. The internet notice... |
OK, we joked, but should we maybe be investigating whether @ChrisChristie is acting of his own free will? Mildly worried. |
Just after the polls closed in Alaska, Sam Moore, 31, arrived at the Lofts hotel in Anchorage where a small group of Republicans were gathering to watch results come in. He was holding a Marco Rubio sign. |
In the bar, Cary Taylor, 47, and friends watched national news reporting big wins for Trump. Alaska’s poll results were still hours away, but many expected a similar result. |
Taylor supports Trump, he said, because he feels he can “bring back common sense to American government.” He feels good about Trump’s progress. |
The results so far (10% in) show Trump ahead in Alaska with 34.2% of the vote. |
That’s because both candidates finished Super Tuesday by making big gains in their delegate count numbers. Final delegate numbers are still being calculated but at the time of writing, Clinton added 436 delegates to her running total (putting her at 527 delegates compared to Bernie Sanders’ 325) and Trump gained an ext... |
Even though delegates are what really matters (and those are often dependent on vote share) the simple fact of coming first can matter too. Just ask Bernie Sanders - the Senator won in four states even though some expectations had him winning only Vermont, his home state. Although he still has an uphill struggle to get... |
While Cruz appears to have sewn up Texas. That would account for part of the 100-some delegate split that appears to have emerged between them. |
THIS https://t.co/1YDWEmBvsv Vast majority of delegates awarded by the district in Texas. Big Cruz win. |
Sanders beat Clinton in Oklahoma – where the former secretary state defeated Barack Obama in the 2008 primary. |
How’s the overall delegate haul this evening shaking out? Cook Political report seesTrump with at least 262 total, of the 1,237 needed to win the nomination, and the AP sees Trump with at least 257. |
With results still coming in, Trump had won at least 139 Super Tuesday delegates, while Cruz picked up at least 52. Overall, Trump led with 257 delegates, Cruz 106, Rubio 67. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president. |
On the Democratic side, Clinton was assured of winning at least 441 of the 865 delegates at stake on Super Tuesday. Sanders was sure to get at least 262. Including superdelegates, Clinton had at least 989 delegates. Sanders had at least 349. It takes 2,383 Democratic delegates to win. |
Clinton has won at least 10 states since the nomination contests began, with Sanders victorious in at least five. |
Among Democrats, Trump has won at least nine states, with three for Cruz and one for Rubio. |
On Super Tuesday 2008, McCain won a large percentage of the vote and a far greater share of delegates. Just FYI. |
My take on Bernie's night. MA loss feels like Iowa and Nevada: a missed opportunity to make the revolution real instead of just interesting. |
As long we continue to receive their support, and the Lord keeps opening doors, I will remain in this presidential race. The stakes are too high to willingly hand our country over once again to the pundits and the political class. I truly believe in America and the potential to return to the values on which this countr... |
Ouch. Of Alabama’s 50 delegates, 26 are statewide and 21 are awarded per congressional district (the remaining three are free-floating). |
Justin Trudeau has been fearless in confronting Saudi Arabia over its treatment of women and dissidents and hasn’t minded angering China over the Vancouver arrest of a senior executive at Huawei, the giant telecom firm. So why does he appear to have been so freaked out over an old corruption case involving a Canadian e... |
The answer is Quebec and its popular new nationalist premier, François Legault. If Trudeau is going to survive and get a second term, it’s essential for him to capture most of the 78 seats in vote-rich Quebec. If he can increase his seats in the province and hold his own in the Atlantic provinces, it can compensate for... |
If not, the Liberals are toast. So defusing the political landmines laid by Legault to extract money and power from Ottawa over the next several months are key to Trudeau’s survival, which in part explains the SNC-Lavalin saga. |
I cannot verify The Globe and Mail’s blockbuster story alleging political interference by the Prime Minister’s Office in an effort to get former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to drop criminal charges against the Montreal-based construction and engineering giant. But despite the legalistic denial from Trudeau th... |
What exactly did she mean by that? Normally, speaking truth to power is something expected of senior bureaucrats when confronted by the machinations and unreasonable demands of their political masters. As Attorney-General and a senior member of cabinet, you would have thought that Wilson-Raybould was the very definitio... |
Back to Quebec. It’s sometimes hard for Canadians outside Quebec to understand the influence and emotional attachment that Quebecers can feel toward a homegrown company that they see as successful and the best representation of French Canadian achievement, firms like Cirque du Soleil or Bombardier. In a society where r... |
SNC-Lavalin is one of those homegrown success stories. Its predecessor firm built the Manic 5 dam for Hydro-Quebec. After merging with Lavalin, it built the James Bay hydro project, Highway 407 near Toronto and Vancouver’s Canada Line plus many big projects abroad. It’s currently building the new federally-owned Champl... |
The Quebec desire to protect corporate “jewels” like SNC extends to these companies even when they screw up. Bombardier may have lost gobs of taxpayer money on the C Series aircraft before giving it away to Airbus and may still have huge problems acting as a reliable supplier of mass transit systems to customers in pla... |
The same goes for SNC-Lavalin. The company’s name has been caught in a swirl of corruption cases for years, involving the McGill Hospital in Montreal, the Federal Bridge Corp., Elections Canada, the African Development Bank and the list goes on. But of course, I need to mention here that SNC sees itself as a victim thr... |
The Libya case is the one exception, where the company itself is facing criminal charges, a trial it desperately wants to avoid because if found guilty, it will be hit with a multi-year a ban on federal contracts. |
Yet despite this cloud over the company and its own internal problems, like its unfortunate bet on oil and gas investments and big cost overruns at a mining project in Chile, SNC-Lavalin still has a halo over its head as far as Quebecers are concerned. |
Legault, a former separatist who cares little for the niceties of federalism, knows he’s got Trudeau where he wants him and is shameless. He actually wrote up a political ransom note of sorts, listing his asks from Trudeau and other federal leaders in the run-up to the fall election: more power over immigration; handin... |
Despite SNC’s recent problems, Legault calls it “a beautiful company,” the kind of business “that creates value in Quebec and there aren’t enough of them.” With the recent drop in its stock price, SNC would normally be seen as a takeover target but Legault has warned that the province will do whatever it can to stop ou... |
Neil Bruce, the Scot who heads SNC, is already blaming Ottawa for the company’s problems getting new contracts in Saudi Arabia after Canada’s outspoken defence of human rights activists, even though much of the company’s recent travails seem self-inflicted. |
With the Libya corruption trial likely to start sometime soon and an outcome that could leave SNC even more weakened, don’t be surprised if Legault is getting ready to blame it all on an unsympathetic government in Ottawa. |
The last thing Trudeau wanted was another fight over a Quebec jewel so I presume that word went out to his folks in the PMO: “Fix it.” And we got what we got. |
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