Saturday, 6 July 2019

magnitude earthquake rocks Southern California

magnitude earthquake rocks Southern California

magnitude earthquake rocks Southern California


magnitude quake struck Searles Valley Friday at about 8:19 p.m. local time along the same fault line as the July Fourth quake, authorities said. Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, from CalTech, called the quake on Thursday a foreshock, ahead of Friday night's even bigger quake.

The Los Angeles Fire Department went into earthquake mode, standard procedure to get trucks out of buildings and begin searching for damage, but later said they had completed their survey and found no issues.
A small number of power outages in Los Angeles were reported, while about 1,800 customers lost power in Ridgecrest, officials said.
magnitude earthquake rocks Southern California

The quake shook Dodger Stadium in the middle of Friday's baseball game. The NBA's Summer League, playing more than 230 miles away in Las Vegas, felt the shaking and called off games for the rest of the night.
The was no ground stop issued and no reported delays at Los Angeles International Airport.
"On behalf of all Californians, I offer my heartfelt support to those affected by tonight’s earthquake near Ridgecrest," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. "The State of California will continue to offer support to aid residents in the region.
"Earlier this evening I formally requested a Presidential Emergency Declaration for Direct Federal Assistance to further support emergency response and recovery in impacted communities."
Earlier Friday, ABC News correspondent Eva Pilgrim was filming when a 5.4 magnitude foreshock hit -- at the time believing it was an aftershock of the 6.4 quake.

magnitude earthquake rocks Southern California
Kern County saw more than 100 aftershocks to the 6.4 quake on Thursday, county fire officials said, and experts warned the threat is not over.
"There is about a 1 in 20 chance that this location will be having an even bigger earthquake within the next few days," Jones said earlier Friday.
Friday's quake was the strongest in Southern California since one of 7.1 magnitude hit Hector Mines in 1999, officials said.
Like the 7.1 quake, the earthquake on Thursday was centered in a remote area near Searles Valley in the Mojave Desert, about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

Yari Mower was watching three of her children performing in a Independence Day play when the quake hit.
There were 65 children ages 5 through 12 on stage -- and Mower said "chaos" broke out.
"I have three kids on the stage. I have my husband, my two other kids in the audience ... I'm just trying to figure out, like, 'How am I gonna get to my kids? I have some here, I have some there,'" Mower told ABC News.
"People were telling me to get out, I just had to find them," she said. "I felt like I was really far away from them. ... It was scary."
magnitude earthquake rocks Southern California

On Thursday, Newsom approved an emergency proclamation for Kern County, which encompasses Ridgecrest, a city that experienced the brunt of the damage.
No deaths or major injuries were reported, said Mark Ghilarducci, director of the state's office of emergency services. But Kern County fire chief David Witt said there were minor to moderate injuries and damage in Ridgecrest.

We're used to tremors," she said, but this time, "it didn't stop."
"It felt really long. It felt like two of them back to back," she said. "There were explosions, it sounded like."

Beren said she ran over to the trailer, and, "We pulled the owner out and her, I believe it was her granddaughter, out of the trailer, and they were visibly shaken."
"I'll never forget this. It's emotional. It's scary," she said. "You always know it's coming... you just are never prepared for when it actually happens."
Charlotte Sturgeon says she was out of the house when the quake shook her Ridgecrest home -- and she returned to find major damage.
The foundation "is completely off and it's leaning. And in the front room all there is is glass," she told ABC News. Sturgeon said a cabinet fell with a lot of precious items from her grandmother.




Thursday, 4 July 2019

‘Judgementall Hai Kya’: Kangana Ranaut’s sister Rangoli Chandel claps back at Anurag Kashyap

‘Judgementall Hai Kya’: Kangana Ranaut’s sister Rangoli Chandel claps back at Anurag Kashyap

Judgementall Hai Kya’

The trailer of Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao's 'Judgementall Hai Kya' finally dropped online on Tuesday, and it had enough to keep tabloids buzzing. After lead actress Kangana took a jibe at the nepotism lobby for allegedly being the force behind the film’s title change, it was her sister Rangoli Chandel’s Twitter rant that caught everyone’s attention.
With stars like Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu coming under fire by Chandel for not giving Kangana her dues while appreciating the trailer, director Anurag Kashyap stepped in to play a mediator of sorts. 



“Come on Rangoli.. this is going too far.. this is really really desperate... I really don’t know what to say to this. Having worked with both your sister and Taapsee .. I just don’t get this...praising the trailer means praising all aspect of it. Which includes Kangana,” Anurag reasoned with Rangoli in his tweet

However, it seems that the lady was not having any of it. She clapped back at the director with a series of tweets stating the reason why she was up in arms with the actors. She said, “Sir you can see it’s not about mentioning Kangana so much, clearly lot of people I have thanked haven’t mentioned her, it’s just that I am tired of people taking digs at her, who is this Taapsee to claim that Kangana needs double filter....(contd) @anuragkashyap72.”

“(Contd)....so now I am here showing everyone mirror.... I know you are working with her but please don’t get desperate without understanding the real issue ... back off,” she added.



In her series of posts she even went on to claim that Anurag called Kangana to tell her that “Taapsee is her fan”, but asked why the actress never mentioned it in any of her past interactions, when she allegedly called Ranaut an “extremist”.

“You @anuragkashyap72 have been calling Kangana last night and telling Taapsee is her fan, give me one media interaction where she said that, infact she always calls Kangana extremist, Kangana has opinions so what? Why call her filter and extremist....(contd)”

“(Contd)..Taapsee is a fan & loves to copy her yes we all are, who wouldn’t like to be like Kangana bt why attack her and take digs, yeh sab shanagiri nikalne keliye he toh main twitter pe ayi hun thank u very much magar sab ki pol khulegi koi nahin rok sakta @anuragkashyap72,” Rangoli signed off.




Tuesday, 2 July 2019

4th of July: What Is Independence Day and Why Do We Celebrate It on July Fourth?

4th of July: What Is Independence Day and Why Do We Celebrate It on July Fourth?

                              
4th of July: What Is Independence Day and Why Do We Celebrate It on July Fourth?




Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, celebrates the American colonies severing ties with the British and the beginning of what we know now as the United States of America.
But how did America win its independence from Britain, and why do we celebrate America's freedom on July 4?

The American Revolution

Never throw away tea, especially when it belongs to a Brit. In December 1773, an incident took place in Boston that set in motion a chain of events that led to the American Revolution. Also known as the Boston Tea Party, 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into the Boston Harbor. It was done by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians, according to Britannica Encyclopedia, to protest taxes on tea and the monopoly of the East India Company.


In retaliation, the British Parliament put into place the Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, in 1774, which closed down Boston's port, rendered the Massachusetts government useless, and gave protections to British troops while in the American colonies
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Resentment from this enforcement resulted in the coming together of the First Continental Congress, who met in Philadelphia in September 1774. Peyton Randolph, a Virginia representative, was elected president. This, and the term Congress, are used today by the current U.S. governments.

This Congress wanted to reject the British rule and establish themselves as an independent group of colonies. In October 1774, it petitioned the British crown for a redress of grievances accumulated since 1763, and to force compliance, it called for a general boycott of British goods and eventual non-exportation of American products, except rice, to Britain or the British West Indies.

Alongside this, the colonials were rebelling against General Gage, who was put in charge by the British after the Boston Tea Party. According to Britannica, groups such as the Sons of Liberty worked to uncover British plans, which led to the storming of Fort William and Mary
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This was the start of the U.S. War for Independence, which didn't end until October 1781.

The Birth of the United States of America

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress made its decree for freedom and two days later they formally adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4. Hence why we celebrate Independence Day on July 4 every year.

This declaration was used throughout the American Revolution to inspire troops to carry on fighting against the British. According to Britannica, on July 9, 1776 General George Washington ordered the Declaration to be read aloud to his men to help them find new meaning in the war for independence.

In a letter to his wife on July 3, 1776 , founding father John Adams' wrote:


"The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not."



Also calledThe Fourth of July
Observed byUnited States
TypeNational
SignificanceThe day in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress
CelebrationsFireworks, family reunions, concerts, barbecues, picnics, parades, baseball games
DateJuly 4
Next timeJuly 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)
Frequencyannual


Sunday, 30 June 2019

India vs England, Birmingham Weather Forecast Today and Pitch Report: Expected to stay sunny

           India vs England, Birmingham Weather Forecast Today            and Pitch Report: Expected to stay sunny

                                                    
India vs England, Birmingham Weather Forecast Today and Pitch Report: Expected to stay sunny

     India vs England (Ind vs Eng) World Cup 2019, Birmingham Weather Forecast Today and Pitch       Report: Team India take on hosts England at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Sunday. While India         are riding high after their last win, this is a must-win game for England as they struggle to stay in       the tournament after two straight losses
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Live weather updates

                         The visitors, who are in the second spot on the points table, did not have a great outing with the bat in the last game against West Indies but the bowlers did the job for the men in blue. India will sport the much-hyped orange jersey in their match on Sunday.
England, currently at the fifth spot on the points table, started out as World Cup favourites but have not played upto the expectations.


WEATHER REPORT: The weather is predicted to be sunny with a moderate breeze. More                             importantly, there is less than 10% chance of rain which means we would have a full day’s                play on our hands. As per Accuweather, the day is going to be warm with the temperature                   likely to hover around 22 to 11 degrees Celsius. The humidity will be around 80 percent mark.

PITCH REPORT: The pitch is mostly dry with a promise of more turn than usual for spinners, which                 is advantage India. The wicket is fresh which is to the liking of England bowlers. In the                     past, teams batting second has always had an edge, so, the team winning the toss should                      bowl first.
In pics: A look at Dhoni’s iconic hairstyles over the years

Friday, 28 June 2019

After Supreme Court Decision, gerrymandering Fix is up to voters.

  After supreme Court Decision , gerrymandering fix is up to voters.


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In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is not unconstitutional.
The majority ruled that gerrymandering is outside the scope and power of the federal courts to adjudicate. The issue is a political one, according to the court, not a legal one.
“Excessive partisanship in districting leads to results that reasonably seem unjust,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts in the majority decision. “But the fact that such gerrymandering is incompatible with democratic principles does not mean that the solution lies with the federal judiciary.”
So for now, partisan gerrymandering, in which politicians get to choose their voters rather than voters choose their representatives, will remain a fact of American political life.
What is the background to this decision? And what does the decision mean for democracy in the U.S.?

Cracking and packing

State legislatures have the constitutional responsibility to draw up the boundaries of congressional seats after the results of the census, which is conducted every 10 years.
In many states, if one party is in the majority at that time, they can use their power to manipulate the boundaries to their advantage. That’s called partisan gerrymandering, and it involves what’s referred to as “cracking and packing.”
Cracking spreads opposition voters thinly across many districts to dilute their power. Packing concentrates opposition voters in fewer districts to reduce the number of seats they can win.
Just one example: In 2012, Republicans in Ohio drew up congressional boundaries that packed most Democratic voters into just four of the 16 congressional districts. The 9th District was referred to as the “snake on the lake” as it slithered along the edge of Lake Erie from Cleveland to Toledo to pack in as many Democratic voters as possible.


After Supreme Court Decision, gerrymandering Fix is up to voters.

The gerrymandered 9th Ohio U.S. Congressional District, known as ‘the snake on the lake.’ US Department of the Interior via Wikipedia
It worked. In the 2018 election, Ohio Republicans won just 52% of the votes but picked up 11 of 16 of the congressional seats.
I have researched the U.S. voting system, analyzed Supreme Court rulings and shown why gerrymandering is now more prevalent since the 1990s. Sophisticated computer programs and ever more detailed information on voters’ location and preferences now allow politicians to crack and pack with surgical precision.
In 2004, the Supreme Court effectively sanctioned gerrymandering. In Vieth v. Jubelirer, the court ruled 5-4 not to intervene in a case brought by Democrats in Pennsylvania over a redistricting plan they claimed was unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
After the ruling, partisan gerrymandering increased, especially in the redistricting round after the 2010 census.
In 2017, and again in 2018, the Supreme Court passed up opportunities to decide upon the constitutional legality of gerrymandering by effectively punting on the cases.
In other cases, the court actively intervened.
Republican-controlled Shelby County, Alabama filed a case against the constitutionality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The act had protected minority voters’ rights in the South from being diluted by gerrymandering and other methods. In the 2013 case Shelby v. Holder, the court overturned key elements of the act, in a 5-4 ruling. The ruling encouraged partisan gerrymandering in the states – Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia – previously under federal scrutiny for their legacy of discriminatory voting practices.

Mounting legal challenges

There have been other legal challenges to partisan gerrymandering.
In Virginia a Republican map drawn up in 2011 that packed many African American voters into just 11 of the state’s 100 House of Delegates districts was challenged. A federal judge saw racial gerrymandering at work and ordered a new map. A Republican challenge to that ruling came before the Supreme Court. The Republican challenge was dismissed on June 17, 2019.
The court’s decision in the Virginia case was not about whether the gerrymandering was unconstitutional. Instead, a 5-4 majority of the court ruled that the Virginia Republicans had no legal standing to mount the appeal when the state senate and the state attorney general had decided against appealing. The new map stood.
In Ohio, a three-judge federal panel ruled that the Republicans attempted to cement a Republican majority of congressional seats when they drew up new districts. The state legislature was ordered by the court to draw a new map for the 2020 election.
And in Michigan a panel of federal judges ruled that many of the state’s legislature districts were unconstitutional, drawn up to ensure a partisan advantage. No more snake on the lake.
The Supreme Court set aside these last two lower court rulings on May 24, 2019 in preparation for this recent decision. The two cases are now sent back to lower courts for dismissal. The snake on the lake lives on for another election cycle.

Maryland and North Carolina

Gerrymandering is especially rampant in Maryland and North Carolina. In both states powerful politicians admitted that their plan was to solidify their party’s control.
Republicans in North Carolina drew a map in 2016 to ensure control of 10 of the state’s 13 congressional districts. Democratic voters were overwhelmingly packed into three districts with the remainder cracked across the remaining 10.
Democrats in Maryland drew a map with gyrating boundaries in order to cement their 7-1 advantage in congressional seats.
When lower federal courts struck down these gerrymandered congressional district maps, politicians in both states appealed to the Supreme Court.
Arguments were heard on these cases in March 2019.
From the questioning, it appeared that the liberal justices – Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor – would rule against gerrymandering and the more conservative justices – Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch and Kavanaugh – were against the court getting involved.
The votes predictably split along the ideological divide.
In the majority opinion, combining the Maryland and North Carolina cases into one decision, the court’s conservative majority noted that existing measures of gerrymandering do not provide precise and judicially discernible standards. The opinion was authored by Chief Justice Roberts, who has long held the opinion that it is impossible to measure, let alone overcome, partisan gerrymandering.
Responding for the liberal minority, Justice Kagan read her dissent in open court – a sign of her intense disagreement with what she saw as the court’s unwillingness to uphold fair and free elections. She wrote that the decision “debased and dishonored our democracy.”

Now what?

Partisan gerrymandering will continue. But so will resistance against it, I believe.
There is a way for states to avoid gerrymandering. Newly formed, nonpartisan redistricting commissions, working outside the influence of the legislature to draw legislative district lines, already exist in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Montana and Washington.
These commissions resulted from citizen initiatives to reform the process. But most states east of the Mississippi, for instance, do not have a ballot initiative process that would allow voters to initiate reform.
Gerrymandering has a pernicious impact on the electoral system and on the wider democratic process. It encourages long-term incumbency and a consequent polarization of political discourse.
But now the Supreme Court has made it clear that the solution does not lie with federal judges.
It is up to the voters.



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Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Tik-tok history

                                                          TIK-TOK HISTORY

                                                         
tik tok
     
      TIK-TOK is a social network in which you can create and share fun music videos with your                 friends and followers . to use the application , you need to create an account  , which takes a few                     second and can be completed through Instagram ,facebook , or google.



                                                   
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            TIK-TOK is an ios and android media app for creating and sharing short videos . the app                     was launched in 2017 by bytedance  , for markets outside of china bytedance has previously              launched Douyin for the china market in September 2016 . Tik tok and Douyin use the same                software , but maintain separate network to comply with Chinese censorship restriction . the              application allows users to create short music videos of 3 to 15 seconds and short video looping            videos of 3 to 60 seconds . It is a leading short video plateform in Asia , united states , and                 other part of the world  Tik-tok is not available in china and its servers are Based in countries               where the app is available.


                                           
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TIK TOK
                  Tik-Tok is a 1983 science fiction novel by john Sladek . it Recived a 1983 British science                         fiction association award .



         AUTHOR :  JOHN SLADEK

        COVER ARTIST : RIAN HUGHES

        GENRE : SCIENCE FICTION

        PUBLISHER : GOLLANCZ                      

                                    
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       PUBICATION DATE : 1983

       DEVELOPER : BYTEDANCE 

      CATEGORY : COMMUNICATION 


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Monday, 24 June 2019

Darwin feels tremors from large earth quake


                               DARWIN FEELS TREMORS FORM LARGE EARTH QUAKE



           Residents in Darwin are being evacoated from shops as termers were felt across the city                      following an earthquake



                                       
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          The US Geological Survey (USGS) says an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck in the Banda               Sea off Indonesia — which sits above the Northern Territory — about 11am on Monday.
         the  quake caused tremors in Darwin for about five minutes.
         Buildings shook and several hotels and businesses have been evacuated in the CBD.                          
         According to the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre the mainland is not at risk of being            hit by a tsunami.
         Residents have reported feeling the tremors 300kms south of Darwin, in Maningrida and                      Katherine, according to the 123.
        The earthquake occurred at a depth of 213 kilometres, according to Geoscience Australia.
         Local residents have varied accounts of the quake, with many saying they felt two separate                  tremors.



                         
Earthquakes




        Other residents, reporting their experiences online, described the two tremors as “bouncing”            furniture and electrical goods, as they felt the two tremors last for between ten seconds and two          minutes.
    Office workers were seen throughout Darwin outside buildings after feeling the earthquake.                    
     One worker, Robyn, said no alarm had gone off but workers had decided to get out of the building      anyway.
     She said it was the strongest she had ever felt in Darwin



                             
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                         DARWIN FEELS TREMORS FORM LARGE EARTH QUAKE


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