More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
There are parallels between America’s current political situation and the conditions leading to the collapse of the Roman Republic more than 2,000 years ago, according to an International Business Times commentary published on RawStory.com.Ned Resnikoff, political capital reporter for IBT, writes that the Roman Republic was decaying long before Julius Caesar marched on the city in 49 B.C. and toppled it for good ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNot only is New York State the future face of the two main political parties, but with 400 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary race starring presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, everything can change in a “New York minute.” Indeed, the Empire State is where millions of immigrants suddenly got a new start in life and fortunes made overnight on Wall Street....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
Gypsy jazz. Formed in 2001, ‘Beltuner’ is a French gypsy jazz band that incorporates the sounds of the accordion, guitar, percussions and double bass to create beautiful music ... What brought the 4 of you together?. We were young and had the same musical leanings and wishes ... What kind of music did you start with? ... So many but with musicians like Astor Piazzolla, JohnColtrane or Django Reinhardt, 2 seconds were enough ... ....
Nobody saw it coming. While Apple and Google were busy trying to beat each other to the smart home with HomeKit and Nest, respectively, Amazon snuck in from nowhere with the Echo and its Alexa voice assistant and embarrassed them both ... See also ... the Tap (read my review here) and Echo Dot ... Image ... Image ... Now I've got the Echo Dot in the living room and clear Coltrane coming through an old waterproof Bluetooth speaker placed in the bathroom ... ....
Sean M. Haffey/Getty ImagesEntertainment... Sidebar. Flea on Kobe Bryant. 'He's Like Charlie Parker or Coltrane' ». "I know that people who like music liked it," the bassist added ... Flea added of Bryant, "I look at him as someone like, you know, Charlie Parker or JohnColtrane or Jimmy Page or Jimi Hendrix, you know? He's been able to change and evolve and grow and be such a master of his craft ... ....
(Source. Coldplay). Hello Lianne, how are you?. I'm very well, thank you. So, how was the first night of the tour?. It was amazing. So amazing. Yesterday felt like the first time of everything. I've never played in South America. I've never supported Coldplay. I've never played in a stadium before ...That's great! ... They even started singing 'Olé, olé, olé, olé, olé, Lianne! Lianne!' That was a real highlight! It was all kind of overwhelming ... Ah....
Latest Gig News from the Vortex Jazz Club...FRI 15 APRIL. 20.00 / £15. GILAD ATZMON & THE OHE PLAYING THE MUSIC OF JOHN COLTRANE. JohnColtrane is the most influential tenor saxophonist in jazz history. Whether it’s his patented “sheets of sound,” his rapid-fire improvisations or his bold cathartic wails, no aspiring jazz saxophonist can afford to neglect the music of Coltrane. Tonight Gilad and the OHE will play the music of Coltrane ... ....
(Source. Grupo PRISA - Promotora de Informaciones SA). 14/04/2016 Cadena SER gains ground on its rivals ... According to the latest survey of media audiences in Spain (EGM), Cadena SER kicked off 2016 in the same vein as it ended 2015 ... 953,000 to be exact ... Maxima FM has 539,000 listeners and Mucho Max, 221,000; M80Radio has 505,000 followers, 80 y la madre, 201,000; Radiolé, 545,000; and CaféOlé, 317,000 listeners ... OriginalDocument ... (noodl....