Marshall Grant, the bassist of Johnny Cash's backing band the Tennessee Two, died on Sunday at the age of 83. The musician played on many of Cash's famous song, including "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "The Man in Black", and "I Walk the Line".Marshall Grant was a founding member of the Tennessee Two (later known as the Tennessee Three), together with Cash and guitarist Luther Perkins, and played in the band between 1954 and 1980. The... [read news]
More than 200 people have been arrested following two nights of rioting in London. The violence began in the North London neighbourhood of Tottenham on Saturday evening and spread to other areas of the city on Sunday. The rioters set fire to buildings and vehicles, looted shops and fought with the police in what was London's biggest outburst of violence in recent years. According to reports, 35 police officers were injured over the weekend.It... [read news]
People who live in northern areas of the world have developed bigger brains and eyes to cope with long winters and dim light, according to new research. British scientists have found a direct link between latitude and the size of the brain and eyes. According to them, people who live farthest from the equator, in areas with low levels of light, need larger brains and eyes to have a clear view of their environment. Scientists from Oxford... [read news]
The Israeli Chamber Orchestra will play a piece by Richard Wagner on Tuesday, at a festival in Bayreuth, Germany. The 19th century composer entertained anti-Semitic views, and the Nazi party appropriated his work. No Israeli orchestra has ever played a Wagner piece in Germany.Wagner was Hitler's favourite composer, and his music was appropriated by the Nazi party and extensively used in propaganda. Wagner's anti-Semitic writings also played a... [read news]
A plagiarism claim against Harry Potter author JK Rowling has failed in the UK. The British writer was accused of lifting parts of the plot featured in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" from a book by late children's writer Adrian Jacobs. The case is now closed.The estate of Adrian Jacobs filed suit against JK Rowling, as well as against her publisher Bloomsbury, in the United Sates, in 2004. The claim was dismissed, but in 2010 it was... [read news]
Prime Minister George Papandreou passed well after a fire day. On Tuesday, the Parliament gave its confidence vote for his new cabinet. The decision didn’t surprises anyone, but it is a small step, the first one from several that have to be made in order to adopt much quickly the austerity measures that Greece needs. Otherwise, they won’t have the clearing of the 12 billion dollars bailout from the International Monetary Fund and Central... [read news]
A report made by Thomson Reuters Foundation shows that Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for a woman to live in. On the second place of the top is Congo that has the biggest rape rate on a day in the world. The experts from Thomson Reuters Foundation said that the top five is completed with Pakistan, India and Somalia, and the main indicators for this research are the domestic abuse, the discrimination, rapes, mutilation, exploitation ... [read news]
Christchurch, the second biggest town as an economic importance from New Zeeland that was already devastated of two other earthquakes ten month ago was his on Monday of several natural disasters. According to the first information, there aren’t any victims. Christchurch was hit Monday afternoon of one earthquake of 5, 2 magnitude, that had the epicenter at ten kilometers of the city and hypocenter at 11 kilometers depth. A few minutes later... [read news]
The violent twisters have come and gone leaving a trail of destruction and death in their path. So far, since the beginning of 2011 more than 1,000 tornados were counted and nearly 500 people died. The EF5 tornado that hit Joplin killed 122 people and injured thousands, becoming the deadliest tornado to hit the US since 1950. In April 600 tornados raged on the American continent bringing forth destruction! People are worried and confused... [read news]
The European Commissioner for Health, John Dalli, asked the German authorities to cooperate closely with the foreign experts in order to identify rapidly the origin of the E.coli contamination, the German newspaper wrote in an interview with the European official. According to his official statement, it is a great need for support from the entire Europe and even from the outside continent’s borders in order to deal with the lethal bacteria, he... [read news]
