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by Keith Hadad
[W]ith the last gasp of the bitter, steely winter months nearly behind us, the release of Primrose Green, Ryley Walker's sophomore album, is like a deep soak of warm, revitalizing sunshine.
Getting his start in punk and noise music in and around Chicago, Walker lately has been crafting tunes that sound like if the '70s jazz-tinged folk rock of Pentangle and John Martyn were left alone in the woods for numerous years to grow and evolve into a wholly new beast. His debut record, All Kinds of You, is mostly a stark, intimate and nearly all acoustic record, allowing for Walker's complex picking style and song structures to take center stage. Now, almost a year since All Kinds…was released, Primrose Green shows a skilled, young and ever progressing artist who's absolutely in love with playing music. Walker's philosophy towards his music is to "just make it new every time. Make it different and try to update a formula that's been beaten to death and kind of make it my own. It's really therapeutic and I get a lot of joy out of it. So I do what makes me happy."
These sentiments come across easily when one listens to his music, especially the element of loose improvisation, which Walker says is an important aspect to his songs that carried over from his experimental noise days. "I think the energy of noise and punk carries through into what I do now. Obviously they're at different ends of the spectrum of sound but the energy of it and the collective controlled chaos of improvising is always there, it's in everything I do."
Instead of All Kinds' predominantly stripped down sound, Primrose Green features Walker and a tight backup group performing a dense jazzy soundscape ripe with opportunities for soloing and jamming. In terms of sound and approach, one may detect hints of everything from Tim Buckley to Pharaoh Sanders and even a little bit of traditional Arabic and Indian music on this record. Walker says that this is due to him being a major music fan first, musician second. "I'm a record collector, a record lover. So my brain is just a sponge so anytime I can acquire knowledge or skill or be introduced to a type of music that is unfamiliar to me, that's important…it's important to get these collected philosophies and values from all sorts of musicians from around the world."
Despite Walker's songs being a hodgepodge of the music that he adores, it's completely unpredictable. He and his group consistently zig when you expect them to zag. One minute, they're slowly building up a rapid-fire jam into a hallucinatory crescendo with fuzzy electric guitars on top of a cascade of percussion and the next minute, they've stripped down to an acoustic guitar, bass and brushed drums with the occasional piano trill set to a breezy, mellow beat.
Even though he's released two fantastic full-length albums less than a year apart from each other, currently touring The States and then touring through Europe in the fall, Walker says that he might have a few collaborations and/or some limited release items coming out before 2016. With such a prolific output so early on in his career, Walker is not only an artist to keep an eye on this year, he's one to keep an eye on from here on out.

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On Sunday, May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama held a press conference to announce that Osama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organization al Qaeda and mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks in America has been killed by US led forces in Pakistan.
Here is the President's speech to the American public:
It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory. Hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky.
The Twin Towers collapsing to the ground. Black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon. The wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction.
And yet we know that the worst images are those that were unseen to the world. The empty seat at the dinner table.
Children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father. Parents who would never know the feeling of their child's embrace.
Nearly 3,000 citizens taken from us, leaving a gaping hole in our hearts.
On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other and our love of community and country.
On that day, no matter where we came from, what god we prayed to or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family. We were also united in our resolve, to protect our nation and to -- to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice.
We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al Qaeda, an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. And so we went to war against al Qaeda, to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies.
Over the last 10 years, thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals, we've made great strides in that effort. We've disrupted terrorist attacks and strengthened our homeland defense.
In Afghanistan, we removed the Taliban government which had given bin Laden and al Qaeda safe haven and support. And around the globe, we worked with our friends and allies to capture or kill scores of al Qaeda terrorists including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot.
Yet, Osama bin Laden avoided capture and escaped across the Afghan border into Pakistan. Meanwhile, al Qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world.
And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda. Even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle and defeat his network.
Then last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain. And it took many months to run this thread to ground.
I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside Pakistan.
And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice. Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abad Abad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body. For over two decades, bin Laden has been al Qaeda's leader and symbol and has continued to plot attacks against our country and our friends and allies. The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al Qaeda. And his death does not mark the end of our effort. There's no doubt that al Qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad. As we do, we must also reaffirm that the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. I've made clear just as President Bush did shortly after 9/11 that our war is not against Islam. Bin laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims. Indeed, al Qaeda slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity. Over the years, I've repeatedly made clear that we would take action within Pakistan if we knew where bin Laden was. That is what we've done. But it's important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding. Indeed, bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan as well and ordered attacks against the Pakistani people. Tonight I called President Zardari, and my team has also spoken with their Pakistani counterparts. They agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations. And going forward, it is essential that Pakistan continue to join us in the fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates. The American people did not choose this fight. It came to our shores and started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens. After nearly 10 years of service, struggle and sacrifice, we know well the costs of war. These efforts weigh on me every time I, as commander in chief, have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a loved one or look into the eyes of a service member who's been gravely wounded. So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies. We will be true to the values that make us who we are. And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al Qaeda's terror, justice has been done. Tonight we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who've worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. The American people do not see their work nor know their names, but tonight they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice. We give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country. And they are part of a generation that has borne the heaviest share of the burden since that September day. Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11, that we have never forgotten your loss, nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores. And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. I know that it has, at times, frayed. Yet today's achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people. The cause of securing our country is not complete, but tonight we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history. Whether it's the pursuit of prosperity for our people or the struggle for equality for all our citizens, our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. May God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
In recent months, there have been a lot of reports and speculation as to whether or not New York real estate mogul Donald Trump will make a bid to run for the presidency of the United States in the upcoming 2012 election season.
Mr. Trump has been in the news recently less so because of his political views and ideas on how this country can extricate itself from the quagmire of high unemployment, high government spending, and high deficits and moreso due to his attention-getting statements regarding President Obama. Chief among these statements has been Mr. Trump's growing insistence that the so-called "birther" issue, which purports that the president was born in Kenya rather than in Hawaii, might have more validity to it than merely being the product of a disenfranchised fringe group.
It is understandable why the various media outlets would gravitate toward these statements in their assessments of Mr. Trump as a viable candidate for public office – it sells. In New York, Mr. Trump's hometown, the daily tabloids that he reportedly reads regularly – The New York Daily News and The New York Post – have had numerous rather unflattering articles about him in recent weeks. Mr. Trump – always a risk taker – has put himself out there on the ledge with the birther issue, and the media has wasted no time in ridiculing him for it.
However, as far as the voters are concerned, this might not be the best thing for them. While it may be fun to join in on the sport of Trump-bashing, the fact is that the country's economy and position in the world is still in trouble, and right now it would serve our needs better as a people if we were to shut out all the gossipy white noise and hear from all the potential political candidates about what they would do to fix this country. If Mr. Trump is the wrong candidate, let him be declared the wrong candidate based on his positions on the issues that are of paramount importance to the voters at this time rather than be dismissed because the press has been myopically focusing on the controversial birther issue. The way the media coverage has been weighted, if Mr. Trump should be proven to be incorrect about President Obama's birthplace, it would likely deal a devastating and unrecoverable blow to any presidential aspirations that Mr. Trump may have had. But what if Mr. Trump is the right candidate? We would have done ourselves an incredible disservice because we did not listen to his entire political platform so that we could have made an informed decision.
It is still too early to write Mr. Trump off as a candidate. Indeed, in the interviews he's given, we've only heard the barest of talking points regarding what he feels is wrong with the country and what his solutions are to repair the damage done to our country's economic prowess. We need to hear more from him. As American citizens who are facing what is likely the most crucial presidential election of the last twenty years, we deserve to hear more.
In various interviews, Mr. Trump has made many intriguing statements regarding the state of the country, our struggling economy, our too-high unemployment rate, our competitiveness in the global marketplace, the outsourcing of jobs to China, the free military assistance we provide many countries with around the world, and so on.
However, the restrictive format of television, in which everything has to be rushed along to the next commercial break, has given Mr. Trump little opportunity to expound on these issues and fully state his case to the American people.
Politics has always been somewhat of a spectator sport, but at this crucial point in our country's history, we would be best served by setting aside the impulse to create spectacle and instead focus with razor-sharp acuity on the ideas proposed by any potential candidate so that we select the best president for the next four years. The challenges that this country faces will only intensify if we fail to do so.
The current meeting of the United States federal government, the 112th United States Congress, will be sworn in today, Wednesday January 5, 2011. This will be the last congress that will be elected based on the congressional districts apportioned by the 2000 Census. In 2010, the decade's census was taken, and the current United States population stands at 308,745,538.
Because of the overall population increase and the shift in population between areas of the country, congressional districts will be redrawn when complete redistricting data is delivered to the states in March.
This census will also affect the number of seats each state receives in the House of Representatives beginning with the 2012 elections. Further, because the members of the Electoral College of each state are numbered as the total congressional representation of that state – that is, a state's Representatives plus its Senators equals the number of electors it has in the Electoral College – the 2010 census will have an effect on the 2012 presidential election as well with some states gaining and others losing some influence.
As a result of the 2010 census, 18 states have shown population changes that will affect their seats in the House of Representatives. Eight states gained seats: Texas gained 4, and Florida gained 2. The following states each gained one seat in the House: Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington. In the 2008 presidential election, all of these states except for Florida, Nevada, and Washington voted for Republican John McCain. Note that more often than not in the last 30 years, Florida and Nevada have voted Republican in the presidential elections.
Ten states, including many Democratic strongholds, lost seats in the House of Representatives: New York and Ohio each lost 2 seats, while Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania each lost one seat.
Use the charts below to see the full membership of the 112th Congress. As time progesses, further information will be filled in such as which Senators and Representatives are members of which congressional committees. Congressional committees form the heart of the United States legislative process, and their memberships directly affect the country's policies and priorities during this two-year Congress.
112th UNITED STATES SENATE
• Democrats control the Senate
• 51 Democrats, 2 Independents caucusing with the Democrats, 47 Republicans
Richard Shelby
Jeff Sessions
Mark Begich
Lisa Murkowski
John McCain
Jon Kyl
John Boozman
Dianne Feinstein
Barbara Boxer
Mark Udall
Michael Bennet
Joe Lieberman (Independent caucusing with Democrats)
Richard Blumenthal
Tom Carper
Chris Coons
Bill Nelson
Marco Rubio
Saxby Chambliss
Johnny Isakson
Daniel Inouye
Daniel Akaka
Mike Crapo
Jim Risch
Mark Kirk
Richard Lugar
Dan Coats
Tom Harkin
Pat Roberts
Jerry Moran
Mitch McConnell
Rand Paul
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Barbara Mikulski
Ben Cardin
Scott Brown
Carl Levin
Debbie Stabenow
Amy Klobuchar
Al Franken
Thad Cochran
Roger Wicker
Roy Blunt
Max Baucus
Jon Tester
Mike Johanns
John Ensign
Kelly Ayotte
Frank Lautenberg
Robert Menendez
Jeff Bingaman
Tom Udall
Charles Schumer
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kay Hagan
John Hoeven
Rob Portman
Jim Inhofe
Tom Coburn
Ron Wyden
Jeff Merkley
Pat Toomey
Jack Reed
Sheldon Whitehouse
Lindsey Graham
Jim DeMint
John Thune
Lamar Alexander
Bob Corker
Kay Bailey Hutchison
John Cornyn
Orrin Hatch
Mike Lee
Patrick Leahy
Bernie Sanders (Independent, caucusing with Democrats)
Jim Webb
Mark Warner
Patty Murray
Maria Cantwell
Jay Rockefeller
Joe Manchin
Herb Kohl
Ron Johnson
Mike Enzi
John Barrasso
112th UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
• Republicans control the House
• 193 Democrats, 242 Republicans
President of the Senate: Joe Biden (D), the Vice President of the United States
President pro tempore of the Senate: Daniel Inouye (D), the most senior Senator of the majority party
• Other Majority Members
• Other Minority Members
Senior: John Lewis of Georgia
Others: Maxine Waters (CA),
Jim Matheson (UT),
Ed Pastor (AZ),
Jan Schakowsky (IL),
Joseph Crowley (NY),
Diana DeGette (CO),
G.K. Butterfield (NC),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
FRANK LUCAS of Oklahoma
• Bob Goodlatte, Virginia, Vice Chairman• Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois• Steve King, Iowa• Randy Neugebauer, Texas• Mike Conaway, Texas• Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska• Jean Schmidt, Ohio• Glenn "G.T." Thompson, Pennsylvania• Tom Rooney, Florida• Marlin Stutzman, Indiana• Bob Gibbs, Ohio• Austin Scott, Georgia• Stephen Fincher, Tennessee• Scott Tipton, Colorado• Steve Southerland, Florida• Rick Crawford, Arkansas• Martha Roby, Alabama• Tim Huelskamp, Kansas• Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee• Renee Ellmers, North Carolina• Chris Gibson, New York• Randy Hultgren, Illinois• Vicky Hartzler, Missouri• Bobby Schilling, Illinois• Reid Ribble, Wisconsin
COLLIN PETERSON of Minnesota
• Tim Holden, Pennsylvania,• Mike McIntyre, North Carolina• Leonard Boswell, Iowa• Joe Baca, California• Dennis Cardoza, California• David Scott, Georgia• Henry Cuellar, Texas• Jim Costa, California• Tim Walz, Minnesota• Kurt Schrader, Oregon• Larry Kissell, North Carolina• Bill Owens, New York• Chellie Pingree, Maine• Joe Courtney, Connecticut• Peter Welch, Vermont• Marcia Fudge, Ohio• Gregorio Sablan, Mariana Islands• Terri Sewell, Alabama• Jim McGovern, Massachusetts
GLENN "G.T." THOMPSON of Pennsylvania
• Bob Goodlatte, Virginia• Marlin Stutzman, Indiana• Bob Gibbs, Ohio• Stephen Fincher, Tennessee• Scott Tipton, Colorado• Steve Southerland, Florida• Martha Roby, Alabama• Tim Huelskamp, Kansas• Randy Hultgren, Illinois• Reid Ribble, Wisconsin
TIM HOLDEN of Pennsylvania
• Kurt Schrader, Oregon• Bill Owens, New York• Mike McIntyre, North Carolina• Jim Costa, California• Tim Walz, Minnesota• Chellie Pingree, Maine• Marcia Fudge, Ohio• Gregorio Sablan, Northern Mariana Islands
JEFF FORTENBERRY of Nebraska
• Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois• Steve King, Iowa• Rick Crawford, Arkansas• Stephen Fincher, Tennessee
MARCIA FUDGE of Ohio
• Jim McGovern, Massachusetts• Joe Baca, California
MIKE CONWAY of Texas
• Steve King, Iowa• Randy Neugebauer, Texas• Jean Schmidt, Ohio• Bob Gibbs, Ohio• Austin Scott, Georiga• Rick Crawford, Arkansas• Martha Roby, Alabama• Tim Huelskamp, Kansas• Renee Ellmers, North Carolina• Chris Gibson, New York• Randy Hultgren, Illinois• Vicky Hartzler, Missouri• Bobby Schilling, Illinois
LEONARD BOSWELL of Iowa
• Mike McIntyre, North Carolina• Tim Walz, Minnesota• Jim McGovern, Massachusetts• Dennis Cardoza, California• David Scott, Georgia• Joe Courtney, Connecticut• Peter Welch, Vermont• Terri Sewell, Alabama
JEAN SCHMIDT of Ohio
• Steve King, Iowa• Tom Rooney, Florida• Steve Southerland, Florida• Rick Crawford, Arkansas
JOE BACA of California
• Chellie Pingree, Maine• Gregorio Sablan, Northern Mariana Islands
TOM ROONEY of Florida
• Bob Goodlatte, Virginia• Steve King, Iowa• Randy Neugebauer, Texas• Mike Conaway, Texas• Stephen Fincher, Tennessee• Tim Huelskamp, Kansas• Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee• Chris Gibson, New York• Reid Ribble, Wisconsin
DENNIS CARDOZA of California
• David Scott, Georgia• Joe Courtney, Connecticut• Tim Holden, Pennsylvania• Leonard Boswell, Iowa• Joe Baca, California• Kurt Schrader, Oregon• Bill Owens, New York
TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON of Illinois
• Glenn "G.T." Thompson, Pennsylvania• Marlin Stutzman, Indiana• Austin Scott, Georgia• Randy Hultgren, Illinois• Vicky Hartzler, Missouri• Bobby Schilling, Illinois
JIM COSTA of California
• Henry Cuellar, Texas• Peter Welch, Vermont• Terri Sewell, Alabama• Larry Kissell, North Carolina
HAL ROGERS of Kentucky
• C.W. Bill Young, Florida• Jerry Lewis, California• Frank Wolf, Virginia• Jack Kingston, Georgia• Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey• Tom Latham, Iowa• Robert Aderholt, Alabama• Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri• Kay Granger, Texas• Mike Simpson, Idaho• John Culberson, Texas• Ander Crenshaw, Florida• Denny Rehberg, Montana• John Carter, Texas• Rodney Alexander, Louisiana• Ken Calvert, California• Jo Bonner, Alabama• Steve LaTourette, Ohio• Tom Cole, Oklahoma• Jeff Flake, Arizona• Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida• Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania• Steve Austria, Ohio• Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming• Tom Graves, Georgia• Kevin Yoder, Kansas• Steve Womack, Arkansas• Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi
NORMAN D. DICKS of Washington
• Marcy Kaptur, Ohio• Pete Visclosky, Indiana• Nita Lowey, New York• José Serrano, New York• Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut• Jim Moran, Virginia• John Olver, Massachusetts• Ed Pastor, Arizona• David Price, North Carolina• Maurice Hinchey, New York• Lucille Roybal-Allard, California• Sam Farr, California• Jesse Jackson, Jr., Illinois• Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania• Steve Rothman, New Jersey• Sanford Bishop, Georgia• Barbara Lee, California• Adam Schiff, California• Mike Honda, California• Betty McCollum, Minnesota
JACK KINGSTON of Georgia
• Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming, Vice Chair• Tom Latham, Iowa• Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri• Robert Aderholt, Alabama• Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi• Tom Graves, Georgia
SAM FARR of California
Rosa DeLauro, ConnecticutSanford Bishop, GeorgiaMarcy Kaptur, Ohio
FRANK WOLF of Virginia
• Jo Bonner, Alabama, Vice Chair• John Culberson, Texas• Robert Aderholt, Alabama• Steve Austria, Ohio• Tom Graves, Georgia• Kevin Yoder, Kansas
CHAKA FATTAH of Pennsylvania
• Adam Schiff, California• Mike Honda, California• José Serrano, New York
BILL YOUNG of Florida
• Jerry Lewis, California, Vice Chair• Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey• Jack Kingston, Georgia• Kay Granger, Texas• Ander Crenshaw, Florida• Ken Calvert, California• Jo Bonner, Alabama• Tom Cole, Oklahoma
NORMAN D. DICKS of Washington
• Pete Visclosky, Indiana• Jim Moran, Virginia• Marcy Kaptur, Ohio• Steve Rothman, New Jersey• Maurice Hinchey, New York
RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN of New Jersey
• Steve Womack, Arkansas, Vice Chair• Jerry Lewis, California• Mike Simpson, Idaho• Dennis Rehberg, Montana• Rodney Alexander, Louisiana• Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi
PETE VISCLOSKY of Indiana
• Ed Pastor, Arizona• Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania• John Olver, Massachusetts
JO ANN EMERSON of Missouri
• Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida, Vice Chair• Rodney Alexander, Louisiana• Jo Bonner, Alabama• Tom Graves, Georgia• Kevin Yoder, Kansas• Steve Womack, Arkansas
JOSÉ SERRANO of New York
• Barbara Lee, California• Pete Visclosky, Indiana• Ed Pastor, Arizona
RICHARD ADERHOLT of Alabama
• John Culberson, Texas, Vice Chair• John Carter, Texas• Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey• Tom Latham, Iowa• Ander Crenshaw, Florida• Charles Dent, Pennsylvania
DAVID PRICE of North Carolina
• Lucille Roybal-Allard, California• Nita Lowey, New York• John Olver, Massachusetts
MIKE SIMPSON of Idaho
• Ken Calvert, California, Vice Chair• Jerry Lewis, California• Steven LaTourette, Ohio• Tom Cole, Oklahoma• Jeff Flake, Arizona• Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
JIM MORAN of Virginia
• Betty McCollum, Minnesota• Maurice Hinchey, New York• José Serrano, New York
DENNY REHBERG of Montana
• Rodney Alexander, Louisiana, Vice Chair• Jerry Lewis, California• Jack Kingston, Georgia• Kay Granger, Texas• Mike Simpson, Idaho• Jeff Flake, Arizona• Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
ROSA DELAURO of Connecticut
• Nita Lowey, New York• Jesse Jackson, Jr., Illinois• Lucille Roybal-Allard, California• Barbara Lee, California
ANDER CRENSHAW of Florida
• Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri, Vice Chair• Steven LaTourette, Ohio• Dennis Rehberg, Montana• Ken Calvert, California
MIKE HONDA of California
• David Price, North Carolina• Sanford Bishop, Georgia
JOHN CULBERSON of Texas
• John R. Carter, Texas, Vice Chair• C. W. Bill Young, Florida• Jeff Flake, Arizona• Steve Austria, Ohio• Kevin Yoder, Kansas• Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi
SANFORD BISHOP of Georgia
• Sam Farr, California• Betty McCollum, Minnesota• Jim Moran, Virginia
KAY GRANGER of Texas
• Tom Cole, Oklahoma, Vice Chair• Jerry Lewis, California• Frank Wolf, Virginia• Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida• Charles Dent, Pennsylvania• Steve Austria, Ohio
NITA LOWEY of New York
• Jesse Jackson, Jr., Illinois• Adam Schiff, California• Steve Rothman, New Jersey
TOM LATHAM of Iowa
• Steve LaTourette, Ohio, Vice Chair• Frank Wolf, Virginia• John Carter, Texas• Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida• Charles Dent, Pennsylvania• Steve Womack, Arkansas
JOHN OLVER of Massachusetts
• Ed Pastor, Arizona• Marcy Kaptur, Ohio• David Price, North Carolina
• Scott Garrett, New Jersey• Mike Simpson, Idaho•John Campbell, California• Ken Calvert, California• Todd Akin, Missouri• Tom Cole, Oklahoma• Tom Price, Georgia• Tom McClintock, California• Jason Chaffetz, Utah• Marlin Stutzman, Indiana• James Lankford, Oklahoma• Diane Black, Tennessee• Reid Ribble, Wisconsin• Bill Flores, Texas• Mick Mulvaney, South Carolina• Tim Huelskamp, Kansas• Todd Young, Indiana• Justin Amash, Michigan• Todd Rokita, Indiana• Frank Guinta, New Hampshire
• Allyson Schwartz, Pennsylvania• Marcy Kaptur, Ohio• Lloyd Doggett, Texas• Earl Blumenauer, Oregon• Betty McCollum, Minnesota• John Yarmuth, Kentucky• Bill Pascrell, New Jersey• Mike Honda, California• Tim Ryan, Ohio• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida• Gwen Moore, Wisconsin• Kathy Castor, Florida• Heath Shuler, North Carolina• Paul Tonko, New York• Karen Bass, California
The voices of the American people were heard on Tuesday, November 2, and while Republicans did not obliterate every last Democrat off the political landscape, they made significant gains all the way around. Come January when the 112th United States Congress convenes, the Republicans will be back in control of the House of Representatives, and they picked up 6 seats in the Senate although the Democrats still hold a majority – but when the new Senators are sworn in, that majority will be a lot less pronounced than it had been. Although the party in power typically loses seats in the midterm elections, the 60-plus House seats that the GOP picked up represents the largest party turnover in over 70 years. It was all the more notable in that the Republicans were able to gain seats in the Senate without giving up any of their existing seats, and only gave up 3 seats in the House.
In the gubernatorial races, no less than eleven states voted out their Democratic governor in favor of a Republican replacement. Four states, California, Connecticut, Vermont, and Hawaii, elected a Democrat to replace an incumbent Republican. Rhode Island's governor's seat shifted from a Republican to an Independent. Check the tables below for all the details.
Seats being contested:
Senate: 37 out of 100
House: 435 out of 435
Governor: 37 out of 50
111th US Congress
(Jan 3, 2009 to Jan 3, 2011)
112th US Congress
(Jan 3, 2011 to Jan 3, 2013)
• 37 out of 100 seats are being contested
• Senators are elected to 6 year terms
• Senators are divided into three classes so that one full class (i.e. one-third of the Senate) is up for re-election every two years: In this election, the 34 Class III Senators are all up for re-election, and there are 3 special elections for Class I or II Senate seats for Delaware, New York, and West Virginia.
• The "class" a particular senator falls into is simply a matter of when his or her current term expires: Class I senators end in 2013; Class II senators end in 2015; Class III senators end in 2011 and, therefore, are up for re-election now (i.e. November 2010).
Joe Miller
Lisa Murkowski ♦ (write in)
Kendrick Meek
Charlie Crist (ind.)
• 435 out of 435 seats are being contested
• Representatives ("Congressmen/Congresswomen") are elected to 2 year terms with the entire House up for re-election every two years.
Joseph Cao ♦
Lee Byberg
Dan Maes
Tom Tancredo (American Constitution Party)
Alex Sink
Roy Barnes
Pat Quinn ♦
Mark Dayton
Tom Horner (Independence)
Frank Caprio
Lincoln Chafee (Independent)
John Robitaille
BATMAN film producer MICHAEL USLAN
• Sherri Shepherd
• Vanessa Minnillo
All My Children creator AGNES NIXON
Bronx Opera's BEN SPIERMAN
• part 1: Guiding Light
• part 2: Days of Our Lives
Animation historian JERRY BECK
• 1st interview
• 2nd interview
web series producer KAI SOREMEKUN of Chick
• Terrence Howard, René Balcer
• Dick Wolf, Alfred Molina, Alana de la Garza
JEFF HAYNE of Mill Creek Entertainment
• Ian Anthony Dale, Nick Wauters
• Jason Ritter, Sarah Roemer, Blair Underwood, Željko Ivanek
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Die Drei Pintos
Romeo and Juliet in Brooklyn
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Timless Media Group
Boris Karloff's Thriller
Hunter: The Complete Series
Polly and Her Pals
Icons: The DC Comics and Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee
Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman
Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern
Spider-Man musical delayed again
Dead Space: Aftermath
New York Comic Con
Apprentice 10 kickoff
Farewell to Guiding Light
Farewell to As the World Turns
The Broadway Directory
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ABC Cancels Both All My Children and One Life to Live
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Cinemaqueer.com is a collection of over 350 gay themed film reviews that I penned from 1998 - 2015. Many were originally published in Buffalo's monthly gay newspaper, Outcome. Over the last years, my output has dropped drastically - largely due to my night job that has infringed on all the free time that I used to devote to watching new queer films. My final review (season three of Old Dogs & New Tricks) was posted over a year ago. I feel that I am out of touch with queer cinema's latest trends; there is too much out there now to keep abreast of, considering the limited time that I have. And so, while I might still occasionally pen a new review if the mood strikes me, I have decided to officially "retire."
|Brokeback Mountain is the Citizen Kane of queer cinema. Some films make an impact on their first release only to be forgotten later. This one has lost none of its raw power. Brokeback Mountain was the breakthrough film that we awaited for decades. It was an exquisitely crafted movie, a critical and commercial success, and a surprise crossover hit. Conservative pundits and the family councils all went into apoplexy, jokes were made by comedians, and the mythology of the American cowboy underwent a major revision. But, above all, Brokeback Mountain was a love story that resonated with audiences both gay and straight.
According to popular
legend, playwright Tennessee Williams underwent psychoanalysis in 1957
to "cure" his homosexuality and the play Suddenly
Last Summer
was the result. This is inaccurate; the truth is much more complicated
than that. Many view Suddenly
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especially the film version, as being one of the ultimate artistic
expressions of a self loathing queer. The inclusion of a negatively portrayed
homosexual is hardly proof of this; Williams' fiction is populated with
far more grotesque examples of heterosexuals.
England was not a good time to be gay. The climate was so bad that
noted novelist E.M. Forster began writing a book with a homosexual hero
in 1913 that he never published in his lifetime. That book, of course, is
and, in 1987, Merchant Ivory Productions adapted the book to the screen.
The film
features superb performances and a meticulous attention to period detail.
It is a rich filmgoing experience and one of the most beautiful films in
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I have a 2001 nissan maxima that wont start. First off I noticed the fuel pump is not coming on when the key is turned on. I almost replaced the fuel pump until I noticed the warning lights on the dash are staying on even with the ignition off and the key out. The only way to get them off is to unhook the battery or pull the ecm fuse under the hood. It was running and driving fine then stopped all of a sudden with these issues. I have replaced the ignition switch. Just the electronic part not the lock and key. The car does have the security system which I have tried to reset by turning the key off and on as suggested and also touching the battery cables together to drain the capacitors. Nothing has helped. Have you ever heard of this issue?
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By Russell Hood The Webster Progress-Times
WALTHALL — Webster County supervisors plan to address a request concerning a proposed site for an animal shelter when they meet next week. Cheryl Scroggin of the Webster County Animal Rescue Foundation told the Board of Supervisors on March 19 that Carolyn Sherrill had offered the non-profit organization some land for an animal rescue. The property is the site of Sherrill's former home that burned last year on Highway 403 north of Mathiston in District 4. Her dog died in the house fire. Scroggin asked for the county's help in clearing and bush hogging the property for construction of a building. She said Sherrill has offered to lease the property for a $1 a year. Questions arose about the legality of the county helping clean the property, whether the building would be owned by the foundation or the county and insurance issues. Scroggin was told that, normally, a county cannot put a building on leased land. Board attorney Buchanan Meek Jr. was to check with the state auditor's office about these issues and Scroggin is to meet back with supervisors on Monday. Jimmy McLemore, 911 director, met with the board about bid specifications for a generator for the 911 Center. Bids are to be opened April 30. The board voted to allow Barry Rushing, county emergency management agency director, to attend an associational convention June 3-6 in Gulfport. The cost is reimbursable to the county. Supervisors accepted a proposal for engineering services from Willis Engineering for the Natural Resources Conservation Service bank stabilization project on Hatcher Road. Willis was the only firm to submit a proposal. The board accepted the lone bid received for the lease-purchase of a new tandem-axle truck, which was $114,898 from Tri-State Mack, and the quote of Regions Bank for the lease-purchase financing of the truck at 1.4 percent interest. The motion also included acceptance of $70,200 from Tri-State for the sale of a 2010 Mack Truck being returned to the lessor and its removal from county inventory. Any of the $70,200 left after paying off the 2010 truck will be disbursed in three equal amounts to districts 3, 4 and 5. The board approved a motion for District 1to buy 50 percent interest in a 2006 Mack truck and a 2005 Palmer trailer belonging to District 2, which will be jointly owned by both districts. Supervisors also voted to hire Junior Simpson as a full-time driver for the truck, effective April 1. He remains on part-time status for both districts until then. Related budget amendments were also approved. After meeting with Sheriff Tim Mitchell, the board approved a motion regarding Sheriff's Department personnel. Supervisors accepted the resignation of Ken Wicha as a part-time deputy and chief fire investigator, effective March 16; appointed Richard Love as fire investigator and Casey Henderson as deputy fire investigator; and hired Jeremy Brown as a part-time deputy, effective April 1. Insurance Money on Doss Building The board discussed receiving additional insurance money for roof damage at the Doss Building. The county previously received $40,000 from its insurance carrier for roof damage during one storm, according to the discussion, but the roof was damaged again in another storm In related action March 5, the board entered into a memorandum of agreement with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to refurbish the building at a cost of $29,250. The board had previously committed the local match after being awarded a $117,000 Community Heritage Preservation Grant from MDAH to restore the Mississippi Landmark.


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I'd like to build the site in CSS but, being new to it (i.e. never having built a CSS site before), I'm not sure if there are any tips or tricks I should be aware of in building an image-heavy site.
Any thoughts you have will be much appreciated.
There are great tutorials on CSS/Javascript photo galleries... i've seen a few on ALA, mezzoblue, etc. Have a surf and see what you find.
Edit- Sorry, one other "trick": photographers often bug you about making their photos look as good as possible (read: large file size), so if they have any images that can be repeated from page to page (i.e. header, background image, etc), you can place these images in the CSS, and they will be cached on the first page's download... users will not have to download new images on every page.
#header {
background-image: url(example.jpg);
However, it's important to bear in mind that tables do have their uses. One of the central ideas behind CSS-P is using elements for the purposes to which they were intended. Tables are intended to display tabular data, that is, data which is better understood when presented in columns and rows.
So the question is: does an image gallery count as tabular data, or is it more like a list? That answer probably depends on the application, as I can think of gallery set-ups that would match either description.
Point being, consider the possibility that using a table to display the image thumbnails may actually be the semantically correct approach, and if so, there's nothing wrong with placing a table in the layout to hold those images.
If, however, you think that a list format is more fitting, my adivce is to make ample but correct use of the float property. This will be far easier if you can standardize the size of the thumbnails, even if this means nesting each thumbnail in a standard-sized box, which is then floated. FLoats used in this way will work beautifully UNLESS the floated elements are different sizes, in which case so many funky things will happen you'll curse the day stylesheets were invented.
One other thought. The photographer, I know, will want to add new images to his galleries -- I don't know how frequently, but probably several times a year. Is this simple enough with CSS?
Also, should the photos be in some external file, such as XML?
However I am happy that you just posted this reply Pab, as the issue you pointed out is what led to my rationale behind NOT using tables for image galleries for photographers' websites (Though again, I agree with cEM that depending on content and purpose of any other site, tables could often work wonderfully).
As I said, I've done some photographers' sites... and during the design process, ALL of them admitted that they wanted to constantly update with more photos, but had no specific idea of how many more photos they be adding to the galleries in 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. Hearing this, I decided that creating a monster-sized table and leaving empty cells for later was a fairly moronic approach (perhaps there is a better client-friendly way to do it with tables, but my idea is to always to build a site that the client can update on their own... trying to tell people how to manipulate td's and tr's over the phone is quite fruitless).
By using float properties correctly, or creating a solid list style, you or your HTML-illiterate client can add photos til the cows come home, tacking on only a few html tags every time, rather than a completely new table row, or worse yet, having to rehash the whole table. Doing things with CSS-P solved any potential 3am calls I may have gotten in 2 years when the site owner needs to add 20 photos to a page.
First, 'tables are for tabular data' is a good phrase, but not very useful unless you define 'tabular data'. Generally I take 'tabular data' to be 'data that fits into the intersect of two headings', not 'data that's traditionally laid out in a grid format'. For that purpose CSS supplies display:table and other associated table displays. Shame that it's not supported in IE but as ever we have to work around this.
Secondly, the float/clear method has some obvious benefits over tables. In my example I have a sidebar floated to the right of my main column. When my images come to the end of this I want each line length to expand out to fill up the whitespace automatically. This would be impossible with traditional table based layouts.


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Member States agreed "that maximizing the benefits and minimizing the costs of international trade liberalization calls for development-oriented and coherent policies at all levels."


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San Francisco wasn't always the bustling metropolis it is today.
11,000 years ago, during the Pleistocene Period, the City was a grassy valley, similar to the Serengheti of East Africa.
Before City by the Bay was home to techies, hippies and hipsters, it was home to saber tooth cats, giant ground sloths and woolly mammoths.
Evidence to support this was discovered Monday, when the Transbay Joint Powers Authority unearthed a tooth and part of a jaw that once belonged to a woolly mammoth.
The tooth was found at the east end of the Transbay Transit Center jobsite, about 110 feet below the construction surface, by crane operator Brandon Valasik.
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According to the TJPA's paleontology consultant, the tooth has been preserved nicely. The tooth and jaw are estimated to be about 11,000 years old, and will be sent for further evaluations.
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My girlfriend wants to save my sperm in the fridge, and eat it later,will it rot,how long before its not safe?
yes, I do this myself. I *** in a large old asprin pill bottle then as soon as I *** I put it in the freezer. My girl friend knows I jack off and she actually admits she doe's with Mr. Pinky ( her *****) as well. We can't see each other all the time so I usually text her when I am. What an incredible turn on for both of us if you haven't tried that one. Anyway I've only been able to save up about three loads before she cant keep her hands off of it. She usually goes straight for the freezer and pulls the bottle out. Usually making fun of me at first like " lets see how busy the perv has been lately" or " I have a headache, got anything ?" but usually after a few minutes, I can see her anticipation, as she what she wants to do.She has done it many ways. She's warmed it up in the hot tub until it was ready, and others she sucked on it like a lollypop. Encredibly hot, hot, hot to watch her enjoy it to the max. She lets it drip from her mouth onto her **** as it melts, **** thats hot. She loves the taste of *** and has a *** fetish as well as I. There is nothing more beautiful than a womans sexy lips and mouth covered with sweet ***. so what a turn on for us both. We have talked about me licking some from her lips or eating cream pie or from her fingers, and I hear it's actually pretty good for you. but usually after we have had sex I loose interest in such kink. ( Bumber for her and actually was a bit of a let down for her because the fantasy of seeing that takes her to a higher level if you know what I mean. She said the *** if frozen right after you ********* tastes no different that if squirted straight out of my ****. Still thick and milky to. However she says there is no substitution for straight out of my throbbing ****.

Anyway it allows us and her to play with my *** in to many ways to mention, kind of a very kinky forplay thing, use your imagination here guys and girls, but the biggest thing I think for her is when she dribbles some warmed up *** on her freshly painted lips, she see's my eye's pop out like saucers. It looks so delicious to me and an incredible turn on, I'm at her every beckon call and command just so I can give her the deepest wettest kiss ever. I actually like the taste of my ***, I think as much as she does almost and there is nothing like having an ****** whith your lips and tongues intertwined together sharing a load of hot juicy ***. Ummmmmmmmm, just my opinion though. I have never tasted a fresh load of *** right out of a ****, nor have I ever been with another man, but I also fantasize about another guy shooting his load all over her then ravaging her body afterwards. I know the idea turns her on as well but a little reluctant to go that far because of possable guilt, jealousy, and or trust issues. I understand that, but man the fantasy sure sounds hot. She mentioned a ******* a couple times, but kinda as a joke, so I'm not sure if she meant it or not, but I would let her try anything she wants.
Lucky bastard. lol
My gf and I want to do things similar to you. I would love to lick her cream pie, but like you, after i go, I loose interest in that level of kink. But getting it out of the freezer and pouring my *** on her, would be so hot. How do you usually warm it up?
Warm water for about a minute, or insert frozen and let it melt
It should keep, at least a week, if you put it in the FREEZER.

I know that it's been done. Brittany's boyfriend saved up, like, fifty loads in a bowl, and kept it in the freezer.

Then he thawed it out and gave it to her as a present.

My roommate does this for me! Every time he Jerks off he blows it into a container and pops it in the freezer for me to drink later. A get a warm water bath and place the container in it to thaw it out as soon as it's about 98 degrees I pour it into my mouth and savor his sweet *** for a couple min before swallowing it down.
You are an incredibly lucky guy!! You have a very adventurous Girlfriend.
I just think that is kinda...WEIRD! If she wants you to blow a load in her mouth during okay...but saving that ****!!?? eeeww Nasty!! I mean snack on some chips or something!
Ewwwwwww.. I'm sorry but that just made me puke a little in my mouth.. should I save that for her too?
Puke in your mouth is a LOT worse than ***** in your mouth!!!
My girlfriend is into a similar thing. She wants to have *** all over her, but is not interested in playing with other guys. She wants me to save it up and get it out for play. I totally get turned on by it all and am going to try it out. Freezing and thawing it in a warm/hot water seems like the way that's worked best for people? How long has anyone kept it frozen and then later used it? Any other tips/tricks?
The longest I ever kept some frozen was about six weeks. A condom is great to freeze it in, just tie a knot and re-use as often as you want
Cant imagine having it cold, but fantasies and kinks can be personal things so who am I to judge. If she enjoys it, and you aren't averse to it, then go for it!!! I wouldn't keep it for more than a few days. I'd put it in something different to a glass that someone would drink from.... You wouldn't want an unsuspecting relative to take a swig hehe.
If I go to your house, I am having my coffee black!
I think it's best eaten fresh.... cold curdled se.m.en doesn't seem that appetizing..... I guess she could nuke it.....

This is cool information. I love to taste of *** and crave it all the time.
I actually did this with my boyfriend, we do it regularly and I love it! I can't get enough of his ***, the last thing we did was a cumsickle and oh my god! I wish I could eat it up all day. When he shoots it into my mouth, I literally have an ****** without even touching myself.
We talk more about these kinky stuff we do on our website, feel free to visit:)
I believe it would stay safe for a very long time in the freezer. Does anyone know how my boyfriend would ship his ***** from England to the USA? It would take some time for me to get it not sure how long or how to keep it from turning bad or liquid liquid consistency. Any ideas? Thanks
no no no, no way. we did a mistake like that with my boyfriend. the whole thing got bad! it has to be frozen and stay frozen till it is ready to be eaten!
you guys are ******* sick! LOL! I cant believe what Im reading. I guess Ive just never had the opportunity to explore so much like you guys. I had a girl friend for 6 years, all we ever did was have regular sex. She would never blow me, but she would always make me *** in her. Ive never had any one blow my load in their mouth. This one time a girl tried but ****, I wouldnt *** and she got tired.

Ive alway fantasized about a girl blowing me and swallowing..... but its never happened :(
sick?? how judgemental.
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THERE were 497 head of cattle yarded at Grafton on Tuesday. The market for bullocks eased just slightly to top at 171c/kg. Cows sold firm on last week. In the trade section, vealers to processors were a lot firmer to top at 207c/kg for the best prime calves. Re- stocker calves followed this trend.
- Prices per kilo: Export bullocks 160 171; heifers 142 159; cows prime135 154, medium 125 142; boner 106 132; bulls prime 150 163.
- Trade: Light steers 206 224; light heifers 170 201; yearlings 171 196; vealers under 190kg 203 207; vealers over 190kg 202 207; bobby calves 232 272.
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- Vorna Cooper bullocks sold to 168c/kg, weighed 695kg and returned $1162/hd.
- LE & JD Roberts bullocks sold to 166c/kg, weighed 570kg and returned $1066/hd.
- JC Ottoway & Sons bullocks sold to 171c/kg, weighed 640kg and returned $1089/hd.
- Kroehnert Family P'Ship bullocks sold to 165c/kg, weighed 545kg and returned $895/hd.
- HD & PD Moran cows sold to 146c/kg, weighed 485kg and returned $704/hd.
- Cartmill Bros cows sold to 144c/kg, weighed 523kg and returned $748/hd.
- TJ & LG Keough vealers sold to 207c/kg, weighed 250kg and returned $516/hd.
- JW & OPD Golding vealers sold to 205c/kg, weighed 220kg and returned $450/hd.
- Wingfield & Gillett vealers sold to 200c/kg, weighed 225kg and returned $450/hd.
- FB & AD Hunter vealers sold to 202c/kg, weighed 195kg and returned $390/hd.
- P & MJ Whitton vealers sold to 205c/kg, weighed 228kg and returned $465/hd.
- CJ McGrath vealers sold to 204c/kg, weighed 238kg and returned $483/hd.
- AR & LM Watkins vealers sold to 200c/kg, weighed 205kg and returned $408/hd.
- GJ & DL Lee vealers sold to 208c/kg, weighed 143kg and returned $295/hd.
- JW & OPD Golding Angus steers made 214c/kg, and returned $371/hd to restockers.
Elders Grafton
Sale Toppers:
- W & S Lee sold bullocks 166.2c/kg averaged 707kg and returned $1175.87.
- J & FL Buchanan sold cows 150.2c/kg averaged 580kg and returned $871.16.
- K & D Child sold cows 153.2c/kg averaged 540kg and returned $827.28.
- Doboy Station sold cows 139.2c/kg averaged 455kg and returned $633.36.
- Smiths Creek Yearling Beef sold cows 128.2c/kg averaged 410kg and returned $525.62.
- Stan Kozik sold cows 143.2c/kg averaged 500kg and returned $716.
- Allan J Moran sold cows 130.2c/kg averaged 510kg and returned $664.02.
- CG Moran sold cows 126.2c/kg averaged 410kg and returned $517.42.
- BVG Taylor sold cows 144.2c/kg averaged 542kg and returned $782.29.
- J & FL Buchanan sold veal 183.2c/kg averaged 275kg and returned $503.80.
- Doboy Station sold veal 183.2c/kg averaged 195kg and returned $357.24.
- PJ, AM & MK Moran sold veal 200.2c/kg averaged 165kg and returned $330.33.
- BVG Taylor sold veal 201.2c/kg averaged 228kg and returned $459.41.
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THERE were 496 head of cattle yarded at Grafton on Tuesday.
A good yarding of export cattle this week, with most sales struggling to hold last week's rates. Bullocks and heavy steers sold firm to 5c/kg easier. Best of the cows all but firm, with medium and light weights four to 6c/kg easier. Heavy bulls were well supplied and sold firm to 5c/kg dearer. Not a lot of good butcher yearlings on offer - all selling on par with recent sales. Veal to processors met with stronger competition, selling to 3c/kg dearer. Restockers a little more active on the right calves.
Sale highlights:
- Phillip Bailey sold a pen of Angus cross bullocks 169c/kg averaged 597kg and returned $1005.
- Keybarbin Pty Ltd sold a pen of Brahman cross bullocks 169c/kg averaged 628kg and returned $1056.
- SJ Hyatt sold a Brangus steer 172c/kg weighed 395kg and returned $676.
- E & IM Bennett sold a Santa cross heifer 150c/kg weighed 465kg and returned $697.
- MV & EA Fahey sold a pen of Brahman cows 143c/kg averaged 471kg and returned $670.
- JW & DJ Freeman sold a pen of Hereford bulls 164c/kg averaged 795kg and returned $1297.
- MV & EA Fahey sold a pen of Brahman and Charbray bulls 161c/kg averaged 795kg and returned $1273.
- PH & GJ Ballard sold a pen of Droughtmaster vealer heifers 195c/kg averaged 260kg and returned $504.
- AJ Ballard & RF James sold a pen of Droughtmaster vealer steers 206c/kg averaged 255kg and returned $523.
- AJ, PJ & SM Williamson sold an Angus vealer steer 201c/kg weighed 260kg and returned $520.
- Kate Peterson sold a Droughtmaster vealer steer 205c/kg weighed 255kg and returned $520.
- L Kohlbach & E Snape sold a pen of Charolais cross restocker steers 216c/kg averaged 179kg and returned $385, also sold a Charbray vealer heifer 206c/kg weighed 185kg and returned $379.
- SJ Hyatt sold a pen of Brangus cross vealer heifers 204c/kg averaged 203kg and retuned $413.
- Mrs JE Barnier sold a Brangus vealer heifer 205c/kg weighed 220kg and returned $451.
- WD & RF Jupp sold a Droughtmaster vealer heifer 211c/kg weighed 155kg and returned $325.
- AP Franklin sold an Angus vealer steer 231c/kg weighed 120kg and returned $276.
- SJ & NM Williamson sold a Charolais vealer heifer 205c/kg weighed 190kg and returned $389.
- CJ & DM Love sold a pen of Charolais cross vealer steers 249c/kg averaged 96kg and returned $239.
- SJ & NM Williamson sold a Brangus cross vealer heifer 241c/kg weighed107kg and returned $258.
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Published obituary of Hannah Cone Scott. Source is not known, but probably was from the Osceola Sentinel or Osceola Tribune, Osceola, Iowa, March 1911.
Mrs. Newton Scott
Hannah Margarite, daughter of Ezra P. and Mary Cone, was born in Saugamon *sic* county, Ill., December 5th, 1841, and died in Osceola March 7th, 1911, aged 69 years, 3 months and 2 days.
She came with her parents to Iowa when two years of age and settled in Monroe county. She was married to Newton Scott August 21, 1866, and came to Clarke county in 1867 and lived in and near Murray until 1896 when the family moved to Osceola, where she has since resided.
Nine children were born to this union, four sons and five daughters, one son dying in infancy and one daughter at the age of eleven years. Three sons and four daughters survive her. They are Mrs. Daisy Miler of Hayfield, Minn; Mrs. Bessie Rarick, Mrs. Mable Dalby and Miss Birdie of this city; A. C. and E. P. Scott, also of this city, and Dr. E. N. Scott of Hinsdale, Ill.
She joined the M. E. church in her girlhood and has lived a consistent Christian life ever since. She was a noble woman, wife and mother and her life was an open book. Her friends were numbered by her acquaintances and many sorrow with the bereaved ones.
The pall bearers were the three brothers of Mrs. Scott, E. T. and W. E. Cone of Murray, and Barney Cone of Council Bluffs, also the three brothers of Mr. Scott, C. C. Scott of Murray, Wiley A. Scott of Albia and T. B. Scott of South Omaha.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. L. B. Carpenter were conducted from the home on Thursday afternoon, March 9th. Interment in Maple Hill cemetery.
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The Sights of Stockholm – Beautiful Place You Should Visit
Sweden offers world class beauty in the arctic wilderness, vast lakes and enchanting islands make for an intriguing destination. But who would've guessed, its family friendly, too! Journey into the urban winter wonderland of Stockholm, Sweden! Did you know there is a better way to plan for the big travel day?
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I always use to ensure a smooth transition between home and the airport. When you are travelling with the family, it can lapse into chaos quite quickly when balancing everyone's luggage and organizing into a taxi. If you are like me, you will enjoy the added benefit of driving to the airport. Check out Heathrow parking or if coming from further north Edinburgh Airport parking to ensure all family members are relaxing this holiday!
One of the most beautiful cities in the world is none other than Stockholm, Sweden. This capital city built around an archipelago of 14 islands, provides a relaxing escape into a captivating landscape of scenic coastlines and beautiful forests. Stockholm makes for a delightful holiday for the whole family to enjoy, due to its variety of options for family friendly fun and interactive attractions. The Stockholm Card is the perfect city pass and an affordable option for families.
With the Stockholm Card, you can enjoy free admission to 80 museums and attraction, free public transportation and free bicycle and boat excursions. What better way to spend the holiday, than by utilizing this amazing opportunity for entertainment at such a reasonable price! You won't want to miss out on the chance to bike the paths of the Royal Palace or explore the beautiful wooden houses off the beaten track.
The Stockholm canals make for a memorable adventure into the city. With a boat ride through Djurgarden canal, you and the family are sure to learn an interactive history of the city. Be sure to bring the kids to Skansen Open-Air Museum, a scenic collection of Scandinavian history complete with children's zoo!
The fashionable district of Södermalm is a great densely populated area of the city with attractive architecture to let the eyes wander. This window into daily life is the perfect place to dine at a restaurant or enjoy the comforts of a cozy hotel. There are many wooden buildings that make for lovely atmosphere that shifts with the vibrancy of everyday urban life.
Head to Djurgarden, a nice island that houses many great attractions of the city such as the Vasa Museum, the Nordiska Museum, the zoo and the awesome amusement park Tivoli Gröna Lund or just Grönan. Take a stroll through this park and be sure to bring a camera to capture the sight of beautiful vistas. The Vasa Museum is just one stop you won't want to miss! I recommend spending a few hours here in order to view the spectacular sight of one of the most well-preserved shipwrecks in the world. The kids will find the whole thing quite entertaining, and you are sure to appreciate such an awesome sight. With 95 percent of the vessel on recovered, this display is quite unique and an absolute must!
Millesgarden is another popular attraction of Stockholm that displays the sculptures of Carl Milles. Housed within his former home, Millesgarden is a great setting for vistas over the water and city. It offers interesting temporary exhibitions, and makes for a lovely afternoon excursion complete with lunch at the small restaurant on-site. Millesgarden can be reached by tram, so hop onboard the red metro line in Ropslen!
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Within the Old Town or Galma Stan district, you will find wonders in the form of architectural delights and beautiful buildings that make up the oldest part of Stockholm. It makes for charming long walk down narrow streets scattered with art galleries, souvenir boutiques and ice cream parlors. Enjoy the quite calm early on a Sunday and be sure to explore the shops along the way! I recommend a trip to City Hall or Stadshuset to complete the trip.
This is the location of the Nobel Prize banquet and remains an iconic structure built with architectural elegance on the water. This building made of red brick and decorated in lovely detail hosts many exquisite halls and impressive tower views. Inside, the Blue Hall the grand organ is made up of an amazing 10,270 pipes, the largest in Scandinavia! In the square there is much to do, so sit down have a bite to eat or entertain your mind at one of the nearby museums. Be sure to rest on that last day and enjoy easy ride home with your car waiting airport parking.
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Fall's hottest new beauty trend has given us yet another reason to love wine: the daringly dark lip colors inspired by its deep burgundy hues.
We spotted a variety of wine-stained pouts on fall runways, ranging from audacious aubergines at Proenza Schouler and Christian Siriano to barely-there berry stains (think one glass of vino versus two) at the Giles Deacon show.
The look has quickly transitioned from the runway to the red carpet, with stars like Amanda Seyfried, Rihanna and Sarah Hyland sweeping on the sultry shades.
For a bold burgundy lip like Seyfried's, follow the Les Misérables star's lead and keep eye makeup to a minimum with neutral shadow and a touch of mascara. You can also take a cue from Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who keeps her coordinating makeup simple with (what else?) a rosy cheek.
To pull off this trend, start by exfoliating the lips and hydrating them with balm. Make sure to blot the lips to ensure wine colors don't spill over lip lines. Since blotting helps creates a stay-put matte effect, you'll want to steer clear of matte foundation and instead opt for a dewy look like Jennie Garth
You can venture into wine country with Dior Rouge Lipstick in Hypnotic Red. Purple-based lipsticks work best for those with fair skin, while berry-tinged colors flatter medium-toned gals. Those with darker complexions can try burgundies with blue undertones.
But the beauty of the wine-stained lip is that virtually any color can work, so long as the accompanying makeup is kept to a minimum. It's a versatile trend that we can raise our glasses to.
What do you think of the wine-stained lip trend? Does it read more vampire than vamp?


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December 19th, 2012Healing a Broken Collarbone with Herbs
by Jerem Eyre
It has now been three weeks since my daughter broke her collarbone, and if I hadn't seen her healing with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it. The medical profession says a collarbone typically takes 4 to 6 weeks to heal. My daughter's took two. Many of you, like my wife, won't be surprised by this, but having not come from an herbalist's background, things like this still amaze me. My wife has been studying herbs and natural healing for quite a while, so as she saw this healing occur her reaction was simply "Well yeah, that's the way it works."
On a Monday morning, my 4-year-old fell off the couch and landed just right to break her collarbone. She immediately began screaming in pain. The type of screaming where you immediately know something is definitely wrong. She couldn't be touched, she couldn't be consoled, and she wouldn't calm down.
Suspecting that something might be broken, we quickly went to the doctor's office to get x-rays. The x- ray confirmed our suspicions and clearly showed her broken clavicle. While very nice and professional, the only thing the doctor suggested was a sling and gave her a prescription for Tylenol3. We thanked him very much, didn't bother to fill the prescription, and went home. Now that we knew it was a broken bone, we knew exactly where to start working.
Our routine over the next several days included 5 to 6 cups of Comfrey tea with Willow in it, fomentations most of the day and at night, Complete Tissue And Bone powder added to our green drinks in the morning, Complete Tissue And Bone oil rubbed on her clavicle, and homeopathic Arnica dissolved in water 3 or 4 times during the day.
So what were the results?
On Tuesday, the day after the accident, her collarbone was very painful, and she needed help with everything including going to the bathroom. She couldn't color, and she spent the day watching movies, which kept her still. Wednesday she had a lot less pain and was generally moving around a lot more. Thursday her cousins came over and she played with them for several hours. She wore a sling for a few hours that day to remind her not to move her arm too much. Friday she went to see a ballet, took the sling off because it was annoying her, and was active all day. By Sunday she was happy and playing, carrying her baby dolls, dressing up, and even running, though her collarbone hurt slightly while running.
Over the following week she kept getting better and better. We kept the routine of giving her Comfrey tea with Willow, rubbing oil on her clavicle during the day, and putting fomentations on at night, though we reduced the frequency. By the following Tuesday, now two weeks since the break, she was acting as if it had never happened. In fact she even went swimming and was later bragging that she was able to do all of her strokes: freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and even butterfly. Later in the week she was even crawling.
It has now been three weeks and we still rub Complete Tissue and Bone oil on her collarbone and she has at least one cup of Comfrey tea each day. We also still add Complete Tissue and Bone powder to our green drinks in the morning. She is acting like our active 4-year-old little girl again and, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never guess that she ever broke her collarbone.
Herbs really are nature's blessing for health and I am extremely grateful for everything we've learned from the School of Natural Healing that made an experience like this possible.


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On day two of Team Repsol YPF Honda's three-day testing at Jerez, Alex Crivillé has crashed out an hour before the end of this afternoon's session. The Spanish rider has slightly injured his right hand's little finger. After a first diagnosis...
On day two of Team Repsol YPF Honda's three-day testing at Jerez, Alex Crivillé has crashed out an hour before the end of this afternoon's session. The Spanish rider has slightly injured his right hand's little finger. After a first diagnosis done at the circuit's medical center, Repsol YPF Honda's rider has flown to Barcelona to double check his injury. In the words of the doctors from the circuit: "Alex Crivillé has suffered a slight erosion of a distal phalanx of his right hand's small finger. However, the X-ray has shown no fracture".
Alex and new team mate, Japanese Tohru Ukawa, have been testing at the Jerez circuit since Monday 27th, and the latter will also be testing there tomorrow. Alex gave 63 laps to the track yesterday, while Tohru increased that number to 68. Today the Japanese rider has given a total of 78 laps to the track. Alex's best lap time has been close to the one set at the last Spanish Grand Prix held in May.
After today's unfortunate incident Alex has said: "I crashed out going into the Dry Sack corner at around 100 km/h. I lost the front and my hand has been trapped under the bike. That's why it's been badly scratched. Although I feel ok, I would rather visit the Dexeus Clinic in Barcelona to see how injured my finger really is. I can only say that testing has gone well till today. The new bike has got a lot of potential and it's really competitive. But don't forget it's like starting from nought because it's completely new, so we have no references from the past. We've still got a lot of work to do. In these two days we've focused on the bike's chassis and tyres to get different feelings from the bike. Now I want to take a month's break so that I'm fully fit and with batteries charged in January".
Team-mate Tohru Ukawa will stay in Jerez riding his 2000 500 NSR Repsol YPF Honda bike to increasingly adapt to the new class: "We've had some chattering problems in the front today. I've been testing the 16.5" Michelin rear tyre and although lap times have been close to the ones using the 17" tyre, I've felt more comfortable with the first option. I only know I need more time on the bike because it's completely different to what I've ridden before. After testing in Australia and Malaysia we've given a big step forward. However, I'm aware that there's still a lot of work to do during the pre-season".
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Rider Lap time Number of laps Alex Barros 1'43.6 49 Alex Crivillé 1'43.7 63 Loris Capirossi 1'43.7 53 Tohru Ukawa 1'44.8 68 Valentino Rossi 1'45.3 33
Tuesday 28th
Rider Lap time Number of laps Loris Capirossi 1'43.2 54 Alex Crivillé 1'43.3 64 Alex Barros 1'43.4 71 Tohru Ukawa 1'44.2 78 Valentino Rossi 1'44.3 41


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Shouldn't your Valentine's Day weekend be full of fun, bolstered with a few glasses of wines that are approachable and breezy, yet elegant? I discovered two selections that are just that from Anaba Vineyards and Winery in Sonoma County. They'll be perfect pairings with a romantic dinner, with a group of friends playing board games, or just by yourself watching a favorite movie.
Anaba, located at 60 Bonneau Road in Sonoma, California, is known for their quality wines featuring Rhone and Burgundian grape varieties. Sourced from selected properties in Sonoma County as well as their Estate vineyards in Carneros, the winemaking team works with growers to help them meet their specifications in each region boasting distinct microclimates. Canopy management strategies are used in order to elevate the health of the vines and grape clusters are thinned to refine the fruit's flavor profile. Sustainable viticultural practices are consistently utilized in the vineyards.
In fact, Anaba was the first winery in Northern California to harness the wind for power when, in 2009, John Sweazey, Proprietor, installed a 45 foot Skystream 3.7 turbine. Generated by this electricity are the tasting room, wine storage area, office operations, and irrigation pumps for the estate vineyards as well as their electric car station, available to visitors sampling a bevy of wines at the tasting room.
"The winds of Sonoma lent us our name. Be it a steady breeze or a firm gust, an anabatic wind is one that flows up the hills of a vineyards during calm and sunny weather," states Sweazey. As cooling winds glide inland from the Pacific Ocean and San Pablo Bay, they become stronger as they meet the vineyards' sloping hills, at which point they become anabatic. The vineyard climate becomes more temperate and the fruit's ripening process is slowed, resulting in wines with a bold, unique and elegant profile.
Just as interesting and impressive as the story (be sure to check out the website) were the two bottles sent to me as samples, 2013 Turbine White and 2012 Pinot Noir.
Anaba 2013 Turbine White, Sonoma Valley
With just as much breeze and fresh air as the image of the turbine on its label evokes, this lovely blend of Rhone varietals, 42% Roussanne, 20% Grenache Blanc, 20% Picpoul Blanc, and 18% Marsanne, is relaxed and joyous! Gentle aromas of stone fruit, herbs, and white flowers wafted from the glass. As a counterpoint to the nose, the flavors of the Turbine White were broad yet refreshing, with notes of almonds and tropical citrus, boasting bright acidity. Its finish was light, crisp, and lingering.
From vineyards in the eastern foothills of the Sonoma Valley Appellation, the Roussanne contributed gentle aromatics, the Marsanne offered acidity, Grenache Blanc presented length and balance, and the Picpoul Blanc lent elements of tropical fruit and that snap that I loved. Fermented with native yeast in in 50% barrels and 50% stainless steel, the 2013 Turbine White was aged for eight months in French oak barrels. Cost is $28.
Anaba 2012 Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
It should be no surprise to any of my readers that I love a classic Pinot Noir and the 100% Pinot Noir from Anaba does not disappoint. On the nose, sweet cherries, purple flowers, and touch of oak evoked that "ahhhh…" moment right from the beginning. Notes of earth, vanilla, white pepper, juicy red fruits, and baking spice were lifted by brilliant acidity and well integrated tannins were the foundation. Balanced with a bold, firm finish, this approachable Pinot Noir will make every moment special.
Whereas the Turbine White is from grapes grown in the Valley, the Pinot Noir is from the Sonoma Coast Appellation and aged for eleven months in French oak barrels. Cost is $34.
Whatever you do, have a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend. Keep it simple, relaxing, and, of course, always elegant.
Cheers~ Cindy


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1. Exfoliate more. Wintery conditions make skin dull and sallow, so make sure to exfoliate during this transition period to unveil soft, radiant skin. However, it's important to make sure you don't overdo it — be sure to use an extra gentle product that won't hurt your skin. We love the Simple's Skincare Smoothing Facial Scrub, which is formulated with hypoallergenic rice granules and is effective at removing surface dead cells without causing pain or irritation.
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Many of you may recognize this face from behind the bar here at Naked Winery and Sick-n-Twisted Brewery. Drew is an employee of ours, a dear friend, and an avid beer lover. He lives for the outdoors and you can usually find him on a mountain, with a growler full of Hop on Top IPA, of course. On January 8th Drew fell from a chairlift while working as an EMT and ski patroller with Terry Peak Ski Area. He was airlifted to Rapid City Regional Hospital where he underwent intensive surgery to treat a traumatic injury to his spinal cord.
Drew would like to thank the community for being so supportive at and we would like to welcome him home and raise some money to help his recovery on Friday, May 5th where you can enjoy some free kick-ass pulled pork tacos and Sick-N-Twisted Beer, live auction, brewery tour, live music, and a raffle.
Brewery Tours starting at 5
Come see where the magic is made and brewed. Sample some favorite Sick-N-Twisted Beers. We're accepting free will donations to go towards Drew's recovery.
Free Will Donation Street Tacos & Beer Starting at 5
Free pulled pork street tacos and beer will be available while it lasts!
Live Auction Starting at 7
Come grab some cool gear at our exciting live auction. Including vacation packages, outdoor gear, a boat, building materials, and goodies! Of course 100% of the proceeds will go to Drew.


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It is time for a new bag…from iconic to hip to bold, these designer gems are priced up to 80% off. We absolutely love the Marc by Marc Jacobs Tobo Leather Handbag priced $125 (from $500).
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