They keep revising the death toll upwards. Initially they reported between 8,000-9,000 people had died, but the telephone lines were all down then, and they had not yet sifted through the wreckage at the time.

It's hard to say about Robert the Rounder Plant.

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I like this relaxed smile.

Painted-on jeans^

oooooh

updated 4:58 p.m. PT, Mon., May. 12, 2008 CHENGDU, China - A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and a chemical plant Monday in central China, killing nearly 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the worst quake in three decades. The 7.9-magnitude quake devastated a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills north of Sichuan’s provincial capital of Chengdu. Striking in midafternoon, it emptied office buildings across the country in Beijing and could be felt as far away as Vietnam. Snippets from the state-run Xinhua News Agency and photos posted on the Internet underscored the immense scale of the devastation. In the town of Juyuan, south of the epicenter, a three-story high school collapsed, burying as many as 900 students and killing at least 50, Xinhua said. Photos showed people using cranes, mechanical hoists and their hands to remove slabs of concrete and steel. As many as 2,300 people were still buried under rubble, Xinhua said. Teenagers struggled to break free from the rubble, “while others were crying out for help,” Xinhua said. Families waited in the rain near the wreckage as rescuers wrote the names of the dead on a blackboard, the news agency reported. Parents of the dead students built makeshift religious altars at the site, resting the corpses on any available piece of plywood or cardboard, and burning paper money and incense in a traditional honor for their child in the afterlife, according to NPR’s Melissa Block. In Beichuan county, northeast of the epicenter, 80 percent of the buildings fell, and 10,000 people were injured, Xinhua said. Men younger than 50 were ordered to bring tools to the area to help dig out any survivors. About 600 people died in Shifang city, which was the site of a major chemical leak. The Xinhua report did not say whether people were killed by the quake or the chemical leak. 'We're afraid' The earthquake hit one of the last homes of the giant panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve and panda breeding center, in Wenchuan county, which remained out of contact, Xinhua said. In Chengdu, it crashed telephone networks and hours later left parts of the city of 10 million in darkness. Update

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Visiting my brother.

I don't know, but Los Angeles has a cultural heritage all its own.

It's as if he's a teenager singing to his rockabilly albums all over again.

I thought it was kind of sweet really. It made me want to give him a hug; just too cute.

It could have been worse. China says massive quake has killed thousands; 7.9 temblor topples schools, factories, hospital in Sichuan province

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^Nice photos, thank you for posting them. With his index finger pointed.

Yes, I just listened to it and checked the CD cover in the song listing, and it is number 8, Trampled Rose. Polly Come Home also appeals to me.

I enjoy some of the moments on the Raising Sand CD and I think the choice of some of the songs was well taken. Stick With Me Baby is consonantly sublime, Through the Morning Through the Night has a natural rhythm that breathes, and there are those wonderful lilting vocals of Alison's on Trampled Rose. Take away the hype that country music is so well known for and what have you got? It comes down to either grasping at straws or true inspiration as far as the choice of material goes. Artists constantly crave fresh material and they understandably live for it. It's somewhat of an adventure for the younger members of the audience who are unfamiliar with the music of the Everly Brothers of course, but it's the other moments on the CD that most intrigue me. I appreciate mildly entertaining music, but it's the soulful elements that inevitably compel me to listen. Raising Sand adds another worthwhile musical dimension to Robert Plant, and brings some of the old country songs to an audience that is hearing them for the first time. It's a departure from what we heard on Mighty Rearranger.

I think he looks very easy.

^It's a little blurry and unsmiley, but it's interesting the way he places his hand over his heart. He had to point like anyone would have missed the view. I guess he was just making sure.

Forced situations are tiresome.

I made a recipe for Rosemary Garlic Chicken and it will be simmering in the slow cooker for the next few hours.

^That's a very nice one; thank you for posting it, Roxie.