Curling Game Basics. 1  Throwing rocks: Each player on the team throws two stones in each end. (An end is similar to an inning in baseball.) Each team throws 8 stones in an end. The players alternate throwing with their opposite number, the player on the other team who plays the same position they do.
Congress Congress began Session Session dates Congress ended; 11th Congress: March 4, 1809: Special session: March 4, 1809 â March 7, 1809: March 3 or 4, 1811: 1st session: May 22, 1809 â June 28, 1809: 2nd session: November 27, 1809 â May 1, 1810: 3rd session: December 3, 1810 â March 3, 1811: 12th Congress: March 4, 1811: 1st session: November 4, 1811 â July 6, 1812
For many years, Congress would meet in December and be done by May. At the time, travel was limited to carriages, horses and ships. Getting to the meeting was not an easy task. When the start of the session moved from December to January, sessions lasted into the summer months.