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21, July 2014Sri AMARNATH JI blessed us on 05th July 2014. After my Yathra to Kailash and Chardham ( Yamunothri, Gangothiri, Badhthrinath and Khedharnath ), my dream of Yathra to Amarnath was fulfilled. When Mr Prabhaharan T S R, called me during end of January 2014 and asked me to join with them for this Amarnath Yathra. Immediately I responded his call and confirmed. The relationship we had during Kailash Yathra continued this yathra too. Our team consists of 20 members. All the arrangements were made by Mr TSR Prabhaharan. Without him I could not made this yathra. After that Medical certificate from Chief Dr of Rajiv Gandhi Hospital Chennai and registration also done during February 2014. I was little upset when I met with an accident and bedridden for 1 ½ months. During Mr Chandramouli's daughter marriage he encouraged me and I got hope of making this yathra. The main itinerary in this yathra are Amarnath, Shiv Khori Cave and Shri Vaishno Devi Cave.
The schedule of our Yathra. There were many deviations from the original and the actual schedule is as given below.
Departure from Chennai and reach Jummu through Air India flight and from Jammu to Sri Nagar through Rao Travel Bus.
Night stay at Srinagar
Srinagar sight seeing – Dal Lake, Shikara ride in the fore noon. Visit to Shri Shankaracharya temple and sight seeing of Nishat Bagh ( Park ) and Mogul Garden in the afternoon.
Night stay at Srinagar
Srinagar to Gulmarg for sight seeing ( Somebody had taken the Gondola ride through cable trolley for the phase I ) and Phase II was closed
Night stay at Srinagar
Left for Sona Marg ( Muslims called for strike in connection with PM Modi's visit to Kashmir) to escape started earlier around 05.15 Hrs. Sonamarg sight seeing
Night stay at Sona marg.
Sonamarg to Baltal. Shri Amarnath Ji yathra started around 06.30 Hrs. Reached Amarnath around 17.30 Hrs ( It was learnt that dharshan will take around 3 hours and closed by 19.00 Hrs. Decided to do dharshan on the next day morning.
Night stay at Amarnath Hill very close to Holy cave ( 2 KM ).
Very good dharshan of Shri Amarnath Ji and started for Baltal
Night stay at Baltal in a tent.
Started for Pahalgam. ( original plan of staying at Srinagar dal lake house boat was changed ). Visited Kheer Bhavani Temple. After security check at Pahalgam gate of Shri Amarnath Yathra Route
Night stay at Pahalgam
Phahalgam to Katra and visited Shiv Khori cave shrine of Lord Shiva.
Night stay at Katra
Dharshan of Maa Vaishno Devi – Helicopter travel up to Top helipad and back after dharshan.
Night stay at Katra
Started for Amritsar. Visit Golden temple, Jallianwala Bagh and Wahah Border flag lowering ceremony. Return to Jammu
Night stay at Jammu.( Problems in accommodation in a single hotel )
Visit to Shri Raghunath Ji shrine and shopping
Night stay at Jammu
Shopping and left to airport around 12.30 Hrs. Reached Chennai around 00.30 Hrs on 13-07-2014 through Air India flight via New Delhi.
This trip was the first time to most of us. There are two routes to reach Amarnath. One is via Baltal and other through Pahalgam. Even though the actual yathra begins from Srinagar, but now from Chandanwari the yathra is 5 days. Pahalgam is 96 KM from Srinagar. Amarnath is situated above 3888 meters above MSL and 16 KM ( in the map it is 14 KM ) from Baltal and 46 KM from Pahalgam. So we had chosen the short route through Baltal.
During our Amarnath yathra some of the tourist places like Srinagar Dal Lake, Shikara ride ( Boat ride ), Nishat Garden, Mogul Garden and Sri Sankaracharya temple, Sonamarg, Gul Marg were are also added, since it may not be possible to make a second trip to these places.
Lord Shiva The destroyer is in the form of Ice Lingam The lingam is formed naturally, which is believed to wax and wane with the moon.
When Maa Parvathi asked Shiva's secret of immortal, Shiva agreed to tell the same in a place where no living beings were present. So he had chosen the place Amarnath cave. Before reaching the cave he left Nandhi, at Pahalgam, Moon at Chandanwari, Snakes at Lake Sheshng Ganesha at Mahagunas hill and five elements ( Earth , water, Air, Fire and Sky ) at Panjtarni. Lord Shiva entered in to the cave along with Maa Parvathi and took Samadhi . Lord Sshiva started narrating his secret of immortality two pigeons heard the same and the two birds also become immortal. Even today we can see the two pigeons in this climate and altitude.
A saint gave coal to shepherd Buta malik and when he opened at home he found they changed to Gold coins. When ran out to thank the saint. When he reached the cave the saint disappeared and a ice Shiva Lingam was there. Then on wards Amarnath cave has become holy place for the Lord Shiva devotees.
The route to the cave was very risky. We have started our yathra from Baltal gate around 06.30 Hrs through Horse. Since the trek was tedious we have preferred the pony ride. Even though I had the problem of walking after the accident, I was forced to walk in the deep slopes. In some of the places there was land slides. We had crossed with warn signs of shooting stones, falling boulders, land slides. The pony ride took about 11 Hrs, which is 5 hours than the normal due to traffic jam ( Traffic jam applicable to pony rides also ). For the ongoing ponies the down coming ponies gave way by stopping on one side Also many places there was not enough width to cross two ponies. Finally we reached the hill top around 17.00 Hrs. Considering the closing time of the temple and time to move in the Q, decided to go for dharshan on the next day (06-07-2014).
Early morning we started our trek towards Holy cave on the ice route from the tent. It was too slippery and only few people could manage without falling. After security check up climbed through steps from the base and had good dharshan. It was almost 14.00 all of our peoples gathered after dharshan and returned to Baltal through pony. On the way it was drizzling with ice crystals to a short while. On reaching the Baltal base station we had our dinner at langer ( Free meals supply ). The crowd was too large than expected. It was due to diversion of devotees from Pahalgam route and those who could not go to Chardham preferred for Amarnath Yathra.
Rest at langer at 9th Km
At the 9th Km bridge -ponies are waiting to come down.
Ponies are travelling on the ice path
At the centre of the valley we can see the Holy cave
- The clothes to be carried are one set of dress with winter clothes ( Sweater, monkey cap and shawl). Thermal wear is not necessary. Take medicines for head ache, diarrhea and suitable medicines for their regular intake for pressure, diabetes, heart problems.
- Chocolates, dry pickles, dry fruits etc.
- Sun screen lotions and Vaseline.
- Yoga/ Breathing exercises / walking to be practiced at least before starting of the this yathra to meet the low oxygen content at the Amarnath Holy cave area.
- Bottled Drinking water is available through the route at a cost of Rs 20 to 40 Rupees. If you have strength you can carry. In addition to this hot drinking water is supplied by military personnel.
- Langer is available in two places on the route in addition to the private shops from Baltal gate. But langers are available through out the Yathra route from Jammu and Srinagar.
- Water melons, tea, water bottles, beverages are available in the private shops.
- Telephone facility is available at base station at Baltal, 3 KM from the base and near the Holy cave.
- Only Post paid sim cards will work in Jammu & Kashmir areas including Amarnath route. Alternately Yathri can purchase a new mobile connection using the Yathra permit at Sanamarg, Baltal or Pahalgam.
- Walking stick is necessary to trek up to the Holy cave. ( Stick is available at base at Baltal Gate and Near the Pony parking area.
- Drinking water and foods are served by the langers even to the devotees standing in a Q.
- Camera and Mobiles are not allowed to the holy cave but can be taken up to the security point. Depositing of these cane done at the security point for which a receipt will be given on free of cost. This arrangement is done by the shrine board.
- We may handover the mobile and camera in any of the for which they will issue receipts on free of charge for which we have to buy pooja prasadhams.
- Shoes and chapels may be deposited at the middle of the steps for which a token will be issued. But most of the people leave on the steps itself.
- Pen, leather belt, leather wallet is not allowed to carry to the Holy cave.
- Stay in the night at hill top near Holy cave is in a tent provide by the private parties is an ideal choice than the langers. The private tents will charge Rs 500, this includes rent, Rugs and woolen blanket.
- Hot water can be availed on cost for bathing and toilets. Toilet facility is not up to the mark ( ZERO ) by the Shrine board.
- It is not advisable to trek during night and during raining. It is advisable to trek in groups. If you prefer trek by walk, walk slowly do not strain much especially going up the hill. Medical facility is available at the base, middle of the trek route and top of the holy cave.
- Less weight will be more comfortable yathra, since the pony walas will prefer less weight persons.
- Pony will be charging Rs 1600 for up and Rs 1600 for down and we have to pay for their meals. Dolly will be charging Rs 16500 for one way. Those who are suffering from spinal problem and hip pain are not advisable to take pony.
- Those who are travelling through helicopter will have to trek for 5 KM, or through pony or dolly.
After finishing our yathra to Amarnath Ji, we were proceeding to Pahalgam from Baltal we had been to Shri Kheer Bhawani Temple 6 KM before Sambal. The temple is in the midst of Chinar trees. This Hindu temple is surrounded by masques. Hence there will be a tension exists always. During annual festival all the Kashmir Pandits will assemble in this village for the mela.
The history of the temple goes like this.
Kshree Bhawani temple situated at Tullamulla, in the Ganderbal District, is an important shrine. The temple is associated with the Hindu Goddess Ragnya Devi. An annual festival is held here on Jesht ashtami ( May – June ), when Hindus visit this place in large numbers. Pilgrims also throng on every shukla paksh ashtami round the year and perform hawans to please the mother.
The historic temple of Ksheer Bhawani was built by Maharaja Pratap Singh in 1912 and latter renovated by Maharaja Hari Singh surrounded by streams. The place abounds in Chinar trees in and around temple complex within which hexagonal spring wherein deity of Goddess Ragnya is decorated and housed in a small white marble temple.
The legend goes that worshiped mother Ragnya who showered her blessings on his kingdom of Ravana. The goddess thus resided in Srilanka. Later on due to Ravan's misdeeds the Goddess cursed him and ordered Hanuman Ji to take her to the "Satisar" ( Kashmir), a place out off from the outside world by snow clad mountains. The mother on her vehicle along with 360 Nagas was installed at Tullamulla, exclusively preferring milk, sugar and vegetarian forms of offerings. The mother is worshiped by the name Maha Ragnya.
The abode of Mata Maha Ragnya is a mystic spring. The mystic is only one and four of the world, where numerous Nagraj and their Ashtkul-Nag Devas reside. Sh. Ganpati, Bhimraj and Kumar resides at the door of amrit Kund. In the middle of the amrit kund towards east resides AsthNag Devas namely Vasukinag, Neel Nagaraj, Taksheq Nagaraj, Takshek Nagaraj, Padbnagaraj, Maha Padamnagaraj etc,.
In the centre of the amrit kund Anant Nagraj resides which is surrounded by one thousand core Nagas having two thousand eyes and two thousand tongues. Mata Maha Ragnya is seated on this Anantnagraj on the one thousand peteled rose. The temple in amrit kund is a divine invitation to all the devotees to see how Para-Prakriti functions. It is vivid that the colour of the spring changes serving as an oblique omen about what is going to happen in near future. The pink, milky and light green colour of the spring suggests the auspicious omen and the black and dark red indicates the wrong in auspicious signals.
Tullamulla Nag were the mata Rangya resides in the form of Jal-rupi having the form of water or serpent has allegorical meanings. The surrounding water of island is the ocean of infinite life energy full of dormant potentialities which spread unfold expand and transport in the precious stone that grants all desires.
As late as 1844 people used the cross the marshes by walking our reeds growing in the sump. The legend has it that the curiosity about the spring spread further from the learned Brahman Sh. Govindjoo Gadoo had a vision of the Goddess who manifested herself as a serpent. The devotee Brahman carried a vessel of milk arranged a boat rowed through the marshes of Tulmul and upon reaching the sacred spot to which the serpent spring Goddess had led him slowly poured out the milk.
Supreme mother Ragnya is verily "Maha Ragnya". The world " Ragnya" means the divinity of establishing preservation and protection of manifested world. She is the most adorable mother who brings forth the entire universe. She keeps the cycle / the life in the process through different tires of consciousness known as " Chita-agni-kunda-sambhuta", which refers to the consciousness aspect. She accepts no trace of ignorance. She is the Vaishnavi sprits always in the tune with her concert adored as "Thousand faces Bhuteshura".
As we know the "Vedas, tantras and sutras are the rare source of knowledge of the supreme reality which on the practical realization give true solace and eternal joy. Among the paths suggests by the sutras for realization of the truth, sufficient importance has been laid on the path of devotion. The sincere clear and true devotion lies in the sense of motherhood which is the undeniable fact. Supreme power therefore is approached and worshiped as mother. The mother is thus the supreme reality, supreme love, supreme beauty, realization of the truth supreme sublime and divine as mother is the final beatitude of life.
Kshree Bhawani is eulogized as Goddess of learning and knowledge on the mean done level and the Goddess of wisdom and enlightenment on the spiritual level. She values education and grants blessing for various examinations to all her devotees. It is fact that all leading saints have undergone penance sadhana in Khir Bhawani Complex and got the spiritual bless at this place.
Second entrance
Sri Ganpathi and Hanuman Shrine
Shri Kheer Bhawani
Moolasthanam with amrit kund
A small shrine under chinar tree
A duck is swimming in a nallah outside the temple ( Above water it seems to be calm but to move and keep balance the legs will be struggling always. This is applicable to human beings, means - out side he may look calm but he will be struggling with worries.
Shiv Khori is located at village Ransoo, in Reasi District of Jammu & Kashmir. Khori means cave. Shiv Khori is about 200 meters long with two parts. From the main entrance part to the other part the passage is one meter wide and 1 to 1 ½ meter high. We have crawl through this passage to the next part. The are natural formation of Lord Shiva, Maa parvathi, Ganesha, Nandhi, Six hood snake, Vishnu, Ram Lakshman, Sitha and munivars. As per the legends 380 million deities exists in the cave. Apart from the entrance to the cave an exit path was created recently in 2014. The cave extends at the newly formed exist. It was believed that the cave end at Sri Amarnath Cave.
Water trickles from the roof of the cave. Maha Shiva Rathri is being celebrated every year. Beautiful 3.5 Km trek road was formed from the village to the cave shared by pedestrians, ponies and dolly walas. The temple was maintained by the Shiv Khori Shrine board and latter Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board is looking after.
Bus service is available from Katra ( 80 KM ), Udhampur ( 120 KM ) and Jammu ( 140 KM ) on the north side.
Pony is ready to take you to the cave shrine
View of the valley
A small shrine on the way.
Sri Ram mandhir under construction
The neatly paved path to holy cave
Another view of the valley
A bridge - still we have to go further..
Entrance of the holy cave
Entrance to the holy caveEntrance to the holy cave
It was believed that unless Mata Shri Vaishno Devi calls we cannot go to this Holy cave. This is the Place where Mata's skull was fallen here.
This is a cave temple located in Trikuta mountain , which has 3 peaks. Mata Shri Vaishno Devi is in the form of natural rock form ( Pindies ) in side the cave. The three pindies has the common base at the bottom. The three heads are called the holy pindies. The entire rock body is immersed in the water an a marble platform was constructed latter. The three Pindies each are distinctively different from the other two in colour and texture. The three Pindies represents Maha Kali ( Right ), Maha Lakshmi ( Middle) and Maha Saraswathi ( Left ). There is no statues, Pictures or Idols. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi is considered to be an incarnation of the above supreme energies.
All along the trek and at Bhawan there are many Photographs explaining the nature of dharshan inside the holy cave. The inlet and outlet to the caves are constructed with marbles. The entrance to the cave is 98 feet. The cave was discovered about 700 years before by Pandit Shridhar.
There is a Shiva shrine in a cave a level below Sri Mata Vashno Devi's Cave. Ram, Lakshman and Seetha temple with Sri Anjenear in front was constructed at a latter stage.
Locker facility is available to lock the valuables on showing the Id card on free of charges. Camera and Mobile are not allowed inside the Holy cave. There are about 6 Q complexes with priority for dharshans. Each person is checked for security before entering the holy cave. Even the prasadhams are being distributed by the security personnel.
Since we had booked our onward and return yathra to the hill through Helicopter, we had to walk only 3 KM from the helipad to Holy cave. Looking from the trek path we could see only the temple complex like multistory building.
Holy cave complex looks like a multistory building
Foot path is covered for shade
Helipad at the top of the hill - from here 3.5 KM to holy cave
The sacred Shankaracharya temple is also known as Jyeshteswara located on a 1000 feet ( 300 meters )hill top from the base in the heart of Srinagar City. Now it is under the control of ASI ( Archaeological Survey of India ). It was believed that there was Buddhist monument at that place dates back 250 BC built by Emperor Ashoka's son Jhaloka and latter it was replaced by the king Lalithaditya during 7th century. There is also an another version that Shri Shakarar had built the temple up the base of 20 feet high octagonal plinth with stones and steps of 250 and odd and super structure was built latter by Shah Jahan. ( The Persian inscriptions was also found – Now I could not see any thing ). In the center of sanctum there is a Shiva Lingam was installed. The Original ceiling was a dome shaped and the present brick ceiling was replaced a century ago.
From the base we can go through auto and proper motor able road was laid. The steps were constructed neatly to climb up to the shrine. It was panoramic sight of Srinagar with Dal lake, when viewed from top. There is also a meditation hall a level below the sanctum sanctorium, believed that the same was used by Shri Shankaracharya.
It is the second largest lake in the sate known as " Jewel in the crown of Kashmir" or " Srinagar's Jewel". The shore line of the lake is about 15.5 KM. On the banks of the lakes Mogul gardens, House boats are located. The small boats are called as Shikaras and boat ride is called as Shikara Ride. The lake covers 26 square kilometers and is a part of wet land covers approximately square Kilometers, which includes Vegetable gardens ( Potato, Tomato, Cucumber, radish, pumpkins etc.), and Shopping of textiles and dry fruits in the intricate water ways like maze. The floating gardens are 4 Kilo meters width and 8 KM long spread over 26 sq kilometer and approximately 12 meters depth. The gardens consists of reed rafts of three meters and are covered by 1 meter thick layer of earth and mud vegetables and melons are grown on these artificial floating island. The lake is a combination of three lakes.
Some of the wet lads in side the lake are possessed by private parties who has their own boats for their transportation. We have enjoyed the shikara ride and taken the photographs in Kashmiri Traditional dress. And had been to a garden inside the lake.
Located at the banks of Dal Lake and the Zabarwan mountains is at back side of the park. This was built by Asif khan, the elder brother of Nur Jahan in the year 1633. It was built like 12 terrace type of architecture. The garden is about a KM from Rajbhavan, in Srinagar.
Entrance to the park
Zabarwan mountain at the backdrop
Persiyan style of archtecture
Beautiful colour - Dark violet
This is Persian style of architecture. These gardens were developed during Mogul ruler Jahangir.
Water fall at the entrance of the park
Chinar tree
beautiful colour of the leaves and bud
See the colour of the leaves and flower
Water flows from the mountains at backSONAMARG.
The meaning of Sonamarg is " Meadow of Gold ". This is about 84 KM from Srinagar and it lies at an altitude of 2800 meters above MSL. The river/ Nallah is called as Sindh, which is a large tributary to Jehlum River in the Valley of Kashmir. It has a historical gateway for the silk road to China and Gulf Countries.
It is a beautiful site to see the snow capped mountains. Also this is an important place for skating during snow season. There was a little activity of skating at the valley.
We stayed at Sona Marg before leaving to Amarnath. In the evening at bazaar we met two Tamil Military personnel, who guided us and gave important tips for the Amarnath Yathra.
A beautiful view of the valley
water flows under the frozen ice
The other side of the mountain with out ice
Enjoying time with local children
Beautiful valley
our team member Mr Velsamy palsamy posing with an aged lady ( Age must be 90+ )
It is a hill station often used as commercial route between the Moguls and British rulers. It would be an wonderful place for skating during snow season. 52 Km from Srinagar at an average elevation of 2690 meters ( 8825 feet). The previous name was Gaurimarg, name after Maa Shri Devi Parvathi. ( Gauri – Parvathi Marg – meadow ). So it is called as Meadow of Shri Parvathi devi. There is also a Shiva temple by a wife of a king. The original name was changed as Gulmarg Mogul King Yousuf Shah and Jahangir. The LOC lies within a KM from Gulmarg.
It was raining when we reached Gulmarg also phase II was also closed. There was no activity of skating. After rain thick mist was also covered the mountains and some of us skipped the cable car ride. Instead we went for horse riding to see the flowers.
Valley of flowers
Valley of flowers
A private hotel
A Shiv mandhir
The cable trolley service station
Enjoying the horse ride in the rain
The Harimandir Sahib of the Amritsar Golden temple is considered a holy place for Sikhs. The holiest text of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib is always recited in the Gurdwara. At the second floor all the Sikhs used to read the holiest text of Guru Granth Sahib. It is a custom that people are allowed to enter in to the Golden temple only after the head ( Hair ) is covered with cloth. The Golden temple is situated at the centre of the amrit tank where large number of colour fishes were grown. Some of the Sikhs takes bath in the tank before entering in to the Golden temple. Neat walk way with coir mat to reduce the heat on all the four sides/ corridors with four entrances are provided for the devotees. Fans were provided for those who are standing the Q. Drinking water is being supplied at the four corners of the inside corridor. Prasadham/ sweet is also supplied at the exist side. A separate building is constructed for keeping the foot wears and shoes on free of cot.
It was learnt that free meals supplied by the Golden temple, which are prepared through a modern kitchen. Many friends advised us to have the food, but we missed the opportunity.
Front of Golden temple complex - construction (complete with marble) in progress
Amrit tank with guard
The corridor outside 'Amrit' (அமிர்தம் ) tank
Golden temple in the center of Amrit tank
Second floor of Golden temple
Mural - old paintings on the ceiling - stair way to second floor
Colour fishes in the Amrit tank
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, was a unethical and violet event in the British rule of India. On 13 April 1919, a crowd of non-violent protesters, along with Baishakhi pilgrims, had gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh garden in Amritsar to protest against the arrest of two leaders despite a curfew which prevails at that time. On the orders of Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, the Gurkha army of 50 riflemen fired on the crowd for ten minutes until the ammunition supply was exhausted, directing their bullets largely towards the open gates through which people were trying to run out. Due to this the death toll raised to 370 leaving 1200 wounded ( The actual figure was on the higher side ).. This shocked the entire nation and a proper inquiry was not conducted on Dyer . This leads to the non-co-operation movement in the year 1920 – 1922.
Witnessed the Wagah border "'lowering of the flags" ceremony with music and the commentary is a daily military practice that the Border security forces ( BSF ) of India and Pakistan have jointly followed since Oct 1947. Indian BSF guards one of the longest border between India and Pakistan in the world. This ceremony takes place every evening before sunset approximately 18.15 Hrs at the Wagah border, which as part of the Grand trunk Road is one of the road link between India and Pakistan. Before flags lowering the Girls and young children from the visitors were encouraged to dance to the patriotic songs with Indian flags on their hands.
The ceremony starts with a blustering parade by the soldiers from both the sides, and ends up in the perfectly coordinated lowering of the two nations' flags. One Jawan (BSF) stands at attention on each side of the gate. The march past by the BSF jawans looks very great and the legs goes above their heads ( Before actual drill – warming up is done at the back of the office ). As the sun sets, the iron gates at the border are opened and the two flags are lowered simultaneously. The flags are folded and the ceremony ends with a retreat that involves a brusque handshake between soldiers from either side, followed by the closing of the gates again. The spectacle of the ceremony attracts many visitors from both sides of the border, as well as international tourists. Those who visits Amritsar, also proceeds to Wagah border in the evening.
BSF Office
A section of the crowd
Another section of the crowd
Entrance to the ceremony area
The main deities are Sri Ram, Sri Seetha and Sri Lakshman. On the prakaram sannadhis for Parvathi Shiva ( including Spadikam in Natarajar Sannadhi), Sri Saibaba. Sudhai Sirpangal of various form of Hanuman, and Kadha pathirangal of Ramayan.
Main Entrance
Shiva sannadhi vimanam
Throughout Kashmir army vehicle with armed personnel are stationed
Lot of memory stones, plaques with inscription of the demised relatives installed on the side of the road. Number of such memory stones are quite common in Jammu & Kashmir area.


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NV-Sen: Saved By The Tea Party?
At first glance, it seems like Harry Reid is catching a huge break:
Sun columnist Jon Ralston is reporting that the Tea Party has qualified as a third party in Nevada and will have a candidate in the Senate race to battle for the seat held by Majority Leader Harry Reid.
The party has filed a Certificate of Existence but needs to get 1 percent of the electorate to vote for its candidate in November to permanently qualify, according to the report.
Ralston reported that Jon Ashjian will be the Tea Party's U.S. Senate candidate on the November ballot. Ashjian still must declare his candidacy.
Let's break this down a bit. The Tea Party in Nevada is probably closer to the Ron Paul anti-government, foreign policy isolationist ideal than it is in some other states. Paul did very well in the 2008 Republican primary in Nevada, finishing second behind Mitt Romney (and if there wasn't a Mormon candidate in Mormon-heavy Nevada, who knows?), and Paul-ites almost captured the Republican Party in 2008 before the GOP establishment stepped in. Heading that GOP establishment was then-state party chair and one of the GOP Senate candidates, Sue Lowden, who is bitterly opposed by the Paul faction in the state.
Lowden may not win; Danny Tarkanian, son of famous former UNLV basketball coach, is also running, and the two are running even. But if Lowden pulls it out, and even if she doesn't, you could see a significant portion of Nevada Paul-ites switch to the Tea Party candidate just out of spite. That would make this third-party run different than most, capable of pulling 10-15% of the electorate. And I don't think any of that would come from Reid's number, which would make him viable to win with 40-45% of the vote.
Reid has $8.7 million in the bank and is out fundraising in California this weekend. So he can blitz the state with advertising from now to the election. Presumably the DSCC will pump a lot of money into that race to try and save the Majority Leader. Until now, it was probably futile. But if the Tea Party candidate can attract a legitimate number of votes, Reid actually has a plausible path to victory.

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It's a major coup for Mastertronic-owned label Blast, which already has IP like Beverly Hills Cop and The Flintstones in its line-up of family-targeted games for under a tenner.
"This is such a well-written and popular series that is enjoyed and loved by people of all ages," said Blast CEO Sean Brennan. "Blast is extremely happy to have secured the rights to turn this British gem into a video game."


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What's Up, Doc Savage? How Pulp Heroes Shaped Modern Superhero Comics
After years of floating around in development hell, the pulp hero adaptation, played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. This may come as fantastic news to supergeeks, but for the layman this is somewhat baffling. Who is Doc Savage, and why does he deserve his own movie?
Savage hails from the pulp era — before television and predating even comic books, pulp magazines brought fantastic fiction to the masses. Selling sexy and sensational stories with lavishly illustrated covers, pulp magazines had a huge impact on popular culture, and their influence is obvious in modern day comics, TV shows, and films.
In the early 1900s, magazines started suffering financially because the price of paper didn't quite balance out their sales. So, publishers turned to cheaper "pulp" paper, allowing them to publish a high turnover of stories. Illustrations were the main pull for the reader, with the stories often being written after the covers were created. Naturally, the characters were larger-than-life heroes who heavily influenced the superheroes who followed in their footsteps.
Before There Was Batman, There Was The Shadow
Riffing off noir novels of the era, the heroes of pulp magazines were occasionally superpowered and always hardboiled, taking on their rogues in fantastic battles. In the case of Doc Savage and the Shadow, there's a clear line of causality between pulp magazines and later comic books — these characters inspired Superman and Batman respectively.
Known as the "Man of Bronze", Doc Savage has many things in common with Superman, from his superpowers to his name: Clark "Doc" Savage. Batman was similarly influenced by the pulp hero The Shadow. The characters share a mandate as detectives working to stop outlandish criminals, and they even have a similar style of dress. It's not just a case of striking parallels — Batman creator Bill Finger has credited The Shadow story Partners in Peril as the inspiration for the first ever Batman comic.
But it wasn't just male heroes. The first superpowered heroines can be found in the pages of pulp magazines, from Olga Mesmer with her x-ray vision, to Ellen Patrick, the wealthy socialite who fought crime by night as The Domino Lady.
Both of these characters are credited as being the precursors to Superman, Wonder Woman, and other superpowered heroes. Here's hoping that if the Doc Savage movie proves popular, Ogla and Domino Lady can also find their place on the silver screen.
Shaping Pop Culture
Thanks to the popularity of superheroes, pulp heroes have experienced something of a revival lately. Black Bat, a popular blind superpowered detective, got his own comic in 2010 and 2011. Although popular, the comics failed to sell enough issues to be continued. Other pulp stories have found more success on the big screen — the Oscar nominated Carol is an adaptation of the pulp novel The Price of Salt.
Pulp magazines really ushered in an era of fantastical storytelling, refining the idea of a crime-fighting hero and taking this concept to new heights. Of course, modern sci-fi was also heavily influenced by pulp magazines, and some tropes from pulp have echoed out into modern day — for example, the idea that in order to send a moral message became the trope.
With superheroes dominating the box office, it's high time we should cast our eye back on the pulp heroes who inspired them. Dwayne Johnson is confident his weirdly wonderful Doc Savage will wow viewers, and we can't wait to see this modern update of the iconic hero.


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The Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont Marching Band had a very exciting day Saturday as the band placed 1st in the Valleyfest and Showdown Competitions in West Des Moines, outscoring all of the other 2A bands including North Polk. E/B won the Valleyfest 2A competition with a score of 67.2, 13 points ahead of the nearest competitor. Eddyville / Blakesburg also won the Outstanding Marching and Maneuvering, Hornline, Drumline, Color Guard, and Soloist of the Day Awards. Jessica Jones was chosen as the Outstanding Soloist in class 2A. EBF outscored 16 bands at the Valleyfest contest including Tri Center, North Polk, Norris, Nebraska, Carlisle, Atlantic, Adel Desoto, Knoxville, Bondurant Farrar, Dallas Center-Grimes, Clarke, Creston, Oskaloosa, Des Moines Lincoln, Des Moines East, Des Moines Roosevelt, and Newton. The judges selected Riley Arnold as the best marcher in the band.
In the evening contest, the "Showdown" of bands, the E.B.F.H.S. Marching Band placed 1st in class C with a score of 60.7. This is the 18th consecutive year that the band has placed 1st at the "Showdown" Contest. The band also won the Outstanding Color Guard, Drumline, Marching, Hornline, and Soloist trophies. The judges once again selected Jessica Jones as the Outstanding Soloist in class C for her amazing performance.
The E.B.F.H.S. Band has 70 members this year. The band is directed by Joe Overton, Dezirae Russell, color guard instructor Paige Langstraat, and drumline Instructor Paige Francis. The field commanders are Samantha Claypool and Emma Haselhuhn. Drumline Section leader is Emma Tanner. The soloists for this year's show are Andrea Long, Anna Haselhuhn, Jessica Jones, Heath Rice, and Paige Reck.
This Saturday, the E.B.F.H.S. Marching Band will compete at the State Marching Band Contest in Pella and then travel to Ankeny that evening to defend their title at the Mid-Iowa Band Championships. The band performs at 10:05 in State competition where they have earned a Division I rating for the last 26 years in a row. In the evening Mid-Iowa Band Championships competition, the band performs at 6:05 where they have placed 1st 15 times in the last 17 years.
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This is another important stage in the qualifying campaign for places at the 2015 African Youth Championship as Ghana ready for the second-round stage. Sierra Leonean
After drawing a bye at the first round, the Black Satellites enter the fray as 28 teams push for places in the last round.
Ghana, three-time winners of the Championship and silver-medalists at the previous finals face a tricky first leg against Sierra Leone on Saturday in Bo, the second largest city.
For Black Satellites coach, Sellas Tetteh, the fixture against the Shooting Stars represents a big challenge to his sides hopes of reaching the finals in Senegal next year.
Tetteh admits that any side will be eager to spoil the party as he demands total focus from the Black Satellites in their bid to navigate their way to the last round of qualifying.
"After drawing a bye, we now get to test ourselves against another contender for a place in the finals," Tetteh said.
"It's a big challenge and we must approach it with caution. They will have the home support but we must stick to our plan and see how it takes us."
The Ghanaian coach, a World Cup winner is keen to see his side get off to a good start ahead of the return leg back home.
"Our concentration is just on this game. Ghana's past successes will count for nothing in this game. We have to try and create our own piece of history," said the Black Satellites coach.
The winners of the two-leg tie will advance to the final round of the qualifying series where 14 teams will compete for the seven slots available at the finals to be staged by Senegal next year.
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WOW!!! I loved the package that Sister Garry sent me for Christmas!! haha I know it's not Christmas, but I opened it right when I got it! I LOVE that pillow case with all the notes from our ward members. I also loved reading the Chinese notes from Mom and Dad!! I am proud to say that I could read ALL of the characters that they wrote to me!! I love that pillow case, and I will use it this week!! ( I put it in the wash this morning so that I could put it on my pillow for tonight. )
Alright, this week in Yuanlin was amazing. Guess how many investigators we had come to church yesterday?! - SIX!!! WAAAHHH!!! Isn't that the best number ever?! - We totally hit our mission standard in basically all the key indicators with three awesome new investigators and twenty lessons. It was really humbling to see how much the Lord has blessed me especially at this time in my mission.
Honestly, right now has been the easiest and happiest time I have had on my mission so far. I have to remind myself every night to never take any of these blessings for granted. So, I've been really good at updating the area book and keeping good records. Something that one of my friends suggested me doing this Thanksgiving season is keeping a gratitude journal. I think that's a wonderful idea, and so I'm going to start one tonight.;)
Although it's already November, it doesn't really feel like Thanksgiving over here in Taiwan especially since no one over here really celebrates it. However, I still remember and am excited to celebrate it in our own way. Sister Anderson and I have like a million packets of mashed potato mix and muffins and everything. We are going to have a little celebration of our own, and I can't wait for it!! haha Also, we've been really good recently about watching our weight. I'm back down to 46 kg's instead of 51 kg's!! haha Isn't that awesome?!
We figure that when we FEEL healthy/skinny, we are both happier, so we've been really good about eating healthy foods and exercising. Sister Anderson is really awesome at motivating me to be the best I CAN be.
Alright, here are some journal entries from last week:
TUESDAY: 1 Nephi 11:17 "I know that God loveth His children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things."
It's amazing to me how much faith Nephi ha in his father Lehi and in the Lord when the only thing he really WAS sure of was that God loves His children. When we believe the words of the prophets without having to see the visions they've seen, we are like Nephi and can first have faith and believe that God DOES love us. It is definitely comforting to know that no matter what or who questions about our God, I at least know that God DOES love His children. I know that from the bottom of my heart, and if that knowledge/faith was good enough for someone as great as Nephi, it is DEFINITELY good enough for me.
Some people here think the purpose of life is to be happy, and it is, but they don't know how to obtain that fullness of joy - that HAPPINESS - that fruit of the tree of life. When we read the scriptures, we learn of the deep questions of the soul, and through analogies and comparisons, prophets of old are able to touch our hearts and enlighten our understandings. The words found in the scriptures apply to every single person here on the earth. Sometimes, all that is needed to find that most yearned for/searched for joy is an extra effort to FIND, SEARCH, and PRAY (just like Nephi and his father did.)
There are so many people that I meet here who aren't willing to make an extra/little effort and just TRY reading the Book of Mormon or TRY making it to church. They aren't willing to accept this gospel because of the fear that they allow Satan to strike in their hearts. Satan uses that same fear to hinder us from growing each day/each week. However, if we can just get past that powerless and pathetic grasp of the devil, we discover the key to unlock the door to faith. Sometimes I just want to yell at my investigators and say, "JUST TAKE THE BOOK AND READ IT!! DOES THAT REALLY HURT SO MUCH?! WILL THAT REALLY BE SO HARD?! ANYONE CAN READ A BOOK."
I definitely know that the Book of Mormon and the simple truths and revelations it contains within its pages is true. As missionaries, our purpose is to INVITE others, and their decision whether or not to accept or reject the Lord's invitation is ALL up to them and their way of using their free agency. When we are trusting God and are aware of His powers and blessings, our faith is strengthened and we know ho to overcome all fears.
Tonight's miracle: Tonight, Sister Anderson went "LA -hunting" for all the less actives that the bishop wanted us to go find. There are a bunch of less-actives who didn't have phone numbers, so we were in charge of finding them through going to their homes and leaving notes/doing anything we can to find out where they are and what they are doing.
Anyway, we found a lot of LA's who had moved or were not living where the ward list said they were living. Anyway, the miracle was finding this new investigator when we got lost looking for an LA. As we were looking for this LA's address and couldn't find it for a long time, we decided to knock on a door and ask for help. The woman who answered the door was shocked that we were out so late in the dark and decided to walk us to this LA's home. We found out that this woman has three young children and has had the Catholic missionaries over to her house every week. Before we left her, she told us that we could come by her house anytime and offered us her number. Of course, we were enthusiastic and took her number. We are going to go pay her a visit sometime this week. Something we learned tonight was the whenever your plans fall through, it's because God wants you to run into/do/be somewhere else. He's totally watching over all of us!!!
1 Nephi 9:6 "The Lord knoweth all things from the beginning; wherefore, He prepareth a way to accomplish all his works among the children of men, for behold, he hath all power unto the fulfilling of all his works."
God DOES have all power. He prepares a way for all of us, ?His children to accomplish what He needs and desires to be done. It is so comforting to know that God will always provide a way for us to do His work even when our plans cancel or are changed.
This week, Sister Anderson and I are studying about having Charity and Love:
Expressions of love: being kind, listening, mourning with those that mourn, comforting those who need comfort, praying for others, sharing the gospel with others, and being others' friends.
"Our love for those around us increases when we remember that we are all Spirit brothers and sisters. THe love that results from this realization has the power to transcend all boundaries of nation, creed, and color." - True to the Faith
Something that I will always remember is the fact that "charity never faileth." Let's all work on having that kind of pure, Christlike charity!!!
Today was another crazy day - I just was really tired in the morning because all of our plans fell through, and our LA that we scheduled with totally didn't show up on purpose!!!
Good news is I've really realized how God works recently, or I think so at least... Today, Sister Anderson and I got on our knees and just pleaded with God to help us know where to go/what to do today when all of our plans fell through. We told God that we would just go and do as we planned, and we would trust that if we needed to be doing something else, He'd give us a clear, definite answer/response/request when the right time came into place.
1 Nephi 13:37 - I ran into my mission scripture again!
I can't believe it's already Saturday.
1 Ne 14:14 "And I Nephi beheld the power of the Lamb of God that it descended upon the Saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant peoples of the Lord who were scattered upon all the face of the earth, and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory."
I love that we can be "armed" with this power of God and His "great glory". When we are on God's side and doing the right things, the things we SHOULD be doing, we need not fear because God will protect us and arm us with His glory.
We had SIX investigators at church today:
Wang Ya Li: English referral - REALLY REALLY GOLDEN. She stayed all three hours of church and wants to come/learn more in the future. She wants a copy of the Liahona and the scriptures.
Chen Shi Xuen: Comes to church all on her own. She asked for a copy of the doctrine and covenants. She always asks the greatest questions.
Iris: Stayed all three hours plus more to hear us rehearse for the Christmas program. She's the cutest. DEFINITELY getting baptized.
Wu Qi Cun: She's getting baptized in two weeks and is wonderful. We are so blessed to have such perfect investigators!!
FUN: I am teaching piano lessons to Li Jia Xuen, the bishop's daughter.
FUN: Arranging "Jingle Bells", "Silent Night", and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" for violin/French horn/piano.
I really feel like now is the happiest, most fulfilling time I have ever had on my mission. I love all these people so much. I love my mission. I love God. He's too good to me. TOO GOOD TO ME.
During sacrament meeting, it was the primary program, and the accompanist wasn't there in the beggining, so I had to accompany the kids on the spot. It was awesome.
I love you all.
-Sister Verina Chen


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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Democrat who reluctantly came out of the closet last year has served as the grand marshal of Maine's biggest gay pride parade
Mike Michaud (MEE'-shoh) would become the nation's first openly gay person to be elected governor if he unseats Republican Paul LePage in November. He was the headliner at Saturday's Portland Pride Parade.
He was joined by a coordinator at the University of Southern Maine's Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity and a transgender student who won a discrimination lawsuit after her school refused to let her use the girls' bathroom.
Michaud says many equality issues facing the country will be dealt with at the state level. He says it would be powerful for the gay rights community to have a voice at the table if he wins.


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In a new story from Monica Laliberte with WRAL's 5 on Your Side, you'll see the results of the recent Consumer Reports grocery store rankings. The top store in our area is Publix. See how the rest of our local stores fared!
The stores were voted on by over 62,000 Consumer Reports subscribers who rated multiple shopping trips over a period of 16 months during 2013 and 2014. Below are the rankings for our local stores as well as the top and bottom ranked stores. I am thrilled to see that we have 8 stores in the Triangle who are in the top 25.
Store Rank and Store Name
1. Wegmans - this New York based store has had the top spot in this survey for 10 years!
2. Publix
3. Trader Joe's
6. Costco
9. The Fresh Market
15. Whole Foods Market
17. Harris Teeter
25. Lowes Foods
31. Kroger
37. Piggly Wiggly
42. BJ's Wholesale Club
45. Target
47. Sam's Club
52. Food Lion
67. Walmart
68. Waldbaums - This Northeast grocery chain is owned by the same folks who own Pathmark and A&P (#65 and #66 in the rankings).
See more about the rankings and Monica's story on the news in the links above.
Do you agree with the rankings?
Who is your #1 favorite grocery store in our area?


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Executive Director of the LDI: Daniel Polsky
Provost Vincent Price is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Daniel Polsky as executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), effective October 15, 2012.
Dr. Polsky, G96, is professor of medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine, with a secondary appointment as professor of health care management in the Wharton School. He has taught at Penn since 1996, when he earned his PhD here in economics, and has been director of research at the LDI since 2008. He serves on the Congressional Budget Offices Panel of Health Advisers and, from 2007-2008, was senior economist on health issues for the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers.
A globally recognized expert in health economics, Dr. Polsky is a co-author of Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials (Oxford University Press, 2007) and an author of more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, in such leading journals as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and Journal of Health Economics. His research has received extensive federal funding, including multiple awards from the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to his PhD in economics from Penn, he earned an MPP (1989) and a BA in economics (1988) from the University of Michigan.
The relationships between health care and economicswhich the LDI has been investigating for 45 yearsare more central than ever on the global agenda, said Provost Price. Dan Polskys interdisciplinary research and collaborative approach make him the ideal director to continue this invaluable work, building on the great strides made under the dynamic leadership of David Asch. I am grateful to the members of the consultative committeeDeans Larry Jameson, Afaf Meleis, and Thomas Robertson and Senior Vice Provost for Research Steven Fluhartyfor their careful and insightful advice leading to this outstanding appointment.
Dr. Polsky succeeds Dr. David Asch, executive director of the LDI since 1998, who has been appointed the inaugural executive director of the Penn Medicine Center for Innovation.
The LDI, established in 1967 with a gift from Leonard and Sophie Davis (Almanac December 1967), serves as the Universitys primary locus for research, policy analysis and education in health systems. More than 200 LDI Senior Fellows work to improve the health of the public through studies on the medical, economic and social issues that influence how health care is organized, financed, managed and delivered, guiding health policies at all levels of government and the private sector.


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Justin Lin say he has a 12 minute sequence done already for FAST SIX
Fast Five will arrive on Blu-ray soon and is sure to add to the $600 million worldwide box office take. Justin Lin is the reason that this franchise is alive and running on all cylinders, so I am glad to know that he will be directing the sixth installment tentatively titled Fast Six. The story is said to be moving into the heist movie genre, which makes sense from the last film and the cool Easter egg after the credits. In a recent interview, Lin revealed that "as he wrapped up production on the last film, he already had fully developed sequences" for the film and talked about what may be in store for the characters.
As you hopefully know by now, the post-credits scene had both Eva Mendes and suprisingly Michelle Rodriguez, Here is what Lin had to say when asked how much of the Easter egg was just done for fun or was actually staging for the story of the next film:
Vin [Diesel] and I were talking about it way back in the fourth one. The thing about Vin is that usually if I go meet him in LA or New York or wherever, I kind of have to block out like six to eight hours every time we sit down, because we end up talking about stuff that's not even about the film—which I love. So it's kind of cool because we had talked about that for a very long time, about how if we were fortunate enough we were going to build this into a trilogy starting with the fourth one. He was going to bring back everybody because ultimately what I love about the franchise is that it's about this construct of this family in a very untraditional sense. So to be able to bring everybody back, that was all pre-planned.
I think the Michelle [Rodriguez] of it all, we'd been talking about that, but our big thing was how to ultimately present that to the audience. And I think that we always knew that the Michelle element was something we had kind of planted the seed for, but I think the presentation of it was something Vin and I had a lot of discussions about. But ultimately, while we were shootingFast Five, I loved seeing all of these characters come back, and the one character that I really didn't get to see was Eva Mendes' character. And I felt like she was part of the family, and I felt like she was the best person to be able to do it—you know, the audience was going to sit all of the way through to the end, and I thought her and Hobbs [Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson] seemed like a good pair. They were the two characters that were able to bring this news. So that came through more kind of talking and discovering, but I knew I wanted to bring everybody back. But I didn't know how much fun and how exciting it was until we were back on set. But in regards to Letty, that's something that we had always had in our back pocket.
Lin went on to talk about how far along they are on developing a story for Fast Six and if there was any inspiration taken from fan response to the last film:
To answer the last part of your question, that's something that I tried to avoid for sure. Because if I'm trying to figure out the formula of what people like, I would be chasing something that I don't understand. My whole thing is about respecting the audience and respecting the evolution of these characters—and they've grown and now the family is back together. And in many ways, some of the big pieces of Fast Six have already been discussed: I already have a 12-minute sequence done. I did it just as an exercise. I had it done before we were finished withFast Five, actually. So I wanted to do that just to have it there and to be honest with you, I didn't know if I was going to do a Fast Six. I didn't know if people were going to embrace Fast Five and we were going to have an opportunity. But I felt like I really wanted to make sure that the last scene, which I had talked to Vin about countless times—I wanted to make sure that was done. So actually I boarded it, I pre-vised it, and I cut it. So it's funny, when we were in Atlanta shooting it, I already had the end sequence to Fast Six done. And that was what I wanted to work towards.
Now I'm talking to Chris [Morgan, the writer of the last three films], we're talking to everybody, and I'm re-engaging, but it's cool because it's not about, "Hey, people want to see another one-what are we going to do?" Now it's like, "wow, people want to see another one-and we have a plan." So it's been a really great. I've just been sitting down with Chris and we're getting together later today, and it's much more fun when you kind of know where you're going to go. That kind of discourse is something I enjoy much more than, "Oh my God—what are we going to do?" So I think in a way, it's a perfect relationship of the audience embracing it and wanting another one-and us being prepared that if that happens, we know where to go.
All I can say is that I am very excited to see Fast Five again on Blu-ray and I can not wait for Fast Six. What are your thoughts?


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What are you going to use to test them? I was sitting at the range one day and while talking to someone, a groundhog came out in front of the 100 yard line. I had a re-cut Arisaka (6.5x55) with open sights. The guy with me didn't have his gun out yet so he said "Go ahead". That 160 grain RN tore it in half. Only a small piece of skin holding it together. That was a "Deer bullet". That same bullet will go through a couple packs of tightly bound newspapers before it starts to deform. I swung on a moving deer and shot an 8" maple tree (It only wounded it because I saw it grew over later) about 15 feet in front of me. It went all the way through and had a jagged hole coming out. You would think 8" of green maple would expand a 7x57 140 grain bullet to the point where it would not exit. On the other hand, I never had expansion problems in soft parts of deer with it. I don't think you can accurately regulate bullets to game.
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At Gemvara, we believe that the pear amethyst antique-inspired jewelry you wear should be precious because it's personal. Every beautiful Gemvara design is made just for you, in your choice of gems and precious metals. Your child's birthstone in palladium. Your favorite gem in yellow gold. Add your own meaning to every design, creating beautiful memories and brilliant reminders. It's jewelry for all life's occasions, from an anniversary or holiday to your own personal milestones and celebrations. Gemvara uses only the highest quality materials to craft your pear amethyst antique-inspired jewelry with meticulous attention to detail. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. Our wide selection of pear amethyst antique-inspired jewelry by Carl Ansley, Jessica Behzad, Ji Hwang, and other talented designers means you can find jewelry that's just your style. Our antique inspired collection has the lovely detail of the past but the comfort and versatility of modern jewelry. Amethyst shimmers with a deep purple hue. Pear shape gemstones elongate and flatter, leading the eye with an elegantly tapering point. Clean your pear amethyst antique-inspired jewelry with mild dish soap: use a soft brush where dust collects. Gemvara's fine quality pear amethyst antique-inspired jewelry is designed to be passed down for generations to come, crafted by hand in the United States.
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The New Jersey Herald on Sunday, March 23 reported that the New Jersey Assembly voted 64-7 to pass a bill that would prohibit smoking in public parks and beaches. This seems like such a no-brainer that I was surprised to read that Assemblywoman McHose and Assemblyman Space voted against the bill ... citing infringements on personal liberty.
Really?! Do the 20 percent of adults who smoke have greater personal rights than the 80 percent and their children and grandchildren who do not smoke? Why should we be subjected to their toxic discharges? McHose and Space are clearly out of touch on this issue. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of their colleagues have better sense and more regard for the health and personal liberty of the majority of citizens who do not smoke.
Douglas Modrow