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To the list of our most idiotic ideas (climbing Mont Blanc wearing jeans, Grossglockner with broken arm, staying 3 weeks in Alps without tent while making eight 4000m peaks solo, hitchhiking 3 days to spend few hours on the glacier and then go back…) we can finally add "Hornligrat in winter". Stories like this one needs to crystallize until they are ready to tell. We needed to go through it many times before we were sure how it really was. That took us one year: we did not make it to the top of the mountain… we did get to the top of ourselves. This is the TR of what you can meet climbing Matterhorn in winter.
Jck and I met in here, at Summit Post, but live in the same city. Before going to Switzerland we had plans that never fired: Caucasus, South America etc. (We are very good at planning, best ones). It was going to be our first climb together: Matterhorn by Hornligrat in winter.
It was just like that:
-How about Matterhorn next month?
Somebody may find it reckless. Trying to climb a dangerous route in winter as the first climb together? The explanation is very easy. We spent hours, days and weeks in pubs discussing our abilities, experiences and building our friendship at the same time. Now we may say that it was very good decision. Some of the feelings are similar in the city and during the climb. I.e. lack of acclimatization and hangover…
First impressions
In middle of March we stood at the last station of Matterhorn Express among skiers who were surprised by our presence. I remember the feeling. The mountain didn't look as steep as from other places in the area, but was still spectacular. Heavy shape of giant pyramid acted like it was waiting for us. From this point our route to the top looked like it wouldn't be difficult in orientation, a logical but exhausting line. (With strong accent on "it looked like") We thought it would be perfect for winter: no loose rocks, no avalanches on the ridge, any crowds but solid as concrete snow – moderately difficult, dreamed about winter climbing.
Before the first look at the mountain from Schwarzsee which gave us the general (and wrong as it turned out later) idea about the mountain and the route, we got the basic idea how the whole trip would be like. We spent the previous night at Furri. We arrived there very late and decided to sleep just next to the mid station of the cable car. Finding an appropriate place took a little time, but finally we found one. We put out our sleeping-mats and jumped into sleeping bags. The night was very cold but our down sleeping bags ensured us comfortable night. I was sleeping well when Brade woke me up:
-Jacek, do you feel cold from the ground?
-F**k, I was laying next to my sleeping-mat.
-Well done Radek!
Funny and pitiful at the same time…but everything ends well.
Ascent to Hornli Hut was not as easy as we expected. Almost perfect snow conditions got worse while we were getting higher. Traverses on lower parts of rocks with ladders were unpleasant due to snow conditions. We had some difficulties when I fell into a snow pocket very close to rocks with exposition on my left so I could move neither forward nor backward. Jck solved the problem by giving me his ice axe. Hard snow was covered with powder or powder was covered with hard snow. In both cases it meant falling into deep snow holes and exhausting digging tunnel by the leader. Jck took the lead breaking trail, using all means, including crawling.
It seemed that even weather got worse with altitude – sun hid by a strange cloud-mist. The summit was spreading its snow with strong wind. We saw the mountain's north face for the first time and a profile of Hornli Ridge. This view gave us another impression of difficulties we are going to meet. I guess we both said: "Easy, looks like lot of work, but easy". The last steep part below Hornli Hut was full of fresh soft snow, sadly too soft. Zigzagging in powder with loose rocks under it, searching for the right route, gave as the taste of what we would be trying to climb the next day.
We reached the hut at the right time. The winds were picking up, big snow flakes were whirling in the air. We cooked inside, enriching our menu with products left by other climbers few months ago: Slovakian soups, Polish cacao, Russian tins, Slovenian sausage – perfect meal, morale got better. Time for rest.
It was a big relief for us. We carried a tent with us because we weren't sure if the hut is opened during the winter. So when we realized that we would spend that night in warm (around 0 Celsius), calm and comfortable place we felt very happy. The all inclusive kitchen was also a big deal. We were searching through all those products and it came to us that all the food was left by East European climbers.
(Greetings to Bulgarian Team: they had to spend few days in the hut because they wrote a day-schedule i.e. 10 o'clock- waking up, 10:30- getting up, then bouldering…. we couldn't stop laughing).
The testThe next day we started with first sun rays. Because we were alone on ridge and there were no tracks on the route, we thought it would be better for us to climb with day light for better orientation. It was my first time on Matterhorn, Jck had already tried soloing Lion Ridge but returned at 4000m due to snowfall, so we didn't know the way. We both had an idea of playing it safe, not fast. If it would be necessary, we were prepared for bivy on the route. We took only the most necessary equipment: down sleeping bags, down jackets, cooker, food for 4 days, single 60m long rope, a few long slings, carabineers, ice screws, nuts, pitons and a hammer (just in case). Despite reducing equipment to minimum, the backpacks seemed to be a little too heavy.
First step was steep perfect rock covered with huge amount of powder snow, which we did fast and got the satisfaction from a good start. We could see thin old ropes on this pitch that were frozen to the rocks but mainly hidden under the snow. A short walking part and I did it again…fell into small crevasse hidden under the snow. Partner helped me once again. We reached the upper part of the ridge by an unpleasant chimney full of lose stones, covered with fresh powder snow. We realized that there is almost no ice and hard-as-concrete snow which normally would keep loose rocks in its place. The snow cover was definitely unstable.
Our tactic was discussed once again: climbing straight the ridge line as long as possible, with a minimum passages and traverses, maximum on rocks for any possibility of belaying points, me on lead all the time. In practice it looked like we were climbing rock almost all the time and sometimes in steep unstable snow. The points we were using for belay climbing up the ridge were probably normally used for rappels so rocky pitches were rather steep, exposed and bit more difficult. The rock was of very poor quality with many lose stones, unfriendly hand holds and steps. Climbing it with heavy backpack and with crampons wasn't as big fun as we had expected. It took us a lot of time but climbing difficult rocks was much safer than changing direction to the regular route traverse into East face. We climbed another very steep powder snow slope and put it behind us, reaching an airy ridge rock section.
The major problem was finding the right route. We knew that we were climbing the ridge by variants and the normal route sometimes only. We had photos of the route and studied many topos before leaving, but had no use of them in these conditions. The conditions forced us to do the ridge in our way. We stopped many times guessing which way to go. The difficulties of the climb held the same level almost all the time. The route seemed to be very irrational and finding the right one wasn't fun. The line definitely wasn't a logical one. The only thing we were sure about was that we were gaining altitude. The snow up on the ridge was deeper than we expected to. Climbing required maximum focus on every movement, we had the worst tempo ever. Like in nightmares it started to snow too, so now we had two more problems added, more powder snow and worsening visibility. Despite bad climbing weather, the giant step and exposed parts of ridge was a great pleasure (good rock quality). I was getting bad feelings about the climb, due to the extreme snowfall and winds picking up. We discussed the possibility of retreat twice, but remained on the way up. Solvay Hut was close and we were determined to reach it, without bivying on the route.
One of the most nightmarish parts I remember climbing, were the passage on the north face with no chances of belay. We were traversing steep, exposed terrain with huge loose rocks that were hidden by powder snow and rolling down the north face with every single step. Like on snow minefield – no mistakes possible. You definitely would not want to slip here with those boulders.
Another nightmare happened much higher up. I became stuck while climbing a difficult rock part with the last belay very low down. I had to climb down and place it in very poor rock rappel point from a piton. I was absolutely not satisfied with the sound it was making while hammering. I clipped into the rappel which wasn't pretty. Luckily I made it safe down to the bottom. (My EX found that piton in Tatra Mountains. Is it ok she doesn't know it saved my ass?) The right path was 40m on our left! Weather was really bad at this moment. We both were rather cold. Wind were picking up once again. I had a feeling that not much depended on our climbing experience, but on the mountain's mood. Every step we did, we did with maximum care. Snow conditions were tragic.
We both agree that it was the most difficult pitch. Brade was fighting with difficult rock cracks, while I was belaying from a very steep snowfield. The protection was good, but my position was not. Standing for 45 minutes only on front teeth of crampons was killing my calves. I was shaking because of the cold (I wore only a jumper, the rest of my clothes was in backpack) and swearing at Brade, what did take him so long? I didn't realise that he was in a much worse situation.
Then the whiteout was gone for a moment. When we saw Solvay Hut some minutes later, I felt extremely tired. Knowing the direction, we climbed last section to the hut much faster. We found 3 iced belays on this pitch. I was so exhausted that I had not enough power in my hands to gather in the rope from my closing partner with the right speed. My gloves were so much damaged that I could see my white fingers trough the holes. I was bleeding but could not feel it. When we were standing at Solvay's balcony, it was snowing heavily again. I said not a single word while I untied the rope and entered hut, leaving my partner outside in blizzard to gather in the rope. Never before felt so tired. We had been climbing about ten hours with very short breaks, half way in still worsening snowfall, me leading all the way up. We were almost totally out of energy because ate only one power bar and drank only 0,5l water for two during action. It was too much for me, a safe place made me sleepy. I ate some food prepared by Jck, drank, rapidly vomited and fell asleep – it was the end of the day. End of the test – we both passed.
For me it was little bit depressing- seeing Brade so exhausted. He was the father of our successful climb to Solvay Hut so I had to become his mother in the hut. I gave him something to drink and to eat - after that he gave me alternatives: Jacek, I'll lose consciousness or I'll puke. He chose the second option and that was very specific way to say "good morning" to our new home for next three days.
It was snowing all night long. We both woke up in absolute darkness when two massive avalanches one after another were shaking the mountain. Sound of snow and rocks rolling down the face was pretty scary, like earthquake. Despite hut made noises and vibrate we felt safe in our warm down sleeping bags. We knew that there would be no chance to attack the summit, no chance to descend. We were imprisoned. Solvay Hut became our place for next tree days… very long days. So far from home, so far from life we know.
After one avalanche I started to think: is it better to fall down during the climb or is it better to be blown away with the hut like this? Pros for the first option were simple: you would have a great view! But analyzing all the cons I decided that our situation was quite good. During the sleep, in warm and comfortable sleeping bag…we were just lucky guys. Paranoia.
We got up with a hangover caused by height and it was still snowing. The terrace was covered with half meter of fresh snow. Going outside even on the balcony was dangerous. Powder lied on ice. The good side of our situation was that we could collect soft snow for cooking without leaving the hut. We started to cook - that's how two hours passed. The cheese was frozen, the sweets too. After the meal we went to sleep again, like children.
Our rest was interrupted by sound of a helicopter. That meant the weather had got better. We were too lazy to check it on sight and got up later. We both knew that the day was already lost. Outside everything was white, blinding sun was reflected in powder snow. Views were great: Monte Rosa looked much bigger than in summer, because snow covered everything and the entire glacier became a piece of it. We were admiring the shapes of Dom and Taschhorn, we didn't know them from that angle. The heavily corniced north face of Breithorn amazed us with it's similarity to the wall of Broad Peak. The Italian side seemed to be quiet and absolutely deserted. Looking far in that direction made me peaceful; looking down on the route –nervous; inside the hut - simply angry, but looking up… well, no comments. Leaving for the final summit push was like a dream. There was a remote chance that we would reach it without killing ourselves.
We stood in the opened doors when one more heli hanged very close in front of us. It was full of Japanese tourists photographing us. I guess they were as much surprised as we to meet someone up here. After one minute the helicopter headed for the Matterhorn's top. That was sad and depressing. We dreamed about reaching the summit and they could see it without any effort. During our stay in Solvay Hut we had at least ten visits like that. Some of them we ignored, but when we were in a better mood we posed to photos, having fun of the company. Those were rare moments. We were rather dominated by feelings of disappointment, anger and boredom. In cases of boredom we were acting like children and try to oversleep it. The sad truth is we went Matterhorn to sleep, not climb it.
I was in a better mood than Brade. We had contact with our friends and families by mobile phones. He was sending SMSes to his girlfriend and family describing the whole situation but not mentioning some more or less important facts i.e. that we were imprisoned there, we didn't know how to get down in these conditions etc. The replies he received contained care and love. My situation was slightly different. This littlle difference was that nobody from my family knew that I was attempting Matterhorn. I told my parents that we'd go to Italy to do some hiking. Also some of my friends didn't know, so one day I got message: How is your sightseeing trip?
The most enthusiastic moment came when I received another message: You passed the exam. (In the day of our departure I was writing an exam at my studies.) After that for few moments we were cheerful and little bit more optimistic.
Receiving info about passed exam when you are trapped on Matterhorn in winter at 4000 meters - priceless…
Using the toilet at Solvay Hut was mere fun. It is a hole in the floor with unforgettable view of North Face. I guess that normally things go out through the hole, now the snow came in through it. The strong wind turned the snowflakes inte bullets, shooting up from the hole, straight at our poor exposed ends. Sitting or standing next to it was great challenge we had to undertake.
When there was no storm at night we could see lights of Zermatt. I wondered if someone from the city those days thought about two guys being trapped on the mountain he was looking at. Were they able to notice our headlamps? These city lights were so close and far at the same time – watching night scenery I felt our loneliness much stronger. This remote hut seems to be specially designed for observing romantic panorama of Zermatt by night. Check this out in winter.
Weather was unstable, temperature too. Perfect sunny sky turned into whiteouts and into sunny sky, one after another. We both suffered because of cold – probably it would be easier to handle low temperatures if we had any serious reason to move (despite preparing food). Luckily my reheated hands got better. We were spending the time waiting for the snow to get heavier, melt or wind blown, so we could move up… or down. That was like waiting for spring to come, but we couldn't wait that long. We needed to be back in the valley on time – our friend's car was going to pick us up and take us home. Pressure of time was annoying.
(Hope this chapter was as boring as these tree days. For better understanding of our situation please read The 'Vegetating' part three times, this will help you to feel right.)
Semi finalAfter spending three long days doing nothing, except worrying about descent, the final decision was made: if the weather lets us, we are going down. Matterhorn did not allow us to summit it, this time. We hoped that snow would be stable enough to make a smooth and good styled retreat. But it was still too soft and neither of us were content with descending in such conditions. We started with the first sunrays. It was quiet, no helicopters, cold wind and deep snow only. Before making the first step of our journey down, Jck noticed a black butterfly and two black crows a few seconds later, finding it funny to have such company. For me it meant something different "Two signs of death at the same time? What the f…? Butterflies don't fly at 4000m in winter. No way. We are doomed". It seems funny while sitting at home but then, on ridge, I felt cold iron on my neck.
Leaving the hut was very tough, we both remembered how difficult was to get here. We knew that our statement to make it "safe not fast" was best idea to solve problem of descent. Soft snow was tricky, first steps reminded us about the horror of our ascent. This time it was much worse. Every move we made on any side of the ridge was a beginning of small powder avalanche. None of us was willing to slip with masses of fresh snow mixed with loose rocks to the bottom of East face. The Mountain was searching for our weaknesses. With every breath I tasted fear in cold thin air. Safest and the most logical way of descent was to rappel. Finding good abseiling points on Hornligrat in winter, after three days of heavy snowfall, have not much to do with the fun we call mountaineering. It is rather like hard work on mine field.
For me, the most memorable moment of our way down was the rocky chimney (not on the normal route we guess, it's much closer to the ridge- classical route goes through the fields of East face in that place)- not very high but below it was a very steep snowfield- if you fell you would stop at the bottom of East face. No possibility of placing a belay or abseiling point (we rated that chimney about IV/IV+, so down climbing it with heavy backpacks and crampons wasn't easy). I dug my ice-axe in fresh snow, trying to wedge it in the rocks below the snow surface. It didn't work so I put all my body weight on the ice-axe making illusory protection. Brade is much better rock climber than me so I hoped he wouldn't fall. He also knew that in case of fall I had minimum chances of stopping the fall. He made a sign of the cross and started to down climb the chimney. After few minutes I heard him yelling from the bottom of the chimney: Shit…that was the hardest thing I've ever climbed…
Great motivation for me…
Staying calm while climbing down in the unstable snow was as important as finding safe rap points. We needed hundreds of these because our rappels couldn't be longer than 30m. When we got to point with 'no idea were to go' I lost the way and abseiled a rope length into North Face and had to climb back one a pitch. Escaping from North Face caused stone/snow avalanche, but it gave me an unforgettable feeling of touching this side of Matterhorn in winter. These were longest 100fts in my life because it's giant drop made me feel really small. Beautifully place. After reaching the ridge and saying "wrong direction" I made the same mistake by losing the way by a rappel on East Face. It was a total waste of precious time and energy. That part of route leads straight on an airy ridge.
Luckily weather was much better than during last days. It made me sad because it was also good day for the summit. We had no time to make it to the top. We needed to descent and be on time in Tasch. We had almost no chance to talk descending hour after hour after hour.
When we are talking about whole the way down we cannot count all the problems we met. In my opinion it would be enough for five more trips. But the more problems you solve, the stronger you are. I think that also helped us during the descending.
Standing at the top of huge step preparing for rappel Jck lost his figure 8. The sound it made falling from height on powder snow covered rock was brilliant. From that place all the way down Jck was using half hitch knot. We had some more problems… rope frozen and untying knots was almost impossible. "We've got to get off this mountain."
One of the scariest passages for me was the rappel on the North face (we definitely weren't at the right way). East side of the mountain was too prone to avalanches, the ridge was very narrow and the rocks were very rotten in that place so we decided to lower on the North face- it was steeper than East so there was less snow. We threw the rope down and started to rappel but the rope was too short so we had to untie, climb few meters placing front teeth of crampons in a narrow vertical crack on almost horizontal rock wall, without belaying and good hand holds - just balance, like the tight-rope walker. Definitely too difficult for me…
If you look down from the ridge you will see just the next step. You don't know how far is to the hut. All the time I came to edge of the next step I hoped that I would see the steep snowfield after which is the final rocky part above the hut. So when we passed all the characteristic points at the upper part of the ridge (i.e. high crack with fixed old rappel ropes) we were a little bit confused: maybe this ridge never ends? The sun was lower and lower, we also felt that we were lower but we couldn't spot the end. Each step was teasing us with the vision of the hut just below…
Climbing down was a kind of a deep trance. Every movement was studied inside to make it in safest and optimal way. We still had difficulties in finding right way, none of our tracks was left after the snowfall. Our hopes to live through it in one piece, was restored any time we reached a recognizable point. It is still hard to remember right sequence of route parts because we both were focused on each step, not views. For me descending was to give myself into hands of my basic instincts and experience, listening to body, not mind. Jck was so concentrated he didn't notice losing one glass from his sunglasses. Who knows how long he would be abseiling without it if I didn't notice it.
(I left these sunglasses in Hornli Hut- if somebody has found them, please let me know…)
When we reached the last step, the sun was coming down. Remember chatting few minutes for the first time that day, admiring our clothes covered with snow and ice, broken glasses, sundown. Rappelling last meters from over hanged rock was one of the most beautiful feelings in my life. "We did it, we descended". I landed in deep snow laughing and lied in it, waiting for my partner Jck. Sky was red at the moment. Descending from Solvay Hut to Hornli Hut took us 11 hours while normally it is about 4 hours from the top.
We both need that chat. There were so many feelings that we would like to share with each other about the climb, but the dominating thought was: "yep, done". We were wrong, badly wrong…
BittersweetDuring the night storm hit once again. Fresh powder snow carried by howling wind was covering everything. We were imprisoned once again, but had no time for it - only 24 hours were left. We decided to descend when it would stop blowing heavily, so we could find the way. At noon weather was good enough to leave, but visibility was still average. Snow was deeper than the day before and some formations were up to a chest.
The Mountain didn't let us off so easily. The steep section below Hornli Hut was true horror. Jck's breaking trail efforts were futile. We were unwillingly slipping down the slope, afraid to cause an avalanche. It would be pretty sad to die in such way after all the things we survived. We had to traverse and downclimb a lot in dangerous deep snow, to reach safer terrain. Full body climbing with joints aching and pulsing red warning light in ones head. This part was so scary that we changed our plan. We wanted to avoid traverses in the lower parts of the shoulder secured with ladders. The reason was that we were afraid of the big avalanche potential we were sure to meet there too. "Swimming" in soft snow we continued our descent straight down to the ski slope.
We discussed that part few months after the climb concentrating on our motivation. What made us to do it without thinking "what if…?" Traversing through a very steep snowfield with fresh snow up to your neck is not the thing you would likely prefer to do. You have to do something with your mind - focus on one thought to let your body work, without being paralyzed by fear. Brade told me that he was telling himself: If Jck could do this without problems I could do this too… We were laughing when I told him that I was thinking the same way: I must go, because he's behind me and climbing so well in these conditions…
We really enjoyed ourselves through all the suffering and pain we met on ridge until Jck fell between giant boulders, badly injuring his leg. "Matterhorn got us on the last meters!" He had to suffer a little more, but the great satisfaction at the end of a day compensated. We reached a ski route at sundown, having it all for ourselves to descent in, as all skiers were already in Zermatt. It was high time to say it loud: "We have been cheating death for last seven days" and cry, we survived but didn't make it to the top. Bittersweet glory.
The problem was quite simple - after making it all the way down, reaching peaceful snowfields made us less concentrated. Nothing bad could happen there. We just made step after step heading down to the ski trail visible few hundreds meters below. I didn't take into consideration the fact that I had twisted the knee a few times- last time just two months before our climb. And I didn't think about the rocks under the snow so it had to end that way: I heard my right crampon cracking on the rock and felt pain in my knee. Brade would like to help me with descending, but he knew that he couldn't. He did what had to be done: ran through all those snowfields finding the best way for me to descend while I was crawling following him. I was thinking about Joe Simpson- he is the guy, without the doubts!
Finally we pushed on through severe conditions to a successful descent of Matterhorn's Hornli Ridge during the winter of 2006. That cost us damaged gloves, sunglasses, leaving piton, carabiner, slings, losing figure 8, friend #2 and 10 up to 15% of our bodyweight, the Mountain gave us a good mountaineering schooling and some new answers for standard questions instead:
"Your best climb ever?
Matterhorn - Winter
…and the worst one?
The same."


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The LA Galaxy will have another chance to bolster their roster on Tuesday afternoon as the 2014 MLS SuperDraft comes to an end with the final two rounds.
Unlike the first two rounds which were held in Philadelphia last week, the final two rounds will take place via conference call on Tuesday. The Galaxy hold just a single pick in the final two rounds, the 72nd overall selection in the fourth round, which was acquired in the deal that sent goalkeeper Bill Guadette to the New York Red Bulls.
Both of LA's natural selections in the third and fourth rounds were dealt away in trades. The third round selection was sent to the Philadelphia Union as the conditional pick for forward Chandler Hoffman while the fourth round choice was traded away in 2010 to the Houston Dynamo to move up in Stage Two of the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft as the Galaxy went on to select Juan Pablo Angel.
Among the talent available in the final two rounds is a host of local players from Southern California colleges. Headlining the SoCal contingent is UC Irvine midfielder Enrique Cardenas, who was a former LA Galaxy Under-23 and 2013 Big West Midfielder of the Year, four-time All-Pac 12 selection Victor Chavez, a forward out of UCLA, and UCSB defensive midfielder Fifi Balden. All three players were projected by many to be late first or early second round selections.
For more potential selections, MLSsoccer.com has provided a list of the best available players at each position.


text: I'm doing a similar thing right now, and I am watching them in order - however I'm aware this may not work. My plan is if I feel it becoming a chore, I'll just go off and watch an episode of, say, VOY, or DS9, and then come back to TOS, where I currently am. I decided to do it this way because all five series share fairly good continuity. I realised that by just jumping in with TNG, I had no idea how the Klingons and Federation came to be on good terms.


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Lawmakers are pushing for a new law to penalize impostors who say they earned combat honors while serving in the military.
The first such law, the Stolen Valor Act of 2006, was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on June 28 on the grounds that it violated First Amendment rights.
Senate Democrats have introduced the Military Service Integrity Act of 2012, which they say will satisfy the Supreme Court by targeting those who lie about military service and honors for financial and personal gain.
Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, both Colorado Democrats, are co-sponsoring the bill introduced by Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia. Udall also co-sponsored the Stolen Valor Act while serving in the House of Representatives in 2006.
Violators would face a fine and/or six months in prison, or one year in prison if the misrepresentation involves serving in a combat zone or in a special-operations force or being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Udall said the new legislation will ensure that the honor of those who have served is not exploited by others.
Allowing individuals to falsely portray themselves as veterans or recipients of highly respected awards, like the Purple Heart, cheapens the sacrifices of actual veterans, Udall said. Congress needs to act to protect the image and integrity of our troops and veterans and to protect taxpayers and voters from those who would profit from their false claims of service.
The Military Service Integrity Act would punish people who falsely portray themselves as veterans and use that perception to profit, gain hiring preference or seek elected office, a Udall staff member said. The legislation also would make it a crime to manufacture, sell, attempt to sell, import or export U.S. military decorations or medals designated by Congress for the armed forces, except in cases of lawful regulations.
In October 2011, Senate Republicans introduced their own version of the bill that they say abides by the Supreme Courts ruling.
We must defend the valor of those who have served our country, especially those men and women who have earned awards for outstanding service, but that we also must protect the very liberties for which our servicemen and women sacrificed, Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nevada, said. The Stolen Valor Act of 2011 would achieve both objectives.
The Republican Stolen Valor Act of 2011 would punish whoever, with intent to obtain anything of value, knowingly makes a misrepresentation regarding his or her military service.
The Democratic bill says someone cannot lie for tangible benefit or personal gain specifically, to obtain government employee benefits; receive employment or a promotion; earn money; affect a court decision; or aid a political campaign.
Under the Republican bill, penalties do not apply to those who receive something of nominal value like a drink at a bar for telling an embellished war tale, Heck said.
The Republican Senate bill is identical to Hecks legislation, and it was introduced in May 2011. The Houses version has bipartisan support, including Reps. Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn, Colorado Republicans, whereas the two Senate bills are co-sponsored almost entirely along party lines.
Rachel Karas is an intern for The Durango Herald and a student at American University in Washington, D.C. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By Molly Farrell
Chattanooga's only skatepark leaves some visitors wanting an alternative. An indoor park is in the works to meet the needs of advanced skaters. The new park offers thousands of feet of skating space and obstacles.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (UTC/ TheLoop) — Chattanooga boasts popular attractions like the aquarium and numerous hiking trails, but for skateboarding fans, the city is bleak.
In Chattanooga and the surrounding area there is only one skateboard park for visitors and residents. Deemed Chatt Town Skatepark, the site offers both a skatepark and roller hockey rink.
The park is run by the city of Chattanooga and features ramps and boxes for rollerbladers, skateboarders, and BMX riders.
Stephen Sherwood, a visitor of the park, is disappointed with Chattanooga's slim offerings for skateboarding. "You really only have a choice between the one skatepark or the street, and that's really dangerous," he says. " They definitely need to build another one."
Though the park is popular, its many rules and a costly entrance fee keep some from visiting more regularly. Visitors must pay $8 to skate; the park does offer a $50 membership, but each visit costs an extra $2.
The park also requires a signed waiver for under 18 skaters, and a helmet must be worn at all times by all ages.
Stephen Sherwood, who is 20, thinks the helmet rule is unnecessary. "I've been to other parks that don't make you pay a fee or wear a helmet. The feeling there is much more casual. Why should you have to wear a helmet if you're over 18? I just don't get it," he says.
Plans for an indoor park in Chattanooga are in place under a popular rock climbing facility, 801 Riverfront. The park will offer 20,000 feet of ramps, bowls, boxes, and rails. Visit this website for more info.


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Portland-based Undertow teamed up with Jordan Brand for another limited edition set called the 'Hit Rewindies' Pack, celebrating yesterday's opening of their Hit Rewindies art exhibit. Just sixteen units of the Undertow x Jordan Brand set, which includes the Jordan Super.Fly, a snap-back, and two pairs of socks, will become available, and the bidding war just kicked off a few hours ago! If you're interested in adding these artful Air Jordans to your collection, you'd better bring your bidding A-game because the auction's heating up! More of the Undertow x Jordan Brand Pack below, so take a look and place your bids in right now in the available auctions from undertowdesign on eBay.


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DIXON � Rookie Davis is learning to be a pitcher � a professional pitcher.
On the surface that might seem a pitch just a little bit outside. Wasn�t Davis one of the best high school pitchers in not just North Carolina but the nation coming out of Dixon High School?
And didn�t his fastball clock in at 98 mph on the scoreboard at Five County Stadium in Zebulon in the 2010 NCHSAA 1-A state finals � as a junior?
Yes, yes and yes.
But Davis, who was The Daily News player of the year in 2010 and 2011, was a man among boys in high school. Here�s my fastball, he all but said, see if you can hit it.
Strike one.
Strike two.
See ya!
Now, however, Davis is a still baby-faced teenager who just completed his first season in the New York Yankees� minor league system � a year of learning the art of pitching and the Yankee way, of learning about his body and how to take care of himself and of learning about life as a professional athlete.
It was a year to remember, a successful year despite missing a month with a weight-sapping virus, Davis said, and the start of a journey he hopes someday will end with him on the mound at storied Yankee Stadium.
For now, however, it�s best to remember that Davis is still growing into a man. He still can�t legally drink or even rent a car yet � you�ve got to be 21, which led to his parents renting him a car on his visit on home, which ended Tuesday with his return to Tampa, Fla.
And he still only has to shave every two to three days to adhere to the Yankees� strict no facial hair rule.
Davis sat down with The Daily News on Monday at a metal picnic table at his high school alma mater, just a pitch or two away from Dixon�s baseball field, to talk about his first season with the Yankees� Gulf Coast League rookie affiliate.
�It was good,� Davis said. �There were a lot of good times. I had some down times, being sick. But I can definitely say it was a good first year. Numbers-wise, I would have liked to have had more innings pitched.
�But just learning, learning how to pitch really, and battling through the adversity of being sick or having some arm fatigue and learning what treatment to do. Just learning your body really is what they said your first year�s about.�
Davis, who was always under a strict pitch count, finished his first pro season with a 2-1 record and a 2.65 earned run average. He struck out 17 and walked 4 in 17 innings while allowing 17 hits and nine runs (five earned) while foes hit .250 against him.
And while he�ll have plenty of pleasant memories from this past season, the worst memory, hand�s down, was a virus that sidelined him for a month and saw him lose 25 pounds while at one point having a 104-degree temperature.
It was the worst illness of his young life, Davis said, adding he�d take a bout of food poisoning he experienced in high school over the virus �any day.�
�It was terrible,� he said.
Had Davis not been sick and had he been able to pitch in four or five more games, would he have done enough to earn a trip to Staten Island, N.Y., in the Class A short-season New York-Penn League or Charleston, which plays in the Class A long-season South Atlantic League.
No one can say, least of all Davis.
�It�s hard to say. But the way I see it is that God has a plan for me and that was part of the plan, and I can sit here and what-if all I want, but it taught me deal with adversity, how to get through it, and that�s one thing I can take away from that month off,� Davis said.
The Start
Davis made his first pro appearance in a game that counted on June 26, going 2 2/3 innings. He struck out 3, walked 1 and allowed 1 run (earned). His last appearance was Aug. 26. Davis went 2 1/3 innings, striking out 2 while allowing 4 hits and 2 unearned runs.
In between, Davis worked and watched and learned.
�The first game I pitched I was rushing, just real anxious, just wanted to get out there,� he said. �I was 88 to 92, and I got with my pitching coach and we watched some video and he said, �All right, this is what I want you to try for your next outing, see how it feels.��
Davis did. And he was amazed at the quick Pitching 101 lesson.
�Went out for my second outing and I was 92-96, and that is when it kind of hit me that I increased 4 mph in a week and that�s just mechanics,� he said. �Then I started putting a really big emphasis on mechanics and ever since then it�s all flowed well, felt good.�
Some players swear by videos. Others grudgingly attend to them like a guy being taken to a chick flick by his girlfriend. Others give them two thumbs down.
Davis uses videos but leavens that with input from his coaches.
�I like watching videos just because I can put myself in that moment and feel how everything is feeling,� he said. �Some guys don�t want to watch video. I�m a big believer in that now because I�m able to put myself in that situation.�
Beyond that, he also listens to his dad, Billy, who was an outstanding high school pitcher in his own right who went on to play college baseball.
A typical conversation:
�Believe it or not, I can call dad after a game and say, �Hey, threw pretty good, three innings, blah, blah, blah, walked a guy. What happened? I kept missing up and away to a lefty. Yeah, you�re leaving your arm behind.� He didn�t even watch the game. That�s just how well he knows me,� Davis said.
Davis said he took everything in and culled what he felt was important.
�I know they know a lot more than they do,� he said. �I�m still learning, still trying to be a professional. That�s the biggest thing.�
Part of that learning process is to understand and accept that he�s at the starting point of a process designed to make him a major league pitcher. In high school it wasn�t unusual for Davis to throw 100 or more pitches.
He didn�t come close to that this year with the GLC Yankees. After one outing in which he threw 29 pitches and only 4 balls, Davis was barely warmed up.
�I�m thinking, �That�s a bullpen,�� he said.
That was the short-term view. Davis saw the long-term view as well.
�The thing is in high school I would go 100, 110 pitches, and that�s if I was struggling a little bit. But they all weren�t quality pitches. I wasn�t executing every pitch like I needed to, and I was able to get away with it,� he said.
�Down there, let�s say I�m on a 60-pitch limit, I�ve got to try and make those 60 pitches perfect. Sure, you�re going to walk guys, you�re going to get hit. But if you try and execute each pitch, you�ll be around it.
�In high school I would throw 100 pitches and maybe execute 70 of them. They want to build it up where if you throw 100 pitches, you want to feel like you executed 85, 90 of them, which that will come over time and years and stuff.
�Anybody can go out there and throw 100 baseballs. It takes a professional to go out there and throw 60 and really work on it.�
Changes and change-up
It�s no surprise, but the Yankees see Davis as a power pitcher in the making. But rare is the pitcher in the major leagues who survives with only a fastball. So Davis has worked hard on his curve and, especially, his change-up � and especially behind in the count.
Davis said he�s comfortable throwing his fastball from 90 to 94 mph, having topped out at 96 mph. His change-up, which comes in at 84 to 86 mph, has improved measurably as has his curveball.
Davis attributed �a combination of things,� including repetition and coaching, for the improvement.
�In a high school game say I threw 100 pitches, 85 were fastballs, and the other 15 I was just trying to give them something different and throw it for a strike,� he said. �My curve ball was 71, 72 in high school. We�ve got it up to 75, 77, 78 now, and it�s got good break to it.
�Those two pitches, repetitions and arm speed is the biggest thing, and staying on top of the changeup instead of feeling like you�re pushing it. We�d have days where we�d go from 60 feet to 90 for five-minute toss, and I�d throw change-ups trying to stay on top of it and get good action on it.
�It turned out to be my best pitch for about a two-week span where I was able to throw it for a strike pretty much any time. I developed that a lot better.�
Still, Davis knows he�s not a finished product, although he said the Yankee management is �pretty pleased� with his first year.
�I still feel like I have a lot of room for improvement. But it was a good first year. It was a good stepping stone to lead to many other years, I�m hoping.�
One area Davis feels he needs the most improvement on is his pitching tempo, which isn�t as consistent as he�d like. The impact, he said, is bigger than an observer in the stands might pick up on.
�Sometimes I slow the tempo down which slows the game, which believe it or not has a trickle effect,� he said. �It goes from one thing to another and before I know it I�ve fallen behind 1-0 and it�s just because my tempo didn�t stay the same.
�Probably one of the other things (that needs work) is just repetition from the windup and the stretch.�
Toward that end, he�s part pitcher and part surveyor on the mound.
�The thing that I look at that many people don�t is my landing spot,� he said. �When I land, I want my cleat marks to be the exact same every time. And if there�s one where I land a little bit to the left, I know something�s wrong.�
Next up
Even as he looked ahead, Davis was asked to look back. He said he was most happy about two things from his first year as a pro. He�s gone from a �deer-in-the-headlight� youngster to a young man learning to be a professional, a phrase he repeatedly came back to.
The other was his ability to �pound the zone� while getting guys out, keeping his pitch count down and helping his team win.
�I met my goal I felt like,� he said.
So what�s next for Davis? After about a week at home, he was back in Tampa on Tuesday and will begin workouts today through Sept. 19, when �instructs� � instructional league workouts, which require an invitation � begin.
He is scheduled to return home Oct. 5.
Then he planned to go to Boston to meet with Eric Cressey, who runs Cressey Performance, which dubs itself a �high-performance training facility� used by college and pro athletes alike, including ex-big league pitcher Curt Schilling.
Davis said he�ll ask Cressey to evaluate him and give him a workout plan, which he�ll use while also continuing to see a trainer locally he�s worked with the past two years. All of which is designed to get him ready for spring training.
His goal is to earn a spot with the Yankees� Charleston full-season Class A affiliate, which is a member of the South Atlantic League, although he knows he could also wind up in Staten Island, N.Y., in the Class A short-season New York-Penn League.
�I�m going to try and really get after it these next couple months and be ready because I�d like to make the team there in Charleston out of spring training,� he said. �Try to make it hard for them to keep me down in extended.
�But whatever the plan is is what I�m going to do. And in the end it�s not a race. It�s a marathon. You�ve got to take your time, develop what you can when you can. One day I�ll be there. So that�s how I�ve got to look at it.�


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P1 Tech Help: Facebook and the law officer
Facebook has proven its ability to aid in revealing criminals, threatening job security, and limiting (even eliminating) personal privacy
I have previously written that the internet has not only changed the way we live and work, but it has also changed the way we socialize. There is a proliferation of social network websites such as Myspace, Twitter, and Facebook that have made it easier to connect with current friends and re-connect with old ones. This month I am focusing on Facebook, because it is a website that is used by many current PoliceOne members, and has been the subject of many recent news articles, coming under scrutiny for how it is used by its members. Facebook has proven its ability to aid in revealing criminals, threatening job security, and limiting (even eliminating) personal privacy.
Facebook has has aided in solving crimes when suspects decide to brag about their exploits (failing to recognize any downside, such as the fact that officers can log onto the Internet too, discovering incriminating "status updates" and "wall pictures"). For instance, if someone is suspected of dealing marijuana and there is a big pot leaf next to his profile picture on MySpace, that is what we in the force call a clue. Facebook is a news stream-style page that allows anyone to see someone's "wall posts," as well as that person's friends' posts, if he or she has not changed their privacy settings. If this is the case and someone has left comments regarding illegal activity on their page, it is easy for police to identify them as a suspect.
These same privacy issues can not only reveal a criminal, but can leave an honest person jobless. Just one single poorly-worded post has the power to end someone's career. For example, a single working mother was recently terminated from her job because of a post she wrote on Facebook — a comment that took her less than a minute to post had lasting repercussions. It is a fact that due to the increasing use of social networking sites, employers are actually Googling the names of potential employees to find their Facebook page. This is done in order to see what kind of a person they may be hiring. It just goes to show that the very sites we use recreationally to communicate with friends can hinder our potential employment.
Many of us — despite preferring a fairly private life — do not consider that our social networking pages make our private business someone public. What I mean by "somewhat public" is if you do not set your privacy settings to "friends only," it could be read by anyone, as I stated earlier. However, the majority of us do not bother with the settings, leaving a majority of our private lives completely public. Another way to read someone's profile is to navigate through a friend's profile. Thanks to some recent changes Facebook has made, it is easier than ever to find someone just by navigating through their friend list. This is just one more reason to be careful what you post.
As police officers we are proud of what we do, but we all know that there are people in society who do not like the police. Just as potential and current employers are navigating Facebook, I am sure there are some who are doing the same thing, in an attempt to discredit police officers with the things they post on their Facebook walls. For example, we officers have been stressed to always act as if we're being videotaped — don't say or publish anything that could tarnish your credibility. Another piece of good advice is to not write anything derogatory in your notes about a particular situation unless it is a direct statement. Use this same example when you're posting thoughts in your social network page. We are living in a global community where people we do not know have the ability to view what we write.
Don't get caught in a weak moment and publish something that may come back to possibly hurt your credibility or possibly your career. Even if you go back later and delete what you wrote, it is out there. You cannot completely erase it.
If you can't post something nice, don't post anything at all.


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Part of offering library services is asking for, listening and responding to feedback from the community. One comment we hear often is that the wait is long for the new and popular materials.
We hear ya. This spring, MCPL started offering a new feature called Best Seller Express in our Movies and Music department. Patrons who came to the Main library or Ellettsville were able to check out one brand new DVD. The catch is that they aren't holdable, you can't renew them and they only check out for three days. Despite these limitations, the new service has proven to be extremely popular. We've heard from patrons that they love coming to the library and seeing a DVD on the shelf that they might have been on a very long wait list for.
This week MCPL is offering books as part of the Best Seller Express service. If you stop by the New Books section at the Main library, you will see a shelf with new books - some of which have over 100 patrons on the wait list! Just like their DVD counterparts, these books aren't holdable, are non-renewable and only check out for 7 days. Yesterday morning, there was a copy of The Help on the BSE shelf (which we realize isn't new, but with the movie coming out still has over 100 holds). Also available was George R. R. Martin's newest, A Dance with Dragons (over 25 holds) and Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner (23 holds) among others.
Stop by the library sometime soon - you never know what new book or movie you might find waiting for you on the shelf!


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While listening to the approach frequency to LAX (Runway 25L), I heard an airliner report a party balloon at 600 feet during his approach on the ILS. The tower proceeded to report the balloon to the aircraft following. While doing so (and clearing another airliner to land), this communication took place:
"Los Angeles Tower, Airliner 123 at LIMMA for 25L."
"Airliner 123, Los Angeles Tower. Caution: wake turbulence; following a heavy 757 on short final. Aircraft reported a party balloon at 600 feet."
"A what at 600 feet?"
"A party balloon."
"O.K. W'ell be ready to party at 600 feet. Airliner 123."
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP)—Their lives never intersected, but they were both daughters of Newark: two successful young women nearly the same age, both with good jobs and dedicated to improving their communities. Now, both are scheduled to be buried this week.
One grew up in the city's vibrant Portuguese immigrant enclave, fulfilling a dream to work in law enforcement. The other, an award-winning young musician, was raised in and around Newark before following her family South to become a grade-school teacher in Charlottesville, Va.
DAWN REDDICK and DEBORA FERREIRA
Both women were killed in separate shootings over the weekend, victims of the gun violence that has plagued New Jersey's most populous city this summer, cutting short many promising lives.
Dawn Reddick, who turned 29 in July, was visiting Newark for the weekend, driving her 9-year-old nephew back home to her sister's house after he had spent the summer with family in Virginia. Reddick was with a childhood friend at Newark Chinese restaurant Friday night, waiting for a takeout order, when she was struck by bullets police said were meant for someone else. She died Saturday of her injuries.
"She was the perfect child, she was a child that anyone would love to have," James Reddick said of his daughter, as he made her funeral arrangements Monday.
Across town during Sunday's early morning hours, 32-year-old Debora Ferreira of Irvington was found shot and unresponsive in her car near a downtown Newark social club frequented by law enforcement officers. She died minutes later at a nearby hospital. The American-born daughter of immigrants from Newark's tight-knit Portuguese and Brazilian neighborhood known as The Ironbound, Ferreira was the proud mother of a 1-year-old daughter and had been an Essex County Corrections Department officer since 2007. Her killing is also under investigation.
"She was just a great kid all around, friendly, conscientious, dedicated," said Joe Amato, president of PBA Local 382, of which Ferreira was a member. "She was one of those people that drew you in; a friendly, outgoing person."
A sign on the family's home in the Ironbound asked for privacy during their time of grieving.
The killings of these two promising young women from hardworking, close-knit families has shocked even violence-weary Newark residents, as violent crime has continued to rise in the last two years after steep declines the previous two years.
The Essex County Crime Stoppers has offered $10,000 rewards in both Ferreira and Reddick's cases for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. The New Jersey state PBA is offering an additional $10,000 in Ferreira's case.
Law enforcement officials are pleading for the public's help in solving both cases. Acting Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio called Ferreira's killing "a horrific act of violence," while Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray extended her sympathy to Reddick's family. Both DeMaio and Murray said their departments were doing everything they can to solve the cases.
"This sort of random and senseless violence has to stop," Murray said.
Three others were wounded in the gunfire that killed Reddick: two adult males who were shot and remain hospitalized, and a 7-year-old girl who was grazed by a bullet.
Although Reddick didn't know the other victims, her father believes his daughter may have died trying to protect the little girl.
"She just loved kids, so when I heard the news she was trying to protect the little 7-year-old, that really made sense to me," he said. "I really hate that she had to lose her life over that, but that's her: to protect children."
Reddick described his daughter as devoted to her students at the Clark Elementary School in Charlottesville, where she taught 3rd grade and won the 2011 Golden Apple Award for outstanding teaching.
Talented musically, Reddick graduated from Newark's Arts High School, winning a prestigious citywide jazz competition twice and placing as runner-up another year, according to her father. After James Reddick retired from a grocery distribution company and her mother from the Essex County Board of Taxation, the family settled in Glen Allen, Va., with Dawn renting an apartment about 70 miles away in Charlottesville, Va. She visited her parents every weekend.
At the Promised Land Missionary Baptist Church in Newark where Dawn Reddick had played piano recitals as a child and her grandmother has been a clerk for 25 years, the Rev. Ernest L. Chamblee said Monday he was struggling to compose a funeral sermon for the same young woman he had baptized as a newborn.
"Here's a girl that grew up in the city of Newark, through all the thorns and thistles, and ups and downs, and she maintained her reputation, finished high school, and went on to college," Chamblee said. "It's very rare—we've only had about eight, 10, maybe 12 who have done such—but I've never had a church member from cradle to 29-years-old who has accomplished what this girl has accomplished."


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nidaime and i come up with this thread.
I do believe Minato mastered the Sage Arts. I find it hard to believe Jiraiya would have an asset like that and not train his prized pupil in it or not allow his prized pupil to go and get training by the toads.
So you ask "why not Naruto as well?" well Naruto already has the fox which Jiraiya felt was Naruto's answer to everyone of his skill problems UNTIL he saw that the fox chakra caused physical damage which is probably why the training stopped.
Here is the proof I see:
Minato was known for his ungodly speed.. Senjutsu is known for increasing physical attributes like speed and strength. No one so far from what we have seen has been able to match or surpass Minato's speed by normal means. Senjutsu would explain the insane speed.
Flying Thunder God is a modified version of reverse summoning and Minato had to have gotten the idea from the Great Sages. We both know that Minato used a tag and a seal to start the FTG. Naruto notes that Fukasaku makes a seal to initiate the bolder lift. The Sage Arts are linked to FTG.
Death God Seal vs Kyuubi.
From the Sarutobi vs Oro fight we saw that the user of the seal had to physically hold the subject and forcefully rip their soul out using their own spiritual/chakra strength. We saw that Oro was able to resist and pull back due to being stronger than Sarutobi at the time... So explain to me how Minato could have over powered the 9 tails Demon Fox without some MASSIVE boost in power?
I can see Gama holding the Kyuubi for Minato but I doubt Minato had enough spritual/chakra strength to overpower the Kyuubi, rip out its chakra essence, split it in two, seal half in the Shiki Fuujin seal and the other half in his kid without some sort of power boost...
The explanation: SENJUTSU
I always questioned how he was able to do it but now I can see the answer. Minato took Senjutsu and built a fighting style around it and developed his own techniques with it which would also explain why no one can mimick them except for the people he taught them to personally.


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9 unique Dubai restaurants
From BBQ Donuts to the world's highest restaurant to one of the simplest ... Dubai does unique as well as glitz
Dubai is known for show-stopping style -- its diverse restaurant scene is no different.
Eat out in the emirate and you'll be faced with virtually every cuisine under the sun, not to mention some novel environs.
These nine restaurants put on particularly memorable acts (except for the one with no act at all) and with damn fine food, as well.
What'd be the point of having the world's tallest building -- the Burj Khalifa -- if you couldn't put the world's highest restaurant in it?
Welcome to At.mosphere.
The full stop in the name appears to have something to do with "at," although the concept seems to run out of sense after that.
Sitting 122 floors up, this swanky dining spot has what you want to call bird's eye views, except not that many birds appear to fly this high.
To reach At.mosphere, you hurtle upward in an implausibly smooth "express elevator" (ears will pop) before stepping out to a two-level glass atrium.
Does the food live up to the altitude?
Actually, yes -- cuisine is modern European and artfully presented and, if you time your trip right, Michelin-starred guest chefs pop up in the kitchen (November brings Philippe Etchebest).
It may seem counter-intuitive when the view is part of the package, but you're advised to visit At.mosphere at night -- Dubai looks best when it twinkles.
At.mosphere, 122nd floor, Burj Khalifa, Downtown Dubai; ; autumn tasting menu 650 dirham ($178) per person, 1,070 dirham ($292) with sommelier's champagne and wine pairing
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The seafood restaurant at Atlantis the Palm hotel is, in a word, theatrical.
Yet despite the gold color scheme and gargantuan aquariums instead of walls, Ossiano's cuisine rises above the cheesiness.
Lobster gazpacho, superior Sturia caviar and crispy monkfish are among the sophisticated seafood offerings.
After you've got over initial discomfort at feasting on fish while surrounded by their relatives, the finned passers-by undoubtedly make for a spectacular -- and finally rather serene -- dining setting.
Atlantis on the Palm, Palm Jumeirah; ; daily five-course set menu 750 dirham ($205)
Dubai isn't the first place you'd expect to watch African tribal dancers as you eat, but then Dubai isn't most places.
At African-themed steak house, Tribes, meat sizzles in an open kitchen while the (mostly Kenyan) staff hurry past in bright tribal patterns.
Men should make sure not to sit with their backs against the main door -- a waiter will quickly tell them to switch in order to protect their date from intruding lions.
In addition to the wholly carnivorous menu -- the multi-Tribal sausage platter is probably even meatier than you imagine -- meals include staff bursting into African song and dancing to feverish drums.
Yes, it's all a bit clichéd and, yes, it does distract a little from the meal.
And, yes, it's a lot of fun.
When it comes to the "African" meats, don't be disappointed to find that most of them are imported from Sharjah.
Tribes, Mall of the Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Road; ; set menu 180 dirham ($49) per person
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Look out to sea from Al Qasr hotel or Jumeirah beach and you'll see Pierchic's black warehouse-style facade suspended over the waves on wooden stilts.
It looks more like a mysterious Arabian beach house than a first-rate fish restaurant.
To reach it, you can stroll along the long private pier -- sail-shaped Burj Al Arab luxury hotel is on one side, vast Atlantis the Palm hotel is on the other.
Or you could save your legs and hop aboard a golf cart.
Oysters, yellow-fin tuna, sea scallops and various fishy carpaccios are all sparkling fresh and elegantly served.
The tables on the ocean-facing terrace are the ones to fight for.
Pierchic, Madinat Jumeirah, Umm Suqeim 3; ; main courses from 100 dirham ($27)
Royal Express
Meant to evoke the glory days of colonial Indian rail travel, the Royal Express is nonetheless permanently stationed in a Dubai hotel.
With waiters in porter-like uniforms, regular platform announcements in Hindi, tinny train track sound effects and plush scarlet and gold furnishings, the heritage railway theme is pretty convincing.
The quality of the cuisine is less so -- resembling more an Indian takeaway you'd consume on the London Tube than something you imagine being fed to rajahs.
Still, members of Dubai's train-spotting community must be in heaven here -- there aren't any real long distance trains in the UAE.
Royal Express, Admiral Plaza Hotel, Khalid Bin Waleed Road, Bur Dubai; ; main courses from 20 dirham ($5)
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Al Hadheerah
Despite its diverse dining scene, one of the hardest things to track down in Dubai is Emirati cuisine.
As if to compensate, Al Hadheerah packs in as many Arabian desert clichés as a vacationer can handle.
For starters, you're inside the walls of a traditional fort.
The main event is the entertainment: falcons perch on handlers' mitts, Arabian horses parade with their tunic-swirling masters, local singers let rip and Sufi dancers whirl.
It's all a bit Disney, but the regional cooking wins through -- a highlight is the whole lamb, lowered into a charcoal pit and slow-cooked for six hours.
Al Hadheerah, Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai; ; from 425 dirham ($115) per person for buffet dinner
Aprons & Hammers
Once upon a time, Dubai was sustained by fishing and pearl diving -- today you can revisit that era by dining on a dhow, at Aprons & Hammers.
Moored a stone's throw from expat-favorite Barasti beach bar, this revived traditional sailing vessel serves crab and lobster by the bucket-load.
Literally -- crustaceans arrive in little tin buckets.
Once aboard, there's no mistaking the theme -- tables are shielded from the sun with fishing nets festooned with plastic crabs, starfish and lobster baskets.
The simple fun that adults can derive from hammers, pincers and, you guessed it, aprons, shouldn't be underestimated.
Aprons & Hammers, Dubai International Marine Club, Mina Seyahi Beach Resort; ; crustacean buckets from 140 dirham ($38)
More on CNN: Six great Dubai escapes
BBQ Donut
When you get almost 365 sunny days a year, barbecuing on your balcony loses its shine.
It's not every day, however, that you can light up the barbie sitting on a dinghy in the Arabian Sea.
Dubai's aptly named BBQ Donuts aren't the accident-waiting-to-happen they may sound: a doughnut-shaped dinghy is fixed with a central grilling station, and up to six of you can float off, armed with a cool box of ready-to-grill meats.
You can fork out 200 dirham ($55) for a captain for the day if you don't want to handle the (not terribly demanding) navigation.
The Boardwalk, Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, Deira; ; from 1,200 dirham ($328) per two hours, per six people with a Tasty Mix meat selection or 950 dirham ($260) with afternoon tea
Bu Qtair
"Low key" isn't an oft-heard commendation in Dubai -- which is precisely what makes Bu Qtair stand out.
There's a pleasant irony in eating at this port-a-cabin on Jumeirah beach, plastic pews and all, with the luxurious, sail-shaped Burj Al Arab hotel in sight.
It's this pining for simplicity that makes so many Dubai expats seek out this basic fish shack at least once.
There's no menu (it depends on the catch of the day) and you'll have to squeeze in to order what's likely to include shari (spotted emperor), pomfret, snapper or shrimp.
The latter often comes marinated in salt, turmeric and an added ingredient that the owner, Moosa, wouldn't give up if you fried him.
A bowl of fish curry, meanwhile, costs a dollar or two.
In Dubai, that's novel.
Bu Qtair, Road 4d, near Burj Al Arab; ; from 5 dirham ($1)


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Brewers go with flow of pitching-heavy Draft
'Best available' strategy yields 24 arms by conclusion of Day 3
By Audrey Snyder / MLB.com
The Brewers set the tone on Monday, when they selected in the first round right-hander Taylor Jungmann (12th overall) and left-hander Jed Bradley (15th overall). Milwaukee carried the same mindset into Day 2, with back-to-back pitching selections in the second and third rounds before selecting their first position player, first baseman Nick Ramirez, in the fourth round.
"We got some pretty good talented kids that fit our criteria with some tools, some skills and they fit our makeup," Brewers amateur scouting director Bruce Seid said. "A lot of them are big, strong pitchers and we got some young, good athletes too that we feel are pretty talented kids if it all comes together."
Seid said the Brewers are actively negotiating with several of their top-10 Draft picks and expect to have a few signed in the coming days. He wouldn't say which players fall into that category, but he said the club has spoken with both of the first-round picks.
"Doug Melvin and I have talked with both guys, and they've expressed that they're very happy and they realize that it's a process," Seid said of Jungmann and Bradley. "Obviously Taylor Jungmann is very focused on the College Super Regionals and World Series, but both are really, seem to be, outstanding young men."
Without putting too many expectations on the first-round picks too soon, Seid said the organization believes it picked two strong pitchers who have a chance to be part of the rotation in three to five years. Where he sees both fitting in the rotation is tough to say, as he wouldn't dub either a No. 1 guy yet.
"I wouldn't put anything over them being [No.] 2, 3 starters. It's hard to put a one label on a guy because there are so few of them out there, but if you got [No.] 2 and 3 starters, that's pretty good, and I would say they would fit into that category with potential."
The Brewers completed the Draft with seven left-handed pitchers and 17 right-handed pitchers. Seid said the pair of first-round selections can execute their pitches right away, which could help them advance through the system from the get-go. But not every pitcher was as polished as the two first-rounders.
Puerto Rico's top pitching prospect, Jorge Lopez, who was selected in the second round, didn't begin pitching until three years ago. The 18-year-old made the transition from shortstop to pitcher because he struggled at the plate, but Seid said the Brewers were confident in Lopez's abilities.
Targeting pitchers who maybe weren't the flashiest on the radar gun but know how to throw strikes and approach hitters was another part of the Brewers' strategy.
In the 16th round, Milwaukee selected left-handed pitcher Carlos Rodon, who was rated as the No. 66 prospect by Baseball America heading in to his senior year. Rodon committed to North Carolina State University, so it is unknown if he will opt to sign with the Brewers.
The Brewers stayed fairly balanced, with selections of 21 high schoolers and 30 college players. Center fielder Michael Reed was selected in the fifth round and now has a decision to make, too, since he is committed to the University of Mississippi.
Milwaukee did select about a handful of athletes who attended the team's pre-Draft workout Friday. Among those were pitcher David Lucroy, who is the brother of Brewers' catcher Jonathan Lucroy, catcher Dustin Houle and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee product Chad Pierce. Seid said Pierce's strong frame and his 92-mph fastball helped him turn heads during the workout, and the Fond du Lac, Wisc., native will have every opportunity to prove his worth. The 38th-round selection went 6-4 with a 3.21 ERA in 15 starts for the Panthers this season.
"When the board starts dwindling down, especially in the later rounds, you're looking for tools," Seid said. "A lot of the position players on the board at that time may not have supported a specific tool, but the pitchers did. Maybe some pitcher had a plus breaking ball, or someone had a plus fastball, so you're going to go with the tools that will give a guy a chance to have success at the next level."
The selection of so many pitchers was complemented by the Brewers drafting eight catchers. Among the catchers Milwaukee was high on was Houle, a 17-year-old from British Columbia. Seid said Milwaukee's scouts in Canada had followed the eighth-round selection for a few years and then confirmed his power swing when he hit a home run into the Harley Davidson deck during the pre-Draft workout.
The Brewers felt the same about Ramirez's bat, and he's a Cal State Fullerton product who Seid said can hit for both average and power. Ramirez was one of two first baseman selected by the club.
The Brewers' next move is to sift through their 51 selections and see where they stand with each player. Seid said he's not sure what's on the mind of several of the high schoolers, but he's hopeful some of the younger players will want to sign fairly soon and get started in rookie ball.
"We're gonna sign a few of these guys," he said. "We got a couple high school guys that are athletic kids, and we're in the midst of -- I don't want to say too much because we're negotiating -- but we do have some guys that we feel have a chance to do some things, and then we drafted some kids that we're going to follow this summer and see where it leads to."
In the 42nd round on Day 3, the Brewers drafted high school shortstop Caleb Whalen, who is from Union High School in Washington. Whalen is the son of Brewers' scout Shawn Whalen, who covers the northwest areas, among which are Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Seid said he believes Whalen will opt to go to school at Portland, but said the shortstop is a legit player with strong defensive skills.
Yale senior David Elmore was selected in the 49th round. Elmore is a second baseman and is the son of Helena Brewers owner, DG Elmore.
Audrey Snyder is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Making cheese is one of his MANY accomplishments!
|Erik Diemer
A couple of months ago, we received this note:
My name is Erik, I am 15. My mom owns Kitchen Chemistry in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania and we sell your cheese making supplies!
I have to tell you how much fun it is to tell customers that THEY can make cheese! Every other week we have a demonstration showing how to make Mozzarella and its always a full class!
I myself have ventured into aged cheeses and it is just as fun and impressive! And it's fun to know that your company and my family's company is responsible for the cheese makers of Stroudsburg!
Thank you!
Erik Diemer/ DJ E-RoK
After further inquiry, we learned that Erik has his own very cool website – Planet Erok. There are separate pages about each of his hobbies – bee keeping, photography, DJing, buying and selling coins, duct tape art and, of course, cheese making.
His mother, Lisa owns a "cupcakery," where she makes and sells cupcakes and all kinds of kitchen supplies.
|Lisa Diemer
|How far away is Stroudsburg?!
|Cheese making section
|Don't you think our kits are pretty darned cute!
What do you teach?
We have many classes at Kitchen Chemistry, classes about cake
decorating, soap making, chocolate and candy making, and classes about
how to make lip balms! Exedra! Every other week we have a free demo
about one of two different cheeses, 30 Minute Mozzarella and my 20 Minute Farmer's Cheese.*
|The curd from the Farmer's cheese (what it looks like after Erik adds the water).
|Explaining the reaction of adding the water
|This is a display showing what the Farmer's cheese will look like before and after it's waxed.
|Explaining future steps and answering a few questions.
|This is a close up of the curds and whey from the Farmer's cheese.
|Everyone looking closely at the milk, mere seconds before the reaction.
|Stirring the curds, letting them firm up before he scoops them into the basket.
|Letting the whey drain from the curd in the basket.
|Flipping the cheese so it looks symmetrical when it's waxed
Erik got started because his mother, Lisa, began teaching cheese making
classes in her store (along with everything related to the kitchen)
over a year ago. Erik took the pictures at first, but as he became more
experienced with making cheese, he began teaching the classes.
They use some "unorthadox" methods, like silicone muffin molds and chocolate molds for setting the
cheese. (Erik pointed out that they don't need to use the non-stick stuff because the whey takes care of that.) They also fill the Mozzarella balls with pepperoni, herbs, spices, and/or seasonings.
What kind of cheese are you making?
I usually work on one cheese at a time and try to get it down pat. I
will pick a cheese, find 4 or 5 recipes for it and make each of them,
then I will take notes and then move on to the next kind of cheese. So
far I have made Colby, Monterey Jack, Cheddar (a few different
variations), Farmer's Cheese (both fresh and aged), Cream Cheese, Mozzarella, and with all the failed recipe attempts and whey … lots of Ricotta!
|Erik's press
|Wax pot
|Dipping a Colby
|The numbers tell him when to flip the cheeses while they're aging.
|Some of Erik's finished cheeses
What are your goals?
I am
going to teach my mom how to use the camera and she will take pictures!
My goal for cheese making is to be a relaxing fun hobby that I do on
the weekends. Since I am a beekeeper, I would like to get into the art
of making mead (honey wine) so I can pair my homemade cheese with my
homemade mead! I would like to teach classes on cheese making more often
and maybe take some classes in college!
* Erik's 20 Minute Farmer's Cheese
By Erik Diemer (modified to be more "fool proof" from a recipe in Home Made Cheese by Janet Hurst)
This cheese can be eaten fresh or aged up to a year.
3 quarts of whole or raw cow's milk
1 quart boiling water
1 packet mesophilic culture
1/2 teaspoon liquid rennet dissolved in ½ cup non-chlorinated water
1/4 teaspoon calcium chloride
Heat milk to 100F.
Add calcium chloride, stir and wait 30 seconds.
Add mesophilic culture, wait 1 minute and then stir.
Add rennet, and stir immediately.
Wait 30 seconds and then quickly add boiling water. You should see the curd floating in the whey.
Note: when you are adding water, do not gently pour it in! It needs to be a quick reaction with the milk!
Let curd sit for 2 minutes, then ladle the curds into a basket.
With your hands, press out some whey.
Then, flip the curd over so the latchings are on both sides of the cheese.
The cheese can be eaten now!
If you would like to age your cheese, let the curd firm up over night.
Then flip the cheese onto a dry plate or cheese board, then salt the top of the cheese.
6 hours or so, flip the cheese onto a CLEAN, dry plate or cheese board.
Then salt the top again. Repeat this process until the cheese is dry to
the touch.
At this point the cheese can be waxed and stored in a cool dry place and aged up to a year.
|Milk in the fridge
|Culture and rennet
|Milk on the stove
|Curds in the basket
|May be served fresh or aged one year


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The House "will do its own legislation," Ryan said, and won't take up the Senate bill if it is passed this week. But the Wisconsin Republican said the stronger border measures the Senate advanced Monday are more in line with the views of House Republicans.
Ryan told CBS' "This Morning" on Tuesday that "the majority of Republicans support the border security."
Monday's Senate advancement of a provision doubling the number of border patrol agents and calling for hundreds of miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico "helps make this final passage even more likely," Ryan said.


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Choosing when to retire is one of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime. Determining how much money you can get through Social Security is a huge factor in that decision. Today, about 55 million people receive monthly Social Security benefits. How and when should you claim those benefits? And what's the best advice to give your clients who are seeking your counsel? This new course dispels the myths and focuses on the practical realities of Social Security benefits. You will receive a practical overview, tips for planning, and advice for handling all kinds of complicated questions and situations.
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"Jim Seney was a pragmatic visionary," said All Aboard Ohio Chairman Ron Sheck of Toledo. "It was his leadership that brought us the Ohio Hub System plan and the bipartisan support for it. He understood the political and economic benefits of jointly developing rail infrastructure for freight and passengers. And he knew that it needed to be regional and evolutionary, growing from a single 79-mph route linking Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati to a network of progressively higher-speed routes connecting Ohio to its neighboring states and Canada."
Seney's ability to garner bipartisan support was evidenced by the Ohio Senate's 33-0 vote in 2006 for Senate Concurrent Resolution #30 that endorsed seeking federal funds for developing the Ohio Hub System.
Said All Aboard Ohio Executive Director Ken Prendergast, "He was able to unify Democrats and Republicans around something that both parties could agree on— the need for more and better jobs."
Seney is survived by his wife, five children, and five grandchildren.