RUSSIA Ski, Snow, Resorts News, Nov 03, 2011

Freezout waiting for the snows to show Great Falls Tribune Wide open water awaits snow geese migrating through Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area on the Rocky Mountain Front between Fairfield and Choteau. About 3000 snow geese are at Freezout now. TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER. Snowgeese are showing up at ... See all stories on this topic »

Linger's romantic images have sinister undertones San Francisco Examiner (Courtesy photo) On the one hand, works in David Linger's “Narratives in Porcelain” on view at Meridian Gallery evoke a vision of Russia that is straight David Lean — all bare birch trees, troikas, fur hats and snow-swept promenades. ... See all stories on this topic » San Francisco Examiner

Hall looks to hone form as he chaces the snow Otago Daily Times The Wanaka-based athlete, best known for his adaptive ski standing slalom success at last year's Paralympic Games in Vancouver, is leaving for Winter Park, Colorado on Saturday. He is one of many Queenstown Lakes district athletes chasing the snow. ... See all stories on this topic » Otago Daily Times

Debrief: Manaslu ski descents, one (first) from Top True ExplorersWeb This fall we had no less than two partial ski descents on Manaslu. "A few others have skied sections of the mountain, but none have skied from the true summit," Andrian Ballinger notes correctly on his website. Guiding Russian client Sergey Baranov, ... See all stories on this topic »

Tarsem Singh Promises His Snow White Movie Will be 'Sickeningly Kiddie,' Has ... Moviefone (blog) It looks like a Russian setting from the early artwork we've seen so far. Don't believe posters and trailers. They just put that out because they're thinking, "Oh, we have to put something out, so let's put out the first drawing that was done before ... See all stories on this topic »

Skiing biathlon: Deeside trooper targets World Cup place Flintshire Chronicle “I had never set foot on snow before when I went to Norway last year,” said Bradley, currently with the 1 Royal Tank Regiment in Suffolk. “Because I was pretty athletic, the Army thought I could take up skiing and I found I was pretty good at it. ... See all stories on this topic »

Formby man Alex Krol has a Paralympic dream after suffering life changing car ... Southport Visiter Leave the chair behind you all day and ski as many slopes as you can. I got onto the British Development Squad and through that found out I was eligible for the CSDST due to my previous service.” The next Winter Paralympics will be hosted by Russia in ... See all stories on this topic »

AP briefs: Heating Assistance | Occupy-Veterans | Power Outages | Obama Poll ... North Country Public Radio NEW CITY, NY (AP) Utility crews are making headway in restoring power to areas of southeastern New York hit by last Saturday's snow storm, with the total number of outages now under 40000. About 35000 homes and businesses remain without power Thursday ... See all stories on this topic »

China to develop aviation support system in Antarctica China Daily Onboard the Xuelong (Snow Dragon) icebreaker that carries the Chinese expedition team is a Russian-made Ka-32 helicopter that can lift equipment. The ship can also carry a home-made Z-9 copter to take aerial photos and conduct surveillance. ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Cellist returns to South Florida with tribute to Sting Palm Beach Post The stunned viewer of its Expressionist images of clock dials, vast iron doors, wheelchair-bound politicians, and the snow of a nuclear winter was Ian Maksin. "It was one of the most profound experiences of my childhood. It had the deepest effect on me... See all stories on this topic »

Around the World 11/03 - Morn Ed Arirang News Over in Russia, two families found out that their daughters were switched at birth. Two families from Kopeisk, Russia won 100 thousand dollars recently, thanks to their daughters. As it turns out, the two girls, Irina and Anya, who were born 15-minutes ... See all stories on this topic »

Fair and warm east Rain to west WeatherOnline Windy as well in the eastern Mediterranean and colder across Turkey with snow in the northern hills. Colder to across north eastern parts of Europe into Finland and feeling cold across Spain as well. An area of rain is going to be extending through ... See all stories on this topic »

Gulf Coast Ballet to present the Nutcracker Gulf Coast Newspapers In the advance pointe class Elizabeth Anne Rollings will be the Sugarplum Fairy, Dani Logan will dance the part of the Snow Queen, Mary-Grace Reeves will present the Dew Drop Fairy. Sadly for GCB, these three dancers are seniors this year and so will ... See all stories on this topic » Gulf Coast Newspapers

She followed her beloved one from Khreshchatyk to taiga The Day Weekly Digest Large framed photos under glass, hanging on the wall, immediately drew my attention: a courting display of a wood grouse with fanned tail feathers; a snow-white ermine whose black eyes shine with childish curiosity; an angry glutton and a predatory ... See all stories on this topic » The Day Weekly Digest

Pics of the day Independent Online Jolene Neill uses an umbrella to keep the snow off her as she knocks the heavy snow from the branches of a tree in her front yard after Tuesday night's snow storm in Louisville, Colorado. ANC councillor Lihle Khuzwayo, front, walks out of the Durban ... See all stories on this topic » Independent Online

“WAR OF THE DEAD” (Toronto After Dark Review) FANGORIA There is always a temptation to get campy in movies like this, and the comparison to a film like DEAD SNOW, with its use of Nazi zombies, might be tempting—but WAR OF THE DEAD is nothing like that. It mixes slices of THE GUNS OF NAVARONE and THE DIRTY ... See all stories on this topic »

Should fracking be banned in the UK? The Guardian Whilst we are in a better position than much of mainland Europe - our existing gas coming from the north sea (British and Norwegian) rather that the less (politically) secure Russia - it would be a shame to ignore such a resource unless the costs are ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Acid Mothers Temple tour the British Isles (minus poor old Wales); earplug ... Tiny Mix Tapes Just in time for winter, the release is the color of the purest snow and smells like a freshly plucked Christmas tree. Once you begin to spin the hand-stamped record, you'll find yourself surrounded by the friendliest little elves, who want to spank ... See all stories on this topic »

Future holds more extreme weather eTaiwan News Experts on extreme storms have focused more closely on the increasing number of super-heavy rainstorms, not snow, NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt said. By the end of the century, the intense, single-day rainstorms that typically happen once every... See all stories on this topic »

Plans for road to Russian resort cause UNESCO and ... UNESCO and environmentalists are very worried about plans that the Russiangovernment has to construct a paved road through a... snowHeads ski club 2.0 is ... snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=81458

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