NEW ZEALAND Ski, Snow News, Oct 16, 2011

US Ski Team partners with Copper for training run Deseret News Before this $4.3 million undertaking, the Alpine team traveled to New Zealand andChile each summer for early season speed training, just hoping the conditions would be sufficient. Sometimes, the snow in the Southern Hemisphere would be sparse and ... See all stories on this topic »

Retirement time for hearty, happy Lees Otago Daily Times But I can still go up the mountain and ski. And I am still involved in Biathlon New Zealand, the New Zealand Cross Country Ski Association and the New ZealandNordic Sports Development Association. I am happy to help with all that work. ... See all stories on this topic » Otago Daily Times

Perisher Snow Resort Upgrades To Mobile Computing Solution With Retail Solutions Online (press release) On the first day of the 2011 ski season, the tablet PCs and radio-frequency identification (RFID) gates were launched to process lift passes and immediately changed the way the resort services its guests. As the southern hemisphere's largest snow ... See all stories on this topic »

New Zealand's Overall Junior Champions of Freeski and Snowboard Decided Snow co "It was a fantastic week of competition," said Snow Sports New Zealand's Director of Coach and Sport Development, Adam Dooney. "The Cardrona events crew, event volunteers, and parents all worked very hard to make this event a success; ... See all stories on this topic »

Whistler's Mike Janyk launches own brand Vancouver Sun By Gary Kingston, Vancouver Sun October 14, 2011 After a strong on-snow summer training camp in New Zealand in August, Whistler's Mike Janyk, who has battled back troubles the past few years, believes his time has come. VANCOUVER — In need of a new ... See all stories on this topic »

The Spire Queenstown named top boutique hotel Voxy Winners are voted by travel agents worldwide and The Spire was selected as Australasia's leading boutique hotel, New Zealand's leading boutique hotel and New Zealand's leading ski resort hotel amongst intense competition. The luxury ten-room property ... See all stories on this topic » Voxy

Movie set comes to life The Province So if you're keen to ski on the South Island, plan your visit for June through September. Summer is December through March. The country has no snakes or dangerous wild animals, making it safe to enjoy outdoor activities. ? Why go in 2011: New Zealand ... See all stories on this topic »

Accommodation figures up and down Otago Daily Times Figures released by Statistics New Zealand show guest nights for Otago increased from 387492 during August last year to 398792 during the same period this year. Central Otago commercial accommodation providers recorded a 15.3% increase, Dunedin 13.7%, ... See all stories on this topic »

Vineyard Chefs Go Wild Patch.com “I spent some time in Courchevel (an upscale ski resort area) in the French Alps for a while running an outdoor adventuring business—skiing,mountaineering, hiking, that sort of thing. I met someone from the Vineyard who told me about a private chef ... See all stories on this topic »

Models strutting stuff Otago Daily Times She and her husband, a co-founder of award-winning Central Otago company Broken Shed Vodka, had been raising their family in Vermont and loved to ski. They choseWanaka after travelling around New Zealand in a campervan. "New Zealand ticked all the ... See all stories on this topic » Otago Daily Times

30cm of SNOW for MT HUTT | News and Features | Mountainwatch Between 20 to 30cm of new snow has blanketed Mt Hutt over the last two days, setting up the popular Canterbury ski area for a great New Zealand school ... www.mountainwatch.com/.../30cm-of-SNOW-for-MT-HUTT

BBC News - Skiing at higher levels in Scotland suggested Giving snowsports enthusiasts access to snow at higher levels might have to be ... have to be considered by Scotland's ski resorts, according to a new report. ... of efforts in Japan, Sweden andNew Zealand to revitalise their ski industries. ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/.../uk-scotland-highlands-islands-15166...

Down-on-its-luck Wyo. ski area up for sale - Yahoo! - Yahoo! News Plenty of Jackson locals enjoy having Snow King Resort just a few blocks from where they work so they can ... Containers fall off stricken ship in New Zealand ... ph.news.yahoo.com/down-luck-wyo-ski-area-sale-185757759...

Dispelling the Scottish Ski Myths We recently published a story on Natives about the state of the Scottish ski ... of £ 30 million per annum and employs over 600 people in these rural areas. ... Amongst other bits and pieces around 4km of new snow fencing has been .... Skiing in new zealand. ... Never miss a story on Natives by subscribing to Natives News ... www.natives.co.uk/go/.../dispelling-the-scottish-ski-myths.htm...

Mt Buller releases 2012 passes ... celebrated the news of a $4.5million investment in a new chairlift and the roll out of a high-tech,resort-wide RFID ticketing system for the 2012 snow season. ... ski.com.au/cgi-bin/admin/news/vnews.pl?ad=-102357...

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SPACE, Astronomy News, Oct 16, 2011

The naming of names
Discover Magazine (blog)
If you don't like the way NASA and astronomers name their missions, then now's your chance. NASA is asking students to help them name the twin GRAIL satellites, currently on their way to the Moon. They want input from K-12 students, and they're hoping ...
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Astronomy Without A Telescope – Flat Universe Universe Today Credit: NASA. A remarkable finding of the early 21st century, that kind of sits alongside the Nobel prize winning discovery of the universe's accelerating expansion, is the finding that the universe is geometrically flat. ... See all stories on this topic »

Universe Today

Blowing stuff up for science
Ottawa Citizen
He has degrees in astronomy and electrical engineering, as well, and is a licensed engineer in the state of Alabama. He also writes sci-fi novels in his spare time. Taylor may be a redneck, in other words, but he's nobody's fool. "In my day job, ...
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Avon scientist cites Steve Jobs for asteroid help
WTNH
Zielenbach received his doctorate in astronomy in 1969, and then worked at a NASAfacility in Pasadena, Cal. for six years before moving to Avon and taking over his father-in-law's printing business, the John W. Gross. Co. "I went from being a rocket ...
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Robotics contest at aviation museum makes science, math fun for students Macon Telegraph (blog) Chris Smith, physics and astronomy teacher at Veteran's High School, organized the team last year, In March, they competed in the regional competition in Gwinnett County and were the highest scoring rookie team. He said participation of the students ... See all stories on this topic »

Macon Telegraph (blog)

NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Contributes to Nobel Prize in ... News. Text Size. Grow Text SizeShrink Text Size. Hubble Space Telescope Contributes ... Adam Riess, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute... www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/.../hubble-nobel.html

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-02 | The Barefoot Astronomer RT @astronomymag: News: Study shows Venus' weather isn't boring after all, ... RT @AstronomyMag: News: NASA space telescope finds fewer mid-size range ... barefootastronomer.com/.../twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-1...

NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric ... - Commercial Space Watch STATUS REPORT Date Released: Monday, October 10, 2011. Source: Dryden Flight Research Center. NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared ... www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=38689

NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy ... NASA Solicitation: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - SpaceRef. www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.spacewire.html?pid=38689

NASA Releases New Interactive Space Communications Game ... NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing ... You are here: Astronomy News » Astronomy Software » NASA Releases New ... www.nightskyobserver.com/.../nasa-releases-new-interactive-s...

Astronomers Find Elusive Planets in Decade-Old Hubble Data NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center manages the telescope. ... STScI is operated forNASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., ... www.happynews.com/.../astronomers-find-elusive-planets-dec...

MESSENGER's First Day, Nasa Image, Space Shuttle, Astronomy ... NASA Space Information,Shuttle Station,Climate Change,Earth Moon Mars,Solar System · NASA Image NASA Astronomy Picture NASA News Global Climate ... nasa-image.blogspot.com/2011/10/messengers-first-day.html

Florida and Spain launch joint agreement for small-satellite research A team from UF's Department of Astronomy initiated the arrangement that creates ...UF signed a separate agreement with NASA that secures the Kennedy Space ... news.ufl.edu/2011/10/13/nasa-spain/

Ex-astronaut shoots down NASA By JONATHAN SHER, The London Free Press Emily McCullough, an astronomy Ph.... But he believes NASA's space program has veered far off course with talk of ... www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/10/10/18806116.html

European Association for Astronomy Education » NASA releases ... NASA releases new interactive Space communications game ... If you are anastronomy teacher and want to be part of our news team (Contributors), all you ... eaae-astronomy.org/blog/?p=4140

Foothill College Astronomy Program Foothill Astronomy Instructor Andrew Fraknoi has a Facebook page for astronomy news called "Andrew Fraknoi (The AstroProf)": ... Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html (Two space scientists scour the ... www.foothill.edu/ast/astrolnk.php

CSExtra – Thursday, October 13, 2011 « Coalition for Space ... From Nature News: Astronomer Ed Weiler, who recently retired as NASA associate administrator for science after three decades with the space agency, ... spacecoalition.com/...news/csextra-thursday-october-13-2011

NASA takes Apollo astronaut to court over camera - National Space ... Over the summer, NASA filed a lawsuit against Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell after the former ... Space News Examiner ... Cleveland Astronomy Examiner ... www.examiner.com/.../nasa-takes-apollo-astronaut-to-court-ov...

New view of Vesta mountain from NASA's Dawn ... - News Astronomy Space / Astronomy News and Articles ... Amateur skywatchers help space hazards team ... NewsAstronomy (Oct. 11, 2011) — A new image from NASA's Dawn ... www.newsastronomy.com/.../13685-new-view-of-vesta-mount...

Astronomers Plead For Space Telescope?s Life | Science and ... You Are Here: Home » Astronomy News » Astronomers Plead For Space ... By Adam Mann NASA officials and leading astronomers say the James Webb Space ... scienceandtechnologynews.org/astronomers-plead-for-space-te...

Today's NASA Breaking News :ScienceLine NASA announced it will provide support to Space Adventures, Ltd. of Vienna, Va., ...Filed under: Astronomy and Space; Tags: astronomy, Breaking News, ... www.scienceline.eu/2011/10/.../todays-nasa-breaking-news-14...

HubbleSite - NewsCenter - Astronomers Find Elusive Planets in ... News release from NASA: FOR RELEASE: 9:00 am (EDT) October 6, 2011. Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.             410-338-4514       ... hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/29/text/

NASA releases new interactive space communications game NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing that depicts how the Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) network ... www.physorg.com/.../2011-10-nasa-interactive-space-game.ht...

Space Observatory Provides Clues to C... - Astronomy - tribe.net www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm. PASADENA, Calif. -- Astronomers have found a new cosmic source for the same kind of water that appeared on Earth billions ... astro.tribe.net/thread/87a0ae47-f3c9-41f8-b0c1-f9b64c26c927

Book Review: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of ... Latest Space and Astronomy News / updates every 3 minutes ... The Space Shuttle: Celebating Thirty Years Of NASA's First Space Plane is chocked full of great ... www.spacescientific.com/.../19556-book-review-the-space-shu...

The Sky's <em>Not</em> the Limit at N.E. Astronomy Fest at UNH ... "This festival is about passing along the passion for astronomy to our neighbors in ...selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 1996 and took part in the 13th spacemission ... http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2010/Mar/31gsa01-morin. jpg ... www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2011/oct/bp03observatory.cfm

Latest News About Mars Science Laboratory, NASA's Newest Mars ... Latest News About Mars Science Laboratory, NASA's Newest Mars Rover. Friday , October 7, 2011 - 15:00 in Astronomy & Space. The Mars rover Curiosity, also ... esciencenews.com/.../latest.news.about.mars.science.laboratory...

NASA's space shuttle operations chief heading to ... - Yahoo! News Read 'NASA's space shuttle operations chief heading to Virgin' on Yahoo! News. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Deputy space shuttle program ... news.yahoo.com/nasas-space-shuttle-operations-chief-heading...

Want to be an Astronaut? Try ... - Space / Astronomy - About.com Free Space / Astronomy Newsletter! Sign Up ... Now that the space shuttle fleet has retired, it would seem logical that NASA would pare down its astronaut corps. ... space.about.com/.../want-to-be-an-astronaut-try-learning-russi...

NewsRoomAmerica.com - NASA Ames Research Center News and ... NASA Releases New Interactive Space Communications Game http://www.nasa. gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2011/11-83AR.html"Mon, 10 Oct 2011 ... www.newsroomamerica.com/.../nasa_ames_research_center_n...

Nasa chief stresses global cooperation | Science | guardian.co.uk Nasa chief Charles Bolden said he hoped the James Webb space telescope .... The world's most powerful astronomical device, the Atacama Large ... Zeitgeist is an experiment in showing trending news, topics and articles from the Guardian. ... www.guardian.co.uk/.../nasa-chief-global-cooperation-space

Space observatory provides clues to creation ... - Astronomy Magazine Home » News & Observing » Astronomy News » Space observatory provides clues ...By Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, NASA Headquarters , ... www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=3ac7ed24-0f6f-4a63...

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INVENTIONS News, Oct 16, 2011

'Father of Invention' review: Satisfaction not guaranteed The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Except the last one of his best-selling, how-did-you-ever-live-without-it inventionsended up maiming a lot of people. Axel lost his company, lost his millions, went to prison. But now he's back, and ready to get back on top. That's the hook thrown out ... See all stories on this topic »