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Jul 7, 2011

AUSTRALIA Winter, Ski Resorts, Jul 07, 2011

Queenstown revels in new snow
Voxy
The snow started yesterday (Wednesday 6 July) bringing freezing temperatures andsnow to low levels. Forecasts predict a storm pattern that is expected to continue into next week, dumping snow on the picturesque Southern Alps ski areas. ...
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Australia set to win Winter Olympic gold
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
All eyes are on the snow this week with Australian resorts experiencing one hell of a winter storm. Perisher reported 47 centimetres in 24 hours, Charlotte Pass measured 60 centimetres, Thredbo has had over 85 centimetres this week, as has Hotham. ...
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High winds cause havoc across Monaro region
Cooma Monaro Express
In the Snowy Mountains region there were reports of a number of cars sliding off roads covered in snow. The Cooma ambulance service was deployed to Jindabyne on standby in case of an emergency. Perisher and Thredbo ski resorts both recorded more than ...
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Shark repellent
The West Australian (blog)
By Ben O'Shea | View Archive July 7th, 2011, 12:34 pm The point where writers have toresort to cheap gimmicks and dodgy plot devices to breathe life into a TV series with flagging ratings is widely known as "jumping the shark". ...
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Romancing the snow
By admin
Sydneysider Avi Joshi got into skiing at the behest of a friend in 1973, and hasn't missed a single season since; interestingly the first ski lessons he took were on “the dry slopesin Mosman” – yes, Mosman! The septuagenarian continues to ski with ... “I ski at Perisher Valley or Thredbo during the Australian winter. In the northern hemispherewinter, I ski mostly in Japan, Canada or the US. The snow in Japan is excellent and so are the people and the food,” says Avi. ...
Indian Link, Linking Indians...
Queenstown revels in new snow | infonews.co.nz New Zealand's local ...
By Destination Queenstown
Forecasts predict a storm pattern that is expected to continue into next week, dumpingsnow on the picturesque Southern Alps ski areas. Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Cardrona ski areas all report snowy conditions today as part of the ... “A high Australiandollar combined with regular, direct and inexpensive trans-Tasman access makes for a wonderful break in Queenstown where there's just so much to do on and off the slopes and a range of accommodation to suit all ...
infonews.co.nz All news
Ski resorts expecting up to 60cm of snow - ABC News (Australian ...
Victoria's Alpine areas are expecting up to 60 centimetres of snow over the next few days.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/07/04/3260557.htm
The Australian ski season is officially underway | Xtremesport
Australia has a remarkable history when it comes to ski resorts. Selwyn Snowfields, located just 10km (6 miles) from Australia's highest town, Cabramurra, ...
xtremesport4u.com/.../the-australian-ski-season-is-officially-un...
Snow and ski event calendar 2011 | Australian resorts | Snow It All
Jump to it ... there's plenty on at the snow this season. The Australian ski season is well under way and with the opening of Coronet Peak, Mt Hutt and ...
www.smh.com.au/.../eat-drink-and-be-merry-the-ultimate-eve...
Ski Paradise: Australia's Snow Best For 21 Years
Skiinfo reports ski areas in Australia are currently reporting by far the best snowdepths in the southern hemisphere with measured base depths passing the ...
nieveyalgomas.blogspot.com/.../australias-snow-best-for-21-ye...
High Wind, Snow, as Winter Storm Kicks Australia - AccuWeather.com
Snow, meanwhile, was the big storm impact for the upper reaches of Australia'shighest mountains. In the winter resort areas of eastern Victoria, ...
www.accuweather.com/.../high-wind-snow-as-winter-storm-1...
New Ski Resort in Australia: Please!!!! - forums.ski.com.au
#1365904 - 04/07/11 02:30 am Re: New Ski Resort in Australia: Please! ... This is a great shame, in lean snow Falls offers very little challenge - lots of ...
forums.ski.com.au/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat...
Australia's Perisher Opening 25 Lifts, 4 Ski Areas This Weekend ...
Perisher Valley (NSW), Australia - Australia's stellar start to the 2011 ski ... Snowfallsof 65cm in the past week have enabled ski area officials to open ...
www.firsttracksonline.com/.../australias-perisher-opening-25-li...
Best Winter Weekend Escapes in Australia and New Zealand
The ski village is second only to Charlotte Pass in altitude in Australia and gets the most annual snowfall of any winter resort in the state. ...
blog.hotelclub.com/best-winter-weekend-escapes-in-australia-a...
Win a snow holiday for a family of four! - Holidays with Kids
Holidays with Kids and Snow Australia are offering you a chance to win a five- daysnow holiday for a family of four at one of nine Australian ski resorts! ...
www.holidayswithkids.com.au/?p=4476
Ski Down Under in Australia | Hobart Parts
Sure, Australia has a big reputation for beaches and the outback, ... Charlotte now Move Ski Holiday resort can be a snowbound snowboard resort situated in ...
www.hobartparts.org/ski-down-under-in-australia/
Family Ski Holidays Australia | Ski Vacations & Resorts
Ski Vacations & Resorts. Its All About Skiing. June 30th, 2011 ... Snow HolidaysAustralia: Rejuvenation for Life. Out of all of the holidays you ...
www.ski-vacation-resorts.com/family-ski-holidays-australia/
Thredbo Ski Accommodation Packages - Lodges, Hotels & Self ...
Emails - Snow Holiday and Snow Package Deals - Australia; Print - Snow Package... Hotels & Self Contained Apartments. Ski Resort and Accommodation Choice ...
www.alpineworld.com.au/.../thredbo_ski_accommodation_pac...
Oz Gets Best Of Early-Season Snow - OnTheSnow
Southern Hemisphere snow-seekers should head for Australia; ... New Zealand is a first-class skiing destination with good resorts, mostly on South Island. ...
www.onthesnow.co.uk/.../a/.../oz-gets-best-of-early-season-sno...
Queenstown revels in new snow
Forecasts predict a storm pattern that is expected to continue into next week, dumpingsnow on the picturesque Southern Alps ski areas. ...
www.voxy.co.nz/lifestyle/queenstown-revels-new.../94412
More Snow In The Southern Hemisphere, More Glaciers Re-open In the ...
In Europe more glacier ski areas are opening in Italy and Switzerland, ... ski season is continuing to 'take off' as more snow reaches Australia and some ...
www.skiinfo.co.uk/.../more-snow-in-the-southern-hemisphere-...
Snow It All | Rachael Oakes-Ash | Australia set to win Winter gold
All eyes are on the snow this week with Australian resorts experiencing one hell of awinter storm. Perisher reported 47 centimetres in 24 hours, ...
www.theage.com.au/.../australia-set-to-win-winter-olympic-gol...
Do you know of a good place to ski in Austria Christmas period ...
Both are in the same valley a few miles apart. snow conditions ... yes there are someski resorts in Austria that are less busy (in terms of during ...
snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=77642
Snow forecast for ski resorts in Austria - Skiinfo
Skiinfo's Snowfinder combines previous snowfall with snow forecasts at a ski resort to show where the best ski conditions can be found.
www.skiinfo.com/snowfinder.../austria-EAT-7711-en.jhtml
Snow and ski event calendar 2011 | Australian resorts | Snow It All
Snow and ski event calendar 2011 | Australian resorts | Snow It All. ... Eat, drink and be merry, the ultimate event guide to the snow. Snow It All June 30, ...
m.smh.com.au/.../eat-drink-and-be-merry-the-ultimate-event-g...
Peak body recommends helmets for ski instructors - Ski and Snow ...
Sports Medicine Australia is calling on all major ski resorts to implement a mandatory helmet policy for ski instructors, to improve safety on the ski slopes .
www.etravelblackboard.com/.../peak-body-recommends-helm...

WORLD News, Jul 07, 2011


Special Report: Can Malaysia reform and discriminate?
Wed,6 Jul 2011 09:52 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoPUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Dr. Mahathir Mohamad sits at a vast desk cluttered with work, hands clasped before him and looking at his visitors with a slight smile.

TECHNOLOGY News, Jul 07, 2011

Samsung Q2 falls as weak LCDs overshadow mobiles
Wed,6 Jul 2011 10:08 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoSEOUL (Reuters) - Profit at Samsung Electronics , the world's largest maker of memory chips and televisions, fell by a quarter as weak earnings at its flat screen unit dragged, underlying the conglomerate's struggle to return to last year's record profit.
photoLONDON (Reuters) - A phone-hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's media empire grew on Thursday with claims that Britain's top-selling tabloid may have listened to the voicemail of relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Murdoch keeps low profile at Sun Valley, avoids press
Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:32 PM PDT
Reuters - SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch kept a low profile and managed to miss the press pack at Sun Valley on Wednesday, avoiding questions on the phone-hacking scandal at his company's UK tabloid paper and how it might hit its plan to take over satellite TV company BSkyB. Full Story1

Instant View: Samsung estimates Q2 profit down 26 percent
Wed,6 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and televisions, estimated its April-June operating profit would fall 26 percent year on year, as its LCD display business is widely expected to report another loss. Full Story1

Hulu to hit 1 million paid users by summer's end: CEO
Wed,6 Jul 2011 04:59 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Internet video company Hulu expects its number of paid subscribers to top 1 million by summer's end, earlier than previously forecast, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Samsung estimates Q2 profit down 26 percent
Wed,6 Jul 2011 04:40 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoSEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and televisions, estimated its April-June operating profit would fall 26 percent year on year, as its LCD display business is widely expected to report another loss.

Facebook launches video chat with Skype
Wed,6 Jul 2011 04:33 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoPALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Facebook will add Skype video chat to its pages, aiming to spice up the appeal of the world's No. 1 Internet social networking service while fending off increased competition from Google.

Murdoch defends papers as Cameron pledges hacking probe
Wed,6 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch promised full cooperation on Wednesday to resolve a scandal shaking his media empire after British Prime Minister David Cameron promised an inquiry into what he called "disgusting" phone hacking by a newspaper.

Canada may seek to review sale of Nortel patents
Wed,6 Jul 2011 12:59 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoTORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - The government said on Wednesday it may seek to review the $4.5 billion (C$4.3 billion) auction sale of patents belonging to bankrupt Nortel Networks under a law governing foreign investment.

Accused hacker indicted over AT&T-iPad breach
Wed,6 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - A man accused of hacking into AT&T Inc servers and stealing personal data belonging to 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users was indicted on Wednesday, two weeks after a co-defendant pleaded guilty.

Apple escalates Samsung battle, files ITC complaint
Wed,6 Jul 2011 11:27 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has filed a U.S. trade complaint to block Samsung Electronics Co from importing a variety of electronic devices, less than one week after Samsung sought to stop imports of Apple's popular iPads and iPhones.

Factbox: Key facts about video chat service Skype
Wed,6 Jul 2011 11:23 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Facebook will integrate Skype video chat with its social networking service, striking a deal to cement Facebook's role as a communications hub. Full Story1

UK public find phone hacking despicable, bitter about media
Wed,6 Jul 2011 09:21 AM PDT
Reuters - SOHAM, England (Reuters) - Residents of the small town of Soham in eastern England said on Wednesday the alleged hacking of phones by a popular tabloid weekly owned by News International was "despicable." Full Story1

Government lab victim of sophisticated cyber attack
Wed,6 Jul 2011 09:15 AM PDT
Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - The government's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory shut down Internet access to the facility after it suffered a cyber attack. Full Story1

Satellite maker objects to TerreStar sale to Dish
Wed,6 Jul 2011 06:56 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bankrupt telecommunications firm TerreStar Networks Inc is facing two objections to its proposed sale to Dish Network Corp , including from the maker of its geosynchronous satellite. Full Story1

SCIENCE News, Jul 07, 2011

Last blastoff from Florida to end space shuttle era
Wed,6 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis, carrying a crew of four and food and other supplies critical for the International Space Station, is set to vault into orbit on Friday on the final flight in the 30-year U.S. shuttle program.

NASA's "Final Four" astronauts close out shuttle era
Wed,6 Jul 2011 12:11 PM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - It's been 28 years since NASA launched a four-person shuttle crew, but that will be the number of astronauts slated to fly on Atlantis for the program's last flight, a 12-day cargo run to the International Space Station.

Shuttles' end stirs doubts about U.S. space program
Wed,6 Jul 2011 11:48 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - As the clock ticks down to this week's final space shuttle launch, there is a mounting sense of uncertainty about future U.S. dominance in space.

Final space shuttle flight crew arrives for launch
Tue,5 Jul 2011 09:10 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Four veteran astronauts landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday to prepare for the launch of NASA's last space shuttle on a cargo run to the International Space Station.

photoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - I have watched as space shuttles nosedive toward the runway more than 100 times, knowing that there are no engines available to carry them back into the sky if something goes wrong.

U.S. looks to private sector as shuttle program ends
Tue,5 Jul 2011 08:05 AM PDT
Reuters - CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - After the U.S. space shuttle program ends this month, NASA will rely on Russia and its Soyuz craft to deliver Americans to the International Space Station -- at a cost of more than $50 million a seat. Full Story1

Huge rare earth deposits found in Pacific: Japan
Tue,5 Jul 2011 05:58 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoTOKYO (Reuters) - Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday.

Asia pollution blamed for halt in warming: study
Tue,5 Jul 2011 01:18 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoLONDON (Reuters) - Smoke belching from Asia's rapidly growing economies is largely responsible for a halt in global warming in the decade after 1998 because of sulfur's cooling effect, even though greenhouse gas emissions soared, a U.S. study said on Monday.

Plastic solar cells in 5-10 years, new step forward
Mon,4 Jul 2011 08:16 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Plastic solar cells may be commercially available in five to 10 years, said a British scientist whose group announced on Monday a new understanding of how to produce the cheaper alternative to silicon solar panels. Full Story1

photoTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) - Investigators plan to pry open the final vault hidden deep under a centuries-old Indian Hindu temple as police guarded round the clock the shrine where billions of dollars worth of treasure has been discovered.

NASA bids farewell to "amazing" relic, the shuttle
Fri,1 Jul 2011 11:10 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoMIAMI (Reuters) - When the United States embarked on its shuttle program decades ago, it set out to build a workhorse vehicle that would make space travel routine and beat the Soviets during the Cold War struggle for dominance in space.

Government sues Apollo 14 astronaut over lunar camera
Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:57 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government has sued a former NASA astronaut to recover a camera used to explore the moon's surface during the 1971 Apollo 14 mission after seeing it slated for sale in a New York auction.

Japan experts design superelastic alloy, may resist quakes
Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:09 AM PDT
Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have developed a superelastic alloy, which can spring back to its original form in extreme temperatures, they said in a report on Friday, adding that they hope it may be used in buildings to absorb shocks from earthquakes. Full Story1

Israel to restore section of Dead Sea shore
Thu,30 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel wants to harvest salt from the bottom of the Dead Sea in hopes of protecting its southern shore, but a $2 billion price tag has pitted the government against one of the country's largest companies.

E.coli seen spawning biofuel in five years
Wed,29 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT
Reuters -
photoASPEN, Colorado (Reuters) - The bacteria behind food poisoning worldwide, the mighty E.coli, could be turned into a commercially available biofuel in five years, a U.S. scientist told technology industry and government leaders on Tuesday.