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Feb 8, 2012

TASMANIA Summer News, Feb 08, 2012


Tasmania travel guide
Telegraph.co.uk
The yacht race coincides with the Taste Festival – a celebration ofTasmanian produce and culinary talent held on the city's historic waterfront. Summer is the obvious time to tackle some of the island's more challenging walks, such as the Overland ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Caravaggio shapes up
TheMercury.com.au
VICTORIAN three-year-old Caravaggio will be endeavouring to secure a percentage of the Tasmanian Summer Carnival riches in today's $100000 Listed SchweppesTasmanian Derby. And he has been kept safe in markets following his second place in the Listed ...
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Does Tasmania have a case for A-League inclusion?
The Roar
(AAP Image/Joe Castro) “Turnout to prove case,” read the headline from The Mercury newspaper this week, referring to Tasmania hosting the A-League regional round between Melbourne Victory and Gold Coast United and whether the turnout would help justify ...
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The Roar
summer of extremes
Tasmania Mercury
TASMANIANS are enduring a summer of extreme weather conditions, with the state experiencing record-breaking hot nights, chilly cold spells, thunderstorms and torrential rain last month. The temperature in Hobart exceeded 28C for eight days last month, ...
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Copeland looking to make statement
Adelaide Now
Hoping to impress selectors: Trent Copeland from NSW bowls to Steven Cazzulino ofTasmania. Picture: Richard Jupe Source: The Daily Telegraph MISERLY former Test paceman Trent Copeland knows full well he needs to make a statement with the ball to...
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From rain to summer snow
Gloucester Advocate
But for a group of intrepid local adventurers from Gloucester High School that simply wasn't enough, they headed south to Tasmania to find even heavier rain, hail and even a dumping of summer snow, as they completed their major assessment to qualify ...
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Youthful Jack Wins In Tassie
The Virtual Form Guide
Ross Stitt's decision to target the Tasmanian summer carnival with Youthful Jack has paid immediate dividends. The rejuvenated gelding took out the Listed Thetote.com.auStakes (1200m) at Launceston on Wednesday night with regular rider Robert Thompson...
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Six successful state switchers
BigPond Sport
Tasmanian-born wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has earned international debuts at Twenty20 and ODI level after switching states to Victoria as a teenager. By Dominic Brock CRICKET LOWDOWN: Six players who boosted their prospects of representing Australia ...
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BigPond Sport
Listen to the Tasmanian Country Hour - 7th February 2012
ABC Local
By Anna Vidot A massive relocation of tiny lobsters to faster growing areas ofTasmania's West Coast begins today: we look at the science and the logistics behind the plan. Some damage to poppy crops ready for harvest, after heavy rain and strong winds ...
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Calici carnage rocks breeders
Tasmania Mercury
TASMANIA'S rabbit breeders are in a state of shock after dozens of pedigree rabbits at three of the state's top farms were killed by calici virus. Many had to be destroyed to end their suffering and babies were left without mother's milk on the day the ...
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first access group meeting
Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)
The Tourism Minister, Scott Bacon, today welcomed participants for the inaugural meeting of Tasmania's new Access Group. The group has been established to provide expert advice to the Minister about improving access to Tasmania.
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Marlin making waves
Tasmania Mercury
The ocean off Tasmania's East Coast is changing so fast you can see it change, CSIRO climate scientist Alistair Hobday said. "New species are showing up all thetime." A Chinese-led study, co-authored by the CSIRO's Wenju Cai and published this week in ...
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Healthcare condition critical
Tasmania Mercury
And Dr John Davis, the Australian Medical Association's state president, called for a total redesign of Tasmania's ailing public health system. "The system is broken, and it has been broken for a very long time," Dr Davis said.
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World record set for water skiers: 145 behind one boat
USA TODAY
By Tom Weir, USA TODAY That was the combination that set a world record for the most water skiers being towed by a single vessel, off the coast of Tasmania, in Australia. ABC reported the ages of the skiers ranged from 12 to 60, and that the 145 ...
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USA TODAY
Tony Burke: man in the hot seat
The Australian
And he has provoked a possible High Court state's rights challenge from Victoria with his ban this week on summer cattle grazing in the alpine ranges. Burke is confident the next 12 months will be his time of delivery. It will, he hopes, ...
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Captain Bailey deserves more than a cameo
The Australian
Now he drops back to Sheffield Shield cricket, which is good news for Tasmania, but strangely ambivalent planning by a selection panel that has this summer scarcely missed a trick. Yet Bailey's ascendant raises some more general and deeper points.
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Questions over Asian imports
TheMercury.com.au
DERWENT United has quashed suggestions it will bankroll seven new Asian imports who have semi-professional backgrounds while they play for the League One club inTasmania. United unveiled one Japanese and six South Korean signings on Sunday.
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School-cost loans debt trap
TheMercury.com.au
Welfare agencies say they know of many battling Tasmanian families who are accessing loans, or maxing out credit cards to make ends meet before the school year begins. TasCOSS chief executive Tony Reidy said the lead up to the new school year was a ...
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South in Gold Coast union
Tasmania Mercury
SOUTH Hobart's emerging talent could soon be headed for the Glitter Strip after the club formed ties with Gold Coast United during the A-League side's visit to Tasmania. United not only procured a precious point against Melbourne Victory in the ...
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Sam Worthington on 'Man on a Ledge'
Telegraph.co.uk
Sam Worthington Photo: AP By Elaine Lipworth A few weeks before James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar hit cinemas and became the most successful film of all time, I interviewed the film's star Sam Worthington, at that time unknown.
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Telegraph.co.uk
Leek set to seize opportunity
Tasmania Mercury
That leaves Tasmania's quickest contenders to hopefully lead the way for tomorrow's Briggs Athletics Classic. Hobart's Charlie Leek has been the main man in 100m so far this summer. In November, he became the first Hobart-based athlete to dip under 11 ...
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Tasmania Mercury
Hawk defenders on front foot
AFL.com
Beveridge replaced long-time assistant coach Ross Smith at the Hawks at the end of last season. A former Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda player, Beveridge spent two years as a development coach at Collingwood. He also achieved the unique feat of ...
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AFL.com
The great white hope
Sydney Morning Herald
It's difficult to avoid drinking riesling this summer - not that you'd want to avoid it. This week, the Frankland Estate International Riesling Tasting is returning to Sydney and there are several other riesling events: Summer of Riesling, ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Most indoor plants are tropical and don't do well where winters are cold
San Jose Mercury News
During clear and warm summer weather, sunlight can easily roast foliage. Houseplants with glossy tropical foliage occasionally like to be rinsed of dust and residue that they accumulate in the home. (African violets and plants with fuzzy leaves do not ...
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Ó Lionáird shows form and pace with early season victory in Boston
Irish Times
Running his first race since finishing 10th at the World Championship 1500m final in Daegu last summer, shortly after lowering his 1500m best to 3:34.46, he displayed a considerable turn of speed on the last lap, and now looks a real contender for next ...
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SWITZERLAND Ski, Snow News, Feb 08, 2012

A history of skiing in Mürren, Switzerland

A history of skiing in Mürren, Switzerland
Telegraph.co.uk
Desperate to enjoy current skiing conditions in the Alps, Adam Ruck secures a last-minute deal to Mürren. By Adam Ruck To arrive in theSwiss Alps at the tail end of a snowstorm seems like good timing, as long as your ski resort is accessible.
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Solar 'Wings' Power Swiss Ski Lift
Discovery News
The tiny Swiss ski town of Tenna has an impressively large claim to fame. Although larger, well-known ski resorts overshadow it, when their aging ski lift needed replacing, Tenna invested in building one of the world's first solar-powered ski lifts.
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Skiing on the slopes of Solang Valley
Times of India
"What a nice ski slope," remarked Canadian skier John Lee. Lee and his friends areskiing on the Solang slopes near this picturesque tourist resort and are among the 336 participants gathered here for a four-day Alpine Premier League that began Monday.
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Canada Owns the Podium at Blue Mountain Ski Cross World Cup
First Tracks
Online Media Collingwood (ON), Canada – Canada put on a show on homesnow Friday, winning two gold medals and a silver at the Audi FIS SkiCross World Cup races held at Blue Mountain ski resort in Ontario. Marielle Thompson, of Whistler, ...
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First Tracks
Travel review: Skiing in the snowy beauty of the Spanish Pyrenees
Liverpool Echo
This was Baqueira Beret in January, sandwiching France and Switzerland, a haven forsnow beginners and experts alike. I was the former, and so the sight of some manageable looking elementary slopes on which to hone the technique was initially very...
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Where to catch the last of the winter snow
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
For many others, however, it is nothing but bad news, as the end of winter means the end of the snow sport season. Ski and snowboard enthusiasts up and down the country curse the regular arrival of sunny intervals as the slopes melt and their beloved...
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Live music acts announced at the BRITS
Ski Club of Great Britain
If you like combining live music with skiing and snowboarding, look no further than the BRITS Snow and Music Festival, taking place in Laax from 18 – 25 March 2012. The Swiss resort will host the annual music event and this year the Ski Club of Great ...
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Ski Club of Great Britain
National Geographic names Bozeman one of world's top ski towns
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
The website took a look at mountains with skiing and snowboarding “so good they attract people like youth-bestowing fountains” and towns with strong snow sports heritage and culture, according to a description of the list. A local representative was ...
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Rich pickings in poor man's Verbier
CITY A.M.
With just 300 permanent residents, few hotels and no town centre (or après ski) to speak of, it's not the sort of place you'd expect to find a ten-minute ski from Verbier,Switzerland's sexiest resort. No: La Tzoumaz (rhymes with satsuma) is quite ...
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Skiwatch: Every skier's dream with snow on snow and powder everywhere
The Guardian
Avoriaz (260-300cm) was described by the Ski Club of Great Britain as "every skier's dream". Conditions are variable in Switzerland, but useful amounts of new snow also fell there on Tuesday. Saas Fee had (81/351cm), Zermatt had (110/170cm, ...
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The Guardian
Top European Ski Resort Hotels from £30
Car Rentals
The hotel is close to ski resort Poiana Brasov in the Carpathian Mountains, and all levels of skiers and snowboarders will find a slope or trail that fits them. There is also wonderful scenery for hikers to enjoy on walks in thesnow.
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Car Rentals
Swiss weekend snow and winter sports report, 3-5 February
GenevaLunch (blog)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – We're heading for the slopes shortly, so this will be short and sweet: a great weekend of skiing and snowboarding is out that for those who are ready to brave the cold. From now until Tuesday: sunny skies with icy temperatures.
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GenevaLunch (blog)
World Cup ski races present a test for 2
FOXSports.com
With the likes of Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal coming to town, the Alpineskiing courses for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are about to get a very serious test. Following three days of official training runs at the Rosa Kutor resort, ...
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TOP `END OF SEASON' SKI PARTIES FOR 2012
TravPR.com (press release)
Top clubbing and dance music website, 'Don't Stay In' has dubbed The Big SnowFestival as 'the week long roller-coaster of skiing, snowboarding and big nights out'. From the 24th – 28th March 2012, the major French ski-sports resort of Portes du Soleil ...
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BC ski news: VIMFF update, 24 Hours of Winter and how to ski like a tourist
Vancouver Sun
It's really funny, and offers a satiric take on how goofy skiers, especially ski tourists, can behave. Sort of like that Sh#t Skiers Say video by Voleurz that went viral last month. Well, there was a moment on Sunday at Whistler where the three guys I ...
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Canadians top podium at ski cross event
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
That's ski cross — it's not over 'til you cross that finish line, so as long as you don't panic and you make a couple of moves." Leman also credited the resort's snowmaking team with making sure racers had the best possible conditions. "The snow ...
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Critic's Notebook: Hitting the jackpot on Lake Tahoe hills
Montreal Gazette
Two years ago I was invited by Vail Resorts to check out the food scene in that hoity-toity Colorado ski village. Between battling powder on Vail's famous back bowls and seeing my life flash before me several times on a day out CAT skiing, ...
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World Cup ski races present a test for 2014 Games
Stamford Advocate
Photo: Alessandro Trovati / AP The Alpine skiing venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics is about to get its first big test with the likes of Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal leading the World Cup circuit to the Rosa Khutor resort in Russia.
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Coldest days of winter
PlanetSKI.eu
The resort is part of the newly formed ski area of Lake Annecy Resorts in France. It is -22ºC in Cervinia in The Aosta Valley, in Crans-Montana inSwitzerland it is -20ºC and on Monday it is forecast to be -23ºC in St Anton, Austria.
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PlanetSKI.eu
Davos forum: a truly motley crowd
Washington Post (blog)
Welcome to the 2012 World Economic Forum, in the ultra tony ski resort of Davos,Switzerland, home last week to some 2600 world leaders, corporate titans, royalty and media folk plus thousands of staff and security. Picture some think-tank gathering, ...
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Winter weather around the world | 02.04.12
News & Observer
A band of heavy snow stalled over Nebraska, dumping nearly 13 inches in some spots. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Jeff Beiermann) – AP Frost crystals pictured on a window in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.
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News & Observer
Another large avalanche in Verbier
PlanetSKI.eu
A huge avalanche swept across an open run and sparked a major search and rescue operation in the Swiss resort. Fortunately no-one was caught. The avalanche measured 200m long, was 20m wide and had a depth of 2m. Anyone caught in it would have been in ...
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PlanetSKI.eu
Best winter for over 40 years!
Ski Independence (blog)
The village at Les Arcs 2000 Many other ski areas are boasting some impressive figures too; not only in France, resorts in Austria andSwitzerland have also seen a massive amount of snow so far. Here's a quick overview of snow depths around the Alps:
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Ski Independence (blog)
Europe's cold snap produces heavy snow in Bosnia, trapping many people
Newser
By AIDA CERKEZ | AP | 12 hours, 21 minutes ago in Bosnia's government declared a state of emergency in its capital on Saturday after Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, and hundreds of people remained trapped in their homes and vehicles throughout the ...
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High hopes on the slopes
Evening Standard
Driving is perfectly possible for France and for some of the more accessibleSwiss and Italian resorts. Contact eurotunnel.com, poferries.com or brittany-ferries.co.uk for details. In the end I found a holiday for four to Courmayeur (see below).
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Evening Standard
Europe cold snap claims 260 lives, causes ferry scare
The Asian Age
Hundreds of people were rescued on Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm hit a breakwater off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 260 lives across Europe tightened its grip. Ukraine has suffered the heaviest toll with 122 deaths ...
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New York cotton rises as deferred premiums suggest demand
Business Recorder (blog)
The clash came after a group of about 100 mainly young, local protesters marched through the chic Swiss ski resort of Davos and gathered near the railway station, some distance from the conference centre hosting the Forum. It was the second episode of ...
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Ski Travel Sales Hampered by Climate, Economy and Fares
It's been a confusing season for ski marketing in both Europe and North America. ...Switzerland also benefitted from the mid-December snow with resorts like Les Diablerets reporting eight feet of snow to date; ... More Destinations News ...
www.travelpulse.com/ski-travel-sales-hampered-by-climate-ec...
Villars Is One of the Most Attractive Ski Resorts in Switzerland ...
Off piste skiing is excellent, and 7% of the area is covered with snow cannons. ... inNews, Swizerland and tagged News, Resorts, Switzerland by spotblue.
www.skiingproperty.com/.../villars-is-one-of-the-most-attracti...
Ski and snowboard news | information and updates > 02 Feb - Fresh ...
Resort news, gear and ski equipment news, dry ski slopes and snowdomes, snowreports and all the latest ... When you combine this with the snow cannon use, there is some great skiing on these Spanish slopes. ... Switzerland Ski Holidays ...
www.ifyouski.com/.../02_Feb_-_Fresh_Snow_in_Formigal.as...
Best ski resorts to escape the crowds - OnTheSnow
Your Local News Roundup ... OnTheSnow has put together a list of eight crowd- freeski resorts in Europe, with two for each category: ... Melchsee-Frutte, with a pretty lakeside position, is more or less unknown to skiers outside Switzerland.
www.onthesnow.com/.../best-ski-resorts-to-escape-the-crowds
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Grindelwald Switzerland Ski Conditions
Guide, weather for allgrindelwald ski resort guide for switzerland switzerland ... yourski snow collaboration with jungfrau hours ago nov clchm Recent new snow ...
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Save Up to 30% at Swanky Swiss Ski Resort & Spa ... +41 (0)33 828 28 28, or email reservations@victoria-jungfrau.ch and reference code Fodor's Spa & Snow .
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Where to Ski And Snowboard - Snow overview: 26 January
Light to moderate snow is forecast across France and Switzerland into the weekend,... Californian resorts in particular, which had been basking in sunshine for ...
www.wheretoskiandsnowboard.com/.../snow-overview-26-jan...
  
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