In Italy over half the winter sports resorts are below 1, 300 meters.
The number of visitors plummeted by half in October, with cancellations stretching through the peak winter season.
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"There were relatively few active spenders in the winter window, with over half of this January's total transfer spending coming from three clubs, " said Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, as he analyzed spending trends in the English Premier League.
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Vitamin D researchers estimate that up to half of Americans might be getting inadequate amounts, especially in the winter months when the sun is low.
In winter, experts say, people in the northern half of the U.S. don't receive enough UVB rays from the sun to make vitamin D, regardless of whether they use sunscreen.
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Newton was a key figure in the Ashes-winning team of last summer, and scored two half centuries in a victorious one-day campaign in Sri Lanka which followed over the winter.
So far this year that figure is already on the rise as the flu virus has shown up in more than half of the country with 29 states reporting high or severe flu cases this winter.
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East Goscote snow warden Nick Shivers grits paths in the village and has got through about two-and-a-half tonnes of salt this winter.
As for Gorno-Badakhshan, a region covering nearly half of the country, its only outlet is the perilous mountain road to Osh in Kirgizstan, impassable in winter.
The breathtaking shark-tooth vista of the Wasatch mountains stretching as far as the eye can see is a reminder that the Salt Lake region is a proper winter wonderland, half an hour's drive from many of the best ski resorts in the world.
The number 17 T-shirts, so stylish in mid-winter, are remaindered at half-price.
Besides clean-up of materials, the company plans to remove unused utilities in the shaft, repair any damaged structures, install a water ring to control entry of water into the shaft and prevent ice from forming in winter, install a new power cable and a metal brattice between the eastern and western half of the shafts to provide a physical barrier, improving safety and functionality, company officials said.
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