Officials from WHO and the CDC plan to monitor developments in the Southern Hemisphere, where flu season arrives over the next few months as winter begins there.

CNN: Second U.S. death linked to swine flu, officials say

Winter semester begins in September, and the summer semester starts in February.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

It follows the calendar year, and it begins - because it's the winter, it begins in the West.

NPR: Six Days to the Super Bowl. Start Warming the TV

It is said that the American winter holiday seasons begins at Thanksgiving and ends with Super Bowl Sunday.

FORBES: Survival Of The Fittest

After joining new boss Brian Noble's backroom team in the winter, Harris begins his Crusaders career against one of his former clubs.

BBC: Crusaders ready for Wrexham debut, says Iestyn Harris

The team will assess the new car's performance at the second winter test, which begins in Jerez on Thursday.

BBC: Force India take wraps off F1 car for 2011 season

As the Syrian refugee crisis begins its second winter, Lebanese host households are struggling to cope with the burden of increased expenditures, decreased living space, and an ever-increasing need for more food, fuel and basic living necessities.

CNN: Syrian refugees in Lebanon facing bitter winter

The 29-year-old chose to leave Brawn, which has since been bought out by Mercedes, last month but is still enjoying a winter break before pre-season testing begins in February.

BBC: Jenson Button supports new Formula 1 points system

While the various launches give an initial impression of each team's work in winter testing, all the cars can expect further modifications before the 2009 F1 season begins on 29 March in Melbourne, Australia.

BBC: Toyota commit to F1 with new car

And so, tortuously but satisfyingly, it begins to seem reasonable that their bond was formed early probably, indeed, during the hard winter that set in after Jane's birth.

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