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Most recent estimates have the number of snow cannons in operation in Austria at around 20,000, with Director of the Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank Michael Kleeman estimating the total amount spent on artificial snow creation since the year 2000 at 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.


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Robert Steiger from the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) however said the cost often falls onto taxpayers, as increasing numbers of ski resorts are going into bankruptcy due to climate change, the cost for propping them up ultimately falling on either local towns or even the state.


He added that some studies show that further investment in smaller or lower-lying ski resorts is not recommended, while better plans are required on how to make ski regions more efficient overall.


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It's just the sixth defeat of the season for the defending NBA champions, all on the road.


Kobe Bryant added 12 points in helping the Lakers earn one of the biggest upsets in NBA history and their biggest victory in a downtrodden farewell season for Bryant.


Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 18 points. Klay Thompson added 15 points but the Splash Brothers were a combined 1 of 18 from 3-point range. In all, the Warriors missed 26 of 30 attempts from long range.


The loss snapped Golden State's seven-game winning streak and was their first since a 32-point blowout defeat at Portland on Feb. 19.


Golden State fell to 55-6 and the Lakers improved to 13-51.


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Augustin finished with 12 points to help the Nuggets avenge an overtime loss in Dallas on Feb. 26.


Kenneth Faried had 25 points and a season-high 20 rebounds for the Nuggets, who rallied from four down in the last 10 seconds of regulation. Will Barton added 20 points.


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In Auburn Hills of Michigan, Reggie Jackson scored 30 points in another big game against Portland as Detroit Pistons beat the Portland Trail Blazers 123-103.


Andre Drummond had 14 points and 18 rebounds for Detroit, and Marcus Morris added 19 points.


Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 26 points but shot 8 of 22 from the field.


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Mirza Teletovic added 18 points for the Suns. Tyson Chandler finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds as Phoenix won for only the third time in the last 18 games. Two of those wins have come against the Grizzlies.


Mike Conley led Memphis with 22 points while Matt Barnes and JaMychal Green each had 17 points. Mario Chalmers scored 14 points and Lance Stephenson finished with 13.


In Miami, Hassan Whiteside had seven blocked shots, including a pivotal one late as Miami won their fifth in a row, beating Philadelphia 76ers 103-98.


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　　BUCHAREST， April 9 (Xinhua) -- Romania expects to get 10 to 12 medals at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro， President of the National Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR) Alin Petrache said on Saturday.


　　Petrache hoped that some 70 to 80 Romanian athletes should go to Rio Games， as the qualifiers are still underway.


　　"We expect as many as possible athletes to join our delegation to Rio， I think we will have more athletes than the initially estimated 50 to 60，" the Romanian Olympic chief said at the first meeting this year of the Informal Group of Central and Southeast European National Olympic Committees， attended by representatives of 18 countries in the region.


　　The official listed the sports with medal hopeful as both men's and women's gymnastics， canoeing， wrestling， boxing and fencing.


　　In 2012， Romania left London with a total of nine medals， including two golds， five silvers and two bronzes. At Beijing 2008， the country had four golds， one silver and three bronzes. In 2004 in Athens， Romania returned home with 19 medals， namely eight golds， five silvers and six bronzes.


　　The record of medals for Romania was obtained at Los Angeles Olympics in 1984， where they won 53 medals including 20 golds， 16 silvers and 17 bronzes.


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