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Isaiah Coleman-Lands hit a 3-pointer as time expired to give Miami a 65-62 win at Wright State on Wednesday.
He had hit only one other basket in the game, a 3-pointer in the first half, and didn’t play in the team’s first seven games because of a stress fracture in his leg.
Bam Bowman matched his season high with 18 points for the RedHawks (5-4), who trailed by four with 4:33 to go. They outscored the Raiders (4-5), 9-2, over the next 2:31 and took a a 60-57 lead when Nike Sibande made one of two free throws.
Cole Gentry made two foul shots to cut it to one with 1:51 left. After a Sibande miss, the Raiders had two shots on their next possession but couldn’t convert.
The RedHawks, who out-rebounded the Raiders 38-28, then had three shots on their possession. Darrian Ringo drove and missed, and after a scrum for the loose ball, he grabbed it and scored while being fouled with 19 seconds left. He missed the free throw, setting up Wampler’s tying trey.
But the RedHawks went the length of the floor and made one pass to Coleman-Lands, who swished his shot from 27 feet.
Skyelar Potter missed practice leading up to the Miami game because of the death of his stepmother, but he came off the bench to score a career-high 17 points. Wampler also had 17 for the Raiders, who looked to be in control after trailing by as many as 11 in the second half.
BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - Real estate investment in China rose 10.3 percent in the first four months of 2018 from a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, while property sales softened in the face of government cooling measures.
That compared with a 10.4 percent gain in the first three months of the year.
Property sales measured by floor area grew 1.3 percent in January-April from the same period a year earlier, down from 3.6 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
New construction starts measured by floor area were up 7.3 percent in the period, compared with 9.7 percent in January-March, the NBS data showed.
Hollinger International Inc., a Chicago-based newspaper company, is selling 45 United States newspapers for $475 million as it moves to focus on its larger publications. Hollinger, the second-largest newspaper group in the United States, said yesterday that it would sell 28 dailies and 17 weeklies to Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., based in Birmingham, Ala. Todd Vogt, an executive vice president for Hollinger, said the papers being sold are scattered among 14 states but are primarily in Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas. Hollinger will acquire The Effingham Daily News of Effingham, Ill., as part of the deal. Around the world, Hollinger's properties include The Jerusalem Post, The Chicago Sun-Times and The Daily Telegraph in London.
I’ve never been the biggest fan of any Bachelor Nation program. It feels like a mortal sin, I know, to not be into the emotional roller coaster ride delivered by The Bachelor, The Bachelorette or any of their spinoffs. I have friends who thrive on the drama, who follow contestants on social media long after a season has wrapped up, who became so invested in the world of Bachelor Nation that it gives them life. I get it; I have my own next-level obsessions.
But Season 14 of The Bachelorette — Becca Kufrin’s season, which premieres on Monday — can’t come soon enough, and I’m so, so excited for it. How did I get here?
I grew up during the big boom of reality TV in the late ’90s and early ’00s (back when The Real World and Survivor ruled the roost), and I’ve come to understand the inner workings of reality TV. There’s a certain level of theatricality and hollowness to these shows, regardless of what you’re watching. People latch on to character archetypes, dial up their antics, needlessly pick fights or cry or do any number of other things to get some precious screen time.
The respective worlds of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are no different. Viewers might know that everything is heightened, but that’s part of the fun (or so I’ve been told over the years). A little soapy melodrama never hurt anyone, my friends would insist. “This is good, fun TV!” folks said, earnestly defending these uber-popular dating shows.
But seeing men and women brazenly compete for the affections of one lucky single person felt too weird and too fake. Why would I invest my time in watching people get so wrapped up in those initial feelings of love that they could believe it’s anything deeper than a fling? How could these shows honestly expect me to believe two people were ready to get engaged after just a few weeks? It was madness, and I wasn’t into it in the slightest.
Earlier this year, when I heard about what happened during the finale of Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s season of The Bachelor, it was like a switch had been flipped. I always knew the success rate for couples who came out of The Bachelor or The Bachelorette were low, so knowing that Luyendyk didn’t end up with the woman he’d proposed to — Kufrin — wasn’t the surprise. What did surprise me was the truly awful way in which Luyendyk chose to break their engagement.
Seated right in front of her, with cameras rolling, Luyendyk chose to tell Kufrin that he wasn’t in love with her and that he wanted to really try a relationship with Lauren Burnham. And as Kufrin tried to maintain her composure (that didn’t last long) and process being dumped while on TV, my heart went out to her.
I mean, how ridiculously cruel can you be? Yes, this kind of brutal moment is reality TV gold. It’s a rare jewel in The Bachelor‘s crown and will appear on every “Greatest Moments” list from here to eternity. But to see Kufrin put through the wringer for the world to see rather than be respectfully given the time and space to process, to be turned into some zoo animal to be gawked at for our amusement — it really hurt me. And it made me pissed at Luyendyk for allowing that to happen.
The way Kufrin was treated at the end of that Bachelor season gave me flashbacks to all the cruel ways I’d been dumped and subsequently resolved to triumph. A life well lived in the best revenge, in my opinion, and it seems that Kufrin chose to go that way as well.
The marketing for her season of The Bachelorette has focused on Kufrin getting her happy ending on her own terms. In posters, she boldly stares into the camera, daring you to pity her. She’s here to find true love, and this time, she’s going to get what she wants. Even the first trailer for her season brands her “an independent woman” who is putting that awful Bachelor moment in the past as she power-walks her way to a happy ending. It’s so, so badass.
So, here I am, eagerly waiting for Monday to arrive so I can tune in for my first-ever Bachelorette viewing. That feeling of solidarity and recognition of Kufrin’s emotional journey over the last few months has resonated deep within me. I’m cheering for her, and yes, I want her to get everything she wants.
A Caribbean nation of 32 islands and cays, St. Vincent and the Grenadines sources its food from the surrounding oceans and grows produce and spices on its forested, tropical-weather islands. Expect to find lots of fresh, in-season fish; tubers grown under rich, volcanic soil; and many layers of flavors thanks to the spices grown on the island.
Breadfruit is seen as the symbol of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and can be found throughout the islands, not only in meals and snacks but also with its image carved on pottery dishes and flowerpots. The fruit was brought to the islands from Tahiti in 1793 because it could be a cheap, easy-to-grow food for the slave population in the islands at the time. Breadfruit is most often roasted whole in the flames of a fire, split open and the flesh scooped from the shell. Roasted breadfruit and fried jack fish now comprise the national dish of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the islands hold a Breadfruit Festival each August with music, dancing and multiple preparations of breadfruit. You can expect to find breadfruit served as breadfruit puffs, breadfruit cheese pies, quiche, pizza, candy and drinks during the festival.
Grown on the lush hillsides of Owia in northeast St. Vincent, arrowroot is a native crop to the islands and St. Vincent is one of the last places in the world that produces arrowroot for local consumption and trade. The starchy arrowroot tuber grows underground. When harvested, it is cleaned, pulped, dried and ground into a flour. This fine, gluten-free flour is used to make bread, biscuits, cakes, jellies and sauces. While in St. Vincent, look for madongo dumplings, a baked or fried specialty made with arrowroot flour, nutmeg and coconut.
The swelling waters surrounding St. Vincent and the Grenadines are a natural and abundant source of food for the local population and tourists alike. You can find many varieties of fish and seafood in season, including tuna, mahi mahi, snapper, kingfish and bonito. In the village of Barrouallie on St. Vincent's west coast, black fish, or pilot whale, is a delicacy. Other seafood common to St. Vincent are lobster, squid, octopus and queen conch. Seafood is served baked, fried, simply spiced or fiery hot. One local dish to be on the watch for is billjau, a stew with salted fish, tomatoes, onions, coconut oil and hot peppers.
On St. Vincent, the starchy vegetables that grow underground and some abundant tree fruits are called provisions. These include yams, potatoes, dasheen, tania, carrots, bananas and plantains. You can find these vegetables and fruits served mashed, fried and baked into sweet and savory breads, biscuits and other side dishes. Other fruits, vegetables and grains grown in the rich volcanic soil of the islands include rice, tomatoes, peppers, cabbages, eggplant, coconut and ginger. Banana fritters are a simple and common snack made by coating sliced bananas in flour and frying them in coconut oil. Fresh boil is made by adding seasonal fish to a pot with a variety of provisions, peppers and seasonings, and boiling it all together.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines was once covered in sugar plantations that yielded ample amounts of molasses for rum making. Over the years, banana plantations took over, but a recent resurgence of interest in rum making and its financial benefits to the island means St. Vincent is making rum again. The island's distillery produces St. Vincent Golden and Red rums and Sunset Captain Bligh rum, which can be tasted straight or made into a variety of tropical cocktails. Also produced on the island, Hairoun beer comes in several flavors, including mauby -- a mix of local tree barks and spices -- and ginger.
Nygaard, Nadia. "Food That is Served in St. Vincent & the Grenadines." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/food-served-st-vincent-grenadines-22763.html. 15 March 2018.
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Halle Berry's going action heroine for a new adventure. Thankfully, it's not Catwoman 2, but a high-octane thriller called simply Kidnap. You can probably guess its premise from there.
THR reports out of Cannes that Halle Berry has signed on to front Kidnap, a thriller that will follow the harrowing journey of a mother who will stop at nothing to recover her kidnapped son. No further plot details are being released at present, but it sounds to us like Kidnap might be Berry's Taken, or possibly her Ransom.
Helming Kidnap is Spanish director Luis Prieto, who has made movies in Spain and Italy, but is best-known for his UK-created Pusher. The 2012 crime thriller was set in London and centered on a drug dealer whose life goes into spin when a major deal goes wrong. The film ultimately received mixed reviews for critics, but did catch the eye of Hollywood. Kidnap will mark Prieto's first American production.
The script comes from Knate Gwaltney, whose only previous credit as a screenwriter comes on his directorial debut Cardboard Boxer. This drama stars Thomas Haden Church and Terrence Howard, and follows a homeless man who is encouraged to fight his homeless peers for the amusement of a pack of wealthy (and clearly vile) young people. This film is currently in post-production and could hit theaters later this year.
The foreign rights to Kidnap are currently for sale at the Cannes Film Market. Di Bonaventura Pictures, which has had a hand in producing G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Red 2, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction will be producing the pic. And as you can see, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and his team have a lot of experience with crafting action flicks, which is good news for Berry.
The Academy Award-winner has hit a rough patch in her career following her win for Monster's Ball. Catwoman hit in 2004 and earned her critical scorn while proving a massive flop. Later came a slew of forgettable films like the critically loathed Perfect Stranger, the box office dud Things We Lost In the Fire, the long delayed Frankie & Alice, and shark-centric thriller Dark Tide.
However, Halle Berry might be at the beginning of a career renaissance. Last year, she had a hit with the kidnapping thriller The Call. Not only did the $13 million movie make $51 mil domestic and $68 worldwide, but also it was surprisingly engaging. Of course she'll soon reprise her role as Storm in the guaranteed hit X-Men: Days of Future Past. And she's poised to make her mark on television with a new CBS series Extant.
Basically, momentum is building, and Kidnap could very well help Halle Berry win back the spotlight.
According to a decision published in the official gazette on Thursday, Temer only vetoed one provision that would have pardoned truckers from paying fines for their role in staging an 11-day strike in May. The stoppage crippled Brazil’s roads, hampering deliveries of everything from fuel to grains.
The new law requires truck freight prices to be equal to, or above, minimum prices set by Brazil’s national transport agency ANTT. Minimum prices will be published twice a year, by Jan. 20 and July 20.
In a statement on Thursday, oilseeds crushers association Abiove - whose members include big grain handlers like Cargill Inc, Archer Daniels Midland, Louis Dreyfus Corp and Bunge, called the law “backward” for reinstating policies that Brazil had relinquished in the 1990s.
Brazil’s powerful farm lobby group, CNA, said in a statement following the president’s signature that it had filed a new petition at the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of the law.
CNA said a recent study showed the policy would cause the price of basic foodstuffs like meat, rice, beans and eggs to increase by an average of 12%.
Tags: Brazil, Brazil transport fares, Michel Temer.
Why the government needs to interfere, through the ANTT, in a question that only concerns the truckers and the CNA, I don't know....they should be allowed to negotiate until they find a common denominator...but as the govt has interfered, the principle of offer and demand has been thown in to the gutter.....if there are too many truckers, and not enough cargo, the market will set the prices for freight...that's what should work in a free market, not the government establishing a minimum freight which will only increase the final cost - to the consumer - of everything transported by truck. One result of the truckers' strike, is that many large companies, not only from the agribusiness, are now buying thousands of new trucks to form (or increase) their own fleets, to not be held hostage by the independent truckers and their unions. Sounds like the truckers have shot themselves in the foot.
What I'm trying to say about dictators is that they don't care about doing the right thing or following the law, but they do care about self preservation. If following the UN helps with that, they'll do it, but otherwise, no. So it's important to keep the incentives on the side of obeying the law, but the Iraq war did the opposite.
Now we seem to be back to saying rich countries should do more. Brazil currently has a lot of refugees from Venezuela, do you think Argentina and Chile or even the US and Canada should take some of them? And surely the federal government should be doing more to help the northern states, either by sending them money and shelters, more doctors etc, or by dispersing the refugees around the country?
I think it depends where you are coming from. The UK has no obligation to let in asylum seekers from France, because France is a perfectly safe country, even if they would prefer to be in the UK. Similarly, I guess Argentina would not have to let Venezuelans in if they came through Brazil (although Brazil is not all that safe). I'm not sure if Mexico is considered a safe country, I guess not since the US does let people in. Agree about sending kids alone, seems very irresponsible and kinda manipulative of the parents, knowing the US govt will be forced to look after them.
I suppose they get a lot of applications, but the Canadian consulate could have at least told your friend why he wasn't accepted. But that's why they don't want to just legalise the people already in America, it would be unfair on those who did follow the rules and got rejected.
Re the truck drivers, it's all a mystery to me. Who set freight prices before this law was passed and why didn't they rise along with diesel prices so the truckers didn't lose out?
What I'm trying to say about dictators.... seems we're saying much the same thing, just differently.
If Argentina, Chile and Canada, are signatories to the int'l treaty, then yes, according to their (self-) evaluated capacity and agreed-to quotas, and provided the Venezuelans want to go to any of those specific countries, and provided those countries have the right to weed out those they don't want...In Brazil, the Fed govt has to help the northern state financially, (to cope with or to spread them around Brazil), as immigration is regulated under Federal, not State-law.
I don't think the situation (safety-wise) of where the asylum seeker is coming from should oblige the potential host country any more or any less...i.e., am not so sure that if someone chooses to seek asylum, their origin should necessarily put them in a privileged position over others...every case has its own peculiarities, but when you get hordes assaulting the borders it can become messy.
Canada is simply exerting it's right to let in whom they (might) need and/or believe will be an asset....there was probably no shortage of engineers. Know of similar cases of people trying to move to NZL.
Before the Fed Govt decided to interfere with the freight rates, the takers and suppliers negotiated prices based on offer and demand.....but it was the decision by PB, to raise the cost of diesel fuel (used by 99% of the fleet) to an unreasonable level that caused the insatisfaction....(just a quick note : it was the PT's manipulation of fuel prices - to maintain their popularity - that nearly broke PB)...truckers wanted to build it into their price and (basically) the agribusiness said 'no way'....the price of moving cargo around Brazil by truck, is more expensive, less reliable and riskier than by rail, and depending on the route, also cabotage.
Posted on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 : 12:08 p.m.
Denis Matsuev plays a solo recital at Hill Auditorium on Monday.
When the Mariinsky Orchestra appeared at Hill Auditorium last season, under University Musical Society auspices, it was clear the audience was in for an evening of spectacular music: the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, followed by Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
The music did not disappoint. And neither did the soloist—Russian pianist Denis Matsuev, then 35, making his Ann Arbor debut. His playing in the Rachmaninoff was nothing short of jaw-dropping.
We can close our mouths now: Matsuev coming back, and not just for an orchestral cameo, however boldly carved.
What: Solo recital of Schubert, Beethoven, Grieg and Stravinsky.
How much: $10-$56. Tickets available from the UMS Ticket Office in the Michigan League, 734-764-2538, and online at ums.org.
When Matsuev returns to Hill Auditorium Monday evening, it is for a solo recital (postponed from the UMS fall calendar). His program is a tour of great 19th century sonatas - the Schubert Sonata in a minor, D. 784 (1823); the Beethoven “Appassionata” Sonata, Op. 57, in f minor (1804); and the Grieg Sonata (1865). For the program’s capstone, Matsuev turns to Russia and 20th century master Igor Stravinsky, represented here by the knuckle-busting “Three Movements from Petrouchka” (1921).
Stravinsky arranged this music, taken from his ballet “Petrouchka,” for the famous Russian pianist Arthur Rubinstein. He wanted to tempt Rubinstein (and other pianists) into playing his work; the results are as dazzling as they are daunting: the technical and musical challenges are immense.
No question that Matsuev will be up to them.
When he appeared with the Mariinsky in the Rach 3, he was a veritable force field at the piano, whether in passages of hushed lyricism or finger-blurring bravura.
How he deploys his titanic pianistic technique and his musical sensibilities in works from Schubert through Stravinsky should make for an exceptional encounter.
According to WrestleVotes, a Raw Tag Team Championship match may be added to the WrestleMania card this Sunday. Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins issued a challenge to The Revival. It should be noted that the match hasn't been confirmed by WWE as of this writing.
The Irish-born brawler arrived to Brooklyn Criminal Court in a tight-fitting dark blue suit, light blue shirt and matching tie and alongside his co-defendant and training partner Cian Cowley.
Their hearing lasted all of one minute.
Prosecutor Janet Gleeson said no grand jury action has been taken — meaning the two have not yet been indicted on felony criminal mischief charges.
McGregor and Cowley — who are both out on bail — emerged from the Jay Street courthouse to a crush of media.
He and Cowley were then whisked away in a black Cadillac Escalade.
Their next court date is July 26.
“Remember the good old days when Conor McGregor would apologize . . . TO ABSOLUTELY NOBODY!” the fan website MMAmania noted of the fighter’s unusually cowed appearance.
McGregor is accused of flying into a rage at the Barclays Center and using a hand cart and other items to smash the windows of the packed bus.
The flying glass left two fighters — Michael Chiesa and Raymond Borg — injured. The 29-year-old McGregor also allegedly pummeled another man, Jason Ledbetter.
In addition to the potential felony rap of criminal mischief, McGregor is charged with misdemeanor assault, attempted assault, menacing and reckless endangerment.
Even if he escapes without any prison time, McGregor still faces possible civil suits and disciplinary action from the Ultimate Fighting Championship company.
The American Association for Women in Community Colleges recently named Becky Askew of Pearl River Community College its national 2014 Mildred Bulpitt Woman of the Year.
Move over Katharine Hepburn. There’s a new woman of the year.
And like the best gifts, this prestigious title was unsought by its recipient.
“I was completely surprised and very honored,” said Becky Askew, who serves as the institution’s vice president for planning and institutional planning.
Becky Askew has served PRCC in a variety of roles since she started there as an academic counselor in 1978. All told she’s worked on the Poplarville campus for 30 years in two stints.
If the Askew name sounds familiar, it’s probably evoking memories of a painful wisdom tooth or two.
Her father, John Wells Askew, practiced dentistry in Hattiesburg for more than 60 years, taking patients in his office until he was in his 90s.
In fact, Becky Askew says she still has people come up to her to discuss her father, who died in 2009 at the age of 93.
They’ll even flash her dad’s handiwork, such as temporary fillings that have lasted a little longer than their name suggests.
“He just did work that was quality,” she says proudly.
Something of that dedicated temperament exists in Becky Askew herself, according to PRCC President William Lewis.
Among Becky Askew’s duties is serving as the school’s accreditation liaison with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
She also coordinates the school’s strategic planning and professional development, meaning she has a hands-on role in bettering both the school and the talents of the folks who work for it.
Jennifer Seal, who works with Becky Askew as director of institutional effectiveness, laughs at the dotted I’s comment. She’s seen it in action.
She’s also skilled at the teamwork aspect of institutional development, according to Seal.
“She takes great time and great care at bringing the right people to the table to accomplish the mission, whatever that mission may be,” she said.
The Mildred Bulpitt award, named after a former higher education administrator, is bestowed upon one woman annually who has an outstanding record of service to women in the two-year college setting.
Becky Askew accepted the award earlier this month in Washington, D.C.
PRCC officials nominated Becky Askew in February, in part based on her work as chairwoman of the school’s annual Women’s Health Symposium, which raises awareness of health problems that afflict women in South Mississippi.

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