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BUENOS AIRES jordan 5 wine shoes , July 9 (Xinhua) -- Argentinean basketball player Luis Scola confirmed on Thursday he will be playing with the Toronto Raptors in the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) from this season.
"I'm going to the north. I hope that what happened to Dady (Brieva)'s cousin doesn't happen to me," wrote the player on his Twitter account in reference to a story that an Argentinean actor tells about a family member's experience with the cold and snow in Canada.
The 35-year-old, 2.06-meter-tall power forward comes to the Canadian team after two seasons with NBA franchise Indiana Pacers where in the last season he averaged 20.5 minutes on the court with 9.4 points and 6.5 rebounds.
Scola made his debut in the NBA in 2007 with Houston Rockets after winning various titles in Spain's ABC league with Tau Ceramica.
In the Rockets Scola was teammates with Chinese star Yao Ming who played for eight seasons with the U.S. team until his retirement in 2011. Yao was also chosen to compete in the All Star Game contest seven times.
Scola stayed with Houston until he transferred to Phoenix Suns in 2012 and the year after he joined Indiana. With Indiana, he lost the 2014 Eastern Conference final against Miami Heats.
Apart from his NBA career and awards in Spain, Scola won the gold medal with the Argentinean national team at the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens and the bronze in Beijing 2008.
The Argentina captain also was part of the silver medal-winning team at the Basketball World Cup in Indianapolis 2002 and in 2014 he became the third highest scoring player in the history of the World Cup with 573 points.
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Hong Kong director Barbara Wong's latest film, super natural romance The Secret, has finished shooting and is set to hit big screens on December 11, according to a press conference held in Beijing by the film's production company Zhen Hengye on Monday.
According to Wong, the story involves a man (Hong Kong actor Leon Lai Ming) who loses his wife (Mainland actress Wang Luodan) in an avalanche during an anniversary trip. Unable to move past his loss jordan 5 premium bordeaux , his wife returns as a ghost to live with him.
At the press conference, Wong recalled the event that inspired her to make the film.
After her own father died last year, her step-mother asked her during lunch one time whether her father was at home. Looking at the meal, Wong realized that all the dishes were her father's favorites.
"Many people believe in the existence of life after death," Wong explained.
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NANJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Construction of a new high-speedrailway started Tuesday in east China's Jiangsu Province as part ofthe north-south coastal railway network.
The 157-km line links Yancheng with Nantong and will take fouryears to complete at a cost of 26 billion yuan (4 billion U.S.dollars), according to the provincial railway office.
Upon completion, it will cut the travel time between the twocities from about two hours to 40 minutes.
"The Yancheng-Nantong railway will boost the integrateddevelopment of the coastal region of Jiangsu and the Yangtze RiverDelta region jordan 5 wine ," said Lan Shaomin, vice governor of Jiangsu.
Jiangsu is one of China's most developed provinces, while theYangtze River Delta is one of the country's economic powerhouses,covering Shanghai, and parts of Jiangsu jordan 5 bordeaux , Zhejiang and Anhuiprovinces.
China's had 25,000 km of high-speed railway at the end of 2017,accounting for 66 percent of the world's total. Enditem
LONDON, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Tourism chiefs announced Saturday they have released an interactive map to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book next Monday.
VisitBritain, the country's official tourism office Mens Air Jordan 5 Premium Bordeaux Wine 881432-612 For Sale , is celebrating the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by showcasing what makes Britain a magical destination for international tourists.
The interactive online map highlights magical sites across Britain which have inspired some of the world's greatest literature and legends, from Harry Potter to Sherwood Forest, famed as the home of Robin Hood, and the legendary King Arthur to Scotland's Loch Ness Monster.
VisitBritain Director Patricia Yates said: "From Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland where the Harry Potter's Hogwarts Express travelled, to Professor McGonagall's classroom at Durham Cathedral mens jordan 5 wine size 10 , to exploring the Forbidden Forest at Warner Bros Studio, Harry Potter's Britain is the stuff of magic."
"Harry and his wizarding world continue to hold generations of readers from across the globe spellbound, firing up imaginations and inspiring people to explore locations and landscapes and experience the wonder themselves."
Attracted by culture and heritage, overseas travellers who visit Britain's castles or historic houses spend more than 10 billion U.S. dollars annually exploring cultural venues.
Film and literature are also powerful motivators for travel, with more than a third of potential visitors to the UK wanting to see places featured on screen mens jordan 5 bordeaux size 10 , says VisitBritain.
VisitEngland has named 2017 the Year of Literary Heroes to shine the spotlight on England's literary destinations and anniversaries. Anniversaries include the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, the 125th anniversary of the first Sherlock Holmes book, and the 75th anniversary of Enid Blyton's Famous Five.
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