WASHINGTON [url=http://www.nikevapormaxuk.com/nike-men-s-air-max-tn-triple-black-uk-sale.html]Nike Men's Air Max TN Triple Black UK Sale[/url] , May 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. house prices remained on an upward track in the first quarter of the year due to small home inventories for sale, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported Tuesday.

U.S. home prices increased 1.3 percent in the first quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous quarter, the eleventh consecutive quarterly price increase, according to the FHFA's House Price Index,

"Although the first quarter saw relatively weak real estate transaction activity -- in part due to seasonal factors -- home prices continued to push higher in the first quarter," said FHFA principal economist Andrew Leventis in a statement. "Modest inventories of homes available for sale likely played a significant role in driving the price increase, which was similar to appreciation in the preceding quarter."

Of the nine census divisions, the Pacific division, including states of Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California, has witnessed the strongest price increase, up 2.1 percent compared with last quarter and 13.2 percent on an annual basis.

The S&PCase-Shiller index, an index for 20 U.S. major cities home prices released on the same day, also showed an increase of 12.4 percent in March compared with the same period last year.

The cooling of the house market, however, has become more obvious, as the annual house price growth rate for Pacific division in March is more than three percentage points below the rate for the preceding 12 months, said FHFA.

The gain in house prices of 20 U.S. major cities for March has slid to the lowest level since July last year, according to the S& PCase-Shiller index.

The FHFA measured changes in real estate values using purchases of properties with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. It did not provide a specific price for houses.

“Get Out,” “The Shape of Water,” “Big Little Lies” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” were just some of the films and television series honored by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn. and Broadcast Television Journalists Assn. Thursday at the 23rd annual Critics’ Choice Awards.

Overall nominations leader “The Shape of Water” walked away with the most movie awards with four, including best picture and best director for helmer Guillermo del Toro. On the television side, “Big Little Lies” also reigned with four wins, including yet another best limited series prize. “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” won in the top drama and comedy fields.

Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”) and Allison Janney (“I, Tonya”) joined Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”) in the winners circle for film acting honors, while Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”), Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”), Ted Danson (“The Good Place”) and Mayim Bialik (“The Big Bang Theory”) were among the television acting victors.

The BFCA’s genre categories went to “Get Out” (best sci-fihorror film), “Wonder Woman” (best action film) and “The Big Sick” (best comedy film). Screenplay honors went to “Get Out” and “Call Me by Your Name.”

“Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins presented Gal Gadot with the #SeeHer Award, honoring women who push boundaries and recognize the importance of accurately portraying women across the entertainment landscape.

At the end of a day that saw five women come forward with accusations of sexual misconduct aimed at James Franco, the “Disaster Artist” star won the award for best actor in a comedy. He did not attend the ceremony, and presenter Walton Goggins accepted on his behalf.

The “Time’s Up” movement was otherwise very much a topic at hand. Del Toro, Gadot, Kidman and Kumail Nanjiani all referenced the amplification of women’s voices in their speeches. Meanwhile, emcee Olivia Munn was joined by comedian Niecy Nash for a tongue-in-cheek “Toast to the Good Guys” bit, appreciating all the men who behaved themselves in 2017. The segment also referenced the recent “All the Money in the World” pay gap dispute: “Thank you to all the producers for paying Niecy and I the same and Mark Wahlberg a million bucks,” Munn said.(Agencies)

BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have recently managed to detect the structuring of the universe via quasars for the first time, according to the National Astronomical Observations (NAOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Monday.

The work was conducted by the international group of eBOSS, the biggest ongoing spectroscopic survey in the world, which discovered redshift distortions signals when observing the spatial distribution of quasars that are 6.8 to 10.5 billion light years from earth.

Redshift distortion refers to a special three-dimensional cluster mode formed by stars under the effect of gravitational potential, and is considered one of the most important probes in researching gravitation on the cosmological level due to its direct correlation with gravitation.

The signals discovered this time were generated during the time when the universe was only one third or half the size of today, according to a report published by the eBOSS group on the finding.

The discovery is significant for future research in cutting-edge cosmological subjects such as dark energy and the essence of gravitation.

Launched in 2014, eBOSS has attracted research institutes from a number of countries, including the NAOC.

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