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'Lame Excuse': India Slams Imran Khan's Message on Pulwama Attack
We all know starting a war is in the hands of humans, where it will lead us only God knows, Imran Khan said.
Updated: 20 Feb 2019, 10:47 PM IST
Video Editor: Mohd ibrahim
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Responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement on the Pulwama attack, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), on Tuesday, 19 February, said, "We are not surprised that the prime minister of Pakistan refuses to acknowledge the attack on our security forces in Pulwama as an act of terrorism. Prime minister of Pakistan has neither chosen to condemn this heinous act nor condoled with the bereaved families."
MEA Rejects Pakistan PM's Statement on Pulwama Attack
The MEA also said, "Disclaiming any link between the terrorist attack and Pakistan is an oft-repeated excuse by Pakistan. The Pakistani prime minister has ignored claims made by the Jaish-e-Mohammad, as well as by the terrorist, who perpetrated this heinous crime. It is a well-known fact that Jaish-e-Mohammad and its leader Masood Azhar are based in Pakistan. These should be sufficient proof for Pakistan to take action."
It added, "The prime minister of Pakistan has offered to investigate the matter if India provides proof. This is a lame excuse. In the horrific attack in Mumbai on 26/11, proof was provided to Pakistan. Despite this, the case has not progressed for the last more than 10 years. Likewise, on the terror attack on Pathankot airbase, there has been no progress. Promises of "guaranteed action" ring hollow given the track record of Pakistan."
The MEA accused the ministers of the current Pakistan government of publicly sharing platforms with terrorists like Hafeez Saeed who have been proscribed by the United Nations.
It added, "Pakistan's prime minister has called for dialogue and expressed his readiness to talk about terrorism. India has repeatedly stated that it is ready to engage in a comprehensive bilateral dialogue in an atmosphere free from terror and violence."
"Pakistan claims to be the greatest victim of terrorism. This is far from truth. The international community is well acquainted with the reality that Pakistan is the nerve centre of terrorism."
It added, "It is regrettable that the Pakistani prime minister has insinuated that India's response to the terrorist attack is determined by the forthcoming General Election. India rejects this false allegation. India's democracy is a model for the world which Pakistan would never understand. We demand Pakistan to stop misleading the international community and take credible and visible action against the perpetrators of Pulwama terrorist attack and other terrorists and terror groups operating from areas under their control."
Imran Rejects Link Between Pakistan & Pulwama Attack
Reacting to the Pulwama attack of 14 February for the first time, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, 19 February, said anybody using Pakistan to attack India, is their enemy as well.
In a live statement, he rejected any links of his country to the attack.
Centre Decides to Stop India's Share of Water to Pak: Gadkari
"It is in our interest that nobody from our soil spreads violence. I want to tell Indian government that we will take action if evidence is found against anyone from Pakistan," he said, adding that Pakistan has nothing to gain from the Pulwama incident.
He said the Indian government should engage in talks and discussion and warned that Pakistan will retaliate if India considers attack.
"If you (Indian government) attack us then we too will retaliate. We all know starting a war is in the hands of humans, where it will lead us only God knows. This issue should be solved through dialogue," he said.
"We hope India takes a cue from Afghanistan dialogue and participates in talks," he also said.
Pulwama Mastermind, 2 JeM Militants Killed as 16-Hr Encounter Ends
He further stressed that Pakistan is moving towards embracing a 'new mindset' and is looking to recover from the menace of terrorism. "Pakistan is a country that has been affected most due to terrorism. We have lost 70,000 lives in 15 years. We are marching towards stability at the moment," he said.
The Pakistan PM clarified that he had refrained from making a statement on the issue earlier, as that would have shifted the focus from Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Sultan's visit to his country.
Published: 19 Feb 2019, 2:18 PM IST

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Today's the last day of teaching for Barb! I haven't written about her plans before because I know her sneaky students read my blog and I didn't want to give them anything to talk about. (Suckers!) She's starting a tutoring business called "My Personal English Teacher" for one-on-one work with middle-school-age and up students, particularly focused on writing. Fortunately the ETS played right into our hands by adding an essay portion to the SAT.

Initially she was worried about getting enough clients but I wasn't too concerned. She's a great teacher and many of the parents (and other teachers) think she's fabulous. And since she's taught at a religious private school she's hooked into a tight-knit community. As a result she's already got a number of clients without doing any advertising or anything, just word-of-mouth. I suspect it'll continue that way.

Yes, we already have the domain, but the website isn't so fabulous yet....

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BRISBANE, Australia — There are quite a few rookies at the Commonwealth Games here in Australia, but none of them are quite like Bob Pitcairn.
The Canadian fullbore shooter is making his Games debut at the age of 79, and on Monday he officially became the oldest participant to ever compete at a Commonwealth Games.
At 79 years and nine months, the Chilliwack, B.C., resident topped the record held by Doreen Flanders of England, who participated in lawn bowls at Glasgow 2014 a few weeks after her 79th birthday.
"I feel honoured to set the new age record and grateful that my health and athleticism made it possible for me to be competitive in the Gold Coast Games," Pitcairn says.
For some perspective, Pitcairn was born on Prince Edward Island eight years after the very first Commonwealth Games — then known as the British Empire Games — which were held in Hamilton, Ont., in 1930. Now he's enjoying everything the event has to offer a 79-year-old rookie.
But it's not the first time Pitcairn has been in Brisbane on shooting business — he and his son Donald were here to compete in the World Long Range Rifle Championships in 2015.
Pitcairn began fullbore shooting in 1960, but wasn't able to be a serious contender for the Commonwealth Games until retiring in 1998.
After missing out on a spot for the Manchester Games in 2002, he set his sights on training for Gold Coast 2018. At the last national trials competition, a flawless performance earned him one of the two Canadian entries.
"I've had many successes in international shooting over the years but I consider qualifying for the Canadian fullbore team at Gold Coast 2018 the pinnacle of my long shooting career," Pitcairn says.
Those successes include winning more than 180 first-prize or championship awards in local, provincial, national and international competition, plus induction in both the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Hall of Fame, and the P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame.
Pitcairn began competition in these Games at the Belmont Shooting Centre in Brisbane in the pairs event on Monday, with another Games rookie in Nicole Rossignol.
Rossignol, the only woman to compete at these Games in the pairs and individual fullbore events, credits Pitcairn with helping her prepare for competition.
"I have received a lot of technical support and the sharing of Bob's experience," Rossignol says. "I'm very thankful to have him as my teammate."
The duo sit ninth in the 16-team field after the first day of competition in the Queen's Prize pairs event, which continues on Tuesday.
Pitcairn, who was a commercial pilot before retiring in 1998, likely holds another (albeit unofficial) Games record as the only competitor to foil a hijacking.
On Nov. 29, 1974, Pitcairn was piloting a 737 plane with 120 passengers aboard, which took off from Montreal with planned stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Edmonton.
A passenger held a knife to a member of the crew, demanding to be transported to Cyprus.
Pitcairn calmed the hijacker and told him they would need to refuel the plane in Saskatoon before taking him to his demanded destination.
The pilot returned to the cockpit and radioed ahead, telling authorities to meet the aircraft when it landed in Saskatoon.
Before they landed, the hijacker decided to give himself up, and Pitcairn accompanied him onto the tarmac where RCMP officers swooped in to make the arrest.
The incident didn't deter Pitcairn from flying again — his last flight as a commercial pilot was in May of 1998 from Hong Kong to Vancouver.
Now he's also looking to add one more record as he wants to be the oldest medal winner at a Commonwealth Games, and he'll have another chance when the individual event begins on Wednesday.
"My goal is to stand on the podium," Pitcairn says. "I trained hard, I'm aiming for that, and I am going to get [there]."


The German airline Lufthansa announced new direct flights from Berlin to Malaga, in addition to direct flights to Barcelona, Valencia and Palma de Mallorca.
These new flights will take place from June, since the launch of this new operation will coincide with the opening of the new airport Berlin-Brandenburg 'Willy Brandt'. This infrastructure will allow for the first time that Lufthansa will connect four Spanish cities with non-stop flights to the German capital.
Malaga will have two weekly connections, like Valencia. To Palma de Mallorca are planned six flights a week and to Barcelona seven. In total will be offered from Spain 17 weekly flights to Berlin.
For this project, the airline positioned in the German capital 35 aircrafts of a modern fleet of the latest Airbus generation. Thus Lufthansa plans to expand its flights from Berlin to 49 destinations in Europe, Middle East and North America, among which are included these four Spanish cities.


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Kyle Wiltjer
Kyle Gregory Wiltjer (born October 20, 1992) is a Canadian-American professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He spent two seasons of college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats before transferring to play with the Gonzaga Bulldogs in 2013.[1] A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, he has played for the Canadian national team.
Wiltjer with Kentucky in 2012
No. 33 – Unicaja
Liga ACB
(1992-10-20) October 20, 1992 (age 26)
Canadian / American
Listed height
Listed weight
Jesuit (Beaverton, Oregon)
Kentucky (2011–2013)
Gonzaga (2014–2016)
2016 / Undrafted
→Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Olympiacos
NCAA champion (2012)
Consensus second-team All-American (2015)
AP Honorable Mention All-American (2016)
2× First-team All-WCC (2015, 2016)
WCC Newcomer of the Year (2015)
SEC Sixth Man of the Year (2013)
McDonald's All-American (2011)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Representing Canada
FIBA Americas U-18 Championship
High school careerEdit
Wiltjer attended Jesuit High School in Beaverton, Oregon, where he led the school to three consecutive Oregon state championships.
Wiltjer played in the 2011 McDonald's All-American Game in Chicago. He also played in the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit in his hometown of Portland and in the 2011 Jordan Brand Classic in Charlotte.
College recruiting and careerEdit
Wiltjer was ranked as the No. 18 recruit in the class of 2011 in the ESPNU 100, the No. 25 recruit by Rivals.com, and the No. 22 recruit by Scout.com. He chose to play basketball for the University of Kentucky Wildcats and coach John Calipari on August 28, 2010. He had also considered Kansas, California, Texas, Gonzaga, Georgia Tech, and Wake Forest.
Although he was a 5-star recruit according to all of the recruiting analysts, Kyle Wiltjer never started a game his freshman season at Kentucky, and did not play as many minutes as fellow freshmen Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Marquis Teague. He averaged only 11.3 MPG and 4.8 PPG, although his 3-point percentage was an impressive 42.5%. The Kentucky Wildcats won the 2012 NCAA championship during Wiltjer's freshman year.
Wiltjer began the 2012–13 season as a starter. In his third game of the season, against Lafayette, he accumulated 23 points, 2 assists, and 4 rebounds. However, he would eventually settle into an off-the-bench role, being named the SEC's Sixth Man of the Year.
In April 2013, he had announced he would remain at Kentucky for his junior season. However, he eventually changed his mind, posting a letter on Kentucky's official athletic website on June 23 indicating that he would transfer in order to "compete the way I know I can. ... wherever that may be." A later report indicated that Wiltjer had drawn interest from three of the four Division I programs in his home state of Oregon (Oregon, Oregon State, Portland), Gonzaga, Stanford, and Texas. According to that report, "he left the door open to return to Kentucky if he can't find the right situation."[2] On July 19, multiple media outlets reported that Wiltjer had chosen Gonzaga.[3][4] The transfer became official the next day, when Gonzaga received a signed copy of a financial aid agreement. After sitting out the 2013–14 season due to NCAA transfer rules, he had two remaining seasons of eligibility.[5]
In February 2015 he scored a career-high 45 points against Pacific.[6] Wiltjer led Gonzaga to its second ever Elite Eight appearance and a school record 35-3 record. He was named a Consensus Second-Team All-American, as well as First-Team All-WCC and WCC Newcomer of the Year.[7] In his first season with Gonzaga he appeared in 38 games averaging 16.8 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game and 1.9 assists per game in 27.6 minutes per game.[8] After contemplating forgoing his remaining eligibility to enter the 2015 NBA draft, WIltjer decided to return to Gonzaga for his senior year.[9]
Entering his second season with Gonzaga, Wiltjer was named CBS Sports' preseason player of the year.[10] Sports Illustrated projected Wiltjer as the preseason player of the year, scoring champion, and the top-usage player in all of NCAA Division 1 basketball.[11] He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11.[12]
Houston Rockets (2016–2017)Edit
After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Wiltjer joined the Houston Rockets for the 2016 NBA Summer League.[13] On September 23, 2016, he signed with the Rockets.[14] Wiltjer appeared in four of the Rockets' first 25 games of the 2016–17 season, scoring a total of three points. On December 14, 2016, he scored a season-high seven points in a 132–98 win over the Sacramento Kings.[15] During his rookie season, Wiltjer had multiple assignments with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Rockets' D-League affiliate.[16]
On June 28, 2017, the Los Angeles Clippers acquired Wiltjer, Patrick Beverley, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Darrun Hilliard, DeAndre Liggins, Lou Williams and a 2018 Top 3 Protected first-round pick (which ended up being pick #30) from the Houston Rockets in exchange for Chris Paul.[17] He was later waived by the Clippers on July 15, 2017.[18]
2017–18 seasonEdit
On August 15, 2017, Wiltjer signed with the Toronto Raptors.[19] On October 7 he was waived by the Raptors.[20] On October 21, he signed with the Toronto Raptors' NBA G League affiliate, the Raptors 905.[21]
On October 29, 2017, Wiltjer signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague.[22][23]
On July 3, 2018, Wiltjer signed a one-year deal with Unicaja of the Liga ACB.[24]
Canadian national teamEdit
Canadian junior national teamEdit
As a member of the Canadian Under-18 junior national team, Wilter won a bronze medal at the 2010 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. As a member of the Canadian university national team, he played at the 2013 World University Games.
Canadian senior national teamEdit
With the senior Canadian national basketball team, Wiltjer played at the 2015 Pan American Games, where he won a silver medal.[25]
GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game PIR Performance Index Rating
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
ProfessionalEdit
NBAEdit
Regular seasonEdit
2016–17 Houston 14 0 3.1 .286 .308 .500 .7 .1 .2 .1 .9
Career 14 0 3.1 .286 .308 .500 .7 .1 .2 .1 .9
EuroLeagueEdit
2017–18 Olympiacos 24 2 9.4 .476 .420 .667 1.4 .1 .2 .1 4.5 3.3
Career 24 2 9.4 .476 .420 .667 1.4 .1 .2 .1 4.5 3.3
CollegeEdit
2011–12 Kentucky 40 0 11.6 .438 .432 .815 1.8 0.4 0.1 0.4 5.0
2012–13 Kentucky 33 10 23.8 .421 .367 .810 4.2 1.5 0.4 0.4 10.2
2014–15 Gonzaga 38 37 27.6 .540 .466 .789 6.2 1.9 0.5 0.7 16.8
High schoolEdit
2011 McDonald's All-American team selection
2011 Jordan Brand Classic High School All-American team selection
2011 Nike Hoop Summit World team selection
2011 Gatorade Player of the Year - Oregon
2012 NCAA National Champion - Kentucky
2013 SEC Sixth Man of the Year
2015 WCC Newcomer of the year[7]
2015 First-Team All-WCC[7]
2015 USBWA Second-Team All-American[26]
Wiltjer's father, Greg, is a former Canadian professional basketball player.[27] His paternal half-sister and Greg's daughter, Jordan Adams, is also a former professional player.[28] Both Greg and Adams also represented Canada.[29][30]
List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 145 games played – the only individual on this list to have played at more than one school
^ Graves, Gary (June 23, 2013). "Kentucky F Kyle Wiltjer says he is transferring". CollegeBasketball.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
^ "Kyle Wiltjer may transfer from UK". ESPN.com. June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
^ Goodman, Jeff (July 19, 2013). "Sources: Kyle Wiltjer to Gonzaga". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
^ Borzello, Jeff (July 19, 2013). "Kentucky transfer Kyle Wiltjer headed to Gonzaga". CBSSports.com. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
^ "Kyle Wiltjer Officially Joins Gonzaga Men's Basketball Team". GoZags.com (Press release). Gonzaga Athletics. July 20, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2013. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
^ "Wiltjer's has career-high 45, No. 2 Gonzaga beats Pacific". USAToday.com. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
^ a b c "WCC Announces 2015 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". WCCSports.com. March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
^ "Kyle Wiltjer player profile". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
^ Vecenie, Sam (April 20, 2015). "Gonzaga forward Kyle Wiltjer returning for senior season". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
^ Parrish, Gary (October 6, 2015). "Gonzaga senior Kyle Wiltjer is CBS Sports' Preseason Player of Year". CBSSports.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
^ Winn, Luke (October 13, 2015). "Player of the Year projections: Wiltjer, Simmons a cut above competition". SI.com. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
^ Payne, Terrence (February 11, 2016). "Naismith Trophy midseason list announced". FoxSports.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
^ "Rockets to Compete in Samsung NBA Summer League 2016". NBA.com. July 1, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ "Rockets Announce Training Camp Roster". NBA.com. September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
^ "Kyle Wiltjer 2016-17 Game Log". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
^ "2016-17 NBA Assignments". NBA.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ "Press Release: L.A. Clippers Acquire Seven Players and Draft Pick, Including Beverley, Dekker, Harrell and Williams". NBA.com. June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
^ Charania, Shams (July 15, 2017). "Clippers Waive Kyle Wiltjer". RealGM.com. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
^ "Raptors Sign Kyle Wiltjer". NBA.com. August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
^ "Raptors waive Rautins, Meeks, Wiltjer". Toronto Star. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
^ "Raptors' Kyle Wiltjer: Signs with Raptors' G-League affiliate". CBSSports.com. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Olympiacos signs big man Wiltjer.
^ Συμφώνησε με Γουίλτζερ ο Θρύλος. Olympiacos BC (in Greek). October 29, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ "Wiltjer, first singning of Unicaja / Web Oficial del Unicaja Baloncesto". www.unicajabaloncesto.com. July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
^ Kyle Gregory WILTJER (CAN).
^ "USBWA names 2014-15 All-Americans". SportsWriters.net. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^ "Kyle Wiltjer Bio". GoZags.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
^ "Lobos Center Jordan Adams Selected In 2003 WNBA Draft". Golobos.com. University of New Mexico. April 25, 2003.
^ "Gregory Hilko WILTJER (CAN)". FIBA.
^ "Jordan Adams Smith". Golobos.com. University of New Mexico. November 27, 2012.
Kyle Wiltjer at baskethotel.com
Kyle Wiltjer at esake.gr ‹See Tfd›(in Greek)
Kyle Wiltjer euroleague.net
Kyle Wiltjer at draftexpress.com
Kyle Wiltjer at fiba.com
Kyle Wiltjer at gozags.com
Kyle Wiltjer at nbadraft.net
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Hood Communist
Theory Corner
World Geo-Political
Organizing 101
Africans Must Recognize the Difference Between Marxism and Scientific Socialism
by Inem Richardson
Published Thursday - December 10, 2020
Image of Kwame Nkrumah
Science is important. The masses of African people, as oppressed people, must base our struggle for liberation on scientific knowledge and action. Just because Europeans claim science as their invention does not mean that science belongs to them or that African people ought to reject scientific truth. Our people have been scientists for thousands of years. We knew the laws of science long before Europeans discovered them. The same must be said about scientific socialism.
Amílcar Cabral theorized reafricanization and returning to the source. He also understood dialectical materialism and organized his people for revolution to transform their material conditions and to free themselves from enslavement and Portuguese colonial rule. Perhaps most importantly, he understood the need to create one single unified socialist African state. Amílcar Cabral was in every way a scientist and in every way a man grounded in the reality of Africa and Africans.
People, African and non-African alike, criticize some of our people for cultural nationalism while failing to recognize that it was European chauvinism that our convinced our people that socialism is some sort of "perspective" that the West bestowed upon the world. In part, this is what happens when people use Marxism and scientific socialism as interchangeable terms and fail to recognize the application of scientific socialism within other ideologies such as Nkrumahism, Nkrumahism-Touréism, Cabralism, and other ideologies guiding the objective of revolutionary Pan-Africanism.
As Kwame Ture put it, "we call the laws of gravity Newton's law, but everybody knows that Newton cannot invent that a body falls at the rate of g = 9.807 m/s2. Any man, any woman sitting in Timbuktu just observing the laws of gravity will come to the exact same conclusions as Newton, a body in motion tends to stay in motion unless stopped by an outside force." Gravity is recognized as objective scientific truth. Very few African people dismiss gravity as a European perspective or conspiracy. This is because, while we often do refer to the laws of gravity as Newton's laws, many of our people understand that the ancestors of African, Indigenous, or other colonized people very well may have understood these laws prior to Newton or, if not, would have come to the same conclusions as him later. At the same time, the myth that Europeans were the first to discover science or that they somehow "invented" science serves as a roadblock that prevents a larger number of colonized people from excelling in scientific disciplines. In an identical manner, the myth of Karl Marx as the inventor of socialism prevents our people from pursuing a scientific analysis of their struggles.
We live in a world where there's knowledge of the Lebombo bone, the Ishango bone; the Dogon discovery of the atom; the Dogon discovery of Sirius B; the pyramids, built first in Sudan and then in Egypt; recorded understandings of mathematics and astronomy from the Library of Timbuktu; African fractal architecture across the continent and more. Yet, we are still meant to believe that Europeans invented science and the scientific method.
It is in this same vein that we are supposed to refer to Amílcar Cabral as a Marxist even though he clearly stated that he did not identify as such. We know that Marx could have never conceived of the Bissau Guinean peasantry building a socialist revolution under the conditions in which they did. Yet we MUST give Karl Marx credit where it is undue.
The same can be said about Kwame Nkrumah, who referred to his own ideology as Consciencism or Nkrumahism and who theorized categorial conversion and a form of pan-nationalism that would be unrecognizable to Marx. This is not to say that Consciencism or Nkrumahism draws absolutely nothing from Marx. Nkrumah stated that he was inspired by Hegel, Marx, Lenin, and above all else, Garvey. Yet, there is no rush to label Nkrumah a Garveyite or to give Garvey undue credit for the crux of Nkrumah's work in a way that some are adamant to label Nkrumah a Marxist.
It should be obvious that I do not subscribe to Afrocentrism nor African cultural nationalism, nor do I believe in the existence of what some refer to as African socialism. I organize for revolutionary Pan-Africanism, African liberation and recognize that scientific socialism is universal and belongs to all. My argument is not that we should stop reading Karl Marx. We should read anything and everything we can get our hands on. However, there is no reason to treat Karl Marx as the inventor or the be all end all of socialism while disregarding colonized people who have led successful socialist revolutions or relegating their works to the category of supplementary reading. I do not read Kwame Nkrumah as a supplementary text to better understand Karl Marx. I may read Marx to understand Nkrumah better.
To be clear, some of the ancestors that I admire and learn from the most are Marxist-Leninists. Praise and dedicated study are due to Thomas Sankara, Walter Rodney, Claudia Jones, and many others. Still, let us be honest and acknowledge that there are other scientifically grounded ideologies in the African world and amongst Indigenous and colonized peoples worldwide.
Once there is a broader effort to distinguish Marxism, a specific ideology, and scientific socialism, an objective, and universal truth, it will be easier to organize the African masses and bring them to a revolutionary ideology based on science that speaks to their conditions, their history, and their struggles. Many Africans who are repelled by the word Marxism react to their aversion by subscribing to nonscientific approaches to overcome oppression. It is our task to assure that we do not replicate European chauvinism within our own communities by giving Marx undue credit for a science that does not belong to him and that can be found in other ideologies besides the ones named after him. It is only then that we will be able to reach those of our people that have been driven away.
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Playwright Tanika Gupta doesn't want to be defined by her British Bengali background, nor be restricted by issues of ethnicity. But her new work for radio falls disappointingly flat, neither taking the chance to expand beyond its British Asian setting, nor picking up and running with the Asian themes she chucks into the mix and then drops.
The story is that of a 51-year-old Asian woman, Bindi, who launches a beauty business on the proceeds of a redundancy pay-off. Business start-ups by women are increasing but this is no professional primer. Bindi's response to a grilling by a bank employee about her lack of a business plan is to massage his neck. In the role, Meera Syal is likeable as Bindi, but forced by the script into a faux-sitcom attitude at such points, ramping up her Indian accent, adding a comical edge, as if this somehow erases the need for professional credentials.
Bindi's daughter Anu (Krupa Pattani) is a well-drawn character, a young woman of great intelligence, little self-confidence and few prospects in the jobs market. Bindi cruelly gibes at Anu's facial hair and the subject of Asian hirsutism is alluded to, but the issues raised not explored, likewise the subject of women who lighten their skin.
Gupta's series is well-structured to the 15-minute drama series slot, each episode rising to an entertaining crescendo, but frustratingly fails to scratch the glossy surface. The ludicrous finale, in which Bindi sells the far from beautiful company, will have business women crying into their spreadsheets.


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There is always such an awesome build up and anticipation in the months and weeks leading up to our homegrown urban festival, and it's a bittersweet moment to realize that, once again, it's in the rearview mirror.
This year's festival was a whole month earlier than it has been the past couple years. No explanation was ever given for the time frame change (though there was some speculation) but the bottom line is this: It was crazy hot out there! I can put up with heat, but with the crowd of people and concrete jungle stacked on top of the already 100F-degree sunshine-y weather, it was almost unbearable. Yes, there were hydration stations, and for that I'm most appreciative, but I was still a hot, sweaty, uncomfortable mess. So much so that I only lasted one day, while Cory ran the whole three-day festival marathon.
The absolute highlight for me this year was watching Lindsey Stirling live. She's a stellar musician, but more than that she is an absolute electric performer. Of course, Twenty-One Pilots was amazing (per usual; this is the third time I've seen them perform), and the Art Motel gets better and better every year. We also saw Stevie Wonder perform, and many people think his was the best set of the whole event. One letdown was that I felt like the festival was missing some of its original whimsy this year – things like the hidden Easter eggs, painted bricks and pop-up performances.
And though I'd argue that the musical line-up was the best we've seen from all three years, I'd like to see some major changes in the festival structure for next year. Though the learning and culinary aspects of the festival are still included in Life Is Beautiful, what I'd really like to see is two days of music and then one day of educational talks and culinary demonstrations. I think these two components are severely underrated and overlooked, and I'd like to see more emphasis placed on them.
Nonetheless, Life Is Beautiful is still an awesome festival, and I'm so proud to call Las Vegas my home when it sets up shop downtown. What a beautiful life, indeed.


My first blog- ever- gave you an insight to what drives us authors to write. It's a need a hunger, with many more derivatives!
And when we finally write 'The End' on our manuscripts; we wait hopefully for it to be taken up by a publisher. Thinking, if so, that will be the end of it and we are able to remain safe in our wombat holes typing out more stories for the publisher, and our readers.
Our beautiful friend The Baroness Anette Von Kohorn hosted for me a wonderful book launch under their banner of the 1881 Club.
The 1881 Club is a newly founded International Cultural experience. I was lucky enough to be there at ground level. I'm positive The 1881 Club will be a huge success with membership eagerly sought after.
What makes you write stories and how do you go about it?
Readers and interested parties, always ask me, 'what makes you write stories and how do you go about it? Well, I thought I could answer only for me. But after hearing other author's talk at a writers conference, it seems we all come from the same tribe! You are born with a need, a desire and the drive to write stories. Now some of us are far more academic and therefore literary geniuses.
The first book launch at Pyrmont on the 22/11/2017 was enjoyed immensely by everyone.


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The architecture of Mumbai blends Gothic, Victorian, Art Deco, Indo-Saracenic & Contemporary architectural styles. Many buildings, structures and historical monuments remain from the colonial era. Mumbai, after Miami, has the second largest number of Art Deco buildings in the world.

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Victorian Gothic architecture

Mumbai Architecture came to be present through the British in the 18th and early 19th centuries. At first it was the neoclassical style of architecture but later, the Victorian Gothic style (also known as Gothic revival) came to dominate the city. Where the neoclassical has an orderly monochromatic presence, the Gothic style is expressive, disjointed with surfaces of lives colors, beautified with carved and narrative elements, consisting of flying buttresses, lancet windows and stained glass. At first, due to the immense freed space it obtained, Gothic building only served as churches, as religious buildings built by people of the 11th century. However, soon enough there came a need for public halls, parliament houses, mansions, and the Gothic era was the solution. Indian architects came to analyze this style and represent it and put it into play in relation with the climate, and in relation to society's plans and sensibilities. This style, the blend of Gothic and contemporary styles, is what came to be known as "Mumbai Gothic."

According to writer Jan Morris, "Mumbai is one of the most characteristically Victorian cities in the world, displaying all the grand effrontery of Victorian eclecticism". The British influence on buildings in the city is evident from the colonial era. However, the architectural features include a range of European influences such as German gables, Dutch roofs, Swiss timbering, Romance arches and Tudor casements often inter-fused with traditional Indian features.

Mumbai City Hall was built during the period 1820 and 1835, by Colonel Thomas Cowper. The Fort campus of the University of Mumbai and Rajabai Tower, Saint Xavier's College, The Secretariat, Telegraph Office, Wilson College, and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus are also fine examples of gothic architecture in the city.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is a historic terminal train station and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

The terminus was designed by British architectural engineer Frederick William Stevens in the style of Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture. Its construction began in 1878, in a location south of the old Bori Bunder railway station, and was completed in 1887, the year marking 50 years of Queen Victoria's rule, the building being named, Victoria Terminus.

The station's name was changed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (station code CST) in March 1996 to honour Shivaji, the 17th-century founder of the Maratha Empire, whose name is often preceded by Chhatrapati, a royal title. In 2017, the station was again renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (code CSTM), where Maharaj is also a royal title. However, both the former initials "VT" and the current, "CST", are commonly used.

The terminus is the headquarters of India's Central Railway. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India, serving as a terminal for both long-distance- and suburban trains.

The railway station was built to replace the Bori Bunder railway station, in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai, a prominent port and warehouse area known for its imports and exports. Since Mumbai became a major port city at the time, a bigger station was built to meet its demands, and was named Victoria Terminus, after the then reigning Empress of India, Queen Victoria. The station was designed by the consulting British architect Frederick William Stevens. Work began in 1878. He received ₹1,614,000 (US$23,000) as the payment for his services. Stevens earned the commission to construct the station after a masterpiece watercolour sketch by draughtsman Axel Haig. The final design bears some resemblance to St Pancras railway station in London. GG Scott's plans for Berlin's parliament building had been published four years before, and also has marked similarities to the station's design.

The station took ten years to complete, the longest for any building of that era in Bombay. This famous architectural landmark in a Gothic-revival style was built as the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway.

The station building is designed in the High Victorian Gothic style of architecture. The building exhibits a fusion of influences from Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture and classical Indian architecture. The skyline, turrets, pointed arches, and eccentric ground plan are close to classical Indian palace architecture.

Fort campus of the University of Mumbai
The Rajabai Tower in South Mumbai is located in the confines of the Fort campus of the University of Mumbai, and was constructed between 1869 and 1878. It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, an English architect, and was modeled on Big Ben, the clock tower of the United Kingdom's houses of Parliament in London. The tower stands at a height of 85 m (280 ft) and at the time it was the tallest building in India. The tower fuses Venetian and Gothic styles. It is built out of the locally available buff coloured Kurla stone and stained glass.

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Market

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai(formally Crawford Market) in south Mumbai was named after Arthur Crawford, the first Municipal Commissioner of the city. The building, completed in 1869, was donated to the city by Cowasji Jehangir. In 1882, the building was the first market in India to be lit up by electricity. The edifice is a blend of Norman, Flemish and Gothic architectural styles. The friezes on the outside entrance depicting Indian farmers, and the stone fountains inside, were designed by Lockwood Kipling, father of novelist Rudyard Kipling. The market covers an area of 22,471 sq m (24,000 sq ft) which 5,515 sq m (6,000 sq ft) is occupied by the building itself. The structure was built using coarse buff coloured Kurla stone, with redstone from Vasai.

Watson's Hotel

Watson's Hotel, currently known as the Esplanade Mansion, is located in the Kala Ghoda area of Mumbai and is India's oldest surviving cast iron building. It was named after its original owner John Watson and designed by civil engineer Rowland Mason Ordish, who was also associated with the St Pancras Station in London. The building was fabricated in England between 1867 and 1869 from cast iron components and was assembled and constructed on site. The external cast-iron frame closely resembles other high-profile 19th century buildings such as London's Crystal Palace. The main façade of the hotel is distinguished by wide, open balconies on each floor that connected the guest rooms, which were built around the atrium in a courtyard arrangement.

Neglect of the building has resulted in decay and, despite its listing as a Grade II–A heritage structure, the building is now in a dilapidated state. The condition of the building was publicized by Italian architect Renzo Piano and heritage activists, and as a result of their efforts, the building was listed in June 2005 on the list of "100 World Endangered Monuments" by the World Monuments Fund, a New York-based NGO.

Indo-Saracenic

The Indo-Saracenic style developed in the second half of the 19th century, combining Islamic and Hindu architectural styles with its characteristic domes, arches, stained glasses, spires, and minarets. The Gateway of India and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya are good examples of this architectural type in the city.

Gateway of India
The Gateway of India is one of the major monuments in the city, located in the Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai. It is a distinct  high arch built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. Many elements of the arch are derived from the Islamic architectural styles of 16th century Gujarat, the pillars are derived from the design of Hindu temples and the design of the Gateway's windows derive from Islamic architecture.

The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Mumbai, prior to the Delhi Durbar, in December 1911. The foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1911, by Governor of Bombay Sir George Sydenham Clarke, and the final design of George Wittet was sanctioned in August 1914. The foundations were completed in 1920, and construction was finished in 1924. The building got the name the Gateway of India, because in the colonial era the Europeans entered India from this location, it was normally the first thing they would see while entering the country.

Taj Hotel
The Taj Mahal Palace hotel resort was commissioned by Tata and first opened its doors to guests on 16 December 1903. The original Indian architects were Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D. N. Mirza, and the project was completed by an English engineer W. A. Chambers. The cost of construction was £250,000 (£127 million today). During World War I, the hotel was converted into a 600-bed hospital. The dome of the hotel is made from the same steel as used in the Eiffel Tower. Jamsedti Tata imported the same steel during that time. The hotel was the first in India to install and operate a steam elevator.

Art Deco

The Deco period began in 1910 when Art Nouveau slid out of fashion. Art deco's linear symmetry was a distinct departure from the flowing asymmetrical organic curves of its predecessor style art nouveau. Art Deco is an eclectic style and designers drew inspiration from many sources.  Artifacts from Ancient Egypt and Greece, Meso-America, Africa, Japan and China that had all been influential. Cubism, Orphism, Futurism and Constructivism provided an abstract, geometric language that was quickly assimilated into the Deco style and the high styles of European tradition continued to provide inspiration.
Art Deco had a unique impact in America, especially in New York. Skyscrapers such as the Chrysler Building became icons of the new style, while jazz became the music of the city. The popularity of Hollywood films did much to promote Art Deco to an international audience worldwide.

Art Deco is one of Mumbai's least noticed architectural styles, though Mumbai and its suburbs possibly have the largest number of Art Deco buildings in the world. Art Deco in India (and especially in Mumbai) evolved into a unique style that came to be called Deco-Saracenic. Essentially, it was a combination of the Islamic and the Hindu architectural styles. The main features of the Indo Saracenic Style were the construction of domes, arches, spires, stained glasses and minarets. The interiors have Victorian influences while the exterior was Indian. Deco details touch every architectural aspect – lamps, flooring, wood paneling, lifts, railings and grills, muntins, chhajjas or weather shades, plinth copings and mouldings, cornices, verandahs and balconies, bronze and stainless steel fittings, brackets, etched glass, ornamental sculptures that extended to names carved out in giant letters, facades that are very airy and built in stepped -back style, etc.
Mumbai's Art Deco stands out not only because it uses the easy blend of Deco-Saracenic but also because architects have used a variety of materials to express design freely. For instance, many buildings have been constructed entirely out of reinforced cement concrete but has a facing of Malad stone. Bharat Tiles, India's oldest tile manufacturers, also played an integral part in the shaping of Art Deco interiors. Some of the most visited architectural sites in Mumbai are:
 The Mahalakshmi Temple
 The Jahangir Art Gallery
 The High Court
 The General Post Office
 The Flora Fountain
 Regal Cinema

Art Deco architecture in Mumbai developed during the 1930s and produced distinctly angular shaped buildings with facades. Mumbai has the second largest number of Art Deco buildings in the world. The Art Deco style is also extremely popular amongst various Cinema halls that sprung up in the early to mid 20th Century including Metro Cinema, Eros Cinema, Liberty Cinema and even Regal Cinema.  Eros Cinema is a typical art deco building, designed by architect Sohrabji Bhedwar. The foundation of Eros Cinema was laid in 1935. The cinema opened in 1938 and construction of this building on the then newly reclaimed Backbay plot housing shops and other businesses, apart from the cinema, took about two and a half years to complete. Partially faced with red Agra sandstone, this building is painted cream. The two wings of this Art Deco building meet up in a central block. The foyer is in white and black marble with touches of gold. Marble staircases with chromium handrails lead up to the upper floor. The murals are in muted colours depicting Indian architectures.

The Metro Inox Cinemas, located on Mahatma Gandhi Road, at Dhobitalao Junction is also a good example of the Art Deco style of architecture that appeared in the 1930s in the city. The cinema features mainly Bollywood and Hollywood films.

Contemporary architecture and development

As the wealthiest city in India, Mumbai attracts an enormous amount of international investment and has seen a large number of modern high-rise office buildings and flats spring up in recent decades. In many parts of the city, particularly the newer suburbs, modern buildings dominate the landscape away from the old part of the city. Mumbai has by far the largest number of skyscrapers in India, with 956 existing buildings and 272 under construction and many more planned as of August 2009. The tallest skyscrapers in Mumbai include the Palais Royale, The Imperial, and One Avighna Park.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) was established in 1974 by the Government of Maharashtra to manage the planning and co-ordination of development activities in the city and to overlook the architectural development of the city.

In 1995 the Heritage Committee in Mumbai was established and, unifying architects, historians and citizens to preserve the city's tradition architectural heritage. A grading system has since been used under the heritage regulations to categorize buildings according to importance: the most important landmarks of national significance are categorized as Heritage Grade I, buildings of regional importance as Heritage Grade II and buildings of urban importance as Heritage Grade III.

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Cardinals' Yadier Molina pauses behind home plate at a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, May 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Opinion | Why I have no problem with Yadier Molina's Instagram rant
Molina should be himself. All the time. Why sugarcoat a personality that the masses have come to love?
Author: Dan Buffa
Published: 2:25 PM CDT July 9, 2019
Updated: 2:25 PM CDT July 9, 2019
This just in! Yadier Molina is a person. A human being, with blood and feelings running through his veins.
I wouldn't classify this as breaking news, but sometimes the line between professional athlete and a regular person can become black and white fragments instead of a blurred image.
RELATED: Cards' Molina shares expletive-laced Instagram post calling out play that injured fellow catcher
This week, Houston Astros' Jake Marisnick collided hard with Los Angeles Angels' catcher Jonathan Lucroy. There was an elbow to head ending to the violent crash, which divided critics into their various groups. Some didn't mind it, calling the collision old school baseball. Others weren't a fan, saying it had no part in this game. Others were indifferent. Molina was livid in his opposition.
In what is becoming the official Yadier Molina outlet, Instagram is where he took his tirade to. Very few of his words are publishable here, but let's just say he was hot-headed and emotional. Once again, things that human beings are a lot of their life, more than they would admit to. He wanted MLB to take action on the play, saying Marisnick should have slid instead of colliding into Lucroy, who used to be Molina's rival with the Milwaukee Brewers a few years ago.
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There were other words used, and Molina responded with more vigor. Astros' pitcher Justin Verlander chimed in, calling the post "fake news," to which Molina responded with more fire.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the same fire he showed in January when Kris Bryant called St. Louis boring. The same thing. Molina doesn't mince words when he talks or posts, and I have no problem with that.
Peaceful minds won out on Monday night as Molina deleted the post, replacing it with an apologetic one that sat well with the elders and old-fashioned minds of baseball lore. I don't think he had to delete one thing. Why? So, we can have a more crowd-pleasing version of #4? One that fits in with the hearts and minds of everyone, including kids? That, my friends, is boring.
Molina should be himself. All the time. Why sugarcoat a personality that the masses have come to love? We embraced it in January, but add a few naughty words, and it's no good this time. Let's not go Two Face on a future Hall of Famer.
What if kids read it? First, if kids are on Instagram, they need to get off the social media app and grab a book. Teenagers and adults should be on Instagram, and they know language and its usage.
What would Stan Musial think? Don't be so fast to answer that. Do you really think good old Stan was a 100% rosy fella who had no fire? Either way, I don't care what Stan thinks. It's not his game anymore. The world has changed, so if people could be less offended by it, that would be nice for everybody. If we are speaking about Cardinal legends, what would the stern Bob Gibson have to say about it? I bet he'd like it, but that's just a guess.
Baseball may be a kid's game, but Molina and others play an adult version of it. It's a different level than the little league one you coach. He has kids, so I am sure he will chat with them about what he said. If my son Vinny asks about it, I will tell him what I have for a couple years. There's adult language and you don't get to use that until you are old enough to pay bills or at least drive a car. With age comes responsibility to decipher what is right or wrong. My kid isn't on Instagram and wouldn't use profanity. He knows better.
I don't think Molina's language should be examined as closely as his actions. What about teaching kids the wise traits of standing up for your own people? He stood tall for St. Louis in January. He stood the same height for his catchers this week.
It's the same ferociously unapologetic guy that St. Louis has come to adore over his 16-year career. Why censor it so an imaginable kid who shouldn't be on social media doesn't see it?
Molina deleted the post, but he still means what he said. We live in a day and age of guarded, fragile, and far-too-young end of innocence. It's sad and weakening. Molina was mad and wanted to speak out about it. Here's the thing. I didn't mind the collision. While the runner did go for the body, it wasn't malicious. Lucroy was pulled up the line for the throw, and Marisnick couldn't stop his momentum and wanted to dislodge the ball.
If he is suspended, I wouldn't be surprised or give too much care towards the decision. I do think MLB will fine him and possibly suspend him a game, but that's it. The whole thing will blow over. Before you say it, I have never caught a game behind the plate in my life, so don't throw that baloney at me. We are all willing and worthy observers of this game.
Yadier Molina got hot on Instagram, and I am all here for it. He's one of the best catchers to ever play the game, and he's also human. Deal with it or stay off social media.


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After fan tears of agony, tears of joy for Quaresma, Ronaldo, Portugal
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Portugal hasn't overwhelmed anyone, but a path to the Euro 2016 final is opening up for Cristiano Ronaldo & Co.
By Ben Lyttleton
For Cristiano Ronaldo, the dream is still alive. For the rest of us watching Portugal vs. Croatia in Euro 2016's round of 16, it was a nightmare of a match, not that anyone in Portugal will mind. When substitute Ricardo Quaresma headed the ball into the goal from one yard out, four minutes before the end of extra time, it came after the game's first shot on goal. The final four minutes had more excitement than the previous 116, and they confirmed Portugal's 1-0 victory and place in the quarterfinals.
It began, like so many other goals this tournament, at the other end. Croatia, whose efforts on goal had been reduced to long, off-target shots, hit the post with Ivan Perisic's header. It was the first time Croatia had committed players forward and Portugal was quick to respond; Renato Sanches led the counter, passed to Nani, whose defense-splitting pass found Ronaldo in space.
Ronaldo smashed his shot at Danijel Subasic, whose parry fell into the path of the joyful Quaresma. The winger made no mistake, but it was not quite game over. There was still time for Croatia to fashion one more chance, but Domagoj Vida hooked the ball just wide of the post with the last kick of the game, his third near-make of the day.
Cristiano Ronaldo's roller-coaster Euro group stage ends with heroics
This was hardly an encounter to strike fear into quarterfinal opponents Poland. It was so cautious that it broke records: neither goalkeeper had a save to make in those opening 116 minutes. Considering Ronaldo alone hit 32 shots in the three group games, that takes some doing.
The last time he played for Real Madrid and did not have a shot on goal was back in May 2014.
England fans–and, according to reports, its coaching staff–were pleased to avoid Portugal at this stage after Iceland's last-minute winner, but they might have wanted to reconsider (for many, not for the first time this week) after watching that display. This Portugal side is stodgier than it should be considering it has one of the world's best players.
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Ronaldo's night was summed up after 80 minutes. He passed to William Carvalho as Portugal attacked toward the left side of the penalty area. Carvalho lofted a smart chipped ball over the top for Ronaldo to run onto, but for some reason the captain, who had been a willing runner all night, had stopped. For a moment, you wondered what Ronaldo's reaction would be: a pout, a fist punched into the ground, or an encouraging clap? In the end, it was the latter.
It said it all that Ronaldo's best header in the area came in his own box, when he cleared a late free kick from Ivan Rakitic. And yet, 12 years after appearing in the Euro 2004 final as a 19-year-old, weeping after Greece's surprise victory, this surely represents his best chance of another final.
He has come close to a final a few times since, helping Portugal reach a World Cup semifinal for the first time, in 2006, after his quarterfinal penalty knocked out England. At Euro 2012, Ronaldo was left frustrated when Spain won their semifinal on penalties before the striker, who had chosen to kick fifth, could step up.
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After Poland, Portugal would face Wales or the winner of Hungary vs. Belgium for a place in the Euro 2016 final. Talk about the draw opening up: Portugal has yet to beat a team inside 90 minutes in France, having drawn all three group games against Iceland, Austria and Hungary.
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Ronaldo won't care about that. He has already broken one record in France; his goals against Hungary made him the first player to score in four successive Euro tournaments. He also needs one more to equal the competition's all-time top scorer Michel Platini's total of nine.
And then there is the small matter of Ronaldo's chief individual rival, Lionel Messi, playing in the Copa America final this weekend for Argentina against Chile.
As Messi closes in on an international title, how much would Ronaldo love to do the same?
After finishing third in its group, Portugal is now two games from the final. For Ronaldo, the prize is in sight. Yet Poland has little to fear.
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University of Alberta Pandas book their spot in Canada West Final
Updated: February 25, 2019 9:32 AM MST
University of Alberta Pandas' Amy Boucher (13) is stopped by the Saskatchewan Huskies' goalie Jessica Vance (30) during Game 2 of their semifinal series, in Edmonton Saturday Feb. 23, 2019. David Bloom / Postmedia
The University of Alberta Pandas women's hockey team moved on to the Canada West final by sweeping the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in a best-of-three series.
The Pandas defeated the Huskies 2-1 on Saturday at Clare Drake Arena in Game 2 of the series. Regan Wright and Cayle Dillon scored for the Pandas in the victory, while goaltender Kirsten Chamberlin made 24 saves.
Morgan Willoughby scored and Jessica Vance made 22 saves for the Huskies.
The Pandas won Game 1 of the series 2-0 on Friday. Alex Poznikoff and Amy Boucher scored in the win and Chamberlin made 17 saves to collect the shutout.
The Pandas will host the Canada West best-of-three final next weekend at Clare Drake Arena. They have also earned a spot at the 2019 U Sports national championship, March 15-17 hosted by the University of Prince Edward Island.
The Golden Bears hockey team, meanwhile, moved on to the Canada West final with a sweep of the University of Calgary Dinos.
The Bears defeated the Dinos 6-3 in Game 2 of the series Saturday. They won Game 1, 3-1 on Friday.
Grayson Pawlenchuk had two goals, Brandon Magee, Jayden Hart, Riley Kieser and Stephane Legault scored for Alberta.
With the win, the two-time Canada West defending champion Bears advance to their seventh straight conference final. The No. 1 seeded Saskatchewan Huskies will host the conference final next weekend in Saskatoon.
On the volleyball court, the Pandas force a third and deciding match Sunday with a straight sets victory against the Thompson Rivers WolfPack.
The Pandas won 25-20, 25-22 and 26-16. Kory White and Julia Zonneveld led the way with 10 kills each.
Game 3 is Sunday (1 p.m.) at the Saville Community Sports Centre.
University of Alberta Pandas Jess Stroud and Julia Zonneveld watch as Thomson Rivers Wolfpack's Olga Savenchuk hits the ball past them during women's volleyball playoff action on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in Edmonton. Greg Southam / Postmedia
The Bears volleyball team was eliminated by Thompson Rivers, falling in five sets, 19-25, 25-23, 25-25, 16-25 and 2-15 in Game 2 of the best-of-three series. Tary Sani had 18 kills for the Bears in the loss.
The last time the Bears were swept in a playoff series at home was in 2001 against the Calgary Dinos.
On the basketball court, the Bears staved off elimination forcing a third-and-deciding Game 3 Sunday with a 92-86 win against the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds on Saturday.
Brody Clarke led the way offensively with 22 points and nine rebounds.


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Kenmore East's JP Giordano delivers a flying check to the midsection of Williamsville East's William Mann (12) during the first period of play at the Northtown Center. Photo by Nick LoVerdePurchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com The Kenmore East boys Federation hockey team enters the 2015-16 campaign with a talented and experienced lineup that should allow the team to challenge for a Section VI championship.
The question for this team, according to head coach Kyle Pray, will be how the chemistry of the lines and defensive pairings come together and that they consistently produce offensively throughout the season.
Up front, the team is led by AJ Marinelli, Trevor Pray and Anthony Tulipane.
Marinelli was the leading scorer in Division II last year.
Pray returns to the lineup after spending last year with the Buffalo Junior Sabres 16U team.
Tulipane played last season for the Buffalo Regals team coached by former Sabre enforcer Matt Barnaby.
All three of these players are very skilled up front and will be counted on to produce not only at full strength but on the power play as well. All three of them are Seniors. Pray and Tulipane are Captains.
Senior Gage Holler, junior Justin Watson and sophomore Russ Riggio are three forwards that will be essential to the Bulldogs' success.
Holler is a good two way player that can create offense and kill penalties. Justin Watson has outstanding hands around the net and was a top goal scorer last year in Division II. Russ Riggio is a playmaking forward who sees the ice well and can finish at the same time.
Coach Pray has been very happy with the play of senior forwards Alex Bluff and Chad Diaz, along with junior Adam Smith and sophomore Danny Spors.
Bluff is big and strong and can take the puck to the net. Diaz is quick and tenacious and is strong on the forecheck.
Smith has stepped up his play and has been strong down low around the net and with speed to the outside. Spors has stepped in at both offense and defense and has done a good job filling these roles.
He is a smart player that makes the right decisions on the ice.
Two of the best all around players in the league are senior defensemen Cullen Smyth and Joey Spataro.
Smyth is a strong. fluent skater that can jump into the offense but at the same time be very steady on the back line. He will help anchor the power play and be a major part of the penalty kill. Smyth is also one of the three captains. Spataro is also a fluent skater who carries the puck well.
He plays both on the power play and penalty kill. He will be counted on to defend the opponents top lines and to transition the puck quickly on the offensive front.
Junior Sam Balisteri and senior JP Giordano are a very good defensive pair and work well together. Giordano brings a physical presence to the game and has a strong shot from the point.
Balesteri is physical, very good at handling the puck and sees the open players transitioning up ice. He was awarded a player of the game award recently in the Potsdam Tournament.
Juniors Jacob Kluge and Ryan Hahn round out the defense. Kluge continues to improve his play and is starting to make better puck decisions. Hahn is a promising freshman with good overall skills and, as he continues to develop, will play a larger role in the Bulldog defense.
The Bulldogs are very strong in goal. Brad Hermann helped lead the squad to the sectional final last year. He returns this year and is experienced and is ready to face many of the tough opponents the Bulldogs will take on this year.
Chase Ford is a solid goaltender who moves well and the Bulldogs will depend on him for many games throughout the season. Junior Dave Hahn is steadily making progress and rounds out a goaltending trio that Coach Pray feels confident can lead the team to a successful season. Hermann was in net last February when the Bulldogs played four overtime periods with Hamburg in the Section semi-finals.
The Bulldogs are coached this year by Kyle Pray and assisted by Mike Kluge, Tom Diehl and Jim Kluge.
The team is off to a 1-2 start. East lost its opener to rival Williamsville East 2-1.
"I was not happy with our play. Will East deserved to win the game. We were slow on our feet and showed little urgency until late in the game," said Pray.
On their annual trip up north, The Bulldogs finished second in the Potsdam Tournament. They defeated Potsdam, 5-3, as Trevor Pray had two goals and one assist and Sam Balisteri had two goals.
Chase Ford got the win between the pipes.
In the final, East lost to Canton 1-0 despite out shooting them 29-13. Canton scored with one second left in the game. Brad Hermann stopped 12 of 13 between the pipes.
The Bulldogs will play Clarence on Thursday and Frontier on Saturday in league play.


The Melbourne-based duo empowers black and indigenous peoples, dismantles white supremacy, and uses the simultaneous force and quiet of their sound to heal.
Last year, I saw the doom/neoclassical duo, Divide and Dissolve, play at a house show—the Melbourne-based, Geelong-Texan band were, finally, on tour. Their set was in a Florida room that felt divorced from the rest of the house as if it were merging into the backyard; it was late spring and uncomfortably warm and their music, I think, prodded some of the early-budding mangos off the trees. They're heavy, sitting somewhere between drone and doom metal and an ambience that's less categorical genre than earthly vibration; the songs are big, at once meandering and deliberate, occasionally infused with an eerie saxophone. Afterward, I had a hard time engaging in normal party banter, feeling as though I'd been transported elsewhere.
Heavy music has a way of taking up actual physical space (you can feel it in your bones), which is important for Divide and Dissolve. Comprised of Takiaya Reed and Sylvie Nehill, the band is resolved to dismantle the dangerous, brutally racist attitudes so pervasive in the scene and, in turn, assist in the decolonization of the spaces they occupy—and everywhere else. They just finished another massive tour; a flyer for their Alaskan shows listed locations by their indigenous names, and the band played in territories traditionally occupied by Dena'ina, Tanana Athabascan, and Qutekcak peoples. Along the way, Reed and Nehill met folks on a similar path, musicians, artists, and mental health practitioners alike—this type of healing work is collective.
Their latest album, BASIC, starts with "BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL," a tense, melodic opener, and ends with "CRIMES OF THE FUTURE," a poem by artist Minori Sanchiz-Fung, which she recites over soft wind sounds and a rich guitar line. The poem is a descriptive warning of the systemic, racist sickness that intentionally creates criminals and utilizes the prison system as a kind of legalized slavery for black, brown, and indigenous people: "The society that creates crime will not want to witness it/feeling that that itself is a crime…More and more people will be usurped by crime/to make the idea of crime more uncomfortable to the society." When artists extricate themselves from caring about the world, it feels irresponsible. Divide and Dissolve not only have a mission to offer reclamation and healing but create space for others to do it, too.
On one of the last dates of their tour, while the two were still in Alaska and had just woken up, I spoke to Reed and Nehill over the phone about their travels, their songwriting process, and what's to come.
How is the tour going, especially right now in Alaska?
Reed: We're having an amazing time right now, receiving so much inspiration and learning so much. We keep meeting incredible people out here. We happened to meet a bunch of young people doing amazing things—young people who are people of color, black and indigenous people of color, doing amazing work. It's been really special.
We've been meeting a lot of black and indigenous mental health practitioners, too. That work is so important—for people of color to be providing mental health care and facilitating healing and being able to provide a different perspective in the health care field. It's inappropriate to say that people of color don't go to metal shows. People have been showing up and it's been incredible. Lots of people have been coming to be supportive.
You used to deal with a lot of hostile rhetoric—online and offline, often assuming you weren't even in a band. Has that changed?
Reed: If people don't know that I'm in my band at the beginning of the night, they definitely know by the end of the night.
Nehill: It's different at every show, really. Not all shows are the same in that way. We ask to be respected during each show. We ask for people to be quiet and sometimes —no, actually, quite often that happens, which is really cool. A lot of people say that that can't happen at a metal show, where everyone becomes quiet.
You're not exactly a metal band, either.
Reed: No. We are for sure a neo-classical heavy band.
Nehill: We don't really identify as metal, but for some reason, it feels important to play to people who appreciate heavy music.
Reed: It's really important for us to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land that we're on every single night, where we're playing, and to acknowledge that people are still experiencing terrible things. We're trying to open up space to talk about this kind of stuff.
Have you encountered people doing that same kind of work in Australia, too, which has also been heavily stripped of its history by colonizers?
Reed: Yeah, there's a lot of important and cool people throwing down in so-called Australia and so-called United States. People are doing incredible work. Genocide is occurring in both places on tremendous levels, and I guess because of social and governmental structures, it plays out in slightly different ways, but people are still dying in both places and people are still experiencing erasure and assimilation and a physical extermination, as well. There are lots of parallels to be drawn.
I think that's why it's important that there is a physicality to your music, for it to literally take up space.
Reed: The experience of our music is incredibly intentional. And we both have different processes of making it.
Nehill: When we come together to make music, we do a lot of the same things. In a short period, we'll spend a lot of time together and do everything we can together to get on the same page. But then, I don't know—separately, we come from our own kind of places, musically. My drumming is really physical and responsive and fluid. I'm not necessarily trying to be influenced by other music; I'm trying to respond in a moment and trying to be as heavy as possible. I'm trying to be heavy!—but also to flow.
Reed: When we come together, I feel completely lost in all of our energy. When we play and when we're done, I ask myself, "Whoa, what happened?" every single time. Time, space—they have different types of feelings when we play.
Have you been able to write and work together while you're touring at all?
Nehill: We're working on some stuff right now, and we've got a couple of days off. We're working on stuff whenever we get a chance, but actually, we haven't had that chance. We've only had a day.
Reed: One very special day! This is part of the process, too, though—talking about it. There are a lot of different aspects of writing.
There is a romanticism to being on the road, too, physically encountering the traumatic histories contained in the landscape. There is a lot of information to be gleaned from walking on the land.
Reed: Absolutely. I think it would be impossible for us to not be inspired by the landscape and what we learn. We're hanging out with a lot of different people and along the way, we learn so many different stories about where we are. You can do as much research as you want, but when you go to a place and meet a person and hear a story that's been passed down to them through their ancestors, you won't be able to read about that on Google. It's most certainly inspiring us, both in writing and in all the things we do.