Mohamed Ali is known for his daring investigative reports. He tells SHIRLEY GENGA about his work-life balancing act
Who is Mohammed Ali?
I am G*d fearing man. I believe in myself, if you do not believe in you who will believe in you? I do my work without expecting favours or praises, I simply do what I do because I love it. There are those who say that I have maringo or that I am arrogant; I think people misinterpret my frank nature as arrogance; with me what you see is what you get with me. If I can help I will help but if I am unable I will tell you to your face. I am not two-faced. That helps me live a very peaceful life.
As an investigative journalist you get to cover a lot of dark and gut wrenching and even hopeless stories, how do you ensure you do not carry them home?
It all started in 2008 and at first the stories I did would haunt me long after I left work. It got so bad that I would have nightmares but I had to teach myself to separate work from my personal life or it would destroy me. These days I know where to draw the line, I know what to carry home with me and what to leave at work.
Who is at home?
My wife and children. I have been married for five years. Marriage is everything, it changes your life completely, in fact its half the religion. I am very protective of my family, I believe in respecting my familys privacy, because I am the one who has chosen this life not my wife or my children I go out of my way to protect them so they can live a normal life.
How do you deal with the threats?At first we were very scared but over time you get used to it and become hardened.
And your wife, how does she take it?
Shes very supportive of what I do. She knows that its not my story that Im telling...that its the peoples story and if it can help somebody then I should go for it. But she does get discouraged. She sometimes asks me, if you are telling them the truth and they dont want to listen, why are you doing this? She gets worried as my wife and as the mother of my children. Sometimes she wants me to do something else.
What was it like to be a dad for the first time?
Holding a baby was a new thing in my life. I was scared to hold her for more than a minute. But when you have a second baby, it gets easier. You understand more about babies and their needs.
What do you think about Valentines Day?
It is a western thing and it is childish. It is not African. Love is 24/7. Every day. Love has no specific date.
DETROIT Gordie Howe, the rough-and-tumble Canadian farm boy whose boundless blend of talent and toughness made him the NHLs quintessential star during a career that lasted into his 50s, died Friday. The man forever known as Mr. Hockey was 88.
Mr Hockey left peacefully, beautifully, and w no regrets, Murray Howe said in a text to The Associated Press. He said his father died simply of old age, not another stroke.
We are celebrating the life of a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and a friend to all, the family in a statement sent by the Detroit Red Wings, Howes longtime team which also confirmed that Howe died in Sylvania, Ohio, at the home of Murray Howe.
Howe shattered records, threw elbows and helped the Red Wings win four Stanley Cups, becoming an idol to Wayne Gretzky and countless others while also helping the sport attract American fans in a development key the NHLs growth. With finesse and a heavy dose of grit, the Hockey Hall of Famer set NHL records with 801 goals and 1,850 points mostly with the Red Wings that held up until Gretzky came along.
The Great One himself left no doubt what he thought of Howe.
Unfortunately we lost the greatest hockey player ever today, but more importantly the nicest man I have ever met, Gretzky tweeted.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman lauded the incomparable Howe as a remarkable athlete with incredible longevity.
In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, hockey great Gordie Howe acknowledges a standing ovation from the crowd as he watches the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks play during an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gordie Howe, the hockey great who set scoring records that stood for decades, has died. He was 88.
Gordies commitment to winning was matched only by his commitment to his teammates, to his friends, to the Red Wings, to the city of Detroit and above all to his family, Bettman said. Sending our thoughts and prayers to the Howe family and to the millions of hockey fans who like me loved Gordie Howe. RIP Mr. Hockey.
Howe suffered a stroke in late October 2014 while at his daughters home in Lubbock, Texas, losing some function on the right side of his body. He suffered another stroke a short time later and family members said chronic back pain, advanced stages of dementia and high blood pressure were taking a toll. The body Howe relied on as an athlete stayed relatively strong, but memory loss became a problem that family members noticed before the death of their mother, Colleen, in 2009.
A year before his death, Murray Howe said, his father was comfortable and happy after having another round of stem cell therapy in Mexico. Howe participated in a clinical trial, which the family credited with helping him walk and do some of things he enjoyed, including making people laugh. The previous year before starting stem cell therapy, Howe told his family he wanted to die.
Mr. Hockey was a giant of the game and no list of the NHLs greatest players has him anywhere but near the top alongside players like Bobby Orr, Maurice Richard, Mario Lemieux, Guy Lafleur, Bobby Hull and Gretzky. Like few others, Howes impact on the game stretched over decades.
Howe was also so famously fierce that a Gordie Howe Hat Trick became synonymous with the combination of having a goal, an assist and a fight in one game.
Besides the four Cups, the talented right winger won six Hart Trophies as NHL MVP and six Art Ross Trophies as the leagues top scorer. Howe began playing for the Red Wings in 1946, leading them to seven straight first-place finishes in the regular season. He was a part of what was known as The Production Line with fellow future Hall of Famers Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel during his 25-year run with the franchise.
When Gordie came into the NHL, hockey was a Canadian game. He converted it into a North American game, former NHL President Clarence Campbell said when Howe retired the first time in 1971 because he was playing with arthritis in his left wrist and for a last-place team.
Howes wife orchestrated a plan to get Mr. Hockey back on the ice two years later. She helped him live his dream of playing professional hockey with sons Mark and Marty in the World Hockey Association. And at age 45, Howe still had it. He scored 31 goals and had 69 assists, was named MVP of the NHLs rival league and led the Aeros to the 1973 WHA title a run that was the focus of a movie: Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story.
Howe had 41 points for the Hartford Whalers during the 1979-80 season in what was his 26th and final year in the NHL.
FILe In this Nov. 1, 2000, file photo, hockey legend Gordie Howe speaks to the media before the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fames 27th Annual Enshrinement Dinner at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. Gordie Howe, the hockey great who set scoring records that stood for decades, has died. He was 88. Son Murray Howe confirmed the death Friday, June 10, 2016, texting to The Associated Press: Mr Hockey left peacefully, beautifully, and w no regrets. (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, File)
When Howe finally retired for good from the NHL, he was 52 and Gretzky was a rookie. With a single shift with the Detroit Vipers in the International Hockey League in 1997, Howe played professionally in a sixth decade at the age of 69.
He referred to his play as poetry in slow motion late in his career, a far cry from his score-and-smash style in his 20s, 30s and early 40s.
Howe handled his business with his elbows and fists almost as often as he did with wrist and slap shots. He ranked among the NHL leaders in penalty minutes three times, spending 100-plus minutes in the penalty box during those seasons. When he resumed playing as a parent with sons on the same sheet of ice, opponents often found out not to mess with his boys.
If I can skate, Ill get even, Howe once said.
Howe needed more than 400 stitches to close cuts, lost several teeth, broke ribs and his nose. He had a serious head injury in 1950 that led to emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. Despite the blood and broken bones, he didnt miss many games during his NHL-record, 1,767-game career and played in all 80 during his final season.
Youve got to love what youre doing, Howe once said. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.
Mark Howe said his father was the toughest, meanest guy Ive ever seen on a pair of skates, and thats why he was able to play for decades.
No one in their right mind ever wanted to tangle with him, Lindsay has said. Gordie had a lethal pair of elbows, was strong as a moose and knew every angle.
Gordon Howe was born March 31, 1928, in tiny Floral, Saskatchewan, and raised nearby on the Canadian prairie in Saskatoon. His father was a laborer and Howe pitched in early, growing strong with the work. Mark Howe said his dad was born in a barn and the family scuffled along through the Depression.
Someone was going door to door, selling bags of stuff for $1 and in one of those bags, dad got his first pair of skates, he said.
Howe left as a teenager to pursue a hockey career. Howe made his NHL debut for the Red Wings when he was 18. In Howes second season, he was an All-Star for the first of a record 23 times.
Finally, I saved enough to buy my mom and dad a brand new home with running water, he once recalled. I think thats the biggest thing I ever achieved. Thats what I wanted, and I saved my money to buy it.
Howe was 6-foot and 205 pounds during his career, bigger than most players. His ability to skate, shoot and pass made him a threat every time he had the puck. No one, according to Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman, could match Howes style of play.
Howe surpassed Richards NHL record of 544 goals in 1963. After the turn of the century, Howe, his sense of humor in full gear, would walk around Joe Louis Arena in Detroit carrying a teacup poodle named Rocket. Howe ranked among the top five in scoring for 20 straight seasons.
Gretzky would later break his records for goals, points, MVP trophies and scoring titles while wearing No. 99 in a tribute to Howe, who wore No. 9 during a lower-scoring era of the game. He finished his career in 1999 with 894 goals.
I thought I had something they would never touch, Howe said. But I knew when they started scoring 80 goals in a season I was in trouble.
Mark Messier reached 1,887 points in 2004 during his 25th NHL season and pushed Howe from second to third in the record books.
I havent celebrated coming in second too many times in my life, Messier said then. But Ill tell you, because of what Gordie has done, for us mere mortals who have played this game, being No. 2 is not so bad.
Red Wings general manager Ken Holland called Howe one of the greatest players, if not the greatest, in NHL history.
As a human being, he was incredible, Holland added. He loved to be around people and to make them laugh. He was an incredible ambassador for the sport.
Howe, without a doubt, was most proud of his family. He raved about Colleen, whom he married in 1953. They became personal and professional partners as the woman known as Mrs. Hockey championed the game for children and later became her husbands agent.
She died in March 2009 at age 76 after battling Picks disease, a rare form of dementia similar to Alzheimers. Their children, Murray, Mark, Marty and Cathy, each took turns having him sleep at their houses for weeks or months at a time after their mother died. Playing with his sons, though, was what Howe said he was most proud of from his career.
The fact that I had an opportunity to skate five years with them, Howe told the AP in 2011, I think thats every fathers dream.
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People love their horror, as recently evidenced by Netflix revealing that the most devoured content on their streaming service is mostly horror properties. People just can"t get enough of getting the heebie-jeebies and that pattern continues this weekend. The Conjuring 2 is finally out in theaters this weekend, and with all the nightmares it gives to its audience also comes a lot of money. It"s still early in the weekend, but early tracking shows that the horror sequel is currently the number one movie of the weekend with $33-$37 million domestically.
These numbers come from the Hollywood Reporter, who write that though estimates vary, The Conjuring 2 has brought in around $37 million so far. It"s estimated that it made $3.4 million on Thursday night, surpassing the $3.3 million made by The Conjuring in 2013. The Conjuring 2 had a budget of $40 million, so it seems pretty likely that it will surpass that number with some extra by the end of the weekend. Similarly, the first Conjuring debuted with $41.8 million domestically on its first weekend. Directed by James Wan and starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, The Conjuring 2 is shaping up to be a hit for the summer.
It"s harder to say the same for its competition. Warcraft also debuted this weekend, with its total varying anywhere from $25-$35 million. Those numbers are probably unsatisfying to Legendary and Universal, who made the film with a budget of $160 million. The film took home $3.1 million on Thursday night previews. Don"t call the film a flop yet, though. While it so far hasn"t found a strong audience domestically, the film is doing pretty well overseas. It made a record-breaking $92 million in China on Wednesday and Thursday before breaking the $100 million gap on Friday. It"s also estimated to make $75 million in other foreign markets. While the film hasn"t been doing well critically, looks the Duncan Jones-directed fantasy will live on to fight another day.
Finally, the other big film to come out this weekend was another sequel, Now You See Me 2. The magic caper has so far made a total of $24-$26 million for the weekend, having made $8-$9 million on Friday. That puts it closer in league to Warcraft, but the weekend is still young. The first Now You See Me made $351.7 globally, so a similar number might be expected for the sequel. A third film is supposedly already in development, so everyone seems pretty confident for this one. Now You See Me 2 is directed by Jon M. Chu and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, and Daniel Radcliffe
No big winners yet, but I would have to put my money on The Conjuring 2. It"s the most favorably reviewed movie of the weekend and a lot of people loved the first one. Who do you think will take home the gold for the weekend and which movie are you planning to see? Sound off in the comments below and check back with CinemaBlend to find out who wins the weekend.
Full Speech: Elizabeth Warren DESTROYS Donald Trump During ACS Convention (6-9-16)
Hillary Clinton takes a direct rhetorical shot against Donald Trump, who she says wants to appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade; he, of course, wants to defund Planned Parenthood, and he wants to go after so many rights we have, including the right to access to safe, legal abortion.
Hillary Clinton speaks during a Planned Parenthood Action Fund membership event. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
He actually said women should be punished for having abortions, Clinton says, her voice hushed. Now, once he said that, there was an outcry - as there should have been, and he tried to walk it back - hes been doing that a lot lately - but anyone who would so casually agree to the idea of punishing women, like it was nothing... thats someone who does not hold women in high regard.
This is a man who has called women pigs and dogs and disgusting animals, Clinton continues. When he says that pregnant women are an inconvenience to their employer, what does that say?
Everything Ive seen tells me that life is freer, fairer, healthier, safer, and far more humane when woman are empowered to make their own reproductive health decisions, Clinton says.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Donald Trump has shown us who he is - and we believe him, Clinton says. He does not see all Americans as Americans. So this election isnt about the same old fights between Democrats and Republicans - theyll be there, dont worry - but this election is profoundly different. Its about who we are as a nation.
So heres my promise to you today: I will be your partner in this election, and over the long haul, Clinton concludes. We are stronger together, and were going to make history together in November!
6/09/2016 -- Global Earthquake Forecast -- Seismic activity spreading WORLDWIDE from West Pacific
A magnitude-5.2 earthquake centered in the desert northeast of San Diego caused shaking early Friday morning across Southern California.
The earthquake occurred at about 1 a.m. northwest of Borrego Springs in San Diego County, according to the USGS. The earthquake was initially reported with a magnitude of 5.1 before it was revised to 5.2, according to the USGS.
The 5.2-magnitude quake was followed by a series of smaller aftershocks in Borrego Springs, including a 3.5 magnitude quake at 4:14 a.m., according to the USGS. The jolt triggered a minor rockslide on Montezuma Valley Road, about 14 miles southeast of Borrego Springs, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Borrego Springs is about 150 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
There were no reports of injuries or signficantdamage in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties, fire officials said, but the shaking served as a wake-up call for many Southern Californians.
Around 2:45 a.m., about 3,000 people reported feeling the earthquake, according to the USGS. Residents reported shaking in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and San Diego counties, and the Inland Empire.
110th Anniversary of the Deadly San Francisco Earthquake
Among those who felt the quake and reacted on social media was skateboarding legend and Carlsbad resident Tony Hawk.
"Earthquake! It felt like a bus hit our house," Hawk said via Twitter.
There were at least eight aftershocks in the same general area within 3 hours and 10 minutes. The strongest were magnitude-3.5 shakers at 1:06 a.m., 1:33 a.m. and 4.14 a.m. -- all at a depth of slightly more than 6 miles.
The quake was near the San Jacinto Fault, which is historically Southern California"s most active fault. Friday"s quake was near the locations of a magnitude-6 quake in 1937 and a magnitude-5.3 quake in 1980.
The San Jacinto Fault extends through the desert and the communities of Lytle Creek, San Bernardino, Loma Linda, San Jacinto, Hemet, Anza, Borrego Springs and Ocotillo Wells.
In July 1923, a magnitude-6.3 earthquake rattled the region, damaging chimneys and windows. The San Bernardino County Hospital and the Hall of Records were badly damaged, according to Caltech.
Two people suffered critical injuries, but no fatalities were reported. Shaking was reported as far away as Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.
In March 1937, a magnitude-6 quake reported near the fault was called the Terwilliger Valley Earthquake, which caused similar damage. The 1980 quake caused a landslide that led to a closure on Highway 74 between Spring Crest and Palm Springs.
"We have never seen a San Andreas earthquake triggered by a San Jacinto earthquake," said retired USGS geologist Dr. Lucy Jones in a post on Twitter, referring to the state"s most famous fault.
Uruguay vs. Venezuela | 2016 Copa America Highlights
Venezuelaconsigui este jueves un histrico triunfo sobre Uruguaypor 1-0 y qued virtualmente clasificado a cuartos de final de la Copa Amrica Centenario en el marco del Grupo C.
La vinotinto puede confirmar en esta misma jornada su presencia en cuartos de final del torneo continental si Mxico empata o vence a Jamaica en el partido que cerraba la segunda fecha de la serie, en el estadio Rose Bowl de Pasadena, vecina a Los Angeles.
Con el triunfo logrado en el estadio Lincoln Financial Field de Filadelfia (este), su segundo en fila en el torneo, Venezuela comanda el Grupo C con seis unidades, seguida de Mxico con tres y Jamaica y Uruguay sin unidades.
El centrodelantero Salomn Rondn a los 36 minutos marc el tanto de la histrica victoria de Venezuela sobre Uruguay, su primera ante la Celeste por Copa Amrica con la que antes haba perdido seis partidos e igualados dos.
En la tercera y ltima fecha del Grupo C, el lunes, Venezueloa jugar contra Mxico en Houston (Texas) y Uruguay enfrentar a Jamaica en el Levs Stadium de Santa Clara, cerca de San Francisco.
Venezuela gana con gol de Salomn Rondn a los 35 minutos.
Uruguay vs. Venezuelase miden esta tarde (6:00 p.m. por Amrica TV y DirecTV) en el segundo partido del Grupo C de la Copa Amrica Centenario 2016. Los charras necesitan una victoria que les permita seguir con vida en el campeonato.
Uruguay, el equipo que ms veces ha levantado el trofeo de campen de Amrica, corre el riesgo de quedar fuera a las primeras de cambio de la edicin conmemorativa del torneo de selecciones ms longevo del mundo.
La cada ante Mxico en la primera jornada, aunque entraba dentro de las posibilidades, hizo trastabillar a los muchachos de Oscar Tabrez, que ahora estn obligados a reaccionar en Filadelfia.
La ausencia por lesin de Luis Surez en Uruguay, artillero y referente de la Celeste, pes en el debut y probablemente se sienta de nuevo este jueves en el Lincoln Financial Field.
El ariete se recupera a marchas forzadas de la lesin muscular que sufri con el Barcelona, pero resulta poco probable que est en condiciones para el choque frente a Venezuela y supone un riesgo demasiado grande para el seleccionador.
Surez apenas tom contacto con el baln en el entrenamiento de este martes, por lo que podra reaparecer el prximo lunes en el tercer duelo de la fase de grupos ante Jamaica.
La probable baja del flamante ganador de la Bota de Oro mete presin a Edinson Cavani y Diego Rolan, los responsables de meter goles, que se mostraron desafinados e imprecisos contra los mexicanos.
El nico cambio obligado que har Tabrez es el de Matas Vecino, que cumplir un partido de sancin por las dos tarjetas amarillas que vio en el partido anterior. lvaro Gonzlez parece el elegido por el seleccionador para reemplazarlo.
El riesgo de quedar prcticamente eliminados de la copa no ha hecho mella en el nimo del vestuario uruguayo, que est convencido de que es la ocasin propicia para echar mano de oficio y experiencia.
"Es una final, si no ganamos se nos complica el pase a cuartos. Ac tenemos que demostrar la experiencia del grupo y que sabemos jugar con la soga al cuello", dijo este martes lvaro Gonzlez.
Al frente se encontrar a la Venezuela de Rafael Dudamel, que no espant los fantasmas en el debut con un prrico triunfo por 0-1 ante Jamaica, a priori el rival ms dbil del grupo y que jug desde el minuto veinte con un jugador menos.
El margen de mejora es amplio y a ningn futbolista venezolano se le escapa que una victoria dejara a la Vinotinto con seis puntos y virtualmente clasificada para la fase final.
Josef Martnez, autor del gol contra los jamaicanos, es la principal amenaza para la zaga que lidera Diego Godn, que tampoco podr perder de vista al habilidoso Salomn Rondn.
El partido entre Uruguay y Venezuela supondr la llegada de la Copa Amrica Centenario a Filadelfia, en el estado de Pensilvania.
El Lincoln Financial Field, donde suelen jugar los Filadelfia Eagles de la NFL de ftbol americano, acoger tres duelos de la fase de grupos.
- Alineaciones probables:
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Maxi Pereira, Diego Godn, Jos Mara Gimnez, lvaro Pereira; Carlos Snchez, Egidio Arvalo Ros, lvaro Gonzlez, Nicols Lodeiro; Edinson Cavani y Diego Roln.
Venezuela: Dani Hernndez; Roberto Rosales, Wilker ngel, Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, Rolf Feltscher; Alejandro Guerra, Toms Rincn, Arqumedes Figuera, Luis Manuel Seijas; Salomn Rondn y Josef Martnez.
