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Alison Eastwood is actress, clothes designer and recent Playboy centerfold. A high-profile life was unavoidable for Alison Eastwood, simply due to the fact that she is the daughter of American movie actor/director/icon Clint Eastwood. Her mother, former swimsuit model Maggie Johnson, and her father separated by the time Eastwood was five.
While her father continued to work at a nearly feverish pace after the breakup, the family still maintained close contact. Eastwood has worked with her father three times, the first in the movie Tightrope when she was 12 years old. In 1999, Eastwood formed her own production company, Purple Rose Productions, and has appeared in such films as Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999) and If You Only Knew (2000), Her latest film is the low-budget Poolhall Junkies, in which she co-stars as the rich girlfriend of a pool shark out to prove himself. In this candid chat with Paul Fischer, the beautiful 30-year old talks about her relationship with her dad, her new clothing business and that recent Playboy spread.
Question: Was it inevitable, given your lineage, that acting was the profession that you would embark upon, or was it just kind of by accident?
Answer: You know, when I was growing up I didn't originally think that was, something I wanted to do. I had done that one film with my dad, but I wasn't just raring to be an actress. That wasn't my life's dream like so many people, who are in the business, but it just kind of came around that way, you know? I was 18 or 19 and out of high school, and a friend of mine was doing a play, and I came to see a play, and it was actually by going to see him in the play that I kind of got inspired to maybe start doing some theater or taking acting classes.
Question: Did your father every try to discourage you?
Answer: I wouldn't say discourage. I think he just, you know, I think he made it very clear that he felt that he was really lucky. Obviously, I think he realizes he has talent, but a lot of people have talent and they never make it a sixteenth of where he has made it. I think he felt like kind of lightening struck for him, that he was very lucky. I think he wanted to make it clear that it is not necessarily based on how talented you are, but just sometimes if you get lucky or if you're at the right place at the right time, or you have that one role that just happens to, you know, something that everyone sees, or something that gets well respected.
Question: So, you never really sat down with your mother and your father and talked about, hey, I wanna get into the same business as you are, uh, what do you think? Any of that stuff, have you ever had that sort of heart-to-heart talk about?
Answer: No, we don't have that kind of family. My dad wasn't around a lot when I was growing up and the only time I saw him was on the sets and my parents divorced when I was quite young.
Question: How does that shape you coming from a divorced family?
Answer: I don't know. I think it probably has more personal affects on you than it does career-oriented affects. But, it definitely is difficult, because, you know, all of a sudden there is kind of this sense of being on your own. I think when you are a family, like even dysfunctional families that have problems like every family do if they are still married and there is still a family unit there is a certain amount of support and a certain amount of feeling that you are all together on the same kind of boat. Then, you know, when they divorce, it is very difficult because all of a sudden, you know, you have to visit one person one place and everyone is kind of separate all of a sudden and you kind of become separated from that kind of closeness and I think that is kind of difficult.
Question: Why did your father want you to be in Tightrope?
Answer: I am not sure why he asked me to do it. I think he found the script and he really liked it, and I think that the ages were right for the characters and I think that he felt it would probably be easier for me at that age to play his daughter in a movie and that's not a huge stretch. Although, obviously, the characters, he's a much different person in that character as he is my dad.
Question: You said that you were young when your parents got divorced and yet you made several movies with your dad. Do you think he felt, and did you feel, that by working with him in movies it brought you closer together and made up maybe for the absences?
Answer: I am sure there is some of that. I mean, I think most of the time that I spent with him, my brother and I spent with him, was either on vacations or visiting him at work. So, I am sure that by incorporating my brother, who was in films with him as well, and by incorporating us into his work, I am sure that kind of somehow gave him a feeling that he could spend some quality time with us.
Question: You recently posed for Playboy. Now, as an actress, is it a calculated thing to lift your profile? Or, why did you do it I guess?
Answer: Well, I had been kind of approached by them before informally about doing it, and I was never interested at the time in doing it. So, I did it for several reasons. I started a company about two years ago, my own clothing company, called Eastwood Ranch. They approached me after seeing some press that I had done for the company and asked me if I wanted to do a layout and said that it would be the cover and that I would get to somewhat incorporate my clothes and clothing line you know, like on the cover I am wearing the clothes.
Question: Even though there are no clothes normally required.
Answer: Yes, they said we'll try and fit your clothes in there somewhere.
Question: How did they do that?
Answer: Well, the cover, I am wearing the jeans and the blouse on the cover. I mean, it's kind of open and sexy and it looks like the cover of a Maxim or Cosmo.
Question: Is that the blouse you're wearing?
Answer: Yeah, my whole outfit is.
Question: Oh really?
Answer: Yeah.
Question: So, your mother was a little concerned about you being in a movie which contained hookers and such at age 12 I understand… Was she concerned that you are going to be naked in a magazine?
Answer: No, you know, I wanted to make sure I asked them if they were okay with it. I guess if they weren't, then I wouldn't have done it. And, obviously, I would ask my boyfriend as well,' cause, you know, I wanted to make sure he was alright with it. You know, they seemed to be fine. My mom was concerned because I was 11 years old, and I was in a movie with some pretty heavy subjects. I am 30 years old and making my own choices as an adult to do whatever I please, and I think my mom and my dad both trust that whatever I would do, would be tasteful and wouldn't be explicit or pornographic, but somewhat along the lines of artistic and beautiful which I think they turned out that way. There is a little bit of an age difference; you know 30, 11, and they finally said we'll let her make her own decisions now.
Question: And, you obviously don't have concerns about nudity.
Answer: No, I don't, I am very comfortable with myself, I am very comfortable with my body and I am not one of those people that's really shy. I wouldn't say I am an extrovert, but I am not a really shy person. I kind of feel like, you're only gonna look as a woman, pre-children or marriage or pre menopause or whatever you want to call the different milestones of life. You are only going to look and feel a certain way for a certain amount of time, and you know, I turned 30 this last year.
Question: How was that?
Answer: It was fine. You know, sometimes I feel like I'm 87 and other times I feel like I am 23. So, I kind of run the gamut of age.
Question: So how did your boyfriend react, when the magazine came out?
Answer: Well, I think he kinda' had conflicting feelings. One, I think there are a lot of guys, and he's a guitar player in a rock band, and I think in some way, he was kind of like, oh wow, my girl's gonna be on the cover of Playboy. Oh, and then on the other side, oh my god, it's my girl "
Question: He wants people to admire you, but even if it's my girl, I don't want other guys ogling her.
Answer: Right, exactly. There are very conflicting feelings. And then when it came out, he was a little weirded out for about three or four days.
Question: Is it a famous band that he's in?
Answer: No, they're a band from Orange County that has been around for a long time. They are kind of famous in their own. They are kind of like a rockabilly, kind of punk band; they are famous in that type of music, but not as far as global –
Question: Not nationally.
Answer: Not nationally.
Question: What is his name?
Answer: His name?
Question: Yeah.
Answer: Michael Comb. No relation to Puff Daddy.
Question: What's his band called?
Answer: Uh, Cadillac Tramp.
Question: Where'd you meet him?
Answer: We met through a mutual friend. Actually, a girlfriend of mine who I'd known who was dating a singer in a band. We were gonna go see another friend of mine play at The Roxie and then went to go see him play, and we've kinda' been together ever since.
Question: And how long have you been together?
Answer: It's been about a year and three months I guess.
Question: Marriage in the works now?
Answer: I don't know; coming from divorced parents, I am not really in a hurry to get married. But I couldn't see myself getting married. Like I said I am 30. I could see myself getting married somewhere in the next three to seven years, but I am not in a rush.
Question: What do you think about kids?
Answer: Same thing.
Question: Yeah, because a lot of women as you know, worry about their time clock.
Answer: Oh yeah, they're very very concerned. I am not really so concerned about that, because I think I got pretty good jeans as far as my mom had me when she was 40 and she didn't, that was in 72 and back then people never had kids when they were 40 or even late 30's it was pretty unheard of. So, you know, if it happens, it happens. I kind of believe in things that are meant to be. But, I am not gonna; well I have to have a kid now if I don't want one. I love kids and I love animals and I have a great motherly instinct. It's just, responsibility-wise, I am not ready. I have a lot of things I want to do. You know, you start your own business, and you are trying to pursue a career and do all these things and you still want to go out and see the world a bit, and you can't really do that with toddlers attached to your hip. So, I figure there will be a time and a place when that will be right.
Question: Is it the clothing or the acting that you think is going to occupy most of your professional life at this time? Would you have a preference either way?
Answer: That's a hard question, because right now I am literally just split right down the middle. I am kind of doing, I feel like I have two full time jobs. I took a bit of a hiatus from acting, to just start the business and get it rolling, and now that it is kind of up on its feet, I am actively going out looking for work again and testing on pilots and doing all this stuff. You know, it's been a hard balancing act. I don't know which one will be. I kind of have to let time figure out what's going to happen. Ultimately, I think I am going to gamble a little bit more on the company, on my company, just because as you know, actors and actresses is a fickle business. You know, women after a certain age don't get hired as much. It doesn't matter how good they are. It's difficult, It's hard to put all your eggs in the acting basket because it's uh, you know, it's one of those things where, you know.
Question: You know, talking to you now. I think your mother is much quieter, but you seem to have a fairly good self-containment, and you seem to be very good within yourself. That's a certain confidence. Where did you get that from? I mean, even your dad was not Mr. Pat-him-on-the-back character, yet you are very easy and gregarious with people. How did you get that?
Answer: I don't know. It must have fallen from the sky. I have no idea. My mom's kind of shy and my dad's you know a man of very few words. You know.
Question: He is very private.
Answer: He is very private, and he doesn't say a lot. He is not much of a Chatty Kathy I would say, but I don't know. I have just had kind of a strange upbringing and it's been kind of a strange life and I have had a lot of experiences happen at a young age that probably most kids had much more sheltered lives.
Question: What do you mean by that, can you expound on it?
Answer: Well, you know, I grew up quite quickly I think. I think, like I said, when you come from a family when your divorced you kind of, all of a sudden, have to deal with much more mature issues, and I think also plus spending time around my dad and having an older brother and all his older friends. Just being around a lot of older people, I kind of even at 13 and 14 was always kind of thought of as, oh, you're so mature for your age. You're quite precocious and, I was like this little kind of wild cat, and I just think I kind of had a big growth spurt, and then I think now I am just more settled.
Question: Has your dad seen this Poolhall Junkies?
Answer: No, he hasn't seen it but I haven't seen his last movie, Bloodwork. I don't always get to see his movies. Sometimes I try to go to the premiers when I am in town, but I don't think he's seen. He's seen a few things I've done, and I've seen almost everything he's done. There are a few things I haven't seen.
Question: You were saying earlier that you kind of wanted to build your acting career. This is a pretty small movie, which may or may not be seen. We don't know how many people will end up seeing it.
Answer: Right.
Question: Why do you always do that, why were you interested in doing a small independent film?
Answer: Uh, I think that I wanted to do this film for several reasons. I mean, first of all, the cast I thought was great. I mean the chance to work with Christopher Walken and Chaz and Ron Steiger and you know, there are a lot of great young actors in it as well. You know, I had worked with a couple of them before. I like independent movies, I like them because they don't have the luxury of lagging and overindulging and a lot of drawn out. You know, it's just, you get there, you all know that you're there, everyone is working on a tight budget. Everyone is working towards something. You go there, you get it done, and I like that pace. I like feeling that you kind of all become this little family. It's not like some big movie where everyone goes off to their trailers, and never see each other. We all became very close and I like that environment, I like the independent spirit. So, I've done a lot of them. I think between the cast and the fact that I just thought it would be a fun little movie.
Question: Are you a pool player?
Answer: I am, I liked pool. I played pool a lot growing up. I grew up with a pool table in the house.
Question: Give us a quick line on your character, Tara.
Answer: Well, I think that even though, unfortunately, the relationship part of the main character and my relationship doesn't get enough time in the movie to show why we're together, but I think the important thing is that she is the one kind of character in his life that really knows what she wants. She's driven, she's got a job, and she's going and wants to be a lawyer. She is very much on her path, and she's pretty regimented, like this is what I am doing and you need to get, you know, your stuff together and figure out what you're going to do and none of this playing around in pool halls. Figure it out. I think she starts out real kind of rigid and black and white, but I think as you go along in the movie she kind of realizes that he really is good at what he does and that, you know, she kind of ends up letting him just be who he is and doing what he wants to do. It's kind of one of those great little things in life, you know, where a lot of people who are in relationships always try and make people. You know, you need to do this and I want you to do that or I want you to change that, and people always try and fit these people into their ideas of what they want, and I just liked her because she started off being very rigid and kind of like at the end was like, you know, I'll stand by my man. No matter what, you gotta be happy, do what you want in life and what you're good at. So, I think, I liked that kind of part of her character and you kind of get to see her soften a little bit.
Question: Does having a famous name in the film community open doors?
Answer: It's a plus and a minus. It's kind of a plus because obviously, people are curious and they want to go ok, we want to meet so and so's daughter and let's see if she's a chip off the old block kind of thing. But, on the other hand, as I was starting to kind of get into acting as an adult on my own and kind of take classes and starting to learn how to audition and really work, it took me a few years to really get a sense of what I was doing. Everyone has to learn in their own time. Growing pains and life lessons, and the only problem is that I can't get away with having growing pains and life lessons and going in and maybe falling flat on my face or screwing something up or having a bad audition without people remembering it because oh it's Clint Eastwood's daughter. You know, there's no anonymity for me, where as somebody, Sara Brown can walk in and go through all these different things that actors go through to really know their craft and get to know their what they need to do to prepare.
Question: Did you ever think of not using Eastwood?
Answer: I did. I did briefly when I was a teenager, but it wasn't really so much for acting, it was just because in Carmel where I grew up I was so infamous because I was kind of a wild teenager and driving around like a nut and just carrying on. I didn't have a terrible amount of structure. My parents were doing their own thing and I think I got turned loose. I turned myself loose a little bit, and I kind of, now I think I am just a rebellious person and I like to have fun and I like to kind of be wild and crazy.
Question: So, you were rebellious?
Answer: Yeah, but not like that. I think the problem is that when you are a teenager you have these feelings of wanting to kind of be your own person and kind of push things to the limit, but you're around a whole bunch of other people, teenagers that do the same thing and there is no one there to really say, okay, you can take it this far, but be careful; someone to kind of guide you. I just didn't have a lot of guidance at that point in my life. I just kind of was running wild.
Question: Did you get into trouble?
Answer: Yeah, I got into trouble. I had a few run-ins with the law and spent the night in jail.
Question: Spent the night in jail?
Answer: Yeah, I got arrested for drunk driving.
Question: Do you think at the age you are now, you're half-proving yourself?
Answer: I've never really tried to prove myself. I just try and do the best that I can. I don't think I am like a great actress. I think I am working towards trying to be better. I am working towards trying to be a good businessperson, a great clothing designer. I mean, you choose what you want to do in life and all you can do is try and be the best, but there is a process somewhere in the middle of that.
Question: Do you think that posing for Playboy is kind of an act of rebellion?
Answer: I don't really think so. I didn't really feel that way. Maybe subconsciously, I mean, if you want to get out your Ph.D. and start digging through my brain it could be I guess, but I really did it because I felt like okay, I am 30, I am in great shape, I feel like it's the prime of my life. I am not always going to look this way and feel this way and also, I really felt it was going to be a great help. Which it has been in a lot of ways to the clothing line. I didn't really do it because, oh, this is going to help my acting career.
Question: Would you like to be directed by your father again? Do you think it would it be an interesting experience to go back to that?
Answer: Interesting? That's always a good word. That's very interesting. No, I don't know, it depends. When he works with me as a kid, it was obviously kind of you know, very tenderly, and I was a kid. And then, you know, he directed me as an adult and it was like a whole different story.
Question: How so?
Answer: Well, because I wasn't a kid anymore well I was just playing he gave me a role in this film playing his daughter which is kind of a small little role. This, you know, was kind of a different thing. I had to audition like three or four times. I had to come back in and constantly re-read more material. I mean, he didn't give me the role and he never called me to say I got it. We went through my agent and everything. He never mentioned it to me at all. I mean he literally, I got the script and as was like apparently your dad wants you to come in for this movie. He thinks you're right for the role. And, I went in and I did it, and I went on tape three or four different times and went back and did some improvising and my agent called me and said you got it. But then when I showed up it was a different story, because he really wanted to make a point that I was to show up and be professional and be prepared and there was not going to be any favoritism. Like it was going to be anti-favoritism. He was going to be like, I am going to make a point that nobody thinks that I am just, that you're my kid and I am giving you this job and that I am gonna treat you the same. It was very stressful. The first two weeks were very stressful and very, but then after a few weeks, everyone kind of found their groove and everyone. I think he realized, he felt that I was doing a very good job and was happy with my performance so then it was fine. But the first few weeks were very tense.
Question: Is there anything else coming up?
Answer: I had a couple of things in the can. I had a couple of little movies I did that are in the can.
Question: Which are?
Answer: There is one called Waiting to Live, which is a small movie and it was a movie, god, who is in that? Lee Majors.
Question: Oh really?
Answer: Yeah, I know it's very funny.
Question: And what do you play in that?
Answer: Um, I play kind of a small role. It was really kind of a favor. This director Joey Travolta, I'd worked with him before, and he asked me if I would come and do. John's older brother.
Question: And what's the other film that you?
Answer: The other one I have is called How to Go Out On a Date in Queens.
Question: Is that also an independent, small movie?
Answer: Yeah.
Question: And how do you go out on a date in Queens?
Answer: I don't actually, I am the one person that doesn't go on a date. I am kinda' like the one person who doesn't play pool in this movie. Um, I don't get to do any of the fun stuff. No, I play this kind of struggling waitress who ends up kind of helping out the lead character and he's kind of all messed up.


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Dont worry, you are still in the same idol worship but with a different name and interface :). Kaaba = Lord Kabaaleshwara TEmple, lingam in Kaaba, circambulation, moon just like on Shiva's head..etc ;)
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I isolated myself from the outside muslims, after my study on Islam, hindusim and little about Christianity, I decided to declare my faith to society keeping above sayings of Allah in Al maidah, I went to my principal of college asking his help so as to understand the impact of changing my name/certificates, I thought; since my principal of college is Muslim he will help me in some ways on this regard, But Allah knows what that person is, he came and told to my mother that I'm gone mad, crazy that I want to become Muslim and etc,which made my mother go really mad, she lost her control on mind, she became more of like mad with this shock of her only son getting out of family, grace of Allah, she was normal in day or 2, I was moved with emotion and I sweared my mother a lie that I will never become Muslim, I decided within me that I will never talk to any other Muslim on this regard, I knew very few muslims I thought good people are very very few and more muslims are like my principal, this is the reason I isolated to myself and decided that I cannot declare my faith because this would impact my mother to an extent that she will loose her life,During festivals my mother forced me with both emotion and threat so I used to conduct poojas but only I use to keep saying �Lanath Ullah� all the time while performing it, I had to do all this only for my mother�s sake, When I completed my study and after getting job, I said no for everything which is related to shirk, now my parents made a situation to either follow what they say or quit the house.... I had no fear of quitting my home and living without house/money or any such thing but I had fear my mom loosing her life or going mad again...I made duwah to Allah in language I know saying " Allah you take care of my mother as I have no choice but to move out of house now�, Grace of Allah, me and my sister quit the house this way.
Allahamdulillah, Almighty Allah has kept my mother very healthy, this boosts my faith more and more every time I see my mother, As I take care of them and visit them almost every weekend, She respects me a lot for what I�m today.
As Allah says in Quran " If they say we believe, don't you think they will be tested".
Grace of Allah, Almighty Allah has choosen us there's nothing more required,
Over a period, Allahamdulillah, Allah opened doors of opportunities for us, I had quit my previous job as I was unable to perform my five times prayers, All opportunities came my way was from mechanical industry which demands me to work in shift and compromise my prayer, even jumma most of times.
After quitting that job/mechanical profession for 1+ year I did not get any job where I can perform 5 times prayers, Grace of Allah, I started working as faculty for 2000 rupees for a year and now I'm blessed with a better Job.
May Allah bestow best of Imaan and Islam to my Sister and me �Ameen
May Allah bestow immense mercy on us ..Ameen
May Allah save us from being hypocrites�Ameen
May Allah bestow grace on us that we live every moment of life as Allah wants us to live�Ameen
May Allah Forgive all our sins...Ameen
May Allah save all of us from hell �May Allah bless us with Jannah�Ameen
Mohammed Umar Rao
Edited by seekshidayath - 04 February 2009 at 5:49pm
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I was born in mysore and schooling was in same city, after failing with above I was disappointed, but I always went by history, so there�s hill in mysore I thought this Goddess will help me defeat this Muslim, so went ahead to collect some points to score, "so called Goddess Chamundeswari :
There was a demon in Mysore known as Mahi Sha Sura , he gets boon from Brahma who is creator of entire world after demon impresses so called Brahma with his meditation for many years,
Brahma asks demon what boon he wants ? demon seeks boon that he must be strongest on world and must live forever, none existing can kill him , brahma agrees and blessed this boon. Now this demon starts troubling entire world which includes other "so called gods", saints as well, now all so called gods council meets to get a resolution for this demon, brahma says he cannot take back the boon , now shiva gives a solution that , so called god Vishnu should become a girl, Shiva Vs Vishnu will have intercourse,therecomes the product "so called Goddess Chamundeswari , she kills him.
What a wild imagination ? so God can be fooled then ? so God can�t over power a demon ? what illogical belief we have.
I did same analysis with so called God Ram, he was unable to save his own wife ? how can he protect me ?
All these analysis made me realise God Almighty is high above our imagination and beyond our perception.
It made sense to come to this resolution after many years,that I'm created for a purpose with limited calliber,capcity, I can't imagine or grasp Almighty God as I've limitation.
I had little knowledge of Vedas which I learnt from my uncle , Vedas do not have any such things as we believed in all this images/idols, so now I was wondering whether we are following our religion as it has to be followed , Vedas says idol worship is forbidden , says �Na Kasya Prathima Asthi�, no where in Vedas says/teaches us to worship idols,though its corrupted now but to some extent it has similar teachings as Quran like oneness of God.
I also ventured in knowing what Christianity says, so that atleast I can defeat and get away with all these and get back to my studies to live normal life, when I heard Jesus is Son of God , I thought these Christians are our brothers as well , they are doing shirk too in one way , I did not take much time to stop wasting my time knowing it more,thought my journey so far finding truth I kept reading Quran , all answers were like as though it hit right me , few instances like :
When I asked my parents if Vedas is not saying to worship idols/images , why are we doing this ? my mom scolded me saying we are supposed to do it as our forefathers did it, the next day I read Quran I see a ayah in Al � Baqrah saying � If truth has come to you ,will you still follow footsteps of fools who went before� , �we will not ask you about what they did , nor ask them about what you do , every soul has will get it has earned � , (It may not be exact quote but it�s the summary ) ,when I read this I was shocked how can there be something which I just questioned my mom last night ? I did not disclosed to anyone about all these , this ayah seemed like directly hitting me deep inside.
By grace of Allah, I started conveying message of Allah at my home with little knowledge I had, I wanted to complete my degree meantime I can buy time for conveying truth will make easy on long run to me and my family, But after my final year of diploma I was pushed to wall, when time came where I had no choice but to quit my family, my sister also embraced Islam,Allah made our ways easy to be firm on truth.
Edited by seekshidayath - 04 February 2009 at 5:48pm
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As'Salamu Alaikum,
Dear brothers and sisters, here's an other intresting story. I was reading it at Islam.org. And thought to share it here as its worth reading and reviving our Imaan
Here's the story
Allah�s grace that I'm blessed with deen of Allah, I�m Mohammed Umar Rao from India, I embraced Islam 6 years back at age of 18.I wanted to share my story with you all perhaps this would make a difference for non Muslims to really think over to know what is the truth .I shared my story with 2 brothers, Allahamdulillah, they were convinced that my decision and choice is best, they started reading Quran and also embraced it few days back.
My Background:
I come from middle class orthodox Brahmin family; my parents worked in private firms (Mother: teacher, father: textile engineer). My religious education was at my maternal uncle place, that's how I became orthodox and whole family education was always been against muslims which was nailed in me deeply.
I was associated with RSS { RSS is a group of extremists of hindus. They hate Islam very much and try to always attack muslims. This is my note - seekshidayath } for few years, I always hated Muslims to extent that, In all public functions I wanted to give high volume for music sound boxes to ensure that Adhaan should not be heard at all. I use to go round the town visiting all temples to complete my worship everyday. I was liked, appreciated in family for being orthoduct and encouraged to do more.
My Meeting with Islam:
In my summer my mother asked me to work for a Muslim business firm, which I disagreed because from childhood I always hated Muslims. My mother stopped forcing me on this; I worked few summers with non-Muslim so I was able to satisfy my parents. Later, I quit that part time job because I did not like the job and started concentrating more on studies aiming for better job. Meantime, my mother, sisters worked 2 months in part time for this Muslim brother, They were highly impressed with him.
I always hated this person because I did not like the fact my people praising a Muslim whom I always hated. I was pushed/insulted of not being useful to family so I started working for same Muslim brother though I hated him before going. After getting in his shop I started hating more because the non Muslim employees of that shop embraced Islam, I took this challenge to teach him lesson claiming my religion is true from there I started doing comparative study with whatever common sense which Allah had blessed me then.
By now, in the verge to know more about Islam, I started reading English translation of holy Quran (Abdullah Yusuf Ali). This changed my entire student life; I was stuck with fear, doubts, I realized the fact that whatever I�m doing is wrong, my religion is all about imaginations/myths and false stories. I had many questions, doubts like where am I heading to, what should I do? What is my duty? Why message of truth has not reached all of us? So many things came in my mind, my entire student life went in this hunt of truth, I did not do that well in study but Allah's blessings that Allah made me score Good in all my exams.
I started digging more in what I use to believe on, I started questioning my parents, people around that who has seen God almighty to paint /make images of God, all answered me that none has seen God which is so true as its mentioned in many places in Quran, I started asking what is the origin of god? The 3 myths stories, which we use to believe broke my faith down, I would like to explain it here:
1. I was always use to do very Great shirk for Lord Ganesh who was my favorite (may Allah forgive it) . I started digging the origin of Ganesh who enjoyed my shirk, here it goes: he was created by "so called Goddess Paravthi" who is the wife of "so called Lord Shiva" ,one fine day Parvathi wanted to take bath and she creates this ganesh as her watch man giving him instruction as to not to allow anyone inside, ganesh is supposed to follow her orders at any given cost, ganesh agrees to this.
Now "so called Lord Shiva" comes home and finds this stranger standing at door, Shiva questions him, asks him to give way to get in but Ganesh do not allow Shiva as he was supposed to follow order of his mother Parvathi, "so called Lord Shiva" gets angry and chops the head of ganesh.
Now so called goddess comes out of bath and see that her son is killed,she gets angry and asks "so called Lord Shiva" to bring back his life,but "so called Lord Shiva" says he cannot do that but he gets head of elephant and gets the life for ganesh, so this is the origin of so called God Lord Ganesh.
I started questioning, why does goddess need bath? Goddess parvathi only wife of "so called Lord shiva" needs watchman while taking bath? Anyways,Lord Shiva who is creator of world can�t get life for which he killed ? how can such a god will resolve my problem ? If shiva did not know who comes to his home how will he know what happens to me in this world ?
If ganesh was not even able to save his own head, how can he protect me? Why should I belive and worship someone's fancy story ?
Edited by seekshidayath - 04 February 2009 at 5:44pm
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In case you missed it, the New Orleans Saints hired former Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo to be their defensive coordinator yesterday. Spags, despite his losing tenure in St. Louis, is regarded as one of the finest defensive coaches in the sport. Any number of teams could have used him, but it was the Saints who acted swiftly and decisively, immediately improving their defense just one week after bowing out of the playoffs.
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, Eagles coach Andy Reid is... uh... Well, I think he's still alive. I can't be entirely certain of that, given that Reid has dedicated his life to making sure that his face muscles never twitch.
Most fans and analysts agree that Reid made a huge mistake in promoting former offensive line coach Juan Castillo to defensive coordinator before the season. The Eagles defense, despite sporting any number of high profile free agents, spent most of the year looking completely out of sorts. Spags, a former Eagles assistant, would have been a perfect replacement for Castillo. But rather than act quickly, Reid did NOTHING. He sat there and allowed another team to play two playoff games and then get Spags, and now the Eagles are left with the same power structure that led to their demise in 2011.
Reid was noncommittal about Castillo's job status at the end of this season, but it's looking more and more like defensive backs coach Johnny Lynn will be the only person fired in the wake of this catastrophe. Columnist Bob Grotz even speculated that Reid told Spags to take a job with another team. It doesn't appear to me that Reid is going to fire Castillo. And if he does, why on Earth did he shuffle his feet for so long?
The glaring lack of action in the wake of this season is yet one more reason that the Eagles should end the Reid Era now, instead of waiting around for another year of poor clock management and lockjawed press conferences. It's not too late, you know. The Bucs, Raiders and Dolphins have all dragged their heels searching for a new coach. The Eagles would still have plenty of attractive candidates to choose from should they decide to part ways with Reid.
Reid's near-total silence since the end of the season has been embarrassing. It should be a clear sign to owner Jeffrey Lurie that he made a mistake earlier this month when he declared Reid safe. If he fires Reid now, he gives this team a fresh start, and he frees Eagles fans from the stultifying presence of Reid on the sidelines. This past month is yet one more indication that Reid has worn out his welcome. There's still time to act.


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Rescue plan for UK coal mines
The TUC has today written to government ministers asking them to secure a future for UK coal mining and the 2,000 jobs it supports by applying for EU state aid – a policy that could also save taxpayers money.
The alternative is the so-called "managed closure" of two of Britain's last three coal mines – Thorseby in Nottinghamshire and Kellingley in Yorkshire – by the end of 2015. This will cause 1,300 skilled job losses, as well as hundreds more in supply chain jobs linked to the mines, and leave Hatfield Colliery as the last remaining deep mine in Britain.
A new report, Merits of UK Coal State Aid Application, by Orion Innovations for the TUC and NUM, makes the economic case for a government bid for EU state aid approval, so that:
- Both mines stay open until at least 2018.
- The UK reduces its dependence on imported Russian coal.
- The pits have the prospect of longer term viability as Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) technology reduces the environmental cost of coal fired power generation.
Keeping Britain's mines open through state aid could also save the taxpayer money. The cost of state aid – estimated at around £63-£74m – could easily be covered by the £86m of extra profits. This is the likely benefit between 2015 and 2018 from over £500m in coal revenues, according to the study.
But an early closure of Thoresby and Kellingley mines would be bad for the workforce, their local communities and the wider economy. It says that an early closure would cost:
- 2,600 years of lost employment given the expected time taken for miners to find new employment, with significant costs in social security payments
- a £163m loss in employee income, and a £75m loss to the exchequer in terms of income tax and national insurance contributions
- a £1bn loss in company revenues.
In a letter to Energy Minister Michael Fallon and Business Secretary Vince Cable, the TUC has also warned that allowing the mines to close by failing to apply for state aid would jeopardise the UK's energy security, not least given our high reliance on Russian coal in a time of troubled relations between Europe and Russia.
TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: "Recent events in the Ukraine should have made clear the importance of having a secure domestic energy supply. Instead the government is allowing two of Britain's three remaining coal mines to close, causing the unnecessary loss of 1,300 skilled jobs and leaving us even more exposed to fluctuations in the price of imported coal. But British coal mining does have a future if the government wants it to. An application for state aid would be cost neutral, save jobs and help ensure that UK mined coal supports our emerging CCS industry. The profits from extra coal production would save the taxpayer money too.
"With thousands of jobs and the UK's energy security at stake, ministers must put aside their reluctance to intervene and apply for EU state aid. It would madness to allow the closure of British mines when countries like Germany and Spain are using far greater amounts of state aid to bolster their own domestic coal supply."
Director of CoalPro, the UK Coal Producers' Association, Phil Garner said: "There is a strong case for the UK government to provide financial aid to our remaining underground coal mines.
"This would maintain access to significant coal reserves, ensure that the employees continued in work and provide additional security of supply of fuel. If we are to develop CCS projects it would be ironic if there were no indigenous coal to supply them. Market prices will change and UK production can help to ensure that consumers are not exposed to coal price spikes in the future."


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Holidays in Naz-Sciaves/Natz-Schabs
On a sunny, high plateau amidst the Dolomites of Valle Isarco valley, lies the municipality of Naz-Sciaves, a heart-shaped high plateau of apples, along with its holiday villages Naz, Sciaves, Rasa/Raas, Fiumes/Viums, and Aica/Aicha. As the name already hints, everything here is about South Tyrol's sweet fruit: Numerous apple orchards characterise the surroundings during Apple Trail walks and hikes. During the apple weeks or apple festival, learn all there is to know about this delicious fruit. The plateau features an expansive Nordic Walking course. Itsbiking and hiking trails are perfectly suited for an extended stroll as well as hikes and easy cycling tours.


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Training your pet can be a difficult and challenging task but with the PetSafe Spray Commander you can teach your pet all it needs to become a well behaved member of the family. It doesn't matter the type of behavior you're trying to modify because it will effectively correct it in such a way that will have your pet performing the right actions in no time. Since it impacts 4 of your pet's senses through seeing the spray, feeling it, hearing it and with the scented citronella your pet will smell it as well.
When starting out with the training your pet may be a bit confused as to where the spray is coming from or why it is getting sprayed. Eventually it will make the connection that certain bad habits that you catch it doing are what is responsible or even being disobedient during training sessions. While this product isn't a bark collar you can use it to work on your dogs bad barking habits through administering corrections whenever your pet barks to get the point across just as you do with your normal training. Now because your dog is unlikely to make the correlation between you and the spraying it will respond to the training more quickly than if you were yelling and disciplining in another manner.


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Welcome to our coverage of the Men's XC. Our coverage is brought to you with the sponsorship of Shimano
The men have started and will do 6 laps. It has been raining off and on.
Lap 1
Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team) has taken the early lead and has a 15 second gap on Martin Gujan (Cannondale Factory Racing) at the front of a group. A small crash at the beginning has caused a split.
At the 1/3 way mark Ralph Näf is still leading and Geoff Kabush (Maxxis/Rocky Mountain) has moved into the 3rd spot.
At the end of lap 1, Ralph Näf still holding onto the lead with Kabush in 2nd and Absalon 3rd
Ralph Näf (Multivan Merida Biking Team)
Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles) at 0:32
Julien Absalon (Orbea), 0:41
Martin Gujan (Cannondale Factory Racing)0:42
Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing)
José Hermida (Multivan Merida Biking Team)
Gagne sitting 32nd and McGrath 34th, Plaxton 46th
Lap 2
Absalon is now in the hunt, He has caught and passed Kabush and has moved within 25 seconds of the leader Näf.
Some top ranking riders are having real problems on the new technical course. Chistophe Sauser sitting 30th, Wolfram Kurschat 49th
Up the climb, Näf still leading, but Absalon is closing in. Kabush is a couple seconds behind Absalon. Hermida is slowly reeling in the leaders
Lap 3
As they start the 3rd lap, Näf still leading but Absalon is at 1 second back. Kabush at 20 seconds, Hermida at 23 seconds. Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower Mtb-Racing) is 4th at 38 seconds behind Hermida. Todd Wells 9th, Burry Stander 10th. Gagne 26th, McGrath 28th, Zandstra 41st, Plaxton 52nd
Heading into the woods, Absalon has passed Näf
Up the gravel climb, ~ 1/2 way through the lap, Absalon leading
Down the rocky descent Absalon goes through with a 30 second lead on Hermida and 35 seconds on Kabush. Näf has dropped back into 4th at 40 seconds back.
next riders are:
Alexis Vuillermoz (Lapierre International), Jean-Christophe Peraud (Massi), Todd Wells (Specialized Factory Racing), Martin Gujan (Cannondale Factory Racing) all over 1 min back
Sauser is getting the lay of the course and has gotten himself up to 12th
The other Canadians are starting to move up
Lap 4
Starting the 4th lap
Absalon, then Hermida at 29 seconds, Kabush at 32 seconds, Näf at 58 seconds
5 Alexis Vuillermoz , 6 Jean-Christophe Peraud, 7 Todd Wells, 8 Burry Stander
McGrath 25th, Gagne 30th, Zandstar 36th,
The downhillers have collected on the rocky descent. They are critiquing the descending tecniques of the various XC riders
On the descent: Absalon has 30 seconds on Hermida, 35 seconds on Kabush, 1:30 on Näf - Naf crashed on the descent
then Wells, Perraud and Vuillermoz at 3:30
Lap 5
Starting the 5th lap
Absalon, Hermida at 0:47, Kabush at 1:00, Näf at 2:20, Stander 3:40, Wells 3:47, Gujan 4:59, Vogel 4:59,
McGrath 22nd, Zandstra 29th, Gagne 34th
Plaxton has DNF'd after a crash on the descent
3/4 through the lap: Absalon is 45 seconds ahead of Hermida. 3rd is still Kabush is at 1:05, 4th Näf at 2:50, 5th Stander at 4:15
Lap 6:
Starting the last lap
Absalon , then Hermida at 0:39, Kabush at 1:22, Näf at 3:20, Stander at 4:37, Wells at 5:48
Adam Craig 17th, McGrath 24th, Zandstra 25th
Näf has flatted and loses a few seconds to Stander
Down the rock descent The lead motto crashed at the top section.
Absalon with Hermida at ~ 35 seconds, Kabush holding comfortably on to 3rd
1 Julien Absalon (Orbea), 2:06:05
2 José Hermida (Multivan Merida Biking Team) at 0:32
3 Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles), 2:48
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USC safety Su'a Cravens intercepted a pass in his first college game and named a freshman All-American last season. But Cravens said Thursday he was handicapped by nerves last season.
"I can't be the player I was last year," he said. "I was nervous. The games were getting to me. The crowd was getting to me."
It's surprising Cravens is so tough on himself after he intercepted four passes, made 52 tackles and started 13 games.
"I've got to be a leader (next season)," Cravens said. "I can't make freshman mistakes."
Cravens is day-to-day right now with a sore knee but said he is helping coach the other safeties during spring drills. Cravens also returned punts last season but said he is not sure if he will do next year with wide receiver Nelson Agholor and incoming freshman Adoree Jackson available.
"There's a lot of things he can do for us," USC defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox said. "He's really going to help us out (when he returns)."
QB decision made
USC coach Steve Sarkisian said he pretty much decided on a starting quarterback but wanted to wait before making any announcement. Returing starter Cody Kessler is the heavy favorite ahead of backup Max Browne.
Sarkisian compared holding off on an announcement to cooking a steak.
"It's marinating," he said. "I'm not ready to cook it."
Two-way players
Sarkisian already said Jackson, a highly regarded recruit from Serra of Gardena, would start off at cornerback next season but said Thursday he will give Jackson early looks as a two-way player.
"I bet he does a couple things on both sides of the ball that first day of practice," Sarkisian said. Justin Wilcox made it clear he wants Jackson on defense.
"As soon as he walks in the door I'll grab him and pull him into the office," Wilcox said.
Another player — John Smith of Long Beach Poly — will start out at wide receiver but might also get some time on defense.
Woods draws praise
Sarkisian said defensive tackle Antwaun Woods is one of the best players of the spring.
"Antwaun's been the standard on the defensive side of the ball," Sarkisian said. "That guy lives in the backfield. The guy was in sheer dominator mode (Thursday)."
Wilcox was encouraged by the return of defensive lineman J.R. Tavai from injury.
"That was awesome, it fired me up," Wilcox said.
Two defensive linemen that struggled at times — Kenny Bigelow and Claude Pelon — were complimented for being in better condition.
"They could barely stand up the first two days of practice," Sarkisian said. "They were making plays in the backfield (Thursday)."
Recruit watch
Serra coach Scott Altenberg brought a sizable contingent of players to practice. Among the those who attended were defensive tackle Rasheem Green, safety C.J. Pollard and wide receiver Brandon Burton. Green is a top 15 player nationally and 2015 recruit. Burton and Pollard are 2016 recruits.
Also at practice was Windward of Los Angeles defensive end Breland Brandt, a 2016 recruit that USC already offered a scholarship.
Alumni visit
Former USC quarterback Brad Otton, cornerback Daylon McCutcheon and defensive end Lawrence Larry attended practice. McCutcheon's nephew is USC tailback Tre Madden.


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Oracle SQL Tuning with SQLTXPLAIN is a practical guide to SQL tuning the way Oracles own experts do it, using a freely downloadable tool called SQLTXPLAIN. Using this simple tool youll learn how to tune even the most complex SQL, and youll learnMoreOracle SQL Tuning with SQLTXPLAIN is a practical guide to SQL tuning the way Oracles own experts do it, using a freely downloadable tool called SQLTXPLAIN.
Using this simple tool youll learn how to tune even the most complex SQL, and youll learn to do it quickly, without the huge learning curve usually associated with tuning as a whole. Firmly based in real world problems, this book helps you reclaim system resources and avoid the most common bottleneck in overall performance, badly tuned SQL. Youll learn how the optimizer works, how to take advantage of its latest features, and when its better to turn them off. Quickly tune any SQL statement no matter how complex. Build and tune test cases without affecting production.
Use the latest tuning features with confidence. What youll learn How and why complex SQL goes wrong When statistics are crucial and when they are not How and when the tuning facilities of the database can help or hinder When to tune and when not to tune Which steps in an execution plan are crucial to performance How the optimizer works out the execution plan Who this book is forOracle SQL Tuning with SQLTXPLAIN is ideal for everyone who deals with SQL and SQL tuning.
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I know I can do multiple iterations of the same Smart Object within the SAME document and have it change all instances, but what about Smart Objects placed across DIFFERENT documents? That would be awesome.
I ask because I'm designing an iPhone app and it uses the same modules over and over across different screens. There are dozens of screens and each time I needs to change a button or text field in a module, I need to fix it one at a time in each file. Sucks!


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Although it is the world's largest democracy, India has retained its colonial-era sedition law. But with a national debate ensuing after the arrest of 25-year-old political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on the antiquated sedition charge and others, members of the Indian government have been forced to do some soul-searching.
Government ministers formally initiated a review of the law, news accounts reported on September 14. The law, which was introduced by the British in 1870 to guard against rebellion, states that anyone who "brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the Government established by law in India" could face life in prison. The legislation falls under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code.
"Many politicians have raised their voice against the sedition law, in public appearances and through Twitter. I hope they will do the same in parliament," Trivedi told CPJ.
If convicted, Trivedi could face life imprisonment. The cartoonist, who was arrested on September 8 but is free on bail, told CPJ that he has four cases pending in different police stations with charges ranging from sedition to violation of the Information Technology Act, the National Emblem Act, and the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act, among others. Trivedi had criticized corruption on his website, Cartoons Against Corruption, and published cartoons that mocked national symbols. One cartoon, for example, depicted India's parliament house as a filthy toilet bowl. The website was shut down by the government when the cartoons surfaced last year.
Even while behind bars, Trivedi has spoken out against the injustice of the charges. In a statement from prison last week, he said, "If speaking the truth is sedition, then I have indeed committed sedition. If raising one's voice against injustice is sedition, then I have committed sedition. If nationalism and the definition of nationalism have changed, then you could say I have committed sedition."
The cartoonist also told CPJ that a special investigation team had been appointed to look into why he was charged with sedition. He said his next court appearance is scheduled for October 12 at the Mumbai High Court. After being released on bail last week, Trivedi told journalists, "This fight will continue until 124A is repealed."
Decades ago, Mahatma Gandhi was charged under the sedition law during his struggle for independence. But critics in recent years have been silenced by the draconian law as well. In February 2010, journalists Vijay and Seema Azad were arrested on sedition charges after the police found "anti-national" literature in their possession. The couple, who had been accused of having links to Maoists, was finally granted bail after more than two years in prison.
Time and again, ideas have been conflated with sedition. In late 2010, the charge of sedition was leveled against notable writer Arundhati Roy for speaking out in support of Kashmiri independence. In 2008, magazine editor Lenin Kumar Roy was arrested after he blamed Hindu extremists for targeting minorities in the Kandhamal district.
Speaking of the Trivedi case, Indian journalist Salil Tripathy wrote: "These are only cartoons, not bombs."


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If you find a file in your /data/app directory called (names vary) PLP or plp or phone.locator.pro you have a tracking program installed on your phone. In order to get rid of this program you first need to make sure you have root access. The second thing you need to do is download a program called root explorer and go into the /data/app and delete the program. Then go into /data/data directory and find the corresponding directory with the data in it and delete it. The file has plp in it.
Last you go into your phone settings, under manage applications and uninstall the application. That's all you need to do. If you were like me and lost your password, then you can choose to re-install the app and set it up with your own information/passwords to track your phone as well (after that).


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Acadia National Park will open its Park Loop Road and the Summit Road on Cadillac Mountain on Friday, May 17, more than a month later than the usual opening date due to federal budget cuts.
The opening of these roads will give people access to a number of trailheads and natural attractions that are otherwise difficult to reach without a vehicle.
Until Sunday, May 19, most restrooms will remain closed (one at Sand Beach and another at Fabbri Picnic Area are open year-round), and normal trash removal will not yet have begun.
The park is never fully closed, but most of Acadia's Park Loop Road and the entire length of the Summit Road on Cadillac Mountain are closed to vehicle traffic in the winter, when skiers, hikers and snowmobiles get free reign of the roads. The roads typically open to vehicles on April 15, depending on weather conditions.
In my opinion, spring and fall are ideal times for local residents to visit Acadia National Park because of the cooler weather and lower populations of visitors and biting insects compared to in the summer.
While waiting for the rest of the Park Loop Road to open, keep in mind that several of the park's trailheads can be accessed from roads that are open year-round. For example, parking for trails around the beautiful Eagle Lake can be access from Route 233. A trail climbing Champlain Mountain can be accessed from Route 3. And a trail climbing Norumbega Mountain can be accessed from Route 198 in Northeast Harbor.
And the Ocean Drive section of the Park Loop Road is open to vehicles year-round by Schooner Head Road and passes Sand Beach and Thunder Hole. From Sand Beach, people can access several hiking trails, including trails that climb Beehive.
View the online map of the park trails and carriage roads here.
Don't forget to purchase a park pass before entering the park. Learn about park passes here.
Check out a story about how the delay of the roads opening benefit bicyclists written by BDN reporter Bill Trotter here. And learn about the budget cuts and how it affects the park here.


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I have always wished that as an attorney, I could have the percentage of correct predictions of the Weather Bureau and stay in business. Last week was classic example, we had a less than 10% chance of rain and it poured. A couple of weeks before we had well over 80% chance of rain at it came, but a day or so later than predicted. I know, the weather is terribly unpredictable. But it seems that if you are in the business of predicting the unpredictable you should be a little more accurate or find a new line of work.
So what would happen if the Weather guys were genealogists?
14 May 2012
Genealogy Prediction for Mesa, Arizona. James Tanner.
Tonight: Heavy parish records in German, with a 10% possibility of finding the ancestor.
Tuesday: Clear copies of genealogy records from the 1920s with a small chance of uncovering a lost ancestor.
Wednesday: Increasing chance of finding a third generation ancestor with light copies of old records possible.
Thursday: 50% chance of finding your ancestor in Ancestry.com increasing to 60% if you look in FamilySearch.org.
One of the things that is attractive about doing genealogical research rather than trying to predict the weather is that in genealogy there is no predicting what will happen or where you might find your ancestors. It is just this unpredictability that attracts, you can really never get bored of genealogy because you may find what you are looking for with the next turn of the page or click of the mouse.
If you live in Mesa, Arizona the weather is highly predictable, 99% of the time. For example, the next week can be summarized in three words: Clear and Sunny. We know what the temperature will be tomorrow and what it will be next week and the week after that: hot. How how is not really that important once the temperature gets over 100 degrees.
But every time I walk into the Mesa Family History Center I have no idea what I will be doing. Not even a vague idea. I could be looking for a small town in the Ukraine or a farmer in Mississippi. I could be trying to figure out why a program doesn't seem to do what the patron expected or why the computers can't connect to the Internet. I might spend hours looking at census records or helping decipher Old Spanish.
One thing I do know is that I will "win" more often than I lose. When I practiced law, the judges and the juries decided my cases. Now, in genealogy, I have a completely different life. I no longer have to worry about winning or losing. I always win. Almost without fail, every time I help someone it is positive experience. I guess there is way to predict some things, like a 90% plus chance of good experiences in genealogy!


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Traveling in 2006 is a clinical affair.
On board an early, sleepy flight from Amsterdam to Zurich. I disembark and in the wink of an eye I'm taken by unmanned airport train to the airplane bound for Cairo. Above the Swiss Alps I watch a film about the life of Johnny Cash. Beside me is a woman in a headscarf. Every time our arms touch we pull them back in alarm and say "Excuse me" at the same time. I realize that traveling in 2006 is a clinical affair. Every form of physical contact is out of the question, at least until I step out of the plane in Cairo and end up in a low hall crowded with people. Feeling myself being pushed and pulled, I walk along with the crowd because it seems impossible to do anything else. Yet there is a system in all this, and as it turns out I'm standing in a line to change money. When I receive my first Egyptian pounds I also get two colored postage stamps. I have just bought a visa without knowing it.


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BPL Will Host Several Family-Friendly Halloween Events in October
Find Wendy Witch or guess how many Tootsie Rolls are in Fred's belly and they could go home with you.
The Birmingham Public Library is ready to scare up some Halloween fun this month with decorated pumpkins, costume contests, and more.
Back for another year will be the Ghouls' Ball, which will be held on Thursday, October 25 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Central Library. The event, which is for ages 13 to 18, will include music, dancing, food, treats, balloon sculptures, animals, a photo booth, free books, and Wii tournaments. The event is free. However, tickets are required for admittance and must be picked up in advance at the downtown library and branches. Call 226-3655 for more information.
Other free events include:
What's Up With Wendy the Witch and Fred Frankenstein?, throughout October, Eastwood Library. Wendy the Witch stays on the go so much, that librarians need help in finding her. Those who find Wendy at this branch will be entered into an October 31 drawing. One winner will receive Wendy, restaurant coupons, and candy. Library employees are also dealing with Fred Frankenstein, who has a sweet tooth. The person who correctly guesses the number of Tootsie Rolls in Fred's belly could win him and restaurant coupons. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, October 30. Contests are for children up to 18 years old. Contests will be held during regular library hours. For more information, call 591-4944.
Monster Mash Movie Madness Series, every Sunday in October at 2:30 p.m., Avondale Library. Catch The Thing on Sunday, October 14, The Mummy on Sunday, October 21 and The Creature from the Black Lagoon on Sunday, October 28. On Tuesday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m., there will be a book discussion on John Campbell Jr.'s Who Goes There?, which was the basis for the movie The Thing. Call 226-4000 for more information.
Halloween-themed movies, every Friday in October at 10 a.m., Springville Road Library meeting room. Upcoming movies will include Scared Stiff, Haunted Honeymoon, and Love at First Bite. Popcorn and lemonade will be served. Call 226-4083 for more info. Zumba classes will be held after the movie.
Decorate a Jack-O-Lantern and a Scarecrow, Wednesday, October10 through Wednesday, October 31, Central Library Youth Department, regular library hours. Call 226-3655 for more information.
Family Halloween Movies, Saturday, October 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Central Library Youth Department. Enjoy a hot bag of popcorn and a spooky kids' movie with the family. Call 226-3655 for more information.
Paint a Pumpkin, Wednesday, October 24, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Central Library Youth Department. Join the Youth Department in celebrating Halloween by decorating a pumpkin and enjoying Halloween treats. Pumpkins will be provided by the Library. Ages 6-15.
Let's Go Batty, Thursday, October 25, 9:30 a.m, Avondale Library. Pre-school storytime with Ms. Katie.
Hallo-Read 2012 Celebration, Thursday, October 25, 5:30-7:30 p.m., North Avondale Library. Enjoy group storytime, crafts, face painting, glow-in-the-dark nail painting, dancing, pizza, treats, and punch. Free event is for children, 6 to 10 years old. Children and adults are encouraged to wear costumes. Pre-registration is required. Call 592-2082 for more info.
Nighttime Walking Tour of Notorious Downtown Birmingham Sites, Friday, October 26 and Sunday, October 28, meet at 5:45 p.m. in the Central Library atrium. Wear comfortable shoes. This 90-minute tour will cover several downtown blocks. Reservations are required and spaces are limited. Call library archivist Jim Baggett at 226-3631 or email him at email@example.com.
Happy Halloween Tot Time with Mrs. Eve, Monday, October 29 at 9:30 and 11 a.m., Avondale Library. Event is for children, 2 to 4 years old, accompanied by a caregiver. Event is free, but pre-registration is required. Children may wear Halloween costumes. No masks. Stories, songs, and crafts will be offered. Call 226-4000 for more information.
Spooky Stories with Vincent, Monday, October 29, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Central Library Youth Department. Hold onto your hats as Vincent tells spooky stories that will thrill and chill. Call 226-3655 for more information.
Fang-tastic Halloween, Tuesday, October 30, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., West End Library. Candy and prizes. All ages. Call 226-4089 for more information.
Spooktacular for Teens, Tuesday, October 30 at 4 p.m., Springville Road Library. Teenager event will feature crafts, scary stories, a movie, and a prize for best costume. Call 226-4083 for more information.
Halloween Eve Madness with Magician Larry Moore, Tuesday, October 30, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Avondale Library. Get ready to laugh during this humorous magic show. Event is free and perfect for families, but registration is required. Costumes are encouraged. No masks. Call 226-4003 for more information.
Halloween Spooktacular, Tuesday, October 30 at 6 p.m., Springville Road Library. Event is for fifth graders and younger. Games, crafts, stories, and a costume contest. Call 226-4083 for more information.
Trick or Treat at the Library, Wednesday, October 31, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., all BPL branches.Call 226-3655 for more information.
The Treats are on Us, Wednesday, October 31, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Central Library Youth Department, 2100 Park Place. Call 226-3655 for more information.
Southern Ghosts, Wednesday, October 31, 12 p.m., Central Library, Arrington Auditorium. Alabama author Jessica Penot, author of Haunted Chattanooga and Haunted North Alabama, will be the featured storyteller for this Brown Bag Lunch program. Bring your lunch and beverages will be provided. Her books will be available for sale and signing. Call 226-3631 for more information.
Fall Festival, Wednesday, October 31, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Smithfield Library. Candy bags, storytellers, music, and arts and crafts. All ages. Children may wear costumes. Call 324-8428 for more information.
Spooooky Stuff, Wednesday, October 31, 4 p.m., North Birmingham Library. Scary tales, crafts, and goodies. Children may wear costumes. All ages. Call 226-4026 for more information.


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Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez wants trade3-24-09
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Contrary to remarks by Kansas City owner Clark Hunt, Tony Gonzalez wants to be traded if the right deal can be made, a person close to the Pro Bowl tight end told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Asking not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the subject, the person said Gonzalez was surprised that Hunt had said the Chiefs were definitely not going to trade their 10-time Pro Bowler.
"If the right deal can be made, Tony very much wants the Chiefs to trade him," the person said. "Tony is not demanding a trade. Tony cherishes the time he's spent with the Chiefs and he loves the way he's always been treated by the fans there. But he knows of some other teams that would be interested in him and if the right deal can be made, he wants it to be made."
A Chiefs spokesman said Hunt could not be immediately reached. At the owners' meeting in Dana Point, Calif., on Monday, Hunt said the Chiefs had decided not to deal Gonzalez, whose many NFL records includes the most catches, yards receiving and touchdown receptions by a tight end.
"We certainly will not seek a trade for Tony," Hunt told The Kansas City Star. "I think he's excited about the changes we've made here. I think he recognizes that with Todd (Haley) as the head coach, we're going to have an exciting offense and one that will feature the passing game."
Since the end of a 2-14 season, the Chiefs have installed Scott Pioli as general manager and Haley as head coach.
The 33-year-old Gonzalez asked to be traded last October. But then-general manager Carl Peterson said no team that Gonzalez was willing to go to made a good enough offer.
The only tight end in NFL history selected to 10 Pro Bowls, Gonzalez was usually double-teamed last year but still caught 96 passes for 1,058 yards and 10 touchdowns. He plans on playing at least one more season and possibly two.
"If the Chiefs can't make a deal with the right team, then Tony will be fine with that," The AP was told. "He is not demanding a trade. But if the right deal can be made, he very much would like to be traded."