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Thin Crust Pear Tart – Tarte Fine Aux Poires For Gluten Free Thanksgiving & A Giveaway
As I was making this tart for Shauna's Gluten Free Thanksgiving Baking Round Up, I started reflecting on how much I enjoyed being an expat in America around the holidays. I now have an entire second family, a tight group of friends and handful of added occasions to celebrate new traditions and holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc… Even Christmas in B's family is light years away from mine. Starting with the food of course.
I did not grow up around pumpkin pie, pecan pie or double crusted apple pie but like anyone entering another family, expat or not, there are new traditions I have come to love. Some I have been privileged to make my in-laws discover as they let me bring my own creations to their tables. One of these dishes was my grandmother's Tarte Fine Aux Pommes. She was famous for it. And for good reason. One of the simplest and yet most aromatic and satisfying thin crusted pie I have ever had.
She'd start by making a very basic applesauce with heirloom and very tart apples, a bit of cardamom, and lemon. She'd then layer it at the bottom of a very thin pate brisee crust and top the tart with thin slices of fresh apples. It was thin on all counts, rustic and absolutely amazing. The textures, fragrances. That bit of crunch from the crust, the oozing applesauce underneath and the pretty slices of apples on top. A feast for all senses.
When Shauna sent out an email to put together a massive round up of gluten free baking recipes for Thanksgiving, my head started spinning. Wow! Thanksgiving was indeed so close and I felt like I was already one train wagon behind! But it is indeed necessary to start such a big round up filled with so many options for baked treats for the holidays. Whether you are gluten free or need to bake gluten free for someone coming to break bread at your table, that round up provides you with so many delectable options.
Go check it out on Shauna's blog. It's awesome. And tempting. And delicious.
I first thought about making pumpkin pie but it's not our true favorite to celebrate. We tend to like apple pie and tarte tatin, tarte fines and the like. Instead of using apples like my grandmother, I chose one of my favorite Autumn fruit, Forelle pears. They are juicy and fragrant. Cute as can be and one fits in my pocket quite perfectly…
I was going to go with Shauna and Danny's recipe for Asian Pear Tart in their book but the Asian pears were literally the size of mini watermelons so I substituted Forelle pears and instead of making applesauce like Grandma would have, I followed Shauna's directions to use apricot jam. I knew there was a reason I was holding on to that last of homemade apricot jam from this summer! You don't have to go that extent but don't skip on the quality is all I'm sayin'…
Did you see the giveaway going there on her blog? Pretty cool, non?! Guess what?…Shauna is graciously giving one copy of their book to one of you guys! Whether you like stories, recipes, tips, challenges, there is something for everyone. There is love to share. Beautiful words, delicious recipes and inspired photography by Lara Ferrroni. A feast for the senses!
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Forelle Pear Tart – Tarte Fine Aux Poires – Adapted from "Asian Pear Tart" in Gluten Free Girl & The Chef.
Notes: I am writing down the recipe as Shauna and Danny wrote it for their book and adding my changes as I go along. The only reason behind my substituting flours was due to our personal preferences and what I have on hand in the pantry.
For the crust:
1/2 cup sorghum flour – I used millet flour
1/2 cup tapioca four – I used corn flour
1/2 cup potato starch
1/2 cup sweet rice flour
2 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon – I left it out
pinch of salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) frozen butter
1 large egg
1/4 cup ice cold water
6-7 medium Asian pears – I used 10 Forelle pears
1/3 cup sugar – I used 1/4 cup honey
1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped – I used 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/3 cup apricot jam
Prepare the tart shell:
Sift together the millet flour, corn flour, potato starch and sweet rice flour into a large bowl. Add the sugar, cinnamon if using and salt. Sift into another bowl (I admit I skipped that part).
Grate the frozen butter directly into the dry ingredients with a medium cheese grater. Work with your fingertips until the dough feels like cornmeal or large pieces of sand.
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Butter and flour an 11-inch tart shell (I used 2 rectangular pie shells). Pull the dough from the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature a little. Roll the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper to the approximate size of your tart pan. If the dough tears a little, just piece it back together with your fingertips.
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While the dough is freezing, preheat the oven to 375F. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the dough, fill with dry beans and blind bake for 15 minutes. Let cool.
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Core and peel the pears and toss them with the honey and cardamom (or vanilla bean and sugar if using).
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Contact | User:Gori |
Last Update | 2016-08-06 |
Smoker was thrown out recently due to lack of time and interest.
Because smoked dead animals are at least as tasty as BBQed dead animals, we need to have a nice smoker. While the BigGreenEggBBQ can act as a smoker as well, it has a fairly limited capacity. Furthermore, it can not be electrically operated, which makes temperature control more tricky.
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The idea is to use a steel drum to build something like this but over 9000 times cooler, with electronics and blinkenlights.
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- steel drum that used to hold pineapple juice
- Inside dimensions: D: 57 cm, H: 85 cm, Volume approx. 218 L
- a wood chip box
- square is easy / round can hold more wood
- needs to be created
- Bonus point if the wood chip box can be retrieved from the side through a drawer or door
- one or two grids to hold the dead animal parts being smoked
- Yotson may have hole steel plates
- 3 or 4 handles for top/side
- a BBQ thermometer in through the lid
Electronic parts
- an industrial grade brass thermocouple probe keeping track of the temp.
- needs calibration
- ask benadski for the type and specs
- an arduino to measure the temperature, display it on a small LCD screen and control the heater using a relay
- a square gourmet set heater element
- a 220V relay
- weather proofed power socket enclosure
- a turn knob to adjust the temp
- a weather proof box to hold the electronics
- rgb blinkelights
Specs and datasheets
- alternative to the large sensor - a TMP36 temp sensor
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Supporters of California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages lost another argument Sunday when Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy turned down their request to at least temporarily bar such marriages in the state.
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On Thursday, the court (with Chief Justice John Roberts writing the majority opinion), ruled 5-4 that the proponents who came forward to defend Prop 8 after it was struck down by a lower court did not have the proper standing to bring the case to the High Court. So, in effect, the lower court ruling was allowed to stand.
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-- "Gay Pride Shines At Fest, Parade." (San Antonio Express-News)
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You know what's really odd? People talk about split testing their sales pages, opt-in pages, and even email subject lines, but they hardly ever mention testing their checkout page.
It's like this crucial part of the process is overlooked!
But think about it - if a bunch of your potential customers are leaving your checkout page without making a purchase, wouldn't a simple split test make a big difference?
I totally think so!
Thankfully, SamCart has got you covered. They offer the incredible ability to run live split tests, and in the world of shopping carts, that's just mind-blowing.
With SamCart, you have the freedom to change almost any setting you want for your split test.
Feel like trying out a different template? Go for it! Want to test a longer guarantee or remove some fields from the form? You can do that too!
It's super flexible and allows you to test any variation that tickles your fancy.
Here's the best part - once you've set up your variations, SamCart automatically runs the test between them.
You don't have to lift a finger; just sit back and watch the results roll in. Head over to the "AB Test" section in the product's settings, and you'll see how your variations are performing.
Once you find a winner, SamCart makes it a breeze to disable the loser and focus on what's working.
And remember, always wait until you have a statistically significant sample size before you draw any conclusions.
So, don't miss out on the power of A/B testing your checkout page with SamCart. It could be the game-changer your business needs to boost those conversions and double your sales.
6. Subscription Saver
let me tell you a story from when I first started selling subscription products online.
I was pretty naive back then and thought everyone would pay on time without any issues.
I mean, I always paid my bills and honored my commitments, so why wouldn't others do the same, right?
But boy, was I in for a surprise! It turns out there are some real troublemakers out there in the online world.
You know, those people who decline charges or cancel credit cards just to avoid making payments. It's frustrating because once they do that, your subscription income takes a hit, and it's tough to recover.
But guess what? SamCart has your back! With their nifty features, your subscriptions are well-guarded against declined payments and expired credit cards.
When a payment fails, SamCart automatically sends your customer an email on your behalf. The email includes a link that allows customers to update their payment information directly from their inbox. How cool is that?
You won't have to spend your valuable time chasing down customers to update their payments.
And if, after several tries, a customer still fails to update their payment info, no worries. SamCart takes care of it for you by automatically canceling the subscription.
So, with SamCart on your side, you can say goodbye to the headache of chasing down payment issues.
They've got your back and make sure your subscription income stays as secure as possible. No more wasting time on troublesome customers - let SamCart handle it for you!
7. Affiliate Centre
Selling products online is awesome, and one of the best perks is having an army of affiliates to promote your stuff.
The best part? You don't have to spend time promoting your products yourself or shell out money on ads. With affiliates, you only pay them when they bring in a sale for you - it's a win-win!
SamCart takes care of the heavy lifting by automatically generating an Affiliate Signup page for you. This is where potential affiliates can apply to promote your products.
You'll receive a link to this page, giving you the power to reach out to potential affiliates in various ways.
Once a potential affiliate applies, they'll see a message that their account is "pending approval." You'll get an email notification about their application, along with buttons to approve or deny them.
Of course, if you want to streamline the process, you can set it up to automatically accept affiliates.
By default, SamCart offers a generous 50% affiliate commission, but guess what? You can customize this payout to your heart's desire.
Maybe you prefer a flat rate commission (a set dollar amount per sale) or a specific percentage - it's all up to you.
So, with SamCart's Affiliate Center, you can assemble your dream team of affiliates who will tirelessly promote your products, and you only pay them when they bring in the sales.
8. SamCart Payments
let's talk about payment options! A while back, I chose Kajabi over SamCart because, well, SamCart was a bit behind on the payment options game.
At that time, they only had Stripe and PayPal available. And sure, those two are super popular, but I was looking for more variety.
But guess what? SamCart has finally stepped into the 21st Century and added some cool new payment options, including Apple Pay and Google Pay!
Now we're talking! Mobile payments are all the rage these days, and it's great that SamCart has caught up.
Okay, I'll be honest - they still don't have crypto payments, and that's a bit of a bummer.
But who's checking their crypto portfolio these days anyway? I certainly haven't in months, and I bet you haven't either.
So, let's take a look at the full list of payment options SamCart now offers:
Google Pay
Microsoft Pay (although I'm not entirely sure what that is)
Apple Pay
See, they've come a long way since the old days, and it's awesome to see them adapting to the changing landscape of payment methods.
With these new options, you'll have more ways to accept payments, making it easier for your customers to buy from you.
9. SamCart Integrations
Let's talk about SamCart integrations - they're kind of what you'd expect, nothing too mind-blowing.
As I mentioned earlier, SamCart does have some limitations in terms of what it can do for your (physical) business.
But fear not! Where it falls short, you can always turn to other tools and integrate them seamlessly with SamCart.
Now, the thing to keep in mind is that integrating multiple tools might come with a cost - both in terms of money and potential headaches.
You might end up paying more as you add more tools and managing different integrations can be a bit like duct-taping things together - not always the smoothest experience.
Let's look at some key integrations that can level up your SamCart game:
Digital Access Pass - for managing access to your digital products and memberships.
Mailchimp - for email marketing and keeping your subscribers engaged.
Klaviyo - another email marketing tool with powerful automation features.
ShipStation - to streamline your shipping and fulfillment processes.
Zapier - a fantastic tool that helps connect various apps and automate workflows.
Keap - for CRM and business automation to help you stay organized.
HubSpot - an all-in-one platform for marketing, sales, and customer service.
These integrations can add new functionalities and make your life easier, but just remember to weigh the pros and cons before going all-in.
Make sure the benefits outweigh the costs and potential complexities of integrating multiple tools.
10. SamCart Core E-commerce Features
Let's talk about SamCart's eCommerce features - they're pretty solid for small to medium-sized businesses selling digital products online.
But, I must admit, when it comes to physical products, it's a bit lacking. If you're all about FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) or planning to offer a large catalog of physical products, I'd recommend sticking with Shopify (Free Trial Here ).
Now, if you're focused on selling digital products and a few physical goodies, SamCart's got you covered! Check out these awesome features:
Tax and VAT: SamCart takes away all the headaches of calculating sales tax. It automatically calculates the taxes and adds them to the price for your customers. So, if you have customers in the EU, SamCart will handle those big, disgusting, greedy VAT taxes that the government seems to love charging. You won't have to lift a finger - it's a lifesaver!
Subscription options: SamCart goes above and beyond the competition (like Teachable) by offering a wide range of payment models. You can get creative with your subscriptions - free trials, $1 trials, multiple payment plans, pay what you want - the possibilities are endless! If you can dream it, you can set it up as a payment plan.
Coupons and discounts: It's super straightforward - you can create one-time or recurring discounts or coupon codes for your customers during promotions. Nothing too fancy here, but it gets the job done.
Flexible refunds: This is a win-win situation. If a customer is totally unhappy, you can refund everything. But if there's a chance to work things out, you can offer a partial refund. From my experience, I'd say it's better not to offer refunds for courses or eBooks. Trust me, it saves you some trouble.
SamCart Pricing Breakdown
Let's talk about SamCart's pricing plans - they've got three options for you to choose from:
Launch plan : It's either $39 per month if you pay annually or $59 per month if you prefer monthly billing.
Grow plan : This one is a bit more powerful and comes at $79 per month billed annually or $119 per month billed monthly.
Scale plan : This is the big daddy of the bunch, packed with all the awesome features you could ask for. It's priced at $179 per month billed annually or $299 per month billed monthly.
Now, here's the kicker - even at the Scale level, SamCart is an absolute steal considering all the amazing features they offer.
However, I've noticed that the Grow plan is more than enough for many online entrepreneurs.
Here's a money-saving tip: If you want to cut some costs, go for the annual payment option - they'll give you a nice discount for that.
And here's the best part - if for any reason it doesn't live up to your expectations (though I doubt that'll happen), you can simply say goodbye and cancel.
No hard feelings. They even offer a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee, so the risk is pretty much nonexistent.
According to SamCart, their average sellers make up to 5 times more than those using other platforms.
So, really, what do you have to lose? Give it a shot, and I'm pretty confident you'll be amazed at what SamCart can do for your online business.
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Zurich FP Afternoon:
When: | Thursday, Aug 29th 2013 |
Hours: | 13:00 ~ 18:00 |
Where: | ETH, Zurich, Switzerland |
ZuriHac 2013:
When: | Friday, Aug 30th 2013 – Sunday, Sep 1st 2013 |
Hours: | 09:00 ~ 20:00 |
Where: | Erudify (now known as Better), Zurich, Switzerland |
Switzerland has its own power sockets. We can't provide converters for everybody so make sure to bring one along. Do note that the Europlug will fit in a Swiss power socket. There's an electronics shop Fust Center Eschenmoser very near our office where you can buy converters.
On Thursday, 29 August 2013 the Zurich HaskellerZ Meetup group will hold the "Zurich FP Afternoon". This will be a half-day event consisting of talks themed "Functional Programming in Industry". It will be held at ETH and will start with a keynote from Simon Marlow!
The Zurich FP Afternoon is followed by ZuriHac 2013, a three day Haskell Hackathon from Friday, 30 August until Sunday, 1 September hosted at the Erudify offices.
The Haskell Hackathon is an international, grassroots collaborative coding festival with a simple focus: build and improve Haskell libraries, tools, and infrastructure.
This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow haskellers in real life, find new contributors for your project, improve existing libraries and tools or even start new ones!
See ZuriHac for previous Hackathons in Zurich.
Better (formerly known as Erudify) will host the Hackathon.
Google Switzerland are providing financial and food support
ETH will host the Zurich FP Afternoon.
- 19 August 2013
- Google Switzerland is an official co-sponsor of ZuriHac 2013.
This enables us to give all attendees this free T-shirt:
and free food and drinks during the FP Afternoon!
Thanks Google!
- 24 July 2013
- Completed speakers schedule for the FP Afternoon.
- 10 June 2013
- Registration is now open!
To register please fill in the form.
Zurich, Switzerland
To learn more about the city, please see the Wikipedia and Wikitravel articles.
- The Zurich FP Afternoon will be hosted at ETH, building: CAB, room: G61, address: Universitätstrasse 6, Zürich.
- ZuriHac will be hosted at the Erudify offices, Grüngasse 19, Zürich.
Getting around
Google map with important places
Local transport links:
Getting to the FP Afternoon Talks on the 29th from the Airport
Follow signs to the Tram 10 from the Airport arrivals. Take the Tram 10 direct to the stop "ETH/Universitätsspital"
Getting to the Zurich Youth Hostel from the Airport
Take any train that stops at Zurich Bahnhof Hardbrücke, transfer to the 33 Trolley bus going direction Morgental. Take 33 to Jugendherberge and you will see the Hostel.
Getting from the Youth Hostel to the FP Afternoon Talks
Walk to Morgental and take the number 7 Tram direction Bahnhof Stettbach. Change to the Number 10 or Number 6 Tram at the stop "Central" (direction Flughafen/Oerklion and Zoo) and get off at "ETH/Universitätsspital"
A note on day tickets:
Day tickets in Zurich run for 24 hours and can be used on all forms of transport, bus, train, tram.
We have spoken with the local Youth Hostel in Zurich and they will be able to group Haskellers together if you mention the code "ZuriHac2013" when booking and when you check in.
The website to book is here http://www.youthhostel.ch/en/hostels/zurich
Please be advised we do not have a hold on rooms so you should book sooner rather than later if you will attend! Erudify and the Youth Hostel can't guarantee space
The Hostel has good public transport links to the Hackathon and downtown Zurich.
Transport between the Hostel and Hackathon is very easy with the Trolley Bus 33.
Other options we recommend are Wimdu or Airbnb.
FP Afternoon
Time | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Slides |
13:00 | Registration | Food and drinks provided by Google | ||
13:30 | Simon Marlow | Keynote: The Haxl Project at Facebook | Writing code in an environment as large and complex as Facebook involves talking to many different back-end services, including databases, search engines, caches, and so forth. Each of these data sources has different characteristics and requires different access patterns to make best use of its resources. Typical front-end code will need to access many of these resources concurrently, but the programmer doesn't want to be concerned with the details of how best to access each resource. Moreover, we want to be able to write our code in a modular way and yet have concurrent accesses to the back-end services automatically batched and overlapped for us.
This talk describes a system that we're building using Haskell that allows the front-end programmer writing business logic to access all the back-end services in a concise and consistent way, while the system handles batching and overlapping of requests to multiple data sources behind the scenes. The programming model is one of implicit concurrency: there's no fork or async operation, all external data access is implicitly performed in parallel where possible. |
Slides |
14:30 | Break | Food and drinks provided by Google | ||
15:00 | Erik Hesselink | Functional programming at Silk. | At Silk we've been using functional programming for about 4 years now. We've used it to build a web application, coding in Haskell and Javascript. I will explain what we do, how we do it, and what we've found to be the strengths and weaknesses of Haskell and Javascript. | Slides |
15:35 | Gergely Risko | Ceh, power-user environments to share | It's a common problem to share user environments (editor, compiler, browser, etc.) between GNU/Linux computers: laptop on the move and desktop at home, or different engineering workstations of a product team. This is usually solved by using the GNU/Linux distribution's package manager. That fails if the different engineers use different distributions or different versions. Ceh, building on Nix provides the same version controlled, reproducible power-user environment on top of any modern GNU/Linux, be it 64-bit or 32-bit. What makes it interesting for Haskellers is the fact that Nix applies the concept of purity and laziness on the filesystem level and package management level, and Ceh also has excellent GHC support with ~80 cabal packages included. | Slides |
16:10 | Break | Food and drinks provided by Google | ||
16:40 | Thomas Schilling | A virtual machine for Haskell | The Glasgow Haskell Compiler is a very good static compiler, but the code it produces is often large and it can be difficult to predict performance.
Furthermore, profiling a program often requires recompiling the program and all libraries it uses. This talk describes Lambdachine, a virtual machine and trace-based just-in-time (JIT) compiler for Haskell, which attempts to address these problems. Lambdachine reuses GHC for type checking and (optional) static optimisations, and complements it with additional optimisations performed at runtime based on the program's behaviour. This talk describes some of the challenges of the design and implementation of Lambdachine. |
Slides |
Slides |
17:50 | Prizegiving | Announcement of Google prizes |
Hacking hours: 10:00 to 18:00.
Please come before 11:00. At 11:00 there will be projects introduction and discussion.
Since the weather is lovely we'll go BBQing at Lake Zurich this afternoon!
- The plan is to leave at 18:00.
- We'll close the office at 18:00 so make sure you've got your stuff with you.
- To make it easier we'll go in two groups:
- Group A will be lead by Simon Meier.
- Group B will be lead by Bas van Dijk.
- We'll assemble the groups at around 17:45.
- Everybody should bring their own food & drinks so we'll go shopping at: Migros at Wengistrasse 7 which is a 5 min. walk from ZuriHac.
- Then we take the S8 train: from Wiedikon to Wollishofen at 18:47.
- Make sure to buy a ticket because Swiss train conductors know no mercy. I suggest you buy a "Tageskarte" (which is a ticket for 24 hours) for zone 10.
- The BBQ location is: in the park at the Bachstrasse near Lake Zurich.
- If you like you can take a dive in the lake. The water is around 22°C. So make sure to pack a swimsuit and towel.
Dinner: Pizza!
- We'll order pizzas at the standard Erudify pizza place: Molino at Stauffacher.
- Please choose your order (I can recommend Pizza Miss Italia)
- Bas will come by and take your order and your money ;-)
- The organizers will get the pizzas and we'll eat them at ZuriHac.
- We would like to organize a Demo / Lightning-talk session at 13:30 today.
- Please come to Bas if you would like to demo something or like to give a lightning talk.
- Please keep your demo's/talks shorter than 5 minutes.
- Program:
- Duncan Coutts: Lightning talk: "async I/O vs sync I/O" & "Hackage 2".
- Simon Meier: Demo: "Outlook on an improved binary serialization".
- Simon Hengel: Demo: "Source locations for error / undefined / failing tests".
- Patrick Premont: Talk: "Easily Persisting Large Immutable Data Structures".
- Break
- Sjoerd Visscher: Demo: "Free Functors".
- Roman Cheplyaka: Lightning talk: The status of the Haskell Suite
- Erik Hesselink: Demo: "Halberd: automatically generating imports".
- Mihaly Barasz: Demo: "SSTM, it's a thing!".
- Gergely Risko: Demo: "the final library".
- Adam Bergmark: Talk: "Fay: status update".
See the list of people who are attending the FP Afternoon / ZuriHac 2013.
See the projects page.
IRC, Twitter
The main communication channel during the Hackathon will be our IRC channel: #zurihac at Freenode.
#zurihac is our Twitter/Google+ hashtag as well.
The events are organized in name of the Zurich HaskellerZ meetup group by the following people:
- Alexander Bernauer (Google)
- Thomas Schilling (Erudify)
- Simon Meier (Erudify)
- Michela D'Amelio (Erudify)
- Dominic Small (Erudify)
- Ales Pospisil (Erudify)
- Bas van Dijk (Erudify)
For any questions or emergencies, you can always call Bas () at +41 791 285 624 or send an email to email@example.com


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Monday was Michelle Obama's night in Denver, and she delivered what must have been biggest and best speech of her life. Deeply personal and infinitely inspirational, Michelle explains the values and vision that she and Barack share and the America they want their children to grow up in.
"[Barack and I] were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them."
All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do — that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.
That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barack's journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope.
That is why I love this country.
And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us — no matter what our age or background or walk of life — each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.
Full transcript below the fold:(via NPR)
As you might imagine, for Barack, running for president is nothing compared to that first game of basketball with my brother, Craig.
I can't tell you how much it means to have Craig and my mom here tonight. Like Craig, I can feel my dad looking down on us, just as I've felt his presence in every grace-filled moment of my life.
At 6-foot-6, I've often felt like Craig was looking down on me too … literally. But the truth is, both when we were kids and today, he wasn't looking down on me. He was watching over me.
And he's been there for me every step of the way since that clear February day 19 months ago, when — with little more than our faith in each other and a hunger for change — we joined my husband, Barack Obama, on the improbable journey that's brought us to this moment.
But each of us also comes here tonight by way of our own improbable journey.
I come here tonight as a sister, blessed with a brother who is my mentor, my protector and my lifelong friend.
I come here as a wife who loves my husband and believes he will be an extraordinary president.
I come here as a mom whose girls are the heart of my heart and the center of my world — they're the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night. Their future — and all our children's future — is my stake in this election.
And I come here as a daughter — raised on the South Side of Chicago by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me. My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion and her intelligence reflected in my own daughters.
My dad was our rock. Although he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in his early 30s, he was our provider, our champion, our hero. As he got sicker, it got harder for him to walk, it took him longer to get dressed in the morning. But if he was in pain, he never let on. He never stopped smiling and laughing — even while struggling to button his shirt, even while using two canes to get himself across the room to give my mom a kiss. He just woke up a little earlier and worked a little harder.
He and my mom poured everything they had into me and Craig. It was the greatest gift a child can receive: never doubting for a single minute that you're loved, and cherished, and have a place in this world. And thanks to their faith and hard work, we both were able to go on to college. So I know firsthand from their lives — and mine — that the American dream endures.
And you know, what struck me when I first met Barack was that even though he had this funny name, even though he'd grown up all the way across the continent in Hawaii, his family was so much like mine. He was raised by grandparents who were working-class folks just like my parents, and by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills just like we did. Like my family, they scrimped and saved so that he could have opportunities they never had themselves. And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them.
And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children — and all children in this nation — to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.
And as our friendship grew, and I learned more about Barack, he introduced me to the work he'd done when he first moved to Chicago after college. Instead of heading to Wall Street, Barack had gone to work in neighborhoods devastated when steel plants shut down and jobs dried up. And he'd been invited back to speak to people from those neighborhoods about how to rebuild their community.
The people gathered together that day were ordinary folks doing the best they could to build a good life. They were parents living paycheck to paycheck; grandparents trying to get by on a fixed income; men frustrated that they couldn't support their families after their jobs disappeared. Those folks weren't asking for a handout or a shortcut. They were ready to work — they wanted to contribute. They believed — like you and I believe — that America should be a place where you can make it if you try.
Barack stood up that day, and spoke words that have stayed with me ever since. He talked about "The world as it is" and "The world as it should be." And he said that all too often, we accept the distance between the two, and settle for the world as it is — even when it doesn't reflect our values and aspirations. But he reminded us that we know what our world should look like. We know what fairness and justice and opportunity look like. And he urged us to believe in ourselves — to find the strength within ourselves to strive for the world as it should be. And isn't that the great American story?
It's the story of men and women gathered in churches and union halls, in town squares and high school gyms — people who stood up and marched and risked everything they had — refusing to settle, determined to mold our future into the shape of our ideals.
It is because of their will and determination that this week, we celebrate two anniversaries: the 88th anniversary of women winning the right to vote, and the 45th anniversary of that hot summer day when [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] lifted our sights and our hearts with his dream for our nation.
I stand here today at the crosscurrents of that history — knowing that my piece of the American dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me. All of them driven by the same conviction that drove my dad to get up an hour early each day to painstakingly dress himself for work. The same conviction that drives the men and women I've met all across this country:
People who work the day shift, kiss their kids goodnight, and head out for the night shift — without disappointment, without regret — that goodnight kiss a reminder of everything they're working for.
The military families who say grace each night with an empty seat at the table. The servicemen and women who love this country so much, they leave those they love most to defend it.
The young people across America serving our communities — teaching children, cleaning up neighborhoods, caring for the least among us each and every day.
People like Hillary Clinton, who put those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling, so that our daughters — and sons — can dream a little bigger and aim a little higher.
People like Joe Biden, who's never forgotten where he came from and never stopped fighting for folks who work long hours and face long odds and need someone on their side again.
All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won't do — that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.
That is the thread that connects our hearts. That is the thread that runs through my journey and Barack's journey and so many other improbable journeys that have brought us here tonight, where the current of history meets this new tide of hope.
That is why I love this country.
And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us — no matter what our age or background or walk of life — each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.
It's a belief Barack shares — a belief at the heart of his life's work.
It's what he did all those years ago, on the streets of Chicago, setting up job training to get people back to work and after-school programs to keep kids safe — working block by block to help people lift up their families.
It's what he did in the Illinois Senate, moving people from welfare to jobs, passing tax cuts for hard-working families, and making sure women get equal pay for equal work.
It's what he's done in the United States Senate, fighting to ensure the men and women who serve this country are welcomed home not just with medals and parades but with good jobs and benefits and health care — including mental health care.
That's why he's running — to end the war in Iraq responsibly, to build an economy that lifts every family, to make health care available for every American, and to make sure every child in this nation gets a world class education all the way from preschool to college. That's what Barack Obama will do as president of the United States of America.
He'll achieve these goals the same way he always has — by bringing us together and reminding us how much we share and how alike we really are. You see, Barack doesn't care where you're from, or what your background is, or what party — if any — you belong to. That's not how he sees the world. He knows that thread that connects us — our belief in America's promise, our commitment to our children's future — is strong enough to hold us together as one nation even when we disagree.
It was strong enough to bring hope to those neighborhoods in Chicago.
It was strong enough to bring hope to the mother he met worried about her child in Iraq; hope to the man who's unemployed, but can't afford gas to find a job; hope to the student working nights to pay for her sister's health care, sleeping just a few hours a day.
And it was strong enough to bring hope to people who came out on a cold Iowa night and became the first voices in this chorus for change that's been echoed by millions of Americans from every corner of this nation.
Millions of Americans who know that Barack understands their dreams; that Barack will fight for people like them; and that Barack will finally bring the change we need.
And in the end, after all that's happened these past 19 months, the Barack Obama I know today is the same man I fell in love with 19 years ago. He's the same man who drove me and our new baby daughter home from the hospital 10 years ago this summer, inching along at a snail's pace, peering anxiously at us in the rearview mirror, feeling the whole weight of her future in his hands, determined to give her everything he'd struggled so hard for himself, determined to give her what he never had: the affirming embrace of a father's love.
And as I tuck that little girl and her little sister into bed at night, I think about how one day, they'll have families of their own. And one day, they — and your sons and daughters — will tell their own children about what we did together in this election. They'll tell them how this time, we listened to our hopes, instead of our fears. How this time, we decided to stop doubting and to start dreaming. How this time, in this great country — where a girl from the South Side of Chicago can go to college and law school, and the son of a single mother from Hawaii can go all the way to the White House – we committed ourselves to building the world as it should be.
So tonight, in honor of my father's memory and my daughters' future — out of gratitude to those whose triumphs we mark this week, and those whose everyday sacrifices have brought us to this moment — let us devote ourselves to finishing their work; let us work together to fulfill their hopes; and let us stand together to elect Barack Obama president of the United States of America.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.


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Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons are specialist trained to manage and treat facial trauma. There are an infinite number of ways in which the face can be damaged and thus need some type of reconstruction. Accidents, falls, automobile crashes, and interpersonal violence are among the most common causes. Some of the main types of facial injuries resulting from these instances are lacerations, fractured teeth, fractured jaws, fractured facial bones, knocked-out teeth, and intraoral lacerations.
There are three main classifications used by health professionals in their trauma assessment:
Soft Tissue Injuries – Soft tissue trauma includes lacerations to the skin and any kind of intraoral (gum) damage.
Avulsed (knocked out) Teeth - Injuries to the teeth are very common and must be dealt with immediately to insure success of reimplantation.
Bony Injuries – This category encompasses the entire face including fractured cheekbones, jaw bones, eye sockets, palates, and noses.
Special Regions – Special regions refers to the nerves in the face, the eyes, and the salivary glands.
Reasons for Facial Trauma Reconstruction
Aside from the obvious aesthetic reasons for repairing damage to the face, there are also a number of serious health and dental concerns that can arise from even a small amount of trauma. No facial injury should be taken lightly. Depending on the exact location of the injury, respiration, speech and swallowing can be greatly impaired.
Though broken facial bones are generally treated in the emergency room, damage to the teeth can be quickly dealt with by your dentist. Failure to treat dental and facial trauma can lead to the following longer term problems:
What does correcting facial trauma involve?
If facial bones have been fractured or broken, they will be treated in much the same way as any other broken bone. Of course, a plaster cast cannot be applied to a cheekbone, but the bones can be held firmly together by either wiring or the insertion of small plates and screws. Soft tissue lacerations will be treated immediately by way of suture (stitching).
In cases where a tooth has been knocked cleanly out of the mouth, there is still a possibility of reinserting it. The quicker a re-insertion can be performed by your dentist, the greater the likelihood that the natural tooth will survive. In the event that the tooth lacks the ligaments necessary for reinsertion, your dentist can implant a prosthetic tooth to restore both functionality and aesthetic appearance. Your dentist can also "splint" displaced teeth using structural support such as bonding or wiring with a good amount of success. Root canal therapy is also a possibility for loose or broken teeth.
Your dentist will conduct a thorough examination and take various x-rays in order to determine the precise condition of the afflicted area and plan a course of action. Pain medication will be prescribed as necessary, and you'll be given post treatment advice for your recovery.


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Interactive Shell and Interactive Mode are not the same thing, despite the similar names and functionality.
If you type 'php -a' and get a response of 'Interactive Shell' followed by a 'php>' prompt, you have interactive shell available (PHP was compiled with readline support). If instead you get a response of 'Interactive mode enabled', you DO NOT have interactive shell available and this article does not apply to you.
You can also check 'php -m' and see if readline is listed in the output - if not, you don't have interactive shell.
Interactive mode is essentially like running php with stdin as the file input. You just type code, and when you're done (Ctrl-D), php executes whatever you typed as if it were a normal PHP (PHTML) file - hence you start in interactive mode with '<?php' in order to execute code.
Interactive shell evaluates every expression as you complete it (with ; or }), reports errors without terminating execution, and supports standard shell functionality via readline (history, tab completion, etc). It's an enhanced version of interactive mode that is ONLY available if you have the required libraries, and is an actual PHP shell that interprets everything you type as PHP code - using '<?php' will cause a parse error.
Finally, if you're running on Windows, you're probably screwed. From what I'm seeing in other comments here, you don't have readline, and without readline there is no interactive shell.


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The general map contains a summary of all the severe weather hazards respectively severe weather warnings as well as useful weather advices for Thurgau. On the map you can see at which locations respectively in which areas of Thurgau severe weather events as gale/storm, heavy rain, heavy snow, thunderstorm or freezing rain are imminent. Furthermore, the overview indicates where in Thurgau extreme temperatures or icy roads / glazed frost have to be reckoned with.
We distinguish between weather watches and weather warnings. Severe weather watches are issued up to 48 hours in advance, if the occurrence of a severe weather event is probable but there are uncertainties about duration, intensity and/or the course of this severe weather event. Severe weather warnings are released if meteorologists are certain about the occurrence of the severe weather event. Thereby, three levels are distinguished: The orange warning level stands for a (upcoming) moderate severe weather event, the red warning level for a strong severe weather event and the violet, top warning level for an extremely strong severe weather event in Thurgau. The professional and experienced meteorologists at the Severe Weather Centre continually adjust the severe weather forecasts manually and make them reliable and cutting-edge round the clock (24 hours a day, 365 days a year).


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Fitness doesn't have to be drudgery. These tips can help you add focus and fun to your routine.
Have you ever started a fitness program and then quit? If you answered yes, you're not alone. Many people start fitness programs but stop when they get bored or results come too slowly. Here are seven tips to help you stay motivated.
1. Set goals
Start with simple goals and then progress to longer range goals. Remember to make your goals realistic and achievable. It's easy to get frustrated and give up if your goals are too ambitious. For example, if you haven't exercised in a while, a short-term goal might be to walk 10 minutes a day three days a week. An intermediate goal might be to walk 30 minutes five days a week. A long-term goal might be to complete a 5K walk.
2. Make it fun
Find sports or activities that you enjoy, then vary the routine to keep you on your toes. If you're not enjoying your workouts, try something different. Join a volleyball or softball league. Take a ballroom dancing class. Check out a health club or martial arts center. Discover your hidden athletic talent. Remember, exercise doesn't have to be drudgery — and you're more likely to stick with a fitness program if you're having fun.
3. Make physical activitye
If it's hard to find time for exercise, don't fall back on excuses. Schedule workouts as you would any other important activity. You can also slip in physical activity throughout the day. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Walk up and down sidelines while watching the kids play sports. Pedal a stationary bike or do strength training exercises while you watch TV at night.
4. Put it on paper
Are you hoping to lose weight? Boost your energy? Sleep better? Manage a chronic condition? Write it down. Seeing the benefits of regular exercise on paper may help you stay motivated. You may also find it helps to keep an exercise diary. Record what you did during each exercise session, how long you exercised and how you felt afterward. Recording your efforts can help you work toward your goals — and remind you that you're making progress.
5. Join forces with friends
You're not in this alone. Invite friends or co-workers to join you when you exercise. Work out with your partner or other loved ones. Play soccer with your kids. Organize a group of neighbors to take fitness classes at a local health club.
6. Reward yourself
After each exercise session, take a few minutes to savor the good feelings that exercise gives you. This type of internal reward can help you make a long-term commitment to regular exercise. External rewards can help, too. When you reach a longer range goal, treat yourself to a new pair of walking shoes or new tunes to enjoy while you exercise.
7. Be flexible
If you're too busy to work out or simply don't feel up to it, take a day or two off. Be gentle with yourself if you need a break. The important thing is to get back on track as soon as you can. Now that you've regained your enthusiasm, get moving! Set your goals, make it fun and pat yourself on the back from time to time. Remember, physical activity is for life. Review these tips whenever you feel your motivation slipping.


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Peace Lily
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The peace lily is great for sympathy or to brighten an office environment.
6" is approx 26" tall from bottom of pot (51701)
8" is approx 30" tall from bottom of pot (31858)
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Man kills mother, then 26 at Conn. grade school
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| Saturday, December 15, 2012, 10:05 a.m.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. — A man killed his mother at their home and then opened fire Friday inside the elementary school where she taught, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in fear to the sound of gunshots reverberating through the building and screams echoing over the intercom.
The 20-year-old killer, carrying at least two handguns, committed suicide at the school, bringing the death toll to 28, authorities said.
The rampage, coming less than two weeks before Christmas, was the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre that left 33 people dead in 2007.
"Our hearts are broken today," a tearful President Barack Obama, struggling to maintain his composure, said at the White House. He called for "meaningful action" to prevent such shootings. "As a country, we have been through this too many times," he said.
Police shed no light on the motive for the attack. The gunman, Adam Lanza, was believed to suffer from a personality disorder and lived with his mother, said a law enforcement official who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to discuss it.
Panicked parents looking for their children raced to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, a prosperous New England community of about 27,000 people 60 miles northeast of New York City. Police told youngsters at the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade school to close their eyes as they were led from the building so that they wouldn't see the blood and broken glass.
Schoolchildren — some crying, others looking frightened — were escorted through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other's shoulders.
Law enforcement officials speaking on condition of anonymity said that Lanza killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, and then drove to the school in her car with three guns, including a high-powered rifle that he apparently left in the back of the vehicle. Authorities said he shot up two classrooms, but they otherwise gave no details on how the attack unfolded.
A custodian ran through the halls, warning of a gunman on the loose, and someone switched on the intercom, alerting people in the building to the attack — and perhaps saving many lives — by letting them hear the hysteria going on in the school office, a teacher said.
Teachers locked their doors and ordered children to huddle in a corner or hide in closets as shots echoed through the building.
State police Lt. Paul Vance said 28 people in all were killed, including the gunman, and a woman who worked at the school was wounded.
Lanza's older brother, 24-year-old Ryan, of Hoboken, N.J., was being questioned, but a law enforcement official said he was not believed to have had any role in the rampage. Investigators were searching his computers and phone records, but he told law enforcement he had not been in touch with his brother since about 2010.
The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation.
At one point, a law enforcement official mistakenly identified the gunman as Ryan Lanza. Brett Wilshe, a friend of Ryan Lanza's, said Lanza told him the gunman may have had his identification. Updates posted on Ryan Lanza's Facebook page Friday afternoon read, "It wasn't me" and "I was at work."
Robert Licata said his 6-year-old son was in class when the gunman burst in and shot the teacher. "That's when my son grabbed a bunch of his friends and ran out the door," he said. "He was very brave. He waited for his friends."
He said the shooter didn't utter a word.
Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-year-old daughter was in the school and heard two big bangs. Teachers told her to get in a corner, he said. "It's alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America," he said. His daughter was uninjured.
Theodore Varga was in a meeting with other fourth-grade teachers when he heard the gunfire. He said someone had turned on the intercom so that "you could hear people in the office. You could hear the hysteria that was going on. I think whoever did that saved a lot of people. Everyone in the school was listening to the terror that was transpiring."
Also, a custodian ran around, warning people there was someone with a gun, Varga said.
"He said, 'Guys! Get down! Hide!'" Varga said. "So he was actually a hero." The teacher said he did not know if the custodian survived.
On Friday night, hundreds of people packed a Newtown church and stood outside in a vigil for the victims. People held hands, lit candles and sang "Silent Night" at St. Rose of Lima church.
Anthony Bloss, whose three daughters survived the shootings, said they are doing better than he is. "I'm numb. I'm completely numb," he said at the vigil.
Mergim Bajraliu, 17, said he heard the gunshots echo from his home and ran to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was uninjured, heard a scream come over the intercom. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.
"Everyone was just traumatized," he said.
Mary Pendergast said her 9-year-old nephew was in the school at the time of the shooting but wasn't hurt after his music teacher helped him take cover in a closet.
Richard Wilford's 7-year-old son, Richie, told him that he heard a noise that sounded like "cans falling." The boy said a teacher went out to check on the noise, came back in, locked the door and had the children huddle in the corner until police arrived.
"There's no words," Wilford said. "It's sheer terror, a sense of imminent danger, to get to your child and be there to protect him."
On Friday afternoon, family members were led away from a firehouse that was being used as a staging area, some of them weeping. One man, wearing a T-shirt without a jacket, put his arms around a woman as they walked down the middle of the street, oblivious to everything around them. Another woman with tears rolling down her face walked by, carrying a car seat with a baby inside.
"Evil visited this community today and it's too early to speak of recovery, but each parent, each sibling, each member of the family has to understand that Connecticut — we're all in this together. We'll do whatever we can to overcome this event," Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
Adam Lanza and his mother lived in a well-to-do part of Newtown where neighbors are doctors or hold white-collar positions at companies such as General Electric, Pepsi and IBM.
Three guns were found — a Glock and a Sig Sauer, both pistols, inside the school, and a .223-caliber rifle in the back of a car.
The shootings instantly brought to mind such tragedies as the Columbine High School massacre that killed 15 in 1999 and the July shootings at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead.
"You go to a movie theater in Aurora and all of a sudden your life is taken," Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis said. "You're at a shopping mall in Portland, Ore., and your life is taken. This morning, when parents kissed their kids goodbye knowing that they are going to be home to celebrate the holiday season coming up, you don't expect this to happen."
He added: "It has to stop, these senseless deaths."
Obama's comments on the tragedy amounted to one of the most outwardly emotional moments of his presidency.
"The majority of those who died were children — beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old," Obama said.
He paused for several seconds to keep his composure as he teared up and wiped an eye. Nearby, two aides cried and held hands as they listened to Obama.
"They had their entire lives ahead of them — birthdays, graduations, wedding, kids of their own," Obama continued about the victims. "Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children."
Associated Press writers Jim Fitzgerald and Pat Eaton-Robb in Newtown, Bridget Murphy in Boston, Samantha Henry in Newark, N.J., Pete Yost in Washington and Michael Melia in Hartford contributed to this report, as did the AP News Research Center.


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Page of Cups
Beware forgetting to look out for yourself lest you be played for a fool.
This card is traditionally entitled the Page, but in some modern decks appears as a Princess. In this suit this card represents a poetic, mystical, emotionally open young person, still tender and idealistic, given to flights of imaginative fantasy.
This energy is exquisitely refined and fine-tuned. It may be that a sense of being grounded in reality has not yet entirely set in, such that he or she is easily tossed about by external forces and events. This person must work to achieve a stronger will and a more calculating mind, to balance and protect all that wonderful sensitivity.
In the Advice Position
Make yourself fully available for whatever is needed.
The card in the Advice position suggests a course of action which will harmonize what you want with what is currently possible.
The Page of Cups (in some decks, a Princess) in this position advises you to study the best ways to be of service. Strive to discern what would give more pleasure, comfort and emotional security. Then, provide it. Understand that what is happening has little or nothing to do with you personally. The best you can do is to offer support and listen closely.
Make sure you understand what is needed and serve the situation with loyalty. Look at individuals around you as the embodiment of the Divine, and try to fulfill each one's needs. Be unconcerned with the outcome. Later you will understand why you needed to be in this position.