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Imagine you're an agent at a busy call center: you're fielding dozens of phone calls a day with customers you've never met, and you want to make a good impression on all of them. Don't you want to be as prepared and efficient as possible?
One of the best ways to set up your call center team for success in the environment described is by investing in a system with computer telephony integration (CTI). CTI is an important category of call center software: It enables phone and computer systems to work together for the benefit of your agents and your customers.
In this guide, we'll break down everything you need to know to choose the right CTI system for your company, such as:
What Is CTI?
Common Functionality of CTI
Benefits of CTI
CTI Implementation Options
Integration Considerations
CTI, or computer telephony integration, is also known as "computer-telephone integration" or "computer telephony." These terms may sound intimidating, but their basic meaning is straightforward: CTI is technology that lets you use a computer to initiate, manage and enhance your phone calls.
CTI is often used as a jargon term for describing integrations between a phone system and a customer relationship management (CRM) system that has already been deployed. These integrations add features to enhance both systems and help agents better handle interactions.
An example of how they do this is "screen pops"—a window that pops up on an agent's computer screen when they have an incoming phone call. That window displays information about the caller, e.g., address and interaction history, which is pulled from the call center's existing CRM program.
This phone system-computer coordination is made possible through CTI. Though it's most common for CTI to be used for CRM integrations, it is also good for other types of integrations.
For instance, many organizations now use CTI to allow their accounting software to interface with their phone system. Agents can call customers with unpaid invoices directly from their accounting software through functionality called "click-to-dial" (more details on this below).
To recap: CTI software acts as a bridge for the exchange of data and functionalities between a company's phone system and other existing programs, such as CRM or accounting solutions.
Vendors offer a variety of functional breadth and depth in their CTI solutions. Here are some of the most common capabilities:
|Screen pops
|In addition to what we've already described, screen pops can indicate the priority level of an interaction with a caller based on customer history data from your CRM program. They can also use a customer's Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system answers to display the purpose of a call (e.g., sales or support).
|This function adds outbound dialing capabilities to the databases of contacts you'd find in a CRM or accounting system. Agents can skip manual dialing and simply click a phone number on their computer screen to place a call.
|Caller authentication
|CTI software screens incoming calls and uses the phone number to find a match in your CRM system. It can confirm the caller's identity before the call even starts.
|Phone controls
|Users can manage their phone controls through the computer instead of dialing buttons manually. These include the ability to answer, hang-up, conference, forward and transfer calls.
|Logging and notes
|Basic information is automatically logged in the CRM system while the call is in progress, such as the time/date of the call and agent handling it. Agents can also add manual notes directly into the CRM or accounting program.
|Coordinated voice/data transfer
|If a call needs to be transferred from one member of your team to another, this function allows all onscreen customer information (e.g., screen pops) to be transferred when the line is reassigned.
Here are some benefits that explain how CTI can empower call center agents and companies to have more productive customer interactions:
CTI can be implemented in one of two ways:
It's important to note that best-of-breed CTI software is a relatively niche offering. It could be a good option for companies with older phone systems who aren't ready to buy a new one just yet, but still want to reap the benefits of CTI sooner rather than later.
The vast majority of buyers are better off with the second option: You'll need an established phone system for calls to be able to work on your computers at all. It's easier to implement a phone system that supports CTI from the start, rather than trying to retrofit or replace it later on.
Also worth noting: Some of the more basic CTI capabilities (e.g., click-to-dial and even screen pops, in some cases) can be achieved with a PBX system as an alternative to using CTI with a call center system.
Once you've decided on an implementation model, you can evaluate vendors. As we've explained, CTI is intended to be used with computer programs that call centers are already using, such as existing CRM or accounting systems. It's important to ensure that any CTI vendor on your shortlist can interface with this existing software. You can usually find this information listed on vendors' websites.
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President Milliken Interviewed by Strategic Discussions for NebraskaPresident Milliken Interviewed by Strategic Discussions for Nebraska
On March 22, 2010, University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken was interviewed by Strategic Discussions for Nebraska, a collaborative research initiative based in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
President Milliken discussed two critical topics: the mission of land-grant universities, and the importance of Innovation Campus, the research and development campus taking shape in Lincoln.
Strategic Discussions for Nebraska collects, publishes and disseminates information on issues relevant to the economy and culture of Nebraska and Nebraskans. Its purpose is to inform Nebraskans about issues affecting the state and its residents, and to promote discussions among regional and opinion leaders. Past projects have focused on Nebraska's economic future and immigration in Nebraska.

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TG2813 : The B-24 Coffee Lounge (interior)
taken 4 years ago, near to Rackheath, Norfolk, Great Britain
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RAF Rackheath (USAAF Station 145)
Rackheath aerodrome was built by John Laing & Son Ltd on the estate of Sir Edward Stracy of Rackheath Hall. Built to the specifications of a Class-A heavy bomber airfield it was used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). The station opened in March 1944 and was designated USAAF Station 145. The station became the home of the 467th Bombardment Group (Heavy), the third group in the 96th Combat Wing, Second Bombardment Division (later Air Division) of the Eighth Air Force of the United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF). See also: Link
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Red Lion Inn, Hawkshead
Address: Main Street
Town: Hawkshead
County: Cumbria
Postcode: LA22 0NS
Telephone: 015394 36213
Fax: 015394 36747
Email: Click Here To Make An Enquiry
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The Red Lion Inn in the gorgeous Lake District village of Hawkshead offers full board accommodation and bed and breakfast. The historic Lakeland inn was originally a 15th century coaching house and the Red Lion is now a well appointed Lake District inn providing 21st century comfort and convenience.
It's the perfect location for a relaxing break and can serve as a great base for exploring the Lake District and neighbouring villages of Ambleside, Hawkshead, Bowness, Windermere and Keswick.
Traditional home cooked food is served in the Red Lion's bar and dining room and the traditional fireplace and oak paneling in the bar have remained unchanged since the 18th century.
Lancashire Life Lake District Pub of the Year Runner Up!
Accommodation at the Red Lion Inn, Hawkshead
The eight en-suite guest rooms at the Red Lion Inn in Hawkshead have their own individual charm and retain many of the original features of the 15th century coaching Inn. Each of the rooms have their own distinct character with sloping ceilings, oak beams and uneven floors.
Dining at the Red Lion Inn, Hawkshead
The Red Lion Inn offers traditional home cooked food using the finest locally-sourced produce and includes succulent hill lamb and beef, fresh fish and seasonal vegetables. The menus at the Hawkshead inn change regularly and daily specials are on offer.
Why not try their chef Dan's Brewers Pudding that includes proper suet pastry and Cumbrian beef that has cooked for hours in cask ale? Or fish and chips in the Red Lion's own beer batter along with mushy peas! Vegetarian dishes are also available.
Food is served at the Red Lion between 12noon to 2:30pm and evenings from 6pm to 9pm. On Saturday & Sundays food is available from 12noon to 7pm.
Comments from the Red Lion Visitor Book
"A real home from home, great inn, superb food, well kept beer and convivial, insulting conversation thrown in. We will be back for more!"
"We've had a wonderful time! Clean, comfortable room, excellent food and the warmest of welcomes. Thanks to all."
"Thank you for a great stay. All your staff have been fantastic and you have re-opened our eyes to Hawkshead."
Red Lion Hawkshead
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Chapter 08-1 - Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
Chapter 8 - Part 1: Strife in Love. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Mark F. Smith. Playlist for Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL99259BACFA366C8E Sons and Lovers free audiobook at Librivox: http://librivox.org/sons-and-lovers-by-d-h-lawrence/ Sons and Lovers free eBook at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/217 Sons and Lovers at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_and_Lovers View a list of all our videobooks: http://www.ccprose.com/booklist
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You take a shit out the car window while someone is driving so that the car in back of you gets crap all over there car.
Driver: Yo that car in back of me just flicked me off
Passenger: dude u want me to charley Brown him
Passenger: dude u want me to charley Brown him
by Rager10 February 21, 2012
after finding out a girl or guy(if ur gay), is cheating on them,they request a blumpkin, right before ejaculation, sit up and dunk the cheatee's head in the toilet without warning for 5 seconds. After releasing the cheat, and letting them gasp for air, their face gets busted on....
Leon cheated on his shemale and as a result, received a midnight charley brown.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 7, 2009) - The ETSU baseball team begins the 2010 season Friday, Feb. 19 with the first game of the The Citadel Memorial Challenge against the host Bulldogs. Every day, leading up to the first pitch, a different member of the 2010 squad will check in with Buccaneer fans. Today junior Ben Booker is letting ETSU fans get to know him a little better.
Ben Booker (junior pitcher)
Birthday: March 19
Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn.
High School: Knox Central High School
What's on TV: ESPN
I'm embarrassed to admit I watch: Re-runs of football games that I watched live.
What's in my iPod: Country
What I drive: Mustang
Favorite flicks: Shooter, The Hangover, Notorious
Bookmarks (websites): Facebook
Favorite class at ETSU: Marketing
Worst habit: Cussing
Pet peeve: I hate it when someone tells you to be quiet
Superstition: Shaved arms and listening to music before games
On my wall: Posters and Street Signs
Love to trade places for a day with: The President
Talent I'd most like to have: Be able to sing and play guitar
First job: Concrete Fisher
Favorite meal: Biscuits and Gravy
Favorite athlete to watch in another sport: Tiger Woods
Best concert/sporting event I've attended: Jason Aldean
Favorite city to visit: Denver
Favorite team growing up: Atlanta Braves
Favorite value in others: Trust
Favorite physical attribute about myself: My abs
Dream Date: Any date would be fine
Greatest love: Music
My hero: My grandfather
My bucket list: See the 7 wonders of the world, fly an airplane
My favorite quote: "Never give up, Don't ever give up." - Jimmy V


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Lemon Muddled Cuba Libre'
This recipe is of course based upon the popular Cuba Libre. Instead of lime, I suggest that you try lemon which gives the drink a slightly different, but delicious flair.
Lemon Muddled Cuba Libre'
1 1/2 oz White or Amber Rum
4 to 6 oz Coca Cola
Large Ice-cubes
Lemon slice
Place the lemon slice into a tall bar glass and muddle slightly
Add Ice
Add the Rum
Fill with Cola
Note: If you are interested in more of my original cocktail recipes, please click this link (Cocktails and Recipes) for more of my mixed drink recipes!


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A lot of people say newspapers are down and out for the count. The double haymaker of a lurching economy and changing habits by news consumers laid us out the way old-school boxers like Earnie Shavers and Marvin Hagler used to do it to their hapless foes back in the day. Yes, even the media keep clamoring for some unseen referee to come in and stop the bloody fight by technical knockout for us ink-stained wretches, thus saving further embarrassment for those of us who purchase newsprint by the metric ton.
Then something happens. Usually it�s small, but just enough to let those of us tied to the newspaper racket know what we do still matters � at least to folks out there who might be paying attention.
I had a few of those moments this past week.
The first one happened when we published a letter in the Open Forum on Monday from Tim Allen of Liberty. Mr. Allen was a little disappointed in how far short of its goal the Loaves and Fishes food ministry in Burlington was falling on its Turkey Drive. The organization had hoped to collect 1,000 birds to give out for Thanksgiving.
When he wrote the letter, Loaves and Fishes had about 300 turkeys.
In a fiery message, he exhorted the Christian community to stand and deliver. They did. By Wednesday, Loaves and Fishes was just 30 turkeys short of its goal. Its leaders credited Mr. Allen�s letter in the Times-News with turning things around.
At about the same time I got this note from Eddie Hall, a reader in Graham. He was responding to my column last week about the Christmas Cheer program.
Thanks for the editorial on Christmas Cheer. Had I not read this in Sunday�s Times-News, I would not have known about some of our citizens in need. Now I know where to take an almost new trail bike!
Christmas Cheer! Thanks again.
Then on Wednesday, I was summoned to the lobby of our office to pick up an envelope. It was from an anonymous person in the community who only identifies himself as �A Friend.� For the fifth time in the last 13 months, he dropped off a note with cashier�s checks he wanted me to deliver to people in our community who are facing dire circumstances. This time he had two checks for $1,000 each. He read about both people in the Times-News.
As usual, he wrote a note to go with his donation. Here�s a portion what he had to say.
I hope this letter finds you well and that your Thanksgiving is a good one. I wonder if I could ask another favor of you and the folks at the Times-News. I read in your last �Ups and Downs� column about two individuals that could use a little help. Michael Gerringer who was injured in the Brinks truck accident and Ms. Taylor Foster, the young lady with cancer. Both are in situations that could strike any of us at any time and so I would like to request that you pass these along to them, in hope that it will be of some assistance to them.
This is a time of year when we might all take time to reflect on just how fortunate we are, and give some thought to our neighbors who could use a helping hand. There are numerous groups in the community that do this all the time, day in and day out. Loaves and Fishes, the Salvation Army, Allied Churches, and others like them, all do what they can to assist those in Alamance County who find themselves in need. We can send them a donation or we can volunteer to help a few hours a week. Whatever we do to help will be returned many times over. In Luke 14 Jesus said �when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind. And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.�
I hope that all of us will try to do what we can this year to make life just a little easier for those around us. Even a little can go a long ways. When I think back on my life, I understand that I have been greatly blessed, even with the valleys and rough spots in the road. And I feel that I have a responsibility to try to share with those who need it.
I would like to tell my big-hearted friend that his gifts are indeed godsends. I contacted Susan Gerringer, Mike Gerringer�s mom. She broke into tears at the news. �If you ever talk to him tell him thank you. It�s not enough, but tell him anyway,� she said. Later, her sister told me that Mike also became emotional upon hearing the news. He�s just started rehab sessions in Atlanta. Our Accent editor Charity Apple delivered the check to the family of Taylor Foster. She reported that they were very appreciative and stunned by this act of random kindness.
On a personal level I can�t say thanks enough to my nameless friend who has now given around $8,000 to people in our community � without public recognition. He is indeed not only my friend, but a friend to the Times-News and our area.
And on a professional level it certainly reminds me that newspaper readers continue to be tremendous citizens. They are the community�s strongest voices, consistent voters and loyal volunteers. And whether they read us online or via horse-and-buggy print technology, I�m thankful for every one.
Madison Taylor is editor of the Times-News. Contact him by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @tnmadisontaylor.


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Muscle function loss is when a muscle doesnt work or move normally. The medical term for complete loss of muscle function is paralysis.
Alternative Names
Paralysis; Paresis; Loss of movement; Motor dysfunction
Loss of muscle function may be caused by:
- A disease of the muscle itself (myopathy)
- A disease of the nervous system: nerve damage (neuropathy), spinal cord or nerveinjury, or brain damage (
strokeor other brain injury)
The loss of muscle function after these types of events can be severe. Often itwill not completely return, even with treatment.
Paralysis can be temporary or permanent. It can affect a small area (localized) or be widespread (generalized). It may affect one side (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral).
If the paralysis affects the lower half of the body and both legs it is called paraplegia. It if affects both arms and legs, it is called quadriplegia. If the paralysis affects the muscles that cause breathing, it is quickly life threatening.
Common Causes
Diseases of the muscles that cause muscle-function loss include:
- Alcohol-associated myopathy
- Congenital myopathies (usually due to a genetic disorder)
Dermatomyositisand polymyositis
- Drug-induced myopathy (statins, steroids)
Muscular dystrophy
Diseases of the nervous system that cause muscle function loss include:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease) Bells palsy Botulism Guillain-Barre syndrome Myasthenia gravis
- Neuropathy
- Paralytic
- Periodic paralysis
- Peroneal nerve injury
Polio Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
Home Care
Sudden loss of muscle function is a medical emergency. Seek immediate medical help.
After you have received medical treatment, your doctor may recommend some of the following measures:
- Follow your prescribed therapy.
- If the nerves to your face or head are damaged, you may have difficulty chewing and swallowing or closing your eyes. In these cases, a soft diet may be recommended. You will also need some form of eye protection, such as a patch over the eye while you are asleep.
- Long-term immobility can cause serious complications. Change positions often and take care of your skin. Range-of-motion exercises may help to maintain some muscle tone.
Splintsmay help prevent muscle contractures, a condition in which a muscle becomes permanently shortened.
Call your health care provider if
Muscle paralysis always requires immediate medical attention. If you notice gradual weakening or problems with a muscle, get medical attention as soon as possible.
What to expect at your health care providers office
The doctor will perform a
- Location
- What part(s) ofyour body are affected?
- Does it affect one or both sides ofyour body?
- Did it develop in a top-to-bottom pattern (descending paralysis), or a bottom-to-top pattern (ascending paralysis)?
- Do you have difficulty getting out of a chair or climbing stairs?
- Do you have difficulty lifting your arm above your head?
- Do you have problems extending or lifting your wrist (wrist drop)?
- Do you have difficulty gripping (grasping)?
- Symptoms
- Do you have pain?
- Do you have
numbness, tingling, or loss of sensation?
- Do you have difficulty controlling your bladder or bowels?
- Do you have shortness of breath?
- What other symptoms do you have?
- Time pattern
- Do episodes occur repeatedly (recurrent)?
- How long do they last?
- Is the muscle function loss getting worse (progressive)?
- Is it progressing slowly or quickly?
- Does it become worse over the course of the day?
- Aggravating and relieving factors
- What, if anything, makes the paralysis worse?
- Does it get worse after you take potassium supplements or other medications?
- Is it better after you rest?
Tests that may be performed include:
- Blood studies (such as
CBC, white blood cell differential, blood chemistry levels, or muscle enzyme levels) CT scan of the heador spine MRI of the heador spine
- Muscle or nerve
biopsy Myelography
- Nerve conduction studies and
Chinnery PF. Muscle diseases. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa. Saunders Elsevier; 2011: chap 429.
Griggs RC, Jozefowicz RF, Aminoff MJ. Approach to the patient with neurologic disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa. Saunders Elsevier; 2011: chap 403.
Mammen AL, Amato A. Statin myopathy: a review of recent progress. Curr Opin Rheum. 2010;22:644-650.
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David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Attorneys for Alton Sterling family demand firing of two Baton Rouge officers
Attorneys for Alton Sterling's relatives are demanding Baton Rouge officials fire the two police officers involved in the shooting death of the 37-year-old last year.
Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome and Baton Rouge police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. received a letter Wednesday from attorneys representing the mothers of Sterling's children.
The letter demands the immediate firing of Baton Rouge officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, the two officers identified in Sterling's deadly shooting outside a convenience store on July 5, 2016.
Family members are asking that the officers be fired because Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's investigation is not to determine whether they should stay on the force.
The state's investigation and the letter Wednesday comes after the U.S. Department of Justice announced this month that it would not pursue civil rights charges against the officers as part of a federal investigation.
Link: Read letter from attorneys here
U.S. Attorney Corey Amundson said that the investigation into Sterling's death couldn't prove that the officers acted unreasonably and willfully.
Family attorneys said the officers should be fired because of their violation of the Baton Rouge Police Department's policy on deescalation. The letter describes information provided by the DOJ that Salamoni put a gun to Sterling's head and told him that he would shoot him in the head.
Attorneys are also requesting documents from the Police Department regarding the disciplining of Salamoni and Lake. Salamoni, a four-year veteran of the Police Department, and Howie Lake II, a three-year veteran of the Police Department, were placed on administrative leave after the shooting.
Landry said his office will begin a state investigation into Sterling's shooting. He said the state's investigation was stalled until the federal investigation was completed.


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It says "memoir" on the jacket of this book, and this time, it's true.
Anna Quindlen has been the diarist of baby boomers, and women boomers especially, since she began writing at the age of 18 for the New York Times, where her columns won a Pulitzer Prize and whence she launched a second career as author and novelist.
Quindlen helps to tidy up the word "memoir" from the grime it acquired at the hands of "memoirists" like James Frey and Margaret Seltzer, the word winding up in that fantasist's dictionary where the definition of "memoir" is "stuff I just make up."
"Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake'' is certainly her own: She turned 60 on Sunday. This isn't a buccaneer's story — Quindlen, for all her confessions about her young self's foibles, is a textbook good daughter, good wife, good mother, good professional and now, even with all of those advantages, is wrestling with the specter of being an older woman in a society that's unwelcoming to both.
She has earned her Purple Hearts in the journo trenches, a perpetual observer of her own wide-reaching life, which she uses here as a marker for women of her era. For her readers, a natural amen chorus for this book, she is a kind of Oprah of the printed page. But this is a "class action memoir" in two senses: Quindlen homiletically distills the shared experiences of millions of women moving from youth to age, but the "class" part defines the book's limitations.
There are more than 70 million baby boomers, and very few of them lead so fortunate a life as Quindlen, who has a national reputation, a durable marriage, two homes, three kids and many choices.
The "you can" permission slip of the liberated generation doesn't mean "I can" for every woman in it. Women without college degrees, women with jobs (not careers), women with children but no husbands, find that their choices are far more limited than Quindlen's, even though the same crises may be visited upon their lives too: ailing parents, empty nests, growing older, changing priorities and the fear, she writes, not of death but "of weakness and incapacity."
She acknowledges her privilege, and her debt to "the succession of women who came before me." Quindlen's successful life is authentically and deservedly her own, but the worthy morals she draws from incidents like the lightning strike on her family's country place in Pennsylvania can get waylaid by just that — a country place in Pennsylvania! It's a paradox she struggles with.
There are chapters that would resonate with any woman old enough to run for president, with titles like "Girlfriends" and "Older" and "Mirror, Mirror," whether the mirror is an antique silvered one or the rear-view one in a minivan in need of a tuneup.
What I really liked were moments about other women, like Charlotte Curtis, the New York Times editor who cracked the glass ceiling with white-gloved fists, and, it turns out, secretly paid the bail for feminists arrested for protesting at the 1968 Miss America pageant (an organization that, I was dismayed to learn years ago, is the single biggest source of women's scholarship money in the world).
A woman with a good marriage has a lot to say about men, and as Quindlen runs through her tick-list of women's obstacles, like constant self-scrutiny, she points out, "men have not had to deal with these same experiences or demands. The world still permits them to live relatively unexamined lives in terms of how to see themselves.… They wake up at sixty and find themselves flabbergasted if they're not masters of the universe.''
Women confront these realities for much of their lives. I always thought one of the few advantages women hold over men is that, by the time we are 40 or so, we stop wasting energy wondering whether every man we meet wants to get us in the sack. Men never get past that. Maybe Quindlen should write a cake-and-candles for them.
The late Nora Ephron wrote about such matters more startlingly and selectively — about her neck, for example. Quindlen is more thorough, but, like everyday life itself, less vivid. We baby boomers tend to think we discover everything. Yet an earlier generation had its Anna Quindlen, in Erma Bombeck, a feminist wearing an apron as a disguise.
The book is a cozy feedback loop, the perfect comfort food for its enormous demographic — the kind of communal comfort food that, as long as we're on the subject of aging and death, people bring over after a death in the house. It doesn't matter whether it's Tuna Helper or cassoulet — it's always about the sharing.


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Inbox: Should Rangers re-sign reliable Nathan?
I know we have options for the closer next year, but why wouldn't the Rangers want to keep Joe Nathan locked up for the next few years? He is the most reliable closer in the league.
-- Brad S. Burleson, Texas
Nathan's reliability is second to none, but he is looking for a multiyear deal and the Rangers are philosophically opposed to signing closers to big contracts. That appears to be a trend in baseball, as clubs are finding creative ways to fill the closer's role. The Tigers and the Red Sox went to the American League Championship Series with two former Rangers setup relievers as their closers. Few people really thought Joaquin Benoit and Koji Uehara could handle that role. That said, there is no question about Nathan handling the role, even if he does turn 39 in November.
I know we have options for the closer next year, but why wouldn't the Rangers want to keep Joe Nathan locked up for the next few years? He is the most reliable closer in the league.
-- Brad S. Burleson, Texas
Nathan's reliability is second to none, but he is looking for a multiyear deal and the Rangers are philosophically opposed to signing closers to big contracts. That appears to be a trend in baseball, as clubs are finding creative ways to fill the closer's role. The Tigers and the Red Sox went to the American League Championship Series with two former Rangers setup relievers as their closers. Few people really thought Joaquin Benoit and Koji Uehara could handle that role. That said, there is no question about Nathan handling the role, even if he does turn 39 in November.
The Rangers seemed to be so high on Neftali Feliz being a starter in 2012 until he got injured. Now that he's recovered, it seems like they're not interested at all in him starting. Why not? I thought he looked good in '12.
-- Brandon S., Texarkana, Texas
The Rangers can't keep bouncing Feliz and Alexi Ogando between roles. The Rangers were at their most successful when Feliz was working out of the bullpen, and that's where they need him most right now, especially if Nathan is not coming back. The Rangers have five quality starters if you include Ogando, and he has shown he belongs in the rotation. Feliz serves the Rangers best as a reliever, even if either Joakim Soria or Tanner Scheppers ends up as the closer.
If you had to name three big free agents the Rangers will get, who would they be? I know the Rangers love Brian McCann.
-- Ethan M., Rockwall, Texas
McCann would certainly be on that list and so would Nelson Cruz. They would need one more bat, either at designated hitter or in left field. Kendrys Morales would be a candidate at designated hitter, although the Mariners want to bring him back.
At points during the season it seemed like the Rangers were way too heavy with right-handed batters at the top of their lineup. What are the chances of the Rangers signing or trading for a big left-handed bat?
-- Jacob P., Hebron, Texas
The Rangers really could use a left-handed bat in the No. 3 hole. The free-agent list is loaded with left-handed hitting outfielders who could be attractive: Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Curtis Granderson, Shin-Soo Choo and Raul Ibanez. The most interesting one is Beltran. He will be 37 in April, but he is a switch-hitting outfielder with a reputation for being a great teammate. If Beltran can be signed to a two-year or three-year deal, the Rangers might jump on that.
Would the Rangers consider making a run at Granderson? Coming off an injury-filled season he might come a little cheaper than in years past, and he would be a great fit in left field and in the middle of the lineup. Plus, he's a great locker room guy from what I hear.
-- Brad M., Abilene, Texas
The Rangers will consider everybody and much depends on contract demands. You could look at all these outfielders and rank them, but would you rather have Beltran on a three-contract deal or Ellsbury on a seven-year deal? Length of contract can be much more important than average annual salary. Granderson has fallen into a low-average high-strikeout hitter, but if he's healthy, he can provide middle-of-the-order power. Beltran still seems the most desirable outfielder on the market.
What are your thoughts on sending Ian Kinsler to the Dodgers for outfielder Matt Kemp?
-- Andy A., Arlington
The Dodgers aren't going to do that. If they are interested in moving one of their high-priced outfielders, it would be either Andre Ethier or Carl Crawford. The Rangers shouldn't be interested in Crawford, but Kinsler for Ethier is interesting to think about. They are the same age, have almost the same amount of service time and both have four years and an option left on their contracts. Their offensive numbers are similar in many respects, although Kinsler's speed advantage is obvious.
What do you think about a trade of Matt Adams of the Cardinals for Jurickson Profar? Adams seems blocked by Allen Craig at first base and by Oscar Tavares, Jon Jay and Matt Holliday in the outfield. He would provide Texas with power and Profar would provide the Cards with a shortstop that they seem to be constantly searching for.
-- Will T., Fouke, Ark.
No way. Adams may not be much of an upgrade over Mitch Moreland. If the Rangers trade Profar, they need to get a clear-cut impact player in return.
Wondering why Ryan Rua was selected for the Arizona Fall League and promoted to Double-A and Joey Gallo was not. Both appear to be potential power hitters, and Gallo is ranked our fifth- highest prospect and Rua is not in the top 20.
-- Chuck B., Richardson, Texas
Rua is 23 and Gallo is 19. Rua -- like Kinsler and Moreland -- was a 17th-round pick who has been a big surprise coming through the system. The Arizona Fall League is a good place to see how he handles advanced competition and if he is the real deal after his 32-homer season in the Minors.
If it was a fair foregone conclusion that David Murphy would not be back next season, why wasn't he traded at the Deadline so that at least the Rangers had something to show for the loss?
-- Keith G., Hamilton, Texas
Think back. As July 31 approached, the Rangers were looking for offensive help in the outfield and not looking to trade it away. They also knew that Murphy had a tendency to finish strong, so there was still hope he would snap out of his slump. It's doubtful they would have received a top prospect in return if they did trade him.
Why was the injury to Yu Darvish concealed from everyone at the end of the year? Everyone was bashing Darvish for the all the walks and wanted to blame Ron Washington for letting him go all the extra innings in the first half of the year.
-- Jimmy S., Port Orchard, Wash.
This is not the NFL, where clubs are required to disclose injuries. Most clubs, including the Rangers, don't like talking about injuries unless their hand is forced. So, there are occasions when a manager will make a questionable move and be criticized for it when there are unknown extenuating circumstances that forced the move.
Past history suggests that the Rangers have traded away players right before they start to flourish, as in the case of Chris Davis. Knowing that related to Moreland's history, are the Rangers more likely to wait while he develops?
-- Chris B., Port Charlotte, Fla.
Prior to this past season, when he hit 53 home runs, Davis had played in 436 games for the Rangers and Orioles. In those 436 games, he had a .258 batting average, a .310 on-base percentage and a .466 slugging percentage. Moreland, including 2013, has played in 442 games with a .253 batting average, a .318 on-base percentage and a .440 slugging percentage. Moreland is six months older than Davis.
Not sure what this means, but Moreland has gone on the disabled list in the middle of the season in each of the past two years. His combined numbers before the injuries included a .273 batting average and a .525 slugging percentage. After the injuries, he hit .210 with a .366 slugging percentage.
If the Rangers don't re-sign Matt Garza, might they look in-house for starting pitching? Would they give Scheppers, Robbie Ross and/or Feliz a chance to compete for a starting job in 2014?
-- Aaron R., Dallas
Scheppers and Feliz are closer candidates. Ross was given a chance to start last spring, but the Rangers decided he would be more valuable in the bullpen. They'll probably give him a similar chance again next year, but it's still likely he'll end up in the bullpen unless there is a run of injuries.
Are there any rules regarding a player's participation in winter ball? It does not seem as many players play winter ball today as in the past.
-- Gerald K., Houston
Winter ball is mainly to help young players to speed up their development in a highly-competitive environment, and the Rangers have a number of them down there. Many years ago, veteran players went to the Caribbean to earn extra money. Obviously they don't need to do that anymore.
What is Colby Lewis' status for next season?
-- Darrin K., Red Oak, Texas
He is a free agent and unsigned. The Rangers may sign him to a Minor League contract and bring him to Spring Training, but he is not retiring. He'll be in camp with somebody next season.
I read that another young Japanese pitcher was planning on coming to the U.S.through the posting system and that he was the next Darvish. Do you think the Rangers would be interested in bidding for him? I think if he is like Darvish, he would be well worth it.
-- Mary W., McKinney, Texas
The Rangers have done their homework and scouting on Masahiro Tanaka. They may put in a posting bid, but they don't have the same high opinion of him as they did with Darvish.
Could you please give a shot out to "westmojo," a long-time MLB.Com reader and Rangers fan? She is undergoing chemotherapy treatment. We miss her on the daily Ranger message boards.
-- Tommy H., Glen Rose, Texas
Indeed. Consider it done.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger.


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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Mike D'Auria enjoyed one of the best games of his college career with personal high's of 28 points and 12 rebounds to lead MIT (12-4) to an 81-68 victory over Emerson College (4-9) in non-conference action at Pine Manor College. He added a game-best four steals and five assists as the Engineers cruised to their third straight win.
From a statistical standpoint, the Engineers dominated Thursday's match against the Lions. MIT owned the glass, out-rebounding Emerson, 44-24; The Cardinal and Gray closed 27-of-52 (51.9%) from the field and 21-of-25 (84.0%) at the free-throw line, while holding the Lions to 35.9% shooting for the game; and the Engineers recorded a season-high seven blocks with four players scoring in double figures.
Despite all the discrepancies, Emerson battled relentlessly. Behind tremendous defensive pressure, the Lions forced MIT into a season-high 25 turnovers. Ten of those turnovers were steals that resulted in 23 points.
The Engineers led nearly the entire game. D'Auria hit a three to give MIT its first double-digit lead with 6:05 remaining in the first half (26-15) and the Tech hardwood unit would cling to the double-figure advantage the rest of the night. With 29 seconds left in the opening half, a technical foul led to a five-point possession for D'Auria and the Engineers. D'Auria was hit on a jumper in the paint, which he still managed to finish before tacking on three consecutive free throws to give MIT a 40-23 lead at the break.
MIT expanded its lead to as many as 20 in the second half and led by 18 with just over three minutes left in the game. D'Auria was 5-of-6 in the period to pace the attack, while Danny Kanamori played an excellent half as well, dishing out seven of his game-high nine assists in the second frame.
The Lions cut into the lead behind the incredible offense of Will Dawkins, who scored 23 points in the final 20 minutes en route to a game-high 30 on 11-of-23 shooting. Alfredo Tovar added 16 for the game as the Lions relied on their guard combo to carry the attack.
Freshman Jimmy Bartolotta scored 16 for MIT. Bartolotta was 7-of-7 at the free-throw line in scoring double figures for the 10th game this season. Alex Krull added 12 points, while Phil Murray notched his second double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 boards.


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Leaving Mother Lake : This remarkable memoir transports us to the remote reaches of the Himalayas, to a place the Chinese call "the country of daughters," to the home of the Moso, a society in which women rule men. According to local tradition, marriage is considered a foreign practice; property is passed from mother to daughter; a matriarch oversees each family's customs, rituals, and economies. In this culture a young girl enjoys extraordinary freedoms - but the impulsive, restless Namu is driven to leave her mother's house, to venture out into the larger world, defying the tradition that holds Moso culture together. Leaving Mother Lake is a book filled with drama, strangeness, and beauty. Yet for all the exoticism, Namu's story is a universal tale of mothers and daughters - the battles that drive them apart and the love that brings them back together.
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Marathon Suspects May Have Been Headed To New York [VIDEO]
The Boston Marathon bombing suspects may have been headed for New York before one of them was killed.
CBS News reports that Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar while in their carjacking victim's car in Watertown on Thursday night spoke to each other in Russian.
The driver told investigators "'the only word I recognized was Manhattan" which prompted a shutdown of Amtrak between Boston and New York and searches of trains. The NYPD also began reading license plates at the toll bridges as a precaution at the bridges and tunnels.
Private Funeral For Martin Richard
The family of 8-year-old Martin Richard released a statement today that they have laid the youngest Marathon victim to rest in a private ceremony. A private Funeral Mass was celebrated this morning with immediate family.
"We laid our son Martin to rest, and he is now at peace. We plan to have a public memorial service in the coming weeks to allow friends and loved ones from our community to join us for a celebration of Martin's life," read the statement according to WCVB.
Martin was killed as he stood along Boylston Street after hugging his dad Bill after he completed the race. Martin's mother Denise suffered leg and brain injuries in the explosion while his younger sister's leg were severely injured.
A funeral is being held today for slain MIT police officer Sean Callum.
More charges coming against marathon bombing suspect
More charges are ahead for Dzokhar Tsarnaev.
State prosecutors expect to charge Dzokhar Tsarnaev. separately in the killing of MIT police officer Sean Collier who was shot in his cruiser Thursday night on the school's campus in Cambridge.
Federal prosecutors could also add new charges when he's indicted in the bombing.
Still unable to speak because of wounds, Tsarnaev answered questions in writing yesterday.
U.S. officials say Tsarnaev and his brother appear to have been motivated by their religious views, not any connection to any Muslim terrorist groups.
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Another Cold Night in New Jersey
Our brutal winter just won't give up and continues its late season appearance in parts of New Jersey with another cold night.
Much of south and central New Jersey and Union, Essex, Hudson and Bergen counties are under a Freeze Warning again as temperatures go back to the 20s and low 30s overnight. Sensitive and early-blooming vegetation are at risk and should be covered or brought indoors.
No snow is in the forecast and Thursday doesn't look to be much warmer than Wednesday with high temperatures around 50.
Measurable amounts reported by the National Weather Service for early Wednesday include an inch-and-a-half in Freehold and Highland Lakes in Sussex County, an inch in Manalapan and Wantage and a half-inch in Atco, Roxbury and Boonton.
New Jersey Fast Traffic weekend anchor Bernie Wagenblast, who resides in Cranford, joked, "Wow, the pollen must be terrible this year. My car is dusted in white this morning. Oh, hold on. That's not pollen, it's snow!"
Rain and thunderstorms turned to sleet and snow in many areas on Tuesday night that continued into Wednesday morning. Roads and highways were too warm for snow accumulation but it left a a small coating of slush and sleet that made driving a challenge.
"Driving on Route 571 was no picnic" commented meteorologist Alan Kasper, referring to his early morning drive to work across inland Ocean County. The New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City Expressway all reduced speeds overnight


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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A deal appears to be emerging to resolve the multimillion-dollar debt crisis of Pennsylvania's capital stemming from a city-owned municipal trash incinerator without the city having to declaring bankruptcy, according to a report.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A deal appears to be emerging to resolve the multimillion-dollar debt crisis of Pennsylvania's capital stemming from a city-owned municipal trash incinerator without the city having to declaring bankruptcy, according to a report.
The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News (http://bit.ly/Z3PpBj ) said a series of interviews with a state-appointed receiver and other officials in Harrisburg indicates that the framework would involve selling the incinerator to the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority. It would also mean entering a 40-year-plus public-private partnership with Standard Parking, which runs Harrisburg International Airport garages, to lease city lots and garages.
The plan would also entail convincing many stakeholders to agree to walk away from some of the money they contend they are owed. And Harrisburg would have to deal with aging and crumbling infrastructure, provide economic development funds and set up a trust fund for an underfunded program that provides benefits for city workers after retirement. But the paper says the money would not ease the pressure for the city to continue to live within its means.
State-appointed receiver Gen. William Lynch, his financial adviser Steven Goldfield and Mayor Linda Thompson told the paper that nothing is final, but they believe they are close to a "handshake deal" that could lead to court review and approval.
"Our initiative is to create conditions that allow city government to be successful," Lynch said. "And we believe this proposed solution is as good as it's ever going to be. I sometimes shake my head (thinking), 'How could you possibly consider the alternative to this?' which is bankruptcy — which we don't think is good for anybody."
To deal with structural debt issues apart from the incinerator, Thompson cites a 20 percent cut in the workforce and expenses reduced by 10 percent. The city has also started selling off some public works equipment in preparation for privatizing waste collection and is looking at its vehicle fleet. Officials also increased the earned income tax for residents from 1 percent to 2 percent.
In addition, Harrisburg officials are still seeking $4 million in annual union concessions, and Goldfield said environmental regulators will need to compromise on potential fines based on past practices and surrounding towns would have to agree to regionalize some services and infrastructure.
The city about 50,000, devastated by the loss of its heavy manufacturing core, has been struggling with millions of dollars of debt from the incinerator, with the total debt most recently estimated at $370 million.
The city had already piled $100 million in debt onto the incinerator by 2003 when the city council approved an expensive retrofit of the aging and polluting facility as an alternative to shutting it down. However, the retrofit went awry and lasted much longer and became much more expensive than originally forecast. Harrisburg city residents now pay among the highest trash-disposal rates in the nation, while the facility can't generate nearly enough money to pay the debt.


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Patric Santiago was named the Head Coach of Women's Volleyball in July 2009 and is entering his sixth season at the helm. Santiago, a 2006 Farmingdale State graduate, has also been an Assistant Coach for five sports, while also serving as an Adjunct Professor of the volleyball, golf, and racquetball PED classes. He also served as head coach of Indoor and Outdoor Track from June 2011- May 2013.
An active member of USA Volleyball, Santiago has competed in AVP Tour events, as well as Open level competition around the country.
While competing for the Rams, Santiago was a 4-sport athlete, excelling in soccer, golf, indoor and outdoor track. He is the only student-athlete to ever compete in four sports in school history and was captain of all four sports during his career.
In soccer, a starting goalkeeper for four years, Patric finished his senior year with 109 saves and four shutouts, helping the team to a ranking as one of the most improved teams in Division III in 2005. In golf, he was the #1 player of the golf team for four years, carrying a 1.5 handicap, while registering nine career rounds under 75.
Patric was a two-year Captain in both indoor and outdoor track, competing in the High Jump and Triple Jump. He finished in 4th place in the Triple Jump at the 2005-06 Indoor Track ECAC Championship's and 8th at the Collegiate Track Conference Championship (CTC's) in 04-05. In outdoor track, he finished 3rd at the 2006 CTC's and 4th at the 2006 ECAC's in the Triple Jump and took 4th place at the 2005 CTC's. Patric leaves the Track and Field team on Farmingdale State's Top-Ten Performance List for the Triple Jump in 3rd place.
Academically, Patric graduated with a GPA of 3.96 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management. Patric was named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in 2006. He was a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Vice President of our Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He was the first student-athlete at Farmingdale to receive the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence in 2005, was a two-time recipient of the Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award (2005 and 2006) and a two-time Farmingdale State Male Athlete of the Year (2004 and 2006). He also received the 2006 ECAC Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award, which is given annually to just one male and one female student-athlete throughout Divisions I, II and III.
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Norfolk State wasted little time taking advantage of Morgan State turnovers Saturday.
The Spartans needed just seven plays and less than two minutes in the first half to score their first 27 points off four turnovers, including an interception return for a touchdown by linebacker Deon King, on their way to a 30-0 win at Dick Price Stadium.
On the opening possession, defensive lineman Cameron Jude sacked Bears quarterback Robert Council and caused him to fumble. The Spartans' Jamal Giddens recovered on the 4-yard line.
Two plays and 30 seconds later, Brendon Riddick ran into the end zone from 2 yards. Everett Goldberg's extra point was blocked.
Another kickoff and two penalties put the Bears back on their 3-yard line to start their second drive. On the third play, Keenan Lambert picked off Council's pass and returned it to the Bears' 12.
After an illegal block on the return, the Spartans needed just three more plays and 48 seconds to go 22 yards, with quarterback Nico Flores throwing a 16-yard strike to Xavier Boyce.
The Bears, with Council pulled in favor of Seth Higgins, displayed little offensive power, with the two quarterbacks combining for 14-for-35 passing for 142 yards.
Higgins engineered the Bears' best drive of the afternoon, a 15-play, 70-yard drive that stalled on the Spartans' 12, setting up what would have been a 29-yard field-goal try. An unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty on Higgins, however, led to an errant 45-yarder from Gonzalez.
"When you're bad and you're out there doing things that are out of character, those are the type of things that happen," Morgan State coach Donald Hill-Eley said. "You find ways, rather than helping the team, they found ways today to hurt the team."
Besides the turnovers, the Bears were hurt by penalties: flagged 15 times for 129 yards. The Spartans were penalized 11 times for 119 yards.
"You're trying to find ways to motivate guys to take advantage of and make their plays ... and [the Spartans] just sat on the lead after that and they started playing with a lot more energy," Hill-Eley said. "[Our] guys shot the tank. I've never seen our team play like that, at no point in my time there."
NOTES: Morgan State offensive lineman Josh Durden was taken off the field on a stretcher with an undisclosed injury. ... Bears safety Darien Irby was ejected late in the fourth quarter after a second unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty.
Morgan State 0 0 0 0 — 0Norfolk State 20 7 3 0 — 30
NORST—Riddick 2 run (Kick failed), 13:12.
NORST—Boyce 16 pass from Flores (Goldberg kick), 11:17.
NORST—King 15 interception return (Goldberg kick), :52.
NORST—Demps 29 pass from Flores (Goldberg kick), 12:46.
NORST—FG Goldberg 46, 5:58.
TEAM STATSMRGSTNORSTFirst downs1314Rushes-yards34-7930-88Passing142216Comp-Att-Int14-35-314-26-0Return Yards650Punts-Avg.6-42.26-39.8Fumbles-lost5-21-0Penalties-Yds15-12911-119Time of poss32:2427:36
RUSHING: Morgan State, Higgins 12-37, Davidson 12-26, Council 5-6, Mann 4-5, Martin 1-5. Norfolk State, Riddick 11-27, Roberts 5-24, Flores 5-18, Maynes 8-18, Boyce 1-1.
PASSING: Morgan State, Higgins 10-23-0-104, Council 4-12-3-38. Norfolk State, Flores 14-26-0-216.
RECEIVING: Morgan State, King 3-51, Hendrix 3-34, Mann 3-10, Church 2-27, Flowers 1-14, Martin 1-8, Davidson 1-(minus 2). Norfolk State, Boyce 4-49, Demps 3-66, Hawkins 2-53, Maynes 2-19, Riddick 2-15, Johnson 1-14.


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A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse
It's always a good idea when kids are practicing reading to find a book at their independent reading level, since generally giving them something with too much vocabulary can be frustrating and counterproductive. That said, A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse was right up my kindergartener's alley. In fact, he read this book to me (with slight coaching). Pair that with the fact it's a new book by designer Frank Viva (Along a Long Road). What more could a parent ask for.
Toon Books are billed as "a first comic for brand-new readers," introducing kids from 4 and up to the graphic novel format, where the text is supported by the pictures, engaging beginning readers with narratives that are not only conveyed with words, but gestures, and facial expressions.
Inspired by Viva's experiences aboard a Russian research vessel during a trip to the Antarctic Peninsula, the book follows a young explorer on a southern sea voyage accompanied by a mouse companion. Along the way they meet a variety of penguin species, an orca whale, and enjoy a swim in the waters of a thermal volcano, all the while putting up with Mouse's insistent queries of, "can we go home now?" That is, until it's time to leave and Mouse changes his unenthusiastic tune. "Can we go back there soon?" he asks.
Bold colors mixed with minimalist landscapes of glaciers, and ice bergs, against starry skylines, and shimmering expanses of sea make this book a pleasure to look at. And Mouse's worrisome antics keep things lively and fun.
• Find it: A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse by Frank Viva (Toon Books, 2012)
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The foolish enthusiasm of a lot of the U.S. political class for a rescue mission in Nigeria stems from a deep ignorance of the realities of such operations — most of the political class forms opinions on such operations from watching TV shows like "24."�
On "24," the hostages are always rescued safely and members of the rescue force do not even get their hair mussed.
The foolish enthusiasm of a lot of the U.S. political class for a rescue mission in Nigeria stems from a deep ignorance of the realities of such operations — most of the political class forms opinions on such operations from watching TV shows like "24."
On "24," the hostages are always rescued safely and members of the rescue force do not even get their hair mussed. The real world is quite different. Hostage rescue missions often fail, and even when they succeed there are often high costs.
The Son Tay operation to rescue U.S. prisoners of war in 1970 failed because of a failure of intelligence — the POWs were not actually being held in the facility that was liberated.
The 1972 effort by the West Germans to free the hostages in the Munich Olympics incident badly miscarried — all 11 of the hostages and a West German policeman died in this failed rescue mission.
The 1980 Desert One attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran miscarried and eight U.S. service personnel died.
And, even highly experienced hostage rescue forces cannot always be successful: In May 1974, an Israeli commando team had to rescue 100 Israeli children being held by a Palestinian terrorist squad in the Israeli village of Maalot. Some 24 children died in the assault, and it could have been a lot worse.
An Israeli commando kicked in the door of the building where the children were being held and killed a terrorist as he reached for a lever to detonate explosives to destroy the building — a split second difference and virtually all of the Israeli children would have been dead.
Finally, even successful hostage rescue missions usually entail fatalities: In the 1976 Entebbe raid, the commander of the rescue team and one of his soldiers died, as did one of the hostages. Also, President Idi Amin of Uganda, furious at being humiliated, killed an elderly woman hostage who had been taken to a local hospital after a heart attack and also killed several hundred Kenyans living in Uganda in retaliation for Kenya having allowed the Israelis to land in Kenya on the way back from the raid.
None of the above means that a rescue mission is out of the question — if there is credible evidence the young women are in imminent danger of being executed or sold into slavery, then if at all possible a hostage rescue mission must be attempted.
But, in this situation a rescue mission must be considered a final option to be tried only in desperate circumstances. In 1980, I had the honor to hear a talk by Israeli General Shlomo Gazit, one of those responsible for the Entebbe raid.
He summed up his talk as follows: "It takes great courage to order a rescue mission. It also takes great courage to admit that a rescue mission is not possible and that other options have to be tried."
Negotiated settlement
Boko Haram has said that it will consider releasing the young women in exchange for the release of some of its members who are imprisoned in Nigeria. Now, whenever the question of negotiating with terrorists comes up, immediately all of the men with pathological hang ups about their masculinity and all of the women with pathological hang up about being seen as "weak, soft women" jump to their feet and shout, "We must not negotiate with terrorists."
Sorry to be so blunt, but the lives of several hundred innocent young women are at stake here, so my tolerance for the nonsensical games that the D.C. political class routinely plays is quite low right now.
In the real world, all governments negotiate if what's at stake is serious enough, and it clearly is in this case. Rhetoric about not negotiating with terrorists is most dangerous in this sort of tense crisis — it can easily get innocent people killed.
One of many such cases: In the city of Khartoum in the Sudan in March 1973, several diplomats, including a number of Americans, were kidnapped at a diplomatic function by a Palestinian terrorist group. The Sudanese government had quietly worked out a face-saving deal for the terrorists whereby they would release the hostages unharmed in exchange for being flown out of the country, but then-President Richard Nixon made a tragic mistake of going on TV and publicly stating, "The U.S. does not negotiate with terrorists."
Feeling they had been backed into a corner, the terrorists killed two American diplomats and one diplomat from Belgium. So, my advice to the "usual suspects" among the U.S. political class: For the sake of these young women, please keep quiet until they are safe.
Possible model for resolution
In March 1977, a splinter group from the Nation of Islam seized a number of hostages at several buildings in Washington, D.C. These American Muslims were angry about the release of the motion picture, "Mohammed: Messenger of God," because the film violated Islamic strictures about not showing any visual images of the Prophet.
The terrorists threatened to kill their hostages if the film was not removed from theaters. The crisis was resolved by the shrewd action of a State Department psychiatrist who recruited a number of diplomats from Islamic countries to sit down with the terrorists and convince them what they were doing was against the teachings of Islam.
In the Nigerian crisis, a large number of Islamic scholars and religious leaders have denounced the abduction of the young woman and demanded their immediate release. I feel a most promising line of attack would be to get some of these Islamic leaders to talk to those holding the young women hostage and convince them what they are doing is not in keeping with the ideals of their faith.
I rather suspect that, bluster aside, Boko Haram is concerned they may have overreached and are in danger of drastic counter-measures if they kill or enslave the young women, so if an appropriate intermediary could be recruited it's possible they would agree to a face-saving negotiated settlement.
I realize my proposal is not nearly as dramatic as having some real life Jack Bauer storm the place where the young women are being held and fly them to safety.
But, based on what I can see of the facts on the ground, I feel it's the option most likely to secure the release of these young women. Given what I noted earlier about the grave risks involved in a rescue mission, let us hope and pray that it does not come down to this.


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Certain revenue from the land in Baylor and Throckmorton Counties is annually distributed among the nine school districts lying partly or wholly in Upshur County, with each district's share depending on its number of students residing in the county.
The court approved the surface use agreement with John M. Clark, which Pct. 4 Comm. Mike Spencer said would bring in between $50,000 and $80,000 when accepting the initial offer would have only netted $8,000. He said that for the information of the county's school districts, "we've negotiated well."
But a discussion with some citizens about the division orders—contracts with mineral interest owners which show what percentage they will receive—led County Judge Dean Fowler to assert that "misinformation" and "false allegations" were circulating among the public about that matter. He said citizens could come talk to him and commissioners about the issue.
The county's schools are expected to hire a landman to determine the county's portion of mineral interests on the West Texas land. Big Sandy ISD Supt. Scott Beene, one of five superintendents to attend Friday's court meeting, told commissioners that two schools (New Diana and Ore City) had not yet acted, but he expected them to.
A citizen, John Melvin Dodd, led off Friday's discussion of the division order by saying he understood the court received the order more than a year ago. He asked when it was first sent. Dodd also said he understood that more than 4,000 barrels had been sold from one well on the school land, and asked how many barrels in all had been sold.
He also inquired how many wells on the property were on line, and how much money was being held for Upshur County school districts.
Fowler replied he thought he had received the first order, dated February, at March's end. He said he had wanted to see what the county owned in the area.
The judge said the county received more orders in September and October, but that school superintendents hired a landman to try to determine mineral ownership, which "will help us." Fowler said he wanted to wait until the landman makes his finding to act on the orders.
The judge also said four wells are in production, and the county has received division orders for three. Some $179,078 is being held in escrow for the county's Permanent School Fund, he added.
Pct. 3 Comm. Frank Berka said a division order had been sent in August, 2012, to the county Justice Center. He cited several production figures on three wells on the property before Pct. 2 Comm. Cole Hefner said surface damages could be as high as $80,000, which goes into the County Available School Fund that is distributed annually among the schools.
Berka said his concern was signing a division order when "I'm still not comfortable" about how many mineral rights the county owns. Added Fowler, "If we sign the division order as it is, and it's wrong, then we're stuck with the percentage. . . "
But Upshur County Democratic Party Chairman Dan Miles Jr. complained to the all-Republican court that it had debated three years ago who owned how much of the mineral rights, and "This court has wasted so much money. . . The court needs to hire a professional."
Replied Fowler, "We haven't wasted any money on this." He said the county hadn't been willing to spend funds to clear up the issue because the county government receives no revenue from the property, but that schools have stepped up to resolve the matter.
Berka also denied the county had wasted funds, and that he favored "due diligence" by the schools.
Pct. 1 Comm. Paula Gentry agreed the county hadn't wasted funds, and pointed out that while "a lot of the counties have sold their (school) land," Upshur County continues attempting to help schools by retaining its West Texas property. County Treasurer Myra Harris said her office has been bombarded by offers to buy the land.
After Mrs. Gentry said she wanted to wait to see what rights the county has, and Spencer said it is "easier to do it right the first time," the court tabled the issue without a formal vote.
On another matter, the court Friday approved paying $7,813.62 to the County Clerk Cash Bond Account to correct errors from prior years.
County Auditor Brandy Lee, who was County Clerk for about 2 1/2 years before resigning recently to become auditor, said defendants in criminal cases had been refunded their bail money from the account when funds weren't put in there for it. The funding was instead deposited into another regular account, and the office forgot on several occasions to write a check to put in in the correct account, she said.
When that regular account was closed in 2009, the clerk's office "gave y'all a little too much" to put into its general fund, she told the court. Mrs. Lee said she had been working on resolving the matter since becoming County Clerk in 2011, and that her successor, County Clerk Barbara Winchester, was in accord with her. (Mrs. Lee also told The Mirror on Monday the errors occurred from 2001-2010, but there was no misconduct involved.)
"We just need to replace it (the funds)," said Fowler. He said that if he had tried a defendant's case in his County Court, that person was entitled to receiving his/her bond money back.
Concerning another issue, the court heard from several citizens before deciding to get further information prior to acting on restoring use of the fountain on the courthouse lawn's north side.
The court had acted some time ago to make a planter of the fountain after its pump broke down, but Fowler said some citizens were willing to spend their money to restore its use as a fountain.
Randy Hill said the Barrett Foundation had pretty much paid for the fountain and that the foundation was unaware at first it had broken down. He said former Gilmerite Angie Clark Barrett had offered to provide funds to repair it, and to establish an account to maintain it.
He said spending $2,000-$2,500 to repair the fountain was no problem, and that the Gilmer Area Chamber of Commerce could handle the money and oversee maintenance of the fountain.
Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Joan Small said the chamber would try to keep the fountain maintained.
Fowler pointed out, however, that when the largely state-financed historical renovation of the courthouse occurs, the county must get a waiver to keep the fountain on the lawn or move it across the street.
Gilmer City Mgr. Jeff Ellington said the fountain had been part of the city's Main Street Program, but that Gilmer no longer participates in that. Fowler said the county owns the fountain.
Berka said he had no problem with hiring a pool company and referring it to the foundation, but Spencer implied he would like to leave the county government out of the matter and have the chamber handle it.
When Chuck Mears, the county's building maintenance supervisor, asked what his role would be, Fowler said, "We're not going to spend any money on it. You've not going to have to do anything."
Fowler said he expected a contract with a pool company would be needed, and that it could be paid up front before the payer was reimbursed.
Treasurer Harris said monies for the fountain could be put on the county's books as a donation.
After that, Hill said he would get "solid figures" on repairing the fountain as Mrs. Barrett is "really concerned" about its status. Fowler said the court would delay action until it learns the cost.
The court also Friday okayed a resolution approving the county's membership in the Longview Metropolitan Planning Organization at no cost, and designating the County Judge as a voting member of the Organization's Transportation Policy Board.
Fowler said the federal government had designated Gladewater (which is partly in Upshur County), East Mountain and Glenwood as part of the Longview Metropolitan Area, and that the planning organization has transportation funds. The mayor of Gladewater will also be a voting board member, he said.
Also Friday, the Commissioners Court:
• Approved for recording, among other documents, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards Compliance Certificate.
• Approved requesting Auditor Lee to conduct Fiscal Year 2013 audits required by the Code of Criminal Procedure on Asset Forfeiture Reports prepared by the District Attorney's and Sheriff's Offices.
• Canvassed returns from the Nov. 5 election on proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.


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Multiculturalism is shaping up to be every bit the boundlessly unpredictable concept that media prophet Marshall McLuhan foretold some 40 years ago with his long-winded insight into the "global village." As its reach extends deeper into the farthest corners of our planet, multiculturalism provides a wellspring of challenge and contradiction in style and form from its disparate clashing of cultures. And while in the arts this melding of cultures may seem as randomly contrived as a Jackson Pollock painting, it is in this diffuse rainbow of influences where unique expression and creativity—the bloodline of true art—flourishes.
Although the sprawling Scandinavian nation of Finland tends to conjure the blondest of visions, from snowblinding frozen tundra to igloo architecture, the truth is that not even this vast (Finland's total population registers a cool five mil), geographically remote country is immune to the multifarious influence of foreign culture. Home to one-fifth of Finland's gross population, the accelerated urbanization of Helsinki is most enriched by this capital city's reversal from an emigration to immigration epicenter where now 145 different nationalities give this economically thriving metropolis an ever tinctured complexion. More revealing is the ascending rate of foreign influence: three times as many foreign nationals today call Helsinki home than in the early '90s.
As is often the case, the most vital and recognizable manifestation of this flowering of diversity rests in Helsinki's art, most notably in the medium of music. There the sounds of African and Latin-tinged Nu Jazz now reverberate through Helsinki's clubs with the underground authority previously reserved by longtime fixture house and its various mutations garage, breakbeat, two step and drum-and-bass.
Evidence of the inevitable nature of creative amalgamation is the 15-plus-person collective Nuspirit Helsinki, which released its stylishly chilling, wildly eclectic, self-titled full-length debut this past spring on Guidance Recordings. Combining the house sounds permeating Europe with the retro of a big band jazz collective fusing funk, soul, Afro and Latin rhythms, Nuspirit Helsinki continues to transcend geographical boundaries by employing a multi-hued global influence. And while the ramifications of this eclectic marriage are sure to extend the reach of multiculturalism through Finland and beyond, for founding member and producer Thomas K (Tuomas Kallio), the definition of Nuspirit's aesthetic was based more on creative freedom than an ideological vision to bridge distant societies.
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52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy - Week 8
52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy 2012 prompts suggested by Amy Coffin; thanks, Amy!
Week 8 – Genealogy Libraries: Genealogy libraries (and dedicated departments in regular libraries) are true treasures in the family history community. Tell us about your favorite genealogy library. What or who makes it special?
This challenge runs from Sunday, February 19, 2012 through Saturday, February 25, 2012.
Three answers to this one:
- The one that has what I am looking for at the time. ;-)
- The Local History and Genealogy Department at the Springfield-Greene County Library - the closest big collection, with extensive local information, along with a fine website.
- The Midwest Genealogy Center at the Mid-Continent Public Library in Independence, MO. Over the years we used it a lot.
Families are Forever! ;-)


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DALLAS (AP) -The Dallas Stars were vulnerable for most of the first two periods, but they made up for their sluggish start with a furious finish to wrap up a playoff berth.
Mike Ribeiro scored two goals, Mike Modano notched the 505th of his career to extend his record for U.S.-born players, and the Stars routed the Phoenix Coyotes 6-0 on Tuesday night.
Marty Turco made 21 saves for his 30th career shutout, and the Stars also got goals from Jere Lehtinen, Ladislav Nagy and Loui Eriksson to improve to 8-1-1 in their past 10 games.
The Stars were clinging to a 1-0 lead with a little more than seven minutes left in the second period before goals by Lehtinen and Modano gave Dallas some breathing room heading into the third period.
"We just had a bad start and had a lot of turnovers," Ribeiro said. "But we created some turnovers later in the game that led to some good scoring chances. We had only four shots halfway through the game but we found a way to score. I know if we play a better team with a start like that, it will be a different story."
Dallas finished the season series against Phoenix at 7-1 to move to 98 points, two behind the first-place Anaheim Ducks in the Pacific Division.
The Stars clinched a spot in the playoffs when Colorado lost to Vancouver.
"We're trying to build for the playoffs," Turco said. "We want to win the division and be hitting on all cylinders come playoff time."
In the teams' previous meeting on Saturday night, the Stars needed a three-goal third-period rally to get to the shootout, then beat the Coyotes 4-3. Three days later, the Stars had a much easier time with the struggling Coyotes despite the fact that Phoenix was in the thick of it in the second period.
"It was a disappointing loss, but I thought two-thirds of the way through the second period we had a really nice game going," Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky said. "But Turco made some key saves when we could have tied it. They're a really good hockey club and their goalie was fabulous."
Mikael Tellqvist stopped 19 shots for the Coyotes, 2-9-2 over their past 13.
The Stars had their largest margin of victory this season despite being without three of their top six defensemen, including No. 4 scorer Philippe Boucher, who was in Quebec attending his father's funeral. Also out for Dallas were defensemen Stephane Robidas (concussion) and Darryl Sydor (hand), and center Eric Lindros (groin).
Ribeiro got the only first-period goal on a re-direct at 9:35.
Lehtinen scored his 26th of the season from close range after a Phoenix turnover at 13:13 of the second period to make it 2-0.
Modano's power-play rebound at 15:56 of the second period gave him 20 goals for the season and eight in his past 11 games to stretch Dallas' advantage to 3-0.
"We thought we were off to a slow start, but we were leading 1-0," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "I thought we passed up some shots. After the first period, we talked about trying to get more pucks to the net."
Nagy's 12th of the season on the power play at 3:59 of the third period, Eriksson's sixth at 6:10 and Ribeiro's 16th at 10:34 extended the Stars' edge to 6-0.
Frustration set in for the Coyotes in the third period as Daniel Carcillo and Josh Gratton were assessed 10-minute misconduct penalties for complaining to the officials, with Gratton also receiving a game misconduct.
"Those guys are out of the playoffs and the game got chippy," Turco said.
Notes: Turco had his sixth shutout of the season. ...The Coyotes were shut out for the eighth time this season. ...Phoenix hasn't won a road game since Feb. 27. ...Dallas improved to 23-7-1 against the Pacific Division. ...C Steve Ott returned to the Dallas lineup after missing 25 games with an ankle injury. ...Modano reached 20 goals for the 15th time in his career.


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Mövenpick Asara Resort and Spa Hua Hin is a luxury, beachfront 5-star resort located close to the
center of Hua Hin.
The resort offers 96 spacious private suites and villas, overlooking lush tropical gardens and lotus ponds,
perfect for guests seeking relaxation and privacy. The resort offers two large swimming pools and views across the gulf of Thailand.
Savor succulent seafood, contemporary Thai dishes and refined French bourgeois cuisine at the resort's two quality restaurants, along creative cocktail creations using local flavors.
Gym facilities at the resort and numerous water sport options nearby cater to the fitness minded, while Asara Spa helps you wind down or re-energize depending on your needs.
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Spacious guest rooms with high ceilings are signature aspects of our family-size suite, furnished with one king-size bed. Junior Suites offer a large lounge area with bay windows, daybed, and an over-sized bathroom with indoor and outdoor rain-shower and bathtub. Ground level suites look out to our tropical garden, whereas second level suites overlook the lagoon and swimming pool.
Room Features
Suite with Terrace
Spacious guest rooms with high ceilings are signature aspects of our family-size suite, furnished with one king size bed or two queen-size beds. All suites offer a large lounge area with bay windows, daybed, an alfresco sala (gazebo), and an over-sized bathroom with indoor and outdoor rain-shower and bathtub. Ground level suites look out to our tropical garden, whereas second level suites overlook the lagoon and swimming pool. Selected units also feature a sala that extends over the lagoon.
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1 Bedroom Pool Villa / 2 Bedroom Pool Villa
Each villa houses a private bedroom, living room with daybed, bathroom with separate indoor shower and bathtub, twin vanity units, an exotic outdoor garden rain-shower and a private plunge pool.
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Mövenpick Asara Resort and Spa Hua Hin's All-Day Dining serves a generous breakfast buffet,
a menu of light a la carte lunches and a daily themed buffet dinner.
Kampu Lounge
Kampu Lounge is perfect as a pre ding and leisure bar, with live music in the evenings within a lounge-style atmosphere.
Baan Dum
Baan Dum offers a selection of local delicacies in a relax Thai setting. Guests can also relax at the Beach Lounge for truly chilled out afternoon.
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For the ultimate in privacy and romance, Mövenpick Asara is delighted to offer in-room private dining in all our suites and villas. Elegant tables are brought to your adjoining sala or garden depending on room type, along with your private wait staff to ensure a one-ofa- kind dining experience. Seaside private dining is also available; please contact the front desk for details.
Surround yourself in pleasure at our signature spa and avail yourself
of our many tantalizing treatments. Our stunning spa chambers and suites
are designed to provide the perfect ambiance for total relaxation and
Our luxurious treatments range from traditional Thai massage to more intense deep tissue treatments and classic Swedish massage. In addition to our numerous massage options, Asara Spa also offers a wide range of body treatments such as mineral salt scrubs, herbal exfoliates, steam baths and facial treatments.
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Our full-service salon offers hair treatments for men and women, starting with a gentle cleansing that uses vital energy points to stimulate and promote the health of your hair and scalp. Manicures and pedicures are also available.
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Our modern fitness room offers a modest selection of work-out equipment including free weights and exercise bike.
A perfect retreat from the midday sun, the library is stocked with magazines, books, DVDs and internet stations. Drinks and snacks are always available and pastries are served daily in the afternoon.
Take memories of the Asara experience home with you through the wonderful offerings at our gift shop, including many of the unique decorative items found in your room.
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SAN JOSE — A woman who was killed when her car crashed into a tree in West San Jose on Saturday was identified as Corina Mendoza, 33, of San Jose.
Police were called to the 2700 block of Leigh Avenue around 5:45 p.m. on reports that a small car had struck a tree. Mendoza was pronounced dead at the scene.
It was a solo-vehicle accident and nobody else was injured. Investigators previously said that there were signs that either intoxication or a medical emergency led to the crash, which remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the San Jose police traffic division at 408-277-4654.
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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Every Blancpain watch is assembled entirely by hand in our workshops by a single watchmaker, respecting the tradition of the watchmaker's craft.
The assembly of a watch is a process in which every move has to be perfect: not the slightest shortcoming can be tolerated at any stage. The watchmakers start by assembling and regulating the movement, before equipping it with a dial, hands, a case and a strap or bracelet.
Assembling the movement
Each movement is assembled one part after another, a task that demands absolute precision. There is no place for a modern production line in the workshops of Le Brassus. Blancpain is one of the few Manufactures where the watchmakers still assemble each movement by hand from beginning to end. Manual assembly of parts that can be as thin as a hair testify to the level of dexterity attained by our craftsmen.
Before the movement is inserted in its case, it has to be lubricated. Every Blancpain movement has over a hundred oiling points, representing a total weight of 0.5 milligrams of lubricant.
Assembling the watch
After the movement is assembled, all the different components of the watch are put together: the dial and hands are fixed, the various functions are regulated, the calibre is cased up and the strap is fitted. Every step requires concentrated attention and the most meticulous care.
Quality inspections
Throughout the assembly process, the craftspeople keep on the lookout for the slightest imperfection, which could mean that the watch has to be scrapped. Once the movement has been fixed in its case, the quality control workshop conducts a further series of tests to check the aesthetic and functional perfection of each watch.


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Once you had a baby, did you find yourself out of sync with your childless friends—or worse yet, feel they were silently judging you for not being the same person you were pre-baby? This post by Emelia Symington Fedy of the blog Trying to be Good has been popping up in my Facebook feed. It resonates among my parent friends because she 'fesses up that no, it's not just in your sleep-deprived head—your friends are indeed annoyed that you've changed. But even better, she admits to a big change of heart when she spends an afternoon with a baby herself:
"I am sorry.
For judging you because your style went down the tubes.
For being annoyed when you forget to call me back.
For thinking you are not being a very good friend anymore.
For saying 'I'll lose all my baby weight, I'll make the time.'
For telling my partner 'we'll be much sooooooo more relaxed about parenting than they are.'…
For wishing you could just feed him and talk to me about my next career move at the same time.
For not getting it. Any of it. At all."
I was the first of my friends to have kids, and it's been secretly satisfying to see them all start their own families, and begin to understand why it takes me a week to return calls, why conversations are punctuated by asides to my kids, and why I will always choose a good night's sleep over a late night out.
Do your feel your friends without kids can't quite understand? Did you have remorse for a way you judged a mom friend before you had kids?


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