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(CNN) -- No play can begin in a baseball game until the pitcher throws the ball. And no play can conclude until the umpire makes the call.

"We're not just robots they send out there," umpire Tim McClelland (2nd from L) told author Bruce Weber.

Yet these figures -- the man on the mound and the men who stand in judgment -- are vastly different in importance to the average fan.

There are countless children who dream of becoming a major-league pitcher. He is, literally, the king of the hill.

Umpires? Almost nobody dreams of becoming an umpire.

And yet the positions share a number of similarities, according to two new books: "As They See 'Em" (Scribner), by New York Times writer Bruce Weber, and "The Complete Game" (Knopf), by former major-league pitcher (and current New York Mets broadcaster) Ron Darling.

Both jobs require a great deal of command, neither gets enough training, and both are often disrespected by others in the game.

Indeed, despite a library of books by and about pitchers (Jim Bouton's "Ball Four," Jim Brosnan's "The Long Season," Christy Mathewson's "Pitching in a Pinch"), Darling said he believes that people still don't understand what it takes to stand on that mound.

"Within baseball circles there is a common baseball axiom, 'If pitchers weren't so stupid, hitters would never get a hit,' " he said in an e-mail. "Of course, I knew this was a fallacy so I decided to write about the travails of major league pitchers. Throwing a ball 95 mph to tin cup-sized quadrants sounds pretty difficult to me, and I wanted to express this to the reader."

Umpires, on the other hand, rarely get written about at all -- in fact, they're often treated as less than human. ("The owners basically see them like bases," former baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent told Weber. "They say, 'We need a base; we need an umpire; same thing.' ") Weber found a fraternity (and they are almost all men) much like cops or soldiers: tight-lipped believers in baseball law and order.

Weber immersed himself in the "land of umpires," as the book's subtitle calls it, attending umpiring school, calling games at various levels of pro ball and talking with those who were willing -- including the legendary Doug Harvey, who was called "God" for his imperious demeanor. What he found is that what looks so obvious on television at home is often a challenge on the field, a matter not just of eyesight but positioning, rule-book knowledge and basic guts.

"That's really what [being an umpire] is about -- is being in charge," he said. "If there's anything that characterizes the major league umpire, it's that special kind of chutzpah."

Umpires need that presence because they're often baseball's most disrespected men. Aside from the vitriol they face -- the managers kicking dirt, the spectators yelling "Kill the ump" -- they're second-guessed by broadcasters and barely tolerated by management, as Weber reveals in detailing the episodes preceding and following the 1999 umpires' strike.

And yet Major League Baseball doesn't participate in umpire training or development, entrusting it to two umpire-run private schools, Weber observes. (MLB does run an annual umpire camp.)

Darling echoes Weber's concerns in his own field, pitching. In these days of strict pitch counts and injury concern, pitchers are "undertrain[ed]," he says, noting that top draft choices climb the ranks "never allowed to throw more than 110 pitches." That leaves them at a disadvantage when they have to go deeper into a game or cope with a tough inning, he says.

"It would be like training for the marathon and never running more than 5 miles," he says. "Identifying and preserving million-dollar arms are [the purview] of doctors, not baseball people."

Darling's book is a chronicle of pitchers' thought processes, using individual innings from his pitching or broadcasting career to make his point. He talks about panic overtaking a pitcher, as it did for Darling in a 1984 game in which he got pasted by the Cubs; he also addresses the rush of pitching in a World Series game and -- in a treat for baseball fans -- goes over the extra innings in perhaps the most famous college baseball game ever, a 1981 extra-inning contest that Darling's Yale Bulldogs lost to Frank Viola's St. John's Redmen, 1-0.

He says he remembered the games vividly. "I definitely watched tapes and read box scores, but I was very clear on almost all the minutiae of the good old days. A little scary and maybe a major personality flaw!"

Pitchers get more support than umpires, of course. Darling observes that the relationship between a pitcher and his catcher during a well-pitched game "is one of sport's most beautiful dances. I would not have said it when I was playing, but after a shutout ... there is a love for that person immediately after the process. You did something together that could not have been done alone, and nobody can understand what you went through to get there."

Umpires, too, take pride in their best moments, though few pay attention outside their fellow umpires. More common is to be vilified for missed calls. Weber devotes a moving passage in his book to a conversation with the retired Don Denkinger, a 29-year veteran remembered by fans (if he's remembered at all) for a wrong call in the 1985 World Series.

Though time has dulled the pain, "I think he lives with [that call] every day," Weber said. "When a dreadful thing happens to you in front of so many people and you become famous for it, it must be devastating."

Weber says his time with umpires has made him much more sympathetic to their judgmental tasks. When watching games now, the Yankees fan says, he'll focus on the umpires.

"I just think umpiring is interesting. People hate 'em, and they somehow perceive of umpiring as a flaw in the game, but I don't," he said. "Now I'm always interested who the umpires are."

Which is a point the umpires would appreciate.

"Umpires are people, too," veteran ump Tim McClelland told Weber. "We have families; we have emotions. ... Somebody says, 'Kill the umpire,' and people go, 'Heh, heh, that's funny,' but in order to do that, you have to disassociate the umpire from the person.

"We're human. We're not just robots they send out there."

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question: In what ways are these concepts similar?

answer: Both jobs require a great deal of command, neither gets enough training, and both are often disrespected by others in the game.

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question: Who is "The Complete Game" broadcaster?

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question: What is an in-depth look at baseball umpires?

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UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Rebel forces have declared a cease-fire after four days of fighting in the North Kivu province of eastern Congo, the French ambassador to the United Nations said after Security Council talks on the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

Congolese soldiers and displaced civilians move into Goma on Wednesday, fleeing advancing rebels.

Laurent Nkunda, the Congolese Tutsi general who leads troops of the National Congress for the Defense of the People, ordered the cease-fire, Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert told reporters.

"We hope that it will stand, and we hope that tomorrow Mr. Nkunda will announce that he stops his offensive," Ripert said, adding that he expected the the council would condemn the military operation.

He called the humanitarian situation "very alarming," said more than 50,000 people "are on the road," and expressed hope that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would send a high-level envoy to the region for talks "as soon as possible."

Representatives of European countries "are talking together" about how best to ease the situation, Ripert said. "We are looking into the most effective and fastest way of helping MONUC," he said, using the French acronym for the U.N. mission in Congo.

Nkunda has accused the Congolese government of failing to protect the Tutsi tribe from Rwandan Hutu militia in Congo.

Ripert cited reports of fighting at the DRC's border with Rwanda and called on neighboring countries "to use restraint and not to interfere."

News of the cease-fire was embraced by Samuel Nagbe, a representative of the relief agency Oxfam, in the eastern Congolese city of Goma.

"We are very happy that, at least, the fighting is going to stop," he told CNN. He called for the factions to meet "to find a lasting situation to the crisis."

Nkuda's troops were advancing after fighting between the rebels and government forces led thousands of people to flee south toward Goma, capital of North Kivu province in eastern Congo. Conditions in the region were "continuing to deteriorate rapidly," the medical charity Doctors Without Borders said in a statement posted on its Web site.

Madnodje Mounoubai, spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, said government troops were leaving the city, which wasn't on the front lines. He said he didn't know where the soldiers were going, but suspected they were headed to areas of heavy fighting.

Ban said at midday he was "alarmed at the escalation of violence" over the prior 24 hours and warned of a "humanitarian crisis."

In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters the agency was sending Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer to the region as an envoy.

"We're working as best we can to minimize or defuse the situation, get more troops in there," McCormack said.

Attacks by CNDP rebels have uprooted hundreds of thousands of displaced people from camps run by the United Nations and other organizations.

"The humanitarian situation is quite dire," Mounoubai told CNN by phone from Kinshasa, Congo's capital.

"We have internally displaced people streaming out of camps. Both parties are blocking the U.N. from reaching desperately needy people to evacuate," he added. "I cannot emphasize how desperate the situation on the ground is."

The region's instability endangers aid workers, some of whom have joined the exodus. Michael Arunga, a spokesman for World Vision, told CNN the organization's workers had fled to the Rwandan border, where they were assessing the situation and caring for civilians crossing into the area. Arunga said he himself had fled from Goma, where he could hear shootings at night.

"For agencies to operate on the ground, we need a peaceful environment," he said.

Doctors Without Borders said that on Sunday, medical teams in Rutshuru treated 70 wounded, and had been working round the clock since. Some of the people who sought help had been on the run for weeks, said the group, which described the situation as "extremely volatile."

Doctors have been working mostly in towns and camps in and around Kitchanga, Masisi, Mweso, Nyanzale and Kayna. DWB says it is the only international organization still providing medical and humanitarian assistance in Kitchanga, Masisi, Mweso and Rutshuru.

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Vietnamese villagers look at the rubble where 19 houses stood before a flash-flood ripped away the hamlet of Tung Chin in Lao Cai province.

Forecasters fear additional casualties as more rain was expected Monday.

The floods in the the country's northern mountain provinces damaged tens of thousands of homes, swept away thousands of cattle and submerged crops, the Vietnam News Agency said. More than two dozen people remained missing.

Officials mobilized thousands of rescue workers to look for survivors and to carry relief to the areas hardest hit by the storm.

Tropical Storm Kammuri struck the northern provinces on Friday.

The southeast Asian country is prone to heavy rainfall during the May through September monsoon season. The resulting landslides and floods have killed hundreds in past years.

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(CNN) -- Italy's Valentino Rossi gave his bid to seal a seventh Moto GP world title at the Malaysian Grand Prix a boost after qualifying for the race in pole position.

The defending champion set a name lap-record time of 2 minutes 00.518 seconds despite sweltering conditions on Saturday.

The time smashed Casey Stoner's 2007 lap record of 2 minutes 02.108 seconds.

The Yamaha rider celebrated his seventh pole of the season by pulling a wheelie as he drove into the pit lane at the Sepang circuit.

The 5.5-kilometer track that is situated south of the capital Kuala Lumpur, is a notoriously tought test for rider and machine alike with its combination of tight corners, long straights and tough high-speed bends.

The 30-year-old currently leads the world championship by 38 points, a position that means a top-four finish at Sepang would seal the title on Sunday.

Rossi's teammate Jorge Lorenzo qualified in second place, just 0.569sec behind -- a result that prompted Rossi to pay tribute to the hard work of his team.

"The team worked well, the bike performed well, hence I was able to go faster.

"Starting from pole is important since the (first) corner is far away," he added.

Spaniard Dani Pedrosa (Honda) was 0.736sec behind Rossi while Australian Stoner was fourth at 0.937sec.

Ducati rider Stoner, who finished ahead of Rossi in last weekend's Australian Grand Prix to take the win, is third in the world championship standings, with Pedrosa fourth on a Honda.

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(LifeWire)  -- For some, Valentine's Day can be heavenly. For others, it's just plain hell.

Take Felicia Sullivan, of Brooklyn. Four years ago, she and her live-in boyfriend -- the guy she thought she would marry -- were having a pre-Valentine's Day brunch when Sullivan leaned over and whispered a few sweet nothings in his ear.

"I said, 'I'm so happy to know that you're the one for me. Aren't you glad to know I'm the one for you?' " says Sullivan, 32, who works in marketing.

"And there was this silence. And then he was, like, 'I know you're the one for me now. But can you give me until summer to make a final decision?' "

Aghast at his response, Sullivan quickly broke things off -- but she couldn't move until she found a new apartment. Home alone on February 14 in the apartment they shared, she decided to snoop through her ex-boyfriend's e-mail and discovered he'd had contact with several other women while they were together.

"I've never been a big fan of the holiday," Sullivan says. "But now I typically refer to it as Black Monday..."   Watch whether romance is still alive Â»

Good times, bad times

Sullivan isn't alone in dreading Valentine's Day. Thanks to super-sized expectations and over-the-top commercialization, February 14 has gone from a sentimental aside to a pressure-filled gauntlet lined with chocolate boxes, tennis bracelets and cheesy stuffed bears.  See where the love dollars go Â»

"The holiday's designed to make you feel (bad)," says Judy McGuire, author of "How Not to Date."

"If you're in a relationship, it's never anything that it's supposed to be. And if you're single, you feel like a big loser because you don't have anybody. I think people should lower Valentine's Day expectations to pretty much nil. That way, anything that happens is good."

Brian Wise, a 32-year-old technical writer from Seattle has seen his Valentine's Day go sideways repeatedly -- most memorably the time he ended up in handcuffs (and not in a good way).

"Last year, I was in Singapore and I met this beautiful woman who took me to dinner at this hot, new restaurant,'" he says. "But then she gets food poisoning and ends up in an alley with major gastrointestinal problems. And while I'm standing guard, the cops pull up and think I'm paying her for sex."

Wise talked his way out of an arrest (luckily, one of the policemen had eaten at the same place) but he's found no release from his unlucky Valentine's.

"It doesn't matter who I'm out with," he says. "The day is just cursed."

There are ways, though, to avoid a miserable holiday.

Good plans

Most women will admit they like to celebrate, but a fancy night on the town isn't necessary.

"Sometimes, hanging out at home can be a lot more fun than going out to some restaurant filled with couples," says author McGuire. "Stay home with champagne, caviar and maybe a new toy from a tasteful sex shop."

If you're not dating anyone, take some time to indulge yourself (a luxurious bar of chocolate, a pedicure), do something relaxing (take a yoga class or get a massage) or spend time with some of your closest friends.

Make sure you're on the same page

And if you do make plans, stick to them.

Galen, a 28-year-old secretary from Seattle, and her boyfriend had made special Valentine's Day plans a month in advance. But on the big night, his buddies showed up and talked him into going out with them instead.

"I was dressed to the nines," says Galen, who asked that her last name not be used. "When his friends stopped by, he says, 'Do you mind if I go with them?' I said, 'Fine, go,' being totally sarcastic, and he picked up his coat and left."

Although they talked about it later, Galen said, her boyfriend seemed not to understand that she was unhappy with his wanting to ditch her for his buddies. The two later broke up.

Breaking a date on Valentine's Day is definitely bad form, but automatically expecting one to happen (a much more common scenario) is also problematic. To avoid a disconnect with your significant other, McGuire suggests being honest. Simply expecting your partner to know what you want is unrealistic.

Not-so-good gifts

If you decide to go the gift route, McGuire recommends not settling for a clichÃ© like a stuffed animal or a hastily purchased bouquet of flowers.

"Listen to what the person talks about," she says. "She may want the new 'Godzilla' game for her Wii. His underwear may be riddled with holes."

Another thing to avoid, advises Katie Briggs, 44, of Seattle, is the gag gift.

A few years ago, Briggs and a new beau went out to a nice restaurant where they shared dinner, drinks and presents. Briggs gave her date homemade cookies and a Starbucks gift card. He gave her a beautifully-wrapped box -- of Spam.

"He thought it was the best joke ever," says Briggs. "But it just wasn't thoughtful. If you're going to go with a joke, you need to back it up with something else." E-mail to a friend

LifeWire provides original and syndicated lifestyle content to Web publishers. Diane Mapes is the author of "How to Date in a Post-Dating World." Her column, "Single Shot," appears in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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text: For

text: others

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: plain

text: hell

text: Take

text: Felicia

text: Sullivan

text: of

text: Brooklyn

text: Four

text: years

text: ago

text: she

text: and

text: her

text: live

text: in

text: boyfriend

text: the

text: guy

text: she

text: thought

text: she

text: would

text: marry

text: were

text: having

text: a

text: pre

text: Valentine

text: 's

text: Day

text: brunch

text: when

text: Sullivan

text: leaned

text: over

text: and

text: whispered

text: a

text: few

text: sweet

text: nothings

text: in

text: his

text: ear

text: I

text: said

text: I

text: 'm

text: so

text: happy

text: to

text: know

text: that

text: you

text: 're

text: the

text: one

text: for

text: me

text: Are

text: n't

text: you

text: glad

text: to

text: know

text: I

text: 'm

text: the

text: one

text: for

text: you

text: says

text: Sullivan

text: who

text: works

text: in

text: marketing

text: And

text: there

text: was

text: this

text: silence

text: And

text: then

text: he

text: was

text: like

text: I

text: know

text: you

text: 're

text: the

text: one

text: for

text: me

text: now

text: But

text: can

text: you

text: give

text: me

text: until

text: summer

text: to

text: make

text: a

text: final

text: decision

text: Aghast

text: at

text: his

text: response

text: Sullivan

text: quickly

text: broke

text: things

text: off

text: but

text: she

text: could

text: n't

text: move

text: until

text: she

text: found

text: a

text: new

text: apartment

text: Home

text: alone

text: on

text: February

text: in

text: the

text: apartment

text: they

text: shared

text: she

text: decided

text: to

text: snoop

text: through

text: her

text: ex

text: boyfriend

text: 's

text: e

text: mail

text: and

text: discovered

text: he

text: 'd

text: had

text: contact

text: with

text: several

text: other

text: women

text: while

text: they

text: were

text: together

text: I

text: 've

text: never

text: been

text: a

text: big

text: fan

text: of

text: the

text: holiday

text: Sullivan

text: says

text: But

text: now

text: I

text: typically

text: refer

text: to

text: it

text: as

text: Black

text: Monday

text: Watch

text: whether

text: romance

text: is

text: still

text: alive

text: Â

text: Good

text: times

text: bad

text: times

text: Sullivan

text: is

text: n't

text: alone

text: in

text: dreading

text: Valentine

text: 's

text: Day

text: Thanks

text: to

text: super

text: sized

text: expectations

text: and

text: over

text: the

text: top

text: commercialization

text: February

text: has

text: gone

text: from

text: a

text: sentimental

text: aside

text: to

text: a

text: pressure

text: filled

text: gauntlet

text: lined

text: with

text: chocolate

text: boxes

text: tennis

text: bracelets

text: and

text: cheesy

text: stuffed

text: bears

text: See

text: where

text: the

text: love

text: dollars

text: go

text: Â

text: The

text: holiday

text: 's

text: designed

text: to

text: make

text: you

text: feel

text: bad

text: says

text: Judy

text: McGuire

text: author

text: of

text: How

text: Not

text: to

text: Date

text: If

text: you

text: 're

text: in

text: a

text: relationship

text: it

text: 's

text: never

text: anything

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: supposed

text: to

text: be

text: And

text: if

text: you

text: 're

text: single

text: you

text: feel

text: like

text: a

text: big

text: loser

text: because

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: anybody

text: I

text: think

text: people

text: should

text: lower

text: Valentine

text: 's

text: Day

text: expectations

text: to

text: pretty

text: much

text: That

text: way

text: anything

text: that

text: happens

text: is

text: good

text: Brian

text: Wise

text: a

text: old

text: technical

text: writer

text: from

text: Seattle

text: has

text: seen

text: his

text: Valentine

text: 's

text: Day

text: go

text: sideways

text: repeatedly

text: most

text: memorably

text: the

text: time

text: he

text: ended

text: up

text: in

text: handcuffs

text: and

text: not

text: in

text: a

text: good

text: way

text: Last

text: year

text: I

text: was

text: in

text: Singapore

text: and

text: I

text: met

text: this

text: beautiful

text: woman

text: who

text: took

text: me

text: to

text: dinner

text: at

text: this

text: hot

text: new

text: restaurant

text: he

text: says

text: But

text: then

text: she

text: gets

text: food

text: poisoning

text: and

text: ends

text: up

text: in

text: an

text: alley

text: with

text: major

text: gastrointestinal

text: problems

text: And

text: while

text: I

text: 'm

text: standing

text: guard

text: the

text: cops

text: pull

text: up

text: and

text: think

text: I

text: 'm

text: paying

text: her

text: for

text: sex

text: Wise

text: talked

text: his

text: way

text: out

text: of

text: an

text: arrest

text: luckily

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: policemen

text: had

text: eaten

text: at

text: the

text: same

text: place

text: but

text: he

text: 's

text: found

text: no

text: release

text: from

text: his

text: unlucky

text: Valentine

text: 's

text: It

text: does

text: n't

text: matter

text: who

text: I

text: 'm

text: out

text: with

text: he

text: says

text: The

text: day

text: is

text: just

text: cursed

text: There

text: are

text: ways

text: though

text: to

text: avoid

text: a

text: miserable

text: holiday

text: Good

text: plans

text: Most

text: women

text: will

text: admit

text: they

text: like

text: to

text: celebrate

text: but

text: a

text: fancy

text: night

text: on

text: the

text: town

text: is

text: n't

text: necessary

text: Sometimes

text: hanging

text: out

text: at

text: home

text: can

text: be

text: a

text: lot

text: more

text: fun

text: than

text: going

text: out

text: to

text: some

text: restaurant

text: filled

text: with

text: couples

text: says

text: author

text: McGuire

text: Stay

text: home

text: with

text: champagne

text: caviar

text: and

text: maybe

text: a

text: new

text: toy

text: from

text: a

text: tasteful

text: sex

text: shop

text: If

text: you

text: 're

text: not

text: dating

text: anyone

text: take

text: some

text: time

text: to

text: indulge

text: yourself

text: a

text: luxurious

text: bar

text: of

text: chocolate

text: a

text: pedicure

text: do

text: something

text: relaxing

text: take

text: a

text: yoga

text: class

text: or

text: get

text: a

text: massage

text: or

text: spend

text: time

text: with

text: some

text: of

text: your

text: closest

text: friends

text: Make

text: sure

text: you

text: 're

text: on

text: the

text: same

text: page

text: And

text: if

text: you

text: do

text: make

text: plans

text: stick

text: to

text: them

text: Galen

text: a

text: old

text: secretary

text: from

text: Seattle

text: and

text: her

text: boyfriend

text: had

text: made

text: special

text: Valentine

text: 's

text: Day

text: plans

text: a

text: month

text: in

text: advance

text: But

text: on

text: the

text: big

text: night

text: his

text: buddies

text: showed

text: up

text: and

text: talked

text: him

text: into

text: going

text: out

text: with

text: them

text: instead

text: I

text: was

text: dressed

text: to

text: the

text: nines

text: says

text: Galen

text: who

text: asked

text: that

text: her

text: last

text: name

text: not

text: be

text: used

text: When

text: his

text: friends

text: stopped

text: by

text: he

text: says

text: Do

text: you

text: mind

text: if

text: I

text: go

text: with

text: them

text: I

text: said

text: Fine

text: go

text: being

text: totally

text: sarcastic

text: and

text: he

text: picked

text: up

text: his

text: coat

text: and

text: left

text: Although

text: they

text: talked

text: about

text: it

text: later

text: Galen

text: said

text: her

text: boyfriend

text: seemed

text: not

text: to

text: understand

text: that

text: she

text: was

text: unhappy

text: with

text: his

text: wanting

text: to

text: ditch

text: her

text: for

text: his

text: buddies

text: The

text: two

text: later

text: broke

text: up

text: Breaking

text: a

text: date

text: on

text: Valentine

text: 's

text: Day

text: is

text: definitely

text: bad

text: form

text: but

text: automatically

text: expecting

text: one

text: to

text: happen

text: a

text: much

text: more

text: common

text: scenario

text: is

text: also

text: problematic

text: To

text: avoid

text: a

text: disconnect

text: with

text: your

text: significant

text: other

text: McGuire

text: suggests

text: being

text: honest

text: Simply

text: expecting

text: your

text: partner

text: to

text: know

text: what

text: you

text: want

text: is

text: unrealistic

text: Not

text: so

text: good

text: gifts

text: If

text: you

text: decide

text: to

text: go

text: the

text: gift

text: route

text: McGuire

text: recommends

text: not

text: settling

text: for

text: a

text: clichÃ

text: like

text: a

text: stuffed

text: animal

text: or

text: a

text: hastily

text: purchased

text: bouquet

text: of

text: flowers

text: Listen

text: to

text: what

text: the

text: person

text: talks

text: about

text: she

text: says

text: She

text: may

text: want

text: the

text: new

text: Godzilla

text: game

text: for

text: her

text: Wii

text: His

text: underwear

text: may

text: be

text: riddled

text: with

text: holes

text: Another

text: thing

text: to

text: avoid

text: advises

text: Katie

text: Briggs

text: of

text: Seattle

text: is

text: the

text: gag

text: gift

text: A

text: few

text: years

text: ago

text: Briggs

text: and

text: a

text: new

text: beau

text: went

text: out

text: to

text: a

text: nice

text: restaurant

text: where

text: they

text: shared

text: dinner

text: drinks

text: and

text: presents

text: Briggs

text: gave

text: her

text: date

text: homemade

text: cookies

text: and

text: a

text: Starbucks

text: gift

text: card

text: He

text: gave

text: her

text: a

text: beautifully

text: wrapped

text: box

text: of

text: Spam

text: He

text: thought

text: it

text: was

text: the

text: best

text: joke

text: ever

text: says

text: Briggs

text: But

text: it

text: just

text: was

text: n't

text: thoughtful

text: If

text: you

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: go

text: with

text: a

text: joke

text: you

text: need

text: to

text: back

text: it

text: up

text: with

text: something

text: else

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text: mail

text: to

text: a

text: friend

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text: original

text: and

text: syndicated

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text: Web

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question: Who was the women?

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question: What is a gag gift?

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question: What is not a good Valentine's gift?

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question: What was the man's worst Valentine's Day?

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question: What relationship between man and woman?

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Editor's note: Peter Bregman is chief executive of Bregman Partners, Inc., a global management consulting firm, and the author of "Point B: A Short Guide to Leading a Big Change". He writes a weekly column, How We Work, for HarvardBusiness.org.

Peter Bregman says recession is an opportunity to reorient the focus of your working life to what you love to do.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A friend of mine, a senior leader in a pharmaceutical company, spends all her spare time doing yoga, taking classes in comparative religions, reading about spirituality, speaking with others about their beliefs. Just talking about it energizes her.

Which is not how she feels about her day job.

"Why don't you leave your job and do something with this full time?" I asked her.

"I've thought about it. But I could never make the kind of money I make now."

She might be right. But the question isn't whether she could make as much money. Even if she stays in her job she's unlikely to do that in this economy.

The question is far broader and more interesting. What would her life look like -- in every dimension she values -- if she decided to pursue her passion full time?

She needs to consider the contribution she'd make. The relationships she'd foster. The fun she'd have. The feelings she'd carry with her throughout the day. Her engagement in her work. In short, what her life would mean.

And, of course, also the money. Which, as it turns out, might actually be greater if she were more engaged in her work. Gallup has collected data on 5.4 million employees in over 137 countries and concluded that engaged employees are more productive and customer-focused. And more profitable. Which could mean more money for her.

But why are we even having this conversation during the worst downturn this country has seen in the last 70 years? Isn't she lucky simply to have a job?

Yes. And, because of that, she's also stuck. For better and worse, she probably won't leave.

But maybe you're not so lucky -- you've been laid off or might be soon; you're a student coming into the job market; or like several people I know, you've been thinking about a change.

Well, this is your opportunity. You didn't want to risk a change when things were going well. There was too much to lose.

But this downturn, this economic mess we're in, could be your chance. When everything was going well, we spent money we didn't have thinking we would make more tomorrow. Well, tomorrow came. It's easy to point a finger at Bernie Madoff (and he deserves the finger), but the truth is, it's not just him. We're all victims of our own little Ponzi Schemes. But now we know.

The life we've been living, the debt we've been incurring, is unsustainable. Maybe the layoff is a favor. You were treated as expendable. But were you, working those long hours to keep a job you didn't love, treating your self as expendable too?

Depressing? Sure. But now that we know, we can do something about it.

I don't want to be cavalier; I know food on the table is a necessity. We still need work and money. Here are our new rules for finding it:

Rule #1: Don't spend too much time looking for your next job. As I discuss in my article for Harvard Business, "Need to Find a Job? Stop Looking So Hard," searching for a job more than 1-2 hours a day will actually make it less likely you'll find one.

Rule #2: Focus your time on what you're truly passionate about. Get more training. Expand your comfort zone with new activities, new people. Studies show that 80 percent of jobs are found through networking. Which is what you're doing when you pursue your passion with other people. So do it without guilt. Spend your newfound spare time doing what you enjoy with people whom you enjoy.

Rule #3: Let those people know you want to make your money doing these things. Don't hammer it in. Just mention it. Once.

Successful people are passionate, obsessed. And obsession isn't motivated by money. It's deeper than that. Find your obsession. Let it loose.

Employers want to hire someone who is naturally driven. Self-motivated. You'll work at your obsession all the time because you want to. And that kind of persistence, that kind of focus, is worth a lot of money.

But don't make the mistake of chasing the money. That's what got us into this mess in the first place. Let the money chase you. iReport.com: Brown-bagging lunch to save money? Send video

Most people are afraid to do that. Afraid of the risk. Afraid of the gap in their resume. They try to cover it up. Find ways to explain it away. But my advice to employers is hire for the gap. It's often the most interesting part of a person's life. What does a person do when they don't have anything they have to do? What do they do in their spare time? If you can hire someone for that, you'll find your star.

This isn't the time to be afraid of risk. It's too late. You're already in the risk. You might not have chosen it, but why not take control and act as if you had?

Remember my friend working at the pharmaceutical company -- the one with the job? By staying in work she doesn't love, she's taking a risk too. She's risking her life.

Imagine how great she would be, how much she would offer, how much she would gain, if she devoted herself to her passion?

Now how about you?

Let's become a nation of people who love what we do.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Peter Bregman.

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