A modern mobile crane with outriggers. The latticed boom is fitted with a gib. A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy things and transporting them to other places.
The Optimist's Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winning 1972 short novel by Eudora Welty.
Natasha (nicknamed Sasha) is the second of President and Mrs. Obama's daughters. He has two daughters, the other being Malia Ann. They were born July 4, 1998 and June 10, 2001, respectively.