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Notions: A south-of-the-border surprise
One morning this summer a friend of mine woke up with the words "si se puede" tattooed on his hip in a festive font — when he later told the story, complete with visual aids, another one of my friends drew an amusing comparison between it and the "Tostitos" tortilla chips script, if that helps you visualize just how classy his new (permanent) accessory is. I, however, encountered a much more pleasant surprise — also south-of-the-border themed — earlier this week, when I decided to stroll down to the little alcove overlooking the falls to sample the fare being handed through the window of a little silver cart. That cart is the quite-literally-mobile home of Green-Go's, a recent street-fare-style addition to the downtown-dining scene. Middlebury's newest gastronomical gurus specialize in oversized, Chipotle-esque burritos, and I had heard from friends that they were well-worth the $8 price tag. I decided to investigate for myself. To my very great surprise, I found that — while the silver cart was shiny and new — I actually recognized the owner of the latex-gloved hand that reached out of the window and placed an (aluminum-gloved) burrito into my own outstretched mitt. It was none other than one of my former co-workers from my brief stint as a waitress at Fire and Ice during the spring semester of my junior year. But to my deep chagrin, I couldn't, for the life of me, remember his name. I remembered that he liked Anne Bradstreet (we would discuss poetry as I clumsily dressed plates and heaved the not-that-heavy-but-way-too-heavy-for-pathetic-me trays onto my shoulders), but I couldn't manage to string together either a first or last name. He didn't catch on because, well, a burrito transaction is pretty simple — it's basically like this: what can I get for you? I'd like a burrito, please. What would you like on it? Everything would be great. Hot sauce? Oh, absolutely. My former, unidentified co-worker did, though, appreciate my decision to opt for added heat.Later that day, still tormented by my selective memory, I scanned the World Wide Web for the name of the line-cook-gone-burrito-cart-connoisseur and eventually (and thankfully) found that his name is Damian. Damian Bittrolff. Phew. He and his wife, Kristin, are the good people behind the cart, or should I say, inside the cart. So, the next time I decide to patronize Green-Go's (and trust me, there will definitely be a next time!), perhaps I will be able to toss a jolly "hey, Damian!" in before launching into my order: one "Build-Your-Own (BYO)" burrito with chicken, rice, black beans, salsa, tomatoes, onions, black olives, sour cream, guacamole, corn and of course, hot sauce. Or maybe I'll order one of their fish tacos, an item just tacked onto the menu today — I mean, really, who knows what kind of surprises I have hidden up my sleeve?


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Oldham County High School's production of "Singing in the Rain" premieres tonight at OCHS.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday), Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $5.
OCHS is located at 1150 North Ky. 393 in Buckner.
This weekend, students at North Oldham High School will present the Pulitzer Prize winning
play, "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.
This play chronicles life, love and loss in a small town in the early 20th century. Performance dates and times are 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday (May 19 and 21) and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (May 21 and 22).
The Miss Heart of America Pageant is coming to Oldham County later this month.
The pageant takes place at 4 p.m. May 21 at Soiree, 1228 Market St. in La Grange. It is a food drive for the American Red Cross.
Miss Heart of America is proud to partner with the Oldham County chapter of the American Red Cross.
After relocation to Kentucky in 2006, Darlene Dine discovered a new and wondrous subject matter.
While living in Florida for 15 years, she was primarily involved in the photographic and portrait retouching industry.
Now living in the quaint, historic town of La Grange, she has found a new love for painting horses and scenes from our very own Oldham County.
Students at St. Francis School in Goshen were rewarded for their good deeds with a celebration and concert Friday.
Students gathered in the school auditorium and watched as their schoolmates gave presentations about their class service projects.
By Danna Zabrovsky
Staff Writer, The Oldham Era
A group of local churches plan to pool resources in order to revive a community clinic for uninsured residents.
Children throughout the state are benefitting from a new magazine that teaches them that healthy living is fun.
FIT4FUN is a colorful magazine that encourages creativity, critical thinking and a healthy lifestyle for children in kindergarten through third grade.
Sixth-grade students at St. Francis School in Goshen are spreading their wings, and some paper, to reach out to Japan in the country's time of need.
This past fall, students read two books, "Hiroshima" and "One Thousand Paper Cranes," as part of a study about the atomic bombings of Japan by the United States.
By Janell Oliver
special to the oldham era
Saturday morning may have been chilly and wet but that didn't stop dozens of adults and children from attending a wildflower open house at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve in Goshen.
The event included two Wildflower Walks led by flower expert and executive director, Tavia Cathcart.
If you didn't know better, you might think the culinary arts class at the Oldham County Schools Arvin Center is a show on the Food Network.
Students wearing red, black and white chef jackets huddle around stainless steel work tables.
A girl peers into a massive commercial mixer.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - With dates starting Friday and lasting through mid-April, the Georgia College & State University soccer team and head coach Juan Pablo Favero have announced five spring competitions.
"We are excited about the level of competition, as the Spring is truly a time of developing and challenging our players," Favero said. "We look forward to seeing them grow as we prepare for a very tough schedule next fall and the continued success we have experienced the last two years."
The spring slate begins Friday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m., traveling to Division I Mercer University in Macon, Ga.
March 7 the Bobcats will host the first of two Little Feet Friendlies at Bobcat Field on Georgia College's West Campus. The Bobcats will invite the GSA Phoenix, Concorde Fire and Cobb FC club teams, with games running from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tournament will also feature a OCSL Youth Team exhibition during the intermission.
The tourney will serve as a awareness opportunity for the Little Feet program as well as all concession proceeds going to Race for the Cure.
March 15, the Bobcats will make the trip to Atlanta, at Georgia State University taking on Western Carolina University at both 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
April 4 wraps up the 2009 spring slate, as GCSU will take on both Georgia Southern University and FC Pontevedre at GSU's soccer field.
The second Little Feet Friendlies has a tentative date set for April 18, with more details to come.
The Bobcats are coming off the best season in program history, making their first trip to the NCAA Tournament, entering the NSCAA Division II National Poll and reaching as high as No. 19. Georgia College was 13-3-4 for the best winning percentage in school history.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement.


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New entry Dec 07
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Critters is 23!
Yes, 23 years ago Critters was born. Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!
Critters no longer accepting European Union members :(It's with a heavy heart that I have to announce Critters can no longer accept people in the European Union as members. This is a result of the "GDPR" privacy laws going into effect. I'm a big fan of privacy, and applaud the general idea behind the GDPR, but the way it's implemented forces me to close the door to EU writers. [read more why...]
Books from Critters!
Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.
Space Travel for SF Writers
Hot off the presses from ReAnimus Press! Space Travel - A Science Fiction Writer's Guide— An indispensible tool for all SF writers that explains the science you need to help you make your fiction plausible. (Also via Amazon)
How to Write SF
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.) (Also via Amazon)
P&E Has a New Caretaker!
I'm very happy to announce that P&E has been handed off to a new caretaker! Check out the site for news and such. Hurrah!
I'm being interviewed live on public radio for Critters 20th birthday. For those who want to listen, it's on the 10am (Mountain time) show on Thursday, 11/19/16, on Colorado Public Radio - www.cpr.org has streaming on the site or it's 90.1 FM in the Denver area. [Interview is done, you can listen on the site]
Free Web Sites
Free web sites for authors (and others) are available at www.nyx.net.
ReAnimus Acquires Advent!
ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!
Network speeding up
I'm switching the connection over to a new, shiny 10X faster network because of all the load. There might be bits of downtime as your boxes learn new addresses and things. Should be brief. Let me know of any prolonged outages you see.
Preditors & Editors Changeover
With the very sad passing of Dave Kuzminski, who ran P&E, I've taken over the P&E duties. Lots of what I hope are improvements; check it out at pred-ed.com.
Critters Server
is Dying has been Replaced
See important details here in my blog. Let me know if you find anything that isn't working right. (Manuscripts are now available for this week, FYI.)
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THE SIGIL TRILOGY: The universe is dying from within... "Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock
Announcing ReAnimus Press
If you need help making ebooks from manuscripts or print copies—or finding great stuff to read—look no further! An ebook publisher started by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
It's Moved! You want the NEW Critters Store, which is here...
(Old) Critters Store
Critter folk can support the workshop via purchases from certain sites. Critters gets a small commission if you make purchases from these sites below. (That is, Critters earns a commission if you buy something. These are not "pay-per-click" ads like the ads on the top and sides of the pages. These are called "pay-per-action", so it doesn't cost the advertiser any money if you click on these affiliate ad links below just to explore their site if you're interested in what they offer. They're part of the Google Affiliate Network or CJ.com, both reputable affiliate programs.)
While the best way to support the Critters fund drive is a donation (since Critters gets all the funds from a donation), if you're wanting to buy something from these companies below anyway, it would be great to do it here so you can support Critters at the same time. We've got books (on writing, genre reading, textbooks, etc.), ebooks, magazines (including Asimov's and Analog for your fantastical pleasure), stuff from Writer's Digest, and other things that Critterfolk might already be thinking of buying, like shopping online at Target.
If you do place an order through one of these links please let me know so I can verify that it gets counted.
— Andrew
Aburt's ebooks make great gifts. :) I now sign and personally inscribe them.
If you're a South Park fan, you can Own a Square Inch of South Park. (Seriously!)
(Yes, this gem of a property is owned by your
very own Critter Captain. We inherited it. It's bloody useless and just
costs taxes, but then, Idea!! Or as I say, where
does Mr. Hankey live? On
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online or IRL.
Great gift for Christmas / Hanukkah / Kwanzaa / Festivus!)
Also available via ebay.
Speaking of Netflix, I've fallen in love with the streaming. Before I tried it I didn't think I'd like it, but I did the free trial, and between the streaming and getting DVDs fast in the mail I confess I've become a big fan. This link should be for the free trial:
You can get magazines from Blue Dolphin, like Asimov's and Analog (and tons of others of course).
Here's the main link —
— and here are the links directly to Asimov's & Analog, which are must reads for anyone writing SF and hoping to sell short stories:
For writing in general, there's Writer's Digest:
Get books from independent book sellers though ABEBOOKS.COM...
If you're looking for textbooks, check out Textbooks.com. They've got books on writing too, as well as books on science fiction, and now do rentals:
And for audio books, there is:
The Writers Digest Shop has all sorts of books and writing, market lists, and such like stuff for writers:
For ebooks there's ebooks.com
and Smashwords.com, where you can publish your own ebooks to all the various formats.
For eMagazines, there's eMagazines.com
There's always something you need at Target:
A lot of writers are also wine enthusiasts, so here are a couple links for that. The GoldMedalWineClub.com delivers great wines to your doorstep each month, and there's all the stuff from Wine Enthusiast. If not for you, these make great gifts:
If you've been thinking about getting a Nook...
Or some books on writing or SF...
(Hover over the cover to read about the book. Click
here to see some other books)
Here are some links to cool stuff for traveling, if you're going to cons and such:
Magellan's just has all kinds of cool stuff for traveling:
If you're looking for luggage, cases for cameras,
For accommodations, Hotels.com is a great resource, and Splendia has some "character" hotels:
Boy oh boy is it always a good idea to have travel insurance.
Or more books on writing or SF :)
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Google may turn over information about third-party keyword purchases after being subpoenaed by a recreational flooring company.
Santa Clara University law professor and tech law blogger Eric Goldman alerted readers to the subpoena in a recent blog post last week, warning that this sort of legal action could give businesses access to private information about the advertising habits of competitors.
"Were this to become commonplace, it could completely change the current equilibrium with respect to Google's AdWords program," Goldman told The Register.
The subpoena is part of an ongoing District Court case between Rhino Sports and Conner Sport Court International, two companies that sell flooring for athletic facilities, including basketball courts, tennis courts, and baseball batting cages. In 2002, Conner - previously known as Sport Court - sued Rhino for trademark infringement, and a year later, Rhino agreed to an injunction restricting it from using the "Sport Court" trademark "on or in connection with the Internet." That includes internet domain names, sponsored links, and any HTML code, "such as the title or keyword portions of a metatag."
Then, in early May of this year, Conner accused Rhino of violating the injunction, claiming that the company had purchased the "sport court" keyword phrase on Google AdWords.
As Eric Goldman pointed out in an earlier post, Rhino had merely purchased the "broad match" terms "court" and "basketball court," not the specific term "sport court." The court rejected Conner's claim, but Conner has now issued a subpoena to Google, requesting information on "all purchases of 'sport court' as a keyword," "associated cost per click calculations," "estimated ad positions for the keyword," and "search volume trends for the keyword." That includes information about Rhino's AdWords account as well as the accounts of other businesses. That's right: Businesses not involved in the case.
Google did not respond to our request for comment, but it seems that the company will comply with the subpoena - if there aren't complaints to the court. Goldman posted a copy of a letter Google sent to all affected businesses, explaining that information related to their AdWords accounts would be turned over to the District Court unless they file an objection to subpoena.
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Keynesians like Paul Krugman say that fiscal stimulus will get us out of this economic crash.
Austrian economists say that the Keynesians are wrong, and that they erroneously think that stimulus spending is a "free lunch".
But – whether you agree with Keynesians or not – the fact is that what the government has actually been doing is spending our money on helping out the big boys, and spending next to nothing on even trying to stimulate the economy. The government is giving trillions to the big banks and financial giants, but almost zero to the working people.
Specifically, the stimulus bill was $787 billion, which is less than a tenth of the money thrown at the financial elites.
The lion's share of the $787 billion was for pork, not for anything which could actually stimulate the economy.
Of the $787 billion, only about 10% has been spent so far.
The Government Accountability Office says that the $787 billion stimulus package is not being used for stimulus. Instead, the states are in such dire financial straights that the stimulus money is instead being used to "cushion" state budgets, prevent teacher layoffs, make more Medicaid payments and head off other fiscal problems. So even the money which is actually earmarked to help the states stimulate their economies is not being used for that purpose.
Stimulus? Where's the stimulus?
So when Obama's economic people say we need another stimulus program, they are pretending that the government has tried – in good faith – to stimulate the economy, but that they've underestimated how severe the economic problems are.
In fact, the government has simply undertaken a massive redistribution of wealth from the little guy to the big boys. That is not stimulus. That is robbery.
Don't believe me?
Okay, but leading economist Dean Baker said the true purpose of the bank rescue plan is "a massive redistribution of wealth to the bank shareholders and their top executives".
And Nobel economist Joe Stiglitz says the Geithner plan will rob US taxpayers.
And congressman Grayson puts it succinctly when he demands "Stop stealing our money!"
The fact that lobbyists from the financial industry have paid hundreds of millions to Congress and the Obama administration is clearly just a coincidence. See this, this, this, this and this.


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Independence Police Department
223 N. Memorial Drive
Independence, MO 64050-3013
Public Information Office
Officer Tom Gentry
(816) 325-7258
News Release
For immediate release: September 27, 2013
Scam advisory/Larceny
(Independence, Mo.) – Independence Police are looking for a person of interest involving a man posing as a contract employee of the Independence Water Department, gaining entry into two different homes and stealing money and credit cards. In a third incident the homeowner refused to let the suspect in. In each case, the suspect told the victim that he needed to check the plumbing inside their house. Similar incidents have been reported in Raytown, MO, and Overland Park, KS.
The suspect is described as a white male, slender build, approximately 6' tall, around 50 years of age and possibly missing front teeth. In two of the incidents he wore a ball cap and told one of the victims his name was Roy. The victims in each case were elderly. A possible vehicle description has been given as a dark green/teal 2000s model Ford Taurus. The time of day for the incidents ranged between 2 to 4:30 p.m.
The Independence Water Department does not have workers enter homes to work on plumbing unless they are requested to do so and an appointment is made. All employees carry City identification. If you are approached by anyone representing themselves as a utility worker who requests access inside your home, do not let them in. Lock the door and call 911.
If you have any information regarding the scam suspect or know anything about the above incidents, please call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-8477 or the Independence Police Department at (816) 836-3600.


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The Einstein Obsession:
Science, Myth and Public Perception
WHEN: June 16th, 2pm
WHERE: Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave. West Village, NYC
Free and open to the public!
Who hasn't heard of Einstein? We all know Einstein failed eighth grade math. (Although he didn't.) We know he showed energy is the same thing as mass (or was it "matter"?), that he's the father of the atomic bomb, that he was an old man with frizzy hair, and that he was a patent clerk whose theory was that everything is relative and that nothing can move faster than light. This messy assortment of half-truths and misconceptions permeates our culture and affects public perceptions of science, at many different levels. In this talk we'll consider how our culture's obsession with Einstein impacts efforts to convey science to the public.
Matt Strassler has been a professor of theoretical particle physics and string theory at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Washington, and Rutgers University. He is a former Sloan Foundation fellow and is an elected member of the American Physical Society. In addition to carrying out research related to the Large Hadron Collider (the big new accelerator in Europe that is looking for the Higgs particle), he runs a website, Of Particular Significance, whose purpose is to convey information about science, especially particle physics, to the public.


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"Once again, the musical world of The Sims comes to life with some of the world's biggest stars of today and tomorrow performing their hits in Simlish," says Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music for EA. "In the future, look for exciting music videos to accompany some of these songs, which will further demonstrate that Simlish is truly a global language."
"My friends have told me about The Sims for years, and I've also heard Natasha Bedingfield and Black Eyed Peas versions of their songs in Simlish, so I was thrilled to be in on the fun," said LeAnn Rimes. "It's so cool to have my own music in such an iconic game."
New global artists with Simlish songs in The Sims 3 World Adventures
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- LeAnn Rimes - "You've Ruined Me"
- Fefe Dobson - "I Want You"
- Katie Melua - "If the lights go out"
- Madina Lake - "Lets Get Outta Here"
- Manchester Orchestra - "I've Got Friends"
- Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - "Me + Yr Daughter"
- Esme Denters - "Outta Here"
- Hot Chelle Rae - "Say"
- Audrye Sessions - "Turn Me Off"
- Metalkpretty - "Wake Up, Wake Up"
- Evan Taubenfeld - "Pumpkin Pie"
- Friday Night Boys - "Can't Take That Away"
- Cassie Steele - "Summer Nights"
- Broken Hearts Club - "Na Na Na"
Previously announced artists and songs featured in the game include:
- Nelly Furtado - "Manos al Aire"
- Pixie Lott - "Mama Do"
- Stefanie Heinzmann - "No One (Can Ever Change My Mind)"
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Seasoned in Seattle: New role suits wiser Perez
Oliver Perez is wiser, smarter and more seasoned. Alas, he has aged. Just look at the smattering of gray specks commandeering Perez's hairline.
This isn't the old Perez, the southpaw who caved to the pressure of pitching in New York on a $36 million contract.
Oliver Perez is wiser, smarter and more seasoned. Alas, he has aged. Just look at the smattering of gray specks commandeering Perez's hairline.
This isn't the old Perez, the southpaw who caved to the pressure of pitching in New York on a $36 million contract.
This is the older Perez, a father, a reinvented reliever and a man so relaxed that he can enjoy life's small treasures, such as a morning game of Bejeweled Blitz on his iPad.
Perez hasn't always had the time or focus to appreciate the simple things. He spent his last three years with the Mets trying to justify the belief the team originally had in him. That saga lacks a fairytale ending.
"When you're in the moment, you just want to get better at that time," Perez said. "When the years pass, you have to know what you're doing wrong to learn not to do it again. That was a really tough three years for me."
On the heels of two strong campaigns, Perez signed a three-year pact worth $12 million per season. From 2007-08, the lefty tallied 25 wins, logged a 3.91 ERA and punched out nearly a batter per inning.
The Mets slotted Perez near the top of a rotation anchored by Johan Santana. The lofty expectations, however, consumed Perez. He developed tendinitis in his right knee, which only added to his problems on the mound. Perez eventually needed season-ending surgery in '09.
In the first year of his new deal, Perez submitted a 3-4 record and a 6.82 ERA in 14 outings. In '10, he compiled an 0-5 mark and a 6.80 ERA in 17 appearances (seven starts). Perez issued 100 free passes in 112 1/3 innings over the two seasons and suffered from a sudden drop in velocity. He averaged nearly 92 mph on his fastball in 2007. By '10, that number dwindled to 89 mph.
"I was trying to pitch with the pain and nothing worked," Perez said. "I understand that there were a lot of expectations for me, and I was thinking about those expectations because I had signed a big contract and I wanted to be better than the past years. But I got hurt and I wasn't able to be consistent."
Ultimately, the Mets deemed Perez a lost cause. They opted to release him in March 2011 and swallow the final year of his deal.
The Nationals pounced on Perez, but having a stable rotation, they stowed him at Double-A Harrisburg, where he spent a sobering, humbling season.
"I was waiting for a call, but it never came," Perez said.
Perez fashioned a 3.09 ERA in 16 games with the Senators. More importantly, under the guidance of manager Tony Beasley and pitching coach Randy Tomlin, Perez unearthed how he could again make a living at the big league level.
Left-handers have batted considerably worse against Perez throughout the hurler's career. He has limited them to a .227 average and a .681 OPS, compared to .249 and .786 for righties. Perez's coaches at Harrisburg suggested that he try a left-handed specialist role in winter ball.
"It comes to a point where you realize, 'What am I doing?' You have to realize what you need to do to improve yourself," said Mariners bullpen coach Jaime Navarro. "It's everything about the player and how you go back to what you were and be successful. You have to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'Hey, I need to make a change.'"
Before Perez pitched in winter ball, his wife gave birth to their first child, Olianna. The addition to the family provided Perez some long-awaited perspective.
"My daughter was born and it turned on the light for me," Perez said. "Then I went to winter ball, I started feeling good and my velocity started coming back."
In January 2012, the Mariners signed Perez to a Minor League deal, intent on using him out of the bullpen. Having an established, unwavering role with Seattle aided Perez's transition to the Northwest.
"It's one of those things that clicks and you say, 'Man, I wish I would have done that three or four years ago,'" Navarro said. "It's part of the game. It's part of learning about yourself and growing up and being a veteran."
Perez posted a 2.12 ERA in 33 relief appearances last season. He averaged 93.2 mph on his fastball. This year, with his heater hovering around 92 mph, Perez is toting a 1.59 ERA and fanning 12.7 batters per nine innings.
"It's a second career for him," said Seattle skipper Eric Wedge. "That's what we told him when we got him. That's what we hoped it would be and he's the one who has grabbed hold of it and run with it. And he's still not satisfied. He's working to get better."
The days of Perez toiling in trouble on the mound in New York are a distant memory. After all, Olianna only knows her father as an imposing lefty specialist.
"I'm sure she'll see some pictures of good moments and bad moments," Perez said, laughing.
Zack Meisel is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @zackmeisel.


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Instead of shooting these enemies you jump at them like some savage warrior skateboard princess, beating them into submission and then leaping to the next foe, avoiding pink and green dangers as music from Atlanta artist Tettix (soundtrack here) drives you ever onward.
It's short, sexy and strange. It's also free. Let me guide you towards this freedom.
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Winter to spring to summer. Red line to blue line to crease. Krejci to Lucic to Horton.
Tonight is the last night of hockey on Causeway Street. It's your final chance to cross the Tobin, pay $40 to park, grab a bite at The Four's on Canal Street, then walk into the Garden wearing your Chara sweater. It's the last anthem by Rene Rancourt (does he go for four fist pumps?), the last chance to hear the foghorn, and last night to paint the town black and gold.
Closing time.
Boston's boys of summer on skates have arrived at the brink of elimination. They trail the Chicago Blackhawks, three games to two, in the Stanley Cup Final and need a victory to extend an epic series to a rightful and righteous seventh game Wednesday night in Chicago.
The Stanley Cup itself will be in the house Monday night, guarded and hidden somewhere in the bowels of the New Garden. It's up to the Bruins to prevent Chicago captain Jonathan Toews and friends from hoisting the chalice on the Garden's sacred sheet.
"There's no panic,'' everyman Bruins coach Claude Julien said in Chicago after Saturday night's Game 5 defeat. "You're not going to push us away that easily.'' (The nitwit Clippers should have tried to make a trade for Julien.)
Praise the hockey gods and turn up the air conditioning: Monday night's game will be the first summertime NHL contest ever played in Boston.
The Bruins may have to play without Patrice Bergeron. Boston's gracious center and candidate for the Conn Smythe Trophy was taken to a Chicago hospital in an ambulance after sustaining an injury in the second period Saturday night. No one is saying much about Bergeron's status (maybe there'll be a Willis Reed moment Monday night).
Toews was rattled to the marrow by Johnny Boychuk in a smashmouth Game 5 and sustained an undisclosed injury.
"[Toews] is doing much better," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said Sunday. "He's progressed. We're optimistic that he might be playing tomorrow night."
We expect the hits will keep on coming. These Bruins won't go down without a fierce fight. They've been here before and still expect to win the Stanley Cup.
The Bruins are a resilient team, with a roster still loaded with players who won the Cup in 2011. These are the same guys who trailed Montreal, two games to none, in the first round of the '11 playoffs. They trailed Vancouver, two games to none, in that Final. They trailed the Canucks, three games to two, came home to Boston, and forced a Game 7 — which they won, 4-0, in Vancouver. Remember Nathan Horton (unable to play because of a concussion sustained earlier in the series) pouring Boston water onto the ice at Rogers Arena before Game 7?
"We've been there before, and we've done well in that situation,'' Julien reminded folks in Chicago.
The 2013 Bruins are no strangers to recovery. In Game 7 of their first-round series with Toronto, they trailed, 4-1, with 12 minutes remaining in regulation. They became the first NHL team to win a Game 7 after trailing by three goals in the third period. Weeks later, the Bruins absorbed a stake-to-the-heart, triple-overtime loss in Game 1 of the Final against the Blackhawks.
No problem. The Bruins won the next game, on the road, in overtime, then came home and shut out the Hawks in Game 3.
Now the Bruins are in the black hole again. Their sweaters are against the boards. They are back on the brink of elimination. Bergeron may not play, Tuukka Rask has surrendered eight goals in two games, and captain Zdeno Chara has been on the ice for eight of Chicago's last nine goals. Steady defenseman Dennis Seidenberg is slumping, 41-year-old Jaromir Jagr is moving like Shaquille O'Neal and hasn't scored in 21 playoff games, and Brad Marchand hasn't been the player who tortured the Sedin twins two years ago.
But the 2013 Bruins are the team that has captured our town with heart, resiliency, and hard hitting. Like the Patriots of 2001-04, they have been the embodiment of team above self. In Boston's spring of fear and uncertainty, the Bruins have reminded us who we are.
The signature moment of this team forever will be the vision of Gregory Campbell taking a bone-breaking shot to his right fibula, then getting up and skating 47 seconds to finish his shift on a power-play kill in Game 3 against the Penguins.
Tonight is about survival. It's about keeping the Stanley Cup under wraps in a Garden broom closet. It's about taking this series for the ages back to Chicago, where Campbell can pour a bottle of Boston water on the United Center ice.
Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I'm sure most Westerners who have ever dined with a group of Chinese are familiar with the the following scenario. After a ___-course lavish banquet, you look forward to something nice and sweet to cap off a great experience. Your Chinese hosts inform you that you'll love the dessert; all Westerners love dessert. This one is a Chinese specialty. Anticipation mounts. Then the long-awaited dessert arrives...in the form of red bean soup. You take one sip, utter an "Mmm!" with all the false bravado you can muster, and wonder if anyone will notice you "watering" that plant close by.
Yes, it is well known that most Chinese desserts are merely tolerated by Westerners. While I personally don't mind red bean soup or other sweet dessert soups every once in a while, other people, like a certain significant other of mine, have developed an intense fear of them. It's understandable. While in the West we crave and lust after rich chocolates, cakes, and pies, the Chinese palate can tolerate only moderately sweet things. Thus, Chinese desserts never seem sweet enough, but anyone living or traveling extensively in China can't help but encounter them again and again.
Not long ago I picked up an outdated Chinese cooking magazine from the bargain bin of a magazine stand. I was enamored of the existentialist thought-provoking photos inside, such as this gem:
But the magazine also had a feature on cooking with herbal teas: Beef Stir-fry with Rose Tea Sauce. Jasmine Tea Smoked Duck. Chrysanthemum Dessert Soup with Lotus.
Tangshui (糖水), which literally means "sugar water", describes any sweet soup, usually flavored with rock sugar, which has a smoother taste than regular granulated sugar when melted. For the first time in 6 months I didn't have any chrysanthemum tea on hand, but I did have plenty of rose tea. I decided to try out rose tea in my tangshui, since I already knew rose milk tea with sugar is a great combo.
The other ingredients, and some TCM tidbits:
Lotus seed 莲子 (lianzi) - Lotus seed's biggest benefit is helping to clear "heat", which every Chinese kid knows from repeated nagging is what you get when you eat too much fried or spicy food. In other words, it has cooling properties and balances out the "yang".
Goji berries/Chinese wolfberry 枸杞(gouqi)- Instead of red jujubes (which is traditionlly used in these dessert soups but whose taste I dislike) I used goji berries. According to TCM, I had just opted for better eyesight instead of better skin and more "heat" clearing. Other recipes with gojis: Chicken Congee with Goji Berries, Goji Oatmeal-Almond Cookies Cookies.
Snow ear/Snow fungus/Tremella 银耳 (yin'er) - Off-white in color and opaque when soaked, this jelly-like fungus has a neutral taste and is used primarily for texture in sweet and savory dishes. It is believed to ward off infections, help with dry coughs, and nourish your lungs, among other benefits.
I managed to use enough sugar to please my own palate while still keeping it a respectable tangshui my Chinese relatives would recognize. I wouldn't prepare this every night, but if you're looking for a more authentic Chinese dessert than the ones I normally post, this is one to try.
Rose Tea Dessert Soup
Serves 4
- 4 cups steeped rose tea
- 1 cup dried snow fungus, soaked in water for 20 minutes (chop to smaller pieces if too big)
- 1/2 cup dried lotus seed, soaked in water for 20 minutes
- 1/2 cup rock sugar
- 2 teaspoons Goji berries
- In a small pot, bring the rose tea to a boil. Reduce to simmer, and add the strained snow fungus and lotus seed. Continue to simmer for 30 minutes, adding the goji berries in the last 2 minutes of cooking. Cool, and serve at room temperature or chilled.


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4th Annual Biophysical Economics Conference | Energy, Democracy, and the Political Economy of Change Panel
Event Date:October 27, 2012 - 2:00pm
Location:University of Vermont | Burlington, VT
On Saturday, October 27, State of the World 2013 Co-Director Tom Prugh will speak on the "Energy, Democracy, and the Political Economy of Change" panel at the 4th Annual Biophysical Economics Conference at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. Beginning October 26, the conference will include two days of seminars, workshops, and break-out discussions, followed by a field trip on October 28. More information to follow.
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johncwoods wrote:Try going to the meeting tomorrow night. They are open to the public and the location is on the website.
caver.adam wrote:The northern California grottos seem to disappear quite frequently. It's really a matter of shotgunning out emails unless someone else on the board can help.
Steven Johnson wrote:caver.adam wrote:The northern California grottos seem to disappear quite frequently. It's really a matter of shotgunning out emails unless someone else on the board can help.
SFBC (San Francisco / southern Bay Area) and Diablo Grotto (Oakland / eastern Bay Area) are both quite active and do a lot of trips to the SEKI area -- they aren't particularly convenient to you meeting-wise but you could try contacting them to see about joining trips.
cavedoc wrote:Hi Matt,
The SJVG does indeed exist. We are meeting tomorrow at Kaiser as advertised, though it's now on the second floor. Go up the elevators to the second floor and hang out. someone will find you. We don't have a lot of organized trips but we are fairly well plugged into CRF and can direct you as needed. There is a program on local canyoneering.
Caving Guru wrote:Very interesting. I did not realize that the San Francisco Bay Chapter and the Diablo Grotto were pretty active. I just looked at both of their websites and SFBC has on their public calendar about one cave trip a month but the Diablo Grotto does not seem to have a public calendar. So do you know how active the Diablo Grotto is, Steven Johnson? Also, I am curious as to what SEKI stands for. Thanks.
Ernie Coffman wrote:Matt, I'm really surprised that no one contacted you, but did see where Roger contacted you about the SJ Grotto meeting, there in Fresno, so hopefully you made that meeting. One of the other things that's coming up is the NSS Western Regional Meeting is Sep 19-21 in Columbia, CA and now has online registration ready. This is on the WR webpage, as well, so check things out there, also. http://westernregional.weebly.com/
Going to a regional meeting, will give you a bird's eye view of a good number of cavers and what's happening, along with sessions on caving, some trips in the Mother Lode area, where a lot of cavers in northern California cave, as well as folks from southern California, also. Of course, down south, is where most of the southern caving takes place.
If you were just hiking in Redwood Canyon...and found Liliburn Cave, that's something, so you are definitely a great hiker. There are some good hikes up farther north, in California, so hopefully, you'll learn more about all of the caving/hiking from the folks at the regional...or at least there in Fresno.
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SanDisk Expects to Increase Cash and Reduce Lease Obligations by $1 Billion and Achieve Greater Supply Flexibility
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, October 20, 2008-SanDisk® (NASDAQ: SNDK) announced today that it has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Toshiba Corporation to sell approximately 30 percent of the current manufacturing capacity of the parties' joint ventures to Toshiba. The move will significantly reduce SanDisk's capital spending, further strengthen its balance sheet and reduce NAND flash memory production commitments. SanDisk expects to receive cash and reduce equipment lease obligations by approximately $1 billion through this transaction.
SanDisk and Toshiba will continue to be equal partners for the approximately 70 percent capacity of the Fabs that remain in the joint ventures. SanDisk will have the option to purchase a part of the transferred capacity from Toshiba on a foundry basis and will continue to invest up to 50% in future Fab 4 expansions and technology transitions in Fabs 3 and 4. The parties will continue their existing joint technology development in advanced NAND and 3D read/write memory. SanDisk expects the transaction to be completed in the first quarter of 2009.
"We appreciate Toshiba's strong support for SanDisk through this agreement. This is expected to reduce our capital spending, strengthen our financial position and increase our business flexibility while maintaining the economies of scale of Fabs 3 and 4," said Dr. Eli Harari, chairman and chief executive officer, SanDisk.
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Just new to this forum today but was wondering if anyone was able to advise me on my primetest 350. I had the date set wrong on the tester yesterday while carrying out tests for a client and only realised today when I uploaded the results!
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The Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group (COPAG) will be holding a community workshop Sept 22-23, 2011 at Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. The key goal of this workshop is to determine technology priorities and a draft technology roadmap for future strategic missions within NASA's Cosmic Origins program. This roadmap will provide necessary input into and help guide the NASA technology program. Possible future Cosmic Origins strategic missions include a 4-meter class UV/Optical/Near IR mission, specifically called out by New Worlds New Horizons, an 8-m class UVOIR mission, and Far IR/Sub-mm missions. The 4-8 m UVOIR mission would likely serve a dual purpose as a nearby near-Earth exoplanet imaging and spectroscopy mission. The concepts and technologies will be discussed in the context of this mission requirement. Topics for the workshop include: science objectives of future Cosmic Origins strategic missions, candidate mission concepts, technology requirements for these missions, technology readiness, required investments to mature these technologies, and a logical sequence of development steps and decision points to obtain the necessary new capabilities (roadmap). All interested members of the community are invited and will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis.
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Dr Andy McIntosh is a professor of Thermodynamics at the University of Leeds (UK), and a friend of AiG. A well-known creation speaker in his own right, Dr McIntosh's professional schedule is enormously busy and yet he seems to minister extensively and powerfully around the world on creation/gospel issues. The following are some fascinating extracts from his recent email newsletter to friends (shared by permission). He writes:
"What is time anyway? I know every second brings us closer to a deep and conclusive judgement towards which the Lord of all is steadily bringing this world and the whole of human existence (past, present and future). We had a beginning, and we are heading toward the end. We do not know when Christ will bodily return, but we know it is ever drawing nearer.
"This has very much been brought home to me recently by the death of my father with whom 2 ½ weeks ago [at time of writing] I spent the final hours of his life. As I watched the soul depart, it was like seeing a mighty ship slip anchor from port, and the final awesome moment as when the gangplank is removed. The soul is real and evidently defines the true personality. We are not just glorified molecular machines (fascinating as these are), for death defies this. How even the most ardent atheists, who dominate our society today, can deny the soul/spirit escapes me. Even hardened soldiers on battlefields next to dead comrades know that "the person" has gone. One moment the person is there, the next moment one literally looks upon a shell, an empty case, in which the person was existing but a split second ago. Yet at that instant the material/molecules/chemistry/DNA had not in any substantial physical way altered.
"So why is death so awesome? The atheist has no meaningful answer to death and the suffering that often darkens this deep valley. Life's meaning, he maintains, has to be fundamentally empty, though he might desperately wish the opposite. The more callous may even mock love, kindness and all qualities that still can be found, even in fallen humanity. No, the atheist and humanist has fundamentally no reply apart from a refusal to even define what truly is human, let alone Divine. As C.S. Lewis has so ably written in that brilliant book Miracles, '… a train of thought loses all rational credentials as soon as it can be shown to be wholly the result of non-rational causes.' All rationality loses its meaning if the human race is but a cosmic accident-a chance set of physical and chemical reactions.
"Why is death so awesome? Is it not because we are made in God's image? As Juliet (my wife) and I grappled with the passing into eternity of the last of our four parents, and the last direct link with the tumultuous WW2 years and their aftermath, I faced starkly the question, "Why do we die?" Everything I had witnessed showed me we were not created to die. The body fights to the end to maintain life. It shuts down the life-giving blood to all but essential organs, till finally even the strongest of persons lies defeated by this greatest of all enemies. As I thought upon who I was in the light of what I had just seen, 1 Corinthians 15:22 kept coming back to me: 'For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive… .' We die because Adam sinned and rebelled in the Garden of Eden. The whole of the human race-Adam's seed-fell in Adam. We may not like it, but our first forefather is the one under whose authority we are placed by nature. But as I constantly sought to remind my father, in Christ alone is our sure and certain hope. When we believe in Him as our redemptive substitute, we are transferred from the federal headship of Adam to the glorious new headship and authority of Christ. Witnessing death so close at hand underlined to me the absolute, vital need to believe in Genesis just as God has stated, and as Christ underlined with his authority."
Postscript: Creation and open-air evangelism
In the same newsletter, Dr McIntosh also spoke of how he took part in the Leicester Conference on creation at Aylestone Leisure Centre. Organized by a group of local churches in the Leicester area some 400-500 attended and there was a "real buzz, as always, at the bookstalls," according to Andy. There was much more in his newsletter worth sharing, but it was hard to get past another important application of the creation ministry in Andy's description of an 'immense opportunity' for open-air evangelism. This was from 20th to 25th June this year in the University Cities of Cambridge and Oxford, where strategic open-air witness is conducted to coincide with the time after exams but before results. Andy states:
"Constantly the subject came back to Creation or Evolution. I have said this before but it bears repeating, that if Christians are not convinced of the importance of this issue, then join us in Open Air work and see how students, business people, and ordinary people think. The perception is indeed that 'science' has disproved the Bible.
"In Cambridge a special Creation meeting was held inviting people off the streets to come and listen to a presentation. Perhaps a ministry worth considering elsewhere. Creation/Evolution is certainly right at the top of the issues people raise in evangelism in the UK."


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Sunday Sweets: Bookin' It
Loyal wrecky librarian Saima has informed me that this week is National Library Week. Now, when I was a kid we made weekly visits to our local library, and every week I came home with a teetering stack of books taller than I was, so libraries are near and dear to my heart. That little building was my literary nirvana - a kind of free candy shop, where the lollipops were spun poetry, and the chocolate bars were the stuff of legends, sci-fi, and fantasy.
So today, I'm dedicating these delicious book-inspired Sweets to Saima and all of her fellow librarians and library workers. Shush on, my friends. Shush on.
Alice in Wonderland:
The painted roses cupcake is genius. GENIUS, I say!
Handpainted *and* little ducklings around the edge? Awesome!
I'm in awe of this Chronicles of Narnia gem:
This one is a map of the land of Oz:
Love the design!
This one combines several of the classic Mother Goose stories:
And I'm sure you can spot Beatrix Potter's classic style anywhere:
So sweet.
Another classic: Goldilocks and the Three Bears:
Here's a more modern entry - and if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend The Hunger Games:
By Pikko
These are all inspired by Pratchett's YA series beginning with The Wee Free Men. The 9-year-old heroine, Tiffany Aching, is a hedge witch aided by tiny blue men called the Nac Mac Feegles, who are always spoiling for a fight and almost always drunk. (Did I mention these books are funny?)
If you look closely, you'll see outlines of the Feegles on the tier below Tiffany's hat:
Besides the main cake is a bottle of sheep liniment (Tiffany's family raises sheep), a block of cheese (which she's quite good at making) and two of the books she consults frequently...in the book. Heh. I love it when a baker nails the details this well! So cool.
Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.
Now, go visit your local library. :)


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Our newest additions!
I have been on a peg people frenzy lately and thought I would share one of my newest Pinned and Crafted success stories. If you are wanting to join in on the fun I will be doing a four part tutorial for the different characters with pictures and your very own downloadable pdf template free from my hand to yours. But please, if you want to use this on your blog or elsewhere, give the author of the chicken scratches credit. <smile>
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(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) said on Monday its first-quarter profit jumped 30 percent, a stronger-than-expected increase, as the No. 3 U.S. bank generated more money from underwriting stock issues and advising companies on mergers.
Citigroup shares closed 0.2 percent higher after the results, which provided more evidence that a long-awaited turnaround might be under way at the bank six months after its board pushed out Vikram Pandit as chief executive and handed the reins to Michael Corbat.
Investors were encouraged by signs the bank was keeping a lid on expenses while bolstering revenue and reducing losses on bad assets. The bank's shares have risen more than 80 percent since last June, in part because of the improving economy and partly because of its own efforts to get its house in order.
"Citigroup has been so messed up for so many years, there's an opportunity for them," said Mark Mandell, portfolio manager at Dalton Investments in Santa Monica, California, which owns Citigroup shares.
"All they have to do is a get a little better and they can get back to a valuation closer to their competitors."
Citigroup's shares trade at a discount to their tangible book value, an accounting measure of their net worth, even as those of many competitors trade at a premium.
(For a graphic on Citigroup earnings, click on link.reuters.com/fuf47t)
The bank's biggest gains came from its investment bank, particularly in North America. Citigroup hired bankers about two years ago and those investments in staff paid off in the first quarter, said John Gerspach, chief financial officer, on a conference call with reporters.
For North American merger advisory, these hires helped the bank rise to a No. 5 from No. 14 ranking in the first quarter of 2012, Thomson Reuters data show.
First-quarter net income rose to $3.81 billion, or $1.23 a share, from $2.93 billion, or 95 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding accounting adjustments, earnings were $4.01 billion, or $1.29 a share, up from $3.42 billion, or $1.11 a share, a year earlier.
Analysts on average had forecast $1.17 a share before the accounting adjustments.
Profitability of its lending, known as its net interest margin, came in at 2.94 percent in the first quarter, up marginally from 2.93 percent in the fourth quarter. Margins at many of the bank's competitors are shrinking as persistently low lending rates cut into income. But Citigroup has other levers to press for its net interest margin, including the fact that its high liquidity allows it to buy back expensive debt. It also found that the cost of gaining deposits abroad grew cheaper.
Revenue rose 6 percent to $20.49 billion, while expenses came in at $12.40 billion, a bit higher than a year earlier, but down 10 percent from the 2012 fourth quarter, when Citigroup was saddled with new legal costs form related to consumer banking.
In December, the bank announced $900 million of planned annual expense savings from 11,000 layoffs and other cost-cutting moves. Much of those gains will likely be realized in the second half of the year, executives said on a call with investors, in part because cutting staff often requires giving a multi-month notice.
Annualized, first-quarter expenses amounted to $49.6 billion, compared with $50.5 billion of expenses for all of 2012. The increase compares with a 3 percent rise in total revenues, excluding certain accounting adjustments. That means the company enjoyed positive operating leverage.
"We still believe the results of all the repositioning actions will become evident as we go through the remaining three quarters of the year," Gerspach said.
Revenue from Citigroup's securities trading and investment banking business rose 31 percent to $6.98 billion in the first quarter. Excluding adjustments linked to changes in the value of the company's debt and to changes in trading partners' credit quality, revenue rose 8 percent to $7.29 billion.
The biggest change came from North America, where revenue jumped 48 percent to $3.07 billion, excluding the accounting adjustment. On a product basis, revenues in merger advisory rose 84 percent to $204 million, while equity underwriting revenue rose 45 percent to $225 million.
On underwriting, Citigroup participated in the $2.57 billion initial public stock offering of Zoetis Inc (ZTS.N), Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) animal health subsidiary.
One of the deals on which Citigroup served as an adviser was Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's $6.5 billion sale of apartment buildings owned by Archstone Enterprise LP to Equity Residential (EQR.N) and AvalonBay Communities Inc (AVB.N).
At Citi Holdings, the unit formed to house the company's problem assets, the net loss narrowed to $794 million from $1.0 billion. Revenues rose 15 percent and the cost of credit dropped 44 percent, but expenses increased 23 percent.
The bank's overall first-quarter profit contributed to an increase in Citigroup's Basel III Tier 1 common equity ratio, an important regulatory measure of capital, to 9.3 percent at the end of March from 8.7 percent three months earlier, the company said.
Citigroup's book value per share rose 1 percent to $62.51 and its tangible book value per share rose to 3 percent to $52.35.
Citigroup's shares closed 9 cents up at $44.87 early Monday afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange, have reflected the sign of recovery at the bank. Their 16 percent increase this year compares with the KBW Bank index's 9.6 percent .BKX rise and the Standard & Poor's 500 11.4 percent. .SPX.
Last month, Citigroup received Federal Reserve approval to buy back $1.2 billion of its shares.
That was a reversal from last year, when the bank failed to win Fed approval to distribute more capital to shareholders, which proved an embarrassment to Pandit. The episode helped weaken his standing with the board of directors and he resigned last October.
Even with an increase in Citigroup's net worth during the quarter, the market on Monday morning still valued the stock at only 0.88 times tangible book value per share, while shares of JPMorgan chase traded 1.24 times tangible book.
Reporting by David Henry in New York and Tanya Agrawal in Bangalore; Editing by Supriya Kurane, John Wallace and Bernard Orr


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Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien announces retirement
Gregory Strong , The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:37AM EDT
Last Updated Thursday, October 24, 2013 4:17PM EDT
TORONTO -- Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien retired from competition Thursday, ending a career marked by a number of glorious highs along with crushing disappointment at the Summer Olympics.
Felicien won a world outdoor title in 2003 and added a world indoor title a year later. She was a favourite to win gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics but instead provided one of the more shocking moments of the Games.
Felicien tripped over a hurdle and fell to the ground in the final of what would be her last appearance on the Olympic track.
"I think that's what this career has been -- it has been a cocktail of triumphs, a cocktail of defeats. It's a mishmash of everything," Felicien said. "But I will say that the one moment that I felt in 2003, if it meant I had to re-live 10,000 moments like Athens, I would."
Felicien proudly watched a replay of her historic effort in Paris on a big screen after making her retirement announcement in front of a few hundred children at a Toronto elementary school. She ran the 100-metre hurdles in 12.53 seconds that day in 2003 to become the first Canadian woman to win an athletics gold medal at the world outdoor championships.
"There was so much elation in that moment, it was so intoxicating," she said. "It was all the things that you have worked for, all the things that you had put together, the pieces of the puzzle came together in perfect synergy and I can't explain it more than that.
"And yes, Athens was dark and it was terrible and it was horrible. And it will always be the one for me that got away. But at the same time I think it's made me a more wholesome person. I don't take things for granted anymore."
The 33-year-old from Pickering, Ont., has a sparkling resume from her 13-year track career. Felicien retires as the Canadian record-holder in both the 100-metre hurdles (12.46 seconds) and 60-metre hurdles (7.75).
She's a 10-time national champion, two-time Olympian and two-time Pan Am Games silver medallist. Felicien competed in eight world championships over a 10-year span, taking gold at the 2004 indoor world championships in Budapest, and is a three-time NCAA champion.
She started thinking about retirement a few months ago when she wondered whether another four-year Olympic cycle was in the cards.
"Quite frankly the tiger that you need to have inside, instead of roaring, it started to purr," she said. "I knew that was a sign that I had to bow out gracefully."
After the heartbreak in Athens, her Olympic disappointment continued at the 2008 Beijing Games when she was unable to race due to a foot injury. She was gunning for Olympic redemption in the summer of 2012 but failed to qualify for the London-bound team after false-starting in the final at the trials.
"For me, the Olympic medal is the only thing that has eluded me," she said. "I don't cry myself to sleep at night over it. I tried valiantly for four Olympic cycles to go after it and it just never happened on the day. But to be amongst the top five, the top six for 10 years, I don't think anyone else has that credit to their name.
"So I sleep well at night knowing that I gave everything I had every single time that I was on the track and that's all that I could do."
Felicien, who worked as a track analyst at the 2008 Games, plans to start work as a videographer at a Hamilton television station next month. She recently earned a post-graduate certificate in broadcast journalism.
"When you're an athlete racing, you never think it's going to happen," she said of retirement. "But the day is here. I'm older now and a new life beckons."
Felicien is the second high-profile Canadian Olympian to call it quits this week. Triathlete Simon Whitfield officially announced his retirement on Wednesday.
Prior to making her announcement, Felicien tweeted about how she was feeling.
"Today feels just like race day," she said. "No appetite. Major butterflies. Nervous energy. Happy. :)"
Fair or not, the image of Felicien sitting in stunned disbelief after her fall on the Athens track -- her hand on her forehead as she leaned against a toppled hurdle -- was one of the lasting memories from that Olympiad.
Despite her many successes, she knows it will be a part of what people remember about her career.
"I know the narrative is always going to be 2004 and I've really made peace with that," she said. "If that's a narrative that people are going to use, it's on them. But I still think for me it's a story that I'm really going to use to help empower kids and show them that your darkest hour doesn't define you.
"So for me, I'm proud of what I've accomplished. No Olympic medals, which is the one thing I've always wanted. But I showed myself that on any given day I've been one of the best."


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Golden Globes 2014: Fashion Highlights of the Night
Black-and-white dresses were a trend at the 71st Golden Globe Awards, with Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts and other actresses favoring the look. Lawrence, who took home the award for best supporting actress for her role in "American Hustle," chose a couture Christian Dior strapless ball gown.
Roberts wore a Dolce & Gabbana dress with a white button-down shirt and sparkly belt. Laura Carmichael of "Downton Abbey" chose a strapless Viktor & Rolf dress, while "Girls" actress Zosia Mamet chose a floral embroidered fall 2013 Reem Acra dress. "Nashville" actress Hayden Panettiere wore a halter gown from Tom Ford.


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