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ANIMAL KINGDOM/TOBY'S CORNER – Team Valor International's Animal Kingdom galloped a mile and a half shortly after 7 a.m.
The Derby will be Animal Kingdom's first start on dirt and trainer Graham Motion said he is confident that the colt will handle the surface switch.
"He gallops on it fine," Motion said. "He's galloped on it all winter at Palm Meadows. I think he's handled everything we've asked him to do. Ultimately, you just don't know how they are going to get over it until they run, but certainly from the way he's gone, he gives you every indication that he's going to handle it. And he's doing very well."
Motion's other Derby prospect, Toby's Corner, who was removed from consideration on Tuesday because of lameness in his left hind leg, was returned to Motion's barn at the Fair Hill Training Center.
"He's about the same. I'm none the wiser of what actually caused the problem," Motion said.
Motion said it might be possible for the colt to make the Preakness on May 21.
"I would say it is 50-50 right now," Motion said. "He's going to have to improve very dramatically in order to do something like that."
ARCHARCHARCH – Robert and Val Yagos' Archarcharch galloped a mile and a half after the renovation break with jockey Jon Court up for trainer Jinks Fires.
Archarcharch represents the first Kentucky Derby starter for the 70-year-old Fires, a Churchill Downs regular. Fires saw his first Derby in 1961.
"That was Carry Back and Johnny Sellers," Fires said. "Crozier ran that year and I bet on him and Carry Back just got him at the wire."
Of all the Kentucky Derby winners he has seen, Fires was asked which was the most impressive.
"I would have to say Secretariat," Fires said. "He was a big, beautiful chestnut and I galloped alongside him."
In the 50 years he has been observing Derby Week activities, Fires was asked if he had seen anything in training that made him scratch his head in amazement.
"It's hard to train another man's horse," Fires said. "I am sure they had their reasons for doing what they did."
BRILLIANT SPEED – Live Oak Plantation's Toyota Blue Grass (GI) winner Brilliant Speed returned to the track under assistant trainer Dan Blacker Wednesday morning, two days after he breezed five furlongs on 1:01.20 on a muddy .
"We jogged two miles today. It was pretty much routine for him after he breezes," trainer Tom Albertrani said. "Then we'll gallop up to the race the next couple of days."
Albertani said he likes the Dynaformer colt is coming into the race.
"He's looking great," Albertrani said. "He looks fantastic."
COMMA TO THE TOP – The California speedster Comma to the Top went trackside for the first time on a chilly Wednesday morning at Churchill at 8:30 following the renovation break. He was joined in the Lukas Gap near the six-furlong pole by a slew of other Derby and Oaks horses, who have the strip to themselves for the first 15 minutes following the makeover.
Comma to the Top, a gelding by the Indian Charlie sire Bwana Charlie, had a pony at his side and trainer Peter Miller up for a jog of about a mile around the big oval. The horse, who'll be the most experienced runner in Saturday's Derby 137 with 13 starts already to his credit, had flown in from his Southern California base Tuesday.
"He went fine," the 44-year-old Miller said back at Barn 42. "He shipped fine and seemed to enjoy the track this morning. I've gotten on him on occasions (in California) before, just like I like to get on all my horses every once in a while. It helps me get a feel for them; to see how they're doing."
Miller, a former groom and exercise rider, has been training on his own since 2004. This is his first Kentucky Derby experience.
"I'll paddock school him this week," Miller said. "Not today, but maybe Thursday and Friday. One or two days of that, we'll see."
California-based Patrick Valenzuela, who won the 1989 Kentucky Derby on Sunday Silence, has the call on Comma to the Top.
DECISIVE MOMENT – Just For Fun Stable's Decisive Moment schooled at the starting gate before galloping a mile under trainer Juan Arias Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs.
Arias is a former jockey who was forced to retire in 1990 at the age of 25 after suffering a stroke that was ultimately caused by complications from drastic weight-reduction practices.
"By doing that, I came down with bleeding ulcers, and I was bleeding internally, and I didn't know. My blood count was down, and that's when I came down with the heart problem, because my heart didn't have enough blood to pump," the South Florida-based trainer said. "They kept me in hospital for 45 days. The hospital wouldn't release me until my heart gave a normal reading. My doctor said if it reoccurred, it would be worse."
Accepting that his riding career was finished, Arias continued on in racing as an exercise rider and assistant to trainer Richard Root, before working for Wesley Ward and Happy Alter.
"Once I knew I had experience to do my own deal, I began to grab horses that other trainers didn't want to train, sore horses and horses with behavior problems," he said. "I began to fix those, then came Mr. Richard Rowan. He was the one who really opened the door for me. He was the one who increased my number of horses."
Ruben Sierra of Just For Fun Stable now has become the dominant owner in Arias' public stable.
DERBY KITTEN/TWINSPIRED – Trainer Mike Maker's Kentucky Derby 137 fortunes already have taken a turn for the good, being one of only two barns in this year's starting gate to be represented by a pair of starters (joining Todd Pletcher). Add to it the fact that Maker's pair snuck in at No. 19 and No. 20 in the graded stakes earnings rankings that determine the starting field.
Maker also had a pair of starters in Derby 136, Stately Victor and Dean's Kitten.
"It feels good to be back," Maker said Wednesday, his first day at Churchill Downs since his horses were vanned from the nearby Trackside Training Center. "They vanned over well and both were right at home on the track here."
Both horses galloped a mile and a quarter this morning and schooled in the starting gate. Both are expected to school in the paddock Thursday afternoon during the live racing program.
"Twinspired can be quirky and aggressive when he wants to be," exercise rider Derrick Smith said. "Today he was excellent."
As for Derby Kitten, "He handled the track great here," exercise rider Rachel Muzikar said. "He's usually strong out there and today he just seemed to enjoy himself."
Both Twinspired and Derby Kitten have excelled on turf and Polytrack in their careers and must answer the dirt question in the Kentucky Derby. Maker has been down this road before, just last year with Toyota Blue Grass winner Stately Victor and Spiral (then-named Lane's End) winner Dean's Kitten.
"It's unfair to just say a horse can or can't do something off of one dirt race early in their careers," Maker said. "A lot changes as their careers advance and it would be premature to just say that they 'can't' or 'never' will handle the dirt. Most horses train every single day on the dirt and are most familiar with it."
DIALED IN – Robert LaPenta's Dialed In schooled in the Churchill Downs paddock Wednesday morning before galloping under exercise rider Carlos Correa.
The Florida Derby (GI) winner has trained on a different program than Nick Zito's other Derby starters. The focus for the son of Mineshaft, who arrived from at Churchill from his South Florida winter quarters on Saturday, has been more on galloping and less on workouts.
"With a horse like this, he's not very big. We had a really good place to train on at Palm Meadows on a very heavy racetrack. He's a lightly raced horse, very lightly raced," the Hall of Fame trainer said. "Even Uncle Mo, who has only raced two times (this year), he's had three races (as a 2-year-old). Actually, they were three major races. Dialed In had one major race in November. Uncle Mo had a race in August when he won by a pole, then he came back and won the Champagne and won the Breeders' Cup. He had a lot of bottom. This horse didn't have much bottom running right into the Holy Bull (GIII), a very big allowance race against older horses and then the Florida Derby."
Dialed In has become "ripped" through the program that included a lot of jogging and galloping with well-spaced workouts.
"Horses are gifts, horses this good. When you get a gift like this, you've got to figure out how to train this particular horse," said Zito, who has saddled two Derby winners, Strike the Gold in 1991 and Go for Gin in 1994. "That's how we do it. Every horse, you couldn't train like this."
Dialed In, who captured the Holy Bull at Gulfstream in his second lifetime start, broke his maiden at Churchill Downs last November in his career debut.
"We were pretty high on him from Day One, but you have to see them run. I told a bunch of people I liked this horse," Zito said. "So when the day came and he ran and he broke not as good as he could break and he was way back and was kind of in trouble and kind of did this and did that and then he just came running, we got excited."
Julien Leparoux, who rode Dialed In for his debut and three races at Gulfstream this year, has the return mount.
MASTER OF HOUNDS – Mrs. John Magnier's UAE Derby (GII) runner-up Master of Hounds walked the shedrow of Barn 45 Wednesday while serving his mandatory quarantine period.
The son of Kingmambo was flown from Ireland to Louisville Tuesday morning and T.J. Comerford, traveling head lad for trainer Aidan O'Brien, said everything was going well and the colt was settled in.
"He's just having a walk under tack in the barn for three-quarters of an hour to an hour," Comerford said. "He will walk again this evening and will go out to the track in the morning. He's good, very good."
Master of Hounds will clear the quarantine period in time for training hours Thursday. Comerford said the plan is to take him to the track at 8:30 during the period reserved for Oaks and Derby horses.
"He'll do his own little jog and a canter around," Comerford said. "The next day the same. That will just take the edge, the freshness out of him."
This is Master of Hounds' second visit to Churchill Downs. He was the beaten favorite in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (GII) on Nov. 6. His lone start of 2011 was in the UAE Derby, where he was caught at the wire, losing by a nose. His only victory in seven starts was in a maiden race, but he has three seconds and a third and has started in three consecutive graded stakes on as many continents.
"He's good. There are no problems with him," Comerford said. "He's very straightforward."
MIDNIGHT INTERLUDE – Arnold Zetcher's Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner Midnight Interlude jogged once around the main track during the training period reserved for Oaks and Derby horses.
The homebred War Chant colt breezed a bullet five furlongs in 1:00.80 over a sloppy track Tuesday morning. Trainer Bob Baffert said the colt is doing well.
Baffert has trained three Derby winners and dismisses talk that this is a below-average group of Derby horses.
"Everybody says that it's a bad field, but they're good horses," he said. "My horse is a good horse. They're good horses, but there is so much parity that they are saying is a bad field. Everybody wants bad horses and one standout horse. I came in here with Point Given. He was supposed to romp and he ran fifth."
Point Given went on to win the Preakness, Belmont, Haskell Invitational and Travers and was named the Horse of the year.
"I think there is probably 10 horses that have a really good legitimate chance to win," Baffert said. "Pace is going to be factor, but at the end of the day, who can get the mile and a quarter? That's what you've got to look for. When you go down there, pedigree-wise, it's a mile and quarter.
In early April, it looked like Baffert might have three Derby horses, Midnight Interlude Jaycito and The Factor. A foot problem knocked Jaycito off the Derby trail and The Factor was removed from consideration after a poor performance in the Arkansas Derby (GI). That leaves Midnight Interlude, who didn't start as a 2-year-old broke his maiden on March 20 and won the Santa Anita Derby on April 9.
"My horse is a nice horse," Baffert said. "He won the Santa Anita Derby, a Grade 1 race and he went in 1:48 and change. When a 3-year-old can go :48, that's a good horse. And he'll get the mile and a quarter, but he has to get the trip and he's still learning. He worked well here, so he's happy.
Baffert said the colt has good and not-so-good points to his makeup.
"He's got a little trait of every horse I've ever brought here," Baffert said. "He has the temperament of War Emblem; he's a (jerk), who has his ears pinned all the time and wants to bite people. He's like Point Given, puts on weight the more you do with him; you've got to keep working on him. And he's got the competitive spirit of Silver Charm. Now, if I could get all of that stuff working together. But he's still figuring out racing. He's off and on."
MUCHO MACHO MAN – Trainer Kathy Ritvo had a smile on her face when Mucho Macho Man returned to Barn 41 on Wednesday morning after a "strong" two-mile gallop under exercise rider Mike Herra.
The South Florida-based trainer was obviously pleased with her colt's preparation for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, but she has a much, much bigger reason to enjoy the whole experience.
"I'm so proud to be in the Derby, so blessed to be here, but just to get up every morning is amazing. It's amazing," said Ritvo, who was near death 2 ½ years ago when she received a heart transplant that gave her a new appreciation for living life one precious day at a time.
Ritvo, who suffered from a degenerative heart disease that took the life of her brother, Lou, in 1996, will saddle her first Kentucky Derby starter, but the 41-year-old trainer has already won the most important race of her life.
"It's definitely prepared me better, because I don't worry as much. One day at a time, that's it. I think everything moves smoother when you don't worry about things," the mother of two said. "I don't worry about it. I'm very serious about my job and what has to happen with the horse, but other than that, I don't worry about it. It's all good."
Ritvo spent six months in the critical care unit of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami before receiving the transplant.
"It was definitely emotionally exhausting because it was hard to keep fighting it mentally," she said. "When I was in the hospital, people would come into the room and ask, 'How are you doing?' I don't know how you answer a question like that. You're either waiting to die or waiting to live."
Ritvo, whose Derby horse captured the Risen Star Stakes (GII) at Fair Grounds, is happy to be alive and live to inspire others.
"If I can give any hope, anytime I can say something, if they're sick and waiting for a transplant, I just want to tell them to hold on, because this is a good life," said Ritvo, who takes eight anti-rejection pills at 7:30 a.m. and another eight at 7:30 p.m., as well as 15 vitamins during the day.
The Boston native doesn't know anything about the donor or the donor's family.
"I wrote a Thank You letter and sent it out and I didn't receive anything back yet. Maybe some day, but I respect their privacy. Maybe some day," she said. "You never know the situation. I think if you think about it too much, it'll drive you crazy. I'm just grateful. It's going to happen at the right time, or it won't. I think it's going to happen at the right time."
NEHRO – Zayat Stables LLC's Nehro galloped 1 1/8 miles at 6:10 a.m. with regular exercise rider Carlos Rosas up, according to owner Ahmed Zayat.
"We usually go a mile-and-a-half but today just a mile-and-an-eighth because he just worked the day before last and right now we're winding down," Zayat said. "He wants to do more. When he came back from his exercise he was so full of himself we could barely restrain him. You love to see that, somebody that wants to keep improving."
Today was Nehro's first trip back to the track since breezing a half-mile in :51.20 on Sunday, a move that Zayat said his Mineshaft colt came out of in good order.
"His energy level is unbelievable," Zayat said. "Believe it or not, I think he's actually gained weight. This horse keeps showing us every sign of a horse that is going to put in a big performance. He's giving every indication that he's getting better. The most important thing is, when I look at him I see a very happy horse, a very healthy horse."
If there is anything to be concerned about with Nehro heading into the Kentucky Derby it could be the possibility of a sloppy surface. Trainer Steve Asmussen expressed his desire to compete on a fast track earlier this week and Zayat chose to look on the bright side when asked how Nehro handled the slop in Monday's work.
"I don't know," he said. "It's so hard for me; I'm not a professional trainer. It's really hard for people to grade a work in the mud. I'd be lying to you if I said, 'Oh, wow.' He's not that kind of a horse. All I need to see is a horse that's physically sound, who is mentally there, whose energy level is up. He had three tough races so all you want is to keep him healthy and happy."
Nehro made a big step up in the Louisiana Derby (GII), a million-dollar race he entered off a maiden win at Oaklawn Park. To hear others who were around talk about the decision – including Asmussen and Zayat's son, Justin – the owner was just about the only person who thought such a big step up in class was a risk worth taking.
"Go watch the maiden win," Zayat says, explaining what gave him the confidence to try the Louisiana Derby. "It was, to me, an Arazi move."
And even before that effort, Zayat sensed from conversations with Asmussen that Nehro possessed extraordinary talent, especially following an eye-opening breeze in New Orleans.
"Steve called me once in December, really excited – and that's not Steve Asmussen – and he tells me, 'Boss, I don't know if my watch was right or if the clockers were right, but this horse worked crazy.' Steve doesn't work horses that fast and Fair Grounds is not a fast track. That was telling."
It is especially meaningful for Zayat to have a Kentucky Derby contender this year after what he went through this time one year ago, having to withdraw superhorse Eskendereya from Kentucky Derby 136 consideration the Sunday prior to the race.
"Every time I watch, with my son Justin, his Wood Memorial, the race gives me goose bumps," Zayat said. "The sheer dominance, the beauty and the majesty of Thoroughbreds. That was a horse that was once in a lifetime. In the bottom of my heart he would have won the Triple Crown. It is very hard to think, 'What if?' "
Zayat retained partial ownership in Eskendereya when he retired to stud duty and the son of Giant's Causeway bred 130 mares this spring.
But now Zayat is focused on making the most of Kentucky Derby 137. One thing he would still like to do is pay tribute to the late Jess Jackson – owner of Horse of the Year winners Curlin and Rachel Alexandra – perhaps by outfitting jockey Corey Nakatani in an armband or patch with Jackson's Stonestreet Stables colors.
"I would like to honor that man who did so much in a very short time," Zayat said, "a man who was very passionate and put money and passion and effort into doing great things and trying to make racing a better sport for all of us."
PANTS ON FIRE – George and Lori Hall's Pants On Fire galloped 1 3/8 miles with Juan Pizarro up during the Derby-Oaks training session, according to trainer Kelly Breen.
"I think it was possibly his best day of training," Breen said. "He really floated over the track. He was tough to pull up, he was eager to do everything. He started reminding me of what he did before the Louisiana Derby so I'm tickled pink right now."
Pants On Fire turned a corner at the Palm Meadows Training Center while preparing for that million-dollar race and delivered a gutsy performance in New Orleans, holding off Nehro in the final sixteenth despite looking beat coming into deep stretch.
Much of the credit for Pants On Fire's game finish went to 23-year-old jockey Rosie Napravnik, who was aboard the Jump Start colt for the first time that day and will retain the mount for the Kentucky Derby. The decision was not necessarily an easy one for Breen, whose first-call rider Joe Bravo was atop Pants On Fire in the first two of Fair Grounds' trio of graded 3-year-old stakes, but jumped off for entrymate Nacho Business in the Louisiana Derby.
"You win a million-dollar race and the rider did nothing wrong," Breen said. "Not to say that Joe couldn't get it done before, because every race is a different set of circumstances. Whether it was that she was in the right place at the right time, or the horse and Rosie click, I don't know. George and I talked about it right after the race and the day after the race and it's hard to take somebody off after they win our biggest race. George had never won a million-dollar race; I had never won a million-dollar race. We're just going to keep going with keeping it all the same."
Coming into the Louisiana Derby, the trainer felt fortunate to land Fair Grounds' runaway leading rider, who was en route to becoming the first female leading rider in the track's 139-year history with 110 wins at the 83-day meet.
"Rosie was known as being in the zone, doing everything right," Breen recalled. "Whatever it was, she was winning. Everything was clicking. When you see things as a rider that are about to happen before they happen, that's when you're in the zone. You know where to be, how to be, what's the good part of the track.
"She knows how to win and that's a big factor, when it comes to riders that are riding with confidence. We caught her at the right time. She's a patient rider and she knows what she's doing.
"For as young as she is she has great composure. She doesn't seem to get excited. You can see some of the things in how she rides are like her personality. When she gets in a tough spot she doesn't get overly excited. She can sit. From what I've seen I don't think anything gets to her."
SANTIVA – Last fall's Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (GII) winner Santiva had a light morning of exercise beneath the Twin Spires. Trainer Eddie Kenneally sent the son of Giant's Causeway to stand in the starting gate and take a light jog.
"No big deal today, I took it pretty easy with him," Kenneally said. "He's fit and ready to go. We'll school in the paddock on Thursday with the horses for the fourth race and that's about it."
Santiva suffered a nightmare trip in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (GI) when ninth as the post-time favorite. Kenneally knows there isn't much he can do with today's post position draw and won't sweat the wait.
"Anywhere in the middle of the gate would be ideal, of course," he said. "You just don't want the extreme inside or extreme outside. I'll take what they give us."
Shaun Bridgmohan, who rode Santiva to victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, will be back aboard Saturday with his fifth career Derby mount.
SHACKLEFORD – Florida Derby (GI) runner-up Shackleford continued to impress morning bystanders with another solid gallop, turning in a mile and a half under exercise rider Faustino Ramos. Shackleford is scheduled to school in the paddock this afternoon during the live racing program, and also head back to stand in the starting gate one more time Thursday morning.
"He went nice" Ramos commented, sharing sentiment with Tammy Fox, the wife of trainer Dale Romans, who added, "Everything's good."
Shackleford appears to be one of the front-runners in the Derby 137 field, but Romans remains confident he can carry that speed the mile and a quarter distance, especially if the track were to be muddy or sloppy.
"His pedigree says he should love it wet, and that mare he's out of has turned out to be one heck of a producer," Romans said. "Look at Lady Joanne winning the Alabama. The pedigree is there."
SOLDAT – Fountain of Youth Stakes (GII) winner Soldat galloped a mile and a half Wednesday under exercise rider Danny Wright as he continued a quiet week of training since coming north from Florida.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, who wouldn't mind a wet track on Saturday, was happy to see a faster race track return for training today.
"We did a little more with him today because of the fast track," McLaughlin said. "We back-tracked him a little farther and then galloped a little farther. He's very happy and doing well. Now we just need to maintain that until Saturday."
While some offspring of the hot young sire War Front can be difficult to settle, McLaughlin said Soldat has a fairly easy disposition.
"He's really a neat horse," McLaughlin said. "He'll stick his tongue out and play with you. He'll pretty much do whatever you ask of him. He does everything right and is fun to be around."
Alan Garcia will ride Soldat in Kentucky Derby 137. While McLaughlin owns a Belmont Stakes victory with Jazil, he'll aim to one-up his career-best Derby finish of second, produced by 2005 longshot Closing Argument.
STAY THIRSTY/UNCLE MO – Repole Stable's dynamic duo were out for some exercise Wednesday morning at 8:30 in the allotted 15-minute Derby/Oaks training period following the track's renovation break.
Uncle Mo, last year's juvenile champion, had exercise rider Hector Ramos up and assistant trainer Mike McCarthy alongside on a pony, while Stay Thirsty, the winner of this year's Gotham Stakes (GIII), was partnered by Fernando Espinoza.
The two colts briefly stood in the starting gate and jogged an easy mile around the Churchill strip, which was dry and fast on a chilly spring morning.
Trainer Todd Pletcher went frontside to observe their training and pronounced all well upon his return to Barn 34.
"Everything went smoothly," the multi-Eclipse Award-winning trainer said. "They handled their jog and the gate with no problems. We've done a lot of good training with them over the last several weeks here and we're just going light and freshening them up a bit coming up to the race. They'll gallop on Thursday and Friday and then that will be it."
Pletcher noted that he paddock-schooled Stay Thirsty on Tuesday, though that was not the case with Uncle Mo.
"Stay Thirsty got all hot and washy on us in Florida (the Florida Derby at Gulfstream on April 3)," he said. "We wanted to give him a chance to get back in the paddock and feel comfortable, which he did yesterday. With Uncle Mo, there's no need to go to the paddock with him. He's very professional with all the things he does and he has never turned a hair in the paddock. He just doesn't need it."
John Velazquez, the only rider to sit on him during his five-race career, will once again be in the saddle for Uncle Mo Saturday. Ramon Dominguez, who has handled Stay Thirsty in his past two outings, including the Gotham score, has the assignment once more.
TWICE THE APPEAL/SWAY AWAY – Trainer Jeff Bonde had his "go" horse for the Kentucky Derby – Twice the Appeal – out at 7 a.m. Wednesday for a mile and one-half gallop around the Churchill oval with exercise rider Nate Quinonez aboard. At 8:30, following the renovation break, the trainer had his "want to go" Derby horse – Sway Away – who also had Quinonez at the controls and gallop the same 12 furlongs as his stablemate. Both horses also managed a side trip to stand briefly in the starting gate.
"They're doing good," the Northern California-based trainer said later on a nippy morning on the Churchill backside.
Twice the Appeal, whose victory in New Mexico's Sunland Derby (GIII) earned him $400,000 in graded stakes winnings and guaranteed him a spot in the starting gate for the Run for the Roses, will be partnered on Saturday by the man who has won three of the past four running of the Derby, Calvin Borel.
Sway Away, who has the saddle services of Southern California-based Martin Garcia if he makes the field, has $111,500 in graded stakes earnings, making him No. 21 on the list of a 20-horses-only field.
WATCH ME GO – Gil Campbell's home-bred Watch Me Go galloped 1 ½ miles under Freddie Lenclud Wednesday morning in preparation for a start in the Kentucky Derby, in which he could make history for his trainer Kathleen O'Connell.
No woman has saddled the winner of the Kentucky Derby, but O'Connell is just hoping her name will be mentioned among those of other trainers who have tasted success in the first leg of the Triple Crown.
"I think whether I was a man or woman, it would be an awesome feeling," she said. "I think I'd make history in the Derby anyway, whether I was a Mr. or a Miss or whatever in front of my name."
She does have some words of encouragement for women trainers with a dream to saddle a Derby horse.
"It's a tough business, but in any walk of life or any occupation, perseverance and patience are the two most notable things," she said.
While reminded that she would be recognized as a trailblazer should Watch Me Go win the Derby, the Michigan native said the trail started long ago.
"I feel like I've been a trailblazer since time began to be honest with you," said O'Connell, who began her career at Detroit Race Course. "I've on the track since 1970. My first license said 'exercise boy' because there wasn't even a category to check for a girl."


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Emanuel Swedenborg (29 January 1688 – 29 March 1772) was a Swedish philosopher, mystic, and scientist.
Born: January 29th, 1688
Died: March 29th, 1772
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All religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do good.
Angels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend.
A life of kindness is the primary meaning of divine worship.
Some people believe it is hard to lead the heaven-bound life that is called "spiritual" because they have heard that we need to renounce the world and give up the desires attributed to the body and the flesh and "live spiritually." All they understand by this is spurning worldly interests, especially concerns for money and prestige, going around in constant devout meditation about God, salvation, and eternal life, devoting their lives to prayer, and reading the Word and religious literature. They think this is renouncing the world and living for the spirit and not for the flesh. However, the actual case is quite different, as I have learned from an abundance of experience and conversation with angels. In fact, people who renounce the world and live for the spirit in this fashion take on a mournful life for themselves, a life that is not open to heavenly joy, since our life does remain with us [after death]. No, if we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In this way, we accept a spiritual life by means of our moral and civic life; and there is no other way a spiritual life can be formed within us, no other way our spirits can be prepared for heaven. This is because living an inner life and not an outer life at the same time is like living in a house that has no foundation, that gradually either settles or develops gaping cracks or totters until it collapses.
Man knows that love is, but not what it is.
All in heaven take joy in sharing their delights and blessings with others.
Angels from the Lord lead and protect us every moment and every moment of every moment.
Homo qui scit omnia bona et omnia vera, quotcunque sciri possunt, et non fugit mala, nihil scit
Since the Bible is a divine revelation, every single part of it is divine. Anything that comes from the divine could be no other way. Everything that comes from the divine goes down through the heavens all the way to people on earth. In heaven it is adapted to the wisdom of the angels there, and on earth it is adapted to the understanding of the people there. So the Bible has an inner, spiritual meaning for angels and an outer, material-level meaning for people on earth. That is why our connection to heaven happens through the Bible.
The real importance of Swedenborg lies in the doctrines he taught, which are the reverse of the gloom and hell-fire of other breakaway sects. He rejects the notion that Jesus died on the cross to atone for the sin of Adam, declaring that God is neither vindictive nor petty-minded, and that since he is God, he doesn't need atonement. It is remarkable that this common-sense view had never struck earlier theologians. God is Divine Goodness, and Jesus is Divine Wisdom, and Goodness has to be approached through Wisdom. Whatever one thinks about the extraordinary claims of its founder, it must be acknowledged that there is something very beautiful and healthy about the Swedenborgian religion. Its founder may have not been a great occultist, but he was a great man.
There is one God, in whom there is the Divine Trinity, and he is the Lord Jesus Christ. This can be briefly illustrated in the following way: It is a certain and established truth that God is one, and his essence cannot be divided; and also that there is a Trinity. Since God is One, and his essence cannot be divided, it follows that God is one Person. And since he is one Person, the Trinity is in that Person. It is clear that this Person is the Lord Jesus Christ from the fact that he was conceived from God the Father (Luke 1:34, 35), and thus as to his soul and life itself he is God. Therefore, as he himself said, "he and the Father are one." (John 10:30).
When someone's body can no longer perform its functions in the natural world in response to the thoughts and affections of its spirit (which it derives from the spiritual world), then we say that the individual has died. This happens when the lungs' breathing and the heart's systolic motion have ceased. The person, though, has not died at all. We are only separated from the physical nature that was useful to us in the world. The essential person is actually still alive. I say that the essential person is still alive because we are not people because of our bodies but because of our spirits. After all, it is the spirit within us that thinks, and thought and affection together make us the people we are. We can see, then, that when we die we simply move from one world into another. This is why in the inner meaning of the Bible, "death" means resurrection and a continuation of life.


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We can play our home games on Maui or Mars. We can have our team wear those tight-fitting jerseys with sleeves, just like the Golden State Warriors or even sprint up and down the court wearing Capri pants, if we choose.
There's just one catch. The only players available to fill out our roster are those still dangling on the list of unsigned free agents. Now that Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Andre Iguodala, Andrei Kirilenko and even Greg Oden are long gone, is it too late to put together a respectable team? Or even one that could outperform the infamous 9-73 record of the 1972-73 Sixers or the 7-59 mark of the 2011-12 Bobcats?
So for all those last-minute bargain hunters who don't start their holiday shopping until Christmas Eve, here are the Leftovers:
Antawn Jamison, Forward — The 37-year-old veteran is coming out of the lost season with the Lakers where he played 21.5 minutes per game and showed that he can still shoot enough from the wings to score in double figures. After 15 years in the league, he's still a reliable enough producer and ranks higher in efficiency rating than even two regular members of the starting lineup for the two-time champion Heat (Udonis Haslem and Shane Battier). The Leftovers will have to put points on the board somehow.
Lamar Odom, Forward — You've got to have faith that Odom hasn't simply lost the spark and lost interest after his past two dismal years. Following the horrible flameout in Dallas, last season was supposed to be a shot at redemption as a key role player and solid influence in the locker room with the Clippers. Odom was particularly ineffective in the first-round playoff loss to Memphis. The birth certificate says he won't turn 34 until the start of next season, but the odometer has racked up more miles than an old pickup truck. The Leftovers will keep believing that you don't simply forget how to pass, rebound and do the little things and give Odom another chance.
Cole Aldrich, Center — After being taken with the 11th pick by New Orleans in 2010 and traded to OKC on draft night, Aldrich has never been able to establish himself as anything more than a space eater at the end of the bench for the Thunder, Rockets and most recently the Kings. Aldrich finally got onto the floor for 15 games in Sacramento at the end of last season and pulled down a respectable four rebounds in 11 minutes of playing time per night. He's the epitome of the old adage: "You can't teach height." That's why he'll keep getting chances and the Leftovers are hoping that this is the one that will pay off.
Mikael Pietrus, Guard — We're going to plug the swingman into our lineup in the backcourt and hope to ride that streaky outside shooting and penchant for playing in-your-face defense for production at both ends of the court. He played just 19 games last season with the Raptors before tendinitis in his knee forced him to the sidelines for good in the middle of March. But he's too young (31), too athletic, too active, too disruptive on defense and potentially still too good not to have him on our side.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Once again the women's soccer team at Georgia College & State University is making a positive step forward to success. The Bobcats are a recipient of the 2008 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Ethics/Sportsmanship Award, the first such award in program history.
The requirements for this prestigious award are no red cards and limiting yellow cards to fewer than 10. The Bobcats were placed at the Bronze level due to six yellow cards during the season.
Georgia College is one of only 12 Divison II programs to receive the honor. The NSCAA recognizes 66 programs (including NAIA, junior colleges and both genders). An interesting side note, the Bobcats are the sole Peach Belt Conference (PBC) recipient and team in their respective region to win the Ethics/Sportmanship Award.
"The Ethics/Sportsmanship Award is one of the most difficult to achieve in the entire NSCAA awards program," says Chair of the NSCAA Ethics Committee, Dr. Brian Crossman.
"I am extremely proud of the team for attaining this high honor as it is a very difficult one to attain," says head coach Juan Pablo Favero. "We have a trident of areas we want to excel in: athletically, academically, and as ambassadors of GCSU. Our team has attained a high level of performance in each of these areas. This is the golden broach for a season of excellence, in all we achieved in 2008."
The NSCAA/adidas College Coaches Awards Reception will take place on Thursday, Jan. 15.
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Date: March 5, 2014
Description: Urban Trust Bank
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The above-named bank has reported that counterfeit cashier's checks using a correct routing number of 263184815 are being presented for payment nationwide in connection with a secret-shopper scam.
The counterfeit checks are very similar to the bank's authentic checks and cannot be easily identified. Counterfeit checks presented to date have been made payable in the amounts of $1,760.02, $2,325.10, $2,365.12, $2,800, and $2,950. Remitter names have included Billy Frank Robinson, Dena M. Woolweaver, Danny W. Cooper, and Walters Lucy.
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This story is based on true events, and all characters are 18 at the time the story took place (The names of the characters have been changed to protect the identities of everyone involved). Any feedback or comments are welcome.
Late one summer night, while on a long road trip with his family, Christian suggested that they get a hotel room because everyone was tired and no one was in any condition to drive.
Christian was the older of 2 children at age 20. He was about 6' 4" tall, had short blonde hair, brown eyes, and was muscular and athletic. His younger brother, Bill was 18, 5' 9" tall, had short brown hair, brown eyes, and was slightly heavier than his brother Christian. Their mother was Susan, a 45 year old, with an amazing body. She was 5' 4" tall, had long blonde hair, brown eyes, a pair of 36DD's, and a nice ass. Mike was her husband and the boys' father. Mike was 47 years old, was 6' 0" tall, had black hair, brown eyes, and was starting to gain some wait, due to lack of exercise recently.
The family had been in the car for over 14 hours when they saw a nice, small, quiet looking hotel called "The Lover's Inn". They pulled into the hotel hoping for 3 separate rooms, but unfortunately, the hotel only had 1 open room, room 30, a room with 2 queen sized beds. Christian and Bill thought it would be awkward sleeping in the same bed in a hotel called "The Lover's Inn" The family said the room was fine and they would take it.
When the family got to the room, Christian noticed the room number was in Roman Numerals and laughed because it was room XXX. Everyone wanted to take a shower, relax, and get some sleep, before getting back in the car the next day. Since there was only one shower, they had to take turns, letting Mike go first.
While Mike took his shower, everyone else found something for themselves to do. Bill found the sports highlights on the television and watched them. Christian got out his laptop and kept quiet, while Susan sat and looked at a magazine.
After 10 minutes, Susan got bored of reading her magazine, and didn't want to watch the sports highlights. She dug through her suitcase and found a deck of playing cards.
"Do you guys want to play poker instead of sitting in front of the TV and your laptop?" Susan asked the boys.
"Sure, I will play," Bill said as he turned off the television.
"Nah, I think I will pass. I am already playing poker on my laptop," Christian said as he continued playing on his laptop.
"But that isn't real poker, and you can't win any money playing that," Susan said trying to get Christian to play.
"But I have something better to play for then money on my laptop," Christian said.
"What is there to win that is better than money?" Bill asked.
"I could see this girl naked if I win, I am playing strip poker," Christian answered.
Susan looked at her son, surprised he was playing strip poker.
"Well, we could play strip poker if you like," Susan said.
"What?" asked Christian as he looked up from his laptop in shock?
"Yeah, come on, it will be fun. It's not like we haven't seen nudity before. Why not?" Susan asked.
"Alright, fine." Christian said as he closed his laptop and put it away.
"Wait, I don't know how to play strip poker," Bill said.
"The rules are simple," Christian explained, "5 cards are dealt to each player, each player can then exchange as many cards as they like. The person with the worst hand loses and has to take off an article of clothing."
"Alright, sounds easy enough," Bill said.
Just as the cards were about to be dealt, Mike returned to the room, having finished his shower.
"Hey, what game are you guys going to play?" Mike asked.
"Strip poker," Susan replied, "Would you like to play?"
"Yeah, I would, but I feel like I have to little clothes on," Mike says, since he is only wearing a pair of boxers.
"Alright," Susan says, "Everyone make sure you have on 8 articles of clothing, so we are all evenly dressed."
Mike and Bill put more clothes on to get to the 8 pieces needed, while Susan and Christian sit waiting.
"Are we all ready to start playing?" Susan asked.
"Yes, we are ready," Mike, Christian, and Bill replied in unison.
Susan dealt the cards to everyone and the game began. Bill lost the hand to Mike and took off his shoe. The first hands were all similar with everyone taking off the insignificant clothes, like the shoes and socks.
After about 15 hands or so, Mike was in a t-shirt, jeans, and his boxers. Bill was in a sweatshirt, a t-shirt, jeans, and his boxers. Christian was in his socks, a t-shirt, an undershirt, shorts, and his boxers. Susan was in her shirt, jeans, and her bra and panties.
Susan suggested that they took a 5 minute break, so everyone could use the bathroom. After 5 minutes, everyone was back and ready to play again.
Susan dealt the cards and Christian lost, so he took off one of his socks. The cards were dealt again, and Christian lost again, so he took off his other sock.
"Two hands in a row? What the hell?" Christian asked.
As the next hand finished, Christian was glad to see that he didn't lose. Bill did. Bill took off his sweatshirt. The next hand was dealt and Christian knew he was going to win. He had three Queens in his hand! Susan lost the hand and took off her shirt, revealing her 36DD boobs in just a black lace bra. The guys all stared at her boobs while she dealt the next hand.
Mike was the next one to lose and he took of his t-shirt, showing his muscular, but heavier body. The next 2 hands Bill lost, leaving him in just his boxers. As Bill took off his jeans, Susan stared at the tent in his boxers by his cock. Bill was embarrassed of his body, because he was a little chunky, so he kept his head down, and kept quiet.
Christian lost the next hand on took off his t-shirt, showing his muscular body, covered by his undershirt. Susan then lost the hand and had to strip. She stood up slowly and began to dance while she took off her jeans. All the guys began to whistle as she seductively took off her jeans, revealing her long tan legs and matching black lace panties.
The next hand was dealt and Christian lost, so he took off his undershirt, revealing his toned body. He had an amazing 6 pack, large pecks, big shoulders, and muscular arms to match. As Christian showed his toned upper body, Susan licked her lips as she stared at him. Mike and Bill felt embarrassed and jealous, because they didn't have a body like Christian.
The next hand was dealt and Mike lost. He took off his jeans and stood in just his boxers, where his bulge was quiet visible. Susan just smiled and giggled.
The game then got very serious because everyone knew that within a few hands, one or more of them would be naked. Bill and Mark had only there boxers left. Christian had his shorts and his boxers. Susan had her bra and panties left.
At the end of the next hand, it was Bill who lost. He slowly stood up to take off his boxers. Susan watched intently to see his cock. Mike looked away, but Christian watched, because he was always curious about how big he was compared to other men.
Bill pulled his boxers off and revealed a decent sized 7 inch cock. Christian sort of chuckled at Bill's size, while Susan had to stop herself from reaching out a touching it.
"Since I am naked, what do I do now?" Bill asked.
"We will take it easy on you," Susan said, "You just need to stay naked and sit with us for the rest of the game."
Susan lost the next hand and all eyes turned to her as she stood up. She turned around so her back faced the guys as she unhooked her bra. She let the bra fall to the ground as she covered her boobs with her hands and turned back around.
"Awwwww, come on Mom," Bill said, "I got naked without covering up, you should too!"
Susan slowly moved her hands away from her boobs and showed everyone her large breasts and pink puffy nipples. The guys stared at her boobs with their mouths open.
The next hand was dealt and Christian lost. He stood up and took off his shorts. As he pulled his shorts down, everyone could see a huge bulge forming in his boxers. Susan licked her lips as she could not wait to see how big Christian really was.
The next hand, Mike lost. Susan stared at her husband, waiting to see his cock. Bill looked away, not wanting to see his father naked yet, and again Christian watched as a man got naked to compare his size. When Mike pulled down his boxers, his big 10 inch cock sprung free. Christian was impressed with his father's size, and knew he had a bigger cock than his father.
"Last hand!" Susan shouted, "Get ready to get naked like your brother and father Christian."
"Yeah right, in your dreams," Christian answered cockily.
Susan dealt the cards to herself and her son. Christian looked at his cards and was happy, but still traded in 2 cards. What he got back in return, was a Queen high straight.
"There is no way you are going to beat me Mom," Christian exclaimed.
"Really?" Susan asked, "Then let's see your hand."
Christian revealed his Queen high straight and smiled.
"HAHAHAHA!" Susan chuckled as she laid down her four Kings.
The smile quickly vanished from Christian's face as he realized he lost. He then slowly got up, put his thumbs in his waistband, and began to take his boxers.
"Wait," Susan said grabbing his hands, "I want to take off your boxers and see my prize."
Christian took his hands out of his waistband and put them in the air. "Go ahead Mom."
Susan wasted no time at all as she quickly pulled Christian's boxers to the floor. As she pulled down his boxers, Christian big, 10 inch cock sprung free and hit Susan in the face. She smiled when it hit her, but was surprised that he was only semi-hard.
"Wow, still not fully erect? I think I can fix that," Susan said as she wrapped her hand around Christian's thick shaft. She continued stroking Christian until he got hard. She thought that his cock must be at least 12 inches long.
"How big is your cock Christian?" She asked.
"It is 14 inches long I think." He answered.
Susan then motioned Mike and Bill over to her. She grabbed Bill's cock in one hand, Mike's cock in another, and began to lick Christian's cock. She increased her pace on all three men and began to deep throat Christian. Bill's knees began to buckle as he screamed and shot his load. Mike's knees buckled next and he shot his load also. Christian's knees buckled almost 2 minutes later as he shot his load all over his mother's face, boobs, and in her mouth.
Susan looked around and noticed Mike and Christian were still hard, so she got up, took her panties off and let Mike fuck her pussy while Christian fucked her ass. Christian and Mike matched each other's rhythm so that Susan would be pounded by them almost simultaneously. All three of them came at the same time and they all slowly stopped.
The guys looked at each other, then at Susan and they laughed at the sight of her covered in all of their cum.
The rest of the night was filled with talking and more sex. They are all sure that they will never forget "The Lover's Inn" or room XXX.
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2014 (Crew/Dayton): Did not make a League appearance for the Crew during the 2014 season ... spent time on-loan with the Dayton Dutch Lions of USL-PRO ... made 25 appearances for Dayton and scored two goals ... started and scored in the match at Orange County (June 8) and was a substitute in matches at LA Galaxy II (June 9), at Arizona (June 11) and at Rochester (June 20) before starts against Orlando City SC (June 22), at Pittsburgh (June 28) and against Pittsburgh (July 2) ... made a substitute appearance at Charlotte (July 5) and versus Harrisburg (July 12) ... returned to the starting lineup versus Charlotte (July 19) and notched his second goal of the season ... made his debut in a Crew shirt for the club's international friendly against Crystal Palace FC (July 23), coming on at halftime at midfield ... returned to Dayton and started the team's next six matches ... did not dress for both the club's postseason opener against New England (November 1) or in the second leg at the Revolution (November 9) ... Walker started two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches for Dayton: against Schwaben AC (May 15) and scored a goal in the 5-2 loss against Indy Eleven (May 28).
Hailing from Batavia, Ohio, Walker made 79 appearances during his four year career in Cincinnati at Xavier University. During his tenure as a Musketeer, Walker scored 26 goals and added 24 assists, posting double-digit goal and assist numbers as a junior before finishing his senior season with nine goals and seven assists.
Before Xavier, Walker played for Batavia High School, selected as his high school's team MVP for three consecutive seasons. The DII All-Ohio First Team selection, Walker scored 48 goals and tallied 15 assists in his high school career. Walker set a school record for goals scored in a single season (48) and career goals scored (91) while also serving as a five-year member of the Ohio Development State team. The League Player of the Year as a sophomore, Walker also competed with the 2008 Region II Team Argentina Tour. In his final year of high school, Walker played for the Crew's Under-18 squad. He was a member of the Crew Juniors Super-20 squad that captured a national title in 2011 and was also on the U-19 squad that took home the 2012 U.S. Youth Soccer McGuire Cup. In 2011, Walker was named Crew Soccer Academy's Under-19/20 Player of the Year.
Walker was signed as a Homegrown Player on January 8, 2014.
Walker is the son of Robert and Stephanie Walker. He has an identical twin brother, who plays soccer at Xavier University. Walker enjoys listening to music and spending time with friends and family during his free time. He doesn't have a preference for movie genres, but his favorite movies include "The Shawshank Redemption", "Inception" and "Shutter Island". His favorite type of music is alternative and folk, and his favorite band is Mumford and Sons. Walker's favorite destination he's visited is Buenos Aires and would like to travel to Sydney someday. His favorite non-MLS soccer team is Arsenal F.C. and his favorite soccer player is former French midfielder Zinedine Zidane. The Cincinnati native supports his hometown's sports teams, the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals.


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Pakistan reports 21 tribal policemen kidnapped, found dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Government officials say 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban have been found shot dead in northwest Pakistan.
Naveed Akbar Khan says officials found the bodies shortly after midnight on Sunday after being notified by one policeman who had escaped. Another policeman was also found seriously wounded.
Khan says the slain policemen were found in the Jabai area of Frontier Region Peshawar, part of Pakistan's troubled tribal region. Khan is a senior political official in the area.
The 23 policemen went missing before dawn Thursday when militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked two posts in Frontier Region Peshawar. Two policemen were also killed in the attacks.


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No prison in New London assault case
A 24-year-old New London woman who was convicted of assault and weapons charges for her role in a September 2011 fight that left three women with slash wounds received a suspended prison sentence and three years of probation today in Superior Court.
Quintia Worthy of Ledge Road had been arrested along with 27-year-old Shekina L. Jones, who took responsibility for slashing the three women with a pen knife and faces up to two years in prison.
Worthy, a working mother of three small children, tearfully apologized for her role in the fight, which she said was "unacceptable." About 25 family members and friends who attended the sentencing hearing burst into applause when Judge Arthur C. Hadden said he would not be sending Worthy to prison. He sentenced her to five years in prison, fully suspended, followed by three years of probation.
"You certainly need to recognize how close you've come not only to incarceration, but incarceration for a long period of time," Hadden said.
She faced up to 13 years in prison for three counts of third-degree assault and two counts of possession of illegal weapons. Police searched her car after the fight and found a pair of brass knuckles and a kitchen knife with an 8-inch blade.
At Worthy's trial in August, the three victims, who all required stitches, testified about an altercation near the intersection of Broad Street and Connecticut Avenue on Sept. 4, 2011. They said Worthy and Jones followed them from the Ravi gas station and pulled up alongside their car. They said Worthy approached the driver's side window and began hitting the driver through the window. All of the women exited both cars and began fighting. The three victims testified that the fight ended quickly, that they had been drinking that night and that they did not know who slashed them.
One of them told police that she had heard Jones say, "I'm going to get you for messing with my baby's daddy."
Assistant State's Attorney Christa L. Baker had prosecuted the case. Defense attorney Paul Whelan had represented Worthy. None of the victims opted to speak to a probation officers who conducted a presentencing investigation or deliver an impact statement at the sentencing.
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Seven years ago, Brian Cohen joined CUNY as its chief information officer. Recently, CUNY Matters sat down with Cohen, who is also associate vice chancellor, to talk about how technology is changing CUNY. Click here to listen to the podcast.
Q: What role has technology played in shaping education at CUNY?
A: Over the last five years the University has invested between $350 million and $400 million in technology infrastructure improvements. You can see the results of this investment when you visit our colleges and see the latest technology in the labs, libraries and classrooms. The technology investment has also been used to introduce new systems and computer facilities over the last five years: upgrading our Blackboard online course management system; developing the Degreeworks On-line Academic Advisement system, expanding our resources for our scientists through the High Performance Computing Center, as well as our CUNY computer grid.
Over the next five years we're going to see technology playing three major roles: It will be an "enabler" helping the University to become a more efficient organization. It will be an "enhancer" that will enrich the experiences of students and faculty. And, finally, technology will be a "supporter" of everything we are trying to do, providing better services on both the administrative and the academic side.
Q: One of our biggest current technology projects is CUNYfirst. Tell us how it fits into the University's long-term strategy.
A: When CUNYfirst started over seven years ago, it was a conceptual project addressing the need to replace our antiquated computer systems. The student systems, the personnel systems, our financial systems — all were based on 1970s technology. CUNYfirst will replace all those systems with one single integrated system. ("First" stands for Fully Integrated Resource and Services Tool.) And we believe the University will thus be far more efficient in delivering critical services, operating and supporting the needs of our students. For example, in the future, if a student finishes a two-year CUNY community college and moves on to a four-year college, or goes on to do graduate work at CUNY, the student will no longer need to create a new record for each institution.
Q: What about some of the other technological tools that students and faculty are using?
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Other systems we're working on include DegreeWorks, an online academic advisement system, which students can use to determine whether or not the courses they are taking meet their curriculum requirements before they meet with a faculty member for advice. It also gives them the capability to think through "what if" scenarios: What would happen if I change my major at this point?
Q: One of the critical things today is how a university communicates with its students. What kinds of systems is CUNY using?
A: There are two types of communication initiatives that we have been working on. The first, Live@Edu, came out of many discussions among the University's IT directors. We found that, in some cases, students were getting e-mail addresses from their campuses; in many other cases, they weren't. We also found that, because of the high costs of running an e-mail system, it was very difficult for us to have a standard service across the University. Now, via a partnership with Microsoft, the University is able to offer all of its students e-mail services at no cost. Access to student e-mail is simplified via the Internet and accessible from virtually everywhere. And, as our students graduate, their e-mail accounts remain available to them as alumni accounts. Since we started this effort last year, Live@Edu has already established 175,000 e-mail accounts.
Q: What about the second initiative?
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March Moment: Three ReminiscencesPosted by jstevrtc on March 23rd, 2010
Few college basketball fans are born with their love for the game. For most aficionados, at some point on the way from infancy to college hoops fan, there is a moment. A single play, shot, player, game, or event at which point they say to themselves, "I will always have this in my life." Because it is the time of the season that carries the most gravitas, these things often happen in March. We asked some of our friends and correspondents: what was the thing that turned you into a lifelong college basketball fan? What was your…March Moment? We'll be posting some of their answers for the rest of the month.
In this edition, we have submissions from three friends. In the first, RTC utility man Tom Hager remembers a time he had to improvise a way to celebrate after two buzzer-beaters; the second has RTC correspondent Jason Prizoborowski barely escaping extended hoops deprivation; the third has Friend of the Program Mike Kiffney — he of the patented "Kiffney three" — showing his age by recalling how he met a legend from his high school, and making a prediction that will please fans of the Orange:
TH: My March moment came when I was 11 years old. It was Friday night of the first round of the NCAA tournament, and I was sleeping over at a friend's house. He had no interest in basketball, but fortunately for me, he had fallen asleep by 9:00 that night. I spent the rest of the night watching some of the most exciting basketball I had ever seen in my life. I was sitting in the lower bunk trying to keep quiet as I watched Georgetown defeat Arkansas 63-61 on a buzzer–beater. I remember watching Nat Burton drive to the lane and sink a shot just before time expired. When head coach Craig Esherick was asked for his thoughts on the game winner, he actually looked a little upset. "The play was not designed to go to him…" was how Esherick began the interview, but stated that Burton was a senior, and had the experience to take the shot.
That same night, I watched what I still think might be the best upset in the history of college basketball, when a team I had never heard of (Hampton) with a bunch of players I had never heard of (yeah, Tarvis Williams) defeat highly touted Iowa State. After Williams sank a hook shot with a few seconds left, and Jamaal Tinsley missed his shot at the buzzer, I saw Hampton's cheerleaders, players, and even coach Steve Merfeld jump in the air. I was doing the exact same. I ran outside my friend's room and into his kitchen, where I could jump and scream (internally) over what had just happened without waking him up. By the time I was done celebrating, I had done more fist pumps than Tiger Woods and I was out of breath. I remember trying to go to bed that night but I was too excited to fall asleep right away, as that play ran over and over in my head. To this day, it is still my lasting image of the NCAA Tournament.


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I'm so glad to hear my knitting has made it to New Zealand for the Woolly Walk-Along. Knitty has been posting pics of works in progress, and tags that she has received already. FANTASTIC WORK!
(There is still time to get in on the fun – so join up!)
Tonight, I am working on a colourful (of course) bit for International Yarn Bombing Day, June 11, 2011. I'll take a picture tomorrow out in the sun and post it here. I think I know the perfect spot to release it on Saturday… but for now, I am keeping it a secret.
This weekend will be knitting overdose 🙂 …. I am excited to use up and then REPLACE alot of my stash. Besides yarn bombs, I will be working on a couple pairs of socks and a vest that are all "half finished".
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This week, the
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A Wild Goose Chase Christmas
Abingdon Press (November 2012)
Jennifer AlLee
A Word from Jennifer:
As I look back on my life, it's interesting to see where God's taken me, and where I took myself that God pulled me out of. I finally got back to writing, the dream of my heart. Since 1996, I've published numerous short stories, devotions and plays. I've also been active in church drama ministries, another passion of mine. My first novel, The Love of His Brother (November 2007, Five Star Publishers), was followed by The Pastor's Wife (February 2010, Abingdon Press) and The Mother Road (April 2012). A Wild Goose Chase Christmas is book two in the new Quilts of Love series.
Besides being a writer, I am a wife and mom. Living in Las Vegas, Nevada, my family has learned how to enjoy the fabulous buffets here without severely impacting our waistlines. God is good!
Upon her grandmother's death, Izzy Fontaine finds herself in possession of a Wild Goose Chase pattern quilt that supposedly leads to a great treasure.
Of course, once the rest of the family finds out about the "treasure map," they're determined to have a go at the treasure themselves. And, if that weren't enough, Max Logan, a local museum curator, contacts Izzy and says that Grandma Isabella promised him the quilt.
What is it about this quilt that makes everyone want it? Is Izzy on a wild goose chase of her own, or a journey that will lead her to the treasure her grandmother intended?
If you would like to read the first chapter of A Wild Goose Chase Christmas, go HERE.
My Thoughts: Izzy has inherited a beautiful quilt from her grandmother that she is named after. She no sooner receives this quilt then Max Logan the local museum curator insists that her grandmother promised him the quilt.
While she is teaching her students, Izzy discovers that the pattern of the quilt is that of flying geese. Soon her family wants the quilt and she is on a chase, and fending off her family.
Filled with mystery, and family history, Jennifer has written a book that is sure to make you cherish your family and the memories you have with them.