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International Space Station Expedition Four Crew Interviews with
Flight Engineer Carl Walz.
Crew Interviews with Carl Walz, Flight Engineer 1 on the fourth
expeditionary crew to the International Space Station. Carl, as
you prepare to take off on a five-month-long spaceflight, tell me
how you see the mission-what are you and your crewmates being sent
to orbit to accomplish?
A: Well we're
going to go and fly for a really long time, and then on the plan
we have some science activities that we'll be doing, kicking those
off pretty much right away-logistics activities where we're going
to stow the items that come up during the UF-1 flight, during the
Progress that'll arrive, and then we have checkout activities that
we'll be doing with the new software that we'll get prior to the
8A flight, so we'll be checking out a complete new set of command
and control software…be the test engineers, if you will, for
that. Also test engineers for how that affects the robotic arm,
and then construction engineers as we install the S0 truss that
comes up on the 8A flight. And then finishing that up we have the
UF-2 flight that will arrive and we'll assist in the installation
of the Mobile Base System…that'll attach to the Mobile Transporter.
So we have a lot of activities-science, engineering, tests-and oh,
it'll keep us pretty busy, I think, during the five months.
do you see yourself on this mission-are you a scientist, or a space
explorer, or something else entirely?
Well I see
myself somewhere between a test engineer and a maintenance man,
I guess. We'll spend a lot of time testing out systems making sure
that they're working right; we'll be using those systems during
the flight, and then the other thing that I failed to mention previously
is that we're going to be maintaining systems on board the station,
upgrading, we're going to install new solid-state memory units in
all the command and control MDMs, and we'll be reconditioning the
TVIS, the treadmill that we use for exercise, we'll be replacing
six of the electrical outlets on the space station, so we just,
we have a lot of different items that we'll be doing on board.
a range of different kinds of work that you've got to do…different
qualifications that you and your crewmates have to have to pull
it off. How did you get to be a person that had that sort of background?
What did you do to become a guy who was "astronaut material"?
Well, you know…I
think I started off when I was very young watching the Mercury and
the Gemini flights, and, of course, the Apollo flights and you know,
people, I grew up in Ohio, so John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, you know, were big heroes for me because not only were they astronauts they
were Ohioans. And then I got involved in the Air Force and in the
flight test business where a lot of our flight test engineers-El
Onizuka, Jerry Ross-came out of the Air Force from the flight test
engineering field. And so, I sort of have tried to follow in their
footsteps. And then through the missions I've developed, in my previous
missions developed a lot of skills, and then through five, almost
five years of training for this flight, of course, developed a whole
new set of skills ranging from language to operating, you know,
Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Air Force career began after you graduated from college, right?
You were not an ROTC student or…
I was.
you were? Tell me about it.
I was an ROTC
student but then after I was commissioned after the end of my, when
I got my bachelor's degree, I took a two-year delay and got my master's
degree and then came on active duty. So there's a little bit of
time when I was inactive reserve and then I've been on active duty
ever since, since 1979.
touched on this a moment ago; I'll ask you expand. You talked about
John Glenn and Neil Armstrong being heroes. Why did you want to be an astronaut?
Well, I think
the astronaut business is sort of a…it combines engineering,
it combines science, and it combines operations in this new and
exciting frontier of space. And, so back when I was in college,
you know, I was thinking about that and that sort of drove me into
a science major and it also drove me into the Air Force, and then
looking out at the Air Force and who was being selected for space
shuttle crews sort of led me into the test engineering. So it's
a, sort of been an iterative process, but it's worked out.
you, for you, then, it's something that really got started for you
when you were in college?
Well, I think
college was an enabler; you know, it's given me the background necessary
to be selected. But I think I really found the path once I was in
the Air Force and started looking around and meeting people who
had come to JSC for selection interviews, and trying to follow in
their footsteps.
some of those the people that you look and, at your own past and
say that they're the significant influences on your life?
Yes. Well,
I think that, you know, certainly those people were tremendous influences…that
sort of pointed me in the right direction but, you know, if you
go back even farther again to people that really made a difference,
of course…my parents, who really helped enable me to do well
in school, provided the opportunities, the good, stable home life;
my high school teachers, you know, especially my physics teacher,
Mr. Eich, who made science really interesting and, you know, sparked
my curiosity; my physics professors in college, of course, you know,
were very supportive and helped; and, then of course my family,
too, has, my wife [and] my kids have been big supporters here, keeping
me going, especially this last five years that have been, you know,
a tremendous challenge for us.
talk about that. You and Dan Bursch each have three previous flights
to your credit, which gives you a combined experience of about two
months in space, but now you're looking at a flight that's going
to keep you in orbit for five months. What are the big differences
in the way you've gone about preparing yourself for such a different
kind of mission?
Well, of course,
you know, the training has…sort of, the amount of training
has tripled, maybe quadrupled as we've not only had to worry about
the traditional things that we've done on our previous missions
plus add on the Russian segment station, the Soyuz, and then all
the other Russian EVA stuff, and that adds on to our U.S. EVA activities
that we've been learning about, and the SSRMS and Canada. So it's
been a tremendous volume of work, and, you know, we've tried to
really compartmentalize but we've had a lot of time also. So, we've
been training for a long time and trying to keep track of all these
systems. I think the other thing that we've prepared for, we spent
more time thinking about how best to psychologically prepare not
only for ourselves but for our families. One thing that's helped
us is that we've traveled so much during this training whereas in
the past we haven't done a lot of traveling during our training
flow, and so it's two weeks of a typical spaceflight seems like
a lot, you know, we're usually gone five, six, up to eight weeks
at a time for training in Russia, and so it's like a mini-flight.
And so we've kind of been doing this all along. And so now we just
have to take a little bit more care because we know it's going to
be a little bit longer.
the question of how long you've been at this, I don't know if it's…you
may be the longest-training crew in the history of American spaceflight
by the time you fly. Do you think that gives you an advantage in,
for the three of you, once you arrive in orbit, for having spent
that much time together getting prepared?
I think it
will be an advantage because, you know, we'll know each other really
well, and, you know…we'll know pretty much what each other
is thinking because we've been at this so long together. So I'd
say we have a tremendous history, we have a great relationship,
and so I think it'll help our activities to go much more smoothly,
during the flight.
talk about your flight. Flight Engineer 1 is your title-tell me
what you're going to be doing while you're in space. What are your
responsibilities as a member of this crew?
Well, as a
member of this crew, you know, we pretty much share responsibilities;
about the only thing where I have a specific location on the space
station is the left seat of the Soyuz where I'm the Flight Engineer,
and my training is specific for if we would ever have to do a reentry
in a Soyuz, I'm responsible for the Soyuz computers and the reentry
system, the engines and the docking system. So those are, so that's
where we've really specialized. I think for the rest of the station
systems we've been fairly evenly trained, so as far as robotics,
as far as EVA, we've pretty much all received about the equal training.
flight's going to begin in the shuttle Endeavour when Dom Gorie
and his crew deliver you to the space station. The first time station
crews were swapped out it was done one at a time over several days;
in August, the Expedition Three crewmembers all moved onto the station
all on the same day. How's the exchange going to be handled between
Expedition Three and you, and what's the rationale for selecting
one method or the other?
Well, the first
crew exchange was driven due to their flight program: they were
doing a number of EVAs out of the shuttle airlock and the upcoming
station crew was involved in those EVAs. And so they couldn't transfer
early, and so they had that staged handover, which, you know, was
I think a relatively difficult thing to do. With Expedition Two
to Three they did it all pretty much on the same day-we're going
to be doing the same thing. And that way what you do is you get
a clear delineation of who are the station residents versus who
are the returning crew, and so you don't have sort of a mixture.
But it was the Expedition Two way of doing, way of transferring
crewmembers was really driven by the requirements of their flight
once you're on board it's scheduled to take four, five days to unload
the supplies that are coming to the station in the cargo carrier
Raffaello, as well as other supplies in the shuttle middeck. Can
you describe for us what the kinds of supplies and logistics that
are going to be involved, and what you'll be doing as all this material
is delivered onto the station.
Well, I'm one
of the loadmasters. So Linda Godwin and I will be working together
to make sure that all the cargo comes off of Raffaello and then
all the cargo that's going back down gets onto Raffaello. And so
it's like moving into a house where the old occupant is moving out,
you're moving in, but you're using one truck. And so you have to
make sure that you don't get your boxes mixed up. And so we'll be
working very hard to make sure that we don't do that. And then Frank
Culbertson and his crew are going to have to help us out by getting
their pre-packed items ready to go, and so as the upcoming boxes
come off, you know, Frank's boxes will come in, and so it'll be
kind of a constant logistical activity as we make sure that everything
coming up comes up, everything going down gets stowed. The things
we're bringing up of course food, hygiene supplies, clothes for
five months for our three crewmembers, and then also things like
the solid-state memory for the command and control computers, the
outlets that we'll be installing-just a variety of pieces of equipment
that we'll be working with during our stay in orbit. And of course
science experiments: we'll be bringing up some new science experiments,
we'll be refurbishing old experiments. For example, Frank's doing
a cell biology experiment, and I'll be doing the, sort of the second
part of that, and so his samples will come on board to go home,
my samples will be coming up.
time scheduled during the docked phase of STS-108 for what is called
handover, and I'm guessing that this amounts to more than just getting
the nickel tour of the space, of the building, if you will; give
me a sense of what it is that you folks do and talk about during
this period. How does it help you get off to a good start once Culbertson
and his crew go home?
Well, what
we're going to do during that handover period is to find out how
the station is really operating. You know, first we'll start off
with where things are stowed, you know because we don't really have
a comprehensive model, a mock-up, that really represents the station,
either here or in Russia. So, you know, the only unit to really
[train on] is the one that's in space. And so we will go and look
to find all the different items that we need on a day-to-day basis.
And then we'll go with each piece of equipment that we use on a
day-to-day basis, like the treadmill: you know, how does it work,
what are the idiosyncrasies to find out about; here's the SSRMS-you
know, how best to operate that. And so, we'll go system by systems
and find out, you know, what things are different than what we were
told on the ground.
like to try to see if I can get you to help us understand better
what life is like, day-to-day, for a member of the space station
crew on a long-duration mission. If there's such a thing as a normal
day on board a space station, what do you expect it will be like?
Well, it's,
you know, we've touched on all the different things that we'll be
doing, and so I think things that are constant, that we will see
every morning, is we will wake up to the morning mail, and we'll
have our daily plan laid out for us, which we will review, and then
we will have a telecon with the Mission Control and we will discuss
this daily plan, make sure that we understand what the ground wants
us to do, and then we'll go forth and execute that. Now, included
every day will be exercise, either on the treadmill or on the exercise
bike that we have up there, or on the resistance device-it's sort
of like a Soloflex in space. But what we found out is the combination
of the treadmill, the bike, and this resistance exercise has been
very, very good for the crewmembers and the last two crews that
have come down have come down in excellent shape. So, planning,
exercise, and of course meals-you know, we'll have three meals plus
a snack-and then, you know, the work that we do…whether it
be operating the arm-and that usually every Thursday will be "arm
day"-so we'll be driving the robot arm checking it out; we
have PAO activities, I think, Tuesdays and Thursdays as well; so,
so we have those things, and, then our science experiments. Some
are front-loaded, in the beginning of the mission, some every month.
So…but it's that planning conference, exercise, food, and then
whatever work comes up.
talk about different kinds of activities during your mission, especially,
as you've just mentioned, during those first few weeks after Endeavour
leaves, your schedule calls for attention to be on station science.
How do you see the space station's scientific mission being advanced
during your five months in orbit?
Well, we'll
continue the work that Expedition 3 started with cellular biology
experiments; we also have a plant growth experiment where we'll
actually go and harvest plants; we have some…human experiments that
we'll be participating in-these are similar to ones that Expedition
Two and Expedition Three are participating in-and so for the human
experiments, we will be increasing the number of subjects. And so
when the experimenters gather their data they'll be able to make
some better assumptions based on a, you know, bigger value of participants.
And so, I think the culmination of our participation plus Expedition
Two, Three, Four, Five, will allow us to really make some headway
and get some answers to some of the scientific questions.
are you seeing your scientific mission as an extension, or an expansion,
of what's come before you?
I think it'll
be an expansion. I think we'll have some additional work that we'll
be doing on orbit plus a continuation of the human experiments and
the cell biology. But it'll just keep getting a little bit bigger
each time.
me about some of the investigations. You've got nearly thirty different
ones, I think, during your whole time on board-what different areas
of science are going to be represented in the research program here?
Well, we have
the cellular biology which is a local program here at JSC, and so
we'll be growing different cell lines in space; I think I'll have
up to twenty-four different samples that we'll be growing during
a, I think about a fourteen-day period at the beginning of the mission.
And this is an experiment similar to what Frank's doing now. And
we hope to improve our understanding of how cells grow in space,
and understand also more about the cellular structure because, in
space, these cells actually grow in three dimensions, where on the
ground they grow in a plane. And so, when they grow in three dimensions
the cells can get, they can build little structures and be more
representative of cells in the body. And so it's an exciting program,
and we're looking forward to that. And then also we have our human
experiments-we're going to be looking at renal stone formation-or,
hopefully, no renal stone formation-but the things that we might
use as countermeasures further down the line. That pulmonary function
in space, and also pulmonary function before and after EVAs to see
if there's an effect of working at a much lower pressure when we
work in our spacesuits and see how that affects our, you know, our
pulmonary function. So, it's sort of a smorgasbord of activities.
do you feel about being the lab rat?
Well, I think
that's something that, you know, that…we've been human subjects
since we started as astronauts, and so this is just a continuation
of that with different experiments, and I guess the difference is,
of course, these experiments extend for six months before the flight,
during the flight, and then, of course, afterwards.
a healthy portion of your time on board spent working on these scientific
experiments each week. Apart from being the subject of the experiment,
what is it that you actually do on board to conduct these other
experiments and investigations? What does your job entail?
Well, we're
like a lab technician: we'll be performing media exchanges for samples,
we'll be checking to ensure that the samples are growing as planned,
we'll report to the ground if there're any anomalies, we have status
checks to perform every day. So, it's just, once we get things started,
to make sure everything progresses per the timeline, and then at
the end to make sure that we terminate the experiment properly so
that when we bring the samples home, the scientists'll be able to
make the proper evaluations.
part of your training for this mission you're also training for
a spacewalk, to be conducted along with your Commander, out of the
station's Docking Compartment. You have spacewalk experience, about
seven hours worth of spacewalking experience, from your first shuttle
flight; are there some serious challenges involved in transferring
the experience that you have-shuttle spacewalking-into space station
Well, I think,
you know, we'll be doing these our first two spacewalks in the Orlan
spacesuit, which is the Russian spacesuit, which is an excellent
spacesuit, and we've received tremendous training on that spacesuit
in Russia. I think that we'll be working at a little bit higher
pressure in the Orlan suit, and so it'll be a little bit stiffer,
and so that'll be a physical challenge. But once we get out and
begin our work, it's very similar to the work that we've done in
the EMU. So, and we train in the same kind of environment, under
water, so a lot of the things we do in the EMU is easily transferred
to working in the Orlan.
talk about the spacewalk. Describe the jobs that are on the schedule
for you and Yuri during your spacewalk.
Well, the spacewalk
that Yuri and I will do is to move the first Strela cargo boom,
which came up during the 2A.2a flight, and we're going to move that
from the PMA to the Docking Compartment. And so, we will use the
Strela that comes up in the Docking Compartment to drive us over
from the Docking Compartment to the PMA, sort of lash the second
Strela on, and then bring it over. So it should be a very visually
interesting EVA because I'll be hanging at the end of the Strela,
sort of being transferred in free space, with this other large structure.
So I think it's going to be very exciting. And then once that's
complete we'll be doing a sample change-out…we also have science
outside of the ISS. And so we'll be changing out one of those samples.
It's called a Komplast.
a week or so Yuri is going to make another spacewalk, this time
with Dan. Tell me what they're going to be doing during that spacewalk,
and what do you do inside while they're working outside?
Well, Dan and
Yuri will be installing some gas deflector units onto the engines
of the Service Module, and these are to try to keep the gaseous
by-products from those engines from getting on the exterior of the
Service Module. If you remember pictures of the Mir station, there
were like deposits, kind of looked orangy-browny on the outside,
and we're trying to keep that from happening. So we have these gas
deflectors. We're also, Dan's going to, and Yuri, are going to install
ham radio antennas so we have four of those around the circumference
of the Service Module. And then we also have some, let's see, they're
again, external science experiments that will be installed on the
way back in. So it's quite a bit of outfitting that they'll be doing,
and then on the inside I'll be helping them to get into their spacesuits,
I'll be closing hatches, making sure that all the hatches are sealed
and ready, and then probably try to sneak a peek at what they're
doing using some of our external cameras on the SSRMS.
understand that at the time that we're talking there's still some
discussion about adding another spacewalk or two later on in your
mission, after the S0 truss arrives, and those would be EVAs done
in the American spacesuits out of the new airlock. What would be
on the agenda for those EVAs?
Well, as you
know, the S0 truss is a huge piece of truss work-it's the first
piece of the external truss that will be attached to the U.S. Lab,
and it's sort of the foundation from which that external truss will
grow. And there's a tremendous amount of work that has to be done.
And so the shuttle crew will be performing a number of those activities
and if they run out of time to complete those, we will go out-Dan
and I, or Yuri and I-will go out and we'll complete the outfitting
of the S0. Things like there's a CETA spur which connects the airlock
to the S0 to allow easy translation; you know, we would be installing
that [and] some other things…there's an external charged particle
detector we would install that also put it in its operating position.
So these kind of things, we would just do just to help the shuttle
crew out, I guess.
turn our attention to that shuttle visit you'll receive during your
mission. The station assembly mission 8A delivers the S0 truss and
the Mobile Transporter. For starters, can you describe what those
components are, and explain their importance in the assembly and
operation of the station.
Well, the S0
is sort of the switching hub for all the electricity that will come
from the external solar arrays once the complete truss structure
is assembled. And so, and it also is the hub of the U.S. guidance
and nav equipment. And so, right now we've been relying for the
most part on Russian navigation systems, so we'll have a complete
U.S. set once the S0 arrives. So, the S0 is a, you know, has a tremendous
functionality and it needs its own updated software. Our job in
this to start with, will be for robotics to take the S0 out of the
payload bay of the shuttle and then install it onto the U.S. Lab.
We'll then use the SSRMS to support the EVA activities: we'll have
an EVA astronaut on the end of the SSRMS, and it'll probably [be]
the first time that that occurs, and so we'll be manipulating that
crewmember around to help him install and activate the S0. In addition,
we'll also of course be helping the shuttle crewmembers get dressed
and to get in and out of the station airlock, because they'll be
working on our station airlock. And so we'll be getting [them] dressed,
getting [them] out the door, bringing [them] back in, changing the
suits, because we have two teams of EVA crewmembers, so we'll constantly
be changing those suits as well.
you could give us a…four spacewalks is a lot of material to
cover, but a thumbnail sketch of what's going to be done during
those spacewalks, and apart from helping them get dressed in the
airlock, what you and your station crewmates will be doing inside
the station while the shuttle astronauts are working outside.
Well, while
the shuttle crews are outside, Dan and I, and Ellen Ochoa from the
shuttle crew, will be operating the SSRMS. And normally, because
the station arm is so big and the viewing is not as direct as we
have for the shuttle arm, we typically have two people-one running
cameras and then one actually flying. So we'll be working together
on that; the other crewmember will be working generally in the airlock,
and then the other thing is, because we're doing some power-downs
the S0 truss, being that it is sort of an electrical hub, we'll
have to mate several electrical connectors during this flight and
so we have to make sure that all the electrical inhibits are in
place prior to the EVA crews mating or demating cables to make sure
that they're safe to be handled. And so that's another thing that
we'll be doing is to make sure that those inhibits are in place.
So we have a lot going on, and, of course, you know, all the other
things that we have to do on the space station as well.
does the addition of the S0 truss and its new components, how does
it change or improve the functionality of the station for the remainder
of your time there?
Well, the addition
of the S0 truss plus the new command and control software that will
come up about a month earlier will allow the U.S. to have a full
guidance and navigation capability equivalent to what we have on
the Russian segment. So we'll have GPS antennas and also we have
the rate gyro assemblies, and so we will have data from both the
U.S. and the Russian segment. And it'll just make the station a
more reliable station, because if one source of data for some reason
cuts out, we have this equivalent data on the other side. So it's
just a more robust station.
the end of your flight, you'll be on hand on the station to greet
a taxi crew with a new Soyuz spacecraft. Tell me what activities
occur on board the station during the time that taxi crew is there.
Do they bring their own science? Do they help you with yours?
Well, I think
that, you know, that the primary job of the taxi crew is to bring
the new Soyuz. The Soyuzes can stay on orbit for about six months,
you know, plus or minus a month; they have some limited-life components,
and so we trade these Soyuzes out. And so the first order of business
will be to take the seat liners from the old Soyuz that belong to
our Expedition crew, move those to the new Soyuz, and then the seat
liners from the new Soyuz, move those to the old Soyuz. And so we
have to do that swap. And then, I'm not sure if they have their
own science agenda; I suspect that they will and so they will probably
go and begin their science program.
your ride home and your replacements arrive at the station next
spring, at that point you'll be working with your third shuttle
crew and second other station crew of your mission. What is it like
to have to train with, to have that many different elements of the
mission, that many different groups of people? Is that hard to keep
it all straight?
Well, it is
very difficult to keep it all straight and just…if you add
to that the fact that we were the backup crew for Expedition 2,
so we had to do the training with all the crews that they worked
with also, so, I mean, in one hand, it's very difficult to keep
it all straight; on the other hand, it gives us a tremendous advantage
in seeing all the different operations that have occurred and to
train significantly on each of those. So we have a tremendous amount
of SSRMS experience, for example, and from an EVA perspective we've
seen lots of different configurations, so we're very familiar with
the exterior of the space station from our EVA training. But it
is a challenge, but what we've done is…typically our training
for space shuttle has been very task-specific, because the tasks
are well-defined and they're limited in scope. With so many tasks,
we've really relied on more skill training so that we know how to
do categories of tasks. And so this new category comes up, for example,
the installation of the Mobile Base System; you know, it is another
SSRMS task and we approach it that way. And you know, it differs
a little bit from the S0, it's not as massive but, you know, we
follow our procedures, the procedures are similar, the types of
things that we do, the types of things that we look at. And so,
in that way, we can handle this massive amount of activity.
the time you, Yuri, and Dan leave the International Space Station,
what in your opinion will have had to have occurred for you to consider
Expedition 4 to have been a success?
Well, I think
that you know, of course that you know, we come down in, we return
in good physical shape-I think that's one of the most important
things-and that we leave the station in better shape than we got
it. That it will be a bigger station, a more robust station, and
then that we have completed successfully our scientific program.
this point it's been about one year since the first permanent residents
of the ISS arrived on orbit. Now we're at a point where we're pretty
routinely swapping out crews and delivering supplies and conducting
science on a station that's virtually self-sufficient. Finally,
Carl, give me your perspective: what are your thoughts on where
you see the International Space Station program taking us in the
short term and in the long term?
Well, in the
short term, of course, we will continue the assembly of the space
station, and I think we'll continue to build out that external truss,
to provide the power that we need then for the additional modules
that will be coming from Japan and from Europe, and then additional
modules perhaps, on the Russian segment as well. So that activity
will continue. And I think at some point we'll expand the crew to
probably six people so that we can have a more robust science activity
as we have these additional laboratories available. So, short term,
I guess continue the building, and then long term a bigger crew.
I also see that we'll begin more commercial activities on board
the station as well as the, as we can finish building and then we
get into a more mature operation, we'll see more commercial ventures
coming on board. And that'll be, I think, a tremendous challenge.
to get started?
You bet.
Curator: Kim
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The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort (fictional Eden resort) was used as filming location for the movie "Couples Retreat" starring Vince Vaughn and Kristin Davis.
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Two & a half Men filming location The "Two & a half Men" beach house flyover scene was filmed at the Malibu Colony near Malibu Lagoon. The actual film set is located at the Warner Brothers Studios http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x40l9x_two-a-half-men-behind-the-scenes_shortfilms - so unfortunately the house is not real and can't be visited. Sorry folks! Carrie Bradshaw's apartment This is the entrance to Carrie Bradshaw's apartment in the TV series/movie 'Sex and the city' starring Sarah Jessica Parker: Perry Street, West Village, New York City. House of "Malcolm in the middle" House where the hit series "Malcolm in the middle" was filmed: 12334 Cantura Street, Studio City, Los Angeles [Update] Unfortunately the house has been torn down. So sad :-( The map and the Streetview imagery already show the new house! "King of Queens" house This is the Heffernan house featured in the "King of Queens" sitcom starring Kevin James, Leah Remini and Jerry Stiller. The interior scenes were shot in the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California - the house is located in New Jersey (not Queens/New York). Source (thanks!): http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2009/10/30/the-king-of-queens-house House where 'Charmed' was filmed This is the house where the three sisters Prue, Piper & Phoebe Halliwell lived in the TV series 'Charmed' (1998 - 2006). The house is located in LA but the series takes place in San Francisco. "The Nanny" house This is the Nanny mansion in New York City. "The Nanny" was a sitcom from 1993-1999 with Fran Drescher. Full House filming location The filming location of Full House (1987 - 1995 starring the Olsen twins) in San Francisco. House of 'The Wonder Years' This is the house which appeared in the TV series 'The Wonder Years' (1988 - 1993). HOME - featured movie locations We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth's climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Watch the film here for free: http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=jqxENMKaeCU&feature=mv_sr Photos of HOME: http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index.php?option=com_datsogallery&Itemid=27&func=detail&catid=110&id=2300&p=1&l=1280&lang=en GoodPlanet Foundation http://www.goodplanet.org/en "Couples Retreat" movie resort in Bora Bora The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort (fictional Eden resort) was used as filming location for the movie "Couples Retreat" starring Vince Vaughn and Kristin Davis. Filming location of Desperate Housewives The film location "Wisteria Lane" of Desperate Housewives is located at the Universal Studios in Hollywood. House, M.D. filming location The exterior shots for House, M.D. (fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital) are filmed at the Princeton University in New Jersey. Basic Instinct House This is the cool seaside house of Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) in the movie Basic Instinct. It was last owned by Steve Fossett who died in a plane crash in 2007. 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' House This is the house where 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' (Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie) lived in the 2005 movie. Jurassic Park filming locations Kaua'i and O'ahu, Hawaii were used for the exterior shots for the Hit movie Jurassic Park (1993, Steven Spielberg). Filming location of "The Beach" Original filming location of the movie "The Beach" (2000) - Island Ko Phi Phi Le in Thailand. Sheats/Goldstein-Residence The Sheats/Goldstein-Residence is a an innovative house in Beverly Hills by famous architect John Lautner. It was built in 1963. The house has appeared in several movies (The big Lebowski, Charlies Angels, Bandits, Twilight). Grey's Anatomy hospital The Fisher Plaza in Seattle (next to the Space Needle) is used for some exterior shots of the fictional 'Seattle Grace Hospital' of the TV series Grey's Anatomy. Melrose Place apartment building The Melrose Place (TV series from 1992-1999 starring Heather Locklear) apartment building - for the exterior shots - is located in Hollywood. The Heartbreak Kid resort This is the cool Mexican resort where "The Heartbreak Kid" with Ben Stiller, Malin Åkerman and Michelle Monaghan was filmed.

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pens2005 wrote:DesertPenguin wrote:This is the worst year for Malkin and Letang to be up for contracts. You shouldn't compare old contracts to new because the CBA changed and the cap dropped almost 10%. Agents and players won't see it that way, and will want to compare new deals to previous ones.
I'm hoping he takes less than 10.8 with the assumption that he'll be able to make more on the 4 years following it than sid will. I'm hopeful for 9.5 million. That ammount would not hamstring the rest of the team.
He shouldn't make a penny more than 8.7 per year.
Anything more is a joke.
Malkin's last deal kicked in in the 09-10 season, when the cap was 56.8 million. If I am his agent, I'm not going any lower than his existing contract scaled to the current cap. 8.7 * (64.3/56.8) = 9.85m.
Prediction: Geno gets 8 years, 9.85m/season.


text: When the state of Virginia voted to secede from the United States during the Civil War (1861-65), the people of the rugged and mountainous western region of the state opposed the decision and organized to form their own state, West Virginia,in support of the Union. Congress granted statehood to West Virginia on June 20, 1863. The West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry was the site of John Brown's ill-fated 1859 raid on the federal armory there. AlthoughBrown's plan to arm a largescale slave revolt with weapons from the armory ultimately failed andBrown was hanged, the raiddid succeed in inflaming white Southern fears of slave rebellions and increased the mounting tension betweenNorth and Southprior tothe Civil War.Today, West Virginia is a major coal-producing state, supplying 15 percent of the nation's coal. The New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville is the longest steel arch bridge in the world. Every October, the town hosts a Bridge Day celebration when the road is closed to traffic and individuals are allowed to parachute and bungee jump off the bridge; the event attracts close to 100,000 participants and spectators each year. Famous West Virginia natives include actor Don Knotts, gymnast Mary Lou Retton and test pilot Chuck Yeager.


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Of the boxing franchises, LA Boxing is one of the oldest and largest. Founded in 1992 as a fighters' gym, the original LA Boxing facility eventually began attracting non-fighters—white collar professionals. One of those professionals was Anthony Geisler, president of an online gaming and software company. In 2003, Geisler bought the gym, later opening a second location before deciding to franchise the concept in 2004.
The growth was fast initially until the recession hit, says Philip Jacobs, director of franchise development. Geisler slowed growth to ensure that existing franchisees could weather the storm.
"The storm clouds seem to have passed," Jacobs says. "Anthony made the strategic decision to start franchising again. That's when he recruited me."
Jacobs joined the company in March 2011 with a 20-year background in franchise development for companies such as Mailboxes Etc., Coldwell Banker and Quiznos.
Today, the Santa Ana, CA-based company has 70 locations (12 of which are company owned) and another 60 under development, according to Jacobs.
In November 2011, the company awarded a flurry of new franchises in Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas and Virginia. This spring, the company announced plans to open six locations in New Orleans. It also announced franchise development in its top three growth markets of Philadelphia (10 locations planned in the next two years), Seattle (six locations to open in the next 18 months) and the New York City area (30 locations in the next 24 months).
As the number of open franchises has grown, so has the company's revenue. In 2009, LA Boxing brought in $3.4 million, growing to $3.5 million in 2010 and $3.7 million in 2011. In 2012, LA Boxing is on track to grow even further, bringing in $1 million in the first quarter, according to Jacobs.
The buzz around mixed martial arts (MMA) has fed into the company's growth, Jacobs says, and the upcoming boxing competitions slated for the Olympics should continue to fuel that.
The company promotes its hour-long classes as a quick and non-intimidating way to get in shape.
"We believe that boxers are the most well-conditioned athletes in the world, and they did not get like that by getting punched," Jacobs says. "They got like that by working out and dedicating to a routine. So that is what we've done. We took the exercising and the dedication that makes a boxer so well-conditioned and put it in a clean, friendly and welcoming environment suitable to soccer moms, dads and their kids."
At a Glance
- Company: LA Boxing, Santa Ana, CA
- Owner: Anthony Geisler
- Founded: 1992
- Franchising began: 2004
- Open locations as of May 2012: 70
- Franchises under development as of May 2012: 60
- 2011 Revenue: $3.7 million
- First quarter 2012 revenue: $1 million
- Average start-up costs: $230,000
- Initial franchise fee: $30,000
- Royalty fee: 6% of gross monthly income
- Target demographic: Communities with 100,000 people in a five-mile radius with household incomes of $50,000 to $70,000
- Average number of members per club: 550
- Average membership dues: $70 per month for unlimited classes
- Average personal training fee: $80 per hour
- Average facility size: 4,000 to 5,000 square feet
- Type of equipment: Average of 30-40 heavy bags, regulation boxing ring and some cardio and weight equipment


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THOMASVILLE | Shantelle McLaggan won first place Saturday Night at the 12th MLK oratorical contest.
THOMASVILLE | Shantelle McLaggan, a 17-year-old senior at Davidson Early College, won the first-place trophy Saturday night at the 12th Anniversary Oratorical Contest sponsored by the Martin Luther King Social Action Committee.
Along with the trophy she received a $2,000 scholarship from the Dr. W.E. Banks Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The theme for orators this year was "Clear Skies after the Rain."
McLaggan's oratory was titled "Here Comes the Sun," based on the Beatles' classic hit of the same name. Throughout her presentation she referred to the title and the phrase, "It's all right."
Her presentation included a slide show that enhanced the emotions for her speech. She showed both sadness and a positive attitude despite sharing the "rain" in her life.
McLaggan, a native of Jamaica, spoke of the trauma she experienced when her mother died. She was 8 years old and the oldest of three children.
"We had nothing and my poor father was left to care for three small children," she shared.
She told of her loneliness when she first came to this country and that she was unable to see her family who remained in Jamaica.
"After many years, I was given an authorization to travel outside the country and went back to Jamaica. I was so happy to see my little sister and especially my grandfather. In fact, the day I left Jamaica to return to the U.S., my grandfather died, but I know he's in a better place," she recalled.
She spoke often of her faith in God.
McLaggan wants to become a gynecologist/obstetric doctor. She hopes to return to join the organization Doctors without Borders, eventually building a hospital in Jamaica for women and children.
Seven other contestants won trophies and scholarships.
Second prize went to Deja Young, Thomasville High School; third went to Joshua Johnson, Thomasville High School; fourth place was presented to Melvinie Jackson from Chester High School, Chester, S.C.; fifth place was Wendy Alvarado from Thomasville High School; sixth place was Wayne Patterson of Mount Tabor High School; seventh was Lawrence Phillips of Thomasville High School; and eighth was Justin Burton of Lexington Senior High.
The remaining four contestants were all awarded an honorable mention trophy and recognized for their efforts.
The five judges deliberated for almost 40 minutes and readily admitted that all the contestants were so professional and so impressive that it was very difficult to rank them and pick one special speaker.
Dr. George B. Jackson, founder and director of the MLK-SAC, said to the large audience that the reason the committee sponsored the oratorical contest was to find those young people who demonstrated the passion and abilities that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used so effectively to motivate and lead people during the fight for civil rights.
He also emphasized the need for everyone to help the gifted and talented youths of the area attend college by sponsoring scholarship memorials.
"It can be to honor a living loved one, a deceased loved one or even yourself," he said.
While the judges deliberated, Jackson presented the MLK-SAC Community Service Awards to the Rev. Vickie McKiver and Freddie Lee Gaither Jr. These awards are based on service to the community above and beyond usual practices.


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The first one, below, shows the progress I have made on my new "Borrowed Roses" quilt. The block is based on a traditional block called Prairie Flower, Missouri Rose, or Rose Tree. The border and use of the blocks is based on an old late 1920s Rose Kretsinger quilt called "New Rose Tree." So far, I have finished four of the planned nine blocks and five of twelve border units. There will eventually be ribbons and tassels between all of the border units. The unfinished blocks are all basted, so they are easy to take along and work on at bees, meetings, doctor appointments, etc. – so hopefully, next month you will see the quilt top assembled… but don't hold your breath!
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Complexions Partners With Matter of Trust By Donating Hair Clippings
This new partnership with Complexions Spa will specifically assist MatterofTrust.org in making oil spill hairmats out of salon hair clippings swept off the floor and previously discarded. Because hair is a natural absorbent fiber, the clippings are used to create oil spill hairmats and help contain disastrous petroleum spills. The hair is stuffed into tubes (booms) made from recycled nylons and used for emergency oil spills around the nation. The mats are also extremely efficient for oil drip pans, machinery, pipelines, and even as booms for storm drains. "There are more than 370,000 hair salons in the U.S. and each salon collects conservatively about one pound of hair a day. Right now, most of that goes into the waste stream. Imagine the positive environmental impact if more salons donated their hair clippings to this great effort,"


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LSS Featured in Dallas Morning News
Hey everyone, I thought I would share this with everyone, our site has been mentioned in an article in the Dallas Morning News.
Our own Joe D was interviewed by DMN's Michael E. Young in a feature about Cowboys fans.
Great job Joe, we are so proud! 😉
Follow the link below for the full story.
Cowboys fans put past behind ahead of Eagles playoff game
Here's an excerpt that features Joe D:
After 13 years of playoff frustration – and an 0-6 record in those win-or-go-home games – many Dallas Cowboys fans look at tonight's game against Philadelphia with cautious optimism and a healthy respect for the past.
That's Joe DeCaro's take, anyway, and this lifelong Cowboys fan from New York City – a staff blogger for lonestarstruck.com – can't understand it.
"In our weekly chats, it seems very, very few are taking the plunge and getting excited," said DeCaro, "JoeD" to his readers. "It's like they don't want to jinx it."
That's understandable.
Sure, the 'Boys beat the Eagles twice this year, including Sunday's thumping in Arlington, the site of tonight's game. And the Cowboys are on a roll, winners of three straight, two of them shutouts and the third against the previously undefeated New Orleans Saints.
The running game is clicking, Tony Romo seems to have an answer for any defensive scheme and the Cowboys "D" has been lights out. What could possibly go wrong?
Oh yeah, there was that game against the New York Giants on Jan. 13, 2008, their third matchup of the year. The high-flying Cowboys won the first two. They lost the one that really counted.
The fans haven't forgotten.
To DeCaro, though, that was then and this is now.
Just as spring brings hope to every baseball fan, even in North Texas, DeCaro figures the parity found throughout the NFL means a few off-season changes can lift last year's losers right into the playoff race.
"I'm very optimistic and have been all year," he said. "I figured playoffs and believed we'd win the NFC East, no doubt about it."
But when he saw the enthusiasm of fans in Philadelphia and New York, and then looked at Dallas, "I wondered, 'Where's the noise?' "


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Category: Religious News
Church - Black Wedding
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A predominantly white Mississippi church has apologized for refusing to let a black couple marry in its sanctuary, though the couple said Monday they knew nothing of the apology until a reporter called.
The First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs posted the apology on its website Sunday, saying it was seeking "forgiveness and reconciliation" with Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson, with their families and friends and with God.
However, Charles Wilson said the church had not contacted him or his wife. He said only one or two people from the church have contacted him in recent weeks, and they did so personally and not as representatives of the church.
The Wilsons had planned a marriage ceremony at the church July 21, but some members objected to Pastor Stan Weatherford after the couple's rehearsal. The couple's wedding was held in a predominantly black church, where Weatherford officiated.


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Monday, August 13, 2007
Amano Single Origin Bars: Madagascar & Ocumare
It may come as a surprise to some candy eaters, but there really aren't that many different chocolate sources in the United States. Did you know that there are only 16 chocolate factories (actual factories that make chocolate from bean to bar) in this country? Everyone else who makes products that contain chocolate get it from someone else. Usually a big someone ... someone in "Big Chocolate." But every once in a while a little guy comes along and says they're going to start with some beans and some sugar and and make some chocolate bars. Of course it's hard to do that because chocolate making, in some ways, is about large scale. Large batches of chocolate mean lots of blending of beans goes on and then the product is consistent from batch to batch. An artisan maker can either attempt to create a cookie cutter product every time or embrace the individuality of the variety of the bean and the growing region.
Amano Chocolate's Art Pollard said just that. His chocolate-making techniques are more like a classic vintner than a candy maker. As a small company he chooses his beans personally and supervises the roasting and blending of the single origin sources to create hand crafted, small batch bars. Each bar is marked with a lot number and a molding date.
The ingredients are simple: cocoa beans, cane sugar, cocoa butter and Tahitian vanilla beans. Note that there's no added soya lecithin here. (The only other bars that I've tried that have no lecithin in them are Theo and Michel Cluizel.) The packaging is equally simple but also appropriate. The bar is inside a nice matte paperboard black tab-top box and the bar is wrapped in a medium weight gold foil. (I've had plenty of bars that come in a microthin foil that is impossible to reseal around the bar because it's torn to shreds.)
Madagascar Premium Dark Chocolate - 70% Cacao Minimum
Madagascar - tart with strong licorice and citrus tones. The tanginess seems to give the chocolate a very crisp finish, it's smooth, but not as full feeling on the tongue as the Ocumare. Eventually it settles into a flavor rather like golden raisins. (Lot no: 3/4/59 date: 1/14/2007)
Ocumare Grand Cru Dark Chocolate - 70% Cacao Minimum
Buttery and rich with a strong woodsy component. A little peppery bite as well as a little rosemary note. The flavors are thick and resonant, with a deepness and complexity that was good for savoring but also extremely pleasant to mindlessly eat. (Lot no: 3/4/61 date: 3/8/2007)
I have a feeling that I just plain old like Ocumare. It's my favorite single-origin bar from Chocovic.
I had several of these Amano Ocumare bars and found that they were much better, richer and more buttery after sitting for at least a month. So while "fresh from the factory" is good for some products, so is aging in the case of chocolate.
Brian from Candy Addict reviewed these bars and found them Awesomely Addictive. He notes a strong mint flavor in the Ocumare which was in a single molding of bars. Art Pollard dispatched a newer set of bars that did not have that hint of mint in them, hence the differing descriptions between our reviews (and more Ocumare for me!).
Amano's been getting a lot of press lately, especially since their good showing at the Fancy Food Show in New York earlier this summer. Here's a roundup of other reviews: The Art of Tasting Chocolate, David Lebovitz and Chuck Eats.
The final thing to note is the price. The bars run about $7.00 each and weigh 2 ounces - that's over $55 a pound and isn't a purty truffle or anything. In my middle-class existence that price makes these bars a "rare indulgence" but certainly for any chocophile is something that should be experienced. You can buy directly from Amano or possibly at Amazon (out of stock right now).
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The stand-alone pages explain the project's background, how to join, what else you can do, and the potential benefits of belonging to the team. Future blog posts will provide opportunities for you to share your Kiva tips and stories. I will also be inviting team members to do guest posts about their family history research or other interests.
I want this to be a friendly place where team members can have fun. This is also where we will announce prize draw winners, so Watch This Space!


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Associated Press
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – A Jordanian police official says a corporal who was critically wounded in street protests last month has died, the second fatality from violence linked to protests against price hikes.
The official says 31-year-old Ahmad Maqableh died of his wounds late Friday.
Maqableh was shot in the right eye during an attack by gunmen on a police station in Amman on Oct. 14.
A week of street violence that began Oct. 13 has battered this close U.S. ally, with some demonstrators calling on Jordan's king to step down. One protester was killed and 75 others, including 57 policemen excluding the corporal, were wounded.
The official spoke Saturday, insisting on anonymity because he is not allowed to make press statements.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Recap of ReCommerce hackday in Las Vegas, NevadaBrandon West
How many hackdays have you been to that include ziplining across 800 feet above a downtown parade? That's how we kicked things off in Las Vegas for Recommerce Day, a hack event with a focus on retail and sponsored by a lot of great companies and API providers, including Zappos, Mashery, Twilio, Etsy, and Klout.
There were 19 incredible hacks presented and a lot of great prizes were given away.
The winner for Most Fun and Weird went to Rotten Huevos from @harmophone, a web app that uses the Rotten Tomatoes API to check the movie you're about to watch, and then orders extra underwear via Manpacks if the movie is scary and might cause you to soil yourself.
The Best Mashup award went to Pik With Me, an iOS app that allows social garment selection. Users can search for garments via Zappos and Sierra Trading Post. They can then get feedback from their friends by inviting them to join in via Twitter, email, or SMS. Once connected, friends can suggest additional items which then show up on the paper doll and can be dragged around. Pik With Me was developed by @terencecarroll @renaun and @richardhoppes.
Best Overall went to 1st World Wants and Needs, a beautifully designed app that scraped Twitter for what people "want" and "need" and then provided links to items that might satisfy those demands. 1st World Wants and Needs was created by @shavonnahtiera @markjohnsoncc @mikebff and @markcicoria.
All in all it was a great event with a lot of great people, and we look forward to heading back soon!
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Dr. Bryce Peterson is the newest member of the medical family to join the San Juan Health Service District. He begins his first shift in the clinics and San Juan Hospital on Friday, June 28 as a Family Practice Physician.
Dr. Peterson is joined on the staff by his wife, Shonni Peterson. She is a nurse. This certainly makes them a dynamic couple ready to help the people of San Juan County.
After Peterson visited the San Juan Hospital on a recruiting trip, he left very impressed. Dr. Peterson said, "What an amazing facility in such a small community."
Dr. Peterson is a native of Bountiful, UT. He attended the University of Utah after graduating from high school and serving an LDS mission. At the U of U, he graduated with honors and served as the President of the Student Senate.
After graduating from the University of Utah, Dr. Peterson attended medical school at Ohio State University. At medical school, he said he couldn't choose just one subject to study and instead, he chose all. He follows in his father's footsteps to become a family practitioner.
Peterson recently completed his residency at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, UT and follows a familiar path from McKay-Dee to San Juan County.
Other physicians who came to San Juan Hospital after a McKay-Dee residency include Dr. Joel Porter, Dr. Curtis Black, and Dr. Kelly Jeppesen.
San Juan Hospital CEO Phil Lowe is delighted to welcome Dr. Peterson. "The arrival of Dr. Peterson fills our needs for Family Practice Physicians," explained Lowe.
Peterson joins Dr. Black, Dr. Jeppesen, Dr. Paul Reay, two Physician Assistants and a Nurse Practitioner at the hospital and clinics.
Lowe also points out that the hospital has general and orthopedic surgeons on staff, in addition to experienced and dedicated nursing, laboratory, surgical, radiology and primary care staffs.
When asked why he chose to start his career in San Juan County, Dr. Peterson picked two words: Fun and Adventure.
Dr. Peterson and his wife are very excited to be moving to the county to experience the beautiful area that surrounds us. Shonni was a junior national mountain bike champion, and they can't wait to hit the local trails.


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I'm 24 years of age, a keen artist/creative and am currently employed as a graphic designer at a signage shop in Newcastle.
I spend any free time i have freelancing & working on various other creative ventures under Lil Col Illustrations.
I am inspired by all things circus, typography, animals and yeah life!
I hope to live a life of imagination and creativity and see where it leads me.


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Certain images will forever be associated with Christmas. There's the roaring fireplace, the tree garlanded with lights and the children anticipating Santa Claus' arrival in a state approaching hysteria.
Another image associated with the holiday is that of stockings hung from the mantelpiece, with each family member's name written on them. And while it's true that some people are most eager to see what's in the absolute largest box under the tree, the stocking stuffer has its own unique charm. It may not be a flat-screen TV or a full drum kit, but its understated size can convey an intimacy that more spectacular items can't.
People who choose to give stocking stuffers are not limited to inexpensive trinkets by any means. Many presents that can fit comfortably in the average stocking convey indulgence and extravagance.
CNBC.com presents a list of 10 luxury gifts whose small sizes are offset by their large price tags.
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January 29, 2011
The Wabash College indoor track and field team scored seven first-place finishes to claim the team title at the 2011 North Coast Athletic Conference Relays held Saturday afternoon at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
View photos taken by senior Alex Moseman, who was also part of the winning weight throw relay team, here.
The quartet of Austin Hodges, Jimmy Kervan, Micky Posthour, and Kevin McCarthy won the sprint medley relay, crossing the finish line with a time of 3:38.11. The remainder of the top finishes for the Little Giant team came by combining individual results in various track and field events.
Charles Smothers (left) posted the fastest time in the 55-meter dash, winning the individual title by finishing in 6.64. Teammate Sean Hildebrand took third with a time of 6.75, giving the pair the first place time of 13.39 to win the 55-meter dash relay. Seth Einterz won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:20.47, joining with Brian David in sixth place (15:40.48) for a total time of 31:00:95 to win the relay portion of the event.
Matt Knox and Sam Glowinski (below right) finished 1-2 in the pole vault to easily capture first place in the relay portion of the event. Knox cleared 4.25 meters (13 feet, 11.25 inches) for the best mark in the event, while Glowinski cleared 3.95 meters (12 feet, 11.50 inches) for second. Chase Belton and Vann Hunt combined to win the triple jump relay with a total distance of 24.43 meters (79 feet, 10 inches). Belton finished third overall (12.18 meters; 39 feet, 11.50 inches), while Hunt was fourth (12.15 meters; 39 feet, 10.50 inches).
Patrick Posthauer and John Haley won the 55-meter hurdle relay with a combined time of 16:34. Posthauer finished second overall with a time of 8.12.
Seniors Matt Scheller and Alex Moseman added the final relay title, scoring a total distance of 28.85 meters (93 feet, 4.25 inches) in the weight throw. Scheller was second overall (15.16 meters; 49 feet, 3.75 inches) while Moseman took third place (13.42 meters; 44 feet, 0.50 inches).
Hildebrand, Smothers, Haley, and Chet Riddle were second in the 800-meter relay with a time of 1:33.06. Jake Waterman, Cole Hruskovich, Justin Allen, and Kevin McCarthy added a second-place finish in the 3200-meter relay (8:07.64).
John Bogoucki and Devin Kelley finished second in the high jump relay. Bogouki took second overall by clearing 1.85 meters (6 feet, 0.75 inches).
Wabash scored a total of 116 points, edging Ohio Wesleyan in second place with 113.5 points. Oberlin took third (71.5 points), followed by Wittenberg (55), Allegheny (48), Wooster (37), Kenyon (25), and Denison (22).


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Edythe Abdullah, Luther Coggin, Toni Crawford, Wilfredo Gonzalez, Steve Halverson, Ann Hicks, Wanyonyi Kendrick, Judith Solano, Bruce Taylor, Carol Thompson, Kevin Twomey, and Jerry Watterson.
O'Neal Douglas.
Chair Thompson spoke of the recent hurricanes and the damages to some of the other universities within the state university system, such as the University of West Florida in Pensacola, most recently, and Florida Atlantic. She said she was grateful that little damage had occurred on campus or in the city of Jacksonville and expressed her appreciation for the efforts of city and university employees to prepare citizens of the community and those on UNF's campus for the storms and for their work to repair damages, both locally and statewide, afterwards. She noted that no public comments had been submitted and requested a motion to approve the minutes. Trustee Twomey offered the motion and it was seconded by Trustee Gonzalez. Trustees approved the minutes unanimously.
Chair Thompson noted that UNF had received some good publicity due to the presidential debates, with a great deal of discussion and participation from students during events scheduled on campus to watch the debates. She said the events and discussions had been very helpful and good for the University community and she applauded the campus community and the community relations department for their efforts.
The next BOT workshop was announced as November 19. Chair Thompson said the Board would continue its efforts in refining UNF's mission and strategic goals. She asked President Delaney to discuss university metric tracking measures. President Delaney referred trustees to a loose sheet at the back of the meeting booklet which listed possible dashboard indicators for tracking purposes. He said one possibility for the workshop would be discussion of specific goals for the president and his staff. Another possibility was comparison with other SUS institutions and UNF's peers. Chair Thompson added that the purpose of the discussion was to begin dialogue about what the Board would like to see as the University moved toward establishing more measurable goals. She asked trustees to contact the president if they had thoughts about the direction of the next workshop. Another item she proposed for discussion at the workshop was that of phone participation during regularly scheduled board meetings. The Board had previously established a policy of not allowing phone participation during regularly scheduled meetings, though some exceptions had been made, particularly during the summer. She said she was certainly open to discussion of the policy during the workshop.
Chair Thompson said the Governor periodically convened with the BOT chairs to get their input and share his thoughts. A meeting was called for October 4; Chair Thompson was unable to attend and asked Vice Chair Halverson to go in her stead. She thanked him for attending on the Board's behalf and asked him to talk about the meeting topics.
Trustee Halverson said the meeting began with discussion of hurricane damages at each institution. The Governor suggested that the universities share best practices and treat the experiences as a learning laboratory. Tuition policy was also discussed. Mr. Halverson said he was struck by a couple of things during the meeting: the thoughtfulness of the Governor and the Board of Governors when changing tuition policy and the level of respect accorded UNF by the other universities, the Board of Governors, and Governor Bush.
As a follow up to Vice Chair Halverson's comments, Trustee Gonzalez said he would like to encourage a procedure for commending the Governor on activities supported by the Board. Chair Thompson said Governor Bush and the Board of Governors were looking for input and she thought they would appreciate commendations or recommendations when applicable.
President Delaney added that the Governor had met with the university presidents on October 11. He said the University of West Florida had to write a check for $3 million just to cut up the downed trees. He expected a fairly aggressive legislative package this year. Referring trustees to a loose sheet in the back of their packets, he stated that it was the first draft of the measurable numeric dashboard indicators trustees had requested.
Chair Thompson announced a joint meeting between the UNF Board of Trustees and the FCCJ Board of Directors. The purpose of the meeting was to encourage dialogue about higher education in the community from a workforce standpoint. She hoped to discuss the number of ways the two institutions were already collaborating, as well as future ideas for collaborative efforts. From a governance perspective, she said it would be a strategic dialogue, possibly resulting in recommendations for ways of more appropriately serving the community.
Trustee Abdullah added that only 18 percent of adults in Florida hold baccalaureate degrees. The state ranked approximately 47th in the U.S. for the number of adults with degrees, which meant that adults were not able to read, write, and communicate effectively in the global economy. She said she would like to talk about how the institutions could collaborate on resources to provide more educated people for the workforce. She believed that, as all religions had sort of a central core, so also did institutions of higher education. She felt it was a great opportunity to pull together her passion for UNF and her passion for FCCJ.
Chair Thompson said she didn't wish to make a unilateral decision about the meeting and asked if trustees approved of such an endeavor. Hearing no dissent, she said the meeting would take place on November 2, from 11:30-1:30 at FCCJ. Further information would be sent out by email. Chair Thompson expressed the Board's appreciation for Trustee Abdullah's contributions. She suggested trustees read the JCCI Town and Gown study if they had not already done so, as she thought the two boards might wish to consider some of the report's recommendations.
Committee Chair Twomey said the Finance and Audit Committee had a good meeting. Three items were discussed. Regarding end of the year financial reports, Trustee Twomey said the University spent just under 95 percent of the budget, ending the year with a bit more financial flexibility than expected. The University had two audits of the direct service organizations: the UNF Foundation and the Training and Service Institute. Both audits were clean. Trustee Twomey said the audits had also been discussed at length at a meeting he attended at Epping Forest prior to the Finance and Audit Committee meeting. He said the status of the update on the Auditor General's report was also talked about and indicated the pertinent attachment in the meeting materials. He announced that the committee had nominated, endorsed, and approved Trustee Kendrick as vice chair of the FAC. The committee had also deliberated the possibility of a move to Division I, but Trustee Twomey said he would wait until that agenda item came up before making any comments.
Committee Chair Hicks said she had two items to be discussed: the Y-Axis for the Board of Governors strategic plan and the update on fall enrollments. She asked Dean Serwatka to give a summary of the Y-Axis agenda item, noting that the plan had both qualitative and quantitative aspects and that the qualitative aspects fit well with issues verbalized in President Delaney's inaugural address. Dr. Serwatka indicated that there were two parts of the report. The first two pages set out the goals that the Board of Governors had for the state university system. He pointed out sections with missing information, explaining that this was because the BOG had not yet received the information from the universities. The BOG asked questions about accessibility and the production of degrees, as well as about qualitative measures. The second two pages represented the contributions UNF would be willing to make toward the state's commitment. He pointed out the University's projections for degrees over the next several years, including the number of degrees in high need areas. Indicating sections that showed a decline, he said trustees would notice a note that showed the decline could be overcome with additional resources. He said the University was on target with research; he expected to exceed the targets but thought UNF would at least keep up with the state minimum.
The next section revolved around more qualitative questions, asking if the universities were interested in having centers of excellence. Dean Serwatka said UNF had targeted four areas that currently had active research going on in advanced weather information systems, rapid response and remote sensor networking, vector-borne diseases, and manufactured structure performance. The plan also asked about academic and research programs, such as the flagship programs spoken of by President Delaney. Another question asked by the BOG had to do with the universities' ability to mesh with the needs of their regions. UNF had replied in terms of both the First Coast Targeting Plan and the JCCI Town and Gown study, outlining intentions to strengthen undergraduate programs and expand research, as well as the need for additional resources.
Trustee Solano said she had been asked by her constituents how the list of potential centers of excellence had been decided. Dr. Serwatka replied that deans had been contacted and that the University was not committing to the proposed centers, but only to apply for centers of excellence of some type if given the opportunity. Trustee Solano said that if the University should get to the point of moving forward, she would like to see more faculty input in the decision. Dean Serwatka said that her request was easily accommodated.
Trustee Kendrick said she was interested in talking about the Board's desires in terms of the institution's ultimate targets. Chair Thompson asked trustees to keep the topic on the forefront during the workshops, using the time to consider how to more clearly define the University's targets. Trustee Hicks motioned for approval of submission of the University's response to the BOG's Y-Axis plan. The motion was approved unanimously.
Committee Chair Hicks spoke of Ms. Kaye's presentation on fall enrollments at the committee meetings, stating that it was the most exciting part of her service on the EPC. She pointed out the photography in the publications from the Enrollment Services Office, stating that the pictures were fantastic and noting that the photographer was a graduate of UNF. She asked Ms. Kaye to discuss this year's fall enrollments.
Ms. Kaye indicated the smaller pamphlet, which she said was intended for recruitment of high profile students for next year. She thanked John Yancy of Admissions for his hard work on the brochures and the report she was about to give. The total enrollments came to 14,660 students, an increase of over 4 percent from the previous year. She said the final figures were included in Attachment 6B. She was most pleased about the increase in student diversity. President Delaney pointed out that diversity had increased from 16 to 21 percent, or approximately a third more minority students. Ms. Kaye attributed the increase to the commitment of the Board and the President. She said many strategies had been implemented to bring about the added enrollments. Continuing with her report, she noted that approximately 77 percent of UNF's new students came in with Bright Futures scholarships. The average age of UNF's students had decreased, correlated with the increase in full time students. The gender split had remained much the same. She said that admissions had set lofty goals for next year as well, hoping to increase enrollments, diversity, and entering SATs and GPAs.
Complimenting Ms. Kaye, Trustee Kendrick said her passion came through in everything she did and that her results were great. Trustee Kendrick thanked Ms. Kaye and said she was delighted with the report and with Ms. Kaye's efforts.
Chair Thompson asked Provost Giordano to introduce his guest. Dr. Giordano said Mr. Montiel, a recent UNF graduate in political science and a former leader in Student Government was working with him as part of a pilot project devised by President Delaney. He said Mr. Montiel would be attending all of the BOT meetings this year. Mr. Montiel thanked the Board for the privilege and said he looked forward to working with trustees in this new capacity. Chair Thompson said the trustees were pleased to have him with them for the year.
Dr. Allaire said the Finance and Audit Committee had discussed a proposed naming opportunity at a meeting several months before and had asked staff to revise the naming policy to reflect non gift consideration. A new policy was drafted and brought to Committee Chair Twomey for input. Trustee Twomey offered several suggestions, stating that the determinants for having a building named after an individual for a gift of service should be due to an extraordinary and unprecedented contribution to the success of the University. Noting that the process for naming when a gift was involved was well thought out and clearly written, he recommended changing the terminology to indicate that an individual should be nominated for recognition rather than for naming. Such nominations for recognition would go through Dr. Allaire's office to the president and the Board, allowing those entities to come to a decision about the type of recognition to be bestowed. Dr. Serwatka said another suggested addition was that the individual must have been away from the University for some period, ensuring that the contribution stood the test of time.
The group agreed that the policy should be tabled and brought back to the Board after the changes had been made and the revised policy had been vetted through the constituent groups.
Trustee Taylor recommended that the agenda item be discussed further by trustees at the next workshop as well. At Trustee Watterson's suggestion, the Board agreed that the policy would be sent to the constituent groups both before and after the workshop.
Ms. Owen announced that the Governor was expected to call a special session after November 2 and probably during the week of December 13, to deal with hurricane relief as well as universal pre-kindergarten. The next revenue estimating conference would be held November 12. She said the conference would impact the special session and the Governor's budget in January. She added that though November's revenue estimates might not be very high, revenue was expected to pick up early in the year, offering a brighter outlook going into the regular session in March. Referring trustees to Agenda Item 8 in their packets, she indicated the specifics on funding requested for the universities by the BOG for the 2005-06 fiscal year. She went over the highlights, stating that the BOG had requested $32 million in major gifts for the universities and enrollment growth of $78.2 million for an additional 7,292 FTEs. Of those, UNF had requested 607 new FTEs, which, if funded at the new funding formula, would mean an additional $5.3 million for UNF. A total of $24.6 million was requested for statewide critical needs, initiatives submitted by each university designed to meet one or more of the BOG's four articulated goals:
1. Increasing access,2. Meeting statewide professional and workforce needs,3. Building world-class academic programs and research capacity, and 4. Meeting community needs and fulfilling unique institutional missions.
Of that amount, UNF would receive $3,245,750 to fund initiatives a) increasing the number of nurses graduated each year through expansion of the current undergraduate program and the initiation of a new Master's level program; b) expanding teacher preparation programs specifically for special education, math, and science majors and improving secondary level teachers; and c) increasing and improving preparation of engineering and networking professionals. The amount recommended for UNF was the second highest recommendation for all eleven universities. Additionally, $87 million had been requested for academic enhancements, which, if funded, would allow university boards flexibility to expend the funds in addressing issues such as faculty and staff salary increases, research and economic development initiatives, and or community and institutional needs in conformance with the BOG's strategic plan.
During the BOG meeting planned for the following week, three items were to be discussed: tuition and fee policy, possibly decreasing the amount matched in the major gifts program, and governance, as statutes had not been changed since Amendment 11 passed. The recommended PECO list would also be approved. Though the list initially seemed somewhat lean, as new money became available along with non-recurring funds, the universities were likely to end up with more than was recommended.
President Delaney added that the budget was one of the topics discussed in his recent meeting with the Governor. Governor Bush indicated that the state's budget was in pretty good shape and was not likely to be hit overly hard by the storms due to the influx of federal monies. The Governor indicated that his concern about the budget had been greatly ameliorated during the last couple of weeks.
Trustee Taylor asked about the University's position on the Lambda Rail project. President Delaney asked Provost Giordano to comment. Dr. Giordano said university administration had been examining the project carefully. An ad hoc committee appointed to look into the issue recommended serious investigation of the multiple opportunities presented by the initiative. The committee recommended becoming a member of the association, possibly as soon as December. The UNF Technologies Committee endorsed the initiative unanimously and it had been introduced as a topic in Dean's Council. The project would also be deliberated by the president's staff soon. Trustee Taylor said he was pleased as the initiative was an extremely significant technology investment and, as he understood it, would bring a significant amount in grants in addition to opening access to that band of the information highway. Provost Giordano said the lead professor on the weather project also enthusiastically endorsed the initiative. Trustee Solano added that any programs identified as programs of excellence would need this access.
President Delaney said the only reason he had not yet moved to approve the initiative was the expense. He was concerned that a new level could come out after paying for access to this one. Should grants materialize, he said, he would be happy to move toward membership.
President Delaney said application to Division I had been discussed in both committees. In response to some questions from Trustee Halverson during the FAC meeting, he said it was very clear that the academic mission of the University was paramount to the Board. He felt the real issue was whether a move to Division I could coexist with the mission of the University. UNF's students believed the move would be an asset to campus life. President Delaney had insisted on five fundamentals in examining the possibility of a move: the move could not include football, Education and General funds not be used in the move, there could be no impact on the institution's academic standards, and UNF must be able to compete with its current facilities and must be able to afford the change. He said he had gone over the budget in both committees after looking at dozens and dozens of permutations to be sure there was no cost to the University.
After the committee meetings, at the suggestion of Trustee Halverson, surveys were sent out to similar universities who had made a move to Division I without football to ensure that there were no unexpected costs. All had confirmed that there were no surprises. President Delaney said he did not have financial concerns about moving into Division I. He believed it would be an asset to student life and that it could coexist with the academic mission of the institution. He added, in response to a question from Trustee Solano, that the move could be approved at this meeting or a decision could be postponed until a later meeting at the trustees' discretion.
Trustee Gonzalez moved to authorize the president to begin the process for application to Division I. Trustee Solano seconded the motion, stating that in a faculty survey the previous year, one group had been very much in favor of the move and another had opposed athletics in any form. Many faculty members just weren't sure. Athletics had made an effort to provide information on athletics on campus and had successfully revitalized the Intercollegiate Athletic Committee, comprised primarily of faculty and chaired by a faculty member. She said she believed most of their questions had been answered so had no problem voting on behalf of faculty.
Trustee Twomey said he felt President Delaney had done a wonderful job leading the Board through the decision and he, personally, was satisfied. He thought the University was ready and supported the move. Trustee Watterson noted that the majority of the student body strongly supported the move. Chair Thompson added that previous decisions not to apply had not been due to lack of interest on behalf of the Board, but rather because of finances at the time and because the University had not yet selected a president at the time. UNF had since hired a permanent president, vice president of Administration and Finance, and provost. The student and faculty constituents, as well as the Boosters and Athletics were all in favor.
Dr. Serwatka reminded the Board that the move was based on the $2 increase in student fees that had been passed by the Legislature in the event of a move to Division I. President Delaney said the Fee Committee was unanimously in support of the increase. Vice President Shuman mentioned the Boosters, stating that the director of Athletics and Vice President Gonzalez had met with them and they were willing to help increase the amount of money available for scholarships in support of the move. Chair Thompson asked that acceptance of the $2 increase also be incorporated into the motion on the floor. Trustee Watterson noted that he had been assured by the Board that there would not be another fee increase for Athletics for four years with the approval of the $2 increase.
Vice Chair Halverson said, as the resident skeptic on the issue, he remained intuitively skeptical, more philosophically than factually. He did not believe the area suffered from a deficit of athletic opportunities but knew that the area suffered from a deficit of intellectual capital. He said there was no positive correlation between academic and athletic excellence so he did not accept that there was credible evidence that the move to Division I would have a positive effect on UNF's academic standing. However, he said he was influenced by the students' willingness to take on the fee increase, faculty's general support, and most of all by President Delaney's thoughtful and thorough examination of the issue. He felt the president had made the analysis as objective as possible and insisted that the University hold to the principles outlined by the president, holding to the academic primacy of the institution and allowing no derogation of its academic mission. He said there would be pressures and he felt it important to acknowledge them, acting always to protect academic primacy. Thus he spoke in support of the move with much reluctance.
Trustee Kendrick said she supported the proposal primarily because of the Board's desire to preserve academic standards. She felt it was important to present a well rounded individual to society and believed a sporting component to education would assist in this effort. Trustee Coggin said he felt the possible problems with a move to Division I had been clearly defined by the president and that his five points were all valid. As those points had been well answered, he was delighted to be in attendance at today's meeting. He called for a vote on the motion. The motion to begin the process to move to Division I passed unanimously.
Chair Thompson spoke of the hard work that had gone into the president's analysis of the issue. She thanked President Delaney and his staff, the trustees for asking hard questions about the subject, the students, Boosters, and faculty. She said the Board was committed to moving to Division I and equally committed to academic excellence.
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- Enough to feed a family and easy enough for the kids to help prepare!
- 8 chicken breasts
- 1 cup Russian salad dressing
- 1-8 oz. jar apricot jam
- 1 pkg. onion soup mix
- Place chicken breasts in a 13X9" baking dish or pan.
- Mix dressing, jam and soup mix.
- Pour ½ of mixture over chicken, cover with foil.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Uncover, spread remaining jam mixture over chicken.
- Return to oven, uncovered, and bake for 30 minutes longer.
Terri's Notes
Good served over rice.
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