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  Brian Duffy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brian Duffy (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut.
Duffy graduated from the USAF Academy in 1975.
Duffy was the pilot on STS-45 Atlantis (March 24 to April 2, 1992), the first of the ATLAS series of missions to address the atmosphere and its interaction with the Sun.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brian_Duffy   (622 words)

  
 Spacemen Cometh Again | United States Golf Association
Duffy, a retired NASA astronaut with four Space Shuttle missions to his résumé, and Terry, who is a flight simulation supervisor with United Space Alliance, came to Far Hills, N.J., to talk to sixth- and seventh-graders about life lessons learned while involved in the space program.
Duffy, now a vice president for Lockheed Martin Space Operations in Florida, and Terry first became involved with the USGA through the notorious "shuttle putter" incident.
The crew surprised Duffy by presenting him the putter on the flight deck as the shuttle was orbiting Earth.
www.usga.org /news/2003/october/spacemen.html   (584 words)

  
 Brian Duffy- RUC and British Army collusion in murder in northern Ireland.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Brian Duffy- RUC and British Army collusion in murder in northern Ireland.
Brian had been a pupil at St. Gabriel’s Secondary School on the Crumlin Road and was due to sit his GCSE examination in the coming months.
Mr Duffy, Brian's father, was highly critical of the RUC behaviour after his son’s murder.
www.relativesforjustice.com /victims/brian_duffy.htm   (657 words)

  
 AboutFilm.com - Overnight (2004)
The film's directors, Mark Brian Smith and Tony Montana, were co-managers of Duffy's rock band, The Brood, and received their subject's permission to document what was supposed to be a Cinderella story.
Duffy is a walking cliché of machismo and arrogance, and we've seen the blueprint of this character countless times before.
Duffy certainly may have made his own fate, but as dislikable as he appears, don't be fooled into believing that he's the only villain in this film.
www.aboutfilm.com /movies/o/overnight.htm   (820 words)

  
 STS-92 Crew Members
Brian Duffy (Col., USAF), 47, is Discovery’s Commander for the STS-92 mission.
This is Duffy’s fourth flight into space, having served as the Pilot on the STS-45 and STS-57 missions and Commander of the STS-72 mission.
Duffy is responsible for the overall success and safety of the flight and will be in charge of Discovery’s rendezvous and docking to the International Space Station.
www.shuttlepresskit.com /STS-92/crew.htm   (913 words)

  
 Who's Who in Kenpo: Brian Duffy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Brian Duffy began his training in Kenpo Karate in 1970, and in 1972 began training directly under Gary Swan, President of the National Chinese Kenpo Karate Association.
Duffy in projects for the IKKA such as the development of a standardized children's curriculum and revision of the IKKA belt charts and manuals.
Duffy has since authored the restructured 16-technique curriculum currently in use and widely accepted by Kenpo schools all over the world, and has also sponsored the 1994 Texas Training Camp which saw the birth of the AKSC.
www.kenponet.com /flame/whoswho/whoswho/brian_duffy.html   (327 words)

  
 Scott Wheeler Interviews BRIAN DUFFY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Brian B. Duffy is the only native of Rockland, Massachusetts, USA ever to look down on the treetops of his hometown from an altitude of 200 miles, even if it was only a fleeting glimpse—and he even managed to get a souvenir snapshot of the encounter.
Duffy’s "prize catch," a vivid color photograph of eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod from Earth orbit, was only one of a series of breathtaking color images captured by Duffy and his fellow crewmembers on the Earth Orbiter Atlantis during their ten-day STS-45 orbital mission, which lasted from March 24 to April 2.
Duffy is scheduled to take to the skies in Atlantis again sometime late next spring, and he will spend most of the next year preparing for that mission.
members.aol.com /scottwheelerband/duffy.htm   (727 words)

  
 Brian Duffy: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Brian Duffy (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA (An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight) astronaut (A person trained to travel in a spacecraft).
He enjoys golf (A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes), running (The act of administering or being in charge of something), and reading.
Duffy next commanded a six-man crew on STS-72 (additional info and facts about STS-72) Endeavour (January 11-20, 1996).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brian_duffy.htm   (807 words)

  
 Audikt™ { audio addicted }
Brian: All through my young days i was sure that i was going to be a painter, much to the confusion of my family,who would rather i worked in the local factory and brought home some money.
Brian: We all drive down a very wide road, some of us drive down the middle of the road,some along the edges, theres plenty of room for all of us, its important to remember that art/music/ design is not a competition but a vocation.
Brian: Like most artists when they start out my work was about personal./self expression, nowadays im not concerned with cluttering up the art field with yet more work about monkey ego interpersonal emotional feedback loops.
www.audikt.com /issue1/interview.php?id=25   (1451 words)

  
 Emerald Reflections Online
Francis Duffy was the chaplain of the Fighting 69th, the mostly Irish regiment that has fought in America's wars since its formation in 1851.
Duffy was one of the most decorated American regiments of World War I. One of their commanders was William "Wild Bill" Donovan, who returned to the United States as the second most decorated soldier of the conflict, the first being the Commander in Chief, John Pershing.
Duffy, as a result of his placement at Holy Cross, became the priest of choice on the speaker's circuit.
www.angelfire.com /wi/shamrockclubwisc/Reflections/page115.html   (4125 words)

  
 MEET THE STS-92 CREW
Duffy was the pilot on STS-45 (March 24 to April 2, 1992), the first of the ATLAS series of missions to address the atmosphere and its interaction with the Sun.
Duffy commanded a six-man crew aboard Endeavour on STS-72 (January 11-20, 1996).
During the 9-day flight the crew aboard Endeavour retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Japan 10-months earlier), deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer, and conducted two spacewalks to demonstrate and evaluate techniques to be used in the assembly of the International Space Station.
www.space-shuttle.com /sts92crew.htm   (3866 words)

  
 NEWS ARTICLES FROM 2003
Brian Duffy was never the biggest or the fastest.
Duffy threw for 1676 yards this season, which was more than enough to shatter the previous Rockland County record set by Tappan Zee's Tom Rooney in 1988.
Duffy has had other things to be happy with, such as when he spoke to incoming freshmen as a part of the student ambassador program.
www.webspawner.com /users/paulvillanueva/newsarticlesfro.html   (632 words)

  
 Scholastic News Zone Special Issues Online: Blast Off
Astronaut Brian Duffy, one of the stars AND camera operators for the IMAX Space Station 3-D movie, spoke recently to Scholastic News Zone.
Duffy and his crew prepared the station for its first long-term inhabitants.
Duffy: When you're filming in three dimensions, and the camera is static and not moving, it's impressive.
teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/blastoff/astronaut.asp   (1750 words)

  
 Brian Duffy
Brian Duffy is an American astronaut who was born on June 20, 1953, in Massachusetts.
Before he became an astronaut, Duffy was a test pilot for the Air Force.
Duffy made his first spaceflight in 1992 aboard STS-45.
www.windows.ucar.edu /people/astronauts/duffy.backup_CopyrightChange   (270 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Brian Duffy is the front-page editorial cartoonist for The Des Moines Register (see the animated editorial cartoons hes developed for the Web at DesMoinesRegister.com).
A graduate of West Winds-Wauwatosa High School, where he was staff editorial cartoonist for the school newspaper, Duffy attended the University of Wisconsin, both in Milwaukee and Oshkosh, majoring in political science and history.
Duffy's work has won many awards, including: First place, World Hunger Media Award (1985 and 1986), Second place, Editorial Cartooning, Best of Gannett Contest (1986, 1995 and 1996), Finalist, Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition (1986), Third Place, Editorial Cartooning, Best of Gannett contest (1987, 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1994).
www.kingfeatures.com /features/edcar/bwduffy/bioMaina.htm   (210 words)

  
 HOWIE DAY, BRIAN DUFFY, AND MERCENARY EDITIONS - Producers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Brian had been quite impressed with the performance of the 1969ME on full program material, but only had enough room in his rack for one of them, which was relegated to acoustic guitar and vocal duties.
Brian used the polarity switch on the 1969ME to work around some problems he found with the guitar Howie chose to play.
As the 1968ME is the compression section of the 1968ME without the mic pre's in a 1 RU enclosure, Brian picked one up and had it shipped to the band's first date for use as his mix buss compressor.
www.audiocourses.com /article625.html   (628 words)

  
 Science Show - 15/6/2002: Space Station 3D
A veteran astronaut of four space flights totalling 40 days, 17 hours, 34 minutes and 59 seconds in space, Brian Duffy was the flight commander of Mission STS92 to attach one of the final pieces onto the station: the Z1 truss structure.
Brian Duffy: Well, so far we have produced a fully functioning space station that has brought 16 nations together, working peacefully to better life on earth, and I can’t think of any other event that has done such a thing.
Brian Duffy: It changes the way you think about yourself and other people.
www.abc.net.au /rn/science/ss/stories/s581514.htm   (830 words)

  
 WhoWon.com ... The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information
Duffy edged Andy Anderson for the lead at the flag stand on lap 16.
Duffy’s win was his first of the season at The Rock.
Duffy led the first six laps by starting on the outside pole and then gave way to Anderson in turn one on the sixth lap.
www.whowon.com /Results.asp?TrackID=1282&StoryID=129255   (757 words)

  
 Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Veteran space shuttle commander retires
In his most recent mission, STS-92 in October 2000, Duffy commanded a crew that continued assembly of the International Space Station by attaching the Z1 Truss and a pressurized mating adapter to the vehicle.
Previously, Duffy commanded STS-72 in 1996 and served as pilot in his first two missions, STS-45 in 1992 and STS-57 in 1993.
Duffy, looking forward to his new role in support of the space program, said, "I've been honored to have been a part of the NASA/JSC team for the last sixteen years.
www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0106/16duffy   (303 words)

  
 Staff Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Duffy, B.R., "Anthropomorphism and The Social Robot", Robot as Partner: An Exploration of Social Robots, 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, September 30 - October 4, EPFL, Switzerland, 2002.
Duffy, B.R., Joue, G., Bourke, J. Issues in Assessing Performance of Social Robots", 2nd WSEAS International Conference on Robotics, Distance Learning and Intelligent Communication Systems, Skiathos Island, Greece, September 25-28, 2002.
Duffy, B.R. Anthropomorphism and Robotics", The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour - AISB 2002, Imperial College, England, April 3-5, 2002
www.cs.ucd.ie /staff/bduffy/long.htm   (1156 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- The STS-92 Crew Astronaut Biographies
Ask mission commander Brian Duffy what he's least looking forward to about Discovery's mission and the answer is simple: Saying "Wheels Stop" when the ship comes to a halt on the runway at the end of the planned 11-day flight.
The fact of the matter is this: Duffy and his six crew mates - along with their spouses and in many cases, offspring -- have formed near-inseparable bonds during three years of intense, demanding, often time-consuming training.
Duffy, 50, is a U.S. Air Force colonel making his fourth shuttle flight.
www.space.com /missionlaunches/missions/sts92_crew_bios-2.html   (458 words)

  
 Engineer Brian Duffy Takes Howie Day Out With Drawmer
Duffy was quite impressed with the performance of the 1969ME on full program material, but only had enough room in his rack for one, which was relegated to acoustic guitar and vocal duties.
One side of the 1969ME was used for Day’s acoustic guitar, which came into the preamp, then saw about 6 dB of gain reduction from the compressor.
Duffy explained, "I was holding that pretty heavily into the compression.
mixonline.com /mixline_live/Howie-Day-Drawmer-1180515/index.html   (385 words)

  
 Dissension in the Rankings - U.S. News responds to Slate's "best colleges" story. By Brian Duffy and Peter Cary
Brian Duffy and Peter Cary have written a rebuttal, to which I have four objections.
In their rebuttal, Duffy and Cary do not dispute that U.S. News benefits financially when the rankings change.
Brian Duffy is executive editor of U.S. News and World Report.
www.slate.com /id/34278   (1557 words)

  
 BBC - collective - brian duffy
brian duffy's reviews and conversations are linked to from this page.
Links to other pages that brian duffy publishes on Collective will appear here.
brian duffy's latest weblog entry will appear here.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/U766615   (330 words)

  
 Alibris: Brian Duffy
Author Duffy's witty portrayal of the upper class will have readers with tears--and dollar signs--in their eyes.
As gripping as fiction, yet all incredibly true, this book is the story of how FBI Special Agent Bonavolonta brought down the most powerful Mafia families in New York--and forever revolutionized the investigative procedures of the FBI.
by Duffy, Brian, and Overholser, Geneva (Foreword by)
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Duffy,Brian   (475 words)

  
 TV : Date Plate : Bio: Brian Duffy : Food Network
When Brian Duffy isn’t on the line as the executive chef at Sonoma Restaurant in Philly’s trendy Manayunk section, he teaches cooking classes, makes public appearances, volunteers his time with local shelters and kitchens, and helps bachelors and bachelorettes cook up love connections on Food Network’s, Date Plate.
In 1998, (after stints at the Four Seasons Philly, Striped Bass and others) Duffy opened Kristopher's, a 34-seat BYOB restaurant, to rave reviews from both the media and the public.
Duffy lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife Sarah and their two-year-old daughter Emily Hazel.
www.foodnetwork.com /food/show_dp/article/0,1976,FOOD_10226_1944317,00.html   (163 words)

  
 Martial Artist Biography - Brian Duffy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-08)
Duffy began his training in Kenpo Karate in 1970, and in 1972 began training directly under Gary Swan, President of the National Chinese Kenpo Karate Association.
Duffy has competed in over 124 Tournaments and won 157 trophies (major awards listed below).
Duffy has since authored the Restructured 16 Technique Curriculum currently in use and widely accepted by Kenpo schools all over the world, and has also Sponsored the 1994 Texas Training Camp which saw the birth of the AKSC, as well as developed the Kenpo Long Staff Seminar and Curriculum incorporating Kenpo Techniques and Principles.
usadojo.com /martial-artists-biographies/martial-artist-brian-duffy.htm   (261 words)

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