diff --git a/plugins/globe/start.php b/plugins/globe/start.php
index 67d534a9d1a354e3bdf5ce98b2391d2b1e05c4d9..83092e68d2fe6a4f3655329c244404a3a9d658b0 100644
--- a/plugins/globe/start.php
+++ b/plugins/globe/start.php
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 		// Set up the menu for logged in users
 		if (isloggedin()) 
 		{
-			add_menu(elgg_echo('globe'), $CONFIG->wwwroot . "pg/globe/");
+			add_menu(elgg_echo('Globe'), $CONFIG->wwwroot . "pg/globe/");
 			//add_menu(elgg_echo('groups:alldiscussion'),$CONFIG->wwwroot."mod/groups/discussions.php");
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			add_menu(elgg_echo('globe'), $CONFIG->wwwroot . "pg/globe/");
+			add_menu(elgg_echo('Globe'), $CONFIG->wwwroot . "pg/globe/");
 		}
 		
 		register_page_handler('globe', 'globe_page_handler');	
diff --git a/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/content.php b/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/content.php
index cf9001dfdde371d601c773b1459e506e7b8f4319..16603fdd9e82f55805b82a651f2369f700be4cea 100644
--- a/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/content.php
+++ b/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/content.php
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">var config_url = "<?php echo $CONFIG->url ?>";</script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://globe.poly9.com/api.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $CONFIG->url ?>mod/customindex/witw_people.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $CONFIG->url ?>mod/customindex/views/default/customindex/globesplash.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $CONFIG->url ?>mod/globe/views/default/globe/globefeatured.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $CONFIG->url ?>mod/globe/views/default/globe/globecontrol.js"></script>
 
 <div id="globeInner" style="opacity:1 !important; display: block !important;width:940px;height:705px;background-color:#000;"></div>
 
diff --git a/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/globecontrol.js b/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/globecontrol.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1fccfb9dc34a39827290c4b8ce92425f32bedccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/globecontrol.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<!-- begin poly9 globe js -->
+var setT;
+var counter=0;
+//number of featured huskers
+var counterMax=36;
+
+function startMap() { 
+	//turn off the overlay
+	this.toggleDashboard();
+	//set the initial zoom level
+	map1.zoomTo(10505000,1.5,"easeInOutQuad");
+	
+	//put in the pins for featured huskers
+	for(counter=0;counter<counterMax;counter++){
+		per = husker[counter];
+		placePin(per.lng,per.lat,per.username,per.location,per.displayname,per.title,per.comment,per.linkname);
+	}
+	
+	//auto fill the globe with featured huskers	
+	counter=Math.floor(Math.random()*counterMax);
+	setTimeout("displayFeatured();",1000);
+
+};
+
+function displayFeatured(){
+	p = husker[counter];
+	openLocation(p.lng,p.lat,p.username,p.location,p.displayname,p.title,p.comment,p.linkname);
+	counter++;
+	if(counter>=counterMax)
+		counter=0;
+	setT=setTimeout("displayFeatured()",3000);	
+
+};
+
+function placePin(lng, lat, username, location, displayname, title, comment, linkname) {
+	var latlng = new FE.LatLng(lat,lng);
+	label = window.label = new FE.Pushpin(latlng,new FE.Icon(config_url+'mod/customindex/map-pin-12.png'));
+	//make pins clickable
+	FE.Event.addListener(label, 'click', function() { openLocation(lng, lat, username, location, displayname, title, comment, linkname);});
+	map1.addOverlay(label);
+};
+
+function openLocation(lng, lat, username, location, displayname, title, comment, linkname) { 
+	clearTimeout(setT);
+	var latlng = new FE.LatLng(lat,lng);	
+	setTimeout(function(){map1.panTo(latlng,1.5,"easeInOutQuad")}, 50);
+	label = window.label = new FE.Pushpin(latlng,new FE.Icon(config_url+'mod/customindex/map-pin-12.png'));
+	map1.addOverlay(label);
+	applylabel(latlng, location, title, comment, displayname, username, linkname);
+};
+
+function applylabel(latlng, location, title, comment, displayname, username, linkname) {		
+	if(!linkname){ //these are the most recently joined users, they dont have a linkname to a featured profile
+		if(comment != undefined && comment != "")
+		label.openInfoWindowHtml('<div id="witw_wrapper">'+
+								'<a href="'+config_url+'pg/profile/' + username + '"><img class="witw_icon" src="'+config_url+'mod/profile/icondirect.php?username=' + username + '&size=medium" width="60" height="60" /></a><h1>' + displayname + '</h1>'+
+								'<p class="witw_location">' + location + '</p><p class="witw_title">' + title + '</p>'+
+									'<p class="witw_comment"><strong>Why here?</strong><br /><em>\"' + comment + '\"</em></p><p class="witw_comment" style="margin-top:-6px; padding-right: 12px; text-align:right;"><a href="'+config_url+'pg/profile/' + username + '">View Profile</a></p>'+
+								'</div>', 256, 154);
+		else
+		label.openInfoWindowHtml('<div id="witw_wrapper">'+
+								'<a href="'+config_url+'pg/profile/' + username + '"><img class="witw_icon" src="'+config_url+'mod/profile/icondirect.php?username=' + username + '&size=medium" width="60" height="60" /></a><h1>' + displayname + '</h1>' +
+								'<p class="witw_location">' + location + '</p><p class="witw_title">' + title + '</p>'+
+									'<p class="witw_comment"></p><p class="witw_comment"><a href="'+config_url+'pg/profile/' + username + '">View Profile</a></p>'+
+								'</div>', 256, 154);
+	}
+	else //these are the featured WITW Huskers (like Buffett, etc)
+		label.openInfoWindowHtml('<div id="witw_wrapper"><img class="witw_icon" src="'+config_url+'mod/customindex/witw_icons/' + linkname + '_medium.jpg" width="60" height="60" /><h1>' + displayname + '</h1><p class="witw_location">' + location + '</p><p class="witw_title">' + title + '</p><p class="witw_comment">' + comment + ' <a href="'+config_url+'featured/husker/' + linkname + '/">Continue Reading...</a></p></div>', 256, 154);		
+};
+
+WDN.jQuery(document).ready(function() {
+	try{
+	   window.map1 = new FE.Map(document.getElementById("globeInner"));
+	   map1.onLoad = startMap;
+	   map1.load();
+	}catch(e){}
+	
+	WDN.jQuery('#globeInner').height(501);
+});
+
+
+<!-- end poly9 globe js -->
+
diff --git a/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/globefeatured.js b/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/globefeatured.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e337167937d5f5054ca44e2d0b4c4b04445fd3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/globe/views/default/globe/globefeatured.js
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+// lng, lat, username, location, displayname, title, comment(text area), linkname(the username with the underscore) 
+
+function person(lng, lat, username, location, displayname, title, comment, linkname)
+{
+this.lng=lng;
+this.lat=lat;
+this.username=username;
+this.location=location;
+this.displayname=displayname;
+this.title=title;
+this.comment=comment;
+this.linkname=linkname;
+};
+
+
+
+var husker = new Array();
+husker[0]=new person('-91.5330870','41.6578850','demouser','USA - Iowa City, IA','Nancy Andreasen',
+		'Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and Director of its Neuroimaging Research Center',
+		'Nancy Andreasen\'s Breakthrough Research Changed The Way Modern Science Understands Schizophrenia.',
+		'Nancy_Andreasen');
+husker[1]=new person('126.9779692','37.5665350','demouser','South Korea','Atorod Azizinamini',
+		'Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of NaBRO',
+		'Atorod Azizinamini is developing better ways to renovate existing bridges and to build new ones that last a century or longer.',
+		'Atorod_Azizinamini');
+husker[2]=new person('-77.0240550','38.8920910','demouser','USA - Washington, D.C.','Claude M. Bolton, Jr.',
+		'',
+		'Air Force "Top Gun" Claude Bolton Thrives On New Challenge: Acquiring Equipment For The Army.',
+		'Claude-M_Bolton-Jr');
+husker[3]=new person('-96.0247270','41.2532250','demouser','USA - Omaha, NE','Warren Buffett',
+			'Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway',
+			'Warren Buffett, \'50, has some investment advice for everyone: invest in yourself.',
+			'Warren_Buffett');
+husker[4]=new person('4.4699360','50.5038870','demouser','Belgium','Ann Chang-Barnes',
+			'Interim Executive Director, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and Artist-in-Residence',
+			'Ann Chang-Barnes champions performing arts for Nebraska - she even plays a little piano herself.',
+			'Ann_Chang-Barnes');
+husker[5]=new person('-96.7','40.8','demouser','USA - Lincoln, NE','Bing Chen',
+			'Chair of Computer & Electronics Engineering',
+			'Bing Chen has taken his robotics-based curriculum to school - in Nebraska and across the U.S.',
+			'Bing_Chen');
+husker[6]=new person('116.3979471','39.9081726','demouser','China','Xun-Hong Chen',
+			'Professor of Hydrogeology',
+			'Xun-Hong Chen studies water in the Nebraska Sandhills in the fight against global water shortage.',
+			'Xun-Hong_Chen');
+husker[7]=new person('-98.4937220','29.4250370','demouser','USA - San Antonio, TX','Granville Coggs',
+			'',
+			'Granville Coggs, \'49, triumphed over 1940s racial discrimination to become part of a living American legend.',
+			'Granville_Coggs');
+husker[8]=new person('-80.2064440','25.9794980','demouser','USA - Miami Gardens, FL','Dr. L Trey Coleman',
+			'Director of Grants and Sponsored Research, Florida Memorial University',
+			'Football delivered Dr. L. Trey Coleman out of a troubled past to Nebraska. He left with a future.',
+			'Dr-L-Trey_Coleman');
+husker[9]=new person('-96.7','40.8','demouser','USA - Lincoln, NE','Pam Dingman',
+			'CEO of Engineering Design Consultants (EDC)',
+			'Pam Dingman is one of a handful of U.S. women who manages and owns a civil engineering firm.',
+			'Pam_Dingman');
+husker[10]=new person('-94.5836440','39.0904310','demouser','USA - Kansas City, MO','Christopher Elbow',
+			'',
+			'Christopher Elbow, \'96, has developed a national reputation for his exquisite handmade chocolates.',
+			'Christopher_Elbow');
+husker[11]=new person('-96.7','40.8','demouser','USA - Lincoln, NE','Shane Farritor',
+			'Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering',
+			'Shane Farritor, \'92, has conducted promising research on railcar derailment and surgical robots.',
+			'Shane_Farritor');
+husker[12]=new person('-69.3831079','-15.7961915','demouser','Bolivia - Lake Titicaca','Sheri Fritz',
+			'Willa Cather professor, Department of Geosciences',
+			'Sheri Fritz studies lake mud to research climate change and human impact on the environment.',
+			'Sheri_Fritz');
+husker[13]=new person('151.2071140','-33.8671390','demouser','Australia - Sydney','Rulon Gardner',
+			'Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler',
+			'Rulon Gardner, \'96, won Olympic gold, but he\'ll never stop pushing.',
+			'Rulon_Gardner');
+husker[14]=new person('160.336071','-79.464507','demouser','Antarctica','David Harwood',
+			'Professor and Stout Chair in Stratigraphy',
+			'David Harwood brings the entire continent of Antarctica into his UNL classroom.',
+			'David_Harwood');
+husker[15]=new person('15.4729620','49.8174920','demouser','Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary','John Hoerner',
+			'',
+			'John Hoerner, \'61, has been a leader in European retail for more than 20 years.',
+			'John_Hoerner');
+husker[16]=new person('30.8540570','36.9598850','demouser','Turkey - Mediterranean Coast','Michael Hoff',
+			'Professor of Art History',
+			'Michael Hoff explores ruins of a Roman temple in Turkey - and takes students along for the ride.',
+			'Michael_Hoff');
+husker[17]=new person('-101.7204980','41.1309980','demouser','USA - Ogallala, NE','John Janovy, Jr.',
+			'Varner Professor of Biological Sciences',
+			'John Janovy, Jr., is at his best teaching biology in the field.',
+			'John_Janovy-Jr');
+husker[18]=new person('-122.4192090','37.7752060','demouser','USA - San Francisco, CA','Jay Keasling',
+			'',
+			'Jay Keasling, \'86, runs a lab that is creating a cure for malaria.',
+			'Jay_Keasling');
+husker[19]=new person('117.2523808','39.1038561','demouser','China - Tianjin','Scott Killinger',
+			'',
+			'Scott Killinger (\'61) specializes in planning new housing and commercial buildings in China.',
+			'Scott_Killinger');
+husker[20]=new person('2.3509871','48.8566667','demouser','France, Poland and Italy','Karen Kunc',
+			'',
+			'Karen Kunc, \'75, is an artist whose work has been shown in galleries around the world.',
+			'Karen_Kunc');
+husker[21]=new person('28.2871670','-15.4081930','demouser','Zambia - Lusaka','Nithal Kuwa',
+			'Graduate student, Biological Sciences',
+			'Nithal Kuwa\'s research could impact more than 1.8 million children in sub-Saharan Africa.',
+			'Nithal_Kuwa');
+husker[22]=new person('-122.0851100','37.4219470','demouser','USA - San Francisco, CA','Cindy McCaffrey',
+			'',
+			'Cindy McCaffrey, \'80, shaped marketing blitz that helped make "Google" what it is today.',
+			'Cindy_McCaffrey');
+husker[23]=new person('-77.0265910','38.8856150','demouser','USA - Washington, D.C.','Betsy O\'Brien',
+			'',
+			'Betsy O\'Brien, \'67, made a career of quantifying future energy sources and costs.',
+			'Betsy_O\'Brien');
+husker[24]=new person('-77.0240550','38.8920910','demouser','USA - Washington, D.C.','Juanita Page',
+			'',
+			'Juanita Page, \'04, is the network manager and advertising sales producer for Discovery Health Channel.',
+			'Juanita_Page');
+husker[25]=new person('18.4904100','-22.9576400','demouser','Nambia','Larkin Powell',
+			'',
+			'Larkin Powell blogs about his year-long Fulbright experience in Namibia.',
+			'Larkin_Powell');
+husker[26]=new person('-122.1155690','47.6722350','demouser','USA - Redmond, WA','Jeffrey Raikes',
+			'CEO, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation',
+			'Jeffrey Raikes, a native of Ashland, NE, is a major supporter of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.',
+			'Jeffrey_Raikes');
+husker[27]=new person('-88.4976500','17.1898770','demouser','Belize, Guatemala, Mexico','Brett Ratcliffe',
+			'',
+			'Brett Ratcliffe, who some call an extreme scientist, studies beetles in Central America.',
+			'Brett_Ratcliffe');
+husker[28]=new person('-58.3731613','-34.6084175','demouser','Argentina','Jorge Alberto Rodriguez',
+			'',
+			'Jorge Rodriguez, \'79, \'80, is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina.',
+			'Jorge-Alberto_Rodriguez');
+husker[29]=new person('-95.9423630','41.2597510','demouser','USA - Omaha, NE','Avery Schwer',
+			'Associate Professor of construction systems',
+			'Avery Schwer, associate professor of construction systems, is building the house of the future.',
+			'Avery_Schwer');
+husker[30]=new person('-73.9856550','40.7484330','demouser','USA - New York, NY','Ted Sorensen',
+			'',
+			'Ted Sorensen, \'49, \'51 spent 11 years as JFK\'s highly influential speechwriter and domestic policy adviser.',
+			'Ted_Sorensen');
+husker[31]=new person('-87.6348870','41.8776540','demouser','USA - Chicago, IL','Bob Thacker',
+			'',
+			'Bob Thacker (\'70) is a legendary retail marketer whose secret is "Look before you leap - but leap!"',
+			'Bob_Thacker');
+husker[32]=new person('-98.9770470','42.5366690','demouser','USA - Atkinson/Crofton, NE','Ken Vogel',
+			'USDA-ARS plant geneticist at UNL',
+			'Ken Vogel, \'74, studies what may become the next generation of biofuels - switchgrass.',
+			'Ken_Vogel');
+husker[33]=new person('35.2007000','31.7857000','demouser','Isreal; Palestinian Terretories','Sidnie White Crawford',
+			'Willa Cather Professor and Chair, Department of Classics and Religious Studies',
+			'Sidnie White Crawford\'s work sheds light on Middle East conflict.',
+			'Sidnie_White-Crawford');
+husker[34]=new person('31.1825290','-10.2084000','demouser','Zambia','Charles Wood',
+			'',
+			'Charles Wood empowers Zambians to fight the HIV/AIDS battle themselves.',
+			'Charles_Wood');
+husker[35]=new person('34.8888220','-6.3690280','demouser','Tanzania','John Yohe',
+			'Associate Prof and Dir, Int Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research Support Prgm',
+			'John Yohe is delivering higher sorghum and millet yields in Africa - and back home.',
+			'John_Yohe');
+husker[36]=new person('23.7166470','37.9791800','demouser','Athens, Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney, Beijing','Trischa Zorn-Hudson',
+			'',
+			'Trischa Zorn-Hudson, \'87, was an athlete at Nebraska. She may be the Huskers\' biggest fan, too.',
+			'Trischa_Zorn-Hudson');