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Our second edition of the blog features three additional teams that are heading towards the final round of the competition: Team PISCES, representing Portugal, Team GEBCO-NF Alumni, an international team hailing from over 15 different countries, and Team Texas A&M Ocean Engineering, a student team from Texas A&M University, United States. Read on to find out more about these teams and continue to follow XPRIZE on Facebook and Twitter for updates on when new posts become available.
The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE is a global competition with a goal to advance the development of marine robotic technologies to access and illuminate the deep-sea like never before. In March 2018 we announced the 9 Grand Prize Final Teams who made it past the rigorous Round 1 Technology Readiness Test and assessment by our independent Judging Panel. For the second and final round of testing in November and December of this year, these teams, representing 9 countries with team members from over 28 countries, will be tasked to autonomously map and image the seafloor at 4000 meters beneath the sea surface.
What these teams have accomplished, and are preparing for in their upcoming mission, has been no easy feat. Over the next few months, we are excited to introduce you to these teams and, through their own words, their trials and triumphs, and their audacious and challenging XPRIZE journey. We hope you enjoy this series of blogs and decide who you will be cheering for to win the first place Grand Prize of $4 Million in the second and final round of the competition!
Team Name: PISCES
Team PISCES is a Portuguese team that joins together members of the Center for Robotics at INESC TEC, a private non-profit research institution, and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). With over 20 members of multi-disciplinary backgrounds actively involved, Team PISCES proudly represents Portugal in this competition. PISCES's technology combines technologies developed at INESC TEC (Porto) and CINTAL (Algarve) to create the PISCES system that leverages cooperative robotics. Learn more about Team Pisces here as well as their team website.
Team Lead Dr. Nuno Cruz juggles many responsibilities as a Professor and leader of this XPRIZE Finalist Team. Nuno holds a MSc. in Digital Systems Engineering and a PhD. in Electrical Engineering, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and a Research Coordinator at the Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems at INESC TEC. He has been involved in the development and deployment of marine robotic vehicles for more than 20 years.
Answers Provided By: Nuno Cruz, Ph.D, Team Lead
What is your favorite oceans-related movie?
My favorite oceans-related movie is The Perfect Storm (2000), directed by Wolfgang Petersen. I had previously read the book by Sebastian Junger, so the plot was not a big surprise, but the visual effects added a dramatic perspective about the power of the ocean and nature in general. I think it is a nice tribute to the effort of the fishing communities around the globe to bring us seafood to the table!
What first sparked your interest in the oceans?
I was born in Porto, a seaside city, so most of my childhood vacations were spent on the beach. I remember exploring the little ponds in the rocks during ebb tides, finding little fish and crabs, sometimes painfully stepping over sea urchins… I guess the variety of life found in those little ponds sparked the curiosity about what else could be found in such a vast ocean ahead.
What do you appreciate about the XPRIZE approach in solving grand challenges?
At INESC TEC (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science), we are used to applying for funding in typical calls for research projects. In such calls, we compete for funding with other researchers based on our ability to convince the evaluation panel that we have ambitious but reasonable goals, and that we have the right approach to succeed in these goals. Most of the pressure is on the proposal, and then, if the funding is granted, we just need to follow the approved plan. On the other hand, in the XPRIZE approach the focus is much more on the results, i.e. in our ability to reach results that are the best within the community. This means that we may have a good idea and fail because of practical issues, or simply being beaten by another team with better results. So, instead of convincing an evaluation panel, the team must be self-convinced of their capabilities.
What do you think we will find at the bottom of the ocean?
Given the vastness of the ocean and the extremely harsh conditions of the deep ocean, the expected density of interesting features at the sea bottom is very low. However, all the entries will have to cover large areas, so we hope the PISCES team will have the chance to capture video footage of some new marine species and some evidence of a geological phenomenon. Unfortunately, I think we will also find disturbing signs of marine pollution.
What has been your biggest personal or group achievement in getting to the finals?
The PISCES team aggregates more than 20 people from different labs and locations, and all have been successfully improving different pieces of technology. However, the strength of the PISCES approach is the coordinated operation of complementary assets, therefore I think the major achievement so far has been the autonomous launch of the DART Autonomous Underwater Vehicle from the Roaz Autonomous Surface Vehicle.
2018 is the year of the World Cup and the year of the Finals for this Competition, why should people root for your team?
Since the best soccer player in the world is Portuguese (Cristiano Ronaldo), maybe the best ocean exploring team will also be Portuguese – the PISCES team!
Who is your favorite explorer and why?
In terms of boldness, I admire the Portuguese explorers of the 15th and 16th centuries, who were incredibly brave to venture into completely unknown regions on ill-equipped ships. However, my generation was lucky enough to grow up watching two of the greatest explorers of the modern age on TV: Sir David Attenborough and Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Even though both were always transporting viewers to remote environments, I think Cousteau showed us much more inaccessible habitats, and amazing creatures with surprising behaviors.
In your opinion, what do you hope might be the biggest technological breakthrough in the next 100 years?
I hope the biggest technological breakthrough in the next 100 years will be in human transportation. We've had very slow evolution on transport related technology in the last decades, so I hope there will be one or more leaps to provide us safe, fast and reliable access to remote environments, from the deep ocean to outer space.
Team Name: Texas A&M Ocean Engineering
The Texas A&M Ocean Engineering Team combines student engineers with world leaders in subsea technology to take on the challenge of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Roughly 40 of Texas A&M University's graduate and undergraduate students as well as alumni work together to form this student-led team, utilizing Artificial Intelligence on subsea and ocean-going vessels in the hopes of creating a fleet of the most advanced vehicles on the market. Team Texas A&M Ocean Engineering is also the sole team competing in both the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE and the NOAA Bonus Prize, a $1 Million supplemental competition to trace a chemical or biological signal to its source.
Team Lead Dylan Blakeslee is a senior ocean engineering student at Texas A&M University. Having successfully led his Team during the Round 1 Field Tests in the Fall of 2017, Dylan continuously brings optimism and a drive to succeed for his team as they work towards putting their final Entry to the test for the final round. Dylan's passion and ambition goes beyond winning the competition—his ultimate goal is to help develop a suitable and cost-effective fleet of AUVs to deploy around the world for research and accessible education. Learn more about Team Texas A&M Ocean Engineering here and follow them on Twitter @TAMU_ODXP.
Answers Provided By: Dylan Blakeslee, Team Lead
What do you appreciate about the XPRIZE approach in solving grand challenges?
We appreciate the XPRIZE approach to solving grand challenges because it has brought a lot of attention and light to the vast unknown that is our ocean. By creating a system to explore our ocean, we may find answers to some of the greatest challenges facing our world. We may find more resources, new species, and new chemicals that could lead to the cure for cancer.
What has been your biggest personal or group achievement in getting to the finals?
Our team's biggest accomplishment is mustering together the support system that we have to remain strong in this competition. Coming from a team of little financial support and run by a small group of undergraduate students, we have accomplished so much and raised an unbelievable amount of support from our generous partners.
In your opinion, what is the biggest technological breakthrough in the last 100 years?
We believe that the biggest technological breakthrough in the last 100 years has to be the development of autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence because it opens up a variety of technologies to be developed in the future in order to increase human efficiency and safety.
Team Name: GEBCO-NF Alumni
Team GEBCO-NF Alumni is a truly international team characterized by its diversity and global distribution. Led by alumni of the Nippon Foundation / GEBCO Ocean Bathymetry training program at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping of University of New Hampshire, the team has members, advisors, and contributors from over 15 different countries. The team's collaborative spirit is also reflected in their approach for this competition, leveraging existing technology and strategic partnerships and blending them with new innovations in offshore logistics to create a wholly unique solution.
Team Leads, Dr. Rochelle Wigley - who serves as Project Director for all Nippon Foundation GEBCO projects at UNH, and Dr. Yulia Zarayskaya - from the Geological Institute of Russian Academy of Science, manage to pull together the GEBCO-NF Alumni team members across various continents and time zones for the joint goal of mapping the sea floor and winning the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. Rochelle received her Ph.D. in Geological Sciences in 2005, Yulia receiving hers in Geology in 2017. Learn more about Team GEBCO-NF Alumni here and through their team website.
Answers Provided By: Rochelle Wigley, Ph.D., Team co-Lead
Yulia Zarayskaya, Ph.D., Team co-Lead
Timothy Kearns, Team Member and Advisor
What is your favorite oceans-related movie?
The 1989 film, The Abyss. Directed by James Cameron, I have to think it partially inspired him to be one of a handful of humans to explore the deep oceans. The movie tantalizes us with what could be down there and was one of the main reasons some of us sought ocean exploration and mapping as a career.
What first sparked your interest in the oceans?
Sharks…. Sharks are amazing. Ancient fish that are different from all the other fish that live in the ocean. With all the myths and stories around them. I still think it's one of the most interesting fields of marine biology – to study this creature.
What is your first memory of the ocean?
I grew up near the ocean and my family visited it often. I remember standing on the beach as a young child and thinking not what's out there, but what's under there. That was a defining moment for me, when I realized that I wanted to know what was beneath the surface.
What do you appreciate about the XPRIZE approach in solving grand challenges?
The XPRIZE competition encourages people to think outside of the box and allows them the opportunity to really explore creative solutions to current technological challenges. The creation of the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team allowed us to combine a group of alumni and advisors from diverse backgrounds and interests and the collaboration resulted in exciting new ideas and approaches that an individual would not have achieved. The tight deadlines also force creative and unexpected solutions as a necessity.
What do you think we will find at the bottom of the ocean?
I'm sure there are lots of people that wonder if there are alien spaceships, or wrecks with pots of gold and jewels on the bottom of the ocean. For me, I'm confident we'll find amazing mountains and canyons that are unparalleled to what we have on land. Being a part of the first group of humans to see these features is exciting and pushes me to keep exploring.
Describe an "ah-ha" or breakthrough moment during the competition.
During sea trials, we have spent months testing our system's communications and software. Some things worked, some did not at all. This was part of the routine and it was getting us closer to the goal - we all knew it, but I do not think we really felt it. The thought that we were very far from being ready was always with us.
Right before the Technology Readiness Test, we had a video group filming us during our mission and I think they were so inspired with how we were working together that they wanted to help us as much as they could with what they could. The same evening, we had completed some tests for the first time, and the film crew assembled a very short video of our operations for us. It was a very successful test and we had done all we planned to do, but to see how the team was working together to make it happen, to see ourselves through this film crew's eyes was, I think, the most important breakthrough moment during the project.
What has been your biggest personal or group achievement in getting to the finals?
The biggest achievement of the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team getting into the finals is that this was done without the entire Team ever having been together in one place and some never having actually met others – this shows that communication and collaboration can and will be done successfully using remote technologies in the future. Where there is a determination to bring about change, passion and dedication will always win.
2018 is the year of the World Cup and the year of the Finals for this Competition, why should people root for your team?
Our team is a bit of an underdog. We are cobbled together, our collective passion for ocean mapping and our ties to GEBCO bind us. Many of us have never met. We are in diverse industries and come from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Yet we have persevered. We found an amazing financial partner, boat builder and technology providers to help us build our solution. In our eyes, it is our solution, but one we want to share with everyone.
In your opinion, what is the biggest technological breakthrough in the last 100 years?
Hands down, space exploration. Our understanding of Earth increased exponentially in just a few short decades. From conclusively seeing that the Earth is round to better understanding climate, ocean currents, land masses and ice sheets, human understanding of the terrestrial Earth exploded.
In your opinion, what do you hope might be the biggest technological breakthrough in the next 100 years?
Ocean exploration. It's the last, greatest frontier. Being able to explore the depths of our own planet, being places no humans have ever gone, not even ancient ancestors, is going to be revolutionizing. Our team's motto is Mapping the Impossible. We're hopeful that in the next 100 years, it won't be impossible anymore.


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A second-half brace from Adam Le Fondre gave Reading a 2-1 victory over Everton - their first Barclays Premier League win of the season.
David Moyes' side had lost only one in 20 league games heading into the clash and looked on course to keep their good start to the season on track as Steven Naismith gave them a half-time lead.
But despite dominating the first 45 minutes Everton could not clinch a second goal and a much-improved Reading made them pay as Le Fondre headed an equaliser before firing in a second from the penalty spot as the Royals picked up their maiden league victory in front of a record crowd at the Madejski Stadium.
Everton came close to opening the scoring inside two minutes as a Thomas Hitzlsperger corner was not dealt with and Phil Jagielka forced a smart reaction save from Adam Federici.
But the Toffees took the lead after 10 minutes after some woeful defending by Reading's back line. A hopeful ball out of defence was not dealt with by Reading on a number of occasions before Kaspars Gorkss' back-header fell straight to Nikica Jelavic. The Croatia forward looped a cross back into the box which was left by both Gorkss and Sean Morrison, with Naismith taking full advantage to slot the visitors in front.
Reading were almost level immediately as Tim Howard rushed out to clear a long ball but was beaten to it by Le Fondre, who could not keep his effort down as Howard scrambled back towards his goal.
As half-time approached Everton continued to be frustrated in their quest to find a killer second goal, as captain Jagielka saw his flicked header cleared off the line by Jay Tabb. Reading came out for the second half much more positively and forced two corners in the opening four minutes.
Le Fondre's equaliser came courtesy of a free-kick from Nicky Shorey after Hitzlsperger had caught Tabb on the left side of the Everton box and the former Rotherham striker was picked out superbly to head Reading level with 51 minutes on the clock.
Reading were awarded a penalty by Martin Atkinson as Seamus Coleman bundled into the back of Le Fondre, who brushed himself off to send Howard the wrong way and put the hosts ahead with a little over 10 minutes remaining.
Their lead was nearly wiped out instantly however as Marouane Fellaini headed Leighton Baines' corner against the post, with the loose ball falling straight to Federici. Reading then saw the game out in relative comfort to secure what could prove to be a vital three points.

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If you've been reading Ars in recent months, you know there's been a bit of a shakeup in the American mobile landscape: users are moving toward prepaid plans, T-Mobile and MetroPCS have merged, and Japanese mobile giant Softbank has infused Sprint with billions of dollars.
AT&T has decided it doesn't want to be left out in the cold: on Tuesday it came to an agreement with southeastern rural provider Alltel to acquire its wireless business for $780 million. AT&T will also likely take on Alltel's 585,000 customers spread across rural Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Ohio, and Idaho.
Alltel's parent company, Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc (ATNI), is also a cell provider in Guyana, Bermuda, and other Caribbean nations under different brand names. AT&T is only buying the domestic wireless portion, which operates under the Alltel brand, but is technically known as the Allied Wireless Communications Corporation. Alltel is worth 27 percent of the entire company according to its most recent 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We are pleased that AT&T recognizes the value of our US wireless retail operations and is acquiring these assets," said Michael T. Prior, Alltel's chief executive officer, in a statement. "Alltel's customers will benefit from access to a nationwide 4G network, a larger device selection, additional retail locations and a broader range of product offerings.
One hurdle the company will need to overcome is the fact that Alltel is a CDMA carrier, while AT&T runs on GSM—AT&T will likely convert the Alltel customers over to GSM and use Alltel's spectrum for GSM and LTE.
"The acquisition includes spectrum in the 700MHz, 850MHz, and 1900MHz bands and is largely complementary to AT&T's existing network," AT&T added in a statement of its own.


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(Pocket-lint) - Some play games for fun, but for others it's far more than that. If you fall into the latter category you'll want to take a look at the Plantronics GameCom Commander headset, an audio kit that could make all the difference in your quest for gaming prestige.
Plantronics has invested heavily in the GameCom Commander, fitting it with its most advanced audio and voice technologies to let you hear and speak to other online games in perfect clarity. This equates to Dolby Pro Logic IIx and Dolby Headphone technologies for a 7.1 experience.
So good is the headset, which is compatible with PCs, smartphones and tablets, that it has been chosen as the official headset for the upcoming Electronic Sports World Cup finals in October.
The over-the-ear headset also features breakaway cords and a carrying case, while the headband can be personalised by sticking your own gaming persona or mantra to the adhesive strip.
Available for September for £249 – we said it was for the serious gamer – the Plantronics GameCom Commander headset is a limited edition, so hurry.
UPDATE 31/08/12: We've caught up with the headphones at IFA and snapped some shots of them for you to see it in the flesh.
Serious about gaming? Would you splash out on the Plantronics limited edition GameCom Commander? Tell us in the comments below...


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Our stronghold
'The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.' Proverbs 18:10
Suggested Further Reading: Psalm 20:1–9
It is useless for me to attempt to describe the various ways in which your trials come; but I am sure they that know Jehovah's name will put their trust in him. Perhaps your trial has been want, and then you have said, 'His name is Jehovah-jireh, the Lord will provide;' or else you have been banished from friends, but you have said, 'His name is Jehovah-shammah, the Lord is there;' or else you have had a disturbance in your family; there has been war within, and war without, but you have run into your strong tower, for you have said, 'His name is Jehovah-shalom, the Lord send peace;' or else the world has slandered you, and you yourself have been conscious of sin, but you have said, 'His name is Jehovah-tsidkenu, the Lord our righteousness,' and so you have gone there, and been safe; or else many have been your enemies; then his name has been 'Jehovah-nissi, the Lord my banner;' and so he has been a strong tower to you. Defy, then brethren, in God's strength, tribulations of every sort and size. Say with the poet,
|'There is a safe and secret place
|The least and feeblest here may hide
|Beneath the wings divine
|Uninjured and unawed.
|Reserved for all the heirs of grace;
|While thousands fall on every side,
|That refuge now is mine.
|I rest secure in God.'
But, beloved, besides the trials of this life, we have the sins of the flesh, and what a tribulation these are; but the name of our God is our strong tower then. At certain seasons we are more than ordinarily conscious of our guilt; and I would give little for your piety, if you do not sometimes creep into a corner with the poor publican and say, 'God be merciful to me a sinner.'
For meditation: The name of the Lord Jesus Christ is a strong tower: the unrighteous run into it, and are saved (Matthew 1:21; Acts 4:12; 10:43; 1 John 5:13). Have you 'fled for refuge' (Hebrews 6:18)? Are you 'in Christ'?
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Salma Hayek's Husband Wanted Linda Evangelista To Abort Their Baby
In the middle of a vicious child support battle, news has surfaced that Linda's ex, French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, demanded her to abort their child. It just keeps getting more interesting!
We already know Linda Evangelista, 46, is demanding $46k a month in child support from her ex-boyfriend for their five-year-old son, Augustin. But here's another twist to the story!
Linda's lawyers are claiming that Francois-Henri Pinault, Salma Hayak's husband, demanded her to abort their son, according to a report from the New York Post.
Taking the stand at in a Manhattan courtroom, Francois-Henri, 49, admitted he broke up with Linda when he found out she was pregnant four months into their relationship.
"She was so happy to be pregnant," he said. "But it was not planned. I decided to stop the relationship at that point."
He then said that he believed she became pregnant intentionally, and had no part in deciding whether or not she should keep the baby.
The trial, which started on Thursday, is expected to last four days. Linda has already demanded a staggering $46,000 a month for Augustin's care, which includes the cost of a nanny and armed drivers.
What do you think of all this drama, HollywoodLifers?
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It's the universal symbol of Americana abroad: the camera-slinging, fanny-pack-sporting tourist, clad in shorts, sneakers, unrolled socks and complaining loudly in English. Ever since the Pilgrims crashed the Wampanoag tribe's Thanksgiving dinner, Americans have been earning a reputation as boorish international travelers.
Even stars and diplomats occasionally drive home the stereotype with egregious behavior. Actor Richard Gere was issued an arrest warrant by an Indian court after laying a wet one on actress Shilpa Shetty at a charity event last year. And President Bush caught flack for giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel an impromptu shoulder rub during a G8 Summit Meeting.
Why so clueless?
"Most Americans are less exposed to diverse cultures on a day-to-day basis than other countries," says David Solomans, chief executive of CultureSmart!Consulting, which publishes guides and conducts seminars on cross-cultural etiquette. He says the American melting pot actually leads citizens to assume that most cultures share their values since, in the U.S., assimilation is the norm. "This causes what's perceived to be arrogant behavior."
But America is not the only nation of obnoxious tourists—not even the worst, it turns out. In a recent survey by travel Web site Expedia.com, Americans came in at No. 11 out of 31 based on a range of traits, including curiosity and tidiness.
The 4,000 hoteliers polled deemed the famously polite Japanese best overall, with the Swiss and Canadians tied for second. Near the bottom were the tight-fisted French, who lost points for rudeness despite their high score for "fashion sense."
Americans excelled when it came to willingness to try to learn some of the language (embarrassing for kids, but appreciated by locals), sampling the native cuisine and spending generously. Not so impressive were their politeness, tidiness, noisiness and, yes, fashion—all categories in which Americans ranked dead last.
So how can Americans improve their image abroad (or at least beat the New Zealanders next year, who came in 10th on this year's list)? Take the time to brush up on local mores, suggests Cindy Post Senning, a director at the Emily Post Institute and great-granddaughter of its namesake founder. "If you don't take the time to learn—or at least understand—the local manners, then you will come across as disrespectful," she says. Even reading the "etiquette" section of your guide book, however brief, is a good start.
Don't get bogged down in dos and don'ts, but bear in mind the overarching purpose of good etiquette. "Fundamentally, it is how we get along with one another," says Post Senning. "It doesn't matter where we live; humans are social beings. The way we handle social relationships matter. Manners are how we do that."
Etiquette, she says, is really a combination of certain principles (respect, honesty, consideration), while manners are "the tools we use to articulate those principles."
Manners change from country to country, but the principles are universal and timeless. So while it may be acceptable at some point in time to smooch a movie star in India or rub down a head of state during a meeting, making someone uncomfortable has and always will be a faux pas.


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Canal du Midi
The Canal du Midi, a connection between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
Constructing the Canal du Midi could be seen as a crazy idea: to artificially supply water for 240km, linking the Garonne to the Mediterranean.
Whether you're a lover of nature, culture or gastronomy, come to the Canal du Midi - this varied site is perfect for you! Classed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and considered one of the major works during the reign of Louis XIV, the Canal du Midi is a must-see attraction.
What to visit on foot and by bike
The canal runs for 240 kilometers between Marseillan, at a place called The Onglous, and opens into the Thau basin near Sète, at the Port of Mouth (Twin Bridges).
- Take the towpath and discover the highway structures at your leisure: bridges, aqueducts, docks, troughs or wash houses.
- Travel the roads lined with vineyards and scrubland and discover the unusual natural heritage of the Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrenees regions.
On the water ...
The easiest way to see the Canal du Midi is to go on the water.
Do you want to enjoy the timeless charms of the Canal du Midi in complete comfort? There is nothing like staying on a houseboat or renting a barge or a boat which does not require a license.
At Béziers, you will pass by the Neuf Ecluses de Fonseranes (Nine Locks of Fonseranes) and have an experience like no other. With real technical prowess, these locks are also true artistic masterpieces.
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By Jessica Clark, Archaeology Lab Intern, Virginia Museum of Natural History
The Cabin Run Mitigation collection comes from Warren County, Virginia, from a project dating to the early 1980s. The artifacts range across material culture, including decorated ceramics, stone tools, bones that show evidence of use both for food and as tools, and much more. The artifacts arrived at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in brown paper bags, contained within about 50 cardboard boxes, without any sort of inventory or catalog. It has been my task over the past few years (!) to work with these materials and get them ready for permanent storage in the museum's collections.
1. Bags on bags
The first step in this large project was to physically rehouse the artifacts from paper and cardboard into new, archival quality plastic bags. This process involved cutting out and keeping any notations that had been made on the paper bags, and transferring the artifacts into new bags. This was a bit of an adventure, because there was something new in every box—artifacts were stored in everything from cigar boxes to film canisters to 30 year-old plastic wrap.
2. Take stock
Next, an inventory was created, listing all the materials that we had acquired so that there would be a record of the artifacts. This involved interpreting handwritten proveniences, counting all the objects, and recording their description and material type. Some bags of lithic flakes, for example, had counts numbering in the thousands, so this process took a considerable amount of time to complete. The catalog reached a final count of over 8000 entries representing 85,281 artifacts or soil/flotation samples.
3. Manage the data
With a catalog of this size, data management became a critical next step. This collection was received and rehoused in no particular order, so the data had to be reorganized into an archaeologically relevant order based on provenience. To accomplish this, each artifact was given a temporary number (between 1 and 8000); simply rechecking the catalog and labeling each bag took an additional 2 weeks to complete. The data was then reorganized in the spreadsheet, placing artifacts with others of the same provenience (Feature A with Feature A, Test Pit B with Test Pit B, etc.). Artifacts could then be physically sorted into the new arrangement using temporary numbers as identifiers (each a discrete number) rather than using the entire provenience (which may not be entirely unique).
4. Coordinate with volunteers
Sorting 8000+ bags of artifacts is no small task and could not have been accomplished without the help of some very willing and able volunteers. Through the combined efforts of museum volunteers and staff members, we were able to rearrange and store all the artifacts in less than 4 work days, moving approximately 4,000 bags of artifacts in one day alone.
5. Store material for future research
Now that all the artifacts have been sorted and put into Delta museum cabinets, their archaeological information and current physical location are now in a searchable document and much more accessible for people interested on conducting research using these materials. While data editing and some final curation processes remain to be done, this collection is now much more useful and available than it had previously been.
You might say it takes a village to successfully manage an archaeological collection of this size. From the first crinkle of brown paper to the resounding ring of the final drawer sliding into its storage cabinet, careful organization and teamwork were the hallmarks of rehousing the artifacts from the Cabin Run Mitigation project.


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(Reuters) – "Master Chief" springs back into action on Tuesday with the release of Microsoft Corp's Halo 4, the latest installment of the Xbox blockbuster that will compete with Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty franchise for holiday-season bragging rights.
Microsoft hopes the return of the laconic green-armored super-soldier protagonist of Halo, which has generated $3 billion of revenue since its 2001 launch, after a five-year hiatus will bring out gamers in droves when the title begins selling in more than 40 countries starting midnight.
The Halo series, made by Microsoft Game Studios, spearheaded the company's foray into gaming that began with the 2001 launch of the first Xbox. It has sold more than 46 million copies to date and helped the console lead the market ahead of Sony's Playstation and Nintendo's Wii.
It remains to be seen if the well-reviewed game can revive flagging videogame sales or surpass "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2", which goes on sale next week and will vie for the title of 2012's top-selling game. The first-person shooter series is now the biggest title on the Xbox.
Nintendo is also selling its new Wii U console, featuring a companion tablet controller, over the holidays. Microsoft's rival Activision Blizzard is set to release a dedicated Wii U version for its "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2" title when the new console hits stores on November 18.
"Because there hasn't been a game to star "Master Chief" for five years, there's a bit of a pent-up demand," said Ryan McCaffrey, Xbox Executive editor at videogame website IGN.com.
"Call of Duty has taken over as the most popular game on the Xbox, so I think it will be very close," he added.
In Halo 4, "Master Chief" deals out death and destruction to evil aliens while embarking on a quest to save his longtime friend and artificial-intelligence construct Cortana.
Microsoft, which has high hopes for the latest Halo, is pulling out the stops. Halo: Reach, the fourth game in the series sans Master Chief, was launched in September 2010 and raked in $200 million in global sales on launch-day.
The company is hosting marquee events in cities from Seattle and Berlin to London – where the company will stage an as-yet-undisclosed stunt on the Thames river.
Microsoft also held a massive launch event last week in the small country of Liechtenstein in Europe. Some historic landmarks and the countryside of the 62-square mile nation was transformed into a futuristic Halo-like universe and reporters were allowed to test the game.
GameStop Corp, the largest U.S. chain, is also planning midnight events.
With less than 12 hours before the title's launch, GameStop spokeswoman Wendy Dominguez said fans had begun lining up outside a handful of stores, including at their Flower Mound, Texas outlet. Some dressed in Halo costumes.
"They've either pre-ordered Halo or they're waiting to get their hands on a copy and they're pretty excited about it," Dominguez said.
(Reporting By Malathi Nayak; Editing by Bernard Orr)
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Green Bean Panko Oven Fries with Wasabi Sour Cream
So it is summertime, and the supermarket and farmers markets are teeming with vibrant and fresh produce. Oodles of it. Mounds of it. Stone fruits and berries. Musky melons. Tender leafy greens. Sweet corn. Zucchini and summer squash. And tomatoes. Oh the tomatoes. And you get the picture. And I feel like I'm supposed to be turning this into salads, letting each piece of produce shine with little adornment, reveling in the joy that comes from eating food at its peak of flavor. I'm pretty sure it has been mandated that salads are supposed to be the thing you eat lots of in the summer. And I have maybe made maybe one salad so far? I'm not sure what the problem is. Perhaps rebellion? I have been doing the opposite, though, and turning veggies into oven fries! So here are green bean fries with a wasabi cream dip. Of course there would be a dip!
1 pound green beans, trimmed
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
1 cup panko
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon cumin
8 ounces sour cream
1 teaspoon wasabi paste
1 teaspoon lime juice
Heat oven to 425. Bring a large pot of water to boil. Boil the green beans for 2 minutes then place in a bowl of ice and water to stop the cooking. Beat the egg and milk and place in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, mix together flour, panko, salt, pepper, garlic powder and cumin. Coat each green bean first in the egg mixture and then the panko mixture. Place on a greased or lined baking sheet. Repeat for each green bean. Bake about 25 minutes, turning them over about halfway through so that they can crisp and brown on all sides.
To make the dip, stir the sour cream, wasabi paste, and lime juice together and refrigerate until serving.
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psh who needs a salad when you can have THIS? :) sounds amazing! and I'm completely impressed that you got the breading to stick to the beans!ReplyDelete
Yum! I think this is a great way to fill up on summer veggies :) Looks great and that dip sounds awesome!ReplyDelete
This looks amazing! (I love anything coated in panko.)ReplyDelete
One of my biggest weaknesses is French fries, so this seems like a good substitute! My other biggest weakness is Cheez-its (have been known to demolish a box in a weekend) and I spy you have a recipe in your Popular posts.... sooo... off I go to click! Thanks for the recipe!ReplyDelete
One of our favorite snacks are those fried green beans from TGIF that you buy in the store. So, I can't wait to start making them myself!ReplyDelete
OMG! I love panko crumbs and these look so savory and crunchy. I'd like some with the wasabi cream for lunch.ReplyDelete
Dear Jenn, This sounds wonderful with the wasabi sour cream. Blessings dear. Catherine xoReplyDelete
These sound really interesting, I like the idea of the wasabi dip.ReplyDelete
The fries look addictive, especially with that wasabi dip!ReplyDelete
I've never tried doing this to green beans but you made it look so fantastic!ReplyDelete
Why would I eat a salad when I get fries:)ReplyDelete
What a great idea!The green beans look crispy and delicious!ReplyDelete
very creative green bean recipe love itReplyDelete
Gorgeous photo! I just love that panko against the green. Deliciously tempting and not even anything to feel guilty about despite that guilty pleasure of a word I love almost too much..."fries"! YUM! Totally a winner.ReplyDelete
I made so many plain veggies...boring. I love these gorgeous green beans! They look delish!ReplyDelete
Ooo you are so creative! I would have never paired these ingredients together but it sounds like the most fantastic idea! I have heaps of panko left in the pantry, will definitely have to give this a go. :DReplyDelete
This is an awesome way to use veggies! Love it.ReplyDelete
Looks like a great snack to add to summer barbecues! Plus I love the texture of panko breadcrumbs. Yummy!ReplyDelete
Oh I love these. Panko makes everything so lite and crunchy and you baked them too, healthy. Aw, don't you just love the taste of wasabi, for me the hotter the better. Great recipe.ReplyDelete
I am loving all the summer veggies too! Not many salads in my life either. I'd rather have these tasty green beans!ReplyDelete
Salads are overrated! These look fantastic.ReplyDelete
I"m so trying these!! I"ve been looking for app recipes for a dinner thing this friday and this would be so fun! Love the wasabi sour cream, this looks great!ReplyDelete
Love the use of wasabi in the dip!!Perfect paired with these crunchy beauties :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2012 at 6:34 AM
.thanks for sharingReplyDelete
I'm definitely the only Japanese person you find who doesn't eat wasabi! I love the green bean panko oven fries though! My kids will eat ANYTHING that's fried and crispy, even though it's green vegetables!ReplyDelete
Wasabi sour cream!? Delicious!!!ReplyDelete
Great crispy topping for the fries!! I love it! And well paired with a wasabi sour cream.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2012 at 6:40 PM
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Mmmm, that sounds ah-maaaaaazing!ReplyDelete
This is awesome. Super fun idea to bread all veggies and get people to eat them!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2012 at 9:53 AM
thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
This is such a nice addition thanks!!!
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Seattle restaurateur Tom Douglas has opened new cooking school inside Hotel Andrä. The 'Hot Stove Society' will offer a wide range of social and technical classes as well as team building opportunities and educational cocktail parties. The facility will feature a demonstration stage, audio visual equipment and hands-on work stations. Classes will be offered seven days a week. The curriculum will include social and technical classes that appeal to entry-level enthusiasts as well as sophisticated food devotees. Class prices range from $50-$200 US a person, based upon whether they are demonstration only or full hands-on experience with a meal included. Instructors include chefs from Tom Douglas Restaurants as well as chefs and cookbook authors from across the U.S. See tomdouglas.com.
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There are more than 30 cider makers and 15 cideries in the Northwest Cider Association. Some top ciders include Tieton Cider Works, Finnriver Cidery and Seattle Cider Co. Increasingly, bars, restaurants, wineries and breweries are giving cider their own taps. And cider tasting rooms are springing open: Beveridge Place Pub; Full Throttle Bottles; 99 Bottles; The Noble Fir and the Sixgill and Capitol Cider.
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Road Dog Tours presents the Seattle Brewery Tour, showcasing the craft beer industry and teaching guests about the craft brewing process while offering multiple samples. The tour departs three times daily and includes visits to some of the Seattle's 20-plus craft and microbreweries. See seattlebrewerytour.com.
Local Craft Tours' Distillery Tour features three distillery visits and 12 spirit tastings. Local artisanal snacks and luxury transportation are provided. The newest tour, inaugurated in February 2014, is Downtown Brown, focusing on the Emerald City's craft whiskey and bourbon offerings and featuring three of Seattle's hottest craft distilleries. Visit localcrafttours.com.
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Acclaimed restaurateur Ethan Stowell opened Red Cow early this year. The French-inspired restaurant serves charcuterie, salads, appetizers and entrees. Stowell was named one of the Best New Chefs in America by Food & Wine in 2008, then chosen as a Best New Chef All-Star in 2013. Contact email@example.com.
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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced plans for a new four-star hotel downtown. The reuse of the landmark Palladian Building, built in 1910 as the Calhoun Hotel, will feature 97 rooms with 1,100 square feet of meeting and event space, a restaurant and a lounge — all with an 'edgy urban vibe.' The new hotel is expected to open later this year. Contact email@example.com.
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The Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue has undergone a $25-million US renovation and has been transformed into the chic Motif Seattle. The project increased meeting space by 50 per cent, added 22 additional guest rooms and remodel the dining and outdoor entertainment venues. See seattleredlionfifthavenue.com.
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For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet.
Every living thing that moved on the earth perished--birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days." Genesis 7
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"It required massive flood conditions to do all that burying. An immense worldwide catastrophe occurred in the past. It produced the Sicilian hippopotamus beds, the fossils of which are so extensive that they are mined as a source of charcoal; the great mammal beds of the Rockies; the dinosaur beds of the Black Hills and the Rockies, as well as in the Gobi Desert; the fish beds of the Scottish Devonian stratum, the Baltic amber beds, Agate Spring Quarry in Nebraska, and hundreds more.
None of this fossil-making is being done today. It only happened one time in history;at the time of the Flood." .. Evolution Cruncher
Massive Fossil "Boneyards" All Over the World
"....Massive fossil graveyards of dinosaurs still exist all over the world. The Morrison beds in North America, the dinosaur beds in Montana, in the Rocky Mountains, in Alberta, the Dakotas, China, Colorado, Utah, Africa, etc., etc., contain literally millions of dinosaur fossils piled together in tremendous heaps.
Ten thousand Hadrosaurs were found on Egg Mountain alone, jumbled together in what appears to have been a mass death. Would this happen under normal, uniformitarian conditions? Think about it.
Millions of buffalo were slaughtered on the North American plains during the last century, so this should be an ideal reason why multiplied thousands of fossil buffalo should be scattered all over the place.
Are there any great buffalo fossil graveyards to be found? Most assuredly, there are not. Their remains were disposed of by the normal ravages of the weather, scavengers, and decomposition.
So why are there great fossil graveyards of dinosaurs, where the bones of millions of these beasts lie entombed in vast heaps, together with the piles of fossilized mammals, fish, insects, plants etc., testifying that they all perished together in a great mass death?
HOW FOSSILS ARE FORMED..... Let us find out what Stein and Rowe have to say about the process of fossilization. They state: "Effective fossilization usually depends on having hard parts, such as bones or shells, and being buried immediately after death. The work of predators and scavengers and the weathering effects of rain, heat, cold, and wind often serve to destroy most or all of an organism before burial takes place."
They further state: "Once an organism dies, it is seldom buried immediately . . .The point of ultimate burial and fossilization may be hundreds of miles from the place of death."
They then give us four conditions necessary for the preservation of fossils. First, an organism must have hard parts like teeth, bones and shells that are preserved, but that is not all that is necessary, (else we would find numerous buffalo fossils in North America).
They further state: "Second, the organism must not be destroyed immediately by other organisms or by the action of climatic or geologic forces.
Third, the organism must be protected immediately from decaying. This usually takes the form of rapid burial, which also protects the organism from being totally destroyed."
What natural occurrence then could account for the great dinosaur graveyards under these conditions, simultaneously killing and burying multitudes of dinosaurs, mammals, birds, fish, etc. in huge numbers, many of them apparently dying in the prime of life, some of them caught in the very act of eating smaller animals that became preserved as fossils too?
It had to be something sudden, to kill them in what appears in many cases to be an unnatural, violent death; it was something universal that destroyed them in every part of the earth at roughly the same period in history; it was something that swiftly covered them up to "mummify" their remains so that the normal exposure to water or air and other predations wouldn't obliterate their remains, and it did this on a massive scale to create such numerous and extensive fossil graveyards.
Only one possible event could simultaneously meet all of these conditions: The onrush of swift moving sediment from a tremendous, worldwide Flood."--End Quote.... Source:Excerpt from: The Darwin Papers; Dinosaurs and the Flood of Noah, by James M. Foard
The Following three articles are from Science Frontiers Online
Science Frontiers Online is not a "creationist' Journal, but rather is a compilation of anomalous articles and articles of interest from a variety of scientific journals, magazines and newspapers.
Additional comment is sometimes provided by the editor; William R. Corliss
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In SF#104, we mentioned a vast bone bed consisting mainly of fish remains. Now, an exchange of letters in a creationist journal gives us the opportunity to present a few facts about a giant bone bed of terrestrial vertebrate fossils: the Karoo Supergroup of southern Africa.
The point being discussed by the creationists is the source of the estimated 800 billion vertebrate fossils contained in the Karoo deposits. Whence this astronomical number of mainly swampdwelling reptiles?
And whence the immense volume of sandstones and shale that contains their bones? The Genesis Flood model favored by creationists requires that all 800 billion animals be drowned at the same time and swept into South Africa and fossilized.
But, they ask themselves, could the entire earth ever have supported so many swamp loving reptiles at the same time? Is the Flood model threatened?
(Froede, Carl R., Jr.; "The Karoo and Other Fossil Graveyards: A Further Reply to Mr. Yake," Creation Research Society Quarterly, 32:199, 1996. A response by Bill Yake followed this letter.)
Comment. The figure of 800 billion fossils appears in several authoritative works, although concern is expressed about its magnitude and assumptions employed in calculating it. One thing that is certain is that the Karoo deposits are immense and packed with bones. Even after decades of fossil collecting, bones are still sticking out of the ground.
Composed mainly of sandstones and shales deposited in shallow water, the Karoo can be 20,000 feet thick. The fossil-rich beds stretch out for hundreds of miles.
Nowhere else on the planet is there such a massive, continuous, fossiliferous land deposit.
The creationists' questions are not out of order at all. See Chapter ESD in Neglected Geological Anomalies for more on this. This volume is described here.
From Science Frontiers #105, MAY-JUN 1996. 1997 William R. Corliss Footprints From the Past
"Fossilised footprints are found on many Karoo farms, and on Gansfontein, near Fraserburg, there is an intriguing palaeosurface. It shows an ancient flood-plain surface with contour, mud, ripple and wrinkle marks, as well as worm trails, fish fin imprints and arthropod trails.
There are also many large mammal-like reptile, Dinocephalian and Bradysaurus tracks."
A new bone bed has been discovered south of Tampa. Paleontologists say it it is one of the richest fossil deposits ever found in the United States. It has yielded the bones of more than 70 species of animals, birds, and aquatic creatures.
About 80% of the bones belong to plains animals, such as camels, horses, mammoths, etc. Bears, wolves, large cats, and a bird with an estimated 30-foot wingspan are also represented.
Mixed in with all the land animals are sharks' teeth, turtle shells, and the bones of fresh and salt water fish. The bones are all smashed and jumbled together, as if by some catastrophe. The big question is how bones from such different ecological nitches---plains, forests, ocean---came together in the same place.... ((Armstrong, Carol; "Florida Fossils Puzzle the Experts," Creation Research Society Quarterly, 21:198, 1985.) From Science Frontiers #39, MAY-JUN 1985. 1997 William R. Corliss
Unfossilized Dinosaur Remains
Excerpted from CSA NEWS: by Tom Willis
There are other lines of evidence not mentioned herein, but a fascinating new one is a rash of discoveries of dinosaur remains that are not fossilized! My first encounter was several years ago when I heard that the largest dinosaur discovered (Seismosaurous, in New Mexico) may have much real bone and even bone protein.
I made a few calls to Roy Holt (a CSA founder) and others in New Mexico. John Baumgardner sent me an article from the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [11(4):pg 417-433, Dec 1991] by David Gillett, the primary excavator of Seismosaurous. Sure enough, he admitted, although in a discretely veiled manner, that bone and bone protein is present.
Other articles are named including one attempting to explain the preservation by a special event in the Jurassic in Colorado and New Mexico.
--Unfossilized Dinosaur Bone in Alaska.
I began to hear of others. I knew that many mammoth fossils were bone, not mineralized, especially Alaskan mammoths, of which there are thousands.
I kept hearing rumors that Alaskan dinosaurs were not fossilized either. Now there is no longer any doubt. Even a team of Creation Scientists has returned with an enormous amount of unfossilized dinosaur bone, including even the skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex!
--Dinosaur Bone and Blood Discovered!
But the most fascinating recent discovery has come from secular scientists. The most famous 20th century dinosaur story teller, "Dinosaur Jack" Horner, University of Montana, has not only discovered dinosaur bone, but a medical pathologist, casually examined the bone under a microscope, and found dinosaur blood inside the bone!
Four different classes of evidence clearly support the notion that it is truly blood, including hemoglobin, right where it belongs, inside a dinosaur blood vessel! ( [M. Schweitzer and T, Staedtler, 'The Real Jurassic Park', Earth, June 1997 pg 55-57]
This should, of course, be an enormous nail in the coffin of the 65-million-year-extinction myth. But don't count on it. They have spent millions of tax dollars promoting this myth. They will do everything they can to hold on to it.
Expect a rash of articles to come along "explaining" how bone, protein, blood cells, and even the special blood protein, hemoglobin, were preserved in special events during the Old Oothic Jurassic Period.
However, these things are very difficult to preserve for even thousands of years. Among those with eyes to see and ears to hear, most will see through the stories.
Just offshore of Guadeloupe, in the West Indies, lies a kilometer-long formation of extremely hard limestone dated as Miocene, or about 25 million years old.
Nothing surprising so far! However, history records that in the late 1700's many human skeletons---all indistinguishable from modern humans---were excavated from this limestone. One of the quarried specimens, ensconced in a 2-ton slab, was shipped to the British Museum.
It arrived in 1812 and was placed on public display. With the ascendance of Darwinism, the fossil skeleton was quietly spirited away to the basement. The discovery of these human remains has been well-documented in the scientific literature.
Here is another pertinent geological fact: the limestone formation in question is situated 2-3 meters below a "1-million-year-old" coral reef. If the limestone is truly 25 million years old, the human evolutionary timetable is grossly in error.
Even if this is not the case, and the bones are merely 1 million years old or so, as required by the coral reef; then, fully modern humans lived in the New World long before the Bering Land Bridge went into service.
The only way a serious geological or archeological anomaly can be avoided is to predicate that the limestone formation was really laid down in the last 10,000-20,000 years (in geo-materalist years)---something like that doesn't seem too likely.
((Cooper, Bill; "Human Fossils from Noah's Flood," Ex Nihilo, 1:6, no. 3, 1983.)
Comment. This sort of dating puzzle is manna to the scientific creationists. It is therefore not surprising to discover that Ex Nihilo is published by the Creation Science Foundation of Australia.
Nevertheless, the Guadeloupe skeletons truly exist---it's just that the creationists seem to be the only ones talking about them. You have seen their slant on them above. Other interpretations of the Guadeloupe skeletons will be presented in future issues.
Reference. Additional information on the Guadeloupe skeleton may be found at BHE12 in our Catalog: Biological Anomalies: Humans III.
From Science Frontiers #27, MAY-JUN 1983. 1997 William R. Corliss
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Joe Baumann is an actor who appeared as a regular background actor throughout the third season til the seventh season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. As a background performer he received no credit for his appearances and was identified by the call sheet for the episode "Bloodlines".
According to the call sheet of Tuesday 8 January 1991 he filmed a scene in engineering along with Eben Ham, Craig Hurley, and stunt coordinator Dennis Madalone for the fourth season episode "Night Terrors". This scene was cut from the final episode. Bauman was also scheduled to appear in scenes in Ten Forward for the episode "The Nth Degree" but was replaced by another background performer. He was also on set for the fifth season episodes "Violations" and "Ethics" as relief tactical officer on the bridge but was not part of the final episodes. Bauman was scheduled to appear as security in Ten Forward scenes in the episode "Cost of Living" but was not part of the final episode.
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