NCAS SkepTour: Saturday, May 18
NCAS has arranged for a group tour of the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday morning, May 18.
NMHM promotes the science and history of medicine, with an emphasis on tri-service American military medicine. The Museum offers visitors a unique perspective on health and medicine because it is one of the few places where the public can actually see the effects of disease on the human body. Additionally, it is one of the few places that disease can be seen with the instruments and equipment used to diagnose and/or treat the disease, with case histories of patients afflicted with the disease.
We will meet at the museum entrance at 10:00 am. A museum docent will take us on a 90 minute in-depth overview of the museum's permanent exhibits, including "Military Medicine: Challenges and Innovations," "Civil War Collections," "The Human Body: Anatomy and Pathology," and others.
Following the anatomy lessons, those wishing to feed a healthy stomach will meet for lunch at nearby Pacci's Trattoria (
http://paccistrattoria.com/).
Admission to the museum is free. You may be asked to show a government-issued photo ID at the front desk.
Location: 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Free parking is available.
The museum is about 1 mile from the Forest Glen Metro Station on the Red line.
RSVP: If planning to attend, please send a message to
skeptour@ncas.org with your name and how many are attending with you. Also include whether you need a lift from and to Forest Glen Metro – we'll arrange a free ride for you.
NCAS Board Elections: Electronic Voting
The upcoming 2019 NCAS election will use electronic voting. When voting begins, each member will receive an email from NCAS (via surveymonkey.com) containing a unique web address usable as a single-cast secret ballot. (NCAS will receive information indicating who voted, but nothing to indicate who cast each ballot.)
Note that voters will not be at risk for spamming as a result of participating...SurveyMonkey has a zero-tolerance spam policy:
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Science Talks at Balticon 53
Balticon 53, the Maryland Regional Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention (May 24-27, 2019 at The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel) will include talks on various
science topics. Speakers will include past NCAS lecturers Eric Cline and Thomas Holtz. Registration details are at
https://balticon.org/wp53/registration/
AmazonSmile: Thanks to our members who are supporting NCAS!
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AmazonSmile's disbursements to NCAS came to $53.11 during the fourth quarter of 2018, including the October 29th through November 2nd interval when AmazonSmile increased its donation rate to 5%. (As an example of how NCAS can put that money to good use, it's more than enough to cover two hours of a Montgomery County lecture room rental.)
Thanks again to our members who have chosen to support NCAS!
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