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Explore the Great Outdoors with the Experts!
These programs offer nature novices and experienced naturalists alike a wide array of opportunities to explore and learn more about our area's natural history. All programs are led by experienced naturalists; foray lectures are at the Woodend Sanctuary, with field trips by private vehicle or carpool, unless otherwise noted. Don't miss out, sign up early!
Questions? Email Senior Naturalist Stephanie Mason or call Stephanie at 301-652-9188 x37. For registration information, email Pam Oves or call Pam at 301-652-9188 x16. To register for a program, please mail or fax the registration form.
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Cancellation Policy
To qualify for a credit if you cancel a program, you must give at least six business days' notice, i.e. you can't cancel on a Monday for a weekend program and still receive a credit. The credit postcard will be mailed to you less a $5 administrative fee and must be included with a registration form to be valid. Call 301-652-9188 x 16 or email Pam Oves to cancel.
If ANS cancels a program, you will receive a full refund.
Upcoming Classes / Field Trips
Natural Heritage Hike: Catoctin Mountain Park
Saturday, March 1 (full-day hike)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $34; nonmembers $46
A little more than an hour northwest of Washington lies Catoctin Mountain, the front edge of the Blue Ridge in Maryland. We'll explore the national park that protects this area during its quieter season, and observe the plants and animals that inhabit its woodlands and waterways. We'll also consider the Mountain's cultural history and past land uses on our hike of 5-7 miles, with some uphill and downhill hiking over rocky ground. Registration required, please use registration form.
Natural Heritage Weekend: Chincoteague FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Saturday, March 1 (8 am) to Sunday, March 2 (2 pm)
Leader Mark Garland
Members $110; nonmembers $154
The southern end of Assateague Island, managed as the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, protects a great mix of coastal habitats - maritime forest, freshwater wetland, wild beach, and the open ocean - each of which support a different mix of birds. Nearby Chincoteague Island mixes natural habitats with a town offering lodging, restaurants, and other amenities. Late winter is an ideal time to see water birds in both salt and freshwater habitats, along with early spring migrants. We'll plan to stay out until dark on Saturday night to search for owls and displaying woodcock. Overnight options include motels, campgrounds, and B&Bs. Program fee covers expert leadership, but not refuge admission fee. Registration required, please use registration form.
Winter Birding at Black Hill
Section D: Sunday, March 2 (8:30-11 am) ONE SPOT LEFT
Leader Mark England
Members $20; nonmembers $28
The winter months can be an ideal time to learn more about birds and birding, and Black Hill Regional Park, in upper Montgomery County, is an ideal outdoor classroom for this study. Each walk in our series, intended for beginning to mid-level birders, will visit one or more sites in the Park in a search for waterfowl, sparrows, raptors, and other both resident and overwintering species. The Park's habitats are varied and include wetlands and Little Seneca Lake, as well as forest and field. Join us for the entire series and observe the seasonal changes in numbers and species, or just sign up for individual walks. Registration required, please use registration form.
Winter Walks Along the Canal
Wednesdays (10 am-12:30 pm)
Section C: February 26 - Swain's Lock CANCELLED
Section D: March 12 - Great Falls
Leader Stephanie Mason
Each walk: members $20; nonmembers $28
Join our Senior Naturalist for one or all of these walks along the C&O Canal as we look for over-wintering birds and other wildlife, practice winter botany skills, and enjoy the expansive views along the Potomac River that this season provides. Carpooling will be available from Woodend. Registration required, please use registration form.
Woodcock Watch 3 spaces available
Friday, March 7 (5:15-7:15 pm)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $20; nonmembers $26
In his Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold described the mating display of the American Woodcock as a "sky dance." Announcing its presence with nasal "peents", the male woodcock ascends high in the sky at dusk. To the accompaniment of a constant twittering, it circles, then plummets back to earth in a series of zigzag movements, wings whistling. On this field program to a natural area in upper Montgomery County, we'll hope to be lucky enough to catch a performance of this seasonal drama. Registration required, please use registration form.
Late Winter Birding Trek in Northern Virginia
Saturday, March 8 (8 am-2 pm)
Leader Mike Bowen
Members $30; nonmembers $42
With winter winding down, we'll bundle up for one last foray to wetlands and woodlands near Alexandria, VA in search of lingering winter waterfowl, resident birds, and some of the first returning migrants. We'll visit Roach's Run near National Airport, before heading down and along the Potomac River for an exploration of Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve. Our final destination is nearby Huntley Meadows Park, where a large, protected tract of forest and marsh sits amidst residential and commercial neighborhoods. Registration required, please use registration form.
Winter Hikes Along the Potomac River C&O Canal
Sunday, March 9 (12:30-4:30 pm) - Balls Bluff Regional Park, VA (3.5 mi)
Leaders Stephanie Mason and Cathy Stragar
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Take on two of your New Year's resolutions at once: spend more time outdoors exploring nature AND get more exercise by signing up for our hikes along the scenic Potomac River. We'll search for overwintering birds and other winter-active wildlife, while practicing our winter botany skills. Hike A follows the flat C&O Canal towpath. Hike B, which is round trip, uses the Potomac Heritage Trail with a very minimal amount of rocky terrain. Our final hike will take us out on the bluffs along the River and includes uphill and downhill hiking, but no rock scrambling. All trails could be muddy. Hikes could be modified depending on weather and ground conditions. Registration required, please use registration form.
Geology of Billy Goat Trail – Section A FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Saturday, March 15 (1-5 pm)
Leader Joe Marx
Members $24; nonmembers $34
The Billy Goat Trail is one of the best known and most popular hiking challenges in the Washington area. For this loop, we'll start near Widewater, along the C&O Canal in Potomac, MD, then walk along the towpath to the upstream terminus of Billy Goat Trail A. From here, we'll follow the trail out on the rocks downstream along Mather Gorge, for a total distance of around 3 mi. This alternately muddy, rocky, and occasionally strenuous trail traverses several types of metamorphosed rock that originally lay on or under the seafloor of a now vanished ocean. Since several portions of the trail require scrambling on bare and uneven rock surfaces, you must be in good physical shape and comfortable with rock scrambling to participate in this hike. Registration required, please use registration form.
Vanishing Vernal Pools: Teeming With Life
Saturday, March 22 (9 am-1 pm)
Leader Elaine Frieble
Members $24; nonmembers $34
As the hours of daylight lengthen and temperatures begin to rise, animals that have spent the winter in hibernation begin to stir. Some of the earliest to become active are certain frogs and salamanders that use vernal or temporary pools for breeding. Unfortunately, these pools — and their breeders — are facing many threats. This program will be held at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in Anne Arundel County, MD, and will include an indoor session on vernal pool ecology, followed by an outdoor exploration of vernal pool habitats at the Sanctuary. Expect some uphill/downhill walking as we search for breeding activity. Registration required, please use registration form.
Botanical Gems of Montgomery County: Dickerson Conservation Park FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Saturday, March 22 (1-4 pm)
Leader Carole Bergmann
Members $24; nonmembers $34
The County's forest ecologist leads us on an exploration of this relatively new "botanical gem" in our ongoing series. Come prepared to walk from 1.5-2 miles in the floodplain forest along the Potomac River in Dickerson Conservation Park. While the focus of the hike will be to study the natural history and ID of native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers in this rich habitat, a highlight will be the chance to encounter some towering, old trees, including the largest known tree in the state of Maryland, a giant sycamore. Registration required, please use registration form.
Beginning Birding
Thursday, March 27 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Sunday, March 30 (8 am-2 pm)
Leader Mark England
Members $46; nonmembers $64
Lecture only members $20; nonmembers $26
If you're curious about birds and bird watching but don't know where to begin, this class is for you. No experience is required! At our evening lecture, we'll focus on the selection of field guides, binoculars, and other resources, and we'll discuss the basic techniques of birding finding and identification. The goal of our field trip, which visits Black Hill and Little Bennett Regional Parks in upper Montgomery County, is to develop the ability to find, study, and identify birds in their natural environment. Registration required, please use registration form.
Early Spring Wildflowers
Saturday, March 29 (9 am-3 pm)
Leader Cris Fleming
Members $30; nonmembers $42
Beat the winter blues by finding early spring wildflowers often missed by those who don't get out until mid-April. On our 23rd year of this field trip, we'll search for early bloomers such as harbinger of spring, purple cress, early saxifrage, dutchman's breeches, bloodroot, hepatica, trailing arbutus, and many other species. Our field trip will visit Great Falls Park and Difficult Run on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. The Difficult Run Trail is rocky in one place and washed out in another, but both areas are passable. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Saunters Along the Canal
Wednesdays (10 am-12:30 pm)
Section A: April 2 - Carderock FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Section B: April 16 - Widewater FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Section C: April 30 - Swain's Lock FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Section D: May 7 - Riley's Lock FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Section E: May 21 - Violettes Lock FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Leader Stephanie Mason
Each walk members $20; nonmembers $26
Entire series $85/$120
Enjoy one or all of these leisurely walks along portions of the C&O Canal. The focus of our walks, each beginning from a different location, will be general natural history of the varied habitats along the Potomac River and the Canal. We'll proceed at a slow "naturalist's shuffle" pace as we watch spring unfold. We'll stop often to observe birds, wildflowers, butterflies, snakes, turtles, and whatever else we might find. Carpool from Woodend with the leader if you desire. Registration required, please use registration form.
Introduction to Wildflower ID
Thursday, April 3 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Saturday, April 5 (3/4 day field trip)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $46; nonmembers $70
Lecture only members $20; nonmembers $26
In April, spring wildflowers in the Washington area are dazzling! We'll spend Thursday evening at Woodend discussing books, equipment, and terminology for beginning wildflower identification. On Saturday we'll travel to the Carderock area along the C&O Canal and explore several short trails between the Canal and the Potomac River. We'll practice using keys to identify wildflowers and look for Virginia bluebells, dutchman's breeches, twinleaf, toad trillium, and many other species. Expect some rocky, uneven terrain on the field trip. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Wildflowers of the Potomac River Gorge
Fridays (10 am-12:30 pm)
Walk A: April 4 - Carderock, MD
Walk B: April 11 - Turkey Run Park, VA
Walk C: April 18 - Great Falls, MD
Leader Cris Fleming
Each walk members $20; nonmembers $28
Entire series $54/$75
The display of spring wildflowers in the Washington area is especially rich in the varied habitats along the Potomac River Gorge. From Virginia bluebells blanketing the bottomlands to the rare Coville's phacelia on the slopes and wild columbine on rock outcrops, different parks of the Gorge present a grand show. Join us for one or more of these visits to three nearby natural areas to find and identify local wildflowers and to observe the seasonal progression of blooms. Our explorations will involve some steep, uneven, rocky, and/or muddy terrain, and a stream crossing at Turkey Run, but we will proceed at a slow pace. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Peepers
Saturday, April 5 (7-9 pm)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $20; nonmembers $26
Why should kids have all the fun? In this "grown-ups" session of our popular family program, we'll use our eyes and ears to search for these small tree frogs. We'll learn about spring peeper life histories, then walk to a nearby wetland to try and spot the singers. We may be lucky enough to eavesdrop on other early-spring amphibians, including American toads and pickerel frogs. Our location is ANS's Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase and adjacent Rock Creek Park. An ANS/Rock Creek Conservancy Partnership. Registration required, please use registration form.
A Year at Boundary Bridge
Saturdays (9 am-2 pm)
Section B: April 5
Section C: June 28
Section D: October 25
Section A: February 22
Leader Melanie Choukas-Bradley
Each walk members $30; nonmembers $42
Join the author of City of Trees for our eighth year of hikes in one of Washington, D.C.'s most beautiful wild areas. Starting at Boundary Bridge and following the same 2.5-mile loop trail each season, we'll explore the large trees, diverse shrubs, and exceptional wildflowers along a scenic stretch of Rock Creek. We'll also see and hear many species of birds, butterflies, and amphibians. On our winter walk, an ideal time to admire the Park's topography, we'll look and listen for winter flocks and identify many species of woody plants. In April, we'll witness the spring magic of Rock Creek's myriad wildflowers. As summer arrives in the Park, we'll hope for a glimpse of a kingfisher as we look for ferns and early seasonal wildflowers such as enchanter's nightshade. Autumn is glorious in Rock Creek Park, and we'll conclude our series with a walk through colorful oaks, maples, and ashes, searching for the flowers of an early witch hazel in bloom. Our hike will be on trails with moderate uphill and downhill walking. An ANS/Rock Creek Conservancy Partnership. Registration required, please use registration form.
Geology and Ecology at the Fraser Preserve
Sunday, April 6 (8:30 am-12:30 pm)
Leader Joe Marx
Members $24; nonmembers $34
The Fraser Preserve is a private sanctuary near the Potomac River in the northwestern corner of Fairfax County, VA. A former summer refuge of a Washington family, the 220-acre tract of floodplain and rolling hills has been returning to untamed nature for forty years. The Preserve contains examples of riparian forest and Piedmont upland forest, and should be showy with spring ephemerals at the time of our visit. We will hike, at a relatively brisk pace, up to 4 miles on a well-maintained network of dirt trails. The upland trail includes climbs and descents, while the floodplain trails may be gullied or muddy. You must be able to hike at a moderate, but sustained, pace with some uphill and downhill to participate in this foray. Registration required, please use registration form.
The Secret Lives of Spring Wildflowers
Saturday, April 12 (9 am-Noon)
Leader Sujata Roy
Members $24; nonmembers $34
They're lovely to behold. But their beauty belies the scrappy, survival strategies of our region's short-lived spring wildflowers. Coping with cold temperatures, species such as Trout Lily and Dutchman's Breeches race to complete their flowering and fruiting cycles before the brief window of spring sunlight gets shut out by the unfolding forest canopy. NHFS Spring Flower instructor Sujata Roy will spill some of their secrets in a roughly 2-mile round trip walk between Violettes and Riley's Locks along the C&O Canal. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Early Birds
(7-10 am)
A. Saturday, April 12 – Mason Neck NWR, VA (Leader: Mike Bowen)
B. Sunday, April 27 – Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, DC (Leader: John Bjerke)
C. Saturday, May 3 – Governor's Bridge, MD (Leader: Mike Bowen)
D. Sunday, May 11 – Little Bennett, MD (Leader: Mark England)
E. Sunday, May 18 – Riley's Lock, MD (Leader: John Bjerke)
Each walk members: $24; nonmembers $34
Entire series $105; nonmembers $145
Immerse yourself in the phenomenon of spring migration with this series of short bird walks at nearby parks. These walks are designed for beginning and intermediate birders for whom the spring migration can sometimes be overwhelming. On each walk we'll search for songbirds by sight and sound. We'll discuss the arrival sequence of spring migrants, practice spotting them in the forest, and learn the songs of many species. Registration required, please use registration form.
Budbreak at Carderock
Sunday, April 13 (9:30 am-1:30 pm)
Leaders Melanie Choukas-Bradley & Elizabeth Rives
Members $24; nonmembers $34
During spring in Washington, all eyes seem to be on the colorful wildflowers and showy migrating birds. But one of the greatest miracles of spring, the bursting buds of native trees and shrubs, is often overlooked. Join Natural History Field Studies woody plant ID teachers Melanie Choukas-Bradley and Elizabeth Rives for a walk devoted to the identification and admiration of native trees and shrubs as their buds break and their leaves and flowers emerge! The 2-3 mile hike will mostly follow the C&O canal towpath, but we will venture down to the Potomac River on Section B of the Billy Goat Trail for a portion of the hike.This stretch involves some scrambling over rocks, a few steep sections, and some up and down, but we will move at a slow pace. Registration required, please use registration form.
Evening on the Canal
Friday, April 18 (6:45-8:45 pm)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $20; nonmembers $26
Early spring evenings can be alive with wildlife as you'll discover on this stroll from Swain's Lock up the C&O Canal towpath. We'll watch for wildlife as the sun sets, and as twilight gives way to the darkness of night, we'll listen for calling frogs and hooting Barred Owls while discussing the adaptations of these and other nocturnal animals. Registration required, please use registration form.
River Herring Return to Rock Creek FULL - CALL TO BE ADDED TO WAITLIST
Saturday, April 19 (9 am-1 pm)
Leaders Neal Fitzpatrick and Bill Yeaman
Free, but registration required.
Tom Horton describes the annual Rock Creek migration of herring in Bay Country: "No finer parade, or one more unappreciated, ever swung through this capital than the quicksilver legions of Alosa pseudoharengus, the common river herring." On our four-hour walk, we hope to view the spawning run and discuss opportunities for restoring fish migration to Rock Creek. We will visit the fish ladder construction site at Peirce Mill. Meet at the Cleveland Park Metro Station and end at the Woodley Park/National Zoo/Adams Morgan Station. 17th annual walk! Registration required, please use registration form.
A Spring Morning on Roosevelt Island
Saturday, April 19 (8 am-12:30 pm)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Come and explore the bottomland woods, shrub swamp, and freshwater marsh of Theodore Roosevelt Island, an 88-acre park in the Potomac River at the Fall line. Join our senior naturalist on this loop hike around the Island, where we'll keep our eyes open for seasonal blooms and ears open for early migrants - as well as all things Spring! Registration required, please use registration form.
Earth Day Along the River
Tuesday, April 22 (10 am-2:30 pm)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $24; nonmembers $33
Join this Earth Day exploration of the season's great burst of life in the bottomland woods along the Potomac River just above Great Falls, MD. Our Senior Naturalist leads this search for spring wildflowers, blooming trees, and early spring wildlife activity, including birds, butterflies, and amphibians. The natural surface trail is mostly level, but could be muddy. Our round-trip walk is roughly 2.5 miles. Registration required, please use registration form.
Native Plant Gardening for Homeowners
A: Wednesday, April 23 (10 am-Noon)
B: Wednesday, May 14 (10 am-Noon)
C: Wednesday, June 25 (10 am-Noon)
D: Wednesday, July 23 (10 am-Noon)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Each walk members $20; nonmembers $28
Entire series $72; nonmembers $86
Explore the Blair Native Plant Garden, located just outside the Sanctuary Shop, with our Senior Naturalist, who helped develop the garden and its educational focus. Find out more about the value of using native plants, such as: lower maintenance; greater appeal to birds, butterflies and other insects, including pollinators; reduced negative impact on local ecosystems; and more. We'll discuss native alternatives to popular non-native species such as English ivy, as well as resources for expanding one's knowledge and understanding of plants native to the mid-Atlantic. Sign up for the whole series to observe changes in the garden over the season—or pick and choose separate walks. You're welcome to bring along a bag lunch to eat with the leader after the walk. Registration required, please use registration form.
Geology of Patapsco Valley Park – Orange Grove Area
Saturday, April 26 (1-5 pm)
Leader Joe Marx
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Southwest of Baltimore near Catonsville, the Patapsco River passes through a scenic gorge as it descends from the Piedmont onto the Coastal Plain. The metamorphic rocks exposed there derive from a micro-continent and a volcanic arc that were joined to proto-North America during the formation of Pangea. We'll meet within sight of I-95, in Patapsco Valley State Park. From here, we'll hike a circuit of about 4 miles on well-maintained gravel trails to and from the Orange Grove area of the Park. In addition to examining the bedrock, we will view evidence of the history of early industrialization and railroading along the lower Patapsco. Park trails have occasional steep grades and are muddy or rocky at places. You must be able to hike at a moderate, but sustained, pace with some uphill and downhill to participate in this foray. Registration required, please use registration form.
Natural Heritage Series: Calvert Cliffs State Park
Saturday, April 26 (full-day field trip)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $34; nonmembers $46
While most visit Calvert Cliffs State Park for the marine fossils along its Chesapeake Bay beach, this park in southern Maryland offers rich natural history as well. We'll walk up to 4 miles of trails - out to the Bay and back - but with lots of stops along the way, as we explore the coastal plain forests, marshland, and stream valley habitats of this protected area. We'll look and listen for spring migrants, butterflies and dragonflies, and reptiles and amphibians, as we stroll past spring blooms. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Butterflies of Hoyle's Mill Conservation Park
Sunday, April 27 (11 am-3:30 pm)
Leaders Dick Smith and Stephanie Mason
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Hoyle's Mill Conservation Park in upper Montgomery County, preserves the largest diabase bedrock habitat in Maryland, making it a rich area of both common and uncommon plants. These plants are caterpillar hosts and nectar resources for spring butterflies, such as the pipevine swallowtail and its more common cousins: falcate orangetip; olive hairstreak; Eastern comma; and several species of duskywing skippers. We'll look for these species and their associated plant communities along a mostly flat dirt/gravel road in the Park. Registration required, please use registration form.
Botanical Gems of Montgomery County: Blockhouse Point Conservation Park
Sunday, April 27 (10 am-2 pm)
Leader Carole Bergmann
Members $24; nonmembers $34
We continue our field trips to some of the botanically rich, but often underappreciated, Montgomery County Parks. On this hike we'll visit Blockhouse Point, along the Potomac River, where we'll explore the preserve's notable, contiguous forest of typical Piedmont plant species, as well as more uncommon ones. We'll cover 2-4 miles, with some uphill/downhill and a hike out to a bluff above the Potomac, on this moderate hike. Our leader is the forest ecologist for the County. Registration required, please use registration form.
Window into the World of Fungi
Thursday, May 1 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Saturday, May 3 (9 am-1 pm)
Leader Tovi Lehmann
Members $42; nonmembers $58
Lecture only members $20; nonmembers $26
Rooted, yet not plants, heterotrophs, but not animals (growing in fairy rings, yet not even fairies), fungi are members of another kingdom. Mostly hidden under the surface, fungi have evolved their own solutions to life's persistent problems. Gaining the recognition for their pivotal role in shaping the living world, they now reshape fundamental perceptions of biologists. In this workshop, we will explore the natural history and ecology of our local fungal neighbors, rather than focus on the edibility of particular species of mushrooms. Our field trip will visit a close-in natural area chosen by the leader, based on his scouting closer to the program. Registration required, please use registration form.
Bird ID Series: Spring Warblers
Thursday, May 1 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Leader Mike Bowen
Members $20; nonmembers $28
More than 30 species of warblers pass through the mid-Atlantic during spring migration, but finding and properly identifying these active songbirds can be a real challenge—even for seasoned birders. Since we all need an annual refresher, our expert leader will use slides and recorded songs to help prepare us for this rich and long-awaited period of birding. Registration required, please use registration form.
Appalachian Spring
Sunday, May 4 (8:30 am-3 pm)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $30; nonmembers $42
Spring rains, warming temperatures, and longer hours of daylight ignite a great burst of life in the valleys and ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Thompson Wildlife Management Area in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Linden, VA, a wildlife reserve that is well known for its botanical diversity. Our field trip will focus on the rich wildflower display, as well as spring migrants, butterflies, and other wildlife. We'll cover around 3 miles at a leisurely pace, but there will be uphill and downhill walking on rocks and uneven trails. Registration required, please use registration form.
Geology at Government Island State Park
Saturday, May 10 (9 am-Noon)
Leader Joe Marx
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Government Island, near Aquia in Stafford County, Virginia, is a 17th to 19th-century quarry site that supplied the Aquia Creek sandstone that was used to construct the White House and U.S. Capitol building. Called "freestone" by masons, the Aquia sandstone is a rare case of Potomac Formation clay, sand and pebbles cemented into rock. The park features 1.5 miles of level trails, with boardwalks over marshy areas. The quarry sites are easily approached and show the sandstone in various stages of excavation. Once surrounded by open water, Government Island is now embedded in a silted estuary a few miles from the Potomac. It is an ideal location to observe aquatic and woodland plants, as well as birds and other wildlife. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Hike on the AT Trail
Sunday, May 11 (full day hike)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $34; nonmembers $46
Spring rains, warming temperature, and longer hours of daylight ignite a great burst of life in the valleys and ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. One of the best ways to explore this seasonal richness is along the Appalachian Trail.Our Senior Naturalist leads this search for spring blooms, butterflies, and breeding bird activity amongst the rocky terrain of Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. On our hike from the Pinnacles Picnic Area to Skyland, we'll follow the ridge to the second highest peak in the Park—Stony Man Mountain (4010 ft), which was formed by the erosion of layers of lava flow. We'll cover 5.4 miles on this strenuous to moderately strenuous uphill/downhill hike on trails that will be rocky and uneven. Registration required, please use registration form.
Butterflies of Blue Mountain
Sunday, May 18 (full-day field trip)
Leaders Dick Smith and Stephanie Mason
Members $34; nonmembers $46
Blue Mountain, near Linden, VA, is best known for its spectacular wildflower display earlier in the month at the Thompson Wildlife Management Area. We'll search for the rich diversity of butterflies that can be found here at the lower elevation Lake Thompson. We'll hope to find swallowtails, including the uncommon Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail; the Appalachian Azure and other blues; plus other species both common and uncommon. We'll walk up to several miles, with some uphill and downhill over uneven terrain. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Shorebird Migration on the Delaware Bay
Thursday, May 22 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Sunday, May 25 (full-day field trip)
Leaders John Bjerke and Cyndie Loeper
Members $46; nonmembers $64
Lecture only members $20; nonmembers $28
Each year in May, horseshoe crabs migrate to the beaches of Delaware Bay to mate and lay their eggs. During the same time period, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds, en route to summer breeding grounds, stop at the Bay to feast and refuel on the concentrated number of horseshoe crab eggs. At Thursday's lecture, we will discuss shorebird migration and use slides to help ID some of the most common shorebirds in our region. Sunday's field trip will take us to the Bay, where we will hope to see and ID a variety of shorebirds. Registration required, please use registration form.
Spring Hike on Sugarloaf Mountain
Saturday, May 24 (10 am-3 pm)
Leaders Melanie Choukas-Bradley and Tina Thieme Brown
Members $30; nonmembers $42
Join Sugarloaf author Melanie Choukas-Bradley and artist Tina Thieme Brown for an outing devoted to the botany, wildlife, geology, and history of Sugarloaf Mountain, a monadnock in the rural Piedmont northwest of Washington, D.C. The 1.5-2.5 mile hike, with some uphill and downhill on rocky terrain, is timed to coincide with the flowering of many woodland plants, including mountain laurel, pinxter, fringe-tree, Canada mayflower, several violet species, and possibly one or more orchids. Bring binoculars to look for Wood Thrushes, Worm-eating Warblers, Ravens, and other bird species. Tina will give a brief demonstration on illustrating plants in the field during our lunch break. Registration required, please use registration form.
Frenzy on Cape May's Beaches
Wednesday, May 28 (9 am) to Thursday,
May 29 (5 pm)
Leader Mark Garland
Members $96; Nonmembers $140
By late May the protected beaches of Cape May, N.J., have exploded with activity. Nesting colonies of Least Terns, Piping Plovers, and American Oystercatchers have formed on the ocean beaches, and the first chicks may have already hatched. Many thousands of arctic-nesting shorebirds will have gathered on the beaches lining Delaware Bay, feasting on the eggs of horseshoe crabs. The New Moon falls on Wednesday, and towards dusk that evening, weather permitting, thousands of horseshoe crabs will climb onto these beaches to lay their eggs, as they do with every extreme high tide in the spring. We'll visit coastal wetlands, fields, and forests to see some of the area's butterflies, dragonflies, wildflowers, nesting birds, and late songbird migrants. We'll break for an early supper on Wednesday, and head back afield in the evening to see the horseshoe crabs on the beaches and to listen for frogs and owls. Registration required, please use registration form.
Fern ID Hike at Turkey Run Park
Saturday, May 31 (9 am-2 pm)
Leader Cris Fleming
Members $30; nonmembers $42
At least 25 species of ferns occur along the Potomac River at Turkey Run Park in Virginia, off the GW Parkway. On our field day, we'll begin with a discussion of fern terminology and useful techniques to aid in identification of different species. We'll then amble along the River where participants will practice using a simple key to identify many of the Park's ferns. Our field trip is on mostly flat terrain along the River shore, but the hike does include a fairly steep downhill and uphill stretch. There are also two rocky stream crossings—but there will be plenty of hands to help navigate these. Registration required, please use registration form.
Late Spring Hike on Bull Run Mountain
Saturday, June 7 (9 am-2 pm)
Leader: Cliff Fairweather
Members $35; nonmembers $42
Get some good exercise and chase disappearing spring up into the mountains on this 3-4 mile hike on Bull Run Mountain in Prince William County, VA. We'll hike to the top of High Point Mountain (1,300 feet) on this moderately strenuous outing on rocky and uneven terrain. Along the way, we'll watch for nesting bird and other wildlife activity, as well as late spring wildflowers. Fee includes a donation to the Bull Run Mountain Conservancy, which protects and maintains this natural area. Registration required, please use registration form.
Breeding Bird Walk at Pennyfield Lock
Sunday, June 8 (7-11 am)
Leader John Bjerke
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Breeding birds are excellent environmental indicators, and breeding bird surveys generate important data for monitoring the health of ecosystems. At Pennyfield Lock along the C&O Canal in upper Montgomery County, MD, we'll explore woods and wetlands to search out both common and uncommon breeders of this protected habitat. We'll discuss the breeding strategies of species such as Red-shouldered Hawk, Green Heron, Baltimore Oriole, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Red-eyed Vireo, among others, as well as the types of census techniques which ornithologists and citizen scientists use to determine population levels and trends. We'll walk up to 2.5 miles at a leisurely pace with our leader, who has participated in the Maryland/DC Breeding Bird Atlas Project. Registration required, please use registration form.
Advanced Dragonfly Studies:
Common Darners, Spiketails, Cruisers & Clubtails of the Mid-Atlantic
Thursday, June 12 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Sunday, June 15 (3/4 day field trip)
Leader Richard Orr
Members $46; nonmembers $64
Feel like you're ready to "graduate" from our annual Introduction to Dragonfly and Damselfly class led by entomologist and dragonfly expert Richard Orr? Join us for his advanced series of classes, combining an evening presentation with a field trip to Patuxent Research Center, where we'll hope to see many of these and other species in action. This is the second of four classes which will cover field ID of all of the dragonfly and damselfly groups in the mid-Atlantic area. Just getting started in dragonflies? Our leader's introductory class coming up in August is for you. Registration required, please use registration form.
Butterflies of Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge
Saturday, June 14 (full day field trip)
Leaders Dick Smith and Stephanie Mason
Members $34; nonmembers $46
Join a butterfly expert and our Senior Naturalist on a search for early summer butterflies at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge, situated near the mouth of the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay. We'll explore up to a couple of miles in generally open and sunny terrain as we explore the meadow, woodland, and beach habitats of this natural area. We'll hope to spot and ID a wide variety of species, all the while discussing their life histories and host plant relationships. Registration required, please use registration form.
Co-Evolution in Our Own Backyard
Wednesday, June 18 (7:30-9:30)
Sunday, June 22 (9 am-3 pm)
Leader Nate Erwin
Members $46; nonmembers $64
Why is the Carolina sphinx moth's proboscis so long? Why do the white Datura flowers bloom at night, emitting a pungent fragrance? Why do insect-eating bats look so different from fruit, nectar and pollen-eating bats? Why do ants gather around Azure butterfly larvae on summer flower heads? Join entomologist Nate Erwin for a look at these questions, as well as many co-evolutionary relationships in the gardens, fields, and forests of the DC area. Our evening of images,objects, and discussion will be reinforced by a field trip to McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area, near Poolesville, MD. Registration required, please use registration form.
Summer Shuffles Along the Canal
Wednesdays (9-11:30 am)
Section A: June 18 - Riley's Lock
Section B: July 2 - Widewater
Section C: July 16 - Carderock
Section D: July 30 - Swain's Lock
Leader Stephanie Mason
Each walk members $20; nonmembers $28
Entire series $72/$100
Summer's here and it may be hot, so we'll keep our pace to a shuffle as we visit three areas along the Potomac River and the C&O Canal. We'll stop often to observe birds, wildflowers, butterflies, dragonflies, snakes, and whatever else we may find underfoot or overhead. Carpooling will be available from Woodend. Registration required, please use registration form.
Natural Heritage Series: Elliott Island
Saturday, June 21 (2:30-11 pm)
Leaders Hal Wierenga and Lynn Davidson
Members $34; nonmembers $46
Extensive wetlands border the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and the marshes near Vienna, MD are diverse, well-studied, and accessible. Hal Wierenga, who has conducted the state's Black Rail study, leads this exploration of the natural history and management of the Elliott Island marsh ecosystem. We'll identify marsh plants and search for birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. We'll also discuss the effects of human activities on the marsh environment. Our foray continues into the night, when we'll listen for rails, frogs, owls, and Chuck-will's-widows. Note: our group will meet in Cambridge then carpool out to our field site. Registration required, please use registration form.
Solstice Morning Along the Potomac
Saturday, June 21 (8 am-Noon)
Leader Mark Garland
Members $30; nonmembers $42
Join naturalist Mark Garland for a general nature walk along the Potomac River on the morning of the Summer Solstice. We'll stroll along the towpath of the C&O Canal beneath the towering trees at Sycamore Landing, watching for the activity of nesting birds, noting summer wildflowers, and hoping to spot butterflies, reptiles, and amphibians. Mark, who was a naturalist at ANS from 1984-2001, will be back in the area for a school reunion. He considers this field trip a "nature reunion," as he returns to a favorite spot he first started visiting more than 40 years ago. Beware, you may be subject to a bit of reminiscing! Registration required, please use registration form.
Botanical Gems of Montgomery County: Rachel Carson Park
Sunday, June 22 (9 am-12:30 pm)
Leader Carole Bergmann
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Rachel Carson Park protects a variety of natural communities, including oak-hickory woodlands, mountain laurel thickets, rocky outcroppings, and Hawlings River bottomlands. Under the guidance of the County's forest ecologist, we'll explore these communities identifying trees, ferns, and summer wildflowers along the way. On this 2-3 mile walk, expect some uphill/downhill walking over terrain that may be uneven, rocky and/or muddy. Registration required, please use registration form.
Six-legged Songsters of Summer
Thursday, June 26 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Leader Cathy Stragar
Free, but registration is required.
Sticky summer has arrived, and the songs of insects such as cicadas, crickets, and katydids begin to swell into a noisy and riotous chorus. Join naturalist Cathy Stragar for a slide introduction to the most common of these songsters: who they are, why they sing, and how they make their amazing sounds. She'll also describe how to get involved with the third annual Cricket Crawl citizen science activity in late August. Registration required, please use registration form.
Wetland Plant Identification Walk
Saturday, June 28 (10 am-3 pm)
Leader Cris Fleming
Members $35; nonmembers $42
Freshwater tidal wetlands are home to many beautiful and interesting plants that have adapted to the twice daily change in water level. On this 3/4 field trip, we will meet at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, located along the eastern shore of the Patuxent River in Anne Arundel County. We'll look at specimens of plants growing at the preserve and discuss special adaptations of tidal wetland plants. We'll then walk a narrow boardwalk along the edge of the high marsh where we can observe many herbaceous and woody species. After lunch, we'll visit a larger wetland along the river where we'll search out species of the low marsh, as well as watch out for marsh wildlife and nesting osprey. Fee includes admission charge to visit the Sanctuary. Registration required, please use registration form.
Western Montgomery County Butterfly Count
Saturday, June 28
Join us for the 26th annual Western Montgomery County Butterfly Count. Participants in this citizen science project will sent into the field in teams to count butterfly species in a given area. No experience is necessary. This mid-summer count, modeled after the Christmas Bird Counts, is organized by ANS and sponsored by the North American Butterfly Association and Xerces Society. Email Stephanie Mason at firstname.lastname@example.com for a participant's information letter.
Summer Walks on the Wild Side
A: Sunday, June 29 - Natural Area of Patuxent River Park, MD (8:30 am-Noon)
B: Saturday, July 19 - Theodore Roosevelt Island, DC (8-11:30 am)
C: Sunday, July 27 - Occoquan Bay Wildlife Refuge, VA (7:30-11 am)
Leaders Stephanie Mason and Cathy Stragar
Each walk members $24; nonmembers $34
Entire series members $66; nonmembers $92
Join two naturalists to explore the summer richness of parks along area waterways. As summer arrives and progresses into its hot, muggy days and nights, wetlands and meadows soak up the sun and come alive with plant and wildlife activity. We'll explore these open habitats with walks of up to 2—3 miles, at a slow summer pace, in search of birds, butterflies, dragonflies, reptiles, amphibians, and summer plant life. Registration required, please use registration form.
Geology at Great Falls, Maryland
Saturday, July 12 (8:30-11 am)
Leader Joe Marx
Members $20; nonmembers $26
People in our region find Great Falls both fascinating and perplexing. Arguably our most dramatic landscape feature, its origin and development remain obscure to many. We will take a short and easy walk from the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center to the falls overlook, a round trip of about a mile. During the walk, we will discuss how the bedrock of the Great Falls area formed in tectonic collisions hundreds of millions of years ago and how the waxing and waning of the continental glacier led to the much more recent creation of the falls. There should even be time to examine the flora and birdlife along our path. Registration required, please use registration form.
Botany by Nose
Sunday, July 13 (8:30-Noon)
Leader Carole Bergmann
Members $24; nonmembers $34
While most of us rely on visual clues to help us identify the plants that comprise our landscape, our sense of smell can be an important, complementary tool. Anyone who has broken a Spicebush or Black Birch twig can confirm that. Our outdoor classroom will be Little Bennett Park near Clarksburg, MD, as we "scratch and sniff" our way through woodland and wetland habitats. Registration required, please use registration form.
Bees in the Backyard
Saturday, July 19 (9:30 am-Noon)
Leader Nate Erwin
Members $24; nonmembers $34
Discover the diversity of native bees and other pollinators right outside your doorstep and in your garden. Join our leader in his home garden in Alexandria, VA and in surrounding natural areas for a look at what's helping produce many of the seeds and fruits in your neighborhood. Nate Erwin is an entomologist working on collections at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Registration required, please use registration form.
Paddle on the Patuxent
Sunday, July 20 (9 am-1 pm)
Leader Jug Bay volunteers
Members $30; nonmembers $42
Enjoy a leisurely paddle through tidal marshes and along the Patuxent River's edge at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in Anne Arundel County, MD. We'll keep our eyes and ears open for turtles, muskrats, eagles, osprey, and other wildlife. Cost includes canoe fee and sanctuary entrance fee. Participants can explore the sanctuary on their own after the canoe trip. Limited to 15 participants who will walk one mile each way to access the canoes. Registration required, please use registration form.
Sunset Stroll in the Hollow
Sunday, July 20 (7-9 pm)
Leader Stephanie Mason
Members $20; nonmembers $28
Enjoy a slow evening stroll through the field, forest, and wetland habitats of the Hughes Hollow area, south of Poolesville, MD. As the sun sets, we'll look and listen for owls, frogs, foxes, beavers, bats, and insects, discussing the adaptations of these crepuscular and nocturnal animals. Registration required, please use registration form.
Summer Wildflower Walk
Saturday, July 26 (8:30 am-Noon)
Leader Sujata Roy
Members $24; nonmembers $ 34
Under the guidance of a naturalist who knows this park well, we'll search the open meadows and wetlands of Black Hill Regional Park in upper Montgomery County for the showy blooms of summer. We'll focus on the identifying characteristics of the most common plant families in bloom this time of year. Be prepared for field conditions in full sun with tall vegetation. Registration required, please use registration form.
The Natural History of Caterpillars
Thursday, July 31 (7:30-9:30 pm)
Saturday, August 2 (9 am-3 pm)
Leader Nate Erwin
Members $46; nonmembers $64
Lecture only members $20; nonmembers $28
Here's a chance to learn about caterpillars' many forms and their fascinating life histories, including defense strategies. We'll find and identify local caterpillars and discuss their host plant associations. With entomologist Nate Erwin, we'll combine an evening presentation at Woodend with field exploration at Hughes Hollow, near Poolesville, MD. Registration required, please use registration form.


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Marshall Riddle
The Virginia Corridor trail that runs through the center of Modesto has been a great addition to our community. On any given day you can find countless people walking, jogging or riding their bikes along the trail, and you can see why. The trail is kept clean, it's well-landscaped and, outside of one recent incident, is a safe place to be. If it continues to be developed along the old Tidewater Southern Railway line, it could connect the far north of Modesto to downtown.
If the Virginia Corridor trail does continue north, it will run into another trail, a trail that is forgotten by most of Modesto: the Hetch Hetchy Trail. The Hetch Hetchy Trail runs east-west south of Standiford Avenue to the west of Shawnee Drive, where it crosses and continues on the north side of Standiford Avenue to the east.
For those who have not spent time on the Hetch Hetchy Trail, it is nowhere close to the standard the Virginia Corridor trail sets. It is littered with piles of garbage, shopping carts and broken glass. The landscaping is made of sparse trees and weedlike grass.
Worst of all, it is not safe. Setting foot on the trail after dark is not something I would recommend.
Despite all of this, there is great potential for the trail. With a little bit of landscaping, more lighting and a lot of community pride, the trail could become a great part of this city.
As someone who lives along the Hetch Hetchy Trail, I am going to start taking pride in it and see what I can do to help make it great. I hope others who call it part of their neighborhood join me as well.
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WILLOUGHBY, OHIO -- To be fair, AscendTech appears to have more happy customers than unhappy and every business can have an off day. It is just that my day with AscendTech was soooo off there's no way to measure or categorize it other than poor customer service.
Issue 1: $939.61 purchase included extra $49.99 fee for 'urgent' assembly to receive AscendTech's computer more quickly. However due to damage, AscendTech never successfully fulfilled the order.
Issue 2: Computer arrived damaged, bent and would not function.
Issue 3: Keyboard was shipped unwrapped with flip-out feet (underside) open and cord unsecured. Due to this poor packaging by AscendTech, the keyboard would not light up, one foot was broken / missing, and the finish was badly scratched (photos available).
Issue 4: AscendTech filled shipping container with trash (photos available) and explained this as "I have never seen one ship like that before. I know we have a new man in shipping. But that is going too far."
Issue 5: AscendTech emailed FOUR times stating they had contacted UPS on 4/9 to pick up the damaged computer. However, UPS states AscendTech called 4/13 at 4:00 PM with pick up to follow within 24 hours, which it finally was.
UPDATE: UPS has determined that computer was indeed damaged in transit -- mistakenly in my opinion as the damage to the computer (not keyboard) appeared to have been caused by AscendTech before shipping.
UPS made this decision on 4/15/2009.
UPS returned computer to AscendTech on 4/16/2009, signed by BYKOV.
Issue 6: AscendTech emailed SIX times that they would refund purchase: 4/10 at 3:00 PM and 4/14 at 5:35 PM and 4/15 at 11:36 AM and 4/16 at 11:21 AM and 4/16 at 12:07 AM and 4/18 at 12:04 PM and by phone on 4/22.
Issue 7: AscendTech emailed 4/14 "it should all be behind us in the next day or two" following UPS pick up. Now 4/24, ten days following the UPS pick up, I still do not have AscendTech's promised refund, to buy elsewhere.
Issue 8: AscendTech emailed modified refund offer on 4/16 at 12:07 AM for $889.62 (less the $49.99 'urgent' fee). I agreed to this outrageous amount just to end this ordeal. Then five hours later, AscendTech LOWERED offer to $751.69 (less $187.92).
Sadly I no longer have any faith in their company, service, products, or follow through.
Don't you think keeping their promise and issuing a refund is reasonable ... especially since UPS will be covering at least a portion of their loss?
Just an off day, or is AscendTech just an off company?
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Posted by Soaring Consumer on 2009-04-24:
I suggest emailing the photos to email@example.com, and he will attach them to your review.
Dispute the full amount with your credit card company. Forward them the emails they sent you promising a full refund, they will prove your case in the dispute.
You should not have to pay a restocking fee for a product that was damaged upon receipt.
Posted by ShouldBeGolfing on 2009-04-24:
If only I had used a credit card!!
Unfortunately this was paid via PayPal and all they were interested in is whether or not it shipped.
Aside from that, PayPal refused to help me. So I've received nothing more than a $900+ hole in my wallet.
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Paypal should have sided with you if they were forwarded proof that you were offered a full refund, saw the copies of the pictures that the item was damaged on arrival, and that UPS took the item back.
I just noticed that this company also has an F rating with the BBB. I suggest that you file a complaint with them and see where that takes you.
Do you live near this company?
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Higher resolution (1024x1600) versions: H&alpha (b/w) and color.
The constellation of Orion features one of the largest emission nebulae in the sky: Barnard's loop (discoverd by E. E. Barnard around 1900), which was probably formed by a series of supernova explosions some 3 million years ago. Also visible are Great Orion Nebula (M42, overexposed) and the Horsehead Nebula.
This Hα/color mosaic is a combination of many CCD and film images,
recorded over a time span of four years. The Hα frames are the most recent
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techniques developed for assembling my all-sky panorama.
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recorded on Kodak PJ-400 negative film at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.
Both the red and luminance channel were replaced with the Hα data.
Total exposure time: approx. 8.5 hours.
Lens | : | Hα: Minolta 1.4/50 mm lens, stopped down to
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Camera | : | Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 and Minolta SRT-101 |
Mount(s) | : | Losmandy G-11 and Super Polaris DX |
Filter | : | Astronomik Ha (13 nm FWHM)
Guiding | : | ST-4 autoguider (Hα only) |
Date | : | Hα images: 20 Feb. 2004 (Germany)
and 23 Mar. 2004 (South Africa)
Color: 31 Dec. 1999, 03 Jan. 2000 |
Exposure time | : | Ha: each field 2x15 min; color: each field 45 min |
Site | : | Hα: Baruth, Brandenburg (Germany)
and Ezeljaght Farm near Sutherland (South Africa). Color: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona. |
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Bias subtraction, dark frames and digital development: IRAF; mosaic assembly: SExtractor, Match, custom software and Swarp; Post-processing: Gimp |


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I adore Harrison Ford. He's still sexy even in his 60's. I just wish he'd leave Calista Flockhart for a woman that has meat on her bones...like me, lol!!!
I have to say I especially like Harrison Ford and Tom Selleck on that list. They still look very natural, masculine and sexy. I just hope they don't have any cosmetic work in the future like Burt Reynolds did. He looks terrible now!
I've got to be honest. I think they all look like crap, just like most old people, even though there's lot's of evidence of repairs being done. Clint Eastwood's shiny face looks ridiculous on that wrinkled up neck!
Top three on that list would be Harrison, Tom and Warren. They are still incredibly sexy!! My God. The hottness just increases every year with these men. But what happened to Chevy? Guess I haven't seen him in awhile. Wow.
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I love Harrison Ford, Tom Selleck, Warren Beatty, and Paul Newman to name a few. They all are still so damned sexy. I think their sexiness increases tenfold with every year! Love me a man with experience, wisdom, and the self-confidence that comes with age! But couldn't Richard Gere have been added to the list? Don't know how old he is now...but still very hot!
Harrison Ford USED to look nice. Now he just looks like a crooked nosed dried-out old weazel.
In an interview you wonder if he even ever had a personality? He's as dry as wheat toast. It's more fun to watch wet paint drying or to watch the grass grow then to sufffer through one of his interviews. It's evident he has no umph, no pizzazz, no whew, whew like in his movies. He just bores you to tears until you cry yourself to sleep from utter boredom. Calista Flockhardt probably hooks him to a heart monitor to make sure he's not comtaose.


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Mike Eades, CEO and president of the Ascension Economic Development Corp., told the organization's board of directors this compares with the 32 potential projects that were active in December 2011, which represented nearly 2,950 jobs and $4.3 billion in investment.
Of the current active projects, Eades said 22 are "A" grade.
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Two projects alone would represent nearly 1,000 jobs and $1.9 billion. Decisions are pending for Project Dashboard, a possible expansion of a manufacturer in Geismar that would create between 200 and 300 jobs and lead to a $900 million investment, and Project Frontier, a major new petrochemical project that would create 650 jobs and lead to a $1 billion investment.
This year alone the AEDC has seen a number of new plants come into the parish, including a new formic acid plant at BASF, a $2.1 billion expansion of the CF Industries nitrogen plant near Donaldsonville and the Methanex methanol production facility in Geismar. Together, they represent 655 new direct jobs and a $3.6 billion investment.
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Music archaeology
Music archaeology is an interdisciplinary field that mixes musicology and archaeology. As it includes music from numerous cultures, it is often seen as being a part of ethnomusicology, and indeed a study group looking into music archaeology first emerged from ethnomusicological group the ICTM, not from within archaeology.
A first attempt to join the two distinct disciplines of Musicology and Archaeology took place at the conference of the International Musicological Society at Berkeley in 1977. One of the round tables was designated "Music and Archaeology", to which were invited specialists to discuss the musical remains of ancient cultures - Bathia Bayer (Israel), Charles Boilès (Mexico), Ellen Hickmann (Egypt), David Liang (China), Casja Lund (Scandinavia). The main stimulus for this was the sensational discovery of an ancient Mesopotamian musical system by Anne D. Kilmer, assyriologist in Berkeley. On the basis of this she was able to advance a decipherment and transcription into Western notation of a late Bronze Age hymn in the Hurrian language, excavated from Ugarit, which contained notation based on the Mesopotamian system. With the help of musicologist Richard L. Crocker (Berkeley) and instrument maker Robert Brown, a replica of a Sumerian lyre was made, and Kilmer's version of the Hurrian hymn was recorded, accompanied by a carefully prepared commentary, as Kilmer/Crocker/Brown, Sounds from Silence, Recent Discoveries in Ancient Eastern Music (LP with information booklet, Bit Enki Publications, Berkeley, 1976). At the round table in Berkeley, Kilmer explained their method of reconstruction and demonstrated the resulting sound. This was the starting point of the "Study Group on Music Archaeology", officially founded within the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) in Seoul/Korea in 1981, and recognized by the ICTM in New York in 1983 following its first meeting on current music-archaeological research in Cambridge/UK in 1982.
The Study Group on Music Archaeology went on to hold international conferences in Stockholm (1984), Hannover/Wolfenbüttel (1986), Saint Germain-en-Laye (1990), Liège (1992), Istanbul (1993), Jerusalem (1994/1995, together with the ICTM-Study Group for Iconography), and Limassol, Cyprus (1996). These meetings resulted in comprehensive conference reports. The Limassol conference was a turning point in the ways of the Study Group. It was decided to leave the ICTM for closer cooperation with archaeologists, and the group was renamed the International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA). Since then, the ISGMA has worked continuously with the German Archaeological Institute, Berlin (DAI, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Berlin). A new series called "Studien zur Musikarchäologie" was created as a sub-series of "Orient-Archäologie" to present the conference reports of the ISGMA, and to integrate music-archaeological monographs independent of the Study Group's meetings; it is published by the Orient Department of the DAI through the Verlag Marie Leidorf. Between 1998 and 2004, conferences of ISGMA were held every two years at Michaelstein Monastery, Music Academy of Sachsen-Anhalt (Kloster Michaelstein, Landesmusikakademie Sachsen-Anhalt), sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
In close cooperation with the Department for Ethnomusicology at the Ethnological Museum Berlin (Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, SMB SPK, Abteilung Musikethnologie, Medien-Technik und Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv), the 5th and 6th Symposium of the ISGMA were held in 2006 respectively in 2008 at the Ethnological Museum Berlin. In friendly cooperation with the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, the 7th Symposium of the ISGMA was held in Tianjin, China, in 2010. The Study Group receives requests for material contributions, scholarly consultation and public performances. The activities and publications of the ISGMA have attracted many interested colleagues from all over the world. Four researchers from its very beginning, Anne D. Kilmer, Ellen Hickmann, Graeme Lawson, and Bo Lawergren, are still with the Study Group, which now has a pool of about 80 researchers from all over the world who continuously correspond and work with each other.
Meanwhile the ICTM Study Group continued separately, and holds its own events, although a number of researchers are involved in both groups.
On the 27th May 2011 a public concert under the banner of Palaeophonics, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Beyond Text programme and the University of Edinburgh Campaign, took place at the George Square Theatre in Edinburgh. The event showcased the outcomes of collaborative research and creative practice by archaeologists, composers, filmmakers and performers from across Europe and the Americas. Whilst inspired and driven by research in music archaeology, Palaeophonics represents the emergence of a new, possibly significant, development within the field and within musicology which approaches the subject through the production and performance of new sound and music based multi-media creative works instead of through direct representation and reproduction. Said by some observers as 'experimental' and 'avant-garde', the event provoked mixed feedback from a wide public audience of around 250 people. A related publication is planned and further Palaeophonics events are thought to be taking place in the future, although none are currently programmed, whilst funding for developing the project is sourced.
Related fields[edit]
From within this history, the subject has proliferated, including work on: Prehistoric Music. This has focused on the earliest period of music archaeology. Ancient Music. The most work in the field has been carried out on this period, which lies between prehistory and Early Music, which is often the study of western classical music from the medieval period onwards. In particular there has been substantial research carried out on Music of ancient Greece and Music of Ancient Rome. The Ancient Music wiki page carries more information and links.
Archaeoacoustics is the use of methodologies from the field of acoustics, and other scientific approaches to musicology, to undertake archaeological study.
Notable music archaeologists[edit]
- Graeme Lawson
- Ellen Hickmann[1]
- Casja Lund[2]
- Bo Lawergren[3]
- Anne D. Kilmer
- Ricardo Eichmann
The International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA)[4] includes archaeoacoustical work. It is a pool of researchers devoted to the field of music archaeology. The study group is hosted at the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute Berlin (DAI, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Orient-Abteilung) and the Department for Ethnomusicology at the Ethnological Museum Berlin (Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, SMB SPK, Abteilung Musikethnologie, Medien-Technik und Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv). It comprises research methods of musicological and anthropological disciplines, such as archaeology, organology, acoustics, music iconology, philology, ethnohistory, and ethnomusicology.
The International Council for Traditional Music Study Group for Music Archaeology also has relevant information on its website.[5]
The Acoustics and Music of British Prehistory Research Network was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, led by Rupert Till and Chris Scarre, as well as Professor Jian Kang of Sheffield University's Department of Architecture. It has a list of researchers working in the field, and links to many other relevant sites.[6]
MOISA: The International Society for the Study of Greek and Roman Music and its Cultural Heritage is a non-profit association incorporated in Italy in 2007 for the preservation, interpretation, and valorization of ancient Greek and Roman music and musical theory, as well as its cultural heritage to the present day.[7]
See also[edit]
- ^ Ellen Hickmann (2003) 'Musikarchäologie - Forschungsgrundlagen und Ziele', Die Musikforschung, 56/2: 121-134.
- ^ Cajsa Lund (1974) The sound of archaeology: Concept, content, planning. Musikmuseet.
- ^ http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/physics/faculty/lawergren/publications
- ^ http://www.musicarchaeology.org/
- ^ http://www.ictmusic.org/group/music-archaeology
- ^ http://ambpnetwork.wordpress.com/
- ^ http://www.moisasociety.org


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With seven weeks until the election Republican candidate Mitt Romney's potential gender gap with women faces a new hurdle in the Latino community,
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Latina voters plan to vote for President Obama by a margin of 74% to 21% for Romney - a 53 point gap. Among Latino men, 61% plan to vote for Obama and 32% for Romney. The September 17 polling data suggest the President continues to solidify his lead among Latinos, and there are no signs of cracks in the Obama coalition among Latino voters. Overall Obama holds 68% of the Latino vote to 26% for Romney, erasing the
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1. The hostile rhetoric about immigrants has been gendered � �anchor babies� is a slur directed at Hispanic mothers � and it is no surprise Latinas think Democrats are better than Republicans at women�s issues. Ugly framing about Latina fertility and their children in context of immigration position-taking probably led many Latinas to think Republicans were not in their corner well before they started parsing words defining rape, adopted a platform position to ban all abortions, and waged a fight against covering birth control. It would be entirely shocking if Hispanic women suddenly became the champions of the party and candidates that put that phrase into the national lexicon.
2. When 78% of Latinas, and 68% of Latinos say that Democrats are better at women�s issues relative to the GOP, it is likely a reference to a whole host of issues that matter for Hispanic women, not merely a reference to abortion politics. Abortion and contraception consistently rank last among the most important issues to Latina and Latino voters. It almost does not matter how we conceive of �women�s issues�, Democrats have taken positions much more favorable to Hispanic women � affordable health care, DREAM Act support, Sotomayor�s nomination to the Supreme Court � compared to Republicans.
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4. Latina voters are more likely to say that the DREAM act is a priority issue, many Latinas � whether they are parents or not � think of the DREAM act as a long term solution that provides economic and employment opportunities for their friends, children and larger community. So again, the economy and immigration policy are not two different things.
5. While there are differences between Hispanic men and women, it is important to notice that they are on the same side -- well over half of Latinos and Latinas prefer Obama over Romney, are certain they will vote, and think Democratic outreach is much better than Republican outreach. This is not the same phenomenon as the white voter gender gap, that usually refers to men and women taking opposite positions on issues or candidates. The �Latino Gender Gap� is nothing like the white voter gender gap. Since Latinos and Latinas are similarly situated in terms of the social and economic status, their political preferences and behavior is pretty much alike. Hispanic men don�t like their kids being called �anchor babies�, or having their mothers insulted either.
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