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Muirkirk dinopark
Yesterday a very nice ribbon cutting opening ceremony was held on a warm
and sunny afternoon at the mid-Cretaceous Muirkirk iron quarry that among
other items produced the type tooth of Astrodon johnstoni, and remains
productive including some interesting items displayed by their collectors at
the
site. Well over a hundred people attended, including a number of local
politicians, and people from the Smithsonian including Matt Carrano. The
signage is
very nicely done, that it includes the painting of the general place and time
I did earlier for the MD Science Center does not hurt. The food was good
too. The person most responsible for the development of the park is Peter
Kranz who has been working away at the project for years. In addition to the
Baltimore Sun article posted earlier see
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102603281.html.
About the Washington Post, this week it revamped its print format and
dropped the never extensive and increasingly anemic Monday science section in
favor of somewhat more expanded coverage in a combination Tuesday Health &
Science section somewhat similar to the NYT.
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