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The Second Annual International Dinosaur Month
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I D M 98
October 1-31, 1998
Rediscover
Dinosaurs
WhereasDinosaurs were around a long, long time before we were born,Whereas
and -- despite the fact they are extinct --
they've refused to go away for the past 245 million years or so,Kids and grownups just can't seem to get dinos out of their heads and paleontologists have even more trouble getting dino bones out of the ground,WhereasDinosaurs have had lots of books written about them,Therefore
had zillions of pictures painted of them,
have starred in lots of kewl movies (usually without getting paid for it),
have stood around in dusty museums for years at a stretch without time off for lunch,
and, all in all, have entertained and educated each and every one of us
regardless of age, race, creed, color, gender, size, national or planetary origin, or anything else you can think of,It's time that everyone stopped what they were doing and took a moment to pay attention to
dinosaurs and paleontologists and dino-artists and dino-educators
( who not only dig them up, but also figure out everything we know about them and communicate it to the rest of us ).
Therefore,
does hereby declare
October 1-31, 1998
as the
The
Second, Annual International Dinosaur Month
to be devoted to the study
of dinosaurs and paleontologists
and dino-artists and dino-educators
wherever we may find them
to protect and preserve
their fossils,
to encourage kindness
to them all,
and to appreciate their
contributions to human knowledge
and to our understanding
of our humble place in the vastness of time and the universe.
Some Ideas to Think About:
Museum? Plan a special Exhibit.
School? Put on a special Assembly.
University? Sponsor a Symposium.
Family? Visit a Science Museum.
Publication? Do a Special Issue.
September 30 - October 3, 1998 - Society
of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Annual Meeting,
Snowbird,
Utah, United States
October 1 - Mayor Robert Ragen of Glens Falls, New York to present
a proclamation from the city officially recognizing IDM. Presentation to
be made at the Crandell Public Library on the fist day of the viewing.
Dinosaur Happenings - Paul Olsen, Paleontologist, author and all around great guy has offered to supervise several one day expeditions of select groups of Dino-treckers to a site in New York, to locate additional New York State Dinosaur Tracks. The expedition will be limited to 8 people (each trip). Any tracks found will be donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The site will be recorded and mapped for possible future publication. Casts will be made of any tracks found and donated to the New York State museum. The exposition (in celebration of IDM98) is being formed to search for additional information on the Dinosaurs that roamed the area now Called New York State. The first trip has been postponed to the first week in November. Additional trips will follow each week in October. Interested persons should contact George Winters at (518) 745-4139
October 2-4 - Wyoming Educators'
Interdisciplinary Conference,
Sponsored by Hot Springs County Schools & Big Horn Basin Foundation,
Wyoming,
United States.
October 7 & 8, 1998 - LOWER
AND MIDDLE CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: FILLING THE GAP -
An
International Symposium To Present New Findings On The Lower and
Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Biota to be held at the Dinamation's
Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Fruita, Colorado 81521
October 12-17 - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ON PALEOANTHROPOLOGY IN CoMMEMORATION OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST SKULL OF PEKING MAN.
Beijing, China.December
2, 1999, is the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the first skull of
Peking Man. To commemorate this event, we have decided to hold an international
symposium on Paleoanthropology in Beijing (12-17 October, 1999). Main topics
will be Paleoanthropology, Paleolithic Culture, Biostratigraphy, Quaternary
environments and related fields.
President, Organizing
Committee, Prof. Qiu Zhuding.
October 13-16, 1998 - The Fifth Conference
on Fossil Resources: Partners Preserving our Past, Planning Our Future
October - various dates Tyler Junior
College, Texas, United
States, We at Tyler Junior College (TX) plan to celebrate the IDM 98 with
a month's worth of events, including visits by our Geology Club to local
elementary schools to discuss the dinosaur; a debate/discussion on Who
Killed the Dinosaurs between educators and students of geology and
science; a family presentation on Myths and Realities of the Dinosaur
Age; and a daylong trip to Fossilmania and the Fossil Rim
in Glen Rose, Texas.
October 1-31 - Dinosaur
display at the Crandell Public Library
in Glens Falls. New York.
October,
1998- Kids Reads on America Online
- Dinosaur Book Month Kelly
Milner Halls, resident Grrl Dino Writer, promises a month long Festival
of Roaring Dinosaur Books!
October 31 - November 7, 1998 MOSI,
the Museum of Science & Industrywill
be constructing 2 Sauropods (Diplodocus) in the Grand Lobby beginning
October 31,1998. The process will take 6 days and they will be finished
November 7. They will be mounted unlike any others on display in
the world. One will be up on its hind legs, the other on three
legs and they will be interacting with each other. It has been part
of our annual campaign for the museum. We called it "Assemble-A-Sauropod,
Bucks for Bones" campaign.
| Sue Blakey | Wyoming Dinosaur Center | USA |
| Howard Bloom | founder: International Paleopsychology Project; member: New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Society, Academy of Political Science, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, European Sociobiological Society | USA |
| Philip J. Currie | Paleontologist, Royal Tyrrell Museum | Canada |
| Samuel R. Delany | Writer, critic, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts at Amherst | USA |
| James Gurney | Author, Dinotopia, James Gurney's World of Dinosaurs, dinosaur illustrator, painter of 1997 United States Postal Service Dinosaur Stamps | USA |
| Kelly Milner Halls | Author: Dino-Trekking; Special Features Editor, Kids Read on America Online (AOL), Contributor to: Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Writer's Digest, Family Fun, Highlights for Children. | USA |
| Dr. Narisetti Innaiah | Noted Author, Journalist, Translator (Telugu) & Lecturer in Philosophy of Science | India |
| Mary Kirkaldy | Noted Dinosaur Enthusiast and Paleontological Promotor | USA |
| Paul Kurtz | Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at State University of New York at Buffalo; Chairman of The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) | USA |
| Don Lessem | Noted popular Paleontology Author, founder of The Dinosaur Society, technical advisor to Steven Spielberg's motion picture Jurassic Park | USA |
| Karen L. Podd | President of Buffalo Diocese and Liturgical Commission; Instructor in Theology, Narden Academy, Buffalo, New York | USA. |
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