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FYI. This is a snippet from a summary of daily news relevant to the National Science Foundation that I receive. TheForth Worth Museum has recanted on is decision not to show the IMAX film on Volcanoes. Focused on Science -- and 'Volcanoes' Fort Worth Star-Telegram(03/25/05) Officials at the Forth Worth Museum of Science and History say that the museum originally chose not to show the IMAX film "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" after a public pre-screening survey revealed concern over references to evolution. The museum originally opted to show other films supported by the National Science Foundation, including "Forces of Nature" and "Solarmax," but has since reconsidered its position and will show the volcanoes movie as well. In May, the museum will open a permanent exhibit partly funded by the NSF called Lone Star Dinosaurs. -----Original Message----- From: Frank Holterhoff [mailto:frank@matricus.com] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 1:12 PM To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk Subject: Re: paleonet Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX film industry with extinction I certainly second the emotion, but not the action. So, what, if we also boycott the IMAX theater system, then they become doubly unprofitable and go out of business entirely? And then the general public misses out on an otherwise valuable resource in disseminating scientific information, especially to young people? Not to repeat myself, but IMAX is a business, whatever else it also is. We can't insist that they stay in business at a loss. Let's look for ways they can continue to disseminate sound scientific info, and remain profitable. You know, we and the anti-evolutionists are starting to sound like the hockey players and owners! F Dave Scott wrote: > Amen to that Tim > On Thursday, March 24, 2005, at 04:59 PM, RT Patterson wrote: > >> The following secondary headline made it to the front page of the Ottawa >> Citizen here in Ottawa today: >> >> "Bible Belt creationists threaten IMAX film industry with extinction" >> >> followed by a pretty long article where Canadian producers of science >> films, >> like the Montreal produced volcano film, predicted that they could be >> put of >> out business if they happen to mention the e-word in future films. >> According to the article there are only 250 Imax theaters in the world >> with >> about 50% in the US -- and about a dozen of them in the US south have >> refused to air this film -- many of them at alleged science museums (e.g. >> Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the Charlsetson IMAX >> Theater). >> Since each film costs $6-10 million dollars to produce they have to >> make the >> rounds of almost all IMAX theaters to be profitable. No complaints have >> been received from Canadian IMAX theaters because Canadian >> evangelicals are >> not powerful a consumer group as their US counterparts. I suggest >> that the >> only solution is that those of you in the south counter by letting your >> local IMAX theaters know that if they engage in this sort of silly >> "pre-censorship" that you will arrange a similar boycott by 'sensible' >> people. Although the snow and cold of January are a bit annoying >> sometimes >> it is times like this that it feels much more comfortable in the north:-) >> >> Tim Patterson >> >> >> -- >> Dr. R. Tim Patterson >> Professor of Geology >> Dept. of Earth Sciences >> Carleton University >> 1125 Colonel By Drive >> Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6 >> CANADA >> >> PH: 613-520-2600 ex 4425 >> FAX: 613-520-2569 >> www.carleton.ca/~tpatters -- Frank K. Holterhoff MATRICuS Inc. Physical Design Engineer 570 South Edmonds Lane, Suite 101 972-221-1614 ext. 18 Lewisville, Texas 75067 fax: 972-420-6895 USA frank@matricus.com www.matricus.com
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