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<div>Hi Everybody,</div>
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<div>Thought you'd find the following interesting, and that you might
even have some scientists/engineers who'd like to apply....</div>
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<div>Elizabeth</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Date:
May 19, 2004</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Contacts: Maureen O'Leary,
Director, Broadcast Projects</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Megan Petty, Media Relations
Assistant</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">Office of News and Public
Information</font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">202-334-2138; e-mail
<news@nas.edu></font><br>
<font face="Arial" size="-1">WASHINGTON - The American Film Institute
is accepting applications from scientists and engineers to participate
in a workshop to learn about writing for movies and television.
Focusing on the craft and practice of screenwriting, Catalyst
Workshop: Communicating Science and Engineering will be held July 17
and 18, 2004, at the American Film Institute in Los
Angeles.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">The purpose
of the workshop is two fold: to provide a means for scientists and
engineers to become more knowledgeable about motion picture projects,
and to encourage them to learn how to write and submit scripts.
Scientists and engineers are needed as consultants on movie sets, just
as lawyers and police officers have been for the past
decade.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Applications
are due June 9, 2004. Twelve applicants will be selected to
attend the workshop. For application procedures and
requirements, visit</font> <a
href="http://pulsedpower.usc.edu/newpage/workshop/"><font
face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><u>http://pulsedpower.usc.edu/newpage/workshop/</u></font
></a><font face="Arial" size="-1">.</font><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">The workshop
is funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
The National Academies supports accurate portrayal of science and
engineering on TV and film, and encourages interested scientists and
engineers to get involved.</font><br>
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Assistant Director, Science & Engineering News<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
News Office, Room 11-400<br>
77 Massachusetts Ave.<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
617-258-5402 (ph); 617-258-8762 (fax)<br>
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