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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>For those attending the NAPPC conference next week in Washington DC, I urge you to make time before or after the conference and visit the National Museum of Natural History to see “Flight of the Butterflies 3D” which just opened at our IMAX theater. I saw it last week and could not say enough good things about this fantastic movie. </span><b><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:15.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#323232'>Flight of the Butterflies 3D<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Runtime: </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>44 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>MPAA Rating: </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>G<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The monarch butterfly is a true marvel of nature. Weighing less than a penny, it makes one of the longest migrations on Earth across a continent to a place it has never known. Follow the monarchs' perilous journey and experience millions of them in the remote mountain peaks of Mexico, with breathtaking cinematography from an award winning team including Oscar® winner Peter Parks. Be captivated by the true and compelling story of an intrepid scientist's 40-year search to find their secret hideaway. Unravel the mysteries and experience the <i>Flight of the Butterflies</i>. <br><br><i>Flight of the Butterflies 3D</i> is showing through November 30 at the National Museum of Natural History’s Johnson IMAX Theater.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Visit <a href="http://www.si.edu/Imax/Movie/71">www.si.edu/Imax/Movie/71</a> to view the film’s trailer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Gary Krupnick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Gary Krupnick, Ph.D.<br>Head of the Plant Conservation Unit<br>Department of Botany<br>Smithsonian Institution<br>PO Box 37012<br>NMNH, MRC-166<br>Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA<br>Tel: 202-633-0940<br>E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:KrupnickG@si.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>KrupnickG@si.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>