PA Historical and Museum Commission: State Museum Opens New Planetarium

The State Museum of Pennsylvania is one of 26 historic sites and museums
on the Pennsylvania Trail of History(R) administered by the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission.50 for adults and $3 for
children 12 and under.

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, The State Museum of Pennsylvania
dedicated its new, state -of-the-art digital Planetarium at a ceremony in
Memorial Hall today. and Sunday,
noon to 5 p.

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Auto-Ref is the world's most accurate technology, and best solution for
the US Open.
The new digital system has complete animation and manual control with a
star field generated by Starry Night software.

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The Auto-Ref system also features a true chair umpire interface
for real time line-calling assistance and provides a more logical evolution
into line calling assistance than simple animated video replay. This patent was issued in November of last year
for the United States, with similar applications in good standing in Europe
and Australia.

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(reference: article in today's Globe + Mail)

TORONTO, May 12 - "Auto-Ref today announces it has
officially advised the USTA that it cannot participate in the USTA's final
round of testing being conducted in New York this week.

CONTACT: Jane Crawford, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
+1 -717-783-9882.

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It deeply saddened me to inform the USTA last week of our decision.

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We are formulating plans to
resume testing with the tennis federations and implement our system at the
first logical tournament opportunity. This creates visual effects
that were not possible with the previous equipment .org.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is the official history
agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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to 5 p.

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Auto-Ref holds
the patent rights to the method of line calling involving cameras and
computers, recreating a tennis ball's flight in three dimensions and comparing
its bounce point to the lines. HARRISBURG, Pa.

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m. Admission to the Planetarium is $3.

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, of Chadds Ford, features a
digital sky generated by computer graphics and projected on the dome by a
single video projector in the center of the room.
For detailed information on the new Planetarium, visit
http://www.statemuseumpa.

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"This addition to the museum is a great attraction for the many school
children who visit and it can serve to inspire an interest in science in young
people," said museum director, Anita Blackaby. Visitors can see two
different shows: "Oasis in Space," a dramatic journey through our solar system
and beyond in search of water and "Legends of the Night Sky: Orion," which
fascinates younger audiences with a fully-animated cartoon that looks at the
myths associated with the constellation Orion.

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Part of the museum's 100th anniversary attractions ,
Sci Dome Planetarium, created by Spitz Inc.

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The testing is the
final part of a nine-month evaluation process, in the USTA's search to
implement an electronic line calling technology to aid officiating at the 2005
US Open.
Auto-Ref was physically unable to move and set up its equipment in New
York in time for this week's testing process due to an unforeseen business
dispute. Each feature is 24 minutes. Shows are on Saturday and Sunday only.

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Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.

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Breaking Tennis News: Statement by Auto-Ref CEO Peter Szirmak

This dispute is in no way related to the USTA.
Auto-Ref is confident that, when it is in a position to complete our final
testing, we will become the 'technology of choice' as has been speculated by
the world's authoritative tennis publications.

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Auto-Ref's decision
has nothing to do with the technology which has continually proven to be
excellent, with official testing results indicating that Auto-Ref is accurate
within 4mm.