**FIRST EMAIL**/FIRST on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer tonight!

[Brian C]

By far one of THE best pieces on FIRST I have ever seen. It definitely captured the essence of what this stuff is really all about.

Congratulations to 159 and 812 and kudos to the producers.

IF anyone is able to upload this video it would be a great tool for teams to use in their efforts to promote FIRST locally.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

sweet! what a great clip and i saw me a 1126 bot with the 201 bot during thier auto mode! sahweet!

I was so excited, I caught the end then rewound to watch the beginning. And not only were our alliance partners in it, 177 was too! You could see our robot, and if you looked behind it, me and my brother in the driver's station!

I feel so famous! Plus I know the guy they interviewed who's going to MIT, and saw a few frames of one of my classmates next year. Sweet!

This segment was amazing, and captured everything FIRST is about. It was really, really well done. Awesome work to 812 and 159. You really showed why we do this.

[Nita]

It's starting in 2 minutes here! (Where 159 resides in....)
::leaves to get to TV in time::

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Nita

It's starting in 2 minutes here! (Where 159 resides in....)
::leaves to get to TV in time::

don't worry. you have a good 40 minutes of filler untill they show it.

[JoelP]

Someone upload it to google video or something PLEASE!!!

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by JoelP

Someone upload it to google video or something PLEASE!!!

Here is a temp link to it

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[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Kyle Fenton

Here is a temp link to it

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...2821e14ac3a 8

Thanks
I'll be sure to use this in my presentation thursday!

[Beth Sweet]

I was very impressed by the accuracy of the report. I only noticed the one mix-up of calling it nationals instead of championship (the national event featuring teams from multiple countries). And I was thrilled at the final concentration of the piece, the GP on Einstein

[Kyle Fenton]

Here is a WMV version of the episode

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[fimmel]

thanks for the vid there great!!!!

[Cory]

This was probably the best special on FIRST, and I've always been a harsh critic of most.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Beth Sweet

I was very impressed by the accuracy of the report.

How about the "rubber balls"

Can't expect journalists to get their facts right, wait.... thats their job .
Other wise it was really well done and enjoyable to watch.

[anna~marie]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

How about the "rubber balls"

I just assumed that they weren't allowed to use the real name, you know? Trademarks or something, but whatever, close enough

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by anna~marie

I just assumed that they weren't allowed to use the real name, you know? Trademarks or something, but whatever, close enough

Ding ding! Trademarks are only supposed to be used if they are the main topic of the story. (aka if you're doing a story on tissues you wouldn't say Kleenex)

[Dillon Compton]

I got the segment courtesy of Kyle Fenton, and have uploaded it to our team site, since the yousendit will only stick around for 7 days.

http://www.masteryrobotics.org/video.htm

This will remain up untill I run so far out of server space that I need those 47.7 mb. Enjoy.