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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.06.2008
Magazine wants hometown videos
NEW YORK — Are you proud of your hometown? Want to show it off to the world? Do you think your neighborhood makes as good a travel destination as any place out there?
Good magazine is looking for a few great places to visit, and the editors are looking for videos created by regular folks about what there is to see and do in their hometowns.
"We're asking you to serve as a tourist bureau for your neighborhood," the editors write in the July/August issue. "Tell us about your favorite local spot, or better yet, take us on a video tour of it."
Deadline for entries is Aug. 11. Videos must be less than two minutes long and smaller than 100 megabytes. Entries will be posted on the magazine's Web site and the "most illuminating tour guide" will win two domestic plane tickets to anywhere JetBlue flies, the magazine promises. Details at www.goodmagazine.com/ section/projects.
All subscription revenue from Good magazine, a bimonthly that has been published since September 2006, goes to charity. So far, nearly $800,000 has been donated to nonprofits. Details at feeds.goodmagazine.com/ subscribe.
— The Associated Press
King Tut exhibit to open in Dallas
DALLAS — Tickets for the King Tut exhibit opening this fall at the Dallas Museum of Art are on sale.
The exhibit, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," is making an encore visit to the United States after a two-year tour that drew nearly 4 million visitors ended in September 2007.
The exhibit, currently in London, will open at the Dallas Museum of Art on Oct. 3. It will run there through May 17 and then travel to two yet-to-be-named cities.
There will be more than 130 artifacts from the tomb of Egypt's King Tut, including some artifacts that are new to the exhibit and have not been seen before outside of Egypt.
In Dallas, a photography exhibit of prints from Harry Burton, the photographer who accompanied the King Tut expedition in 1922, will be on display as well.
For adults, tickets range from $27.50 on weekdays to $32.50 Fridays through Sundays and on holidays. For children, tickets are $16.50.
Details at 1-877-888-8587 or visit www.ticketmaster.com or www.dallasmuseumofart.org/tut.
— The Associated Press
National parks rated on air, water quality
DENVER — A report card for national parks gave them an average grade of 70 out of 100 for natural resources like air and water quality, wildlife and ecosystems.
The parks got a mere 61 average grade for cultural resources like historic buildings and museums on the report card from the National Parks Conservation Association.
The assessment, "The State of Our National Parks: A Resources Index," was based on studies since 2000 of 54 parks.
Ron Tipton, senior vice president of the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, said he is confident the report is a good representation of the 391-unit national park system.
"We want the public to understand just how precarious park resources are," Tipton said.
The national parks don't have enough money or staff to deal with many of the challenges facing them, Tipton said. The challenges include non-native species crowding out native species; air and water quality; wildfire prevention; climate change; and impacts of energy development and mining.
Details at www.npca.org/ stateoftheparks/npri.
— The Associated Press
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