IN BRIEF UNIVERSAL TAKES WRAPS OFF NEW DEAL.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Coinciding with the arrival of its new roller coaster ``Revenge of the Mummy Revenge of the Mummy is the name given to two separate enclosed steel roller coasters. It may refer to:
(Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. discount exclusively for members of the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. , resulting in up to nearly $20 in savings on admission tickets. Members of the Automobile Club of Southern California can log on to www.aaa.com/universal to purchase and print single-day admission tickets from home for only $30 (weekday) and $35 (weekend), a special price created exclusively for regional members for the remaining days of June. Following the special June launch offer, Automobile Club of Southern California members can log on and purchase single-day admission tickets for $39.75, a savings of $10. The new dedicated Web site is designed to allow guests the opportunity to print theme park admission tickets using their own computers and printers. Guests arriving with the print-at-home tickets bypass the theme park ticket booths and proceed directly to the park's entrance. JAPAN WANTS YOU: For decades, Japanese tourists have infused billions of dollars into economies around the globe. Now, Japan is saying ``yokoso'' - welcome - in hopes that the world will return the favor. The nation has started a multimillion-dollar campaign showcasing the nation's green countryside, cutting-edge technology and rich history, while trying to change perceptions of Japan as overpriced o·ver·price tr.v. o·ver·priced, o·ver·pric·ing, o·ver·pric·es To put too high a price or value on. overpriced Adjective costing more than it is thought to be worth Adj. . ``This is just a myth,'' said Masatoshi Muto, Japan's consul general in Honolulu, explaining that hotel rooms in Tokyo are cheaper than many found in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of or London. Last year, 655,821 Americans visited Japan. In contrast, more than 3.17 million Japanese visited the United States. Information: www.japanwelcomesyou.com. SICK BEACHES: A new study by the environmental group Heal the Bay Heal the Bay is a U.S. environmental advocacy non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, California. Heal the Bay is dedicated to protecting California's Santa Monica Bay, a region of the Pacific coast encompassed by Malibu's Point Dume on the north and the Palos Verdes has identified a handful of California beaches with consistent pollution problems. Among them are Doheny Beach in Orange County, the southern tip of San Diego County, Malibu's Surfrider Beach, parts of Huntington Beach, Avalon Beach near the pier on Catalina Island and Campbell Cove State Park in Sonoma County. In general, the group found that water quality is better at open beaches than those enclosed in bays or harbors where water tends to be calm. Pollution is also worse in rainy weather, when storm drains overflow, and sewage and contaminants get washed into the sea. The group grades beaches based on the health risk to swimmers and surfers. In dry weather, 72 percent of the 373 beaches monitored got an A and 5 percent got an F. In wet weather, 35 percent got an F. For a complete list, contact www.healthebay.org. A LEMONY FLAVOR: Young readers and their families can take advantage of a promotion from Country Inn & Suites by Carlson. The chain's in-house lending library has added ``A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning'' by Lemony Snicket Snicket can refer to:
Special breakfast menus feature Miserable Muffins, Orphan Orange Juice and Count Olaf Oatmeal. Information: (800) 456-4000; www.countryinns.com/lemony. FRENCH PHRASING: France is beckoning Americans next month with two festivals that emphasize American performers, composers and traditions: the 16th International Festival of classical music in Colmar and Jazz a Juan in Juan-les-Pins on the Riviera. American soprano Jessye Norman will cross over to Gershwin songs to conclude the Colmar festival, which runs July 2-14. She heads a list of American musicians featured in observance of the 100th anniversary of the death of F.A. Bartholdi, the creator of the Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : America Statue of Liberty perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : Freedom , who was born in Colmar. At Jazz a Juan, July 10-20, the Count Basie Orchestra The Count Basie Orchestra was usually a big band of at least sixteen pieces. Sometimes, as in 1950, it shrank to an eight-piece orchestra. The orchestra, founded by William "Count" Basie, was really a series of bands that had many members come and go over a span of many years, from with Linda Hopkins and the Three Ladies of the Blues open the festival. Other acts include the Afro-Cuban All Stars Afro-Cuban All-Stars is a Cuban band led by Juan de Marcos González (formerly tres player for Sierra Maestra). Their music is a mix of all the styles of Cuban music, including bolero, chachachá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba and abakua. , Keith Jarrett and Sonny Rollins. Information: Colmar International Festival, (011-33-3) 89206897 or www.festival-colmar.com; Jazz a Juan, (011-33-4) 92905300 or www.jazzajuan.com. COLD-WEATHER CALL SHEET: Visit the locations of films including ``Doctor Zhivago'' and ``Cast Away'' on a tour of Finland and Russia. The Location Vacation program offered by Travcoa is hosted by Barry Goldsmith, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and professor at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . He's the host of an upcoming PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, travel television series based on film sites. The 12-day, land-only tour begins Aug. 13 in Helsinki. It then heads to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Price: $7,995. Contact: (800) 992-2005. |
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