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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Springsteen closes out Final Four music festival Associated Press Writer
DALLAS — Bruce Springsteen took the stage holding basketball on the last day of a three-day music festival in Dallas for the NCAA Final Four college tournament. “This has something to do with basketball. Am I right?” he asked the crowd Sunday before he and the E Street Band launched into Van Halen’s “Jump” at the NCAA March Madness Music Festival. They followed that up with some of their own hits, including “Hungry Heart,” ‘’Glory Days,” and “Dancing in the Dark.” It was raining and chilly for most of Sunday. Nate Ruess, the lead singer of
the pop band fun., rolled around on the stage, soaking himself, and said, “Dare you to do that, Boss” — later adding that he didn’t think Springsteen would because he was “smarter than that.” Fun. sang hits including “Carry On” and “We Are Young” before an encore featuring “Some Nights.” Later, as a light rain fell, Springsteen told the crowd: “I need help. We gotta stop this rain.” He then played his cheerful song “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day.” Texas-based artists Pat Green and the duo The Wind and The Wave also took the stage at Reunion Park, an outdoor venue in downtown Dallas that was the site of Reunion Arena before it was demolished in 2009.
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Reunion Arena hosted the Final Four in 1986. This year’s Final Four is being held at the massive stadium in nearby Arlington where the Dallas Cowboys play. The music festival started out as a oneday event in 2006 and has expanded to three days of offerings, which in recent years have included Jimmy Buffett, Sting and Kenny Chesney.
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Bruce Springsteen performs with the E Street Band during the 2014 NCAA March Madness Music Festival Capital One JamFest, Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Dallas.
Police: Legendary star Mickey Rooney dies at 93
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Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 80-year career spanned silent comedies, Shakespeare, Judy Garland musicals, Andy Hardy stardom, television and the Broadway theater, died Sunday at age 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home. Smith said police took a death report but indicated that there was nothing suspicious and it was not a police case. He said he had no additional details on the circumstances of his passing. Rooney started his career in his parents’ vaudeville act while still a toddler, and broke into movies before age 10. He was still racking up film and TV credits more than 80 years later — a tenure likely unmatched in the history of show business. “I always say, ‘Don’t retire — inspire,’” he told The Associated Press in March 2008. “There’s a lot to be done.” Among his roles in recent years was a part as a guard in the smash 2006 comedy “A Night at the Museum.” Rooney won two special Academy Awards for his film achievements, and reigned from 1939 to 1942 as the No. 1 moneymaking star in movies, his run only broken when he joined the Army. At his peak, he was the incarnation of the show biz lifer, a shameless ham and hoofer whom one could imagine singing, dancing and wisecracking in his crib, his blond hair, big grin and constant motion a draw for millions. He later won an Emmy and was nominated for a Tony. “Mickey Rooney, to me, is the closest thing to a genius I ever worked with,” Clarence Brown, who directed his Oscarnominated performance in “The Human Comedy,” once said. Rooney’s personal life matched his film roles for color. His first wife was the glamorous — and taller — Ava Gardner,
and he married seven more times, fathering seven sons and four daughters. Through divorces, money problems and career droughts, he kept returning with customary vigor. “I’ve been coming back like a rubber
ball for years,” he commented in 1979, the year he returned with a character role in “The Black Stallion,” drawing an Oscar nomination as supporting actor, one of four nominations he earned over the years.
ASITA Bali asks airport tax to be evaluated ANTARA FOTO/Zabur Karuru
Passengers entering departure terminal at Ngurah Rai Airport. The increase in the passenger service charge (PJP2U) continues to reap criticism from the tourism business people.
Bali Post
DENPASAR - The increase in the passenger service charge (PJP2U) continues to reap criticism from the tourism business people. After the protest by the Association of the Indonesia Tourism Industry (GIPI) of Bali due to minimal socialization, then the criticism originates from the Association of Indonesia Tour Travel Agencies (ASITA) of Bali protesting the airport tax considered to suffocate.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File
FILE - In this Wednesday, March 2, 2011, file photo, entertainer Mickey Rooney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, about elder abuse, before the Senate Aging Committee.
“The policy of raising the airport tax is a unilateral policy that has not been completely socialized with other stakeholders. We urge the decision of increasing the airport tax could be revisited,” said Chairman of the ASITA Bali, Ketut Ardana. The association overseeing 370 travel agency companies considered the increase in airport tax without involving the stakeholders was not
a good way. In addition, the percentage of increase was considered to be beyond the reasonability when compared to other countries. “Generally, the increase was around 10 percent internationally not 30 percent or approximately 100 percent for domestic passengers,” he said. According to him, the airport was one of the important compo-
nents in the world of tourism. On that account, when any changes occurred such as the addition of airport facilities, airport closures, including airport tax increase should be communicated and coordinated with other tourism stakeholders. “Communication or coordination should be made well in advance, so that stakeholders or other industries in direct contact with tourists or overseas tour operators can be informed in advance as well,” he explained. He said the increase should be accompanied with an increase in the quality of facilities and quality of service. Nevertheless, the increase in the price of an item or service was reasonable. “But raising the price suddenly or abruptly,
let alone the percentage of increase is very unnatural certainly it raises many questions and allegations,” he said. It was mentioned that talking about tourism certainly did not only talk about one or two components, but it should be holistic. So, many components were involved if a destination wanted to provide the best service, so that it resulted in a product named as quality product and this was actually intended by Bali namely the quality tourism. “We cannot talk about hotel only, restaurant only, tourist transport only, or tourist attraction only, or tourist guide only, but many other components are involved in it,” he said. Meanwhile, the Communication
& Legal Section Head of Angkasa Pura I Ngurah Rai Airport, Shively Sanssouci, when asked for her confirmation argued that the increase in airport tax was assessed to suffocate. She also denied that the policy was minimal socialization. “It is not so high (the airport tax hike—Ed), but it has been adapted to the service provided to service users, especially with the development of the airport terminals and facilities,” she said. She also emphasized that if the policy of increasing the tariff was not made unilaterally. It had been promoted and communicated to relevant parties including one of community components namely the Consumer Protection Agency or the YLKI. (kmb27)