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Beyonce performs and films music video at UN Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Superstar singer Beyonce has serenaded a different New York City venue: The United Nations. Beyonce performed her song “I Was Here” on Friday in the UN’s General Assembly Hall in honor of World Humanitarian Day, which is Aug. 19. A music video of the performance will debut the same day. Beyonce sang in front of hundreds, including Julia Stiles, R&B singer The-Dream and songwriter Diane Warren, who wrote the song. Warren said in an interview that she initially
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Monday, August 13, 2012
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LONDON — Get the Union Jacks out and prepare to party: Olympic Stadium is being transformed into a giant jukebox of British pop and pizazz for the ceremony that wraps up the so-far spectacularly successful London Games. The Spice Girls and The Who are among the acts celebrating two weeks of sporting competition with a Sunday finale that artistic director Kim Gavin calls “a mashed-up symphony” of British hits. in a show that will include performances of 30 British hit singles from the past five decades — whittled down by Gavin from a possible 1,000. The Pet Shop Boys, Annie Lennox and Fatboy Slim will also be on hand to get people dancing. Gavin said the show will open with a tribute to the “cacophony” of London life, with a soundtrack ranging from the late Edward Elgar — composer of the “Pomp and Circumstance” march — to The Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset.” Frontman Ray Davies is expected to perform the 1960s song, a love letter to London. Thousands of athletes from 204 com-
peting nations will march in and become a standing, milling audience — Gavin dubbed them the “mosh pit” — for the main section of the show, “A Symphony of British Music.” Details of the performers have emerged through tips and photos coming out of the rehearsal venue, an old car plant in east London. While the creators of the opening ceremony could rehearse for weeks inside Olympic Stadium, Gavin and his team have less than a day between the end of track and field competition and Sunday’s ceremony. Gavin said he had 17 hours to get a show that involves multiple sets, pyrotechnics and 3,500 volunteer performers “from a car park to here.” The Spice Girls were photographed dancing atop black London taxis, so a rendition of their biggest hit, “Wannabe,” seems likely. So does an appearance by surviving members of Queen, whose “We Will Rock You” has been ever-present at the games.
FILE- In this Jan. 14, 2008 file photo, the Spice Girls, from left, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell Melanie Chishlom and Victoria Beckham pose backstage prior to the start of the Roberto Cavalli Fall/ Winter 2008/2009 men’s collection fashion show, in Milan, Italy, AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File
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Lesson for Rio: Prepare the minds to exploit home crowd
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Olympic closer hit parade has The Who, Spice Girls
Gavin — who has directed rock tours and London’s 2007 Princess Diana memorial concert — said Saturday he wants the spectacular to be “the best after-show party that’s ever been.” “If the opening ceremony was the wedding, then we’re the wedding reception,” music director David Arnold told the Daily Telegraph. Although organizers have tried to keep the ceremony acts secret, many details have leaked out in the British media — and some performers have let the cat out of the bag themselves. The Who, George Michael, Muse and Ed Sheeran have all said they will take part
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called Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z, and played the song for him over the phone. He quickly called Beyonce, and days later she recorded it. It appears on her album “4,” released last year. Anderson Cooper hosted, saying with a laugh: “Is this what happens at the UN every Friday night?” In this photo provided by Parkwood Entertainment, singer Beyonce performs “I Was Here” in the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012.
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LONDON - If the wall of noise from an Olympic home crowd were a banned substance, Team GB would have been kicked out of the London Games on day one. Judging by the host nation’s record haul of 62 medals, 28 of them gold as it stands, its performance enhancing properties are quite something. But dig deeper into the science behind home advantage and the research shows it is not as simple as just having tens of thousands of eager supporters screaming their heads off for their national Olympians to win. If Brazil wants to reap the same performance boost from an enthusiastic home crowd in Rio 2016, its coaches and athletes and people must first prepare their minds for success. “People’s notions of efficacy are extremely important in performance,” said Stephen Reicher, a professor of psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. “So partly it comes down to your own beliefs.” “If you believe ‘I can’t make it’ and everyone out there is expecting you to make it, then that has a negative effect. But if you believe ‘I have a chance’, then a supportive crowd can be very positive.” “IT CARRIESYOU” In an analysis of home advantage published in the Journal of Sport Science last year, sports scientists found host nation advantage does show up in the final medal tables. Home AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis teams win around three times more medals at their nation’s Athletes run through the Leadenhall Market during the men’s marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Games than when they are away, the researchers found. Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. Continued on page 6
GIPI questions validity of statistical data on Bali tourism
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DENPASAR - The Indonesia Tourism Industry Association (GIPI) of Bali questioned about the validity of statistical data on Bali tourism. So far, the data held by relevant agencies in the regency/municipality on the Island of the Gods were still overlapping. Chairman of the GIPI Bali, Ngurah Wijaya, said in Denpasar. The data related to the amount of accommodation such as hotels, villas, lodging and the number of rooms available were not accurate. Such condition would have an impact on the tourism development plan
in the future. “It’s very ironic how Bali can determine the master plan of tourism development in the future if the existing data are still different and invalid. Ideally, we have accurate tourism data, so that they can be used as a foundation to build the
Bali tourism in short, medium and long term,” he said. He said his party would meet the Agency for Bali Regional Development, Central Statistics Agency of Bali, Center for Cultural and Tourism Research of the Udayana University and Representative of Bank Indonesia for Bali-Nusra Region III. This effort was intended to synchronize the statistical data of Bali tourism so that all parties would have the same perception in developing the tourism in the future. “Next Tuesday (Aug 14), we will meet the policy-holders in the
field of statistics to know the exact data about the statistics of Bali tourism. So far, we have not known whether the hotel rooms are still required or the number has been excessive,” he said. Other than validity of the tourism statistical data, Ngurah Wijaya also highlighted the tourism development in Bali had changed its role into a real estate. This condition was inseparable from the popularity of Bali in the world, so that everyone wanted to have it. “This shift will be harmful to Bali. We will get nothing because the real estate is the sale of property.
To that end, my suggestion is that provincial and regency government should make a temporary moratorium,” he said. For information, up to 2010 the number of hotel room in Bali has reached 45,408 and increased to 55,000 rooms in 2011. Meanwhile, the number of hotel rooms in Bali in 2009 was totally recorded of 46,014 rooms consisting of 2,175 accommodation units. The data indicate the difference between the total hotel rooms in 2009 and 2010. Of the total rooms in Bali, about 90 percent were located in Badung Regency. (kmb27)