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1. YANUKOVYCH’S MANSION Recovery on the Run Plans

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By Maria Danilova & Yuras Karmanau NEW YORK—Facing an ava- EVASTOPOL, Ukraine—Ukraine’s lanche of questions Monday acting government issued an about the city’s failing Sandy S housing recovery plan, Build It arrest warrant Monday for Viktor Back, the mayor said he plans a Yanukovych, accusing him of mass crimes complete review of the recovery against the protesters who stood up for work inherited from the previ- months against his rule as president. ous administration. Epoch Times reported last week that Build It Back has gone Yanukovych, now a wanted over last week after govern- through nearly $10 million in man, fled to the Black Sea ment snipers killed scores funds since its launch in June, peninsula of Crimea, a of protesters in the blood- according to the city’s Sandy pro-Russian area in Ukraine. iest violence in Ukraine’s Tracker, but has not rebuilt a Calls are mounting to put post-Soviet history. single home. Yanukovych on trial, after The turmoil has turned Also Monday, City Council 3. DONETSK a tumultuous presidency this strategically located member Mark Treyger, chair in which he amassed pow- country of 46 million inside of a new council committee on ers, enriched his allies and out over the past few days. recovery and resiliency, held a family, and cracked down separate press conference to say on protesters. Anger boiled See On The Run on A8 that his committee would also be looking closer at Sandy recov- ESCAPE ROUTE ery programs. See Sandy Recovery on A2 Belarus

Russia Poland 1 BUDGET CUTS KYIV 2 KHARKIV Hagel Ukraine 4. CRIMEAN PENINSULA Proposes Army 3 DONETSK Reduction to Moldova Pre-World War Romania Black 4 II Size Sea 5 CRIMEAN PENINSULA 5. BALAKLAVA BALAKLAVA By Joshua Philipp Epoch Times Staﬀ MES

YANUKOVYCH FLEES APPEARS ON TV FROM PLANE UNABLE DRIVES TO CRIMEAN LEAVES WITH The moment U.S. Army gener- 12345MANSION KHARKIV TO LEAVE PENINSULA SOME BODYGUARDS als feared has arrived. Defense Victor Yanukovych On Saturday Yanu- On Saturday evening After a long night Yanukovych and Secretary Chuck Hagel pro- was taken by helicopter kovych appeared in a Yanukovych and his of driving, the con- his entourage posed Monday to shrink the Friday evening from videotaped interview entourage transferred tingent reached the arrived in the town Army to its smallest size since his elaborate mansion in which he declared to two Falcon busi- Crimean Penin- of Balaklava Sun- before World War II. to the city of Kharkiv. he was still president ness jets at an airport sula Sunday. Instead day. He left with Hagel’s speech was an out- The next day his and would not leave in Donetsk. However, of using a state resi- the few guards line of the defense budget,

mansion was overrun the country. That they were prevented dence in the area, the still loyal to him which Presi- CAROLYN KASTER/AP by anti-government was his last public from leaving by bor- motorcade stopped at in three cars in an dent Barack protesters. appearance. der guards. a private sanatorium. unknown direction. Obama will submit to Congress next week. CITY COUNCIL “As we end EPOCH TIMES our combat Defense mission in Secretary Elder Abuse: ‘A Nearly Silent Epidemic’ Afghanistan, Chuck Hagel this will be By Jane Gray abuse—a particularly per- on location, class, or ethnicity, the first budget to fully reflect Epoch Times Staﬀ nicious problem for the city. was estimated to affect around the transition DoD is making for The city has allotted $800,000 26,000 seniors in New York Council after 13 years of war—the long- to elder abuse programs for the state between 2008 and 2009, member est conflict in our nation’s his- NEW YORK—Twelve organ- fiscal year 2015, which begins according to a survey released Margaret tory,” Hagel said in the Pentagon izations testified at a City in July of this year. The groups by the New York State Office of Chin, chair Press Briefing Room on Feb. 24, Council hearing Monday, said that is not enough. Children and Family Services. of the according to a transcript. asking for an increase in Elder abuse, a problem that Committee the budget to combat elder does not discriminate based See Elder Abuse on A3 on Aging. See Budget Cuts on A6

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ALLEN XIE By Yi Yang three times in the past year. Fif- teen hospitals closed in New York City from 2003 through 2012, NEW YORK—Interfaith Med- according to the mayor’s office. ical Center could end up as an outpatient facility as part of Gov. Caring for Patients Andrew Cuomo’s plan to trans- David Himmelstein, a profes- form New York’s health care sys- sor at CUNY School of Public tem. Health who specializes in health On Monday, city officials and policy and health care financ- community advocates rallied ing, said that the main reason in front of the Bedford-Stuyve- that these hospitals are failing sant institution demanding that financially is not because of Cuomo insist on keeping Inter- poor management, but because faith a full service hospital. of their patients. A Request for Proposals (RPF) to operate the hospital is expected to be issued this week, and the community will have Unfortunately, a a 49 percent stake in the state’s evaluation committee. lot of what’s not The mayor emphasized last week that the negotiated crite- profitable is what’s ria for the RPF would take into needed in the account the density and amount of medical care provided long health care system. term, which will “incentivize the David Himmelstein, biggest possible health care foot- print on this site.” professor, CUNY School of “Here in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Public Health our residents suffer dispropor- tionately higher rates of certain “The strongest predictor of forms of cancer, heart disease, whether a hospital is going to be diabetes, respiratory illness, in financial problems is that it City officials and Bedford-Stuyvesant community members rally to keep Interfaith Medical Center a full service hospital, Feb. 24. asthma, childhood obesity, and serves patients who are not lucra- HIV infection. What we need in tive patients, either because they “Only a full health hospital that central Brooklyn, is more health are not well insured or because meets the needs of our children care, not less,” said Congress- they need care that is not the and our seniors is what this com- Mayor to Scrutinize Sandy man Hakeem Jefferies. profitable kind of care,” he said. munity has demanded.” “We’re unified behind Inter- New York just won $8 mil- He added that once the exist- faith Medical Center because we lion in federal funds to reinvest ing infrastructure is dismantled, Recovery Plans recognize the significant health into its health care system. This it will be much more difficult and care needs of Bedford-Stuyve- money could potentially be used expensive to bring it back. sant and the central Brooklyn to bring Brooklyn hospitals tee- “Unfortunately, a lot of what’s Sandy Recovery continued Back, The PFM Group, will also states in its report that many neighborhoods that institution tering on the edge back to via- not profitable is what’s needed in from A1 be scrutinized. New Yorkers did not know about serves,” she added. bility. Cuomo has said that he the health care system, said Him- “We’re setting our own frame- the program before the registra- In January, Cuomo said that plans on allocating $1 billion of melstein. The committee will hold a hear- work of how we want to proceed, tion period finished. without federal aid, institutions that funding to Brooklyn. “If you take care of a lot of men- ing on Build It Back in March. our own personnel, and then De Blasio visited the Bennett such as the Long Island College The mayor has referred to the tally ill patients, that’s unprofit- we’re going to announce that,” household in Far Rockaway, Hospital, Brookdale Medical Medicaid waiver as a “game able—but that may be what’s Sandy Jobs said de Blasio in an answer to an Queens, during his campaign Center, and Interfaith Medical changer” in helping the city nav- needed the most. De Blasio said, as he has in the Epoch Times reporter’s question in September of last year. Center, would likely shut down. igate the changes in health care. “What we’ve got is we’ve got past, that he wants to use the about PFM. “So certainly any “That day Mayor de Blasio Interfaith filed for bankruptcy City Comptroller Scott Stringer a system that puts the resources Sandy recovery as a chance to contracts in the process will be made a promise to my fam- in 2012 and almost shut down emphasized that for Interfaith, where the rich people are.” help low-income city residents. reviewed as part of that.” ily and my community that “Some of the communities Build It Back’s Director Kath- he would right some greater that were affected have been— ryn Mallon recently announced wrongs by creating a pathway you know, in many ways— her resignation, and the new to rebuild and lift our neigh- neglected for decades,” said de director has yet to be announced. bors out of poverty through Blasio at Staten Island Borough the Sandy rebuilding process,” Hall after a closed-door meet- Group’s Recommendations Bennett Bennett, the son in the ing with Borough President Earlier in the day at City Hall, household, said. James Oddo and other Staten an alliance of labor unions The Bennetts have since spent Island elected officials. The may- and environmental and policy their retirement funds, their sav- or’s office declined requests for groups called on de Blasio to fix ings, and their daughter’s col- details about the meeting. Build It Back. lege fund in order to rebuild De Blasio said he will have a The Alliance for a Just Rebuild- their home—only to be told that full recovery plan “in coming ing released a report Monday they have to elevate it to meet weeks.” detailing problems with Build new building codes. “I don’t think at this moment It Back, and issued a set of four During his campaign for we have a clear starting point recommendations on how the mayor, de Blasio promised to for that public discussion, and mayor can address them. turn the Sandy rebuilding effort that’s our responsibility to put The alliance suggested that into job opportunities for people forward,” said de Blasio. the mayor direct officials at city in the affected areas. The Alli- “This is not just about address- agencies to expedite the distri- ance for a Just Rebuilding is keen ing fervent and immediate bution of Sandy recovery funds, about the mayor’s promise, and issues, it is also a transforma- and fix issues with the applica- his greater agenda of tackling | WWW.ALEXANDANI.COM ® tive moment,” he added. tion process. inequality in New York City. He also said he’s on a sharp The alliance and Treyger are The alliance report gives sug- learning curve. also calling on de Blasio to reo- gestions for how the mayor can “Build It Back—I’m still learn- pen Build It Back to accept use Sandy funds to reduce ine- ing, and that will be part of our more applications. According quality, which include creat- plan,” he said, adding, “The pub- to Make the Road New York, a ing high-paying jobs, building lic deserves to know what our community organization, Span- affordable housing, and improv- priorities are.” ish-speaking renters affected by ing resiliency in public housing The $50.22 million contract Sandy who called 311 were not projects—all in line with prom- of the Philadelphia-based com- consistently referred to Build It ises de Blasio made on the cam- pany administering Build It Back. In addition, the alliance paign trail.

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1363 6TH AVE | NEW YORK, NY | 212.582.0920 1372 BROADWAY | NEW YORK, NY | 212.764.1814 Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray speak with Bennett Bennett in the Far Rockaways on Sept. 29, 2013. 668 LEXINGTION AVE | NEW YORK, NY | 212.308.8660 Bennett’s family has spent their savings, retirement, and college funds to rebuild their Superstorm Sandy-damaged home. NEW YORK TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 | A3 www.TheEpochTimes.com/NYC Worker-Owned Businesses IN BRIEF Actor Alec Baldwin Contemplates Leaving Score Points With City Council NYC Alec Baldwin says he misses the days when New Yorkers signaled EPOCH TIMES By Petr Svab their appreciation of celebrities Epoch Times Staﬀ briefly and politely while taking care to maintain privacy. The 55-year-old actor writes in New York magazine that he NEW YORK—Patricia Gonza- “probably” needs to move out of les makes her living as an inter- the nation’s largest city. preter. A year ago she decided Baldwin says he has a happy home to join the Caracol Interpret- for the first time in his adult life. ers Cooperative, a company He says he’s considering Los owned by its workers. She paid Angeles, living insulated behind an equity fee of $500 to join and a gate with his wife and their child. volunteers her time in manage- A lot of the article deals with comment activities. ments that Baldwin says were mis- Gonzales said it is worth it quoted or misinterpreted. since now she can negotiate bet- Baldwin says he realizes he “could ter prices for her services and have done things differently.” He share in any profits the com- apologizes if he’s “offended any- pany makes. one along the way.” The cooperative business model gained unprecedented attention on Feb. 24 in the first New Yorkers Get New Water Bill Payment Options Members of the The New York City Department Community of Environmental Protection (DEP), which New Yorkers know Development better for the blue and green logos Committee that show up on their water bills, has upgraded its customer pay- promised support for ment options. DEP’s 836,000 customers will worker cooperatives, People attend the first New York City Council meeting dedicated to workers cooperatives. now be able to take advantage of or co-ops, as a way to Features of a Workers extended hours, a streamlined Yadria Fragoso testified about Banks and government institu- may pay as much as $60,000 to Co-operative pay-by-phone system, a new check fight poverty. her experience with Si Se Puede tions are often unaccustomed join larger companies. processing center on Staten Island, Cooperative, a cleaning busi- to dealing with a company with Some co-ops offer loans to • Business owned by employ- or pay by cash at any Western ness. The company was able to dozens of owners. new members, who would, in ees of the enterprise Union location. City Council meeting on the raise the salaries of its work- The institution may require effect, work for lower salaries for • Employees share manage- Online and over the phone pay- subject. Members of the Com- ers from about $8 an hour to every member, or co-owner, to several years to repay the loan to rial responsibilities in smaller ments will also have lower con- munity Development Commit- more than $20 per hour since complete a separate set of paper- join. If that member quits, the enterprises venience fees for those paying tee promised support for worker its establishment in 2006. The work. This process is impracti- loan is canceled and the mem- with credit cards. cooperatives, or co-ops, as a way membership also rose from 15 cal and can intimidate some ber receives what was already • Employees elect managers in The department is also launch- to fight poverty. Most co-ops to 51. co-op members who might be paid. larger enterprises ing a new website, DEP QuickPay, operate in low-income neigh- Fragoso said being part of a undocumented immigrants, Working co-ops go back more • Salaries are based on work- which doesn’t require customers borhoods with a majority of co-op is not easy and requires according to Chris Michael of than 200 years, yet are still rare load and responsibilities to register. members being women of color. a “lot of patience and dedica- the New York City Network of in New York City. Twenty-five Committee Chair Maria Car- tion.” But the effort she invested Worker Cooperatives. now operate in the city with • All co-op members share From Epoch Times and The men del Arroyo said the meet- brought her a better lifestyle The network is a volun- about 3,000 members. proﬁts equally Associated Press ing sent an “absolute strong and more time for her chil- teer-run umbrella organization message” that worker co-ops dren, as the higher pay gives her for the city’s co-ops. Michael should be part of the new a chance to work fewer hours. said the city should offer startup administration’s agenda. grants specifically dedicated to Startup Challenges cooperatives. He also recom- Raising Pay The main obstacle worker mended the city set an annual The meeting room was packed co-ops face is a lack of startup investment target for contracts with co-op members and advo- funding. Part of the problem with worker cooperatives. 12 weeks for $12 cates offering success stories comes from not being under- Co-ops can also help by charg- 60 ISSUES and asking for money. stood by funding institutions. ing membership fees. Members Elder Abuse: ‘A Nearly Silent $36 off Epidemic’ the Cover Price

Elder Abuse continued from A1 remember what happened. These factors add to the complexity of The actual number of incidents tackling elder abuse. $1.4M is impossible to know, largely Council member Margaret Adults aged 60 and over in New because victims often don’t Chin, who chairs the Com- York City report the abuse, said Eileen mittee on Aging, described Mullarkey of the NYC Depart- elder abuse as “a nearly silent ment for the Aging (DFTA) epidemic due largely to under- during her testimony. reporting and a lack of public The abuser exploits the elder’s awareness.” 85% vulnerabilities: isolation, cog- New York state has the Physical abuse of NY state elders nitive loss, dependency on the third-largest number of elderly by family members in 2012 caregiver, embarrassment, as citizens in the nation accord- well as physical fragility. ing to a 2011 report from the Sources: N.Y.C. Department for the Aging, N.Y. Most of the time the perpetra- U.S. Department of Health & State Bureau of Adult Services Human Services. The same report predicts the senior population is poised to grow fur- reported,” Szuchman added. Entangled in family ther in the next decade. As In addition, a 2011 study Generation Xers are growing found that seniors subjected ties and knotted with older, more public awareness to any form of abuse are three is needed. times more likely to die within fear, the elderly may three years. not want to report the Growing Concern Szuchman gave an exam- Executive Assistant District ple from a few years ago when abuse. Attorney David Szuchman a man in his 90s was the vic- presented testimony on behalf tim of a theft by his longtime of New York County District home aide. The man passed tor is a family member, accord- Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., point- away after the aide’s arrest, but ing to a study by the N.Y. State ing out that the largest grow- before the case was presented to Special introductory offer! Get Manhattan’s local news five days a week Bureau of Adult Services. The ing area of elder abuse involves the grand jury. He said the case study found that family mem- financial exploitation, which was prosecuted but would have (cover price M–Th: $1.00), along with different feature sections each day. bers are responsible for 85 per- often happens in conjunction been unprovable if the aide had That’s $36 off the cover price! cent of physical abuse, 81 percent with other forms of abuse. not confessed. of the physiological abuse, and He said New York state has Elder financial exploita- 65 percent of financial abuse. been slow to tackle the problem. tion cost older Americans at Entangled in family ties and “Elder abuse cases involving least $2.9 billion nationwide in knotted with fear, the elderly may vulnerable senior victims are 2010, according to The MetLife Subscribe Now (646) 693-5466 not want to report the abuse, or among the most difficult to pros- Mature Market Institute. This is a limited time offer. if they suffer from dementia or ecute. A number of older victims The public is encouraged to Manhattan/Westchester addresses only. First-time subscribers only. similar conditions, they may not pass away soon after the case is call 311 to report an elder abuse. A4 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 NEW YORK www.TheEpochTimes.com/NYC Metro-North Conductor Offers IN BRIEF Higher NY Estate Personal Apology for Train Mix-Up Tax Limit Would Help Thousands

MICHAEL GRAAE/GETTY IMAGES Supporters of a proposal to raise By Stephen Singer New York’s estate tax threshold above $1 million said it would help thousands of homeown- HARTFORD, Conn.—A con- ers, farmers, and small-busi- ductor on the nation’s sec- ness owners, and not just the ond-busiest commuter railroad super-wealthy. apologized Monday to riders in Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants Connecticut for an express train to increase New York’s exemp- that failed to show up, delaying tion threshold on estate taxes their trip into New York City. from $1 million to the federal Michael Shaw had told pas- level, now at $5.34 million. He sengers Friday at four stations also would reduce the tax rate along the Metro-North Rail- from 16 percent to 10 percent road to wait for an express train over four years. that later was canceled. He said Opponents have said Cuomo’s he put 500 copies of his written estate tax plan would amount to apology on rail car seats Mon- a giveaway to the rich. day morning. But Empire Center President In the note addressed to “our E.J. McMahon said on Mon- friends and passengers,” he said day it’s not unusual for house- he was shocked and furious. holds to have assets of more than “I am as sick of apologizing a million, given current home to you as you are of hearing it,” values. The Empire Center esti- Shaw said. mates that about 3,600 estates Commuters have recently com- annually would be spared the plained about overcrowded rail A man boards a tax under the governor’s plan. cars, forcing many to stand for train to North White Plains, at Grand much of their trips into Grand PETER KRAMER/AP Central Terminal in New York. Central Terminal In January, downed wires left on Sunday. nearly 200 passengers stranded for about two hours in 10-degree embarrassment they have.” whether passengers were notified weeks later by a passenger train weather in Westport. Marjorie Anders, a spokes- about the canceled express train. in West Haven. And four people Shaw, president of the conduc- If you woman for Metro-North, said Shaw, 48, has been working at died when a Metro-North train tors union, said in an interview the rail service shares Shaw’s Metro-North for 30 years and derailed in the Bronx in Decem- that Metro-North often apolo- communicate, concerns, but does “not con- said he loves his job. “I love the ber. gizes, but not for every problem done his methods of communi- people,” he said, comparing his In September, the New Haven that occurs. people will cating them.” work to postal carriers who know line was disrupted for nearly “I just did my own letter,” he “Mr. Shaw made assump- residents on their routes. two weeks when a feeder cable said. “I know a lot of the passen- understand better. tions about train service based In addition, Shaw, who lives failed. Con Edison had taken the gers.” Michael Shaw, on his long experience, but Met- in North Haven, Conn., said he other feeder cable out of service Actor Sam Worthington Metro-North conductor ro-North operations managers receives reports from his daugh- at the request of Metro-North to Rare Apology can and do make changes based ter who rides Metro-North daily. accommodate the railroad’s work ‘Avatar’ Actor Jim Cameron, a commuter on the conditions they encoun- “I get the complaints when I get in Mount Vernon, N.Y. advocate, said it’s the first time tor leaving written apologies on ter,” she said in an email. home,” he said. “If you communicate, people Sam Worthington he can remember a conductor rail car seats. Metro-North communicates For Metro-North, 2013 was will understand better,” Shaw Arrested apologizing in writing for Met- “That’s extraordinary,” Cam- schedule changes on its web- among its worst years ever. A said. “It’s when they sit there for ro-North problems. Conduc- eron said. “It not only speaks to site, through an app, and in text train derailed in Bridgeport 30 minutes and don’t know what Police said actor Sam Worth- tors have made “unofficial apol- the dedication of the employee messages, email alerts, and social in May, injuring scores of pas- happened, that’s upsetting.” ington has been arrested in ogies” on the loudspeaker, but but also the frustration they media posts, she said. Anders sengers. A track foreman was New York City on charges of he’s never known of a conduc- have with management and the could not immediately say struck and killed less than two From The Associated Press punching a photographer after the man kicked Worthington’s girlfriend in the shin. The 37-year-old “Avatar” I Won’t Second-Guess My actor was arrested on an assault charge after the con- NYPD Driver, Says Mayor frontation Sunday evening in Greenwich Village. The Australian actor was By Jonathan Lemire before the CBS report. That pro- released on a desk appear- posal, called Vision Zero, aims ance ticket, with a court date to eliminate all traffic fatalities Wednesday. His publicist NEW YORK—New York City by reducing the citywide speed didn’t immediately respond to Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday limit to 25 mph, detailing more an inquiry Monday. It’s unclear that everyone must follow laws, NYPD officers to enforce speed- whether he has a lawyer. but he won’t question his driving violations, and toughening The photographer, 37-year- ers’ judgment after video footage penalties for speeding drivers. old Sheng Li, was released showed his official vehicle break- “I owe the people a vision which without bail after his arraign- ing several traffic regulations as I put forward last year and am ment Monday on misdemea- he sat in the front seat. acting on this year,” said a testy nor assault and harassment De Blasio’s two-SUV caravan de Blasio after an unrelated press charges. was captured on video Thursday conference on Staten Island. “I A court complaint said Wor- speeding, running through a pair don’t tell the NYPD how to do thington’s girlfriend told police of stop signs, and changing lanes their work when it comes to pro- Li followed her on the streets without signaling. A member of tecting me.” and tried to trip her. the mayor’s NYPD security team The mayor has come under Defense lawyer Ronald Kuby was behind the wheel. increased scrutiny for a series of said Li was attacked by the cou- “No one is above the law,” de recent decisions, including his ple, not the other way around. Blasio said Monday in his first choice to keep schools open dur- Once upon a Highnie... comments about the incident. ing a recent fierce snowstorm and “But I think that is a very differ- the call he made to the NYPD ent question from the question after an arrest of a political ally. Madoff’s Ex- The story began as a quest to create the of security of someone who is secretary Testifies perfect boxer short. We viewed it as locating protected by the NYPD. I think the perfect home for the family jewels. It those issues should be separate.” Bernard Madoff’s longtime sec- De Blasio had avoided report- retary said she was in the dark needed to be a custom home, handmade, ers’ questions about the incident. I don’t tell the about her boss’s epic Ponzi including a spacious ballroom with full In the hours after CBS released scheme. its footage of the SUVs, the may- NYPD how to Annette Bongiorno made the seating and a sturdy front entrance so or’s office deferred to the NYPD, claim after deciding to testify that no one slips out unexpectedly. This which released a statement say- do their work Monday in her own defense. home should be built with the finest 400 ing the mayor’s drivers were fore- She and four other employees most charged to protect de Blasio. when it comes to of the disgraced financier are thread count Pima cotton with virtually no Police Commissioner Bill now on trial in Manhattan fed- shrinkage (on our part). Bratton reaffirmed his position protecting me. eral court. Friday, saying he was “uncon- Mayor Bill de Blasio Her appearance on the wit- cerned” with the footage. Later ness stand follows several days So behold we present to you the “royal highnies” the only that day, de Blasio said he was of testimony by another defend- place that desrves to house the family jewels. “comfortable” with what Brat- He dismissed the recent flaps as ant, Madoff’s former head of These boxers have been personally tried and ton had said, and refused to take “sideshows” and insisted that he operations. questions from the press, depart- knows that careful examina- The defendants are accused of tested for over 10 years on family, friends, ing a news conference to shouts tion—and sometimes accompa- assisting Madoff in a fraud that acquaintances and a few rock stars. from disbelieving reporters. He nying criticism—“comes with the cheated thousands of investors Enjoy your first Royal Highnies experience. did not have any public events territory.” out of nearly $20 billion. over the weekend. “This is part of decision-mak- The defendants said they were ing in a high-scrutiny environ- duped along with investors as Safety Issues ment,” de Blasio said Monday. Madoff operated the historic www.royalhighnies.com De Blasio insisted Monday that “And, you know, if you don’t like fraud for decades. the footage of his SUV’s flouting the heat, get out of the kitchen. Madoff is serving a 150-year of traffic laws does not under- And I can take the heat.” prison sentence. mine his traffic safety plan, which he released just two days From The Associated Press From The Associated Press THEEPOCHTIMES.COM ADVERTISEMENT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 | A5

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Budget Cuts continued from A1 Armed Forces Press Service, about The Army isn’t alone. The reduc- plays in current defense strategies— the 1970s and 1980s “to counter half the defense budget goes toward tion is part of the Pentagon’s $75 particularly the Air-Sea Battle Con- a Soviet-backed arms attack in The plan is to reduce the Army personnel costs. billion budget cut over the next two cept. It is now being applied in the Europe,” according to a Pentagon from around 520,000 active-duty “Since we are no longer sizing the years, which will affect all branches U.S. military shift to the Asia-Pacific, report. It involves close coordi- soldiers to between 440,000 and force for prolonged stability opera- of the armed services. which was partly intended to break nation between different military 450,000. The original plan was to tions, an Army of this size is larger Cuts to the Army were expected. China’s anti-access strategy to deny branches, particularly the Navy reduce the Army to 490,000 sol- than required to meet the demands Defense officials have been debat- military access to the region. and Air Force. diers. According to the Pentagon’s of our defense strategy,” Hagel said. ing for years the role the U.S. Army The concept was developed in The Army has been trying to find

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Available at Whole Foods and other ﬁne health foods stores · earthessentials.com NATION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 | A7 www.TheEpochTimes.com/US Rep. Dingell to Retire After We are entering an era where American dominance Nearly 60 Years in Congress on the seas, in the skies and in space can no longer be AP PHOTO/J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE By Jeff Karoub & Ken Thomas taken for granted. Rep. John Dingell Chuck Hagel, defense secretary (D-Mich.) is SOUTHGATE, Mich.—Rep. celebrated by John Dingell, a master legis- friends and lative deal maker and cham- colleagues on pion of the Detroit auto indus- Capitol Hill in its place in the strategy, and lizes whatever ground is taken. evolving threats faced by the try who is the longest-serving Washington, military leaders have been dis- As the Pentagon’s American United States. member of Congress in his- as he becomes cussing the role the Army can Forces Press Service notes, He said, “We are reposi- tory, announced Monday that the longest- play since at least 2011, when “The cuts assume the United tioning to focus on the strate- he won’t seek another term. serving the Pentagon opened its Air- States no longer becomes gic challenges and opportuni- The Michigan Democrat, who member of Sea Battle Office. Of the 15 involved in large, prolonged ties that will define our future: was elected to his late father’s seat Congress in officers in the Air-Sea Battle stability operations over- new technologies, new centers in 1955 and has held it ever since, history, June 7, Office, only one is from the seas on the scale of Iraq and of power, and a world that is said during a speech to a Detroit- 2013. Army. Afghanistan.” growing more volatile, more area Chamber of Commerce that The Army has trouble shak- Hagel emphasized, how- unpredictable, and in some he couldn’t have met his own chairman of the powerful House stalling the Clean Air Act to ing its role as a force that cre- ever, that the cuts are done instances more threatening standards if he had been elected Energy and Commerce Com- help auto interests. His home- ates infrastructure and stabi- with consideration to the to the United States.” to another term in November. mittee, Dingell played a role in town, the Detroit suburb of “I put myself to the test and several landmark pieces of pro- Dearborn, was home to a Ford have always known that when gressive legislation, including Motor Co. factory that was the time came that I felt I could the passage of the Endangered once the largest in the world. not live up to my own personal Species Act, Clean Water Act, One of his proudest moments standard for a member of Con- President Barack Obama’s fed- came in 2010, when he sat next gress, it would be time to step eral health care overhaul and the to Obama as the $938 billion aside for someone else to repre- creation of Medicare. health care overhaul was signed sent this district,” the 87-year- “Presidents come and pres- into law. Taking up his father’s JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES old Dingell said. “That time idents go,” former President cause, Dingell had introduced has come.” Bill Clinton said in 2005, when a universal health care coverage He fueled speculation that Dingell celebrated 50 years in bill in each of his terms. his wife, Deborah Dingell, 60, Congress. “John Dingell goes For 14 years he chaired the might run for his seat, saying on forever.” powerful House Energy and she would have his vote if she Commerce Committee, which does. After the speech, Debbie ‘Big John’ oversees industries from bank- Dingell, as she is commonly Dubbed “Big John” for his ing and energy to health care and known, repeatedly deflected imposing 6-foot-3 frame and the environment. He also led its questions about whether she sometimes intimidating man- investigative arm, which pro- would run, saying, “I am only ner, a reputation bolstered by duced several high-profile cases. talking about John Dingell.” the wild game heads decorating He often has used his dry wit Dingell became the long- his Washington office, Dingell to amuse his friends and sting est-serving member of Congress has served with every president opponents. Even when he was ever in June when he broke the since Dwight D. Eisenhower. in a hospital in 2003 following record held by the late Sen. Rob- Dingell was a congressional an operation to open a blocked ert Byrd of West Virginia. power broker and staunch artery, he maintained his humor. As a congressional page, years advocate for the U.S. auto “I’m happy to inform the before he took over his father’s industry, and was known as a Republican leadership that I seat, Dingell watched first- dogged pursuer of government fully intend to be present to hand as President Franklin D. waste and fraud, helping take vote against their harmful and Roosevelt called on Congress down two top presidential aides shameless tax giveaway pack- to declare war on Japan in his while chairman of a powerful age,” he said from the hospital. U.S. Army mortar men from the 2-27th Infantry Regiment fire mortars at a Taliban position in Kunar “Day of Infamy” address. investigative panel. Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2011. As a congressman and former Dingell also was accused of From The Associated Press

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Supreme Court Seems Divided in Climate Case

By Mark Sherman seemed comfortable with the scope of an Environmental Pro- Companies must tection Agency permitting a WASHINGTON—The Supreme program that applies to compa- Court appeared divided Monday evaluate ways to nies that want to expand facili- over the sole Obama adminis- reduce the carbon ties or build new ones that would tration program already in place increase overall pollution. Under to limit power plant and factory they release. the program, the companies must emissions of gases blamed for evaluate ways to reduce the car- global warming. bon they release. Carbon dioxide The justices took on a small, nell of Kentucky in the court- is the chief greenhouse gas. complicated piece of the polit- room underscored the political However, conservative mem- ically charged issue of cutting stakes in President Barack Oba- bers of the bench indicated they’re greenhouse gas emissions in an ma’s high-profile effort to deal skeptical of the EPA’s authority, extended argument that included with global warming—a policy with Justice Anthony Kennedy as references to Dunkin’ Donuts Obama is pursuing after fail- the probable decisive vote. Ken- stores, football games, and light ing to persuade Congress to nedy seemed most interested in bulbs. The examples were meant enact climate change legislation. making clear that EPA would to illustrate the vast potential McConnell is facing a tough retain the ability to combat cli- reach of the program, in its crit- re-election fight in which he mate change under earlier high ics’ views, or its limited nature, as refers often to the administra- court rulings, regardless of the the administration argued. tion’s assault on the coal indus- outcome of this case. The presence of Senate Repub- try in Kentucky and elsewhere. lican Leader Mitch McCon- The court’s liberal justices From The Associated Press A8 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 WORLD www.TheEpochTimes.com/World TO THE POINT AP PHOTO/EFREM LUKATSKY QUOTABLE MeetingMeM these children was a heart- rending experience.

Angelina Jolie, special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, describing her experience visiting Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

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Percentage of Brazilians who favor their country hosting the World Cup according to a Datafolha poll, down from 79 percent support in the same poll in 2008

GOOD DAY, BAD DAY

Honda appointed a woman— technology expert Hideko Kunii— A coffin with the body of a protester killed in to its board for the first time and gave recent clashes is carried through the crowd a major promotion to a foreigner— in Independence Square in Kyiv Monday. Issao Mizoguchi, a Brazilian of Japanese ancestry—to operating officer in signs the automaker wants to change perceptions of a Ukraine Issues Arrest Warrant hidebound corporate culture.

After 13 years on the run, recently captured drug kingpin Joaquin for Leader on the Run “El Chapo” Guzman was formally charged with violations of Mexico’s drug-trafficking laws. On The Run continued from A1 Ukrainian authorities calling their by Tuesday. Russia. Within weeks, the pro- ON THIS DAY rise to power an “armed mutiny,” Ukraine’s acting interior minister, tests expanded to include outrage The parliament speaker is now Russian news agencies reported. Arsen Avakhov, said on his official over corruption and human rights nominally in charge of a country On Monday the Parliament Facebook page that a warrant has abuses, leading to calls for Yanuk- 1956: Josef Stalin Denounced as whose ailing economy is on the appointed a new prosecutor general, been issued for the arrest of Yanu- ovych’s resignation. Cruel Despot brink of default and whose loy- Oleg Makhnitski, a lawmaker with kovych and several other officials After signing an agreement Fri- alties are with both Europe and Svoboda Party, and a new Security for the “mass killing of civilians.” day with the opposition to form a The leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita longtime ruler Russia. Service of Ukraine chief, Valentyn At least 82 people, primarily pro- unity government, Yanukovych Khrushchev, strongly denounced the late While in Brussels European Nalyvaichenko, a lawmaker with testers, were killed in clashes in fled Kyiv for his pro-Russian power Joseph Stalin in a “secret speech” to the Commission spokesman Oliv- the Ukrainian Democratic Alli- Kyiv last week. base in eastern Ukraine. 20th Party Conference of the Communist ier Bailly referred to Parliament ance for Reforms party. They are Yanukovych set off a wave of Security has been tightened Party. In the speech, which was soon Speaker Oleksandr Turchinov as two of the most powerful posts in protests by shelving an agree- across Ukraine’s borders, the Inter- partially leaked to a wider audience, the “interim president,” the Russian the Ukrainian government. ment with the European Union fax news agency quoted the State Khrushchev decries Stalin’s intolerance, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Turchinov said he hopes to in November and turning instead Border Guard service as saying. brutality, and despotism. questioned the legitimacy of the new form a new coalition government for a $15 billion bailout loan from Activist Valeri Kazachenko said QUOTABLE

By Lara Jakes to send to Kyiv, but officials said a European Union officials are WeW ddon’t know who did US transitional government must be already there. in place before any aid is provided. Congress must also approve any it but it shouldn’t have Promises WASHINGTON—U.S. officials Ukraine’s economy is plummet- U.S. aid package, State Department happened to began preparing for a potential aid ing amid the tumult, and Deputy spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Sev- Financial package to help foster stability for Secretary of State William Burns eral lawmakers on Monday signaled children. a new government in Ukraine that and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew their support for assistance, includ- Support for complements assistance from the were scheduled to meet with politi- ing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tayakorn Yos-ubon, the father of two International Monetary Fund. cal, business, and civil society lead- Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). children killed in a bomb attack It’s not known how much money ers during a series of meetings in during an anti-government Ukraine protest in Bangkok, Thailand the United States would be willing Kyiv over the next two days. Top From The Associated Press

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WORLD IN BRIEF GREEK PRISON HOSPITAL By Epoch Times and Associated Press MOSCOW COURT SENDS 7 TO 1 INMATES PROTEST CONDITIONS 7 PRISON FOR PROTEST RALLY At least 178 inmates in Greece’s A Russian court sentenced only prison hospital are refusing seven people up to four years food and medication to protest 7 in prison who took part in a dire conditions. The Korydallos 2012 protest against Vladimir 3 prison complex west of Athens Putin. Hundreds of their 2 is designed to hold 60 men but 1 8 supporters gathered outside 4 houses over 200, prison staff 6 5 the courthouse to condemn said Monday. Many are HIV the trial and the Kremlin’s positive and others suffer from crackdown on opposition. communicable diseases such Police detained about 200 as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and of them, accusing them of scabies. Those among the 178 violating public order. Among who are HIV positive have been those detained were members refusing to take antiretroviral of the punk band Pussy Riot drugs to draw attention who had spent nearly two to their plight. years in prison as punishment for their own anti-Putin protest.

ITALY’S NEW PREMIER ASKS 2 PARLIAMENT FOR SUPPORT CHINA USES WATER CANNON Italian Premier Matteo Renzi POPE MAKES FIRST OVERHAUL VIOLENT BORDER CROSSING ANGELINA JOLIE VISITS SYRIAN EGYPT’S MILITARY-BACKED 8 ON FILIPINOS is pitching for support in 3456OF VATICAN IN 25 YEARS INTO SPAIN CHILDREN IN LEBANON GOVERNMENT RESIGNS A Chinese coast guard vessel Parliament ahead of mandatory Pope Francis announced Hundreds of sub-Saharan Actress and U.N. special Egypt’s interim prime minister used a water cannon to drive confidence votes on his brand- Monday the first major migrants armed with sticks envoy Angelina Jolie visited announced Monday the away Filipino fishermen from new coalition. The Democratic overhaul of the Vatican’s and stones stormed the Lebanon to draw attention resignation of his Cabinet. a disputed shoal, the Philippine Party leader told the Senate bureaucracy in a quarter 20-foot-high double barbed to the plight of thousands of Hazem el-Beblawi’s military- military chief said Monday. His Monday he needs support for a century, creating an economics wire border fence trying to Syrian refugee children and backed government was forces seek to avoid trouble but “bold vision” for reviving Italy’s secretariat to control all enter Spain’s African enclave to the massive displacement sworn in on July 16, less than would respond if any country stagnant economy, but offered economic, administrative, of Melilla from Morocco Syria’s three-year conflict has two weeks after Field Marshal involved in regional territorial few details. Renzi said debt- personnel, and procurement Monday. About 100 made it created, officials said Monday. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the disputes uses force against laden Italy must heal its public functions. Australian Cardinal across, officials said. Moroccan Jolie visited children living in defense minister, ousted Islamist Filipinos, he added. Gen. finances not because Germany’s George Pell was named forces arrested 96 migrants, 14 the Bekaa Valley. About 2.5 President Mohammed Morsi. Emmanuel Bautista said the Angela Merkel or the European prefect of the new economics of whom were hospitalized. million Syrians have become Its ministers will remain in their military is investigating the Central Bank chief want us “to secretariat. He reports to a new The Moroccan Interior refugees; and another 4.2 posts in a caretaker capacity Jan. 27 incident at Scarborough get serious,” but because “it’s our 15-member economy council Ministry said 13 security force million are displaced within until the president picks a prime Shoal, a rich fishing ground off children” who seek a future. of eight cardinals. members were injured. Syria, the U.N. estimates. minister to form a new Cabinet. the northwestern Philippines. WORLD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 | A9 www.TheEpochTimes.com/World

AP PHOTO/SERGEI CHUZAVKOV EU foreign policy chief Venezuelan Opposition Leader to Sit Catherine Ashton places Out ‘National Dialogue’ flowers at a memorial AP PHOTO/FERNANDO LLANO By Ben Fox & Christopher for those killed in Sherman clashes with police in central Kyiv CARACAS, Venezuela—A on Monday. meeting billed as a “national dialogue” for local and state officials in troubled Venezuela convened Monday without the most prominent opposition leader. Gov. Henrique Capriles, the opposition candidate in the last AP PHOTO/ MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC A portrait two presidential elections, said of Ukraine's he would not attend the meet- embat- ing that was to include Presi- tled Presi- dent Nicolás Maduro amid the Henrique Capriles at a news conference in Caracas on Feb. 16. dent Viktor turmoil that has engulfed the Yanukovych country in recent weeks. is used for Capriles did not say whether a previously scheduled meeting a game of he would also sit out a national of all Venezuela’s mayors and darts at peace conference called by I am not going governors to discuss social and Independ- the president for Wednesday. economic problems. At a spe- ence Square Capriles, governor of wealthy to make Nicolas cial meeting of the group in Jan- in Kyiv on Miranda State, told reporters uary, following the slaying of a Monday. that going to Monday’s meet- Maduro look prominent actress with her hus- ing would appear as an endorse- band in a robbery, Capriles and ment for a government that he good. Maduro shook hands in a rare said has engaged in “repres- Henrique Capriles, showing of cooperation. sion” as troops and police have opposition leader Though violent protests have clashed with protesters. died down, Venezuela remains “I am not going to make Nico- tense. Opposition protesters day amid the turmoil, and pro- Ukraine has a large poten- las Maduro look good ... That is Time Not Right erected barricades to block testers replaced a Ukrainian tial consumer market, an edu- what they want, that I go there His wife, Lillian Tintori, said traffic on major streets in Cara- Interim President flag near the city hall building cated workforce, a significant as if the country was absolutely López believes the time is not cas and elsewhere Monday but Turchinov with a Russian flag. industrial base and good natu- normal,” he said. right for members of the oppo- there were no major clashes. Russian President Vladimir ral resources, in particular rich Capriles also said he would sition to sit down with Maduro. Since Feb. 12, opponents of hopes to form Putin spoke with German farmland. Yet its economy is not participate while another López “thinks that Vene- Maduro have been staging Chancellor Angela Merkel by in tatters. opposition leader, Leopoldo zuela is not going to stop, that countrywide protests that the a new coalition telephone Sunday and the Ger- Ukraine has struggled with López, remains jailed along the discontent is nationwide, government said have resulted man government said the two corruption, bad government, with dozens of others who that it is a little late to call for in at least 12 deaths and more government by agreed that Ukraine’s “territo- and shortsighted reliance on have taken part in anti-gov- peace,” she said following a than 130 injuries. rial integrity must be respected.” cheap gas from Russia. Polit- ernment protests. news conference to announce The opposition blames Madu- Tuesday. On Monday, German govern- ical unrest has pushed up the López, a former mayor of a a march Wednesday by oppo- ro’s administration for the coun- ment spokesman Steffan Seib- deficit, sent the currency skid- district in the capital, is being sition women. try’s high crime rate and eco- Yanukovych must be arrested ert told reporters that Ukraine’s ding, and may have pushed the held in a military jail out- “Look at the statements from nomic troubles. They said his and brought to Kyiv’s main new leaders should consider economy back into a recession. side Caracas on charges that Nicolás Maduro, every time he socialist-inspired polices have led square for trial. the interests of the south and “The state treasury has been include incitement for organiz- speaks he insults us, he speaks to shortages of basic goods and “He must answer for all the east—the pro-Russian sections torn apart, the country has been ing a mass opposition rally Feb. with aggression, speaks with inflation above 50 percent, among crimes he has committed against of Ukraine—in the composi- brought to bankruptcy,” Arseniy 12 that was followed by clashes hate,” Tintori told The Associ- the world’s highest, despite the Ukraine and its people,” he said, tion of a new government. He Yatsenyuk, a protest leader and that resulted in three deaths and ated Press. country’s vast oil reserves. as thousands continued to flock also said the offer of an associ- prominent lawmaker whose set off waves of unrest that have Monday’s session of the Fed- to the area to light candles and ation agreement with the EU is name is being floated as a pos- roiled Venezuela ever since. eral Government Council was From The Associated Press lay flowers where dozens were still on the table. sibility for prime minister, said shot dead during clashes with Yanukovych’s archrival, the in Parliament Monday. police last week. “Yanukovych former prime minister and her- Ukraine’s acting finance min- must be tried by the court of the oine of the 2004 Orange Rev- ister said Monday that the coun- people right here in the square.” olution, Yulia Tymoshenko, is try needs $35 billion (25.5 billion Tensions have been mounting back on the political scene after euros) to finance government in Crimea in southern Ukraine. having been freed from prison needs this year and next and Russia maintains a large naval after two and a half years. She expressed hope that Europe or base in Sevastopol that has accepted an invitation for med- the United States would help. strained relations between the ical treatment in Germany and The minister, Yuri Kolobov, said countries for two decades. plans to attend a European Peo- Ukraine hopes for an emergency Pro-Russian protesters gath- ple’s Party summit there. loan within the next two weeks ered in front of city hall in the The current protest move- and called for an international port of Sevastopol Monday ment in Ukraine has been in donors conference to discuss aid chanting “Russia! Russia!” large part a fight for the coun- to Ukraine. The head of the city adminis- try’s economic future—for bet- tration in Sevastopol quit Mon- ter jobs and prosperity. From The Associated Press

Baby Trafficking Ring Shut Down in China

By Lu Chen Wang, one of the suspects, The teenage mothers were Epoch Times Staﬀ was arrested after he bought and unaware of the trading. One then sold two newborn babies, young mother told police she in Dezhou on Jan. 8. He told received 500 yuan ($82) from An unusual business was police that the mothers were Wang for her baby. shut down by police in China teenagers who had unintended Three babies have been recently, after men were discov- pregnancies. found so far; the police are ered buying unwanted babies The price for the newborns searching for the others, Chi- from teenage mothers, and then ranged from 30,000 yuan nese reports said. selling them to couples wanting ($4,920) to 60,000 yuan ($9,839) Legal adoption in China is a to adopt, often for a tidy profit. to the adopters. complex and difficult process, The infant traffickers perpe- He is understood to have paid fraught with bureaucracy and trated the scheme by making a nominal sum to the mothers, hoops to jump through. posts online posing as adopters, to relieve them of the infants. Among the strict require- or responding to other online The idea for the scheme came ments for adoption include an notes by expectant mothers who to Wang after he saw posts evaluation of the prospective could not keep their babies. A online by pregnant girls that parents’ ages, their educational number of major websites have wanted to get rid of their babies, background, financial capac- featured such posts in recent but could not afford abortions. ity, and evidence that they do years, including Baidu’s Paste Wang pretended to be an not already have children. (The Bar, and Tianya Club. adopting parent, offering to pay Chinese regime’s one-child pol- Police in Dezhou City in east- for the girls’ accommodation icy until recently stipulated that ern China’s Shandong Province and hospital stays in Dezhou, couples could usually only have found a number of suspects who until the babies were born. one baby.) confessed to selling 10 newborn Wang and his wife would then Chinese welfare agencies babies in this manner over the advertise the newly acquired often favor foreign adop- last three years, finding the babies for adoption. ters over Chinese applicants, pregnant mothers on the Inter- One such adopter, surnamed because they can be induced net. They made over $82,000 Ma, told police that his require- to pay more over the lengthy Police said that they have ment was only that the baby be adoption process. Interna- arrested 13 suspects, accord- “healthy and have no disabil- tional adoption from China ing to Shandong Television, a ity.” He said he paid for the costs costs around $30,000 in total, state-run broadcaster. of the birth. according to Beijing News. A10 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 WORLD www.TheEpochTimes.com/World Zhou’s Coattails Now a Liability in China

LIU JIN/AFP/GETTYIMAGES Deposed underlings of Zhou Yongkang all participated avidly in persecuting Falun Gong

By Matthew Robertson guise of anti-corruption. network in Liaoning, and that Epoch Times Staﬀ Once they are through with he was involved in the organ his confederates, political ana- harvesting carried out against lysts say that Zhou Yongkang Falun Gong practitioners there, A string of Chinese officials will be next on the menu. involving organized crime and have been unceremoniously military hospitals. dismissed from their posts and Northeastern Base Another high-level official to put under investigation recently, One of the locations in China be taken down is Zhang Dong- all because of their ties with the where the persecution of Falun yang, the attorney general of the former communist security Gong has been most rampant procuratorate, or prosecutor’s czar Zhou Yongkang. Politi- is Liaoning Province, which office, of Shenyang City. Shen- cal analysts said is located in the northeast. It yang, with its labor camps and that the current became known for its network military hospitals in proximity, Party leadership of labor camps and their har- was a known base of organ har- is uprooting each rowing accounts of brutal tor- vesting activity in China. Former communist security czar Zhou Yongkang. All of what’s of Zhou’s politi- ture, and even of live organ har- Zhang had been in his posi- cal networks built vesting. tion for only a year by Feb. 18, Zhou Yongkang spent 18 years paign per se, said Heng He. happening is through decades Liaoning is where the labor when the 21st Century Eco- in Liaoning earlier in his career, “Those people were all proof backroom deal- camp Masanjia is located, a nomic Herald, a business publi- and after he took charge of the moted because of the persecu- a signal that ing and patronage word that gained notoriety in cation, reported that he had been security services, he promoted tion of Falun Gong. You had to ties. the United States after a Good- removed for “investigation.” officials who would implement be involved in the persecution to a bigger case One key tying will employee from Oregon, Zhang was a police officer in the campaign most enthusias- be promoted at that time,” said together the series Julie Keith, found a letter stuffed 1999, when the persecution of tically, according to Heng He, a Heng He. is being built, of recent inves- into a Halloween kit. The letter Falun Gong was initiated. His political analyst with New Tang Having the correct political possibly against tigations, how- had been written by a Masanjia enthusiasm in carrying out the Dynasty Television. stance made them effectively ever, has been lit- inmate, who was being forced campaign—at the time the fore- invulnerable to political foes, Zhou Yongkang. tle explored: the to work all day. Keith’s discov- most political priority of the Zhou’s People and they could indulge in as fact that all of the ery became national news in the communist leadership, as set by “Those people were all pro- much corruption as they wished, Xia Xiaoqiang, men were involved United States. then-Party chief Jiang Zemin, moted, or started to work with Heng He said. political analyst in the persecution Now, some of the officials who for whom the campaign was a Zhou Yongkang, during the But now the tide has turned, of Falun Gong. implemented the campaign personal crusade—saw his pro- persecution. They worked with and that campaign against Falun Gong is a against Falun Gong in Liaon- motion to deputy commander him because of it,” Heng He Falun Gong is not a priority of spiritual practice that has been ing are being purged. of a brigade, and then director said. the current leadership. The new suppressed by the Communist One of the most recent is Li of the Public Security Bureau of The persecution of Falun leadership cohort is focused on Party since 1999, after nearly a Wenxi, the former chief of the Shenyang. Gong had become the focus of weeding out the remnants of decade of explosive popularity Public Security Bureau in Liaon- Falun Gong websites, which Zhou Yongkang’s career from groups that exerted deep influ- in China. ing Province, and the vice chair gain firsthand information from the early 2000s, after years of ence on Chinese politics in pre- Surveilling, arresting, locking of the Chinese People’s Political sources inside China about con- doing Party work in Liaoning, vious years. up, and torturing Falun Gong Consultative Conference, a Par- ditions on the ground, contain a and then in the petroleum sec- “Xi Jinping must get rid of adherents formed the core of ty-affiliated advisory body. number of reports documenting tor in Sichuan. In 2002 he was Zhou Yongkang, and openly, Zhou Yongkang’s career from He was put under investiga- how Zhang and Li were involved made minister of public security, because Zhou directly chal- the early 2000s onward. Along tion shortly before the Chinese in the campaign. and from there quickly became lenged Xi’s authority” in the way he installed loyalists New Year several weeks ago, “All of what’s happening is a the head of the entire security 2012, said Heng He. Zhou was who were also dedicated to the according to overseas Chinese signal that a bigger case is being apparatus. reported to have plotted a coup campaign. And it is these indi- news outlets. built, possibly against Zhou The Party leadership is not with now-fallen Chinese offi- viduals that are now being dug Sources in Beijing told Epoch Yongkang,” said Xia Xiaoqiang, removing these individuals cial Bo Xilai. “If Xi Jinping out one-by-one by the Party’s Times that Li was an impor- an independent political com- because of their involvement doesn’t act against Zhou, he’ll investigation squad, under the tant figure in Zhou Yongkang’s mentator and columnist. in the anti-Falun Gong cam- be considered weak.”

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Valentin Schmid [email protected] Co-founder and CEO of WhatsApp Jan Koum speaks during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Monday.

Last week, China sold $48 billion in Treasurys. That’s the largest amount ever. Should WhatsApp to Add Voice Americans be scared? Not really. China still owns almost $1.3 to Messaging Service trillion in U.S. bonds. It is the largest foreign holder of U.S. federal debt, which is why many people say China owns the United States. By Joseph Wilson On Wednesday, Facebook In reality China boxed itself agreed to buy WhatsApp for $19 in by accumulating this large billion in a deal that is by far the WhatsApp position and it’s really the BARCELONA, Spain— biggest by the social networking United States that has more WhatsApp, the popular messag- company and any other done by currently has a options to exert power. ing service for smartphones that’s Google, Microsoft, or Apple. being acquired by Facebook, will Wearing a gray shirt, jeans, voice function Where Does the Money soon be offering a voice service. and a black jacket, the 38-year- Come From? CEO Jan Koum said the voice old Koum quipped, “Last week but only in note How did the Chinese end service will be deployed for we added a new Facebook friend. up with this much U.S. fed- Android and iPhones this spring, I don’t know if you guys heard.” form. This new eral debt as their currency with Blackberry and Microsoft “There are no planned changes,” service will be reserves? They accumulated and Nokia phones coming later. said Koum. “Our vision and mis- it over a span of 20 or so years “We are going to introduce sion are aligned. We both want to live. A Timeless Treasure when they exported real goods voice in WhatsApp in the sec- make the world more connected.” to the United States. Since the ond quarter of this year,” Koum Koum said that he didn’t expect 擁有歷史價值的首飾 United States did not export said at the Mobile World Con- that WhatsApp’s staff would grow much in return, the Chinese gress in Barcelona, Spain. “I think in number very much, saying, got U.S. paper instead. we have the best voice product out “We want to operate as a startup.” twice as many users as the bet- At first, China had a real there. We use the least amount of Relatively unknown until now ter known short messaging ser- competitive advantage: cheap bandwidth.” in the United States, WhatsApp vice, Twitter. land and labor, and a central- WhatsApp currently has a is popular in other countries, Facebook’s stock rose $2.33, or ized effort to produce cheap voice function but only in note both in Europe and in emerging 3.40 percent, to $70.92, Monday. goods, helped by an artifi- form. This new service will be economies. The Mountain View, cially low exchange rate. live. Calif., startup already has almost From The Associated Press

What Can They Actually Do With It? While having the most powerful country in the world owe EBay Responds to Icahn’s you $1.3 trillion looks nice on the surface, there is actually not much the Chinese can do Pressure to Spin Off PayPal 1930’s Art Deco Platinum Diamond Bracelet with the money. Because of its inflexible economic model, it cannot AP PHOTO/PAUL SAKUMA reverse the trade. If the central By Mae Anderson bank sells Treasurys and buys & Michelle Chapman yuan, two things will happen. First, the exchange rate will rise. Dramatically. This will NEW YORK—EBay and activ- make Chinese exports even ist shareholder Carl Icahn are more uncompetitive, as wages continuing their war of words and land prices have risen over PayPal. 646-201-8806www.AnnaLin.net [email protected] over the years. It would also The billionaire has been result in widespread unem- pressuring the e-commerce ployment. company to spin off the online Second, the central bank’s payment business. But eBay “A Goal without a plan is just wish” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry balance sheet will shrink, has said it’s not interested in draining the money supply separating its fastest growing in the mainland. Not good segment. news for a credit system that On Monday, Icahn said in a is bigger than the one in the blistering letter to sharehold- United States. ers that eBay’s “complete dis- An eBay/PayPal sign in San Jose, Calif., Jan. 19, 2011. regard for accountability at Diversification eBay is the most blatant we employees for eBay’s board. lapses of accountability and It can sell Treasurys and buy have ever seen” and called EBay said then that it had stockholder value destruc- gold and other dollar assets, out two directors and the CEO looked into a split from Pay- tion.” but to what extent? The U.S. specifically for “lapses in cor- Pal, but felt it wasn’t the best Treasury market is the larg- porate governance.” move for shareholders. But Corporate Governance est, most liquid, and deepest EBay responded that it con- it said it will review Icahn’s EBay said Cook, Andreessen capital market in the world. tinues to believe stockholders nominees. and Donahoe were unavaila- No other market can absorb are best served by keeping In his letter Monday, Icahn ble for individual comment. $1.3 trillion, unless it was PayPal as part of the company. also alleged that some eBay But in a statement, the com- spread out over a period of board members have conflicts pany said its board is “scru- many years. PayPal Bargain of interest. Among those to pulous in its governance prac- Take control of your So China is forced to hold PayPal, which eBay bought catch Icahn’s fire: Scott Cook, tices and fully transparent on to an asset that—thanks to for $1.3 billion in late 2002, is who is the founder and for- with regard to its directors’ financial future the Federal Reserve—carries now growing faster than the mer CEO of Intuit Inc. and other affiliations and busi- With a financial plan, we can help you reach a low-to-negative real inter- company’s core marketplace is a current board member nesses.” your goals by looking at your whole financial est rate and cannot be sold in businesses. In the fourth quar- for the company. Icahn ques- Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jor- picture, then outlining strategies tailored to bulk. ter, payments revenue of $1.84 tioned Cook’s involvement on dan Rohan said he believes your individual needs and resources. If the Chinese want to play billion accounted for about 41 the eBay board, saying that Icahn’s attempts for the spinoff hardball and sell in bulk, the percent of total revenue for the Intuit and PayPal are direct won’t go anywhere. Federal Reserve could absorb period. Recently, PayPal has competitors. Icahn also ques- “The entire board believes # Fee-Only compensation with all it as a buyer of last resort. been expanding into brick- tioned Marc Andreessen’s loy- wholeheartedly they’re acting clients Broad-based Financial Planning J. Paul Getty coined the and-mortar stores from serv- alty to eBay, claiming he was in the best interest of share- # # Independent, objective financial phrase “If you owe the bank ing solely as an online pay- able to achieve significant per- holders,” to keep PayPal part advice for individuals, families and $100 that’s your problem. If ments service. sonal financial benefit from of eBay, he said. business owners TM you owe the bank $100 mil- In January, eBay said Icahn buying large stakes in two for- EBay shares rose $1.71, or 3.1 # Certified Financial Planner Arthur Flores, CFP® lion, that’s the bank’s prob- had taken a less than 1 percent mer eBay subsidiaries. percent, to $56.30 in afternoon lem.” stake in the company and said Icahn also drubbed eBay trading Monday. Its shares are for a no-obligations and The United States owes he was seeking a nonbinding CEO John Donahoe, saying up more than 2 percent for the Call us complimentary meeting: 877-523-6936 China $1.3 trillion. China is shareholder resolution to spin he seems “completely asleep past year. floresfinancialplanning.com the bank, and it has a prob- off PayPal. At the time Icahn or, even worse, either naive or lem. also nominated two of his willfully blind to these grave From The Associated Press Please see website for important disclosures. 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Visitors walk outside the Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile phone trade show, in Barce- lona, Spain, on Sunday. Barcelona Summit Showcases New Phones and Gadgets

Barcelona wireless show features new innovations, but Samsung still ahead of the pack

By Anick Jesdanun In a November interview power, Samsung will have to with The Associated Press, give people a reason to upgrade. Motorola Mobility CEO Den- It must shatter the notion that BARCELONA, Spain— nis Woodside said Samsung phone improvements these days Sony unveiled a new water- has shown “that marketing can are incremental rather than proof phone that can take really create a product and cre- innovative, said Will Stofega, ultra-high-definition video. ate a phenomenon. We’re never program director for mobile Nokia introduced three going to have the money that phones with research firm IDC. Android smartphones aimed at they have to market our prod- In the past, Samsung has tried emerging markets. And Lenovo ucts.” to appear innovative by packing announced one with an all-glass The only other company that its Android phones with a slew exterior. comes close to matching Sam- of features, such as automatic Yet most of the attention will sung’s muscle is Apple. The scrolling of content when the be on Samsung, which Monday iPhone’s debut in 2007 showed phone or user’s head is tilted. evening is expected to announce the world that phones can do But these features don’t always a successor to its flagship Gal- much more than calls and mes- work as promised and come axy S4 smartphone. That’s bad sages. Since then, each new across as disjointed from one news for all the other phone iPhone release has taken on an another. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS and humanity are makers trying to get noticed aura of a rock concert, with the People will be looking for at the Mobile World Congress most devoted Apple fans lining Samsung to “really redesign fundamental to the Epoch Times. In 2000, wireless show, which opened up at stores for hours or days to and create an experience that our media was born to provide truthful news Monday in Barcelona, Spain. buy one. feels less packed,” Stofega said. “It’s increasingly difficult to Samsung also has been updat- coverage of events in China, where previously only get attention for your mobile ing phones by making their device in a very crowded mar- screens larger. The S4’s display propaganda and censorship existed. ketplace,” said Dan Hays, U.S. measures 5 inches diagonally, wireless advisory leader at the compared with 4.8 inches on the After personally witnessing tragedies like the consulting firm PwC. The S4 and its S III and 4 inches on the orig- Tiananmen Square massacre and the persecution predecessor, the inal S from 2010. The iPhone’s Samsung Dominance screen has stayed steady at 4 of the spiritual group Falun Gong, at great risk It’s even more difficult when one Galaxy SIII, were inches since 2012. of the competing devices comes Meanwhile, Sony Corp. said to themselves and their loved ones, a group of from Samsung Electronics Co., both blockbuster its new Xperia Z2 smartphone Chinese-Americans started publishing the Chinese- which already announced two will have noise-cancelling tech- new computerized wristwatches phones and have nology that works with an in-ear language Epoch Times in the United States. Some Sunday. Apple is the only com- helped Samsung headset sold separately. It will reporters in China were jailed, and some suffered pany that might be able to over- be able to capture video in the shadow Samsung, but it isn’t surpass iPhone emerging 4K resolution, which severe torture before disappearing altogether— attending or announcing any- offers four times the details as thing at the show. maker Apple Inc. current high-definition video. but Epoch Times ﬂourished, attracting a global Samsung is “going to take the Sony also announced a com- audience of millions. oxygen out of the room,” said as the world’s panion tablet and a cheaper, Roger Entner, an analyst with midrange smartphone. the Recon Analytics research largest smartphone We now publish in 35 countries and 21 languages. firm in Boston. Nokia Goes Android From our news hub in Manhattan, we provide Entner said the S4 and its maker. Nokia Corp. is targeting emerg- predecessor, the Galaxy S III, ing markets with its Nokia engaging, quality local news and feature content were both blockbuster phones X line of phones, starting at and have helped Samsung sur- $122 (89 euros). It uses Goog- designed to enrich and inspire our readers’ lives. pass iPhone maker Apple Inc. as le’s Android operating system the world’s largest smartphone Apple typically skips trade rather than the Windows Phone Epoch Times and TheEpochTimes.com is maker. According to Gartner, shows, however, and prefers software from Microsoft, which your trusted, innovative, and inﬂuential media Samsung had a 31 percent mar- holding its own events. is about to buy Nokia’s hand- ket share last year, compared In fact, Samsung also typi- set business. But Nokia will organization. At our core are integrity and with 16 percent for Apple. No cally holds its own events. Last replace many Google services other company had more than year’s Galaxy S4 announcement on Android with Microsoft ser- truthfulness in reporting—and giving our Manhattan 5 percent. came in New York a few weeks vices and a Windows-like home readers the stories, news, and information that after the Barcelona show. But screen. Marketing timing this year’s unveiling to Lenovo Group Ltd. matter most. More important than having the show is a good opportunity announced three new smart- well made phones, however, “is for Samsung to make deals with phones, including the $269 that they are spending a signif- wireless carriers and other part- glass-exterior S850 targeted at Contact us: (646) 257-5699 icant amount on advertising,” ners. fashion-conscious users. The Entner said. other two phones promise Samsung spent nearly $4.3 Battle for Third Spot longer battery life. billion (4.6 trillion won) in Sony Mobile President Kun- But even phones with spectac- advertising in the 12 months imasa Suzuki said that with ular features and designs might through September, about four Apple and Samsung so domi- still go unnoticed if they aren’t times the $1.1 billion Apple nant, the real battle is for No. 3. from Apple or Samsung. The stories you need. spent in the same period, the He said that means marketing “We’ve got really two compa- latest for which figures were that is focused by country and nies that capture the lion’s share The news you trust. available. Although Samsung product line. of revenue and profit,” Hays also makes TVs, refrigerators “It doesn’t mean we just said. “There’s lots of attention and other products, analysts directly compete with the big lavished on them because they believe much of the market- giants,” he said in an interview have the most to lose.” ing is for newer products such Monday. as phones. Despite all the marketing From The Associated Press OPINION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 | A13 www.TheEpochTimes.com/Opinion The Tragic Legacy of the Circassians in Sochi Published in 35 countries and 21 languages.

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By Jenna Fryer AP PHOTO/TERRY RENNA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.— There was a moment late in the Daytona 500 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a moment to catch his breath. It was clearly his race to lose and the ten- sion ran thick through Junior Nation, all the way into his car. Steve Letarte, the crew chief and cheerleader who had rebuilt Earnhardt’s crumpled confidence and returned him to a championship contender, used Encourage Your the moment under caution to settle his driver. “Having fun?” Letarte asked Conversation – over the radio. Eat Tapas! “Yeah, but it’s the big prize, man. It’s hard to enjoy it,” Earn- ”Solera, one of Manhattan’s ﬁrst serious hardt said, before he paused. Spanish restaurants, has always taken for “I’m enjoying particular pieces granted what other restaurants advertise of it, but the entire experience is as innovations.” NY TIMES driving me crazy.” That’s the albatross that was OPEN FOR “SPANISH TIME” IN THE AFTERNOON, LATE LUNCH, EARLY DINNER strapped to the back of NAS- 216 E 53RD ST (BTW. 2ND & 3RD AVE) NEW YORK CITY • (212) 644-1166 CAR’s most popular driver as Dale Earnhardt Jr. (L) celebrates in Victory Lane with teammate Jeff Gordon after winning the NASCAR SOLERANY.COM • OPEN 12PM-11PM closed in on his second Day- Daytona 500 Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. tona 500 victory. It had been 10 years since he won his first 500, and after three runner-up fin- ing for you and want to see you didn’t have the help he needed Conspiracy has followed ishes the last four seasons in a win. It’s a heavy weight.” or enough laps to mount a Earnhardt Jr. since his father’s race that had caused his family This time, he delivered. proper charge. death as fans wondered if some so much heartache and joy, the He emerged from a rain delay Hamlin, who won two races of his biggest career moments moment was overwhelming. of more than six hours with earlier in Speedweeks and was were freebies from NASCAR There’s so much pressure on the strongest car in the field. going for the trifecta, was dejected during a time of mourning. Earnhardt, who entered the sea- As other drivers struggled to with second place. But he noted Third-place finisher Keselowski son-opening showcase mired in keep busy during the lengthy the significance of the victory. believes Daytona 500 win No. 2 ª0DQKDWWDQV%HVW a 55-race losing streak dating to break, Earnhardt said his con- cannot be challenged. .RUHDQ%DUEHTXH5HVWDXUDQW« 2012. He’d won just two races cern was not consuming too “I think this particular race, - NY Times - since joining mighty Hendrick much of the junk food stored there’s no drama. There’s no feel- Motorsports in 2008, and as he in his motorhome. ing I think anybody could legit- :HRQO\XVH86'$3ULPHEHHI closes in on his 40th birthday, He knew what he had in the There are so imately have that there’s voodoo he is still searching for his first No. 88 Chevrolet. magic that he won,” Keselowski Cup championship. “I knew it was something spe- many people said. It’s been openly stated by the cial,” he said. “I knew we had There was only euphoria. suits at NASCAR that when Jun- enough race car. I was a little pulling for you NASCAR’s favorite son won ior wins, NASCAR’s popularity bit nervous because the pres- the biggest race and earned the surges. So under that theory, if sure was on me because there and want to see first spot in the playoffs under a he could just get it together, the was plenty of car to do it.” new championship format that days of flat television numbers Earnhardt handled every you win. It’s a rewards winning. Hendrick and sagging attendance would challenge over the final 50 Motorsports got at least one certainly spike. miles. He shook off Greg Bif- heavy weight. week of respite from fans won- That’s a lot of pressure to put fle, the peskiest foe, and then dering why Earnhardt never %HHI6SLF\3RUN&KLFNHQ%%4 on one guy, and it hit him as he Carl Edwards. Lined up for a Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins. readied himself for the home- two-lap sprint to the finish, he And Earnhardt, at least for stretch Sunday night. found himself next to one-time this week, got to remove that “It’s a big race and you want to protege Brad Keselowski, who “Any time an Earnhardt wins albatross. And after finally win it so badly, and your team had a car almost as strong as at Daytona,” he shrugged. joining Twitter, he rewarded 6HDIRRG6WRQHJULOOHG%LELPERS 6RIW%HDQ&XUG6WHZ wants to win so badly,” he said Earnhardt’s. The late Dale Earnhardt won his fans — more than 400,000 5HYLHZ afterward. “You realize at that But Earnhardt had teammate 34 races at Daytona Interna- despite only four tweets—by ËËËË moment that there are count- Jeff Gordon on his bumper to tional Speedway, but his only posting a Monday morning Jasmine C. less people watching on tele- help on the final restart, and 500 victory came in 1998 in his selfie, standing in front of the “The USDA Prime butterflied boneless short-ribs are vision and there are countless once he cleared Keselowski 20th try. He was killed in an statue of his father at Daytona: an absolute must, along with a bowl of white rice” people sitting in the grandstands it was essentially over. Moves accident on the last lap of the “Look who I ran into at the with your shirts and hats on, and made by other drivers in the 2001 race, triggered while he Daytona Experience. Dad’s Tel: (212)564-9333 Fax: (212)564-9939 your team is over on the pit wall pack ruined Keselowski’s tried to protect a 1-2 finish for Happy!” www.madangsui.com and your family back home— pursuit and Denny Hamlin Michael Waltrip and his son, &' '')$% , + there are so many people pull- stormed through the field but who both drove for him. From The Associated Press

QUICK HITS Florida Moves to No. 1 in AP Poll

AP PHOTO By Teresa M. Walker to fourth. Wichita State (29-0) and Ari- zona (25-2) both moved up one place to second and third. Florida, the fifth The Florida Gators are taking their turn school to hold the No. 1 spot this sea- as the newest No. 1 in what coach Billy son, received 47 first-place votes from Donovan calls a revolving door atop the 65-member national media panel. the AP college basketball poll, their The Gators were ranked No. 1 for eight first time on top of the rankings since weeks in 2007. Wichita State was No. 1 they repeated as national champions in on 14 ballots with Arizona receiving the 2007. The Gators (25-2) moved up one other four first-place votes. place Monday, replacing Syracuse (25-2), Billy Donovan’s Gators are atop the which lost twice last week and dropped From The Associated Press AP poll for the first time since 2007.

AP Source: Sabres Still Shopping G Ryan Miller Cozy Since 1964

AP PHOTO/GENE J. PUSKAR While your cheeks turn rosy red from the warmth of the ﬁre, the By John Wawrow intention of trading him by next week. “Tim is testing the waters as hard as he wine, or both, let Moran’s bless you with her enchanting array of can,” the person said, speaking on the Waterford Crystal and Cherry-wood interior. Enjoy a half dozen Though star goalie Ryan Miller was condition of anonymity because Murray blue point oysters, the renowned lobster-crab ravioli, or perhaps scheduled to return from Sochi later declined to speak to reporters Monday. the Filet Mignon. Come and get cozy this winter at Moran’s. in the day Monday and start Tues- The person said the team’s first option is day, when Buffalo hosts Carolina, his trading Miller, who is in the final year absence could be something the Sabres of his contract and eligible to become will have to get accustomed to with the an unrestricted free agent. Option No. NHL trade deadline approaching on 2, the person added, would be making March 5. A person familiar with dis- a bid to re-sign Miller if a trade can’t cussions told The Associated Press that be completed. Ryan Miller, of Buffalo, could be 146 10TH AVENUE, AT 19TH STREET, NYC • (212) 627-3030 • MORANSRESTAURANT.COM general manager Tim Murray contin- traded before the March 5 trade ues to pursue offers for Miller with the From The Associated Press deadline. A16 | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 SPORTS www.TheEpochTimes.com/Sports

AP PHOTO/ALEX BRANDON MLB Collision Rule Leaves Open Exceptions

By Ronald Blum BRIAN BAHR/GETTY IMAGES

NEW YORK—Rather than ban home plate collisions outright, Major League Baseball and its New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis hit .205 with 9 home runs players adopted a rule limiting and 33 RBIs last year. them this season. In what both sides said was a one-year experiment, the rule allows collisions if the catcher Ike Davis Admits has the ball and is blocking the runner’s direct path to home plate, and if the catcher goes Concealing Injury into the basepath to field a throw to the plate. From Mets “It’s good, I think it takes away the malicious intent behind the play at the plate,” Texas Rang- ers catcher J.P. Arencibia said. By Jon Santucci actually go out and play—you “Obviously the runner doesn’t can’t say anything. So that’s what we do, and we have inju- PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.—New ries that last a little longer or York Mets first baseman Ike they don’t. What am I going to The umpire crew Davis admits he concealed a do? Not play? It doesn’t make nagging oblique strain from sense.” chief can use the team last year but claims Collins said that by the end the injury wasn’t a factor in his of a baseball season, almost the new video- poor performance. every player receives treat- Speaking Monday, Davis ment for an injury, but play- review system to confirmed a story that first ers should speak up when an determine whether appeared Sunday on the New injury impacts performance. York Post’s website. “Everybody’s different, the rule was “It’s just an overblown thing. guys deal with stuff in differ- Everyone has injuries and then ent ways,” Collins said. “Cer- violated. they get hurt. So it was point- tainly if you’re failing at what less to write an article,” Davis you’re supposed to be doing, said. “I sucked last year because that means something needs always have to slide, and the I sucked. It’s not because I had to be addressed. If you feel it’s catcher still has the ability to an injury. You always have taking away from your game, block the plate once he has the injuries. And now it just looks ball in hand.” bad. I didn’t want the article to The new rule, 7.13, states “a come out, and it did.” runner attempting to score Mets manager Terry Collins may not deviate from his direct said he was “as surprised as It’s just an pathway to the plate in order to anybody” when he heard that initiate contact with the catcher Davis had been playing with overblown thing. (or other player covering home an injury. Collins said he will plate).” A runner violating the address the situation privately Everyone has rule shall be declared out, even with Davis. if the fielder drops the ball. “As I look back now, injuries and then Along with the rule, the everything would have been they get hurt. sides agreed to a pair of com- better off had he said some- ments umpires use to interpret thing,” Collins said. “Certainly, Ike Davis the rule. The first comment hopefully, he’ll learn from it says “the failure by the run- that he needs to speak up.” ner to make an effort to touch Davis hit a career-low .205 you’ve got to say something. ... the plate, the runner’s lower- San Francisco catcher Buster Posey’s ugly injury from a home plate collision in 2011 is one of the many with nine homers and 33 If there’s an issue we need to reasons that MLB has decided to protect catchers. ing of the shoulder, or the run- RBIs last year. He batted .161 know about it for sure.” ner’s pushing through with his with five homers and 16 RBIs Davis said the oblique was hands, elbows or arms, would field a throw, and the umpire The umpire crew chief can that ended his season. at the season’s start, was sent bothering him before the game support a determination that determines that the catcher use the new video-review sys- In Game 5 of last year’s AL to Triple-A Las Vegas from at Washington, when hit he hit the runner deviated from the could not have fielded the ball tem to determine whether the championship series, Detroit June 10 to July 5 and then hit a third-inning sacrifice fly, gri- pathway in order to initiate con- without blocking the pathway rule was violated. backstop Alex Avila was pulled .267 after his recall. He left an maced, grabbed at his side and tact with the catcher in viola- of the runner and that contact “It stops guys just going out a couple of innings after being Aug. 31 game at Washington bent over in foul territory not tion.” The comment says players with the runner was unavoid- of their way just to try to dis- run over at the plate by Boston’s because of the oblique injury far from home plate. who slide appropriately are not able.” lodge the baseball when they David Ross, a fellow catcher. and missed the final month of “If you hurt something, in violation of the rule. “There are some things that (catchers) have the plate,” Texas “I think it’s fair. A runner’s the season. like your oblique, and it pops, The second comment says often times can make the water Rangers manager Ron Wash- path is to home plate,” Oakland Davis twice said the initial there’s a time in-between,” he that “unless the catcher is in a little muddy,” union head Tony ington said. catcher Derek Norris said. “Any oblique injury had no bearing said. “It doesn’t automatically possession of the ball, the Clark said after meeting with Debate over plate collisions has deviation and he’s not trying on his swing and added play- go, ‘Oh, I’m healthy and then catcher cannot block the path- the New York Yankees. “Over intensified since May 2011, when to score, he’s trying to harm. A ers constantly have injuries to I pop.’ There’s a time where way of the runner as he is the course of the offseason, the San Francisco’s Buster Posey was runner going out of the base- deal with. something hurts. But you can’t attempting to score.” The run- concern was protecting play- injured as the Marlins’ Scott path trying to break up a dou- “You can’t tell people stuff go, ‘Oh, I feel a little something ner shall be declared safe if the ers, but trying to draw up some- Cousins crashed into him at the ble play is declared out. This because you won’t play,” he here. It’s a little tight. It hurts catcher violates that provision. thing that not only made sense plate. Posey, an All-Star catcher, is the same concept as a dou- said. “You always hurt. You a little bit.’ I can’t pull myself In addition, it is not a violation on paper, but also was going to sustained a broken bone in his ble-play slide.” always hurt. ... You hurt all the from the game.” “if the catcher blocks the path- make sense to the players that lower left leg and three torn lig- time. You can’t tell people— way of the runner in order to were playing on the field.” aments in his ankle, an injury From The Associated Press unless you can’t physically From The Associated Press

UNLOCKING YOUR CHILD’S POTENTIAL People with ADD have special gifts, but they are sometimes hard to unwrap.

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ORY WEAVER/METROPOLITAN OPERA Ildar Abdrazakov as Prince Igor Svyatoslavich, off to defeat invaders, in Borodin's "Prince Igor." After a Century, ‘Prince Igor’ Is Back at the Met Director Dmitri Tcherniakov makes Met debut

By Barry Bassis new ending, imported from another really loves Vladimir. The nasty char- Petrenko acted with gusto. His sing- Borodin work. acters are Galitsky and his followers, ing, however, was a disappointment, The time period has been updated Igor is a complex who kidnap and rape young women. especially in his big aria, one of the NEW YORK—Alexander Borodin from the 12th century to, according to Igor is a complex character, heroic but most popular in Russian opera. (1833–1887) was one of the great mel- the Playbill, “a timeless space inspired character, heroic afflicted by nightmares and self-doubt. “The Polovtsian Dances” (with odists of Russian music, but compos- by different periods of Russian history but aﬄicted by the melody that later appeared in ing was a sideline for him. He was and architecture.” The Performance the Broadway musical “Kismet” as a renowned chemist, and while he nightmares and The cast is mostly Russian, with the “Stranger in Paradise”) is a knock- worked on his opera “Prince Igor” The Plot outstanding bass Ildar Abdrazakov in out. Someone had the brilliant idea over an 18-year period it was unfin- At the beginning of the opera, Prince self-doubt. the title role. As in Verdi’s “Attila” in of placing the chorus in the front box ished at his death. Igor, the ruler of the city-state of Putivl, which he also had the lead, the tower- seats on both sides of the hall while Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and is about to lead a military campaign ing singer looks like a warrior. In fact, dancers performed on stage. Alexander Glazunov orchestrated it against the invading Polovtsians, a Meanwhile, back in Putivl, Galitsky he claims to be a direct descendant of Conductor Gianandrea Noseda led an and made their own deletions and nomadic Asian tribe. His wife Yaro- and his men go on a drunken rampage. Genghis Khan. exciting performance. Though it runs additions. slavna begs him to stay, but he goes off Yaroslavna is unable to control him and Abdrazakov was charismatic, acted over four hours, the production contin- The new production of “Prince Igor” anyway leaving her in the care of her Galitsky schemes to take over perma- with conviction, and sang smoothly uously held my interest, even if there are at the Met is the first at the house since brother, Prince Galitsky. nently. However, when the Polovtsians with a rich voice (albeit more lyrical still flaws in this version of Borodin’s 1917 when it was performed in Ital- The war is a disaster; the faces of dead attack, he is killed. than those who usually sing this role). unfinished opera. ian. Now, it is back in a revised version, and wounded soldiers (including Igor) With Putivl in ruins, Igor returns, Oksana Dyka sang beautifully with with direction and sets by the vision- are projected on a screen. haunted by visions. He blames him- an authentic Russian sound as Prince “Prince Igor” plays at the Metropoli- ary Dmitri Tcherniakov (making his Igor has a dream that he is in a field of self for his army’s defeat and urges his Igor’s wife. tan Opera intermittently until March Met debut). red poppies with his son, Vladimir. The people to rebuild their city. Anita Rachvelishvili was excellent as 8. The live telecast is on Saturday, There is quite a bit of musical tink- leader of the Polovtsians, Khan Kon- Contrary to the often-cited view that Konchak’s daughter, Stefan Kocan was March 1. ering; the overture is gone (despite the chak, appears and treats Igor as an hon- the opera is a tribute to Russian nation- amusing as Khan Konchak, and tenor fact that Glazunov based his orchestra- ored guest rather than a mere captive. alism, the invaders are not depicted Sergey Semishkur sang with passion Barry Bassis has been a music, theater, tion on his memories of the composer Konchak’s daughter Konchakovna is in as villains. Konchak is a civilized and ringing high notes. and travel writer for over a decade for playing it on the piano) and there is a love with Vladimir. and humane fellow and his daughter As the villain Galitsky, Mikhail various publications.

Harold Ramis, Beloved Comedy Figure, Dies

AP PHOTO/JIM PRISCHING, FILE By Jake Coyle tions of comedians was appropri- Washington University in St. Louis, ately captured in Judd Apatow’s he briefly worked in a mental insti- “Knocked Up,” in which Ramis was tution. He often said, seriously, that “Caddyshack.” ‘’National Lampoon’s cast as Seth Rogen’s father, Apatow the experience helped prepare him Animal House.” ‘’Ghostbusters.” said, “because we all saw him as the for working with actors. ‘’Groundhog Day.” ‘’Stripes.” dream dad.” Ramis would help recalibrate the Those titles are some of the most “Harold Ramis made almost epicenter of American comedy at beloved and widely quoted comedy every movie which made me want Second City, which he joined in classics of the last 30 years. They’re to become a comedy director,” Apa- 1969. He was soon followed by many also Harold Ramis’ filmography. tow said. “These films are the touch- of his later collaborators: Belushi Ramis, the writer-director-actor stones of our lives.” (“Animal House”), Murray and who quietly and often off-screen Chevy Chase, whom Ramis Aykroyd. In 1976, he became head created an unpar- directed in “Caddyshack” and writer for the Canadian-based com- alleled and hugely “National Lampoon’s Vaca- edy show Second City Television, influential body of tion,” called him “a great man Actor and director Harold Ramis (C) along with actors from left, Joe Flaherty, or SCTV. These ﬁlms laughs, died Mon- who shunned unnecessary Holly- Eugenie Ross-Leming, Judy Morgan, standing, and Jim Belushi break out in Chicago, he later said in the book of day. He was 69. wood-type publicity.” laughter as they perform a skit on stage to celebrate The Second City's 50th interviews “And Here’s the Kicker,” are the He suffered for sev- “It was Harold who acted out and anniversary in Chicago, Dec. 12, 2009. conditioned him to living “slightly eral years from an gave me the inspiration for the char- on the outside of the mainstream.” touchstones autoimmune disease acter of Clark Griswold,” Chase said recruit buddy in “Stripes.” lyze This.” He helped pen “Meat- “The best comedy touches some- that caused inflam- Monday. “I was really copying Har- But the Chicago native and early balls,” ‘’Stripes” and “Ghostbusters.” thing that’s timeless and universal in of our lives. mation and damage old’s impression of Clark.” member of the improv comedy Ramis could be reasonably cred- people,” Ramis told The Associated Judd Apatow to his blood vessels, Admittedly lacking the dash- troupe Second City was a far larger ited with making more people roll Press in a 2009 story about the 50th and died at his home ing leading-man looks of some of force behind the camera. The intel- in the aisles from the late ‘70s to the anniversary of Second City. “When in the Chicago sub- his peers, Ramis was memorably lectual Ramis was the Zen master early ‘90s than most anyone else. you hit it right, those things last.” urbs, surrounded by family and nebbish: curly haired, gangly and to a wild, improvising comic storm “He earned his keep on this planet,” Ramis is survived by his wife, Erica friends, his talent agency said. bespectacled. He played Ghost- that included Murray, John Belushi, Murray said in a statement. Ramis; sons Julian and Daniel; daugh- His death rattled a modern com- buster scientist Egon Spengler Chase and Dan Aykroyd. The son of Chicago shopkeep- ter Violet; and two grandchildren. edy world Ramis helped build. His (naturally, the brainy one with all He co-wrote and directed “Caddy- ers, Ramis was born Nov. 21, 1944, legacy as a father figure to genera- the ideas), and Bill Murray’s Army shack,” ‘’Groundhog Day,” and “Ana- in Chicago. After graduating from From The Associated Press B2 February 25, 2014 Arts & Culture

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“Perspec- “Off tive II” by Balance” Victoria by Erin Selbach, Anderson, acrylic on oil on canvas, 51 copper, 9 inches by inches by 35 inches. 12 inches.

In a landscape dominated by pop, A Gallery Where Artists abstract, and conceptual art, Dacia is one of a handful of galleries Are the First Priority in the city focusing on contemporary ﬁgurative art. Lee Vasu’s unique vision for Dacia Gallery

By Christine Lin He actively helps artists get larger percentage off if I can get Epoch Times Staﬀ into other galleries. an artwork into an important “Not many galleries do that— collection because it helps the ‘Why would I give my artists artist in the long run,” he said. NEW YORK—They were sup- away?’—I don’t look at it like The press and auction houses posed to celebrate the open- that,” he said. “I want them to can push a young artist to diz- ing of their group exhibition gain full exposure everywhere. zying heights. But to ensure that Be Seen at Dacia Gallery on Feb. 13, but It doesn’t help me or anyone an artist’s career doesn’t fizzle a snowstorm whited out their else if they just have one solo out with the changing fash- plans for the evening. Gath- show a year.” ions requires a slow and steady in the City’s Most ering instead a week later, the Last year he sent the works approach based on patron- exhibiting artists who attended of 27 artists on a three-month age and building relationships Discerning Arts Section introduced their paintings, tour across France, Germany, between artists and collectors. each one fresh off the easel. and his native Romania. If a Vasu said Dacia has attracted Their audience—mostly painting sold along the way, the a younger group of collectors • Our arts coverage is coveted by serious friends and fellow artists— buyer wasn’t allowed to have it since he started showing art- and sophisticated art lovers spilled out from a white-walled until the whole tour concluded. ists in their 20s and 30s. furnace of a room onto the When it comes to collec- “All these younger people • Place your ad next to vibrant, insightful editorial sidewalk, filling the block with tors, he sometimes finds him- started to come check it out,” • Reach over 150,000 New Yorkers per week excited chatter. As the speeches self turning people down— he said. “Once they’re hooked, began, voices dropped to a hush. not because their offers aren’t people keep coming back. We email [email protected] today. What followed was no exer- good, but because their collec- have a good group of support- cise in customary self-intro- tion might not be the best home ive collectors.” ductions and thank-yous— for an artist’s work. artists launched straight into “I would rather sell it for a See Gallery on B5 sharing their inspirations, musings, unresolved artis- COURTESY OF LEE VASU tic conundrums, and working methods. They were often self-effacing, thinking out loud, backtracking, and drew peals of sympathetic laughter from their listeners. Dacia Gallery is a sliver of a space on Stanton Street on the Lower East Side, where hundreds of galleries have sprung up over the last few years. In a landscape dominated by pop, abstract, and conceptual art, Dacia is one of a handful of galleries in the city focusing on contemporary figurative art. The uncommonly collegial atmosphere here is bred from owner and curator Lee Vasu’s distinct vision for his gallery.

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COURTESY HOWARD REHS Amherst College Seeking Wider Help with Art Heist Investigation AMHERST, Mass.—Amherst College and the FBI are reopen- ing the investigation into a theft from a campus art museum nearly 40 years ago. Three centuries-old paintings valued at more than $400,000 were stolen in February 1975. Two of those paintings were recovered in 1989. But the third, a piece by Dutch artist Jan Baptist Lambrechts entitled “Interior with Figures Smoking and Drinking,” was never found. An FBI spokesman tells The Daily Hampshire Gazette that the agency is looking to gener- ate publicity for the case beyond Massachusetts. Howard Rehs, director of Rehs Galleries, gives an Windows From insight into Canterbury Cathedral some of the most Grace Cloisters common NEW YORK (AP)—Six medie- (and silly) val stained glass windows from questions England’s historic Canterbury people ask. Cathedral are going on display at The Cloisters beginning Tues- day. It will be first time that the glass panels, which were As Heard on the Gallery Floor removed during restoration of cathedral walls, have left the cathedral since they were cre- By Howard Rehs on the death dates! Please take yes they did and it happened at one else wants to try this one, usually a little wiggle room ated in the years 1178 to 1180. a few moments to read the tags a show in Chicago. To make it please note: we are always in everything, and if you are The windows are an example before asking that question. even worse, the individual was happy to either change a frame, going to ask for a lower price, of Romanesque stained glass Our gallery started participat- wearing a press badge and vid- or we can sell you the painting be prepared to make a deal. Try work, which expressive figures ing in art and antique shows ‘These are not old paintings; eotaping our works. Now here without one! not to waste the dealer’s time. and luminous colors. more than 25 years ago and they look too new!’ was my answer: Yes, we are sell- The exhibit will include an over that time, I have heard If a work of art was properly ing the frames and as a bonus ‘What is your best price?’ Howard Rehs is the director interactive panorama of the some of the most amazing cared for, it can look as good as you get the painting at no addi- Look, a dealer’s best price is of Rehs Galleries and Rehs Canterbury Cathedral. (sometimes humorous and at the day it left the artist’s easel. tional charge! one that is far more than the Contemporary Galleries in Canterbury Cathedral, other times hard to believe) And if the paintings you own work is currently priced at. I New York City. www.rehs. founded in 570, is part of a comments from people visit- do not look as good, maybe ‘When I win the lottery find that most people who ask com. This article originally World Heritage Site as well as ing our booth. they have issues that need to I will be back!’ this question end up just walk- appeared on the Art, Antiques a house of worship. Doubtless many gallery own- be addressed. We hear this one at every show ing out of the booth and never and Luxury Design Blog, ers have these classic rare and and with the typical lottery return. We all know there is www.art-antiques-design.com From The Associated Press unusual moments and stories ‘I have no more wall space!’ odds it is more than likely that from the floor. Here are the Look, give me a few hours in you will not be back. 2013 greatest hits from the show your home and I will rearrange floor so far this year. your works so that you can hang ‘I would love to buy some- at least another 20 paintings; and thing but you just do not ‘That painting is worth if I need even more wall space, have what I am looking for!’ more than my house!’ I know a carpenter who can The real question is—do you Believe me, most dealers know quickly cover your windows with really have any idea what you that some of the works they offer two-by-fours and sheetrock. are looking for? for sale are more expensive than most homes; not much we can ‘I like that painting, ‘I’ll know it when it hits me!’ do about that. And you should but if I bought it a few parts I am not a violent person, but be aware that most serious pri- need to be painted out!’ don’t tempt me! I have always vate collections exceed the value What! Seriously? Look, after wanted to hit someone with of the homes they are in. you buy a work, you can do a painting just to see if they whatever you want; but I do would buy it. ‘I would have to sell my not want to know about it. house to buy that painting!’ ‘Do you buy paintings?’ Well, if comment one is cor- ‘That is a nice work, but I No, we just sell them. Come on rect, then even if you sold your have a better one at home!’ people; get with the program. house you could not afford it! I highly doubt it, but then again, Of course we buy paintings— This is one of those comments beauty is in the eyes of the otherwise we would have very that are better left unsaid. beholder (or in this instance, little, or nothing, to sell. the owner). Thanks for com- ‘Did you paint all ing, missing you already! ‘I don’t have a house of these paintings?’ for a frame like that!’ Come on … most of us have ‘Are you selling the frames A rarely used, yet ingenious wall tags with the names of each or the paintings?’ excuse, and one which I did artist, along with their birth I know you are all thinking: no hear at a show in Baltimore and/or death dates—emphasis way someone said that! Well, recently. Now just in case any-

lots include several photos by On the Block Ansel Adams. Upcoming Auctions Tuesday, Mar. 3 Jean-Michel Basquiat Tuesday, Feb. 25 Peterson, N.C. Wyeth, and Ste- from the collection phen Scott Young, among oth- of Alexis Adler (Christie’s) Fine Jewelry (Doyle) ers. A month-long curated exhi- Over 950 lots of jewelry, many bition featuring a grouping of of them signed pieces, set with Jewelry and Contents of Aban- approximately 50 works com- diamonds, colored gem stones doned Safe Boxes (Doyle) ing from the Lower East Side and pearls, as well as gold jew- Moderately estimated jew- apartment, where Alexis Adler elry, fine watches, and gentle- elry, including many group lived with Basquiat from 1979 men’s accessories. lots, comprising gold jewelry to 1980. Online only. and pieces set with diamonds, Vintage Posters (Swann) colored gemstones, jade, coral Tuesday, Mar. 4 Posters and illustrated panels and pearls. By order of Bank of 145 West 58th Street, suite 6D from the 19th and 20th Centu- America. 150 lots. The Estates of the Hon. ries. 372 lots. Noreen Drexel and New York, NY 10019 Thursday, Feb. 27 Van Cliburn (Christie’s) tel. 212.585.0474 Wednesday, Feb. 26 575 lots from the diverse estates Fine Photographs of two important collectors. Sale Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) fax. 212.585.0475 American Art (Christie’s) and the Library of continues on March 5. Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: Umezawa [email protected] Hamlet-fields in Sagami Province (detail) 180 lots spanning the 19th and Bill Diodato (Swann) 7 5 9 ⁄8 by 14 ⁄8 in., 25 by 37 cm www.scholten-japanese-art.com 20th century, with such nota- Bill Diodato is a commercial Compiled by Christine Lin, ble artists as Milton Avery, Jane and fine-art photographer. 269 Epoch Times Staff B4 Arts & Culture February 25, 2014

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A July 2010 photo from the makers of the Oscar nominated documentary “The Lady in Number 6,” in which Alice Herz-Sommer tells her story. Herz-Sommer, who died Sunday, was believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust. Documentary of Oldest Holocaust Survivor Up for Oscar

invasion of Czechoslovakia. boy was happy there.” Alice Herz-Sommer, 110, passed away Sunday “This was especially for Jews The opera was “Brundibar,” a very, very hard time. I didn’t a 40-minute piece for children mind, because I enjoyed to be a composed by Hans Krasa, a Robert Barr & Sylia Hui allowed to stage concerts in music we were kept alive,” she mother and I was full of enthu- Czech who was also imprisoned which she frequently starred. once recalled. siasm about being a mother, so I in the camp. It was first per- An estimated 140,000 Jews “When we can play it cannot didn’t mind so much,” she said. formed in Prague but got only LONDON—Alice Herz-Som- were sent to Terezin and 33,430 be so terrible.” Jews were allowed to shop for one other performance before mer, believed to be the oldest died there. About 88,000 were Though she never learned only half an hour in the after- he was interned. Holocaust survivor, died at age moved on to Auschwitz and where her mother died after noon, by which time the shops “Brundibar” became a show- 110 on Sunday, a family mem- other death camps, where most being rounded up, and her hus- were empty. Most Jewish fam- piece for the camp, performed ber said. The accomplished pia- of them were killed. Herz-Som- band died of typhus at Dachau, ilies were forced to leave their at least 55 times including once nist’s death came just a week mer and her son, Stephan, were in her old age she expressed lit- family apartments and were when Terezin, which had been before her extraordinary story tle bitterness. crammed into one apartment extensively spruced up for the of surviving two years in a Nazi “We are all the same,” she said. with other families, but her occasion, was inspected by a Red prison camp through devotion “Good, and bad.” family was allowed to keep its Cross delegation in June 1944. to music and her son is up for home. The opera featured in a 1944 an Oscar. She took Music that Heals “We were poor, and we knew propaganda film which shows Herz-Sommer died in a hospi- refuge in the Caroline Stoessinger, a New that they will send us away, and more than 40 young perform- tal after being admitted Friday York concert pianist who wrote we knew already in this time ers filling the small stage dur- with health problems, daughter- 24 Etudes of a book about Herz-Sommer, that it was our end,” she said. ing the finale. in-law Genevieve Sommer said. said she interviewed numer- In 1942, her 73-year-old mother In 1949, she left Czechoslova- “We all came to believe that Frederic Chopin, ous people who were at the con- was transported to Terezin, then kia to join her twin sister Mizzi she would just never die,” said certs who said “for that hour a few months later to Treblinka, in Jerusalem. She taught at the Frederic Bohbot, a producer of a dauntingly they were transported back to an extermination camp. Jerusalem Conservatory until the documentary “The Lady their homes and they could have “And I went with her of course 1986, when she moved to Lon- in Number 6: Music Saved My diﬃcult hope.” till the last moment. This was the don. Life.” ‘’There was no question in “Many people espouse cer- lowest point in my life. She was Her son, who changed his first my mind—’Would she ever see monument of tain credos, but they don’t live sent away. Till now I don’t know name to Raphael after the war, the Oscars?’” the repertoire. them. She did,” said Stoessinger, where she was, till now I don’t made a career as a concert cel- The film, directed by author of “A Century of Wis- know when she died, nothing. list. He died in 2001. Oscar-winning filmmaker Mal- She labored dom: Lessons from the Life of “When I went home from Anita Lasker-Wallfish, a friend colm Clarke, has been nomi- Alice Herz-Sommer, the World’s bringing her to this place I and fellow concentration camp nated for best short documen- at them Oldest Living Holocaust Survi- remember I had to stop in the survivor, said Herz-Sommer tary at the Academy Awards vor.” middle of the street and I lis- was still lively during a visit last next Sunday. for up to eight “She understood truly that tened to a voice, an inner voice: week. Another producer on the music is a language and she ‘Now, nobody can help you, not “She was a real optimist,” she film, Nick Reed, said telling her hours a day. understood how to communi- your husband, not your little said, adding that the pair used story was a “life-changing expe- cate through this language of child, not the doctor.’” to play Scrabble together fre- rience.” music.” From then on, she took ref- quently until Herz-Sommer’s among fewer than 20,000 who Herz-Sommer was born on uge in the 24 Etudes of Frederic eyes failed her. “She was feeling Joy and Tenacity were freed when the notorious Nov. 26, 1903, in Prague, and Chopin, a dauntingly difficult very unwell and she went to the “Even as her energy slowly camp was liberated by the Soviet started learning the piano from monument of the repertoire. She hospital last Friday. I think she diminished, her bright spirit army in May 1945. her sister at age 5. labored at them for up to eight had enough.” never faltered,” she said. “Her Yet she remembered herself As a girl, she met the author hours a day. She added that Herz-Sommer life force was so strong we could as “always laughing” during her Franz Kafka, a friend of her lived a modest life, and would never imagine her not being time in Terezin, where the joy of brother-in-law, and delighted Creativity in Internment probably balk at the media atten- around.” making music kept them going. in the stories that he told. The camp’s artistic side was a tion directed at her death. Herz-Sommer, her husband “These concerts, the people are She also remembered Kafka blessing; young Stephan, then “She didn’t think of herself as and her son were sent from sitting there, old people, deso- saying, “In this world to bring 6, was recruited to play a spar- anybody very special,” she said. Prague in 1943 to a concen- lated and ill, and they came to up children: in this world?” row in an opera. “She would hate any fuss to be tration camp in the Czech city the concerts and this music Alice married Leopold Som- “My boy was full of enthu- made.” of Terezin—Theresienstadt in was for them our food. Music mer in 1931. Their son was born siasm,” she recalled. “I was so German—where inmates were was our food. Through making in 1937, two years before the Nazi happy because I knew my little From The Associated Press B5 Arts & Culture February 25, 2014

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AP PHOTO/20TH CENTURY FOX, FILE By Jack Phillips manifests itself in very differ- Epoch Times Staﬀ ent ways.” Sam Worthington, Zoe Sal- dana, and Stephen Lang are Director James Cameron starring in the movie to reprise recently talked about his pro- their roles. gress on “Avatar 2,” saying pro- Cameron added, “That’s the duction is in the “early stages.” great thing about Avatar, it’s “We’re still in the early stages. such a rich world, I can explore Right now we’re developing any theme or any idea that I the software. I’m writing the want. Once you’ve got the char- scripts. We’re designing all the acters that an audience loves, creatures and characters and it’s great to surprise them and the settings, and so on. So, I’m make changes and turns that not actually directing yet, but they don’t expect.” I’m doing all the other creative “And you don’t have to spend processes that lead up to that. so much time of the movie set- It’s going very well. I think it’s ting up all that stuff, because going to be spectacular,” he told the audience will remember Slashfilm. from the previous film. I don’t He added: “You’ll see new get bored. It’s a great world. I worlds, new habitats, new cul- love being in the world of Pan- tures. The primary conflict dora.” between the human view kind The sequel won’t be in theat- of dominating nature and the ers until December 2016, and Na’vi view of being integrated “Avatar 3” and “Avatar 4” will into nature is the same, but it come out in 2017 and 2018. Neytiri (R), voiced by Zoe Saldana and Jake, voiced by Sam Worthington are shown in a scene from, "Avatar." ‘LEGO Movie’ Sequel Set for May 2017 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC By Larry Ong cost $60 million to produce, Epoch Times Staﬀ passed the $200 million mark in worldwide box office less than 2 weeks after its release. Still enjoying the top place at the The February blockbuster has box office, "The LEGO Movie" helped Warner Bros. stand out sequel is scheduled for May 26, in the animated film industry, 2017, Warner Bros. announced. where it faces stiff competition Jared Stern and Michelle Mor- from Disney, Pixar, and Dream- gan will write the sequel, reports works. The Wrap. Phil Lord and Chris- So far, the sequel is the only Emmet (voiced by topher Miller, who wrote and big animated film slated for Chris Pratt) in the 3D directed the original, return as May 2017. "Despicable Me 3" computer animated producers. and a new Pixar movie are June adventure "The LEGO "The LEGO Movie," which releases. Movie."

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A Learning Culture The next big thing on Vasu’s agenda is a field trip of epic pro- portions. He’s taking applications from artists of all skill lev- els for a monthlong residency in Sibiu, Romania. They will paint and draw figures and landscapes, visit cat- acombs and monasteries, and study ancient frescoes. Vasu bro- kered a deal with the Romanian government to let his group of intrepid artists sleep in Dracu- la’s castle. All participants are expected to break out of their comfort zones, Vasu said. “How many Prussian, Serbian, Turkish, or Greek artists can the average artist in the United States name? There’s a half a continent’s worth of work that we don’t know,” he said. “My idea is to take them out there and show them something dif- A selection from “Becoming” by Thomas Wharton, oil on linen. ferent, inspire them in a different way.” trend among these artists’ fig- A former art educator, Vasu At this moment, ural works is bodies and faces has a teacher’s knack at encour- turned away from the viewer, an aging people to explore and if there’s one indirect or obscured gaze, a gen- express their ideas. eral sense of emotional distance. Personal and artistic growth thing on the They say something about secret is always on his mind, and pains, isolation, and the modern being an artist himself, Vasu minds of these condition. understands that creative peo- Dacia Gallery’s current ple thrive on constantly push- artists, it’s a group exhibition, Motus in ing the limits of what’s possible. concern about Figuris, closes on Feb. 28 He runs his business the same and features the work of Erin way—staying involved with the problems Anderson, Janet Cook, Ste- questions each artist is grap- phen Early, Thomas Legaspi, Look into the East pling with in his or her artistic with human Stefano Losi, Osiris Rain, expression. Biata Roytburd, Buket Savci, “I don’t like to plan shows too connections. Carol Scavotto, Victoria Sel- At the gallery of Michael Ayervais far ahead because you never bach, Patricia Watwood, and Where Asian art comes to life in a magical setting know what artists will be work- Thomas Wharton. ing on in the meantime,” he said. it’s a concern about human con- At this moment, if there’s one nection, or more specifically, For more information, visit 40 West 25th St. New York #228-229 | 917-623-2571 thing on the minds of this group, the problems therewith. The www.daciagallery.com B6 February 25, 2014 Essence Of China

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By David Wu Qiong also knew how to forbear demonstration and forgot about Epoch Times Staﬀ and weather difficult times. being on opposite sides of the law. When Qin was younger, he once Afterward, they asked Qin about SPECIALIZING IN FINE was a constable in Shandong prov- his performance and instead of CHINESE PAINTINGS & WORKS OF ART Qin Shubao (秦叔寶 ) (died 638), ince. It was his duty to arrest out- buying the jian, they gave him formally known as Qin Qiong laws and escort them to prisons money to help him. They also (秦瓊), was a fierce Chinese war- in different regions. On one mis- knew the county official well and rior and is best known as one of sion, he was required to escort 18 talked the man into giving Qin the 24 heroes who helped estab- bandits to a region called Paradise Qiong his receipt so that he could lish the Tang Dynasty. County. The county official kept return to Shandong to complete Serving initially as a young sol- stalling and would not give Qin his mission. dier during the Sui Dynasty, Qin an official receipt for the bandits. Qin Qiong’s forbearance and Shubao came to the attention of Qin Qiong was stuck in Para- compassion got him through his commanding general for his dise County and his money soon many difficulties, brought out the fierceness in battle and integrity ran out. In order to pay for his best in others, and made friends in service. Qin was soon promoted food and lodging, he decided to of enemies. to commander of a small squad. sell his horse, a steed he had rid- “Qin Qiong Sells His Horse,” The army he served was once den in many battles. Yet, only peo- also known as “Paradise County,” confronted by rebel forces five ple knowledgeable of martial arts has been one of the most famous times larger. To win the battle, could recognize such a fine war- Beijing operas for hundreds of his general set a trap using a false rior’s horse. years. retreat. He then had a small elite One day, a famous outlaw with force launch a surprise attack on martial skills saw Qin’s horse and In Recognition of Valiant the enemy’s base while the major- wanted to buy it. Qin Qiong rec- Service ity of the rebel troops were on the ognized him, but considering his Another famous story about Qin chase. Qin Shubao was one of only situation—alone in a foreign place Shubao was more supernatural. Chinese antiques wanted, two volunteers who dared to take and penniless— he decided to sell It is said when Emperor Tang Tai especially painting, porcelain, on the critical and dangerous task the horse in order to return to fin- Zong was haunted by the ghosts of leading the elite team. ish his mission. of war, Qin Shubao together with jade, bronze, furniture etc. After fierce fighting, Qin Shu- While they were discussing the another fierce general, Yuchi Collections purchased. bao’s team captured the base and price, someone came to tell the Gong, volunteered to guard the set fire to it. The rebel army suf- outlaw that his brother had just palace gates each night to deter fered a final defeat when they died, and since it was very hot the hauntings. pulled back to rescue their cap- weather, they needed to take care This night guard seemed to tured base and the Sui general of the body quickly. Qin Qiong felt work well and later the emperor made swift work of them. Qin compassion for the outlaw facing ordered portraits of them painted Shubao’s outstanding bravery this sudden tragedy and lent him on the palace gates. Gradually, was acknowledged and he was his fast horse to go take care of the common people followed the promoted. brother’s funeral. same practice, and the generals Qin Shubao later joined the Meanwhile, Qin Qiong was still are regarded as guardian gods for Tang army and served as the stuck in Paradise County with no entrances even today. favorite military leader of Prince money. All he had left to sell was Although prone to illness Li Shimin who later became his weapon, a jian (an ancient, throughout his service, Qin Emperor Tai Zong of Tang. It is truncheon-like weapon). In order Shubao fell seriously ill shortly said that once, when the prince to sell it, he had to demonstrate its after his appointment as gener- was taunted, a furious Qin Shu- use as a show to attract people to al-in-chief. He calmly accepted bao charged a large enemy force buy it. Although this was humili- his fate and said, “I’ve spent my alone and they were so afraid of ating, he chose to forbear the dif- whole life in military service and him that they made way for him ficult circumstance. have fought over 200 battles. I was to reach their general, whom Qin While he was performing, Qin wounded many times and lost a easily decapitated. recognized two outlaws in the lot of blood. How could I not be audience that were interested in ill with so many injuries to my Forbearing Humiliation the jian. First, he was angry, as they body.” One story about Qin Shubao is were criminals and he a consta- In recognition of his outstand- 40 W 25th St. Gallery 205 the source of Chinese dramas and ble, but considering his situation, ing military feats, Emperor Tai New York, NY 10010 operas of which “Qin Qiong Sells he concentrated on displaying his Zong commissioned a statue of [email protected] His Horse” is the most famous. jian instead. Qin Shubao on horseback. In 643, www.chinese-culture-art.org Scholar Under Pine Tree According to the story, besides The two outlaws were so Qin was again commemorated For Appointment Please Call 646-539-0523 having excellent martial art skills impressed by Qin Qiong’s mar- as one of the 24 Tang heroes in and being a great strategist, Qin tial arts skill that they enjoyed his the Portraits at Lingyan Pavilion. Performing Arts B7 February 25, 2014

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George Mana- han (L) passes the baton to Plácido Domingo (R). The People’s Opera Remembered

Special guest George Manahan and the music caro,” from Puccini’s “Gianni ture to Bernstein’s “Candide.” colm’s angry aria from Davis’s singers and the chorus joining began with a vigorous rendition Schicchi.” Soprano Tonna Miller sang the “The Life and Times of Malcolm the orchestra for the optimis- star Plácido of the Overture to Bizet’s “Car- Silver aria from “The Ballad of X” and Amy Burton sang the tic “Make Our Garden Grow” men.” Stefania Dovhan replaced A Special Guest Baby Doe” and Lauren Flanigan lilting “What good would the from “Candide.” Domingo the ailing Joélle Harvey in a Han- Then, the special guest star returned with a ravishing “Ain’t moon be?” from Weill’s “Street del aria, which she sang with style came out. Plácido Domingo it a Pretty Night?” from Floyd’s Scene.” Barry Bassis has been a music, and impressive breath control. had his start in this country at “Susannah.” The evening ended with theater, and travel writer for over Tenor Bryan MacPherson the NYCO. His performance in Sidney Outlaw delivered Mal- Ryan MacPherson and all the a decade for various publications. By Barry Bassis delivered a full-throated ren- the title role of Ginastera’s “Don dition of “M’appari” from Flo- Rodrigo” (the opera’s U.S. debut tow’s “Martha.” With these two and the first opera that NYCO NEW YORK—The New York soloists, a pattern emerged that put on at its new home at Lin- City Opera (NYCO) was started NYCO probably engendered: coln Center in 1966), launched on Feb. 21, 1944, as an afforda- These singers (and those that fol- his international career. ble alternative to the Metro- lowed) were not going to simply Though Domingo used to politan Opera. Mayor Fiorello stand and deliver, but they were play the poet hero of “Andrea 12 weeks for $12 LaGuardia dubbed it “The Peo- going to act out the emotions the Chenier,” he has moved into bar- 60 ISSUES ple’s Opera” and it lived up to that characters were experiencing. itone territory. At the concert, he description until last year when After a lovely Mozart duet, sang “Nemico della patria” (the its management declared bank- mezzo-soprano Jennifer Rivera aria in which Gérard, the villain, ruptcy. performed “Una voce poco fa” tells how he became a murderer $36 off Many famous singers got their from “The Barber of Seville.” for the French Revolution). start here, including Beverly Sills, While she dealt easily with all Domingo sang with dramatic the Cover Price Sherrill Milnes, Samuel Ramey, the technical demands (the trills, intensity, roaming the stage from Shirley Verrett and Tatiana Troy- etc.), she gave an unusually comic one end to the other and produc- anos. rendition that evoked laughter ing a powerful, firm tone. He may To honor what would have even among those who did not not sound like a traditional bari- been the company’s 70th birth- understand the words. tone but as he has demonstrated day, Local 802 of the American Soprano Lauren Flanigan held in his recent Verdi album and his Federation of Musicians pre- nothing back in a fiery account appearance at the Met in “Simon sented a concert at City Center of “Vieni, t’affretta” from Verdi’s Boccanegra,” he is still com- (NYCO’s original home) of sing- “Macbeth.” manding in whatever he sings. ers who had appeared with the Mezzo-soprano Heather John- Naturally, the audience went company accompanied by a full son said she had always wanted wild, giving Domingo a standing orchestra and chorus. The pro- to sing “Carmen” but never ovation. As an encore, he didn’t ceeds of the concert went to a thought she would get her wish sing but conducted the overture good cause: the Musicians Emer- when she was eight and a half to “La forza del destino.” gency Relief Fund. months pregnant. Nevertheless, After a trio from “Madam But- A number of people spoke she sang “Habanera” and proved terfly” with Heather Johnson, briefly, but the most touching that she is still seductive (and in Ryan MacPherson, and Sidney moment was when former prin- fine voice). Outlaw, the final section of the cipal conductor and general Sidney Outlaw is a lyric bari- concert was devoted to American director Julius Rudel, who had tone with a rich tone and impec- works. This was appropriate since had a 35-year career with NYCO, cable taste. He sang “Pierrot’s NYCO had always demonstrated appeared onstage in a wheelchair Tanzlied” from Korngold’s “Die a dedication to operas written in to receive a lifetime achievement tote Stadt,” an opera that was not this country. In fact, over one- award. well known in this country until third of the operas presented by NYCO began scheduling it. the company were American. The Performance Amy Burton performed a The orchestra began with a The conductor at the concert was lovely version of “O mio bambino sparking rendition of the over-

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