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A look at a real man portrayed in ‘Monuments Men’
Associated Press Writer
DALLAS — As part of an Allied mission tasked with saving works of art during World War II, a homesick James Rorimer told his wife in a December 1944 letter from liberated Paris that he was working hard but worried about how much he was achieving. “But I’m here to save works of art and that is what really matters,” he wrote. Rorimer, then 39 and a curator at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, went on to carry out his mission successfully, helping to discover where works of art looted by the Nazis were tucked away across Europe. He was a leading figure in a group of 350 men and women from Allied countries attached to the U.S. Army’s Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section. In the new movie “The Monuments Men,” Matt Damon portrays a character inspired by the real-life Rorimer, who died in 1966 at age 60. “He was fighting for the art,” said daughter Anne Rorimer. His contributions included helping discover works of art looted from German museums that were stored in Germany’s Heilbronn mines and helping to establish the Munich Collecting Point where works were received, processed and then restituted after the war. The Monuments Men included ar-
chitects, artists, curators and museum directors. The Harvard-educated Rorimer went on to become director of the Metropolitan Museum after the war. Robert Edsel, the Dallas-based author who wrote the book the movie is based on, said Rorimer was “always a whirlwind of activity.” One of Rorimer’s major feats was gaining the trust of Rose Valland, the French art expert who had been allowed to stay behind at Paris’ Jeu de Paume after the Nazis made it the base for their looting operation. Valland, who unbeknownst to the Nazis spoke German, managed to keep track of where the works — most stolen from Jewish families in France — were being sent. But Valland, who inspired the character played by Cate Blanchett, was not going to easily give up her information. Living in Nazi-occupied Paris had made her wary, even of her fellow country-
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A total of 34 of 67 hotels and restaurants located throughout the tourism area of Penelokan, Kintamani, are closed.
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This undated publicity photo provided by Sony Pictures Publicity shows actor Matt Damon in a scene from the Columbia Pictures film “The Monuments Men.” Damon portrays James Rorimer who was one of a group of men tasked with saving works of art during World War II. men, and she wanted to know that she was giving the information to someone who would help return the works to their rightful owners. “Valland’s watching everything that Rorimer’s doing,” said Edsel. “What evolves between the two of them is this dance ... She’s testing him. She’s trying to find out where his loyalties lie.”
Ghostwriter, lauded composer part after admission
TOKYO — The ghostwriter of famous musical scores credited to Mamoru Samuragochi says he saw no evidence the deaf Japanese composer was unable to hear. Samuragochi has been lauded as Japan’s Beethoven for composing music despite a severe hearing impairment. But he admitted Wednesday that he did not write “Hiroshima Symphony” and other works credited to him. Ghostwriter Takashi Niigaki said Thursday that he worked with Samuragochi for 18 years but got fed up and refused last year to continue the collaboration. Niigaki said he hopes to continue composing and performing despite the uproar. Japanese media reported that Olympic figure skater Daisuke Takahashi will use the Samuragochi arrangement “Sonatina for Violin” for his short program at the Sochi Olympics despite the disclosure that it was actually composed by Niigaki.
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Takashi Niigaki, ghost writer of well known deaf composer Mamoru Samuragochi, a composer Japanese have likened to Beethoven for supposedly composing music despite a severe hearing impairment, answers a question during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.
Empty of visitors
Dozens of hotels and restaurants in Kintamani close
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BANGLI - A total of 34 of 67 hotels and restaurants located throughout the tourism area of Penelokan, Kintamani, are closed. Empty tourist arrival is suspected to become one of the causes for the closure of those hotels and restaurants. Even, among the surviving properties some of which are in sluggish condition. The Head of Bangli Revenue Service Ketut Riang said the closure of dozens of hotels and restaurants posing his taxpayers were alleged to have not been robust in the face of tariff war implemented by the hotel and restaurant businesses due to lonely tourist arrivals. In addition, many restaurants in the area went bankrupt because the magnificent views on offer to visitors were hampered by restaurant buildings established on the east side of the road. As a result, the restaurant established on the west side of the road could not enjoy the views so they no longer had an appeal. Riang had confidence that such condition denoted the real impact of the presence of many buildings proliferating
in the ravine border of the eastern side of the road. “Aside from tariff war, the bankruptcy of restaurants was also triggered by the establishment of buildings on the right side of the road from the Bangli direction,” said Riang. Though having been closed, a number of hotels and restaurants had not paid their hotel and restaurant tax (PHR). Riang said the tax arrears totally amounted to IDR 1 billion and had been admitted as the finding of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). Based the rules, the tax arrears reached tens of years could be exempted through the legal instrument in the form of Regional Bylaw (Perda). The plan of making Regional Bylaw on the exemption, said Riang, was at issue in 2007. However, since there was
disagreement in the Legal Division, the exemption against the delinquent tax was stagnant so far and was not resumed. The Supreme Audit Agency, according to Riang, also gave the same advice. The uncollectible tax arrears should be exempted in accordance with the age of the receivables. “By all means, the exemption should comply with several criteria including whether the company is still in operation,” he said. Meanwhile, the tax arrears of surviving hotels and restaurants would be handled in collaboration with the attorney. All this time, various measures had been taken by the Bangli Revenue Service to collect the hotel and restaurant tax arrears. Even, since the year 2013, the Revenue Service had involved the attorney for charging tax arrears to the entrepreneurs that had not complied with their obligation. Unfortunately, despite being repeatedly charged, most owners denoting local businessmen could not have paid off their overall tax arrears. (ina)