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After Sandy, Government Lends to Rebuild in Flood Zones
A ProPublica/WNYC analysis shows the federal government has approved $766 million to rebuild in areas prone to flooding.
This story is being co-published with New York public radio's WNYC.
If Staten Island's Great Kills Marina Café is able to reopen this spring after Sandy ripped apart its interior – blowing out windows and punching through walls – it will be thanks to assistance from the federal government.
The Small Business Administration has approved the restaurant for a disaster loan of almost $1 million.
There's just one problem: Newly drawn FEMA flood maps show the cafe is at high risk of flooding again, raising the question of whether it makes sense to rebuild there or move elsewhere.
The cafe is not alone.
A WNYC and ProPublica analysis of federal data shows at least 10,500 home and business owners have been approved for $766 million in SBA disaster loans to rebuild in areas that the government now says could flood again in the next big storm. The data, which shows loans approved through mid-February, was obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request.
More loans could be going to flood-prone areas. The analysis did not cover Long Island or Connecticut.
The loans require borrowers to get flood insurance, which in turn could encourage some to rebuild properties to be more flood-resistant. However, for many owners there's no requirement they raise their properties to the heights FEMA recommends.
The result: the federal government is helping people rebuild despite the risk that flooding will again destroy the properties.
The SBA says it's not their job to assess whether it's smart to build in flood-prone areas.
"Our mission is to help these homeowners and business become whole again," said Carol Chastang, an SBA spokeswoman. "We really aren't in a position to tell people where or where not to rebuild."
Such a hands-off approach worries a diverse coalition of advocates -- including conservative groups, environmental organizations, insurance associations and housing coalitions. These groups are urging government at all levels to change the way it builds in disaster-prone areas and insures such properties.
Environmental groups like the National Wildlife Federation say the best flood protection are wetlands and to leave stretches of the coast undeveloped.
"Ideally we're going to help people move away from the flood zone and not give them assistance to rebuild exactly as is," said Joshua Saks, the federation's legislative director. "But we recognize it's a very personal decision, it's a local decision."
For Sam Corigliano, the decision is obvious. Corigliano opened the Great Kills Marina Café in 1980 and built it into a neighborhood fixture over the years.
"We've been here 32 years, had 32 years of good luck, and good fortune and laughs. We've had parties here, christenings, family events, a lot of happy times. We had one bad day," Corigliano said. "You don't walk away from one bad day."
The program
Disaster loans are one of the main tools the federal government has to help homeowners, nonprofits and business owners after something like Sandy. The Small Business Administration provides as much as $200,000 for damaged homes and $2 million for businesses. In rare cases, homeowners might qualify to have a portion of their mortgage refinanced with an SBA loan.
The loans carry low interest rates – as little as 1.7 percent for home loans and as low as 4 percent for business loans -- and can be repaid over 30 years.
As of mid-February, the SBA approved more than 21,500 disaster loans worth $1.5 billion for Sandy-related damage, according to a copy of the loan database WNYC and ProPublica obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The SBA estimates it could ultimately approve as much as $2.5 billion worth of Sandy-related disaster loans.
The loans are an important tool the government uses to help stabilize an area's tax base, said James Rivera, associate administrator in the SBA's Office of Disaster Assistance and the official in charge of the disaster loan program.
"It's good government. I mean, basically it's what the private sector won't do," Rivera said.
The SBA also checks to make sure applicants have an ability to repay the loans. Government loan officers will check an applicant's credit history, finances and collateral. The SBA approves about 52 percent of applicants, Rivera said.
Field inspectors assess damage and determine the maximum amount the SBA will loan.
The SBA disburses the money like a construction loan – in chunks as work is completed – minus whatever a borrower's insurance covers.
The flood zone
At the same time the SBA was approving disaster loans, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was releasing new "advisory" flood zone maps.
Approved maps ultimately determine flood insurance rates and help builders decide how high to make their properties. The existing maps that govern building along the coast are from 1983.
The new preliminary maps show FEMA thinks far more properties throughout the region are at risk of flooding. FEMA also says many of those properties already in flood zones should be raised even higher to avoid future damage.
FEMA rushed to release the maps to ensure property owners had the data as they start to rebuild, said Michael Byrne, FEMA's coordinating officer for New York operations.
"It's the best science we've got. We certainly hope people will take it seriously," Byrne said.
But the maps won't become final for as long as three years. And it's up to local governments to decide if they want to require higher elevations before then.
New York City requires "substantially" damaged properties to rebuild to the existing flood elevations. But in many cases that's not as high as FEMA now recommends.
Corigliano, owner of the Marina Café, said he's not raising his restaurant. It would cost too much and take too long.
"You're probably talking about maybe two years of paperwork. You're talking Army Corps of Engineers to sink piles and so on and so forth," he said.
There is no data yet on how many property owners who received a loan will actually rebuild and, of those, how many will raise their properties to withstand a future flood.
Of the loans made in New York City, 83 percent went to a property in areas FEMA says are at risk of flooding, the data shows. In New Jersey 71 percent went to a proposed flood zone.
The recipients
The biggest loan approved as of mid-February was a $1.5 million loan to the Fairfield Beach Club, a private beach and tennis club on the shore of the Long Island Sound in Connecticut. FEMA has not yet released new maps for Connecticut, but the effects of Sandy certainly suggest the club is at risk.
The club's century-old wood buildings were badly damaged by surging waters, including some that were shifted on their foundations, said Arthur McCain, a member of the club's finance committee.
McCain said the club will try to raise buildings to help protect them from a future flood. But there's only so much the club can do.
"If we really wanted to avoid future damage we've got to close the club and move inland two or three miles." McCain said.
Families have enjoyed the beach club since it opened in the late 1880s, he added. And he said if the club were to close it would just leave a blighted piece of land.
McCain also pointed out that the SBA money is a loan and the government will make money off the club, which also pays a considerable amount for flood insurance.
The loans, however, can cost the government.
The default rate on disaster home loans is about 10 percent, and it's about 20 percent for some business loans, according to the SBA. The administration estimates that it costs taxpayers 11 cents for every $1 of disaster loans.
"These loans do not come without risk to taxpayers," said Pete Sepp, executive vice president for the National Taxpayers Union. "We need to have a policy that carefully considers whether rebuilding in flood prone areas makes sense and whether such building ought to be encouraged by government or at least abetted by government through the use of aid and loans."
But locals like Nicholas Dorman don't want to leave their homes. Dorman, a fireman, bought his home in Staten Island in 2006. It was his first and has been home to his young family.
The house is now leaning after he says the surge smashed boats against the property. He was approved for a $192,100 disaster loan from the SBA. He's not sure it will be enough and hasn't even thought about how high he might build. But he wants to find a way.
"It meant everything to us. I had my pension in there. Everything I had into that house. To me it was gorgeous," Dorman said.
Robert Lewis is a reporter at WNYC.
Stephen Reader contributed reporting.
Correction: An earlier version of this story said FEMA had not completed maps for many areas, including Long Island. That was incorrect. FEMA completed maps for Long Island in 2009.
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"The default rate on disaster home loans is about 10 percent, and it's about 20 percent for some business loans, according to the SBA. The administration estimates that it costs taxpayers 11 cents for every $1 of disaster loans." Isn't govt great! This country is swimming is so much debt and easy money. I love the firefighter, who spent his entire carreer on the taxpayer dime, building the house with his taxpayer pension, and now collecting a taxpayer bailout to rebuild his home in a flood zone. What a great country!
If you rebuild in a flood zone you are an idiot. If the taxpayer has to pay for your structure teice we are an idiot.
I'm sorry, but if I'm paying for you to rebuild, I DO have a say in where you build it.
I have no problem if someone wants to build in a flood zone… BUT they need to build with their own money, not borrow it… and they need to sign a form that states that they know they are doing something stupid and will NEVER seek or accept any government money related to flood damage… And then if they want to build a paper house by the ocean, let them.
@Kevin,@nate… it' s a loan, you're not paying for it and you're not getting any benefit to the interest either.
@joe, you're right those loans are expensive but in the typical government's way I'm willing to bet that the credit worthiness of the recipients will not be a factor and many will just default.
No public money should ever go into a flood or earthquake zone. New Orleans, Galveston, Charleston, San Francisco, along rivers, and all the other places should be on their own. These people knew their properties could be destroyed when they built or bought them in dangerous places.
I live in Galveston. There are so many bizarre aspects of flood and hurricane recovery - you're just getting started.
The whole beachfront problem just makes me crazy.. but more mundane things are crazy too.
In Galveston, our history is that when there's a storm and flooding - you raise your house. In 1900, they raised the whole island. So after Ike, some people who had flood insurance and were flooded wanted to raise their homes above the Ike level. But Fema and the flood insurance folks wouldn't pay for it - because this was a once in a hundred year event and so they wouldn't have to pay out for another 100 yrs so the cost/benefit didn't meet the financial criteria. And Fema and the flood insurance folks didn't issue new maps for years - which means that those whose flood insurance should pay to have their homes elevated above the new flood level, would be finished repairing their homes before the new regulations set in. If Fema and the flood insurance folks had issued new maps and quickly raised the base flood elevation, then many people who had paid flood insurance premiums for years would have been able to use insurance money to raise their homes higher.
Actually, when the new maps came out - many of the flooded homes still had the same base flood elevation as before.
Also, you may think we're crazy to live here, but actually we have one of the highest concentrations of historic homes in Texas. Many and most of the houses here have survived numerous hurricanes and floods. It depends a lot on how things are built - and houses were built differently in the old days. But it does take help to recover in the short term. And Fema was great in the short term. But the Congress-approved hurricane recovery was a disaster in the long term. So much money was and is being wasted. We're still fighting it out and trying to get our water pump stations elevated and its more than 4 yrs since Congress approved the money.
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I just love the contempt for victims being exhibited here. Smug assessments of what you 'know' is right. Let's forget about fighting to advance the Tea Party agenda and help these folks get back on their feet in the community where they spent their lives.
@ Jim, that's super simplistic. Think about it. You want all the hundreds of millions of people living in flood and earthquake zones to move to say, your town? So they can compete for water and land? The coastal port cities are very important economic engines of our country, sites of commerce and innovation. The interior and the coasts are interdependent. Nowhere is completely safe from natural disasters, but that's what insurance is for. The problem is that climate change has increased the risk, but we don't know exactly where and by how much. The only real solution is to slow down climate change.
If you think these federal loans are abad idea, just think that NJ Gov. Christie wants to give business' GRANTS in the same hazardous locations along the shore.
(all while thousands of people remain homeless or live in hotels)
There are a couple of verses in the Bible that cover this pretty well. Matthew 7:25-27. "It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock. Everyone who hears my words and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house, and it fell with a big crash."
And the oceans will rise and the winds will continue to howl. And these people will continue to ignore the lessons that are taught to them.
So you're saying that because of one Bible verse, hundreds of thousands of people should be thrown out of their houses with no compensation because they happen to live in flood zones? That's really sick. Typical smug Tea Party Republicans who get their jollies from watching "foolish" people suffer. But try this Bible verse on for size: Love thy neighbor as thyself.
Disaster relief is fine and dandy, but what the government is doing is setting the stage for future disasters.
The restaurant that had been there 38 years won't get another 38 years before sea levels rise 6 feet or more, putting them underwater in every minor storm.
I guess since we blew all that money on a futile seawall for New Orleans, every other at-risk community thinks we can do the same for them.
Comparisons to earthquake and fire areas are valid. The government should make the requirement that homes be made with earthquake proofing (most already are in CA) and fire-resistant or outright non-combustible. Flood zone homes must be raised above the 100-year mark or not be approved for rebuild. What if in the future those homes and businesses get flooded again, but because they weren't raised people die in them?
Does anyone give a sh!t about the future or is it going to be more of the same: just live-for-today, I-got-mine-screw-the-grandchildren?
Of course anyone claiming that taxpayer monies shouldn't be spent in flood- and earthquake-prone homes is saying the same thing about spending taxpayer monies in those states which are hit by hurricanes or tornadoes.
Of course anyone claiming that taxpayer monies shouldn't be spent in flood- and earthquake-prone <strike>homes</strike> states is saying the same thing about spending taxpayer monies in those states which are hit by hurricanes or tornadoes.
I'd think - since the rule seems to be that one earthquake or one flood is evidence sufficient to say "prone" for those who are against spending taxpayer money on states that are earthquake- or flood-"prone" - that a state that has one or more tornadoes per year is likewise tornado-"prone" and so should be cut off from Federal spending.
David de Kok,
The Bible did not provide disaster insurance.
We do. But with the insurance or relief payments (floods, earthquake, SBA, etc.) should come reasonable conditions. That goes for floodplains, tornado shelters and roof tie-downs (which mitigate costs not for all, but for buildings not in the direct path) and earthquake reinforcement.
I invested in reinforcement (foundation tiedowns, internal cross bracing below the house, bracing a brick chimney, and an automatic gas shutoff valve) and had minimal damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta quake, just a crack in the brick fireplace and no insurance claim.
I should be able to expect similar care from others who share the commons.
Living "a drive out for lunch" to a lot of the similarly-affected areas, I'll make a couple of small points, which are just my view.
First, if the government (FEMA) says it's a flood zone, then the government (SBA) shouldn't be encouraging people to build there. I don't care if the people do or don't, since it's their land, and I do want these areas rebuilt to shore up the communities and the tax base. But just like the government doesn't help people on welfare buy cigarettes, they shouldn't be helping people build in flood zones. Either it's dangerous or it's safe. It can't be both.
(Aside: If you think the flooding from Sandy was a one-time thing, and those areas will never be flooded again, you might want to check today's news from the area. Or maybe you don't.)
Second, the exception the the previous point is if they're building to withstand a future flood. I don't know if they are, but I'd support helping the flood-prone communities withstand the floods. It's common sense to keep the land inhabited, by any measure.
Third, and here's where I'm going to be a complete jerk about things, I don't know much about the flooded New Jersey communities, but on Long Island, you don't find many poor people living on the shore. The North Shore of Long Island is still very much the land of the Vanderbilts and the families Fitzgerald fictionalized for The Great Gatsby. I'm a little less amped about helping them get their lives back together, when you can walk two or three miles into what amounts to a crack house that didn't have the luck of getting flooded.
Since some of you support a draconian approach that would ruin the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, let's expand it, because what's fair is fair. Why should people who are foolish enough to buy houses made out of wood, or containing any flammable materials at all, be allowed to have fire insurance? After all, that raises the rates that those of us in cinder-block houses with metal roofs and metal furniture, pay for our insurance. If they burn, raze them, and send the families to a homeless shelter if they're reckless enough not to have saved a hundred thousand dollars for an emergency. If you don't agree, perhaps we can have a sensible discussion about flood insurance free of Tea Party rhetoric and smug contempt for the less fortunate.
It's easy to say "Don't rebuild in a flood zone," when it's someone else's home that you're talking about not rebuilding. But what if that were your town? Your neighborhood? Your street?
Let's not fool ourselves. We are all susceptible to natural disasters in some shape or form. If it's not hurricanes, it's earthquakes. If it's not earthquakes it's forest fires. If it's not forest fires it's blizzards. The list goes on. Are we going to tell people that if their town is anywhere near an active fault line, we won't rebuild should an earthquake hit?
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After the Flood: The Challenge of Rebuilding as the Climate Changes
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, ProPublica is investigating the response to disasters as the climate changes.


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WASHINGTON – In a measured break with a half-century of U.S. policy toward communist Cuba, the Obama administration lifted restrictions yesterday on Cuban-Americans who want to travel and send money to their island homeland.
In a further gesture of openness, U.S. telecommunications firms were freed to seek business in Cuba, too. But the broader U.S. trade embargo remained in place.
The White House portrayed its changes, which fulfilled one of President Barack Obama's campaign promises, as a path to promoting personal freedom in one of the few remaining communist nations. They also marked another major step away from the foreign policy priorities of the Bush administration.
But the moves fell far short of the more drastic policy adjustments that some – including Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. – have argued are required to promote U.S. interests in Latin America and to bring about change in Cuba. For most Americans, Cuba remains the only country in the world their government prohibits them from visiting – a barrier to potential travelers as well as to the Cuban tourist industry that would like to see them.
Cubans welcomed the changes but said more should be done.
"It's help that the people really need," Fermina González, 46, a housewife in the leafy Havana neighborhood of Vedado, said of the ending of limits on money sent by Cuban-Americans. "Right now, we have to work lots of jobs just to make ends meet."
But few Cubans expected Obama to end the trade embargo or allow U.S. tourists to visit the island without limits.
Lifting or substantially easing the economic embargo, as set forth in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations and administered by the Treasury Department, would require legislative action by Congress.
The White House made no mention of any intention to seek such changes; Obama said as a presidential candidate that the embargo was a form of leverage to press for democratic reforms in Cuba.
Julia Sweig, director of Latin studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, described Obama's changes as "a cautious first step by a president whose political advisers are looking at the Florida electoral vote and who are not looking at this as a matter of foreign policy. That's the big problem with Cuba policy. We have a policy toward Miami and not toward Havana."
Sweig added, however, that Obama's decision to authorize more telecommunications links with Cuba was a "potentially significant opening," particularly if the Cuban government follows through and allows those connections.
Doris Mera, who co-owns Andrés Restaurant on Morena Boulevard in San Diego with her two sons, said she thought that the change will make it easier for Cuban immigrants to visit home, but that they were already visiting.
"Cubans were going to Cuba anyway through Mexico or Canada," said Mera, who was born in Puerto Rico. Her late husband, who was born in Cuba, founded the restaurant, a cultural hub for San Diego's tiny Cuban community. "The only thing is that it will be easier for them to go through the United States."
Mera said she would like to visit her husband's daughter, who was never able to leave Cuba, but that she has been unwilling to flout the law. Her husband didn't want to travel there either when he was alive, she said, because like many other Cubans who left after Fidel Castro took power, he didn't want to support the Castro government.
Still, the pull of family draws many Cuban-Americans to fly there via Mexico, including from Tijuana. Travel agent Carlos Cárdenas of Viaytur, a Tijuana travel agency that sells trips to Cuba, said Cuban-Americans living in Southern California, mostly the Los Angeles area, constitute between 25 percent and 30 percent of the agency's Cuba business.
Sergio Mayea, 69, long a San Diego commander in the hard-line anti-Castro paramilitary group Alpha 66, said he had mixed feelings about the announcement.
"It's true that Cubans who have families there should have the right to go to Cuba and see their families," said Mayea, who lives in Riverside. "That's one part of it. But on the other hand, Fidel Castro wants this also, so that they can send more money there."
Three Democratic lawmakers wrote in a letter to Obama yesterday that the Cuban government takes 30 cents of every dollar in U.S. remittances that enters the country as a usury fee.
"This income facilitates the regime's finance of its repressive state security apparatus," wrote Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida and Albio Sires and Robert Andrews of New Jersey.
U.S. policy toward Cuba has been essentially frozen since 1962, when the Kennedy administration broadened a partial trade embargo imposed by the Eisenhower administration the previous year. The original aim was to bring down Castro's Marxist government at a time when U.S.-backed exiles mounted the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and Soviet missiles in Cuba pushed the world close to nuclear war.
Sporadic congressional efforts to end the embargo since then have failed, largely due to the political influence of powerful Cuban exiles, mostly in Florida, who are determined to isolate Cuba, strangle its economy and force Castro out.
Castro, now 82, ceded the presidency to his brother last year due to illness. Raúl Castro, 77, shows no sign of making any fundamental changes.
It had been known for more than a week that the White House would announce the Cuba changes in advance of Obama's attendance this weekend at the fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. Cuba is excluded from that gathering of 34 heads of government, but a number of participants are expected to use the session as an opportunity to press the United States to improve relations with Havana.
Separately yesterday, a U.S. religious freedom watchdog group said it had been forced to call off a fact-finding trip after the Cuban government did not issue visas to its delegation. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said the visas had been applied for weeks earlier and it had received no explanation for why they were not granted.
Staff writer Leslie Berestein contributed to this report from San Diego.

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We just returned from our cruise on the Crown Princess and I would say that it ranks up there with both RCI and Celebrity. Although it lacks the promanades of RCI and some of the glitz, it was a great ship, clean, and kept up for the most part. We did notice some wear on the greens at the mini golf, but that was the worse that I could remember.
We arrived in FLL on Friday and stayed at the Best Western Oceanside. Our accomodations were clean and we were near the beach and it included a great breakfast. It did not provide our transportation to the pier on Saturday. Check In was a snap; we showed up prior to noon and waited inside for a short time and then the numbers were called and before we knew it, we were on board, carry on unpacked, and we were sipping a drink by the pool.
We had a balcony on deck 11 and the room was sufficient and similiar to what we have had on RCI but no sofa. We were the first balcony that did not have one above looking down on us, but we did look down into two lower balconies. We had connecting balconies (that our room Steward opened for us when we arrived) both left and right of us..This was a great feature as we were able to gather with them and another couple that were on a different deck.
The food on Princess was as good as we have had on other lines and both presentation and taste were very good. Four couples went to Sabatini's to celebrate my brother's birthday. I am so glad that we did that since I have never been to any of the pay venues on any of the lines.
The food was sooooooooooo good and we had every appetizer on the menu and the entrees were excellent except for the scallops that two of our group had. Service was excellent and so much above that of the main dining room. We had somewhat of a problem changing from the traditional 8:15 to the anytime dining. The maiatre de was rude to me and our guest regarding this change. We were supposed to get a letter confirming our change but never received and when we showed up at Anytime at the time we had reserved, no one seemed to know about it. After it was cleared up, we were guaranteed that we would have our same table ready for us at 7:30 each evening. We would arrive at that time and most evenings did not leave until 10:00 or 10:15pm...This worked out well for our table of eight.
We attended only two of the theatre productions, one of which was the singers and dancers, and the other was the hypnotist. We enjoyed both of these. We took in a comedian in the Explorer Lounge that was also very funny. My daughter and fiancee went to a couple of different venues for dancing and had a great time.
I usually started out my morning on the Terrace deck and enjoyed the sunrises and we also utilized this same area for afternoon sun/shade and a quiet spot away from the main pools that were always very, very busy.
I'll have to agree with others about Princess pizza; it is really, really GOOD..we had it a couple of time, along with burgers when we returned from our island tours.
We booked an outside cat (less than 30 of us onboard) to Stingray City and avoided the hassle of being with the crowds..Also did a snorkle of a reef and it was great...I spotted a Moray Eel hiding in the coral. Saw lots of beautifully colored fish as well. On Roatan (our first visit there) we also did an outside tour and 5 of our 8 did a zip line, and also went to the monkey farm and toured the West End and other great opportunities for Kodak moments. We had to tender here as the ship could not back in to the port due to high winds and rough seas..It could have been skipped altogether we were informed. In Cozumel we just went as far as the shops on the pier (which was new to us) and then back to the ship for some R&R. Friends of our took the ferry to Playa Carmen to see a time share that had been rebuilt after a hurricane that they have never stayed at. We enjoyed Princess Cayes as it was our first Princess cruise, but wish that we had more time...Tendering there was very time consuming. This is a very beautiful beach day.
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Vodafone (VOD) is the U.K. equivalent of AT&T (T), and is a Nasdaq-100 stock.
The company's annual report provides concise highlights of where the business is and where it's going. Group revenue fell 4.2% while data revenue increased 7.5%. Adjusted operating profit was up 3.7% to 12 billion euros and free cash flow was 5.6 billion euros. Adjusted EPS were up 5%.
The sale of its Verizon Wireless stake back to Verizon (VZ) for $130 billion, of which $58.9 billion is in cash, merely provides Vodafone with even more cash on its balance sheet to pay its dividend — not that it needed it. Dividends have long been manageable under free cash flow, and cash on hand — which was $86 billion in March — is far above that now.
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Pierre Tornade, the voice of "Obelix," dead at 82
French comedic actor Pierre Tornade, the voice of chubby best friend Obelix in many Asterix cartoon movies, died Wednesday morning. He was 82.
Tornade died at 7 a.m. in Rambouillet hospital after several days in a coma, said his daughter, comedienne Michel Melki. He had fallen accidentally in the stairway of his Yvelines residence last week and had been comatose since then, she said.
Tornade appeared in 128 films and TV shows between 1956 and 1998. He voiced Obelix in Astérix Et Cléopâtre (Asterix and Cleopatra; 1968), Astérix et la Surprise de César (Asterix vs. Caesar; 1985), Asterix Chez Les Bretons (Asterix in Britain; 1986), Asterix Et Le Coup Du Menhir(Asterix and the Big Fight, 1989) and Asterix In Amerika(Asterix Conquers America; 1994).
He even moonlighted as village chief Abraracourcix in Astérix le Gaulois (Asterix and the Gauls; 1967) and Les 12 Travaux d'Asterix (The Twelve Tasks of Asterix; 1976).
Tornade portrayed Averell Dalton in Rene Goscinny's cartoon Western movies Daisy Town(1971) and La Ballade des Dalton (1978), and was in the voice cast of the TV special Lucky Luke, Les Dalton en Cavale (Lucky Luke The Lucky Cowboy; 1983).
In live action, Tornade was frequently a second banana, often appearing as a policeman or soldier. He appeared in the movie Le Gendarme à New York with Louis de Funès. On TV, he was commissioner Florimond Faroux in the series Nestor Burma.
He was born Pierre Tournadre in Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze. He began his theatrical career at 25, joining Robert Dhéry's Branquignols troupe, which also included Jean Lefèvre, Michel Serrault, Jacqueline Maillan and Micheline Dax.
First appearing in movies in Carlo Rim's Les Truands (The Gangsters), Tornade continued on the big screen non-stop in nearly 80 roles until the end of the 1980s.
Yves Boisset's Dupont Lajoie (1975) marked Tornade's first dramatic role, portraying a racist.
No date has yet been set for a funeral service.


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I have actually been on vacation this past week ... but had such a long list of things to do ... that am just now finding time to socialize.
Most people when they have time off from work actually go somewhere ... I personally need time to just stop ... breathe ...catch up on stuff that requires time & effort ... and did accomplish quite a lot ...
even though the entire list was not completed. Oh well!
I did manage to get some badly needed gardening done. At the Co-op my prime areas of focus are two specific beds ... the one at the entrance ... and one by the Office.
The entrance garden ... that first impression ... suffered greatly due to the nasty winter ice storm. The Bush Pines were so weighted down from the heavy ice & following snows ... that they have bent & stayed horizontal ... effectively coveringI those awesome Variegated Hostas and three lovely Yellow Lilies. Throw into the mix the proliferation of my nemisis ... a form of milkweed ... I forget the name of it right now ... it grows on a straight stalk with alternating pairs of leaves an has fragrant purplish flowers at the top ... and once it digs in ... is nearly impossible to irradicate ... especially when it gets under those bushes.
I did my best. Filled up three large blue recycle bins with weeds & pine boughs & my nemisis ... then called it a day. Weighing on me was the rescue of those lilies ... they need sun ... and had to relocate them.
The bed by the office does get a lot of sun ... so decided this would be their new home. In previous years I had planted a Wisteria ... in hopes of adding some spectacular colour there ... but it didn't make it this year...so the lilies would move. Done. Hope they like it there.
Added some Cosmos for height & colour ... Praying.
Then ... my own backyard. We back onto a hydro-cut that is overrun with weeds ... it's all I can do to keep them at bay ... more weeds than grass ... again ... seem a losing battle.
Mow it down ... keep it low ... and plant some stuff in containers ... tomatoes!
Done ... back to the grind tomorrow.
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College of the Canyons is developing a plan that would make for a smooth education from preschool through college.
The proposal, known as the P-16 initiative, is designed to "create a seamless education from preschool through college and create a college-going culture in Santa Clarita," said Barry Gribbons, assistant superintendent of College of the Canyons.
The college was approached by the Foundation of California Community Colleges to submit a proposal for funding that would come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which places an emphasis on underrepresented populations, Gribbons said.
Officials have two weeks to finish off the submission, he said.
"We have a very short time to put it together," he said.
The community college is in talks with the William S. Hart Union High School District, Sulphur Springs School District and Newhall School District to form partnerships for the grant, he said.
The plan's focus would be creating programs for all grades while making "strong connections with businesses and industries to ensure that what we're teaching is relevant and needed by businesses," Gribbons said.
While nothing is finalized, the community college is exploring various educational possibilities for the initiative.
One involves using the weather station located on the College of the Canyons campus and possibly adding more stations and a garden on-campus.
"We talked about getting faculty from all different levels and have them develop lesson plans and desired outcomes for students in a coordinated manner across all levels using the same equipment," Gribbons said.
From preschool on, students would return to common concepts and tools.
"Somebody going through the education process will have the opportunity to use the same equipment in more and more sophisticated ways and see changes of the environment over 16 years," Gribbons said.
A seamless education between all grade levels would benefit students as adults.
"I think as we all work together, we can help make sure that they're prepared and successful as they complete their college education and get jobs," Gribbons said.
College officials expect to find out if they will receive approval in July, he said.
The amount of funding the college could receive is unknown.
"It's an honor to be chosen," Gribbons said. "In these especially difficult budget times. It's nice to be able to secure some external funding to help us do some really important work that will have a great benefit for students."


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Food; it's something so basic in concept, yet, in recent years, it's become a minefield of contradictory information, half-truths and content for some truly questionable urban myths.
On Thursday, September 12, the Center for Food Integrity (CFI) will host two webinars about the biggest food questions and myths at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. CDT.
The first will take place at 3 p.m. CDT and is called Tough Questions on Foods. This webinar will provide participants with direct access to food industry experts - a biotechnologist, a food scientist, a farmer, a registered dietitian and a veterinarian.
Later that day at 7 p.m. CDT we will host a consumer-focused webinar called True? Or Not? Your Food Questions, Expert Answers, which will cover the top questions asked by consumers about food. We hope you can join us for either or both webinars.
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Eight page brochure to promote ING's new payroll solution product. It includes a die-cut pocket on the back cover to include related collateral. The concept for the project was to convey the freedom that using the payroll product would give retirement plan administrators. The final product was a fun and engaging piece that ING could use to sell its new product.


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That's it from us tonight. Thanks for your company. That win moves the Storm into sixth while the Tigers are now pushing the proverbial to make the finals. We'll be back on Friday night with an absolute blockbuster as league returns to its traditional home, the Sydney Cricket Ground, with first v second in Manly and Souths. Sadly for the excitable Bunnies fans out there, Manly will remain on top regardless, but that should be an absolute cracker. Thanks for your company tonight and be sure to log on to smh.com.au or grab tomorrow's Herald for all the wash-up from Adam Pengilly as well as the rest of the day's sporting news.
And that'll do us. Storm 28 Tigers 6.
I ruled no try before I ate his liver with some fava beans... Thoughts?
77 min: Storm back in possession.
76 min: Tigers win the penalty 10m out from the Storm's line.Back to top
75 min: And just like that we're down the other end. Tigers turn it over though.
74 min: Ben Roberts' kick hits the uprights and Aaron Woods ends up with it for the Tigers.
74 min: And Keithy's been hooked. Probably smart.
72 min: And he's done it again. He's dead set done nothing all game but Galloway is pinged again. Robbie Farah told the next man to start something is going in the bin. Storm to take the two.
72 min: Keithy's done himself a mischief. Big Keith Galloway has objected to Bryan Norrie sticking his head in his chest and gives him a slap for his trouble. For his part, it's a penalty to Melbourne.Back to top
71 min: Billy Slater looks to have copped a late shot from Sitaleki Akauola, who is on report for his troubles.
71 min: Smith attempts the 40/20 but it's not to be.
66 min: Koroibete fields another kick but is unable to find the line. Turnover.
66 min: Storm heading down the right flank this time. 40m out, second tackle.
No try ruled. Storm to resume from the 20m line.Back to top
62 min: The wall has finally broken. Blake Austin is over for the Tigers but we're off upstairs to check the grounding and a potential double movement.
62 min: Another line dropout from the Storm, again more than 50m on the fly. Score remains Melbourne 28 Tigers 6.
59 min: Mahe Fonua comes up with the intercept but then passes it forward to Koroibete. The Tigers will have a scrum feed in dangerous position.
58 min: Storm with the line dropout.
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SINCE 1989, ANNE E. RUSSON, a psychology professor at Toronto's York University, has been studying intelligence and learning behavior in formerly captive orangutans that have been rehabilitated and released to forest life on Indonesian Borneo. The executive director of the Borneo Orangutan Society of Canada, she is the author of more than two dozen peer-reviewed scientific papers on orangutans and several books, including Orangutans: Wizards of the Rainforest. Natives of Borneo and Sumatra, orangutans are great apes, along with Africa's chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas. The red-haired primates are known for leading largely solitary lives, though mothers may live with their young for as long as nine years. Males weigh as much as 250 pounds, females less than half that. In the wild they may live as long as 55 years, spending most of their time in trees (their name is Malay for "person of the forest"). They are perhaps the most endangered of the great apes, imperiled by loss of forest habitat to logging, mines and plantations and by poaching. No more than an estimated 55,000 orangutans remain on Borneo, and no more than 6,500 on Sumatra.
National Wildlife magazine asked Russon to discuss recent discoveries about orangutan behavior and the challenges of trying to save the apes from extinction. Following are her responses, accompanied by images of the animals made by Great Britain-based photographers Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers, who spent several days with Russon and some of her study subjects in Borneo.
How intelligent are orangutans?
Russon: Extremely. Tests indicate that orangutan intelligence reaches the level of human children about 3.5 years old, but not beyond. All great apes share this ceiling, showing roughly the same levels of intelligence, but recent studies suggest orangutans may have an edge over other apes. Gorillas are more timid and slow when working on intelligence tests, while chimpanzees solve tasks quickly but impulsively. Orangutans are slow but deliberative, taking time to work out solutions to problems carefully, rather than jumping to conclusions.
How do orangutans use their intelligence to survive in the wild?
Russon: Most nonhuman primates may need high intelligence to negotiate their complex social lives. Orangutans are fruit specialists with extremely large bodies to feed that live in environments where fruit can be unavailable for months on end. They may need high intelligence to find fruit. During times of scarcity, they turn to lower quality "fallback foods," which often are heavily protected with spines, noxious chemicals or hard shells. Accessing these foods may require complex processing, which increases the need for high intelligence.
How do orangutans communicate?
Russon: Although orangutans have been stereotyped as solitary apes, recent studies have shown that they possess communication skills as sophisticated as those of group-living African apes. They use sound. In forests, visibility is low, so sound may be one of the few modes of communicating at some distance. Most orangutan vocalizations are quiet, however, so they seem geared to close companions. Only two are loud—the adult males "long call," which announces who he is, where he is and where he's headed, and a deep, throaty "grumph" that may warn other orangutans of danger.
The most sophisticated communication reported in orangutans is pantomime, such as pretending to eat in front of a reluctant partner to show friendly intentions. Biologists also have reported pantomime among wild African apes.
Orangutans sometimes walk on two legs. How and Why?
Russon: All apes habitually adopt upright postures in trees when they stand, hang by their arms below branches, climb and clamber [travel in trees using all four limbs but with the arms supporting most of the body weight]. All great apes also take their upright posture to the ground. They walk bipedally [on two legs] through water and along logs, sometimes holding supports overheard, and occasionally on the ground for short distances. Among the great apes, orangutans are the most upright and the most humanlike in their bipedal walking, probably because they have continued to live in trees while African apes adapted to a semi-terrestrial life with quadrupedal [four-legged] knuckle-walking.
What are the threats to orangutan survival?
Russon: The IUCN [International Union for Conservation of Nature] estimates that orangutan habitat has decreased by more than 80 percent in the past 20 years. On IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, Bornean orangutans are endangered, at very high risk of extinction in the near future, and Sumatran orangutans are critically endangered, among the world's 25 most-endangered primates. Humans cause their greatest threats: habitat loss, hunting and disease. Logging, oil palm plantations and natural-resource industries have cleared vast tracts of orangutan forest habitat in Borneo and Sumatra. Development is also the main source of fires that have eradicated much forest, even if natural droughts set the stage.
Humans hunt orangutans for food, as pets and to sell to the illegal wildlife trade. Development facilitates hunting by reducing forests, which makes forest foods scarce, and by bringing humans closer to the apes. Hungry orangutans leave languishing forests in search of food, raid farms or plantations and become easy targets. Development also increases disease threats, including tuberculosis, polio and hepatitis.
What are the solutions to those threats?
Russon: For orangutans to survive, they need large expanses of suitable forest. Protecting forests requires us to respect orangutans' natural lives and to provide for their survival needs. The habitat that orangutans need is often habitat that humans want. In some cases we need to subordinate some of our interests to theirs.
How is rehabilitation fitting into larger conservation plans?
Russon: Rehabilitation aims to return captive orangutans to free forest life. Orangutans typically are stolen from the wild as babies. A hunter will kill a mother and pull the baby off her dead body. Rehabilitation aims to help ex-captives regain their health (many arrive injured or ill), mature enough to face forest life (most are rescued as helpless infants), learn the survival skills that forest life demands and build the social skills and relationships they need for a viable, independent orangutan community. Once ex-captives are well prepared, rehabilitation projects release them into a native forest and provide continuing support and monitoring to help them make the adjustment.
Rehabilitation is a much bigger can of worms than this sketch suggests. Like humans, orangutans have to learn most of their behaviors—very little is innate. Among primates, orangutans are the slowest developing and perhaps the most intelligent, so they bond strongly with their mothers as infants and depend on and learn from them for five to six years, after which they adopt a semi-independent life as a juvenile for another one to two years before becoming fully independent as an adolescent. Several more years are required to bring them to adulthood. For orangutans in rehabilitation, "mother" is at best a human substitute, so their early learning is centered on human knowledge, skills, preferences and relationships.
During rehabilitation, intelligence is a double-edged sword. The upside is that intelligence enables ex-captives to learn orangutan skills just as easily as they learned those of humans. The downside is that they do not forget their human bonds and expertise and may be uninterested in learning forest skills and making orangutan friends. At worst, ex-captives that persist in interacting with humans suffer badly in the forest, where they sometimes die at the hands of unfriendly humans.
Under all circumstances it is better to avoid the conditions, situations and activities that lead to a need for rehabilitation. Allowing orangutans to continue to have a place in their natural community and to live out their natural lives is the only real solution to saving this creature, which may be the most intelligent nonhuman animal on the planet. Rehabilitation, while compassionate and necessary, is always a form of crisis management and should be seen as a last resort.


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Reality TV Stars Support MS
Tommy Hilfiger and friends put on the Dance to Erase MS as part of the 14th Annual Race to Erase MS gala this weekend. The crowd was mostly full of celebs famous for some reality TV show. It's sad for Tara that she once was a cute movie actress but after her failed attempt for a comeback with Taradise, she now fits into the reality TV star category. At least this version of Tara is still improving. Nick looked pretty cute while Nicole looked very blonde.
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TV Trailer: Michael Bay's Pirate Drama 'Black Sails'
Posted on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 by Angie Han
The trailers for The Lone Ranger have drawn more than a few comparisons to Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp's last team-up, Pirates of the Caribbean. But Tonto's untamed West is a world away from Captain Jack Sparrow's high seas, and if waterlogged adventure is more your speed Starz has just the thing for you.
Executive produced by Michael Bay, Black Sails follows the fearsome pirate captain Flint (Toby Stephens), his new crew member John Silver (Luke Arnold), and the rest of their as they go up against the British Royal Navy. Neil Marshall, who directed the climactic Game of Thrones Season 2 episode "Blackwater," helmed the pilot. Watch the first trailer after the jump.


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Most Americans who voted for Donald Trump think that, now he's won, the job is done. NOTHING could be further from the TRUTH. While patriots and Christians have been celebrating a merry Christmas and a brighter and more peaceful looking New Year, powerful and sinister forces have continued plotting to plunge America into CHAOS from January 20th onwards. Not for a day or so, but for as long as it takes to OVERTHROW President Trump.
Make no mistake! George Soros, and the shadowy elite he represents, really are planning a 'Colored Revoution' against American democracy.
The Knights Templar International have made a specialised study of this subject, including using our contacts in eastern European countries which have already had the misfortune of experiencing such interference.
And now we're warning patriotic Americans that YOUR COUNTRY IS NEXT! This video gives a great intro into the subject, though of course it was made before Trump's victory changed so much. The introduction therefore isn't so relevant any more. But from 1 minute 17 seconds in, it becomes even more relevant than ever…
If the elected government is left to fight against this on its own, then the narrative will become the lie that what is going on is "The People vs Trump". And if that happens, Trump and America will lose.
What is needed is for lovers of Freedom, Democracy, the Constitution and Christianity to learn what is planned, to study how it will be done, and to organise to resist it. Starting right now!
First point (after watching the two vital videos below, will be to get these books widely read by American patriots. They are the how-to guides on the first stage of the coming war on American freedom.
Colored revolution starts like this:
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And then all the leftist BS about 'non-violence' turns into THIS
Now watch this video to learn more about a 'revolution' that Soros and the Clintonistas have already run. Learn what we face, and what we have to do….
Step One: Spread the Word – America Is Under Attack From Within. Educate and Organise to RESIST!


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Usborne acquires Tamsyn Murray series
Usborne has acquired a new girls' series by author Tamsyn Murray, with plans to publish the first book in March 2014.
Fiction editor Stephanie King bought world rights in two books in the series featuring heroine Cassidy Bond, as she searches for her special talent. The titles were acquired from Jo Williamson at Antony Harwood. The second book will be published in July 2014.
King said: "It is with squeals of excitement that we welcome the super-talented, hilarious Tamsyn Murray to the Usborne Fiction list. Cassidy Bond had me giggling from the first page; Tamsyn's portrayal of the trials and tribulations of a pre-teenager just fizzes over with energy and charisma."


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Nothing Left For Me Here...I am always alone and even though I have a couple people around me on a day to day basis I still feel alone all the time. I have never been good at making friend's and what friends I have made don't really treat me as though I am one. I am always envious of other people who have people to hang out with, and that are happy, and i wonder why i can't be like them.
I have always been a shy person and even when I am around people I know I can never really open up or even talk. I am always the person that just kind of sits off to the side not saying anything yet observing everything around me. I try all the time to branch out, talk to and try to meet new people, but every time I try I never end up actually following threw with it and talking to them. I don't know it is like there is a constant fear of rejection or like I am going to say something wrong.
I don't understand what is wrong with me it just seems like I am defective. I don't even like myself in any way shape or form, I hate everything about myself. I constantly list off the things I don't like about people but when i actually sit and think about it I am all the things I don't like. How can I expect people to like me when I don't like myself, I mean really? I try so hard to make friends and please others yet I can't even please myself.
Now don't get me wrong, I like everyone els have a couple of people who care about me, and who do not take advantage of me or use me for anything. I would even go as far as to say there are a few who would do anything to help me out. Yet even while being around them i feel alone and alienated, like I don't belong. I don't know where i belong, and it kills me, I never have felt like i truly belong anywhere, and so I constantly search for exceptance anywhere I can get it. I have changed myself over and over to the point that i don't even know who i am. I have been the stoner, the jock, the emo kid, the goth, the gangsta, the church goer, the partyer, and ofcorse the quiet one. Yet nomatter what i did i was never happy or felt as though i belonged.
I just don't know what to do I want to feel like I belong or atleast be able to open up or even just have someone to talk to. I dont know maybe i am just being stupid so i will stop for now and maybe post something another day.
I just dont feel there is anything for me here anymore...
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I feel the same. It's awful. Eating me up on the inside


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155 pristine acres a few miles northeast of Anna, Texas in Collin County. The property features picturesque rolling hills, 3 incredible homes, party barn, barn, a shop, bunk house and riding arena...this place has it all! The owners are builders and world class trim carpenters. The homes on this property showcase their talent. Incredible craftsmanship is evident everywhere with amazing trim work and built-ins in every room. No attention to detail has been overlooked. The three homes range in size from 3,800 sf to over 5,000 sf. Total square footage under room in the 3 homes is approximately 13,000 sf. Two of the homes have extra attic space to build out extra bedrooms if necessary.
There is also a 2,220 sf party barn on property. This is the ultimate set up for families who love to entertain. Has a huge stone fireplace, kitchen, bar area and wonderful ambiance with exposed cedar overhead. Upstairs is an office that could also be used for living quarters. Outside there is a large covered porch surrounded by huge oak trees.
Additionally there is a quaint bunk house. Rustic living at its finest. It has its own kitchen and sleeping quarters and is air-conditioned (window unit) and has a wood burning stove.
A 6,700 sf shop is also on the property. It includes air-conditioned office space. The owners have it fully equipped for use as a cabinet shop.
There is a barn with air-conditioned living quarters right next to a riding arena, perfect for the horse enthusiast.
Pastures areas have been improved and stock ponds have been added all over the ranch. Terrain is a combination of rolling open pasture with scattered trees, to areas of thick brush. Crossroads and trails have been cut for access to remote parts of the ranch and for recreational purposes.
This is the perfect property for the family or company who enjoys the outdoors and recreation. Great place to run livestock and recreational opportunities abound, including horseback riding, ATV riding, hunting, horseshoes, or just kicking back in the country and taking it easy. This place is very private and remote, yet it is only 2 miles off SH 121 and 12 miles east of US 75.
This property offers incredible versatility. It could be used for a family that needs several upscale homes and love the country lifestyle. And with so much room to roam, housing availability and recreational opportunities, it would work great as a corporate retreat or company vacation property.
From US 75: Take the SH 121 exit #45 and go north 11.5 miles to CR 528. Go left (west) on CR 528 until you reach CR 525 (Graybill Rd). Turn right (north) until you reach CR 529. Go right (east) on CR 529 until you reach CR 584. Turn left (north) on CR 584. Ranch entrance will be on your left. A red pipe gate with Wagon Wheels on the front.
From 160 just west of SH 121: Take CR 584 to the west about 2.2 miles to the ranch entrance.
NOTE: The ranch entrance is located on CR 584. This short portion of CR 584 is an unpaved, crushed limestone all weather county road. The main road thru the ranch is also unpaved. UPDATE: Talked to the County on 1-16-2012. This road is slated to be paved by the end of this year (2013) and construction is already in the works. The utilities have been moved and the road is being staked out.
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The University of Virginia Library will preserve and digitize a 1960 film about artist and former U.Va. professor Charles W. Smith, thanks to a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.
The 16mm film, "Charles Smith's Block Painting," was made in 1960 by U.Va.'s former Division of Extension and General Studies. It documents Smith's artistic process, which involved a modified version of wood block printing.
Smith, who was born in 1893 and died in 1987, was the first chair of the McIntire Department of Art in the College of Arts & Sciences, said Steven Villereal, audiovisual conservator in the library's Preservation Services department, who applied for the grant.
"The film shows him working in his studio and is likely the only moving image made of this artist and his process," Villereal said. "It's a little hokey in the way that educational films of the era are, but it functions as an interesting historical document and artifact about the artist."
A copy of the film resides in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, which houses both Smith's papers and the records of the Division of Extension and General Studies, the entity that eventually evolved into the current School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
The $5,000 grant from the foundation, a nonprofit created by Congress to save the country's film heritage, will allow the library to contract a lab to create a new 16mm copy of the film, new copies of its component tracks and a digitized version that could be posted online.
"The film is about the artist himself, but also goes into detail about his technique," Villereal said. "It could be seen as an example of a mid-century educational film, but I think the most interesting thing about it is what it tells us about Charles Smith."
Smith was born in Augusta County, where he learned the tools and methods his father used as a patternmaker at a local foundry. In the summer, he took art courses at U.Va. and also later studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and at Yale University. He returned to U.Va. as an art instructor after World War I, and would later work as a graphic artist in Richmond and as a wooden block printing artist whose works were shown in New York galleries. He returned to U.Va. in 1947 to chair the Art Department.
Though he continued doing traditional wood-cut work throughout his career, Smith became more artistically adventuresome toward the middle of the century, Villereal said. After carving blocks into geometric shapes, Smith would paint each one for each impression and layer the blocks anew for each print, creating as many as several hundred abstract compositions from one set of blocks.
His art drew critical acclaim, and the Museum of Modern Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., obtained prints of his work.
The 1960 film was screened at U.Va. after its creation, and a copy seems to have made its way to renowned Polish graphic artist Wolciech Fangor, who used it in instructional classes at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Villereal said.
"It was shot on reversal stock, like you would shoot a home movie," he said. "There was never a negative; you'd just make a new print on reversal stock. So we can basically see how many times they made prints of it, because the lab paperwork was all there with the film."
Villereal said the library will plan to screen the film after it is restored, and that Special Collections is considering an exhibition on Smith and his work in 2014.
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Locks of Love often tossed
There are 27 comments on the WBIR Knoxville story from Sep 14, 2007, titled Locks of Love often tossed. In it, WBIR Knoxville reports that:They're cuts of kindness the gift of hair. But now a startling report reveals that the snipped hair called "Locks of Love" is often thrown away.
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Saint Paul, IN
#1 Sep 14, 2007
My 12 year old daughter waited until her hair was long enough to donate before she would have it cut. I seriously hope it wasn't just tossed. We followed every guideline. It would really disappoint me to know it wasn't good enough for "Locks of Love" but was good enough to be sold to someone else for use to pay the salary of a "board member".
People can ruin anything.
#2 Sep 14, 2007
How do I go about finding a reputable salon to donate to? Can anyone give a list for the east Tennessee area? My daughter had beautiful, long, thick hair, but it was too much for her to handle. She agreed to cut it finally, just because she thought a child would get something from it. It was untreated and beautiful. We were told she would get a little note regarding her donation and now I guess I know why.
Since: Jan 07
United States
#3 Sep 14, 2007
OMG!! I let my hair grow out for 8 years. I donated to lock of love this past april.. about 21 inches of it.. How could they do this???:-(
#4 Sep 14, 2007
"Locks of love isn't the only organization that asks people to cut their hair vehicle for fundraising."
What is a hair vehicle?
United States
#5 Sep 14, 2007
Usually the salons don't donate it, they give it to you and you send it in. My daughter just donated hers this summer and I got online and got the mailing address and the requirements and sent it in to them. However, I have never received a note saying they used her hair or what they did with it.... I am very disheartened now, I am going to check their website to see if there is a way to verify they received her hair. She is 7 years old and was so proud, I honestly hope that it wasn't a waste. There is another organization that does it too, it's called "wigs for kids" their requirements are a little different than locks of love. They aren't as publicized either so that may be a benefit for your daughter..
#6 Sep 14, 2007
my husband grows his hair for locks of love, and he WAS just getting ready to cut it. Since it has grey in it, I am telling him to just keep it!
#7 Sep 14, 2007
You do have to take into consideration when growing your hair out for this charity that if you don't take care of it or the wrong person cuts it and sends it in that problems can occur. The condition of the hair is number one. If you don't have healthy hair and do extra things to keep it healthy, how can you expect them to use it. Would you like to have to buy a wig someday and it fall apart because they used unhealthy hair to make it? I think not. So...of the hair that is thrown away, there is a reason. Just make sure before donating that you go about it the right way. 1)good attitude, 2) healthy hair. Some of the problem might just be the donator's fault.
"Give peace a chance!"
Since: Mar 07
#8 Sep 14, 2007
I went to Ross & Co. in Maryville this past winter to have mine cut for donation. I had all of my papers filled out and the bag to seal it in and everything. The stylist informed me that they would be glad to mail it for me and that they sent in all of the donations they received once a week. I was a little skeptical at first, thinking they would sell it and it would never reach Locks of Love. But, being my first time I trusted them to send it in. It was about five or six months later that I received a little post card in the mail saying thanks for the donation (but who's to say they just send that and didn't sell it or toss it?). Be patient on receiving your post card from them. Like I said it took them a while to send mine.
#9 Sep 14, 2007
I mailed 18" of well taken care of and properly packaged hair about four years ago. I didn't expect a reply, but the donation check I mailed along with it never cleared. I've always felt kinda funny about it. Should I try it again? I only have about 10" so far.
"Hate is contageous!"
Since: Jul 07
#10 Sep 14, 2007
The new Ford Hirsute?
United States
#11 Sep 14, 2007
This entire story sounds stupid...what does the quote "the charity has created a monster because people get so much from it" by the President of Locks of Love mean? That statement doesn't even make sense, nor does it answer the charges. Another quote..."to find out that they are throwing that hair...that these young girls..it's disappointing" is just as ignorant-sounding as the first one. Either these people interviewed can't put together a coherent sentence or the writer can't. Either way, they all sound moronic. I suggest reading the New York Times article because obviously this entire article was written by an idiot.
#12 Sep 14, 2007
Hair vehicle? Maybe an hybrid Toyota Toupee?
#13 Sep 14, 2007
Locks of Love says on their website that the hair they don't use is sold to offset costs..."Gray hair will be accepted and sold to offset the manufacturing costs."
If you are going to cut your hair and it is 10 inches you might as well donate. It has a better chance of helping a child or the organization in a ponytail than in the trash.
United States
#14 Sep 14, 2007
A charity that isn't totally legit? I am SO appalled. I imagine they barely can stay in business at this rate. It is so heart wrenching to know that so many people may have labored so hard and dealt with so many life changing trials to grow their hair that long.
Metallica said it best in their cover of the Misfits song "So What?"
#15 Sep 14, 2007
I agree. The article was difficult to understand, especially the quotes. In general, I don't have too much difficulty reading them either, even when others find faults...
Anyway, it is disappointing that they would do this. Personally, I will probably never grow my hair long enough to donate, but my sister did, and it was a big deal for her. I've had friends that have as well (I think at least). It IS disappointing to find out that it might not have been used.
Saint Paul, IN
#16 Sep 14, 2007
The salon cut my daughters hair. We put it in a ponytail bound very tightly. They cut the ponytail off, we made sure we had 14 inches, just for good measure. We put it in a ziplock baggie and mailed it to Locks of Love ourselves. She received a postcard, thanking her, about 1 month later.
For the smart ass that said so what, this is what, I have a 12 year old daughter with extremely thick hair, it was very hot on her in the summer. She is involved with various sports. It gets hot and is a pain to deal with. She wanted her hair cut to keep her cool and to make upkeep easier, but wanted to wait until it was long enough to donate. It is a child with compassion, that is what....don't you think the world could use a little more of that?? Maybe even some adults with compassion about someone other than themselves.
#17 Sep 14, 2007
Holden Caulfield: Wouldn't that mean that the Misfits said it best?
#18 Sep 14, 2007
Well I hope that my non- gray, never colored, never permed, very well maintained 28 inches (yes, 28 inches) made it to the charity! I went to my regular stylist who had tried to convince me for years (starting at 14 inches) to donate it. Not to sound upity or anything but I had beautiful, healthy hair and had been in over 45 hair shows.
I didn't want to cut my hair but last Christmas was a hard time financially for me and I have always donated something at Christmas time (something my son and I have done since he was 2). Generally it was names off the Angel trees. But I couldn't afford for he and I both to purchase this past year so instead I allowed him to purchase and the only thing I had to give was my hair. So, I decided to donate. I mean what better gift than a new head of hair for a cancer stricken patient? I cried the whole time it was being cut. My stylist followed the guidelines etc. I did receive a very nice purse from the salon that was pink and says "Locks of Love" on the inside of it. I assumed it came from them but looking at it now anyone could have placed that logo on the inside.
This story discourages me from ever doing it again. My hair grows so fast and even though it hasn't even been a year yet I have enough to cut off again for donation. But after having read this I am thinking of not. It's a sad day when you have the best intentions at heart and you're trying to do a good deed for others only to find out it may have been thrown away.
#19 Sep 14, 2007
Grey isn't the color of hair...it is a film of mildew that is on the hair...I know that they color the natural hair once a wig is made so that it all matches for whomever the wig is made...tell him to still send it.
I used to work for a salon and would send in monthly donations to Locks of Love with the donors name and address on each ponytail I cut.
Since: Jan 07
United States
#20 Sep 15, 2007
People really don't understand! when you have grown your hair for so long and then waltz into the salon with your nerve up to have it cut off, you will never know that feeling unless you have experienced it.. I remember when I said to cut it I was thinking I would be fine. After they cut the pony tail they handed it to me and my eyes begin to fill with tears.. for years I had had long hair and now I was holding it. The only thing I can remember is that the way I got through it was knowing it was going to some one who had none. This is the most sicking story I have read. I will never donate my hair again!
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John Martin Smith Sr., age 57 of Pulaski, passed away Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at the New River Valley Medical Center. He was born July 23, 1952 in Wythe Co. and was the son of the late Charlie and Blanche Kimberlan Smith. Mr. Smith worked as dairy farmer.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers; Jesse and Cecil Smith. He is survived by his wife; Berry Ann Collins Smith: two sisters; Lorrie Pullium and Lois McCallister: four brother; J.C. and Janie Smith, Dean and Debbie Smith, Harlowe Smith, and David Smith: two sons; John Martin Smith Dr. and Eric and Katrin Smith: and three grandchildren; John Smith III, Eden Smith, and Levi Smith.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wilfred Overton and Chris Smith officiating. The family will receive visitation at 6:00 p.m.
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