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Consider these moves to maximize your benefits.
Deciding when to begin collecting Social Security benefits could be one of the most important retirement-income decisions you'll make. Although it can be complicated, some excellent tools are available to help you figure out your optimum claiming strategy.
AARP offers a free Social Security benefits calculator that gives you a good idea of how large a benefit you can expect, based on when you claim it. It works for both married couples and singles, including those who are widowed or divorced. But if you want a more precise picture of the impact on your monthly and lifetime income—and are willing to pay a modest amount for recommendations that could lead to thousands of dollars of extra income each year -- go to SocialSecuritySolutions.com. Use promotion code KIP for a 10% discount on personalized reports that range from $20 to $125 (the top-tier package includes live consultations with a Social Security claims expert). In most cases, it makes sense to wait until your normal retirement age -- currently 66 for anyone born from 1943 through 1954 -- to collect benefits. At that point, two things happen: You are no longer subject to the earnings cap (meaning you can continue to work without jeopardizing any of your Social Security income), and you can get creative with your collection strategy to maximize your benefits. In 2012, you lose $1 in benefits for every $2 you earn over $14,640 if you claim benefits before age 66 and continue to work.
Strategies for couples. Couples should try to maximize household income over their lifetime. To do that, sometimes it makes sense for the lower-earning spouse (usually the wife) to collect benefits early, at age 62, and the higher-earning spouse to delay claiming benefits for as long as possible, earning an 8% delayed-retirement credit for each year up to age 70.
Although the wife's retirement benefits will be permanently reduced by 25%, collecting benefits early will have no impact on her more valuable survivor benefit. If her husband dies first -- and she is at least normal retirement age at the time -- she will be entitled to 100% of the monthly amount he received during his lifetime.
In some cases, a spouse who has little or no work history (again, often the wife) may be eager to collect spousal benefits -- worth up to half of what the main breadwinner receives. The husband can exercise a strategy known as file and suspend. That means he can file for his benefits at 66, entitling his wife to receive spousal benefits immediately; then he can suspend his own benefits until age 70. A different strategy may work better for dual-career couples with similar lifetime earnings. As long as one spouse is receiving benefits and the other spouse waits until normal retirement age to claim benefits, the second spouse can restrict his claim to spousal benefits only. That means he can collect half of his wife's benefits now and delay receiving his own benefits until age 70.
Collect on your ex. Normally, to be eligible to collect on your former spouse, you must have been married for at least ten years and you may not be currently married. You can collect benefits as early as age 62 (but earnings limits apply) as long as your ex is old enough to be eligible for benefits -- even if he or she has not yet collected them. It doesn't matter if your ex has remarried. But if you are divorced and wait until age 66, you can restrict your claim to spousal benefits only, allowing benefits based on your own earnings record to accrue delayed-retirement credits. Then you can switch to your own benefit, assuming it's larger, at age 70.


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The path to comprehensive immigration reform has never been smooth. Coming the day before the Senate's "Gang of 8" were to present their immigration proposal, the tragic events in Boston may have delayed its official announcement. It is a long-awaited proposal that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) called "a starting point" on Sunday's Meet The Press. In anticipation of its imminent unveiling, here are the major takeaways of the Senate plan.
Illegal Immigration
1. The Senate plan includes a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented that will take 13 years. Undocumented immigrants who can prove continuous presence in the country before December 31, 2011 will be eligible to adjust their status. They must have clean records and pay taxes and a $500 fine, in addition to any fees. Then they can apply for "Registered Provision Immigrant" status.
2. People with Registered Provision Immigrant status can live and work legally in the U.S., and travel outside the country. Another $500 fine will kick in after six years as a Registered Provision Immigrant. After 10 years, a Registered Provision Immigrant may apply for a green card if they know English, pay taxes, and pay a $1,000 fine. It will take an additional three years for a green card to be converted into citizenship. However, these provisions are all dependent upon the Department of Homeland Security meeting their border security goals.
3. DREAMers and agricultural workers will have a shorter path to citizenship. People who were brought illegally to the U.S as children and would otherwise qualify for the DREAM Act can obtain green cards in five years (and are exempted from the $500 fine). They will then be eligible for citizenship immediately. The Senate plan also includes the AgJobs Act, which will allow current agricultural workers to obtain legal status through the Agricultural Card Program.
4. Some deportees will be allowed to legally re-enter the U.S. Undocumented immigrants who were here before December 31, 2011 and were deported for non-criminal reasons can apply to re-enter the country if they are the spouse or a parent of a citizen or lawful permanent resident. This is good news for many of the nearly 250,000 deportees with citizen children; they will have a chance to reunite with their families.
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5. More visas will be allocated on a merit-based system. Our current system allows roughly two-thirds of legal immigration on the basis of family unification, and 14 percent based on employment. Now the allotment for employment visas for skilled workers and professionals will gradually rise.
6. The number of H1B visas will be increased. H1B visas are for workers with college degrees or in skilled occupations. They are capped at 65,000 per year, with an additional exemption of 20,000 for people with advanced degrees. This has often proved inadequate for the number of applicants; the 2014 cap was reached in only 5 days. The Senate plan raises the yearly cap to 110,000, and the advanced degree exemption to 25,000. To prevent employers from seeking to undercut American workers, employers will be required to pay H1B workers higher wages. Employers will face additional scrutiny from the government in order to prevent abuse of the H1B program.
7. Family-sponsored immigration will be somewhat curtailed. Within eighteen months of the bill's enactment, citizens may no longer petition for visas for their siblings. Still, clearing the existing backlog of family-based visa petitions is a key goal of this proposal. And the existing V-visa program will expand to cover sponsorship of single adult children and married adult children under age 31.
8. Lower-skilled immigrant workers will be eligible for the new W-Visa. The W- Visa will cover people working in the service sectors as well as agriculture. Employers can petition the government to allow 20,000 such workers beginning in 2015, with this number rising as high as 75,000 within four years (The construction industry is limited to 15,000 workers a year). Immigrants on W-visas can move to other employers if they choose, and will be eligible for residency and citizenship. W-Visa immigrants may not be hired to replace striking American workers. Once the W-Visa program is operational, the much-maligned H2A visa program for seasonal agricultural workers will end.
9. No more Diversity Visas. The Senate proposal will end the "Diversity Lottery," which allots 55,000 random visas to countries that are underrepresented in our immigration system. But people who were selected for the 2013 or 2014 Diversity Visas will still be eligible to receive them.
10. No immigration equality for same-sex couples. To the almost certain disappointment of the LGBT community and their allies, the Senate plan contains no provisions for immigration equality for same-sex couples.
Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and member of the USA Today Board of Contributors.


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GURGAON, India, December 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Ameyo Uplifts Customer Experience for Oval Infotel
Oval Infotel India Ltd., an information based business promoting company, goes with Ameyo as their backbone technology for a better Customer Interaction Management (CIM). They were in the hunt for a technology that is easily configurable and customizable. Ameyo suited the necessity and enabled them elevate their customer experience.
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As opined by Mr. Gangadhar Ghasari, Managing Director, Oval Infotel India Ltd, "We at Oval Infotel, specialize in assisting our clients, collect critical consumer data so that customer satisfaction and loyalty can be measured. We were looking for a technology that is customizable and easily configurable. Also, we have to provide our customers with correct information at the right time. Since we had a legacy set-up, we were in great need of an avant garde solution that is versatile and fulfills our need of reaching out to our customers. Ameyo has best suited this need. It's Supervisory Graphical Dashboard has been of a great help to us in our customer interaction management, thereby enabling us to gauge our performance and also manage our SLA's. Hence, we now are aiming at business breakthroughs by delivering quality service to our customers."
Oval Infotel India Ltd., espoused Ameyo as a successful business start up solution. Reaching out more customers was an important business demand for them. Ameyo with it's unique features have accentuated their operations and customer interaction management.
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Oval Infotel India Ltd. is an overall technological information on telephone. One platform to enhance business. Oval Infotel provides services which are user friendly. Its an information based business promoting company, having various services like Virtual Contacts, Virtual Receptionist, Online Scheduler, Appointments, Customer Care, Inbound, Outbound Call Center Services, Telemarketing, Online Order Booking, Estate Management, Etc.
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Specially baked this Oreo Mango Japanese Cheese Cake for my beloved husband who pays me the visit this Christmas in Brisbane. I'm indeed in cloud nine and designed for him - his favorite Japanese cheese cake with fresh mango mousse toppings, surrounded it with Oreo cookies & decorate it ribbon. At least, I baked this for ourselves for this Christmas even though i'm quite tired after baking all those Christmas bakes orders in past few days ago.
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Summer will bid a hasty, but thankfully temporary, retreat on Friday with up to three weeks' worth of rain due to fall in just 12 hours.
Storms and gale force winds are expected to hit Wales, the West Country and northern England after the UK recorded the eighth hottest July since 1910.
The rain will begin in the south west this afternoon and North west England could even see 27 hours of uninterrupted rainfall starting on Saturday morning causing potential floods .
Channel 4 weatherman Liam Dutton said: "Low pressure for the first weekend of August - summer has gone on holiday."
The Met Office said northern England faces more than 50mm of rain in just 12 hours while 50mph gales will buffet trees and vehicles over the weekend.
Northern England usually averages 82mm of rainfall for the whole month of August.
Met Office forecaster Mark Wilson said: "It goes downhill from Friday afternoon with the south west seeing around nine hours' rain from 6pm to the early hours of Saturday.
"Much of England will have a wet Saturday morning."
Those in East Anglia and the south east should stay relatively dry today while tomorrow sees yellow 'be aware' warnings in place for Wales and the north.
A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: "Impacts may include localised flooding of land, roads and perhaps individual properties.
"The flood risk may be escalated as confidence in the forecast increases."
Sunday should see sun break out from behind the deluge before the rain returns on Monday.
But Piers Corbyn, forecaster for WeatherAction, is predicting the heatwave could return later in the month.
He said: "We are going to get a steady flow of air from Spain, Africa and the Sahara with the extreme heat also triggering some thunderstorms.
"It is going to be mostly sunny and very pleasant and we could even beat the record high for August of 38.5C set in 2003.
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Guys: It's wonderful seeing the "male mind set" torch being passed on to the next generation.
Girls: This video shows exactly why you get that feeling of apprehension and foreboding whenever you leave your children with your husband.
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What Dads Do When Mom Is Not At Home
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An Alternate Way To Get To The Other Side Of The Moon
Dub Side Of The Moon
Biography by David Jeffries
New York City's Michael G. (born Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (born Victor Axelrod) are the two longtime friends who form the Easy Star All-Stars. Goldwasser had been playing guitar with the R&B band Special Request, but after five active years the band broke up. Around this time, the guitarist turned his attention to reggae and formed the Easy Star All-Stars with former Special Request keyboardist Ticklah. Ticklah had been gigging with Cooly's Hot Box, worked with DJ Spinna and Dr. Israel, and created remixes for les Nubians and Mary J. Blige. The first release under the Easy Star All-Stars banner came in 1997 with the team's production on Rob Symeonn's "Anything for Jah" single, and a collection of their productions, Easy Star, Vol. 1, appeared in 1998. Working with Brooklyn sound system Twin Sound, the two organized three tribute concerts to Augustus Pablo in 1999 and backed the likes of Sugar Minott, the Meditations, and Sister Carol on-stage and in the studio. In 2003, the duo released Dub Side of the Moon, their reggae/dub version of Pink Floyd's most famous album. In 2006, they turned toward Radiohead's OK Computer and reimagined it as Radiodread.
Review by Rick Anderson
It was one of those really stupid ideas that we can all be grateful someone had the guts to follow through with. Yes, it's a reggae version of the Pink Floyd classic Dark Side of the Moon, every track drastically reworked and presented in the same order as on the original album. And yes, it works far, far better than you'd have any right to expect. The artists vary from the relatively obscure (Kirsty Rock, Dollarman) to the big-time (Corey Harris, Frankie Paul, the Meditations) and the musical styles range from roots to dancehall to jungle. Every track works well, but highlights include a very fine (and uncredited) jungle mix of "On the Run" and the great singer-deejay combo track "Time," on which Corey Harris' chesty baritone singing voice is nicely counterbalanced by Ranking Joe's speed-rap. There are several bonus dub mixes tacked onto the end of the program, and while none of them is revelatory they don't detract from the proceedings, either. At the end you realize that you were wrong to even think this was a dumb idea to begin with -- dub's psychedelic mysticism is a perfectly good match for Pink Floyd's mannered weirdness. Highly recommended.
1 Speak to Me/Breathe (In the Air)
2 On the Run
3 Time
4 The Great Gig in the Sky
5 Money
6 Us and Them
7 Any Colour You Like
8 Brain Damage
9 Eclipse
10 Time Version
11 Great Dub in the Sky
12 Step It Pon the Rastaman Scene
13 Any Dub You Like
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For Those Who Seek Beyond The Legend
Songs of Freedom Box Set
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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Originally released as a limited-edition box set in 1992, Songs of Freedom presents an alternate history of Bob Marley's career, tracing his progression with outtakes, rare singles, alternate mixes, live tracks, and album tracks instead of the songs that formed the bulk of his legacy, as it were. The question is, is this a reasonable track to take? For the most part, yes it is, even if it tends to be a little misleading. That problem isn't too great, since Songs of Freedom isn't targeted at the audience that would want just the basics — Legend already exists for them, and that sums up everything they need to know about Marley, the ambassador of reggae. The remainder of Marley's audience realizes this box exists just to get rarities to the diehards, and they're thrilled that it exists for that purpose. Because of its nature, Songs of Freedom isn't especially compelling to anyone that isn't a hardcore fan — although the first disc of ska and rocksteady material will be delightful to anyone that likes early reggae and isn't thrilled by Marley's rock-star posturing in the '70s — but for those very fans, it's a valuable addition to their collection, since it rounds up rarities with ease and purpose. What Songs of Freedom should not be seen as is a definitive overview of Marley's career — it's just for collectors and hardcore fans, the kind of listener who has memorized the original studio albums. For those listeners, it's hard to resist Songs of Freedom, but everybody else will be able to safely pass it by.
2 One Cup of Coffee
3 Simmer Down
4 I'm Still Waiting
5 One Love/People Get Ready
6 Put It On
7 Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka)
8 Mellow Mood
9 Bend Down Low
10 Hypocrites
11 Stir It Up
12 Nice Time
13 Thank You Lord
14 Hammer
15 Caution
16 Back Out
17 Soul Shakedown Party
18 Do It Twice
19 Soul Rebel
20 Sun Is Shining
21 Don't Rock the Boat
22 Small Axe
23 Duppy Conqueror
24 Mr. Brown
26 Lick Samba
27 Trench Town Rock
28 Craven Choke Puppy
29 Guava Jelly
30 Guava Jelly/This Train/Cornerstone/Comma Comma/Dewdrops/Stir It up/L'M
31 I'm Hurting Inside
32 High Tide or Low Tide
33 Slave Driver
34 No More Trouble
35 Concrete Jungle
36 Get up, Stand Up
37 Rastaman Chant
38 Burnin' and Lootin'
39 Iron Lion Zion
40 Lively Up Yourself
41 Natty Dread
42 I Shot the Sheriff
44 Who the Cap Fit
45 Jah Live
46 Crazy Baldhead
47 War
48 Johnny Was
49 Rat Race
50 Jamming
51 Waiting In Vain
52 Exodus
53 Natural Mystic
54 Three Little Birds
55 Running Away
56 Keep on Movin'
57 Easy Skanking
58 ls This Love
59 Smile Jamaica
60 Time Will Tell
62 Survival
63 One Drop
64 One Dub
65 Zimbabwe
66 So Much Trouble In the World
67 Ride Natty Ride
68 Babylon System
69 Coming In from the Cold
70 Real Situation
71 Bad Card
72 Could You Be Loved
73 Forever Loving Jah
74 Rastaman Live Up!
75 Give Thanks and Praise
76 One Love/People Get Ready
77 Why Should I
78 Redemption Song [live]
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This eleven minute video was filmed at a weekend seminar in Stuttgart, Germany in June 2013. It looks at some basic arm-locks – all of which can be found in the karate kata – and how one can flow to the next should the technique be effectively resisted. The locks are applied with a view to facilitating the delivery of strikes (always the primary method) or putting the enemy on the floor.
Viewers should remember that this is a short clip from a full weekend of training. It cannot show all that was covered nor how the drill shown fits within the total methodology. The context for the practical use of the techniques shown, and the inherent problems associated with the application of certain types of lock, had already been covered. In particular, it should be noted at wristlocks can be difficult to apply due to the small motions required for their application. This does not mean such techniques should not be practised, just that their limitations be acknowledged.
Regular viewers may remember that in June 2011 I accidentally struck my uke (Nicolas Hofele) harder than intended while demonstrating a sequence from Jion, unfortunately my control is only marginally better this time around … hence the "I did it again!!" remark. Sorry Nick!
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Union Calls for Teacher Certification ExamDecember 3, 2012
Schoolteachers should have to pass a stringent exam — much like the bar exam for lawyers — before being allowed to enter the profession, one of the nation's largest teachers unions said Monday.
The proposal from the American Federation of Teachers calls for a tough new written test to be complimented by stricter entrance requirements for teacher training programs, such as a minimum grade point average.
"It's time to do away with a common rite of passage into the teaching profession, whereby newly minted teachers are tossed the keys to their classrooms, expected to figure things out, and left to see if they and their students sink or swim," said AFT President Randi Weingarten, calling that system unfair to students and teachers alike.
The proposal, released Monday as part of a broader report on elevating the teaching profession, calls for a new test to be developed by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The nonprofit group currently administers the National Board Certification program, an advanced, voluntary teaching credential that goes beyond state standards.
There is no single, national standard for teacher certification, although the federal government does ask states to meet certain criteria to be eligible for federal funding.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan commended the proposal, describing it as part of a broader push to raise the bar for teachers and enable schools to predict a teacher's potential for success in the classroom.
"Too many new teachers enter our schools feeling unprepared. We shouldn't tolerate that in a profession so important to our country's future," Duncan said in a statement.
The union's executive council will consider whether to approve the report at a February meeting. Other teachers unions, such as the National Education Association, have yet to weigh in on the proposal.


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Canada's two largest airlines set records in August by flying the fullest planes for any month in their histories as strong demand continued to outpace increased capacity.
Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) said its load factor was 89.8 per cent, up from 89.5 per cent in August 2013, as it flew more than four million passengers, the most in any month in the carrier's 77-year history.
The increase in the proportion of seats filled came as the airline said Thursday that its system-wide traffic increased 10.8 per cent while capacity was up 10.4 per cent.
The results were led by the Atlantic and transborder markets which recorded strong double-digit growth in traffic and capacity. Air Canada's domestic traffic was up six per cent on a 4.7 per cent increase in capacity.
"These strong traffic results demonstrate that we continue to effectively execute both our international growth plan and Air Canada rouge leisure strategy," said CEO Calin Rovinescu.
WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) said its load factor was the highest of any month since the airline was founded in 1996, rising to 89.3 per cent from 87.9 per cent a year ago.
Traffic increased 7.4 per cent compared with August 2013 while capacity increased 5.7 per cent.
The Calgary-based airline said it flew 1.9 million passengers in August.
National Bank analyst Cameron Doerksen said even though WestJet has added capacity, domestic demand and prices remain strong.
"Notably, the August load factor was the highest for any month in WestJet's history," Doerksen said in a research note.
WestJet has been adding capacity and growing its operations, including an announcement earlier this summer that it would expand its fleet to include wide-body aircraft that have longer range than its current Boeing 737s.
The airline said in July that it plans to operate four of the wide-body planes initially, with their first flights going between Alberta and Hawaii in the 2015 winter season.
WestJet has said it expects to expand into overseas markets starting in the summer of 2016, but has not said if it will move beyond Europe to include Asia or other markets.
The airline began flying between St. John's, N.L., and Dublin in June.
Walter Spracklin of RBC Capital Markets said with both carriers flying nearly 90 per cent full, base fares will likely move higher.
"When considering the ramp in new capacity, both from WestJet and other Canadian airlines, the higher load factors continue to highlight the robust strength of the Canadian travel demand environment," he wrote.
Air Canada has been adding capacity since it launched its low-cost leisure subsidiary Rouge last year to service the Caribbean, the U.S. and Europe. It has also increased the number of seats on many of its large Boeing 777 aircraft. The Montreal-based airline is among the 20 largest airlines in the world, serving more than 35 million customers in 2013.
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Proponents of high-deductible insurance plans argue they make consumers better health-care shoppers. The idea is that asking patients to cover more of their health care costs — to have "skin in the game" — will lead them to make more prudent, cost-conscious decisions about their care.
Only it doesn't work, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. The latest study adds to previous evidence that consumers don't shop around for the best health care value, even when they're spending their own money. And concerns have grown that patients with high-deductible plans end up delaying or forgoing care they can't afford.
The new Health Affairs report details the results of a survey of 1,637 Americans in high-deductible health plans. It found that:
- Just one in four enrollees in high-deductible plans had talked to a health-care provider about how much a service would cost.
- Less than 15 percent compared prices across multiple locations.
- Less than 15 percent compared quality measures for a service at different locations.
- Just 6.5 percent tried to negotiate a price with their provider.
The most common reason people didn't try these "consumer behaviors" is that the idea never crossed their mind. Nearly a third of those surveyed hadn't considered discussing costs with their provider, for example (and a similar percentage said such a discussion wouldn't have changed their decision about care). Forty-four percent of those surveyed said they hadn't thought to compare prices — and nearly 40 percent said that comparing prices wouldn't have changed their care choices.
Why it matters: "These results raise important questions about the extent to which patients in HDHPs are willing and able to function as consumers in the health care marketplace," the report's authors write. But they also say that the survey results indicate there may still be room for employers, insurers and providers to better promote "consumer behaviors."
Read more of Health Affairs' March issue on patients as consumers, including this blog post on the 'new' health care consumerism and this commentary piece on why patients shouldn't be viewed as consumers.


text: The Jewish Children's Museum announced that their World of Good gallery which takes children on an interactive and in depth journey through do-good themes will be turning into a World of Light, focusing on the giving that is paramount to the holiday season. Joined by a hospital nurse from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, children will decorate get-well cards on the wing of a life-size ambulance, and then hand the cards to the nurse who will deliver them to patients at local hospitals. The nurse will speak of the positive impact that well-wishes and gifts have on children who are sick. Along with every card, the Museum will be sending wrapped gifts.


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text: Youth and Religion March 1, 1999 In the first of an occasional series on Young People and Religion, Lynn Neary reports on members of Generation X who are filling two very different churches in Seattle. One is a borrowed space in which traditional doctrine is celebrated to a rock music beat. The other uses ancient ritual but adheres to less traditional teachings. Youth and Religion Only Available in Archive Formats. Real Media


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Hartigan, who made her reputation in New York during the 1950s as a member of the abstract expressionist movement, moved to Baltimore in the 1960s and has been living and working here ever since. In addition to painting every day, she also heads up the Hoffberger School graduate program at the Maryland Institute College of Art.Recently we sat down with Hartigan to talk about her work, the continuing influence of abstract expressionism and her view of the direction taken by art in the years since.
After abstract expressionism, there have been many art movements -- pop, conceptualism, minimalism, etc. How do they stack up against America's first important art movement?
I think the short answer is that abstract expressionism has continued to feed art ever since.
Now some of it is misunderstood -- I mean, taking Jackson Pollock as a license to make an installation that's just candy on a floor because Pollock said you should be free is stretching Pollock a bit, I think.
Yes, Pollock was a tremendous, explosive artist. I mean, no one had ever seen paintings made of drips before.
But the formal ideas behind the work, which you can still see in contemporary painting, where everything is on the surface and it's all-over painting, that part is all owed to abstract expressionism.
Why do you paint in layers?
What it is, you know the word pentimento? It's a word from the old masters and what you do is try to see what they did under the finished painting. I'm doing it in a modern way, so that you see through a layer.
If you look at my painting at Grimaldis called Oasis, for example, in the center of the picture there is a whole group of figures that I put a brown wash over. My assistant's son looked at it and said, "Grace, there's people in there!"
I just said, "You ever hear of a sandstorm?" And that satisfied him.
In the past, if artists wanted to make something look as though it was far away, they used perspective. Well, I'm a modern painter, so it's the surface that counts. But I still want the sense that something is behind something else, without going into deep space. So that's my solution.
What I did with the Ingres Bath [in the Baltimore Museum of Art] was I painted a modern sort of corny bathroom with a toilet and a bowl and a potted plant and a tub, and then I painted the figures from Ingres' famous painting on top of it. And that's the joke, of course; it's my sense of humor, or irony.
So how did you feel about pop art, which came right after abstract expressionism?
Here's a catalog of a show some years back called "Hand-Painted Pop." Let me show you the beginning -- there, that's Larry Rivers and me. We were declared the mama and papa of pop art. When I was interviewed by the New York Times about this show, I was quoted as saying I would "rather be the pioneer of a movement I hate than a second generation of a movement I love."
It's the pioneer part I like.
What I didn't like about pop art is -- for example, when I use popular culture in my art, I use it as a metaphor; I don't take it deadpan just the way it is. I want it to exist on many levels.
When I depicted Napoleon, for example, I depicted him as a very big head questioning what he was getting into as the man on the horse. But Larry Rivers did Napoleon and called him the last great homosexual. You get the difference: I'm looking at the kind of man he was and the questions he raised; Larry is camping out. That's the difference. His is ironic, take it or leave it; there's no sentiment, no feeling.
So what did you think about Warhol?
Fortunately, I was here in Baltimore by then and I didn't have to think about it. I moved here in 1961, when pop art exploded. And I knew abstract expressionism was over when I left New York.
The difference is there is hot art and cold art -- art with emotional content and art that is deadpan and ironic, where emotion has no place in it. What you see is what you get. And these two couldn't be more different.
I think pop art has ruined the whole concept of art for a while, as if artists just don't realize that you're supposed to get really emotionally involved in this and that you're not supposed to paint at arm's length.
Are there any great painters working anywhere today?
Not that I know of.
Is there any great art of any kind being done today.
Not that I know of. But I feel fortunate that I was around at a time when there was.
How can you say no great art is being made today?
There have been lulls all through history where there weren't any great artists. I mean, there's always art going on. But when you talk about the great artists, Picasso was a great artist, Matisse was a great artist, Pollock and de Kooning -- those are my nominees for the last whole century.
Today there are lots of good artists, but there are just times when the creative energy in the world is going into science or mathematics or other realms of the creative spirit rather than into art.
I can't explain why there aren't any great artists right now. But I'm not sure we should demand that. It's not like turning out a good car every year; there were times when art treaded water before something would surface.
With technology so prominent now, with technology's tremendously rapid penetration of the whole culture -- I still don't have a computer, for example, or a cell phone, or even a microwave -- I don't think it's a good atmosphere for creative work, which requires silence and contemplation and time.
All this stepped-up communications is not necessarily good for art. I got a letter from Elaine de Kooning once in which she was talking about something and then she wrote, "Oh but I digress." You can't say that in an e-mail! But I believe in digressing.
I once saw Mike Nichols taking about the actors workshop. He said the important question is, "What is really going on here?" Not what the script says, what is really going on? And I thought, isn't that marvelous, it's a really wonderful idea.
For example, look at a Mondrian, an original. ... His paintings aren't done like linoleum, he didn't do them with masking tape, he didn't do them fast. He fought, stroke by stroke, for where that black was. ...
I've cried in front of canvases. And they're just a piece of cloth with color on it. Isn't it magical that can happen?
You knew Jackson Pollock well in New York. Do you think the movie Pollock did justice to him as a pioneer of abstract expressionism?
I went to see some clips, yes. And Ed Harris has nothing more to do with Jackson Pollock than -- who was that idiot who played Michelangelo?
Charlton Heston in The Agony and the Ecstasy?
Yeah, him. Nothing to do with Pollock, nothing to do with Lee Krasner, nothing to do with their relationship -- plus it made Peggy Guggenheim look like an idiot, and she was a real smart woman.
I mean, it was a total simplification for Hollywood consumption and it made me so mad I almost cried.
I was interviewed for a Pollock biography on A&E. Wonderful young people came, very idealistic, and I said, "I'm not going to give you any gossip about this man." He was a terribly suffering, sensitive man; he once told me he was a clam without a shell.
He somehow didn't know how to sit in the world. The only time I ever saw him at peace was by the sea, or in his own studio. He didn't know how to deal with anyone.
Have the ab-exers become the victims of their own myth?
Yes, but the paintings are there. You forget all about the mess and everything when you look at the art. What does the rest matter? That's why I can't get too upset about it. When I get upset about it I just look at a Pollock, like that silkscreen on the wall there.
How do you see your own place in the art of that period?
I am an important American painter. I've got a little blurb from the New Yorker magazine that calls me an "underrated American treasure." And it's true.
My dealer came here earlier and pulled out all these books for me to show you. I said, "I'm not going to shove all this stuff under the man's eye." He said, "Oh, but he should know all this." I said, "No, let's just play it by ear."
Well, he's my dealer and he wants all this stuff that's happened around me to be known, he wants to change the fact that, whether it's fair or not -- and life isn't fair -- that I had tremendous recognition and attention during my career and also tremendous neglect. And that's the way it was. That was my karma, how the cards fell out.
There's no reversing that history now. I'm 79 years old. I have great plans to live at least as long as Georgia O'Keeffe [98]. There's a lot of work I still want to do. But the thing that's been incredible is that one way or another I've been able to arrange my life so that I could paint every day. And that's been the main thing.


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One of the many highlights of our Orkney week had to be seeing and touching the standing stones that are scattered around the island. I say 'scattered' which of course they seem to be to us, because no one really knows why they are there, or why they are where they are, or what the significance of them and their arrangement might be.
All a big mystery so a lot of 'possibly' and 'maybe', but no certainty.
Our residence was very near to the Standing Stones of Stenness..
and just around the corner from the Ring of Brodgar, twenty seven stones in a circle over a hundred metres wide...
and we had a lovely walk up there one evening to the backdrop of a magical Orkney sky.
There is something amazing, and very difficult to describe, about standing and touching these stones knowing that Neolithic men and women did likewise. I can get quite carried away wondering how the stones got there and stayed upright, and what ceremonies or rituals may have taken place around them.
And what did the people know of the world and what was out there.
Just along from the Ring of Brodgar is the Ness, now for six weeks of the year the site of a major archaeological dig instigated seriously following a BBC programme which we too had happened to see on New Year's Day this year. In A History of Ancient Britain - Orkney's Stone Age Temple, Neil Oliver highlighted the fundamental importance of the site and the contribution it makes to our understanding of Neolithic man. It was apparently built centuries before Stonehenge which surely gives Orkney the edge in the 'How-To' stakes, though as all the archaeologists agree this is not a competition, but there is now great excitement surrounding the discoveries at Brodgar.
We found it astonishing to look at the reconstruction images put together for the BBC programme which envisaged the original site looking like this...
Sadly we missed the annual six week Ness of Brodgar dig which has just finished, Bookhound would have loved to have set too with his trowel, but we did take in the exhibition at the museum while we were there and have been following the dig's progress this year on the Orkneyjar blog.
It has been a real treat to look back through the Orkney pictures this week and thank you for your company. Tomorrow's Colourboration will wind up the this virtual visit (for now, I fully expect more little inspirations to creep in now and again) but here's my favourite picture... the Tinker saying farewell to Stromness this time, and just before we realised they were about to serve breakfast on the ferry so off we dashed,
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Working as an archaeologist following a natural disaster really makes you consider priorities in life as well as heritage management. I came to work at the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) following the Canterbury earthquakes. I work as the Assistant Archaeologist and Researcher in a fixed term role established to support earthquake recovery work.
I hadn't been living in Christchurch long when the earthquakes struck – a 7.1 quake on 4 September 2010 which caused widespread damage and two serious injuries and a 6.3 quake which hit at 12:51pm on 22 February 2011 causing severe damage and the loss of 185 lives – and there have been over 10 000 aftershocks since. From my personal experience I would have to argue that natural disasters really do seem to result in a flight or fight response. However, despite not being a Christchurch resident long, I now feel an even stronger connection with this place and really want to contribute to the rebuilding of the city and people's lives.During the earthquakes widespread damage occurred to buildings and structures, with disruption to water, power and sewerage services. Many buildings are being demolished and earthworks are needed everywhere to remove building foundations, clear sites and repair infrastructure – over 300 kilometres of sewer pipes and 895 kilometres of road were damaged. The government is in the process of acquiring and clearing over 6000 residential properties in what is called the 'Residential Red Zone' in the worst hit areas so that residents have the option of moving on. Land in the Christchurch CBD, also one of the worst effected areas, is also being tagged for acquisition to redevelop the city centre. At the moment there are many empty parking spaces which will be rebuilt on in time.
As places of pre-1900 human activity some of these structures and properties, where damage occurred, are considered to be archaeological sites under New Zealand legislation. In New Zealand the Historic Places Act directs that an archaeological authority is required to destroy, damage or modify an archaeological site. As a Crown entity and as New Zealand's leading historic heritage agency one of NZHPT's jobs is to administer the archaeological authority process and carry out compliance to ensure that archaeological sites are protected or preserved via record. This has obviously proved challenging following a natural disaster where the priorities are rightly lives, safety and recovery. Funnily enough archaeology has not been the first thing on everyone's minds. A streamlined authority process has been developed so that applicants can now expect decisions to destroy, damage or modify an archaeological site within 3 working days or 5 if the site is of Maori interest. Archaeological sites in Christchurch mostly relate to Maori (New Zealand's indigenous population) occupation and the more recent European settlement of the area from the mid-nineteenth century. Shell middens, historic rubbish dumps, brick barrel drains and buildings, amongst other things, are all being recorded by archaeologists before they are destroyed.A large chunk of my job at the moment is to undertake desktop assessment and research of properties to ascertain whether an archaeological authority is required. Insurance companies, project managers, demolition companies and CERA (the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority who have been set up by the Government to coordinate the ongoing recovery effort following the earthquakes) all send me lists of properties to check everyday resulting in about 200 a week to check. While we have a national database of recorded archaeological sites and a good understanding of where pre-1900 occupation occurred many of these areas have not been subject to archaeological assessments or investigation before. So my research is designed to fill this gap and identify unrecorded sites. The opportunity to research properties and find out more about patterns of settlement in Christchurch is fascinating. However every now and again reality hits that for each property that comes across my desk a family has lost their home or a business has lost their premises following the earthquakes. I also assist the Regional Archaeologist (also the Canterbury Archaeological Officer following the earthquakes) in processing authorities, assessing archaeological management plans, assessing archaeological reports and following up on site damage and compliance with the conditions of archaeological authorities. The volume of work post-quake means I don't get much time outside anymore and when I do it is mostly to ensure that the conditions of our authorities are being complied with.
The things that keep me sane through all of this administration and earthquakes are opportunities to tell our stories – both past and present. I am interested in telling the stories of life in Christchurch through time and the story of managing archaeology following a disaster. One of my jobs is to catalogue and submit archaeological reports to the University of Canterbury's CEISMIC Digital Archive called Quake Studies. My colleagues and I have also facilitated sharing of archaeological information and artefacts in public programmes such as Canterbury Museum's Quake City exhibition and the CBD Rebuild tour. Hopefully we can learn from the settlement of our swampy city and previous building techniques to ensure that a disaster of this type doesn't happen again. The scale of archaeological work in Christchurch is greater than it has ever been and the scale of earthworks required for redevelopment means in many areas this will be the last opportunity we have to examine the material remains of our past. It is important to keep talking about our past and remembering what was.


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