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Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Wood | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Ronald David Wood |
Also known as | Ronnie Wood Ron Wood Woody |
Born | Hillingdon, Middlesex, England |
1 June 1947
Genres | Rock, blues, blues rock, rock and roll, psychedelic rock, hard rock |
Occupations | Musician, songwriter, record producer, painter, radio personality |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, drums, harmonica, saxophone, keyboards |
Years active | 1964–present |
Labels | Warner Bros. |
Associated acts | The Rolling Stones, the Birds, the Creation, the Jeff Beck Group, Faces, the New Barbarians |
Website | www.ronniewood.com |
Notable instruments | |
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) — known as Ronnie Wood — is an English rock musician best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a former member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, when he joined the Birds on guitar.[1] He then joined the mod group the Creation, but only remained with the group for a short time, and appeared on a small number of singles. Wood joined the Jeff Beck Group in 1967, where he played bass. They released two albums, Truth and Beck-Ola, which became moderate successes. The group split in 1969, and Wood departed along with lead vocalist Rod Stewart to join former Small Faces members Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, and Kenney Jones in a new group, dubbed the Faces. The group, although relegated to "cult" status in the US, found great success in the UK and mainland Europe. The Faces released their debut album, First Step, in 1970. The group went on to release Long Player and A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse in 1971. Their last LP, entitled Ooh La La, was released in 1973. After the group split, Wood began several solo projects, eventually recording his first solo LP, I've Got My Own Album to Do, in 1974. The album featured former bandmate McLagan as well as former Beatle George Harrison and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, a longtime friend of Wood's. Richards soon invited Wood to join the Rolling Stones, after the departure of Mick Taylor. Wood joined in 1975, and has remained a member ever since.[1]
Besides I've Got My Own Album to Do, Wood has recorded several other solo efforts. Now Look was released in 1975, and peaked at number 118 on Billboard, and Wood collaborated with Ronnie Lane for the soundtrack album Mahoney's Last Stand. He released Gimme Some Neck in 1979, which hit number 45 in the US. 1234 was released in 1981, peaking at number 164. He released Slide on This in 1992, Not for Beginners came out in 2002.[1] and I Feel Like Playing in 2010. As a member of the Rolling Stones, Wood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and was inducted a second time, as a member of the Faces, in April 2012.[2][3]
Music career[edit]
Wood began his career as a professional musician in 1964 as a guitarist with the Birds, an R&B band based in Yiewsley, West London. A popular live act with a considerable fan base, the Birds released several singles in the mid-1960s;[4] Wood wrote or co-wrote nearly half the songs the group recorded.[5]
By 1967 the Birds had disbanded, and Wood briefly took part in a project called Santa Barbara Machine Head before joining the Jeff Beck Group as a bassist. Along with vocalist Rod Stewart, Wood did several tours with Beck, and recorded two albums: Truth in 1968 and Beck-Ola in 1969. In between Jeff Beck Group projects Wood also worked with the Creation.[6]
In 1969, after Steve Marriott left the Small Faces, Wood began working with the remaining members of that group, returning to his instrument of choice: the guitar. This line-up, plus Rod Stewart and ex-Bird Kim Gardner, teamed up with Wood's brother Art Wood in a formation called Quiet Melon, making a handful of recordings in May 1969.[6] After the Jeff Beck Group's fifth US tour in July, Wood and Stewart joined the former Small Faces full-time, and the band's name was changed to Faces.[7]
In the first half of the 1970s, Faces released four studio albums and were among the top-grossing live acts of the period.[8] Besides his distinctive guitar work, Wood contributed harmonica, vocals and bass to the band's recordings, and co-wrote many of their songs, including "Stay With Me" and "Ooh La La". He also played on bandmate Stewart's first few solo albums, and is co-writer of the Rod Stewart songs "Gasoline Alley" and "Every Picture Tells a Story",[6] as well as several songs on Never a Dull Moment.
In 1972, Wood and Faces bassist Ronnie Lane composed the soundtrack to the film Mahoney's Last Stand;[6] the soundtrack, which was released as an LP in 1976, also features Faces bandmates Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, along with contributions from Pete Townshend and Ric Grech. Wood also performed with Townshend, Grech, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Eric Clapton at Clapton's Rainbow Concert in 1973.
In December 1973, Wood collaborated with Mick Jagger on the song "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)".[9] Both Jagger and Keith Richards contributed to Wood's first solo album, I've Got My Own Album to Do, released in 1974[6] and recorded at Wood's private studio in the basement of his home in London, The Wick.
Following Mick Taylor's departure from the Rolling Stones in December 1974, Wood participated in the band's March 1975 recording sessions for their forthcoming album Black and Blue.[10][11] Although still a member of the Faces, he toured North America with the Rolling Stones in 1975; the Faces announced their break-up in December of that year, and Wood was officially declared a member of the Rolling Stones in February 1976.[12]
" | I mean, I suppose most of the time I'm honest. That's not too bad really is it? 'Cause basically it's too easy to be a bastard in this business. | " |
In the Rolling Stones, Wood plays the slide guitar as Taylor and Brian Jones had done before him, adding both lap steel and pedal steel guitar. In addition, Wood, as his predecessors did, exchanges roles on the guitar with Richards, often blurring the boundaries between rhythm and lead, even within a particular song.[14] He also occasionally plays bass guitar, as seen during 1975 concert performances of "Fingerprint File", when Mick Jagger played rhythm guitar and bassist Bill Wyman moved to synthesizer. The Rolling Stones single "Emotional Rescue" also features Wood on bass. He has been given credit as a co-writer for a dozen songs, including "Dance", "Black Limousine", "One Hit (to the Body)" and "Had It With You".
In 1975, Wood released his second solo album, Now Look; his third, Gimme Some Neck, came out in 1979. To promote it, Wood formed and toured with the New Barbarians, playing 20 concerts in Canada and the US in April/May and the Knebworth Festival in the UK in August.[15][16]
Throughout the 1980s, Wood played as a member of the Rolling Stones; continued his solo career, releasing the album 1234 in 1981; painted; and collaborated with a number of other artists, including Prince, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Ringo Starr and Aretha Franklin.
At the 1985 Live Aid Concert in Philadelphia, Wood along with Keith Richards performed in the penultimate set with Bob Dylan. During the performance of "Blowin' in the Wind", one of Dylan's guitar strings broke. Wood gave Dylan his guitar in order to keep the performance seamless, and played air guitar until a stagehand brought him a replacement.[17]
In 1990 Wood was made a fully-fledged partner in the Rolling Stones' financial organization.[18] During the 1990s the Rolling Stones released two studio albums and three concert albums, as well as touring in 1990, 1994–95 and 1997–99.[10]
In addition, Wood released his seventh solo album, Slide On This, in 1992; he toured to promote this album in North America and Japan. His appearance in 1993 with former bandmate Rod Stewart on MTV Unplugged resulted in a hit album entitled Unplugged...and Seated; the concert album that Wood released in 1993 from his own tour was called Slide On Live: Plugged In and Standing.[10]
Wood also contributed to Bo Diddley's 1996 album A Man Amongst Men, playing slide guitar on the tracks "Hey Baby", "A Man Amongst Men" and "Oops! Bo Diddley" and guitar on "I Can't Stand It".
Since 2000 Wood has continued to combine solo work with his Rolling Stones schedule. Following the 2001 release of his album Not For Beginners, Wood toured England and Ireland in 2001 and 2002 with his own group, the Ronnie Wood Band. The band included members of his own family, Slash and Andrea Corr. After the tour a DVD called Far East Man was released.
Wood toured with the Rolling Stones in 2002 and 2003; in 2004 he performed several one-off concerts and guest appearances, including a number of appearances with Rod Stewart. Later in the year the two expressed intentions of finishing the studio work on a collaborative album to be entitled You Strum and I'll Sing. In 2005, however, Wood was again busy with the Rolling Stones as they recorded their A Bigger Bang album. Although only playing on ten of the album's sixteen tracks, Wood embarked on the tour which ran through till August 2007.[10]
In 2005 Wood launched his own record company, Wooden Records, which has released recordings by his daughter Leah, the New Barbarians and others.
In November 2006, during a break in the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour, Wood played guitar on three tracks for British soul artist Beverley Knight's album Music City Soul, released in 2007.[10]
On 9 May 2009, Wood along with Red Hot Chili Peppers members Anthony Kiedis, Michael "Flea" Balzary, Chad Smith and musician Ivan Neville performed under the name, "the Insects" at the fifth annual MusiCares event honoring Kiedis.[19]
On 11 August 2009 Wood joined Pearl Jam on the stage of Shepherd's Bush Empire in London for a performance of "All Along the Watchtower".[20]
On 25 October 2009, Wood, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones joined forces for a Faces performance at London's Royal Albert Hall on behalf of the Performing Rights Society's Music Members' Benevolent Fund. Bill Wyman played bass and lead vocals were shared by several performers, notably Mick Hucknall.[21] Rod Stewart, who had earlier denied rumours of plans for a Faces reunion in 2009,[22] was not present.
On 2 November 2009 Wood was given an "Outstanding Contribution" award at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony in London. Pete Townshend presented the award.[23][24]
Since 9 April 2010, Wood has presented his own radio show on Absolute Radio. Airing on Saturday night from 10pm, the show lasts one hour and consists of Wood playing tracks by artists he has worked with and other personal favourites.[25]
In May 2011 Ronnie Wood won the Sony Radio Personality of the Year award for The Ronnie Wood Show.[26]
Personal life[edit]
Wood was born in Hillingdon, London, into a family of English "water gypsies" (river/canal barge operators, sometimes also called "bargees"). He has said that his generation was the first in the family to be born on dry land.[27] He grew up in Yiewsley and attended St Stephen's Infant School, St Matthew's Church of England Primary School and Evelyns Secondary Modern School Yiewsley.[28]
Both of his older brothers, Art and Ted, were graphic artists as well as musicians. Ted Wood died in 2004, and Art Wood in 2006.[29]
Wood has four children. Jesse is his son with his first wife, Krissy (née Findlay), a former model to whom he was married from 1971 to 1978; (during this time he had an affair with George Harrison's former wife, Pattie Boyd). Krissy died in 2005. In 1985 Wood married his second wife, Jo Wood (née Karslake), mother of his daughter Leah and son Tyrone; her son Jamie from a previous marriage. Also a former model, Jo Wood has developed a successful line of organic beauty products.[30] The Woods own homes in Kingston Vale in Greater London and County Kildare, Ireland.[31]
Wood has been frank about his struggle with alcoholism; although reports between 2003 and 2006 had indicated that he had been sober since the Rolling Stones' 2002-03 tour, in June 2006 it was reported that Wood was entering rehab for a couple of weeks following a spell of increased alcohol abuse.[32][33] By July 2008, ITN reported that Wood had checked himself into rehab a total of six times; the last time being before the wedding of his daughter Leah. He had plans once again for a seventh admission.[34]
In July 2008 he left his wife for Ekaterina Ivanova (variously reported to be between 18 and 21 years old at the time), whom he had met in a London club.[35] Wood checked into rehab again on 16 July 2008.[36][37] Jo Wood filed for divorce and was granted a decree nisi in November 2009.[38]
On 3 December 2009, Wood was arrested over assault "in connection with a domestic incident".[39] He was officially cautioned for this offence on 22 December 2009.[40]
On 30 October 2012, Wood's spokesman confirmed, he was to marry his girlfriend of six months, 34-year-old Sally Humphreys, the owner of a theatre production company, 31 years his junior.[41] On 21 December 2012, Wood married Humphreys.[42][43]
Wood is a well-known visual artist. When he was a child his drawings were featured on the BBC television programme Sketch Club; he won one of that programme's competitions, an achievement he refers to as his "awakening to art".[44] He went on to train at the Ealing Art College, as both his brothers had. Other notable musicians, Freddie Mercury of Queen, and Pete Townshend of the Who, also attended in the 1960s.[45]
Wood's paintings, drawings and prints frequently feature icons of popular culture and have been exhibited all over the world. He did the cover artwork to Eric Clapton's 1988 box set Crossroads. Several of his paintings, including a work commissioned by Andrew Lloyd Webber, are displayed at London's Drury Lane Theatre.[46] Art critic Brian Sewell has called Wood "an accomplished and respectable artist";[47] and the South Bank Show has devoted an entire programme to his artwork.[48] Liberty & Co. has produced a clothing line using fabrics printed with Wood's art.[49] Wood has maintained a long-standing relationship with the San Francisco Art Exchange who first exhibited his work in 1987.[50] Wood is also the co-owner (along with sons Jamie and Tyrone) of a London art gallery called Scream.[51]
Books, films and television appearances[edit]
To date, Wood has three books to his credit: a short collection of autobiographical anecdotes entitled The Works, illustrated with Wood's artwork, co-authored by Bill German and published in 1988; a limited-edition art book entitled Wood on Canvas: Every Picture Tells a Story, published in 1998; and his 2007 autobiography Ronnie, written in collaboration with his son in law Jack MacDonald and Jeffrey Robinson.
In addition to numerous Faces and Rolling Stones concert films, broadcasts and documentaries, Wood performed alongside the Band, Bob Dylan and many others in the finale of the documentary The Last Waltz, filmed in 1976.[52] He has made cameo appearances in feature films including The Deadly Bees (1967), The Wild Life (1984) and 9½ Weeks (1986), as well as on television programmes including The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978).[53][54] In October 2007 Wood appeared on the television motor show Top Gear, achieving a celebrity lap time of 1:49.4.[55]
Solo discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
- I've Got My Own Album to Do (1974)
- Now Look (1975) US #118
- Gimme Some Neck (1979) US #45
- Slide on This (1992)
- Not for Beginners (2001)
- I Feel Like Playing (2010) UK #164
Live albums[edit]
- Live at the Ritz (1988) with Bo Diddley
- Slide on Live: Plugged in and Standing (1993)
- Live and Eclectic (2000) (reissued in 2002 as Live at Electric Ladyland)
- Buried Alive: Live in Maryland (2006) with the New Barbarians
- The First Barbarians: Live from Kilburn (2007)
Collaborative album[edit]
- Mahoney's Last Stand (1976) with Ronnie Lane
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Prato, Greg. "Ron Wood". Retrieved 2009-12-22.
- ^ The Rolling Stones: Inducted in 1989 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Retrieved 9 December 2011
- ^ Rod Stewart: 'I'll Definitely Make Myself Available' for a Faces Reunion Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 December 2011
- ^ Wells, David (March 2007). "Bird Song". Record Collector. pp. 60–66
- ^ liner notes to The Collector's Guide to Rare British Birds. Deram Records. June 2005
- ^ a b c d e Zentgraf, Nico. "Woodworks 1957-1975". Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ McLagan, Ian (2000). All the Rage (revised edition). Pan Books. pp. 151–153. ISBN 0-330-37673-X.
- ^ Wall, Mick (May 2007). "A Walk Through the Wood". Classic Rock (Future Publishing Ltd.). pp. 58–63
- ^ Jagger, Mick; Richards, Keith; Watts, Charlie; Wood, Ronnie (2003). According to the Rolling Stones. Chronicle Books. pp. 162–164. ISBN 0-8118-4060-3.
- ^ a b c d e Zentgraf, Nico. "The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962-2008". Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ Wood, Ronnie (2007). Ronnie. Macmillan. pp. 110–112, pg. 115–116. ISBN 978-0-230-70131-1.
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 137.
- ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 291. CN 5585.
- ^ Jagger, Richards, Watts & Wood 2003. pg. 180.
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 187-192.
- ^ McLagan 2000. pg. 294-300.
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 251.
- ^ Jagger, Richards, Watts & Wood 2003. pg. 257.
- ^ "Anthony Kiedis And Flea Discuss The Insects With Ronnie Wood And Ivan Neville". Ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ "Ronnie Wood with Pearl Jam Shepherd's Bush YouTube video".
- ^ Fortnam, Ian (26 October 2009). "Holding Back The Jeers: Hucknall Sings With Faces". Classic Rock. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ^ "Rod Stewart denies Faces reunion". Newsvote.bbc.co.uk. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ Masters, Tim (3 November 2009). "Rolling Stone Wood wins rock gong". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- ^ "Gallery: Britain Rock Awards". Herald-Dispatch. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Absolute Radio, Weekly schedule - The Ronnie Wood Show". Absoluteradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Ronnie Wood wins Sony music radio personality award". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 3.
- ^ Wood 2007
- ^ Perrone, Pierre (November 6, 2006). "Obituary: Art Wood: Frontman of the Artwoods". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ Landman, Beth (2007-05-17). "Secret Ingredients: Their Husbands". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ^ Brown, James (2003-02-24). "Wood: How I Keep Rolling On". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
- ^ DPA (2006-06-14). "After the tree... it's rehab". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
- ^ Larkin, Adrian (2006-06-20). "Rolling Stones gig latest". BBC 6. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ^ "Ronnie Wood checks into rehab". ITN news agency. July 17, 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
(help) - ^ "Fox News". Fox News. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan (17 July 2008). "Ronnie Wood enters rehab for a seventh time". The Independent Music (London: independent.co.uk). Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ "Ronnie Wood is admitted to rehab". BBC News. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ White, Richard (11 November 2009). "Jo Wood divorce from Rolling Stone Ronnie". London: thesun.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "BBC News - Ronnie Wood arrested over assault". news.bbc.co.uk. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "BBC News - Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood cautioned for assault". news.bbc.co.uk. 2009-12-22. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
- ^ "Rolling Stone Wood to wed for third time". The Daily Star.
- ^ "Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood marries". USA Today. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "Rolling Stones Guitarist Ronnie Wood Weds 34-Year-Old, Wears Pink Socks". Pop Blend. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 18-19.
- ^ How one man wove a kind of magic in Ealing The Independent. Retrieved 2 July 2011
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 319-324.
- ^ "The Big Bang". The Big Issue (The Big Issue Company Ltd.). 20–26 August 2007. p. 9
- ^ "The South Bank Show". Season 28. Episode 626. 2004-09-05. http://epguides.com/SouthBankShow/.
- ^ "Fashion rocks: Ronnie Wood rolls out a range of prints based on his art". London: Mail Online. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ "San Francisco Art Exchange". Sfae.com. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 325.
- ^ The Band, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Wood, et al. (1978). The Last Waltz (DVD released 2002). MGM Entertainment.
- ^ Wood 2007. pg. 180.
- ^ "Ron Wood (I)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ "Celebrity Lap Times". Top Gear on BBC 2. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
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Pesahim 92a-b - Mourning and korbanot
The Mishnah (91b-92a) on our daf (page) discusses a number of cases where someone cannot participate in Temple activities because of his involvement in mourning practices. In a case where this limitation is only of Rabbinic nature, the Sages did not insist that their enactment be kept in the face of the mitzvah of korban Pesah.
There are two cases discussed in the Mishnah:
1. An onen - someone who lost a close relative that day
2. A melaket atzamot - someone who was involved in gathering the bones of a relative for final burial.
With regard to the onen, the halakha is that he has a unique status that forbids his participation in eating korbanot the first day on which a close relative died. This law is learned from the story of Aharon ha-kohen whose oldest sons, Nadav and Avihu were killed on the first day of the consecration of the mishkan, the Tabernacle (see Vayikra 10:19). By that night the Torah would permit him to eat korbanot, but the Rabbis forbade him from doing so. This rule applies to all sacrifices, except for the korban Pesah, since skipping the korban Pesah is not merely missing out on the fulfillment of a positive commandment, but potentially involves a serious punishment – karet (excision).
A melaket atzamot is someone who collects the bones of his relatives for final burial. During the Second Temple period - and for hundreds of years after that - there was a unique tradition with regard to burial. People were buried in the ground in plots that were designated as temporary resting places. After a number of years, when the flesh had decomposed and only the bones remained, they would be gathered and placed in an ossuary, a stone box, which would be interred in the family burial cave.
Although the gathering of the bones took place well after the death of the deceased, the day on which it took place was considered a day of mourning. The Gemara points out that we must be talking about a case where someone else did the actual gathering, since the person who did so would not be able to participate in the korban Pesah for a different reason - because he is tameh (ritually defiled).
Pesahim 93a-b - When on a distant journey
Much of the ninth perek (chapter), which began on the last daf (page) (92b), focuses on the laws of Pesah sheni, and who has the opportunity to bring a korban Pesah in the month of Iyyar in the event that they could not bring it on time in Nisan. According to the Torah (Bamidbar 9:10-14) there are two circumstances that would allow someone to bring a Pesah sheni: either if the person was tameh - ritually defiled - or if he was be-derekh rehokah - far from the Temple grounds when the sacrifice had to be brought.
Mishna: What is the definition of a distant journey that exempts one from observing the first Pesah? Anywhere from the city of Modi'im and beyond, and from anywhere located an equal distance from Jerusalem and beyond in every direction; this is the statement of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Eliezer says: From the threshold of the Temple courtyard and beyond is considered a distant journey; therefore anyone located outside the courtyard at the time that the Paschal lamb is slaughtered is exempt from observing the first Pesah. Rabbi Yosei said to him: Therefore, the word is dotted over the letter heh in the word "distant [rehoka]" to say that the meaning of the word should be qualified: It should be understood that it is not because he is really distant; rather, it includes anyone located from the threshold of the Temple courtyard and beyond.
We find, on occasion, that tradition has the scribe writing dots that are placed on top of - or even within - words in the Torah. Generally speaking these dots are understood to mean that the word or letter has some question about it and that it should, therefore, be viewed with caution. The Jerusalem Talmud distinguishes between situations when there are more letters with dots than without them when we include the dotted letters and exclude the ones without, and cases where the majority of the letters are without dots, when we exclude the dotted letters.
In our case, the Jerusalem Talmud explains that the single letter with the dot should be left out, so the pasuk (verse) reads be-derekh rehok, referring not to the travel distance but to the person himself. If he is outside the Temple precincts he is not included in the korban.
The Bartenura explains that the dot on the heh should be understood to mean that if someone is five (the numerical value of the letter heh) amot from the Temple courtyard he will bring a Pesah sheni instead of the regular sacrifice, which, according to the Rashash was the depth of the wall. Thus, anyone beyond the entrance of the courtyard was considered be-derekh rehokah.
Pesahim 94a-b - The crossing of the sun
A large part of this daf (page) is devoted to discussions between the Sages about time and distance, and their relationship with the length of day and night.
According to the description in the Gemara, the way the sun appears crossing the sky during the day is due to a physical pathway that exists across the sky. The raki'a – the sky, or "firmament" (see Bereshit 1:6-8) is a half circle above the ground reaching into the sky. The sun travels at the height of the raki'a or below it from east to west (from A to B in the linked diagram). Darkness takes place when the sun enters a halon – a "window" in the raki'a, where it cannot be seen until it comes out of the halon the next morning. The Gemara attempts to establish the "size" of the world based on an estimation of the distance a person can walk in a single day and a comparison between that and the distance the sun travels during daylight hours.
Already in the period of the Ge'onim (prior to the tenth century CE) the commentaries taught that these discussions in the Gemara are neither halakha, nor are they essential Jewish belief, as they are based on a particular perspective on the natural world that was considered scientific knowledge at that time. The Ge'onim further note, that since Jewish scholars have embraced the positions of the scientific world with regard to these types of questions, the discussion and descriptions that appear in our Gemara are not to be understood as literal truth.
It is important to note that at least some of the discussion here does not really relate to the physical world in which we live; rather it refers to a spiritual and perhaps mystical world. As such it should be noted that the Sages of the Talmud talk about gan eden – the Garden of Eden – and gehenom – Hell – as if they should be measured within the precincts of our physical world, even as it is clear that they exist in a different realm of reality.
Pesahim 95a-b - Reciting Hallel on Pesah sheni
The Torah teaches (see Bamidbar 9:10-14) that someone who was unable to sacrifice the korban Pesah at the proper time because he was ritually defiled or because he was far from Jerusalem, is obligated to come to the Temple one month later, on the 14th of Iyyar and bring a Pesah sheni – a "second Pesah." One of the basic questions associated with this sacrifice is whether it is merely a replacement for the first, or if Pesah sheni is a separate holiday, albeit one that is only obligatory on those people who did not succeed in bringing the sacrifice the first time.
The Mishnah on our daf (page) teaches that for all that the Torah commands that the same rules apply to the Pesah sheni that applied to the first Pesah, nevertheless there are significant differences between the two. For example, the commandment to rid oneself of hametz before the sacrifice is brought only applies on the regular Pesah, and not on Pesah sheni. Similarly, Hallel is recited while eating the sacrifice on Pesah rishon (first), but not on Pesah sheni. The Mishnah mentions other laws that apply to both, like the recitation of Hallel while the korban is being sacrificed, that the meat is eaten roasted together with matza and marror, and that both "push aside" Shabbat should the day that the sacrifice needs to be brought fall on Shabbat.
Tosafot point out that the Mishnah is only giving examples, and that there are other laws that are unique to Pesah rishon. As a case in point, the Jerusalem Talmud notes that the korban Pesah is accompanied by a korban hagigah (see Pesahim daf 70) only on Pesah rishon and not on Pesah sheni.
The Gemara asks: What is the reason that hallel must be recited while one prepares the Paschal lamb on the second Pesah? The Gemara answers...if you wish, say that this halakha simply makes logical sense: Is it possible that the Jewish people are slaughtering their Paschal lambs or taking their lulavim on Sukkot and not reciting hallel? It is inconceivable that they would not be reciting hallel and there is no need for an explicit biblical source for this halakha.
This argument, which can be applied to every one of the Jewish holidays, indicates that the tradition of reciting Hallel is an ancient one. Nevertheless, once we establish the centrality of the recitation of Hallel to the celebration of the holidays, why is it not said while the korban Pesah is eaten on Pesah sheni? One answer that is suggested points to the fact that Hallel is usually recited only during the day, and we need a special pasuk (verse) to introduce the idea of reciting it at night on Pesah. The passage brought by the Gemara to suggest saying Hallel at night appears in Yeshayahu (30:29) "the song should be for you as the night of the celebration of the holiday" which is understood to teach that a song – the Hallel – is appropriate only when there is a holiday being celebrated. For all the importance of Pesah sheni, it is not a Yom Tov, as work is permitted, etc.
Pesahim 96a-b - The replacements
The Torah (Vayikra 27:10) teaches the rule of temurah – switching animals that are set aside for sacrifices. It is forbidden to switch one animal for another, and if someone does so both animals will become subject to the laws of sacrifices.
In the Mishnah on our daf (page), Rabbi Yehoshua reports that he has a tradition that sometimes the temurah of a korban Pesah is sacrificed and sometimes it is not, but that he cannot understand the ruling. Rabbi Akiva explains it by comparing it to a korban Pesah that was misplaced and was replaced by another animal. In such a case we distinguish between two cases.
1. When the animal was found before the sacrifice was brought, we perceive the animal as having been actively "pushed aside." At the moment when it could have been sacrificed we chose to sacrifice another instead of it. Therefore it cannot be brought as a Pesah, nor as a Shelamim (we have already learned that a korban Pesah that is not sacrificed can be brought as a Shelamim). We therefore allow it to graze until it develops a physical blemish that will make it unfit for a sacrifice. At that time it can be sold, and the proceeds will be used to purchase a korban Shelamim.
2. When the animal was found after the sacrifice was slaughtered, it can simply be brought as a Shelamim, since we do not see it as being "pushed aside" – it simply was not available for use when the korban Pesah was brought.
The same rules would apply to temurah. If the second animal was introduced as a replacement before the korban Pesah was slaughtered, both of them were available at the key moment and the one that was not sacrificed as a korban cannot be brought as a Shelamim, either. It will have to be sold (after it develops a blemish) and a different animal purchased with the proceeds. If the second animal was introduced later, it will be brought as a Shelamim.
The laws of temurah have an entire tractate devoted to them – Massekhet Temurah. As noted above, creating a temurah is forbidden, yet doing so will create a kedushah on the replacement animal parallel to that of the original korban. In cases where the sacrifice is a nedavah – a voluntary offering – this does not present a problem, as both will be brought as sacrifices. In cases such as ours, or, for example, a sin-offering that cannot be brought twice, the only option is to wait until it becomes unfit to bring as a korban, when it can be sold and exchanged for another animal that will be given to the Temple.
Pesahim 97a-b - When the lamb does not meet the criteria
The Torah gives clear parameters for the animal that is to be brought as the korban Pesah. It must be a male that is one year old (see Shmot 12:5). What if an animal is set aside as a korban Pesah and it does not meet those basic criteria?
Mishna: In the case of one who separates a female animal for his Paschal lamb although the Torah requires a male, or a male that is in its second year although a Paschal lamb must be an animal that is in its first year, the animal is left to graze until it develops a blemish and becomes unfit, and it is then sold and its money is used for free-will offerings or peace-offerings.
What is left unclear in the Mishnah is what is to be done with the proceeds. The Mishnah appears to offer two contradictory rulings. According to the standard text the money should be used for a nedavah (a voluntary offering), a Shelamim. Actually there are variant readings of the Mishnah. The Jerusalem Talmud reads that the money should be used as a nedavah. Many other sources say that the money should be used for a Shelamim, the standard use of a korban Pesah that was not sacrificed.
In his commentary to the Mishnah, the Rambam explains – like the Yerushalmi – that a korban nedevah should be brought with the money. According to Rashi's reading of the Mishnah, the money should be used for a Shelamim. The Rambam in his Mishneh Torah agrees with that ruling, but only under certain circumstances. According to the Rambam, once we realize that this animal cannot be brought as a korban Pesah, we set it out to pasture, hoping that it will develop a mum – a physical blemish that will make it unfit for sacrifice. At that time it can be sold and with the proceeds an animal appropriate for a korban Pesah can be brought. If, however, the animal does not develop a blemish until after that time, a different animal will have to be purchased with other monies, and when this animal develops a blemish a korban Shelamim will be bought with the proceeds.
Pesahim 98a-b - Groups that have intermingled
The Mishnah on our daf (page) discusses the case of a korban Pesah that was misplaced, and while one member of the group goes out and finds it, the rest of the group purchases a replacement.
As a follow-up to this discussion our Gemara talks about two or more groups whose sacrifices become intermingled to the extent that they do not know which animal belongs to whom. The suggestion of the Gemara is to have one person from each group announce his intention to leave the group and join another. Once each of them has agreed to join the other group, both groups makes the following conditional statement to the new member of the group:
If this Paschal lamb that is now in our possession is ours, you are withdrawn from the Paschal lamb that was yours, and your are registered for our Paschal lamb and you may eat from it. And if this Paschal lamb is yours, meaning that it actually belongs to the other group, including this individual, we are hereby withdrawn from ours and we are registered for your Paschal lamb, which you agree to share with us.
By doing this, the people of both groups succeed in arranging to sacrifice the animal belonging to the group that they had joined.
The Tosafot Ri"d points out that this is not the usual procedure when two sacrifices get mixed up. If two similar korbanot are confused, we usually rule that both should be brought normally and that each one will fulfill the role that it needs to, even if we do not know which korban belongs to which person. The situation is different with a korban Pesah. As noted before, a person must join a group in order to participate in the Passover sacrifice. The korban that will be brought must belong to that group, or else the korban is invalid. It is therefore essential that we ascertain who the animal belongs to. When it is impossible to sort it out we solve the problem by recommending that the exchange described above takes place in order to ensure that the sacrifice is eaten by the group to which it truly belongs.


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This isn't McDonald's or Starbucks or Walmart perhaps the people from Chicago need to come down to Seattle to see what it really takes to put a plane together, seems as though they've been stuck in Chicago wait too long.
If this company makes building planes with Walmart wages, the turnover and quality will huge!
This was in the news yesterday. Article : "Analysis: Boeing, Washington" is the title of the news item.
Yahoo won't let me post link.
That's right you heard it here first Boeing's pension is $20 billion under funded. For anyone who votes for this new contract your pension will be sold into an annuity or rolled over into the 401k new pension. If this pension is mismanaged, the annuity could be cut for future & past employees retired.
Tell McNerney to reduce his 265,000 a-month pension!
Tell McNerney to drop his pushed to make every Boeing employees 70 before they can retire.
Tell McNerrney to reduce his top-heavy management, thereby by saving money and improving communication.
Tell McNerney to stop thinking of his employees as a problem, they are the ones who continue to bill you out!
The problems are much deeper than Stonecipher and condit. Management still has no clue how to communicate or how to get the best from their employees. They just find reasons to offload. Much too arrogant to really ask any good questions. Get rid of all first level, yes.
Get rid of top level too. 2 billion savings.
Big improvement in communication. And I figured it out making less than 100k.
Ask yourself this question, after losing 20 billion on the 787 can we afford to keep management?
Most of the younger group don't realize the dollar lost 95% of its purchasing power. So if you're now getting wages comparable to other businesses around Puget Sound, Boeing doesn't look so attractive anymore. If this contract goes through there will be much more turnover and quality drop. I've talked to some of the savvier younger people and they're looking to get out of the company if this passes.
You can only squeeze people so far before it makes the job under desirable. What the company really needs to do start cutting its layers of management who are just about worthless. You can save billions here! Besides communication would be much more effective without them. Boeing has become so top heavy, and will likely to increase as people desperately move out of production to management.
The strikes in the past to keep the pension alive will be in vain. I guess we'll see if it's members can be bought off so cheaply.
Has anyone even thought of how much inflation will affect your wages by 2024?
Boeing is going to steal this one from the union. I see much more turnover in the years to come, quality will also suffer. This isn't Starbucks or McDonald's were talking about, this is an airplane company!
Millions of parts are made to fit in the most complex system. Boeing made a big mistake with the 787 and outsourcing. I guess we'll find out if they learned anything.
If Boeing wanted to save money, get rid of all the layers of management! Employees actually do the work. Managers chase product. Meetings are endless.
Another sign of media working with corporations, deciding vote before the actual vote?


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Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market
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Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing
Lily H. Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
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Effi Benmelech, Jennifer Dlugosz and Victoria Ivashina
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Victoria Ivashina and Anna Kovner
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Victoria Ivashina and David S. Scharfstein
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Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein
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Victoria Ivashina
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Victoria Ivashina, Vinay Nair, Anthony Saunders, Nadia Massoud and Roger Stover
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The Ownership and Trading of Debt Claims in Chapter 11 Restructurings
Victoria Ivashina, Benjamin Iverson and David C. Smith
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The Disintermediation of Financial Markets: Direct Investing in Private Equity
Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner
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Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks
Victoria Ivashina, David S. Scharfstein and Jeremy C. Stein
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Keywords: private equity; restructuring; derivatives; bankruptcy;
Background Note | HBS Case Collection | October 2013
Note on the Leveraged Loan Market
Module Note | October 2013
Note on LBO Capital Structure
Victoria Ivashina, Paul A. Gompers, Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina, Joris Van Gool and Joris Van Gool
Keywords: leveraged buyouts; capital structure; Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Structure;
Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2013 (Revised November 2013)
Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Financial Markets; Investment; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry;
Supplement | HBS Case Collection | October 2013
Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (B)
Keywords: Financial Services Industry;
Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2013
Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (A)
Keywords: Debt Securities; Restructuring; Financial Services Industry;
Technical Note | HBS Case Collection | September 2012
Private Equity Valuation in Emerging Markets
Paul A. Gompers, Victoria Ivashina and Timothy Dore
Keywords: private equity; valuation; emerging markets; Finance; Private Equity; Valuation;
Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2012
HCA, Inc. LBO Exit
Keywords: entrepreneurship; finance; stockholders; dividends; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering;
Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2012
TPG China: Daphne International
Case | HBS Case Collection | June 2010 (Revised November 2013)
Keywords: Restructuring; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Financing and Loans;
Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | March 2010
Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund (TN)
Victoria Ivashina and Andre F. Perold
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Capital; Mortgages; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Bids and Bidding; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Financial Markets; United States;
Case | HBS Case Collection | July 2009 (Revised July 2009)
Delphi Corp. and the Credit Derivatives Market (A)
Stuart C. Gilson, Victoria Ivashina and Sarah Abbott
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Bonds; Financial Management; Risk Management;
Case | HBS Case Collection | December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Mortgages; Investment; Housing; Valuation; United States;
Victoria Ivashina: Won the 2011 Nordea Prize from the European Finance Association for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance for her paper with Bo Becker, "Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence" (Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10–107, June 2010. (Revised August 2011.)


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Collaboration, cooperation and compromise make for many achievements at State House in 2011
By Speaker of the House Gordon D. Fox
As hard as times have been for states across America during the Great Recession and subsequent weak economic recovery, they have been particularly rough here in Rhode Island. But this year, my 74 colleagues in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, working together across party lines and with our 38 colleagues in the Senate, came together this legislative session to work seriously on the challenges facing our state and to put Rhode Island on a more solid footing for the future. Collaboration, cooperation, and compromise characterized most if not all of our greatest achievements this session, and I believe the state is better off for this approach.
Most importantly, we passed a budget for the 2012 Fiscal Year that closed a $300 million gap, largely through targeted spending cuts. Our priorities in the House leadership and Finance Committee were reducing the structural deficit and maintaining the most critical services, while also seeing tax increases as a very last resort. As a result, we decided that a net sales tax increase of $165 million as proposed by Governor Chafee was not appropriate. Instead, in collaboration with the Senate, we made substantial changes to human service programs, eliminated longevity raises going forward for all state employees, and made a variety of other spending cuts across state government – ultimately reducing the structural deficit over the next five years by 42.5 percent as compared to the Governor's budget.
The budget did incorporate many of the Governor's ideas, including full implementation of the school funding formula, increasing funding to public higher education, and beginning the process of reforming our funding of transportation to reduce future borrowing.
Ultimately, this budget will put Rhode Island on the map as a place that incentivizes people to be industrious, while maintaining the public services that improve our quality of life and reflect the compassion that has long characterized the state.
We took another major step forward for economic development by passing landmark legislation to establish the I-195 Redevelopment Commission. I am proud that we were able to work with the Senate, in particular Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio; Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, and the Chafee administration to ensure that the commission can create a brighter future for our state and our capital city, and this legislation encourages the Knowledge District development that will be so crucial to our economic future and to providing many new quality jobs.
We enacted a number of other new laws that will improve the quality of life for Rhode Islanders. I am proud of the passage of civil unions' legislation that makes Rhode Island one of just a dozen states providing state rights to same-sex couples, even as I remain committed to establishing full equal marriage rights. We also passed a bill guaranteeing insurance coverage for services required by children with autism, capping a collaborative process that brought together advocates and the state's major health insurers. We established for the first time the right for adult adoptees to access their original birth certificates. And working together with low income and ratepayer advocates, National Grid, and the Chafee administration, we passed the Henry Shelton Act, enabling the state to help tens of thousands of low-income families and elderly residents to keep warm during our tough winters and to help and encourage those with overdue utility bills to pay off their debt.
The General Assembly also made substantial strides this year in transparency, recognizing that technology could help us to better inform the public we serve about the work that we do. For the first time, we began posting all floor votes online in real time, and we are also posting committee votes online within 24 hours of committee meetings.
I recognize that we could not resolve every issue through collaboration, cooperation, and compromise. In particular, the fight over how to resolve disputes between school committees and teachers over labor contracts was a divisive one, and the issues involved remain complex. I was not convinced that binding arbitration was the best means to resolving open-ended labor contract disputes in the schools and preventing teacher strikes. I will continue to look at this issue and try to forge a solution that recognizes the needs and interests of taxpayers and teachers, but especially the needs of students and parents in our public schools.
While the Assembly is now in recess, we as legislators recognize that there are still major issues ahead of us to address. First and foremost, I am committed, as I know President Teresa Paiva Weed is in the Senate, to decisively tackling pension reform, in a way that is fair to taxpayers as well as retirees and current state employees. Along with the Governor and General Treasurer Raimondo, the Assembly recognizes the magnitude of the issue and we are looking forward to a fall session that will give us the opportunity to fully focus our attention on it.
Our state has not left hard times behind, but after the dedicated work done in the State House this year, we can see calmer waters ahead for the Ocean State.
(Gordon D. Fox, a Democrat from District 4 in Providence, is Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives)


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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State linebacker Nate Irving is recovering from surgery after being hurt in a car crash.
A WakeMed Trauma Center spokeswoman said Irving was in good condition Monday after surgery Sunday night. Irving was hospitalized with a broken leg and a collapsed lung after running his vehicle off the road at 4:40 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 40 in Johnston County.
State troopers think Irving might have fallen asleep at the wheel before crashing into two trees. Irving has been charged with careless and reckless driving.
It's unknown if Irving will be able to play this season. The junior was an honorable mention all-Atlantic Coast Conference player last year despite missing one-third of the season because of injuries.
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Fiscal Cliff bill funds Medicare QI-1 program for 2013.
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013Happy New Year! I read the bill the U.S. Senate passed on New Year's eve, and it includes an extension of funding for the QI-1 program. The QI-1 program pays the Medicare Part B premium for people with monthly income below $1,277 (individual) or $1,723 (a married couple). (See more details at the bottom of this page.)
Anyone in Arizona who received a letter from AHCCCS saying they will have to pay the $104.90 Part B premium can breathe a sigh of relief…. and wait to see what the Republicans in the House of Representatives do with this bill.
We must wait and see if the House of Representatives will approve the bill which covers a very long list, including: the extension of unemployment benefits; extension of a long list of individual tax deductions; extension of a long list of business tax deductions; continuation of tax credits for energy efficient homes, and tax credits for alternative energy production.
UPDATE 1/2/2013: The House of Representatives passed the bill, so QI-1 is approved for 2013.
Other Medicare-related issues included in the bill that interested me are:
Medicare physician payment update (Sec. 601): Puts off the 27% cut to doctor fees. This has happened every year since 1997, which is why the "required" cut to doctor fees is 27% this year. It will be bigger next year – but these cuts will never be imposed because doctors would stop accepting Medicare patients. Apparently this has something to do with making the Medicare budget forecast look better than it really is.
Extension of specialized Medicare Advantage plans for special needs individuals (Sec. 607): Extends chronic illness plans through 2014. This is a pilot program that was supposed to end in December 2013. The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MEDPAC) had advised against continuing funding for these plans.
Special needs Advantage plans get higher payments from Medicare than do standard plans. Chronic illness Advantage plans offer lower out-of-pocket costs for people with Diabetes, various heart conditions, and breathing illnesses such as COPD. People can enroll in these plans any time throughout the year if their health problems meet the chronic illness criteria.
Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs (Sec. 610): Continues funding for Area Agencies on Aging that provide help to low-income seniors. The Pima Council on aging gets this funding to support their work.
*****Explanation of income levels and help they receive:*****
The QI-1 program is funded each year, and each state gets a certain amount of money. The state can run out of funds for this program at the end of the year, so people who apply for this help in November or December might be turned down. They should apply again in January when funding has been replenished.
The QI-1 program helps people whose income is below $1,277 (individual) or $1,723 (a married couple), but above $1,117 (individual) or $1,513 (couple).
SLMBs (Specified Low-Income Beneficiaries) are people with income between $931 and $1,117 (individual) and $1,513 (couple). The state must pay their Medicare Part B premium and there are no funding issues like those that come with the QI-1 program. $20 can be added to these figures when determining if a person qualifies for this help.
QMBs (Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries) have income blow $931 (individual) and $1,261 (couple). $20 can be added to these figures when determining if a person qualifies for this help. QMBs get help with their Part B premium and all the medical co-pays that come with Medicare. In Arizona, QMBs are assigned an HMO health plan and they must use doctors in the plan's network in order to get co-pays covered by AHCCCS (Arizona medicaid).
Assets: The state of Arizona, when considering an application for help through the Medicare Savings Program (QI-1, SLMB, and QMB), does not consider assets. Arizona only looks at income, so a person can have money in the bank, two houses, or multiple cars and still qualify for this help.


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Everton Blender, Dis N Dat, Anthony B Eleoquence, Sista Dee, Marcia Higgs
Tuesday, December 18, 9PM at Club Metronome in Burlington. $10/15. 18+.
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Among the myriad iconic voices in reggae history, few are as distinctive and instantly recognizable as that of Everton Blender. The dancehall and roots reggae star is possessed of an otherworldly croon, a crystalline tenor that's as playful as it is soulful. This Tuesday, December 18, Everton appears at Club Metronome with Dis N Dat, Anthony B Eloquence, Sista Dee, Marcia Higgs and Burlington's own Mi Yard DJs Big Dog and Demus.


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The Pailon del Diablo
The little city of Banos is situated on the side of volcano Tungurahua and has gorgeous waterfalls like this one, the Pailon del Diablo or Devil's Cauldron. To get up this high the trail first drops about 1000 feet into the valley and then climbs via stairs and ladders until it ends inside the waterfall under a sheltered rock overhang with millions of gallons of water thundering around. It's quite wet and the "trail" turns into a crawl space at certain points but the view is astonishing.
The trip here sounds terrifying but well worth the scare. I am adding this to my "to do"list! Really brilliant photo too!
thanks! It's actually less scary than the picture suggests but there's definitely some climbing and crawling involved.
Kaitlyn - this is beautiful! I was right there last summer and loved it!! My friends and I also tried rappelling down a waterfall. Amazing experience! http://www.afar.com/highlights/adrenaline--3?context=wanderlist&context_id=514
Love your photos!!
Great photo! I remember getting fairly soaked standing on that lower deck by the Pailon del Diablo. :)
I've climbed those stairs and shimmied through some of the caverns!
That is an outstanding photo. What a unique site.


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Well, if you can't say anything nice... then write a letter. Lloyd Hill -- president of the Allied Pilots Association, the union representing pilots at American Airlines -- ripped into CEO Gerard Arpey in a blistering missive sent last month, and recently obtained by the Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram.
According to the paper, Hill's letter includes disparaging comments about Arpey's leadership... as well as assertions the airline's sick leave policies have led to pilot suicides. It also condemns American for the lucrative bonuses several AAL execs, including Arpey, recently received.
The letter also ends with a clear warning to Arpey. "Enjoy your blood money and your union-busting meeting," Hill writes. "We'll see you in court, in the newspapers, and on the picket line."
Hill -- along with newly elected union VP Tom Westbrook, and APA secretary-treasurer Bill Haug -- sent the September 18 letter in response to a PowerPoint presentation from airline executives, touting cooperative efforts between labor groups and airline management. The three men were elected in July, after campaigning on the promise to take a harder-line with American management in ongoing contract talks.
It looks like that promise wasn't an idle one. Union spokesman Gregg Overman notes Hill "doesn't mince words, and that's pretty clear from the letter. It's very direct."
"AMR executives love to listen to labor's ideas for solving "their" problems, but have nothing to say in response to our bitter complaints of being cut out of the rewards while management counts the gold," Hill writes, according to the letter published on the Star-Telegram website. "In our view, the [Joint Leadership Team] has been a cruel hoax perpetrated upon AA employees. We were promised regular meetings to discuss and improve our gain-sharing programs, yet after 47 months we are still waiting for this promise to be kept."
Hill also slams Arpey (shown at right) for American's poor customer service ratings, stating "your solution always seems to involve hiring another (vice president) or forming another 'team.'" And he asserts American's drive to slash costs wherever possible -- including allegations the airline puts pressure on sick pilots to return to work -- have led to "unprecedented suicide rates" among the ranks.
"One pilot caught in this drive to reduce costs was forced to come off his medications to try to" return to flying, Hill wrote. "His reaction to this cessation of treatment was to leave his wife and children behind, we are trying to reel him in before *he* kills himself."
And, in perhaps the most damning comment... Hill says Arpey makes the reign of former CEO Bob Crandall look "more and more like the peak of leadership in AMR's arc of history." The union president notes Crandall -- by no means a favorite of labor groups, either -- at least "did not enjoy big bonus payments unless employees received profit sharing."
As ANN reported earlier this year, executives at American received bonuses in April amounting to roughly $218 million. In January, former APA President Ralph Hunter noted, "It is particularly egregious to pay large bonuses when our airline has been experiencing such serious operational problems. Aren't bonuses normally paid for a job well done?"
Despite the ominous tone of Hill's letter, it is unlikely APA could strike American Airlines any time soon... as several federally-mandated milestones need to be reached before a strike becomes an option.
And even if a strike were to happen, the president of the United States can always order pilots back to work... as President Bill Clinton did in 1997, when he ordered American pilots back to work after a seven-minute labor action.
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