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Has Anything Changed With Tim Hudak's New Claim That He Is Dropping "Right to Work"?
by David Doorey February 22, 2014
written by David Doorey February 22, 2014
I was teaching an all day executive Masters' course yesterday when news came down that Tim Hudak made this announcement in a public speech:
When I talk to employers, and to workers, some of them tell me they want right to work laws in Ontario. But not very many.
Hudak & Hillier: The Art of Mixed Messaging? (Photo: Toronto Star)
For every worker or employer who asks for a right to work law, a hundred talk about energy prices, and skilled trades, and tax rates, and trade.
After all, only 15% of private sector workers in Ontario are unionized today. Most of them aren't getting ahead, but neither are the 85% that are non-union.
This "right to work" issue just doesn't have the scope or the power to fix the issues that are threatening 100% of the manufacturing jobs in Ontario. So if we're elected, we're not going to do it – we're not going to change the so-called "Rand Formula". Our agenda is a lot bigger, and a lot more ambitious, than that.
Here is Hudak's full speech.
These comments mirror exactly what I wrote here [Repealing the Rand Formula Might Weaken Unions, But It Won't Create Jobs], right down to the point that only 15% of the private sector is unionized, and that a tiny law on how unions collect dues won't affect the landscape of manufacturing industry in Canada. Maybe my piece should have been cited 🙂
Yet a mystery remains. As is often the case, I have no idea what Hudak is actually saying. It has never been clear to me what the Tories actually intended to do with labour law if elected. They produced a policy paper last year that included a lot of vague talk about ending 'forced unionism', but that was all political spin. There were no details of what a Tory law would actually do. Details matter greatly on this stuff. There was no specific mention of 'right to work' in the Tory platform, although the so-called "evidence" the Tories used to back their argument compared differences between 'right to work' states and non-'right to work' states. This suggested that they were indeed looking at 'right to work' laws; otherwise, why direct the reader to stats about states with 'right to work' laws?
Professor Brian Langille (U of T Law) and clever U of T law student Joshua Mandryk wrote a paper recently arguing that the Tories' plan was not to adopt US style right to work laws, which prohibit collective agreements clauses requiring workers to join unions or to pay union dues to unions. They assumed that the real plan was to follow the model set out in renegade MPP Randy Hillier's private member's Bill 64, which has the typical Tory double-speak language, Defending Employees' Rights Act. That Bill was mostly ignored because Hillier is always introducing private members bills that go nowhere, and he rarely speaks for the party. Hillier's Bill is far more sweeping than the typical American 'right to work' laws. It would allow workers to opt out altogether from a collective agreement, thereby ending the twin core principles of the Wagner model of labour legislation: majoritism and union exclusivity. It creates a weird, untested libertarian hybrid model based on pieces plucked here and there from various national models around the world. It would place Ontario on its own little experimental island, with a system unlike any other model in the world.
As Langille and Mandryk explain, this would inject into Ontario's labour market widespread uncertainty, conflict, confusion, and almost certainly produce a wide range of unexpected consequences. It's hard to imagine why employers or a government trying to stabilize the economy would want this uncertainty, beyond a faith-based belief that when the smoke eventually clears, after years of litigation and conflict, that unions would be weaker than they already are.
From my perspective, I doubted that the Tory plan would actually be to follow Hillier's wacky model. After all, Hillier is considered a maverick and has had high profile public clashes with Hudak. Why would a party with hopes of running the province let a loose cannon rewrite 60 years of Canadian labour policy? Hillier is no William Lyon Mackenzie King or Franklin D. Roosevelt. But Joshua Mandryk points me to an opt ed by Hillier published in the Windsor Star which I had not seen before. In it, Hillier claims that his policy is in fact Hudak's policy. he refers to "our" labour policies, meaning his, Hudaks, and the Party's I presume. Again, who knows what to believe out of Hillier's mouth. But if that is true, then we are left scratching our head about what Hudak intended this week when he said "we are not going to change the so-called Rand Formula."
The mystery is this. Hillier's plan does not actually address the Rand Formula, not directly. In his editorial, Hillier says that he stands by the Rand Formula and agrees with it. He puts words into Rand's mouth though to suit his objective of cutting of the use of union dues for political purposes. He claims that Rand only said that union dues could be used "for collective bargaining purposes" and not "social policy campaigns". That is technically true, but only because Rand wasn't asked about what unions should be able to use dues for. It wasn't an issue that was argued in the interest arbitration. However, Rand knew that the UAW was very politically involved at the time, and the fact that he did not specifically insist that unions not use dues money for political purposes suggests that the opposite of what Hillier claims, that he did not feel it necessary to police how the union spends its money. There is no reason to believe that Rand would have rejected a democratically elected union from using dues to support social policy causes it's elected leadership believes advance the interests of its members.
However, and this is the big question, if Hudak's plan was never to "change the Rand Formula", as Hillier claims, then what meaning can be given to Hudak's comment this week that he has no intention to "change the Rand Formula"?
Maybe all Hudak was trying to do is adjust the talking point away from Rand and 'right to work', but with zero actual change in his labour policy plans. That would make sense of Hudak's comment that, "Our agenda is a lot bigger, and a lot more ambitious" than changing the Rand Formula. Indeed it is, if that plan is Hillier's plan to completely rewrite the Canadian labour relations model and make it some weird, untested hybrid of North American, European, and Pan-Pacific models.
On the other hand, if nothing has changed, then it is certainly disingenuous for Hudak to suggest that something has changed. His speech is written to lead the listener to believe that something important has changed. But what? Maybe all he was saying is that he considered American style 'right to work' laws at some early point in the policy making process (which I am sure he did), and now he has decided against that particular option. That too could be true, even if everything in Hillier's master plan remains on the table.
So, I remain unclear if (and what) Tim Hudak's speech means. It may mean nothing at all, that absolutely nothing has changed in terms of the Tory's plans for labour law reform. If so, then unions still face the possibility of a complete dismantling of the Wagner Model in exchange for some new weird hybrid model, in which workers can just opt out of a collective agreement altogether (including the dues clause) and bargain individually with their employer. Lots of details about how such a model would work remain uncertain and wouldn't be known for sure until the Bill was introduced, and even then the effects would not be clear until years later, after lots of litigation, at huge cost to employers, taxpayers, and unions.
But we can be certain that the intention of the law would be undermine collective bargaining and weaken the labour movement. It's hard to imagine a Tory government would do anything the strengthen collective bargaining, isn't it?
Issues for Discussion
Do you think Tim Hudak intended to signal in his carefully worded speech this week an important change in their plans for labour law reform if elected?
Do you think he is saying that he will not make major reforms to the labour law model if elected?
Or, was he simply confirming that he does not intend to introduce a very specific American style labour law 'right to work' law, but that he still intends to fundamentally rewrite Ontario labour law policy?
Stripping Collective Bargaining Rights Causes Irreparable Harm, Alberta Judge Rules
"Give Me A Raise, or I Quit". Is that a Quit if the Employer Declines the Raise?
Can your employer lawfully withhold wages for such a reason? That would be a violation of labor standards legislation across the river in Ontario.
Sanjukta Paul@sanjuktampaul
Just learned my employer is mandating the *flu* vaccine, and (evidently?) threatening to withhold payroll if you don't get it. This, of all things, makes zero sense.
The 1970s is even before my time. I was listening to Supertramp, Meatloaf and Van Halen while roller skating around town with my feathered hair. Those were the days.
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@Clmumme @TheLawofWork @WrightHenryLLP @JMandryk @GPLLP Which is why I liked the way the OLRB applied the fourfold test in the 70s. A number of cases held that all 4 parts of tests were required for finding of IC and that seemed pretty robust.
You might be right that ABC Test is broader
I think real benefit of the ABC test in Canadian context would be it's a clearer, more transparent statement of the rule. Thus it would cut down on unnecessary classification litigation & be consistent with expansive scope of coverage.
@Clmumme @TheLawofWork @WrightHenryLLP @JMandryk @GPLLP Though, the OLRB test may still work but for influence of Craftwood Construction -- which held that you can't be dependent on an industry. So maybe issue isn't with a test, but rather with that one case being re-applied.

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IMPACT OF GRATIFICATION ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF NEWS REPORTING
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Gratification is a form of bribery and acceptance of gifts, money and other non-monetary gifts which are usually accepted by journalists for performing their normal duties. Consequently, journalists are encouraged to refuse and deviate from accepting free trips, free meals and other freebies.
The commonest type of bribe in journalism is the so called 'brown envelop' which is a monetary bribe handed out to an unethical journals to pressurize him or her into doing what the person giving the bribe wants. For instance, if the person that is giving the journalist bribe wants his story to come on with the money that reporter has collected he or she has to make sure that the story is on network news, even if it is not meant for.
Monetary bribes and other gifts tie the hands of journalist who then become incapable to being objective in reporting events or issues involving people who gave the gift or making sure the story comes on
The first causality in reporting when journalist succumb to the evils of materialism, slanting news reports and even outright ties, character assassination could and up becoming an unethical journalist as they attempt to satisfy or please whom they have collected bribes from.
Gratification is an unethical act in journalism, every journalist in Nigeria today practice this set of collecting bribes from wherever assignment is been covered.
The acceptance of journalist to be on the pay roll of public office holders, especially state government, such captured journalists receive monthly allowance with a vow to keep quiet on their negative activities. They provide these journalists with free meals since he who pays the piper dictates the tune. Journalists return to write favourable news stories about them.
Objectivity however means not being influenced by your opinions when you have to make a judgement or decision. Objectivity explains that when covering a news report, the reporter should not convey his or her feeling, brasses or prejudices in the story. Objectivity is the balanced account of knowledge about a subject different sources analysing a story.
Book, ethics if mass communicator Edeani (1993:42) explains that 'objectivity essentially requires that journalist in reporting the news should keep themselves out of their report by not injecting their opinions and emotions into news stories such emotions and opinions should belong to the editorial pages. This means that the reporter should be emotionally detached and impassive to the facts of the story whether he likes or dislikes the event. The reporter is just ethically bound to confine his opinions to the opinion pages where he or she can say whatever he wants to say.
However, Gilmore and Root (1993:42) explains that it is not always desirable, particularly in the reporting of complex event in which the journalist's analysis, interpretation and evaluation are necessary for the audience understanding of the event being reported.
In reporting such events, as Gilmore and his colleague apparently suggest writing a second interpretative story which introduce the reporters evaluations (which are admittedly subjective with personal colourings) but does this as clearly and honestly as objectively as possible, is definitely the ideal way to handle the situation.
Journalists should realize that a solution is being objective is to be fair, factual, non-partisanship and be honest at all times.
A lot of people within and outside Nigeria are of the opinion that the nation has a relatively free press and freedom of speech. The law provides for freedom of speech and of the press but today in practice we have a distorted media, a medium that is fighting several battles, the people and the government amongst others. Despite the battling the media still remains of the place to work. Media houses owe salaries for several months yet 'publishers' leave in affluence while reporters as domestic staff.
Reporters do a lot of work, but the remuneration very poor, this is why most of these journalist involves themselves in so many unethical conducts that question this claim of objectivity. Journalistic codes are moral principles or rules set out by Nigeria press council (NPC) to regulate ethical conducts of their members.
PROBLEMS OF THE STUDY
The problem of this study is to identify what impact gratification has on the objectivity of news reporting. This study also seek to establish the extent of the impact of gratification on objectivity of news writing.
This study prompted by the assertion that corruption has taken over the codes of con duct of journalism practice especially in Nigeria and reporters now depends on free meals, free services and 'brown envelop' to carry out their job.
In view of this assertion, the study dwells on attempting to discover the impact of gratification on objectivity in news writing and to what extent.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objective of this study is to inform members of the press as well as the cub journalists on the need of the code of ethics of journalism and to minimize the flow of gratification or patronage to suppers or publish information and to inform them about the negative effect of gratification and of course to encourage professionalism and to ensure that discipline is enhanced in the practice of journalism.
The research in completion will serve as reference material to fellow colleagues who desires to carry out research on similar topic.
This study restricts itself to the broadcast media only (power FM Bida) and to examine the level of objectivity in news writing as well as reporting. Also the effects of gratification on news writing, journalists and how it affects their practices.
The project is focused on the impact of gratification on objectivity in news writing. This will be limited to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria power FM Bida Niger state.
The reasons why the researcher has decided to restrict itself here, is use to lack of manpower to carry out this research. Furthermore, the time provided for this study was inadequate and faced with a lot of financial constraints.
Objectivity: not being influenced by your own feelings, opinions or other people's emotions when you have to make a judgement or decision.
Journalism: the work of collecting, writing and publish8iin material in newspapers and magazines or on television and radio.
Distorted: to explain a fact, statement, idea etc. in a way that changes its real meaning.
Affluence: having plenty of money so that you can afford to buy expensive things, living in a nice house.
Gratification: it conceptually refers to gift given to somebody in point in time. It could be money, and other incentive given to journalist in media houses, newspapers, magazine, radio and television by news makers to influence their news coverage as opposed to ethics of journalism profession.
Impact: conceptually means effect on something, operationally, it means negative or positive influence of gratification on journalist sense of news judgement.
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package de.uniulm.omi.cloudiator.sword.domain;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.ToStringHelper;
import com.google.common.hash.Funnel;
import com.google.common.hash.HashFunction;
import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
import java.util.Optional;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Created by daniel on 18.01.17.
 */
public class CloudImpl implements Cloud {

  private final Api api;
  @Nullable
  private final String endpoint;
  private final CloudCredential cloudCredential;
  private final Configuration configuration;
  @Nullable
  private final CloudType cloudType;

  CloudImpl(Api api, @Nullable String endpoint, CloudCredential cloudCredential,
      Configuration configuration, @Nullable CloudType cloudType) {

    checkNotNull(api, "api is null.");
    if (endpoint != null) {
      checkArgument(!endpoint.isEmpty(), "endpoint is empty");
    }
    checkNotNull(cloudCredential, "credentials is null");
    checkNotNull(configuration, "configuration is null");

    this.api = api;
    this.endpoint = endpoint;
    this.cloudCredential = cloudCredential;
    this.configuration = configuration;
    this.cloudType = cloudType;
  }

  @Override
  public String id() {
    return HashingCloudIdGenerator.generateId(this);
  }

  @Override
  public Api api() {
    return api;
  }

  @Override
  public Optional<String> endpoint() {
    return Optional.ofNullable(endpoint);
  }

  @Override
  public CloudCredential credential() {
    return cloudCredential;
  }

  @Override
  public Configuration configuration() {
    return configuration;
  }

  @Nullable
  @Override
  public CloudType cloudType() {
    return cloudType;
  }

  protected ToStringHelper toStringHelper() {
    return MoreObjects.toStringHelper(this).add("id", id()).add("api", api)
        .add("endpoint", endpoint).add("credential", cloudCredential)
        .add("configuration", configuration).add("cloudType", cloudType);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return toStringHelper().toString();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    if (this == o) {
      return true;
    }
    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
      return false;
    }

    CloudImpl cloud = (CloudImpl) o;

    if (!api.equals(cloud.api)) {
      return false;
    }
    if (endpoint != null ? !endpoint.equals(cloud.endpoint) : cloud.endpoint != null) {
      return false;
    }
    if (!cloudCredential.equals(cloud.cloudCredential)) {
      return false;
    }
    if (!configuration.equals(cloud.configuration)) {
      return false;
    }
    return cloudType == cloud.cloudType;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    int result = api.hashCode();
    result = 31 * result + (endpoint != null ? endpoint.hashCode() : 0);
    result = 31 * result + cloudCredential.hashCode();
    result = 31 * result + configuration.hashCode();
    result = 31 * result + (cloudType != null ? cloudType.hashCode() : 0);
    return result;
  }

  private static class HashingCloudIdGenerator {

    private static final Funnel<Cloud> CLOUD_FUNNEL = (Funnel<Cloud>) (from, into) -> {
      into.putString(from.api().providerName(), Charsets.UTF_8);
      into.putString(from.credential().id(), Charsets.UTF_8);
      if (from.endpoint().isPresent()) {
        into.putString(from.endpoint().get(), Charsets.UTF_8);
      }
    };
    private final static HashFunction HASH_FUNCTION = Hashing.md5();

    static String generateId(Cloud cloud) {
      return HASH_FUNCTION.hashObject(cloud, CLOUD_FUNNEL).toString();
    }

  }
}

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Edward H. Chang founded O'Leer in his hometown of Hsing-Ying, located in the southern region of Taiwan. O'Leer's humble beginning was a small footwear workshop, handcrafting ladies footwear for the domestic, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore market.
Two additional lines were established, 1500 more employees were hired, increasing annual production capacity by 1.5 million pairs.


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The majority of MPs voted to remove definitions for the terms: equipment; perishable item; the police; proper officer and receptacle from the Canterbury City Council Bill.
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Framingham salaries 2018: More city workers pass $100,000 mark
Jim Haddadin Daily News Staff @JimHaddadin
Jan 28, 2019 at 1:00 AM Jan 28, 2019 at 9:09 AM
FRAMINGHAM — The number of city workers earning six-figure salaries continued to grow in 2018, with police and school administrators topping the list of highest earners.
During the last calendar year, 256 city employees took home $100,000 or more, up from 219 two years earlier.
Superintendent Robert Tremblay topped the list, taking home $221,000. Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Inna Kantor London was close behind, ranking as the city's third highest-paid employee, with earnings of a little more than $194,500.
Mayor Yvonne Spicer was sixth on the list, receiving a salary of $185,978. The city's new charter pegged the mayor's salary at the same amount received by Framingham's last town manager, Robert Halpin.
Rounding out the group of top 10 highest paid employees were Public Works Director Peter Sellers, who earned more than $178,000; and six police officers, Leonard Pini, Keith Martin, Arthur Sistrand, Stephen Cronin, Steven Trask and Michael Loughman, who earned between about $175,000 and $200,000 each.
The top earners in the city were largely concentrated in the police department, where officers can boost their base pay with lucrative detail shifts and overtime. At least 105 of the more than 150 employees on the police department's payroll received overtime last year, with the top earner taking home more than $43,000 in OT.
Pini, a police sergeant who was hired in 2005, was the highest-paid member of the police force. He earned more than double his base salary of $82,195 last year, according to the city's records, taking home $200,736. That figure includes more than $58,000 for working safety details, which are largely funded by private entities.
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In 2017, the most recent year for which ClearGov crunched the numbers, the city spent about $399 per person on public safety costs, including the police and fire departments. Its per-capita expenditures were about 20 percent lower than similar towns, according to ClearGov, which ranked the city as 137th on the list of municipalities with the highest public safety spending.
ClearGov compared Framingham to communities such as Marlborough, Woburn, Medford, Braintree, Waltham, Quincy, Chelsea and Everett. It found they spent an average of $501 per person on public safety. Framingham out-spent only two peers to which it was compared: Revere and Weymouth.
The city's total payroll for municipal employees was around $163 million, comprised of close to $104 million for teachers and school employees and about $59 million for workers in city departments.
In 2018, 74 Framingham police department employees passed the $100,000 mark, as did 39 firefighters, 10 highway department employees and 87 school district workers.
Former Police Chief Kenneth Ferguson, who retired in April 2018, received more than $111,000, despite being on the job for only about four months. In addition to his regular salary, Ferguson cashed out a little more than $37,500 in unused vacation time and $6,000 in sick time when he retired in April 2018, according to the city's salary records.
Two other outgoing employees remained on the city's payroll. Former Town Manager Robert Halpin negotiated a deal with selectmen in late 2017 to work as a consultant to the new mayor for a period of six months, from January through June 2018. Halpin received regular salary payments totaling $85,069, and cashed in $21,205 of unused vacation time, according to city records.
Halpin's former assistant, James Duane, also received compensation from the city. Duane, whose job was also eliminated when Framingham became a city, signed an agreement with the former town manager under which he resigned effective Dec. 31, 2018, but continued to be paid. Duane was required to first exhaust any accrued vacation and personal leave, after which a "severance period" was triggered. Duane was eligible to continue receiving his regular salary and health insurance benefits through June 30, 2018, or until he found another job.
Duane began working in February 2018 for the town of Westford, where is the parks and recreation director. Duane received about $68,078 from the city last year.
Jim Haddadin can be reached at 617-863-7144 or jhaddadin@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter: @JimHaddadin


Some days are much more poignant than others. For me, yesterday was one of those days. I didn't start the day knowing that my heart would be pummeled by a barrage of emotion but the result of my escapades resulted in a tidal pool of understanding and empathy.
In the rare moments between talk and react lies the innate ability to just listen. The urge to respond is overwhelming but a silent voice in the deep reaches tells us to remain silent and, for those of us who can harness this wisdom and do nothing but pay attention, we let others feel comfortable to speak their truth. We give them an asylum to breathe deeply and exhale their reality. We give them an opportunity to be raw and completely honest.
Sometimes the most important gift we can give is our silence and I was reminded of this yesterday. If somebody wants your opinion, be honest. But if that somebody just wants you to listen, be silent. Really hear what it is that they want to say and wait until they ask for your thoughts. That gift of quietude can express your support in a way that words will never be able to achieve.
Sometimes the best advice you can give is no advice. Just be willing to sit back, truly hear what they are saying and let your friends know that they have the freedom to speak without interruption. Silence speaks louder than words.
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Holland in the 17th century was home to the most remarkable concentration of artistic talent and accomplishment in modern history. From this tiny land came the great masters Vermeer, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Pieter de Hooch, and Rembrandt, as well as an abundant assembly of memorable artists.
To this day, these compelling pictures take our breath away-an unrivalled heritage of portraits, still lifes, landscapes, marine paintings, and profoundly observant images of everyday Dutch life that continue to grace museums throughout Europe and America.
Why are our eyes mesmerized by the glistening stream issuing from the pitcher in Vermeer's The Milkmaid? How does our understanding deepen with each moment we spend taking in the revealing details of his Woman Holding a Balance? What are the means that create the self-contained intimacy that glows from de Hooch's A Mother's Duty, or from his Interior with Women Beside a Linen Chest?
We are forever astonished by the inclusive sweep of Rembrandt's art, which encompasses the brooding power of The Mill and the moving immediacy of The Jewish Bride. That unsurpassed image of human devotion was painted with such astonishing bravura that Vincent Van Gogh, sitting spellbound before the painting in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum two centuries later, was impelled to say: "One must have died several times to paint like that."
Learn What Made the Art of Holland so Special
What was it that made Holland so special, that nourished great masters and produced artists like Jan van de Cappelle, Meindert Hobbema, Jacob van Ruisdael, Pieter Saenredam, Gerard ter Borch, Hendrick Terbrugghen, and so many others?
And what of the extraordinary technical ability of Holland's artists? They commanded a realistic technique so descriptive and alive that their work seemed like a transcription of life itself. Many people today think of the Dutch artists as "realists." But is this really true? Were they, instead, the creators of a parallel reality-often preoccupied with concerns of faith and morality, and expressing deeper truths through the familiar realities they were painting?
Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt will introduce you to the art of 17th-century Holland. It traces the development of this renowned, independent school of painting, and the great seafaring nation that produced the new society that would be reflected in that new art. The course concludes with the achievements of Holland's greatest and most versatile genius, Rembrandt, whose range of work-including his remarkable etchings-claims the final seven lectures.
Your introduction to this marvelous world is a visually sumptuous one, as Professor William Kloss-well known to Teaching Company customers from his A History of European Art and Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance-shows you the work of more than 100 artists and guides you through more than 450 masterful paintings.
How Deep Meaning Can Hide in the Tiniest Detail
Painting by painting, you'll see how each artist's technical choices-about composition, lighting, color, or brushstrokes, to name a few-contribute to a work's overall impact and statement. And you'll see how even the smallest detail of content can speak volumes. For instance, the artist may depict a room and include a painting hanging on a wall within that room, and that painting within the painting may have significant meaning. The same may be true of an artist's choice of background props or secondary figures in the painting.
Dutch artists created paintings that offered insights into history and commerce. They created great religious works that not only interpret biblical narratives but address the spiritual conflicts of the period. And they also placed on canvas every facet of daily domestic and social life in "genre" paintings, one of the most characteristic categories of Dutch art.
Whether you're new to art or an experienced museumgoer, Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt is a delight, filled with insights into the explosive inventiveness of Dutch art as it interpreted and reinvented the reality of Holland-the most dynamic nation in 17th-century Europe.
Art and Society in 16th-Century Netherlands
This lecture outlines the art to be discussed and provides historical background about the Protestant Reformation, Catholic Counter-Reformation, and the beginning of the Eighty Years' War between the Northern Netherlands (Holland) and the Spanish-ruled Southern Netherlands (Flanders). x
The Years of Crisis in the Netherlands
Political and religious clashes of the 1560s led to the Protestant rebellion and, ultimately, the independence of the northern provinces. This lecture concentrates on the art of this period, especially that of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. x
Art in Haarlem and Utrecht, c. 1530–1625
We look at two significant art centers and works produced by Cornelis van Haarlem, Hendrik Goltzius, Abraham Bloemaert, and Hendrick Terbrugghen. x
Facing the Truth—Candid Portraits
Portrait painting becomes prominent in Holland in the 17th century, with citizens of the new Dutch Republic eager to record the features of their families and their national leaders. x
Dutch Portraits, c. 1635–75
We examine some of the finest Dutch portraitists, including Gerard ter Borch, Jan de Bray, and Bartolomeus van der Helst, and note the 1660s shift in taste that led to greater emphasis on artifice and display of skill. x
Frans Hals—The Early Years
The first of three lectures on Hals—who in a career spanning more than half a century never left Haarlem—discusses his early single portraits and rare genre paintings from about 1611 to about 1633. x
Frans Hals—Civic Group Portraits
During the same period covered in the last lecture, Hals painted a famous series of group portraits of the Civic Guard Companies of Haarlem. His vivid, animated compositions and vigorous paint surface contrasted strongly with similar portraits by others. x
Frans Hals—Later Portraits
As Hals aged, he retained all of his astonishing skill and became more penetrating in his characterizations, seeming never to repeat a pose as he found a new invention, a new insight, for each painting. x
Town and City
In this first lecture devoted to the most inclusive category of Dutch painting—genre painting, or scenes of everyday life—we focus on paintings of public places in town and city, primarily Haarlem and Amsterdam. x
Daily Life in the Town
This examination of depictions of the public places—inns, taverns, barber and doctor establishments, shops, even brothels—includes the work of painters Judith Leyster, Adriaen van Ostade, and Job Berckheyde. x
Daily Life in the Home
In Dutch homes of rich or poor or middle class, artists found plentiful settings for all sorts of scenes. Almost always the works carry deeper meaning than the action suggests to a modern viewer. x
Music and the Studio
Music and art prove to be important genre subjects. Indeed, music was a preoccupation of Dutch art, with romantic and erotic connotations almost always present in musical subjects. x
Jan Steen—Order and Disorder in Dutch Life
One of the greatest Dutch genre painters, Jan Steen is best known for subjects that often show boisterous activity, a subject seemingly at odds with Calvinist precepts of an orderly life. x
Pieter de Hooch and Quietude
The quiet pervading much of the work of Pieter de Hooch presents an introverted style, in marked contrast to the extroverted, "loud" paintings of Jan Steen. x
Art in Delft
The town of Delft was a crucial locale in Dutch history, commerce, and art. In art it will always be associated with Johannes Vermeer. x
Johannes Vermeer, c. 1655–60
In the first of three lectures on Vermeer, we look at the unexpected beginnings of this short-lived artist, including some works that particularly display his characteristic and miraculous effects of light and profound silence. x
Between 1660 and 1665, Vermeer painted subjects common to Dutch genre painting, including music and letter writing, but they are infused with his own aura. x
This lecture includes discussions of renowned paintings like Girl with a Pearl Earring as well as the camera obscura, a visual tool assumed to have been used by Vermeer and other artists. x
Still-Life Painting, c. 1620–54
This first lecture on still-life painting, a subject which often conveyed the moral of life's brevity, includes the work of Ambrosius Bosschaert, Pieter Claesz, Jan Davidsz de Heem, and Willem Claesz Heda. x
We conclude our examination of still-life painting with a look at the work of artists Samuel van Hoogstraten, Pieter Anraadt, Willem Kalf, Willem van Aelst, Abraham van Beyeren, and Jan Weenix, and also special categories such as illusionistic art, banquet pieces, and dead game. x
Landscape Painting—The Early Decades
Dutch artists essentially invented naturalistic landscape painting, producing thousands of views of land and sea, in Holland and abroad. This is the first of seven lectures surveying the subject with examples ranging from Hendrik Goltzius around 1600 to the early work of Salomon van Ruysdael around 1630. x
Landscapes of Jan van Goyen and Rembrandt
We look at the work of the first great genius of Dutch landscape specialists, Jan van Goyen, and also discover that only eight of Rembrandt's landscapes were paintings (he depicted them more often in drawings and prints). x
Foreign Landscapes
The Dutch were world traders and colonizers, and their interest in the world beyond Holland was expressed in landscapes by painters who went on foreign missions and by others who traveled alone or with other artists, including Frans Post, Allart van Everdingen, and Jan Both. x
Landscape Painting in the 1640s and 1650s
During the 1640s and 1650s, landscape painting developed from a tonal style to a more colorful style. We look at examples from the work of artists Salomon van Ruysdael, Aert van der Neer, Albert Cuyp, and Paulus Potter. x
Jacob van Ruisdael
Unanimously agreed to be the greatest Dutch landscape painter, Jacob van Ruisdael produced potent landscapes that featured a rich blend of precise observation and vivid imagination. x
Dutch Landscape Painting until 1689
This lecture continues with Ruisdael's painting before continuing with two other prominent landscape painters, Philips de Koninck and Meindert Hobbema. x
Marine Painting
Marine painting—seascapes, beach scenes, lakes, and rivers—unsurprisingly received its first complete exploration by Dutch artists, who came from a nation that had a great navy and was under constant threat of flooding from the sea. x
The Moral of the Story—History Painting
Although Dutch art is especially known for its specialties, from portraiture to landscape, many Dutch artists also made history paintings, depicting elevated narrative subjects from the Bible, mythology, and ancient or modern political history. x
The Decoration of the Amsterdam Town Hall
The Town Hall of Amsterdam, when opened in 1655, was considered one of the grandest and most significant buildings in the country. We look at the art commissioned to adorn it. x
Rembrandt to 1630
The first of seven lectures on Rembrandt includes details about two of his early self-portraits and two significant history paintings that signaled his lifelong dedication to the subject matter in which he would become pre-eminent. x
Rembrandt in Amsterdam, 1631–34
This examination of Rembrandt's first years in Amsterdam, to which he moved permanently in 1631, includes Saskia, which may be his first portrait–even a wedding portrait–of Saskia van Uylenburgh, the woman he married in 1634. x
Rembrandt and the Baroque Style
Although he never left Holland, Rembrandt was acutely aware of the extroverted drama of the Baroque style that characterized much Italian and Flemish painting, and it found a place in his art, especially in the mid-1630s, when he painted some of his most dramatic works. x
Rembrandt's Personal Baroque Style
In the decade that follows, Rembrandt moved away from apparent emulation and reinterpretation of the European Baroque style toward the full maturity of his thirties and a personal Baroque style with a full range of size, subject, and expression. x
Rembrandt's Etchings
Rembrandt's technical and expressive command of etching was unequaled. This lecture describes the process and examines a dozen examples from the 1630s to the 1650s. x
Rembrandt in the 1650s
This lecture looks at portraits and religious paintings infused with the ever-deepening emotion and inwardness of Rembrandt's art that we first saw in several etchings discussed in the previous lecture. x
Rembrandt's Last Years
This final lecture features some memorable paintings of the last decade of Rembrandt's life. It discusses the fascination Dutch artists showed in creating their seemingly realistic record of the world with a lifelikeness and truthfulness that have made Dutch art of the Golden Age recognized everywhere. x
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Rated 5 out of 5 by B Ford from Thoroughly enjoyable Professor Kloss's "Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt" 36-lecture course is thoroughly enjoyable. The last 6 lectures which are devoted to Rembrandt himself are like a mini course and well worth the price by themselves. Kloss's passion for his subject and admiration for the artist's work is unmistakable, as is his enthusiasm for sharing his knowledge and communicating his appreciation to an audience. Reading the guidebook was like seeing the paintings all over again. It was a joy to see Rembrandt's small "Artist in His Studio" shown and discussed in lecture 30: I've had the pleasure of seeing this painting several times at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, where it was unobtrusively tucked away in a display case. Kloss once again proves he's the consummate art historian professional!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Old Lady from I enjoy William Kloss courses. He is very well versed in the subjects he teaches. I did not know much about the Dutch Masters so this course was very interesting. I feel like I now understand the art and history of this region of the world.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Canadian Lifelong learner from Very interesting This is my second Fine Arts Great Course taught by this professor and, again, I enjoy his lectures. I'm discovering some painters (and artwork) I wasn't familiar with.
Rated 5 out of 5 by gkmnj2 from Engaging speaker Great overview. Good and necessary visuals. Long buildup to lectures on Rembrandt. One might consider watching last lectures on Rembrandt earlier in course and again at end.
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Description: Sinbad (Patrick Wayne), daring sailor and Prince of Baghdad, sets sail towards Charnak, seeking permission from Prince Kassim to wed his sister, Farah (Jane Seymour). But Sinbad discovers that Kassim has been placed under a spell by their fiendish stepmother, Zenobia (Margaret Whiting). To break the wicked spell, Sinbad must set forth on a journey unlike any ever travelled. Awaiting him on this perilous voyage is an assortment of beasts beyond one's wildest imagination. Among the creatures encountered are the Minotaur, a bronze colossus, a giant troglodyte, a sabre-toothed tiger, and an "almost human" baboon. The incredible, animated special effects by Ray Harryhausen will keep you spellbound as you sail with this Sinbad classic.
Famed stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen concocts a collection of fantastic creatures -- including a saber-tooth tiger, a chess-playing baboon, a giant walrus and three banshees -- for this follow-up to The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Patrick Wayne stars as Sinbad, who seeks the hand of Princess Farah (Jane Seymour) in marriage but cannot get her brother, Prince Kassim (Damian Thomas), to agree to the match because he has been turned into a baboon by his evil stepmother. In order to receive the blessing of Farah's brother, Sinbad must travel to a far away realm and find a wizard named Melanthius (Patrick Troughton), the only one who can break the evil spell placed upon Kassim.
In an interview with Dan Scapperotti for Cinefantastique magazine, Harryhausen admitted that the main challenge of Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger was creating a fantasy world far removed from previous Sinbad outings, one which includes a snow-covered environment. "Ice always presents a problem," Harryhausen stated. "We photographed some of it in Northern Spain. We didn't have the cast at the time so we had to supplement it by photographing some of the ice shots in Malta, where it gets to be 110 degrees. It became a problem for the actors to wear the heavy fur coats in the heat, but regardless, we got the effect that it was cold. We wanted to get Sinbad involved in an adventure that didn't occur in the Arabian Nights - going to the North Pole." As for the stop-motion effects and animated creatures on display in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Harryhausen clearly had a favorite: "I suppose I had the most fun with the baboon because he was the most humanoid. Trog had a lot of interesting qualities because as some people might comment he could have been a man in a suit. But I feel he would have lost something if we used a Greek wrestler with hair glued on and a mask. I don't think we would have gotten the effect and I would have been wide open to criticism as I was on One Million Years B.C.  with our little talented lizard."
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is a more Sinbad fodder for the adults who still shrink back to youth under the spell of Harryhausen's iconic effects. It might be the weakest film of this sub-genre but the effects are the best. The Via Vision Blu-ray provides a desirable - REGION FREE - release with great a/v for those who missed the Twilight Time. We give it a hearty thumbs up!


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Things That Annoyed Me Today
June 25, 2009 by WendyB
In my profile on the right, I say that in addition to other topics, I write about things that annoy me. Here are the things that annoyed me today:
People who are shocked — shocked! — by Farrah Fawcett's death. What? She was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and was clearly terminal in recent months. It seems to me that she suffered too long. I think it's appalling that people with terminal illnesses like hers and Jade Goody's can't opt for assisted suicide when all hope is gone.
Alessandra Stanley's essay on Farrah in the New York Times. Who do I have to sleep with to make sure no one writes such a depressing story about me upon my death? Sure, Farrah had her career low points, but nothing compared to, say, those of Michael Jackson. Speaking of which…
People who are shocked — shocked! — by Michael Jackson's death. Did anyone envision this deeply troubled soul living to a ripe old age? See also: Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley. This is not the assassination of John Lennon, people. That was shocking. This is just tragic.
Music producer Quincy Jones for saying of Jackson, "I lost my little brother today…" Dude! Are you being vain about your age in someone's obit? You're 26 years older than Michael was. When there's an age difference like that, you're more parental than brotherly. (Or you might be husbandly, in my world. Still. You're not the big brother.)
Something annoyed me last week, too, and that something was a 20-year-old cosmetology student named Kristin Lopez who wandered onto the pages of the New York Times just to antagonize me. Speaking of $13 to $25 clothes at Kmart, Ms. Lopez told the Times, "A lot of the clothes look cheap." Fair enough. Cheap stuff often looks cheap. But then she said, "I don't like the way they fit, and, for the quality, the prices are too high." Those prices are too high? Those prices that include material, manufacturing, shipping, and everything else? What kind of child slave labor would you like to employ, Ms. Lopez, to ensure that your $13 piece of crap looks like a million bucks? Jebus! Stick to your cosmetology books and stay out of my paper.
To end on a positive note, my designing friend Zang Toi worked with Farrah and, in an email to me, described her as "the kindest." Isn't that nice to know?
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Screw her…she sucks.
And yes. I think you're nice, too.
Winona says
Wendy, this is amazing. I love you!
Poochie says
Back off, Winona, she's mine!
Wendy, I love you MORE!
Lenya Jones says
You are always soo spot on.
My Anti-spam word is way. Which I shall now use in another way, popularized at some point in the recent past. My sieve-mind cannot remember how recent, and to tell you the truth, I hope I use it correctly. As in, I say, "WendyB's my outspoken, truth-telling, creative, fearless blog idol!" And Mama says, "Way!"
I didn't see MJ living to a ripe old age either, but I'm still a bit shocked about his death. It's not like in Farrah's case where you knew it was coming. I'm surprised he died of a heart attack.
Vegetable Assassin says
You know what, miss B? I agree WHOLEHEARTEDLY with all of that. And may I say, I sort of dig Farrah's '70s hairdo. I sort of dig the '70s! (I said "dig" twice, shoot me)
As for the cheap clothes thing, I'm not sure what someone is expecting for $13 except something you can wear for a summer and then discard. You're not buying quality just adequacy. As a financially challenged individual currently myself, I buy my share of "cheap" and get what I can for the money but never do I expect my $25 dress to be made of the finest fabrics and workmanship – I just expect it to look good for a while with my accessories and get me through the day without falling apart! Pah.
Hi Wendy-yeah I am thinking along the same lines as you. With both Farrah and Michael I too didn't really think Farrah would make it as long as she did, considering where she was at in her illness, and with MJ, it just seemed like lately there were those strange rumors about his health that made his death less shocking. It still is a little surprising, but not like, as you said John Lennon's murder.
I don't know about the clothes thing, although it sounds snotty. I am not a high fashion kind of guy-I shop for clothes at Target or (used to)Mervyns!
Chic and Charming says
I wasn't really shocked in either case. I actually found Jackson less shocking than Farrah just because he's been a train wreck for so long. Both passings were tragic in that these people died young. I am personally not looking forward to the zoo that will surround Jackson's funeral.
BeckEye says
Well yes, it is a bit shocking when Michael Jackson is outlived by, say, Keith Richards.
Keith Richards is going to bury us all.
The Queen of Hearts says
Death is never pleasant and I think it has been a very trying day for everyone, especially the close friends and families of both who have passed away. I am a firm believer in leaving the dead to peace, so I wouldn't see the point in writing snarky postmortem articles. Celebrate the good that they've done in life and leave the demons to death.
QOH, I'm not annoyed with the deceased. I'm annoyed with the foolish comments I've read. Farrah was terminally ill and going to die, so people writing "I can't believe it" hundreds of times on Twitter is ridiculous. As for Jackson, he was a talented man who was clearly in TERRIBLE physical condition for years; recent photos showed him to be completely emaciated right before he was supposed to start a big tour. As far as the good they did in life, while Jackson knew how to entertain people, I fear he — psychologically at least — scarred quite a few children, including his own. I don't see why I have to deify him. Often artists who produce great art are lousy people. That was the case with Lennon too. I can accept that reality.
Gerri Ward says
Michael and Farrah both having passed away is very sad, yet I solely agree with you. I think many are shocked because Michael was going on tour within weeks and suddenly he dies, it is tragic as you say!
Gerri, speaking of the tour, this is an interesting article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jackson-aeg26-2009jun26,0,4585265.story
Sharon Rose says
Hi there-how tragic about Farrah and Michael, very sad news indeed.
Light Stealer says
Opening Facebook this morning it looked to me like all the people I know got crazy and lost contact with reality…It was relieving to read your post and find someone who actually thought what I thought!
Of course I'm sorry for him as I would be for ANY other human being suffering and dying, but I've never heard any of these people mentioning MJ in the past decade – why are they all acting like fans in shock now..?!
jennine says
omg i have a feeling the mj circus is only just beginning…
farrah… rip.
Tor (fabfrocks) says
I think both things are tragic but you're right, not all that shocking (especially Farrah) I didn't expect MJ to live forever, but I did expect him to finish his comeback tour!!
You've made my morning brighter!
Yes, exactly right on all counts, not shocking at all.
Alice Olive says
Totally agree with you on every, single point.
Coco says
I'm not shocked about Michael Jackson. It is sad though.
Thumbelina Fashionista says
You're right again, Wendy! Although I was surprised to hear about MJ's death, I AM annoyed by all of the glorification of him today. Not long ago he was downright ridiculed and called a child molester.
As for Ms. Lopez, she's obviously been sleeping under a rock for the last two decades of her life. ANyone who complains about $13 clothes is downright retarded.
enc says
I was surprised by the two deaths simply because I wasn't paying attention, and BOOM. They happened. Of course, I had envisioned Fawcett's death coming much sooner, because I knew she had an illness and was reaching the end. In Jackson's case, I'd just stopped paying attention, because he'd moved out of the country, and wasn't in the news anymore.
I knew people who had terminal cancer that wanted it to just be over—theydidn't want to just wait for death.
As for Jackson, knows what the real state of his health was? He had a lot of wacky stuff going on in his life.
And Lopez? She seems to have a high set of demands for inexpensive clothing.
Tessa Scoffs says
I love reading lists of annoying things! By the way, those things annoy me too. My husband predicted at the time of Michael Jackson's trial, "He will be dead within ten years."
K-Line says
How is it that you always perfectly articulate EXACTLY what I am thinking? Thank you for this post. My irritation is slightly abated.
EVERYONE is annoying!
fashion herald says
So far it seems only you and John Landis have kept your heads re: Michael Jackson. He is a tragic figure. And every time I see one of those old Jackson Five performances, I mourn for the nine-year old MJ.
And come on, Ms. Stanley, Farrah was such an icon she inspired high school girls to set each others hair on fire. Give her a fabulous send off!
Couture Carrie says
I hear you, WB!
Fave part of this post: the exclamation: "Jebus!" (Family Guy reference??).
cdp says
Well said. While I can easily see how both of these deaths are big news (Jackson especially), and I'm rather sad about Farrah Fawcett, neither of them are particularly shocking, and I think I'm going to have to stay away from the TV this weekend, as the 24 hour coverage will shred my last remaining nerves. As for the Kmart clothes, I think that we'd all be far better off if fewer cheap consumer goods were available.
I think Jennine is right …
Queen Michelle says
Well said! It's a blessing that Farah has finally passed away. I had to watch both my parents die slowly and painfully from cancer and the fact she survived as long as she did was in itself a miracle. At least she's not suffering anymore.
MJ was so mentally and physically fucked up I am not in the least bit surprised he died. He must have been battling his personal demons every single day of life.
Miss Janey says
It is nice to know about Farrah being nice. And not surprising in the least to Miss J.
Mademoiselle Robot says
I am already sick to death of the MJ mourning extravaganza that is going on everywhere. I am not shocked he died, to be honest, I am not really shocked about anyone's death. Saddened often, but not shocked.
In MJ's case, he had so many issues, including some terrible ones (hello, possible kiddie fiddler?), I don't understand how these can all be forgotten suddenly.
And while everyone is crying about MJ, nobody says a word about the wonderful Farrah Fawcett who spent years battling with a terrible disease.
You know who pissed me off? Al Sharpton saying that MJ "broke down the color curtain" so that Obama could become president.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
Hey Wendy B!!
It seems like you're really annoyed today jeje, I hope you have a great weekend!!
prunella jones says
I hear you, babe.
Poor Farrah. Michael Jackson just had to be an attention whore to the very end. His death knocked Farrah off the cover of People Magazine next week.
drzibbs says
All good points.
And on the subject of people being shocked, I was shocked today to find out that the Empire Beauty School near me offers $5 haircuts.
Not that I'm going to risk it on my beautiful locks but I was still shocked.
dreamsequins says
Perhaps what you rail against is the misuse of the English language. LOL. People are not literally shocked by their deaths, but reach for that description because it's the most comforting one. I know they weren't family friends or anything, but I think they are pop icons synonymous with certain eras. A giant LOL goes out to your commentary about child labor. Not that child labor is funny, but you're right. We often don't think about the source of high fashion buys. It's going to fall apart, people.
Paul Pincus says
spot-on, as usual, wendy!
loved both michael and farrah … a lot!
alessandra stanley is always offensive, imho.
Iron Chic says
We should remember Michael today! We enjoyed his music, grew up on that shit! Everybody, everybody was into him in the 80's, y'all know it…he gave so much to modern music and we returned the favor by tearing him apart and breaking him down. I don't envy his life…we reaped the benefits of his pain. There was a sad human life there.
Farrah's death is sad but not unexpected as you pointed out. She's been so ill for so long. As for MJ, I think "shocked" is too strong of a word but I'm certainly surprised. I mean, if someone was alive one day and dropped dead of cardiac arrest the next, I think surprise is warranted.
RIP Farrah. And may MJ find the peace he's been searching for.
WendyB, you use shock tactics to zap us out of the blues, and it works LOL!
well said, ms b! i happen to agree w/u 100% on every point. both FF & MJ's deaths are certainly sad, no doubt about it. but it was inevitable that FF would leave this world sooner than later. and MJ was just playing russian roulette w/his life. but it doesn't make both their deaths any less sad.
KIRAFASHION says
Very well pointed here…I think like you…and about MJ, for me, he became a freak a long time ago…I am not sad because he is dead…He did a lot of wrong things with his life..however he was a true genius…
What I meant to say was high street buys. See above. Oops.
And after writing my little rant about blatant misuse of the English language, I went back and read my own blog entry about MJ's death and realized that I did use the word "shocking" in my description.
Probably not shocking to most of you, I know. LOL.
Dreamsequins, LOL. I will let you off the hook for that. I do think it's always a shock when you first hear bad news. Sometimes even when you're expecting it, because maybe you're hoping for a miracle. I was more annoyed by people who were whining, "I just can't belieeeeeeeeeve it" and reading cosmic significance into it and whatever. Because, after the initial impact of hearing the news, you have to think, "Well, God, this guy was been in sad decline for a long time. The surprise was that he lasted this long."
KD says
That reminds me that I was wondering, if high street companies used the sort of labor people say they want would American Apparel prices become the standard for cheap clothing, as opposed to H&M?


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