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Musical themed paintings can be fun to find and fun to buy. I have a musician
friend that recently purchased a new home. She bought new furnishings and
asked me to find a new painting for her. I found her a fabulous creation by
Osnat. It was an enormous, gallery size painting.My friend's new
furnishings were very contemporary and the Osnat musical themed painting I
bought for her was breathtaking when all five parts were mounted. The musical
staff ran the length of the painting with musical notes painted on it. The
painting had pretty shades of yellows and oranges. It looked so elegant.
I found a still life musical themed painting of a guitar to buy for a
friend. He always has had beautiful pieces of art in his home and he wanted to
change some of the pieces he had grown tired of. The abstract piece that I
found really struck a cord with my friend and he ended up buying another
painting from the same artist.
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More women bringin' home bacon
'Women just aren't getting paid fairly,' professor says
There may be more women breadwinners, but their income still lags,
Statscan says
Aug. 24, 2006. 07:25 AM
DAVID BRUSER
BUSINESS REPORTER
In February of 1967, Prime Minister Lester Pearson called for an
investigation into the status of Canadian women.
The Bird Commission, so called for its chairperson, Ottawa journalist
Florence Bird, which was pushed for legislation entitling women to equal
pay with men performing work of equal value, met 890 witnesses and
received 468 briefs and 1,000 letters.
That year, 11 per cent of wives earned more than their husbands.
Forty years later, how far has the nation come?
New data from Statistics Canada reveal some expected gains but also some
troublesome reminders of workplace inequity.
The data, based on a 2003 study, show the number of women that are the
primary breadwinners in dual-earner couples has increased dramatically.
In about 1.4 million of 4.7 million dual-earner couples, wives earned
more than their husbands. That's about 30 per cent.
......The University of Toronto professor added that women aren't
finding as much access to jobs like driving trucks and carpentry.
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In 2003, according to StatsCan, in nearly two-thirds of couples with a
primary-earner wife, she makes more than twice as much as her husband.
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The study also suggests that, generally, wives, regardless of earnings,
were still usually responsible for running the household.
Not so at the Tzadoks' home in Thornhill.
Ever since wife Osnat, 38, discovered eBay and her paintings started
bringing in thousands a month, husband Israel went from software
designer to more of a supporting role.
"Now he does the things that I used to do. He does the laundry. He picks
up food for the kids. He cleans the house. He took my position," she
says with a laugh. "But he also does the marketing when I need it. He
built my website."
Osnat says self-employment and online commerce are freeing women she
knows to boost their income. "(My business) has grown to more than
$30,000 a month. EBay sells us the window to the world."
Husband Israel adds, "I was a software developer for 15 years. I wish I
had her talent."
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