From CreativePro.Com Business -
Webinar Series Tackles Business Concerns of Creative Pros:

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You may have seen a book called Graphic Artists Guild’s Handbook of Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. You may even own it–and if not, you probably should. The book answers thorny questions about the business aspects so many creative pros struggle with.

But have you ever thought about the organization behind the book? The Graphic Artists Guild is a national organization that serves “graphics creatives” (print and Web designers, illustrators, production artists, and so on) across the United States.
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Some band we haven’t heard from since 1991 announces they’re breaking up. In other exciting news, my cat likes to play with her new ball.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-break-up-after-three-decades-20110921

http://onlinenewswebsite.com/sperm-banks-turning-away-redheads/109692/

From AP Top Strange News -Fields of watermelon burst in China farm fiasco:

“BEIJING (AP) — Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating what state media called fields of “land mines.”…”

Kim Jong Il is probably got a team researching this new “weapon”…

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Ruby’s new blog post reminds me it’s deer season. SO LONG SUCKERS!

The Deer Song
The Best of Jeff Walker & The Wackjobs

From LancasterOnline – -Convicted killer now wants to continue appeal:

“Convicted killer Orlando Baez was back in Lancaster County Court today,   saying he’s changed his mind and doesn’t want to be executed.Sentenced to death nearly 19 years ago for killing a young city woman, Janice “Sissy” Williams, Baez told Judge Howard Knisely last October he was tired of t…”

From AP Top Strange News At 5:24 p.m. EST -Police: Breathalyzer-costumed man accused of DUI:

“OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man dressed as a Breathalyzer test for Halloween found himself blowing into one after police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way without headlights on a one-way street. Oxford police said they stopped 20-year-old James P. Miller on Halloween night and found beer in his front seat and in the trunk….”

From LancasterOnline – News -Roseboro gets life sentence for murder of wife:

“Michael Roseboro was sentenced to life in prison without parole today in Lancaster County Court for murdering his wife, Jan.Roseboro, 42, who had been director of his family’s funeral home in Denver, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his wife in the swimming pool behind their home…”

From Tutorialized.com – Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics -Games of Fortune in Scratch 1.4:

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In this tutorial, readers will take a trip to the fortune-teller to demonstrate lists, and they will learn how to: * Store and retrieve information in lists * Add and remove items from the li…

Autodesk – Civil 3D – Transportation Accelerate Projects with Integrated Data Sources & Automatic Documentation.
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From AP Top Entertainment News At 11 p.m. EDT -Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72:

“BOSTON (AP) — Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as ‘Puff (The Magic Dragon)’ and ‘If I Had a Hammer,’ died in a Connecticut hospital Wednesday after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72….”

From AP Top Strange News At 3:52 a.m. EDT -New mom leaves N.D. hospital with the wrong baby:

“WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — A hospital in northwestern North Dakota is investigating how the mother of a newborn went home with the wrong baby….
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