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		<title>[Design] Webinar Series Tackles Business Concerns of Creative Pros</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen a book called Graphic Artists Guild's Handbook of Pricing &#38; 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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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <em>CreativePro.Com Business</em> -<br />
<a title="Webinar Series Tackles Business Concerns of Creative Pros" href="http://www.creativepro.com/article/webinar-series-tackles-business-concerns-creative-pros" rel="nofollow" target="offsite"><strong>Webinar Series Tackles Business Concerns of Creative Pros</strong></a>:</p>
<blockquote style="text-align: left;"><p><em style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #666;"><span style="font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold;">“</span><br />
<img style="border: 0pt none; margin-left: 2%; width: 40%; height: auto;" src="http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h226/EricBrooksDotCom/tutorials/web-tools.png" alt="Webinar Series Tackles Business Concerns of Creative Pros" width="167" height="180" align="right" border="0" />You may have seen a book called <strong>Graphic Artists Guild&#8217;s Handbook of Pricing &amp; Ethical Guidelines</strong>. You may even own it&#8211;and if not, you probably should. The book answers thorny questions about the business aspects so many creative pros struggle with.</p>
<p>But have you ever thought about the organization behind the book? The Graphic Artists Guild is a national organization that serves &#8220;graphics creatives&#8221; (print and Web designers, illustrators, production artists, and so on) across the United States.<br />
<span style="font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold;">”</span></em></p>
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		<title>Slow News Week?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some band we haven&#039;t heard from since 1991 announces they&#039;re breaking up. In other exciting news, my cat likes to play with her new ball.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some band we haven&#8217;t heard from since 1991 announces they&#8217;re breaking up. In other exciting news, my cat likes to play with her new ball.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-break-up-after-three-decades-20110921" title="I didn't even know REM was still together?" target="_blank">http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-break-up-after-three-decades-20110921</a></p>
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And gingers are being rejected from sperm banks??? </p>
<p><a href="http://onlinenewswebsite.com/sperm-banks-turning-away-redheads/109692/" title="I love redheads! MAKE MORE OF THEM!!!" target="_blank">http://onlinenewswebsite.com/sperm-banks-turning-away-redheads/109692/</a></p>
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<strong>Who is in charge of writing the news this week, The Onion?</strong></p>
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		<title>[Goofy News] Fields of watermelon burst in China farm fiasco</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 07:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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."...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <i>AP Top Strange News</i> -<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CHINA_EXPLODING_WATERMELONS?SITE=RIPAW&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Fields of watermelon burst in China farm fiasco</strong></a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><i style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color:#666;"><span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0147;</span>BEIJING     (AP) &#8212; 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 &#8220;land mines.&#8221;&#8230;<span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0148;</span></i>
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<p>Kim Jong Il is probably got a team researching this new &#8220;weapon&#8221;&#8230; <img src='http://www.ericbrooks.com/whuzzup/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />
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		<title>OH DEER!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ruby's new blog post reminds me it's deer season. SO LONG SUCKERS!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ruby&#8217;s new blog post reminds me it&#8217;s deer season. SO LONG SUCKERS!
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<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzRzJ0OHJuA" target="_blank">The Deer Song</a><br />
The Best of Jeff Walker &#038; The Wackjobs</p></blockquote>
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		<title>[Local News] Convicted killer now wants to continue appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Convicted killer Orlando Baez was back in Lancaster County Court today,&#160;&#160; saying he&#39;s changed his mind and doesn&#39;t want to be executed.Sentenced to death nearly 19 years ago for killing a young city woman]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <em>LancasterOnline &#8211; </em> -<a rel="nofollow" href="http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/249755" target="_blank">Convicted killer now wants to continue appeal</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #666;"><span style="font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0147;</span>Convicted killer Orlando Baez was back in Lancaster County Court today,   saying he&#8217;s changed his mind and doesn&#8217;t want to be executed.Sentenced to death nearly 19 years ago for killing a young city woman, Janice &#8220;Sissy&#8221; Williams, Baez told Judge Howard Knisely last October he was tired of t&#8230;<span style="font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0148;</span></em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>[Goofy News] Police: Breathalyzer-costumed man accused of DUI</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <em>AP Top Strange News At 5:24 p.m. EST</em> -<strong>Police: Breathalyzer-costumed man accused of DUI:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p><em style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #666;"><span style="font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0147;</span>OXFORD, Ohio     (AP) &#8212; 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&#8230;.<span style="font-size: 40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0148;</span></em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>[Local News] Roseboro gets life sentence for murder of wife</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#39;s funeral home in Denver, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his wife in the swimming pool behind their home...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <em>LancasterOnline &#8211; News</em> -<a href="http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/242654" target="_blank">Roseboro gets life sentence for murder of wife</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color:#666;"><span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0147;</span>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&#8217;s funeral home in Denver, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his wife in the swimming pool behind their home&#8230;<span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0148;</span></em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>[Graphics Tutorial] Games of Fortune in Scratch 1.4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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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 &#38; Automatic Documentation.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <i>Tutorialized.com &#8211; Latest Tutorial Listings For 2D Graphics</i> -<a href="http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/Games-of-Fortune-in-Scratch-1.4/51859" target="_blank">Games of Fortune in Scratch 1.4</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><i style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color:#666;"><span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0147;</span><br />
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&#8230;<br />
<br /><a href="http://rsslinks.industrybrains.com/click?sid=360&amp;scid=10113&amp;rqctid=4194&amp;lid=586021&amp;cid=143838&amp;pr=2&amp;tstamp=20090925000000&amp;iip=66.230.239.186&amp;url=http://s0b.bluestreak.com/ix.e%3fhy%26s%3d7950657%26a%3d7386948%26k%3d11808126%26u%3dhttp%253a%252f%252fusa%252Eautodesk%252Ecom%252fadsk%252fservlet%252foc%252foffer%252fform%252fproc%253fsiteID%253d123112%2526id%253d11252374">Autodesk &#8211; Civil 3D &#8211; Transportation</a> Accelerate Projects with Integrated Data Sources &amp; Automatic Documentation.<br />
<span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0148;</span></i>
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		<title>[Entertainment] Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <em>AP Top Entertainment News At 11 p.m. EDT</em> -<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_MARY_TRAVERS?SITE=CALAK&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" target="_blank">Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color:#666;"><span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0147;</span>BOSTON     (AP) &#8212; Mary Travers, who as one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary helped popularize such tunes as &#8216;Puff (The Magic Dragon)&#8217; and &#8216;If I Had a Hammer,&#8217; died in a Connecticut hospital Wednesday after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72&#8230;.<span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0148;</span></em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>[Goofy News] New mom leaves N.D. hospital with the wrong baby</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WILLISTON, N.D.     (AP) -- A hospital in northwestern North Dakota is investigating how the mother of a newborn went home with the wrong baby....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <em>AP Top Strange News At 3:52 a.m. EDT</em> -<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_WRONG_BABY?SITE=CAANR&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" target="_blank">New mom leaves N.D. hospital with the wrong baby</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em style="font-family:'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color:#666;"><span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;">&#0147;</span>WILLISTON, N.D.     (AP) &#8212; A hospital in northwestern North Dakota is investigating how the mother of a newborn went home with the wrong baby&#8230;.<span style="font-size:40px; font-weight: bold;"><br />
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<p>Whoops&#8230;</p>
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