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  Sumatran tiger
  by Mundy Hackett

  Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

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  Art Farm T-Shirt
  by Melissa Krumpe

  100% of the proceeds from the sale of this shirt will go to support The Art Farm, a nonprofit organization which provides art instruction and much needed supplies to underpriviledged youth across the country

• The Jordy Fund hits $300 :) :)
  by Craig Shillington

  WOW!! :) :) Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to the Jordy fund...

  WOW!! :) :) Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to the Jordy fund by either buying my work or donating directly to thru PayPal. As of my last sale, the Jordy Fund has now raised over AU$300 in profit, all of which is going towards paying his Hospital Bills for having his cancer and eye removed :) :) Both Jordy and Myself (and Basil and Fudge) appreciate your Love and Compassion extremely :) :) THANK YOU ALL So much :) :)

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  Stop the Killing of Innocent Puppies
  by Paintlife

  Have you stopped? This shirt was originally designed with an additional tagline to promote the Arizona State University Men’s Chorus. I’ve changed it up and added it as a Turtle tee so everyone can spread awareness and stop the tragic crime of puppy-killing. Turtle is a division of paintlife.org. All my profit is donated to charity, sponsoring children by providing them with food and opportunities for education.

• Are you an artist?
  by Leah Highland

  I have recently been challenged by the idea that I see myself as an artist. / I’m not writing this to get kudos on my work from you…......

  I have recently been challenged by the idea that I see myself as an artist. / I’m not writing this to get kudos on my work from you…..... / I want to hear what your idea of what an artist IS. / Do you consider yourself an artist? Why? / Do you have to make a profitable living off of your work to be considered an artist? / Are photographers artist as well as painters and sculptors? / Give me your deepest thoughts and feelings on this. Could be a fun discussion.

• Sold TWO more framed prints!!! No profit-my gift to my dear friend and family!
  by Gail Bridger

  Sold 2 more framed prints of ” A Special Rose – In The Arms Of God”. I am very happy with Red Bubble for the great framing job and for sh…

  Sold 2 more framed prints of ” A Special Rose – In The Arms Of God”. I am very happy with Red Bubble for the great framing job and for shipping them out so fast! My girlfriend and Lillian sister bought the first two when I first put this picture on Red Bubble. She also bought these 2 also!! They’re are Christmas gifts for the family. Gail (that’s my friends name) said the pictures were astonishing and that Red Bubble did a great job with the finished product . Thank you Red Bubble!!!! / I also would like to add to all my red bubble friends that supported through this very sad time and thought about Lillian’s passing! You’re the greatest!!! I cherish each and everyone of you!

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  Savings and profits are composed with patience
  by LittleSisters

  A 50 dollars bill, represented as a puzzle.

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  Goldrunner
  by Hudda

  International Series by HAFA !

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  Goldrunner
  by Hudda

  International Series by HAFA !

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  Money Pile
  by tdixon8875

  Piggy bank dumped out on white.

• My first sale for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal!!
  by Midori Furze

  Thank you very much, Jane Keats for purchasing my card Jam session...

  Thank you very much, Jane Keats for purchasing my card Jam session I will donate this profits to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal!! / All the profit from the sale of my works on RB will go to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal!! For members wishing to donate their total amount of artist profits from their sales to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal, please email accounts@redbubble.com anytime before the end of the month requesting that any accrued earnings be transferred to the Bushfire Appeal. Redbubble will match this amount dollar for dollar. / If you wish to continue to donate in the months to come a new email will need to be sent before the end of each month. If you wish to donate an image to this cause you can contact Anne at the Phoenix Appeal account. Bushfires are common in Australia. / But the Victorian bushfires are a real threat. / Many lives have been lost and a lot of houses were destroyed. I would like to donate all the profits from my sales on RB to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal until the end of March. / Also I would like to donate the profit from my paintings in Northbridge exhibition (115 Sailors Bay Road Northbridge, Sydney). Hope someone will buy them!! / Wish me luck everyone!! / I hope I can make money!! / / My heart goes out to all those affected by the fires. / I hope this helps in some way. / Midori

• First sale for profit to go to the Australian Bushfires.....
  by Kathie Nichols

  Just like to send a huge thankyou to the wonderful person who purchased a medium laminated print of my Cherry Blossoms II...

  Just like to send a huge thankyou to the wonderful person who purchased a medium laminated print of my Cherry Blossoms II Very much appreciated. As with the sales of all of my artwork until the end of March, it will be contributed the the Victorian Bushfire Appeal in Australia click here for details I have sent an email to redbubble support to let them know and they take it from there. I’m very excited as this is my first sale of a laminated print.

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  Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation (white)
  by Darren Stein

  Atheism is a non-prophet organisation

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  Finally finished my Taxes
  by boldartist

  A purple abstract,done with corel painter and windows painter ,sized in Adobe and edited.Artwork to express the suffering of doing taxes in the United States.

• A disappointing response
  by Phoenix-Appeal

  One wonders (at least I do) about the trust issues or the bureaucracy or the plain ‘busy-ness’ of people that they are not able to accept…

  One wonders (at least I do) about the trust issues or the bureaucracy or the plain ‘busy-ness’ of people that they are not able to accept money to help an area that needs it. / / Or perhaps they don’t need it? / / Two weeks ago I contacted the Rebuilding Commission set up to mop up and rebuild after the Black Saturday bushfires. At least I got a response (as I’ve previously mentioned) but still awaiting their advice on whether or not they want Phoenix-Appeal’s profits. I decided not to wait for them to get back to me and I sent out a message to Landcare. I followed up with a phone call to a gent at the Port Phillip & Westernport Catchment Authority who I think has some involvement in Landcare. I was referred to another gent. I left a message on his voicemail. No response. I sent an email … he has at least opened my email because it was receipted … still no response. And yesterday I left yet another message on his voicemail. Guess what? Still no response. Yes, I’m having a whinge. I just don’t understand why the last chap didn’t send a quick emailed response to say the matter is under consideration or something. But nothing! Pretty rude. / / My next step is to see if I can contact a local Landcare Group instead of going through the red tape. Blast it … we are still making a couple of sales every week and currently have about $90 sitting in the account. It’s not a lot of money and maybe it is just so low down on the grand scale of things that we’re at the bottom of the list. / / But hell, I’d rather it was out there doing some good instead of languishing in our account. And it would be nice to be able to tell people exactly where the money will be going and see some results from it. / / So thank you everyone for your patience on this issue. I will continue to pursue it and I’ve asked Redbubble accounts to hang on to our money until I sort this situation out. Hopefully, something positive soon. Anne.

• Sales
  by TextureoftheSin

  Thank you to the mystery buyer of Over It and “Wash Away My Fear…

  Thank you to the mystery buyer of Over It and Wash Away My Fears My profits from these sales will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation

• My Experience of Stock Photography ....
  by Ryan Carter

  Well, its been a while since I wrote an update on my Stock Photography adventures. I started uploading to Microstock sites in December…

  Well, its been a while since I wrote an update on my Stock Photography adventures. I started uploading to Microstock sites in December 2008, so its been about 8 months now, and overall it has been a quite positive experience. Sure, people say selling photos for such small prices is not worth it and only devalues yourself and the industry, however, I have found it to be quite profitable so far, especially as I am a student and can upload photos I take for school assignments and then sell them over and over again. I am signed up to 7 different sites: / Shutterstock / 123 Royalty Free / Can Stock Photo / Dreamstime / IStockPhoto / Fotolia / Big Stock Photo I choose to not go exclusive on any site, which then gave me the opportunity to upload the same photos to each site, which further expands the possible market size for my photos. Each site has different pay structures and commission amounts, check out the individual sites for the exact amounts, but so far the most profitable sites for me are: Shutterstock, IStockPhoto, Dreamstime and Fotolia. Each month on average I earn upwards of US$150 total across all sites, and all this with photos that I am taking for school assignments, or things that would just be sitting on my hard drive not doing anything, Well, thats about it for my latest update, I am still uploading a few photos a month and it seems to be growing, as all sites have seemed to earn more $$ the longer I have been there, new uploads or not. Its not enough to retire yet, but it is paying for some nice new equipment! If your interested in trying Stock Photography, I would encourage you to give it a go! Thanks for having a read ….... These are some of my best selling images: / /

• America's Healthcare Dilemma - Profit Versus Patients
  by H M Bascom

  Consider the following scenarios and then decide what you would do: First Scenario Two people are trapped in vehicles that have c…

  Consider the following scenarios and then decide what you would do: First Scenario Two people are trapped in vehicles that have collided. They are in imminent danger of being burned alive as the vehicles catch fire. In one vehicle, a wealthy business person calls to you for help. In the other vehicle, a small child whose mother is receiving welfare payments. The wealthy business person calls to you for help and offers you $1 million to pull him from the car. The child’s mother has nothing to offer you, but begs for your help. You have the resources to save only one of them. Who would you save? Second Scenario Two people are hanging from a cliff and are about to fall to their deaths. You have one small inflatable that you can move under one of them to break their fall. You have to choose one or the other as both are about to loose their grip and fall simultaneously. One person is wealthy and offers you money to save her. The other is poor and has nothing to offer, but begs you to save his life. Who would you save? “These scenarios would never happen in real life,” you say. Really? It happens every day – in America. While the above examples may seem extreme, the serve to illustrate the current state of health care in the United States. Every day, those with money and/or insurance receive medical treatment, while those without coverage or the money to pay up front are often denied. Even those people with health insurance coverage are frequently denied coverage. The Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act – EMTALA was enacted to prohibit hospitals from transferring (i.e. “dumping”) patients without health care coverage who seek emergency services on charity hospitals. Hospitals administrators have tried to develop ways to get around the EMTALA requirements, such as ambulance diversion. Once an emergency department patient is “stabilized” he or she can be transferred to another hospital or discharged. EMTALA does does not require any particular level of care, just that one receives care to the point of being stabilized. Studies have shown that people who are uninsured often receive substandard care. The uninsured represent only half the problem with medical care in the United States. The other half are the insured and under insured. Insurance companies, being profit driven capitalists, routinely mandate cheaper treatment or deny coverage for treatment altogether. According to Dr. Jay Zdunek, in an op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette ”. . .the broader story of how patient care is being compromised in the name of profit needs to be told. Patients’ long-term health often is compromised for short-term gains.” How much is your life worth to the for profit medical industry in America? According to LabCorps one man’s life is worth $7. LabCorps denied medically necessary blood tests following a patient’s heart attack because he owed a bill of $7. The man was insured, yet LabCorps refused to perform medically necessary tests. Physicians for a National Health Program have proposed a Single Payer National Health Insurance that could work well for everyone in America. Every man, woman and child in America would be covered with no co-payments and no deductibles. Hospitals would receive one check each month as a global payment for all services rendered during that month. Long term and home care would also be covered. The National Health Program proposal will work for everyone. We have reached a point in time when we can no longer afford to push this to the back burner. We must stand up to the insurance industry and demand single payer national health insurance. “Over 39 million Americans have no health insurance whatsoever, including 33% of Hispanics, 21% of African-Americans and Asians, and 11% of non-Hispanic Whites. Many more – perhaps most of us – are underinsured. The world’s richest health care system is unable to assure such basics as prenatal care and immunizations, and we trail most of the developed world on such indicators as infant mortality and life expectancy. Even the well-insured may find care compromised when HMOs deny them expensive medications and therapies. For patients, fear of financial ruin often amplifies the misfortune of illness.” Proposal of the Physicians’ Working Group Returning for a moment to our two scenarios – imagine now that you are employed by a health insurance company. Your job is to save the company money by selecting who receives coverage and what treatment will be covered. Most importantly, your company makes lots of money by collecting premiums from subscribers while NOT paying for medical procedures. In the first scenario the wealthy person trapped in the car has numerous chronic health conditions caused by a lifetime of drinking, smoking, and over eating. The child is healthy with no significant medical history. Who should you save based on your obligation to your company to increase profits by paying less in covered benefits? Reverse the situation, where the wealthy person is otherwise healthy, but the child has a congenital birth defect that may require a liver transplant in the near future. Who do you save now? Imagine that in the second scenario, the inflatable is a device that your employer, the insurance company, considers experimental. There is data to suggest that this inflatable, as well as a new two-person inflatable (wide enough to catch both cliff hangers) will significantly increase the chances of survival, but because neither device has been in use for very long and are not yet generally accepted by the medical community your employer has instructed you to deny coverage for their use. Both cliff hangers are insured with your company, so their relative personal wealth is of no consequence to you. So you deny them both, right? Under the proposed National Healthcare Act HR 676 health care benefits cover all medically necessary services, including: (1) Primary care and prevention. / (2) Inpatient care. / (3) Outpatient care. / (4) Emergency care. / (5) Prescription drugs. / (6) Durable medical equipment. / (7) Long-term care. / (8) Palliative care. / (9) Mental health services. / (10) The full scope of dental services (other than cosmetic dentistry). / (11) Substance abuse treatment services. / (12) Chiropractic services. / (13) Basic vision care and vision correction (other than laser vision correction for cosmetic purposes). / (14) Hearing services, including coverage of hearing aids. / (15) Podiatric care. In addition to covering all medically-necessary services, you will still have your choice of physicians, providers, hospitals, clinics, and practices. You will never be denied services based on your inability to pay. You will not be denied services based on an insurance company’s insatiable need to maximize profits while minimizing expenditures. The American Medical Association supports HR 3200 which is the plan that is being battled out on the Hill now. “We are committed to passing health reform this year consistent with principles of pluralism, freedom of choice, freedom of practice, and universal access for patients.” They are committed to passing health care reform, but not committed enough to support single payer legislation. Perhaps the AMA is hedging their bet. Some type of healthcare reform will pass before the end of 2009. Most likely it will not be a single payer program, so the AMA is putting its money on the public health option. The Democrat sponsored HR 3200 puts the government in competition with the insurance industry to help drive down costs. While this seems like a good idea, the legislation does not go far enough. This legislation leaves the current insurance industry in tact, while expanding government coverage to anyone who is uninsured or under insured. In theory competition should drive down costs, I have my doubts about the potential for the a measurable decrease in the cost of insurance premiums. I also doubt that we will experience an expansion of coverage by private insurance companies. Private insurance companies do not currently compete with the government for those covered by Medicare or Medicaid. They don’t want the elderly or disabled with all their potential health issues. Those who qualify for Medicaid based on poverty can’t afford private insurance premiums anyway. All that this legislation seems to do is expand the current government health plans to encompass those who can not afford insurance but do not qualify for Medicaid, and to give employers and individuals the option for government health care. As the healthcare debate rages on, people continue to suffer and die. President Obama’s public health option is not the solution. According to Drs. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein single payer national health care could save an estimated $400 billion annually. Insurance companies will not support any reform that threatens their profit. “A public plan option might cut into private insurers’ profits. That’s why they hate it. But their profits — roughly $10 billion annually — are dwarfed by the money they waste in search of profit. They spend vast sums for marketing (to attract the healthy); demarketing (to avoid the sick); billing their ever-shifting roster of enrollees; fighting with providers over bills; and lobbying politicians. And doctors and hospitals spend billions more meeting insurers’ demands for documentation.” Drs. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein It is time to pass comprehensive legislation that transforms our current for profit system of medical care to an inclusive not for profit system. We need a system where everyone, regardless of ability, disability, income, or disease receives medical care. That will never happen as long as there are insurance companies whose sole purpose is to make and keep as much money as possible. Keep single payer in the debate. Sign the PETITION Six Democrats on the Committee are leaning toward voting yes, and a call from you could nudge them firmly into the “yes” column: Diana DeGette CO01 202-225-4431 / Jane Harman CA36 202-225-8220 / Christopher Murphy CT05 202-225-4476 / Frank Pallone NJ06 202-225-4671 / Bobby Rush IL01 202-225-4372 / Peter Welch VT00 202-225-4115 Fifteen Democrats won’t commit either way, or they say that there aren’t enough votes for the amendment to pass. But if they vote yes, it will pass. Do what you can to convince them: Rick Boucher VA09 202-225-3861 / Bruce Braley IA01 202-225-2911 / G.K. Butterfield NC01 202-225-3101 / Lois Capps CA23 202-225-3601 / Kathy Castor FL11 202-225-3376 / John Dingell MI15 202-225-4071 / Charles Gonzalez TX20 202-225-3236 / Gene Green TX29 202-225-1688 / Jay Inslee WA01 202-225-6311 / Doris Matsui CA05 202-225-7163 / Jerry McNerney CA11 202-225-1947 / John Sarbanes MD03 202-225-4016 / Bart Stupak MI01 202-225-4735 / Betty Sutton OH13 202-225-3401 / Henry Waxman (Chair) CA30 202-225-3976 Also published on: Active Art Flickering Light of Freedom Democracy NOW President Obama’s Former Physician on Single Payer Notes & Resources The Healthcare Fight Begins Broken Bonds Healthcare Horror Why Obama’s Public Option Is Defective Healthcare for All Medical Treatment Insurers Won’t Touch National Cancer Institute Approval Process Postal Worker Denied Treatment Single Payer Reform Would Stimulate Economy HR 676 Explained Full Text of HR 676 PDF Document Track Status of HR 676

• OMGosh!!!!! Please look at this!!!!
  by robpixaday

  Double Earnings!!!

  Double Earnings!!!

• What????? No SALES??????
  by robpixaday

  Just woke up, logged on: No sales? Not even one? / *I tweeted. I emailed. I…

  Just woke up, logged on: No sales? Not even one? / I tweeted. I emailed. I made phone calls. I blogged. Well, here’s my final idea: I’m going to take the calendar I bought for advertising and go door-to-door in my neighborhood. Wish me luck!!! And I hope everyone sells like crazy!!!!!

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  Bubble of illusion
  by Lawrence Alfred Powell

  For other works see the new art/literature ezine, Le Nouveau Monde Vert, at lnmveditors.50webs.com (LNMV is now accepting art/poetry submissions for the 2009 issue. Email to: lnmveditors@yahoo.co.uk)

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  8001
  by PNut

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  9012
  by PNut

• Krinkle Twist
  by ArcadiaTempest

  Find one blessing as small it may be / and wrap it and put in under life’s tree

  Christmas is so commercial nowadays / we all know this.. ...if only we could plant a seed of true loving yule time spirit that may last a little longer than just one day…. sigh. x