Source: www.blender.org

"More bugfixes are going to make it in 2.45... so here's another candidate for testing.

Blender 2.45 is going to be a bugfix release, to stabilize the 2.4x series.
No new feature have been added, but serious effort has been put in tracking bugs and fixing them. Some performance issues have also been addressed.

Here you can get the 2.45 release candidate #2:"

download.blender.org/release/Blender2.45rc/

Happened changes in some dates. Please see the new dates in our forum 

Link:

http://www.blendermasters.com/cms/index.php?

option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=85&func=view&id=48&catid=18#48 

The face animation book Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right written by Jason Osipa, it´s avaible for free to download at rapidshare. 

The book is in English and totally full in the PDF format. Worth it since its price is more than $100,00.

Download it here: http://rapidshare.com/files/44832059/Stop.Staring.rar

Criar uma vinheta animada para o evento Blender Pro 2007.

Os participantes terão liberdade para criar a animação da forma e no estilo que preferirem.

Os trabalhos serão avaliados observando-se os valores técnicos e artísticos empregados no projeto. A única restrição é que o trabalho deve se adequar ao tema, ou seja, o evento Blender Pro 2007.