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Generation Sheffield - How I Got Started/Came Up With My Idea
Andy Hanselman, Andy Hanselman Consulting
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 from 17:30 to 20:00 (GMT)
Event Details
Generation Sheffield - How I Got Started/Came Up With My Idea
Tuesday 21st March 2017
5.30pm - 8.00pm
Sheffield Hallam University, Careers and Employability Centre, Hallam Square, Sheffield, S1 2LX
Always thought you'd got a business in you? Not sure what kind of business? Searching for the right idea? How do you find the right idea? Where do the ideas even come from?
At our last event we had several first year students who were 'interested' in the concept of self employment butwere still searching for the Big Idea. That gave us an idea!
Let's find out how others do it... how did they get started? Where did their ideas come from? And did they stick with that first idea?
Claire Burn & Emily Sargeantson - Relish Learning - Claire and Emily are now moving fast in their e-learning business - their route into business came after working in the industry previously. It's a great route - an opportunity to learn the ropes, get to know the market, and understand how a business operates in a sector. A 'business apprenticeship' even! Find out from them how they made the transition from 'working in' a business to setting one up... and of course getting their idea!
Faye Savory- Faye from Bear Hugs Gifts had a more traumatic way of discovering her business idea. Whilst taken ill, her friend sent her a present that literally transformed her life... Faye vowed that when she got better she would enable others to benefit from similar presents and that's how Bear Hugs Gifts started. And Faye has proved that there really is a market for 'hugs in a box'.
Our final panel member, Steve Rimmer, has had many many ideas... and to date it has led to three businesses: CADS, Party For The People, and Tickets For Good. Steve is a serial social entrepreneur - although multiple businesses, they all have a similar theme... doing good! Wo how did Steve get started? Where was his inspiration that caused his lightbulb moment?
We can guarantee that our panel will get your creative juices flowing... and if that's not enough we will be including some idea generation activities during the evening.
We can assure you that you will leave Inspired, Motivated, and Raring to get going on your business idea!
This is what the event looks like....
5:30 pm Arrival, drinks networking, and nibbles
6:00 pm Welcome from the Sheffield Hallam University team
6:15pm Panel Introductions and insights into 'How I Got Started' from Clare, Emily and Faye
6.45 pm Over to you for your own ideas stimulated by our first two panelists
7.05 pm Insights into 'How I Kept My Idea Going And Made It Grow And Grow' from Steve
7.50pm How The Enterprise team Can Help With Your Idea
8:00 pm Close and networking
As ever we need to know quickly if you can join us.
If you have any questions about the event, please contact us on 0114 243 4666
If you haven't already heard of or haven't been to a Generation Sheffield Event, click here to watch our video and hear what some of the young entrepreneurs have to say about the events!
Please note that places are limited on a first come, first served basis.
Event Partners:
Sheffield Hallam University through it's Careers and Employability Centre offers specialist business knowledge, mentoring support, workspace and much more to graduates looking at entrepreneurship as a career option. This initiative is an integral part of that service.
Andy Hanselman Consulting help businesses and their people create competitive advantage by 'Thinking in 3D'! That means being Dramatically and Demonstrably Different. Jill is one of the business advisors at Sheffield Hallam University and has created these events having spotted a need among the young entrepreneurs attending 1:1 sessions.
When & Where
Careers and Employability Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
Hallam Square
S1 2LX Sheffield
United Kingdom
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 from 17:30 to 20:00 (GMT)
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SMYRNA, Tenn. (WTVF) – A Smyrna woman has accepted a plea deal in connection with the 2012 heat-related deaths of her two young children.
Samantha Harper pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony counts of attempted aggravated child neglect and will serve eight years for each count, to be served concurrently. As part of the deal, she is only required to serve 30 percent of her sentence in prison, meaning she would be eligible for parole in a little more than two years with time served.
If she violates strict conditions after her release, including monthly drug testing and zero contact with children, she must serve her entire sentence consecutively.
In court Harper stated she fell asleep, and after waking up found her two children, 3-year-old Daniel Marise and 2-year-old Savannah Marise, face down on the floor board of the car. The car was in the driveway of the home on Old Nashville Highway on August 2, 2012. She believed the children found their way out of the house and into the car, which was apparently not driveable.
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|Fed panel gives green light to nukes
A federal panel has given a green light to new nuclear reactors at Darlington, bringing the project a step closer to reality.
The Joint Review Panel for the Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project today announced that it had submitted its report to the federal Minister of the Environment. The report follows a review of the environmental impact statement prepared by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), a public hearing held over seventeen days in March and April 2011, and an in-camera session to address security matters held in May 2011.
During the review the Joint Review Panel received submissions and heard presentations from OPG, Aboriginal groups, federal and provincial governments, local governments, environmental groups, individuals and organizations interested in the potential effects of the Project.
The Panel concluded that the Project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects, provided the mitigation measures proposed and commitments made by OPG during the review and the recommendations in the Joint Review Panel Environmental Assessment Report are implemented.
In this report, the Panel highlights actions that are required to address the effects of the Project on aquatic and terrestrial biota and habitat, health, waste management, emergency preparedness and the consequences of a severe accident, nuclear liability insurance, and land use.
Subject to the Government of Canada response to the report, the Joint Review Panel may then proceed to make a decision on OPG's Application for a Licence to Prepare Site.
A summary of the Joint Review Panel Environmental Assessment Report is available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca and on the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Web site at www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca . The Panel report will be posted on these Web sites once it has been translated into French.
The project is a proposal by OPG for the site preparation, construction, operation, decommissioning and abandonment of up to four new nuclear reactors at its existing Darlington Nuclear site located along the north shore of Lake Ontario, in the Municipality of Clarington. The project is expected to generate up to 4800 megawatts of electricity for delivery to the Ontario grid.
The Joint Review Panel for the Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project is an independent body, mandated by the Minister of the Environment and the President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to assess the environmental effects of the proposed project and consider the Application for a Licence to Prepare Site.
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How To: Makeover Your Whole Home & Recycle
Title: My DIY total home makeover
Name: Jasmine
Time: 1 1/2 Weeks
Cost: about $2200
This is one hell of a "small project." Follow Jasmine as she tells you how a lot of elbow grease and a lot of creative re-use allowed her to transform her home in quick time! Click above for the pics and head below for all the instructions...
Sanding machine, spray paint, paint, natural wood, recycled wood, and a lot of Craigslist and thrift stores.
1. Created a window bench from a raw slab of wood. The sanding took a long time but I just finished it off with wood wax and it looks great. The hairpin legs are ordered from the internet, as there's only one guy in Ohio that makes them like this.
2. Designed my own sofa. The base is an old solid wood door from the recycle store. The pillows are all from a foam place, fabric from the fabric discounter and the brackets are from the same guy as the hairpin legs. I cant sew so I brought the pillows to an upholsterer.
3. Found a rusty old seventies foot stool. It was only $12 at the recycle center. I got the pink fabric from the fabric discounter ($7 a yard) and had the rusted chrome sanded off by a professional sandblaster. I left the steel unfinished for an extra modern look.
4. Both the chrome coffee tables and the mid-modern chair are craigslist finds. The pink side table was original just wood, but I decided to spray paint it in a high gloss pink.
5. Created a slatted wood room divider to close off the living room from the open hallway. I thought it would be cozier that way, but I still wanted to keep that open feel. I called the lumber place and ordered 240 pieces of 12" x 1" x 1" and two pieces of 80" x 1.5" x 1.5" that are the side supports. I went over to my friend's wood shop where I drilled holes with a drill press and was able to 'tread' the slats on a threaded rod. This way it is movable, so it works like a harmonica.
6. Added a bamboo forest photo wall in the dining room. I hung a wall shelf (this was a scrap piece of wood from the wood slab guy). All the art in the frames are just printed on my ink jet printer
7. In the kitchen, I took away an old ugly fan (that was too noisy to use) and I hung this fantastic chandelier. The chandelier was white to start with (another $75 craigslist find) and it took me two cans of spray paint to get it all even. I also painted my two wood bar stools to match the chandelier. To decorate the walls, I took a bunch of second hand miss match photo frames, spray painted them all one color, and clustered them all on one wall to create organized chaos.
8. The bathroom was filled with ugly cabinets from IKEA. I took these out and created so much space. I painted the sink cabinet white, and painted the walls the same color as the living room. I removed the old hardware that kept coming out of the wall and hung the funky hand hooks. I made my own pebble bath mat from some garden pebbles and a cheap doormat. I screwed cheap u-hooks into the wall to display my jewelry. I designed a graphic on the computer and cut it out of a piece of cardboard to create a stencil. I used 4 different colors to spray paint it on the wall in this floral design.
9. I made these cute little planter boxes by pouring concrete in a greased shape that had another shape inside of it. Changed all my pots in the house to an universal concrete, so it looks similar but they all have different shapes.
Hair pin legs & brackets for sofa: //www.ianmaclean.com
Hand hooks by Harry Ellen: //www.unicahome.com/p22116/areaware/hand-hooks-by-harry-allen.html
Lumber for room divider: //www.ashbylumber.com/
Most of the furniture and the recycled door: //urbanore.ypguides.net/
Sandblasting: //pacificmediablasting.com/
Originally published on 2009-02-11 as part of theFebruary Jumpstart 2009 - CB


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Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 01, 2014
Have you ever wondered what the very best colleges for piano performance are? How about for music composition, violin, or even jazz performance?
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this is the first segmented bowl i made, its made out of hemlock, when making this bowl i had no idea of how it was going to look but i think it came out very nicely. if you have any suggestion on this bowl please tell me that would be great. have a nice day.
-- make the sawdust fly through your shop
7 comments so far
#1 posted 08-07-2013 01:16 PM
That's really nice!
I can't quite imagine how to get the angles all right.
#2 posted 08-07-2013 01:18 PM
Job well done. Looks great. My advice to you is to keep it up. Your doing a excellent job.
-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.
#3 posted 08-07-2013 01:27 PM
That's a great job for your first one. It looks really good.
helluvawreck aka Charles
-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
#4 posted 08-07-2013 04:43 PM
Looks great! You're hooked now!
-- Dennis, WV
#5 posted 08-08-2013 02:55 PM
Looks fantastic! Very well done!
-- "Keep thy airspeed up, lest the earth come from below and smite thee." - William Kershner
#6 posted 08-09-2013 08:49 AM
Great job on the angles and tight joints. Looks like some tear-out on the 2nd ring but overall a super start.
-- A family man has photos in his wallet where his money used to be.
#7 posted 08-12-2013 01:24 PM
It looks good. Like the beautiful shape and finish. Looking forward to the next bowls. Great job!
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Proteus Exclusive Interview
Proteus is a hard dance legend being voted by clubbers around the world as "Best Hard Dance DJ" two years in a row (2004/5) at the Hard Dance Awards and making DJ Mag's exclusive Top 100 DJ list these years as well!
As such Proteus can boast headline sets around the globe for the likes of Dance Valley, Frantic, Hardhouse Academy, Global Gathering, Creamfields, Impulz, Defqon1, Streetparade Zurich, Transmission Sydney, Utopia, Pharmacy, Enchanted Forest, Time Tunnel, Lab-4's Laboratory Experiment, Ground Zero, Sonic, Energy, Slammin Vinyl, Goodgreef, Tidy Summer Camp & Weekender and Torture Garden. This lead to Proteus supporting bands like The Prodigy and Juno Reactor!
Proteus and his friends are running their own club night called Säde in Helsinki, Finland which has been voted The Best Club in Finland at the Finnish Club Awards. Proteus is also organizing industrial/fetish events called Graveyard Party and Torture Torstai in Helsinki.
Besides of dance scene Proteus works very closely with Finnish industrial and metal scene. Proteus has done several remixes for Finnish bands and one the major ones has been remix for mighty Apocalyptica. Apocalyptica has sold millions of records worldwide and has done close work with legendary Metallica.
Proteus is also famous for his Proteus Live Show which is breaking boundaries between dance music and industrial metal concert. Proteus plays electric guitar, keyboards and percussions with his full band and they have done several big shows in Finland for 3000 people and for the full Brixton Academy in London!
We caught up with Proteus in one of his few spare moments…
1. What are you working on at the moment?
I'm working on my second artist album at the moment. The album will be out in late spring and it's based on "Proteus remixes" for different bands and artists from different music scenes… very busy time at studio every day.
2. Where do you see dance music going in 2010?
It would be great to see hard dance getting bigger again after all this electro and minimal trend and I believe it will happen. People get bored when they hear same sounds all the time, it's time to get some raw energy to the market!:)
3. What makes a good DJ?
Definitely good choice of tunes and good basic technical mixing skills are the receipt to be a good DJ. It's really important that you are open minded with different music styles when you build your DJ sets. Also it's very important if you can create your personal style because there are million DJs there and that's not easy to do.
4. What's your favourite bit of kit, and how does it sit in your overall set-up?
In my studio I love my Macbook Pro, It's unbelievable reliable comparing to PC laptops. It's the center of all in my studio and it's surrounded by my mixers, synths and guitars. I use Logic and Ableton as my main software.
5. Tune of 2009/Most influential artist of 2009?
My favorite tune has been "Ultraform – I Feel". Ultraform is very talented Swedish producer and his I Feel tune is all about what I love in hard dance track; heavy, dark, energetic and industrial influenced. Most influential artist has been Lab-4, both Adam and Les. It's amazing how these guys rock the dance floors always as "number one" even they have been so long in the scene!
6. What can we expect from you in the future?
More tunes, endless touring and more own events in Helsinki! We will never stop!
7. How did you get into DJing?
Basically it all started with collecting records in the late 80- and early 90-. I went to my first rave parties here in Finland in 1992/1993 and saw DJs playing and crowd going crazy. I was thinking "wow!" and then I bought my first mixer and decks. All my friends saved money and bought cars and stuff but I put all my money to music. I had my first proper Proteus gig in 1995 and here we are now.
8. Favourite gig you have ever played?
Very difficult question because there have been so many great gigs. Definitely big festival gigs like Dance Valley, Global Gathering and Defqon1 have been amazing experiences but same time smaller club and underground warehouse gigs have been amazing too. Also when you play at your own events it's great when everything goes well after long hard work.
9. Event of 2009?
I would say Defqon1 festival in Sydney Australia was my favorite event of 2009. Absolutely amazing!
10. Twitter or Facebook?
Facebook, because it allows you to do so much more than Twitter. I have never been big fan of being in internet all the time. I prefer to use my phone if I need to reach somebody.
11. What is your most prized posession?
My engagement ring… love never dies ha ha!! Also my record collection is priceless: I have about 15 000 vinyls and thousands of cd albums. Different kind of music from goth rock to terrorcore techno!
12. What tunes are on your playlist at the moment?
My top3 are: DJ Guld – Hannya Proteus Remix, Miss Djax & Human Resource – Independence Day, Tommy Pulse – Messiah.
13. Cats or Dogs?
Dogs, I have one year old Portuguese Water Dog. It's my best friend and baby. It's unbelievable great when you come home and someone is always on good happy mood! People should learn lot from dogs ha ha!!
14. What is the weirdest experience you've ever had behind the decks?
I used to play lot at different kinky clubs in the past and it's unforgettable badly weird when somebody is jerking in front of you at the crowd when you are djing… not very nice ha ha ha!!!
15. What do you do in your time off?
I try to be as much as possible with my girlfriend and my puppy dog. It's most important that things are well in your home, in the end that is really what matters in everyone's life. Not always your career.
16. Have you ever received strange gifts from fans?
Yes many ha ha!! It's great! I have one shelf at my studio where I put all the gifts from my fans. The weirdest gift probably was "rubber fake sheep sex toy" which I received from Finnish girl fan many years ago. I had to throw it away because I didn't want that my girlfriend sees it and gets any wrong ideas of me ha ha ha!!!
17. What would be your ultimate holiday?
Just at least two weeks somewhere warm relaxing place with my girlfriend… and without any phones or computers.
18. What would you say is your best trait?
Many people say that I'm very kind and trustable person, I hope it's true ha ha! Also I'm hard worker and I believe that if you try enough you will reach your goals.
19. What was your first experience of Nukleuz?
My first experience of Nukleuz was old Nukleuz vinyl release "Astra – I Need It". It includes really good BK & dBm Mix! I used to play it lot in 1999! Great tune! Also I loved Hard Beat EP series.
20. Has it ever all gone completely wrong?
Yeah many times but we will survive! Ha ha ha!! Good humor helps when you face shit!
Check out the Proteus DJ Mix on Frantic 11 (2 CD Compilation)
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I Can'T Help It.Nothing but Danger when it comes to stupid but I laugh and and I wanna Twinkie!!!!
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You know someone's lost their mindand validity when they find a way to compare you to Hitler because you disagree on something.
CherrybombBetty 31-35, F 2 Responses 7 Sep 5, 2015
Whenever you do something stupid,just remember that emperor Caligula waged a war on Poseidon. He had his army march to the beach and told them to start stabbing the water. lol!
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Zombie MoviesI laugh at zombie movies when they are running from zombies down the street and they go into a building. trapped humans= fast food for zombies lol "welcome to humandonald's how may I take your order? "braaaiinns!" "would you like extra blood on that?"...
cassandrathethinkerbleedsteal 18-21, F 2 Responses 1 Oct 19, 2008
I was laughing, but apparently no one else gotwhat I was talking about ._. Maybe it's because they're from different countries, though..? I can't be the only one who's this much of a nerd.
lots of people think I'm on drugs everyday.people think I act like a child. just wait for the critics to when stupid things happens to them. I laugh. I think it's funny when a car smash into a another car. fights. arguments. when people yelling at me. I can't help to laugh. heck I can almost laugh at everything
ZardaF5 26-30, M 1 Response 2 Nov 26, 2015
so losers on here have adopted a new phrase "and you winder why ep is closing" one it's probably because of you flagging people for no apparent reason and complaining over nothing in comment sections. secondly shut up and do your research. thus isn't about public safety, it's about a lack of funds. why do you think...
diabetits 18-21, F 1 Response 1 May 26, 2015
Dilbert Says It AllI need go no further...right...
satinlion 31-35, F 2 Responses 0 Dec 18, 2007
Some of My Stupidity.I love stupid humor too I have this gag that's pretty stupid. What I do is - sometimes before I go into a mall I will untie one of my boot laces. Then I will walk around with my bootlace flopping around until someone says - "hey your lace is untied you had better...
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Boundary.When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. It's for others it's difficult .... When you are stupid, it's the same !
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Girl 1: "Haaay girl! I was at the gym todayand other girls were getting attention, but I wasn't. I'm so sad gonna eat a tub of ice cream when I get home because I'm fat and ugly and I don't care anymore." Girl 2: "Naaaw girl! You're beautiful and sexy, those loser guys won't approach you or do anything because they're...
Yes. One thing that makes me laugh at thestupid people on this site, is the people that think I HAVE to talk to them. NEWSFLASH: I don't have to talk to anyone that I don't want to. I don't owe anyone on here anything. So go ahead and block me for not talking to you, it just gives me something to laugh about. Go on...
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I think my government has be possessed by thedemon of stupidity. They will make/ pass a law to protect the homosexuals from discrimination yet allows a church to break that very law by not allowing them to get married. By refusing to allow them this right they are supressing their religious freedom. I have t a few...
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You Can Choose To Speak Your Mind, Get Mad, Be Nuteral, Or LaughI think we ALL have a case of the stupids from time to time. But people who are stupid period... to me it's a waiste of time trying to explain or speak some smarts to stupid person. Especially one h#llbent on being one. Second getting mad about it will only most liely effect you...
My LandladyThe lady who runs the apartment complex I live in is so frickin' stupid. She send out letters and stuff, and constantly misspells stuff and can't even make proper sentences. It's ridiculous. We got a letter today saying the complex is "at 100% occupancy with available units...
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I think it great when a person on this sitesays and they want to met good friends and their pic is of them in a thong bikini and a teddy. Then their first post is about men using her for sex!!! You can't make this **** up people!!! To funny
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Mar. 15, 2005. Over the past couple of years, the International Church of Christ has experienced major upheavals and changes. After founder Kip McKean - who is responsible for much of the biblically erroneous and abusive nature of the ICOC - stepped down and then returned to 'ministry.' McKean and his wife took over the Portland Church of Christ and soon again attempted to exert authority over the other ICOC churches.
In Feb. 2003, Henry Kriete - a leader in the London Church of Christ - released a paper titled, Honest to God . It was critical of many ICOC practices.
In response, three major factions formed:
1.) There is a reformist group that has taken heed to Henry Kriete and others, who are actively trying to make things better and change.
2) There is a moderate group that, while they recognize that reform is necessary, feel that the current rate of reform is sufficient and believe that the abuses will be taken care of, eventually. They do not feel that they need to go to the perceived 'extreme' measures of the reformist group, to be radical about reform.
3) There is a conservative or traditionalist group, that feel that Kriete's letter and other criticisms (even positive ones) are just being used by the enemies of the ICC in trying to tear it down, and that the ICC has become 'soft' and 'weak'. They want to return to the glory days of old, when things were more black-and-white and definitive (for instance, mandatory disciplers telling people what to do). This group is divided however; some want a return of a high power, Kip, but others do not want Kip to return. Read UpCyberDown and you'll see many of these comments.
Source: Three Major Factions, Chris Lee, at Reveal.org
It was one of the fastest-growing and most controversial churches in America, banned as a cult from dozens of college campuses while boasting 135,000 members worldwide. Its followers were known for spending their free time recruiting new members and waiting on doorsteps at 4 in the morning, hoping to persuade those who had ''fallen away'' to come back to the fold. But now the central organization of the International Churches of Christ, a strict religious body founded in Boston, is collapsing.
Thomas ''Kip'' McKean, its charismatic founder, has stepped down. Its world governing body has dissolved and dozens of local church leaders have resigned or been fired, in part because churches can no longer afford to pay their salaries.
Behind the story of a teetering church empire is the tale of the autocratic visionary who built it and his independent-minded daughter, now a Harvard senior, whose decision to leave the church sparked turmoil in the already troubled group. ''It caused her father to have to step aside and it caused the group to reexamine itself,'' said Michelle Campbell, executive director of REVEAL, a nonprofit organization that provides information and support to former members of the church. ''It was sort of inevitable that Kip would fall. The standards he set, no one could meet. Not his children, not even himself. The very thing that he created came back and bit him.''
Source: A Christian community falters, "Loss of leader, governing body hurts group formed in Boston," The Boston Globe, May 17, 2003.
Though at first glance much of the International Churches of Christ's theology appears to be orthodox, many of its doctrines and practices are, in fact, controversial and cultic.
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These and other issues have led theologians, cult experts, as well as secular anticult and Christian counter-cult organizations to warn against involvement in the ICC.
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HURONCOUNTY — Mark your calendar.
The 2009 Huron Community Fair will be Sunday, July 26 through Saturday, Aug. 1.
4-H, FFA, Junior Livestock Association, Horse and Pony Association, Small Livestock Association and many other Huron County groups and individuals will once again be instrumental in helping to bring the Huron Community Fair to life.
This year's fair will offer the great opportunities that it has in years past for community and family fun, as well as viewing youth projects and events.
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"Volunteers make the fair happen," said Huron County 4-H educator Pat Pettit.
Fair Board President Orin Englehardt added: "We have parents, kids, grandparents, 4-H-ers, FFA folks and many other people who really care that the tradition of the fair continues for everyone to enjoy."
This year, several new contests in the areas of communication arts (public speaking, demonstration, etc.) and beef breeding stock (heifer, cow, and cow/calf) will be added.
"These new fair classes came about primarily through the efforts of our 4-H teen leaders. 4-H is all about learning by doing — whether it's out front by showing your projects, behind the scenes helping plan, organize and execute programs, or doing community service" said Pettit.
Englehardt added that the 4-H programs that people love to come out for on Monday night of fair week will be back again this year.
They include the 4-H Talent Show and the 4-H King and Queen Contest.
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Their projects will range from crafts to crops, and woodworking to wheat bread. Additionally, for the first time, 4-H will host events in the building that will be of great interest to many fair goers.
"Stay tuned for details on what's planned," Pettit said. "There will be a lot of activity in that building surrounding these new events. We are looking for it to be another great reason to come to the fair, as well as to come into the 4-H & FFA building."
The livestock exhibits you'll see in the Small Livestock Association area next to the 4-H & FFA building will include rabbits/cavies (guinea pigs), avian of various kinds (chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc.), and goats.
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When planning your fair visit, please include time for a stop to watch some of the youth showing their animals.
This is a great opportunity for those in the stands to see and better understand animals, and the interesting and challenging process of showing them. It also provides lots of encouragement and reward to the kids in the ring who work very hard to have their animals ready to show.
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This year, the public is also warmly invited to stop by the 4-H booth in the Merchant Building to find out more about all the great opportunities that 4-H offers to adults and kids.
For information on how a young person can join 4-H and participate in this year's fair and/or other 4-H activities, please contact the MSU Extension Office at (989) 269-9949.


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- Adverts for what are claimed to be genuine Olympic torches have appeared on eBay
- One "soot-marked torch" sold for £153,000 ($241,000)
- Anyone considering a bid is urged to check whether the seller has run on the relay
- The flame will be carried 8,000 miles across the UK by 8,000 runners
It's not just the athletes going for gold in the 2012 London Olympics -- it appears that some of the torch bearers may be trying to cash in on the role of carrying the flame.
In the few days since the Olympic flame arrived in Britain several adverts for what are claimed to be genuine Olympic torches have appeared on the online auction site eBay, some with eye-watering price tags.
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After a frenzy of up to 163 bids, the "soot-marked torch" sold for £153,000 ($241,000).
London Olympics organizers say they cannot be used again as the burner system is disabled after each runner finishes a section.
Some sellers say they will donate a percentage of the sale price to charity, with one offering to give 10% to Save the Children.
Each of the torches used in the 70-day relay up to the opening ceremony on 27 July has been offered in advance to the runner at a discounted price of just under £199 ($314)... or £215 ($339) if they bought it on the day. Organizers say the money helps to cover the production costs of £594 ($937) for each of the perforated, aluminum alloy torches.
A spokeswoman for the 2012 games said: "The torches are the torch bearers' to do what they want with them -- we hope they find a good home."
London Olympic Games organizers are not responsible for the distinctive torches once the runners take ownership, but the spokeswoman urged potential online bidders to be cautious. She advised anyone considering making a bid to check the seller's identity and then visit the official London 2012 Olympics website which carries a full list of torch bearers.
Large crowds have been turning out each day to watch the procession of the Olympic flame through the UK and some have gained a glimpse of a celebrity -- English soccer star and Los Angeles Galaxy player, David Beckham, lit the first torch on its arrival in the UK. And American rapper and Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am took a turn carrying the flame on Monday.
Organizers say there will be a series of high-profile bearers throughout the relay but are staying tight-lipped about exactly who they are.
Apart from celebrities and athletes, most of the runners were chosen in recognition for a contribution to their community or personal achievement and followed a nomination process.
The journey began when the flame was lit from the sun's rays at the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece. The flame will feature at the opening ceremony when the final torch bearer lights the cauldron inside London's Olympic Stadium.
In the interim, it will be carried 8,000 miles across the UK by 8,000 runners and using a route that organizers say will be within 10 miles of 95% of the population.
Five days into the relay, crowds are still turning out in force across the south west of England.
"I think it's fantastic there's been so much enthusiasm running through each community," said the London Olympics spokeswoman. "I think it's a very British thing to do -- to get behind something in your community."


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Technology is the gift of the ages. Everything humans have worked for is finally here. What are we to do with instant communication and unlimited information? A superior, intelligent race couldn't have gifted us with something better. What will happen now that we have this jump in evolution? Do we control evolution or does it control us?
In either case, let us not be corralled into going this way or that. Move to your own rhythm, whether slow, steady, or fast. Let's use the past to pave something greater. Perhaps, something aligned with the creator of love and life.
This is just a message for the pages of evolution. The fact I can write anything and be heard by at least a few is just the beginning. Each person that continues the freedom of our minds deepens all of humankind until eventually we will see the connection once again, in a new way. It always gets chaotic when the family comes together, but each time we strive to build a new community good things come of age.
Flip-flopping letters and words form sentences that make sense of something that was never really there. Expressing the sesquipedalian burrows of my mind makes for an interesting passing of time, which you will find here. To be clear, this is just a play, a game, a making fun of life when life gets all too monotonous. Do not take this seriously, it is seriously semi-serious in nature. What can be found through the ceaseless typing of one's thoughts onto a page? Let's find out...
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Standing at the cliff of my life looking down, the drop is steep yet the other side beckons. The sky is blue, the air clean. Why do I pause at the edge? My heart wants to leap and it knows I won't fall, but fly, yet my head holds my feet glued to the ground. This war between head and heart needs to end, for in the midst of battle lies truth and happiness. Without a truce I cannot move forward and I'm forever locked in a void of conflicting hope and despair.
Like a scared child fallen from their bike, so am I scared to move forward for fear of making the 'wrong' choice. I begin to question how life got to this point in the first place. And now as I stand at the cliff of my life with opportunity staring back at me from the other side, why do I hesitate? What do I fear, happiness? Or maybe finding the truth of my heart and living the light of my soul's purpose.
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So is the gift in the truth we avoid. Happiness can only come from within, with outer experiences the manifest of our inner self. The changes we look for in life do not come from greener pastures, but rather, from the illusion of a giant leap from our ego mind to the truth of our heart and soul.
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Journalist Moises Gomez (right) speaks to the crowd at SMU before showing the documentary "Una Ruta Nada Santa," the Unholy Route.
More about SMU's "Migration Matters" series.
February 10, 2012
By Dianne Solis
Among the many take-aways tonight at a screening of the Mexican documentary "Una Ruta Nada Santa," the Unholy Route, was an anti-drug message. The SMU audience seemed wound tight after watching a simply told narrative on the lost lives of a 15-year-old Salvadoran girl and a 30-year-old Salvadoran man in a 2010 massacre at a ranch south of the Rio Grande.
"What is really important is that we don't take drugs," Mexican film-maker Moisés Gómez said. "If we take one gram more, ...this cancer continues."
The drug cartel believed responsible for the massacre at San Fernando is never named in this heart-felt film. But many will remember that the violence was linked to the Zetas.
The event was the second in the "Migration Matters" series at SMU. To bring it home even further, SMU's Assistant Police Chief Jim Walters told the crowd a member of the SMU community had lost her husband in the narcotics-related violence now sweeping up ordinary Mexicans.
More than 50,000 have been killed in the last five years, the film-makers said. And many thousands more have disappeared and are unaccounted for, said Héctor Hugo Jiménez, the film's director and newspaper journalist.
He told the crowd he hope they disliked the documentary.
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France has for the first time explicitly accused Iran of using its nuclear program for clandestine military nuclear activity. French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy accused Tehran Thursday of harboring a secret military nuclear program. The foreign minister's remarks are ratcheting up the tension between the West and Iran over its nuclear activities.
Made during an interview on French radio Thursday, the foreign minister's remarks amounted to the clearest claim by a high-ranking European official that Iran's nuclear activities had a military goal. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy said that no civilian nuclear program can explain Iran's nuclear activities. Therefore, he said, it must be a clandestine military nuclear program.
Iran has insisted that its nuclear activities are for peaceful, civilian purposes. And in an interview from Tehran with France-Inter radio Thursday, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani repeated that claim.
Larijani said he was surprised at Douste-Blazy's declarations. He said the French minister's conception of Iran's nuclear activities did not figure into either the language or the thinking of the Iranian government. He dismissed what he called untruthful propaganda that Iran wanted to develop a nuclear bomb.
The French minister's accusations are bound to deepen the standoff between Tehran on the one side, and the European Union and the United States on the other, over Iran's nuclear program. The EU and the U.S. spent months trying to persuade Tehran to agree to give up its nuclear activities. With diplomatic talks apparently going nowhere, members of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna voted earlier this month to take the matter to the U.N. Security Council.
On Tuesday, Iran announced it had resumed nuclear enrichment efforts. It said it would no longer comply with voluntary measures allowing international inspectors access to its nuclear facilities. It argues that as a signatory of the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty, it should be allowed to enrich uranium for nuclear energy reactors. The treaty allows countries to pursue peaceful nuclear development.


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What does hail mary mean?
Definitions for hail mary
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word hail mary.
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Ave Maria, Hail Mary(noun)
a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her
Hail Mary(Noun)
A prayer calling for the intercession of the Holy Mother, for Catholics an essential element of the rosary, and with use in certain other denominations.
Hail Mary(Noun)
A long forward pass with little chance of completion, typically used when time is running out and no other play is practical.
Hail Mary(Noun)
An act done in desperation, with only a very small chance of success.
Hail Mary
The Ave Maria is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Hail Mary is used within the Catholic Church, and it forms the basis of the Rosary. The prayer is also used by some Anglicans and by many other groups within the Western Catholic tradition of Christianity. A somewhat different form of the prayer is used in the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches and other groups of Eastern Christianity. Some Protestant denominations, such as Lutherans, also make use of a form of the prayer. Most of the text of the Hail Mary can be found within the Gospel of Luke.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hail mary in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hail mary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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I fell to my knees and started saying our father and hail Mary's. ... I'm gonna hug her. ... I'm gonna hug her. I hope she is OK.
They're going to continue to be a tertiary player in mobile unless something dramatically changes, nokia was that Hail Mary acquisition that was clearly a failure.
If the moderates separate themselves from Nusra, immediately the Russians and Assad go kill them, the idea that the moderate rebels will separate themselves from Nusra is just not going to happen. It (the administration plan) is a Hail Mary pass that is dead on arrival.
Keep the country's best interest in mind and have the courage to do what you can do, in our system of government, it's not about Hail Mary passes. It's the Woody Hayes school of football -- three yards and a cloud of dust. Three yards and a cloud of dust. It's a slow, methodical process.
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As we're all waiting around the Capitol for a budget to happen (or not), I received an e-mail that reminded me of another deadline that will pass at 12:01 a.m.
That marks the end of the first quarter of 2007 fundraising for '08 presidential hopefuls, who have been scrambling for cash over the past few weeks while simultaneously playing down expectations of how much they're likely to report.
The e-mail came from Patti Solis Doyle, campaign manager of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY. It arrived on the heels of an end-of-quarter fundraising appeal sent by the senator yesterday.
"I just got off the phone after giving Hillary an update on our online fundraising before tonight's FEC deadline," Solis Doyle "wrote."
"Â We're both blown away by the incredible response to the message she sent yesterday."
"Now there are just a few hours left. At midnight tonight, we have to close the books on the first quarter. When all the campaigns' fundraising reports come out, they will set the tone of the race for months to come. As Hillary's campaign manager, I'm telling you right now, every dollar we bring in before midnight will make a difference."
"Please help us make the last few hours before our midnight deadline a huge success by making a contribution today."
Clinton and her husband, the former president, have been raising money at a breakneck speed these past several days, with her arch-rival, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, nipping at their heels. According to a schedule released by her campaign, the senator is on tap to take a rare break tomorrow. She'll be in Chappaqua with no public events.
On Monday, Clinton is scheduled to make a "major announcement" in New Jersey, which has been widely reported to be an endorsement by Gov. Jon Corzine. She'll then head out for yet another campaign swing through Iowa.


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Nominations still open for David Black Award
There is still time to nominate somebody to receive the David Black Award – the highest honour the pig industry can bestow.
The award is given to somebody or an organisation whose contribution to the industry has been both valued and sustained.
Nominations will be judged by an independent panel chaired by AHDB Pork director Mick Sloyan.
He said: "The British pig industry has been going through a period of recovery, but there are challenges ahead. Not least of these are current pig prices, even though they have been partially offset by falls in feed prices.
"It takes exceptional people to rise to these challenges and help the industry face and overcome them. There are plenty of people like that in the British pig industry and the aim of the David Black Award is to recognise their contribution."
The award will be presented at an industry breakfast in November, held at the House of Lords.
Nominations close on Friday 28 August and can be made via the AHDB Pork website.
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The CML said just 23,400 loans were advanced for house purchase in January, less than half the amount approved during the same time a year earlier.
It is the lowest level since the CML began collecting the monthly data in January 2002.
However, while lending criteria remain tight amid fears about the economy, the CML said lower interest rates and income multiples have made payments easier for those able to obtain credit.
First-time buyers typically borrowed three times their income in January and the average loan was £97,000.
It said the typical first-time buyer spent 15.8 per cent of their income on mortgage interest payments, the lowest proportion since July 2004.
Michael Coogan, CML director general, said that while January and February are usually the quietest months in the mortgage market, the current withdrawal of many lenders from new lending had created "a huge gap" in the capacity to fund mortgages to match consumer demand.
He said: "People want to know why lenders are not lending. They are, but government schemes to restore the flow of funds are primarily focused on a few large banks and recent lending commitments by a few lenders cannot fill the gap overnight although we hope to see more funds flowing into mortgage activity later in the year.
"On top of the action to plug the funding gap and stabilise financial markets, we need to see a sustained revival of consumer demand. Mortgage affordability is good for those borrowers with deposits, but consumer confidence and lender appetite will remain muted in the face of rising unemployment and falling house prices."
Melanie Bien, of mortgage brokers broker Savills Private Finance, said: "Despite the recapitalisation of the banks and dramatic slashing of interest rates in recent months, the number of mortgages taken out continues to fall.
"These desperately low numbers show how important it is that the Treasury and Bank of England work together with lenders to encourage them to regain their appetite for lending. Without mortgage approvals increasing, the housing market is likely to remain in the doldrums."


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Budget Analyst
As a Budget Analyst, you will be responsible for preparing the Millwood Tri Lakes Project Office budget for the current fiscal year, the next fiscal year and the out-year. Responsibilities include monitoring funds using various computer status sheets and periodic reports and ensuring monies are spent as allocated or changes are justified and appropriately documented. You will be the principal advisor on matters involving the Project Office to meet management requirements for funds control. Typical duties of the position may include, but are not limited to:Reviewing historical data to determine funds necessary to cover such expenses as hired labor, supplies, equipment.Preparing and justifying the project's budgets.Closely monitoring all funds and expenses (hired labor, purchases, utilities, travel, training, PRIP items, etc.) to avoid over/under obligation.Providing management with recurring and non-recurring reports on the budget and advises management on use of funds.Making recommendations and provides justification to Operations Division concerning excess or shortfall of funds.Participating as a member of the management team in overall project office planning, conducting special studies concerning projects, programs, and proposals to determine regulatory compliance, costs, manpower requirements and allocations, workload impact, and time restrictions.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Experience required:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Specialized experience for the GS-07 is defined as: 1) verifying cost data for an organizational budget; OR 2) utilizing spreadsheets to enter and maintain numerical data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).Specialized experience for the GS-09 is defined as performing at least 2 out of the 3 following duties: 1) assisting in formulation/revision of an operating budget for an organization; OR 2) researching, compiling and summarizing data concerning line item information; OR 3) monitoring funds and expenses of an organization. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:Communication and Report Compilation (GS-07 only)Budget AnalysisBudget SupportBudget Management (GS-09 only)
Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-07: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-05 grade (or equivalent).Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-09: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-07 grade (or equivalent).
Education Substitution for Specialized Experience:Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you may qualify if your education meets the definitions below. (NOTE: Transcripts MUST be submitted at time of application to qualify using education substitution or combination of education and experience).To substitute your education for experience at the GS-07 level, you must have:1) One full year of graduate level education that provided the knowledge, skills and abilities to do the work of the job. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement.
2) Bachelor's degree and superior academic achievement. Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) must be displayed by one of the following:a. Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.b.Grade-point average (G.P.A.) -- Applicants must have a GPA of: a. 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or b. 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.c. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society listed by the Association of College Honor Societies. Membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision.
OR3) Combination of education and experience -- Less than one year of experience as described in the specialized experience statement for the GS-07 may be combined with less than one year of graduate level education. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.
To substitute your education for experience at the GS-09 level, you must have:1) Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or a LL.B or J.D., if related, that provided the knowledge, skills and abilities to do the work of the job.OR2) Combination of education and experience -- Less than one year of experience as described in the specialized experience statement for the GS-09 may be combined with more than one year but less than two years of graduate education as described above. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond one year by 36. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Two year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
The Department of Defense offers an excellent benefits program. In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits described in the USAJOBS Resource Center.
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LA Hotel Inspiration
With our grief over how to host people without a spare room, we realize that there's always the option of suggesting they stay in one of the lovely hotels we have. They may be out our price range, but they're always good for some bedroom inspiration:
Pictured uptop is the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, their penthouse bar is not to be missed!
The Kelly Wearstler Designed Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica
We love the blue and white of the rooms at the Standard in Hollwood. But how can we resist its sister hotel's matching curtains and pendant lamp downtown?
The new Custom Hotel is super close to LAX and still close enough to Venice and Santa Monica to be convenient. It's black facade and tongue-in-cheek rooms add a little flair to the westside.
Uber chic Philippe Stark designed Mondrian in Hollywood.
Mid century glam of the Avalon in Beverly Hills.
The easy going beach vibe of Shutters on the Beach.
Have you had guests stay at hotels while in town? Have you stayed at an inspiring hotel in LA? We want to hear about it!


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By Evan Vitale
Here are some of the venture capital stories and events making headlines recently.
Bloomberg is reporting that China is calling for more government financing in venture capital.
China's government is developing a bigger appetite for venture capital.
The country's powerful State Council is encouraging more government agencies and companies to funnel money into private startups while getting the state to take part in the nation's technology boom. In a new document published on its website Tuesday, the country's cabinet urged government-led funds to play a greater role in guiding venture capital investment, while promising to level the playing field for foreign VCs.
The full story is here: http://bloom.bg/2cINSDQ
Speaking of China, women there have launched more than half of all new Internet companies there.
The largest venture capital fund ever raised by a woman isn't in Silicon Valley or even the U.S. It's in Beijing and is run by a former librarian who keeps such a low profile that she's a mystery in her native China. Chen Xiaohong rarely attends industry conferences or events. She hadn't given a media interview in more than a decade until agreeing to break her silence this summer. "I don't like being part of a club," said Chen during a four-hour discussion at her firm's headquarters. "I believe in staying independent, making your own decisions."
The story, also by Bloomberg, is here: http://bloom.bg/2cZcvbV
And, speaking of women, the "Women Who Fund Forum" in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is designed to connect those who want to break into the venture capital and private equity investing field.
The second annual Women Who Fund Forum next week will showcase and connect women who are breaking through the gender barrier of the traditional male strongholds of venture capital and private equity investing.
The program is 11 a.m. -4 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Graduate hotel in Ann Arbor. The keynote speaker will be Margaret Gibson, a partner in the Chicago-based law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Check out the details here: http://bit.ly/2clQYaX


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The Greeks had it figured out that the earth was round. How did they manage it? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
Enjoy star gazing?Then this Moment of Science is for you!
Ever wonder which Pole is colder? Find out on this Moment of Science.
Eating snow to obtain water is metabolically expensive–it would take too much energy to melt down enough snow. Consequently, polar bears have evolved so that they don't need to drink free water.


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Patty Somlo has received four Pushcart Prize nominations, been nominated for storySouth's Million Writers Award and had an essay selected as a Notable Essay of 2013 for Best American Essays 2014. (This post originally appeared on Colleen Story's Writing and Wellness website. We are reprinting it here with Colleen's permission.)
Talk Yourself Out of Giving Up
I tend to suffer from many of the emotional challenges of being a writer, including dealing with rejection, depression, motivation, anxiety, self-doubt, isolation, and feeling overwhelmed and stressed by book promotion.
I think the biggest effect it has had on derailing my writing goals is to sometimes cause me to give up on getting a piece of writing published because the work has been rejected a number of times.
The chief way I deal with all of these challenges is to keep on working. I also "talk to myself," and this seems most effective when I am out on a long walk.
I remind myself of past experiences that refute the negative thinking I may have fallen into about my writing or publishing prospects.
For instance, when I'm working on a story and reach a point where I think, Oh, this isn't any good, I remind myself of the times I've thought that in the past and the piece ended up being good.
Over the years, on my own and working with editors, I have learned how to revise my work. Remembering that I have this ability nearly always helps.
Do You Ever Reach the Point When You Don't Receive Rejections?
Rejections are hard, especially when I have either wanted the piece or manuscript to get accepted by a certain journal or publisher or for various reasons expected it to be accepted.
A number of years ago I learned several strategies for dealing with rejections. First, I almost always submit pieces I feel good about to multiple publishers. Second, over the years I have learned that while one editor might reject a piece, another editor might love it. So, as long as I feel good about the piece, if it is rejected, I'll simply look for another place to submit it.
I also use rejections as a way of determining if the piece needs more work, and if so, I revise it, before submitting the piece again.
I used to believe that I would reach a point when my writing would never receive rejections. That, of course, hasn't come to pass. Like most writers who frequently submit their work, I receive way more rejections than acceptances. However, the acceptances keep me going. One acceptance far outweighs three or four times the number of rejections.
Nature is the Ultimate Soothing Presence
Another challenge I face is that of feeling overwhelmed, the sense that I can't do something I need to do, such as responding to feedback from an editor or undertaking promotional tasks.
I nearly always balk at first, sure I won't be able to do it. But then I sit down and start to think about what I need to do first, taking it one step at a time. Sometimes this means I need more information or to learn something that will then make it possible for me to accomplish the task. When I start to take the first few steps and succeed, that gives me the confidence to continue.
Being in nature—hiking, walking, kayaking on a mountain lake, or just sitting on the deck of a cabin overlooking a river—is, ultimately, the best means I have for dealing with all of the emotional challenges in life, including those as a writer.
There is something about the beauty of lakes, rivers, mountains and the ocean, as well as the lovely rhythm of putting one boot down and then the other, that eases anxiety and depression and lets me know that everything will be all right.
I also get numerous ideas for writing or solving problems with my writing (such as endings) when I'm out in a beautiful natural setting. After a few days, a week or even several hours on a trail or a lake, I return home rejuvenated and ready to start again.
Don't Focus on Being "Good"
About nine years ago, I decided to quit writing. For months before that, everything I submitted was rejected. I could only conclude that I was a bad writer and I would never get any better.
To fill my need for creative work, I started taking a drawing class. The class was held at a place called The Drawing Studio in Portland, Oregon, where I lived at the time.
The teacher I had for this drawing class, Phil Sylvester, turned out to be the best teacher I ever had for anything. He believes that everyone can draw, not just a select group of people with "talent." Instead of teaching the fundamentals of drawing—perspective, shading, etc.—Phil tried to help us have fun and approach making art as artists would.
Unlike with my writing, I didn't feel pressure to be good at drawing. By not being focused on being good, I ended up producing some decent work.
The experience really helped me think about why I wrote. I wrote because I loved to write. And as much as I tried to convince myself that I was done writing, I missed it.
One morning at the Drawing Studio, I noticed something on the bulletin board, where people tacked up all sorts of announcements about the arts. The little yellow postcard was a call for women writers to submit to a local Portland journal called VoiceCatcher. Maybe because of the way the call was worded or that it was a women's-only journal, I decided to submit a creative nonfiction piece. A month later, I was surprised when the piece was accepted.
I then had the experience of working with a super-supportive editor named Jennifer to revise the piece. The wonderful support and encouragement I received made me start writing again and submitting my work.
Not long after, I had a short story accepted by another women's journal. A few months after it was published, one of the editors emailed me to let me know they had nominated my story for the Pushcart Prize.
Set Aside Your Ambitions, and Just Follow the Words
What has most kept me going is that I have a need to write. I write nearly every day, first thing in the morning. I make a strong cup of French Roast coffee, and then get started. That early morning writing session is one of the highlights of my day.
When the writing is going well, I feel happy. When it's more of a struggle, I'm not so content.
I started my writing career in public relations and then moved to journalism. As a journalist, I was accustomed to seeing my work in print all the time. When I switched to creative writing, I naturally wanted my work to be published. I've never been content to just write for myself but have always wanted my work to be read by others. Having work published and occasionally getting feedback from readers also keeps me going.
When I sit down to write, I try to set aside any ambitions I might have for my work and just follow the words where they lead me. But I am ambitious and constantly strive to improve my writing and aim higher with my work. When I reach a goal, I set a new one that's a bit higher. So, setting goals with specific writing projects and working toward them also keeps me motivated.
Advice for a Young Writer: Establish a Regular Writing Practice
First, I would recommend what I tell students in my writing workshops—get started on a regular writing practice. Write every day, if possible. Get up earlier in the morning, if necessary. Find something about your writing practice that makes you want to go there. (For me, it's the first wonderful dark roast cup of coffee.) Even writing 30 minutes a day can make a big difference.
Secondly, I would recommend that anyone thinking about becoming a writer should read widely, and especially in the genres and styles in which s/he wants to write.
Learning to write takes time and first drafts are simply that, important beginnings but not usually close to an end product.
Learning to revise is a necessary aspect of writing.
My final advice would be to start small. Instead of setting out right away to draft a novel or a book-length memoir, I would suggest starting with a flash fiction piece, a short story or a 1000-word essay.
Too many people who want to write these days are focused on the ultimate goal—publishing a successful book—rather than on the day-to-day effort that is required to get there.
I would say that maintaining a regular writing practice is key. Writing on a regular basis will eventually result in good work. Loving to write is the most important part of being a successful writer. The outward success is what you can't control, so it's best not to spend too much time focusing on it, especially at the start.
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For more information on Patty and her work, please see her website, or connect with her on Facebook or Twitter.