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		<title>Bizzaro World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I arrived in Central Illinois six years ago, I have had a variety of people from mayors, economic development professionals and state representatives and senators  to private business leaders and owners say something like, “Why don’t Peoria, Bloomington-Normal and Champaign-Urbana get together and promote economic development as a region?” There are other variations on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Simple Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking at the TED web site today I came across a video on simplicity that I though proved my last blog point might I say, quite simply.  George Whitesides is a professor of Bioorganic/Physical Organic Chemistry, Materials Science at Harvard University. Leave it to him to take complex systems and explain it to all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simply Speaking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning thinking about simplicity. Actually I woke up about 4:15. I think I fell back to sleep, but it was still on my mind later as I actually woke up for the day. How do we simplify things and is it a worthy endeavor? I remember in high school one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://martyvanags.com/?p=918</link>
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		<title>Seek Beauty in Everything</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Illinois development council recently had it&#8217;s annual conference her in Bloomington Normal. The IDC is a professional group of economic developers in Illinois whose purpose is to provide education to its members and improve the conditions of their individual communities by learning from each other.  I was fortunate enough to be the chair of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://martyvanags.com/?p=912</link>
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		<title>Practice makes Perfect&#8230;well, almost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was in high school I paid little attention to my English classes. I loved to read. I had always been a reader. Every summer my mother took me to the local branch library.  I was required to check-out and read books all summer. Later, I was allowed to ride my bike to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat Local Garlic!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn more about Project 30 in this excellent TEDx video.]]></description>
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		<title>Lift your Cheek!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a retreat at the Edward Lowe Foundation in Cassopolis, Michigan. The retreat center was created by the same guy who created Kitty Litter and made millions on the product. Fortunately all those cats pooping in boxes of clay got us beautiful retreat center where the foundation spends time helping businesses and entrepreneurs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://martyvanags.com/?p=878</link>
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		<title>The New IDC Year: Message from the Chair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is for all my economic development friends in Illinois who are members of the Illinois Development Council (IDC). The IDC is a group of voluntary members who are interested in furthering the economic base of the State of Illinois. The IDC has officially started a new year and I am honored and lucky [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://martyvanags.com/?p=864</link>
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		<title>Go Ahead, Give it a Taste!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, my parents insisted that we try new foods. They always taught us that we should try something at least once. &#8220;Taste it at least once and if you don&#8217;t&#8217; like it you don&#8217;t have to eat it&#8221;,  they would say. You will never know if you don&#8217;t try. I like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://martyvanags.com/?p=873</link>
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		<title>City Girl becomes Country Entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to Bishop Hill, Illinois the other day to see and visit a restaurant of a friend of mine. She has a unique little place that is the highlight of the community and provides visitors with homemade country cooking  along with Swedish favorites. Bishop Hill is situated just east of Galesburg Illinois and about [...]]]></description>
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