With Zeman Homes’ 2011 Tax Refund Program, Owning a New Manufactured Home in Illinois and Indiana Has Never Been …

Based out of Chicago, IL, Zeman Homes is a regional operator of manufactured home communities. Zeman Homes offers affordable home neighborhoods throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Upholding their reputation as a premier provider of affordable living, Zeman Homes has recently launched a program allowing individuals to use their 2011 tax refund as a down payment on a manufactured home …

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Chicago, Walmart, Growing Power, and Cabrini-Green – What does it mean?

If you’re from the upper Midwest, you’re especially familiar with the reputation of one of Chicago’s most notorious public housing developments: Cabrini-Green . Although the city had a number of these developments scattered throughout the city, this one became a symbol of all the things urban renewal should NOT be.

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$15 for $30 Worth of Pick-Up and Delivery Dry-Cleaning and Laundry Services from Marberry Cleaners and Launderers

Clothes can say a lot about a person: a little black dress bespeaks elegance, while shorts and a T-shirt imply that the defendant is not taking this embezzlement charge very seriously. Keep your reputation spotless with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of pick-up and delivery dry-cleaning and laundry services from Marberry Cleaners and Launderers . For a list of zip codes within the service area, click here . For a tidy 100 years, Marberry Cleaners and Launderers has kept residents of the Chicagoland area smartly attired in pressed and spot-free clothes. After calling ahead to hash out arrangements, customers bag bedraggled long dresses ($11.30+), sullied two-piece suits ($9.70+), and camel-hair coats ($18.05) for collection by Marberry Cleaners’ swift delivery people, saving themselves from the hassle of driving clothes themselves or calibrating their catapults’ directional systems. Marberry Cleaners succors household items such as queen comforters ($18.20+), sleeping bags ($13.75), and placemats ($3), and treats shirts to postcleanse arrangement on either hangers ($1.65) or boxes ($2). Marberry Cleaners’ delivery team whisks attire back after refurbishing concludes, helping customers save gas money, frustration, and enough time to finish their love note to the mailman. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: White House Secrets How easily can you get from the White House to Six Flags? Read more…

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$60 for Two Rooms of Carpet Cleaning from CThru ($210 Value)

Messy carpets implicate muddy galoshes and leaky flagons without giving the culprits a chance to defend themselves. Keep the reputation of your shoes and useless cups intact with today’s Groupon: for $60, you get two rooms of carpet cleaning from CThru (a $210 value). For a list of zip codes within CThru’s service area, click here . Utilizing environmentally safe cleaning techniques, CThru removes entrenched dirt, dust, and stains from carpets. CThru uses chemicals in less than 1% of its cleaning products as the carpet crusaders steam clean two rooms of in-home carpet (up to 200 sq. ft./room), and the stain-searing equipment runs on electricity, which saves more energy than traditional truck-mounted systems that run on gas. At the end of the cleaning procedure, technicians will extract 95% of the water, helping carpets dry faster and making rugs less enticing to recently displaced bullfrogs. While CThru will not clean carpeted stairs with this Groupon, homeowners can substitute hallways as one room. Guaranteeing its work, CThru offers a one-year warranty on new or recurring spots and stains caused by accidentally dropped meatballs or indoor chicken coops. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Day Trips Kids enjoy the darndest horrifying things. Read more…

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$30 for 2 Tickets to Classic Albums Live: The Doors LA Woman Plus $20 Food Voucher at Viper Alley in Lincolnshire ($60 Value)

Despite his reputation as a fast-living, hard-drinking, law-breaking heartthrob, few people realize Jim Morrison was actually a singer. Break on through, light a fire, and love yourself two times with today’s Groupon: for $30, you get two tickets plus a $20 food voucher to Classic Albums Live: The Doors LA Woman at Viper Alley in Lincolnshire (a $60 value). Choose between the following shows: Saturday, March 19 at 8:15 p.m. Sunday, March 20 at 8:15 p.m. Classic Albums Live takes every hook, cranny, crackle, and pop of the world’s greatest classic-rock albums and meticulously recreates them live on stage. Uniting seasoned professional musicians and golden-throated club singers in a mission of authenticity, Classic Albums Live rocks entire seminal LPs from start to finish, finally giving audiences the chance to catch shows that they missed due to band break-ups, moon landings, or simply being in utero. Picking up where a penchant for unhealthy living left off, these musical mimics are now blowing the roof of Viper Alley with their spot-on recreation of The Doors’ iconic swan song, L.A. Woman . Skilled song-sponges have channeled every strum and humbucker of Robbie Krieger, the dexterous drumming of John Densmore, the key-seducing smooth moves of Ray Manzarek, and the potent passion of Jim Morrison. From the bluesy blowout of “The Changeling” all the way through the dreamily atmospheric “Riders On The Storm,” this note-for-note, cut-for-cut, rip-roaring reenactment gets Mojo rising without police intervention. The newly designed, sleek and stylish Viper Alley is the perfect place for the return of the Lizard King, as the venue’s superior acoustics allow every note and grain of poetry to resonate. Those with late-era Jim appetites can buffer their bellies before or after the show with $20 worth of gourmet delights at Viper Alley’s Reverb Kitchen. The menu reverberates with delicious small-plate riches, such as sweet thai chili wings ($9), multi-cheese stromboli ($10), and bacon and buttermilk blue-drizzled viper chips ($7). Although the doors of perception are always open, the doors of Viper Alley don’t open until 7:30 p.m. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Skincare Is skin safe to drink? Read more…

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Mike Quade Sounds Prepared to Put Up with Some Crap From Carlos Zambrano

Bleacher NationChicago Cubs News, Rumors, And Commentary — Tue Jan 18 15:35:00 UTC 2011 One of the most attractive things about Lou Piniella when he was signed was his reputation as being a guy who wasn’t going to put up with any of the BS that had plagued the Chicago Cubs clubhouse during the Dusty Baker years. And, for the most part, it… about: Analysis and Commentary baseball Carlos Zambrano Carlos Zambrano Carlos Zambrano Carlos Zambrano One Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs clubhouse Chicago Cubs News Continental Ballroom Dusty Baker Greg Maddux Interim Manager Like Mike Quade Lou Piniella manager Mike Quade Mike Quade Ready Mike Quade Sounds Prepared pitcher Randy Wells Randy Wells Wants Mike Quade Sports Tyler Colvin at: Chicago Cubs

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ADP Launches Social Media and Reputation Management Solutions

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP) today announced the launch of new Social Media / Reputation Management solutions for dealers. Delivered as a comprehensive service, ADP’s Social Media / Reputation Management solutions go beyond establishing simple web pages in a few popular social sites. Rather, ADP helps dealers implement and manage their complete strategy for effectively integrating social media into their

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Congratulations Philadelphia- Winner of the Best City With the Crappiest Reputation Award

Since I’ve lived here in Center City Philadelphia for quite some time now, there are a few things I know about my City.

1) Philadelphia is not as bad as Philadelphians (et al) say it is

2) I have honestly yet to hear someone say that they regret having moved into the Center City Philadelphia area

When I first moved from Philly back in 1987, I remember walking behind a well dressed older couple when I overheard the husband tell his wife to “secure her handbag…we were in the Center City area of Philadelphia. Yeah… prestigious Rittenhouse Square. Ya’ moron. But that was his point of view. The city had gone to hell in a handbag, and it wasn’t coming back anytime soon. Well boys and girls, anytime soon is here, and I have a unique yardstick to measure such change.

The vast differential in the poor perception of Philadelphia, and the livability of the city are miles apart. I became aware of this last night when sitting in a really hip new Asian fusion restaurant/club (The Pearl at 19th and Chestnut Streets), talking to Tiffany, my lovely Australian friend who said that when she told her parents that she had taken a job in Philadelphia, they wrinkled their collective noses, and made what seemed to be a form of a primitive grunting noise. From Australia. Perhaps someone took out a big billboard along, I dunno’, Australia’s Route 1 that says something like “PHILADELPHIA REALLY SUCKS”. How could these folks have any idea of what our City is really like? Apparently, our reputation, albeit an old and inaccurate one, lives on.

For the last 19 years that I have spent as a Realtor here in Center City Philadelphia, I have sold to young buyers here, seen them get married here, helped them find a larger condo here and seen them have children here. Now their kids pass me on the streets of Old City or Rittenhouse Sqaure on their way to middle school. I see my past buyers at the market, the movie house, the car wash, and occasionally half crocked at two in the morning at Little Pete’s, ordering the generic equivalent of a Grand Slam Breakfast. And EVERY time, I can see that they enjoy living in town, like the city, the pace, the growth, the growth in the homes values, the lifestyle, and the comfort in the easy familiarity that a “big small town” can bring. They see recognizable faces, places, events, and know the best way from Old city to Rittenhouse Square when Walnut Street is blocked up. It is big city living, without the crazy crazy pace of say New York, or Chicago. Not to mention the relative absence of noise pollution, which is so evident in those larger towns. They tell me, they hug me, and think I somehow had something to do with their happiness. I am not going to tell them any differently of course, and waste the (ill gotten) adoration. I just ask them to spread the work far and wide. And maybe take up a collection for a new billboard along Route 1 “down under” touting the virtues of our fair city.

University of Chicago Known For Competitive Reputation

particular has me intimidated — the University of Chicago. I hear all kinds of rumors that it is a hotbed of academic pressure and student competition.

I would like to go there, but I don’t want to make a mistake if I get accepted and find out later that it is just too competitive. I have until Jan. 2 to apply. I’ll put it off until I hear from you. — UC

Dear UC — Hardly a year goes by that I don’t get this kind of question about the University of Chicago. For some reason, it has earned a reputation for cutthroat competition. It seems to be a common perception among people. I decided to put your question to a former client, now a UC freshman.

Yes, she said, it is very competitive.

But, “the misconception that a lot of people have about UC is that this really is the place where ‘fun comes to die’ or ‘where your grade-point average comes to die.’ In reality, there is plenty of fun to be had at UC and, as long as you manage your time, most classes are manageable.”

Admission data for 2008 indicated UC admitted only 28 percent of applicants. Average SAT scores were well over 700 in critical reading and math. ACT composites were 28-33 in the 25th-75th percentile. Clearly, students in this range did not get there by fainting in the face of competition.

This student also said she loves most of her classes, and the professors are great. And she likes her classmates most of all. She had several positive things to say, and nothing really negative — no really bad experiences. Here is how she described being a freshmen.

“Let’s see, I actually wouldn’t classify UC students to be super competitive. I mean, of course they’re all driven, but I don’t think all of them are out there to be No. 1 in the class. I think most of the students want to learn and pass with the best score possible.

“This is what I’ve observed in my few months being there and interacting with the people. I really love the people at UC. You can have an intellectual conversation just about anywhere, but they’re not arrogant about their intellectual capabilities. … I’m not going to say it’s not challenging, but the environment and the people here make it a great place to study while having fun.”

She also stressed that students taking advanced-placement classes should review what UC accepts as credit and what it does not. This is good advice for other schools, too.

She suggested that students visit the campus, stay overnight and attend classes to find out how the system works there.

One more piece of advice is, applicants should realize UC operates on the quarter system. Time flies by, so students must be “on top of their game.” If they fall behind in their reading or other homework, there is very little time to catch up.

Additionally, UC stresses small class sizes.

“You’ll be expected to know what you’ve read and to participate (and teachers will know whether or not you participate),” she said. “Three-quarters of my classes have between 20 and 25 people, which is pretty impressive for freshman classes.”

I enjoyed the quarter system when I was an undergraduate at Berkeley. That way, if you got stuck with a boring professor, you only had to put up with him or her for a few months, as opposed to an entire semester.

I hope this information — especially coming from a UC freshman — will help you make a decision. If students have other questions about UC, e-mail them to me and I will pass them along. She graciously has agreed to follow up.