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Home Builders Association of East Central Illinois announces Renee Pride as New Executive Director
(Champaign)—The Homebuilders Association of East Central Illinois is pleased to announce Renee Pride as its new Executive Director. Pride brings an extensive background in real estate and began her new position in August as an interim solution to previous Director Terry Greene’s relocation to Tennessee. After several months of gaining knowledge on the full scope of the Association… Read more
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Letter to the Editor: Video Gambling Machines are the New “Crack Cocaine”
The U.S. National Gambling Impact Study Commission highlighted in its Final Report that electronic gambling machines (EGMs) constituted the new “crack cocaine” for addicting gamblers. The U.S. Congressional Commission concluded that any states with EGMs convenient to the public needed to re-criminalize those machines. Modern casino gambling revenues come 90% from the video gambling on… Read more
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Six-Year Old Wisdom
“Mom, STOP!!!!! Stop the car! You can’t be driving! You shouldn’t be driving! You have to stop!” shouts my 6-year-old son Ben from the backseat of the car as I am taking him to school one morning. Ben is now 16 and 6’4”, but I continue to learn so many lessons from him and my… Read more
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How to protect your identity from a data breach: Part II
The possibility of the average consumer becoming a victim of a data breach grows with each new advancement in the electronic age. A data breach occurs when sensitive or confidential information such as drivers’ license numbers, medical records, Social Security numbers, bank or credit-card account numbers is stolen, copied or used by an unauthorized person.… Read more
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Protecting yourself against financial fraud
As the senior population in the United States continues to grow, so does the scope of financial crimes committed against it. In 2012, the Census Bureau estimated that 43 million Americans are over the age of 65. Over the next 40 years, the number of seniors is expected to double. With many opportunities to quickly… Read more
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Credit scores have impact on future
It is important to check your credit rating at least once a year. Our nation’s credit reporting system is far from perfect, and that is why it is up to you to check the accuracy of your credit rating. More than two million people each year find mistakes in their credit reports. We have to… Read more
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Why Twitter struck a deal with Google
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The Mercedes S-Class Coupe is ultra-luxurious
This is some dummy copy. You’re not really supposed to read this dummy copy, it is just a place holder for people who need some type to visualize what the actual copy might look like if it were real content. If you want to read, I might suggest a good book, perhaps Hemingway or Melville.… Read more
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YouTube at 10: Under siege but still dominant
This is some dummy copy. You’re not really supposed to read this dummy copy, it is just a place holder for people who need some type to visualize what the actual copy might look like if it were real content. If you want to read, I might suggest a good book, perhaps Hemingway or Melville.… Read more
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Making 2014 great…and Chocolate Brownie cookies-take that winter
It’s only five weeks into the New Year, and I’m already feeling like a flustered, over-whelmed mess. Too much to do and not enough time to do it. The overload of snow days isn’t helping either ~ returning from the west coast after 5 weeks of work and 80 degree temperatures? I’m officially depressed. I… Read more