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		<title>U.S. State Recession Heat Map Hits ABC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a nice pick-me-up and break from every single news media delivering the bad news we already know about (hint of sarcasm).&#160; ABC News featured this video, which states that over the past 6 months, a total of 27 states have fallen into a recession and 5 more are on the brink.&#160; The criteria [...]<p>.....................................................................
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a nice pick-me-up and break from <em>every</em> <em>single</em> news media delivering the bad news we already know about (hint of sarcasm).&#160; ABC News featured this video, which states that over the past 6 months, a total of 27 states have fallen into a recession and 5 more are on the brink.&#160; The criteria for determining a state is in a recession are two quarters of negative growth.</p>
<p><strong>Highlights:</strong></p>
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<li>Housing prices are expected to bottom out around June 2009 (optimistic estimate) </li>
<li>Best Case scenario we are out of a recession by June 2009 </li>
<li>Worst Case scenario we don&#8217;t make ground until June 2010 </li>
<li>Unemployment is currently at 6% and is expected to hit 7% to 8% by June 2009 </li>
<li>Texas and Alaska are your best bet is you&#8217;re looking to pack up and get out of dodge (growth states)</li>
<li>Duration &#8211; 2:48 minutes</li>
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		<title>MIT Blackjack Group &#8211; 21 and Rounders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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<p>It appears that Amazon.com now has movies and TV shows available for immediate viewing.&nbsp; This new service is like a rental, but online.&nbsp; If you click on the image above or the link, you will be directed to the Video On Demand section of Amazon.&nbsp; I confess that I&#8217;m a huge fan of Amazon and haven&#8217;t bought a book anywhere else, probably since the 90&#8242;s.&nbsp; Just this year, I opened a PRIME account with Amazon and haven&#8217;t looked back.</p>
<p>Just recently, I watched the movie <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EMXS1Q/102-6071197-5668932?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=decissuppoana-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=B001EMXS1Q" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><strong>21</strong></font></a> with Kevin Spacey and really enjoyed it contrary to what every critic wrote about it when the movie hit the theaters.&nbsp; I would have gone to the theater, but my two-year-old probably wouldn&#8217;t have liked it as much as her Elmo movies.</p>
<p>In addition to just about every blackjack book there is, I have read the two books below by Ben Mezrich and have seen every documentary on the MIT group because of my obsession with numbers, statistics and the incredible MIT story.&nbsp; I know a lot of embellishment went into the books and movie, but just the idea of a team beating the Casinos out of millions blows me away.&nbsp; The books are an amazing read and will probably be done within a day or two if you&#8217;re like me.&nbsp; I have long since loaned my books away to friends, family and my wife, all who loved the books.</p>
<p>If you like numbers, statistics, gambling or blackjack, these are a must have.</p>
<p><em><strong>Busting Vegas, Ben Mezrich</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Bringing Down the House, Ben Mezrich</strong></em></p>
<p>Another great movie related to statistics and numbers is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002DRDB4?tag=decissuppoana-20&amp;camp=15041&amp;creative=373501&amp;link_code=as3" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Rounders</strong></font></a>.&nbsp; Rounders is probably one of the best poker movies of all time and features Ed Norton and Matt Damon.</p>
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<p><em><strong>&#8220;Gimme me three stacks of high society!&#8221;</strong></em></p>
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