“Slumdog Millionaire” Leads the Way
In much the same manner that the film captured the hearts of movie-goers, “Slumdog Millionaire” captured the hearts and votes of the Academy garnering 8 Oscars in total, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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2009 Oscar Winners – 81st Academy Awards
The Credit Card Crisis: The Next Economic Domino
Hot on the heels of the banking crisis, the employment crisis and the mortgage-foreclosure crisis, the country is on the verge of experiencing a credit-card crisis.
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I know some women prefer to receive impressive jewelry, along with roses, on Valentine’s Day. But I just don’t get it. Why give jewelry when you can cook her something beautiful? After all, who likes the aroma or taste of a stone? Make her a wonderful chocolate dessert like my Bourbon Fudge Cake, however, and you’ll fill your kitchen and probably the rest of your home with a wonderfully romantic aroma. Then, you can offer a sensually delicious flavor you both will enjoy. (For ladies who are reading this, I can tell you that we men will also love this treat, should you be doing the cooking on Valentine’s Day.)
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Pressure Cooker Jambalaya Recipe
AN EASY TREAT FOR OSCARS & MARDI GRAS
A popular one-pot meal featuring rice, bell peppers, onion, garlic, okra, tomato, a touch of hot chilies, and any combination of meat, poultry, or seafood, jambalaya is one of the mainstays of the New Orleans kitchen. Yet, it’s really global in its appeal, with similar dishes found around the world, only the seasonings and proteins changing.
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America’s Best Bet: Municipal Redemption Fund (MuRF)
Stopping Foreclosures & Protecting Investors
An original economic stimulus plan developed by a real estate agent in New Jersey that is currently
in the hands of the House of Representatives and every Senator in Washington D.C.
Under this plan, the Federal Government purchases NO interest in any private property and may take NO assignment of any lien. This plan is strictly a transparent “time-out” and “reset” of the national tax lien industry for the sake of stopping foreclosures while simultaneously protecting investors by shoring up the absolute bedrock of the capitalist economy which emanates directly from real property values and the taxes thereon.
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Time to Treat American Homeowners as Well as Wall Street Bankers
“The banks are too big to fail” has been the mantra we’ve been hearing since September. But when you consider the millions of American homeowners facing foreclosure, aren’t they also too big to be allowed to fail? Despite being treated as an afterthought, foreclosures are actually a gateway calamity: every foreclosure is a crisis that begets a whole other set of crises. So why hasn’t the foreclosure crisis gotten the attention it deserves?
A combination of perverse priorities and flawed thinking.
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Time to Treat American Homeowners as Well as Wall Street Bankers
This year’s top Academy Awards nominated film is “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Henson with 13 Oscar nominations including Best Picture. The 13 Oscar nominations falls one short of the current record of 14 nominations held by two films, “All about Eve” (1950) and “Titanic” (1997).
Other highly Oscar nominated films include Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire (10 Oscar Nominations), Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (8 Oscar Nominations) and Gus Van Sant’s Milk (8 Oscar Nominations).
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