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CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and billionaire investor, Warren Buffet, announced today that "the nation's economy will be in shambles throughout 2009" and probably "well beyond."Don't fear recent college grads, the economy was worse in the early 1980's. Here is a breakdown of some numbers that prove our nation's economy has been significantly worse before. No worries mates.Prime Rate
1981: 20.5%
2009: 3.25% (Current)
Inflation
1980: 14.8%
2008: 0% (December)
Unemployment Rate
1982: 10.8%
2008: 7.2% (December)
30-Year Mortgage Rate
1981: 18.5%
2009: 4.96% (Current)
Real Gas Price (2008 dollars)
1981: $3.45 per gallon
2009: $1.82 (Current)
I'm no economist, but I do know that every economy must have a rise and a fall...this is what it looks like.
According to Global Guide 09, the Best Clubs in the World are: - Space-Ibiza
- Fabric-London
- Warung Beach-Brazil
- Rex Club-Paris
- Cocoon-Frankfurt
- Razzmattazz-Barcelona
- Womb-Japan
- Panorama Bar-Berlin
- Amnesia-Ibiza
- Goa-Italy
Thus, proving again how much better Europe is at everything. Now who is down to visit all these clubs with me?
UMF returns to Miami's oceanfront Bicentennial Park on March 27 & 28. There will be 16 stages, featuring more than 100 Djs, bands, and producers! Artists such as: Tiesto, Black Eyed Peas, The Ting Tings, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Paul Van Dyk, Fedde Le Grand, Benni Benassi, and Moby will be in attendance. More than 70,000 fans are expected to attend, buy your tickets now! Visit UMF for more info.
Increased violence in Mexico has led the U.S. State Department to warn Spring Breakers to be extremely cautious while there. The State Department travel advisory says, "The greatest increase in violence has occurred near the U.S. Border," but warns, "Mexican and foreign bystanders have been injured or killed in violent attacks in cities across the country," and "in recent years dozens of U.S. citizens have been kidnapped across Mexico."
Traveling to Mexico? Read more here
Ryan Air, an Irish airline and favorite to college travelers in Europe because of its super cheap airfare, is now thinking of charging its passengers to use the restrooms while in flight! A coin slot would be placed on the toilet door that would charge people a pound (roughly $1.43) to use the loo. I'll be sure to bring a few extra pounds before I fly Ryan, I wouldn't want the guy next to me to piss himself, or worse...
Computers can now search for people through a face-recognition feature that Apple and Google have put into the latest versions of their photo-management systems.
Here is an excerpt from Apple's website:
"iPhoto ’09 introduces Faces — a new feature that allows you to organize your photos based on who’s in them. iPhoto uses face detection to identify faces of people in your photos and face recognition to match faces that look like the same person. That makes it easy for you to add names to your photos. And it helps you find the people you’re looking for — even in the largest photo libraries.
Put a name to a face in just a couple of photos, and iPhoto suggests a set of possible matches you can confirm with a click. iPhoto then uses the information to sift throught your library and find even more potential matches."
So what's this blog about anyways? I'm on the Internet a lot during the day...no not just Facebooking, but checking out cool websites, reading news, gossip, watching YouTube videos, reading random facts, and doing countless other things. I gain a lot of knowledge that mostly gets forgotten about. Therefore I've made this blog to note all the things I learn in a days worth of Internet browsing and to help share this knowledge with you. I'll post information about things such as new movies, songs, books, restaurants, websites, TV shows, concerts, travel, recycling, fashion, shopping, recipes, YouTube videos, news, health/fitness, technology, and whatever else I come across interesting. Please leave feedback and tell me about cool stuff you come across. Enjoy!
I'm no economist, but I do know that every economy must have a rise and a fall...this is what it looks like.
