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The Rescue/Bailout Explained

This is the rescue package explained by our nations top economists:

The Recession is Upon Us

"It's now clear that we have entered what we anticipate will be a mild recession, running through the first half of this year, and there are substantial downside risks to this economic scenario," said David Seiders, of the National Association of Home Builders, in a statement today.

What a load. Seriously, I found this story over at Inman. Recession or no recession. Who cares? Sellers sell. If you buy into this Internet Kumbaya load that you do not have to sell you will be looking for a job soon. And now you get this thing they call a recession. I love labels. They imply so much. Just another excuse.

Get out and start selling. I am meeting with a buddy of mine in the morning. He is a broker owner. He told me recently that he is going to start actually getting out there and selling. His office isn't cutting the nut. So he knows he can go out and sell.

Deals are being done. The only thing that has changed are the rules.

Web 3.0 Just a Patent Away

A dirty secret is worrying web engineers across the world.

Because of the utter explosion of Social networks and 2.0 type sites like Facebook, MySpace, You Tube, and not to mention the proliferation of blogs, and blog communities, well the web is simply running out of space and bandwidth. This despite Moore's law of space doubling every 18 months. Justin Bateman of the Internet Institute's WSA said in a recent interview:

"We simply are not keeping up with the webs growth. There are 120,000 new weblogs being created worldwide each day. That's about 1.4 blogs created every second of every day. We either find a way to expand or we will need to limit Internet use and IP distribution. Serfs Internet simply cannot serve us in the new Century."

This found its way into Congress just recently as Representative Colingsworth asked for a preliminary investigation, calling this "the silent crisis haunting the World Economy."

So it seems that not only is there a skinny pipe and space problem, but as Bateman says, we are running out of ip numbers. This has been an issue for years. And it has been thought we would have to increase the ip addressing system from its current aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd to an additional "e block". Apparently this will still not be enough as Bateman eludes. 

For the non-technical you can think of the Internet IP system like an addressing system we live by in the real world.  State.County.City.Home address

However, Johan Lee a mere teenager from the University of the Urkrain has devised a way that literally doubles, maybe even triples the capacity of the web. OVERNIGHT! The patent is pending.

However, news leaks from First Day of the Fourth Month Magazine says that Johan's system is simple. He has found a way to "ghost" the net. Creating a Virtual Pipe, a Virtual storage system, and those pesky ips. He simply reverses the numbers.  Web 3.0 is almost here.

The Magazine has gotten its hands on the original schematics submitted by Johan to the ultra secretive Ukranian Patent office. And displays them in the April online issue this month. There is a very large section showing how this plan will forever change the way real estate is marketed. It promises to make SEO a thing of the past.

Perfection

New England runs the longest winning streak ever in the NFL

During the Holidays I usually break away from my own personal strict rules for blogging. Which is to keep the blog in a strict context of marketing. And today is no different. However....

Wisdom From A Top Blogger

Ariana Huffington recently spoke to a group of students about the Internet. Whether you agree with her politics or not I like watching her because in no time at all she has built one of the largest web portals on the net.

"Everybody's so overloaded," she said, explaining that our "inner lives" are failing to be nourished in this digital age. Also, added Huffington, "we are an incredibly sleep-deprived society and we're paying an incredible price for it."

I thought this next quote particularly interesting in selling real estate today:

"Fear trumps everything," she insisted. "If people are afraid and you make them feel safe, they'll buy anything."

Fire Relief Resources

Relief Efforts to help the victims:

• Beach Cities Health District is collaborating with Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach to collect clothing and household items on behalf of Goodwill Industries. Checks made out to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund also will be accepted. They can be earmarked Southern California Wildfires, San Diego Wildfires or Malibu Wildfires.
• Starting today through Sunday, anyone may drop off items in good condition or make donations at the Hermosa Beach Fire Department, 540 Pier Ave.; Marine Avenue Sports Complex Hall, 1635 Marine Ave., Manhattan Beach; and Beach Cities Health District back parking lot, 514 N. Prospect Ave., Redondo Beach.
• Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, which donated $250,000 to the Red Cross, will accept cash donations at 208 locations statewide.
• A list of hantional Relief ORganizations can be found here: www.networkforgood.org
• Volunteer time thru www.helpindisaster.org. Do not just show up.
• www.redcrossla.org
• To donate to the Salvation Army, go to www.salvationarmy.com
• The Governor has set up a hotline for businesses interested in making bulk donations to people displaced by the fires. The number is 800-750-2858. It will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. by officials from the governor's Office of Emergency Services. Information is available at www.oes.ca.gov.

Good Deeds:

Rebecca Chambliss a Realtor in San Pedro coordinated a relief caravan to bring supplies to volunteers working with the many horses and other animals abandoned in north San Diego County.

Bay Area families open their homes to fire evacuees

I would love to post more news of people helping these victims. If you know of any links or stories post them in the comments. If you know of any other relief organizations list them in the comments.

Southern California Burning

As an Angeleno I feel I must make mention of the single largest fire emergency in California's history.

Fully 1 Million people have evacuated their homes. Many of those do not have a home to call home anymore. People are living in their cars and stadiums like Qualcomm and Del Mar Race Track .

Google interactive Fire Map-find out the current status of the blazes