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Part One
Chapter One
It had been a long two months for Daniella Thomas. Not only had she flowed through three tumultuous relationships and had endured front-page photos of her kicking Bachelor Number Three in the balls, but she also had to contend with the fact that she was going to be alone to live out a tedious life of endless club-hopping. She had figured this out last night, in fact, after crashing half-drunkenly onto her bed after a foray into the depths of Soul Love Live.
When she got to sleep shortly thereafter, her dreams had started off just fine. She was in the middle of negotiating world peace at a UN conference wearing a glittery Versace dress when the dream transformed. All of a sudden, the room was devoured into flames. Danie fought her way to some kind of stable ground as it lurched around her, but all she could see was fire. A small figure screamed shrilly. Flames licked on Danie as she drifted toward the sound, but the fire thickened. Shadows enveloped the girl and Danie felt a strange dread. Feeling scared, she willed herself out of sleep. As she drifted upward to consciousness, she realized that something was not quite right. And she wasn't alone.
She knew it was bad when a tall, redheaded apparition appeared before her very eyes.
Danie gasped, startled, then sighed. "Shit, you could have warned me or something."
The redhead just looked at her, standing in her frighteningly erect posture. She didn't blame Danie for being curt; she would have been the same if it had been herself lying in rumpled clothing in bed. "I did warn you, Daniella." When Danie looked blank, she added, "Your dream?"
The fire. The girl. The shadows. Danie sat up in her wrinkled orange top and rubbed her eyes. "Oh, that part."
The redhead shook her head at Danie. "You know, I would have expected you to be up by now."
"Look, not all of us are on 12-hour day like you seem to be," Danie snapped. "I had a wild night. No big deal."
The redhead crossed her arms. "But Daniella, it is a big deal. It is a big deal because you have missed something very vital."
"Like what? The Early Show on CBS? Look, I don't have the fucking time to be arguing with you. I have to have a shower. I smell like alcohol and cheap perfume. Now who the hell sent you?"
The redhead stared at her point-blank in the eyes. "Aidanne did."
Oh shit. It really was bad.
That was something worth listening to. Aidanne had been the Queen of the Sun a few thousand years ago and had died creating the Amulet of Nova, which was currently prostrate in one of Danie's drawers. It was forbidden to use it. Danie could turn herself into Rotisserie Gold if she attempted to. But now that Aidanne had sent someone from the future to warn her of something, Danie had a bad feeling that it would see light before long.
Danie, sobered, started to climb out of bed and stopped instead to check her cell phone. No messages. Yet. "Why did Aidanne send you?"
The redhead sensing that Danie understood a bit of the danger that lie ahead, walked to the window. "She wanted me to warn you that there is an imbalance among you now. Something has happened with one of your allies."
Usagi, was Danie's first thought. But someone would have called her if that had happened. As Danie joined the redhead at the window, alarm overtook her. "Just come out with it!" she exclaimed.
The redhead remained calm. Her features, while they were identical to Danie's, displayed calm. "Look out the window."
Danie's temper flared. "I don't see why the hell looking out of the window–"
The redhead grabbed Danie's head and pushed it up to the glass. Danie growled. Those future Senshi are some brute chicks.
"What do you see?" she asked.
God, here we go again. "Okay. I see Gracia Row. There are a family of three coming out of the ice cream shop, a woman reading a book, and a man trying to channel Elizabeth Taylor but getting George Michael–"
"What do you see?!" she demanded tersely, turning Danie's head again.
"I see–"
Oh holy fucking shit.
They were both dressed in black like servants of evil. The woman was leading while the man trailed behind. She wore makeup heavily on her face and had probably helped him with his. Her dark hair glinted brown under the light of the Sun while his was bleached blond.
She'd recognize that receding hairline anywhere.
"They're coming here for you," the redhead told her.
Danie, who was still shocked about seeing the two together, looked at her great-great-great-great granddaughter with wide eyes. "They're coming here?"
"They will kill you if you do not transform now," the redhead told her.
Kill you was a phrase that Danie understood. She reached into her nightstand drawer and produced a citrine-encrusted pen. Afterwards, she marched out the door, wondering why all the bad guys chose to come when she was recovering from clubbing the night before.
* * *
Meanwhile, some miles away, the bell rang at the prestigious Kaminari Academy to signal the beginning of the school day. All of the clocks in the building read eight o'clock sharp. The five hundred and some odd number students, dressed in uniforms, were ensconced in their desks, chattering about their weekends or religiously preparing for their teachers' lectures.
However, in Kaminari's only astronomy class, there was a bit of an uproar.
"Hey," said one pupil. "Where's our teacher?" Similar questions followed.
Sitting in the prime seat in the middle of the room, Shane Huntington the Third rolled his eyes and crossed his arms across his chest. All he could think about at that moment was the possibility that if he didn't get an A in this damned class, Dr. Francis would have hell to pay.
What he didn't realize was that he had said it aloud, until Tori Jiyuu glared at him and said, "You're such a snob, Huntington."
Shane appraised her with a cocked eyebrow. "My father is head of the board at this slum, so I believe I'm entitled to the fringe benefits. Unlike those on scholarship." He said the word as if it tasted like moldy cheese.
Tori, who was on scholarship for her softball skills, chuckled sardonically at the remark. "And you know that your jerk-off of a father could be voted off of the board if anyone knew about the incident."
That made Shane shut up.
A few students looked at each other, wondering what Tori meant. But no one had the guts to ask.
The door opened. The students looked up expectedly to find their teacher, a substitute–something. Instead they were greeted with the sight of a set of triplets. Shane raised his eyebrows at the sight of them. The first one with brown hair flowing past her shoulders haughtily walked past him and sat down in the seat directly behind him. The tallest one with the ponytail and Nikes took the seat behind her sister. The last one with short hair took the seat beside her big sister.
Tori didn't miss a beat in speaking to them. "So you guys are new or something?" she asked excitedly.
The first one shrugged. "I suppose," she responded in a bored tone, staring upon her nails as if they were the most interesting things in the world.
The last one sighed, exasperated at her sister's rudeness, and addressed Tori. "Yes, we are new. We just moved here from–"
"Never Never Land," quipped the first. "It's a place you gotta see to believe."
"Angelica–" began the second one.
"Hey. Leave me alone, Angelique. I was just telling a joke. Can't I tell a joke?" demanded the one called Angelica.
"Would the both of you just can it?" said the third one calmly. "Class is about to start."
With her strange genius sixth sense, it was if she knew the teacher was coming, because the door opened again just as soon as her triplet sisters closed their mouths. Of course, upon seeing the gray-haired, uptight principal leading their new substitute teacher, Angelica's mouth immediately dropped back open. And so did several other girls' mouths in the room.
"Gosh, he's a major hottie!" Angelica whispered. "Looks like we came just in time…"
"Can it, Angelica!" hissed her sisters.
Principal Pitts glanced around the room upon hearing the whispering, his eyes narrowed and suspicious. The teens quieted down, mostly because they knew that Principal Pitts was quite unpleasant when scolding about decorum (and lord knew how teenagers hated to hear the mere utterance of the word, especially if they knew what it meant), and partly because they (okay, the girls really) wanted to know who the tall, dark, and handsome hunk was.
Pitts cleared his throat, then spoke. "Class, I hate to inform you that Dr. Francis once again has the stomach flu." He paused for effect, and a few snickers from the affluent crowd snuck through along with a few jokes about Mexican food. Pitts glared in disapproval, then cleared his throat and continued. "He is going to be out indefinitely." A few cheers to which Pitts did not respond. "Fortunately, you all will not get to miss out on instruction for this semester, as we have found a temporary replacement for our fallen Dr. Francis." Pitts gestured to the lanky, dark-haired young man standing behind him. "Class, this is your new teacher, Mr. Bloom."
The girls couldn't help but chatter excitedly among themselves, already scheming on after-school study sessions and candied apples to get his attention. Angelica was imagining herself sitting in the cherry blossom tree grove with the cute Mr. Bloom as he was stroking her hair and telling her how beautiful she was–
"Gel!" hissed Angelique. "Would you pay attention?!"
Well, damn. Angelica sent her younger sister a glare and huffily got out her Hello Kitty notebook and a ballpoint pen. To her relief, Mr. Bloom was only introducing himself. Principal Pitts had left the classroom but not without giving them (particularly the girls) disapproving glances for their chatter about the cute new substitute. She placed her chin on her palm and dreamily watched Mr. Bloom talk. Ah, what an absolutely delicious accent he has.
"Well, Principal Pitts already introduced me," Mr. Bloom began, "but I rather not be so formal. After all, I'm not much older than you, so I'd rather you call me Orlando."
Angelica sighed dreamily. "Orlando," she breathed. In front of her, Shane grimaced but remained silent.
"I'm from England, if you can't already tell," he went on. "I went to school both here and in England, and I graduated with honors from college just three short years ago. At the moment, I am continuing my education in drama at the university nearby. I teach part-time to keep the lights on the clothes on my back."
"You certainly don't need those," murmured Angelica. A dark look from Angela and a shove in the back of the head from Angelique was the response.
A short-haired brunette from the affluent corner raised her hand.
"Yes… What's your name?"
The girl began to speak, drawing the class's attention. The classroom door opening again broke the hold the girl had upon her audience. They all groaned when Principal Pitts made another appearance, ushering Miss Takumi, the Academy's guidance counselor, and a mysterious, dark-eyed girl into the room.
"Aw hell. It's the Armpits again," muttered a guy in the corner of the room.
"Just making sure things were alright" was Pitts' excuse for bothering them. Miss Takumi sighed and shook her head when Pitts was out of earshot.
"Sorry, Orlando, but I've got another new student for you," Miss Takumi said. She gently pushed the quiet girl toward Orlando. The girl just stared at her feet. "This is Felice. She just transferred in from–"
"Nowhere," interrupted Felice briskly. "It doesn't matter where I came from."
If Miss Takumi was surprised, shocked, or ready to back-slap Felice for interrupting her, she hid it well. She handed Orlando a copy of Felice's schedule with minimal chatter and patted the quiet girl on the shoulder, wishing her a nice day. Felice didn't move. Miss Takumi left. Orlando perused Felice's schedule idly then looked at her.
"Shakespearean Studies, huh?" Felice didn't respond. She just blinked, looking uncomfortable. "You like Shakespeare?"
"I suppose," Felice responded in an even tone. "Do you?"
Orlando brought a hand to his heart dramatically. "Ah, a girl after my own heart." Felice raised an eyebrow. "Well, why don't you take a seat so we can continue on with the complexities of astronomy?" He handed her schedule to her.
"Thank you." And with that, Felice found a seat near the door. The brunette was now seething with anger, as her moment with Orlando was shattered by the arrival of…that girl.
Who was she? And why was she from "nowhere"?
The question burned on the brunette's mind for less than ten seconds, but she filed it away for later. Meanwhile, Angelica Wolfe inwardly groaned with dismay because she knew exactly who the mysterious dark-skinned girl was.


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This Wiki page discusses the case study of traditional natural resource management practices in Tibet by the indigenous people known as the Tibetans. They are composed of many related native ethnic groups who share similar linguistics and cultures. The purpose of this case study is to address the land issues faced by the Indigenous Tibetans and to discuss the allocation of power within the stakeholders involved in this case study. We will specifically look into the Nagchu prefecture (an area in Tibet Autonomous Region).
Description of the community forestry case study – Where located; history; national or regional context (if appropriate)
History of Tibet and the Takeover by China
Tibet is a nation filled with a rich history. It is located in East Asia and is located within the boundary of the nation-state of China. It existed as an independent state with its own unique culture, language and religion. However, after the creation of the new Chinese Communist Party in 1950, the CCP declared that Tibet must become a part of China permanently. China invaded Tibet in 1950s. Inside its border and across the world, Tibetans have never stopped believing Tibet is a nation. Tibetans still resist China's rule and defy its oppression after more than sixty years of invasion and occupation.[8]
The reasons the Chinese government wanted to take over Tibet could be divided into two parts. One is about natural resources. Tibet has high biodiversity and rich natural resources. To take over Tibet represents a big increase in available resources for the Chinese government. Tibet's rivers supply fresh water to billions of Asia's people. Its natural resources prop up China's global power. [8] The second part is about political influence. Tibet is not only sharing its boundary with China but also India. The influence could be exerted by India, but would be resisted economically, culturally, or politically after Chinese takeover of Tibet. [1] In October 1950, 40,000 Chinese troops invaded Tibet and forced the present Tibetan government (which was led by a teenage Dalai Lama) to recognize China's policies and regulations, and in return, allowed Tibet to retain its autonomy. [1]
However in 1959, China failed to keep its promises and hundred of thousands of Tibetans fearing that the Dalai Lama might be kidnapped/assassinated surrounded the Palace to protest against the People's Liberation Army's invasion.[15] China did not take too kindly with that and later on, the PLA invaded, slaughtering tens of thousands of people. However, the Dalai Lama were able to flee to India where they have long maintained a government-in exile.[15] This was a turning point in Tibetan history.
In February 2018, China's Public Security Bureau in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) declared a list of Tibetan traditional activities and social activities to be illegal. This list of illegal activities includes local initiatives for environmental protection, language, preservation, and dispute mediation that encourages support for the exiled Dalai Lama or for Tibetan independence.[7] The police also decreed that any kind of support for the Dalai Lama's proposal that aims to increase Tibet's autonomy is officially counted as a crime. [7] Environmental groups are still allowed in some areas in Tibet, mainly located in the East part of Tibet. However the environmental groups and other social community initiatives in the western part of Tibet have been restricted. More than one million Tibetans have died as a result of China's occupation. [8] Under China's occupation, Tibet has been divided up, renamed and incorporated into Chinese provinces.
Later on, we will be using the term pastoralism. Pastoralism defined by definitions.net is:
"the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep. "Pastoralism" generally has a mobile aspect, moving the herds in search of fresh pasture and water. Pastoralism is a successful strategy to support a population on less productive land, and adapts well to the environment". [5]
Profile of the Tibetan Communities in Nagchu
Population Characteristics
Nagchu is located at the South of the Tanggula Mountains and the North of the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains. It has a total area of 450,537 km2 (173,953 square miles). [2]
From 1980 to 2000, the population of Nagchu increased from 238.6 thousand to 362.8 thousand. The rapid population growth led to the increasing demand for resources including land. Therefore, the land use shift, especially for grassland, is inevitable.[10]
The area of study is the Pelgon county and has a total population of 38,186. Ninety-nine percent of its population is made up of Tibetans. The distribution and proportion of people that is Tibetan in Pelgon are much more than in most of the remainder of Tibet. There are now more Chinese people in parts of Tibet than Tibetans and Tibetans are becoming a minority in their own country.[8] 91% of the population in Pelgon are pastoralists who depend on the pastoralism of sheep, goats, yaks and horses to survive. [3] The Nagchu prefecture had seen rapid economic growth in recent years, leading to the result of being urbanized. [4]
Socio-Economic Characteristics
Nagchu prefecture consists of ten counties including Pelgon and one special area. Among all its ten counties and one special area, there is only one county that is semi-agricultural and semi-pastoralist. All the rest nine counties and one special area are dominated by pastoralism.
As of 2017, the regional GDP in Nagchu was 11,982 million yuan (around 1,775 million US dollars). [2] Prior to 1959, pastoralists bartered with their butter, wool, salt and livestock with other farmers from other parts of Tibet and the Himalayan countries. Currently they usually purchase goods, mostly from markets. [3]
Nagchu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. Data source: Conservation and Society (Jul/Sep 2017)
Environmental Characteristics
[put quotation marks around the text that you have taken from other sources]. The areas of the Tibetan Plateau populated by nomadic herders are regarded as non-equilibrium ecosystems, with climate variability, snowstorms, droughts and other natural disturbances acting as the main mechanisms causing changes in the ecosystem. [11] For many decades, these cyclical disasters maintained a balance between livestock carrying capacity and vegetative growth. [12] In a harsh environment, the pastoralists use a series of measures to manage the pastures and their livestock. [13] Tibetan grasslands constitute one of the most important grazing ecosystems in the world. Distributed widely across the high plains and mountains of the Tibetan plateau, these grasslands encompass the source areas of many major rivers in Asia. [9] As mentioned above, Tibet's rivers supply fresh water to billions of people in Asia and its natural resources prop up China's global power. [8] To be specific, about forty percent of the total population of the world depends on Tibet's rivers or is influenced by those rivers. [9] Nagchu has an area of 34,172,300 km2 that is grassland. This grassland area occupied 79.5% of the total land area of Nagchu, and also occupied 42.2% of the total grassland area in Tibet Autonomous Region. [10] Nagchu is, therefore, the major grassland pastoralism base of Tibet Autonomous Region. Pastoralism that is based on grassland has been responsible for around 50% of the total GDP of Nagchu for decades. [10] However, due to the mismanagement of grassland resources, grassland environment has deteriorated drastically.
Tenure arrangements. Describe the nature of the tenure: freehold or forest management agreement/arrangements, duration, etc.
Rights and Ownership
Prior to the 1959 Reform
For most cases, all land in China (including rangeland) belongs to the state. Livestock are owned privately. Collective or group tenure arrangements have persisted across most regions' seasonal pastures. Prior to the Chinese Reform in 1959, rangeland was used and owned communally where the lands were shared by the people at a tribal level while the herding, raising of cattle and migration were done on an individual family level.[3] Taking the study of one research village that was a part of the Sepa Tribe, cross-tribe grazing and camping were not the norm because there weren't as many families, meaning they had access to a large grazing land, thus no shortage of forage for the livestock. They didn't need to migrate as much and could stay in one pastoral area due to the amount of resource available before moving due to weather changes. [3]
After the 1959 Reform and Prior to the People's Commune
In the early years of the 1959 reform, rangeland access and the traditional production system underwent little change throughout the prefecture. The establishment of a new five-level Chinese administrative structure was implemented and started to replace the old Tibetan administrative structure. Each village operated as a Zuk (group) under the Sepa Township [3]. The government started introducing ways to improve production. However despite these efforts, this did not really bring a dramatic change in the traditional production system as the pastoralists were protected by the 30-point policy which stated that could keep on doing what they did before.[3]
During the People's Commune 1975-1984
During the establishment of the People's Commune which was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas[14], rangeland access continued to remain the same throughout the prefecture[3]. This hierarchy in the commune system consisted of several production brigades whose individuals were responsible for its share of the output delivery quotas put out by the central plan [6] and a brigade was composed of several production teams which consisted of day-today production activities such as herding and migration [3].
Reform and Post-Reform Era
One major part of the early Chinese economic reform began in 1978 in the agricultural sector. Known as the Rangeland Household Responsibility System (RHRS) also known as Rangeland use rights privatization, it was initiated into the system of pastoralism in order to prevent the degradation of rangeland and avoid a tragedy of the commons scenario. In the early 1980's the Chinese government started disbanding communes and replacing them with townships which finished by 1985 [3] in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The result was that many old townships prior to the reform was restored with the same rangeland and households. In many cases, rangeland was still used communally at the township level.[3] But in the case study area rangeland use has been based on the administrative village, resulting in pastures being shrunk. However, this did not seem of a problem to these pastoralists as they had enough land that is neither desirable nor feasible for them to move somewhere else [3].
Administrative arrangements. Describe the management authority and the reporting system.
Though Chinese government has imposed its own version of "autonomy" under its national policy for minority groups, the so-called "autonomy" has achieved very little of what it promises. The position of Tibetans has evolved from cries for independence in the early years of exile to calls for "genuine autonomy" now. Chinese officials view Tibetans' loyalty to the Dalai Lama as a threat. China's national-minority autonomy policies are promulgated in their current form in the 1982 PRC Constitution and in the Law on Regional National Autonomy passed in 1984, and revised in 2001. [19]
In summary, Tibetan is under the unfair control of Chinese government in the aspects of culture, policy, economics and social activities.
Social actors (stakeholders, user groups) who are affected stakeholders, their main relevant objectives, and their relative power
Tibetans Communities/ Households
The affected stakeholders are basically the households as county officials generally make the decisions. They do not have the power to make decisions, and generally they have that much procedural rights which is when decisions makers consult them before implementing, but the affected stakeholders do not get the final say.
Tibet Natives
But if you look beyond that, we can say that the Tibetans are greatly the ones affected. Tibetans have protested for its independence since the take over by the CCP in 1950,. However the Chinese government denies all accusations of oppression in Tibet as a myth and that they are taking very good care of them. In practice, decision-making is usually concentrated under the ethnic Han CCP officials. [16] and the ethnic Tibetans who have senior positions often act as figureheads and have no major role in decision making.[16]. This is evident with the increased presence of Han Chinese infrastructure and construction projects such as hotels, and highways. I believe that the overall reason for this is to slowly eradicate/dilute the Tibetan culture with main Chinese cultures.
Another major problem Tibetans are facing is the severe pollution caused by the extraction of natural resources. There are many cases where the pollution from extraction has caused serious harm to the environment. Take 1 case where the the wastes from lithium mines were flushed into the Lichu river where it caused contamination of drinking water and mass death of fish [17]. Another case is the poisoning of the river near local Tibetans of Dokar through the leakage of waste by the nearby Copper Poly metallic mine. This affected their way of living as it polluted the water used for their drinking, irrigation and feeding their livestock. [17] Despite protests by the Tibetan communities, the Chinese government completely shut down these protesters through violence and arrests [17]. Taking all these cases in account, I can safely assume that these Tibetans hold absolutely no power in decision making.
Social actors (stakeholders, user groups) who are interested stakeholders, outside the community, their main relevant objectives, and their relative power
United Nations
China has affirmed acceptance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is widely accepted and considered reflective of customary international law. It includes the rights to freedom of association, peaceful assembly, expression, and participate in the cultural life of the community. While the TAR's [decode this acronym] notice and regulation in terms of Tibet have clearly and systematically violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[7]
Chinese Government / Infrastructure Companies
The Chinese government are the biggest interested stakeholders as they hold all the power in terms of decision making. Their main objectives is to use the land's natural resources. They are interested in developing infrastructure and improving the area for more tourism and economic activity. They recognize that Tibet is a unique place in the world and they want the entire world to come and recognize all these historic buildings and the history behind this country. However, the main problem is that this led to the demolition of homes and expulsion of nuns and monks. Many are fearing that development will only act as a detriment to Tibet cultural sites and begin to slowly dilute Tibetan culture.[16]
A discussion of the aims and intentions of the community forestry project and your assessment of relative successes or failures. You should also include a discussion of critical issues or conflicts in this community and how they are being managed
The Problem with Rangeland Use Rights Privatization
In the case study area of the Pelgon County, the policy of rangeland use rights privatization was implemented in 2004 [3]. The county officials offered 4 options of using the grazing land which included rangeland use on a household basis, collectively by groups of households, collectively by the natural village or collectively by the administrative village [3]. The problem is that one of the options could seem infeasible for certain locations. Take example of village 1 who went with option 1. During this time, many families ended by losing the majority of their livestock due to option 1 restricting the mobility of livestock, causing vegetation to disappear more quickly, resulting in inadequate forage and eventually lowered productivity [3]. On the other hand, village 2 accepted a policy which combined both the household rangeland tenure with community-based use with user fees. The tradeoff for paying a user fee is that poorer families are able to earn some money off their land for sharing their land with richer families, while at the same time not leave the rich families worse than before. Another thing is the guarantee of mobility and flexibility of livestock [3].
"While privatization in itself may not be a cause for concern, it is often followed by exclusivity in terms of use. This exclusivity can again be viewed as increasing rangeland fragmentation and may have as one of its consequences the restriction of the movement of people and livestock, again limiting pastoralists' access to resources that vary over time and space As a consequence, both pastoralists and their animals have had their options reduced for responding to temporal variations in terms of both vegetation and precipitation.Rather than helping to alleviate possible problems related to climate change, governmental policies seem to exacerbate them by reducing the pastoralists' ability to respond to spatiotemporal variation in vegetation and climate flexibly" (Kelmanm and Lamadrid 111). In short, privatization of rangeland has made it difficult for pastoralists to make communally rational decisions in response to changing climate.
Your recommendations about this community forestry project
As all things degrade, maintaining and improving rangeland pastoralism for livestock and wildlife is a major concern for mostly every community in Tibet. Along with the threat of environmental pollution, major management is needed to improve these policies.
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2. Nagqu. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagqu
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4. Nagchu to be Tibet Autonomous Region's sixth prefecture-level city. (2019, April 05). Retrieved from http://www.tibetanreview.net/nagchu-to-be-tibet-autonomous-regions-sixth-prefecture-level-city
5. Definitions for pastoralism.pas·toral·ism. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.definitions.net/definition/pastoralism.
6. Lawrence, J.Lau. Huanhuan, Zheng. "How much slack was there in the Chinese Economy Prior to Its economic Reform of 1978." China Economic Review, Volume 45, September 2017, pp. 124-142
7. "Illegal Organizations" | China's Crackdown on Tibetan Social Groups. (2018, July 30). Retrieved from https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/07/30/illegal-organizations/chinas-crackdown-tibetan-social-groups
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10. WANG, Ya-jun, Xing-hu WEI, and Ping YANG. "Effects of over-grazing on vegetation degradation of Kobresia pygmaea meadow in Nagqu, Tibet." Journal of Lanzhou University 1 (2005).
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13. Miller, Daniel J. "Tough times for Tibetan nomads in western China: snowstorms, settling down, fences and the demise of traditional nomadic pastoralism." Nomadic Peoples (2000): 83-109.
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18 . Lamadrid, A., & Kelman, I. (Eds.). (2012). Climate Change Modeling for Local Adaptation in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region. Climate Change Modeling For Local Adaptation In The Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 11, 111. doi:10.1108/s2040-7262(2012)0000011018
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Another Taylor Kitchen Success!
Harvest Sausage and Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash – yum! We prepared this Halloween night; paired with a green salad and garlic bread – quite a feast!
Harvest Sausage and Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash
3 Acorn Squash
Olive oil or coconut oil
Salt & pepper for seasoning
1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
¼ Tsp. Cayenne pepper
1 pound of Italian sausage castings removed. We used Jimmy Deans Sage sausage instead.
1 small onion finely chopped
2 large celery stalks
2 apples cored and diced. We used green apples and removed the peel.
½ tsp. dried sage
1 tbsp. bread crumbs (or coconut flour for gluten-free dish)
1 cup shredded parmesan cheese divided
** Since were are just two now we only bought 1 squash and vacuumed sealed the remainder of the stuffing for another time or two.
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Cut the stem off the end and the bottom to make them plat allowing them to sit – remove as little as possible. Remove the seeds, rub with oil; season with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and the cayenne pepper. Bake squash for about 40 minutes, or until they're easily pierced with a fork but still hold their shape.
2. Meanwhile, brown the sausage, adding the onion and celery after a few minutes. Sauté until the sausage is completely browned. Add the apples and sauté for an additional 2 minutes. Stir in sage and breadcrumbs or coconut flour. Add ¾ of the parmesan cheese; stir. Remove from heat.
3. Spoon meat mixture into the Acorn squash halves. Return to the oven for an additional 15-20 minutes. Serve warm with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.


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* remember the device id, it will be diskN where N is a number, such as disk4
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My wife and daughter return tonight at around midnight. I am not exactly looking forward to this. Not because I dislike my wife or daughter but because I know they will not be happy. They are coming back from disneyland to the reality of life. I have no money and I have the washing machine in pieces. It is hard to explain to one's wife that you did not take time to get a father's day present or a coupler for the washing machine because you were busy chopping silage when there is no money in the bank and there won't be till I either sell some hay or start planting. I think the silage money will go to make up for the shortfall of cash that comes from our good friends, the seed cleaners, not getting our seed cleaned or tests sent off so it could be sold and losing various lots of seed. And then there are the folks who owe me money for hay and are broke and then there is that 100 ton of my personal hay that didn't sell last year. I just don't know what to say. It is different when you are working for someone by the hour. Perhaps I should be...
Then there is the problem with the daughter, she will be unhappy. My daughter's dog keeps running away. She made me promise not to shoot it but I don't think she totally trusts me. It is an old dog. The dog has been abused. When the dog lived with my brother-in-law I really liked it. It always came to me to be petted. I thought it liked me. Actually it is just neurotic.
I have finally figured out that it is totally motivated by doggie treats and not by kind words or petting. My daughter thinks the dog loves her but really the dog just knows that kids drop little tidbits of food.
The dog is obsessed with my wife. It follows her everywhere. Of course since this was a "special needs" dog it has to live in the house. I don't like this at all but I am over-ruled by the females.
While wife and daughter are gone the dog alternates between hiding in the bedroom and when I take it outside, hiding under my wife's pickup. Now it just runs away from me unless I have food.
This morning it would not come out of the house. It is afraid of guns. I was working on the washing machine and slammed the lid. This sounded like a gun being cocked.
The dog ran past me and out the door.
Now it is wandering up and down the middle of the road and runs from me when I call it.
I have never really disliked an animal before. I've always prided myself on being able to build it's trust and make it a friend. I think perhaps it is the victim mentality that the dog shows. It is really the first dog I've just wanted to shoot...
I guess I'll just have to buy a box of dog biscuits and give it one every time I see it. I can't help but compare it with the two farm dogs who have a doggie life. They run around and investigate stuff. They don't crap randomly or stand in the road. If they are standing in the road and you yell at them they move! Then they come to be petted. If a car is coming the get out of the way, (unless the person slows down for them to move...) Right now they are chewing on each other and rolling in the driveway.
The neurotic dog is running from house to barn to wife's pickup and back again and looking very distressed.
The cat ate neurotic dog's food this morning....
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Single-Arm Planks
I saw megsquats doing these a while ago and I do them now, too. I'm so original.
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Remember, too, that the wider your feet are spaced when doing this exercise, the easier it will be. The narrower they are, the more challenging it becomes.
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Pull the abs in and engage the glutes to help with this and make sure all the muscles of your core are working. If you're just letting your stomach hang out and you're not maintaining tension, you're going to tip over pretty quickly.
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Need more guidance? Here's a video demonstrating each of these exercises:
If you're looking for addition ab exercises to add to your workouts, be sure to give the active plank a try, too. I explain how to do it and what makes it so great in this post.
If you give any (or all) of these exercises a try, please let me know in the comments down below!


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Simply Super Sketch Challenge
Really enjoyed this one... some lovely friends of ours had a baby girl this morning, so it was a good excuse to make a card and use my new Fiskars scalloped scissors!
Ingredients: anna Griffin and TLC papers, fabric flower from a local shop, eyelets, vintage button, stamp, Fiskars scallop scissors and very mini daisy punch.
13 comments:
- Kathy said...
Oh this is pretty!
love the swirls and the edging looks so neat - I can't cut a staright line for toffee so if I use edging scissors it always looks a tatty mess!
- 10:27 am
- Gillian said...
LOL! at Kathy's toffee comment...
Ruth this is such a pretty card... so girly.. perfect for a new baby card..
- 10:40 am
- Jo said...
Beautiful card, I love the scalloped edging, so pretty :)
jo xx
- 10:51 am
- Lythan said...
I love the swirls and scallops too. And hasn't the baby got a lovely name!
- 11:52 am
- Esther said...
I cant believe you havent inked the little daisies on the corner!? So unlike you... hee hee. You definately got your mojo back girl! Stunning I love it, and I actually not minding the red and pink together... one of my no go colour combos... :)
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- Andrew Harman said...
Hi Andrew Harman here posting a comment on you blog..............
Right down to Bisness Here we have one buetefull Card!!! I like it all (except the pink very girlsh coulour if you ask me) LOVE ANDREW JONATHAN MARK HARMAN XXXXXXXXXXX
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- Andrew Harman said...
Sorry I just notesed my spellings going round the 360 bend and in this comment as well AAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhh help
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- Andrew Harman said...
oh dear its all goin rather badly you know my commenting isnt it ohhhh dddeeeeaaaarrr
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- Wendy - Anntaurus said...
This is so so pretty - Love the way you have used the sketch.
- 8:31 pm
- Pearl said...
wow just beautiful !
love the size of the scallop edging !
smiles , Pearl
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- Sarah said...
Very pretty card, love the colours!
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- Paula J Atkinson said...
Beautiful card. Love all of it.
I have a drangonfly brooch made for me by an old friend & it has an Amethyst right where you placed your bling.
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The TyC Sports ad for the tourney, which will be played in 10 cities across the United States over the month of June, opens with a narrator introducing "businessman" Donald Trump.
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Trump's comments about a border wall play over clips of Argentine soccer players scoring a goal and cutting past a defender.
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The real estate mogul's border remarks also have figured prominently in a trailer for "Desierto," a Mexican film about immigrants attempting to cross into the United States while under fire from a border vigilante, and in a Mexican TV promo for a Mexico vs. USA soccer game.
Watch below:
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Mermaid Gift Guide Vol. 02
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This list just screams you, Jess!! I hope you get loads of mermaid goodness this holiday season and hopefully you're feeling a little less stressed without 'blogmas' on your mind :)ReplyDelete
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Thank you to all the parents who have very generously donated food for the local food bank.


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Markets are afraid that trade tariffs may shatter existing world trade rules, with finance ministers and central bank heads in efforts to formulate new rules. Previous events as well as the current situation suggest the possibility of a decision that will revolve around attempts to weaken the U.S. currency.
During the last 35 years, there have been several periods during which the United States actively struggled with trade deficit. In the 1980s, the Plaza Accord occurred as a most notable event, an agreement on coordinated actions in attempt to weaken the dollar.
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The graph of the dollar index to the major trading partner currencies gives a clear picture of reversals. The early 1980s rally saw the index rise from 93 to 144 points (up 155%) in approximately 5 years, before collapsing to 88 in just 3 years. Subsequently, between 1988-1995, the dollar experienced a less volatile decline, maintaining its downward trend nonetheless. Between 1995-2002, the currency strengthened to trading partner currencies, largely due to the Asian crisis and a mistrust against the euro.
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When it concerns the important things that can make or break an event, few are as important as the quality, flavor and look of the food and drinks you serve. A lot is riding on your choice which catering service to work with, and if you believe this choice really isn't really that important, take a look at it this way, incredible catering can save an event that's on the rocks, however bad catering will almost always send out visitors to the doors.
In addition, since catering is often the # 1 or # 2 line-item expense for the majority of events, the caterer you choose is also a significant financial decision and can influence just how much money you have left over to invest in other areas depending upon food expenses and quantities.
Add in that catering services can differ drastically in their pricing and the kinds of meals and services they provide, and the procedure of selecting a catering service can figuratively and literally feel like you are comparing apples to oranges.
# 1 Responsiveness And Personal Interest In Your Requirements
Of all the event and catering professionals we talked with, this came up over and over and over again, generally due to the fact that how responsive and interested a caterer is during your initial conversations is indicative of how they will carry out during the length of their contract with you (and more on contracts later).
A potential caterer ought to be learning as much as they can about you in your first few discussions with them, so you must anticipate them to be talking and asking concerns about 20% of the time and you providing responses and describing your needs about 80% of the time.
# 2 Capability To Handle Your Specific Kind Of Event In Murarrie 4172
Not every catering service is perfect or every kind of event, and many catering services themselves honestly admit this.
So when interviewing your Murarrie caterers (and you must consult with a minimum of 3 catering services for any occasion with a sensible spending plan), you have to be specific about the type of occasion you are planning and the type of food and/or presentation you are anticipating. Otherwise, you might end up choosing a catering service who simply isn't an excellent suitable for the type or style of your event.
Practically every caterer has a standard menu or menus to pick from, and numerous do offer some level of built-in flexibility to adapt these menus to your specific requirements by substituting particular items and/or personalizing others.
Nevertheless, the standout caterers will surpass standardized menu choices and want to create amazing fare that matches even more particular theme and dietary requirements.
# 3 Determination To Provide Tastings
How will you ever understand exactly what a caterer can do unless you sample their goods? And more particularly, how will you understand what the menu items you are thinking about will taste like unless you specifically attempt them?
Some people shy away from asking to sample the specific items they want for their event since it seems like a trouble for the catering service, but it is standard to request for a tasting of exactly what you are planning to order prior to you sign on the dotted line.
In addition, you can ask for wine parings for these tastings if they are appropriate for your event (again, be prepared to pay a charge, it's a small price to pay to ensure you choose the right catering service). And when you are sampling the food, also address how it is presented, as any catering service who makes the effort to correctly display a sample will most likely be most likely to make that type of effort on your occasion day.
Are you an event manager who has to manage catering information, budget plans and projects?
Or are you a caterer who needs to track proposals, invoices, meal selections, inventory and other customer information?
# 4 Familiarity With The Venue
You may be in for a surprise if you employ a BBQ take-out joint to cater a formal ballroom charity event. Or if you choose a high-end corporate occasion caterer to serve a barn wedding. Why? Due to the fact that these caterers may not be accustomed to preparing and serving food in such a setting.
This can get back at more particular depending upon constraints of the location itself, like when it comes to museums and historical sites.
Even more traditional venues can likewise have restrictions that catering services must follow, like particular setup standards or disposal limitations for waste food and water, so having a caterer that recognizes with a venue's guidelines can possibly save you great deals of inconvenience on event day.
# 5 Complete Explanation Of Services/Goods Promised In The Contract
The caterer's agreement should clearly spell out precisely what food, drinks and services the catering service will be offering on the designated day( s). Moreover, it should secure you from non-performance as much as it protects the caterer from non-payment/default, so you may wish to think about having a lawyer} look at it prior to you sign it.
Every detail needs to be consisted of in the contract, included selected menus, number of portions and/or individuals to be served, beverage/bar service details (if applicable) and all pricing and additional services.
No catering service in Murarrie with a shred of self-respect and scruples enters into a contract with strategies to bail at the last minute, however you need to make certain there is a cancellation clause in your agreement just in case your catering service has to cancel.
You do not want to be left without recourse with only days or hours prior to your event, so just make sure cancellation procedures and penalties are in place so you do have a backup strategy.
# 6 References You Can Call and Speak With
Of course you will need to look into the caterers you are considering, and it's always good to begin online and check out sites.
However, do not stop there, as online reviews are not always reliable (or perhaps genuine); for instance, a good catering service may have had a few nightmare/hater customers who skew their rankings, while a really mediocre catering service might have padded their online reviews. So see if you can track down some past clients of the catering services you are thinking about and reach out to them.
# 7 Insurance
Every catering service we spoke with called insurance protection "an offered" for catering services, and you definitely don't wish to legally be on the hook for some oversight or accident that was the fault of your catering service.
# 8 A Skilled Chef and Kitchen Area Staff
Surprisingly, the length of time a catering company in Murarrie has actually stayed in business might not be as vital in choosing a terrific catering service as you might think.
So ensure to ask about the chef's bona fides and CV due to the fact that he/she will most likely be the one most responsible for the outcome of the meal and whether your guests enjoy it or not.
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Planet of the Apes. A franchise which dates back to the late 60's, has accumulated 9 films ranging from remakes to prequels. I'm not going to discuss the inadequate trilogy of prequels which comes from our friends at LucasFilm, but instead the good, in places.
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Long before a torrent of news, reviews, and FAQs made the Internet the go-to repository for information on a particular title, the manual packaged inside the box was our essential primer. They offered a wealth of knowledge on a game's characters, backstory, system requirements and control schemes – helpful hints to successfully navigating a brand-new experience.
For PC gamers, they once doubled as the game's only source of copy protection, with instructions like "Turn to page 97, and type in the fifth word on the third paragraph" being a recurring annoyance in many titles. If I'd seen things like SecuRom coming, I probably would've complained a lot less.
From Game Career Guide comes an interview with Belinda Van Sickle, president of GameDocs Inc, a professional manual designer with 12 years of experience in the field. It's an interesting look at the ins and outs of an important part of a game-package, and one that's frequently overlooked.
Baldur's Gate 2's manual was 266 pages long. Empire Earth clocked in at 239. Even World of Warcraft's manual had 114 pages. I imagine that scaling back some of these tomes saved quite a few trees, not to mention production costs. But in the age of digital distribution, it's been quite some time since I've had the chance to kick back with a physical introduction to a game... kind of a sad development.
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What is acupuncture ?
Acupuncture is a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine that consists of inserting needles into the surface of the skin in particular points, called acupuncture points. These points are located along pathways called meridians. Energy that the Chinese refer to as Qi is said to flow between these points along the meridians. The meridians allow the energy to circulate to different parts of our body and enable their proper functioning. By using the synergy of these points an acupuncturist may heal problems within the body.
Your acupuncturist will assess your energy balance in order to determine which points need to be stimulated. The combination of points stimulated will have different effects on your body and organs. Your acupuncturist will determine the optimal combination of points to stimulate in order to help you.
An acupuncturist may use not only needles but a wide array of equipment such as suction cups or magnets to help blood flow and accelerate the healing process.
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The main reasons why a person seeks help from an acupuncturist are:
- To alleviate pain: muscular problems, lumbago, fibromyalgia, sciatica, reflex dystrophy, headaches and migraines, etc.
- To treat sleeping disorders like apnea, insomnia, fatigue due to time change or jet lag, etc.
- To help prepare the body for pregnancy or pregnancy follow ups with perinatal pains as well as for inducing labor, etc.
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- To help improve different digestive issues such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, etc.
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Since many issues, as mentioned above, can be healed with acupuncture, people of all ages can benefit from acupuncture sessions.
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SCARBOROUGH — Last month's repeal of the Obama administration's Title II regulations – also referred to as "net neutrality" – was almost universally met with praise from Republicans. However, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was the first Republican lawmaker to oppose it. While "net neutrality" makes for an innocuous-sounding slogan, the reality of the 2015 Federal Communications Commission rules was much more sinister.
Behind the news release, and beneath the framing of an "open internet," lies Title II, a regulatory model developed for the old rotary phone system of 1934 – when there was only a government-created monopoly telephone network. Under this government system, the phone network saw little to no innovation, accomplishing one simple task of connecting a voice call. For those who even remember the phone of the 1980s, you will recall that the introduction of call waiting was the best invention since sliced bread.
Fast forward and think of all the innovation that has happened with internet technology. How the ability to connect via mobile has infinitely improved over the past decade, and how there are countless activities you can now perform online in an instant. This is because Title II didn't apply to broadband internet – that is, until 2015, when the FCC under Barack Obama voted along party lines to upend a model that brought us today's modern internet experience.
Imposing Title II on broadband internet is one of the largest impediments to more internet access, network deployment and broadband availability. With the baggage of Title II regulations and the uncertainty of how they would be applied in the future, investment in internet infrastructure was at risk. In the wake of Title II, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, internet service providers reduced their investments by about 12 percent.
In the case of Maine, that is simply investment we cannot afford to lose. According to a 2016 FCC report, 17 percent of Maine residents living in rural areas do not have access to high-speed broadband.
The position of Title II net neutrality proponents is especially ironic. The voices who have ardently supported the 2015 rules are the same ones who complain about a lack of available broadband providers, particularly in remote areas. Smarter, more flexible regulation enables network investment and expansion. This increases competition and choice, and competition creates more options for consumers and drives down price.
As FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a speech before the commission voted to repeal Title II, the top complaint from consumers is "that they don't have enough access and competition. Ironically, Title II has made that concern even worse by reducing investment in building and maintaining high-speed networks."
The widespread adoption of new technology not only ensures more choice for consumers, but also is necessary for the state to remain competitive. The Obama administration's Title II rules would have slowed the state's ability to adopt the next phase of wireless technology, known as 5G, which is widely viewed as a viable substitute for wireline communications, offering gigabit speeds. Maine has the highest percentage of rural residents in the nation, with the U.S. Census Bureau reporting in 2010 that 61.3 percent of the state's population lives in rural areas.
With the proliferation of 5G, those living in rural areas will have access to new high-speed wireless internet connections.
Ultimately, Congress can enact legislation addressing concerns related to actual "net neutrality" – no blocking and no throttling – while reducing the grip of the federal government over our communications networks by avoiding the application of Title II. Furthermore, any legislation should also apply to giant internet companies that are often caught in anti-competitive behavior or censorship, companies whose actions were not addressed by the FCC "net neutrality" rules.
As a representative of Maine, the nation's most rural state, Sen. Collins should support bipartisan legislation that not only protects real net neutrality, but also enables the expansion of access to information for all citizens. Hampering broadband's spread will serve only to undermine Maine and its citizens.
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We are in the middle of a fascinating political play. Thinking Australians agree that the influence of poker machines is way too large. But the club associations representing the thousands of clubs acrossAustraliaare leading them like lemmings over the cliff. And the politicians kowtowing to such political pressure should hang their heads in shame.
What hasn't been sufficiently stressed in the debate is that private companies and individuals should not be able to profit from poker machines. If you want to donate $50 every Friday night to the pokies, then it should only be in properly constituted clubs. And these clubs should be mandated to spend those revenues on local jobs, exercise and health facilities, Meals on Wheels, subsidised entertainment and food for pensioners and the like. Not some random donations like at present.
The reason why the benefits of "community gaming" have not been debated is because the Productivity Commission refused to accept the argument that there should be no poker machines in pubs. The PC chose this path either because of its unrelenting faith in competitive neutrality dogma, or because it was too hard, or – dare I say it – because of political pressure.
Let's be clear. There is NO rationale for poker machines to finance a publican's Mercedes or school fees, or indeed the bottom lines of supermarket chains – the biggest of which reportedly operates over 13,000 machines.
If this rationale was understood and accepted, community clubs could better perform the community functions for which they were established. Community clubs across the nation could recapture their former role as social support hubs. But it must involve a New Deal – namely that clubs would commit to the bulk of the surplus (after allowances for depreciation and capital improvements) going to community facilities.
However taking pokies away from the private sector will be political suicide if the Gillard Government cannot counter the scare tactics of the clubs industry and sell it to the wider electorate. The States will also have to be assured that they will save money by pokies revenue going towards disadvantaged individuals and families and to community infrastructure.
A phased removal of licences from the private sector would be required – possibly over a 10 year timeframe to enable investors to recoup their money. There are precedents e.g. the phasing out of tariff quotas and associated licences.
To sum up, my concern is that the Gillard Government is only thinking on one level – namely to rein in the amount going into pokies and to minimise the harm. The other level is to ensure that the amount coming out of pokies is channelled in the right direction. This issue must be considered and local councils must get off their collective backsides to make it happen. Less than ten councils made a submission to the Productivity Commission e.g. Greater Dandenong,CoffsHarbour,Fairfield, Hume,MacedonRanges, Maribyrnong, Moreland andWattleRanges. They are to be commended.
Are you game to support your community clubs vis-à-vis the hotel industry, and to mix it with the feds and state governments?


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In an article in today's Los Angeles Times, it was reported that the Jumbo Loan Market has significantly improved over the last several months. Some of the quotes from that article are as follows:
"Two weeks ago, the average interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate jumbos dropped to 5.79%, a nearly five-year low, according to rate tracker Informa Research Services of Calabasas. It edged up to 5.88% on Tuesday, still very attractive by historical standards. The average is down from well above 7% in late 2008."
"The lower rates and somewhat easier terms reflect newfound confidence among banks in the housing market. That's because, by definition, jumbos are too big to be bought by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae or to be insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Plus, the private market for mortgage-backed bonds dried up when the meltdown hit. So lenders making jumbo loans these days must be willing to take the risk of keeping them in their portfolios.
The maximum amounts for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae "conforming" mortgages, and for FHA mortgages, are set by Congress. The cutoff for single-family homes was $417,000 from 2006 until February 2008, when lawmakers increased it temporarily to $729,750 in certain high-cost areas, including Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties."
"The increased upper limits, which have been extended until the end of this year, have created a three-tier system in expensive areas, mortgage professionals say: loans of up to $417,000, which are the easiest to obtain and carry the lowest rates; "conforming jumbos" from $417,000 to $729,750, which are somewhat harder to get and have slightly higher rates; and true jumbos, with the toughest standards and highest rates.
In the boom years of 2005 and 2006, interest rates were typically no more than a quarter of a percentage point higher on jumbo loans than on conforming loans, according to Informa Research. That widened as the mortgage meltdown intensified and home prices dropped in late 2007. The spread ballooned to nearly 1.7 percentage points in early 2009 after the entire credit system froze.
But this year the rate spread has narrowed to less than a percentage point. It could shrink more if conforming-loan rates rise as expected after the Federal Reserve wraps up a $1-trillion-plus program to support the market for conforming loans next month."
In addition to lower rates, down-payment requirements are being relaxed in some cases. For example, to write a jumbo loan in coastal areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage looks for a 20% down payment or that percentage of equity, down from 25% last year, said Brad Blackwell, a national mortgage sales manager at the lender.The reason: Wells believes high-end home prices are stabilizing in those coastal counties."
":Jumbo loans remain much harder to get than before the credit crunch and recession. Borrowers typically must have a credit score of at least 700, compared with boom-era minimums in the 600s. What's more, unless their down payments are very large, borrowers must provide evidence of high income, have sizable bank accounts as a cushion against the unforeseen and occupy the houses themselves.
But there are clear signs that the jumbo market has loosened. One is an increasing availability of "stated income" loans -- those that don't require proof of income -- of as much as $2 million to borrowers with at least a 40% down payment, said mortgage broker Gary Bluman, owner of Real Estate Resources in Brentwood."
"Although no jumbos have been turned into securities for at least two years, packages of delinquent jumbos have begun to be sold again to "vulture" investors, a sign that the secondary market for the loans may revive, said Michael Fratantoni, vice president of research at the Mortgage Bankers Assn.
"The ice sheet," he said, "is starting to crack here and there."
This is excellent news for all home buyers. The public securities market for mortgage backed securities is a vital component of the mortgage financing system, and it is critical that this market revive to take the place of the massive amounts of government financing of the mortgage markets that have been taking place over the last year or so. I believe that once the government stops subsidizing interest rates for conforming loans, that interest rates for these loans will rise at least a half of a percentage point to re-establish its normal one-quarter of a percentage point spread under jumbo mortgages.
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