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[Features] Next week, T Linden will blog on our Q1 results -- full of facts and figures, including figures for Land.  Do know you will see a decline in the Land mass of Second Life because of the conversion from OpenSpaces to Homesteads and because we have taken back some parcels from Landowners who were delinquent for some time and from others who are adjusting their holdings.  No, we are not seeing a mass exodus from Second Life or a property crisis like we are seeing in the real world.  We are seeing a lot of activity, though, as people respond to the price/product changes and economic pressures in the real world.  We are also seeing new buyers enter the market.

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[Machetera] CANF to the back of the class! « Machetera: The Bush Administration explained their rationale for the policy stating that the purpose in limiting “such parcels decrease the burden on the Cuban regime to provide for the basic needs of its people.” [19] This statement not only incorrectly assumes the Cuban government is concerned about providing basic needs for its people but worse yet, instead of urging and assisting Cubans in becoming independent of the State, it has the reverse effect of having Cubans turn back to the State as their sole provider and source for basic goods and necessities.

[RedStateEclectic] RedStateEclectic : Ce qu'on voit, et ce qu'on ne voit pas ...: By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it." And later he adds, "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."

[KnowledgePlex: News: Social & Comprehensive Development] KnowledgePlex: Article: Marblehead officials veto housing plan for ...: The committee had called the plan a good way to help meet Marblehead's need for more affordable housing, including for municipal employees. It also said the development would provide residents a chance to be participants in the design of an affordable housing project.

[Wildlife Gardeners - North American Wildlife Gardening] City votes NO! for urban garden - Wildlife Gardeners - North ...: City Economic Development Commissioner Brian Reilly defended the decision by his department’s Land Use Planning Committee to reject the Stevenses’ request to buy the land. Some of the parcels on Wilson Street will likely be used for new homes through the Habitat for Humanity program, he said.

[Second Thoughts] Second Thoughts: SL Economy Takes a Lickin' and Keeps on Tickin': I know I dropped out of this bracked and flowed backwards, for example because I abandoned an openspace island, didn't take rent on it therefore, abandoned some island parcels, so I wouldn't have to pay tier next month that would be higher in Ansheland, and then also bought some mainland on a sim where it became available -- and spent some developing the land preserve because I had the time off to do it. So like others running a small business constantly needing to be developed and adjusted under these conditions, I drop down for a month, but then fortified, I go back to flowing positively again, as I have other years.

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[Reggie Middleton's Boom, Bust & Bling Blog] Reggie Middleton's Boom, Bust & Bling Blog - HAS MOVED TO ...: The reason why people buy in a lower class of submarket (land) is because you get more house for the dollar or more yard for the dollar. However, if you live in an MSA where inventory is through the roof, then all of a sudden those great A submarkets or B+ submarkets that you couldn’t afford are now affordable. 

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