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Closer to home, "Ithaca Hours," with a livable hourly wage as the standard, were launched during the 1991 recession to sustain the economy in Ithaca, N.Y., and stem the loss of jobs. Hours, which are legal and taxable, circulate within the community, moving from local shop to local artisan and back, rather than leaking out into the larger monetary system. The logo on the Hour reads "In Ithaca We Trust...
...same logic applies to video games. The game Renaissance 2 costs six times the price of seeing the movie Madagascar 2, but games are actually cheaper if you measure their cost by the hour. If we say that movies cost $10, and assume that the typical movie lasts 2 hours, then a moviegoer spends $5 per hour of entertainment. Most games last much longer. A triple-A video game title like Fallout 3, for instance, is priced at $60, but reviews have claimed anywhere between 50 and 100 hours of playtime. Even using the conservative estimate of 20 hours...
...which might be an even better value. Casual games often cost less than a dollar and are an expanding market on new platforms like the Apple iPhone. Power gamers are unlikely to cancel monthly subscriptions to persistent-world online games (like World of Warcraft), because the 60 or more hours many admit to playing each week makes the cost per hour infinitesimally small. Recently, “microtransaction” online games, which are free to play but charge players small amounts for in-game items and upgrades, like the Korean games Cabal Online or MapleStory, have been making inroads...
Zippy Rentals. Hertz is launching Connect by Hertz, the company's own version of the popular Zipcar rental service, on Dec. 16 in New York City, Paris and London. An annual membership starts at $50; per-hour rental fees start at $10. Book your car online, and pick up and return to designated hubs around the city. The fleet features "green" cars like the Mini Cooper and Toyota Prius and, if you have a big load to move, a Ford SUV hybrid. More cities are promised in early...
...most recent drug battle broke out during a horse race in the tiny village of Agua Zarca, less than an hour's drive from the busy Mexico-Guatemala border crossing at La Mesilla. Authorities found nearby what appeared to be an improvised hospital for the wounded, including an impromptu helicopter pad with evidence of use. Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident, four of them Mexican and at least one a Guatemalan, with an outstanding arrest warrant for drug-related crimes...