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...really make sure money stays in the community is through creating a local currency. Christian Gelleri, a former Waldorf high school teacher in the Lake Chiem area in Germany, has launched a regional currency, the Chiemgauer, equivalent in value to the Euro. According to Gelleri, the Chiemgauer, accepted at more than 600 businesses in the region and with about $3,000,000 Euros worth in circulation, has three times the velocity of the Euro, circling through the economy an average of 18 times a year as opposed to 6. One reason for the fast turnaround is that the Chiemgauer...
...sending me pictures through some social-networking outlet called "Tagged." Interesting. Did Dinda and I snap a photo together back in the day? I didn't think so, but I often forget if I've washed my hair two minutes after rinsing the shampoo. How could I be sure she wasn't sending me a poignant shot from four years ago? Plus, who doesn't like looking at their younger, better-looking selves...
...Meanwhile, in my quest to see Dinda's pictures, the site asked me to upload a headshot. Sure, no biggie. Then it started asking for my cell-phone number and making all these ridiculous offers for sweepstakes and other stuff no one should want. I'd skip an offer; another would come up. It was all junk. That's when I realized this was shady. I finally got to Dinda's page - no pictures...
...something the administration does not want to lose to protests. "This government wants to occupy the Amazon with concessions as if no one lived there, but it has come up against indigenous resistance," says La Torre. "What is needed now is a plan to stop the bloodshed and make sure the martyrs on both sides did not die for nothing...
...announcement left computer manufacturers scrambling to work out how to comply, and what the implications might be for their sales in China's fast-growing market. "It totally blindsided the industry," says Bryan Ma, a Singapore-based senior researcher with industry analysts IDC. Some computer makers aren't sure they can meet the July 1 starting date. "It'll be interesting to see what happens if some people say they can't physically get it done in time," Ma says...