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...able to move goods around the world as cheaply," says North. One strategy, he says, is to produce more locally, and a way to facilitate that is through local currency. This was one inspiration for the Lewes Pound and for the Totnes Pound in Devon, England. Both towns are part of the Transition Town movement, which seeks creative, upbeat, community-based approaches to dealing with climate change and diminished oil reserves...
...first half, grabbing the lead on several occasions. But GW (4-2) went on a 13-6 run to go to the locker room with a 36-28 lead. Coming out of the break, the Colonials appeared to be on their way to running their visitors out of town, scoring the first nine points of the second half to boost their lead to 45-28. The lead would eventually be pushed to 21 points at 53-32 with 13:16 left in the game. But the Crimson did not go quietly into the dark afternoon. After facing its largest deficit...
...made his clients believe he was a bulldog ... Basically, in this town, if you're not in the limelight, you're nobody. Pellicano was in the limelight; in fact, I think he liked it a little too much." - Richard DiSabatino, Beverly Hills P.I., on his fellow shamus (The Guardian, March...
...joined the line at the shelter waiting for breakfast. Balancing the piece of cardboard he uses for a bed under his arm, he takes a sweet roll and plastic cup of milky coffee. "I can't go back; there's no work in my town," Java says. "I came here to work. If I lose this season, I'm finished...
...miles outside the town of Jaén, olive trees cover the hills in neat lines. But this year's harvest, which started on Dec. 1, has brought another, more troubling, queue to town: the bread line. Each night, immigrants in search of once plentiful seasonal work find themselves forced to gather outside the city shelter to wait for a hot meal and, if they're lucky, a bed. "I've been working the olive harvest for the past six years," says Abdullah N., a Moroccan migrant who preferred not to give his last name. "But this year...