<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a38f47ae-c445-4fc9-b574-4cd8729da6d5/03D5A9B5-CF32-46BA-918A-3129A780AB0D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory" href="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory" style="font-size: 11px;">russiatoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory"><H1 id="doc477941">Local US currency strengthens community</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory"><P>Many people call local money issued in a dozen US cities, from East Coast to West Coast, worthless pieces of paper. However, it is not just Monopoly money for the people of Ithaca, New York.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory"><P>In fact, it’s their local currency: the Ithaca hours.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory"><P>Store owner Steven Berk says he keeps his American money and his Ithaca money in one cashbox sorted out by denomination.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory"><P><EM>“The last one we did was the one tenth note which is worth a dollar, that was back in 2004,”</EM> says Steve, who was among those who create their own money for their own needs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory"><P>For years now, citizens of Ithaca have been able to solve a growing dilemma: people had needs, time, and skills, but a shortage of dollars, so the Ithaca hours solved this problem.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-10/Local_US_currency_strengthens_community.html?fullstory"><P>Local currencies gained ground during the Great Depression and then became less popular, but with the economy in a tailspin, local money is once again gaining momentum.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/03D5A9B5-CF32-46BA-918A-3129A780AB0D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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