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Those fearing the collapse of their local currency or their local banking system won't have to lug around hunks of metal as a way to store their wealth.
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They have previously only been able to do this in their local area, or through a more complicated system elsewhere.
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The cab industry is, in fact, far more technologically advanced that your average local transit system, limousine industry, or any other industry sector carrying people on the streets of San Fran.
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Once reviewed the properties were given one of four grades, with one being the most exceptional or important, which replaces a system under which they were listed as "buildings of local interest" or "sites of special interest".
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Ten years ago branch networks were decided by the Bank of Italy, the central bank, lending was tightly regulated and two-thirds of the banking system was in the hands of central or local government.
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The mechanism described is not something the average user could, or reasonably would, leverage, as it requires local access to a system, local administration rights and a debugger in order to work.
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And incredibly, this automated system did not offer an option to connect to any local branch or person.
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As last summer's outage in America showed, local operators often do not know when or where power has gone out on their system.
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The new system was adopted by the local council after many people in Fermanagh experienced problems getting credit checks or deliveries.
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This means agencies could power their communication system in the field using an improvised local network if a disaster wipes out Internet connectivity, electricity, or both, like Hurricane Katrina did along the Gulf Coast.
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