Links: Oil-based rent, NFL cheerleader turned NASA engineer and more

DEFINITE READS

• Philly Eco City reports that Mount Airy-based electric bicycle shop Philly Electric Wheels has pegged its store rent to the percentage price increases of a barrel of oil.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• Science Cheerleader has a Q&A with a former Houston Texans cheerleader turned NASA aerospace engineer.
• Science Cheerleader also gives four (sort of) science-related mobile applications she likes — from mass body index to UV calculations.
• The Inquirer’s Joe DiStefano reports that Exton-based insurance-software developer iPipeline has seen sales jump sixfold since an $18 million investment two years ago.

GIVE A GLANCE

• Holly Otterbein Isiah Thompson at the CityPaper notes that Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey has long had a blog — he just hasn’t posted anything on it.
• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the city’s tax amnesty program brought in $60 million, more than double what the city gave as its goal.
• The Business Journal also reports that Lockheed Martin announced the $24 million expansion of its Newtown operations in Bucks County.

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Links: Local currency movement, Amish entrepreneurs and more

DEFINITE READS

• Freelancer John Steele writes for Keystone Edge on the growing local currency movement, in which three suburban communities are encouraging the use of a town-specific form of money to develop local purchases.
• Keystone Edge also has a Q&A with Erik Wesner, the author of a new book that includes insight on vibrant entrepreneurial Amish communities.

Below, Science Cheerleader launches new project, GSI Commerce scores (or some other basketball pun) and more.

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