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Beach Area Rental is a great choice. Rental offers great views and spectacular sounds of waves from nearby ocean (approx 750 feet). The rental is a newer contemporary and offers a great vacation with great pride in entertaining. A great find.
Contemp. is in a Residental and Rental neighborhood. Walk a couple of half blocks and enjoy the public beach.
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Three floors to accommadate your vacation.
Washer/Dryer, dish washer, micro, radio, TV's, internet (in season), gas grill, four outside porches with furniture. Please call for more.
activities and attractions in South Kingstown Rhode Island
There are numerous attractions along this nearby coastline.
Nearby parks and trails including public tennis and basketball, Trustom Pond, Mystic Aquarium, Newport, Ninigret Pond, and two casinos. Area also offers public golf courses.
Activities in Providence such as water/fire on certain weekends.
Fishing, claming, whale waching and many activities out of Narrsgsnsett and local areas.
Take a trip to Block Island on the local ferry.
Antique stores in Wickford and Watch Hill are attractive.
There are great restaurants throughout the area.
Many places and events are listed in the in-home journal.
After taking in any or all of these activities, there is nothing like just walking out your front door and taking a stroll to the beach or just relaxing on one of many outside porches.
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Event Date 1: June 10, 2010 08:30 am
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will deliver a greeting from President Obama and discuss the importance of educational and cultural exchange between Japan and the United States at the opening session of the U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON) at the Library of Congress on Thursday, June 10. CULCON is a bi-national advisory panel to the American and Japanese governments, focusing on identifying issues of cultural and educational concern and proposing constructive solutions.
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Selecting the right New York Personal Injury Lawyer to represent you is a very important decision; if you choose the Lipsig Law Firm, you will benefit from our depth of legal knowledge and practical case experience together with our dedication to helping our clients. From the first minute that we are retained, we start our investigation and help our client receive all available benefits. We commence and fully litigate every case to obtain the largest possible recovery for our clients. If the case does not settle favorably for our clients, we will conduct the entire jury trial to conclusion. When the case is resolved, we work to make sure that our client's interests are fully protected by the settlement. We believe that when a person is injured in an accident, it helps the victim when they choose a law firm that concentrates its practice solely on personal injury law. The Lipsig firm is a winning team of personal injury attorneys and paralegal staff that will work extremely hard from the beginning and up to the end of your case when you receive your recovery. At Lipsig, we are committed to provide each of our clients with close personal attention to their injury cases.
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Most professsional photographers today use high end digital camera technology and software to produce the quality we've come to expect. There are also many hard core photographers that still use film and darkroom developing to produce the finest pictures. But many photographers have a secret passion they give in to that helps them create unusual artistic pieces. Its a camera called a Holga.
Created in China in the early 80s, it was originally meant for the working-class to take family pictures. The Holga's simple design and inexpensive plastic construction classify it as a toy camera priced less than $50. But this same simplicty causes serendipitous flaws like soft focus, uncontrolable vignetting and peculiar light leaks in the images that challenge the artistic values and creative choices of the photographer.
The Holga's aperture settings consist of two positions, sunny and cloudy, which are approximatly f11 and f8, and only one shutter speed around 1/100 of second. Originally designed to use 120 film many modifications are available for other film sizes and special effects. You can even replace the lens with a pin hole to make it a "Pinholga" camera.
So for some artistic inspiration or maybe a first camera to keep a young child's interest while you are on a shoot, the Holga is an inexpensive way to experiment in photography. Then who knows, you may join the following of the Holga.
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We spend a lot of time here telling you about our gifts and t-shirt designs at our Cafepress Store. But we don't want you to forget our Wizard's Touch online photo print store where you can find highest quality prints and posters of our designs. This is also where our clients go to order prints from their wedding and other events. Some of our best photography can be found here; including our popular Eagles of the Mississppi River series.
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Are avocados more appealing because you never really know what you're going to find when you slice one open?
The other day, I used my time very judiciously by reading a 25-page thread about loving avocados on an academic message board (what? leave me alone!). One poster brilliantly proposed the term "avo-lotto" to describe the gamble you take when you buy an avocado, not knowing if it'll end up perched gloriously and green atop a salad or brown and pitted in your trash bin. (The tips you can find in videos like this one help, but I can tell you from bitter experience that they don't guarantee anything.)
The Vegan Project advocates taking a stand on rotten avocados.
As you might expect, rotten avocados make people angry. For good reason: When you pop one open to find mush, the promise of the avocado's wonderfully rich and buttery soft flesh is dashed, leaving only disappointment—and an unsightly mess–in its wake.
Page after page of the forum thread finds people anticipating the delight of an avocado and being disappointed when their fruit is foul.
But another poster offered a counter-intuitive take on the avo-lotto, suggesting that perhaps you enjoy the good avocados more because you can't simply expect them. The possibility (and frequent reality) of imperfection, in other words, makes perfection that much sweeter.
I can appreciate the argument. I certainly feel more care-free and bouncy about money I find unexpectedly on the ground than I do about the money that shows up in my bank account every month like clockwork. Surprises can be awesome.
The vegan, gluten-free Creamy Lime and Avocado Tart from Eating Bird Food.
But I don't know, guys. I also think avocados are so damned amazing that I'd love them even if—especially if!—every single one slipped its skin all perfectly green and silky. I'd probably eat more of them, since I'd be willing to shell out the ridiculous money stores in the Midwest demand if I could be sure I wouldn't be throwing my purchase in the garbage. I'd buy avocados by the dozen and make avocado-green tea popsicles and avocado-lime bread and avocado margaritas and avocado tarts and avocado-kiwi smoothies.
Clearly, I'm torn. So what do you think? Do you enjoy a perfectly ripe avocado because you've gambled and won (and could have lost)?
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13Bruce Willis Cast His New Wife
Oh man. I wish falling in love was as easy for me as it is for Bruce Willis. Apparently Bruce did not meet his new wife, Emma Heming, through friends, as his PR team originally stated. He was basically casting for girlfriends, using his Halle Berry flick Perfect Stranger as a cover. It's kind of like Match.com but for really rich and famous people, I guess.
An impeccable source tells Page Six: "During the casting of 'Perfect Stranger' [the suspense movie Willis made with Halle Berry two years ago], Bruce was very involved with the casting. In fact, you could say he was extremely involved no matter how minor the role."
At Willis' request, calls were placed to modeling agencies to fill the roles of extras and minor speaking parts.
Our casting source said, "He personally went through head shots and when the girls were called in to 'read,' he was there in the meeting. It was odd for the star of a movie to do so, but at the time he was single and I guess he needed a date."
The casting sessions/blind dates went well enough. "He started dating [model] Tamara Feldman, with whom he coincidentally enough had a sex scene," our insider said.
Then, Heming was selected for a small speaking part. Willis "started dating both Tamara and Emma but obviously, Emma eventually won out," the source said.
This is how I'm going to date in the future. Evil Beet is going to start using a lot of male models. I'm not sure where or how we'll use them (suggestions?) but we are DEFINITELY going to be needing a LOT of male models around here. I will be casting them. Then I will be dating them, and marrying the one I like best. That is how we're going to do my dating life from now on, okay? Okay.
March 25, 2009 at 3:28 pm by Evil Beet
30Bruce Willis to Wed Again???
Word on the street is that the rapidly balding actor is planning to get engaged to his girlfriend, model Emma Heming, as the two were spotted engagement-ring shopping in LA recently.
Emma is 23 years younger than Bruce. But, seriously, she looks even younger than that. She almost looks younger than Rumer.
October 17, 2008 at 11:01 am by Evil Beet
23Meet My Grandpa
Bruce Willis hits the town with his new love, 29-year-old model Emma Heming.
The kicker?
In this shot, they're leaving Ashton Kutcher's 30th birthday party.
Gosh, Ashton Kutcher is 30 years old already? Geez, Demi, don't you think it's about time you dump his ass and take up with Aaron Carter?


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Dr. Krishna P. Jayaraman, a urologist and member of the St. Mary's Hospital Medical Staff, has installed 40 solar panels on the roof of the Jayaraman Medical Associates building on Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville. Jayaraman is an official producer of electricity and is contributing to the grid.
Jayaraman's office is among the first commercial establishments to install solar panels in St. Mary's County. This photo was exhibited at the annual SMECO meeting.
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Cash4Gold In the News
Spotlight on Cash4Gold's Security Measures
A representative from Cash4Gold discusses the safety nets the company has in place to protect consumers. Read more at the The North Florida Herald
The new gold rush?
It's not your mother's home party any more — those days of gathering in kitchens and living rooms to buy plastic bowls or candles. Read More at Daytona Beach News-Journal
MC Hammer, Big Mama toy giveaway
The recording artist showed up to deliver a special holiday surprise at Essie 'Big Mama' Reed's annual toy giveaway. Read More at CNN.com
Big Mama gets celebrity help during toy giveaway
MC Hammer visited South Florida to deliver a special holiday surprise at Essie "Big Mama" Reed's annual toy giveaway. Read More at WSVN.com
Rapper MC Hammer bigs up breakfast
Early 90s rap hero MC Hammer came to Sheffield to urge schools in the city to big up their breakfasts… Read More at The Star
Business Diary: Murdoch swallows his pride at MySpace
Cash4Gold is really going for it… Read More at The Independent
Hammer Time for Cash4Gold in the UK
The UK launch of Cash4Gold gave MT a chance to catch up with not just one but two musical legends… Read More at Management Today
It's Hammer Time for Crouch
MC HAMMER has offered to teach PETER CROUCH his legendary dance moves… Read More at The Sun
Hammer blow brings backing to children's breakfast club
American rapper and entertainer MC Hammer is due to visit a Sheffield primary school this morning to launch a campaign aimed at promoting healthy breakfast clubs. Read More at Yorkshire Post
Goldie to bang drum for Cash4Gold
Cash4Gold, the company that pays money for customers' unwanted jewellery, is to make drum 'n' bass artist Goldie the new star of their UK DR TV ads. Read More at Marketing Week
Goldie joins MC Hammer in Cash4Gold line-up
Goldie, the drum 'n' Bass artist famous for his gold teeth, is to promote Cash4Gold, the service that offers cash in return for unwanted jewellery and other gold. Read More at Telegraph.co.uk
Eighties pop star MC Hammer has become an equity partner in the gold buying service Cash4Gold
MC Hammer, the rapper was famous for wearing baggy pants and singing "You can't touch this", can't get enough of gold… Read More at Telegraph.co.uk
Cash For Gold: Legitimate Or Scam?
As the price of gold increases, experts say more people are selling their gold in the rough economy, but who should you sell it to? Read More at KSWT News
Cash4Gold: Don't Send Us Your Stolen Jewelry
Gold Prices are on a record run. And infomercials for venture-backed precious metal jewelry mail-in service Cash4Gold have reached a saturation point… Read More at PE HUB
Stringent Security Measures at Cash4Gold Explored in Extensive T.V. Report
An in-depth report from a Huntsville, Alabama, station shines a light on Cash4Gold's layers of security and cooperation with law enforcement.. Read More at WAFF
Midweek musings: Buehrle glitters, goes for gold
Speaking of golden objects, the folks at www.Cash4Gold.com have estimated the melt value of the New York Yankees' recently acquired 27th World Series trophy at about $7,750. Read More at The Chicago Sun-Times
Cash4Gold Brings Together Top MMA Talent and U.S. Soldiers
At a Cash4Gold-sponsored event, U.S. soldiers had the opportunity to learn hand-to-hand combat skills from top MMA fighters. Read More at the Five Knuckles Website
Bank of England sells unwanted gold reserves after seeing daytime TV ad
The Bank of England has confirmed that they will be popping the entire nation's gold reserve into envelopes and sending it off to Cash4Gold in return for ready money, after the Governor, Mervyn King, saw an advertisement on daytime television. Read More from News Biscuit.
Cash4Gold sees shiny future in European market push
Cash4Gold, one of the largest US buyers of cast-off jewellery, is eyeing UK sales of £50 million a year as precious metals prices soar and consumers fall on hard times… Read More from TimesofMalta.com.
Cash4Gold scraps for gold in European market push
Cash4Gold, one of the largest U.S. buyers of cast-off jewellery, is eyeing UK sales of 50 million pounds ($82.7 million) a year as precious metals prices soar… Read the full text on this site or at Reuters.
MC Hammer is a big Twitter fan and uses it to help flood victims
MC Hammer, once known as a big time rap star, has gone through several incarnations since then… He is now a spokesman for Cash4Gold… Read more from Access Atlanta.
EXCLUSIVE: MC Hammer Strikes Gold!
Three-time Grammy Award winner MC Hammer is well-known for being a generous guy and that's abundant evidently in the work he's doing to aid in the emergency efforts in the Pacific and here at home in Georgia… Read more from Celebrity Good Life.
MC Hammer Uses Twitter With Cash4Gold To Raise Money For Disaster Victims
Three-time Grammy winner MC Hammer and leading mail-in buyer of precious metals including gold, silver and platinum from the general public, Cash4Gold, have teamed up to raise money for hunger relief organization Feed The Children… Read more from HipHopWired.com.
Gold price rises, spurs sales of used jewelry
As gold jumped above $1,000 last week, Mark Murado decided to trade in a gold bracelet and necklace, earning a sixfold profit. Read more from Arkansas Online.
Gold prices tip back from 18-month high
Gold fell from an 18-month high in New York on concern that a rally that sent prices near a record this month will curb jewelry sales. Read more from Denver Post.
MC Hammer stars in Cash4Gold viral
Rap star-turned-preacher MC Hammer is launching a viral video campaign to get the public to vote for a UK celebrity to appear with him in a national TV campaign to promote gold-buying service Cash4Gold. Read more from The Guardian.
Cash4Gold asks public which celebrity should appear in advert
Forget marketers and brand guardians deciding which celebrity is the right brand fit. Cash4Gold is asking members of the UK public to nominate and vote for which personality should appear in the company's next advert… Read more from UTalkMarketing.com.
MC Hammer fronts UK viral for Cash4Gold competition
Cash4Gold has launched a viral video campaign in which 1980s rap star-turned-preacher MC Hammer appeals for the UK public to name a celebrity to appear with him in a TV ad. Read more from Marketing Direct.
Cash4Gold hunts UK celeb for TV ad
Cash4Gold, the company that buys unwanted jewellery from the public for cash, has launched a competition to find a UK celebrity to star in its latest ads alongside rapper MC Hammer. Read more from Mad.co.uk.
Cash4Gold asks public to choose UK brand spokesman
Cash4Gold, the US jewellery trader that launched in the UK earlier this year, is calling on the general public to vote for a UK celebrity to star alongside MC Hammer in its ads. Read more from Campaign Live.
Cash4Gold ads to star MC Hammer and UK celeb
Famous in the US for Super Bowl ads starring Ed McMahon and MC Hammer, Cash4Gold is planning to raise similar brand awareness in the UK. Read more from Marketing Magazine.
The New Gold Rush Sweeping the UK
There is a gold rush going on in High Streets and households across Britain. Jewellers and bullion dealers are racing to hoover up the nation's unwanted gold. Read more from The Financial Mail.
Cash4Gold Comes to Canada
This week Florida-based Cash4Gold.com announced its entry into the Canadian gold jewellery-buying market. Basically unknown a year ago, the company shot to fame this year with its Super Bowl commercial… Read more from the Financial Post.
Cash for This, Cash for That:
You Name It, They Want It
Toiling away in the face of recession — no act of Congress to help him — Jeffrey Aronson and company single-handedly pumped $100 million into the economy. Read more from The Washington Post.
Cash4Gold Growing Globally
Direct buying company Cash4Gold announced plans for global expansion and the arrival of a new executive to help steer those efforts. Read more from The Daily Vista.
Cash4Gold plans expansion into Europe
Cash4Gold, which extracts 6,000 ounces of gold from scrap every week in the United States, plans to open branches across Europe over the next several quarters, seeking to benefit from a jump in sales of old jewelry. Read more from Bloomberg.
Would you cash-in your gold?
A service allowing customers to send in broken or unwanted gold jewellery through the mail in return for cash is launching in Sheffield, it has been announced. Read More at The Star
Gold trader to be UK's "biggest direct response advertiser by end of year"
Cash4Gold, the US gold buying service, is launching in the UK today with what it claims will be the "biggest direct response campaigns in UK history". Read More at Brand Republic
Postal gold buying service launched in the UK
UK residents can now send broken or unwanted gold jewellery through the mail and receive its cash value in return. Read More at telegraph.co.uk
Cash4Gold Makes a Super Bowl Splash!
Cash4Gold became the first direct response advertiser to buy airtime during the Super Bowl this year. The company's hilarious commercial starring MC Hammer and the late Ed McMahon received rave reviews. Read more about this commercial!
Cash4Gold Videos
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got on the musical bandwagon in Oscar's seventh year, giving its first Original Song award to 'The Continental' from the 1934 Astaire/Rogers musical 'Gay Divorcee.' That year's Oscar for Best Original Score went to the romantic musical 'One Night of Love.' In this post, we'll look at this year's ballots for Original Song and Original Score. Music has been essential to motion pictures since the beginning of the Silent Era when orchestral pieces, written to accompany the stories being told in images, were performed live in theaters around the country. With the advent of "Talkies," the music moved inside the screen and to the side, used either as overt elements of the story -- i.e, the musical! -- or as the accompanying score on the soundtrack.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got on the musical bandwagon in Oscar's seventh year, giving its first Original Song award to 'The Continental' from the 1934 Astaire/Rogers musical 'Gay Divorcee.' That year's Oscar for Best Original Score went to the romantic musical 'One Night of Love.' In this post, we'll look at this year's ballots for Original Song and Original Score.
Original Score
A few years after 'One Night of Love' won the first Original Score Oscar (which actually went to Columbia Pictures music department), the award was split into Original Score Drama and Original Score Musical, with those first Oscars going to the scores for 'All That Money Can Buy' and 'Dumbo.'
Since then, the Academy has shifted back and forth from two awards to one -- depending on the popularity of musicals -- settling on just one award for the last 10 years. The nominations are made by the Academy's Music Branch, which also nominates Original Songs. But for the final balloting, all eligible Academy members vote..
Those members have some distinct choices here: James Horner's sweeping adventure score for 'Avatar,' the whimsical folksiness of Alexandre Desplat's score for 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' the atonal, appropriately unnerving score for 'The Hurt Locker' by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, Hans Zimmer's dashing score for 'Sherlock Holmes' and Michael Giachhino's soaring, literally uplifting score for the animated feature 'Up.'
If James Cameron's 'Avatar' were to gain a sweep of sorts, it would take this award, too. Horner previously won for Cameron's 'Titanic,' and it's in the same vein. But I don't sense an 'Avatar' sweep; in fact, I don't sense a sweep for anyone. Given that, the winner here almost has to be Giacchino's score for 'Up.' It is the most moving, most memorable and most supportive of its movie's themes.
Original Song
During the first decade of this award, voters were listening to music by the greatest writers of the American Songbook: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Johnny Mercer, Oscar Hammerstein, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern. In those days, songs were written to be integral to the stories of the movies, whether they were musicals or dramas. More recently, they've often been written as end-credit songs to be sung by popular stars and used, as early released singles, to promote the movies.
Beginning in 1989, when 'Under the Sea' won from Disney's animated 'The Little Mermaid,' the award was dominated by the Alan Menken co-written songs for Disney's string of musical animated hits. And most recently, it has gone to a lot of songs you rarely heard outside theaters playing their movies.
For a long time, I argued that the way to pick the winner of this category was to close your eyes and remember how much of the nominees' lyrics you could remember and which melodies you could hum. But that conviction has been undermined by the recent victories of 'Jai Ho' from 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'I Need to Wake Up' from 'An Inconvenient Truth' and 'Al Lado Del Rio' from 'The Motorcycle Diaries.'
The current ballot does have some memorable music and lyrics, including the two Randy Newman numbers from 'The Princess and the Frog.' These nominations bring Newman's total for song and score to 19. He has won just once -- for 'If I Didn't Have You' from 'Monsters, Inc.' -- and he is again at the top of his game. 'Almost There' and 'Down in New Orleans' both have Newman's jaunty rhythms and are beautifully sung by Anika Noni Rose, who provides the voice for Princess Tiana.
Rob Marshall's adaptation of the stage musical 'Nine' has been one of '09's biggest disappointments, but it landed a nomination for 'Take it All,' which was written for the film and features the voice of Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard ('La Vie en Rose'). The lady sings the hell out of the song, but it's not much fun to listen to.
The members of the Music Branch must have been more amused by the French musical chintz of 'Paris 36' than critics and American audiences. Its nominated song, 'Loin de Paname,' is a melodious, accordion-aided saloon song sung -- elegantly -- by Nora Arnazeder. But the ballot is far as it goes.
Though I'd be happy to see one of Newman's songs win -- preferably 'Almost There' -- the award seems destined for Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett's 'The Weary Kind' from 'Crazy Heart.' The song is so integral to the story of Bad Blake -- a once-prominent country singer/songwriter whose booze-fueled concert tour now stops at some of the most rundown bowling alleys in the Southwest -- and to the Oscar-bound performance of Jeff Bridges that it has to be the winner.


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For this fight I trained at my normal gym in Caldwell, ID. and at Combat fitness with Scott jorgensen, Jesse brock, and Jacen flynn.
My gameplan was just to stand and trade because everyone i knew was telling me to take him down because he's a striker i guess. We traded punch for punch for awhile the ended up in the clinch. He took me down for a second with like a judo headlock thingy(they will be a pic). I got straight up and caged him up and got a double or single with lil struggle. I landed in side control and he had my head trapped and one arm. I hit him with baby punches and when i started to open up he retained guard. I postured up and kinda froze a lil before i fired punches and landed one solid to the body and one to the head. He pushed me off and i grabbed his legs and passed to side but hoping for mount. The round ended with him getting guard. After the bell there was some confusion and i tried to help him off his back and he kicked me hah and the ref warned him.
In the second my corner said cage him up and do the same but remain more active and throw body shots. Second rounds starts with a flury and i caged him up. I tried to get behind him with a high single and he went for a head lock. I was slowing inching my head out. I got semi out of it and tried to take his back standing and as we went down his shoulder dug into my rib and knocked the shit outta me. And the ref stopped the fight.
The doctor thought it was broken and i was puking alot. But it's just bruised. Thanks for reading, comments, and recs in advance. I should get a video for this this month.
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James Franklin, the Missouri Tigers' starting sophomore QB, rebounded from a four-turnover performance against Oklahoma State to score four TD's against the Aggies, two on the ground and two through the air. Sophomore RB Henry Josey complemented him on offense, with 20 carries for 146 yards and 1 TD.
Both Franklin and Josey are Texas natives, a product of Gary Pinkel's emphasis on making recruiting inroads in the talent-rich state, and both will be looking for another big game in their home state.
Opposing them will be the Baylor Bear high-powered offense, which features star QB Robert Griffin III, who has completed passes at a 75.4% clip while throwing 23 TD's to only 4 INT's this season.
However, both teams have below .500 records in the Big 12, primarily because of defenses that have not been able to keep up with pass-heavy spread offenses that have come to define the conference. As a result, the over/under for this game, which could easily last four hours, is 73 points.
A win on Saturday would be huge for both teams' post-season chances, as each is sitting at four wins and facing a tough conference schedule to close out the year.
Game date, time: 7:00 pm ET, Saturday, Nov 5
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PMS and QP, Tea Bag Holders Revisited
So grab a latte, sit down, and enjoy each stop.
List of participants:
Elaine Hughes
Carole Middlehurst
Emma Lockley
Judy Laing
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The tea bag holder I showed in this post was such a success that I made a few more. I will be making tons of these as holiday gifts for Cody's school staff and some of my co-workers. Tea is an inexpensive gift that seems to be very well received.
The papers for this one are from Sassafrass Lass, and are perfect for a school theme. I chose a coordinating sentiment from Little Moments. It is my go to set these days. I can't count the number of times I have used it recently.
This one uses patterns from my beloved October Afternoon papers. I paired them with another sentiment from Little Moments and with Swirlie Tree, love that image too. I use it mostly for backgrounds rather than in the traditional way.
If you are itching to try these out, you can find the tutorial for the tea bag holder HERE.
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- ~amy~ said...
tina, what sweet tea bag holders...thanks for the inspiration...
- September 20, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Crafty Engineering said...
So sweet Tina! Once again showing off just a sentiment so fabulously!
- September 20, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- Jenn Diercks said...
These are darling Tina. What a fabulous gift as the weather starts to cool down.
- September 20, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Maria Gurnsey said...
these are so cute!!! love em :)
- September 20, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Randee E said...
There you go again, being SUPER cute and crafty!! These little holders are awesome :0)
- September 20, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Shaela said...
what sweet little holders, and such a great gift idea :)
- September 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Katie Cotton said...
Love these!!!! Fabulous job!
- September 20, 2010 at 11:35 AM
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- Danni said...
Oh now those are so cute!! Awesome!
- September 20, 2010 at 4:13 PM
- Kim Dellow said...
What fabulous holders! Love them! Kim
- September 20, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Tangii said...
So, so cute! Love the colors... you rock!
- September 20, 2010 at 7:13 PM
- Carma said...
These are awesome! Thanks for the link to the tutorial.
- September 20, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Michelle VP said...
What fun little gifts! I'll have to find out my friends' favorited kinds of tea and try these some time. :)
- September 20, 2010 at 11:51 PM
- Lynn said...
These are really sweet tea holders Tina! And your right they'll make great gifts. Love the designer papers and colors!
- September 20, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- Stephanie Zito said...
These are so adorable Tina and such a wonderful gift!!
- September 21, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Elaine aka Quixotic said...
This is fabulous, Tina!!
- September 22, 2010 at 3:40 AM
- alienanessa said...
I so very much love these little holders of yours!! And once again, with your help, I have another project that the kids' teachers will adore! Your color choices are perfect!
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Speaker: Roel Schouwenberg (Senior Anti-Virus Researcher, Americas, Global Research & Analysis Team, Kaspersky Lab)
Date: November 16, 2012
Time: 9:30 - 10:00
Location: Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
It's clear by now that Stuxnet will go down in history as a landmark event. It has had a profound impact on how cyberspace and cyberthreats are viewed, particularly by governments, who have started talking more openly about the potential offensive capabilities. This coincided with the discovery of Shamoon/EraseMBR, a destructive cyberweapon that a hacktivist movement claimed credit for.
This presentation will briefly look at the cyberweapons that predate Flame, before examining Flame, Gauss, mini-Flame and other recent cyberweapons in more detail. Finally, we'll look at some of the issues and ramifications around these and future threats.
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Date: November 17, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 10:00
Location: Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
Neil Hershfield, Deputy Director, DHS Control Systems Security Program and Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) will present an overview of cyber threats to control systems, associated security practices, and services provided by the Control Systems Security Program.
This presentation will provide an overview of the industrial control systems (ICS) cyber security landscape and describe significant activities and events affecting ICS today. Mr. Neil Hershfield will discuss the components and foundation of ICS and why it is important to secure them from cyber-attacks which could potentially result in physical damage, loss of life, and disruption of services.
Moderator: Ryan Naraine (Security Evangelist, Americas, Global Research & Analysis Team, Kaspersky Lab)
Kurt Baumgartner (Senior Security Researcher, Americas, Global Research and Analysis Team, Kaspersky Lab)
Esmond Kane (Director of IT Security for Policy, Risk and Compliance, Harvard University Information Technology)
Justin Cappos (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering)
Date: November 17, 2012
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Location: Pfizer Auditorium (Dibner)
Our expert panel will explore the following themes:
+ Are you a target? Targeted attacks are not only a problem for high-level executives and governments. Every user is potentially a target.
+ What are the threats targeting mobile devices such as iPhones, Android tablets and other mobile platforms?
+ Is there a failure of user education? What are the issues associated with social engineering attacks and does user education need a complete rethink?


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Convened by Senator Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Canberra, 5 July 2000
Environmental Economics Research Paper No. 7
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000
Emil Hast a, Jonas Oldmark a, Magnus Huss a, André Heinz a, Karl-Henrik Robèrt ab
Traditional 'environmental programs' in business, and the monitoring of those programs by indicators, and LCA based on such indicators, generally have an 'impact' perspective. From an action-point of view, it means to evaluate impacts in nature from various operational practices on the one hand, and determining what is considered to be 'realistic solutions' on the other. This 'Forecasting' methodology of planning is helpful to monitor improvements from a current perspective. However, when we want to evaluate alternative strategies to discover the routes that are most feasible to develop towards sustainability, thereby applying a strategic rather than a tactical planning methodology, we need to complete the impact perspective with backcasting from basic principles for sustainability, followed by the application of qualitative indicators that are developed from the same perspective. The principle relationships between different levels of planning in complex systems are discussed, and based on this discussion, a strategy of combining forecasting with backcasting is suggested.
Environmental measures taken in firms have so far generally been based on evaluations of scientific proofs for, or market reactions on, impacts in nature from their operational practices. This has generated substantial improvements in operational performance that are often referred to as a 'greening' of industry. Partly this greening has been about a change in attitude, from a defensive state to a more proactive. Partly it is characterized by the introduction of administrative routines such as environmental management systems like ISO 14001. Finally, it has led to some substantial changes on the market as regards a change of certain operational practices. The successful phase out of certain CFC's is an example of the latter, and demonstrates how increasing knowledge about impacts in nature can lead to large-scale changes on the market.
This way of planning can be described as forecasting, i.e. to use the current situation, with it's problems, as well as all the realistic assets to deal with the problems, as the starting point for planning. This perspective will not be sufficient by itself to foster an effective societal transition towards sustainability. The need for a framework for discussing problems and solutions from a sustainability perspective within the highly complex field Industrial Ecology (IE) is in line with the concluding statements from the 1996 Norwegian Academy of Technological Science seminar: 'Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Product Design' [3]. The importance of systems thinking has been further pointed out by Bucciarelli [4], who means that the field of IE is full of uncertainty and it is therefore a need to see the system as a whole to consider the big picture.
We have recently presented how planning ahead can take basic principles for sustainability as its starting point, and how this perspective offers more strategic ways for overall business planning, as well as a methodology for the choice and design of tools to monitor the transitions [1,2,11]. In this paper we describe why today's way of planning with forecasting needs to be combined with a framework based on backcasting. In section 1 we describe some characteristics of the 'forecasting-perspective', and comment on the rationales for it. In section 2 we describe an abridged version of the previously presented backcasting methodology–The Natural Step Framework. In section 3 we describe a model that outlines the hierarchical relationships between principally different levels for planning in a complex system. In section 4 we discuss why effective business strategies should build on a combination of forecasting and backcasting.
Forecasting from current trends
Using forecasting implies that the future is predicted from experiences of the past, and planning is carried out as an extrapolation from today's situation [1]. Forecasting is often used within environmental management systems through the application of impact-assessments for different processes [5]. When impact assessments are used it is possible to detect and evaluate the relative impact that each product and service has on nature, as well as to make a comparison between their respective contributions to effects in nature. In this context, improved operational practices are generally easy to communicate. Since current knowledge about impacts in nature–by natural reasons–is often reflected in media, decision makers often need this perspective to remain credible in the eyes of their stakeholders.
Backcasting from a sustainability perspective
Using backcasting implies that the starting point is a description of a successful outcome in the future [6], where after the strategic paths towards this goal are designed. In this way, today's trends (i.e. customers preferences) are only allowed to determine the pace of transition, not its direction. This is the essence of backcasting [1].
Since nobody can foresee the future in detail, backcasting can sometimes be considered to be a problematic way of creating momentum in a process of change. It is difficult to reach consensus on very detailed descriptions of a desirable future. We have previously described how this problem can be dealt with by using basic principles that define a successful outcome, rather than to start the planning from detailed visions [1]. In The Natural Step Framework we use a set of non-overlapping basic principles, called The Four System Conditions. These principles are concrete enough to serve as guidelines for planning and yet general enough to cover all aspects of sustainability in all sectors of business and society at large. This could be compared with the game chess. It is principles for success–the principles of check mate–that is the overall goal for any strategy by which the game is played [2].
The System Conditions for ecological sustainability are elaborated from the only three basic mechanisms by which nature can be destroyed, followed by a 'not' inserted in those mechanisms. The System Condition for social sustainability is simply stated as the requirement to meet human needs within the frame set by the three System Conditions for ecological sustainability:
In order for a society to be sustainable, nature's functions and diversity are not systematically…
When using The Natural Step Framework the System Conditions are used in a dynamic way to first lay out the overall business goals, and then to structure information and prioritize measures in a way that is relevant for the transition towards the planned goals. It is then easier to chose and design relevant tools and data to foster and monitor the transition towards sustainability [2]. When using The Natural Step Framework sustainability planning is structured in the following way:
A. Share and discuss the framework among the participants. The principles for sustainability are derived and the rationale behind the A-B-C-D steps is discussed between participants taking part in the process.
B. Analyze present situation. List critical flows and practices with reference to the system conditions. 'In what ways and to what extent, are we contributing to the violation of the system conditions today? In what ways are we part of today's increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere, heavy metals in soils (system condition 1) etc.' At this point, relevant indicators and tools to monitor the phase out of these contributions are also identified.
C. Envisioning of a future, in which the actual business (or any societal activity) is no longer part of the problem. 'How can the services we provide, and in which we are specialists, be provided in a way that does not contribute to the violation of the system conditions?' List possible solutions, and disregard whether they are economically 'realistic' or not in the short term.
D. Design a strategic program. Solutions leading to point C are selected by combining two characteristics: firstly that they are well suited to elaborate further, i.e. flexible platforms rather than dead ends for future improvements. Secondly that they are believed to be sound from a business strategic point of view, i.e. are likely to give good return on investment. It is the combinations of these characteristics that provide the rationale for how to strategically link short term with long term.
The System Conditions are helpful for discovering the 'upstream' causes behind problems at hand (part B above). The understanding of the System Conditions makes it easier to see through all the social and ecological impacts from violating them, and to solve problems 'upstream' rather than fixing symptoms 'downstream', one by one as they appear. The other major advantage is that the same System Conditions can be used as a 'lighthouse' to secure that all suggested 'solutions' to the problems are sustainable (part C above) and that the selected solutions are flexible for further improvements in a sustainable direction (part D above). In combination with the strategy to select measures with relatively good chances of giving good return on investment, the chances of optimizing future progress get fueled by a relatively stronger economy in a positive spiral. If the qualities are not combined, the actor might run out of money, find their competitive position diminished [9], or find solutions in a sub-optimized way [10].
Hierarchical relationships between principally different levels for planning in a complex system
Before we describe how it is possible to combine the perspectives that were described above we need to present a general outline of how principles, activities, and ways to monitor a process, are interrelated in any system (see figure 3) [3]. There are constitutional principles, i.e. principles that (1) describe the system. For instance principles that define society's infrastructure for an air transport system (principles that describe the interrelated functions of airlines, airplanes, airports, authorities etc.). Then there are principles that (2) determine favorable outcomes in a system. In the case of an air transport system, the principles determining favorable outcomes would be that (a) frequent enough airplane flights (b) arrive at the right destination, (c) safely, (d) comfortably, and (e) on time. Then there are principles that (3) describe how to reach a favorable outcome in a system, in these cases strategic principles for supervising, operating and navigating airplanes.
Then, there are (4) various activities that must be aligned with those principles, i.e. the series of concrete activities that make all the technical facilities and logistics of a system work in line with the principles for how to reach a favorable outcome. Finally, there are (5) numerous ways of measuring and monitoring those activities ('metrics'), so that they are really aligned with the principles necessary to reach the favorable outcome. For instance measures to determine that the speed, direction, and altitude are in line with the planning of a flight, that the remaining fuel in the tanks is sufficient, etc.
Sometimes, things go wrong in spite of thorough planning. It is therefore important to develop measuring systems also for the negative effects, for instance statistics on complaints from angry or scared passengers, metrics to determine material weaknesses in the production of the airplanes, analysis of 'black boxes' after flight accidents, etc. The two aspects of metrics–metrics on activities for operation and improvement on the one hand, and metrics on mistakes on the other–are interrelated. Thoroughly performed metrics on previous mistakes, will help design more efficient principles for safe and comfortable flying, as well as suggesting improved metrics to monitor such progress. Smart strategies, activities, and metrics for improvement of the air transport system, should at first be focusing on principles that deal with the underlying causes of previous mistakes, so that the need for metrics on unfavorable outcomes and accidents in the future will be reduced as much as possible.
Figure 4 describes the same outline as in figure 3 but from a sustainability perspective. Level 1 consists of principles describing how the biosphere/society system is constituted, for example ecological principles and social principles. The framework that has been outlined in this paper, called The Natural Step Framework, is a framework that covers level 2 and 3. Level 2 consists of principles for sustainability (the System Conditions) and these are principles that define a stage, a certain favorable outcome. Principles for sustainability should not be confused with ecological principles that belong to level 1. Level 3 consists of principles for sustainable development. These are principles for a process to meet principles for sustainability (the transition towards sustainability, and then the safe development thereafter). Principles for sustainable development should not be confused with principles for sustainability.
Level 4 are activities that are aligned with the principles for sustainable development, for instance to change from non-renewable energy to renewable energy, or to start the recycling of material in society. Other examples are changes to more appropriate tax systems, or other economic measures to foster activities aligned with principles for sustainable development. Activities for sustainable development should not be confused with principles for sustainable development. For instance, it is possible to violate all principles for sustainability and sustainable development with renewable energy or recycling if the action changing from using 'non-renewable' to 'renewable' energy could lead to the impoverishment of forests and other parts of the ecosystems, or to increased concentrations of scarce metals in the ecosystems from poorly recycled photovoltaics. In the same way 'recycling' of cadmium batteries from households can lead to increased concentrations of cadmium in nature. This metal is normally very scarce in ecosystems, and should only be used in tightly controlled technical systems. This tight control is lost in flows between households and industry subsequently resulting in increasing concentrations of cadmium in nature. Consequently, it is essential that we relate various activities to the underlying principles, and avoid confusing these levels with each other.
Metrics for sustainable development, level 5, are different concepts and tools for measuring and monitoring the transition. There are two levels of this. Firstly, metrics can be used to (i) test the relevance, quality, and quantity of various activities to ensure they are really aligned with the principles for sustainable development. Examples are measurements to determine that material flows are really decreased to levels that are sustainable. Other examples are the rate of recycling, and the purity of the recycled fractions, or the use of renewable compared to non-renewable energy. Secondly, one can (ii) perform metrics on specific impacts in nature (when principles for sustainability are violated). Examples are various indices on 'global warming potential of gases', or 'H+ equivalents of acidifying substances'. Such data can be of value of the choice of smart 'stepping stones', but like with metrics for the air transport system, metrics focusing on upstream solutions of the underlying causes of symptoms generally have a higher strategic value than metrics on the downstream effects–the symptoms. 'Which of these alternatives is the easiest–from a business point of view–to elaborate all the way?' One major advantage of having access to basic principles for the favorable outcome of any planning procedure (in this case sustainability) is that it creates questions that steers decisions in the desired direction.
To combine forecasting and backcasting for successful planning
The traditional forecasting perspective provides a planning procedure with relevant information on today's impacts in nature, and how those impacts influence current market trends. This is orientation around current trends, and responding to actual market demands from a competitive point of view. The weakness in applying solely a forecasting perspective in a planning procedure is that it deprives the planning process of a sense of direction, and may lead into blind alleys. Marginal changes can be counter-productive, even if they are reducing today's impact on nature. Marginal changes of an old system can lock up resources that could be used in a strategically smarter way. Finally it is difficult to deal with tradeoffs. Due to complexity, 'pest or cholera' debates often provide less help for strategic planning than to first imagine a future situation where the trade-off does not exist, and then find paths to that point.
Neither is it a good business idea to solely apply backcasting. It would mean to deprive the planning procedure of the important trends that drive the market today and that determine what is realistic or not. When combining the two perspectives, backcasting gives the direction of planning, and forecasting can provide important information on relevant market trends and can sometimes also influence the choice of smart 'stepping stones'.
Today's LCA and other environmental management assessments are often based on a current impact perspective. Calculations are, for instance, based on how different product alternatives are influenced by today's use of fossil fuels in electricity production and for transportation [5,7]. Maybe the results would have played a larger role for business, if they had been proceeded by discussions in how to merge short term trends with long term perspectives in a strategic step-by-step fashion, and if the LCA had been complemented with assessments that assume that the product or process exists in a sustainable society. What parameters are likely to change when the whole society approaches sustainability?
A recent Swedish study on the implementation of environmental management systems in Swedish companies concluded that it is only 10% of corporations that have allowed the results from LCA to influence the measures taken [5]. The paper did not present any ideas of the background to this. However, in line with the above the mechanisms may be that:
In conclusion, traditional indicators, and LCA based on such indicators, generally have an impact perspective, in order to foster reduction of deleterious effects in nature. This can be helpful to monitor improvements from a current perspective. However, when we want to evaluate alternative strategies to discover the routes that are most feasible to develop towards sustainability, thereby applying a strategic rather than a tactic perspective, we need to complete the LCA with qualitative assessments that follow from principles for sustainability.
In what ways can a firm suffer from such alleys that are 'blind' from a sustainability perspective? [1] If a firm is systematically part of the problems rather than the solutions–contributing relatively much to society's violation of the system conditions–it is easy to demonstrate relatively larger risks for that firm to be economically 'hit' by increased costs for purchase of resources, waste management, taxes, insurances, loans, and to loose market shares to those who plan skillfully towards a sustainable future. In practice, the risk in making progress too fast on the market must be balanced with the risk of being too late. 'to be on the leading edge' is the most commonly applied strategy, and backcasting is the way to know where the leading edge is.
An example from Electrolux
An example of concrete planning comes from Electrolux, who started the planning to get rid of CFC'S by forecasting [8]. The first option they considered was to substitute CFC's for HCFC's since HCFC's have a lower impact on the ozone layer. This plan was further supported by an 'LCA/Forecasting' perspective. It had revealed a tradeoff between HCFC on the one hand (with its uncertainty on the future market) and the high efficiency of HCFC-produced insulation on the other. Considering that the main environmental impact from a refrigerator is not during its production (relatively small amounts of HCFC'S), but during the time it is used (relatively large amounts of emissions from the energy-sector), this forecasting analysis had favored HCFC technology. However, by applying backcasting from the system conditions the management team of Electrolux realized that the switch to HCFC would imply an expensive transition into a blind alley, since there was no room for the relatively persistent HCFC's in their future scenarios (system condition 2). Instead they choose a 'flexible stepping stone' through the intermediate step of R134a, the technology of which fitted as a flexible platform to the next generation of hydrocarbons, in the same time as R 134a fitted current trends on the market.
Stakeholder involvement
When companies expand their environmental work from solely forecasting on current trends into a strategy for sustainability they often find it hard, or unnecessary defining their boundaries for responsibility. When using backcasting they instead involve various stakeholders in their strategy.
An example from Swedish McDonalds
As a consequence of applying The Natural Step Framework, Swedish McDonalds expanded their business idea from 'selling hamburgers' to a sustainable idea of 'fulfilling the need for nutritious inexpensive fast food where people happen to be'. By then Swedish McDonalds entered a discussion on where the boundaries for responsibility were. They decided that there were no boundaries; they needed to include the suppliers into the process.
Usually business-to-business suppliers are facing very short term and detailed demands from their customers. Swedish McDonalds decided to choose another approach that they found more effective in this area. As a first step they identified the core processes of their business, (Farming, Goods transportation, Construction, Packaging and Hygiene). For each one of these processes, together with external experts, using The Natural Step Framework, McDonalds developed so called 'pathfinder documents'. These documents describe today's problems from a sustainability perspective (B above) and a vision for sustainability (C above), and some overall priorities to be further elaborated in a dialogue with the suppliers.
The next step was to invite all suppliers and explain the rationale behind the 'pathfinder documents', and to involve all suppliers in McDonalds strive towards sustainability. During the seminar Swedish McDonalds director of procurement stated that: 'You (the suppliers) are the experts and we will work with the ones of you who most effectively support our journey towards sustainability' [12]. The dialogue implies, that it is possible for both parts to concentrate on what they are good at, and to do so step-by-step by improvements in today's work as well as prepare for tomorrows market.
The two business examples provide examples of a strategic perspective with the linkage of short term with long term on the one hand, and ecology with economy on the other. This perspective is closer to CEO thinking than an isolated impact perspective, which thereby helps recruiting the management team into the process as intellectual partners. This is not only mandatory–the business evaluation of different optional routes towards sustainability is key–but also highly feasible, since using a framework for a strategic approach towards economical and ecological sustainability, as well as the self-benefit in applying such framework can easily be communicated to business people.
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[2] Robèrt, K.-H. 1999. Tools and concepts for sustainable development, how do they relate to a framework for sustainable development, and to each other? The Journal of Cleaner Production.
[3] Brattebø, H. 1996. Industrial Ecology–Interdisciplinary perspectives and challenges, NTVA-report 2: Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Product Design, The Norwegian Academy of Technological Science, Norway.
[4] Bucciarelli, L. 1998. Project oriented learning as part of curriculum Development, NTVA-seminar: Industrial Ecology and Curriculum, 15—16 October 1998. The Norwegian Academy of Technological Science, Norway.
[5] Zackrisson, M., Enroth, M. and Widing A. 1999. Environmental Management Systems–Paper Tiger or Powerful Tool (In Swedish). IRIS-Miljö. ISSN 140 —5361.
[6] Robinson, J.B., 1990. Future under glass–A recipe for people who hate to predict, Futures October 1990.
[7] Andersson, K., Hogaas E.M., Lundqvist, U., Mattson, B. (1998). The feasibility of including sustainability in LCA for product development. J Cleaner Production 6: 289-298.
[8] Robèrt, K.-H. 1997. ICA/Electrolux–a case report from 1992, Presented at: 40th CIES annual executive congress, 5-7 June, 1997, Boston.
[9] Esty, D. C., and M. E. Porter. 1998. Industrial Ecology and Competitiveness–Strategies Implications for the Firm, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2, 35-43.
[10] Von Weiszäcker, E. U., A. B. Lovins, and L. H. Lovins. 1997. The factor four. Earthscan, London.
[11] Holmberg, J. 1998. Backcasting–a natural step when making sustainable development operational for companies, Greener Management International, 23.
[12] Wiberg., P. 1999. Director of procurement, Swedish McDonalds.
a. The Natural Step Foundation, Wallingatan 22, S-111 24 Stockholm, Sweden.
b. Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.


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