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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=ms__id1100><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Artur Silva <arturfsilva@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:38 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [OSList] OST - Open Systems Thinking<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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