<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">From Darryl...<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">DARRYL BAKER <<a href="mailto:baker402@btinternet.com">baker402@btinternet.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Coursera course o</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">20 August 2012 11:10:45 BST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:ssc-owner@lists.aktivix.org">ssc-owner@lists.aktivix.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ssc-owner@lists.aktivix.org">ssc-owner@lists.aktivix.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">DARRYL BAKER <<a href="mailto:baker402@btinternet.com">baker402@btinternet.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div><span>Hi all,</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span><span style="font: 13.33px/18px "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">I have just enrolled on a Coursera course in Model Thinking. It has applications in Social Science Analysis. The course is led by Scott Page from Michigan University. All coursera's courses are open to anybody, they are assessed online and on complet</span><div style="font: 13.33px/18px "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51,
51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="text_exposed_show">ion they award a certificate if the student passes. </div></span></div><div><span><div style="font: 13.33px/18px "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="text_exposed_show"> </div></span></div><div><span><div style="font: 13.33px/18px "lucida grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px;
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