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The author [Malin Svensson] is internationally recognized as a leading authority on Nordic walking. The practice of Nordic walking was introduced in Finland in the early 1930s as an off-season training method for the cross-country skiers. But it's only in the last 10 years that the sport has taken off internationally. Preliminary research and testing on the physical effects of Nordic walking were done in Finland in 1996. That same year, Nordic walking was established in its present form, when...
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If you have a large space to illuminate and want to do it in a stylish manner, one couldn't do better than the "Giant" lamp from Le Klint of Denmark. With a diameter of almost a meter, the lamp now available in XXL size has the classical look of some of the original designs of company founder Kaare Klint. The artist, who calls her work "Inga from Sweden," observes that a blonde-haired woman is a sort of trademark for Sweden. -Ironically, the word "Inga" also means "nobody" in Swedish. "This c...
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Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen - Vol. 62 Num. 4, Décembre 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, managed to erase "free and undistorted competition" from the proposed new EU Treaty as a main aim of the European Union. Afterwards, he asked rhetorically what competition has done for Europe. This article is an attempt to reply to that very important question. The view of competition and its effects among decision-makers is likely to affect numerous policy outcomes. Throughout history, there has been a struggle between freedom and control in Europe. Comp...
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