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We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information gathered regarding our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. This information is stored by Google. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Advertisers or payment service providers may also send you cookies. On our website, we publish advertisements based on Google AdSense. These are selected by Google to reflect your interests. To identify your interests, Google will track your online behavior using cookies. You can view, delete, and add interest categories associated with your browser using Google's Ads Preference Manager, available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/.

You can opt-out of the AdSense partner network cookies at: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. However, this opt-out mechanism uses a cookie, and if you clear the cookies from your computer, your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that your opt-out is maintained for a particular browser, you should use the Google browser plug-in available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies, though some browsers allow you to refuse only third-party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking "Tools" > "Internet Options" > "Privacy" and selecting "Block all cookies" using the sliding selector. Please note that blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.