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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Darcey,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If the photos that I see now on the
webcams are any indication of the condition of the strawbale house – I'd
say it survived the earthquake!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I've been in contact in the past with
Caroline Meyer White about your <a href="http://www.paksbab.org/">www.paksbab.org</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>work and it is worthy of much praise and
support. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you and your colleagues for making this important work
a priority in your lives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alex <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Alex Cicelsky<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Center for Creative Ecology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>a non-profit
education institute supported by<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Amuta Tzel
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color=black face=Arial><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><span dir=RTL></span>580347029</span></font><span
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";color:black'>Friends of
Lotan, USA 501(c)(3), no. 17053031035036<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>D.N. Eilot 88855 Israel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tel: +972-(0)54-979-9009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Websites: <a
href="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/" title="http://www.kibbutzlotan.com/"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>www.kibbutzlotan.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.birdingisrael.com/"
title="http://www.birdingisrael.com/"><font color=black><span style='color:
black'>www.birdingisrael.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Darcey Donovan
[mailto:ecoengineering@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 25, 2009
6:51 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> GSBN@greenbuilder.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [GSBN] PAKSBAB Straw Bale
House Shake Table Tests - Friday, March 27, 2009</span></font><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear GSBN friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>On Friday, March 27, Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate
Building (PAKSBAB) will be conducting shake table tests of a full-scale straw
bale house at the University of Nevada, Reno. We will begin around 10 am
PST with the final tests (high amplitude motions) and will continue increasing
the shaking amplitude until failure. The entire series will likely extend
into the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For the abstract, handout, and to observe the testing
live, please <font color=black><span style='color:black'>go to </span></font><font
color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://nees.unr.edu/projects/straw_bale_house.html">http://nees.unr.edu/projects/straw_bale_house.html</a></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>. From this page you can also
connect to the 24 hour auxiliary cameras to view the UNR NEES Equipment Site
activity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If you wish to attend the test please RSVP to Kelly
Doyle at 775-784-4223 or by email at <a href="mailto:kellyd@unr.edu">kellyd@unr.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kind
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Darcey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Darcey Donovan, P.E., C.E.O.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>P.O. Box 1083<br>
Truckee, CA 96160 USA<br>
(530) 902-5516 cell<br>
(530) 582-4965 fax<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>0344-9455664 PAK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="mailto:ecoengr@sbcglobal.net">ecoengineering@gmail.com</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://www.paksbab.org/">www.paksbab.org</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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