<html><body><div>Second in spades (or hearts or clubs but not diamonds). MHB<br></div><div><br>On Dec 12, 2011, at 09:22 PM, Bruce King <bruce@ecobuildnetwork.org> wrote:<br><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " _mce_style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div>You go, Colorado!<div><br></div><div>The rest of you, go to Colorado!</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; " _mce_style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " _mce_style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; " _mce_style="font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " _mce_style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Thanks,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; " _mce_style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " _mce_style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Bruce King</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " _mce_style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;"><a href="mailto:bruce@bruce-king.com" _mce_href="mailto:bruce@bruce-king.com">bruce@bruce-king.com</a><div style="width:0px; height:0px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " _mce_style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">(415) 987-7271</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " _mce_style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Twitter: @EBNetwork</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " _mce_style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px;">bruceking.posterous.com</div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Laura Bartels wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " _mce_style="word-wrap: break-word;">The Colorado Straw Bale Association, having put their hand up long ago as the next host, is <i>quite</i> excited to announce the... <div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;" _mce_style="font-size: 24px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008544">2012 International Straw Builder's Conference</font></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; " _mce_style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i>Building Resilience for Our Collective Future ...and Inspired by Nature</i></b></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;">Sept 16-22, 2012</div><div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;">Estes Park, Colorado</div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;">United States</div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>with Keynote Speaker</i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>John Straube, Ph.D., P. Eng. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"> The conference will be held at the YMCA of the Rockies Conference Center in the heart of the Rocky Mountains</div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ymcarockies.org/estes-park-center-colorado.html" _mce_href="http://www.ymcarockies.org/estes-park-center-colorado.html">http://www.ymcarockies.org/estes-park-center-colorado.html</a><div style="width:0px; height:0px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;">Links to the </div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;">CONFERENCE WEBSITE</div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;">and </div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;">REGISTRATION INFO </div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>SOON!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>Call for proposals also coming soon!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>And if you can't wait for the website, those in the US can text COLORADOSTRAW to 22828 to sign up for email updates!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>And feel free to contact us at <a href="mailto:coloradostrawbale@yahoo.com" _mce_href="mailto:coloradostrawbale@yahoo.com">coloradostrawbale@yahoo.com</a> also. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>We are so looking forward to a deeply valuable and educational conference aimed at building resilience for all. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>Dusty Szymanski, COSBA Director</i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>and </i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>Board Members Laura Bartels, John Rehorn, Mark Scheuneman, Ian Smith</i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><i>PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ALL YOUR NETWORKS!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;" _mce_style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;" _mce_style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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