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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OK Graeme – very funny!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com [mailto:GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Graeme North<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 29 November 2012 6:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> Global Straw Building Network<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GSBN] Fwd: High-Density bale sources<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bo - did you allow for increasing gravity?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It doubles every 30 years - test it out by trying to lift a mud brick now!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Or climb a hill!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Graeme<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Graeme North Architects<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>49 Matthew Road<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>RD1<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Warkworth<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>tel/fax +64 (0)9 4259305<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:graeme@ecodesign.co.nz">graeme@ecodesign.co.nz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.ecodesign.co.nz">www.ecodesign.co.nz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 28/11/2012, at 4:24 PM, Bohdan Dorniak wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>May be of interest to you, that we have a baler here in Australia that does bale high density bales – which are sent to the Arab states for straw for horse stables.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m not quite sure of the dimensions and density – I picked one up and it was heavy.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bohdan</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;border-width:initial;border-color:initial'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com">GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[<a href="mailto:GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com">mailto:GSBN-bounces@sustainablesources.com</a>]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Bill Christensen<br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Wednesday, 28 November 2012 11:52 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Global Straw Building Network<br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[GSBN] Fwd: High-Density bale sources</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>(Sarah: the correct address is<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:GSBN@sustainablesources.com">GSBN@sustainablesources.com</a>) the -owner stuff goes only to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br><br>-------- Original Message --------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sarah Seitz<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:sarahseitz5@yahoo.com"><sarahseitz5@yahoo.com></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:gsbn-owner@sustainablesources.com">gsbn-owner@sustainablesources.com</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:gsbn-owner@sustainablesources.com"><gsbn-owner@sustainablesources.com></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>So glad to be in touch with you folks again, and sending a big hello on behalf of those of us doing straw bale research here at Queen's. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We're looking to source a range of high-density bales for upcoming tests, exceeding 10lbs per cu. ft. Probably only 12-24lbs/cu. ft. and not much above, and preferably in the 14x18x30-36 dimension. We have some funds available to pay someone to custom-bale a few lots of 8-12 bales from the same source. The closer to our location in Eastern Ontario, the better!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sarah<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________<br>GSBN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:GSBN@sustainablesources.com">GSBN@sustainablesources.com</a><br><a href="http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN">http://sustainablesources.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/GSBN</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>