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font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #050000;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.moraware.com/countergo" target="_blank"><img alt="Moraware" border="2" height="74" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/SU_02_15/728x90.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; width: 600px; height: 74px;" title="Moraware" vspace="0" width="600" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" height="170" nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"><span style="color: #000000;"><img alt="" border="1" height="162" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/STONE_UPDATE_color_hed.gif" width="600" /></span></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#999999" colspan="2" height="10" width="585"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="52%"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">April 17, 2015</span></strong></font></td> <td align="right" width="44%"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://slabnsheet.stoneupdate.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffffff;">slabnsheet.stoneupdate.com</span></a></span></strong></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" height="1118" style="width: 618px; height: 1118px;" width="618"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" background-color:="" bgcolor="#A01209" color:="" font-family:="" font-weight:="" height="60" style="font-size: 36px;" white-space:="" width="590"><em><strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a border:="" color:="" cursor:="" font-family:="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" href="http://slabnsheet.stoneupdate.com" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" text-align:="" vertical-align:="">From This Week&#39;s Edition:</a></span></strong></em></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A01209"><img align="left" alt="Surface Imports" border="1" height="127" hspace="10" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/2015_April_15/125_export(1).jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 127px;" title="Surface Imports" width="150" /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;">2015 IMPORTS OFF TO ROCKY START</font></strong></span><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">Marble, travertine and quartz-surface shipments continued the strong growth pace from last year, but granite dipped 20% in January-February. The big culprit: a slowdown in Chinese supply.</font><br /> &nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A01209"><img align="left" alt="Stars" border="1" height="165" hspace="10" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/2015_April_15/150_rokstars.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 165px;" title="Stars" width="150" /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;">YOUTH IS SERVED WITH INDUSTRY HONORS</font></strong></span><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">The stone-and-tile event took time this week to salute 10 industry movers-and-shakers under the age of 35. The stone trade gets plenty of representation in the inaugural class of Coverings_Rock_Stars.</font><br /> &nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A01209"><img align="left" alt="©Photo by Cameron Daily (www.youtube.com/user/camerondaily)" border="1" height="139" hspace="10" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/2015_April_15/150_bear.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 139px;" title="©Photo by Cameron Daily (www.youtube.com/user/camerondaily)" width="150" /><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;">HEY, IT&#39;S ART</font></strong></span><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">As the hipsters pour into the Southern California desert to get on the good foot at the Coachella shindig, they found one cool bear on the premises, carved from solid Portuguese marble. (We&#39;ll spare you all the puns.)</font><br /> &nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A01209"><em><strong><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;">PLUS ....</font></strong></em> <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">&bull; <strong>UNESCO keeps watch on Taj Mahal marble_damage.</strong><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">&bull; <strong>VIDEO: Wine_&amp;_Stone.</strong><br /> &bull; <strong>VIDEO: Daily reports from Coverings 2015</strong></font><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;"><strong>.</strong></font><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">&bull; <strong>VIDEO: Limestone vs. cast stone.</strong></font><br /> &nbsp;</font></div> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff;"> </font></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#808080" height="34" style="white-space: nowrap; height: 34px;" width="590"><a href="http://slabnsheet.stoneupdate.com" style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; border: medium none;" target="_blank"><span>And there&#39;s more! Start HERE to read this week&#39;s Slab &amp; Sheet!</span> </a></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" height="71" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #050000;"><a href="http://www.tiseeast.com" target="_blank"><img alt="TISE East 2015" border="1" height="71" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/SU_02_15/TISE-East-2015-Web-Banner-630x75_2015FEB11-02.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; width: 600px; height: 71px;" title="TISE East 2015" vspace="5" width="600" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#E8E7C8" colspan="2"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Events</span></span></strong> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="500"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#808080" valign="top" width="48%"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://bit.ly/ILstonesummit15" target="_blank">Illinois Stone Summit</a></font><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff;">30 April, American Granite Co., Elk Grove Village, IL</font></td> <td bgcolor="#808080" valign="top" width="48%"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://bit.ly/regentrepair15" target="_blank">Engineered Stone &amp; Granite Repair&nbsp;</a></font><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff;">30 April-1 May, Sacramento</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#214A8A" valign="top" width="48%"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://bit.ly/regentrepair15" target="_blank">Engineered Stone &amp; Granite Repair&nbsp;</a></font><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff;">5-6 May, Seattle</font></td> <td bgcolor="#214A8A" valign="top" width="48%"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://bit.ly/ABstonesummit15" target="_blank">Alberta Stone Summit</a></font><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff;">4 June, Mondial Granite &amp; Marble, Edmonton, AB</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" height="71" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #050000;"><a href="http://www.marmomacc.com/en/?utm_source=Stoneupdate&amp;utm_medium=newsletter_En&amp;utm_term=banner_630x75&amp;utm_content=stone&amp;utm_campaign=campagna-2015" target="_blank"><img alt="Marmomacc 2015" border="1" height="71" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/SU_Ads/630x75_MDM15.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; width: 600px; height: 71px;" title="Marmomacc 2015" vspace="5" width="600" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#890008" colspan="2"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="550"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #ffffff;"><a href="http://www.stoneupdate.com">Stone Update</a><br /> PO Box 4620, Palm Springs CA 92263<br /> <a> 760-998-1664</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://#/">Unsubscribe me from this list</a></span></span><br /> &nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </body> </html>