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color: #050000;" valign="top"><a href="http://bit.ly/june15park"><img alt="Park Industries" border="0" height="71" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/SU_Ads/630x75PX_JUNEdse_2015_STONEUPDATE_WEB%20BANNER%20copy.GIF" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; width: 600px; height: 71px;" title="Park Industries" vspace="0" width="600" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" height="68" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #050000;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.polycor.com/eng/products/view/11"><img alt="Polycor" border="2" height="71" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/SU_Ads/LeadBoard_Cambrian.jpg" style="border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; width: 600px; height: 71px;" title="Polycor" 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 30, 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="HGTV" border="1" height="112" hspace="10" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/2015_April_15/150_HGTV.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 112px;" 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;">BIG WEB, BAD ADVICE?</font></strong></span><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">A large &#39;Net presence such as HGTV can help boost sales, but the advice offered to homeowners can be a bit dicey.</font><br /> &nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A01209"><img align="left" alt="NARI" border="1" height="121" hspace="10" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/2015_April_15/150_NARI.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 121px;" 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;">REMODELING PACE STILL GOOD</font></strong></span><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">A recent survey by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry shows consumers in a good mood and ordering more work, albeit at a softer rate. But don&#39;t talk about project value right now.</font><br /> &nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A01209"><img align="left" alt="More Picnic, Less Goat" border="1" height="151" hspace="10" src="http://na05.mypinpointe.com/admin/temp/user/130/2015_April_15/150_picnic.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 151px;" 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;">GETTING YOUR SALE &amp; NOT YOUR GOAT</font></strong></span><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">Moraware&#39;s Kathleen Teodoro explains how selling goat cheese in Seattle relates to making the connection with countertop customers. It&#39;s less in pushing the slices and more in offering, well, the picnic.</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>Granite memorial dedicated to slain MIT officer.</strong><br /> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #ffffff;">&bull; <strong>Milan art installation features&nbsp;Dekton&reg;&nbsp;sheets.</strong><br /> &bull; <strong>Living-wall bathroom</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: DOFFing sandstone for a very clean look.</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.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"><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="#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/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="#808080" 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> <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;">9-10 June, Grand_Rapids, MI</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://sfaworkshops.com/index.php?ws=2015-06-18" target="_blank">SFA Workshop</a></font><br /> <a href="http://sfaworkshops.com/index.php?ws=2015-06-18" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #ffffff;">18-19 June, Signature Stone, Toano, VA</font></a></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.tiseeast.com" target="_blank"><img alt="TISE Orlando" 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 Orlando" 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>