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</span>Read all about it!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:#993366;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> has outdone
herself by producing three issues of IBPSA News this year.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Look at the latest issue:</span></font></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5 color="#cc3300"
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:#CC3300;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5 color="#3366ff"
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:#3366FF;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www.ibpsa.org/images/IBPSANews-12-3.pdf">http://www.ibpsa.org/images/IBPSANews-12-3.pdf</a>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=5 color="#993366" face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#993366;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>You’ll need <a
href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html">Acrobat Reader</a>
to look at this.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Don’t have
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face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:#3366FF;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=5 color="#cc3300" face="Century Gothic"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#CC3300;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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alt=IBPSAlogo.jpg></span></font><font size=7 color=red><span style='font-size:
36.0pt;color:red'>IBPSA<br>
</span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
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 style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";color:purple;font-weight:
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  face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
  color:purple;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Building</span></font></b></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5 color=purple
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:purple;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Performance
Simulation Association</span><!--mstheme--></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
color="#ff6600" face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>NOTICE:
==</span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
color="#ff6600" face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:"Century Gothic";mso-hansi-font-family:"Century Gothic";
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bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Wingdings'>è</span></span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font color="#660066" face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:#660066;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> <span
class=GramE>With</span> the publication of each issue of IBPSA News, it’s
time to start assembling articles for the next issue.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Please send me any building
simulation-related articles you have – conference announcements, awards,
promotions, new software, or even technical articles.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>Our next issue will appear in
mid-March 2003 (80 days after Christmas).</span></font></b><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color=purple face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Century Gothic";color:purple;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Thanks, and </span></font></b><b><font color="#660066"
face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";color:#660066;
font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes'>Happy</span></font></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font color=purple face="Century Gothic"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic";
color:purple;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>
Holidays!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>===================================== <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Larry O. Degelman,
P.E.                 
<a href="mailto:larry@taz.tamu.edu">larry@taz.tamu.edu</a> </span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Newsletter Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>=====================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006666'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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