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And as always, free ISA (& MCA) CEU’s. </div><div><div><div><br></div><div>Please see below for details.</div><div><br></div><div>Rick</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div><img src="cid:83E12A02-CF3A-43AD-8281-8482CBBE78F8" type="image/png"></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><hr></div><div topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="rootDiv"><div align="center"><table class="body" bgcolor="#D5C795" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: rgb(213, 199, 149);"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><table class="TemplateWidth" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" style="width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td class="OuterBorder" bgcolor="#333333" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 1px;"><table border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"><tbody><tr><td class="InnerBorder" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 10px;"><table class="MainBG TemplateWidth" bgcolor="#C95436" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-color: rgb(201, 84, 54); width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td class="HeaderBG" height="8" bgcolor="#C95436" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="2"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.60" hspace="0" width="600" alt="MTWFA banner" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102122235286/img/60.jpg"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="Divider" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><td height="4" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="Divider" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="height: 4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><td height="4" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="LeftColWidth" valign="top" width="420" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" style="width: 420px;"><table class="BlockMargin" height="362" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4" style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><td class="MessageText" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div class="MessageTitle" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 153); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 119, 102); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">An Introduction to Structural Soils: Research, Development and Performance </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div><div>As urban foresters and arborists strive to improve urban tree health and longevity, the use of subsurface techniques and technologies such as engineered soils continues to increase in popularity. Join us for this two-part series as we hear first from Dr. Nina Bassuk, Professor and Director of Cornell's Urban Horticulture Institute. Dr. Bassuk will discuss the vision and science behind their development of Cornell University Structural Soil (CU SS) and what the latest research reveals about its application and success in the urban forest.</div> <br></div>To attend, visit <a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0015GvkjfsfouYtxHWNYDB0ClQDdjqGD0OZjeGBCUce6_ZZCfBiUD1unU1aXxHN2cFcT07N4aan-SXEspnJeZ9IxQKOUY6X2lrxLdd6K7t1xDo=" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="color: blue;">www.joinwebinar.com</a> and enter the ID code #<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong> 130294107</strong></span> <br><div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This broadcast is free and will offer the opportunity for arborists to earn 1.0 ISA CEU and 0.5 MCA credit.</p></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">For more information, contact:</p><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; 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