<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Join us<b> September 01 at noon (Eastern)</b> as we welcome </font><b>Mark Reiland</b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">, </font><b>University of Massachusetts</b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">, to the <i>Urban Forestry Today </i>noon hour webcast to discuss</font><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><font color="#007f00"><b><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;">“</span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Science and Practice of Cabling and Bracing</span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;">”</span></b></font><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri;">. T</span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">o attend simply visit </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001Sc3oiYHTpvOEiIk12zVMYngdSRn0BC1LgJs2lp3s5kGwyGw6hKRprsoW21SD6YqV8volk4weld7W7W3yiq6galH5_Xy6QGYk5SdO1Byviwk=" linktype="1" alt="http://www.joinwebinar.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">www.joinwebinar.com</a><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and enter the <b>ID code</b> </span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">116-178-939</span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri;">. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri;"><br></span></div><div><i>**For those who cannot attend live in-person, the webcast will be archived in the ‘videos’ section at www.urbanforestrytoday.org **</i></div><div><br></div><div><div>As always, we will offer <b>free ISA (& MCA) CEU’s</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>Please see below for further details. </div><div><br></div><div>Rick </div></div></div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">--</div></div><div><div align="center" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><img src="cid:33D31DB9-DF24-4A23-AED6-94DE340263EE" type="image/png"></div><div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"><div id="rootDiv"><div align="center"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="text-align: start;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"><div id="rootDiv"><div align="center"><div align="center"><div style="text-align: start;"><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">…</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"><!--Copyright (c) 1996-2016 Constant Contact. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under a separate
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