<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Join us<b> October 13 at noon (Eastern)</b> as we welcome </font><b>Dr. Mike Raupp</b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">, </font><b>University of Maryland</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><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;">“</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The heat is on: What record heat and a warming world mean for insect outbreaks</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;">”</span></b><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri;">. 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Special emphasis will be placed on urban heat islands in the baking summer of 2016.</div><div> </div></div></div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">To attend, visit </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=kre5otyab.0.0.wmnvzncab.0&id=preview&r=3&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joinwebinar.com" linktype="1" alt="http://www.joinwebinar.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">www.joinwebinar.com</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> and enter the ID code</span></div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong>471-645-275.</strong></span> </div><div><div><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This broadcast is free and will offer the opportunity for arborists to earn 1.0 ISA CEU and 0.5 MCA credit. 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