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 <title>RIA Transfers CRS Certification to ARCS</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Media Contact: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Patricia L. Harman&lt;br /&gt;Director of Standards &amp;amp; Communications&lt;br /&gt;Phone: (301) 231-6505, ext. 28&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 410-456-3700&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:pharman@restorationindustry.org&quot;&gt;pharman@restorationindustry.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;biggest&quot;&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;big&quot;&gt;Restoration Industry Association Transfers &lt;br /&gt;Certified Rug Specialist Certification to Association of Rug Care Specialists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-transfers-crs-certification-arcs&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>RIA Announces Certified Restorer Redevelopment Committee </title>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RIA Announces Certified Restorer Redevelopment Committee &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;&quot;&gt;By Cynthia Hereth, Director of Training &amp;amp; Certification&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>ldiguglielmo</dc:creator>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 17:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>tshaw</dc:creator>
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 <title>RIA Provides Evacuation Checklist</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-provides-evacuation-checklist&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 19:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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 <title>RIA Offers Tips for After the Tornadoes and Storms</title>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;(Formerly the Association of Specialists in Cleaning &amp;amp; Restoration)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-offers-tips-after-tornadoes-and-storms&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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 <title>RIA Golden Quill Award</title>
 <link>http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-golden-quill-award</link>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-golden-quill-award&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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 <title>New RIA WLS Certificant</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/new-ria-wls-certificant&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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 <title>New RIA Certified Restorers</title>
 <link>http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/new-ria-certified-restorers</link>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/new-ria-certified-restorers&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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 <title>RIA CMP Certificants</title>
 <link>http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-cmp-certificants</link>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-cmp-certificants&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-phoenix-awards&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/new-ria-leadership&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/canstar-executive-wins-rias-martin-l-king-award&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Patricia L. Harman, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-adds-multi-industry-panel-discussion&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>ldiguglielmo</dc:creator>
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 <title>RIA Announces Presentations for 2011 Leadership Summit &amp; Industry Expo</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.restorationindustry.org/content/ria-announces-presentations-2011-leadership-summit-industry-expo&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Alyssa Dara</dc:creator>
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