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Texas Public Policy Masters Programs & Schools
Masters in Public Policy programs, also known as MPP Degree programs, are graduate professional degrees focused on using data analysis techniques to understand the impact of governance and legislation on communities. MPP programs also discuss how to evaluate public programs, and use that evaluation to make recommendations to improve effectiveness. Overall, masters of public policy programs combine hard quantitative skills with expertise surrounding social and community development, public leadership, and political and legal issues.
What's The Difference Between a MPP and a MPA?
Masters in Public Policy programs have a lot in common with a related degree, the Master of Public Administration or MPA. In fact, not only might some of the coursework overlap, but some programs might even combine the two, offering instead a "master of public policy and administration." With all that uniting them, how does one tell them apart?
In essence, a Master of Public Policy program focuses on using quantitative research to understand a community and the impact leadership decisions might have on that community. Meanwhile, an MPA program focuses more on taking those findings and turning them into actionable plans to accomplish policy goals. MPA programs also incorporate more elements of administration and leadership, like one might find in business programs, such as managing teams of people effectively on a day to day basis.
What To Expect In A MPP Program
Masters in public policy programs are complex and interdisciplanary, bringing together a variety of unique subjects to better understand how communities and governments function. After all, community and government are complex topics! A world of potential research areas fall within the broader umbrella of public policy. This includes sociology, urban planning, economics, international relations, education, the
environment, and more. And MPP programs don't just touch on these in a general sense. They also hone analysis skills, and apply them to each of those topics, with the aim of attaining an objective understanding. Some programs may even offer options for concentrations, enabling students to specialize in a certain type of research, or policy issue.
Masters in Public Policy Program Formats
Different students have different needs when it comes to earning their MPP. From how you learn to your obligations outside class, programs might accomodate your needs in different ways. For example, do you prefer to dedicate all your time and energy to your education? In that case, you're probably looking for something full time. Have a more hectic schedule? Then you probably want to look for part time or flexible options. Luckily, technology enables programs to reach more students in innovative—not to mention convenient—ways. Generally, program formats fall into three categories.
- Online Master of Public Policy: Studying online may be an attractive option for students who need a little more flexibility, balancing school, work, and home. Online MPP programs deliver courses to your laptop or tablet (as long as it's compatible and has a stable internet connection) so you can bring your studies with you. Choosing to earn your MPP online has the potential benefit of enabling you to apply to programs a little further away. That could allow you to choose programs narrowly tailored to what type of public policy you want to study, the skills you need to hone, etc. Plus, by earning your masters alongside students from communities across the country, you'll have the advantage of diverse perspectives.
- Masters of Public Policy Schools: MPP schools are anchored on a physical campus, in the community. Whether that means you choose one in your own backyard or in a new city, you could have the chance to learn not only about policy research, but also about the particular needs and interests of that community. And you could explore how those needs tie to the potential responsibilities of a policy analyst. Plus, on campus, you may have access to important resources for conducting your research, career guidance—and the connections formed in your classroom with peers and faculty.
- Hybrid Public Policy Masters Programs: Otherwise known as blended or partially-online, hybrid MPP programs aim to combine some of the qualities of online and campus study. This way, you could take advantage of some of the perks of learning at a graduate school, without losing out on the flexibility you need from studying online! These programs might be organized in a variety of ways. Some may have fully online and fully on campus classes. Others may simply have residency or short periods of on campus study. So for more details, reach out to the ones you're considering.
Masters of Public Policy Thesis vs. Capstone
Most MPP programs require students to complete some kind of final project in order to graduate. Generally, this is in the form of a thesis or capstone project. In public policy, these two have a lot in common. Because the field is so research-oriented, both types of final projects are likely to have a heavy research element. So what's the difference?
- A thesis is a long research project, generally completed solo, which demonstrates the writer's fluency with existing policy scholarship. It's usually a paper written for an academic audience. Sometimes it also incorporates a presentation element, which may need to be delivered in person on campus, even in programs that otherwise take place online.
- A capstone, in general, is a project or portfolio designed to demonstrate the student's ability to apply their knowledge in a professional sense. As such, it is written or compiled with a professional audience in mind. It often (but not always) emulates the type of work one might do in the field. In public policy, this usually means completing a research project that addresses a relevant question, problem, or issue. These might be completed solo or in groups, depending on the individual program's requirements.
In some cases, programs might also offer these or similar projects in the form of a seminar. Seminars are classes focused on discussing a specific topic at length. Sometimes, these types of classes might be used to guide final research projects, or to supplement field experience. If your school chooses to do this, the stated seminar topic might indicate the options available to you when it comes to writing your thesis or capstone.
What Might I Learn in Public Policy Masters Programs?
Each MPP program may be a little different. The material covered in your curriculum could be impacted by your selected specialty or concentration (if you have the option), or what your program focuses on. That could be anything from urban planning, to economic development, or even international relations, just to name a few examples. Other influences include the general objective of your program, who's teaching your courses, and the needs of the community the program is rooted in. For this reason, you may want to read individual program curriculum when assessing your options.
Here are some examples of the types of courses you might encounter in your Master of Public Policy program.
- Law and Policy: One of the primary goals of policy analysis—and policy in general—is to guide how laws are written and applied. As such, not only will many MPP programs cover the essentials of lawmaking in itself, but also how that process is influenced by policy research and how legislators and policy analysts might work together.
- Economics: A category rather than a course title, most MPP programs will cover some aspects of macro and microeconomics, as well as econometrics. Courses might discuss how to perform economics research, how to take economic factors into account in researching other issues, and how the economy influences policy directly and indirectly.
- Decision Analysis & Modeling: These types of courses center on decision theory, which is the quantitative study of how and why people make decisions. Decision analysis and modeling is used to examine potential decisions and project their potential impacts.
- Quantitative Analysis: This broad topic may cover a variety of methods for analyzing data. Examples include cost-benefit analysis, statistics, econometrics, and more.
- Public Leadership, Agency Management & Policy: While most public policy programs focus on policy research, many programs also examine the role that policy research plays within leadership. That means discussing public leadership, agency management, and governance, and building familiarity with what those roles might entail.
- Research Methods & Tools: These types of courses may cover a variety of topics, particularly centering on statistics, survey methodology, and the tools and technology one might use to collect data and analyze results.
- Sociology & Psychology: Policy isn't just about politics. It's also about the community, and how laws and governance impact the people who live there. Many MPP programs therefore include some elements related to the study of individuals and groups, and how they're affected by socioeconomic, cultural, social, and personal issues.
- Issue-Specific Courses: Whether you've chosen to pursue a concentration and study a specific type of policy research, or attend a broader program, most likely some courses will be dedicated to unique topics within policy research. These could be related to healthcare in different communities, environmental policies, poverty, or the needs of specific populations. Depending on the design of your program (and whether you're specializing) these could be required or elective courses.
Continuing Your Education After Earning a Master of Public Policy
While many choose to earn their MPP and then focus on building their career, it doesn't have to be the end of your education. Want to be an expert in your field? Consider going on to earn a doctorate in public policy. Public policy doctoral programs may build advanced research skills, and generally apply that knowledge toward researching a single, specialized topic. Or if you want to learn more about a particular topic, you could consider bolstering your credentials with a graduate certificate in public policy. Those programs tend to be short, and focused, and may be available at the masters and post-masters level.
What Could You Do With A Masters in Public Policy Degree?
Many public and political research roles require (or prefer) at least a relevant master's degree. Public policy analysis is a broad category, including a variety of more specialized research areas and position titles. Many of these are defined by specialty—whether that's through concentrated education or professional experience. Examples include:
- Political Scientists – 2016 Median Pay: $114,290i
- Economists – 2016 Median Pay: $101,050ii
- Survey Researchers – 2016 Median Pay: $54,470iii
- Urban Planners – 2016 Median Pay: $70,020iv
The specific requirements for working in these and similar roles may vary widely. Some may ask for specific educational backgrounds, such as urban planning training or statistics education. Others may have entry-level roles open to those with a bachelor's degree.
Search for Masters in Public Policy Programs
Take the first step toward your public policy degree, and start your search for master of public policy programs here on GradSchools.com. If you already know what program format you'd prefer, use the menu to select the appropriate option and narrow down your options. Then you can read more about what that program is like, or start reviewing the sponsored program listings that match your criteria. When you identify a masters in public policy program you think you'd like to attend, click on its name to read more or get in touch. Once you do, you can request information, sets up an interview or campus visit, or even start your application!
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When locally grown food isn't transported efficiently, it can have a surprisingly big carbon footprint
There is a lot to like about local food. It tastes fresh, fosters community, supports regional farming and has a certain cachet that's drawing Americans to farmers' markets in droves. It's also putting more small farmers and their produce-filled box trucks on the nation's roads, which is raising questions about local food's carbon footprint and the significance of a metric at the heart of the farm-to-table movement: the food mile.
At its most basic, a food mile is simply the distance food travels from where it is grown to where it is purchased. The lower the food miles, the shorter the trip, the smaller the transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, or so the thinking went. Then ten years ago, an Iowa-based sustainable agriculture policy institute called the Leopold Center started factoring the mode of transportation into the food mile equation. Whether food is transported by container ship, train, diesel truck or gasoline pickup has a huge impact on the relative efficiency of its food mileage: an Idaho potato bound for Boston by train, for example, has a lower carbon footprint than a spud driven from Maine in a diesel truck.
The latest challenge for the food-mile metric, and farmers' markets around the country - which frequently place food-mile limits on their vendors - is another matter of transportation efficiency: volume, or more accurately, its lack. When individual farmers drive trucks to market, they rarely have enough merchandise to fill the available cargo space. This is the trucking equivalent of a single-occupancy vehicle, and it's entirely invisible to the food-mile metric, which would give the same rating to a lone carrot transported 50 miles as it would a truck-load of them.
"What matters in terms of fossil fuel consumption is not how many miles the food has traveled, but how many gallons of fuel are in each pound of food," says Bob Comis, the head of Stony Brook Farm in Schoharie, New York. "The concept of food miles is incomplete. We need a more revealing and accurate measure like 'pound-gallons.'" Comis believes that pound-gallons, which could be calculated to include both production and transportation externalities, would not only allow consumers to make a more informed decision about the environmental costs of what they buy, but also encourage farmers to increase the efficiency of their transportation system.
Comis envisions a local-food future where farmers' markets remove their food-mile limits in favor of pound-gallon caps and encourage vendors to post figures that reflect the true environmental cost of an item. He also predicts that truck-pooling and purveyor systems will catch on, allowing a number of small farms from the same region to share vehicle space, fuel and transportation headaches. "That would definitely decrease the environmental impacts of truck transport and drastically reduce the cost of doing business," Comis says.
B.R. Shute, a farmer from Tivoli, New York, who spends more than 12 hours commuting to and from New York City each week, has already been involved in some informal truck pools. "We always try to make sure that the truck is filled," he says. "It's good business. It's better for everyone involved."
Whether truck pools purveyors and pound gallons will move past the world of bright ideas and into the realm of real policy has yet to be seen. There are benefits to sticking with an already established and easily understood metric like food miles. "People get it, and it gets some of the larger community-focused points across pretty well," Comis concedes. "'Pound gallons' is a terrible phrase for the ears, even if it's moving the conversation about local agriculture in the right direction."
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Johnson City, Tenn. - The men's basketball team handed out its team awards on April 8 at the Basketball Banquet at the Holiday Inn. Former ETSU Head Coach Alan LeForce was the keynote speaker.
Senior Leo Murray was named the team's Most Valuable Player. Murray, a forward from Tampla, Fla., capped off his career with the Bucs as the leading scorer of the 1999-2000 team at 11.0 points. He also led ETSU with 8.1 rebounds per game. In addition, Murray was named the winner of the Players Choice Award as voted upon by his teammates.
Sophomore Cliff Decoster was named the team's Most Improved Player. Decoster, a point guard from Miramar, Fla., averaged 6.8 points and 2.5 assists.
Senior Erskin Anavitarte earned the team's Scholastic Achievement Award. Anavitarte, a guard from Temple, Texas will graduate this spring with a degree in Public Relations.
ETSU finished the 1999-2000 season 14-15. The Bucs advanced to the second round of the Southern Conference Tournament before being defeated by South Division Champion College of Charleston. ETSU will return five of its six top scorers for the 2000-2001 campaign.


text: Budget surplus to drive consumption 29 March 2019 Reece Birtles Australia Share this article: The Australian economy should benefit from a tax-cut fuelled fiscal stimulus post the April budget and predicted May election. Australia's improving budget The Federal budget is expected to be in surplus for the first time since just prior to the global financial crisis in 2008. Economic forecasters are suggesting a surplus level of around A$15 billion. Funded by tax bracket creep You can see the projected budget surplus in the following chart. Australian budget balance Past performance is not a guide to future returns. Source: Martin Currie Australia, ABS, Commonwealth of Australia, Factset; As of at 31 December 2018. This growth has been funded by the very high level of taxation, in particular the strength of tax receipts through 2017 and 2018. The strength has been largely due to bracket creep. In fact, the government's tax take of pay packets is now 20%, well above the long-term average of 18.5%. Tax take Past performance is not a guide to future returns. Source: Martin Currie Australia, ABS, Commonwealth of Australia, Factset; As at 30 September 2018 Tax take not cost of living inhibiting consumption The Government has been very focused on trying to improve disposable income, and thus consumption that is integral to the Australian economy, by reducing cost of living expenditures such as electricity bills. But, the biggest cost that is inhibiting consumption is in fact the increasing government tax take. Wealth impact from housing is much less important to economy than income The media has also been very focused on the belief that house price softness is causing economic weakness. However, our view is that income growth via wage growth and tax cuts will be a much more significant driver of household expenditure than the relative movement in house prices. In fact, we have found that the 'wealth effect' from higher house prices was not evident in the early stages of the economic cycle. People didn't spend more when house prices went up, so we think that it's unlikely they have spent less as they fall. × Newsletter sign-up Instead, tax cuts in Australia have typically translated directly into additional consumption, and given wages are also now growing at around 2.5% p.a., the stimulus to consumption could be quite significant in FY 2019-20. Tax relief is coming We see that improving the weakness in consumer spending via tax relief should be the Government's main focus for fiscal stimulus over the next 12 months. The ongoing bracket creep issue provides a very good basis for the Government to fund tax relief for Australian taxpayers. In the recent Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), the Liberal government has made an allowance of A$9.2 billion over three years for "decisions made but not yet announced", and this is very likely to form part of any additional tax cuts. But irrespective of whoever is in Government post the expected May election, the Australian economy should see a strong benefit from the tax cut fuelled fiscal stimulus. Source: Martin Currie Australia, ABS, Commonwealth of Australia, Factset; As of at 28 February 2019. Important information Past performance is not a guide to future returns. The information contained in this presentation has been compiled with considerable care to ensure its accuracy. But no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made to its accuracy or completeness. Market and currency movements may cause the capital value of shares, and the income from them, to fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you invested. The information provided should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security. It should not be assumed that any of the security transactions discussed here were or will prove to be profitable. Martin Currie has procured any research or analysis contained in this presentation for its own use. It is provided to you only incidentally, and any opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. The opinions contained in this document are those of the named manager(s). They may not necessarily represent the views of other Martin Currie managers, strategies or funds. Please note the information within this report has been produced internally using unaudited data and has not been independently verified. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, no guarantee can be given.


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Year for Priests
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1: 8
The Pope began the 'Year for Priests' by expressing the hope that the Year "may be an opportunity for the inner renewal of all priests and . . for the revitalisation of their commitment to the mission."
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Methane's Contribution to Global Warming Is Worse than You Thought
It seems we've been "fudging the numbers" in a sense, when comparing the global warming potential of methane to CO2. When global warming potential (GWP) of a gas is calculated, a time frame is assumed. The IPCC decided to use a 100 year time frame.
With a 100 year time frame methane heats up the planet 21 times as much as CO2. The problem with that assumption is that we don't have 100 years. A 20 year time frame would be much more realistic, given the urgency of climate crisis. With a 20 year time frame...
... any CH4 released today is at least 56 times more heat-trapping than a molecule of C02 also released today. And because of the way it reacts in the atmosphere, the number is probably even higher, according to research conducted by Drew Shindell , a scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Center. [emphasis mine]
What if we were to use the IPCC's 20-year comparison instead of its 100-year comparison? For starters, it would force us to get much more serious about tackling the sources of methane emissions. Here in the US, the top methane sources are the decomposition of wastes in landfills, agriculture (from ruminant digestion), and leaks from natural gas drilling and transmission. A new emphasis on methane would require us to get smarter about capturing methane at landfills, reduce the market incentives that encourage Americans' meat-heavy diets, and ensure that methane isn't leaking from fracking operations.
But beyond the policy specifics, adopting the 20-year global warming potential comparisons would be useful for changing how we think about climate change.
And we appear to be approaching some irrevocable tipping points that will create powerful negative feedback loops, the most worrisome being the release of methane stores at the bottom of the ocean and locked into sub-Arctic permafrost.
Image from Arctic Methane Release Tipping Point Diagram
With 56 times as much warming as CO2 in mind, we'd take this feedback more seriously.
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Wow - so behind - trying to get caught up on your discussions.
So 20 year time frame - wow that's so close. I hope they get on the ball and start thinking of solutions.
Now that we appreciate how dangerous methane is, we've just discovered an overlooked reservoir holding as much as Arctic permafrost, but even more vulnerable to evaporating.
The science team estimated that 50 percent of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (1 million square kilometers) and 25 percent of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (2.5 million square kilometers) overlies pre-glacial sedimentary basins containing about 21,000 billion metric tons of organic carbon.
"This is an immense amount of organic carbon, more than ten times the size of carbon stocks in northern permafrost regions," Wadham said. "Our laboratory experiments tell us that these sub-ice environments are also biologically active, meaning that this organic carbon is probably being metabolized to carbon dioxide and methane gas by microbes."
They also calculated that the potential amount of methane hydrate and free methane gas beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet could be up to 4 billion metric tons, a similar order of magnitude to some estimates made for Arctic permafrost. The predicted shallow depth of these potential reserves also makes them more susceptible to climate forcing than other methane hydrate reserves on Earth. [emphasis mine]
Study suggests large methane reservoirs beneath Antarctic ice sheet
This suggests that when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melts the methane released will give a big kick, further accelerating climate Destabilization. So that diagram above for Arctic Methane Planetary Emergency needs a companion diagram: Antarctic Methane Planetary Emergency.
Note the bubbles in the left part of the image, compared to normal ocean on the right.
Russian scientists have discovered spots in the Arctic Ocean where mass emissions of methane can be observed.
According to the press-service of the expedition aboard The Viktor Buinitsky research vessel, the diameter of some of the 'methane fields' found in the northern part of the Laptev Sea exceeds 1 kilometre.
Were the vessel to sail into that bubbling methane field, it might sink. Large outgassings of methane temporarily decrease water density, so stuff which normally floats sinks. Will this pose a shipping hazard to vessels plying the Arctic passage in summer?
The evidence mounts. Obama needs to address these issues.
For whom is one to vote? Romney is out, Obama doesn't realize the economic problems caused by his administration, no one is taking up the climate change or getting off fossil fuels. What intelligent options exist?
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Enormous Methane Releases from the Arctic Shelf
The Eastern Siberian Arctic Shelf is a shallow area of the Arctic Ocean seafloor with vast methane deposits trapped beneath a subsea permafrost layer. Warming has already created over a hundred holes where methane is bubbling out.
A section of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas, according to the findings of an international research team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov.
The research results, published in the March 5, 2013 edition of the journal Science, show that the permafrost under the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, long thought to be an impermeable barrier sealing in methane, is perforated and is starting to leak large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. Release of even a fraction of the methane stored in the shelf could trigger abrupt climate warming.
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The Arctic Methane Emergency Group of climate scientists warns that the planet stands at the edge of abrupt and catastrophic climate change.
... some of the world's most renowned climate scientists formed AMEG, because they were prompted by indisputable signals of the beginning stages of massive releases of methane, thus, threatening an extinction event on planet Earth.
... AMEG has studied key non-linear trends in the Earth-human System and reached the stunning conclusion that the planet stands at the edge of abrupt and catastrophic climate change as a result of an unprecedented rate of change in the Arctic.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, as of February 2013, methane levels in the atmosphere are measured at 1,874 ppb (parts per billion.) This level, in an historical context, is more than twice as high as any time since 400,000 years before the industrial revolution. In the past, methane has ranged between 300-400 ppb during glacial periods and 600-700 ppb during warm interglacial periods.
In 2012, expeditionary teams in the Arctic were shocked, and dismayed, to find methane bubbling up from deep ocean sites. "Previous observations have pointed to large methane plumes being released from the seabed in the relatively shallow sea off the northern coast of Siberia, but the latest findings were made far away from land in the deep, open ocean where the surface is usually capped by ice."1
Moreover, as if discovering methane emissions from the deep seas of the Arctic isn't already of major concern, a recent study discovered immense amounts of methane locked under Antarctic ice: "They… calculated that the potential amount of methane hydrate and free methane gas beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet could be up to 4 billion metric tons, a similar order of magnitude to some estimates made for Arctic permafrost. The predicted shallow depth of these potential reserves also makes them more susceptible to climate forcing than other methane hydrate reserves on Earth."2
According to the Arctic Methane Emergency Group (AMEG), the "Arctic is in meltdown." As such, AMEG has declared: "An extremely high international security risk of acute climate disruption followed by runaway global warming."
According to David Wasdell, International Coordinator, Meridian Programme: "A runaway climate change is now clear and beginning to be quantified for the first time… the greatest threat we face as a planet… The rate of change we're generating in the current situation is between 200-300 times faster than that experience of any extinction event apart from the asteroidal impact.
We've lost about 40% of the phytoplankton in the oceans which is the basis of the food chain."
... the albedo effect is collapsing in the Arctic.
A collapsing albedo effect is ominously apocalyptic for the Arctic, and for the world. And, disturbingly, Arctic albedo is already in the collapsing stage. This will inevitably lead to ever more methane emissions and a vicious cycle of feedbacks leading to an extinction event, probably unstoppable.
According to physicist Paul Beckwith, University of Ottawa, ... methane is the key now to a 'tipping point' in the climate. He believes it is entirely possible that before 2020 the Arctic will be clear of sea ice with open waters three months of the year ... [emphasis mine]
The White House has been briefed. White House warned on imminent Arctic ice death spiral
Senior US government officials are to be briefed at the White House this week on the danger of an ice-free Arctic in the summer within two years.
The meeting is bringing together Nasa's acting chief scientist, Gale Allen, the director of the US National Science Foundation, Cora Marett, as well as representatives from the US Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon.
This is the latest indication that US officials are increasingly concerned about the international and domestic security implications of climate change.
Senior scientists advising the US government at the meeting include 10 Arctic specialists, including marine scientist Prof Carlos Duarte, director of the Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia.
In early April, Duarte warned that the Arctic summer sea ice was melting at a rate faster than predicted by conventional climate models, and could be ice free as early as 2015 -...
Duarte is lead author of a paper published last year in Nature Climate Change documenting how "tipping elements" in the Arctic ecosystems leading to "abrupt changes" that would dramatically impact "the global earth system" had "already started up". Duarte and his team concluded: "We are facing the first clear evidence of dangerous climate change."
Extreme weather events over the last few years apparently driven by the accelerating Arctic melt process - including unprecedented heatwaves and droughts in the US and Russia, along with snowstorms and cold weather in northern Europe – have undermined harvests, dramatically impacting global food production and contributing to civil unrest.
The group, which includes among its founding members leading Arctic specialists such as Prof Peter Wadhams, head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at Cambridge University, stated that:
"The weather extremes from last year are causing real problems for farmers, not only in the UK, but in the US and many grain-producing countries. World food production can be expected to decline, with mass starvation inevitable. The price of food will rise inexorably, producing global unrest and making food security even more of an issue."
East Antarctica is releasing methane.
1250 - New group calls for action on methane
... very high methane levels that have been recorded over Antarctica recently.
These very high methane emissions occur on the heights of East Antarctica. Antarctica is covered in a thick layer of ice. It appears that these very high emissions are caused by methane from hydrates that is escaping in the form of free gas bubbling up through the ice sheet. [emphasis mine]
Antarctic methane peaks at 2249 ppb
These very high methane emissions occur on the heights of East Antarctica. The map below shows the highest altitudes on Antarctica colored red.
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Addition of MRI to Mammogram and Ultrasound Increases Breast Cancer Detection
April 8, 2012
by Robert Wascher
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New research shows that adding MRI to mammogram and ultrasound increases breast cancer detection rate, but with a high rate of false positive results.
Currently, women who are at an average risk of developing breast cancer are advised to undergo annual screening mammograms beginning at 40 to 45 years of age. Mammography, like any medical test, is not perfect (at least 10 to 20 percent of breast cancers will not show up on a mammogram among women who are at average risk for this type of cancer). Moreover, mammography, which relies upon low-powered x-rays to form images of the breasts, is especially challenged by women with dense breast tissue, which is, by itself, a known risk factor for breast cancer.
In many cases, the addition of ultrasound to mammography can help to form more accurate images of dense breast tissue, and is also useful for further evaluation of indeterminate breast abnormalities identified by mammography. (Also, both the lobular sub-type of breast cancer and small "low-grade" breast cancers tend to show up better on ultrasound than they do on mammograms.) Together, the combination of mammography and ultrasound can accurately detect approximately 85 to 90 percent of breast cancers in women with normal-density breast tissue; but, once again, in women with dense breast tissue (including most women under the age of 40), the sensitivity and overall accuracy of mammography plus ultrasound is often considerably decreased.
Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, has become a popular tool for breast imaging, although, like mammography and ultrasound, MRI of the breast has its downsides as well. MRI is known to be much more sensitive than either mammography or ultrasound in identifying breast cancers, with most studies showing a 95 percent or greater sensitivity associated with MRI. However, this exquisite sensitivity of breast MRI, as I discuss in my bestselling book, A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race, is also associated with poor specificity (i.e., a high false-positive rate). Because of its poor specificity, MRI scans of the breast will be wrong, or falsely-positive, in 15 to 35 percent of cases where an abnormality is detected. Although there are other reasons as well, this high false-positive rate is the primary reason that MRI scans are not routinely used to screen for breast cancer.
As I have noted, none of these three common breast cancer screening tests are perfect, and each of them will miss some cancers that the other types of scans might pick up. With this information in mind, a newly published study, which appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, examines the potential role of ultrasound and MRI scans as supplements to screening mammograms in women who are at an increased risk for developing breast cancer.
In this prospective clinical research study, 612 women deemed to be at increased risk for breast cancer underwent three years of annual breast cancer screening exams with mammography and ultrasound. After completing these three years of annual screening with mammography and ultrasound, these women additionally underwent MRI scans of their breasts. Abnormalities suspicious for cancer, based upon any of these three diagnostic tests, were further evaluated by biopsy. This cohort of women volunteers was then followed for an additional 12 months, to monitor them for any signs of interval development of breast cancer.
The 612 women who underwent mammography, ultrasound and MRI screening were also part of a larger group of 2,662 high-risk women (54 percent of whom had a personal history of a prior breast cancer) who enrolled in this study, and who underwent annual breast cancer screening with both mammography and ultrasound. Altogether, 110 of these 2,662 women were diagnosed with a new breast cancer during the course of this prospective clinical research study.
The results of this study clearly illustrate the limitations of currently available breast cancer screening tests, particularly among high-risk women. Following three years of annual screening, only 52 percent of the breast cancers that arose were detected by mammography alone in these high-risk women, although the false-positive rate of mammography was very low, at 9 percent. The addition of ultrasound to mammography improved the sensitivity, or detection rate, to 76 percent, with a false-positive rate of 16 percent. When MRI was added to mammography and ultrasound, the detection rate (sensitivity) for breast cancer improved, significantly, to 100 percent, although the false-positive rate increased greatly due to the poor specificity of MRI and, to a lesser extent, ultrasound. When these three breast imaging modalities were combined, 35 percent of the abnormalities identified turned out to be benign lesions, and not cancer, following biopsy or other confirmatory diagnostic procedures.
This study confirms that essentially 100 percent of detectable breast cancers can be identified using a combination of mammography, ultrasound and MRI. However, this high level of sensitivity comes at a significant cost in that more than one-third of the abnormalities identified by the combined use of these three breast imaging modalities will, upon further testing, including biopsy, turn out to be completely benign. Therefore, this high false-positive rate, particularly associated with breast MRI, is the Achilles heel of this combined imaging approach to breast cancer screening.
Fortunately, there are emerging new breast imaging technologies that appear to have the same very high sensitivity rate as MRI, while maintaining the high specificity (i.e., low false-positive) rate of mammography. Among these promising technologies are Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging and Positron Emission (PET) Mammography (also known as "PEM"). Ultimately, these newer technologies, as well as even newer technologies, will most likely someday replace the use MRI to screen for breast cancer.
For a groundbreaking overview of cancer risks, and evidence-based strategies to reduce your risk of developing cancer, order your copy of my bestselling book, "A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race," from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Vroman's Bookstore, and other fine bookstores!
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Disclaimer: As always, my advice to readers is to seek the advice of your physician before making any significant changes in medications, diet, or level of physical activity
Dr. Wascher is an oncologic surgeon, professor of surgery, cancer researcher, oncology consultant, and a widely published author
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DB Stuff db->xml->db
compile "org.grails.plugins:db-stuff:0.4.0"
DB schema managment and data import/export. Generate generic xml schema files and import or export base/seed/test data into your database in the xml format dbunit uses.Based on DdlUtils from the Apache DB Project http://db.apache.org/ddlutils/ Keeps the schema in a generic xml file that can then be used to creates the db schema in any of the supported databases. Data can also be extrernalized in files and then loaded via a grails script or at application startup.Load base/seed data into you database. Store/export the data in xml and this will load the database with your applications base recordsThis can and is used for integration testing.This is also used for populating a database with its necessary records to do an initial install.We use it to load tables like configuration params, ACL, acegi requestmaps etc.. We also use it for complete database dumps and restoresNOTE: Currently this has only ben tested to work with MYSQL and SQL SERVER. DDL Utils works with Hsqldb,MsSql,MySql,Oracle,db2 and others but it may take some testing to get those to work.
These commands make it easy to drop and/or overwrite your data. This can cause brain damage, sever bouts of anger and could lead to a divorce if not used carefully.
grails install-plugin db-stuff
Setting up DataSource.groovyexample:
dataLoad{ createUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/" createDbName = "greenbill" //name of the database to create createDbPath = "F:\\MSSQL\\Data"" //for dbs like MsSql need path schemaFiles = "file:./sql/schema/*.xml" //the ddlutils files //the base data the should go into the core database after the schema seedFiles = "file:./sql/data/base/*.xml" //the data files for test or a demo database dataFiles = "file:./sql/data/demo/*.xml" //the .sql files can be any valid sql statments. //multiple statments in a single file should end with ; sqlFiles = "file:./sql/scripts/mysql/*.sql" //MySQL,MsSql platform will try to be autodetected if it can be //but its better to specify it if you can. see http://db.apache.org/ddlutils/ for list platform="MySQL" }
clean will try and drop the database first
grails create-db clean
- this will try and create the db if it can using the createUrl and createDbName. only supported for hsql,mysq and sql server right now
- runs the schemaFiles to generate the tables, indexes and foreign keys
- populates the db with seedFiles data from the xml format like dbunits
- populates from dataFiles
- runs the sqlFiles scripts
will assume the database already exists and just run the schema and data files
grails create-db
export ddl schema
sends the schema and ddl info to the sql/schema/out directory
grails export-ddl
export data
sends the data to sql/data/out directory
grails export-data or grails export-data tablename directory
data examples
schema filesThere is good documentation on this on the DDLUtils site. http://db.apache.org/ddlutils/
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <database> <table name="Books" description="You description here"> <column name="Id" primaryKey="true" required="true" type="INTEGER" size="10" /> <column name="Version" type="INTEGER" size="10" default="0" /> <column name="Name" required="true" type="VARCHAR" size="50" /> <column name="Description" type="VARCHAR" size="255" /> <column name="Price" type="NUMERIC" size="21,6" /> <column name="EditedDate" type="TIMESTAMP" /> </table> </database>
Data filesThe format is the same as DBUnit
<dataset> <Books Id="1" Name="Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Description="Are you a rationalist?" Price="11.95" EditedDate="2009-02-04 10:06:59.563" /> <Books Id="2" Name="War and Peace" Price="11.95" /> </dataset>


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Adding your location to a Tweet
Enabling this feature allows Twitter to:
- •Show your followers the location you are Tweeting from as part of your Tweet.
You can choose to add a location to your Tweets using Twitter for Android, Twitter for iOS, twitter.com or other mobile applications. For example: To give additional location context to your Tweet, you can add a general location label such as "SoMa, San Francisco." In select locations, on Twitter for iOS and Twitter for Android, you may also label your Tweet with the name of a specific business, landmark, or other point of interest. These locations are provided by Foursquare.
If you are using Twitter for Android or Twitter for iOS, the Tweet may also include your precise location (e.g., the coordinates of the street intersection where you Tweeted), which can be found through API, in addition to the location label you select. See below for more information.
Tweeting with your location on the web:
Tweeting with your location is disabled by default for everyone.
To add a location to your Tweets:
- In the Tweet compose box on twitter.com, click Add Location (next to the location marker ) in the compose box.
- Your current location will be displayed.
- Click the location button again to see a dropdown menu with other options. You can choose any location listed, and your selected location will show up with a green checkmark.
- You can also search for a location by using the search field at the top of the location menu.
- The Turn location on settings will be saved, so the next time you compose a Tweet on twitter.com your location information will automatically appear and be associated with your Tweet.
To stop including your location in your Tweets:
- In the Tweet compose box on twitter.com, click the button with your location.
- Select Turn off location from the dropdown menu.
- The Turn off location setting will be saved, so next time you compose a Tweet on twitter.com your location information will not appear.
Note: Your browser may ask to "Remember Your Location" or to "Share Location". Click "Yes" if asked.
Tweeting with your location on Twitter for iOS or Android:
To add a location to your Tweets:
- Once location services are enabled on your device, compose a Tweet as you normally would. If you have never previously attached a location to your Tweets, you may see a prompt asking you to Enable location.
- Tap the location marker in the Tweet compose box to open a list of places that you can choose.
- Select the location you want to add to your Tweet.
- If you choose to toggle on the "Share precise location" button (available on Twitter for iOS version 6.26 or later, and on Twitter for Android version 5.55 or later), your precise location (latitude and longitude) will be associated with the Tweet and findable via API.
- For earlier versions of Twitter for iOS and Android, your Tweet will always contain both your selected location name and the precise location of your device (which can be found via API) when you Tweet.
- The next time you Tweet using the Twitter app on the same device, your general location will automatically be displayed with your Tweet, using your current location. For Twitter for iOS versions before 6.26 and Twitter for Android versions before 5.55, your precise location will automatically be attached to the Tweet (and findable through API) along with the general location.
To stop including your location in your Tweets:
- Tap the Tweet compose icon.
- Tap the location marker to open the dropdown list of locations.
- Your current location will be highlighted. Tap "Remove" in the top left to remove your location information from the Tweet. Your location information will not appear in future Tweets.
Tweeting with location on mobile.twitter.com
(For browsers supporting HTML5 and geolocation.)
To add a location to your Tweets on mobile.twitter.com:
- Log in to mobile.twitter.com from your mobile device.
- Tap the Me tab, then tap the gear icon.
- Select Settings.
- Tap Edit next to Account & privacy.
- Check the box next to Add location information to my Tweets to enable the setting. Disable location information by unchecking the box.
- Enter your password and tap Save.
- Note: when you add a location to your Tweet, your location information will automatically be added to future Tweets composed on mobile.twitter.com.
To stop including your location in your Tweets on mobile.twitter.com:
- Open the Tweet compose box.
- Tap the location icon to remove your location from appearing in your Tweet. Your location information will not appear in future Tweets.
Different mobile browsers have different methods of controlling location access for a specific websites such as mobile.twitter.com. Please consult your browser settings.
How to remove location data (web only)
To remove your location data from displaying in your previous Tweets, including Tweets posted from mobile devices, you can either:
- Delete a particular Tweet that has the location data attached; or
- Remove location data from displaying in all of your Tweets. To do this:
- Log in to your account on twitter.com.
- Go to your Security and privacy settings.
- Under Privacy, look for Tweet location.
- Click Delete all location information. Please note: this can take up to 30 minutes to complete.
IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTE: It is important to note that deleting location information on Twitter does not guarantee the information will be removed from all copies of the data on third-party applications or in external search results.
Having trouble?
Check out our Tweet & DM Troubleshooting section for solutions to common problems.
In some areas, you have the option to label your Tweet with a specific business, landmark, or point of interest. These places are sourced from Foursquare. If you see an issue with a place please report it via Foursquare's Help Center. If you believe that a specific Tweet is abusive, please report it to Twitter by following the instructions here.


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The Environmental Protection Agency's plans for finalizing and implementing its NPDES general permit for applications of pesticides over water are "overly optimistic" and could result in a number of adverse consequences, one of the agency's critics says.
According to reports, EPA now hopes to complete its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for applications of pesticides over water by December. EPA and most of the states would then begin implementing and enforcing the permit program starting next April.
Testifying at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing, the president of CropLife America said not only do many believe EPA and the states won't meet that schedule, but they worry that the permitting system will impose hardships on small businesses and negate many of the public health achievements of recent years.
"We are very skeptical about this overly optimistic timetable," said Jay Vroom, the CropLife America president. "Even if things go smoothly, for the federal government and individual states to get all this work done well before April – and then for the regulated community to have time to get up to speed on compliance – seems nearly impossible to achieve."
Vroom, whose members produce and sell most of the crop protection and biotechnology products used in the U.S., said EPA might not be up against the April 2011 court-imposed deadline if it had been willing to fight harder to defend its previous position that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act was the governing document for pesticide use.
"Never in the 62 years of FIFRA nor 38 years of the Clean Water Act has the federal government required a permit to apply pesticides "to, over or near" waters of the U.S. for control of such pests as mosquitoes, forest canopy insects, algae, or invasive aquatic weeds and animals, like Zebra mussel," he said.
"As a matter of fact, Congress specifically omitted pesticides in 1972 when it enacted the CWA, and despite major rewrites since, never looked beyond FIFRA for the regulation of the regular, label-approved uses of pesticides."
That is, until last year when the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned EPA's 2006 rule which specifically exempted from the Clean Water Act, NPDES permitting of aquatic pesticide applications.
"Agriculture and the rest of the pesticide user community are still baffled by the federal government's choice not to more rigorously defend the 2006 rule," said Vroom in testimony delivered on Sept. 23. "CropLife America believes the 6th Circuit got it wrong, and EPA should have done more to defend its previous rule."
Burden on small business
Aside from the legal precedent, Vroom notes the permit will add performance, recordkeeping and reporting requirements to an estimated 1.5 million pesticide applications per year and pre-empt the science-based ecological review of pesticides and label requirements for uses regulated under the FIFRA.
"This one decision overnight will nearly double the population of entities requiring permits under CWA and affects state agencies, local municipalities, recreation, utility rights-of-way, railroads, roads and highways, mosquito control districts, water districts, canals and other water conveyances, commercial applicators, farm, ranches, forestry, scientists, and many, many others. This is an enormous burden – and we see no related benefit to protection of humans or the environment."
Many of the businesses impacted by the permit are small businesses. "The permit will threaten their economic survival, either due to the cost of obtaining a permit or due to their vulnerability to citizen law suits under CWA," he said.
"New requirements for monitoring and surveillance, planning, recordkeeping, reporting and other tasks will create significant delays, costs, reporting burdens and legal risks from citizen suits for hundreds of thousands of newly-minted permit holders without enhancing the environmental protections already provided by FIFRA compliance."
To date, EPA's proposed general permit only covers applications of pesticides registered for aquatic use and applied to water or forest canopies into or over flowing or seasonal waters, and conveyances to those waters; it would not cover pesticide applications registered and intended for terrestrial use.
"However, activists indicate that they believe most pesticide applications should require a permit if there is even a chance that the pesticide could come in contact with any 'water,' either flowing water or seasonal drainage ditches that could be a conveyance to a water of the U.S.," said Vroom.
"So, even though EPA may not currently cover farmland and rangeland pesticide applications, nothing in the CWA or the proposed permit protects against citizen suits against farmers for not obtaining a permit. This establishes an uncertain, increased level of liability for farmers and ranchers, as well as users applying pesticides to golf courses and public utility rights of way, and private homes and businesses."
CropLife America has a long history of working cooperatively with EPA and the U.S. Congress on issues affecting crop protection, human health and the environment, Vroom said. Recently, however, businesses that support American agriculture have seen serious deviations from the regular order, transparency and scientific integrity of the federal government's pesticide review process.
"We hope that today's hearing will put EPA, other agencies and agriculture back on a path to a more productive dialogue that leads to reasonable, timely, and consistent solutions to our shared concerns."
Vroom thanked Agriculture Committee Chairman Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., ranking member Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., for introducing the FIFRA Paperwork Reduction Act, which is aimed at clarifying that permits are not required for pesticides applied in compliance with FIFRA.
"CropLife America knows that the oversight and action of this committee may well determine whether the pesticide program descends into further disarray – regulating based on unsupported science, activism and politics – or whether you can thoughtfully guide EPA back to the order of FIFRA's transparent, science-based review and rigorous process."


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Media, PA is a pleasant town of 5,300 people. Located in Delaware County just 22 miles west of Philadelphia, Media was voted one of the best places to raise a family, according to Philadelphia magazine. Media's friendly atmosphere, quiet neighborhoods, and home-town feel is just part of what makes living in Media so wonderful. Media boasts an estimated household income of about $54,600, which is about $3,000 higher than the Pennsylvania state average. When searching for Media apartments for rent, you are sure to be located near warm hospitality and a prosperous community.
A number of unique small businesses are located in Media, giving the town a truly one-of-a-kind vibe. Bevan's Candy, Golden Impulse, and Sassy Girl Resale Boutique are all located in town, and provide sweet treats and wonderful threads that are as original as Media itself. There are also several universities close by for those looking to pursue an education. Some of these include Neumann University, Villanova University, and Eastern University.
Employment opportunities are never far away if you're living in Media apartments. Some of the top employers in Delaware county are Boeing Company, Jefferson Health Systems, Crozer Keystone Health Systems, Delaware County Community College, and Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital.
There are always multiple outlets for entertainment in Media. The Media Theatre for the Performing Arts is Delaware County's most popular professional theater. This destination provides residents with an endless amount of shows such as "Dr. Dolittle" and "Hairspray." The theater even holds special events, which include the British Rock and Roll Invasion show and the Eternal Rhythm Band.
If you're an avid shopper, there are more than 35 stores to try out so you can shop 'til you drop. When you're done shopping, visit one of Media's many popular restaurants like Peking Restaurant or Campbell's Boat House.
Rent.com® can help you get settled in a Media apartment. Look through our rental listings and find the perfect home for your needs.


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Spaghetti Ham Bake
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 30 min.
Makes2 casseroles (6 servings each)
- 2 packages (7 ounces each) thin spaghetti, broken into 2-inch pieces
- 4 cups cubed fully cooked ham
- 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup sliced ripe olives, optional
- 1-1/2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups soft bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain and place in a large bowl. Stir in the ham, soup, sour cream, mushrooms, onion, olives if desired, mustard, seasoned salt and Worcestershire sauce.
- Transfer to two greased 11x7-in. baking dishes. In a small bowl, toss bread crumbs and butter; add cheese. Sprinkle over casseroles.
- Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 2 months. Bake the remaining casserole, uncovered, at 325° for 30 minutes or until heated through.
- To use frozen casserole: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 50-55 minutes or until heated through.
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Jul 8, 2019
This was delicious!! I made it for a church potluck, so I baked it in a large crockpot so it would stay warm. It came out great-a definite keeper!
Feb 21, 2017
By far one of the absolute best recipes I have ever made in my life. My husband ate it COLD; he never does that with anything. I used Cream of Celery soup and a lot less ham and other items than called for in the recipe just because that's what I do. I will make this recipe for the rest of my life. Awesome, awesome, awesome.
Apr 1, 2013
We really enjoyed this recipe although I did make a few changes. I halved the recipe and used 7 oz penne instead of spaghetti. Also added a bunch of broccoli florettes the last few minutes of cooking the pasta. I used Panko crumbs in place of bread crumbs for the topping. The onions were still very crunchy so in the future I will sauté them before adding. In order to bake evenly I did use a larger baking dish. The added vegetables increased the volume. This is a keeper. Thanks Mary for the recipe.
Dec 28, 2011
It's hard to find good recipes to use left over ham in other than potato dishes. This one is a keeper, all 3 of my kids and my "pickest eater ever" husband loved this! Thank you for sharing, it was surprisingly very good!
Apr 1, 2011
Editing my review. It should say I cook once a week.!!!!!! recipe is still great
Apr 1, 2011
I once cook for a week for a needy family of 7. It's hard to find recipes that are easy to double. They stated this was one of the best meals I've made in the year of cooking for them. My hubby wants it made again and again. The only change I did was for the bread crumbs I used croutons that I crumbled. Thanks again!
Apr 16, 2010
This recipe is so good! My family loved it - and they are very picky! I also placed in water chestnuts to give it some more crunch! This is a perfect dish for those picky kid eaters. MMMMMmmmmmmmm.......
Oct 13, 2009
Easy, tasty and comforting!! I left out the mushrooms because we don't like them - other than that, two of my daughters and I put it together quickly and easily. Very yummy!! And I have another in the freezer that I will just pop in the oven in a few weeks. Doesn't get any better than that!


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Creative Spotlight: Eric Merced on Adobe Creative Cloud and the Touch Apps
Like a superhero, Eric Merced possesses a special power – the ability to unleash creativity. With his trusty iPad loaded with Adobe Touch Apps, along with access to Creative Cloud and the Creative Suite 6 applications, there is no project too big for Eric to tackle.
We sat down with Eric to learn how these Adobe products have improved his workflow capabilities, given him the ability to seamlessly transfer his work between technologies and helped him become the illustrator he is today. Read our Q&A with Eric below and be sure to check out the new hero-themed Twitter background we created to celebrate his work.
Adobe: When were you first introduced to Adobe Touch Apps?
Eric Merced: It was with my first generation iPad (I currently own the iPad 2) and Adobe Ideas. There was a lot of complaining going on about how the iPad was not ideal for creating high-resolution art and Ideas was the first app that made me think otherwise.
What was the very first creation you made with Touch Apps?
Even though I had already used Ideas to dabble in creating art on the iPad, my first "wow" moment that cemented my desire to create illustrations and comics, was when I used Creative Cloud to upload an image of The Dark Knight Rises' character, Bane. The idea of being able to back up my work directly from the iPad and have it available on my iPhone or desktop was thrilling. I later took that image into Photoshop Touch and added textures, which brought the image and my workflow to another level.
How has the integration from Touch Apps through to the Creative Cloud features changed your creative workflow?
It has simplified everything. I feel good knowing that I have a powerful mobile studio with Ideas and Creative Cloud. The iPad's feature of allowing apps to store files in iTunes is good, but I feel Creative Cloud is a step up because it allows you to access those files from other devices (i.e., iPod, iPhone, desktop). That's true integration right there, and it's also essential for a true mobile studio experience.
Which pairing of the Touch Apps and the applications within Creative Cloud is most instrumental to your creative process?
Photoshop Touch and Photoshop CS6. Any file I tweak in Photoshop Touch can easily be opened in Photoshop on my desktop.
Where's your favorite location to create?
Mostly inside, as I don't travel much, but Adobe Touch Apps allows me to physically create anywhere inside I'd like, as opposed to being tied to a desk and chair.
How much of a difference has direct touch input made to your creations?
The ability to zoom in and out, resize with a pinch, or to move the canvas around with two fingers is amazing. It makes doing these things much faster and more natural.
If you had the opportunity to travel to anywhere in the world with your Touch Apps, where would it be and why?
I'd love to go to a lot of places in the world – maybe too many to mention here. And who knows, with the iPad and Adobe Touch Apps on hand, now that's more possible than ever.
For more on Eric's work, stop by his website to see his portfolio. Want to be featured in one of our upcoming spotlight posts? Drop us a line on Twitter, Facebook, or in the comments below.


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Giving back to the community has always been an important aspect of the DEME culture.
Once again in 2017, in line with its fundamental values, DEME4Life supported a wide variety of social projects across the globe. Many of the DEME4Life initiatives are driven by employees, who often spend years living locally, supporting and working with local charitable organisations in the communities where DEME operates and affects lives.
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In such a dynamic global business, DEME is always looking for talented, driven people to join our team. Whether you're an industry newcomer or experienced professional, DEME offers a great environment where you can flourish and develop an exciting career, which can potentially take you anywhere in the world.
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This is the brand new J Class yacht Lion heart after successfully being turned over at Freddie Bloemsma's yard in Holland. The aluminium hulled J has been developed by designer Andre Hoek who has undertaken extensive research into the performance of 20 J Class designs some of which have been built and others that have never seen the light of day.
Lion heart, at 144ft (44m) loa and with an astonishing 56ft (17m) of overhang, will be the biggest J in existence when completed by
Claasen Jachtbouw in Zaandam. Her lines originate from one of the series of designs drawn for the Starling Burgess/Olin Stephens1936 Ranger project so it will be particularly interesting to see how she shapes up against John Williams's current J Class Ranger. Hoek's design team has developed a highly sophisticated velocity prediction programme for J Class design using test data taken from a 19ft 6in (20m) long test tank model of a J. They have also used computational fluid dynamic software to further analyse hull shape for the five best performing
From www.aptusyachtcrews.com
Hoek is currently working on four new Js. Besides Lion heart the next yacht is likely to be a replica of Enterprise, the first J ever built and one of the smallest although Hoek believes she will be very effective on handicap. The third project is Svea, originally designed by Thor Holm and now well advanced in design for a Dutch/Swedish syndicate. Finally, Hoek is working on a replica of a Franck Paine designed J that was never built. She'll be along the lines of Lion heart.
With these four yachts in the pipeline, Jim Clark's Endeavour 11 on course for an autumn launch from Royal Huisman and other designs on the boil at Dykstra and Partners (see current, February issue of Yachting World), the J Class movement, boosted by the rule change to allow the use aluminium for hull construction, is about to take a mighty leap forward.
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Kim Kardashian West is slowly returning to normal life in the wake of her Paris robbery.
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The concert turned out to be a star-studded event, with Katy Perry, Amy Schumer, Kaia Gerber and more heading out to see West perform his new and oldest hits. Perry, who was celebrating her 32nd birthday, managed to get up close and person to West while he soared above the crowd on his floating stage.
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Attendees were treated to songs such as "Mercy", "All of the Lights," "Flashing Lights," "Heartless," "Only One," "Stronger," "Good Life" and "Can't Tell Me Nothing." Before launching into "Runaway," the eyewitness tells us Kanye told the crowd, "If you're here tonight with someone you love, hold onto them extra tight."
Yeezy also performed his headline-making "Famous."
"Hold on, hold on, welcome to Saint Pablo. I'm at a loss for words. I appreciate y'all so much," he told the crowd before launching into the song. "As y'all know, I went through a lot to write this song and put out how I really felt after seven years of people talking about me."
The "Jesus Walks" rapper also rapped "Stretch My Hands" because "this hit No. 1 this week." He also dedicated "Beautiful Morning" to Kid Cudi and had the audience sing along so he could hear.
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Denver, CO - 3/8/2018 - Quark Software has been named to the KMWorld 100, the annual list of companies that matter most in knowledge management. The list, compiled by KMWorld editors and experts, features companies that are characterized by innovation, ingenuity, resourcefulness, usefulness, collaboration, community, and expertise.
Quark makes the KMWorld 100 for its innovative Quark Content Automation Platform, the only platform to offer end-to-end enterprise workflow and content automation capabilities – from content creation and management to omni-channel publishing and delivery (including analytics).
Quark's Platform is purpose-built to handle a wide range of business critical content, such as standard operating procedures, pitchbooks, fund marketing content, product datasheets, investment research reports, legislation, marketing collateral, and many other content types that must be accurate, updated frequently, and delivered across a number of channels. The Platform can be widely deployed across industries, use cases, and content types with rich design and interactivity to engage customers and employees.
"The organizations named this year to our list of 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management have captured and sustained our interest through their functionality, success with clients and innovation," says KMWorld Editor Sandra Haimila. "When we look at the technologies they offer, we are awed by the progress, excited by what the future will bring and confident they will enrich our lives. The companies we have chosen for our 2018 list have proven their business value to customers. We are impressed."
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Quark Software Inc. develops a content automation platform that helps large organizations streamline the creation, management, publishing and delivery of business-critical content. The solutions automate the process with reusable Smart Content components that can be dynamically assembled and delivered with precision in any format and to any channel — web, tablet, mobile, print, and more. As a result, leaders in industries such as finance, manufacturing, energy, and government can reduce costs, save time, improve consistency and make their content brilliant.
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Castillo Boutique
A life's work evolves over time. Ten years ago, I slid into an uncomfortable writing desk chair at school, and opened my notebook. I had to prepare a topic for my master's degree thesis. This topic had to unique, compelling, and something that would make my heart sing. I stared blankly at the empty sheet of paper in front of me. Of course, nothing tangible came to mind. I sighed as I shifted around on the unforgiving plastic seat, and began writing anything that came to me. My stream of consciousness scribbling when something like this:
Elegance. What makes fashion timeless? Balenciaga. Foreign designers. What is it like to be a foreigner designing fashion – how is your identity and style impacted when you belong in two different worlds?
The last line was compelling. For most of my life, I had dreamed of living in a foreign country. I never felt that I quite fit in, and the allure of travel seemed to promise that I could somehow find myself. Maybe I belonged somewhere else. In middle school, I decided to study Italian and started an elaborate plan to move to Italy. This plan took over a decade, but was successful. For about a year, I lived in Florence in my early twenties.
What I thought would be some sort of cataclysmic homecoming fell short. While I wasn't quite a typical American, I definitely was not European. After the initial bleakness wore off, I realized how much of my identity existed between two worlds. Slowly, I understood that I could adapt and feel at home anywhere. Yet this adaptation comes with growing pains. Some days, you feel that you belong everywhere – that you have friends, family, and a home all over the world. Other days, you feel an agonizing and endless loneliness, where no one seems to understand or welcome you.
I wondered if fashion designers and artists also felt this sense of plasticity. They must, I decided. I blinked a few times, now aware the I had filled pages of my notebook with these musings on identity and fashion. I closed my notebook, got up, and walked into my appointment with my advisor. We discussed these ideas, and she told me that I should explore the work of Antonio Castillo.
The results of this meeting was a decade of researching the designer's work. I felt such an affinity for Castillo's journey, and somehow understood myself better by learning about his work. (New to my site? You would enjoy my previous posts about Antonio Castillo.) A brief synopsis of Castillo's career indicates he, too, lived in multiple worlds:
Born in Madrid in 1908, Castillo left Spain in 1936 at the onset of the Spanish Civil War. He fled to Paris, where he soon started working for various couture houses. By 1937, Castillo was employed by Paquin and was designing haute couture collections with head designer Ana de Pombo. De Pombo left Paquin in 1942, making Castillo her successor, a position he held until 1945. During his time at Paquin, Castillo successfully designed collections and executed costumes for the film La Belle et La Bete (1946) by Jean Cocteau. In October of 1945, Castillo left Paris for New York. n October of 1945, Castillo left Paris for New York.[5] Here, he was the designer for the Elizabeth Arden Fashion Floor, the couture branch of the cosmetics and fragrance house. At Elizabeth Arden, he created made-to-order designs for five years. Then, in 1950, Castillo received an invitation from Jeanne Lanvin's daughter, the Comtesse Jean de Polignac, to revitalize the house of Lanvin. Through this period he trained assistant designers, who included Oscar de la Renta and Dominic Toubeix. Castillo continued to design for Lanvin until 1962, when he was asked to leave the house.
I felt that I had long ago closed this chapter of my life. But recently, I was contacted by Jessica. She had this coat by Castillo and hoped that I could tell her more about it. I realized my own work on this topic was still evolving.
After a somewhat unexpected departure from Lanvin in 1963, Castillo announced his plans to open up his own design house. The 1960s was a period of economic and culture change worldwide, and couture was declining with the rise of ready-to-wear and a more casual lifestyle. Castillo designed ready-to-wear collections for Zacari, Ltd., a Seventh Avenue manufacturer, and well as for the now-defunct department store Best & Co's private label Miss Cosmopolitan. These licensing deals segued into Castillo launching his own couture house and boutique in January of 1964. (Source: New York Times Historical)
Castillo designed through the late 1960s, where the fashion press consistently praised his design sensibilities. The New York Times went so far as to say:
"Antonio del Castillo's elegant instincts all come surging out in his evening clothes." (New York Times, 4 March 1966, 29.)
What is striking to me is how Castillo could communicate elegance without borders. The 1960s was a decade in which cultures, American in particular, were completely transformed. People everywhere were questioning authority as they knew it. Anti-establishment sentiments soared, exemplified in the Civil Rights Movement, the rise of youth culture, advances in feminist political policies, and protests against the war in Vietnam. The shifting tide also meant an upheaval for fashion. Interest in couture waned. Ideas of "appropriateness" in dress and beauty varied drastically. Manufacturing and sizing changed from country to country.
Castillo was able to keep pulse on the world and it's changes. His collections appealed to a more global citizen, a modern woman. In 1964, his line was described:
"The clothes are French in spirit . . . but American in sizing and the fashion needs they are intended to meet." (New York Times, 10 January 1964.)
His success was due to living in multiple worlds – Paris, Spain, and New York. If he was anything like me, his heart must have always softly lingered in a favorite alleyway in Paris or coffee shop in New York regardless of where he was physically present. Whether at home or abroad, his role was always that of a charming foreigner. As someone that feels they don't quite belong, you're able to see the dazzling beauty in the ordinary streets and regular people that otherwise get swept away in the current of life. And it's this ability to see the dazzling beauty in the ordinary that impacts your style and identity when you belong to different worlds.
N.B. – based on the rather conservative silhouette of Jessica's blazer, I would date this piece to 1964-65. This would coincide with the opening of Castillo's eponymous house as well as the fashions of the time.


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Nishijima is the associate dean and associate director for cooperative extension of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). For 27 years Nishijima has served as an instructor and extension specialist with CTAHR. His outstanding contributions to academia and the community led to his current appointment in 2005 in which he oversees outreach programs on Kauai, Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Hawaiʻi.
Nishijima's expertise in plant pathology has impacted numerous industries dealing with pathological problems. He is a noted authority on tropical plant diseases and has been a contributing author on the most authoritative reference on tropical fruit diseases published by the American Phytopathological Society. Nishijima is also world renowned for his research and outreach/education in papaya diseases and in solving the serious bacterial blight of anthurium.
Although Nishijima is based at Mānoa, he is often seen at CTAHR's Hilo facility on weekends and holidays researching information requested by local growers or doing small repairs and maintenance of the facility. A former lieutenant colonel, Nishijima is active in the Hawaiʻi Army National Guard Retiree's Association. He also volunteers his time to worthy organizations such as Hospice of Hilo and the Waiakea Lions.
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Jeremy is very committed to the companies he gets involved with. He is an angel investor of ours and has been extremely helpful to us. He answers my requests for help on very short notice, taking the time to provide advice on a range of topics from recruiting to product to marketing. He has a rare balance of pragmatism and boldness for a VC, and has on several occasions come up with really breakthrough advice that no one else has been able to see. For example, he took a contrarian point of view in one case and pointed out that we were trying to build a systematic solution to one issue where a manual solution could be just fine and not cost me several months of engineering.
At a recent party, I got off-the-record extremely positive feedback from a founder whose company Board Jeremy sits on.
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