Climate-services companies are developing new modeling and observational tools, innovative forecasting products and advanced information dissemination methods designed to master the mechanics of climate and weather.

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She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Stanford University, and studied advanced Mandarin Chinese at Beijing's Tsinghua University.

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Beyond issues of cognition, not all Americans have the discipline and the drive to master a complex body of advanced subject matter.

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Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS) supports advanced wireless lighting and creative flash shooting by controlling flash output independently for a master unit and a remote unit group.

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Most of those jobs require some sort of advanced education, and since women currently earn around 60 percent of all associate, bachelor and master degrees, they are poised to fill the demand in these growing industries.

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Mr. Gaffney holds a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

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