I seem to be seeing green this week. I blame it all on St. Patty's Day. Minty green chocolate puddings were our sweet green eats and these potato patties were the savory green eats. When I was little, my Mom always took the time to prepare corned beef for St. Patty's Day, but I was looking to branch out. I had been reading a lot about different Irish foods, and Colcannon stood out to me as something worth trying in my own kitchen. Colcannon is essentially mashed potatoes with cabbage or kale and typically served alongside ham or corned beef. In my rendition, I decided to use kale, and I further mixed it up by turning the kale into pesto, and then turning the green potato mixture into little potato cakes.
The results? Delicious. Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, these potato patties are winners. We munched on them with a little sour cream at first and then topped them with a poached egg and a sprinkle of cheese for lunch. There will be lots of leftover kale pesto, but you will find a way to use it up. Think kale pesto tossed with pasta, swirled into polenta, spread on a sandwich, or even drizzled on a pizza. If you already have another type of pesto lying around, like basil pesto or even sundried tomato pesto, feel free to substitute that in as I'm sure the results will be delicious. Let me know in the comments if another pesto works for you!
Looks like I'll still have to try the real Colcannon at some point.
Cook the potatoes. Place the potatoes in a pot and cover with water by 1 inch. Bring the potatoes to a boil over medium-high heat and then reduce to simmer. Check for doneness at 15-20 minutes by sticking a fork into a potato where there should be just a little resistance. You want a consistency in which the potatoes can be mashed with your finger, but not overdone and mushy. Drain completely and place in a large bowl.
Mash the potatoes using a fork or potato masher. I like mine a little lumpy, but they cannot be too lumpy or the patties will not hold their shape well. Add the egg, cheese, pesto, and salt to the bowl and mix everything together until uniform.
Heat a large non-stick or cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 tablespoon olive oil to the pan and swirl to coat so there is a thin, uniform layer. Using a spoon or small ice cream scoop, scoop about 1 heaping tablespoon portions into the skillet, pressing down gently with a wet finger or the back of a spoon. You will have to do this in multiple batches so do not overcrowd the pan. Cook on one side for 2-4 minutes or until golden brown and flip to cook the other side for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Remove the patties from the pan and place on a wire rack. Add more oil to the pan and continue with the remaining potato mixture. Makes about 16 patties or 4 servings.
** I used Cabot extra sharp cheddar cheese, but feel free to try another sharp cheese that you like!
Toast the walnuts. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place walnuts on a baking sheet and toast for 8-10 minutes or until golden. Alternatively, toast the walnuts in a skillet over medium-low heat on the stove-top for 8-10 minutes, shaking often.
Place the kale, garlic, walnuts, salt, zest of 1 lemon, and juice of lemon in food processor and pulse until mostly smooth. Add the cheese and pulse to incorporate. You may have to stop and scrape down the sides to make sure everything is consistent. Slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil while the motor is running until the desired consistency is reached. Taste and adjust for salt and pepper. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator or freeze in smaller portions in an ice cube tray for later uses. Makes about 1 cup of pesto.


points, but I'll take a few minutes to say a few things.
and that's discrimination, argument is appropriate in this situation.
work that is required of the student solely because she is blind.
it doesn't appear to me that the blind end up doing more than most students.
is hard to imagine many courses where a waiver is the best answer.
student? The professor? Blind people generally? Society at large?
of, and that does not contribute to her future plans in any meaningful way.
for the student.  And this would apply to many sighted students as well.
that course requirements be adapted.
say that this is not the only reason to request them.
try to have a requirement waved.
yourself made the point for me.
not requesting a waiver on the earnings limit.
seniors be given to all blind people, whether or not they are seniors?
> Mark, some interesting points.
> time on particular subjects because they are difficult for them.
> wanted to graduate with the business degree from that university.
> appear to me that the blind end up doing more than most students.
> branch of the performing arts.
> improve the overall accessibility of the sighted world for the blind.
> is a reasonable accommodation and what is an unnecessary waiver.
> On the question of the NFB asking for waivers, I submit the following.
> payments that blind people may receive. SSi, and SSDI.
> essential, job-related equipment, transportation etc.
> requesting a waiver on the earnings limit.
> I wasn't going to say anything, but Sean has motivated me.
> extra work not required of other students.
> Therefore, I shouldn't have to take it.
> People shouldn't have to do things that aren't fair.
> Not sure you've presented the argument as strongly as you could have.
> because I'm blind, is a form of discrimination.
> Students should not have to take classes that discriminate.
> Therefore, I shouldn't have to take this particular class.
> because I'm a woman, is a form of discrimination.
> Besides, of course we shouldn't have to do things that are unfair.
> world, but this doesn't mean we should have to do these things.
> If we say we want to be treated like anybody else, we have to mean it.
> "when it suits me" Caveat undermines the whole stance.
> work simply because they are blind.
> without this, I think the analogy fails.
> that none of our progress was ever attained by requesting a waiver.
> her right to be free from discrimination.
> people would be a lot better off, not just the clever ones.
>> assistance, etc. In fact, I think that is not our purpose at all.
>> does not mean that I have forfeited the right to my own opinions.
>> would you automatically assume that I hold a specific set of views?
>> issue, abortion, economy, education, etc.? Of course it wouldn't.
>> about all issues related to blindness? Obviously, it doesn't.
>> but that doesn't make it "what the NFB thinks."
>> extra work not required of other students.
>> Therefore, I shouldn't have to take it.
>> People shouldn't have to do things that aren't fair.
>> credits to replace that pesky college algebra? More fair, maybe.
>> underlying concept is what is important.
>> What if I had to have a reader come in and describe paintings to me?
>> suits me" Caveat undermines the whole stance.
>> besides, it would really present us with some logistical problems."
>> I'll leave it to you to draw the parallel.
>> to be in life.
>> or growing old and dying. That. is. life!
>> that none of our progress was ever attained by requesting a waiver.


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Les muntanyes del Caucas són una serralada d'intersecció situada a Euràsia, entre la mar Negra i la mar Càspia a la regió del Caucas. El Gran Caucas s'estén d'oest-nord-oest a est-sud-est, des de la Reserva Natural del Caucas als voltants de Sotxi, Rússia, a la riba nord-est del mar Negra, fins a Bakú, Azerbaidjan, a la mar Càspia. Acullen el mont Elbrus, el cim més alt d'Europa amb 5.642 metres sobre el nivell del mar.

Les muntanyes del Caucas es divideixen tradicionalment en la serralada del Gran Caucas al nord i les muntanyes del Petit Caucas al sud.

Les dues serralades, gran i petita, estan connectades per la serralada de Likhi. Entre l'oest i l'est d'aquestes muntanyes es troba la plana de la Còlquida i la plana de Kur-Araz. La serralada de Meskheti forma part del sistema del petit caucas. Al sud-est, el riu Aras separa el Caucas Menor de les muntanyes Talysh que es troben a cavall de la frontera del sud-est de l'Azerbaidjan i l'Iran. El petit Caucas i les terres altes armènies constitueixen les terres altes transcaucàsicasiques, que al seu extrem occidental convergeixen amb l'altiplà de les terres altes d'Anatòlia oriental a l'extrem nord-est de Turquia.

El cim més alt d'Europa és l'Elbrús (5.642 m), que es troba a les muntanyes del Caucas. L'Elbrús és 832 metres més alt que el mont Blanc, el cim més alt dels Alps, amb 4.810 m. La serralada del Caucas és la divisòria continental entre Europa i Àsia o, cosa que és el mateix, entre la mar Negra i la mar Càspia.

Geologia
Les muntanyes del Caucas es van formar en gran part com a resultat d'una col·lisió de plaques tectòniques entre la placa aràbiga movent-se cap al nord respecte a la placa eurasiàtica. Quan el mar de Tetis es va tancar i la placa aràbiga va xocar amb la placa iraniana i es va empènyer contra ella, provocant el seu xoc final. Quan això va passar, totes les roques que s'havien dipositat en aquesta conca des del Juràssic fins al Miocè es van plegar per formar les muntanyes del Gran Caucas. Aquesta col·lisió també va provocar l'elevació i l'activitat volcànica del Cenozoic a les muntanyes del Caucas Menor.

Tota la regió està sotmesa regularment a forts terratrèmols per aquesta activitat. Mentre que les muntanyes del Gran Caucas tenen una estructura sedimentària principalment plegada, les muntanyes del petit Caucas són en gran part d'origen volcànic.

Història
Travessar la serralada del Caucas era un tram important de l'eix nord de la Ruta de la Seda. Hi havia un pas a l'extrem sud-est a Derbent (conegut com les Portes del Caspi o Portes d'Alexandre), i diversos passos per tota la serra: el pas de Jvari a 2379 m i per sobre del congost de Darial a la carretera militar de Geòrgia, el coll de Mamison al camí militar d'Ossètia, a 2911 m, i túnel de Roki a 2310 m.

Les muntanyes properes a Sotxi van acollir part dels Jocs Olímpics d'Hivern de 2014.

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Serralades de Rússia
Serralades d'Armènia
Serralades de l'Azerbaidjan
Serralades de Geòrgia
Serralades de l'Iran
Serralades de Turquia

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Here it is, our used book section. Fairy Tales, Romance, Spies, Horror and just a little bit of everything else. There is a 3 book minimum unless you purchase a bundle pack. So, may you find that read you are searching for and may a good quiet spot be in your future.


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Apart from the fundamental disciplines such as computer technologies, Turkish and English language and literature, the study program will offer research within the following fields: contemporary pedagogical disciplines, methodologies of the teaching process, as well as linguistic and communication skills. The Faculty offers an interdisciplinary approach to teaching, learning, research and practical work.
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Q: Simple local restful web service I've created a very basic iOS/Android application. The next step is to make the app load some data from a server. For now, all I need is to get an XML from which I'll be loading the data from a local server which will have a couple of simple functions. Which is the fastest approach to achieve this goal? I'm on a Mac machine, and I don't care about the language, although I had Java or Python in mind.

A: I highly recommend the use of Jersey. This Java framework is light, easy to work with and is the JAX-RS reference implementation. It produces XML and JSON out of the box. Its documentation is a good place to start.
What you need:

*

*a Java Project

*a web.xml

<web-app>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>jersey</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer
      </servlet-class>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>jersey</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/rest/*</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

*

*some dependencies (jersey-core and jersey-server), using maven, editing the pom.xml is enough

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
  <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
  <version>1.7</version>
</dependency>

*

*a resource

@Path("/product")
public class ProductResource {

  @GET
  public Response getCallbackUrl() {
    Product product = new Product("bike");
    return Response.ok(product).build();
  }
}

*

*a server. If you never use a Java server, using Jetty-Embedded is the simpler:

package com.xebia.server;

import org.mortbay.jetty.Server;
import org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;

public class EmbeddedServer {

  static Server server;
  static int port = 8080;

  public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
      server = new Server(port);
      server.addHandler(new WebAppContext("src/main/webapp", "/"));
      server.start();
  }
}

And you're done

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Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime FAQs
Released: Sep, 2016
Android, V6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
16GB built-in
New Mobile Price USD $280
Resale Value & Used Mobile Price
After 6 Months Used USD $168 - USD $196 After 12 Months Used USD $126 - USD $154 After 18 Months Used USD $70 - USD $98
Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime FAQs (Questions & Answers)
Typically we answer with in 24 hours
What is the launch date of samsung Galaxy J7 Prime?
Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Release or Launch date is 01 Sep, 2016.
Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime does support 3G Network?
YES, samsung Galaxy J7 Prime support 3G
3G Band: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100.
4G Band: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300).
NO, samsung Galaxy J7 Prime does not support 5G.
Does Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime have Fast Charging option?
NO, samsung Galaxy J7 Prime does not have Fast Charging.
Does Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime have wireless charging option?
NO, samsung Galaxy J7 Prime does not have wireless charging.
What is the screen size of Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime?
Screen size/Display Size of Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is 5.5 inches.
Is NFC available in Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime?
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What colors do the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime come in?
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After moving to Minot, North Dakota, with his mother, the new female base commander, Air Force dependent Stu Ballentyne gradually becomes aware that something terrible is going on in his neighbor's house.
Rottman, S. L., "Out of the Blue" (2009). DIVerse Families. 1079.


Poetry often looks to the less obvious, the forgotten, meek things. This is what Michael Mark does here. He glides past the more obvious subjects of elephants, jackals and vultures, making a beeline for trees that stand like dumb monuments which can't defend themselves.
Likewise, the speaker of the poem is powerless. But he/she is crippled by fear, not by his/her physical nature. It's this fear that haunts him/her when he/she returns home. It's the haunting that we all experience from actions we didn't take in life.
It can be hard to fit rhetorical questions into poems well, but Michael manages a question that slips in nicely, relatively unnoticed, like all the best rhetorical questions. Unnoticed like trees, you could say. Trees are around us all our lives. Even those who live in the concrete oases of cities usually encounter/see a tree nearly every day. They're like bones rising up from the earth. We all have skinned trees somewhere in the back of our minds.
left leafless by the insane baboons.
Monuments to nothing I can name.
Were they even trees anymore?
and me, not to forget.
I should have gotten out of the jeep.
and sat down like Buddha.
I'm a hospice volunteer and long-distance walker, gardener, husband, son, brother, father, former business owner, misser of our dogs. I have written two books of stories, Toba and At the Hands of a Thief (Atheneum). I've been writing poetry for three years; some have appeared or are forthcoming in Gargoyle Magazine, Paterson Literary Review, Poet Lore, Prelude, Rattle, Spillway, The Sow's Ear, Sugar House Review, and Tar River Poetry. My poems have been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes and the 2016 Best of the Net. michaeljmark.com.
Fear seems to have a major role in this poem. Do you think fear has much of an influence on your writing, and on writing in general?
Busted! Fear has been a driver in my life, my little friend. Guess it happens when you believe in everything. On my desk now is Edward Hirsch's book Wild Gratitude. His poem "Commuters" is a stirring example of everyday fear which he struggles to name: "It's the vague feeling of panic/ That sweeps over you/ Stepping out of the #7 train". He feels it, he knows where it happens, but he can't name it. Fear is like that for me. I use writing as an investigative tool. In this poem, it's confessional, journalistic as well. It's set in a place where I don't know the rules, where I'm vulnerable and physically at risk (my wife and I are sleeping in tents, needing armed people to protect us, shaken by the roars), so, yes, I feel threatened. And then, as I examine the poem through the lens of fear, even in my own bed, I regret not acting instinctively, intuitively, like the animals, I suppose. I see fear's fingerprints on the scene; that this inaction could continue in my normal life, when I get home, and I'd be too much of a spectator. Interestingly, in the plane, where I have the least control, there's no fear. Fear is one of my top writing stimulants; it's also an effective alarm that goes off when drama's near. And, of course, I head towards it, on tippy-toes.
Similarly, focusing on things that are usually less well-noticed is prominent here. Does this act have any significance in terms of your writing?
Well, that's tricky. It's always been an issue with me. "Michael, stop looking over there – the blackboard is here, the ball is here, cars are coming!" Even in college, my papers would return with notes from the professors commenting that, while I missed the main point, what I featured was interesting and sometimes insightful. This always surprised me, since I wanted to follow the rules, just couldn't. So what is obvious to others I often miss, and what I see rather plainly might be overlooked or disregarded by others. That's a good reason to read and use a GPS. In this poem, you caught the pride coming through from the title and the shame in the end. I do believe in the power of the hidden in the obvious: William Carlos Williams's The Red Wheelbarrow teaches us that, as do those often overlooked white chickens who squawk about not getting in the title.
Even before you mentioned Buddha in the last line, I got a sense of religion or spiritualism from the scene playing out before the speaker (the animals feeding, etc.). The idea of sitting down like Buddha is a fearless one (assuming the feasting animals are nearby), so I'm wondering if you wanted to convey any connection between religion and fear here.
Yes, exactly. Africa is said to be a spiritual place, but, of course, no more than the local gas station, the shopping mall, butcher shop. When we really see, connect, we experience a charge. By that, I mean life (easier to do when witnessing an older giraffe being consumed by other animals as the fallen giraffe's family stands in reverence). We are awakened to our place, our role in a bigger plot, time, interconnectivity. The stuff we don't see or feel everyday for many good reasons, like stop signs. But when we do, we are in touch with being, its glory and its mundane chores. So the idea of Buddha sitting under a tree in Africa with wildness all around does touch on religion, bravery, hunger; it's a romantic image. In this poem the narrator is connected to his spirituality (paying homage to the tree – its spirit), his desire for something beyond a tourist's experience and his fear of being food. The three are tightly wound in hopes of making an image that vibrates.
Your question "Were they even trees anymore?" implies the possibility of a whole identity changing due to a physical change or an event. Are significant changes such as a change of identity relevant to writing and reading poetry, do you think? In other words, can/does poetry change us, and has it changed you in a very significant way?
What makes a thing that thing is of great interest to me. Africa was a stunning stage to play it out, as it seems all is even more fluid there, changing so quickly we can't accurately know and name it. So, in one moment, you come across an animal which we identify as "leopard" who has cubs, who they would call "mother," and is, therefore, a "protector" and a "hunter," and is "prey" – all visable against the starkness – and so, being all these, she becomes a blur. Same with the trees: wood, shelter, shade, fire, weapon, food, back-scratcher – all, fully, simultaneously. I think it's fair to say seeing the blur is seeing in focus. Poetry, for me, (and I reserve the right for it to change), is like a super fast shutter in a camera a tourist brings along to catch glimpses of what is going on as it happens, click by click, and then, later prints them out and sees what they nearly saw. Poetry defies time, slows it down to show something vividly enough that the reader is moved, you could say changed, and also gives them a moment to re-recognize themselves.
I was a poor student; "slow" was the term. Writing was the one thing in the classroom I was most consistently praised for. I write to see and live deeply, to make sure I don't miss the miracles. Of course, I would very much like my writing to add value to people's lives the way so many writers have added to mine.
Write. Fall in love with the process of writing. Rejoice when you've written well. Rewrite.
Lovely. I take issue with the baboons being insane though, I think they were just p.o.ed about Trump and American politics.
Thanks Nancy - I like your interpretation of the baboons' lunacy.
Beautiful poem and thought-provoking interview. I look to Michael for his wisdom and insight into life and all things lovely. His look on life is one I hold dear. An added bonus is hearing his voice!
And, btw, I just returned from FL. While it's not Africa we spent a lot of time in a nature preserve and we noticed every tree, flower, weed and of course the gorgeous creatures. We were mindful and grateful.
Thank you Cathy. I agree with you - we don't have to go far to know a great deal. It's the digging inside, the introspection that reveals so much.
Michael, I can hear you reading it. So vivid, so deeply heartfelt, it's all conveyed. Lovely.
Love this poem Michael. It's rich with vivid language. I related to the lines about the trees...they always impress me the most too. Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful poem with us. I'll look forward to read more of your work!
It's nice to meet another tree lover.
I like the way you focus on the mundain and unexpected.
Lovely. I often think that we needn't be transported around the globe to experience the electrical charge you mention, but it tends to be so necessary as we are distracted by and then get wrapped up in less meaningful things.
Thank you Betsy I agree with you we don't have to go very far to see a great deal - it just requires focus and openness.
I've been on safari to Africa so I totally can relate to Michael's poem and his feelings. His writing and interview exhibits such wonderful depth!
Writing poetry is such a gift; to be able to convey such strong images and feelings in such few words is truly a skill so rare to so many. Love this poem. How could you ever be described as "slow," Michael???
I appreciate your support. Growing up my gifts were not the conventional ones in school but I was always loved.
Michael, I just love how you tap into the sacred part of nature and humanity, and find it very much like another favorite poet of mine, Mary Oliver, achieves that. I'd like to pre-order an autographed copy of your first book.
I share you enthusiasm for Mary Oliver. Thank you for the compliment. I'll let you you know if a book ever comes out - just the fact that I have a customer waiting might convince the publisher. Thanks again.


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WSU's Boonshoft presents Holocaust seminar and film series
For Greene County News
FAIRBORN — Born in Nazi-occupied Antwerp, Belgium, in 1942, 3-year-old Sam Lauber had little understanding of the occupation or its ramifications when his parents sent him to live with the Detry family in Lalouviere, Belgium. All he knew was that he was being torn away from his parents and the family he loved.
Lauber became one of the estimated 10,000 to 100,000 "hidden children," who were secreted away by their families to live as members of gentile families who agreed to take them in and protect them from the Nazi occupiers.
Lauber will share his story during "A Hidden Child's Story," part of the Wright State University Medicine and the Holocaust Community Seminar and Film Series 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the Gandhi Auditorium in White Hall on the Wright State campus.
A screening of "Night and Fog," a 1955 French documentary short film directed by Alain Resnais about the Nazi concentration camps, will precede Lauber's presentation. The event is free and open to the public.
Lauber was returned to his parents one year later, but he never learned how they had survived in the year he was away — they never discussed the war or his separation from them.
In 1948, his family, along with many other refugees fleeing war-torn Europe, sailed on the Queen Elizabeth from Cherbourg, France, to New York City to start a new life in the United States. As an adult, Lauber began a long career as a civilian employee for the U.S. Army, eventually becoming a social worker and outreach program manager for mental health in the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base before his retirement.
The Wright State University Medicine and the Holocaust First Community Seminar and Film Series is an outgrowth of the Medicine and the Holocaust course for fourth-year students at the Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine.
Story courtesy of Director of Marketing and Communications Cindy Young of Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.
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The details are found below about University of Detroit Mercy Assure Your Boundless Future Tuition Reset.
Why is University of Detroit Mercy resetting tuition?
University of Detroit Mercy recognizes that understanding the real cost of a private education is challenging due to the high price/high discount (scholarship) models used by private institutions. This is what makes state universities and private universities different. Because private universities do not receive funding from the state similar to public universities, private universities and colleges provide significant institutional scholarships and awards to help make tuition more affordable for families. However, this is one aspect of a private university that is not well known. As a result, families often view the published sticker price of tuition and decide to look elsewhere, thinking they cannot afford the cost.
Unfortunately, many students and families are not inclined to apply because of the high tuition price, thus forgoing any opportunity to learn more about scholarships and awards. They are unaware that few actually pay a college's published tuition and that the real cost is considerably less due to a private university's ability to offer generous institutional scholarships and financial aid awards.
By resetting the published tuition price, the Assure Your Boundless Future Tuition Reset provides students and families a more precise and real cost to attend Detroit Mercy. By reducing tuition to $28,000, the University is in an even stronger position to attract more academically talented students and their families who were previously deterred by the high tuition cost and never seriously considered the University as a possibility. The reset also provides a better value overall, since the quality and reputation of Detroit Mercy's programs continue to increase as student success and achievement rise.
A New Energy
Over the last seven years, Detroit Mercy has experienced a new energy as a result of many positive developments. Some of the recent developments at Detroit Mercy include the following:
Overall enrollment is high, including four years of new student enrollment increases;
The University retention rate remains steady;
National rankings continue to rise;
Detroit Mercy's endowment has doubled since 2011; and
Several federal and private grants have been received to support first-generation students and academic success, STEM programs and local secondary students.
In addition, the University has increased activity in neighborhood enhancement efforts through the Live6 Alliance and service-learning projects. Detroit Mercy also announced in 2019 the achievement of our comprehensive $100 million campaign goal. Although more is still required to complete specific aspects of this campaign, the University has achieved this goal more than a year ahead of schedule. Most importantly, a significant proportion of which will support endowed scholarships for students. And with new, renovated facilities, the University is poised to support enrollment growth for many years.
Who is eligible to receive the new tuition rate?
All full-time undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents enrolled at the University of Detroit Mercy McNichols Campus for the 2018-19 academic year. This includes full-time undergraduate students who transfer to Detroit Mercy in Fall 2018. It does not include international students and those enrolled at satellite campuses or in special, already discounted programs, such as those offered at Macomb Community College, Wayne County Community College District or McNichols programs that are already discounted.
When did the new tuition rate go into effect?
The new tuition rate went into effect starting with the 2018-19 academic year.
Will Detroit Mercy continue to offer financial aid and scholarships?
Yes. We will continue to offer exceptional scholarships and need-based grants. This tuition reset also means that students who qualify for state and federal financial aid awards such as Pell, SEOG and the Michigan Tuition Grant will now be able to stretch their federal and state aid even further. This will significantly reduce their out-of-pocket costs. This lower tuition will also make it possible for students to save more in the future, because annual increases, which have ranged from 3 to 4 percent, will be set from a lower base tuition. With a lower published tuition, the need for financial aid will be lower, so these awards will be adjusted to compensate for reduced need.
(Find out more about freshman scholarships.)
Will graduate, School of Law or School of Dentistry tuitions change with this new program?
Not at the present time. Although we are exploring tuition costs for these programs, at the moment, this reset only applies to full-time undergraduate students (U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents) enrolling or re-enrolling at the McNichols campus beginning in fall 2018.
Will tuition ever return to the current level?
It is difficult to predict future increases in tuition, and Detroit Mercy will make decisions about future increases in the most judicious manner possible. Annual tuition increases at the University have typically averaged 3 to 4 percent in recent years. But for students who returned for the 2018-2019 academic year and received a recalculated financial aid package under the tuition reset, they ended up in a better position financially. They paid less overall because the financial aid package they would have received based on the 2017-18 tuition rate would have included a 3.5 percent annual increase for the next academic year. For the 2019-2020 academic year and beyond, any tuition increase would be as nominal as possible and based on our new and significantly lower tuition price.
How will the new tuition rate impact current students?
With a lower published tuition, every student's financial need will be lower. Students who returned for the 2018-2019 academic year received a recalculated financial aid package under the tuition reset that was proportionally reduced. Lower tuition means that students who qualify for state and federal awards (i.e., Pell, SEOG and the Michigan Tuition Grant) will see those dollars go further and reduce their out-of-pocket costs. Lower tuition also means that returning students will save in future years because annual increases will be set from a lower base price. Each individual financial aid package is based on an individual's personal financial situation. Therefore, as soon we receive a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, we can provide more detailed information on each student's personalized package.
Will academic or extra-curricular opportunities be affected?
Absolutely not. Nothing has been cut or eliminated from the educational experience (in and out of the classroom). Detroit Mercy has always offered a high-quality education, and retaining that level of strength while reducing our tuition will improve our best values equation. The exceptional academic and experiential learning opportunities that define a Detroit Mercy education will now be offered at a lower price. The Assure Your Boundless Future Tuition Reset means we are encouraging more academically talented students to take advantage of our transformational Catholic, Jesuit and Mercy-based education.
How can Detroit Mercy afford to do this?
Detroit Mercy can do this because helping students and parents clearly understand the true cost of attending the University does not cost the University any revenue. University of Detroit Mercy has a history of fiscal resourcefulness and careful expense management. For the past several years, we have conducted considerable pricing analyses and research regarding the tuition reset. We have learned that the combination of what students actually pay for attending college after financial aid (net cost) and the increased demand created by a lower published tuition should provide Detroit Mercy with a realistic and sustainable model. We have taken steps to limit our overhead costs and reduce our tuition while still preserving the high-quality education Detroit Mercy is known for.
The University and our students have experienced a new energy over the past few years — a new brand in 2016, increasing enrollment, rising national rankings, deeper, more substantial commitment to neighborhood enhancement and news of a comprehensive campaign that has achieved its $100 million goal. This momentum, in conjunction with the renaissance of Detroit, offers the University a chance to attract accomplished, high-achieving students who wish to earn their degree and develop their community leadership skills in a dynamic, diverse, invigorated city. Detroit Mercy is assisting students and parents by giving them an opportunity to take a closer look at the university and make an educated, informed decision about which college to attend. As a result, the University will increase the number of academically talented students who enroll at the institution. The higher revenue we achieve as a result of higher enrollment will offset any revenue lost as a result of the lower tuition price.
Will this tuition reset result in lost tuition to the institution?
For the most part, no. Detroit Mercy has been actively and purposefully positioning itself to rely on core operating revenues from tuition and auxiliary services. Our new tuition model is based on lowering both the published price and the discount, so that most students' net price — and therefore the university's net revenue — is largely unchanged.
Are alumni and donors being asked to give more as a result of the reset?
University of Detroit Mercy alumni and friends have always been an important part in helping students with financial support, and this will not change. One of the University's strategic priorities is to increase contributions to our endowment, which will help limit the amount of future tuition increases. With this reset, donor investments designated to scholarships will go further in covering the net cost for students to attend the institution. This incentive, given the heightened awareness among the general public about the issue of college affordability, gives Detroit Mercy confidence that more alumni and friends will contribute to the endowment. The initial response from our alumni and friends has been very positive. Every dollar contributed after the tuition reset will now go much further in expanding access to opportunities for students at the University.
Spokespersons for the Assure Your Boundless Future Tuition Reset
Individuals interested in learning more about the Assure Your Boundless Future Tuition Reset may contact these individuals, who will be happy to answer questions.
Antoine Garibaldi, Ph.D.
Pam Zarkowski
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
zarkowp1@udmercy.edu
Arnold D'Ambrosio
dambroaa1@udmercy.edu
John Staudenmaier, S.J.
Assistant to the President for Mission & Identity
staudejm@udmercy.edu
Deborah Stieffel
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs
stieffda@udmercy.edu
Mark Denham
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Education
denhamma@udmercy.edu
Neal Rosenburg
Dean, College of Health Professions
rosenbns@udmercy.edu
Katy Snyder
Dean, College of Engineering and Science
snyderke@udmercy.edu
Joe Eisenhauer
Dean, College of Business Administration
eisenhjg@udmercy.edu
Will Witting
Dean, School of Architecture
wittigw@udmercy.edu
Mike McNamara
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Gary Erwin
Associate Vice President for Marketing & Communications
erwingj@udmercy.edu
Gary Lichtman
Director of Media Relations
lichtmgd@udmercy.edu
Tyra Rounds
Executive Director of Admissions
roundst@udmercy.edu
Monica Williams
Dean of Students and Associate Vice President of Student Affairs
leanarmu@udmercy.edu
Lanae Gill
Director of Residential Life
gilla@udmercy.edu
Lynn Vitale
Director of Transfer and Graduate Admissions
vitalel@udmercy.edu
Jenny McAlonan
Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships
mcalonjl@udmercy.edu
Ben Westphal
Current Detroit Mercy Student—junior
westphbj@udmercy.edu
Illustrated Guide!
The following areas are ready for your calls and emails about the Assure Your Boundless Future Tuition Reset.
For new student inquiries, contact
Email admissions@udmercy.edu
Web Admissions homepage
For Financial Aid inquiries:
Email finaid@udmercy.edu
Web Financial Aid homepage
For more general inquiries, you may contact the Marketing & Communications Department:
Email marcom@udmercy.edu


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April 26, 2019 / Living
Why We Need to Start Trusting Artificial Intelligence
By Morgen Henderson
It's easy to be skeptical of artificial intelligence technology. What was science fiction not too long ago is today applied to everything from cars to marketing, and we're told it will eventually monopolize the world. We use it every day, often without realizing it.
There are lots of ways we can benefit from AI, but we're also concerned about it taking over. Probably because we don't understand it, said Leah Kolben, AI consultant and chief technology officer at machine learning company cnvrg.io.
Building AI "takes a lot of computational and mathematical knowledge," she said. "The algorithms and technical components make understanding machine learning and deep learning extremely complicated to anyone that isn't a data scientist…
"When a machine is so advanced that its outcomes are unexplainable it can be very alarming."
When we don't understand something, we are less likely to trust it.
And then we jump to conclusions that someday robots will take over the world or our minds. Sure, artificial intelligence is and will continue to be prominent, but the chances of it controlling our jobs and societies are very, very slim.
We also hear about AI collecting our data online. Humans don't like to be watched. It's not that we're being sneaky or doing something we shouldn't, at least not all the time. We just like to be in control of our privacy and who — or what — has our information.
In a 2015 Pew Research Center survey, 93 percent of adults said controlling who has access to information about them is important to them. In reality, most of us don't mind that others have information about us — when we're the ones sharing it. What bothers us is when we don't have control of what information gets out, when it happens and who gets a hold of it.
Why we shouldn't be afraid
Just as you're aware and cautious when out in public in the real world, you need to be careful about what you do online.
That being said, there are a few solid arguments as to why artificial intelligence will never completely take over:
Humans are required to update, maintain and monitor AI. Artificial intelligence didn't create itself. A human needs to write code and program it to keep it functioning, especially as technology progresses. If something does go awry, a human can shut it down and correct the problem.
AI doesn't have common sense. Without practical judgment, artificial intelligence can't reason like a human. While it can analyze data and label patterns, it doesn't understand cause and effect. It identifies that something happened, but it doesn't know why it happened. Humans are necessary to lay out the logic and reasoning behind patterns.
AI "does not (presently) exhibit self-determination, and is instead an advanced form of computation that can solve difficult problems," said Peter Scott, a computer engineer who has worked for NASA.
AI is too reliant on data. Just as humans depend on food to stay alive and perform regular activities, AI needs to be nourished by information in order to function. Without data, artificial intelligence serves no purpose.
"Virtually all the work on AI is focused on building specific and narrow applications that are firmly under human control, rather than on inventing a machine with human-like general intelligence," said Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice and a former AI scientist who now works on tech policy.
In a nutshell, "most of the dangers of AI that people imagine or write about are both highly speculative and very unlikely to occur in our lifetimes."
When bots do good
The data we're so worried about bots having is often used to protect us.
"AI is being used to diagnose cancers that humans cannot, to analyze medical images better than people can, and to perform advanced surgery," Scott said. "It will save lives by driving vehicles safer than us, by finding cures for diseases and cancer, and by performing dangerous tasks such as bomb disposal or nuclear reactor cleanup."
Credit: Adobe
A medical exam in the future could be a totally different experience than it is today.
More often than not, the owner of the account was the one who made the purchase or swiped the card. But in the case that it was a fraudulent charge, artificial intelligence has your back.
Artificial intelligence has also taken security to the next level. It has even been used to solve and prevent crime by identifying patterns in security data.
It looks at criminal behavior patterns, facial recognition blueprints and digital maps. With this information, it can point out where, when and by whom a crime could potentially be committed. This allows local forces to act before crimes even happen.
Helping us sort through online clutter
It's easy for us to be afraid of AI because it relies so heavily on data — our data. We don't want to think about how something unknown is analyzing our every move: every term we search, every ad we click, the music we listen to and shows we watch.
But why don't we want it to analyze our actions? It's true that AI is used to collect information about our online behavior, but why is that always a bad thing?
AI uses data to show things that are relevant to us. It gives us more of the shows we enjoy watching, the music we like and advertisements for products we might actually be interested in.
Thanks to artificial intelligence, we can find what we need online with a lot less effort. It makes our online experiences relevant rather than random.
Morgen lives in the Silicon Slopes of Salt Lake City. She loves to write and learn about technology and artificial intelligence. In her spare time, you can find her baking or traveling the globe.
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News @ Year 2014
National Conference on Water and Food Security for all.
A Solution Driven National Seminar on "Water Food Security for All" was conducted at Jain Hills, Jalgaon (India) on 19th and 20th December 2014. This was organized by Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon, Maharashtra and Tarun Bharat Sangh, Alwar, Rajasthan. There was an overwhelming response to this event with more than 225 participants/experts in different areas from all over the country. There were representative from NGO's, Research Organizations, Academics, Private sectors and Farmers.
Dr. Bhavarlal Jain
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Lecture delivered at National Committee on Plasticulture Applications in Horticulture, Jalgaon, Maharashtra,7th January 2003.
Mudar Patherya
Why Jain Irrigation can be a case study
Jain Irrigation is number one in world in drip irrigation, pipe production, tissue culture production; it is number three in world in onion and vegetable dehydration.
R. K. Sinha, Manoj Kumar Singh & Dr.P.Soman
Key Role of Jain Drip Irrigation and Jain Solar Pump in Food Security of Economically Weak Farmers of Gaya(Bihar)
Jain Irrigation has successfully established the technology of growing rice with drip-fertigation. The technology has been taken to several rice growing states of the country. In Bihar drip irrigation systems were energized by Jain solar pumping systems as access to any other power source was absent in the remote villages where we worked in Gaya district.
Dr.P.Soman
PE Piping Systems: Addressing India's Infrastructural Needs.
1.What are PE Pipes : PE Pipes are Plastics Pipes made from Polyethylene (PE) Raw Material, which is the major thermoplastic produced globally (others are Polypropylene or PP, and Poly-Vinyl Chloride or PVC).
Gunwant Dafare, Dr.Pankaj Srivastav & Dr.P.Soman
Banana - Tissue Culture Plantation with Drip.
In Maharashtra almost 130,000 hectare come under Banana Cultivation and more than 50 % of this is in Jalgaon & adjoining area. Traditionally Banana was planted with suckers. The use of bulk fertilizers & flood irrigation practices were mostly followed by farmers. With all above farmers could get average yield of 13 Kg / plant in 15 – 18 Months.
Addressing Water Security in the Agricultural Sector in India
Water scarcity is an alarming 21st century issue. It is estimated that by 2025, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in water-stressed conditions.
Life Legacy of Richard D. Chapin
Richard D. Chapin, 96, founder and retired owner of Chapin Watermatics, passed away Friday evening, June 6, at his home on N. Colorado Avenue.
A Great Leap Forward for Agriculture
A set of technologies that deals with production and marketing constraints can work wonders
Dr.Madhusudan Chaudhari & S.Mohan
How to breathe air into dying soil?
Rice, a staple food of billions around the world, has come to be grown in standing water. This practice has resulted in soils turning clayey, from their original texture of loam or silt.
Drip irrigated Rice crop! Can you believe it?
We all have come to believe that Rice requires standing–water for successful cultivation. Truth may be, mankind have tweaked Rice to grow in standing water, because it suited the then prevailing conditions!
The Farmer - My Unsung Hero
Honorary membership acceptance speech, Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 9 thSeptember 1993.
Dr JK Ladha & Dr P Soman
Ever thought about drip irrigation in rice?
You haven't? Well, here's your chance during IRC2014.
Ownership of Work
Lecture, National Management Convention Indore Management Association, Indore, Madhya Pradesh; 18th February 2006.
The dam across river Girna
A simple Rs 10-crore project transforms farmers' lives in eight villages in Jalgaon
'Doctor of Letters' acceptance speech, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra.
Jain to Acquire PureSense Assets To Help Farmers Deliver More Crop Per Drop
Jain Irrigation, Inc., ("Jain"), today announced that is has acquired the assets of PureSense Environmental Inc., ("PureSense"). PureSense is an innovation leader in field monitoring and irrigation management strategies for agriculture.
Unaudited Standalone and Consolidated Results For the Quarter / 9 months ended 31st December, 2014
Jain Irrigation, the largest Micro Irrigation Company in the country and the second largest globally, has announced unaudited standalone results for the 3rd quarter FY15 ended 31st December, 2014.
Jain Irrigation Receives "Best Innovation Award"
the CBIP's Day of Celebration, Jain Irrigation has received National Award for Best Innovation in Manufacturing and Servicing in Water Resources. This award was given by Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Government of India at the hands of Honorable State Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Sawarlal Jat at Scope Convention Center, New Delhi.
JAIN IRRIGATION SIGNS MOU WITH HORTICULTURE INNOVATION AUSTRALIA Ltd., (HIA) and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOREST and FISHERIES , AUSTRALIA (DAFF).
A team of scientists from The Australian mango industry visited Jain Irrigation Research farm in Udumalpet , Tamil Nad and interacted with Senior Scientists of Jain Irrigation on December 1. The focus of the Australian team was to discuss the High technology Production package, Ultrahigh Density Mango, that Jains have successfully developed and extended to Indian farmers.
Jain Irrigation's Onion and Vegetable Dehydration Division Bags 2014 CII National Award for Food Safety
Jalgaon based Jain Irrigation Systems' Onion and Vegetable Dehydration Division has bagged the 2014 CII National Award for Food Safety. The award was presented in Delhi by K. Chandramouli, Chairman of The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to Dr. Sudhanshu Bhardwaj and Aslam Deshpande, senior officers of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.
Jain Irrigation wins APEDA Golden Trophy for outstanding export performance
Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. has been awarded the Golden Trophy by APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India), for outstanding export performance and contribution in the processed fruits and vegetable sector for the years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Jain Irrigation announces Unaudited Standalone & Consolidated Results For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2014
Jain Irrigation, the largest Micro Irrigation Company in the country and the second largest globally, has announced unaudited standalone results for the 1st quarter FY14-15. Revenue has grown by 1.8% on YoY basis
FT/IFC Tranformational Business Awards 2014
Jain Irrigation has won Special Commendation for "Achievement in Inclusive Business" at the FT/IFC Tranformational Business Awards 2014.
Available Subsidy for Micro Irrigation more in FY15 Budget Compared to FY14 spend
There have been inaccurate reports that funding for micro irrigation subsidy has been cut by Central Government possibly by 21 percent. To the best of our knowledge and based upon oral response to queries from agriculture ministry, direct amount available for micro irrigation subsidy is at Rs. 1,569 crores which is in fact about 21% percent higher than Rs. 1,300 crores spent in FY14.
Himachal Government issues a LoI for Rs.97.52 crs; Jain Irrigation to provide integrated irrigation solution to farmers
Pioneers of integrated Irrigation solution and World leader in Micro Irrigation, Jain Irrigation has been issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) for project by Himachal Pradesh government involving an outlay of approximately Rs.100 crs.
Coca-Cola and Jain Irrigation to invest Rs 50 crore in Project Unnati Phase 2
Hindustan Coca–Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (HCCBPL) and Jain Irrigation today announced plans to scale up their joint initiative Project Unnati with investments amounting to Rs 50 crore over a period of 10 years.
31st March, 2014
Jain Irrigation announces audited standalone and consolidated Results For the quarter / year ended 31st March, 2014
Standalone PAT increased by 95% in the quarter. Standalone Revenue grown at 8.9% in the quarter. MIS grew by 21.1% on standalone basis. Export grown by 36.6% in the quarter..
Jain Irrigation Promoted NBFC SAFL to Finance Lemkens farm Equipments
Jain Irrigation System promoted non–banking finance corporation (NBFC) Sustainable Agro–commercial Finance Ltd (SAFL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with German pre–harvest farm equipment manufacturer Lemken to finance their farm equipments.
Dena Bank Enters into A National Level TIE-UP With Jain Irrigation
Dena Bank, one of the premier banks of India, has entered into a national level tie–up with Jain Irrigation Systems Limited, engaged in manufacturing and selling of micro irrigation systems, controlled climate green & poly houses, piping systems, solar pumps and tissue culture plants.
JAIN IRRIGATION bags GAILs BEST CUSTOMER AWARD
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited (JISL) was recently conferred with the 'Best Customer Award', for achieving the highest quantity of Polymer for FY 2013–14, presented by GAIL India (Oil, Gas & Petrochemical giant having turnover in excess of Rs.50,000 Crores), and the Youngest Maha Navratana Company.
First AC Solar Pump installed in TN by Jain irrigation systems
Jain Irrigation won the ABP News Global CSR Excellence & Leadership Award in the category "Accounting for Climate Change"
JISL's work with products such as drip and solar which reduce the impact of climate change was a major aspect that was taken into consideration. JISL has registered five CDM (Carbon Credits) projects with UNFCCC even though the carbon market is not showing signs of improvement. JISL's efforts are constant in working towards a low carbon economy.
Jain Irrigation signs MoU with TERI
Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.(JISL) and TERI signed a MoU today for establishing a Resource Centre for Water Use Efficiency. The MoU was signed by Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director General of TERI and Anil Jain, Managing Director of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.
Unaudited Standalone and Consolidated Results For the Quarter / Nine Months ended 31st December, 2013
1. Revenue Growth of 24% in the quarter, with MIS growth of 25.3%. 2. Export grown by 50.7% during Nine Months and by 34.4% in current quarter Q3FY14.
4th Fab 2014
Water shortage leading to rethink on irrigation strategy
Many parts of India are already water-stressed, with per capita availability significantly less than the national average Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) says the country's farm sector alone accounts for 83 per cent of all water use State governments, instead of focusing on economic use of water in agriculture, have been subsidising electricity for pumping irrigation water
Jain Irrigation bags the EEPC India 2012-13 "Star Performer" Award for outstanding export performance
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited received The "Star Performer" award for 2012–13 at the 45th EEPC India Award Function held on 22nd January 2014 at Bombay Exhibition Center. The Company was awarded for their outstanding performance in the product group of 'Other Agricultural and Forestry Machinery'.
Dr. Bhavarlal Jain, Founder Chairman received the ICAR Excellence award
For his substantial contribution in the field of Food Security & Fianancial Income Growth through high-tech agriculture for small farmers since last 50 years, the founder Chairman of Jain Irrigation Shri. Bhavarlalji Jain was felicitated by Ministry for Indian Agriculture & ICAR, by the hands of Central Agriculture Minister Shri. Sharad Pawar.
Water authority to make drip irrigation a must for cash crops
In its bid to prevent wastage of irrigated water and make irrigation system effective, the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) has decided to make drip irrigation mandatory for farmers growing cash crops. Besides this, the regulatory authority has proposed various types of incentives for Vidarbha farmers in its draft bulk water tariff for 2013–14 to 2015–16.
CNBC Asia India Corporate Responsibility 2013 Award for Jain Irrigation
Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. has received CNBC Asia India Corporate Responsibility 2013 Award for its outstanding contribution to society. The award was presented to the Company's Managing Director, Anil Jain and Joint Managing Director, Atul Jain at a function in Mumbai.
Union Bank, Jain Irrigation tie up to fund farmers
Union Bank of India has entered into a partnership with Jain Irrigation Systems to finance farmers purchasing drip irrigation systems manufactured by the latter. Farmers can get hassle-free access to credit under the partnership, the bank said in a statement.
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Q: How can I handle decimal numbers using the Scala framework play I want to be able to enter decimal numbers into a play form.  I would like to have the following mapping, but it does not compile.
mapping(
 "id" -> ignored(NotAssigned:Pk[Long]),
 "date" -> date("yyyy-MM-dd"),
 "amount" -> decimal,
 "description" -> nonEmptyText
)(Expense.apply)(Expense.unapply)

There must be a way. I am very new to Scala and Play.  Any pointers, greatly appreciated.

A: There is method of[T] on object Forms, that creates mapping of type T. In your case it would be of[Int]:
mapping(
 "id" -> ignored(NotAssigned:Pk[Long]),
 "date" -> date("yyyy-MM-dd"),
 "amount" -> of[Int],
 "description" -> nonEmptyText
)(Expense.apply)(Expense.unapply)

There are also two helper methods
val number: Mapping[Int] = of[Int]
val longNumber: Mapping[Long] = of[Long]

which are just reference generic of function.

A: As of this pull request you can now specify BigDecimal as a type of input. Modifying the OP's Example:
mapping(
 "id" -> ignored(NotAssigned:Pk[Long]),
 "date" -> date("yyyy-MM-dd"),
 "amount" -> bigDecimal,
 "description" -> nonEmptyText
)(Expense.apply)(Expense.unapply)

Note the bigDecimal mapping type.
For further precision and scale you can specify them as:
 "amount" -> bigDecimal(10, 2)

A: Here's the actual code for the implicit you need. I put them in a separate object because I have a lot of these for my own types too. It's very handy to be able to use custom types in Forms this way.
object FormFieldImplicits {
  // Code merged into future Play release
  //
  implicit def doubleFormat = new Formatter[Double] {
    def bind(key: String, data: Map[String, String]) = Right(data(key).toDouble)
    def unbind(key: String, value: Double) = Map(key -> value.toString)
  }

  ...
}

Then just import FormFieldImplicits._ in your controller where you want to use a mapping of[Double] and Bob's your uncle as follows
def impactMapping = mapping(
    "value" -> of[Double],
    "percent" -> of[Double])(Impact.apply)(Impact.unapply)


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Workers and residents denounce GM Lordstown closure
By Tim Rivers
Following the closure last week of the iconic General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, reporters for the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter visited the area to speak to workers and their families. Autoworkers, teachers, high school students, parents and general laborers denounced the steel and auto corporations that have devastated the Mahoning Valley with mass layoffs over the past four decades, along with their accomplices in the unions who collaborated with management in imposing repeated rounds of concessions under the false pretense of saving jobs.
A recent study by Cleveland State University estimates that idling the Lordstown factory will cost the local economy, already devastated by the shutdown of the steel industry, an additional $3 billion. It further estimates that 1,256 more private-sector jobs will be lost, in addition to the 1,607 jobs cut as a direct result of the plant ceasing operations.
Added to the previous destruction of the third and second shifts, the cumulative economic impact to the region is estimated at $8.2 billion with a total loss of 7,711 jobs or 4.4 percent of employment in the Ohio part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman metropolitan area. (The area also includes Mercer County, Pennsylvania)
The closure reopens the wounds from Black Monday 40 years ago, when 10,000 jobs were destroyed in a single day as Youngstown Sheet and Tube closed down. Many workers we spoke with bitterly recalled the impact. Altogether 60,000 jobs were destroyed from the mill, related suppliers and service industries.
Jerry was laid off last week after 20 years at GM. He joined a conversation with several others in the parking lot of a local supermarket. "America in general" he said in disgust, "not just GM. It's vulture capitalism. Like Bush said, 'capitalism works.'"
The Youngstown Vindicator newspaper and other media have been playing up attempts by the Democrats and the UAW to blame workers in Mexico and China for the layoffs. The Youngstown Vindicator published a half-page photograph of the last Chevy Cruze rolling off the assembly line draped in an American flag.
But like most workers we spoke with, Jerry rejected this reactionary rubbish. "It's the same in many countries," he said, "it's universal."
Jerry's father retired from Lordstown and was proud of the union. That trust which was built on the sacrifice and struggles of generations of industrial workers has been dragged in the mud. "The UAW have been bribed, to push through contracts," he said. "In the '60s and '70s they used to fight. I remember growing up in union families, in the steel mills and auto plants.
"My dad worked at Lordstown and was proud to be UAW. The union took care of us. Then they started taking a little bit of concessions. Now there's nothing left. They have taken everything. They have all that technology, robots everywhere. What we need are jobs for working class people."
There is a deep anger and growing militancy among rank-and-file workers, but they have absolutely no say in the direction of the UAW, which accepts every dictate of the corporations and functions as a labor police force for the employers. The union gave up fighting long ago, having transformed itself into a junior partner in the exploitation of workers.
The local school board reports that more than 10 percent of Lordstown's enrollment, between 50 and 75 students, will be directly affected by the closure, although the final number that the district will lose is still up in the air. Young people are quite disturbed.
From left to right, Maya, Haley and Tyler, students at Austintown Fitch High School
A group of students from Austintown Fitch High School denounced the attack on jobs. "They shouldn't have to leave their hometown to go find a new job because the Lordstown plant shut down," said Haley. "This whole area is short jobs because everything is closing.
"They closed the steel mills and now the GM plant. Everyone is losing jobs. They have to struggle to find a job to stay in their home; and if not, they have to move."
Her friend Tyler added, "I'm a high school senior, and I don't even know where I'm going to work."
Ron works in a local baking company
Ron works for a local baking company. "The valley is struggling now," he said. "The shutdown is going to affect everybody. I just don't see anything positive from it at all. Jobs are tough enough now, especially for the young kids coming out of school. What are they going to do?"
John McCombs applied for a job at the plant when it first opened in 1966. When he wasn't hired, he went overseas in the military. On returning in the spring of 1970, GM had just added the van plant, expanding the workforce to more than 12,000, and he hired in.
"It was rough," he said. "We were building 108 cars an hour. It was a tiresome job. You humped. There were a lot of jobs that were real bad.
"I have a bad taste in my mouth for the union. They line their pockets. If you're in the clique, you don't have to do anything and you get paid. But otherwise you're on your own."
Michelle is 48 and has lived in Youngstown all her life. She remembers the mills closing. "It was the start of the downfall of this whole community, and now it's going to get even worse. Youngstown's not a good place any more. It really isn't. The roads are horrible. We have horrible schools. The taxes are terrible.
"I started home schooling my kids in 2007. That's how bad it got for me. They lost transportation. They were losing all the programs at school, and there was no special education— no anything, no art, no music. You couldn't do any sports after that in Youngstown.
"We gave GM those tax cuts on top of it. That wasn't fair, Obama's restructuring in 2009. They just pulled the rug out from underneath us. There's not any difference between Democrats and Republicans. There is going to be a social explosion. Especially the more financially strained everybody gets. Literally, every single day you hear of some other business that is closing."
Gerry Vasko, a retired teacher was particularly offended by the Sunday editorial by local journalist Bertram deSouza in the Youngstown Vindicator newspaper. "He said that if autoworkers had voted for Clinton, the plant would not be shut," said Gerry. "I didn't want to vote for her, but we didn't have an alternative.
"And they say the economy is so great," she continued. "But where is it so great? What are these people going to do from Lordstown? Are they going to move, pull up their roots? Are they going to stay here and try to find something else? It's insane. More stores have closed around here. Businesses, bigger businesses, smaller businesses. Toys R Us went under and the pet store next to it.
"Of course, now we lost General Motors and all the companies that manufactured products for General Motors. The unions are making millions off the backs of the workers."
De Souza's article is worth noting because it is typical of the foul calumny directed against the working class by both Democrats and union officials. His argument, a lie from beginning to end, is that Obama's restructuring of GM and Chrysler in 2009 "saved the auto industry" and that the large number of workers who voted against Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016 are getting what they deserve as plants are shut down and jobs slashed.
He turns reality on its head when he writes, "The end of car production at the Lordstown plant and, quite possibly, the permanent closing of the cavernous facility later this year is on the heads of those autoworkers who were unwilling to give political credit where it was due."
On the contrary, autoworkers had good reason for their hostility to the Democratic Party administration. Obama supervised the greatest transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top in history. Tens of trillions were funneled to the banks and hedge funds while the auto corporations were encouraged to slash pay for new hires, flood the shops with temporary workers and destroy the eight-hour work day while shutting plants and slashing jobs.
Quincy Burgess
Quincy Burgess works in a food processing plant for a temporary agency at minimum wage.
All of his relatives worked at GM. "I feel for the people at GM," he said. "My two cousins just got sent to Tennessee. They had to go way down there just to keep going to work. They just disregarded all the people around here.
"It's really bad around here. There just are not a lot of resources. I am sitting here struggling. I go to work, pay my taxes. I'm just struggling. It's terrible.
"If you aren't rich, you ain't got nothing coming. The capitalistic system has no regard for the people that helped them to make that money in the first place.
"I used to think capitalism was something that was necessary to keep things going. But it's probably the problem."
Oakland, California: With guns drawn, police evict homeless mothers from house
Thousands of Florida educators rally to demand increase in pay and school spending
Washington, D.C., political establishment blocks minimum wage increase for city's tipped workers
US alcohol-related deaths doubled between 1999 and 2017
Christmas Day fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota displaces more than 200


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package com.michaelhradek.aurkitu.plugin.test;

import com.michaelhradek.aurkitu.annotations.FlatBufferComment;
import com.michaelhradek.aurkitu.annotations.FlatBufferFieldOptions;
import com.michaelhradek.aurkitu.annotations.FlatBufferIgnore;
import com.michaelhradek.aurkitu.annotations.FlatBufferTable;
import com.michaelhradek.aurkitu.annotations.types.FieldType;
import com.michaelhradek.aurkitu.plugin.test.SampleClassReferenced.SampleClassTableInnerEnumInt;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * @author m.hradek
 */
@FlatBufferComment(comment = "This is a type level comment")
@FlatBufferTable(rootType = true)
public class SampleClassTable {

    public static String IGNORED_STATIC_FIELD = "ignoredStaticField";

    public Map<String, Object> dataMap;
    public Set<URL> regionLocations;
    protected Long id;
    protected String name;
    @FlatBufferComment(comment = "This is a field level comment")
    protected short level;
    protected int currency;
    protected long createTime;
    protected List<String> tokens;
    protected boolean deleted = false;
    protected byte energy;
    protected Double weight;
    protected int[] options;
    protected SimpleUndefinedClass[] anomalousSamples;
    @FlatBufferFieldOptions(fieldType = FieldType.IDENT, useFullName = true)
    protected SampleClassTableInnerEnumInt[] definedInnerEnumArray;

    @FlatBufferFieldOptions(fieldType = FieldType.IDENT, defaultValue = "SHORT_SWORD")
    protected SampleClassTableInnerEnumInt innerEnum;
    @FlatBufferComment(comment = "This is a comment which won't appear")
    @FlatBufferIgnore
    protected String ignore;
    @FlatBufferFieldOptions(fieldType = FieldType.IDENT, useFullName = true)
    SampleClassReferenced fullnameClass;

    public List<SampleEnumNull> enumList;
    public Map<SampleEnumNull, String> enumStringMap;
    public Map<SampleEnumNull, SampleClassTableInnerEnumInt> enumInnerEnumMap;
    public Map<String, List<String>> stringListStringMap;
    public Map<Double, List<Integer>> doubleListIntegerMap;

    protected Integer integerField;
    protected Short shortField;
    protected Boolean booleanField;
    protected Byte byteField;
    protected Float floatField;
    protected double doubleField;

    @FlatBufferFieldOptions(fieldType = FieldType.UBYTE)
    public byte optionsFieldWithFieldTypeOverrideUbyte;

    @FlatBufferFieldOptions(fieldType = FieldType.ULONG)
    public String[] optionsFieldWithFieldTypeOverrideUlong;

    protected SampleClassReferenced.InnerClass innerClassField;
}


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ICE deports Salvadoran murder suspect initially arrested in Bay Area
Fugitive is wanted in El Salvador for a 2008 slaying
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A Salvadoran national arrested last year by authorities in Contra Costa County for traffic violations was handed over to authorities in El Salvador Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after it was determined the man was wanted for murder in his native country.
Handy Brayan Guzman-Romero, 26, was repatriated on board a charter flight coordinated by ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Air Operations (IAO) Unit. Upon arrival, ERO officers turned the suspect over to officials from the El Salvadoran Civilian National Police (PNC).
Guzman is charged with first degree murder in a criminal warrant issued by Salvadoran authorities in November 2009. According to the Interpol red notice issued in the case, on Nov. 6, 2008, Guzman fatally shot another man in the forehead and fled the scene. The murder occurred in the community of San Jorge in northeastern El Salvador.
Guzman was originally taken into custody by Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies in May 2012 for hit and run and driving without a license. Following his arrest, a routine Secure Communities fingerprint screening revealed Guzman had been previously deported in 2007 and ICE lodged an immigration detainer against him. Guzman was remanded to ICE custody when local authorities declined to press charges. He was then transferred to an ICE detention facility in the Los Angeles area while his immigration case was litigated.
Guzman argued in immigration court that he should be allowed to remain in the U.S., but in September the Board of Immigration Appeals declined to block his deportation, paving the way for this week's removal.
"Had it not been for Secure Communities, this foreign murder suspect might have been released to the street and evaded justice," said Timothy Aitken, field office director for ERO San Francisco. "While this individual did not have any criminal convictions here in the United States, if the murder charge is substantiated, clearly he posed a potential public safety threat. ICE will continue to work with its foreign law enforcement counterparts to hold criminals accountable, no matter where they commit their crimes."
Guzman's repatriation is another example of expanded bi-national cooperation to identify, arrest and repatriate Salvadoran criminal suspects who have fled to the United States to avoid prosecution. ICE officers work closely with the Policía Nacional Civil (PNC), the Salvadoran National Interpol Office and Salvadoran immigration as part of this effort.
In fiscal year 2013, the PNC executed 160 criminal arrest warrants involving fugitives who were returned to El Salvador aboard ICE removal flights. Many of those arrested were accused of homicide-related charges or other violent crimes.


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Concorde Career Colleges to Open Campus at St. Joseph Medical Center
Written By: Ericka Beeler
St. Joseph Medical Center announced today that Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., a national leader in healthcare education based in Mission, Kan., will open a new Kansas City campus location at the St. Joseph Medical Center campus.
Concorde, which operates 16 campuses across eight states, will offer a variety of healthcare programs at 930 Carondelet Drive, near State Line and I-435, including practical nursing, respiratory therapy, dental hygiene, diagnostic medical and cardiovascular sonography and physical therapy assistant, as well as medical assistant and dental assistant. The new campus will include a dental clinic open to the public. Concorde will continue to also offer medical assistant, dental assistant, and medical office administration training programs at its current location at 3239 Broadway in Kansas City.
"We are excited to create this new location for our students at the St. Joseph Medical Center," said Concorde CEO Jami Frazier. "This will further our ability to provide students greater opportunities in a wider offering of healthcare programs easily accessible inside the Kansas City metro."
Concorde will lease approximately 50,000 square feet in the St. Joseph Medical Building, which it will share with the hospital's Wound Care service line. The move is expected to occur in mid-2021 after improvements and upgrades are made. About 400 Concorde students have enrolled in programs that will be offered at the new site with growth anticipated in the years to come.
Lillibridge Healthcare Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ventas, Inc., a Chicago-based healthcare real-estate investment trust and one of the top medical office building platforms in the nation, owns the St. Joseph Medical Building.
"Working with Lillibridge on this new endeavor is exciting for us," says Jodi Fincher, CEO of St. Joseph Medical Center. "They're renowned for creating exceptional places of care for healthcare providers and the patients they serve and will be working closely with Concorde on the building improvement components to provide this new space for the incoming students. Moving this college onsite is a
natural connection for us, and now more than ever, we're thrilled to invest in students who feel called to the healthcare industry."
In October, Concorde acquired a special use permit that would allow the school to expand its footprint as needs require. The new campus, like its others, will offer a mix of virtual and lab coursework, while maintaining COVID safety protocols per CDC guidelines.
The move is part of the award-winning hospital's ongoing turnaround to provide world-class healthcare to the local area.
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The long of it. I am north jersey based improvisor, and noticed that in my classes there was at least 1 or 2 improvisers who were NJ based, and many times a student who wasn't in either state. For many the cost of a practice group or indie team rehearsals are just coach, space, MTA. For many non-city students that includes the cost of transit into the city, which for many of us can start to add up.
If you live in a place that its easier to commute to NJ for practice groups to I would ask that you also join.
In the future this mailing list can establish a community of UCB trained NJ based improvisers, that has access to performing and practicing in NJ, as well as, NY.
Re: Attention NJ based Improvisers!
Have you sent out any new emails? In NJ and looking for a practice group!


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Coach Mike Krzyzewski won his fourth NCAA basketball championship as head coach of Duke University last night. Boring old powerhouse Duke beat plucky, lovable, far-more-deserving Butler 61-59.
Thereby assuring that thousands of boring bracketeers who picked obvious choice Duke to win the tournament are now blandly and smugly satisfied.