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Johnelle Hunt Inducted Into The 2015 Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame
2015 Inductee Johnelle Hunt was born in Heber Springs, Arkansas. She met Johnnie B. Hunt when she was a junior in high school and four years later they were married. She attended the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. She and J. B. were married 55 years and blessed with two children as well as seven grandchildren.
In 1962, the J. B. Hunt Company, a rice hull packaging company, opened its doors in Stuttgart, Arkansas. Johnelle worked part-time to help her husband get started in the business. As the company grew, she found herself working more and more – helping with correspondence, financial statements and doing bookkeeping. Before long she was working full time. In 1969 the couple co-founded J.B. Hunt Transport with five trucks and seven trailers. Its success is a tribute to the Hunt's entrepreneurial spirit and hard work. J.B. Hunt Transport is one of the largest transportation logistics providers encompassing Intermodal, Dedicated, Truckload, LTL, Final Mile, Refrigerated, Flatbed and Expedited services. Among her jobs were the position of credit manager and the board position of Corporate Secretary which she held until 2008. At her retirement from the Board of Directors of the company in 2008, Johnelle was recognized as being an active and important partner contributing to the company's development and success.
Mrs. Hunt currently holds a seat on The Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute Advisory Board. She is the founding Chairman of the United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Society for Washington County as well as a founding Executive Board Member of the Ozark Affiliate of Susan G. Komen. In May of 2000, she accepted the position of Campaign Treasurer for the University of Arkansas' Leadership Team entitled Campaign for the 21st Century, a major fundraising drive that raised over one billion dollars. Following the Campaign for the 21st Century, an Advisory Board was formed of which Mrs. Hunt served on the Executive Committee. She was Co-Chair of the University's Campaign Arkansas Steering Committee in 2013 and continues to serve on the Campaign. She has served on the Board of Directors for The Beau Foundation benefiting prenatal care in Northwest Arkansas since 2003. She previously served on the UAMS Foundation Board.
In 1990, she and Mr. Hunt were chosen as the Arkansas Easter Seal Arkansans of the Year, the first couple to receive this award. In 1992 she was one of four women to receive the Worthen Professional Women of Distinction Award and has been included in "The Top 100 Women" list for Arkansas from 1994-1998. In 1996 the March of Dimes honored the Hunts as Citizens of the Year. In 2001 she and Mr. Hunt were inducted into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. Mrs. Hunt received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the University of Arkansas in 2009. She was honored by the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce where she also received the 2013 Dick Trammel Good Neighbor Award.
Since the passing of her husband in December of 2006, Mrs. Hunt has taken a very active role in projects developed and managed by her company, Hunt Ventures. The group is primarily responsible for the conception and development of the more than 700 acre project in western Rogers known as Pinnacle Hills with over 1.4 million square feet of retail/restaurants, 960,000 square feet of Class A office space and an additional 238,000 square feet of offices and retail under construction. Johnelle is also actively involved with many other ongoing projects and companies started by Mr. Hunt including Northwest Arkansas Quarries, Haskell (Oklahoma) Sand and Gravel, Central Mortar and Grout (Muskogee, Oklahoma), J.B. Hunt Gas and Oil Drilling (Midland, Texas) and a rock quarry project in Honduras, Central America. Other companies she is associated with include BioBased Technologies and Pinnacle Hills Promenade. She has also developed and constructed Northwest Arkansas' newest cemetery, Pinnacle Memorial Gardens, along with the accompanying 3000 square foot Hunt Chapel.
Source: Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame; http://www.arwomenshalloffame.com/johnelle-hunt
Dillard, Hunt Named 2015 Chancellor's Medal Recipients
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Alumnus William T. Dillard II and philanthropist Johnelle DeBusk Hunt will be recognized as Chancellor's Medal recipients at the University of Arkansas Towers of Old Main event on April 10. The recipients will be honored at the event along with...
Hunt Ventures Breaks Ground On 10-Story Office Building
ROGERS – Johnelle Hunt brought her own shovel to break ground Monday on a new 10-story office building along Pinnacle Hills Parkway.She said it is the same shovel her late husband, J.B. Hunt, used to break ground a decade ago on the JB Hunt Parkway Tower. "This was...
Johnelle Hunt honored for ongoing contributions to region, and beyond
Around 1,000 people applauded the philanthropic contributions of Johnelle Hunt as she humbly accepted the Rogers-Lowell Chamber of Commerce Good Neighbor Award on Friday Night (March 14) at the Hammons Convention Center in Rogers. It was the 92nd Annual Chamber...
University to Honor Beebe and Hunt
Gov. Mike Beebe and Mrs. Johnelle Hunt will be honored by the University of Arkansas. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On Friday, April 25, the University of Arkansas will honor Gov. Mike Beebe as this year's Chancellor's Medal recipient and Mrs. Johnelle Hunt as the Volunteer of...
Johnelle Hunt to present Centennial Lecture
UCA alumna Johnelle DeBusk Hunt will present the Centennial Lecture for UCA's College of Business Administration on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. in Ida Waldran Auditorium at Main Hall. Hunt, co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport, attended the University of Central...
J.B. Hunt, Dies at 79; Truck Driver Built Transportation Empire
Johnnie Bryan Hunt Sr., 79, a former truck driver who founded one of the nation's largest trucking companies, died Dec. 7, 2006, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Ark., after hitting his head on ice in a fall Saturday. A sharecropper's son, he began J.B. Hunt...


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Usually, when military personnel are brought in to rescue civilians, the parties involved never see each other again. But Master Sergeant Mike Maroney of the U.S. Air Force and LaShay Brown, the little girl he saved during Hurricane Katrina, are quite a different story.
When pararescuer (or PJ) Maroney picked up LaShay and her family from the waters of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the little girl gave her rescuer a big hug that he never forgot. The moment was captured in an award-winning photograph that circled the globe.
But Maroney and LaShay didn't end their newfound bond there. Since that day, the former pararescuer has visited the Brown family in Mississippi (even teaching LaShay how to swim), and has spoken to LaShay on the phone weekly.
Maroney's encouragement has been so important to LaShay that she decided to join the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps or (JROTC), a pre-training program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces at Bay High School in Waveland, Mississippi.
This Saturday, Maroney and his family will once again visit the Browns, as LaShay, 14, is bringing her "PJ" friend to her JROTC ball.
"I'm going because I would do anything to repay the hug to LaShay and her family. They mean as much to me as my own," Maroney says.


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The quality of staff of Kingman Boys and Girls Club reflects the focus on education as the essential activity here. Knowing that education opens many doors, our teachers and their assistants represent the "keys" to success for the children. The excellent level of their academic credentials meets Kingman's high standards. We pride ourselves on the variety and extent of degrees held by our employees. Among them are Bachelors of Arts in English, Elementary Education, and Secondary Education. Others have Bachelors of Science in: Special Education, Math, Technology, Social Science, and Recreation. Several teachers have Masters of Arts in Education, Administration and Reading. Other important qualifications include teachers with CDA licenses and more than 12 years experience in Early Childhood Development.
Key staff include:
Aaron "Cliff" Webster, is the Executive Director responsible for overall club operations. He has been affiliated with the Club for more than 40 years and is a well-known and respected leader in the community. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and is experienced at managing multifaceted programs on a shoestring budget. His initiative in fundraising made is possible for Kingman to survive the "dry" years and to reinvent itself to meet emerging community needs.
Allen Richardson is the Education Director and a former member of Kingman Boys and Girls Club. A graduate of Spingarn Senior High School, he attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he was a dual major in Early Childhood/Elementary Education. Allen is responsible for coordinating the educational programs at Kingman, servicing grades K-7. He is also employed with District of Columbia Public Schools Office of Specialized Instruction as an Instructional Specialist. Allen believes that his passion for education, high energy and creativity will continue to drive both his personal and professional growth.
Wendell Hart, a 1970 graduate of Boise State University, began his professional career serving as executive director of the Far East Y.M.C.A Outreach Program in Washington, D.C. For more than 30 years he has taught U.S. History in two Maryland schools, as well as, serving as a teacher for 5th and 6th grades at Malcolm X Elementary in D.C.. He currently serves as Kingman's year-round Math Specialist, teaching remedial math to students in then 3rd through 8th grades, and to participants in the High Achieving Program (H.A.P).
Sharon Bibbs is the Administrative Assistant/Intake Coordinator. Ms. Bibbs has been with Kingman for over 25 years. She is responsible for organizational management, including record keeping, troubleshooting, and daily administrative activities. As Intake Coordinator, she works directly with parents to provide resources, arrange workshops, and recertification of eligibility for childcare.
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EP 13: Benjamin Allbright, NFL Insider
April 19, 2018By Patrick Moran
We're just one week away from the NFL draft and Denver sports radio host Benjamin Allbright joins Patrick Moran on the Moran-Alytics Podcast to talk all things NFL and the draft.
Widely known as one of football's best insiders and a must-follow on Twitter (@allbrightNFL), Benjamin shares the latest on what he's been hearing when it comes to personnel decisions on this draft class, particularly at the quarterback position.
We discuss several draft scenarios starting at around the 8:20 mark, including Allbright's thoughts on the Buffalo Bills and what he hears the team is trying to do in regards to moving up the draft board. Here's a spoiler alert–if you're a Bills fans and in love with Josh Allen, this probably isn't the interview you want to hear.
We also discuss reporting, Twitter and social media in how it pertains to the relationship between reporter and content consumer, as well as details of Allbright's very public feud with Jason La Canfora from 2016.
The interview ends by stepping away from sports for a few fun facts, and we learn among other things what tunes Allbright likes to pump on his music player and three people he'd love to have dinner with.
Immediately after that (around the 42:00 mark) Patrick is joined by former University at Buffalo defensive end and NFL draft prospect Demone Harris (@demoneharris). The two discuss Harris' journey to this point — a road not paved easy. Harris wasn't even a full-time starter on his high school football team until his senior year and didn't receive a college scholarship. Instead, he was a walk-on at UB and during his time transformed himself from just another face in the program to one of its most pivotal players.
With just one week Demone finds himself on the doorstep of the NFL, whether it comes in the later rounds of the draft or immediately after as an undrafted free agent, he'll be on an NFL roster soon. Demone reveals what he plans on doing during the draft.
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Shawn Williams' season opener was cut short in the first quarter Sunday when he was ejected for a helmet-to-helmet hit on the Colts QB.
Cincinnati Bengals safety Shawn Williams was ejected Sunday for unnecessary roughness on a hit on Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.
Though the game officiating crew initially did not opt to eject Williams, the crew later announced upon further discussion that Williams would be disqualified.
Luck scrambled out of the pocket and rushed left on a third-and-7. As Cincinnati defensive end Michael Johnson brought luck to the ground, Williams launched himself at Luck, hitting the quarterback in the helmet with his helmet and left shoulder.
The play happened with 3:10 left to play in the first quarter.
Al Riveron, the NFL's senior vice president of officiating, wrote that he confirmed the ruling. A league spokesman confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that the ejection for unnecessary roughness rather than the new helmet rule.


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No sign N. Korea to blame in sinking of S….
No sign N. Korea to blame in sinking of S. Korea ship; 46 marines missing
A South Korean maritime police ship patrols to rescue possible survivors from the sunken Cheonan, top left, Saturday.
PUBLISHED: March 27, 2010 at 7:20 p.m. | UPDATED: May 6, 2016 at 4:58 p.m.
BAENGNYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — Military divers plunged into the waters near South Korea's tense maritime border with North Korea on Saturday, searching in vain for 46 missing marines from a naval ship that exploded and sank, officials said. The exact cause of the explosion was unclear, but North Korea did not appear to be to blame, officials said.
Divers tried twice to get to the wreckage but were hampered by fierce winds and waves, Rear Adm. Lee Ki-Sik told lawmakers.
The explosion at the rear of the Cheonan shut down its engine and caused the ship to sink a little over three hours later.


Matter of Marin v Teachers' Retirement Sys. of City of N.Y.
[*1] Matter of Marin v Teachers' Retirement Sys. of the City of New York 2009 NY Slip Op 51600(U) [24 Misc 3d 1223(A)] Decided on July 14, 2009 Supreme Court, New York County Schlesinger, J. Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.
Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York, Respondent.
Petitioner Esther Marin, a retired Supervisor of Special Education, commenced this Article 78 proceeding to annul the determination of the Teacher's Retirement System of the City of New York to recoup pension overpayments by reducing Ms. Marin's monthly pension allowance by 25%. Respondent has opposed, asserting that the proceeding is time-barred and that, in any event, the decision was proper on the merits.
Petitioner Marin began teaching in the New York City schools on February 6, 1965. She continued working for thirty years, advancing to different positions until she retired on August 22, 1995. Beginning with her eligibility in 1971 and continuing thereafter for over twenty years, Ms. Marin was a member of the Teacher's Retirement System (TRS), and she made all the required contributions to her account. Contributions were reflected in terms of "units" in various accounts denominated as "Fixed," "Variable A" and "Variable B".
On July 31, 1995, shortly before she retired, Ms. Marin filed an application with TRS for retirement benefits (Answer, Exh. 1). On that same date, she applied to make a lump-sum withdrawal from her account. Following her retirement on August 22, 1995, Ms. Marin received a series of letters relating to her benefits, beginning with a letter dated May 24, 1996, advising her of the breakdown of funds in her various accounts. Based on a final average salary of $61,300.19, her regular pension was set at $40,522.03 plus $738.60 for increased take home pay for a total of $41,260.63 (Answer, Exh. 2). One week later, on May 31, Ms. Marin was advised that her application for a lump sum partial payment had been approved in the amount of $204,889.59 (Answer, Exh. 3). The transfer of those funds reduced the annual retirement [*2]allowance, which was further reduced based on a loan of nearly $50,000 outstanding on the date of Ms. Marin's retirement.
Ms. Marin continued to receive benefits for about twelve years until she was advised by letter dated January 19, 2007 that, during a routine audit, TRS had discovered a calculation error which had resulted in an overpayment to Ms. Marin. The letter was accompanied by detailed calculation sheets explaining both the initial and the revised calculations which showed that funds which should have been in the Fixed account had erroneously been allocated to the Variable A account which had grown at a different rate than the Fixed account (Answer, Exh. 4). Additional information was provided in a Revised Benefit Letter dated February 1, 2007 (Answer, Exh. 5).
Ms. Marin then contacted the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators (CSA), which then wrote to TRS on April 13 on Ms. Marin's behalf requesting an audit and a further explanation. That request led to a May 8, 2007 letter from the TRS confirming the calculation error and explaining again that it was attributable to the misallocation of a certain sum to the Variable A account rather than the Fixed account (Answer, Exh. 6).
On July 6, 2007 petitioner herself wrote directly to the TRS (Answer, Exh. 7). She indicated that, while she understood the explanation, she questioned how any such misallocation of fund units could have occurred, particularly in light of the detailed calculations she had received in 1995 and 1996. Ms. Marin asserted that she had relied on the original calculations and the continued payments for twelve years, and that she would suffer financial hardship if her pension were reduced. She requested a reevaluation.
TRS next sent Ms. Marin a letter dated August 15, 2007 (Answer, Exh. 8). In that letter, TRS confirmed for the first time that the overpayment totaled $300,184.75, and it advised Ms. Marin of her three options: (1) to repay the full amount in one lump sum; (2) to take no action, in which case TRS would automatically initiate a cost-recovery plan after 90 days by deducting 25% of the monthly amount; or (3) appeal using the form provided (Answer, Exh. 8).
In response, Ms. Marin appealed, disputing both the calculation of the overpayment and the proposed cost-recovery plan. Pursuant to the Overpayment Recovery Rules (Answer, Exh. 9), she sought to limit the recoupment to the last three years and the monthly reduction to 10%, arguing that she did not know, nor could she have reasonably been expected to know, that she had been receiving an excess pension amount and that the proposed cost-recovery plan would lead to financial hardship (Answer, Exh. 10). TRS acknowledged receipt of the appeal by letter dated September 24, 2007 (Answer, Exh. 11).
Based on the information provided in your "Cost-Recovery Appeal," the TRS Committee on Cost Recovery has denied your appeal. Therefore, your cost-recovery plan will be implemented on the November 30, 2007 payroll. The terms of your cost-recovery plan are as follows: Your monthly retirement benefits will be reduced by 25% per month until your deficit amount of 300,184.75 is recovered.
For some unknown reason, TRS sent Ms. Marin another letter on [*3]November 20, 2007 (Answer, Exh. 14). That letter, like the November 1 letter, indicated that the appeal had been denied. The letter was otherwise identical to the prior letter with one exception: it indicated that the monthly recoupment would be 10%, rather than 25%. Under the above-cited Overpayment Recovery Rules, any recoupment is limited to 10% and three years when the retiree did not know, nor could be expected to know, of an overpayment (Answer, Exh. 9 and12).
On January 17, 2008, TRS sent Ms. Marin a Revised Benefits Letter detailing the re-calculation of her pension. The letter included a breakdown of the amounts held in the Fixed Portion and the Variable A and Variable B accounts and provided information regarding payment options and tax consequences (Answer, Exh. 15).
By letter dated February 5, 2008, TRS retracted the 10% error which had been included in its November 20 letter and confirmed that the monthly reduction would be 25%, as previously stated (Answer Exh. 16). Apparently, Ms. Marin had again contacted the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators (CSA) because the February 5 TRS letter referenced receipt of a letter from CSA regarding Ms. Marin's account. As Ms. Marin emphasizes, the February 5 letter, signed by a Member Services Representative, stated: "The [CSA] letter is under review by the Retirement Board and they will contact you. Please be assured that I will continue to monitor your case." (Answer, Exh. 16).
Finally, TRS sent Ms. Marin a lengthy letter dated July 17, 2008 with a multi-page attachment (Answer, Exh. 17). The letter began by acknowledging receipt of an "inquiry " from Ms. Marin to the City Comptroller concerning the November 20, 2007 TRS decision. It indicated that its letter was intended to provide additional information on the calculations. It again attributed the error to the misallocation of certain funds to the Variable A, rather than Fixed, account and set forth both the original and the revised calculations, as well as an annual statement of the account. It appears that no further correspondence was exchanged. This Article 78 proceeding was commenced about four months later, on or about November 6, 2008.
While not disputing the TRS conclusion that her pension was initially miscalculated, resulting in an overpayment, Ms. Marin complains herein (and correctly so) that the letters sent her by TRS were oftentimes complicated and occasionally conflicting. She asserts that it was not until July 17, 2008 that she received a detailed analysis of all the relevant calculations supporting the November 1, 2007 decision by TRS. In that November 1 decision, TRS had advised Ms. Marin that it had denied her appeal and was confirming that she had been overpaid $300,184.75,and that the overpayment would be recouped at the rate of a 25% reduction in her monthly benefits until the sum was recovered in full.
Respondent TRS opposes on two grounds. First, it asserts that the proceeding is barred by the four-month Statute of Limitations applicable to Article 78 proceedings. CPLR §217. In addition, it asserts that the decision is rationally based on the evidence and entitled to judicial affirmance.
Turning first to the threshold issue of the Statute of Limitations, the four-month period begins to run when the agency's determination becomes "final and binding" against the petitioner, within the meaning of CPLR §217. The Court of Appeals has identified two requirements for fixing that time. "First, the agency must have reached a definitive position on the issue that inflicts actual, concrete injury and second, the injury inflicted may not be prevented or significantly ameliorated by further administrative action or by steps available to the complaining party ..." Matter of Best Payphones, Inc v Department of Information Technology, 5 NY3d 30, 34 (2005)(citations omitted)(letter advising petitioner that it had failed to meet a condition of City approval and that the City was deemed to have determined not to approve a franchise for petitioner, indicated that agency had reached a definitive position which caused injury and caused the statute of limitations to begin to run).
In the case at bar, TRS communicated a definitive position that inflicted actual injury to Ms. Marin when it stated in its November 1, 2007 letter that "Based on the information provided in your "Cost-Recovery Appeal,' the TRS Committee on Cost Recovery has denied your appeal." The letter then went on to confirm the precise overpayment amount of $300,184.75 and the monthly reduction of 25% to recoup that amount. The letter was written in response to Ms. Marin's appeal, submitted on the form provided by TRS for that purpose. As there was no ambiguity in that letter and no question as to its finality, the four-month Statute of Limitations began to run on that date, and the commencement of this proceeding on November 6, 2008, nearly a year later, was untimely. See Saddlier v Teachers' Retirement System of the City of New York, 7 AD3d 430 (1st Dep't 2004)(statute of limitations began to run upon petitioner's receipt of letter denying her application, as letter was unambiguous and raised no question as to finality).
Ms. Marin argues that in her case an ambiguity was created by the November 20, 2007 letter, which was identical to the November 1 letter but for the change in the recoupment amount to 10%. However, the error in the November 20 letter was corrected by the February 5, 2008 letter which reinstated the 25% amount. The February 5 letter gave no indication of a right to a further administrative appeal or of any other steps that Ms. Marin could take to ameliorate the decisions against her. But even if one were to accept Ms. Marin's argument and calculate the four-month period from February 5, 2008, the commencement of this proceeding on November 6, 2008 was untimely.
Wholly unavailing is petitioner's attempt to toll the running of the Statute of Limitations based on inquiries made by the CSA on Ms. Marin's behalf at her urging. For example, the February 5, 2008 letter acknowledges such an inquiry and indicates that the "letter is under review by the Retirement Board and they will contact you." While Ms. Marin has not included in the record either her letter to the CSA or the CSA letter to the TRS, it appears the letters were similar to the April 13, 2007 letter from the CSA responded to by TRS in May (Answer, Exh. 6). There, CSA, apparently a member organization, asked the TRS in a one-sentence letter to provide a fuller explanation of its findings, and the TRS responded by explaining its calculations again. This type of inquiry, which did not even come directly from Ms. Marin and in no way amounted to a formal administrative challenge [*5]or appeal of the determination, did not extend the Statute of Limitations. See Lubin v Board of Education of the City of New York, 60 NY2d 974, 976 (1983), citing Matter of De Milio v Borghard, 55 NY2d 216 ("petitioner's direction of correspondence to respondents, which can be viewed, at most, as a request for reconsideration, did not toll or revive the Statute of Limitations").
Nor did the February 5 letter create any ambiguity as to finality, even though it did indicate that the TRS was reviewing the matter. In sharp contrast to the November 1 letter, the February 5 letter did not indicate that any further administrative appeal was available to Ms. Marin. At most, it intended to respond to the CSA inquiry, as it had responded to prior letter inquiries, by providing a fuller explanation of its calculations. Thus, the injury inflicted by the November 1 denial of Ms. Marin's appeal could not be prevented or significantly ameliorated by further administrative action or by steps taken by petitioner as required by the Court of Appeals to toll the running of the Statute of Limitations. The fact that a TRS customer service representative agreed to "monitor" the case did not reasonably suggest that a person with managerial authority from the Retirement Payroll Unit, like the person who had authored the November 1 appeal determination, would reopen the case.
Similarly, Ms. Marin's February 20, 2008 complaint to the City Comptroller about an "abuse of power" by the TRS (Petition, Exh J), which resulted in the TRS explanatory letter of July 17, 2008, did not extend the Statute of Limitations. See Lubin, supra. Ms. Marin had no reason to believe that a complaint letter to the Comptroller would be treated as some sort of administrative appeal or yield any different result than the one she had received by filing a formal appeal with the TRS. What is more, the July 17 responding letter, like so many before it, simply provides details explaining the calculations and does not address the issues central to the denial of Ms. Marin's appeal of the cost-recovery plan; namely, whether Ms. Marin had reason to know of the overpayment or would suffer hardship from the 25% recoupment.
Ms. Marin's reliance on A.C. Transportation, Inc. v Board of Education, 253 AD2d 330 (1st Dep't 1999) is misplaced. The Appellate Division found that the letter at issue was not "final and binding" because, while it advised plaintiff of an intention to recoup any overpayment of funds, it "went on to state plaintiffs could still present documentation to substantiate any increase in their operating costs. Thus, there is no indication that the Board had made a final determination with respect to the amount of the overpayments ..." 253 AD2d at 336 (citations omitted). In contrast here, the TRS November 1 letter explicitly denied Ms. Marin's appeal and confirmed the overpayment total and monthly recoupment amounts; it did not request any further information or otherwise suggest that Ms. Marin could take any administrative steps to cause the TRS to modify its decision, and it had no duty to advise Ms. Marin of the availability of Article 78 relief.
While petitioner contends in its memorandum of law (at p 8) that the February 5 letter indicated that the TRS agreed "to consider additional material submitted," the letter does not say that. Further, the record is devoid of any evidence that any additional material was submitted with the CSA letter which might lead the TRS to change its final determination, and such speculation is particularly unwarranted in light of the brevity of the CSA's prior one-sentence inquiry. Further, contrary to petitioner's claim (memorandum at p 14), Ms. Marin had received ample information explaining the calculation error, and the [*6]provision of additional explanatory information in the July 17 letter did not extend the Statute of Limitations.
Even if this Court were to accept Ms. Marin's argument that the February 5 TRS letter created an ambiguity which was not finally resolved until the TRS issued its July 17, 2008 letter, the petition must fail. While the commencement of the proceeding on November 6, 2008 would be timely if the four-month period were calculated from July 17, it cannot be said that the TRS decision is arbitrary and capricious on the merits and must be annulled. Ms. Marin does not, and cannot, reasonably dispute that the TRS made a calculation error. As such, TRS has a duty to correct its erroneous calculations, and no claim of estoppel based on detrimental reliance is available to Ms. Marin. See Matter of Galanthay v New York State Teachers' Retirement System, 50 NY2d 984, 986 (1980)(erroneous calculations could not be basis of estoppel claim by retiree).
The only issue is whether the TRS misapplied the Overpayment Recovery Rules when setting the terms of Ms. Marin's cost-recovery plan. Under those Rules (Answer, Exh. 9), the monthly pension allowance is reduced by 25% until the overpayment is recovered in full. If the retiree establishes that she "did not know or could not have reasonably been expected to know that an overpayment had been made," the recovery will be limited to three years prior to the date of the TRS notice and the monthly recoupment rate will be limited to 10%. The rate may also be reduced for reasons of financial hardship. Ms. Marin was well aware of the Rules, which she quoted at length in her appeal (Answer, Exh. 10).
As indicated above, the overpayment error was attributable to the misallocation of certain funds to the Variable A account, rather than the Fixed account. While Ms. Marin might not have had reason to know about that specific error, the consequences of the misallocation would have led a reasonable person to know that she was being overpaid. For example, Ms. Marin confirms in her TRS appeal and herein that she met with a pension consultant upon her retirement. She was told at that time that her final benefit would be $47,323, calculated at 77.2% of her final salary of $61,300, plus an additional amount for employer deposits over the years for Increased Take-Home Pay (ITHP).
Ms. Marin argues that it was reasonable to assume that the ITHP would be substantial, as it had been invested in the Variable A account which held stocks. TRS persuasively disputes that argument. It notes that, due to the initial miscalculation, Ms. Marin's total annual retirement allowance was calculated to be approximately $65,000. For that number to be correct, the value of the ITHP would have been $18,000, an extraordinarily high amount particularly considering that the May 17, 1996 statement set it at less than $1000. What is more, the $65,000 figure was not only far greater than the $47,000 figure quoted by the retirement consultant, but it exceeded Ms. Marin's final salary by nearly $4000. In addition, since Ms. Marin chose to make a lump-sum withdrawal from her account of over $200,000, and since she knew her account would be further reduced by her outstanding $50,000 loan, it was unreasonable to believe that her retirement allowance would exceed her final salary. Considering all these circumstances, this Court cannot find that it was arbitrary and capricious for the TRS to conclude that Ms. Marin could have reasonably been expected to know that an overpayment had been made.
Similarly, this Court cannot find that it was arbitrary and capricious of the TRS to decline to reduce the 25% recoupment based on financial hardship. The only information provided by Ms. Marin with her appeal was a general statement that the 25% reduction [*7]would force her to sell her home at a loss in a weak market. No specifics were provided. TRS balanced this claim against the following evidence: Ms. Marin's account balance when the overpayment was discovered was $522,529.83, arguably allowing her to repay the entire $300,000 overpayment in one lump-sum; the 25% monthly reduction would allow Ms. Marin to repay the overpayment over 21 years with no interest charged; even with the reduction, Ms. Marin's benefits would be $3563.12 monthly or $42,757.44 annually, still a relatively substantial amount and not significantly less than the figure originally quoted to her by the retirement consultant; and Ms. Marin shares expenses with her spouse, who also receivesTRS benefits.
In an Article 78 proceeding such as this one, the court's function is limited to a determination whether the administrative determination is arbitrary and capricious in that it is "without sound basis in reason and is generally taken without regard to the facts." Matter of Pell v Board of Education, 34 NY2d 222, 231 (1974). Unless the decision is arbitrary, the court cannot substitute its judgment, even if it would have reached a different result if presented with the issue in the first instance. Cuccia v Martinez & Ritorta, P.C., 61 AD3d 609,610 (1st Dep't 2009), citing Flacke v Onondaga Landfill Sys., 69 NY2d 355, 363 (1987). Applying this standard, the petition must be denied.
ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed without costs or disbursements. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly.


We are doing well but need to try to meet our target, the first set of trucks is coming from Washington and trucking loading and unloading is going to be $3750. So please help, the trucks are being generously donated, and the Demolition of the caboose is done, with help from Facebook followers in the Renton area Drew Black in particular, we thank them so much.
The three or four trucks in Montana will be next but we don't know a price yet.
Is there another way to donate other than GoFundMe?
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I didn't catch where the above frame and trucks came from, was this a UP caboose somewhere? The body was too far gone to be saved apparently.
The caboose was in Renton WA, we aren't sure which CA1 it was but have saved the wood above the door which will tell us, its an OSL caboose we think anyway. Body was rotten as a pear under the cupola.
I noticed that you marked "save" on brake parts, the end railing and ladders, couplers etc, and it looks like the frame too, excuse my lack of knowledge but would you be able to essentially drop one of your caboose bodies down on this frame?
Not to speak for Mike, but, at least in theory, it would be possible to put another body right back on the frame. This would be especially true if the body and frame were of the same class and built by the same builder at the same time. Certainly one of Mike's UP caboose bodies will be a perfect match for this frame.
Sadly the frame will be cut , the costs of loading it and moving it preclude saving it, its approximately $7000 to $8000 to move it here without cranes each end as its a wide load. Also in order to put another body on the frame all the siding would have to be removed, it would be a nightmare job as they were never designed to come apart again. The CA1's are far more flimsy than the CA's despite having steel built into them.
Crazy Idea-Rotate the frame 90 degrees so it rests on one side-if it holds together. LARGE forklift could do the trick. Completely brace it. Now it would n0 longer be a wide-load and may not be a high-load either. Mind expanding drugs can be helpful.


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Henry Anderson's role on D-line
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As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players. Each weekday, we will reveal another person on the list, leading right into camp. I am not including rookies on this list because I do not feel it is possible to fully evaluate them before they play a game.
No. 13: Henry Anderson
Last year's ranking: 25
Position: DE
Age on Opening Day: 28
How acquired: Traded from the Colts on April 28, 2018 in exchange for a sixth-round pick.
Years left on contract: 3
2019 Salary Cap figure: $7.8 million
Looking back at 2018: There were not many expectations for Anderson entering last year. Former general manager Mike Maccagnan traded for him during the draft and it did not make much of a ripple because of all the focus on the team's draft picks, including Sam Darnold.
But Anderson had a major impact for the Jets. He only started three games, but played in all 16 and his role increased as the year went on. He passed draft pick Nathan Shepherd on the depth chart and became a force up front for the Jets.
Anderson tied for the team lead with seven sacks. He also knocked down four passes, had 35 tackles, seven for a loss, 16 quarterback hits, blocked a field goal and blocked an extra point.
What does not show up in the stats was how strong he was against the run. He gave the Jets a complement to Leonard Williams along the defensive line.
Pro Football Focus rated Anderson 35th out of the 112 interior defensive linemen they graded.
Outlook for 2019: There was some thought that Anderson might be allowed to walk in free agency by the Jets after the team hired Gregg Williams as its new defensive coordinator. The expectation was Williams would run a 4-3 and Anderson might not fit.
But the Jets are sticking with a 3-4 base and the team gave Anderson a three-year, $25.2 million contract in March. Anderson seems excited about being in Williams' defense and feels he has the versatility to fit whatever type of front Williams wants to run.
The defensive line could be the strength of the Jets with Anderson, Leonard Williams and Quinnen Williams all able to get after the quarterback. The Jets don't have a stud edge rusher, but feel that they will be able to affect the quarterback by collapsing the pocket up the middle. Anderson is a huge part of that plan.
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Resolutions of the Public Indignation Meeting, Part One
Oct20 by freedmenspatrol
William Phillips
The Lynching of William Phillips: parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
John McNamara ends his version of William Phillips' May 17, 1855 lynching with the man himself returning to Leavenworth at once and the men who lynched him waiting a few days for the popular indignation to cool off. Phillips did remain in Kansas, though I haven't learned if he also remained in Leavenworth. Men involved in his lynching spoke freely of it in that very town to the Howard Committee a year later, but Phillips gave no testimony himself on the matter. Did the mob constitute a well-connected minority of Leavenworth's people, while the rest silently fumed at their aggression?
Maybe, but it doesn't take an overwhelming majority in favor of any sentiment to control on a larger population through terror. It takes only a committed minority, though powerful majorities have often engaged in similar tactics. Clichés aside, the powerful and weak both find uses for terrorism. Adam Fisher and Matthew France got the message come the special election on the twenty-first of May, even if the latter chose to ignore it. In fact, they could hardly miss it given that the mob published two sets of resolutions against Phillips and threatening attacks on others. The first appear in the Howard Report under the heading Public Indignation Meeting and date to the day that the mob told Phillips he must quit Kansas. A. Payne, the witness who provided the papers, presided over the meeting. James M. Lyle, of special election judge fame, served as secretary. They commence with this remarkable statement:
Resolved, That we regret the death of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Malcolm Clark, and most bitterly condemn the cowardly act by which he was murdered; but we would deprecate any violation of the laws of the land by way of revenge, and stand ready to maintain and defend the laws from any violation by any mob violence; that we do not deem the time has arrived when it is necessary for men to maintain their inalienable rights by setting at defiance the constituted authorities of the country.
They had yet to do the lynching when they voted on this resolution, but had clearly threatened Phillips in telling him to get out of Kansas or else. For that threat to have any credibility, it had to have force waiting in the wings. They did not then propose to violate any laws or rebel against lawful authority, but they reserved the right to do so when the time came.
And what might occasion such drastic action?
Resolved, That no man has a right to go into any community and disturb its peace and quiet by doing any incendiary acts or circulating incendiary sentiments; we therefore advise such as are unwilling to submit to the institutions of this country to leave for some climate more congenial to their feelings, as abolition sentiments cannot, nor will not, be tolerated here-and while we do not say what may be the consequences, for the peace and quiet of the community we urge all entertaining and expressing such sentiments to leave immediately, claiming the right to expel all such as persist in such a course.
Stephen Douglas hardly meant that by popular sovereignty, but it encapsulates the very reason the idea could never work: with the status of slavery undetermined, proslavery men would understand it as sanctioned until excluded by law. Antislavery men would understand it as excluded until sanctioned by law. The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave no consideration to this problem, nor even any guidance on how to resolve such a dispute. If the mob would not even permit discussion of the subject, and they could not as they believed just as B.F. Stringfellow did that
The security of our slave-property was not alone involved; our very lives were endangered. The negro-thief, the abolitionists, who induces a slave to run away, is a criminal of a far more dangerous character than the house-breaker, or the highway robber, — his crime of a far higher grade than that of the incendiary — it ranks, at least, with that of the midnight assassin. To induce a slave to escape, involves not merely to the master the loss of that slave, of that amount of property; but it brings in its train far more serious consequences. Other slaves are thereby induced to make like attempts; a hatred for their masters, whom they begin to regard as their oppressors, is thus begotten; and this, too, often is followed by arson and murder.
This entry was posted in Bleeding Kansas, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Road to War and tagged Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow, Filibusters, Missouri, Popular Sovereignty, Proslavery, Stephen Douglas, Violence.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president, giving the Vermont senator a boost in the battleground state three months before its primary.
Pocan didn't endorse anyone in the 2016 primary. Pocan told The Associated Press in an interview that he feels a connection with Sanders and thinks he's the best positioned to win Wisconsin and defeat President Donald Trump.
Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren have been battling to win over the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
Pocan's endorsement is a big score for Sanders in Wisconsin. Sanders won Wisconsin by 13 points in 2016.


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The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), the pre-eminent continental body of lawyers in Africa, condemns in the strongest terms the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners, mostly other Africans, which have been carried out by a small section of South African society. We urge strong and sustained action from the central and local governments, to ensure safety, law and order; to hold accountable both those who incited and perpetrated the attacks; to make reparations to those who lost lives, limbs and property; and to engage in civic education and a wider dialogue with those sections of South African society that may be tempted to continue such attacks.We appreciate that the vast majority of South African citizens, and their leaders, are peaceful, law-abiding people, who are conscious of their obligations towards each other and towards any persons that happen to be on their territory, either by choice or by circumstance, and whether for short or for extended periods. In this regard, we urge a measure of understanding and pragmatism from other Africans and the international community when deliberating or making decisions regarding the recent recurrence of xenophobic attacks on South African soil. However, we also note that careless utterances by persons in authority, and perceptions of lax or insufficient response by leaders and the security services of South Africa exacerbated the problem, and consequently led to more loss of lives, limbs or property than would have occurred, and has thus engendered a palpable sense of resentment across the continent and globally, and indeed led to threats or actual retaliatory attacks against innocent South Africans elsewhere. These retaliatory attacks on other innocent people are equally reprehensible.We point out that the xenophobic attacks, and the sentiments that led to them, are in direct violation of the Shared Values of the African Union (AU), and the philosophy of Ubuntu, which is practiced in most parts of Africa. They also run contrary to the commitments that the Republic of South Africa, and indeed all other AU Member States have made, including in the Constitutive Act of the AU, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and its Protocols, and the (O)AU Convention governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa. In addition, they run contrary to the letter and spirit of the negotiations for a Continental Free Trade Area in Africa (CFTA) and the proposed Grand Tripartite Free Trade Area for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa – East African Community – Southern African Development Community (Grand TFTA – COMESA-EAC-SADC). We highlight that the above Treaty commitments are enforceable in law, and that the institutional architecture of the AU provides redress mechanisms, which the individual victims, their communities and their States of nationality can avail themselves of, especially in terms of pursuing guarantees of non-repetition and reparations, amongst others. PALU, as the collective voice of the legal profession in Africa, will avail its members to assist any person or State in need.
We also note that the only long-term and sustainable solution to the xenophobic attacks implicates not only the Republic of South Africa, but also all other AU Member States, especially those from the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This solution requires that all Member States' governments and peoples strive to build strong, viable States that provide adequate security, public services and developmental imperatives to their citizens, in accordance with the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and the instruments underpinning the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). This must go beyond rhetoric and political statements into humble, honest and pragmatic dialogue, and action, between the governed and those that govern us. The time for this is now!
In conclusion, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) strongly urges that: –
The Special Mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights undertake an immediate joint mission to the Republic of South Africa. This should include, although by no means be limited to, the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
The upcoming Summit of the African Union, to be held in the Republic of South Africa, prioritize a Discussion at Heads of State level, on the recent xenophobic attacks and the underlying sentiments, with a view to concluding an actionable Statement on steps to be taken to guarantee non-recurrence and to fast track full implementation of the provisions of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG)
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In Greensboro, we give you a week, but then the endless rush of seasonal traditions begins. Just this weekend there was the Candle Tea, the Festival of Lights, Parades, Concerts, countless Breakfasts with the Big Guy, and the list continues.
On the list for some is a visit to one of those living nativity scenes that some churches stage this time of year. It was a few years back that we found ourselves at one. It was a small church, but very serious about this annual pageant. We parked and found ourselves in the middle of a church-lawn made to look like 1st-century Palestine. We wound our way through the marketplace of craft stands, food vendors, merchants and a synagogue, finally reaching an Inn where the sign said "No Room." So we were led out behind the inn, through a live petting zoo and actors playing shepherds, an angel with a halo, Joseph, a kneeling Mother Mary, and baby Jesus at the center of it all.
Which caused a woman in front of me to shoosh me, "Do you mind, sir?" she said.
All paths lead to the baby again this Advent. We wind our way through countless stops along the way, so much pageantry and so many potential detours. But at the end – at the center of it all – the baby is there once more. And when we arrive, we want to know it's the real thing. Not the plastic version. We want to find the one who can tell us about God, can inspire us to believe what we have not seen yet, can teach us once more to hope.
Hope is more than optimism. Optimism is perhaps more sensible. More practical. It's certainly more attainable. But it's ultimately a blue-lit, blinking baby doll version of the hope we come to know in Christ.
It's a term – hope – sometimes reduced to slogans or marketing. Wishful thinking. Pie-eyed positive thinking. A Christmas wish list. A letter to the North Pole. Looking on the bright side. Clinging tenaciously to silver linings in dark clouds. Sometimes when we speak of "hope," we are settling for optimism. For the theologian Reinhold Neihbuhr, this plastic version of "hope" for which we sometimes settle was a greater threat to faith than despair. Because our highest ideals, our most positive thinking, they have not saved us. They will not save us.
Instead of stories of optimism, we need narratives of hope. Optimism is about feeling good, denying suffering or the horrors of our history and sometimes looking past the effect on real lives – for it's too disruptive to our idyllic understanding of the world. Deep Christian hope, however, is wide-eyed to the past, open to the present, but holds the promise that the realities we have known do not have to dictate the future. We are not captive to our past. Our present does not hold us.
This is what we hear in the prophet Isaiah. He is open-eyed to the real, lived suffering and loss of his people. The prophet is crying out amidst people living in Exile – those who have watched their city burn behind them, and now feel very far from home in a strange land of exile. Our prophet of Advent was a person who knew so intimately well both the light of God's presence and the fiercesomeness of God's absence. And Isaiah means so much to us in our own Advent because we know those things too.
And we have seen all of that before ourselves. But then Chapter 2 opens as though Isaiah is starting all over again – or maybe God is starting all over again. Isaiah is seeing something new – a new advent of hope as Isaiah sees not only what is taking place now or what has happened in his past, but also looks toward what will yet be "in the days to come" or "in the later days." People of every nation will stream to Mt. Zion, including those who were enemies of Israel and Judah. God's instruction will go forth from Jerusalem; God will judge between the nations. The people will be transformed.
Advent Hope teaches us that we can be aware of the reality around us, and still anticipate and receive the gift of God that is born into our midst.
To use the language of our gospel passage, we can be wakeful and watchful – the way a baby in a manger might find his eyes adjusting to the light, finally seeing what was once formless and just flashes of light, eyes darting until we can finally see it.
To use the language of the prophet, in verse 2, we can start walking, the way a child grows and finds balance, tentative at first, then steady, resolved. In verse 2, the prophet depicts all the nations streaming toward the holy mountain, all the nations and all the peoples of the earth walking together toward peace and justice and God's vision of what we were all meant to be. Advent Hope is active. And we have to start walking in it. We have to start following the light of the Lord.
Advent Hope invites us to recognize the realities of our world, and yet become not discouraged but determined, not paralyzed but active, reminded that our world is not separated from God's eternity. What we do is already part of it. How we prepare matters. In our own individual lives we can turn swords into ploughshares. We can turn spears into pruning hooks. We can practice love where there is hate. We can foster faith amidst our fear. Instruments of warfare and division can be transformed into tools of peacemaking and growth, preparing the ground to become what we still long for it to be in the redemption of God, when what we have been working for and looking for and hoping for is finally born.
Our oldest child was here with his choir on the steps today – having been wrestled somehow into a cardigan sweater. Before he was born, we did a lot of work. We anticipated, we prepared the room, we bought the supplies, we labored over monumental decisions like what color car seat to buy.
Jack was born via a scheduled C-Section, so I had lots of time to prepare leading up to the date. I planned my first words to him. I planned what I would say to Jenny amidst the surgery. I practiced photography. I did all I could to be ready. Only when he finally came, in the surgery room there were two sneaky anesthesiologists making small talk. I thought they were being friendly but know now they were trying to distract me with talk of family and baby names. I kept waiting for the moment they would say "Okay, we're ready to begin the surgery" so I could begin all my prepared moves and motions. "Are they ready to begin?" I finally asked. And then they said, "Oh, they've been at it the whole time. In fact, here he comes." And then there he was.
It all leads to a baby. Our preparation and work matter. Our hope prepares the way. But in the end, we realize it's been happening all along and then, there he is, born as a gift from our God.


CMake - specifying path for license file for commercial compiler?
specifying path for license file for commercial compiler?
Unfortunately, the compiler is not "seeing" the env variable and complains that there is no license. Is there a solution to this, or am I forced to set the env variable each time I try to build?
Re: specifying path for license file for commercial compiler?
I agree that a toolchain file is more appropriate, noting that typically modifying the environment variables is much more common for there's compilers (particularly using environment modules).
However, since you've started clearly you would rather not set the environment variables, there may be an easier "hack".
Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I'm a bit confused by the documentation and not at all sure how to proceed. Further help would be appreciated.
In particular, I do not see how to capture the existing Fortran, C and CXX toolchains and then provide the minor extension of setting this one environment variable. In fact, at the moment, I don't even see a simple way to cut-and-paste the cmake built-in toolchains into a file to use as my baseline for extension.
will then ensure that the compiler "sees" that env variable? Or do I need to wrap the compiler in a script which just raises many more issues as I need my project to be able to build with many different versions of the Intel compiler.
Subject: Re: [CMake] specifying path for license file for commercial compiler?
Unfortunately, I cannot dictate where the sysadmins are putting the license file. I can of course put a copy in /home/<user>/Licenses which is another location that Intel looks by default. And if there is no better solution, I will provide instructions to all of our developers on making copies themselves on our various development platforms. Or at that point I'll just ask them all to set the environment variable in their shell startup files.
I'm still a bit astonished that something as simple as this is essentially unsupported. It is particularly frustrating as try_run() successfully exercises the compiler while the run-of-the-mill compiler invocations under make do not. Sort of makes sense though. CMake launches try_run() in a subshell and therefore it sees the env variable I am setting with set(ENV…). OTOH, the subsequent make commands are not subshells and therefore need a separate mechanism to see that env variable.
> their shell startup files.
> compilers (particularly using environment modules).
> environment variables, there may be an easier "hack".
> Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community.
You could user "cmake -E env ...." in combination with https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.12/prop_gbl/RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE.html and maybe https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.12/prop_gbl/RULE_LAUNCH_LINK.html if needed.
>am I forced to set the env variable each time I try to build?
> Unfortunately, the compiler is not "seeing" the env variable and complains that there is no license. Is there a solution to this, or am I forced to set the env variable each time I try to build?
rather than doing anything more complex.
two reasons I have asked this question.
You have just to put set command (not cache) for your compiler (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER) and environment variable in a file and specify this file on cmake command line with option -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=your-file.
>> Unfortunately, the compiler is not "seeing" the env variable and complains that there is no license. Is there a solution to this, or am I forced to set the env variable each time I try to build?
I agree that this will work, but I'm trying to make things as easy as possible on our "developers". (Our developers are largely scientists with little interest learning any new details about our build system, and I'm the one forcing them towards cmake.) Currently _every_ other setting in the configuration is captured in the generated make system and their remains a danger that someone will login the next morning and forget to make the extra step. It really is not that big of a deal, but the difference is glaring given nothing else needs this.
> rather than doing anything more complex.
> two reasons I have asked this question.
> institution kept buying more licenses, but it was never enough.
There are several issues here. We try to keep our model as portable as possible. In practice this means gfortran, ifort, and PGI, with plans for others. Intel remains the workhorse for the scientists because it generates faster code (10%-25% depending on the configuration.) Any given version of the model is intended therefore to default to a specific version of the Intel compiler. The core team needs the ability to explore variant versions of the compiler as we introduce new features that break older compilers. In theory, and aside from this license file issue, all of the pertinent information can be set on the command line for cmake and then subsequent make commands are very simple 'make install'.
Currently I am using environment modules (mod and lmod) to load the path for the compiler and license files. This is workable, but I thought I could go one step further and eliminate the need for setting up an environment for the 'make' step.
While we technically do not have a mandate to support our compiler for external developers, we do maintain gfortran capabilities for various reasons including the ones you mention above.
Based upon conversations with colleagues in other institutions, the most frustrating compiler is always the one you don't do your development with. Because of my clients, I mostly start with Intel and then get frustrated when a design discovers defects in gfortran. But others that primarily work with gfortran say the same about Intel. My conclusion as that we subconsciously develop a coding style this is (mostly) robust within our native environment. When the situation permits, I mostly develop with the NAG fortran compiler. The generated code is not particularly fast, but the compiler is very strict and very robust.
> and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net).
Thanks! Between your two suggestions I was able to make something work. My first attempt at using -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE resulted in some error messages that I completely misinterpreted as needing to "re-teach" CMAKE about the Intel compiler. A simple wrapper for the compiler does exactly what was desired.
> You have just to put set command (not cache) for your compiler (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER) and environment variable in a file and specify this file on cmake command line with option -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=your-file.
and then get frustrated when a design discovers defects in gfortran.
style this is (mostly) robust within our native environment.
points you made which I didn't quote).
compiler is very strict and very robust.
have correctly implemented all parts of the iso_c_binding module).


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The Fashion Museum Reveals Its Dress of the Year 2017
The Fashion Museum Bath has announced its 'Dress of the Year 2017,' as selected by Sarah Bailey of Red Magazine. The selection is an ensemble from Dior's Spring/Summer 2017 collection that showcases the white cotton 'We Should All Be Feminists' printed T-shirt. The T-shirt is worn with a black wool jacket and black tulle skirt with black knitted underwear.
Throughout 2017 the T-shirt and its powerful slogan has been worn by a host of actors and recording artists including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Natalie Portman, Demi Lovato and even A$AP Rocky.
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"I was very inspired by the appointment of Maria Grazia Chiuri at Christian Dior. She is the first female Creative Director in the history of the house and I admired the vigour with which she immediately started challenging the conversation around women, creativity and the gendering of genius. Her social media campaign (before we even saw any of her designs) #TheWomenBehindMyDress – hero-ing the petits mains in the Dior atelier – was brilliant, moving and completely on point.
"When I saw her first collection come down the runway it was – again – utterly uncompromising in its message. I loved the resolute strength of the models in their logo T-shirts emblazoned with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's call to arms 'We Should All Be Feminists'. All this and a beautiful interpretation of the Dior Bar jacket, a garment designed to take the modern woman of purpose anywhere."
Maria Grazia Chiuri, Creative Director at Dior, said: "I am very honoured that you [Sarah Bailey] chose my Dior look for the Fashion Museum. My first collection is a synthesis of what Dior once was and what it is today. It's a starting point: to communicate with today's woman and to imagine the woman of tomorrow. I wanted to send a message to young women who consider Dior a symbol of femininity: this is their Dior, created with them, their energy and their desire to conquer the world, in mind."
"I think a T-shirt, because it is so basic, is the easiest way to display your ideas. The slogan 'We Should All Be Feminists' takes over this blank space and plays with the political value of appearances. I'm glad that so many women saw my T-shirt as a way to claim their own position, their own role in society, to make their voice heard through this item of clothing. It's quite an awakening also for fashion, and for what you can do with fashion. For me, the white T-shirt was a simple, direct and immediate means to say something loud and clear."
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In some classes of fishes and amphibian, this structure used to represent dorsal third eye. In higher animals and in the past in case of human, this organ was considered as vestigial organ. That is why it is used to be termed more commonly as pineal body.
Nowadays this is more popularly termed as pineal gland as it is very highly evolved endocrine gland exerting influence in activities of so many endocrine glands of body including hypophysis cerebri (pituitary gland). Special characteristics .Following are very special characteristics of pineal gland.
Pineal gland, an endocrine gland, though present in the brain, does not contain nerve cells, but contains neuroglia (astrocytes) and modified neurons.
The gland receives some nerve fibers called nervus conarii, which are postganglionic sympathetic fibers coming from superior cervical ganglion.
After two decades of life, pineal gland may show some age changes characterized by deposition of calcium salts. Calcification will show tiny opaque shadow in radiological imaging. This is called 'Brainsand'.
Pineal gland is a small, reddish gray, sessile, conical organ, lying posterosuperior to main thalamic mass and it is lodged in a small depression between two superior colliculi. Above it is related to splenium of corpus callosum. Anteroposteriorly it measure 8 mm with the base directed forwards. Base of the gland is pedunculated. Peduncle of pineal gland (pineal stalk) is split up to form proximal (superior) and distal (inferior) laminae. In between two laminae, a smallconical outpouching of third ventricle of brain forms its pineal recess. Both the laminae of pineal stalk present transversely running fibers forming commissures. Fibers passing through upper lamina form Habenular commissure and fibers through lower lamina form posterior commissure. Some fibers invading the gland are called aberrant commissure which of course, do not terminate in cells of pineal gland. Reader is suggested to consult the chapter of white matter of Brain for further details about the commissures.
Superiorly pineal gland is related to splenium of corpus callosum. Tela choroidea of third ventricle of brain invaginates between splenium and the gland. Inferiorly pineal gland is related to tectum of midbrain. Pineal gland is covered by an envelope of pia mater derived from inferior layer of tela choroidea which is ultimately continuous over tectum. Anteriorly, base of pineal gland presents the peduncle (pineal stalk). In between two laminae of the stalk is the pineal recess of third ventricle of brain.
Pineal gland is classically known as neuroendocrine gland. Pia mater from inferior layer of tela choroidea of third ventricle forms an envelope of the gland. From this pial capsule, number of septae enter inside the gland to divide it into number of lobules. The septae also carry blood vessels and thin unmyelinated sympathetic nerve fibers arising from superior cervical ganglion.
The gland is richly supplied by arteries which are branches of medial division of posterior choroidal branch of posterior cerebral arteries. Capillaries end in numerous pineal veins which finally come out to drain into internal cerebral vein and/or great cerebral vein of Galen.
Number of indoleamine and polypeptide hormones, including melatonin are secreted by pinealocytes. These hormones exert widespread regulatory effect on many endocrine glands of body, e.g.


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Бе́рнард де Ма́ндевиль (; 1670, Роттердам — 21 января 1733, Хакни близ Лондона) — английский философ, сатирический писатель и экономист, доктор медицины.

Биография
Бернард Мандевиль родился 15 ноября 1670 года в Роттердаме (по другим сведениям в Дордрехте), в семье потомков французских эмигрантов — по видимому нормандских гугенотов. Представитель династии медиков — его прадед был известным в своё время врачом, членом городского управления и ректором латинской школы в Неймегене. Врачами были также его дед и отец.

Учился в Роттердаме в эразмианской школе в 1678 — 1685 годах. В октябре 1685 года поступил в Лейденский университет, где помимо медицины занимался ещё философией и в 1689 году защитил, написанную под влиянием идей Декарта, диссертацию на тему «Философские рассуждения о действиях неразумных существ». В 1691 году окончил университет получив степень доктора медицины. Некоторое время путешествовал по Франции и Италии.

Его семья вынуждена была бежать из Роттердама поскольку принимала некоторое участие в выступлении нидерландского политика Корнелиса Костермана против налогообложения. Бернард тоже перебрался в Англию, где занимался врачебной практикой, специализируясь по нервным и психическим заболеваниям, много времени стал уделять литературной работе. В 1703 — 1704 годах выходят подряд три сборника его стихотворных подражаний Лафонтену, Эзопу и Скаррону.

Б. Франклин, вспоминал, что во время первого посещения им Англии, ему представили Мандевиля в захудалой лондонской таверне: «который имел там клуб; душой этого клуба был сам Мандевиль — очень остроумный, весёлый товарищ».

Последние произведения Мандевиля датируются 1732 годом («Исследование о происхождении чести и о пользе христианства в войне» и «Письмо к Диону»). Умер 21 января 1733 года в Лондоне.

Басня о пчёлах

В художественной форме Мандевиль в сатире «Ропщущий улей, или Мошенники, ставшие честными» (The Grumbling Hive: Or knaves turn'd honest, 1705) выразил идею, что расточительность есть порок, способствующий торговле, а жадность, напротив, вредит коммерции. Сатира была переиздана под названием «Басня о пчёлах, или Частные пороки — общественные выгоды» (The Fable of the Bees: Or private vices, publick benefits, 1714, русский перевод 1924). В этом произведении доказывается в аллегорической форме, что общество, решившее ради сбережений расстаться с роскошью и сократить вооружения, ждёт печальная участь. Решением суда присяжных английского графства Мидлсекс в 1723 году басня была признана вредной.

Вольтер посвятил ей свою сатирическую басню «Марселец и лев» (впервые опубликована в 1768 году). В предуведомлении Вольтер признал, что некоторые её «философические мысли» заимствованы из Мандевиля.

Идеи

Философия Мандевиля была камнем преткновения его времени и рассматривалась как ложь и цинизм, унижающие достоинство. Основной тезис Мандевиля состоит в том, что действия людей не могут быть разделены на низшие и высшие. Высокая жизнь людей является лишь фикцией, введенной мыслителями и правителями для упрощения отношений в обществе и управления. На самом деле добродетель — это ущерб коммерческому и интеллектуальному прогрессу государства. Добродетель он определяет как каждое действие, к которому человеку следовало бы стремиться для завоевания симпатий других людей, исходя из рациональных устремлений быть хорошим. Развитие государства происходит из пороков (эгоистические действия человека) одних, которые с помощью изобретений и циркуляции капитала стимулируют общество к действиям и прогрессу. Мандевиль приходит к выводу, что порок является необходимым условием для экономического процветания. И Смит и Мандевиль считают, что коллективные действия людей приводят к общественному благу. Однако то, что отличает его от Смита, — это вопрос о катализаторе общественного блага.

К. Маркс в «Теориях прибавочной стоимости», образующих четвертый том «Капитала», высоко оценивая взгляды Мандевиля, писал, что «Уже Мандевиль в своей "Басне о пчелах" (1705) доказывал производительность всех возможных профессий и т. д., и у него уже видна общая тенденция всего этого рассуждения: "То, что мы называем в этом мире злом, как моральным, так и физическим, является тем великим принципом, который делает нас социальными существами, — является прочной основой, животворящей силой и опорой всех профессий, и занятий без исключения; здесь должны мы искать истинный источник всех искусств и наук; и в тот самый момент, когда зло перестало бы существовать, общество должно было бы прийти в упадок, если не разрушиться совсем".

Только Мандевиль был, разумеется, бесконечно смелее и честнее проникнутых филистерским духом апологетов буржуазного общества».

Основные произведения
 «Свободные мысли о религии, церкви и национальном счастье» (Free Thoughts on Religion, the Church and National Happiness, 1720).

Примечания

Литература

Субботин А. Л. Бернард Мандевиль. М., 1986. 136 с.

Ссылки
 Биография и библиография Б. де Мандевиля
 Б. Мандевиль на русском

Писатели Великобритании
Персоналии:Этика
Философы XVIII века

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