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2Economics
James Mirrlees
British Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
Sir James Mirrlees
FRSE FBA
(1936-07-05)5 July 1936
Minnigaff, Scotland
29 August 2018(2018-08-29) (aged 82)
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Political economics
University of Edinburgh (MA)
Trinity College, Cambridge (PhD)
Richard Stone
Partha Dasgupta
Nicholas Stern
Peter J. Hammond[1]
Franklin Allen
Geoffrey M. Heal
Huw Dixon
Anthony Venables
John Vickers
Alan Manning
Gareth Myles
Paul Seabright
Hyun-Song Shin
Zhang Weiying
Optimal income taxation
Zero population growth
Spence–Mirrlees condition
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1996)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees FRSE FBA (5 July 1936 – 29 August 2018) was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours.
Born in Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Mirrlees was educated at Douglas Ewart High School, then at the University of Edinburgh (MA in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 1957) and Trinity College, Cambridge (Mathematical Tripos and PhD in 1963 with thesis title Optimum Planning for a Dynamic Economy, supervised by Richard Stone). He was a very active student debater. A contemporary, Quentin Skinner, has suggested that Mirrlees was a member of the Cambridge Apostles along with fellow Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen during the period.[citation needed]
Economics[edit]
Between 1968 and 1976, Mirrlees was a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology three times. He was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley (1986) and Yale University (1989).[2] He taught at both Oxford University (as Edgeworth Professor of Economics 1968–1995) and University of Cambridge (1963–1968 and 1995–2018).[citation needed]
During his time at Oxford, he published papers on economic models for which he would eventually be awarded his Nobel Prize. The papers centred on asymmetric information, which determines the extent to which they should affect the optimal rate of saving in an economy. Among other results, he demonstrated the principles of "moral hazard" and "optimal income taxation" discussed in the books of William Vickrey. The methodology has since become the standard in the field.[citation needed]
Mirrlees and Vickrey shared the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information".[3]
Mirrlees was also co-creator, with MIT Professor Peter A. Diamond, of the Diamond–Mirrlees efficiency theorem, which was developed in 1971.[4]
Mirrlees was emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He spent several months a year at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was the Distinguished Professor-at-Large of the Chinese University of Hong Kong as well as University of Macau.[5]
In 2009, he was appointed Founding Master of the Morningside College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[citation needed]
Mirrlees was a member of Scotland's Council of Economic Advisers. He also led the Mirrlees Review, a review of the UK tax system by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.[citation needed]
His Ph.D. students included eminent academics and policy makers like professor Franklin Allen, Sir Partha Dasgupta,[3] professor Huw Dixon,[6] professor Hyun-Song Shin, Lord Nicholas Stern, professor Anthony Venables, Sir John Vickers, and professor Zhang Weiying.[7] He died in Cambridge, England, on 29 August 2018.[8][9][10]
Mirrlees was an atheist.[11]
Publications[edit]
"A New Model of Economic Growth"(with N. Kaldor), RES, 1962
"Optimum Growth When Technology is Changing", RES, 1967
"The Dynamic Nonsubstitution Theorem", RES, 1969
"The Evaluation of National Income in an Imperfect Economy", Pakistan Development Review, 1969
Manual of Industrial Project Analysis in Developing Countries, Vol II: Social Cost Benefit Analysis (with I.M.D. Little), 1969
"An Exploration in the Theory of Optimum Income Taxation", RES, 1971 [1]
"Optimal Taxation and Public Production I: Production Efficiency" (with P.A. Diamond), AER, 1971
"Optimal Taxation and Public Production II: Tax Rules"(with P.A. Diamond),AER, 1971
"The Terms of Trade: Pearson on Trade, Debt, and Liquidity", in The Widening Gap (ed. Barbara Ward), 1971)
"On Producer Taxation", RES, 1972
"Further Reflections on Project Analysis" (with I.M.D. Little), Development and Planning. Essays for Paul Rosenstein-Rodan (eds. Bhagwati and Eckaus, 1972
"Fairly Good Plans" (with N.H. Stern), Journal of Economic Theory, 1972
"Aggregate Production with Consumption Externalities" (with P.A. Diamond), QJE, 1973
"The Optimum Town", Swedish Journal of Economics, 1972
"Population Policy and the Taxation of Family Size", Journal of Public Economics, 1972 *"Agreeable Plans" (with P.J. Hammond) and "Models of Economic Growth" (introduction), in Models of Economic Growth (ed. Mirrlees and Stern), 1973
Project Appraisal and Planning for Developing Countries (with I.M.D. Little), 1974
"Optimal Accumulation under Uncertainty: the Case of Stationary Returns to Investment", in Allocation under Uncertainty (ed. J. Dreze), 1974
"Notes on Welfare Economics, Information and Uncertainty", in Essays in Equilibrium Behavior under Uncertainty (eds. M. Balch, D. McFadden, and S. Wu), 1974
"Optimal Taxation in a Two-Class Economy", Journal of Public Economics, 1975
"Optimum Saving with Economies of Scale" (with A.K. Dixit and N.H. Stern), RES, 1975
"A Pure Theory of Underdeveloped Economies, using a Relationship between Consumption and Productivity", in Agriculture in Development Theory (ed. L. Reynolds), 1975
"The Desirability of Natural Resource Depletion" (with J.A. Kay), in The Economics of Natural Resource Depletion (ed. D.W. Pearce), 1975
"The Optimal Structure of Incentives and Authority within an Organization", Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 1976
"On the Assignment of Liability: the Uniform Case" (with P.A. Diamond), Bell Journal of Economics, 1975
"Private Constant Returns and Public Shadow Prices"(with P.A. Diamond), RES, 1976
"Optimal Tax Theory: A Synthesis", Journal of Public Economics, December 1976
"Implications for Tax Rates", in Taxation and Incentives, 1976
"Arguments for Public Expenditure" in Contemporary Economic Analysis (eds. Artis and Nobay), 1979
"Social Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Distribution of Income", World Development, 1978
"A Model of Optimal Social Insurance with Variable Retirement" (with P.A. Diamond), Journal of Public Economics, 1978
"Optimal Taxation in a Stochastic Economy: A Cobb-Douglas Example" (with P.A. Diamond and J. Helms), Journal of Public Economics, 1980
"Optimal Foreign-income taxation", Journal of Public Economics, 1982
"The economic uses of utilitarianism", in Sen, Amartya; Williams, Bernard, eds. (1982). Utilitarianism and beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–84. ISBN 9780511611964.
"The Theory of Optimum Taxation", Handbook of Mathematical Economics (eds. Arrow and Intriligator), Vol.III, 1985
"Insurance Aspects of Pensions" (with P.A. Diamond), in Pensions, Labor and Individual Choice (ed. David A. Wise), 1985
"Payroll-tax financed social insurance with variable retirement" (with P. A. Diamond), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1986
"Taxing Uncertain Incomes", Oxford Economic Papers, 1990
"Project Appraisal and Planning Twenty Years On" (with I.M.D. Little), in Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics 1990 (eds. Stanley Fischer, Dennis de Tray and Shekhar Shah), 1991
"Optimal Taxation of Identical Consumers when markets are incomplete" (with P.A. Diamond), in Economic Analysis of Markets and Games (ed. Dasgupta, Gale, Hart and Maskin), 1992
"Optimal Taxation and Government Finance" in Modern Public Finance (eds. Quigley and Smolensky), 1994
"Welfare Economics and Economies of Scale", Japanese Economic Review, 1995
"Private Risk and Public Action: The Economies of the Welfare State", European Economic Review, 1995
"Tax by Design: the Mirrlees Review", J. Mirrlees, S. Adam, T. Besley, R. Blundell, S. Bond, R. Chote, M. Gammie, P. Johnson, G. Myles and J. Poterba, ISBN 978-0-19-955374-7, Oxford University Press: September 2011.
Huw Dixon, James Mirrlees 1936-. The Palgrave Companion to Cambridge Economics, Editor Robert Cord. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, Pages 1079-1094. ISBN 978-1-137-41233-1
Richard Blundell, Ian Preston. 25 January 2019. Principles of tax design, public policy and beyond: The ideas of James Mirrlees, 1936-2018
^ Hammond, Peter J. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Peter J. Hammond's Personal Home Page. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
^ "James A. Mirrlees – Curriculum Vitae". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
^ a b "James A. Mirrlees - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ Peter A. Diamond and James A. Mirrlees (1971). "Optimal Taxation and Public Production I: Production Efficiency," American Economic Review, 61(1), pp. 8–27 Archived 18 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine (press +).
_____ (1971). "Optimal Taxation and Public Production II: Tax Rules," American Economic Review, 61(3), Part 1, pp. 261–278 (press +).
^ UMAC Department of Economics: Staff Archived 16 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Professor Huw Dixon". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ Leonard, Mark (1 January 2008). What Does China Think?. PublicAffairs. p. 141. ISBN 978-0786732036.
^ "Nobel Prize-Winning Economist James Mirrlees Dies at 82". The New York Times.
^ "Chinese University Nobel laureate James Mirrlees dies aged 82". 31 August 2018.
^ Goyal, Sanjeev (30 August 2018). "Professor Sir James Mirrlees 1936-2018". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
^ Klein, Daniel B.; Daza, Ryan; Mead, Hannah (September 2013). "James A. Mirrlees [Ideological Profiles of the Economics Laureates]" (PDF). Econ Journal Watch. 10 (3): 466–472. Retrieved 30 August 2018. At 35 no longer Christian, atheist rather.
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Oil Bunkering: EFCC Arraigns Naval Officer, 14 Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a senior naval officer, Bola Labinjo and 14 others on a two-count bordering on conspiracy and unlawful dealing on petroleum products.
The antigraft agency in a statement by its Head, Media, and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren said the arraignment of the suspects was before Justice M. Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday.
Arraigned alongside the naval officer were; Jonathan Abaka, Charles Ikemefuna Agaba, Benjamin Gold Gageche, Hamza Yakubu, Emmanuel Oputa, Peter Dung Pulle, Innocent Akpan, Kehinde Labinjo, Pius Mathew Paul, Onoja Musa Emmanuel, and Adeleke Hamed.
Others were a vessel and two companies namely: M.T. Adeline Jumbo, Global Shipping Activities Bureau Limited and Labland and Sea Services Limited.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges when read to them.
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Six of the defendants; Bola Labinjo, Jonathan Abuka, Ikemefuna Charles Agaba, Benjamin Gold, Hamzat Yakubu, and a vessel, M.T. Adeline Jumbo were first arraigned before a vacation judge, Justice Chuka Obiozor on the same charge.
They however pleaded not guilty and were granted bail.
The prosecution counsel, Oluwakemi Makinde asked the court for a trial date and an order to remand the defendants in prison custody pending the determination of the case.
Meanwhile, Jerry Omorege, counsel to Bola Labinjo and M.T. Adeline Jumbo, urged the court to allow his client continue to enjoy the bail granted by Justice Obiozor.
Counsel to other four defendants who were initially arraigned before Justice Obiozor also prayed the court to allow their clients to continue enjoying the bail conditions granted by Justice Obiozor.
Prosecution counsel, Makinde did not oppose the application, noting that "bail is at the discretion of the court."
The court was informed by the defence counsel that the prosecution failed to produce a major co-defendant in the matter, Captain Dada Olaniyi Labinjo (a retired Naval Officer) who happens to be the husband of the second defendant, Bola Labinjo.
They alleged that Captain Labinjo was not at large, contrary to claims by the EFCC.
However, the prosecution counsel, Oluwakemi Makinde insisted that, to the best of her knowledge, "Mr. Dada Olaniyi is at large."
Justice Hassan, after listening to all parties, ruled that the defendants earlier granted bail by Justice Obiozor shall continue to enjoy the bail terms and conditions given by Justice Obiozor.
He admitted other defendants to bail, except the first defendant, M.T. Adeline Jumbo, on same terms and conditions as granted to other defendants by Justice Obiozor.
Justice Hassan adjourned the case to December 2, 2019 for commencement of trial and ruling on bail application of the first defendant, M.T. Adeline Jumbo.
Posted on October 30, 2019 October 30, 2019 Author Akinkunmi ObakeyeCategories Crime WatchTags Bola Labinjo, EFCC, Oil-BunkeringLeave a comment on Oil Bunkering: EFCC Arraigns Naval Officer, 14 Others
NSCDC Storms Cross River Creek, Arrests Seven Suspected Oil Thieves
The suspected oil thieves were arrested with more than 200 drums of diesel.
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended seven suspected members of an oil bunkering gang with over 200 drums of diesel valued at over N10 million at a creek in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State.
The creek, located at the Jebbs area of Calabar South, is said to be a hideout and a major route for oil thieves and a hub for bunkering activities within states in the Niger Delta.
State Commandant, NSCDC, Stephen Lar, speaking shortly after parading the suspects and the products at the Jebbs creek, warned that the command was focused on ridding the creeks in the state of illegal activities.
The NSCDC boss decried oil bunkering as sabotage to the nation's economy, noting that the oil thieves are using the creeks as a route to perpetuate the evil act.
Lar warned criminals using other creeks within the state for such nefarious activities to desist from doing so or be prepared to meet their Waterloo in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the products discovered with the suspects have been moved to the Civil defence office for testing while the suspects according to the command will be arraigned.
See photos below:
Posted on October 25, 2018 October 25, 2018 Author SimonCategories LocalTags Cross River, Jebbs Creek, NSCDC, oil thieves, Oil-BunkeringLeave a comment on NSCDC Storms Cross River Creek, Arrests Seven Suspected Oil Thieves
Troops Raid Oil Bunkering Sites In Rivers
Barely two months after its formal operationalization, the Nigerian Army's 6 Division in Port Harcourt has stepped up operations to deter various criminal acts being perpetrated within its Area of Responsibility.
These operations are aimed at tackling oil bunkering, kidnapping, robbery, cultism, piracy and other crimes being committed in the Niger Delta.
On Monday and Tuesday, troops raided two oil bunkering sites as part of the operations, which the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Aminu Iliyasu, said in a statement today has recorded huge successes so far.
See photos of the raid and stop and search operations below:
Posted on September 6, 2017 September 11, 2017 Author SimonCategories In PicturesTags Oil-Bunkering, TroopsLeave a comment on Troops Raid Oil Bunkering Sites In Rivers
Court Sentences Two Oil Bunkerers Five Years In Prison
A Federal High Court sitting Calabar, the Cross River State capital has found two men guilty of oil bunkering and jailed them.
Justice I.E Ekwo sentenced Tony Ochonogo and Efe Alex to five years' imprisonment each without an option of fine on Monday.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had tried both men on four counts bordering on conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products without a licence.
Ochonogo was found guilty on counts 1, 2, 3 and 4 while Alex was convicted on counts 1 and 2. The sentence is to run concurrently.
Justice Ekwo also ordered that a truck used by the convicts to convey the illegally refined automotive gas oil and the products conveyed should be forfeited to the Federal Government.
Ochonogo and Alex were arrested on March 20, 213 by officials of the Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
In the course of their arrest, a tanker truck loaded with 33, 000 litres of petroleum products suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil was impounded after it was discovered that a waybill they presented with the claim that it was issued to them from the Warri Refinery was fake.
Posted on July 11, 2017 Author Rejoice EwodageCategories Crime WatchTags oil thieves, Oil-BunkeringLeave a comment on Court Sentences Two Oil Bunkerers Five Years In Prison
NSCDC Parades Eight Suspected Oil Thieves In Bayelsa
The Bayelsa state command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has paraded eight suspected oil thieves who were intercepted by officers of the command.
While on patrol, they uncovered the den of oil vandals in the heart of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, in a building which was said to be owned by a former member of the federal House of Representatives.
As the officers searched the compound, they discovered Jerry cans, industrial cellophane bags, cellophane sealing machines; as well as a tricycle for transporting the product.
The commandant explained that occupants of the building all fled on the arrival of the officers of the NSCDC, except for one man who was caught before he could escape.
Militancy had resurged in the Niger Delta in 2015, with series of attacks on pipelines and oil installations, forcing some oil companies to declare force majeure.
A group that calls itself the Niger Delta Avengers has claimed responsibility for most of the attacks that have affected Nigeria's oil output and power supply, which largely depends on gas from that region.
However, as the fight against pipeline vandalism and oil theft intensifies, there is the urgent need for more reorientation on the ills of engaging in this destructive trade.
Posted on December 14, 2016 Author Rejoice EwodageCategories Crime WatchTags bayelsa, channels tv news, channelstv.com, Crime, crime watch, latest news in nigeria, naij.com, Naija news, Niger Delta, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Nollywood, NSCDC, oil thieves, Oil-Bunkering, premiumtimesng.com, punchng.com, YenogoaLeave a comment on NSCDC Parades Eight Suspected Oil Thieves In Bayelsa
Operation 'Eagle Eye': Navy Arrests Suspected Oil Thieves
The Nigerian Navy has arrested five suspected oil thieves during their annual sea exercise code named exercise 'Eagle Eye'.
The Navy also destroyed four illegal refineries set up at Ijawkiri in Rivers state during the operation.
In addition, the naval team destroyed five boats laden with products suspected to be crude oil, while another two barges suspected to contain crude oil, were handed over to the Economic And Finical Crimes Commission (EFCC), along-side the owners for prosecution.
The primary duty of the Nigerian Navy is to safeguard the nation's waterways and that task has become more imperative in the face of attacks on oil facilities and oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region.
At the Onne federal terminal, the Chief of Defense Staff, General Gabriel Olonishakin, flagged off the 'eagle eye' operation, aimed at enhancing maritime security in Nigerian territorial waters.
According to him, eight naval patrol ships participated in the exercise as they began their inspection from Onne to bonny into the deep waters.
Tactical commander, operation eagle eye, Rear Admiral Muhammed Garba, explained that aside from patrolling critical oil infrastructure, the team demonstrated their readiness to tackle any threat by showing their prowess in various aspects of the tactical operation.
It was after the exercise that the Commander, Nigerian Navy ship pathfinder, Commodore Obi Egbuchulam, handed over two suspected oil thieves and two barges of suspected crude to the EFCC.
This is not the first of initiatives carried out to bring an end to sea crime in the Niger-Delta and Gulf of Guinea regions.
In November, 'Exercise Sharkbite', was also implemented to also tighten security around choke points in the maritime environment.
However, as the exercise 'eagle eye' draws to a close it is expected that the lessons learnt would not only be applied by the naval personal, but would also yield positive results in the protection of Nigerian water ways both within the country and in deep sea areas.
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Suspected Oil Thieves Arrested With Over 65,000 Litres Of Crude Oil
Nine suspects allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering and illegal transportation of crude oil have been arrested by the Nigerian Army in Imo State.
The arrest was made by the 34 Artillery Brigade Command in Owerri, the capital of Imo State
A spokesman for the Command, Captain Ajemasu Jingina, told reporters that the arrest was made through the command's operation PULO Shield saddled with the responsibility of curbing illegal oil bunkering, illegal oil theft, pipeline vandalism and kidnapping of oil workers.
According to him, the command was able to intercept four different trucks along Owerri Port Harcourt expressway conveying products containing over 33,000 litres of AGO and crude oil suspected to be gotten from illegal oil bunkering.
Captain Jingina said most of the suspects were arrested along Owerri-Port Harcourt expressway and oil producing Oguta Local Government Area of the state.
He said a truck with registration number ABB 239 XA carting 10,800 litres of substance suspected to be AGO was loaded into a well-constructed metal and concealed with piles of two by four inches woods in order to bit the check of security operatives on the highway.
The Captain also disclosed that the officers of the Command also intercepted a Dangote Sino truck in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State loaded with 22,000 litres of substances suspected to be crude oil.
Some of the suspects maintained that the products were bought legally but concealed in the truck in order not to pay the normal fees and charges on the highway.
Apart from the suspected oil thieves, the Command also paraded suspected kidnappers and some with illegal firearms.
The command has promised to take up these cases and hand them over to the appropriate authorities for further prosecution.
It further called for more support from the public in providing necessary and timely information that would aid in combating crime and other criminal related activities in the state.
Posted on February 12, 2016 February 12, 2016 Author Williams OsewezinaCategories LocalTags 34 Artillery Brigade Command, Captain Ajemasu Jingina, crude oil theft, Imo State, Oguta Local government area, Oil theft, Oil-Bunkering, Owerri, Owerri-Port Harcourt, spokesman for the CommandLeave a comment on Suspected Oil Thieves Arrested With Over 65,000 Litres Of Crude Oil
Navy Arrests Suspected Crude Oil Thieves In Delta State
The Nigerian Navy has arrested 11 crew members of a vessel, MT Camille, laden with about 4,000 metric tonnes of suspected stolen crude oil at Forcados in Delta State.
Briefing reporters on Friday, the Flag Officer Commanding the Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Suleiman Apochi, reiterated that the Navy had zero tolerance for illegal oil bunkering.
According to him the arrest was made in continuation of the resolve to curtail crude oil theft in the maritime environment in the region where most of the nation's crude is mined.
He said that preliminary investigations were ongoing and that the Nigerian navy had employed new technologies to curb activities of oil pipeline vandals.
Crude oil theft further depletes Nigeria's revenue from crude oil in the face of dropped crude oil price.
Nigeria depends largely on crude oil for its revenue, having drifted away from agriculture which was the nation's economic mainstay before the discovery of crude oil.
The government is, however, making efforts to diversify the economy, with focus returning to agriculture and untapped huge solid minerals.
Posted on November 27, 2015 Author Williams OsewezinaCategories LocalTags crude oil theft, Delta State, Delta State oil thieves, Forcados, Navy Arrests Suspected Crude Oil Thieves In Delta State, Nigerian Navy, Oil-Bunkering, Petroleum sector in Nigeria, Rear Admiral Suleiman Apochi, stolen crude, the Flag Officer Commanding the Central Naval CommandLeave a comment on Navy Arrests Suspected Crude Oil Thieves In Delta State
Seven Oil Thieves Bag 84 Years Jail Term
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday convicted and sentenced seven men to a prison term of 84 years for dealing in 1,459 metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petroleum product without obtaining lawful authority.
The convicts, who will each serve a jail term of 12 years, commencing from Friday, October 30 2015, are Adedamola Ogungbayi, Olaniran Olabode, Suraju Gasali and Moses Emmanuel.
Others are Wilson Bonsi, Okaraodi Uche and Onyeogo Happy.
The judge also ordered the forfeiture of the vessel, MT Good Success, used by the convicts in perpetrating the crime, as well as the recovered petroleum product to the Federal Government.
In addition, Abang further ordered the forfeiture of the sums of N66.6m and $975,000 belonging to the convicts' company, Hepa Global Energy Limited, domiciled with the First City Monument Bank.
He ordered the filing of an affidavit of compliance with the order within 21 days of the judgment.
The seven convicts, their vessel and company had on August 28, 2014 been re-arraigned on five counts before Abang, alongside one Padoun Jacob, who was on Friday discharged and acquitted by the court.
The judge, in setting Jacob free on all the five counts, described him as a desperate job seeker, who became a victim of circumstances.
He noted that the stolen product had been loaded before Jacob was employed by Hepa Global Energy Limited on February 7, 2014.
"The guilty should not escape punishment but the innocent should not be punished," the judge held.
He, however, described the other convicts as enemies of the corporate existence of Nigeria, who had contributed to the economic woes of the country.
"The convicts have no sympathy for the corporate existence of this country. The seed of wrongdoing may be sown in secret but the harvest cannot be concealed. Today is the day of reckoning.
"You call it oil bunkering or pipeline vandalism, this menace has reached an alarming proportion in this country; enough is enough.
"The convicts are godless and lawless, without any particle of sympathy for this country. They are part of the people that have contributed to the economic woes of this country.
"The convicts planted thorns, they cannot expect to gather flowers; they sowed the wind, and they must gather whirlwind," the judge held.
Although he noted that each of counts one to four attracted life sentence, he, however, sentenced each of the seven convicts to 10 years on each of the counts, to run concurrently from the judgment day.
He also sentenced each of them to two years on the fifth count.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's prosecutor, Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, had told the judge that the convicts violated sections 19(c) and 17 of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
To prove his case, Oyedepo called a total of 11 witnesses, leading to the conviction and imprisonment of the seven convicts.
Posted on October 30, 2015 Author K AkintoyeCategories LocalTags Adedamola Ogungbayi, FCMB, Federal High Court, Justice Okon Abang, Moses Emmanuel, MT Good Success, oil thieves, Oil-Bunkering, Okaraodi Uche, Olaniran Olabode, Onyeogo Happy, Rotimi Oyedepo, Suraju Gasali, Wilson BonsiLeave a comment on Seven Oil Thieves Bag 84 Years Jail Term
Vandals Kill Seven DSS Operatives In Ikorodu
Security sources say that seven operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS have been killed in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria's south-west region.
A top security source who would not want to be named says that the operatives were killed in the Ishawo road area of Ikorodu on Wednesday during an encounter with suspected pipeline vandals at about 7pm .
The incident is the second of such attacks within two week by vandals on security operatives in the area.
On August 30, four policemen from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and Owutu Police Division were attacked. Three of the policemen died while the last one was injured.
A motorcycle rider, Ganiyu Bamidele, said, "The vandals usually emerged from Igbo Olomu road or Ishawo road; and when they do, they are always many; and their guns are sophisticated."
Posted on September 17, 2015 September 17, 2015 Author K AkintoyeCategories LocalTags Breaking news, channels television, channels tv news, channelstv, channelstv.com, Crude oil, DSS, Ikorodu, Naija gist, Nigeria, Nigerian News, Oil-Bunkering, Pipeline vandals, PM News, premiumtimesng.com, punchng.com, saharareporters.com, top stories, Vanguard newspaperLeave a comment on Vandals Kill Seven DSS Operatives In Ikorodu
Oil Bunkering: Court Assumes Jurisdiction Over Foreigners' Case
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has assumed jurisdiction over the case of 14 foreigners alleged to have been involved in illegal oil bunkering and have been arraigned before Justice Ibrahim Buba.
The accused had on Wednesday, through their counsel, Babajide Koku (SAN), asked the court to dismiss the charges against them for lack of jurisdiction to hear the charges.
The foreigners made up of eight Filipinos, three Russians and three Ukrainians, also claimed that they were not involved in any illegal activity.
Following Thursday's ruling, the trial commenced immediately with the court taking the testimony of the Arresting Officer, a Captain of the Nigerian Navy, Chidozie Okehie.
The court thereafter adjourned the case to June 23 for cross examination of the Captain.
Meanwhile, another set of nine foreigners and their vessel have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the same court on a 4-count of illegally dealing in petroleum products.
The offence was said to have been committed on March 27.
Posted on June 18, 2015 June 18, 2015 Author Donyoh DonneyCategories Crime Watch, Current, LocalTags 3 Russians and 3 Ukrainians, 360 nobs, 8 Filipinos, Africa, Ambode, bbc.com, Bella Naija, Buhari, business, Channels News, Channels TV, EFCC, FIFA, Guardian Newspaper, Justice Ibrahim Buba, lack of jurisdiction, march 27, newsnow.co.uk, nigeerian info, Nigeria, Nigeria news, nigerian media house, Nigerian tribune, Oil-Bunkering, osinbajo, Politics, Punch Newspaper, reuters.com, sport news, tvc news, World NewsLeave a comment on Oil Bunkering: Court Assumes Jurisdiction Over Foreigners' Case
Fuel Scarcity: Petroleum Minister Links Hardship To Product Diversion
The petroleum ministry has said it is set to crack down on all major marketers involved in diversion of petroleum products, causing artificial scarcity across the country.
Minister of petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke said in Lagos on Sunday that some major marketers involved in fuel diversion have been identified and will soon be sanctioned.
"The number of trucks coming into Lagos, the volumes coming in, where they're supposed to be getting to in terms of the mapping and an approximate idea of what is being diverted (is being investigated), because clearly there is diversion.
"In terms of our critical reserves, we have more than 2 week's sufficiency on hand right now and we have been pushing the sufficiency out. The issue is where is some of the fuel being diverted to?
"A lot of hard work would need to be done in the next 24 hours or so; there would really be sanctions this time. In fact I am ready to start publishing the names where we find that people have been diverting products, because there's no reason for that at this time", she said.
In what appears to be a demonstration of government's seriousness at enforcing effective distribution of petrol across the country, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, had on Saturday paid an unscheduled visit to some fuel stations in Lagos.
While on the tour, the minister insisted that the Federal Government has no intention of increasing the pump price and warned that a list of those suspected to have hoarded the product is already being compiled.
Posted on March 9, 2014 March 9, 2014 Author Channels TelevisionCategories Current, HeadlinesTags Adams Oshiomhole (Author), Allison MAdueke, Compulsive Hoarding (Symptom), Crude oil, Diezani Allison-Madueke (Politician), energy, Filling Station, fuel price, Fuel Scarcity, Goodluck Jonathan, Jerry cans, Kerosene, News, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerian Oil, Nigerian Oil Export, NNPC, Occupy Nigeria, Oil-Bunkering, Petroleum industryLeave a comment on Fuel Scarcity: Petroleum Minister Links Hardship To Product Diversion

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The more I learned, the more passionate I became about open adoption.
Adoption was no stranger to me. Not unfamiliar in the slightest!
From a very young age, my extended families were a beautiful rainbow of ethnicities and cultures, and that diversity came to my family through adoption. I had cousins who were born in South Korea, India, Haiti, and across the USA. All of them had their own stories of how they came to be in our family, and owned their places there quite naturally. Honestly, adoption was so familiar to me that I never really realized how unique adoption truly is until I married my husband and saw my family through his perspective. Then, very interesting differences slowly came into my perspective.
Enjoying an afternoon with my aunt and uncle's large, diverse family on a rare weekend without nursing school clinicals, the conversation began to revolve around adoption, as was natural when four of my aunt's children were "homemade" and nine were "specially imported." That day, two of my cousins, biologically half-sisters, were talking about their grandparents. I half-listened until I fully comprehended that they weren't talking about our shared grandparents, or their father's parents. No, they were talking about their birth mother's parents. They were discussing their biological, maternal grandparents: visits, recent phone calls, gifts they'd sent. My mind snapped into focus immediately. I listened intently, then asked questions as quickly as I could think of them.
I was definitely intrigued by their level of openness, and how comfortable they were talking about it. I loved the idea of the kids having another set of grandparents to love them. Being raised with an extra set of grandparents (and an extra whole family) from very different circumstances had been an incredible blessing for me! Openness and maintaining contact was logical to my mind and brought peace to my heart in that moment. I filed that moment away and moved on with my life.
Fast forward four years. We'd graduated college, moved closer to home, bought a home, started our careers, and had spend months seeking answers to our infertility issues. We looked into adoption, but the timing didn't seem quite right, so we chose to focus on each other and our careers. Open adoption was the furthest thing from my mind.
Then, in one day, I became a mother and adoption became a large, important, and overwhelming part of my life. That day, our son came to our family through an emergency placement and his birth mother firmly requested a closed adoption. While her reasons were, and are, very valid reasons for desiring a closed adoption, as I rocked my son that night, my heart hurt a little bit. We'd asked and encouraged her to consider continued contact in some form, but she was firm in her decision to have a completely closed adoption. After her court appointment to terminate her parental rights, we never saw her again.
Over the next couple of weeks, many people tried to reassure me that our closed adoption would be easier for my son, myself, and my husband: that I'd be able to have him all to myself, that I'd be able to bond with him better . . . the reasons went on and on. But my heart just knew that it could be different; I'd seen and fallen in love with a different reality and filed it away years before. When we began the adoption process again 19 months later, we definitely, confidently checked the semi-open adoption box, and tentatively checked the open adoption box. Frankly, I was more comfortable maintaining contact, while my husband felt less comfortable with a very open adoption. We still had much to learn about adoption.
Over our three-year wait, we were active in the adoption community, both locally and online. We were able to hear many experiences others had with open adoption, closed adoption, and semi-open adoption. During my night shifts as a registered nurse, after the patients were asleep, I'd research adoption. I would read blogs written by adoptees longing for connection with their birth parents. I'd read blogs written by birth mothers longing for their biological children. I read the blogs of birth parents who were promised openness, then suffered unimaginable heartache when those promises weren't kept . . . or worse, when contact was completely terminated.
I spoke to many people who were adopted and noted that some seemed to feel a great loss, sense of abandonment, and an intense longing for answers or biological connections, some to the extent that their adoption was perceived by them to have damaged their lives. Others processed differently and, while they had questions surrounding their adoption and placement, were satisfied and at peace with their lives. The more I read, the more I could see the value and importance of the biological connection that adoptees and birth parents feel through open adoption relationships. But what about the adoptive parents? Wouldn't they feel jealous? What about co-parenting? What if safety concerns for the child emerge? Wouldn't the child feel confused by more than one set of "parents"?
On the other hand, more pressing questions came to mind: Would my child experience intense feelings of loss or grief or abandonment? What if he asked questions about his biological family that I couldn't answer and didn't know? As I spent time pondering these questions, I always thought of my little boy. Even years after his placement, my heart longed for that connection with his birth mother, and I knew that if I was longing for her, I couldn't even imagine how his heart would also long for her in the future. She might have chosen me and allowed me to be his mother, but I wasn't his birth mother. I could never give him that connection to his biology and DNA, couldn't answer questions about his placement from a birth mother's perspective—nor would I ever want to take that special role in his life.
For the first time, I feared for the day that he'd become aware of that missing person in his life and feel that loss. I feared for that day more than I feared her, more than I feared for the mythical threat that her continued presence would pose to my relationship with our son, and definitely more than I feared the foolish notion that having both a birth mother and an adoptive mother active in a child's life could cause confusion. No, the myths and stereotypes that had been recited to us no longer scared me. What bothered me was knowing that a day would come when my child would need something in life that only his birth mother could give him. At that moment, I fully understood the crucial nature of openness and unconditional love between a biological family and an adoptive family created for one who was adopted.
Our daughter came into our family in 2012 through a very, very open adoption. We were able to form friendships with her birth mother, her grandmother, her aunt and uncle, and seven wonderful, energetic cousins. Then, over time, we were able to strengthen those friendships and allow that relationship to blossom and develop into a familial relationship. Open adoption wasn't perfect. It was often not easy and occasionally still isn't easy. However, openness in adoption impacts every member of our family who belongs to the adoption triad.
My daughter, at 3 years old, knows exactly who I am, who her birth family members are, and that we all love her. There is no confusion for her. There is no threat to my role as baby girl's mother by having her birth mother love her. In fact, I absolutely adore having somebody else who loves my daughter as much as I do! I love sharing texts and photos with her birth mother and spending time with her! Baby Girl's safety is not compromised by her biological family's presence, even when they are struggling (like everyone, they're human and have rough times too). They love her!
There is an overwhelming peace of mind that comes each time I think about the honesty and answers, as well as love and support, my daughter will have if/when she ever wants answers about her placement. There is peace in knowing her biological background and medical history. There is joy in both her connection and relationship with her family, as well as our connection and relationship with her family. Now open adoption isn't a nice thought filed away in the back of my mind—it is one of my passions, it is a fundamental aspect of my life.


When I was a senior in high school, a friend who was turning 18 decided to have a video scavenger hunt for his birthday. Using a clunky '90s over-the-shoulder video camera, our team had to collect videos of ourselves doing (mostly embarrassing) activities. All I can say is it's a good thing Facebook wasn't around back then, because there would definitely be some compromising footage of me running into an IHOP and screaming "I hop! I hop!" while jumping up and down and pounding my fists like a hysterical zoo animal.
The years have gone by, and despite the mortifying experience described above, I have continued to enjoy scavenger hunts, both traditional ones and those that involve video or photos. They have just the right blend of competition and discomfort that makes for adventure. On a mission trip in college, my roommate and I sent our friends on a rhyming clue hunt around Bergen, Norway. Then, when my kids were little, some friends and I got together for a stroller derby mall scavenger hunt. It was breakneck. Babies were hanging on to their stroller sippy cup trays for dear life and toddlers buried their faces in their blankies from the blaze of their mommies' glory. Just kidding, it was pretty tame and ended with Orange Juliuses in the food court.
This summer, now that my kids are older and can get in on the fun, we recently invited several friends to join us for another mall scavenger hunt that both moms and kids of various ages could participate in. It combined some elements of a traditional scavenger hunt, like acquiring a ketchup packet or napkin from a specific restaurant, and photo items (since most people has a phone with a camera these days), like getting a picture of your team member/s dancing with a mannequin.
My son was surprisingly willing to oblige.
Overall, it was a great choice for an indoor activity when it was blazing hot out, and would also make a fun birthday party, couples' night out, or youth group activity.
Here's a free printable of a list of 15 items to find at any mall to use for your own scavenger hunt! Certain details have been left blank for you to customize the hunt to the mall you're visiting.
For this particular hunt, I would recommend taking about 45 minutes. We had an hour and it was a little too leisurely.
You will need a digital camera/phone. Be sure to remind participants to bring theirs!
To start, meet at a designated point and go over rules, end time, and final meeting place.
Break into teams of approximately equal size.
Teams must stay together the entire duration of the hunt.
No running (unless you want to face the wrath of the mall cop).
Phones can be used only for photos. No internet usage allowed during the hunt.
To add a competitive edge, establish a prize for the winning team! Maybe the losing teams chip in to buy the winners a treat at the food court, or you could provide mall gift cards for the winners. Maybe you even bring dollar store tiaras and crowns to dub the winners King/Queen of the Mall. Go nuts. The sillier, the better.
So go enjoy your very own mall scavenger hunt, and let me know how it goes! You might just be surprised by some of the things you find–like these red pumps. What do you think, should I have bought them?
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Yes, Dorothy, you are definitely rockin' those ruby red high heeled slippers! And I love the kids dancing with the mannequins!


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Q: How to use phonegap sqlite plugin in windows phone I made a dictionary application in android using phonegap. Its working fine and tring to port the project to windows phone. I'm using Cordova-WP-SqlitePlugin plugin.
I included the .cs files in my Plugins folder and added Community.CsharpSqlite.WinPhone.dll as a Reference, but still not working. How should i actually use the plugin to access db?
Thanks.

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*use phonegap 2.7 or lower (newer wont work)

*copy .js and .cs files (fist into js folder, latter into plugins folder)

*add  to your config.xml

*add  to index.html

*add the shipped Community.CSharpSQlite.WinPhone as a Reference by right-clicking on References in your solution explorer

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Q: How can we guarantee that onPause will be called? Going of this question
android save game state in onPause or onDestroy?
The answer highlighted that the person asking the question should save game state in onPause because the onDestroy documentation says "There are situations where the system will simply kill the activity's hosting process without calling this method (or any others) in it, so it should not be used to do things that are intended to remain around after the process goes away." In these situations, how can we ensure onPause will be called? Is it possible to control what methods are called in these situations? Seems unpredictable

A: onPause will be called every time your activity leaves the screen, before it is finished or if something overlays your activity that keeps the user from interacting with your activity.
You don't need to worry that onPause is not called.
For more information look into the starting and stopping activity training or the Lifecycle Api Docs

A: You should save temporary instance state in onSaveInstanceState(). This method recieves a Bundle parameter which you can use to write state to. The Bundle is then sent to onCreate() when your app is restarted.
If you need to save instance state more permanently, then save it to a database or SharedPreferences. According to http://developer.android.com/training/basics/activity-lifecycle/stopping.html, you should use onStop() for more CPU-intensive operations rather than onPause(). I don't think you need to worry about onPause() being called in normal use cases. As far as I can tell, it is guaranteed. (Of course, there are always catastrophic failures, such as the user pulling out the battery of the device, but there's not much you can do about that.)

A: It's almost certain that onPause() will always be called. The reasoning is that it's highly unlikely the "system" will aggressively kill an active (i.e., visible) Activity.
In order to free resources, the Android OS effectively reserves the right to kill dormant processes - in particular ones that have been long-running but not recently used. In order for your Activity (and its process) to qualify for this, at some point you must have sent the Activity to a background state, e.g., pressed HOME or started another app's Activity. The simple fact your Activity is no longer visible means it will have been paused and onPause() will have been called. It's almost certain that the Activity will have been stopped and onStop() will have also been called.
What you have to remember is Android has been around for a while now and early devices had RAM measured in 100s of MB and the system behaviour possibilities and documentation reflects this. More recent devices have RAM measured in GB (even 10s of GB) so unless a user really pushes their device to the limitations of its resources, aggressive clean-up of app processes becomes less likely.

A: You can show Dialog for User to Act Accordingly.When Dialog will be opened to ask user that he wants to quit or not,Activity will definitely call onPause() and at this time you can write your game state saving code. Its better to write code on onPause() because at onDestroy() resources are freed by os.


Racing season is almost here! Like a robin signaling that spring is just around the corner, the Roar is the sign to eager race fans that we don't have much longer to wait.
My confidence in this forecast is on the low side, because the models have not been in good agreement on the pattern across the United States for the coming weekend, and there have been big changes from one model run to the next. This forecast is a compromise between models that are showing very different timing of rain, but it is the scenario that appears most likely to happen at this time.
Friday should have good weather to start the Roar, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s.
After Friday is when the models really disagree on the timing of a low pressure system moving across the Southeast. One shows rain arriving as early as Friday evening, while another is about 24 hours slower, bringing in rain on Saturday evening. With a lot of uncertainty, I will make a middle-of-the-road forecast between the two extremes, and have a chance of rain during the day on Saturday. Stay tuned to later forecast updates for better refinement of the timing of the rain chances.
I expect that any chance of rain will be gone by Sunday morning as the models place the cold front off the Florida coast by this time. Behind the front, there will be cooler temperatures in the 50s, along with a stiff northerly breeze of 10 to 20 mph, with some higher gusts at times.
Thanks to Scott for creating the new forecast graphic. Notice that we have the new impact indicators on the forecast - you can learn more about what they mean here.


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Anthropology Graduate Student Sarah Kovalaskas reflects on research and her recent publication in the journal Genes, Brain and Behavior
Sarah Kovalaskas joined the Department of Anthropology as a graduate student in 2018 and recently published a paper titled "Comparative analyses of the Pan lineage reveal selection on gene pathways associated with diet and sociality in bonobos" in the journal Genes, Brain and Behavior. Second and third authors are Jim Rilling, professor and department chair at Emory's Department of Anthropology, and John Lindo, assistant professor at Emory's Department of Anthropology.
"I feel like this paper was a great example of seizing an idea and making use of already existing data in that all the genomes are all publicly available online and we just needed the storage space and computational know-how to carry it out. The idea of 'self domestication' is something that I've been interested in and thinking about for a while, and I was hoping to work on similar topics for my dissertation. Even though I'm going in a different direction now it was a really nice way for me to build relationships with professors in the department after Adrian Jaeggi left Emory to continue his research at the University of Zurich. It also allowed me to dip my toes into other fields (genomics) and see how I could incorporate those techniques with my own interests and background working in the field with bonobos."
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SENTENCES AT THE SESSIONS.
His Honor Judge Murray passed a number of sentences at the Quarter Sessions, Darlinghurst, on Saturday. Sydney Jamieson a youth who had pleaded
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Dr. Patterson received her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 1993 and a post-doctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1996. She is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Dr. Patterson is a member of the International Neuropsychological Society, the Midwest Neuropsychology Group, the Milwaukee Area Psychological Association, and the Alzheimer Association Southeast Wisconsin Scientific Advisory Board. She has received the Outstanding Performance Award With Compensation from the VA Hospital in 2002, 2005, 2007-2015, and she received a teaching award from MCW in 2009.
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Remote ischemic preconditioning prevents deterioration of short-term postoperative cognitive function after cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass: results of a pilot investigation.
(Hudetz JA, Patterson KM, Iqbal Z, Gandhi SD, Pagel PS.) J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Apr;29(2):382-8.
Comparison of pre-existing cognitive impairment, amnesic mild cognitive impairment, and multiple domain mild cognitive impairment in men scheduled for coronary artery surgery.
(Hudetz JA, Patterson KM, Pagel PS.) Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2012 Jul;29(7):320-5.
Erratum to: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction after noncardiac surgery: effects of metabolic syndrome.
(Hudetz JA, Patterson KM, Amole O, Riley AV, Pagel PS.) J Anesth. 2011 Oct;25(5):798.
Postoperative delirium and short-term cognitive dysfunction occur more frequently in patients undergoing valve surgery with or without coronary artery bypass graft surgery compared with coronary artery bypass graft surgery alone: results of a pilot study.
(Hudetz JA, Iqbal Z, Gandhi SD, Patterson KM, Byrne AJ, Pagel PS.) J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011 Oct;25(5):811-6.
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction after noncardiac surgery: effects of metabolic syndrome.
(Hudetz JA, Patterson KM, Amole O, Riley AV, Pagel PS.) J Anesth. 2011 Jun;25(3):337-44.
Metabolic syndrome exacerbates short-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: results of a pilot study.
(Hudetz JA, Patterson KM, Iqbal Z, Gandhi SD, Pagel PS.) J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011 Apr;25(2):282-7.
Elevated postoperative inflammatory biomarkers are associated with short- and medium-term cognitive dysfunction after coronary artery surgery.
(Hudetz JA, Gandhi SD, Iqbal Z, Patterson KM, Pagel PS.) J Anesth. 2011 Feb;25(1):1-9.
History of post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with impaired neuropsychometric performance after coronary artery surgery.
(Hudetz JA, Gandhi SD, Iqbal Z, Patterson KM, Byrne AJ, Warltier DC, Pagel PS.) J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2010 Dec;24(6):964-8.
Preoperative dispositional optimism correlates with a reduced incidence of postoperative delirium and recovery of postoperative cognitive function in cardiac surgical patients.
(Hudetz JA, Hoffmann RG, Patterson KM, Byrne AJ, Iqbal Z, Gandhi SD, Warltier DC, Pagel PS.) J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2010 Aug;24(4):560-7.
Postoperative delirium is associated with postoperative cognitive dysfunction at one week after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
(Hudetz JA, Patterson KM, Byrne AJ, Pagel PS, Warltier DC.) Psychol Rep. 2009 Dec;105(3 Pt 1):921-32.
A history of alcohol dependence increases the incidence and severity of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in cardiac surgical patients.
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Bumper pool is typically played by either two players or four players playing in teams of two. Each player or team chooses a set of balls, either five whites or five reds. One red ball has a white dot and one white ball has a red dot; these must be pocketed first in the game. One player places two red balls on each side of the white pocket and the marked red ball in front of the white pocket. At the other end of the table, another player places two white balls on each side of the red pocket and the marked white ball in front of the red pocket.
Each player must shoot his ball toward his pocket on the opposite side of the table. To begin the game, both players hit their respective marked balls at the same time, banking them off the side of the table towards their right. Players hit the ball directly in bumper pool, not with a cue ball as in regular pool. The first player to sink his ball in the pocket at the opposite end of the table continues his turn. If no player sinks his ball, both players return their marked balls to the starting point and shoot again. If both players sink balls, they each place one of their remaining balls in front of their pocket and take the second shot the same way. A player's turn continues until he fails to sink a ball.
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Dom Gaspar Barata de Mendonça (Sardoal, 3 de agosto de 1627 - Sardoal, 11 de dezembro de 1686) foi um prelado e jurista português, primeiro arcebispo da Bahia e o primeiro a ser intitulado Primaz do Brasil.

Biografia
Era filho de Pedro Lopes Barata, que ocupou altos cargos na magistratura e de sua mulher Antónia de Moura. Foi realizar seus estudos em Direito na Coimbra, sendo nomeado juiz da comarca de Sardoal. Pouco depois, foi nomeado juiz de fora em Tomar. Como ficou desgostoso com as injustiças cometidas na época, retirou-se da magistratura e decidiu por entrar em um seminário. Depois de ordenado padre, ficou como vigário em São João do Gestaçô, vinculado à Diocese do Porto. Tempos depois, foi deslocado para Santa Engrácia. Por usa excepcional oratória e cultura, acabou sendo designado Desembargador da Relação Eclesiástica de Lisboa, Juiz dos Casamentos e Relator de Direito Canónico. Nesse posto, votou pela nulidade do casamento de Dom Afonso VI de Portugal com Dona Maria Francisca Isabel de Sabóia. Posteriormente, foi nomeado governador do Bispado de Miranda, pelo impedimento do titular, Dom André Furtado de Mendonça.

Em 1676, o Rei Dom Pedro II fez uma petição ao Papa Inocêncio XI, para elevar à dignidade de arquidiocese a então Diocese de São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos. E também pedia ao Pontífice que, ao converter a catedral da Bahia na distinção de metrópole-primaz do Brasil, nomeasse, também, como seu primeiro arcebispo, a Dom Gaspar Barata de Mendonça, "por saber que nele concorriam e se exercitavam todas as virtudes e qualidades que era mister para tamanha dignidade". Dessa forma, o Santo Padre emitiu duas bulas em 16 de novembro de 1676, a Inter Pastoralis Oficii elevando à arquidiocese de São Salvador e criando suas respectivas sufragâneas e a Divina Disponente Clementia, em que nomeia Gaspar Barata de Mendonça como arcebispo da nova arquidiocese. Teve como seu consagrante Dom Luís da Silva Teles, O.SS.T., bispo de Lamego, auxiliado por Dom Estêvão Brioso de Figueiredo, bispo de Olinda e por Dom Cristóvão de Almeida, O.S.A., bispo-auxiliar de Lisboa.

Tomou posse da nova arquidiocese, por procuração, em 3 de junho de 1677, tendo exercido a prelazia por delegados, sem ter de fato viajado para a sua nova Sé, por conta da frágil saúde. Não por isso, realizou diversas melhorias na cidade, tendo feito eregir algumas paróquias. Por sua ordem, chegaram a Salvador monjas clarissas vindas do Mosteiro de Évora, que vieram a fundar o Convento de Santa Clara do Desterro. Resignou-se do cargo em 1681.

Faleceu na sua vila natal, em 11 de dezembro de 1686. Jaz sepultado no mausoléu junto à capela-mor da Igreja de Santa Maria da Caridade.

Bibliografia

Ligações externas

Bispos e arcebispos de São Salvador da Bahia
Juristas de Portugal
Religiosos do Brasil Colonial
Naturais do Sardoal

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(left to right) Minister of Health John Boyce; Virginia Shaw-Hutchinson of the Leslois Shaw Foundation, a lead donor; Claire Jordan of Scotiabank, a partner of the Telemedicine initiative; and principal of the UWI Cave Hill Campus Sir Hilary Beckles at the unveiling.
Minister of Health John Boyce says Barbados and its regional neighbours are limited in the care they can give children with cancer.
But that's about to change with an initiative just launched will help doctors get help from overseas specialists without having to leave the island.
The Shaw Family Telemedicine Room was opened yesterday at the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Clinical Skills Building, Jemmotts Lane, St Michael. The facility will house the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative, launched in Toronto, Canada, earlier this year, which works with stakeholders across the English-speaking Caribbean to improve the outcomes and quality of life for children with cancer and blood disorders, as well as their families.
It is a collaborative effort between the UWI, SickKids –– The Hospital for Sick Children in Canada –– and the Centre For Global Child Health.
Minister of Health John Boyce told those in attendance that the opening of the Telemedicine Room integrated two important areas: the delivery of clinical care to persons who would otherwise require transfer overseas for consultation and the strengthening of Barbados' programmmes to improve the outcomes for children living with cancer and other disorders.


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Q: How to join or subquery a table representing tiers I have a fee table that contains fees in a list of price cutoffs based on item pricing. For example the first fee range is for items that are priced at $0 and up to the next tier have a $1 fee. Items that have a price of $25 up to the next tier have a $2 fee, etc. Here is the fee table:
Fee
Cutoff Fee
------ ---
0      1
25     2
100    3

Here is the item table with the prices:
Item
Id     Price
------ ------
1      32
2      18
3      2
4      100

The result should look like this:
Desired Item Fees Result
Id    Price   Fee     Total Price with fee
----- ------- ------- -----------
1     32      2       34
2     18      1       19
3     2       1       3
4     100     3       103

Creating the result has been challenging. Here is what the cartesian product of the join result looks like between the two tables:
Id  Price   Cutoff  Fee
--- ------- ------- ---
1   32      0       1 -- eliminate because price is above the next cut 25
2   18      0       1
3   2       0       1
4   100     0       1 -- eliminate because price is above the next cut 25
1   32      25      2
2   18      25      2 -- eliminate because price is below this cut
3   2       25      2 -- eliminate because price is below this cut
4   100     25      2 -- eliminate because price is above (equal to) the next cut 100
1   32      100     3 -- eliminate because price is below this cut
2   18      100     3 -- eliminate because price is below this cut
3   2       100     3 -- eliminate because price is below this cut
4   100     100     3

the first where is simple:
where price >= cut

this narrows the list down to:
Id  Price   Cutoff  Fee
--- ------- ------- ---
1   32      0       1 -- eliminate because price is above the next cut 25
2   18      0       1
3   2       0       1
4   100     0       1 -- eliminate because price is above the next cut 25
1   32      25      2
4   100     25      2 -- eliminate because price is above (equal to) the next cut 100
4   100     100     3

Here's the question: how do i filter out records that are in the next pricing tier? This is the sql i have so far.
select price, cutoff, fee from item, fee
where price >= cutoff;

I have tried a subquery:
select price, cutoff, fee,
    (select min(cutoff), fee from fee where cutoff > price) as nextfee
from item, fee
where price >= cutoff;

but this gives the error:

Operand should contain 1 Column(s)

A: One way to approach this problem is to use a correlated subquery to get the first fee in the fee table where the cutoff is greater than or equal to the price:
select id, price, fee, (price + fee) as totalprice
from (select id, price,
             (select fee
              from fee
              where price >= cutoff
              order by cutoff desc
              limit 1
             ) as fee
      from item
     ) i

A: What about this? No subjoins, better for performance and simpler.
SELECT i.id, i.price, MAX(f.fee), i.price + MAX(f.fee)
FROM item i INNER JOIN fee f
ON i.price > f.cutoff
GROUP BY i.id, i.price


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Q: Quantum Tunneling in Dirac Delta potential In quantum mechanics phenomenon of tunneling is well understood ; we know that there is some finite probability to find the particle in classically forbidden region but potential of this forbidden region should not be infinite (for e.g. In case of infinite potential well, probability to find particle outside well, where potential is infinite, is zero.).
Now coming to my question : we get some non zero probability even in the case of Dirac Delta potential well i.e, particle can tunnel through this infinite potential line (at some point). How is it possible?

A: Dirac potential has infinite energy, but zero width. It can be seen as a limiting case of a potential with finite height and width. For example, one could consider potential
$$U(x) = \begin{cases}U_0, |x|<\frac{a}{2},\\ 0, |x|> \frac{a}{2}\end{cases},$$
solve the Schrödinger equation for this potential, and then take the limit
$$U_0\rightarrow \pm\infty, a \rightarrow 0, U_0 a \rightarrow const.$$
Other shapes of potential giving Dirac delta-function as a limit (Gaussian, Lorentzian) can be also considered with an obvious observation that solving Dirac potential is easier.


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Marc-Antoine Boidin
(b. 7 October 1964, France)
Marc-Antoine Boidin was born in Arras, Pas-de-Calais. He studied applied arts and then Visual Expression in Roubaix, but broke this off to study Fine Arts in Quimper. During his years at art school, he published one issue of a fanzine with his friend Lionel Chouin. He eventually enrolled in the Angoulême Comics School in 1996. He graduated in 1998 and briefly worked in the field of animation.
Kérioth
He met Pascal Bertho at a comics festival and together, they made the series 'Kérioth' at Vents d'Ouest between 1999 and 2004. In that year, he teamed up with Jean-Luc Istin and François Debois to create the album 'Les Contes de Brocéliande' for Soleil Productions. He continued his collaboration with Bertho with the trilogy 'Chéri-Bibi' (Delcourt, 2006-2008) and the 2009 oneshot 'Endurance' in the collection Mirages of Delcourt. In 2010 he drew the 'Sambre' spin-off 'La Guerre des Sambre - Werner & Charlotte' from a script by Yslaire for Futuropolis/Glénat.
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Q: Colorful undirected graphs in Tikz to demonstrate equivalence classes? I would like to learn to create this kind of pictures as below with colored vertices in Tikz. The vertex sizes can be the same. This is a graph demonstration (CC BY-SA 3.0) for equivalence classes originating from here. Can this be done with default Tikz or do I need some package?
How can you create colorful undirected graphs like the below in Tikz?

A: I create below two small examples separated by three dots. You can change the line width similarly to the color with the command line width such as \draw [color=red, line width=0.5mm] (0,0)--(1,1).

MWE
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzstyle{every node}=[draw, circle, fill=black, inner sep=0pt,minimum size=3pt]
\draw (0,4) node(6){} -- (2,3) node(5){} -- (2,1) node(4){} -- (0,0) node(3){} -- (-2,1) node(2){} -- (-2,3) node(1){} -- cycle;
\draw[color=red] (1) -- (3);
\end{tikzpicture}
...

\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzstyle{every node}=[draw, circle, fill=black, inner sep=0pt,minimum size=3pt]
\draw[color=green] (2,0) node(4){H4} -- (7,-5) -- (7,-7) -- (6,-8) -- (4,-8) -- (3,-7) -- (3,-6) node(44){H4};

\draw[color=red] (0,-5) node (3){H3} -- (12,-5) node (33){H3};
\draw[color=yellow] (5,-1) node (1){H1} -- (5,-10) node (11){H1};
\draw[color=orange] (10,0) node (2){H2} -- (2,-9) node (22){H2};

\draw[color=pink] (12,-3) node(5){H5} -- (8,-7) node (5){H5};

\end{tikzpicture}

P.s. I am unsure which packages I am using because using Tikz and loading my default preamble. If you know whether this requires any packages besides tikz, do not hesitate to comment or add the info.