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- Chicago Set to Host World Summit of Nobel Peace LaureatesChicago has been selected to host next year's World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the first time the summit has ever been held in North America.
- Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Chinese Dissident and Pacifist Liu XiaboLiu Xiabo, a pacifist who calls for gradual and non-violent change in the Chinese government, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010.
Alfred Nobel Gives Peace a ChanceThis article speaks to the ambition of Dr.Alfred Nobel,the inventor of dynamite, to give peace a chance.- A Bizarre Error Helped Create the Nobel PrizeThe world-famous Nobel Prizes might never been in existence if it had not been for an error in a French newspaper obituary in 1888. To be called "the merchant of death" was enough to change the thinking of Alfred Nobel, creator of the Nobel Prize.
Nobel Peace Awards Violate Nobel's WillDouble Tweet. Right. Remember when Kissinger won? At least President Obama admitted he didn't deserve his Nobel Peace Prize.- What Are the Common Characteristics of Nobel Laureates?Laureates consistently reported that having a supportive family was an important factor in their academic achievement.
- What a Nobel Idea?Inventors are the key to technological advances. One key figure who invented dynamite, dedicated his fortune to greatest benefit of mankind.
Dry Hopped Christoffel NobelReview of Dry Hopped Christoffel Nobel, available at the Toronto LCBO at 595 Bay Street- The Obama Nobel is Not About PeaceOn December 10, Obama will receive his award in Oslo, just in time to energize the ÒCopenhagenÓ agenda. Whether or not he shows up at the UN meeting, the ideological intensions and expectations have been air freighted in the form a Nobel Prize.
What is the Nobel Threshold?Obama's work on the world stage might well have earned him the Nobel Peace Prize somewhere down the road. But should he have won it when he's only just gotten started?- More Stockholm, Less SyndromeSome thoughts on bogus prizes, real czars, and blowing stuff up
- Nobel for ObamaA poem congratulating Obama for the award of Nobel prize being conferred and an appeal to lead the world to Peace.
President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize Amid ControversyThe Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday that U.S. President Obama has been selected for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize win. Reactions to the President's Nobel news ranges from celebration and well wishes, to confusion and condemnation.
President Barack Obama Wins Prestigious Nobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize, one of five Nobel Prizes awarded annually in Oslo Norway, is the most distinguised award of all time. And our new President, Barack Obama has just won this year's 2009 Nobel Peace Laureate Prize.- Alfred Nobel Creator of the Nobel Peace PrizeWho was Alfred Nobel and why did he create this award. The answer may surprise you and may be an expression of the grief and guilt felt by Alfred Nobel after the death of his brother Emil.
- "Nobel Son" Creatively Quirkyly UnnobleI like quirky stories and Nobel Son is rather quirky if not amusing.
- Movie Review: Nobel Son (starring Alan Rickman and Eliza Dushku)Movie Review: Nobel Son (starring Alan Rickman and Eliza Dushku)
- Alfred Nobel & the Creation of the Nobel PrizesMany have seen Alfred Nobel as a type of contradiction. In life, he invented dynamite, but in death he endowed the Nobel prizes, including the one for peace...
- MenThere Are Who Reject the Nobel Peace Prize Only Because Al Gore Received it in October 2007!Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer think Arafat was the worst terrorist! So this means that Osama Bin Ladin is acceptable? Such short-term analysis (or anal-yeah,sis!)
- Ig Nobel Prizes - Weird Science Awards Given by Real Nobel LaureatesIg Nobel Prizes, weird science awards given by real Nobel Laureates
Two Nobel Blacks: Bunche and MorrisonThe Nobel's are granted annually to persons or institutions for outstanding contributions made during the previous year in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, international peace and economic sciences- Posthumous Nobel Prize Award Honoring Dr. Ralph M. Steinman Was Made in Good FaithDr. Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-born researcher, passed away three days before being awarded the Nobel Prize. Acting in good faith, and according to Nobel Foundation statutes, Monday's posthumous award of $750,000 was rightly accepted by his family.
Dear Dr. NobelI've never quite understood why there isn't a Nobel Prize for food. Seems to me there's one for just about everything else. Don't those judges in Stockholm ever get hungry?
TUTS: Urban Cowboy the MusicalUrban Cowboy the Musical: A translation of drama to musical comedy. Did it work?
The Sanctity of LifeA world still filled with horrific acts of atrocities against man and nature
Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago's "Small Memories" of when He was SmallReview of Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago's "small memories" of when he was small, a slight volume of slight interest
Obama Living QuartersPresident Obama's Living Quarters - Verse by Stephen C. Rose
Fly NakedIf government fails to keep us safe, will we have to fly naked?- Boldly by the BeardA poem. Hybrid rhyme/vers libre. Of the New Year 2010.
Bertha Von Suttner: First Woman to Receive the Nobel Peace PrizeHer friendship with Nobel did not influence the decision to award Suttner with the Peace Prize. It was her hard work and dedication to achieving world peace that earned her the coveted award.- The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 7The funniest Bottom Ten on the planet!
- Another Round of History TriviaThis one is a little harder, I give it a 6.5 out of 10.
- Nobel Work May Lead to the "Fountain of Youth"Pioneering work in aging by Dr. Elizabeth Blackhorn may eventually to the "Fountain of Youth."
- America's Got Talent: Tallan Nobel LatzNine year old child Blues prodigy Tallan Nobel Latz makes the crowd jump to their feet.
- The Most Nobel Act of Love - Surrender to the SELF!The big question is: how can we bring ourselves to surrender to it?
- How Did the Nobel Prize Originate?This article discusses the history of the Nobel Prizes, and the man who started them.
- Famous Birthdays: Born on July 2ndBorn on July 2nd? Read ahead if your birthday falls on July 2nd to see all the unique facts and information that your personal date of birth marks and is known for in addition to it being all about you!
- He was Against the $700 Bn Bailout and Wanted Weak Banks to Close DownAspects of Paul Krugman's theory pertaining to the US Financial crisis.
Coca Cola a Spermacide?Chuang-Ye Hong of Taipei Medical University (Taiwan), C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang (all of Taiwan) won the 2008 Ig Nobel award in Chemistry for proving that Coke is not a good spermicide.- Jane Addams, First Women to Recieve the Nobel Piece PrizeDo you ever wonder is success part of sharing your lot in life? Is it possible that having it all is not really having it all?
