Bernhard Goetz is a Subway Vigilante. On December 22‚ 1984‚ Bernhard Goetz left is apartment in Manhattan and went to the IRT subway station on 14th street and 7th avenue. At the subway station ‚ he took the #2 downtown express and sat next to 4 young black men. Two of the young men‚ Troy Canty and Barry Allen walked up to Goetz and asked him for $5.00. James Ramseur‚ the third youth‚ gestured toward a bulge in his pocket that looks suspiciously like a gun. He later stated that Canty’s eyes were
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The Nobel Prize in Physics Serge Haroche‚ David J. Wineland The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Robert J. Lefkowitz‚ Brian K. Kobilka The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Sir John B. Gurdon‚ Shinya Yamanaka The Nobel Prize in Literature Mo Yan The Nobel Peace Prize European Union (EU) The Prize in Economic Sciences Alvin E. Roth‚ Lloyd S. Shapley 2011 The Nobel Prize in Physics Saul Perlmutter‚ Brian P. Schmidt‚ Adam G. Riess The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Dan Shechtman The Nobel Prize
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Nobel Prize "The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts‚ which shall be apportioned as follows: /- - -/ one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics ..."(Alfred Nobel). The Nobel Prize was created by a Mr. Alfred Nobel who had accumulated much wealth throughout his life (mostly due to his invention and production of dynamite) and loved learning in all fields. Following his death much of his wealth was put towards
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examples each one sets. Expecting to grow properly and learn what one must when put in an unfamiliar generation‚ is as if trying to teach a person to walk through the example of a whale-both are mammals but are impossible to compare. This is evident in Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader‚ where fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is involved in a secretive‚ intense‚ and passionate relationship with thirty-six-year-old Hanna Schmitz. Hanna is leading the relationship so much so that when they fight‚ regardless of who
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Topic: This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine is won by two scientists. They are Sir John B. Gurdon from United Kingdom and Prof. Shina Yamanaka from Japan. They both contribute to develop human cell studying. Official Nobel Prize announced that the Prize motivation is "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent". They discover that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. Sir John B. Gurdon was born in Dippenhall in 1933
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Introduction Bernhard Riemann was one of the top mathematicians of the eighteen hundreds. He is most well known for his his development of non-Euclidean geometry which is used today in physics and in the relativity theory. Summary of Riemann’s Life Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was born on September 17th‚ 1826 in Breselenz‚ Germany to Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann and Charlotte Ebell. Sadly‚ his mother died before her children were grown. He had five siblings‚ four girls and one boy
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NOBEL FOR LEMONS * Priya Saxena George A. Akerlof received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 along with Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz for his celebrated work ’The Market for Lemons ’ (1971) which talks about the implications of the asymmetrical information in the markets where uncertainty is involved. ’Market for Lemons ’ was written during the time when the then prevailing economic theories were undergoing certain transitions. It was a result of an attempt
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Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature is considered to be the most prestigious literature prize throughout the world and is awarded since 1901. According to Alfred Nobel’s will‚ it is granted annually to an author from any country who has produced‚ "the most outstanding work in an ideal direction in the field of literature ". The Swedish Academy decides who will receive the prize in any given year. The procedure lasts for a year. At first‚ the members of the Nobel Committee
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Nobel Prize Founded by Alfred Nobel‚ the Nobel Prize is awarded to candidates in the fields of physics‚ chemistry‚ medicine or physiology‚ literature‚ economic sciences‚ and peace every year since 1901 – except for economic sciences‚ which was introduced as a Nobel Prize in 1968 by the Sveriges Riksbank. On account of World War I and II‚ the Nobel Prize was not awarded only on nine occasions since the established year from 1901. Alfred Nobel‚ a Swedish engineer‚ chemist‚ and philanthropist‚ created
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Barack Obama‚ he was given attention that some see as being premature. The Norwegian Nobel Committee saw it fit to reward Obama with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. At this point‚ not much had changed in America during Obama’s time as president. Many people saw the award as a strict political act by the Committee. Others simply see the award as something that Obama has not done anything to deserve. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama is considered to be a political act that was not deserved
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