The Nobel Prize is an annual international award. It is bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel‚ the inventor of dynamite‚ established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Physiology or Medicine‚ Literature‚ and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo‚ Norway‚ while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm‚ Sweden. The Nobel Prize
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Attention-Getter: Imagine yourself in about 50 to 60 years from today. You’re no longer the youthful person that you once were‚ and you can’t move around as easily either. Long gone are the days that you’ve been able to enjoy your favorite sports‚ pastimes and hobbies. You can’t even drive. To hopefully care for you better‚ your family decides to place you into an assisted living program‚ or have a caretaker assist you in your home. While this may work out for some‚ there are several cases where
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Periods of English Literature. For convenience of discussion‚ historians divide the continuity of English literature into segments of time that are called "periods." The exact number‚ dates‚ and names of these periods vary‚but the list below conforms to widespread practice. The list is followed by a brief comment on each period‚ in chronological order. 450-1066 Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period 1066-1500 Middle English Period 1500-1660 The Renaissance (or Early Modern) 1558-1603 Elizabethan
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P4‚ Conventions‚ legislations‚ regulations‚ codes of practice and charters in anti-discriminatory practice: Legislation: European Convention on human rights and fundamental freedoms (1990) – This is a European document relating to human rights; it is signed by all government in the European Union‚ including the UK. Sex discrimination act (1975) – This protects both men and women against discrimination or harassment on the grounds of gender in employment‚ education‚ and advertising or in the provision
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Technology‚ Friend or Foe? What is the one aspect of a human’s life that can either help to keep him alive or be the ultimate killer? The answer is technology. With the advances in modern technology‚ which promote excess food consumption and ever more sedentary lifestyles of the average human‚ our society has gone from America the big and powerful‚ to America the big and fat. It was only a couple of decades ago when the American man weighed an average of 168 pounds. Now he weighs nearly 180
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out Globalization and Culture mean different things to different people and the emerging generation will shape the future of both. There has been cultural implications are central to understanding human side of globalization in youth culture as a whole. Youth are important but the society does not realize this because they are paying attention to more the cultural side of the problem. No longer is it a question of whether globalization is having an impact on all aspects of human life; the more pressing
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people unless they had the same skin color. Racism and discrimination still exists‚ but it is illegal to discriminate against anyone‚ including their race. In this paper‚ I will compare and contrast the theme of the short stories “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “The Welcome Table” written by Alice Walker. Both of these pieces have the same theme involving racial discrimination. They have many similarities as well as differences that I will discuss. These literary works can cause one to gain
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Jordan Belfort‚ the real man behind the academy award nominated film The Wolf of Wall Street. Was he a financial genius‚ a scam-artist‚ or even a blend of both? From middle-class obscurity‚ Belfort rose to the top of Wall Street at an incredible rate‚ faster than anyone had ever done before. But his rise up the financial ladder didn’t come cheaply. Two failed marriages‚ crippling drug addiction‚ and even a nearly fatal helicopter crash were just a few things his lifestyle cost him. His brokerage
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asp>. "Illegal organ trade on the rise in crisis-hit Europe." Asiaone. The New Paper‚ 3 Apr. 2012. Web. 1 Sept. 2012. <http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20120703-356826.html>. Hughes‚ Donna‚ Laura Sporcic‚ and Nadine Mendelsohn. "Europe - Facts on Trafficking and Prostitution."University of Rhode Island | Think Big‚ We Do.. URI‚ n.d. Web. 3 Sept. 2012. <http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes Lundin‚ Susanne Lundin "NHSBT - Organ Donation - Statistics."NHSBT -
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