Just want to add, Rome fell when it's infrastrtucture broke down (viaducts-water delivery systems, etc) and it's people left. That gradual breakdown took about 300 years after it's money was mostly all looted by the rich and powerful of Rome. Is history repeating itself now?
Aw c'mon. I'm not feeling like a flamewar about this, I'll just paste this excerpt from Wikipedia and leave it at that.
"Another controversial Peace Prize was that awarded to Barack Obama in 2009. [116] Nominations had closed only eleven days after Obama took office as President, but the actual evaluation occurred over the next eight months. [52] Obama himself stated that he did not feel deserving of the award, [117][118] or worthy of the company it would place him in. [119] Past Peace Prize laureates were divided, some saying that Obama deserved the award, and others saying he had not yet earned it. Obama's award, along with the previous Peace Prizes for Jimmy Carter and Al Gore, also prompted accusations of a left-wing bias."
Aahh, I belive I might have been the reason. You see, I submitted this 'story' if you will, and saw it when it was first posted. I began to post, then it took some minutes while I was searching out an alternate link. So, no, no discrimination was directed to your being female (how can sex be determined by your screen name, anyway?).
Hope that clears that up. And, btw, have a Happy New Year! SF
Isn't the Nobel prize meant to be not just an agknowledgment of good works, but also an encouragement to go on to do even more good for their field of expertise? For those who, through their deeds have made a life affecting change for the betterment of the human race? If so, I pose this to you: You may not agree or like some of the previous winners, but can you truly say that they did not meet that criteria, including President Obama?
"There are no detailed criteria for winning a Nobel Prize. Instead, this prestigious Swedish award is given out annually based on nominations of people who have made the greatest contributions in five fields: chemistry, literature, medicine, physics, and peace (a sixth prize, in economics, is not technically a Nobel Prize).
The Nobel Prizes are the most prestigious awards in their respective fields, although the Peace Prize alone generally attracts the most attention from the media and the general public. Since 1901 (and the Prize in Economics since 1969), these prizes have been awarded annually to those individuals or groups who have made the most important contribution to human progress in their respective subjects. The awards are granted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Assembly, the Swedish Academy, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee on the basis of the original endowment left by Swedish businessman Alfred Nobel. Winners currently receive a $1.5 million prize." http://www.helium.com/items/1920814-how-to-win-a-nobel-prize
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Worked fine for me. Did you lose... err... I mean, clear your cookies first?
Just reading her bio makes me realize that at half her age, I have yet to discover a fungus betwen my toes. This was one strong woman, gotta' respect her life. Thanks for voting this in, Slashdot-ers.
Rita Levi-Montalcini, who has died aged 103, overcame racial and sexual prejudice to become a leading neurobiologist and one of the handful of women scientists to win a Nobel Prize.
Her triumph came in 1986, when she shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with her student, the biochemist Stanley Cohen, for their contributions to the understanding of growth factors in human development.
By the 1950s, the pattern of cell growth and differentiation had long been established, and scientists knew that the addition of blood or organ extracts to cells in culture resulted in their successful growth. They did not know, however, the identity of the active substances, just as cancer researchers understood little of the unregulated growth of tumour cells.
In 1952, Rita Levi-Montalcini found that when tumours from mice were transplanted to chick embryos, they induced potent growth of the chick embryo nervous system . She concluded that the tumour released a nerve growth-promoting factor (NGF) which had a selective action on certain types of nerve cells.
Following this discovery, she began to measure the effect of NGF on cells in culture, and discovered that a sensory or sympathetic nerve cell reacted within 30 seconds of the addition of minute quantities of NGF. Just one billionth part of a gram of NGF per millilitre of culture medium exerted a potent growth-promoting effect.
In 1953 the biochemist Stanley Cohen joined her research group at Washington University, St Louis, and together they purified a nerve growth-promoting extract. Rita Levi-Montalcini’s discovery improved scientific understanding of the processes involved in certain physical malformations and diseases. It has led to improved therapeutic agents and could be central to eventual treatments for diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Alzheimer’s as well as psychiatric disorders such as depression or anorexia.
Rita Levi-Montalcini was born, with her twin sister Paola, in Turin on April 22 1909, the youngest of four children. Her father, Adamo Levi, was an electrical engineer and mathematician, and her mother, Adele Montalcini, a talented painter. Their elder brother, Gino, would become a prominent Italian architect and professor at the University of Turin.
Though the family was cultured, Rita’s father took a traditional view of a woman’s place and decided that his three daughters should not go to university. But Rita was convinced she could not be content with a merely domestic role and, at the age of 20, begged her father to be allowed to try for university. Eventually he relented and within eight months she had rectified her deficiencies in Latin, Greek and Mathematics, graduated from high school, and enrolled at the medical school in Turin, where she studied under the histologist Giuseppe Levi.
In 1936 she graduated with a summa cum laude degree in Medicine and Surgery, and began postgraduate work in neurology and psychiatry. But that year, Mussolini issued the Manifesto per la Difesa della Razza, signed by 10 Italian scientists, which called for laws barring academic and professional careers to non-Aryan citizens. She therefore left Italy for Belgium, where she worked as a guest of a neurological institute in Brussels. In 1940, on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium, she returned to the relative safety of Turin.
Realising it would not be possible to pursue her scientific interests openly, Rita Levi-Montalcini built a small research unit in her bedroom. By this time, inspired by a 1934 article by Viktor Hamburger reporting on the effects of limb amputation in chick embryos, she had become interested in the mechanisms controlling the development of the vertebrate nervous system. She had barely begun work when her former teacher, Giuseppe Levi, who had also escaped from Belgium, returned to Turin and joined her in her work.
Forced to leave Turin by the heavy Allied bombing of the city in 1941, she moved her laboratory to a cotta
"An individual who finds and takes possession of lost property ordinarily has the right to possess it over everyone but the true owner. Some statutes provide that if the true owner neglects to appear and claim the property within a certain time period after the finding of the article has been published in a local newspaper, the finder is entitled to retain part of the property or part of its value while the remaining portion passes to the state, or one of its departments or agencies."
An individual who finds lost property does not acquire absolute ownership of the property. In order to obtain title to, or rights in, the lost property, the finder must intentionally take possession and control over it.
The individual who acquires possession of a lost or mislaid article has superior rights to the item over anyone except the true owner. This person is only the apparent owner. The finder's title to the property may be forfeited upon discovery of the true owner, whose title in it is unaffected by the fact that the article has been lost. A finder's title is contingent upon the potential discovery of the true owner. He or she may not, therefore, transfer title to another individual.
If the true owner of lost property dies before his or her identity is discovered, the title and right to the lost article passes to the executor or administrator of the owner's estate for distribution to his or her heirs pursuant to the terms of his or her will or the laws of Descent and Distribution.
As between the finder of treasure trove and its true owner, the true owner prevails. It has been held, however, that the finder of treasure trove has greater rights to it than the heirs of the individual who concealed it.
The true owner of lost property is responsible for paying all reasonable expenses incurred by a finder in the discovery and preservation of lost property. The finder may also be entitled to a small compensation for his or her time and effort; however, the finding party does not acquire a lien against the property. The finder cannot receive reimbursement for his or her expenses and time with use of the property, nor is the individual entitled to a reward for finding it unless one has been offered.
And how many stories have there been of people who went out of their way to return found property, and find that the people who lost their wallet/purse were so grateful and had their faith in mankind restored? I believe there are laws about needing to at least try to find the owner of lost property, if they can't be located after a reasonable amount of time, then yes, finders keepers applies. At the end of the day, you have to answer to the person in the mirror, andlike and respect that person.
The man has said publicly that he said "a man". That's it. He's a man of honor, and insisting on proof is demeaning. Why does this even have to be argued? Does a man's word mean so little anymore? Move on, people.
Without free will we'd be just little pre-programmed robots running about, and how uninteresting we'd be. Give us the ability to make our own decisions, now you've got something entertaining and worth watching.
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The cost of Bush's wars get applied to the next presidents budget, btw.
Just want to add, Rome fell when it's infrastrtucture broke down (viaducts-water delivery systems, etc) and it's people left. That gradual breakdown took about 300 years after it's money was mostly all looted by the rich and powerful of Rome. Is history repeating itself now?
"Another controversial Peace Prize was that awarded to Barack Obama in 2009. [116] Nominations had closed only eleven days after Obama took office as President, but the actual evaluation occurred over the next eight months. [52] Obama himself stated that he did not feel deserving of the award, [117][118] or worthy of the company it would place him in. [119] Past Peace Prize laureates were divided, some saying that Obama deserved the award, and others saying he had not yet earned it. Obama's award, along with the previous Peace Prizes for Jimmy Carter and Al Gore, also prompted accusations of a left-wing bias."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize
Hope that clears that up. And, btw, have a Happy New Year! SF
"There are no detailed criteria for winning a Nobel Prize. Instead, this prestigious Swedish award is given out annually based on nominations of people who have made the greatest contributions in five fields: chemistry, literature, medicine, physics, and peace (a sixth prize, in economics, is not technically a Nobel Prize).
The Nobel Prizes are the most prestigious awards in their respective fields, although the Peace Prize alone generally attracts the most attention from the media and the general public. Since 1901 (and the Prize in Economics since 1969), these prizes have been awarded annually to those individuals or groups who have made the most important contribution to human progress in their respective subjects. The awards are granted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Assembly, the Swedish Academy, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee on the basis of the original endowment left by Swedish businessman Alfred Nobel. Winners currently receive a $1.5 million prize." http://www.helium.com/items/1920814-how-to-win-a-nobel-prize
Get the 3amp ac powered 7port usb hub ( www.plugable.com ) for $20, Logitech usb keyboard/mouse combo for $15. Use any size flashdrive for extra storage. I've been using them for months with nary a problem.
For less rhan $100 you can pick up an Arnova7g3 tablet, 1ghz A4 processor, ICS 4.0, 32 gb microsd slot, about 3gb usable internal memory, pre-rooted, mini hdmi out, 7" multi-touch screen. They make better, even a gaming tablet with built in joystick. Until they make the "Timothy Tablet", this'll work for me. :^)
Worked fine for me. Did you lose ... err ... I mean, clear your cookies first?
Just reading her bio makes me realize that at half her age, I have yet to discover a fungus betwen my toes. This was one strong woman, gotta' respect her life. Thanks for voting this in, Slashdot-ers.
Her triumph came in 1986, when she shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with her student, the biochemist Stanley Cohen, for their contributions to the understanding of growth factors in human development.
By the 1950s, the pattern of cell growth and differentiation had long been established, and scientists knew that the addition of blood or organ extracts to cells in culture resulted in their successful growth. They did not know, however, the identity of the active substances, just as cancer researchers understood little of the unregulated growth of tumour cells.
In 1952, Rita Levi-Montalcini found that when tumours from mice were transplanted to chick embryos, they induced potent growth of the chick embryo nervous system . She concluded that the tumour released a nerve growth-promoting factor (NGF) which had a selective action on certain types of nerve cells.
Following this discovery, she began to measure the effect of NGF on cells in culture, and discovered that a sensory or sympathetic nerve cell reacted within 30 seconds of the addition of minute quantities of NGF. Just one billionth part of a gram of NGF per millilitre of culture medium exerted a potent growth-promoting effect.
In 1953 the biochemist Stanley Cohen joined her research group at Washington University, St Louis, and together they purified a nerve growth-promoting extract. Rita Levi-Montalcini’s discovery improved scientific understanding of the processes involved in certain physical malformations and diseases. It has led to improved therapeutic agents and could be central to eventual treatments for diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Alzheimer’s as well as psychiatric disorders such as depression or anorexia.
Rita Levi-Montalcini was born, with her twin sister Paola, in Turin on April 22 1909, the youngest of four children. Her father, Adamo Levi, was an electrical engineer and mathematician, and her mother, Adele Montalcini, a talented painter. Their elder brother, Gino, would become a prominent Italian architect and professor at the University of Turin.
Though the family was cultured, Rita’s father took a traditional view of a woman’s place and decided that his three daughters should not go to university. But Rita was convinced she could not be content with a merely domestic role and, at the age of 20, begged her father to be allowed to try for university. Eventually he relented and within eight months she had rectified her deficiencies in Latin, Greek and Mathematics, graduated from high school, and enrolled at the medical school in Turin, where she studied under the histologist Giuseppe Levi.
In 1936 she graduated with a summa cum laude degree in Medicine and Surgery, and began postgraduate work in neurology and psychiatry. But that year, Mussolini issued the Manifesto per la Difesa della Razza, signed by 10 Italian scientists, which called for laws barring academic and professional careers to non-Aryan citizens. She therefore left Italy for Belgium, where she worked as a guest of a neurological institute in Brussels. In 1940, on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium, she returned to the relative safety of Turin.
Realising it would not be possible to pursue her scientific interests openly, Rita Levi-Montalcini built a small research unit in her bedroom. By this time, inspired by a 1934 article by Viktor Hamburger reporting on the effects of limb amputation in chick embryos, she had become interested in the mechanisms controlling the development of the vertebrate nervous system. She had barely begun work when her former teacher, Giuseppe Levi, who had also escaped from Belgium, returned to Turin and joined her in her work.
Forced to leave Turin by the heavy Allied bombing of the city in 1941, she moved her laboratory to a cotta
That"s funny, when I was leaving your mom"s room, she said the same thing. :-)
An amazing woman... http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/rita-levi-montalcini-nobel-prize-winning-neuroscientist-dies-at-103/2012/12/30/054829e0-5295-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_story.html p
Oh, wait...
Twiggy! Bede bede bede bede bede...
I do believe you're thinking of TWKE-4, AKA Twiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiki
The real Twiggy looks much nicer... http://www.google.com/search?q=twiggy&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=49DhUP60MpLD0AGrqYGIDw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1067&bih=529
"An individual who finds and takes possession of lost property ordinarily has the right to possess it over everyone but the true owner. Some statutes provide that if the true owner neglects to appear and claim the property within a certain time period after the finding of the article has been published in a local newspaper, the finder is entitled to retain part of the property or part of its value while the remaining portion passes to the state, or one of its departments or agencies."
I am NOT going to change that thing!
An individual who finds lost property does not acquire absolute ownership of the property. In order to obtain title to, or rights in, the lost property, the finder must intentionally take possession and control over it.
The individual who acquires possession of a lost or mislaid article has superior rights to the item over anyone except the true owner. This person is only the apparent owner. The finder's title to the property may be forfeited upon discovery of the true owner, whose title in it is unaffected by the fact that the article has been lost. A finder's title is contingent upon the potential discovery of the true owner. He or she may not, therefore, transfer title to another individual.
If the true owner of lost property dies before his or her identity is discovered, the title and right to the lost article passes to the executor or administrator of the owner's estate for distribution to his or her heirs pursuant to the terms of his or her will or the laws of Descent and Distribution.
As between the finder of treasure trove and its true owner, the true owner prevails. It has been held, however, that the finder of treasure trove has greater rights to it than the heirs of the individual who concealed it.
The true owner of lost property is responsible for paying all reasonable expenses incurred by a finder in the discovery and preservation of lost property. The finder may also be entitled to a small compensation for his or her time and effort; however, the finding party does not acquire a lien against the property. The finder cannot receive reimbursement for his or her expenses and time with use of the property, nor is the individual entitled to a reward for finding it unless one has been offered.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Finding+Lost+Goods
Firstly, I wish to thank the academy...
And how many stories have there been of people who went out of their way to return found property, and find that the people who lost their wallet/purse were so grateful and had their faith in mankind restored? I believe there are laws about needing to at least try to find the owner of lost property, if they can't be located after a reasonable amount of time, then yes, finders keepers applies. At the end of the day, you have to answer to the person in the mirror, andlike and respect that person.
I see, I'd not heard of the 'brother' angle, interesting. I had heard that, of course the speech was reheased/memorized.
Well if you can't blame them for being dishonest, what does that say about *your* character, or lack of it?
I thought of strippers, naturally. Someday, I will get my mind out of the sewer, just not today.
"My God, it's full of stars!"
The man has said publicly that he said "a man". That's it. He's a man of honor, and insisting on proof is demeaning. Why does this even have to be argued? Does a man's word mean so little anymore? Move on, people.
Maybe they were into 'retro'?
Without free will we'd be just little pre-programmed robots running about, and how uninteresting we'd be. Give us the ability to make our own decisions, now you've got something entertaining and worth watching.