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Americans Ostrom, Williamson win Nobel economics - Yahoo! News
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Ostrom, who has devoted her career to studying the interaction of people and natural resources, told the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences by telephone that she was surprised by the Nobel.
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Add Sticky NoteThe academy cited Ostrom "for her analysis of economic governance," saying her work had demonstrated how common property can be successfully managed by groups using it.
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Mind - How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect - NYTimes.com
Interesting idea. Maybe all the nonsense in life has a purpose.
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For one thing, no one knows whether
exposure to the absurd can help people with explicit learning, like memorizing French. For another, studies have found that people in the grip of the uncanny tend to see patterns where none exist — becoming more prone to conspiracy theories, for example. The urge for order satisfies itself, it seems, regardless of the quality of the evidence.Still, the new research supports what many experimental artists, habitual travelers and other novel seekers have always insisted: at least some of the time, disorientation begets creative thinking.
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Odd facts about Nobel Prize winners - CNN.com
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It's Nobel Prize announcement week, and if you had Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn, or Jack Szostak in your office pool, you're off to a good start (the trio will share this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine). As we await news of the rest of the winners, here are some stories about past Nobel laureates
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Alfred Nobel's last will and testament - The Local
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Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel created the Nobel prizes in his will, written in 1895, bequeathing his fortune to a fund that would honour "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind."
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Free e-books
You need to check this site out. Jim...go down about 3/4ths of the page for free ebook topics on Buddhism......Dad
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Writing, Briefly
Interesting shot essay about writing....Hello Stacey, you might be interested in this....Dad
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