The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists for their pioneering work in developing molecular machines. These gadgets measure just a thousandth of a human hair in width, and they’re poised to revolutionize everything from manufacturing and materials to medicine and the functioning of the human body.
The winners of this year’s prize are Jean-Pierre Sauvage from the University of Strasbourg, France, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart from Northwestern University in Illinois, and Bernard L. Feringa from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
The Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war [between FARC and the Colombian govt] to an end".
And not quite last (since Lit got delayed) but most certainly least, the 2016 "Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" go to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström for their contributions to contract theory.
Contract theory considers, for example, whether managers should get paid bonuses or stock options, or whether teachers or healthcare workers should be paid fixed rates or by performance-based criteria.
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Hart, an economics professor at Harvard University, has focused on understanding which companies should merge and with what mix of financing, and when institutions such as schools, prisons and hospitals should be privately or publicly owned.
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Holmstrom has studied the setting of contracts for workers from teachers to corporate bosses. He concluded that in high-risk industries, pay should lean toward a fixed salary, while in more stable sectors pay should be more biased toward performance rewards.
Should've gone to the mastermind behind Greece's austerity measures.
The Nobel Prize in Literature-- yes, literature -- has gone to Bob Dylan, for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." He is the first American winner of that award since Toni Morrison in 1993. This seems highly likely to come up on J! -- and not just because Maggie is a huge Bob Dylan fan.
hbomb1947 wrote:The Nobel Prize in Literature-- yes, literature -- has gone to Bob Dylan, for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." He is the first American winner of that award since Toni Morrison in 1993. This seems highly likely to come up on J! -- and not just because Maggie is a huge Bob Dylan fan.
To be fair, he writes better than most winners in the last decade. And was at least once relevant.
As pointed out on the LL Message Board, Dylan is now the second person with both an Oscar and a Nobel. (GB Shaw is the first. Al Gore didn't win an Oscar for Inconvenient Truth, so don't make that mistake.)
Anyone want to make a friendly wager on "1 of 2 men to have both a Nobel and an Oscar" showing up as FJ before the end of this season?
King Rama IX of Thailand has died. He had reigned since 1946, making him the longest serving monarch at the time of his death. That distinction now passes to Elizabeth II, who has been queen since 1952.
Bamaman wrote:King Rama IX of Thailand has died. He had reigned since 1946, making him the longest serving monarch at the time of his death. That distinction now passes to Elizabeth II, who has been queen since 1952.
Another lead pipe cinch to show up before the end of the season.
Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall Fame's Class of 2017:
Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane's Addiction, Janet Jackson, Journey, the Cars, the Zombies and Yes. The rest of this year's hopefuls are Bad Brains, Chaka Khan, Chic, J. Geils Band, Joan Baez, Joe Tex, Kraftwerk, MC5 and Steppenwolf.
Blue Lion wrote:Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall Fame's Class of 2017:
Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane's Addiction, Janet Jackson, Journey, the Cars, the Zombies and Yes. The rest of this year's hopefuls are Bad Brains, Chaka Khan, Chic, J. Geils Band, Joan Baez, Joe Tex, Kraftwerk, MC5 and Steppenwolf.
If the MC5 don't make it in, the HOF loses all credibility AFAIC. Of course, there are those who'd say it never had any to begin with.
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Blue Lion wrote:Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall Fame's Class of 2017:
Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane's Addiction, Janet Jackson, Journey, the Cars, the Zombies and Yes. The rest of this year's hopefuls are Bad Brains, Chaka Khan, Chic, J. Geils Band, Joan Baez, Joe Tex, Kraftwerk, MC5 and Steppenwolf.
If the MC5 don't make it in, the HOF looses all credibility AFAIC. Of course, there are those who'd say it never had any to begin with.
Hmmmm. Despite being of that age, I've never heard of the MC5 before.
I am still wiating for the Moody Blues to get in, however.
Blue Lion wrote:Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall Fame's Class of 2017:
Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane's Addiction, Janet Jackson, Journey, the Cars, the Zombies and Yes. The rest of this year's hopefuls are Bad Brains, Chaka Khan, Chic, J. Geils Band, Joan Baez, Joe Tex, Kraftwerk, MC5 and Steppenwolf.
If the MC5 don't make it in, the HOF looses all credibility AFAIC. Of course, there are those who'd say it never had any to begin with.
Hmmmm. Despite being of that age, I've never heard of the MC5 before.
I am still wiating for the Moody Blues to get in, however.
I've admittedly never heard of MC5, either. And yeah, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a sad, pathetic joke that was nothing more than a blatant cash grab to boot. Many of their inductees, even since the beginning, having nothing to do with rock, and everything to do with garnering attention and attendance at their $10k a seat gala.
BBC's RSS feeds have started working again after a day or two outage.
Firefox doesn't recognize 'Schiaparelli' as proper spelling despite there having to be at -least- one Martian fan on staff who can make that change.
