Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will.

Examples would include offering prizes to contestants who can make a half-court shot at a basketball game, or a hole-in-one at a golf tournament.

Prominent prizes in mathematics include the Abel Prize, the Chern Medal, the Fields Medal, the Gauss Prize, the Nemmers Prize, the Balzan Prize, the Crafoord Prize, the Shaw Prize, the Wolf Prize, the Schock Prize, and the Nevanlinna Prize.

Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will, which she won in 1905.

Items include cash, spin bonuses, non-cash prizes, special squares and Whammies.

These other duties in fact include the resolving of conflicts of competence between courts, penal trials against judges for offences committed in office, disciplinary and advisory tasks and the decision in disputes about prizes taken by Dutch vessels.

Possible awards include titles, tiaras or crowns, sashes, savings bonds, and cash prizes.

Other important prizes include the grand prix de littérature ( for a literary work ), the grand prix du roman ( for a novel ), the grand prix de poésie ( for poetry ), the grand prix de philosophie ( for a philosophical work ), and the grand prix Gobert ( for a work on French history ).

Railroad oriented events include hand car races, spike driving contests, golden spike treasure hunt, parade, fireworks, mile run ( prizes for beating state record ), food & craft vendors, games, car show, rib cook-off, street dance, pet parade, softball & golf tourneys, Ecumenical church service, kids games, and community picnic.

The events include a small parade, bbq and fish fry, and entertainment and door prizes.

The authors receiving those prizes include Thomas Sargent, Christopher Sims, Edmund Phelps, Edward Prescott, Robert A. Mundell, Robert E. Lucas, Milton Friedman, and F. A.

These include " Lottery Shops ", where money is gambled on item prizes, and " Boo Houses ", where Boo is paid to steal either coins or a star from an opponent.

Major topics covered by almanacs ( reflected by their tables of contents ) include: geography, government, demographics, agriculture, economics and business, health and medicine, religion, mass media, transportation, science and technology, sport, and awards / prizes.

Some of his awards and scholarships include: a West German fellowship for sculpture ( 1956-7 ); Bavarian State Foreign Students Sculpture Prize ( 1958 ); Italian Government Scholarship for sculpture ( 1959 – 60 ); the Arts Council of Ireland Sculpture prizes ( 1962 and 1964 ); and the Royal Hibernian Academy Award for Sculpture of Distinction in Bronze ( 1991 ).

Notable literary prizes for English Canadian poetry include the Governor General's Awards, the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Gerald Lampert Award, Pat Lowther Award.

Examples include contests, coupons, freebies, loss leaders, point of purchase displays, premiums, prizes, product samples, and rebates

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Door prizes include ; bags of rice, bicycles, toaster ovens, heaters, tissue, beer, game systems, and various household items.

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The monetary prizes are modest ; more important aspects include enjoyment, the fostering of a sense of pride and the winning of respect from peers.

There is a grand prize of $ 1 million Canadian dollars ; other prizes include a trip to anywhere in Canada, large screen TVs, and more.

The prizes include stuffed animals, clothing, small electronic items, large electronic items, and novelties.

Other prizes include: The Golden Medal of The Superior Council of Arquitecture of the College of Architects of Madrid in 1988 ; Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture, the Prince of Wales Prize in Urban Design from Harvard University, and the Alvar Aalto Medal in 1988 ; Portugal's National Prize of Architecture 1993 ; the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Praemium Imperiale in 1998, the Wolf Prize in Arts in 2001, the Urbanism Special Grand Prize of France 2005.

Examples of lenticular printing include prizes given in Cracker Jack snack boxes that showed flip and animation effects such as winking eyes, and modern advertising graphics that change their message depending on the viewing angle.

The first three of these prizes are awarded for eminence in physical science, in chemistry and in medical science or physiology ; the fourth is for literary work " in an ideal direction " and the fifth prize is to be given to the person or society that renders the greatest service to the cause of international fraternity, in the suppression or reduction of standing armies, or in the establishment or furtherance of peace congresses.

A wide variety of prizes are awarded to architects to acknowledge superior buildings, structures and professional careers.

Fantasy sports are considered gambling and therefore illegal if the competition does not meet this rule: " prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the game or contest and their value is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of any fees paid by those participants.

Goats are not only useful for their meat-the Fuerteventurans also use the milk to make the cheese majorero, which has won many prizes.

Many of the prizes awarded on game shows are provided through product placement ; although in some cases, they are provided by private organizations or purchased at either the full price or at a discount by the show.

The scientific prizes awarded by the IMU are deemed to be the highest distinctions in the mathematical world.

Ten prizes are awarded each year in many categories, including the Nobel Prize categories of physics, chemistry, physiology / medicine, literature, and peace, but also other categories such as public health, engineering, biology, and interdisciplinary research.

With the exception of three prizes in the first year ( Administratium, Josiah Carberry, and Paul DeFanti ), the Ig Nobel Prizes are for genuine achievements.

The awards are sometimes veiled criticism ( or gentle satire ), as in the two awards given for homeopathy research, prizes in " science education " to the Kansas and Colorado state boards of education for their stance regarding the teaching of evolution, and the prize awarded to Social Text after the Sokal Affair.

The prizes are presented by genuine Nobel laureates, originally at a ceremony in a lecture hall at MIT but now in Sanders Theater at Harvard University.

Almost always, there are enough prizes donated that anyone who enters will get one.

Knitted items are occasional offered as prizes to donors.

In his autobiographical essay, published in 1973 in Les Prix Nobel ( winners of the prizes are requested to provide such essays ), Lorenz credits his career to his parents, who " were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals ," and to his childhood encounter with Selma Lagerlof's The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, which filled him with a great enthusiasm about wild geese.

Ladbrokes Poker also operates a loyalty program for its online poker players where players are able to exchange their poker points for gift & prizes.

The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.

Each year there is a central theme, and prizes are awarded based on creativity.

If the contestant answers a question incorrectly, then all the money won so far is lost, except that the £ 1, 000 and £ 32, 000 prizes are guaranteed: if a player gets a question wrong above these levels, then the prize drops to the previous guaranteed prize.

The major part of the population, especially the young and children, dress up in ordinary non-ethnic costumes, going to school, work, and organized events, where prizes are given for the best and most original costumes.

The groups that support Feyenoord in the most original way and those who can predict the score correctly are awarded with prizes.

Numerous other ( mostly sponsored ) prizes are also awarded to him.

These prizes are often rather elaborate, ornate gifts, such as giant cups, decorative plates, and statuettes.

For wrestlers in the top division giving an exceptional performance in the eyes of a judging panel there are also three special prizes ( the sansho ) which are worth 2, 000, 000 yen each.