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...This isn't the first time a council has taken a pass on Banksy. In Oct. 2007, the London council of Tower Hamlets ordered the removal of his work. A year earlier, the city council of Bristol, reportedly Banksy's hometown, had considered removing one of his murals, but in the end allowed it to remain, citing an outpouring of public support on an online forum. (Watch TIME's video "Graffiti Meets the Digital...
...report on climate change, I come across a lot of scary facts, like the possibility that thawing permafrost in Siberia could release gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere or the risk that Greenland could pass a tipping point and begin to melt rapidly. But one of the most frightening studies I've read recently had nothing to do with icebergs or mega-droughts. In a paper that came out Oct. 23 in Science, John Sterman - a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Sloan School of Management - wrote about asking 212 MIT grad students to give a rough...
...Fucito said.Harvard began its onslaught three minutes into the half, as Fucito sent a cross just wide. Two minutes later, Akpan followed with a shot saved by Murray. Stamatis also got into the action with an attempt, which went wide left in the 58th minute. Another six minutes passed before the Providence keeper knocked down a charging Akpan in the box, as both were chasing the ball. After a penalty was called, Stamatis knocked in the free kick, his fourth score of the season, to give the Crimson a lead it would not relinquish.Harvard continued to dominate the midfield action...
...chosen third-team freshmen All-American. This year, the team needed a spark, something to wake its offense from its season long slumber. In the Crimson’s following game against Ivy rival Yale, Sheeleigh provided that spark. Thirty minutes into the match, Sheeligh ripped a lob pass from her partner up top, freshman star Melanie Baskind, past Yale’s talented keeper Ayana Sumiyasu to break a scoreless tie. The Crimson had been knocking, tallying shot after shot on the standout Bulldog goalie, but it was a shot of the foot of Sheeleigh that opened the door...
...Bolduc, an environmental planner for the city, outlined projects like the Cambridge Energy Alliance, which gives loans to low-income homeowners to help them make their houses more energy efficient, as well as “green leases,” which provide incentives for landlords who would otherwise pass on higher energy costs to their tenants. The panelists also stressed the importance of community involvement and self-determination. Doug M. Brugge, a professor of public health at Tufts, shared stories of community organizing in Boston’s Chinatown, where residents have long battled the city over the impact...