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...since commissioned works from across the globe and led numerous tours across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.When it began its residency here in 2004, the project included a number of educational programs, including small workshops with Harvard undergraduates. In the five years thereafter, the project’s scope expanded to include programs in Chicago and New York City middle schools.The program in New York, called Silk Road Connect, intensifies a pilot program first implemented in Chicago in 2007. The program was motivated by troubling statistics that connected a lack of academic interest in middle school with low college graduation...
...Goldman says the decentralized approach gives local organizers a sense of ownership over their mustache-based efforts that might be lost in the scope of something like Movember. That philosophy is also reflected in the charity most chapters work with, a website called Donors Choose. The site lets local teachers post classroom projects that would otherwise go unfunded - donors contribute to the most deserving requests. Goldman says this lets local chapters make a difference for kids directly in their community, rather than contributing to a more anonymous national organization. But Mustaches for Kids biggest advantage of all, Goldman claims, might...
...Speaking to TIME from her home in New Jersey, Susan Cohen - whose daughter Theodora would have been 41 next month had she not died on the flight - says al-Megrahi's trial was "narrow in its scope, and it's right that we now look further." Although she's frustrated that it has taken so long for another review of the case, she's not worn out by the protracted search for justice. "You can never be too exhausted when searching for the murderers of your child," she says...
...gives you $11, and for every tails, you give him $10 dollars. If you had $1,000 in your bankroll, you would be foolish not to take up the deal. The first 10 tosses might not generate any heads, leaving you $100 down—but in the larger scope of things, in a world attuned to the rules of probability, you will leave the game having gained a profit. But now, say the stakes are upped and instead of $11, your friend has to give you $110, and instead of $10, you have to give him $100. You could...
...come down to the judge's discretion. While Carter says he feels the student work qualifies under the spirit of the law, the judge may not decide to apply the Illinois shield law at all. General legal protections already exist to quash subpoenas if they're beyond the proper scope of an investigation, something Carter believes may apply in this case. "This looks like one of the great fishing expeditions of all time," Carter tells TIME...