American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland Returns To Cuba As Cultural Ambassador
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“It’s a great honor to be here,” Misty Copeland, the first Afro-American ballerina of the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), said in the venue of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC). Copeland joined a group of U.S. personalities of culture, sports and the performing arts for a mid-November 2016 arrival in Cuba, after the renewal of diplomatic relations between both nations.
Misty Copeland is not the first figure of the ABT to come to the island, where cultural exchanges have been permitted for years. She was preceded by Cynthia Gregory, Ted Kivitt, Eleonor D’Antuono, Cynthia Harvey and other dancers. On Cuba reports on the decades long collaboration between American Ballet Theatre and the National Ballet of Cuba.
Misty Copeland Covers Self December 2017
Misty Copeland Is 'Misty On Pointe' As Self Magazine Prepares To Close Its Print Publication AOC Body
Misty Copeland Is 'Misty On Pointe' in Self Magazine's December issue. Self's February 2017 issue represents the last print issue of the women's health, wellness and fitness publication. With the exception of special issues devoted to core topics important to readers, Self will move to a strictly digital platform, facing the reality that its print advertising pages were down 32% through October.
Related: Misty Copeland Is Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre in AOC Women In-Depth -- includes 60 Minutes Interview and multiple Copeland articles.
Read Misty Copeland's interview with Self.
AOC in Cuba
Fondazione Prada Launches Osservatorio Photography Space In Milan
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The Fondazione Prada in Milan has opened a new exhibition space called Osservatorio, a cultural center dedicated to photography and visual languages.
Organized by Francesco Zanot -- curator at CAMERA, the Italian Center for Photography n Turin -- Osservatorio's first exhibition is 'Give Me Yesterday'.
Osservatorio—which joins the Fondazione’s Rem Koolhaas designed space in Milan and a space in Venice—is located in Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, on the fifth and sixth floors of a building that has been restored from bomb damage dating from the Second World War and turned into an impressive 800-square-meter space.
The new photography space overlooks the glass dome designed by Giuseppe Mengoni that covers the arcade in the Galleria.
Politics Daily: Donald Trump As A Board Game | Will Trump Keep America's Commitment To Global Health?
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Michael Lewis on Donald Trump and the New American Board Game AOC Front Page
Speaking at another 'Thank you' rally on Saturday, president-elect Trump was uncharacteristically restrained in his comments about First Lady Michelle Obama's Oprah Winfrey interview set to air on Monday on CBS. Michelle spoke for at least half of America -- if not more -- with her comments that "now we're feeling what not having hope feels like."
"What do you give your kids if you can't give them hope?" she added.
This subject of hopeless children is the subject of Michael Lewis' new article in Vanity Fair. The day after the election, Lewis -- whose new book 'The Undoing Project' is getting rave reviews -- volunteered at his daughter's Berkeley High front-desk the day after the election. Berkeley is a notably progressive, California school drawing a vast number of students from America's richest and poorest families.
It should be no surprise then that the morning after the elction about half of the school got up and walked out, marching to an amphitheater at the nearby University of California campus. Read on.
Does Trump Believe In US Support For Global Health?
Trump Administration Puts the US at a Crossroad for Global Health The New York Times
Americans also have an extraordinarily inaccurate view of how much is spent on global health. When pollsters ask Americans to estimate what percentage of their tax dollar goes to foreign aid, the answers average 25 percent — and most say it’s too much.
In truth, foreign aid is just 1 percent of the federal budget, and health — as opposed to military or development aid — is only about a quarter of that. It totals about $9 billion a year out of a $4 trillion budget.
When poll respondents are told it is that small, their feelings shift sharply. Only 26 percent say it’s too much; 27 percent believe it’s too little. The latter say they favor spending more chiefly for two reasons: to protect America from epidemics and to improve the nation’s image abroad.
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White House faces exodus of foreign policy experts ahead of Trump's arrival The Guardian
IMF's Christine Lagarde Found Guilty In French Negligence Case | No Fine Or Jail Time
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IMF's Christine Lagarde Found Guilty In French Negligence Case | No Fine Or Jail Time
Even the prosecutor in the case against International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde described it as a weak one seriously lacking in evidence that Lagarde misused public funds as France's finance minister. Jean-Claude Marin wanted judges last Thursday that they were treading a fine line between the law and politics, being guilty themselves of confusing 'criminal negligence' with 'making a bad political decision'.
Nevertheless, Lagarde, who was formerly France's finance minister, was gound guilty of negligence, with no penalties.
Gerry Rice, a spokesperson for the Washington-based IMF said the fund's executive board would meet later on Monday to consider options. The IMF is currently under scrutiny for its role in the Greek bailout and is deeply concerned about its future in a Donald Trump administration.
The New York Times writes that Lagarde's departure from the fund is considered unlikely, as the executive board has stood firmly behind her.
Updated: IMF Chief Christine Lagarde Will Keep Her Job Despite Conviction Fortune
Jennifer Lawrence Talks Clinton Politics & America's Future On Good Morning America
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Jennifer Lawrence Is Lensed by Ben Hassett In 'Extra Terrestre' For Yo Dona December 2016
Top actor Jennifer Lawrence spoke out Monday morning about her post Trump-election mindset. "I didn't mean to speak to only people who voted for Hillary ," Lawrence told Micael Strahan on 'Good Morning America.' "I meant to just speak to the divide . . . for any presidential candidate, being very extreme is scary, left or right."
The 'Passengers' actor made headlines post-November election, when she penned an essay for Broadly Don't Be Afraid, Be Loud: Jennifer Lawrence on What We Do Next.
Do not let this defeat you--let this enrage you!
Bagging Big Party, Father Honors Daughter's Wedding With Houses for India's Homeless
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A wealthy Indian businessman had intended to celebrate his daughter's wedding with an extravagant party for which he had saved for years. But then a better idea came to fruition.
Instead of paying for the marriage ceremony, Ajay Munot, a cloth and wheat trader based in the Aurangabad district of eastern India, spent the Rs 7 million to 8 million he had saved for the wedding on building homes for the poor, the Free Press Journal reports.
Munot's wedding savings, worth around £93,000, were spent on constructing 90 houses on two acres of land. Each home was 240 square feet, had two windows and doors and had access to filtered drinking water. To insure success, the businessman carefully selected the residents of the new homes under three conditions: they needed to be poor, living in a slum and not suffering from an addiction.
The bride and groom are deeply honored by this long-lasting gift in their honor. via Elle UK
