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☆ Review: Twyla Tharp From Three Sides Now
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Siobhan Burke | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Twyla Tharp takes making dances very seriously but, at 82, she appears to be having some fun with it — and even poking fun at herself, lightly, in the process. That boisterous ballet closes a program that shows three sides of Tharp, beginning with the punchy “Ocean’s Motion” (1975) and continuing with “Brel,” an introspective new solo for the American Ballet Theater principal Herman Cornejo. (The New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht performs it on alternate nights.) While “The Ballet Master” concerns itself with the choreographer’s inner world, “Brel” zooms in on the dancer’s. Before any contemporary self-reflection, though, Tharp takes us back to where she’s been.

Persons: Twyla Tharp, Tharp, “ Brel, Herman Cornejo, Daniel Ulbricht, Brel, she’s, Chuck Berry, quintessentially Tharp, —, Miriam Gittens sassily, Jake Tribus Organizations: Joyce, American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet

LOS ANGELES, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Investigators have determined arson caused the weekend fire that heavily damaged an elevated stretch of a downtown Los Angeles freeway, forcing its indefinite closure and setting the stage for prolonged traffic turmoil, state officials said on Monday. [1/7]Crew members work in the area, where a fire erupted over the weekend, shutting down a heavily trafficked corridor in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 13, 2023. Newsom identified the leaseholder for state-owned property beneath the freeway that burned as Apex Development Inc, based in Calabasas, California, north of Los Angeles. Newsom on Sunday proclaimed a state of emergency in Los Angeles County in order to expedite repairs to the freeway. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles and Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California; additional reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta and Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Stephen Coates and Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Daniel Berlant, Berlant, Karen Bass, Laura Rubio, Rubio, Cornejo, Jorge Garcia, Bass, Steve Gorman, Daniel Trotta, Rich McKay, Lisa Baertlein, Jonathan Oatis, Stephen Coates, Miral Organizations: ANGELES, downtown, Transportation Department, REUTERS, Engineers, Apex Development Inc, Apex, Sunday, Los Angeles Times, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, California, Santa Monica, downtown L.A, Los Angeles , California, U.S, Calabasas , California, Los Angeles County, Carlsbad , California, Atlanta

☆ Two demonstrators killed amid anti-mining protests in Panama
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Patrick Oppmann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to police. For weeks, tens of thousands of protestors have vented their fury at a controversial mining contract given to Minera Panama, the local subsidiary of a Canadian mining company, to extract copper, a key component in electric car batteries. Teachers march to protest the deaths of two people during a demonstration against the government's contract with Canadian mining company First Quantum and its subsidiary Minera Panama in Panama City on November 8, 2023. Roberto Cisneros/AFP/Getty ImagesA march against the government contract with Canadian mining company First Quantum and its subsidiary Minera Panama in Panama City on November 3, 2023. In 2017, Panama’s Supreme Court declared another contract to operate the copper mine as unconstitutional, forcing the mining company and government to renegotiate the deal.

Persons: Manuel Noriega, Roberto Cisneros, Panamanians, Martita Cornejo, Panama John Feeley, ”, Weeks, Laurentino Cortizo, “, ” Cortizo Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Pan, Panama’s National Police, Central, Minerals, Minera, AFP, Getty, ”, Panama’s Locations: Panama, Central American, Canadian, Minera Panama, Panama City, Panamanian, Colombia, Panamanian State

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Growing up on the border between Mexico and the United States, Becky G spoke English, but sang corridos, boleros and mariachi in Spanish. All her life, she dreamed of an album that would honor her family’s roots and delve into those genres that she enjoys so much. Since childhood, she had talked with her grandparents about a project "totally inspired by regional Mexican music.” She decided it was finally time to focus on that project after the death of her grandfather Miguel, to whom she dedicated the track. “This project has a lot of content that is very personal,” she said of the visuals accompanying the album. Another of her inspirations is the bolero trio Los Panchos for the song “Los Astros”.

Persons: Becky G, ”, Becky, Édgar Barrera, Ramón Ayala —, Iván, “, “ Chanel, “ Chanel ”, ” Becky, Miguel, Elías López, Cornejo, Panchos Organizations: MEXICO CITY, —, Astros ”, Tu, Tour Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, United States, New York, Inglewood , California, Mexican, Tepatitlán, Tenamaxtlán, Jalisco, “, Boston, El Paso , Texas, San Diego, Los Angeles

☆ How U.C. Berkeley tried to buoy enrollment of Black students without affirmative action
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Sharon Bernstein | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

[1/5] Prospective students tour the University of California, Berkeley campus before beginning of the new semester, in Berkeley, California, U.S., June 8, 2023. Black student enrollment across the system - which hovered at 3 or 4% for decades after the affirmative action ban - last year rose to 5%. While other campuses in the system have struggled to enroll Black students, the issue has been particularly painful at Berkeley, which under affirmative action had exceeded the system overall in enrollment of Black students. For one, factors such as economics and a school's location are no longer as useful for recruiting Black students, Ogundele said. Last fall, Black students made up 7% of UCLA's freshman class, the same as before affirmative action was banned.

Persons: Carlos Barria, James Bennett, I've, Bennett, Femi, Berkeley's, we've, Ogundele, Tyler Mahomes, didn't, Allexys Cornejo, Judith Painter, Painter, powell, Berkeley's Othering, Shereem Herndon, Brown, They're, Sharon Bernstein, Colleen Jenkins, Diane Craft Organizations: University of California, REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, Berkeley, U.S . News, Best Global Universities, UCLA, Multicultural Resource Center, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Emory University, College, Thomson Locations: Berkeley, Berkeley , California, U.S, BERKELEY, California, Stanford, Puerto Rican, Los Angeles, U.C, Sacramento, Cambodian, Black, Atlanta

☆ Opinion | Immigrants Keep Loving America, Even When America Doesn’t Love Them Back
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Karla Cornejo Villavicencio | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I know all too well how some Americans feel about immigrants: I was undocumented for 25 years, and I am a child of immigrants who remain undocumented. I also wrote a book about the daily lives of migrants during the Trump years. At the time, the Trump administration seemed to be the worst possible administration for immigrants and their advocates. All the while, Republicans have been steadily marching toward authoritarianism, book ban by book ban and voter suppression tactic by voter suppression tactic. I was a child in Ecuador in the 1990s, a time when Latin America was reeling from the effects of decades of coups, dictatorships and political repression.

☆ Fact Check-California teen’s death linked to fentanyl, not COVID-19 vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Claims that the death of a 17-year-old girl in Fullerton, California was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine are unsupported by evidence. Trinity Cornejo’s mother has publicly pointed to a fentanyl overdose being the probable cause of her death. Now that the CDC has, incredibly, added the mRNA jab to the childhood schedule; watch the body count accelerate,” reads a tweet (here). Reuters has previously debunked claims about the COVID-19 vaccine and child mortality (here) (here) (here). According to news reports citing her family, evidence so far points to a fentanyl overdose as the cause of death of Trinity Cornejo, a 17-year-old girl in Fullerton California.

☆ Etapă cu incidente în Dakar. Toby Price a suferit o căzătură și a fost spitalizat
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Incidentele nu au putut fi evitate nici în etapa a 9-a a Raliului Dakar! Pilotul a fost transportat cu elicopterul la spitalul din Tabuk. Concursul a fost câștigat de argentinianul Kevin Benavides. Francezul a fost urmat pe podium de qatarianul Nasser Al-Attiyah şi sud-africanul Giniel de Villiers. A zecea din cele 12 etape a competiției din Arabia Saudită se va desfășura între orașele Neom și AlUla.

Persons: Australianul Toby Price, Kevin Benavides, Ricky Brabec, Jose Igancio, Stephane Peterhansel, Francezul, Nasser, -, africanul, Villiers Locations: Dakar, Tabuk, Arabia Saudită, Neom

☆ Chilianul Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo a învins în etapa a opta a Raliului Dakar la clasa moto
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Chilianul Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo a câştigat etapa a opta a Raliului Dakar la clasa moto.Sud-americanul a fost cronometrat cu 3 ore 8 minute și 40 de secunde, după ce a parcurs distanța de 375 de kilometri, între localitățile saudite Sakaka şi Neom.Cornejo Florimo a fost urmat de australianul Toby Price şi de americanul Ricky Brabec, campionul în exercițiu la clasa moto.Grație acestei victorii, chilianul se menţine pe primul loc în clasamentul general, cu un avans de 66 secunde faţă de Price.Pilotul francez Xavier de Soultrait a fost constrâns să abandoneze în această manșă din cauza unei căderi violente, în urma căreia a fost transportat la spitalul din Tabuk.La clasa auto, în cea de-a opta etapă, nu s-au înregistrat surprize. Qatarezul Nasser Al-Attiyah s-a impus în fața lui Carlos Sainz și Stephane Peterhansel.Următoarea etapă a Raliului Dakar se va desfășura marți, în buclă la Neom, pe distanţa 465 de kilometri cronometraţi.

Persons: Chilianul Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florimo, australianul Toby Price, Ricky Brabec, Xavier de Soultrait, Nasser, Carlos Sainz, Stephane Peterhansel.Următoarea Organizations: chilianul, Dakar Locations: Dakar

☆ Cea de-a șaptea etapă a Raliului Dakar, câştigată de americanul Ricky Brabec
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cea de-a șaptea etapă a Raliului Dakar le-a dat multe bătăi de cap motocicliștilor! După acest incident, sportivul nu a rezistat și a izbucnit în lacrimi. Etapa a fost câștigată de deținătorul titlului, americanul Ricky Brabec. Sauditul Yazeed al Rajhi s-a impus la clasa auto, argentinianul Manuel Andujar a triumfat în categoria quads, iar rusul Dmitri Sotnikov a fost cel mai rapid în clasa camioane. Competiția se va încheia pe 15 ianuarie.

Persons: Ross Branch, Ricky Brabec, Jose Ignacio Cornejo, Howes, Manuel Andujar, Dmitri Sotnikov Locations: Dakar, Arabia Saudită

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