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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Deborah Rutter ? âThe Honors are the greatest weekend of the year  and it is also the bane of our existence  â Deborah Rutter  said with a laugh. For the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  the annual Kennedy Center Honors  airing on CBS on Dec. 26 and honoring dancer Carmen de Lavallade  rapper LL Cool J  television producer and writer Norman Lear and singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie  is a welcome national spotlight on the memorial to the late president. But thatâs all anyone seems to know about the the white jewel box on the Potomac.
âWe really like to think about the other 364 days of the year  and all of the programming that happens on those days â  Rutter  told me in the latest episode of âCape Up.â âWhat I love about being here at the nationâs cultural center is that we have really a mandate to welcome all of the performing arts. It is not just a performing arts center for one assumed art form or another.â
I bet you didnât know that hip hop was one of those art forms at the Kennedy Center and that Q-Tip is its artistic director. âThis is a first â  Rutter  said. âAnd as far as I know  there is no other artistic director for hip-hop â¦ anywhere in probably the world. And weâre very proud to have Q-Tip here leading  guiding and inspiring us.â
While she didnât need much convincing   Rutter  allowed that there could be others who might â for fear of what it could mean for the other arts. âJust because we are bringing in more programming that includes hip-hop artists  it does not mean that weâre doing less dance or less international programming or less of the National Symphony Orchestra â she said. âIt just means that weâre doing more  that we have thrown open the doors of the Kennedy Center  and we are ensuring that all are welcome here.â
 Deborah Rutter   president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  talks with The Postâs Jonathan Capehart on the âCape Upâ podcast on Nov. 28 in her office at the Kennedy Center. (Jonathan Capehart/The Washington Post)
There are nine performance spaces at the Kennedy Center that are in use all year. In addition to the orchestra and  the Washington National Opera  Rutter  noted the 46-year-old institution has âa magnificent  world-recognized ballet season. We have contemporary dance  we have jazz  we have a huge jazz series  chamber music  recitals  comedy  international programming.â
Listen to the podcast to hear  Rutter  talk further about the work of the Kennedy Center and how it fits into the cultural life of Washington.  She  goes into what it is like to be the local performing arts center for members of Congress  foreign diplomats and âquite a number of justices from the Supreme Court.â But  Rutter  insists none of those constituencies tries to exert influence over programming.
âHere at the center we have no limits on what we could present â  Rutter  told me. âThe problems I always describe is how to say no  when to say no  and how to not be really  truly overwhelmed by the extraordinary limitless richness of what happens here.â

Answer: Neutral


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kering ? FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -  Gucci-owner Kering (PRTP.PA)  plans to spin off German sports brand Puma (PUMG.DE) to the French conglomerate’s shareholders as  it  sharpens the group’s focus squarely on its luxury brands.
 Kering  said  it  planned to distribute 70 percent of Puma shares in kind to  its  investors  leaving  it  with only a 16 percent stake in the sportwear group  confirming an exclusive Reuters report.
 Kering  is a little more than 40 percent controlled by the French Pinault family  who would receive about 29 percent of the sporting goods company  while Puma’s free float would stand at about 55 percent.
Shedding Puma  meanwhile  would turn  Kering  into a pure player in the high-margin luxury business  where  it  rivals larger peers such as French conglomerate LVMH (LVMH.PA).
 “Kering  would dedicate  itself  entirely to the development of  its  luxury houses ”  Kering  Chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault said in a statement.
Puma struggled for years after it was bought by Kering for 5.3 billion euros ($6.4 billion) in 2007  but recent improved performance has raised expectations that the French group would sell its stake this year.
Puma’s shares rose by 45 percent over the past year  bringing its market capitalisation to 5.3 billion euros  back at the level at which  Kering  bought.
 Kering  emerged as one of the big winners in a luxury goods revival last year as Chinese demand picked up  with a stellar turn at brand-of-the-moment Gucci helping earnings and other labels such as Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga.

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Blumenthal ? In letters to Kellogg's  General Mills and PepsiCo  the attorney general  Richard Blumenthal  said he was concerned that the program  called Smart Choices  was "overly simplistic  inaccurate and ultimately misleading." The three companies are among several food giants that participate in the program.
 In an interview on Wednesday  Blumenthal said he had discussed his investigation with attorneys general from other states and several had expressed interest in joining his effort. In other prominent consumer protection cases  states have worked together to pursue companies or industries  including cigarette makers and subprime lenders  over charges of deceptive marketing.
 "As a matter of common sense  these sugar-laden or fat-saturated products seem very questionable as so-called 'Smart Choices' nutritionally " Blumenthal said. "We're ratcheting up pressure for truthful answers to these issues."
 The Connecticut investigation will seek to determine if the labeling campaign violates the state's consumer protection law  which bars misleading or false product claims  he added.
 Executives of the Smart Choices program said in a written statement on Wednesday that they would cooperate with Blumenthal. "The Smart Choices program was developed during an open and lengthy collaborative process that included some of the most experienced and accomplished professionals in nutrition science " the statement said  calling the program "an important step in the right direction to help consumers." PepsiCo also said it was cooperating.
 The letters from Blumenthal  sent last month  also went to organizations involved in developing and administering the program  including the American Society for Nutrition. The letters asked for information on how the program was developed.
 Investigators are also seeking information on any consumer research that may have been conducted as part of the program  according to the letters.
Blumenthal  sent last month  also went to organizations involved in developing and administering the program  including the American Society for Nutrition. The letters asked for information on how the program was developed.
 Blumenthal said he hoped to discover whether marketing concerns influenced the program's criteria. "Were the choices of products shaped by an advertising strategy rather than scientific evidence?" he said.
 In determining whether to pursue the inquiry  Blumenthal said that he consulted with a number of experts  including Kelly D. Brownell  the director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University.
 In the letters  Blumenthal said he was particularly concerned about products marketed to children  including sweet cereals like Froot Loops  made by Kellogg's; Lucky Charms and Cocoa Puffs  made by General Mills; and Quaker Oatmeal Squares  made by Quaker  a division of PepsiCo.

Answer:
Positive