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LISTEN: Hannah Seo on diversity and optimism in environmental journalism
"People are finding really innovative ways to tell stories."
Hannah Seo joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss health and wellness reporting and the importance of support networks for journalists of color.
Seo is a former assistant editor for the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice program and currently a reporting fellow at The New York Times' Well desk. She also talks about her poetry, gives writing tips for scientists, and shares what makes her hopeful about the state of journalism.
Listen below to our discussion with Seo, and subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, Spotify, or Stitcher.
Agents of Change in Environmental Justice · Hannah Seo on diversity and optimism in environmental journalism
All right, I am super happy to be joined by Hannah Seo. Hannah, how are you doing today?
Hannah Seo
I'm doing very well. Thank you. I'm so happy to be talking to you.
So happy to be talking and seeing you. Of course you were with us at Agents of Change. And it's just so nice to see you again and have you back. And I'm really excited to hear about what you've been working on. So as you probably know, I like to start way at the beginning. And I happen to know that you had this very, a truly international upbringing. I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about the different parts of the world you've lived and how you think it may have shaped you and your career?
Yeah, it's been... There definitely have been a lot of places in the roster of my life. I was born in Vancouver, Canada, moved to the Middle East, to Qatar, when I was four, which is a little tiny little peninsula country by Dubai. I lived there for 14 and a half years left when I was 18 to go to Montreal for university then I went to Korea for a gap year, travelled around for a bit, landed in New York City. It's for sure every single place has been influential to my life. Without a doubt, I think the biggest value is that every place has shown me that there are so many ways to live. And I think that's something that a lot of people forget, especially people who haven't traveled very much. It's like they think that the way that they live is the only way they can live or the only way people should live. And just growing up so internationally, you really see that there's really no one answer to how people go through life or how people react to circumstances.
I really like that my wife and I are always looking at the Scandinavian countries and how they live and saying, Why did they seem to have it figured out? Why can they live that way with health care, and everybody has a good-paying job? But that's really interesting. And how about the weather? I mean, I have to imagine Qatar is super hot. And then Canada is super not.
One of the fun facts about me that I like to share is that the hottest temperature I ever experienced in my life, and I don't do Fahrenheit as I'm Canadian. So you'll just have to bear with me and my Celsius. But the hottest temperature I ever experienced in Qatar was 56 degrees Celsius. And the coldest temperature I ever experienced in Montreal was negative 45 degrees Celsius. So I have experienced a more than 100-degree Celsius range of temperatures in my life. And neither one of those two are livable, no human should really be out on either end of that spectrum.
So used to as you said, You've been in New York City now for a while. Brooklyn, do you feel like a New Yorker at this point?
Oh, I would say, short answer: no. I think... I mean, I feel very familiar. I have my places that I like to go to. I do feel quite comfortable. But I think my default state is one of unbelonging and so to not be a New Yorker kind of feels like the right status.
A default state of belonging, I like that. So you went to NYU's science health and environmental reporting program just such an excellent program that I've had the good fortune of working with folks like you. And everybody that goes through there is such an excellent writer and reporter. But it's very science heavy from what I understand, maybe I'm wrong about that. But from what I understand, it's a lot of a lot of science reporting. So I'm wondering where along the way you started incorporating environmental justice and thinking more about these kinds of non-science narratives?
Yeah, it's a good question. And I feel like I started incorporating justice-related themes without really even noticing just because I have had this international upbringing. And I, I just, I naturally gravitated towards stories that involve different communities that are maybe not talked about as often or people of different, including people of different ethnicities, sexualities in my reporting process, just as a way, just felt natural to me, because of just I guess, just because of my upbringing, and it didn't really occur to me that I was doing kind of justice-related reporting until afterwards, and looking back and seeing my stories being called justice-related stories. And then, and I guess I just ran with it. I yeah, I like it.
What do you like about it?
I like that, as as a reporter, as someone in media, I think you have a lot of, you do hold a lot of power, and just the fact that people's attention is such a valuable resource, and people have limited attention. And so being able to direct even just a modicum of that attention to people who don't normally get attention, I think is like a really valuable thing that we can do.
Yeah, I totally agree. And that's just incredibly well put. As you know, I've been asking everybody, a defining moment that shaped your identity up to this point.
Oh, man. Yeah, I knew this question was coming. And I was thinking about it. And I think I guess I have two that, that are really defining in maybe different ways, or maybe related ways, I guess. One is that in my freshman year of university, I stopped believing in God. So that was pretty defining moment in my life, I think it really helped shape my trajectory of who I am and what I care about in the sense that I, when you realize that time on Earth is a finite resource, you tend to treat it with more care. And I think I started living more deliberately after I stopped believing in God. And then the second event would be when I decided to go to journalism school, I decided to apply to journalism school, despite not having any experience in journalism. And that was a really kind of scary transition, but felt... instinctively it felt right to me. And even though at the time that decision didn't feel so weighty, I think in hindsight, that feels like a very important move that I made.
Well, that's very cool. I appreciate you sharing, you sharing that. So now you are at the well desk at the New York Times. So I have two questions. One is if you can just tell us what the well desk is, I think maybe it's a little bit apparent than through the name. But there's so many different aspects of the New York Times. And second, it's obviously the biggest paper in the world. What can you tell us about your experience so far?
Yeah, so the wall desk is basically how I would explain it is if the science section met the style section. It's mostly, well coverage mostly involves mental and physical health and wellness, as well as some like relationships and social science stuff. And yeah, being at The Times is really surreal. For sure, it's such a behemoth of an institution. And I think that you don't really realize how many moving parts there are until you're kind of in the machine and you're just seeing just like how much coffee like the volume of coffee that is moved every day and, and the rush to get things to print. And it's been... It's been a learning curve, for sure. And it's been a revelatory experience thus far. And I'm excited to continue my time there.
So you are at the well desk. And you've also obviously reported on the environment and health and the intersection of all of these things. So I was just wondering, what are some of the environmental health or wellness topics that are on your radar that you think people should be paying more attention to, but maybe aren't?
Yeah, this is a tough question. And it's also kind of tricky to answer because no matter what you say, like there's always somebody who has been thinking about this and feels like by saying that nobody's talking about this, they feel a little slighted. But I think something that more people could be paying attention to, I think especially from like a health and like wellness perspective, that I think that people kind of neglect is just how big a role structural things like the economy play in how our health and well being is influenced and how we approach our own health and well being. A lot of wellness reporting, is kind of geared towards, like "you are doing something wrong, which is why you are not well, here is a solution in the form of like a product or a practice, or some sort of consumption that you can do in order to make your life better." And I think that, you know, some of the some of those pieces of advice might be helpful, but it doesn't get at the root of the problem, which is that there are these big structural forces at play that kind of prevent certain demographics from being well, and from maintaining the best health that they can. And I would really like to see more reporting, and more attention directed to those issues.
And do you think that's because of the complexity and the difficulty in reporting and talking and thinking about big things, as opposed to simple things?
Yeah. And I also think it's maybe a little unsatisfying, sometimes to read a story and be like, "well, it's out of my hands," you know? I think sometimes by offering someone a solution that feels a little bit smaller and a little bit more manageable, it kind of is comforting, in a way for both the writer and the reader, but also is not entirely truthful, or at least doesn't capture the entirety of the situation.
So for the larger structural issues – economic inequality, structural racism, I assume these are some of the things you're referring to – Is there room for solutions reporting? I know when we start a story at EHN, we try to think about, you know, how can we have impact with this? And it almost always ends with, you know, legislation change, or, or something like that, which is such a lofty goal. And I'm wondering if it's possible to have solutions reporting, if you are incorporating these kinds of larger, zooming out and focusing on some of the larger issues?
Yeah, I guess. I think there is room for solutions reporting, and I don't have all the answers. But I do think that the first step is directing attention, like I mentioned, with like marginalized communities, I think one of the first things is to just like, make sure people direct their gaze towards places where things can be better. And and I don't know, I guess, I guess, there's also an element to... as reporters, especially on like health or environmental beats, you don't always have the expertise to kind of report on things like political change or legislation, and so it might take like interdisciplinary collaboration, in order to bring that those sorts of reporting projects to light.
For sure, for sure. And so you, of course, you were an assistant editor at our Agents of Change program and did some excellent work here, and you work directly with fellows on shaping their essays. Given this work, I was wondering if you have some tips, or just general advice you'd give to scientists who want to write or communicate to a broader audience, especially in light of that, the last question that we had, trying to connect these issues, which a lot of these fellows were trying to do, what advice or tips would you have?
I think that the most common comment I had for people when I was editing and reviewing these essays was to always keep in mind what the purpose is of the piece that you're writing. I think sometimes people, especially if they have an academic background, they're just so in the zone with their expertise and their knowledge that sometimes they might lose sight of what the purpose is, or what the intended effect they want out of the essay that they publish. And so if your essay is about, if your essay is about bringing to light, some sort of unreported on or lesser known issue in a smaller community, then really, whatever expertise you have, and whatever information you share, should be in service of elucidating that issue, you're not sharing your knowledge for the sake of sharing or knowledge you're sharing or knowledge for the purpose of giving someone clarity, or shedding a light into a specific landscape. And so that's, that's what I would, I would say: Just always remember, like, why you're writing the thing you're writing, and whatever you share should be in service of that purpose.
I know from talking to you and following you online that you read a lot. You seem to follow a lot of different people, you read a lot of a lot of different issues. I'm wondering and you can be totally honest, in light of working with Agents of Change. I mean, do you think having scientists communicate in this way a kind of personal narrative is a good thing? Is that something that we should be doing to move the needle on injustice?
I definitely think so. Absolutely. I think that, you know, people who go through the Agents of Change program, so many of them have first hand experience working with communities. And it's unfortunate that so much of media relies on things like credibility, and you have to kind of prove that credibility, And I think that when academics have experience working with communities, and then they share those experiences, the institutional backing, does lend that credibility. And it's kind of a sad thing that we have to... sometimes people doubt community experiences, and that we need to rely on these titles and these institutions to kind of verify, "verify" that these issues are happening. But the fact that, but the fact is, is that, that that who those hoops do exist, and when academics use their experiences for the purpose of shedding light on these issues, like that's, for sure invaluable.
And I didn't ask that as any kind of promotion for the program. I'm just genuinely curious, because a lot of scientists are uncomfortable with that, a lot of journalists are uncomfortable with writing actively about issues especially when it relates to injustice, and things like that. So I appreciate your perspective. And speaking of reading a lot of different people, and in a lot of different spaces and genres. So you are a poet, which is so cool. And I've read some of your poetry and some of it, some of it I got and really stuck to me. And some of it like most poetry, I felt like you were at PhD level, and I was in kindergarten. But when did you get into poetry? And pardon me if this is personal, but what is what is your process? And how does it differ from journalism?
Oh, thanks for reading. I don't talk about it often, because I find that it's like, when you talk about your poetry practice to people, they either think it's very cool, or they think it's like very cringy. And they think like, you're on Tumblr, or something, and just like putting out like, your emo thoughts or whatever. Um, I got into poetry in college, I just, I was majoring in science, and I felt very removed from any sort of creative practice. And I needed an outlet to kind of let off some steam and kind of process my own emotions in a way that wasn't just talking to somebody. And so I started writing, I started joining different small literary magazines on campus. And at first, I had no intention of publishing. But then I kind of found communities online and kind of learned that publishing doesn't have to be super scary, especially if you – I take rejection very well, it's one of my strong suits – and so if you take rejection well, and you're not afraid to just like send your words out into the ether, then it's, it's very doable, and I find it to be a very emotionally fulfilling part of my life. My process is kind of vague, and it really depends on what is happening in my life. Sometimes I'll just be walking and I'll have like a turn of phrase kind of pop into my mind, and I'll I'll jot it down. Sometimes it's very like story or experience driven. And I feel like I need to capture a moment in the poetic form. And then I'll document that other times. I just go through my notes. And I see that as some of my musings have follow a certain theme. And then I'll try to kind of cobble together something from what scraps I have. And it's very, it's very unregulated, and very haphazard. But yeah.
Probably very different than the your journalism side of life, which is probably more structured at this point. I don't know the name of the poem, and I apologize if this is embarrassed as you but they're the one that got to me most was almost like a note to a boy in your class. Talking about the different experiences you two had, I believe you're both Asian I think was what I got from it. And I just thought that was such...and I can't remember the name of the poem, but that one was like, brought tears to my eyes. It was such a strong, strong poem.
Oh, thank you. Yeah, I believe the title for that one was "To the Taiwanese boy in my third grade class." Yeah, what was interesting is that this memory kind of resurfaced recently of this Asian boy who joined my school when I was like about third grade I think. And I had I grew up with very few Asians around and at the time when this other boy arrived, I was the only Asian I think in my grade, but the thing is, is that because obviously I'm Canadian, you know, English is my first language, to me like my Asianness wasn't so apparent, and I felt that when he entered into my class, He made my Asianness more apparent by the fact that he was so not Western. He spoke broken English. And, you know, poeple kind of started associating us just by default, just because we were both Asian. And if people had a hard time understanding Him, they would ask me what he said. And I, well, I was just so uncomfortable with that, that I, I think I was rather unfriendly to him in my young years, and I, and I felt really regretful of that. So that memory kind of resurfaced. And that's, that's why I wrote the poem.
Yeah. And you're kind of apologizing to him. And I understood it, but at the same time, it was like, "oh, Hannah, you're in third grade, do go easy on yourself." Like, we've all done, we've all done things in third grade that weren't so kind, but it's a really beautiful, it's a really beautiful poem. And when you were talking about rejection, so I used to write short stories and submit them to literary journals and got a couple, a couple published, but one of my rejections, I remember, they accidentally copied me. And it was the editors, and it said something along the lines of "I can't believe all the crazy shit, we're getting this round." Yeah, so that one hurt. I mean, the rest of them, were just your normal "Thank you so much for applying." But that one, maybe they maybe they copied me on purpose. You know, maybe it was just don't don't send us anything.
I'm so sorry. You had to see that.
Oh, there are worse things. There are worse things in life. So do you notice any crossover or intersection in your, you know, your reporting, your health, environmental wellness reporting, and your poetry? Are they very separate?
I think for the most part, they are quite separate. But I do love incorporating scientific themes into some of my poems, I think there's some language in the world of science that I find quite beautiful, and I love just like sticking in an odd, odd sciency term or phrase in a poem. I also think my poetry really helps my journalism, when it comes to brevity, which is definitely something I could use more work on. Just like the economy of language is so important in poetry. And I think that practice kind of seeps into my journalistic prose in a way that I think it's quite valuable.
Excellent. One of the first pieces of advice I ever got in J school was omit needless words, I think that can be attributed to a famous author or writer. But yeah, it's something I think we could all we could all learn from. So I wanted to talk to Hannah a little bit about, well, diversity in journalism, but specifically, you're part of Uproot, which is a network, I think it's journalists of color for journalists of color. For too long journalism has kind of lacked in this diversity. And I wonder if you could talk about Uproot your involvement there, and any other movement on this front to bolster diversity in reporting and why it's so important?
Yeah, I think when I initially became a journalist, I didn't think about it too much. But then I realized when I joined Uproot, and when I joined things like Asha – the American Asian American journalists Association– the value of these organizations, and I think I've been trying to distill down why I think they're so valuable. And besides just like, emotional, communal support, I think a big role that they play is that it's just a way to safely share information about your experiences and a way to kind of disseminate knowledge about the industry. And like you said, when so many people in positions of power have historically been like white and male. It's, it's nice to have channels where you can just ask advice safely, without like fear of retribution or fear of like looking unprofessional or unknowledgeable. It's also so valuable just to share experiences, because when you realize that other people are experiencing what you're experiencing, or if other people are experiencing something way better, or way worse, you know, just having all of that data is it's really comforting, just to kind of place yourself in the broader landscape of journalists. And I think that I think it's really it's really great what these organizations and what these networks are doing to provide people with that space.
That's great. I wasn't even thinking about that side of things. You know, I was thinking from the side of kind of, to news news production. But the idea of kind of a support system is, that's really great. I can say, as an editor, the fact that these networks are springing up and an AHA and National Association of Native American journalists, as an editor, it's great to have pools of not only kind of, you know, ethnic and racial diversity, but geographic diversity when I'm looking for somebody who is embedded in a community and knows that community to have them go and do the reporting as opposed to pulling somebody to parachute in. It's been really great as an editor too. So I'm really happy that all these places exist. So it's an interesting time. To be in journalism, of course, mistrust. And there's a lot of loss in the industry. But I want to I always like to hear about people's optimism. What are you excited about? What are you optimistic about when it comes to reporting and journalism?
Yeah, I think my optimism is related to the previous question. I think that the growing diversity in newsrooms is something to be optimistic about, I think that people are finding really innovative ways to tell stories and to share information, just beyond the fact of, you know, of course, like we have cool infographics that are on new sites now. But beyond things like that, it's like, you know, even even even people like Taylor Lorenz, who's on Tik Tok, sharing her reporting on Tik Tok, and just the way that we disseminate information, I think, is really is in some ways democratising in some ways, a tricky mine field to navigate. But I think, I think I'm generally optimistic because the way that power and attention is directed, I think, is, is generally headed in the right direction, even if right now it doesn't feel like it.
Yeah, you have to take the long view, right? There are certainly some negative aspects. But overall, if you take the long view, it does seem like we're on the right path. So I agree. And I appreciate that. So I have a few more questions to go. And it's just been so great to catch up with you and talk to you today. And these are, these are short, these are short answers for me. So you can just get in and get out. And the first one is, what is the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
Yeah, my mom told me when I was a teenager to be bold. And I think that's the best advice I've ever gotten, even if like at the time I hated it.
The last concert I saw was
a rock concert outdoors at Prospect Park.
My favorite thing to cook is,
One place or thing to do in New York City that I love, but I don't go or do enough
roller skating.
They still have roller roller skating rinks?
Yeah, there's one in Prospect Park that I love to go to. But I just like the timing with work. It's like it's hard to get to.
I watched a documentary on roller rinks a few years ago, and I don't remember, I don't remember the name of it. But it is fascinating. The culture that sprung up around these, I believe Chicago was a really big place for them. Michigan, you know, around Detroit, there were a whole bunch of them. And they all shut down over the last few decades and people were crushed. It was this big cultural gathering space, for adults too, I had no idea. So cool.
Well, I've never really dug into the history of Roller Skating. But now I really want to watch that.
I will have to get you the name. And Hannah. Last question, what is the last book you read for fun?
I do read a lot. I try to read 30 books a year. Well, I don't know if I'm gonna hit that this year. But the last book I read was actually I re-read how to do nothing by Jenny Odell. And this book is, is amazing. Probably one of the best books I've ever read, maybe. But it's not really about how to do nothing. The subtitle of the book, I think, is more apt, it's resisting the attention economy. And basically, it's about how attention is one of the last resources that we as individuals have full autonomy over and so much of when we get when we face like dread or despair about the world around us, a lot of the times we can have the instinct to like pull ourselves apart from the world and kind of, you know, become a hermit in a cabin in the woods, or just like detach completely or like stop caring. And she says that the answer to fixing the societies that we live in is not to separate ourselves, but to kind of exist in our existing systems but also standing apart and kind of operating in this third space where you're aware of what's happening, but also actively trying to resist the flow of where people are trying to move you towards. And I'm not doing a great job of summarizing this, but it is very, very good. And I'm, I've been recommending this book to everyone I can at every opportunity.
Awesome. I you know, I've seen that at the local library. And I keep thinking about getting it. And now I will that sounds sounds like a great read for the times.
Yes, absolutely.
Well, Hannah, this has been great. You started as an intern at EHN. And now I'm just a fan of your work and you're one of my favorite reporters. So thank you so much for taking the time today.
Oh, that's so kind of you. I've enjoyed every moment of this.
All right, that's all for this week. Folks, I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Hannah. I am so excited to continue watching her career unfold. For more of her work, follow her on Twitter at ahannahseo.
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Soprano Judith Bettina, hailed for her proficiency in a wide range of musical styles, has appeared as guest soloist with such orchestras as the Houston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Munich Philharmonic. She has appeared with chamber groups throughout the United States and Europe, including appearances with the Bach Chamber Soloists, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Continuum, Bard Music Festival, New York Philmusica, Parnassus, Speculum Musicae, The Geneva Music Festival, Ensemble 21, Boston Musica Viva, San Francisco Contemporary Chamber players, the Monadnock Music Festival, and the Library of Congress.
Highly acclaimed for her performances of contemporary music, Ms. Bettina has had works written for her by Mel Powell, Tobias Picker, Christopher Berg, Chester Biscardi, David Rakowski, Richard Karpen, and David Olan. She has premiered works by Charles Wuorinen, Milton Babbitt, Lori Dobbins, Richard Danielpour, George Tsontakis, and Vivian Fine. Ms. Bettina's recent performances have included Tobias Picker's Symphony No. 2: Aussöhnung and the premiere of Trest sonetos de amor, Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, and Edison Denisov's La vie en rouge.
Her recordings with pianist James Goldsworthy of Chester Biscardi's The Gift of Life, David Rakowski's Three Songs on Poems of Louise Bogan, and a new release of songs by Otto Luening are on Composers Recordings, Inc. She has also recorded works by Milton Babbitt and Mel Powell on New World Records and Musicmasters, respectively. Ms. Bettina resides in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.
A lyric soprano known for her electric stage presence, musical intelligence, and crystalline sound, Amy Burton enjoys an active career in opera and concert on stages across the world. A favorite of New York City Opera, Ms. Burton has performed most recently in Thor Steingraber's new production of Don Giovanni, as Donna Elvira.
On the concert stage, Amy Burton has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Syphony, Israel Philharmonic, Berner Orchester, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, and Philharmonia Baroque. She has appeared in recital with the New York Festival of Song, Lincoln Center Great Performers, and at the 92nd St. Y, where she made her New York recital debut in 1997.
Amy Burton has won critical praise for her acting ability as well as her comedic sense. Ms. Burton has a deep love for French music. She has performed Les Mammelles de Tiresias, with L'Opéra Français de New York, L'Amour Masqué with New York Festival of Song, and excerpts from Noel Coward's Conversation Piece, which was written for French operetta star Yvonne Printemps. Ms. Burton will star in an homage to Yvonne Printemps in the Fall of 2002.
Amy Burton is a graduate of Northwestern University and was one of three winners in the 1995 Marian Anderson International Vocal Arts Competition. Other awards include the George London Award and the New York City Opera's 1998 Kolosvar Award. She can be heard on recording in Richard Wilson's Persuasions, a cantata for soprano and chamber ensemble, released by Albany Records. She has also recorded Blue Monday, an early Gershwin opera, on the world premiere recording for Angel/EMI. She and her husband, composer John Musto, live in New York with their son, Joshua.
With a repertoire that extends from the brilliant coloratura roles of Rossini's Rosina and Cenerentola to the soaring sophistication of Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, mezzo-soprano Margaret Lattimore is in demand by opera companies, orchestras and recital presenters worldwide.
Ms. Lattimore has become a leading interpreter of the works of composer John Harbison. In addition to her performances of the role of Jordan Baker in John Harbison's opera The Great Gatsby, she gave the premiere of his Due Libri as part of the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. This past season, she performed the work with Collage New Music, and a recording is soon to be released on the Koch International label. Margaret Lattimore has been invited to give the world premiere of the composer's Requiem with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in Boston and Carnegie Hall.
The mezzo-soprano first received acclaim in the 1993-1994 season when she joined Thomas Hampson in concert performances of Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles with the New World Symphony, and in October 1993, as a member of the Lindemann Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Program, made her house debut as Dorotea in Stiffelio. Ms. Lattimore was selected by Marilyn Horne as a recitalist on her prestigious "On Wings of Song" series at the Kosciuszko Foundation, marking her New York recital debut. She has also appeared in recital at the Library of Congress performing songs by Elinor Remick Warren with baritone, Thomas Hampson and pianist, Craig Rutenberg.
A graduate of the State University of New York at Potsdam where she studied with Pat Misslin, Ms. Margaret Lattimore is a 1997 recipient of the George London Award, and has received both the Eleanor McCallum Award from the Houston Grand Opera and a Jacobson Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. Margaret Lattimore currently resides in Colorado.
Recognized as one of the world's leading young American lyric tenors, Richard Clement is hailed for the tonal beauty, innate musicality, and sense of style in his operatic, concert, and recital performances.
A sought-after and versatile concert performer, Mr. Clement began the 2001-2002 season at Opera Theatre of St. Louis with performances as To-No-Chujo in Tale of the Genji in both St. Louis and Japan. The season brought many appearances on the concert stage, including Gerald Finzi's Dies Natalis with the DeKalb Symphony, Sir Michael Tippett's Child of our Time with the Santa Rosa Symphony, Aaron Jay Kernis' Millennium Symphony with the Minnesota Orchestra, and Philip Glass' Symphony No. 5 in Indianapolis. Mr. Clement also recorded Toch's Cantata of the Bitter with the Czech Philharmonic, and returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a repeat of Jonathan Miller's acclaimed, staged-version of Bach's St. Matthew Passion.
Highlights from previous seasons include appearances with the orchestras of Cleveland, Philadelphia, Houston, Montreal, Boston, San Francisco, and Colorado, and with such conductors as Wolfgang Sawallisch, Christopher Hogwood, Charles Dutoit, James Conlon, and Neeme Järvi. His operatic roles have included Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte, Little Bat McLean in Susannah, Fenton in Falstaff, and Ernesto in Don Pasquale.
Mr. Clement studied voice at Georgia State University and at the Cincinnati Conservatory, where he received his Master of Music degree. He was a Tanglewood Music Festival Fellow in 1990 and 1991, a member of the Houston grand Opera Studio in the 1991-1992 season, and winner of a 1994 Richard Tucker Music Foundation Jacobson Study Grant.
Baritone John Hancock has sung in world premieres of three American operas. He created the role of Lord Henry in Lowell Liebermann's The Picture of Dorian Gray; he took on three roles in the one-act trilogy Central Park; and played Abelard in Stephen Paulus' Heloise and Abelard. Mr. Hancock has received international acclaim for his interpretations of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Oreste in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride. He has also performed Dr. John Buchanan in Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke, Valentin in Faust, le Duc de Rothsay in La Jolie Fille de Perth, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, and Falke in Die Fledermaus. Upcoming engagements include his debut at the San Francisco Opera as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, and his debut at the Saito Kinen Festival where he will perform the role of Ramiro in Ravel's l'Heure Espagnole.
Performances on the concert stage include Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Carmina Burana with l'Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, and L'Enfant du Christ with the Canadian Opera Orchestra. He has also appeared in concert with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, NOS Dutch National Radio Orchestra, and the Israeli Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Hancock enjoys frequent collaborations in recital with the New York Festival of Song, and made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Collegiate Chorale in Carmina Burana.
A native New Yorker, Mr. Hancock studied French Literature at Occidental College and the Sorbonne before pursuing his musical education at the Juilliard School. He is the recipient of awards and grants from the Metropolitan Opera National Council, the Sullivan Foundation and the Shoshana Foundation.
Founded in 1988, The New York Virtuoso Singers (NYVS), under founder and artistic director Harold Rosenbaum, has become this country's leading exponent of contemporary choral music. NYVS is a professional choral ensemble dedicated to presenting both seldom-heard works by past and contemporary masters, as well as commissioning, performing, and recording works by today's composers.
From its early days in 1998, as an offshoot of a chorus-in-residence created expressly for the Brooklyn Philharmonic, until the present day, with self-produced concerts, recordings, commissions, and tours, NYVS has carved a unique niche for itself in the musical world. NYVS has been featured twice on Channel 2 WCBS-TV and Channel 11 WPIX-TV, performed 16 radio broadcasts, and been featured on two Voice of American worldwide broadcasts. In 1993, the group appeared as the first-ever guest chorus at Tanglewood Music Center's annual festival of Contemporary Music. NYVS has twice received the ASCAP-Chorus America "Award for Adventuresome Programming," and has been given Chorus America's "American Choral Works Performance Award." Among the composers NYVS has commissioned are Michael Gordon, David Winkler, George Tsontakis, and Tristan Keuris.
Through his wide range of conducting activities, Harold Rosenbaum remains a vital and influential force on the American choral music scene. In this country, Mr. Rosenbaum and his choirs have collaborated with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Mr. Rosenbaum has conducted over 1200 concerts worldwide, half of them with the Canticum Novum Singers, a volunteer chorus he founded in 1973. Mr. Rosenbaum is Professor of Music and Director of Choirs at Suny Buffalo and founder/conductor of the Westchester Oratorio Society. Mr. Rosenbaum makes his residence in South Salem, NY.


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Folger Library Hamlet Introducing Shakespeare Macbeth Richard III Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare Lit
More Than Papier-Mâché Characters
February 8, 2011 | By Caitlin Griffin
~by Anthony Del Col
The best Shakespeare production I've ever seen was also the worst.
A friend of mine was doing a community theatre production of Titus Andronicus years ago and it was quite bad (with the exception of my friend, who may be reading this… oops!). Bad acting, directing, sets, costumes and props (a papier-mâché head that looked like it was made by the director's son – who was in kindergarten). Yet I left the theatre inspired and dazzled.
Why? Because it was at that moment that I realized how great Shakespeare's stories were. I tried to look past – ignore, really – all of the bad elements of this production to focus on the characters – and they were remarkable.
Issue #5, Page 1* Othello looms over Iago
This is what we're trying to do with Kill Shakespeare. No, not make a bad version of Shakespeare but rather create a product and story that will allow us to shine a spotlight on these fantastic characters. And we do so by putting them into a new scenario where they co-exist with the Bard's characters from other plays.
So often it's difficult to people to get past the language and other surfaces of Shakespeare's plays. We're using a combination of modern-day and Elizabethan English to eliminate that barrier get people into our characters quicker. Yes, some scholars have objected to this strategy but many have loved it. The best reviews we have received are those that state that reading our series has made them pick up their Shakespeare texts for the first time in decades.
Issue #5, Page 7* a fireside chat between Falstaff and Juliet
Why? Because they realize how funny actually Falstaff is, how stubborn Juliet is, and how convincing and determined Iago and Lady Macbeth can be. These are some of the greatest characters ever created, and we relish the opportunity to present them in a new, exciting and stimulating way.
Now I wonder if there will be a community theatre production of Kill Shakespeare one day…?
Anthony Del Col is a Co-Creator of the popular graphic novel Kill Shakespeare. Anthony has worked in the music, film and television industries, produced two independent feature films and most recently assisted with the management of international pop star Nelly Furtado and her world tour.
*artwork by Andy B., colour by Ian Herring.
Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery will be speaking about Kill Shakespeare at the Folger on February 15 at 7:30pm.
Issues #3-#8 are available for sale from the Folger Shop.
Caitlin Griffin
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Would be fantastic to have a playscript for Kill Shakespeare – on the cards from yourselves, at all?

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Rick Grohl'd: Watch Rick Astley cover the Foo Fighters' Everlong
Recorded from his London home.
Rick Astley. Image: Jeff Kravitz / Getty
Rick Astley has released a home-recorded version of the Foo Fighters hit Everlong, accompanied by nothing but his acoustic guitar. Take a look above.
Introducing the cover, Astley explains his choice: "Sometimes you just have to find the song that's gonna lift your spirits and put you in another place, and I've been doing that a lot recently with music. And one of the bands I always go to – believe it or not – is Foo Fighters, so here we go. Here's my version of a song of theirs called Everlong."
Astley first found fame with his debut solo recording, Never Gonna Give You Up, which was initially released in 1987 to immediate success, becoming the best-selling single of that year. After a temporary retirement from music in the 1990s to focus on his family, Astley returned to music in 2001 with his record Keep It Turned On. He would return to touring in 2004.
Similarly, his first hit would also be revived in the 2000s, as Rickrolling became more prevalent from 2007 onwards. Since its upload to YouTube, the Never Gonna Give You Up's music video has accumulated over 708 million views.
Rick Astley is no stranger to the Foo Fighters, either, having collaborated with them live several times. The fan-shot video below shows a performance of Never Gonna Give You Up alongside the band.
It's also not Astley's first time coving Everlong, as he's included it in his live sets since 2017.
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GP fury as 'support package' ramps up pressure on face-to-face access
By Nick Bostock on the 14 October 2021
Government plans billed as a 'support package' for general practice threaten a fifth of practices with direct intervention over face-to-face appointments and fail to provide the assistance the profession desperately needs, GP leaders have warned.
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
GP leaders said they were 'dismayed' that after promising support for general practice, officials had rolled out a package that 'offers very little' - warning it showed a government 'completely out of touch with the scale of the crisis on the ground'.
The BMA said it was 'truly frightening that we have a government so ignorant to the needs of such a core part of the NHS'. Speaking at the RCGP annual conference in Liverpool, college chair Professor Martin Marshall said the 'so-called support package was most definitely not the answer'.
Plans set out by the government and NHS England include a £250m winter access fund, to be rolled out between November this year and March 2021. The funding is explicitly linked to demands for practices to deliver more appointments overall - at a time when the profession is already delivering more than ever before - as well as demands for more appointments face-to-face.
QOF targets
The plans will also create new QOF targets on access for GP practices, and could bring the rollout from April 2022 of a new patient satisfaction system that will invite patients to rate their practice by text after an appointment.
Satisfaction scores will be published at individual practice level alongside practice-level data on 'activity and waiting times', the plans confirm. Practices will be incentivised under the Investment and Impact Fund to increase their satisfaction scores in 2022/23, with the scale of incentives to be 'increased significantly in 2023/24'.
GP leaders warned the plans threatened to drive up pressure on general practice - and could lead to yet more abuse in the wake of sustained attacks over face-to-face access. The plans come just weeks after GPs hit out at the government for 'singling out' general practice for pay transparency measures that will not apply to any other NHS employees or contractors - despite promises that GPs would not be unfairly targeted.
The plans also heap further pressure on general practice over face-to-face access despite appeals from the profession for greater support.
Face-to-face access
Practices have been ordered to complete reviews by the end of October looking at whether they have 'got the balance for patients right between remote and face-to-face consultations'. A further 200 practices will receive support through the NHS 'access improvement programme' - on top of 700 already being supported.
In addition to this, England's 44 integrated care systems (ICSs) have been told to begin an 'immediate exercise' to build a list of up to '20% of all local practices, where [they] will be taking immediate further steps to support improved access'.
Practices in line for this intervention will be those identified as being in the bottom 20% for the proportion of appointments delivered face-to-face, where A&E usage is highest, where overall appointment numbers have dropped compared with pre-pandemic times and where calls to 111 from their patients are high in core hours.
The document setting out the proposals hails GP practices' response to the pandemic, and says 'all practices are currently grappling with the emergent challenge of working out the optimal blend of face-to-face appointments alongside remote appointments'.
Patient preferences
Many are doing so 'brilliantly' the document says - but it claims that 'a minority of practices are now offering wholly inappropriate access, with very low levels of face-to-face care'. It says that in August this year 'over 15% of practices recorded less than 20% of their GP appointments being held face-to-face - a level 'likely to be contrary to good clinical practice, even if it were to reflect the preferences of their patients'.
The £250m winter access fund will allow practices to pay existing staff for extra sessions, bring in additional locum or other support. Health systems pitching for a share of the fund must demonstrate that all practices are delivering 'at least pre-pandemic activity levels', the document says - despite evidence from official data and RCGP surveillance figures showing practices are currently delivering significantly more appointments overall, as well as a massive surge in clinical administrative workload.
Systems must also show they are increasing appointment volumes in general practice, increasing the proportion delivered face-to-face, minimising in-hours use of 111 and A&E services - while practices must sign up to the community pharmacy minor illness referral service to receive a share of the cash.
The plans also promise 'zero tolerance' on abuse of healthcare workers, highlighting plans to double the maximum sentence for common assault against NHS staff.
Practice staff abused
Launching the package of plans, health and social care secretary Sajid Javid said he was 'determined to ensure patients can see their GP in the way they want, no matter where they live'. His comments come just weeks after he said it was 'high time' GPs delivered face-to-face appointments to all patients who want them - something the RCGP has told MPs is simply 'undeliverable'.
BMA GP committee chair Dr Richard Vautrey said: 'After weeks of promising an "emergency package" to rescue general practice, we're hugely dismayed that whilst additional funding has been promised, the package as a whole offers very little and shows a government completely out of touch with the scale of the crisis on the ground.
'GPs and their teams will now be facing the worst winter for decades, and as a result, patients' care will suffer. Appointments will be harder to book, waiting times will get longer, more of the profession could leave and GPs will struggle to cope.
'It is also disappointing to see that there is no end in sight to the preoccupation with face-to-face appointments; we need a more intelligent conversation about the variety of appointments and care that are available to patients to meet their needs.'
He said the BMA had repeatedly told ministers that patient care and access would be at risk unless red tape for practices was cut back. But he warned: 'Unfortunately, today's offer merely tinkers around the edges, and will not reduce the unnecessary burden practices carry.'
He said measures to ease pressure on GPs through widening the list of professionals that can provide medical evidence, fit notes and DVLA checks were a 'mere drop in the ocean'. He added: 'GPs across England will be truly horrified that this is being presented as a lifeline to general practice, when in reality it could sink the ship all together. There can be no doubt that this lack of action at such a critical time will force many GPs to hang up their stethoscopes and leave the profession for the last time.'
RCGP chair Professor Marshall said: 'We knew we were unlikely to get a silver bullet to solve all the challenges GPs and our teams are facing, but we hoped to see more tangible solutions to improve the care that can be delivered to patients. Our hardworking members will see this package as a missed opportunity.
'A focus purely on access ignores the other challenges we face in providing high-quality, personalised care. Crucially, there is also nothing here to address the long-standing workforce pressures facing general practice. We need the government to make good on its manifesto pledge of an additional 6,000 GPs, and 26,000 other primary care professionals, to enter the workforce by 2024.'
In addition to the lack of measures on workforce pressures, the report claims that full-time equivalent GP numbers rose by around 1,200 between June 2019 and June 2021 - although the fully qualified workforce rose by just 100 doctors. It also fails to acknowledge a huge underspend against additional roles reimbursement scheme targets.
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid said: 'I am determined to ensure patients can see their GP in the way they want, no matter where they live. I also want to thank GPs and their teams for their enormous efforts in the most challenging times in living memory.
'Our new plan provides general practice teams with investment and targeted support. This will tackle underperformance, taking pressure off staff so they can spend more time with patients and increase the number of face-to-face appointments.
'Alongside this we are setting out more measures to tackle abuse and harassment so staff at GP surgeries who work so tirelessly to care for patients can do so without having to fear for their safety.'
RCGP chair sets out immediate steps government can take to support GPs
GP workload intensifies as practices head for tough winter
'Demonising less-than-full-time doctors will drive people away' - GPs slam media attacks
List of GPs earning more than £150,000 to be published before year end
Huge drop in DNAs post-pandemic adds millions of appointments to GP workload


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Today is the 1 year anniversary of my dad's death. I will be honoring his memory at BSA Hospice tomorrow with free chair massages to the staff & families of patients. (The flyer I made for hospice with pictures of my dad is on the pdf file.) It is very healing to me to be able to do something concrete in his memory that I hope is meaningful to others. I am very thankful for the time I had to spend with my dad in his last few weeks holding his hand and comforting him with touch. I am also so grateful to the caring staff at hospice that eased his transition from this world to heaven with their compassionate service.


Established in 2011, the Institute for Research in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) supports the national strategy for the deployment of renewable energies. IRESEN is dedicated to provide knowledge and research infrastructures at the disposal of energy innovation.
IRESEN is ensuring two missions in achieving this strategy. IRESEN develops R&D energy projects and plays the role of a research fund. In fact, IRESEN established a green energy research platform to develop and provide the access to research infrastructures and expertise at optimum costs. IRESEN is also a research fund with the objective to manage funds for a better capacity and know-how portfolio.
Furthermore, IRESEN is in charge of identifying strategic topics to guide the research, build joint R&D projects, and create critical research maps. The process involves a dialogue with universities and industrialists to identify the needs of the sector. In fact, IRESEN launches frequently call for proposals to select innovative projects. Innovation is not the only criterion; applicants must be a consortium of universities and industrialists. Last but not least, IRESEN provides financial and technical means to academics to research challenging applied science research topics. Research projects are related to the innovative research themes investigated in the solar research platform of Benguerir. The objective is to trigger a sustainable research and innovation momentum in energy.
The commitment to trigger innovation makes IRESEN suitable to lead the Work Package 3 on Capacity Building 2: Knowledge and Infrastructures for Innovation. IRESEN is a dynamic organization with valuable assets: a diversified portfolio of public and private partners, a competent team and research infrastructures. In fact, national partners include the Ministry of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment and the Office Chérifien des Phosphates which is the largest Moroccan industry company. Key energy partners include the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy, the Energy Investment Organization (SIE), and the agency responsible for renewable energies and energy efficiency policy implementation (ADEREE). IRESEN is enriched by a team with diversified backgrounds; from engineering to economics and policy analysts. In addition, the green research platform in Benguerir is at the disposal for innovation. Furthermore, IRESEN maintain close links with international universities and research centers such as the Fraunhofer institute and Chonbuk National University. The objective is to adopt good practices, promote knowledge mobility.
IRESEN is committed to reduce the gap between university research and industrialists. This objective is feasible via tailored education programs to develop capacities able to provide innovative solutions to the industry.
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Q: Mathematical meaning of the logarithm in the definition of entanglement entropy Given a system whose density operator is $\rho$, the (Von Neumann) entanglement entropy is defined as
$$S[\rho]=-\text{Tr}(\rho\log\rho)$$
My question: Is $\log\rho$ simply the matrix whose entries are the logarithm of the entries of $\rho$? Or does it denote something more exotic (e.g. related with the matrix exponential)?
My thoughts on it: I know that $S$ must coincide with Shannon's Entropy $-\underset{j}{\sum}p_{j}\log p_{j}$ (if one does the calculations on an eigenbasis $\{|n\rangle\}$ of $\rho$ with eigenvalues $p_{j}$, which are the probabilities of the system being in the state $|\psi_{j}\rangle$). In fact, if one assumes that $\log\rho$ is the matrix whose entries are the logarithm of the entries of $\rho$, this happens (the calculations are not difficult). This indicates (but of course does not prove) that the $\text{log}\rho$ has this simple interpretation. Does it?

A: Firstly, we can define the exponential of an $n\times n$ matrix $A$ through the Taylor series, namely,
$$e^A = \sum_{k = 1 }^\infty \frac{A^k}{k!}.$$
If the matrix $A$ is diagonalizable then it can be expressed as $A = M \Lambda M^{-1}$ where $M$ is the matrix of column eigenvectors and $\Lambda = \mathrm{diag}(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \dots, \lambda_n)$ where $\lambda_n$ are the eigenvalues. It then follows,
$$e^A = \sum_{k= 1}^\infty \frac{1}{k!}M\Lambda^k M^{-1} = M \left( \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{\Lambda^k}{k!}\right) M^{-1} = Me^{\Lambda} M^{-1}.$$
In the special case that $A$ is a diagonal matrix, you can show that the definition of the matrix $\exp$ reduces to the exponential of each diagonal element. Therefore, if $B=\ln A$, then we define the logarithm $B$ as being the matrix such that $e^B = A$, in the matrix exponential sense above.

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Peugeot's Instinct Concept "is a car that understands you"
March 1, 2017 southcapenetRegular Columns
Ever dreamed of owning a car that offers complete peace-of-mind with full awareness of its surroundings?
Brian Joss – A car that understands you, that knows you so well that it can foresee your every wish? A car that is in true harmony with you? A car that delivers a seamless, straightforward experience? Peugeot has approached this concept with a single watchword: freedom. Freedom to choose your driving mode and the accompanying sensations. Freedom of movement. The outcome is Peugeot Instinct Concept.
The Peugeot-G17-Coupole: connecting the car with your cloud.
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"A Peugeot that offers something different, that has its own vibe. Our customers can vouch for this, the success of the new Peugeot 3008 proves it, and the same will be true of the self-driving car in the future. That vibe has a name – freedom," says Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO of Peugeot. Samsung Artiktm Cloud enables easy and transparent interaction between connected devices and services, freeing users from having to worry about the underlying technology. Designing a self-driving car is an exciting challenge. There are two opposing concepts – active driving and autonomous mode – and our job is to bring them together, with one clear objective:
maintaining the enjoyment and arousing emotions. Peugeot Instinct is the first self-driving concept that keeps driving pleasure in mind. Gilles Vidal, Head of Styling at Peugeot. It was designed with a single watchword in mind: freedom. Freedom to choose your driving mode, freedom of movement, interconnected freedom. The concept fulfills its user's desires and requirements.
For the first time ever, a car comes with a functional on-board platform, that connects the car with the user's cloud.
It operates in total harmony with the full range of connected devices to create a brand-new approach to mobility. The vehicle integrates the data that the user wants to share with it from their smartphone, smartwatch or home automation systems and offers four ways of getting around: two active driving modes (Drive Boost or Drive Relax) and two self-driving modes (Autonomous Sharp or Autonomous Soft).
The responsive i-Cockpit reinterprets the passenger compartment to meet the needs of the self-driving vehicle. The interfaces can be configured – before, during and after use – according to the mode selected and the user's profile. The driver retains control in all circumstances. In Autonomous mode, drivers can give a command or make a manoeuvre via the i-Device on the central console.
Connected devices and services have become extensions of ourselves. At Peugeot, we have integrated this technology into our cars in increasingly simple and ergonomic ways, offering our clients a relaxed, empowering and wholly unprecedented driving experience. One that puts our clients in control of their own mobility, granting them complete autonomy. Aude Brille, head of strategy at Peugeot.
The Samsung Artiktm Cloud for the Internet of Things (IoT) connects the devices they use every day and aggregates the data. That data comes from items such as smartwatches, smartphones and social media. It can even connect to your home to communicate with your smart television, audio streaming, home assistant, PC and other devices. The car itself is a valuable source of information because it is with us throughout our day and knows our regular journeys, favourite places and how we drive.
For example, Monday, 7:45 am: You set off for your 8:30 appointment fifteen minutes earlier than usual. Taking weather and traffic conditions into account, your car's navigation system and your diary have synchronised and suggested you leave home fifteen minutes earlier if you want to be on time.
Once inside the car, the FocalL hi-fi system starts playing the track you were listening to at home. When you start the engine, your house doors are automatically locked.
Tuesday, 9 pm: You're very tired after your session at the gym. Your Peugeot concept is aware of this thanks to your smartwatch and so switches to Autonomous Soft mode. You can take some rest during the journey back home. As you approach your house, the outside lights come on to light up your driveway.
Friday, 2 pm: The journey to your next appointment includes a section on the motorway and a winding local road. The motorway part is covered in Autonomous Sharp mode. Then, knowing that you enjoy a dynamic drive, the car switches itself to Drive Boost mode when you join the local road.
For the user, the car offers an unprecedented smooth driving experience. The vehicle environment has been designed to make every journey easier. The car preconfigures a range of features: driving mode, seat and interface settings, ambient lighting, hi-fi system, and so on. However, the driver remains fully in charge, able to choose between a manual drive or letting the car do the work in Autonomous mode. The four modes available allow for particularly precise management. Drive Boost is designed for a dynamic drive. Drive Relax uses the ADAS (Advanced Driving Assistance Systems ) to assist the driver. This includes features such as automatic main beam switching or the active cruise control. Autonomous Soft mode is for comfort.
The journeys may be a little longer, giving you time to watch a film, read or simply rest. Finally, Autonomous Sharp optimises journey times with precise, efficient road handling.
The concepts presented to date have given the self-driving car quite an elitist image. It is seen as a top-of-the-range product, designed entirely with the driver in mind. PEUGEOT' s vision is radically different.
Self-driving must enable as many people as possible to benefit. With this in mind, we have created an innovative, adaptive interior architecture, the Responsive i-Cockpit.
The Responsive i-Cockpit gives each passenger their own individual space, even on-board a compact vehicle. To make sure everyone is comfortable, the seats take inspiration from aeronautic design. The structures and areas that come into contact with the body – seat base, seat back and headrest – are all treated individually. The base is enhanced with aluminium and remains fixed. The back, however, is mobile, pivoting around the transversal Y axis.
The occupant is free to select the position they like – horizontal if they want to rest, upright to drive or in-between to watch a film or work.
Passengers can all communicate with the car via a chatbot, a speech-driven personal assistant offering a vast array of services. For example, you can use naturally expressed commands to book cinema seats or buy online. The materials also incite you to make the most of this extra free time. The floor is finished with a thin concrete layer that has a silky feel, inviting you to slip off your shoes and relax.
In the near future, there will be two sides to Peugeot driving pleasure.
Enjoy a dynamic drive or, alternatively, make the most of some extra free time.
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We live in a fast-paced, frazzled world, if you flow with grace and ease, no doubt people will be drawn to flow with you.
Whether it's Yoga or Meditation, or just paying attention to what is happening in the present moment, these practices will lead you to embody a sense of calm and ease.
People will take note. It's a slight shift with a big impact. Train yourself to be here now and watch how others respond to your aura of grace.
The reason gratitude is paramount in attracting others is because it aligns you with a state of abundance. Abundance overflows – it wants to share. When you're overflowing with good vibes, others will flock by your side.
Gratitude overflows. It's light, joyful, and yummy. When you feel grateful, you become one with this delectable energy; it's an absolute people magnet!
Love the things that are easy to love, and stretch to love the things that aren't.
When you love fearlessly, you beam. You're a light in the storm. You're a smile in the crowd. You're a breath of fresh air.
Involve your heart in all that you do and people won't be able to take their eyes off you.
People with that thing have confidence. Not inflated confidence; not narcissism. It's a deep confidence. Faith.
They know what they want, and they know that they're going to get it. This type of unwavering conviction is extremely attractive to people because it's what we all want, too.
When someone speaks with conviction, we listen. We may not like what they're saying, but we'll listen. Conviction draws a crowd.
There's a voice that lives inside you; it's not in your head, it's in your heart. When you listen to this voice you'll be guided in the direction you're supposed to go. And as life unfolds the way you want as a result of listening to this voice, you'll have found your truth.
There's nothing more captivating than a person on their path. Listen to what the real you has to say, then follow through. People will always be drawn to you as a result to being true to yourself.
Just remember that Network Marketing is a PEOPLE business. You sell yourself everyday to everyone around you. Practice these 4 easy steps above and watch how quickly people want to be apart of your life.
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Happy birthday to Bella Hadid, one half of fashion's favourite sister act and one of the hottest women in the world right now. Let's just hope 'homeboy' picked a candlelit meal over, say, sneaker shopping.
When Victoria's Secret model Jasmine Tookes isn't storming the runway, she's being thrown out of fancy New York hotels for stealing the in-room bath robes.
Another Victoria's Secret stalwart is Josephine Skriver, Danish model and all-round heartbreaker, who was recently pictured in the pool enjoying some well-earned annual leave. Funny, it looks very different to most days off that we enjoy.
We're well aware of the nineties resurgence, but Kim Kardashian took it one step – or ponytail – further. Simply slap a snapband on those wrists and scream, "Zig-a-zig ahhh".
Emma gives new meaning to the phrase "stone cold fox", especially when she's resplendent in florals at the British Film Festival.
From Queen Victoria to queen of our hearts, Jenna Coleman cut a royal figure in a bouquet of crimsons and black ankle boots. Your Majesty, and then some.
For all the hype Cara Delevingne gets, her big sister Poppy is just as memorable. The 31-year-old was recently pictured in black lace and… as it happens, not a lot else.
One of Givenchy's favourite girls is going global. Ming Xi, VS girl and supermodel-in-the-making, was last seen at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, treating the runway terminal like an actual runway.
Recently cast as our very own Elizabeth I in new a bodice-ripper about Mary Queen Of Scots, Margot Robbie's next big role will be on our screens next year and suddenly, we've rediscovered a keen interest in Tudor history.


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SEC News Digest
Issue 2008-87
COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Temporary Suspension of Trading in the Securities of Health Professionals, Inc.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension of trading in the securities of Health Professionals, Inc. (Health Professionals, symbol HPFS), commencing at 9:30 a.m. EDT on May 5, 2008, and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 16, 2008.
The Commission temporarily suspended trading due to a lack of current and accurate information about Health Professionals, which has not made a required periodic filing in more than ten years. The Order of Suspension of Trading was entered pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act).
The Commission cautions brokers, dealers, shareholders and prospective purchasers that they should carefully consider the foregoing information along with all other currently available information and any information subsequently issued by this company.
Brokers and dealers should be alert to the fact that, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11, at the termination of the trading suspension, no quotation may be entered relating to the securities of Health Professionals unless and until the broker or dealer has strictly complied with all of the provisions of the rule. If any broker or dealer is uncertain as to what is required by the rule, it should refrain from entering quotations relating to the securities of Health Professionals that have been subject to a trading suspension until such time as it has familiarized itself with the rule and is certain that all of its provisions have been met. Any broker or dealer with questions regarding the rule should contact the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC at (202) 551-5720. If any broker or dealer enters any quotation which is in violation of the rule, the Commission will consider the need for prompt enforcement action.
If any broker, dealer or other person has any information which may relate to this matter, they should immediately contact the Delinquent Filings Branch of the Division of Enforcement at (202) 551-5466, or by e-mail at DelinquentFilings@sec.gov. (Rel. 34-57773)
Erik Sirri to Testify
Erik Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, concerning Examining the Regulation of Investment Banks by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Chairman Cox to Testify
Christopher Cox, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, concerning SEC's FY 2009 Budget Request. The hearing will begin at 3:00 p.m. in Room 192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
SEC Announces Start of Distribution Process in AIG Settlement; Court Approves Distribution Plan for $800 Million Fair Fund
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the start of the process that will return more than $800 million in Fair Funds to harmed investors in American International Group, Inc., which settled SEC charges of financial fraud and improper financial reporting and disclosure over a four-year period.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved a distribution plan on April 14, 2008, for the Fair Fund created from financial penalties and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains that AIG paid in its 2006 settlement with the SEC. The court-appointed Distribution Agent, Kenneth R. Feinberg, will administer the distribution of the Fair Fund to eligible current and former shareholders of AIG.
"The court's approval of the AIG Distribution Plan is a significant advancement of the Commission's goal to return to eligible investors more than $800 million currently in the Fair Fund," said Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement.
The AIG distribution is expected to be completed by the beginning of 2009. The funds are on deposit in the court's registry earning interest. Potentially eligible claimants include:
Any person or entity that purchased AIG common stock during the period Feb. 8, 2001, through and including March 31, 2005 who (1) sold at a loss on or after Feb. 14, 2005, and/or (2) held after March 31, 2005.
Any person or entity who purchased certain AIG-affiliated fixed-income securities during the period Feb. 8, 2001, through and including March 31, 2005 who (1) sold on or after March 24, 2005, and/or (2) held after March 31, 2005.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 provided the SEC with authority to increase the amount of money returned to injured investors by allowing civil penalties to be included in Fair Fund distributions. Prior to SOX, only disgorgement could be returned to investors. Since 2002, SEC enforcement actions have resulted in the return of more than $3.7 billion to investors.
On Feb. 9, 2006, the Commission filed a complaint alleging that from at least 2000 until 2005, AIG materially falsified its financial statements through a variety of sham transactions and entities and that AIG reported materially false and misleading information about its financial condition. On Feb. 17, 2006, the court entered a final judgment against AIG, to which AIG consented without admitting or denying the allegations in the Complaint. Pursuant to the final judgment, AIG paid a total of $800 million on March 3, 2006 ($700 million in disgorgement and $100 million in penalties). On June 14, 2007, the court entered an order authorizing the Commission to establish a Fair Fund to include all of the funds paid by AIG.
The Distribution Agent will commence notification of the particulars of the Distribution Plan by publishing a Summary Notice in accordance with the Distribution Plan. Questions regarding the Distribution Plan or the claim submission requirements should be directed to the Distribution Agent:
Visit the settlement Web site: www.aigsettlementadministration.com
Write to: U.S. SEC v. AIG, Inc. FAIR FUND, c/o Kenneth R. Feinberg, Distribution Agent, P.O. Box 19302, Washington, DC 20036-9302
Additional materials: Litigation Release - LR-19560; AIG complaint - http://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/comp19560.pdf
(Press Rel. 2008-77)
ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS
In the Matter of Health Professionals, Inc.
On May 5, the Commission instituted public administrative proceedings against Health Professionals, Inc. (Health Professionals, symbol HPFS) to determine whether the registration of each class of its securities should be revoked or suspended for a period not exceeding twelve months for failure to file required periodic reports.
In the Order Instituting Proceedings (Order), the Division of Enforcement (Division) alleges that Health Professionals is delinquent in its required periodic filings with the Commission, having not made a filing in more than ten years. The Division alleges that, as a result, Health Professionals failed to comply with Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and Rules 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder.
In this proceeding, instituted pursuant to Exchange Act Section 12(j), a hearing will be scheduled before an Administrative Law Judge to determine whether the allegations of the Division contained in the Order are true. The judge will then determine whether the registration of Health Professional's securities should be revoked or suspended for a period not exceeding twelve months. The Commission ordered that the judge issue an initial decision not later than 120 days from the date of service of the Order. (Rel. 34-57772; File No. 3-13034)
In the Matter of Paul S. Berliner
On May 5, the Commission issued an Order Instituting Administrative Proceedings Pursuant to Section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing Remedial Sanctions (Order) against Paul S. Berliner. The Order finds that Berliner was enjoined from future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 9(a)(4) and 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder pursuant to a final judgment that was entered by consent on April 29, 2008, in a Commission civil injunctive action.
According to the Commission's complaint in that action, on May 17, 2007, Alliance Data Systems Corp. (ADS) announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Blackstone Group (Blackstone) at a price of $81.75 per share. The Commission alleged in its complaint that, on Nov. 29, 2007, Berliner drafted and disseminated a false rumor that ADS's board of directors was meeting to consider a revised proposal from Blackstone to acquire ADS at a significantly lower price of $70 per share. According to the complaint, Berliner disseminated this false rumor through instant messages to numerous individuals, including traders at brokerage firms and hedge funds. The complaint alleged that this false rumor spread rapidly across Wall Street, and various news services quickly picked up the "story." The complaint further alleged that heavy trading in ADS stock ensued, and within thirty minutes the false rumor had caused the price of ADS stock, which had been trading at approximately $77 per share, to plummet to an intraday low of $63.65 per share -- a 17% decline in the share price. The complaint alleged that Berliner profited from spreading this false rumor by short selling ADS stock at the same time he was disseminating the false rumor. The complaint further alleged that Berliner covered these short sales when the price of ADS stock began to decline. According to the complaint, Berliner made approximately $25,000 in illicit trading profits before the price of ADS stock recovered later in the day.
Based on the above, the Order bars Berliner from association with any broker or dealer. Berliner consented to the issuance of the Order without admitting or denying the Commission's findings, except as to entry of the injunction. (Rel. 34-57774; File No. 3-13035)
SEC Obtains Civil Contempt Sanctions Against Sherwin P. Brown and Jamerica Financial, LLC
The Commission announced that on May 1, 2008, the Honorable John R. Tunheim of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ordered that Sherwin P. Brown (Brown), Jamerica Financial, Inc. (Jamerica) be held in contempt of court for violating the terms of the Agreed Order of Preliminary Injunction and Asset Freeze. Judge Tunheim's ruling affirmed the Feb. 14, 2008 recommendation of Magistrate Judge Franklin L. Noel who ruled that Brown and Jamerica be held in contempt by failing to provide the Commission with financial records and other records relating to the customer accounts of Jamerica. Judge Tunheim ordered that Brown and Jamerica immediately make all their books and records available to the Commission for inspection.
On Nov. 14, 2007, the Commission moved for a rule to show cause against Brown and Jamerica for violating the terms of the preliminary injunction order. The Commission alleged that Brown and Jamerica, without proper disclosure to the Commission, impermissibly moved their customers into a new third-party account trustee and altered the billing structure that was established under the preliminary injunction order. The Commission also alleged that Brown and Jamerica opened a new bank account to serve as Jamerica's operating account without disclosing it to the Court or the Commission. The Commission further alleged that Brown and Jamerica failed to produce financial records that they were required to provide under the preliminary injunction order. On Dec. 6, 2007, Magistrate Judge Noel granted the Commission's motion, and ordered Brown and Jamerica to appear on Dec. 17, 2007, to show cause why they should not be held in contempt.
The Commission brought an emergency enforcement action on March 29, 2006, against Brown, Jamerica and Brawta Ventures, LLC (Brawta), in connection with an alleged fraudulent scheme to misappropriate funds from investors, a number of whom are retired or near retirement. On April 14, 2006, the Court entered an agreed preliminary injunction order and asset freeze, which enjoined the defendants from future violations of the federal securities laws and placed limitations on the assets of the defendants in order to preserve and protect investor equity. On July 7, 2006, upon the motion of the Commission, the Court appointed Nauni Jo Manty as Receiver over Brawta.
According to allegations in the Commission's civil injunctive complaint, Brown is the majority owner and President of Jamerica, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based investment advisor. Brown was also manager of Brawta, a purported private investment fund formed by Brown and Jamerica. The Commission's complaint alleges that Brown, Jamerica and Brawta raised at least $1.65 million from 53 investors and defrauded the investors of Brawta by misappropriating at least $569,950 of investor funds, and using the diverted proceeds to pay for Brown's personal expenses and Jamerica's business expenses.
The Commission's complaint alleged that the defendants' conduct violated the antifraud and record keeping provisions of the federal securities laws. In addition to an injunction and asset freeze, the Commission's complaint also seeks the disgorgement of any investor funds defendants may have misappropriated as well the imposition of civil penalties. v. Sherwin P. Brown, Jamerica Financial and Brawta Ventures, LLC, Civil Action No. 06-1213 (D. Minn.) (Tunheim, J.)] (LR-20553)
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze, Halts San Diego Hedge Fund Fraud
On April 28, 2008, the Commission filed an emergency action to halt an ongoing $30 million hedge fund fraud by an investment adviser located in San Diego. Named in the Commission's complaint are El Cajon, Calif.-based Plus Money, Inc. (Plus Money) and Matthew La Madrid (La Madrid), age 41 and a resident of Jamul, Calif. The Honorable Roger T. Benitez, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of California, issued an order on April 30 temporarily freezing the assets of the defendants and the relief defendants.
The Commission's complaint alleges that since at least May 2004, the defendants have managed hedge funds (the Premium Return Funds) that raised more than $30 million from over 300 investors by telling them they would engage in a covered call options trading strategy. The complaint further alleges that, unbeknownst to investors, in the fall 2007 Plus Money and La Madrid abandoned the covered call trading strategy, emptied out the monies in the Premium Return Funds' brokerage accounts, and dissipated the money through a series of illicit transfers.
The Commission's complaint alleges that investors were not told that in the fall 2007, La Madrid and Plus Money transferred nearly all monies from the Premium Return Funds' brokerage accounts to Vision Quest Investments, a La Madrid dba, which in turn transferred $10 million to relief defendant Palladium Holding Company. The complaint further alleges that Palladium:
Transferred $5 million to its own brokerage account and used the funds to trade in numerous short-sell transactions involving Treasury bonds; as of April 25, this activity had depleted more than half of the account's value
Wired $500,000 back to La Madrid
Transferred $1.8 million to several real estate title companies
Used $95,000 towards the purchase of two automobiles
Transferred another $90,000 to a Denver-based car dealership
According to the Commission's complaint, Plus Money failed to make monthly payments to the Premium Return Funds' investors beginning in February 2008.
The court issued an order temporarily enjoining defendants from future violations of the antifraud provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Sections 206(1), (2), and (4) of the Advisers Act and Rule 206(4)-8 thereunder). The court also issued orders freezing the defendants and relief defendants' assets and prohibiting the defendants from destroying documents.
Also named in the complaint as relief defendants based on their receipt of investor funds are the three purported hedge funds (The Premium Return Fund Limited-Liability Limited Partnership, The Premium Return Fund II Limited-Liability Limited Partnership, The Premium Return Fund III Limited-Liability Limited Partnership); six entities created by Plus Money (Return Fund, LLC, Return Fund II, LLC, Return Fund III, LLC, Return Fund IV, LLC, Return Fund V, LLC, Return Fund VI, LLC); Donald Lopez of Denver, Colo.; and Palladium Holding Company, an entity formed and controlled by Lopez.
The Commission's complaint seeks preliminary and permanent injunctions, return of ill-gotten gains with prejudgment interest, and penalties against the defendants. The complaint also alleges that the defendants transferred significant amounts of investor monies to the relief defendants and seeks the return of those monies.
A hearing on whether a preliminary injunction should be issued against the defendants and whether a permanent receiver should be appointed is scheduled for May 14. [SEC v. Plus Money, Inc., and Matthew La Madrid, et al., Case No. 3:08-CV-00764-BEN-NLS (S.D. Cal.)] (LR-20554)
SELF-REGULATORY ORGANIZATIONS
Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Changes
A proposed rule change (SR-CBOE-2008-49) filed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange related to Off-Floor LMMs has become effective under Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57747)
A proposed rule change (SR-CBOE-2008-51) filed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange lowering the appointment cost of SPX Options has become effective under Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57752)
A proposed rule change filed by The NASDAQ Stock Market to modify fees for members using the Nasdaq Market Center (SR-NASDAQ-2008-036) has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57753)
A proposed rule change (SR-CHX-2008-06) and Amendment No. 1 thereto filed by the Chicago Stock Exchange regarding the definition of Qualified Contingent Trade has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57767)
The Boston Stock Exchange filed a proposed rule change (SR-BSE-2008-23) relating to the acquisition of BSE by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57757)
The Boston Stock Exchange filed a proposed rule change (SR-BSE-2008-02) amending the Certificate of Incorporation of Boston Stock Exchange, Incorporated. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57760)
The Nasdaq Stock Market filed a proposed rule change (SR-NASDAQ-2008-035) to amend the By-Laws of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. in connection with acquisitions of Boston Stock Exchange, Incorporated and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57761)
The Boston Stock Exchange filed a proposed rule change (SR-BSE-2008-25) relating to proposal to transfer Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.'s ownership interest in Boston Options Exchange Group, LLC. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57762)
Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Changes
The Commission granted accelerated approval to a proposed rule change (SR-CBOE-2008-44), as modified by Amendment No. 1 thereto, submitted by the Chicago Board Options Exchange relating to Equity Linked Term Notes. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57758)
The Commission has granted accelerated approval to an amended proposed rule change (SR-DTC-2007-10) filed by The Depository Trust Company under Section 19(b)(1) of the Exchange Act to implement the New Issue Information Dissemination Service for municipal securities. Publication is expected in the Federal Register during the week of May 5. (Rel. 34-57768)
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