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How an Oxford artist found inspiration from tragedy
By haydenwiggs on March 29, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )
Oxford-based artist Madison Mayfield with prints from her Evy Collection. Photo by Hayden Wiggs.
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Madison Mayfield, 23, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, has successfully made her mark in the art world, both here in Oxford and on a major national television network.
A senior University of Mississippi art and graphic design major, Mayfield has been consistently producing unique, high-quality pieces for her classes and for her business.
Enamored by the arts from a young age, Mayfield began actively pursuing this career her senior year of high school when a group of her mother's friends expressed interest in purchasing her work.
Oxford-based artist, Madison Mayfield. Photo by Hayden Wiggs.
"When I was younger, I would scribble on copious amounts of copy paper from my father's printer, wasting so much that my mother would get upset," Mayfield recalled. "But it wasn't until that moment, when they expressed interest, that I realized other people, outside of my family of course, saw value in my work. I didn't have a specific light bulb moment, but I gradually grew towards pursuing art after hearing that external validation."
Drawing inspiration from "conversations, books, long drives, landscapes," and especially "faith," Mayfield pieces center around minimalistic designs, painted in acrylics or watercolors, which are her favorite mediums.
Her most notable collection, The Evy Collection, features a series of rainbows, each named with a positive adjective such as "Peace," "Joy," and "Faith," which contrasts greatly with the tragic story from which Mayfield drew inspiration.
Prints from "The Evy Collection" by Madison Mayfield. Photo courtesy of Madison Mayfield.
The collection was inspired by one of her friends, who she met over social media. Mayfield followed her journey with her daughter, who passed away from cancer.
"I was really broken up by it, experiencing it as a third party, and I felt so limited in how I could help their family. It was something that was produced out of a feeling of helplessness, and I am very proud of that collection and the work that I did.
"It's always rewarding when you can do something beyond yourself because, with social media, it is so easy to get stuck in this cycle of self-absorption, so it was nice to get outside of that. I hope that it did some kind of good."
Aside from promoting her work through her Instagram and website, a few of Madison's pieces have been featured on the HGTV network show, "One of a Kind," for whom she served as a summer intern. The job was, according to Madison, "one of the most spontaneous and incredible things" she has ever experienced.
"I was watching the network one day and this new television show premiered, which I absolutely fell in love with. I ended up finding the contact information for the leading woman and cold-called her, asking if she took interns. I expressed interest after seeing just one thirty-minute episode!" Madison explained.
After a few rounds of email communications and video interviews, Madison traveled to Fort Worth, Texas to spend the summer with the "One of a Kind" staff, a group that Madison describes as being "kind, wonderful, and empowering."
Grace Mitchell, the host of "One of a Kind," was glad to have Madison be part of their team. "I absolutely adore Madison," she said.
"I am so grateful for that experience; it's such a great thing to put on my resume, and it offered me so much inspiration and insight into the profession. The only thing I couldn't handle," joked Madison, "was the Texas heat!"
Two things that Madison cites as impacting her work and success are her faith and family relationships. Supported by loving parents and siblings who still live in Oregon, Madison says she is "lucky" to have such a stable faith and compassionate family, the latter of which often says they are "incredibly proud" of their daughter.
"There is always the trope of the starving artist and that can be really intimidating," she explained. "One of my biggest blessings in life has been my faith; I've lived in a lot of different places and have met a lot of different people, and my faith has been one of the only consistent things in my life. Even when things get hard, I've never been alone, because I have those two things."
After she graduates in May, Madison hopes to move to a major Southern city and find work.
"When I daydream about my future, I can see it going many different paths. I'd love to own a studio or gallery, filled with my work and with other peoples' work," she said. "I'm not exactly sure what is coming next, but I hope that whatever job I have allows some flexibility, so that I can continue to create.
"I am scared of the future, but it's okay to be afraid. Financial situations are always scary for artists, but I don't think it should be. Art is something that you should be paid for, because it's not something that can be streamlined; it takes practice and it's difficult, and it requires hard work."
While she studies, Madison continues to create unique prints that can be found and purchased on her website at madisonmayfieldart.com, or on her Instagram page, @madison.mayfield.art.
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Nancy Kelly says:
This is an excellent article about a remarkable talent thriving from an artist with a warm sensitive outlook. Madison is like a breath of fresh air. I'm honored to say she is my niece and I'm excited to see where her future will lead her.


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Q: Why is there a space between the flame and the nozzle on the space shuttle?
Why is there some space between the flame and the nozzle on the space shuttle? (see above picture)

A: According to Wikipedia,

Pure hydrogen-oxygen flames emit ultraviolet light and with high oxygen mix are nearly invisible to the naked eye, as illustrated by the faint plume of the Space Shuttle Main Engine

(The picture they provide is the same or very similar to that in the question).
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This is My Story
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The reason for health insurance is so that buyers can forgo paying exorbitant out-of-pocket costs whenever they visit a medical facility. Obviously, it's likely that older folks need health insurance much more -- since they're likely to fall ill or have some operation. Still, buying and using the insurance policy requires money, and it's this cost that's seen so much debate over the last decade.
One of the major provisions of the current tax bill repeals this individual mandate. Without some sort of incentive to keep young, healthy customers in the insurance market, they'll leave -- lowering enrollment.
So, does repealing the mandate increase premiums?
Well, the short answer is yes. And the long answer requires a little digging into economics.
We've already established that repealing the mandate destroys the incentive that keep young, healthy people in the insurance market. This pushes them out and leaves the majority of insurance candidates to be those that need it.
This is what's known as "Adverse Selection," when the pool of - in this case - insurance applicants becomes faulty. The provision creates an imbalance in population need, in that there is now a lesser number of those of don't need insurance, and -- by default -- a greater number of those who do.
Think of it this way, a car salesman knows that on Wednesday, a sudden group of 40 people will come to purchase/lease new cars because theirs broke down. Without a doubt, the salesman will increase the price, because he/she knows that there is this inbound necessity for new transportation.
The same concept applies here: Because insurance companies understand that there will suddenly be an increase in applicants that "need" health insurance, they are likely to charge more. Adverse selection suggests that markets fail when the pool of consumers sellers (companies) must choose from becomes knowingly imbalanced.
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The Best Advertising Campaigns of All Time (And What Made Them Successful )
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Modern advertising began to take shape with the advent of newspapers and magazines in the 16th and 17th centuries. The very first weekly gazettes appeared in Venice in the early 16th-century. From there, the concept of a weekly publication spread to Italy, Germany and Holland.
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This concept relates to the support when you working with a cloud compute and also it relates to your infrastructure. So while you're building your application, you're building your infrastructures, you have typically three different measurements, three different metrics: availability, durability and reliability. They are very different, most people confuse them, it's good that you're taking this course because I will explain and demystify everything for you.
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A Lost Son Returns Home
SEPTEMBER 12- Nº 255 Luke 15:11-32
Jesus told another story. This one was about a father and his two sons. One day the younger son came to his father and said, "I want my share of the inheritance now." When the father gave in, the younger son gathered what was his and left. He traveled to another country and spent his inheritance on wild parties. Suddenly a severe famine hit the land, and he was left with nowhere to live and nothing to eat. Eventually he found a job feeding pigs. He was so hungry that he was tempted to eat the slop he fed them. Finally, the young man came to his senses. He said, "I am about to starve to death. Yet I know the servants who work for my father have more than enough food to eat. I will humble myself and go home." On his way home, he practiced what he would say when he arrived: "I have sinned against heaven and against you. I know I am not worthy to be called your son, so please hire me as one of your servants." When he was still a long way from his house, his father saw him coming. Filled with compassion, he ran to greet his son. He threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. The son started to give the speech he had prepared. He said, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I know I am not worthy to be called your son . . ." But before he could get any further, the father interrupted him. He hollered to the servants, "Quick, go get the best robe we have and put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger and some sandals on his feet." He sent other servants to prepare the choicest calf for dinner. "We are going to celebrate," he explained. "This son of mine was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost, but now he is found." So, everyone prepared for a big feast. During all this, the older son was out working in the fields. As he headed home that evening, he heard the sounds of music and dancing. He asked one of the servants, "What's going on?" The servant excitedly explained, "It's your brother! He has come home, and your father has prepared a feast." This made the older brother angry. Stubbornly, he refused to go inside the house. So, his father came out to him. He pleaded for his son to join them, but the older brother refused. "All these years I have been faithful to you and done everything you asked me to do. But not one time did you kill even a small goat to honor me!" he stormed. "But now, this son of yours, who wasted your property on parties and prostitutes, has come home and you are rewarding him with a big celebration!" The father looked at him lovingly. "Oh, my son," he said, "You have always been with me, and everything I have is yours. But we need to celebrate and be glad because your younger brother was dead—but now he is alive! He was lost—but now he is found!" The story ends with the older son standing outside the house. The conclusion would be up to the Pharisees. Would they ever choose to go inside? They were just like the older son who let his busy-ness get in the way of his relationship with his father. They resented that Jesus loved the tax gatherers and sinners as much as he loved them. But they still had a chance to accept the Father's love. The decision was up to them.
Have you ever strayed away from God like the younger son did? Our selfish, sinful desires can keep us from having a relationship with Him. Have you drifted away from God as the older son did? Sometimes our stubborn pride can distance us from His love just as much as blatant sin. God is our Father. He wants to embrace us and bless us. It's our choice whether or not we accept what He offers.
Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-5; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 3:1
255 - A Lost Son Returns Home


A long day inside and then one healing step after another along the cliffs into the end of it all. And then home.
so lovely and peaceful. i see 'today's walk' as a metaphor for life.
I like your project. I also like to walk. For a while, I've been listening to podcasts or books on tape. Then, yesterday, I didn't want that extra noise, so I left my phone at home, put on my winter gear (I'm in Minnesota) and just walked, listening to the sounds of nature, and thinking.
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Q: expl3 2016 .dtx files to .sty I have a very similar problem to this old one, closed for being too specific:
File expl3.sty not found when trying to compile a *.tex file with XeLaTeX
But I have read a few people having it with no solution. A while ago I had to update my expl3 packages which were too old ( https://www.ctan.org/pkg/expl3?lang=en ). After updating (kernel, packages, experimental) the .dtx files are present but not the .sty files.
Error message as follows.
! LaTeX Error: File `expl3.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

Enter file name:
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.sty:20:
Emergency stop.

<read *>
l.20 \RequirePackage{expl3}[2011/09/05]   ^^M
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.sty:20:  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

I have also downloaded the most recent fontspec.
Thanks.

A: Solution - perhaps should be obvious for people more use to latex, but it was not to me after looking at previous posts:
After downloading expl3 packages, run latex on l3.ins in the directory to extract .sty files from .dtx ones.
(Thanks to Andy Swann)


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Q: JPA: How to handle multiple Entities
I'm new to JPA and have a question about how to handle entitites. In my case I have 3 Entities: User, Group and Event.

An event always belongs to a group. Which means there is a OneToMany-Relation. A user can subscribe to multiple groups which means there is a ManyToMany-Relation. Now the part where I'm having troubles. A user can also subscribe to multiple events which means that there is also a ManyToMany-Relation.

As code:
User
@Entity
public class User {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private Integer id;

    @Embedded
    @OneToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "company_location")
    private CompanyLocation companyLocation;

    @ManyToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
    @JoinTable(
            name = "user_group_subscriptions",
            joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "user_id", referencedColumnName = "id"),
            inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "group_id", referencedColumnName = "id"))
    private List<Group> subscribedGroups;
    ...
}

Group
@Entity
public class Group {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private Integer id;

    @OneToMany(???)
    private List<Event> events;
    ...
}

Now my problem. How can I have a list with susbcribed events in my Group-Entity which depends on the User-Entity?
My goal would be something like this:
user.getSubscribedGroups().get(0).getSubscribedEvents();

A: Try this :
@Entity
public class Event{

@Id
@GeneratedValue
private Integer id;

@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "your_column")
private Group group;

@ManyToMany
@JoinTable(....)
private List<User> users;

...

}

@Entity
public class Group {

@Id
@GeneratedValue
private Integer id;

@OneToMany(mappedBy = "group")
@Cascade(org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType.ALL)
private List<Event> events;

...
}


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The new year period offers a rare opportunity for workers in the business world to take a much-needed break and replenish diminished energy reserves.
Melbourne firm The Practice staggers the return of employees after the New Year break. Some staff start when business resumes on 7 January, while others taking a longer holiday return on the 14th or the 21st.
It's important to take a break after the usually hectic end-of-year period, says the firm's co-founder and director Jason Cunningham FCPA, but not everyone wants to take all their holidays over Christmas – some prefer to travel in the middle of the year. A staggered approach allows individual employees to take the break that best suits them.
At Seiva, an accounting practice located on Melbourne's Southbank, staff start back on 7 January.
"A lot of the business world stops at this time of year," says managing director Brent Szalay FCPA. Clients are often on holidays and it's a rare guilt-free opportunity to forget about your email inbox.
Szalay uses the quiet January period to run planning sessions for the year ahead with Seiva's management team. "The last few months of the year get lost in doing the work," he says.
It's a process he recommends to other practitioners, no matter the size of their business.
"When you come back, don't just put your head back into emails and heavy work again. Take a day out of the office to do some planning," he says. Outline what you want to achieve for the year and how you will execute it before you sit down to work. If you dive straight in on day one, "a few months will pass and you're in the same position," he says.
Cunningham believes that in order to thrive every employee needs two things: knowledge of what is expected of them and the tools and resources to achieve their best.
A business strategy plan, developed in October, is distilled into a one-page document that is distributed to the team and referred to constantly throughout the year. A carefully selected theme provides further focus. The theme for 2018 was leadership; in 2019 it is proactivity, focusing on two areas: systems and processes, and learning and development. It's an initiative that will see the roll out of career progression plans for all 60 team members in the organisation, to help them "be the very best that they can be," says Cunningham.
Goal-setting is also important at Brisbane practice Consolid8. "We set our plan for the 12 months and break it down into 90-day plans for all our team members, and do check ins with them throughout the year," says managing director Tanya Titman FCPA.
Every Monday, the 18-strong team gathers for a meeting – and the first day back at work for the year is no exception. "It's the one non-negotiable in the business," says Titman.
It's a meeting with a difference, she says. Each team member reflects on their wellbeing from both personal and business perspectives and together they discuss topics such as gratitude. Also on the agenda is another unusual discussion point: 'what makes you smile'.
"Every week we kick off with this – it's such a big part of culture and the lift that it gives the team is incredible," says Titman.
It's all part of a culture at Consolid8 that prioritises continuous improvement. "Coming back in the new year, it's not about doing one thing and hitting the new year with a great big bang," says Titman.
"Accountants are in a fortunate position where they get to talk to lots of businesses and in different sectors there's certainly some mixed feelings," says Titman. In the property sector "there's some level of caution," she says.
Reduced access to finance means "people can't release funds from their equity to invest in their business or in new ideas," says Szalay.
At the same time, all three say they see a healthy level of business confidence among their clients. "We do a lot of work with our clients in financial education, skilling them up to understand their numbers," says Titman.


Filmmaker and researcher. Lives and works in Berlin.
Angelika Levi works with a range of media, particularly film material, video, audio, photography and text. She fosters a multi-linear approach in her films and video essays, allowing the viewer to freely follow the chain of associations in an undetermined process of perception. Her works revolve around concepts of memory and subjectivity, transgenerational trauma and personal dignity. The starting point of her work is direct experience, but is examined and situated within a political and social space.
In My Life Part 2, delving into her own Jewish-German heritage through the archive of her mother, Levi came to the conclusion that transgenerational trauma can serve as a basis for writing a different history, one that is not limited to the category of the victim. Such history takes into account the complexity of personal geography, all the movements, meetings, coincidences and inevitabilities that can shape a sensibility able to transform the painful experiences into a story and to accept them as parts of personal dignity.


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This Week In History, April 1 – 7
By All That's Interesting
Some West Africans' DNA linked to unknown "ghost species" ancestor, evidence of medieval coffin birth uncovered, painting worth millions found after decades in a closet.
Some West Africans Have DNA Not Linked To Any Known Human Ancestor
Wikimedia CommonsYoruba men playing instruments.
Way before homo sapiens were the only human species walking the earth, other protohuman species existed. While several studies have found the DNA of ancient populations in modern humans, primarily Neanderthals and Denisovans, we lack findings of DNA from African-dwelling ancient hominids in modern humans. That's because we haven't been able to access archaic genomes of African populations.
But research published on bioRxiv from the University of California in Los Angeles, which is awaiting peer review, has new interesting findings on the subect.
According to their findings, there is DNA from an unknown species of ancient hominin in about eight percent of the genetic ancestry from the West African Yoruba population.
Rare Case Of Coffin Birth Found In Medieval Gravesite
SmithsonianThe woman's body was found with tiny infant bones between her legs.
In 2010, Archeologists excavating a grave site in the small medieval town of Imola, Italy, made a grisly discovery — a woman who seemed to have given birth post-mortem. In a recently published paper, the archaeologists broke down their findings and explained the rarity of what they had uncovered.
At first, nothing about the woman in the coffin seemed unusual. She was between 25 and 35 years old and had been buried face-up, suggesting deliberate burial. However, upon closer inspection, scientists noticed something peculiar. Cradled within the skeletal pelvis, there was a small cluster of tiny bones from a fetus that was about 38 weeks of age.
Dig deeper in this report.
Painting Stored In Closet For Decades Turns Out To Be Worth Millions
Hoyt Sherman Place/Duane Tinkey/DSM MagazineThe closet the painting was found in and the painting.
A forgotten painting stuffed in the closet of an Iowa art gallery is actually over 400 years old and likely worth millions of dollars.
In 2016, Robert Warren, the executive director of the Hoyt Sherman Place art complex in Des Moines, was poking around the closet of his art gallery when he came across an oil painting of nude mythological figures tucked in a corner between a table and the wall.
All That's Interesting
Your curiosity knows no bounds. Neither do we.
Study Linking Loneliness And Heart Disease Debunked
33 Historical Aerial Photos Of The World's Great Cities


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Air raid follows Sri Lanka port attack
One civilian has been killed in airstrikes by Sri Lanka's military on Tamil Tiger targets in eastern Batticaloa hours after a naval base in the south of the country was attacked, a Tiger statement said.
Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe confirmed the air strikes on Wednesday, but denied they had targeted civilian areas.
Two civilians were reportedly injured.
The raid came just hours after a Tiger attack on a navy base in the tourist city of Galle, which killed one navy sailor and at least 10 Tamil Tiger fighters, a navy spokesman said.
The spokesman said: "They came in three boats and we blew up all three of them. Two small crafts of the navy were damaged in the fighting."
According to the the same source, the Tiger boats sneaked into the base hiding between fishing boats in the adjoining harbour before attacking naval facilities.
"One sailor was killed, 11 wounded and one missing in the fierce fighting that followed," a senior military official said.
Five Tamil boats
The Tamilnet.com website said that a group of 15 Tamil Tigers in five boats carried out the attack.
The separatists used three boats laden with explosives to ram vessels of the Sri Lanka navy, Tamilnet said, adding the other two rebel boats landed and launched attacks against the navy.
Galle in the south is far from the
Tigers' base in the northeast
Police said they believed four or five fighters had escaped alive.
The attack on the navy is the second in three days. Nearly 100 people, mostly sailors, were killed when a Tiger rebel detonated a bomb killing himself and those on a naval convoy in a north-central district on Monday.
Attacks have been spreading throughout the country far from the northern and eastern Tamil strongholds where much of the violence has been concentrated. Galle is located about 113km south of the capital, Colombo.
A riot broke out in the town after the attack according to local police reports and residents. A police curfew was immediately put into place after the 7.45am attack.
Criminal gangs attacked shops belonging to the minority Tamil community in Galle before the police fired into the air to disperse the crowds.
The raid came a day after the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reiterated their commitment to planned peace talks in Geneva on October 28 and 29.
Few expect the talks to achieve a breakthrough in the face of continued fighting and deep distrust. Hundreds of people have been killed in spiralling violence since late July that shattered a truce brokered in 2002.
The ongoing fighting has left thousands of Sri Lankans displaced and living in camps afraid to go home as fighting has continued on the island.
Last week, dozens of troops and rebels were killed and hundreds wounded in one of the deadliest battles since the truce.
Fuelling the fight
The Sri Lankan authorities are exhuming the bodies of 15 aid workers who were massacred in the northeast of the country in August to try to establish who killed them, their French employer said.
The 15 were among 17 mainly Tamils who worked for Paris-based voluntary group Action Contre la Faim (ACF) and were found killed execution-style in their office compound in Muttur town after a battle in the area between the army and Tamil Tiger rebels.
An ACF statement said on Saturday: "The bodies should be transferred to Colombo the same day ... Australian experts are expected in Colombo next week to be present at the post mortem, principally as advisers and observers."
Nordic monitors of the tattered truce between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels have formally accused government soldiers of being behind the Muttur killings.
The government has said that an earlier autopsy was inconclusive, and denies it was involved in the killings. Officials have accused the monitors of being biased in favour of the rebels. The inquest began in Muttur, but has since been transferred twice.
More than 65,000 people have been killed since 1983 when the rebels began fighting for an independent Tamil homeland.


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Established in 1907, Matilda International Hospital is a leading healthcare service provider and world class private hospital in Hong Kong. Matilda commissioned Stepworks to align its identity with contemporary global standards.
Matilda International Hospital's strategic vision is "to be world renowned in our centres of excellence". Known for its forward-thinking approach, the hospital sought to amplify its modernity and also celebrate its rich history.
Matilda wanted to grow the reputation of its leading surgical practice to equal its widely regarded maternity services. The rejuvenated identity also aims to enhance its employee branding and encourage Hong Kongers to take a fresh look at its overall offering.
Matilda International Hospital is headquartered on the Peak and operates three clinics in Hong Kong. Its team of several hundred deliver compassionate health care services of the highest quality. The design audience spanned a range of stakeholders, from patients to insurers, team members, associates and potential recruits, GP referees, and corporate partners.
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Matilda has some of the region's most technologically advanced medical equipment and surgical theatre systems, providing the latest treatment options. Stepworks had worked with the hospital several years before initiating this project and were ready to push their identity to new limits.
The visual approach for the logo that Stepworks presented would eventually be applied to all Matilda's communications assets. The outcome aimed to position them as an international leader in healthcare who are focused on the needs of people in Hong Kong.
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Located atop the iconic Victoria Peak, Matilda is popularly known as the Peak hospital. This inspired the basic form of the new logo. The simple, confident, contemporary identity and approachable design differentiates Matilda from the staid outdated formality of most Hong Kong hospital branding.
The logo symbol can also be adapted into icons visually expressing relevant concepts. It also works as a supergraphic. The new approach invigorated the Matilda team and encouraged them to imagine exciting future applications.
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Matilda reaches a variety of audiences through its website. Stepworks led the content development and provided guidance on the website design. We showcased both the brand's heritage and its technologically advanced approach to healthcare. The language of the website aims to make equally appealing to healthcare professionals and laypeople.
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Q: If $M$ is invariant under $L$ is it a vector space I'm reading Linear Algebra by Peterson, and the excercise on p.31 reads as follows:

Let $L: W \to V$ be a linear operator and $V$ a vector space over $\mathbb{F}$. Show that if
  $M \subset V$  is $L$-invariant and $p \in \mathbb{F}[t]$ then $M$ is also invariant under $p(L)$.

Well, it doesn't seem to be the case, but the book is asking me to show it, so I must be going wrong somewhere.
So, we know that for $m_1, m_2 \in M$
$$
L(m_1) = m' \implies m' \in M
$$
but we don't know if
$$(\alpha m_1 + \beta m_2) \in M.$$
I could imagine that maybe $L$ doesn't take any $m$ outside $M$ but scalar multiplication does.
For example, Suppose we have $\mathbb{F} = \mathbb{R}, V = \mathbb{R}^2,$ and $M = \{(\alpha,\alpha+1) : \alpha \in \mathbb{R}\}$.  Define $L(v) = v + (1,1)$.
Then for
$$w \in M, \quad w = (\beta, \beta + 1),$$
clearly
$$L(w) = (\beta + 1, \beta + 2) \in M$$ and yet
$$2(\beta, \beta + 1) = (2\beta, 2\beta + 2) \notin M$$
So it would seem that $M$ is invariant under $L$.  And yet if $p \in \mathbb{R}[t]$ is some polynomial, say $p = \gamma_0 t$, then if $\gamma \neq 1$, $M$ is not invariant under $p(L)$ since
$$
p(L)(w) = \gamma_0(L(w))
=\big( \gamma (\beta + 1), \gamma (\beta + 1) + \gamma 1 \big)
$$
Now to be precise I think that $L$ is a linear operator for $V$, but not for $M$, since $M$ won't admit $L(\gamma w)$.  If we say $X$ is invariant under $L$ does it require $L$ to be a linear operator for $X$?  I don't think so...

A: As Hagen mentioned, your $L$ is not linear. But in general, $M\subseteq V$ being invariant for a linear map $L \colon V \to V$ does not imply $M$ is a subspace, as for example every $M\subseteq V$ is invariant under $L = \mathrm{id}_V$. But one is often interested in invariant subspaces and this is not a restriction, as the following holds:
Lemma. Let $M \subseteq V$ be a subset, $L\colon V \to V$ linear. If $M$ is
$L$-invariant, the generated subspace $\mathrm{span}\, M$ is also.
Let $v \in \mathrm{span}\, M$. Then there are $m_i \in M$, $\lambda_i \in \mathbb F$ such that $v = \sum_i \lambda_i m_i$. As $M$ is $L$-invariant, we have $Lm_i \in M$. Since $L$ is linear
$$ Lv = \sum_i \lambda_i\,Lm_i \in \mathrm{span}\, M $$
So $\mathrm{span}\, M$ is invariant.


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What You Need to Be an Innovative Educator
By Terry Heick
Photo credit: iStockPhoto
Innovation isn't a matter of will.
Like most things worth creating, critical ingredients pre-exist the product. In the case of innovation in education, many of those necessary ingredients are simpler and more accessible than they might seem -- which is, of course, good news to an industry already up to its nostrils in oh my gosh for the kids we must have this for the kids yesterday for the kids admonishments.
Whether you're innovating a curriculum, an app, a social media platform for learning, an existing instructional strategy, or something else entirely, innovation in education is a significant catalyst for change in education.
If our data is correct, you're probably a teacher.
And if you're a teacher, you're probably interested in innovation in the classroom, so let's start there -- with project-based learning, for example.
Project-based learning is an example of innovation, but probably not the way you'd expect. While learning through projects is indeed innovative compared to sit-and-get, drill-and-kill, teacher-led and textbook-sourced instruction, PBL's primary innovation is probably its flexibility. There's almost no other learning trend or innovation than can not only co-exist with PBL, but also fit seamlessly and entirely within it.
PBL promotes innovation in education by making room for it.
But creating that innovation -- what does that require? What kinds of ingredients can you put into the tin, shake up, and end up with innovation?
1. Sense of Priority
First and foremost, there needs to be a sense of priority. What's most important? What must the students learn? What must we use? What must we achieve?
And note that priority here doesn't mean "rhetorical hyperbole." Real priority requires a kind of honesty that can look at a giant list of academic standards and say, "Yeah, but . . ."
Innovation requires that kind of honesty, the kind of priority that allows your team of teachers or students to see what's most important in any given circumstance, and cultivate what's necessary from there.
2. Selflessness
Selflessness is also a factor when trying to innovate. Innovation is not carrying a single idea to a predetermined destination. At some point, innovation must be inclusive. While creativity certainly needs quiet reflection and independent thought, anything done from start to finish in isolation depends on a kind of genius -- or at least inspired cleverness -- to succeed.
If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.
By serving a greater cause and removing your sense of self from a situation, you greatly increase the chances of a truly innovative end result.
3. Time and Energy
It goes without saying that to be innovative, you're going to need stuff. The most tempting resources typically sought for innovation are money and permission. Ironically, these are two of the least critical resources.
What you will need to innovate in education is time, and the boundless energy of a second-grader hopped up on Mountain Dew.
4. Models
Exemplar models can stifle innovation by suggesting a path that you didn't need suggested. There is a time and a place for models, and it depends on the circumstance when you'll need yours. But by looking at existing models -- cool stuff that has been accomplished by others before you -- you'll have an idea of what's possible. And of what you might be missing.
5. Willingness to Take Risks
A lot of people say they want to be innovative, to "take risks."
To have what we've never had, we have to do what's never been done -- and 47 other cliché quotes that show up in educator signatures everywhere.
But a real willingness to take risks means being prepared for failure. And failure might come in the form of lost funding, an article written about you in the local newspaper mentioning a "project gone bad," unflattering data, and a million other possible outcomes.
Being willing to take a risk shouldn't empower you to implement wrong-headed, half-baked ideas under the guise of an "innovative spirit," but you should be prepared to fail. Which is fine, because education's been failing long before you got here.
While you don't always need green lights, district "buy-in" or outright permission, you do need trust, and that starts from the students backward. They're your most vocal critics and your most critical audience.
It will be in their curious, intellectually playful demeanors and long-term academic performance that you'll see the end result of any given innovation. (If not, what's the point?) But students -- of any age -- are incredibly good at sniffing out a rat. If something is murky, sterile, boring, stifling, cliché or downright clunky, they'll let you know.
The trust of administrators, colleagues and parents certainly matters. You can lose your job or professional standing without it. But without trust from students, you're just a well-dressed, silly person with your name on the placard by the door.
And the innovation will never come.


In yesterday's blog post I exposed a huge problem with the Paleo/Caveman Diet.
Ok, I'll admit it…I love busting nutrition myths.
And today's is another big one because we've all been told to avoid all natural white starches like the plague, even from followers of the Paleolithic philosophy.
So even though I'm a big fan of the caveman type approach because it eliminates nasty processed foods, it doesn't take into consideration the effect high intensity exercise has on our metabolisms and our hormones.
This creates a HUGE hole in the Paleolithic philosophy.
So if you happen to be sedentary, go ahead and eat like a caveman: naturally fed animal proteins, vegetables, berries and other fruits, and get plenty of friendly fats (raw nuts and seeds, coconut oil, avocado).
But if you're active, you should be adding in some strategically timed, low sugar, gluten-free starches and other whole fruits to the Paleo/Caveman approach.
All natural white starches contain the purest glucose molecules that fuel our "anaerobic" activity, which is higher intensity exercise like intervals, bursting, weight training, MRT, metabolic circuits etc.
This process is called glycolysis.
So by eating MORE all-natural white starches (like rice and potatoes) you fuel your body's ability to more "efficiently" use carbohydrates as energy.
You'll also be more efficient at generating adequate energy by promoting the production of ATP (our bodies' primary energy source).
Because the Paleo/Caveman approach is very low in carbs, it will only take about 72 hours to drain glycogen levels (the energy stored inside your muscles and liver).
This is a great short term approach for fat-loss, but it can put you in a trick bag because you'll suppress your fat burning hormones and put the brakes on your fat loss.
So by regularly consuming all-natural white starches and whole fruits (not just berries) you'll reset fat burning hormones to keep your metabolism "happy".
Additionally, you'll replenish glycogen levels to sustain you with adequate energy for your workouts and living everyday life.
When you engage in regular high intensity exercise sessions your body can release more stress hormones (cortisol) and tend to go into a catabolic state.
This can cause you to lose precious muscle tissue and slow down your metabolism (aka Metabolic Slowdown).
But if you're eating more all natural white starches you'll keep your metabolism humming along and you'll prevent muscle loss by keeping your body in an "anabolic" environment or anabolism.
I personally prefer "white" starches and fruits like bananas because they contain the purest starch and the glucose polymers our bodies need to fuel anaerobic metabolism and help with recovery, hormones, and insulin.
As you can clearly see, this fuels and facilitates a few vitally important processes, which are SUPER important for long term fat-loss.
Also, many times the pure amylopectin starch found in the white stuff is less problematic than a starch containing gluten or lectins that you get from whole grain / whole wheat foods.
Another solid reason to eliminate processed grains and go with the "white stuff".
I know, I know…all this stuff is probably against the grain.
All of this means one thing; white starches can increase fat burning and create a healthier metabolism.
The bottom line is that focusing on naturally fed lean animal proteins, vegetables, whole fruits, whole food fats, (all Paleolithic choices) COMBINED with a select few starchy based foods — if you consistently engage in high intensity exercise — is damn good advice regardless of historical era or geographical location.
This entire process could backfire on you.
And that's exactly what I'll reveal in Part 3 and 4 of this series on REAL nutrition. I'll also uncover exactly WHY lower glycemic choices like yams and brown rice are overrated and really NOT the better starchy choice.
An issue that has not only caused many of my clients loads of weight gain, but one that can make it virtually IMPOSSIBLE for you to lose weight until you use something like the Paleolithic approach to help you fix it.
Just keep in mind, MOST food intake advice simply doesn't address the role that high intensity exercise plays changing our metabolism and our body's ability to utilize starches.
And when you strategically combine them with Caveman type of choices, it can make a HUGE difference.
Just remember to add in those white starchy carbs – especially on days where you do some type of moderate to high intensity exercise.
Awesome once again Shaun! Thanks!
I am seeing where this is going and I love it, I was wondering if I eat my cheat meals on certain days and place my weight training work outs strategically, does it matter how much fat I combine with my post work out white starches (on the cheat day) when insulin is raised.
I guess that's the part what you said about talking bout the food combinations in the 3rd and 4th article.
This really works! I've been eating like this for 14 weeks now, my boyfriend says I m a exagerating… And I've lost 8 pounds with your 14-day plan, in 8 weeks, but that's because I had more cheatdays… Belgian food is just too yummy to resist :p And lost another 4, exercising on lower intensity, cause of an injury 🙂 This really teaches your body to burn the fat! Thank you for all your great articles!
I am Just recovering from a bad throat infection had to take loads of antibiotics the doctors advice not do exercises to much as my body was very week.I am planning to start my exercises from sunday do i go flat out or just start doing simple cardio at the beging please advice.
Excellent post. But please explain this crazy graph in #2 more… I have a math degree and can't follow what is happening, why are both red and yellow graphs going up and down? I understand the overall trend, but I have seen you refer to this graph before and can't figure out why the oscillation ..
Thanks in advance for more insight!
Since I'm not yet doing any noticeable heavy duty exercise, my 'whites' will remain quite low but I'd like to note that if you can get an organic potato grown in good soil, you'd have a vitamin-laden veggie. The Irish really did live healthy way back in the day on a diet that was very much composed of potatoes.
3. Invest in a high quality plant based recipe guide.
Hope this helps! Hav a great day.
There's a lot of debate about fat in post workout meals recently…and the research points in a couple different directions. I usually recommend keeping fats on the lower side post workout because it's the only time we're intentionally "wanting" to spike insulin more and fats can tend to negate the process….but ultimately I don't think its that big of deal.
I will say this though…fats are definitely the LEAST important post workout nutrient.
More details on all this coming your way.
Appreciate your support bro. Keep rockin it out.
I would spend a week doing some steady state cardio, maybe a little circuit training with weights and cleaning up your nutrition. This will prepare your body for the more aggressive approach.
Hope you feel better soon…have a great one.
The results of this graph our solely going to based on the criteria of the study. I used it just to represent the trend of depletion over the course of a few days.
As you can see…the low carb group was still using 40% carbs…so the "up and down" that you see is most likely the representation of glycogen levels going much lower and being depleted after exercise…and then going higher again after consumption of carbohydrates.
Pretty simple actually. Hope this makes sense. Great question Peg.
Hey, I have your 7 day and 14 day and love them both. However, I am 42, female and have been exercising forever (years and years). The last 6 years have pretty much been interval with small bits of cardio (nothing over 20-30 min). I am a very clean eater but am going through that "40's" thing that women start to go through and it is HORRIBLE. I have always had a pretty high metabolism and been able to eat whatever. However, now, it is like my body acclimates to whatever I throw at it within a week (food and exercise wise). I can't lose 10 lbs. to save my life. I really do work out hard and I am very dedicated. I am at at about 30% body fat and it won't budge. I am 5'10" with a small bone frame. I am weighing about 169ish. I carry my weight around my middle…it is not healthy but it won't leave. I really am at my wits end. After 10+ years of trying to fix it, it is only getting worse. Please…any advice would be so helpful. HELP!!!
I deal with dozens of women locally and thousands on-line in your same exact situation.
My advice is "take action", be consistent, and follow what you have. It's worked for women all over the world that have the same challenges.
Believe in yourself! You can do it…but you have to stay consistent. God bless.
@ CJ : you and I are VERY SIMILAR Except the 14 day plan has continued to work for me. I am within 8 lb of my goal and actually afraid to step on the scale. B/ I believe in the program and I know I am building muscle that I didn't have… Which ways more than fat… I do use a great app that keeps me confident in what I eat and do workout wise: my fitness pal. I don't think it was too much… And it was worth every dime. I am able to easily keep track of callories b/ there are so many products in their universal food bank. I am confident in what I am doing because I understand the "whys" and how's through Shaun. What I did come to realize is now that I am so close to my goal, I need to be more conscientious of fat I am eating…. So pulled pork is now replaced with pulled turkey… 3 organic eggs are replaced with 2 eggs and a lean meat ( smoked salmon , which I love, but is weird to eat in the morning. My fitness pal keeps track of the kinds of calories I take in, and when I stalled out, I realized that the fat intake from avocado and other healthy fats, maybe were playing a double agent type role in fat loss at this point. Check out the app, and see what you think… Also remember that Shaun recommends changing up the interval trainings… Which I also am doing… And the cheat/ victory meal needs to be done wisely. Hope this helps!
Thanks a lot Shaun…I did check the site for protein powder.Sadly,its not available here in India.Moreover,hardly any option for vegan protein powder.
Bummer about the protein powder…I totally forgot they don't ship outside the US…sorry bout that.
I would look for a rice or pea protein powder and stay away from soy and lentils when you deplete. Tofu is an "ok" choice…just make sure you get it from a reliable source. The tofu here in the states is awful. Full of GMO soy (which leads to bad estrogen) and way too high bad fats.
Greek yogurt and cottage cheese are excellent protein sources but I would try and limit them to one serving per day.
Thanks for you positive attitude and feedback….have a great one.
Thanks Peg….I appreciate the input. What will you do after the 14 day?


Fear of miscarriage is a very real issue. We try for so long to get pregnant, then we finally, finally get that BFP!! And for a very brief moment we're over the moon, on cloud 9, and we're happier than EVER.
Then fear sets in. Fear that we will lose the baby, the connection, the life, the future. But that fear is from the enemy, and you will have to do something about it if you want to enjoy your pregnancy. Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. It's a complete miracle in itself, and it CAN be enjoyed!! They say pregnant women have a "glow" about them. I have to say that I've never seen a fearful pregnant woman with a glow. The ones at peace have the glow!
So here are 5 scriptures to help you fight that fear and step into a season of peaceful pregnancy!
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Pearson had an Common Core Standards based iPad app for primary students that they were rolling out in the Los Angeles school district.
Agile, I was the UX Designer on a team with a Product owner, Visual designer, Developers and Q.A. people.
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8. To the Rt. Honourable Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat, we extend our felicitations and welcome to you. Your presence here and your friendship mean a lot to us as a country. To the Members of the Diplomatic Corps, the International Team of Monitors, again, I say, welcome to Nigeria and thank you very much for standing by us. Your presence helps to validate our process and commitment to growing our Democracy.
10. To all our citizens, I want to thank you. As we go into the elections in a few days, please let us pray for our country. Let us use this opportunity to strengthen our beliefs in a united country. Our elections are important only to the extent that they make our country peaceful and prepare us for development.


While I was at Gartner I had the honor of working with David Cearley (Gartner Fellow) on the Top 10 Strategic Trends Reports for 4 years running! What a great experience working with the larger industry and identifying the key trends that will make a strategic impact over the next 3 to 5 years.
This was the last edition I was able to partner with David on but I'm really pleased how it all turned out. Here is a short primer of the Top 10 for this year!


Truthfully, I wasn't expecting my article to do anything, however I seem to have vastly underestimated just how many eyes there are on us now. Many larger tech and gaming sites picked it up from us like PC Gamer, Ars Technica (who amusingly called us a "fan site"), VG247 and so on. Many more sites then picked up the news from them (some claiming it was originally reported by others—oh well, can't win them all) and so it ended up as a much bigger story.
We've had quite a lot of emails and notifications about this, including a Valve rep emailing us directly to link us to this post by Pierre-Loup Griffais, where they state that the removal of the Steam Machines link was part of a "routine cleanup" where it was removed based on "user traffic".
At the same time, we're continuing to invest significant resources in supporting the Vulkan ecosystem, tooling and driver efforts. We also have other Linux initiatives in the pipe that we're not quite ready to talk about yet; SteamOS will continue to be our medium to deliver these improvements to our customers, and we think they will ultimately benefit the Linux ecosystem at large.
It's going to be very interesting to find out what these initiatives are that they're not currently ready to talk about, quite exciting.
It's really good to see a public comment from Valve on this, as I said constantly in the past that SteamOS and Steam Machines would never be an overnight success. Valve is clearly in it for the long game and so are we.
Ha, I was wondering why this same subject had been mentioned over on the AtariAge forum. On that note, it seems as a current best guess, that the 'AtariVCS' is sort of the Steam Machine that... can maybe? Who knows how that will pan out. Either way, I knew they weren't just dropping the SteamOS, which as mich as others say the Steam Machines failed, that is like saying HTPCs failed. They basically have, they were replaced long ago by the PS3 and after (the first really multimedia gaming console (that was successful that is, the title of first probably belongs to the Amiga based CDTV.)) HTPCs are by and large a very niche category, where only extreme people build them. These days it is easier to just get a Roku or Fire Stick or AppleTV.
I am hoping with the words by GabeN that they are going to start building their own console.
What I find really interesting is, Valve openly claims authorship (or at least initiative) for the Metal/Vulkan and DX12/Vulkan conversion tools, and they talk about it in a Linux context! That reassures me that Linux really is a very important component of their future strategies!
Jokes aside, good job Liam & co.!
Ars picked up that story from here? Wow, call me shocked. Ars pretty much ignores linux... except for a few small server related articles once every six months or so. (but damn, Ars loves their shiny macs.) I've seem game reviews of titles that have a native linux version but they never mention linux anywhere. But again... they never fail to mention mac when appropriate.
But I am also shocked that Soylent News picked up the article... it means I'm not the only one that reads both that site and this one.
Edit: I am a little shocked about the needed clarification... The original article never said they were dropping linux support, or even alluding to that fact. I thought it was quite clear that only hardware was being dropped.
stretch611 Ars picked up that story from here? Wow, call me shocked. Ars pretty much ignores linux... except for a few small server related articles once every six months or so. (but damn, Ars loves their shiny macs.) I've seem game reviews of titles that have a native linux version but they never mention linux anywhere. But again... they never fail to mention mac when appropriate.
Edit: I am a little shocked about the needed clarification... The original article never said they were dropping support, or even alluding to that fact.
Reason of why Ars picked that up ; they love drama and their user base loves drama.
So when a company kinda failed at a project ( or seemed like that ) they will jump on it. Otherwise , they will be ignorant to positive news about Linux or other not worthy user-based platforms.
That is why Liam's article got attention.
stretch611 Edit: I am a little shocked about the needed clarification... The original article never said they were dropping linux support, or even alluding to that fact. I thought it was quite clear that only hardware was being dropped.
The issue is how other sites reported it. I saw one such site say it was the "final nail in the coffin" and other such things.
Ok, not so shocked now... Linux Haters used it as a basis to hate more.
stretch611 Ars picked up that story from here? Wow, call me shocked. Ars pretty much ignores linux... except for a few small server related articles once every six months or so.
They don't usually write about Linux, but they did report about Steam Machines in the past, so it's not unexpected to see a follow up. However amount of anti-Linux comments for that article is really weird, as well as some trying to justify exclusives and lock-in as a valid methodology.