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The most anticipated event in Marvel Comics for years, bigger than Civil War, and more thought-out than House of M, Secret Invasion appears to have all the makings of a rollicking roller coaster ride of comic book fun.

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  1. I pciked up a promor card a few weeks ago, it had a huge list of comics on it, will I have to buy them all? Or will I still be able to follow the storyline just by reading this?

  2. not sure… although it doesn’t really matter to me because I read most of those anyway. The only extra things I can see me buying are the ones shots and the Captain Britain one.

  3. Could the 70’s era heroes be those from the Beyonder’s space-based-MMORPG? How that is involved with the Skrulls I don’t know, other than Bendis having written both stories.

  4. @Mungo: as is usually the case with tie-ins, most of them are ancillary stories simply showing the cast of that book reacting to the event. The only ones that might be considered "essential" are the Avengers books, which will actually fill in backstory by replaying events from earlier in Bendis run and showing how it connected to the Invasion, and showing how and when certain characters were replaced. Bendis says the Avengers tie-ins are like a "director’s cut", otherwise simply just buy stuff that looks interesting to you.

    If you don’t really care about Fantastic Four or the Inhumans or whoever, why do you care how SI affects them?

  5. You can never tell if you have to buy everything.  I mean, I don’t ever EVER go and buy everything on the list.  I usually buy the main book, and then the regular titles I’m already buying that are connected.  Sometimes I’ll pick up an extra series or two, like with Wolverine and Civil War.

  6. Somehow I’m more excited for the series after seeing the fanboys getting excited on the podcast then I was actually reading the issue — but the more i think about it, the more I like it.  I haven’t been following the Avengers books very closely since Civil War, but this was pretty easy to follow.  And I enjoy Yu’s art a lot more with these inks & colors than in New Avengers.  So nice launch, all around; I hope they keep it up.

  7. Check out marvel.com under the digital comics for the SI prologue. It answers a couple of questions that arose during issue 1. Plus its free!!!

  8. I’m not to familiar with marvel history so why is the fact that Emma Frost is there an indication of not being the real heroes from the 70’s?

  9. Emma Frost used to be a bad guy.  It was only in the last ten years or so that she switched sides.

  10. So, I’m not exactly clear – was that Captain Marvel or Marvel Boy attacking Mt. Thunderbolt?

  11. ‘Twas Captain Marvel as far as I could tell.

  12. I went back and re-read – you’re right, it’s clearly Captain Marvel, not Marvel Boy.

  13. o and about dum-dum, you guys can go to marvel.com and read a free comic that will only be released on line.  it’s like the prequel to the secret invasion book that just came out.

  14. Great mini, guys.  I listened right after reading Secret Invasion 1 and found your thoughts most insightful.  I too am stoked to read the next issue,…

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Thailand approved marijuana for medical use and research on Tuesday, the first legalisation of the drug in a region with some of the world’s strictest drug laws.

The junta-appointed parliament in Thailand, a country which until the 1930s had a tradition of using marijuana to relieve pain and fatigue, voted to amend the Narcotic Act of 1979 in an extra parliamentary session handling a rush of bills before the New Year’s holidays.

“This is a New Year’s gift from the National Legislative Assembly to the government and the Thai people,” said Somchai Sawangkarn, chairman of the drafting committee, in a televised parliamentary session.

While countries from Colombia to Canada have legalised marijuana for medical or even recreational use, the drug remains illegal and taboo across much of Southeast Asia, which has some of the world’s harshest punishments for drug law violations.

Marijuana traffickers can be subject to the death penalty in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Demonstrating Neouroplasticity in Short-Term versus Long-Term Abstinent Alcoholics

Alcohol dependence is thought of as a disorder with an overwhelming impulsive and compulsive “drive” towards alcohol consumption (Kamarajan et al. 2005), and an inability to “hit the brakes”, or inhibit alcohol consumption despite negative biological, psychological, legal, and social consequences (American Psychiatric Association 1994). Functional neuroimaging studies suggest that these aspects of alcohol dependence correspond to differences (from non-alcoholic controls) in brain function and organization within both top-down and bottom-up networks that mediate inhibitory control of behavior and appetitive drive toward consummatory behavior (Akine et al. 2007; Gilman et al. 2008; Li et al. 2009; Vollstadt-Klein et al. 2010).

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FMRI studies have reported that when actively drinking alcoholics view alcohol cues, crave alcohol, or consume alcohol, they show increased activity in the bottom-up appetitive drive network, particularly in the nucleus accumbens (Ihssen et al. 2011; Myrick et al. 2004;Schacht et al. 2011). The nucleus accumbens (NAcc), an important limbic region that mediates appetitive drive and behavior towards rewards, is presumably involved in the lack of behavioral flexibility necessary to generate new adaptive behavior and the inability to extinguish alcohol-related habits (Chen et al. 2011). Studies have suggested that involvement of brain regions within the bottom-up network differ as a function of the development of dependence. It has been proposed that as alcohol use shifts from habit to compulsion, there is a shift in the involvement of limbic regions, particularly from nucleus accumbens to caudate and putamen (Everitt and Robbins 2005; Vollstadt-Klein et al. 2010).

Functional differences from non-alcoholic controls within the top-down executive control network have been identified in actively drinking alcoholics, particularly those differences associated with poor regulation of behavior and emotion, a core aspect of alcohol dependence (Berking et al. 2011; Fox et al. 2008). Dysfunctional emotion regulation in alcoholics (e.g., extremes in emotional responsiveness to social situations, negative affect, and mood swings) has been associated with prefrontal dysfunction (Lyvers 2000), particularly in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) (Salloum et al. 2007).

This study (1) looked at whether  there are identifiable differences from normal controls in abstinent alcoholics, which may be related to the length of abstinence and whether the characteristics of top-down and bottom-up networks at different stages of abstinence (short- or long-term abstinence)  may help identify brain mechanisms that support the cessation of drinking and the development of long-term abstinence.

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An fMRI study using the monetary incentive delay task (MIDT) in 5–37 day abstinent alcoholics found reduced NAcc activation when processing monetary reward and increased NAcc activation when viewing alcohol related cues in alcoholics compared to controls (Wrase et al. 2007). Results from that study suggest that salience of alcohol cues is present during early stages of abstinence. Another fMRI study in 7–14 day abstinent alcoholics found that reduced NAcc activation during anticipation of reward was associated with higher impulsivity and alcohol craving, suggesting that differences in NAcc activity may impact the maintenance of abstinence (Beck et al. 2009)

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There is evidence from the task-evoked fMRI literature supporting the existence of compensatory mechanisms in top-down and bottom-up networks in long-term abstinence. A recent study by Nestor et al. (2011) compared task-evoked brain activity between long-term abstinent smokers, current smokers and non-smoking controls during a task that required a stimulus-response selection. Long-term abstinent smokers showed increased task-evoked activity in executive control regions (e.g. dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex) and lower activity in reward processing regions (e.g. nucleus accumbens) when compared to current smokers and non-smoking controls.

Nestor et al (2011) suggested that long-term abstinent smokers recruit frontal regions to increase regulation of their responses to achieve performance (Nestor et al. 2011). Their results suggest compensatory mechanisms in long-term abstinence in which individuals ostensibly avoid relapse by enhancing the involvement of executive control regions and attenuating the involvement of reward processing regions when responding to the environment.

A study by Dresler et al (2011) provided evidence suggesting that the engagement of executive control regions during task performance was a function of abstinence length. They found no significant differences in frontal task-evoked brain activity during a verbal fluency task between long-term abstinent alcoholics (abstinent for 264.75 ± 198.24 days) and controls. Since short-term abstinent alcoholics in the same study had significantly lower frontal brain activity when compared to controls (and to long-term abstinent alcoholics), the authors proposed that there is an increase in task-related frontal brain activity with continued abstinence.

This study provided evidence for short-term abstinent alcoholics having a different pattern strength of appetitive drive and inhibitory control networks when compared to non-alcoholic controls – with duration of abstinence so that (a) synchrony of executive control regions progressively increases and (b) synchrony of reward processing regions progressively decreases. In addition, (a) enhanced synchrony between executive control regions was associated with better cognitive flexibility and (b) lack of disengagement of synchrony between reward processing regions was associated with more current antisocial symptoms in short-term abstinence.

For us these findings seem to be hinting at emotional regulation improving and control over distress based impulsivity as these are both the result of the PFC dysfunction mentioned above. Also reward is also connected to emotional regulation.

Main Reference

1. Camchong, J., Stenger, V. A., & Fein, G. (2013). Resting‐State Synchrony in Short‐Term Versus Long‐Term Abstinent Alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(5), 794-803.

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Our Girl in Havana: The Paladares of Cuba

Underground restaurants may be a relatively new trend in the United States, but they’ve been happening for decades in Cuba. Paladares or ‘home restaurants’ have long served the best food in the country, and are now at the heart of Cuba’s newly invigorated dining scene.

Paladares didn’t always exist, and for several years the culinary culture of Cuba was arguably in decline. In 1968, the state assumed governance of all restaurants throughout the nation and many of these were a success. However, in the hard years leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union – Cuba’s main economic partner following the Revolution – and during the Special Period that followed, the country suffered from serious food shortages. Naturally, the priority was to meet the ‘basic needs’ of the people, not keep state-run eateries in good stock. Equally, for the average Cuban, dining out was a luxury they could no longer afford, and many of these restaurants closed down. Despite the rich culinary heritage of Cuba, the country gained a reputation amongst outsiders for poor cuisine.

It wasn’t until the mid-nineties that this situation began to improve. In 1993, amongst a wave of other reforms intended to boost the economy, Fidel Castro announced the legalization of more than 100 self-employed positions, such as in the food sector. Some paladares had probably existed illegally before, but now they were legitimate they could be taxed and regulated. In the mid-nineties, the first wave of official paladares opened up – small family-run operations with a government license to sell food to Cubans and tourists alike. Hosted in family homes, with the law stipulating that staff must be relatives, each paladar offered a completely unique dining experience: the wedding photos on the wall; the abuela rocking in a chair in the corner; and the kids occasionally peeking in from the kitchen or helping to wait tables. From tourists previously only seeing a state-sanctioned view of the food culture of Cuba, these paladares gave an insight into real Cuban life. More importantly, it offered Cubans the chance to supplement their state salary and run their own business legally and with a degree of independence.

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Most paladares were simple mom-and-pop affairs serving up delicious comida cubana while some were more adventurous or glamorous. However, they were subject to certain conditions such as a limit on the number of seats and ban on ‘luxury’ foods such as beef and shellfish, reserved for the ongoing state-run operations.

It wasn’t until Raul Castro’s 2011 reform program again loosened the laws on private enterprise that the restaurant scene could truly flourish. In the months that followed more than a quarter of a million entrepreneurs applied for licenses, an estimated 22% of which were in the service industry. By 2012, new ventures were opening up every week, and today, there are close to 2,000 private restaurants.

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Photo by Tyler Wetherall

Paladares have come a long way from simple family-run operations. Restaurants like Le Chansonnier with its high design interiors and chic French-inspired cuisine could compete with its Parisian counterparts and Casa Miglis could well be the only Cuban-Swedish fusion restaurant in the world. In the last few years, the dining scene has completely revolutionized to rival its capital city counterparts without losing its distinctly Cuban foundations. Better still, it is largely Cubans benefitting economically from these improvements, despite ongoing issues over taxation and bureaucracy. But there is further change on the horizon, as more than 20 state restaurants are about to become employee-run cooperatives, as part of a pilot experiment, with hundreds more to follow if successful. The pace of change in Cuba, in the dining scene and beyond, doesn’t look set to slow for some time.

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Next, I will look into my favorite Havana paladares.

Tyler Wetherall is a freelance travel writer and editor. Follow her on Twitter @tylerwrites

Prepare your appetites, for we will go in depth unveiling the best places to dine in Cuba, in a new series of monthly reviews of paladares. First stop: Havana!


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FARO aids discoveries on the lives of dinosaurs

February 28, 2019

Remember your dino-themed birthday parties, hours playing with your T-Rex toy and debates with friends over how they really hunted?

Lars Schmitz, associate professor of biology at The Claremont Colleges, may have your childhood fantasy of a career studying the eye bones of the vertebrate fossil record, making serious discoveries about phylogenetics and morphology, including Velociraptor activity patterns.

Now, with the help of a FARO® Design ScanArm and Geomagic Wrap, Schmitz will be able to add an unparalleled level of accuracy to his arsenal, unobtainable by his previous manual measurement methods.

“The FARO Design ScanArm not only provides far more accurate data, this new device also unlocks many ways to observe and measure anatomy. We can now take many more landmarks, allowing us to describe the full complexity of shape, as to simple length measurements, and can generate volume and area estimates for the structures of interest.

Lars Schmitz, Associate Professor of Biology, The Claremont Colleges

Unlocking Dinosaur Behaviors

For the dino-inclined, there’s an undeniable cool factor to Schmitz’ research. In 2011, Schmitz and Ryosuke Motani showed that velociraptors were most likely nocturnal hunters based on an analysis of scleral rings and orbital bones. They studied many other dinosaurs and pterosaurs, determining their diel activity based on these bones (i.e. whether they were active at night, during the day or at twilight), discovering a variety of daily patterns for these animals. These groundbreaking findings disproved the accepted hypothesis that dinosaurs were active at night while mammals were active during the day.1

His research on eye structures has added new knowledge to previous approaches in phylogenetics and morphology. For example, while researchers had been studying limbs in the exploration of how animals emerged from the water, the fact that eye size had increased by three times had been overlooked. Schmitz demonstrated how important the development of eye structures can be in evolution, showing that larger eyes enabled animals to clearly see items on land and underwater, thus placing the development of long-range vision in the evolutionary timeline.2

3D Laser Scanning for Research and Museums

FARO portable measurement arms allow for many academic research and museum applications, including:

  • Reproducing artwork
  • Precise measurements for research purposes
  • Digitally preserving historical items
  • Sharing museum assets in a 3D environment

The high portability, scanning features and ergonomics of the FARO Design ScanArm make it perfect for work in museums that may require moving the arm around delicate items that cannot be moved or touched. For example, the Smithsonian museums use FARO solutions.

The ScanArm isn't just for dinosaurs, it can also reveal what's been kept under wraps for more than a millennium. In addition to the prehistoric vertebrates in Schmitz’ research, other organizations around the globe have scanned ancient human remains.

The 1700-year-old Lady of Cao in Peru was scanned by the Wiese Foundation and El Brujo Archaeological Complex with the Design ScanArm to virtually reconstruct and 3D print her face. In Stockholm, Interactive Institute Swedish ICT used FARO technology to develop virtual autopsies of Egyptian mummies that allow museum visitors to explore the layers inside the sarcophagus with unprecedented realism.

High-Tech Skills for Students

With Schmitz, the Design ScanArm will benefit the entire community at The Claremont Colleges, which consists of five undergraduate colleges and two graduate institutions. "The new device will be shared among all members of the W.M. Keck Science Department and beyond. Our integrative department houses biologists, physicists, chemists and environmental scientists, all of which can use the scanner in a variety of different applications," Schmitz said. "Beyond the sciences, the art community at The Claremont Colleges has already expressed interest in using the Design ScanArm for some of their projects."

Undergraduate students will have dino-mite opportunities to use the ScanArm to assist with Schmitz’ research as part of Schmitz Lab.

“Students will be some of the main users of the Design ScanArm! My research students will be responsible for data collection and processing, empowering them with a highly transferable skill. We will also use the scanning technology in the classroom --- for example, I'm currently developing lab activities for my comparative anatomy course that incorporates laser scanning and 3D-model generation.

Lars Schmitz, Associate Professor of Biology, The Claremont Colleges

The students will gain 3D laser scanning skills while employing a portable measurement arm that uses hard probing and laser scanning to capture reality in a 3D virtual environment. His lab students have gone on to win awards for the research they’ve conducted with Schmitz. Access to the FARO Design ScanArm will push their research to new heights, with skills in demand in fields such as:

  • Entertainment
  • Product design
  • Research
  • Archaeology
  • Museum curation
  • And more

1 Schmitz L, Motani R. 2011. Nocturnality in Dinosaurs Inferred from Scleral Ring and Orbit Morphology. Science 332: 705-708.

2 Maclver, MA, Schmitz L, Muganc U, Murphey TD, Mobley CD. 2017. Massive increase in visual range preceded the origin of terrestrial vertebrates. PNAS: E2375–E2384.

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Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Nerve and Tendon Gliding Exercises

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Akalin E, El Ö, Peker Ö, Şenocak Ö, Tamci Ş, Gülbahar S, Çakmur R, Öncel S: Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome with nerve and tendon gliding exercises. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2002;81:108–113.ObjectiveTo assess the effect of nerve and tendon gliding exercises in carpal tunnel syndrome.DesignThe study was a prospective, randomized, before-and-after treatment trial. A total of 28 patients with the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome in 36 hands were randomly assigned to two groups. A custom made neutral volar wrist splint was given to group 1 and group 2. The patients were instructed to wear the splints all night and during the day as much as possible for 4 wk. The patients in group 2 were also instructed to perform series of nerve and tendon gliding exercises in addition to the splint treatment. Patients were evaluated with clinical parameters, a functional status scale, and a symptom severity scale.ResultsAt the end of treatment, statistically significant improvement was obtained in all parameters in both groups. The improvement in group 2 was slightly greater, but the difference between the groups was not significant, except for the lateral pinch strength value. Patient satisfaction was investigated during the follow-up period, ranging from 5 to 11 mo, with a mean of 8 mo. A total of 72% of the patients in group 1 and 93% of the patients in group 2 reported good or excellent results. The difference between the two groups was not statistically significant.ConclusionAlthough the results in group 2 were better than group 1, the difference was not statistically significant. Further investigations are required to establish the role of nerve and tendon gliding exercises in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.

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What’s Inner Beauty?

So what’s this inner beauty that everyone’s is talking about? Is it a kind of beauty that’s on the inside and only a mere imagination?

Inner beauty is often described as ones characteristics that’s experienced through a person’s nature rather than the appearance. ‘Inner beauty is often reflected as in how we present ourselves to the world,’ says Vivian Diller, a New York – based former model turned psychologist with a research focus on the psychologist of beauty. So what’s your inner beauty, let’s find it out ….!

1 – Be Generous

Be generous. As simple as it sounds -this is the reality. Being generous will enhance the perception you receive for what you give. Get yourselves to volunteer in your nearest shelter home – sponsor/tutor a child, donate for a worthy cause. Trust me, lending a hand to the needy does a lot of good in your own life and of what you share with others too. Now, that’s what I call B.E.A.U.T.Y.

2 – Know Your Worth (KYW)

Look into the mirror today and own your self-believe and confidence. If you feel beautiful, your inner beauty will fill your thoughts with positive energy. Instead of finding your image, focus on your three favorite features and earn your worth up! If you still feel like there’s a flaw holding you back, learn to overcome it. Be bold, love yourself.

3 – Push the NEGATIVITY away

With the fashion world globalizing, you may think a generous physique or a ‘V’ shaped face makes one attractive. However, researches found that whatever you focus on, shapes your brains – A positive attitude goes a long way to fixing your self image. Eliminate your negative thoughts about your body because your thinking becomes stronger and habitual. So reverse your mind and tell yourself that ‘You are beautiful’. Easy isn’t it ?

4 – SMILE More

Appreciate your best assets that’s plastered on your face. Go ahead and smile, appreciate this gift of life without any sarcasm or wrong thinking as this will give your life a fine purpose of living. Remember, outer beauty can give you a glance, so smile with your heart cause it’s the inner reflection that makes someone to stay.

5 – Be the REAL beauty that YOU are

You are beautiful if you truly believe that you are. What everyone sees is the reflection of who you are on the inside. Feel and embrace yourself – go out there, there’s a whole world waiting for the beautiful you. Appreciate the little things around you – It gives a feeling of pure that will definitely create deep satisfaction.

Beauty is just a perception that begins from within. So stop worrying about your outer beauty because ‘beauty fades’ with time. Inner beauty is one thing that will never change. So think of the ways you can mark your footprints on this world with a positive manner.

Bea-YOU-tiful !

© 2016 InspiredbyCherisha.com


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Basics of Ground Loops

A ground loop is an undesirable current path in an electrical circuit. Ground loops occur whenever the ground conductor of an electrical system is connected to the ground plane at multiple points. Not only can ground loops induce noise in instrument signal cables, but in severe cases it can even overheat the instrument signal cable and thus present a fire hazard!

The phenomenon of ground loops is illustrated in the schematic diagram below:

Basics of Ground Loops

Causes of Ground Loops

There are several causes of ground loops in any instrumentation installation. Some of them are itemized below:

  • Differences in potential between the points of the ground plane to which the ground terminals have been connected.
  • Inductive coupling
  • Capacitive coupling
  • Use of internally grounded instruments inside an already grounded loop
  • Cable shields grounded at both ends
  • Grounded thermocouples with non-isolated transducers
  • Four wire transmitters used as input to a receiver instrument grounded to a different ground connection

There are several methods of curbing ground loops that introduces undesirable noise voltage into instrument signal cables.

However, two of the most effective methods of reducing ground loops are:

  • Single Point grounding
  • Use of Differential Inputs

Single point grounding involves grounding the instrumentation installation at a single point. This approach significantly reduces the noise voltage generated due to ground loops from multiple grounding points.

Differential inputs are used to cancel out the noise voltage that may appear in the instrumentation circuit.

One very effective way to completely isolate an instrumentation system from ground loops is to use battery powered instruments. However because of the limited life of a battery, they are seldom used.

Impedance Coupling (or Conductance Coupling)

Where two or more electrical circuits share common conductors, there can be some coupling between the different circuits. When the signal current from one circuit proceeds back along the common conductor, it produces an error voltage along the return bus, which affects the other signals. The error voltage is due to the impedance in the return wire.

One way to reduce the effects of impedance coupling is to minimize the impedance of the return wire. The second solution is to avoid any contact between the circuits and to use separate returns for each individual circuit.

Inductive Coupling

When a wire carries an electrical current it produces a magnetic field; if this wire is in the vicinity of another wire also carrying electrical current or signal, the magnetic field they produce interact with one another resulting in noise voltage being induced in the wires. This is the principle through which inductive coupling takes place in instrumentation signal cable wiring

As we already know, Inductance is a property intrinsic to any conductor, whereby energy is stored in the magnetic field formed by current through the wire. Mutual inductance existing between parallel wires forms a bridge. whereby an AC current through one wire is able to induce an AC voltage along the length of another wire. This become even more pronounced if we have power cables and instrument signal cables going through the same duct or conduit.

A simple way to reduce inductive signal coupling is to simply separate conductors carrying incompatible signals. This is why electrical power conductors and instrument signal cables are almost never found in the same conduit or in the same duct work together.

The most practical method of reducing inductive coupling and granting magnetic field immunity to instrument signal wires is to twist a pair of wires rather than allow them to lie along parallel straight lines. This greatly reduces the effects of electromagnetic induction.

Electromagnetic induction is reduced because when the wires are twisted so as to create a series of loops instead of one large loop, the inductive effects of the external magnetic field tend to cancel out thereby reducing the induced noise voltage on the instrument signal wires due to the external magnetic field.

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We have these things we tell ourselves as a means of comfort when we know things are bad.

Parents going through a messy divorce will console themselves with sayings like: “Kids are resilient.” Or they may tell each other: “The kids don’t really see all that’s going on.” Even more common is:”Time heals all wounds.”

Yes, kids are resilient if by “resilient” you mean: They learn to cope. But coping and healing are worlds apart.

The more i look at my own life and the lives of men i work with regarding the wounds of their past and the current manifestation of those wounds in pornography addiction, the more it is clear that healing must be intentional. There is no vague form of healing that just descends on you like the morning dew.

Rather, the purposeful work of God by His Spirit to address specific things that have been broken in our relationships is required. What were the words of life and encouragement that you never heard as a young boy? What questions went unanswered at key points? Was there some physical or sexual or verbal abuse along the way?

We cannot be naive and think that the simple passage of time would heal such deep and devastating wounds. We must take the journey back to those places and times where in our development as boys — becoming young men, becoming grown men — we actually failed to receive the words of life we needed. And if some trauma occurred which short-circuited the proper growth and development, that too must be revisited.

Without the intervention of God and the continuing work of His Holy Spirit, i can only imagine the train wreck my life would be right now. If i were even still alive.

But He does make all things new, and transformation is real.

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Are Solo-Driven Choir Songs Anti-Intergenerational?

Have you thought about how many songs your choir sings that feature a solo that “drives” the song you are singing? I don’t mean a simple verse solo or a small section in the song, but a full-song solo where the choir essentially takes a “back-up” choir role. If you are in my choir, you’ll sing plenty of these types of tunes. There are a few reasons this is the case in my choir and possibly yours as well:

  1. Some of the most popular songs for choirs today have solos that drive the song. I’m not in a popularity contest, but there are some great church choral songs (new and not so new) that have solos in them. I want my choir to learn lots of great things that have great texts and are solid musically.
  2. I can because I have lots of soloists. Having lots of great soloists makes it easy to present these types of songs, especially when you have some that really communicate the message in a special way…like Spencer in the feature photo here.
  3. Sometimes they are easier or faster to learn because the soloist has the bulk of the song. Sometimes the hardest part of learning a choral song are verses because of the variances of texts and rhythmic structures that can be tricky. If the choir is learning choruses only, which often repeat, the process of learning the song is expedited.

While we enjoy the flexibility to do lots of solo-driven choral literature, I am often conflicted about over-using these types of songs because of my commitment to value the contributions of all the singers in my choir. It’s a constant battle; one I’ve been contending with for years. When I researched intergenerational choirs in Georgia in 2014, I asked the leaders of those choirs how much of their own choral literature was solo driven.  Here are some results:

  1. Over half of them indicated that they only used solo-driven choral literature in about 20 percent of their anthems.
  2. About another 25 percent of those interviewed said they used solo-driven literature up to 40 percent of the time.
  3. Smaller church choirs sang fewer solo-driven anthems than the largest church choirs.

A couple of observations from this data…

  1. Solo-driven literature does not “generally” dominate the choral offerings of churches that are intergenerational.
  2. Small church choirs probably have fewer soloists than the largest church choirs. Therefore, it’s plausible that more soloists could possibly equated with more opportunities to sing solo-driven literature.
  3. There were no indications that age of leader or choir members had any bearing on the percentage of solo-driven anthems used.

One area that seemed to have a bearing on how much solo-driven choral literature was sung was the publishers frequently used. Those leaders who frequently purchased from more traditional publishers rarely used solo-driven anthems. Conversely, those who used only one or two publishers from the evangelical side reported much higher use of solo-driven anthems.  My personal observations (a quick count at any current choral pack from any publisher will reveal) Prism, Word, and Brentwood-Benson publish more solo-driven literature than other evangelical publishers (Lifeway, Lillenas, Praisegathering). I love, and use music from, each of these publishers, so do not think I am speaking negatively about any one publisher. I am simply commenting on what I see when I open their choral club packets/boxes.

The long and short of it? Broaden the number of publishers you listen to as you search for choral music for your church choir so you may find all types of songs—especially if you find yourself leaning towards solo-driven literature all the time.  This it is often hard to achieve, but necessary for balance if your goal is to create an atmosphere where all members of the choir feel valued and important.

Personally, I am guilty of relying on solo-driven literature at least 40 percent of the time, sometimes more. We sing tunes from every one of the above publishers and I love the variety of music types that can be found, but often I find some of the best tunes I can find (in my opinion) are solo-driven. But, since I firmly believe that valuing all in my music ministry is important, I know I must be careful to look for balance, which includes purposely looking for choir only literature that fits our context.

As a side note: thankfully, some solo-driven songs can be adapted to include more of the choir. For instance, verses that a solo would normally sing could be sung by the women or the men. I’ve done that on several songs and it has worked very well.

The Noise is Deafening and It’s Not My Fault!

This past weekend, some of our music and worship team from Ivy Creek led the music for the large group corporate worship times at the Georgia Baptist Women’s Ministry Spring Event at Stone Mountain. We had a blast meeting new folks and getting to connect with women of ALL ages from all over the state. The women were very encouraging about the musical offerings we presented and the variety of congregational songs we chose to lead, but do you know what the number one comment of encouragement was? “Thank you for not having the music SO loud that we didn’t get a headache.” OR “we could hear each other sing and yet the music was still energetic and supportive.” Don’t think that it was just older women either…no, it was folks from all ages.

Now, I’d heard these volume comments before (some good and some not so good), but they made a deeper impression this weekend because I’m constantly looking for ways to alleviate distractions in worship so the Father is highlighted and not what I am doing. Decibel levels matter, my friends. Prolonged, heavy vibrations in the ear drums can cause hearing damage. So, today I submit that not only are our musical choices important to connect generations together in worship, but the volume of that music is important too.

Any concert or church that hands out ear plugs (and there are MANY) before the music starts says to me, “I’m not concerned with your aural health enough to lower the volume to a healthy decibel level. Accept this small token to alleviate the painful noise because I seemingly care about you. But, those younger folks here, perhaps your sons and daughters that came in with you, they can tolerate the higher decibel levels (even if it damages their hearing long term).” Really??? But I digress. I do believe understanding some possible reasons WHY decibel levels have gotten out of control may help us understand why it’s important to be cognizant when considering volume levels in the intergenerational church.

  1. The advent of rock music (and specifically its live performance) is predicated on the feeling (vibration) the music brings to the listener/enjoyer (music coursing through your veins—literally)
  2.  With the advent of car radios (especially as stereo and bass technology has risen) one can be literally “enveloped” with sound
  3. Churches have tried to mimic the feeling of a rock concert to increase the emotional and physical experience

  1.  The enveloping of sound is a perfect way for non-singers to feel “safe” to sing uninhibited
  2.  We can feel and hear the energy of the music
  3.  Non-Christians are more comfortable hearing/and seeing music like what they experience at concerts/radio, etc.
  4. Not having music that engulfs us makes the music sound anemic

In these arguments, and there are plenty of others, there’s not one that I can tell that could not be achieved with a reasonable decibel level. Perhaps not at the same degree though. Certainly it is more challenging to “feel” the bass when it’s not thumping.

  1. Music that is so loud and piercing limits creativity to some degree. Dynamics, vocal harmonies and the like, are harder to distinguish and achieve. I’ve heard “softs” that still had high decibel levels
  2. If you are going to have multiple generations in your services, multiple studies have shown that something physiological happens the older we get…the ear inside our ears gets stiffer as one ages causing our tolerance to certain decibel levels to decrease
  3. We need to hear each other as we sing together because of the biblical command to admonish and teach one another through singing songs of worship (Ephesians 5:19). Pretty hard to do that if you can barely hear the person next to you. Where’s the community in that?
  4. Loud decibel levels can distort text or make articulation incomprehensible. Pretty sure text is what sets worship apart from any other musical experience.
  5. Oversinging may cause vocal damage
  6. Loud decibel levels over extended time may cause hearing loss

To be clear, I’m not targeting modern worship music or bands that play a certain type of music. I love all types of music! I am specifically targeting the decibel level of ANY type of worship service. I’ve heard organs that have literally moved me physically with the vibrations and caused me to hold my ears.

I submit you: Extremes in volume (decibel level) may be polarizing relationally in the intergenerational church. Finding the balance is key in your own situation. Sometimes sitting in certain places in a worship center can yield a different sound. I know there are places in our worship center that are louder than others. I encourage folks who mention they can hear too much sound/cannot hear well to move around until they find what works for them.

Even as we consider this issue, there will be people in our sphere of influence that will never be pleased with volume levels because their preferences are so extreme. That’s okay; we in intergenerational churches are used to having to remind our folks that we are guided by the philosophy that we are better together, guided by the Word and the Holy Spirit, and always looking to find practical ways (volume included) to achieve the best balance for our church culture and context.

Changing Things Up Can=Baloney!

One of the things that surprises me time and time again is the “one size fits all” approach held by churches, educational systems, and other such types of organizations. What works for some doesn’t always work for others. However, often trying to emulate the successes of others seems to be the norm. Recently, I had a conversation with someone whose church is trying to reach younger families in their community. This is a noble goal. However, this church leadership(from the description given to me by the person with whom I was talking) decided that adding a “modern” service would do the trick. Familiar story, right? OR, another familiar theme is “let’s change things up because I think things are getting stale.” Again, not a bad idea if there is purpose behind it, rather than simply changing things up so people don’t get bored. This mentality is rampant in the entertainment industry…push the envelope, tweak this and that so people aren’t bored and you (as ministry leadership) look like you are “doing” something productive for the Kingdom. Baloney!

Pragmatism is the nuts and bolts, but Philosophy should be the wrench. Rather than trying to make a bunch of changes in one’s church based on the successes of others, it is infinitely more important to capitalize on the strengths and weaknesses of YOUR church. Use all generations in your church. Don’t be afraid to use varied types of music. Be authentic; be real. But let the philosophy of “we’re better together…we value ALL in our faith family” resound! Remember intergenerational ministry/worship is not something you DO, it’s something you ARE. It’s a guiding principle…

I’m in the process of getting ready to teach two similar seminars in the next couple of weeks on intergenerational worship. The first is this weekend for the annual Georgia Baptist Women’s Event at Stone Mountain. Some of our music team and I will be leading in musical worship and I will teaching a class on music in the intergenerational church. The following weekend, I’m heading to the Baptist Church Music Conference in San Antonio where I’m also teaching on intergenerational worship.  Last night I was talking with one of my 14 year old sons about what I was doing the next few weeks. He pointed out that my audiences will be vastly different. He laughed that I’ll be teaching a bunch of women this weekend and mostly men the following weekend. It is a fair assessment. We also talked about how important the women’s conference is (mostly laypeople-perhaps choir members in churches throughout the state) because these women are leaders in their church—they are the participants. The next weekend, I will be speaking to colleagues—to leaders in music ministry. I HOPE that the conversations from this coming weekend will help continue shape what I bring to our leaders. Granted, most of the leaders I will speak with next weekend believe in the intergenerational philosophy, so I hope to bring some ideas of how those leaders can strengthen their approach (philosophy) to reaching our next generations, as well as keeping all generations active and present in ministry. Both great opportunities, but I must alter my approach based on the culture of the situation. We church leaders should do the same with our churches…consider the context.

How different would our churches be that would truly embrace the multi-generational atmosphere of their churches by finding ways to capitalize on the strengths of all? How different would our churches be that didn’t constantly look to music as the MAIN tool for reaching the de-churched and un-churched? Because seriously, how much as contemporary worship music evolved in the last 30 years? Musically? not much. Textually? There have been some great strides in this area. But, in all? Not so much. Those churches who’ve found their niche (think cowboy church or mariachi church in certain locales) are the ones embracing who they are. We’d be much better off to focus on building intergenerational relationships, discipleship ministries, and having all generations involved in worship and other service ministries (not just music).

Pray for our team this weekend as we sing, share, and inspire.


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The Intensity of the Want

“The thing the character wants need not be violent or spectacular; it is the intensity of the wanting that counts.” Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft

And this is true for both comedy and drama. Think of Carrie in Homeland, Walt in Breaking Bad, or any of the characters in SeinfeldBroad City, or Portlandia. Big or small, funny or dramatic, you know what these characters want, and that they want it intensely. Kramer, come on, he wants everything intensely. And because they want it intensely — we care, we laugh, we cry.

I should stop here. Almost. Except.

The intensity of the want ties directly into Trey Parker’s and Matt Stone’s “therefore and but.” It ties in because the “therefore and but” flows directly from a character wanting something. And one of the great ways to show the reader or audience that a character wants something intensely is to place some great big “buts” in the middle of the path to what they want.

Going back to Homeland. Watch just the first few minutes of the pilot. Carrie wants intel from a prisoner that’s going to be executed in Baghdad, where Carrie is driving as the show opens. Therefore she calls Estes (her CIA boss), and asks him to intervene in the execution. But Estes shuts her down, and tells her to stop. But she ignores his order. Meanwhile, she’s driving to the prison to get the intel, but she gets stuck in traffic, therefore she leaves the car in traffic and walks to the prison … and it goes on, “but” after “but,” until the prisoner whispers something in her ear, as she’s being dragged away by the guards.

When I write this stuff out, it seems so basic, but the visual of Carrie leaving the car in traffic is a wonderful way to convey the intensity of her want. If she didn’t care: “Oh well, stuck in traffic, looks like I’ll be late for the execution. Wonder what he would’ve told me about the imminent attack?”  In fact, the whole opening of the pilot is an illustration of how to show intense want of a character.

To summarize. The intensity of the want sets up the therefores and buts — the cause and effect — that get great stories rolling.

Now, I want to get back to writing my pilot. Therefore, I’m going to end this post — no ands, ifs, or buts.

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Steering wheel copy rotation of the front wheel. Driver hands attached to sockets on the wheel.

Arms are moved using two bones IK, like described in previous post.

As a side note, UE4 example car used in this video has rather correct size, maybe just a little too narrow. But the seats are way too high. I had driver’s head all the way outside. Added bones for the seat and moved it like 20cm lower or so.


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Top 5 Dividend Growth Stocks For The Zombie Apocalypse

Investors never know when a zombie apocalypse will begin.
Survivors will favor reliable vehicles and ranged combat, which makes Toyota and Lockheed Martin solid choices.
In the wake of destruction caused by an all-out war, demand for Caterpillar’s equipment should skyrocket and reverse a trend of weakness amid oversupply in the mining sector.
Demand for cigarettes should strengthen if the general population expects to die before cancer would set in.
The presentations by Johnson & Johnson look as if they could already be marketing to investors concerned about the rise of the zombies.

When investors are facing a volatile market and panic seems to be running rampant, they should keep an eye on the real threat to their portfolio values. The Zombie Apocalypse will dramatically alter retirement planning for most investors. Some may even find themselves joining the other side and physically decaying as fast as their portfolios. In the weirdest article you’ve ever seen on Seeking Alpha, I present the dividend companies that have superior positions to succeed in the coming Zombie Apocalypse. You don’t want to sleep on this risk, because you never know when you’ll be driving home and see this sign:

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT)

Lockheed Martin has a forward dividend yield of about 2.96%, which is solid for a dividend idea, and they would be in great position to succeed in the zombie apocalypse. Since the zombies are unlikely to come all at once, there would be enough time for new military orders to go in, and Lockheed Martin does a great business in supplying the military with weapons that can be used on terrorists or zombies.

During the second quarter the company spent over $900 million on repurchasing shares, and they are on track to repurchase at least $2 billion for the year. So far this year, the cash returned to shareholders has exceeded free cash flow from operations, as demonstrated below:

That could be a concern that they may need to slow down the rate, but a dividend yield of nearly 3% was growing slightly, while more than half of the cash returned to shareholders was flowing through the repurchasing of shares rather than dividends. Without a zombie apocalypse, they may have to slightly reduce their repurchasing of shares, but that dividend looks secure.

Now let’s get back to the real question. Why would LMT suddenly prosper when the zombies were rising? While the traditional weapon for fighting zombies may be a baseball bat, I think most people will find they would prefer ranged combat. At the very least, the survivors would be people that preferred ranged combat. Would you rather have a bat, or a real weapon?

Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM)

Toyota is a great pick for the Zombie Apocalypse. The dividend yield is already nearing 3.40% and the company trades at a fairly low P/E ratio of 9.8. When it comes to sales, Toyota knows exactly how to position themselves. The Toyota Hilux is a favorite among investors preparing to fight off zombies, as demonstrated by this photo:

Having high-quality guns from Halliburton is great, but putting them on a nearly indestructible pickup is even better. How indestructible is the Toyota Hilux? Just look at this video from Top Gear, which shows their attempt to destroy one. They drove it into an ocean and hit it with a wrecking ball repeatedly, among other abuses. After all that, they set the car on fire. Despite the abuse, that old Toyota Hilux still started and was driven into the studio:

You have to assume that there will be plenty of zombies hitting the car, assuming you can’t shoot them down in time. If you’re planning on a flame throw as a last defense, it would be good to have a truck that can survive even that.

If all of that doesn’t convince you to buy a high-quality car manufacturer at respectable P/E ratios and dividend yields, then at least consider the market share they would stand to gain. With Volkswagen’s (OTCQX:VLKAY) issues coming to light about emissions and most car buyers being humans (rather than zombies), the government might seek higher emissions standards.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

Caterpillar has seen their stock price tumble as global commodity prices seem to be falling off a cliff. The company went from around $110 per share in the summer of 2014 to around $65 today. During that time, they raised dividends from $.60 per share to $.70 per share and then $.77 per share. With a trailing P/E ratio of 11.24 and a dividend yield of 4.29%, this looks like a good company falling on hard times. Without a Zombie Apocalypse, the intense competition in the mining industry and eventual reductions of capital expenditures would threaten to slow sales growth for the company and weaken earnings. On the other hand, with a Zombie Apocalypse, there will be entire cities to be rebuilt. Cities like these two:

A quick note on images: The latter image is a real photo from Detroit. That seems like another reason to buy Toyota over the Detroit manufacturers.

If human kind is able to win the battle against the zombies, there will be entire countries that need to be rebuilt, and the demand for Caterpillar’s equipment should easily reach record highs. That would be an excellent change from the declining sales picture that has caused management to lower their outlook and the share prices to fall so substantially. The decline in sales and revenues is illustrated below:

If Caterpillar can drive sales higher, there is some fairly substantial operating leverage that would boost earnings per share and enable the company to continue growing their dividend. Of course, with questions swirling about how Caterpillar will survive in a lower growth period, the immediate need for fortifications would provide a welcome source of immediate demand.
Currently we are seeing the slowdown in China reflected in dramatically lower prices for base metals. A reduction in metal prices reduces mining expenditures. The reduction in mining expenditures reduces the need for Caterpillar’s products. Without a zombie apocalypse, Caterpillar would need a resurgence in the metals market.

Altria (NYSE:MO)

This dividend beast is selected by Mike Nadel. Here are his comments on it:

My No. 1 stock for a Zombie Apocalypse is the same as my No. 1 stock if I could only own one today: Altria.

I will quote a few paragraphs from the article I wrote on the subject back in June:

Why Altria? Well, it’s an all-weather, money-making, income-generating buzzsaw.
Think of all the headwinds America’s leading cigarette-maker has faced: onerous government regulations, a product frowned upon by much of society, severe limitations on advertising, a gradually declining customer base, and a product that literally kills off its most loyal users.

Big MO hasn’t flinched, increasing earnings, expanding revenues, raising dividends for 46 consecutive years, and offering investors Philip Morris (NYSE:PM), Kraft (KRFT) and Mondelez (NASDAQ:MDLZ) as spin-offs.

Warren Buffett says a great company must have an “enduring moat.” Well, Big MO has the classic enduring moat — a product so addictive that even people who want to give it up have trouble doing so.

Altria is a survivor. I mean, if Zombies are roaming the earth, there will be a lot of nervous humans smoking a lot of Marlboros!

My thoughts on Altria

Mike Nadel makes a great point. With zombies roaming the earth and a much shorter life span, there will be fewer concerns about smoking. If the smoking actually calms the nerves, it may help survivors shoot better. You can see this entirely accurate and non-staged photo of someone preparing for the zombie apocalypse while smoking as proof:

When it comes to dividend growth goals, Altria understands their positions perfectly:

They want to grow the adjusted diluted EPS at 7% to 9% per year, and they want to pay out 80% of the total value. Who doesn’t want a stream of dividends that grows by 7% to 9% per year? Over the last six years, they have landed within this range on both adjusted diluted EPS growth (8.0%) and dividend growth (8.9%).

Historically, they raised their dividend 48 times in the last 45 years. I’m tempted to hold Altria in my portfolio even if the Zombie Apocalypse doesn’t come to pass. To be fair, I also like the investment opportunity for any ETF focused on sustainable dividend yields or consumer staples because the product is highly addictive and unlikely to see sales plummet if we enter another recession. Judging from the volatility in the stock market, that might be almost as scary as a zombie apocalypse to some investors.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)

JNJ was suggested by fellow contributor Matthew Waterman, and makes sense as a natural holding when the zombie wars begin.

If there is a way to help those already infected, JNJ would be in a solid position to benefit as the largest and most diversified health care company in the world. (Their words, not mine.) On top of their dominant market position, they have 53 consecutive years of dividend increases and seem unlikely to let a profitable opportunity like a zombie apocalypse stop that record. Just look at how rapidly those dividends have grown:

On top of the dividend increases, they would be poised to succeed in producing treatments or early detection systems. Their R&D expenditures have been rated as the most productive in the sector, and they have launched 14 brand new products since 2009.

JNJ is already battling infectious diseases, as demonstrated below:

Their plan for fighting strains of zombie-causing viruses is detailed in the slide below:

To be fair, their presentation did not specifically state that this strategy was targeted at the virus responsible for turning humans into zombies. However, I think we can agree that stopping zombies was the underlying message here.

These five stocks represent companies with strong dividends and a commitment to returning capital to shareholders. All five companies could reliably expect the demand for their products to increase dramatically relative to the overall economy if we enter into a zombie apocalypse. Caterpillar has certainly been a bit of a falling knife as global recessionary concerns have driven down sales and growth forecasts with a damaging impact on earnings per share. Their long-term performance could be seriously weakened by the poor demand, but it seems the market has already priced some fairly substantial declines in earnings into their share prices.

Some dividend growth investors may point to Ford (NYSE:F) offering a stronger dividend yield than Toyota. That yield is at 4.40% forward and 4.20% trailing. From the traditional perspective of acquiring strong dividends now, I think that argument makes a great deal of sense. However, in the event of a zombie apocalypse, investors are going to place a large premium on reliable cars. In my personal experience as a person with no mechanical background or qualification to make judgments about car quality, I must say that my newer Toyota vehicles are far more reliable than the Ford that was very old when I acquired it.

When it comes to Lockheed Martin, Altria, and Johnson & Johnson, I think all dividend growth investors can agree that these companies would be poised to shine in a prolonged war against the zombies. One produces weapons that would be critical to success, another produces a highly addictive substance whose worst side effect is death by cancer (which takes more than a few years), and the final one is one of the largest and most effective health care companies on earth.
Some investors may believe that they don’t need to concern themselves with stocks for a zombie apocalypse. However, investors without a properly diversified dividend growth portfolio may not be able to afford their own automatic rifle and trained bear to ride alongside Abraham Lincoln when he goes to face the zombies in the coming war:

This silly article was in celebration of the zombie runs in Denver and Colorado Springs, in honor of several zombie-themed television shows returning, the start of October, and having 800 articles published on Seeking Alpha. The vast majority of my content is highly professional and focused on covering mREITs and ETFs. If you enjoyed the piece, please feel free to leave a comment and hit the follow button. There is nothing an author enjoys more than seeing new followers. Without comments and followers, I would be unlikely to get another article this absurd published. Therefore, let us start off the discussion by asking:

What stock would you want to hold for the zombie apocalypse and why? If this article gets enough positive feedback, your ideas may be featured on the next themed piece.

Additional disclosure: Information in this article represents the opinion of the analyst. All statements are represented as opinions, rather than facts, and should not be construed as advice to buy or sell a security. Ratings of “outperform” and “underperform” reflect the analyst’s estimation of a divergence between the market value for a security and the price that would be appropriate given the potential for risks and returns relative to other securities. The analyst does not know your particular objectives for returns or constraints upon investing. All investors are encouraged to do their own research before making any investment decision. Information is regularly obtained from Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, and SEC Database. If Yahoo, Google, or the SEC database contained faulty or old information it could be incorporated into my analysis.

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Our first look at Disney’s next animated movie, Moana, is heavy on The Rock—as Dwayne Johnson introduces us to his South Pacific Demigod Maui in spectacular style... and the magic of dancing tattoos, apparently.

The trailer gives us our first look at Maui and titular hero Moana—balancing its time between an actual glimpse of the heroes in action and a gorgeously-animated 2D sequence done in the style of Maui’s plethora of body tattoos. But man, some of those shots in the second half look amazingly pretty. It’s certainly going to be a fabulous looking movie.

Moana hits theaters November 23rd, 2016.


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Environmental Monitoring

The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) maintains a number of research projects designed to monitor the habitat conditions on the fishing grounds, as well as the health of Pacific halibut relative to both natural and man-made toxins. Although each project has its own individual objectives, the overarching goal is to monitor and detect changes in the environment that may affect the fitness and distribution of Pacific halibut and thus the overall health of the population and fishery. The projects described here include oceanographic monitoring, sampling for contaminants, monitoring parasites, and developments related to the Fukushima reactor incident in 2011 as it affects fish in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.

Oceanographic monitoring

The water column profiler project was launched coastwide on the IPHC fishery-independent setline survey in 2009 and uses instruments from Seabird Electronics™ to measure a suite of oceanographic variables at each survey station throughout the water column. The measurements nearest to the bottom are applicable to the conditions experienced by the fish on the gear, and can be used for distribution studies and as inputs to the spatial model used for the Pacific halibut stock assessment.

Contaminant monitoring

Since 2002, the IPHC has partnered with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to collect tissue samples of Pacific halibut for contaminant monitoring. Currently, the samples are tested for methyl mercury and persistent organic pollutants including pesticides, selected PCB congeners, dioxins, and furans.

Icthyophonus prevalence

Since 2012, the IPHC has partnered with the United States Geological Survey to monitor the incidence of the Ichthyophonus parasite in Pacific halibut. This is just one parasite out of many that occurs in North Pacific Ocean fishes, but is singled out here due to its linkage with large-scale mortality events in other marine species around the world.

Fukushima radiation

The IPHC does not directly monitor Pacific halibut for radiation stemming from the Fukushima reactor meltdown, but for those concerned, IPHC can provide general guidance on where to find reliable sources of information.


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Lisp Lore: A Guide to Programming the Lisp Machine
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Publisher Kluwer Academic Pub
Publication date June 1, 1987
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Summaries and Reviews description: Product Description: This book had its genesis in the following piece of computer mail: From allegra!joan-b Tue Dec 18 89:15:54 1984 To: sola!hjb Subj ect: 1 i spm Hank, I've been talking with Mark Plotnik and Bill Gale about asking you to conduct a basic course on using the lisp machine. Mark, for instance, would really like to cover basics like the flavor system, etc. , so he could start doing his own programming without a lot of trial and error, and Bill and I would be interested in this, too. I'm quite sure that Mark Jones, Bruce, Eric and Van would also be really interested. Would you like to do it? Bill has let me know that if you'd care to set something up, he's free to meet with us anytime this week or next (although I'll only be here on Wed. next week) so we can come up with a plan. What do you think? Joan. xiv Lisp Lore (All the people and computers mentioned above work at AT&T Bell Laboratories, in Murray Hill, New Jersey. ) I agreed, with some trepidation, to try teaching such a course. It wasn't clear how I was going to explain the Lisp Machine environment to a few dozen beginners when at the time I felt I was scarcely able to keep myself afloat. Particularly since many of the "beginners" had PhD's in computer science and a decade or two of programming experience.

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