Any insights into why this is happening? (first run of code in Matlab is much slower than subsequent runs). Normal and expected? Google-fu didn't turn up much.

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And of course:

In my large (biomech) class I use super-heroes to introduce laws of physics by how heroes violate them, these are my four favorites (Optimus Prime gets top billing of course).

It's grade-grubbing season.

Not as good as new bike day, but it’s new marker day (hopefully for the last time!).