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The Stripe of Gennari – also known as the 'Stria of Gennari' – transverses the gray matter of the primary visual cortex as a distinct white line. "Although the visual cortex is one of the best-studied parts of the brain, and the Stripe of Gennari is a rather obvious structure, why it develops and what its function is has not previously been studied in detail", explains Robert Trampel from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. "An obvious connection with sight was assumed."
However, as is now clear, this cannot be the only function of the stripe of Gennari: In a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, the researchers found the stripe of Gennari in the brains of congenitally blind subjects. "This brain structure therefore can't exclusively be involved in vision and must be capable of carrying out other tasks", says Trampel. In the blind, the Stripe of Gennari could play a role in supporting the sense of touch, the scientists speculate. "This faculty is essential in reading Braille and the region carrying the Gennari-Stripe is known to show an increased activity in the blind when performing this task." All participants in the present study were highly proficient in reading Braille, having responded to an advertisement written in Braille in a newspaper for the visually impaired.
However, since the stripe of Gennari is already present in the first years of life and does not degenerate, it is likely to have an important role already in early infancy. In blind people, the brain uses tactile and acoustic stimuli to construct a rough spatial representation of the surroundings in the absence of visual information. The stripe of Gennari might play a role in this process and could later support highly demanding tactile tasks, like Braille-reading. In future studies with fMRI, the researchers aim to learn more about the work of this versatile nerve bundle in the human brain.


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Even in our digital age, change often comes sweepingly, powerfully and from forces far more lasting than 140 characters could ever be.
In early March, I attended a roundtable at the Paley Center for Media called "The Fourth Estate in a Digital Democracy." Only a few weeks later, that gathering and the countless others like it (celebrating the prominence of social media) have been given a chastening lesson. The centerpiece of the discussion was the role of Facebook and Twitter in the unfolding revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and, in its early days then, Libya, with ripples elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East. The essence of the issue came down to the positions of two media celebrities who were not actually present but had this exchange in the current Foreign Affairs: "Even the increased sophistication and force of state reaction," wrote Clay Shirky, "underline the basic point: these tools alter the dynamics of the public sphere. Where the state prevails, it is only reacting to citizens' ability to be more publicly vocal and to coordinate more rapidly and on a larger scale than before these tools existed."
Malcolm Gladwell's response was that, for Shirky's "argument to be anything close to persuasive, (he) has to convince readers that in the absence of social media, those uprisings would not have been possible."
Two major developments have now demonstrated how abruptly what seems like certainties about technology and communications can be overwhelmed. In Libya, Muammar Qaddafi's brutal counterattack transformed the initial successes of opposition groups into a massive retreat. Finally, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League authorized a military response now unfolding. But as Qaddafi routed his opponents, little more was said about Facebook and Twitter. And then there is the cataclysm in Japan. One of the world's most advanced societies has been devastated by the power of nature. For all the technology available to the Japanese, the country has been at the mercy of what has turned out to be a cascade of catastrophes that no amount of 140-character messages and updates to friends could handle, as communications of all kinds were disabled across stricken areas and even, at times, in Tokyo.
It is pointless to dispute that digital advances have played an enormous role in recent years in the speed of communications, and, in some situations, Egypt and Tunisia certainly among them, these technologies have played a meaningful part in the rallying of crowds and in garnering international recognition. A global generation of mainly young people will continue to refine and use the capacity to reach out to each other. Turmoil reflects the conditions of the era in which it occurs, and social media are very much a factor of our age.
But as I listened to the Paley Center dialogue, I recalled two transformations in the latter years of the twentieth century that proved revolution has a dynamic that transcends contemporary gadgetry. These were indigenous revolutions, that of course had their origins in widespread discontent, but they were led by charismatic religious figures around whom people mobilized, for better and for worse.
Both examples took place in 1979, when I was the foreign editor of the Washington Post. The surprise choice of Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II and his trip soon thereafter to his homeland was unquestionably a trigger in what culminated a decade later in the fall of Communism throughout the Eastern Bloc and eventually the Soviet Union. I was in Poland for those ten amazing days in June and watched as crowds in the millions gathered wherever the Pope was scheduled to appear. If there was any institution responsible for the celebration, it was the Church. But in reality, Poles had found a way to express themselves that confounded the oppressive regime that ruled them. These were not specifically political demonstrations, but in retrospect the Polish leaders and their Kremlin overseers realized that the Pope had unleashed a measure of self-confidence that proved to be a power greater than the police state. There were setbacks to follow: martial law was imposed in 1981 to forestall a Soviet invasion. But from the moment the Pope arrived in Warsaw in 1979, Communism was in its final period.
Also in 1979 came the Iranian revolution, which ousted the Shah, who like the autocratic leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, had seemed supremely in charge until suddenly he wasn't. It was the Ayatollah Khomeini from his exile in Paris whose fervent perorations circulated in cassettes galvanized the population and turned the country in a matter of months from a relatively progressive society, at least in social norms, to what it has become: a country run by Mullahs with the capacity and will to crush opposition and cling to power. No matter how vividly the repression is displayed in cellphone camera footage on YouTube or described on Facebook and Twitter, reform in Iran has been brutally stifled. The regime has even turned social media against its own people by tracking their use of it and arresting or intimidating those identified.
Religious expression as ancient as the teachings of Jesus Christ in Poland and Mohammad in Iran were the underpinnings of revolution in those two nations. If there is a broader message in the events of this past month, it is how abruptly change (even in the digital age) can be swept aside by the deployment of unrelenting military force against the will of the people or the force of nature at its fiercest, a tectonic shift on a massive scale. As we recognize the influence of all that is new in our times, we should also be humbled by these reminders of eternal powers.
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With awareness about the dangers of opioid addiction high among public officials, the next steps to a solution are public acknowledgment that addiction is a disease and securing the resources required to combat it, according to experts who spoke during a recent panel discussion here.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, and Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., discuss legislative efforts to address the opioid crisis during a recent panel discussion.
Legislators, public health officials and veterans group representatives participated in the panel discussion,(www.rollcall.com) titled Fighting the Opioid Crisis, that was hosted by Roll Call on July 13. Underlying the discussion were the needs to adequately fund Medicaid, which has been a valuable source of support for social services that address the issue, and to treat drug abuse as a medical problem instead of a crime.
Legislators set the stage by defining the scope of the problem.
Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., pointed out that 6 percent of patients who take prescription opioids for just one day -- and 35 percent of those who take them for 30 days -- will be using these medications a year later.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., whose state has the nation's highest rate of deaths due to drug overdose,(www.cdc.gov) said, "Twenty years ago, we did nothing to treat mental health. Now with the ACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), this is the first time people can get treatment for mental health and opioid addiction."
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- Experts at a July 13 panel discussion titled Fighting the Opioid Crisis talked about successes and work that remains in addressing the issue.
- Panelists highlighted the need to treat drug abuse as a medical problem instead of a crime and to adequately fund Medicaid.
- One speaker emphasized the importance of reliably funding addiction treatment.
A bill Manchin sponsored, known as Jessie's Law,(www.congress.gov) is intended to help slow the rate of opioid addiction by making it easier for physicians to know the opioid addiction history of patients who choose to provide that information to a health care professional. The law is named for Jessie Grubb,(www.mlive.com) who died of an overdose one day after she was prescribed oxycodone after hip surgery. Her parents had told the hospital she was recovering from heroin addiction, but the physician handling the discharge did not receive the information.
Another bill, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act,(www.congress.gov) would address addiction by providing federal grant funding to help individuals who are released from jail or juvenile facilities receive mental health services, education and job training. The program targets potential repeat offenders and individuals who are considered vulnerable to drug abuse.
But a major roadblock to fighting the opioid problem is the lingering public perception that drug use and addiction are character flaws not tied to an illness, and one legislator said it is important that medication-assisted treatment includes intense counseling to address mental health.
"If we don't treat that, it's a waste," said Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa.
This particular misperception about addiction is widespread, speakers said.
"There is still a segment of the population that is hesitant to look at it as a disease," said Cynthia Reilly, director of the Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative at the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Kuster pointed to Sullivan County in Maine as one area where this attitude is shifting. When the justice system became overwhelmed by heroin cases, judges supported the formation of drug treatment courts that would direct nonviolent drug offenders to a two-year treatment program. Participants who maintain a clean record and follow the treatment recovery plan graduate from the program with no criminal record. They also receive education and job training.
Panelists pointed out that many treatment programs are funded by Medicaid, which makes them vulnerable if federal lawmakers cut Medicaid, as recent legislation has proposed.
"Patients are getting treatment because of the Medicaid expansion," Kuster said. "Our treatment programs would close and our rural hospitals would close. We are worried we could lose that."
In Maryland, for example, one-third of patients with a substance abuse disorder depend on Medicaid.
"We cannot afford to roll back the gains we've made," said Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen, M.D.
Seven hundred people in Baltimore died from a drug addiction in 2016, yet recovery facilities and health professionals trained in addiction treatment are so scarce that only 10 percent of the individuals there who need addiction treatment are getting it.
"Patients who know they need help come in, and I have to tell them, 'I'm sorry; I may be able to find you treatment in three weeks or maybe a month,'" Wen said. "That wouldn't be acceptable for any other disease."
Adding to the problem, Wen said Baltimore does not have a sufficient supply of naloxone. The city's stock of 5,000 units needs to last until 2018.
Wen emphasized the need for a reliable source of funding to cover addiction treatment and called on prescribers to remain aware of their role in addressing the issue. She also warned of the consequences if the public does not acknowledge addiction is a disease.
"As long as we view addiction as a choice, then it's OK if they end up in jail or dead," Wen said. "The stigma is preventing people from seeking treatment."
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Rustic Farmhouse – The Garvin-Weeks Farmstead – North Reading, MA
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The Garvin-Weeks Farmstead in beautiful North Reading, built c1790, has enjoyed a first floor makeover complete with a new kitchen, family room and master suite. Particular attention was given to preserve the historic details of the house while modernizing and opening up the space for today's lifestyle. The open concept farmhouse style kitchen is striking with its antique beams and rafters, handmade and hand planed cabinets, distressed floors, custom handmade soapstone counter and farmer's sink, kitchen island comprised of reclaimed wood and marble top all setting the stage for the elaborate custom painted tile work. Skylights above bathe the space in natural light. Walking through the warm family room gives one the sense of history and days gone by, culminating in a quintessential looking, but fabulously updated new England master bedroom and bath. A spectacular addition that feels and looks like it has always been there!


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Who Smiles More — Men or Women ?
This seems like an obvious fact the women smile more than men. The images of women smiling when I did a Google Search seems to be way higher than men. I think women tend to be questioned more often when they are not "putting on a happy face."
Imagine how you feel when you come back home after a hard day at work and you see your Mom, Wife, Child or your Pet when they greet you with a smile the moment you enter the door — All your stress is mostly gone.
- Immune Booster — I feel Smiling really can improve your physical health. Your body becomes relaxed when you smile, which contributes to good health and a stronger immune system. You have fever and cold and feel down try a quick smile thinking about some very funny moments you have ever had I bet you will start feeling good.
- Contagious Smile — I feel it's very difficult for the other person looking at you smiling not to smile. It seems that there is some kind of wireless transmission of chemical that happens forcing their muscles twitched into smiles all on their own.
- Stress Reliever & Mood Booster — Biologically it seems that humans have a capability to force one particular hormone all by themselves that's called "Happy Hormone" — Endorphins. Even if you force smile by just looking at a mirror you stimulate "Happy Hormone". This sudden change in mood will help you feel better and lift your spirits by forcing yourself to smile.
- Happiness — Smile is a universal sign of happiness. Hand shakes, hugs, and bows which has different meanings in different cultures you do it with a smile around the world as a sign of happiness and acceptance. Scientists have mentioned that its easier to smile than to express anger or just frown as it involves more number of body muscles. When you see new born babies you would find them smiling even if they are not aware about any other expressions.
- Smile at Work — When we smile at work doing our day to day jobs it portrays about how you enjoy your workplace and work. Smiles make a person seem more attractive, sociable and confident, and research says people who smile more are more likely to get a promotion.
- Smile Makeup — Even if you a very well dressed and take a lot of confidence with you but your photo's would look great only if beautiful, natural smile is with you. In social media research says that most number of likes you get on a photo would most likely the ones that has ☺
I guess now we have enough reasons to smile always. Now the fact remains that Women smile more than men because they tend to be questioned more often when they are not "putting on a happy face." The whole concept of associating smile with feminine quality has much more popularity.
Marianne LaFrance is the author of the book, Why Smile? The Science Behind Facial Expressions. Her book sites a number of studies, which explain why women seem to smile more often than men. One theory is that females tend to be more empathetic and expressive than males. Autopsies actually show that women have larger zygomaticus majors — or smile muscles. It is unclear if females are born this way or if they exercise those muscles so frequently over a lifetime that they simply grow larger. When there is tension in the air, women more often than men try to diffuse it with a smile. "Women do what we call 'emotion work' and one of the best ways to do this is to smile to soothe hurt feelings, to restore harmony,".
The poem from Unknown Author :-
Smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu, When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin. When he smiled I realized I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth. A single smile, just like mine could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin, don't leave it undetected. Let's start an epidemic quick, and get the world infected!


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Orkney Cloud project: data, energy and community, combined in Orkney
Exploring what community-led, cloud services might be, here, where the social networks are thick, and the environmental resource to power data processing is huge. Longtime collaborator in Orkney, Laura Watts will discuss the Orkney Cloud project, funded by Mozilla (who make the Firefox browser).
Please bring your questions and ideas for what happens when you combine data and energy in the islands. For details see www.orkneycloud.org
Tuesday, 3rd July, 7.30pm, at LL1, ICIT, Old Academy Business Centre, Stromness.
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1-1/2 lb of ground meat - should be mix of pork and veal, but I can't bring myself to use veal, so I use pork and beef.
1/2 cup or less of plain bread crumbs
3/4 cup of cream
a pinch of ground cloves
pepper to taste
2 (10 oz) cans cream of mushroom condensed soup with roasted garlic
1/2 cup water
1 cup sour cream
2 Tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Combine all the meatball ingredients. I add the bread crumbs and cream a little at a time and mix as I go.
Make meatballs about golfball size or smaller, put in crockpot. Mix the soup and water and pour over the meatballs. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours.
In a small bowl, combine sour cream, flour and pepper and blend well. about 30 moniutes before meatballs are done cooking, add a spoonful of the hot liquid from the crockpot and blend. Add the sour cream mixture to crockpot, stir well, cover, and cook on low for 30 - 40 minutes until thickened and blended. Serve over mashed potatoes (or hot cooked rice).


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Discovering the Poetry of Yasujiro Ozu, or I Also Wrote, But…
Previously untranslated verses from the director's diaries reveal new facets of the Japanese master's complex, many-sided character
When Yasujiro Ozu died on his 60th birthday on December 12, 1963, he left behind over 25 diaries which he had diligently kept over the course of 30 years, a timespan that encompassed nearly his entire career as a filmmaker. While it is remarkable, and unfortunate, that these diaries have not as of yet been made available in English translation, it must be admitted that secret literary masterpieces they are not — and, given the generally unaffected and concise style that Ozu employs here, it's fair to say that their author never intended them to be. Typical entries recount what he ate on a given day, who he met, what films he saw, whether or not he took a bath, and whether he was able to indulge in his favourite pastimes of drinking and napping.
What makes these largely mundane records of Ozu's daily life fascinating are the snippets of poetry that the director scatters throughout. Consisting primarily of exercises in traditional poetic forms such as the haiku and tanka, these poems are remarkably revealing of the different facets of their author's personality — that many-sided, complex character that is too often subsumed in the conventional image of Ozu as a serene, unchanging sage of cinema.
At the same time, these poems offer echoes of and correspondences to the themes that Ozu would famously explore in his films, such as the lifelong bachelorhood that he projected onto the resistant brides in such films as Late Spring, Equinox Flower, Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon. An early diary entry from 1933 sees Ozu reflecting on his abandonment of a love life:
Home all day. Read in the evening under the kotatsu – Satomi Ton's Umi no ue among others. In a few days I will be thirty.
Daring not to speak, my heart and I grew old and grey (1933)
Much like his young female protagonists, Ozu apparently endured many an unwanted marriage recommendation, all the while suffering in the throes of an intensely private yearning that he revealed in short, vivid verses.
Temple bells at dawn moan once, twice over our sleepy heads (1935)
I sit here alone with the little fan you left behind — I open it thrice, and thrice I close it (1935)
This evening, after the sun sets and light comes on in all the bars, I will have you, Kayo, pour me a drink (1963)
Again like many of his characters, much of Ozu's affection and sense of obligation was intensely directed toward a parent: his mother Asae, widowed in 1934, with whom he shared a home until her death in 1962, a year before his own. Ozu's mother appears in many of the diary poems, each illustrating that powerful bond between parent and child that is so prevalent in Ozu's late films.
Tending to the amaranth in our little garden in Takanawa — Mother, do you miss me? (1939)
Mother is sewing — her needle catching the last light of day (1945)
I smell scallions in the kitchen — sunlight in this little home fit for mother and child (1945)
Ozu was devastated when his mother passed away, and one cannot but hear the famous proverb from Tokyo Story — "No one can serve his parents beyond the grave" — in a diary entry he made in April of that year, in which a brief verse mourning his mother is immediately followed by a confession of filial guilt. (The "confession" is written in katakana, a script typically reserved for foreign loan words and sound effects, and which creates a palpable visual and emotional impact; it is rendered in all-caps below to approximate the intended effect.)
The peonies have returned to my garden — they have bloomed, but mother is gone
A master of tone reversals, Ozu is being both honest and somewhat playful here: he uses this seemingly offhanded disavowal of his own verse as a sort of "punch line," a defense mechanism against the true pain and sadness that the poem expresses.
However, the poems in Ozu's diaries do not solely come from a place of loneliness, nostalgia or despair. Many, in fact, evince a playful spirit that reminds one of the slapstick and potty humour that recurs throughout Ozu's filmography — particularly those verses that the director referred to as rodoka, or "songs for man-babies."
Rain falls on Tateshina / I feel a slight chill / and settle down for a nap — / rumbles the while my stomach / for Horaiya's pork cutlets! … (1954)
Spring mist clears over Kasumigaseki — I want to shit in front of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (1961)
Fearing only a few more years, I tell myself, You really must drink less at night (1961)
As the latter two poems from 1961 attest, even in the period of his "official" mastery Ozu could express a ribald or self-deprecating sense of humour that coexisted untroubled with his more serious themes of aging, death, and familial disintegration. One is reminded of the film he made the same year, The End of Summer, with its infirm but incorrigibly lusty patriarch Manbei Kohayagawa, who sneaks out from under the surveillance of his grown children with a mind for mischief.
(Manbei, in fact, was Ozu's favourite of his own characters; when shooting wrapped on The End of Summer, he wrote this sad little poem about having to part with his protagonists, especially Manbei: "The Kohayagawa family and their little brewery — a chilly wind leads the way to autumn")
It remains uncertain as to whether Ozu's English-speaking audience will ever get a chance to read his diaries in full, but I sincerely hope they do — both for how they reveal the lighter side of this poet of the everyday, and for how they can express, in a mere few lines, the moving, sometimes devastating emotional weight that he expressed so masterfully in his cinema. From 1963, the year of his death:
Should I die tonight the falling snow would make a fine burial gown


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Panama seizes North Korean ship
PANAMA CITY— Panama's president said the country has seized a North Korean-flagged ship carrying what appeared to be ballistic missiles and other arms that had set sail from Cuba.
Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli told RPC radio on Monday that the ship had been headed for North Korea.
There were no immediate details on the quantity of arms aboard.
Martinelli said the undeclared military cargo appeared to include missiles and non-conventional arms. He said the ship was violating United Nations resolutions against arms trafficking.
Earlier, the president said on his Twitter account that the arms were "hidden in containers underneath the cargo of sugar."
He offered no details but posted a photo of what appeared to be a green tubular object sitting inside a cargo container or the ship's hold.
Hugh Griffiths, an arms trafficking expert at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, said the seized ship is called Chong Chon Gang and has been on the institute's suspect list for some time.
He said the ship had been caught before for trafficking narcotics and small arms ammunition. It was stopped in 2010 in the Ukraine and was attacked by pirates 400 miles off the coast of Somalia in 2009.
Griffiths' institute has also been interested in the ship because of a stop it made in 2009 in Tartus — a Syrian port city hosting a Russian naval base.
Griffiths also said the institute earlier this year reported to the U.N. a discovery it made of a flight from Cuba to North Korea that travelled via central Africa.
"Given the history of North Korea, Cuban military cooperation and now this latest seizure, we find this flight more interesting," he said. "After this incident there should be renewed focus on North Korean-Cuban links."
Martinelli told RPC the 35 North Koreans on the boat resisted police efforts to take the ship to the Caribbean port of Manzanillo. The crew was later taken into custody.
Martinelli said the captain had a heart attack and also tried to commit suicide during the operation.
He said authorities had been tipped off some days ago that the ship might be carrying drugs.
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Life gets better when it gets a little weird, and the same is true for gift-giving. While everyone around you is busy snatching up Instant Pots and gift cards, don't just blend in with the crowd. You can stand out—in a good way—and have a little fun along the way by gifting a few of these hilariously odd but also really useful products.
From skin cream made from snail goo to bamboo kitchen towels, these strange but innovative creations not only kick the surprise factor up a notch but could also help solve problems that your friends and family didn't even know they had. Here are the 16 zaniest, most extraordinary products we love as gifts.
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The new big beauty thing? It's snails. More specifically, it's snail slime. If the thought of putting icky snail goo all over your face makes your skin crawl (or in this case, since we're talking about snails, "glide"), then you aren't the only one. But even still, this beauty ingredient is all the rage right now because apparently, it works.
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We're currently in the middle of testing travel pillows here at Reviewed, but if you ask me, the J-Pillow is the only one that matters. Designed by a flight attendant and named the British Invention of the Year in 2012, this pillow doesn't look anything like other travel pillows and that's part of why it's so good. It comes in a J-shape (hence the name), and the hook of J is used to support your chin and keep your head from falling forward, while the rest provides support for your head to lean against. Another perk to the J-Pillow? It's incredibly soft to the touch, too.
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June 14th, 2013. That date has been circled on my calendar for a long time. As I've said repeatedly, Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is easily my most anticipated film of the year and every new TV spot and trailer has left me even more amped to see the film. With the release date fast approaching, Warner Bros. has released two new posters. One of them features Henry Cavill as Superman flying in front of a large S, and the other has him flying towards the sky. Both are very well done. Hit the jump to check them out.
Man of Steel also stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fisburne, Antje Traue, and Russell Crowe.
via the Man of Steel Twitter feed and the Facebook page
Here's the official synopsis for Man of Steel:
In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time. Clark Kent/Kal-El (Cavill) is a young twentysomething journalist who feels alienated by powers beyond anyone's imagination. Transported to Earth years ago from Krypton, an advanced alien planet, Clark struggles with the ultimate question – Why am I here? Shaped by the values of his adoptive parents Martha (Lane) and Jonathan Kent (Costner), Clark soon discovers that having super abilities means making very difficult decisions. But when the world needs stability the most, it comes under attack. Will his abilities be used to maintain peace or ultimately used to divide and conquer? Clark must become the hero known as "Superman," not only to shine as the world's last beacon of hope but to protect the ones he loves.
Click here to catch up on all of our Man of Steel coverage, or browse the links below:
- MAN OF STEEL Calendar Unveils New Images; Henry Cavill Calls the Film "Zack Snyder's Baby"
- MAN OF STEEL to Screen Early at Los Angeles Film Festival
- New Banner for MAN OF STEEL
- Listen to a Full Track from Hans Zimmer's MAN OF STEEL Score
- New TV Spot and Banner for MAN OF STEEL
- Superman Takes Flight in New Poster for MAN OF STEEL
- Superman Screams in New TV Spot for MAN OF STEEL
- Listen to 30-Second Clips from Hans Zimmer's Score for MAN OF STEEL
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Hilary asks about five critically-lauded movies that I happen to detest:
1. Dances With Wolves. Beautiful cinematography and two fine performances (Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene) wasted on this rancid revisionist epic. The instant it plummets downhill: when Costner's character visits the army post headed by the lunatic who thinks he's a medieval lord. Who, not being a member of a band of noble native ecologists, naturally has bowel control problems.
A shame, too, because Costner can tell a gritty Western story, as Wyatt Earp demonstrates.
2. Chocolat. The usual twaddle about free-spirits vs. repressed traditionalists. I prefer my confectionery less stale, thank you. At least try to hide the maggots.
3. The American President. Yes, this love-letter to Bill was actually a critical fave. Mildly amusing in parts, if very silly, when it was released (1995), it passed its sell-by date on the morning of September 11, 2001. Utterly unwatchable now. But the SNL movie review by Bill Clinton is still pretty hilarious.
4. Indecent Proposal. People actually took this seriously and it became a "cultural moment." Feeling stupid now, aren't you? My comment on the premise: "But how will you be able to do that in traction?"
5. Dead Poets Society. Sorry, Heather. But DPS is drivel. Free spirits vs. oppression, yaddayadda. Just once I'd like to see a free spirits vs. uptight squares film where the free spirits get bitten on the keister by the consequences of their heedless actions and the repressed types are demonstrated to have been wise, indeed.
You know, the way it happens in real life about 80% of the time.
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There is nothing like a health check to help you put things into perspective.
My week started with plenty of wires connected to my brain and my breathing system in such a way that almost made me feel like an astronaut before going into the moon on a mission.
The hours and minutes a person spends laying and waiting for time to pass favor quietness and clarity, some kind of forced meditation 🙂
Fortunately the next day brought not only clear skies and heat up to 27c (In Portugal we went directly from winter to summer), but also good news regarding the health check, nevertheless something was different after departing from the clinic.
I felt more wired than ever. Wired to life first all, to my family, friends…and by extent I guess to everything.
I believe you don't need this "moments" to get back on track on things that you tend to slightly overlook with time, but honestly speaking that can give a little help, moments of threat reconnect you with essential things in life, which are by definition not that many.
As a consequence before heading back to Eastern Europe, minutes and activities became more tasty, little problems even littler and I even resume my running practices.
I believe it is almost the same thing in business, either new or existing.
You don't need the market to tell you that you are dead 🙂 you can have moments, processes or people that once in a while, without a status quo to defend, point out the big elephant on the room.
It takes courage from owners and managers to hear the health check results, but after, whatever the feedback, it is always easier to act upon it.
It is Saturday, and Spring (or summer…I am not sure) also arrived in Kiev.
The city is getting ready for the warm season, and while running this morning between St Sophia Cathedral and St Michael´s Monastery It was impossible to ignore the crowds of subbotnick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subbotnik) volunteers, an interesting concept, that reminds me the health check every city needs.
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Premier and Minister of Finance David Burt held a press conference this afternoon [Oct 26] where he announced the 'Bermuda First' advisory group, which has an aim to "develop a long term economic and social plan for Bermuda."
The Premier said the group will be chaired by former HSBC Bermuda CEO Phil Butterfield, and members will include Sir John Swan, John Wight, Gil Tucker, Dr. Duranda Green, Chris Furbert, Darren Johnston, Patrick Tannock, Gita Blakeney Saltus, Michael Collins, Andy Burrows, Wendy McLeod, Scott Pearman, and Michael Branco.
Bermuda ticketing company Premier Tickets Limited has evolved into a new company, known as Premier now delivering a full suite of digital solutions to the Bermuda marketplace and internationally.
Premier continues to be part of the Fireminds Group of Companies, leveraging all of Fireminds enterprise technology skills in software development and cloud solutions.
E-mail issues left Jennifer Fahnbulleh wanting to tear her hair out last summer.
Deaf, she couldn't call the company hotline, and her e-mails went ignored.
"I think employees see the e-mails and think what is this, and just ignore them," said Mrs Fahnbulleh.
Fed up, she called the Regulatory Authority Bermuda, the organisation that oversees the telecommunications sector in Bermuda.
IT firm Fireminds has won a top award from software giant Microsoft.
The company was made Microsoft country partner of the year for Bermuda — the third time in a row.
Bermuda was targeted by a computer ransomware virus creating havoc around the world, an IT expert said yesterday.
Ronnie Viera, chief operating officer at online payment company First Atlantic Commerce, said: "We can see that Bermuda was targeted.
The Bermuda Scout Association has launched a new website offering a wealth of information on the scouting community in Bermuda.
The website, www.scouts.bm, designed by local IT firm Fireminds Ltd., includes a breakdown of the scouting age groups and troop locations, a calendar of all scouting camps and events, and an application form to register for scouts. There is also information on how to volunteer with the Scout Association of Bermuda.
Bermuda will reap legacy benefits as a result of major telecommunication infrastructure and service upgrades needed for the America's Cup.
It is estimated the island will use as much international data capacity during the month-long event as it normally would in an entire year.
Faced with an anticipated ramping up in demand of such magnitude, the island's telecommunication companies, providers and contractors have stepped up to the challenge.
Technology company, Fireminds Ltd., have expanded its vendor relationships to better address the needs of its growing customer base. In the last six months Fireminds has established multiple partnerships with leading vendors. The technical team has been trained on the products and services and have successfully delivered multiple solutions with its partners. New vendor partnerships include Igility, NetApp, ARCOS and Microgen.
Fireminds has announced a partnership with Microgen in Bermuda and Cayman. Already International Finance Centre of repute, Bermuda and Cayman's strategic location has significant potential for investors – and, as a result, is a growing market for trust, corporate services and fund administration providers.
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Some Maine soldiers did not know when to quit, and that attitude led them to spend some five years in a Union uniform during — and after — the Civil War.
Of the 32 infantry regiments (not counting the 1st Veteran Volunteers formed in Virginia) that Maine sent to war, three were directly related in a way not replicated by other regiments, according to Nicholas Picerno of Bridgewater, Va. He is the nation's leading expert on the 1st, 10th, and 29th Maine infantry regiments.
As its designation indicates, the 1st Maine was literally the first regiment raised in Maine. Comprising militia companies from Portland and the Androscoggin River Valley and commanded by Col. Nathaniel Jackson, the 1st mustered into federal service on May 3, 1861.
The regiment should have left immediately for Washington, D.C., but a measles outbreak quarantined Jackson and his regiment in Maine. The next four Maine infantry regiments got to the capital in time to be shot up during the July 21 Battle of Manassas; the 1st Maine boys, who were guarding W, D.C. by then, missed all the action and mustered out at the end of their 90 days of service.
But many 1st Maine lads decided that "we really need to see this thing out," said Picerno, police chief at Bridgewater College. He first became interested in the three regiments in the late 1970s.
So several hundred 1st Maine members joined the 10th Maine Infantry in late 1861. Promoted to a colonelcy, George Lafayette Beal (formerly a captain in the 1st Maine) commanded the new regiment, a two-year unit that was first assigned to guard the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between two Maryland junctions: Relay House northwest of Washington, D.C. and Annapolis Junction east of the capital.
According to Beal, "men [were] posted every one-quarter of a mile night and day" between the two junctions.
The 10th Maine Infantry fought in the Shenandoah Valley in May 1862 and literally guarded the rear of the Union army driven from Winchester, Va. by Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The regiment was badly bloodied during the late August battle at Cedar Mountain in Virginia and fought heroically in the East Woods at Antietam on September 17.
Among the 1st Maine members serving with the 10th Maine was George Nye, "a very prolific writer," said Picerno. "He loves his wife, Charlotte, whom he called 'Charlie.'" During the war, Nye wrote more than 1,800 letters to Charlotte; at least 760 letters that she wrote him still exist.
In one letter, Nye described for Charlotte what he saw while strolling through Washington, D.C. His wandering feet ultimately led him to the White House, where he saw President Abraham Lincoln for the first time.
"He looked as tough as a pitch knot," Nye told Charlotte.
The 10th Maine lads wore state-issued brass belt buckles stamped "VMM," which officially meant "Volunteer Maine Militia," according to Picerno. Regimental historian John Mead Gould wrote that "VMM" actually stood for "Very Mean Men," a term that aptly applied to the Maine boys during their epic fight at Antietam.
Another member of the 1st and 10th (and ultimately the 29th Maine) was John Mead Gould, a young Portland resident. An inveterate diarist, he wrote the combined histories of the three regiments in 1871. Promoted to adjutant during the war, Gould was the last officer involved with all three regiments to die, ironically on New Year's Day in 1930.
Another 1st Maine member who joined the 10th Maine was Nehemiah Furbish, a captain shot and killed in the East Woods at Antietam. Edward Brackett, actually a sergeant and another veteran of the 1st and 10th, was acting as his company's lieutenant during the East Woods fight; shot in his guts, he died of his wounds.
The most unusual recruit to serve with the regiments was "Major," a Newfoundland dog that leaped on the train carrying the 10th Maine off to war. Major plunged into combat with his human comrades; at Cedar Mountain and Antietam, he constantly barked at the dust clouds kicked up by Confederate bullets striking the ground around the 10th Maine boys.
Major stayed with the colors when many 10th Maine survivors joined the 29th Maine Infantry later in the war. He was shot and killed during a battle at Mansfield, La. on April 8, 1864 and was buried by his comrades on the battlefield.
After serving in the Deep South, the 29th Maine Infantry (a three-year regiment) shipped to Virginia and fought in Phil Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaign. With combat inevitable the next day, Maj. William Knowlton of Lewiston told two friends on the night of Sept. 18, 1864 that he would die in the upcoming battle.
Known as Third Winchester or Opequon Creek, the Sept. 19 battle saw Sheridan's troops trounce their Confederate opponents. The 29th Maine Infantry had reached a fence line when Knowlton dismounted to talk with some soldiers; he was shot and killed at that spot.
Exactly a month later during the Battle of Cedar Creek, Lt. Lorenzo Dow Stacy of the 29th Maine captured the flag of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry. Up rode Col. George Love of the 116th New York Infantry; he ordered that Stacy give him the flag, then rode away to claim the trophy for himself and present it to Sheridan.
Love received the Medal of Honor for stealing Stacy's battle trophy.
After the war ended, the 29th Maine Infantry did occupation duty in Darlington and Florence, South Carolina. Such duty was not welcome; the men wanted to go home, but not until June 21, 1866 did the regiment muster out. George Nye and John Mead Gould were among the survivors of the 1st and 10th who left service with the 29th.
According to Picerno, the heroes serving with the three regiments sought no glory for themselves. His men donated money to purchase an exquisite sword for Col. George Lafayette Beal; on its blade was inscribed, "Merit is better than fame."
"That really defines these regiments," Picerno said.
If you enjoy reading the adventures of Mainers caught up in the Civil War, be sure to like Maine at War on Facebook and get a copy of the new Maine at War Volume 1: Bladensburg to Sharpsburg, available online at Amazon and all major book retailers, including Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble. —————————————————————————————————————–
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Introduction to Data Science
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Saturday, Feb. 18 - Sunday, Feb. 19
@ Centro de diseño, cine y televisión, CDMX
Learn all the tasks involved in the day-to-day work of a Data Scientist, using a simple but significant project throughout the course. The topics of Exploratory Data Analysis and Machine Learning are explored in cursory detail to provide motivation for the courses to follow. Walk away building a model for a pedometer (day 1), able to use your model to read numbers from images (day 2).
This Wizeline AI Academy course is in partnership with:
Juan Orozco
Juan spent several years at Hewlett Packard (HP) as Sr. Analytics Consultant, he filed 3 patents and wrote a defensive publication. Juan earned a M.Sc. in Statistics and Operational Research at the University of Edinburgh with distinction. He is currently a lecturer in the Industrial Engineering department of ITESM.
Ana Costilla
Ana has held Data Science and Engineer roles at Accenture and Tec de Monterrey, while also being one of the creators of the Data Science/Big Data department at Tec de Monterrey. She earned a Master of Sciences in Big Data Science from Queen Mary University of London. Ana's main interests are in machine learning, network analysis and user behavior modeling.
Ricardo Ocampo
Ricardo's recent work has focused on improving processes applying artificial intelligence, such as automatic detection of diabetic retinopathy and cancer. Ricardo is published in Intelligent Data Analysis, Iberoamerican Congress on Pattern Recognition, among other journals. He previously worked as researcher at EPFL, Switzerland and earned a M.Sc. in Computer Science at ITESM.
Ricardo Magaña
Ricardo got interested in machine learning while analyzing data from proton - antiproton collisions at Fermilab and the search of supersymmetric particles with CERN data. Prior to Wizeline, he created credit models at Kueski and deep learning at Hewlett-Packard. His interests are in Machine Learning, Algorithms and HPC. Ricardo earned his PhD in High Energy Physics from Cinvestav.
Pre-requisites for Introduction to Data Science
Fluent in English - the entire course is taught in English.
Be a statistician, mathematician or software engineer who wants to delve into machine learning.
Have basic understanding in probability, statistics, and basic scripting knowledge (e.g. Python, Matlab, R, Julia).


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The National Student Exchange allows college students to study for a semester or a year at nearly 190 universities in the United States and Canada while paying tuition to their home school.
The NSE Program has been compared to a domestic study abroad program. Instead of crossing oceans, however, NSE students cross state, regional, provincial, and cultural borders to take courses not available on their home campuses, expand their academic program options, reside in a different region, be exposed to diverse cultural settings, seek out graduate and professional schools, and explore career options. The changes seen in student attitudes, understanding of other people in other settings, maturity, risk-taking, and decision-making are similar to the experiences of students who study internationally.
What does it cost?
NSE is an unbelievable bargain. A participating student pays tuition and fees at UW-Superior just as if he or she were here, but all housing, meals, and other costs will be paid at the host university. Most scholarships and financial aid will apply as usual. There is an application fee of $285 payable before the placement is made.
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SharePoint technologies offer new and empowering ways for people to organize and manage information with less dependency on traditional development lifecycles. It is no wonder that the number one business use of SharePoint is for project management, according to a recent AIIM study:
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Financial Governance for Microsoft Project Server 2010 - Become a UMT Project Financial Server Partner
Wednesday – July 13th, 1pm to 2pm
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Join this session to learn how becoming a UMT Project Financial Server partner will help you & Microsoft win against other Project Portfolio Management vendors when financial management is an imperative for customers.
Driven by challenging economic times and enhanced compliance requirements, financial management has become a priority for organizations investing in PPM. Today, PPM RFPs include comprehensive financial management requirements that cannot be fully addressed by Microsoft Project Server 2010.
This is where Project Financial Server 2010 can help! The solution seamlessly extends Project Server 2010 to provide comprehensive cost and benefit management capabilities across the entire project life cycle. As shown in the quote below, Project Financial Server is already helping EPM SSPs and Project Partners win new business.
"Thanks in large part to UMT Project Financial Server 2010 the Mid-Atlantic district were able to secure a very visible, strategic win at Advance Auto. Together with UMT our two products, displaced HP's PPM solution beating IBM, Oracle and HP to become Advance Auto's Project Portfolio Management and Application Lifecycle Management standard." ~Kristen Hanley (Microsoft EPM SSP)
During this session we will:
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· Review pricing and licensing and go to market strategy
· Highlight the benefits of joining the UMT Global Partner Alliance
· Provide an overview of the features coming in our next release
Don't miss this chance to see how joining the UMT Global Partner Alliance will help you win new business and cross sell financial management best practices to your existing customers.
Presenting : Ben Chamberlain, UMT
SharkPro grows customer base by 600% . Grow your SharePoint and Project Server practice with SharkPro Projects™ in new and existing customers.
Wednesday – July 13th, 2pm to 3pm
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SharkPro Software is being recognized as a Finalist for the 2011 Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year. SharkPro Software was able to leverage resources of the Microsoft Partner Network to establish its product SharkPro Projects™ and the new SharkPro Health Care Request System™. Help your customers whether a mid-sized business, new PMO, or department in larger enterprises with SharkPro Projects™, built on the Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint 2010 platform.
Grow your business, increase your service offerings and increase profitability all without the need for deep technical expertise. The SharkPro Software partner program for independent agents, resellers and referral partners includes support and training to ensure you and your customers success. Join Greg Bailey, Founder & CEO of SharkPro Software, for a lively discussion of practical tips for winning against the competition, working with Microsoft and SharePoint, PPM, SI and LAR partners as well as growing in the mid-market with Cloud and on-premise solutions.
Presenting : Greg Bailey and Lionel Hanley, SharkPRO
Driving Cross-Functional Product Development through Program Portfolio Management
Wednesday – July 13th, 4:30pm to 5:30pm
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When it comes to selecting new products to take to market, how can manufacturers improve their decision-making processes? Visibility across a portfolio of programs and products allows manufacturers to make better investment choices – eliminating wasted resources, avoiding missed milestones, and ultimately increasing profits. This session will cover how technology and process best-practices allow manufacturers to:
• Drive new product development based on an informed view of the product portfolio and business objectives
• Ensure consistent program execution across a product family by implementing well-defined decision points to determine ongoing resource investment
• Create transparency to program deliverables, allowing identification of issues that might otherwise impact your program
• Enable effective program and portfolio performance monitoring to drive product investment decisions and strategic alignment
Find out how Windchill PPMLink builds on Microsoft Project Server to combine traditional project management metrics with PLM-related product metrics.
Presenting : Erin Daly, PTC
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This morning (ish) when I got out of bed, I was singing (unprompted) a familiar and catchy song, except with slightly altered lyrics. Immediately it was clear that this would be our first message of twentysixteen.
How timely of the Universe to ring in a new year with an uplifting (and relevant) reminder.
In The Best Way
When we begin each interaction or situation (or new day / week / month) with the attitude of kindness and positivity as our foundation, we have already brought loving light forward on which to build. Forward for ALL of us.
The best version of ourselves may be the one we're living this minute. Like, do we NEED to say that we're not okay and must be improved upon? Maybe, we're absolutely fine. Just like this, honestly and with genuine care.
To be our best possible selves is never to drag down. Never to beat up. Never to make feel bad. If we want to initiate a change, lovely. If this isn't the time for it, also lovely.
What will benefit us the most is continuing to be aware of Self-Care and Community. Are we doing our best? Can we help more? Are we treating ourselves as we do our sisters and brothers? (And by "sisters and brothers" you know what I mean.)
In the best way, is to reach high. And always give credit for trying. Because if we reach, and don't make it, that's okay, too. There is no such thing as failure, merely lessons.
On our card altar right now, I'll let the draw speak for itself. Also, it wanted to be seen in both directions.
"Into the Unknown ~ 7 ~
'Trust . . . . and all will be revealed.'
Life is an adventure, and often, new opportunities will arise that you won't know how to deal with. This is one of those times.
You are required to trust that this new phase will reveal wonders and miracles as you step into unknown territory.
Imagine that you are not only a path finder, but a path maker. Whatever your inquiry, trust that you will be safe.
Stay aware as you discover new and marvelous territories and valuable treasures.
Inexperience plus overconfidence can lead you into a dangerous situation for which you are unprepared. Always remember that wisdom comes from experience.
Keep an open mind and enter this part of your journey with alert eyes. Don't assume you know this territory. You may not recognize what is hidden by camouflage.
This is not a time for careless adventure."
As the Challenger, it appears as though she's saying the opposite of what is in the Direct position. But is she? (Answer: no, she isn't.)
Apply this one carefully, especially as we come closer and closer to the first retrograde phase of the year. Where and who we are is sacred. Always. (Even in reverse.)
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All wheel drive
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The most recent article highly praises the all wheel drive vehicles. But this article is very busy to make a list of the automotive manufacturers who decided to make such vehicles, but silent about the technical advantages and disadvantages. Only one hint was in the article about the advantage to have AWD vehicle is the more traction on the slippery roads. There are two questions: Are there any more advantages of AWD? Also, knowing that the AWD vehicles have less miles/gallon performance, would it be more advantageous to design the powertrain to switch between AWD and FWD, or RWD? That way the miles/gallon performance would be greatly improve. I certainly believe, the article should have dealt with that issue. By the way, that switchover manually and/or automatically what additional cost would it occur and what engineering difficulties would it create?
I can only speak to the experiences I've had, but the automotive dictionary difference is as follows:
All-wheel drive vehicles can split power between the front and rear axles (plus side-to-side, too, in the case of my ATTESA ET-S-equipped QX4, ANY wheel that needs it, even if it's just one of four automatically via racecar-tech clutch packs).
Four-wheel drives usually feature a two-speed transfer case (which my QX4 has too, oddly) that can "lock" rear (and/or all) wheels into turning at the same rate in "part-time" circumstances.
Basically, this means that you can force the vehicle to turn all the tires on a given axle (or both) at an equal rate, whereas the AWD vehicles worry about one slipping wheel at a time.
This primarily becomes important in circumstances where you're climbing (especially over uneven terrain), fording rivers or anytime you want all the tires to turn at the same rate to "motorboat" your way out of water/mud/sand/etc. v. when you want to shift the power to whatever wheel isn't spinning to the others that are.
It has been my experience that "true" 4WDs will sling gunk from all four tires equally to try and move the vehicle, while AWDs will ping-pong responsibility around to the wheel with the least spinnage. [Yes, that's a word. Now. Because I say.]
Making things harder to draw clear lines are modern cars that use the brakes to slow wheelspin, and they usually just sit stationary flinging mud until the ECU tells them to stop. [Think of these as more of a cranky traction control system than a real rock-bashing piece of hardware.]
Back to your question, AWD systems tend to be there when you need them without intervention, while 4WD systems usually require a button press or handle pull or whatever to get into the game. If I was to spend a worthwhile amount of time in the muck and mire, 4WD would be my choice (see: Jeep Wrangler). But in ordinary "OH $HIT THERE'S A PUDDLE OR PILE OF LEAVES OR PAVEMENT LEADING TO A SANDY TRACKLESS ROADWAY" scenario, the English butler-style "step in as needed" AWD system is the way to go.
But that's just my professional opinion. Others may differ. Give me their names and they will be dealt with
[Give me their names and they will be dealt with via some Black Site shenanigans they won't soon forget...]
Many "AWD" systems are nothing of the sort, those cars just use brakes to stop a wheel from spinning.
Subaru on the other hand has actual symmetrical AWD, while driving through an unplowed road with snow up past your floorboards as I do countless times in the winter you will be happy you are in a Subaru.
Unless your plowing through storms-in the mountains, in my experience any AWD system will do to get you to the market or up a slight hill in residential areas in less than ideal conditions. Of course-tires do play a role.
In my years of winter driving in the North East I have driven many different 4WD and AWD systems. I have found that most AWD systems are little better that FWD because they don't spin all 4 tires at once, and many of them grab the brakes of the wheel that is spinning, and when you are trying to claw your way up a 7% grade the last thing you want to do is also fight your brakes. If it's not Audi's high end Quattro system (Not the Haldex system) or Subaru's symmetrical system I don't really see the benefit over the FWD counter part of the same vehicle. Now part time 4WD systems are whole differant kettle of fish, but if they can't lock the center diff or send power to all 4 wheels at once they really don't make much of a difference either when it's so bad that just a good set of snow tires won't get you through. (I'm looking at you wrangler, with no locking diffs what's the point?)
AWD is nothing but a meaningless marketing term.
Easiest differentiator is whether or not you have a center differential. Most vehicles on the road do not. I'd say 1-2% at best.
With a center differential, you prevent wheel slip situations rather than react to them. As you would in power take off clutch type systems. If you are just driving down the road, they revert to single axle drive, so you do not gain any stability over just front or rear drive.
Cheap pickups, and the Jeep Wrangler use off-road drive. This is where you lock your center differential-if you had one; but they do not. So all they do is engage a rudimentary mechanical coupling, so that your front axle is now mechanically attached to the rear axle.
This prohibits them from rotating at different speeds-which means no accommodation for turning. So you better be on such a low traction surface that any trapped stresses {from turning} are released by tire slip [or be on such a surface that one of your tires becomes airborne]. That fixed coupling also allows for 100% power transmission to either axle.
Four wheel drive is good for accelerating AND maintaining speed. Power take off systems are good for accelerating. So for that loss in utility, they claim a fuel economy advantage. Their claim is dubious because you are spinning the same number of drivetrain components. (and you don't get the uniform tire wear advantage of four wheel drive)


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Again with the damn text abbreviations. Next challenge I participate in, I demand real words only! Anyway, Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror has gained cult classic status because it is 85 minutes of nonstop WTF moments. It's a lot of fun, it's pretty gory, and the action doesn't let up once it gets started, but it has quite the abundance of head scratching moments. Why do the zombies look like they are wearing masks of Fulci zombies made out of paper mache and play-dough? Why is there a bear trap in the middle of the courtyard? Did that zombie just throw a huge nail like a throwing knife and make a shot Bruce Lee couldn't pull off? Did you just actually put on old dusty lingerie that you found in a random drawer? Did someone really just say "Let the zombies in, maybe they're not after us?" Is your big finish a freeze frame with nonsensical, misspelled text?
Apparently so. This will be a nigth to remember, so sayeth the Profecy. I love it. This movie is absolutely ludicrous, but it has such a surreal energy that it's relentlessly entertaining. I would expect nothing less from Andrea Bianchi, the director who also gave us Strip Nude For Your Killer and Malabimba: The Malicious Whore. If you're a fan of the bizarre side of Italian grindhouse horror cinema, you definitely need to check it out. I could go on forever about this flick, but I think I'm going to do a full review of this one down the road, so I'll cut to the chase. There is one situation in this movie that trumps all of the others, and maybe any scene in horror history, in terms of sheer WTF-ness.
One member of the horny, clueless band of zombie fodder is Evelyn, who brought along her son Michael. That's him right there. Michael was played by a 26 year old dwarf named Peter Bark and dubbed over by an adult man trying to sound like a little boy. This dude is straight up creepy. He's, like, beyond Zelda in Pet Sematary creepy. He's beyond Reverend Kane in Poltergeist 2 creepy. He's beyond Zelda Rubenstein in, well, anything creepy. He just might be the creepiest character I've ever laid eyes on. Anyway, his clinging to mom has an air of inappropriate sexuality to it. He also ends up walking in on her getting it on with her boyfriend. Instead of staying under the covers, she gets out of bed, covers her lower afro (it was the 70's after all), and stands there admonishing him topless. Hmmm.
Later, once the zombies start attacking, she sits on the couch, consoling her distraught son. Here is where it gets weird. Michael starts kissing on his mom, feeling her up, and talking about how much he loves her breasts. Seriously. Look at the picture to the left. He's totally second basin' it with mom! He gets a hand up her skirt and tries to "give her the finger" if you catch my drift, and mom slaps him and tells him no. Yes, THAT's where he crossed the line. Mommy dearest, I do believe that we need to have a little talk about boundaries. Michael then gets upset, runs off, and is promptly killed by the zombies.
Fast forward about twenty minutes. Evelyn is among the final three survivors. They're holed up in a monastery with a bunch of zombie monks, and that's not even the weird part. Not even close. They've fought off the few zombies who've gotten in, very badly I might add, when who should come walking through the door but our zombified preteen perv buddy, Michael. He's very obviously zombified, so Evelyn definitely knows that he's one of those things that have been trying to kill her for the past day, but she does what any good mother would do. She runs to him, embraces him, lets him pull her shirt open, and pushed his face into her heaving bosom, saying "Oh yes darling, just like when you were a baby. Go ahead, I know you want to." This scene definitely gets a place in the "Ewwwww" hall of fame. From the looks on the other characters faces while this is going on, I'd say they're thinking the same thing we are.
What do you think happens next? You shouldn't have to think too had about it. Evelyn, mother of the year, is rewarded for her incestuous weirdness with this…
Congratulations, you just got half of your tit bitten off by your own son. There is only one thing you can say about this whole reanimated Oedipal cannibalistic misadventure…WTF?