#Fuccillo

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Interesting Papers for Week 35, 2024

Functional diversity of dopamine axons in prefrontal cortex during classical conditioning. Abe, K., Kambe, Y., Majima, K., Hu, Z., Ohtake, M., Momennezhad, A., … Sato, T. (2024). eLife, 12, e91136.3.

The pupil dilation response as an indicator of visual cue uncertainty and auditory outcome surprise. Becker, J., Viertler, M., Korn, C. W., & Blank, H. (2024). European Journal of Neuroscience, 59(10), 2686–2701.

Visual statistical learning in preverbal infants at a higher likelihood of autism and its association with later social communication skills. Bettoni, R., Cantiani, C., Riboldi, E. M., Molteni, M., Bulf, H., & Riva, V. (2024). PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0300274.

Computational reconstruction of mental representations using human behavior. Caplette, L., & Turk-Browne, N. B. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 4183.

Spiking activity in the visual thalamus is coupled to pupil dynamics across temporal scales. Crombie, D., Spacek, M. A., Leibold, C., & Busse, L. (2024). PLOS Biology, 22(5), e3002614.

Role of dopamine neurons in familiarity. Fleury, S., Kolaric, R., Espera, J., Ha, Q., Tomaio, J., Gether, U., … Mingote, S. (2024). European Journal of Neuroscience, 59(10), 2522–2534.

Infralimbic activity during REM sleep facilitates fear extinction memory. Hong, J., Choi, K., Fuccillo, M. V., Chung, S., & Weber, F. (2024). Current Biology, 34(10), 2247-2255.e5.

Information-based TMS to mid-lateral prefrontal cortex disrupts action goals during emotional processing. Lapate, R. C., Heckner, M. K., Phan, A. T., Tambini, A., & D’Esposito, M. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 4294.

Jointly looking to the past and the future in visual working memory. Liu, B., Alexopoulou, Z.-S., & van Ede, F. (2024). eLife, 12, e90874.3.

Self-organization of modular activity in immature cortical networks. Mulholland, H. N., Kaschube, M., & Smith, G. B. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 4145.

Grouping in working memory guides chunk formation in long-term memory: Evidence from the Hebb effect. Musfeld, P., Dutli, J., Oberauer, K., & Bartsch, L. M. (2024). Cognition, 248, 105795.

Peripheral preprocessing in Drosophila facilitates odor classification. Puri, P., Wu, S.-T., Su, C.-Y., & Aljadeff, J. (2024). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(21), e2316799121.

Heuristics in risky decision-making relate to preferential representation of information. Russek, E. M., Moran, R., Liu, Y., Dolan, R. J., & Huys, Q. J. M. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 4269.

Ventral tegmental area dopamine projections to the hippocampus trigger long-term potentiation and contextual learning. Sayegh, F. J. P., Mouledous, L., Macri, C., Pi Macedo, J., Lejards, C., Rampon, C., … Dahan, L. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 4100.

The expression of decision and learning variables in movement patterns related to decision actions. Selbing, I., & Skewes, J. (2024). Experimental Brain Research, 242(6), 1311–1325.

The differential impact of active learning on children’s memory. Stanciu, O., Jones, A., Metzner, N., Fandakova, Y., & Ruggeri, A. (2024). Developmental Psychology, 60(5), 904–915.

Predictions and errors are distinctly represented across V1 layers. Thomas, E. R., Haarsma, J., Nicholson, J., Yon, D., Kok, P., & Press, C. (2024). Current Biology, 34(10), 2265-2271.e4.

Graded decisions in the human brain. Xie, T., Adamek, M., Cho, H., Adamo, M. A., Ritaccio, A. L., Willie, J. T., … Kubanek, J. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 4308.

Visual boundary cues suffice to anchor place and grid cells in virtual reality. Yang, X., Cacucci, F., Burgess, N., Wills, T. J., & Chen, G. (2024). Current Biology, 34(10), 2256-2264.e3.

The tuning of tuning: How adaptation influences single cell information transfer. Zeldenrust, F., Calcini, N., Yan, X., Bijlsma, A., & Celikel, T. (2024). PLOS Computational Biology, 20(5), e1012043.

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Blog Post 1: Digital Media

What I know about digital media is that it's not just what you scroll through on social media or social media itself. It is the aspects that form what we know to be media and all the details that go behind it. Such as the applications involved in forming posts, coding to create a webpage, the different colors you see when scrolling through the web, or even a funny meme you see on Instagram. Digital media is composed of audio, applications, visual, and codes that create what we see and use on a daily basis on the internet. Digital media came in many different forms long before the internet such as through ads on the tv, radio broadcasting, fax machines and printing and through email. The five basic forms of digital media are video, audio, text, images and mixed media. When using them in unison it creates a wide variety of options on what to create and where to direct that creativity in terms of media outlets. I've seen a lot of digital media implemented into ads. Ads like the Geico commercials and how they use CGI to create the gecko on the screen and the transitions are part of digital media. In comparison, ads like the Fuccillo Kia commercials are filmed with all real people but the applications they used to make the ad and all the digital information they placed in the ad is part of digital media. Digital media doesn't have to be done in a certain way because their are countless ways and options that digital media can be put out into the web. As digital media continues to grow and take on different forms, I wonder how AI will further shape it. Now with different AI sites up and running such as ChatGpt and Jasper, I feel that it will change the way digital media is perceived I'm just not sure how it will do so yet. Will digital media be brought about solely through AI or will it become something that coexists to enhance digital media in a positive light? With the use of AI, I think that it will enhance audience reach in digital media. At least that will be one of the forms in which it alters digital media. With new websites or people that need to get their product out there and known, AI could be an effective tool to do just that. It's shown that with AI, more will begin to make better analytic decisions. As digital media continues to grow, so will the characteristics that make it what it is today and what make it in the future. It is through digital media that we have this vast majority of information at our disposal that will continue to exponentially grow and we get to use it in a variety of different ways.

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BOOK REVIEW: THEY PLAYED FOR DAVID PLEAT AT LUTON TOWN - Volume 1, by Phil Duffy (2022) 

First of all, it has to be acknowledged (and admired) that a tremendous amount of Herculean research and Titan effort has gone into producing this unique book of some 380-odd pages on Luton Town players who were managed by David Pleat, and this is only the first volume!

The Hatters that matter in Volume 1 include various, detailed interviews and back stories with / of lot’s of great names; top professionals and those with super skills, such as Paul Elliott, Pasquale Fuccillo, Alan Judge, Brian Stein, Paul Walsh and Alan West.

After Luton, Goalkeeper, Judge, also played for Reading then Royal’s rivals Oxford United in the 1980s, including a crossover period when Robert Maxwell’s takeover of both clubs was in the national news, a merger that would have led to the formation of a new, Thames Valley Royals! Fan power put paid to that!!

Ex-Luton Manager, Pleat, had two successful spells in charge (1978 - 1986 & 1991 - 1995) after playing for the side back in the 1960s. 

Nick Owen, of Breakfast TV and Anne & Nick “Good Morning with...” fame, is a lifelong supporter of the team who currently play in the EFL Championship with rivals Watford, and is a former Chairman of the Board (2008 - 20017). 

Indeed, Nick writes the Foreword,... “ It seems to me that almost all the people Philip has spoken to, look back at their time at Kenilworth Road with enormous affection”. 

Duffy has certainly captured that affection extremely well and for him and his readers the heart that matters is from Bedfordshire not Hertfordshire, is orange not yellow, and beats, “Luton Town”.

An excellent book.

Rating: 10/10

Available to buy from here:- https://www.curtis-sport.com/books

https://shop.lutontown.co.uk/They-Played-for-David-Pleat-at-Luton-Town

and, for the latest developments, you also can find the author on Twitter:- 

https://twitter.com/Kitman_Phil

Mark Watkins, Dare radio, 23 February, 2023.

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Billy Fuccillo, Kia Soul transform driving in Southwest Florida

The man who transformed the cars people buy, drive or see on the roads of an entire region wore dark slacks and a red Tommy Bahama shirt.

Billy Fuccillo beckoned.

“Come and check out mine,” Fuccillo said of his white Kia Soul, similar to the 96 new ones available on his lot. His car featured an upgraded, 201 horsepower engine, leather seats, a navigation system and a panoramic sunroof.

“Of all the manufacturers I’ve represented in more than 30 years, the Soul is the only car that appeals to 18- and 19-year-olds and 78- and 80-year olds,” Fuccillo said. “People who are 52 like the Soul. People who are 32. People who are 18. People who are 80.”

Prior to Fuccillo Kia opening in December, 2010 at 404 NE Pine Island Road, in Cape Coral, no Kia-branded cars made the top 10 list of new, registered cars in the combined areas of Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties.

 Every year since 2011, at least three and sometimes four – the Soul, Optima, Forte and sometimes the Sorento – have made the top 10 for new cars registered in those six counties, according to data gathered by IHS Markit, a Michigan-based marketing firm.

Between opening more than six years ago and mid-July, Fuccillo Kia has sold 36,850 new cars. Of those, 24 percent, or 8,965, have been Souls. Kia corporate verified Fuccillo’s claim that the Cape Coral dealership is in fact the world’s largest Kia dealer in terms of volume.

Consider: Kia Soul ranked 29th of the nation’s top 398 new cars sold in 2016. The Kia Optima ranked 36th. But in Southwest Florida, those cars ranked sixth and fifth, respectively, according to IHS Markit.

 Gender-wise, 53 percent of the region's Soul drivers are female, and 47 percent are male, according to IHS Markit.

“Younger people like the car because it’s cute,” said Greg Hood, general manager of Galeana Kia, which also sells the Soul. “Older people like the car because it’s practical.”

Greg McCarter, 52 and from Cape Coral, stands 6 feet and weighs 450 pounds. He and his wife, Calondra, rented a Soul for a 2015 cross-country trip to California instead of their Toyota Sequoia, which gets 17 miles per gallon on the highway to the Soul’s 30-31.

“I didn’t think I was going to fit in it, because I’m a really big guy,” McCarter said of the Soul. “But once I got in it … I’ve got all kinds of pictures of every state that I was in with that Kia.”

This year, McCarter bought a 2017 Soul from Fuccillo for $20,000.

The Kia Soul demographics also include the 6-foot-3 Fuccillo, 61, who declares ad nauseam in numerous television and radio commercials and flyers that his cars are: “HUUUUU-JA!”

The marketing major, psychology minor and former tight end for the Syracuse University football team, drives his Soul when visiting Cape Coral from his Tampa home. He owns five Florida dealerships with a sixth in the planning stages for Clermont. He also owns 24 dealerships in upstate New York, where he sells more than a dozen brands of cars, including the Kia.

“You have an exceptional dealer in one area who does an exceptional job with one brand,” said Tom Libby, an automobile analyst for IHS Market. “That can raise the volume for a model or brand. It might be a part of the country that gravitates to a certain concept. Four-wheel drive vehicles traditionally do very well in mountain areas, for example.

“In the case of the Kia Soul, it’s most likely related to an exceptional dealer performance. Now I will say that the Kia Soul does well across the country, but it’s not in the top 10.”

 The beginning

In the fall of 2010, Fuccillo and Percy Vaughn, now the executive director of the southern region for Kia corporate, had dinner in Orlando. They discussed Fuccillo entering the sales market for the Korean brand in Southwest Florida, having had success in upstate New York.

At the time, Cape Coral was at the epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis. The economy was in shambles. Kia and Fuccillo took a gamble during a critical time at a location that had been an out-of-business Saturn dealership.

“He’s one of the most unique guys in the entire automotive industry,” Vaughn said. “He said, ‘I think I can make a big splash in this market.’ He came in and never looked back.

“With Billy, when he does these promotions, people come from as far away as Miami or Tampa. They would drive down to buy a car from him, even though we had other dealerships in those areas.”

In May of 2012, less than two years after opening, Fuccillo had a concert on the Cape Coral lot. He hired the classic rock band, Styx, which had top 40 hits such as "Come Sail Away."  The event drew thousands of fans. Fuccillo said he sold dozens of cars.

Billy Fuccillo said at the start of each year, he sets a marketing budget, usually about $350,000 to $850,000 a month.

“He’s very aggressive,” Libby said. “He’s motivated. He’s very shrewd. That concert you mentioned probably drew an audience that was a good fit for the Soul.”

In 1996, Fuccillo had Robbie Knievel, son of daredevil Evil Knievel, jump his motorcycle over 19 cars outside his Adams, New York, dealership. Fuccillo said he sold a record 523 cars in one day.

“When I got out of college, I went to a Chevy dealer in Buffalo, looking for a job in sales,” Fuccillo said of 1978. He was turned down three times.

“The fourth time I went back, they finally hired me.”

 Big man, big personality

Fuccillo worked his way into buying dealerships. He once bought a Hyundai store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he went by the handle “Billy Fernandez” and did his “H-U-G-E!” catchphrase. He said he bought the bankrupt store for $25,000 and sold it two years later to Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller for $7 million.

Xavier Villarreal, a Fort Myers High School graduate and Hall of Fame football player there, worked in sales and then as a manager at Sam Galloway Ford in Fort Myers. In late 2010, he applied to be the general manager of Fuccillo Kia.

Fuccillo told Villarreal he wanted him to train in Rochester, New York, and to pack his bags.

Villarreal said he hadn’t had time to book a flight yet.

“Who do you think I am?” Fuccillo told Villarreal. “I’ve got my Lear jet waiting for you at the airport.”

“Thirty minutes later, I’m 10,000 feet in the air, taking off and heading to New York,” Villarreal said. “I spent four weeks there. I never saw all of this coming. I know a lot of people in the community. I know what this community is about. But I never foresaw it being on the scale that it became on a day-to-day basis.

“He has a heart of gold. I know sometimes people wish he could do more. There’s always somebody in need. But with what he does for our customers – 70 to 80 percent of our customers come back and buy another car from us.”

The competition

The Kia brand already existed in the region prior to Fuccillo’s arrival. Galeana Kia, at 14483 S. Tamiami Trail in Fort Myers and Airport Kia at 3325 Westview Drive, Naples, each opened in 1996.

Both dealerships compete for sales against Billy Fuccillo but appreciate him as well.

“I love him,” said Greg Hood, general manager of Galeana Kia for the past two years. “When I was offered this job, my boss said, ‘The No. 1 Kia dealer in the world is about 8.5 miles from you.’ When I came to the store, I knew that Kia products were so well-branded in our market that I couldn’t fail. Billy Fuccillo came to town and raised awareness. He spent an enormous amount of money. We’ve also been a beneficiary of that.

“He has a tried-and-proven formula. He floods the market, and they respond to it. The difference between him and me is, first of all, it’s not my money.”

Hood said at first, Fuccillo outsold Galeana Kia at a 10-to-1 clip. That has been narrowed, he said, to about 2.5-to-1.

But Galeana Kia doesn’t have to beat Fuccillo Kia to be successful, Hood said.

“His method was to focus on new car sales,” Hood said. “He didn’t care as much about used cars. We don’t do it that way. Our desire is to sell both, because they’re both good markets.”

Lots of Soul

The Soul base model starts at $16,100 with a manual transmission and $18,795 with an automatic, although the dealership has various incentive programs that could drop those prices. The new, fully loaded, “Exclaim” model Fuccillo drives goes for about $26,500, minus incentives.

“I love the car,” said Francesca Simonelli, 46, a Cape Coral yoga instructor. She has bought two Souls from Fuccillo, a green one in 2012 and then a gray one last summer. “I love the look of it. It’s all very practical for me.

“My credit was shot. I had filed for bankruptcy. I knew if anybody was going to get me a car, it was going to be that guy. He’s in it for the money, obviously. He was going to make it work. It was like a dream come true.”

Lisa Terrill, 44, and the manager of the Bayfront Bistro restaurant on Fort Myers Beach, bought her green Soul from Fuccillo four years ago. Her Volkswagen Passat had been totaled in an accident, hence the need for a new car. Her Soul from Fuccillo included a trip to Miami Beach with a one-night stay in a resort and a party, another of the dealership’s many promotions.

“At first, I was kind of annoyed by all the commercials,” Terrill said. “But when it came down to it, they had a good reputation or so many wouldn’t be purchasing it from them.

“I will tell you this, I would take that car a million times on a road trip. It’s a smooth ride. It’s very roomy on the inside. It’s like a SUV, really, but with great gas mileage.”

McCarter, Simonelli and Terrill all said they had poor credit at the time of their purchases. Billy Fuccillo Kia found them loans ranging from 72 to 75 months at interest rates between 4.9 and 6 percent.

The business of buying and selling cars worked out for all parties.

Working the room

When Billy Fuccillo visits his Cape Coral dealership, he does not keep a low profile. He works the showroom, posing for pictures with potential buyers. He hams it up with the sales staff.

In his office, Fuccillo, a New York Yankees fan, has some sports memorabilia and posters and a framed photograph of Robbie Knievel’s motorcycle jump.

Fuccillo defended his dealership’s practice of selling cars to customers with low credit scores. He’s aware of a negative article about that practice that has been floating around on Facebook.

“How are you going to get people financed?” Fuccillo said. “I think we did a lot of things to get the community turned around, and they in turn, helped us. Sell cars, that’s what we’re here to do.

“We don’t know what transpires in their life. We work real hard to get them financed. So many people are living week-to-week. We find them the best rates we can.”

Fuccillo finished a photo shoot and then an on-camera interview. At the end, he was asked to do his famous catchphrase.

“Catchphrase? What catchphrase?” Fuccillo said, before looking into the camera and getting back into character. “Southwest Florida, it’s gonna be HUUUUU-JA!”

 Source: http://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2017/07/26/billy-fuccillo-kia-soul-transform-driving-southwest-florida/472714001/

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Mr. HUGE Billy Fuccillo passes away

Mr. HUGE Billy Fuccillo passes away

Billy Fuccillo, a “huge” car dealer and philanthropist, has died in his Florida home after months of his health declining, reported ABC affiliate WHAM. Fuccillo, who previously owned two KIA dealerships in Cape Coral and Port Charlotte, as well as in Upstate New York, died following a long battle with an illness. The Syracuse Auto Dealers Association confirmed Fuccillo’s death on Friday…

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concept: Billy Fuccillo looks at Orange Voldemort's border wall and says, "IT'S HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!"

[ahsnewsupdates]

‘American Horror Story’ Season 10 filming update...

It’s happening: American Horror Story is finally headed to film in Provincetown, Massachusetts early next year. 

Shooting for American Horror Story Season 10 (working title: Pilgrim) was originally scheduled to begin in Provincetown over March-April 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic caused major filming delays. 

Sources at Cape Cod Times have now confirmed that scenes for the upcoming season will be shot in P-Town between the months of February-March 2021:

Producer Ryan Murphy’s company is looking to film on the Cape’s tip early next year for what appears to be the 10th season of American Horror Story. 

The town received an application for a film permit from 20th Century Fox to film “Pilgrim,” a Ryan Murphy production, in February or March, according to Provincetown tourism director Anthony Fuccillo.

Little is known about how Provincetown — the original landing place of the pilgrims in 1920 — plays into the plot of the upcoming season, though hints from show creator Ryan Murphy seem to suggest a winter setting. 

An early report from Cape Cod Times earlier this year also provided some interesting details as to what the production team plan to shoot in P-Town:

They seek to film at the end of March and in April at various spots, including dunes, beaches, streets and private properties in town, Tourism Director Anthony Fuccillo said.

The list of locations has fluctuated — at times including more than 17 spots — but still has not been finalized, he said.

On Wednesday, location scout Tiffany Kinder went before the Cemetery Commission to talk about shooting in one of the town’s cemeteries.

The commission asked that the production be respectful to the deceased and follow cemetery rules.

“I’ve filmed in a lot of cemeteries over the years, so obviously we understand how sensitive it is and how one needs to be respectful,” Kinder said.

Kinder, who has signed a nondisclosure agreement, could not talk about specifics of the show but did give the commission some context on what 20th Century Fox wanted to do in a cemetery.

“We’re not zooming in on any stone or anyone’s resting place,” she said. “It’s a location, and people are literally walking through the cemetery and being followed and then we pop out on to the street and start walking up the street.”

Expected to air in Fall 2021, filming for American Horror Story Season 10 began on the FOX Studio Lot in Los Angeles, California on December 2. The story itself, however, is known to be set (at least partly) in Provincetown. 

The tenth season’s confirmed cast includes Kathy Bates, Macaulay Culkin, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Finn Wittrock, Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, Adina Porter, Angelica Ross, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Spencer Novich.

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i don't understand interpretating human yellowface as a smiley masked sexyman. human yellowface would be billy fuccillo

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Interesting Papers for Week 14, 2022

Inferring entire spiking activity from local field potentials. Ahmadi, N., Constandinou, T. G., & Bouganis, C.-S. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11, 19045.

Ventral tegmental area GABAergic inhibition of cholinergic interneurons in the ventral nucleus accumbens shell promotes reward reinforcement. Al-Hasani, R., Gowrishankar, R., Schmitz, G. P., Pedersen, C. E., Marcus, D. J., Shirley, S. E., … Bruchas, M. R. (2021). Nature Neuroscience, 24(10), 1414–1428.

Delusional thinking and action binding in healthy individuals. Cao, L., Steinborn, M. B., & Haendel, B. F. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11, 18932.

Mechanisms of punctuated vision in fly flight. Cellini, B., Salem, W., & Mongeau, J.-M. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4009-4024.e3.

Hippocampal replay of experience at real-world speeds. Denovellis, E. L., Gillespie, A. K., Coulter, M. E., Sosa, M., Chung, J. E., Eden, U. T., & Frank, L. M. (2021). eLife, 10, e64505.

The spatiotemporal organization of experience dictates hippocampal involvement in primary visual cortical plasticity. Finnie, P. S. B., Komorowski, R. W., & Bear, M. F. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 3996-4008.e6.

Reinforcement learning links spontaneous cortical dopamine impulses to reward. Foo, C., Lozada, A., Aljadeff, J., Li, Y., Wang, J. W., Slesinger, P. A., & Kleinfeld, D. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4111-4119.e4.

Spaced training enhances memory and prefrontal ensemble stability in mice. Glas, A., Hübener, M., Bonhoeffer, T., & Goltstein, P. M. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4052-4061.e6.

Inferential social learning: cognitive foundations of human social learning and teaching. Gweon, H. (2021). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(10), 896–910.

Striatal low-threshold spiking interneurons locally gate dopamine. Holly, E. N., Davatolhagh, M. F., España, R. A., & Fuccillo, M. V. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4139-4147.e6.

Information flow in the rat thalamo-cortical system: spontaneous vs. stimulus-evoked activities. Ishizu, K., Shiramatsu, T. I., Hitsuyu, R., Oizumi, M., Tsuchiya, N., & Takahashi, H. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11, 19252.

Scene statistics and noise determine the relative arrangement of receptive field mosaics. Jun, N. Y., Field, G. D., & Pearson, J. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(39).

Bayesian inference with incomplete knowledge explains perceptual confidence and its deviations from accuracy. Khalvati, K., Kiani, R., & Rao, R. P. N. (2021). Nature Communications, 12, 5704.

Visual explanations from spiking neural networks using inter-spike intervals. Kim, Y., & Panda, P. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11, 19037.

Dynamic Representation of the Subjective Value of Information. Kobayashi, K., Lee, S., Filipowicz, A. L. S., McGaughey, K. D., Kable, J. W., & Nassar, M. R. (2021). Journal of Neuroscience, 41(39), 8220–8232.

Predicting individual neuron responses with anatomically constrained task optimization. Mano, O., Creamer, M. S., Badwan, B. A., & Clark, D. A. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4062-4075.e4.

Human gaze is systematically offset from the center of cone topography. Reiniger, J. L., Domdei, N., Holz, F. G., & Harmening, W. M. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4188-4193.e3.

Frequency-Dependent Synaptic Dynamics Differentially Tune CA1 and CA2 Pyramidal Neuron Responses to Cortical Input. Sun, Q., Buss, E. W., Jiang, Y.-Q., Santoro, B., Brann, D. H., Nicholson, D. A., & Siegelbaum, S. A. (2021). Journal of Neuroscience, 41(39), 8103–8110.

Thalamic input to motor cortex facilitates goal-directed action initiation. Takahashi, N., Moberg, S., Zolnik, T. A., Catanese, J., Sachdev, R. N. S., Larkum, M. E., & Jaeger, D. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4148-4155.e4.

Spatial modulation of dark versus bright stimulus responses in the mouse visual system. Williams, B., Del Rosario, J., Muzzu, T., Peelman, K., Coletta, S., Bichler, E. K., … Haider, B. (2021). Current Biology, 31(18), 4172-4179.e6.

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AHS Season 10 to be shot in Provincetown, MA

From Wicked Local Provincetown:

Details of the production are still being nailed down, but Ryan Murphy Productions and 20th Century Fox Television have been scouting locations across town and have applied to the Tourism Department to shoot with a 130-member crew.

They seek to film at the end of March and in April at various spots, including dunes, beaches, streets and private properties in town, Tourism Director Anthony Fuccillo said.

The list of locations has fluctuated — at times including more than 17 spots — but still has not been finalized, he said.

On Wednesday, location scout Tiffany Kinder went before the Cemetery Commission to talk about shooting in one of the town’s cemeteries.

More at the source. Thank you to AHS Daily on Twitter for sharing the link!

[leviathanlazarus]

14, 25, 33, and 34!!! 🤠

14. How old is the most expired item in your fridge?

I’d have to look...I’m actually kind of paranoid about eating expired things so I don’t keep things beyond the dates too often. I had some chocolate milk sitting in there for a while because I could only justify drinking a tiny bit each day, and I finally had to toss the rest today :( bad 

25. Have you ever won anything? Big or small?

I’ve won a number of writing awards and contests ~~

33. If you were a cake which cake would you be?

I think I would be a pineapple upside down cake because I’m very niche and an acquired taste, also very, very sweet. Like, I’M not sweet, but I have a huge sweet tooth so that would make sense. And it’s not really a pretty cake, it’s sort of odd looking but you let it slide.

34. What is the most important material possession you have and why?

As sad as it may be, my phone. so many pictures on there, plus so much of my life is connected to Google. I’m always lowkey paranoid mine will just bite the dust and having that happen is always stressful. 

Thank you for asking, my favorite Danny-and-Sam-loving, possum-cuddling, horse-wrangling, planet-saving, Florida-bashing, Fuccillo-guiding cowgirl queen!! :D

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#Billy Fuccillo is a well-known American businessman and the owners of the largest automotive dealership in the New York country. After a long struggle and hard work, he has achieved his goal and now he become the richest person.

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What a way to end the year! Christmas does not come in box in bags… It comes in the form of love and support. That is exactly what the FUCCILLO Autogroup showed us!!! Yesterday a parade of 9 Brand New cars came to visit us at our main office… Filled to the brim with household items for our veterans. each car driven by an employee of FUCCILLO who is also a #Veteran! This group rallied together… Reached out for a list of items we needed… Then headed to #Target where they proceeded to shut down the store and purchase $9000 worth of items for our veterans! Up the hill they came… One car after another… Filled to the brim! The men and women that came to visit… employees of Fuccillo ...All veterans themselves. 😍😍😍 I hope they understand the unbelievable impact that they’ve made! Their brothers and sisters… Who have fell on hard times… Will lay on a bed with new sheets and rest their head on their pillows this Christmas… because of they’re #Huge Generosity. This effort went across all #Fuccillo dealerships. This is what Christmas is all about. Veterans helping veterans! What an emotional day… What amazing men and women! Words cannot express our #thanks and #gratitude. This huge effort… Has left a lasting impact for many years to come! We are proud and honored to call you all family! These pictures are filled with veterans themselves helping their brothers and sisters. Men and women that have served in combat zones three and four times over… And received a #PurpleHeart. Ladies and gentlemen… These are what true heroes look like! #FuccilloAutomotiveGroup #Hugh #CaringForOurHeroes #VeteransHelpingVeterans #Brotherhood #Sisterhood #MilitaryFamily #trueheroes (at Fuccillo Kia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJLkyKqpU0S/?igshid=1cbn43rn1htem

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Fuccillo Kia Holds Huge Giveaway at Greenwell’s

Lauren Divet was barely able to keep her emotions in check. Who could blame her after one of the great moments of her life?

Her husband, Jeff, had just won a house after coming up huge on the miniature golf course during a celebration to commemorate the conclusion of the Fuccillo Kia Huge-a-Thon at Mike Greenwell’s on Thursday.

Jeff, a North Fort Myers resident, practiced for nearly a week at Greenwell’s, including playing 64 holes on Wednesday in the rain and wind to prepare for the event with him and others who bought or leased a car at Fuccillo Kia in June.

During the event, participants were eligible to play one nine-hole miniature golf round for the chance to win a house in Cape Coral and other prizes. There were 474 who were eligible.

While many of them treated the competition with a casual attitude, Jeff treated it as if it was the Masters. It might as well have been. It was for a house, after all.

“I practiced about 40 to 50 hours this week. I thought I needed to put myself in the best position to win. If I learned the nuances of the course, I’d know what had to be done to put the ball in the hole,” Jeff said. Jeff may not have considered another aspect of golf, nerves. Thankfully, he was able to keep those in control. “I never played for a house, obviously. But it’s a good thing. I wasn’t sure how my nerves would affect me today. Somehow I kept it together and posted a good score,” Jeff said, who plays golf once every few weeks.

“He’s put his heart and soul into anything that’s been worthwhile and I’m so thankful he got a break today,” Lauren said, emotion cracking her voice. “He played 64 holes here yesterday just to get to know the course. He’s been here since we bought the car.”

John said he would probably take the cash option of $75,000 and use it to pay the bills and go on vacation. He is also looking into starting a new business in the fall and said the money would go a long way toward that.

Carlos Chavez of Fort Myers finished second and won a brand new Kia Soul. David Lampley of Fort Myers won the TV. A 60-inch big-screen TV, gas grill and a Blu-Ray home theater system were also given away.

Everyone who purchased or leased a new Kia at Fuccillo Kia in June received a $1,000 check.

Billy Fuccillo, owner of Fuccillo Kia, said the giveaways, of which there have been numerous, is a great way to give back to the community that has made his Kia dealership the biggest in the country.

“The first four years have been unbelievable. People have really supported us. So, we try to give back as much as we can,” Billy Fuccillo said. “It means when I go to bed tonight I’ve done the right thing and made people happy.”

“It was a great turnout. Greenwell’s did a great job. They really stepped up to the plate,” said Xavier Villarreal, general manager. “This is not a gimmick. Billy loves giving back. He can mingle with the crowd. And giving someone the keys to a house is the American dream. What more can you ask for?”

Source: https://www.fuccillo.com/fuccillo-kia-holds-huge-giveaway-greenwells/