We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Gale Storm Britz, age 73, passed away peacefully on November 3, 2024, surrounded by her family. Gale was born in Chester, PA to John Bell Storm, Jr. and Evelyn Ralston Storm. She grew up in Elsmere, DE, attending Corpus Christi grade and high... View Obituary & Service Information The family of Gale Storm Britz created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories You can reach us 24/7/365 at (302) 731-5459 Copyright © 2025 Strano & Feeley Family Funeral Home and Crematory Harvey M. Britz, 86 year old resident of Buckman, MN passed away Sunday, April 27, 2025 at the Pierz Villa in Pierz, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, May 2, 2025 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Buckman,... View Obituary & Service Information Britz created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Made with love by funeralOne women are leveraging technology to democratize education and create opportunities for future generations managing director of the Honoris Digital Division whose journey and vision serve as a powerful example of the impact women in the field of Educational Technology (EdTech) can have in improving education Britz has worked in technology and education driving digital transformation "I was with one of the world's largest online program management providers working with the world's best universities and building out online education," Britz said Her work has helped make digital education more accessible and inclusive Implementing digital tools in education comes with its challenges particularly with accessibility and digital literacy Some students may not have access to computers or stable Internet connections And they may have little experience working with computers and software The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges where they had even fewer resources and less help to solve problems Britz has been instrumental in addressing these issues by creating digital learning portfolios optimized for low mobile data and offline consumption and by leveraging partnerships to create an inclusive digital learning ecosystem Female educational leaders like Britz are not just addressing current challenges They are also pioneering future projects that will shape the landscape of education Initiatives like developing Creative Campuses in Africa aim to prepare students for the modern workplace by providing them with the tools and experience they need to succeed online universities are widening access to quality education in Africa Within Honoris' creative curriculum, Fedisa/Red&Yellow/The Animation School Adobe tools are integrated into every stage "We seek to empower the next generation of African leaders by widening access to quality education and by providing them with the skills and tools they need to succeed," Britz shares Britz envisions digital tools democratizing access to world-class education and fostering industry-standard skills and innovation "Digital tools for us are democratizing access to world-class education It's kind of breaking down those barriers and fostering innovation." Britz highlights the importance of mobile technology in advancing education and creating educational inclusion "The advancements in mobile technology have had the most significant impact and these developments can similarly drive progress in education and skill development" she said which highlights the significant potential for new job creation by 2030 emphasizing the crucial role of upskilling and accessible education in preparing the workforce for these opportunities Women leaders in EdTech are driving educational innovation and making a lasting impact on the future of education in Africa and leadership are a powerful source of inspiration "Believe in yourself and do it authentically in your own way The power of your network is incredibly key as you move along in your career." 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Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application passed away surrounded by family on Saturday at the Horizon Health Assisted Living facility in Pierz Time for visitation will be held on Tuesday with prayers by the Christian Mothers recited at 4:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11:00 a.m Michael's Catholic Church with Father Ken Popp officiating Esther was born on a farm northwest of Pierz She attended a country school near home through 8th grade and was named Miss Pierz by the Commercial Club and was a member of the homecoming royalty before graduating from Little Falls High School in 1950 After working one year for Honeywell in Minneapolis she returned home for her wedding and the start of her family and they were married for nearly 68 years when he passed in April 2019 She loved music – especially the music of Lawrence Welk and Daniel O’Donnell and especially time spent with her children and the grandchildren she could pull together a multi-course meal from nearly empty cupboards She and Herb also treasured memories made with family and friends at their cabin on Lake Edward near Merrifield.  As owners of the former Britz Market in Buckman Esther spent countless hours working at the store and preparing and delivering complimentary holiday baskets to the widows Affectionately known as the village’s “Blonde Bomber” and the “Queen of Buckman” her countless friends will remember her as a kind fun-loving person who enjoyed off-color humor and liked to decorate and dress up for holidays like Halloween Santa for Christmas when she and Santa (Ron Kahl) visited local nursing homes She never missed an opportunity to decorate her home inside and out for holidays She was active in the Christian Mothers of St Michael’s Church for more than 50 years Esther likely holds the world’s record as the recipient of the most junk mail due to her eternal optimism of winning the lottery or Publisher’s Clearinghouse Her years on the Buckman village council provided the opportunity to advocate for park maintenance She spent many hours accumulating and documenting the history of the village for a 2010 book written by former resident Cindy (Bob) Lochner of Buckman; sons: Ron (Gail) of Blaine Other survivors include the sister she never had -- cousin Shirley Wiatrak of Minneapolis; brothers-in-law Harvey (Mary) Britz of Buckman and Percy Dubbin of Maple Grove; 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews Survivors also include special friends Arlene Scholl Spiczka and Barb Barry.  The family would like to thank the caring staff at Harmony House in Pierz and the staff at Emblom-Brenny Funeral Home for arrangements.   Emblom Brenny Funeral Service is Cherishing the Memory and Celebrating the Life of Esther.  Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors a resident of Houghton peacefully passed away at his home on Monday in Hancock a son of the late Leo and Helen (Piggott) Britz Jim was raised in Houghton and attended the Houghton High School where he enjoyed playing football Britz began working at the Broemer Dairy and then drove truck for John Archambeau He then began a career working for the Rail Road retiring as a Section Foreman James enjoyed turning wrenches in his garage working on old cars and trucks He truly loved spending time with his family instilling in each of them a hard-working ethic and was very proud of what they each accomplished in life Preceding him in death were his son Calvin James Britz along with his parents John Britz and Justin (Dez Kangas) Britz; 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren As requested no service will take place to James To view Jim’s obituary or to send condolences to the family please visit www.memorialcahpel.net The Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation Service – Hancock Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements Copyright © 2025 Ogden News Publishing of Michigan A new restaurant and cooking supplies store opened in Waite Park this week the newest venture from Buckman-based Britz Store Equipment opened in Waite Park on Monday ahead of its grand opening event Saturday The large store, located at 79 Third St. NE sells supplies for both commercial restaurants and stores as well as individuals looking to build up their home kitchens Local markets: St. Cloud home to ethnic grocery stores from around the world "We're not just cutting ourselves off to professional equipment .. we want to have an opening to everyone who wants to have this style of cooking," co-owner Justin Cummins said Food Equipment Super Store sells large items like freezers It also offers smaller goods like frying pans cooking supplies and baking supplies are also a part of the store Britz Store Equipment serves customers across the Midwest said the area's local restaurants have "been waiting for something like this to show up again." He said the store's team hopes The Food Equipment Super Store will help the business better connect with the local community and serve the area's small businesses "We've noticed that there isn't a restaurant supply for all those small (businesses) or anything like that in the area," Cummins said 'let's take advantage of an area that doesn't have it Cummins said the team also plans to expand the variety of items it carries especially for its smaller items like utensils and cooking pans Restaurant closure: Slim Chickens closes St. Cloud fast-food restaurant Food Equipment Super Store is hosting its grand opening 9 a.m Saturday with free lunch and popcorn and prizes from Leighton Media Broadcasting In addition to the Waite Park store, Britz Store Equipment is located at 9692 Highway 25 N in Buckman Teagan King covers business and development for the St Houghton County Board Chairman Tom Tikkanen and Vice Chairman Roy Britz were reappointed to their roles at the start of Tuesday’s meeting HOUGHTON — The leadership at the top of the Houghton County board will carry over from last year The board unanimously selected Tom Tikkanen for a two-year term as chairman and Roy Britz for a one-year term as vice chairman Commissioners Glenn Anderson and Gretchen Janssen respectively nominated and seconded both officers “Thanks for your confidence,” Tikkanen the former board vice chair who succeeded the late Al Koskela as board chair in 2022 “I’ll try not to disappoint.” Heard a 2024 update from Building Department Director Todd LaRoux The total cost of construction — $75,343,269 — was behind on the $77,383,211 from 2023 which itself was more than $30 million higher than the third-largest year of that period 2024 also saw the construction of 117 new homes down from 111 last year; the number had been 43 as recently as 2020 Heard from Tikkanen that Omega House is longer approved for Veterans Administration hospice or palliative care The Veterans Service board has drafted a letter to U.S Gary Peters to see if the issue can be corrected The change occurred with the passage of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act at the start of the year “They may very well bring that effort to the Board of Commissioners to reach out to our legislators to get that corrected as quickly as possible,” Tikkanen said Heard a report from Human Resources and Operations Manager Teresa Hill on a county-wide wage and job analysis survey The county is collecting job descriptions from across the departments to see what the county currently has and what the needs will eventually be Received a statement of appointments from Prosecuting Attorney Dan Helmer Hilary Baker was reappointed as chief assistant prosecutor Helmer also made three more appointments: Rebecca Wakeham as office manager and child support specialist Jennifer Kivela as victim advocate and Angela Miles as legal assistant An assistant prosecuting attorney position has been authorized Heard from Sheriff Joshua Saaranen the jail was at 18 inmates after having dipped to the 20s during the holidays The new jail committee planned to hold a follow-up session Thursday morning Army Corps of Engineers has released a new shorter timeline for its environmental review of the Line 5 .. OTCQB:TKRFF) announced the immediate resignation of Mr who joined the company in January 2018 as a Sentient Resources nominee has withdrawn his nomination for the upcoming March 26 2025 annual general and special meeting of shareholders The resignation is attributed to Britz's need to focus on his ongoing work commitments related to the management of Sentient Resources funds and associated investments The Board and management expressed gratitude for Britz's valuable contributions during his tenure since 2018 OTCQB:TKRFF) ha annunciato le dimissioni immediate del Sig Pieter Britz dal suo Consiglio di Amministrazione che è entrato a far parte dell'azienda nel gennaio 2018 come nominato da Sentient Resources ha ritirato la sua candidatura per l'imminente assemblea generale e straordinaria degli azionisti del 26 marzo 2025 Le dimissioni sono attribuite alla necessità di Britz di concentrarsi sui suoi impegni lavorativi in corso legati alla gestione dei fondi di Sentient Resources e degli investimenti associati Il Consiglio e la direzione hanno espresso gratitudine per i preziosi contributi di Britz durante il suo mandato dal 2018 OTCQB:TKRFF) anunció la renuncia inmediata del Sr quien se unió a la empresa en enero de 2018 como nominado de Sentient Resources ha retirado su nominación para la próxima reunión general y extraordinaria de accionistas del 26 de marzo de 2025 La renuncia se atribuye a la necesidad de Britz de centrarse en sus compromisos laborales actuales relacionados con la gestión de los fondos de Sentient Resources y las inversiones asociadas La Junta y la dirección expresaron su agradecimiento por las valiosas contribuciones de Britz durante su mandato desde 2018 브리츠 씨는 2018년 1월에 Sentient Resources의 추천으로 회사에 합류했으며 이번 사임은 브리츠 씨가 Sentient Resources 기금 및 관련 투자 관리와 관련된 지속적인 업무에 집중해야 할 필요성에 기인합니다 이사회와 경영진은 2018년 이후 그의 재임 기간 동안의 소중한 기여에 대해 감사의 뜻을 표했습니다 OTCQB:TKRFF) a annoncé la démission immédiate de M Pieter Britz de son Conseil d'Administration qui a rejoint l'entreprise en janvier 2018 en tant que candidat de Sentient Resources a retiré sa candidature pour la prochaine assemblée générale et extraordinaire des actionnaires prévue le 26 mars 2025 La démission est attribuée à la nécessité pour Britz de se concentrer sur ses engagements professionnels en cours liés à la gestion des fonds de Sentient Resources et des investissements associés Le Conseil et la direction ont exprimé leur gratitude pour les contributions précieuses de Britz durant son mandat depuis 2018 OTCQB:TKRFF) gab die sofortige Rücktritt von Herrn Pieter Britz aus seinem Vorstand bekannt der im Januar 2018 als Nominee von Sentient Resources in das Unternehmen eintrat hat seine Nominierung für die bevorstehende ordentliche und außerordentliche Hauptversammlung der Aktionäre am 26 Der Rücktritt wird auf Britz' Bedarf zurückgeführt sich auf seine laufenden Arbeitsverpflichtungen im Zusammenhang mit der Verwaltung der Fonds von Sentient Resources und den damit verbundenen Investitionen zu konzentrieren Der Vorstand und das Management drückten ihre Dankbarkeit für Britz' wertvolle Beiträge während seiner Amtszeit seit 2018 aus VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / March 12 2025 / Tinka Resources Limited ("Tinka" or the "Company") (TSXV:TK)(BVL:TK)(OTCQB:TKRFF) announces the resignation of Mr Pieter Britz from the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") with immediate effect Britz has withdrawn his name from the slate of nominees for election to the Board at the annual general and special meeting of shareholders to be held on March 26 Britz is stepping back as a director of Tinka to focus on ongoing work commitments with regards to the management of the Sentient Resources ("Sentient") funds and associated investments and has been a valuable member of the Board The Board and management are grateful to Mr Britz for his many contributions during his Board tenure and wish him well in his future endeavours 49.66%;">Further Information: www.tinkaresources.com Mariana Bermudez 1.604.685.9316info@tinkaresources.com Stay up to date by subscribing for news alerts at Contact Tinka and by following Tinka on X, LinkedIn and Facebook verified and approved the technical contents of this release Carman is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Forward Looking Statements: Certain information in this news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively "forward-looking statements") other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of Tinka as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Tinka's management uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including without limitations: timing and successful completion of the strategic review; 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Login PORTSMOUTH — City planning director Peter Britz estimates there are 1,000 to 1,500 new residential housing units “in the pipeline” for Portsmouth “There’s a lot of big development for sure,” Britz said in reference to new housing that’s being created in the city and more that has been proposed Britz believes “at some point” Portsmouth’s population — which sits at about 22,700 now — will “hit 25,000 Portsmouth's population was about 26,200 in 1990, the year before Pease Air Force Base closed, according to U.S. Census data. The city has grown as a tourist destination and has more than 36,000 restaurant seats but its resident population has not surpassed 25,000 since the early 1990s though Pease has thrived with development of businesses a commercial airport and the presence of the New Hampshire Air National Guard Even with all the residential development currently planned it’s not enough in the next few years “to get us that far” to 25,000 population yet Britz said during a recent interview in City Hall “But eventually I think we could get (to 25,000) if this continues the way it’s going." Britz acknowledged “there’s ups and downs” with residential development in the city “but overall it seems like a steady continuing increase It seems like residential is the area people want to build Britz and city planning manager Peter Stith talked about housing developments either under construction in Portsmouth Britz said “work is about to start” on the 105 Barlett St. apartment project and is being built near the city’s North Mill Pond which is called the Residence at Islington Creek is proposed to include a half-acre public park along the North Mill Pond Britz said it’s also “getting very, very close” to the time work will begin on the three-building redevelopment at 2 Russell St. which is currently an empty surface parking lot downtown next to the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel The project is set to include 80 residential units along with a mix of commercial and retail spaces The major downtown mixed-use project is being developed by Ocean Properties and Two International Group Construction is already underway nearby at the five-story, 45-unit condo project at 53 Green St. where prices will range from $885,000 for one-bedroom condos to $3 million for three bedrooms and will feature a variety of amenities including on-site concierge services More: Condo prices at The Maris in Portsmouth's North End: $3 million-plus for 3 bedrooms Britz said developers are “getting close” to the start of construction on another major mixed-use project along the North Mill Pond The approved project features a five-story 124-room hotel and a four-story mixed-use building 32 market-rate apartments on the upper floors and commercial uses on the ground floor which is being developed by XSS Hotels and Procon calls for demolishing three existing buildings along Maplewood and Raynes avenues and replacing them with the two new buildings Despite the current pace of residential development and what’s already been approved or proposed Britz believes it is not hurting the city’s ability to provide core services to Portsmouth residents “I think we’re keeping up with the development with the services we have.” Britz stressed city officials are always cognizant of how development could impact city schools demand for water and sewer and other city services “Being able to provide services is really key having a sewer treatment plant that can provide services We’ll continue to increase that capacity when necessary.” He said he does not buy the argument made by some that the development surge could cause overcrowding in Portsmouth schools that’s a flawed argument I think,” Britz said “It would take a long time to max out the schools with kids right now.” Mayor Deaglan McEachern agrees that the growth in residential development has not led to a strain in city services the majority aren’t from residents running around drunk downtown it’s the tourism,” McEachern said during an interview this week “I don’t think 1,000 even 2,000 units are going to put a dent in what police and fire do.” “the trend so far over the last 10 years is we have less students in the schools.” He added there is “room in the schools” for more students including “400 spaces at the high school.” “I would love to see more families move to Portsmouth which I think is the best place to grow up in America,” McEachern said More: 4-building Portsmouth housing project revised. Here's new plan. But he acknowledged the city has to do a better job of “making it affordable for families to move to Portsmouth.” When Portsmouth completed a property revaluation in 2024, the average home value had surged to $762,600 there are repairs that sometimes need to be made but it’s not due to an increase in housing “The pipes in the street aren’t needed to be repaired because they’re being used too much,” he said “They’re needing to be repaired because they’re hundreds of years old.” Portsmouth will hit 25,000 population eventually mayor believesMcEachern said there will come a time in the future when Portsmouth’s population hits 25,000 again like it did when the Pease Air Force Base was open I think we’ll continue to see growth and our job is to make sure we grow together as a community,” he said Other residential or mixed-use projects that are under construction in Portsmouth include: Approved housing projects in PortsmouthThere are a number of major housing projects approved by city land-use boards that have not begun construction The Planning Board in 2024 approved a huge redevelopment project, which calls for demolishing two vacant big box stores and building 360 market-rate apartments on a 26-acre site which is being developed by 100 Durgin Lane Owner LLC will be located on what is now a now mostly paved parcel between Spaulding Turnpike/Route 4 and Woodbury Avenue The apartments planned for the project site — where the vacant former Christmas Tree Shops and Bed Bath & Beyond stores are located — will be a mix of studios two-bedroom and three-bedroom units spread between 17 three- and four-story buildings according to Brett Bentson of Utile Architects The project will also feature 2.7 acres of community space pocket parks and a raised viewing platform according to team members and project plans “Because that’s a lot of units in one area there’s going to be kind of a campus setting there,” Britz said The Planning Board last year also approved a major redevelopment project from developer Mark McNabb that will feature 72 apartments including 15 that will rent at work-force rates The redevelopment project off Lafayette Road near Portsmouth High School will include two 5-story additions with 36 apartments in each The property is home to two existing restaurants including the Tour restaurant and indoor golf facility Downtown apartments in works, tooEarlier this year, McNabb’s plan to create 40 new housing units by redeveloping two prominent buildings in the heart of Portsmouth’s downtown core was approved who is part of McNabb’s development team for his buildings at 1 and 15 Congress St Newberry department store — said the new housing will feature a total of 84 bedrooms McNabb is proposing to build 19 residential units — a mix of two- and three-bedroom units — in the upper floors of the old J.J according to a city Planning Department staff memo Newberry’s will be transformed into “a roof deck with extensive green scape plantings for residential use,” according to Chagnon along with a solar array and mechanical equipment There are also a couple of major housing projects that have been proposed but have not yet started their reviews through city land-use boards The former Sherburne School, which was built in 1930, is proposed to be part of a major work-force housing redevelopment project at the 5.2-acre site It is planned to be built by the Portsmouth Housing Authority on city-owned land off Sherburne Road The Kane Company to wants to develop three buildings with a total of 270 market-rate apartment units off Portsmouth Boulevard said the preliminary plans indicate that the apartments will be a mix of studios one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms in three six-story buildings “the buildings will be connected by attractively landscaped and hardscaped outdoor amenity areas.” The south portion of the site at 0 Dunlin Way “is anticipated to be improved with walking paths and landscape features for outdoor recreation,” Crimmins said in project documents The major residential housing project is being developed under Portsmouth's recently adopted Gateway Neighborhood Overlay District regulations The zoning is aimed at allowing more dense residential projects in the area which has been zoned mostly for office and research uses In order to obtain the incentives in the zoning to build to six stories the developer must provide the opportunity for workforce housing Kane Company representatives have said they are working with the city of Portsmouth to transfer a parcel of land to them that’s located in the new district which will then be developed for lower-cost housing Britz believes Kane has more in mind for that part of the city when it comes to housing developments “I think Kane has an idea to build out more than just the one he’s come out with,” Britz said Asked if the city could put this type of zoning elsewhere in Portsmouth “that’s why that’s a pilot out there to some degree.” but it could definitely be applied elsewhere.” passed away surrounded by her loving family on Saturday at her home after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer A celebration of Carmen’s life will be held from 9:00-11:00 a.m A memorial service will begin at 11:00 a.m The family asks that all those in attendance please wear bright colors to honor Carmen’s wishes “This is a celebration of Life” Carmen was born with a twin brother on December 9 She also served as Dairy Princess of Benton County Cloud Technical College and obtained a degree as a dental assistant To their union they would welcome with loving arms their two children For about three years while her children were small she began focusing all of her energy on her home and her family held a position with Primary Benefit Services she along with husband and friends built and operated successfully Trails Edge Food-Fuel-Liquor in Buckman Carmen was a very hard worker and always jumped at the chance to help others To be in service to others brought her great joy Giving care to all her family was top priority She rarely spent money on herself but enjoyed buying gifts for everyone else always having a card and a present at the ready Traveling to visit family and friends and spending time with those she loved was the highlight of her life and was something she looked forward to everyday making sure everything was clean and in its place Carmen will be remembered for the light she brought into everyone’s world; she was loving She was extremely strong in her Christian faith bringing many people to Jesus through her own actions She believed in rejoicing with those who rejoice and dedicated much time to her Bible studies and her work with the United Methodist Women Left to cherish Carmen’s memory is her husband of 37 years MN; one granddaughter Rosalie Carmen Britz; her parents MN; her siblings: Todd (Sheila) Meehl of Holdingford MN; her brothers and sisters-in-law: Ron (Gail) Britz of Blaine Preceding her in death was one (unborn) grandbaby; her maternal and paternal grandparents; her father-in-law Carmen Yvonne Britz, 57, of Royalton, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at her home after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer.\nRead More Carmen Yvonne Britz, 57, of Royalton, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at her home after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. A celebration of Carmen’s life will be held from 9:00-11:00 a.m. on Friday June 21st 2024, at Graham United Methodist Church in Rice. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Ric Koehn officiating. The family asks that all those in attendance please wear bright colors to honor Carmen’s wishes. Carmen said no Black. “This is a celebration of Life”. Preceding her in death was one (unborn) grandbaby; her maternal and paternal grandparents; her father-in-law, Herb Britz; and her brother-in-law, Jim Britz. Volume 8 - 2014 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00163 We investigated whether the differences in perceptual awareness for stimuli at the threshold of awareness can arise from different global brain states before stimulus onset indexed by the EEG microstate We used a metacontrast backward masking paradigm in which subjects had to discriminate between two weak stimuli and obtained measures of accuracy and awareness while their EEG was recorded from 256 channels Comparing targets that were correctly identified with and without awareness allowed us to contrast differences in awareness while keeping performance constant for identical physical stimuli Two distinct pre-stimulus scalp potential fields (microstate maps) dissociated correct identification with and without awareness and their estimated intracranial generators were stronger in primary visual cortex before correct identification without awareness This difference in activity cannot be explained by differences in alpha power or phase which were less reliably linked with differential pre-stimulus activation of primary visual cortex Our results shed a new light on the function of pre-stimulus activity in early visual cortex in visual awareness and emphasize the importance of trial-by-trials analysis of the spatial configuration of the scalp potential field identified with multichannel EEG Imaging techniques with high temporal resolution provide a means of distinguishing pre-stimulus activity from post-stimulus activity The EEG measures the electrical field generated by the brain by using electrodes placed across the scalp to differentially measure the summation of all concurrently active intracranial sources at a given time point The EEG measurement can be considered as a matrix with space in one dimension and time in the other dimension The analyses of the EEG can focus on the temporal dimension and assess differences in frequency power or phase at selected electrodes or it can focus on the spatial dimension and assess topographic differences of the electric field Both characteristics of the EEG have been shown to vary before stimulus onset and to influence how upcoming stimuli can be treated and perceived and we identified two microstate topographies immediately before stimulus onset that dissociated perceptual reversals from perceptual stability Statistical parametric mapping of their concomitant source differences showed that the reversals were caused by increased neuronal activity in the right inferior parietal lobe in both cases namely that perceptual awareness and the efficiency of masking might depend on the global brain state at the time of stimulus arrival We hypothesized that different pre-stimulus microstates and thus different neuronal networks in the brain are active when subjects will become aware of a stimulus in a given trial than when they do not and our goal was to identify two states that dissociate correct stimulus identification with and without awareness Statistical parametric mapping of their concomitant intracranial generator differences will then reveal the location of activity differences for stimuli that were correctly identified with and without awareness In addition to the global measure of pre-stimulus microstates we investigated local differences in alpha power and phase in order to relate our findings to those from previous studies Pre-stimulus differences in alpha power have been independently related to performance and awareness If pre-stimulus alpha power over visual cortex is related to visual awareness we expect to find higher alpha power before stimuli that were correctly detected with than without awareness differences in alpha phase over occipital electrodes at stimulus onset should vary as a function of awareness the mean decimal Visual Acuity across subjects was 1.698 None of the subjects reported a history of psychiatric or neurological impairments Subjects participated for monetary compensation of CHF 20/h after giving informed consent approved by the Ethics Committee of the University Hospital of Geneva Eight participants did not participate in the EEG study because of their behavioral results in a training period (either too many aware or too many unaware trials) range 19–37) completed the EEG experiment The data from four subjects was excluded from the analysis because of primarily unaware responses in one case primarily correct aware (CA) responses in another case and chance performance and an insufficient number of acceptable trials due to data quality in the two other cases the behavioral and EEG data from a total of 11 subjects were submitted to further analysis Figure 1 illustrates the stimuli and experimental procedure Target stimuli were a square and a diamond (the square rotated by 45°) subtending 1° of visual angle The mask was a larger contour of the two superimposed targets which subtended 2° of visual angle All stimuli were presented in white (67.21 cd/m2) on a black background in the center of a CRT screen with a refresh rate of 75 Hz Stimulus presentation and timing was achieved using E-prime2 (Psychology Software Tools A diamond or square was presented for 39 ms Subjects first had to indicate which stimulus they saw (accuracy measurement) and then whether they saw the stimulus or whether they were guessing (awareness measurement) Each trial began with the presentation of a fixation cross (1°) at the center of the screen for 500 ms After a blank interval of 500 ms one of the two possible targets (square or diamond) was presented for 39 ms The target was followed by a blank interval of variable duration (39 subjects first had to indicate which target stimulus they saw They then had to indicate whether they actually saw the target or whether they guessed the answer All responses were made with the index and middle fingers of the right hand (index finger for the square and middle finger for the diamond for the first question and index finger for aware and middle finger for unaware for the second one) Each session started with a practice run of 520 trials and subjects performed 8 blocks of 98 trials for a total of 784 trials Since the objective of the current study was to assess differences in awareness when performance was kept constant for physically identical stimuli we compared correctly identified stimuli which differed in awareness We therefore first identified the ISI at which subjects had roughly equal numbers of aware and unaware correct trials The paradigm was validated in a behavioral pretest in which we tested 7 ISIs (13 This behavioral experiment showed that most subjects had equal numbers of aware and unaware correct trials at ISIs 39 We used those ISIs in the subsequent EEG experiment in addition to an easily visible condition (104 ms) in order to reduce frustration which is why we restricted our analysis to the microstate immediately before stimulus onset The microstate analysis comprised five steps: we determined for each subject the ISI at which there were a similar number of trials in the CA and CU conditions we extracted the topographic map at the GFP maximum closest to stimulus onset in the 50 ms time window before stimulus onset Because the topography remains stable for ∼100 ms with abrupt transitions between subsequent states we reasoned that the GFP peak closest to stimulus onset in the 50 ms time window before stimulus onset was the best representative of the pre-stimulus microstate in a given trial We did this for the CA and CU conditions for each subject Third, we jointly submitted the pre-stimulus microstate maps from all subjects in the CA and CU conditions to a k-means spatial cluster analysis (Pascual-Marqui et al., 1995) to identify the templates of the most dominant microstate maps in the two conditions We wanted our analysis to be strictly data-driven and made no a priori assumptions regarding the number of clusters or the amount of global explained variance (GEV) We performed a cluster analysis with 20 different solutions ranging from 1 to 20 clusters and determined the best solution by means of the minimum of the cross-validation criterion (CV) The CV is a measure of predictive residual variance the difference between the data and the model and its minimum identifies the solution for which the residual variance is minimal or—in other words—the minimum number of clusters that best explain the data we computed a strength-independent spatial correlation between the template maps representing the optimal solution of the cluster analysis and the topographic map of the single trials labeled each single trial pre-state microstate map with the template map it best corresponded with The GEV is the sum of the explained variance weighted by the GFP It is a measure of how well a map explains the data both in terms of strength and in terms of frequency of occurrence This was done to determine how well the templates identified by the cluster analysis are represented in the raw data of each subject we finally determined which maps dissociated the CA and the CU conditions by statistically comparing their GEV between these conditions We assessed awareness as a function of accuracy at the 7 ISIs and the majority of subjects showed equal numbers of trials in the CA and CU condition at an ISI of 39 ms, the results are plotted in Figure 2 Results of the behavioral pilot experiment Percentage of trials for the different conditions—overall accuracy Circles denote correct responses and squares denote incorrect responses Black lines denote aware responses and gray lines denote unaware responses the dotted line denotes the overall accuracy Most subjects had equal numbers of correct aware and correct unaware trials in the 39 ms ISI condition Figure 3 summarizes the behavioral results The majority of subjects (75%) showed similar numbers of trials in the CA and CU condition at an ISI of 39 ms 16.7% of subjects at an ISI of 52 ms and 8.3% at 65 ms Performance was well above chance at each of these ISIs (73 subjects had 40% (SD = 11) of trials in the CA condition and 34% (SD = 9) of trials in the CU condition this difference was not significant (t(1,10) = 1.06 Mean reaction times were 665 ms (SD = 212 ms) in the CA condition and 819 ms (SD = 230) in the CU condition This difference was significant (t(1,10) = 3.8 Although some subjects reported having seen more squares than diamonds or vice versa there was no difference in the identification accuracy for both types of stimuli (squares: 81% (SD = 11) There were no learning effects in the main EEG experiment: neither accuracy rates (F < 1) nor awareness (F(1,7) = 1.33 (A) Percentage of trials for the different conditions—overall accuracy (B) Reaction times were faster in the CA than the CU condition (C) Subjects did not differ in their ability to correctly identify squares and diamonds Map 3 had a significantly higher GEV in the CU than the CA condition (t(1,10) = −2.67 p = 0.0234) and Map 16 had a significantly higher GEV in the CA than the CU condition (t(1,10) = 2.98 15 (+/− 2.8) % of trials were classified as Map 3 or Map16 (A) Template of the microstate map for the Correct Aware (CA) condition (Map 16) (B) Template of the microstate map for the Correct Unaware (CU) condition (Map 3) The templates represent normalized voltage maps and are hence unit-free (C) Statistical parametric maps (top: t-values bottom: p-values) of the LAURA source difference rendered on the ICBM 152 non-linear atlas of the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) Blue-violet values indicate increased current density in the CU condition We computed distributed LAURA inverse solutions for trials classified as microstate maps 3 and 16 and assessed their statistical difference at every solution point (Figure 4) We found statistically significant increased activity in bilateral Cuneus and Lingual Gyrus in the CU compared to the CA condition (MNI coordinates of maximal difference: x = −3.03 When considering all trials of the CU and CA conditions irrespective of their microstate map classification we found no differences in current density anywhere in the brain We found no pre-stimulus power differences at 10 Hz. This holds for all trials as well as for trials classified as microstate maps 3 and 16. Figure 5 displays the results of the phase analysis Panel 5a shows the topographic distribution of the phase angles in the CA and CU conditions (left and middle panels) and the phase lags (the difference of the phase angle in the CA and CU conditions) at all electrodes (right panel) We found significant phase differences between the CA and CU conditions at 94 out of 204 electrodes Nearly opposite phase angles (phase lags of >170°) were found at only 13 out of 204 electrodes the phase lags were < −170° (A) Topographic distribution of the phase angles and phase lags for all trials (scaled between –pi and pi) at all 204 electrodes using an average reference for the CA condition (left panel) the CU condition (center panel) and the lag between CA and CU conditions (right panel) (B) Reference dependence of the distribution of phase angles and phase lags The left column depicts the distribution of phase angles in the CA condition the middle column depicts the distribution of phase angles in the CU condition and the right column depicts the distribution of the phase lags between the CA and the CU conditions The first row depicts the results for an average mastoid reference the third row for a Cz reference and the fourth row for an Oz reference The topographic distribution of the phase angles in the CA and CU conditions and the phase lags as well as the location of significant phase lags depended strongly on the chosen reference (Figure 5c) we found significant phase differences >170° at five electrodes (149 193) and significant phase differences < −170° at another five (118 there were no significant phase differences we found significant differences >170° at 18 electrodes (1 223) and significant differences < −170° at 12 electrodes (74 these results indicate that primary visual cortex is more strongly pre-activated when subjects fail to become aware of a stimulus presented at the threshold of awareness Our current results further support the significance of such apparently slight trial-to-trial variations; even though we considered only a subset of trials we identified that proportion which yielded consistent differences across all single trials from all subjects We of course can not rule out that activity differences in other brain areas—most probably in parietal and frontal areas—might have also contributed to the differences in the emergence of perceptual awareness the contributions of other brain areas are less strong and less consistent than those in early visual cortex immediately before stimulus onset we found no pre-stimulus differences in alpha power at 10 Hz This is surprising given that other studies have shown that both awareness and discrimination ability can vary as a function of pre-stimulus alpha power subjects were able to detect or to correctly discriminate stimuli in roughly 50% of cases and in such cases alpha power appears to be a powerful tool to distinguish between differences in detection or discrimination ability we analyzed differences in awareness for correctly identified stimuli and performance was very high (subjects responded correctly in about 80% of trials) alpha power no longer appears to be a good parameter to distinguish between correct discrimination with and without awareness we could relate the differences in awareness for correct target discrimination to a global pre-stimulus brain state that reflects differential pre-stimulus activity in primary visual cortex Other studies have related awareness to local differences in phase of the alpha and theta band (Busch et al., 2009; Mathewson et al., 2009; Dugué et al., 2011) These differences in awareness as a function of the pre-stimulus alpha phase that a stimulus was perceived when it occurs during a certain phase and that it was not perceived during the opposite phase were interpreted as cyclic variations of cortical excitability or inhibition this claim is difficult to support because local variations in phase are reference dependent which renders the functional interpretation of a peak or trough very challenging We analyzed the pre-stimulus alpha phase at all 204 electrodes using five different references We found significant phase inversions between the CA and CU conditions but both their location and their direction varied strongly with the chosen reference Not a single electrode out of the 204 showed consistent phase inversions across the five references we used which renders the functional interpretation of the location of phase differences on the one hand and that of peaks and troughs at best arbitrary We thus replicate the results from previous studies that show differences in awareness as a function of pre-stimulus alpha phase but we also show that such local phase differences have to be interpreted with a lot of caution The link between visual cortex excitability and alpha phase has been claimed without a direct demonstration; differences in excitability are generally inferred from the fact that a stimulus is perceived or not we show that this link between local phase awareness and pre-stimulus activity in primary visual cortex is not as direct as previously claimed We show that the global brain state immediately before stimulus onset can be more unambiguously linked to pre-stimulus differences in primary visual cortex activity than local differences in alpha phase and the present results corroborate the importance of the state of visual cortex at the time of stimulus arrival for visual awareness The present results extend the results from our prior studies in which we showed that the changes in the perceptual awareness for ambiguous stimuli and during binocular rivalry arise as a direct consequence of pre-stimulus microstates (Britz et al., 2009; Britz and Michel, 2011) These studies revealed that the right inferior parietal cortex is implicated in the generation of perceptual reversals of multi-stable stimuli and that inferior temporal areas are involved in percept stabilization during binocular rivalry we show that the emergence of perceptual awareness for correctly identified stimuli presented at the threshold of awareness can likewise be linked to the pre-stimulus microstate which indexes that primary visual cortex is differentially active immediately before stimulus onset that the inclusion of non-stimulus trials necessary for the computation of d’ themselves might introduce more conservative response criteria because subjects have to distinguish between stimuli with different degrees of visibility and the physical absence of stimuli the order of identity and awareness judgments might likewise influence the awareness ratings subjects knew that there was always a stimulus present and that they had to indicate whether or not they saw it after they indicated its identity which should not have strongly biased their awareness judgment future studies are needed to address these issues in more detail the same physical stimuli can undergo very different perceptual fates as a function of the state of the brain before stimulus arrival: differences in frequency power or phase on the one hand and differences in the overall configuration of intracranial generators indexed by the scalp topography on the other hand yield different perceptual outcomes of the same stimulus These findings are important to consider when comparing ERPs to differences in perceptual awareness: differences in topography power or phase between single trials in the “baseline” period can be easily eliminated and translated into a post-stimulus effect by performing a baseline correction Previous studies have claimed that differences in awareness result from differences in pre-stimulus alpha power or opposite pre-stimulus alpha phase which supposedly reflect cyclic variations in the excitability of primary visual cortex a direct demonstration between alpha power and activity in primary visual cortex has been lacking we show that differences in awareness for the same stimuli arise from 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of Child Nutrition study Several metabolites – small molecules that are byproducts of human metabolism and microbial fermentation – were inversely associated with developmental outcomes “Metabolites play important roles in human health especially at early stages of life Our findings reveal the complex connections between diet gut health and a child’s developmental progress,” explains Philip Britz-McKibbin a professor in the department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology “By identifying specific metabolites related to a child’s overall development we can gain a deeper understanding of how modifiable risk factors might support optimal growth and cognitive development in children.” Britz-McKibbin and his team applied a high-throughput approach for untargeted metabolite profiling making large-scale studies faster and more affordable This allowed them to discover unexpected metabolites that are associated with infant and toddler development The results of their analysis were published earlier this year The researchers focused on metabolites in the bloodstream that were correlated to early stages of cognitive development using a measure called the Developmental Quotient (DQ) The World Health Organization uses the measure to determine whether children are meeting age-appropriate milestones in social and cognitive development This approach led to the identification of several uremic toxins bioactive metabolites most often associated with chronic kidney disease suggesting that even a modest increase in their concentrations may contribute to inflammation and developmental delays in early childhood “What’s interesting is that many of these metabolites are linked to the gut-brain axis suggesting that a healthy gut microbiome could play a critical role in a child’s cognitive and social development,” says Britz-McKibbin “While this wasn’t a randomized clinical trial They suggest that uremic toxins may contribute to neuroinflammation especially in early childhood development.” The findings could have far-reaching implications offering new possibilities for early identification and intervention of children at risk of developmental delays They could also better inform public health policies and early childhood development programs emphasizing the importance of maternal nutrition children born to mothers with iodine deficiency are at a higher risk of developmental and cognitive challenges making early nutrition interventions a crucial aspect of supporting children’s growth and brain development is understanding how population-based findings can translate to individual health recommendations a critical area for future research in precision nutrition While the study highlights the importance of dietary and environmental exposures Britz-McKibbin says there’s more to learn about the complexity of these interactions and brain development is extremely complex Early childhood is a critical period of cognitive development and understanding these interactions can help guide 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in the sport Triumphant at the 2023 Oceania Table Tennis Championships in Honiara he later earned selection for Paris 2024 in the Men’s Singles Singles Class 7 event He performed with pride on his Paralympic Games debut going down to a narrow 3-2 defeat by Charlermpong Punpoo of Thailand – a much higher ranked opponent who would medal at the Games – in their round of 16 clash the 21-year-old US-based Para table tennis player said of receiving the award: “For me to receive my Paralympian pin is so cool it almost feels like winning a medal in itself and it will be another moment to remember in my Para table tennis journey” PNZ CEO Greg Warnecke said: “It is always a privilege to be able to present another Paralympian pin to one of our ten debutants from Paris 2024 Matt joins a very special group of Paralympians.” “Matt should also be immensely proud of his sporting journey so far His match in Paris was widely viewed on the TVNZ coverage back in Aotearoa New Zealand and there are so many more people talking positively about Para table tennis who received his Paralympian pin on Saturday at the Badminton North Harbour Centre made history at the Paris 2024 by becoming the first Kiwi to compete in Para badminton at a Paralympic Games A lower-leg amputee following a football accident at the age of 21 at three Paralympic Games from 2004 to 2012 winning seven Para athletics medals as a sprinter and long jumper – including four golds Retiring from Para athletics he later sailed around the world with his wife and son helping amputees to receive prosthetics It was as part of this adventure he relocated to Aotearoa New Zealand and took up Para badminton in 2021 Rapidly rising to the top of his new sport domestically he played his first international Para badminton in 2022 and won selection for Paris 2024 Wojtek performed with typical tenacity to finish equal seventh in the Men’s Singles SL3 event said: “It is an incredible honour for me to receive my Paralympian pin To represent my country at a Paralympic Games and to be supported by a nation fills me with pride The pin confirms by status as a New Zealand Paralympian forever Greg Warnecke added: “Wojtek has enjoyed a remarkable Para sport journey and his transition into Para badminton is testament to his incredible versatility competitiveness and belief in his athletic ability “At Paris 2024 he helped massively raise the profile of his sport in Aotearoa New Zealand and by receiving his pin he will be forever bound as part of an elite group of Paralympians.” Matt and Wojtek were the final two members of the ten NZ Paralympic Team debutants to receive their Paralympian pins following the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games For a full list of the NZ Paralympians go here: https://paralympics.org.nz/athletes/ volume 5 - 2011 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00107 This article is part of the Research TopicBinocular rivalry: a gateway to consciousnessView all 27 articles Novel stimulation and analytical approaches employed in EEG studies of ambiguous figures have recently been applied to binocular rivalry The combination of intermittent stimulus presentation and EEG source imaging has begun to shed new light on the neural underpinnings of binocular rivalry we review the basics of the intermittent paradigm and highlight methodological issues important for interpreting previous results and designing future experiments We then outline current analytical approaches and propose a neural model of the sequence of brain events that may underlie different aspects of binocular rivalry we discuss the advantages and limitations of using binocular rivalry as a tool to investigate the neural basis of perceptual awareness In all binocular rivalry paradigms subjective reports are required in order to relate measured brain activity to each percept or to transitions between percepts The subjective reports (usually key-presses) are used to indicate the current percept and to index the time at which a perceptual transition has occurred the time intervals between the perceptual changes themselves and the reports of such changes are likely to vary from trial-to-trial by tens to hundreds of milliseconds this temporal jitter between percept and report is unlikely to affect measurements of brain activity which are on the scale of several seconds such trial-to-trial variation can obliterate event-related potentials (ERPs) and thus compromise the advantages offered by this temporally precise measure previous findings suggest that a “sweet spot” may exist between long and short blank interval durations in which reversal rates for intermittent and continuous rivalry can be made equivalent a systematic manipulation of blank interval durations ranging from very short (e.g. >2 s) has not yet been carried-out and even though reversal rates can be made equivalent it is not yet clear whether the neural systems supporting perceptual rivalry under each type of presentation paradigm are exactly the same Perhaps the most surprising feature of the intermittent paradigm is that perceptual reversals seem to be tightly time-locked to stimulus onset (Orbach et al., 1963) subjects perceive one of the two possible images for a few trials and then suddenly they experience the alternative percept on the next flash it is difficult to tell whether the change is perceptual or physical subjects often express disbelief that the same stimulus is being flashed on-and-off insisting that the experimenter must be physically alternating the images on the computer screen this feature of the intermittent paradigm may seem to imply that reversals are exogenously the purpose of the intermittent design is to allow control over when reversals can occur but not whether they actually do occur Whether a reversal occurs or not in the intermittent paradigm (at least for studies in which appropriately tailored blank interval durations are employed) is determined by the same statistical properties (log normal and gamma distributions) as in continuous rivalry This extended design allows additional comparisons between endogenously versus exogenously generated perceptual reversals By presenting stimuli under binocular rivalry and physical alternation conditions and instructing subjects to report their percepts on each trial all four types of comparisons are made possible: endogenous percept A versus B; exogenous percept A versus B; endogenous reversal versus stability; exogenous reversal versus stability This pattern of results suggested that the same anatomically early visual areas may play different roles in the rivalry process during different time windows rivaling stimuli that are known to produce reliable ERP differences when presented in physical alternation as well as the ambiguous face/vase stimulus Future studies may consider adopting this strategy to help determine the timing and brain regions involved in the resolution of different types of perceptual rivalry Using this analysis approach along with the intermittent paradigm, recent studies have identified two microstates during a pre-stimulus period (−50 to 0 ms) that doubly dissociate perceptual reversals from perceptual stability in the upcoming trial for both the Necker cube (Britz et al., 2009) and binocular rivalry (Britz et al., 2011) The analysis of pre-stimulus EEG microstates in this type of paradigm follows the notion that the different treatment (e.g. reversal versus stability) of physically identical stimuli arises from differences in the microstate immediately preceding stimulus onset During the brief periods of quasi-stability but not the configuration of the scalp electrical field can vary Because the average duration of a microstate is ∼100 ms and it is not disrupted by the arrival of a stimulus the GFP maximum in the 50-ms time window prior to stimulus onset reflects the best representative sample in terms of signal-to-noise-ratio of the pre-stimulus state the microstates that dissociate two conditions (e.g. reversals versus stability) are identified within each subject by means of a cluster analysis those microstates that dissociate the conditions between subjects are likewise identified by cluster analysis Along with the location and timing information we have listed hypothesized functional properties as well as the names of associated ERP components (where applicable) Neural model of the sequence of brain events in which EEG differences have been found during binocular rivalry Solid one-way arrows indicate hypothesized feed-forward pathways dashed one-way arrows denote feedback connections and double-sided arrows indicate possible wide-spread recurrent interactions between distant brain regions and proposed functional contributions are listed in order of occurrence Names of associated ERP components are provided after each hypothesized function (where applicable) It is important to note that these proposed functions are based on the types of comparisons made (e.g. reversal versus stable; percept A versus B) and logical assumptions related to the temporal sequence of events These functional accounts are intended to serve as preliminary hypotheses that are testable in future studies if the RN reflects the establishment of a new perceptual representation and the LPC a post-perceptual appraisal of this change the RN should be insensitive to manipulations of task while the LPC may vary according to task demands it is currently unknown whether the percept A versus B effect (from 130 to 160 ms) is associated with feedback from higher to lower level visual areas and whether the timing of this effect depends on the particular type of perceptual competition involved work spanning the past 5–10 years has produced converging evidence regarding the timing and spatial locations of the neural events involved in bistable perception Now that the temporal dynamics of these components and their intracranial sources have been identified and have been shown to be robust and reliable more fine-tuned manipulations are necessary to reveal the precise functional significance of each component It is our hope that this model will serve as a decent starting point Clearly frontal–parietal areas are involved in the initiation of perceptual reversals but the precise contribution of each region (and possibly different subregions) appears to be complex and warrants further investigation the RN component also appears to be invariant with respect to the type of bistability involved One possibility is that the neural mechanisms supporting the initiation and appraisal of perceptual reversals are common for all types of bistable figures while the intermediate stages supporting stimulus/percept competition and resolution vary according to the particular stimuli involved the RN would reflect a post-perceptual stage of processing the delayed response in V1/V2/V3) would index the perceptual representation Future experiments may be able to test this hypothesis by systematically varying the competing features of the stimuli (e.g. etc.) to determine which ERP/microstate varies according to the specific features of the stimuli and thus most closely reflect the contents of perceptual awareness binocular rivalry has proven to be largely successful in separating sensory input from subjective perception and will undoubtedly continue to be a valuable tool as our methodological techniques are further refined Pubmed Abstract | Pubmed Full Text | CrossRef Full Text Pubmed Abstract | Pubmed Full Text | CrossRef Full Text Intermittent ambiguous stimuli: implicit memory causes periodic perceptual alternations CrossRef Full Text Perceptual reversals during binocular rivalry: ERP components and their concomitant source differences Pubmed Abstract | Pubmed Full Text | CrossRef Full Text Right parietal brain activity precedes the perceptual reversals during binocular rivalry On the functional relevance of frontal cortex for passive and voluntarily controlled 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century and shared an opening stand of 140 with skipper Laura Wolvaardt to give South Africa a superb start to their run chase of 277 but in the end it was off-spinner Sneh Rana’s three-wicket over is what sealed the game in India’s favour as they went onto win by 15 runs and register their second successive win in the Women’s ODI Tri-Series at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium yesterday Brits scored at a run-a-ball and kept her team in the game She got a couple of reprieves (on 51 and 67) and punished the Indians by notching up her century (109 off 107 balls retired hurt on 108 and that turned out to be a big moment in the contest The Indian bowlers kept it tight and picked wickets at regular intervals 1 six) looked in good touch as she kept finding boundaries to keep South Africa in the hunt She removed Chloe Tryon in her 9th over and followed it with a three-wicket over which included the wickets of Nadine de Klerk South Africa needed 25 off the last two overs but had only two wickets in hand and India effected a couple of run-outs to win the contest by 15 runs produced a match-turning performance (5/43) and deservedly took the Player of the Match award “We’d been set up nice and early It’s unfortunate what happened with Tazmin it should have been up to the others,” said South African skipper Wolvaardt India winning the toss and batting first got off to a superb start as both openers displayed a mixture of caution and aggression helping the side build yet another 50-plus stand 1 six) continued her brilliant run in Indian colours and went on to become the fastest to get to 500 runs in Women’s ODIs She was complemented well by Smriti Mandhana (36) and Harleen Deol (29) who both missed out on converting their starts into a big one Jemimah Rodrigues played an impactful knock of 32-ball 41 and so did Richa Ghosh who smashed 24 off 14 Harmanpreet Kaur (41 off 48) looked scratchy and struggled to pick the variations during the slog overs but India managed 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Britz, 3 year old son of Dan and Kelly (Quadrel) Britz passed away August 9, 2022 at Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Paul, MN. A funeral service will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Monday. August 15, 2022 at the Gill Brothers Funeral... 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Wake Forest is a challenging college for any student Did OCD make it even more challenging for you to succeed I never knew Wake Forest without OCD; I never knew most of high school without OCD but I think that would have been the case with or without obsessions Could you talk about your desire to use your own story as a platform for raising mental health advocacy and awareness There is nothing that will end the dangerous stigma of mental illness faster than normalizing it I wish I could shout my OCD from the roof of Wait Chapel My main hope for “Obsessed” is that it shifts perceptions of mental illness and were you a member of any student organizations I was a Spanish major and sociology minor (2011) and received my MA in Management (2012) I held many leadership positions in Delta Zeta sorority Allison found a community that allowed her to explore who she was mentors or experiences during your time at Wake Forest I have to admit that most of the more transformative moments of my college career occurred outside the classroom I found a community that allowed me to explore who I was and a group of friends that accepted me for the person I became Now that your first book is about to published and am avidly (obsessively?) pursuing that path I have a great “day job” in marketing and that’s important to me as well A senior marketing specialist with Deloitte LLP, Allison Fairall Britz lives in Manhattan with her husband, Gavin (’12), and their dog. When not spending all of her money on books, she enjoys cooking, three-day weekends, arguing with her OCD and extensive Netflix binges. She blogs at  http://obsessedandthecity.tumblr.com/ With an assist from Wake Forest students and faculty a nearby retirement community has started a debate society that’s embracing research and divergent points of view Perry Mandanis (’81) turned a delayed ADHD diagnosis into a career helping others — including a new deck of cards offering strategies he’s gathered across decades Source: TEDDY VAVA GAWUGA Comments (0)