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Bransford "Brande" Holloway Watson
His parents inspired and encouraged him to accomplish his goals and pursue his dreams
Brande earned his MBA from the University of Texas & his Bachelor's degrees from Texas College
University of Pittsburgh and University of Oklahoma
teaching on both high school and collegiate levels
Brande was a pioneer for the Healing Racism Dialogue program and extended it to communities around the country
a history series that illustrated the oneness of the human family
He coached the Wiley College debate team in Marshall
'The Debaters' with Denzel Washington
was about the earlier years of the famous Wiley College debate team
Brande was a Professor at Central State University and also taught French in the Dayton Public Schools
He served his community in a number of ways by serving on the Regional Board of the National Conference of Christians and Jews
by being an Industrial Consultant for the Texas Commission on Alcoholism and Community Relations
during school integration in Texas to name a few
He also served as Dean of the Louis Gregory Baha'i Institute in South Carolina and was a member of the Baha'i National Teaching Committee
Brande worked as a District Patrol Officer in Houston
He was very well travelled and completed a lecture tour in Siberian Russia
was a participant in the Second Baha’i World Congress and took several Baha’i pilgrimages to Haifa
He was once Ebony Magazine's Most Eligible Bachelor
Brande was a Double Sprint Champion in the NAIA competition
Debate Team and Track Team Captain at Texas College
singer and writer who enjoyed classical music
Brande most recently finished and published a book titled "The Declaration of Interdependence” which can be ordered online
He was passionately involved in his Baha'i Faith community
Brande advocated and worked to promote the oneness of humanity and race unity until the end
He touched many lives and will be dearly missed by family and friends all over the world
numerous nieces and nephews and friends around the world
Funeral Service will be held on January 16
2025 at 11:00 am at Newcomer Funeral Home - Centerville (820 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd.
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pop culture and the entertainment business generally
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Baywatch alum Brande Roderick has described herself as "my own Hugh Hefner," thanks to her successful OnlyFans account
The former Playmate of the Year opened up about what it's been like for her to post content to the subscription website, best known for its adult content.
"It's been great, honestly," she told Fox News Digital
"Me being a single mom of two boys with no financial support from their father
"And for me, my passion and love is acting and producing. So, in order for me to do that, I have, you know, my side job with OnlyFans
which helps to facilitate my other passion of acting and producing
it's been really a wonderful outlet for me."
Broderick is mom to sons Kannon, 14, and Keaton, 13, whom she had with ex-husband and former NFL player Glenn Cadrez
Roderick starred in the popular series Baywatch in 2000 and compared her OnlyFans content to the kind of photoshoots she did for adult magazine Playboy
"I do beautiful art photos like I did when I was in Playboy
but I do try to make them very artistic and very beautiful and very meaningful," she said
"You only put out there the images that you love and that you want, you know, the world to see. Whereas when you were doing Playboy, you really had no control over it. So, it's like I'm my own Hugh Hefner
Newsweek contacted Roderick's representatives by email outside of office hours for comment
Roderick has posted 751 photos to her OnlyFans and has almost 94,000 likes on her profile
The actress described loving the experience because "I could be my own boss."
I have creative control of doing whatever I want to do," she said
She has also appeared in films such as The Nanny Diaries and Starsky & Hutch, and competed in The Celebrity Apprentice.
Roderick admitted she has not "had any strange requests" from people on her OnlyFans
Carmen Electra who told People in 2023 that the main request she gets from people on her OnlyFans is for photos of her feet
"I think it'd be fun if someone asked for a feet picture
I don't really have anyone that asks for anything crazy," she added
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The Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center was filled with celebration Monday night as Flagler Schools announced its Teacher
Employee and Rookie Teacher of the Year for 2024-2025 during the “Mission: Flagler Forward – The Stars of Flagler Schools” event
Joining them in the spotlight as the school-level winners of Teachers
Employees and Rookie Teachers of the Year are as follows:
2024-2025 Flagler Schools Teacher of the Year Honorees
2024-2025 Flagler Schools Employee of the Year Honorees
The open-to-the-public awards ceremony is an annual event that also honored the reigning Flagler Schools Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year
Principal of Matanzas High School and Mandy Kraverotis
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Add Brande Roderick's name to the growing list of 50-something-year-old actresses who have found success on OnlyFans. She's cashing in much like former 90s stars turned content creators Denise Richards and Carmen Electra - to name a couple on that list
The Baywatch star and former Playmate of the Year is supporting her family and her passions one topless photo shoot at a time
Who doesn't want to hear about a success story on a Monday
Carmen Electra and Brandy Ledford at the premiere of ABC News Studios docuseries "After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun" held at The Bungalow on August 26
(Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
"It's been great honestly. Me being a single mom of two boys with no financial support from their father, I have to take care of my family. And for me, my passion and love is acting and producing," Roderick told Fox News Digital
it's been really a wonderful outlet for me."
Roderick isn't going crazy with her content either
It's very similar to what she did when she posed for Playboy
The 50-year-old is calling the shots on her content
I do beautiful art photos like I did when I was in Playboy
but I do try to make them very artistic and very beautiful and very meaningful," she continued
"You only put out there the images that you love and that you want
it's like I’m my own Hugh Hefner
Unlike other content creators, for example Carmen Electra, Roderick's fans aren't hitting her up for strange content requests. They keep it classy and are there for the art.
"I don't know that I've had any strange requests, to be honest. I wish I had something fun to share. But everybody is just, honestly, everybody is super respectful and kind. My Playboy fans are just, honestly, really sweet, kind people. I don't really have anyone that asks for anything crazy," she admitted.
"I think it’d be fun if someone asked for a feet picture. Maybe I don’t have cute feet? I thought I had cute feet," she joked. "I don’t know, I’ll have to ask Carmen about it."
Who could have known back in the 90s and early 2000s that Roderick and others were laying the groundwork and building a following that one day they would cash in on?
They were putting in that work, and now they're cashing in. Another truly heartwarming story of hard work paying off. Keep it Brande, we're all rooting for you.
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The director of Final Destination: Bloodlines reveals how the film aims to change the franchise's typical formula
After a 14-year hiatus from challenging fate
the beloved horror franchise Final Destination is set to return with its sixth installment
the film (which has dropped a few exciting teasers and trailers so far) is poised to recreate its signature thrills that fans have come to expect
while introducing a few groundbreaking changes to the formula
it's important to keep a long-running franchise fresh
One of the most intriguing aspects of Final Destination: Bloodlines is its unique narrative structure, as teased in the trailer. Speaking to GamesRadar+
There are lots of deaths during the premonition
which is what normally happens in the opening sequence of a Final Destination movie
but we then come out of the eye of a different person in the modern day
I think that's going to immediately throw them for a loop
It's going to make them lean forward to try and figure out what's going on
we love it when you have to lean forward in your seat because a movie is being unpredictable
including who's going to die next and how they are going to die
This innovative approach is obviously part of death's design (too far?) and as a way to keep audiences from expecting the same inevitable outcome
as the film challenges the predictability of previous installments
the film is rumored to include some connections to past installments
so this isn't setting itself up to be another formulaic installment of random characters either
Final Destination: Bloodlines includes a well-rounded cast
Fans will also be thrilled to see the return of Tony Todd as William Bludworth in a posthumous performance
adding a much-needed nostalgic touch to the film
With its fresh take on the franchise and a commitment to delivering unpredictable stories
Final Destination: Bloodlines is gearing up to impress through its theatrical release on May 16
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PowerGo has completed the installation of all 152 charging points in the Danish municipality of Ikast-Brande
The charging points offer a capacity ranging from 22 to 150 kilowatts (kW) and are all publicly accessible
The municipality of Ikast-Brande has selected PowerGo as Charge Point Operator (CPO) based on a tender
Ikast-Brande is now part of PowerGo’s expanding charging network in Denmark
providing residents with more opportunities to charge their electric vehicle (EV)
The charging solutions are tailor-made to meet the needs of EV drivers
PowerGo installed a total of eight ultra-fast charging points of 150 kW
All charging points are located in public spaces
The largest location is along highway N185
EV drivers have access to 16 charging points
including eight ultra-fast charging points of 150 kW and eight chargers of 22 kW
the fast chargers of 50 kW are installed at a large and central parking lot
Through dynamic pricing, EV drivers have access to fair and transparent charging prices based on the hourly electricity price. The current charging prices can be found in the free PowerGo Charge app.
All charging stations in Ikast-Brande offer the certainty of green energy. PowerGo works with 100 percent solar energy, generated from solar parks operated by its parent company PowerField
“Together with the municipality of Ikast-Brande
we have successfully committed to the rollout of charging infrastructure over the past two years
We want to create a comprehensive charging network that is accessible
The presence of our charging points in public locations throughout Ikast-Brande strengthens the transition to electric driving within the municipality.”Frederikke FogTender Manager PowerGo
PowerGo stands for fast
we make the switch to sustainable mobility accessible to everyone
That is why PowerGo is building a rapidly expanding international (fast) charging network every day
a Dutch organization specialized in the generation and storage of solar energy
PowerGo's charging points are powered with renewable energy from solar parks
PowerField and PowerGo offer the full solution: generation
PowerGo has rolled out many large-scale and successful projects for partners as Jumbo
KFC and various governments in seven European countries
Flickering Myth
August 16, 2024 by Amie Cranswick
poster and images for the the 70s-set slasher Wineville
Directed by and starring Baywatch’s Brande Roderick
the film follows a woman who is forced to return to her family estate following the death of her abusive father
where she discovers that the dark secrets she left behind have only grown more sinister with time
Also featuring in the cast of the film are Carolyn Hennesy
after escaping her abusive father as a teen
is forced to return to the family vineyard to settle his affairs upon his death
She discovers that the dark secrets she left behind have only grown more sinister over the decades
Wineville is set for a digital release September 6th
Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade
She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023
Fields of Color features ten new compositions from Belgian tenor saxophonist Matthias Van den Brande
Van den Brande is joined by his regular trio members Tijs Klassen (double bass) and Wouter Kühne (drums)
supplemented by Jean-Paul Estiévenart on trumpet
Van den Brande is not the first jazz musician to be inspired by an abstract expressionist painter: Bill Frisell’s Richter 858 (2005) was written to accompany a series of paintings by Gerhard Richter
Nor is he the first composer inspired specifically by Rothko: American classical composer Morton Feldman wrote Rothko Chapel in 1971 after attending the opening of the chapel
which contains 14 large site-specific paintings that Rothko completed shortly before his suicide in 1970
But Fields of Color does offer something different from those two albums
It’s neither as abrasively avant-garde as Richter 858 nor as ethereal and minimalist as Rothko Chapel
it’s elegant Euro jazz in which the two horns are free to float over the rhythm section untethered by a chordal instrument
Rothko often left his paintings untitled
“Silence is so accurate,” he said late in his career
expressing his belief that words could limit how viewers experienced his art
This linguistic abstraction gives Van den Brande even greater freedom to interpret the paintings
the opening track “Lunar Landscapes” is inspired by Rothko’s last series of paintings
untitled but known for convenience as his “black on grays” and created in 1969
but a rather cheerful mid-tempo number that starts with a soft tenor-sax riff soon joined by interweaving trumpet
building to a more energetic interplay between the full quartet
and ending with a return to the sax riff but supported by drums
The group intelligently exploits all the permutations afforded by the four instruments
The aptly named “Multiforms” starts with a short drum solo before the whole band joins for a melody with a slightly Ornette-ish to hard-bop feel
then explores various combinations that include a sax/drums duet
and a bass solo backed by drums – a pairing neatly reversed on “Yellow Fields” which features a drum solo behind which the bassist simply repeats the first five notes of an ascending minor scale
“Seagram Murals” gains extra colour from a riff played on a synthesiser (an EWI
perhaps) that’s counterpointed by both sax and trumpet
at 10:15) starts with a lovely descending motif on Harmon-muted trumpet backed by long notes played in unison by the saxophone and arco bass
before journeying across extended unmuted trumpet and saxophone solos
and ending with a soft landing of breathy sax and muted trumpet like the most nocturnal of Miles Davis ballads
Providing further contrast are three very short interlude pieces (the longest is barely over a minute) that focus on texture and atmosphere: “Chapel I” (mournful long tones from saxophone and trumpet)
“Chapel II” (heavily treated string atmospherics with bass punctuation) and “Aeolian Harp” (breathy saxophone harmonics with eerie atmospherics created by
These short tracks are the closest the music gets to the sonic equivalent of painterly abstraction
One pleasure of the album is discovering lesser-known Rothko paintings
The final track “The Subway” was inspired by one of Rothko’s subway paintings made at the start of his career: a surprisingly representational painting of vertically elongated people
more akin to LS Lowry than the cloud-like rectangles floating on a colour field one normally associates with Rothko
The track starts with what sounds like a field recording of a subway train
before the whole quartet rattles along propulsively for an uplifting end to the album
In his book The Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art
Rothko stated: “For like any organic substance
But it must move.” And this most satisfying music certainly does that
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"What could happen in a place called Wineville?" Dark Star Pictures has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film titled Wineville
marking the feature directorial debut of actress Brande Roderick - who also stars
This one premiered at a few small film festivals in 2023
a woman who escaped her abusive father as a teen
Now she returns as a single mother to her family's vineyard after her father's death to sort out her inheritance
The dark secrets she left behind have only festered & blackened over the decades
"Wineville was influenced by ’70s horror classics like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Last House on the Left
as I wanted my first feature to be in the horror genre that I loved so much growing up." Also starring Carolyn Hennesy
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Baywatch is easily one of the most iconic TV shows of all time
and that’s thanks in part to its very popular (and wealthy) cast of stars
the series highlighted the lives of a group of lifeguards and the drama that came with their profession
you’re certainly familiar with the unforgettable red swimsuits that the cast wore while saving the day
The series is still beloved. So much so that a movie (starring Zac Efron and Dwayne Johnson) premiered in 2017. Earlier this year, it was also announced that a reboot of Baywatch was in development!
All these years later, Baywatch still has a hold on us, and members of its cast are still active in Hollywood. But which stars are worth the most? We did some digging and ranked the cast based on their estimated net worth.
Scroll through the gallery to see a ranking of the wealthiest stars from Baywatch…
Volume 15 - 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2021.760561
This article is part of the Research TopicAffective Computing and Regulation in Brain Computer InterfaceView all 11 articles
The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of audio listened to through headphones on subjectively reported human focus levels
and to identify through objective measures the properties that contribute most to increasing and decreasing focus in people within their regular
18–65 years) performed various tasks on a tablet computer while listening to either no audio (silence)
popular audio playlists designed to increase focus (pre-recorded music arranged in a particular sequence of songs)
or engineered soundscapes that were personalized to individual listeners (digital audio composed in real-time based on input parameters such as heart rate
Audio stimuli were delivered to participants through headphones while their brain signals were simultaneously recorded by a portable electroencephalography headband
Participants completed four 1-h long sessions at home during which different audio played continuously in the background
Using brain-computer interface technology for brain decoding and based on an individual’s self-report of their focus
we obtained individual focus levels over time and used this data to analyze the effects of various properties of the sounds contained in the audio content
We found that while participants were working
personalized soundscapes increased their focus significantly above silence (p = 0.008)
while music playlists did not have a significant effect
For the young adult demographic (18–36 years)
all audio tested was significantly better than silence at producing focus (p = 0.001–0.009)
Personalized soundscapes increased focus the most relative to silence
but playlists of pre-recorded songs also increased focus significantly during specific time intervals
Ultimately we found it is possible to accurately predict human focus levels a priori based on physical properties of audio content
We then applied this finding to compare between music genres and revealed that classical music
and natural sounds were the best genres for increasing focus
These insights can enable human and artificial intelligence composers to produce increases or decreases in listener focus with high temporal (millisecond) precision
Future research will include real-time adaptation of audio for other functional objectives beyond affecting focus
The potential of audio alone to increase focus
and the consumer demand for non-pharmaceutical tools that enable individuals to enhance their own ability to focus has recently led several companies (including Focus@Will
and others) to develop audio content that is dedicated to increasing focus “on-demand.” These new audio forms include elements of white noise
and other sonic properties that are functionally combined to increase a listener’s focus and maintain high levels of focus over a long duration of time
One of the challenges in this field is to figure out the physical properties of sound that contribute to human experience the most so that design principles can be defined correctly to create audio that reliably achieves the goal of increasing focus
opposed to the inverse of causing distractions and impairing an individual’s ability to focus
Insights about audio properties therefore have been sought by commercial groups alongside academic groups in order to learn how to optimally enhance human focus
These machine learning studies to date have
only aimed to predict emotions based on the limited valence-arousal circumplex model
no attempts have been made to predict human focus levels exclusively based on audio signal analysis
One persistent obstacle to the field’s understanding has been studies that rely on data with a low temporal resolution. Since audio content and emotions can change fast, on the order of tens of milliseconds, the current lack of modeling tools capable of capturing quick, transient changes in human experience that accompany changes in sound is a major hindrance to progress (Larsen and Diener, 1992; Cowen and Keltner, 2017)
reports are based on data where there is a single emotional label per song
while the song lasts 2–3 min and throughout it there are emotional dynamics that change dramatically
This mismatch of data can lead to conclusions being drawn from inadequately small amounts of samples
it has not been applied to study the joint effects of audio and focus at the high temporal resolution needed to explain both phenomena as they occur in people’s natural
that although decoder algorithms have existed in the market for consumer uses for several years
verifying their reliability to accurately capture attention
and other attributes of human experience at a high temporal resolution
advanced research quality has remained a challenge
we used a brain-computer interface algorithm package
Neuos™ Software Development Kit (Neuos SDK from Arctop Inc.)
for processing data from portable fabric EEG headbands (Muse-S from Interaxon Inc.) in order to measure human focus levels in individuals performing tasks at home while they listened to different audio content through headphones
The ground truth focus levels we used were based on each individual’s subjective
Since the Neuos SDK product is a relatively new technology
we first evaluated the validity of the focus outputs within the experimental conditions
once the algorithm outputs were found to be reliable and accurate in this context
we use the focus data to compare effects of different sound stimuli on individuals as they carried out different tasks
we exploited the high temporal resolution of the decoded data to map between raw audio signals and the focus dynamics
we built a model that takes as an input an audio file and predicts from the properties of sound in the audio the corresponding focus levels that human listeners will experience
This high resolution modeling enables us to compare between new songs
and between genres to gain additional insights about the nature of audio stimuli that drive human focus the most
These insights can help produce optimal playlists to increase focus for general audiences
improve design of custom soundscapes for work and learning environments
and even adapt audio in real-time based on an individual’s focus levels to allow them precise influence over their own mental state
completed four sessions over a single week at their own home
All participants were recruited from an opt-in screening panel and were distributed approximately evenly across the five major regions of the continental United States (Northeast
Only participants who reported normal hearing
or vision that was corrected to normal with contact lenses
We excluded volunteers who reported using medication that might influence the experiment and who reported neurological or psychiatric conditions that could influence results
Participants were native English speakers and a written informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to their participation
Participants received compensation for their time
The short tasks calibrated the Neuos SDK decoding algorithms to a validated performance level for each participant and afterwards the individually validated model was used to measure each participant’s focus level across the Preferred Task
Schematic illustration of the paradigm in each recording session
Each session started with 30 minutes of a task selected by the participant (“Preferred Task”)
followed by 3 min of arithmetics exercises
and two levels of Tetris the video game (each level lasted 1 min regardless of performance)
participants answered a survey where they reported on aspects of their experience (e.g.
and stress) using linear scale sliders from “Not at all” (0) to “Very” (1)
The short tasks were used as calibration tasks and the “Preferred Task” was the test task
Participants were instructed to choose a Preferred Task that they could perform in a seated position while listening to audio through the headphones
and which they would be happy to repeat in all four sessions
Preferred Tasks that were chosen included working
At the end of each task the participants self-reported their experience through a survey in the app which used linearly scaled slider buttons to quantify experience along several dimensions (e.g.
the survey included reporting on their focus level during the first and second half of the task separately
resulting in six self-reported quantitative focus labels per session (Preferred Task: two labels
Each participant experienced four audio conditions over the 4 days of the study: two music playlists by leading digital service providers Spotify and Apple (downloaded September 2020)
one personalized soundscape engineered by Endel
We selected Spotify’s “Focus Flow” playlist and Apple Music’s “Pure Focus” playlist to represent the category of pre-recorded audio designed to increase listener focus
For soundscapes we selected the mobile app Endel to represent the category of real-time
engineered audio that contains a mixture of noise and musical properties
The Endel app “Focus” soundscape was used by each participant on their own mobile device
All audio conditions were instrumental and did not include singing or any audible lyrics
participants wore headphones exactly as they did in the audio conditions but no music or audible sounds of any kind were played and no soundscape was generated – participants simply completed the session in a quiet environment
No technicians or other support staff assisted in the placement of the headbands – the process was completely automated by the in-app prompts within the “Neuos Central” app
freeing the participants to complete sessions at any time or place of their choosing
Schematic illustration of the data processing pipeline
Data acquisition included at-home recordings of four sessions
each with a different background sound type
Arctop’s Neuos SDK brain decoding technology package was used to predict the focus dynamics at a rate of 5 Hz
Obtaining the brain decoded focus dynamics synchronously with the sound content enables comparison of focus levels correlated with different physical properties of sound
Brain decoding algorithms designed for real-time brain-computer interfacing (Neuos SDK) was used to transform raw sensor data into predicted focus dynamics with a time resolution of 5 Hz (Figure 2)
word and math problems) were used for calibration of the sensors to the focus dynamics of each individual
and then a calibrated model per participant was applied on the Preferred Task data across all days
The full analysis procedure included data exclusion
and applying machine learning models to transform raw data features to decoded focus dynamics is explained below
Since brain activity and survey data was collected in participants’ own homes
as a quality control step before preprocessing we first validated the data with respect to headband positioning (to confirm it was correctly placed)
survey responses (to make sure participants followed the instructions properly) and internet issues (which occasionally resulted in missing measurements)
This procedure led to 11 participants data being excluded from further analysis due to the following reasons:
1. Three participants were excluded due to misplacement of the headband which caused excessive noise in their recorded data. To identify the misplacement we simply extracted the standard deviation of the raw signal (SD > 500 reflects a misplaced channel). Supplementary Figure 1 shows three examples of the raw data of problematic participants vs
Two participants were excluded for not following the instructions correctly during the Preferred Task
Six participants were excluded due to persistent internet issues which caused missing or disrupted data
17 females and 34 males) were included in the experimental analysis
A band-pass filter (0.5–70 Hz) was applied to each channel together with a notch filter (60 Hz) to remove line noise
5 s of EEG data segments were extracted from the filtered signal using a sliding window with a stride of 200 ms (96% overlap) to obtain a time resolution of 5 Hz of accurate focus measurements reliably across each task
Headband motion sensor (gyroscope) data were used to detect the motion state of each segment (static
medium or high movement) and segments with substantial movements (medium or high) during the short calibration tasks were automatically excluded
all segments were included regardless of movement state in order to obtain continuous dynamics for the full 30 min
ruling out the possibility that the differences in the effects of audio were due to differences in eye blink patterns which may have introduced artifacts to the decoded data
From each EEG segment (epoch) a total of 124 features were extracted
then to handle outliers and avoid extreme values each feature underwent a programmatic trimming procedure that denoised high and low values (extreme values were defined as above or below 2 SD from the mean)
Average power spectrum features – each segment was transformed to the frequency domain using Welch method
the average power in different frequency bands was calculated (0.5–4
and 30–70 Hz) – a total of 4 channels × 7 bands = 28 features
Ratios between average power for spatial symmetric channels (frontal: AF7AF8 and temporal:TP9TP10) – a total of 2 pairs × 7 bands = 14 features
c. Power spectrum interactions – the power spectrum ratio between bands (alphadelta,betatheta,thetaalpha (Barachant, 2017) and engagement index (betaalpha+theta) (Pope et al., 1995) – a total of 4 channels × 4 interactions = 16 features
Pairwise Pearson correlations between channels in the above frequency bands – 6 pairs × 7 bands = 42 features
Time domain features – for each channel
entropy and number of zero-crossing points – total of 4 channels × 6 types = 24 features
Average features were calculated across each short task (games
word and math problems) for all valid participants and from all days
resulting in 816 focus-ranked tasks (51 participants × 4 sessions × 4 ranked subtasks per session)
multiple random forest regression models provided by the Neuos SDK software package were trained on random subsets of participants (80%) to predict the self-reported focus based on the computed features
from the subset of models for which their data were not part of training
the single best model was selected based on the Pearson correlation between the model prediction and the self-reported focus by that participant during the short calibration tasks
The selected regression model was then applied to EEG segment data during their Preferred Task 30 min recordings to get a continuous brain-decoded gradient of focus dynamics that was accurate
Brain data based focus model dynamics of two representative participants during the Preferred Task performed at each of the four sessions
Each row represents a session with a different sound stream playing in the background as participants perform their chosen task
Each session included 30 min (x-axis = time in minutes) of a “Preferred Task” over which their focus level (y-axis = decoded focus) was measured
Participant 29 (A) was reading while Participant 45 (B) was working
We found there was no significant difference between the segments and concluded that the signal processing methods were robust to this form of signal artifact
Diagram demonstrating the framework for correlation of time-series focus values with sound properties
(A) Example of a recorded brain data in microvolts (single channel of EEG) segment
which after applying the preprocessing and trained models on 30 min of recordings
transforms to the brain decoded focus dynamics [top (C)]
(B) Examples of a sound segment in decibels taken from one of the songs
[Bottom (C)] The sound features (y-axis) dynamics during 30 min of recordings (x-axis)
To map the relationship between properties of the audio heard and focus levels measured directly from the brain
we applied principal component analysis (PCA) to reduce the dimensionality of the audio features (using 33 dimensions ultimately
We then trained a linear regression model to map between the transformed audio features and the averaged brain decoded focus levels
The training was done using backward features elimination where in each iteration the component with the smallest weight on average was eliminated
training was done with a stratified cross validation procedure in which we divided the data set to training and validation according to the songs played (to avoid time dependency issues between the sound features)
A total of 18 different songs were played during the pre-recorded playlists (8 songs for Apple
14 songs were used in training and 4 as validation (77/23%)
the audio decoded score is the average model predictions calculated across the models it was part of in the validation set
After calibration tasks established an initial model for each participant, and before comparing focus levels elicited by the different audio types, we validated that the underlying brain decoding technology was accurate and correctly calibrated by comparing between the brain-based focus predictions and the self-reported focus values during the test task (the “Preferred Task”). Figure 5A shows a histogram of the model performance per participant
The model is evaluated based on the AUC score (of the ROC curve) for prediction of self-reported focus during the Preferred Task (low-high focus) where the chance guessing level is 0.5 (black dashed line)
The average result across participants obtained was ≪cps:it > auc < /cps:it≫ = 0.83 (N = 51
a strong validation of the brain-measured focus accuracy
Validation of focus measurements derived from brain data
(A) Histogram of focus models performance on the test task per participant (N = 51)
evaluated using the area under the ROC curve (AUC-ROC)
Black dashed line marks chance level (0.5)
(B) Average focus levels per preferred task events vs
self-reported focus resulted in Pearson correlation of 0.6
Inset shows ROC curves for different values of self-report threshold
(C) Confusion matrix after thresholding the focus score predictions and self-report
Classification scores for two-classes (low focus vs
high focus) are AUC = 0.87 (area under ROC curve)
average self-reported focus across the four sound types
while streaming music using Apple or Spotify did not have an effect [Apple: t(50) = −2.37
Results of a one-way repeated measures ANOVA performed on each subgroup
comparing the average brain decoded focus levels of each sound stream during the Preferred Task
Comparison of the brain decoded focus during the Preferred Task while listening to different sounds
(Top row) Average focus levels for each sound stream during the Preferred Task for each group of interest
(Bottom row) Distribution of the best session (highest focus on average) for each participant per group
The groups of interest are: (A) all participants (51)
(B) participants who were working during the Preferred Task (26)
(C) participants who were not working (25-reading
These results suggest that the focus level differences between Endel and Silence are task-dependent
where audio was particularly beneficial for specific types of tasks
there was no difference between audio and silence
The focus level differences were therefore found to also be age-dependent
Comparing brain decoded focus dynamics during the 30 min of the Preferred Task
Each subfigure shows a comparison between two sound streams
while the gray areas are the timings with a significant difference (p < 0.05 corrected
showing for each pair the percentage of time and time segments with significant difference (where 100% = 30 min)
Seeing that background sound had an effect on focus levels
we go further and ask whether music and soundscapes can be composed according to a formula to increase focus levels
can we understand which audio properties drive focus well enough to predict focus levels from exclusively an analysis of the properties of the sounds within the audio content
Leveraging the high temporal resolution of the brain measurements
we generated a prediction model which predicts the brain-based focus level from features extracted from the audio signal alone
Raw audio files containing the Apple and Spotify sessions were used to extract different sound properties with a running sliding window of 30 s
The personalized soundscape session (Endel) was not used in this analysis because the real-time streaming did not allow saving the raw audio files that were consistent across participants
We combined multiple audio features to generate an audio data based model that predicts focus levels (see section “Materials and Methods”)
the audio model reaches 87% accuracy in predicting the brain based focus (area under ROC curve = 0.91)
Results of predicting brain decoded focus from audio features
(A) Training and validation correlations vs
number of PCA components used as audio features
using backward elimination in each iteration the component with the smallest weight was eliminated
(B) Histogram of the validation correlations using four PCA components (PC1
audio decoded focus (x-axis) for all samples and average per song
The audio decoded scores were calculated across iterations they were part of the validation songs
(D) Confusion matrix after thresholding the focus predictions to classify between low and high focus
Classification accuracy obtained: 88% (area under ROC curve: 0.91)
For visualization of the decoded dynamics during the 30 min of the Preferred Task, we next trained the audio model using all 18 songs (without cross validation) and the four PCA components as features and projected it on the Apple (Figure 9A) and Spotify (Figure 9B) sessions
Smoothed dynamics of brain decoded focus (dark blue) and audio decoded focus (light blue)
during 30 min of the Preferred Task for Apple (A) and Spotify (B)
The audio decoded dynamics here was obtained using a model trained on all data (all songs)
and popular songs from other music genres (classical music
where notably sounds from classical music and natural sounds contained properties that predicted the highest focus levels
pop and hip-hop songs predicted relatively low focus scores
Although we do not have ground truth focus labels for these songs based on real human brain data
given the relatively high scores of the audio which were known to have generated increased focus objectively in the experimental data
we can conclude that there is a consistent validity to the model
Future research can gather ground truth labels for these songs and evaluate the model mathematically in this context
Projecting new songs into the trained audio model
(A) Sorted focus scores per song obtained by the audio model
sorted from the genre with the lowest score (hip-hop) to the highest (classical)
sorted from the genre with the lowest variance (natural) to highest (electronic)
Focus dynamics for the song with the lowest focus score (D) and the highest (E)
“The soundscape of the world is changing
Modern man is beginning to inhabit a world with an acoustical environment radically different from any he has hitherto known” said the composer R
presaging the time we live in now when the sounds available to us continue to multiply by the day
As we have an increasing number of options to modulate our auditory lives by
a handful of take-aways from this study standout:
Although the effects of audio on the human brain can be subtle in measured brain signals when judging by the changes produced in raw electromagnetic currents
they are robust and highly quantifiable with effectively trained algorithms
Classifying emotional and attentional responses is particularly useful when done at the sub-second temporal resolution since it allows one to track dynamics continuously over time at the same timescale as the brain functions that impact perception and behavior
sub-second resolution into reactions that occur within ecologically valid conditions
model the real world in an everyday manner that is missing from experiments that take place within laboratories or other controlled test locations
81.41 and 73.35% for two classes of Valence and Arousal
A key benefit of the current approach is that this method of high temporal resolution brain measurement can be performed reliably outside of traditional laboratories
In this current study not a single laboratory or facility was used for data acquisition
18–65 years olds across the United States received a kit in the mail that included a head-wearable device
and they experienced music playlists and personalized soundscapes while they recorded their own brain signals in the comfort of their own home at the times of their choosing
all participants were in their natural habitat
wearing headphones and a headband that did not interfere with their experience
and they went through the study at their own pace
factors which altogether lend the research a rare degree of ecological validity
This result suggests that willful orientation of attention toward work tasks may have created a brain context especially suited to modification by audio
participants may also have been more prone to distraction and thus more impacted by the positive uplift of audio compared to when engrossed in reading or playing a game which may have contained more intrinsic motivation to stay focused on
One limitation of this current study is that it did not allow us to disentangle the effects of personalization of sounds on the listener
since pre-recorded soundscapes were not tested
a comparison of personalized soundscapes to personalized music playlists
where audiences either made their own playlist for focus or were allowed to skip songs whenever they wanted
will likely contribute to a more complete understanding of how audio properties correlate with emotion and attention changes
Follow-up research will incorporate these variables
An additional limitation was the inability to reach conclusions regarding gender-dependent effects which was at least partially due to this study’s slightly imbalanced data set
Despite efforts to recruit a balanced group of participants
which included even outreach to all genders
enrollment was done on a rolling basis as necessitated by the data collection timeline for the research and ultimately the female subgroup was statistically underpowered in the analysis
balanced participant sets will be important for reaching more detailed conclusions
Future research should also address whether any effects were introduced by the current study design’s sequence of tasks
since here we did not randomize the order of Preferred Task and validation tasks
The Preferred Task was always first and validation tasks after it intentionally
in order to allow for randomization of the background sound stimuli during the Preferred Task session which was done across four groups in this study
In future research it will be helpful to randomize the task order also to compare how different audio affects focus levels on different tasks according to a given task’s place within a sequence of tasks
Due to this variety observed together with the highest focus being elicited by the personalized soundscapes
a next step will include closed-loop selections of sounds
where iterative sound testing is used per person to identify the significant parameters for maximizing focus for that person
should be investigated further for their capacity to increase productivity
creativity and well-being as these attributes of human experience are associated with one’s ability to focus
the tailoring of sounds for this purpose of increased focus can be particularly impactful
It is possible that the seamlessness of the personalized soundscapes tested here
which played continuously without gaps in the sound like the music playlists had between songs
was also critical part of the observed effect on focus
At every juncture of the experience there is more to be learned
a main finding of this study is that there is a strong need for personalization of audio in order to most effectively achieve functional goals like increasing focus
which can increase motivation to listen intently to the songs themselves rather than orient toward other tasks
Understanding the brain mechanisms that underlay the modified focus from these genres is beyond the scope of this current research
but the mapping found here can provide fruitful avenues for future brain imaging experiments that may be equipped to answer these questions
We too see the rich mathematical models obtained in this study
by mapping audio properties to human experience
as a glimpse into the natural laws governing how we feel and think
the more empowered individuals will be to modulate their environments to suit their goals and states of mind
There remains much to figure out: while we as a species continue to cause a “shift in the sensorium,” we simultaneously experience that shift all over daily life and it is not clear where we as a species are headed
This study showed that audio has a distinct effect on our focus levels
and paves the way for designing sounds to help us focus better in the future
We studied the effects of audio on human focus levels using noninvasive brain decoding technology to gain a better understanding of the optimal audio properties for increasing focus levels in listeners
We combined a custom app (“Neuos Central”)
and brain decoding technology (Neuos SDK) to enable us to obtain high temporal resolution focus dynamics from participants at home
we then analyzed how various properties of audio impacted focus levels in different tasks
We found that while performing a self-paced task for a long period of time (such as working)
personalized soundscapes increased focus the most relative to silence
Curated playlists of pre-recorded songs by Apple and Spotify also increased focus during specific time intervals
especially for the youngest audience demographic
Large variance in response profiles across participants
together with task and age dependent effects
suggest that personalizing audio content in real-time may be the best strategy for producing focus in a given listener
we generated an audio property based focus model which successfully predicts brain decoded focus scores from audio file alone as an input
we extracted predicted focus scores from new songs based on audio decomposition and performed a genre analysis to develop new intuitions about the experimental findings and the sources of focus-producing audio content
engineered soundscapes and classical music are the best for increasing focus
The approach taken here can be adapted to include other emotions (e.g.
attentional parameters (“Flow state,” memory formation
etc.) and can be used to assess additional content as well (e.g.
including interactive gaming and e-learning experiences where personalization and high temporal resolution measures of brain responses may be especially beneficial
The dataset for this study is available through an open Git repository (https://bit.ly/3HbZd8n)
Data includes the brain decoded focus dynamics for each participant together with scripts that run the statistical tests
Ethical review and approval was not required for the study on human participants in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements
The patients/participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study
and DF advised on data analysis and statistics
and DF developed the app and software platform for data collection
All authors approved the work for publication
This study received funding from Arctop Inc.
Endel Sound GmbH was not involved in data collection
the writing of this article or the decision to submit it for publication
The authors were employed by the company Arctop Inc
The funders had the following involvement with the study: Arctop Inc.
and the decision to submit it for publication
Endel Sound GmbH was involved in the study design and provided audio stimuli used in the experiment
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Any product that may be evaluated in this article
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and Universal Music for providing audio content
and support in conducting this study and advancing theoretical aspects of the research
The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncom.2021.760561/full#supplementary-material
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Roderick joins fellow Baywatch stars Donna D’Errico and Carmen Electra on the platform
D’Errico said her followers are “respectful and nice and sweet
said that her fan requests have changed during her time sharing photos on the platform
“I get so many foot requests which is the funniest thing to me,” Electra told the outlet
‘What would you want to see me do with my feet
Electra also said she likes being her own boss when it comes to deciding how revealing she wants to be on the site
Roderick tells Fox News Digital that she hasn’t “had any strange requests.”
I don’t really have anyone that asks for anything crazy,” she says
“I think it’d be fun if someone asked for a feet picture
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ShareSaveLeadershipForbesWomen‘I Love Telling Black Women’s Stories’: Brande Victorian On The World Of Journalism And Being EnoughByMaia Niguel Hoskin
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Brande Victorian has masterfully worked her way up the ranks of print journalism from being an intern to her current role as Senior Entertainment Editor at Essence Magazine
It’s no secret that the world of print journalism and media overall has struggled with diversity
Black journalists have called several media outlets to the carpet for creating hostile and flat-out racist environments
Brande has made a name for herself and has flourished in an industry that does not always appreciate Black women's talents
Brande Victorian has always been a standout with a strong voice
she attended the University of Cincinnati and decided to major in Journalism
where she felt she could make an indelible mark in media by strengthening the voice of Black women in journalism
Brande loved to read magazines but noticed that most of the images were slender white women who she could not connect with as a plus-size Black girl from Ohio
but I found myself skipping over pages about hair and body because I knew the articles did not apply to me
This made me want to write stories for girls who look like me.”
she was able to secure her first job as an editorial assistant in medical publishing
After four years working for the same outlet
Despite being promoted to a highly respected position
she began to notice that although her role was highly respected
she received very little respect from her colleagues
and began to encounter the nastiness of misogynoir culture
I was treated like an editorial assistant,” Victorian reflected
she experienced a blatant lack of trust in her ability — so much so that a position was created to function over her role
and inevitably led to continued mistrust and ongoing micromanagement
“I was even critiqued for not being talkative enough
I received an email saying that I was too talkative during work
I realized the issue was not a lack of collegiality but which co-workers I was collegial with — Black women,” she explained
whose winners are cited for their distinguished work
When it comes to how Black women journalists are faring in traditional print journalism and online news sites
the American Society of News Editors annual news employee census has shown that the number of Black women journalists has barely changed since the initial decrease between 1997 and 2013
was interrupted by the former president numerous times during a press conference and instructed to “be nice
don’t be threatening,” which falls in line with an age-old oppressive trope – depicting Black women as angry and aggressive
think that their white female co-workers have created unnecessary barriers for them to overcome
an online space designed for women to explore their insecurities and feelings of doubt without judgment
Be Enough aims to encourage women to heal from insecurity and doubt and to realize that they are enough
“So many of our feelings of not being enough come from our childhood
Doubting ourselves is normal and will sometimes happen
but we must understand that we don’t have to stay in the space of doubt
and we can let go of what we learned during our childhood,” Brande shared
Just as Victorian seeks to be a source of inspiration for women
she has significantly benefitted from other women's strength and support
Victorian reflected on women who have been sources of inspiration in her life
Brande credits her mother for her continued support in investing in her education and her two good friends Yemoja and Brittany
“There would be times when I wanted to give up
and I felt like everyone was running the race faster than me
These were women who helped to remind me that I’m in my own lane.”
Brande humbly admitted that she is still trying to figure some things out but would love to one day host a digital talk show and write a book for Black women
and we look forward to seeing what’s to come from Ms
Brande shared a few pro tips for other Black women trying to enter journalism:
REMARKABLE plans show how Europe's tallest skyscraper was set to be built in a tiny rural village in the middle of nowhere
The Bestseller Tower was due to stand over the Danish region of Brande with initial concepts saying it would be a whopping 1,050ft in height - a whole 34ft taller than The Shard
It was due to act as a mega hub in Denmark encompassing a hotel
office block and shopping centre all into one building
Designed by star architectural studio Dorte Mandrup
the skyscraper idea had been thought up by Danish fashion giants Bestseller
labelled the project a "landmark that places Brande on the map"
He first put the idea into motion in the early 2017 alongside the bizarre proposal to create his own town inside Brande with the tower as the grand centrepiece
But as Covid hit and the world went into hiding the idea was later scrapped in 2020 with Povlse saying he was shelving the tower for the foreseeable future.
Original plans had construction due to be completed by 2023.
The 1,000ft plus skyscraper would have soared near to the top of the tallest European buildings chart.
Bestseller said their intentions behind the skyscraper was to give back to the village of Brande who had helped them to create their billion pound business
Project manager Anders Krogh Vogdrups said back in 2018: "We would like to open our doors by rethinking the way our company interacts with the local community
"And we hope to be able to create value for both our colleagues and the people in Brande
"The plan is born out of the passion and interest for architecture and a vision of creating a unique building that matches the unique setup of a rethought headquarter."
Denmark which is famous for having an extremely flat landscape
the landmark would have been visible from 40 miles away
Even visitors to the iconic Legoland - just under 20 miles away from Brande - would have been able to spot the mammoth building in the distance
It comes as unique plans for five colossal skyscrapers have been revealed with each one set to dominate city skies in the 2030s
The tallest is almost 3,330ft high & could house up to 7,000 people
Coming in as the biggest is the Burj Mubarak Al Kabir in Kuwait
If built it would become the tallest building in the entire world
The proposal measures 3,280ft and is over 400ft taller than the Burj Khalifa
The building would be a mixture of residential
and office space and is able to house a 7,000 people
It is estimated to cost $132billion (£103billion)
Another major skyscraper in the works is the New Tradewinds Square Tower - an ambitious project that has been likened to a giant sewing needle
It could stand as tall as 2,542ft and is based in Kuala Lumpur
Over in Europe
a new king is eyeing up the crown of Europe's tallest building
is gunning to be the sibling to the Lakhta Centre
the current European title holder at 1,515ft
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