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1. Overview of Prior Literature Review
Field et al. [1
] and Cox et al. [2
] have each highlighted the presence of attentional biases in substance use disorder and evaluated the clinical importance of attentional biases in their review and opinion articles. Attention biases are unconscious processes that typically cause individuals with substance use disorder to automatically orientate their attention towards substance-related cues in their naturalistic environment, with subsequent difficulty in disengaging from these cues [3
]. Attentional biases are evaluated by a variety of measures. Most commonly, attentional biases are assessed using reaction time tasks, such as the Stroop task or the Visual Probe task [4
]. In the Stroop task, participants are required to name the color of both the neutral and the drug-related word. The differences in the reaction time provide evidence for the presence of attentional biases. Similarly, for the visual probe task, participants are required to respond to a probe that replaces either a neutral or a substance-related image. The presence of attentional bias is demonstrated when participants demonstrate a faster reaction time responding to the probe that replace substance-related images [4
Based on the dual-process model, it has been proposed that the chronic use of substances will increase the automatic processing of substance-related cues [5
]. The dual-process model also proposed that these automatic tendencies tend to be coupled with inhibitions in normal cognitive control processes [5
]. In a narrative review by Field et al. [1
], attentional biases were of importance as they could predict the potential for relapse in individuals. However, the authors did not recommend that attentional bias modification should be included as part of the conventional treatment program, as the evidence about efficacy was mixed [1
]. Instead, Field et al. [1
] highlighted a need for larger clinical trials to be conducted to generate more conclusive evidence. They also recommended that future research should focus on individuals, who are at high risk of relapse. These individuals have higher temptation and motivation to use the drug, with attentional biases possibly being enhanced in this context.
While Field et al. [1
] highlighted that there is mixed evidence for attentional bias, Cox et al. [2
] reviewed several attentional bias programs, including the alcohol attention control training program (ACTP) [4
]. They reported that the attentional bias program is efficacious for re-training attentional bias, reducing craving, and enhancing self-efficacy and perceived self-control in a sample of harmful drinkers. Cox et al. [2
] also reported the efficacy of attentional bias modification for drug-related attentional bias, such as attentional bias to opiate cues, in a sample of drug abusers, who were undergoing methadone maintenance therapy. As described in Cox et al. [2
], attentional re-training typically involves an intervention that helps to retrain bias away from substance-related cues. For example, the visual probe task would involve having probes to replace the neutral rather than the substance-related stimuli [6
]. These prior studies based on evidence arising from individual studies conducted before 2014, have already demonstrated the potential of targeting attentional biases amongst substance use individuals.
3. Existing Evidence for Attentional Bias Modification
To date, attentional bias modification interventions have been evaluated for a variety of addiction disorders, ranging from substance addiction to behavioral addiction. A prior meta-analytical study has synthesized the evidence for cognitive bias modification based on randomized trials published until 2015 [8
]. The review examined 25 randomized controlled trials: 18 involved participants with alcohol use disorder and 7 involved participants with tobacco use disorder. In the review, the visual probe task was used in all twelve studies that specifically targeted attentional biases [8
]. It should be noted that the meta-analysis objective was to review cognitive bias modification; hence, the authors have included other studies that targeted other biases, such as approach biases and interpretative biases [8
]. Nevertheless, the prior review reported that cognitive bias modification was effective in the reduction of cognitive bias (Hedges’ G = 0.60) [8
]. However, there does not appear to be a relationship between the reduction in bias and the consequential reduction in cravings, which are thought to lead to the improvements in addiction outcomes [8
]. Cristea et al. have provided two reasons as to why there was no association between bias reduction and improvements in craving. Firstly, it is possible that bias modification has effectively reduced bias, but this reduction in biases did not translate directly to affecting the objective clinical outcome. Secondly, it could be that more time is needed for the changes in biases to be reflected as changes in symptoms [8
]. Jones et al. [9
] undertook a review of all currently published meta-analyses on cognitive bias and reported that cognitive bias modification programs consistently targeted bias with effect sizes of 0.52–0.81. This review highlighted that the long-term efficacy of cognitive bias modification was only evident in studies with participants that have a substance addiction disorder [9
]. Impulsivity has been proposed to be a mediator of attentional bias, and this has been examined in a prior meta-analytic study by Coskunipar and Cyders [10
]. In the prior meta-analysis, a total of 13 studies that explored the relationship between substance-related attentional bias and impulsivity were analyzed. A significant but small effect size was found between that of impulsivity and attentional bias [10
]. The presence of impulsivity would cause individuals to have heightened attentional biases [10
Apart from the existence of further studies evaluating the effectiveness of bias modification, the advances in experimental psychology has also led to the creation of newer methods for bias assessment. Leeman et al. [4
] highlighted newer approaches in their critical review, such as eye movement tracking. This has been successfully utilized in other studies for the assessment of biases [11
]. Apart from eye movement tracking, electrophysiological measures have been used in the assessment and the characterization of the changes following attentional bias modification. In their recent study, Zhao et al. [3
] collated electrophysiological data from individuals abstaining from taking opiates, who were administered a dot–probe task. Their results demonstrated that abstaining individuals still had biases towards substance-related cues, with electrophysiological data suggesting that there was an overall shorter P1 latency, larger N1, N2, and P2 amplitudes, and a shorter latency and amplitude for P3 [3
]. The data from these electrophysiological measures demonstrate the increased involvement in certain brain regions, such as the dorsal posterior cingulate cortex, superior parietal lobule, and inferior frontal gyrus [3
]. In their study using electrophysiological measures, Pravaz et al. [13
] also demonstrate that there were changes in the late positive potential as attentional bias was modified. Recent fMRI studies have also demonstrated that attentional bias is associated with activation in the following regions of the anterior cingulate cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, insula, nucleus accumbens, and amygdala [14
In summary, the current evidence highlights that attentional biases are present in substance addictions. These attentional biases are amenable to modification using conventional interventions for attentional bias modification. While attentional biases were reduced following bias modification, the reduction in attention bias was not associated with improvement in other symptoms, such as cravings. The advances in the methods of assessing attentional biases and analyzing the involvement of neural circuitry have several implications for further research.
4. Pharmacological Drugs on Attentional Bias
Dopaminergic neurotransmission has also been responsible for unconscious attentional processes. In their systematic review, Luijten et al. [17
] synthesized the evidence-related pharmacological intervention for attentional bias in substance use disorders, which includes stimulant, opioid, and cocaine-dependent individuals. The evidence showed that medications that modulate dopamine do affect the strength of attentional biases [17
]. In the studies included in this systematic review, the pharmacological agents used were amisulpride (D2/D3 receptor antagonist), pramipexole dihydrochloride (D2/D3 receptor agonist), haloperidol (D2/D3 receptor antagonist), methylphenidate (dopamine reuptake inhibitor), D-cycloserine (partial glycine-site NMDA agonist), and acute tyrosine or phenylamine depletion. The measurements of attentional biases were conducted using conventional paradigms, such as the dot–probe task or the Stroop task. There was a reduction in attentional biases after the acute administration of these pharmacological agents [18
]. However, these findings are confined to acute effects following a single dose of a particular medication. There were no longer-term studies conducted to demonstrate that attentional bias would diminish following longer-term administration of dopamine modulating agents [17
While the dopaminergic neurotransmission potentially could account for these unconscious attentional processes, other neurotransmitter systems have been implicated, such as the noradrenaline system and the glutaminergic neurotransmission system. Atomoxetine [19
], a pharmacological agent modulating noradrenaline reuptake, has been shown to be efficacious in reducing attentional biases to cocaine-related cues. It is postulated that the administration of atomoxetine increases noradrenaline levels, particularly in the prefrontal cortex. The increase in the noradrenaline levels is associated with increased conscious inhibitory control. Despite the promising findings, it should be noted that the study evaluated only the acute effects of a single dose of atomoxetine.
Liu et al. [20
] evaluated the effect of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor of escitalopram on attentional bias in a sample of cocaine-dependent individuals. The study by Liu et al. was based on the evidence generated from a preclinical study, which suggests that agonists of the 5-HT2C receptor could affect attentional biases [18
]. The dosage of escitalopram administered was in the range of 10–20 mg and subjects were followed up for a total of 28 days [20
]. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor has been shown to be effective in reducing attentional biases only in the acute phase, which was determined by the reduction in attentional bias from baseline that occurred five hours following the administration [20
]. The continued administration of escitalopram did not produce any significant changes in attentional biases from baseline when Stroop testing was re-administered subsequently. To our knowledge, Liu et al. [20
] is the only study to date that has administrated a course of the pharmacological agent over an appropriate follow-up period. The acute effects of escitalopram on attentional biases might be due to the increased activation of the 5-HT2C receptors, while the lack of a reduction in attentional biases following chronic administration might be accounted for by adaptive changes in post-synaptic receptors [20
]. Liu et al. [20
] also pointed out that the chronic administration of escitalopram might have resulted in desensitization of the 5-HT1A auto receptors; hence, the prolonged administration of escitalopram did not result in further increases of serotonin levels.
The findings from these studies demonstrate that pharmacological agents are helpful in the modulation of attentional biases when these medications are given acutely. No studies have determined whether there will be further reduction in attentional biases if dopaminergic or other medications are administered for a longer duration. The evidence arising from Liu et al. demonstrates that the chronic administration of serotonergic medications does not alter attentional biases. There are clinical and research implications arising from these results, which will be discussed subsequently. The findings from the current studies also highlight that researchers seeking to evaluate attentional bias and the effectiveness of bias modifications need to consider the pharmacological agents that the sample individuals are already on, as it might confound the results of the psychological intervention.
5. E-Health & M-Health Based Attentional Bias Modification Interventions
The introduction of digital technologies into healthcare has revolutionized various healthcare practices. E-health refers to the use of Internet-based technologies, telephone, and text-based messaging to support health interventions [21
]. M-health refers to how smartphone and their accompanying applications are used as health care interventions [21
]. Such technologies are being used in medical and surgical disciplines. In the latter setting, these technologies have changed the delivery of interventions for attentional bias modification [22
]. Conventionally, attentional bias modification interventions, which involves training individuals to gain control over their automatic responses, were delivered in a controlled environment, such as a laboratory. Nowadays, interventions can be delivered remotely. In their study, Wiers et al. [22
] evaluated an automated cognitive bias modification program for problem drinkers that was delivered using the Internet. In this study, the approach and avoidance biases were targeted as part of their online cognitive bias intervention. Approach and avoidance biases are similar to that of attentional bias as they are all unconscious processes and tend to cause individuals to experience a lapse or relapse [22
]. Wiers et al. observed a reduction in drinking across all the groups, including the group that has received only control training [16
]. Despite the findings of the study, Wiers et al. showed the potential of delivering attentional bias modification programs using the Internet [22
]. However, one of the main limitations of such a mechanism of delivery would be that of attrition [22
]. In the study conducted by Wiers et al., it should be noted that half of the recruited participants were not commenced on the intervention and another half of the sample dropped out during the intervention [22
Web-based attentional bias modification programs have also been evaluated in adolescents with anxiety and depression, with demonstrable efficacy of the web-based program in reducing both anxiety and depressive symptoms [23
]. The study also reported high attrition rates from their web-based interventions [23
]. To tackle attrition, other researchers have introduced gamification elements into existing conventional attention bias modification tasks. In their recent study, Boendermaker et al. [24
] described how they introduced serious game elements into a conventional visual probe modification task for individuals with alcohol use disorder. In their design, they modified the conventional visual probe task to resemble that of a slot machine game, including in-game credits and rewards [24
]. Despite the introduction of gamification elements, it did not affect attrition and did not increase the motivation in participants to complete the tasks, as participants in all training conditions felt that the tasks became boring over time. In a prior study by Boendermaker et al. [25
], gamified version of cognitive retraining was compared to that of placebo and regular training in a sample of participants with alcohol use problems. The authors reported that despite there being no changes in bias or drinking behavior, the addition of gaming elements did help to increase the motivation to train.
Other studies have also described how smartphone devices have been utilized in the delivery of attentional bias modification intervention [26
]. In the study by Clarke et al., a smartphone device was used to deliver attention bias modification for individuals suffering from insomnia. They reported that bias modification was helpful in reducing the arousal symptoms and improving the overall sleep quality [26
]. Yang et al. [27
] reported the feasibility of delivering cognitive bias modification for individuals with social anxiety disorder using smartphone device. Hence, it is clear from the existing literature that technological advances are increasingly incorporated in interventions for attentional bias modification, although there needs to be further work to determine the efficacy of these interventions. The fact that gamification could help to increase motivation for training in some attention bias interventions does imply that this remains an area for further research.
6. Clinical and Research Implications
There are clinical and research implications that arise from recent advances in attentional bias modification. The findings from the meta-analysis demonstrate that attentional biases could be subjected to modification. Targeting attentional biases is pertinent as according to the dual-process theoretical model, the repeated usage of an addictive substance would increase the automatic processing of substance-related cues, including attentional biases and automatic approach tendencies for substance-related cues [1
]. Furthermore, these automatic processes are thought to suppress the normal cognitive control processes [1
]. Targeting attentional biases help to address one of the key factors that could result in individuals having a lapse or relapse. Furthermore, these biases are not typically targeted in conventional psychological therapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy. Based on the review by Cristea et al., it appears that attentional bias modification has been well-studied for alcohol and tobacco use disorders. Even though this review searched for trials involving other substance use disorders, such as cannabis, opiate, and amphetamine, it appears that no randomized trials were found for their synthesis. Hence, this warrants further review to synthesize the evidence for attentional bias and evaluate the effectiveness of attention bias modification for other substance disorders.
In our literature review, we have not managed to identify studies involving bias modification in individuals with dual diagnoses. However, in the clinical context, it is common for individuals to present with comorbidities or with dual diagnoses. To date, researchers have largely focused on samples with an isolated diagnosis or disorder. It is important for there to be further research evaluating the efficacy of attentional bias modification for individuals with dual diagnoses and comorbidities.
The advances in assessment of attentional biases also imply that researchers are no longer confined to a single measure, which was previously reaction time, in the determination of attentional biases. More recently, electrophysiological measures have been used to demonstrate the presence of attentional biases. Thus, it is pertinent for researchers who are planning further studies in this area to consider both an indirect and direct measure, which can potentially improve the accuracy of detection of attentional biases. Direct measures, such as electrophysiological measures, are ideal for demonstrating the neural circuits that are affected and potentially altered using bias modification. Direct measures could also inform clinicians of real-time changes in neural circuitry or changes in brain activation following each administration of bias modification. It would be crucial for future research to examine how technology-aided delivery of an attention bias modification task could be coupled with another direct objective measure, such as electrophysiological measurements.
Furthermore, given how repetitive the task might be, it will be wise to consider pairing attentional bias modification intervention with motivational interventions [28
]. In the protocol by Boffo et al., the authors have suggested the inclusion of motivational interviewing, as it is believed that motivational interviewing could help to support the individual in making changes to his/her behavior [28
]. In addition, there appear to be mixed findings arising from pioneering work involving gamification for attention bias intervention. To some extent, this might imply that there remains a need for some elements of face-to-face contact, but it also implies that there needs to be further research to select the most appropriate gamification strategy for attention bias interventions.
More research is needed to evaluate web-based interventions to establish their efficacy. There are advantages to web-based interventions, as individuals would not need to be confined to a particular environment to receive the interventions for attentional bias modification. Moreover, the advances in technology might also allow for users to partake in these interventions immediately when they are at risk of relapse.
The findings from the pharmacological trials to date show that pharmacological agents are only efficacious in the acute reduction of attentional biases. While a diverse range of pharmacological agents has been evaluated, there remains a need for further studies evaluating the longer-term efficacy of pharmacological agents that modulate dopaminergic and other neurotransmitters. Current findings are important clinically as if these agents are useful in the chronic reduction of attentional biases, they could be considered for usage to prevent lapse and relapse in individuals. However, the usage of these pharmacological agents needs to be carefully considered due to their high propensity for inducing side effects. This includes extra-pyramidal side effects, amotivation, and apathy for medications, such as haloperidol. To minimize these side effects, it would be ideal if there were similarly efficacious psychological interventions for attention bias modification for which participants could be recruited. Researchers do need to take into careful consideration the pharmacological agents that individuals are on when they are evaluating attentional bias interventions, as some of these medications are potential confounders.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) campaign is setting itself up for future trouble.
On Tuesday, CNN reported the senator’s 2020 presidential campaign would be hiring Claire Sandberg as “director of organizing — a senior leadership position traditionally associated with a job title like national field director.” Sandberg had previously worked on Sanders’ 2016 campaign but had a falling out with “Bernieworld” after she and others resigned from Our Revolution, the organization formed to further the Vermont senator’s worldview after he lost the 2016 primary to Hillary Clinton.
That’s not the issue Sandberg brings to Sanders’ campaign. As The Washington Free Beacon reported shortly after the announcement, Sandberg has repeatedly defended Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has made headlines since coming into congress by spouting anti-Semitic tropes. Last month, Sandberg said Omar was “unfairly vilified” after the congresswoman claimed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was buying influence with American politicians, saying “It’s all about the Benjamins baby.”
“If we think @IlhanMN was unfairly vilified for correctly pointing out the role of money in shaping US policy on Israel, then we should support her not just w/ tweets but also w/ money. I just set up a recurring monthly contribution and I hope you will too,” Sandberg tweeted in defense of Omar.
Sandberg, the Free Beacon also noted, is friends with Linda Sarsour, who has also defended Omar’s anti-Semitism and continues to pal around with Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan, a notorious anti-Semite.
That, apparently, isn’t an issue for Sanders, who has also defended Omar. Sanders called Omar after her AIPAC remarks to offer support for the embattled congresswoman.
Sandberg made her piece with Sanders’ organization, Our Revolution, after saying the man who would lead the organization would waste money on “TV instead of investing it in building a genuine movement.”
Four years later, she has made peace with that man, Jeff Weaver.
“It’s no secret that I had my disagreements with Jeff in the past, but a little less than four years later, I look back on the first campaign and I can think of many more things that he did right then that he did wrong,” Sandberg told CNN. “I think it says a lot about who he is and his commitment to Bernie and to our movement that he was willing to accept my apology and ask me to return despite the history there.”
While Sandberg will be working on Sanders’ presidential campaign, he also has a senate staffer who has defended Omar and repeated her anti-Semitic trope about “dual allegiance” to Israel. Last week, Sanders’ national deputy press secretary, Belen Sisa, had to delete a Facebook post and put out an apology for her actions. Sisa had responded to a Jewish person’s Facebook post detailing the history of the “dual allegiance” slur by asking “This is a serious question: do you not think that the American government and American Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel?” She added that she was “asking not to rule out the history of this issue, but in the context in which this was said by Ilhan.”
Sisa later deleted her post and provided an apology to Politico:
In a conversation on Facebook, I used some language that I see now was insensitive. Issues of allegiance and loyalty to one’s country come with painful history. At a time when so many communities in our country feel under attack by the president and his allies, I absolutely recognize that we need to address these issues with greater care and sensitivity to their historical resonance, and I’m committed to doing that in the future.
Sisa is also an illegal alien brought to the U.S. by her parents at the age of six and protected by President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, according to the Washington Examiner.

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Tuesday, 10.08.2021 and Wednesday, 11.08.2021
On Tuesday, we arrived in Abbekås. This is Sweden, but we had been here already, so no sensation. We followed Dierk’s hint and we set the spinnaker boom for genua properly. The rolling of the boat was not so disturbing after this.
On Wednesday afternoon we arrived in Simrishamn. This is the first spot in Sweden where we haven’t yet been and which brings us closer to our target. It was a very pleasant sailing on the reach. Now we spend the afternoon sight-seeing the nice town.

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By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON.
The temporary use of the Kaduna International Airport for Abuja bound passengers while the Abuja International Airport is undergoing major repairs has been described as a clueless decision from leaders who lack foresight.
Senator Grace Bent expressed this when she traveled via the airport enroute Abuja on Tuesday.
According to her, a lot more needs to be done to ensure a hitch-free arrangement for Abuja bound air travelers.
“So much needs to be done. I am not impressed with security arrangement. There is need for active security arrangement but there isn’t . There is a five kilometre distance between security forces and anything can happen within that gap,” she said.
She cited an example of a robbery incident recorded on Jere-Bwari axis of the Kaduna-Abuja Highway a couple of days ago, describing it as a bad one.
“The arrangement is not convenient at all. It’s unfortunate when leaders do not have foresight, when they have misplaced priority. The society of engineers came to the Senate and did a presentation that they could still repair without closing the airport,” she stated.
Senator Bent stressed that Abuja being the capital city of Nigeria, deserved at least two runways at its airport.
She said that it was unfortunate that in the past when a contract was awarded for the construction of another runway at the airport, the cost was over inflated, which stalled its execution.

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At 11 o'clock this morning an alarm of fire was sounded by one of the yard engines and in a few momenbts it became generally known that the South Shore round house in the Third Ward was on fire.

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You’re not going believe this one. Let’s take it one step at a time, but, it’s a good story, so make sure you read it to the end, especially if you want to know a little bit more about me (spoiler!)
It all started in California…
Let’s start from the beginning. Kathy knew of me because we moved in the same circles. Parties, luxury shops, fashion shows… you get the idea. At one of these shows, (where my work was shown alongside Ferragamo and Carolina Herrera, NBD) Kathy saw my work and decided then and there to call me for a very special dress.
Flowers: the key to my heart
We met in a beautiful square in California where she welcomed me with a gardenia, freshly picked from her garden. How could I not love her immediately? Fresh flowers always win a place in my heart (and can inspire the rare selfie as seen below) but, I digress…
The wrong dress, but the right man
Kathy had already been married for nearly 20 years, and when we met, she described her wedding, held at Stanford University, to a man she loved very much and in a dress that she
loathed wasn’t enthusiastic about. She had been pressured to wear what someone else thought was right for her.
20 years and two children later, she decided to surprise her husband with a renewal of vows in captivating Verona, Italy. At that time, I had never been to Verona, and the idea obviously inspired me. Affirming one’s love and commitment in a distant city, famous for a universally known love story… ah well it was too much.
A very special “Thank you”
This vow renewal was her way of thanking her husband, and letting him know how much he meant to her. It was also her chance; her opportunity to finally have the “wedding dress” that she had always dreamed of wearing.
About the dress
How she envisioned it
She described it to me in detail. She wanted it to be a tea length, with a fitted bodice, sweetheart neckline and an explosion of a tulle skirt. She described a painfully sweet dress, and I could understand how it would be exactly what a young woman in her early twenties might want. But she wasn’t that young woman anymore, was she? She was much more fierce, accomplished and, frankly, more sensual than that.
How I envisioned it
We met again over coffee to review a selection of hand-drawn sketches, all made with her in mind. I wanted to give her exactly what she wanted, but I also wanted to give her what she didn’t know she needed, a little sizzle. Using luxurious layers of silk organza and beaded Alençon lace, we found the perfect balance.
Why it was right for her
The texture of the lace complimented her skin, allowing her to shine, and added depth and sophistication to an otherwise youthful look. It was a great start, but I also had a secret weapon. Hiding a second curved-hugging silhouette under the airy outer layer showed off her incredible curves and made her look and feel as sensual as she really is.
It would have been easy to give her exactly what she asked for, but, here was a woman who had traveled the world, raised children and is still full of passion for her husband – enough so to plan the surprise of a lifetime – And she wasn’t fit for a dress that didn’t respect her power.
We captured everything she originally wanted for her dress, but, like art imitates life, we contrasted vulnerable and ethereal beauty with the curves and power of a woman in full bloom.
Where it gets interesting…
Kathy was so excited, and so very happy with her dress. She gushed to me secretly on her plans. The city, the logistics, the photographer…
She had searched far and wide for the best of the best… Kathy is a woman of very selective taste. It’s a point of pride, in fact. I learned later that the first words she said to the photographer were something like “Hello, make sure you get lots of photos of this dress because it’s by Angelina Haole.”
Well, dear reader, as much as it may have been a compliment, the photographer had no idea who I was and I nor did I know who he was, but time would change things, as you may have already guessed.
When the photos arrived I was categorically blown away. I wanted every single one. I knew immediately that they were the most elegant and tasteful wedding photos I had ever seen.
Not long after, those same photos were published in a magazine, where the names Angelina Haole and Francesco Bognin were seen side by side for the first time. Of course, even then, I have to admit that I didn’t give his name a second look… after all, there were these stunning photos to look at instead.
Happily ever after
Fate would not be cheated and roughly two years later, Kathy came to my studio with a very tall, very handsome and very foreign guest from Italy. A guest who, less than five months later, would become my husband and the man who would eventually inspire me to move to the same magical city where this all began, fair, fair Verona.
It’s safe to say that this dress will always have my heart.

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A political analyst and former Texas Republican leader says his home state will not tolerate U.N. observers monitoring its election process.
Recently The Daily Caller reported that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott officially put Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on notice: United Nations-affiliated election monitors are not above Texas law.
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New 29-story residential tower coming to San Antonio's Hemisfair Park
Hemisfair Park is growing, growing, growing. Hot on the heels of a recent hotel announcement, slated for 2025, and under the same $340 million redevelopment plan approved earlier this year, the City of San Antonio Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) released sneak peeks of a 29-story residential tower and three-story retail building coming soon to the area.
Proposed by Post Lake Capital Partners in a public/private partnership (P3s) with the Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation (HPARC), the new tower will land on Market Street, situated on roughly 2.14 acres and steps from downtown San Antonio attractions. Post Lake Capital Partners will develop the property in conjunction with FitzGerald Associates Architects.
“Residential development in the Hemisfair District is key as we prepare for San Antonio’s population growth,” said Andres Andujar, Hemisfair CEO, in a release. “We are replacing the density of the population that lived in the District before HemisFair ’68 to bring back the neighborhood and the vitality that comes from people living next to open spaces. Neighbors use the park daily and bring a sense of security to the area.”
With sweeping views of the San Antonio skyline, the 29-story residential tower will feature a mix of studio, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom apartments, as well as an amenities deck and parking for residents and the public. The second building will become one of the largest retail concentrations in downtown San Antonio, connecting Civic Park to the River Walk and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
“We need to increase residential density in our downtown and we need boots on the ground to improve and create that neighborhood that we want,” Lori Houston, assistant manager of the City of San Antonio said in the release. “The great thing about Hemisfair is that we had time and patience, and we’ve been planning and executing for a decade.”
Construction of the mixed-use property is expected to begin in early 2023, with a goal to open the ground-floor retail spaces of each property in time for the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four.
Revitalization of the area started in 2015 with the Yanaguana Garden, which has since welcomed over 3.7 million visitors, the majority of whom are San Antonio locals. Civic Park is currently under construction, slated to open in early 2023 as part of the next revitalization phase to make the area an urban destination for locals and visitors alike.
“We are grateful to the City of San Antonio and our private partners for joining in the vision to create one of the ‘World’s Great Public Places,’” said Andres Andujar, Hemisfair CEO, in the release.


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Aqua Marina Carbon Pro paddle 2019
This Aqua Marina Carbon Pro 2019 paddle is a high performance paddle. It consists entirely of carbon, which means it is incredibly light and remains extremely stiff. This ultimate racing paddle consists of 3 parts and is adjustable in height from 180 - 212 cm by sliding.
The shaft has a diameter of 29 mm and is made of 1.4 mm thick carbon. The blade is 54 by 21.4 cm and is also completely made of carbon. The paddle consists of 3 parts that you can slide to determine the length.
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|Length separate parts (cm)||shaft: 90,5cm handle: 67,5cm blade: 88cm|
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Ellis Island in New York City's harbor draws some three million tourists per year, but until now, none of them have been allowed to visit the island's south side. For 60 years, a 29-building complex there, which includes a hospital where many immigrants were detained, have slowly fallen into disrepair. Now, for the first time, tours of some of those abandoned buildings are being offered to the public.
Tickets for the 10-person hardhat tours are selling out fast. Almost all of 2014 is already fully booked, though plenty of spots are open for the spring. As The New York Times reports, the tours are part of a collaboration with the French artist JR, who evokes the lives of the people who visited the island a century ago through an installation of eerie photographs overlaid on windows and walls in the abandoned buildings. The Times elaborates on the history of the buildings, and what visitors can expect to see:
The hospital treated measles and scarlet fever, along with rarer diseases, and even employed female doctors in the early 1900s. About 1.2 million people — around 10 percent of Ellis Island arrivals — passed through its doors. Some 350 babies were born there, and 3,500 people died, before the immigrant hospital was gradually shuttered by the 1930s.
The space was later used by the Coast Guard and as a military detention center, but in 1954, the 29 hospital buildings were abandoned as they stood — with furniture, medical equipment and other artifacts intact. Today, some rooms look like beautiful industrial-age ruins, littered with leaves and shattered glass, and others somehow remain pristine, with even decades-old light bulbs still hanging.
New York seems to have caught on to the great potential for turning forgotten corners of the city into destinations, the Times points out. Past projects included Governor's Island and the High Line. Now, there's talk underway to convert North Brother Island—an off-limits, 20-acre spot of land in the East River, where Typhoid Mary lived out her final years—into a park, too.


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I was pretty much sold on it already when I realised it was a thing, because who wouldn’t want to control their own kingdom? And no, games like Civilization or Crusader Kings never provided what I wanted, before you start in the comments. Can you decorate your throne room? Can you give your leader green hair? Exactly.
The Sims Medieval was one of the only versions of The Sims I could really get my history and castle-loving dad to look at. It probably also had something to do with the Turk endorsement, as we were massive fans of Scrubs (seasons one to seven, of course). But for me, The Sims fan, the Sims Medieval gave the series a whole new lease of life. Sure there were instalments like Castaway Stories and Pet Stories around the time of The Sims 2, but a Sims game where you can become any kind of leader you want was just fantastic. And still is, really.
It’s true when they say The Sims 4 feels a bit empty compared to previous entries, and it by no means seems to want to take as many risks like a medieval ruler version of itself. But The Sims Medieval had enough in it to encourage players who prefer RPGs to dip their toe in. Although I still feel like a lot of people would’ve been put off because, y'know, it’s The Sims. But honestly, give it a go! You might be surprised.
You can pick from different types of era-appropriate Sim to control, from Monarchs, Wizards, Spies, to Priests, Merchants, and Bards. There are only two needs in this (energy and hunger), only three traits (two good ones, and one “fatal flaw”), and Sims didn’t age and die. Two sims can produce an heir, but that child will only age up if their parents die.
It's a great way for people to sink their teeth into games with an RPG element, or a focus on building and people management, but still with the up close simulation elements that makes The Sims great. It was a lot of fun building my world and navigating life through a place where Sims were kind of what I knew, but also completely different. Massive shout out to Turk for encouraging me to pick this game up.

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HMMR Media was officially founded in 2013, but its roots trace back to the personal blog I started in 2007. During the past decade we’ve grown from one contributor (me) to 27 authors. We’ve posted thousands of articles, podcasts, and videos. And we’ve learned a lot about training throughout the whole process. Below are some highlights from the past decade on HMMR Media.
Top videos and articles
Two things jump out to me when looking at the most popular content from the last decade. First, 80% of the articles were from the second half of the decade, which is a sign of both the diversity of opinions we’ve recruited and the growth of the site. Second, most of the articles were written by my, but nearly every one reflects one a key lesson learned over years from some of my mentors and the credit goes to them first: Bondarchuk, Gambetta, Bosch, and more. You can also see those influences in our most popular videos.
- Lesson 7: Robust running (with John Pryor)
- Lesson 1: The Basics of Bondarchuk
- Lesson 15: Hip lock (with Frans Bosch)
- GAINtalk 6: Proprioceptive plyometrics (with Vern Gambetta)
- Lesson 13: Leg circuits
- The Gambetta leg circuit
- Simplifying Bondarchuk
- 4 things I learned from Frans Bosch
- Sprinting: the ultimate strength training exercise
- Bosch made simple
- Thoughts on training agility for soccer
- What exercise classification can and can’t do for your training
- An introduction to using games in training
- Talking tactical periodization with Dean Benton
- Preparing athletes for impact
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We’ve produced nearly 400 podcast episodes at HMMR Media. Below are the top five most downloaded episodes of both the GAINcast and HMMR Podcast. One theme you see is that speed is king: 70% of the top episodes focus on training speed.
- GAINcast 104: Polarized training (with Stephen Seiler)
- GAINcast 89: How Speed Happens (with Peter Weyand)
- GAINcast 61: The Future of Periodization (with John Kiely)
- GAINcast 165: Minimalist training (with Tony Holler)
- GAINcast 135 and GAINcast 136: The anatomy of agility (with Frans Bosch and John Pryor)
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Our first in depth look at the training methods of Anatoliy Bondarhcuk.
Jean-Pierre Egger created a legend with Werner Günthör. We published the first ever English interview with him about the training behind Günthör and Valerie Adams. A look behind this three-part interview also included a compilation of additional resources on the work of coach Egger.
Busting the myth of the Litvinov workout and showing why we need to take a more critical look at the programs we find online.
Breaking down what types of bodies succeed the most in throwing, and what might cause greater variation in the women’s throwing events.
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Leading rugby coach John Pryor looks at the training the led to the most historic upset in the history of the World Cup. This interview was the beginning of a great relationship between HMMR Media with Pryor.
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Thousands of celebrities and influencers clad in carefully-selected outfits gather under the hot desert sun for the largest music festival of the year –– Coachella. For two weekends, attendees post on social media, live in the Southern California desert and attend concert after concert.
But during that time, they generate over 1612 tons of waste, only 20% of which is recycled, and produce noise pollution reaching over 110 decibels.
“Something that I think about is the waste we generate when we do things like this for our entertainment value,” said upper school chemistry teacher Andrew Irvine, who attended similar events in his childhood. “People get focused on whatever they’re doing in their music and they don’t really think twice about any sort of sustainability.
With over 750,000 people attending the 6-day event this year, much of the waste still stems from plastic water bottle usage since attendees remain in the desert for the duration of the event. In Dogan Gursoy’s book “Festival and Event Tourism Impacts,” he explains how 70% to 80% of waste isn’t recycled since dumping it into landfills is much cheaper for event organizers.
“From what I can see, there’s a lot of plastic waste, especially because people are dehydrated and Coachella is in the desert,” Research Club Vice President Alex Lan (11) said. “There’s a huge need to hydrate a mass population of people without the built-in infrastructure to do so. And that’s why there’s a lot of waste that happens every day with food, drinks.”
Additionally, the event produces noise at a high volume, 110 decibels, the volume of a car horn. The nose causes disruptions for animals in the area, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discourages listening to volumes over 85 decibels. Additionally, predators experience up to a 70% reduction in the area in which they can locate their prey.
The one-time use outfits many attendees wear to Coachella also contribute to the waste produced by the event. Green Team member Summer Adler (9) mentions how outfits at Coachella compare to dressing up for Harker spirit events and how students could practice more sustainability.
“For Homecoming, there’s dress-up for class spirit,” Summer said. “Most people buy something for the event and then keep it in a box all year to use again, so I think just consider that. And when you’re a senior, you could give your stuff to the next class.”
Although Coachella has taken steps in the past to minimize their impact, such as eliminating the usage of plastic straws, other concerts have demonstrated better ways to stay sustainable. Recently, rock band Coldplay implemented kinetic dance floors and energy-storing bikes to produce energy for their latest world tour. The announcement came with their promise to cut emissions by 50%. There are also organizations that specifically focus on making music events more sustainable such as Reverb, which helps artists like Billie Eilish and Lorde promote sustainability.
“[The sad thing is,] at concerts, people aren’t like thinking ‘Oh, let me not use waste,’” Irvine said. “They’re very focused on getting to the right spot and being with their friends, and you usually see a lot of trash all over the place –– it’s very hedonistic.”
Although music festivals such as Coachella are mass-generators of waste due to the plastic waste and single-use outfits, Irvine hopes that as the information on the impact of climate change spreads, both attendees and Coachella organizers will step up to make change.


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Gwendolen Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although she was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother Augustus John and her lover Auguste Rodin, her reputation has grown steadily since her death.
Gwen John was born in Haverfordwest, Wales, the second of four children of Edwin William John and his wife Augusta (née Smith). Gwen's elder brother was Thornton John; her younger siblings were Augustus and Winifred. Edwin John was a solicitor whose dour temperament cast a chill over his family, and Augusta was often absent from the children owing to ill health, leaving her two sisters—stern Salvationists—to take her place in the household. Augusta was an amateur watercolourist, and both parents encouraged the children's interest in literature and art. Her mother died when Gwen was eight years of age. Regarding her mother's death and the loss of her influence, her brother, Augustus, later wrote: "My mother would no doubt have been helpful, but she died when I was a small child, after, I fear, a very tearful existence."
Following their mother's premature death in 1884, the family moved to Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where the early education of Gwen and her sister Winifred was provided by governesses. The siblings often went to the coast of Tenby to sketch. John said that she would make "rapid drawings of beached gulls, shells and fish on stray pieces of paper, or sometimes in the frontispiece of the book she was reading." Although she painted and drew from an early age, Gwen John's earliest surviving work dates from her nineteenth year.
From 1895 to 1898, she studied at the Slade School of Art, where the program was modeled after the French atelier method (various levels of student working under a master artist). It was the only art school in the United Kingdom that allowed female students, although there was generally no mixing of men and women on the grounds, in classes, or in corridors. Like her younger brother, Augustus, who had begun his studies there in 1894, she studied figure drawing under Henry Tonks. During this period, she and Augustus shared living quarters, and further reduced their expenses by subsisting on a diet of nuts and fruit. She developed a close relationship with the woman who would become her brother's wife, Ida Nettleship. At this time, she also had a relationship with another of her brother's friends, Arthur Ambrose McEvoy, which turned out to be an unhappy one. Good friends also included Ursula Tyrwhitt and Gwen Salmond. John won the Melvill Nettleship Prize for Figure Composition in her final year at Slade.
Slade students were encouraged to copy the works of old masters in London museums. John's early paintings such as Portrait of Mrs. Atkinson, Young Woman with a Violin, and Interior with Figures are intimist works painted in a traditional style characterised by subdued colour and transparent glazes.
Even as a student, Augustus's brilliant draughtsmanship and personal glamour made him a celebrity, and stood in contrast to Gwen's quieter gifts and reticent demeanour. Augustus greatly admired his sister's work but believed she neglected her health, and urged her to take a "more athletic attitude to life". She refused his advice, and demonstrated throughout her life a marked disregard for her physical well-being.
In 1898 she made her first visit to Paris with two friends from the Slade, and while there she studied under James McNeill Whistler at his school, Académie Carmen. She returned to London in 1899, and exhibited her work for the first time in 1900, at the New English Art Club (NEAC). With Arthur Ambrose McEvoy becoming engaged to Mary Mary Edwards at the end of 1900 "an awkward period ensued with Gwen living at the McEvoy family home in Bayswater", where "she had continued living", "while Ambrose and Mary moved down to Shrivenham in Oxfordshire" c. 1903
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In late 1903, she travelled to France with her friend Dorelia McNeill (who would later become Augustus John's second wife and whose daughter, Vivien John would also become an artist). Upon landing in Bordeaux, they set off on a walking tour with their art equipment in hand, intending to reach Rome. Sleeping in fields and living on money earned along the way by selling portrait sketches, they made it as far as Toulouse. In 1904 the two went to Paris, where John found work as an artist's model, mostly for women artists. In that same year, she began modelling for the sculptor Auguste Rodin, and became his lover after being introduced by Hilda Flodin. Her devotion to 35-years older Rodin, who was the most famous artist of his time, continued unabated for the next ten years, as documented in her thousands of fervent letters to him. John was given to fierce attachments to both men and women that were sometimes disturbing to them, and Rodin, despite his genuine feeling for her, eventually resorted to the use of concièrges and secretaries to keep her at a distance.
During her years in Paris she met many of the leading artistic personalities of her time, including Matisse, Picasso, Brâncuși, and Rainer Maria Rilke, but the new developments in the art of her time had little effect on her, and she worked in solitude. In 1910 she found living quarters in Meudon, a suburb of Paris where she would remain for the rest of her life. As her affair with Rodin drew to a close, John sought comfort in Catholicism, and around 1913 she was received into the Church. Her notebooks of the period include meditations and prayers; she wrote of her desire to be "God's little artist" and to "become a saint." In an often-quoted letter of ca. 1912, she wrote: "As to whether I have anything worth expressing that is apart from the question. I may never have anything to express, except this desire for a more interior life".
She stopped exhibiting at the NEAC in 1911, but gained an important patron in John Quinn, an American art collector who, from 1910 until his death in 1924, purchased the majority of the works that Gwen John sold. Quinn's support freed John from having to work as a model, and enabled her to devote herself to her work. Although she participated in exhibitions fairly regularly, her perfectionism produced in her a marked ambivalence toward exhibiting. She wrote in 1911: "I paint a good deal, but I don't often get a picture done—that requires, for me, a very long time of a quiet mind, and never to think of exhibitions." In 1913, one of her paintings was included in the seminal Armory Show in New York, which Quinn assisted in organising.
About 1913, as an obligation to the Dominican Sisters of Charity at Meudon, she began a series of painted portraits of Mère Marie Poussepin (1653–1744), the founder of their order. These paintings, based on a prayer card, established a format—the female figure in three-quarter length seated pose—which became characteristic of her mature style. She painted numerous variants on such subjects as Young Woman in a Spotted Blue Dress, Girl Holding a Cat, and The Convalescent. The identities of most of her models are unknown.
In Meudon she lived in solitude, except for her cats. In an undated letter she wrote, "I should like to go and live somewhere where I met nobody I know till I am so strong that people and things could not effect me beyond reason." She wished also to avoid family ties ("I think the family has had its day. We don't go to Heaven in families now but one by one") and her decision to live in France after 1903 may have been the result of her desire to escape the overpowering personality of her famous brother, although, according to art historian David Fraser Jenkins, "there were few occasions when she did anything against her will, and she was the more ruthless and dominating of the two."
John exhibited in Paris for the first time in 1919 at the Salon d'Automne, and exhibited regularly until the mid-1920s, after which time she became increasingly reclusive and painted less. She had only one solo exhibition in her lifetime, at the New Chenil Galleries in London in 1926. In that same year she purchased a bungalow in Meudon. In December 1926, distraught after the death of her old friend Rilke, she met and sought religious guidance from her neighbor, the neo-Thomist philosopher Jacques Maritain. She also met Maritain's sister-in-law, Véra Oumançoff, with whom she formed her last romantic relationship, which lasted until 1930.
John's last dated work is a drawing of 20 March 1933, and no evidence suggests that she drew or painted during the remainder of her life. On 10 September 1939, she wrote her will and then travelled to Dieppe, where she collapsed and was hospitalized. She died there on 18 September 1939 and was buried in Janval Cemetery. According to Paul Johnson in Art: A New History, "she appears to have starved to death'".
In 1916, John wrote in a letter: "I think a picture ought to be done in 1 sitting or at most 2. For that one must paint a lot of canvases probably and waste them." Her surviving oeuvre is comparatively small, comprising 158 known oil paintings which rarely exceed 24 inches in height or width. The majority are portraits, but she also painted still lifes, interiors and a few landscapes. She wrote, "...a cat or a man, its the same thing ... its an affair of volumes ... the object is of no importance." Although she lived in France from the age of 28 until she died, her work always displayed a British sensibility.
Her early paintings, such as the Portrait of the Artist's Sister Winifred (ca. 1897–98) and Dorelia in a Black Dress (1903–04), are painted using thin glazes in the traditional manner of the old masters. Beginning with her series of paintings of Mère Poussepin (ca. 1913), her style is characterised by thicker paint applied in small, mosaic-like touches. It became her habit to paint the same subject repeatedly. Her portraits are usually of anonymous female sitters seated in a three-quarter length format, with their hands in their laps. One of her models, Jeanne Foster, wrote of John: "She takes down my hair and does it like her own ... she has me sit as she does, and I feel the absorption of her personality as I sit".
John's drawings number in the thousands. In addition to studio work, she made many sketches and watercolours of women and children in church. Unlike her oil paintings of solitary women, these sketches frequently depict their subjects from behind, and in groups. She also made many sketches of her cats. Aside from two etchings she drew in 1910, she made no prints.
Her notebooks and letters contain numerous personal formulae for observing nature, painting a portrait, designating colors by a system of numbers, and the like. Their meaning is often obscure, but they reveal John's predilection for order and the lasting influence of Whistler, whose teaching emphasised systematic preparation.
Gwen John's art, in its quietude and its subtle colour relationships, stands in contrast to her brother's far more vivid and assertive work. Though she was once overshadowed by her popular brother, critical opinion now tends to view Gwen as the more talented of the two. Augustus himself had predicted this reversal, saying "In 50 years' time I will be known as the brother of Gwen John."
Throughout her life John was attracted to people of both sexes. As a student she had an affair with fellow artist Ambrose McEvoy. Although Auguste Rodin was her great love, she had a number of same-sex relationships. While at Slade she developed a passion for an unnamed woman, which her brother Augustus describes in his autobiography Chiaroscuro; and while walking to Paris with Dorelia, she developed a passion for a married girl, who then followed them to Paris. Rodin, who had a sexual relationship with his assistant Hilda Flodin, drew erotic drawings of Flodin and John together. The German painter Ida Gerhardi fell in love with John but it was not reciprocated. John's last passion was Véra Oumançoff, for whom she developed an obsession, much to the discomfort of Véra.
Still Lives, by Candida Cave, is a three-woman play about Gwen, Ida (Augustus John's wife) and Dorelia (Augustus John's mistress).
An art mystery novel The Gwen John Sculpture, by John Malcolm, features her stay in Meudon, France and her relationship with Rodin.
Margaret Forster wrote a novel, published 2006, Keeping the World Away, centred upon a picture by John, A Corner of the Artist's Room in Paris, which starts with the story of John herself and then follows stories of fictional women who subsequently owned it and responded to it. The title comes from something written by John: "Rules to Keep the World away: Do not listen to people (more than is necessary); Do not look at people (ditto); Have as little intercourse with people as possible; When you come into contact with people, talk as little a possible ..."
John was the aunt of Amaryllis Fleming, her brother's illegitimate daughter with his other mistress Evelyn Fleming, whose husband Valentine was a Member of Parliament and died in the First World War. Through Amaryllis, John was a grandaunt to actress and Evelyn's granddaughter Lucy Fleming.
Self-Portrait, probably 1907–1909, National Gallery of Art
Girl Holding a Piece of Sewing, 1915-1925, Aberdeen Art Gallery
Ivy Leaves in a White Jug, 1920-1925, Aberdeen Art Gallery
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The eyedropper lets you color-pick from your drawing rather than having to find the exact color in your color wheel.
The default shortcut for switching to this tool is I.
Pushing and holding Alt also activates the eyedropper for quick selecting of a color. It switches back to your painting tool when you release it.
In the settings panel on the right, you can switch where your eyedropper selects from. You can choose to select from the entire drawing or only from the active layer.


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The Football Association is hoping that more Premier League clubs will join Southampton and sign up to the Football Leadership Diversity Code. The Football Association announced a three-year equality, diversity, and inclusion strategy. This Code would increase the influence to create a discrimination-free game. The strategy has three key commitments: ‘Lead the Change’, ‘Be the Change’ and ‘Inspire the Change’. For the last three years, the association has implemented the ‘In Pursuit of Progress’ initiative. The initiative aimed to improve transparency in recruitment across the game, increase ethnic and gender representation throughout senior leadership, team operations, and coaching.
“Southampton can confirm it has signed up to the FA’s Diversity Leadership Code (FLDC),” Southampton said in a statement after signing for the Football Leadership Diversity Code. “At its launch in October 2020, the club felt it needed more time to understand how the revised Premier League Equality Standard and the FLDC would complement each other before considering revising our recruitment targets and already established processes.”
“Whilst we are committed to the FLDC, the club maintains that it could go further.” the statement added. “With the club’s existing recruitment targets encompassing all roles, as opposed to leadership roles only, and also extending beyond race and gender, we look forward to engaging with the FA on this topic to broaden the targets for all clubs. Post the introduction of the Premier League Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Standard in 2021, the club now feels it better understands the shared objectives of this standard and the FLDC, enabling us to formally sign up to the FLDC.”

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Newt Gingrich: Kids as Janitors (iPhone App Auto-Tune)
This funny political satire video is a promo for Songify iPhone app.
Video: Auto-Tune the News & Newt Gingrich
The auto-tune the news video features 2012 Presidential Candidate Vermin Supreme, Newt Gingrich, and Republican candidate debates. Created by the Gregory Brothers.
Vermin Supreme is a performance artist, but Newt Gingrich actually proposed using kids from low-income families to replace public school janitors and other employees. Gingrich spilled his unusual proposal on the January 16 Republican presidential primary debate in South Carolina. New York Times:
“New York City pays their janitors an absurd amount of money because of the union. You could take one janitor and hire 30-some kids to work in the school for the price of one janitor, and those 30 kids would be a lot less likely to drop out. They would actually have money in their pocket. They’d learn to show up for work. They could do light janitorial duty. They could work in the cafeteria. They could work in the front office. They could work in the library. They’d be getting money, which is a good thing if you’re poor. Only the elites despise earning money.” – Newt Gingrinch
Wow. Paying kids 1/30 the wage of an adult? Perhaps Gingrich doesn’t understand the concept of minimum wage or child labor?


Supply chain sustainability is a nice idea, but there are a lot of unanswered questions when it comes to the finer details. So, while genuine progress has been made, there are also a lot of businesses whose commitment to a sustainable supply chain is questionable.
What will be the most important drivers of change in the global sourcing arena over the next decade, and why?
Do you suspect that there’s something wrong or at least severely amiss with modern capitalism, and by extension the way we outsource, think about value, construct our supply chains and do business? Can’t quite put it into words and context? Umair Haque has many thought-provoking insights for you on the subject.
Haque is Director of the Havas Media Lab and author of The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business. He also writes a provocative and entertaining posts for the Harvard Business Review Blog Network.


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Un poco de todo! Un plato delicioso y muy fácil de hacer. Las verduras rostizadas bien quemaditas son mis favoritas, en esta ocasión, zanahorias y ejotes. Córtalas en tiras gruesas ponlas en un tazón con aceite de coco, sal de mar y pimienta, revuelve con la mano y deja reposar por 1 hora, mientras puedes preparar la carne.
Pica muy finito una cebolla morada completa y fríe en aceite de coco, toda la cebolla hasta que se ponga café, luego añade carne molida de tu preferencia, sal y pimienta y solo un poquito de ajo en polvo y el jugo de una naranja. Cocina hasta que se ponga doradita.
Mete las verduras en el horno en una charola a 400° F durante 50 minutos o prepárala en un sartén.
Sirve con un poco de arroz, medio aguacate y un poco de kimchi. Está súper completa! 🙂🤤
Love spinach ❤ I'd like to eat this in every meal!
Big salad for a rushed day!
A lot of spinach, beets, dried cranberry, pumpkin seeds, blueberry, cream blue cheese and grilled chicken! Using avocado oil and balsamic vinegar as sauce 🤤
i’ve been coming into a different version of my life. i won’t bore you with the details, but about a year ago I started making different choices around time, money and my body. as you already know, it’s not one thing but about a thousand.
anyone who pretends to have your cure is a fool because it’s different for everyone everyday, forever.
my version of success is not only cooking my own meals, but having the time to enjoy them.
if you could sit in my kitchen right now, the smell would explain it all to you.
@kristalcapri 🙏 thanks for showing me how to navigate a kitchen, now let’s start a farm. 🌱🔮🌱 #proteincookie#bonebroth#foodasmedicine#antiinflammatory#practiceandalliscoming#cookyourownfood#energy#yoga#nourishment#seasonalfood#try
We destroyed this #VeganSushi bowl in about 3 minutes 🤩
Also so fast and easy I only had to cook the rice and the tofu everything else was chop and season 😊Babe doesn’t like seaweed so that always goes on the side for me. 😻
Low carb Banana Bread ✨ Ready to eat 😊
✨ Ingredients: 2 cups almond meal
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 tbsp honey
5 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
3 bananas ripe
1 tsp pure vanilla extract (optional)
1/4 cup walnut (optional) -
Instructions: ✨ Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Grease a large bread pan with coconut oil.
Blend all ingredients, except the almond flour.
In a large bowl mix together the almond flour with the blended ingredients.
Pour the batter into a large bread pan and bake for 50 minutes until the center is firm (watch it after 40 minutes)
Allow to cool and remove from the pan. ✨
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This dish was so creamy, yet with a bit of spice, it was absolutely heavenly. I love pasta & the noodles were soft, sauce was 💯. It arrived on a sizzling hot plate over 200 degrees and you can cook the beef yourself which was fun.. whoever said don't play with your food was wrong 😂
Their menu has a wide range of variety, from rice sizzling plates to mini hotpots. Their drink and dessert selection was extensive and their desserts looked very enticing. I can't wait to go back ! They also do durian based desserts here for the durian lovers.. 🍰🍦🍹
Omelettes is a good option if you're interested in lose weight and have great source of nutrients!
Filling my omelettes with fresh parsley, Canadian cheddar cheese, red onions, bacon (Just a little bit), kale and mushrooms.
Yummy homemade banana and chocolate chip bread 🙊😋 perfect for morning or afternoon tea. I just got this recipe off taste.com.au and just added the chocolate chips as I had lots in the cupboard. I also only ever use the Coles brand dark chocolate chips because I think they taste amazing plus they are super inexpensive 👌🏻 Side note: I only had one banana in the freezer and the recipe requires two. So I just added a ripe one from the fruit bowl to the top for more flavour.


The Apollo oil tank gauge is an easy to retrofit, ultrasonic level indicator generally used as a domestic oil tank gauge.
The Apollo is made up of a transmitter that is installed at the tank, and a digital receiver that can be plugged inside the building to conveniently display the tank level without the user having to remember to go outside to check. This oil tank level indicator measures the tank’s contents and transmits the level to the receiver, provided that is within its 200 metre range. The standard version of this oil tank level monitor is suitable for plastic tanks only. However, an adaptor can be purchased as an accessory to make it work on steel tanks.
The Apollo Visual heating oil tank gauge version also read levels at the tank locally, which is not available on the standard Apollo gauge. This allows fuel delivery drivers to visually check the oil in the tank gives a visual indication when the tank is nearing its maximum capacity.
Features of the Apollo oil tank level gauge:
- Ultrasonic oil tank level gauge
- Transmission distance of 200metres
- Bar graph level display -10% per bar
- Receiver: 150-250v, 50/60Hz
- Transmitter: 3v lithium battery
- Tank empty red flashing LED
- Suitable for tanks of 500-3000mm


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A legal war is being waged behind the scenes of Farrah's NBC documentary as Farrah's friend Craig Nevius is now suing Ryan O'Neal and Alana Stewart. See the court docs here.
Nevius -- who produced "Chasing Farrah" and chronicled Fawcett's two-and-a-half year battle with cancer -- claims that O'Neal and Stewart conspired with one another to cut him out of Farrah's documentary project. Craig also claims that Ryan physically threatened him! It seems that Nevius, who conceived the project with Farrah, may feel the final cut is not what she wanted.
Alana didn't talk to "Extra" about the lawsuit, but she did say that her friend Farrah is still fighting. "She's got an amazing spirit." Alana also reveals that a visit from Farrah's jailed son Redmond lifted her spirits. "She was just thrilled to see him and he was so happy to see his mother... He said that he promised her he'd never use drugs again."
Stewart also opened up about the documentary "Farrah's Story," which is airing Friday on NBC. "I think she feels this documentary is her way of giving back. Her way of helping people who are having their own struggle with cancer." She added, "I believe she'll be very proud of it. We're going to watch it together on Friday night." Farrah's loved ones attended a screening of the film last night -- where O'Neal said that the special is tough to watch. "Broke my heart," Ryan told "Extra," adding, "I can only watch it a little at a time."
O'Neal's spokesperson also released a statement to "Extra" today regarding the allegations against the actor. "Ryan is shocked by the allegations...This has been a very difficult time for Ryan O'Neal and Farrah's family and friends."
Tomorrow, "Extra" talks with Farrah's German doc, Dr. Ursula Jacob, about her cutting edge treatment for the cancer stricken "Angel."

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