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Eales' Disease
JORGE H. GUTIÉRREZ and ROBERT P. MURPHY
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Although controversy remains about its precise definition, Eales' disease is widely considered to be an idiopathic obliterative vasculopathy that primarily affects the peripheral retina of healthy, young adults. Vascular sheathing and focal occlusion of small peripheral retinal vessels occur early in the course of the disease. With progression, larger areas of nonperfusion develop, extending posteriorly. Neovascularization can occur, usually at the junction of the perfused and nonperfused retina, frequently resulting in vitreal hemorrhages.
The disease is named after Henry Eales, an ophthalmologist who in 1880 described a syndrome of recurrent vitreal hemorrhages in young men with epistaxis and constipation.1 He noted abnormal retinal veins and attributed the hemorrhages to increased venous pressure caused by constipation. He did not observe any new vessels or inflammation preceding or accompanying the hemorrhages. The association with constipation and epistaxis has long since been disproved, and nonperfusion, inflammation, and neovascularization subsequently have been associated with this disease.
Not all have believed that Eales' disease is a specific entity. Duke-Elder believed that Eales' disease represented the clinical manifestation of many diseases.2 Since then, refined diagnostic tests have demonstrated that many of the so-called idiopathic hemorrhages were caused by known etiologies such as sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes mellitus, sickle cell disease, and collagen vascular disease.
However, after elimination of these causes, a group of patients with idiopathic peripheral nonperfusion and perivasculitis of the retina remains. Investigators generally agree that Eales' disease is a distinct entity comprising characteristic funduscopic and fluorescein angiographic features.3 Although this disease has been called "periphlebitis retinae,"4 emphasizing the abnormalities of retinal venules, recent evidence suggests that this disease affects both arterioles and venules.3
Eales' disease is uncommon in North America; however, this disorder is responsible for widespread visual loss in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The incidence in India has been reported as 1 in 200 to 250 ophthalmic patients,5 and up to 1.35% in an opthalmic referral center.6 It typically affects healthy young adults between their third and fourth decades of life. Patients usually present with symptoms of vitreal hemorrhage such as floaters or decreased vision. Most patients develop bilateral, although often asymmetric, involvement. Most reports, including Henry Eales' original description, indicate a male predominance. However, recent reports suggest an equal prevalence among both men and women.7
Signs of ocular inflammation are commonly encountered in Eales' disease, especially early in its course. Vascular sheathing is seen in most patients (Fig. 1). The degree of sheathing ranges from thin white lines on both sides of the blood column to thick heavy exudative sheathing. Areas of sheathing frequently leak dye with fluorescein angiography (Fig. 2). However, there is not a direct correlation between the regions of sheathing and staining.
Fig. 1. Vascular sheathing. A. Thin white lines surround retinal venule. B. Exudative-type arteriolar sheathing.
Fig. 2. Fluorescein angiogram demonstrating abnormal vascular staining in a patient with Eales' disease. There was venous sheathing in these areas.
In the century since Henry Eales' observation of altered retinal veins, many investigators have described Eales' disease as a primary disease of altered retinal veins. Elliot and Harris suggest the term periphlebitis retinae for this disorder.4 However, recent reports suggest equal involvement of arteriolar and venular sheathing. Because of the evidence of arteriolar involvement (see Fig. 1B), this disease should be considered as a retinal vasculitis or vasculopathy. Others have used the term primary retinal perivasculitis.8 Cystoid macular edema, vitreal cells, keratic precipitates, and cell and flare in the anterior chamber have been observed in patients with Eales' disease.3
A varying degree of peripheral retinal nonperfusion is present in all patients with this disease. The nonperfusion generally is confluent and sharply demarcated from the posterior perfused retina (Fig. 3). Fine white lines representing the remains of obliterated large vessels (ghost vessels) often are seen in the area of nonperfusion. The temporal retina is most commonly affected.
Fig. 3. Fluorescein angiogram of the peripheral retina demonstrates the junction of normally perfused retinal vessels adjacent to an area of nonperfused retina. Notice the vascular abnormalities at the junction.
Elliot and Spitnas and colleagues have documented the abnormalities at the junction between the anteroperipheral nonperfused and the posterior perfused retina.9,10 Intraretinal hemorrhages often first appear in the affected area, followed by an increase in vascular tortuosity with frequent collateral formation around occluded vessels (see Fig. 3). Microaneurysms, arteriovenous shunts, and venous beading are commonly seen at the junction (Fig. 4). Fluorescein angiography enhances these abnormalities and often demonstrates staining at the stumps of obliterated vessels.
Fig. 4. Fluorescein angiogram demonstrating severe nonperfusion involving the macula. In this case, the macular nonperfusion was responsible for loss of central vision.
As a result of the retinal nonperfusion, new vessels can form either on the disc (neovascularization of the disc) or, more commonly, neovascularization can occur elsewhere in the retina (Fig. 5). These abnormal blood vessels can hemorrhage and are the major cause of visual loss in this disease. The neovascularization in the peripheral retina usually occurs at the junction of perfused and nonperfused retina, similar to the appearance of neovascularization in the peripheral retina in diabetic retinopathy and the other peripheral proliferative retinopathies. Neovascularization can be associated with extensive fibrovascular proliferation and fibrosis (Fig. 6). The anteroposterior and tangential traction resulting from the fibrovascular proliferation places these eyes at risk for development of retinal detachment. Neovascularization of the iris also has been described.
Fig. 5. Neovascularization of the peripheral retina has developed at the junction of perfused and nonperfused retina.
Fig. 6. Hypovascular fibroproliferation emanating from the disc. Usually, the vascular component of this proliferation is less prominent than that seen in the other proliferative retinopathies. Notice the tractional retinal detachment.
The natural course of this disease is variable. Although the visual acuities of patients with Eales' disease range from normal to no light perception, most eyes retain good acuity. Vitreal hemorrhage is the major cause of visual loss. Usually, the hemorrhage settles to the lower portion of the vitreous and is gradually reabsorbed.
Most patients with Eales' disease retain at least reading acuity in one eye, but a few patients become legally blind. Severe visual loss usually results from complications associated with neovascularization, such as persistent vitreal hemorrhage, retinal detachment, and neovascular glaucoma. Occasionally, loss of vision is caused by cystoid macular edema, macular holes, retinal telangiectasia, or epiretinal membrane. In some patients, relentless nonperfusion progresses across the macula (see Fig. 4); visual acuity in these eyes usually is less than 20/400.
Henry Eales offered his patients a mixture of laxative, digitalis, and belladonna. Other remedies have included vitamin C, thyroid extract, and high-dose steroids. Because of the previously reported association with tuberculosis (TB), empirical anti-TB therapy is used in India.5 None of these treatments have been conclusively beneficial. Laser photocoagulation is the treatment of choice for the neovascularization of Eales' disease.1112 Numerous investigators have demonstrated regression of neovascularization with light-intensity scatter photocoagulation applied to the nonperfused peripheral retina and to the junction of perfusion and nonperfusion (Fig. 7). Vitrectomy can be used for removing persistent vitreal hemorrhages and fibrosis, often with good results.13 No treatment is known to prevent or reverse the nonperfusion or capillary dropout.
Fig. 7. A. Neovascularization of the disc. Notice the segmental exudative arteriolar sheathing. B. Same patient as in Figure 7A, 2½ years later. The patient had regression of the neovascularization after treatment with scatter photocoagulation of nonperfused retina. Areas of arteriolar sheathing previously observed are no longer present.
Many investigators emphasize a relation between Eales' disease and TB. A higher than normal incidence of positive reaction to the tuberculin protein has been reported, but there is no direct evidence that the ocular changes are related to active TB. Renie and colleagues noted in their group of 32 patients that 48% had either TB or a history of exposure to TB.7 A recent retrospective study from India involving 1005 patients with active pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB did not detect eyes with Eales' disease in the involved patients.14 Further, in a different study, the same author compared the humoral and cellular immune sensitivity to TB among 56 patients with Eales' disease and 50 healthy controls.6 The only statistically significant difference in the Eales' patients was a higher prevalence of IgM to the A60 mycobacterial antigen compared with controls, whereas the controls had a higher prevalence of IgG against A60. There was no clear relation between immune reactivity to TB antigens and Eales' disease. Further study is needed either to prove or disprove a relation between Eales' disease and TB. Histopathologic studies and biochemical studies suggest an autoimmune mechanism for Eales' disease.15
Bhomma and coworkers implicate cellular damage by lipid peroxidation with a concomitant decrease in antioxidant levels in patients with Eales' disease.16 They suggest that antioxidant therapy may be beneficial for Eales' patients.
Several studies report on concomitant myelopathy secondary to infarction in young patients with Eales' disease.17,18 Although the etiology of this abnormality is unknown, it may have a vascular basis and may indicate that the pathologic consequences of Eales' disease are not confined to the eye.
Eales' disease is a long recognized but poorly understood disorder. Until more is understood about the etiology and pathogenesis of Eales' disease, it will be possible only to continue treating the secondary complications of this disorder.
1. Eales H: Causes of retinal hemorrhage associated with epistaxis and constipation. Birmingham Med Rev 9:262, 1880
2. Duke-Elder WS: Diseases of the retina. In System of Ophthalmology, vol 10, pp 222–236. St Louis, CV Mosby, 1967
3. Gieser SC, Murphy RP: Eales' disease. In Ryan S (ed): Retina, vol 2, pp 1503–1507. St Louis, CV Mosby, 1994
4. Elliot AJ, Harris GS: The present status of the diagnosis and treatment of periphlebitis retinae (Eales' disease). Can J Ophthalmol 4:117, 1969
5. Das T, Biswas J, Kumar A et al: Eales' disease. Indian J Ophthalmol 42:3, 1994
6. Biswas J, Narain S, Roy S, Madhavan H: Evaluation of lymphocyte proliferation assay to purified protein derivative, enzyme linked immunosorbant assay, and tuberculin hypersensitivity in Eales' disease. Indian J Ophthalmol 45:93, 1997
7. Renie WA, Murphy RP, Anderson KC: The evaluation of patients with Eales' disease. Retina 3:243, 1983
8. Gass JDM: Stereoscopic Atlas of Macular Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment. St Louis, CV Mosby, 1987
9. Elliot AJ: Thirty year observation of patients with Eales' disease. Am J Ophthalmol 80:404, 1975
10. Spitnas M, Meyer-Schwickerath G, Stephan B: The clinical picture of Eales' disease. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 194:73, 1975
11. Spitznas M, Meyer-Schwickerath G, Stephen B: Treatment of Eales' disease with photocoagulation. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 194:193, 1975
12. Meyer-Schwickerath G: Eales' disease: Treatment with light coagulation. Acta XIX Concilium Ophtholmologicurn 2: 862, 1962
13. Smiddy WE, Isernhagen RD, Michels RG, Glaser BM: Vitrectomy for nondiabetic vitreous hemorrhage. Retina 8:88, 1988
14. Biswas J, Badrinath S: Ocular morbidity in patients with active systemic tuberculosis. Int Ophthalmol 19:293, 1996
15. Sen D, Sarin G, Ghosh B et al: Serum alpha-1 acid glycoprotein levels in patients with idiopathic peripheral retinal vasculitis. Acta Ophthalmol 70:515, 1992
16. Bhooma V, Sulochana K, Biswas J, Ramakrishnan S: Eales' diseases: Accumulation of reactive oxygen intermediates and lipid peroxides and decrease of antioxidants causing inflammation, neovascularization and retinal damage. Curr Eye Res 16:91, 1997
17. Atabay C, Erdem E, Kansu T, Eldem B: Eales' disease with internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Ann Ophthalmol 24:267, 1992
18. Katz B, Wheeler D, Weinreb R, Swenson M: Eales' disease with central nervous system infarction. Ann Opthalmol 23:460, 1991
19. Murphy RP, Renie WA, Proctor LR et al: A survey of patients with Eales' disease. In Fines S, Owens S (eds): Management of Retinal Vascular and Macular Disorders, p 29. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1983

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Alex Jones Bio, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Gun rights, and Damages
Alex Jones Biography
A native of Dallas, Texas, United States, Alex Jones is an American alt-right, conservative, and far-right radio show host and renowned conspiracy theorist.
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Alex Jones Age
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Alex Jones Height
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His son, Rex Jones, has worked for InfoWars. He married Erika Wulff Jones in 2017 and they have one child.
Alex Jones Net Worth
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Alex Jones Gun rights
Jones is a vocal gun rights advocate. MTV labeled him a "staunch Second Amendment supporter", while The Daily Telegraph in London called him a "gun-nut".
In January 2013, he was invited to speak on Piers Morgan's CNN show after promoting an online petition to deport Morgan because of his support of gun control. In the ensuing debate with Morgan, Jones stated that "1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms". Jones was referring to the American Revolutionary War in relation to theoretical gun control measures taken by the government.
Jones said he owned around 50 firearms. Morgan said on CNN's Newsroom the following evening he couldn't conceive of a "better advertisement for gun control than Alex Jones' interview last night". On his own show, according to The Atlantic, Glenn Beck said Morgan "is trying to make everybody who has guns and who believes in the Second Amendment to be a deterrent to an out-of-control government look like a madman. So now he immediately books the madman and makes him look like a conservative."
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On September 27, 2021, a district judge in Texas issued three default judgments against Jones, demanding him to pay all damages in two lawsuits. These rulings came after Jones repeatedly failed to hand over documents and evidence as ordered by the court, which the judge characterized as "flagrant bad faith and callous disregard for the responsibilities of discovery under the rules."
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On or about March 29, 2022, Jones offered a settlement of $120,000 to each of the thirteen people involved in the lawsuits, which was quickly rejected.
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Texas Rangers sign ace Jacob deGrom to $185M, 5-year deal
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Free-agent ace Jacob deGrom and the Texas Rangers agreed to a $185 million, five-year contract Friday.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner leaves the New York Mets after nine seasons — the past two shortened substantially by injuries.
After making his first start in early August last season, deGrom went 5-4 with a 3.08 ERA in 11 outings. He helped the Mets reach the playoffs, then passed up a $30.5 million salary for 2023 and opted out of his contract to become a free agent for the first time.
Texas announced the signing Friday night after the 34-year-old deGrom passed his physical. A person with direct knowledge of the deal disclosed the financial terms to The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the club did not announce those details.
"We are thrilled that Jacob deGrom has decided to become a Texas Ranger," executive vice president and general manager Chris Young said in a statement. "Over a number of seasons, Jacob has been a standout major league pitcher, and he gives us a dominant performer at the top of our rotation. One of our primary goals this offseason is to strengthen our starting pitching, and we are adding one of the best."
Texas went 68-94 last season and then hired Bruce Bochy, a three-time World Series champion with San Francisco, as its new manager. The Rangers' six straight losing seasons are their worst skid since the franchise moved from Washington in 1972.
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This latest blockbuster move comes just before baseball's winter meetings, which begin early next week in San Diego. The Rangers said deGrom will be introduced in a news conference at Globe Life Field next week following the winter meetings.
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With several holes on their starting staff, the Mets have shown interest in free agents Justin Verlander and Carlos Rodón to pair with 38-year-old Max Scherzer atop the rotation. Now, with deGrom gone, signing one of those two could become a much bigger priority.
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Here are some of the key learnings and takeaways from the Carnegie Initiative's second annual summit.
Garland scores 26 as Cavaliers race past Rockets 113-95
HOUSTON (AP) — Darius Garland scored 26 points and Evan Mobley added 21 as the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the short-handed Houston Rockets 113-95 Thursday night despite missing Donovan Mitchell. Garland, the fifth overall pick in the 2019 draft who turned 23 on Thursday, also had nine assists and four rebounds for the Cavs. The Cavaliers led by 26 at halftime after scoring 74 points in the first two periods. The Rockets cut it to 22 on a basket by rookie Jabari Smith Jr. with 9 1/2 minutes left
Precious Achiuwa is showing he's improved his court awareness
Amit Mann and Asad Alvi discuss what Precious Achiuwa has shown since he's returned from injury and the improvements he's made in his court awareness. Listen to the full episode on the 'Raptors Over Everything' podcast feed.
Nick Nurse begrudgingly reveals details of latest film session
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse discusses details of the team's latest film session, how lengthy road trips can help a team find their footing and more.
Chiefs' decision to trade Hill opened future for success
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The decision that Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach faced at the conclusion of last season was shockingly simple yet brutally difficult: Do they sign wide receiver Tyreek Hill to a long-term deal or trade him away? Two options. Yet two very different ways to chart a course for the future of the franchise. Veach mulled the decision for the better part of six weeks, knowing full well most Chiefs fans wanted to keep the dynamic playmaker, but that it would saddl
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams hired former New York Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur on Friday to join Sean McVay's quest to fix one of the least productive offenses in the league. LaFleur spent the past two years with the Jets in his first stint as an NFL offensive coordinator, but New York struggled statistically in both years while missing the playoffs twice. He parted ways with the Jets (7-10) three days after the regular season ended. LaFleur will follow in the footsteps of
Educators call for federal inquiry into "widespread abuse" in Canadian sports
Dozens of Canadian and global sport scholars have joined the chorus in calling for an independent inquiry into sport in Canada, saying Canadian athletes deserve better. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, Scholars Against Abuse in Canadian Sport urgently asked for the inquiry amid "widespread reports of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of athletes throughout the nation's sport system." The letter was signed by 91 individuals from 30 Canadian and 17 international inst
Canucks fans boo Rick Tocchet, toss jersey on ice in his debut
Canucks fans were less than enthused when they welcomed new head coach Rick Tocchet to his first game at Rogers Arena on Tuesday.
Canadian Cyle Larin gets fresh start with loan move to Spain's Real Valladolid
Forward Cyle Larin, Canada's leading men's international scorer, has joined Spain's Real Valladolid on a loan deal with a purchase option at the end of the season. The move from Belgium's Club Brugge offers the 27-year-old from Brampton, Ont., a fresh start. Larin joined fellow Canadian Tajon Buchanan at Club Brugge in July from Turkey's Besiktas but failed to establish himself in the lineup. He had one goal in 13 appearances for the Belgian side. Larin, who was out of contract with Besiktas, si
'Why not sign two years?:' Vancouver Canucks winger Kuzmenko happy with extension
VANCOUVER — It's little wonder Andrei Kuzmenko captured the hearts of Vancouver Canucks fans so quickly. In a season marked by loss and frustration, the Russian forward with the dimpled grin, gravity defying hair and enthusiastic goal celebrations has been a rare bright spot both on and off the ice. And after signing a two-year extension, that bright spot is sticking around. "I am happy in Vancouver. Why not sign to two years? I think is a good deal for two sides," Kuzmenko said Friday. The deal
Panthers hire Frank Reich over Steve Wilks as head coach
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Frank Reich is returning to the Carolina Panthers as their coach, more than 27 years after starting the franchise's first game at quarterback in 1995. The Panthers announced Thursday they've agreed to terms with Reich to become the sixth head coach in franchise history. Reich was chosen among nine candidates who interviewed for the job, including former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and this season's interim head coach, Steve Wilks. The 61-year-old Reich joins
Canada's Devin Gibson looking to make mark in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Hurt hands are nothing new to Devin Gibson. It comes with the territory for a bare-knuckle fighter. "Fourth and fifth round, it's just really tough to want to punch the head," said the 28-year-old from Sarnia, Ont., known as The Canadian Assassin. Gibson (2-0-0) takes on American Albert Inclan (0-1-0) on Friday at BKFC 35 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. While the five-foot-six Gibson normally competes at the flyweight non-title weight of 126 pounds -- cutting down from around 145 pounds -- the fight will
Maple Leafs captain John Tavares on the cusp of 1,000th NHL game
TORONTO — John Tavares was asked if there's more for him to give as he inched closer to a career milestone. "Absolutely," the Toronto Maple Leafs captain replied bluntly. "Absolutely." It's not hard to see why he's so convinced. Set to hit 1,000 regular-season NHL games this weekend, the 32-year-old remains a point-per-night player in his 14th season, thanks to a drive that started on the outdoor rinks of his childhood and continues to this day as Tavares pushes to adapt himself in a sport that'
DALLAS (AP) — Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the game 20 seconds into overtime, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Hughes' winning goal skipped off the stick of Dallas' Tyler Seguin and eluded Jake Oettinger as the Devils rallied from a 2-0 deficit and improved to an NHL-best 19-3-2 on the road this season. "Just shoot the puck," said Hughes, the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft who'll represent New Jersey at next week's All-Star game in Florida.
Brewers' Anderson hopeful improved shoulder sparks rebound
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Now that his shoulder isn't bothering him anymore, new Milwaukee Brewers acquisition Brian Anderson is hoping he can recapture the hitting success he enjoyed earlier in his career. The Brewers announced the signing of Anderson on Monday, though the deal was initially reported Wednesday. Terms weren't revealed, but a person close to the situation said the former Miami Marlins third baseman/right fielder received a one-year, $3.5 million contract and could earn an additional $2 mi


3) Cosmic Birdie Demo - now I've played this, and its fun! Are we going to see the GDC/JavaOne demo release any time soon?
I guess I can say this now, there will be a semi-public release after this holiday week. So I'll go ahead and commit it to Monday, July 10th.
This will be single player only with very little "game". That is, the build will not allow networked play isn't really set into gmae round format. It's "open" play in an arena level. There are many reasons for this, but the main reason is for testing purposes. Most people that will be testing will only need to get in and out and see what's happening with the graphics, physics, collision, motion, UI, and gameplay elements. Also, the connecting and hosting UI is a mess and unusable for all but the internal team. The next major public release will have playable networking.
21hours and 58 minutes to go.. oh wait, 57. Weee!
Seriously shawn, really looking forward to it.


Many of the most pressing interpersonal, community, and international issues revolve around communication, or the lack thereof. This course explores the process of connection, communication, creation, and communion: internal and external, verbal and nonverbal, interpersonal and international, intuitive and nonlocal. Course explorations include thoughts, words, and actions, social networks, global dynamics, and natural systems, and communication processes including self-inquiry, Bohmian dialogue, Nonviolent Communication, and wisdom councils. Explorations include research, practicum, written reflection, and dialogue.
After completing this course participants will have gained an expanded understanding of connection, communication, creation, and communion; they will have experienced ways of connecting, communicating, creating, and communing in new ways; and they will have developed and expanded their ability to work with connection, communication, creation, and communion in their personal and professional lives.
Connection, communication, creation, communion, consciousness, nature and energy medicine.


As many in the American whiskey world have already known, two popular rye whiskies have had some changes recently.
Wild Turkey had a shortage of their rye, so the famous 101 proof whiskey became an anemic, pathetic, foul-tasting 81 proof. But to the relief of many fans, the 101 is back! Even though it is only available in a liter size in only a few markets, it is available once again for purchase.
A competitor to Wild Turkey Rye, Rittenhouse Rye is produced by Heaven Hill at 100 proof. This rye was made for many years, under contract, by Brown-Forman. The reason for this arrangement was due to the massive fire at Heaven Hill's Bardstown distillery that had them purchasing the Bernheim distillery a few years later. Supply was tight and Heaven Hill called on other distillers to help them out. Brown-Forman started distilling the Rittenhouse Rye did so until a few years ago. When Brown-Forman stopped, Bernheim started- but whiskey must age a few years before being bottled. The new Bernheim-produced rye has finally hit the market and bottles of the Brown-Forman-produced product will disappear.
This one is an interesting comparison since it's product from the same distiller, just 2 years difference. Many people that have gotten the new 101 say it's younger and they don't like it. While I won't say they're wrong, there is honestly just not that much difference. If the new 101 is younger, it's by months and not years. My wife and I detected a little more grain and spice on the new 101 and a tiny bit more oak on the old 101, but honestly, I've seen more bottle-to-bottle variance in mass production whiskies than this. Here's the other thing- Wild Turkey 101 Rye has been 4-5 years old for years. The new product has no age statement on it (Neither did the old 101), so by federal labeling standards, it must still be at least 4 years old. Is it worse than the old 101? In my opinion, absolutely not! It's still my favorite whiskey of all time!
So here's the one with the big flavor change. Being a Bottled-In-Bond product, and also a Straight Rye Whiskey, old and new batches of whiskey can't be blended together to smooth the transition from one distiller to the other. The Brown-Forman rye always tasted like "Old Forester Rye" to me. It had those same earthy, maple, leather flavors that are in Old Forester products. It was really an enjoyable rye! The new Rittenhouse from Heaven Hill's Bernheim distillery is very different. It's bolder, spicier, drier, and a bit more grainy. I actually prefer this new rendition as I lean towards bold, dry whiskies. But it's not to say one is better than the other, they will just appeal to different palates. A warning though to the people that like the Brown-Forman Rittenhouse- the new stuff is much different, so don't have expectations of it being the same profile!


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8 Best Things to Do in Progreso, Mérida, in Mexico
By Emma Sloley
Mérida's cathedral is grand in a town known for candy-colored row homes. - Photo by Brandon Bourdages / ShutterStock
Located a half-hour drive from the Gulf of Mexico port town of Progreso, Mérida is sometimes nicknamed La Ciudad Blanca — the White City — for the ubiquitous local white limestone used as building material. Today, the cobblestone streetscapes of the historic center are more akin to a candy store, with the facades of restored Spanish Colonial casas painted in vivid blues, oranges, and pinks.
Plaza Grande is the main tourist hub in Progreso. Lined with grand historic buildings and frequented by hammock sellers, street food vendors, and flower-festooned horses and buggies, there's always plenty of energy here, but it's also worth venturing slightly farther afield to wander the tree-lined Paseo de Montejo — an elegant avenue inspired by the Champs-Elysees that's home to jaw-dropping beaux arts mansions.
Don't leave town without trying a panucho.
Photo by Javier Correa / ShutterStock
Breakfast: La Chaya Maya – Sample the unique flavors of Yucatecan cuisine at the city's best venue for traditional breakfast fuel. We recommend the huevos motulenos, a hearty dish — of fried eggs on tortillas with a sauce of tomato, ham, peas, and black beans — that hails from the nearby town of Motul.
Lunch: Parque Santa Ana – With its postcard-perfect 16th-century church and rows of loncherias (al fresco eateries with plastic tables and chairs beneath bright awnings), this park is the perfect casual lunch spot. Ask for a local drink, such as Jamaica (made from steeped hibiscus flowers) or horchata (a creamy rice drink spiked with cinnamon). Then bite into panuchos, delicious bean-stuffed fried tortillas topped with shredded chicken or turkey, avocado, and pickled onions.
Dinner: Rosas & Xocolate – Experience sublime Yucatecan fusion dishes like octopus ceviche with nopales, sour orange, and a habanero sorbet or linguine with pork belly and cacao nibs at this boutique hotel on Paseo de Montejo — which has one of the best dining rooms in town.
Dessert: Dulceria y Sorbeteria Colon – At this shop on Paseo de Montejo, you can sample Italian-style sorbets and ice creams in unusual seasonal flavors, such as jackfruit, tamarind, or sapote — an aromatic tropical fruit.
Tip: Love street food but nervous about tackling the town solo? Join a "Street Eats" class hosted by Los Dos, a much-feted cooking school run by former New Yorker and Yucatecan cuisine authority David Sterling. The chef leads groups to some of the city's best food stalls, where you can sample all manner of traditional snacks while learning about this region's fascinating culinary culture.
Swim in a cenote, a pool in an underground cavern.
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For Everyone: Plaza Grande – This square is also known as the zocalo, after Mexico City's famous square, and it offers a wonderful primer on Merida's multilayered history. Start at the imposing Cathedral of San Ildefonso on the east side of the plaza: Built in 1561, this is the second oldest cathedral in the Americas. Poke around in the elegant Casa de Montejo, where the city's conqueror, Francisco de Montejo, resided from 1542, then marvel at the incredible murals decorating the walls of the Palacio de Gobierno, depicting the Yucatan's dramatic and often bloody history.
For Couples: Carriage rides – Cheesy? Kind of. Fun? Por supuesto! Take a leisurely carriage ride around the city in one of the horse-drawn buggies that wait around the plaza for passengers. It looks touristy, but this is a pastime beloved by visitors and love-struck locals alike.
For Families: Parque Zoologico del Centenario – This free urban zoo, which dates back to 1910, feels like a throwback to a gentler time. Meridanos with overexcited kids flock here for everything from a miniature train to stalls selling cotton candy. The exhibits house exotic birds, primates, hippos, white tigers, and the rarely glimpsed jaguar, a majestic big cat that once roamed the Yucatan.
For the Adventurous: Cenote Xlacah – Cool off with a swim in a cenote, one of the many limestone sinkholes that form the Yucatan's underground river system. This one is in the puebla of Dzibilchaltun, about halfway between Progreso and Merida, and is located within an archeological site that also contains Mayan ruins.
Tip: While the centro historico is largely walkable, the Yucatan's year-round heat can prove taxing. Taxis are affordable and reliable, and the city is laid out on a grid, so even if your Español is lacking, a written address will get you where you need to go.
Merida is renowned as one of the safest cities in Mexico. Many locals even leave their car doors unlocked, which means this is a destination where you'll feel comfortable wandering around without feeling like a target.
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Dr. Charles A. Leale: Report on death of President Lincoln, First doctor to examine Abraham Lincoln after assassination, Requested by Mrs. Lincoln to do what I could for him until Surgeon General and Dr Stone arrived
Report on death of President Lincoln by Charles A. Leale M. D.
"Having been the first of our profession who arrived to the assistance of our late President, and having been requested by Mrs. Lincoln to do what I could for him I assumed the charge until the Surgeon General and Dr Stone his family physician arrived, which was about 20 minutes after we had placed him in bed in the house of Mr. Peterson opposite the theatre, and as I remained with him until his death, I humbly submit the following brief account.
I arrived at Fords Theatre about 8¼ p.m. April 14/65 and procured a seat in the dress circle about 40 feet from the Presidents Box. The play was then progressing and in a few minutes I saw the President, Mrs Lincoln, Major Rathbone and Miss Harris enter; while proceeding to the Box they were seen by the audience who cheered which was reciprocated by the President and Mrs Lincoln by a smile and bow.
The party was preceded by an attendant who after opening the door of the box and closing it after they had all entered, took a seat nearby for himself.
The theatre was well filled and the play of "Our American Cousin" progressed very pleasantly until about half past ten, when the report of a pistol was distinctly heard and about a minute after a man of low stature with black hair and eyes was seen leaping to the stage beneath, holding in his hand a drawn dagger.
While descending his heel got entangled in the American flag, which was hung in front of the box, causing him to stumble when he struck the stage, but with a single bound he regained the use of his limbs and ran to the opposite side of the stage, flourishing in his hand a drawn dagger and disappearing behind the scene.
I then heard cries that the "President had been murdered," which were followed by those of "Kill the murderer" "Shoot him" etc, which came from different parts of the audience.
I immediately ran to the Presidents box and as soon as the door was opened was admitted and introduced to Mrs. Lincoln when she exclaimed several times, "O Doctor, do what you can for him, do what you can"! I told her we would do all that we possibly could.
When I entered the box the ladies were very much excited. Mr. Lincoln was seated in a high backed arm-chair with his head leaning towards his right side supported by Mrs. Lincoln who was weeping bitterly. Miss Harris was near her left and behind the President.
While approaching the President I sent a gentleman for brandy and another for water.
When I reached the President he was in a state of general paralysis, his eyes were closed and he was in a profoundly comatose condition, while his breathing was intermittent and exceedingly stertorous. I placed my finger on his right radial pulse but could perceive no movement of the artery. As two gentlemen now arrived, I requested them to assist me to place him in a recumbent position, and as I held his head and shoulders, while doing this my hand came in contact with a clot of blood near his left shoulder.
Supposing that he had been stabbed there I asked a gentleman to cut his coat and shirt off from that part, to enable me if possible to check the hemorrhage which I supposed took place from the subclavian artery or some of its branches.
Before they had proceeded as far as the elbow I commenced to examine his head (as no wound near the shoulder was found) and soon passed my fingers over a large firm clot of blood situated about one inch below the superior curved line of the occipital bone.
The coagula I easily removed and passed the little finger of my left hand through the perfectly smooth opening made by the ball, and found that it had entered the encephalon.
As soon as I removed my finger a slight oozing of blood followed and his breathing became more regular and less stertorous. The brandy and water now arrived and a small quantity was placed in his mouth, which passed into his stomach where it was retained.
Dr. C. F. Taft and Dr. A. F. A. King now arrived and after a moments consultation we agreed to have him removed to the nearest house, which we immediately did, the above named with others assisting.
When we arrived at the door of the box, the passage was found to be densly crowded by those who were rushing towards that part of the theatre. I called out twice "Guards clear the passage," which was so soon done that we proceeded without a moments delay with the President and were not in the slightest interrupted until he was placed in bed in the house of Mr. Peterson, opposite the theatre, in less than 20 minutes from the time he was assassinated
The street in front of the theatre before we had left it was filled with the excited populace, a large number of whom followed us into the house.
As soon as we arrived in the room offered to us, we placed the President in bed in a diagonal position; as the bed was too short, a part of the foot was removed to enable us to place him in a comfortable position.
The windows were opened and at my request a Captain present made all leave the room except the medical gentlemen and friends.
As soon as we placed him in bed we removed his clothes and covered him with blankets. While covering him I found his lower extremities very cold from his feet to a distance several inches above his knees.
I then sent for bottles of hot water, and hot blankets, which were applied to his lower extremities and abdomen.
Several other Physicians and Surgeons about this time arrived among whom was Dr. R. K. Stone who had been the President's Physician since the arrival of his family in the city.
After having been introduced to Dr. Stone I asked him if he would assume charge (telling him at the time all that had been done and describing the wound,) he said that he would and approved of the treatment.
The Surgeon General and Surgeon Crane in a few minutes arrived and made an examination of the wound.
When the President was first laid in bed a slight ecchymosis was noticed on his left eyelid and the pupil of that eye was slightly dilated, while the pupil of the right eye was contracted.
About 11. p.m. the right eye began to protrude which was rapidly followed by an increase of the ecchymosis until it encircled the orbit extending above the supra orbital ridge and below the infra orbital foramen.
The wound was kept open by the Surgeon General by means of a silver probe, and as the President was placed diagonally on the bed his head was supported in its position by Surgeon Crane and Dr Taft relieving each other.
About 2 a.m. the Hospital Steward who had been sent for a Nelatons probe, arrived and examination was made by the Surgeon General, who introduced it to a distance of about 2½ inches, when it came in contact with a foreign substance, which laid across the track of the ball.
This being easily passed the probe was introduced several inches further, when it again touched a hard substance, which was at first supposed to be the ball, but as the bulb of the probe on its withdrawal did not indicate the mark of lead, it was generally thought to be another piece of loose bone.
The probe was introduced a second time and the ball was supposed to be distinctly felt by the Surgeon General, Surgeon Crane and Dr Stone.
After this second exploration nothing further was done with the wound except to keep the opening free from coagula, which if allowed to form and remain for a very short time, would produce signs of increased compression: the breathing becoming profoundly stertorous and intermittent and the pulse to be more feeble and irregular.
His pulse which was several times counted by Dr. Ford and noted by Dr King, ranged until 12 p.m. from between 40 to 64 beats per minute, and his respiration about 24 per minute, were loud and stertorous.
At 1 a.m. his pulse suddenly increasing in frequency to 100 per minute, but soon diminished gradually becoming less feeble until 2.54 a.m. when it was 48 and hardly perceptible.
At 6.40 a.m. his pulse could not be counted, it being very intermittent, two or three pulsations being felt and followed by an intermission, when not the slightest movement of the artery could be felt.
The inspirations now became very short, and the expirations very prolonged and labored accompanied by a gutteral sound.
6.50 a.m. The respirations cease for some time and all eagerly look at their watches until the profound silence is disturbed by a prolonged inspiration, which was soon followed by a sonorous expiration
The Surgeon General now held his finger to the carotid artery, Col. Crane held his head, Dr Stone who was sitting on the bed, held his left pulse, and his right pulse was held by myself.
At 7.20 a.m. he breathed his last and "the spirit fled to God who gave it."
During the night the room was visited by many of his friends. Mrs Lincoln with Mrs. Senator Dixon came into the room three or four times during the night.
The Presidents son Capt. R. Lincoln, remained with his father during the greater part of the night.
Immediately after death had taken place, we all bowed and the Rev. Dr. Gurley supplicated to God in behalf of the bereaved family and our afflicted country.
True copy.
(signed) Charles A. Leale M. D."
Guilford Alamance counties piedmont NC roots of manumission of slaves and underground railway, Quakers Levi Coffin and associates founders, Friends and Cane Creek Meetings major roles
Revolutionary Oak New Garden Friends Cemetery Greensboro Guilford County, NC, British and American revolutionary soldiers buried beneath, Planted around 1492?
Guilford County NC history, Settlement by Scotch-Irish German and English Quakers, First settlers came about 1749, Dissenters seeking religious liberty as well as homes
John E. Bingham Lincoln assassination witness apparently nephew of John A. Bingham assistant to JAG in Abraham Lincoln assassination trial, Obituary and bio of surgeon who died in Portland, OR area appear to match
Oral Health America state of decay, Older Americans without oral healthcare, State of decay, Limited access to dental insurance and affordable dental services


You will be very familiar with one side of Turnagain Arm during your visit to Alaska. The Seward Highway runs along the inlet's northern coast — it's one of the most traveled and most beautiful roads in the state. But what's on the southern coast? As it turns out, not a lot, but there is one small town worth visiting: Hope, Alaska.
There is just one way into, and out of, Hope, Alaska. The turnoff for Hope Highway is located 22 miles south of Portage Glacier Road, and 19 miles north of the junction with the Sterling Highway and Alaska Route 9. It's another 20 miles to the town of Hope.
If there's a paved road in Alaska, I want to drive it. After all, Alaska has so few of them, it's hardly a challenge to travel all of them. And sometimes, it's quite amazing that the road even exists. For example, the road to Hope, Alaska — a town with a population under 200, that gets its own 20-mile paved access road.
The Hope Highway isn't quite as scenic as I had hoped. There are moments when the highway aligns with a nearby mountain peak, giving you a nice photo opportunity. But it takes a while for the Hope Highway to go from the interior of the Kenai Peninsula back to Turnagain Arm.
When you get there, it's still a few more miles to Hope. But, there are only a couple of scenic turnouts, with a big enough break in the trees to allow for a nice view.
Looking straight across Turnagain Arm, you're viewing Bird Ridge, among other peaks. Girdwood and the Alyeska Resort would be on the right side of this photo.
… consists of this, and not much else. There is a cafe, general store, community center, gift shop, and a few other businesses. A couple of other restaurants are scattered around town.
Just beyond the rusted tin roof of the cafe, you'll find an RV park.
… until you reach the water, or more likely, fresh mud.
Go any further, and you're likely to get stuck in the thick soup left behind by Turnagain's tidal waters.
While the mud is ugly, the view looking back towards town is quite nice.
Unfortunately, the cafe was closed during my visit, as was just about everything else in Hope's central business district. But there was one place that was still open.
… I am willing to say that Dru is probably the world's most interesting gift shop owner. Dru was about halfway through a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon when I arrived. We chatted for a while about living in Hope versus living in Florida — and I heard the same thing that almost every other Alaskan told me: "It's too hot down there. I couldn't take it." I assured her that my Januarys are very similar to her Julys, so she might want to give it a try in a few months.
The gift shop is packed with a whole lot of everything, including some locally-made items. I resisted the temptation to buy a bumper sticker that said "It's better to have Hope in your soul than to have soap in your hole" — an item that Dru was clearly very proud of.
If you travel beyond Hope, to the end of the highway, you'll find the town's only gas station. Yes, this is it. At least, I'm pretty sure it's still pumping gas. Just to be safe, make sure you've filled up in Anchorage, or Girdwood, or Seward.
If you're wanting to experience small-town Alaska (without flying on a tiny plane to the ends of the earth), Hope provides an authentic experience. If you have time, make the effort to drive out and look around.


Music The script contains places for fourteen songs, suggestions for most of which are included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
Style British pantomime. A full-length show, with very simple sets, so easy to stage in a non-standard environment.
Synopsis The classic tale of the Pied Piper told in panto style with a happy ending!
Hamelin's greedy mayor is up for re-election, and when the town is invaded by rats, he hires a piper to get rid of them, but then he won't pay up.
Roles Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. It's a pantomime, with the usual ration of gender-flexibility, plus any number of rats!
Music The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 17 songs, with some orginal lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
Style The story of the Pied Piper reshaped into a very satisfactory pantomime format. A good line in jokes, with plenty of cheese-related humour involved!


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Harlan H. F. Wood is a trial lawyer specializing in representing the injured. Mr. Wood started his law career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit. There, he prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases. In addition to nearly 100 jury trials, Mr. Wood handled countless motions and hearings that accompany a case. Through this practice Mr. Wood learned the art of advocating for those victimized. The transition from criminal practice to civil practice was both natural and seamless—the major change being the applicable statute. In civil practice Mr. Wood advocates for those who are victims of negligence, and his nearly twenty years of courtroom experience serves his clients well.
Mr. Wood is also a retired Army Judge Advocate. His military career spanned 24 years, the last 15 of which were as a military lawyer. He has the added experience of representing clients in various military courtroom settings. While military rules of evidence differ from state rules, advocacy is honed through experience, and his diverse experiences as a lawyer continue to provide Mr. Wood the opportunity to successfully represent and assist his clients.
Mr. Wood cares deeply for his community. He offers pro-bono legal assistance on various matters to the large community of veterans in metropolitan Atlanta.
Mr. Wood and his wife, Elizabeth, live in the Ormewood Park neighborhood in Atlanta and maintain close ties with their neighbors, volunteer at various community projects, and take great pride in their neighborhood, city, county, and state.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Rank: Major, Branch: Judge Advocate General's Corps, 2009-present
Rank: Captain, Branch: Judge Advocate General's Corps, 2004-2009
Rank: 1st Lieutenant, Branch: Engineer, 1998-2004
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant, Branch: Engineer, 1996-1998
Enlisted Soldier, Active Duty Army, 1989-1992
Judge Advocate General Advance Course
Judge Advocate General Basic Course
Engineer Officer Basic Course
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)
Juris Doctor, 2000, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, 1996, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3520 Piedmont Road, N.E.
Helping the Injured for Over a Century


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Credit: Hanina Pinnick for NME
Olivia Rodrigo: "It's important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter"
Beep-beep yeah! How eclectic debut album 'Sour' proves the 'Drivers License' hitmaker is in it for the long haul
By Hannah Mylrea
When do you know a song has become a true, lasting cultural phenomenon? When it reaches Number One all over the world? Or perhaps when it's the soundtrack to thousands of TikTok videos, or racks up more than 724million Spotify streams – and counting – in just a few months? In the case of Olivia Rodrigo's debut single 'Drivers License', it was a Saturday Night Live sketch that confirmed the 18-year-old Californian songwriter had hit the big time.
The sketch, which aired in late February, just over a month after the song was released, opens with a bunch of blokes shooting pool as guest host Regé-Jean Page loads up "his song" on the jukebox. And what might the Bridgerton heartthrob's musical selection be? Rodrigo's epic pop ballad, of course. Initially his gaggle of pals are dismissive of the song, claiming to have never heard it before. "Sounds like it's just some teen girl singing in her room to her piano," comedian Pete Davidson's character shrugs. But as the song builds to its euphoric climax – where Rodrigo depicts messy post-breakup emotions that flit between heartbreak and anger – their façades crumble.
"It's like she ripped a page out of my diary," one whispers. "It's got me thinking about my breakup… Maybe I'm Olivia," another adds, the skit ending with the men stood shoulder-to-shoulder singing the song's exultant bridge: "Can't drive past the places we used to go to / 'Cause I still fuckin' love you, babe". With over 4million views on YouTube, it remains one of the show's most-watched sketches of the year. In an excitable tweet on the night, Rodrigo called it "the best birthday present ever". She echoes this statement today, enthusing that she's "so obsessed" with SNL and that she "idolises all those people so much".
Rodrigo's song may, on the surface, be about the overwhelmingly teenage milestone of passing your driving test, but, as the cast of Saturday Night Live demonstrate, it's a universal anthem that details the confusing aftermath of a relationship, when you can't quite untangle yourself from an ex. Rodrigo concludes the song with the immortal line: "'Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street". It's the sort of pop moment song that everyone – even some macho blokes playing pool – can relate to.
In January, 'Drivers License' became the fastest song to reach 100million streams on Spotify, and valiantly fought viral sea shanty 'Wellerman' off the top spot in the UK charts for nine consecutive weeks. It is, by some distance, the biggest song of the year and appears to have an insurmountable lead.
Olivia Rodrigo on the cover of NME
The rapid success also means that Rodrigo's first ever live gig wasn't some pokey backroom, but at London's O2 Arena for this year's BRIT Awards. The magnitude of the event, which took place earlier this week, isn't lost on her. "It's absolutely mind-blowing to me", she tells NME over Zoom, quarantining in a cottage just outside of London, a week ahead of the ceremony. "I was so nervous rehearsing for it and my team were like, 'It's fine, there's just going to be 45 people' and I'm like, 'Yeah but the 45 people are going to be Harry Styles and Dua Lipa; that's so scary!'"
By the time you're reading this, she'll have performed to 4,000 BRITs attendees – not to mention the millions of viewers at home – before hopping on a flight to New York to prepare for her very own Saturday Night Live; she'll perform on the upcoming May 15 edition of the long-running show. She laughs off questions about whether she'll smash a guitar à la Phoebe Bridgers (whom she "loves") and says she likely won't star in any of the sketches: "I'm so nervous to sing, so I don't know how much I can put on my plate". You sense that she's already done enough for that show.
Next week, too, we'll see the release of her hugely anticipated debut album 'Sour', which boasts both pop-punk riffs and mosh-pit inducing choruses, alongside some tender acoustic moments. It's a warm record, filled with witty and honest lyricism that covers fractured relationships ('Enough For You'), social media envy ('Jealousy, Jealousy') and messy breakups ('Good 4 U', 'Deja Vu').
Work on the record first began last year, with initial plans to release a debut EP in 2021 – though this understandably changed after the response to 'Drivers License'. "I was like, 'I wish that I can make a project that fully encompasses who I am as an artist'," she says. "And I feel like the EP wasn't my strongest work." Keen to fully showcase who she was as a songwriter, she called her label, Geffen, and asked to extend the project to a full album. They, of course, said yes.
On 'Sour', Rodrigo collaborated with producer Dan Nigro (who's worked with the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen and Sky Ferreira), largely recording in his home studio. "I was really inspired by '90s alternative rock records with 'Sour', especially alternative rock girls," she says, and references Alanis Morissette as a particular inspiration. "I think the albums from that time were so brutally honest and angsty, and I wanted to make an angsty record about me growing up and going through heartbreak."
"I didn't want to make an entire record that sounded like 'Drivers License'. There's no fun in that"
You can hear that on 'Good 4 U' and its Green Day-indebted chorus. "We wanted to take an early 2000s pop-punk song and sort of twist it and find a way to make it 2021," Rodrigo reveals of the slick tune. "I hope people are surprised. I love pop-punk music; I love grunge music; I love country music and folk music. I think, honestly, you can see little influences of all of those genres in my album. And I didn't want to make an entire record that sounded like 'Drivers License'. There's no fun in that for me – and probably not for listeners, either."
There's one constant in Rodrigo's music: her astonishingly open songwriting. She's a thoroughly Gen-Z creator, wearing her emotions plainly and pouring her own experiences into her songs. That's in keeping with her peers such as Madison Beer and Girl In Red, the latter of whom recently told NME: "Gen-Z crave and expect more honesty, intimacy and almost a rawness."
Rodrigo adds: "I've always been such an oversharer. I'll tell my Uber driver all of my deepest traumas and insecurities, and so I just think songwriting for me is an extension of that aspect of my personality. I've never really been so terrified of people learning about the intimate parts of myself; I think that's what makes songwriting so special."
This honesty goes hand-in-hand with a shift in the relationship between fans and artists. In the past, an artist would have built up intimacy with fans through initial live shows. It was once a badge of honour to say you were at an act's early gig, which music lovers who discovered 'Drivers License' in a pandemic won't exactly be able to do. But Rodrigo's not worried.
"I feel like social media is taking that role," she says, explaining that the shift was already underway. "I used to brag that I followed Billie Eilish when she had 200,000 followers on Instagram, and that's sort of the new 'I was there at their first show'." She's a big fan of Eilish and says that she was "so moved" by the star's recent British Vogue cover: "She's so intelligent and I think it's so awesome that girls can look up to somebody like her, who's so brave and intelligent."
Rodrigo's parents are both "music heads" and encouraged their daughter's artistic endeavours. Rodrigo started to audition for television and film acting roles at seven years old, something she recognises as a brutal process: "I think auditions are really rough for anyone. I know people who've gone into their first audition and booked it, but that definitely was not my experience". There were times that she almost sacked the whole thing off. At one point she made a pact with her mum: if she didn't get a job by Christmas, they'd call it quits. She booked her first gig in November of that year.
In 2016 she joined the Disney Channel, first as a lead on comedy series Bizaardvark, and since 2019 she's had a major role in mockumentary TV show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, with the second season of the series airing later this year. Other artists who have similarly come up via Disney have tried, in their solo work, to distance themselves from that time in their lives. Miley Cyrus, for instance, overhauled her image with 2010's risqué 'Can't Be Tamed' and actor Bella Thorne has discussed no longer needing to have a "innocent Disney appeal" when she wrapped her work on the channel.
Now her music is taking off, was Rodrigo nervous about being pigeon-holed as a Disney channel artist?
"Yeah, totally," she says. "That's not to knock Disney Channel artists. Some of my favourite artists came from Disney Channel… But yeah, I always wanted to do something different. I never wanted to be a pop girl; that was never my prerogative." She adds, diplomatically: "I always wanted to write my own songs." While Rodrigo has written a handful of songs for High School Musical, she's largely performing songs that she won't have written herself. "It was super-important to me that I told my own stories in my unique voice."
"I've looked up to Taylor Swift since I was five years old. She's so business-savvy"
Growing up on television sets initially made Rodrigo anxious about her lyrical content: "I remember worrying that I wasn't going to write songs that were relatable because of how weird growing up on a set was." She adds, laughing: "Like, what was I going to write about? 'Ah, gotta do this table read!'"
The success of her gargantuan breakout song has helped to tame these fears, though: "With 'Drivers License', there were a lot of people who were like, 'Yo, I've never heard of this girl before but I really like this song', which to me was the dream – to get a brand new introduction to people just as a songwriter. I consider myself a songwriter first and I'm really happy that people are starting to recognise me as such." Elsewhere in our conversation, too, she insists that it's important to her to be "taken seriously as a songwriter."
That's surely the effect 'Sour' will have. Follow-up single 'Deja Vu', released in April, is a witty eye-roll that sees her scoff at an ex who's repurposing their romantic moments with a new partner: "So when you gonna tell her that we did that, too? / She thinks it's special, but it's all re-used," she slams in the chorus. On album track 'Enough For You', Rodrigo lays out the power imbalance in a flawed relationship: "I wore make-up when we dated 'cause I thought you'd like me more."
With this level of ownership as a writer, though, comes negatives. As 'Drivers License' picked up pace, there was huge intrigue as to who she'd written the song about, with sites speculating about a "love triangle drama" involving her High School Musical co-star Joshua Bassett. "To be completely honest, it was really hard," she says of the endless online speculation. "And, yeah, sometimes it wasn't always the kindest or the most respectful. But I understand why people are curious and I've been curious about who my favourite songwriters wrote their songs about, so I completely understand."
This level of commentary is almost exclusively reserved for female artists, with lyrics by women undergoing an extra level of scrutiny from the media and listeners – just look at Taylor Swift's songs being dissected for details about her love life. "It would be a bald-faced lie if I say that I didn't face any misogyny in the music industry – especially being a young girl," Rodrigo tells NME. "It's a weird place to be. But I feel like I'm surrounded by people who really respect me and treat me with kindness. I'm really lucky in that regard and I hope that my generation of artists can really forge a path for younger artists."
She also insists she would let the scrutiny lead her to self-censorship: "I'm not going to sacrifice me being vulnerable and writing songs that I feel like are true to what I feel… I'm just always gonna write about what I feel the most intensely because that's the best sort of songwriting."
And, luckily, the 18-year-old is not going through the maelstrom alone – a host of pop superstars have reached out to Rodrigo to offer advice in recent months. Cardi B tweeted her support ("She's super cool and I hope to meet her one day"), One Direction's Niall Horan told her he "loved" 'Drivers License' and Rodrigo's songwriting idol Taylor Swift sent her a handwritten note of encouragement.
"It would be a lie if I say I didn't face misogyny in the music industry"
In recent years, Swift has spoken publicly about her battle to own her master recordings, which has resulted in the unprecedented re-recording of her first six albums, and previously clashed with streaming giants Apple and Spotify, fighting for a fairer deal for artists who put their music on the platforms. As a young songwriter, has that impacted Rodrigo's decisions in the music industry? "I've always looked up to Taylor since I was literally five years old," she says. "Obviously I think she's the best songwriter of all time, but she's so business-savvy and she really cares about her career in that regard too – that's been really inspiring for me to watch somebody take control of their career and their life like that."
As Taylor Swift re-records her old albums, she's also letting fans further into each era, completing never-heard-before songs and teaming up with current musical pals to complete them. US singer Maren Morris, for example, provided backing vocals for 'You All Over Me', a song that Swift first penned in 2008. If Rodrigo could be on one of the re-recorded Swift albums, which would it be?
"My favourite Taylor Swift album is 'Speak Now'," she says. "I would love to be on a 'Speak Now' song. I'm just so excited to listen to them, though. I love listening to the vault recordings and stuff like that. I'm gonna own my masters, but I'll listen to songs I'm not putting out and be like, 'Maybe I'll do a vault thing when I'm Taylor's Swift's age.'"
When NME first spoke to Rodrigo back in January, she spoke excitedly about the records she had broken and the "surreal" experience of surpassing her heroes. Positive and polite, she recognised that it was perhaps "a little bit daunting" to have your debut be the biggest song of the year. 'I just really enjoy writing and feel so proud of the stuff that I've created, so that's all I can do," she said. "I don't have control of the other stuff."
She echoes this sentiment today. Speaking proudly about the work she's created, she brushes off questions about any nerves as to how the album will be received: "I made a project that I feel really proud of and that's the only thing that I set out to do. I try not to write songs through the lens of hoping that they're commercially successful. I just feel that takes away some of the magic of the songs. Success in my eyes would be making music that I feel really proud of, and I feel like it challenges me and excites me and hopefully makes people feel understood."
Maybe this is why Rodrigo's songs have such universal appeal. They're not created to go viral on TikTok – even though they do – and she doesn't jump on musical bandwagons. Even when her songs are filled with personal details or – as on 'Deja Vu' – niche references to Glee and discovering the music of Billy Joel, it's easy for the listener to feel themselves in her songs of heartbreak and relationships.
It's an impressive skill, and one that sets an artist up for longevity in a world of viral smashes. 'Drivers License' may be the biggest song of the year, but you sense Rodrigo's defining moment is further down the road.
Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' is out May 21
Styling by Anna Hughes-Chamberlain
Hair by Lisa Laudat
Make-up by Lucy Wearing
Nails by Kim Treacy


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No, Really, We Don't Know Miguel Cabrera
Miguel Cabrera was arrested on Wednesday night, his second alcohol-related arrest in 500 days, so now everyone is trying to diagnose his problems.
By Packey@Detroit4lyfe Feb 18, 2011, 4:03am EST
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We think we know our favorite athletes. We think the pictures painted in the media combined with how we see the athletes interact and play on the field (court or ice) defines who they really are. But, really, we don't know them beyond the HD TVs and box scores.
As you're already fully aware of, Tigers star first baseman Miguel Cabrera was arrested late Wednesday night for being in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and resisting arrest, almost a year and a half after he was arrested the morning of a game for being involved in a drunken domestic dispute with his wife at their home.
The story and Cabrera's name was trending on the interwebs within hours, sparking an onslaught of semi knee-jerk columns throughout the media landscape, most of which gravitated toward one central theme: the 27-year-old slugger must have a serious drinking problem and he needs some serious help before he ruins his career.
The police report seems excoriating, but it's only an ephemeral glint into Cabrera's personal life. We're granted full access to Miguel Cabrera the baseball player and it's safe to assess that he's phenomenal. However, some feel because we've now seen Miguel Cabrera the drunk in two of the past 500 days, it means we can accurately diagnose all of his problems.
During the process of getting the handcuffed Cabrera into a squad car the other night, the reporting officer claimed Cabrera kept saying, "do you know who I am? you don't know anything about my problems."
The real answer to that question is no. We know he's one of the best baseball players in the game today (even if the officer didn't), he's human, and he's made two serious lapses in judgment in the last two years, consequences of his alcohol consumption. If the problem goes beyond that, and he needs further treatment for alcoholism, he's a grown ass man and can come to that conclusion on his own with the help of his closest family and friends; he doesn't need anyone not privy to all the facts making that decision for him.
If he doesn't need time away from baseball, he doesn't need time away from baseball. The system will take care of his legal matters and I'm aware that being on the diamond can be more therapeutic than anything else. There shouldn't be anyone imploring that he take time away from the game he clearly loves and create (more) suffering for himself, his teammates, and fans, if it's not absolutely necessary.
To suggest Cabrera needs to take a step back from baseball to address potential personal problems is something that can only be determined by possessing all of the facts. All of the facts are not what we have and without them we can't fairly hack away at our keyboards, typing that we know Miguel Cabrera has some kind of unrelenting drinking problem that is killing his career. Besides, you do know that Miguel Cabrera is averaging 30 HRs, 110 RBI and a .310 BA in each of the last seven years, right?
Whether or not he's done that as an unrelenting drunk whose personal well-being might benefit from some outside help is an unknown to us and, as a result, really shouldn't fall under our line of concern beyond we hope Miguel Cabrera is okay, and we hope he'll continue to help our favorite team hit this season. Whoever he is.


what is a democracy? an investigation into american representative democracy on the eve of another election.
So then, to the question *What is democracy?* why can I not answer *It is dictatorship* without being completely misunderstood?
Some argue that democracy is the best and most secure protection of freedom and equality yet devised; others believe that it is the very embodiment of our civil and individual rights, in itself a natural right. I say that it is neither a good nor secure protection, nor is it the embodiment of any rights.
How strange is this idea? Democrat and Dictator have always been in hostile contradiction. But before this blasphemy of mine is denounced, consider the millions of voters in the United States who came to similar conclusions and realized that their vote does not actually do anything for them. It is easy to say something that is already common knowledge. All people know that their rights exist only as far as their ability to exercise them. Democracy at once robs them of their rights and leads them to believe that democracy is the only equitable alternative.
What is democracy but rule by the will of the national majority? The power to rule is the power to create laws, so then in a democracy the law is the expression of popular will. This is an error shared by dictatorships: the rule of law ought to be the expression of justice and fact, not the expression of a will. Even in a perfect democracy we cannot be free.
The act of voting is itself a willful act that deprives others of the representation promised by democracy. A vote is cast, but another vote is cast directly opposing it, and so on until the ratio is two to one, or 66% to 33%. The sovereign will of the majority prevails. The representative elected is indebted to the difference. What then becomes of the promise of democracy to those who "lost?" It does not exist. Each vote made the political process a vain hope for each opposing vote: a system dedicated to equality at every step contributing to political and civil inequality.
This is a tyranny of the majority, something noted long ago by a clever Frenchman, Alexis deToqueville; it is nothing new, it can be said. That may be so, but I am still in the right. The expression of popular will—voting—elects representatives to office, men and women (rarely women – take note) who then shape laws and policy by the expression of personal will, influenced by the will of corporations, influenced by other representatives within parties and within committees, but in every case it is the expression of will, imposed, narrowly defined, channeled, and everywhere susceptible to corruption, self-interest, conspiracy, and manipulation.
This short exploration of mine does not even propose to address the problems associated with financing a candidacy, the impact of the media on the democratic process, the power and influence of federal bureaucracy on civil government, or the marginalization of vast segments of the population due to social and economic conditions, among others. But this is not necessary.
Voting forfeits natural rights to a government that has consistently violated those rights.
It concedes that popular opinion and political expediency are more important than equality, liberty, and conscience.
It requires neither thought nor integrity in candidates or voters, and promotes neither.
Even voting for an alternative candidate legitimizes the very system that marginalizes and destroys the avenues necessary for dissent.
The root of the matter is a question of justice, and voting can never satisfy this.


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May 2016: the organisers of the SDW (Security Document World) exhibition celebrated the 10th anniversary of this highly important international event for technology suppliers, security document printers, infrastructure providers and integrators in the fast-moving security document market place. More than 130 exhibitors and 1,800 visitors from 74 nations participated in the conference, which took place in Westminster, London once again.
The main focus of the three-day conference was networking amongst the industry's top movers from governmental and industry sectors for document security, e-passports, visas, driving licences, national IDs, worker credentials, advanced border control, anti-counterfeiting, fraud detection, and much more. Meanwhile, the SDW conference and exhibition has become one of the world's largest gatherings of experts, end users and renowned speakers in this particular industry sector.
As an exhibitor, Flint Group Flexographic Products used the possibility to showcase their extensive plate portfolio for security and banknote printing as well as the latest generation of processing equipment. A highlight and focus of the demonstration was the nyloprint® WS W Digital letterpress plate, which displays improved reproduction characteristics for the printing of the finest micro-text and guilloche patterns. Especially in combination with the nyloprint® NExT exposure technology, which is based on the latest generation of UV-A LEDs, it enables improved reproducibility and further reduction of production tolerances.
For coating applications, there was a great customer interest in the water washable nyloprint® WA 116 S and WA 116 S Digital plates, which enable the security printer to produce their coating plates in-house instead of sourcing them from external suppliers.


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my java script code==>
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AND HTML CODE ==>
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AND I TRIED TO WRITE JQUERYLIKE=>
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i dont know how to write jquery,guys please help...

A: You have to pass this in event handler if you wish to accept event element as parameter:
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As i've noted element you wan't to show may be selected by the value of href attribtue, so to show that div use code below:
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Good luck :) !

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