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Uncle Sam Sent Me to Rehab for PTSD
by Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) Posted on March 15, 2019 March 12, 2019
This article originally appeared at TruthDig.
I arrived an absolute mess; most of us did. Bloated cheeks, sunken eyes, wearing my PTSD and depression on every inch of my face. I can't say I really wanted to be there, even if I had volunteered. Ironic, wasn't it?
This, a civilian treatment facility in nowhere, Arizona, was to be my last official duty as an officer in the U.S. Army – an ignominious end to a once-bright career. Still, the truth is I needed it: After several years of treatment for post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety, I wasn't getting any better. The Army saw it and decided to retire me a few years early. Over the last year, my life ran off the rails – self medicating, spiraling, the standard drill for a broken vet.
Only those closest to me saw it; however, these were the very ones I'd hurt, who couldn't take it anymore – with the fallout of bridges burned and relationships sabotaged. Nonetheless, most of us remain publicly functional long after these afflictions have taken the wheel. The frightening paradox of it all was that while my writing only improved, my emotional health deteriorated. That said, kudos to the Army, I suppose, for footing the bill and offering the opportunity for inpatient treatment on my way out the proverbial door. That's how they do it: Ask the impossible, shatter a life, send for help when you're too far gone to be of much use any longer – the assembly line of endless wars and the unfortunates who fight them.
It was a strange place, this facility on the outskirts of Phoenix. And expensive! Some 60 percent of the "clients" (as the staff unnervingly referred to patients) were wealthy professionals, well-off white folks with afflictions ranging from depression to suicidal ideation to personality disorders to heroin addiction. Some had Cadillac health insurance plans; a surprising number paid cash, a cool 60 grand.
The rest, well, they were veterans, active or retired, from every branch of the service. Tricare, our (ironically) socialistic government insurer, footed the bill. These men and women, my peers, looked and spoke differently from the civilian "clients" at the center. A microcosm of the select class of volunteers that fight America's hopeless wars, they were generally enlisted, younger, browner, poorer, less educated and more rural than their civilian counterparts. God, you could just feel the distance that separates military from civilian society in the 21st-century United States – the chasm between polite society and an increasingly unrepresentative military caste.
Perhaps you're wondering just who these kids – actually, they ranged from 20 to 50 years old – were, what they "were in for," what they were like. While omitting their names, as is customary when reporting about mental-health matters, let me provide a snapshot, a representation of a generation of damaged warriors the US government has lately produced.
Every morning the lot of us would circle up and publicly announce our name, claim and affirmation. The name was just a given one with a one-letter last initial – anonymity was a way of life in recovery. The affirmation was a positive statement about ourselves meant to rewire the brain to think happy thoughts. Most interesting was the claim, the list of problems that each vet suffered from. Among the civilians, the claims were fairly diverse, but among my fellow veterans, almost everyone claimed what I took to calling the "Military Big Four": depression, anxiety, PTSD and alcohol abuse.
See, the formula is as simple as it is dreadful: The military takes these kids, trains 'em for a few months, then sends them off to some unwinnable war (Iraq and Afghanistan are the current go-to spots). There, they're sometimes killed or mutilated, but more often than not they suffer PTSD and moral injury from what they've seen and done. Then they go home, released into the wild of some shitty garrison town. At that point, the trauma begins to manifest as major depression and crippling anxiety. Finally, just to function, or in order to fit into society, the vet begins self-medicating; alcohol is most common, but opiates, and eventually even heroin, are also prevalent. If they spiral too low or consider/attempt suicide, well, then, they end up along with yours truly in an inpatient facility.
Some, and I met more than two dozen like this, are there by mandate, as part of an impending punishment for some "alcohol-related" incident like a fight, hospitalization, arrest or DUI. Make no mistake, our punitive military is still grappling with the correct balance between discipline and treatment. Punishment they know, it's comfortable; actual treatment, that's another story.
It's ironic, though, this obsession with stamping out alcohol-induced "incidents." After all, the military in which I served supported a culture of alcohol abuse, of binge drinking at every major unit affair – and we had lots of them. Then, back in their modest homes, it was no big secret that troopers from the ranks of private to major general regularly abused substances to numb combat trauma. Just about every vet down in Arizona fit this disturbing profile.
There were other unsettling trends. Perhaps 25 percent had attempted or seriously considered suicide just prior to intake. That shouldn't be surprising – after all, military suicide is a veritable epidemic, with an average of 22 successful veteran attempts on the daily – but I bet it still is for many uninformed civilians.
Then there were the female vets. I hadn't served with many of these during my time in pre-integrated combat units, so even I was a bit shocked by what I found. No less than half the military women in the facility were victims of sexual assault while in the service. And, though the active military touts its recent successes on this front, the disreputable patterns persist. Statistics indicate that one in four female veterans report at least one sexual assault during their term of service. Despicable.
Meeting these women in person, I couldn't help but wonder if Democratic presidential hopeful and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is right: The military might not be capable of processing and prosecuting these cases fairly, and it's time for civilian arbiters to take over. This, of course, rates as blasphemy among my fellow officers, who guard their authorities with special care, but my time in Arizona indicated the status quo is irreparably broken.
Consider a few final vignettes about my peers in the facility, many of whom are representative of thousands more similar cases. There was my Air Force buddy from whom I'd become inseparable and who'd served a tour in mortuary affairs cleaning and processing the bodies of young American troopers. His dreams haunted by that experience for years, he turned inward, to the bottle, and, eventually attempted suicide. The poor guy just wanted out of his contract, but the Air Force wouldn't let him go.
Then there was the former army infantryman, wounded in a bomb attack, crippled by chronic pain after retiring. He turned to opiates for relief, then to cheaper heroin, and finally, to more powerful synthetic fentanyl. He overdosed, found himself in the emergency room a time or two, and awoke in Arizona.
I remain haunted, too, by the ever-so-young serviceman who checked in for alcohol abuse and depression but was actually suffering as a closeted homosexual. Despite the Obama-era repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" restrictions on gays in the military, neither the kid's family nor his still-patriarchal and homophobic military peers were accepting. He came out before our eyes in a highly emotional way. I'll never forget it.
You see, it was the very youth of so many of these men and women at the time of their trauma that was striking. Here we all were, at the funny farm, but I started to realize that so many of these oh-so-publicly adulated veterans arrived "crazy by design." After all, the military grabs kids, purposefully, before their brains have fully developed, when they're physically and emotionally pliant. Many, I'd guess a disproportionate number, enter service with a history of childhood trauma and hail from families positioned on the bottom half of the economic scale. Our government then uses and abuses them, ships them off to wars that can't be won (and that Congress never even authorized) and implants emotional grenades in their psyches. That's the last the American people usually hear of them – but I spent a month with those for whom the grenade has finally exploded.
Such is the tragic reality: The military breaks us and then kindly allots 30-45 days to "get right." The outcomes, I fear, will be less than hopeful.
I've left now, with Arizona in my rear view, never, I hope, to return. Nevertheless, part of me stayed there, just as pieces of my soul still roam Baghdad and Kandahar. Something about the latest experience sticks with me; I can't shake the thoughts – perhaps some inherent meaning that's all in the mind. Anyway, heck, I'm a writer. May as well write about it.
Here it is: I'm left with the profound, if hopeless, wish that every American voter and aspirant adolescent soldier would spend a moment with the veterans in rehab across this country tonight. To know what I know, to see what we – all of us – have allowed to happen in our names. There's romance, and naivety, in that wish, I know, but I wish it just the same.
But oh, the satire of it all: I hadn't wanted to go to that "loony bin" in Arizona in the first place, but there I eventually stood, crying in the airport on my discharge date. I fell in something approaching love, literally and figuratively, with some of my peers, friends I hope, in the program. In treatment I was safe, and healthy, and authentic – the so-called crazy clients, especially the band of broken vets, really got me. The outside was terrifying; maybe it should be.
Then it hit me. This transition, out of the madhouse and into the world, was bigger than my own manageable diagnoses. It was the typical discomfiting journey of the professional soldier back into a society that is no more ready for us than we are for it. Think on that for a moment.
No amount of yellow ribbons or thank-you-for-your-service salutes can alter an unmistakable reality. Our country – your country – has waged perpetual war, across the globe, against an ill-defined enemy and with scant hope for "victory," for nearly two decades. It's cost some 6 trillion tax dollars, sacrificed 7,000 soldiers and contributed to the killing of perhaps 500,000 foreigners, including 240,000 civilians. It has done so with a professional, volunteer military, one that's disjointed from the populace and largely operates in the shadows. Through it all, you're no safer now – maybe less so – than on 9/11, when many of the damaged vets I met were just children. America, your government owns the fractious world it helped create, and – like it or not – owns the hundreds of thousands of PTSD-afflicted vets living within its borders.
Even if the wars ended tomorrow (they won't, by the way), American society has another half-century ahead of it, laden with the burden of these unnecessary disabled veterans. It's inescapable. Would that we'd learn from the tragedy of the forever war as it's been waged, but chances are our leaders, current and future, will be far too obtuse for all that.
So on the war machine rolls, flattening all before it. Still, the invisible wounds are suffered at home, by my friends – the men and women I slept, ate, laughed and cried with in nowhere, Arizona. I'm tempted to (fruitlessly) plea with the American people: Watch how you vote! Skip the next war! Support your vets by creating fewer of them!
After all, they're the heart and soul, the best I've ever seen. Some will recover and lead happy, meaningful lives. Most won't, statistically speaking. Alas, they matter.
I wish only this: that you'll see them, as they saw me – and, perhaps, spare them a sincere thought now and again.
Danny Sjursen is a retired US Army officer and regular contributor to Antiwar.com He served combat tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at his alma mater, West Point. He is the author of a memoir and critical analysis of the Iraq War, Ghostriders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge. Follow him on Twitter at @SkepticalVet.
[Note: The views expressed in this article are those of the author, expressed in an unofficial capacity, and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. government.]
Copyright 2018 Danny Sjursen
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Battersea Polytechnic and the First World War
As we steadily move towards Remembrance Day where we all stop and remember those who have lost their lives serving in the armed forces and because this year is also the centenary of the start of World War One it seems appropriate to focus on those members of Battersea Polytechnic, the founding institution of the University of Surrey, who fought during 1914-1918.
Firstly it is worthy of noting for those who are unaware that there is a War Memorial in Wates House which bears a list of all those from Battersea Polytechnic who fought and lost their lives during the 1914-1918 conflict, in the same location is a board which lists those from Battersea Polytechnic who were awarded military awards during the conflict.
During this time of remembrance please do go and view these and remember those who fought.
Within the University Archives we have a collection of Battersea Polytechnic Magazine, this was produced and published by the Students' Representative Councils of day and evening students. The magazine was in circulation from 1908-1931 and as such provides a valuable source for research into the 1914-1918 years.
For anyone who is interested in the reaction of Battersea Polytechnic to the war then these Magazines really do provide a wealth of knowledge to any researcher.
Battersea Polytechnic Magazine and the War.
The November 1914 Battersea Polytechnic Magazine was the first published since war was declared and begins with an editorial declaring 'Never have we started a new volume at such a time of strife and unrest.' The editorial goes onto list 'with much pride and pleasure' those who had already volunteered to join the armed forces, 10 members of staff, 203 students and 2 members of the governing body by this stage had signed up. The edition also includes letters sent to the principle from students serving in the armed forces.
Throughout the course of the war Battersea Polytechnic Magazine would continue to list those who served in the war and also as the war progressed a Roll of Honour was included, from January 1915 onwards listing those who were killed in action. Touchingly the Magazine includes photographs of those who had fallen alongside the Roll of Honour.
As well as the Roll of Honour and Roll of Distinction the Battersea Polytechnic Magazine contains much more information about how the Polytechnic supported the war effort, through a War Fund, Concerts, the Women's Relief Corps together with photographs of students supporting the war effort in classes.
On this month of Remembrance I think it is apt to show the reactions to the armistice in the first publication of the Magazine after the War ended. There certainly was a sense of relief and joy presented in the magazine with the editor declaring 'We do not attempt to describe the intense excitement, the enthusiasm, the joy that these last few days have brought with them'
In this post I would like to draw attention to one individual in particular who was a student of the Polytechnic, studying Engineering, and having been awarded the Wells Medal before leaving the Polytechnic in 1914.
The man in question was Lieutenant Frederick Johnson who was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military honour. He was awarded his Victoria Cross when he was just 25 years old during the Battle of Loos, during an attack on Hill 70 in the Artois Offensive on 25 September 1915. The official citation, taken from the London Gazette, dated 18 November 1915 reads:
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in the attack on Hill 70 on 25th Sept., 1915. Second Lieutenant Johnson was with a section of his company of the Royal Engineers. Although wounded in the leg, he stuck to his duty throughout the attack, led several charges on the German redoubt, and at a very critical time, under very heavy fire, repeatedly rallied the men who were near him. By his splendid example and cool courage he was mainly instrumental in saving the situation and in establishing firmly his part of the position which had been taken. He remained at his post until relieved in the evening."
[reference courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
The Polytechnic wished to commemorate this achievement of a former pupil and decided to commission a portrait to present to Frederick Johnson, a duplicate of the portrait was also created which is now part of the University Art Collection.
Portrait by William Charles Penn.
For more information about the art collection contact arts@surrey.ac.uk
Battersea Polytechnic Magazine recounts the event of the unveiling of the portrait on 5 May 1916 in the June 1916 edition. At the time the portrait was hung in the Entrance Hall of Battersea Polytechnic. Subsequently as the move to Guildford happened the portrait found a new home, in Wates House.
Once back at the Front he rose to the rank of Major, sadly he was killed in action on 28 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai.
We will continue to post about the First World War and Battersea Polytechnic throughout the centenary of the First World War, do check back regularly for updates. Alternatively contact us for more information
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Bone marrow cells are not forced to differentiate and can freely proliferate according to nutrients availabilty and hormonal signals.
The local environment:
bone trabecules as a source of phosphate
competition between different cell population (white blood cells (leukocytes), red blood cells (erythrocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes)
blood flow and nutrients supply
will shape the bone marrow morphology in a dynamic way.
As feeding of human cells usually requires cell adhesion to an extracellular matrix all cells in bone marrow are endoved in a very soft stroma of mesenchimal origin,
Cells that constitute the bone marrow stroma are:
fibroblasts (reticular connective tissue)
macrophages
adipocytes
osteoblasts
osteoclasts
endothelial cells forming the sinusoids
Macrophages contribute especially to red blood cell production, as they deliver iron for hemoglobin production
Hematopoietic stem cells give rise to the three classes of blood cells that are found in the circulation: white blood cells (leukocytes), red blood cells (erythrocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes).
TISSUE SPECIFIC MOLECULES
During development, precursor cells become committed to skeletogenesis upon induction of the critical osteogenic transcription factor, cbfa1. The initial phenotype expressed by these cells is that of fully mature osteoblasts. Subsequently, when a threshold amount of bone has been formed, these cells form the primitive bone marrow stroma that serves as the bed upon which hematopoiesis occurs. At some point during the postnatal period, when hematopoiesis is sufficient, these same cells change phenotype yet again to become marrow adipocytes. Cells of these three phenotypes (osteoblastic, myelosupportive, and adipocytic) form a continuous network throughout the bone–bone marrow organ and maintain expression of cbfa1. These differentiated cells are able to shift from one phenotype to another, depending on the metabolic status of the organism. (Bone Marrow Stromal Cells, 2000)
Cell signaling
Structural proteins
biological functions (with links to other Flipper pages: Thyroid--> Thyroid Hormones)
EMBRIOLOGY
The history of tissue differentiation according to the sequential changes of the environment.
Competion between different cell populations is regulated by signal peptides, namely:
TSLP
Thrombopoietin
extravascular fibrin clot
Factor V Leiden bone marrow
Estrogens upregulate cell proliferation in bone marrow
Estrogen increases coagulation factor V mRNA levels via both estrogen receptor-alpha and -beta in murine bone marrow/bone. 2004
Interestingly, 17beta-estradiol increased mRNA levels of coagulation factor V in the bone marrow/bone.
Non-malignant bone marrow necrosis: a report of two cases. 1998
We present two cases of bone marrow necrosis not associated with malignancy, infection or sickle cell disease. The first case, a 28 year old woman with the antiphospholipid syndrome and a factor V Leiden abnormality, suffered an illness characterised by multiple organ thromboses, anemia and refractory thrombocytopenia. She had documented bone marrow necrosis of the posterior iliac spine and numerous hot spots on bone scanning suggestive of widespread marrow necrosis. This patient also suffered hepatic infarcts and a miscarriage and may represent an explanation for the previously described "catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome". The second patient developed widespread bone pain over a three week period, underwent a cholecystectomy and suffered major post-operative complications including a delayed transfusion reaction and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Pancytopenia developed and bone marrow trephines from numerous foci revealed widespread bone marrow necrosis. The only predisposing factor to account for this presentation was that the patient had been sniffing glue for two months prior to the illness, as the foci of necrosis had healed on repeat marrow examination eight weeks later when the patient had abstained from glue sniffing. This case may represent a reversible, toxic cause of bone marrow necrosis.
Drug-induced hematologic syndromes. 2009
Glucocorticoids cause neutrophilia by inducing the release of neutrophils from the bone marrow.
Parvovirus B19
Serological study on parvovirus B19 infection in multitransfused thalassemia major patients and its transmission through donor units. 2011
Such a transmission of B19 infection leads to red cell aplasia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia.
Central macrophage and erythroblast island
binding+protein+central+macrophage+erythroblast
EMP = MAEA_HUMAN
Erythroblastic islands: niches for erythropoiesis. 2008
Microenvironmental factors involved in the establishment of erythropoiesis in bone marrow. 1994 Pubmed link
Bone Marrow Cells


This April President Obama will return to Asia and the Pacific to press military, economic and diplomatic "Pivot" from Iraq and Afghanistan to Asia and the Pacific. The goal: to "manage China's rise" in ways that ensure continued U.S. dominance. 60% of the Air Force and 60% of the Navy are being deployed to the region. Military alliances are being deepened, new military bases built, and hundreds of billions dollars diverted to deploy dangerous advanced weaponry. And the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is being negotiated in secret.
Little known to most Americans, though most don't realize it, we've come to the brink of war – potentially nuclear war – twice in the last two years, first during tensions with North Korea and then over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. Our hundreds of military bases have devastating impacts on people in "host" communities. And TPP will cost us jobs, worsen working conditions and assault the environment, all to increase U.S. economic leverage over China and further maximize corporate profits and power.
The all day conference will bring us up to date on what is happening in Asia/Pacific, how it will affect us here at home, and what we can do. Join us as we build our ability to pivot for peace, instead of for war.
Registration $10; with lunch $20. Donations to the event beyond the cost of registration and lunch are tax-deductible. They are needed to meet the travel costs for our speakers.


In Interactive SQL, you can export data from your database to an Excel file by using the OUTPUT statement.
You must have SELECT privilege on the table, or SELECT ANY TABLE system privilege.
The data is exported to the specified Excel file.
The following example exports data from the Employees table in the sample database to a new table in a database named demo2. The user ID used to connect to the second database must have the CREATE TABLE, CREATE ANY TABLE, or CREATE ANY OBJECT system privilege.


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Multiple sclerosis may be sexually acquired
MS research may change direction if researchers take up the challenge of testing the hypothesis that a recent review proposes—namely, that MS is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The author emphasises that this may be just one way in which the disease occurs but maintains that there is sufficient evidence to suggest that it is spread sexually, manifesting itself in those who are genetically susceptible.
MS is generally assumed to have a genetic or immune basis, but it shares parallels with STIs—not least tropical spastic paraplegia—an STI whose similarity to primary progressive MS is striking.
Historically, clusters or epidemics of MS recorded after an influx of troops in communities with a previously low incidence of the disease—for example, Allied troops sent to Iceland, Shetland, and the Faroes in World War II—are consistent with the spread of an STI. MS is initially more prevalent in females, and is passed on more efficiently from men to women. Migration at a young age from low risk to high risk areas for MS rapidly increases risk status. Prevalence mirrors social and cultural norms: MS is most prevalent in permissive societies and least so in Moslem Arab countries, in ethnic populations living apart from white populations— Aborigines, Maoris—and in closed white communities with strict moral attitudes. It also mirrors changing social norms: the Danish MS Registry, with records from 1949, reported a significant increase in MS in women when oral contraceptives became available and use of barrier methods offering more protection against STIs declined.
▴ Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry2002:73:439–443.


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Are Real Estate Market Influences All in Our Heads?
Behavioral finance, which uses psychological theories to explain market anomalies, may explain 2004's real estate boom, said Yale University professor Robert Shiller.
By Heather Anderson | May 29, 2007 at 08:00 PM | The original version of this story was published on Credit Union Times Magazine
PASADENA, Calif. — Behavioral finance, which uses psychological theories to explain market anomalies, may explain 2004′s real estate boom, said Yale University professor Robert Shiller.


Bai Zi Ren 12 g.
Sheng Di, Shan Yao, Bai Shao and Bai Zi Ren: Tonifying the liver and kidney.
Dai Zhe Shi, Long Gu and Mu Li: Checking the adverse flow of Qi by its heavy nature.
Niu Xi: Activating blood and dredging meridians, tonifying liver and kidney, strengthening tendon and bone, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, conducting fire (blood) to go downward.
Decoct in red water for oral dose to be taken twice.


Hindsight has always been said to be a wonderful thing, however here at Lime we like to think about thngs a little differently. Rather than doing something then wishing we had done it differently, we have spent years looking at how things are done in the cleaning supplies business and quite simply have come up with a way to do it better.
Bring the best products to the market place at the most competitive prices, backed up by the latest systems and IT knowhow to allow us to deliver unrivalled service.
This information is not just as bolt on to our system but is built into our back end letting you see what information we see, when we see it.
Systems are great, no they really are, but at Lime we recognise that without the right people then nothing really happens that is worth while.
Our senior team owns the business and enjoys unrivalled experience within the cleaning industry.
Robert has been in the cleaning industry for over 40 years, having owned and headed up companies including Radium janitorial supplies, Dyson Chemicals, Wetrok UK, Powerboss UK and FCM. He was a past Chairman of JANSA (Now the CHSA), a founder member and past chairman of the British Cleaning Council and a past Master of the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners, the industry livery company. His wealth of experience and contacts are invaluable.
Matthew has enjoyed over 12 years in the cleaning industry, starting in the contract cleaning world, working for Clean Deal then Broadreach, he has also held the positions of Operations Director and Head of Group Purchasing and Marketing in FCM and Premiere Products. With a strong background in IT and systems he helps deliver Lime's promise of outstanding customer service.
Peter has worked in the cleaning industry for over 15 years, successfuly occupying the positions of National Accounts Director and Sales Director for companies selling cleaning equipment including FCM to a full array of customers. His sales experience and ability to deliver what the customer needs and wants make him the perfect first point contact.
Chris has over 30 years experience in managing companies. In 1995 he utilised these business skills to start CJ Services (UK) Limited, which provides a dedicated high quality Point of Sale installation and maintenance service. Through managing CJ Services, it has given him experience in all areas of corporate business as well as strategic planning and directorship that is associated with an £8 million company employing 175 people.


Learning my ABC's while I learn about my faith! From our new "Totally Toddlers" series, this colorful book is a wonderful way for young children to learn about the alphabet while looking at Catholic imagery.
Full color. For children 7 and under.


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Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Nine Dive Bars: Café Cléopâtre or Bust
TRH is a bar with a skate bowl
Drowning your Honky Tonk Blues at the Wheel Club
Greasy Spoons
Steamé vs. Toasté au Montreal Pool Room
Orange Juleps and Hot Rods
Chalet BBQ's Chicken Got Me Arrested
Outsmart A Serial Killer at X-Cape's Escape Rooms in HoMa
Montreal's Police Museum
The Holocaust Museum
Oogle Fine Treasures In Canada's Most Prestigious Jewelry Store
Dollar Cinema: "Big Screens, Big Movies, Low Prices"
Habitat 67, Parc de la Cité-du-Havre, and the Perpetual Wave
ACAB – All Cops Are Buffers: murale censurée par le SPVM dans Hochelag'
Gay Casual Encounters
Church Sex
Ego Baiting
Our February 2019 Horoscope Predictions
Interview with rapper Daybi: hip-hop finds a Home in Kahnawake
Entrevue avec Éric Duhaime : pas de vin, pas de photographe
Beaver Pelts, Bootleggers, & Bagels: The Story of Montreal's Chosen Community
Jews… They're everywhere. They're into everything. At least that's what it says on the official Ku Klux Klan website, as well as the Westboro Baptist Church's. According to the these and various other sources, there are and have been Jewish communities of varying sizes conspiring in cities all over North America, and Montreal is no exception.
Ask just about anybody however – Goyim OR Jew – to tell you about Montreal's Jewish community, and it's more likely that you'll hear rather innocuous references to Leonard Cohen, Mordecai Richler, William Shatner, bagels, denizens of the shmata business, elusive family physicians, and Hasidic landlords emerging from their doorways on Friday evenings to ask complete strangers for help with the lights.
And while those are all truly important aspects of Jewish Montreal, the community's storied past goes back farther than your Bubby's Bubby's Bubby's recipe for matzoh ball soup.
What we imagine Esther Brandeau might have looked like.
Arriving aboard a ship that set sail from France in 1738, Esther Brandeau was the first Jew to set foot in New France. She was brought over because of her reputation as a shrewd accountant with a talent for finding tax loopholes… just kidding. In actual fact the teenaged Brandeau was looking to start an exciting life as a sailor and fur trader. Since females at that time were deemed unfit for the ocean voyage and pioneer lifestyle, and because King Louis XIV had declared New France a "Catholics Only" territory, the adventure-seeking young Esther disguised herself as a musketeer.
Unfortunately, both her gender and religion were soon discovered. While her cross-dressing antics were overlooked, Esther was forced to either renounce her faith or be shipped back to France. She chose the latter.
Lower right corner: Ezekiel Hart
After the British conquest of New France in 1760, small but ever increasing numbers of Jews, mostly soldiers in the British army, began settling in Montreal. Those arriving from Britain were of both Ashkenazi (Eastern European) and Sephardi (North African, Spanish Inquisition escapees) backgrounds, and by the mid-1760s, most of two hundred or so people that made up the local Jewish community were involved in the fur trade, establishing a presence in Montreal's shmata business early on.
1768 saw the founding of The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Canada's first non-Christian house of worship. Jews would gather at this humble temple in Old Montreal to pray, celebrate, and discuss strategies for eventually controlling the world's economy. By 1807, Ezekiel Hart became the first Jewish member of what was then called Lower Canada's legislature, only to be ousted a year later, due in large part to French Catholic anti-Semitism. He did however help Montreal Jews to attain equal voting and land owning rights by the 1820s.
Word spread through the Hebrew grapevine that Canada was a relatively tolerant place to live in. With anti-Semitism increasing throughout Europe and the rising trend of pogroms (lynching Jews) in Russia at the end of the 19th century, thousands made the journey to Montreal. Contrary to stereotypes, nearly all of the new arrivals were dirt poor, their trips and initial set-ups funded by a handful of rich local sponsors.
Moishes Steakhouse – Photo Credit: Flickr, Ella
By World War I Montreal had become home to the largest Jewish population in Canada. The community thrived as new schools, synagogues and businesses were established. Jews worked hard, hoarded their nickels, and started moving up from serving as sweatshop employees to being business owners, buying up a lot of hot properties in the process. Wealthy and prominent Jewish families such as the Bronfmans engaged in various philanthropic initiatives, as well as profitable bootlegging operations during the American prohibition era.
The end of World War II saw the arrival of another 20,000 European Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, the majority of whom took up residence in Jewish-owned tenement apartments and duplexes in the Outremont and Plateau neighbourhoods. They continued to thrive, and by the 1950s the more secular and financially secure of the Chosen ones began moving to the borough of Cote St. Luc, creating an area which to this day remains mainly Jewish.
"The police arrested a graffiti artist who had tagged Moishes. Because he was destitute and couldn't pay for the repairs, we made him an offer: we would drop the criminal charges if he actually created a meaningful work of art, based on our family history and on the history of the community that grew up around Moishes on St. Laurent." Lenny Lighter, Owner – Moishes Steakhouse
In the early 1980s Quebec's language laws began to favour French to a degree that made many Yids uncomfortable, driving them to leave for Toronto and other parts of Canada. Jewish culture nevertheless remains very much alive in Montreal today, although it's not what it was in the 1950s to '70s heyday. For the most part, Montreal's current Jewish residents continue to live and work amongst their multicultural neighbours, while maintaining and supporting Jewish causes and social networks. With such firmly planted social, cultural, and economic roots, the ritually circumcised community of Montreal isn't bound to disappear anytime soon. There's just too much money to be made selling bagels.
NOTABLE JEWISH LANDMARKS
Typical lunchtime lineup. Photo credit: Flickr, Aram Kudurshlan
Schwartz's Deli (3895, Saint-Laurent Blvd.): Located in the city's hip Plateau area, this Hebrew style deli has been serving up its' world-famous smoked meat sandwiches for over 80 years. Expect long lines of hungry patrons at lunch and dinner hours. Although it's referred to as "Hebrew-style", the food is not actually kosher, so you won't find too many black-hatted, curly-sideburned, long-bearded types eating there.
Wilensky's
Wilenski's Delicatessen (34, Fairmount Avenue West): The other world-famous Hebrew style, non-kosher deli serves up not only a wisecracking Jackie Mason kind of Jewish atmosphere, but an entirely unique type of delectable artery-clogging sandwich….thin, grilled, greasy slices of something akin to baloney, but not exactly, between a white bread bun. Several scenes from "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" were filmed at this nearly century-old landmark.
The Heart from Auschwitz, a birthday card written by a group of female prisoners at the Auschwitz death camp, on display at the MHMC.
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (5151, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine): If you're having too much fun during your visit to the city, why not balance things out with a trip to the Holocaust Memorial? Seriously though, the Montreal Holocaust Memorial is considered one of the world's most comprehensive museums dedicated to the Holocaust and features an extensive collection of artifacts, photos, and films, including videotaped testimonies from survivors.
St-Viateur Bagel. Photo credit: Flickr, TMAB2003
St. Viateur Bagels (263, Saint Viateur Street West): This bakery, located in the Mile End area, serves up an infinite variety of bagels 24/7… sesame seeds, poppy seeds, blueberries, sundried tomatoes… the best bagels on Earth. When New York Jews visit Montreal, they eat these bagels in silent shame. The bakery is actually located in the heart of Montreal's Hassidic community, so if you feel like gawking at people who look like they stepped off a horse-drawn wagon in a 19th century Polish village, here's your chance.
Cinéma L'Amour.
Cinema L'Amour (4015, Saint-Laurent Blvd.): Often rumoured to be the place where Ehrich Weisz, the son of a Hungarian rabbi also known under the pseudonym of Harry Houdini, received his fateful punch to the gut. This thriving porno theatre was known as "The Globe" during the 1920s, a nice little space where fans of Yiddish theatre could catch a local production of Yentl. Now, it's one of the last bastions of public masturbation. If you're in the 'hood, why not take your sweetheart for a visit to this historical site? Y'know, like when Robert DeNiro takes Sybil Shepard to the "art film" in Taxi Driver.
Bagg Street Shul. Photo credit: Flickr, Philippe Du Berger
Bagg Street Shul (3919, Clark Street): The only remaining synagogue in the Plateau neighbourhood, this beautiful, red-bricked, marble stair-cased, Jew-filled building has stood as a monument to Montreal's Jewish community since 1899.
The Segal Centre
Segal Centre (5170, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine): If you're looking for genuine Yiddish theatre (i.e. NOT a porno theatre under the guise of searching for Jewish landmarks) look no further than the Segal Centre, located in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges/Snowdon neighbourhood. All year round you can catch productions of Yiddish classics and modern Jewish themed plays, starring Montreal's finest Jewish and Goyish talent.
The Synagogue, as it appeared in the late 19th century on Chenneville Street
Spanish and Portugese Synagogue (4894 St Kevin Ave.): Also located in the city's Snowdon area, this Synagogue is Canada's oldest non-Christian religious building. The building has been refurbished, and the home to Canada's oldest religious Jewish congregation is beautifully designed with stained glass windows and massive menorahs.
Montreal Jewish General. Photo credit: Flickr, Colros
Sir Mortimer B. Davis Hospital – aka Montreal Jewish General (3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine): If you're in Montreal and you get sick, let's face it…you want to see a Jewish doctor. Well, there's no better place than the Jewish General, a hospital that was founded by Jewish philanthropists as a teaching facility to bypass the quotas put on the number of Jewish medical students by the anti-Semitic university boards during the early 20th century… Imagine NOT wanting to facilitate the development of Jewish doctors?!
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Spudboy said that Lindsey never called.
That's why I need to go back to Boston.
We ought to help each other.
We have added greater 64-bit server support.
The number of houses being built was dropping.
My 7th graders are annoying.
Rafik couldn't figure out what was wrong.
That's the last time I'm taking you home.
What've you been doing to Vic?
I met Syun the other day.
Ramesh was married and then he got divorced.
Randal left soon after we got here.
I like social networking web sites.
Matthias is the only one in our class who hasn't been to Boston.
Deb insisted that all of us go with him.
He seemed to have just woken up from a dream.
Erick is wearing glasses with black frames.
It might be time for Atheists to start knocking on doors too, to spread their message of happiness to the world.
What seems to be the problem, Chuck?
Vistlik likes to sing. He would like to study music at university.
Ambiguous phrases often lead to amusing interpretations.
Clay probably didn't know about the meeting.
They exhausted all the resources of the country.
Piete never was very punctual.
Let's not get caught doing this.
It appears that he's a student.
I was sixteen in this picture, and Marian was ten.
Sharon is a very individualistic girl.
That was no problem for Julius.
Gilles was more than ready.
Jan awaited the news with bated breath.
Kathleen wasn't able to open the box.
Myrick always uses a condom.
We want to find Sundar.
Sundaresan leaned over the table and kissed Allan.
Susanne wanted to know Dwayne's phone number.
The job was difficult, but Sid still wanted to do it.
Clem didn't laugh at my joke.


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@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSString *identifier;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSString *questID;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSArray *shareFlags;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, assign) DQCommentUploadStatus status;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSString *facebookToken;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSString *twitterToken;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSString *twitterTokenSecret;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSNumber *uploadProgress;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, copy) NSString *contentID;
@property (nonatomic, readwrite, strong) NSArray *emailList;

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             twitterTokenSecret:(NSString *)twitterTokenSecret
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}

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35 graduands of veterinary medicine, MOUAU receives VCN Certificate
35 graduands from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU have been presented with the Provisional Registration Certificate of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, shortly after taking the oath of induction.
Speaking at the Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim Auditorium of the Institution during the 8th Oath-Taking/Induction Ceremony for the 2019/2020 graduands, the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe acknowledged the roles the Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) play in ensuring that the College of Veterinary Medicine maintains the standard requirements for the training of Veterinary Surgeons.
Prof. Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe
He reiterated that his administration is committed to providing an enabling atmosphere for quality research and training for the College.
The MOUAU Vice Chancellor who promised that the pressing needs of the College would be met within the available resources, congratulated the graduands on the successful completion of their studies despite the rigorous processes, and challenged them to be good ambassadors of the University.
In her remarks, the President, Nigerian Veterinary Council, AIG (Dr) Aishatu Abubakar Baju, represented by Dr. Olutunji Nasir, maintained that the Council would continue to support and collaborate with universities in providing necessary resources and ensuring the sustenance of global best practices in the profession.
In his remarks also, the Acting Registrar of Veterinary Council of Nigeria, Dr. Ezenwa Nwakonobi, applauded the exploits of Veterinary practitioners from the University in their various engagements.
He urged the College and the University to do more to maintain their excellent standards.
Cross section of the graduands
Earlier in his address, the Dean of the College, Prof. Josephat Onu stated that the oath-taking/induction exercise is mandatory for all veterinary graduands before they can practice.
Prof. Onu used the occasion to solicit the support of the University management in the provision of teaching/research farm, as well as laboratory and office spaces for the College.
He also stated that the College is in dire need of Senior Academics in the professorial cadre.
Dr. Okwaraeke
In his remarks, the overall best graduating student, Dr. Favour Okore Okwaraeke disclosed that diligence, hard work and unwavering parental support were the keys to his success.
He applauded the lecturers of the College for their resourcefulness and urged students of Veterinary Medicine to show commitment in their studies.
The elated father of the star student, Mr. Moses Okwaraeke, narrated the challenges he faced in the course of training his son, especially regarding finance.
He, however, expressed happiness that his relentless efforts have been rewarded by his son's stellar academic achievements.
The ceremony which featured award of prizes to the best graduating students in their various subject areas, attracted the principal officers of the University and Heads of Departments in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Nancy Eni-Otu shone bright as the first ever recipient of the Farm Alert Leadership Award, while President, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, Dr. Olutoyin Adetuberu, who also attended the ceremony, presented an award to the best graduating student.
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Country music star and Oklahoma native Toby Keith will be among the performers at a series of events marking the inauguration of incoming Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Relief efforts on behalf of Oklahoma and Kansas property owners affected by recent wildfires are getting a lift from country music star and Oklahoma native Toby Keith.
The 2016 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Awards dinner is scheduled Nov. 17, but tickets to the ceremony will go on sale to the public on Aug. 26 at OklahomaHoF.com.
Toby Keith's 2016 Interstates & Tailgate Tour will include a concert on Oct. 14 at the BOK Center in Tulsa.
In July 2014, Hal Smith Restaurant Group opened Big Dog Daddy's Ice House in partnership with country music star Toby Keith. But the restaurant wasn't the chart-topping hit that the company expected, Managing Partner Ross Crain said.
The Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill in Syracuse's Destiny USA mall has closed suddenly, making it the second honky-tonk bearing the country music star's name to go belly up this month.
Oklahoma native and country music superstar Toby Keith has been selected for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
An Oklahoma-born country music artist has put his name on another restaurant concept. Toby Keith is again working with Hal Smith Restaurant Group, this time on Big Dog Daddy's Ice House, 1150 W. Lindsey St.
The New York location of country music star Toby Keith's chain of restaurants owes more than a quarter-million dollars in sales taxes to the state.
The Western Heritage Awards dinner at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has been drawing big crowds since the event was established 53 years ago, and this year was no exception. Well, some of the cowboys and cowgirls are a little older now, but they still know how to shout and whistle when someone does – or says – something a bit racy.


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Q: Ajax submits form twice None of the cases in this forum helped me. I did all the cited options like
$(this).unbind("click");
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
return false;
$('form').unbind("submit");
onsubmit="return false;
etc...

I put tried those everywhere. None ow them worked for my case. Plz, help me I just stuck need to launch the project asap.
Here is my code:
<form class="form-horizontal" method="post" id="payment">
  <fieldset id="pincode_fieldset" <?php echo ($user->pincode=="" ||      $user->pincode_error==3)? "disabled":""; ?>>
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="username" name="username">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="password" name="password">
    <input type="text" class="form-control" id="deposit" name="deposit">
    Pay
  </fieldset>
</form>

case 1:
When I click #submit_btn and click #confirm_btn form submits once;
case 2:
When I click #submit_btn and click #back_btn and click #submit_btn and click #confirm_btn form submits twice;
case 3:
if I do the action 3 times it submits three times
etc.
I checked with alert();
The problem is here:
$("#confirm_btn").click(function(e){
    $("#modal_content").hide();
    //$(this).unbind("click");
    submitForm('#payment','payment.php', true, true);
    //e.stopPropagation();
});

submitForm() is submitting again and again depends on the clicks I have made on #submit_btn. I need to give users the option of confirmation before they submit. Please, help me I cannot solve it spend whole day and night.

A: I would do something like this, (i) cancelling the click on the  element that works as a submit button, and (ii) binding the widget actions at the top level, with the modal/ok-button actually submitting the form.
<form class="form-horizontal" method="post" id="payment" action="payment.php">
    ...
    Pay
    ...
</form>

A: Last I solved the problem myself.
I just split the confirmPayment() into two and it worked:

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Did aversion to bitter tastes evolve into moral disgust?
Life 26 February 2009
By Ewen Callaway
Video: Our reaction to unpleasant actions could be linked to our natural aversion to bitter tastes (Courtesy of University of Toronto)
People's visceral reaction to incest or betrayal by others could stem from a natural aversion to potentially toxic foods, researchers argue.
Subjects who swig nasty tasting liquids grimace in a similar way to people who view photos of open wounds or toilets covered in faeces, as well as people whose trust is violated.
This overlap points to a common neural foundation for distaste and moral disgust, say Hanah Chapman and Adam Anderson – both psychologists at the University of Toronto.
Common usage of the word disgust and its synonyms might reflect a deep connection between moral disgust and distaste, she says. "People will say that behaviour disgusts me, or so-and-so is repulsive, or that interaction left a bad taste in my mouth."
Illness avoidance
Because people frequently employ the word disgust as a stand-in for anger, Chapman's team wanted a more objective measure of the emotion. They relied on electrical measurements of a facial muscle group called the levator labii, which runs along our cheeks. It wrinkles the nose and purses the lip.
A previous study from Chapman's colleagues found that the levator labii muscles flex in response to disgust, but not anger. "It's really quite specific," she says.
Indeed, 27 volunteers in that study who sipped bitter, salty and sour liquids clenched their levator labii far more tightly than when they drank sweet liquids.
Another group of 19 volunteers contracted this muscle group while viewing disgusting images, but not at merely sad pictures – traffic accidents or homeless people, for instance.
These responses make sense, since it often pays to avoid bitter foods, as bitterness is an indicator of toxicity in plants, as well as bacteria-filled faeces, Chapman says. "Disgust is an avoidance mechanism at heart. It keeps you away from something that makes you sick."
Moral revulsion
To connect these responses to more abstract forms of disgust, such as those evoked by thoughts of incest or the sight of Nazi uniforms, Chapman's team tested another 21 volunteers on a task commonly used to gauge trust.
In a two-person "ultimatum" game, a researcher or computer makes an offer to split $10 in various ratios that test subjects can accept or reject. Unfair offers – $9 for the researcher and $1 for the volunteer – evoked significantly more levator labii activity than equitable offers, Chapman's team found.
She speculates that moral revulsion evolved out of more primal forms of disgust to help people avoid untrustworthy individuals.
"We say things like 'Bernie Madoff, he's disgusting', or 'the stimulus package grosses me out'," but these are all metaphors, says Paul Bloom, a psychologist at Yale University. He wonders if the subjects in playing the ultimatum game weren't experiencing something along the lines of contempt, rather than true disgust.
Sense of contamination
Paul Rozin, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, agrees that disgust may have piggybacked on the facial expressions generated by distaste, but says, "the fact that we use the word disgust and make a face doesn't guarantee that you have that feeling". Real disgust involves a mental calculation that distaste does not, he adds.
Chapman agrees that not all the qualities of disgust are reflected in taste aversion. Some people ignore bitter-tasting Brussels sprouts and push them to the side of their dinner plate.
That's not the case with disgust, which also involves a sense of contamination, she says. "If I give you a scoop of poo on your plate you're not going to eat your mashed potatoes next to them."
Journal reference: Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.1165565)
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Teen's golf cart business is rolling along during the pandemic
In: Business Ideas
Tagged: Business, cart, Golf, pandemic, rolling, Teens
18-year-old Dakota Guild just graduated from high school. His drive is not limited to the classroom or the golf course.
GRESHAM, Ore. — About ten years ago, Dakota Guild got hooked on an idea. The result has expanded to a shop on Southeast Division Street in Gresham.
"We're open by appointment only, but we're putting the finishing touches on," said Guild, the owner of Guild Golf Carts – and only 18 years old. So if you do the math, he started out on this venture when he was only eight.
"We started very small – we had one golf cart to drive around our property, take down the garbage," he said.
Guild says the driveway at their house is about 1,000 feet long. The cart made it easier to do things like check the mail. The family bought it in Hillsboro for about $500.
"We sold it the next summer for $750, made 250 bucks, we thought it was pretty cool."
"Pretty cool" turned quickly turned into a full-time thing, but it wasn't a free ride for Dakota. His dad gave him a loan to get off the ground, and even rented garage space to him at their home in Damascus. Guild says he had to relocate to meet the needs of his expanding business.
He runs the shop with his sister Demi, who is also his business partner. They buy retired stock carts from golf courses and give them new life by turning them into custom creations.
"We'll put a rear seat that will flip down and you can haul cargo there," said Guild. "Last year we sold 300 golf carts – 320 to be exact. It was a great year; we started customizing carts a lot more."
Guild hopes to sell 350 carts this year, and he's swinging for 400 more in 2021. The Portland Christian grad is thankful that business is good, and he hopes to keep the wheels turning as long as possible.
"Yeah, I'm going to ride it out, the wave's really tall right now," he said. Been really busy."
Guild Golf Carts' grand opening is this Saturday from 2-5 p.m. near the intersection of 18130 SE Division Street in Gresham.
You can follow Guild Golf Carts on Instagram.
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The Band Perry's new album 'Pioneer' is just as dramatic, yet dramatically more steady than their debut effort. The bar was raised and reached vocally, and songs like 'Done,' 'Forever Mine Nevermind' and 'Chainsaw' prove the family trio has lost nothing in terms of lyrical edge.
The highs aren't quite as high (no song matches 'If I Die Young,' but it's unfair to expect that), but the lows aren't nearly as low on this more consistent collection of songs, ripped from the lives of Neil, Reid and Kimberly. 'Pioneer' succeeds at peeling back a few layers of the group's personal lives, revealing just enough to leave fans invested after a single listen.
'Back to Me Without You' is the most vulnerable track of the 12. Kimberly Perry says it's about losing a "friend." "If it's true, home is where the heart is / I guess now I'm homeless," she sings on this cathartic ballad that finds her brothers giving her advice during each chorus. "Slow death of a slow dance / The tailspin of a romance," she adds at the end, leaving no doubt as to the nature of this kinship.
Throughout the album the Perry brothers are used in more creative ways than ever before. They're less backup singers and more of a supporting chorus on songs like this inspiration and the very theatrical 'Forever Mine Nevermind.' While the latter feels written for Broadway (or 'Glee!'), it's very effective and a ton of fun. One can almost see the choreography as Kimberly scorns her lover. "You piece of dirt / I trusted you," she shouts before a brilliant final couplet: "The south lost the battle and children lose their youth / The best day of my life was on the day that I lost you."
'Pioneer' holds no shortage of styles and surprises, even a lilting folk song in the title track. For some, this will be the highlight of the project -- one can be sure very few people will agree on a favorite. The ambitious lyric shows a maturity largely unmatched by a group only two albums into a blossoming career. A few of their bold choices come rough around the edges, but the collection is more than strong enough to justify a headlining tour in 2014 -- something the band is currently working on.


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