Volume 46 | Issue 2 | September 19, 2011

By Anthony P. Gulston

This past week, for the 6th year in a row, Artsweek Peterborough has provided the opportunity and space for artists to present their works and for the public to experience them. Artsweek consists of visual art exhibits, public performances, workshops and film screenings at various downtown venues such as coffee shops, lounges, galleries, the Peterborough Public Library, parks, sidewalks, homes, and even parking lots. Instead of the public going to artistic spaces, Artsweek brings art to public spaces.

This year, Artsweek’s administrative model was modified. In the past, artists would apply to Artsweek’s curators. This time, Artsweek Peterborough provided grants for curatorship teams. This placed the organization and distribution of funds into the hands of more people, freeing up the amount of work done by the two original curators.

One such curatorship team was the YWCA and jes sachse. Through her work with the YWCA this summer as the Community Development Intern & Disability Strategist, jes was able to attend conferences and panel discussions on disability and difference. Those critical interactions facilitated the collaborations necessary to make the CRiPTONiTE exhibition. This exhibition is a great example of what heights can be reached when art and activism meet.

Someday after the revolution, disabled people will live ordinary lives, neither

heroic nor tragic. –Eli Clare

The first portion of CRiPTONiTE was a wheat-pasting installation of the web-comic “Cripz” on the fence that separates the YWCA from the Greyhound Station. The location itself lends extra relevance to the exhibit because the creator of “Cripz”, Port Elgin’s Jeff Preston, drove his wheelchair from London to Ottawa in 2008 “to raise awareness for the lack of accessible transportation in Ontario,” according to the CRiPTONiTE program.

The venue for CriPTONiTE’s Thursday evening performance was the parking lot beside the YWCA. It provided a very open yet intimate setting since the audience could hear the streets and people on the streets could hear the performance. “The need for increased visibility of disabled art in Canada represented in the morphing of this tarmac into an accessible stage is not intended to overshadow the stunning reality of the project with academic analysis – rather CRiPTONiTE was designed to be a celebratory pocket of art and pride,” jes

states. She reiterated to me that the location was about visibility and accessibility.

The second portion of CRiPTONiTE was a performance of the CP Salon, where singer/storyteller Kazumi Tsuruoka and pianist Tania Gill played rock and blues standards in order to tell the love story of a man with Cerebral Palsy. The use of almost all of the theatrical elements I could recall from high school (layers, volume, props, etc.) made for an extremely tight, well done performance piece.

Kazumi Tsuruoka is a charismatic performer and performs the character of the womanizing, “life of the party” so well. The audience could see the many layers of sometimes conflicting emotions through his movement, intonation, and silences. Tsuruoka was a disability-rights activist in the 1970’s and has spoken about his own experience with Cerebral Palsy in the Toronto school system in the past.

The piece was not only well-executed; it was also a rare glimpse into the love life of a disabled man. The emotions expressed deepened the audience’s understanding of what it is like to live and love with a disability. Good Hair Day Productions and director/producer Fides Krucker are based in Toronto but have toured CP Salon to Vancouver, Regina, Whitehorse and now Peterborough as part of the CRiPTONiTE exhibition during Artsweek.

The third portion was four films and an artist talk by media artist and filmmaker Chantel Deguire at the Peterborough Public Library, another accessible space. It was a “rare (in Ontario) opportunity to experience American Sign Language [ASL] and Quebec Sign Language [LSQ] simultaneously,” according to Lynn Zimmer, Executive Director of the YWCA.

Chantel spoke about the feeling of fragmentation when it came to identifying herself. Occupying many categories (woman, signer, deaf, French, English, ASL, LSQ), the only constant for her is that she is a visual person. She joked that being deaf makes her notice fine visual details a bit more.

The first film was “Dégénération”, a ‘SignSync’ (or lip sync) based on a famous Quebec song of the same name. With a ghostly image over the video, it gestures to how our grandfathers had so much land and then through the generations we now have no land or very little land. Then it points out that our grandmothers had so many children, then our mothers less children, then we have abortions. Things can get worse over time if we let them; newer is not necessarily better.

The second film was a poetic expression featuring Tiphaine Girault. The piece was accompanied by drums because the drum

Disability and Difference

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is an instrument that can be felt as much as heard. The speakers were placed on the ground so that deaf audience members could feel the drums. One spectator noted that wooden floors were better than concrete for feeling the vibrations. “Girault use[s] the LSQ sign for ‘can’t’ repeatedly… and transforms it into ‘can’.” Filmmaker Chantel signed while the translator spoke. She remembered what it was like to tell teachers her dream of being a filmmaker and being told “you can’t.”

The third film, “Métamorphose”, shows the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. “The butterfly is a common symbol in the deaf community because it cannot hear”, Chantel signs as I listen carefully to the interpreter. The action is accompanied by three frames: one has someone signing in ASL with no facial expressions, the other has someone using only the facial expressions and the third has an interpretation through symbols and action signs. Again, we feel the drums that keep the pace.

The fourth film, “Alors on danse” (So we dance) was a music video in LSQ for the Belgian song of the same name.

After the films, Chantel showed us a trailer for her full length feature sci-fi film and talked about visual cinematography. She is experimenting with techniques such

as partial close-ups and reflective surfaces. Usually close-ups are extremely difficult for a deaf audience but the deaf spectators watching the trailer could tell what the actress was signing, even though not every portion of the gestures fit in frame. She uses reflective surfaces (sunglasses, mirrors, water) to portray a conversation in the first person.

Chantel is also interested in presenting a unique deaf culture in her films. Small things like moving a cup out of sight lines when conversing, flashing-light doorbells and the fictional creation of deaf restaurants. Another interesting piece of deaf culture was evident when she had an LSQ actress sign ASL (which she did not know as well) and the result was an “accent”.

The whole process was insightful and well produced, but not without its struggles. According to jes, CRiPTONiTE could have still been more accessible. There are no local ASL translators, so one had to be brought up from Toronto and the machine that converts speech to text was booked until December.

Struggles aside, CRiPTONiTE was not only interesting as a piece of activism and awareness, but reformed many of my own concepts surrounding the media I engage with and how I engage with it through different sensory apparatuses.

“CRiPTONiTE was designed to be a celebratory pocket of art and pride.”

Art by Andrew McPhail

Photo by Iris Hodgson

“In ‘Not My Fault’, the word ‘Sorry’ is written with medical gloves and explores McPhail’s HIV-positive status.”

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Dear Editors:

This letter is written to the young man in the gold Grand Am who shouted the “N word” at me as I crossed the main street in Millbrook. The name calling shocked me. Since moving to Millbrook (you might not be from here) nine months ago I found it to be a friendly town filled with lots of friendly people. I was hurt. Painful wounds reopen every time I hear that verbal assault which originated four centuries ago to degrade my proud ancestors from Africa. It hurt me even more because you are a young person…our future will be in your hands some day and I am trusting that you will make a difference. It angers me that the word is still in use. The time has come to bury it. That goes for all the rappers as well.

I became a grandmother this summer and my prayer is that Chase be spared the humiliation that so many before him have suffered. If you saw past the colour of my skin you would have seen a social justice advocate who stands up for people (that may include you) who have been treated unfairly. I would feel better if I knew that one of your friends in the car had the sensitivity and perhaps the courage to take a stand on my behalf to let you know they disagreed with what you did.

The late Jack Layton was a wonderful example of how we would all like to be treated. Envision kindness, caring and respect for one another regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, ability, religion or social economic background. Our world would be a better place. You may not see this letter however there will be other young people, parents and grandparents who will. I am a strong believer in the ripple effect. If only one person speaks up when they see an injustice or thinks twice before saying something that may be offensive because of this letter, then your act served a purpose. Children repeat what they hear. Let’s give them the kind of language which promotes harmony. The peace activist Ghandi said “Be the change you want to see.”

Nameste - the peace in me sees the peace in you,

Jane Braithwaite

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This Week’s EventsMonday September 20Pride Film Night - OUT THERE: Queer Shorts Across Ontario @ 7 & 9pmCelebrate the best queer short films, including many award-winning works by Canadian artists from the InsideOut Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival 2011 Festival!

Wednesday September 21Double bill: Un Chant D’amour and Taboo. House (240 Murray St.), 6pm. For more about House, see Elisha May Rubacha’s review in this issue.

Drag Bingo! @ 8:30pm8:30pm to 11pm - no cover, Sapphire Room, 137 Hunter St. West. 19+ This fun event features Ms. Madge Enthat and Divalicious and is hosted by PARN, Your Community AIDS Resource Network. Get there early if you want a seat!

Thursday September 22Have Pride in your Politics! @ 5:30pm5:30-8:30pm (dinner at 5:30, panel 6-8) at 425

Water Street (Kawartha Endodontics building), Under the LGBTTQQI2SA umbrella there are several diverse communities, each carrying their own stories, struggles and strengths.

Civilizational Delusions: Secularism, Tolerance, Equality.6pm. Market Hall (140 Charlotte St). FreeThe Inaugural Elaine Stavro Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Theory, Politics & Gender. Dr. Wendy Brown, Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, questions whether Western secular society is as religiously neutral as it claims to be by examining the proposed and enacted “burka bans” in Europe and North America.

Friday September 2310am-6pm at Sadleir HouseDisOrientation Week Begins! Studio and office tours, film screenings, workshops, and a vegan BBQ. Full schedule at centreforgenderandsocialjustice.ca/diso

Ignite my Pride @ 7:30pmAn All Ages Youth Event at Artspace (on Alymer Street between Simcoe and Hunter streets)Performances by Evangeline, Rouge and Light Fires, DJ dance to follow. $5 or pay what you can at the door, wristband policy in effect, bring ID to drink Organized by Rainbow Youth and Trent Queer Collective

Saturday September 24One Hundred Dollars, Jennifer Castle, and Joe Fortin at The Gordon Best Theatre (216 Hunter St. W) New new country music. See Bridget Allin’s review in this week’s issue for details. $10

Sunday September 25Scotiabank AIDS Walk For LifeA benefit for the Peterborough AIDS Resource Network, proceeds from this event support community support programs. Registration begins at 6pm in Millennium Park.

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Friday, September 23

Sadleir House:10am-6pm Living in Colour Studio Drop-in, rm 30211am-5pm Student and Community Organizing Networking Space11am-5pm Sadleir House Offices Open House11am Guided Tour of Sadleir House12-1pm Canadian National Issues presentation and discussion1pm Hula-Hoop1-2:30pm Economics of Happiness film screening and discussion2-3pm Trent Radio Welcomes You3-4pm Decolonizing Allyship5pm Sustainable Pet Care6pm Vegan BBQ

Artspace:7:30-11:30pm Ignite My Pride feat. Rouge, Light Fires, and Evangeline. All ages, $5/pwyc. Doors 7:30pm

House (240 Murray St):Anarchy 101. 6pm-8pm

Sunday, September 25

House (240 Murray St):Screening and discussion: The Gleaners and I, feat. Director Agnes Varda. Donations accepted. 7pm

Monday, September 26

The Tipi:11am Tour & Talk of the Indigenous Gardens

The Seasoned Spoon:1pm Alternative Food Tour

448 George St. Apt 3:3-9pm How to Food Not Bombs cooking and cleanup

Confederation Park (501 George St. N):6:30pm Food Not Bombs Community Feast

Kawartha Endodontics Clinic (425 Water St.):9-11pm Feminist Porn Screening

Tuesday, September 27

Bata Podium:Alternative Campus Tours. 2-3pm

3:30pm “Whose University Is It?” Film Screening (location TBA)

House:7pm Security Culture & Building Safer Networks for Organizing

Wednesday, September 28

10am-2pm “Green Tour” of Downtown Peterborough and the Wednesday Farmer’s Market (meet at Bata Podium) Thursday, September 29

Solidarity with Striking OPSEU College Workers at Fleming Picket Line (Meetup location and time TBA)

Sadleir House:5:30pm Slutwalk Panel

9pm-12am Open Mic for Change

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By Miranda Rigby

There is a certain video that has gone viral in the Peterborough community these past few weeks. The video depicts two young men surpassing a crowd of protesters who are hold-ing back traffic near Fleming College. The protesters are nearly struck by the car and, quite obviously, are upset.

Comments have been flooding in on the ptbocanada website. Since the video has been posted the same young man who nearly hit the protesters has turned himself in to local authorities and he has fixed the mistake he made.

This editorial goes out to address another issue in the video -- one that was not brought up by many video commenters. My issue is with the man on the picket line who clearly yelled “faggots” to the driver and his passenger in the car. The voice comes from a man off camera, outside of the car, on the picket line. This man, because of his hatred toward the two people in the car decided that faggots was the proper term to use.

Up until that word was said, I would say I was completely in favour of the union strike. However, this one man made his cause look bad. He also made me question whether this word is too common and too overused.

The word faggot has become more common in the post modern society. The term de-rived from the Old French term meaning “bundle of sticks” which became a wholly pejora-tive term for old widows who earned their living collecting firewood. These women were often abused, raped and mocked - and then somewhere along the line this use disappeared and it became the word as we know it today. It has become socially acceptable among young men. I often overhear it screamed into the earpiece of my partner’s headset as he plays Xbox Live. However, what floors me in this situation is the man’s age, and his stature at an post secondary educational institution. He is not an Xbox gamer, he is not a young man “who doesn’t know any better.” Yes, I’ll admit he was in a situation that even I might swear at the thought of nearly being ran over, but why did he go there first?

This question I will likely never have the answer to. I know that this man will likely never pick up this paper and read page three. However, what I do know is that someone else will. My only hope is that we stop and think before we use insults, especially those of this nature.

Peterborough has a history of clashing cultures. My knowledge of these events typically come from the Arthur office and my hope is to continue to bring them to you over the year. Issues like what Jane Braithwaite shares on page 2, touch all students, and should not be ignored.

So this Pride Week, I ask you readers to not accept the social standard of the word “fag-got”, the “n-word”, or the term “that is so gay.” And to those people on the picket line - keep fighting for what you believe in - but please don’t ignore what this man said.

Ultimately, I would like to leave you with a thought given by a student in the coverage by Chex Newswatch. This student, who was on the picket line with the OPSEU protesters, was quoted saying, “they are good people, and they would help me out for things [and so I want to] help them out.” This sentiment is exactly what I hope for in our modern day education system. People helping people and an open type of learning. I just hope that the educators can take what this student said into consideration and remove the bigotry and hate.

Editor Miranda Rigby takes an opinated

look at the word “faggot”

and it’s use in a picket line last week

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By Brian Lukaszewicz

I don’t think Lysol could have come up with a better commercial for its product if it put an ad agency on an unlimited retainer. But I guess the good news is, if you see this movie you’ll be more prepared than anyone for the pandemic that will inevitably destroy us all. Yes, I think it’s fair to say I should have never gone to this movie when I was sick.

Contagion follows a highly infectious virus as it circumnavigates the globe, causing fear and panic in the general population. It’s not exactly a new concept for a movie, but I think what makes Contagion stand out is that at no time do you ever feel like any of it is that far from the truth. There are no forced action sequences or silly miracle cures: our heroes are Center for Disease Control (CDC) agents and members of the World Health Organization, and the result is something quite a bit scarier than your typical disaster fare.

Perhaps Contagion’s greatest strength is that director Steven Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns don’t try to sensationalize their fictional virus. They just allow the terrifying reality of the pandemic run its course.

Soderbergh’s direction does a fantastic job of emphasizing just that. Characters, both sick and healthy, are constantly touching everything in their path. Just watching a character walk through a bus becomes a lesson in building cinematic tension. Soderbergh has found a way to make peoples’ day-to-day routines do the work for him.

Contagion is also bolstered by a cast that’s almost hard to believe. Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard, and Laurence Fishburne all take turns carrying the narrative. Winslet’s character in particular was a standout for me, demonstrating the terrible toll taken on the people charged with containing these types of viruses.

I also have to give a ton of credit to Jennifer Ehle, whose performance as a CDC doctor working on a vaccine stole the spotlight from some of her more A-list counterparts.

But while the cast all do a great job, the number of characters makes it difficult to delve deeper into any one of them. Many characters merely stand-in for the particular occupation or demographic they’re meant to represent. The movie is meant to show the effects of the virus on a wide scale, but that does make it harder to grow attached to certain characters.

The film also suffers from its need to constantly explain itself to its audience. Often characters who should very well know the answer ask the question anyway for the sake of the audience. The information is always relevant and often quite interesting, but it can be distracting.

Ultimately, these flaws are forgivable. Contagion is a well-paced, tense thriller that knows exactly how to push the buttons of its audience without spiralling into cheap gimmicks or worn out disaster movie clichés. It may at times be bleak, but it’s certainly never boring.

By Bridget Allin

From the first feedback shocks, the sound of electricity in stereo coursing through currents of air, you know that Songs of Man, the sophomore release from Toronto-based band One Hundred Dollars isn’t your granddad’s country music. A few more seconds into lead track “Ties That Bind,” you’re greeted by a few delicate guitar strums. A few seconds more, and lead singer Simone Schmidt breathes heavily, “It’s a wisdomless will that stays here, boys.” In a moment, the drums swing into high gear and you’re blindsided by a runaway country music train you never saw coming. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Described as the new new country, two-time Polaris Prize longlisters One Hundred Dollars are back with a new album and clearer sound after 2008’s debut Forest of Tears. Released in May of this year, Songs of Man was recorded at Blue Rodeo’s Woodshed Studio over twelve days, where each song was recorded in its own dedicated day from start to finish, allowing each track to develop its own cohesive sound.

Produced and mastered by Stew Crookes, who also lends his pedal steel abilities to the band, the sound on Songs of Man is more focused and a little more electrified. Changes

in the band’s lineup have contributed to this as well: Ian Russell switches from trusty acoustic to electric guitar on some tracks, David Clarke expands on his measured and exacting percussion (with an occasional jaunt away from the kit entirely) and rookie Kyle Porter takes over bass responsibilities from Paul Mortimer, who has shifted to lead electric guitar (and consistently astounds me in live performance). Mortimer also earns some song-writing credits on Songs of Man alongside core songwriting duo Schmidt and Russell.

Instrumentally, One Hundred Dollars has many of the common elements of the new new country revival’s sound: a little twangy pedal steel, some catchy guitar hooks. But where other outfits tend to cling to a countrified lyrical aesthetic, drawing on idealized and sentimental rural motifs, lead singer and lyricist Schmidt offers stark and painfully honest stories and sketches set in a range of locales, several of them surprisingly urban and surprisingly un-country.

Yet, several of the scenes staged here are ultra-country in context: Songs of Man are songs of the downtrodden and the downhearted (such as “Work,” a ballad for the underappreciated labourforce; or haunting anti-love song “Waiting on Another”) as well as the disenchanted or the

disenfranchised (war ballad “Where the Sparrow Drops”, or “Everybody Wins”, both cheeky and challenging). The lyrics are complex and compelling; totally lacking condescension; motivated by earnest and engaging storytelling.

One Hundred Dollars not be your granddad’s country music, but he’d dig it anyways. P.S.: You will, too.

Your plans for next Saturday are as follows: trot on down to the Gordon Best Theatre, above the Only Cafe on Hunter Street, on Saturday September 24. Pop in downstairs for (almost) any beer your heart desires and then mosey upstairs for an outstanding night of live music in one of the best venues this city has to offer.

Catch local Joe Fortin, who never fails to evoke some tender kind of folkified Jeff Buckley comparison; stay for bluesy-country interpretations by Toronto’s Jennifer Castle; and then let One Hundred Dollars impress the pants off of you, and make you want to listen to country music as the leaves turn to crimson and gold this season. Seriously, they do it to me every time. Ten bones gets you in, save your lunch money, you won’t forgive yourself if you miss it.

Editors’ note: After all this head over to actOUT, the very last Peterborough Pride dance party at Market Hall.

Brian Lukaszewicz reviews Stephen Soderbergh’s Contagion

3.5/5

Can’t Touch This!

One Hundred Dollars returns to the Gordon Best Theatre

Everybody Wins

“One Hundred Dollars not be your granddad’s country music, but he’d dig it anyways. P.S.: You will, too.”

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By Elisha May Rubacha

At Troy Bordun’s house you let yourself in. Inside, you wonder whether to take off your shoes. A sign tells you, “Yes, please take off your shoes,” and you are grateful for the guidance. You head up the stairs in your socks, a little tentative.

But at the top of the stairs there are nice things waiting for you. To your left is a lovely little south-facing lending library, light slanting in across the carpet, William S. Burroughs staring down at you from a print on the wall. Straight ahead is a meeting and film screening room, folding chairs stacked against one wall, a table off to the side, the big screen television covered by a sheet, the white board on the wall covered in undecipherable scrawl. A bedroom, bathroom and kitchen are off to your right.

Troy Bordun is one of these strange people who have opened their private spaces for public use. I cannot decide whether this is adorable or unadvisable.

My first experience of this sort of mingling of the public and private was years and years ago in Halifax. I would have been roughly fifteen, probably wearing lots of eyeliner, a frequent user of MySpace.

Paul Hammond – known mostly for being in the band Sharp Like Knives – welcomed my sister, my mother, and me into his home. We were led upstairs where we took turns climbing a ladder into his attic. This attic was not anywhere big enough to stand in. Sitting crouched and cross-legged, breathing air of very low quality, I happily viewed some of the tiniest art I will ever view.

After we had all had our turn, we sat for a while in Paul Hammond’s living room, completely surrounded by owl figurines. And as he explained how one owl trinket spun out of control into an incomprehensible collection, I sat awkwardly on a couch, all too aware of being in a stranger’s personal living space.

This is what worries me about House. It is a great free meeting space for your stitch and bitch, or

your zine collective, or your secret society. It is a great place to find all kinds of books – especially philosophical works – and to sell your old textbooks on consignment. But is it accessible? Could I have gone to Paul Hammond’s wee attic gallery if my big sister hadn’t taken me? No. I absolutely would not have gone. Maybe that’s just me. Maybe I am a huge anxious wimp. But I think most people are huge anxious wimps. That’s one of those nice endearingly human things. So, how does Troy Bordun plan on making the endearing humans comfortable? He doesn’t really know. He is also endearingly human.

Here is what he does know: He wants to share things. He wants to meet people who are excited about books and films. He wants to help people do the things they want to do.

I have only known Troy for a couple months, but what is most striking about him is his absurd commitment to facilitation. He wants people to do what they want to do. At first I thought this was a purely intellectual principle that stemmed from his way-too-many years of studying philosophy. I thought that when pressed, this principle would falter or dissolve. Now I’m starting to think he’s serious.

So here is what I recommend: Get some of your cool extroverted friends to bring you to House for the next film screening, the informal Anarchy 101 discussion, the screening of Agnes Varda’s documentary on gleaning, or the upcoming talk on security culture (WTF, CCTV?) Come to House and scope it out. Get your bearings. Then, when you’re good and comfortable, come on your own to sit around and flip through books with a coffee. If you’ve got a project to work on or a meeting to hold, get in touch and schedule it at House.

Troy Bordun wants you to do the things you want to do.

Find House on Facebook: www.facebook.ca/hausu, or visit Tuesday to Friday, 12-4, 240 Murray Street.

A House Called HouseElisha May Rubacha is an endearingly anxious wimp,

and you are too

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By Natalie Guttormsson

What do you really know about the Alberta Oil Sands? You have probably heard of Fort McMurray, Alberta. You have probably heard that the massive project is situated on the Athabasca River but you might not be aware of the strong, negative impact this has on First Nations communities such as Fort Chipewyan, the Lubicon Cree, the Beaver Lake Cree and others.

You may have seen commercials on television promoting the reputation of the Oil Sands, talking about the innovative, sustainable technologies and their commitment to protecting and restoring the surrounding environment. You might even know someone, or know someone who knows someone who went to Alberta to work on the Oil Sands because they needed a job and the money is really good.

With these tidbits of information you definitely know that the Oil Sands are controversial but you really are sitting in

the dark when it comes to being informed. Don’t feel bad, most Canadians are just as naïve as you are, but your lack of knowledge is about to change.

Some basic facts about the Oil Sands are: The Oil Sands potential is an area roughly the size of Florida. Less then half of it is being exploited currently but the plans for expansion include much greater development. The main purchaser of Canadian oil is the United States, with interest from China greatly increasing. The majority of oil that Canadians use comes from the Middle East, not Alberta.

It takes 3 litres of water to produce 1 litre of oil (amongst other hideous chemicals like cyanide, arsenic and mercury). That water is drawn from the Athabasca River. The waste is dumped into massive ponds known as tailings ponds. These ponds are held in place by cement and earth barriers, similar to a swimming pool. Anyone who has ever lived with a swimming pool knows that they leak after a few years. Tailings ponds leak

too. The toxic waste flows downstream to the Athabasca lake where the community of Fort Chipewyan is located. The fish there are deformed, the water is poisonous and the people are not only losing their traditional way of life, they are also losing their lives due to cancer.

The negative impact of the Oil Sands is never going to be seen on a commercial on television. Mainstream ad campaigns require money that grassroots organizing and communities do not have. Yet big oil corporations do. I often hear people say they do not know who or what to believe because the stories are often so contradictory. I cannot tell you what to believe or who to trust.

I have never personally visited the Oil Sands, but my advice is to look at the motivation and the payroll of whoever is talking. Industry aims to protect their finances and their assets where the communities and their allies are motivated by protecting their lives, their families and

their futures. Who has more cause to resort to deceit? You decide. One thing for certain, there are many documents that are not made public, and those who try to unearth the truths are targeted.

This is a call to action. The need for more transparency, accountability and education about the Oil Sands is why I am going to Ottawa on Monday, September 26, to participate in a rally to “Say No to the Tar Sands”. The action is a follow-up to the sit-in that happened in Washington D.C. in August. The main organizers are GreenPeace, the Indigenous Environmental Network and the Council of Canadians, amongst many other organizations. If you are interested in joining the Peterborough delegation going to Ottawa please e-mail canadianminingaware@hotmail.com for organizational and logistic details and visit ottawaaction.ca.

By James Kerr

Imagine: a letter comes in the mail from a lawyer. You have inherited something fantastic from your great-grand uncle twice removed, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. It turns out - you own the airwaves.

You see, in Canada, airwaves are public

property. Everything in the airspace of Canada, floating around in the ether - from cell phone signals to TV broadcasts, short-wave radio, long-wave radio, and laser-guided missile targeting co-ordinates - are owned by the people of Canada.

This is not the case south of the border, where airwaves and frequencies can be

bought and sold like tomatoes - very expensive invisible tomatoes on a rich and powerful grocery trip. But here in Canada, you own it all.

So, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) is set up to regulate all the radio stations, cell phones, TV stations, flying metal eagles et al, to make sure their signals do not crisscross, get mixed up or ram into each other too extensively.

The CRTC has entrusted CFFF Trent Radio 92.7 FM with a license to broadcast. And guess what? The letter from your great-grand uncle twice removed, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, continues. Trent Radio is owned and operated by the students of Trent University!

Instead of attractive and popular people on the air designed to encourage you to throw money at them, we want you. Community radio is not like commercial radio (Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, Monster Truck Rally VROOOM). Our goals are not to make money, but to represent what is not represented in mainstream media. Do you know a band no one else has ever heard of? Well, stop whining about it and put it out on the air so everyone can hear! (But don’t complain to us that they “sold out.”) Trent Radio, deflating pretension since 1965.

This has been something of a history lesson in Canadian radio, although I admit that Pierre Elliot Trudeau was chosen

randomly and not representative of his contributions to radio. The point of it all is that there are very exciting things going on in radio these days, and we would love for you to be involved in them.

Trent Radio’s Regular Fall Season begins Monday September 19. Listen in all season long to whatever zany thing your fellow students and community members have decided to do with their time. You can always visit trentradio.ca to check the schedule, although it will take me a few days to type it up.

If you don’t like what you hear on the radio, then come down here and do it yourself. We have no programming of our own: we just take students and community members with great ideas and put a microphone in front of them. So long as it is enriching to their community and they are doing it for the love of it, we consider it awesome. Dead air? Who cares. Wrong song? There’ll be another chance. Umms and Aweees and Stttt-uuu-ttttt-ers? They talk just like real people!

If you’re interested in learning more about Trent Radio, your radio station (thanks great-grand uncle twice removed!) or in getting involved within the small gaps remaining in the fall season, attend our Disorientation Workshop at Sadleir House (751 George Street North) on Friday September 23 at 2:00pm.

Listen to the airwaves! 92.7 FM. Listen on them internets! www.trentradio.ca.

First Nations Communities Suffer from Oil Production in Alberta

James Kerr reminds you that you own the airwaves

Tower of Power

(CMA) Cash for Oil

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By Sarah McDonald

The one thing I can say confidently about the novel Monkey Beach is that it is a total mystery, and that I cannot verify to any one person that it is a good or bad read. At first I approached this book like any other we have to read for school- cautiously, and with a scholarly eye, trying to figure out how to read it and enjoy it while picking up on the important things.

After a few chapters, I fell into a good rhythm with the book, even if it was a bit misleading after reading the back description.

The general feeling I get from students who have read it is that there was a lot of flipping back and forth in Lisamarie’s mind between her past and present. I was expecting to read a story about Lisamarie’s missing brother, but instead, I found a coming-of-age story; a series of Lisamarie’s memories relived to let readers see into her past.

When I was attending the Trent Reads seminar, one student explained her confusion with the book. “I’m reading about this story as she’s five years old, and then suddenly she’s on a boat smoking,” the student recalls. “I was like, what, you’re five!” Many more people I have talked to also said

the same thing: the constant switching between past and present was annoying at times.

For me, the real attraction to the book was the way it effortlessly mixed gothic themes with Haisla culture. Underneath the nostalgic, rebellious teenage girl’s story was a real horror element. On one hand, there is a story of girl growing up a rebel, a girl with wit and sarcasm, one many readers could connect to. Then there is the darker side of the story, subtle hints of lurking ghosts and creatures that whisper from the trees. Robinson blends them well; there are relatable moments and the right amount of laughter to the overall gloomy tale. There a few heavy themes that are shocking to read about in this book. Robinson touches on death, disfigurement, racism, grief and sexual abuse.

But to stray away from the “English” side of things, in my mind it was a fairly easy read, a bit difficult at first, and one that takes you for a bit of a ride.

The ending was a topic of discussion I enjoyed at the Trent Reads session. “I’d like to think that Lisamarie lives and her brother does too, and they have a happy ending,” one wishful student said. Others were skeptical, either thinking Lisamarie died or her brother Jimmy did. The professor explained

to us that when Eden Robinson came to Trent in 2007, the writer refused to explain the ending to those asking, and said she wouldn’t even tell her own family. So, the mystery still remains.

Meghan Condon, whose short talk last February persuaded Trent’s students, faculty, and staff to select Monkey Beach for Trent Reads, argued that the novel is a good choice because it is “exactly the kind of book that students will encounter at their years at Trent.” She notes that “Robinson’s narrative encourages active reading and reflection as she brings together her characters and the pieces of their lives fall into place.”

I wish more people actually read the book. Many I have talked to either did not start, or only got halfway through. But I talked to other students who finished and liked it, and respect it for its difference from other things they have read. That is the point of Trent Reads: to expose you to different books by great Canadian authors and to get students to talk about them, give them something in common. But if you happen to pick up this book, be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions. Ultimately the best way to describe this book would be from author Sherman Alexie’s review: “Tough, tender and fierce.”

By Catherine Monaghan

Thirty nine years ago, a Trent tradition was born. What started out as an optional field trip for a Canadian Studies course is now an annual event that, for many, is the highlight of the academic year.

Recently, a wise professor imparted the following wisdom on me. “There is always a Trent connection,” he said, and in researching the history of the Trent Temagami Colloquium, I found that this has never been so true. The connections between the Trent community and the Temagami region are as deep and as wild as the lake itself.

In 1972, Professor Emeritus John Wadland came to Trent, looking for an opportunity to get to know his students and colleagues. His love of nature led him to believe that a remote wilderness location would be the perfect place to get to know others and introduce his new course, “Canada: The Land.”

On the shores of Lake Temagami, a small group of students and faculty started the tradition of the weekend, forging a unique relationship with the owners of one of the oldest and most esteemed out-tripping centres in Ontario, Camp Wanapitei. The president of Camp Wanapitei is none other than Trent Professor Emeritus Bruce Hodgins, an expert on Canadian natural history. Together, the two professors organized an annual weekend that sought

to explore what it means to be Canadian, helping participants gain a sense of how the wilderness landscape relates to Canadian society.

The Temagami area is steeped in a rich history which is now intertwined with that of our own university. Here is where the “Trent Connection” deepens its roots. One late September in 1989, Trent students and faculty left the school and made their way to Temagami to join the blockade of Red Squirrel Road, rallying for indigenous land rights and exercising environmental activism.

Members of the Trent community such as Bruce Hodgins, Jonathan Bordo, and Peter Andree joined the Teme-Augama-Anishnabai First Nation in solidarity, calling for a logging moratorium on the shores of Lake Temagami. The protest was a success, and the logging of the Lake Temagami was halted. In 1991, Trent awarded Teme-Augama First Nations Chief Gary Potts with an honorary doctorate for his organizational efforts in the blockade.

Since then, hundreds of participants have made the journey. Many come back for three or four years during their undergraduate studies. Some never stop coming, even after they’ve left Trent. Some have found jobs there, others have found love.

The weekend features a new learning environment, in which all participants have the opportunity to simply discuss what is important to them while exploring the

beauty of Ontario’s north. The weekend brings a sense of space

and place, never failing to inspire and to create profound relationships between participants. Students, faculty, and authors alike join in on daily lectures, hikes, guided paddles, and of course, the traditional and always hilarious square dance. Since Prof. Wadland’s retirement, the trip is now organized by ERS Professor Stephen Hill. A number of people are invited to speak, this year featuring several authors,

filmmakers, and graduate students. Discussion centres around Canadian, Indigenous, and environmental issues. If you would like to join us in celebrating the 39th Annual Trent Temagami Colloquium, you can contact us at www.trenttemagami.ca. All are invited, and a special invitation is extended to international students. The cost of the Colloquium is $130 for students and $200 for adults. The trip runs September 22 – September 25, 2011. Deadline for registration is September 20.

(Some of) Trent Reads Monkey Beach

Catherine Monaghan hopes to see you at Temagami this weekend

Sarah McDonald shares students’ reactions to Eden Robinson’s novel

Temagami’s Trent Connection

“Robinson’s narrative encourages active reading and reflection as she brings together her characters and the pieces of their lives fall into place.”

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By Brett Throop

Buoyed by federal cash, two pilot projects are under way in Peterborough to promote active and efficient transportation—walking, cycling and riding transit—as alternatives to pollution-causing automobile use.

The federal government’s EcoMOBILITY program has granted the City of Peterborough Transportation Department funds to test three technologies to detect bicycles at signalized intersections. The EcoMobility grants covers 50% of the $25,000 project cost.

“The City ... has a responsibility to enhance all forms of active transportation (non-auto) including public transit, cycling and pedestrians,” Transportation Department manager Jim Kimble stated by email. He added that technical solutions “make it possible for and encourage more persons to take advantage of alternative modes of transportation.”

Technologies to detect bicycles with sensors embedded in the road pavement and video sensors are being tested at three city intersections. One bicycle-activated signal is already up and running where the Rotary Trail crosses Parkhill Road east of Inverlea Bridge. Bicycle detection at two other test intersections—Monaghan Road

at McDonnel Street and Fisher Drive at Sir Sanford Fleming Drive— is installed but needs tweaking. It should be up and running soon.

Following the pilot, Kimble says, as many as twenty bicycle-detected traffic signals will be installed across the city at intersections which see high volumes of bicycle traffic.

“The bicycle detection will reduce delay for cyclists at signalized intersections, reducing trip times and improving cycling operations,” Kimble stated.

EcoMOBILITY funds have also allowed Peterborough Green-Up to add a new neighbourhood component to its popular Shifting Gears program. For 9 years every May, Workplace Shifting Gears has encouraged commuters to try out active and efficient transportation for their trips to and from work. Now, Green-Up is piloting Neighbourhood Shifting Gears to target specific neighbourhoods with resources and events to encourage walking, cycling and taking transit for all trips, not only the workday commute.

“What we kept hearing was that people who weren’t working, who were retired, or were students, weren’t getting the opportunity to participate in the [workplace] program,” Brianna Salmon, Transportation Programs Coordinator

for Peterborough Green-Up said. By introducing Neighbourhood Shifting Gears “we’re trying to made sure the program has an impact on as many demographics of people as possible.”

Two neighbourhoods were selected to participate for this first year—Avenues South (between Charlotte, Bolivar, Monaghan, and Park streets) and the area on either side of the London Street footbridge. Salmon has been going door-to-door in both neighbourhoods starting in August to deliver information on cycling routes, transit routes and schedules (including a list of when buses stop in the target neighbourhoods), safe cycling tips, gift certificates for bicycle accessories, and family day passes for Peterborough Transit. Green-Up has also developed a tracking system on its website for participants to measure the amount of car-free travel they do. That data is used to tell participants how much CO2 emissions they are saving and how much of their daily required physical activity they are getting.

Salmon and her colleagues are also holding events to encourage residents to get out and explore their neighbourhoods.

“The idea is to bring people together to let them know what’s available in their community,” Salmon said, “to help them appreciate things that exist in their

community already.” Walking tours of heritage homes and

trees held in both neighbourhoods this month have been well attended, Salmon said. “People were really happy about it. They said that they already had some community organizations but often they were developed for the purpose of dealing with... vandalism or break-ins or crime. [With the walking tours people] felt like it was really nice to be brought together to share something that was really special and positive in their community.”

According to Salmon, the walks gave neighbourhood residents an opportunity to get to know one another and their neighbourhood a bit better. That, she thinks, will encourage them to explore their neighbourhoods on foot, bicycle, or by transit more often.

“I think if you know people in your neighbourhood or you have destinations or things you appreciate seeing in your neighbourhood, that can help to bring you out and provide you with motivation to explore your neighbourhood as a component of your physical activity. I think getting people out in their neighbourhood walking or biking or exploring can really help develop a sense of community.”

Brett Throop interviews Peterborough Green-Up’s Brianna Salmon

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By Cornel Grey

I’ve wanted to attend Trent for a little over twelve months now. I can’t recall in excruciating detail the way in which I found the haven that I wanted to call home for the next four years, but what I can remember is the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that I thought I would feel once I set foot on campus. Be it the Faryon Bridge, the Bata Library or the infamous infrastructure of Champlain College, the visual magnificence of it all was supposed to blow my mind.

Coming from a small island in the Caribbean, the experience of coming to a country like Canada, and a campus like Trent University, will blow your mind. One quickly learns that things that are difficult back home are taken almost for granted here. For example, the whole idea of customer service was hard for me to process when I came here. I can’t speak for all Caribbean nations but from where I come, if you’re planning on going to bank, you better be prepared to stand in line for at least an hour. To enter into a Scotiabank here and be out in less than ten minutes is a wonderful experience. It certainly makes the distinction between developed and developing countries that more apparent.

But I digress. Having read articles in Arthur over the past year, checked out articles on websites and listening to the experiences of past and current students, I came to believe that Trent was the realization of a fantasy that was otherwise unsustainable. Be it the existence of hippies and hipsters, the intensity with which groups advocated for whatever they believed in, or the fact that the university was divided into colleges, it all spoke to that little kid inside me that never found a place where he truly belonged before.

So I am, twelve months later, attending the school of my dreams, existing in a space where other people are living theirs and yet, the passion that fuelled my entire application process is not there anymore. And it’s strange, because on the surface of it, everything has been going my way so far. Maybe it’s my chronic fear of interaction (that’s inevitably hampering the creation of a stable social life), maybe it’s the fact that I am just now seeing how much I had to give up to get to this point and I don’t feel as if it’s worth it.

I’m not sure what to make of it all, but if there’s anything that I’ve learnt throughout this entire process, is that growth happens. Life gets more complex, and if we are really going to make the most of it, we need to aim higher, dream bigger and live larger. The same way in which I motivated myself to get here, I need to motivate myself to be involved here.

Coming to Canada, Living LargerCornel Grey hasn’t decided yet

if going to Trent is a dream come true

By Chanel Christophe

Growing up in St. Lucia, I’ve always been fascinated by Haiti, especially its status as the first black republic in the Western hemisphere. African-born Haitian slaves overthrew the French colonial powers in 1804, the only successful revolution during that time period to result in the creation of an independent nation.

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake in January 2010, my IDST 100 class was given a special lecture by professor Paul Kellogg on the circumstances that led to Haiti’s current unenviable designation as “the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere” and the factors that contributed to the widespread destruction and loss of life unleashed by this force of nature. This was further fire to fuel my fascination with this Republic.

In the last few years, my perception of Haiti has been molded by what I have been fed by the American media. Poverty, depravation, misery, violence and insurrection form he constant stream of images that formed and informed my view of what to expect in this country.

This sense of insecurity was further

heightened by the insistence of the company that I would be employed with that any travel that I undertook within the country had to be accompanied by an armed bodyguard and driver. And so, the prevailing cliché in my head was this idea of Haiti as a ‘failed state.’

And in many ways it is a crumbling metropolis. The recovery from the earthquake cannot begin in earnest because the clean-up has not been completed as yet. One would not be faulted on driving through Port-au-Prince today to think that the earthquake had only happened yesterday. Tent cities still dot any clear spaces, with no proper sanitation infrastructure. The road network is in dire need of repair, pollution is rampant, and traffic rules are made on the fly which leads to an inevitable cacophony of honking vehicles and the animated gesticulations of drivers. There is no reliable supply of electricity and so it is not unusual to see vendors selling by candlelight on the roadsides after dark.

A functioning government is non-existent and the newly installed singer-cum-President, Michel Martelly has had to deal with a Senate that has rejected two nominees for Prime Minister; a crucial blow that has stalled comprehensive post

Sak Pasé AyitiChanel Christophe spent 3 months of this summer in Haiti

12/01 reconstruction.Fortunately that is not the totality of

the Haitian story. As I slowly overcame my instinctive pity at the plight of the Haitian people, it was replaced with an admiration at their resilience. Prestige was not just their national beer; it was epitomized in their attitude as well.

There was a pride of country that was captured in the fierce adherence to creole in everyday parlance; in the crews of women that I saw daily with brooms made out of palm leaves going off to clean the streets; in the iridescent displays of artwork for sale along the roadsides that spoke of the vibrancy of the Haitian culture and people. The tap-taps (public transportation) emblazoned in rainbows of blues, reds and yellows spoke of a joie de vie that the Western media conveniently neglects to portray.

In my insulated cocoon of driver and guard, I witnessed kids immaculately dressed every morning, socks shimmering white and stopping to polish off the specks of dust as they made their way to school. The infectious beats of kompa music and the pulsating rhythms of the ra-ra drums and instruments fashioned out of scrap metal are the other story of Haiti. The rolling hills of Furcy, the absorbing history of Gonaives, the captivating scenery of Cap Haitian, and the antique architecture of Jacmel are the stories that I will remember of Haiti.

And so as I left Port-au-Prince for the last time in early August, the person who had arrived just 3 months earlier had been transformed. I had seen a side of Haiti that I would gladly return to see. Haiti it seems n’ap boule (is chilling).

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ListingsKWIC Open House: Tuesday, Sept 20thInterested in world issues? Want to get in-volved? Drop in to KWIC between 11am and 2pm for a cup of warm cider and conversation, or just browse our resource centre. Everyone welcome. www.kwic.info KWIC-OXFAM Working Group meet-ing at KWIC, Environmental Sciences, B101. Wednesday, Sept 21st at 12pm: Themes: Food Issues, Gender & Climate Change. Bring a lunch. Refreshments pro-vided. Can’t make it? Email kwic@trentu.ca expressing your interest and we’ll be in touch. More info: www.kwic.info Everyone welcome! Peterborough Suzuki School of Music invites you to find out more about music education for families at their AGM begin-ning at 6:30 pm, 425 Water Street (Kawar-tha Endodontics). Friday, Sept 23rd. Child-care and more information, contact Julie at 705-750-0126.

Vegetarian/Vegan 101 Workshop at the Spoon! Wednesday, Sept. 21st at 4:30pm at the Spoon. Join some seasoned pros as we learn the basics of meat-free cook-ing and nutrition. Together we will learn some sweet tips on how to stay healthy, and create and share a lovely meal to-gether. This event costs $5 or PWYC-- all are welcome! Traditional Tortilla Making Workshop Wednesday, Sept. 28th at 4:30pm at the Spoon! Join Ivan from ChocoSol as we take a journey through the history of Mexican tortilla making, and create a tortilla meal to share. Bring instruments, friends, and anything else you need to turn this workshop into a party! Cost is $5 or PWYC.

The Vensions play their 9 year anni-versary show at the Pig’s Ear Tavern in downtown Peterborough, ON. Saturday September 17, 2011, 9:00 pm till 2:00 am.

St John Ambulance has Standard first AID/CPR courses on every weekend this fall and many weekdays, CPR renew-als on Tuesday nights 705 745-0331 sja.ca Student discount on most courses.

Fall Monday night Yoga Class! Prana Flow Yoga 12 week series. Yoga has proven to reduce stress, increase eupho-ria, and maximize health in body and mind. This all levels class. All are welcome! Instructor: Tiina Kivinen 50 hr certified Dates: Mondays Sept 12 - Dec. 5. (not including Thanksgiving) Time: 7:30 - 9pm Cost: 12 weeks for $108 (commit to your practice!) or Drop in for $12 - 15 sliding scale At Sadleir House Dining Hall 751 George St. N Peterborough

Interested in volunteering for Peterbor-ough Pride 2011? It’s not too late! We are still looking for volunteers to help with the Parade and Community Carnival on Saturday Sept 17th, as well as a Dance & Show on Saturday Sept 24th. Join us! Con-tact us by e-mail at volunteer@peterbor-oughpride.ca and check out our website at www.peerboroughpride.ca.

Introduction to Buddhism: “Travelling from Confusion to Original Sanity” A 10-week Study Group based on talks given by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and care-

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Scottish Country Dancing at Trent: The twenty first year of Scottish Country Dancing at Trent begins Thursday, Sep-tember 15th in The Gathering Place, Peter Gzowski College, on the Main Campus from 8.00 to 9.30 pm. Social dancing for all ages. FREE nine week introduction. If Thurdsay does not work for you the Peter-borough Scottish Country Dance Society have a Beginners class on a Tuesday eve-ning from 7.00 to 9.30 pm in the parish hall of All Saint’s Anglican Church. They of-fer a special reduced fee for students. For more information on either of these groups call John or Joan Reeves at 748-5255 or e-mail jfreeves@smpatico.ca.

Peterborough Storytellers Monthly Gatherings September Theme: Romance and Adventure Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7-9 pm. Peterborough Public Library, Auditorium, 345 Aylmer Street North. Free; newcomers welcome (adults & children over 12) For information contact: Diana 705-874-9859. The Peterborough Storytellers invite you to monthly storytell-ing gatherings. This event is free and open to the public (adults and children over 12).

Transition Town Fall Curriculum 2011: Sadleir House, 751 George St. N. from 6:30 pm. to 8:30 pm and $5 or pay what you can unless otherwise specified. pre registration requested Contact Joan 705 743 8032 or joanttp@cogeco.ca. Oct. 4th: Heart & Soul – Episode 4 Sacred Balance Series facilitated by Jo Hayward-Haines. Meeting basic physical needs is just a be-ginning for human well-being. Like air and water, fire and earth, we need spiritual connection: we need to understand where we belong.Oct. 25th: Raw Foods with Donna Williams. Donna will take us beyond salads while ex-plaining the benefits of eating raw foods, showing a brief film and food preparation with dressings. Nov. 15th: Gasland Docu-mentary. This film exposes the hazards of gas drilling. Dec. 6th: Touch for Health(TFH) with Linda S. Clarke: TFH is especially ef-fective at quickly identifying and resolving muscle and joint pain, postural distortions and the physical/psychological effects of stress, accidents and trauma.

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