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Weather permitting Airport reservations guaranteed youthful and Special Attention to the Elderly Pick-Up & Delivery [email protected] www.atlastaxi.qc.ca beautiful at 92 Editorial on Education Individual choice gives Quebec a migraine In these rapidly changing times, education is the language are consistent with a “legitimate educa- key to growth and prosperity.But two issues, one tional pathway.” The solution is far from perfect, solved at least for now, the other bubbling to the gives leeway to civil servants and is certain to face surface, merit our evaluation. challenges as soon as the first child is rejected. The The first concerns the Quebec government’s use PQ is quite right in saying this allows the wealthy of closure to ram through Bill 115, its response to to fork over up to $15,000 a year to “buy” the right the Supreme Court of Canada overturning part of to subsidized schooling in English. Quebec’s language law. It replaced a loophole that It is a way around the law for those parents who Rideau Carleton/ had been tolerated for years, including under the would have to send their children to French- Raceway Slots (Ottawa) Parti Québécois, where children could gain access language schools and find that option unacceptable. Weekly Saturday Departures to publicly financed English-language schooling The issue must be viewed in the context of 1,250 Slot Machines from 1¢ to $5 after attending an unsubsidized private English Bill 101, the language law passed in 1977, which school for a year or more. channelled immigrants into the French-language New Year’s Eve Gala In 2002, the PQ introduced Bill 104, which closed educational stream. Friday, Dec 31st that loophole. It was challenged to the Supreme Freedom of choice, while sounding fair on paper, Bring in the New Year Court and ruled unconstitutional in October 2009. was and still is seen as the kiss of death to a French- $98 per person (limited space) Includes fabulous buffet - over 100 choices The court gave Quebec a year to fix it. speaking society. With its fertility rate lower than Live Entertainment • Casino Bonus $20 Under the law passed this month, days before that the replacement level, Quebec is increasingly (Transportation only $40) one-year deadline, children who attend unsubsi- dependent on immigration. Forcing immigrants CLAIRE 514-979-6277 dized English private schools for at least three years into French schools has tempered one of the main can accumulate points toward getting access. A fears that was fuelling separatist sentiment. committee of four civil servants would then eval- It must be pointed out that thousands of Eng- uate each case to determine whether studies in that lish-speaking families who had the right to send their kids to English schools chose French schools as the best way for their children to become bilin- St. Patrick Square gual enough to compete with graduates from francophone families. But for Quebec’s national- ists, these numbers don’t compensate for the loophole used by a few thousand to avoid attend- ing French schools. 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This has been ignored by some Hasidic schools and the government is in court to order the closure of the Yeshiva Toras Moshe, run by and for the growing Satmar Hasidic community. It has been operating without a per- mit because it devotes 35 hours a week to religious studies, but only six to secular subjects like math. None of its six secular teachers are certified. In New York, where 100,000 Satmars live, the state is not interfering with schools that receive no subsidies. Quebec has rejected this hands-off approach. A similar challenge is arising in Israel, where there is widespread concern about the growing ulra- Orthodox community and its failure to contribute to Israel’s knowledge-based economy. Does a state that makes school attendance com- pulsory have the right to insist on the content of core education? Some libertarians would say no. We say it does. Numeracy, literacy, and basic knowledge of history, health and computers are tools every citizen needs to participate in our soci- ety. It is up to private schools to find ways of fitting in their religious or other specialized training into the parameters set by the state. This battle has only just begun. 2 THE SENIOR TIMES November 2010 www.theseniortimes.com At the top of her game at 92 Kristine Berey it makes the hair grow well,” she explains. Further readings, from We’re all familiar with the expres- Deepak Chopra, the Dalai Lama, sion “you’re as old as you feel,”and Stephen Chang and others confirmed most likely have dismissed it as that physical, psychological and spir- wishful thinking. But meeting itual aspects influence each other and Denise Chartré, trim and spry at 92, one’s general state of health. confirms that, in fact, it’s true. Chartré began to practice transcen- Chartré published her first book dental meditation 30 years ago and this year. Être jeune à 90 ans (Being today can instantly enter that healing youthful at 90: The Denise Chartré state of mind, without having to Method) is a culmination of a life- repeat mantras. She jokingly likens time of passion and curiosity regard- this experience as having a direct ing health and well-being. telephone line to the Supreme Being, “I did not invent this method,” she through years of practice. says. “I developed it over the last 30 “I try to cultivate positive thoughts years by reading about health. When every day and to avoid negative ones something made sense, I tried it, and as much as possible,”she says.“We all when I felt it was effective, I incorpo- have bad experiences, but must not rated it in my life.” dwell on them, because that’s a way A hairdresser by profession, of getting old rapidly.” Chartré soon discovered she was Chartré says that regular meditation more interested in healthy hair than allows the negative energy to leave the in using toxic hair-care products for body and the positive to enter. cosmetic reasons only. Instead, she At 67, Chartré discovered Made- trained as a capillary health specialist leine Turgeon, author of a book on using products she believed in and reflexology – an ancient healing tech- later perfected. She built up asuc- nique with roots similar to acupunc- cessful clinic, at first within the hair- ture and acupressure – and things dressing salon. When working at the really fell into place.

salon became too exhausting, she “Reflexology is the basis of all,” Lefebvre Stéphanie Photo: devoted herself completely to capil- Chartré says. “I took a course with lary health, working out of her home Madeleine Turgeon. I wanted to in Val-d’Or while slowly modifying know what role energy plays in the her lifestyle to regain her energy. organism.” “When I retired, I started to change Chartré’s book begins with a brief the way I ate,”she says. biography, then explains the concept “There are certain foods that you of “meridians” – the pathways of should not combine, for example energy circulating throughout the potatoes and bread. Sugar is detri- body. Tantalizing recipes, several mental to the health, as is too much exemplifying the raw food diet, are meat,” she continues, listing ideas provided, along with tips for sprout- gleaned from Herbert Shelton. ing seeds at home. “Gradually we can cut down and Chartré demonstrates, standing on substitute legumes, raw fruits and a mat and on a trampoline, a set of vegetables, grains and sprouts.” gentle physical exercises designed to Her first quests for information on energize the body and the mind. hair health made her aware of the “People of a certain age believe connections that exist within the they’re old. If we believe something, body. “When the blood functions we become that. 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I am located west of description of 90 per cent, a 25-year Hollywood at 10978 Pembroke Road, Miramar, Florida amortization and a five-year term, A housing bubble occurs when buy- could afford a $270,000 home in 2009 Telephone number is 1-954-438-3803 ers speculate on or anticipate a sud- based on the average income increase den and dramatic increase in sale and reduction in interest rates. Con- prices in the near future. sidering the real-estate market Buyers are then more willing to pay increase, this 1989 home would be asking prices in the hopes of purchas- worth about $240,000 in 2009. ing a home before prices substantially Twenty years ago marked a period increase. This causes a surge in the in Montreal’s real-estate history average sale price in the short term. A where the average home price bubble is really defined when prices spiked. Beginning in 1990, the aver- dramatically reduce – as fast as prices age interest rate increased over the increased, they decrease, as happened next two years by just one per cent; in Montreal in 1989. between 1992 and 1996, the average There are three fundamental factors home price declined four per cent. associated with a housing bubble: fam- It is not expected that interest rates FUNERAL HOME ily income, interest rates and popula- will increase by more that one per tion growth. As income increases or cent by the end of 2011. Further- interest rates decrease, one is able to more, a poll conducted by the Cana- A family business since 1958 afford a more expensive home. 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whose training night conflicted with Photo: Sherri Rattray Strathcona Medal – the highest per- Margaret’s other activities. Cadet Lance Corporal Brennan Kock and father Peter at a remembrance formance award a Canadian cadet We encouraged her to join the ceremony. Brennan is a third-generation member of the Black Watch. can earn. Her mother, Patty, who calls Black Watch so she could explore her herself a “cheerleader” for the corps, Scottish heritage, and because the Peter Kock says he can’t understand names of numerous Victoria Cross says being a cadet has brought Victo- unit seemed to have so many activi- why more parents don’t put their kids recipients. Brennan didn’t quite ria closer to her grandfather, a Second ties. She stayed because she found into cadets. He speaks of the many understand the difference when his World War paratrooper with the 1st her place in a regimental family opportunities his son Brennan, 13, father asked him, but today he is Canadian Parachute Battalion. whose heritage stretches back to has enjoyed since he joined the Black Black Watch through and through. Few youth today can say they have before Confederation. Watch cadet corps: trips to Nova Sco- It has been a challenge to answer marched in the same Remembrance Margaret is 13 and has attained the tia and the Northwest Territories, the multiple demands on his time parade as a grandparent, or that they rank of lance corporal. field training exercises, visits to the from cadets, football and school, but have lived even briefly the experi- When she talks of cadets, she speaks veterans’ hospital, marching in Brennan has risen to the challenge. ences of those we commemorate each of teamwork, taking risks and some- parades and bagpipe lessons. Bren- Peter is proud of his son’s accom- November. times making mistakes, of working nan is the third young man in his plishments, and keenly aware how Continued on Page 6 hard to gain the approval of her offi- family to be a Black Watch cadet, fol- cers, and learning to take on the lowing in the footsteps of his dad responsibility of leadership. She tells and uncle. His grandfather was an me of this year’s new recruits, and instructor with the corps. how they swelled with pride when Brennan originally considered a they received their uniforms. She is corps closer to his home, too. His proud for them too, and she has father asked him if he wanted to per- tasted the camaraderie her grandpar- form a drill in a school cafeteria, or ents experienced during their years of on a regimental parade square where service to their country. he could see the plaques bearing

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6 THE SENIOR TIMES November 2010 www.theseniortimes.com Leslie Newman pins a poppy on Lex Azevedo. It’s the first Remembrance Day for Ms. Yee. Photos: Barbara Moser Collin Robinson, Sarah Anvari and Bill Fresh faces on the Remembrance Day front Thibeault on lower level of Alexis Nihon. Janie de Jeu and Emily Sheiner first time in 32 years. “I’m retired and my wife decided I needed something to do,”he says, laugh- in battle – 628,736 Canadian soldiers served in At first glance, you wouldn’t necessarily peg Brent ing. “I’ll probably do about 40 to 50 hours of vol- World War I when the population of Canada was McNair, 27, for a war veteran – especially when unteering from now until November 10. only 6 million,” he says. “Ten per cent of those paired with Leslie Newman, a gentleman who “Remembrance Day has changed since the war troops gave their lives for Canada.” servedintheRoyalMontrealRegimentfor32years. in Afghanistan has made veterans of young sol- No soldier today is forced to enlist. But that’s exactly the sort of perception McNair is diers. More people are remembering.” Concerning poppy sales in Dorval, where two trying to banish, and one of the reasons he is vol- Colin Robinson, a decorated veteran and vice- malls limited the sales on their grounds to three unteering at the poppy tables during his last two president of Branch 14 of the Royal Canadian days instead of the usual two weeks, Robinson says weeks of vacation before returning to service. Legion was at Alexis Nihon on October 29 selling it’s a misunderstanding. McNair is decorated with the General Campaign poppies alongside his more senior colleagues. “The media has skewed the story to make people Star for his service in Afghanistan, where he “It’s so important to remember the sacrifices that think that all centres do not support Remem- recently spent seven months and is soon to return. have been made, and the ones presently being brance Day. Alexis Nihon has been very support- “I volunteer my time and swap stories with the made by Canadian soldiers,”he says.“For only one ive. They gave us access to the whole mall.” other veterans,” he says. McNair recognizes the day a year we have to remember those who lost importance of the legion for veterans and their their lives for our freedom. These donations fund families.“It’s extremely important for young peo- local veterans who need the money.” ple to know that this organization is for us, too. I Robinson says that when people ask him how want to break the misconception that the legion is much a poppy costs, he responds: “How much only for veterans of WWII,”he says. does your freedom cost?” “The WWII veterans had trouble with going to At 39, Robinson can boast 20 years of experience the legion because they thought their experiences in the Canadian military. were too different from the soldiers of WWI. Now “People have a misconception of veterans, the veterans of our current war feel the same way; they’re not all old,”he says, chuckling. but really it’s all the same thing.” Robinson served in a peacekeeping mission in Leslie Newman, who came all the way from Bosnia 15 years ago. But he says he believes that St. Eugene, Ontario, is volunteering at the tables people who think that Canadian troops are solely outside IGA at Alexis Nihon Plaza this year for the peacekeepers are misled. “We are quite successful

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Make Manoir King David Your Home 5555 Trent, Côte St. Luc, Tel: 514-486-1157 • www.manoirkingdavid.com www.theseniortimes.com November 2010 THE SENIOR TIMES 7 When something goes wrong at the hospital, who carries the blame? negligence must be such that it would not have doctor and taken an X-ray, he learned that a staple Legal Ease been made by another practitioner acting within still remained in his body. Upon being informed, the normal acceptable standards established by the the original surgeon refused to take responsibility Joyce Blond profession. The physician is expected to explain and refused to remove the final piece of metal. Frank the risks of the procedure to his patient, but he is This was done by another surgeon at the day B.A., B.C.L., LL.M. not usually expected to guarantee results. clinic. Eighteen months after the original surgery, He is expected to act in accordance with the the patient was able to wear a shirt and sleep in his No matter how hard we try, how much we con- highest medical standards and within the rules set own bed. trol our diet, or how much we exercise, there are down by his profession. If he does all of this and The problems with his lungs continued, but the some things we cannot prevent. makes a mistake, he will not necessarily be ordered surgeon said he could no longer help him. The Let’s consider the following: How would you by the court to pay for the damages or suffering patient remained unable to work. Legal action was react if you had your tubes tied and found yourself you have incurred. taken against all the physicians and surgeons who pregnant with your sixth child? Or if you had When the woman above discovered she was had treated him. They presented the testimony of bypass surgery and then suffered severely for more pregnant, she sued the surgeon. The different an expert to the effect that proper procedures had than a year before anyone removed a left over sta- methods of tubal ligation had been explained to been used. The patient did not have an expert wit- ple? Or if you had to undergo exploratory surgery her and she had given her consent to a technique, ness. The court held that it did not have the med- because the radiologist misread your X-ray? knowing it was 97 per cent effective. Three months ical knowledge permitting it to substitute its own Presumably,you would ask for compensation and after the surgery, an X-ray confirmed her tubes opinion for that of an expert. In cases of medical if that was not forthcoming, you would apply to the were blocked, although the right side had moved liability, the obligation of the physician is one of courts for a judgment ordering payment for the slightly. The patient was advised that the opera- means and not of result. damages and suffering you had undergone.And you tion had been successful but was not told about All surgical interventions have risks and a sur- would expect the court to be sympathetic toward the displacement. geon cannot guarantee results. In the absence of you and render judgment in your favour.This is not About a month later, she experienced morning medical expertise proof, the court was not able to as simple as it might seem. You would probably get sickness and an echogram confirmed her worst conclude that the physicians had not followed the sympathy of the court,but you might not get the fears. She decided not to have an abortion. The acceptable methods and procedures. By not pre- anticipated financial compensation. court held that there was no expertise proof that senting an expert witness, the patient had failed to The physician must be prudent and diligent and the operation had not been performed properly in fulfill his burden of proof and his claim was act as a colleague with the same expertise and of conformity with accepted medical practice and rejected. reasonable competence might have under the consequently the court was unable to conclude In another situation where a patient underwent same circumstances The law pertaining to profes- that there was any fault on the part of the surgeon. unnecessary exploratory surgery following the sional liability puts the burden of proof on you, There was also no proof of any connection between interpretation of her X-rays by a radiologist, the the plaintiff, to prove that the professional you are the displacement of the tubal implant and the inef- court held that to determine whether a profes- suing has committed an act of fault or negligence ficacy of the procedure. The woman lost her case. sional has committed an act of fault, one must ask that has caused you damage that can be evaluated Now consider the man who had triple bypass sur- whether another reasonably prudent and diligent in dollars. gery twice in one day, the second intervention ren- professional would have acted the same way under This is an especially heavy burden in cases of dered necessary because of hemorrhaging the same set of circumstances. medical responsibility because the act of fault or following the first one. In order to assess this, the court must refer to This required removal of the staples used to close experts and cannot substitute its own opinion for the thoracic cavity following the first surgery and theirs. In this case, the radiologist may have mis- replacing them. Following these operations, the interpreted the X-ray but his work was carefully patient experienced severe pain at the chest and done; he acted prudently and diligently, and his lungs as well as some bleeding. It felt as if his tho- conclusions were reasonable under the circum- racic cage was squeezing his lungs. stances. He had behaved as would have any other The surgeon who had performed the first oper- reasonably prudent and diligent professional and ation removed some of the staples, but the pain reached a conclusion consistent with good profes- and bleeding continued and several months later sional practice. more metal was removed. About 14 months later, The patient's claim was dismissed. still in pain and bleeding, the patient returned to The physician must be prudent and diligent and the first surgeon and was told everything was heal- act as a colleague with the same expertise and of ing normally. reasonable competence another might have under Shortly afterward, having consulted his family the same circumstances. The burden is on the plaintiff who institutes the Men and Women legal action. Sometimes the facts are such that it is with Type 2 Diabetes difficult to envisage any conclusion other than responsibility. Once a judge accepts that the facts The McGill University Health Centre is recruiting men Healthy Men give rise to a situation where liability seems self-evi- and women with type 2 diabetes for the study of blood The McGill University Health Centre is seeking dent, it is up to the physician to convince him that glucose levels and the state of protein in the body. healthy men for a study of protein metabolism. the damage is not his fault. IF YOU ARE: Where in the normal course of affairs something • < 65 years of age with type 2 diabetes IF YOU ARE: happens that should not have, causing damage to • Have no other major health problems • normal weight and over 55 yrs • ex-smoker and free of other serious illnesses a patient, it is up to the physician to convince the • Are willing to stay at the Clinical Investigation judge he was not negligent. He must show that he Unit of the Royal Victoria Hospital for 4 or 7 days Principal Investigator: Stéphanie Chevalier RD, PhD acted in accordance with the generally accepted Principal Investigator: Réjeanne Gougeon, PhD Co-Investigator: Errol Marliss, MD standards of the profession. McGill Nutrition and Food Science Centre McGill Nutrition and Food Science Centre To prove that he did not do so you must have the Royal Victoria Hospital Royal Victoria Hospital testimony of an expert. Length of study: 7 or 12 days Length of study: 2 days Where the patient does not present expert testi- For more information please contact For more information, please contact mony, the court will offer sympathy but the rules the Research Coordinators, Connie Nardolillo the Research Coordinator: of law and procedure will prevail and the patient’s or Cherise Labonté at 514-843-1665 Connie Nardolillo at (514) 843-1665 claim will be dismissed. 8 THE SENIOR TIMES November 2010 www.theseniortimes.com Time is ripe for a new political party in Quebec For Health & Stress Control with the PQ at 27 per cent and the Liberals at 25 Jerry Spinak PERSONAL TRAINER per cent. If nothing else, these results suggest there ALSO: GROUPS AND CORPORATIONS Pit Stop is a deep desire in the population to break through 35 years training experience the federalist-separatist division to some third Improves physical functioning , balance, Neil McKenty force that would concentrate on the economic and immune system and sleep social well-being of Quebec. Alleviates arthritis, diabetes, shingles Such a party would emphasize fiscal restraint Learn in your own home or your building's workout space Now that hunting season has begun, it behooves and smaller government. But would the Quebec Find out today how T’ai Chi & Qigong can bene!t you! most Quebec politicians to head for the hills. voter buy into such a program? Ironically, this is Call Jer ry for in form ation 514.569.1947 jspinak@videot ron.ca According to all the surveys, the popularity of what Charest wanted to implement when he first the province’s politicians is dropping like a took office eight years ago. Charest, a small-c con- wounded duck. And this applies to both Ottawa servative, hoped to cut back on Quebec’s bloated CORNER - STONE and Quebec City. bureaucracy, reduce some services and cut taxes. A Léger poll shows the level of satisfaction with But Charest discovered to his chagrin that he BOOKSHOP the federal Conservatives has dropped a full seven could carry neither his cabinet nor his caucus on points. Only one in five Quebecers is happy with a program of serious fiscal restraint. The govern- A Great Browser’s Paradise the political leadership in Ottawa. ment was even afraid to raise the rates for elec- Three Floors of The results were similarly dismal for the provincial tricity, something practically all economists urged Old Books & Records Liberals. The level of dissatisfaction with Premier them to do. Recently all it took was the prospect of Jean Charest’s government is at a record-breaking a coming by-election for Finance Minister Ray- Fall Hours 77 per cent, with only 28 per cent saying they would mond Bachand to shelve plans to impose user fees Mon. & Tues. 10 am - 6 pm vote Liberal in the next provincial election. Support for medical visits. Wed. - Sat. 10 am - 9 pm • Sun. 12 - 6 pm for the Parti Québécois stood at 34 per cent. So attractive as a new party might be, especially Downtown Plattsburgh, N.Y. These figures must be seen in the context of a one that jettisoned the sovereignty question, it is 110 Margaret St. (corner Court & Margaret) provincial scene where most of the news is negative. not at all clear that it would be able to sell a policy Tel: 518-561-0520 Whether it is the dirty linen on judge’s appoint- of fiscal restraint, the very policy that Charest ments being aired at the Bastarache commission,the could not sell when he first came into office. ever-rising cost of health care, controversial lan- Furthermore, as Lysiane Gagnon has pointed guage legislation or the government’s refusal to out, the new Legault party looks much like the old investigate the construction industry, there is not Mario Dumont party. The Action démocratique much for the ordinary voter to be happy about. du Quebec was also based on a centre-right All this means that Charest, who must face an agenda and a moderate nationalist approach (for Private Fitness Services for Seniors election within three years, is in dire straits politi- most of its life it did not even take sides in the We’re the gym that comes to YOU! cally. But the PQ leader, Pauline Marois, is right in sovereignty debates). One difference is that there with him. Legault’s movement was born in Montreal and We focus on: Let’s face it. Although Marois has been in public might eventually attract more high-profile per- • Strength • Balance & Flexibility life for three decades, she has never really caught sonalties than the ADQ, whose scope was limited • Endurance • Increased Energy on, either with her own party or with the elec- to eastern Quebec. All equipment provided torate generally. 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No wonder the politicians are impatient, nervous and suspicious of any leader heading for the hills. not named Jacques Parizeau. Since they last held ERNIE power in 2003, they’ve already had three leaders.” What’s more, unlike the Charest Liberals, the PQ LAUDI has a potential leader prowling around the precincts. That would be Gilles Duceppe, who is Buyer of used getting long in the tooth in federal politics. TEMPLE EMANU2EL2BETH SHOLOM cars, trucks-rv’s Duceppe threatened to run against Marois once BOOK LOVERS FORUM II – FALL SERIES before. This time, if she really stumbles, he might Highest prices paid go through with it. November 17, 2010, 9:30 AM So what we have now in the province is a Liberal $8 per person – Light refreshments government that is dead in the water and a PQ Rabbi Leigh Lerner reviews: • Sales - Leasing New opposition that is not exactly setting the heather “A Pigeon and a Boy”by Meir Shalev afire. What better time to fly a trial balloon about Meir Shalev’s novel, winner of Israel’s Brenner Prize, • Used a new party? masterfully interweaves two personal stories; Free consultation A group of former politicians (Péquistes one of a modern-day tour guide who is favored • François Legault and Joseph Facal) and business by bird watchers, and the second, the tale Estimation of a heroic homing pigeon handler • people think the time is ripe for a new party that from Israel's War of Independence. would regroup federalists and sovereigntists All are welcome, no reservations required! around a centre-right agenda and leaving the 514-951-6555 “national question” aside. 395 Elm Ave. (corner Sherbrooke St. West) Atwater Metro ~ Bus #24 A new poll shows that such a new party would 514-937-3575 ext 212 • www.templemontreal.ca win 30 per cent of the votes in a Quebec election, www.theseniortimes.com November 2010 THE SENIOR TIMES 9 Cultural epithets inspired by traditional food and drink the late 1950s. In case you believe it of St. Lawrence (anglophones of yore Quebec, and the term seemed to The Word was revolutionary in the art of dero- didn’t refer to it as St. Laurent). One morph among the Montreal anglo gation to label members of a group has to remember that these were the cognoscenti into “pepper,” possibly Nerd according to a beverage instead of a days when the two solitudes did not due to the increasing popularity of Howard Richler food preference, it is not. The term interact a hell of a lot. Sometimes the soft drink Dr. Pepper. “Limey” to refer to Brits comes from anglos called French Canadians Sometime in the 1980s, I started to the policy in the British navy to “pepsi Mae Wests” – Mae West was hear French Canadians say things pepsi noun (pl -sis) Cdn informal enforce the consumption of lime the brand name of a locally made like,“Il est un vrai pepsi.”Being a dis- derogatory, a French Canadian (from juice by sailors to prevent scurvy. white cake with a cream filling that cerning bloke I sensed that this des- the perceived Québécois preference As the Canadian Oxford Dictionary ignation was being used to impugn for Pepsi-Cola). points out, the epithet“pepsi”derives the aesthetic sensibility of some yobo — Canadian Oxford Dictionary from the belief (held by Quebec ang- The French from France from a place like Saint-Louis-du- los) that Québécois swilled Pepsi refer to people from Ha!-Ha! But since Pepsi Cola has Referring to an ethnic group accord- because they couldn’t afford the mar- England as “les rosbifs” been using popular author and ing to a real or supposed preference ginally more expensive Coke. While notwithstanding that “roast humourist Claude Meunier as their for some type of food is a time-hon- Pepsi’s early marketing did promote beef” was a term English Quebec spokesperson since the oured epithet,which hardly any eth- itself as the more economical choice – adopted from French. 1990s, I wouldn’t be surprised if the nic group has escaped. “Twice as much for a nickel too, expression vrai pepsi evolves into a Hence, a German is a “Kraut,” an Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you,” half-teasing, half-cherished designa- Italian is a“spaghetti bender,”a Jew is impecunious Québécois of that era was covered in dark chocolate, that tion. That Meunier’s most enduring a “bagel dog,” a black person is a were probably imbibing Kik Cola, was also supposedly popular among character from these ads is a zonked “watermelon,”an East Indian is a “fig which was the cheapest cola available French Canadians. hockey player highlights the fact that gobbler,”a Queenslander is a“banana during the ’50s and ’60s. The Québécois couldn’t win with the company’s success – Pepsi is said bender,” a Mexican is a “beaner,” a In any case, the designation “pepsi” us. A sophomoric joke that made the to outsell Coke two to one in Quebec Frenchman is a “frog” and a Québé- became the epithet of choice among rounds explained that French Cana- – comes from promoting the idea of cois is a “pea soup.”The French from Montreal anglos to describe French- dians were called “pepsis” because a being able to laugh at yourself, of France refer to people from England Canadians. Whereas English Canadi- bottle of Pepsi had nothing from the taking pride in yourself as a culture. as “les rosbifs” notwithstanding that ans outside Quebec may have referred neck up. The fact that this was stan- Just as Québécois now embrace Pepsi “roast beef” was a term English to one who spoke French as “pea dard for any soft drink didn’t seem to as their brand, maybe they now can adopted from French. soup” or “frog,” “pepsi” (and some- register with the joke-tellers. In the embrace “pepsi” as their slang. Growing up in Montreal, I first times “gorf” – frog backwards), was early ’70s, the term “pepsi” became Howard Richler’s latest book is heard “pepsi” as a derogatory term another moniker to disparage the eth- more widely known both by fran- Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives for a French-Canadian sometime in nic majority who tended to live east cophones and anglos living outside of of Words. Funeral planning… it’s a matter of life or debt

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12 THE SENIOR TIMES November 2010 www.theseniortimes.com Home swapping can be a win-win for travellers DR. TINA DORFMAN A Family Dentist with tions and yours and a description of your mutual over 24 yrs experience Roads expectations. Scholar Initial information will probably include the spe- For that caring and cific dates of your stay, the number of people in personalized approach to complete dental care. Mark your family and their ages, if you’re retired or what kind of work you do, the type and location of the 514-367-3626 Evening appointments available Medicoff [email protected] • [email protected] neighbourhood and the amenities your home 6600 Trans Canada, Suite #801, Pointe Claire For retirees looking to travel on a limited budget, provides, such as a swimming pool or exercise swapping your home with a like-minded couple room, and the advantages of your home and area. may be the answer. If you’re offering a car, it’s important to mention One travel website estimates that there are more the type, year, whether it’s an automatic or manual Suzanne Lamarre than 100,000 home exchanges taking place in 137 transmission, and the condition of your vehicle. countries each year. Other important conditions include household Nadia De Riggi Senior Times columnist Howard Richler has been appliances and electronic equipment, such as a NOTAIRES • NOTARIES a home swapper for six years and raves about the plasma TV, computer with Wi-Fi and whether opportunities it provides. Howard and his part- there are pets and plants to take care of. You 3333 Cavendish Blvd. ner, Carole Broderick, have explored Arizona, should especially mention whether smoking is Suite 198 Provence in France, Alicante in Spain, San Fran- permitted in your home or if your home would be cisco and the Greek Island of Symi – all while stay- tricky for people with special physical needs. 514-484-2788 ing in someone else’s home. “It’s a system of equivalents,”Howard says. “You “Home exchange just seemed like a sound idea,” have to find someone much like yourself. One time he explains. “That’s not to say we didn’t have any we found a delightful home, but the owner wanted qualms at first, but we’ve never found anyone who us to take care of his dogs.” Since day trips are an Loving Care Nursing Home has had a bad experience. It might not be for you attractive aspect of home swapping for them, For autonomous people if you have a house filled with antiques, mistrust Howard and Carole politely refused the exchange. teenagers, or if you go apoplectic about someone The next step is to narrow down your choice and • Loving & caring environment • Beautiful atmosphere sleeping in your bed.” then, by phone, exchange such info as references, • Personal attention • Private & semi-private rooms Often, home exchanges include cars. Howard left a promise to send a video of your home, and even • Activities • Nutritious meals • Well situated his keys in his car at the Burlington, Vt., airport pictures of your family. The last step is a more for- • Safe & non-smoking environment while his home-swapping partner did the same at mal written contract, the fixed commitment to the Phoenix airport. proceed with the exchange. Call Elaine 514-344-8496 The first step in the process is to become a mem- ber of a Web-based home exchange site. Most offer Tel: 514-939-7247 Fax: 514-939-2699 monthly or yearly memberships and some spe- cialize in the “over 50” age group. Howard recom- Suzan’s Home mends that you give yourself at least six months JOYCE BLOND FRANK Private Senior Residence to arrange your vacation. B.A., B.C.L., LL.M. Avocat-Attorney From a Montrealer’s perspective, the best time to establish a home exchange is for the spring and Family and Elder Law summer. The many gala events afforded a Mon- treal visitor – like the jazz and comedy festivals – 1310 Greene Ave. Suite 660 Westmount make our city an easy sell. Howard and Carole • Rooms available in a caring home tried to exchange their home during winter, but found the attempt futile.“Skiers want to be closer • Personalized care to the Laurentians or Eastern Townships.” SNOWBIRDS… • Qualified & trained caregivers • Short or long term A home in the suburbs might hinder the possi- Transporting your vehicle bility of a home exchange. South for the winter? Potential listings will be forwarded to you by Call 438-885-5876 email, but be sure the website you use, such as Give us a buzz! HomeExchange.com or SeniorsHomeExchange Bee Transport Logistics, Inc. .com, guarantees your privacy. Once you’ve re- Champlain, NY DORVAL ceived the listings of available homes in the part DENTURE of the world you choose, the real work begins. 877-398-3014 518-298-6500 CLINIC Howard feels strongly that you have to get “a good handle” on your exchange partner. Hong An Nguyen D.D. Loan Trinh Do D.D. 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En cette importante journée du Souvenir, Hon. Stéphane Dion nous nous rappelons tous ceux qui Hon. Irwin Cotler P.C., M.P. P.C., O.C., M.P. Saint-Laurent–Cartierville se sont battus pour la liberté! Mount Royal 514-335-6655 514-283-0171 stephanedion.liberal.ca

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14 THE SENIOR TIMES November 2010 www.theseniortimes.com Jean Charest Premier of Quebec

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Raymond Bachand Jacques Chagnon Pierre Arcand Pierre Marsan MNA for Outremont MNA for MNA for Mont-Royal MNA for Minister of Finance, Westmount–Saint-Louis Minister of Sustainable Robert-Baldwin Minister of Revenue, Vice President of Development, Chair, Committee on Minister responsible for the the National Assembly Environment and Parks Culture and Education Montreal region 514-395-2929 514-341-1151 514-684-9000 514-482-0199

Lawrence S. Bergman François Ouimet Geoffrey Kelley Guy Ouellette MNA for D’Arcy-McGee MNA for Marquette MNA for MNA for Chairman of the Chair of the Committee on Jacques-Cartier Chomedey Government Caucus Labour and the Economy Chair of the Social Parliamentary assistant to the 514-488-7028 Parliamentary assistant to the Affairs Committee Minister for Transport Minister of Justice 514-697-7663 Parliamentary assistant to the 514-634-9720 Minister of Revenue 450-686-0166

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This coupon cannot be paired This coupon cannot be paired with another promotional oer with another promotional oer Biography explores mystery and ambiguity of a musical genius Juan Rodriguez writes. “Dylan’s genius rests not simply on his tion surprising reinventions of older material: knowledge of all these eras and their sounds and Drummer Jim Keltner was spot on when he said: Bob Dylan will turn 70 in May, and the man images but also on his ability to write and sing in “Bob is a jazz musician as much as he’s anything who’s still introduced on stage as the person more than one era at once.” Thus the historian else.” As Wilentz says, Tell Tale Signs, a sprawling who“put folk into bed with rock”– who liber- delves into cogent connections with classical com- collection of outtakes from his recent work (dat- ated songcraft in the ’60s from“moon-in-June” poser Aaron Copland, blues great Blind Willie ing back to 1989), shows “how Dylan approaches pap – has been singing the praises of Bing McTell and crooner Crosby (not to mention the one of his songs, trying to figure it out as if some- Crosby. (He even released a Christmas album 1945 French film Les enfants du paradis), among one else had written it, maybe an eon ago.” last year containing songs Crosby made many touchstones. He offers clues, but eschews The recent songs sound as if we’ve heard them famous.) intellectualization. As such, this elegantly written somewhere before, leading some critics to claim The man who sighed with ele- book is bound to elicit rewarding plagiarism. Wilentz explains that Dylan’s modus giac irony when he sang “May new listenings of the pop poet’s operandi has always been to jot down phrases he’s you stay forever young” in the work with fresh ears. In other heard (“blowing in the wind,” as it were) for pos- early 1970s now resembles, with words, it’s living history – time- sible future use. He has “worked in the same tra- his thin, neatly clipped mustache, less and resistant to dogma – like ditions as the minstrels … copying other people’s someone you might see on an Dylan at his best. mannerisms and melodies and lyrics and utterly old-fashioned patent medicine There are plenty of telling transforming them and making them his own, a label. His voice, always the brunt details: If you’ve wondered how form of larceny that is as American as apple pie.” of criticism, is now basically shot, Dylan seemed so media-savvy Little wonder he titled his best album of this redeemed by the gravel tones of from the start, it might be decade Love and Theft. an old bluesman. Yet, after being because his father owned the Bob Dylan in America is a terrific companion considered by some to be large appliance store in his home- with which to revisit his work. Indeed, once I fin- washed-up in the ’80s, Dylan has town Hibbing, Minnesota, thus ished the book, I read it over again while cueing produced his most mature work being the among the first to expe- up the appropriate albums and songs. over the last 15 years or so with rience the effects of television. It’s the next best thing to a new Dylan work and, songs that make the old sound Wilentz resists definitive pro- like the songwriter himself, we will be referring to new (and vice-versa). nouncements on Dylan’s work, it for years to come. What a long, strange trip it’s been. Putting Dylan preferring mystery and ambiguity instead. Con- into perspective has often been the aim of the sidering the meaning of the opening line of 1965’s more than 150 books about him published over Desolation Row – “They’re selling postcards of the the years. Perhaps the most stimulating and hanging”– he simply says,“Who knows?”and leaves insightful is the latest, Bob Dylan in America, by it at that. historian Sean Wilentz (Doubleday, $33). It is not a Yet he comes up with this brilliant précis of the biography but a series of ruminations on key tortured and at times savage 1966 album Blonde on moments (specific songs, albums, concerts, off- Blonde, which “evokes William Blake’s song cycle SELLING YOUR HOME? stage activities and,most importantly, inspirations) of innocence and experience, when it depicts how in the career of the artist who revolutionized song- they can mingle, as in Just Like a Woman, but also LOOKING FOR A CONDO? writing, from storytelling protest songs to deep when it depicts the gulf that lies between them. NEED A RENTAL? intrapersonal meditations. In the process, Wilentz Many of the album’s songs, for all their self- goes beyond the standard line that Dylan is a involved temptations and frustrations, express a chameleon crossing us at every fork in the road. kind of solidarity in the struggle to live inside that Wilentz, whose family ran the fabled 8th Street gulf. Although the songs are sometimes mordant, Bookshop in Greenwich Village (where the well- even accusatory, they are not at all hard or cyni- read, sponge-like young Dylan no doubt browsed cal. Blonde on Blonde never degrades or mocks alongside the erstwhile Beats and folkies of the primary experience.”Similarly, 1975’s Blood on the ’60s), is the author of the award-winning The Rise Tracks represented “the first mature musical of American Democracy, among other books, and reflections to come out of the 1960s and early also the “historian-in-residence” of the official 1970s by a popular artist who had survived them.” DIAMOND AWARD Dylan website (bobdylan.com). He combines a These days Dylan is very much the old-timer he’s TOP 3% OF CANADA FOR 2009-2010 fan’s enthusiasms with rigorous explorations of shown such reverence for in the first volume of his where Dylan’s work comes from and what it draws shambling autobiography Chronicles. His phras- from American mythology. ing is masterful – more conversational than “It could be 1927 or 1840 or biblical time in a Bob declamatory, more pained than celebratory, ooz- Dylan song, and it is always right now, too,”Wilentz ing wisdom with every chord change. Not to men-

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“People are mainlining nostalgia like it was mor- phine” – Bob Dylan Many of us who grew up in Montreal around the Second World War spent summers in the Lauren- tians. Even the most modest of families tried to manage a few weeks of “fresh air” in its villages, including the popular Val Morin-Val David-Trout Lake-Ste. Agathe cluster. Nestled in the region was the hamlet then called Préfontaine, and on a recent weekend, we returned to the area for much the same reasons our parents felt it was important: to marvel at the tree-clad hills, now multi-coloured, to walk beside a lake or river, to listen to the wind, soak up the silence and pollution-free atmosphere, and yes, retrace old steps and revive near-forgotten memories. Our motel, the Clair Mont, is in Ste. Agathe Sud, on what in the 1940s and ’50s was bush on the west side of the old highway. I, with my sister Lil- lian or friend Bernie Zinman, used to walk the five kilometres or so up that road from Préfontaine to catch matinée showings at the Roxy and Alhambra cinemas in Ste. Agathe. Children at that time could not, because of fear of fires after many were trampled in the 1920s, at- tend commercial cinemas, but for some reason it

was possible in the summer in Ste. Agathe. Photo: Barbara Moser Neither cinema is around any more, but a While many homes and stores of 1950s Val David have since disappeared, the natural beauty remains. Dunn’s Famous Delicatessen is near the site of the old Roxy on rue Principale, and there is an Al- others jogging or simply strolling, are in the park. The old Train du Nord – the CP line we took for hambra Street off St.Vincent. The Laurentian Bar, They are open and friendly and relaxed. I noted a our annual sojourn – is a paved bike path and famous for its smoked burger – grilled smoked lot of for-rent signs on closed shop fronts. A Wal- cross-country ski route. Alas, the area landmarks meat on a hamburger roll – is also gone. But there Mart, with its massive purchasing might, has are gone. There was the post office in the home of is a lovely park next to the pier where the Alouette driven many into bankruptcy, I am told. a year-round resident, where I posted letters to tourist boat still is moored, waiting to take visitors We drive down the old highway, turn left and girls I liked, with messages like:“D liver D letter D on a tour of Lac des Sables. head for the former “commercial heart” of Pré- sooner D better.” The fabled Castle des Monts, memorialized in fontaine. It is just past the part of the North River Gone is the general store that was run by Mr. the hotel scenes in The Apprenticeship of Duddy we called“The Rocks” – a rapid-flowing site where Fox. He didn’t talk much. One of his hands was Kravitz, is now condos. Though it’s a crisp and once there was a hydro development, its building gloved in black; it was wooden or plastic. We never sun-filled autumn day, it’s off-season in Ste. then transformed into a mushroom factory. We asked. His son was Shimmy (Shimshon.) Then Agathe and only a few people, some walking dogs, used to swim in the pool just beyond it. there was Mr. Trudel, who ran a taxi that would

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www.theseniortimes.com November 2010 THE SENIOR TIMES 25 A sojourn to Malawi builds on foundation laid by my grandmother A phone call from my grandmother, a or a trade to support younger sib- leader in the Grandmothers to Grand- lings or ill parents, to end their edu- mothers branch of the Stephen Lewis cation and perform domestic chores. Foundation for AIDS in Africa, pre- A thriving village in the distance sented an exciting opportunity. Doug was founded by the former dictator Miller, a retired professor, was taking a of Malawi, Kamuzu H. Banda. His group of Bishop’s University students to 30-year reign in the wake of inde- Malawi for a month. My grandmother pendence produced an abundance of anticipated a life-changing trip for me, political prisoners and exiles, as well to Mnjale village in central Malawi, as the famous Kamuzu Academy, the which we’d been supporting as a family “Eton” of Malawi. for several years. The community-based *** organization had flowered and extended That night over dinner, we dis- its reach into dozens of villages and had cussed potential projects, including sought NGO status under the Theresa putting together a package promot- Foundation, named for my grand- ing scholarships for the higher edu- mother, Thérèse Bourque-Lambert. cation of the students at Chilanga Primary School, which would be Alice Abracen promoted at Royal West Academy,

Part 1 Photos: Alice Abracen my alma mater and a beacon of light In Makupo, village elders wear brightly coloured skirts and smile often. in the world of high-school fundrais- Being awoken by an abrupt landing ing; and a PowerPoint slideshow on with my face partially submerged in inu?” meaning,“I am well, and you?” tended family of the Sakas. The the progress of the wells being con- yogurt was, undoubtedly, the cli- After he tested every member of our women wear brightly coloured skirts, structed in villages near Makupo, max of my three gruelling flights to party, our driver, Osmond Makabula dresses and head coverings. They whose funds had been supplied by Malawi. I had finally managed to do was allowed to continue. Mountains cooked while talking and laughing. Royal West under the leadership of what, for 36 hours, my nerves de- puckered out of the horizon and the Children coming home from the school’s Social Justice faculty ad- nied me – I had fallen asleep. remains of maize coated the dry school grabbed our hands and viser, Katharine Cukier. It was only later, after I had landscape. A few trees, the pitiful walked with us. I hoped to research the growth of squeezed into a minivan that would remnants of deforestation, dotted the We were given a brief introduction the Malawian music industry, and, by be our transportation for the next plains. We swung wildly onto a path and welcome by Chief Japheth Chi- means of collecting stories of Malaw- month, that I realized I was in Africa. toward the village. wanda, an agriculturalist. Chewa is ians struggling with AIDS, to pro- I fell asleep again, only to be jerked The entire village turned out to in the direct line of the eldest mother mote the ratification of Bill-C393 in awake midway to Makupo as we re- meet us; everyone shook our hands of the village, according to the ma- Canada, soon to be put before com- duced our breakneck pace on the im- and hugged us. A girl of about 13 trilineal system, and was elected by mittee, which would oblige major maculate main road to stop in front picked up my colossal luggage and the mature women of Makupo. drug companies to release quality of a dapper policeman. He inspected placed it easily inside the living room After a tour of the village, we visited medication to Africa. And, of course, us and decided to test our Chichewa, of our tin-roofed house. There were the Chilanga Primary School for the I was to visit Mnjale in my grand- Malawi’s other official language (the spiders, and I would have happily ex- Blind, one of three nearby schools; mother’s place and report on the first is English). changed the blood-sucking fiends for the others are the Chilanga primary progress of the Theresa Foundation. “Muli banjo?” asked the officer, the newt who took up residence next and secondary schools. The School This was my agenda for one month. meaning, “How are you?” door (we called him Morris). for the Blind has the most funding of The Chilanga Community Day “Ndili Bwino,” I replied. “Kaya The village is populated by the ex- the three and the smallest popula- Secondary School requires 8850 tion. The classrooms are not over- kwacha (the Malawian currency) per crowded, which makes it is the most semester, roughly $45 Canadian – a sought-after school. considerable sum for rural families. The children’s voices reached us There are 400 secondary school stu- from a hundred feet away, astonish- dents, but 1,200 in primary school. ingly beautiful and haunting, cou- At the School for the Blind, there are pled with a lively drumbeat. We were only 73 students. invited into the small choir room *** where the children were seated on In the town proper, we discovered benches. A blind boy, about 11, music stores that blasted the music moved to the beat as he drummed, of Lawrence Mbenjele, a celebrated oblivious to our presence – as were Malawian musician who performs most of his fellow students, who and transforms traditional music to wound their way through the intri- his own rock style. We passed nu- cate harmonies. There were also sev- merous second-hand clothing stores, eral albino students (albinism is the goods having been donated by often accompanied by blindness). rich Western countries. We walked In the high school, we discovered by carpenters and metalworkers, the that a classroom, which would hold Kasungu Catholic Parish, and the about 30 students in Montreal, had food market. There was no sidewalk 150 here. Some of the luckier classes per se: The cars were free to park had desks. where people walk and careen along High school is not free in Malawi. roads, the horn serving to alert peo- For many rural Malawians, the fees ple to their presence. are the kiss of death for an education. We also passed the hospital, where Pressure is put on girls, who are re- voluntary counseling and testing for quired to work their families’ fields AIDS is offered. 26 THE SENIOR TIMES November 2010 www.theseniortimes.com *** The service was conducted in Another day, we climbed a three- Chichewa. A dozen choirs took turns humped mountain, pushing through singing hymns, vibrant and swift- the tall grass at the base until we moving songs. They swayed and could look out across the plain. It is danced in the aisles while clapping largely golden, with dark spots cast their hands.Welistened to the lengthy by clouds. Smoke billows from where sermon while Bwerezani whispered a the ground is burned (this is an out- translation. A little boy in a nearby dated method of cleansing a field for pew stared at me and grinned, blush- future planting that agricultural re- ing whenever I caught him at it. searchers are encouraging an end to, Everyone gave to the collection. I but change is slow). was uncomfortable with giving pub- When we reached the top of the licly, but we passed our donations to mountain, we were gifted with a one of the children anyway. Those panoramic view of the full plain, the who had no money gave special of- odd forest of green, bushy trees ferings, such as maize. speckling the horizon. The trees atop Everyone shook our hands as we Mount Kasungu were leafless, bear- Royal West helps raise funds for wells so Makupo childen will have clean water. left the church. ing bright orange flowers. *** And there to greet us were Rasta- lage will receive one of the two wells home to many faiths (although I The days began to relax into a pat- farians, who raised their flag and furnished by Royal West Academy. seemed to be the only Jew). Mosques tern. I awoke early, wandered tried to recruit us. They got a fire The 2,000 people using the village’s and churches line the same streets; through the village, took notes in my going, and they prayed and sang. We well are desperate for a new one. It is Pentecostals and Jehovah’s Witnesses journal, and visited the schools. I were told to remove our shoes out of unusual for a woman to be in her po- worship down the road from spent a few hours playing with the respect for the sanctified ground, and sition, which gives her authority over Catholics and Presbyterians. children every day. We played catch, were told about ja, and about hash. six or seven chiefs and their villages. I attended a church service in a cav- football and had the occasional According to Peter, a man from Her ascendance has occurred be- ernous room filled with people and tickle war. Makupo, criminals from a nearby cause of the absence of uncles. warmth. I sat with five delegates In the cool evenings, when the stars prison are obliged to climb the Alice asked for Walafana, her from the village. Although it was a dotted every inch of the sky and the mountain and harvest the wood at granddaughter, to make us a gift of Presbyterian Church, the worshipers constellations were unfamiliar, I was the top and carry it down all day as a hundreds of peanuts (called Malaw- were of different denominations. drawn outside to hear the women utilitarian punishment. ian nuts in Malawi). Beria, a girl my age, informed me sing. Their voices were indescribably *** *** that she’d chosen to be a Seventh- warm, warmer and more comforting We visited the group village head- In the evenings, we could hear the Day Adventist, a denomination dif- than the heat of the fire they gath- woman of Bwanali, Alice, whose vil- Muslim call to prayer. Malawi is ferent from her parents. ered around. It was like being home.

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Wash well, trim stock has problems that might be proaches to making us more con- the ends, blanch for a minute in boil- diet-based. He can smell the nation- Barry Lazar scious of what we eat. ing water, drain and chop into ality of those approaching and he As I see it, another key to a success- chunks. This amount is good for grinds up their bones for bread.Per- ful diet is to stop demonizing food. three or four people. haps the desire for bone-bread is a means to be healthy, although most “This dish will harm me” is the ad- For pasta, I prefer the corkscrew- symptom of the olfactory problem. diets promise fairy-tale endings: monition of all diets. Only the secret like fusilli for this dish, but choose This is a case for Dr. House. You’ll live happily ever after. formula (fee, fie, foe, fum) can save what you like. Use 100 grams or a But, not to digress, I note that the To achieve immediate results, most me. After all, what kind of diet would quarter-pound of dried pasta per witch in Hansel and Gretel pops chil- diet programs urge a limited food in- make money unless it had a complex person. Cook until it is firm and dren into the oven after enticing them take of porridge (Goldilocks, it’s all multi-page-book-and-buy-this- drain it, reserving a cup of the pasta into a confection-covered cottage. you really need). Results come DVD approach to killing the food water. Stir a little olive oil or butter The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood quickly (have this apple, Snow White, demon? Instead of trying the next into the drained pasta so it doesn’t eats well by eating, well, whomever he and you’ll be a different person), but fad, consider what Michael Pollan stick together. can find. And there are others. eventually things return to normal. suggests and remember the Italian Heat a finely chopped clove of gar- Now, I recognize that these tales are Most diets don’t work; many people folk saying: It is better to spend lic and a few chili flakes in a table- associated with cannibalism, perhaps actually become fatter after they end money on the grocer than on the spoon of olive oil. When the garlic is the last food taboo. However, all the their regime. Hands up anyone who doctor ... or the diet book. soft, add a quarter-cup of meat per characters who ate people don’t seem has gone through this. I’d put two So, I am working on this story in person, cook until the meat is heated to have eaten much else. This – the hands in the air right now but I need which an old woman gets Hansel, through and browns. Add the cooked most attenuated version of the Atkins them for typing. Gretel and Goldilocks to walk into a pasta with a quarter cup or more of diet – might indicate that a pure pro- The long-term solution is to focus grocery store. So far everyone seems the pasta water to create some sauce. tein diet creates strong antisocial ten- on fitness, not fatness. Take a walk to be okay … Stir well and continue cooking until dencies. Okay, the witch who snagged before dinner. Eat slowly. Cook what A quick fall dish: everything is cooked through. Sprin- Hansel and Gretel might also suffer you eat. Portion out the meal; don’t Rapini with pasta. This balances kle a couple of tablespoons of grated from a sucrose-related disease. serve it from a large dish or platter. great veggies, some carbs and a touch cheese (parmesan, romano, asiago or None, not even the presumably We all have sensible rules we know of protein. The cheese gives it just the any hard Italian cheese) and toss. athletic wolf, would be considered we should follow. edge of fat you need to feel full. 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did we see anyone but each other Times and Places wandering around the grounds or in Molly Newborn nearby towns. The sound of the cow- bell in the distance was the sound- Last year was particularly stressful. track to our breakfast. There were no When I was given the opportunity men to impress, no emails to check, to spend my summer in Europe, I and no phones to answer. We were decided to make the most of it and completely cut off, and I had finally take part in a relaxing yoga retreat found what my mind and body were in the south of France. desperately seeking: peace. It was late in June when I got on the Dagmar teaches the yoga classes train in Orléans. Four hours later, I twice daily. The morning class takes arrived in Toulouse, where I met with place in a beautiful studio on the four other women at the airport. Mike third floor of the château overlook- was waiting for us with a large van. ing the estate grounds and lake. The We drove quietly through the dark evening class takes place in the ren- countryside of the Ariège region, one ovated stone barn, a cool escape of the least populated in France, to from the hot summer days. arrive at Domaine de la Grausse. The classes weren’t as vigorous as I Domaine de la Grausse is a seven- had anticipated. I had justified glut- hectare estate in the tiny village of tonizing on chocolate croissants and Clermont in southwest France, smelly French cheeses while in Paris within the magnificent Pyrénées the week before, thinking I would get mountains. During the summer back in shape doing yoga twice a day months, Mike and Dagmar open their for a week. property to host yoga retreats for I was used to the power yoga I had those looking for a week or two to practiced in Los Angeles. This wasn’t relax and rejuvenate. The estate con- quite the same. sists of a 17th-century château, three The yoga we practiced at Domaine renovated stone barns and a small de la Grausse was relaxing and con- lake. It is built in a serene valley. sisted mostly of stretching, breathing Michelle and Megan are from Eng- and meditation exercises. And that land. Eva and her daughter Lotta are was exactly what I needed. I may not from Sweden. The five of us ranged have been in my best bikini shape for in age from 23 to 50 and our back- Molly and Michelle strike poses at La Cascade D’Ars. the beaches in Marbella, but I was a grounds were just as diverse. lot better off for it. We were greeted by a symphony of crêpes on our final evening, a couple There was no phone, no Internet, no A curious kitten the owners had frogs, which, to our delight, feasted of old brick buildings and two old television, no radio and worst of all adopted would occasionally meander on the mosquitoes. Mike led us to the men outside, looking as though they (or maybe best of all) no full-length around the barn studio during class, Grange, which was converted into had been sitting there for 50 years, mirrors! Aside from a few brown as if to make sure we were all holding charming guest bedrooms. An over- waiting for something to happen. cows and a couple of horses, rarely the poses up to her standards. whelming sense of tranquility seeped Aside from yoga, there are many into my bones. For the first time in additional activities the adventurist more than a year, I laid my head on can take part in during their stay at my pillow without a care in the world. the Domaine: hiking, mountain bik- The next morning we woke up to ing, fishing, horseback riding, the most beautiful setting. The paragliding, and kayaking to name a grounds were full of butterflies, few. One may also indulge in a vari- roses and dragonflies. Mike drove us ety of holistic treatments, Reiki, to the closest town, Le Mas d’Azil, facials and massages. to buy groceries. It is about an eight- One day we went for a leisurely kilometre drive from Clermont, and hike in the mountains to La Cascade the road cuts through the prehistoric d’Ars – one of the highest waterfalls site of la Madeleine, magnificent in the Pyrénées. caves with paintings created between In general, our group was more 12,000 and 9,000 BC. The sleepy content with the sweetness of doing town had just one square, one small nothing rather than paragliding or grocery store, a boulangerie, patis- kayaking through the mountains. serie, post office, three restaurants, a The days blended into one another. few other little stores and barely a We spent most afternoons reading or soul in sight. wandering around picking berries. To call Clermont sleepy would be Despite our diversity, we bonded an understatement. Domaine de la easily. Every night after our evening Grausse was about a 10-minute walk yoga class we cooked dinner, sat on to the centre of town – one store with the terrace, shared a bottle of wine four shelves of food and a little and talked for hours — until the fridge displaying meats and cheeses, nightly frog symphony commenced. a small restaurant that served us Those are my fondest memories. Photos: Courtesy of Molly Newborn 30 THE SENIOR TIMES November 2010 www.theseniortimes.com Regain your youthful vitality with tai chi, one move at a time Janie de Jeu homes, residences, and privately. I done in a sitting position and breathing exercise that is proven to enjoy it so much that I show up early. involves movements from the torso retrigger a part of the brain that reg- Jerry Spinak has arthritis – informa- And I get hugs! I get to tell jokes! We up that can be practiced by seniors ulates the heartbeat. “It’s as good as tion that might surprise you when have such a good time. When I leave with limited mobility. “These any medication on the market right you hear what he does for a living.He those classes, I feel so good.” movements can be done by any- now to reduce blood pressure – And attributes his mobility to a lifelong For the past four years, Spinak has one, whether they walk, use a cane, studies have shown the combination practice of an ancient Chinese art. been working on a form of tai chi he or are in a wheelchair,” he says. of the two give even better results. Spinak has been teaching tai chi for developed especially for seniors. Spinak does encourage his stu- “In Australia one the first studies 35 years. He gained his apprentice- “With the proliferation of research dents who feel centred and bal- on tai chi was done for its benefits for ship with a Chinese master of the in the past 25 years I have learned a anced enough to stand to do so,but people 70 and older. (The study) Yang style, the most practiced form lot about balance and fall preven- he remains cautious.“I’m very con- found that 47.5 per cent of those of tai chi in the world. tion,” he says. cerned about safety and proper who did tai chi had fewer falls,” he It was through teaching tai chi at the It is a style that incorporates the stance in repetitive movements for says. “This has been tested time and YMCA in the ’80s that he discovered a choreographed, fluid motions of my students,” he says. time again by different universities passion for working with seniors. “I the traditional elements of tai chi. Spinak also teaches an ancient Chi- and the results keep coming up the love it,” he says. “I teach at nursing The only difference is that it is nese technique called Qigong, a same. The statistic itself is amazing.” A gym that makes house calls Janie de Jeu want to keep active and stay func- tional,” Wright says.“Privacy, auton- Joanne Wright and Terry Diachun omy, and mobility are important to have experience and passion when it everyone. You don’t know that until comes to helping seniors.They both you’ve lost it.” worked at the Lakeshore General Wright and Diachun bring equip- Hospital in geriatrics, she as a recre- ment for sessions in a large duffle bag ational therapist and he as an – items such as weights, resistance orderly.They are also personal train- bands and grip balls. The sessions are ers and fitness enthusiasts, which is head-to-toe conditioning workouts what spawned Age in Motion, a or special needs training for improv- mobile gym for adults 55+. ing bone density or mobility in a cer- “Most gyms are not catered to sen- iors. The machinery is intimidating to them, especially for those in “Our clients are a lot more between leaving the hospital and capable than they ever physiotherapy,” Wright says. “Trans- thought they could be.” portation also poses a problem for them, as most of my clients have lim- tain area of the body. “We work ited mobility or no longer have a dri- around pain,” she says, “not through ver’s license.” it. These are completely individual- Wright and Diachun are certified ized programs.” by the YMCA and Canadian Fitness The 50-minute sessions are two or Professionals, where they earned cer- three times a week. They include tificates as older adult fitness special- stretching, and endurance walking ists. “You can’t just be a trainer,” depending on the client’s level of Wright says.“For some of these peo- mobility. “What we find is that our ple, we are the only touchstone they clients are a lot more capable than have. We don’t just walk in and out.” they ever thought they could be. 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