Go the extra mile to protect women from cancer – Bike 4 Betty!
Sunday, May 30, 2010 at Memorial Park, Port Credit
Bring your family, friends and bicycles for a 2k, 15k, 30k, 75k, 100k ride or yoga in the park to benefit patients at Trillium Health Centre’s cancer care services. This family ride and festival serves up exercise, barbecue, live entertainment, clowns, face painting, inflatables for the kids and fun!
NEW this year - 'Bike 4 Betty Team Challenge'. Family, friends or co-workers are now welcome to register as a group!
When you ‘Bike 4 Betty’ you help women get expert diagnosis and compassionate treatment at our Betty Wallace Women’s Health Centre and new Betty & Buster Lockwood Cancer Detection and Treatment Centre. One in nine Canadian women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime…‘Bike 4 Betty’ and celebrate all the courageous women in your life this May 30.
About Girls Night In Girls Night In is an initiative of the Canadian Cancer Society (Ontario Division) created to generate important funding for research into women’s cancers (breast, cervical, ovarian and uterine). It is a fun, easy and flexible fundraising program that fits any lifestyle and schedule.
Visit the website to learn more, and to see how you can host your own amazing and rewarding Girls Night In with the special women in your life!
You know we couldn't go this month without discussing the H1N1 Flu! I feel like everywhere you turn there is something new regarding this terrible bug! Well leave it to Dr. Oz to bring the necessities to our attention!
The following advice, given by Dr. Oz, makes a lot of sense and is important for all to know:
The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much
of a problem as proliferation is.
While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps, not fully highlighted
in most official communications, can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 masks or Tamiflu):
1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any
part of face (unless you want to eat or bathe.)
3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine or Hydrogen Peroxide if you don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with
warm salt water, or hydrogen peroxide. *Not everybody may be good at Jala
Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but
*blowing the nose softly once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*
5. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C
(Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C
tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can.
*Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse
direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach
where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
Pass this on to your entire e-list. You never know who might pay
attention to it - and STAY ALIVE because of it.
Lately, this topic has been discussed at Aradia Fitness and Pole Dancing classes and among the students. Is "being sexy" a state of mind, what someone wears or what others think of you? At some point in our lives, many of us have felt a loss of sexiness. I know for myself, it was after I had my babies (it’s hard to feel sexy when your breasts are leaking milk and you have spit up in your hair! Good times! Good times!)
After much thought and sharing of ideas, They've realized that it's an attitude..a belief. A core feeling deep down, that we are sensuous beings.
So they want to bring sexiness to our everyday life. Here's a list they came up with:
1. "It's how I feel in my skin. I love taking a hot bath, scrubbing my skin, shaving my legs and using a fantastic moisturizer. My skin feels incredible."
2. "A great pair of jeans.. one that suits my body type and size. The skinny legged jeans are not meant for my body image.. I feel sexier in a pair of jeans that fit properly."
3. "Shoes! Sexy, black heel shoes.. they aren't 4 inch stilettos.. classy and sexy with a heel that I can walk in without wobbling."
4. "My mind. I think positive, optimistic thoughts that boost my self confidence. Okay.. I also think of Orlando Bloom.. Brad Pitt.. George Clooney.."
5. "It's the sway in my hips.. and honey I got hips, so I move them!"
6. "In the morning, I spend time on my hair and make up.. which isn't easy with 10 month old twins.. but I make time! I like being a yummy mommy!"
7. "I love sexy underwear.. they are my little secret! Okay, maybe not a secret anymore!"
8. "I know I'm not going to be pencil thin-- I don't want to be.. I love my curves!"
9. "I hold my head up high, I make eye contact with people and I love to laugh. I have confidence.. that makes me feel sexy."
10. "Music.. I have music playing all the time.. music that makes me move and groove! Movement is sexy to me. Give me music by Barry White, Etta James-- rich soulful music
What helps you feel sexy and reminds you that you are a gorgeous woman? We encourage you to look for ways to put that groove back in your day to day life. You deserve it!
Hi, we are students from Sheridan Institute’s Marketing Management post graduate program, conducting a survey on the eating habits and dinnertime routines of families with children. This is a very important piece of an 8-month long research project every student of the Marketing Management program must complete.
The survey is academic, completely private and will be kept strictly confidential. We would greatly appreciate it if you click on the link below and complete the survey, which will only take about 6 minutes of your time. I think that you will find it a valuable process to complete, and one that will help you think through all aspects of your eating habits and dinnertime routine.
NEW - Ontario's Bill 118, The Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009
Ontario’s new law prohibiting the use of hand-held cell phones and other hand-held communications and entertainment devices while driving will come into effect on October 26, 2009. Once the new law is in place, drivers who text, type, email, dial or chat using any hand-held device will face fines of up to $500 upon conviction. Hands-free use will still be permitted.
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