Thursday, March 26, 2015

Save the Festival date Saturday June 13th, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

2015: What's Happening and When

  • Festival date is Saturday June 13th, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.  
  • Sunday, June 14th, the Butter Tart Trot, a 5K fun run takes place at Midland's waterfront.
  • This year once again there are two contest divisions, amateur and professional.  Judging for both categories will happen at the Midland Cultural Centre on Saturday, June 13th.  Judges will be looking for the best 'freestyle' butter tart; any Ontario resident who is of the age of majority (18 years +) may apply.  First prize in each category is $500!

What a great event we had in 2014! 


Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival and Contest was the sweetest showdown of the year!  Congratulations to Diane Rogers of Doo-Doo's Bakery in Bailieboro (professional) and Jessie Crowe of Midland (amateur), who each won first prize in their respective divisions
More than 50,000 butter tarts were sold in our street market on festival day, with most gone by 2:30 p.m.  We'll be aiming to have 70,000 tarts in our market in 2015!
The festival committee would like to thank its volunteers for all of the hard work they put into making our event extra special.  Over 50 people lent their time to the festival, and we couldn't have done it without them!
Plans for BTfest 2015 are well underway!  If you'd like to keep up with all of our latest festival news, please like our Facebook page, Annual Buttertart Festival, or follow us on Twitter, @bestbuttertart
We'll look forward to seeing you in downtown Midland on Saturday, June 13th, 2015, for what is sure to be the sweetest day of the year!


Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival - Midland - Ontario

CONTESTANTS!
Thinking of entering the butter tart contest? There's cash prizes and accolades to be won! You have until April 30th to apply. Visitwww.buttertartfestival.ca to download your contest application.
To those who have applied, looking forward to seeing what kind of marvelous creations you come up with! *yum*

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

In Love with spring


Colour is returning to life - including on garage doors, interior doors, and walls.

The spring collection at style-your-garage.com is ensuring this.






Friday, March 20, 2015

Grilled Thai Chicken Skewers

everydayliving™: Grilled Thai Chicken Skewers: Grilled Thai Chicken Skewers 2 tablespoons Arrowhead Mills Organic Creamy Peanut Butter 1/2 cup Bragg Liquid Aminos 1/4 cup lemon or li...



Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Healthy Harvest Productions Is Extremely Excited To Introduce Its Amazing New Products

Healthy Harvest Productions we pride ourselves on providing the safest, healthiest, highest quality, and best tasting food products as we possibly can.






Our Expeller Pressed Organic Gourmet Cooking Oil is produced using a century old artisanal process.  This process employs a mechanical press to expel the oil and a kettle batch process to further refine the oil, thus eliminating the need for caustic chemicals used in the production of conventional oils.  This not only improves the flavor of foods while using our oil, but also retains the natural antioxidants and Omega-3's that the traditional chemical extraction process significantly reduces.  Additionally, it doubles the oils fry life due to the unique heat resistance of the oil. This process yields the first ever NON-GMO/Organic feed used to produce NON-GMO pork, beef, and poultry.

About Healthy Harvest Production:Healthy Harvest Productions is a family owned and operated Organic Foods business. We specialize currently in Organic and Non-Gmo cooking oils, as well as Organic and Non-Gmo feed supplies for livestock. The Stroh family started Healthy Harvest Productions in December of 2013 to meet the rising demand of Organic and/or Non-gmo foods and feeds. We pride ourselves on being a company that focuses on quality over all other attributes.

Visit us at: http://healthyharvestnongmo.com/

Monday, March 16, 2015

Anta's Ageless Warrior Fitness: New Book, from “Charlie Brown to Superman”Grandfather, Gets Baby Boomers Fit, Muscly and Boasting Unshakable Longevity


Julio Antas Anta's Ageless Warrior Fitnessfuses his remarkable personal story of health and success with a proven blueprint any over-forty can use to get fitter, look younger and remain healthier for longer than they ever thought possible. The author started life as a weak boy, changing his outlook on life after discovering secret methods to getting into bodybuilder shape and looking younger than just about any other fifty-seven year-old on the planet. By following his proven plan, anyone else can now do the same.


While it’s now impossible to believe, Julio Anta was once a weak and sick young boy, too weedy to play with the tough guys and destined for a life as a pushover. However, those now crossing him are in for a surprise; he is three times as tough as them at fifty-seven years-old!
Approaching his forties, Anta was well aware he was losing muscle tone fast and was committed to a life of health, happiness and longevity by finally getting fit. Finding no books on fitness for those aged forty and over, Anta set out to develop his own methodology and launch his own business to share it with the world. ‘Anta’s Fitness and Self Defense’ has since become a staple on the Florida fitness scene, pushing Anta into the national media spotlight and creating demand for a series of best-selling books.
His latest, ‘Anta's Ageless Warrior Fitness’, could be the most powerful yet. Aimed specifically at those aged forty and above, Anta weaves his own personal story of fitness in middle-age with a tried-and-tested blueprint anyone can use to foster the longevity they crave.
Synopsis:
This book is Julio Anta's journey to being fit and looking young at 57. Learn how how Julio Anta went from being like Charlie Brown to Superman and how this grandfather has improved in his 50's. Julio Anta believes in leading by example. As you will see by his youthful looks and physique not only does he talks the talk but walks the walk. *Discover your Fountain of Youth *Age defying fitness, health and longevity *How to look, feel, and function 20 to 30 years younger *How to raise your testosterone and growth hormone levels for longevity *Discover the secretes to longevity and fitness of celebrities and athletes *Learn how local ageless warriors stay fit *Learn how to train around injuries *Healthy eating for longevity *Anti-Aging and longevity supplements.
“The problem is that most anti-aging advice is given by professionals in white coats who are anything but muscular and often suffering from the rapid loss of muscle tone they are trying to prevent,” explains Anta. “My book will keep you slim while bulking up your muscle; a combination rarely seen in the middle age and senior markets.”
Continuing, “My story proves that you can get into awesome physical shape at any age, and I provide a plan for doing so that I have spent two decades testing on thousands of clients. Other fitness plans for older adults are unproven and unpredictable, but this is the real deal. In fact. I’ve hand-picked a selection of my clients to contribute their experiences and prove that you really can bulk up and get super fit at any age. Who doesn’t want to live longer?!”
Since its release, the book has garnered a string of rave reviews. For example, Eric Guttmann comments, “I have personally known Julio for a couple of years and can tell you that this man walks his talk. His big takeaway from researching training for people over 50 was that if you train geriatric style you will feel like a geriatric case. However, if you train like an ageless warrior then you will feel, look, and perform as an ageless warrior regardless of you age. I am very happy to call Julio my friend and fellow on the path to ageless living.”
‘Anta's Ageless Warrior Fitness’ is available now: http://amzn.to/1ulZw4f.
For more information on the author’s work, visit: http://www.AntaMartialarts.com/store.


About the Author:
Head instructor Julio Anta is a member and certified instructor of Jeet Kune Do Athletic Association. He also holds rank in Paul Vunak's Jeet Kune Do, DOM (Descendants of the Masters) as a certified JKD  Phase One Instructor, Law Enforcement instructor and Edge Weapon instructor. He is also a Hung Gar Kung Fu Master under the late Grand Master William J. Chung of New York, and the National Hip Sing Association. He was Grand Master Chung’s personal representative in the South East United States. Grand Master Chung was a Personal Disciple of Southern Shaolin Abbot Chang Ding Fujian Province Quanzhou Southern Shaolin Temple.

Anta is a video author of “Shaolin Physical Conditioning” and “The Art of Fighting without Fighting Anti-Bullying.”
He is also a certified C.O.R.E Krav Maga instructor, Krav Maga Martial Arts, Muay Thai Kickboxing instructor under the Tran Muay Thai Association, Haganah F.I.G.H.T. Israeli Self Defense instructor, and SABER Edge Weapons Combative System. In fitness he is certified as a Kettlebell Instructor, Certified Burn with Kearns MMA Strength and Conditioning Coach, Indian Club specialist, ISSA Fitness (Personal trainer), Fitness Kickboxing, Battling Ropes, Elite Combat Fitness and IYCA Youth Fitness Specialist. He was inducted in the WMAU Hall of Fame in 2006. He was also inducted in the United States Martial Arts Union Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Florida Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2003.

Julio Anta and his martial arts and fitness classes have been featured on local, national and international TV shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Univision, Telemundo, America TeVe, Pax TV, TBN, Telefutura, Galavision, Fusion, Mega TV, CV Network, Azteca America, UPN and numerous other stations. They have also been featured on numerous magazines and newspapers.


Contact: Julio Anta / 305 305-5434 / fitdef@aol.com

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Greenbelt Treasure Map

Ontario's Greenbelt turns 10 today! Celebrate the Greenbelt and its many treasures at a farmers' market near you! 

Here's a list of farmers' markets holding birthday celebrations: http://owl.li/JGjDN

And help strengthen the Greenbelt here: http://strengthenthegreenbelt.ca/


Thursday, March 5, 2015

Getting a grip on the risks of vaccination

In the case of MMR vaccination, doing nothing is the more dangerous choice  


By Brian Rotenberg
Expert Advisor
EvidenceNetwork.ca
Brian Rotenberg
LONDON, ON/ Troy Media/ - Every day when I see patients in my surgical clinic, some are offered a procedure to help them feel better. Whether it is a minor surgery like a tonsillectomy, or something larger scale such as tumour resection, I have a full discussion with the patient regarding the benefits and risks of doing "something."
Each time I go over the common minor risks of an intervention and the exceedingly rare but potentially very serious risks that can occur. I also review with them the risks of doing "nothing" - of what may happen if they don't have surgery.
Vaccination is no different. Vaccination involves an injection in order to provoke the body's immune response to protect against an outside infection. Like all medical therapies, vaccination has both its benefits and its relative risks, and an informed patient or parent needs to balance the two.
In the case of the Measles Mumps Rubella vaccination (also known as MMR), its overwhelming success in eradicating deadly diseases of childhood speaks clearly to the benefits. However, it has become fashionable in society recently to hold vaccination to a different standard than most other medical risks individuals generally accept when they receive healthcare.
Understanding the nature of relative risk can help to frame the issue into a clearer perspective. Not all risks are the same, either in terms of likelihood or severity, and sometimes the risk of doing nothing can be potentially more harmful than the risk of doing something.
In the case of MMR vaccination, the risks of doing something - of receiving a vaccine - include relatively common but minor issues such as fever or a sore arm, and an exceedingly rare severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis.
The risk of doing nothing - of not receiving a vaccine - at first glance seems very simple, that being a higher likelihood of getting the disease the vaccine is designed to prevent. In the case of measles for example, the risk of getting the disease if an unvaccinated person is exposed to someone carrying the virus is very high, close to 100 per cent. People who have measles then subsequently have the further risk of developing a host of devastating medical problems including brain damage, deafness or blindness.
However, there is a more serious but hidden risk of doing nothing - not getting the MMR vaccine - that being the risk of causing serious harm to someone else who hasn't received the vaccine. Not all people can be vaccinated even if they wanted to be (e.g., very young children and people having chemotherapy) and because of this, they are at higher risk for catching a contagious disease. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known.
In order to have a low likelihood of transmitting measles to those who are unable to be immunized, it is estimated that approximately 95 per cent of the population has to be vaccinated. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, the overall country-wide MMR vaccination rate just barely meets that mark (based on the most recently available 2011 data). If the vaccination rate begins to fall in different provinces, our population will lose its overall immunity.
The media are reporting daily new outbreaks of measles in children in Canada and the United States, a scourge society once thought defeated. There appears to be a strong cause-and-effect relationship between the emerging trend not to get vaccinated and the growing number of new sick children.
The overwhelming majority of cases of measles are in children who did not get vaccinated. This fact should not be seen as surprising. For those children, the parents' decision to do nothing is what allowed the virus to grow within them; in their case, the decision to do nothing clearly outweighed the risk of doing something, with potentially life-altering consequences.
Even these small dips in the vaccination rate have had major consequences, so just imagine if the trend continues?
Patients who are considering not getting an MMR vaccination for themselves or their children need to compare the relative risks of doing something versus nothing. In the case of the MMR vaccine, doing nothing is the more dangerous choice - and it is putting children, and society at large, at risk.
Dr. Brian Rotenberg is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at Western University, London, Ontario.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Before smartphones, video games and working lunches, we were wild.



A new national survey by Go RVing Canada shows that families miss the freedom, curiosity and joy of discovery they had when they were kids.  Somewhere along the way, many of us have fallen prey to the idea that overproduced games, overscheduled days and shiny gadgets mean a happy childhood. However, many of our favourite childhood memories don’t involve a jam-packed schedule, the most shiny plastic toy or even hours upon hours of playing video games.




































·         When we were younger, we experienced that unadulterated feeling of happiness that came from seeking adventure at every corner. In fact, 64 per cent of Canadians feel they used to be more adventurous as a child and have given it up once the responsibilities of becoming an adult crept in.

·         Today, 70 per cent of Canadians find themselves missing the freedom, curiosity and joy of discovery they had when they were kids
·         53 per cent of Canadians agree they were more willing to explore and discover the world as a child than they do as adults.
·         43 per cent of Canadians wish they were more adventurous as a family, but over half of Canadian families see money as a deterrent for not travelling and seeking adventure.

·         There is an RV that fits every family and budget. Purchase an RV for as little as $6,000 – there truly is an RV for everyone.

·         Exploring the great outdoors in an RV helps us bring back our thirst for those amazing childhood adventures and connect with our children in new ways.