We have been doing the recycling for sometime now. Recently I decided that we need to start composting a little more seriously. So we changed our garbage can into a compostable receptor and put a little can beside it for actual garbage. The results of separation over the first week was an eye opener. Big reduction in waste.
On a mass scale this is huge. I have just did it for the office. With time will get the whole building involved. We have been doing this at the house for a couple years now with nice results. Sure saves a lot of money and trips to the dump, plus created some awesome resources for the gardens.
We all could do this. Looking forward to seeing if change can happen for you. Reduce your impact on the environment, one step at a time.
Tim
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Ps we setup rain barrels in 2012 when I moved on site. These help keep the fliers watered through out the dry season.
Posted by Timothy Ross on October 4, 2019 at 4:48am
Lot's happening in the world, here is some highlights from the World Economic Forum this week. India , Climate Change, Women, African Swine Fever
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Construction companies are now in a race to go digital, with the hope that technology will enhance profitability while also fending off competitors.
In total, 70% of construction companiesbelieve that those who do not adopt digital tools will go out of business. Further, most believe digitization will improve productivity, speed of delivery, and help meet sustainability challenges.
We make a living by what we get, but make a life by what we give.
-Winston Churchill
I came across this quote while reading my Habitat for Humanity newsletter yesterday.
Great organization, I have many fond memories of the people there, the history that I have shared with many, I remember Valerie Kines, Second Cup, Rotary times with her , climbing with David & Becky raising funds with them ( 15,000 + for our Everest Base Camp adventure which ended by earthquake) with Dreams Mountain Foundations Alumni, at the events we held , Kim Rice and her husband promoting the local events for us, Gerry and his wife, and all the little trips and finds at the store, good stuff to warm my heart. https://dreammountains.com/dreamteam/
Since 2009, the Dream Mountains Foundation and its climbers have raised: $1,287,723
SOS Children’s Villages:
$204,680
Ride For Dad:
$144,891
ONFE / Ottawa School Breakfast Program:
$189,423
CARE Canada:
$146,107
Dreams Take Flight:
$182,494
Habitat For Humanity:
$186,507
Ottawa Senators Foundation:
$113,732
WaterCan Foundation:
$31,967
Canadian Aid for Chernobyl:
$50,392
Colon Cancer Canada:
$37,530
So doing a little gleaning from the email, here are some highlights
HABITAT TIDBIT
Former President Jimmy Carter, who has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity for 35 years, will be turning 95 on October 1st. The former President and his wife Rosalynn Carter are continuing this commitment to Habitat by joining future homeowners and volunteers this fall to build 21 new homes in the Park Preserve neighborhood of Nashville. This is an amazing feat not only for someone of the former presidents age, but also for the fact that he had to undergo hip surgery this past spring after falling in his home. The Carter's not only support Habitat at home but also abroad. In 2017 they came to Canada to help build homes for the Jimmy & Rosalynn work project.
getting closer to starting our build in Cardinal. In the next few weeks we should be posting on our website at www.habitat1000islands.org the details of when our ground breaking ceremony will take place!
World Habitat Day is on October 7 - this is a United Nations awareness day designed to bring attention to the state of our towns and cities, and the right to adequate shelter for all. It's election time, so it's a perfect opportunity for us to ask our candidates how they will help make safe and affordable housing a priority.
Waste Reduction Week in Canada is recognized from October 21 to 27. Why not do your part by donating to our ReStores your gently used household, or renovation items that are still in great shape? You'll not only help support Habitat, but also save re-usable items from the landfill. Visit our website for a list of items we accept. We even take your old appliances, working or not!
TAX TIP !!!!! when you donate something of some value it often can be appraised and a charitable tax receipt will be given, it's a great tax break, doesn't take alot of time to do and I love adding those onto a tax return. ~ Tim
Example, let's say my friend Mark decides to donate his prized load of tiles that he over bought when building his rental ( and he didn't keep his receipt, if you knew Mark you would understand) and they are worth say $1000 if he could sell them full retail ( they are in good shape) and if HFH decides that they can sell them for say 50% less, so $500, he would get a tax receipt for the now Fair Market Value of $500 and on his taxes he would get an extra refund of $232 with that one decision. That would almost pay many peoples tax bill from me for a couple years, basically taxes are done for free with a little thinking and generosity. Now if one of us could do this everyday for a year 232*365 = 84,680 in tax savings in our little group, one a day and the charity now has $182,500 in potential sales (to build a house for a young family) , $365,000 in goods at retail value, and if it was all tiles, now we are just getting crazy. Neat Impact , think about that and do it .... another example would be to donate your old car, get a $500 receipt, same principal, donate a beautiful kitchen table and chairs, you don't need it any more, or you inheritated from your aunts estate, or the kid doesn't need the whatever anymore as they are heading west and no room in the plane and you paid good money for it, bring it in.
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Kevin Preston took this picture of me the day we climbed Mount Washington, we decided to go climbing after we returned from Everest Base Camp adventure in April/May 2015, the earthquate in Nepal had prevented us from climbing and we wanted to get in some peaks, it was a great climb, miss you my friend, I was so looking forwrad to hearing your stories about the adventures you had undertaken since I seen you last. ~ Tim " Got to love a little adventure on the top of a boulder overlooking the big ravine, my legs were starting to get shaky, a life adrenaline rush for sure"
Posted by Timothy Ross on September 24, 2019 at 5:40am
Well, there is an election underway for Canadians to participate in.
It’s a reminder that one of the best credits is the political donation tax credit. You can get this every year.
During an election it gets talked about more naturally.
Check out the pics below. Support your local candidate and federal party. The rate starts at 75% and goes down to 40% if your investing the max of $1600
Be sure and vote !
Here is an example at 40,000 income which means your making around 20$ an hour.
here is the tax tables with various levels of contribution levels.
Locally, perhaps will see you at the debate on Thursday that is open to the public, and also check out the link embeded here for Elections Canada
Posted by Timothy Ross on September 22, 2019 at 8:36am
Creating peace through art
Rotary member and former Rotaractor Yesenia Uribe is promoting peace in a creative way. After participating in a Positive Peace workshop through Rotary’s partnership with the Institute for Economics and Peace, she began painting peace murals in her community of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Uribe worked with her fellow Rotaractors and community members to reclaim abandoned or vandalized public spaces. Using peace-related messages, they sought to transform them into safe environments where people can connect through art.
Your gift to The Rotary Foundation helps projects like this build peace in communities around the world. Celebrate the International Day of Peace on 21 September by donating today.
I came across this article promoting art as a way to promote peace. W have lots of artists in our area and we have had the priveage to help them over the years. Some current projects that come to mind is the new art supply store on King Street in the former Home Hardware Store that Mr. Billings ran for decades.
You have to get a piece from Terry Shaub, this man carves just wow stuff out of stone. I invested in a beautiful carved rose for valentines a couple years ago, very peaceful
Seen fellow Dream Mountains Foundation climber Jann Smith at the Brockville Farmers market yesterday and she is with a group of pottery ladies and they had a wonderful display. I picked up a berry wash strainer bowl, looking forward to using that in our summer kitchen.
And I can not forget Joanne Raven, "Raven Expressions", they have some beautiful, aweinspiring coasters and display boards that are incredible. Fraser was maning the booth at the market yesterday , I may have some pictures that I can add in later.
Posted by Timothy Ross on September 16, 2019 at 6:26am
I came across this delicous looking receipe for Beet Hummus this morning on one of my newsletters. It looked so good I printed and saved here and am starting my post on Hummus. Hummus is something we have in our diet very regularly, typically we make it on the ranch from chick peas. So I will endvor to expand on this when I can. In the mean time try this out. :)
As hummus recipes vary, so does nutritional content, depending primarily on the relative proportions of chickpeas, tahini, and water. Hummus provides roughly 170 calories for 100 grams, and is a good to excellent (more than 10% of the Daily Value) source of dietary fiber, vitamin B6, and several dietary minerals.[29][30]
Fat content, mostly from tahini and olive oil, is about 14% of the total; other major components are 65% water, 17% total carbohydrates, including a small amount of sugar, and about 10% protein.[29][30]
A great treat that I have come to enjoy, is breaking a piece of kale off the stalk and rolling it up and then dipping that in to the hummus and eating like that, a great way to ingest the Kale!
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Sending the kids to private school: Five questions to ask
You want your child to have the benefit of a world-class education. You don’t want it to drain your bank account. Before you enroll your child in private school, maybe you should read this.
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Posted by Timothy Ross on September 3, 2019 at 8:27am
Home Officecan mean potentially some nice tax deductions, check in with me and we can discuss your situation and perhaps save you a few grand every year and protect it from CRA should they question yet, plus a Hst Rebate that many miss
Great article on Home Office Decorating and Setup sourced from Dave Wilson a great local realtor / broker in the Brock Shores area. I seen this article on his Linked In feeds and it inspired me to work on this blog. It reminded me of the importance of having this deduction if possible and what qualifies.
Posted by Timothy Ross on September 2, 2019 at 7:41am
Found some good emails for Labour Day reflections
as we wind down from the Tall Ships Festival along Brock Shores and year the pitter patter of the rain fall on the tin roof, relaxing and coffee drinking thinking away. Enjoy , hope the links work
What does holding onto grudges really get us, aside from amusing anecdotes at parties? And what could we gain from giving them up? As it turns out, quite a lot: A 2006 study suggested that “skills-based forgiveness training may prove effective in reducing anger as a coping style, reducing perceived stress and physical health symptoms, and thereby may help reduce” the stress we put on our immune and cardiovascular systems. So, you know, maybe it’s worth it. Read more »
Vacation Devotion
Labor “We beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.” (1 Thessalonians 4:10-12)
On Labor Day, we traditionally take time to recognize the great workforce here in America. From factories to restaurants, from typing pools to machine shops, from schoolrooms to gas stations, laborers help make the economy run, and on this day America honors its workforce.
The Bible likewise frequently commends those who work. For example: “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth” (Ephesians 4:28).
Several of the words in our text are significant. The verbs “increase . . . study . . . be . . . do . . . work . . . walk . . . lack” are all in the tense implying a habit, or lifestyle. We are thus commended to have a mindset of work, not laziness or expecting others to do for us what we can do for ourselves.
The word “honestly” elsewhere is translated “decently” or “properly” and is emphasized in the Greek. There is a proper way to walk.
Perhaps Paul was referring to his own example: “For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you” (1 Thessalonians 2:9).
Note that an admonition to continue in “brotherly love” (v. 9) is the context of our text. For one who refuses to work and becomes a burden to society exhibits a lack of brotherly love and is a reproach to the community of Christ.
Laborers are honored in Scripture, and so is labor. JDM
Today is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers1. This great nation was build by it's workers. We are a nation of builders, a nation of doers. And that is cause for celebration!
"He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist."
~ Francis of Assisi ~
Can’t handle the day off, apparently, Staples is celebrating by being open, that is so kind of them !
and from the folks at Hustle, some school phone info ....
Kids can’t stay off their phones, and Yondr is reaping the benefits
What was the world like before smartphones? Definitely don’t ask a teenager. Chances are they have no idea.
A report from Pew Research Center shows that 95% of all teens currently have access to or own a smartphone, and 45% are online pretty much 24/7.
Phone addiction has pushed many schools to enforce policies regulating usage during school hours. But, as we all know, it takes a little more than the iron fist of Miss Trunchbull to get kids to look up from their phones -- and recently, schools have decided to explore more drastic measures.
This year, The Guardianreports, more than 1k schools nationwide will be using Yondr, a magnetized pouch system that locks students away from their phones while class is in sesh.
Schoooools back... from... summer
Musicians and standup comics have used Yondr to keep people present at their gigs since the San Francisco-based company launched in 2014.
But, in recent years, more and more schools have used the pouches to lock out students during school hours. And, while reviews are mixed -- from students and teachers alike -- there’s proof that it works.
Of course, kids aren’t going to give up easily
Some schools using Yondr have seen a decrease in phone use and an increase in person to person connectivity.
Yet, students, the rascals that they are, have also figured out ways to hack the pouch.
Still, according to Yondr spokeswoman Kelly Taylor, “Demand has tripled this year.”
If you made it this far, here is a little reflection from The rock star Alice Cooper that I discovered this weekend and a closing video that will be most appropriate at the end of the school cycle next year when schools out !
God, Drugs, and Rock n Roll , Alice Cooper interview
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Posted by Timothy Ross on August 23, 2019 at 6:49am
I have been reading a few posts from various investment managers about how Disney has been ramping up for a distribution model for their movies on line and how that will improve their value. Came across this article this morning and felt it is worth sharing, gives us some perspective about the new service. As a Netflix subscriber, I can see this playing out, check it out.
Tim
Why Families Will Ditch Netflix By 2020
Having too many streaming services just won't be practical anymore.
On Tuesday, the highly-anticipated streaming service Disney+ revealed a new streaming bundle consisting of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN. This will cost $12.99 a month, which is the exact same price as the standard HD two-screen plan for Netflix right now. Right there, families who are planning on getting Disney+ can do the math. With Disney+ you get the entire vault of Disney animated movies streaming, plus a smattering of Marvel movies, Star Wars movies, and yeah, that new Star Wars TV show — The Mandalorian — that starts streaming on November 12. (This show is being run by Jon Favreau by the way, you know the guy who directed the first Iron Man? Anyway, I digress. You get it. This streaming service is big.)
Photo throw back from Oct 2016, delivery of potatoes to the Brockville Food Bank, one of our annual efforts to #ImprovingFutures , gleaning the fields at Tincap Berry Farm near end of season, 10,000 plus produce donated to various food banks in the area
