Food

We go to the grocery store and buy our food. With out any thought of where it comes from. We eat and trust our government to make sure that we are safe from the poisons of the world. But not so, farmers pour on the bug killers the weed killers the round up the crop to kill it so they can straight combine the crop to save time and money to make farming profitable. If they don’t put on the chemicals the cost of farming goes way up and profits are low. Even the meat we eat if you so choose is fed some kind fertilized hay or pellets or some kind of fortified corn or grain. Can’t blame the farmers they do what they can to stay alive and make a buck. But more and more farmers are going in the direction of growing organic food. Which is a blessing for us. The only way to fight back is of course with what you buy if we don’t buy it they won’t try to sell it to us. Watched a video and a scientist cut a single hair from a twenty four year old American guy, analyzed the hair he said the guy was corn carbon based. Everything you eat comes out in your hair. Corn is in everything.

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Just stick to the program

Having a tough time sticking to the program in UBBT eight, unlike other years. But that is my life if there is something I want to learn and do I usually stick to the program until I am happy with the way I want it to go. Perfectionism is one of my down falls; I work on things till I think I have got it right. Then it is on to something else. That usually works with things I am building, they should look and stay the same for a few years, with a little care and attention once in awhile. The complaint I usually get is I take too long, too bad, usually when finished there is a compliment. But when it comes to Kung Fu, I may have perfected it at one time, but unlike something you build, Kung Fu needs constant care and attention. As the knowledge base gets larger the harder it is to keep up the things I learned twenty years ago. Oh well that is just life. UBBT is not getting behind just hard sticking to the program.

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT 8 Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Camping Holiday

We were off to Meadow Lake Provincial Park, Saskatchewan. Weather was beautiful, but the highway to the Park was under construction. Fifty kilometers of bad highway and construction, not a good drive. The Park itself is absolutely beautiful, roads in the park are all gravel but very well maintained. There must be at least twenty lakes in the Park. We were at five of them and the water was crystal clear, natural sand, beaches. One of the beaches reminded us, as if we were back in Fiji, the water temperature told you different! Fun was had.

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Water Water Water

Did you know it takes?

70,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of beef!

16,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of microchips!

11,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of cotton textile!

2,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg of wheat!

1,000 liters of water to produce 1 liter of milk!

Out of twelve peer nations Canada, United States and Germany are the largest users of water, which is around 300 liters per person per day, and also pay the least rates for water. The Federation of Municipalities estimates the 20% of drinking water is lost to leaks. Household’s in city’s across Canada pay aproximatly $2.25 per cubic meter while industries using 6,000 liters or more a month pay 30% less at $1.59 per m3. In Toronto and Calgary the biggest 120 user’s get their rates dropped by 30-40%! This is designed to keep and attract jobs through industry.

The sad part is that city’s across Canada spend millions of dollars on making our tap water safe enough for us to drink and most people drink bottled water! You say what is the big deal? If you drink from those little plastic bottles, use plastic sandwich bags, well; the petroleum industry used 864 million cubic meters of water in 2007. It all adds up.

It’s a mad circle if we don’t use, things such as water, plastic bottles, drive cars, burn gasoline, coal, we save the environment, but put people out of work. So how do we save jobs, keep our economy going, and keep our life style and most important save our planet that we are so lucky to live on, when we look up into the sky with our powerful telescopes and see no other livable planet. It’s up to us!

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada