As I think and reflect on the food waste in my family, I really cannot find much waste that we produce. My mother is very organized with the food that we buy and eat, and we rarely ever throw out food unless it is for an alternative motive (mold, smells bad, etc.). We regularly compost peels, chicken bones, coffee beans and more in the compost bin that we keep next to the sink. There are 5 people that live in my house, and we snack a lot, so whatever my mother had made for dinner we usually snack on it later in the day, or we will take it for lunch or eat it for leftovers. I feel like it is definitely a money thing in my house because my mother hates wasting her money, so if something is close to its expiration date, she makes us eat it first out of anything. For things like bread or baked goods, she will freeze it, and then bake it in the oven to heat it up and basically revive it. There is on occasion, but very rarely, that something will go bad, such as fruits or juices and we, unfortunately, must throw away. One thing I can think of that my family does waste a lot is plastic water bottles. Nobody in my family uses a reusable bottle or cup for water, we always take water bottles because they are easy to carry and dispose of, but in saying that, there have been times that I have not been able to find a recycling bin or a proper place to put the water bottle and I throw it in the garbage. Plus, not all of the water bottles that go into recycling bins are actually recycled, there are some amounts that do just go into landfills or dumps, etc. Obviously, we can improve on keeping notice on when items expire such as juices or milk and we can take better notice on when our fruits and vegetables are going bad. We could try to use more of the fruit and vegetables, such as zesting lemons, limes, and oranges or maybe using the chicken bones or beef bones that we just throw into the compost for some sort of stock, and to just get the most value out of the items that we throw away. As for the water bottle situation, it is very easy to change over to a reusable water bottle and stop taking and buying the huge water bottles from Costco. I have been planning on talking to my mother about this, but I’m a lazy guy and just have not gotten around to making the switch to a reusable water bottle.
1.Fire (i.e. what to do if one happens)
Know your ways out, in a situation if there is a fire, it is best to not panic and know your way out. Make sure that there is always at least 2 places that you can quickly exit the building, and if possible make sure that all doors are closed when exiting the building to ensure that the fire has the least amount of oxygen as possible. It is also important to practice regular fire drills to know where to go in case of a fire.
Stop Drop and roll: If by some reason your clothes or something on your body catches on fire, stop, drop to the ground, cover your face with your hands and roll. Doing this will cut a significant amount of air out of the flames and someone with a fire blanket will come and smother you with the fire blanket if stopping, dropping, and rolling does not work.
2. Burns/Scalds (i.e. how to treat)
When getting a burn, it may blister, and whatever you do, do not pop the blister. New skin forms underneath the affected area and the fluid is absorbed. The fluid-filled blister keeps the underlying skin clean, which prevents infection and starts the healing process.
When taking something out the oven, always take the rack that the food is on completely out, and wear proper protective gloves such as oven mitts to take items out of the oven because if you use a towel or dishcloth, it may not be thick enough to protect you from the heat, and using oven mitts will ensure a good grip on whatever you are taking out of the oven.
3. Chemicals
When using any times of chemicals in and around the kitchen, you should always use proper protection such as gloves, masks or aprons to protect yourself from hazardous chemicals that can cause chemical burns if they come in contact with bare skin.
Never mix chemicals together, if you mix any chemicals together it may cause the chemicals to become too strong of a solution, or they may react to produce a toxic or deadly compound, for example, bleach is a highly reactive chemical that should never be mixed with other cleaners because it has the chance to create chlorine gas, and chlorine gas is used in chemical warfare.
4. Slips/Trips/Falls (i.e. how to prevent)
Cleaning up spills immediately is the best way to prevent slipping in the kitchen. If someone was to spill something and not clean it immediately someone could walk by and slip and fall.
Keep the kitchen as clean as possible, closing cabinets and drawers when not in use or keep walkways free of debris like boxes or backpacks that someone could easily trip on out of the kitchen to avoid any tripping or falling in the kitchen.
5. Cuts (i.e. how to prevent / how to treat)
Using “the claw” technique is an easy way to prevent cuts. When using the claw, your fingertips should rest on the top of what you’re cutting. Your fingers should be perpendicular to the surface of the food, with your fingernails acting as a shield, using the claw technique will ensure that you have the most control over the thing that you are cutting.
When treating minor cuts in the kitchen, you should wash your hands with soap to prevent infection, then, wash the cut thoroughly with soap and water, use direct pressure to stop bleeding and apply a Band-Aid to the wound.
6. Heavy Lifting (i.e. of a bag of flour)
When lifting something heavy, do not attempt to lift by bending forward. Instead, bend your hips and knees to squat down to the thing you are lifting and keep it close to your body, then straighten your legs and lift.
When carrying a heavy item, keep your posture as best as possible, look straight ahead, keep your back straight, keep your chest out, and your shoulders back. This helps keep your upper back strong and straight while having an arch in your lower back.
7. How to Prevent Food Poisoning
The number one way to prevent food poisoning and cross-contamination is to always wash your hands, washing your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water before and after handling any food such as raw meat, fish, eggs, and vegetables, you should also wash your hands after touching your face, garbage bin, going to the washroom or touching a pet.
Keeping raw meats separate is essential when preventing food poisoning, it is important to keep raw meat away from ready to eat foods such as vegetables, fruits, and bread for example. This is important because these foods will usually not be cooked before eating, and bacteria can get into them and the bacteria will not be killed in a cooking process.
8. Waste Management
Relying on reusable containers is a great way to prevent any waste, bringing jars or containers when shopping can reduce the use of plastic bags or any containers that we would usually throw away after every use.
Composting is a great method of reusing food parts that are not used in cooking, any part of raw vegetables can be composted, as well as stale bread, the skin of fruits, and eggshells can all be composted. The extra scraps are then broken down and are made into new soil that can be used for gardening and planting of new fruits and vegetables.
9. Personal Hygiene
If wearing a band-aid, it is best to ensure that you wear disposable gloves over it because wearing a glove ensures that the band-aid will not fall into the food and the wound that the band-aid is protecting will not be worsened or any fluids from the wound will not go into the food.
Never chew gum while preparing or making food because when chewing gum, it creates more saliva that you may accidentally get into the food or the gum may drop into the food that you are preparing or making.
1 thing I am proud of:
I am proud of my orgination of my essay, I felt that I spent a lot of time figuring out where to intergrate my quotes and how I expanded on my explanation of the quotes.
2 things I can work on:
I can work on my quote formatting of the quotes. In my essay, I had a few formatting problems, like using a comma instead of a colon.
I can also work on proofreading more, I had some words missing at times in my essay, and I also had a few spelling mistakes that are easily overseen if I quickly skim through my essay before handing it in.
Synthesis Essay-273oae8
In your opinion, based on the theme of this story, how has Canadian history and attitudes shaped the First People of Canada’s identity?
I feel that throughout history, Canada has done terrible things to First Nations people, including the taking of their land, reserves and the residential schools. As well as Canadian attitudes throughout history has changed, but when the French and the British came to Canada they would kill and take the First Nations people because they wanted a perfect “white” country. I think in a way this expanded the First Nations people identity because throughout all the terrible things that happened, they are still here, thriving in their reserves because they fought to keep their land. Unfortunately, most people do not see this, and when they think about the First Nations people they think of a chief with feathers or teepees.
What are two things you want to improve for your synthesis essay?
The first thing I would like to improve for my synthesis essay is my spelling and my grammar. I have never been good at spelling at it definitely shows in my persuasive essay because I misspell words like “chief” or “quiet” which are easily avoidable, but I missed when proofreading. As well as my grammar, I had a lot of misplaced commas and semicolons in my hard copy that I handed in. I will definitely have people proofread my essay before I hand it in.
The second thing that I would like to improve on is my citations, I did not cite my sources on my essay (I did not cite my sources for my evidence toward my arguments in footnotes or brackets), and will be adding footnotes in the synthesis essay. I feel that footnotes look cleaner on an essay than putting cites in brackets and that’s why I will be putting my cites in footnotes instead of brackets.
Citation for Picture: Uterstaedt, T. (2017, September 27). The 6 Steps I Took as a Founder to Conquer My Fear of Leading. Retrieved November 29, 2018, from https://foundr.com/fear-of-leading/
Okay basically in this picture is my place of work’s garbage, as well as it is the dead of night at 10:30pm. In this picture it portrays several of my fears including the darkness, being alone, claustrophobia, being dirty and being assaulted. I need to explain the last part because I work in the sketchy industrial area of Coquitlam and there is a lot of homeless people, some nice and others not because they will come and go through the garbage, making a mess and scaring the workers. And every time one of them comes around I need to go and politely ask them to leave, some of them do and others just run at me to scare me… and it does not help that there are several pockets in between the garbage bins where someone could be hiding and pop out and scare me. One of my coworkers was standing in the corner wearing all black and popped out and screamed at me. I threw the garbage at him and ran back inside. Honestly now that if there is anyone out in the garbage I would just leave them be and just not interrupt them. I think I learned that it’s not a good idea to throw the garbage out after everyone has left and there is nobody to get you if your left alone.
How Does One Get Over Being Home Sick?
In the song “Take me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver explores the feeling of being homesick. In the first line we read “Almost heaven, West Virginia,” John Denver sets the scene of West Virginia being something of great importance to him. John Denver goes through the song reminiscing about when he lived somewhere where he thinks of as heaven. The whole chorus is about wanting to go back “to a place I belong,” to a time when he was younger and didn’t worry about anything, where you can look outside and see a beautiful view of the mountains and forget everything. Denver references the mountains in the song many times with “mountain momma,” he refers to the mountains as momma because it’s something that he can look at in most directions to find comfort in. In the lines “stranger to blue water, Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, Misty taste of moonshine, Teardrops in my eyes,” describes the blood, sweat and tears with a nostalgic tone to it, almost like he is longing for his true place that he can’t seem to find anymore. In the last part of the song he talks about regret; “The radio reminds me of my home far away,” he is regretful that he isn’t back in the place that he calls home and is constantly reminded of it because of the radio and the songs he used to listen to. When one feels remorseful about being far from their true place and belonging they can feel depressed, but with the help of hope and prosperity they can power through it.
https://genius.com/John-denver-take-me-home-country-roads-lyrics (this is for the picture and the lyrics)