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Calcium Chloride
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Chiba Prefecture is a warm region.
This year, however, there were snowfalls accumulated twice.
It seems like there is a lot of snow this year, as every year there is only a day or no snow on the ground.
On snowy days, calcium chloride is sprinkled in front of the station to prevent the roads from freezing.
I wondered why calcium chloride melts snow when it is sown, so I looked into it.
First, calcium chloride is, as the name implies, a salt made of chlorine and calcium.
Some people may have a dangerous image when they hear the word “chlorine.
However, it is a substance similar to sodium chloride (salt), which does no great harm.
Normally, water turns to ice at zero temperature by ( C ).
However, water mixed with impurities, such as salt water, does not become ice until it reaches a certain temperature below zero.
This is called freezing point depression.
This is how snow-melting agents melt snow and prevent it from freezing.
(Y.O.)
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Yukimi-Daifuku and Toast
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Yukimi-Daifuku and Toast
It seems to be slowly popular and booming on around here.
Its name is “Yukimi-Daifuku Toast”.
I made and ate it the other day.
【Foodstuffs】to prepare
Yukimi-Daifuku, Bread, Cheese, Butter and Etc.,
Simply place cheese and Yukimi-Daifuku on a piece of bread and bake in a toaster.
It was delicious and I was a bit impressed.
There are many other arrangements you can try.
Yukimi-Daifuku :
Vanilla ice cream wrapped up with thin light rice cake
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Ham and Sausage wrapped by plastic
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Recently, the Japan Ham and Sausage Industry Cooperative Association has decided to stop the “drawstring type wrapping” commonly used for sausage packaging throughout the industry.
The goal is to reduce the use of plastic.
Why did the current “drawstring wrapping” of inflated plastic bags become mainstream in the first place?
It seems to have started about 40 years ago, when manufacturers began using “drawstring wrapping” in order to make their products stand out as much as possible in supermarkets
In recent years, two bags glued together with tape are common.
Consumers complained that it was time-consuming to open the package because they had to peel off the tapes.
Therefore, when the discontinuation of “drawstring wrapping” was reported, the following supportive comments were made.
*I’m glad to hear that… I thought it was a lot of trouble and waste time when I opened that bag every time.
*`I was wondering if they have a sealed type like sausages from foreign makers.
In the future, it will be clean in the refrigerator as well as the sausage packaging.
(S.N.)
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Winter Olympics for Taiwanese Athletes
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Taiwan is an island nation located more south of Okinawa.
In Taiwan, there is no snow in winter except in high mountain areas.
Therefore, it is not associated with winter sports.
However, They made entry four athletes for this year’s Beijing Olympics.
It is not a favorable practice environment.
The national athletes trained abroad for many years.
Unfortunately, All four athletes result this time were not valuable.
They all failed to qualify.
I hope that one day the athletes representing Taiwan will do their best to be positioned on the victory stand of the Winter Olympics.
(T.C.)
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Coachella Festival
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The other day I found some news that caught my attention.
Coachella, a huge music festival in the U.S., allows people to attend without masks.
Are you familiar with the Coachella Festival?
This is a very large scale festival held in California, USA.(Coachella Valley)
At this time of year, social networking sites are filled with Western celebrities and influencers dressed up and participating in the event.
The event will be headlined by well-known artists from around the world.
Asian singers have also been active in recent years, including PERFUME from Japan and BLACK PINK from neighboring Korea.
Such Coachella attracts more than 200,000 visitors every year.
In such dense conditions of audience, it is possible to participate without a mask.
Vaccination may be advancing. but I am a little concerned and worried.
For example, my favorite foreign singers are starting to resume live performances more and more in their home countries.
At that concert, the audience all cheered without masks.
Even though there are many circumstances, I wanted to make a lot of noise at a live concert in Japan as soon as possible.
(O.M.)
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Curling
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The Winter Olympics are over.
This year, the summer Olympics in Tokyo were delayed one year.
So, am little bewildered that The Winter Olympics Game are already started.
There were many exciting contests to watch, such as figure skating, Nordic, snowboarding, ski jumping, and speed skating.
I especially enjoyed the women’s curling.
That fierce battle of chess on ice always made me nervous and exciting.
After a heavy loss to Switzerland in the qualifying round, the team was thought to be eliminated from the qualifying round.
However, Finally quarified as semifinalist by upsetting with a big surprise.
It was heartwarming to see them crying and changing to surprised faces during the interview.
Rallying with the opponent is of course interesting.
But more than that, I was impressed by their team play.
I think everyone watching the game was drawn to it..they fought and communicated with each other, always smiling, no matter how difficult the situation.
I felt that the Japanese women’s curling team has the power to make everyone watching them feel positive.
Smiling is important in any situation.
(F.S.)