#soybean splitting machine

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@literaryreference submitted:

I have some suggestions for corrections to the machine translations on your soy sauce post, and I wasn't sure how best to get them to you, so I hope this works? Initially I was just going to reblog your post, but my comments got kinda long, which is potentially annoying for people on my dash to scroll through and also felt kind of combative if aired in public, which I don't mean it to be--I really appreciate what you're doing here, I'm just trying to help add a little polish. This isn't meant to be published as a separate post, it's just in lieu of an email, basically.

良き理解者 means she was a supporter or proponent of soy sauce, or "on the side" of soy sauce. (A soy sauce partisan, perhaps?) Basically they seem to be suggesting that if not for pressure from her bosses, she would have favored the soy sauce industry over the MSG industry, because unlike them, she understood its cultural importance.

"The original proposed allocation ratio of 2 to 8, with absolute dominance of the amino acid industry, was finally approved by GHQ with the advent of the [sc2] method and the '7 to 3 Agreement' of the 'Shoda-Ouchi Conference'" is a bit of a mess that ends up saying the opposite of what it means to say. Literally (though this is clunky as hell), this is something like "Regarding the original proposed allocation ratio of 2 to 8 with absolute dominance of the amino acid industry, the GHQ finally approved the 7 to 3 agreement of the Shoda-Ouchi Conference due to/based on the emergence of the sc2 method."(This is one of those "は is a topic marker, not a subject marker" issues.)

The quote from the Journal of the Brewing Society of Japan is missing a bit off the end--the last sentence should read "一旦，消費者に定着した混合しょうゆのニーズにより本醗造しょうゆに切り換えることが出来ず，現在も混合しょうゆが主力商品となっているのではないかと考えている 。" This bit is also a lot more equivocal than DeepL makes it out to be: "Even now, it's possible mixed/kongo soy sauce might be the top [soy sauce] product." (Japanese does tend to be more equivocal than English, but since the article doesn't back up that statement with a citation or statistic or anything, I think it really is speculation and not a definitive statement of fact.)

I think those are the only particularly significant corrections I have, but here's some nitpicking of errors that don't seriously impede comprehension, because I'm that kind of person:

In "The internal paint that was being researched..." the word translated as paint, "塗料," can refer to any kind of coating (see this dictionary definition) and I would just say "coating" here--the article doesn't specify, but it seems to me that in this context it's more likely to be some kind of protective coating than paint.

"ヤマサ印", here translated as "Yamasa mark," is more properly "Yamasa brand" in English (as in, this was a manufacturing site for Yamasa brand soy sauce).

In "GHQ assigned Ms. Blanche Appleton..." "Ms." should be "Mrs."--which doesn't really matter, but it's fascinating to me that DeepL gets it wrong here when "Mrs." is written out phonetically (so it's not even guessing at interpretations of さん or anything) and it does correctly translate/transliterate it elsewhere.

"which defatted soybeans could be used more effectively" should be "which [industry] would use the defatted soybeans more effectively."

"Once mixed soy sauce has taken root among consumers, they are unable to switch over to hon-fermented soy sauce due to the demand for mixed soy sauce" has done something really weird with the first clause, splitting it into two semi-redundant parts on either side of the "unable to switch over" bit--it should just be "Once a demand for mixed soy sauce has taken root among consumers, they are unable to switch over to honjozo soy sauce, and even today..."

I hope this was helpful (as opposed to just annoying); please feel free to send me an ask or a message if you have any questions!

thank you for your translation notes!

oops, i already got the same note regarding 良き理解者 from other folks, i have edited the original post before you submitted. same for the 2-to-8 agreement thing.

thanks for the note on "might be"! i wouldn't've caught it.

yea i can change the word "paint" to "coating," i'm not well versed in the intricacies these terms in english so i'll take your word for it.

ah yea in my native language mark = brand as well, so i'll change that. thanks for the link.

i changed it to ms. on purpose bc i wasnt entirely sure of her marital status and i wanted to use something more neutral

thanks for the remaining notes as well, i agree with your interpretations so i'll change my post.

[fire-the-headcanons]

Follow the Beacon Raven—The Students Have Become the Masters

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"And...there!" Summer dusted the extra flour from her hands. Raven had to admit, the uniform was now a passable imitation of Professor Mesánychta's starry suit. Hopefully it still would be in five minutes.

"How do I look?" Tai asked, wiggling the fake mustache.

Qrow paused spraying Summer's weird gray hair thing over himself to look. "It's not big enough."

"It's the biggest one in the pack."

"Use two," Summer suggested, picking up a hairbrush and starting toward Raven's hair.

"What are you doing?" she demanded, pulling away.

"Well, you're not going to look like her with your hair down! I'll be gentle, promise."

"...Fine," Raven muttered, allowing the Huntress to sit behind her. Vanta's voice rang in her ears, warning her to never turn her back to the enemy.

"Your hair's so soft. What kind of soap do you use?"

"Lye, deer tallow, and soybean oil," Raven said. "We're running out though, so I might just switch to egg." Summer's hands stilled, and she glanced back to see her teammate frozen with a strange look on her face. Two months into school, these episodes didn't terrify Raven quite the way they used to. "Why? What kind of soap do you use?"

"Uh...Swan?" she squeaked. 

"Why would anyone make soap from swan? It's got barely any fat in it and it tastes bad enough already without being dry too." Raven shook her head. "You buy yours, right? They're overcharging you."

Summer stared into the distance, eyebrows pressed together and mouth open slightly. "I'm sorry, I just realized I have no idea what soap is."

"You city-dwellers are weird," Qrow said, leaning over so Tai could stick another fake mustache over his other eyebrow. Fully painted, his hair looked more like he'd stuck his head in a bucket of Summer's flour than it did like Ozpin's silver. Summer shook off her confusion and continued running the brush through Raven's hair, starting to gather and twist it.

"I thought it was made of synthetic stuff now." Tai wiggled his much larger and slightly asymmetric mustache at Qrow, who wiggled his blonde and bushy eyebrows back. They both snorted, cracking up.

She rolled her eyes before closing them, rather enjoying the feeling of someone else working with her hair. Vanta had always just cut it when it got too tangled for Raven to comb on her own as a child, and her long hair was a point of pride now. Though... if Vanta had ever combed her hair it probably wouldn't have been pleasant.

"You gonna wear a wig?" Tai asked, starting to re-part his hair down the middle. "Your hair’s kinda short."

"All my wigs are at home. I'll just do a french braid, it'll get the point across."

"You did a really good job with her apron," Qrow said.

"Thanks! It was hard to get those embossed swirls right, but they're so pretty on Carmine's…" she tied the band around Raven's head. "They're not super secure, though, I was doing it by hand and it was rushed. I'm torn, I kind of want to bring my sewing machine to school but it's so heavy and takes up so much space…" 

Raven's eyes flew open. "You have a sewing machine?" she and Qrow demanded at the same time.

"Yeah. ...Do you sew?"

"Of course. Who doesn't?" Raven shrugged.

"I don't," Tai said.

"What do you do if you rip something?" Qrow asked, wincing as he peeled a moustache off his eyebrow.

"Take it to Summer. Or a tailor." That's dumb, Raven didn't say. Tai shook his head. "Man, I thought living in the wilds meant you dealt with the Grimm more. But you dealt with, like, everything more."

"Next thing you'll be telling me you don't know how to dig a latrine," Qrow teased, finally getting the other eyebrow off and rubbing at his skin.

Tai chewed on the inside of his cheek, eyes darting between the two of them. "...Isn't it just a hole?"

"That's the joke."

"Ah, gotcha."

Summer's hands stilled again. "Done. What do you think?"

Raven accepted the mirror and tilted her head, inspecting the swirls of hair that Summer had woven together. The cardboard pendant sat on her forehead, painted silver with the broken moon embossed in its center. It was… nice, dressing up.

"You look a lot like Professor Mesánychta," Tai said, dousing his head with hairspray. "Done!"

"You look a little… less like Port," Summer laughed.

"What?" Tai demanded, gesturing exaggeratedly as he shifted his voice lower and imitated Peter's slightly pompous tone. "How dare you suggest I am not the one and only Peter Port! Why, Miss Rose, I'm hurt."

Qrow snorted into his hand and Summer managed to choke out, "Okay, now you look like him."

"MISTER TAUPE!" He pointed at Qrow, who was shaking with laughter and holding the glasses to his face. "I'm going to shout at you while you do laundry!"

"Is that shirt synthetic material?!" Summer demanded, yanking on her leather work gloves and putting her fists on her hips in a perfect imitation of Carmine. "Get out! You think your aura's going to hold for long if you're on fire? I'm not doing the paperwork if you get yourself burned!"

Raven sighed deeply, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Detention, Mr. Xiao Long, Miss Rose."

Summer flopped back onto the bed, cackling madly as Tai doubled over. Her own mouth twitched.

"Welcome to Beacon, students," Qrow said, picking up Tai's pencil jar and holding it like Ozpin's mug. "I certainly hope you've perfected your landing strategies before today, or you'll be in for a rough surprise!"

Tai grinned, an expression that usually preceded a pun that would make Summer particularly mad. "Prepare to fly."

Raven shook her head with a smile. "Bad."

"Yeah, that was terrible," Summer said, smacking his arm.

[This is my favorite chapter, ngl]

Next Chapter: Taiyang—Splitting Scares

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Brazil's Amazon rainforest and development at a crossroads

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Brazil's Amazon rainforest and development at a crossroads

In this Nov. 25, 2019 photo, highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. Carved through jungle during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, this highway and BR-230, known as the Trans-Amazon, were built to bend nature to man’s will in the vast hinterland. Four decades later, there’s development taking shape, but also worsening deforestation. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt roads that lead away from a national forest, carrying trunks of trees hundreds of years old.

After pulling onto a darkened highway, the truckers chug to their turnoff into the woods, where they deliver their ancient cargo. By morning, the trunks are laid out for hewing at the remote sawmill, its corrugated metal roof hardly visible from the highway.

The highway known as BR-163 stretches from soybean fields to a riverside export terminal. The loggers were just south of the road’s juncture with BR-230, known as the Trans-Amazon. Together the highways cover more than 5,000 miles, crossing the world’s fifth-biggest country in the state of Para.

Carved through jungle during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, the roads were built to bend nature to man’s will in the vast hinterland. Four decades later, there’s development taking shape, but also worsening deforestation—and locals harbor concerns that progress may pass them by.

Colonization Dream

The highways first meet in the city of Ruropolis, where the military government promised land to lure people to the planned agricultural village. One 53-year-old man, Hilquias Soares, remembers a state agent in his hometown yelling, “Who wants to go to Para?”

In this Nov. 28, 2019 photo, a logging truck without license plates carries the trunk of a giant tree on a dirt road away from Trairao National Forest in Trairao, Para state, Brazil. Night after night, truckers chug along the darkened road to their turn-off into the woods, where they deliver their ancient cargo. By morning, the logs are laid out for hewing at the remote sawmill, its corrugated metal roof hardly visible from the highway. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

His family took the chance, arriving just after President Emílio Médici, a general, inaugurated the town. Archival footage shows Médici unveiling a plaque reading: “The Brazilian people respond to the challenge of history, occupying the heart of the Amazon.” Children play on see-saws and show off T-shirts with the crossroads sprawling across the continent-sized nation.

“There was a dream of colonization, of getting land and seeing if here we could have better financial conditions,” Dedé Diniz, 69, said in his home. “A lot of people don’t recognize what we did, what we fought for.”

Diniz examines a photograph he took of Médici and, below it in his album, a shot of a truck trapped in mud. It’s nothing like the bucolic painting on his wall that shows farm furrows and wild forest beside the highway, where a machine repairs ruts.

In this Nov. 22, 2019 photo, cut logs and wooden boards lie in an area opened by illegal loggers within the Renascer Reserve in the Amazon rainforest in Prainha, Para state, Brazil. This conservation unit is known to have trees with high economic value such as ipe, jatoba and massaranduba. One of the biggest seizures of illegal timber in the Brazilian Amazon forest happened in this reserve in 2010. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

He jokes that he’ll update the painting with asphalt soon—that stretch should be paved by 2021. Already people have started moving in from other states to buy land for cattle pastures.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army captain, won last year’s election with support from farmers, truckers and miners by resurrecting the dictatorship-era desire to develop the world’s largest tropical rainforest. But he did so at a different stage of human history, one where scientists recognize the Amazon must remain to suck carbon from the air and help arrest climate change. Some also argue the Amazon, which has lost some 20% of its original forest, is nearing an irreversible tipping point. In that sense, Brazil itself is at a crossroads.

Road Warriors

From Ruropolis, the Trans-Amazon and BR-163 run jointly westward over a bumpy 70 miles before splitting at a little roundabout. During corn and soy harvests, 2,600 trucks pass through each day to and from the nearby Tapajos River.

In this Nov. 29, 2019 photo, cargo trucks turn off the Trans-Amazon highway, top, onto route BR-163 in Campo Verde, near Itaituba, Para state, Brazil. Carved through jungle during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, the roads were built to bend nature to man’s will in the vast hinterland. Four decades later, there’s development taking shape, but also worsening deforestation— and locals harbor concerns that progress may pass them by. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

There, trucks pull into transshipment ports. Grain cascades from their containers to be loaded onto barges. After a downriver trip that takes days, the grain is poured into ships’ holds and dispatched across the world, largely to China.

That transoceanic network seems far removed from the road warriors filling up on grilled beef or bowls of açai in truck stops. While the truckers eat, grease-stained mechanics replace worn-out shocks and blown-out tires.

At the start of Bolsonaro’s administration, only 32 miles of BR-163 from soy country to the Trans-Amazon remained to be paved. But tropical rains transformed the dirt into impassable mud. Soy trucker Sandro Vieira recalled being stuck in gridlock two years ago, consuming nothing but bread, coffee and peanuts for a week; to this day, the smell of peanuts disgusts him.

In this Nov. 29, 2019 photo, an image of sacred heart of Jesus hangs on a wall in Dede Diniz’s home in the town of Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil, next to an aerial photo of the town. The Trans-Amazon highway and route BR-163 meet in the city of Ruropolis, where the military government promised land to lure people to the planned agricultural village in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Bolsonaro’s government last month finished paving the soy corridor. The decades-delayed achievement is the first of major public works to come, Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio de Freitas said. They include a $3 billion grain railway alongside BR-163.

A ministry promotional video for foreign investors shows deer and other wild animals in their habitats, living in harmony with highways.

“We know Brazil has a responsibility to the world, and we will fulfill our responsibility,” de Freitas said.

Improved Access

The two highways opened up the rainforest—and viewed from above, the landscape is slashed by jagged stitches of cleared forest on both sides.

Roads themselves aren’t the problem today, according to Paulo Barreto, a forest engineer and researcher at environmental group Imazon.

The issue, he said, is that improved access has been accompanied by Bolsonaro’s rhetoric emboldening illegal loggers while his administration undermines its own environmental regulator.

In this Nov. 22, 2019 photo, cut logs lie in an area opened by illegal loggers inside the Renascer Reserve in the Amazon rainforest in Prainha, Para state, Brazil. This area is known to have trees with high economic value such as ipe, jatoba and massaranduba. One of the biggest seizures of illegal timber in the Brazilian Amazon forest happened in this reserve in 2010. Those who live in the area complain that illegal logging is still happening. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

“If those things continue, deforestation will explode in the area,” Barreto said.

Official data show Amazon deforestation rose almost 30% in the 12 months through July, to its worst level in 11 years. Para state alone accounted for 40% of the loss, with a heat map of incidents running along the Trans-Amazon and BR-163. The Jamanxim national forest, alongside BR-163, had the second most deforestation of any protected area.

Paulo Bezerra, a leader of the Munduruku indigenous people that live around the highways, said in an interview that farmers from Mato Grosso and other states are using tractors to rip down trees near his village, and try to intimidate tribesmen into silence. They say they’re afraid of being killed.

After the global spotlight turned to Brazil in August as the Amazon burned, Bolsonaro dismissed the huge fires as normal practice for clearing pasture and farmland.

In this Nov. 29. 2019 photo, an otter pelt hangs on the wall behind Dede Diniz in his home in the town of Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil. Diniz remembers the visit of President Emilio Medici, during his military dictatorship, at the time the town was inaugurated. “There was a dream of colonization, of getting land and seeing if here we could have better financial conditions,” said Diniz in his home. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

What kind of development should Brazil’s government encourage, and how much, are questions being asked at the U.N.’s ongoing climate conference in Madrid.

Environment Minister Ricardo Salles said in an interview in Madrid that people in the Amazon will continue to be drawn into illegal activities if there isn’t economic development.

Soy Bonanza

Paving BR-163 ensures soy and corn can flow uninterrupted, making viable more farming and new riverside terminals, where the government says exports can reach 25 million tons in 2024, from 10 million tons this year.

More soy means more transport. Workers recently spread concrete at one gas station being built near the crossroads, with parking for 760 trucks.

Edeon Ferreira, executive director of soy and corn transport group Pró-Logística, said heavier traffic will add jobs at restaurants and hotels, plus generate demand for mechanics to meet truckers’ needs. He spoke while leading a group of Mato Grosso soy farmers on a 2,900-mile circuit to inspect Amazon roadways.

In this Nov. 29, 2019 photo, smoke rises from a fire in the Amazon rainforest near route BR-163 and the Trans-Amazon highway in Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil. Official data show Amazon deforestation rose almost 30% in the 12 months through July, to its worst level in 11 years. Para state alone accounted for 40% of the loss, especially along the Trans-Amazon and BR-163 highways. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ferreira said Mato Grosso can farm enough on degraded pasture, without deforestation, as cattle ranching becomes efficient. But Imazon’s Barreto said productivity gains don’t happen automatically; farmers will calculate whether it’s cheaper to invest in technology or clear forest areas made available, even tacitly, by the government.

To support Amazon states, Salles said Brazil aims to shore up foreign funding from the Paris Agreement. But Brazilian officials have yet to detail measures, goals or resources for anti-deforestation efforts.

The clock is ticking. Already the Amazon is growing warmer and drier, losing its capacity to recycle water, and the majority may become savannah in 15 to 30 years, said Carlos Nobre, a climate scientist at the University of Sao Paulo.

Order and Progress

Over the past two decades, soy was increasingly planted along the northern part of BR-163. On one side of the highway is the Tapajos national forest, and farmland on the other. Fires burn here and there. In one spot, the breeze carries black ash across the road into the protected area.

In this Nov. 22, 2019 photo, a wooden house stands at dawn in the Renascer Reserve in the Amazon rainforest in Prainha, Para state, Brazil. The clock is ticking. Already the Amazon is growing warmer and drier, losing its capacity to recycle water, and may become savannah in 15 to 30 years, said Carlos Nobre, a climate scientist at the University of Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 29, 2019 photo, a tank truck pours water on the street at dusk in Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil. Carved through jungle during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, the roads that meet in Ruropolis were built to bend nature to man’s will in the vast hinterland. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 21, 2019 photo, 10-year-old Kevin performs a somersault in the Uruara river as his friend looks on, at the entrance of the Renascer conservative unit of the Amazon rainforest in Prainha, Para state, Brazil. The clock is ticking. Already the Amazon is growing warmer and drier, losing its capacity to recycle water, and may become savannah in 15 to 30 years, said Carlos Nobre, a climate scientist at the University of Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 24, 2019 photo, Paulo Bezerra, a member of the Munduruku indigenous people, works on his fruit plantation at the Acaizal village in Santarem, Para state Brazil. The 56-year-old indigenous leader says that farmers from Mato Grosso and other states are using tractors to rip down trees near his village and try to intimidate them into silence. “Because of the complaints we make, we have been threatened,” said Bezerra. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 30, 2019 photo, a fragment of Amazon rainforest stands next to soy fields in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. The Amazon, which has lost about 17% of its original forest, is nearing an irreversible tipping point. In that sense, Brazil itself is at a crossroads. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 18, 2019 photo, 24-year-old Donizete carries a heavy sack of watermelons through the water at the edge of the Tapajos river as he unloads a boat with goods to be delivered to the local market in Santarem, Para state, Brazil. The town, at junction of the Tapajos and Amazon rivers, is an important hub where grain is loaded onto barges for a downriver trip that takes days, then poured into ships’ holds and dispatched across the world, largely to China. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

This Nov. 18, 2019 photo shows boats at dusk in a port at Santarem, Para state, Brazil, at the confluence of the Tapajos and Amazon rivers. The grain export terminal, top left, loads ships with grains, which are then dispatched across the world, largely to China. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 26, 2019 photo, a truck drives on the road in Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil. From Ruropolis, the Trans-Amazon and BR-163 run jointly westward over a bumpy 70 miles before splitting at a little roundabout. During corn and soy harvests, 2,600 trucks pass through each day to and from the nearby Tapajos river. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 28, 2019 photo, Lauzenir Araujo stands beside his truck after removing a layer of rubber from a damaged tire on route BR-163 near Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil. Araujo, who is hauling a load of manure to a grain plantation in the state of Mato Grosso, says that the old tires tend to explode as the truck can move faster on the newer road. “Eighty percent of your life is on the road,” he says. “There is no life. That’s why I say, this is for those who like it.” (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 23, 2019 photo, a cut tree stands in a burned area in Prainha, Para state, Brazil. Official data show Amazon deforestation rose almost 30% in the 12 months through July, to its worst level in 11 years. Para state alone accounted for 40% of the loss. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 22, 2019 photo, the sun lights part of a path opened by illegal loggers in the Renascer Reserve of the Amazon rainforest in Prainha, Para state, Brazil. This area is known to have trees with high economic value such as ipe, jatoba and massaranduba. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 27, 2019 photo, a woman stands on her stilt house with her dog, watching young boys playing soccer in the Vila Nova neighborhood of Itaituba on the Trans-Amazon highway in Para state, Brazil. The highway, carved through jungle during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, was built to bend nature to man’s will in the vast hinterland. Four decades later, there’s development taking shape, but also worsening deforestation, and locals harbor concerns that progress may pass them by. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 29, 2019 photo, a dead armadillo lies on a dirt road in Campo Verde, near Itaituba, Para state Brazil. The clock is ticking. Already the Amazon is growing warmer and drier, losing its capacity to recycle water, and may become savannah in 15 to 30 years, said Carlos Nobre, a climate scientist at the University of Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 23, 2019 photo, a burned area of the Amazon rainforest is seen in Prainha, Para state, Brazil. Official data show Amazon deforestation rose almost 30% in the 12 months through July, to its worst level in 11 years. Para state alone accounted for 40% of the loss. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 28, 2019 photo, an old television transmits a Brazilian soap opera in the home of Domingas Rufina, who is a member of a local women’s association in Trairao, Para state, Brazil. The 67-year-old is considering moving to another quiet town after a leader of her association was threatened after denouncing illegal logging in the nearby Trairao national forest. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 29, 2019 photo, men work on the construction site of a gas station and parking lot on route BR-163 near the intersection with the Trans-Amazon highway in the area of Itaituba, Para state, Brazil. When it’s complete, the parking area will be big enough for 760 trucks. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 27, 2019 photo, Antonia Pereira swings on her hammock as she talks with a friend on her stilt house at the Vila Nova neighborhood in Itaituba, Para state, Brazil. She says life was better in the 1980s when people came to the gold mines in the region. Now she survives selling hammocks and cooking street barbecues. Sometimes she can fish from her porch during the season that the Tapajos river floods. “I wish there were more jobs for the young people,” she says. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 28, 2019 photo, Domingas Rufina, a member of the local women’s association, poses in her home in Trairao, Para state, Brazil. The 67-year-old is considering a move to another quiet town after a leader of her association was threatened for denouncing the illegal logging in the nearby Trairao national forest. Rufina doesn’t want to get mixed up in any conflict. “I don’t know how to read and I only know how to write my name, but I am an experienced woman,” she says. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 20, 2019 photo, Valmir Lima de Souza poses with a sickle on his manioc plantation at the Curua-Una region in Santarem, Para state, Brazil. The 60-year-old small farmer, who has been working on this land for 48 years, says people have tried to buy his property, telling him that he has already raised his family and deserves to take a rest. “Man, I am already resting, because I didn’t have water and light here, and now I have water and light and I am resting in my piece of land where I’m gonna stay. Making abundance, growing what I want to plant,” says Souza. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 30, 2019 photo, a rooster-tail cicada clings to a tree on the property of Joao Batista Ferreira in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. The area was jungle throughout Ferreira’s childhood. Today, his plot is an island of shade and birdsong in the middle of sweeping plantations. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 27, 2019 photo, boys play soccer next to stilt houses at the Vila Nova neighborhood in Itaituba, Para state, Brazil. Carved through jungle during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, the Trans-Amazon highway that runs through town was built to bend nature to man’s will in the vast hinterland. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 30, 2019 photo, the forest stands next to a soy field in an area behind the home of Joao Batista Ferreira in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. Better known as Joao of Honey, though none of his 1,000 beehives remain, he complains that agribusiness did away with the native forest. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

“The national forest is a reserve that’s important for the country, for the world,” said Manoel de Souza, 59, who coordinates the Tapajos forest’s federation of traditional communities. “Soy is also important, but it should be ordered so that they aren’t on top of one another, impacting each other.”

Just north of the forest is Belterra, which was jungle throughout João Ferreira’s childhood. Today, his plot is an island of shade and birdsong in the middle of sweeping plantations. He’s known as João of Honey, though none of his 1,000 beehives remain. The bees died off since agribusiness moved in 20 years ago, said João, 59.

He complains that agribusiness did away with native forest, and its efficient machinery creates few jobs, leaving townspeople in the lurch. In an act of lonesome protest, he painted altered versions of the Brazilian flag and hung them over his yard. They feature question marks rather than the national motto “Order and Progress,” because he’s not sure Brazil has them any longer.

“One day progress comes,” he said, “and decay arrives with it.”

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Dry Soybean Peeling and Splitting Machine

The Dry Soybean Peeling and Splitting Machine is mainly consisted by a fixed wrench, tighten the nut wrench, brush, the next hopper, wheel, wire brush and other components. Use of mechanical equipment force of brown rice peeled white, the use of machinery and equipment known as rice milling machine.

When the sample (soybean) flows into the grinding chamber from the hopper, the brown rice is squeezed in the grinding chamber due to the internal pressure and the mechanical force of the pressure wheel. After the self-phase rubbing and the mutual rubbing between the brown rice and the grinding wheel After leaving, that can quickly remove the brown rice cortex, in the regulation of the time to achieve the white rice measured grade whiteness. Sand roll rice milling machine is a novel rice milling machine, mainly used to directly grind rice into white rice, and rice, fine bran, small broken rice, Valley Tsui automatic separation, do not need to be separated by the windmill or from. This machine processed white rice high purity, bran will automatically back grind, all become fine bran, a good feed.

Use of Soybean Peeling and Splitting Machine A, the wheat screening impurity removal, remove grain and stones and metal debris. B, add 6% water stirring wetting, about 10 minutes after adding hopper. C, after turning on the machine, wait for the machine to run steadily and then slowly open the feeding control board. When the wheat is full of peeling room, the feeding control board is turned on, so that the wheat after peeling is flowed out of the body at an appropriate flow rate. D, during the operation of the machine, due to improper import and export control panel may cause obstruction. At this point the machine resistance increases, should open a large control panel, the discharge of unloading material can be discharged.

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What should I do if my hair is oily?

What should I do if my hair is always oily? Once the oil is oily, the whole person will be bad. It is like procrastinating and unwilling to be clean. If you want to be a little fresh girl, greasy hair is an annoying thing, not only makes people stay A bad impression can also make hair smelly. Then the hair always loves oily is the reason? What should I do if hair always loves oily? Let's take a look at the oily head care methods.

　　 The more you wash your head, the easier it is to produce oil. It is enough to wash your hair twice a week. There is no need to wash your hair every day. It is easy to produce oil if it damages the hair.

　　2 Don’t desperately use hair masks and other products to change the hair quality. Use the hair mask two or three times a month. Excessive use will cause your hair to become oily.

　　3 You should choose oil-controlling shampoo. If your hair is always oily, use pure plant-based, oil-controlling shampoo will greatly improve your oily problem.

　　4 Irregular life, a lot of staying up late will make your hair oily, so you must ensure adequate sleep and a healthy lifestyle.

　　5 Eat less fried, spicy junk food, which not only has a certain impact on your health, but also makes your hair often oily, so from today, eat healthy.

2What should I do if my hair is oily?

　　 1. Change shampoo

　　 People who love oily hair are best to use shampoos containing zinc pyrithione or salicylic acid. They are mostly found in anti-dandruff shampoos and can help control oily scalp.

　　2, control the number of shampoos

　　 The number of times of shampooing is best controlled once every 2-3 days, but it is necessary to ensure that each shampoo is clean and thorough. The shampoo can be divided into two times. The first time is dedicated to washing the scalp, and the second time is washing the scalp at the same time. If you get up in the morning and your hair is messy, you can rinse it with water and use conditioner to soften the hair. You don’t need to use shampoo.

　　 3. Shampoo and massage for 30 seconds

　　 When washing your hair, do not wash off the shampoo immediately. You should gently massage the scalp with your fingertips for at least 30 seconds, and then rinse, which will help to wash away the excess oil. If your hair is greasy, you can wash it again to make sure your hair and scalp are clean.

　　 4. Blow dry backwards

　　 In order to make the hair more bulky, the process of drying is also very important. When drying, you should lift your hair up, or lower your head, let your hair all down, and blow against the direction of combing your hair, which will also make the hair roots more "straight".

　　5, comb the roots

　　 Bring a comb with you. Once you feel the loss of hair volume, you can hold a lock of hair and quickly comb it up and down the roots with a fine-toothed comb to create more space in the roots.

　　 6. Hair is often cut

　　The longer the hair, the more it will sag under the action of gravity, and the greater the pulling force on the roots of the hair, the easier it will be to produce oil and appear flat. It is recommended that people trim their hair at least once a month, not only to help control oil, but also to protect the hair roots.

3What is the reason why hair loves to be oily

　　 Many hair friends will encounter this kind of problem. They wash their hair in the morning and get oil in the evening. If they don’t wash their hair for a day, they can’t go out. What should I do if my hair tends to be oily, and how to deal with it? As for what to do if my hair tends to be oily, there are several reasons for oily hair, such as seborrheic alopecia, seborrheic dermatitis, obesity, and too much oily diet can also cause the body. Excessive oil.

　　Seborrheic alopecia causes oily hair because of excessive secretion of male hormones, causing endocrine disorders, and therefore excessive secretion of oil. Excessive moist and greasy scalp creates perfect conditions for the growth of bacteria. Bacterial infection can cause seborrheic dermatitis. The causes of seborrheic alopecia are sleep, spirit, temperature, heredity, age, and environment.

4How to wash hair like oil

　　 Oily hair is a normal physiological phenomenon, and the right amount of oil can also protect the skin.

　　 Strong sebum secretion makes hair easy to be oily. If you don't wash it for a day, the hair strands will stick together, which not only affects the appearance, but also affects the metabolism of the hair and scalp. Especially for women who are in their menstrual period or confinement, washing their hair has become a daily difficulty.

　　 Oil on the scalp is a normal physiological phenomenon, and a certain amount of oil will protect the skin. Although washing your hair every day can control oil, washing your hair frequently will not only damage your hair, but it will also become more and more oily. This is because sebum is secreted based on information feedback. After frequent shampooing to wash off the oil on the scalp, the sebum will receive the message of "lack of oil", and then further secrete oil, which will lead to more and more secretions. The more, the more oily the hair. The American "Youth Health" website teaches you a small way to remove oil without washing your hair: drop a drop of soy-sized shampoo into the hot water in the half-basin to make a lather, moisten a clean towel, and gently wipe your hair , And then dipped in clean water to wipe clean and dry. Be careful not to rub the scalp too hard. Not only will it not be able to remove the oil better, it will inflame the scalp and damage the hair roots.

5 Four common hair problems in women’s lives

　　1, hair loss

　　 From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the essence of the kidney is hair, and hair is blood. Hair loss is closely related to kidney and blood. Therefore, conditions such as kidney qi deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, and insufficient qi and blood can cause hair loss. Deficiency of kidney qi and kidney yang, blood circulation throughout the body is slow, unable to transport nutrients to the highest point of the human body, the hair follicles on the head are not nourished, and gradually shrink, which will cause hair loss.

　　 In response to this situation, you should eat more kidney-friendly foods, such as: yam, wolfberry, mutton, etc. At the same time, one should eat less spicy food, drink less alcohol, and irritating foods such as coffee and strong tea.

　　 For women, except for some genetic factors, most abnormal hair loss occurs after childbirth. Childbirth may cause a lack of blood in women, leading to a large amount of hair loss. This situation is the aforementioned hair loss caused by insufficient blood. The treatment of hair loss caused by insufficient Qi and blood is usually based on supplementing blood. You should eat more blood supplementing foods such as pig liver, spinach, and jujube.

　　2, the hair is dry and split and easy to break

　　 Dry hair may be caused by the lack of several minerals or vitamins necessary for the human body, such as calcium, iron, and zinc. Pay attention to adjusting your diet and eating more protein-rich foods can help change the phenomenon of split ends of your hair.

　　3, alopecia areata and thinning hair

　　 Alopecia areata and thinning hair reflect the problem of spleen deficiency. The spleen governs transportation and transformation and is an important organ for moisturizing hair. Deficiency of the spleen can easily lead to problems such as yellow hair, lack of luster, and breakage. The diet of people with spleen deficiency should be light, rich in protein, vitamins and trace elements, and easily digestible foods. Do not eat too greasy foods.

　　Cooking should be in the form of soup, porridge, soup, ointment, etc., to facilitate digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach. At the same time, attention should be paid to eating modestly to prevent over-satisfaction and damage the spleen and stomach. In addition, you can also eat more beans or soy products, such as: soybeans have the effect of strengthening the spleen and qi, tofu, soy milk, etc. are beneficial to the weak spleen and stomach; adzuki beans have the effect of strengthening the spleen and blood, especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.

　　 In addition, thinning hair may also be a problem with the liver. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver contains blood, and blood carries nutrients. Poor blood circulation in the scalp will cause the hair to lack nutrients. For this type of hair loss, you should eat more red dates. Jujube is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and qi, nourishing blood and calming the nerves.

　　 4. Hair does not grow

　　 Hair failure may be caused by food allergies. Food allergies may shorten the hair growth cycle and stop the growth of hair prematurely. For this type of hair loss, just find out the allergen and stop eating allergenic foods.

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Race for the Senate 2020: Experts’ views from the states

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Race for the Senate 2020: Experts’ views from the states

By Andra Gillespie, John Hudak, Jason Husser, Nazita Lajevardi, Patrick R. Miller, Kal Munis, Barbara Norrander, Anand Sokhey, Tracy Osborn, Danielle Vinson The battle for control of the U.S. is now more competitive than at any point in the 2020 election cycle. Record sums of money have poured into candidates’ coffers and outside spending in some states is at unprecedented levels. Democrats’ once-long shot chance of re-taking control of the Senate is looking increasingly likely, but state-level issues often affect U.S. Senate races, even during a presidential election. At FixGov, we asked scholars and experts on each state’s politics to contribute a brief discussion of the state of play and some of the underlying dynamics affecting individual races—a discussion that is often left out of national media coverage.

States Arizona Michigan Montana Colorado Iowa North Carolina Georgia Kansas South Carolina

Arizona

Arizona for decades was a reliably Republican state, although former senators John McCain and Jeff Flake were somewhat unconventional Republicans. In 2018, Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema bested Republican Martha McSally to become Arizona’s first Democratic senator since the mid-1990s. In 2020, McSally is defending the seat formerly held by McCain to which she was appointed. She trails Democrat Mark Kelly in the pre-election polls. A changing electorate may explain both the 2018 and 2020 Arizona senate races. Trends over the past few decades led to an Arizona electorate that has more Latinos, more college-educated white voters and fewer whites without those degrees. In addition, a survey conducted by Samara Klar and Chris Weber from the University of Arizona reveals that Arizonans in both parties are more moderate than often presumed. Finally, Arizona is a heavily urban state, with 60 percent of voters residing in Maricopa county, home of Phoenix and its suburbs. If some of those suburban voters split toward the Democratic Party, as they seem to be doing nationwide in 2020 and as they did in the 2018 Arizona senate race, this bodes well for Democrat Kelly. –Barbara Norrander, Professor of Political Science at The University of Arizona (Back to top)

Colorado

The race in Colorado between incumbent Senator Cory Gardner (R) and former Governor John Hickenlooper (D) will help determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. An early October poll conducted by the American Politics Research Lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) (10/5-10/9) found Hickenlooper with an 8-point lead over Gardner (48%-40%) among likely voters, with 11% of respondents indicating they were “undecided.” This margin has persisted in subsequent polling, and mirrors the CU poll’s numbers for the presidential contest (Biden +9). Trump is down in Colorado (by double digits in some surveys), which points to the theme of the Senate contest: can Gardner run away from Trump? In debates and advertisements, Gardner has repeatedly tried to distance himself from the president, emphasizing his bipartisan credentials and work on behalf of all Coloradans. For his part, Hickenlooper has tried to tie Gardner to Trump, and has stressed Gardner’s past statements against the Affordable Care Act. In the CU poll, the gender margins in the presidential contest were substantial: Trump led among men in the state (43%-39%), but Biden led among women (56%-33%). This gap would seem to be a vulnerability for Gardner as well, for the poll found the Senate race tied among men (45%-45%), but Hickenlooper leading among women (51%-36%). A final wrinkle in the contest is that Colorado has been doing statewide mail voting since late 2013—as of October 30th, more than 50% of registered voters in the state had already returned ballots. Indeed, Gardner is trying to run away from Trump, but he’s running out of time, and much of the race has already been run. –Anand Sokhey, Associate Professor of Political Science at The University of Colorado at Boulder (Back to top)

Georgia

We are used to thinking of Georgia as a ruby-red state that has not voted Democratic for president since 1992. The truth is that Georgia’s partisan behavior is complex and has been showing signs of increasing competitiveness for a while. It did not finish its secular realignment toward the GOP until 2010 (the year Republicans won all of the statewide offices). And when we look at margins in first-ballot Senate contests in the last 40 years, we find both Democratic and Republican candidates winning by narrow margins in the 1980s through the mid-1990s. Indeed, the only Republican Senate candidate who consistently won by double-digit margins was Johnny Isakson, whose permanent replacement will be determined by this year’s special election. While the special election features more than a dozen and a half candidates, three stand out. Raphael Warnock, the pastor of Martin Luther King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, has emerged as the leading Democratic candidate. The incumbent appointed to replace Isakson, Senator Kelly Loeffler, faces steep competition from Congressman Doug Collins for Republican votes. Given the number of candidates in the race and Georgia’s mandate that election winners take a clear majority of the vote, most expect this race to head to a December runoff. Warnock will almost certainly advance. The question is, which leading Republican will end up in second place? The polls are too close to predict the Republican finalist. Collins and Loeffler have split key endorsements. And President Trump has not expressed a clear preference for either Republican, who have both tried to highlight their loyalty to Trump as a campaign asset. Republicans hope to consolidate around the eventual second-place winner in a runoff election and hope that Democrats will lose steam. If, however, partisan control in the Senate hangs in the balance after all of the other Senate races are decided, we should expect a long, intense, and expensive runoff election season. As with just about all of the competitive senate races nationally, President Trump’s coattails have important implications for the down-ballot contests. Regardless of who wins the presidential race in Georgia, I expect the margin to be even more narrow than the five points by which Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. This poses challenges for Republicans like Loeffler, Collins, and David Perdue (who is facing upstart Jon Ossoff[1] in the regularly scheduled senate race). They should not expect many Biden voters to split their votes down-ballot. And if Joe Biden scores the upset he clearly wants in Georgia, this will help both Ossoff and Warnock, and may help them both avoid runoffs—although there is a Libertarian candidate in the Perdue-Ossoff race who could play spoiler. –Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University (Back to top)

Iowa

For the Iowa Senate race, it’s back to the old adage that all politics is local. Though we typically think about Senate candidates being subject to national forces during a presidential election year, two Iowa-centric issues might swing the race in either direction for Senator Joni Ernst and her Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield. First, farmers in Iowa have had a rough few years, capped by the August derecho that destroyed much of 2020’s crop. Being tuned in to agriculture in the state is a must, and Ernst’s inability to name the current “break-even” price on soybeans in a recent debate might cost her a key demographic. Second, persistently high COVID-19 cases across the state have handed the current Republican governor—Kim Reynolds—a record-low approval rating. (At 26%, she is the most unpopular governor in the United States.) Even though the governor herself is not on the ballot in 2020, in a state that voted for Obama twice and then overwhelmingly for Trump, voters certainly change their minds. Dissatisfaction with Republican state government might hurt Ernst’s reelection chances. –Tracy Osborn, Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Iowa Public Policy Center, University of Iowa (Back to top)

Kansas

Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932, but 2020 gives Democrats their best shot in decades of breaking that streak. The Democrat is State Senator Barbara Bollier, a former moderate Republican from the increasingly blue Kansas City suburbs. The Republican is Congressman Roger Marshall—a generic conservative from western Kansas. Both are doctors, but share little else in common. Bollier has defied the “conventional wisdom” that once held that her only opening in the race was for Republicans to nominate Kris Kobach, a controversial conservative who was their unsuccessful 2018 nominee for governor. As of mid-October, she had out-raised Marshall $24.3 to $5.9 million. The candidates have attracted over $40 million in outside spending, and polling has generally shown no clear leader in the race. In polls, undecided Senate voters lean to Donald Trump for president. To win, Bollier needs ticket splitters—probably Trump voters who are Republican by habit, but less partisan and conservative. Health care appeals and endorsements from Republican politicians, including former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum, dominate her appeals to these voters. Conversely, Republican messaging focuses on machine-gunning numerous issues—abortion, guns, and health care, for example—at voters, unified by a common theme of labeling Bollier as “extreme” rather than moderate. The goal is to unite Trump voters behind Marshall. Depending on turnout, Bollier needs perhaps 15-20% of Trump voters to support her. That may be a tall task with Trump himself on the ballot, but one she must tackle to win. –Patrick R. Miller, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas (Back to top)

Michigan

The 2020 Senate race between Gary Peters and John James is on track to become the most expensive political race to take place in Michigan history. Peters and James are both positioning themselves as nonpartisan moderate candidates, and while Peters has been in office for six years, he is not well-known among his constituents. Each party is expected to pour $100 million into this election. Heightened attention to this contest stems from efforts by Democrats to not only hold on to current Senate seats, but also gain additional ones to retake the chamber. On the flipside, 9 of the 35 Senate seats up for election this year, including the Michigan seat, are rated as either toss-ups or Democratic leaning. By mid-October, polls were finding variation in Peters’ lead over James, though a New York Times and Siena College poll indicated that the incumbent Senator Peters was just 1 percentage point ahead of Republican challenger John James. Recent polls, however, suggest that the Democrats’ investment in the race is paying off. As of the Wednesday before the election, Peters had a 10-point lead over James, winning 91.3% of Biden voters, 6.4% of Trump voters and an equal percentage of undecided voters. –Nazita Lajevardi, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University (Back to top)

Montana

Though the race has been under the radar nationally, publicly available polling shows that the U.S. Senate race in Montana is among the most competitive in the country—as it has been since Steve Bullock, Montana’s term-limited governor, announced his bid to unseat incumbent first-term Senator Steve Daines. Though reliably red at the presidential level, Montana has long been competitive down ballot. Key to Bullock’s prospects is whether he can localize the race as a decision on who best understands Montana and its unique needs. Daines, meanwhile, is doing his best to nationalize the race, framing it as a decision between a loyal foot soldier to Trump versus a would-be crony for national Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi. Localizing elections isn’t new for Montana Democrats and they successfully did so as recently as 2018. But this is their greatest challenge yet as the state’s political dynamics have changed. Specifically, the best indication that nationalization has begun to gain a foothold in Big Sky Country is that Republicans are favored in all statewide races even as Trump appears destined to win by single digits—the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Montana by single digits was in 2008, when Democrats swept six of the other seven statewide races. –Kal Munis, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Johns Hopkins University (Back to top)

North Carolina

Prior to early October, Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham seemed poised to tilt the tossup U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Thom Tillis into the lean-Democratic category. Cunningham led in 13 of 13 polls conducted in September by an average of 5 percent. Cunningham, an attorney and veteran who emphasized his family values and small-town roots, pitched a campaign to appeal to unaffiliated voters while relying on anti-Trump sentiment to rally his Democratic base. Then revelations of Cunningham having a recent extramarital affair emerged in early October. Cunningham has largely avoided discussing the affair since his initial acknowledgement and apology. The Tillis campaign and its supporters launched widespread ads reminding voters of the scandal. Some ads are particularly emotional and feature other veterans depicting Cunningham as an “oath breaker” because his relationship occurred with the wife of a disabled veteran. The average of recent polls in North Carolina show Cunningham’s lead has fallen to 1.3% (a margin far too close to say either candidate has an actual lead). While this decline from Cunningham’s September advantage could be due to other factors, it seems reasonable to assume the affair has cost Cunningham a substantial number of votes. The impact of the scandal seems moderate in comparison to effects of these events on historical campaigns. However, a moderate impact is all that is needed to change the outcome of an election in a swing state like North Carolina and, potentially, to change the party in control of a closely divided U.S. Senate. –Jason Husser, Associate Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies at Elon University (Back to top)

South Carolina

South Carolina is a Republican state. No Democrat has won statewide political office since 2002. Whether Democratic candidate Jaime Harrison can change that structural reality will decide this race. He would need to expand the electorate by mobilizing African American and younger voters in record numbers, and he would still need to win some Republican voters. What allows Democrats to entertain that possibility is Senator Lindsey Graham’s complete about-face on Donald Trump over the last four years. During the 2016 campaign, Graham’s blunt and often colorful derision of Trump was widely publicized. Four years later, Graham is golfing with the president and passionately defending him. While that shored up Graham’s support from more conservative voters who have historically viewed him suspiciously because of his work with Democrats, it has soured Democrats and independents who have often voted for Graham. Whether this transformation has cost Graham support among Republicans who are disenchanted with Trump is unclear. With his record-breaking fundraising, Harrison has hammered the theme “What happened to Lindsey Graham?” and outside groups have been happy to provide specific examples including Graham’s failure to defend John McCain from Trump’s attacks. But South Carolina is still a Republican state—until it’s not. –Danielle Vinson, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Furman University (Back to top)

The editors wish to thank Saku Gopinath for her assistance with this post. [1] Jon Ossoff rose to prominence in 2017 when he nearly beat Karen Handel in the special election to replace former HHS Secretary Tom Price in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District—the seat that was formerly held by Newt Gingrich. That contest is, to date, the most expensive congressional race ever.

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Global Harvester Market Growth Opportunities From 2018 To 2023

Mar 11, 2020: he global Harvester market is expected to display higher growth rate over the next five years. Rapid surge in market is credited to the recent technological advancement in agriculture sector and lack of availability of labor in North America and European region. However, presence of ample labor force, cheaper labor costs, and high initial cost of machines is expected to restrain market growth, particularly in Asia Pacific and Africa regions. Globally, market is predicted to generate massive revenue over the next five years, providing numerous opportunities for industry participants to invest in research and development of harvester market.

Upgradation of existing product lines and addition of exclusive features such as telemetry and intelligent sensing technologies is expected to drive large number of customers over the coming years. Development of modern combined harvesters that improvesoverall agriculture productivity, efficiency and convenience is fostering market demand in the upcoming years. Modern combine harvesters consists of various networking technologies such as GPS and navigation system. These technologies allow farmer’s toidentify the precise location of the machine and conduct harvesting operations with accuracy.

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However, growing concerns related to noise as well as environmental pollution is compelling farmers and governments to adopt alternative fuel options, thus hampering market growth to a certain extent. Yet, development of fourth-generation (Tier 4) diesel engines with zero emissions is anticipated to offer several revenue options for industry players over the next five years. In addition, rising demand for fuel-efficient machines is driving the manufacturers to invest extensively in the research & development activities.

The modern combine harvester is manufactured according to crop versatility and to achieve higher efficiency during crop harvest. The modern combine harvester is multipurpose machine that is capable of performing operations such as reaping, threshing, and winnowing. Different types of crops are harvested with help of modern combine harvester such as wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn (maize), sorghum, soybeans, flax (linseed), sunflowers and canola.

The harvester market is broadly categorized into four major segments based on the application type such as self-powered harvester, tracked harvester, mini-harvester and tractor-powered harvester. Self-powered harvester segment is growing rapidly in the market with substantial revenue generation in the last few years.

The harvester market is divided by region as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa. North America has shown major growth in recent years owing to the rise in implementation of latest technologies in agriculture sector, surge in number of research & development activities in the region and existence of well-established agriculture infrastructure. In European region, Germany, France, and United Kingdom are projected to witness steady growth.

Asia-Pacific region is estimated to hold a major share in the harvester market with massive growth in forecast period. Countries such as India, China and Singapore are leading the Asia-Pacific market with strong agriculture growth, rising agriculture expenditure by local governments, favorable government initiatives including tax cuts, discounts and subsidies, and significant investment by leading industry players considering potential growth opportunities in the region.

The key players in the harvester market are AGCO Corp., The Bernard Krone Holding GmbH & Co., KG, Claas Corp., CNH Industrial N.V., Deere & Co., Kubota, Dewulf, FotonLovol International Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Lely Group LLC and Ploeger Agro B.V.

Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), market share and growth rate of Harvester in these regions, from 2012 to 2023 (forecast), covering

• North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)

• Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy)

• Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia)

• South America (Brazil, Argentina, Columbia)

• Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

Global Harvester market competition by top manufacturers, with production, price, revenue (value) and market share for each manufacturer; the top players including

• AGCO Corp.

• Bernard Krone

• CLAAS

• CNH Industrial

• Deere & Co.

• Kubota

• Dewulf

• Foton Lovol International Heavy Industry

• Lely Group

• Ploeger Agro

On the basis of product, this report displays the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into

• Walking Type

• Suspension Type

On the basis on the end users/applications, this report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, consumption (sales), market share and growth rate of Harvester for each application, including

• Wheat

• Rice

• Barley

• Hemp

• Beans

• Others

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Table of Contents

Global Harvester Market by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2023

1 Market Overview

1.1 Harvester Introduction

1.2 Market Analysis by Type

1.2.1 Walking Type

1.2.2 Suspension Type

1.3 Market Analysis by Applications

1.3.1 Wheat

1.3.2 Rice

1.3.3 Barley

1.3.4 Hemp

1.3.5 Beans

Continued………

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Combine Harvester Market Rising Demand with Current Trends From 2019 To 2024

DEC 30, 2019: Combine Harvester is a versatile machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops. In the context of China-US trade war and global economic volatility and uncertainty, it will have a big influence on this market. Combine Harvester Report by Material, Application, and Geography - Global Forecast to 2023 is a professional and comprehensive research report on the world's major regional market conditions, focusing on the main regions (North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific) and the main countries (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and China).

In this report, the global Combine Harvester market is valued at USD XX million in 2020 and is projected to reach USD XX million by the end of 2024, growing at a CAGR of XX% during the period 2020 to 2024.

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The report firstly introduced the Combine Harvester basics: definitions, classifications, applications and market overview; product specifications; manufacturing processes; cost structures, raw materials and so on. Then it analyzed the world's main region market conditions, including the product price, profit, capacity, production, supply, demand and market growth rate and forecast etc. In the end, the report introduced new project SWOT analysis, investment feasibility analysis, and investment return analysis.

The major players profiled in this report include:

• CLAAS

• John Deere

• Zhengzhou Amisy Machinery Co. Ltd

• Yanmar Co. Ltd

• Kubota Agricultural Machinery

The end users/applications and product categories analysis:

On the basis of product, this report displays the sales volume, revenue (Million USD), product price, market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into-

• Self-propelled

• Tractor-pulled Combine

• PTO-powered Combine

On the basis on the end users/applications, this report focuses on the status and outlook for major applications/end users, sales volume, market share and growth rate of Combine Harvester for each application, including-

• Wheat Harvesting

• Rice Harvesting

• Soybeans Harvesting

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Table of Contents

Part I Combine Harvester Industry Overview

Chapter One Combine Harvester Industry Overview

1.1 Combine Harvester Definition

1.2 Combine Harvester Classification Analysis

1.2.1 Combine Harvester Main Classification Analysis

1.2.2 Combine Harvester Main Classification Share Analysis

1.3 Combine Harvester Application Analysis

1.3.1 Combine Harvester Main Application Analysis

1.3.2 Combine Harvester Main Application Share Analysis

1.4 Combine Harvester Industry Chain Structure Analysis

1.5 Combine Harvester Industry Development Overview

1.5.1 Combine Harvester Product History Development Overview

1.5.1 Combine Harvester Product Market Development Overview

1.6 Combine Harvester Global Market Comparison Analysis

1.6.1 Combine Harvester Global Import Market Analysis

1.6.2 Combine Harvester Global Export Market Analysis

1.6.3 Combine Harvester Global Main Region Market Analysis

1.6.4 Combine Harvester Global Market Comparison Analysis

1.6.5 Combine Harvester Global Market Development Trend Analysis

Chapter Two Combine Harvester Up and Down Stream Industry Analysis

2.1 Upstream Raw Materials Analysis

2.1.1 Proportion of Manufacturing Cost

2.1.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure of Combine Harvester Analysis

2.2 Down Stream Market Analysis

2.2.1 Down Stream Market Analysis

2.2.2 Down Stream Demand Analysis

2.2.3 Down Stream Market Trend Analysis

Part II Asia Combine Harvester Industry (The Report Company Including the Below Listed But Not All)

Chapter Three Asia Combine Harvester Market Analysis

3.1 Asia Combine Harvester Product Development History

3.2 Asia Combine Harvester Competitive Landscape Analysis

3.3 Asia Combine Harvester Market Development Trend

Chapter Four 2015-2020 Asia Combine Harvester Productions Supply Sales Demand Market Status and Forecast

4.1 2015-2020 Combine Harvester Production Overview

4.2 2015-2020 Combine Harvester Production Market Share Analysis

4.3 2015-2020 Combine Harvester Demand Overview

4.4 2015-2020 Combine Harvester Supply Demand and Shortage

4.5 2015-2020 Combine Harvester Import Export Consumption

4.6 2015-2020 Combine Harvester Cost Price Production Value Gross Margin

Continued………..

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Global and United States Soybean Milk Machine Depth Research Report 2017-2022: Radiant Insights

This report splits Soybean Milk Machine Market By Feature Keywords, By Cup Material, By Capacity, By Heating Method, By Body Material. This shares the history data information from 2012 to 2016, and forecast from 2017 to 2022. And this report mainly introduces volume and value market share by players, by regions, by product type, by consumers and also their price change details. As a Depth Research Report, it covers all details inside analysis and opinion in Soybean Milk Machine industry. Download Full Research Report: http://www.radiantinsights.com/research/global-and-united-states-soybean-milk-machine-depth-research-report-2017-2022 This report focus United States market, it covers details players regions product type and other details as following: Major Companies • SoyaJoy(United States) • TAYAMA(United States) • Green Electronics LLC(United States) • Handy Pantry(United States) • Knox(United States) • Gourmia(United States) • Fun Little Toys(United States) • JOYOUNG(China) • MIDEA(China) • XINBAO(China) • CGoldenWall(China) • SUPOR(China) • PHILIPS(Netherlands) • Royalstar(China) • ROTA(China) • Lecon(China) • VKE(China) • Mester(China) • MAKE JOY(China) • Luby(China) • Onecup(China) • Haofujia(China) • Vitaland(China) • HERPUSI(China) • ASD(China) • Apice(Japan) • Tiger (Japan) • Koizumi(Japan) • Green House(Japan) • Panasonic(Japan) Request a Free Sample Copy of this Report: http://www.radiantinsights.com/research/global-and-united-states-soybean-milk-machine-depth-research-report-2017-2022/request-sample Key Regions • United States • Canada • Mexico • Europe • Germany • British • France • Others • China • Japan • India • Others Key Product Type Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Feature Keywords • Automatic Cleaning • Booking Timing • Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Cup Material • Outside the Plastic Steel • Food Grade Plastic • Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Capacity • 1L or Less • 1L-1.2L • 1.2L-1.3L • 1.3L or More • Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Heating Method • Heating Tube Heating • Chassis Heating • Stereo Surround Heating • Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Body Material • Stainless Steel • Plastic • Metal • Other Key Consumers (End User) Soybean Milk Machine Market, by Consumer • Home • Commercial See More Reports of This Category by Radiant Insights: http://www.radiantinsights.com/catalog/electronics About Radiant Insights Radiant Insights is a platform for companies looking to meet their market research and business intelligence requirements. It assist and facilitate organizations and individuals procure market research reports, helping them in the decision making process. The Organization has a comprehensive collection of reports, covering over 40 key industries and a host of micro markets. In addition to over extensive database of reports, experienced research coordinators also offer a host of ancillary services such as, research partnerships/ tie-ups and customized research solutions. Contact Details: Michelle Thoras Corporate Sales Specialist, USA Grand View Research, Inc. 201 Spear St #1100, Suite #3036 San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 1-415-349-0054 Toll Free: 1-888-202-9519 Email: sales@radiantinsights.com Web: http://www.radiantinsights.com/

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Global Soybean Milk Machine Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast Report 2022

Albany, New York, July 20, 2017: Market Research Hub (MRH) has recently announced the addition of a fresh report, titled “Global and United States Soybean Milk Machine Market Research Report 2017-2022” to its report offerings. The report mainly introduces volume and value market share by players, by regions, by product type, by consumers and also their price change details.

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The report splits Soybean Milk Machine By Feature Keywords, By Cup Material, By Capacity, By Heating Method, By Body Material. This shares the history data information from 2012 to 2016, and forecast from 2017 to 2022. And this report mainly introduces volume and value market share by players, by regions, by product type, by consumers and also their price change details. As a Depth Research Report, it covers all details inside analysis and opinion in Soybean Milk Machine industry. This report focus United States market, it covers details players regions product type and other details as following: Major Companies ?SoyaJoy(United States) ?TAYAMA(United States) ?Green Electronics LLC(United States) ?Handy Pantry(United States) ?Knox(United States) ?Gourmia(United States) ?Fun Little Toys(United States) ?JOYOUNG(China) ?MIDEA(China) ?XINBAO(China) ?CGoldenWall(China) ?SUPOR(China) ?PHILIPS(Netherlands) ?Royalstar(China) ?ROTA(China) ?Lecon(China) ?VKE(China) ?Mester(China) ?MAKE JOY(China) ?Luby(China) ?Onecup(China) ?Haofujia(China) ?Vitaland(China) ?HERPUSI(China) ?ASD(China) ?Apice(Japan) ?Tiger (Japan) ?Koizumi(Japan) ?Green House(Japan) ?Panasonic(Japan) Key Regions ?United States ?Canada ?Mexico ?Europe ?Germany ?British ?France ?Others ?China ?Japan ?India ?Others Key Product Type Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Feature Keywords ?Automatic Cleaning ?Booking Timing ?Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Cup Material ?Outside the Plastic Steel ?Food Grade Plastic ?Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Capacity ?1L or Less ?1L-1.2L ?1.2L-1.3L ?1.3L or More ?Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Heating Method ?Heating Tube Heating ?Chassis Heating ?Stereo Surround Heating ?Other Soybean Milk Machine Market, By Body Material ?Stainless Steel ?Plastic ?Metal ?Other Key Consumers (End User) Soybean Milk Machine Market, by Consumer ?Home ?Commercial

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Chapter One Global Soybean Milk Machine Market Overview 1.1Global Soybean Milk Machine Market Sales Volume Revenue and Price 2012-2022 1.2 Soybean Milk Machine, By Feature Keywords 2012-2022 1.2.1 Global Soybean Milk Machine Sales Market Share By Feature Keywords 2012-2022 1.2.2 Global Soybean Milk Machine Revenue Market Share By Feature Keywords 2012-2022 1.2.3 Global Soybean Milk Machine Price By Feature Keywords 2012-2022 1.2.4 Automatic Cleaning

Chapter Two United States Soybean Milk Machine Market Overview 2.1United States Soybean Milk Machine Market Sales Volume Revenue and Price 2012-2022 2.2 Soybean Milk Machine, By Feature Keywords 2012-2022 2.2.1 United States Soybean Milk Machine Sales Market Share By Feature Keywords 2012-2022

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Japan Spring 2017

Going to Japan with my architecture studio!

We flew Japan Air; I would recommend. The food on plane was amazing, especially for airplane plane food. There were many small side dishes and even Ben and Jerry ice cream! The bathroom had toothbrushes and mini-toothpastes so you could freshen up during the flight. 

When we arrived at the airport though, contrary to expectations, the immigration line was so unorganized and semi-chaotic. There was no clear line, or there were multiple lines for the same destination. Chinese people were absolutely cutting and stations for you to fill out your documents were located at the end of the line. Let it be known that if you fill out your documents with poor handwriting or colored ink that isn’t black or blue, they make you redo it. 

After the airport, our group needed to get train tickets to Kyoto. It was a long wait to process everyone. Then we also had to get subway tickets to get to the train station before we could even start that 4 hour train ride. Then we still had to subway to our hostel. I think after two days of traveling we were finally reached our destination from Boston, and we could finally sleep! 

I had imagined that, because Japan was a highly developed country, most places would take card. It turns out, though that Japan is still a primarily cash economy. Maybe it’s because the vending machine is also very popular and prevalent - machines for coffee (hot or cold!), drinks, cigarettes - are all over in the streets. At some restaurants you also order from a machine, you put money in and push the button with your menu item of choice. I hadn’t anticipated this cash-only issue and thus didn’t have enough in my Charles Schwab international checking account so I also had to draw from my Bank of America. And during this trip I also learned my BoA account charges a fee for each transaction I made at an ATM. Lessons learned. 

All that to say, at the hostel we needed to pay the whole group’s bill upfront with cash, even though we had made a reservation online with a credit card. Of course, none of us, having just arrived, had enough cash to spot but our host kindly covered us in that moment. Our host was a former student of the architect co-teaching our studio. We felt bad for him because it seems the architect asked him as a un-negotiable favor to show us around. Indeed, he did. I don’t know how our group would’ve survived without him. He would pick us up from the hostel in the mornings and lead us, a group of almost 20 naive, distracted foreigners, around the city, on and off trains, getting to places on time. He basically dropped a whole week of his life for us. In the end, though I hope he grew to enjoy being with us and as repayment probably the architect helped get our host a teaching position at the university. 

Japan is very strict about taking shoes off, so at the hostel the front door is lined with everyone’s shoes. The lower floor had a common space where you sit on cushions on the floor with low tables, and co-ed/male bunks and upstairs had female bunks. The bunks were wooden boxes with curtains on a long edge for privacy. Inside was a small bookshelf and lamp and a mattress. The toilets had all kinds of buttons with pictograms and the back of the tank had a sink. Water would run when you flushed the toilet! So efficient. But it seemed weird to wash your hands before exiting the stall. I did try the bidet function and it wasn’t as terrible as I was expecting. It does seem more clean than just wiping. 

There were two breakfasts places nearby adjacent to each other and the meals were so cheap! Maybe $5 or $6 for fish, soup, seaweed, and unlimited rice to eat it with. And their rice is so good - round and sticky. It also comes with a raw egg which you typically mix with your rice but I put mine in the soup. The Japanese apparently have a thing for slimy food textures. One morning I tried natto, per recommendation of B as a traditional dish. It’s fermented soybeans mixed with some soy and mustard. It’s so sticky, also has a slimy texture, and tastes strong and a little bitter. Apparently a lot of Japanese also don’t like it. 

We only had two days in Kyoto. The first day the whole group together visited temples all over. There is an unbelievable amount of temples in Kyoto. I learned that palatial temples had wood cedar shingles while monk temple roofs had tile. I think when a royal emperor sort of defected and became a monk, the buildings roofing was changed to reflect that. We went to the Silver Pavilion first, and we did not visit the Golden Pavilion at all because it’s apparently overrated and you don’t get to see as much and it was redone. Silver Pavilion grounds were so beautiful. The plants and moss are so deeply green and everything is composed perfectly - literally. Workers actually apparently arrange patches of moss and pick out leaves so that it is all perfect. You realize this when you realize there’s no debris of any kind anywhere. For all the trees there are no dropped leaves or twigs. Nothing in nature is natural!  For some reason, I noted that all the fancy luxury cars are in white.  Walking on the street is a different experience because there’s no raised sidewalk, and sometimes no sidewalk at all. Buildings and houses will open right onto the street with no grade change.  We went to this neighborhood that is meant to be traditional, with old-style buildings and little shops but it’s also incredibly touristy. A lot of temples are free if you wear traditional attire, an effort by the city I suppose to encourage locals to maintain their culture, but instead tons of tourists rent outfits. So you have all these Chinese people walking around in the streets with Japanese fancy attire. The temple in this area was also packed. It was under renovation so the outside was covered in scaffolding unfortunately, but workers were way up there with out harnesses. Crazy! We had a group dinner at Asahi brewery but the food was lame - a poor effort at already bad American bar food. So afterwards, a group of us went and found a tsukemen shop and walked through the shopping district. Japan is noodle heaven because oftentimes you can get any size bowl of noodles at no extra cost. So larges for me all the way! The next day, I tried natto at breakfast, a very traditional dish but quite unappealing. It’s fermented soy beans with mustardy soy sauce and it’s SO slimy. The Japanese love slimy food so much.

For lunch, after much deliberation and walking back and forth trying to find  a place that could accommodate our group, we got seats at a soba shop. I picked out a bowl that had tofu, which Kyoto is known for. It was very smooth tofu. We also had a Kyoto dessert, but I don’t remember its name.  We took the train from Kyoto to Tokyo and walked from the station to our capsule hotel. Each guest had their own box, with a curtain at the foot of the bed. Inside your capsule, you had your own TV, some nooks for your belongings, and different lighting settings. It was incredibly cozy. Certainly small, but it’s nice to have everything within reach, all while you’re chilling in bed. Unfortunately, we only stayed at this hotel for one night. The architect had, for the rest of the night, booked us in a youth hostel with a curfew, upsetting much of our group. There we all bunked in two room - guys in one, girls in another

For dinner, we went to a Tsurutontan, which serves giant bowls of giant udon with giant spoons. Their menu was also big - like a whole book - with all kinds of toppings and flavors.  Tokyo so different from Kyoto, like New York on steroids with stories of lights on up and everyone is bustling, but it’s really clean and no one’s pushing past you. Also, everyone walks in single file lines through subway station. There are all different, independent train companies operating in Japan, which means that you can have a train pass but it only works for certain lines though they all share a station. It’s incredibly confusing. Our class had a JL pass for our whole time, which I think included inter-city trains and subways, but I needed different passes to use different lines when getting around the city with my friends. And you can also fill a metro card but I’m not sure which lines that covers.  The architect took us to have sushi for lunch at a place near his studio. Real sushi! We had two parts of tuna (red melt soft and white), shrimp (tender) and egg (sweet and smooth), eel (soft and taste the sea) and roe (stiff texture and crunchy). Roe and urchin (buttery), roll with salty bitter roe, red fish and scallion (great). The chef also made cherry blossom bread with cream cheese nuts, which was salty, sweet, and sharp, and a fig and cashews bread. For dessert we had strawberries in matcha sugar. I really wanted to just eat a whole bunch of that sugar by itself. 

For the majority of our time in Tokyo, we were on trains to and from the university and the architects’ projects. It was nice visiting his projects. They are all fairly simple but very well-detailed and create unique spaces despite the simplicity. So Japanese. But being at the university was torture as we had days of presentations and desk crits and were expected to work all night. 

They did cave and give us one free afternoon to be in Tokyo. We split up in small groups led by Japanese students and most people went shopping. I went with our trip host who offered to do an architecture tour down Omotesando St, which is like Fifth Avenue with all the luxury brand shops. But it’s also full of starchitecture. First he took us to his favorite ramen place that made yuzu ramen. I think it’s the best ramen I’ve ever had, definitely in terms of flavor. It’s ctirusy but also cozy, warming, umami brother, and mine was also a bit spicy.  Near a train station and one of the architect’s kindergartens, I saw bike racks with alternating heights so adjacent bikes’ handlebars and pedals don’t get in the way of each other and you can pack the bikes in more tightly. Smart!

For our last night with the architect, he invited us to his home for dinner. A very kind gesture, but also a little bit to show off his home I think. It was all homemade food -soup, veggies, rice- which was nice. There was a sticky, crunchy kind of rice pancake that you put sauce on which I really enjoyed. 

Luckiest of all for me, my friend N and her bf were also in Tokyo then! So after our classes’ last scheduled evening I planned to meet up with them, stay with them (and avoid the hostel’s curfew) and hang out our free day before our flight back. We had agreed to meet at Shinjuku station by a specific shop. Easy enough, right? While on the train our trip host asked “Which exit?” and I said “What do you mean?” “Shinjuku has hundreds of exits... good luck!” I also didn’t have any data or wi-fi access, just a pre-downloaded map and, while walking up and down and in and out, realized I might not find my friends. I was so close! But not quite there and didn’t have a way to reach them! Amazingly, they spotted me! 

We walked through one of the tight, narrow old-style streets and then went to this izakaya place that had a drinks special, eating and drinking and catching up. We reached the time of the last train going back to their place and there was a massive crowd trying to get up the steps to the platform. We thought we’d never get to the train but somehow the people started flowing and we squished on. Like really really squished on. Finally the crazy Tokyo subway squishing experience. There were so many moments when I thought, “Okay, that’s the maximum we can pack it in. No one else can get on,” but people continued to get on. Never before have I been so aware of how human bodies are just bags of fluid that can be squished in. I started getting light headed during the trip, partially from drinks perhaps but mostly I think because of all the people consuming the oxygen I wanted so I knelt down. It felt like there was more room among people’s ankles. 

My friends were living a bit farther out, and the next day we walked along the river in the neighborhood to get to the train station. They forgot their portable wi-fi at the house, so M ran back and N and I walked along the banks watching people set up for the cherry blossom celebration and some people trying to kayak upstream. In the city, we had limited time but visited shops - like the famously giant stationery store Tokyu Hands and took silly photobooth pictures. They edit it so much I don’t look like myself at all! We ate noodles by this big park and then walked through to see all the cherry blossoms. So many people were picnicking under the trees with huge spreads and lines of bottles of alcohol. They aren’t allowed to bring furniture but people create all sorts of makeshift tables out of foamcore or cardboard. Even some more solid things that are questionably not furniture. 

Finally I had to catch the train for the airport. There was a moment of panic where I didn’t know which way to go and didn’t know how to get the right answers in the rush. Luckily, M realized I went the wrong way and he ran to get me while I ran having gotten a general direction from a stranger. I just jumped onto the train with a minute to spare. 

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1st law of Thermodynamics

The world around us is in constant motion.  We may stop to take a break, sitting down, going to bed for an attempted 8 hours.  However, the world is never slowing down or taking a break.  The universe that surrounds our planet is in constant motion. There is energy all around us putting in motion everything.  Everything in the universe is working hard.  From large scale items, such as jet airplanes, to the atoms that are in everything around us. So how do we know these things to be true? How do we know they aren’t resting?  The answer to this question can be found in physics, more specifically thermodynamics.

Although I am majoring in middle school language arts science happens to be the subject I consistently score higher in and find very interesting.  I just happen to like English a bit more, physics I study in my free time.  That being said, there is a lot more that goes into the answer of the universe, it involves chemistry and biology and even more physics, yet at its core (no pun intended) it is thermodynamics.  Thermodynamics is what explains why everything works, why the universe is the way it is, and gives the answer to not only our own end but the universes as well.  There are three laws to thermodynamics, technically there are four but the zeroth law is for another time.  I plan on taking you through a journey of the three laws of thermodynamics as best as I can. I am no expert but my goal is to help you better understand the world around you in a creative way.

Furthermore, one of the most important laws of thermodynamics is defined as; “The change in internal energy of a system is equal to the heat added to the system minus the work done by the system.”  It is important to note that heat can only flow from hot to cold, this is covered more in the second law.  What the first law is stating in its most basic form is that energy cannot be created or destroyed.  All energy that ever will exist already exist.  To demonstrate this law I will take you on an imaginative schedule or the life of said energy.  Join me now at the heart of our solar system, our sun…

10:00 AM on a Monday. The Sun.

The actual time of the sun is technically 9:51 and 40 seconds.  The photons emitted from the sun or rather the heat and light from the sun must travel across the vacuum of space.  They travel at the speed of light which after the calculations from speed and time takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds.  Here the sun is working very hard, everything on the sun is a gas. At millions and millions of degrees the sun through nuclear fusion converts hydrogen atoms into helium. This mass is being converted into energy constantly and therefore the beginning of our journey.

10:00 AM on a Monday. A soybean farm in Missouri.

               So far the energy process has been simple, however as soon as the energy hits Earth’s atmosphere, even before, things get complicated.  Luckily I will try and keep it as simple as possible.  We have on a random farm in Missouri a soybean plant. Here the plant is taking the energy from the sun and not destroying it but rather using it through the process of photosynthesis.  The light the soybean receives as well as the carbon dioxide is the plants daily meal.   Here through photosynthesis the plant is completing several tasks.  It is converting the CO2 into oxygen, something that we as humans are very thankful for.  The soybean plant is also using the water it gets, the CO2, and the sunlight to create sugar.  This provides some of the nutrients we get from the plant, as well as food for itself as excess sugar is stored in its roots.

11:00 AM Monday. A farmer is driving the appropriate farm equipment to harvest the soybean.

               The energy from the sun has not been destroyed, it has only been transferred.  It has been transferred to so many different natural and technological processes that it is extremely difficult to name them all.  In this situation, we have the farmer driving his farm equipment that runs on fossil fuels.  In short it was the sun that provided the animals with heat and food millions of years ago, that energy was stored in them and left as they died. The fossils were buried and gravity and high mass compressed those fossils over time into oil.  That is now being used to power the farm equipment. That farm equipment is releasing its energy through heat and combustion in the motor, the exhaust that comes from burning said oil and gasoline, and the friction that comes from cutting and collecting the soybeans.  There a lot processes at work.  

               It is important to note that there are two main types of energy.  Those two are potential and kinetic; although an important concept of thermodynamics and physics, I won’t get into this now.  Another important note is that there are four types of processes extremely important to thermodynamics.  Those processes are isobaric, isochoric, isothermal, adiabatic. The importance of these and the detail I can go into is quite a lot, for sake of this story I will spare the details.

2:00 PM Tuesday.  A factory that processes the soy into veggie burgers.

               There are a few other steps that take place, such as the transportation of the soybeans to the factory, the possible packaging and distribution.  In this hypothetical situation, we have simply fast forward through time. Now that the soybeans are at the factory they are being broken down into a form suitable to hold together as a vegetarian patty.  Here other ingredients are added such has beans, corn, peppers, and other flavorings. The machines working on these vegetarian patties are using energy, transferring energy into the patties and what not.  

6:00 PM Thursday.  A vegie patty on your dinner plate.

               Here we have also fast forward to the point when you are consuming the vegetarian soy patty. It is important to note that there are three types of systems ins physics and in thermodynamics, those are closed, open, and isolated systems.  Because as humans we have energy and matter that both enter and exit our bodies we are open systems.  Here a lot of things are happening as we are eating this veggie burger.  Our body is breaking down the nutrients from the soy and all the other ingredients.  The definition of a calorie a unit of heat used to indicate the amount of energy that foods will produce in the human body.  Therefore, the calories that are in the processed soy are being transferred to us to use to complete everyday task.  When we are walking or even sleeping we are burning those calories.  The energy isn’t being destroyed but rather released be it through sweat, carbon dioxide, releasing of waste, that energy is being transferred to something else.

               It is important to note that everything in the universe is made up of atoms however atoms are not the smallest unit of matter.  Rather the smallest unit of matter is called a quark.  Protons and neutrons are made up of quarks.  Why I bring this up is, that although theoretical, quarks cannot be split up.  What happens is that when we try to split a quark in half the energy used to split it is transferred to the quark and it there for creates another quark.  This further proves the point that energy cannot be destroyed.  All energy is simply transferred, all the energy that was created during the big bang exist and that is it.  So what happens to all that energy being used? Where does excess energy go?  This nicely brings us to the 2nd law of thermodynamics.  

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Beware of thinning hair

　　 1. Normal to oily hair: beware of small scalp lumps. These scalp masses are usually related to stress and may be symptoms of acute illness and accumulation of toxins in the body.

　　 [Therapy] Eat more antioxidant-rich foods such as green tea and soybeans, and often engage in decompression activities such as yoga and meditation.

　　 2. Dry hair: Beware of dandruff and thinning of the hair. There are many reasons for hair thinning, such as hormone imbalance, fibroids and stress. Poor eating habits, lack of drinking water and climate change can also cause hair loss; climate change or infrequent shampooing and stress can also cause dandruff increase.

　　【Therapy】Drink water often. Eat more iron-rich foods, such as milk, spinach, and cheese. Protein deficiency can also cause hair loss, so it is best to eat more high-protein foods, such as lean meat, fish, poultry, eggs, beans, soy products, nuts and dairy products. The oily ingredients in almonds also help improve hair quality. Dandruff cannot be eradicated, it can only be controlled. Regularly oiling the hair will help moisturize the scalp and eliminate the harmful effects of shampoo on the scalp.

　　 3. Oily to thinning hair: Beware of thinning hair, split ends and early gray hair. Premature graying of the hair is the result of immune system disorders and genetic factors; chemical treatments such as curling, perming, and dyeing of the hair are also causes of unnatural graying of the hair; excessive use of hair dryers for blowing or perming can lead to split ends; A lack of iron, zinc, protein and vitamin C in the diet can cause hair to become thin.

　　 [Therapy] Curly hair, perm, and dyed hair should not be too frequent. Hair trimming is the only way to solve the problem of split ends. If your hair becomes thinner, you should eat more foods such as green leafy vegetables, flax seeds, walnuts, and lemon juice rich in vitamin C. If the blood test results reveal thyroxine imbalance, endocrine imbalance, dietary and nutritional deficiencies, or side effects of certain drugs, then these problems will be resolved and the hair will return to normal. A common form of female alopecia is androgenetic alopecia. This condition may begin in puberty and usually does not become prominent until menopause.

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