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[saintflwrs]

𑁍.*･𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆

…

𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐖 your schedule. You were a routined person, you worked from Mon-Thurs and would come to the gym after your shift. When Friday rolled around you were free so you would workout earlier then usual. No later than noon. The same headphones always sat on your head and the gym bag slung around your shoulder.

He wanted to talk to you but you always had this RBF when working out. You were so pretty ofc he couldn’t help but steal glances and quickly look away when you two would lock eyes.

You were in your own little world that you rarely saw the men that would stare as your ass and make comments about you. It made his jaw clench. He tried to push you out his head but you carried this demeanor that drew him closer and closer.

One day you entered the boxing gym which was a shock because you never once set foot in there. A look of awe was on your face.

“I never knew they had boxing area in here.” You gasped.

“How long you been going to this gym and you ain’t know there was a boxing gym?” somebody mentioned.

“Nigga, ion be exploring.” You barked back and everybody laughed.

He wasn’t the only one that drew closer to you. Everybody in the boxing gym grew to love you. Ever since that day he noticed you coming in there to help. Whether that be changing mats, helping boxers tie their gloves or even just hanging out. Everybody loved the positive energy you brought into such a violent place.

You would occasionally say Hi to him or tell him he was doing a good job but never really had a genuine conversation until one day. He was having a hard time tying his glove, you could see the visible frustration on his face. Suddenly he felt a hand on the glove and looked up.

“Need Help?” You smiled

“That obvious huh?” He mumbled

“Yeah.” You breathily laughed “Heard you got a match coming up.”

“I do, how’d you know?” He raised his eyebrow

“Your coach told me, he also invited me to come. Ima be there.” You said.

You were gonna be there? But you didn’t even know him. The thought made him all the more excited for the event. From that day forward you guys were sort of inseparable, always on FaceTime until midnight. Frequently hanging out to get ice cream when he was supposed to be watching his calories. It was platonic. But you both yearned for more.

I mean you were HIGHLY attracted to him. His physical appearance was the opposite of his shy personality. Tattoos decorated his back forearms and some on his chest and not to mention his body. A six pack and strong biceps made him all the more attractive paired with his dimples that would show when he laughed with you. The nigga was fine, okay?

A week before his match he called you, asking you to come by the boxing gym around 7 pm. He needed your help with defense. You didn’t know much about boxing but he always was quick to ask you to help him. In actuality he just wanted to hear your soothing voice.

You had a few errands to run that day but when you finished you went right to the gym. Your heels echoed as your feet stepped onto the stone floor in the gym. The sound alerted him, causing him to turn his head towards you a smile immediately forming on his face.

“Hey..” He greeted, slightly out of breath.

“What’s up?” You asked as he stepped out of the ring walking towards you. His hair was dripping from sweat and his shirt was off, displaying his tattoos. “I know you didn’t call me over here this late just to work on defense.” You crossed your arms batting your lashes up at him.

“And I know you didn’t come here in that jean skirt for nothing.” He teased.

“I was doing shit before I came here.” You scoffed.

“Yeah I bet you were.” He inched closer to you, eyes trailing lower and lower.

“They should let me in the ring with you, I could beat you.” You joked.

“Yeah? you think you could take me?” His voice dropped. You playfully punched his stomach before replying.

“Yeah I—“ You paused for a second, it clicked in your head what he was getting at and it made your heart beat faster.

He softly grabbed your wrists and pulled you closer to his chest. His hand rested on your cheek, eyes scanning yours as if he was indirectly asking to kiss you. When you nodded, his lips crashed onto yours in complete hunger and desperation. He gently bit your lip causing you to gasp so he slyly slipped his tongue in your mouth. Your mouths moved together in unison begging for more of each other.

His strong arms then picked you up, your legs wrapped around his torso. He stepped towards a room with you still in his arms and placed you on a nearby desk with loads of paperwork that was pushed to the ground to make more space for you.

It was his coach’s office and he knew that but didn’t seem to care.

“We.. shouldn’t Fuck—be.. doing this here..” You moaned out

“I’m sure he wouldn’t mind.” He said while leaving hickeys down your neck.

“What? that we’re fucking on his office desk..” You whined.

He softly chuckled before removing your top and sucking on your tits rolling his middle finger in between your nipple.

“Oh shit..” You sighed while leaning your head back. Your hands tangled in his hair gently pulling on the strands signaling you wanted more.

He swiftly pulled your jean skirt down and spread your legs open. You hissed from the sudden cold air hitting your pretty cunny. It was dripping wet and he made it even wetter by letting a glob of spit drop down onto it.

You bit you lip at the action, he then lined himself up with your gushing pussy. He teased you by rubbing his tip on your hole his precum spreading all over your folds as you loudly whined.

“Please.. Fuck me” You begged, eyes glossed.

“I got you mamí, don’t worry.” He placed a kiss at the corner of your lips before inserting himself into you completely.

You gasped and your nails immediately clawed into his back as he pounded into you hitting just the right spots. The desk shook at his relentless thrusts.

“Mmph~ This pussy feels so good.” He praised “You gon take my dick? Yeah you are. Fuckkkk.” He groaned as he gripped your waist hips snapping into yours.

“Yes~ Oh my god— Right there, Right there” You cried as your eyes rolled back. It felt so fucking good. Everything was so calculated.

“I can’t— Mmm~ It’s too much—“ You croaked out.

“Yes you can mama, your right there. You can do it.” He breathed heavy, dick twitching inside of you but he never slowed down his pace.

Your release was so unexpected, I guess you were so lost in the pleasure that when you coated his dick in your cum you didn’t even realize.

When he saw the white ring begin to form at the base of his cock, he slowed down hitting slow strokes making sure you rode out your high.

“There you go, there it is. Your so pretty.” He cooed. Calloused fingers pushing your hair out of your face.

Shortly after he came inside of you and when he pulled out, his cum rushed out of your gushy cunt. The sight made him hard again. He showered your body in kisses and you giggled and traced your fingertips around his skin.

After a few moments of silence your eyes caught a glimpse of something.

“Oh my god..” You gasped “There’s a camera in here.”

It was facing directly towards you guys the red

light blinked repetitively.

He loudly laughed, dimples showing he didn’t seem to care but you were so embarrassed.

“Relax, coach doesn’t even check the cameras” He reassured you.

“𝐖𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆.” 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐃..

⋆˚✿˖°

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[cobragardens]

A Meta on Crowley's Miracle Meltdown

gif by phaxxion via Tenor

What exactly is happening in this moment? Why is it happening? Why is it included in this story?

I don't mean "Why does Crowley have a frustration meltdown after a huge argument with his partner about helping their former abuser Jeff Bezos?" We've all been there. But not all of us discharge a huge bolt of red infernal energy when we lose our temper, and more to the point, Crowley doesn't usually do that either. What gives?

And, as ixi of Fuck Yeah Good Omens asks and illustrates, why does some of the infernal energy Crowley discharges travel sideways into Give Me Coffee?

Here's my proposal for answers to these questions.

Insofar as angels and demons were created expressly for the purpose of channeling miracle, maybe to angelic stock refraining from miracles is a bit like holding one's breath is to a human. Human bodies move air in and through and out of themselves as an automatic process. They can refrain from that process, but because breathing is the default, refraining takes a positive sustained effort.

And if you're holding your breath when someone punches you hard in the gut, you don't just lose track of holding your breath, you gasp, you make sounds, you breathe hard. You move a lot of air through your respiratory system for a few seconds until you regain your equilibrium.

Since coming to "a sort of generalised understanding" with Hell, Crowley hasn't been doing many miracles. Aziraphale says he thinks Heaven would notice if he "performed even a minor miracle," and Crowley agrees, "I don't want Hell taking an interest either"; this implies that they've both been trying to keep their miracle usage minimal. (From his continued abuse of London's traffic lights we can infer that Crowley, as usual, has somewhat more latitude in this regard than does Aziraphale.) But he's so freaked out by the appearance of Jeff Bezos Jimbriel and so angry about Aziraphale's line-in-the-sand insistence that the two of them help Jim instead of protecting themselves that Crowley feels approaching a loss of the ability to hold his breath, miraculously speaking.

So before he accidentally curses the bookshop, he goes out into the street away from everyone and tries to get control of himself. If he's not successful, then he's at least away from everyone and able to discharge miracle into the sky where it can dissipate, just like the spiritual smog of evil produced by the M25 dissipates without affecting any one person or thing.

Crowley channels the miracle into the form of lightning, but Crowley's lightning behaves like miracle, not like lightning. Lightning is a huge shock of static electricity, i.e., the sudden mass movement of positively and negatively charged ions toward each other; it does not come up through a person's body from Hell, and it doesn't damage mobile phones.

It takes a direct lightning strike to damage a mobile phone, and when that happens it doesn't just fry the phone, it burns it. An arc of circuit electricity strong enough to fry an unplugged mobile phone would be strong enough to shock and burn the person holding it as well. Nina and Maggie both have their phones on them when the lightning hits Give Me Coffee, but neither woman gets struck by lightning or electrocuted. Their phones get bricked because that is how Crowley thinks lightning works and therefore his lightning works that way.

And it is for this same reason that the "lightning" Crowley puts out hits Give Me Coffee: because it's not lightning, it's miracle. Miracle depends on the miracledoer's familiarity with the thing the miracle is acting upon.

When Crowley has his frustrationgasm, he doesn't have perfect control over where he's aiming miracle in that moment and/or he's concentrating on keeping it away from the bookshop and Aziraphale and the Bentley, so a tongue of miraculous "lightning" (which behaves the way Crowley thinks lightning behaves) slips sideways towards the next most familiar thing on the street to him: Nina's coffee shop. Crowley went there just a few minutes before this scene.

As far as I can tell, this moment serves two functions in the story. Firstly, as many others have pointed out, it establishes the color of Crowley's miracle to be red (continuing the motif of red as the color that represents him) in order to indicate the importance of the Supreme Archangel's purple and the purple of the miracle plume Crowley and Aziraphale's joint miracle produced.

But maybe it's also included because it explicitly establishes a mechanic we see repeated on a smaller scale in 1827: that an angel or a demon's control of the miraculous power they channel isn't always perfect. It can slip if they get really upset.

#this all seems super obvious now I've typed it out #but maybe if it wasn't obvious to me it isn't obvious to someone else either? #good omens #good omens s2 #good omens 2 #crowley #crowley's emotional meltdown #good omens meta

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Monday Musings

Let's talk about macrocrystalline quartz vs microcrystalline quartz. I see sooooo many people argue over these in rockhounding groups that I think it is important to address. First, they are the same chemical formula

Whether it's amethyst or chert this is what it is on an atomic level. So, what makes them different?

Well, a big part is how they are formed. Macrocrystalline quartz grows by adding molecules to the surface, layer by layer. It essentially grows in three different environments:

1.) In silica-rich molten rock during cooling and solidification

2.) in pegmatites, during and following pneumatolytic processes

3.) In hot water solutions of silica under various conditions (usually hydrothermal) The water is between 100 and 450 degrees Celsius and often at high pressures. (underground)

There are no free SiO2 molecules in the solution, instead quartz crystals grow by the addition of dissolved orthosilicic acid (H2SiO4). The four photos above show the process on a very basic level.

In igneous rocks, the formation of quartz is caused by positively and negatively charged ions floating around in the molten rock soup. In fact, these silicate ions cause magmas to become more viscous. SiO4- usually forms long chains in the magma.

When magmas cool rapidly, like at the point of eruption, the chains don't have time to break and new bonds to form so silica-rich magmas often for volcanic glass or pumice.

When magmas cool slowly under the surface, like in granite, crystals of different minerals will in the melt in order of chemical composition. With granite, micas form first, the feldspars, then finally quartz. Because quartz is last, it usually doesn't have great shape since it is filling in all available space.

Quartz in magmas will often have an onion-like internal structure of layers added on top of each other reflecting a gradual change in the residual liquid parts of the solidifying magma.

Okay, now for the microcrystalline quartz: chert and chalcedony (and the bazillion names given to different colored varieties of that).

Chert can form under two different processes: biochemical and and replacement through solution in water.

Biochemical chert is formed when siliceous skeletons of marine plankton are dissolved during diagenesis with silica precipitating out from the resulting solution.

Replacement chert forms when other material is replaced by silica usually by water such as petrified wood.

Chert has the same properties as macrocrystalline quartz i.e. same hardness, fracture, etc.

Chalcedony also forms by precipitation of dissolved silica in water but it is usually formed from watery silica gels which give it the botryoidal look it is well-known for.

It is often deposited in cavities and fractures, spaces too small to form proper quartz crystals, by the release of silica from weathering of other rocks (often volcanic in origin).

Isn't quartz wild?

#geology #mineralogy #quartz #chert #chalcedony #science #too many names #formation #igneous rock #silica solution

[niobiumao3]

Clone Bang Sneak Peak

Hello all, this is Team 4 (@niobiumao3 and @flowerparrish) from Clone Bang 2023 with a sneak peak at our work which will be posted at the end of January 2024.

Begin Again

Rating: Teen/Gen (background relationships) No Archive Warnings Apply · Canon-Typical Violence Characters: CT-9904 | Crosshair, Mayday (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Omega (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Phee Genoa Relationships: CT-9904 | Crosshair & Mayday (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-9904 | Crosshair & Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CT-9904 | Crosshair & Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), background Phee Genoa/Clone Trooper Tech Word Count: 22.1k

Summary Mayday survives at the end of The Outpost. This has a lot of implications for Crosshair, chief among them: what exactly do they do now?

Flee from the Empire, obviously. And if Crosshair continues to not examine his internal turmoil over letting Mayday think Clone Force 99 are all dead when Crosshair knows all too well that they’re alive, that’s Crosshair’s business and no one else’s.

Until their paths cross and it’s everyone’s business, that is.

~*~

This fic’s core idea came from this post by @cloned-eyes, which posits what would have happened if Mayday had survived and he and Crosshair bailed together but don’t rejoin the Batch immediately. I took that and rolled with it.

Podfic by @flowerparrish|ao3 Writing by @niobiumao3|ao3

~*~

[Podfic sneak peak]

On a sigh, Mayday admitted, “Wrong. We’re deserters anyways, I guess I can just say that. And even if the order was to execute them…why…” He hesitated, struggling. “They lead us for years. Didn’t that mean anything?”

Those clones served alongside General Billaba for years. How could they turn on her like that?

Echo’s voice rang out in Crosshair’s mind. It had been like a warning bell to him back then; it was a relief to hear it now and know what it (hopefully) meant.

“No. Because of the chip.”

Mayday glanced up, eyes narrow. “What?”

“The inhibitor chip.” Crosshair tapped the spot on his head where the ion scarring remained. “Biotech implanted in us by the Kaminoans.”

Mayday went rigid. “Biotech.”

“It’s how they could ensure we’d follow any orders given.” Even horrific ones.

Mayday’s fingers tightened on his canteen, eyes scanning the floor in disbelief. “That—that can’t—” The denials were half-hearted at best, not even fully formed. Crosshair continued, undeterred.

“You said it yourself. Order 66 didn’t make sense. Why didn’t we arrest them? Why weren’t they put through due process?” Traitors don’t deserve due process, the chip would have assured him.

Mayday looked up at him, new understanding lighting his expression with horror. “You mean—you—”

Nausea threatened. Crosshair fought it down. “I tried to.”

“Tried.”

“He escaped.”

#cb2023 #clone bang #star wars #tbb crosshair #crosshair tbb #clone commander mayday #the bad batch #fanfic #tbb fanfic #bad batch fanfic

[lunartexan]

🧑🏻‍🔬THE PERIODIC TABLE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS👩🏿‍🔬

(Note: I am not a chemist, just someone who enjoys science, if I made any errors please let me know, thank you and I hope you enjoy reading this)

Ever wonder about this bad boy? While here's a quick crash course on it and some of it groups!

What is it?

The Periodic Table is an arrangement of rows and columns used to display and predict what elements exist and their properties based upon where they fall.

The farther right and down you go, the "heavier" the elements get as they have more Protons, going from 1 Proton for Hydrogen to as of now 118 Protons for Oganesson. Each Collum, excluding the Transition Metals and Rare Earth Series, have similar chemical properties.

Along with this, excluding the Transition Metals, as you go left to right the number of Valence Electrons increases by 1 up to 8 before flipping around back to 1. Valence Electrons can be thought of as the Hands of Atoms, being how they interact and react with each other; a free valence electron spot being a place another atom can bond to like an open hand, while an occupied valence electron spot is like a full hand slapping away other potential electrons.

Each valence group, along with the Transition Metals, builds up the base of all of Chemistry and the universe. So lets have a look at a few of them, shall we?

The Alkaline-Earth Metals

The Alkaline-Earth Metals are the two first columns of the Periodic table, and are often sub-divided into the Alkaline Metals and Alkaline Earth Metals. Both groups however do share some properties, often being softer metals that are extremely reactive.

Most famously, they react with water to produce Hydrogen and some heat amount of heat. On the more reactive side such as Lithium and Sodium, this means upon contact with water they will explode, sending red hot metal flying with a violent blast. On the less extreme end such as Magnesium or Calcium, they can be used as ways to produce Hydrogen in small quantities.

Not only are they reactive with water, but also air, oxidizing rapidly in the air and in the case of Magnesium having an extremely violent and energetic reaction when lit on fire.

They also all like to bond with chlorine to produce salts such as Sodium chloride, or more commonly known as humble Table Salt.

After the neat uniformity of the Alkaline-Earth metals, we reach,

The Transition Metals

The Transition Metals are not transgender metals, but rather a large collection of various metals that don't as neatly fit into rows or columns as the other Elemental groupings. Most notably, they have no Valence Electron Shell patterns, meaning you often have to search out the specific Transition Metal you are working with to know how many spots it has still open. They are by far the largest single group of elements within the Periodic Table, and chances are if you think of a metal it will be a transition metal.

It includes some famous stars such as Iron, Gold, Copper, Titanium, Lead, Zinc, Osmium, Tungsten, and Silver. As you can tell from the diverse cast of elements, all of these have wildly varying properties; take the strength and hardness of Iron and Tungsten compared Gold and Zinc as an example.

However they are not totally dissimilar as they are all still metals, meaning they share the properties of Metals. These include high thermal and electrical conductivity, liking to gobble up ions, are highly ductile (the ability to be pulled and bent into wire without breaking), form Cations (positively charged ions), and other such Metal traits.

Truly a party of metals, followed by,

The Other Metals

As the name would suggest, these are some of the other metals and can be thought of as an extension of the Transition Metals.

However their proximity to the other groups gives a few of these metals such as Aluminum more unique chemical behaviors compared to the standard transition metals, which is why sometimes you'll see some disagreement and debate about which ones, if any, should be placed into the next group,

The Metalloids

The Metalloids border between the Metals and the Non Metals, and as such are unique in having properties of both Metals and Non Metals.

Most famous of the Metalloids is arguably Silicon, which makes of the base of the modern world through its semiconductor properties in circuit boards and chips like the one bring used to allow you to read these very words.

Another famous, or perhaps infamous, Metalloid is Arsenic, used in as many poisoning murders for its toxic lethality as paintings and dyes for its beautiful vibrant green hue when turned into a pigment.

And if Arsenic is a bit too deadly for your liking, Gallium is always an option, used in old vacuum tube era computing and lighting. Along with its vintage past, it also has a melting point of 85.58°F or 29.76°C, just shy of room temperature; meaning if you hold a piece of Gallium in your hand, it will melt into a liquid - and unlike Mercury, it is non toxic making it far safer to play with, although it does stick to glass and stain objects so be careful if you do play with it to not let it touch something you don't want getting stained.

And as hinted just before, let us introduce the one and only,

The Non Metals

The Non Metals are a small but extremely unique and important group. All of these elements as the name would suggest sharing the properties of being Non Metals, meaning they are all for the most part poor thermal and electrical conduct, have poor ductility, and form Anions (negatively charged ions).

If you are biologist of any kind, you may also notice this group contains many elements crucial for organic life; the three most important of which without doubt being Carbon, Oxygen, and Hydrogen.

Along with Nitrogen and a few other elements, these elements firm the basis of all life on Earth. From the air you breathe being a Nitrogen-Oxygen mix, to your cells being based on Carbon, to the very DNA that created you. All of it based on Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen.

And while Oxygen may have taken the honor of the name of Oxidation, it has nothing on the next group,

The Halogens

The Halogens, due to missing just one election to be totally stable, are some of the most violently reactive elements on the entire Periodic Table, with Fluorine even known to be able to eat through glass if given enough time.

It might be surprising to hear then that the Halogens also produce some of the most chemically stable compounds known on Earth, such as Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), A.K.A., Teflon. This is because when these elements create compounds they become stable, meaning to break them apart you need an equal amount of energy to do so, and the energy requirement for Halogen compounds is often massive, making them chemically hardy.

Outside of Teflon and eating glass, the less reactive of the Halogens also are used in medicine as a way to sterilize an area. Most commonly and famously used would be Iodine, which not only has a beautiful purple hue, but is also used in surgeries to sterilize equipment and areas before operations, saving countless lives from infections every day.

In contrast to the reactive Halogens, we have next,

The Nobel Gases

The Nobel Gases like any true Nobels with wealth and status don't like to get involved in the common peasantry's squabbles. In the world of chemicals and elements, this means their full valence electron shells don't stubbornly refuse to chemically react with any other element, and the compounds they do form are often unstable and want to fall apart back into a Nobel Gas and whatever common element it wound up stuck with.

While this lack of reacting does make them rather boring from a reaction perspective, it does make them extremely useful when you do not want things chemically reacting by acting as a buffer between other elements; most easily seen in high end car lights, often filled with Xeon or other Nobel Gases to make sure no matter how hot the light gets it doesn't react chemically and degrade.

Along with protecting lights, they can also be used for lights. Due to their unreactive nature in even high energy environments, it makes them perfect to be used to fill a sealed glass tube that has power shot through it; otherwise known as a Neon Light. However despite the name, not all Neon Lights are filled with Neon, only the orange-red ones are. Other colors such as blues and greens come from the other Nobel Gasses depending on their spectrum emissions.

And on light and degradation, last but not least we have,

The Rare Earth Metals

The Rare Earth Metals can be and often are split into two smaller groups, the upper Lanthanide series and the lower Actinide series.

The upper Lanthanides are all rather chemically similar, meaning they can often be treated somewhat interchangeably in a chemical sense. Their most notable use is without a doubt their ferro magnetic properties, making some of the most powerful magnets on Earth barring electro-magnets. Neodymium magnets are by far the most famous of them, being known to be able to leap across across tables and smash fingers if not handled carefully, while holding up hundreds of pounds of weight.

In contrast, the lower Actinide series is the domain of many of the Radioactive elements and sees the boundary line between the natural and artificial elements. All of them are radioactive to various degrees with decreasing half life lengths.

It is here Thorium and Uranium is found, being the heart of both terrifying bombs and the cleanest sources of energy known to mankind. Beyond Uranium, all the elements are artificial and must be made by humans in breeder reactors.

Despite their association with atom bombs and nuclear reactors, many of these elements also have far more mundane uses. Americium is used in common household Smoke Detectors, saving untold numbers of lives and dollars in property through early warnings of smoke and fire. Other ones are used by NASA and other space agencies in Radioisotope thermoelectric generators or R.T.G.s, used to power spacecraft like Voyager 2 and the Mars Curiosity Rover thousands of miles away from Earth where conventional solar panels would be too heavy, unwieldy, and inefficient so far away from the Sun.

#periodic table of elements #science #elements #chemistry #chemical elements #periodic table #science stuff #science side of tumblr

[words-etched-in-her-skin]

So.

It's evil Wednesday.

Short headcanons for the ladies finding their lover killed by Ethan.

You want some angst? Alright then, have some angst 😌

Alcina: When the Countess loves, she loves hard - deep. A woman who's been alive for what feels like ions, she only knows to love like it could all be taken away tomorrow - because she knows all too well that it can. It's no surprise when she drops to her knees - your body bloodied and still on her bedroom floor. Swiftly cradling you limp in her arms. Half of her so overcome with grief that she can barely breath, the other wanting nothing more than to release into her dragon form and rip the person responsible to absolute shreds. How her body trembles, eyes glistening with unspent tears as she gently strokes her thumb over your cheek. A soft, broken "Pet?" slipping from her lips every minute or so until she finally falls forward, body overwhelmed with sobs. The promise of your future together gone within a second.

Bela: She's quiet as she walks towards your broken body - face solemn and eyes cold. She could smell your death as soon as entered the room, but the sight of it now was almost more than she can handle. She was used to being the strong one, known for the being the most level headed. But looking at the soft trickle of blood that drips from your slightly agape mouth and your vacant gaze was enough to break anyone's composure. She swallows hard - biting back heated tears and the steady breaking of her own heart. You were one of the few she let in and now you were... gone. She kisses you softly on the temple and then rises to wipe the tears from her eyes. She had a murderer to take care of, after all.

Cassandra: The entire castle is filled with the sounds of her rage when she finally comes across you - your body overrun with bullets. A flash of red across her eyes as she runs over to you, screaming in wounded agony as she pulls you close. She curses - at you, at herself. For loving you, for leaving her. She's uncontrollable in her rage.. running throughout the castle in a feral haze. Sniffing down every hallway as she searches for her prey. She will avenge you - for that you can be certain. Cassandra won't stop the hunt until she's drained every last drop of blood from Ethan's lifeless body.

Daniela: At first the redhead will be positive that you must be playing a prank on her - an incredibly cruel one, yes, but there was just absolutely no way you could actually be dead... right? You promised you'd never leave her, that you'd always love her. But as soon as her eyes fall to your lips - to lips that no longer take in breaths or have the ability to tell her how beautiful she is - Daniela sobs uncontrollably. Your body held close to hers, tears staining her robes and your already blood soaked clothes. She's inconsolable - grief stricken - her love for you an all consuming entity within itself. So distraught she's barely aware of her surroundings - so lost in loss that she doesn't even hear the door to library as it opens, nor the soft click of the safety that soon follows.

Donna: Even though the dollmaker has spent most of her life preparing for people to leave, that doesn't stop the shock as she stares at your lifeless body when her and Angie stumble across you. She's almost stuck in disbelief, frozen in denial. How could she just accept this to be true? I mean.. it wouldn't be the first time somebody saw something that wasn't real around her. But, no.. it eventually becomes all to clear to her that she's actually lost you - that her worst fear has come true. Or.. has it? So obsessed with the idea of keeping you around - of having you stay - the dollmaker gruesomely puts her skills to use, making sure she never has to say goodbye to you again.

Sal: She'll walk over to you slowly - solemnly. Finding your body broken and limp along the path back to her hut. She can still smell the gunpowder fresh in the air as she leans over you, eyes steadily filling with tears. "Luv?" her voice cracks. ".. luv?" Her head falls with a single sob, body shuddering as she lifts you up into her arms and holds you against her chest. The scent of the cupcakes she made you that morning still lingering on your cold lips as she kisses them gently. A final stolen kiss before she breaks down into sobs. No one had ever loved her like you had - truly seeing her for who she was and loving every part of it. She takes a deep breath and slowly walks you back to her hut, placing your lifeless body safely on her couch before a deep growl rolls over her. The only thought in her mind is the one where she drags Ethan's struggling body to the very bottom of the reservoir.

Miranda: Let's be honest.. if Miranda actually loved someone enough to label them as her significant other, she would burn the village to the ground and everyone in it to have her vengeance. She would stop at nothing to make Ethan pay for everything he's taken from her.

I hope you enjoyed those, dear 😌😭😭😭

#depravity answered #anonymous #resident evil village #lady alcina dimitrescu #alcina dimitrescu #bela dimitrescu #cassandra dimitrescu #daniela dimitrescu #donna beneviento #genderbent sal #mother miranda #lady alcina x reader #bela dimitrescu x reader #cassandra dimitrescu x reader #daniela dimitrescu x reader #donna beneviento x reader #genderbent sal x reader #mother miranda x reader #just a taste of angst for you #you can thank my partner for this #also #ouch 😭😭😭😭😭 #this was an evil ask #fuck #angst hurts #re8 asks

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Super strong magnetic fields leave imprint on nuclear matter

A new analysis by the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, provides the first direct evidence of the imprint left by what may be the universe’s most powerful magnetic fields on “deconfined” nuclear matter. The evidence comes from measuring the way differently charged particles separate when emerging from collisions of atomic nuclei at this DOE Office of Science user facility.

As described in the journal Physical Review X, the data indicate that powerful magnetic fields generated in off-center collisions induce an electric current in the quarks and gluons set free, or deconfined, from protons and neutrons by the particle smashups. The findings give scientists a new way to study the electrical conductivity of this “quark-gluon plasma” (QGP) to learn more about these fundamental building blocks of atomic nuclei.

“This is the first measurement of how the magnetic field interacts with the quark-gluon plasma (QGP),” said Diyu Shen, a STAR physicist from Fudan University in China and a leader of the new analysis. In fact, measuring the impact of that interaction provides direct evidence that these powerful magnetic fields exist.

More powerful than a neutron star

Scientists have long believed that off-center collisions of heavy atomic nuclei such as gold, also known as heavy ions, would generate powerful magnetic fields. That’s because some of the non-colliding positively charged protons—and neutral neutrons—that make up the nuclei would be set aswirl as the ions sideswipe one another at close to the speed of light.

“Those fast-moving positive charges should generate a very strong magnetic field, predicted to be 1018 gauss,” said Gang Wang, a STAR physicist from the University of California, Los Angeles. For comparison, he noted that neutron stars, the densest objects in the universe, have fields of about 1014 gauss, while refrigerator magnets produce a field of about 100 gauss and our home planet’s protective magnetic field measures a mere 0.5 gauss. “This is probably the strongest magnetic field in our universe.”

But because things happen very quickly in heavy ion collisions, the field doesn’t last long. It dissipates in less than 10-23 seconds—ten millionths of a billionth of a billionth of a second—making it difficult to observe.

So instead of trying to measure the field directly, the STAR scientists looked for evidence of its impact on the particles streaming out of the collisions.

“Specifically, we were looking at the collective motion of charged particles,” Wang said.

Detecting deflection

It is well known that magnetic fields can affect the movement of charged particles and even induce electromagnetic fields in conductive forms of matter such as metals. That’s the same thing that’s happening here, but on a much smaller scale.

“We wanted to see if the charged particles generated in off-center heavy ion collisions were being deflected in a way that could only be explained by the existence of an electromagnetic field in the tiny specks of QGP created in these collisions,” said Aihong Tang, a Brookhaven Lab physicist and member of the STAR collaboration.

The team used STAR’s sophisticated detector systems to track the collective motion of different pairs of charged particles while ruling out the influence of competing non-electromagnetic effects. They were most interested in ruling out deflections caused by charged quarks transported along as part of the colliding nuclei. Fortunately, those “transported quarks” produce a pattern of deflection opposite to that triggered by the magnetic-field-induced electric current, known as Faraday induction.

A clear signal

“In the end, we see a pattern of charge-dependent deflection that can only be triggered by an electromagnetic field in the QGP—a clear sign of Faraday induction,” said Tang.

The scientists saw this strong signal not only in off-center collisions of two gold nuclei at high energy—gold-gold at 200 billion electron volts, or GeV—but also in off-center collisions of smaller nuclei—ruthenium-ruthenium and zirconium-zirconium, both at 200 GeV.

“This effect is universal. It happens not just in a big system but also in a smaller system,” said Shen.

The scientists saw an even stronger signal when they analyzed data from gold-gold collisions at a relatively low energy—27 GeV. This finding provides more supporting evidence that the particle-deflecting electromagnetic field was induced by the powerful magnetic fields generated by off-center collisions.

That’s because Faraday induction occurs as the magnetic field dissipates. In lower-energy collisions, that happens more slowly.

“This effect is stronger at lower energy because the lifetime of magnetic field is longer at lower energy; the speed of the nuclear fragments is lower, so the magnetic field and its effects last longer,” said Wang.

Implications

Now that the scientists have evidence that magnetic fields induce an electromagnetic field in the QGP, they can use the induction to probe the QGP’s conductivity.

“This is a fundamental and important property,” said Shen. “We can infer the value of the conductivity from our measurement of the collective motion. The extent to which the particles are deflected relates directly to the strength of the electromagnetic field and the conductivity in the QGP—and no one has measured the conductivity of QGP before.”

Understanding the fundamental electromagnetic properties of the QGP could offer insights into important questions in physics. For one thing, the magnetic fields that induce the electromagnetic effects may contribute to an interesting separation of particles according to their “handedness,” or chirality.

“This study gives strong evidence of the magnetic field, which is one of the preconditions for this ‘chiral magnetic effect,’” Shen said.

The magnetic field and electromagnetic properties of the QGP also play a role in determining the conditions under which free, deconfined quarks and gluons coalesce to form composite particles called hadrons—such as the protons and neutrons that make up ordinary nuclei.

“We want to map out the nuclear ‘phase diagram,’ which shows at which temperature the quarks and gluons can be considered free and at which temperature they will ‘freeze out’ to become hadrons. Those properties and the fundamental interactions of quarks and gluons, which are mediated by the strong force, will be modified under an extreme electromagnetic field,” said Wang. With this new probe of the QGP’s electromagnetic properties, he added, “we can investigate these fundamental properties in another dimension to provide more information about the strong interaction.”

For now, the scientists pointed out, theorists will be looking at these results to help refine the interpretations.

TOP IMAGE....Collisions of heavy ions generate an immensely strong electromagnetic field. Scientists investigate traces of this powerful electromagnetic field in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a state where quarks and gluons are liberated from the colliding protons and neutrons. Credit Tiffany Bowman and Jen Abramowitz/Brookhaven National Laboratory

CENTRE IMAGE....Scientists can track the trajectories of particles emerging from heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) using the STAR detector. This composite image shows the house-size detector and sample particle tracks from a high-energy head-on gold-gold collision. Credit Roger Stoutenburgh and Jen Abramowitz/Brookhaven National Laboratory

LOWER IMAGE....A top-down view of an off-center heavy-ion collision. The rapid decay of an ultra-strong magnetic field (B) induces an electric current through Faraday induction, influencing the trajectory of charged particles. The degree of deflection is directly related to the conductivity of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), giving scientists a way to measure this important property. Credit Diyu Shen/Fundan University

#science #space #astronomy #physics #news #astrophysics

[limitlessscion]

@saiakv i had too many feelings to not give a response

There was a unique quality to the way spilled human blood carried cursed energy, stemming from the significance often placed upon it. It marked the passing of violence, of the potency given in ritual, it was death and it was life; and in that way it hummed with potential curses. Satoru had always killed without needing to stain his own being with such a curse, Infinity stating his position as above such concerns. Taking life was an amoral right he'd been given since his birth.

Yet how easily Suguru smeared that red onto him.

And Satoru let him. Time and time again, he'd always let him. Past the godhood that shielded him, the blood that stained him was never the blood he shed with his own hands. It burned with its unique energy in his sixth sight, still warm from the horrors of stolen life and stolen youth but he did not, could not, care. The warmth was buried beneath a greater heat, the one that kept his heart thawed and staved off an endless blizzard he'd forgotten how to survive. He refused to freeze out there any longer, and he'd feed parts of himself to keep that flame going.

That's what this impulse to share was, wasn't it? Even with the happiness they were able to provide each other, there was still this divide that could never be bridged. Always, always, he was pulling Suguru closer and with every passing day his grip tightened more fiercely. He couldn't accept that the nature of infinity was to push away, that this desperate move to unify their experiences could only serve to drive something new between them, etch into stone the true extent of their difference with the full manifestation of Limitless. He watched for Suguru's reaction with clueless excitement, radiating that pure joy that was only ever elicited by his old friend's presence.

He poured his soul into this experience. The rough uneven ridges of each strand of beautiful black hair. The torn chaos of fibre at a scale that was nothing like the solid cloth that it weaved together to create. The rupturing of lipid bilayers as blood cells dried, iron spilling as folded proteins unravelled. Crystals growing in perfect angles wordlessly, expanding as water turned to vapour and ions clashed with ions to form salt on wettened skin.

Tears. Those were tears.

His focus pulled back from the micro to the macro, at the warm touch upon his cheek and the softness in Suguru's voice, so filled with love that it pulled a smile back on his own face even as he puzzled over his lover's response. Something was wrong. The hand that gripped his own loosened and pulled away, the one on his face slipping. Their fingerpads made contact as fingers brushed past to their final contact. In that split second he had a decision to make, his sharp reflexes refusing to absolve him of this choice. So he made his choice.

His grip doesn't tighten. He lets Suguru go.

A heartbeat passes, then two, then three— the thrill of the risk setting it instantly to pound against his chest in protest. Then hand grips wrist, partially dried blood cracking and smearing across his palm, and he pulls Suguru back into his embrace. Do you see then? Do you understand? He had wanted to share. Everything, all of him, not just the meek tamed version crafted for mortal consumption. He was chaos and violence and beyond comprehension and he knows this, he understands that Satoru Gojo could only be a calamity, a curse. A curse willingly submitted to the Curse Manipulator.

Infinite Void shattered around them as he held Suguru to his chest, heartbeat drumming against heartbeat in unison and Satoru closed those vacant violet eyes. As powerful of a Sorcerer as he was, it'd still take time for him to recover.

While they'd basked in the chaotic perfection of Infinity, the heavens had opened up with the suddenness of a summer storm. It didn't take long for both to be soaked to the bone, the gentle warmth not befitting the gruelling sight of blood washing away from them both. Satoru carried Suguru solemnly in his arms, Limitlessly burnt out, leaving him in his vulnerability to soak in the downpour he could not reject.

#saiakv #r >> a moth to your flame // saiakv #v3 >> looking forward

[ravings-of-a-mad-scientist]

Meet the Chemiballs: The Metagaming Metalloids!

So you know metals? They’re metallic, conductive, and usually form positively charged ions? And you know nonmetals? They’re not metallic, insulators, and make negatively charged ions. So yeah, what do you call stuff that’s like, not one of those two things? Y’know, semiconductors and shit.

Metals are only metallic because they’re bad at holding on to their valence electrons, and elements tend to get worse at that the closer they are to the bottom left of the periodic table. Because physics.

But there’s a stair-shaped boundary line between the two where it’s really hard to decide if they’re one or the other so we sort of just gave up and called them metalloids.  

READ MY OLD BLOG IT HAS JOKES AND FUN FACTS ABOUT ELEMENTS AAAAHHH

#chemiballs #science #Boronball #Siliconball #Germaniumball #Arsenicball #Antimonyball #Telluriumball #Poloniumball

[mtsk1i]

❥ · Mitski lyric interpretation ﹕ your best american girl ⊹ ࣪ ˖

all dividers by danowh0re

im pretty sure this song is about mitski changing herself to fit into the "american mold" she was born in japan so she probably has a different outlook on life.

even as an american black woman, i still relate to this song. i find myself changing the way i behave to seem "more black" around black and hispanic people, and "less black" around white people to fit in.

if anything, i have more trouble fitting in with black people, since i believe my speaking voice is very white sounding... wtv that means ig??

take this with a grain of salt.. im just a silly mentally ill girl on tumblr.. ion know shit.. 💀😭

ill be calling the man referenced throughout the song spoon

bold = lyrics, a/n

italics = emphasis, verse explanation

green = a/n, verse explanation

🌿= tw

(slight tw of suicide, slight dash of politcs)

If I could, I'd be your little spoon

And kiss your fingers forevermore

But, big spoon, you have so much to do

And I have nothing ahead of me

if i could id be your little spoon. spooning is a type of cuddling, sometimes with some intimacy.

finger kissing isnt sexually charged i don't think. It's more of a gesture of respect if anything.

the "big spoon" that shes talking about is the man this song is probs addressed to.

spoon has a future ahead of him, and mitski does not. or, that's how mitski sees it

🌿 (since spoon is most likely a white cis guy that was born and raised in america, so he probably has more opportunities. since mitski is a japanese woman she does not have as many opportunities as spoon does.)

🌿 (this could also have suicidal undertones. mitski saying that she has nothing ahead of her could mean that she planned to take her life eventually... her other songs hint at bad mental health so this could be viable)

You're the sun, you've never seen the night

But you hear its song from the morning birds

Well, I'm not the moon, I'm not even a star

But awake at night I'll be singing to the birds

the sun is seen as everything positive, the night is seen as dangerous (not anymore?? i guess???) so, spoon has probably never seen a day in hardship.. 🌿 (specific hardships like sexism and racism. stuff like that can happen to cis guys but its less common than any other group of people._

the "morning birds" are other people discussing "night's" hardships. spoon hears that, but he's never experienced it firsthand

the sun hears the night's song from the morning birds

spoon, poverty people who've experienced it

the next two lines don't make sense. if she isnt the moon or a star, then what is mitski? im assuming shes in the night (not the night itself) 🌿(being a japanese woman in the early 2000s in america probably wasnt easy) she has it hard, but not that hard? shes singing to the birds. she must face some form of hardship, since shes awake at night

Don't wait for me, I can't come

she can't do the things that spoon can, she encourages him to do it without her (she knows she'll never actually have him, she tried to be his "best american girl"... tried. )

Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me

But I do, I think I do

And you're an all-American boy

I guess I couldn't help trying to be your best American girl

the way minority parents can be different then white children are raised ( example, i find that white people ive talked too have more relaxed parents. theyre allowed to curse infront of them,buy things whenever.... just, more freedoms i guess? im black btw...) and spoon thinks that mitski was raised harshly (maybe)

shes trying to accept where she comes from whilst trying to be spoons "best american girl"

she couldnt help to change herself entirely just to attempt to spoons' little spoon

You're the one

You're all I ever wanted

I think I'll regret this

mitski idolizes spoon thinking that hes the only person for her

this last line could suggest that she made an important decision and she did it for spoon. chances are, what she did was probably a bad idea

Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me

But I do, I finally do

And you're an all-American boy

I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl

this last chorous makes me think that mitski looks back at this situatuon after shes gotten older, and shes learning how to accept myself

not only was she trying to be spoons "best american girl" she was trying to do it for everyone around her. she thinks if she became more like the other "american girls" she would become more likable by everyone. she tried to be the best americn girl. tried.

Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me

But I do, I think I do

this shows even now she still hasnt fully accepted herself

tldr; mitski changes herself, gets rid of her culture to attempt to reach this impossible ultimatum. being "the best american girl"

#mitski #lyric interpretation #mitski lyrics #music #songs #tunes #art #your best american girl #lush #mitski lush

[hawkeyedflame]

From my understanding of the sales pitch the accessories are made of materials that naturally radiate negative ions that serve as a form of low grade negative ion exposure therapy. My cursory reading without a deep dive shows that there's been some success with exposure therapy to negative ions to treat SAD and anxiety nothing on whether accessories do anything or are a neo science grift even if they do actually do anything achievable I don't doubt they upcharge to hell and back the starter wrist band which was just plastic somehow rigged to be negatively charged was like 20 bucks. Actually I think this may be why my cousin has been buying up silver chains and jewelry now that I think of it.

That's interesting about using ion therapy to treat depression. I wouldn't be surprised if walking outside barefoot on natural surfaces would achieve similar results, although it would be difficult to control for that given the known positive benefits of physical activity and sunlight exposure.

What seems less grifty to me is the concept of grounding, which involves connecting oneself to the earth via conductive metal. There are grounded sheets, which are woven with silver and typically have a stake on a line which you can lead through a window and stick into the ground. The theory is that we used to sleep on the ground and thus have ion exchange with the earth throughout the night. People report sleeping more soundly and feeling less physical pain when they use grounded sheets.

Is this real or placebo? I don't know. It seems completely plausible from a scientific perspective, but again I have not sought out any literature on it. Still, it's pretty interesting to think about!

#Anonymous #ion exchange #biology

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

SCIENCE SATURDAY!

All month, I have been teaching y'all bits and pieces about the minerals known as feldspars. They are the most common minerals in earth's crust. Today, we are going to learn some of the basic chemistry behind feldspar crystallization and erosion.

FELDSPAR CHEMISTRY

Feldspars are formed as a precipitate as magmas cool. As a result, there are many different kinds. Below is a phase diagram:

Ignore B, all we care about it the colorful triangle. All right, so we have 3 endmembers: Orthoclase (kspar), Albite (sodium plag), and Anorthite (calcium plag). Then, there are all the minerals in between which have different mixed percentages of sodium, calcium and/or potassium. For example, Bytownite is 70-90% calcium and 30-10% sodium. See why there are so many types?

All right, now magma. Magmas cool at different rates for various reasons I really don't want to go into because I am a paleontologist, not an igneous petrologist and that research I don't feel like doing.

Feldspar structure: feldspars have what is called a "crankshaft" structure. We have a bunch of tetrahedrons linked by shared oxygen molecules and we make these fun hexagons.

Now, the basic chemical formula is (X)AlSi3O8. What we are essentially seeing is an Al 3+ substituted in for an Si 4+ causing a charge imbalance because 3 does not equal 4. This requires additional cations (called coupled substitutions).

EXAMPLE: Al 3+ and Na+ or K+ OR 2Al 3+ and 1 Ca 2+

Where is the aluminum? That depends on the temperature of our magma! High temperatures make the position more random while low temps make it more ordered.

If we look at kspar (geologists are lazy and potassium feldspar is a lot to say) we have a K-Al coupled substitution with three polymorphs controlled by temperature and ordering. If we set up a graph where the y-axis is cooling rate and the x-axis is order, we would see the feldspar Sanidine has the lowest order and the fastest cooling and Microcline has the highest order and the slowest cooling while Orthoclase is somewhere in the middle.

Plagioclase has a complete solid solution between the endmembers Albite and Anorthite as I described earlier. Things to note are temperature (once again) plays an important role. Albite forms in low temp magma (800 degrees Celsius) and Anorthite forms in high temp magmas (1100 degrees Celsius). Yes, I know, 800 is a lot but not as mush as 1100 so deal.

They also contain different amounts of silica (SiO2). Albite is 75% silica while Anorthite only has 50%. Anorthite is also the first felspar mineral to crystallize in cooling magma.

HYDROLYSIS

This is the chemical weathering of feldspars into clays such as illite, kaolinite, and smectite.

(That last one overlooks the dinosaur site I work at).

Due to the high temps that feldspars form at, they are not very stable at the surface. Therefore, they weather extraordinarily easily. Hydrolysis happens when water reacts with feldspar minerals (basic or acidic water works best because IONS). The feldspars are dissolved and then produce new ions in solution (K+, Ca2+, Na+).

Here is an example:

And now you know a little bit about the chemistry of feldspars!

#geology #trivia #fun facts #science #mineralogy #minerals #feldspar #hydrology #clay #chemistry

[salonishinde]

What Is an Industrial Water Treatment System and How Does It Work?

Water is the lifeblood of countless industrial processes. But unlike the kind that comes out of your tap, industrial water often needs a little extra TLC before it's ready for action. That's where industrial water treatment systems come in. At PureBact, we understand the importance of clean, reliable water for your facility's operations.

Here's a breakdown of what industrial water treatment systems are and how they work:

What is an Industrial Water Treatment System?

An industrial water treatment system is a customized set of processes designed to remove impurities and adjust the properties of water to make it suitable for a specific industrial application. This could involve anything from making boiler feed water ultra-pure to treating wastewater before it's released back into the environment.

Why is Industrial Water Treatment Important?

Untreated water can wreak havoc on your industrial processes. Minerals can cause scaling and corrosion in pipes and equipment, while contaminants can affect product quality. Proper water treatment helps to:

Protect equipment: By removing impurities that can cause corrosion and scaling, you can extend the lifespan of your valuable machinery.

Ensure product quality: Consistent water quality is essential for producing consistent, high-quality products.

Minimize environmental impact: Industrial wastewater treatment helps to remove pollutants before they are released back into the environment.

Reduce operating costs: By preventing equipment damage and ensuring efficient operation, proper water treatment can save you money in the long run.

How Does Industrial Water Treatment Work?

The specific treatment processes used will vary depending on the source water and the desired end product. However, some common methods include:

Pre-treatment: This stage removes large particles such as sand, debris, and organic matter through filtration or sedimentation.

Clarification: Coagulation and flocculation techniques help suspended solids clump together and settle out of the water.

Filtration: Various filtration technologies, like sand filters or membrane filters, remove finer particles and contaminants.

Ion exchange: This process removes unwanted ions by exchanging them for harmless ones.

Deionization: A specialized form of ion exchange that removes both positively and negatively charged ions to create high-purity water.

Disinfection: Chemicals like chlorine or ultraviolet light can be used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms.

PureBact: Your Partner in Industrial Water Treatment

At PureBact, we offer a comprehensive range of industrial water treatment solutions. Our team of experts will work with you to assess your specific needs and design a custom system that ensures optimal water quality for your operations.

Contact PureBact today to learn more about how we can help your business thrive with clean, reliable industrial water.

#water treatment #industrial water treatment #waste water treatment

[fractalcloning]

Time Troubles

"Alright, you three, let's keep this one simple and by the book, we're just here to collect some good, old fashioned surface telemetry. Maybe scan a few plants and see how well they cope with the weather," Pike said.

The junior lieutenants at the controls of the transporters were at the ready, the computer was tracking the ion storms around them, and still Pike felt a bit off. It was a bit excessive, having the room fully staffed for a simple survey mission, but Pike hadn't liked the look of those ion storms. From the moment they'd entered the system something about them had set him on edge. He was seasoned enough that he knew to listen to his gut in situations like this.

"Aye, aye, Sir," La'an answered automatically. Lieutenant Noonien-Singh stood at perfect attention, weapons stowed and expression even. Una stepped onto the platform and took position in front of her, her expression professional but knowing. Pike shared a look with her that noted her judgement about his overt paranoia, and then glanced between the three of them. Spock, as usual, looked prepared bordering on inscrutable. At least these three weren't the sort to willingly engage with trouble. That was probably the best he could hope for.

"We'll have another fifteen minute window in three hours," Pike explained to the assembled crew. "If there are any hostile species on this planet, try to play nice until then."

"We'll be on our best behavior," Una assured him, her tone mostly serious, and Pike gave her a long look.

"Alright, get out of here. Ensign: energize."

This system was uncharted, was well beyond the edges of Federation space, but even at a distance the readings it gave off were exceptional. The stellar phenomena were truly breathtaking to behold. This star system was sunk into a larger nebulae, formed out of the outer edges no doubt, and it had a haze about it. The particulate matter that permeated the open space between the celestial bodies was lovely, akin to colorful fog. Unfortunately, pretty as it was, it gummed up their sensors, their collection systems, and made engineering almost as paranoid as Pike, spiking the power in their deflector, shields, and the engines at random intervals. Closer to the planets, the fog coalesced into a perpetual storm of ion energy, swirling like clouds between the moons and the atmosphere, discharging bolts of energy across open space. The whole light show flooded their sensor data with an absurd amount of static and noise.

It was a good system to hide in and, more than anything, that was what had the Captain on edge.

They couldn't scan the surface, the surface (presumably) couldn't scan them, and everything outside the windows read on screen like electromagnetic soup. Pike couldn't have engineered a better location for an ambush if he had tried, but so far, there were no signs of any other ships. There were life signs on the planet, hazy though they appeared on Enterprise. In the absence of tangible danger, it was their responsibility as scientists to stop and take a look. So, with the usual Starfleet aplomb, they checked atmospheric composition and sent an away team. Unfortunately, advanced as the Enterprise was, they were at a disadvantage. They had no idea that they should have scanned for chronitons, nor did they technically have the capability to do so. They couldn't have known that those clouds were heavy with chronitons like they were getting ready to monsoon. It was a fluke, nothing more than pure chance that they managed to time their transporter signal just right to send it straight through a chroniton discharge. The temporal particles split the beam apart like a prism and all three officers ended up on different parts of the surface at different points in time. They weren't separated by much, either distance or time, so that was a spot of luck, but they most certainly didn't materialize where or when they'd expected. (A closed starter for @starfleetsxvulcan and SNW Spock)

#star trek roleplay #star trek rp #Soji and Spock #And also my mid Pike NPC #I promise my Una and La'an are a little better. #Time for time shenanigans

[wisdomrays]

THE KURSIYY (The Supreme Seat of God): Part 1

Literally meaning a special place to sit, a chair, seat, or base, al- Kursiyy is the title of a spiritual realm which surrounds the universe and has the position of being the base upon which the ‘Arsh (the Supreme Throne of God) stands with its “two legs.” According to illustrious interpreters of the Qur’an, the Kursiyy is the realm where God’s commands are manifested and implemented, and it has a position below the ‘Arsh (the Supreme Throne). Every thing and every being in the heavens and on the earth, all heavenly bodies, with the inhabitants of each, are encompassed by al-Kursiyy. For this reason, humankind, all other living and non-living beings, and all realms are strictly bound to and dependent upon the commands and laws manifested here. All the laws belong to the Owner of the Kursiyy, Who dominates everything; all commands issue from Him, and the care and maintenance of all of creation are the result of His being the Lord. Whatever happens and whatever characteristics there are in the entire universe are with His permission and through His creation, and He is ever aware of all of these. Whatever happens and whatever there is in the heavens or beyond the heavens—be it of a primary or secondary degree, universal or particular, originating from the soul or senses, secret or manifest—God has absolute knowledge of all at the same instant that He is aware of the feelings that occur in our hearts, the thoughts that emerge in our minds, and the blood that circulates in our veins. God sees and maintains whatever He has created, He controls and directs it, and changes and transforms it—He does all this, but, as stated in the Qur’an (2:255), He is never wearied nor does slumber or sleep seize Him. He makes the ‘ Arsh a veil of the throne before His Attributes, and the Kursiyy a platform for His practices as the Lord. He creates what He creates, and continues the cycle of life and death, and both observes and makes observed through the Kursiyy that He is the All-Living and the Self-Subsistent by whom all subsist.

From the earliest interpreters of the Qur’an to contemporary ones, Muslim scholars have put forward the following views concerning the Kursiyy:

The Kursiyy is the seat of absolute authority that establishes and directs time; it is above the heavens and below the ‘Arsh and it surrounds the entire universe. It is also mentioned as the base upon which the ‘Arsh stands with its “two legs.” Its building-blocks are different from the foundation stones of the corporeal realm; they are neither atoms nor electrons, nor anti-atoms or anti-electrons; they are not even ions. It is a metaphysical entity whose true nature is only known by God. It is a body but not like the bodies we know; it has a nature but this is beyond our scope of perception. It is neither a corporeal body, nor a substance, nor an accident (something additional to a substance or an essence). However, in saying this concerning the Kursiyy, we should bear in mind that in their absolute sense all these attributes, that is, being neither a body, nor a substance, nor an accident, and being beyond the scope of our perception, are some of God’s Attributes in the negative. So using them for God in their absolute sense and for certain other beings or entities in the relative sense is a matter of belief.

The Kursiyy has a transcending nature, which is also viewed in connection with creation and spatial existence at the same instant that it surrounds the entire universe; this is, in the language of the interpreters of the Qur’an and using an approach close to that of the Arsh which, as mentioned above, was used, both encompassing and encompassed. As for its Owner, neither time, nor space, nor directions are in question for Him.

The ‘Arsh is His, so is the Kursiyy, but the All-Transcending One’s relations with these are not in the forms of sitting, being established, settling, covering a space, or needing. God Almighty is never like any created thing or being. His Existence is all-substantial; It is true existence and He exists by Himself. In the language of the scholars of Islam, God is the Necessarily Existent One. He has neither an opposite nor a peer, neither an equal nor a rival. The Kursiyy is, in a sense, the realm of the manifestation and implementation of His Commands and it is one of the truths which underlies a nature that we cannot know or comprehend; it is an elevated station that stirs up our feelings of amazement. Even though many opinions or considerations have been put forward concerning the Kursiyy, all of these are far from being able to describe it with its true, exact nature. They are not wrong or misleading, but it cannot be claimed that they are its exact or complete description.

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