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Shye's passion for collecting various rocks, crystals, and geodes (especially amethyst) has been a source of comfort and strength throughout her life. She even wears a Halite necklace daily to maintain balance and confidence. In 2010, Shye's life was profoundly impacted when her mother, Sheila, suffered a severe injury at work, causing her scoliosis to worsen and leading to multiple surgeries and extended hospital stays. During her mother's recovery, Shye was raised by her older siblings. Guided by them and dedicated mentors such as her choral teacher and music instructor, Shye refined her musical skills and built assurance. Shye's songwriting and singing became a vital source of relief for her and her mom, allowing them to bond and find emotional support in each other. Today, Sheila, while still dealing with some mobility issues, is no longer hospitalized and lives with Shye full-time. Shye finds fulfillment in volunteering outside of music, especially for LGBTQ+ and Black student organizations.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.
Shye's passion for collecting various rocks, crystals, and geodes (especially amethyst) has been a source of comfort and strength throughout her life. She even wears a Halite necklace daily to maintain balance and confidence. In 2010, Shye's life was profoundly impacted when her mother, Sheila, suffered a severe injury at work, causing her scoliosis to worsen and leading to multiple surgeries and extended hospital stays. During her mother's recovery, Shye was raised by her older siblings. Guided by them and dedicated mentors such as her choral teacher and music instructor, Shye refined her musical skills and built assurance. Shye's songwriting and singing became a vital source of relief for her and her mom, allowing them to bond and find emotional support in each other. Today, Sheila, while still dealing with some mobility issues, is no longer hospitalized and lives with Shye full-time. Shye finds fulfillment in volunteering outside of music, especially for LGBTQ+ and Black student organizations.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-like-it-s-live--4113802/support.
Scientists just cooked up something called a time crystal, and it's blowing minds everywhere! Basically, it's this funky new form of matter that moves and repeats in time, not space. This mind-bending creation challenges everything we thought we knew about the laws of physics. Picture a crystal that doesn't just sit there looking pretty, but actually jiggles around in time like it's got places to be. It's like something straight out of a sci-fi flick, but it's real, and it's totally rocking the scientific community. Who knows what kind of mind-blowing discoveries this time crystal will lead to next? Credit: FrankStockholm: photograph by Betsy Devine (User:Betsythedevine), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Crystal: Paris Mutter, https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/cryst... Fortnite: that kid, https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fortn... Halite: rocksandminerals, https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/halit... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: / brightside Instagram: / brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sesserin was tall and sinewy with defined muscles from his intensive fencing workouts. He maintained them in his late middle age – believed in a vigorous daily routine, built a gymnasium into a floor at Halite, and had a long steam before sliding into one of his tailored suits.Selene - A Narrated Supernatural MysteryFeaturing compositions by Chopin Theme Song by Matt Vanacorohttps://www.patreon.com/Cleverthan A Clever > Than Productionwww.cleverthan.comInstagram: @clever.than Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sesserin was tall and sinewy with defined muscles from his intensive fencing workouts. He maintained them in his late middle age – believed in a vigorous daily routine, built a gymnasium into a floor at Halite, and had a long steam before sliding into one of his tailored suits.Selene - A Narrated Supernatural MysteryFeaturing compositions by Chopin Theme Song by Matt Vanacorohttps://www.patreon.com/Cleverthan A Clever > Than Productionwww.cleverthan.comInstagram: @clever.than
Crystallizing Conversations: Expansive Spirituality & Crystal Wisdom
If you are enjoying our podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review us!To cleanse our crystals, or not to cleanse our crystals: Where do you fall on the great crystal clearing debate? Do you spend 4 hours wheelbarrowing your stones outside to reset them in the light of the full moon? Or maybe you just let ‘em do their own thing? In this episode, Jillian and Iris discuss the energetics and science behind clearing our stones, and maayybe get a little loopy along the way.Tune in as we discuss:What's the deal? Do we even need to cleanse our crystals?What does it even mean to "energetically cleanse" stones?When is it actually a good idea to clear crystals?Almost a dozen different methods to energetically clear stones, INCLUDING which are safe for which crystalsCleansing vs Charging: Are both necessary before working with your stones?How to physically clean your crystals when they get dirtyWhich crystals and crystal formations are best for energetically clearing your energy and spaceSo whether you haul your crystals out every Full Moon, or you've never cleansed a crystal in your life, you're bound to learn something new!If you love this episode, please be sure to subscribe to our podcast for more crystallizing content! By rating and reviewing us, it will help us to keep this podcast going.Resources:Pressurized Air DustersBook Recommendations: Sacred Smoke by Amy Blackthorn and The Art of Sacred Smoke by Neelou MalekpourCrystal Recommendations for Energy or Space Cleansing: Selenite, Gypsum, Halite, Hanksite, Sulfur/Sulfur QuartzCrystal Formation Recommendations for Energy or Space Cleansing: Knife, Laser, Cluster, Druzy, Sphere, Hydrothermal Etched, Golden Healer QuartzCrystallizing Content:Watch on YouTube Learn, Connect, & Grow at www.crystallizingconversations.comJoin our Crystalline Memberships for Bonus Episodes, Astro/Crystal Forecasts, & More.Follow on IG
Battle GirdleMacy brings a loving rock with a name she can never get right: chrysoprase, and Charlye comes in salty with Halite. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-Jim & Jup Touranahataspurpose.com/tour-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-wbahpodcast.com_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_Want to help support the Podcast? Consider becoming a Patron or OnlyFan!www.patreon.com/wbahpodcastonlyfans.com/wbahpodcastContact Us (Come Eat With Us)Instagram @WitchBitchAmateurHourTwitter @BitchHourFacebook @WitchAmateurHourOnlyfans.com/wbahpodcastwbahpodcast@gmail.comHandwritten letters are actual magic!PO Box 865Canton, Tx75103_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-Come Do Yoga With Macy:patreon.com/macyaniseyogaPlay The Sims With Charlyetwitch.tv/charlye_withawhyTwitter @charlyewithawhyOur Video EditorEldrich Kitchenm.youtube.com/channel/UC_CwBrVMhqezVz_fog716Ow_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-We are not doctors, lawyers, or professionals. We are amateurs, and nothing we say should be taken as advice, instruction, or seriously. Any action taken based on what we say or imply can and will lead to illness, existential crisis, injury, your pets no longer loving you, and death. We make no promise or guarantee, expressed or implied, and assume no legal liability or responsibility for any injuries resulting from the use of information contained within our media.Support the show
With this episode I'm going straight to my interview with today's guest - Maddalena Ghezzi. Maddalena is a musician, singer, composer, artist and improviser. She has been working in the field of jazz, improvised and experimental music since moving to the UK in 2009 and her work draws inspiration from the natural world, literature, visual arts and the socio-political status of our world. Here we chat about her new release, Emeralds, which is a collaboration with synth player, composer, producer and pianist Maria Chiara Argirò. Emeralds is the latest in her Minerals series of EP releases done in collaboration with an other musicians. Maddie's music is enigmatic, atmospheric and her compositions and voice will carry you to new places that feel both metaphysical and tangible at the same time. We chat about collaborations, composing, creativity, cuisine (new year baby polenta, chiavi della cucina, Dolomites and puzzone) and sci-fi!
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It was a gloomy morning at the edge of Parvum Pond. The early mist had not dissipated, but instead climbed up the slight incline, engulfing the vanguard of the park row mansions and mixing with the slight drizzle from the grey sky. Four old buzzards in capes and top hats, sat hunched in an undecorated coach as it pulled up past The houses of Lavendula, Mulberry, Halite, and beyond a thick, overgrown hedge filled with dark thorns, bramble, and tiny poisonousness berries. A Clever Than Production. www.cleverthan.comInstagram: @clever.than Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It was a gloomy morning at the edge of Parvum Pond. The early mist had not dissipated, but instead climbed up the slight incline, engulfing the vanguard of the park row mansions and mixing with the slight drizzle from the grey sky. Four old buzzards in capes and top hats, sat hunched in an undecorated coach as it pulled up past The houses of Lavendula, Mulberry, Halite, and beyond a thick, overgrown hedge filled with dark thorns, bramble, and tiny poisonousness berries. A Clever Than Production. www.cleverthan.com Instagram: @clever.than
Offset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll plant 10 extra trees for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/start/minuteearth. Our oceans don't technically contain salt, but the ions salt is made of play a critical role in planet-wide processes that make the Earth habitable. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Salt: chemical compounds made of positively- and negatively-charged particles called “ions” like sodium and chloride Convection current: the movement of fluid, like water, due to a difference in temperature and/or density Hydrothermal vent: a fissure on the seafloor that takes in dense ocean water and discharges water heated by volcanic activity below the seafloor. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Julián Gustavo Gómez (@thejuliangomez) | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Arcadi Garcia i Rius (@garirius) | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Aldo de Vos, Know Art | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Sarah Berman • Arcadi Garcia i Rius David Goldenberg • Julián Gustavo Gómez Melissa Hayes • Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Duxbury, A. C. (n.d.). Seawater. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/science/seawater. Earley, Joseph E. "Why there is no salt in the sea." Foundations of Chemistry 7.1 (2005): 85-102. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:FOCH.0000042881.05418.15 Henney, J. E., C. L. Taylor, and C. S. Boon. "Taste and flavor roles of sodium in foods: A unique challenge to reducing sodium intake." Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in The United States; National Academies Press: Washington, DC, USA (2010). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK50958/ Ouillon, Raphael, et al. "Halite precipitation from double‐diffusive salt fingers in the Dead Sea: Numerical simulations." Water Resources Research 55.5 (2019): 4252-4265. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019WR024818
Episode 27 The journey continues as the boys at Geology on the Rocks team up with Mario, from and the Fall In 360 Podcast, to discuss all things Geology and War. Our discussion begins with what defines a continent. Seriously, what defines a continent? Are there 5, 6, 7, or even 8? What we do see is some of the divisions are geopolitical and available resources have been the cause of many conflicts and wars through human history. NaCl, Halite, or Salt has been at the epicenter of many skirmishes throughout human history and is even believed to be the reason we call our annual wages a salary. Texas even had salt wars! Nickel was at the heart of the Continuation War in Finland. But, are humans the biggest commodity? Between the bars, we present to you another Mineral Minute brought to you by the paladium bismuthinide, Froodite. On the back half of the episode we discuss a little about physical geology and the battlefield and a lot about various elements and mineral deposits that are used in various equipment and munitions. And, don't forget about the William Peters. In between it all, we discuss military stories from our past. We close things out with war songs in the ever so fun That Freaking Rocks segment. Be Cool. Stay Tuned. And Keep It On The Rocks! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/geology-on-the-rocks/support
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Halite shares his journey of being a streamer, going all in on your passion and talks about last weekends tournament victory. Streamer is more than the games people play - it's being an entertainer. Subscribe to Halite's Twitch & Youtube channels! @Halite https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfW3LYxwVi6BevDFuT3gDxw https://m.twitch.tv/halite/profile
Hello dear ones we are the Pleiadian Council of 9. We are delighted to connect with you through this channel she has been trying to open up to this frequency for quite some time, but we belive everything happens at the right time for your own individual journey on your ascension to that of a higher vibrational frequency. We are here dear ones indeed we are, assiting you and the Earth with the timeline shift that is happening at the moment. We are doing this in many ways bringing these high vibrational cosmic frequencies, light codes into this dimension, this is igniting & activating your unique light codes and dna. ohhhhhhh it is exiting dear ones and also a extremely pivotal time in humanity as it awakens to it true calling. We know that a lot of you on earth are fond of the masks the personas you show to others. But no longer are the masks needed dear ones and in this you will find libiration of the soul and step truly in to your heart center of divine love & harmony. We know it is not always easy, this is why we are here and encourage you to reach out, reach out with the light of your heart, the light of your soul beammmm this light of unconditional pure love. It is a bright beam to our ships our planets to send in the beings that can most assist you and others like you in creating your 5th dimensional reailty, frequency and Divine Blue print. We are the pleiadian Council of 9 We love you very much dear ones Goodbye Till next timeeeeeeeeeeeee
This episode begins with the introduction of possibly the greatest character in the history of the podcast (apologies to Bleriana, Jack Star, and the Robot Pimp) Greg Hale. He enters like a bull, in all his ogling, olive oil swigging, convicted murderer glory. From there we’ll move on to international intrigue, tired stereotypes, Idiot Switch … Continue reading "Episode 73 – Enter Halite"
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Inertial confinement fusion has a secret weapon - after all, it's just a scaled-down hydrogen bomb, which gives us hope that it might not be too difficult to fuse fuel under these conditions. This was supposedly confirmed by underground nuclear tests called Halite and Centurion... but all the details are classified. www.physicspodcast.com @physicspod
It isn’t true that all geologists drink beer. But many do, and I’m one of them. Today I’m going to talk about the intimate connection between geology and beer. Beer is mostly water, and water chemistry has everything to do with beer styles. And water chemistry itself depends mostly on the kinds of rocks through which the water flows. You know about hard and soft water – hard water has more dissolved chemicals like calcium and magnesium in it, and while salts of those chemicals can precipitate out of hard water, making a scum on your dishes, they also can be beneficial to development of bones and teeth. In the United States, the Midwest and Great Plains have some of the hardest water because of the abundant limestones there, and in Great Britain, southern and eastern England have harder water than Scotland for similar reasons. But it wasn’t limestone that made Burton-upon-Trent a center of brewing in the 19th Century, when it was home to more than 30 breweries. The water there is rich in sulfate which comes from gypsum, calcium sulfate, in the sandstone underlying the region. Those sandstones are Permian and Triassic in age, representing a time when much of the earth was arid. Those dry conditions allowed gypsum to crystallize in the sediments. Gypsum is much more soluble than limestone, and the slightly acidic waters of Burton help with that. Burton water has ten times the calcium, three times the bicarbonate, and 14 times the sulfate of Coors’ “Rocky Mountain Spring water” in Colorado. That certainly makes Coors’ Burton brewery product rather different from that made in Colorado. In fact, the addition of gypsum to beer is called “Burtonization.” This increases the hops flavor, but more important to history, sulfates act as preservatives in beer, enough so that Burton brews of pale ales could survive the long trip to British India, giving us the India Pale Ale style of beer. Not from India, but brewed with sulfates derived from gypsum in Britain’s rocks. That slight acidity in Burton’s water depends on the calcium and magnesium content, and also lends itself to extracting sugars from malted barley in the mashing process. Calcium and magnesium also help yeast to work its magic. Today, home brewers can buy “Burton Water Salts” to imitate the product from England. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co., Black Eagle brewery, Derby Street, Burton-upon-Trent, in 1876,from University of LondonLess hoppy beers often originated in areas where the sulfate content of the water was low. Pilsen in the Czech Republic, home to pilsner beer, has almost no sulfate and only 7 parts per million calcium in its water, compared to around 300 for Burton. Pilsen is in an area of metamorphic rocks that don’t yield the typical hard-water-making elements.The presence of Carboniferous age limestones in Ireland make waters that are high in calcium and carbonate, but they lack the sulfate of northern England. Together with other differences, that makes the area around Dublin ideal for making a stout porter known today as Guinness. After water, it’s the soil that makes the most difference to beer. Hops can grow in a wide range of soils, even the decomposed granite we have here in Butte, but the thick, well-drained soils of Washington and Oregon, weathered from volcanic rocks, make those states the source of 70% of the hops grown in the United States. The surge of craft breweries in the United States has given rise to some interesting geological names for brews. Great Basin Brewing in Reno and Sparks, Nevada, has Ichthyosaur IPA, known as Icky, as well as Orogenesis, a Belgian-style amber ale. Socorro Springs, in New Mexico, brews Isopod Pale Ale and Obsidian Stout is available from Deschutes in Oregon. You can get Triceratops Double IPA at Ninkasi Brewing in Eugene, Oregon, and Pangaea Ale at Dogfish Head in Delaware. And even though it’s more chemical than geological, we shouldn’t leave out Atomic Ale’s Dysprosium Dunkelweizen, made in Richland, Washington. Dysprosium is a rare-earth element found in the phosphate mineral xenotime and other stranger minerals. San Andreas Brewing Company, near the fault in California, boasts Oktoberquake and Aftershock Wheat. And I’m undoubtedly prejudiced, because I’m the House Geologist at Quarry Brewing here in Butte, which probably has the best mineral collection in a brewery in the United States, but I think their collection of geological names for their beers is unexcelled: Shale Pale Ale, Galena Gold, Open Cab Copper, and Gneiss IPA, and seasonals including Albite, Basalt, Bauxite, Calcite, Epidote, Halite, Ironstone, Porphyry, Opal Oktoberfest, Schist Sour, Rhyolite Rye Pale Ale, Pyrite Pilsner, and more. Mia the bartender and I tried to come up with a fitting name for a 50-50 mix of basalt and gneiss. I wanted it to be charnockite, but we ended up calling it Mia’s Mixture. Next time you enjoy a beer, thank geology!—Richard I. Gibson More Geology of Beer And another from Lisa RossbacherImage: Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co., Black Eagle brewery, Derby Street, Burton-upon-Trent, in 1876 from University of London
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A homogeneous design for landfill bodies is generally agreed. However the manner in which waste is deposited may result in a sequence of layers that causes inhomogeneity. The goal of this research was to investigate the influences of such inhomogeneities on long-term leaching of highly soluble salts and ecotoxic species. This long-term leaching of was observed for 25 months. Laboratory column tests and field experiments (test bodies and lysimeters) were performed with municipal solid waste incineration residues. Laboratory columns were irrigated with tap water. Control field experiments were exposed to natural precipitation. Due to the fact that municipal solid waste incineration residues are continually landfilled on monofills, the percolating landfill-leachates are highly saline. Therefore extended experiments were carried out and these were treated with saline solutions: either solely or in addition to natural precipitation. Highly saline irrigation-media artificial leachates produced in the lab, actual landfill leachate or a concentrate from reverse osmosis was used, depending on the experiment. Besides irrigation, the application of residues, as the top or intermediate layers, provided continuous supply of highly saline solutions. Commonly, column experiments are conducted under water-saturated conditions. For this research however, unsaturated conditions were chosen to understand real landfill conditions. All experiments were performed as parallel experiments. One test had a uniform-grain setup and acted as a control. The application of a fine-grained bottom ash layer within a column filled mainly with coarse-grained bottom ash provided the inhomogeneous setup. Grain size changeover as a barrier layer within a column should change the permeability along the profile of the column. In some cases the barrier layer was compacted. The results of long-term the solid sample and leachate investigations pointed out that the application of a barrier layer by means of grain size changeover had mainly physical effects. With the control experiment, water contents of solid samples increased in general from the top of the experiments to the basis. In contrast, the following was observed for the application of a barrier layer: impounding of leachate, slowdown of leachate percolation time, increased water retention capacity. Mainly the zone within the barrier layer showed the highest water content. A general observation was that the setting beneath the barrier layer was much drier. Another observation was that irrigation with saline water enhances water retention within the column. Additionally model experiments with plastic shots pointed out that the irrigation with small amount of water intensifies the physical effect of the barrier layer. Unsaturated water conditions which are common in landfills together with reduced permeability provide the basis for salt accumulations around the zone of the fine grained ash layer. An investigation on the distribution of the elements along the profile showed that impounding of the leachate at the barrier layer is linked to higher eluate soluble species concentrations: the tendency of accumulation was observable especially for the zone within and beneath the barrier layer and in the near-bottom samples for the control as well as extended experiments. Concerning a uniform setup the salt distribution along the profile was homogeneous up to gradual. In general the observations indicated that the application of a barrier layer by means of grain size changeover impounds the leachate. Thus, increased concentrations of different species of saline solutions in combination with changing water contents within the layers caused precipitation of the highly soluble salts out of the pore solution. The formation of salt accumulations is time-dependent. Most of the chemical and mineralogical progressions occurred only after a longer period: tendencies for the leachate progression changed several times during the long term, different processes depend on the pH-value (e.g. if the pH-value decreases Ca-concentrations will increase) and this supports the vital importance of long term leaching. A main conclusion is that unsaturated conditions in combination with physical and chemical processes provide conditions conducive for salt accumulations around the zone of the barrier layer. The effects of inhomogeneities because of compaction and/or grain size changeover, as investigated in this research, furnish an explanation for actual observations at the Waldering monofill. In a particular filler part a salt horizon of several meters was encountered. This highly saline layer consists mainly of Halite and Sylvite. Hence there is the possibility that salt accumulations up to salt horizon are generated even in a humid climate. In principle the MSWI-residues afford high contents of saline species. Due to the application of a barrier layer the following advantages can be derived for landfill operations: due to their high water retention capacity, salt accumulations cause little amounts of leachate, high water retention capacity combined with the intensifying effect of salty crusts within the zone of the fine grained ash layer provides strong buffering concerning rainstorms.