#Sodium Chloride News

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 Sodium chloride, commonly known as salt, is one of the world's most essential and widely consumed commodities, playing a critical role in industries ranging from food processing to chemical manufacturing. The prices of sodium chloride have shown a complex pattern of fluctuations, influenced by a diverse range of global factors. Over recent years, the market for sodium chloride has been shaped by a combination of supply chain dynamics, demand changes, production costs, and geopolitical influences. Understanding these factors is essential to gaining a comprehensive perspective on the pricing trends of sodium chloride.

One of the primary drivers of sodium chloride prices is its demand in industrial sectors. The chemical industry, which uses salt in processes like the production of chlorine, caustic soda, and soda ash, constitutes a major portion of global demand. Shifts in this sector, such as increased demand for chemicals in manufacturing and technology, can create upward pressure on prices. Conversely, economic slowdowns or downturns in industrial activity can weaken demand, leading to a potential decrease in salt prices. Similarly, the oil and gas industry, which uses large quantities of sodium chloride in drilling operations and for de-icing during colder months, also significantly influences pricing patterns. Harsh winter conditions in major markets like North America and Europe often lead to increased demand for de-icing salt, causing seasonal price spikes.

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Production costs have a strong influence on the pricing of sodium chloride. Salt can be extracted through mining of rock salt or through evaporation of brine from saltwater, with cost variations based on methods and geographies. Production challenges, such as labor shortages, energy price hikes, or adverse weather conditions, can drive up production costs, which are often passed on to buyers in the form of higher prices. Energy costs, in particular, play a crucial role since processes like brine evaporation can be energy-intensive. Price increases in energy can thus lead to increased salt prices, especially in regions where energy is a major component of operational costs.

Another critical factor is the role of transportation and logistics in determining sodium chloride prices. Since salt is bulky and relatively low in value per unit weight, transportation costs can comprise a significant portion of the overall price. Supply chain disruptions, such as port congestion, trade restrictions, or rising fuel costs, can lead to price surges by increasing the cost of moving salt from production sites to consumers. Geopolitical factors and trade policies also add a layer of complexity to this market. For instance, trade barriers, tariffs, or sanctions imposed on major salt-producing countries can lead to price volatility in international markets.

Environmental regulations have increasingly shaped the sodium chloride market in recent years. Stricter regulations on mining and extraction, as well as on the use of salt in de-icing applications due to environmental concerns, can lead to higher compliance costs for producers. These costs may ultimately be reflected in the prices charged to consumers. Moreover, sustainability initiatives are driving some regions to explore alternative materials for de-icing, which could impact the long-term demand for sodium chloride and influence its market dynamics.

Global production and distribution of sodium chloride are dominated by a few key players, which can contribute to price stability or volatility, depending on market conditions. In some regions, state-owned enterprises play a significant role in salt production, leading to potential price controls or subsidies that can distort market behavior. In other cases, private-sector competition may lead to price wars or strategic pricing adjustments based on market share objectives. The competitive landscape thus plays a crucial role in shaping sodium chloride pricing trends, especially in markets where producers compete to supply large-scale industrial consumers.

The impact of currency fluctuations cannot be underestimated in the pricing of globally traded commodities like sodium chloride. Exchange rates can significantly affect the landed cost of imported salt, especially in countries heavily reliant on imports to meet their domestic demand. Weakening local currencies can lead to increased prices for imported salt, while strengthening currencies may make it cheaper, depending on the global market scenario. This exchange rate sensitivity makes sodium chloride pricing especially complex in regions subject to currency volatility.

Supply and demand shocks also contribute to short-term volatility in sodium chloride prices. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes or floods, can disrupt production and supply chains, causing temporary spikes in prices. Similarly, rapid increases in demand due to unforeseen factors, such as sudden changes in weather patterns requiring large quantities of de-icing salt, can lead to short-term supply constraints and price surges. Conversely, periods of oversupply, driven by increased production or weaker demand, can lead to downward pressure on prices.

In addition to these factors, technological advancements in salt extraction and processing methods can influence sodium chloride pricing. Innovations aimed at increasing efficiency, reducing costs, or minimizing environmental impact can make a difference in production economics and, subsequently, market prices. These technological shifts, when combined with changes in regulatory landscapes and consumer preferences, make the sodium chloride market highly dynamic and subject to continuous evolution.

In conclusion, sodium chloride pricing is shaped by a complex web of factors, ranging from industrial demand and production costs to logistics, regulatory frameworks, and global economic conditions. The interplay of these elements creates a market that is sensitive to both long-term structural changes and short-term disruptions. For stakeholders in the sodium chloride industry, from producers and traders to end-users, understanding and navigating these dynamics is essential to effectively managing the risks and opportunities presented by price fluctuations in this essential commodity.

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[xenomorphicdna]

My 2024 resolution is to hunt people for sport

Someone's gotta spice this year up a little and some of ya all need putting down

[futuretonext]

The Middle East & Africa Pharmaceutical Grade Sodium Chloride Market size exceeded 20,000 tons in 2022 & is estimated to grow at a CAGR of around 5.2% during the forecast period, i.e., 2023-28. The market growth imputes to the rising population and increasing healthcare awareness in the Middle East and Africa which has led to higher demand for medicines and medical treatments. As the prevalence of chronic diseases and health issues rises, so does the need for pharmaceutical products, including intravenous solutions and other drugs that utilize sodium chloride as an essential ingredient.

[rtoffanin]

The lab-created compounds — never seen before — might exist naturally on icy moons in the outer solar system.

BY KENNETH CHANG | NYTimes Science | Disclosure

[jimvasta]

Humans and Superstitions

"Oh man, it's Friday the 13th."

"It's never happened before, touch wood."

Spills a small amount of sodium chloride in the lab, proceeds to take a pinch and throw it over their shoulder.

Gets angry when you show off your new boots by putting them on the table.

Refuses to sit at the corner of the dining table when they arrive late.

At first I thought these were odd quirks of individual humans, but then I discovered they all do and say these things.

There is a compulsion for them to call on a deity if one 'sneezes'. An odd response to a non-dangerous reflex.

I asked the security team leader, the most senior human on board, why they do these things. He shrugged and said not to worry, it's just superstition.

They believe in a thing called 'luck', an odd concept where they can influence probability by making the most tiny changes. I think this superstition somehow a remedy to an inverse of luck.

I need to research it more, but if it is true, if humans really can alter probability as they believe they can, then it would explain how they can survive such reckless behaviour.

[xenomorphicdna]

Uh oh

@xenomorphicdna I compel you to explode <3

[spenglersweetheart]

I have idea

Egon isn’t one for falling in love easily in his mind there has to be a bond, friendship bond, trust etc, what if one day after a mission with reader ( rookie ) he helps them with the filing of the samples collected and they crack a really good science joke and before he can stop himself he snort laughs.

Ever since whenever Egons in a bad mood reader tells a science joke

oh, this is actually so cute !! i love it 🥹

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Anything to Make You Smile

Egon Spengler x Reader

WARNINGS : none!

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YOU DIDN'T MIND FILING THE SAMPLES WITH Egon. In fact, you much preferred it over making the bust. Though, that part was always fun, too. You had gotten along with all your new coworkers. Well, at least, almost all of them. Egon Spengler was a hard one to crack. The others told you about his seriousness. Which you didn't mind, it's what helps him stay dedicated to his work, and you honestly admired that.

When you guys came back from the most recent job, you and Egon pretty much immediately rushed over to the laboratory so you two can start with the samples. It was honestly your favorite part of the day. But, you noticed that something was off about Egon.

You knew he wasn't the one for emotions, as they are not really easy for him. But you wanted to get close to him. It may be because you were starting to gain somewhat of a little crush on him. But ... No one needed to know that. Not just yet, at least. Today, though, he was a bit off. He's not known to be a talker. Maybe that was just around you, but he looked a little more sad than usual.

You walk over to him when you file one of your last samples. You watch him carefully, before looking up at him to speak.

"You okay?" You finally get the courage to ask.

He only gives you a hum of approval, which wasn't really normal for him. It makes you raise a brow in interest.

He starts to walk away, you immediately follow right after him like you're some lost puppy. You tried not to make a habit of that, as it could possibly annoy him. You thought for a moment, before an idea finally pops into your head.

"Hey, Egon, did you hear about the chemist who threw sodium chloride at his taxi driver?" You question.

Egon rose a brow in interest and in slight concern. "I have not," he answered, "Are they okay?"

"Yeah! Yeah, they're alright. The police caught the guy. They ruled it as a salt."

Egon looks at you, a chuckle falling from his lips, it eventually turns into a laugh, letting out a snort. Seeing him like that makes you smile wide.

"How did you come up with that so quickly?" Egon asked.

You gave a shrug. "I dunno. I always had a knack for science related jokes," you answer, "I've got a ton of other ones if you want them."

"If you're sure," Egon says, "I could use another one."

"Alright, so a neutron walks into a bar, right?"

Egon gives a nod. "Yeah?"

"He asks how much for a beer. The bartender replied, 'For you? No charge.'"

It's another corny science joke that makes Egon laugh. You were happy that someone appreciated your science related jokes like you did.

"I saw you were feeling a little down. I just wanted to see you smile for a change," you tell him.

"Well, it certainly worked," Egon responds, "Thank you."

"Yeah, no problem. Anything to make you smile," you say back to him.

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── ♡ ( AUTHOR'S NOTE! ) :

not my best work i don't think bc i am Tired™ but i really hope you like it! i tried my best.

[thosearentcrimes]

The following text, apparently one of a long series by the same author, was recovered off the coast of Cuba by cephalopod research group divers in local year 120 and was one of the earliest documents to be translated following the excavation of cetacean archives at the Rashid Site in 146 that allowed us to decrypt cephalopod. It remains essential to our understanding of cephalopod infrastructure capabilities and policy.

The chief monobrain is at it again. Evol Nrol has introduced his next grand new vision for the sea and beyond, to great acclaim from his various suckers and the media outlets he just happens to own. 55% of the planet just isn't enough apparently, our lords and masters are still looking for more untouched wilderness to pointlessly ruin. One begins to suspect that they just want somewhere to run away to, and one begins to wonder why. Just like last time, he wants to colonize Lake Baikal, because bad ideas never die, they just camouflage. In case it's not obvious, this will never work, and if it did it would still not work. Let's just glide over the 10 most obvious reasons this is impossible and insane from last time.

1) Lake Baikal is very far away. 2) Lake Baikal is very cold. 3) The water in Lake Baikal is basically poison. Life inside seapods would always be one breach away from rapid deionisation. 4) Lake Baikal either has scientific value, or it has octopus habitation. It can't have both. 5) Lake Baikal has nothing we need. As far as we know the thermal vents in Baikal have nothing we can't get much easier from existing vents, or even by creating synthentic vents. 6) Lake Baikal has too much water to salinify. This is the one they really haven't thought about. We don't have the minerals we would need. The quantity of sodium chloride alone would make a pile the size of Moai mount. Our best way to get the minerals is by evaporating the sea and moving the evaporate over, but at that point we could just as well build the evaporation pool, not build the levees, and just live there. On that note: 7) Clearly nobody's calculated the logistics on moving that much mineral. Have you tried lugging a mountain over land? 10) Lake Baikal is constantly being drained by a river and replenished by other rivers. It takes around 512 years to replace the entire volume of the lake. That's a long time, even by lake standards, at least. Still, anything you put in the water will dissipate at a rate of 1/512 per year at least. And at the scale of the initial investment, the maintenance cost in minerals alone would be unaffordable.

If you really wanted to go with the monumentally stupid idea of filling a lake with minerals to make more sea, there's a much better choice, of course. Lake Tanganyika is more accessible, warmer, smaller, still has thermal vents, and drains slower. In every respect it would be an easier choice, though still entirely impossible of course. But Evol couldn't go with that, because he's tying his consultants in knots attempting to salvage his whole "dredge the Yenisey 1km deep" idea from three years ago, which wouldn't have made sense with Tanganyika, and he's too arrogant to pick a new target to go with the new manateeshit plan. As always, impossible plans like these just vent ink over the infrastructure and housing investment we desperately need and already know how to do.

[scp-l4-clef-alto-001]

no idea if someone asked you this recently, apologies

Your works on the SCP wiki have always been my personal favourites, because you have an incredibly dynamic style of writing and amazing sense of character creation. Everything fits together perfectly and the plots make sense.

But what do you think about the current style of writing that occurs on the wiki? Is it even possible that years from now the characters that are written today will be nearly as well known as many of the SCP’s in the early thousands?

and finally what’s your favourite flavour of rock

Thanks for the compliment. As for the current writing style: styles and trends come and go. I've already seen big fanbases for very recent work, and that's a sign of a healthy community.

My favorite flavor of rock is sodium chloride (salt), although sucrose (rock sugar) is a close second. A few years back, I found out about the (Iranian? Persian?) habit of drinking tea with rock candy, and it's my new favorite.

On a related note: I miss my kebab guy. . . there was a dude who ran a kebab grill out the back of this Iranian market who made the best goddamn koobideh. And he charged a reasonable amount, too: ten bucks got you enough meat, rice, and grilled vegetables for three meals, along with lavash and a can of cola. Then I switched jobs.

Tell me about your favorite kebabs, guys. I'm getting hungry.

Clefbab

[prismaticpichu]

ZackSephWeek Day 8 - Free Day!!!

I present to you: a deleted scene from Pastya Bedtime!!

~

“Ooh! How about this one, pal."

With a sunny smile illuminating his face, Zack pointed to yet another image on the page—the thirteenth one, if they were keeping track—and that smile continued to shine blindingly bright as he glanced up at him in search of approval.

Approval that, frankly, was not found, given that an exhausted headshake was his response.

"Zack..." he started tiredly, but the amusement was more than portrayed through the smirk budding on his lips. "For the thirteenth time: I don't mind which pasta you cook. If you think the Alfredo looks appetizing, then cook it."

“Ah, but is the Alfredo with broccoli what you really want?"

Sephiroth ran a hand over his face.

"Okie doke!" Zack said in understanding, turning back to his recently purchased copy of Penne For Your Thoughts: The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Pasta Dish and flipping the page. "Alfredo is no-go."

"Did I not just agree to it?"

"Nope! You said if I found it appetizing."

"And?"

"And it's YOUR birthday, Seph! I wanna make what you want."

"And if what I want is whatever you choose?"

"Then you better believe we're gonna be here all night, bud."

Sephiroth couldn't help but give way a small chuckle, shaking his head at his friend's sheer display of obstinance and resilience. Some things truly never changed, never could falter.

"C'mon, bud!” Zack pressed, blue eyes continuing to roam over the option. “Don't worry about me! You know I'll eat anything under the sun!”

"Yes... that I frighteningly do know.”

"Good! Then just tell me what kinda pasta you want, pal. Just tell me and I'll make it."

Silence reigned for a moment, and Sephiroth continued to smirk. “And how am I supposed to choose when you purchased an entire cookbook?"

"Simple! Just tell me what your favorite is."

Sephiroth shook his head again.

"Oh c'mon, pal, just tell me your favorite! I can do it! Really. I went out to the store and literally picked up every ingredient in the book. Like… every one. I think the store clerk thought I was a loon.”

Sephiroth shook his head harder. "

“...I'm afraid that was unnecessary."

"What? No it wasn't!!!” Zack protested. "You said you loved pasta, so I wanted to make sure you had your favorite—“

"Plain."

"—…and, yknow… Wait. Pardon?"

"Plain," Sephiroth repeated, an almost resigned dip in his tone as he folded his arms. "Plain spaghetti with salt."

Zack blinked—blinked about three times, for that matter, maybe five—and it was clear that he suddenly felt quite sheepish standing beside an open cookbook of elaborate, sophisticated pasta platters when all he needed was a store-bought box of noodles and some sodium chloride.

"...You mean, that’s your favorite? Plain ol' spaghetti with table salt?"

Sephiroth’s expression said it all; a sincere, unmistakable honestly shimmering in those silver-skimmed emerald eyes.

Annnnd Zack thought maybe it wasn’t so bad to take the reins after all.

“Okay! New plan!” Zack laughed, shutting the (now) completely useless cookbook with purposeful puntuctation. “Howww about we do try one of my old favorites. Sound good to you, pal? Just, y’know, so we don’t waste the ingredients!”

…Okay, maybe that was just the Angeal inside of him talking.

Maybe.

Probably.

Regardless of the reason, Sephiroth’s response was one of piqued curiosity, the slight movement of his silver brow lifting alongside the shame in those jade irises.

“…Oh?” he hummed, most intrigued. “And what would that be?”

Grinning, Zack had already begun making his way over to the freezer, flinging over the hefty metal door in search of the most homey (and potentially smelly) item in his arsenal.

“How about I make an old Gongagan favorite? Piscine Pasta!”

[fagsex]

good news i didnt poison myself just accidentally drank a lot of sodium chloride mixed with honey and coffee

bad news i drank a lot of sodium chloride mixed with honey and coffee

[gaycrouton]

Who ended up in the hospital more: Mulder or Scully?

The following calculations come from the hard work of @xfilesobsession​, my idol 

Note: this is solely a list of their on-screen hospital appearances where they were admitted as patients (in gowns), not all the times they were injured and/or briefly taken care of.

Beyond the Sea (1x13) 

Patient: Fox Mulder 

Reason: He was shot during a rescue mission. 

Current Total Mulder: 1 Scully: 0

Darkness Falls (1x20) 

Patient: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully 

Reason: They took a nice trip to the forest and were almost devoured by insects. 

*semantically speaking, this is a quarantine facility 

Current Total Mulder: 2 Scully: 1

One Breath (2x08)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: She was ding dong ditched at the hospital by the people who had abducted her for months. The hospital was apparently so shocked, they forgot to give her a blanket :/

Current Total Mulder: 2 Scully: 2

Colony (2x16) and End Game (2x17)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: He was exposed to the Alien Bounty Hunter’s blood.

*counts as one since Colony begins in medias res with events from End Game.

Current Total Mulder: 3 Scully: 2

Død Kalm (2x19)

Patient: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully

Reason: They were on a ship where “contaminated water caused rapid oxidative damage and dramatically increased sodium chloride in the body,” (Scully, 1995).

Current Total Mulder: 4 Scully: 3

Apocrypha (3x16)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: Mulder’s car is run off the road.

Current Total Mulder: 5 Scully: 3

Wetwired (3x23)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: Scully becomes victim to the control of a device that incites paranoid delusions.

Current Total Mulder: 5 Scully: 4

Memento Mori (4x14)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: She’s diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

Current Total Mulder: 5 Scully: 5

Redux II (5x02)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: Her terminal cancer flares up, but she is cured. Hopefully alien implants are part of her health insurance plan.

Current Total Mulder: 5 Scully: 6

The Red and The Black (5x13)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: She sustained burns and smoke inhalation.

Current Total Mulder: 5 Scully: 7

Folie à Deux (5x19)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: Mulder began seeing things others couldn’t (according to Scully, he was succumbing to folie à deux — shared psychosis), and Skinner had him committed.

Current Total Mulder: 6 Scully: 7

Fight the Future (1998)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: He is shot by the people who abduct Scully.

Current Total Mulder: 7 Scully: 7

Triangle (6x03)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: While searching for the Queen Anne, he wrecked his ship.

Current Total Mulder: 8 Scully: 7

Tithonus (6x10)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: Scully was accidentally shot by a fellow agent during a case.

Current Total Mulder: 8 Scully: 8

Biogenesis (6x22) and The Sixth Extinction (7x01)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: He’s hospitalized for being in critical condition due to his abnormal brain activity.

*counts as one since he was never relocated/discharged in between episodes.

Current Total Mulder: 9 Scully: 8

The Sixth Extinction (7x01) and The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (7x02)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: Abnormal Brain Activity (cont.)

*counts as a new one since he was relocated by Skinner and remains there in between these two episodes

Current Total Mulder: 10 Scully: 8

Signs and Wonders (7x09)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: Attacked by snakes

Current Total Mulder: 11 Scully: 8

Brand X (7x18)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: Beetle eggs began hatching in his lungs.

Current Total Mulder: 12 Scully: 8

Requiem (7x22)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: Scully faints at the office after realizing Mulder was in danger. It is later revealed she’s pregnant.

Current Total Mulder: 12 Scully: 9

Without (8x02)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: She’s in a physical altercation with the Alien Bounty Hunter which leaves her with several injuries.

Current Total Mulder: 12 Scully: 10

Via Negativa (8x07)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: She checked herself into the hospital after feeling acute abdominal pain.

Current Total Mulder: 12 Scully: 11

DeadAlive (8x14) and Three Words (8x15)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: “Brought back from the dead.”

*counts as one since it is the same hospital stay between episodes

Current Total Mulder: 13 Scully: 11

Empedocles (8x17)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason: She had some abdominal pain that turned out to be a partial abruption.

Current Total Mulder: 13 Scully: 12

Babylon (10x05)

Patient: Fox Mulder

Reason: He woke up in the hospital after apparently embarrassing himself while under the influence of placebos he believed were magic mushrooms.

Current Total Mulder: 14 Scully: 12

My Struggle III (11x01)

Patient: Dana Scully

Reason(s): She suffered from a seizure in the office; then another while driving and she crashed.

*this counts as two because she left the hospital and was brought back a second time.

Current Total Mulder: 14 Scully: 14

So how many times did we see Mulder and Scully admitted to the hospital?

Overall Total 🏥 Mulder: 14 Scully: 14

It’s a tie! 🥳

I stated earlier that this is not every time they were injured and not every time they went to the hospital. Instead, it is every time we saw them while they were admitted to the hospital as a patient.

As with everything, this can be calculated in different ways.

There were instances where we saw them go to the hospital for something temporary (Blood, Gesthemane) and there are episodes where they definitely went to hospital, but we didn’t see them (Zero Sum, Never Again).

This also doesn’t take into account variables like length of hospital stay or injury v. illness. It’s impossible to know the full circumstances in some cases and overall to estimate who spent the most *time* in the hospital.

All to say, this was just for fun and I acknowledge it is not comprehensive based on different criteria (so don’t come for me), but I do believe it is every time we see them on screen admitted in hospital gowns.

[cinnamonest]

Hello all. Sorry for my radio silence until now, here's a half-vent-post, half-update-post for the mess I have going on.

So, my second doctor's appointment... I am very grateful to have a wonderful employer who let me take some time off, so since I've been not great, I've gone to stay with my parents for the week.

I am experiencing what I was told is something called "polydipsia," which I can only describe as something I would come up with if I were asked to devise a new method of psychological torture. It's the sensation of intense, constant thirst, but drinking water doesn't do anything. Like, you know how normally when you're super thirsty and drink water, you feel a sensation of relief when you drink water? That doesn't happen. When you swallow and put the glass down, the thirst is just as intense as it was before you drank, it just... does nothing. You just stay insanely, incredibly thirsty, nonstop, and there is nothing you can do, no amount of drinking makes the sensation go away, but you keep getting the urge to drink because that's what your brain compels you to do.

It was mild at first, now it's reached a point that I'm chugging bottles of water, just nonstop, can barely sleep due to thirst. I know it could be so much worse and a lot of people have much worse things and this is minor by comparison, and I'm very grateful this isn't painful, but it's driving me insane. Just the constant sensation that you're trying to fix but nothing alleviates it at all despite trying is frustrating in a way I cannot describe and it's slowly worn me down to the point of psychological exhaustion.

Apparently, this may be due to some kidney issue. If so that means basically all that water I'm drinking, is actually not being absorbed by my body, my kidneys do nothing, so basically it's as if I'm not drinking at all. So, effects of dehydration as well.

At first with the urgent care doctor I went to initially, I was told that I am not diabetic due to blood sugar normal levels and that I had a kidney problem I needed to see a specialist for. Then I finally got an appointment with the primary care doctor, who said that may be incorrect because diabetes would easily explain the polydipsia. However, the last blood sample they took for lab work they did a few days ago came back and it turns out, once again, I am in fact NOT diabetic.

They drew even more blood and did a series of extensive fluids tests, basically measuring the contents by electrolyte, so I would get updates of lab results sent to me reading like "potassium - normal" and "chloride - normal" etc etc as they test each component. Everything kept coming back as being at normal levels until it hit sodium, and then for some reason, sodium and only sodium got flagged as being imbalanced.

I may have "diabetes insipidus", I'll just have to wait for testing results.

Unfortunately, with comically impeccable timing, I needed wisdom teeth taken out as it's apparently already begun to undo my previous expensive orthodontic work, so I just got out of wisdom tooth surgery yesterday. However, since I have ADHD meds (which are amphetamines) flowing through my body, they put me under general anesthesia rather than laughing gas.

So it's done, my mouth is stuffed with gauze, I'm numb with opioids for the gaping holes in my gums, I feel like a pincushion with the number of needles that have been stuffed in me in the last 72 hours, but it's done and hopefully I won't need anything more.

[xcyaeraa]

A guide to dry skin !! ˚˖𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒✧˚.⋆

As both dry skin and eczema girly I have learned that I really need to be cautious of my skincare and body care (which I chose to ignore back then and ended up stripping my skin TwT) to prevent white flakes obliterating my face every morning and night. So for all my combination/dry skin fellas out there that need tips, I gotchu! -- to the best of my knowledge.ヾ(￣▽￣)

To decide whether you have a dry skin type, try to find out if you often get flaky, rough, or tight feeling on your skin after washing your face with a normal cleaner. Dry skin can also constantly get itchy most likely due to dehydration, if you feel confident about your skin type being dry, then you're recommended to focus on keeping your face moisturized and hydrated. And lastly, make sure you're getting enough vitamin D, vitamin A, niacinamide, zinc, or iron as being deficient in these nutrients can result in dry skin.

I recommend you try out products containing hyaluronic acid, glycerin, aloe vera extract, and ceramides since these are very fresh for your skin! And it's best to stay away from harsher ingredients like alcohol, isopropyl, and sulfates also preventing too much scrubbing/exfoliating!

Now, it's finally time for my favorite parts, skincare recommendations! From the products I have (bravely) tried for the sake of healing my skin, I will leave out a few product recommendations that I LOVE with my favorite ingredients from each of them -- please feel free to also leave out your skincare recommendations, I'd trust more than tiktok, but of course, do research beforehand.

Aera's 2024 Skincare favs 🧼🌸𓏲⋆ ִֶָ ๋𓂃 ⋆ᡣ𐭩

Round Lab 1025 Dokdo Toner: Glycerin, Sea water, Panthenol

Skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalu-cica Water-fit Sun Serum: Glycerin, Butylene glycol, Centella asiatica, Hyaluronic acid

Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Moist Cream: Glycerin, Hyaluronic acid, Vitamin E

Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Moisture 5.5 Soft Cleansing Gel (Unscented): Glycerin, Butylene glycol, Sodium chloride

Johnson's Baby Oil

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask (Berry)

Nivea Rich Care & Color (French Pink)

Skintific Mugwort Acne Clay Stick: Niacinamide, Salicylic acid, Centella

I swear by these products and I will invest on them 4ever!! I really hoped these help you girlies to get new insights about skincares and your skin, I'll be making more of these cause I really do enjoy making them, if u have any requests, feel free to!

replay - SHINee

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Vertin's Bookshelf (Real Life References)

I'm only including real world references in this post. Some were too blurry for me to see so I only included the ones I can confirm. I tried to find pics of the original cover art too. Anything indented was copied from somewhere and I included all sources. I only did the searching and squinting!

VICTORIAN LONDON STREET LIFE in Historic Photographs

These rare historical photographs were taken from 1873 to 1877 and are part of Street Life in London, a book that was one of the first examples of social documentary photography. The authors, photographer John Thomson and journalist Adolphe Smith, aimed to reveal by the innovative use of photography and essays the conditions of a life of poverty in London. (source)

Die Verwandlung ( The Metamorphosis) by Frankz Kafa

(Note: Seems like Vertin has this book in its original German instead of translated into English)

Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka and first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, who have offered varied interpretations. (source)

CURRUS TRIUMPHALIS ANTIMONIO (Triumphant Chariot of Antimony) : alchemy book published in 1646

From what I've gathered its focused on ancient medicine and hermetic philosophy? It's pretty old and the information around it is sparse. However, the supposed author has an interesting story:

Basil Valentine is the Anglicized version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-century German authors. According to John Maxson Stillman, who wrote on the history of chemistry, there is no evidence of such a name on the rolls in Germany or Rome and no mention of this name before 1600. His putative history, like his imaginary portrait, appears to be of later creation than the writings themselves. Whoever he was, Basil Valentine had considerable knowledge of chemistry. He demonstrated that ammonia could be obtained by the action of alkali on sal-ammoniac (ammonium chloride), described the production of hydrochloric acid by acidifying brine of common salt (sodium chloride), and created ethyl chloride and oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid), among other achievements. (source)

There's a Beethoven vinyl record that I can't make out but it has the word "violoncello" in it? I tried sharpening it but still can't figure out the rest. I couldn't find the art either.

The last one is another Vinyl Record: Johann Sebastian Bach, Enrico Mainardi – Suiten Für Violoncello Solo Nr.1-6. I tried to find the closing looking image to the one used in the game. The record I found was actually remastered in Japan (2016) but its very close!

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Article from Mail about Andrew Wincott in Colombia (scroll down to read the article)

Coming soon to The Archers...Adam Macy's cocoa farm in Colombia!

written by Andrew Wincott for Mail on Sunday Travel (31 March 2014)

Radio star Andrew Wincott is bewitched and bedazzled by a historic and colorful corner of South America

Oh dear! Really? Are you quite sure?' Such were the reactions of various acquaintances to my announcement that I was planning a trip to Colombia.

The fact that I have friends in Bogota didn't assuage their anxieties. And now even I started to imagine scenarios in which, having been kidnapped by some paramilitary renegades, I could possibly negotiate some sort of communication line down which I could record scenes for The Archers from my cell in Bogota. Perhaps Adam could have been on a trip researching cocoa farming, I reflected, and found himself deludedly diverted towards coca instead.

Such is the curious blurring between fiction and reality in The Archers that stranger things have happened.

Bogota is a dynamic city with a chaotic character all its own. At 8,500ft above sea level you would think the head-rush would be mandatory. The rush is all in the traffic: buses veer, bikes swerve, taxis vie for fares across choked lanes.

But in the tranquil historic neighbourhood of La Candelaria you escape to the city's Spanish colonial past. Amid the teeming hordes of students, travellers and local Bogotanos, the gold exhibits of the Museo D'Oro, such as the pre-Colombian gold raft sculpture from the Muisca era, are dazzling.

Alternatively one can enjoy the whimsical wit of Colombia's most famous artist, Botero. His porcine figures are found in a museum named after him and built around a charming 18th Century courtyard. Also housed here is part of Botero's personal art collection, including works by Monet, Renoir, Chagall, Miro, and Dali.

Taking in the view: Andrew at the Iglesia de Monserrate overlooking Bogota.

In the nearby Plaza de Bolivar I saw a llama sauntering by - they are used to give rides to giggling tourists. On one corner stands the Museo de la Independencia, housing artefacts and exhibits that fascinatingly illustrate the story of the 1810 Revolution: how the fight for independence began and how, some might contend, it is still being fought today.

Looking up from the plaza - high in the mountains to the east - you see the Iglesia de Monserrate, which is accessible within minutes by cable car. Here you find a sanctuary of tranquillity and spirituality, as though one has risen above the city while its secular urban unreality sprawls magnificently but chaotically across the plateau below.

If the tumult of Bogota becomes too much, a mere hour away lies Zipaquira and its cathedral, one of the most startling buildings in the world. With ingenuity, vision and audacity, a cavernous expanse 600ft below ground has been carved from a salt mine to form a space for worship.

Such is the combination of iconography, natural forms, colours, and carvings that you feel you're in a sodium-chloride art installation.

It's extraordinary to imagine that on Sundays and holy days 3,000 people come here to worship.

At Guatavita, the legend of El Dorado resonates from the pre-Colombian past. Cradled by crater walls is the lake on to which the Muisca tribe rowed their new cacique (king) on a raft before ritually immersing him, naked and covered in gold dust. In further homage, thousands of gold offerings were thrown into the lake by members of the tribe surrounding the shores.

Across the mountains, through the valleys, past polytunnels (Adam would have been pleased to note) the poncho - or ruana - wearing farmers tend the fields, ride horseback or stroll as though time has stopped. Being on the road is an experience in itself. Away from Bogota, down from the plateau and the temperate high ground, the temperature rises.

Roadside grills offer chorizos, chicken and cold beers to slake the thirst. Dogs slumber, sheltering in doorways to escape the heat while cats watch from the shadows.

If it's history you crave, about 90 miles from Bogota, in the Andes near Tunja, there is a tiny bridge over the Teatinos River, marking the site where the Battle of Boyaca was fought.

Here in August 1819 a decisive victory was won against the Spanish in the war for independence - with the help of the British - an event marked by imposing monuments to the generals Bolívar and Santander.

Soon you reach the white-washed walls, red-tiled roofs and cobblestone streets of Villa de Leyva, a preserved colonial town which, since 1954, has been a national monument.

The 17th Century architecture, featuring cool arcaded courtyards, fountains, and flower-festooned columns, is unspoilt. Dancing in the square and drinking aguardiente in the bars around here seem like timeless nocturnal pursuits.

Further afield, an hour's flight from Bogota on the shores of the Caribbean, lies the Unesco World Heritage site of Cartagena, a beautifully restored jewel of a walled Spanish city with perhaps the most impressive fortifications in Latin America, the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas.

The stature of the walls and the tunnels beneath help the visitor understand why it was virtually impossible to defeat the Spanish here, and why they stayed until the 19th Century.

At night the sun-drenched Plaza de la Santisima Trinidad is transformed into a natural theatre. All life is here. Children race, dogs strut like horses, folk reflect and ruminate.

Locals and travellers mix over a beer bought from the shop across the square and a hot dog from a stand.

If you fancy a cocktail, perhaps a cuba libre, you can try to wake the old girl slumbering behind her stall to mix one.

Colombia is a country that defies expectations. It will bewitch and bedazzle you. The countryside is timeless and you'll find pure pleasure in the tranquillity and variety of the landscape and the charm of its people. If you're looking to escape from the greyness of the commonplace, the warmth, colour and natural beauty of Colombia elevate it to the dimension of another world. I shall certainly be going back.

Maybe that cocoa farm of Adam's wasn't such a bad idea after all.