#reprecussions

[ask-di-hardy]

Repercussions

A solid thirty minutes passed before Hardy left the Chief Constable’s office. When he did emerge, he looked in a thoroughly bad mood. On a level everyone in the office gave him a wide berth.

Heading to his office practically slammed the door shut behind him. Throwing his jacket over a chair he sat at his desk and put his head in his hands.

@ask-a-ds

[inkobsessedfreak]

Profile Study - Sergent John Mullins (Castle)

Program; CSP

Time; an hour

I dunno why I waited so long to start drawing stuff from castle but now it's not leaving me. Here's what the guy looks like in the series

[thegreenlanternb]

I think the beach has done plumb tuckered them out......I’m still going strong . Hopefully I’ll be gone before she sees this, if not, I loved all of you, some more vigorously than others . #naptime #sleepy #wife #reprecussions https://www.instagram.com/p/COtU1H5nMYN/?igshid=10j8dfndee1sh

[ironcloudghostbear]

I ate a slice of pizza and drank a teeny bit of coke.... now i feel guilty. The only way to combat this is to go to the gym and workout for at least 30 minutes. No excuses.

Although, i am on my period this week so the cravings are insane and I’m so impulsive but....

I put it in my mouth and i have to pay the consequences!

[globalawarenes]

Repercussions of the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect

The greenhouse effect is caused by the behaviour of natural gases found in Earth's atmosphere as they affect the way heat energy from the sun is radiated back into space and how much stays in our atmosphere. As it passes through the atmosphere it is absorbed by gasses such as water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide. This causes traps the energy which warms Earth and then whatever is left gets radiated back into space. This is a natural occurrence but over time humans have lead the gases in the atmosphere to build up and warm the Earth at a rapid rate. The earth was at an equilibrium state for a centuries before the industrial revolution which lead to the increase usage/burning of fossil fuels, agriculture and rise in population. This ongoing human activity has created a significant change in the atmosphere as usually the rise of these gasses in the atmosphere would take thousand thousands of years, and gradually let organisms adapt to their homes but because this has been so rapid, an adaption may be impossible. Other consequences for the increase is that sea levels will increase and global weather patterns will rise to the extreme. These will lead to adversity between agriculture, human health, biodiversity with regions and loss of habitat for many specimens. For example the marine ecosystem would exhibit a change in water temperatures rising about 0.1 degrees Celsius over the century. This puts stress on marine life as coral reefs are susceptible to these changes and can make them bleach which means they are releasing their symbiotic algae. This can cause large scale reefs to die off and many organisms would be found without homes or ways to hide from danger. Also krill can be affected by these changes as they tend to not reproduce in warmer areas which leads to a disruption for krill eaters as they would face food shortages. Since there is an abundance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere much of it is also absorbed into oceans which cause the chemistry of the oceans to change and become acidic. This causes marine life to adapt quickly or die off, which could then lead to food shortages for humans as certain countries such as Japan rely heavily on seafood for their diet. Weather and climate globally will also be affected due to the greenhouse effect. Many places such as the Middle East may become hotter and drier, which can then cause it to be inhabitable by humans which forces them to relocate in order to survive as they have not had the time to adapt to the sudden changes. Coastal countries with large populations may be forced to move inland which can cause over-populations and they may not be able to adapt to certain circumstances. This can cause certain places to be affected by drought, floods and storms but it is uncertain which specific regions will be affected as it is unknown how long humans will continue to ignore these issues.Certain plants, animals and humans will be forced to move, adapt or perish as they are all of sudden exposed to these changes and they will find it difficult to survive. Crops will be affected as certain plants grow in warmer climates such as rice and colder climates such as sugar cane. This could lead to more food shortages and cause more people in countries such as Africa and China to suffer from hunger. Sources: http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/explore/pristine-seas/critical-issues-sea-temperature-rise/ http://www.nova.org.au/earth-environment/enhanced-greenhouse-effect http://www.toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Greenhouse+Effect

[that-scary-romulan-chick]

Repercussions: Part 1

((To the RPers involved in this: it's only as long as it is because it's a starter and I've decided to try writing this one in more of an official paragraph/story style so it's kinda wordy. XD Don't feel like replies after this have to be just as long!  This is just to set the mood, recap a little bit, and get things going. ^^))

The time was 0900 hours in the Mountain Standard Time zone of Earth. In a little apartment building, most residence were out of bed and busy; some had gone off to their jobs, some prepared for work, some sat and had coffee over the morning paper… as always, there was a sense of quiet morning activity in the air.

But the windows in apartment A 216 remained tightly shut, and the lone Romulan resident still lay curled up in her bed.  Tal’kaela was usually up with the sun to have her coffee, feed her cat, Dusty, and scour the morning paper in diligent search of some interesting tid-bit of information about humans to file into one of her reports.  But for the past 8 days, she found it difficult to motivate herself to even get out of bed, much less focus enough to write an in depth report on human behavior and psychology.  She rolled over and growled, mulling over the events of the previous week for the thousandth time.  Meeting an alien of unknown origin who has taken a special interest in you and has the ability to manipulate your will is not an everyday occurrence, but when your adoptive big brother and respected Tal Shiar agent becomes involved and becomes determined to find criminal evidence against this being and protect you from him, one finds that even military duty seems small by comparison.

The thought panged in Tal’kaela’s mind again, and she pulled herself up to a sitting position. Dusty, who had finally given up on her waking up and feeding him, sprang to his feet from the foot of her bed and began mewling hopefully.

“I hear you!” Tal’kaela snapped grouchily, “As if enough isn’t expected of me already…” She wasn’t exactly sure what she meant by that, but it felt good to say.  The Romulan Uhlan found herself muttering such things more and more frequently for the past eight days.  Little did she know, that each and every one of them--as well as her jerky movements, nervous pacing, and insecure pawing at her face and shoulders—were being monitored.  When she stepped out of the house last week to pick up a comfort food for herself, Tal Shiar agents made quick work of strategically planting bugs in her apartment under the order of Senator Letant and with the permission of Vice Chairman Vreenak—who had also become involved in recent affairs.  Tal’kaela was in an unstable and insecure state, and there was no telling what this mysterious alien being, Robin, was capable of…

Unknowingly, Tal’kaela paced past five of these bugs on her way to feed her cat, who eagerly tottered behind her, still mewling.  “You know you’re lucky that you have me do everything for you,” she grumbled, “What if something happened to me, hmm?  You’d be completely helpless!”  But Dusty only uttered a rattly purr as Tal’kaela poured food into his dish and water in his bowl.  “Luckily… Nothing’s going to happen to me,” came her mumbled punctuation.  Sighing heavily and standing up, she shuffled over to her replicator and ordered coffee before slumping down in the rolling chair at her dining room-turned-office table.  Sipping at the scalding drink, she pulled out a paper from under a stack of displaced notes.  In the past week, she had let her apartment go more than usual…with the exception of the kitchen, which she would occasionally clean angrily while ranting at no one in Romulan.  “I don’t understand…” she muttered to Dusty, who was just swallowing some water to help him wash down his breakfast, “I’ve done my research… I even got my hands on a couple of Federation files on the subject… But nothing I’ve found matches…HIM!”  Dusty tottered over to her, licking his lips and purring contently.  “He isn’t Betazoid,” she continued, picking up the grey cat and setting him on her shoulder, “He’s not…whatever that ‘traveler’ guy is.  He isn’t a Q. …I don’t think.”  She growled, “whatever he is, he’s obviously telepathic, and you know how I feel about telepaths…”  The Romulan turned her brown eyes to glare at her computer screen.  “Forget it.  With any hope he’s forgotten about me anyway.  If he really can see my dreams, he knows how I—Nevermind, I’m not going to think about that!  No!!” She exclaimed decisively.  “I’m sure that by now my commander has noticed something is wrong.  I wonder if Letant talked to him… Well, whatever.  I’ll show him that nothing is wrong and everything is fine because this whole thing doesn’t affect me—I mean my duties—or me—Rrrrgh…” With a decisive turn that nearly knocked Dusty off her shoulder, the Romulan angrily pounded away at her keyboard (which she preferred over voice command, seeing as it was more silent and not overhearable by her neighbors) in search of old research files she could use to conjure up a report. 

Surely writing a report and getting back to her duties would make her forget all about that… Robin.  Sandman, wizard, whatever-he-called-himself….

[thenoreblogsblog]

Your Poor Face

Have you ever wondered, like, seriously wondered if your face ever got mad at you for facepalming yourself (or thinking about facepalming yourself) so much? I mean, it's a pretty important part of you. It must want as much respect as any other part of you. Your liver protests and strikes when you drink, your limbs refuse to move when you eat too much, lay down the wrong way, or try to get them to do things they weren't built for by breaking. Does the face have a protest reflex? Other than the nervous system responding to the physical aspect? Especially on the days were it simply did not deserve it or it most definitely was not joke worthy.