Soap is repulsive...

When mixed with water and pepper anyway...
So, what I'm basically saying is that soap spreads on the surface of the water due to the fact that it has both polar and nonpolar poles. This pushes the pepper to the edges. Observe below:

BEHOLD!
So yeah soap is repulsive to pepper. When it's just water and soap, the soap gently floats to the bottom of the cup and then mixes in of sorts.

The yellow tint around the edges is the soap.

Three Questions: The Sequel of the sequel of the sequel of the sequel to the Nth power

What have I done or learned lately? *Inhales deeply for long exposition* ....I got nothin. I could say I learned I'm horrible at taking tests, and that I love Celtic music, but I kind of knew that before. I have been working with the theater on stuff for the Beauty and the Beast musical (performances are in Mid-March, more details on the way) but, being cast as the wardrobe, I just stand there and recite lines with my arms at uncomfortable angles. Honestly, I can hardly even walk in the darn costume. Oh and I'm too tall for it, which means I crouch over more than the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

What am I going to do? Go to the library sometime in the near future and return books. Teach myself how to play the bagpipes and figure skate simultaneously. Take over the world. Finish test corrections and do online Government assignments. And hopefully not spontaneously combust.

Have a nice day everybody!

GRAS: Generally Regarded as Satirical

I kid, I kid. GRAS stands for "Generally Regarded as Safe."

On an absolutely unrelated note which will in no way connect to anything later, there are seven basic food dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1 & 2 (Brilliant Blue FCF and Indigotine), FD&C Green No. 3 (Fast Green FCF), FD&C Red No. 40 & 3 (Allura Red AC and Erythrosine), FD&C Yellow No. 5 & 6 (Tartazine and Sunset Yellow FCF), and Chanel No. 05 (Aubazine).

GRAS standards classify food dyes as: "...any dye, pigment, or other substance that can impart color to a food, drug, or cosmetic or to the human body." (http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/RegulatoryProcessHistoricalPerspectives/#) It is regulated by individual regulations for each dye. Products that don't comply are subject to enforcement action (recalls, legal actions, etc.), even for only a small amount. The seven food dyes mentioned before (which still don't pertain to anything) are okay-ed by the FDA  for use in "Foods generally." (http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/RegulatoryProcessHistoricalPerspectives/#) The history of dyes is a rich one, dating back to ancient Rome when dyes for clothing and cosmetics were collected from various plants and, in the case of Tyrian purple (named for the city of Tyre where it was first recorded), shellfish. The celts around the same time period again used plants for war paint and fabric dye. The ancient chinese used vibrant silks as a status symbol, but the poor were mostly stuck with browns and greens, in any culture. Dyes were then used in clothing and cosmetics constantly. In 1856, William Henry Perkin discovered the first synthetic dye, and orange color he called mauve (otherwise known as aniline). (http://www.straw.com/sig/dyehist.html) Federal oversight of dyes began in the 1880s, and in 1960 the Color Additives Amendments, later known as GRAS, were put in place. These stated that dyes would be put on a provinional list and only placed on a permanant list when scientifically deemed safe dor human use or comsumption. (http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/RegulatoryProcessHistoricalPerspectives/#) The GRAS regulations pertain to food as they are responsible for what goes into an average American's meal.

FD&C Blue No. 2 from www.chm.bris.ac.uk

 

FD&C Blue No. 1 from medicinescomplete.com

FD&C Green No. 3 from wikipedia

FD&C Red No. 40, also from wikipedia

FD&C Red No. 3, again from wikipedia

FD&C Yellow No. 5... from (all together now,) wikipedia

FD&C Yellow No. 6, from thearubigin.blogspot.com for a change.

Chanel No. 5 from smithandbrandon.wordpress.com because I could.
Also Aubazine is a convent where Coco Chanel lived in her teenage years with nuns.