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Here are several 1oz samples of pure elemental metals. I tried to get a nice variety - bars, rounds, and hand-poured ingots.
Top: copper, zinc, nickel
Middle: indium, bismuth, lead
Bottom: tin, silver, titanium
I have a very large magnet that I used on these. The nickel is very ferromagnetic. Most of the others are diamagnetic, with copper and silver producing the strongest response. Lead and bismuth have the weakest response. Titanium is very slightly paramagnetic, but it's hard to tell.
The copper and silver I've had for a while, and they show some oxidization. The rest are new arrivals from eBay. Indium was the most expensive, followed by silver. The rest were all under $8 each. I have a 1oz bar of pure iron on the way, and plan to pick up some others.
I have samples of tungsten and gallium as well, but not 1oz samples.
Fire, water, and earth. A natural still life below patio lattice after a rain.
#52 in Flickr Explore
After work it was 16 degrees and ungodly windy, I had to pee and was really hungry, but when the sky is doing this sort of thing you can't just go home.
And then when I finally did get home, it turns out I lost my house key somewhere along the way. So there was that. Whoops.
Models: Cassandra Carrie(Fire), Erica Vezina(Air), Caleigh Yaworsky(Water) and Marie-Josee Dionne(Earth)
MUA & HAIR: Crystal Lavallee (Earth)
During the Clan Invasion of 3050, one of the most terrifying opponents Inner Sphere MechWarriors ran into was the "Toad." These eight-foot monsters would literally leap into battle, fastening themselves onto BattleMechs and tearing them apart like a swarm of armored locusts, and could shrug off multiple hits from anything but the largest weapons before going down. Only later did the Inner Sphere learn that the Toads were actually called Elementals by their foes, and had human beings inside of them, rather than being some sort of alien life form.
The Elemental came about from experimental diving suits made for the often hostile worlds of the Clans. Clan Goliath Scorpion had originally designed the suits--roughly analogous to the JIM deep-water diving suits of the 20th Century--but Clan Wolf saw martial potential in them. With added armor, a jump-pack, and weapons, the suits could be used on the battlefield--and finally give foot infantry a chance against BattleMechs. The only problem the Wolves ran into was that the suits were so heavy that, even with mechanical assistance, they were almost impossible to move. Clan Hell's Horses had the solution to that: they had been experimenting with genetically-altered infantry that were larger and stronger than normal humans. Putting these genetically-altered warriors into the suits was the perfect solution, and the Elemental was born.
As a single suit, the Elemental is at a disadvantage, but when deployed in a Point of five suits or a Star of 25, they are deadly. Elementals have enough armor that they can survive direct hits from anything up to a large laser and still be combat effective. Should the armor be penetrated and the warrior wounded, the suit will seal the breach with rubberlike HarJel and inject the warrior with powerful painkillers to keep them in the fight. For weapons, the Elemental also packs a formidable punch, with a single-shot SRM-2 missile pack, and a variety of arm weapons: usually small lasers are carried, but these can be swapped with machine guns or flamethrowers for use against infantry or tanks. As a fallback weapon, the Elemental can always use their powerful claw to tear off armor plate. Elementals' only real drawback is their lack of speed: they can barely run 30 meters at a sprint, or jump 120 meters, so a smart MechWarrior--assuming they're in a fast enough 'Mech--can simply outrun them and pick off Elementals at range.
To be able to maneuver the heavy suit, Elementals are genetically-engineered and bred solely for that job. As a result, their average height tends to be between 6'5" and 7 feet tall, with a weight of about 230-250 pounds--all of it muscle. Though their reputation as hulking brutes leads to a tendency for other Clan warriors to see Elementals as slow, mentally and physically, the truth is very much the opposite. Both male and female Elementals are bred for the Clans' constant warfare, between each other and the Inner Sphere, and though the latter are used to them now, the sight of hundreds of "Toads" leaping into combat is still a sobering one.
(Back in the real world...)
I was lucky to get into FASA's Battletech wargame just as the "Invasion of the Clans" story arc began in 1990. I fell in love with the game and still enjoy playing it almost 30 years later! Ral Partha, who at that time owned the license for Battletech's miniatures line, produced Elementals in 'Mech scale and in roughly 1/48 scale for the MechWarrior roleplaying game. The 'Mech scale Elementals are tiny (a Point of five can fit onto a quarter), but after I bought a pack of those, I decided I wanted a bigger one just to paint up for me.
This Elemental isn't supposed to belong to any particular Clan (though Clan Wolf's are usually painted overall dark gray). I painted parts of it in steel for contrast, and added some "running lights" and recognition stripes in international orange. I bought this mini in 1991, and sadly it's taken a beating in quite a few moves to and fro college since them, so the flamethrower I had attached to the right arm has disappeared. Oh well--losing a weapon is not going to keep an Elemental down!
The Original GLBT Expo Fourth Annual Video Lounge 2011
The 17th Original GLBT Expo
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 216-2000
***Video Lounge 2011 Lineup**
Saturday March 12th 2011 12:00 – 7:00PM
12:00 Stephen Flynn - Director of the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival HOSTS
Best in LGBT and our friends Music Music Videos including Brian Kent and Jason Walker
12:30 Ms. Demure HOSTS from Dayton, Ohio host of Harper's Bazzaroworld Present's The Ms.Demure Show
"16th and 8th" preview with Stephen Schulman from SASi Public Relations & Marketing
1:00 Randolfe Wicker LGBT Activist HOSTS
Gender bending music videos in Japanese Pop culture
Sekiya Dorsett director of "Saving Julian" a short film for and about LGBT homeless youth
1:30 Anu Singh from GLAAD The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation HOSTS
Bollywood goes pink
Desi Music Video Mix
Engendered / I View Film Festival Highlights
Guest from Karan Johar film कà¤à¥€ अलविदा न कहना "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna"
2:00 Neal Bennington - Broadway Commentator as seen on The Wendy Williams Show HOSTS
Richard DeFonzo - Celebrity tribute artist (Liza Minnelli / Joan Rivers) / writer as seen on VH1's "Boys Will Be Girls"
Paul Golio & Tinsel Ventriloquist / Jokes / Sketch Comedy
2:30 Tym Moss from Artists Exposed HOSTS
Phil Putnam
Gabrielle Lindau "These Showers Can Talk" short film with Lori Michaels
Deepa Soul aka Diedra Meredith (recording artist) / executive director of OUTMUSIC, the LGBT Academy of Recording Artists
3:00 Lady Gaga - Rare clips from 2008 before "The Fame" was released + more
3:30 Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV Networks HOSTS
Oh My Josh! International pop recording artist "Out My Face (Wah Wah Wah)"
MAOR - Recording Artist/Music Producer originally from Tel Aviv/Israel will perform his latest single "Kmo Shir Chadash" & Victory - NO More Rain
Check out www.maormusic.com/home
4:00 Appolonia Cruz from FX GAY TV previously known as Fruta Extrana TV as seen on The Wendy Williams Show HOSTS
LOVARI w/ special guest entertainers from his music videos:
Demanda Dahhling/Thomas Bistriz(Author)
Janifer (Recording Artist)
Natalie Carrera (Drag Entertainer Winner)
King Ralphy (Promoter)
Seth Clark Silberman (PHDJ)
DJ Sparrow
Dina Delicious
Simply Rob (spoken word poet) from El Grito de Poetas
Pedro Julio Serrano GLBT Activist
Jorge Merced the director of the fabulous "Pregones" Bronx Theater
Eileen Gonzalez "The Legendary House of Ninja" Manager
India M. (India Mendelsohn)
Barnacle Billl (Bill Murray)
5:00 Ms. Demure HOSTS from Dayton, Ohio host of Harper's Bazzaroworld Present's The Ms.Demure Show
Joe E. Jeffreys presents "Drag Show Video Verite"
Candy Samples
5:30 Soce the Elemental Wizard / Andrew Singer HOSTS
Comedy Stop
Brad Loekle
Claudia Cogan
6:00 - 7:00 Best in LGBT and our friends Music Music Videos incl LaVonna Harris, Yozmit, R. Sky Palkowitz The Delusional Diva, Josh Zuckerman and more
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Sunday March 13th 2011 12:00 – 6:00PM
12:00 Stephen Flynn - Director of the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival HOSTS
Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival video highlights incl David Kittredge, David Kilmnick, Ron Soper, Carmella Cann aka Michael Ferreira and amberRose Marie
12:30 Neal Bennington - Broadway Commentator as seen on The Wendy Williams Show HOSTS
1:00 Randolfe Wicker LGBT Activist HOSTS
Gender bending music videos in Japanese Pop culture
Susi Graf "Lost in the Crowd" documentary on NYC LGBT homeless youth
Paul Golio & Tinsel Ventriloquist / Jokes / Sketch Comedy
1:30 Tym Moss from Artists Exposed HOSTS
Ernest Kohl
Athena Reich
"What Happens Next" feature film sneak peak with Thom Cardwell and guest stars from the movie
2:00 Anu Singh from GLAAD The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation HOSTS
Ricky Martin Recipient of GLAAD's Vito Russo Award music video spotlight
Juan Fortino
Vermex Van Croix
2:30 Soce the Elemental Wizard / Andrew Singer HOSTS
Comedy Stop
Mike Cotayo
3:00 Appolonia Cruz from FX GAY TV previously known as Fruta Extrana
TV as seen on The Wendy Williams Show HOSTS
*JANID (Recording Academy and Billboard Recognized Zonisphere
Recording Artist) - "Alias" music video
LIVE Q&A with
JANID and Kaydean (Alias video director, Recording Academy
Recognized 3x Gold and 1x Platinum record producer and CEO of
Zonisphere Records)
*Chanel International (Drag Star)
*Johnathan Cedano (actor) - portraying adult film actor Tiger Tyson
in the one-man show "Confessions of a Homo Thug Porn Star,"
*Mike Todd GOOTH Magazine
*Adam Barta
*amberRose Marie Upclose & Personal: a videomentary. LIVE Q&A
with Billboard recording artist amberRose Marie follows, with a
special surprise. National SAG LGBT committee member Ron B.
Joins Appolonia Cruz for an intimate chat with this Diva-licious
beauty. www.amberRoseMarie.com
4:00 Ryan Janek Wolowski of MTV Networks HOSTS
MAOR - Recording Artist/Music Producer originally from Tel Aviv/Israel will perform his latest single "Kmo Shir Chadash" & Victory - NO More Rain
Check out www.maormusic.com/home
BeBe Zahara Benet winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Live in person showcasing "Cameroon" plus live Q&A
4:30 Under the Pink Carpet Meet the on air personalities from the gay-themed television entertainment news series that airs on WNYE / WNYC TV Channel 25 / Dish Miss HOSTS
Lady Clover Honey
Tony Sawicki
Colton Ford, recording artist, actor (The Lair) and former gay male adult entertainment star.
The Cast of My Big Gay Italian Wedding, including:
Anthony J. Wilkinson (lead groom actor, play-write and producer)
Marty Thomas (2nd lead groom actor, Broadway star who also played the Tin Man on Wicked and also starred in Xanadu and The Secret Garden)
Ilene Kristin, (also know for playing Roxy, the hilarious gossip-mongering hairdresser on the ABC soap One Life to Live.)
and others from the cast.
5:30 - 6:00 Best in LGBT and our friends Music Music Videos including Vanessa Conde, Noa Tylo, Salme Dahlstrom, Khalid Rivera, Peppermint and more.
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VIDEO LOUNGE 2011 make sure not to miss this event which only happens once a year.
Look for surprise guests throughout the day as well as giveaways all day long.
This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Photos and Videos
New York City USA
03-12-2011
03-13-2011
Karla Palma's collection "The Parable of Ten" is featured at Colorado State University's Design and Merchandising department presents "Elemental," showcasing the 2016 Senior student designs. April 1, 2016
Bob once was a dwarf, who once did dig up the Staff of Fire. The Staff did possessed him, and the help of his brother he did managed to collect all of the Elemental Staff's.
The back story of this, that Bob's brother Bill is a weapon merchant (Once a Red haired mage did robbed him...), with this many adventurer did come too his shop. Bob did see the opportunity in this and asked Bill to have a small favour for him.
"What do you want my little Brother?"
"You see this Beauuutiful Staff DON'T TOUCH IT!!! I did seen in a book (The staff did give him the visions...) that there are 4 more of them!"
"Iiii see it Bob, but what do you want form me, I am only a weapon Merchant!"
"If you liiike me BIG BROTHER you can send out some of these adventurers to collect them!"
"I will see, what can I do!"
After a year Bob, managed, to became BOB! To a favour BOB did Bill a bigger shop, with a even a Coffee shop inside of it! (Bill has secret desire for Coffee..)
The hot, fiery orange against the blue and green is like the elements. Fire, water, earth. Taken with the 105mm macro this past weekend in a shady spot of the butterfly garden.
Explore #454 July 17, 2007
sorry for all the bath shots, just had a new bath shoot today, so they aren't going to be stopping...
Michael Rawling’s Elemental Series uses Film and Found Materials at the pictures’ location to create a new type of Landscape artwork.
Liquid, organic or mineral samples are collected at the site of the photograph - from the very landscape depicted within the photograph - and bonded with the film over 6-12 months: the resulting image created more deeply representative of the world we experience.
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Sandspur Beach, Bahia Honda Key, Florida, southernmost tip of The United States Of America
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Atlantic Ocean seawater, seaweed, sand, local mineral samples
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