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The Cluedo (UK) lead piping and Clue (US) lead pipe, has evolved subtly over the years, compared with the game's other weapons tokens. However, for what is essentially a metal rod, the simple lead pipe has as many variations as the more iconic tokens. This is one of the three weapons for which names were changed with their introduction in the US, though their purpose remained the same.
The original 1949 Cluedo lead piping, was actually a bar of soft lead, as the name implies. This token is almost 2 inches long, and quite pliable, easily bent into any shape without breaking. Though not a very potent weapon, thanks to its lead content this particular weapon can be very deadly, over time that is.
The original 1949 Clue token, began its life renamed as the lead pipe. Subtle difference, but one of several which would distinguish the US version of the game. However, by any other name, this token is just as deadly thanks to the same solid lead bar construction as its British cousin, albeit somewhat less of it being about half the size of the UK token. This design would later be re-issued by Winning Moves in gold-tone and zinc for limited editions.
In 1965 Cluedo updated the lead piping to a considerably less poisonous steel token, thanks to an international awareness of the dangers of lead in products. Taking a cue from the American version, it too shrunk about an inch. It was finally discontinued in 1996 to be replaced with the somewhat similar but shinier US token. This design only exists today in the luxury Geoffrey Parker edition in gleaming Pewter or Sterling Silver.
By 1969, Parker Brothers finally decided to get the lead out. The US lagged behind the British movement to curtail lead in in products, but eventually passed legislation to protect children. Thus the lead pipe token was briefly replaced with a plain, straight, hollow metal-tube. Though short-lived, it was the first and only official lead pipe token, that was actually constructed like a real pipe.
For the overhauled 1972 edition, the lead pipe token was completely revised into the slightly-bent, shiny-zinc token known worldwide today. Essentially the same shape as the existing Cluedo token, it gained a threaded end. By 1996, this became the standard token for Cluedo as well, and all classic games to this day. Unfortunately, it has been eliminated from Hasbro's latest incarnation "Discover The Secrets".
In 1988, Clue finally added a variation to the game with the introduction of the Master Detective edition (MD). Not only were there more weapons, but they were bigger and heavier as well, and finished in antique brass. This design would also later be a part of Super Cluedo. Essentially a more substantial design of the earlier US token, it kept the slight bend, but added a pipe connector.
In the mid-90s the lead pipe was clad in 14K gold for the short-lived Franklin Mint edition. For this design, the pipe was straightened and gained an elbow pipe fitting.
For the 50th Anniversary edition, and later re-used in the advanced Passport to Murder edition (PTM), the lead pipe appeared in antiqued pewter. Similar to the Master Detective pipe, it replaced the pipe connector with an elbow fitting, perhaps inspired by the Franklin Mint edition.
You can see the lead embedded in the matrix. This is native lead, which means it is in its elemental form.
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Dana No: 1.1.1.4 Strunz No: I/A.05-20
Villars (SUI), 01 July 2023: KRAMPL Mia of Slovenia competes in Lead Finals during the IFSC World Cup 2023 in Villars (SUI).
© Lena Drapella/IFSC. This photo is for editorial use only. For any additional use please contact marco.vettoretti@ifsc-climbing.org.
FOV: 5mm wide
Lead nitrate (PbNO3) recrystallized. Lead nitrate crystallises with cuboctahedral geometry. The lead atoms form a face centered cubic (fcc) system.
At the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
I have always loved and admired leaded glass as a decorative medium, and the panels in one of the doors into the Cathedral are no exception. I think I could be good at making it, given the right work space and plenty of spare glass for all the mistakes I'd make during the learning process.
I suppose the bottom two panels are clear, or at least minimally opaque, so people on one side of the door can see people approaching from the other side.
This set was amongst Leads old photos that I wasn't able to upload...sorry been too lazy LOL. Anyways, he is wearing a vintage GI Joe jumpsuit here, makes him look like a mechanic or something. He seemed to be resting and relaxing after a day of hard work XD I sold the wig he is wearing and unfortunately....he needs to travel soon as well. I haven't been giving him much attention since I got him so I think he deserve to go to a better home. For sure Nika will be upset but then I would have extra funds to get her and her sisters stuff. It's been hard to get them anything lately since the msd's has been the priority.
Ophelia Kitten and Lola
This photo was selected to appear in the upcoming show Visions from a Perfected City at the Z+T Architects Gallery, 3956 30th Street, North Park on Saturday, August 8 2009, 6-10pm
I see this as a great opportunity to showcase my art and talent and am proud to have a piece that represents my city and the people living in it. This is a juried event and the photo went through a selection process in which it was selected to be included in the show!
I would like to extend a personal invitation to you to stop by the gallery on Saturday to see the artwork and support the Uptown Citizen’s Alliance.
See you there,
Ashi
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This is another wildflower that has given me photographic fits. I finally got the idea to shoot it with another flower in the background to highlight the lead plant flower.
This bushy shrub is one of the most important native legumes of the prairie. Its roots can descend as much as 16 feet. The common name "lead plant" is due to the silvery-gray hairs that give the foliage a lead color. Native Americans used the dried leaves to make a tea and for pipe smoking. Source: kswildflower.org/details.php?flowerID=80
Academy game played at Chippenham RFC, 20th January 2018. Final Score: 36 - 36. Impressive rugby from both clubs given the very wet & muddy conditions. Lead changing with practically each score led to a fascinating and very watchable encounter.
Bath Squad:
15. Orlando Bailey (Thomas Hardye)
14. Ethan Hutt (Beechen Cliff)
13. Miles Gilbert (Beechen Cliff)
12. Will Butt (c) (Canford)
11. Oran McNulty (Millfield)
10. Tom de Glanville (Beechen Cliff)
9. Ben Mead (Beechen Cliff)
1. George Bamsey (Beechen Cliff)
2. Sam Elrick (Bryanston)
3. Archie Griffin (Marlborough College)
4. Chris Moore (Beechen Cliff)
5. Tom Jeanes (Beechen Cliff)
6. Ayden Chenoweth (Beechen Cliff)
7. Will Hendy (Beechen Cliff)
8. Nahum Merigan (Beechen Cliff)
Replacements
16. Rory Murchison (Kingswood)
17. Jamie Guest (Richard Huish College)
18. Si Elrick (Bryanston)
19. Tom Boxer (Bishop Wordworth's)
20. Max Ojomoh (KES, Bath)
21. Fin French (Sherborne)
22. Harry Swinburne (Millfield)
23. George Worboys (Beechen Cliff)
Tries:
Miles Gilbert X2
Chris Moore
Ethan Hutt
Rory Merchison
Count Simon with Miss M Landau on board during the Ladies Open point to point race meeting at Parham.
Item #82043
Lead Singles
Lillith and Edenâ„¢ Two Doll Gift Set
Suggested Retail Price: $199.00 US
Limited Edition Size: 450 Gift Sets Worldwide
Estimated Delivery date: Early July 2012
Fire and ice, good and evil, ying and yang, Lilith and Eden. As beautiful as they are, the "fashion twins" (as they are now known in the modeling industry), mean trouble whenever they show up at a party or a photo shoot. Off-camera, while Eden is always nice and more peaceful, she always ends up in trouble because of her sister's meddlesome mischievous approach to life, but things are totally different in front of the cameras! The high-contrast of the twin's individual personalities usually make for some of the most interesting fashion photos ever to grace the pages of the most prestigious fashion publications in the world! As seen here in this gift set, the girls truly know how to make their unique style shine through, while always flawlessly complementing one another. Of course, they always select clothes that will allow them to steal from one another's closets to create a multitude of new looks. After all, isn't expanding your closet one of the many advantages of having a twin?
Lilith and Eden are 12" fully articulated vinyl fashion dolls with rooted hair, hand applied eyelashes, fashions, jewelry, accessories and shoes. This two doll set includes dolls, stands and a certificate of authenticity.
YA GOTTA TRY THIS HARDBALL BULLET ALLOY!
After trying unsuccesfully to cast bullets using junk lead and old wheel weights I finally bit the bullet (no pun intended), and bought 45 pounds of # 2 bullet alloy.
I found a company in San Leandro, California called ROTOMETALS.COM that makes the alloy using only virgin metals. If you cast your own bullets try this company, it cost me $2.39 a lb for 45 pounds of alloy plus they have free shipping. THEY SHIP FAST, i GOT IT IN THREE DAYS
Just to give you a heads up: lead is getting harder to find. Junk yards and salvage yards have it but can't sell it due to EPA regs. Nowadays wheel weights contain zink that renders any lead alloy useless for casting bullets. I don't know whats going on but i'm buying as much as I can from Rotometals before it drys up.
UPDATE: I've been casting bullets for the last two days and this alloy cast like a dream, as soon as your mold is hot enough it starts throwing nice, sharp bullets. This alloy cast so good that I ran out and have ordered 50 more pounds.
UPDATE Sept.15: Since I posted this several months ago I have used over a hundred pounds of the hardball alloy to cast 9mm and 38/357 bullets. I now have over 3000 cast bullets and a hundred pounds of Rotometal's hardball alloy in reserve so I should be set for quite awhile.
Since firing over 500 rounds in both my .357 and Beretta 9mm I have not had any leading problems whatsoever. I have not tried it in any rifle as yet but so long as it is kept under 2200 FPS and a gascheck ued I shouldn't have to worry about leading.
The Sutro Highlands.
I hosted a small workshop last month on the western edge of San Francisco - along the cypress trees and paths that lead visitors above and among the Sutro Baths. The baths were built by the eponymous mayor of San Franciso, who owned the nearby Cliff House (visible in the last photograph of this post). The baths eventually closed and the buildings burnt during demolition, their ruins now part of the Golden Gate Recreation Area managed by the U.S. Park Service.
The three of us spent about two to three hours walking from the hills, through groves of Cypress, down to the ruins, taking photographs and chatting. Some part of us was shocked that such a monumental structure would be allowed to simply rot here on what seems like valuable property. Perhaps another entrepreneur would have put something here had not the area been taken over by the NPS. In the end, the tranquility of the area overwhelmed us all and we stopped wondering why and focused on using these ruins to frame some beautiful photographs. Contrasting anthropic and natural textures within the frame is a simple and effective recipe for a good photograph and Sutro provides no shortage of opportunities.
This simple frame makes it look as though this image were taken at the end of the world, the last frayed finger of civilization turning to sand before the drumbeat of the waves. It's a quick study in how to compose to alter perception. Turn the camera a few degrees and you see the light pollution from and the buildings of a massive urban center, but, framed correctly, the illusion of isolation and desolation is complete, the end of the sidewalk crumbling in the foreground and the vast, empty and cold, blue sea beyond.
A few minutes earlier and the light was equally beautiful, but much more dramatic. There is a simplicity to making photographs after blue hour has set in, a simplicity I love. It lacks the thrill and pace of trying to immortalize a stunning but fragile sunset, but has all the serenity one can handle. The trick is to wait for the "right" part of blue hour, to wait when the Earth's shadow is deep enough to let through only the foreward scattered, shorter wavelengths of deep blue and violet. Here is an image from the same staircase before the sun had set.
We all learned (and I continue to learn) how quickly sea spray accumulates on the front element. I wished I had brought some glass cleaner and a few wipes with me, as my T-shirt was beginning to prove inadequate towards the end of the night. The wind was whipping chill and water and salt from the tips of the waves onto the glass of my 14mm faster than I could clean it off. Making these images became an exercise in compose, clean, cover and wait. I would get things set, clean the lens quickly, cover it with the lens cap and wait until the waves looked to be just right before quickly removing the cap and exposing before big drops of sea spray had ruined the frame. Here you can see the iconic bows of the Monterey Cypress along the highlands above the baths. The edges of the cliffs are bramble, radiant with small, yellow flowers and the sky in the background is shrouded in fog whipped like cream from California-current-cooled winds.
A few steps down the path and you get a wonderful view of the Marin headlands on the horizon and the setting sun. The two figures on the right, enjoying a peaceful moment together at the western edge of America, make this photograph for me.
An image of the Seal Rocks in the very last moments of twilight, a 3+ minute exposure. One of the things we spoke about during the workshop was how to remove everything you can that distracts from the frame. When you can't remove anything at all, you're done.
Finally, a view from the north of the Sutro Bath ruins - you can see Cliff House above. There is a fisherman down there on the edge of the baths and another photographer walking around somewhere in the frame.
We gathered in the woods at my father's camp to help celebrate my brother's upcoming marriage. This is how we celebrated.
Staff in this workshop had conducted a very dangerous repair to this lead - please call an electrician next time - its far safer for all! Want to know whats under that tape? Completely bare copper wire!!!!
"It seems like not too long ago I was faced with this choice.
I was at a cross-road; I had no idea which way to go.
"I closed my eyes and took one step, not knowing its importance and depth.
I had no clue that this road would lead me far from home.
"At times like these I wish that I could go back to this road; open my eyes, and change the way I go.
I made the wrong choice back then. I want to choose my path again.
But more than anything, I want to find my way back home."
~A poem by Misa Chicka
Yesterday I found out my infant son is deaf. Today I face a new reality, a new pathway, and here I am in a moment of regret, now...I take my next step forward.
Twinkling H2O's, acrylic and gel pen.
Pride.be - Pride 2018 - Your Local Power
Feeling free and at home in your neighborhood, town or city. Be and show yourself in the streets. Holding hands with the person you love and smiling at each other in public. Our personal lives occur in the public space. Considering the approaching communal elections, everyone (youngsters, seniors, families, couples and all people - no matter what gender or orientation) asks the local politicians: How do you make a difference? What do you do to improve diversity in our everyday life? Where the rain makes way for the sun, we will walk proudly under the rainbow!
We will all be heading to the voting booths for the local elections on 14th of October. Deciding which circle to colour in is an important decision. A conscious decision can lead to a better living environment in your city or municipality.
And we're not just talking about the redesign of the local park, the policies in the municipal school, or the proper functioning of the local Public Centre for Social Welfare. Your local municipal or city administration can also make a real difference and turn the place where you live into a true rainbow bubble, if that's what you'd like, of course.
So it's no wonder that this year's Pride is focusing on the local elections. Belgian Pride is putting the municipalities and cities in the limelight in 2018, or better yet, at the end of the rainbow! We want the slogan 'Your Local Power!' to encourage municipal and city administrations to enact explicit, integrated local LGBTI+ policies.
Municipalities and cities can and must make the difference. They must accept responsibility for the well-being of all their residents. Flying the rainbow flag at the local government offices during the Pride period is a symbol of this. This is also a way that the municipality or city can show their solidarity with the LGBTI+ community. This symbolic gesture is not an infringement on neutrality. On the contrary, we can only actively work on ending all forms of discrimination once there is recognition for diversity and inclusion.
Policy-makers can make the lives of many citizens that much rosier by taking both small and large actions: by introducing a diversity charter in sports clubs, by making information on gender and sexuality available at the local libraries, by providing logistical and financial support to local associations, testimonials, and courses in the municipal education system, by holding a queer film festival in the local movie theatre or cultural centre, by holding LGBTI+ actions in community centres and youth centres, by providing information on what to do if you are the victim or witness of discrimination, by offering space for intimacy and (LGBTI+) sexuality in assisted-living centres, by training local police precincts and municipal officials, by including Equal Opportunity as an explicit competence within the city administration, etc.
The list of things that cities and municipalities can do is endless. Plus, many of these actions are very easy to implement. Sometimes, your local administration only needs a little boost, and you can give them that boost in the voting booth on 14th of October. A good local administration meets the needs and requirements of all residents. What does the LGBTI+ community in your city or municipality need?
You can already send the politicians a signal that is loud and clear on Saturday, the 19th of May. Make your wishes heard during the Belgian Pride.
We hope to see you there! Everyone is welcome!
( Chaque annee la Pride attire des dizaines de milliers de visiteurs vers la capitale et colore Bruxelles aux couleurs de l'arc-en-ciel. Il y a aussi le PrideVillage et le PridePodium autour de la Bourse.
Pride.be n'est pas seulement la plus grande fete de Bruxelles, mais c'est aussi un evenement avec un message politique. Avec cette manifestation, nous essayons d'obtenir plus d'egalite de droits pour tout le monde et surtout pour la communaute lesbigaytrans. )
PAUL BENNEY
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Church of St. Gallo
In the metaphor of Pentecost, the artist offers the murmured tale of the protagonists on their experiences of enlightenment. As you move around the room, you realize that the effect is created with holophonic technology where the sound effects lead to a tangible sense of speech as in a dream because the sounds actually are born in the head, not in the speakers.
The artist uses this technology because, together with the space that recalls the sacred, it gives a strong sense of the supernatural making the visitor more receptive.
( notes from the official website )
One of three Alpha Travel coaches to Arrive at the Hydro Hotel in Llandudno .The first BN11UFJ a Mercedes Benz Tourismo C49FT. These are now the oldest coaches in the fleet. Photo taken 09/07/17
my sister asked me to customize her taeyang lead and had a specific faceup in mind so i did it and here he is, this is the 2nd round i made him because my sister washed the first one and accidentally removed the face up
Sir Francis Horse Level -
The Sir Francis mine opened in the valley of Gunnerside Gill in 1864 to exploit deep seams of lead. Famously the first mine to use compressed air drills. It was abandoned in 1882 after failing to make decent returns. The remains of one of the air receivers can still be seen near the original entrance today.
One of the cages still connected to the hydraulic winder. the other, is slightly wetter, being 132' below the water.