NSC 189 - Semi-reactive metals (DL: 27th January 23:59 Argie time)

[Lonter]

Welcome everyone to one of the semifinals of NSC 189, where we will take our time and concentrate on studying the two biggest groups in the NSC Table of Elements, the semi-transition alkali and the semi-reactive metals!

We will take the time to study the group of noble PQers at a later date, in what we could call a finale for our studies of SCIENCE.

Here we will concentrate our studies on the second of the two big groups, the semi-reactive metals, going from the curious Svobodnium all the way to the heaviest reactive element in Halitum, and pictured in the table below in light green.

Each element has a song associated to their study and curiously enough, also a NSC nation in what must be a completely wild, random coincidence. These nations owners with an element belonging to the semi-reactive metals group or the second set of three members of the Noble PQ group (Fervoron, Kordavion and Lacreon) must send their top 10 votes to your instructor, Dr. Lonter via either private message or through another convenient medium like Discord or Skype that you have available.
If you want to ReJu vote, please feel free to also send your votes to me in a similar manner.

Now it's time to concentrate on the songs of the semi-reactive metals, which are as follows:

​

Plus the three members of the Noble PQers that have to vote here:

​

We have further ways of studying this group, like this handy text show in the spoiler below:

01 - Svobodnia - SICKOTOY x Misha Miller - Touché || https://youtu.be/r2coauN_Hb0
02 - Oussou Empire - #2Mashi - Ya zabirayu tvoyu podrugu || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23MxP0kLUXA
03 - Trollheimr - Narsilion - Faraway || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCVxPN2uSpU
04 - Aclaira - Jessie Mueller - She Used To Be Mine || https://youtu.be/A2-aUNmYNLM
05 - Nurdia - Tegan and Sara - Don't Believe The Things They Tell You (They Lie) || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78uD0EXemkg
06 - Szimbaya Kingdom - Enya - May It Be || https://vimeo.com/61728582
07 - Tanoiro - FUTURE ENEMIES (feat. C Z A R I N A) - Left Unsaid || https://youtu.be/dIaZdDBLpG0
08 - Kalos Metropolis - ZOË - Tout Paris || https://youtu.be/aiiH8NorP-c
09 - Ugaly - Sister Sin - Desert Queen || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90N5vioZFjc
10 - Adamsburg - Moto Boy - Blue Motorbike || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcLWrjzuoDQ
11 - Moisantia - Ardit Cuni ft. Omar - One Life || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rn5zuQ-Kkw
12 - Blackmere - Boy In Space - Caroline || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G95PSPyori4
13 - Sundfør - Артем Пивоваров - Карма || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9hMaZwFVDs
14 - Aimūlli - Kate Nash - Don't You Want to Share the Guilt? || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJnJo22oFXU
15 - New Bander State - The Lathums - Foolish Parley || https://youtu.be/HUqz62hw16s
16 - Roseland - Irama - Mediterranea || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZrApXrEYc
17 - Noizeland - Mansfield.TYA - Auf Wiedersehen || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GZ8jX0gfxM
18 - Serenes - CAPSULE - CONTROL || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sFSiaS65E
19 - Ic-Sa-Calli - Amália Hoje - A Gaivota || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgQeJ6BqRLI
20 - Biflovatia - Fred V & Grafix - Ultraviolet || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsFmK7C-jN0
21 - Zechonia - Terra - Frenemies || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXebGeVhKmM
22 - Insomnéa - Zbigniew Preisner - The Beautiful Country || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ypAGeNWUVI
23 - Hypjø - Sky Ferreira - You're Not The One || https://youtu.be/IFCZP1Nz3Ds
24 - Calypso - Aaron Frazer - Over You || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBi4P0aZnsg
25 - Halito - The Front Bottoms - West Virginia || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XII7af9SrLI

PQ - Fervorosia -Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv5jMLJQ9f4
PQ - Kordavian Islands - Frenchy and the Punk - Monsters || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R3BAp8q1pE
PQ - Lacrea - Nao Tokisawa - BRYNHILDR IN THE DARKNESS -EJECTRO- || https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOOVz055kfk

Or perhaps your studying could be better with this handy playlist?

Playlist

(this Playlist uses an alternative Youtube-link for Szimbaya Kingdom, please consider using the original Vimeo link provided)

Maybe even a little reminder of how the songs went, just in case?

Google Drive (recap)

Just a little reminder, remember to send me the top 10 of your studies to me, no matter if you are a member of this semi or if you are studying this semi as an elective.
You will have until the end of the 27th of January (Argentinian time, so four hours more than usual for the CET fans) to send the results of your studies in the form of votes. We will then discover which NSC elements are worthy of being studied in our final lesson.

 

[Lonter]

@marc , hey.

For some reason the vimeo link we were using seems to be no longer working for me (unless I had copied it wrong to my excel?). I replaced it for now with a youtube link with the same song, are you ok with this or do you want to replace it with another video of your choosing?

 

[Lonter]

Also, special thanks to @Karhu for his incredibly patience and help with the creation of more or less all of the graphics and the concept. I really couldn't have done this without you, no matter how much you gave two elements the same symbol originally. Thanks

 

[berlyda]

Honoured to be closing the show as a heavy metal

 

[theditz83]

Brilliant concept @Lonter and @Karhu - love it!

Looking forward to getting properly stuck into this semi final today

 

[Ana Raquel]

oh yeah i love being reactive

 

[Stargazer]

This is giving me all sorts of war flashbacks and PTSD from when I tried and failed to pass chemistry in school.

But a really cool and unique concept for the show! Well done!

 

[theditz83]

This is giving me all sorts of war flashbacks and PTSD from when I tried and failed to pass chemistry in school.

Yep, I sucked at chemistry too. Biology was the only science that ever clicked for me!

has submitted our Top 10 metals to the teaching staff for review - apologies to the additional 3 elements that didn't quite make the grade

 

[Stargazer]

Yep, I sucked at chemistry too. Biology was the only science that ever clicked for me!

has submitted our Top 10 metals to the teaching staff for review - apologies to the additional 3 elements that didn't quite make the grade

I was hopeless at chemistry and physics. I dreaded going to those classes, physics especially, because sitting there for a few hours every week just feeling stupid and confused all the time was no fun. The same whenever we did algebra in math class. That is the one good thing about growing older, that you never have to sit through such classes again.

 

[theditz83]

I was hopeless at chemistry and physics. I dreaded going to those classes, physics especially, because sitting there for a few hours every week just feeling stupid and confused all the time was no fun. The same whenever we did algebra in math class. That is the one good thing about growing older, that you never have to sit through such classes again.

Omg I was totally the same, including algebra in maths. My brain would just be screaming "how can you add letters??? Like a+b = ab!!!"

Thank goodness we're past those times now for our sanity

 

[doctormalisimo]

"how can you add letters??? Like a+b = ab!!!"

Ummm.....

Unless both a and b are 2 (or both are 0), a+b does definitely not equal ab

 

[marc]

@marc , hey.

For some reason the vimeo link we were using seems to be no longer working for me (unless I had copied it wrong to my excel?). I replaced it for now with a youtube link with the same song, are you ok with this or do you want to replace it with another video of your choosing?

Hey, its ok

 

[marc]

@marc , hey.

For some reason the vimeo link we were using seems to be no longer working for me (unless I had copied it wrong to my excel?). I replaced it for now with a youtube link with the same song, are you ok with this or do you want to replace it with another video of your choosing?

Hey i found another Vimeo Link

Enya - May it be

This is "Enya - May it be" by Nickelsun on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

vimeo.com

 

[Stargazer]

@marc , hey.

For some reason the vimeo link we were using seems to be no longer working for me (unless I had copied it wrong to my excel?). I replaced it for now with a youtube link with the same song, are you ok with this or do you want to replace it with another video of your choosing?

Hey i found another Vimeo Link

Enya - May it be

This is "Enya - May it be" by Nickelsun on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

vimeo.com

The music video is also on YouTube and shouldn't be geoblocked anywhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbN-pjV4R7o

 

[Ana Raquel]

Biology was the only science that ever clicked for me!

just.............. how

 

[Gera11]

I was hopeless at chemistry and physics. I dreaded going to those classes, physics especially, because sitting there for a few hours every week just feeling stupid and confused all the time was no fun. The same whenever we did algebra in math class. That is the one good thing about growing older, that you never have to sit through such classes again.

Gosh, I felt the same with physics (and other types of maths as well, algebra was the only decent one for me for some reason). Everyone loving physics in my highschool class and there was me, living in a parallel universe lol. I couldn't understand those theories for the life of me. And I had three hours of physics per week. I'm still annoyed I couldn't get into physics since I like astronomy ;;

Chemistry though, it started quite nice for me until we reached organic chemistry and that was too much to keep up and I was like "I'm out byeeee".

just.............. how

but sis biology is the best out of the three

 

[theditz83]

just.............. how

Human body, photosynthesis, osmosis; the ways of life. It just made sense to my brain, the logic and the theory. It seemed more tangible than the chemical reactions and the like

 

[Lonter]

Hey i found another Vimeo Link

Enya - May it be

This is "Enya - May it be" by Nickelsun on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

vimeo.com

Perfect, replaced the link of the banner (and in the text show, which I had previously forgotten to change) to the new one. Thank you!

The music video is also on YouTube and shouldn't be geoblocked anywhere:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbN-pjV4R7o

Oh that's great, using this one for the youtube playlist! Thank you!

just.............. how

Best science tbh.

 

[Ana Raquel]

jesus christ i already have three people to boycott this edition!!!!!!!!

biology is my ultimate sore thumb thee number of times i suffered because of it

 

[Leydan]

Pfft, all of your hatred for the sciences. I got some of my best grades in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.