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Hi

I'll get them doing some tedious website work for 
http://weather.cypenv.eu/ - copying tags for all-time records is a 
proctalgia. Judging from the way the dog is barking. they just arrived, 
so they can share some giant pizza tonight.

Kloumpios just told me that he is going home on Friday for a home-made 
kleftiko (a whole lamb or kid baked in a preheated hermetically sealed 
clay oven for 5 or 6 hours: the juicy meat just falls off the bones). 
http://alifeincyprus.com/2010/09/17/kleftiko-ovens/

Brian

On 06/07/2011 16:31, David D. Hillman wrote:
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
>
> This element is used for research purposes only. There are no commercial
> outlets for the element as Sodium can be used to accomplish the same tasks
>
> at a much lower cost. This element is more expensive than gold or platinum
>
> (*** per my reference source). A pure sample of this element was not
> produced until 1928. Apples contain 50 ppm of this element but plays has
> no known biological role.
>
> Bonus Question: Name the mineral that contains this element.
>
> The Answer:
>
> The element is Rubidium (Rb). Rubidium was first reported in 1700's by
> Nicholas Poda. Credit for discovery of the element goes to Robert Bunsen
> and Gustav Kirchohoff in 1861. The first pure sample of the element was
> produced in 1928 by Louis Hackspill. Rb has been used as a 'getter' in
> vacuum tubes to scavenge trace oxygen and rubidium carbonate is used to
> make special types of glass but very few other commercial applications
> exist. There are a number of commercial applications were Rb could be used
> but Sodium has been shown to accomplish the same end result for a fraction
> of the cost.
>
> Bonus Answer: Lepidolite with contains approximately 1.5% Rb.
>
>
> There were lots of good guesses (Bev - loved your process of elimination
> approach) but Brian Ellis was first across the finish line. The Clumpy and
> Kloumpios celebrated the 4th of July with Scott Post (rumor has it they
> grilled hot dogs, made handcranked ice cream, and saw a great fireworks
> show)then used their Technet connections to catch a "stealthy" ride to
> Cyprus. I had no idea Clumpy and Kloumpios knew how to sky dive! They
> should be dropping in on Brian's house today ready for a task.
>
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have:
>
> Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
> - accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee)
>
> Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM
> - conducted REACH material testing
>
> Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
> - Solderability testing and mowed the lawn
>
> Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich
> - had an epic journey of travel
>
> Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global
> - unknown
>
> Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab
> - unknown
>
> Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon
> - Were tackling dummys for Dallas Cowboys
>
> Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
> - Cleaned gutters and painted window trim
>
> Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division
> - unknown
>
> Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits
> - unknown
>
> Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
> - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch!
>
> Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation
> - assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit
>
> Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions
> - Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg!
>
> Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
> - conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process
>
> Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM
> - assisted with a tin pest investigation/test
>
> Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM
>   - assisted Bev shoveling snow
>
> Week 16 David Bealer of Waatchfire Signs
>   - assisted with reflow profiling
>
> Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired
>   - assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found
> his cousin Kloumpios
>
> Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC
>   - assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations
>
> Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
> - assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine
> maintenance
>
> Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
> - assisted with weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving
> electrochemical migration failures
>
> Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
> - assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection
>
> Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense,
> Space and Security
> - assisted with root cause corrective action tasks
> - assisted with nothing but catching up with the family
>
> Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
> - assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye&  Pry testing
>
> Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM
> - assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen
> bomb
>
> Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits
> - assisted with ?????
>
> Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
> - assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood
>
> Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired
> - assisted with ????
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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