I will guess oxygen.
Bev
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 2:39 AM
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Question
Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element is essential to life but some its simple compounds are
extremely toxic. This element has at least 2 naturally occurring isotopes.
Planetary processes produce 7 kilograms of this element every year. The
following locations are associated with this element - Sudbury Canada,
Nordlingen, Bavaria and Lappajarvi, Finland. What element is being
described?
The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and
Kloumpios for the week.
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 Watchfire 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
- unknown
Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
- assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood
Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi
- assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event
Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired
- assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking
Week 28 Nigel Burtt
- abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News
International cellphone/journalism/politics scandal
Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
- unknown
Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3
- assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing
- assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing
Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC
- assisted with lab testing
- assisted with tin whisker investigations
Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
- attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered"
solutions
Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
- unknown
Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting
documentation, strain gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new
selective soldering process, and finally assisted with the development of
a plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had
to work hard this week!)
Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
- assisted with new equipment preparations
Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
- assisted with beach trash collection duty
Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications
- assisted Dave Hillman with a geography lesson, watch USA vs Irland in
World Rugby Cup and went skiing.
Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
- took the week off, and went to see some Tampa Bay Rays games
Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope
- assisted with metallographic cross-sectional analysis of die cast Mg and
taught a group of Cub Scouts how to hotwire a tractor
Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
- assisted with a customer audit
Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
- assisted with pcb cross-section analysis
Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope
- Andy gave them the week off (BBQ and English ale party)
Week 43: 4 winners
Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted with testing of phthalates
Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with installing a new fuel pump on the tractor, mowing my yard
and raking the leaves/pine needles.
Patrick Goodyear, PGE
- assisted with relaxing on the beach following kelp removal efforts
Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
- assisted with the qualification of a Radon-fueled Airvac PCBRM 5.2 with
its new 50,000 watt pre-heater and Radon emitting laser reflow head
Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
- assisted with sifting sand at the beach looking for sand dollars
Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic
- assisted with the synthesizing a postmodern fusion of Firesign's
Department of Redundancy Department with Sokol's boundary transgression
quantum gravity paradigm shift
Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic
- assisted with ???
Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted RIM co-ops with research projects
Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
- assisted with counterfeit part inspection and snow plow duty
Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium
- assisted with automotive repairs and for holiday relaxation
Week 49 Reuven Rokah
- assisted with patent investigations
Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
- assisted with:
Tuesday after H&S induction: Solve the EU financial crisis.
Wednesday: Provide sufficient information to the TAC to get the EU to
permit Pb in solders.
Thursday: Win the lottery on my behalf using a single ticket. (I'm not
greedy any win will do)
Friday until departure: Enjoy the south of England countryside,
Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted with a hearty meal which will include Canadian bacon and maple
syrup
- played Settlers of Catan for a while.
- investigate a cure for head on pillow?
- create a halogen-free epoxy that isn't brittle?
- cure tin whiskers
- Perfect rework techniques for 0.50025s and 0.2 mm pitch 5000 pin BGAs.
Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic
- assisted with ????
Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
- assisted with failure analysis assistance and removal of snow
Week 54 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
- assisted with unknown
Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems
- assisted with in preparation of 3-5year strategy and cooking of
Valentine's Day meal for my lovely wife - oh and me!
Week 55 Brian Ellis, not retired and having lots of fun
- assisted with video editing of 100+ cassettes and eating wonderful food
Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
- unknown
Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA
- assisted with a tour of Singapore and fun at Clarke Quay
Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
- unknown
Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
- unknown
Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
- assisted with preparing for the arrival of a Europlacer Iineo II and
some sightseeing
Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
- assisted with car manufacturers EMC requirements, high voltage PTC
heaters and helped paint Easter eggs
Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp.
- assisted with cutting out lead-free chocolate bunnies with our nitrogen
inerted laser
system
Week 62 Dock Brown, Medtronics
- assisted with working on the TechNet Interstate Party Bus. So far I
have a collection of old soap box racers and go-cart engines so all the
necessary materials are in place. What's needed now is just vehicle
design and assembly. Once it's done, there will be no more begging
management for conference travel funds
Week 63 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
- assisted with lithium ion cell balancing and fuel cell protection
Week 64 James Head, Crowcon
- assisted with recce a trail I'm planning for Oxford Hash House Harriers
(Hillman note - if you don't know the word "recce", you should look it up)
Week 65 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
- assisted with golf ball retreval duty at Bethpage State Park (The Black
Golf Course) and relaxing at the beach
Week 66 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
- assisted with tire crew duty at the Indy time trials, an awesome
Memorial day cookout and test results review support
Week 67 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions
- unknown
Week 68 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with a relaxing weekend of dabbling around the house, identify
higher resolution cameras to outfit vision systems and working on
streamlining Trial build process and strengthening Quality Audit system.
Week 69 Denny Fritz, SAIC
- assisted with mowing the grass and helping with the IPC 2013 roadmap
effort
Week 70 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
- toured the Dead Sea region and slept
Week 71 Amol Kane, AsteelFlash US East Corp
- assisted with DOEs to determine optimal parameters for our conformal
coating machine and a process qualification plan for re-design of the
manufacturing floor layout.
Week 72 Lamar Young, Specialty Coating Systems, Inc.
- unknown
Week 73 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corporation
- assisted with troubleshooting the ultrasonic system on one a wave
machine fluxers
Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
- allowed the boys the full week at Keith's facility
Week 73.1 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
- unknown
Week 74 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
- assisted with the inspection of aircraft structures for the A-10 Re-wing
program
Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
- unknown
Week 75 Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 System
- assisted with the Olympic Closing ceremony, building ionic cleanliness
test equipment and Graham's golf caddies
Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
- assisted with metallographic cross-sections after causing Graham much
trouble at Lords for the Test Match England vs South Africa
Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
- assisted with mowing the lawn and acting as trolling motors in a canoe
Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics
- assisted with a visit to the Reading Vanity Fair outlets for their
holiday sale for new winter clothes, getting the Teradyne back up and
running and finally assembling a new grill.
Week 79 Brian Ellis
- assisted with: I'll treat them to Souvla washed down with a bottle of
Othello. Since I have two fractured vertebrae, I'm going to ask them to
do some weeding; the garden is in a sorry state. I hope they may have some
attachments for their machines to help with the task, a harrowing
experience. I'll let Kloumpios go and visit his family for a couple of
days.
Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
- assisted with a new solder joint accelerated reliability test and help
debug the software/hardware of the system.
Week 81 ????
- assisted with ????
Everyone have a safe week!
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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