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Carbon?

Brian

On 21/09/2012 09:39, David D. Hillman wrote:
> 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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