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Doug,
When this quiz is all done, I want you to gather all these up, print them
out and, among other things, you can give me a copy of them for my 60th
birthday next year.  You are HILARIOUS!

And calling the Mr. David Hillman, "Gumby"?!  Priceless.

Bev

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 7:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Question

I am not sure why I submit this, knowing a disqualification will 
ultimately follow, but Dad always said I learned slow.

The element my esteemed colleague refers to is another of the half 
fractional elements ?Sinkium-112.5.  Sinkium is an extremely dense 
element, but with some incredible thermal properties.  Deep sea divers 
used to use lead to weigh them down, but with RoHS being applied 
everywhere, divers have to be lead free because 1 pound of lead weights 
will contaminate the entire ocean, killing all sea life and thus the 
planet.  Sinkium has several times the density of lead, but without the 
negative environmental effects.  Sinkium is used only in manned rockets. 
Because the Sinkium can apparently absorb massive amounts of heat, a thin 
layer is always in place between the thruster rockets and the manned 
capsules.  Think about it.  Wouldn?t you like a REALLY good heat shield 
between you and a several million degree flame a mile long?  Because it 
can sink so much heat, it is the only solid metal that can get down to 2 
Kelvin.  The most modern application of Sinkium is in lasers, as Dave 
points out.  Oddly enough, it was actually discovered by actor Val Kilmer, 
as shown here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVR6XGnWmQ

Kilmer was forced to call it something else to protect ongoing research 
work, but Sinkium was being used.

Sinkium is relatively rare, and is the only transfermium element that is 
not highly radioactive.  It was first found in Iceland by Arne Saknussemm, 
who named the ore Eyjafjallajökull.  Arne was obviously a practical joker 
as this translates from Icelandic as ?they don?t have a prayer of 
pronouncing this right?.  It remains the one and only time an Icelander 
was allowed to name a chemical.  The only other known concentration of 
Eyjafjallajökull ore is in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  This ore apparently 
has a highly calming effect on people and explains why Hillman and I have 
not been able to drive Bev Christian over the edge all these years.

Go ahead Gumby.  You can?t disqualify this one.  A new element, met all 
your criteria, worked a literary reference and a video of the material, 
and poked fun at Bev.  I win, I win, I win??

Doug Pauls



From:   "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]>
To:     <[log in to unmask]>
Date:   12/06/2012 05:36 PM
Subject:        [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Question
Sent by:        TechNet <[log in to unmask]>



Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:

The Question:
This element has no biological role. This element has industrial 
applications in deep sea diving, rocket launch values, and lasers. 
Approximately 1/3 of this element's annual production is used in the 
medical industry although the element has no medicinal benefits. What 
element is being described?

Bonus Question:
What strange behavior does this element exhibit below 2K?

The winner(s) of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy 
and Kloumpios for the week.

So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
(I have archived previous weeks to keep the email size manageable):

Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc
Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich
Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global
Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrola
Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon
Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division
Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits
Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation
Week 12 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions
Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
Week 17 Brian Ellis
Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC
Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Week 21 Brian Ellis and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense
Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits
Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi
Week 27 Brian Ellis
Week 28 Nigel Burtt
Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3
Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC
Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications
Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope
Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope
Week 43: Bev Christian, RIM, Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc., 
         Patrick Goodyear, PGE and Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic
Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic and Bev Christian, RIM
Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium
Week 49 Reuven Rokah
Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic
Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
Week 54 Steve Mikell and Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems
Week 55 Brian Ellis
Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA
Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi and Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp.
Week 62 Dock Brown, Medtronics
Week 63 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
Week 64 James Head, Crowcon
Week 65 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Week 66 Lamar Young, SCS Coating
Week 67 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions
Week 68 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
Week 69 Denny Fritz, SAIC
Week 70 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
Week 71 Amol Kane, AsteelFlash US East Corp
Week 72 Lamar Young, Specialty Coating Systems, Inc.
Week 73 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corporation and Joe Russeau, PAL
Week 73.1 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
Week 74 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense and Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
Week 75 Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 System
Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics
Week 79 Brian Ellis
Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
Week 81 Brian Ellis
Week 82 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
Week 83 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
        Fred Cox, MET

Week 84 Tom Granat, BAE Systems
- Unknown

Week 85 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
- assisted with developing a Quality reflection report 

Week 86 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
- helped paint the ceilings of my home and the re-survey of an 
orienteering map for my local club.  They didn't quite get the concept of 
staying still long enough for me to get a bearing on them though so the 
resulting map be "interesting".  They were rewarded with more English Ale 
before I packed them off to Leland.

Week 87 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
- I took Clumpy and Kloumpios straight to the coast after picking them up 
from RDU over the weekend.  I thought they might be able to assist in the 
beach road clean-up after the hurricane.

Week 88 Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted with the last details as we get ready for Blackberry 10.

Week 89 Tom Granat, BAE Systems
- unknown

Week 90 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
- assisted with helping me clean and decorate the house for Christmas. 
There's a few items arriving by mail this week that will require 
assembling, so we'll also see how talented they are at using a 
screwdriver.

Week 91 ????
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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