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You could say your Monday is starting out half-fast:).

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Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question

Good Lord, now even my disqualifications are being disqualified.......  Not a good start to the week.......

Doug Pauls



From:        "Stadem, Richard D." <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Date:        03/11/2013 08:35 AM
Subject:        Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
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Correction, Doug; Half-fast disqualification.

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question

And this may be the first recorded case of a half-life on a half-assed disqualification.

Doug Pauls



From:                 David D Hillman/CedarRapids/RockwellCollins
To:                 TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>,
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Date:                 03/10/2013 10:13 PM
Subject:                 Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question



Hi Doug - the FEQAB has attempted to review you submission of "thalulesium"
as the answer for the weekly quiz but unfortunately the file keeps reducing by half at a yet to be determined nonlinear rate. CFO H. Prince and CEO S.
White have instructed the FEQAB to conduct no further assessment attempts after a brief conversation with Clumpy and Kloumpios - apparently there is some "old family information" which prevent further efforts to fairly evaluate your submission. Sorry, you have been "done in" by the Clumpy and Kloumpios Mafia.

Dave



From:        Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
To:        <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Date:        03/08/2013 08:16 AM
Subject:        Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
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It is not surprising that no one has gotten it yet.  You are all sticking to the normal periodic Table and the answer is one of the half-fractional
elements: Thalulesium.  This is a very odd element, acting a little like Thallium, a little like Thulium, and a little like Cesium.  So many of you are close, but no seegar.....

Thalulesium was first discovered in northern Finland and was not fully isolated until 1806 by Dr. Sjutolyskison of the University of Finland at Utsjoki.  The problem that Dr. Sjutolyskison had was that half of his samples disappeared every night.  Remember where our two intrepid gnomes, Clumpy and Kloumpios originally come from?  As it turns out, their ancestors were great practical jokers.  They helped mine the ore that Thalulesium comes from, which is secretite (another "hidden" clue).  Then at night, they would hide (the other hidden clue) half of the pile of the ore and sneak into the lab and hide half the semi-isolated element.
Originally, he thought it an odd manifestation of half life of a half fractional, but he was only half right. It wasn't until half his microscope turned up missing and half of his research staff went missing that he started to suspect an outside agent.  He laid a trap with copious
amounts of chocolate and caught the jokers.    There are actually 16 tons
of Thalulesium refined each year, but Clumpy and Kloumpios's families are still at it, so only 8 tons appears on the records.

Thalulesium has the ability to permeate almost any material, with its emitted radiation dropping off linearly with the depth of absorption.  By measuring the total radiation, you can determine exactly how thick an industrial material is.

I would type more, but I find that half my keyboard is missing......

Doug Pauls



From:   "David D. Hillman" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Date:   03/07/2013 05:14 PM
Subject:        [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
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Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question ( a little early so other time zones have a chance):

The Question:
A total of 8 tons of this element is extracted every year. An radioactive isotope of this element is used for industrial material thickness measurements. The word "hidden". 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 done the following:


Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Dick Krug,  Spartan Complex Systems
- Clumpy and Kloumpios arrived and were happy to get some warm weather.
Saturday they helped rake leaves (yes it's fall in Tampa) then went to the


Florida State Fair.  They seemed most interested in some of the new tractors, muttering something about the closed cab would be a more comfortable ride, but they also took advantage of the opportunity for Fair


food.  I couldn't believe how much deep fried food they ate - Snickers, butter, burgers, ..., you name it.  Yesterday they didn't feel good so just sat around in the sun most of the day. This week I'm going to pick their brains on how to improve our ECN implementation process.  If they can't contribute much I'll send them back to the fair as sort of a winter vacation.

Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC
- unknown

Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
- assisted with a "haring" activity

And Pat Goodyear, PGE
- This time the boys will get to do some REAL work, they each have scoop shovels and at present are shoveling piles of U-O2 pellets for refueling the cook pot.  We are in the middle of a 60 day refuel outage so their help came at an opportune time, the majority of our contract crew left
this evening, (laid off).   They are however complaining that it is hot
and they have been working in dry suits and sweating profusely, and they
have no beers to drop, not allowed on the property.   I offered them Gator


aid but they just laughed.  I asked them if they knew anything about electronics and they could work with us technicians, but they just mumbled


about John Deere tractors.   They will be working the next 3 days around
the clock, they will get rest when they are done, we have to get back on schedule.

Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory
- assisted with running an ion chromatograph and see how adept they are at

reviewing SIR data.

Week 5 ????
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins


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