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The boys just happened to roll in when we were in the middle of a big 5S push.  They're scrubbing, replacing old floor tape, and helping to get things in pristine shape.  Corporate executives arrive Thursday, and everything has to be spotless.

And by the way, the contestants seem to have gotten a lot quicker this time around with their responses.  Last week was the first chance I had to be looking at the screen when the question came through, and it looks like that is going to be a necessity!

Leland

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 5:45 PM
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Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer

Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer:

The Question:
This element is not found in nature. The beta rays produced by this element have been used produce nuclear batteries for space craft electrical functions. This element's beta rays have also been used to produce a special laser that can communicate with submarines. What is the element is being described?

The Answer:
The element is Promethium (Pm)! Promethium was the missing element in the lanthanide rare earth series because it does not exist on Earth. So technically it is the least abundant element on Earth. Pm was not "discovered" until nuclear reactors became somewhat common. In 1902 scientists predicted that an element existed between Neodymium and Samarium but the technology to confirm that prediction was still years away. Promethium-147 has been used to produce space craft batteries with a use life of 5 years and is a key part of a special laser for submarine communications.


The winner of the weekly element quiz is Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc., and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. The boys left James Wood's facility today and are feeling very relaxed so Leland needs to put them to work! Leland beat Joe Russeau by 37 seconds per the Rockwell Collins firewall stamp for being first to post the correct answer.


The Friday element Quiz Arbitration Board (FEQAB) has disqualified the answer submitted by Doug Pauls. Doug had stated that Evereadium decays into an isotope of Neptunium, Np-92.5. However, research by the 7 FEQAB members found there are 18 known Neptunium isotopes ranging from Np-242 to
Np-228 but no Np-92.5. The FEQAB would graciously reconsider its ruling of Doug's submission if he can provide a industry acknowledged/published documentation of the Np-92.5 isotope (since isotopes are based on atomic weight and not atomic number, such a publication is very unlikely). The FEQAB also stated they would never ever be able to watch an Eveready battery commercial again without laughing.


So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:

Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Dick Krug,  Spartan Complex Systems Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security


Week 6 Steve Gregory
- assisted with packing for Steve's next cross country move.

Week 7 Phil Kinner, PVA
- assisted with booth duty at a French tradeshow and then helped get an Easter egg hunt ready for 20 kids

Week 8 Brian Ellis
- the guys arrived this morning, thanks. This is the end of the most prolific part of the growing season and weeds abound. The John Deeres will be very useful to help eliminate them. Kloumpios has said he will prepare a traditional Cypriot ttavas (lamb pieces with veggies with cumin and wild herbs, slow oven-cooked in a special unglazed clay pot - Google it) for the 1 April Cyprus National Day.

Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
- My Welsh colleague Jeff, whose desk is next to mine, was on holiday this

last week so Clumpy and Kloumpios parked themselves in his seat and spent the week spouting jibes and insults, particularly about English Rugby - it

was just like Jeff was still there!  I think you could put that down as "providing workplace entertainment and uplifting moral".

Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins


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