Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question (and yes, it is a day 
early again because I am out on Friday):

The Question:
This element is the only rare earth element credited as being discovered 
in the United States. The ancient Latin name for a town in France.  What 
element is being described?

Bonus Question:
Provide the ancient Latin name and the modern name for the town in France.


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:

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
Week 7 Phil Kinner
Week 8 Brian Ellis
Week 9 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik
Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 14 Brian Ellis
Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security

Week 16 Steve Gregory
-I need them to help me start-up a new (used) Vitronics/Soltec wave 
machine we recently got here. It's gonna' be fun (if that's what you want 
to call it), we have to fill the Vitronics with a tin wash so we can get 
the wave formers and nozzles out, clean everything up, and then empty the 
pot. Then we've got to empty the pot in the old Electrovert machine that 
we have and have that solder ready for the Vitronics. Then we'll play 
musical wave machines by moving the Electrovert and placing the Vitronics 
where it was sitting, then we'll fill the Vitronics again. 

Week 17 Phil Kinner
- assisted with ????

Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems
- assisted with ????

Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
- Now I have two guys to assist with four screen printer moves this week. 
They're gonna love helping me perform our quality verifications, and they 
get to try their hand with cross section work again.

Week 20 Denny Fritz
- My first thought for Clumpy and Kloumpios was to ask if they knew how to 
drain swamps.  It has rained here in Indiana almost every day for 10 days, 
and is forcast to thunderstorm for almost ten more.  Any chance Kloumpios 
has any biblical roots and is related to Noah of Ark fame??  At the very 
least, please have Graham Naisbitt ship some wellies (Wellington boots) 
here to Indiana for the coming week. Only slightly more seriously, what do 
Clumpy and Kloumpios know about counterfeit components?  Any day, I expect 
to be thrown into that messy topic to support the Department of Defense. 
And, what clearance do the guys have - confidential, secret, top secret, 
or keep-from-telling-Doug?. Can either run an XRF or SEM?  I presume they 
have eagle eyes, so they can observe components through our optical 
microscopes.  Finally, is either carrying a small spare lead-acid battery? 
 Our UPS unit protecting the instruments from the too frequent lightning 
surges crapped out last week. 

Week 21 ????
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins


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