I take it by the "famed Dr Ellis", you mean that early 20th c
sexologist, Dr Havelock Ellis,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havelock_Ellis !! (No relation, thank God!)

Brian Ellis is a plain simple Mr, albeit of paleolithic origin. He has
been more or less out of the circuit (unprinted) since late November
mainly because he is having difficulty recovering from epicardial
surgery and he has restricted his intellectual activities to a minimum,
that is if he has any intellect left! In addition, while he was in
hospital, his weather station computer rendered its soul to its maker
and he has tried to re-establish his Internet site at
http://weather.cypenv.eu/ back into service. There may be hope in the 
future, as it springs eternal; he ain't dead yet!

Best regards,

Brian.



On 04.02.2014 17:02, Stadem, Richard D. wrote:
> A bit of misdirection? A bit of misdirection? Loop-hole exercise? Are
> you kidding me? Not even a talented chemist like Dr. Feyereisen can
> get it right. And I noticed that the esteemed Bev Christian did not
> even attempt an answer this week after that gassy explanation offered
> up last week. And the famed Dr. Ellis gave up all hope weeks ago.
> And I am sure you noticed the 117 wrong answers before someone got it
> "right"?  A bit of misdirection, but never a false fact?  Are you
> kidding me? Playoffs?
>
> Playoffs....hey... not a bad idea, most winning answers in a series
> get to go to next round.....hmm...
>
> -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 8:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer
>
> Hi Ron - no problem! I have several reference books I use for the
> quiz and some of the information can be dated (i.e. like the cost per
> oz. for some of the elements) so I try to be careful. And there is
> always a bit of misdirection in the clues (but never an intentional
> false fact)  to make everyone work a bit on their responses. Ya never
> know how Doug (or Richard) are going to use a clue for a loop hole
> exercise. Clearly the prolonged cold weather here in the Midwest has
> started to impact their state of mind  - most likely some form of
> Diet Mt Dew winter fever.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> From:   Ron Feyereisen <[log in to unmask]> To:
> "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Cc:
> "TechNet E-Mail Forum ([log in to unmask])" <[log in to unmask]> Date:
> 02/04/2014 07:50 AM Subject:        RE: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
> Answer
>
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for the explanation. The statement of 46 isotopes is what
> really threw everyone off since it?s specific. I appreciate your work
> in coming up with these questions- it surely takes our minds off of
> other stressful work!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Ron
>
>
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014
> 4:30 PM To: Ron Feyereisen Cc: TechNet E-Mail Forum Subject: RE: [TN]
> NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer
>
> Hi Ron - the number of isotopes is going to be somewhat dependent on
> which reference source I am using when putting the element clues
> together. That is one reason I try to give a set of clues that,  when
> considered as a whole, can only point to one element. Most of the
> time that methodology has been successful but on occasion, our
> Technet community finds holes in the clue logic set.  Hope that makes
> sense.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> From:        Ron Feyereisen <[log in to unmask]> To:
> TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>, "
> [log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Date:
> 02/03/2014 03:32 PM Subject:        RE: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz
> Answer
>
>
>
>
> Doesn't Thulium have 58 Isotopes (23 Isomers, 34 Radioactive Isotopes
> plus the one stable)?
>
> Ron
>
> Ron Feyereisen Continuous Improvement Mgr., CIT
>
> www.sigmatronintl.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 1:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Answer
>
> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer (sorry for getting
> this out late - blame it on Minnesota ice):
>
> The Question: This element has 46 isotopes but only one is stable.
> This element is so scarce that 500 tons of ore must be processed to
> extract 4 kilograms of the element. It has very few commercial uses -
> it has been used for portable x-ray sources and in laser
> applications. The dust of this element
>
>
> is both toxic and explosive. What element is being described?
>
> The Answer: The element is Thulium (Tm)! Thulium derives its name
> from Thule, the Greek word for Scandinavia. Thulium is very rare in
> terms of being a Rare Earth Element(REE)- it ranks 16th out of 17th.
> Monazite sand contains about 50% REE content but of that 50% value,
> only 0.007% is thulium. Tm-169 is the only stable isotope of
> thulium.
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Steve Gregory and he will
> get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. The boys
> should be arriving at your facility anytime now.
>
>
> 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 Week 17 Phil Kinner
> Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech
> Inc. Week 20 Denny Fritz Week 21 Amol Kane Week 21 Dewey Whittaker,
> Honeywell Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs Week 22 Phil Kinner
> Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky,
> Schlumberger Week 25 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp Week 26 Paul Reid,
> PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC Week 28 Steve
> Gregory Week 29 Gus Trakas, Viasystems Week 29 Steve Creswick Week 30
> Robert Welch, Moog Component Group Week 31 Heidi Havelka, Interplex
> Sunbelt Week 32 Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins Week 33 Steve Creswick
> Week 34 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell Week 35 Don Vischulis Week 36 Greg
> Munie, IPC Week 37 Larry Dzaugis Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell
> Week 38 Curt McNamara, Logic PD Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey
> Whittaker, Honeywell
>
> Week 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. - Tell the guys I'm giving them a
> late Christmas present, and they can spend the week at home with
> their wives fulfilling their own set of chores.  Maybe they'll get a
> chance to get back to NC a little later on in the year, and it will
> be warm enough to go fishing at the coast.
>
> Week 40 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. - assisted with ????
>
> Week 40 Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int. - assisted with ????
>
> Week 41 Steve Gregory - assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week.
>
> Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask]
>
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