..............And not enough to answer the question!
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 8:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Answer
Hillman, you keep disqualifying people and pretty soon there will be enough of us to grab pitchforks and torches and storm your cubicle.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 8:12 AM, David Hillman < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi folks - Here is the Element Quiz Answer
>
> The Question:
> This element has no stable isotopes on Earth so very little is known
> about its properties. No one has been able to figure out how to refine
> this element from other natural minerals either. The longest half life
> for this element is 20 minutes.Only about one ounce of this element is
> found in the Earth crust in terms of it being produced by natural
> processes. What element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Francium (Fr)! Francium is the only element between
> atomic numbers 1-92 that has a half life of less than 30 minutes. The
> element discovery is credited to Marguerite Perey, a French physicist
> who worked at the Curie Institute in Paris. She named the element
> after her country - France.
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Karen Tellefsen, Alpha, and
> she will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week (they
> jumped on a cargo flight out of Cedar Rapids this morning).
>
> The Element Quiz Arbitration Board (EQAB) disallowed Mordechai's
> response due to the fact that he used Wikipedia which is not an
> allowable reference source for Quiz participants. And of course, EQAB
> blames Doug for causing Mordechai's response to be disqualified.
>
>
> 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, SAIC
> 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.
> Week 40 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 40 Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int.
> Week 41 Steve Gregory
> Week 42 Steve Mikell
> Week 43 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Week 44 Leland Woodall, CSTech
> Inc.
> Week 44 Eddie Hofer, Rockwell Collins
> Week 45 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 46 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory Week 47 Phil
> Bavaro, L-3 Communications Week 48 Brian Ellis Week 49 Leland Woodall,
> CSTech
>
> Week 49 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> - Clumpy need not worry. We have no major issues at hand in the
> lab.It is now above 32F for a whole day here. So close to Easter it
> is time for a break. Perhaps he can make some Tsoureki Paschalino with his spare time.
> It will be fun to have him visit again and catch up on his world travels.
> - A good week. Oil changed on the John Deere. Blades are sharp and
> ready. A little Easter baking done! Heard the John Deere heading for
> I90 when I got up this morning. Clumpy said something about never
> letting Dave travel alone.
>
> Week 50 Greg Munie, IPC
> - I am honored to have the guys services again. Bud break is just
> starting in the vineyard so it's a great time for them to finish
> pruning and do some trellis repair. Tell them to meet me at the Lisle
> station. Or just "John Deere" it to the vineyard if they want. The
> monks will put them up in the guest house. And I'll keep 'em busy and (hopefully) out of trouble.
>
> Week 51 Karen Tellefsen, Alpha
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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