once again Doug you nailed it!

pat


On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Douglas Pauls wrote:

> My esteemed, though slightly waterlogged, colleague Dave is referring 
> to
> another of the half fractional elements - Pulsium (Pl 36.5).  One of 
> the
> primary characteristics of Pulsium is that it had a capacitive effect,
> storing energy by shifting electron orbits, then releasing them in 
> pulses.
> The pulsing is so regular it was proposed as an international time 
> base,
> but was rejected, as cesium was already being used and there was no 
> budget
> for another kind of clock.
>
> As Dave has indicated, this capacitive effect has many uses: the 
> energy
> regulation in strobe lights as it plays very nicely with xenon; all 
> pulsed
> lasers have a small amount of pulsium in them, etc.
>
> The first isolation of Pulsium came in the early 1800s, by Dr. Mirum 
> Unum
> at the University of Australia at Yulara.  Mirum Unum is actually 
> Latin for
> "strange one" (it is too Dave, go look it up), and Dr. Unum certainly 
> was.
> A goofie Aussie at best, Dr. Unum found that trace amounts of Pulsium
> caused one to lose all sense of restraint and decorum.  The list of 
> his
> bizarre exploits is too numerous to list here, but even I had to say
> "whoa".  Dr. Unum came to an abrupt end when Mrs. Unum found Dr. Unum
> exploring the decorum-reducing effect with some of his female lab
> assistants.  To this day it still holds the record as the bloodiest 
> murder
> in Australian history.  Never piss off an Aussie Sheila.  The effects 
> of
> Pulsium actually made it into the English language and is the origin 
> of
> impulse or impulsiveness.
>
> The blue color Dave refers to is from the spectral lines associated 
> with
> pulsars, as determined by Dr. Sven Uffdason of the University of 
> Minnesota
> - Hallock.  He found that pulsars, allowing for Doppler Shifts, is 
> heavily
> in the blue range of the visible spectrum.  He also found that many of 
> the
> blue gas giants seem to have a strong spectral correlation to Pulsium. 
> Dr.
> Uffdason is in upper Minnesota, and der is not much to do up dere 
> except
> vatch da stars.
>
> I can now go back to my work, happy that I have brought a little more
> enlightenment into this world.  I now breathless await the response of 
> my
> enlightenment-challenged colleague, the Duke of Darkness, The Count of
> Consternation, The Marquis Du Muckup......
>
>
>
> Doug Pauls
> Principal Materials and Process Engineer
> Rockwell Collins
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:28 PM, David Hillman <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>>
>> The Question:
>> This element has a wide range of commercial uses: strobe lights, 
>> lasers and
>> ion propulsion engines. The word "stranger" or "strange one". The 
>> color
>> "blue". Which 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
>> 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 Sign
>> Week 22 Phil Kinner
>> Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits
>> Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
>> Week 25 Keith Calhoun, SoparkCorp
>> 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
>> Week 50 Greg Munie, IPC
>> Week 51 Karen Tellefsen.
>> Week 52 Greg Munie, IPC
>> Week 53 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
>> Week 54 Phil Bavaro, L-3 Com.
>> Week 55 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. deferred to Richard Stadem, GD,
>> Week 56 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LLC
>> Week 57 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
>> Week 58 Leland Woodall, CSTech, Inc.
>> Week 58 Bonus Question Robert Wolfe
>> Week 59 Greg Munie, IPC
>> Week 60 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
>> Week 61 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
>> Week 62 Leland Woodall
>> Week 62 Brien Bush, Cirtronics
>> Week 63 Pat Goodyear, PGE
>> Week 64 Ed Popielarski
>> Week 65 Jim West, N.S. International
>> Week 66 Brian Ellis
>> Week 67 Ravinder Ajmani, HGST
>> Week 68 Robert Wolfe
>> Week 69 Joe Russeau, PAL.
>> Week 69 Leland Woodall, Keihin North America
>> Week 70 Jim West, N.S. International
>> Week 71 Steve Gregory
>> Week 72 Bhanu Sood, CALCE
>> Week 72 Ed Popielarsk
>> Week 72 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group
>> Week 73 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics GmbH
>> Week 74 Greg Munie, IPC
>> Week 75 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins
>> Week 76 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
>> Week 77 Robert Kondner, Index Designs
>> Week 77 Bonus Brien Bush, Cirtronics
>> Week 78 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
>> Week 79 Denny Fritz, SAIC
>>
>> Week 80 Brian Ellis
>> - I can hear the rumble of John Deeres coming up the hill, 2 minutes 
>> and
>> they will be here. Their relatives have been told and replied that 
>> they
>> should not expect good food as they are in the Lenten fast, as are 
>> many
>> people here, awaiting the Orthodox Easter, a week after the Western 
>> one.
>> All
>> animal products forbidden, virtually vegan. In the last week, only 
>> dry
>> bread
>> and water are allowed, not even olive oil. Happily, the boys will be 
>> well
>> fed chez Brian, as he does not go along with fasting; I have a big
>> lump of leg of pork marinating in wine and spices for a good roast 
>> for
>> dinner this evening. There is a big thumping at the door...
>>
>> Week 81 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
>> -The guys are very lucky. This week, most of the country is on 
>> vacation .
>> They are also going to enjoy a great  weather. Tell me when they are 
>> going
>> to arrive at Ben Gurion Intl airport. Starting last Saturday and 
>> until
>> Friday, we have Passover Holiday and most of the people don't work. 
>> Our
>> tin/lead and lead-free assembly lines were closed on April 2nd. So 
>> the boys
>> and I are going to tour the country. I hope next Sunday they will do 
>> some
>> work to start the assembly lines just before leaving Israel.
>>
>> Week 81 Jim West, N.S. International
>> -The boys arrived late Sunday and I had them over for a nice home 
>> cooked
>> meal, which is my favorite meal that my wife prepared and consisted 
>> of
>> roast beef, potatoes, carrots and broccoli....yum!  Shared with them 
>> some
>> of my diverse adult beverages and told them to enjoy but also to take 
>> it
>> easy as I had a big week planned for them.  Well, the evening went on 
>> fine
>> but the adult beverages took over and left all of us feeling a little 
>> rough
>> the next morning :-0   So, we started our Monday morning off a little 
>> late
>> and it took us a better part of the day to get moving.  The boys are 
>> hard
>> workers and they helped me with multiple projects this week and made 
>> my job
>> a little easier and I believe they felt a sense of accomplishment, 
>> even
>> though we didn't get off to a good start the beginning of the week. 
>> They
>> are primed and raring to go for the next lucky individual that gets 
>> their
>> services.
>>
>> Week 82 ????
>> -assisted with ????
>>
>>
>> Everyone have a safe week.
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
>> [log in to unmask]
>> Data Credit Note: the information in the Element Quizzes is taken 
>> from
>> several published sources including The History and Use of Our 
>> Earth's
>> Chemical Elements by R. Krebs and Nature's Building Blocks by J. 
>> Emsley.
>>
>>
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