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You are obviously a man of wisdom and discernment.


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Patrick Goodyear <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> 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
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>>> 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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