Awesome Mike - just a word of warning, the guys don't seem to appreciate
those stone garden gnomes that some people gardens. They do like the stone
mushrooms.

Dave

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 4:12 AM, Mike Fenner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Fantastic timing. I am just starting reconstructing our garden in the old
> cottage we just moved to. So lots of earth moving, stone walls, new fencing
> raised flower beds and so on. In the evenings The Elephant and Castle Pub
> is
> 2 minutes away. The Elephant serves Hook Norton brewed just up the road in
> a
> Victorian gravity brewery (still uses the original steam engine). We can
> investigate all the different brews and guest lagers. We may or may not be
> reporting on this.
>
>
> --
> Best Wishes
>
>
>
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 7:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] NTC Element Quiz Answer
>
> Here is the Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
> This element's origin has a history heavily connected to Germany. It is a
> poor conductor of electricity. It makes up one-hundredth of 1% of igneous
> rocks. This element has wide commercial applications including an alloying
> constituent in metals, batteries, catalysts, cookware and even toasters.
> Which
> element is being described?
>
> Bonus Question: Describe the connection of this element and Canada
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Nickel (Ni)! Nickel is often found in copper containing
> ores. Early German miners had such difficulties smelting these copper ores
> containing nickel that they named the unknown element they saw
> "kupfernickel" or "Old Nick's copper" which translates to "devil's copper".
> The elemental name was derived from these German origins. The heating
> elements in toasters are made from nickel and nickel is combined with Fe,
> Co and Al  to produce Alnico magnets.
>
> Bonus Question Answer:
> The world's largest nickel mining operation is found in Ontario Canada and
> is thought to be the ancient crash site of a very large meteorite
> (meteorites contain significant amounts of nickel).
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Mike Fenner and he will get the
> services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.  There was no winner of the
> Bonus question.
>
> I will be attending the SMTA ICSR Conference in Toronto and then a week of
> whitewater kayaking in North Carolina so there will be no Quiz for a couple
> weeks as I am going to have the boys hauling my kayaks after they help out
> Mike. The Quiz will start back up in June.
>
> 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
> Week 81 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> Week 81 Jim West, N.S. International
>
> Week 82 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> -When the guys get down my way, I'm taking the rest of the week off.  We're
> gonna hit the Roanoke River for the annual striper run, and if the weather
> is good, head on down to the Bogue Inlet Pier to check out the black drum
> catch. It looks like they'll get in their share of fishing this time
> around!
>
> Week 82 Robert Welch, Moog Components Group
> -I'll put the little guys to work trying to find my desktop while I'm
> plating up some blind micro-vias. If they do good I might take them after
> some big Musky on the New river.  I hope Muskies don't like to eat Gnomes!
>
> Week 83 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
> - After a very hectic week the boys are on their way back. They've been
> helping to sort out component obsolescence issues, and also a bit of wild
> animal training when taking our cat, Crapouiette, to the vet this morning
> for a check-up.  The vet describes her as a "naughty tourtie" - a
> tortoiseshell.  I do hope the scratches heal quickly (sorry boys).
>
> Week 84 Mike Fenner
> - 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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