Yes, it seems that if you discovery a half fractional element, you are
doomed, typically by a poor research action.

Dave

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Bev Christian <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I seem to being a seeing a "theme" here. It looks like and awful lot of
> the discovers of half fraction elements come to an untimely end! Anyone
> else notice this?
> Bev
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
> Sent: September 25, 2015 8:48 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Question
>
> My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional elements,
> Grouchium (Gm 32.5).  It is relatively rare (imagine that) and found in the
> mineral ore Irritite and the only known deposits of Irritite are near the
> town of Hesse, Germany.  Grouchium has been shown to have a neurological
> impact on humans, predominantly keeping affected individual in a perpetual
> angry or irritated state.  In Roman times, the Romans found the residents
> of Hesse to be so disagreeable they termed them “inritatior hominis”, and
> the town on Roman maps simply labelled as Inritatior with a notation “Et
> non egredieris inde huc” (don’t go here).  On the other hand, Grouchium is
> actually quite tasty and was added to local sausages, especially those that
> fed Hessian soldiers in the Army.  Not even the vaunted Roman Legions would
> face Hessian soldiers hopped up on Grouchium sausages.
>
>
>
> Grouchium was first isolated in pure form by Dr. Verrückt Verärgert, at
> the University of Berlin – Kottmar, in 1933.  Sadly, his research was cut
> short by his tragic demise.  Dr. Verärgert, not being the most ethical of
> men, decided to use his wife as a test subject for his experiments of the
> effects of pure Grouchium on the nervous system.  Dr. Verärgert was, quite
> frankly, an idiot as Frau Verärgert was 6 inches taller and 100 pounds
> heavier than he was, and could easily bench press Holsteins.  Dr. Verärgert
> found out first-hand the effects of an element which makes people very
> angry as there were only small pieces of him left for the authorities to
> identify.  Wisely, Frau Verärgert  was not charged.  Sadly, the rest of Dr.
> Verärgert’s work was lost during WW2, but it was rumored that neither the
> Nazis, the Russians, nor the Americans would go within a 100 miles of
> Kottmar as Frau Verärgert was still there.
>
>
>
> I have Dave this time.  He only gave one hint, not the usual multi-hint,
> so he has nothing to disqualify me on, and my Latin is better than Dave’s.
>
>
> Doug Pauls
> Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 7:00 AM, David Hillman <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Here is the Element Quiz Question:
> >
> > The Question:
> > The name of this element is derived from the Latin name of the German
> > town/province of Hesse. 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
> > Week 81 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> > Week 81 Jim West, N.S. International
> > Week 82 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> > Week 82 Robert Welch, Moog Components Group Week 83 James Head,
> > Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 84 Mike Fenner Week 85
> > Steve Gregory Week 86 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
> > Week 87 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik Week 88 Leland Woodall,
> > CSTech Inc.
> > Week 89 Avni Selim Ozcukurlu, Aselsan Inc.
> > Week 90 Pat Goodyear, PGE
> > Week 91 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> > Week 92 Greg Munie, IPC
> > Week 93 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> > Week 93 Mike Fenner
> > Week 94 John Maxwell
> > Week 95 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> > Week 95 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 96 Tom
> > Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 96 bonus Leland
> > Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> >
> > Week 97 Dick Krug, Spartan Brooksville LLC -Clumpy and Kloumpios
> > arrived late Friday night.  Saturday and Sunday we went to an
> > Oktoberfest.  The boys both complained that the mugs were so small.  I
> > tried to tell them it's because the beer gets warm faster in the
> > south. They replied in unison, "Drink faster!"  For being small in
> > stature they can drink a lot.Perhaps because of the beer they weren't
> > good for much work on Monday, but starting Tuesday they worked hard
> > with the end of quarter production push. I don't think they like
> > working this hard.  Clumpy hoped their next assignment would be far
> > away and they would have to leave early today.
> >
> > Week 98 ????
> > -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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