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Thank you Bev.  I think I will put "visit Qikiqtaaluk" on the bucket list.
Northernmost town in Canada.  Not too far from you, is it Bev?


Doug Pauls
Principal Materials and Process Engineer
Rockwell Collins

On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Bev Christian <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Doug,
> Great exposition! Nice to know that Canada can sort of claim one,
> especially this year since we as a nation will turn 150 July 1st.
> Regards,
> Bev
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.
>   Original Message
> From: Douglas Pauls
> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 9:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Reply To: TechNet E-Mail Forum
> Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Question
>
> My esteemed colleague refers to another of the half fractional elements,
> Polarium (Pl-27.5). Interestingly, it appears between Cobalt (27) and
> Nickel (28), and is true magnetic north on the periodic table. Polarium is
> found only in the polar regions of the Earth, partly, as Dave says, due to
> conductive mixing, but also from cosmic ray bombardment funneled to the
> polar regions by the Earth’s magnetic fields. An additional property of
> Polarium, that Dave in his ignorance missed, is that it has an extreme
> bleaching effect on everything. That is why all the polar regions are
> blindingly white. That is why polar bears are all white, since the North
> polar regions have more Polarium, while penguins, in the South polar
> regions, are only partly white. The less educated even claim that is why
> Santa has a white beard. Polarium, even in small doses, is very cold,
> which lends itself to applications in calorimetry and laser for “cold”
> fusion (I crack me up). It is theorized that the ice planet Hoth (Star
> Wars 5) has very high levels of Polarium.
>
>
>
> Polarium was first isolated by identical twins, Dr. Hans Snerkoff and Dr.
> Per Snerkoff at the University of Canada at Qikiqtaaluk in 1948. After
> several expeditions to the North pole region, it was found that Per was
> highly allergic to Polarium and it began to alter his personality. Sadly,
> the twins Hans and Per became polar opposites. The fate of Hans and Per is
> unknown. They did not return from their last arctic expedition in 1953 and
> it is theorized they are frozen in a block of ice somewhere. With advances
> in cryogenics, and with the thawing of Captain Steve Rogers after many
> years of “being on ice”, it is hoped that Hans and Per can be revived and
> publish more of their research.
>
>
>
> So Dave, what do I win?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Doug Pauls
> Principal Materials and Process Engineer
> Rockwell Collins
>
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 6:38 AM, David Hillman <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Here is the Element Quiz Question:
> >
> > The Question:
> > This element has very few commercial uses since it is very expensive to
> > produce. There is a higher concentration of this element at the North
> Pole
> > than the South Pole due to convective mixing. The liquid state of this
> > element has been used to construct electromagnetic calorimeters. This
> > element is also the basis for a laser in nuclear fusion energy research.
> > Which
> > element is being described?
> >
> >
> > The winner of the 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 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> > Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
> > Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> > Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
> > Week 3 John Burke
> > Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> > Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
> > Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> > Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> > Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
> > Week 8 Leland Woodall
> > Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
> > Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> > Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> > Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> > Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> > Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> > Week 13 No Quiz,
> > Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> > Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> > Week 16 John Maxwell
> > Week 17 Leland Woodall
> > Week 18 Leland Woodall
> >
> > Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> > - Love those firewalls. The boys will help review some environmental
> > testing for explosive atmosphere, Sand & Dust, Humidity and Salt Fog at a
> > local supplier. When they get bored with that they can help patch the
> roof
> > over my head that might have a developed a leak during the winter. After
> > that they can relax and go fishing in the bay or ocean near my house.
> >
> > Week 20 Robert Kondner
> > - assisted with ????
> >
> > Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> > - Up here at ClearMotion, I've got a board to design... but our recruiter
> > wants us looking through resumes instead. I think the boys can do that
> for
> > a while, and when they're done with that, they can start cutting out
> molds
> > for my upcoming cedar strip canoe.
> >
> > Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
> > - After feeding them all weekend, I put the boys to work soldering the
> > battery leads (Pb-Free, of course) onto ShortSniffer boards. They were so
> > efficient with those little fingers twisting the wire ends, they got the
> > next 6-months production done in 4.5 hours! I gave our minimum wage
> > technician a pink slip, telling her to re-apply in September.
> >
> > They had big smiles on their faces as I put them on a plane to Disney
> > World, giving them each 3 all-day passes (after warning them to stay away
> > from Snow White). They should be well rested for the next Element Quiz
> > winner.
> >
> > Week 23 ????
> > - assisted with ????
> >
> >
> > I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> >
> > Dave Hillman
> > Rockwell Collins
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
>

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