Oh, that would be sooo nice. The dew points here in Iowa are in the high
70s and the temperatures are in the high 90s - we might as well be in the
tropics!
Dave
On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Ed Popielarski <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Sunny with highs in the low 70's here this weekend!
>
> Regards,
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 1:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] [MKTG] [TN] Element Quiz Answer
>
> Darn! I didn't think anyone would catch the coin connection to Mn which
> shows just how smart and diverse our TechNet community is in their
> knowledge. I'll have to work on tougher clues. Nice work!
>
> Stay cool and stay safe - pretty ugly heat wave rolling across the US
> right now.
>
> Dave
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Leland Woodall <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Dave.
> >
> > I started to go with iron, but knew it wasn't present in tea. I knew
> > manganese was, and that wartime nickels used this metal. I'm a long
> > time coin collector, a hobby that is also mentioned in the How to Be
> > an Official Geek manual.
> >
> > It's roasting in NC right now, so the guys and I will have some early
> > morning golf this weekend. Next week they can assist me with writing
> > work instructions for our rework department. Joy, joy, right?
> >
> > Have a great one!
> >
> > Leland
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman
> > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 3:12 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [MKTG] [TN] Element Quiz Answer
> >
> > Here is the Element Quiz Question:
> >
> > The Question:
> > This element will decompose in water and rust in moist air. It has 4
> > allotrophic forms. There is lots of this element around - it is the
> > 10th most abundant element in the earth's crust. This element is found
> > in many foods, including beans, bananas and tea. The US nickel coin
> > and the US dollar coin are historically connected by this element.
> > What element is being described?
> >
> > The Answer:
> > The element is Manganese (Mn). Manganese plays an important role in
> > human health as part of our antioxidant system and in plants for
> > photosynthetic oxygen evolution. Due to the shortage of nickel during
> > WWII, an alloy of copper/silver/manganese was used from 1942-1945 for
> > US nickels and since 2000, US dollar coins use a copper/manganese
> > alloy. For both cases, the use of manganese duplicates the
> > electromagnetic properties of previous coinage alloys making the vending
> machine industry very happy.
> >
> > The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he will get the services
> > of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.
> >
> > Leland - which clue gave it away to you? Lots of folks submitting
> > guess but only yours for Mn.
> >
> >
> > 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
> > Week 20 Robert Kondner Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> > Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano
> > Ribeiro, DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems Week 25
> > Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International
> > Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> >
> > Week 28 Leland Woodall
> > - It was good to see the guys over the 4th of July week, and since our
> > plant was off on shutdown, we spent a lot of time on and around the
> > golf course. Not only are they handy with lawnmowers, but they're
> > great caddies as well!
> >
> > Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> > - You picked a bad time to send the boys to Israel. This weekend is
> > going be very hot and very humid in Tel Aviv (92 F and 80% RH) and
> > extremely hot inside the country (117 F in the Jordan Valley). I have
> > arranged for them a hotel in Tel Aviv, near the Mediterranean Sea so
> > the boys will enjoy the cool air in the hotel or run 100 yard and
> > enjoy the sea. The weather is going to cool down on Monday so they can
> > go out the hotel and do some paper work. I shall take care that they
> drink enough water.
> >
> > Week 30 Leland Woodall
> > - assisted with ????
> >
> >
> > I hope everyone has a awesome week.
> >
> > Dave Hillman
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