Dave,



Thanks for the message. Clumpy and Kloumpios can help with winter cleaning chores around the house. We just received our first blast of cold air today and it is expected to be colder tomorrow, so tell the boys to pack their winter suits. I need help removing air conditioners from windows and sealing up some drafts around windows and doors. After that the boys can relax and join me on a trip to Philadelphia to perform some FAA Conformities next week. Do they like soft pretzels? The ones I get in Philadelphia are great, especially when they are fresh out of the oven. 



Have a great weekend.



Regards,

Tom



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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer



Here is the Element Quiz Question:



The Question:

This element is one of our ancient metals and known far back in human history. It can be found in its pure elemental form in nature. The element's name is derived from a Latin word. The Phoenicians at one time used silver to weight their anchors instead of lead due to its availability from a specific country. This element is one of only four metals to have an ISO currency code. This element plays a major role in the electronics industry. Which element is being described?



The Answer:

The element is Silver (Ag)! Silver was more expensive than gold in Egypt until around the fifteenth century BC due to its scarcity. Silver derives its name from the Latin word "argentum". When the Phoenicians first came to what is now Spain, they obtained so much silver that they could not fit it all on their ships, and as a result used silver to weight their anchors instead of lead. Gold, platinum, palladium and silver are the four precious metals that have ISO 4217 currency codes (silver is XAG). Silver is used as surface finished on printed circuit boards and component terminations.





The winner of the quiz  is Tom Carroll and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.



The EQAB reviewed Doug's response of "Senatorium" and unfortunately had to disqualify his answer. A review of the ISO currency code historical records found no information relating to Doug's claims. They also consulted with Silver Institute on the co-deposition information and  the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Phoenician history aspects but found there to be no records validating those claims. The most disqualifying information provided in Doug's response is the statement on the "0.0000001%" constituent level in solder as there is currently no known technical method of providing a solder assay of that measurement fidelity (a nano-gram, really?).



While several members of the EQAB felt Doug's political views may have merit, the EQAB follows the TechNet philosophy of "in data we trust" and could not validate his response.





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 Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 30 Leland Woodall Week 31 Leland Woodall Week 32 Steve Gregory Week 33 Leland Woodall Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem Week 38 Leland Woodall Week 38 Tom Carroll



Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly

- This is really great! The guys can help me to clear out a flat (thousands of books :-( ) and, of course, if they have enough of the dust of about 50 years, have fun with our cats again......(no dust,only cat's fur in red &

black)



Week 40 Leland Woodall

- This week the boys will be helping me with Fall yard work.  If they finish in time, we'll also check out the speckled sea trout run currently going on in Belhaven, NC.



Week 41 Tom Carroll

- assisted with ????





I hope everyone has a awesome week.



Dave Hillman

Rockwell Collins

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