Hi Graham - I know it will come as a surprise but EQAB is not me! They are
a secret, mysterious group of beings that research Doug's responses and
complete other tasks for the Element Quiz. I couldn't be EQAB as that would
be unfair to Doug.............  : - )

At least that's my story and I am sticking to it

Dave

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Graham Collins <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> When did Hillman start referring to himself in the third person???
> Collins is confused by this...
>
> regards,
>
> Graham Collins
> Senior Process Engineer
> Sunsel Systems
> (902) 444-7867
>
> On 12/15/2017 4:06 PM, David Hillman wrote:
>
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>
> The Question:
> This element is fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust.  This
> element  is very abundant is space since its produced by fusion in
> high-mass stars and scattered into space by the violent collapse of
> supernovas.The human body contains 3-4 grams of this element which is
> critical for our health. This element was known to the Egyptians in 3000
> BC. This element will not form an amalgam with mercury.  Which element is
> being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Iron (Fe)! The origin of iron's name is from the Anglo-Saxon
> word "iren" and the Periodic Table symbol from the Latin word "ferrum".
> Beads made from meteoric iron in 3500 BC or earlier were found in Gerzah,
> Egypt. The beads contain 7.5% nickel, which is a signature of meteoric
> origin since iron found in the Earth's crust generally has only minuscule
> nickel impurities. Iron is a necessary trace element found in nearly all
> living organisms. Iron-containing enzymes and proteins, often containing
> heme prosthetic groups, participate in many biological oxidations and in
> transport.  Unlike many other metals, iron does not form amalgams with
> mercury. As a result, mercury is traded in standardized 76 pound flasks (34
> kg) made of iron.
>
>
> The winners of the quiz are Leland Woodall and Frank Kimmey - they will
> split the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Their responses
> hit the firewall clock at exactly the same time! Larry Dzaugis's response
> gets honorable mention as he caught his error and had wise wisdom about the
> combination of aluminum airplanes compatibility with mercury. David
> Bealer's life experience gave him the right answer which I found to be cool
> thing.
>
> As for Doug's response of "Vacuumium", EQAB unfortunately had to disqualify
> his answer again. EQAB completely believed Doug's biology rationale but the
> Ames-Rock Valley information was not correct. Hillman had the privilege of
> having several of his Iowa State University professors actually having
> worked on the Manhattan project and several past "privileged" conversations
> clearly show that Vacuumium was not part of the effort. Additional, Hillman
> has several friends living in Rock Valley and they have assured EQAB no
> implosion incident ever occurred there.
>
>
> 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
> Week 40 Leland Woodall
> Week 41 Tom Carroll
> Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
>
> Week 43 Joyce Koo
> - Great, the two chaps can help me to wrap my head around the newly
> discovered planet by NASA that not only earth like, but also just 11 light
> years away (like live just under our nose)... http://www.planetary.
> org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171115-ross-128b.html?utm_campa
> ign=planetarypost&utm_medium=email&utm_source=post1117
> may be prepare search the alien under the sea?  (avoid competition of
> search alien above the sea, like "expedition unknown" TV show).   - dave
> you might not get them back if both get lost in the darkness ;-).
>
> Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> - How good are they in basketball?  Maybe they can help my 8-year old
> daughter in her practice and her game.  We will be having some warm
> temperatures next week, in the 80F range so they can pack light.  They can
> assist me in visiting customers, might have to take them to the beach or
> Disneyland, finalize projects for year-end and keep my colleagues in
> line.  Can
> I send them to my factory to assist in long lead-time delays on our
> products? (They can play the good guy, bad guy)
>
> Week 45 Leland Woodall
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> - assisted with ????
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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