Silica

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> On Jul 19, 2018, at 8:40 PM, David Hillman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> The Question:
> This element is the second most abundant in the Earth's crust. Humans have
> been utilizing various forms of this element for over 4000 years.  Silly
> Putty and Portland cement have a connection to this element. A place and
> time - Bell Labs, 1947 - are associated with this element. What 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
> 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
> Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> Week 45 Leland Woodall
> Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems
> Week 47 Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils
> Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 49 Todd MacFadden, Bose
> Week 49 Leland Woodall
> Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical Components
> Week 51 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> Week 52 Leland Woodall
> Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS
> Week 54 Leland Woodall
> Week 55  Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 56  Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> Week 57  Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp
> Week 58 Leland Woodall
> Week 59 Drew Meyer, Benchmark
> Week 60 Leland Woodall
> Week 61 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
>
> Week 62  Leland Woodall
> - I still have vinyl and a turntable, though 78s were a bit before my time. The
> guys get here just in time for our summer plant shutdown, so their workload
> will be minimal.  We all deserve a break, right? Happy 4th of July,
> everyone!
>
> Week 63 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> -I don't know what they'll do at the both Toms, but if they can use
> Internet, then the two Toms arrange their time schedule and I'll give the
> boys access with VPN to my CAD software and they can do some layout stuff
> at night. Cadstar or Altium, whatever they prefer...
>
> Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> - Wow a three way tie is awesome. I would ask that Clumpy and Kloumpios
> arrive on Tuesday to help celebrate my daughter's 21st birthday and then
> come along as we attend Part 1 and 2 of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
> on Broadway on Wednesday. I know the boys will be able to explain some of
> the secrets behind Harry's powers, I just hope they will share it with my
> daughter. Should be a good time for all.
>
> Week 63 Tom Granat
> -assisted with ????
>
> Week 64 George Wenger
> -  I couldn't have won at a better time.  I recently purchased a 5 acre lot
> and I need to remove lots of trees, stumps and sticker bushes so my builder
> can build a new 3 bedroom ranch home. Approximately 10 weeks ago I
> herniated a disk in my back and I haven't been able to do a lot of work on
> our lot so I have plenty of work for Clumpy and Kloumpios to do this week.
>
> Week 65 ????
> - assisted with ????
>
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
> [log in to unmask]
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