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Hi Ioan - I didn't have that in my book so I'll go add it!

Dave

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Tempea, Ioan <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Not to forget Cupru (Romanian), which shows how close we are from our
> Roman roots ;-)
>
> Ioan
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part de David Hillman
> Envoyé : August 03, 2018 2:16 PM
> À : [log in to unmask]
> Objet : [TN] Element Quiz Answer
>
>  The Question:
> This element is found in its elemental form in nature. The largest mass of
> the element in elemental form  discovered weighed 420 tonnes and was found
> in 1857 on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, USA. This element has been
> known for over 10,000 years. The town of Falun, Sweden is associated with
> this element. Alloys containing this element have natural properties that
> destroy a wide range of microorganisms. What element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Copper (Cu). Copper is one of the few metals that occur in
> nature in directly usable metallic form (native metals) as opposed to
> needing extraction from an ore and led to very early human use. In the
> Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, the origin of the name
> of the metal, from aes сyprium (metal of Cyprus), later corrupted to
> сuprum, from which the words copper (English), cuivre (French), cobre
> (Spanish), Koper (Dutch) and Kupfer (German) are all derived. The Great
> Copper Mountain was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated from the 10th
> century to 1992. It satisfied two thirds of Europe's copper consumption in
> the 17th century and helped fund many of Sweden's wars during that
> time.Some 355 copper alloys have been proven to kill more than 99.9% of
> disease-causing bacteria within just two hours when cleaned regularly.
>
>
> The winner of the quiz is Eray Canli and will get the services of Clumpy
> and Kloumpios for the week. Eray - let us know where the boys are going and
> what they will be helping you with 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!
> Week 63 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 63 Tom Granat
>
> 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  Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
> -  Since the boys are probably tired from all the work George made them do,
> they can join me for the week at Sunset Beach on the Monterrey Bay. Pure
> relaxation on vacation. Maybe they can convince the local raccoons to stay
> out of my camp. We’ll have some great games of Cards Against Humanity with
> them.
>
> Week 66  Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
> - Good timing.  We just purchased another oven and I can use the help
> getting ready to take delivery
>
> Week 66 Leland Woodall
> - assisted with ????
>
> Week 67  Eray Canli
> - assisted with ????
>
>
>
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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