Hi George - Awesome! Clumpy and Kloumpios fired up the John Deere's and headed for the Cedar Rapids airport. They plan to catch a cargo plane to the Baltimore and then drive up to the facility. Andy will need to fill us in on just what he has them doing this week. They are very good at metallographic cross sections as long as they get to use a diamond saw (they like destruction!). Dave "Wenger, George M." <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 09/23/2011 06:12 PM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to "Wenger, George M." <[log in to unmask]> To <[log in to unmask]> cc Subject Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Answer Dave, Tell Clumpy and Kloumpios that Andy is located in our FMA Lab in Warren New Jersey and he can use all they help they can provide. Regards, George George M. Wenger Senior Principal Reliability / FMA Engineer Andrew Corporation - Wireless Network Solutions 40 Technology Drive, Warren, NJ 07059 (908) 546-4531 Office (732) 309-8964 Mobile E-mail: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:26 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - the Answer Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Answer: The Question: This element is essential for humans and a deficiency impacts all body functions. This element has 3 naturally occurring isotopes. One of these isotopes is radioactive with a half life of 1.3 billion years. Before World War I, Germany had a monopoly of the production of this element. The toxin of the black mamba snake interferes with this element's function in the human brain. What element is being described? The Answer: The element is Potassium (K). The symbol for potassium comes from the word "kalium" which is Medieval Latin for potash. The human body has no mechanism for storing potassium so we need to have a steady supply. The lower intestine is responsible absorbing 90% of our daily requirement. Germany mined the mineral carnallite at Strassfurt as the global source of K for many years. The world production of potassium ores is about 50 million tons annually. The winner of the weekly element quiz is Andy Giamis, Commscope and will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Andy - let me know where your facility is located and the boys will get right there for their next task. Many correct answers this week and even those responses which were incorrect were in the correct area of the Periodic Table. So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have: Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings - accomplished nothing (drank lots of coffee) Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM - conducted REACH material testing Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. - Solderability testing and mowed the lawn Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich - had an epic journey of travel Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global - unknown Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrolab - unknown Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon - Were tackling dummys for Dallas Cowboys Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications - Cleaned gutters and painted window trim Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division - unknown Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits - unknown Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs - descaled the in-line wash machine! Ouch! Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation - assisted with AS9100 quality management systems requirements audit Week 12 Steve Creswick of Balanced Enterprise Solutions - Acted as Steve's "go fer" due to a broken leg! Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi - conducted a plasma pre treatment Taguchi DOE for a sealing process Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM - assisted with a tin pest investigation/test Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM - assisted Bev shoveling snow Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs - assisted with reflow profiling Week 17 Brian Ellis, rumored to be retired - assisted with rewiring the house, had a tractor accident and found his cousin Kloumpios Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC - assisted with tin whisker inspection/examinations Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications - assisted with scraping barnacles, boat paint and boat engine maintenance Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya - assisted with weather observations (70F to snow) and resolving electrochemical migration failures Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security - assisted with commercial aircraft galley inspection Week 21 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired, and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security - assisted with root cause corrective action tasks - assisted with nothing but catching up with the family Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. - assisted with metallographic cross-sections and Dye & Pry testing Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM - assisted with a creep corrosion project and the setting up of an oxygen bomb Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits - unknown Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser - assisted with stencil aperture data analysis and split/stacked firewood Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi - assisted/participated in the Kokomo Airshow Race Event Week 27 Brian Ellis, supposedly retired - assisted with tedious website work and family home cooking Week 28 Nigel Burtt - abandoned Nigel and were rumored to be involved in UK News Corps/News International cellphone/journalism/politics scandal Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS - unknown Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 - assisted with a hot tub refurbishment for post work day de-stressing - assisted with SIR and Cleanliness testing Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC - assisted with lab testing - assisted with tin whisker investigations Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired - attempted to provide both US Congress and EU lawmakers "engineered" solutions Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya - unknown Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. - assisted with new model qualifications,updating supporting documentation, strain gaging, performing cross sections, verifying a new selective soldering process, and finally assisted with the development of a plant-wide countermeasure effectiveness auditing program (Wow, they had to work hard this week!) Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories - assisted with new equipment preparations Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE - assisted with beach trash collection duty Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications - assisted Dave Hillman with a geography lesson, watch USA vs Irland in World Rugby Cup and went skiing. Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired - assisted with ???? Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope - assisted with ???? Everyone have a safe weekend. Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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