Americum Brian On 18/01/2013 01:35, David D. Hillman wrote: > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question (this should be a > tough one): > > The Question: > This element has an isotope with a half life of 3.6 seconds. This element > was discovered using the SHIP detection apparatus. This element "should" > act like a noble metal based on its position in the Periodic Table but it > is so short lived that testing its properties hasn't happened yet (or any > time soon). What element is being described? > > > The winner of the weekly element quiz is will get the services of Clumpy > and Kloumpios for the week. > > So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following: > (I have archived previous weeks to keep the email size manageable): > > Past Quiz winners/tasks: > Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings > Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc > Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich > Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global > Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrola > Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon > Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division > Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits > Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation > Week 12 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions > Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > Week 17 Brian Ellis > Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 21 Brian Ellis and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense > Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. > Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits > Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser > Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi > Week 27 Brian Ellis > Week 28 Nigel Burtt > Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 > Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories > Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications > Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope > Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope > Week 43: Bev Christian, RIM, Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc., > Patrick Goodyear, PGE and Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic > Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic and Bev Christian, RIM > Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium > Week 49 Reuven Rokah > Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS > Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic > Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > Week 54 Steve Mikell and Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems > Week 55 Brian Ellis > Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada > Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA > Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi and Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada > Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS > Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp. > Week 62 Dock Brown, Medtronics > Week 63 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > Week 64 James Head, Crowcon > Week 65 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 66 Lamar Young, SCS Coating > Week 67 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions > Week 68 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > Week 69 Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 70 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > Week 71 Amol Kane, AsteelFlash US East Corp > Week 72 Lamar Young, Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. > Week 73 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corporation and Joe Russeau, PAL > Week 73.1 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > Week 74 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense and Richard Stadem, GD-AIS > Week 75 Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 System > Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS > Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics > Week 79 Brian Ellis > Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > Week 81 Brian Ellis > Week 82 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories > Week 83 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > Fred Cox, MET > Week 84 Tom Granat, BAE Systems > Week 85 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > Week 86 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 87 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 88 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 89 Tom Granat, BAE Systems > > Week 90 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > - assisted with helping me clean and decorate the house for Christmas. > There's a few items arriving by mail this week that will require > assembling, so we'll also see how talented they are at using a > screwdriver. > > Week 91 Pat Goodyear, PGE > - assisted with scraping barnacles off of the intake water boxes. They > are not having any fun at all, they will need a bath and a good scrubbing, > > they smell like rotting fish stew. > Joyce Koo, RIM > - assisted with preparing scanning electron microscope specimens. > > Week 92 Phil Kinner, PVA > - unknown > Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > - unknown > > Week 93 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > - unknown > > Week 94 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > > Everyone have a safe week! > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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