Osmium Brian On 29.03.2013 14:59, David D. Hillman wrote: > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question: > > The Question: > This element was thought to be another allotropic form of carbon at one > time. Most of this element is obtained as a by-product of nickel refining > from Canadian nickel in Ontario - but less than 100 kilograms are produced > each year. The word "smell". What is the element is being described? > > > The winner of the weekly element 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 Dick Krug, Spartan Complex Systems > Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC > Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE > > Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory > - assisted with running an ion chromatograph and see how adept they are at > > reviewing SIR data. > > Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > - The boys arrived and immediately ate pizza and drank 2 bottles of my > best wine. Then they got very excited and said something about hidden > treasure at the southern tip of Italy and before I knew it they were on > their tractor singing and headed south. I didn't even get a chance to ask > them if they could help with my current risk reduction task. Well they got > back last night and started to tell me some fantastic stories about a > place called the Regional Natural Park Costa Otranto-Santa Maria di Leuca > e Bosco di Tricase. This is a regional park of Puglia, Italy and of > particular importance is the "hidden" fauna, delicate ecosystem that > invites many species of bats and rare appearances of aquatic fauna in dark > > environments of the caves, some partially submerged, in the Park. The boys > > told me that some of their relatives actually settled in this area many > centuries ago and they went to visit them. They also told me about the > area around the park. There are fortified farms all over the countryside > with beautiful noble villas that tower above the farms and overlook the > area. This is a strategic place and has always been a crossroad for past > civilizations. I most go visit this place. Anyway the boys are now rested > > and ready for their next adventure. So much for helping me but I was very > glad to see them and have some company. > > Week 6 Steve Gregory > - assisted with packing for Steve's next cross country move. > > Week 7 Phil Kinner, PVA > - assisted with booth duty at a French tradeshow and then helped get an > Easter egg hunt ready for 20 kids > > Week 8 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > > Everyone have a safe week! > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________