Thank you. I finally figured what my problem was. I talk too damn much. I give Dave too much ammo. I think, with tomorrow being Valentines Day, I will have the boys come home and spend a week snuggling with their wives. On Feb 13, 2015 2:21 PM, "Robert e. welch" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Congrats Doug. > On Friday the 13th no less! Could that mean something? > > Robert E. Welch > Senior Process Engineer > Moog Components Group > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:29 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] NTC Element Quiz Answer > > Here is the Element Quiz Answer: > > The Question: > This element is an "ancient" element as its existence has been known for > over 5000 years. Despite being a poison to the human body, physicians > administered this element for cases of depression, as an emetic and as a > laxative. A sulfide compound containing this element, combined with an > oxidizer is used in the creation of fire for everyday use activities. It is > used to make percussion caps. Which element is being described? > > Bonus Question: > What famous composer was thought to have poisoned by this element as part > of depression treatment? > > The Answer: > The element is Antimony (Sb)! Antimony derives its name from the Greek > words "anti" and "minos" which mean "not alone". Antimony's symbol - Sb - > comes from its source mineral stibnium. Antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) is > combined with potassium chlorate (KClO3) for use in producing the flammable > match heads. Antimony is also combine with lead to make electrical storage > batteries. > > Bonus Answer: > Some scholars believe that Mozart died due to antimony poisoning resulting > from his physicians efforts to treat his depression. > > > The winner(s) of the weekly element quiz is (drum roll....) Doug Pauls, > Rockwell Collins and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for > the week. Yes, I know that hell has frozen over and the Chicago Cubs will > now win the baseball World Series but Doug submitted the only correct > answer (and I didn't give him any assistance). Many folks said "mercury and > Mozart" which is one of the other possible Mozart poisoning stories - lots > of disagreement by the scholars on Mozart's death. The differentiating clue > was that mercury isn't used in the creation of matches or percussion caps. > > 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 Week 5 Tom Carroll, > Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 6 Steve Gregory Week 7 Phil Kinner > Week 8 Brian Ellis Week 9 James Head,Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp > Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik Week 13 Leland Woodall, > CSTech Inc. > Week 14 Brian Ellis > Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 16 Steve > Gregory Week 17 Phil Kinner Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems Week 19 > Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 20 Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 21 Amol Kane > Week 21 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell > Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Sign > Week 22 Phil Kinner > Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits > Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > Week 25 Keith Calhoun, SoparkCorp > Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 28 Steve Gregory Week 29 Gus Trakas, Viasystems Week 29 Steve Creswick > Week 30 Robert Welch,Moog Component Group Week 31 Heidi Havelka, Interplex > Sunbelt Week 32 Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins Week 33 Steve Creswick Week 34 > Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell Week 35 Don Vischulis Week 36 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 37 Larry Dzaugis Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell Week 38 Curt > McNamara, Logic PD Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell Week > 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 40 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 40 Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int. > Week 41 Steve Gregory > Week 42 Steve Mikell > Week 43 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > Week 44 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 44 Eddie Hofer, Rockwell Collins > Week 45 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 46 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory Week 47 Phil Bavaro,L-3 > Communications Week 48 Brian Ellis Week 49 Leland Woodall,CSTech Week 49 > Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 50 Greg Munie, IPC Week 51 Karen > Tellefsen. > Week 52 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 53 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 54 Phil Bavaro, L-3 Com. > Week 55 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. deferred to Richard Stadem, GD, Week > 56 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LLC Week 57 Leland Woodall, CSTech > Inc Week 58 Leland Woodall, CSTech, Inc. > Week 58 Bonus Question Robert Wolfe > Week 59 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 60 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > Week 61 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 62 Leland > Woodall Week 62 Brien Bush, Cirtronics Week 63 Pat Goodyear, PGE Week 64 Ed > Popielarski Week 65 Jim West, N.S. International Week 66 Brian Ellis Week > 67 Ravinder Ajmani, HGST Week 68 Robert Wolfe Week 69 Joe Russeau, PAL. > Week 69 Leland Woodall, Keihin North America Week 70 Jim West, N.S. > Internationa Week 71 Steve Gregory Week 72 Bhanu Sood, CALCE Week 72 Ed > Popielarsk > > Week 72 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group -Cool Ed, That will dovetail > nicely with a project I have in mind for them. Coordinating X-Y data from > our vision controlled Printer Drill & Laser into a unified data base where > we can be preemptive on establishing scaling factors for thin innerlayers, > flex & soldermask.. I spect Galax is more boonified than you guys, seeing > how we just got the internet last year over the protest of a bunch of old > timey fiddler players > > Week 73 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics GmbH > - Clumpy and Kloumpios have been picked up at Hamburg airport and are > looking forward to help with some laboratory work, as until now we havenĀ“t > found anybody to run shortage tests of several kW... behind this they get > the fantastic chance to redefine physical thermodynamic laws as required by > car manufacturer and next weekend I will spend them a Berlin visit, where > they can take off to US from the disaster airport > > Week 74 Greg Munie, IPC > - Always a pleasure to see the guys again. And they have a treat coming up: > At last it'll be above freezing for a couple of days! So I'll put them > together sorting tools in the Abbey workshop. Should keep 'em out of > trouble for the week! > > Week 75 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins > - 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. > 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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