Mg? > Here is the Element Quiz Question: > > The Question: > This element is used in medical treatments: (1) one of its radioactive > isotopes is used to treat cancer; (2) one of this element's salts is > injected as an internal treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. This element > has been used by mankind for thousands of years. About one milligram of > this element exists in every ton of seawater. This element is an > excellent heat reflector. Which element is being described? > > > The winner of the quiz is 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 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 > - the boys arrived last Friday, spent the weekend at some carnival events > here around (quite cold and rainy at Tuesday, but with the help of some > bavarian beer and a lot of mulled wine, they came back in a very good > mood........) Later the boys finished the RF toroids from last week, > delivered the stuff to my assembly house, where they were really surprised > about the *poof* apparition in their backyard....., and maybe they will > tomorrow go snowboarding with my big daughter and some friends in Tyrol.. > Here in Bavaria we have currently one week school holidays. > > Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA > - Clumpy and Kloumpios arrived safely from EU…swearing never to fly > discount > airlines again. Soon after landing at Dulles, Clumpy and Kloumpios drove > to > Goddard Space Flight Center where they toured the NASA campus including an > up close viewing of the James Webb Space Telescope which just completed > multi dof vibration testing. Although a clean tent currently covers JWST, > Clumpy managed a selfie before it gets moved into the Goddard acoustics > chamber where it will be exposed to the noise levels that arise from an > Ariane 5 launch. Both Clumpy and Kloumpios totally want to experience what > 150 decibel racket would feel like. The boys are enjoying a warm week here > in the DC area, with the cherry blossoms almost a month ahead of > schedule, nobody’s > complaining! > > Week 16 John Maxwell > - Picked Clumpy and Kloumpios at Dulles with the usual grousing about long > flights. Because this is their second visit I reminded them of their first > visit when the exhausted my collection of single malt scotch and found the > keys for my lawn mower. The neighbors had not forgotten them terrifying > neighborhood dogs and making unusual patterns in their lawns. > > The lads understood and went to work clean up my documents and standards. > We had snow on Tuesday and they pitched in with the neighbors clearing > drives and side walks. On Wed I took them to the Manassas Bull Run civil > war battle field so they could understand our civil war and our history > better. Thursday when work was done we visited a couple of cider vineyards > and wineries. They enjoyed the Jefferson style hard cider very much. After > we were done on Friday off to a distillery for a tasting and lunch. Then > off to the airport for their next adventure. Perfect gentlemen and they > seemed to enjoy the side trips. > > Week 17 Leland Woodall > - The boys asked for an easy week, so I set them loose with their John > Deeres. They performed a spring yard clean-up for the entire subdivision. > Everyone wanted to know who these little fellas were, and it evolved into > a > discussion about elements and TechNet. Don't think the neighbors will be > asking me any more questions anytime soon... > > Week 18 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week! > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] >