Hi Graham - I know it will come as a surprise but EQAB is not me! They are a secret, mysterious group of beings that research Doug's responses and complete other tasks for the Element Quiz. I couldn't be EQAB as that would be unfair to Doug............. : - ) At least that's my story and I am sticking to it Dave On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Graham Collins <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > When did Hillman start referring to himself in the third person??? > Collins is confused by this... > > regards, > > Graham Collins > Senior Process Engineer > Sunsel Systems > (902) 444-7867 > > On 12/15/2017 4:06 PM, David Hillman wrote: > > Here is the Element Quiz Question: > > The Question: > This element is fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust. This > element is very abundant is space since its produced by fusion in > high-mass stars and scattered into space by the violent collapse of > supernovas.The human body contains 3-4 grams of this element which is > critical for our health. This element was known to the Egyptians in 3000 > BC. This element will not form an amalgam with mercury. Which element is > being described? > > The Answer: > The element is Iron (Fe)! The origin of iron's name is from the Anglo-Saxon > word "iren" and the Periodic Table symbol from the Latin word "ferrum". > Beads made from meteoric iron in 3500 BC or earlier were found in Gerzah, > Egypt. The beads contain 7.5% nickel, which is a signature of meteoric > origin since iron found in the Earth's crust generally has only minuscule > nickel impurities. Iron is a necessary trace element found in nearly all > living organisms. Iron-containing enzymes and proteins, often containing > heme prosthetic groups, participate in many biological oxidations and in > transport. Unlike many other metals, iron does not form amalgams with > mercury. As a result, mercury is traded in standardized 76 pound flasks (34 > kg) made of iron. > > > The winners of the quiz are Leland Woodall and Frank Kimmey - they will > split the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Their responses > hit the firewall clock at exactly the same time! Larry Dzaugis's response > gets honorable mention as he caught his error and had wise wisdom about the > combination of aluminum airplanes compatibility with mercury. David > Bealer's life experience gave him the right answer which I found to be cool > thing. > > As for Doug's response of "Vacuumium", EQAB unfortunately had to disqualify > his answer again. EQAB completely believed Doug's biology rationale but the > Ames-Rock Valley information was not correct. Hillman had the privilege of > having several of his Iowa State University professors actually having > worked on the Manhattan project and several past "privileged" conversations > clearly show that Vacuumium was not part of the effort. Additional, Hillman > has several friends living in Rock Valley and they have assured EQAB no > implosion incident ever occurred there. > > > 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 > Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA > Week 16 John Maxwell > Week 17 Leland Woodall > Week 18 Leland Woodall > Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing > Week 20 Robert Kondner > Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc. > Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC > Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM > Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems > Week 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC International > Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose > Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA > Week 28 Leland Woodall > Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > Week 30 Leland Woodall > Week 31 Leland Woodall > Week 32 Steve Gregory > Week 33 Leland Woodall > Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp > Week 35 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc > Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem > Week 38 Leland Woodall > Week 38 Tom Carroll > Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > Week 40 Leland Woodall > Week 41 Tom Carroll > Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly > > Week 43 Joyce Koo > - Great, the two chaps can help me to wrap my head around the newly > discovered planet by NASA that not only earth like, but also just 11 light > years away (like live just under our nose)... http://www.planetary. > org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171115-ross-128b.html?utm_campa > ign=planetarypost&utm_medium=email&utm_source=post1117 > may be prepare search the alien under the sea? (avoid competition of > search alien above the sea, like "expedition unknown" TV show). - dave > you might not get them back if both get lost in the darkness ;-). > > Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components > - How good are they in basketball? Maybe they can help my 8-year old > daughter in her practice and her game. We will be having some warm > temperatures next week, in the 80F range so they can pack light. They can > assist me in visiting customers, might have to take them to the beach or > Disneyland, finalize projects for year-end and keep my colleagues in > line. Can > I send them to my factory to assist in long lead-time delays on our > products? (They can play the good guy, bad guy) > > Week 45 Leland Woodall > - assisted with ???? > > Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc > - assisted with ???? > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week. > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask] > > >