[USMA:53416] FW: Re: Slow, Incremental Creep toward SI

Two weeks ago I was watching Hawaii 5.0. All the units were SI. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of c...@traditio.com Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 3

[USMA:53370] Future chinese bus

Future Chinese bus. All the measurements are metric Http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=t1gTzc7-IbQ&feature=player_embedded

[USMA:53145] Re: Measuring Cup

I so like it. Thank you, John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce Arkwright Jr Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 2:26 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Sub

[USMA:53144] Re: Measuring Cup

Yes. In French recipes, I found conversion table from volume of ingredients to their mass in grams. The reason is exactly for those who do not have a scale and/or for convenience. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.ed

[USMA:53143] Re: Measuring Cup

The “tasse” exists, and as you said its not well defined. What I mostly encountered in recipes is the word “mesure”, which stands for a unit of measurement; it could be a cup, a wine glass or a bowl. The concept is based on proportions. For example: you are going to use 1 mesure (or volume) of s

[USMA:53108] Re: Bicycle Speedometer Question

This is an old model; it is in km and km/h. The new models are all digital. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of cont...@metricpioneer.com Sent: Saturd

[USMA:53095] Re: Looking for 15 Meters Measuring Tapes

Try the following supplier: https://sargentwelch.com/store/catalog/product.jsp?catalog_number=WL0175C-10 John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of cont...@m

[USMA:53053] Civil Aviation Requirements For Units of Measurement To be used

Another interesting document: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t

[USMA:53052] NASA

What happened since 2009? http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17350-nasa-criticised-for-sticking-to- imperial-units.html#.Udy52qzAHFA John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education.

[USMA:53051] Re: FAA must Metricate

I was looking to see the recommendations in navigation; I found the following document: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t

[USMA:53014] RE: Flash To Bang (Lightning Distance)

Come on. The speed of sound is not a physical constant as it depends on the temperature and the humidity. So it is safe to make an approximation of 333 m/s to estimate the distance of a lightning, especially practical for computing mentally. Moreover, the space between the lightning and our ear g

[USMA:52988] Re: Si and Agriculture examples

I found the following for watering your lawn: 4 mm of water per day. This is equivalents to 4 L/m2. This is quite easy: for every mm of rain we have 1 L/m2. Found at the following French site: http://www.deco.fr/jardin-jardinage/travaux-entretien/arroser-la-pelouse/ John Altounji

[USMA:52982] RE: Metric system education

Not true in physics classes, at least mine. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of mechtly, eugene a Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 11:42 AM To: U.S. Metric A

[USMA:52951] RE: More fanning of the metric ignorance fire......

Thank you for the link. This pushed me to add a comment on the site. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Team Metric Info Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 7:55 AM To: U.S. Metr

[USMA:52950] RE: Journalists may be innumerate, but are they the only ones who are?

Nice. I will definitely send it around. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 6:25 AM To: U.S. Metric Associati

[USMA:52902] RE: My reply to Mr. Gallagher.

I like it very much. Yes, students are very confused. It means that the nation is confused. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Schlesinger Sent: Saturday, June 08

[USMA:52812] FW: Petition Response: Supporting American Choices on Measurement

So, I set my GPS to metric, but the distance on the signs is in miles. What a great logic!!! This is thrilling. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: The White House [mailto:i...@messages.whitehouse.gov] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:27 PM To:

[USMA:52792] Re: Liters replace gallons at pump as Panama goes metric

This is good news. Thanks. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:58 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52790] Re: Liters r

[USMA:52713] FW: Why the Inconsistency?

Yes, I noticed that. I wrote to them to say that as a science program, they should be metric. I got no answer. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of c..

[USMA:52660] FW: Re: Daltons

Quite right. The solution is the cursive l John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Stanislav Jakuba Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 5:18 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. M

[USMA:52648] FW: Re: FW: Metric Time Conversion poses challenges to governments and people

It is definitely a joke. The alternative time that could be used is the so-called military time. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Sunday, April 0

[USMA:52576] FW: Question about number sense- is this the correct term?

You are right. A number should always be attached to its unit, unless it does not have one. I had a professor who us used to say: "No units no value, to the trash" John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...

[USMA:52547] FW: frames of reference in the metric world

If body measurements are so important to her, I would say that an average span is 20 cm, the average height of to the hip is a meter or the length from the tip of your fingers to the second shoulder; also a meter is almost a stretched step or a golf club, If that can make her happy. Are we in th

[USMA:52333] FW: RE: FW: Political metric supporters?

that, correct me. I'm not 100% about the labeling issue Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone _ From: JohnAltounji ; To: U.S. Metric Association ; Subject: [USMA:52325] FW: Political metric supporters? Sent: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 4:30:35 AM I heard that John Kerry is in favor of rap

[USMA:52325] FW: Political metric supporters?

I heard that John Kerry is in favor of rapprochement between the US and Europe. He speaks French. We might need to send him a collective letter signed by members of USMA and other metric supporters. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u

[USMA:52299] FW: RE: FW: Fwd: The Metric System, the United States of America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed

System, the United States of >> America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed > 100% open to that idea. We could share ideas and coordinate efforts to > promote metric usage. A meeting sounds like a great idea. > > From: JohnAltounji phy...@msn.com>; >> To: U.S. Metric A

[USMA:52279] FW: Fwd: The Metric System, the United States of America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed

The more similar work, the better. I thinks, we should have cross links between all the web pages and blogs, etc… What about meeting each other (metric people), conference style? Special thanks to the pioneers at USMA. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Edu

[USMA:52194] FW: Subway, Australia revisited.

Let's call it a quarter meter. If this Australian measures it, he will always find that Subway is being very generous. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz Sent:

[USMA:52170] FW: FW: USMA response to whitehouse.gov "We The People" petition

automatically sent. Anybody knows haw to do this? John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: sunhe...@fastmail.net [mailto:sunhe...@fastmail.net] Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 12:25 PM To: JohnAltounji Subject: Re: [USMA:52163] FW: USMA response to

[USMA:52169] FW: Re: Mendenhalling a pint of beer

Good idea. 500 ml is even better. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:19 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52166] R

[USMA:52164] FW: Re: moving forward

Few weeks ago I sent the following message to the forecaster of KABC: (I included a small ruler from usma. No answer so far) ABC7 Broadcast Center Attn: Garth Kemp 500 Circle Seven Drive Glendale, CA 91201 Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Dear Garth, I am one of your viewers for yea

[USMA:52163] FW: USMA response to whitehouse.gov "We The People" petition

Nice letter to the president. I hope he will respond positively. Once John Kerry get his position as secretary of state, we should try to communicate with him; I heard that he is for the rapprochement between the US and the EU. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined

[USMA:52162] FW: Authorities find (1.5 m) alligator protecting marijuana during probation check

I don't know about the alligator that measures 1.5 m, but drug are sold in kg. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 4:38 AM T

[USMA:52141]

This part of my letter to California Governor, Jerry Brown: The purpose of this is beyond educational. We, as teachers train our students in two different systems of measurements: - The customary inherited from the imperial system. - The SI (International System), or also c

[USMA:52140] FW: Re: Fwd: [SI] viral White House petition on U.S. metrication

Lovely. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. -Original Message- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Payne Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:16 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52138] Re:

[USMA:52120] FW: still viral

Let’s keep our fingers crossed. I am mobilizing all my students for this petition. Finally I see one growing more than 100. Way to go. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Beha

[USMA:52106] FW: Re: "viral" metric petition

I guess so. I have my input under physic. I also emailed all my friends and I will encourage my students to sign it. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steel

[USMA:52105] FW: Metric Pioneer video

I love the idea. It would be nice if it is shorter, I will be able to show it to my students. Many thanks for the author. John Altounji One size does not fit all. Social promotion ruined Education. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Trus