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well:http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46833Mark----- Original Message
-----From: "Hillger,Donald" <don.hill...@colostate.edu>Date: Thursday, April
25, 2013 11:28 amSubject: [USMA:52698] Re: video on FPLA updateTo: "U.S. Metric
Association" <usma@colostate.edu>Cc: Lorelle Young <lorelle...@aol.com>> > > >
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{page:WordSection1;}-->> > > > Mark,> > If you want publicity for the FPLA
cause from among USMA, you better submit something to Gary for MT, as not all
USMA members are on the listserver.> > Don> > From: owner-u...@colostate.edu
[mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu]> On Behalf Of Henschel Mark> > Sent:
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 18:31> > To: U.S. Metric Association> > Cc: U.S.
Metric Association; U.S. Metric Association> > Subject: [USMA:52696] Re: video
on FPLA update> > > Oh, I guess you have to click on the > > > > > >
DSCF0638.AVI> > -> > > > > > > > and then download to your computer before
you can see it. I am just learning how all this electronic stuff works.> > >
Mark> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- Original Message -----> >
From: Henschel Mark <mw-hensch...@neiu.edu>> > Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
7:22 pm> > Subject: [USMA:52695] video on FPLA update> > To: "U.S. Metric
Association" <usma@colostate.edu>> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association"
<usma@colostate.edu>> > > > > OK let me know if this works for you. It should
play on windows > > > media player. If not, I will try something else.> > > > >
> > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gzphmxqpmxxy0mx/IEqPpyGnE1> > > > > > > > >
Any ideas on how to get it to youtube?> > > > > > > > > Mark> > > > > > -----
Original Message -----> > > From: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com>> > >
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:33 pm> > > Subject: [USMA:52690] Letters to
Media> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>> > > > > > > > I
want to send this letter to Newspapers, TV stations, etc. I'd like feedback as
to additional data to include or exclude. Plus what to put at the beginning to
get their attention. I want to list the considerable number of people who use
metric every day> at work and don't need metric edited out of their life by TV
stations and the newspapers.> > > > > > > > > Mike Payne> > > > > > > > > > > >
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> > Why is it that Journalists> > > > believe everyone is innumerate, when they
are in fact the only ones who are?> > Read any article, watch any TV program
and reference to any> > > > metric unit is erased and replaced by American
Customary units, despite the> > > > fact that a considerable percentage of the
American population use metric units> > > > every day in their work and
personal lives.> The Auto industry in the US is completely metric in design> >
> > and use of millimeter dimensioned nuts and bolts, millions of Americans
work> > > > for both domestic and foreign car manufacturers, all of whom are
metric from> > > > blueprint to final product. Millions more work on these
vehicles using only> > > > millimeter size tools, and millimeter-designated
clearances.> John Deere and Caterpillar Earthmoving equipment are 100%> > > >
metric, millions of Americans work at building these products and work to> > >
> maintain them all using metric tools.> The US Army is metric, talk to any
soldier in the field and> > > > you’ll hear him talk of how many meters to a
target, and the millimeters caliber> > > > of his weapon.> Hundreds of
Thousands of Pilots work only in Celsius at US> > > > airports, as do Thousands
of Air Traffic Controllers. Meteorologists use> > > > Celsius and meters when
probing the atmosphere. When pilots travel outside> > > > North America they
are exposed to pressure in Hectopascals and visibility in> > > > meters. When
there is a hurricane, the low pressure is in millibars (aka hPa),> > > >
otherwise it’s inches of mercury.> In hospitals, millions of medical staff
measure blood> > > > pressure in millimeters of mercury, body temperature in
Celsius and weigh> > > > patients in kilograms, to calculate drug dose stated
as> > > > grams, milligrams or micrograms per kilogram of body mass. Most
newborns are> > > > weighed in grams, the results converted to pounds and
ounces for parents.> Millions in the pharmaceutical industry use grams when> >
> > calculating dosage for patients.> Millions of Scientists use the metric
system exclusively as> > > > can be evidenced by their comments on science
programs where the scientist> > > > speaks metric and the narrator speaks
Customary.> Thousands of other American companies are metric or use> > > >
metric every day.> Yet reading any article by an American journalist you’d> > >
> think no one understood any metric unit, they all have to be exorcized from>
> > > every newspaper and magazine.> Our athletes run 5 and 10 kilometer runs,
the 100 m sprint,> > > > swim in 50 meter pools, jump meter high jumps, they
are all familiar with the> > > > metric system.> So when is your newspaper/TV
station going to acknowledge> > > > that the United States is a country that
uses the metric system every day> > > > except when reading a newspaper or
watching TV?> > > > > > > > > I for one am constantly annoyed by this constant
conversion and by the> > > > ignorance of most journalists as to what their
client base knows. Leave the> > > > original unit alone; put metric units in
your publication, on your TV screen.> > > > Our students and workers want and
need to be exposed to the metric system so> > > > that we can compete in
International Commerce and communication.> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
