[USMA:9701] USMA mailing list

2000-12-12 Thread Joseph B. Reid
Things are rather quiet on the List, so I think a posting of my revised record of the List members might be useful. I have no way of knowing whether all these people are still active participants of the List. USMA mailing list Aceves, Jesus Manuel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[USMA:9702] TIMMS-R results

2000-12-12 Thread James R.Frysinger
Editor, Charleston Post and Courier Dear Editor, In today's paper, you carried a commentary by Joanne Jacobs, regarding the results of TIMMS-R (the repeated administration to eighth grade students of an international math and science test). Jacobs identifies one key shortcoming in the

[USMA:9704] Re: Tide (was: RE: USMA Mailing List)

2000-12-12 Thread CarletonM
In a message dated Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:52:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Nat Hager III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 4) PG coming out with more and more metric cleaning products. I bought some Tide laundry detergent tablets last Saturday. They were in a box prominently labeled "3 kg" and wombat

[USMA:9705] Re: Tide (was: RE: USMA Mailing List)

2000-12-12 Thread Nat Hager III
Yep, I have a 2kg box in my laundry room right now. And yes it is the NAFTA version, but any way they get a successful test-market is OK with me. I do note, however, a 750ml bottle of liquid TIDE that doesn't look NAFTized. Let's hope this spreads, either NAFTA or otherwise. Nat In a

[USMA:9706] cuban construction

2000-12-12 Thread Gregory Peterson
I recently received an email concerning a Canada/Cuba business trade mission. They indicated that Cuba's economy is doing well and they are currently expanding their hotels to accommodate tourists. According to this email Canada became Cuba's largest trading partner in 1998. Cuba currently

[USMA:9707] Krebs units

2000-12-12 Thread Adrian Jadic
We have a "viscometer" in our lab which uses KU (Krebs units). I was not able to find any conversion to SI for these units that I never heard of. I was not able to find a definition for these units either. Can anybody help me? Adrian PS (frustrated): I think I should start to patent my own

[USMA:9709] Re: Krebs units

2000-12-12 Thread James R. Frysinger
Here's a follow-up for you, Adrian. This is from the same company's web site, but is on page http://www.pra.org.uk/technical/oils/oils-index.htm It states: Notes on Units The viscosity in millipascal seconds (mPas) can be obtained by multiplying the viscosity in poise

[USMA:9713] RE: Krebs units

2000-12-12 Thread Adrian Jadic
Thanks, Our machine is a Brookfield. Our machine also has a switch to "gm", After your message I understand they mean grams not gram x meter as I thought before. Neither makes sense to me. Thanks a lot. Adrian -Original Message- From: James R. Frysinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

[USMA:9712] Re: Krebs units

2000-12-12 Thread James R. Frysinger
The power regression works out to K = 40.68*S^0.322 which is very close to saying the viscosity in Krebs is proportional to the cube root of dynamic viscosity in Poise. The coefficient and exponent values above may depend on the properties of the specific oils used in their data table --

[USMA:9710] Re: Tide (was: RE: USMA Mailing List)

2000-12-12 Thread kilopascal
2000-12-12 Where did you guys buy this Tide? Is it possible you bought it at a store that sells overstock items? Maybe this Tide was meant for Canada, but somehow was bought by one of these stores and it was sold here. We have a couple of stores like this in my area, and every so often you

[USMA:9711] Re: Krebs units

2000-12-12 Thread kilopascal
2000-12-12 Jim, Why don't you write to them and show them the error of the their ways? John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt frei zu sein. There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they are free! Johann Wolfgang von

[USMA:9715] Re: Tide (was: RE: USMA Mailing List)

2000-12-12 Thread CarletonM
In a message dated 2000-12-12 18:27:59 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2000-12-12 Where did you guys buy this Tide? Is it possible you bought it at a store that sells overstock items? Maybe this Tide was meant for Canada, but somehow was bought by one of these stores

[USMA:9719] Re: Tide (was: RE: USMA Mailing List)

2000-12-12 Thread Kent K. Steinbrenner
Take a look at the varieties of Tide on the shelf, John. I was recently in a Wal-Mart in San Clemente, and noticed the Tide tablets (which I have purchased before) in English/French/Spanish packaging, in either 2 or 3 kg packaging. (Note that the Spanish labeling is not on the principal display

[USMA:9720] Re: Cuban construction

2000-12-12 Thread kilopascal
2000-12-12 I've never been to Cuba and doubt I'll ever get the chance to. but, from what little I've seen in pictures and TV, it doesn't seem like much is made of wood. It appears that most structures are made of stone, brick , cement, adobe, or some similar material. My brother lives in Mesa,

[USMA:9721] Re: Krebs units

2000-12-12 Thread kilopascal
2000-12-12 So, why would I need to have a unit of measure such as Krebs unit that requires me to use a complex formula as such? What type of information or understanding of the chemistry of the material is gained by expressing it in these units? John Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als

[USMA:9722] Re: Krebs units

2000-12-12 Thread James R. Frysinger
I have no idea. I don't work with viscosity much. Perhaps a tribologist or hydraulic engineer could answer that question. Jim kilopascal wrote: 2000-12-12 So, why would I need to have a unit of measure such as Krebs unit that requires me to use a complex formula as such? What type of