newly USMA. Any guidance from the veterans is welcome.
John Altounji
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I wanted
Mike,
For facebook the post is public. If you tried it and it did not work,
please let me know.
Anyway you have the White House link in the generic letter after my
signature.
Thank you for your comment,
John Altounji
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-Black/dp/B0064XJTFY/ref=sr
_1_12?ie=UTF8
http://www.amazon.com/Komelon-PG85-Metric-Gripper-Black/dp/B0064XJTFY/ref=s
r_1_12?ie=UTF8qid=1332706138sr=8-12 qid=1332706138sr=8-12
good luck,
John Altounji
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From: owner-u
I love it, and I bookmarked this page.
Just a reminder: did you think to sign the metric petition? Please go to
http://wh.gov/I7S
Less than 10 days left.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Scott Hudnall
Sent
I think that tonne or ton is still in use as a common measure equal to 1000
kg like centimeter rather than meter, but it is not a legal prefix, though
centi is.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u
I second Mike. Cubic meter is the one in use.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Michael Payne
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:46 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA
Can you send a link with customary units?
I checked this one:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120414.html
Titan's diameter is in km. I wouldn't mind to write a comment to apod site
with an example on hand.
Thank you,
John Altounji
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This is another example of the lack of education in this industry and maybe
others.
John Altounji
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From: p...@phma.optus.nu
To: usma@colostate.edu
Subject: [USMA:51639] solar homes and the abuse of power
Date: Sun, 13 May
I AM THINKING OF A SODA BOTTLE: 2 LITERS
AN AVERAGE GASOLINE THANK: 60 - 80 LITERS
A MILK GALLON: 3.78 LITERS
A MICROWAVE: 35 LITERS
AQUARIUM VOLUME RATING: 300 LITER FOR A 80-GALON
John Altounji
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From: owner-u
to be discussed among the airline companies
and the European authorities for aviation.
Thank you.
Metric rules
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Michael Payne
Yes, as long as the government looks for solution solely in teachers.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Paul Trusten
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 1:01 PM
To: U.S
Let's reward mediocrity. A well written opinion to put the US even deeper
behind other industrial contries.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Metric Rules
Sent: Monday
Well said.
Though my teaching experience, most drop out students are not only failing
algebra, but many other subjects. They plainly admit that they are lazy.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner
I asked Air France and Lufthansa about the size and weight of luggage. Here
is the answer from Lufthansa:
Dear Mr. Altounji,
Thank you for your correspondence regarding our baggage allowance.
Baggage allowance, for the most part, is standardized among carriers and
allowance is
On the other hand, I was watching factory made on the science channel and
everything is in customary units. Sad for such a good program.
I wonder if there is a way to influence the media that uses science to be
metric.
John Altounji
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.
That's it!
Ingredients:
flour - 1 ½ c | 200g
butter, cool, diced 1 stick | 120g
egg 1 med | 40g
powdered sugar 2/3 c | 65g
salt ¼+ | 2g
ground almonds - ¼ c | 25g
vanilla ½ t | ½ t
John Altounji
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From: owner-u
Do we have enough supporters (with email on file) to storm both candidates
with letters?
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Parker Willey Jr.
Sent: Thursday, September 20
Done.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of c...@traditio.com
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:20 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:51934
Are they doing it on purpose or they don’t know that it is cm and not cms. Why
the tallest tree is reported in feet (click on the calculator link)?
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu
Nice, I posted it on my facebook
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Carleton MacDonald
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 7:46 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA
Costco published in its March issue page 46 a recipe that is primarily
metric, though customary is in parentheses.
I am preparing a letter of encouragement. I hope every one of us will send
Costco a note.
John Altounji
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Los Angeles Valley College
here is the link:
http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201403#pg49
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of James
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2014 6:36
That was my understanding. Thank you for clarifying. So we can maybe push
for metric first and customary in parenthesis, if it is legal.
John Altounji
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From: John M. Steele [mailto:jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday
Below you can find my conversation with the publisher of Costco Connection.
I already emailed everyone on the list the letter I first sent her.
John Altounji
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From: John Altounji [mailto:phy...@msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 27
add room temperature, though not
necessary.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:10 PM
To: U.S
This my congressman politically correct response about asking him for a metric
implementation bill.
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From: ca29tc...@housemail.house.gov [mailto:ca29tc...@housemail.house.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:33 PM
I knew that. At least this one sent an answer, unlike many others
John Altounji
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From: Mark Henschel [mailto:mwhensch...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 11:46 AM
To: phy...@msn.com
Subject: Re: [USMA:53668] FW
Below is a short comment I did on the common core site.
John Altounji
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From: John Altounji [mailto:phy...@msn.com]
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 2:37 PM
To: commonstanda...@ccsso.org
Subject: measurements
I was reviewing
Can the following be a good place to engage with discussions?
John Altounji
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From: WSJ.com Editors [mailto:acc...@interactive.wsj.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2014 7:51 AM
To: phy...@msn.com
Subject: A new commenting and profile
I watched lately Gravity the movie. It was so disappointing from the point
of view units. It starts with a distance in km and a temperature in
Fahrenheit. Later some distances are randomly in km, m, and miles.
John Altounji
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Thank you. I posted a comment.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of James
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 7:40 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject
I love this article. Good job Paul.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Metric Rules Info
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:12 PM
To: U.S. Metric
SI first would be a good step forward. I agree with point 2.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of mechtly, eugene a
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 9:54 AM
My chemistry colleagues at LAVC use SI and are as eager as the physics
professors to see a change toward SI in the US.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
David,
I am glad you did. You are good sport. I think that the missing leading zero,
that my students miss too, is left behind from the time calculators and
computers did not have enough memory and needed to save on every single bit.
John Altounji
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John Steele is correct.
Q=It
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
John M. Steele
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 4:08 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: metricmik...@gmail.com
-%20Temperatures%20and%20ch
illing%20and%20freezing%20procedures.f=false
Basically it is congress.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of Pierre Abbat
Sent: Sunday
with purely SI units,
especially that manufacturers post their unit in Nm rather than foot-pound.
You have a responsibility to educate.
Thank you
John Altounji
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Yes it shows: 200 Kms/h (2011 http://www.imdb.com/year/2011/?ref_=tt_ov_inf )
One need to be registered to comment.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
cont
I got an answer from plugincars.com that is not 100% positive.
John Altounji
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From: Jordin Williams [mailto:i...@recargo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:22 PM
To: phy...@msn.com
Subject: Re: [Story Tips] units
Thank you for your comment. I do not want to start an argument, but, when it
comes to electricity the variant kWh is in use and more practical. It is like
if you use gram, mL, or hour when it is convenient even if it is not the main
SI unit.
John Altounji
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Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the
President
New Executive Office Building
725 - 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20502
Fax: (202) 456-6021
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How about the following found with the help of google translate.
Meterage,
for footage
landmark, significant event, achievement, highlight, watershed, benchmark,
touchstone, for milestone
John Altounji
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From: owner-u
Bottom line I agree with John F-L
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
j...@frewston.plus.com
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 11:18 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject
love it when you use inches and
convert to decimal inches. What an irony, isn't metric already decimal?
I wish you add a millimeter column (or use mm solely), it is easier to read.
Thank you,
John Altounji
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I knew the 1st part L/100 km.
The cross-section part is an interesting concept. Thank you.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Martin Vlietstra
Sent: Monday, August 25
Did you try to contact ACLU. I don’t like them, but they have funds.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Stanislav Jakuba
Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2014 3:22 PM
To: U.S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs
Too bad they are using foot-pound.
John Altounji
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http://johnaltounji.weebly.com/
I tweeted the following, although, he will respond about climate change:
As a scientist, can you do something about the confusing measurement units used
mainly in the USA and join the rest of the world?
https://twitter.com/hashtag/AskDrH?src=hash #AskDrH
John Altounji
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I contacted California DMV based on the same reason you are pointing out.
Their response was that their software system is old and it does not has this
ability. I said mabe it is time to upgrade it.
John Altounji
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http
great diversity.
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of c...@traditio.com
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 12:41 PM
To: U.S
I wonder if there is an item where we can slip a comment about SI.
John Altounji
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From: The White House [mailto:i...@mail.whitehouse.gov]
Sent: Friday, January 9
Yes. I thought that this would be the closest possible issue
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of mechtly
the students.
John Altounji
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http://bit.do/physci
-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
James
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:19 PM
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject
Below is my suggestion and answer.
John Altounji
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From: Brett Richter [mailto:brett.rich...@ecologicallabs.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:28 AM
To: 'John Altounji'
Subject: RE
: mailto:brett.rich...@ecologicallabs.com
brett.rich...@ecologicallabs.com
John Altounji
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I am launching a petition at
https://www.change.org/p/california-governor-metric-california
and a campaign at
http://bit.do/tounj http://bit.do/tounj
California residents, please support this action
Thank you all,
John Altounji
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Absolutely L/km makes sense. Also, it is already in use this way.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Michael Payne
Sent: Monday
I sent him a the question below asking why he is using oz:
si vous ne livrez pas aux états unis, pourquoi vous affichez vos prix par oz?
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu
I contacted http://economie.fgov.be/fr/
And reported Amazon.fr practice.
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Michael Payne
Sent
Another reason to have the same temperature scale:
The picture is from Iceland geysers with a warning sign for tourists about
the temperature in Celsius.
I am afraid that someone will think that this is body temperature in
Fahrenheit.
John Altounji
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I like that list, Jim. I would start it with: use dollar and cents
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of James
Sent: Wednesday, June
I like what you said Mark. I added my little comment and linked the interview
on my Facebook.
John Altounji
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Hi guys:
Just got interviewed for the Here and Now program on NPR
Thank you Stan
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 10:37:22 -0400
Subject: [USMA:54769] Re: labeling 1-liter bottles of Perrier
From: jakub...@gmail.com
To: usma@colostate.edu
CC: usma@colostate.edu
The activity on this site seems stale. The same discussions/topics over and
over again for decades. Still
By the way, what we need is ideas on how to educate our community and how to
push for a bill one state at a time instead of arguing about spelling.
John Altounji
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From: owner-u
I like this. I posted it on my Facebook and shared it with my students.
John Altounji
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<http://bit.do/tounj> http://bit.do/tounj
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Ressel, Ho
http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/home-entertainment/media-sharing
-devices/seagate-central/#specs
the specs are all metric
I do 40°C
John Altounji
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-Original Message-
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf
Of c...@traditio.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 1:04 PM
To: U.S. Metric
I second your wish.
John Altounji
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From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Ressel, Howard R
(DOT)
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 5:00 AM
To: Peter Goodyear <p...@alphalink.com.au>; USM
I agree.
John Altounji
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From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 5:35 PM
To: Michael Payne <metricmik...@gmail.com>; USMA
I completely agree. I have the same problem about garden as well as aquarium
products. It seems that some people do not like the simplicity of percentage.
John Altounji
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From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun
I sent the following to the chief editor.
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From: John Altounji
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 1:52 PM
To: 'tuchm...@enr.com' <tuchm...@enr.com>
Subject: Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Kills at Lea
Last Saturday, I was at Cal Pizza Kitchen. I asked for sparkling water and the
waitress asked me if I wanted a half liter bottle of Pellegrino. I was quite
surprised that she did not talk in quarts or ounces.
John Altounji
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http
I found this:
http://www.pnet.sr.unh.edu/subpages/radconvert.html
They probably forgot the square.
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From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Stanislav Jakuba
Sent: Wednesday
I bought mine from Costco in California several years ago. The brand is polder.
It is a digital dual scale easy to switch to grams and measure to the gram.
http://www.polder.com/shop/measuring-temperature/food-scales/digital-kitchen-scale
John Altounji
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With today’s automatic gear box this is not important. I heard that having the
driver to the right come as far as the time of swords; majority of warriors
riding a horse were right handed, so it is easier to attack the enemy when he
is on the right.
John Altounji
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It look as a nice compromise on each part. The US goes metric and the French
drop the comma :)
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From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Brian White
Sent
of the site below as a few symbols are not right.
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From: Aubrecht, Gordon [mailto:aubrech...@osu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 3:20 PM
To: John Altounji <phy...@msn.com>
Cc: Stanislav Jakuba
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.8184?activetab=comments
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I agree. Here is a thermometer pic from the internet that I edited.
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Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 6:21 PM
To: Kaimbridge M
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