Jim and Pat,
This is quite interesting, as it is the first time I have read of a pharmacy
technician course being offered at a high school (usually, this course is found
at community colleges). Pharmacy technicians do the technical work that
assists us phamacists in managing medication
Jim and Pat,
This is quite interesting, as it is the first time I have read of a pharmacy
technician course being offered at a high school (usually, this course is found
at community colleges). Pharmacy technicians do the technical work that
assists us phamacists in managing medication
Parker, to say the Nation has been through that already is the understatement
of the new century. A lackluster federal law caused numerous state DOTs to
revert from metric to customary highway design. But, also, please remember that
these metric-only signs are not any good without the following
Pat, I think he was obligated to do so for American readers, most of whom
probably don't know the calorie-kilocalorie distinction, and, I would wager,
the vast majority of whom do not know what a joule is. On a first hearing,
they might think it is something like a diamond.
U.S. public
This math teacher found the solution fast!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587300,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g4:r2:c0.00:b31054770:z6
Ten to the positive twenty-seventh power in SI?
See http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/02/mega-giga-tera-hella/
Bill,
In Microsoft Word, the key combination alt+0181 inserts an upright mu.
This is a cumbersome key combination, but it works.
Paul
Paul Trusten
On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:09 PM, Bill Hooper billhoope...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 5 , at 6:05 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Friday 05 March 2010
to their people.
Sincerely,
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
impatience
with the lack of progress.
Paul Trusten, R. Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
measurements!
Paul Trusten
On Mar 16, 2010, at 10:16, John M. Steele
jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Good points, Paul. I would like to add some remarks on two of them:
1) Familiar enough: Most people know the (Customary) units
adequately to use them, but not the system interconnecting
on metric. It was
when I was a pharmacy student, and had to add up weights, first in the
diabolical apothecary system and then in metric. From then on, it made much
more sense to use metric, not just in pharmacy,but for ALL measurements!
Paul Trusten
On Mar 16, 2010, at 10:16, John M
Paul Trusten
On Apr 1, 2010, at 14:52, John Frewen-Lord j...@frewston.plus.com
wrote:
Dear all:
It's not often I agree with Stephen Humphreys, but on this occasion
I think he's right. I once wrote an article for the UKMA
Newsletter, suggesting that we might need to make more use
The following is an announcement from the NIST Laws and Metric Group;
Paul Trusten
Begin forwarded message:
From: Gentry, Elizabeth elizabeth.gen...@nist.gov
Date: April 2, 2010 15:49:28 CDT
To: Paul Trusten, R.Ph. (trus...@grandecom.net) trus...@grandecom.net
Subject: NIST COLLOQUIUM
, the Australian government stated its wish
to be part of the future, not the past, when it launched metrication in the
1970s. As it was in Ireland in 2005, Metrication of road signs in the UK would
be forward-looking, and for the long term.
Paul Trusten,R.Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S
By household measurement in this context, I mean just plain, old measurement.
For length, it is done with millimeters, of course.
I am still the owner of a traditional cathode ray tube television, but the
sight of an HDTV display in a store blew me away, so I am considering joining
the 21st
in all ways on a
planet which uses only the metric system.
Sincerely,
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
Please disregard the title Vice President that I had included in my
last post. That appointment awaits certification by the USMA Board of
Directors at the June meeting.
Thanks,
Paul
Paul Trusten
I think Gene is approaching the point I would like to make about SI. The
value of the SI goes beyond the mere freedom to select a particular scale of
unit. It is that metric education must have, as its goal, mastery of the
prefix logic. Students should be able to move a decimal point
Pilot Ellison Onizuka, died in the
Challenger explosion, 1986 (this quote may be found on page 28 of each U.S.
passport)
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
I know very little about cooking or the terminology of cuisines.
Tonight, I had a prepared entree that was labeled 9 grain penne.
Does the weight refer to the weight of each piece of pasta, or does it
mean a multi-grain food?
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric
How about half tongue in cheek? I wrote multi-grain only after it
dawned on me.
Paul
On May 7, 2010, at 23:54, James R. Frysinger
j...@metricmethods.com wrote:
Oh, please tell me that you sent this tongue in cheek! It's multi-
grain, of course.
Jim
Paul Trusten wrote:
I know very
to this day:
W O M B A T
Paul Trusten
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
I'd just like to know who even raised the subject for that writer and
how metrication got on his list.
English common law? No need to be bound by it on this question, since
an article in the U.S. Constitution specifies the source of the U.S.
measurement standard.
Paul Trusten
Public
Jim, you've got to tell us how you learned about the olive.
Yes, people can round it up mentally to 400 mL, but the difference
between receiving 399 mL and receiving 400 mL is...metrication.
At some point, Coke went from a 473 mL container to 500 mL.
Paul Trusten
Public Relations Director
Clarification--not Australia, but the makers of the product IN
Australia, chose a size of 600 mL for their products.
Paul Trusten
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
Paul Trusten
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
On May 16, 2010, at 8:24, Remek Kocz rek...@gmail.com wrote:
I think you hit the nail on the head. The way the soft-drink
industry is going, I expect the 2L bottle
watered down was very disappointing to
American metrication supporters, but has not deterred us from pursuing this
long-overdue national goal. We want our country, as well as our President, to
stand tall in its infrastructure.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph., Public Relations Director, USMA
Midland TX US
viewpoints are excellent sources of lively
discussion of the issue.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
trus...@grandecom.net
www.metric.org
www.twitter.com/usmetric
+1(432)528-7724
- Original Message -
From: Ametrica
To: Undisclosed-Recipient
Just a test to see if my e-mails are posting to the list.
Thanks, Paul
, that's the spirit!
Paul Trusten
Public Relations Director, USMA
Paul,
Can you provide by example where offering the opposition a say on any matter
has actually helped in promoting that particular matter?
Didn't metrication fail in the '70s~80s because the US Metric Board was
required
no
if involved.
Paul Trusten
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
On Jun 3, 2010, at 11:24, Stephen Humphreys barkatf...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Thanks for your words, John - you would make a very good 'soccer'
referee!!
I
For more on 10-10-10, see an upcoming issue if Metric Today.
Paul Trusten
Vice President and
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
On Jun 7, 2010, at 3:59, Pat Naughtin pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com
wrote:
On 2010
www.metric.org .
SI-ncerely.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Vice President and
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas, US
+1(432)528-7724
trus...@grandecom.net
staying at the long-time USMA Capitol Building, the Embassy Suites
Hotel in El Segundo, California, adjacent to LA
Response to the article.
Please note: two years ago,a Myanmar standards official replied to me
that Myanmar had no metrication plan.
Paul
Begin forwarded message:
From: Paul Trusten trus...@grandecom.net
Date: June 8, 2010 8:03:42 PDT
To: lett...@usatoday.com lett...@usatoday.com
Subject
I prefer the cubic meter. It can be visualized, and it is derived directly
from one of the actual seven base units of the SI. I heard a reporter talk
about thousands of liters of spilled oil, but if he said cubic meters, I
would really feel it more.
Paul
- Original Message -
From:
We on this list have been working toward the the goal of U.S. metrication, and,
as we are aware, the silence can be deafening, suggesting strong resistance to
the change. But, look at what is happening to U.S. coinage, particularly the
quarter dollar! From 1932 to about 1999, America's
I posted the following comment on UKMA's Metric Views blog:
As I pondered the latest metric news from the UK and the government's
statements about imperialization, I wondered: what about the Chunnel?
In one sense, Great Britain is no longer an island. There is a ground
connection between it
wakes up.
--
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Paul Trusten
Sent: 16 June 2010 05:58
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:47813] The Chunnel
I
USMA member, chemistry teacher, school-wide metricator, and metric cook
extraordinaire Sally Mitchell of Manlius, New York, needs votes to catch the
concscience of Oprah Winfrey for U.S. metrication. Let's get American
livingrooms talking metric!
Paul
- Original Message -
From:
Over the past few months, I decided to refer to non-metric measurement units
also as traditional measurement units, but no longer as U.S. Customary units.
Although we like to point to the U.S. as the only country without a metrication
plan, calling the currently widely-used units in the U.S.
Because of its proximity to Canada, Maine actively uses both metric and
non-metric units on its highway signs. But the best reason to visit Maine is
Maine itself. If you really want to get away from it all, get a camp on
Grand Lake, which is an international body of water and, take it from
I have an all-millimeter tape measure from New Zealand. It is my
favorite tape measure of all. Darn it for being so hard for us in the
U. S. to get to the point of measuring so logically and efficiently!
It is worth the fight fir us to reach the goal.
Paul Trusten
Vice President
The icon for my iPhone weather app bears a sample temperature of 73.
You folks outside the U.S---how does your icon read?
Paul Trusten
Vice President and
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
IMHO, John, I have decided to call them nothing more than traditional
measurement units. The U.S. has already declared officially its preference for
metric (Metric Conversion Act of 1975 as amended 1988), and had already defined
legally these traditional units in metric terms (Mendelhall Order,
administration. I am also urging
USMA members, as well as members of the U.S. measurement standards community
(NIST and IEEE) to, if possible, pass on copies of this issue to librarians.
Thank you again for all of your hard work for USMA.
SI-incerely,
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Vice President and Public
Yes, I'm aware that the Library Of Congress classification system is
used in universities, but Dewey is still used in public libraries and
must still be a force in library science.
Paul Trusten
Vice President and
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus
that right, and, on this list, invite new and potentially influential citizens
to join us. I did.
SI-ncerely,
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
trus...@grandecom.net
www.metric.org
www.twitter.com/usmetric
+1(432)528-7724
I forgot to ask if they want to return to l s d currency.
Paul Trusten
Vice President and
Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
On Jul 13, 2010, at 18:14, Pat Naughtin pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com
wrote:
Dear All
Pat et al.
I was privy to the contents of this issue of Metric Today, but I hadn't read
the draft copy of the cover story that had been e-mailed to me. When the hard
copy issue came in the mail, I stood at the mailbox kiosk reading it; I could
not walk away, i.e., I could not put it down
Randy, I am posting your question to the USMA listserver, and I'm confident
that one of our list subscribers will have an answer for you and reply to your
question.
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Randwulf Technologies
To: Paul Trusten
Sent: 10 August, 2010 11:45
Subject: Why no 18
U.S. Representative Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), one of American metrication's best
friends in the Congress, is retiring from his seat. See .
http://blogs.physicstoday.org/politics/2010/08/congressman-and-physicist-vern.html
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
trus
So far, I have seen only the correct symbol for kilometers per hour, km/h,
on U.S. dual-scale speedometers. Has anyone on this list seen otherwise, e.g.,
the usual misnomer KPH on a speedometer installed on a car meant for the U.S.
market?
Thanks,
Paul T.
I asked about mass scales because the height ruler is usually a part of the
mass scale.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Midland, Texas US
For those of you who live in metric countries (e.g., the Netherlands,
Australia): when you visit your doctor, in which scale of the meter is your
height measured, meters or centimeters?
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Midland, Texas US
/metric/#comment-245 a few days ago.
Since then there have been some supporting additions from people whose names I
am sure you will know.
Today I added some further thoughts as follows:
Paul Trusten writes
“The metric system officially ceased to be “foreign” to the U.S. in 1988
(or the caregiver)
on the dose. Then, the patient uses a metric tube or metric oral syringe to
prepare the correct dose. This is where having one standard of measurement
could be livesaving. Why it took until 2009 for American healthcare to make
this recommendation is a mystery to me.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph
I apologize sincerely to the group for posting that VW email that had political
content. I had only wanted to forward the story about the VW vehicle. I shall
be more careful in the future. Metrication has no politics.
Paul
Ron,
That was good news to hear.
However, U.S. metrication is not a matter for each state, but for the Nation as
a whole. It is a truly national (Congressional) responsibility, but with the
participation of governments at all levels in response to national leadership.
- Original
Yes, the correct symbol (lower case except for proper-name units) is required
of FDA-regulated products. See item 4B, Symbols, at
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/ComplianceManuals/CompliancePolicyGuidanceManual/ucm073844.htm
I can testify to this on the prescription drug side, because I personally
Only we noticed.
- Original Message -
From: Remek Kocz
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 04 November, 2010 17:47
Subject: [USMA:48780] USPS makes a metric mistake.
Uh-oh, don't tell the US Postal Service, but one of their lobby posters has a
entirely metric now.
Thank you very much for your kind attention.
SIncerely,
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
ISMP metric system recommendation.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
-only oral liquid dosing in the U.S.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas US
www.metric.org
+1(432)528-7724
trus...@grandecom.net
On Dec 5, 2010, at 18:40, James R. Frysinger j...@metricmethods.com wrote:
Before the metric
should go metric on medicine,
but various members of the public, and the consumer organization CHPA,
showing reluctance to part with teaspoonfuls, even with the public health at
stake due to potential medication errors. Only in America!
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association
Take heart---we SHALL go metric.
Our foe, the Food Marketing Institute, just published this quote to tell us
how, and that fact is the epitome of the quote itself:
In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every
defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory
33 MJ
Joule-ry just got introduced into the mass lexicon: Wear your best Joule-ry,
U.S. Navy!
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/10/navy-railgun-shoots-bullets-electromagnet/
I have decided to avoid using the term U.S. customary units because I
think that term tends to excite the nationalistic resentment in some of our
opponents, as in, You'll take my U.S. units out of my cold, dead hands.
I am torn between calling those units traditional units, or, pre-metric
. He
cinched the case for metric-only OTC liquid measurement in the U.S.
SIncerely,
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
The previous discussion of Zimbabwe currency in the article in question
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110102/ap_on_re_af/af_zimbabwe_numbers_game )
reminded me that part of our problem in accepting metrication in the U.S. is
that we Americans are not yet proponents of exponents. We tend to
, that an approximation is probably close enough and that
order-of-magnitude errors are unlikely. :o)
Bill
--
From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of
Paul Trusten
Sent: Sunday
We sometimes use the height of a doorknob above the floor as a frame of
reference for a height of 1 m. I just put that presumption to the test here in
my apartment in Midland, Texas, USA, and I measure 950 mm from the floor to the
tangent at the top of the doorknob collar. If you have a
100-year history has our mission been more vital for the Nation's future
success. We urge you to break the silence on this national goal, and lead us
to make the goal a reality.
SIncerely,
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc
I'll be glad if a staffer is moved by it and passes it higher.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas US
www.metric.org
+1(432)528-7724
trus...@grandecom.net
On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:25, John Frewen-Lord j...@frewston.plus.com
on that prize!
(A mole into a Himalaya is right!)
Paul
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
- Original Message -
From: Stanislav Jakuba
To: si...@listserv.ieee.org
Sent: 29 January, 2011 08:38
I would not mind at all if my U.S. followed Australia's practice and
eliminated the one-cent piece. During my 2007 Down Under visit, I learned
that the five-cent piece was up for elimination, too. I did see one list of
prices there in tenths of a dollar only, i.e., AUD 3.1, AUD 4.8, etc. Same
States.
Paul Trusten
Midland Texas, USA
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 29 January, 2011 16:02
Subject: [USMA:49684] Interesting, emotional, and inaccurate
Dear All,
This is the sort of inaccurate innuendo that truly influences
this baby.
Paul
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
- Original Message -
From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 31 January, 2011 05:39
Subject: [USMA:49711] Re: a non-metric U.S
.
--
From: Paul Trusten trus...@grandecom.net
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: Mon, January 31, 2011 4:03:55 AM
Subject: [USMA:49710] a non-metric U.S. can kill children
The President
The White House
Washington, DC 29599
2011
It's no secret that we don't, but the Consumer Health Products Assn may help
put and to that.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas US
www.metric.org
+1(432)528-7724
trus...@grandecom.net
On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:43, Martin
,
which, in the year 2054,showed electronically-enabled paper newspapers and
even electronically-enabled containers (e.g., video on a cereal box).
Paul
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
Watch live, ON the Web--- at www.thedaily.com , right now
.Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
I don't think I will see the Super Bowl give up Roman numerals, even if I live
to be CX.
- Original Message -
From: John M. Steele
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 03 February, 2011 18:31
Subject: [USMA:49750] Super Bowl: NFL, stop with the Roman numerals
This
I apologize for sendiing my previous message with attachments twice. The two
messages are identical. Please delete one copy.
Thanks,
Paul
the MCA in 1988 by signing into law
legislation that declared the metric system to be the Nation's preferred
system of measurement for trade and commerce
(http://www.metric.org/laws/metric-conv.html).
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus
of U.S. metrication is a myth.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
- Original Message -
From: a-bruie...@lycos.com
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 06 February, 2011 22:00
Subject: [USMA:49792
Ezra, the counter-rejoinder to your colleague is that there are no
American units! What we use for units in the U.S. are based upon the
metric system. Show him http://www.metric.org/laws/mendenhall.html
Paul
Paul Trusten, R.Ph. , Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
Did I read somewhere in there that Fisher thinks metrication means constant
converting back and forth?
- Original Message -
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 12 February, 2011 16:16
Subject: [USMA:49852] Interesting anti-metric argument
Dear All,
I
Mr. Fisher ignores the higher purpose of metrication: to give the average
citizen a decimal system of measurement. He also ignores the fact that
metrication is intended to be complete and permanent.
- Original Message -
From: Han Maenen
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: 13
Congress declared metric to be the preferred
system of measurement for U.S. trade and commerce.
SIncerely,
Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-8824
USMA members: please consider including the name U.S. Metric Association and
the link www.metric.org in as much of your communication as is appropriate.
Ideally, please consider adding Member, U.S. Metric Association, Inc.,
www.metric.org to your email signature. I have decided to include my
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Paul R. Trusten
Registered Pharmacist
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
trus...@grandecom.net
+1(432)528-7724
TOUCHDOWN, and a dance in the endzone! BRAVO!
.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Registered Pharmacist
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas US
www.metric.org
+1(432)528-7724
trus...@grandecom.net
On Mar 9, 2011, at 19:20, Kilopascal kilopas...@cox.net wrote:
Are you happy because the USC dinosaur
To the Editor, TIME:
In his article alleging U.S. decline (TIME, 3 March 2011), Fareed Zakaria
reminds us of the roles of the Interstate Highway System and the space program
as investments in America's future. But, as many Americans do, he has hidden
from discussion an often concealed
Brij, the U.S. signed the Treaty of the Meter in 1875. or 136 years ago. But,
yes, that's a long weekend.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
Registered Pharmacist
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas US
www.metric.org
+1(432)528-7724
trus...@grandecom.net
Representative Bartlett's defense of metrication may be located quickly by
dragging the slide control to 47:20 in. the webcast. Please see Tim
Williamson's link below. Have a look at the biography of this remarkable
citizen-scientist-teacher-Congressman at
Robert H. Goddard---he was a rocket scientist (grin)! Eighty-five years ago
today, in Auburn, Massachusetts, he conducted the first successful test of a
liquid fuel rocket, which landed in Aunt Effie's cabbage patch, and into
history.
At his high school graduation in 1904, he made a durable
Jim, of the two often-cited certainties of death and taxes, I have thought that
the certainty of taxes could be changed. I can dream.
To those two certainties of death and taxes, I wish to add the certainty of
empty soap dispensers in public toilets---or so it seems.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph
One U.S. news outlet stated simply that the power extension used in Japan
was one kilometer long. Period.
- Original Message -
From: James R. Frysinger j...@metricmethods.com
To: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Cc: U.S. Metric Association usma@colostate.edu
Sent: 23
Mr. Rich Lowry
National Review
Dear Mr. Lowry,
Thank you very much for your interesting analysis of the light bulb issue
(http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/263045/leave-our-bulbs-alone-rich-lowry)
. It goes hand in hand with the changes in technology we have experienced
since Thomas
. Thank you all for participating. It is an important subject for
the Nation. Please consult USMA's Web site for concise information on the
history of the metrication goal. We have been working for this goal since 1916.
SIncerely,
Paul Trusten
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S
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