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 On Mar 14, 2011, at 9:33, Brij Bhushan Vij <metric...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Paul, Mr Zakaria, sirs: > >.....and a newly decimal stock exchange, will be a huge stimulus to American > >science and exports. > I often wonder, why is that US still is desirous to stick along her 'own > measurement units'. > No wonder, one relishes to remain with ONE's links to the past.....BUT, if > the past takes you/pulls you towards hitting the belly of > her own subjects and/or derails the process of progress.....WHY ADHERE? > Yes, I am talking of American economy that has suffered for almosr 200-years > since signing the "CONVENTION DU METRE" in having > accepted to changing norms of technology; but we still want to stick and > teach our youngsters 'how not to understand and/or learn' > Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites (SI in all languages). > To start with the SPELLINGS for length Unit (Metre) and Unit for capacity > (Litre). Yes, dictionary may say any 'argument' but the International > NORM suggest the use of METRE and LITRE as the preferred spellings. This is > my view, why cannot we THINK and ammend the desired - > what is right for our future generations! > True, I also advocate for removiong a day from the EXISTING calendar (JULY > 31st) and shift this day as (February 29th) during all years > from Y 2013: http://www.brijvij.com/bb_fbUNday-week.pdf > I have been working for such ideas since 1970-71.....to the advantage of > emerging technology - The Metric System of Units. > Regards, > Brij Bhushan Vij > Monday, 20110314H10:54(decimal)EST > Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda > The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month) > "30 days has July,September, > April, June, November and December > all the rest have 31 except February which has 29 > except on years divisible evenly by 4; > except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 - > as long as you remember that > "October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and > December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE > OUTSIDE of calendar-format" > Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 > Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 > (365th day of Year is World Day) > ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** > "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" > My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf > Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association > except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A > Possible World Calendar, since 1971. > HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ > Contact via E-mail: metric...@hotmail.com > > > > From: trus...@grandecom.net > To: usma@colostate.edu > Subject: [USMA:50010] to the editor, TIMEchanging to metric system is an > overdue investment for U.S. > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:39:56 -0500 > > 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 instrument of progress, one yet to > be measured: U.S. changeover to the metric standard of measurement. > > America's reluctance to part with its archaic, imperial-era measurement > system is pathognomonic for the "sclerosis" Zakaria describes. It bespeaks of > a stubborn nationalism that we would be wise to jettison, not beginning in 10 > years, but beginning now. We have been approaching metrication for almost > 150 years, and Zakaria's thesis beckons us to cross over at last. U.S. > transition to the world's decimal measurement system, already supported in > U.S. society by the metric legal definition of traditional units (see > www.metric.org/laws/mendenhall.html), decimal currency, and a newly decimal > stock exchange, will be a huge stimulus to American science and exports. > Surely, the metric system is the 800-kilogram gorilla in the room. It is time > to break the silence on metrication, and work speedily to achieve this old > national goal. > > Paul R. Trusten > Vice President and Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, I > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 > United States > www.metric.org > trus...@grandecom.net > +1(432)528-7
