I would leave the World Trade Center alone, there's too much emotion in that one.
In a metricated US 50 years from now, the new tower would be listed as 541.5 m high, which translates to 1776 "feet", where "foot" was a popular unit of measure in the US back around 2007. Nat -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brij Bhushan Vij Sent: Thursday, 31 May 2007 13:14 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38796] World Metric Tower RE: Special USMA license plates? Hi Scott, USMA list: >Yes, I think it'd be a wonderful idea. How about reconstruction of World Trade Tower in Manhattan be named, while it is still under planning, as WORLD METRIC TOWER to boost US adopting SI - Le Systeme Internationale d'Unites - in thought, action and spirit.? This will automatically make every American child, adults (male & female) learn 'metric norms' naturally. During 2005-2006, there had been discussion on height of World Trade Tower be kept to 1776 feet - a closer approximation would be 541.5m. Say, World Metric Tower can have its height at 542m or whatever THINK TANKS decide. Regards, Brij Bhushan Vij (MJD 2454250)/630+D-151 G (Thursday, 2007 May 30 H22:71(decimal) IST Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda 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) HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" Contact # 011-9818775933 (M) 001(201)675-8548(when in US) >From: Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:38794] Special USMA license plates? >Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 18:31:52 -0700 > >Following is a post I created at http://gometric.us/jforum/posts/list/ >0/50.page#440 > >Please feel free to respond to it in either forum. > >snip------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >---- > >I know that my state of Washington (and many others) allow a non- >profit to apply for special license plates with a portion of the >proceeds going to benefit the organization. Here is the link for >Washington licensing bureau that outlines how to do this. http:// >www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/spcreatenew.html > > Since you have to be a 501(c)(3) organization to apply, I was >thinking the USMA might be a good candidate. Is there sufficient >interest at the USMA to pursue this for all states that allow special license plates? > >snip------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >---- > >Scott _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Web mail-award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migratio n_HM_mini_pcmag_0507
