Wasn't it Boone, NC, that was the "kilometer high city" at an elevation of 997 m above sea level?
Quoting Martin Vlietstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It might be a bit late this year, but for next year it might be worth > identifying a number of well-known landmarks that are one kilometre long - > for example the width of the Hudson River in New York City. > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Paul Trusten > Sent: 05 October 2008 17:02 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:41794] TED and National Metric Week 2008 > > > > Dear TED Officers and Participants, > > > > National Metric Week is under way! The week of the year containing the tenth > day of October (the tenth day of the tenth month) is observed annually by > both the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the U.S. Metric > Association (USMA, www.metric.org) to emphasize the importance of the metric > system in the U.S. USMA, a non-profit, national organization, has worked > since 1916 to establish the International System of Units (SI, or the modern > metric system) as the Nation's primary system of measurement. > > > > TED is the meeting place for the best new ideas. However, a well > established, global dea is still relativel new in the U.S.----modern > measurement. The U.S. remains the only nation that has no official plan to > change over to the International System of Units (SI, or the modern metric > system), as the Nation's primary system of measurement. Despite all of > TED's productivity, its U.S. participants are being forced to lag behind the > rest of the world intrinsically when it comes to measurement. TED's global > reach may be hindered occasionally by this ongoing measurement gap. > > > > As the organization of the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers > (www.ted.com), TED ought to be talking about this drag on some of its > members. Whether it is done officially, as one of its 18-minute "talk of a > lifetime," or as an ongoing informal chatter in your vitally cerebral > cloakrooms, the failure of TED's native land to metricate may be both an > embarrassment and a hindrance to its theme. Please consider spending the > coming week pondering the information available at USMA's Web site, > particularly the timeline history of SI in the U.S. > (http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/dates.htm). Please look at the events > since 1866: this is an idea that has struggled to be born in America. > Perhaps the people connected with TED can serve as midwives. > > > > > > SI-incerely, > > > > > > > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > www.metric.org > 3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 US > +1(432)528-7724 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA +1(432)528-7724 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
