On 2011/03/24, at 01:51 , James R. Frysinger wrote: > I was pleasantly surprised to see metric units used in this UCLA website > comparing Japan and California. Go to > http://www.international.ucla.edu/eas/japan/geography/overlay1.htm > Then use the right arrow to progress through the next two frames.
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