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	Informal conversion of common units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Informal conversion of common measuring units often needs to be done without calculator or computer.
		This article is an informal listing of some quick and dirty conversions between the system used in the United States and metric or SI units.
		These are all rough approximations; for more accurate information, see Conversion of units.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/i/in/informal_conversion_of_common_units.html (139 words)

	Units: D
		Informally, if one sound is 1 bel (10 decibels) "louder" than another, this means the louder sound is 10 times louder than the fainter one.
		The metric unit of yarn density is the tex; 1 denier equals 1/9 tex or 10/9 decitex.
		Actually there are two units: the horizontal dialog unit equals 1/4 the average width of the font being used, and the vertical dialog unit equals 1/8 the average height of the font.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/units/dictD.html (8644 words)

	Measurements, Units of Measurement, Weights and Measures - Numericana
		This conversion factor is consistent with the definition of the Btu (British thermal unit) adopted at the 5th International Conference on the Properties of Steam (London, July 1956), which equates 1 Btu/lb and 2326 J/kg (incidentally, a therm is 100000 Btu).
		The SI unit of mass is the kilogram, not the gram or the hyl.
		The ton unit pertaining to nuclear explosions is a unit of energy equal to 1000 000 000 thermochemical calories (of exactly 4.184 J) and is thus exactly equal to 4184 000 000 joules.
	home.att.net /~numericana/answer/units.htm (10393 words)

	SI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The unit of temperature became the centigrade or inverted Celsius grade, which means the mercury scale is divided into 100 equal length parts between the water-ice mixture and the boiling point of pure, distilled water.
		The presence of these adjustments has been one reason advocates of the U.S. customary units have used against metrication; these customary units, however, are nowadays defined in terms of SI units, thus any difference in the definition of the SI units results in a difference of the definition of the customary units.
		ISO 1000:1992 SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units, with its price tag of 99 Swiss francs for a 22 page, coverless pamphlet showing why the public is sometimes a little slow to pick up on their recommendations.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/SI.htm (2095 words)

	Conversion Kit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Conversations are the ideal form of communication from at least one point of view, since they allow people with different views of a topic to learn from each other.
		Conversers naturally relate the other speaker's statements to themselves, and insert themselves (or some degree of relation to themselves, ranging from the replier's opinions or points to actual stories about themselves) into their replies.
		While many of the conversion factors given in the tables below are exact, and others while not exact contain many significant digits, all the numbers you get after performing calculations on a calculator or with pencil and paper are not meaningful.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/53/conversion-kit.html (1153 words)

	Unasylva - Vol. 3, No. 3 - News of the world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		As a guide to these operations the compiling of maps is proposed, showing on the one hand the volume per unit area and on the other the degree of damage caused by the fire to the humus layers and the organic ground cover and, finally, the nature of the site.
		The forests operated under these licenses form a unit which, in forestry terminology, is called a "working circle" the exploitation of which assures the supply of industry in general or a specified group of industries.
		The review is completed with a series of summarized articles on accident prevention and general safety in forestry work, and on the practical application of the results of the investigations upon the wage agreements in forestry and upon the publicity work of the institute.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x5350e/x5350e08.htm (13624 words)

	Informal conversion of common units -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		These are all rough approximations; for more accurate information, see (additional info and facts about Conversion of units) Conversion of units.
		20 (A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons) poundal
		1 (Unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure) calorie
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/I/In/Informal_conversion_of_common_units.htm (654 words)

	Metrication - MC Magazine Fall 2003 - Concrete Publications - NPCA
		This regression to inch-pound units was largely due to pressures from suppliers and small contractors who are reluctant to switch for a number of reasons.
		An incorrect conversion factor was used in the refueling of the Boeing 767, causing the flight crew to believe the aircraft had twice as much fuel as it actually did.
		Conversion to the metric system would be mostly a paper change, although production equipment manufacturers may beg to differ.
	www.precast.org /publications/mc/2003_fall/metrication.htm (2256 words)

	SI - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The units of the SI are decided by a series of international conferences organised by the standards organization Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Bureau of Weights and Measures).
		SI is built on seven SI base units, the kilogram, metre, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela.
		This means that the symbol for the SI unit for pressure, named after Blaise Pascal, is Pa, whereas the unit itself is written pascal.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/SI (1947 words)

	Relating to business organizations; creating new provisions; amending ORS 58.045, 58.410, 60.001, 60.007, 60.481, ...
		(1) A plan of conversion shall be approved as follows: (a) In the case of a corporation, in the manner provided in ORS 60.487 for mergers; and (b) In the case of a business entity other than a corporation, as provided by the statutes governing that business entity.
		(1) After conversion is approved by the owners, the business entity shall file articles of conversion, which shall state the name and type of business entity prior to conversion and the name and type of business entity after conversion, and shall include the plan of conversion.
		(1) After conversion is approved by the owners, the business entity shall file articles of conversion, which shall state the name and type of business entity prior to conversion, the name and type of business entity after conversion and the names and addresses of at least two partners, and shall include the plan of conversion.
	www.leg.state.or.us /99reg/measures/sb0100.dir/sb0145.a.html (6753 words)

	PC-XIII/7
		The conversion process might have changed the layout of the original document, and, especially, of any tables or figures contained therein.
		A visit to the United States of America in January 1996 resulted in tentative agreement on the details of the training agreement between the Secretariat and the appropriate US governmental authorities for Module 1, Module 2 and Module 3 training.
		While informal consultations produced some progress on the issues relating to CWPFs and are continuing on the issue of a model facility agreement for CWDFs, these small areas of progress have, however, yet to be formally endorsed by this Group.
	www.opcw.org /html/global/p_series/pc13/XIII7.html (5712 words)

	US CUSTOMARY UNITS
		The U.S. customary units is the non-metric system of units of measurement that is presently used in the United States, alongside the metric system.
		The United Kingdom is more advanced in the process than the United States, and in most Commonwealth countries (such as Australia and New Zealand) the process is largely completed, although some informal usage of non-metric units remains.
		The pound avoirdupois is legally defined as a unit of mass, though in physics the term "pound" can represent "pound-force" (a unit of force properly abbreviated as "lbf").
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/US+CUSTOMARY+UNITS (1383 words)

	City of Santa Monica Staff Report: 04/05/95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Analysis/Recommendation: A Tenant-Participating Conversion, along with any required tentative map, may only be denied if it fails to meet the requirements of Article XX of the City Charter, is the result of fraud, misrepresentation, or threat or similar coercion, or fails to meet any mandatory requirement of the Sub- division Map Act.
		This Tenant-Participating Conversion Application meets the requirements of Article XX of the City Charter of the City of Santa Monica along with all mandatory requirements of the Subdivision Map Act of the State of California.
		Each of the tenants of the proposed conversion project has been, or will be, given notice of an exclusive right to contract for the purchase of his or her respective unit upon the same terms and conditions that such unit will be initially offered to the general public or terms more favorable to the tenant.
	pen.ci.santa-monica.ca.us /planning/commission/agendas/pc1995/ps95040507-A.html (3048 words)

	light calibrations and radiometric units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The quantity of primary interest is the amount of light falling on a unit surface area per unit time.
		According to strict definition, intensity (power per unit solid angle) represents the energy output of a light source, whereas fluence and fluence rate define the energy and the energy flux at the surface where the light is applied or detected.
		Table 2 lists the most common units found in the literature and the conversions between units.
	www.es.embnet.org /~genus/lightcal.html (1864 words)

	List of standards topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fahrenheit -- farad -- fathom -- Federal Information Processing Standard -- Federal standard -- Federal standard 1037C -- FIPS -- fluid dram -- fluid measure -- fluid ounce -- foot (unit of length) -- force (physics) -- Fortran programming language -- French language -- fundamental unit -- furlong --
		Rail gauge -- Rankine -- rod (unit) --
		tablespoon -- teaspoon -- temperature -- thermodynamic temperature -- thou (unit) -- time -- ton -- torr -- troy ounce --
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_standards_topics (514 words)

	Conversion of units: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Conversion of units
		Conversion of units: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Conversion of units
		This article lists conversion factors between a number of units.
		The Unix program units, a useful tool for unit conversion.
	www.encyclopedian.com /fl/Fl.-oz..html (109 words)

	District Energy Units, Measurement, and Rates
		Unlike the electrical industry, which adopted Watts and Watt-hours as units of power and energy long ago, the district heating industry counts in Btus, Joules, Calories, pounds (and kg) of steam, barrels and ton(nes) of oil equivalent, not to mention Watts and Watt-hours.
		I hope to include several common values whenever these units are used on these pages, since space is not a concern.
		In the United States it is the annual sum of the daily difference between 65F and the average hourly temperature reading, while each European country uses different temperatures and formulas.
	www.energy.rochester.edu /units.htm (572 words)

	Going Metric In The Fish Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		This note points to the need for planning in the fish industry in anticipation of this change, indicates some of the problems the industry may have to face, and lists the SI units that are of most interest to the fish industry.
		Very precise values for conversion factors are available in the publications of the British Standards Institution, the organization whose job it is to formulate metric standards for industry.
		The tables given here are not standards; the conversion factors have been simplified to enable those in the fish industry to make practical calculations of sufficient accuracy during the changeover period.
	www.fao.org /wairdocs/tan/x5918e/x5918e01.htm (938 words)

	Cornell University Department of Preservation and Conservation
		These books, chosen from the fields of American history, Spanish history, and the history of communism, socialism, and fascism, had been microfilmed in the late 1980s according to standards adopted by the Research Libraries Group, Inc. (2) Project Open Book studied the means, costs, and benefits of such an approach.
		This position is based on the use of a digital Quality Index approach to benchmarking resolution requirements; to an extensive assessment of common printer’s type sizes used by publishers from 1850-1950; and to visual inspection of digital facsimiles produced from over 100 different type fonts (including Roman and non-Roman script) used during this period.
		The costs associated with project management, systems programming, facilities, and equipment down time due to the conversion from CLASS to XDOD scanners were not calculated, as these were seen as specific to the early ramp up phase of the project.
	www.library.cornell.edu /preservation/com/comfin.html (8068 words)

	United Nations - DESA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		One of the important events in the meeting was the session on dialogue with the business community, which gave an opportunity for a rich exchange of views between the private sector and African Ministers; and the dialogue with civil society particularly with the NGO representatives from Africa and Japan.
		This informal and "off the record" meeting saw a frank exchange on a set of proposals that Dr. Barbara Samuels, a consultant to DESA with long experience in risk management in financial institutions, has been developing through discussions with colleagues in the financial industry.
		Its main purpose is to reinforce the United Nations' partnership with African NGOs through networking, training and exchange of experiences and best practices in order to increase their participation in the political, social and economic life at all levels (local, national, regional and international).
	www.un.org /esa/desa/desaNews/desa56.html (6084 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		It can be found in structured and recorded in text books, research journals and other formal and informal sources.
		Common Sense KW: is widely available but much less in written form.
		Tacit knowledge is personal knowledge and very important for organization because its learning depend upon the tacit knowledge of the its members Explicit Knowledge: Can be expressed formally and easy to communicate.
	www.cs.toronto.edu /~mkolp/lis2103/M-Khan.ppt (531 words)

	Conversion of units - Internet-Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Find conversion of units and more at Lycos Search.
		Read about conversion of units in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
		Find conversion of units at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer!
	www.internet-encyclopedia.com /ie/c/co/conversion_of_units.html (1557 words)

	[No title]
		In addition, as a set of independent program mod- ules linked to a broad set of simple data structures, the system is designed such that researchers may readily integrate into the system their own modules, written in any programming language.
		That is, Towson State University has no formal or informal relationship with the IDRISI Project regarding the IDRISI software package.
		AtlasDraw is a user-friendly digitizing package that handles enclosed polygons ("islands") very well, allows for the copying of line segments from one polygon to another (saving time in redigitizing common* boundaries), handles con- trol points well, and supports a farily wide set of digitiz- ers.
	www.geog.ubc.ca /courses/klink/gis.notes/idrisi.faq (3030 words)

	Cover Pages: SGML/XML Bibliography Part 7, S - Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		As is common in information retrieval systems, a PAT search is applied to indexed text.
		In common with Internet users all over the world, the University of Virginia Library now uses and produces HTML documents; unlike most other academic institutions, however, we came to HTML with practical experience in another, more sophisticated, form of SGML -- that of the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines.
		"SGML conversion typically involves building a bridge between the world of hardcopy and word processing documents (where logical structure is perceived visually by the reader) and "intelligent" documents (where logical structure is explicitly encoded).
	xml.coverpages.org /bib-sz.html (12526 words)

	QUANTUM METAPHYSICS
		Our common sense is not a reliable basis for correct judgements.
		difficulty to accept this is that it goes against their common sense.
		common sense may not be able to cope with the vastness of the
	pages.prodigy.net /russhill/index/quantum/quantum.htm (11275 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Also covered are some talk about phrasing, theory (common progressions for the blues scale which lends a very "funky" sound).
		I've messed with a few and in my mind the Korg A5 Bass is the best unit of that type in that it is programmable and lets you set up cahins of effects you can call up with one stomp.
		After a few discussions with them, they are setting me up as an informal "sales agent" for their instruments.
	www.amscons.com /tblarchive/VOL1/100-199/bl137.html (5849 words)

	United Nations Statistics Division - Poverty Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In April 2003 the United Nations Statistics Division prepared a provisional annotated outline that was used as the basis to initiate the discussion among the experts on the content and structure of the publication.
		To discuss the use of combined data sources for poverty assessments - merging household surveys and population censuses to construct poverty maps.
		is the development of common statistical protocols a fruitful strategy with which to enhance the quality and comparability of both national and internationally comparable poverty estimates?
	secap118.un.org /unsd/methods/poverty/outline_Oct2003.htm (1003 words)

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