Tire Tread Rating and Tread Wear Indicators

safecar.gov Tire Tread
Tire Rating
treadwear, traction, temperature grade
Search Tires Traction AA, Temperature A, Treadwear 400
BF-Goodrich: g- Force T/A Super Sport A/S, g- Force T/A KDWS, TRACTION T/A
Bridgestone: TURANZA LS-V, TURANZA SERENITY "V", "Z" & "W" Spd Rtd, POTENZA RE960AS PP, TURANZA LS-H
Michelin: PRIMACY MXM4, PILOT SPORT A/S PLUS, PILOT SPORT CUP

Michelin Treadwear Indicator
Narrow bands, sometimes called wear bars, that appear across the tread of the tire when only 2/32 inch of tread remains.

Bridgestone Tire Warranty
The tire must not be worn to 2/32 inch (1.6 mm) or less remaining original tread depth (i.e. worn down to the top of the built-in indicators in the tread grooves).

Goodyear Tire Maintenance
Check the Tread Wear Indicator Bar: Located at the bottoms of the tread grooves in several locations around the tire. When a tire is so worn that these bars become visibly flush with the adjacent tread ribs, it’s time to replace the tire.
Or
Take the Penny Test: Simply insert a penny into your tire’s tread groove with Lincoln’s head upside down and facing you. If you can see all of Lincoln’s head, it’s time to replace your tires.

Notebook Computer Noise Emissions

1920x1200 WUXGA laptops,

Apple Products Noise Emissions
MacBook Pro 17-inch, idle 15db, Hard Drive accessing 15db, CD accessing 29db
Sound power 3.0B 3.0B ??

Dell Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheet
Precision M6500, idle 19.7db, HD accessing 28.7db, CD accessing 43.3db
Sound power 2.8B, 3.8B, 4.9B

HP ECO Declarations
HP Product QuickSpecs
EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation, idle 32.2db, HD spinning 32.3db,
Sound power 3.5B 3.5B

Lenovo ECO Declarations (Environmental data sheets)
ThinkPad W700, idle 34db, HDD operating 37db
Sound power 4.3B, 4.0B

Tsunami

National Geographic 1896 Japan Tsunami
The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Hokusai 冨嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏 葛飾北斎

三陸沖地震 Seismicity of the Sanriku coast

Historic tsunamis

Tsunami Events where Deaths >= 1
Tsunami Runups where Deaths >= 1
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) -> National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) -> Marine Geology & Geophysics Division (MGGD) -> Natural Hazards Databases (Data, Images and Education)

WUXGA 1920x1200 notebooks

HP EliteBook 17" 8730w 8740w 8760w Mobile Workstation with TrackPoint
Dell Precision M6400 M6500 with Track Stick
Lenovo ThinkPad 15.6" W510 T510p T410p Workstation with PointStick

Pointing Stick

Music Theory Software

Teaching Music Theory with Technology
An Introduction to Music Technology by Dan Hosken
Chapter 16: Computer-assisted Instruction
Examples and Resources
TI:ME Technology Institute for Music Educators Introduction to New Technologies in Music Education
Instructional Software Reviews

USB Audio Interface

*Balanced input/output
*Phantom powered microphone XLR input
*Voice compressor / limiter
--Edirol Cakewalk UA-25EX
--Roland Cakewalk UA-4FX
--Yamaha Audiogram 6
*MIDI
*S/PDIF optical toslink
24bit 96khz