Verizonâs outgoing CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, earned more than $18 million in total compensation in 2010, roughly $49,000 a day. Democracy Now! âs Jaisal Noor spoke to some striking workers at a Verizon picket line in Manhattan on Wednesday. PETER DâESPOSITO: My name is Peter DâEsposito.HARED. Some 45,000 workers at Verizon have entered their fifth day on strike after negotiations between Verizon and two unions representing the workers broke down when the company attempted to cut health and pension benefits for workers and make it easier to fire workers.
A barometer measures barometric pressure. Measurement of barometric pressure can be expressed in millibars(mb) or in inches or millimeters of mercury (Hg). Normal pressure at sea level is 1013.3 millibars or 29.92 inches of mercury.Fluctuations in barometric pressure are usually a sign of weather conditions.easurement of barometric pressure can be expressed in millibars(mb) or in inches or millimeters of mercury (Hg). Normal pressure at sea level is 1013.3 millibars or 29.92 inches of mercury. Fluctuations in barometric pressure are usually a sign of weather conditions.
Most National Weather Service measurements are given in inches of mercury. At sea level, standard air pressure is 29.92 inches of mercury and 1,013 millibars. Inches of mercury is measured in how high a column of mercury rises in a barometer.One millibar is equivalent to one-thousandth of a single bar, or 1,000 dynes.