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		<title>The generation gap</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/the-generation-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his recent article “Why I …”,  Ronnie Cohen looked at the present to explain why he believes the UK should complete the transition to metric units. However, some of those who commented on his article also looked back. In &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/the-generation-gap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I became involved with measurement matters</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our readers has written to explain why he became interested in the campaign to complete Britain&#8217;s prolonged metric changeover. Ronnie Cohen wrote recently to Metric Views: &#8220;Out of all the bread-and-butter issues that top the political agenda, you &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heading for the exit?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problems of sovereign debt in the eurozone have seen the UK side-tracked in EU decision making, and, say some commentators, headed for the exit. Is this situation likely to impact on the UK’s stalled metric changeover? The editors of Metric &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Remarks by Eric Schmidt throw up a paradox</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/08/schmidt-throws-up-a-paradox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The executive chairman of Google remarked recently that Britain needs to “bring arts and science back together”. But the USA, where he is based, is the most backward country in the world for sharing of measurement units between scientists and &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/08/schmidt-throws-up-a-paradox/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eurocodes for structural design, and that decimal marker</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/07/eurocodes-for-structural-design-and-that-decimal-marker/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/07/eurocodes-for-structural-design-and-that-decimal-marker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain is currently adopting European codes for structural design and allowing British Standard codes to lapse. This raises the issue of the preferred decimal marker – should imperial or continental practice be followed? Mike Bather, who is a lecturer at &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/07/eurocodes-for-structural-design-and-that-decimal-marker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surprisingly balanced article in the Daily Mail</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/surprisingly-balanced-article-in-the-daily-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/surprisingly-balanced-article-in-the-daily-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article about metrication appeared in the Daily Mail Online recently, describing the current situation reasonably well – but arguing that the current British mixture of metric and imperial measurements is actually a good thing since it enables people &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/surprisingly-balanced-article-in-the-daily-mail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Numeracy Counts</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/03/numeracy-counts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report has stressed the importance of numeracy &#8211; and of raising the level of numeracy &#8211; both for people with learning difficulties and for people who are otherwise well qualified.  In this article Martin Vlietstra suggests that fully &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/03/numeracy-counts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daylight saving, opting out, and a nudge from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/02/daylight-saving-and-nudge-from-below-and-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/02/daylight-saving-and-nudge-from-below-and-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=1955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a lead out of the UK’s measurement muddle? The last government showed no desire to become involved, and now the present government appears to be following in its footsteps. Metric Views recently came across a comment elsewhere which &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/02/daylight-saving-and-nudge-from-below-and-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Snow calculations made simple, or not</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/12/snow-calculations-made-simple-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/12/snow-calculations-made-simple-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=1668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our readers, John Frewen-Lord, has been housebound for four days by the recent heavy snow falls &#8211; about 60 cm deep in his area. This has prompted him to provide an illustration of the comparative simplicity of calculating &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/12/snow-calculations-made-simple-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>10-10-10. A reason for celebration</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/10/10-10-10-a-reason-for-celebration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many in Britain, the metric system and decimal measures are the same. Sunday’s once-in-a-century date provides an opportunity to consider the link between the two. Since 1983, Metric Week in the US has been celebrated during the week that &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/10/10-10-10-a-reason-for-celebration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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