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		<title>Understanding body weight and height in metric units</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/understanding-body-weight-and-height-in-metric-units/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was inevitable that the selection of London to host the Olympic Games would bring into focus some of the consequences of the UK’s measurement muddle. Metric Views looks at one aspect, the measurement of body height and weight, measured &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/understanding-body-weight-and-height-in-metric-units/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just how much does not being fully metric cost the UK economy?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/just-how-much-does-not-being-fully-metric-cost-the-uk-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/just-how-much-does-not-being-fully-metric-cost-the-uk-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our regular readers, John Frewen-Lord, has compiled a quiz, or rather two quizzes, to illustrate the waste resulting from the UK’s measurement muddle. The editors of Metric Views are unsure why a penalty of £1 per second has &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/just-how-much-does-not-being-fully-metric-cost-the-uk-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The link between measurement skills and numeracy</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/the-link-between-measurement-skills-and-numeracy/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/the-link-between-measurement-skills-and-numeracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poor numeracy is blighting Britain&#8217;s economic performance and ruining lives, says a new charity launched to champion better maths skills. You can find recent BBC reports on this topic on the following web pages: &#8220;Could you do this calculation?&#8221;, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17236806 &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/the-link-between-measurement-skills-and-numeracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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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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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Heading for the exit?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/08/schmidt-throws-up-a-paradox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2275</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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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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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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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>25</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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