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	<description>Commentary on the measurement muddle in the UK</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>DfT rejects industry view on metric signs</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/dft-rejects-industry-view-on-metric-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/dft-rejects-industry-view-on-metric-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport (DfT) has given in to anti-metric lobbying and backtracked on its earlier proposal that imperial-only height and width restriction signs should be replaced with dual metric/imperial signs within four years.  This climbdown is despite the responses &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/dft-rejects-industry-view-on-metric-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the dinosaurs</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/battle-of-the-dinosaurs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/battle-of-the-dinosaurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Views from abroad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metric Views marks the end of 2011 by drawing attention to a recent exchange of letters in the Irish Times, one looking backwards, the other with a message to take into 2012. This letter appeared on 15 December 2011: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2011/1215/1224309100241.html &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/battle-of-the-dinosaurs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Which? sees the light – and Panorama joins in</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By an odd co-incidence both “Which?” magazine and the BBC’s flagship “Panorama” programme  have recently run stories on the scams employed by the big supermarkets to prevent customers from comparing “value for money” in their weekly shopping. However, despite their &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</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>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2495</guid>
		<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>Who should pay for metrication of road signs?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport have claimed that converting road signs to show metric units would be an unjustifiable diversion of resources from other priority areas.  So is there an argument that the costs should be met from some other budget?  &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Outlines of Pacific trade deal announced</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/11/outlines-of-pacific-trade-deal-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/11/outlines-of-pacific-trade-deal-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 12 November, Voice of America reported as follows: “President Barack Obama has announced that the United States and eight other Pacific nations have reached the broad outlines of an agreement to create a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to liberalize trade. &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/11/outlines-of-pacific-trade-deal-announced/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Christmas approaches so reach for a mail order catalogue</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/christmas-approaches-reach-for-a-mail-order-catalogue/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/christmas-approaches-reach-for-a-mail-order-catalogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our regular contributors has submitted a comment about mail order catalogues, even though he admits there is no Metric Views article to which it relates. We are happy to respond by reproducing part of one of several articles &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/christmas-approaches-reach-for-a-mail-order-catalogue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spotlight falls (again) on the high cost of construction in the UK</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/spotlight-falls-again-on-the-uks-high-construction-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/spotlight-falls-again-on-the-uks-high-construction-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The magazine New Civil Engineer (NCE) reports this week on a recent conference in Barcelona which highlighted the wide difference between the cost of infrastructure in the UK and on the continent. So it seems that the inflated 2006 estimate &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/spotlight-falls-again-on-the-uks-high-construction-costs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A very Caribbean muddle</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/a-very-caribbean-muddle/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/a-very-caribbean-muddle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metric Views has received news on the progress of metrication in the Caribbean. This article deals with metrication in the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This comprises Haiti, Suriname (a former Dutch colony), and thirteen former British colonies &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/a-very-caribbean-muddle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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