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					  <title><![CDATA[Speed Limits In The UK: An Overview and History]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/196741/1/Speed-Limits-In-The-UK-An-Overview-and-History/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Since road safety became an issue and the impact of fuel consumption on the environment came to light, there have been various arguments for an against reducing or increasing speed limits. We are now at a point in the UK where speed limits have become settled and general standards can be adhered to throughout. <BR>
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For small villages or towns, or generally areas with inhabitants, the speed limit is 30 miles per hour.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (David Whelan)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Time to Admit That US Gun Laws Need Change]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/196412/1/Time-to-Admit-That-US-Gun-Laws-Need-Change/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Not for the first time, tuning in to the morning news revealed details of another gunman in the US taking to the streets and ending the lives of innocent people. Gun crime in the US continues to occur with distressing regularity, yet the availability and freedom with which individuals can purchase firearms remains an issue that needs focused attention.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Maxine Clarke)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Press Panic People Into Pinching Purse Strings]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[You cannot open a newspaper or news page on the internet these days without being filled with doom and gloom for all the reports of recession, credit crunch and housing market crashes. We even have predictions of how crime and violence as well as family breakdown will all be symptoms of people's hardship. But is this not scaremongering? Is it all really so bad?<BR>
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There is no doubt that financial and housing markets are suffering but is this not part and parcel of an economy that can become unstable at the drop of a piece of gossip? Scaremongering only adds fuel to an otherwise nervous population who then want to batten down the hatches and cut costs on everything - just in case.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Catherine Harvey)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Mortgage Interest Rates Move Down Slightly And The Impending Takeover of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/193853/1/Mortgage-Interest-Rates-Move-Down-Slightly-And-The-Impending-Takeover-of-Freddie-Mac-and-Fannie-Mae/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Mortgage interest rates moved down slightly this week.  This was a good sign since it was not preceded by any rate cuts from the FED.  The 30 year mortgage rate fell from 6.52 to 6.47 and the 15 year mortgage rate fell from 6.07 to 6.00.  For arms the 5 year rate fell from 6.02 to 5.99.  The 1 year arm was the only one of the 4 rates to increase going from 5.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Ki Gray)</author>
					  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Advancements in Defensive Chemical Agents]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/193656/1/Advancements-in-Defensive-Chemical-Agents/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The only available chemical agents from the 1970's to the 1980's were CN tear gas canisters as I remembered them when I ordered one with a mixture of UV marking dye from a catalog when I was a kid and when I was issued one at a police academy.  From the 1990's onward, OC pepper sprays were introduced and adopted by law enforcement since they are more effective in disabling an assailant.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Carlton Straeker)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Heathrow Airport, Development, History And Future]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/193343/1/Heathrow-Airport-Development-History-And-Future/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Heathrow airport can be considered one of the oldest airports within the UK, its early use being in the First World War as a training airfield for the first military pilots. Military services in terms of operational sorties were practically non existent meaning that the site can almost solely trace its development as a commercial airport. At its inception the airfield had six runways in a star shape, a requirement due to the take off restrictions of early aircraft.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Thomas Pretty)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Arguments Surrounding The Growth And Ownership Of Stansted Airport]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/192883/1/Arguments-Surrounding-The-Growth-And-Ownership-Of-Stansted-Airport/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[The fourth largest airport in the UK, Stansted in the sleepy district of Uttlesford, Essex and is currently undergoing an inquiry into its expansion plans and particularly the proposed building of a second runway. This is just the last stage in the development of a site that has gone from a field near the town of Stansted Mountfitchet, to a modern, major airport with a host of auxiliary services such as shops, hotels, restaurants and car hire desks.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Thomas Pretty)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Health And Safety Training For A Safer World]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[In that wonderful way that health and safety anoraks have, yet again we are being banned from that everyday stuff that many of us call 'life'.<BR>
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In one small UK village, the local market hall clock winders have been doing their job for over 150 years and have now been told it's dangerous and they must stop. Without the appropriate health and safety training or aids, an accident could happen and somebody could be held liable.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Catherine Harvey)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Steroids and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/192098/1/Steroids-and-the-Beijing-2008-Olympic-Games/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Steroid use rumors and steroid bans are nothing new when it comes to the Olympics and it looks like the Beijing 2008 Olympics will be no different than the past Olympic games. Olympic history is peppered with steroid abuse stories including the very famous stories on Ben Johnson in the 1988 Olympics and more recently Marion Jones.<BR>
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This years Beijing Olympic games has seen dozens of athletes from around the world being banned for steroid use and doping.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Steven Walters)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Five Ways to Cut Energy Usage & Save Money Around the House]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.articleinformer.com/articles/191934/1/Five-Ways-to-Cut-Energy-Usage--Save-Money-Around-the-House/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[It takes unimaginable amounts of energy to power the United States, and the needs is constantly growing. As global warming and fuel crises gain more and more public attention, people everywhere are now looking for ways to live a greener lifestyle. But this doesn't mean rebuilding your home to run on solar energy, or overhauling your current lifestyle.]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Ki Gray)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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