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 <title><![CDATA[Persia learns to dive]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In Big Question recently, readers voiced their fears that too few young people are venturing under water. Doing their bit to help, FARZI BANTIN charts her daughter’s progress from splasher to diver ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[When the balloon goes up ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It’s surprising how often divers get into a tangle with their delayed SMBs. John Bantin looks into the matter ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Buoyancy control]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:15 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Don’t be ashamed to check your weighting every trip, says John Bantin. If it boosts your diving experience, it’s a minute well spent]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Pool Olympics ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 10:32 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Roman chariot-racing, underwater drag acts - who says pool time has to be dull? Not games-master John Liddiard ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Beneath British ice]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:51 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It gladdens John Liddiard's heart when the weather gets really cold, because for him "Life in the Freezer" starts in his local pond. Well, if you're into ice-diving, you have to practise somewhere! ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[But they didn't train me for this! ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Coping with various diving incidents is covered in training but, whichever agency taught you, <br/>some real-life incidents go beyond the scope of training. What would you do if you were involved in one <br/>of these? JOHN LIDDIARD asks six divers to talk him through how they would deal with six incidents ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Anatomy of a free flow]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It can happen as you enter the water or, if it's cold, under water - an unwanted gush of gas from your regulator. You can, however, reduce the chances of a free-flow to a minimum, as John Bantin explains ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The bail-out of last resort]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[You're trapped on a wreck in low visibility with entangled equipment, separated from your buddy with multiple first-stage blow-outs and 15 minutes' deco remaining - get out of that! John Kean takes us through the moves; photography by Yann Vautrin ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The trouble with PFOs]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Up to 30% of divers are thought to have 'holes in the heart'. These rarely present problems, but why not take out some insurance, asks Bob Cole - by modifying the way we dive? ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Can they add 10min to your dive-time?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Can scuba-divers benefit from breathing lessons? Steve Weinman finds out]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[When divers go missing]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[All divers should use at least some signalling devices in case they lose their dive-boat - John Bantin evaluates a selection of items that will do the job]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The last diving taboo]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:16 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[For some, solo diving is the practice that dare not speak its name. It's not a subject open to discussion, only castigation. Whatever John Liddiard writes here, these divers won't be changing their minds... ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[If your lifeline gets tangled]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[How to avoid the pitfalls of dodgy SMB deployment - that is the chosen subject of Robert N Rossier, following a survey in which DIVER readers played their part ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Are you set for D-Day?]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Planning your first dive of the UK season? Need help and sound advice? Mike Ward probably isn't the best person to ask ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[They think it's all over]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:53 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[...but a dive isn't finished until you're safely back on the boat. Sometimes hitting the deck is easier said than done. John Liddiard's handy guide may come in useful ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tips & tricks]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:08 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Want to be one of those smug divers who's always kitted up first, and prepared for all contingencies? John Liddiard has a few ideas that might help]]></description>
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