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		<title>Preventing Sexual Assault &#8211; What To Do While Driving</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/preventing-sexual-assault-what-to-do-while-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While out driving, take these safety precautions to reduce the opportunity of a sexual assault from occurring.


Carry a cellular phone with you.

Keep your car in good working order and the gas tank at least half full.
At night, park in well-lighted areas. Lock the car doors, even if you&#8217;ll only be gone a short time.
Before returning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Assault : What to Do If You are Attacked</title>
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		<comments>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/sexual-assault-what-to-do-if-you-are-attacked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[REMEMBER, THAT WHATEVER YOU DO, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOUR SURVIVAL. Your most important weapon is your brain.

Have a plan. Rehearse in your mind several different scenarios on how you will react to an attack, and, what you will do to try and stop it.
Stay as calm as possible, think rationally and evaluate your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Assault : Tips to Protect Yourself While at Home</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/sexual-assault-tips-to-protect-yourself-while-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While in their home, there are measures one can take to reduce the opportunity of becoming a victim of a sexual assault. The recommendations listed below are not all inclusive and are not to be construed as a guarantee that an assault will not take place.

Make sure all locking devices on windows and doors in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Assaults &#8211; Myths (vs) Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/sexual-assaults-myths-vs-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/sexual-assaults-myths-vs-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many myths about why sexual assaults occur. If one understands the myths versus the realities of sexual assault, the opportunity for one occurring can be reduced. 
MYTH
Sexual assault is a crime of passion and lust.
REALITY
Sexual assault is a crime of violence. Assailants seek to dominate, humiliate and punish their victims.
MYTH
You cannot be assaulted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Assault : A Crime of Violence</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/sexual-assault-a-crime-of-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/sexual-assault-a-crime-of-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sexual assault is a crime of violence, not sexual passion. It is meant to degrade, humiliate, and control. The attacker can be a stranger or someone known and trusted. It can happen to anyone, at any time, at any place. The trauma of being assaulted is a shock from which many victims never fully recover.
No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Safety : Suspicious Activities and Behaviours</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-suspicious-activities-and-behaviours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-suspicious-activities-and-behaviours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Safety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you see the following, it could be a sign of suspicious and/or illegal activity. Call the police if you see:
Property in homes, private garages, storage areas, etc. &#8211; Suspicious if accumulations are large or otherwise unusual (such as several TV sets in a garage) and if the items are in good condition, but are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Safety Tips : Suspicious Persons and Vehicles</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-tips-suspicious-persons-and-vehicles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-tips-suspicious-persons-and-vehicles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Suspicious Persons&#8221; Defined:
Going door to door in residential area &#8211; Especially suspicious if, after few houses are visited, one or more of the subjects goes into a back or side yard. More suspicious if another remains in the front when this occurs.
POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANCE: &#8220;Casing&#8221; for a house to burglarize, burglary in progress, soliciting violation, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Safety Tips : While Walking</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-tips-while-walking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-tips-while-walking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal SafetyTips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following are some measures you can take to limit your chances of becoming a victim of a crime.

Avoid walking, jogging, or biking alone at night unless absolutely necessary.
Plan the safest route to your destination. Choose well lighted busy streets and avoid short cuts through parks, vacant lots, behind shopping centers or unlit areas.
Vary your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Safety : Halloween Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-halloween-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-halloween-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween Safety Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Beach City Code 23-3
&#8221; If any person over the age of twelve (12) years shall engage in
the activity commonly know as Trick-or-Treating or any other
activity of similar character or nature under any name whatsoever,
he shall be guilty of a class 4 misdemeanor . . .
If any person shall engage in the activity commonly known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Safety : Bicycle Safety Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/personal-safety-bicycle-safety-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Health Safety</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicycle Safety Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.healthandsafetyblog.com/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year over 1000 bicyclists are fatally injured and over half-million bicycle related injuries are treated in hospital emergency rooms. Males are five times more likely to be killed as bicyclists than females. More than half of all bicyclist deaths occur to school age youth (ages 5-17). Most bicyclist deaths result from bicycle-motor vehicle collisions. [...]]]></description>
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