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	<title>Mostly useless &#187; Scraps</title>
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		<title>Brazil take #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m going to Brazil again.  I&#8217;m currently blogging from the Charle De Gaulle airport in Paris, on my way to Rio de Janeiro.  I didn&#8217;t remember this airport is so ugly.  The embarking area doesn&#8217;t even have a restaurant.  I have to wait here three hour for the connection flight, and I&#8217;m bored to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I&#8217;m going to Brazil again.  I&#8217;m currently blogging from the Charle De Gaulle airport in Paris, on my way to Rio de Janeiro.  I didn&#8217;t remember this airport is so ugly.  The embarking area doesn&#8217;t even have a restaurant.  I have to wait here three hour for the connection flight, and I&#8217;m bored to death.</p>
<p>Anyways, this time I&#8217;m going to visit the city of Vitória and to attend a Brazillian wedding!  Stay tuned.</p>
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		<title>Friday 13th</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was Friday 13th. According to Wikipedia, the traditional belief that Friday 13th is unlucky started exactly 699 years ago: There have been a number of events known as &#8220;Black Fridays&#8220; in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday was Friday 13th.  According to Wikipedia, the traditional belief that Friday 13th is unlucky started exactly 699 years ago:</p>
<blockquote><p>There have been a number of events known as <strong>&#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday" title="Black Friday">Black Fridays</a>&#8220;</strong> in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar" title="Knights Templar">Knights Templars</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_13" title="October 13">October 13</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1307" title="1307">1307</a> (Friday), to be later tortured into admitting heresy.</p></blockquote>
<p>It is interesting to note that 2006-13-10 adds up to 13 (2+6+1+3+1).  It also adds up to 2029 (2006+13+10) that in turn adds up to 13 (2+2+9), again.</p>
<p>Now, since I&#8217;m a geek, I have also to note that the Gregorian calendar makes the 13th of each month slightly most likely to be on a Friday. Since not all months have the same length, it happens that on the 13th of the 4800 months composing a 400-years cycle we have 688 Fridays, 687 Sundays and Wednesdays, 685 Mondays and Tuesdays, 684 Thursdays and Saturdays.  Wow, Friday 13th is 0.048% more likely than average 13th&#8230;. I mean, there has to be something fishy going on. <img src='http://www.mostly-useless.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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