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	13 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As it is an odd-indexed Fibonacci number, it is a Markov number, appearing in solutions to the Markov Diophantine equation: (1, 5, 13), (1, 13, 34), (5, 13, 194),...
		The number is also considered unlucky by some as it is the sum of 1-4-5-3, the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire.
		Besides being the number of people sitting at the Last Supper, it's also the number of Gods (there were 12) at a banquet that was crashed by the evil spirit Loki (making 13) who killed one of the guests with a poison arrow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/13_(number) (1754 words)

	Numerology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Numerology is the study of the purported mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and the character or action of physical objects and living things.
		Numbers one to nine are used in present-day numerology to determine character analysis and predict upcoming trends.
		Additionally, the ancient numbering and measuring systems are based on this number, as evidenced by terms such as a dozen (12), a gross (12 times 12), a shilling (12 pence) and a foot (12 inches).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unlucky_number (4919 words)

	Unlucky 13 by Shyam Sunder Gupta
		Number 13 is the smallest prime number which can be expressed as the sum of the squares of two prime numbers i.e.
		The sum of the digits of the number 169 is a perfect squares and is the square of the sum of the digits of the original number i.e.
		The concatenation of cubes of numbers from 13 to 1 i.e.
	www.shyamsundergupta.com /unlucky13.htm (998 words)

	The Number Thirteen and the Everlasting Covenant
		Remember, the number for man is six and the number for woman is six and together they add up to twelve or "one flesh." The matrimonial union between man and woman is a covenant, in fact, it can be and should be an Everlasting Covenant.
		It is this Everlasting Covenant of marriage that is symbolized by the number thirteen.
		Since the number thirteen is symbolic of the marriage covenant between man, woman, and God, the date of Jerusalem's restoration also points to the matrimonial union between Jerusalem and Christ.
	members.aol.com /DrNewKnee/numbers/13.htm (1389 words)

	Senshu F'97 "Number" Discussion
		Number 8 is a traditional happy number in Japan, so some people want their license plates to have as many 8s as possible.
		Comments: The unlucky number is 4 because its pronunciation is the same as the pronunciation of the word that means death.
		Number 47: Number 4 isn't good number for Japanese,and number 7 is good number in Japan too.So the number 47 is fortune and unfortun number for Japanese.It' funny and strange.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~leslieob/guestbook2.html (1212 words)

	ipedia.com: 9 (number) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Nine is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1 and 3.
		Nine is the number of musicians in a nonet.
		Nine is considered an unlucky number in Japanese culture.
	www.ipedia.com /9__number_.html (837 words)

	Multi-State Lottery Association :: Number Thirteen Is Not Unlucky for Powerball Players (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But data from Powerball has shown that the number thirteen is in fact quite lucky for Powerball Players," said Randy Davis, President, CEO of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation, and Chair of Powerball.
		When it comes to picking lucky numbers, most people think of the number seven, but according to Powerball data, the lucky number seven isn't quite as lucky as the number 13.
		The popular impression that the number 13 is unlucky has certainly proven to be any thing but for Powerball.
	sev.prnewswire.com /gambling-casinos/20050513/CGTH06212052005-1.html (379 words)

	Cancer - Manual - Activity 3, page 2
		Ask students to imagine that if they found the first “unlucky” number in the column labeled “Gene 1,” it meant a gene in one of their cells experienced a cancer-causing mutation.
		Explain that the age at which the second unlucky number first appears in the column “Gene 2” is the age at which they experienced this second mutation.
		Encourage students to suggest combinations of numbers of hits and mutation rates that seem to give realistic results, but caution students not to use this simulator (which was designed for educational purposes, not research) to try to make an absolute determination of number* of hits and mutation rate.
	science.education.nih.gov /supplements/nih1/cancer/guide/activity3-2.htm (2326 words)

	Teachers.Net Gazette October 2002 - DANIEL CHANG: ATTITUDES TOWARD NUMBERS THROUGH HISTORY - Teachers.Net Gazette - ...
		Since number 1 is the first originator of numbers, and even though it is odd, it was considered both male and female.
		Number 3 was said to become a demonic number in the sense that wizards and witches usually worked in groups of 3 when casting their spells.
		Thus, number 4 was the number of the Evangelists.
	www.teachers.net /gazette/OCT02/chang.html (4031 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Italy's unlucky number
		Fifty numbers between 1 and 90 are drawn every week - five in each of 10 cities around the country.
		So far, the number 53 has 163 times failed to be plucked from the basket in Venice.
		That means, though, that if the elusive number does get drawn, the treasury will be forced to hand over €1.5bn, according to one estimate.
	www.guardian.co.uk /italy/story/0,12576,1366322,00.html?gusrc=rss (523 words)

	The Number of the Beast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Number of the Beast (numerology), 666, a biblical allusion to the Book of Revelation
		The Number of the Beast (novel), by Robert Heinlein
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Number_of_the_beast (127 words)

	(URBAN LEGENDS)
		Thirteen is especially unlucky terms of dinner parties, referring back to the Last Supper or the Norse feast: it is believed that one of the thirteen diners will die within a year.
		Thirteen was not really an unlucky number, but a fateful one--a number full of vague and unimaginable possibilities and therefore a number to be avoided by any peace-loving man.
		In the majority of hotels, for instance, there is no room bearing this number, and the visitor who sleeps in the thirteenth room slumbers quite peacefully because it bears the number 14 on the door.
	www.geocities.com /darkwebcreations/urban.html (1385 words)

	Why is the number "13" considered an "unlucky" number? : Superstitions information from Answerbag
		The number 13 has been considered unlucky for a long time, and by people all over the world.
		The number of people at the last supper of Christ and the twelve Apostles confirmed the superstition about the number 13 in withes were believed to meet in “covens” that hat 13 members.
		The Roman numerals for the number thirteen is a witches symbol.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/8316 (355 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Money \| Homebuying \| Number 13 - unlucky as ever
		But with a reported one in 10 people afflicted by triskaidekaphobia (the fear of the number 13), it seems that there is more than bricks and mortar at play when it comes to moving house.
		The apartment at number six is lucky because it signifies wealth.
		If you live at unlucky number four, try to change your street number through the council, or spell out the number in letters.
	money.guardian.co.uk /homebuying/movinghome/story/0,1456,873953,00.html (674 words)

	Århus Kommunes Biblioteker - Local History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Thus numbering was not a matter of immediate urgency.
		In 1839 consecutive numbering was initiated, but as the number of households increased, this system soon proved to be chaotic.
		During this period of time, the number of engaged and married couples in Aarhus amounted to 37,666, and at the site is it possible to initiate searches based on bride, groom, year and parish.
	www.aakb.dk /sw2738.asp (499 words)

	Greek Spider - Your guide to Greece and Cyprus!
		The number 13 on its own is not an unlucky number in Greek culture.
		The opposite is often considered true by many Greeks, that is that the number thirteen is considered to be lucky.
		Greeks who have accepted this as an unlucky day are Greeks of the diaspora who have integrated a non-Greek superstition into their superstitions.
	www.greekspider.com /superstitions/greek_superstitions4.htm (265 words)

	Astrology on the Web: Is Friday 13th Unlucky?
		If we divide the number of days in the year by twenty-eight, the number of days in a woman's menstrual cycle (and of course the approximate length of the lunar month), again we get the number 13.
		In this light, the pagan Scandinavian belief that the number thirteen signified bad luck sprang from the idea that their twelve gods were joined by a thirteenth, Loki, a cruel god, who brought misfortune to all.
		Thirteen, a goddess number, is one beyond beyond twelve, and, in the eyes of the new "solar" world order, symbolised a move away from harmony and completion into the "evil" of chaos (read: the feminine).
	www.astrologycom.com /friday13.html (1148 words)

	The Straight Dope: Why is the number 13 considered unlucky?
		Currently 13 is considered to be an unlucky number.
		We must inquire further, and if we do we conclude that while open hostility to 13 may be relatively recent, folks have had their suspicions about it for quite a while.
		Thirteen, by contrast, is a number of transgression, taking matters one step too far, turning harmony into discord.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a3_080.html (580 words)

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		Throughout the western world people can still be found numbering their houses '12 1/2,' to avoid living in number 13.
		A special ship was commissioned, to be named "H.M.S. Friday." They laid her keel on a Friday, launched her on a Friday, selected the crew on a Friday and put her in command of Captain Jim Friday.
		To the Egyptians, the number 13 symbolized death – not in terms of dust and decay, but as a glorious and desirable transformation.
	www.blurty.com /talkpost.bml?journal=khushee&itemid=45085 (542 words)

	rahoi.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		UNLUCKY got involved talking to a chick he met on the internet.
		UNLUCKY: "left a voicemail for you earlier just to say hello - i just kind of wanted to hear your voice and of course be a little better at staying in touch.
		UNLUCKY: when I was last in NYC, i e-mailed her two weeks out and she blew me off, but that was when my grandfather died 1 1/2 years ago...
	www.rahoi.com /share/ganji.html (1389 words)

	Read Comments
		The number used to be very lucky for me, but recently its become a very unlucky number for me.
		An aunt of mine thinks that 13 is her lucky number and she has a lot of data to support her claim.
		By the way, the biggest gesture to show that 13 is not unlucky was made by NASA when they decided to have an Apollo 13 even though people advised them to move straight to Apollo 14.
	www.blurty.com /talkread.bml?journal=khushee&itemid=45085 (1018 words)

	OtakuBoards - Unlucky Number [R18+ ONLY: Coarse language and extreme violence]
		Bio: Born by one of the Number's mistress, she was taken in by his organization and trained to be their body guard when she reached the right age.
		She wasn't aware that this Number had men working for him, constantly covering his trail so that annoying women wouldn't pop up demanding money in an inconvenient trial.
		She found that she was, indeed, able to take care of herself, and even able to track the movements of the Numbers and the Stefani Organization quite carefully.
	www.otakuboards.com /showthread.php?t=34656 (3142 words)

	How Low Can Oracle Go? Seven Could Be Its Unlucky Number
		Working under that assumption, TheStreet.com ran the numbers on what investors might be willing to pay for Oracle as a database business alone.
		We derived that number by assuming 10% annual growth in the company's database business.
		While companies can play games -- quite legally -- with their earnings and revenue numbers, they can't do the same with the cash on their balance sheets or how much cash they generate.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/tech/software/10000855.html (1187 words)

	Unlucky Number 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I remember looking up at our lieutenant just as we passed over the coast of Normandy – he was white as a ghost.
		I had 12 practice jumps and Normandy would be number 13.
		I was not superstitious but in the back of my mind I wondered if #13 would be unlucky.
	www.thedropzone.org /europe/Normandy/hughart.html (510 words)

	Oracle's unlucky number - Dec. 12, 2003
		But the most important number that Wall Street will be looking at is license revenue, because that measures how much new software Oracle has sold.
		If Oracle can beat that number, it could help restore confidence in the company and show Wall Street that the weak first quarter sales might have been a minor blip.
		Barnicle said he's worried that even if the fiscal second quarter numbers are slightly better than expected, guidance for the fiscal third quarter could be fairly lackluster.
	money.cnn.com /2003/12/12/technology/oracle (743 words)

	A very unlucky number (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Thirteen was an unlucky number for Sir John Swan.
		Rich, adroit and charismatic, he was the back o' town boy who had led the white UBP for longer than anyone else and who exuded racial confidence.
		Meanwhile, it remains to be seen whether 13 months in office is an unlucky number for the already censured Dr. Saul.
	www.bermudasun.org /issues/Aug9_96/thirteen.html (642 words)

	Unlucky Numbers - Ecademy
		The number 4 is considered unlucky by the Chinese.
		You may already be aware of this, but 4 is unlucky because the sound of a 4 (in cantonese 'sei') is similar to the sound for the word for death.
		As I recall zero is also fairly unlucky for the chinese as it is 'nothing' and you cannot get off it - by which I mean if you write it with a pen your pen does not start at an end and finish at an end.
	www.ecademy.com /node.php?id=26979 (602 words)

	Lucky Number 13
		A cute young girl in Cophenhagen pointed out that I was wearing an unlucky number.
		The shirt numbers were allotted in playing order, which meant that I had to settle for the number 13 shirt!
		I was never conscious of it, until a cute young girl pointed out in Cophenhagen, where we were acclimatizing prior to the Olympics, that I was wearing an unlucky number.
	www.bharatiyahockey.org /granthalaya/hattrick/1952/page6.htm (278 words)

	Featuring XIII Review at ActionTrip
		If number thirteen is unlucky for you, make sure you take great care to not cross any thirteen's (which means never carry any one-dollar bills.
		XIII is a FPS thriller heavily influenced by a number of famous and not-so-famous movies from the mid 80's.
		His only clues are the number 13 tattooed on his collarbone and the key to a safety-deposit box in one of New York's most prestigious banks.
	www.actiontrip.com /reviews/xiii.phtml (2171 words)

	Exam students shun 'unlucky' cabs
		All cabs whose number plates end with the number "four," which shares the same pronunciation as failure in the Shanghai dialect, will not be used, announced Shanghai Dazhong Taxi Co Ltd.
		It is reported that a large number of parents are booking cabs to send their children to the enrolment examination to ensure they arrive on time.
		"Lots of parents refuse to take cabs with number plates which they consider unlucky, and we've seen many of them get angry at us because we have used them to carry their children in past years," Dazhong's taxi boss Zhao Leping was quoted as saying by Shanghai Youth Daily.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-06/06/content_448854.htm (436 words)

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