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<title><![CDATA[En Chile la Educación se Asimila a las Fábricas]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mucho de lo que plantean los candidatos presidenciales en el área educacional ya está dicho, mucho d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://guillermobastias.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/casassus.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-202" title="casassus" src="http://guillermobastias.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/casassus.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="255" /></a><strong>Mucho de lo que plantean los candidatos presidenciales en el área educacional ya está dicho, mucho de eso también lo hemos comentado en este blog. Pero a mí por lo menos me faltaba poder entender mejor algunos de sus planteamientos, no sólo las propuestas concretas, sino los fundamentos en que apoyan su visión educativa. No queda mucho tiempo para la primera vuelta, así que decidí indagar en la proposición más novedosa en el área, aquella qué pone en entredicho uno de los pilares fundamentales del modelo actual, la Calidad y la Estandarización. Me refiero a los planteamientos del Diputado Marco Enríquez Ominami.</strong></p>
<p><strong>No resultó traumático tomar contacto con los asesores del presidenciable, después de unas llamadas, un par de correos electrónicos presentándome y planteando cuál era el objetivo de la entrevista, logré tomar contacto con Juan Casassus, encargado del programa educativo de ME-O.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Cassasus, es uno de esos buques insignes de nuestra educación, en este mar se desplaza con la soltura de quien es reconocido como una autoridad en el tema. Competencias no le faltan, es sociólogo, filósofo y doctor en sociología de educación de la Sorbonne, académico de varias universidades, con un nutrido número de publicaciones. Así, en una tarde ñuñoina me reuní a conversar con este académico sobre los fundamentos de las políticas educativas de ME-O</strong></p>
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<p><strong>GB</strong>: <strong><em>Ud. ha sido crítico con el concepto de Calidad aplicado a la educación, de dónde y cómo se implementó este concepto.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC</strong>: Esto tiene una historia, la economía aplicada a la educación es algo que viene de mediado de los sesentas, pero que agarra mucha fuerza en 1983 en Estados Unidos con la publicación de <strong><em>“Una Nación en Peligro”,</em></strong> donde se hace un balance de la educación en Estados Unidos y se le atribuye a la educación la pérdida de competitividad en Estados Unidos en esa época, coincide además con un período de estancamiento e inflación. En este libro, escrito fundamentalmente por economistas, se propone cambiar el modelo de hacer educación, se echa la culpa a los profesores, a su formación etc. Tres años después Estados Unidos inició otra guerra,  se mejoró la economía y nadie se disculpó con los profesores por el diagnóstico  equivocado; esto se explica porque Estados Unidos es fundamentalmente una economía de guerra, el motor de su economía se fundamenta en la producción de armas. Esto, dejó instalado el principio de que la economía debía regir la formación de políticas en materia educativa. Año y medio después, Estados Unidos convocó a una conferencia de ministros de educación de OCDE, un año después en Europa, se convocó a una conferencia similar; el punto en común es que todas estas reuniones tenían por título: <strong><em>“Una Educación de Calidad”</em></strong>, instalándose el concepto de “educación de calidad” y calidad entendida desde los principios de la economía. De ahí viene el término “calidad”. Qué quiere decir esto, fundamentalmente que las políticas que se formulan, se hacen desde los principios que rigen la economía.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> ¿<strong><em>Se intenta asimilar la educación a un</em></strong> <strong><em>proceso de producción?</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> No, no es solamente la producción. Por ejemplo, la teoría del aprendizaje desde la economía es el conductismo, donde se tiene la imagen del ser humano como un ser racional que se nutre mediante estimulo/respuesta, basada en una dinámica que ve el funcionamiento de la sociedad y la producción en función de hacer elecciones racionales. Este enfoque va asociado a una teoría del aprendizaje, a una idea de cómo se realiza la educación, a una teoría de la evaluación y una teoría de la conducta humana.</p>
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<p><strong>GB: ¿<em>Cuándo llega a América y a Chile particularmente este modelo?</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Si me recuerdo bien, a América llega el año 92. Pero a Chile llega antes, llega en los ochenta con el poder de la escuela de Chicago, Friedman, una de sus fuentes inspiradoras. A Chile llega el 82 con el inicio de la municipalización, con la aplicación de los principios de la economía a la gestión de procesos educativos. A Chile, su puesta en práctica llega sin demasiada fuerza, no tuvo mucho impacto porque la década del ochenta fue una década muy complicada para América Latina, llamada “la década perdida”, la década en que ocurrió el ajuste estructural, período en que hubo que pagar la deuda externa, ajustar las economías, entonces se aplicó lo que se llamó el <strong><em>ajuste estructural</em></strong> de los 80s. El ajuste implicó reducir el gasto social, y el gasto que más se redujo fue el de educación. Fue una década en la cual hubo una caída continuada  de los presupuestos en educación. Nosotros en UNESCO, preparamos un documento en conjunto con la CEPAL que se llamó <strong><em>“Educación y Conocimiento Eje de la Transformación Productiva con Equidad”</em></strong>, que fue un documento de trabajo para la XXIV Conferencia de Ministros de Economía y Hacienda que convocó CEPAL. Nuestro interés era volver a poner la educación en el centro del desarrollo, y para lograrlo había que financiarla y había que en alguna medida convencer a los ministros de economía y hacienda que esto era importante. Debido a que las formas de producción habían cambiado, había que volver a invertir en educación, por que la inversión en neuronas era el factor de producción más importante; fue un libro muy potente, en el sentido que se argumentó muy bien la necesidad de volver a financiar la educación para la competitividad internacional. A partir de ahí se empezó a refinanciar la educación. Lo que no nos dimos cuenta es que los ministros de economía de la región, estaban dispuestos a financiar la educación, pero siempre y cuando se aplicara otra educación, y la otra educación era ajustarse al enfoque de calidad de gestión, de evaluación e incorporar algunas medidas y prácticas de la disciplina económica.</p>
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<p><strong>GB: <em>Cuáles son las principales falencias de esta política educativa basada en estándares.</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>JC</strong>: Haber, hay algo que es evidente, se ha triplicado los presupuestos y en algunas partes se cuadruplicado. Las políticas sobre las que se basa este modelo, en general tienen algún fundamento en la investigación, hay gente muy inteligente trabajando en esta área. Las políticas yo diría que son muy racionales, si es que uno busca racionalidad en la política, la forma de hacer política educativa es muy racional pero en un sentido muy abstracto, se ve muy bien el papel, es muy lógica, está muy bien contenida, o sea es difícil argumentar en contra, salvo que tú confrontes la evidencia y esta dice que la cosa no está funcionando. Hay un desfase en el modelo teórico y la realidad. Mira, este modelo a generado sistemas de evaluación para ver el nivel de progreso que ha habido, suponiendo que ese sistema de evaluación es un sistema adecuado -yo afirmo que no es adecuado-, uno puede ver que en los últimos treinta años, a nivel mundial, no ha habido ningún progreso. Pero el peso de este “sentido común” suena tan bien en el papel que mantiene su fuerza, pero no solamente su fuerza teórica, hay fuerzas de redes internacionales detrás. El tema es que la cosa no ha funcionado, hay fuerzas conservadoras que quieren mantener este sistema vigente y profundizarlo aún más. Este período se ha caracterizando por generar cada vez más políticas, que tiendan a fortalecer la posibilidad de control sobre los procesos de aprendizajes por parte del Estado. Entonces, en el corazón de las políticas están estos sistemas de evaluación y de reformas basadas en estándares, que es lo que Chile quiere implementar y está implementando con la ley que hoy está en el Congreso…</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>La Aseguradora de la Calidad…</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>JC:</strong> En efecto, incluso el nombre es como raro… Eso no ha funcionado en ninguna parte del mundo. Incluso en muchas partes del mundo esto ha tenido efectos negativos, los puntajes han bajado, la segmentación de los resultados de la educación se han fortalecido. Cuando uno piensa para qué sirve realmente este sistema, dado que después de 30 años no ha servido para mejorar la educación, dado que no le sirve a los profesores para enseñar mejor, entonces porqué tanto interés de las estructuras de poder en mantener este sistema, y mi conclusión es que esto es así porque es un excelente sistema de control social…</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Cuáles son los problemas que estaría generando la educación economicista en Chile hoy en día y que darían cuenta del estancamiento de nuestra educación.</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>JC:</strong> En Chile se ha adoptado y se ha aceptado el principio de gestión basada en estándares, bajo el fundamento de competencia entre escuelas. De aquí salen dos problemas de fondo, uno de ellos tiene que ver con la teoría de la conducta humana que plantea el conductismo, que ve en el ser humano a un <strong><em>homus economicus</em></strong>. Esta teoría, plantea que las personas funcionan de acuerdo a la estructura en las cuales están insertas, entonces si tú quieres tener cambios tienes que hacer cambios en la estructura y esto funcionando en términos de estímulos y respuestas, premio o castigo, este principio es el que se aplica teóricamente en Chile y de manera muy coherente por lo demás. El otro problema, radica en la visión de que si estos sistemas de gestión han sido exitosos en una fábrica deberían ser sistemas exitosos en la escuela. Por lo tanto, está declarada la asimilación de las escuelas a las fábricas en su funcionamiento, lo cual trae como supuesto terrible que los seres humanos somos como yogures, lápices… materia prima.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>De aquí se desprende el concepto de capital humano?</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> El concepto de capital humano es un poquito distinto, es un poquito viejo, es de la época moderna, no es posmoderna, como cuando se veía todo como un modelo industrial. El concepto de capital humano viene de la economía, y trata de  explicar la diferencia de rendimiento en la competencia internacional de los países según los años de escolaridad que tengan las personas. Está preocupado de generar recursos humanos para la producción, para decirlo de manera simple, la economía tiene derecho a tener su teoría de la educación, está en su derecho de decir: nosotros necesitamos capital humano para producir mejores ganancias; el problema es que lo que ha ocurrido desde el principio de los ochenta es que la economía se ha fagocitado todos los otros elementos que estaban en la base de la generación de políticas educativas. Para darte un ejemplo, si tú piensas en cuáles son las finalidades de la educación -lo único bueno que tiene la LEGE, en el artículo 2, platea como fines del sistema educativo: <strong><em>el desarrollo espiritual, ético, moral, afectivo, intelectual, artístico y físico</em></strong> &#8211; esas son cosas no son propias de la economía, no son conceptos que salgan de la economía sino que son de una visión del ser humanos como un ser humano integral, que en general es una de las fuentes para pensar la educación, el desarrollo de las personas, personas más integrales con dimensiones intelectuales, etc. La economía tiene una visión desde la economía de capital humano que es legítima, pero no es ni siquiera una de estas siete finalidades de la educación. El poder de la economía, al fagocitarse los principios fundamentales que han animado siempre a las políticas educativas, ha hecho que todas estas finalidades desaparezcan y que quede como única finalidad aquellos elementos que sean conducentes a la generación de capital humano, concebido como una fábrica, concebido como un proceso de producción propio del período moderno.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>La educación como una línea de producción…</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>JC:</strong> Claro, una línea de producción en torno a un producto bastante homogéneo, calidad significa precisamente eso, cómo entregar un producto homogéneo, o sea mala calidad significa que el resultado tiene variaciones, eso es mala calidad…, buena calidad son todos iguales.</p>
<p>El punto principal es el siguiente, el modelo instalado hace 30 años, de acuerdo a los propios indicadores que ha generado no ha producido ningún progreso, salvo la cumplir la promesa de “otra educación”. Es un modelo que tiene muchos defectos, se basa sólo en estándares que generan pruebas sobre lo qué se debe  aprender y qué no hay que aprender. En Chile son dos los estándares, lenguaje y matemáticas, entonces el aprendizaje se basa en qué es lo qué hay que aprender en lenguaje y matemáticas. Entonces, calidad va a ser el porcentaje de respuestas en dos ítems, lenguaje y matemáticas. Es tal el peso que se le ha atribuido al sistema de medición, medición que además es una forma de evaluación, que hace reducir todo el proceso de aprendizaje a subir los puntajes en esos dos ítems. Por lo tanto lo que no entra en la prueba no es relevante, no se enseña. Ahora, en los colegios con más dificultades, yo he escuchado a los Seremis: hay que subir los puntajes del SIMCE. Lo que ocurre es que se instala una dinámica de no enseñar, sino entrenar personas a pasar pruebas en lenguaje y matemáticas, y eso lo hacen bastante mal porque incluso para esas pruebas se requieren un cierto bagaje de educación.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:<em> Qué está pasando en los países desarrollados que adoptaron este modelo.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Un estudio realizado por la Universidad Cambridge Inglaterra, demuestra que el tipo de educación guiada por un curriculum central, con un sistema de evaluación con estándares ligados a este currículum central, genera que los profesores sean menos eficaces que antes por que manejan menos competencias, menos metodologías, están enfocados sólo en resolver las pruebas. El estudio concluye que la educación entendida en estos términos ha bajado su calidad, al punto que varios de los reinos del Reino Unido están por eliminar este sistema, no más evaluaciones antes de los 14 años. En algunos Estados de Norteamérica que han aplicado este sistema de evaluación ligado a estándares de desempeño, están produciendo una deserción escolar y desigualdad fenomenal. Por ejemplo Florida, donde está Jeff Bush de gobernador, en el 2008 por primera vez más del 50%, el 51% de los alumnos no salen con un certificado de secundaria. Estados unidos está viviendo la peor crisis de su historia en deserción escolar, hay más de un millón de jóvenes que están desertando. Lo que demuestran las investigaciones, es que hay una relación de causalidad con las políticas de fijar estándares. Esta política está generando que el 70% de los que abandonan la enseñanza sean los más pobres, hispánicos, negros, inmigrantes, esta es una situación de desigualdad fenomenal. Así, un sistema que en el papel aparece como una estructura muy lógica, bajo la consigna de mejorar la calidad y la equidad en la educación, lo que produce es pérdida de calidad y mayor desigualdad.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>O sea este modelo está fracasado en el mundo.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Donde existe evidencia empírica seria, demuestra que este modelo está fracasado.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Qué hay que hacer entonces?</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Primero, esto no quiere decir  que no haya que hacer capital humano, pero esto ya dejó de ser fértil. Entonces, qué es lo que hay que ver ahora. No es volver atrás, hay que ver qué es lo que ocurre hoy. Por ejemplo tú tienes un Blog, tú te relacionas y creas en Internet; las formas de producción, las formas de conocer en el mundo a través de Internet ha generado otro tipo de relación con la realidad. En la educación conductita se supone que hay una realidad objetiva que se impone al sujeto, entonces el profesor es el mediador que transmite la realidad objetiva hacia el sujeto que es el alumno. Hoy en día necesitamos una educación que nos permita entender que la realidad cambia según la interacción que tengan los sujetos con la realidad objetiva, la realidad cambia según la capacidad de interacción del sujeto con su entorno, los blog son un muy buen ejemplo de esto. Esto requiere de otro tipo de educación, uno tiene en última instancia que auto educarse; y las únicas personas que están en condiciones de lograr que los alumnos puedan auto educarse en la institucionalidad son los profesores. Lo que hay que hacer es un gran giro hacía los profesores, devolverles autonomía, devolverles poder, apoyarlos en todo lo que se pueda para que puedan generar un proceso de auto educación.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Para aterrizar el problema en Chile, si no seguimos aplicando este modelo… qué modelo aplicamos, cómo se arma un modelo qué no contenga estas implicancias economicistas. </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>JC:</strong> Primero, devolviéndole la educación a los profesores. Generando una estructura de apoyo a los profesores; por ejemplo, una cosa interesante es que la evaluación ha sido un elemento que ha sido legitimado y está en la cultura actual. El sistema de medición estandarizado, sirve como parte de la gestión pero no para el aprendizaje. Hay que generar un sistema de evaluación que puedan manejar los profesores de acuerdo a la diversidad de los alumnos, porque nosotros creemos profundamente que las personas son diversas, que hay diversidad, somos distintos. No somos estandarizados, el problema es que hay una lucha entre la diversidad y la estandarización. El sistema de control quiere que todos seamos iguales, de tal manera que pueda controlar mejor. Cuando tú tienes una sociedad diversificada, heterogénea, gente con distintos talentos, es una cuestión muy difícil de controlar.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Esa situación la sabe muy un profesor de aula.</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>JC:</strong> Claro, ya sea que tenga 10, 15, 20 o30 alumnos, sabe que tiene sujetos con distintos ritmos, con distintos intereses. Si  tú no logras conectarte con los distintos ritmos e intereses de los alumnos para que se auto eduquen, entonces el alumno se va, queda ausente, el 80% del tiempo los alumnos están en otra parte. Proponemos generar un sistema de apoyo a este proceso, con evaluaciones multidimensionales y multifuncionales. Multidimensional en el sentido de que pueda tocar las distintas finalidades de la educación que están contenidas en lo rescatable de LGE, por ejemplo como relacionarse con el alumno para fortalecer el desarrollo ético. Esta sociedad se está desarmando por la falta de ética social, ética laboral; o sea, toda la estructura que mantiene junta a la sociedad se está desarmando, el tema de la delincuencia es preocupante, porque este sistema conductista basado en pruebas deja de lado todos lo demás del ser humano, estamos generando una sociedad amoral, sin ética.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Pero, para implementar esa mirada educativa hay que generar cambios, en la formación inicial, en el curriculum, en la infraestructura, etc.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Claro, lo que está planteando Marco es una transformación en la sociedad chilena, a partir de descentralizar el sistema político y una transformación radical a través de la formación de las personas. Estas cosas no salen en los debates. Lo que se plantea en educación es un sistema descentralizado, con una mirada de abajo para arriba, nosotros queremos que haya un 70% de abajo para arriba y un 30% de arriba para abajo; con un sistema de apoyo que su foco sea el aula, después la escuela. Planteamos la implementación de una Agencia Local de Educación (ALE) de apoyo a la escuela, y ésta ligada a una cosa mayor que estamos llamando Sistema Regional de Aprendizaje (SRA). SRA implica a todas las Universidades, implica todas las escuelas, las redes, los centros de investigación que deberían generar conocimientos relevantes para los alumnos de esa región. Esto implica un cambio en los contenidos, un cambio en las historias, un cambio en los focos de aprendizaje determinados territorialmente por las regiones.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Sin pruebas estandarizadas</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> No estamos contra los estándares de referencia, pero estándares flexibles. Curriculum pequeño, flexible, apuntando al trabajo cooperativo entre los alumnos. Cuando los alumnos trabajan cooperativamente, no solamente están aprendiendo materias sino que están aprendiendo relaciones sociales. Esto requiere un nuevo tipo de formación, que no se te cae el mundo por el rol que desempeñas, que puedes aprender del otro, que puedes enseñar al otro. En el fondo, un proceso de auto aprendizaje en relación con otros diversos. Esto requiere un nuevo tipo de formación. Hoy día la sociedad les está pidiendo cosas a los profesores que la formación no les está dando. Debe haber un giro hacia el del desarrollo de las personas, no hacia el capital humano. Suena tan evidente, tan fome, educar personas. Estamos todos de acuerdo que hay que educar personas, no, no estamos todos de acuerdo, porque estamos implementando un sistema que no va para allá, que deja de lado las finalidades de la educación.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Pero, dentro de la realpolitik, Ud. cree posible que se pueda alcanzar consensos entorno a un modelo educativo que tenga las características que menciona.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC: </strong>Yo pienso que no debería ser muy difícil, porque todo lo que nosotros estamos hablando es muy razonable, no estamos violentando a nadie con lo que estamos diciendo. La parte difícil, de realpolitik, está sí se aprueba la ley que está en el Parlamento y que no está siendo discutida en este momento pero tiene suma urgencia, ahora, sí se les ocurra aprobarla en las vacaciones, van a crear una situación muy difícil para hacer un cambio en la educación; la actual ley está muy estructura, es muy poco flexible, desarmar eso va a ser una cosa muy difícil. Pero supongamos que no se pasa esa ley, no hay que violentar mucho la cosa.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Pero los acuerdos en este país no necesariamente se toman asumiendo los criterios del sentido común, algunas veces los llamados expertos controlan niveles, decisiones…</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> La tecno burocracia. Mira, en el mundo de la realpolitik, el 95% de las personas involucradas en educación conoce el problema. El problema es otro, existe un sentido común gramsciano que está instalado por el poder político, el poder económico, por el poder mediático y el poder cultural, que ha instalado un sistema de gestión, que es este sistema de evaluación SIMCE, mediciones que se constituyen en un sistema de control social como te decía anteriormente. Es una muy pequeña minoría la que se opone. Yo estoy seguro, que el Colegio de Profesores está en esta línea, ellos en uno de los últimos números de la Revista Docencia apuntan para allá. Si queremos mejorar la educación, hay que sacar este sistema de reformas basadas en estándares, si tú sacas esto se te abre el asunto.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Para ir cerrando, qué rol juegan las TICs en el proyecto educativo de Marco.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Mira, yo creo que es súper importante. No es un tema que hayamos desarrollado mucho. Lo primero, cada niño con un computador ya, medida concreta. Me cargan las medidas concretas… Haber, las medidas tienen sentido dentro de un diseño, sí no, no tienen ningún sentido. La conversación que hemos mantenido ha sido en torno a diseño; luego el diseño es un asunto postmoderno. Y lo que ha marcado este período son las transformaciones en las tecnologías de la información, las ALE que te mencionaba anteriormente son redes computacionales, el trabajo de evaluación de los profesores debe ser online, el acceder a la información, si los alumnos aprenden muy rápido. Lo que necesitamos es poder tocar cual es el interés del alumno, para que él empiece a autoformarse y en esto las nuevas tecnologías juegan un papel central.</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>La última pregunta, Juan Casassus, podría ser el próximo Ministro de Educación en caso de que ME-O resulte electo presidente.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Mira, veamos qué pasa. Marco está diciendo eso, pero la misma concepción del ministerio tiene que ser distinta. Encuentro que ser Ministro de Educación es andar con varios sacos a cuestas…</p>
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<p><strong>GB:</strong> <strong><em>Además es un cargo peligroso, en Chile los ministros de salud y educación duran muy poco.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>JC:</strong> Mira, lo que sí, de todas maneras yo voy a estar apoyando este programa, independientemente de cuál sea mi rol… a veces los ministros son los que tienen menos poder en estas cosas. Ahora bien, las personas que están a cargo de los programas nunca terminan siendo los ministros. Yo no estoy buscando un puesto público, pero yo soy un militante de la educación y esto que hemos hablado es para nuestros nietos, yo pienso que es una tarea súper urgente y para mi es un deber.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shock Value II: Review]]></title>
<link>http://whoisscout.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/shock-value-ii-review/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Scout</dc:creator>
<guid>http://whoisscout.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/shock-value-ii-review/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[INTRO (by DJ Felli Fel) CARRY OUT Featuring Justin Timberlake, in typical Timbo fashion, the track’s]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">INTRO (by DJ Felli Fel)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">CARRY OUT</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Justin Timberlake, in typical Timbo fashion, the track’s got a dark vibe to it. JT sounds different on the track, almost somewhat lower/less “I’m using my falsetto-style”. I like the way he rides the beat around the hook and the tune does grow on you when the hook loops over and over nearer the end of the song.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">LOSE CONTROL</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring JoJo</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">MEET IN THE MIDDLE</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Bran’Nu (Brandy) &#8211; this song might grow on me as I really like Brandy as an artist and I think she meshes with the beat nicely, but this jam isn’t all that exciting…</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">SAY SOMETHING</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Drake</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">TOMORROW IN A BOTTLE</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Chad Kroeger &#38; Sebastian</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">WE BELONG TO THE MUSIC</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Miley Cyrus. I&#8217;m not a fan of Ms Cyrus and I&#8217;m not feeling her on this track, but I’m sure if this was released it would be a hit because anything she touches turns to gold.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">MORNING AFTER DARK</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring SoShy and Nelly Furtado.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;">Thank you for this song.</h2>
<p style="text-align:center;">Only joint I can say that I 100% feel right now, maybe I’m just in a really unappreciative mood, but nothing else has really tickled my fancy.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Katy Perry. This song sounds so much like something else, but I just can’t put my finger on it : /</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">CAN YOU FEEL IT</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Sebastian &#38; Esthero.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Ugh – YES I CAN : )</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Like this beat. Esthero’s vocals are COOL&#62;<br />
Can you feel it – let’s go…</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">The breakdown at the end = best bit.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="color:#888888;">These strobe lights, girl girl</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="color:#888888;">The flashing lights, girl</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><span style="color:#888888;">So welcome to my nightlife world..WORL’ORLD</span></em><br />
(that little skit reminds me of somethin&#8217; Will.I.Am would come up with)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">EASE OFF THE LIQUOR</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">This is another jam. The bass is funky. TIMBO IS BACK. 3.46 onwards – love the strumming of the g.u.i.t.a.r. Hispanic vibe, YES. Now I’m hearing variation = enjoyment occurring</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">2 drinks is the minimum</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">UNDERTOW</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring The Fray &#38; Esthero.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">TIMOTHY WHERE YOU BEEN</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">This track = breath of fresh air, has a very different ‘atmosphere’ to much of the album. It’s nice to hear a guitar instead of the synthesised, electro, artificial beats that have dominated the previous songs. Jet and JoJo are nice additions to this track.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>EDIT</strong> – I actually &#60;3 this jaaaaaam.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">LONG WAY DOWN</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Daughtry.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">MARCHING ON</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Basically remixing OneRepublic&#8217;s song, like he did with &#8220;Apologize&#8221;, but I MUCH prefer the original version of “Marchin’ On” off of “Waking Up”…</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">THE ONE I LOVE</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Keri Hilson &#38; D.O.E.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">SYMPHONY</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Featuring Attitude, Bran&#8217;Nu &#38; D.O.E.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">My worry with this album is that the artists are bigger than the songs themselves. I looked at the tracklisting and saw all these big names; Brandy, Katy Perry, JT, Drake, Miley Cyrus, but I think the songs underwhelm. I found myself enticed by SHOCK VALUE, some of those beats were so SICK that they should have been illegal…whereas this time, I’m left wanting more. Having just listened to it once, everything sounds too similar. However that’s not to say I hate it all&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Standout tracks: Carry Out, Say Something, Morning After Dark, Can You Feel It, Ease Off The Liquor, Timothy Where Have You Been</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[On the utter insanity of the English recitation contest]]></title>
<link>http://justanotherjet.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/on-the-utter-insanity-of-the-english-recitation-contest/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>davidandshino</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I wish I could convey the utter insanity of the English recitation contest. They are held every year]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I wish I could convey the utter insanity of the English recitation contest. They are held every year, all over Japan, for Japanese schoolkids to demonstrate their mastery of English. Actually, there are two types of competition: the recitation contest, where all of the competitors recite a passage that has been chosen for them; and the speech contest, where the competitors write their own passage and then recite it. It sounds boring, and in many ways it is. In many other ways it’s just batshit crazy.</p>
<p>I have now attended two recitation contests, having coached several students in preparation for both. The challenges for most Japanese students of English are as follows: pronouncing the individual sounds; getting the intonation and breathing right; and remembering all the words. You’ll notice that understanding is not any sort of prerequisite. For my students there seems to be an additional challenge, which is just to understand how hard the students at other schools are prepared to work in their wild-eyed pursuit of victory. I know from their teachers that some of the winning students prepare for the competition a year in advance, and rehearse their lines almost every day – coming in at weekends in their bid to get the pronunciation right. I’m lucky if my students actually turn up after we’ve agreed a time for rehearsals.</p>
<p>To judge by the results on the day, though, they’re not alone. Like I say, words actually aren’t enough to convey the utter madness of spending three hours watching kids who can&#8217;t pronounce &#8216;th&#8217; or &#8216;l&#8217; or &#8216;r&#8217; reciting the same, austere passage about a Japanese diplomat, with enough emotion for about fifteen Hollywood blockbusters and intonation that is just as much of a rollercoaster ride. </p>
<p>Some of them even use sign-language for emphasis. During most recent contest, for example, there&#8217;s a line that goes: &#8220;The youngest child, Hiroki, came to the window too, and asked his mother what the people outside wanted.&#8221; At that point, one of the students actually drew an imaginary window in the air, then crouched down and pretended to be a child peering over the windowsill and then looking up to his mother. On the one hand it’s just as well or otherwise I&#8217;d have had no idea what he was saying; on the other hand it’s a bit like one of those over-literal karaoke videos, and if I could have understood what he’d been saying, there’d have been no need for mime. </p>
<p>After the contest another English teacher was chatting to my student, explaining that it’s time to start practicing for next year&#8217;s competition. I don’t anticipate any rehearsals any time soon. As I say, my students just don&#8217;t understand how hard kids at other schools are prepared to work. And I don&#8217;t really blame them &#8211; I&#8217;m not sure learning a speech that they don&#8217;t understand is really going to help their English&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[CCFE Fusion Research Centre]]></title>
<link>http://daegurth.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/ccfe-fusion-research-centre/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
<guid>http://daegurth.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/ccfe-fusion-research-centre/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I- and 15 others in my university&#8217;s physics society- went to CCFE, the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A couple of weeks ago, I- and 15 others in my university&#8217;s physics society- went to CCFE, the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, located near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It&#8217;s home to the MAST (Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak) reactor, a UK project on small-scale fusion, and JET (Joint European Torus), currently the world&#8217;s largest fusion reactor. It was in a winding-down phase, having finished its campaign of experiments for this year, allowing the engineers and robots to refit it for next year&#8217;s campaign.</p>
<p>One of the guides told us that this would be focusing on replicating as closely as possible a small scale version of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, pronounced <em>eat-er</em>), the vast reactor being built in the south of France that should be the final experimental step before commercial fusion reactors start being built around 2050. This will allow them to have two- once ITER is operational- sets of data from identically fitted reactors, the only variable being size, thereby allowing approximate extrapolation for comparison with other variables affected by size, such as power output, density, temperature gradients, magnetic containment effectiveness, etc. More data points would, of course, be preferable, but as each reactor costs several billion Euros/Pounds/Dollars to build, this seems unlikely to happen any time soon. The next step after ITER should be DEMO, a series of even larger demonstration reactors built in the seven ITER participants- Europe, the US, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and India. These should be the first reactors to run commercially, and will be the final stage before commercial deuterium-tritium fusion reactors start being built worldwide in around 2050.<!--more--></p>
<p>Back to the present day; we got a minibus from Uni at about 8am for the roughly 4 hour drive. We arrived at Culham Science Park at around one o&#8217;clock, having stopped for lunch at a service station. After recieving our ID badges from the reception building, we drove around to the first stop; the building containing MAST. It&#8217;s also home to Culham Lightning, who were testing lightning strikes on aircraft nose cones at the time of our vist, so added to the huge amount of machinery and systems in there, things were pretty noisy. First we were given a short presentation on fusion, but as the majority of vistors there are A-level students (11th/12th graders US equivalent), this didn&#8217;t expand at all on the introductory lecture we&#8217;d arranged the previous week from Professor Howard Wilson, a plasma physicist at York University and a researcher at Culham. Here are some pictures from the presentation room:</p>
<div id="attachment_175" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4057_2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-175" title="IMG_4057_2" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4057_2.jpg" alt="Interior of an operating fusion reactor." width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">MAST reactor in operation- it&#39;s a miniature sun.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_179" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4064.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-179" title="IMG_4064" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4064.jpg" alt="Electromagnet profile slice." width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Slice of one of the field shaping electromagnets. The holes are for cryogenic refrigeration.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_180" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4065.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-180" title="IMG_4065" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4065.jpg" alt="Huge Cable" width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">One of the high power cables. I&#39;m not sure the picture does its size justice.</p></div>
<p>We then moved onto taking a look at MAST itself. Several people were working on it at the time, so photo opportunities were limited:</p>
<div id="attachment_183" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 328px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4070.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-183" title="IMG_4070" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4070.jpg" alt="MAST injection system" width="318" height="425" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The control system for injecting gas into MAST.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_182" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 328px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4067.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-182" title="IMG_4067" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4067.jpg" alt="MAST neutral beam injection" width="318" height="425" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">MAST neutral beam injection and analysis ports.</p></div>
<p>Neutral Beam Injection is one way of feeding deuterium into the reactor. It works by ionising deuterium and accelerating it into a chamber of gaseous deuterium. It hits the atoms and accelerates them towards the reaction chamber at a few km/s. The other method is to freeze deuterium and tritium into small (a couple of mm) pellets at about 10K (-263°C; 1K=1°C), which are shot into the centre of the chamber at several hundred m/s. Current tokamaks fire 10 pellets a second for 10 seconds, whereas ITER should be capable of 16/s for an hour, in line with its much greater energy output and operating period.</p>
<div id="attachment_184" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4071.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-184" title="IMG_4071" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4071.jpg" alt="MAST's laser interferometer" width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Laser interferometer for measuring plasma density inside MAST.</p></div>
<p>After this we moved onto JET, which was further into the science park, and allowed me to get a picture of the type of building the reactors are in. Very unglamorous for the technology that seems to be in line to solve the world&#8217;s energy needs within a few decades.</p>
<div id="attachment_185" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4075.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-185" title="IMG_4075" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4075.jpg" alt="The outside of the MAST building" width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The unassuming MAST building exterior.</p></div>
<p>Once inside the JET building- which, unlike the MAST building, is entirely dedicated to the JET reactor- there were many more interesting things to see:</p>
<div id="attachment_186" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 328px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4080.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-186" title="IMG_4080" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4080.jpg" alt="Beryllium handling facility" width="318" height="425" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Beryllium is being used in many reactor components due to its ability to handle extreme temperatures.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_187" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4082.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-187" title="IMG_4082" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4082.jpg" alt="JET interior" width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Training duplicate of the JET reactor allows easy experimentation.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_188" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4085.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-188" title="IMG_4085" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4085.jpg" alt="Remote handling access port." width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Remote handling access port.</p></div>
<p>Quickly-snapped picture of the remote handling access port on the training reactor model. It&#8217;s used to get the remote handling equipment inside the reactor. There are two, at opposite sides, allowing two operations to proceed simultaneously, shortening refit and repair downtime.</p>
<div id="attachment_189" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4086.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-189" title="IMG_4086" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4086.jpg" alt="Remote handling manipulator." width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Remote handling manipulator.</p></div>
<p>The end of the remote handling equipment- a long, multiple-articulated computer-controlled robotic arm mounted on a crane- that does the actual manipulating. it is operated either by computer, or by remote operator who uses a similar-looking piece of equipment to convert his large hand and arm movements into the delicate and precise motions required intside the torus itself.</p>
<div id="attachment_190" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 328px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4087.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-190" title="IMG_4087" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4087.jpg" alt="The real JET" width="318" height="425" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The real JET.</p></div>
<p>JET itself. A huge piece of machinery- the largest fusion reactor in the world- but tiny by commercial requirement standards. ITER will dwarf it, and DEMO will be even larger again. That yellow wall, by the way, isn&#8217;t a wall. It&#8217;s a 2-metre-thick concrete-and-steel sliding door, to protect the operators from the high-energy neutrons being flung out by JET. ITER and subsequent reactors will have built-in shielding, so that they are safe to operate in a commercial environment- which is what all of this is leading up to.</p>
<div id="attachment_191" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 435px"><a href="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4088.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-191" title="IMG_4088" src="http://daegurth.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/img_4088.jpg" alt="The control centre." width="425" height="318" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The control centre.</p></div>
<p>The vast amount of computers- which go off the left, right and back of the picture, and the room to the right of this is filled with servers and hard drives to store all the data about every JET experiment in its 25+ year history. As this is a joint European venture, teams of scientists from other nations will come up with some parameters- certain temperatures, fuel ratios, desities, etc- for an experiment and ask CCFE to include it in its next campaign. They search the archives to see if it has been done before. If it has, they pass along the data. If not, then they include it in either the next campaign or the one after. This room holds the on-site staff monitoring the experiment, and sometimes foreign teams who come over to watch their experiment run. It&#8217;s possible for them to stay at home if they prefer, however, and watch the experiment proceed over the internet.</p>
<p>Well, that&#8217;s it. Hope you enjoyed seeing the current state of fusion technology. I firmly believe that it&#8217;s going to solve most, if not all, of our energy problems. Perhaps not overnight, but sooner rather than later. And the best news of all is that it&#8217;s carbon (and other greenhouse gases)-neutral, we have enough fuel to last for centuries, probably millenia (half a bath of seawater and  one laptop battery contain enough deuterium and lithium (which, when reacted with the neutrons generated by the fusion, produces tritium) to supply a person&#8217;s energy needs for a year) and produces no radioactive waste other than some of the reactor components when it&#8217;s eventually decommissioned.</p>
<p>Feel free to leave comments or questions.</p>
<p>~Rob</p>
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<link>http://caixasdesom.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/de-repente-e-amor/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bruna</dc:creator>
<guid>http://caixasdesom.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/de-repente-e-amor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Filme lindo, com uma trilha sonora linda também. Algumas das músicas do filme (e minhas favoritas) e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KqmrmBJQCSQ/Sn9OOl5HCNI/AAAAAAAABsk/4SVd2xR3ujw/s400/a_lot_like_love.jpg" alt="" width="248" height="320" />Filme lindo, com uma trilha sonora linda também. Algumas das músicas do filme (e minhas favoritas) eu listei aqui.</p>
<p>Mint Car - The Cure<br />
Brighter Than Sunshine &#8211; Aqualung<br />
Look What You&#8217;ve Done &#8211; Jet<br />
I&#8217;ll Be There For You &#8211; Bon Jovi (<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">detonada </span>cantada pelo Ashton Kutcher no filme)<br />
Breathe &#8211; Anna Nalick</p>
<p><em>Ashton cantando I&#8217;ll Be There For You</em> (ele mesmo canta até direitinho, mas o dublador dele&#8230;)  <br />
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<p><strong>Brighter Than Sunshine &#8211; Aqualung </strong><br />
I never understood before<br />
I never knew what love was for<br />
My heart was broke, my head was sore<br />
What a feeling</p>
<p>Tied up in ancient history<br />
I didn&#8217;t believe in destiny<br />
I look up you&#8217;re standing next to me<br />
What a feeling</p>
<p>What a feeling in my soul<br />
Love burns brighter than sunshine<br />
Brighter than sunshine<br />
Brigther than sunshine<br />
Let the rain fall, i don&#8217;t care<br />
I&#8217;m yours and suddenly you&#8217;re mine<br />
Suddenly you&#8217;re mine<br />
and it&#8217;s brighter than sunshine</p>
<p>I never saw it happening<br />
I&#8217;d given up and given in<br />
I just couldn&#8217;t take the hurt again<br />
What a feeling</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t have the strength to fight<br />
suddenly you seemed so right<br />
Me and you<br />
What a feeling</p>
<p>What a feeling in my soul<br />
Love burns brighter than sunshine<br />
It&#8217;s brighter than sunshine<br />
Let the rain fall, I don&#8217;t care<br />
I&#8217;m yours and suddenly you&#8217;re mine<br />
Suddenly you&#8217;re mine</p>
<p>It&#8217;s brighter than the sun<br />
It&#8217;s brighter than the sun<br />
It&#8217;s brighter than the sun, sun, shine.</p>
<p>Love will remain a mystery<br />
But give me your hand and you will see<br />
Your heart is keeping time with me</p>
<p>What a feeling in my soul<br />
Love burns brighter than sunshine<br />
It&#8217;s brighter than sunshine<br />
Let the rain fall, I don&#8217;t care<br />
I&#8217;m yours and suddenly you&#8217;re mine<br />
Suddenly you&#8217;re mine</p>
<p>I got a feeling in my soul &#8230;(repeat chorus to end)</p>
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<link>http://stopaerialspraying.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/chemtrails-%e2%80%93-%ce%bc%ce%b1%ce%b6%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%af-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%83%cf%85%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%af-%ce%b1%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%88%ce%b5%ce%ba/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stopaerialspraying</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Σήμερα Σάββατο 28 Νοεμβρίου 2009 συνεχίστηκαν οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” σχεδόν πάνω από όλη την]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Σήμερα Σάββατο 28 Νοεμβρίου 2009 συνεχίστηκαν οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” σχεδόν πάνω από όλη την Ελλάδα. Ειδικά πάνω από την βορειοανατολική Ελλάδα έγιναν μαζικοί αεροψεκασμοί, στην υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα έγιναν συστηματικοί αεροψεκασμοί. Η καθημερινότητα συνεχίζεται και χαμπάρι δεν παίρνει κανένας. Τα Chemtrails είναι αλήθεια.</p>
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<p><!--more--> Πηγή: http://notrailscontrailschemtrails.blogspot.com/</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ChemTrails – Μαζικές “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” σήμερα πάνω από την Ελλάδα ]]></title>
<link>http://stopaerialspraying.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/chemtrails-%e2%80%93-%ce%bc%ce%b1%ce%b6%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ad%cf%82-%e2%80%9c%ce%b5%cf%80%ce%b9%cf%87%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%81%ce%ae%cf%83%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%88%ce%b5%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%83/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stopaerialspraying</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Σήμερα Παρασκευή 27 Νοεμβρίου 2009 γίνονται μαζικοί αεροψεκασμοί πάνω από την Θεσσαλονίκη και πάνω α]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Σήμερα Παρασκευή 27 Νοεμβρίου 2009 γίνονται μαζικοί αεροψεκασμοί πάνω από την Θεσσαλονίκη και πάνω από όλη την Ελλάδα. Από τις πρώτες πρωινές ώρες τα αεροπλάνα άρχισαν τις “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” πάνω από την Βόρεια Ελλάδα και μέσα σε λίγες ώρες άλλαξαν την όψη ολόκληρου του ουρανού, γεμίζοντας τον με τεχνητές χημικές αραιές νεφώσεις. Στην Αττική οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” άρχισαν μετά τις δώδεκα. Δείτε στο 2:36 πως το αεροπλάνο άρχισε να εκπέμπει μεγάλη χημική γραμμή. Οι μεγάλες γραμμές που βλέπουμε δεν είναι τα παγωμένα καύσιμα, αλλά αυτό που παγώνει και εξαπλώνεται είναι το χημικό ψεκάσιμο υλικό. Αν ήταν τα τυχόν παγωμένα καύσιμα όπως θέλουνε να πιστεύουμε, τότε καθημερινά μέρα και νύχτα θα υπήρχαν εκατοντάδες μεγάλες γραμμές και ο ουρανός θα ήταν συνέχεια “συννεφιασμένος”. Τα τυχόν καύσιμα χάνονται μέσα σε 15 με 30 δευτερόλεπτα ανάλογα με την ταχύτητα του αεροπλάνου (Contrails). Αν μένουν και εξαπλώνονται, είναι το χημικό ψεκάσιμο υλικό (Chemtrails). Απαιτούμε επιτέλους από το όποιο ελληνικό δημόσιο να μας πει τι είδους πειράματα γίνονται πάνω από την χώρα μας. Οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” η Chemtrails είναι πραγματικότητα.</p>
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<p><!--more--> Πηγή: http://notrailscontrailschemtrails.blogspot.com/</p>
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<title><![CDATA[PHYSICOCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF LIQUIDS]]></title>
<link>http://oscillator2.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/producing-physicochfmigal-effects-in-liquids/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fishgal</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oscillator2.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/producing-physicochfmigal-effects-in-liquids/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[PRODUCING PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS IN LIQUIDS by S.I. Fishgal US PTO Application 941,379 dated 09/12/]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;">PRODUCING PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS IN LIQUIDS by S.I. Fishgal<br />
US PTO Application 941,379 dated 09/12/1978</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE</p>
<p>   A method of producing physicochemical effects in liquids by flowing a pressurized liquid through a nozzle forming a cavitating jet impinging upon an obstacle and generating oscillations in the liquid independently on the regime of flow round said obstacle. The latter is made as a cylindrical collar with the through axial conoidal hole, its greater bore opposing the nozzle.<br />
   In the second embodiment of the present invention, the nozzle has a ring-slot shape with a two-stage cylinder, the smaller stage emanated from the nozzle.<br />
   Above devices can be installed in an impeller submerged in the treated liquid and revolved to achieve said jet velocity.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION</p>
<p>   This invention relates to methods of producing physicochemical effects in liquids by a pressurized liquid flowing through a nozzle forming a jet impinging upon an obstacle and generating oscillations in the liquid.<br />
Most known device of such a type is an ultrasonic whistle described in Theodor F. Hueter and Richard H. Bolt. Sonics. John Wiley &#38; Sons, Inc., New York, 1955, pp. 288-295; Richard G. Goldman. Ultrasonic Technology. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, 1962, pp. 94-107, 137-139). Ultrasonic whistles with a vibrating blade are in US patents Nos. 2,657,021; 3,176,964 and 3,926,413.<br />
   Those devices cannot enhance the intensity of the physicochemical treatment of the liquid by elevating cavitation of the jet by raising its velocity. This is explained by the wave-drag change of the medium by cavitation bubbles aroused in the high-speed jet (the velocity being around or above the critical one). That is why it is difficult to bring the oscillating obstacle into resonance. Besides, ultrasonic whistles have the fatigue failure in the oscillating blade. Still another disadvantage is a relatively small pressure range within which the device operates.<br />
   It is therefore objective of the present invention to get rid of above disadvantages by eliminating any movement of the details and elevating the efficiency. This allows achieving heterogeneous and homogenous effects in liquid-liquid systems and liquid-solids ones: emulsification, dispersion, enhancing chemical reactions, wastewater treatment, degassing, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION</p>
<p>   Above objective is achieved by increasing the jet velocity to cause cavitation in the jet independently on the regime of the flow round the obstacle, the oscillations generated by the latter being non-disturbed by said cavitation. For this, the obstacle in the first embodiment of the present invention is made as a nozzle collar with the through axial conoidal hole, its greater bore opposing the nozzle.<br />
   In the second embodiment, the obstacle is a two-staged cylinder, its smaller stage emanating from a ring-slot nozzle.<br />
The nozzle and obstacle of both the embodiments can be installed in an impeller submerged into the treated liquid and rotated to achieve said jet velocity.<br />
   The invention has also other distinguishing characteristics and objectives, which will be more apparent from the following detailed description, drawings, and appended claims.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS</p>
<p>   Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the first embodiment of the invention;<br />
   Fig. 2 is a top view of a nozzle collar taken along line II-II of Fig. 1;<br />
   Fig. 3 is a top view of a cone taken along line III-III of Fig. 1;<br />
   Fig. 4 is a top view of a screw taken along line IV-IV of Fig. 1;<br />
   Fig. 5 is a partial sectional view of the second embodiment of the invention;<br />
   Fig. 6 is a sectional view of an impeller according to the first embodiment of the invention;<br />
   Fig. 7 is a bottom view taken on arrow VII of Fig. 6;<br />
   Fig. 8 is a sectional view of an impeller according to the second embodiment of the invention;<br />
   Fig. 9 is a bottom view taken on arrow IX of Fig. 8.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS</p>
<p>   In the present invention, physicochemical effects are achieved by combined action of cavitation produced both by jet and (ultra)sonic oscillations. Thus, a large high-intensity cavitation field is formed. The mechanism of creation of cavitating jet and its action has been described in my previous patent application bearing the same title.<br />
   A pressurized liquid flows through a nozzle forming a jet impinging upon an obstacle. The most efficiency is achieved when cavitation regime has aroused (at critical velocity) without disturbing the possibility to generate oscillations by the obstacle.<br />
   Liquid is treated in the device (Fig. 1) consisting of a body 1 with an inlet 2 and outlet 3, a nozzle and an obstacle 4 assembled by a collar 5 and a screw 6. The nozzle is shaped as a ring slot formed by a conical collar 7. In its hole, a cone 8 is placed, the greater diameter of the latter being in the smaller bore of the conical collar 7.<br />
   In the first embodiment of the invention (Fig. 1 and 6), the obstacle 4 is made as a nozzle collar with the through axial conoidal hole. Its greater bore opposes the nozzle and is 20-27 times greater than the slot width of the nozzle. The smaller bore of the conoid is 12-16 times greater than the slot.<br />
   The distance between the nozzle and the face plane of the conoidal collar 4 (Fig. 1 and 6) is 11-17 times greater than the slot and is adjusted by the length variation of the collar 5 (Fig. 1). Upon reaching the face plane of the conoidal collar 4, the jet emanated from the nozzle sharply changes its direction. Then the part of the jet enters the conoidal hole of the collar 4 and flows out with a velocity lowered by the conoidal shape.     A lower pressure region is created inside the jet in the zone of its maximum energy. Thus, the pressures difference outside and inside the jet forms a toroidal region with cavitation bubbles inside. This cavitation field has high intensity and is adjusted by changing the velocity of the delivered liquid. Cavitation effects are enhanced by a backpressure maintained by a valve 9 on the outlet 3.<br />
   In the second embodiment of the invention (Fig. 5 and 8), the obstacle 4 is shaped as a two-staged cylinder, its smaller stage extending from the nozzle. The stages diameters are appropriately equal to 0.45-0.55 and 0.92-0.96 of the ring slot’s root diameter. The distance between the nozzle and face plane of the greater stage is 0.45-0.55 of said root diameter and is adjusted as above.<br />
   The ring jet from the nozzle forms the ring cavity around the obstacle with a lower pressure. The part of the jet rushes to that cavity and forms a toroidal region with cavitation bubbles inside. This cavitation field has high intensity with a constant fundamental frequency adjusted as above.<br />
   In rotating-impeller-type devices (Fig. 6-9), the nozzles and obstacles are situated on the periphery of an impeller, processes being similar. The difference lies only in the methods of creating jets, although rotation distorts toroidal cavities.<br />
   A prototype of the invention had such parameters: the slot width &#8211; 0.15 inches; pressure in the inlet &#8211; 750-1000 psi; that in the outlet &#8211; to 75 Psi; the flow rate &#8211; 15-17 US gal/min.<br />
   The invention is used for making suspensions and emulsions, size reduction of particulates suspended in the liquid, degassing, aeration (when the impeller is a surface aerator), activating chemical, electrochemical and catalytic reactions, waste-water treatment, destruction of bacteria, extraction of biologically active substances reduced to fragments and dispersed in a liquid, etc.</p>
<p>   What is claimed is:</p>
<p>   1. A method of producing physicochemical effects in liquids by a pressurized liquid flow through a nozzle forming a jet impinging upon an obstacle to generate oscillations in the liquid, wherein said obstacle is shaped as a nozzle collar, its greater bore opposing said nozzle.<br />
   2. The method of claim 1 wherein said nozzle is shaped as a ring slot, the distance between the latter and the face plane of said nozzle collar being 11-17 times greater than the slot width.<br />
   3. The method of claim 2 wherein said greater bore is 20-27 times greater than the slot width, the smaller bore being 12-16 times greater than that width.<br />
   4. A method of producing physicochemical effects in liquids by pressurized liquid flow through a nozzle to forming a jet impinging upon an obstacle to generate oscillations in the liquid, wherein said nozzle is shaped as a ring slot formed by a two-staged cylinder, its smaller stage extending out of the nozzle and serving as said obstacle.<br />
   5. The method of claim 4 wherein the diameters of said stages are appropriately equal to 0.45 – 0.55 and 0.92-0.96 of the root diameter of said ring slot, the distance between the nozzle and the face plane of the greater stage being 0.15-0.55 of said root diameter.<br />
   6. A method of producing, physicochemical effects in liquids by a pressurized liquid flowing through a nozzle and forming a jet impinging upon an obstacle to generate oscillations in the liquid, wherein said pressurizing is achieved by centrifugal forces developed in said nozzle installed along said obstacle in a revolved impeller submerged in the relatively stagnant liquid to be pressurized.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[JET Performs For LD Sessions &gt;&gt; Exclusive Performance From LiveDaily Sessions]]></title>
<link>http://indymusic.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/jet-performs-for-ld-sessions-exclusive-performance-from-livedaily-sessions/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>You Are the Music</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[more about &#8220;JET Performs For LD Sessions &gt;&gt; Exclu&#8230;&#8220;, posted with vodpod We s]]></description>
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<div style="font-size:10px;">more about &#8220;<a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/2592083-jet-performs-for-ld-sessions-exclusive-performance-from-livedaily-sessions?pod=">JET Performs For LD Sessions &#62;&#62; Exclu&#8230;</a>&#8220;, posted with <a href="http://vodpod.com?r=wp">vodpod</a></div>
<p><a href="http://indymusic.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/shaka.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5641" title="shaka" src="http://indymusic.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/shaka.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>We saw JET back in 2004 on their Australian Tour for &#8216;Get Born&#8217; in Sydney and it was over the top, we got more than we came for in rock entertainment value.. As most we were disappointed in their sophomore release but are glad they got back to the basics that made their debut album rock with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shaka-Rock-JET/dp/B0029LHW4A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=music&#38;qid=1259380075&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Shaka Rock</a>.. check out all the LD session<a href="http://www.livedaily.com/sessions/76.html" target="_blank"> here</a> for some of their new material. As well check out our favorite new song, &#8220;She&#8217;s a Genius&#8221; performed live <a href="http://indymusic.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/jet-touring-the-us/">here.</a></p>
<p><span style='text-align:left;display:block;'><p><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Findymusic.wordpress.com%2Ffiles%2F2009%2F11%2Fjet-walk_shaka_rock.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF' /></object></p></span><a href="http://indymusic.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jet-walk_shaka_rock.mp3">JET &#8211; Walk</a></p>
<p><span style='text-align:left;display:block;'><p><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Findymusic.wordpress.com%2Ffiles%2F2009%2F11%2Fjet-beat_on_repeat.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF' /></object></p></span><a href="http://indymusic.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jet-beat_on_repeat.mp3">Jet &#8211; Beat On Repeat</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pesawat-Pesawat Tercepat di Dunia]]></title>
<link>http://islamarket.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/pesawat-pesawat-tercepat-di-dunia/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>islamarket.net</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Berdasarkan rekor kecepatan udara (Air speed record) yang diklasifikasikan oleh Fédération Aéronauti]]></description>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;">Berdasarkan rekor kecepatan udara (Air speed record) yang diklasifikasikan oleh Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), menyebutkan bahwa Pesawat non eksperimental yang memegang rekor tercepat di dunia sampai saat tulisan ini diplubikasikan, masih dipegang oleh SR-71 Blackbird dengan kecepatan 3530 km/jam (Mach 3,2).</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Namun sebetulnya ada pesawat experimental yang lebih cepat namun tanpa awak (unmanned), yaitu Boeing X-43 NASA yang mencapai kecepatan 12144 km/jam (Mach 9,8). Berikut adalah pesawat-pesawat atau benda terbang tercepat di dunia sesuai dengan kelasnya.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">1. BOEING NASA X-43<br />
( Pesawat tanpa awak tercepat di dunia / the fastest unmanned aircraft in the world)<br />
X-43 merupakan pesawat tanpa awak tercepat di dunia sekaligus menjadi benda terbang tecepat di bumi ini. X-43 merupakan sebuah pesawat eksperimen hipersonik tanpa awak (unmanned experimental hypersonic aircraft) yang dirancang dengan banyak variasi skala dimaksudkan untuk mengetes aspek yang beragam dalam penerbangan supersonic. Ini merupakan bagian dari program NASA Hyper-X.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">NASA X-43 mencetak rekornya pada 16 November 2004 dengan mencapai kecepatan 12144 km/jam (Mach 9,8) pada ketinggian 13157 meter. Cara penerbangannya, Roket Pegasus yang membawa X-43 diluncurkan dari pesawat Boeing B-52. Setelah mencapai ketinggian yang diinginkan, roket ini dibuang, selanjutnya X-43 melaju dengan mesinnya sendiri yaitu mesin Scramjet.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Spesifikasi X-43 : – Berat (weight) = 1300 kg<br />
- Panjang (length) = 3,7 meter<br />
- Top speed = 12144 km/h (Mach 9,8)<br />
- Awak (crew) = 0<br />
<img src="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0403/x43a2_nasa_big.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">2. North American X-15<br />
(Pesawat bertenaga roket dan berawak tercepat di dunia)<br />
X-15 merupakan pesawat bertenaga roket (rocket-powered aircraft) tercepat di dunia, sekaligus pesawat berawak tercepat di dunia (the fastest manned aircraft in the world). X-15 merupakan pesawat tercepat ke-2 di bumi. Sebagaimana dengan X-43, X-15 juga merupakan pesawat experimental NASA.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Spesifikasi X-15 : – Top speed = 7274 km/h (Mach 6,7)<br />
- Jangkauan (range) = 450 km<br />
- Awak (crew) = 1<br />
- Panjang = 15,45 m<br />
- Berat = 6620 kg<br />
<img src="http://www.dougncart.com/images/aviationpaintings/X-15number2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">3. Lockheed SR-71 BLACKBIRD<br />
(Pesawat jet berawak tercepat di dunia / the fastest jet airplane in the world)<br />
Untuk jenis pesawat jet berawak non-experimental tercepat di dunia jatuh kepada SR-71 Blackbird. SR-71 mempati peringkat ke-3 pesawat tercepat di bumi. SR-71 merupakan pesawat dari pabrikan Lockheed. Pesawat ini merupakan pesawat intai strategis (Strategic Reconnaissance) yang dioperasikan oleh Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat. Pesawat ini mencetak rekor kecepatan pada 28 Juli 1976 yang diawaki oleh Kapten Eldon W. Joersz dan Mayor George T. Morgan dengan kecepatan 3530 km/h (Mach 3,2) pada ketinggian 80000 ft (24 km).<br />
Angkatan Udara AS mengkalim bahwa SR-71 merupakan satu-satunya pesawat mereka yang dapat beroperasi secara optimal pada ketinggian 24000 meter. Struktur Blackbird 93 % terbuat dari titanium agar pesawat tetap kokoh saat melaju dengan kecepatan di atas Mach 3. SR-71 kerap digunakan untuk melakukan tugas spionase (mata-mata) ke daerah musuh, sehingga untuk itulah pesawat ini dirancang agar dapat terbang tinggi agar tidak tertangkap radar dan senjata anti pesawat musuh.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Spesifikasi : – Top speed = 3530 km/h (Mach 3,2)<br />
- Awak = 2<br />
- Jangkauan (range) = 5400 km<br />
- Panjang = 32,74 m<br />
- Berat = 30600 kg<br />
<img src="http://www.thedctraveler.com/files/2006/11/lockheed_sr-71_blackbird-in-flight.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">4. Westland Lynx 800 G-LYNX<br />
(Helikopter tercepat di dunia / the fastest helicopter in the world)<br />
Adalah helikopter Inggris raya yang dirancang oleh AgustaWestland. Westland Lynx 800 merupakan helikopter tercepat di dunia dan menempati peringkat ke-50an pesawat tercepat di dunia. Helikopter ini membukukan rekor pada 11 Agustus 1986 dengan kecepatan 401 km/jam (Mach 0,3). Westland Lynx biasa digunakan untuk SAR, pengangkutan strategis, air support, anti kapal selam, dll. Westland Lynx 800 mengalahkan kecepatan Sikorsy X-2 (366 km/jam) yang saat ini masih dalam tahap uji coba.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Spesifikasi :<br />
- Top speed = 401 km/h (Mach 0,3)<br />
- Jangkauan (range) = 528 km<br />
<img src="http://www.aviastar.org/foto/gallery/westland/west_lynx_mk8_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Selain itu, adapun air speed record lainnya sesuai klasifikasi FAI adalah :</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">- Fastest gliding aircraft (Pesawat tanpa mesin tercepat) = Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4DM (306,8 km/h)<br />
<img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/1/9/0/0962091.jpg" alt="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/1/9/0/0962091.jpg" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">- Fastest straight-line piston-engined aircraft (pesawat bermesin piston tercepat) = F8F Bearcat Rare Bear (850 km/h)<br />
<img src="http://www.aviationtrivia.info/images/rare_bear.jpg" alt="http://www.aviationtrivia.info/images/rare_bear.jpg" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">- Speed attained during atmospheric reentry (kecepatan selama memasuki / penetrasi atmosfer bumi) = Pesawat ulang alik ( 28000 km/jam)<br />
<img src="http://techno.okezone.com/images-data/content/2008/12/13/56/173218/E8maOFAxBt.jpg" alt="http://techno.okezone.com/images-data/content/2008/12/13/56/173218/E8maOFAxBt.jpg" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">- Fastest landing speed record (pendaratan tercepat) = Tupolev Tu-134A (415 km/jam)<br />
<img src="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/VIEWLINER/PTA/TU03.jpg" alt="http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r293/VIEWLINER/PTA/TU03.jpg" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Sumber: kaskus.us</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Las mejores canciones de la década del 2000: Puestos 30 al 26]]></title>
<link>http://sopadenoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/las-mejores-canciones-de-la-decada-del-2000-puestos-30-al-26/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sebastián Spano</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Y llegamos nomás a la mitad de este ranking. Ya develamos 25 canciones y faltan otras 25. A estar at]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Y llegamos nomás a la mitad de este ranking. Ya develamos 25 canciones y faltan otras 25. A estar atentos que se viene lo mejor!</p>
<p><strong>30. &#8220;I DON&#8217;T FEEL LIKE DANCIN&#8217;&#8221; &#8211; SCISSOR SISTERS (2006)</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/johndoe1987/IDontFeelLikeDancin.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="350" /></p>
<p><span style='text-align:left;display:block;'><p><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goear.com%2Ffiles%2Fsst3%2Fmp3files%2F19022007%2F0bb3ac7aac5d5262edb8b641413506b9.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF' /></object></p></span></p>
<p><strong>29. &#8220;FEEL GOOD INC.&#8221; &#8211; GORILLAZ (2005)</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/johndoe1987/FeelGoodInc.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="350" /></p>
<p><span style='text-align:left;display:block;'><p><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goear.com%2Ffiles%2Fsst2%2Fmp3files%2F01072006%2F920debd2014c593c8965823559302db7.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF' /></object></p></span></p>
<p><strong>28. &#8220;CITY OF BLINDING LIGHTS&#8221; &#8211; U2 (2005)</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/johndoe1987/CityOfBlindingLights.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="350" /></p>
<p><span style='text-align:left;display:block;'><p><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goear.com%2Ffiles%2Fsst%2Fmp3files%2F%2F7a4e94048e15fc8e4d6b8116725f52fd.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF' /></object></p></span></p>
<p><strong>27. &#8220;DON&#8217;T STOP&#8221; &#8211; THE ROLLING STONES (2002)</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/johndoe1987/DontStop.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="350" /></p>
<p><span style='text-align:left;display:block;'><p><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goear.com%2Ffiles%2Fsst3%2Fmp3files%2F11032007%2F66cf8a51be3118200a5855931f806d8a.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF' /></object></p></span></p>
<p><strong>26. &#8220;ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL&#8221; &#8211; JET (2003)</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b136/johndoe1987/AreYouGonnaBeMyGirl.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="350" /></p>
<p><span style='text-align:left;display:block;'><p><object type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' width='290' height='24' id='audioplayer1'><param name='movie' value='http://wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/player.swf' /><param name='FlashVars' value='&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0xeeeeee&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0xcccccc&amp;rightbghover=0x999999&amp;righticon=0x666666&amp;righticonhover=0xffffff&amp;text=0x666666&amp;slider=0x666666&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0x9FFFB8&amp;soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goear.com%2Ffiles%2Fsst%2Fmp3files%2F02082006%2F756e6395795ee1511b45df44fa4a1eb6.mp3' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#FFFFFF' /></object></p></span></p>
<p><a href="http://sopadenoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/las-mejores-canciones-de-la-decada-del-2000-puestos-50-al-46/"><strong>PUESTOS 50 AL 46</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sopadenoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/las-mejores-canciones-de-la-decada-del-2000-puestos-45-al-41/"><strong>PUESTOS 45 AL 41</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sopadenoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/las-mejores-canciones-de-la-decada-del-2000-puestos-40-al-36/"><strong>PUESTOS 40 AL 36</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sopadenoticias.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/las-mejores-canciones-de-la-decada-del-2000-puestos-35-al-31/"><strong>PUESTOS 35 AL 31</strong></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fly With WestJet]]></title>
<link>http://blog.pricepickle.com/2009/11/27/fly-with-westjet/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>PricePickle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.pricepickle.com/2009/11/27/fly-with-westjet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[WestJet is Canada&#8217;s preferred airline, offering scheduled service throughout its 66-city North]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a title="WestJet" href="http://www.pricepickle.com/merchants/westjet-airlines-coupons.html" target="_blank">WestJet </a>is Canada&#8217;s preferred airline, offering scheduled service throughout its 66-city North American and Caribbean network. Named one of Canada&#8217;s most admired corporate cultures in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, WestJet offers low-cost flying in Canada. WestJet offers more legroom, leather seats and live seatback TV on its fleet of 79 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. With future confirmed deliveries for an additional 42 aircraft, bringing its fleet to 121 by 2013, why would you want to fly with anyone else? Westjet has a great staff that is upbeat and funny making your travels even better. You can purchase tickets right online with WestJet or even Travelocity. So book your next vacation or holiday travel with WestJet.com.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Printer Canon Pixma MP496 &amp; MP276]]></title>
<link>http://tentangdigital.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/printer-canon-pixma-mp496-mp276/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Om Digit</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tentangdigital.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/printer-canon-pixma-mp496-mp276/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Canon Pixma MP496 dan MP276 Kabar hangat untuk para Canonian yang lagi cari printer. Om Digit ada se]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flickrfan: Jet d'eau ]]></title>
<link>http://flickrfanstan.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/flickrfan-jet-deau/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sgarrett6</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flickrfanstan.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/flickrfan-jet-deau/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Photographed by Daniele Sartori A group of swans on the Lake of Geneva and behind them the &quot;Jet]]></description>
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<p>Photographed by Daniele Sartori</p>
<blockquote><p>A group of swans on the Lake of Geneva and behind them the &#34;Jet d&#8217;eau&#34;, Geneva (Switzerland)</p></blockquote>
<p align="right">&#8211; <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/" rel="nofollow">License</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Everything Will Be Alright - Jet]]></title>
<link>http://caixasdesom.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/everything-will-be-alright-jet/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bruna</dc:creator>
<guid>http://caixasdesom.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/everything-will-be-alright-jet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Me diga de novo que tudo vai ficar bem. :} Tell me everything Tell me everything Everything will be ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Me diga de novo que tudo vai ficar bem. :}</p>
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<p>Tell me everything<br />
Tell me everything<br />
Everything will be alright<br />
It&#8217;s gonna be alright</p>
<p>Tell me everything<br />
Tell me everything<br />
Everything will be alright<br />
It&#8217;s gonna be alright<br />
They&#8217;ll never hurt you again</p>
<p>Now where to run no end in sight<br />
Tell everyone that you are right<br />
Yeah</p>
<p>Tell me tell me again will it ever end<br />
Nothing seems to come out right<br />
It doesn&#8217;t come out right<br />
Ain&#8217;t it the truth</p>
<p>No where to run no end in sight<br />
Tell everyone that you&#8217;re are right<br />
All of this life I never meant to tell a lie<br />
And if I can hold I tell you its alright</p>
<p>No where to run no end in sight<br />
Tell everyone that you&#8217;re alright<br />
All of this life I never meant to tell a lie<br />
And if I can hold I tell you its alright</p>
<p>And if I can hold I tell you its alright</p>
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<title><![CDATA["What the hell I did"]]></title>
<link>http://iphonefotos.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/what-the-hell-i-did/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alibi81</dc:creator>
<guid>http://iphonefotos.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/what-the-hell-i-did/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[ChemTrails – Συνεχίζονται και σήμερα Τετάρτη οι επιχειρήσεις ψεκασμών πάνω από την Ελλάδα ]]></title>
<link>http://stopaerialspraying.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/chemtrails-%e2%80%93-%cf%83%cf%85%ce%bd%ce%b5%cf%87%ce%af%ce%b6%ce%bf%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%83%ce%ae%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b5%cf%84%ce%ac%cf%81%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%bf/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stopaerialspraying</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Συνεχίζονται και σήμερα Τετάρτη 25 Νοεμβρίου 2009, οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” πάνω από όλη την Ε]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Συνεχίζονται και σήμερα Τετάρτη 25 Νοεμβρίου 2009, οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” πάνω από όλη την Ελλάδα. Τα αεροπλάνα με τις μεγάλες χημικές γραμμές (chemtrails) που ψεκάζουν, δημιουργούνται τεχνητές χημικές αραιές νεφώσεις που καλύπτουν τον γαλανό ουρανό, και σταδιακά πέφτουνε προς το έδαφος όπου και τα αναπνέουμε. Η καθημερινότητα συνεχίζεται και χαμπάρι δεν παίρνει κανένας. Τα Chemtrails η ψεκασμοί ή όπως θέλετε πείτε τα είναι αλήθεια.</p>
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<p><!--more--> Πηγή: http://notrailscontrailschemtrails.blogspot.com/</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Jet-powered Ford guns for 300 mph]]></title>
<link>http://rafaelos.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/jet-powered-ford-guns-for-300-mph/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>RAFAEL</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rafaelos.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/jet-powered-ford-guns-for-300-mph/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Joe Wilkins knew there was only one way to give his supercharged, alcohol-injected Hemi-engined hot ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[JET support Greenday, postpone headline shows]]></title>
<link>http://keelyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/jet-support-greenday-postpone-headline-shows/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>keelykov</dc:creator>
<guid>http://keelyk.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/jet-support-greenday-postpone-headline-shows/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Melbourne (almost) international success stories JET, will be warming up the stage for Greenday as t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Melbourne (almost) international success stories <strong>JET</strong>, will be warming up the stage for <strong>Greenday </strong>as they take to the countries stadiums this December.</p>
<p>So they can rock out with the once great (and now popera) Greenday, JET have announced they will postpone their current headline tour dates at the Metro Theatre in Sydney (currently scheduled for Dec 4) and the Palace Theatre in Melbourne (currently scheduled for Dec 9).</p>
<p>The band assures all existing tickets will be honoured for the new dates and refunds will be given from the point of purchase to those who can’t make the new show date.</p>
<p>Ticket information regarding the new dates for existing shows is as follows with tickets available now–</p>
<p><strong><em>The Shaka Rock Tour &#8211; </em></strong><em>Presented by IMC, Channel V and Video Hits<strong> </strong></em></p>
<p>Fri Dec 18 &#8211; Metro Theatre Sydney NEW DATE</p>
<p>Tix available <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now</span> from Box Office &#8211; 9550 3666 <a href="https://maileur.emimusic.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.metrotheatre.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.metrotheatre.com.au</a></p>
<p>Ticketek 132 849, <a href="https://maileur.emimusic.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ticketek.com.au" target="_blank">http://ticketek.com.au</a></p>
<p>Oztix &#8211; 1300762 545,   <a href="https://maileur.emimusic.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tickets.oztix.com.au" target="_blank">http://tickets.oztix.com.au</a></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Sun Dec 20 &#8211; Palace Theatre Melbourne NEW DATE</p>
<p>Tix available <span style="text-decoration:underline;">now</span> from Ticketek 132 849, <a href="https://maileur.emimusic.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ticketek.com.au" target="_blank">http://ticketek.com.au</a></p>
<p>Oztix &#8211; 1300762 545,   <a href="https://maileur.emimusic.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tickets.oztix.com.au" target="_blank">http://tickets.oztix.com.au</a><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>See JET <strong>Shaka Rock</strong>in’ it at the following shows:</p>
<p><strong>Fri Dec 4               Burswood Dome, Perth (w/ Green Day)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sat Dec 5              Homebake Festival, Sydney SOLD OUT</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sun Dec 6            Adelaide Entertainment Centre (w/ Green Day)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tues Dec 8          Brisbane Entertainment Centre (w/ Green Day)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wed Dec 9          Brisbane Entertainment Centre (w/ Green Day)</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Fri Dec 11            Acer Arena (w/ Green Day), Sydney</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sat Dec 12           Acer Arena (w/ Green Day), Sydney</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Mon Dec 14        Rod Laver Arena (w/ Green Day), Melbourne</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tues Dec 15        Rod Laver Arena (w/ Green Day), Melbourne</strong></p>
<p><strong>Fri Dec 18            Metro Theatre, Sydney</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sun Dec 20          Palace Theatre, Melbourne</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[India president rides fighter jet]]></title>
<link>http://travelheadlines.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/india-president-rides-fighter-jet/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wnewsfeed6061</dc:creator>
<guid>http://travelheadlines.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/india-president-rides-fighter-jet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Indian President Pratibha Patil, 74, flies in a Sukhoi fighter jet, becoming the country&#8217;s fir]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Indian President Pratibha Patil, 74, flies in a Sukhoi fighter jet, becoming the country&#8217;s first woman to fly in a combat plane&#8230;. From BBC News. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/8377904.stm">Full story</a></p>
<p>This site may contain information about:  flight malaysia.  The blog is also related to: airport direct.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ChemTrails – Χημικές γραμμές των αεροπλάνων πάνω από την Ελλάδα ]]></title>
<link>http://stopaerialspraying.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/chemtrails-%e2%80%93-%cf%87%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ad%cf%82-%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%bc%ce%ad%cf%82-%cf%84%cf%89%ce%bd-%ce%b1%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bb%ce%ac%ce%bd%cf%89%ce%bd-%cf%80%ce%ac/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stopaerialspraying</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stopaerialspraying.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/chemtrails-%e2%80%93-%cf%87%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ad%cf%82-%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%bc%ce%ad%cf%82-%cf%84%cf%89%ce%bd-%ce%b1%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bb%ce%ac%ce%bd%cf%89%ce%bd-%cf%80%ce%ac/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Συνεχίζονται και σήμερα Τρίτη 24 Νοεμβρίου 2009 οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” πάνω από όλη την Ελλά]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Συνεχίζονται και σήμερα Τρίτη 24 Νοεμβρίου 2009 οι “επιχειρήσεις αεροψεκασμών” πάνω από όλη την Ελλάδα. Τα αεροπλάνα κάνουν ειδικές πτήσεις πέρα-δώθε και εκπέμπουν μεγάλες χημικές γραμμές (Chemtrails) που στην συνέχεια δημιουργούνται τεχνητά αραιά χημικά νέφη να απλώνουν στον γαλανό ουρανό και σταδιακά να πέφτουν προς το έδαφος, όπου και τα αναπνέουμε. Τι είδους “πειράματα” γίνονται πάνω στον ουρανό; και γιατί κάποιος αρμόδιος δεν παίρνει θέση πάνω στο θέμα των Chemtrails; Τα Chemtrails η Χημικές ουρές ή όπως θέλετε πείτε τα, είναι πραγματικότητα.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[1000 mile car invented]]></title>
<link>http://lgrombach.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/1000-mile-car-invented/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lgrombach</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lgrombach.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/1000-mile-car-invented/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right a car that will drive up to 1000miles quick, that&#8217;s 1609 km/h! Why? Because]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://lgrombach.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/500x_bloodhound_scc-728-75.jpg"><img src="http://lgrombach.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/500x_bloodhound_scc-728-75.jpg" alt="" title="500x_bloodhound_scc-728-75" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-441" /></a>That&#8217;s right a car that will drive up to 1000miles quick, that&#8217;s 1609 km/h! Why? Because we can now supposedly. But firstly, it&#8217;s not really a car, its one of those jet powered turbines with wheels. If they&#8217;ll build one at all they will only build one. As always you wouldn&#8217;t be able to drive it (well you aren&#8217;t allowed to drive it anywhere) but the special driver will get to drive it in some sort of dessert. They will break the bench mark once and then theyll just keep it in some warehouse. So all together for us normal people its not that interesting is it? Last note, who thought purple and orange was the way to go?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Convert Character to Numeric in MS Access]]></title>
<link>http://rforge.org/2009/11/24/convert-character-to-numeric-in-ms-access/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rforge</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rforge.org/2009/11/24/convert-character-to-numeric-in-ms-access/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Several times I had to correct database tables with a character primary key (which is ok, if not all]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Several times I had to correct database tables with a character primary key (which is ok, if not all other tables had numeric &#8230;). In order to get the necessary numeric format I inserted another variable with the correct format and transformed the character variable to numeric using the <strong>CDbl() Function</strong>.</p>
<p>The syntax for the CDbl function is:<br />
CDbl( expression )</p>
<p>I did forget it again and could not find any documentation. Googling the topic gave a lot of fruitless hits, so here it is.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[I Buy Gold]]></title>
<link>http://ararity.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/i-sell-gold/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ararity.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/i-sell-gold/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Now that most major carriers charge to check a bag, passengers are carrying on a lot more than they ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Now that most major carriers charge to check a bag, passengers are carrying on a lot more than they have in the past, and on mainline this is causing all sorts of problems, from delaying boarding to running out of overhead space for all the flying passengers.  One problem that we at the regional level have is people who try to bring bags on that don&#8217;t fit who then soil themselves when we tell them they can&#8217;t carry it on.</p>
<p>Since we fly RJs our overhead space is smaller, and bags that <em>will</em> fit on a B737 will not fit on our planes.  Gate agents make an announcement detailing as much, but people don&#8217;t listen, and when I tell someone his rollaboard cannot come on he comes up with all sorts of excuses, the most common being, &#8220;It fit on my last plane,&#8221; not realizing that this is a different plane flown by a different airline with different policies.  Leave it in the jetbridge, Tex.</p>
<p>A lot of people play the I&#8217;m-kind-of-a-big-deal card and tell me they have important papers, a computer, and expensive who-gives-a-craps in their bags like theirs are more important, but in my and the company&#8217;s eyes, all bags are of the same importance regardless of the contents.  If you&#8217;re worried about your stuff, take it out; I don&#8217;t care if you have to repack.  I said <em>leave it</em>, Tex.</p>
<p>One of the last two guys to give me trouble about his bag was going to <a href="http://www.world-airport-codes.com/united-states/northwest-arkansas-regional-8186.html" target="_blank">XNA</a>.  I stopped him before he stepped on the plane and asked him to leave his rollaboard in the jetbridge.  He said he would have to repack it, and it would take so long, and he was a gold buyer carrying $100,000 in cash.  He then asked me what I would do if I were carrying that much money, and I told him I wouldn&#8217;t be <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">because I&#8217;m not stupid</span>.  Already having a bad day and not wanting to get into it with a pompous blowhard, I let him try his bag in the overhead; unfortunately it fit.  My flying partner gave me a hard time because I let him walk over me and get his way when I should have just stood up to him and told him how it was going to be.  She was bang on the money, and I vowed that the next time I faced this predicament I would not bend.</p>
<p>Well that day has come and gone.  I was in <strong><a href="http://www.world-airport-codes.com/united-states/philadelphia-international-5798.html" target="_blank">PHL</a>, </strong>and the guy comes on with his big ol&#8217; bag.  I tell him it won&#8217;t fit, to leave it in the jetbridge, and he says he&#8217;ll have to repack.  I say OK that&#8217;s fine, and he keeps walking down the aisle.  I grab the handle and tell him again that it can&#8217;t come on, and he tries to tell me that he&#8217;s going to repack on the plane, probably sticking his old, wrinkly hind parts in the aisle completely stopping the boarding process.  N<em>o, sir, you aren&#8217;t going to repack on here.  What you&#8217;re going to do is take it off the plane and repack outside so we can board and leave on time. </em>I&#8217;m not trying to be a jerk to the guy; I&#8217;m honestly trying to keep the boarding process moving so we can leave on time.  We were running a little behind, and if someone is standing in the aisle trying to repack his bag, then we&#8217;re not going anywhere.  If we had departed late, then I would have gotten a call from a manager asking why, and I would have had to tell them because a guy was holding up boarding trying to repack a bag.  I would have then had to explain why he was repacking and then why I let him on with it.  It rolls downhill, y&#8217;all.</p>
<p><em><span style="font-style:normal;">He gets back on </span>sans bag,<span style="font-style:normal;"> and I apologize for making him feel like I&#8217;ve purposely caused him undue stress.  Apparently, though, he didn&#8217;t &#8220;want to hear it.&#8221;  Too bad, Scooter; you heard every word I just said, so get over yourself.  You may be a big deal at your local <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks" target="_blank">Elks Lodge</a>, </strong>but not on my plane. </span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-style:normal;">p.s. Dear Reader, please know that I&#8217;m really not a jerk.  I try my hardest to make my flights a pleasant experience for the passengers&#8230;just don&#8217;t cop an attitude with me.</span></em></p>
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<link>http://kroq.radio.com/2009/11/22/jet-stopped-by-loveline-last-night/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dr. Drew</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kroq.radio.com/2009/11/22/jet-stopped-by-loveline-last-night/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Guys from Jet are great.  They are very thoughtful.  Go see them at Nokia. Loved seeing our friend J]]></description>
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Loved seeing our friend Julie Bowen on the American Music Awards.</p>
<p>Editor’s note:<br />
Visit <a href="http://www.lovelineshow.com">www.lovelineshow.com</a><br />
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loveline-with-dr-drew/id334844324?mt=8" target="_blank">Get the Loveline iPhone app</a></p>
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