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  • Two women sitting on a rock facing on body of water and mountain
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    Making (Up) Friends

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    When you were a child, you may have had an imaginary friend — or just a fantasy of someone existing and being there when needed? You played with dolls or teddy bears, or you put some kind of soul into other toys — “Now this one drives to the garage and then comes another one, and they crash…” — you may […]

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    A Rich Life

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    When the world behaves as if it doesn’t like you, bringing nothing but worries and trouble, you could be tempted to write off the whole thing and just name that terrible place we call Earth an evil place. But it isn’t that simple. Whatever you look at, there’s more to it. Something inside that will […]

  • Three elderly people walking, facing the photographer, having a large poster behind them with three soccer players, who are young men, shouting out their victory
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    The Neighbors 1

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    This is a true story – it happened this very afternoon. We are in one of the World’s largest cities, in a neighborhood with many different people, and on the 4th floor on a staircase in a long block of flats, two elderly people are living next door to each other. Let’s call them Maria […]

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    Switching Back On the Light

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    What if job-seeking was reversed? If the candidate wrote a wishlist, and employers could bid in with matching jobs? What would your list look like?

  • The movements of a free-hanging (Foucault) pendulum illustrated
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    Welcome to the World Pendulum blog!

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    Six sells! I want to sell you this blog with my sixth posting. My sixth sense tells me that it is right, that it is good. Had it been the sixth day of creating the blog, I could have added some people – and perhaps a scenery. Set the stage. But there is no stage. […]

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