{"id":658,"date":"2018-07-31T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T18:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658"},"modified":"2018-07-31T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T18:50:18","slug":"the-same-sun-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658","title":{"rendered":"The Same Sun Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJack, I\u2019ll be taking a course in Astrology soon,\u201d said Jill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s nice,\u201d said Jack, \u201cHow many people will be on the course?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-five or so, I was told,\u201d said Jill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many people do you think will be Geminis, like you?\u201d said Jack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, idea. What would you say, Jack?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack told her and it turned out he was pretty right.<\/p>\n<p><em>What would you say was the number of other Geminis Jill met on the Astrology course?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-658\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-658\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-658\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJack, I\u2019ll be taking a course in Astrology soon,\u201d said Jill. \u201cThat\u2019s nice,\u201d said Jack, \u201cHow many people will be on the course?\u201d \u201cTwenty-five or so, I was told,\u201d said Jill. \u201cHow many people do you think will be Geminis, like you?\u201d said Jack. \u201cNo, idea. What would you say, Jack?\u201d Jack told her and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-658\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-658\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-658\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=658&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[209,208],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7zDaf-aC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":671,"url":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=671","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":0},"title":"The Faulty Die","date":"August 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Jack was sitting at a caf\u00e9 table reading a magazine when Jill sat down and ordered some pastries and a hot chocolate. \u201cWhat are you reading with such a puzzled look on your face,\u201d said Jill, munching a delicious apple strudel with a flaky crust. \u201cIt\u2019s a puzzle about a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Combinations&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":612,"url":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=612","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":1},"title":"The Missing Diagonal","date":"April 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"While Jill was sitting at the Chez Antoine caf\u00e9 concentrating on a travel magazine, Jack walked in and sat down, placing his backpack in a chair. \u201cHi Jill, what\u2019s up?\u201d said Jack full of cheer, ordering a coffee from a waitress by sign language. \u201cI\u2019m looking at this curious square\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Algebra&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":352,"url":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=352","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":2},"title":"The Special Number","date":"March 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On a late June afternoon, Jill sat on the green grass by a small lake at the university with a concentrated look on her face.\u00a0Some ducks were quacking nearby. \u201cHi Jill, I see you are thinking about something, anything important?\u201d said Jack, who had quietly walked up to her on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Algebra&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":267,"url":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=267","url_meta":{"origin":658,"position":3},"title":"The Economics Problem","date":"November 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In the late afternoon of a sunny day, Jack sat under a spreading, umbrella-like tree on a campus hill studying his economics textbook and pondering on a problem assigned to him. 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