There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. When the Tao is present The ⋯

​http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ek20120521a1.html Monday, May 21, 2012 BILINGUAL # Save face when taking the expressway By MARK SCHREIBER Special to The Japan Times Foreigners in Japan often encounter ⋯

Source : http://blogs.forbes.com/keldjensen/ Keld Jensen, Contributor I write about negotiation, behavioral economics, and trust. Leadership Published : 4/12/2012 @ 2:03PM | 42,266 views Intelligence is Overrated: What You ⋯

I’ve read many online discussions that outline how militarized wars that utilize foot-soldiers and advanced weapons are no where near as effective as destroying a country’s economy. You can easily see this while playing online ⋯

Published : Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/JTsearch5.cgi?term1=LIFELINES Scant legal justification for unpaid overtime By YUICHI KAWAMOTO and CHARLES ALVAREZ John has a question about unpaid ⋯

I have made an interesting observation​ in regard to how our population has grown from a mere 4 million individuals scattered about the Earth in small communities approximately 10 thousand years ago. To now, a population over 7 ⋯

http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future.html [18min video] One of my favorite parts of the video is when he talks about a “real tricoder” like from Star Trek… Doctors will be able to just wave a tri-coder over ⋯

Past Japanese nuclear accidents: ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Japanese_nuclear_accidents It would appear that the majority of nuclear plant “accidents” in Japan are found at TEPCO owned/operated plants. Would someone do ⋯

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/ja/shows/kooza/tickets/tokyo.aspx In Tokyo until July http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/ja/shows/kooza/show/about.aspx http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kooza/show/about.aspx

Previously, I discussed​ the core emotions of Humans and how these emotions have evolved within societies to create rules, laws, traditions, and even religions. My investigation of this matter is to resolve an internal conflict ⋯

I’ve been thinking about the impact of the “moral code” as provided by the social construct within the Church. And, comparing that with the so called right/wrong and common sense “rules” provided by the “Agnostic public” in ⋯

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry final exam: “Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof.” Most of the students wrote ⋯

Circ De Soleil’s ZED http://www.zed.co.jp/home.php April would be a good time to see the show.

Friday the 4th, at 7pm http://ticket.rakuten.co.jp/index16908_47999_38542.html http://www.blueman.jp/dir/ticket/index.html

The medicinal use of alcohol was mentioned in Sumerian and Egyptian texts dated from 2100 BC or earlier. The Hebrew Bible recommends giving alcoholic drinks to those who are dying or depressed, so that they can forget their ⋯

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Final Fantasy XIII was released to fans last night! I made sure to stop by after work to pick up my copy. So far, the graphics are the absolute best yet. I can’t wait to dig into the story! So… I doubt that I will make much ⋯

I love skating ever since my days of high school hockey. From time to time, I can be found skating at a Round1 in Tokyo. My favorite locations are Asaka and Itabashi. Often, I see kids there that watch me skate and sometimes ⋯

I’ve updated the site’s theme and added the 日本語 to the navigational menu at the top. The table was simplified and uses fewer images. And the biggest thing: the size was increased for 1024x768 resolution monitors. I had ⋯

I have created a bare-bones prototype for my blog. At this stage, it’s read only. Over the next few weeks, I plan to grow the code through the development cycle. Since I’m doing this only within my spare time, it may take a ⋯