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The Cube (game) Kokology is the study of kokoro (Japanese: 心) which in the aforementioned language means "mind" or "spirit".

The Cube (game)

The Kokology book series was created by Tadahiko Nagao and Isamu Saito,[1] a professor at Rissho and Waseda Universities in Japan and an author of a number of bestselling books regarding psychology and relationships. The television series ran on Saturdays it was only aired in one city broadcast time 22:00 to 22:54 (54 minutes) Series Run: April 20, 1991, to March 21, 1992Country: Japan BroadcastingBroadcast: Yomiuri Television Production DepartmentProduction: IVS TV ProductionCast/s: Yamaguti Mie, Inferior soul, Izumiya Shigeru, Miwa Akihiro More Video games were released based on the show by Sega and Tecmo. The Cube (game)[edit] The Cube is a Kokology game about self knowledge and is played by asking a person to imagine and describe a set of three to five objects.

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List of emoticons. A simple smiley This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression in the form of icons.

List of emoticons

The Western use of emoticons is quite different from Eastern usage, and Internet forums, such as 2channel, typically show expressions in their own ways. In recent times, graphic representations, both static and animated, have taken the place of traditional emoticons in the form of icons. Emoticons can generally be divided into two groups: Western or Horizontal (mainly from America and Europe), and Eastern or Vertical (mainly from east Asia). The most common explanation for these differences is how the different cultures value different parts of the face, i.e. eyes often play a bigger part in figuring out mood in the East while the West puts the eyes as equal to the rest of the face.[1] Western The emoticon in Western style is written most often from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees.

Eastern. Image Mosaic Generator. The 100 Best Books of All Time. Many publishers have lists of 100 best books, defined by their own criteria.

The 100 Best Books of All Time

This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle. For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988.

The sequels covered crime & mystery, horror, and fantasy. Lists[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Shingō, Aomori. Shingō (新郷村, Shingō-mura?)

Shingō, Aomori

Is a village located in Sannohe District of south-central Aomori Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the village has an estimated population of 2,632 and a population density of 17.2 persons per km². Its total area is 150.85 square kilometres (58.24 sq mi). The 6 Most Creative Abuses of Loopholes. Junk Mail Checks Turn Out To Be Cashable.

The 6 Most Creative Abuses of Loopholes

Bacon, Egg and Cheese Cups. How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Scott Young of ScottYoung.com.

How I Was Able to Ace Exams Without Studying

In high school, I rarely studied. Despite that, I graduated second in my class. In university, I generally studied less than an hour or two before major exams. Guide for Writers: Latin Phrases. It’s a matter of taste and style, but not long ago American writers attempted to demonstrate their credentials to the world by including Latin and French phrases within works.

Guide for Writers: Latin Phrases

A dash of Latin was expected of the moderately educated throughout the Western world. annus mirabilis - wonderful year arbiter elegantiae - judge of the elegant; one who knows the good things in life bona fides - good faith; credentials. Define Callipygous at Dictionary. Polyptoton. The form is relatively common in Latin Christian poetry and prose in a construction called the superlative genitive, in phrases such as Sanctum sanctorum ("holy of holies"), and found its way into languages such as Old English, which naturally favored the alliteration that is part and parcel of polyptoton—in fact, polyptoton is "much more prevalent in Old English verse than in Latin verse.

Polyptoton

" The specific superlative genitive in Old English, however, occurs only in Latinate Christian poems, not in secular poetry.[1] An alternative way to utilize the stylistic device is to develop polyptoton over the course of an entire novel, which is done in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Djambi. Djambi (also described as "Machiavelli's chessboard") is a board game and a chess variant for four players, invented by Jean Anesto in 1975.

Djambi

Board of Djambi, with the pieces in their start position. Each piece is identified by the first letter of its name as well as a symbol. Rules[edit] Material[edit] Guess the Colors. List of colors. The following is a list of colors.

List of colors

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