Equity Atlas

Do we have a moral obligation to leave a healthy planet for future generations? If actions we take now could make the earth livable for our great grand-children in 100 years, do we have an ethical obligation to do so? Or should we just keep kidding ourselves, and hope the future will never come? "the earth is more livable now than it ever has been"???? Hasn't anyone in real life ever warned you about making up facts?

Is Nancy Pelosi going to be President in the future? Please tell me she would be because she will make america more livable and more well.

How long the earth will be a unsustainable place for humans to live?and why? if not long then how can i help make earth a livable place in the future and make people realize that earth is in a really bad condition and that we need to reduce the amount of bad gases that we are releasing into the atmosphere. thanks!

Conservatives who cry about future generations having to pay for the National Dept...do you also cry about? Conservatives weep for future generations that will have to pay a National Debt that is entirely due to Liberals love of Large Government. But where oh where are the tears for future generations that may have to live deep undergound in caves after hundreds of years of Conservatives' Rape the Land to the bone Policies? Do Conservatives plan on even leaving a livable environment upon which future generations will be able to work the resources/land in order to pay that National Debt? Since Conservatives are ALL opposed to anything other than the current status quo of Drill Baby Drill will you all take responsibility now for the very possible future where the only work to be found is digging underground caves to live in? Or are both issues moot because for sure Jesus will rise from the dead next year and take all the good people on up to Heaven and leave the sinners to suffer through Armegeddon?

What's the best course for college grads in California who want a mortgage in the next 10 years? All careers and salaries considered, are there any particular options for Californian 21-25ers who want to become homeowners within the next ten years? Houses seem impossibly priced for even, or especially our parents twenty+ years ago to purchase at this time. Aside from becoming rich fast by becoming a business/stock/real estate tycoon/winning the lottery, is it really feasible for a person in our age range to purchase anything considered livable by California law currently or in the future?

Do you feel that the President attaches himself to the war in a unrealistic light? Security is important but we have a Justice Dept that should be up and educated on the war on terror. Do you feel we need to pay attention to our economy and the next generation of Americans who need education and job opportunities along with a livable economical system. Does anyone see the future of the American Economy?

Can you get a home equity loan for a home that needs rehab? The home is paid for and no liens are against it. The home would not pass inspection at this time. I need 20K to make it livable again. Someone told me that the bank would lend the the money on the future equity of the property if I had a licensed contractor do the work. Can anyone clarify this type of loan. Thanks in advance.

How do I make my basement a livable space with little money? PROBLEM: I HATE MY BASEMENT I have owned my tiny row home in the city going on 3 years now. Prior to buying my house was renovated, everything except my basement. My basement has been one of my biggest problems This my first home and I planned on making my basement into a livable space, but my basement is damp and moldy, mushroom are growing from the walls along w/ salt residue, the concrete floor is dusty , deteriorating and rising in some spots. I am 5'3" and I can touch the beams on the ceiling. the beams has ash or some type of dust residue on it and I think I may have termites. which was treated before brought the house. What should I do? WHAT I DID ABOUT IT I got estimates from tons of contractors and waterproofing companies, called terminix back out to inspect and get estimates using so called warranty. Warranty didn't transfer, fees from contractor where over budget. MAJOR DIY MOMENT I went to the city to get a permit on digging out my basement and they said I need to get the ok from a structural engineer. The structural engineer told me to dig 2"x2" along the wall of the property and find the bottom of the last boulder and that is where I would measure from. I broke up the concrete which was easier than I thought. Next is the digging about 18" down the entire room, adding the termite treatment (which I can buy from the local exterminator)adding a drainage system around perimeter, and sump pump .Adding 4" of gravel and 4" of concrete. and parge the walls, framing out basement adding installation and vapor barrier. QUESTIONS How do I remove the old piping underground? before I cement the floor should I think about adding a drain in the floor for a bathroom in the future? How do I make my basement a livable space with little money? EXPERIENCE I worked w/ Habitat for Humanities , watch alot of HGTV. and my dad is a electrical contractor. <<<<<<<<<<< ANY ADVICE WOULD HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 days ago - 6 days left to answer.

Would you buy a house with structure damage if you intend for it to be a rental property? There is a cheap fixer upper in my area, I'm afraid the inspector is going to say it has structure damage because it's on a hill. The house is also 50 y/o. The house is by far livable. Just when do you know "it's too much" to handle when you're wanting to make a few bucks in the long run? *I'm buying my first property in the very near future! In cash! I'm only 22 but I grew up watching my uncles make a killer living off rentals.

My future - Quite unsure...? Heya all , Well Basicly - I'm in year 8 at the moment ; and year 9 is basicly approaching!!! And by then we get to choose some of our subjects ( I think ) And there is exams then , and in year 10 we get to properly choose our subjects for Gcses! I am soo unsure of what to do in the future :-( Any suggestions ; I Like Beleives and Values and Science (Although they are the opposite of eachother !!!! ) I am a vegetarian , I love Cats :D I beleive in human rights , animal rights and values. I like to learn/study about the world ; e.g Countries ; maybe languages , Antartica :P I like to cook. I do like to help others out - I'm shy in school , but when I am in a small group I seem to co-ordinate and organise them out :P I would like to travel .... When I'm older I do have a dream ; a dream, which is probably IMPOSSIBLE , To create an civilisation in Antartica ; which has livable homes ; shops ; acess to food - People there ; schools. etc And where it is equal, there are animal and human rights. Is there a way I could do this - maybe not antartica but africa or something ... I have considered Interior Design - And exterior design for if I was to arrange communitys ?? Any help everyone? Sorry this isnt much of a question , but just in need for guidance.

For which libs is this true? If conservatives contribute taxes for infrastructure, education, a legal system, disaster relief (fire department), and national defense...services that basically benefit everyone and that the individual would have difficulty obtaining on their own...that they also have to contribute to people who choose to party and underachieve...so everyone has a livable wage? Just so you all know...in future questions...lots of us conservatives would be very happy to start taking the law into our own hands....so I'd suggest you all leave "the police" off the list ;)

In real-life terms, what is porphyria? How do you live with it? What happens to you? Is it a death sentence? A friend of mine was diagnosed, but didn't say what type. She said it was eating away at her liver and needs a transplant in the future. She said they also told her she is infertile. Is this a death sentence for her or is this livable?

Is Mars really livable? Is it possible for the exodus of Man to Mars in the future?

How can I fix my basement which has some water issues and open ceilings plus brick walls?(multiple poles too)? Hi. The basement is huge but has a water leak somewhere which naturally seems to grade down and out the side doors(this used to be a drive into garage basement). I have thought of putting down bricks then laying a basic floor so I could apply some sort of covering then I saw some 'patch it' type items at Lowes, etc for basements. Made me think I could fix this...?? Okay, there is also open ceilings which house my A/C and Furnace venting plus plumbing pipes. The side walls are all brick and a few of them are 'flaking' red dust, but not much or many. There's a large chimney column but that chimney is plugged and nonworking, I'd like to cover it too. I also have my water heater and furnace in the basement plus a side room and two windows. I'd really like to make it a bit more livable and perhaps make a TV or workout room down there but right now its just so bare/raw and has that water issue. Would covering those items up top be a problem for any future repairs? Thanks!

Do You think that I have a livable and promising attitude towards men? Promising in the sense that I will have a happy life? I see heterosexual men as a members of human race overpowered by the sex appeal of women and because they are wired so visually with the need for such visual stimulation, they will forever be slaves of sexy looking women. Men are usually weak and have a hard time controlling their sexual urges. Do you think this kind of view will lead me to a happy life? Is this view distorted and upsetting, if so why? When I come across men, I appear extremely confident (and I am) because I have nothing to do with any man's future. I do not want any interaction with men, no marriage, no dating, none. It is my view that men have a difficult time with self-control and I don't want any baggage like that, is mostly why. Do I have a promising life with such a view? Honestly, I don't want any interaction beyond good conversation, good coworker, and good friend. Is this a humane way to live for any woman, any girl? I do plan on ascetic living with a job that contributes to society. So, will this view of men get me into any trouble/unhappiness? Yes, I am planning on being single and alone... if this helps put it together. NO, I'm not definitely gay. It's very gross to me. IKIRAF----on what authority do you state that my life will be short? I've known a granny who died at 86 and she was teacher who never married...

whats this movie? (future)? Okay, last sunday (11,8,09) i recorded a house episode at 11:00 pm. eastern time i believe. There was a couple of minutes of a movie after that and I really want to see that movie now! It was on the USA channel. The movie started off as a woman who looked as if she was teaching a class of young students. The setting may have been in Africa. It looked futuristic. She talked about how people outgrew Earth, so the went out and found another solar system with hundreds of moons and 12 planets (i think). It took decades for the planets to form into another earth hat is livable. I think it was either at 12:00 or 1:00 am. Do you know this movie?

EVERYBODY LISTEN. I AM FROM THE FUTURE!?!??!!?!?!?!?!? I KNOW THIS SOUNDS STRANGE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS MARCH 27 2014 OVER HERE AND I AM USING A TIME PORTAL TECHNOLOGY TO CONTACT WITH THE PAST. I CAN ONLY DO THIS THROUGH CERTAIN NETWORK TECHOLOGY. PLEASE LISTEN. OUR PLANET SUFFERED THOUSANDS OF METEORITE STRIKES KILLING OVER 1.4 BILLION HUMAN BEINGS SO FAR IN ALL CONTINENTS. OVER 3.7 BILLION LOST THEIR HOMES. SCIENTIST PREDICT THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF METEORITE STRIKES. JUST PLEASE BELIEVE ME, I AM TELLING THE TRUTH. TELL EVERY SPACE AGENCY IN EVERY COUNTRY TO SET UP LIVABLE QUARTERS ON THEIR MOON AND SHIP HUMAN BEINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. GOD HELP US ALL!

Why doesn't USA, UK, Russia, China and the major south Western European nations sign a non-interference pact? and let the jews and Arabs just nuke each other into oblivion sometime in the near future? How much time before that empty land would be livable again, 10, 25, 50 years? Not long, considering.

should I buy or keep renting? I am in a delema, I am trying to figure out if I should keep renting my apartment in NY. My rent is $1100+, My combined income with hubby is 103K-107k gross income. We have no kids but hope to have in the future. Credit rating is good mine is 749, dh is 605, here is the problem we have little savings and no money for down payment. we both started our new careers this year. we have one car payment 260month, credit cards=300 and one consolidate student loan=200. I feel like I am going to miss out on tax breaks and pay allot of taxes if I don't own something. The apartment we rent is cheap for NY but not in the greatest of areas but livable. home priced range here 350K and up. taxes range 6000-14000 year. Need some advice thanks

Restraining Global Population Growth: Too Much People Or too Little Infrastructure? In the eyar 2050, the global population will rise from 6.8 billion now to at least 9.5 billion! This is serious not beacause there are too many people alreadyor will to come, but poor undemocratic political systems, weak and unequal investments, limited jobs, inadequate education and training, inadequate well motivated parents to care for , high enough incomes to provide the resources for the child, indequate technology and innovation increases, poor urban planning, and many types of social, economic, political, and cultural exclusions are making it inposible for the future society to thrive and prosper. In any event, controlling population is very difficult if not next to impossible. In the west, population growth is declining and in the developing countries like India, Africa, and latin america, is growing much too quickly consdering the countries poor socioeconomic status. So in all, its mot people, its resources. The power of education, family planning and motivation, investments in all areas of society, along with improvements in helthcare, accessibility to critical resources, and peace coudl make the future global society much more livable for us all.

Best U.S. area to live in re: global warming? In terms of U.S. regions (Southwest-Calif/Texas, Northwest-Seattle, middle America-Kansas, Northeast-New York-Maine, South-Florida), which is the best place to live, in terms of the most livable area (least affected by global warming) in the coming future?

One day inhabiting mars? I have been doing a bit of research into the possibility of humans in the future traveling to other planets and creating an environment in which life could thrive. It is not such a far fetched principle and could one day be possible, mars is a good candidate for this, by using greenhouse gasses to our advantage we could create an o zone layer which could provide a livable environment. It would take hundreds of for this to eventually give us an environment similar to that of earth. What do you think? do we have the moral right to do this when we would probably just destroy it like we have done with earth?

Some very thought provoking questions. Really interesting. Answer them all or just a few. It's up to you. XD? Who are you? What is the meaning of life? What is the essence of life? What is the highest goal that any individual can hold for itself? What is your highest goal? Where would you like to be? What motivates you? What highs and lows have you experienced? What past experiences would you like to repeat or enhance? What experiences would you like to avoid or weaken in the future? Have you experienced near death situations? What is the closest you have been to death? What adverse situations have you experienced? What high integrations have you experienced? What are your most healing experiences? What have been your happiest moments? How can you generalize, recreate and enhance past highs? What would you hold onto the longest if you had to give up everything else? Do you like to be around? What is happiness? What is the highest kind of happiness? Where do you expect to be 20 years from now? Where do you see yourself 120 years from now? What can you do to improve upon the outcome? Would you like to be around, healthy and happy? What are the main dangers that threatens the life of any individual? What dangers are you up against? What are the main causes of death? What are the means to overcome these dangers? How can we abolish death and taxes? How can you best use your life to validly earn a longer active life than you already are expected to live? If you are expected to live 80 years or more, how can you best use that time to earn an even longer life? How can you every year validly add more than 1 year to your future life expectancy? How can you still better contribute to your own longevity? What life extending means do you know about? How can you build a sense of surplus? How can you maintain a sense of surplus? How can you overcome ageing? How can you rejuvenate? How can you survive large scale nuclear warfare? How can you presecure livable, affordable survival in case of nuclear war? How can you focus, set free, stimulate and shelter yourself and the most life extending efforts? How can you still better shelter yourself and the most life extending efforts against all dangers and without in the process threatening your life and life extending efforts? How can you contain governments and individuals so that these are less of a deadly threat to life, liberty and property? What legal, political and economic system best enables a human being to improve its lot and grasp towards longevity? How would a charter have to be in order to define and protect life, liberty and property in a way that doesn't threaten the same? How can we check and balance (any one and) all governments so that it no longer matters who are in office, because they all lack the power to do any harm? How can you still better enforce entrepreneurial liberty without violating it? How can you establish and spread respect for entrepreneurial liberty? How can you enforce world wide respect for entrepreneurial liberty as a universal unalienable right? How can you abolish all travel and trade restrictions among all nations? How can you abolish all immigration and naturalization services, import and export quotas, subsidies, custom-, passport-, visa- and workpermit-requirements and all other international travel and trade restrictions? What total approach do you see to best overcome all dangers? What goal realizing concepts or venture combinations do you see? What minimum project best implements your highest goal and best overcomes all the dangers you are up against? What are the obstacles to the implementation of your minimum goal realizing project? How can you best implement your goal realizing concept? What ventures are involved and how can these be implemented? How can you best contribute to your own active longevity? What is your profession? How can you find still better answers to these questions? What steps would you have to take to find still better answers? How can you find still better ways of contributing to your own longevity? How can you calculate still more validly what is, what was and how still higher goals still better can be reached? What valid axioms do you know? What thought correct integration methods do you know? What valid verification routines do you know? How can you become still more self-improving? What is holding you back? How can you overcome what is holding you back, without causing more harm than good? How have others succeeded before you? How do you differ from those who already have succeeded at something you see it of value to succeed at? How have the successful, programmed, integrated and linked up their brains? How do you have to program, integrate and link up your own brain to match and outgrow the success of those who already have succeeded before you? Ho I DO CARE, 'THE PAINTER'! 'STREET SPIRIT', YOU REALLY HAVE A BAD ATTITUDE. ' quote: I'M JUST ONE PERSON HOW CAN I DO ANYTHING?' DOES ANYONE ELSE AGREE THAT THIS IS A BAD ATTITUDE?

Is Bush a Danger to America?? Under Bush, America has spent almost a Trillion dollars to topple Saddam Hussein, just so he can settle a family feud and send some of his buddies down there to pump oil. He is using his office to make personal dealings using public funds and the military. Under Bush, America has created millions of enemies and deep distrust even from our Allies. Millions more anti-US potential terrorists exist now than pre-9/11. Bush has snuffed the Kyoto Treaty which is supposed to be a world-wide effort to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy a clean, livable planet. Because of Bush, Russia has threatened to re-arm and ignore international treaties, because Bush is ignoring such treaties and pretty much does what he pleases without UN agreements. People fear a re-emergence of the East-West conflict of the Cold-war era. Under Bush, China has quietly surpassed the US as world's second largest exporter, only behind Germany. All these things are happening. Bush is ruining us!

Life outside Earth? Or just real estate? Do you think that there is life outside of Earth? Or do you think God created other livable worlds for us to expand upon and colonise in the future? like God knew one day we'd grow too big for our planet and need more space to live.... this question is mostly for religous people only, but non religous can still share their views

Out of hand? It started months ago when I called a psychic hotline because I felt I just had to understand my life and what to do about it. Then, I called again and again, asking God for forgiveness and mercy every time. I'm trying so hard to make my life workable, livable, but it seems impossible. So, I try to put my faith in God knowing that he can perform anything, even the impossible for all who believe. I've spent too much money on these things, only to convince myself time and time again that no one knows the future or Gods plan. Now even thought I believe that Christ died for my sins so that I may repent and be forgiven, I have this inkling nagging that God might be angry with me. Even though this is how I felt before. I always have that feeling. I just don't know what to believe sometimes and definitely don't know where I'm going. Most times I try to convince myself God has a plan. But it's so hard when you've believed that all your life and bad things keep happening. Please anyone feedback.

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Have you tested your world view lately? If you have, what were your results? If you havent, give it a shot. Then explain the results. Nine Methods for Testing a Worldview: 1. Coherence Test: Is a particular worldview logically consistent? An acceptable worldview will avoid "self-stultification," but will have component parts that hang together as a coherent whole. 2. Mean Test: Is the worldview balanced between complexity and simplicity? An acceptable worldview will be neither too simple (reductive fallacy) nor too complex (Ockham's Razor). All things being equal, the simplest, most economical, and yet fully orbed worldview is to be preferred. 3. Explanatory Power and Scope Test: How well does a worldview explain reality (power), and how complete is the evidence in support of the view (scope)? An acceptable worldview will explain reality and offer a breadth of evidence in support of its conclusions. 4. Correspondence Test: Does a particular worldview correspond with well-established, empirical facts? An acceptable worldview will match with the observed world. 5. Verification Test: Can the central truth claims of the worldview be verified or falsified? An acceptable worldview will make claims that can be tested and proven true or false. 6. Pragmatic Test: Does the worldview promote practical and workable consequences? An acceptable worldview will be practical, workable, sensible, and therefore "externally livable." 7. Existential Test: Does the worldview address the internal needs of humanity? An acceptable worldview will account for the human need for meaning, purpose, and significance, and therefore be "internally livable." 8. Competition Test: Can a worldview successfully compete in the marketplace of ideas? An acceptable worldview will be able to respond to reasonable challenges, and offer a critique of competing worldviews. 9. Predictive Test: Can a worldview successfully anticipate future discoveries? An acceptable worldview can help humans make some accurate predictions of what their research into the macrocosm and microcosm will yield. It accommodates and incorporates emerging data. Why are some of you being rude? Take the test or do not take the test. If your not taking the test, don't comment. Dark Star, what does it matter where these questions came from? A test is still a test.

We have two mortages on a semi-rnovated home. What happens to the 2nd motgage if forclosed on? what liabiliy? Can we face issues because the house is no longer livable? It is rough framed and shingled and has most windows. the house is nwo more than 2 times the original size. I lost my second job and we can no longer afford to finish the house and we cannot live in it? We are considering leting it go back and we have a family member willing to finance another small home for us to live in. but we don't know what kind of liability we will face with the current home. Can the lender sue us because there is no longer a livable home on the property? though livability was questinable when we bought it. what happens to the second mortgage ( it is with a different lender then the original mortgage)? And are we liable for any difference in the sale of the home against what we owe? ultimatly we would like to finish the house and live in it but we don't see that happening in any kind of the near future, and living with dad when you are married with two kids is not a good situation for any of us!!

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad is so pissed of that I quit one of the easiest and decent paying jobs you can get especially in this economy, because I was reading too much of Schopenhauer's pessimism about the cruelty of man, nature and existence. The stupid will to survive that "just is" and defies all reason. The selfish egoist sexual sadism of all nature and man. How can I live in a world like that? Maybe if I had been educated since childhood that thats the way the world is I could have accepted it. But in school they taught us lies about good guys and bad guys that I was the only fool stupid enough to believe. How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad thinks I'm depressed because I have no friends or girlfriend. But this is a philosophical existential depression not a personal psychological one! I just can't move, get out of bed or live in this world under such cruel conditions! I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future The problem is that a job is a means to an end. Even if you enjoy that job, its still true to a degree, since the job is still a means to a good life bot through spiritual and financial pay. I'm just not hungry for carrots and I'm not too afraid of the whip. I mean my present life satisfies my material needs without any positive affirmation of effort on my part. So while I may be unsatisfied with this current life, there isn't any strong impetus to radically change it. Yet at the same time I'm unwilling to positively affirm my current life by working. So the second option is to work for the "future". But the thing is there is no goal within the realm of possibility that truly drives me. So I'm neither attached to my present life nor desire any better one. I'm in a position of stasis. What am I supposed to do? The whip is I will lose what I have, the carrot is I will get some great future life. But I desire neither. There is no reason for me to work whatsoever. The thing is I can ONLY be satisfied on the metaphysical cosmic level, and that will be always answered by the "real world" and "human nature". All other pleasures are dull and useless to me if the that one is left unmet. So to say just live your life and smell the pretty flowers is a meaningless statement to me. If my metaphysical needs are not met than my personal need are a nonissue. And getting a job by positively affirming my acceptance of the values of the "real world" just undermines my metaphysical bliss all the

Can't remember this book series from the 90's? I think it was meant for middle schoolers in terms of difficulty and it was supposed to take place in 2010(the future) and the Earth was about to be hit by a comet or something so a bunch of rich/important people got on a spaceship and were set into a hibernation until they reached somewhere livable. The main character is a boy whose parent died on the spaceship/shuttle later. When the survivors wake up they are in a strange land which is actually the inside of a HUGE spaceship. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Definitely not about a bomb... the Earth was destroyed by something like an asteroid.

I have been sick for 8 months and open to new Ideas.? I have not been feeling well since the last week of october 2009 till now. It all started with a bad reaction to an antibiotic called macrobid. In the last week of october I had the symptoms of a bladder infection so I went to a walk in clinic were the doctor prescribed Macrobid. After the first day of taking the medicine I woke up with nausea and had diarrhea didn't think much of it by the 3rd day I woke up feeling extremely cold with abdombinable pain and I vomited, I had a burning sensation in my stomach area for the whole day then finally my sister took me to the hospital. 3 hours later the er doc told me to ride it out and that was it. I stayed at my sister's place from november 1st to the 5 getting better, the first two days were the hardest and most painful days I thought at the time but I would be proven wrong in the future. I got better enough and left her place to go back home I still had tension and tightness in my stomach area but it was livable and I thought eventually it would get fully healed on it's own. for most of the month the abdominable tightness and minor pain was still there but on the 17th I woke up feeling really sick for the whole day I still went out get some food but quickly came home my stomach was making some of the worst sounds ever I didn't eat much so made an appointment to see the doctor the next day. That night I kept waking up to stomach pains and I had cold sweat the only thing helping me was gravol. Over the coming months I would visit my home doctor and a walk in clinic close to me. I had an barium x-ray done in december but nothing was found the x-ray doc suggested it might be a GI problem or flora imbalance. My home doc put me on celexa saying that I had anxiety but just after a day and half I stopped the celexa cause it cause a lot of burning and pain. through February and April i had more blood work done I was checked for H. plyori nothing turned up. I also started to have a gagging or choking sensation in my neck. In late april at the walk in clinic the doctor there suggested maybe a gluten in tolerance so until now I have tried to cut out gluten from my diet I was suprised at how much work that was. I didn't really notice much of a difference but in the beginning of may and start of june I decided to go for daily walks and make a whole diet change and for a time I was feeling better. Through out the winter until now the cold has bothered me it never use to and now in the summer the central Ac for the house runs quite alot I live in the basement and this week I started to get sick again I feel terrible like I was making progress then I get sucked back in. The clinic doc asked why I wasn't referred to a GI specialist and I said my home doc thinks It's caused by anxiety and she told me that celiac dicease is rare in people that are south asian. The clinic doc said she shouldn't say that cause it's an under diagnosed condtion and that I could get the referall to see GI even if a doctor didn't do so. so I made the referall and my appiontment is OCT 20! almost a year since this began. My dad doesn't believe I'm that sick since it's been so long my roomates have gotten used to seeing me sick all the time and most of my friends have not talked to me that often anymore I felt so overwhelmed that on sunday I broke down in the shower feeling like I was going to never make it out alive. I never understood when people use to say they felt hopeless and that stress can kill cause I never experienced it before but now I fully understand I wish I can go back to my old self I wish this never happened to me, 8 months of my life robbed I've actually have started praying now hoping for new answers. A summary of my syptoms: nausea, bloating feeling, loss of appetite, stomach pains, sensation my heart is beating rapidly, feeling shaky, always feeling cold, gagging or choking sensation in neck I feel so distraught like there is nothing left and that I'll eventually die from this. To the first comment that's the thing Since march 2010 I have not been using any medications what so ever.

How to convince someone the benefits of doing charity ? Say one of your loved one says he/she is not interested in doing charity work by volunteering. The person says that while the concept is good , the work would not change anything, such as if we help feed them one night, then that is it, nothing is fixed. The person says that it is much better to go off to a third world country, make a team , teaches the real poor people there to build a house or a place to live. The person also suggests that since the country where she/he is living in is a developed country ( USA, Australia , etc...) , it is livable and poverty is not that harsh. And the person has no trust in charitable organisations, even if many are non-profit. Now while the idea of going off to an underdeveloped country and help out there is good, you know that it is unlikely that this person will be doing such a thing in the future. How and what would you say to convince the person that doing charity is much more than donating money ? Do you think it is just an excuse for sheer laziness and complacency ? Is it reasonable to think that every charity group is a rip-off ? Is it right to think that just because we are living in such well developed countries, that means that hunger , poverty , homelessness dont strike and volunteering is not so needed ?

Would I be able to find a good job as a linguist/translator? I am trying to figure out what I'd like to do with my future, and so far its between Linguistics and Recording Arts. I love other languages and I have a knack for picking them up quickly and easily. I would like to work as a linguist, mostly translating or such. Languages I'd like to learned is Russian (My number One.) and possibly Japanese or Chinese. I also have a bit of knowledge with Italian I could expand. Like I said though, I've been putting alot into Russian. Would I be able to make it well as a Linguist and be able to find a good job with livable pay, or should I go for Recording arts? (Working in a recording studio?) I want to find a job I could make a decent living off of, but also something I would enjoy doing.

Gateway To the Truth/Flawless Plan feedback? Gateway to the Truth/Flawless Plan The looking glass has served its purpose, It has helped you find a way, Through the thick lies and corruption That dampen every livable day. But the job is not close to over, The machine has a lot more to do. We just sit and take the taxes, You just watch and let them seize you. It only acts as a gateway to the truth, Not a guideline to your future The remainder is up to you How much more punishment, pain, torture Will you take? I think we’ve got a plan, I believe this could work, We’ll have them in the palm of our hands, We just got to work out the minor quirks. Yes, this will do. We’ll all be the top dogs. Controlling our daily lives, Pretending to give back wealthy jobs. Our slavery system is flawless, In every aspect, look at it any way. We’ll tell them lies, no truth, no wise, We’ll have them working for our pay. And we’ll set up a system of rights, Seeming to give something back. But really all they will receive, Is a backhand, gut wrenching smack. And total control will be on our side No place for the peasants to rune or to hide And god bless the ones who will try to defy We’ll label them as “out of their minds”. And everyone will listen to us, For everyone is afraid of us. For everyone else bows down to us. For everyone else works for us. As everyone else praises us. And only a few will stand against us. We’ll knock them down with everyone else, And our whole lives will be high.

should I buy a small or mid sized home? I will have support from my girlfriends family, and I will be rooming with one of my friends after a few months. I should be able to afford the small home (the one I found is 800sq ft and 30k) and the larger one needs a little work, but it is livable for 50k and 1200 sq ft. As said, my girlfriends parents (who make 6 figures) will cosign and help support me. but not completely of coarse. I live in Florida. I will have enough money for down payments and miscellaneous supplies.the 30k dollar house has a very large tree (or 2) that gives alot of shade for the electric bill. I want to know which would overall be better, should I get the larger home for future investment purposes and struggle week to week paying bills (who knows I may get a good job later) or do the smaill home and be able to afford it more easily but not have that good investment. I have a job. Remember, the homes are not much different in prices, however the monthly bills will be a little more with the larger home. I need answers with reasons please.

Major home issues with no money...? My G.mother died in 2000 my dad(only child) died in 04, there's a house they have left me but its been empty for awhile and it is not livable: roof damage mainly, I'm 22 with low income living alone barely making it, my dad blow through SO SO So much money my g.mother had and now the house is in ruins. I want the house so bad it hurts to possible know what the future holds, it need everything from the bottom to the top form inside out remodeled, whats my first step to getting the house back the wa it was when it was getting taking care of?....

Is this an interesting beginning to a book? The world in which I live is both a great and terrible place. There are monsters which patrol the cities outskirts in horrible tandem. Drool slicks their muzzles and at night I can hear them through my window, howling at the nighttime sky. During the day, the guards stationed around the perimeters of the town protect us with their double-headed pikes. I've never actually seen them defend us myself, but there is undeniable proof within the dead carcasses that are burned just outside the gates every morning. We are a dying race, here. If the monsters, both seemingly harmless and viciously aggressive do not destroy us first, our lack good resources will. Not only that, but the fact that the male population here outweighs the female simply shows that in the long-run, we will not last. There is word of leaving this planet in search of better worlds, but I refuse to get my hopes up. Word of building a shield to defend us from flying abominations has flitted around for years, yet nothing has been done thus far. It would be silly to become eager for something that most likely will never occur. But it is not all bad here on this planet. My people are benevolent and peaceful, easily going about their lives even under the terrible curse we have been exposed to. Our bodies have been warped, some worse than others, into the shapes of animals. If you are lucky, you possess only a tail and a set of ears. Others are covered in a fine layer of silky smooth fur, sometimes as bright as the sky or the sun itself. Some have hooves for hands and feet. My mother has the tiny beady eyes of the ox, and my father has the floppy, droopy ears of a hare. I myself have the fluffy powdered hair of a sheep, along with a drooping pair of ears. The women pinch them and declare me absolutely adorable, but I will never forget how disturbed I was when I suddenly woke up and found them there. A close friend of mine was transfigured in the most terrible way. Her body is hunched and her fingertips are clawed with the longest of talons. The council says she is a tiger, a true beast. But she is still the same child I have known all my life. In the end, there are no limits to the curse, which has been named after our race, 'The Zodiac.' The name derives from the celestial beings described in the future reading horoscopes we used to read in the older days. It still gives me shudders when I glance in the mirror and meet the coldest of silver eyes, though. All in all, the curse is livable, but quite annoying. But enough of these trivial facts. It is morning when I decide to leave my small home, mother and father are busy with work, so they don't so much as glance at me as I open and close the front door. As I walk into the dusty streets of my humble city, I shiver and pull my embroidered scarf tighter around my throat. There is a chill in the wind that curls my toes and raises the hairs on the nape of my neck. It is the sign of a terrible omen and it makes me wish I was smaller, still clueless to the dangers just walking outside brings. (If you want to read the rest, let me know. I'll email you a link.)

Arg, my life is a train-wreck. How to improve? My problems are as follows, 1) I had a nervous breakdown last semester in college after not sleeping for two weeks/frequent anxiety attacks. I was at the top of my class at the time and being a perfectionist was making myself sick getting good grades. 2) I've spent the past three/four months (no, I can't count) at home, virtually doing nothing besides finding inventive and solitary ways to pass time. 3) I have tried volunteering and art classes during this space, but neither have necessarily given me a sense of accomplishment or purpose. 4) I am pathologically shy and go days without talking to people. Further, I am a complete prick (to put it mildly) that others tend to avoid and visa-versa. 5) It's difficult right now to get myself out of bed, even though my insomnia is still very bad. 6) I am on anti-depression and anti-anxiety medication. I am addicted to tranquilizers for sleep. 7) I have lost all motivation to do anything, and frankly have no idea what I'm going to do in life or how I am going to survive in general. I've had years to "figure it out" and made no progress. 8) While I'm no longer overtly sad or anxious, I feel generally numb, indifferent and aloof. I can go days without saying a word. 9) In general, I had given up on having normal human relationships, and am not sure how I can make friends in the future. My social anxiety makes approaching new people unbearable. I'm going back to college in January. What do I need to do, specifically, to lead a more livable life? Career counseling, maybe? Or is it that I'm expecting too much, i.e. to be happy? Should I just give up and accept complete isolation and underachieving mediocrity?

Why does Beck think people who don't make enough to pay income tax should serve in the military? Do Grandmas & Pas fall in that category? Single parents? How a bout Exxon? Is this the wave of the future, where if you are so poor you are forced to join the Army? Would that be Fascism? Totalitarianism? Dictatorship? what would it be but a godsend to the war hawks? And before you condemn those who fall in this category don't forget they still pay sales and other taxes? So if you have no money you get drafted? Is that constitutional? If there wasn't such a disparity in incomes and suddenly everyone was paid a livable wage wouldn't that stimulate the economy? Do you agree with Beck? I had to leave the house in a hurry for work this morning and forgot to place the link. It was the front page of MSN.com. I thought it would be all over the news and I just got home and can't find it now. I'll check my history after I eat. But really, in a left wing world, don't you think it would be all over the news? I guess it's not as left wing as you say. Usually the righties say stuff and don't give a link because they made it up. If anybody else saw this give the link to the lady in the tin foil hat please. Isabella, I disagree, in fact I saw the rerun of the Daily show and I'm still sure I saw it on MSN.com but couldn't find it again. Why is that? He was dead serious about putting all the parasites in the military. I'd love to see the CCC reinstated but todays generation is much different than that of the depression era. I'm afraid they wouldn't take their work seriously and put on an act just to get paid. Probably would have to go back and correct the screw ups they would make, costing us more than double. Then there are companies that make billions like Exxon that paid no taxes at all on $368 Billion in profits. Do we send the CEO's to war? I think it would do them good.

So they say NYC is the most expensive city in the U.S.? Or is it? Well all know it's expensive as hell out there, but let's take Manhattan out of the equation. I want to move to New York in the near future (to advance my career), but I was wondering if you think I can get a decent 1bd apartment in: Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, or Staten Island for $1,000-$1,200? I live in Los Angeles, so there won't be a big difference in living expenses for me. I truly believe when people speak about NYC's cost of living, they're solely speaking about "Manhattan" and not the outer boroughs where most of the residents live. I think San Francisco, L.A. & San Diego can be just as expensive. I've digressed...back to the original question. What can I get in the outer boroughs (and maybe Harlem or Washington Heights) for $1000-$1200? I know this is a little on the cheap side, but I don't think it's far fetched. I would prefer diverse areas and within a reasonable travel to Manhattan. It doesn't necessarily need to be "hood". Based on assumption, I would think the Bronx (I've never been there) would be the most affordable, but I've heard it's the most run down (sorry, I don't mean to offend). Queens looks very livable for me. But it does look extremely residential. I did like the Ft. Green section of Brooklyn, but if you know any neighborhoods, please recommend them. Staten Island would be the last choice, but if the price is right...I'll make that move. **I also like how Queens is very drivable.

Buying a Grow-House? I’m having the opportunity of buying a house that was use to grow marihuana for a well-below-market-value price but I’m scared I might be underestimating all the work that needs to be done due to humidity, possible mold that might come in the future even if the house inspection checks fine, etc. Besides that, the house needs new floors, new kitchen, new bathrooms, etc…but I’d be getting a great deal: the house has been appraised by the county for 360K (they usually underestimate the value) and I’d be getting it for 216K. Also, I have been told that the county (Miami Dade County) will probably need to inspect the house after the repairs in order to declare it livable….where could I find more info about this?

With all the things i have to do, how do i stay enthusiastic about my writing/stories..? All I really care about is my writing.. Though it seems I have no time to do it as much as is needed to be meaningful. All that makes me happy is when i make good work. This seriously is ALL my mood revolves around. Every high and low I have correlates to what i've been making lately. I dont care about anything else.. With school and work though i never have time. I get burnt out and tired and those stories that make life livable that i had in my mind.. get really far away from me.. I feel like im constantly chasing them and its driving me batshit insane. If someday im never able to devote my time to this, i think i'd probably swallow a bullet. I am majoring in illustration and special effects in school. (yeah a double whammy) because im interested in storytelling. I feel really low and worthless when im not creating something. Yet my life is always revolving around work and school. Does anyone face a similar situation? Can they give me some advice? I seriously think if i never get to sit down and become happy with my work i will off myself. Thats years into the future though after i have tried and tried again to finish what i consider my lifes work. I dont want to die, but sometimes i feel like im going in circles and everything thats important keeps getting put off. I keep hearing that in this industry (entertainment), no matter which direction I go into i'm going to be worked VERY hard.. I'm very visual though just fyi, and im pretty sure its the direction i should be going (visual developement to be specific). I just want to be able to get the pictures out of my head the way I like. So yes I guess writing and illustration are important to me. You all should know that so I dont have people constantly offering "change your major". No.. writing and storytelling come so naturally to me. Its illustration that i have more problems with. Things I have tried: writing a little bit everyday. <-- at least an hour when i can sketching everyday.. the images pop up listening to the music that matters most and inspires (I feel like i go through more music than a fat kid goes through cake. Its wierd the way i am getting bored with visualizing while listening to music. Its also worrying me. Maybe I should stop listening to music completely.. find another inspirational niche.. And come back to music so its all fresh and exciting?? I have tried this but its VERY hard. Music is like all my brain revolves around so .. if i try to go without it i feel really dead. Maybe its an unhealthy obsession and i should seek counseling? My sister keeps telling me this. I take prozac btw. Its just not really that im bipolar or anything i just want to shut myself away and get this stuff done. Even if it sucks i need to get it done. I feel horrible like im wasting my time when im doing anything else, even if it really does matter for the most part. Please no insulting comments because you think i am crazy and ocd. Thank you. BY THE WAY, SORRY THIS IS SO LONG.

Legal question on a law suit? So in September I cut my finger very badly at a job and was taken to the emergency room, and after months of arguing back and forth and having bill collectors calling I think I finally got them to pay for my hospital bill, but now im a little angry with how the whole situation was handled and would like some compensation for my finger. I cut it on a moving blade I was new to the job and felt i never recieved proper training and also normally there is a guard on the machine but someone had removed it and debree was covering the blade that i cut my finger on. Its been over 6 months my finger looks disgusting and it still hurts, it reminds me of having a mild headache all the time as in its livable but annoying and not something i want to have the rest of my life which im afraid is the case, I also can not apply pressure to it which may come as a problem when im done with school because most of my future job as an accoutant is done on a computer. Im just wondering if this would qualify For a lawsuit. I was employed through an employment agency for the first three months of working there and so every time I contacted the actual place where my injury happened she wouldn’t deal with me cause it wasn’t their problem cause I was never actually employed through them cause I quit after I cut my finger which was about a half a month into my employment there. So what im wondering since I got hurt on their property could I sue them I believe it is a case of complete negligence mainly due to the fact the guard wasn’t on the machine and since I never received proper training? I mean my parents got sued for 16,000 ten years ago cause our neighbor was in our yard playing with our 11 pound dog and it scratched her and she didn’t even require medical attention. I think this is a lot more serious than that. Anyone advice please?.

How can a teen furnish a half finished basement? I am a teenager and my parents have a basement that was supposed to be done years ago for me but it is not done, there is one finished room but there is no flooring (cement floor), and rest of the basement has the framing for future rooms exposed. I don't think it will be done anytime soon, but I want my space, so how can I finish it quick and make it livable, so I was thinking of stapling old sheets to the frame to create a wall, and the ceiling also. I can't drywall it, its too expensive, but maybe paneling? idk, i need some ideas, what about the floors also? thanks

What are some good DIY projects for renters? I'm about to move back home to my dad's (just got out of college) and, well it's a house that desperately needs help and the idea of staying in this place as is makes me want to stab myself in the eye (it always has, and I'll describe the layout below). However we are renters and the guy who owns the house is a complete jerk. He just has the house as an asset and won't put any money into it and we've had to fight to get anything fixed. Two examples: It came with a kinda crap fence, which blew down in a massive wind storm one winter. We have 2 dogs, so that was clearly not ideal for us or our neighbors. It took a month for the fence to get back up because, A) The owner of the house refused to pay, even when our neighbor offered to go 50/50 on it with him (they offered to buy half OUR fence, and the dude turns it down. COME ON! Ok I digress.). B) We, at the time, could not afford to replace a whole fence or even part of it, although we were willing to work out a deal with our neighbor (although the owner should be the one replacing it). Our neighbors literally just built around us. Our "fence" is the sides of our neighbors fences. The other one: Our oven broke. It took over a month for that to be replaced because he kept ignoring calls from the realtor and us. Clearly this guy isn't going to be doing anything of any use for our benefit. NOTE: My dad, while annoyed, also sees moving as a hassle and doesn't care much (me the sis would be doing all the DIY work), so he won't be moving anytime in the foreseeable future, hence why we still put up with this house. Ok, back on track. Definitely painting the walls cause they're a bit dull looking (probably just white, don't want to deal with the owner on color and my dad likes simplicity). We have vaulted ceilings and litterally the whole house is wide open, all the way up to the second floor. Even the kitchen is visible to the family room in the back (living room when you walk in). There's a lack of structure so I'm looking for inexpensive ways to sort of make it more livable. Currently (and for the past 10 years), there's just been stuff everywhere because there's no where to really put anything and we haven't figured out a way to arrange furniture, etc. in a way that works so we can add more storage or at least make it look less like we just moved in. All tips are welcome, and I particularly like specific ones (saying "go to ikea" just means I wander around in a circle overwhelmed)! Thanks for your help :) Also, I'm sure this is evident but just in case, I say "renters" because, well we are, but also because we don't want to invest in crazy remodeling projects for a place we don't even own. It's more about making it more functional with small things :)

Should I finish my PhD? Of course this is a question I have to answer for myself, but I thought I would see what kind of feedback I get here. I am 34 years old, I have an MS in computer science, and I'm working on an interdisciplinary PhD, it isn't clear that having a PhD will improve my income. I'm tired of living in an apartment, or renting a room in someone else's home. I have had a difficult time dating because I spend so much time with school. I feel like it is time to "grow up" and get a regular well paying full-time job, get married, and have kids. Of course many grad students do this on top of going to school, but I'm not sure if I can juggle all that. I feel like I'm getting behind in life, and that if I don't start saving (which I can't really do as a grad student) I will have a difficult time retiring in the future. I'm only 1 year into the PhD, I figured I would use the first year to get courses out of the way and then worry about getting an advisor. Unfortunately I'm now having a difficult time finding an advisor. There are some people who would like to hire me, but they either don't have funding, or can't pay a livable wage (I'd have to take loans). Any thoughts? I put this in the engineering section since the PhD I'm pursuing is an engineering degree.

Some new names for places, etc? i need some names for places that are going to be in my story and new names for some things that already exist... so waaay in the future (over 1000 years), almost the entire human race has destroyed itself, and the few that remain are kept on various other planets, by "aliens." these "aliens" are trying to restore the Earth to a living state and want to reintroduce the human race to it. none of the humans alive know what earth is like, they have never lived there. the "aliens" rescued them when their world became unlivable hundreds of years ago. the majority of the book is about the 300 humans who are returned to Earth. they are put in groups of 30 and spread out among North and South America, since those are the only livable continents, and they learn to live like the people before the "early ones (us)" lived. knowing the wilderness, respecting the land, working together, protecting each other. i need to find something to call the "aliens," cause "aliens" isn't the right word for them (it can be something random, but it has to sound like they are a species, not just anything) i also need something to call the "early ones," which are basically us, but the humans in the story don't want to feel related to the "early ones" because of what they did to their planet and different names for the universe and the Earth, they seem too formal to me (just something else to call them). and also various names for other planets and "aliens." i know it is a lot, but i have no imagination when it comes to making up new names... thanks!! yeah, i think i was asking too much of people...

How can I end my lease without bringing the landlord to court? I rented an apartment on a 5 month lease (weird I know) and was told that a lot of things would be fixed/improved before I moved in. Needless to say none of these things were done and I didn't get them in writing mostly because all of these improvements are huge code violations in Minneapolis. Along with the code violations I recently called the city of Minneapolis and found that the renters license on the property is only for a triplex and they have 4 apartments in the building. The code violations include a non-working oven (has never worked), non-working electrical outlets and an ant infestation. I've called the city of Minneapolis on these and they've come out and documented the issues. They've "red-tagged" the violations and are forcing the rental company to fix them but at this point it's too much for me to want to continue living here. In addition to the legal issues there are multiple nuisance issues. Maintenance and the real estate agent have entered my apartment with no notice multiple times. The parking is a mess, each apartment is supposed to have 2 spaces but there are constantly guests parked in the lot and most of the apartments have 3 or 4 cars parked in the lot so I'm left with nowhere to park. The garbage is never collected and there are always bags and boxes of garbage and broken glass all over behind the house. Also the upstairs neighbors are constantly smoking pot and the place reeks. I've called the management multiple times and they either say that they'll take care of it or they don't answer and never return phone calls. I basically at this point have a month left on my lease and just want to cut my losses so I can move into a livable place. I don't have the time to take them to court to break it so I'm looking for possible situations in which I could demand/ask to be released early. I'd even agree to call off the investigation in return for the lease-end. I may go to court at a later date to re-coup rent paid but that's in the future. PS: what are my rights if I find that the apartment is illegal?

guppy sick, tank cycling, what do i do? Situation: i had to separate my males from females immediately(terrible ratio) so i hurried up and grabbed a 3gal with an air pump and an under gravel platform. i know, not the best. my fish were fry from fancy/feeder mix. not the prettiest but rather hardy. they're about 3 months old. i took gravel from my other tank and some water from it but mostly new dechlor water and put the 4 females in there with some healthy anacharis. i gravel vac'd a week later. lady at fish store tested my water sample, told me the water was actually livable but it needed to cycle so not to touch it at all for 3wks. its been 2wks and i noticed 3 days ago that one of my girls seems to have mouth rot. i got melafix and have been using that as directed but the fish is getting worse. now it looks like pop eye too and the mouth is completely rotted away. just gaping open, the fish(silver) is darkening, looks awfully sick, cant eat, just awful Questions: is the melafix messing up the tanks cycle? will the other fish get the same illness? should i just euthanize the sick one now? how? when this crap is over, is the water/tank contaminated with the illness? i don't want future fish to get the rot. do i have to start all over? can i do a partial water change without messing up the cycle? ugh, just where do i go from here?

Could plants that survive artic temperatures on Earth survive on Mars? I love the idea that NASA is not only researching ways to study Mars' chemical composition, but also plan to terraform Mars to be as livable as Earth itself. They plan on splicing several kinds of genes into certain plants and vegetables to survive the extreme cold winters of the martian wasteland. Then even tested a plant containing a bioluminescent gene from jellyfish, so perhaps Mars could be our fictional Pandora in the near future--if you watched Avatar you know what I am talking about. But for now I am only focusing on natural Earth plants that survive artic conditions. So what kind of plants do we have that could survive cold conditions on Mars; perhaps around -200 or -150 degree Farenheit? I forgot, here are some links to know what I am talking about: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/07/970718044054.htm http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2005/mars_plants.html Sorry, I forgot to be specific on the temperatures. On a martian day (sol--stands for a solar day on mars of around 24.6 hours), the temperatures average around 80 degrees Farenheit. As on the winter, especially at the martian poles, the extreme temperatures can be around -200 degrees Farenheit. If you did not know that I am sorry. But for now I am looking towards answers on what plant species could survive such conditions. Thank you. Thank you people.

Should I move to the US? Hi, I'm 16 years old. I was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. I'm currently in my second year of schooling, next year is going to be my last and very important year - all my assessments that I do will count towards my enter which will also 'determine' my future. I'm pretty much satisfied, I plan to live here for the rest of my life and travel a bit too. All my relatives are here, except my mother's relatives who are in asia or in California. Her mother passed away a couple of months ago in the US, and now my aunty is trying to get her sisters and cousins from **asia to migrate to america, none of those cousins can speak proper english and arent around my age and dont bother talking to me (despite visiting them so many times) I have a year to decide whether I'm going or not. I don't want to go, considering that I'm already living in one of the world's most livable city. My mum says opportunities in America are greater and the education system there is much more advanced, that's why everyone goes there. Well, i think differeint. I think Australia and America was and still is the last resort for those to escape from war-torn or poor countries. So much has been established, after so many years of hardwork to establish so much in australia, i dont see why we need to move again. Family and friends have be made, we have nothing to run away from. She doesn't mind going, and theyre going to fill in the document in case we want to go. My dad's fine with it, my older sister doesn't want to either. Should me and my family go to the US? Which country would be better to stay at/go to? Justify your answers. She lives in San fransisco, said i could go to standford university (which i HIGHLY doubt will accept)

Suggestions for places to move in the United States? Ok, just to provide a bit of information... Hubby and I are considering moving out of New Orleans, and the biggest reason is the potential for hurricanes. I'm not from this area, and have only lived here for two years, and the yearly hurricane scare is well... scaring the crap out of me. I'm not sure I can live this way my whole life. And since the hurricanes are such a big deal, that basically means anything in the gulf is out automatically. I just don't want to be forced to save up money every year just to run for a little while and come back when I could be putting that money aside for a vacation, or for finally buying a house or something else equally as important. The north where its cold and gets lots of snow is out too, but for different reasons. I was in a major car accident in 2004 that means my balance is not stable anymore, and the ice is simply torture to me. About two years after my accident, I slipped on some ice and tore a ligament in the same leg that I had damaged in the car accident. So ice is not good. Neither is tornado alley. Earthquakes MAY be livable. Here's the thing though. We have limits due to the nature of our jobs. We both work in the hospitality industry, so anywhere we go needs to be a tourist destination so we can find jobs. No we don't intend on this to happen this year. Probably not even the next year. But having a plan for the future would be beneficial.

buying a flat... What do you think? This morning I had an offer accepted on a 2 bedroomed flat in a pleasant area of a nice market town. It's livable, comes with EVERYTHING in it (TV, chest of drawers, beds, lamps etc) and cost me £69,950. It's part of a complex, it comes with parking space, the ground rent is negligable and it's double glazed throughout. The downsides are that the shared comunal garden isn't huge, it's an ex-council property, house prices may go down in the future and my variable rate mortgage could go up. I've got a mortgage ok. But my parents keep screaming "In three years time you might want to move out. Now's the wrong time. Blah Blah Blah. etc." I really want to be able to stand on my own two feet and not have to rely on my parents in life. It feels like the right thing. Have I done the right thing by getting on the property ladder, or was this a bad move? I'm self employed. I've got the variable rate mortgage because it allows me to overpay when I earn a lot more money.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad is so pissed of that I quit one of the easiest and decent paying jobs you can get especially in this economy, because I was reading too much of Schopenhauer's pessimism about the cruelty of man, nature and existence. The stupid will to survive that "just is" and defies all reason. The selfish egoist sexual sadism of all nature and man. How can I live in a world like that? Maybe if I had been educated since childhood that thats the way the world is I could have accepted it. But in school they taught us lies about good guys and bad guys that I was the only fool stupid enough to believe. How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad thinks I'm depressed because I have no friends or girlfriend. But this is a philosophical existential depression not a personal psychological one! I just can't move, get out of bed or live in this world under such cruel conditions! I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future The problem is that a job is a means to an end. Even if you enjoy that job, its still true to a degree, since the job is still a means to a good life bot through spiritual and financial pay. I'm just not hungry for carrots and I'm not too afraid of the whip. I mean my present life satisfies my material needs without any positive affirmation of effort on my part. So while I may be unsatisfied with this current life, there isn't any strong impetus to radically change it. Yet at the same time I'm unwilling to positively affirm my current life by working. So the second option is to work for the "future". But the thing is there is no goal within the realm of possibility that truly drives me. So I'm neither attached to my present life nor desire any better one. I'm in a position of stasis. What am I supposed to do? The whip is I will lose what I have, the carrot is I will get some great future life. But I desire neither. There is no reason for me to work whatsoever. The thing is I can ONLY be satisfied on the metaphysical cosmic level, and that will be always answered by the "real world" and "human nature". All other pleasures are dull and useless to me if the that one is left unmet. So to say just live your life and smell the pretty flowers is a meaningless statement to me. If my metaphysical needs are not met than my personal need are a nonissue. And getting a job by positively affirming my acceptance of the values of the "real world" just undermines my metaphysical bliss all the

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad is so pissed of that I quit one of the easiest and decent paying jobs you can get especially in this economy, because I was reading too much of Schopenhauer's pessimism about the cruelty of man, nature and existence. The stupid will to survive that "just is" and defies all reason. The selfish egoist sexual sadism of all nature and man. How can I live in a world like that? Maybe if I had been educated since childhood that thats the way the world is I could have accepted it. But in school they taught us lies about good guys and bad guys that I was the only fool stupid enough to believe. How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad thinks I'm depressed because I have no friends or girlfriend. But this is a philosophical existential depression not a personal psychological one! I just can't move, get out of bed or live in this world under such cruel conditions! I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future The problem is that a job is a means to an end. Even if you enjoy that job, its still true to a degree, since the job is still a means to a good life bot through spiritual and financial pay. I'm just not hungry for carrots and I'm not too afraid of the whip. I mean my present life satisfies my material needs without any positive affirmation of effort on my part. So while I may be unsatisfied with this current life, there isn't any strong impetus to radically change it. Yet at the same time I'm unwilling to positively affirm my current life by working. So the second option is to work for the "future". But the thing is there is no goal within the realm of possibility that truly drives me. So I'm neither attached to my present life nor desire any better one. I'm in a position of stasis. What am I supposed to do? The whip is I will lose what I have, the carrot is I will get some great future life. But I desire neither. There is no reason for me to work whatsoever. The thing is I can ONLY be satisfied on the metaphysical cosmic level, and that will be always answered by the "real world" and "human nature". All other pleasures are dull and useless to me if the that one is left unmet. So to say just live your life and smell the pretty flowers is a meaningless statement to me. If my metaphysical needs are not met than my personal need are a nonissue. And getting a job by positively affirming my acceptance of the values of the "real world" just undermines my metaphysical bliss all the

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I guess for me the question is both personal and philosophical. They feed off each other. I can sort of predict the responses. Its the boss' property so he can do whatever the hell he likes. And I should just toughen up and take my punches. Democracy has been such a big deal in my life politically and philosophically that I forgot to examine democracy in my personal life. I think this was a big mistake in college, because I took a pretty antagonistic view towards college life, when in reality there is more democracy there through hall councils, SA, and clubs than in the real world. Now college is over, and there is very little democracy in the real world. It seems individualism is valued over democracy. We are all lone atoms. There is value to that. But on the other hand you deal with your neighbors as atoms, not as a democratic body. Few people even know their local government. I'm very political and have no idea. And the small town Dem and Rep parties are surprisingly closed off, you would think they would WANT more members. So I started off with a sort of Jeffersonian democratic vision of the yeoman farmer breaking up the landed estates and farming his own land ruling his own nation like the Atheninan democrat or the New England Town meetings. With the values of a old New England town. But as I searched for daily life democracy I became more radical. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future.

How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority? How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad is so pissed of that I quit one of the easiest and decent paying jobs you can get especially in this economy, because I was reading too much of Schopenhauer's pessimism about the cruelty of man, nature and existence. The stupid will to survive that "just is" and defies all reason. The selfish egoist sexual sadism of all nature and man. How can I live in a world like that? Maybe if I had been educated since childhood that thats the way the world is I could have accepted it. But in school they taught us lies about good guys and bad guys that I was the only fool stupid enough to believe. How do I convince dad not to throw me out of the house because I wont get any job where I'm ruled by authority My dad thinks I'm depressed because I have no friends or girlfriend. But this is a philosophical existential depression not a personal psychological one! I just can't move, get out of bed or live in this world under such cruel conditions! I know that there is a libertarian argument that capitalism is the natural sister of democracy. That the free market is true economic liberty of personal responsibility, free will and voluntary choice. And you have an uncle named John Galt who used to have to lick toilets clean but then invented a autolicker and became a trillionaire. For the moment lets just leave that theoretical argument to the side. What is the reality? In the USA all workers are at-will. Which means you can be fired for any reason whatsoever save race or sex. For rooting for another sports team, for complaining about an abusive employee, for doing your job too good, for listening to your manager, for asking for a raise or a pay decrease. For any reason whatsoever. So your boss has basically godlike omnipotent power over your life. Since there is limited welfare, its not impossible to starve from poverty so it literally is life and death. Without getting into a theoretical debate about capitalism, on a personal level its hard for me to just accept that some of the worst people in the world, the alpha male wolves should have such arbitrary power over my life. When you think that the lion's share of your time revolves around work, and your job pays your bills for the offhours. Since we're all such individualists, whats the solution for the individual. I guess theres the claim that anyone can be an entrepreneur. But for a young guy right out of college, what are the options really? Boss or death. I don't know if I can endure hierarchy and authority. Perhaps a public sector job would be better since then at least there is a system of checks and balances between unions and management, so its more like a constitutional monarchy. And in an indirect sense you are working for yourself since you elect the government you work for. Technically you can elect your boss out of office but its a rather tortuous process and not reality. Most you can really do is write your congressman complaining. So I don't know what the solution is metaphysically or personally. Can this world be made livable? Can I put up with a job? To get a job is the ultimate affirmation of life. Its saying to the universe I'm satisfied with the decades that have come before, and I'm willing to work, fight and struggle to preserve whatever I already have. I'm not sure if I'm ready to take that leap of faith and affirm my past life for the future The problem is that a job is a means to an end. Even if you enjoy that job, its still true to a degree, since the job is still a means to a good life bot through spiritual and financial pay. I'm just not hungry for carrots and I'm not too afraid of the whip. I mean my present life satisfies my material needs without any positive affirmation of effort on my part. So while I may be unsatisfied with this current life, there isn't any strong impetus to radically change it. Yet at the same time I'm unwilling to positively affirm my current life by working. So the second option is to work for the "future". But the thing is there is no goal within the realm of possibility that truly drives me. So I'm neither attached to my present life nor desire any better one. I'm in a position of stasis. What am I supposed to do? The whip is I will lose what I have, the carrot is I will get some great future life. But I desire neither. There is no reason for me to work whatsoever. The thing is I can ONLY be satisfied on the metaphysical cosmic level, and that will be always answered by the "real world" and "human nature". All other pleasures are dull and useless to me if the that one is left unmet. So to say just live your life and smell the pretty flowers is a meaningless statement to me. If my metaphysical needs are not met than my personal need are a nonissue. And getting a job by positively affirming my acceptance of the values of the "real world" just undermines my metaphysical bliss all the