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This is such a complicated thing to discuss, it's crazy. But if you read on, I promise to tell you some essential things that women want in a mate. First of all, realize that what women want is far more than what men want. Generally, men just want a healthy-looking, beautiful woman. But women select their mates based on things that women have had to search for for generations in order to successfully reproduce -- remember that this is the essense of everything... ...women want, primarily, resources. That may seem too simple at first, but let me try to explain what I have learned about sociobiology. All the things that women want are connected to things that ancestors looked for in men in order to successfully reproduce, such as: intelligence, health, status, committment, confidence.... ...such things are inextricably linked to a man's ability to acquire and retain resources. These resources are necessary for a woman to successfully raise their young, which is the most important aspect of life. OK, OK, OK... I'll get down to what you want to know... To impress any girl, first of all you have to have something in common with her, or more. You need to be good-looking and healthy. You need to display confidence that you know that she would desire you (you got what it takes). You have to display your ability to have status (don't be a loser). You need to act smart. All of these things are linked to the ability to have resources and provide for her. But of course, this doesn't mean that you're planning to marry her and have her children. No, but this is all about getting down to the real business - that which naturally drives us. I recommend reading The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating by David M. Buss

YES, I am having this problem.About five days ago I had seven credits. So once again, I checked my web site to see that it's down and then to Xisto forums, I see that I had less than -6 credits. I have no idea what this is about. I'm thinking that maybe there's a penalty for running out of credits. However, that doesn't explain why I lost seven credits in five days. I've been using Xisto for a while now and I suppose that they have once again changed the way that credits work. I know that they have to make the system as good as possible, but it's truthfully annoying. But no matter... I'm going to turn my web site over to someone sometime soon else let it go because I just dont' have the time any longer to be writing posts so frequently. Maybe if the credits would last as long as I think they're supposed to, I wouldn't mind leaving my web site up.

I've tried making money online more than once. I have most recently tried the Google Adsense program, which I have to say is a good one. However, no matter how good the service can be, to make money through ads requires a really good web site with thousands of visitors a day. Most people easily recognize ads and won't click them for the obvious reasons. But sometimes they do and a webmaster can slowly generate a revenue from his or her web site.

From the original NES, to Sega, Super Nintendo, N64, and finally GameCube, I have had my share of consoles and games. I used to love playing console games, but since I got a computer I realized that games are much better on a proper machine. I don't see why one should buy a console when there are plenty of good games available on computers that can offer a lot more than consoles. But it is true that since consoles are designed specifically for games, there are a lot more to choose from when going with a console.

"The State" can mean a lot of things, such as what has been discussed on this thread so far. But try this: the State is not just a line in the dirt; it is not anything to do with the name of a district. A State is simply what we call a place where people are together as a society. Boundaries and driver's liscenses are a particular of a State, not what defines one.The State is a very important concept. In fact, it is the core of political science. The condition of a state is of greatest importance to the subjects of the state - the people. So if people are a part of a State, this is why they act like citizens - they produce, consume, and fight for the glory of their state.I think it's interesting, how the Romans allowed non-citizens to become part of their state (aka. empire, etc.). Foreigners were allowed to become Romans by serving in their army. Nowadays, one can become a citizen of many countries through paperwork...

IN the next few months I will be going to Europe for the first time in my life. I'm from a UK terrirtory (Cayman Islands) and I have spent most of my life on this island and in the United States. It will be a while new experience for me. I'm going to live in Edinburgh to beign with and I will be there with a couple friends. I might like it there enough to stay there, but I'm specifically interseted in travelling to Holland. The Netherlands is a place where people are more liberal than in most other places and I think that it will be an educational experience to be there and see how their society functions. I find it probable that I will like it there and prefer it over Scotland. Also, I want to go to Switzerland, where I have a Swiss friend. I intend to visit him there and do some of the things that he once told me about his city and the fun times that there are to have there. Travelling to another country is a good experience for everyone. It is a way to learn about people and how they differ from place to place. Travel is a way to better get to know and develop the self, and I think it's something that everyone should do throughout their life as much as is possible.

For most of my life so far, I have thought that it would be a bad idea to get a tatoo. When I would talk to people about this I would say that a tatoo is a bad idea until one can be absolutely sure that the tatoo one will have is one that will be of significance for the rest of that person's life. I will get a tatoo in the near future. I have finally found something that I know will be with me for the rest of my life. A lot of people, I've noticed, get tatoos that are of art. I think that art is a cool thing, but I'm sure that it gets old after a while. Like watching a movie or listening to a song too many times, most art will eventually lose its beauty. What I intend to get tatoo'd is a diagram of the soul, written with Greek text and with my design of the diagram. I get this interest from reading Platonic philosophy, which is something that has the power to brand itself to my life forever and will be with me always.

I have long been interested in a subject that many know something about, yet very few care to learn, want to learn, or are able to learn. But this is because most people don't realize the virtue of this knowledge. First of all, this subject I speak of is philosophy; but more specifically, this is related to Platonic philosophy. To give you a short introduction, let me just say that Plato was a philosopher from over 2300 years ago who set the foundations for philosophy and politics for all subsequent history. He was also the teacher of Aristotle, who then taught Alexander (the Great). What I am about to teach you about can be a part of and a benefit to everyone's life. What I have to write here is just a portion of my favorite things about this subject. Virtue In one sentence: virtue is something doing its best to do what it is best designed to do. When we talk about virtue we are particularly talking about what humans or other animals do, but is can also be used to describe something like a pencil, if that makes it easier for you to understand what this means. The virtue of a pencil is to write. The virtue of a bird is to fly. The virtue of a human is to think (use the power of our brain). Get it? But while a general example such as this is can be refined, such as saying that some birds can fly better than others, let this example remain simple - remember that what is important for this lesson is that virtue is part of human life. Human virtue is our ability to use our mind, and that's what we're most interested in here because philosophy is something designed for humans by humans - not for birds or pencils. And we can all clearly see why a human's virtue is in the mind. Of course, if it weren't for our high capacity, we wouldn't be reading these lights on the computer screen. But the mind can do so many things more than to create resources to help us survive and reproduce; it can do much more, and this is the object of philosophy. Philosophy = love of wisdom. The Soul So the question is, how to we become virtuous? Like all actions that we humans make, we make choices to act in ways that will help better ourselves (this is another debatable subject, but just take it for granted for this sake of this argument); virtue is our ability to do what is best for ourselves. What can we better for ourselves, and how? We can use the virtue of the mind to better our Soul. What is the soul? It is probably most common for people to think of a soul as a form - something like a blurry figure of a human being. This symbolic mental representation of the soul is not accurate because the soul is not something that exists in the sensible world. The soul is a metaphysical thing, meaning that it exists only in our mind. We can understand the soul quite easily (if I can explain it right for you) by understanding the way we use our mind. The soul is like our mind (in Greek, psyche = soul. Psyche is the root word for psychology). So let's try to dissect what our mind does when it's at work. A man named Paul Sartre said that "man is doomed to have to make choices," and this is true. What makes humans different from other creatures is that they have the ability to use the mind and be able to make conscious decisions for our actions and we can understand why we make those decisions. A dog or a person may be able to hesitate about whether or not to approach a stranger, but while the dog won't be able to reflect on why it makes the choice it does, a person can. The point is that, for every decision we make there is a conflict between something that is in us as well as an ability to understand the reality of what we are trying to decide. Plato brought to light that the human soul is composed of two parts, which can be most easily understood as body & mind. We have instinctual parts of our soul that are connected with the natural part of us, giving desires, appetites, pleasures, etc., which are connected to the physical part of ourselves - the body. But in addition, within the body is the brain; it gives people the ability to do more than act on natural, impulsive, bodily instinct. The brain (the mind) also gives us the power of calculation. The mind is a functioning part of the body at a different level that takes input from the sensible world via our bodily senses, it stores the information as knowledge, and like a computer, that information is held for future reference and...decision making. So as we see, there are these two parts of the soul: body and mind. However, the question ultimately arises about how our choices are made. Our brain makes choices, of course, but the brain is necessary for all operation. There must be something else within us that moderates between which part of the soul should make the decision - either the reasonable one or the natural one. We all have desires - we need them - but we must also be careful to not give in to them when they do not produce what is best for us. It is particularly a human thing to have to make these choices, which is why Sartre says that we are "doomed" to have to make them. And the reason that we can do this is that it helps us live better lives and survive ? it is part of our virtue. We can find out what this third part is if we are able to consider an example of it. Imagine that you are faced with something horrible, such as a dead person, and you don't want to look - yet at the same time you do. Or imagine that you have had five drinks and you want to have another, but you're not sure if you should. Or imagine that you have left home and the people you love because you have a goal in life that you must pursue, but while it is meant to be a good thing it also makes you sad to do. This third part of the soul is known as the spirit or, to be more modern, the emotion of the soul. Now we see the three parts: 1) the reasoning part (mind), 2) the natural part (body), 3) and the spirited part (emotion). This third part, the spirit, might be the most complicated of the three parts. It arises when there is a need to decide between the sides of a choice we need to make. We feel the emotion from the spirit when we are deciding, and once the decision is over, the soul reverts back to either the reasoning part of the soul in control, or the natural part being in control. Which is more virtuous part of the soul to be in control? Justice After having a fair understanding of Virtue and the Soul, it is not difficult to calculate for which part of the soul is the more virtuous part to be in control. The answer is that the reasoning part is to be in control, and when the reasoning part is in control of the soul, the soul is Just. But to truly see if this is accurate, we must further consider why it is best for reason to rule. The natural part of the soul is given to us by default. We are born with nature and it allows us to survive and grow. Nature gives us the desires necessary for us to acquire what is necessary for the body and its physical existence. Nature is necessary because without it, we wouldn?t be able to sustain the body that is necessary to preserve the brain. And without the brain we would be without the ability to reason. However, while we could survive without reason, it would be an existence without virtue. And without that virtue, we are nothing more than weak creatures. Human ancestors could have never survived this long without the power of reason, and nothing can survive at all without nature. The reasoning part of the soul becomes continuously stronger via what we learn about the sensible world. It could not exist without nature having given it the opportunity to do what it is best designed to do: it uses the information that it collects through the senses in order to have understanding, not only of the physical world that it experiences, but also of the metaphysical world in which it exists. The reasoning part can continuously learn from its environment, while the natural part only adapts to the environment. The reasoning part is far less limited than the natural part, making it the stronger. And most importantly, the reasoning part of the soul is able understand the soul in which it exists, while the natural part cannot. When reason is in control of the soul, there is justice in the soul. Reason is able to know what is best for the soul (Form of the Good) while nature is not. When nature is in control, it is disposed to giving in to desires beyond its needs. When nature rules, having not the knowledge of virtue that only the mind can attain, it has the potential to overpower Reason and take over the soul. When nature is in control, the unreasoned pursuit of desires, pleasures, and appetites disrupts harmony between the two parts. But when reason is in control, it is able to make the best decision about what is best. When reason rules, it gives moderation (virtue of the natural part) to the natural part by giving it only what it needs ? no more, no less. And when reason rules, it allows the natural part to give it the knowledge it needs for wisdom (virtue of the reasoning part), in order to maintain the soul. Reason is able to create harmony between the parts, and this is Justice!

In the Cayman Islands, where I'm from and living right now, we are preparing for another hurricane. As I write this, people around the island are getting nervous and getting all their preparations done. After the devestation to the island when category 5 hurricane Ivan hit here last September, people are afraid. Right now, the storm is supposed to go North, but that's exactly what Ivan was supposed to to last year, just before it turned South and... ouch. So, are hurricane seasons getting worse? I haven't done much research on the subject to find out what the professionals think, but I do believe that the changing environment, whether changed by man or not, are continuously changing around the world and will bring greater climate change and natural disasters in the future. I fear for Cayman because it's a very low-lying island. A hurricane can do a lot of damage, but there were also earthquakes last year. If there's another earthquake nearby that may be able to create a tsunami, it will destroy virtually all of the developed parts of the island. I know that in various places around the world last year, there were many phenomenons of weather and climate. I often am reminded of the message given by the movie "Day After Tomorrow." I wonder if before my life is over, if this climate trend will reverse, or just get worse until an ice-age. What have been the changes where you live? Do you think that things are going to keep getting worse? And do you think that Man is the culprit?

First of all, let me say sorry. It's a bummer to have difficulties in any relationship, but especially (as for what seems to be your case) if the relationship was good. My response to this may be more useful though. Let me tell you that I can't blame you for accepting a nice lapdance, and you shouldn't be too ashamed for giving in to your natural desires. What I mean to say is, it is natural for guys to allow themselves to give in to the opportunity. What I say is wrong with your (ex) girlfriend is that she didn't believe that you were a good candidate for a long-term relationship. Guys and girls alike search for both casual partners as well as committment. If your girlfriend didn't want to accept the "dry sex" but was okay with a lapdance, she was maybe somewhere in between the two. But seeing that she was upset by it enough to break up with you, she was probably more interested in a committed relationship. Now what most people, girls included, don't realize is that what girls want in committment is love. Not just that the man stay monogamous. She wants to believe that you're going to stay with her and not be taken away by another woman. So by knowing that you were giving in to your desires, I'd say that what she was concerned by is that you might cheat on her in the future and hence, stop providing the benefits to her as a couple.

Before answering your questions, let me point out that you cannot generalize "the Greeks" and rightly state that they were a certain way. There was diversity in the Greeks, them having various attitudes towards the philosophies that developed in their time. What I was speaking of is Socrates & Plato's philosophies. Obviously, since they (the Greeks) decided to sentence Socrates to death, we can tell that "the Greeks" isn't a single train of thought. Socrates lost his life because he was able to raise the same point that I'm trying to state - that we can't take things (religion, in this case) as truth only because someone says certain things about the reality of things or because we think we know the reality of things. Also, the Greeks included a lot of different peoples. I think that you have the Spartans in mind when you quote them. In fact, the Greeks in Athens were very pious people - or so they thought. A ) What is the purpose of my life? - - Survival and reproduction. Too simple? Sorry, but that's what all living things are built to do - and that's all we do, essentially. Why live? Because my nature drives me to. What are my objectives? Naturally, what I need to continue surviving and pass on my genes to another generation, as all of my ancestors had to do to make it able to me to live, is to adapt to my environment and be happy. If I'm not able to be happy, I won't be successful and I won't pass those genes on to another generation. I think that's a good paragraph to explain why I (and us all) live). B ) What will I say to God when I see him in Heaven? - - I'll say, "So, where the heck have you been?" Kidding. But I would have to say something along those lines. But if I do end up in Heaven, I guess that would mean that I was right all along - if God is so good, why should he condemn me for the nature that He built into me - the nature to question? I wouldn't need to explain to him for why I should be let into heaven. He's supposed to be all-knowing, no? But to answer your question, I would tell him that because I know the Form of the Good - Justice.

This is an interesting way to phrase it. My view on religion is so complicated that I'm not even sure where to start. So... let me start with the question of a deity (God). I was once a Christian, when I was young and didn't think for my self. But once I felt independent enough to question my religion, I realized that I didn't need to fear questioning it. Perhaps this is why religions "disallow" questioning, because it led me to believe that if God is as good as he is supposed to be, then he wouldn't have reason to punish me to questioning his existence and the reality of the Christian religion. And if He was not good enough to understand, then it wouldn't be worth worshiping Him. Inevitably, my conclusion was that there I would not believe in God until I had reason. That was about 12 years ago, and I'm still atheist.Since then I have studied history, evolution, and philosophy, which have been a useful tool in understanding the development of religion. As it turns out, religion is a tool for societies to keep people cooperating by allying them through a common belief as well as a common threat that they have to strive to evade. A little thought is all that one needs to realize this. Abraham, for example, used the Bible (Old Testament) to keep his people in harmony. The thing is, that once there are too many people in a group, they lose social solidarity and begin to war. But a productive society requires more people. So to keep a large society intact, rule and guidelines are required. Hence the birth of the various religions across the societies of the world.Conclusively, I say that religion does need a change. However, by that I mean that religion needs to no longer be religion, but instead needs to be a system of morals and values that more objectively achieves the goal of religion. Human kind needs to not depend on fear or dependency of a supernatural being. Rather, I believe that instead of religion, people need to understand the reality of the human soul, such as Plato describes it in The Republic. Then, societies will be able to live in harmony with themselves as well as with others, because their understanding of the reality of human life would not be dependent of the supernatural explanations of current religions that are dependent of improvable truths.

Funny that this post should be made today, because just the day before yesterday I had an extreemly embarrassing moment. (Insert negative reputation point HERE). I was with my friend on his boat, and with a few other people. We were all to move to the front of the boat, so I decided to puch the excess rope down into the hull where it belonged so that I could make more room. Part of the rope was tied onto a cleet, which the anchor off the front of the boat was hanging. I had to remove the chain from the cleet to get to the rope. I did, and the anchor didn't move. However, nor did I even think about the anchor falling. We were going quite fast. I was talking to someone up on deck, so for a moment, I wasn't paying a great amount of attention. Then, the worst thing that could possibly happen did happen, and the anchor fell into the water. My friend had once told me that his dad is particular about the condition of the propellor from the bottom of this inboat desil engine. Wham! The propellor is ****ed by the anchor.Sad... soo sad.

Not a bad paper, but I thought I would help by editing a bit for you. I have no idea what education level you are in, but I'd guess that this is a high school paper. I'm a college student and I have written many papers, so hopefully you can pick up from where I left off with the few paragraphs I have proofread for you. It's probably a bad idea for your paper to sound like a college paper, unless it is one. Good luck with this, and I send props to your value for education. Also, might I recommend that you learn the difference between words like education, wisdom, smarts, knowledge, etc. It will help you with your paper, and with epistimology.

Let me begin with a short story before I answer. First of all, I live in the Cayman Islands. Here, it is a popular place for the rich, because there are no taxes and people cab hide money here. So, sometimes huge yachts come in. This week, a humongous yacht came to the island. It is so big that is has a jet boat, a sail boat, and a helicoptor on it. I believe it belongs to the Vice President of Microsoft and it's worth $100 million++ -- so much that I can't even guess. While looking at this boat throughout the day (I work on another boat next to it) I wondered if I would ever want to have something like that if I were a billionare. I thought, well, it gives a lot of people jobs and that's good. However, I think that I would rather give up the cost of such a yacht and instead sponsor something useful, such as scholarships.