In the distant future, the Earth has become significantly less livable. Thousands of humans from a diverse array of economic, national, and ethnic backgrounds have boarded an advanced spaceship called the S.S. NASPAR headed toward an alien planet very similar to our own that can support human life. While there are some other planets nearby that might also be suitable, the humans would likely be subject to significant hardship on them. The S.S. NASPAR has enough fuel to return to earth if they cannot land on the alien planet, and require the aliens' assistance in order to do so. Once the S.S. NASPAR lands, it cannot be used again.

"Red light districts" are zones where drug use, prostitution, and gambling legislation is heavily relaxed, or entirely legalized

The Posting System is a player transfer system between Nippon Professional Baseball (the 2nd biggest baseball league in the world based out of Japan), and the MLB.

Players ask to be posted and are given 30 days to negotiate with MLB teams (American baseball). If a player is able to find an MLB willing to sign them to a contract, the MLB team pays a posting fee to the NPB team, which is a number based on the the contract signed between the player and the MLB. Posting fees historically range from 50 thousand, to 50 million dollars.

If no contract can be agreed upon between the MLB and the player, then the player returns to their NPB team

Effective altruism (often abbreviated as EA) is a philosophical and social movement that advocates "using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible, and taking action on that basis."

"Karma is a concept of action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein individual's intent and actions (cause) influence their future (effect) Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad rebirths. As per some scripture, there is no link of rebirths with karma. Karma is often misunderstood as fate, destiny, or predetermination.

The concept of karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in many schools of Indian religions (particularly in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), as well as Taoism. In these schools, karma in the present affects one's future in the current life, as well as the nature and quality of future lives—one's saṃsāra. This concept has also been adopted in Western popular culture, in which the events that happen after a person's actions may be considered natural consequences of those actions."

The Canadian province of Ontario provides public funding to both secular and Catholic schools from Kindergarten to Grade 12. In 2007, then-Progressive Conservative party leader John Tory proposed also funding K-12 schools for other large religious minorities.

The Canadian province of Ontario provides public funding to both secular and Catholic schools from Kindergarten to Grade 12. In 2007, then-Progressive Conservative party leader John Tory proposed also funding K-12 schools for other large religious minorities.

Recently, you have become a moderately publicly successful French chef, but your real cooking skill is secretly attributable to a raccoon with human-level intelligence (and superhuman-level cooking skill) that directs your movements from underneath your chef’s hat.