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The chart attached may be of interest: http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~watrous/age-base.html. I personally like bases 11, 12 or 13, but I think anything but base 11 is unlikely to be too credible!

I was pondering that the chart doesn't calculate ages in bases 8 or 9 for those who want to be a bit older.

As I walk down our street, I see more and more front gardens that have been changed from being expanses of grass ... to ones of various ground covers that require little maintenance. A few have switched to being vegetable gardens. How about cultivating "The Healing Weeds in Your Yard" -- ...

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The lawn culture is just a firmly entrenched ... In most of the "western world" we consider it normal for half the population to remove the body hair which is part of being human. Don't know what to do about lawn culture except plant trees and bushes. Regarding hair culture, it's not just...

...I'm still waiting for a good explanation for why a box of beautiful looking/smelling Ontario strawberries costs MORE than a box of beautiful looking/smelling California strawberries. hear hear! However, rarely are the California strawberries anywhere as good as local strawberries, especially her...

...what is our obligation to 'the world'? By this I mean the world that does not have what we have. Should we, by our buying power try to make things better for them? Should we concentrate on making our own lives better? Should we expect that "market conditions" will eventually narrow the...

MEF wrote:no tear in the rotator cuff. So, I have mere tendinosis.

How's the shoulder?

I'm not ready to abandon "market economies" but I am ready to pay "fair wages". I'm with MEF on the ethics of things. But it's quite challenging to know how to purchase ethically. I'm more and more uncomfortable buying cheap stuff from China or other places where the labour cond...

So, I have mere tendinosis. Still hurts, though! Orthopedic advice next month. Thanks for your kindness and support. Ow! I wondered whether the sore shoulder I had for months and months was tendinosis (instead of just a "sore shoulder"), so I looked it up and found out the following: http...

This posting may not make it past the rules... has anyone here had experience with torn rotator cuff? OUCH! :ohoh: My condolences. I have no idea what this is, but it sounds nasty. I hope it heals up with rest... and that you can rest it! Regarding the rules... I'm really pleased your post made it ...

...when summer comes. I continue my cycle of Trash/Lit/Trash/Lit. I seem to be on a non-fiction jag... reading books given to me for Christmas... e.g. King Leopold's Ghost. Wow, what a read! (not always fun, becasse of the nasty things KL's officials did in the Congo -- but always a page turner!) M...

Not to blow our own horn too loudly, but not only do we tolerate dissent, we have both federal and provincial parties that have separation as their main platform. Yes, and not only that, but a reasonable level of toleration of peaceful dissent is part of international human rights law. (Canada has ...

Lawless, thank you for your clarification. The protest are not about changing the political status of Tibet, but, rather about changing the human rights abuses of the Chinese government - not only in Tibet but all of China. That makes a lot more sense. I hope that's made clear to all joining protes...

Anyone here more clear?? I haven't read the wikipedia entry. However, you don't need become an expert on Tibet or focus on the truth of whether Tibet is really a sovereign state that should be "free." This is a matter of controversy among many. I understand that even in Tibet the issue is...

We who have access to potable water never insist that it be boiled; we rely on filtration to remove pathogens and impurities as does the LifeStraw. As for iodization, well, that is what it does as well. In Canada water is also chlorinated. If one is unhappy with this, one can let the water sit for ...