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Stable electric-field driven cone-jetting of concentrated biosuspensions.
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Electrospraying, or electrohydrodynamic jetting, is one of several jet-based technologies being explored to process living biological organisms. One of the key advantages of electrospraying is its ability to deposit advanced materials with high resolution that cannot be obtained with other competing technologies, such as ink-jet printing. However, to generate a controlled droplet size distribution in the micrometre range necessary for precision drop and placement of materials requires jetting in stable cone-jet mode. In this paper, we describe the experimental set-up and conditions by which electrospray jetting in stable cone-jet is achieved and use this methodology to process a highly concentrated biological suspension having 10(7) cells ml(-1), the highest cellular loading processed to this day by a jetting approach in this jet based category. The areas of study to which this technology may be applied span the physical and the life sciences.
Type: | Article |
Title: | Stable electric-field driven cone-jetting of concentrated biosuspensions |
DOI: | 10.1039/b606508m |
Keywords: | PROCESSING LIVING CELLS, ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC ATOMIZATION, DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS, MU-M, JETS, FABRICATION, GENERATION, VISCOSITY, DIAMETER, SIZE |
UCL classification: | UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Biosciences (Division of) > Structural and Molecular Biology UCL > School of BEAMS UCL > School of BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science |
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After the departure of Colin West as assistant manager, Chris Turner appointed ex-Carlisle and Huddersfield boss Mick Wadsworth as the club's first team coach and assistant manager.
Wadsworth was a notable part of Sir Bobby Robson's coaching staff during Robson's five year tenure as boss on Tyneside. Wadsworth was Robson's assistant manager at St James' Park and helped them to two 11th place Premier League finishes and to the UEFA Cup third round.
He left his role at Newcastle in 2001, to take the managerial job at Oldham. Wadsworth's earlier managerial highlights include taking Carlisle to the Auto Windscreens Trophy final, as well as guiding Scarborough to the Division Three play-offs - where they finished just three points short of automatic promotion.
His last position before joining up with Pools was at troubled club Chester City, he was sacked in October 2009 after just 13 games in charge.
Soon after arriving at Victoria Park he stepped into the role of caretaker manager after the resignation of Chris Turner. After a string of great results, including wins at promotion chasers Bournemouth an Huddersfield, Wadsworth guided his side to the cusp of the play-offs at the turn of the year and was awarded with the League One manager of the month award for his side's performance in December.
However, a poor run of form in January and an indifferent end to the season saw Pools finish in a respectable, if slightly disappointing, 16th position.
The 2011/12 season started well with Pools in the play-off positions going into October but a run of seven consecutive home defeats was to cost Wadsworth his job as he was sacked by Hartlepool on Tuesday 6th December.
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Ooh, I can't wait to see if I get it in my box, too! I'm always down for trying any mascara that won't make me look like a beat-up, elderly raccoon by the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteRepliesI hope you do! My box was a good one this month. Should I review it? Do you guys care about Birchbox reviews?
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This made me laugh out loud at my desk. I'm not so into the Birchbox reviews unless there's something exceptional, like this mascara. But you always make them entertaining.
I got that mascara, too. I can't wait to try it. I got two full sized products in the box this month. Totally makes up for some less than stellar months past.
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Whoa, I would have thought you're wearing false eyelashes! Your eye looks all Mad Men sexy!
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The Autobiography of Malcolm XWith its first great victory in the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954, the Civil Rights movement gained the powerful momentum it needed to sweep forward into its crucial decade, the 1960s. As voices of protest and change rose above the din of history and false promises, one sounded more urgently, more passionately than the rest. Malcolm X - once called the most dangerous man in America - challenged the world to listen and learn the truth as he experienced it. And his enduring message is as relevant today as when he first delivered it. This is the first hardcover edition of this classic autobiography since it was originally published in 1964. In its searing pages, Malcolm X the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley. In a unique collaboration, Alex Haley worked with Malcolm X for nearly two years, interviewing, listening to, and understanding the most controversial leader of his time. Raised in Lansing, Michigan, Malcolm Little's road to world fame was as astonishing as it was unpredictable. After drifting from childhood poverty to petty crime, Malcolm found himself in jail. It was there that he came into contact with the teachings of a little-known Black Muslim leader named Elijah Muhammed. The newly renamed Malcolm X devoted himself body and soul to the teachings of Elijah Muhammed and the world of Islam, and became the Nation's foremost spokesman. When his own conscience forced him to break with Elijah Muhammed, Malcolm founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, to reach African Americans across thecountry with an inspiring message of pride, power, and self-determination. The Autobiography of Malcolm X defines American culture and the African-American struggle for social and economic equality that has now become a battle for survival. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-white citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issue of our day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed, but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America. |
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Saw it. Not bad. Did KStew go on a diet or was that CGI we saw of her starved body? Unfortunately, a lady started talking to me during the last scene that was in the credits so I didn't heard all the dialogue that the Volturi said. Anyone know if it is up on YouTube? Or do you know what they say? Luv'd, luv'd, luv'd the werewolves. Liked how they communicated and I liked how they showed it. If nothing else about this series the author really pegged the animosity between vampires and werewolves. I am looking forward to part 2, too bad I have to wait until next year, that sucks.
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I'm sure it was CGI.
The Volturi got a message from Carlisle that Bella had joined their clan. One of them commented that that problem was now over with ie Bella's humanity. The main Volturi said, on the contrary, it was still on as the Cullens had something he wanted. There was also dialogue about the secretary spelling Carlisle's name wrong and how she was to become fodder for her error.
The werewolves talking to each other was rather ludicrous; everyone in my theater laughed. They looked good, however.
Anyone read about how people are going into convulsions during the birth scene because of the flashing lights? Notice it is all men though...sure, boys, blame the lights.
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I saw it as good way to show that telepathy can be a stream of consciousness type of thing and I didn't have a problem with it. I had heard about the flashing lights, I think it is the flashing red light that is causing the problem. Roger Egbert of the Chicago Sun Times wrote that the child birthing scene was blood curdling and I didn't think so.
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I agree, I didn't think the birth scene was a whole lot worse than a normal birth or at least a Caesarean....hey, guys, there IS blood involved even without vampires!
I agree I hope those anorexic shots of the sick pregnant Bella were CGI...she looked like an end stage anorexic....those shoulders and collarbones.
Hi, I just saw all the Twilight movies for the first time. I'm ready for the release of the last one tomorrow night.
I wondered if anyone could tell me more about the imprinting thing. Did Jacob want to do it, and fall in love with the baby? Or, did he do it as a sacrifice to save Bella's baby? Also, they didn't show anything of him doing it. Does the book say more about it? Did he pee on the baby?
Imprinting isn't a choice...it is just something that sometimes happens to Jacob' kind. All you have to do to imprint on someone is look at someone and if it is meant to be it just happens. No peeing necessary :-)
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The book also tries to explain imprinting in a way that makes it sound less creepy, because a grown man falling in love with a baby is definitely creepy. They explain it as a connection where the person cares about the other in a way that they will be whatever that other person needs. So while she is a baby he will be a protector, and when she is growing up he will be a friend/mentor, and then eventually it will grow into love when she gets old enough. Since he won't age, she will catch up. There didn't seem to be any concern about one person imprinting and the other person NOT reciprocating at some point. I think there was a comment along the lines of "how could someone not respond to that kind of adoration and complete commitment".
I'm off from work tomorrow so I'm going to try and catch a showing fairly early in the morning that I'm hoping will be nearly empty!
Do the werewolves not age? I know the vampires don't, but I thought the werewolves did. They certainly "grow up". In the books you can see Jacob kind of imprinting even on the fetus if you know what to look for.
I really disliked this 'way out" of the Jacob/Edward conflict. Yes, it gives Jacob a kind of happily ever after, someday, but it seems to me to take away some of the humanity of the werewolves.
Jacob is not technically a werewolf and they can eventually stop shape shifting, it is a matter of control and choice.
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Danielle Goldman, an Astoria student who attends Bronx High School of Science, was named a finalist Wednesday in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search contest for her research studying anxiety and depression.
Before learning that she had moved on to the finals, Goldman told the TimesLedger that she hoped she would have a chance to network with the other finalists if she made the next cut.
"I feel like it would be an amazing opportunity to meet all those students who share this passion," Goldman said.
From a pool of 300 teenagers who were named semi-finalists in the highly competitive science contest, Goldman became one of the 40 to advance to finalist. As a finalist, Goldman will travel to Washington, D.C., in March and get the chance to win up to $1.25 million in scholarship money.
Goldman, a 17-year-old senior, said she applied to the school based on its reputation for students placing in the Intel contest. Since sophomore year, she has been conducting research for the contest into the role of GABA, a neurotransmitter, in major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders in adolescents.
"They are very similar, but they're not often linked together or diagnosed correctly," Goldman said.
She said both mental illnesses involve a level of anxiety, but in anxiety disorder the malaise puts them on edge whereas those suffering from depression become sadder and more passive. She said many adolescents have both disorders.
Goldman said three to four times a week after school she visited Dr. Vilma Gabbay, a research psychiatrist at the NYU Child Studies Center.
While there, Goldman and Gabbay would analyze data collected from measurements of different neurotransmitter levels, Gabbay's interviews with patients and her patients' personal ratings of their levels of depression and anxiety. The data came from 40 of Gabbay's patients.
"I'm so grateful to work with my mentor," Goldman said.
She said they found that lower levels of GABA correlated to a higher level of anxiety.
"I was able to see that it was common in both disorders," Goldman said.
Before Bronx Science, Goldman attended PS 166 and PS/IS 122 in Astoria. She has lived in the neighborhood all her life with her father Gary and mother Ruth and has wanted to be a psychiatrist since she was young.
"I wanted to help other children with their problems," she said.
Goldman said she has been accepted to and is planning to attend Columbia University for the neuroscience and psychology research done on campus.
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what a great article! i'm glad they highlighted dan's graham lake falls cache - it was one of my favorites! thanks for the link, jake
Sure puts our hobby in a positive light.
Nicely written article. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. I printed a copy to show to the town officials where I work. This kind of positive article could be useful in developing a relationship with them to obtain official permission for caches on town owned land.
I am fortunate that my husband is a Town Selectman. There are a number of caches in our Town, Orrington, on town owned recreation land, one in the Town library and one on a restored plow in front of our Pubic Works Department sign. All placed with permission. To date and to my knowledge, none of these have caused any problems or created any concerns.
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The hype says that cyberspace will soon become a leading channel in the distribution of financial information and products. I believe that it is now beginning to happen, and a lot of the hype has proved to be justified.
Nobody has ever doubted the potential of the Internet to make an impact in the sphere of investments. It is relatively easy to see how it has the capacity to create an effective marketplace, which links investors and providers of financial services in a uniquely convenient way.
But with its distinctive counter-cultural flavour, and the inevitably unstructured nature of its development, it seemed natural to express caution about how quickly it would be embraced by the ranks of mainstream investors and financial service companies. Which other medium would a company such as Scottish Widows willingly share space with Amsterdam sex shows and Matt Drudge, the man who regularly recycles the latest scabrous rumours on the peccadilloes of Washington politicians?
However, now that the Internet has started to become a respectable plaything of the middle class, all that is changing fast. For investors, in particular, the Internet opens up such a wealth of valuable possibilities that its growth was always assured once word of its capabilities began to spread. It is no surprise that, in the US, the sophistication and breadth of Internet usage in this field is still way ahead of ours. But the gap is now starting to narrow here too.
This week, I talked to the man who now runs what is currently the largest independent UK investment site on the Internet. The site is called Interactive Investor (http://www.iii.com). The aim of the site is to bring together a wide range of information and transaction tools across the spectrum of the financial markets - everything from car and life insurance to pensions and the stock market.
Most of the leading Internet service providers - the AOLs and Compuserves of this world - are attempting to do the same thing with their dedicated "gateway" sites, as are big information companies such as the Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg. Just to confuse things, many of these companies also are hedging their bets by supplying packaged products to other providers.
All the big unit-trust firms and banks have their own sites and are looking for the best way to access the growing band of Internet consumers.
It is a complex and fluid market, but Interactive Investor is proving one of the most durable and successful competitors. The man who runs it is an engaging Englishman with an MBA from Harvard Business School called Alex Heath. He took on the job last year, with the task of turning what was a powerful concept - first started in 1995 by a Canadian entrepreneur - into a successful commercial business.
As the chart shows, the growth in popularity of the site has accelerated rapidly since its launch in 1995. Since the start of last year, in fact, the number of registered users has grown from about 10,000 to just less than 96,000.
The number of "hits" - a measure of how intensively used the site has been - has grown from a million a month, a year ago, to more than 15 million a month today. Given that this is only one site, albeit one of the most popular, these are remarkable figures.
They underline how enthusiastically - after the slow start - that both users and financial companies are now embracing the new medium. What Interactive Investor and others are tapping into now is something more than just business dabbling in a faddy new field. Intriguingly, the Internet is starting to prove its real worth not just as a channel of communication and information, but increasingly as a medium for sales. As Alex Heath points out, whereas initially investors used the Internet to research investment decisions, more and more are now moving on to carry out transactions as well.
In addition, about a third of the site's 100,000 registered users, according to Heath, actively monitor the value of their holdings, using Interactive Investor's portfolio management service. This is a powerful tool which automatically updates the values of each share you own from its market data feeds. To keep this in perspective, some of these portfolios appear to consist of shadow transactions, rather than real life buy and sell decisions, but the trend is clear enough.
Given that this can be done for no more than the cost of a subscription to an Internet service provider, and the related local-rate phone calls, the success of sites such as Interactive Investor is perhaps not that surprising.
What is still remarkable is how far and how rapidly usage is growing. If current market research projections are correct, then Internet access in the UK is set to double from 10 million to 20 million households by the early part of the next century. Financial services will be one of the major beneficiaries of this growth.
It is true that the Internet is still largely a field of dreams for wannabe entrepreneurs. Cyberspace is a strange place to do business - it is a world of rapidly changing fortunes and shifting competitive alliances - and very few, if any, participants have yet made money out of it. Interactive Investor is no exception, but its business is moving forward.
Advertisers like it as a medium, not only because it has a high conversion rate - those who see an advertisement are more likely to make a transaction than in many other mediums - but also because the feedback from users is easy to log and analyse.
Interactive Investor has the advantage of being a small firm with the Internet as its only business, which is competing against larger competitors who cannot decide if the Internet is a threat or an entirely new market.
Of course, any sustained slowdown in world stock markets may slow down the rate of growth in investor interest in this new medium. As the second chart shows, shares in American companies with Internet interests have already taken a pasting since the market started to wobble badly in July. But as a regular user of Interactive Investor and many other online services, my guess is that the momentum behind the growth in current demand is largely unstoppable. Once tried, it is hard to conceive of life without it.
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Chūichi Nagumo
Chūichi Nagumo | |
Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo
Born | March 25, 1887 Yonezawa, Yamagata Japan |
Died | July 6, 1944[1] Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands |
(aged 57)
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service/branch | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Years of service | 1908–1944 |
Rank | Admiral |
Unit | Kido Butai |
Commands held | Aki, Hatsuyuki, Kirishima, Sugi, Kisaragi, Momi, Naka, Takao, Yamashiro 11th Destroyer Division, 8th Cruiser Division, 3rd Battleship Division, Kido Butai, 1st Carrier Division, First Air Fleet, IJN 3rd Fleet, Sasebo Naval District, Kure Naval District, First Fleet, Central Pacific Area Fleet, Fourteenth Air Fleet[2] |
Battles/wars | World War II Attack on Pearl Harbor Bombing of Darwin Indian Ocean Raid Battle of Midway Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Battle of Saipan † |
Awards | Order of the Rising Sun (3rd class) Order of the Rising Sun (4th class) Order of the Golden Kite (3rd class) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1st class)[2] |
Chūichi Nagumo (南雲 忠一 Nagumo Chūichi?, March 25, 1887 – July 6, 1944) was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II and onetime commander of the Kido Butai (the carrier battle group).[3] He killed himself during the Battle of Saipan.
Early life[edit]
Nagumo was born in the city of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan in 1887. He graduated from the 36th class of the IJN Academy in 1908, with a ranking of 8 out of a class of 191 cadets. As a midshipman, he served in the protected cruisers Soya and Niitaka and the armored cruiser Nisshin. After his promotion to ensign in 1910, he was assigned to cruiser Asama.
After attending torpedo and naval artillery schools, he was promoted to sub-lieutenant and served in the battleship Aki, followed by the destroyer Hatsuyuki. In 1914, he was promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to the battlecruiser Kirishima, followed by the destroyer Sugi. He was assigned his first command, the destroyer Kisaragi, on 15 December 1917.
Nagumo graduated from the Naval War College, and was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1920. His specialty was torpedo and destroyer tactics. From 1920 to 1921, he was captain of the destroyer Momi, but was soon sent to shore duty with various assignments by the IJN General Staff. He became a commander in 1924. From 1925 to 1926, Nagumo accompanied a Japanese mission to study naval warfare strategy, tactics, and equipment in Europe and the United States.
After his return to Japan, Nagumo was appointed captain of the river gunboat Saga from 20 March 1926 to 15 October 1926, followed by the gunboat Uji from 15 October 1926 to 15 November 1927. He then served as an instructor at the IJN Academy from 1927 to 1929. Nagumo was promoted to captain in November 1929 and assumed command of the light cruiser Naka and from 1930 to 1931 was commander of the 11th Destroyer Division. After serving in administrative positions from 1931 to 1933, he assumed command of the heavy cruiser Takao from 1933 to 1934, and the battleship Yamashiro from 1934 to 1935. He was promoted to rear admiral on 1 November 1935.
As a rear admiral, Nagumo commanded the 8th Cruiser Division to support Imperial Japanese Army movements in China from the Yellow Sea. As a leading officer of the militaristic Fleet Faction, he also received a boost in his career from political forces.
From 1937 to 1938, he was commandant of the Torpedo School, and from 1938 to 1939, he was commander of the 3rd Cruiser Division. Nagumo was promoted to vice admiral on 15 November 1939. From November 1940-April 1941, Nagumo was commandant of the Naval War College.
World War II[edit]
On 10 April 1941, Nagumo was appointed commander-in-chief of the First Air Fleet, the IJN′s main aircraft carrier force, largely due to his seniority. Many contemporaries and historians have doubted his suitability for this command, given his lack of familiarity with naval aviation.[4]
By this time, he had visibly aged, physically and mentally. Physically, he suffered from arthritis, perhaps from his younger days as a kendoka.[5] Mentally, he had become a cautious officer who worked much going over tactical plans of every operation he was involved in.[citation needed]
Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara had doubts about Nagumo's appointment, and commented, "Nagumo was an officer of the old school, a specialist of torpedo and surface maneuvers.... He did not have any idea of the capability and potential of naval aviation." One son of Nagumo described him as a brooding father, obsessed with and later regretful about pressuring his sons into the IJN. By contrast, Nagumo's junior naval officers thought of him as a father figure.[5]
Despite his limited experience, he was a strong advocate of combining sea and air power although he was opposed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plan to attack the U.S. Naval installation at Pearl Harbor.[6] While commanding the First Air Fleet, Nagumo oversaw the attack on Pearl Harbor, but he was later criticized for his failure to launch a third attack,[7] which might have destroyed the fuel oil storage and repair facilities. This could have rendered the most important US naval base in the Pacific useless, especially as the use of the submarine base and intelligence station at the installation were critical factors in Japan's defeat.[8]
Nagumo was surrounded by able lieutenants such as Minoru Genda and Mitsuo Fuchida. He also fought well in the early 1942 campaigns. The success while fleet commander, the bombing of Darwin and the Indian Ocean raid on the British Eastern Fleet sank an aircraft carrier, two cruisers and two destroyers, and caused Admiral Sir James Somerville to retreat to East Africa.
The Battle of Midway, in June 1942, brought Nagumo's near-perfect record to an end. His Carrier Striking Task Force lost four carriers during the turning point of the Pacific War, and the massive losses of carrier aircraft maintenance personnel would prove detrimental to the performance of the IJN in later engagements. It was the loss of the four carriers, their aircraft, and their maintenance crews that was more cataclysmic than the 110 pilots and aircrew who were lost during the battle.[citation needed]
Afterwards, Nagumo was reassigned as commander-in-chief of the Third Fleet and commanded aircraft carriers in the Guadalcanal campaign, although there his actions were largely indecisive and slowly frittered away much of Japan's maritime strength.
Final days[edit]
On 11 November 1942, Nagumo was reassigned to Japan, where he was given command of the Sasebo Naval District. He transferred to the Kure Naval District on 21 June 1943. From October 1943 to February 1944, Nagumo was again commander-in-chief of First Fleet, which was by that time largely involved in only training duties.[citation needed]
As Japan's military situation deteriorated, Nagumo was deployed on 4 March 1944 for the short-lived commander-in-chief in the Mariana Islands of the Fourteenth Air Fleet and the Central Pacific Area Fleet.
The Battle of Saipan began on 15 June 1944. The IJN, under Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, was overwhelmed within days by the U.S. 5th Fleet in the decisive Battle of the Philippine Sea, where Japan lost three fleet carriers and about 600 aircraft. Nagumo and his Army peer General Yoshitsugu Saito then were on their own to keep control of Saipan. On 6 July, Nagumo killed himself with a pistol to the temple rather than the traditional seppuku. His remains were recovered by the U.S. Marines in the cave where he spent his last days as the Japanese commander of Saipan.[9] He was posthumously promoted to admiral.
IJN Insignia | Rank | Date |
海軍少尉候補生 Kaigun Shōi Kōhōsei (Midshipman) |
21 November 1908 | |
海軍少尉 Kaigun Shōi (Ensign) |
15 January 1910 | |
海軍中尉 Kaigun Chūi (Sub-Lieutenant/Lieutenant Junior Grade) |
1 December 1911 | |
海軍大尉 Kaigun Daii (Lieutenant) |
1 December 1914 | |
海軍少佐 Kaigun Shōsa (Lieutenant-Commander) |
1 December 1920 | |
海軍中佐 Kaigun Chūsa (Commander) |
1 December 1924 | |
海軍大佐 Kaigun Daisa (Captain) |
30 November 1929 | |
海軍少将 Kaigun Shōshō (Rear-Admiral) |
15 November 1935 | |
海軍中将 Kaigun Chūjō (Vice-Admiral) |
15 November 1939 | |
海軍大将 Kaigun Taishō (Admiral) |
8 July 1944 (Posthumous)[1] |
In popular culture[edit]
- In the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, Nagumo was portrayed by Japanese actor Eijirō Tōno.
- In the 1976 film Midway, Nagumo was portrayed by American actor James Shigeta.
- In the 2004 video game Axis and Allies, Nagumo is one of four playable Japanese commanders, alongside his more famous superior, Yamamoto.
- ^ a b Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy
- ^ a b Nagumo Chuichi at navalhistory.flixco.info
- ^ Klemen, L. "Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
- ^ Joseph, Frank (2012-01-01). The Axis air forces: flying in support of the German Luftwaffe. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. p. 222. ISBN 9780313395901.
- ^ a b World War II Database page on Nagumo.
- ^ Evans, Kaigun, p. 529
- ^ Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory (Lippincott, 1975); Willmott, H. P. Barrier and the Javelin (United States Naval Institute Press, 1983); Holmes, W. J. Double-Edged Secrets (United States Naval Institute Press, 1979).
- ^ Blair, passim; Holmes, passim.
- ^ Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X.
- Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-097-1.
- Denfeld, D. Colt (1997). Hold the Marianas: The Japanese Defense of the Mariana Islands. White Mane Pub. ISBN 1-57249-014-4.
- Evans, David (1979). Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-192-7.
- Goldberg, Harold J. (2007). D-day in the Pacific: The Battle of Saipan. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34869-2.
- Jones, Don (1986). Oba, The Last Samurai. Presidio Press. ISBN 0-89141-245-X.
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (2001). New Guinea and the Marianas, March 1944-August 1944, vol. 8 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (reissue ed.). Champaign, Illinois, USA: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07038-0.
External links[edit]
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- Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, IJN, (1886-1944)
- Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
- WW2DB: Chuichi Nagumo
- Breaching the Marianas: The Battle for Saipan (Marines in World War II Commemorative Series)
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Materials of IJN: Nagumo, Chuichi". Imperial Japanese Navy. Retrieved 2007-08-03.


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Jewish World Review Feb 6, 2012/ 13 Shevat, 5772 Mere mortals shouldn't mess with The Messiah By Dave Weinbaum
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Three leaders have found themselves
in the path of the wrath of Dear
Leader, Barack Hussein Obama,
may his name be praised on high:
However, if one accepts this Obama Administration definition of a woman daring
to challenge a male authority as racist, then what do we call President Obama as he
raised his presidential digit toward the face of that poor helpless Louisiana Governor
of Indian heritage, as the oil was flushing into his Gulf?
Sometimes you have to put your foot down to get a leg up
What this means for America is possibly the nastiest election since the good 'ole
days when candidates would slap each other with gloves and duel it out.
Only this time it's different.
The ugly race card is being dealt by our gambling President, Barack Obama, already. ?
Of course, if the race looks like it might go to the right, the leader of the free world
can always try to set the country on fire with the Jew-hating Occupiers both he and
the rest of the Dems idolize.
If the WH could foment a revolution based on the Arab Spring, it could culminate
in a presidential-ordered martial law with ensuing election "postponement."
One question: If the election goes on and President Obama loses to the
Republican candidate, will he pull a Kim Jong Il? Will he require millions of
Americans to go to the streets to show enough grief and overwhelming sadness to
call for a new election under threat of imprisonment? Reminder: Obama will STILL
be in power through January 19th, 2013.
How far will the Dems led by Obama go?
My prediction is this campaign will be historic, fascinating with a high propensity
toward brutality.
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The impact of sustained strength could have been significant, costing companies between pounds 12bn and pounds 15bn in lost profits, it has been estimated. That would wipe out most if not all their expected profit gains this year, according to Douglas McWilliams, chief executive of the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
But currency analysts do not expect the relief to be permanent. UK interest rates are on average 2 per cent more than in the US, 4 per cent more than in Germany, and the UK economy still looks strong. With continuing economic growth and low inflation, sterling assets are an attractive home for foreigners' money.
Currency analysts who last month were predicting the pound would climb as high as 3.30 German marks, have revised their forecasts downwards, but many of them still expect to see DM3.15 early next year.
Economies have learned to live with strong currencies in the past, but it is a new experience for the UK and it could take two or three years and many redundancies before UK companies can achieve the extra productivity gains needed to offset sterling at its current levels.
In the meantime they must rely on hedging, the only short-term way to offset the adverse effects of a strong pound. Even that, however, is not a universal panacea for all companies. Those based in the UK but with overseas earnings suffer a translation effect when they convert them into sterling for accounting purposes, and translation losses are almost impossible to protect against.
The real benefit is for exporters, who suffer an extra transaction cost in the form of profit lost on export sales. These companies can offset some of the risks by hedging their commitments. This can take the form of selling the foreign currencies they expect to earn in future on the forward foreign exchange market, or by taking out a sterling call option on the options market, where specialist traders will tailor individual packages to meet the precise needs of the company.
On average over 90 per cent of all hedging deals and 80 per cent by value are done on the forward market, according to Nigel Rankin, head of the department at BZW that advises corporate customers. Selling currencies forward fixes the amount of sterling the exporter eventually receives, and rates are currently more favourable than spot rates.
But the contract has to be financed, the currency has to be delivered and if the pound weakens again before the sterling is due for delivery a forward contract can result in a loss.
Some of the biggest hedging deals of all are done on the options market, especially when currencies are fluctuating and rates could go either way. In such cases the exporter buys an option to convert set amounts in foreign currencies into sterling, normally at the current rate of exchange, say DM2.95 to the pound.
If the pound continues to strengthen to say DM3.20 by the time the exporter gets paid, he exercises the option and gets his money at DM2.95. If the pound falls back to say DM2.75 the option lapses and the exporter gets the benefit of getting the extra pounds in the normal way.
But nothing is for free, and buying an option incurs a fee rather like an insurance premium. The size of the fee varies with supply and demand, but a one-year option to sell marks for pounds at today's exchange rate currently costs about 4 per cent of the amount hedged. It can be cheaper if the exporter buys an option to trade at a less favourable rate, just as a motor insurance premium is cheaper if the driver pays the first slice of any claim.
Many big companies hedge about two thirds of their exposure to currency changes on their export earnings. But John Rennocks, the finance director of British Steel, made it crystal clear last week that there is no such thing as a permanent hedge against currency fluctuations.
Most hedges are designed to cover companies for around 12 months, and are often tailored to cover the company's financial year. Hedge transactions taken out before sterling began its spectacular rise a year ago have partially protected profits in the past 12 months, but many of those contracts have now expired, to be replaced by new ones at current, less favourable rates of exchange, and the impact of a strong pound on profits is likely to get worse before it gets better.
If sterling now stabilises around current levels some of the pain will disappear when next year's profits are compared with this, but the impact on competitiveness and remitted profits will remain It is extremely difficult to make long-term business plans against the background of the currency volatility which we have seen in the past year.
According to Mr Rennocks: " Hedging is an important part of any exporter's business activity, but it can only defer the impact of violent currency swings. What all exporters need is a stable exchange rate environment founded on a sensibly valued pound, not a wildly overvalued one."
It is, of course, possible that just as things look darkest, sterling will fall away as fast as it has risen and it will be importers rather than exporters whose profits suffer. There is no doubt that if EMU were abandoned or postponed in an orderly fashion the German mark would look much more attractive because the Bundesbank could then maintain its traditional commitment to holding down inflation in Germany without having to support traditionally more inflation-prone economies like Spain and Italy. But business cannot hold its breath.
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Fuji F100fd Performance
Timing and Performance
Average to somewhat slow speed for a consumer camera.
Startup/Shutdown |
Power on |
3.5 seconds | Time it takes for the LCD to turn on, the lens to deploy, and capture a shot. |
Shutdown |
1.7 seconds | How long it takes to retract lens. |
Buffer clearing time |
8.0 seconds in LF JPEG, 12.0 seconds in Top 12 mode |
Worst case buffer clearing time. -- This is the delay after a set of shots before you can remove the card. Some cameras won't retract their lenses and shut down until the buffer is cleared. |
Startup time is a little sluggish and buffer clearing time is longer than average.
Mode Switching | ||
Play to Record, |
0.5 second | Time until first shot is captured. |
Record to Play |
0.9 second | Time to display a large/fine file immediately after capture. |
Display |
1.9 seconds | Time to display a large/fine file already on the memory card. |
Mode switching times aren't too bad, though 1.9 seconds to display a recorded image may seem a little long out in the field.
Shutter Response (Lag Time) | ||
Full Autofocus Wide |
0.50 second | Time from fully pressing shutter button to image capture, zoom lens at wide angle position. |
Full Autofocus Tele |
0.85 second | Time from fully pressing shutter button to image capture, zoom lens at telephoto position. |
Full Autofocus |
0.66 second |
Time from fully pressing shutter button to image capture, zoom lens at wide angle position, flash enabled. |
Prefocused |
0.019 second | Time to capture, after half-pressing and holding shutter button. |
Continuous AF |
0.51 second |
This mode usually
shows no speed increase with our static subject; we have no way to
measure performance with moving subjects. |
Shutter response is on the slow side of average for this class of camera, at 0.50s and 0.85s respectively. Enabling the flash increases lag slightly, as expected. "Prefocusing" the camera by half-pressing and holding down the shutter button before the final exposure results in a lag time of only 0.019 second, which is super fast.
Cycle Time (shot to shot) | ||
Single Shot mode Large Fine JPEG |
3.27 seconds | Time per shot, averaged over 20 shots. |
Single Shot mode |
1.93 seconds | Time per shot, averaged over 20 shots. |
Early shutter |
Yes | Some cameras don't snap another shot if you release and press the shutter too quickly in Single Shot mode, making "No" the preferred answer. |
Continuous mode |
1.16 seconds (0.86 frames per second); 2 frames total; 8 seconds to clear |
Time per shot, averaged over 2 shots, then slowed to 3.13 seconds or 0.32 frames per second. |
Continuous mode |
0.58 second (1.72 frames per second); 3 frames total; 1 second to clear |
Time per shot, averaged over buffer length or 20 shots, whichever came first. |
Continuous mode |
1.90 seconds (0.53 frames per second); 20 frames total; 4.5 seconds to clear |
Time per shot, averaged over buffer length or 20 shots, whichever came first. |
Continuous mode |
0.58 second (1.72 frames per second); 3 frames total; 1 second to clear |
Time per shot, averaged over buffer length or 20 shots, whichever came first. |
Continuous mode |
0.21 second (4.87 frames per second); 12 frames total; 12 seconds to clear |
Time per shot, averaged over buffer length or 20 shots, whichever came first. |
Flash recycling |
7.8 seconds | Flash at maximum output. |
*Note: Buffer clearing times measured with an Olympus Type-H xD-Picture card. Slower memory cards will produce correspondingly slower clearing times. Slow cards may also limit length of bursts in continuous mode. ISO sensitivity and other settings may also affect cycle times and burst mode performance. |
Shot-to-shot cycle times are also on the slow side, at about 3.27 seconds average for large/fine JPEGs. The camera actually captures the first two images with a 1.18 second cycle time before dropping to the longer 3+ second timing afterwards. A consideration here is the very large 4,000 x 3,000 resolution, which is a lot of data to handle and write to the memory card for every shot. The FinePix F100fd also drags a little in its Continuous modes, with nearly identical timings in its Long Period option. The Top Three mode is much faster however, capturing at a 1.72 frame rate for large/fine JPEGs, but for only three frames. That said, the F100fd does offer a Top 12 Continuous mode, which drops the resolution down to 2,048 x 1,536 pixels, but captures at a much faster frame rate of 4.87 frames per second. The flash takes 7.8 seconds to recharge after a full-power shot, which is fairly slow.
Download Speed | ||
Windows Computer, USB 2.0 |
2,172 KBytes/sec | Typical Values: |
Connected to a computer or printer with USB 2.0, download speeds are good.
Bottom line, the Fujifilm FinePix F100fd isn't the most responsive consumer digital camera on the market, but it should handle most average conditions well. Its standard Continuous modes aren't zippy enough for very fast action, but the Top 12 mode is fast enough for running children as well as sporting events. Overall though, the FinePix F100fd should fare pretty well in most situations.
Battery and Storage Capacity
Slightly below average battery life for a Lithium-ion design.
Operating Mode | Number of Shots |
Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery,
(CIPA standard) |
The Fujifilm FinePix F100fd uses a custom rechargeable lithium-ion battery for power, and ships with a charger. Battery life is slightly below average, so we recommend you pick up a spare battery and keep it freshly charged and on-hand for extended outings.
The table above shows the number of shots the camera is capable of (on either a fresh set of disposable batteries or a fully-charged rechargeable battery as appropriate), based on CIPA battery-life and/or manufacturer standard test conditions.
(Interested readers can find an English translation of the CIPA DC-002 standards document here. (180K PDF document))
The Fujifilm FinePix F100fd accepts xD-Picture Cards and SD cards, and also has 57MB of internal memory.
Image Capacity with 57MB Internal Memory |
Fine | Normal | |
x 3,000 |
Images |
11 |
19 |
File Size |
x 2,136 |
Images |
18 |
37 |
File Size |
x 1,536 |
Images |
69 |
- |
File Size |
- |
x 1,200 |
Images |
86 |
- |
File Size |
- |
x 480 |
Images |
356 |
- |
File Size |
- |
Though the Fujifilm F100fd includes approximately 57MB internal memory, we strongly recommend buying a large capacity xD memory card or SD/SDHC memory card – at least a 2GB card, preferably a 4GB one, to give yourself extra space for extended outings and video. (Check the shopping link above, cards are really cheap these days, so no reason to skimp.)
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New Zealands winter Olympic hopefuls have posted strong results at the final qualifying events ahead of the Sochi Games which commence on 7 February.
The weekends results have helped to secure critical nation spots as well as solidify athletes individual rankings.
Freeskier Jossi Wells and snowboarder Christy Prior were the top performers, both winning gold medals at their respective world cups in Switzerland and Canada.
New Zealand Winter Performance Programme Director Ashley Light says the weekends results are important for the team as they focus on building momentum and managing pressure ahead of the Olympic Games.
Jossi Wells was tasked with earning New Zealand a second quota spot in the slopestyle discipline by laying down a well-ranked performance in Gstaad, Switerland. Pushing through his ongoing heel injury, Jossi placed second in the qualifying rounds, thus securing the coveted nation spot. With the pressure off, he then went on to land the gold-medal winning run in finals.
Qualifying through to finals ensured that we had the spot so that pressure was gone, today it was pretty much, come out blazing and try and win it, commented Jossi.
I came out here to get a quota spot for slopestyle for Sochi, walking away with a win is an extra bonus.
The FIS Snowboard World Cup in Stoneham, Canada saw New Zealand athletes compete in both the halfpipe and slopestyle disciplines. The four snowboard slopestyle women were aiming to complete safe runs to remain inside the crucial top 24 ranked athletes in the world.
In her best ever performance at a World Cup, Christy Prior placed second in her qualifying heat allowing her to progress straight through to the final rounds where she upped her game even further to win a gold medal.
Christy described herself as relieved and really thankful to have achieved such a strong result. While Winter Performance Programme Director Ashley Light commented that this result indicates that Christy is now starting to fulfil her true potential.
Team mate Rebecca Torr also put together a strong performance in qualifying, placing fourth in her heat to earn a semi-final spot. Her fifth place result in semi-finals, while not enough to secure a finals spot, puts her well within the top 24 on the FIS World Ranking list.
While neither Stefi Luxton nor Shelly Gotlieb progressed past qualifying rounds at the Stoneham World Cup, strong results at past qualifying events mean they both retain a top 24 ranking.
In the halfpipe discipline Rebecca Sinclair stepped up her performance at the Stoneham World Cup, achieving the best levels of performance so far this season, according to Snow Sports NZ Head Park & Pipe Coach, Tom Willmott.
Rebecca placed second in her heat allowing her to move through to finals without having to contest the semi-finals rounds.
She finished in fourth place but her international World Cup rankings have risen to second (12th on official world rankings).
While the US teams were absent from both the Stoneham and Gstaad World Cups, Winter Performance Director Ashley Light says these were reasonably tough fields and the New Zealand athletes results will give them confidence as the moment builds towards the Sochi Games.
New Zealand expects to have qualified 13 spots across the freeski and snowboard disciplines.
Katharine Eustace finished her qualification period for Sochi 2014 with a eleventh placing at the World Cup in Igles, Austria, further improving her performance against New Zealand Olympic Committee selection policy criteria and consolidating her international ranking.
While Eustace further solidified her recent good form, Ben Sandford crashed at high speed during training leaving him badly bruised. The experienced athlete had to settle for last place, opting for safety over points
New Zealand is pending reallocations of quota spots from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.
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While New Zealand looks likely to have qualified four nation spots only two of the national team are on the verge of meeting the tough NZOC selection criteria. Adam Barwood has improved steadily throughout 2013 and is now placed well for selection with Vancouver Olympian Ben Griffin hard on his heels
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It is frightening today when one looks at the current unemployment statistics throughout the world to find that policies do not seem to be working and are not creating opportunities for a willing labour force to find a decent job and earn a living. Most especially so in Europe.
What must be more frustrating is that although overall unemployment statistics seem to be the highest since the 1929 depression, it is on the youth section that the world has been hit the most, and here statistics are even more depressing. It is here that the future of one's country lies. It is here that the exuberance of youth surges forward, full of dreams and fantasy of what the world could be all about and full of energy ready to follow a career in their own favourite sector.
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As can be clearly seen, Malta stands four square outside the danger zone. A weak euro would, in some way, have favoured the strong European exporters, notably Germany. However, because our economies have become so tightly knit commercially, China, which was leading the world, has found it difficult to export at the same levels because its main markets, namely the US and Europe, were having a tough time and not buying as much as they had been.
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On the other hand, while quantitative easing has certainly poured oil on troubled waters, it has only bought time. If one's hands are tied because of the volume of debt one has to pay, how can one do one's best to work harder and produce? We are applying a yardstick which is the same for all euro countries. What is right for one may well be wrong for another.
Higher taxes and cuts in capital spending may not be the answer. This is particularly so now in France, too, where they are increasing their taxes to reduce the deficit. Hence labour trouble. It seems we are just buying time with our money and hoping for the best, with no charted territory to go through. No land in sight. In this storm, take no chances. It is good to remain alive.
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Totals | Youth (U-25's) | |||
August 2011 | April 2012 | August 2012 | August 2012 | |
EU Average 17 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 22.8 |
EU Average 27 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 22.7 |
Bulgaria | 11.1 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 29.4 |
Cyprus | 8.0 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 26.9 |
France | 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 25.2 |
Germany | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 8.1 |
Greece | 17.2 | 22.7 | 24.4 | 55.4* |
Ireland | 14.7 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 34.7 |
Italy | 8.4 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 34.5 |
Malta | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 16.6 |
Portugal | 12.7 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 35.9 |
Spain | 22.0 | 24.4 | 25.1 | 52.9 |
Japan | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 8.1 |
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As it turns out, with pretty minimal effort, anyone can be a gardener. My boyfriend and I are essentially first-timers this season and so far have the beginnings of strawberries peeking out, tomatoes are on their way, the basil's about ready for a big batch of pesto, and once the last frost hits, the peppers, kale, spinach, chard, and mesclun will be on their way, too. All on a tiiiny little terrace (with the help of a little DIY carpentry).
If you're up to the challenge -- and it really isn't much of one -- growing your own food can be so rewarding. And so much cheaper! Just be sure to choose the right planter or container, learn how to maintain it properly, and go find yourself some seeds (or starter plants)!
Here's a starter list of all the crazy things even urban gardeners, without space for a garden, can grow at home.
Tree Fruits - Including Apples
1. Apples can be grown in a container; you can also grow them on the balcony or other small space using a technique called espaliering.
2. Kumquats
3. Avocados (plenty of extra tips online if you search)
4. Blackberries
5. Blueberries (sometimes helpful videos are available online)
6. Pomegranate
7. Cherries
8. Figs
9. Pears
Citrus Fruits
Citrus trees in particular are said to be good for beginning gardeners and are easy to grow indoors, so don't let inexperience or lack of outdoor space stop you from enjoying fresh-picked, hyper-local fruit.
10. Dwarf oranges
11. Grapefruit
12. Tangerines
13. Meyer Lemons
14. Limes
Tropical Fruits
Tropical fruits can also be surprisingly easy to grow indoors, even in non-tropical climates. Such as...
15. Bananas (look for container gardening tips online)
16. Pineapple
17. Papaya
18.Gurvas (several varieties)
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19. Hops -- yes, as in the "spice" ingredient in beer. Turns out they're easy to grow!
20. Aloe Vera
21. Strawberries
22. Tea (well, herbal tea)
23. Quinoa!
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24. Tomatoes
25. Summer Squash
26. Other Squashes, like Acorn and Pumpkin
27. Hot Peppers
28. Sweet Peppers
29. Cucumbers
30. Small Cantaloupe
31. Jenny Lind Melon (an heirloom cantaloupe)
32. Golden Midget Watermelon
Just about any herb grows well indoors -- just be sure that if you're going to do any container-sharing, you do your research first about which herbs co-habitate well together. (Some will hog water, for example, and leave the others dried out.)
33. Basil
34. Oregano
35. Parsley
36. Rosemary
37. Chives
38. Catnip
39. Thyme
40. Sage
41. Parsley
Leafy Greens
42. Kale
43. Mesculun Greens
44. Spinach
45. Swiss Chard
46. Lettuces (plenty of options there, from micro-greens to head or loose-leaf)
47. Mustard greens
48. Collard greens
49. Arugula
Root Vegetables
50. Carrots
51. Beets
52. Potatoes
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54. More sprouts: mung bean and lentil sprouts
55. Wheatgrass
56. Kohlrabi
57. Turnips
58. Rutabagas
59. Celeriac
60. Parsnips
61. Jerusalem Artichoke
62. Sugar snap peas
63. Rhubarb (not ideal in a container, but it can work)
64. Mushrooms (again, more tips online if you look)
65. Pole Beans
66. Aaaand... asparagus, although some disagree that it does well in a container. Try it if you're ok with a risk!
67. You can grow your own loofah, too, but you'd need a garden rather than a container for that.
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Sounds cool, thanks for the tips, it really helpful for me.
Just like to share with you a famous quote...
"The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants. " -- Shakespeare
You can get more famous quotes at http://quotelandia.comReplies- AnonymousMay 25, 2012 at 10:55 PM
What does a religious quote have to do with organic gardening tips? I think you have the wrong blog.
Delete I am a renter so I can only grow in containers. Renters have to move about every year to two where I live so no point in planting anything. I moved 28 times in 23 years so my containers go with me whereever I have to move. I grow a full herb garden, lavenders, basil,sage,thyme,rosemary, Lemon Verbena(for my own homemade teas) in containers. They all do great. I also grow Nemisha, Diaschia and gerainimes along with jasmine. You do have to watch them for dryness. I am trying out lettuce and peppers this year, no luck with tomatoes in containers yet.
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Might as well get use to it. People like Anonymous of May
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And HOW in the world can they think that is a
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You didn't read it fully. It is not a religious quote nor did she say it was a religious quote. It's Shakespeare. She was simply thanking the blogger for the advice and sharing a Shakespeare quote. You are the one who brought your drama into it. Who's the idiot? Go back to highschool english class please.
Delete - AnonymousJune 21, 2013 at 10:15 AM
We should not allow one to hijack a conversation with inane and inappropriate commentary. Some have the unique ability to respond with much appreciated intellect and wisdom. Most (like me) choose to ignore and put distance between one that blatantly displays bizarre and rude behavior. To refocus, what is the right container for growing an organic garden? I have old whisky barrels that I have much success with bell peppers and hot peppers, but zero success with tomatoes.
- AnonymousMay 26, 2012 at 4:14 AM
you have two parsleys! #35 and #41 in Herbs :) thanks for the tips! i rent, and tried to grow basil in a little puddin cup or somethin' and it didn't grow very well, it dried up, i think i got 8 little leaves :( i can't wait to try this! :D
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJune 3, 2012 at 8:05 PM
i went to a lady up the road she has cows and she had these big black 30 gallen tubs and when she got them thay had salt blocks in them thay was verry exspensive to her but i went out there for her cow poo to put on all my vegies in my garden and i asked her what are them and she told me and she ask me if i want some of them i said yes please and so about a month later i went back for more poo and she gave me more tubs i have put my bell peppers in them and tomatoes ,.and there growing verry well i also put vingar on them just a tea spoon or 2.
ReplyDeleteReplies- AnonymousJune 26, 2014 at 2:40 AM
I have tomatoes, carrots, corn (yes,corn ) and potatoes planted in the large tubs that cattle minerals come in. They make great plants as long as you have drainage holes. I had one farmer ask how many I wanted he had a bunch of them all over his place. I only took 8 but wish now I had taken more. Next spring I think I will get more since I will than be able to plant them so they get the morning sun. Here my area only gets the afternoon sun. sadly
Any tips on how to help perennials survive the winter in pots? I'd love to grow rhubarb, but I'd pretty much have to grow it in a container and I'm in zone 5 so I'm not sure it would survive.
ReplyDeleteA note about the loofah...my girl friend has just harvested her first loofah that she grew in a container. She lives in a mobile home park, so has limited space. She surrounded the pot with chicken wire (the rabbits chewed her loofah last year) and the loofah grew up the wire. She has 2 more ready to harvest. It does not get a big yield, but enough. We live in south central Pennsylvania in case you are wondering the zone. I will be using some of the seeds from her loofah and doing this in my own garden next year.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Lol Shakespeare isn't religious..however... this earth and what it gives us when cultivated is a miracle...
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Please be aware that some people develop large blisters after coming into contact with the sap from parsnip leaves and stems. The reaction also needs sunshine to happen. This is a larger concern with wild parsnip which is an invasive weed. However, for the first time last summer I developed the blisters on my fingers after lightly weeding my garden parsnips on a semi-sunny day. (I usually wait for cloudy days and/or wear long sleeves and gloves.) I was not specifically breaking off any parsnip leaves or stems, and was actually being careful to only touch the weed I wanted to pull. However, a few days later I had a number of blisters which lasted about a week.
My concern is that if your parsnips are in a container in a small space, you are more likely to brush against them, and put yourself at risk. I'm sure they can successfully form in a container, but please put it in an out-of-the-way location to keep you and your guests safe.


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