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Studies I cannot help with. But have two junipers the exact same age, one in a closed test tube and one in an open small plastic pot. http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/78009-junipers-in-captivity-gardening/?hl=junipers The captive one in the test tube is ~3 cm tall, healthy, green, alive and happy (or bored) Seems to me the lack of air is what holds its growth, but no expert. There is no rubbing against the container, nor hitting the 'roof' A couple of other junipers are ~ 2 years old and not growing in larger closed containers, with some soil and moisture. Also green and healthy all year, kept indoors in good light but no direct sun.

My questionable formatted post was written with Gedit, on Linux Ubuntu + Gnome + Firefox and pasted here. If matters knowing. Was not typed on the reply window directly.

Agree. English is very imprecise, because is being constantly deformed by mostly laziness of the writers/speakers, beyond its already crooked birth. There is no regulator for the language, as shown here : ----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_regulators They want a dictionary publisher to be the ruler. And there is more than one. So if a few want to respect the language, there is no support. The habitual "excuse me !". When I answer "Yes, I excuse you !" You have to see their faces. Mail and male pronounced the same. Then why write them different ? Responding with a dozen 'you know' per minute when asked a question. Useless k in knife, knock, knight... People born in U.S. believe they are not 'native Americans' Not even educated scientists say gasoline, Amperes, advertisement, identification, mathematics, demonstration, temporary, temperature, carburetor, carbohydrate, laboratory, hippopothamus, rhinoceros, application or petroleum any more, from pure laziness. Terrific can be a good thing now. Laziness is saying oh instead of zero. Law could be better written lo, and Phoenix as finix The stupidity of babbling mrs or ma'am instead of just saying mistress or madam -or is it madame?-. Footage ? Snow tires... Rubber ones would not melt. Wood screws... metal ones are better. And what is the business of putting an u in bisnes or bisy In permanent addiction to acronyms England yes, but never got why writing the adjective english muffins with upper case. Whoever decides bootup, software, googling are words have lamb followers and claim to 'coin' those with no relation to coins. The laughable 12:20 AM. There is no such thing; it is 00:20 ! And it never ends... It is beyond fixing. http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/drop-the-english-dictionary-quebec-comedians-parody-language-police-1.1208033 http://ddeubel.edublogs.org/2011/10/28/top-5-funniest-videos-about-teaching-english/ ----> Smile, tomorrow will be worse !

Thanks, gentlemen. It is my third summer playing with plants and successful/happy so far but the oxheart tomato plants could had been much better in the past, now I will do drip irrigation instead of sprinklers to see if fungi (early blight) can be left out of the fight. No more corn again, fully destroyed by deer. And planning to drown slugs in beer to keep the strawberries for me. Yes, can be done as you suggest without sweating the small stuff, but always curious of learning the hidden details for success. Small details always make a difference -sometimes big- and more knowledge won't harm.

It is never ok to steal anything anywhere. Just remember ideas are worth "a penny a bale in 10 bale lots" Instead, put it to work now for the advance of science, as you say.

Hi. Amateur gardener learning, been told/read that higher temperatures (to a limit, and unrelated to sunlight amount) are more convenient for plant growth -at least for garden vegetables- But roots should be kept cooler ? Irrigation in form of artificial rain, as sprinklers/misters can promote undesired fungus, better water only the soil sorrounding* the plant. Irrigation in form of artificial rain, as sprinklers/misters will reduce the plants temperature they prefer for optimal growth, specially when the water source is colder than ambient. * Surrounding somewhat far from stems to promote roots expansion seeking moisture. Do you share the opinion then, that natural/artificial rain is not the best of irrigation systems ? Drip irrigation being more convenient ? [unsure if this should be under another forum; please act accordingly moving if needed]

The most noticeable difference is under their fingernails.

Magnetrons and transmitters can be as efficient as you wish, but propagation losses of radio frequencies render any long distance delivery unuseable.

Thanks all. Endy : Your post does not convince nor impress a bit. Those are percentages of air composition. Air content in soil is greatly lower than atmosphere. In one cubic metre of air there is one million cubic centimetres of air. In one cubic metre of soil, being lucky, there will be a few cubic centimetres of air; comparatively nearly nothing. 20.6% of nearly nothing is still nearly nothing for the roots to gather, when above the soil there is plenty. The amount of oxygen a species need may be genetic, some needing less. If it was critical for the roots, evolution should had developed another approach to gather oxygen. That is the origin of my question.

It is known plants need their roots to absorb oxygen for proper development. -I think- Seems to me the amount of oxygen available deep in packed soils should be minimal or near to nothing, but, there is still some availability. I would like to know if such oxygen is necessary for the root itself or for the general development of the rest of the plant. If the oxygen is to develop roots, something does not click in the evolution, where plants could had developed some above ground tissues for capturing it or exposing some of their roots to air. If the little oxygen available in the soil is to develop general above-the-soil tissue growth, well, same situation; with so much air exposed surfaces, why evolution did not grab it from the air ? If some roots are exposed on purpose by excavation, or by soil erosion/landslides; would that bring a healthier growth ?

Dismantling those may be too damaging. Easier source are computer fans. If you do not know how to dismantle one (remove label and tiny circlip) It is on the circuit board. Shown here----> http://www.pcbheaven.com/wikipages/images/thumbs/howbrushlessmotorswork_1269516340.jpg

Thanks, Greg. Yes, tried several ways, including rubbery undercoating spray instead of the foam : not rigid result. The foam-in-a-can product does not 'spray' out of the can, that is the problem. It just flows slowly out of its dispenser tube and it is totally unmanageable, untouchable until set. Dressed a plastic film on top of item, covered/conformed with the net, and applied the foam : untrowelable. The item to be made is 6' x4', somewhat convoluted.

Check "Graphi-Bond" binder, there is a couple of types; and isopropanol, phenolic resins, polyphenylenesulfide, polyarylsulphides.

The intention is to evenly coat an irregularly shaped 'mosquito net' with a couple of cm. of such insulating foam for a custom light thermal rigid cover. The net provides the reinforcement, adheres to the foam, and conforms to the object shape to cover. Similar application, without the reinforcement net core and of a very small size : ----> http://www.qcidirect.com/outdoor-faucet-cover.html?utm_source=GoogleShopping&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=outdoor-faucet-cover&gclid=CPG6ooTY6r0CFQsSMwod4QMA9w Thanks.

Any suggestions for a trowelable product like the foam-in-a-can for sealing gaps, cracks and insulating ? This product, after applied out of the can, cannot be troweled/molested at all until dry, as it collapses to nothing: ---->http://img2-2.timeinc.net/toh/i/a/tools/foam-spray-00.jpg

Hi. Hope this is not against rules; am trying to buy a few cheap electronic components at an specific store and refuse to pay abusive minimum shipping fees, as am in tight income now, and parts costs do not justify. Or, if anyone knows some sort of web site where this personal kind of contacts can be requested ? Thanks

That autonomous submarine searching for the missing Boeing 777 aircraft in the south Indian sea; tracing a search pattern can steer by its compass/autopilot, and maintain or change headings, read its water-relative speed; but how does it know its position coordinates ? Marine currents can produce a sustantial position deviation specially after several hours spent only in descent/ascent. Or is its position known from external tracking by its mothership sonar linked to time 'stamps' ?

Itn is not about how they made or not the video, it is about the scary concept. That thing could drop grenades, chemicals, whatever... !

If there was enough fuel to make it there, next check would be looking for the 777 under palm leaves at the somali pirates operation centre. Sorry for the typed error in the subject heading, If can be corrected by a moderator, thanks.

Hi. I do not know what CSI is. A search directed me to some movies ? I did have a CSI phone patch in the eighties, is that about ? ----> http://www.connectsystems.com/products/top/PATCH%20FLEX%20PAGING.html Of the known or leaked or let know things, certain entities can do many things you do not suspect. What is not published or let known, can be a speculatively more. Tried to find something related on the web ----> http://www.wright.edu/rsp/Security/V2comint/Cellular.htm And ----> http://mobilephonetrack.wordpress.com/

There you go... ----> http://www.chron.com/business/technology/article/Amsterdam-canal-house-built-with-3-D-printer-5317200.php

If hijacked, would the occupants cell telephones provide location to cell towers ? Cell phones can be awaked by a "service mode" command remotely and enable the microphones, unless battery has been pulled out. I supposed someone tried that already.

Would it be possible that the airplane did a ~soft 'landing' on sea without engines running by whatever failure, and by the 'soft' impact with the sea, the fuselage deformed/cracked preventing escape doors to open and later sunk in one piece, leaving no floating traces

More head scratching now... I thought gluten was a constituent of wheat, not something that forms by kneading. And in my ignorant opinion, yeast dies at over 44ºC. And as a suspicion, recipes calling for hotter water to dissolve yeast is to take in account the cooling effect by bowls and utensils and ambient loss of heat to keep it as close as possible to the optimal temperature. And baking powder already contains the acid. Baking soda does not. Well, am skidding off my own topic, but learning is learning.

More an art than a science, am trying to do it the science way Found that making the dough, I have failed too many times because e v e r y ingredient should be by ~43C (110F) and the room temperature too ! Unless am still wrong. Can anyone confirm please ? Question 2 : If the dough is impatiently let to rise for hours, why is then beaten the gas out of it to start waiting hours to rise again ? Question 3 : If the plan is to freeze the dough for later use, is it fine to mix/make the dough at everything by ~15C (60F) so the yeast will not awake ? Or, which way allows to safely freeze the dough ? Question 4 : If the rise of dough is yeast farts making the bubbles; why baking powder does not work or not used for bread ?