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Hermy? Pods? Count? All straining something? I'm starting to think the Sox need a yoga instructor.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 12:11 PM) Too bad I cannot get customer to understand that forcing mega amperage through wirewound resistors can blow them up. They blowed them up real good here lol. That does present an interesting thought - could this sort of generator be weaponized?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 12:17 PM) The Basin & Range is further west, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have the same driving force. The Colorado Plateau sits inbetween the B&R and the RGR. Think of that like an iceberg, it's floating in there with a thick root, and for some reason the extension never penetrated it. So, the area to the west extended, and some of that extension was transferred through the Colorado Plateau to the East, where the plateau ends and another weak, breakable area was found - the RGR. I see. So really, it is that difference in the rate of deformation and movement that makes the difference; partial tearing of the crust, versus complete severence. Is that about right? So in other words, unless the rate of rift speeds up a lot, the valley won't open up enough to form an oceanic area? It is already filled with water of sorts - the Rio Grande. So wouldn't it still be an eventuality, even at a slower rate, that the valley will deepen, take on more drainage and fill with wider bodies of water? I've spent a lot of time in NM, and I always took the basin/range area (west central and SW NM, SE AZ) as being seperate from the rift valley. I guess they are connected (although in that second article, the authors seem to seperate them somewhat). New Mexico is a geologist's dream, I would think. Like a giant text book for volcanism and tectonics. I think I read somewhere that you can find virtually every kind of volcano there is somewhere in NM.

Some stuff I found on the RG rift valley, spoken of in the same breath as the GR valley: http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/volcano/volcano.html THis one states further that the Basin and Range province as further west... http://cires.colorado.edu/science/groups/s.../riogrande/faq/

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 12:00 PM) I disagree with a significant fraction of this post. The Rio Grande Rift, IMO, is merely a segment of the much larger "Basin & Range" extensional province in Western North America. The uplift of the Rocky Mountains stopped around 40-50 million years ago, as the plate which was subducting under North America (the Farallon plate) basically was completely eaten by North America. At about 28 million years ago, the North American plate came into contact with the Pacific Plate, which was moving parallel to the N.A. plate, thus setting up the incipient transform system which would evolve into the Modern San Andreas. But coeval with this, the large Rocky Mountain area began to break up. There are varying theories as to why this happened, but the whole of the Western U.S. began to be pervasively pulled apart, when only a few million years earlier it was under heavy compression. This created the Basin & Range province...as the areas pulled apart, it created low points in the topography which filled in with sediment to create flat basins, with large mountain ranges inbetween. 30-40 million years ago, Utah was literally 1/2 as wide as it is now. You'll find the best examples of this in Utah, but for a more commonly known one...the Grand Tetons are an example of a Basin & Range extensional Range...there is a large Normal fault on the East Side of that range, and Jackson Hole/Jackson Lake are filling in the basin to the East. Now, as this extension was ripping across the Western U.S., there was one region which for some reason remained a coherent block. That region is the Colorado plateau, which makes up most of Colorado, Arizona, etc. To think about this region...think about the Grand Canyon. That thing's been there for a long time, and the Rocks underneath have not been faulted/tilted in the recent past. Just Southeast of the Colorado Plateau, you'll find the Rio Grande Rift, which is basically coeval with the Basin & Range extension. As far as I know, it's basically viewed as a part of the Basin & Range province. It's connected to this larger picture of pervasive extension in the Western U.S. which has dominated basically since the Miocene...but there's this interesting feature of the Colorado Plateau which seems to disconnect the Rio Grande Rift area from the main Basin & Range province. The Rio Grande Rift then is fundamentally different from what is happening in Africa. While it is a zone of continental extension, it does not seem like it is due to a plate splitting apart, but instead is more due to a plate which is being thinned and spread out. There's naturally more detail than this, but I think that's a good intro. I knew you'd fill in the holes for me. But answer me this - what is the difference between a plate splitting apart, and one that is being thinned and spread out? Isn't the end result basically the same? I guess I interpereted those as different levels of the same activity, geologically. But then, I am only a novice in this area.

Looks like Balta has been in mid-post in this thread for quite a while now. Since this is geology, I bet we'll see something cool...

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 11:15 AM) You KNOW im in. We can sit on the porch watch the ocean form and discuss the shortcomings of gload and borchard.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 11:02 AM) I dont know, but im sure real estate would be awesome there. It would be the new california. I guess its time to buy some property in NM then - its dirt cheap right now (except in the richie-rich Santa Fe and Taos areas). Anyone want some desert?

since we are talking t-shirts... if anyone is interested in Sox 35th El stop t-shirts, see the thread in Ticket Exchange. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47577

This has an American connection as well. There are two large, classic "rift valleys" in the world - the Great Rift Valley in Africa, which is splitting Africa, is one. The other is the Rio Grande rift valley, running north-south roughly in parallel with the Rio Grande river from southern Colorado, through New Mexico, then turning SE and ending (I think) in the Big Bend area. Central NM has been predicted to experience continued and increased geological activity in rift seperation, and probably some volcanic activity, in the geologically-near future (though I don't think its moving at the staggering pace as the African example). I wonder how the landscape of this country, literally and figuratively, would change if a large lake or sea suddenly opened up in NM and TX.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 15, 2006 -> 12:11 AM) I hope this post was full of sarcasm. The highest level this Logan guy has pitched at was 5.1 innings at Winston-Salem (Single A) last season. I'm confused. Someone posted an item here recently saying Logan actually pitched a few years AAA in another team's system, before going single-A here. Are we saying that writer was wrong?

Are we still getting whomped?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) Need to take back one of the houses in '06 first. I am starting to think the Dems will indeed do that in November. I have only looked over some of the races, and seen the general numbers... but the Dems will definitely pick up seats, and I would guess the House and the Senate will both end up very near even-up.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 04:06 PM) You're right. In fact, an overwhelming loss in the censure motion would do the Dems more harm than good. That's why the majority of Dems don't want to actually vote on it. But they're more than happy to engage in a debate that will generate significant media coverage that portrays the Bush administration negatively. This is a political stunt, not an actual attempt to censure the President. I think this is one of those situations where, as Rex alluded to, good and bad motivations lead to the same positive end. I think this subject needs debate and attention, so regardless of Feingold's intentions, I think it ends up being positive. I personally would not have chosen a censure attempt to do so, as I said earlier. But I am glad the issue is still out there, where it can be discussed (one hopes).

What happened?

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 03:15 PM) He has good PH numbers, but I HATE his first pitch swing approach. I'd be concerned about that if he was striking out a lot. His K/BB ratio is about 2/1, Borch's almost 4/1 (at ML level for both).

I will say I'd happily give up Borch AND Gload if it meant getting a decent middle reliever.

QUOTE(Princess Dye @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 03:11 PM) anyone know his PH #s? more of a need than just an OF is someone who can grab a bat and go in cold. His consistency with the bat makes him a better alternative than Borch, as far as I am concerned.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 03:05 PM) Gload with a nice double into left center scores 2. 3-2 SOX 2-2 now? Glad to see he came back from his encounter with the wall yesterday.

So it looks like the boys and girls at Sandia Labs have come up with something new: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/...60308212104.htm Aside from the fascinating science, since this thing output many times over the energy on input, one has to wonder if they have stumbled onto a new energy generation source. The picture is particularly cool. Looks like a wire-brain. Thought you scientists (Balta for one) might find it interesting.

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 02:13 PM) Going to bot of first, white sox coming up, faving el-duqe. Mackowiak in right, owens in left, anderson in center valvido at short, widger at catcher, i think either gload or borchard at first. B-mac allows one hit, strikes out one. Thanks. Wouldn't be Borch at 1B. Rogo was sent down, so I suspect it must be Gload. Unless there is another 1B in camp besides Konerko, Thome and Gload?

Anyone willing to do occasional updates here, for those of us stuck at work?

QUOTE(AbeFroman @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 02:05 PM) In my experience, U.S. attorneys almost never make mistakes. I'm a bit shocked that someone working for the Feds would do this. If it were some state's attorney, i'd almost expect it... but the feds are more savvy than this. I think the judge's hands are tied. If she grants the death penalty, it should get overturned on appeal I suspect you haven't known enough US attorneys Seriously, attorneys at all levels try to push the boundaries of conduct all the time. These prosecutors are meant to be bulldogs, and they are, but sometimes they cross the line. I have seen it happen before.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 01:50 PM) To call for a censure of the POTUS is a bit more than 'a little granstanding'. Notice I am not wearing any Feingold for Prez buttons. I am not saying he is some sort of martyr. But I think he makes a strong point, and one that maybe needed to be made. I happen to agree with him IN THAT this President and his administration have done a lot of things that seem to chip away at our personal freedoms. This issue exemplifies that. I personally would not have tried for the censure. Its too strident. And Bush is hanging himself anyway, so it serves little purpose.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 14, 2006 -> 01:55 PM) YASNY, it happens, but it is not the only way or the most common way. Actually, trucks, stifling railcars and across burning deserts are the most common ways. Nothing fun about any of those.