| States I've Been To
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| Date and Time |
- | Mar. 16th, 2007, 06:31 pm | |
| Current Mood |
- | cold | |
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- | traffic and snow plows | |
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| Room Needed
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| Date and Time |
- | Mar. 2nd, 2007, 12:16 pm | |
| Current Mood |
- | depressed | |
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As we'll be down two roommates, I don't foresee the house_of_clocks surviving. Hence, I'm looking for a room in or within public transit of any of the following cities: Boston, MA; Lowell, MA; Northampton, MA; Brattleboro, VT; Providence, RI; Portland, OR; Portland ME; San Francisco, CA; Boulder, CO; Seattle, WA; or Minneapolis, MN. I can pay up to $400/month and have two cats. Let me know if you know of any openings. Thank you. |
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| States I've Been To
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| Date and Time |
- | Dec. 6th, 2006, 11:35 am | |
| Current Mood |
- | blank | |
| Current Music |
- | budgies in conference in next room | |
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| States I've Been To
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| Date and Time |
- | Aug. 10th, 2006, 11:40 am | |
| Current Mood |
- | hungry | |
| Current Music |
- | budgies in conference | |
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| Sinking in the Earth
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| Date and Time |
- | Jun. 3rd, 2006, 01:41 pm | |
| Current Mood |
- | enthralled | |
| Current Music |
- | lake singing to dilly | |
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| Deep within Earth, halfway to its center in an area where Earth's core meets its mantle, lies a massive folded slab of rock that once was the ocean floor, reports a team of researchers (including one from Arizona State University) in the current issue of Nature. (Image courtesy of Arizona State University)
The slab, which sank beneath North America some 50 million years ago, holds important clues as to the behavior and composition of the deep interior of Earth and it could help explain how surface features such as volcanos and earthquakes form, the researchers say.
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"In this one location we see quite strong evidence for whole mantle circulation," said Garnero, an ASU seismologist. "Slabs descending deep into the mantle are thought to drive the convective system found within Earth. They are dense and fall into the mantle. But they are connected to the outer shell that includes the oceanic crust."
"It's like a carpet sliding off the dining room table," Garnero added. "If it is more than half way off, it just goes taking everything with it."
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Using the method, the researchers found the subducted slab is composed of essentially the same minerals as the surrounding mantle, but its temperature is about 700 degrees Celsius cooler. This temperature difference affects the location of a "phase transition," where the crystal structure of the mantle rock compresses to a more compact form due to increasing pressure and temperature with depth. Seismic energy reflected by this phase transition revealed an abrupt step in the phase boundary about 60 miles (100 kilometers) high.
The researchers also saw evidence of hot plume-like structures at the edge of the slab, indicating possible upwelling of hot material from the base of the mantle as the spreading slab pushes into it.
"Since there is a conservation of mass in the mantle, something must return as the slab sinks into the Earth," Garnero said. "This return flow can include plumes of hot material that gives rise to volcanism."
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| Forced Psychiatry by State
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| Date and Time |
- | Jan. 18th, 2006, 09:34 pm | |
| Current Mood |
- | productive | |
| Current Music |
- | lake and john chatting | |
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The data I used to create the above map was found on the TAC website. |
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| Fuck It
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| Date and Time |
- | Jan. 13th, 2006, 02:40 pm | |
| Current Mood |
- | cranky | |
| Current Music |
- | budgies gone wild | |
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Poll #651688
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllI should move to: |
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| Roads Away
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| Date and Time |
- | Jun. 18th, 2004, 03:11 pm | |
| Current Mood |
- | high | |
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i was having really bad twitchiness today panic attack after panic attack the ativan wasn't helping so i smoked some pot and that helped i feel much better now sometimes pot can be used as a psych med just like ecstasy can that's what i plan on using it as i'll be looking for it in about a month after i've gotten comfortable with my new therapist i want to explore i want to write what i see
i bought some cigars today i feel like smoking one but i haven't yet i smoke cigars from time to time i share mark twain's opinion on cheap cigars mark twain was ahead of his time letters from the earth wasn't published until 70 years after his death and the war prayer is still a wonderful anti-war piece he was one of the few good things to come out of missouri
i grew up in missouri lived there until february 1994 i much prefer boston i love it here the only places in the u.s. i'd consider moving to at this point are san francisco and minneapolis but i have too much tying me to boston right now to move or i would probably move to minneapolis minneapolis has many good things about it minnesota is one of only two states in the country with statewide anti-trans discrimination laws minneapolis is much cheaper than boston and on i'd still get the same ssdi check meaning i'd be quite a bit financially better off minneapolis was also ranked by psychology today as the best place for people who are psmi to live psmi = persistently seriously mentally ill (me)
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