liha's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=liha2002-06-29T18:16:52ZFlorida platform (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/liha/writeups/Florida+platformlihahttp://m.everything2.com/user/liha2002-06-29T18:16:52Z2002-06-29T18:16:52ZA relatively flat <a href="/title/limestone">limestone</a> bank that separates the <a href="/title/Atlantic+Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> from the <a href="/title/Gulf+of+Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> covering more than 350 miles from the eastern edge of the Florida peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico and extends southward more than 450 miles encompassing most of the state of <a href="/title/Florida">Florida</a>. The <a href="/title/emergent">emergent</a> portion is the <a href="/title/Florida">Florida</a> <a href="/title/peninsula">peninsula</a> which sits at the eastern edge of the platform with only a three to four <a href="/title/mile">mile</a> sliver extending into the Atlantic Ocean. The southern rim of the platform is marked by the <a href="/title/Florida+Keys">Florida Keys</a> before dropping into the <a href="/title/Florida+Straits">Florida Straits</a>. To the west of Florida, the platform extends over one hundred miles into the Gulf at <a href="/title/bathymetry">depths</a> of less than three hundred feet. <br><br>
The platforms basement <a href="/title/igneous+rock">rocks</a> are <a href="/title/Precambrian">Precambrian</a> to <a href="/title/Cambrian">Cambrian</a> in age and were once a part of the <a href="/title/Africa">African</a> plate before it was <a href="/title/Appalachian+Mountains">sutured</a> to the <a href="/title/North+American+Plate">North American Plate</a> during the formation of <a href="/title/Pangaea">Pangaea</a> in the early <a href="/title/Mesozoic">Mesozoic</a>. When Pangaea broke apart, the…Forebulge (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/liha/writeups/Forebulgelihahttp://m.everything2.com/user/liha2002-06-02T03:34:04Z2002-06-02T03:34:04ZIn geology, a forebulge is created when an large static weight (such an <a href="/title/ice+sheet">ice sheet</a>) causes the <a href="/title/subsidence">subsidence</a> of a continent into the <a href="/title/mantle">mantle</a>. The resulting mantle deformation results in an upward displacement in the areas surrounding the ice load. This disturbance can spread, in a <a href="/title/ripple">ripple</a> effect, around the earth and affect even tropical regions that see no ice.
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Sites of former forebulges (from the <a href="/title/pleistocene">last</a> <a href="/title/ice+age">glacial maximum</a>), include <a href="/title/Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, the <a href="/title/Netherlands">Netherlands</a> and other areas adjacent the <a href="/title/North+Sea">North Sea</a> and the <a href="/title/Laurentide+Ice+Sheet">eastern coast of the U.S.</a>, have experienced prolonged relative sea level rise during the <a href="/title/Quaternary">Quaternary</a> as the <a href="/title/words+that+sound+dirty+but+really+aren%2527t">forebulge</a> subsided. The ripple effect from the multiple <a href="/title/collapsing">collapsing</a> forebulges can last thousands of years resulting in varying <a href="/title/sea+level+change">relative sea levels</a> and <a href="/title/isostacy">isostatic rebound</a> leaving shorelines of the past hundreds of meters above present <a href="/title/sea+level">sea level</a>.Tornado watch (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/liha/writeups/Tornado+watchlihahttp://m.everything2.com/user/liha2002-05-21T23:30:08Z2002-05-21T23:30:08ZA <a href="/title/funnel+cloud">tornado</a> <a href="/title/watch">watch</a> is issued by the <a href="/title/Storms+Prediction+Center">Storms Prediction Center</a> in <a href="/title/tornado+country">Norman</a>, <a href="/title/Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> when their <a href="/title/doppler+radar">radar</a> shows the development of <a href="/title/mesocyclone">tornado-spawning thunderstorms</a>. Watches are usually issued through <a href="/title/radio">radio</a> and <a href="/title/television">TV</a> to alert the public that <a href="/title/twister">tornados</a> may develop in their area during a certain <a href="/title/time">time</a> period. <br><br>
During tornado watches, the public is advised to keep alert for <a href="/title/Big+freight+train+coming">unusually loud</a> winds and <a href="/title/flying+debris">flying debris</a>, as well as keeping alert to further announcements from the <a href="/title/National+Weather+Service">National Weather Service</a>. Once a tornado has been spotted either <a href="/title/storm+chaser">visually</a> or on a radar screen, a <a href="/title/tornado+warning">tornado warning</a> is then issued.Olive Shell (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/liha/writeups/Olive+Shelllihahttp://m.everything2.com/user/liha2002-03-21T04:48:21Z2002-03-21T04:48:21ZMarine <a href="/title/gastropoda">snails</a> belonging to the family <a href="/title/Olividae">Olividae</a>. These elongate shells are usually polished and brightly colored, and tend to have an enlarged body <a href="/title/whorl">whorl</a> that conceals prior <a href="/title/volution">volutions</a>.
The snail is <a href="/title/carnivorous">carnivorous</a> feeding only at night and remains hidden during the day by burrowing into the sand. They prefer <a href="/title/bivalve">bivalves</a> such as oysters and clams, but also eat <a href="/title/marine+worms">marine worms</a>. Olives have a characteristicly large <a href="/title/mantle">mantle</a> that surrounds the shell when extended (hence the polished shell) and is used to grasp and pull their prey under the sand to be digested.
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The Lettered Olive, <i>Oliva Sayana</i>, became the official shell of the <a href="/title/South+Carolina">South Carolina</a> in 1984. It was found and named by <a href="/title/conchologist">conchologist</a> <a href="/title/Dr.+Edmund+Ravenel">Dr. Edmund Ravenel</a> of <a href="/title/Charleston">Charleston</a>, South Carolina in 1834.Tulip Shell (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/liha/writeups/Tulip+Shelllihahttp://m.everything2.com/user/liha2002-03-17T21:09:00Z2002-03-17T21:09:00ZA predatory <a href="/title/gastropoda">snail</a> belonging to the family <a href="/title/Fasciolaria">Fasciolaria</a>. The shell is strong, thick and <a href="/title/fusiform">spindle-shaped</a> with a pointed, elevated <a href="/title/spire">spire</a> and a long <a href="/title/siphonal+canal">siphonal canal</a>. The inner lip is usually decorated with 3 or 4 <a href="/title/oblique">oblique</a> folds.
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These slow moving <a href="/title/gastropod">gastropods</a> are usually found in warm, tropical seas.
squant (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/liha/writeups/squantlihahttp://m.everything2.com/user/liha2002-03-17T19:33:28Z2002-03-17T19:33:28ZAn imaginary <a href="/title/primary+color">primary color</a> introduced by Crosley Bendix, an fictional character created by <a href="/title/negativland">negativland</a>. Squant was first aired on <a href="/title/OVER+THE+EDGE">OVER THE EDGE</a>, a radio show on KPFA fm in <a href="/title/Berkeley">Berkeley</a>, CA and was then released on <i>Negativland Presents OVER THE EDGE Vol. 5</i> in 1993. <br><br>
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And now Crosely Bendix, cultural reviewer and director of stylistic premonitions for the Universal Media Netweb with todays Arts Review..
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Good hello everyone. Well, I'm sure you know by now what this weeks discussion is about. You've all heard the news by now, the biggest art related crossover story I've ever confronted in all my years of interpreting <a href="/title/aesthetic+ambiguities">aesthetic ambiguities</a> for our relatively unschooled public. And of course, the impact of this will dent many aspects of life outside the arts, if there are any. I assume you all have gotten the basic story by now, but perhaps I can supplement the headlines with some details you may be unaware of.
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Let's start at the beginning. Three days…