Focus articles from December 2002

Focus archives from December 2002

Water temples of Bali.
December 22, 2002... A Spiritual Landscape The beauty of the Balinese landscape is legendary. Its appeal stems in part from the manner by which its residents have carved the island into exquisite cascades of rice terraces. The hillsides drop from volcanic...

El Santuario de Chimayo: New Mexico's Lourdes.
December 22, 2002... Sacred Places Sacred sites are not selected, we comply. The act of consecrating a place is an acknowledgment of something immensely holy and obvious to those involved. Rationales may be summoned, facts assembled and anointed, but this is...

Native American Casino Gambling in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
December 22, 2002... History of Casino Gambling in the U.S. When the first bet was made is not known, but odds are that it was before recorded history. In all probability gambling is one of the older forms of human activities (Rafferty 1993). Gambling has...

Louis Agassiz. (Great Geographers).(Biography)
December 22, 2002... Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) was a leading natural historian of the Nineteenth Century. Although he devoted most of his time to studies of zoology, Agassiz is the person most responsible for the 'glacial theory' that ice covered large portions of...

Window on Cybergeography.(www.geographyinthenews.com)(www.geographynews.org)(www.internetgeographer.co.uk)
December 22, 2002... Geography in the News www.geographyinthenews.com Geography in the News offers many features of interest to the geography community. In order to access the bulk of the sites features, the purchase of a subscription is necessary. For a...

Portraits of the Earth: A Mathematician Looks at Maps. (Book Review).(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Portraits of the Earth: A Mathematician Looks at Maps. Timothy G. Feeman. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 2002. xiii and 123 pp., maps, diags., tables, bibliography, appendices and index. $26.00 softcover (ISBN 0218-3255-7. Also,...

An ecology of hope for the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar.
December 22, 2002... An Introduction Madagascar is globally recognized as a megadiversity country and a biodiversity hot spot. First, biodiversity is not evenly distributed among the nations of the world. Only seventeen countries, including the island nation...

Cranberries: Wisconsin's other agribusiness.
December 22, 2002... Background Native to North America, cranberries have long been part of the American culture. The deep ruby-red berries can be found gracing many a home as a seasonal decorative item or dinner dish. More and more Americans are enjoying the...

2003 AGS Travel Program Schedule.(American Geographical Society)(Calendar)
December 22, 2002... Egyptian Odyssey, Jan. 1 - 25 Luxury land and riverboat trip. AGS Lecturer: Prof. Joseph Hobbs Austral Summer Voyages (3-parts), Feb. 6 - March 16 Aboard the Clipper Odyssey Lecturers: Vincent Malmstrom (Voyages A & B), Joan...