Archive for July, 2009

July 27, 2009

The Map of Israel is Complicated – Or is it?

Jerusalem, July 27, 2009 (Updated July 30, 2009 and July 26, 2010) To say that the map of Israel is complicated would be a gross understatement.  The map below, from a world regional geography text, shows some of this complexity. There’s the area initially delimited as the State of Israel …Read the Rest

Reflections on Time and Navigation
July 19, 2009

Reflections on Time and Navigation

I have been thinking about time recently, and thinking particularly about how we don’t think much about it. Of course …Read the Rest

From Imagination to Reality: The town of Shangri La
July 12, 2009

From Imagination to Reality: The town of Shangri La

Shangri La, China. July 2009 Shangri La is a town (and a county) in the northwest part of China’s Yunnan …Read the Rest