A political look at territory http://mondediplo.com/maps/ also see http://www.merip.org/ Middle East Research and Information Project.

OCEAN (One-Click Edited-Access Network) is new from HistoryWorld (http://www.historyworld.net/), itself an award-winning educational site; http://www.oceanindex.net/

"Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground."
"Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside."
"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional."
"When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there."
"It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions."
"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back."

Earth as Art http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earthasart/eaa-exhibit.html

from http://www6.semo.edu/cfs/quotes.htm
“[T]he artist’s prerogative . . . is to emphasize, to underline, to blow up facts, distort facts in order to state a truth.” Faulkner in the University, 282
“The artist doesn’t have time to listen to the critics.” "Lion in the Garden," 252
“The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important. . . .” "Lion in the Garden," 238
"You cannot know yet whether what you see is what you are looking at or what you are believing." Absalom, Absalom!, Vintage Corrected Text, p. 251
“. . . he and Mr. Snopes were looking at exactly the same thing; it just wasn’t with the same eye.” Charles Mallison, The Town, Chapter 10
And every man has a different idea of what's beautiful. And it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree." "Lion in the Garden," 128
“A monument only says At least I got this far while a footprint says This is where I was when I moved again.” Charles Mallison, The Town, end of Chapter 1