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The antiquated and undemocratic rules operating in the United Nations Security Council do not reflect and serve today's integrated global society, nor does the institution adequately represent the diversity of member states. Despite General Assembly discussions that have lasted a quarter-century, no result has materialized on the expansion issue. The author concludes that regional rivalries, the veto, the onerous Charter amendment process, and the failure to devise a truly representative model are responsible for the lack of progress. A model with eighteen rotating seats, based on population, area, and regional position, and four elected seats deserves consideration as an alternative. Key Words: metageography, political geography, population and area ratings, United Nations Security Council. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organizational and corporate culture clearly play a role in innovation effectiveness, but little work has been done to explore the exact nature of that relationship. To address that gap, the IRI Research-on-Research working group on Innovation Culture analyzed data from the Center for Creative Leadership’s KEYS to Creativity and Innovation survey. Key conclusions include that while challenging work is important in all organizations, the importance of organizational encouragement and work group support differs by organizational factors. The impact of organizational encouragement is most pronounced for organizations with low-control, high-support, or high–risk-aversion cultures. Work group support, while important across all segments studied, has less effect than challenging work or organizational encouragement. This information can be used by managers to drive more effective innovation in the context of an organization’s particular cultural characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the use of the concept of sequent occupance in the description and interpretation of the cultural aspects of landscapes. Stage of collecting and hunting by the Indians; Subjection of the land to farming; Vestiges of farming.

Profiles Albert Perry Brigham, a geologist in the U.S. Titles of scientific geological papers Brigham has written; Educational background of Brigham; Names of professors under which he learned about geology.

The article focuses on some problems in geographic education with special reference to secondary schools. Education is not today what it was twenty-five years ago. No longer are the best methods of teaching a given subject decided by show of hands in a class room or applause at a teachers' institute. A successful worker in education must follow those fundamental principles of his young science, that have been measured quantitatively or tested and proved by other experimental methods. The apprentice system, by which so many of us have come to our life work, cannot now be considered the best for success in teaching any subject.

Presents an obituary for Edward Van Dyke Robinson, Professor of Economics in Columbia University, who died on December 10, 1915.