Embraer 190 Jet Ordered By Air Caraibes.
Guadaloupe Airline Becomes the Newest E-Jets Operator SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer signed a contract with Air Caraibes to sell one EMBRAER 190 jet. The delivery is scheduled for late 2007 and the deal also includes an option for purchasing another aircraft...

Electricite de France Purchases an Additional Pratt & Whitney Power Systems' FT8(R) MOBILEPAC(TM) Gas Turbine.
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Electricite de France (EDF) has purchased a second Pratt & Whitney Power Systems' FT8(R) MOBILEPAC(TM) unit. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corporation . Following the purchase of a MOBILEPAC unit in early 2006, EDF has exercised...

Jonathan Demme's 'The Truth About Charlie,' Starring Mark Wahlberg And Thandie Newton, Wraps Principal Photography in Paris.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Principal photography has been completed on Universal Pictures' "The Truth About Charlie," Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme's exhilarating combination of romance and suspense set against the backdrop of an edgy, modern Paris. A fresh take on the 1963...

Major Sponsor Holland America Provides Grand Prize of Seven-Day Caribbean Cruise for Two at Seattle Travel Show Feb. 9-11.
SEATTLE, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Visit the Seattle Travel Show Feb. 9-11 at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, enjoy the tales of famed Alaska balladeer Steve Hites and enter to win a free, seven-day cruise for two to the sun-splashed Caribbean islands. From "North to...

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (Lionsgate, 2000). (McCormick's Quick Takes On Conscientious Objector Films).
The Widow of Saint-Pierre (Lionsgate, 2000). Set in a remote outpost of 19th-century French Canada, this haunting drama follows the true story of a community's resistance to the death penalty. Pauline (Juliette Binoche), the wife of Saint-Pierre's commandant (Daniel Auteil), has taken over the care and cause...

Old world disease a threat in the new: African tick bite fever.
SAN DIEGO -- Rickettsia africae, the agent of African tick bite fever that is transmitted by Amblyomma variegatum ticks, has been confirmed in three islands in the West Indies and is an emerging threat in the United States, Dr. Matthew L. Lim said at the annual meeting of the...

Diverse republics: French & American responses to racial pluralism.
At first glance, a comparison of French and American responses to ethnic and racial diversity may seem arbitrary and unproductive. One response emerges from an old European country with more than a thousand years of continuous existence, the other from a country formed by European settlement and then constituted...

Population characteristics and co-occurrence of three exploited decapods (Panulirus argus, P. guttatus and Mithrax spinosissimus) in Bocas del Toro, Panama.
ABSTRACT Spiny lobster populations within the Bocas del Toro archipelago appear to be overexploited. Extensive visual surveys over a wide area of reef habitat down to 20 m in depth indicate mean lobster abundance, sizes, and percent maturity levels for both Panulirus argus and P. guttatus below other areas...

Musicians Without Borders: The Universality of THE LATIN SOUND.
Technological advancements and improved communications have turned our planet into a global village. There are LATIN BEAT subscribers in places as diverse as Aruba, Slovenia, India and South Korea. Salsa groups can be found in Australia, Finland, Israel and Japan. The island of Martinique is blessed with an amazing...

INTERACTION AND IMPROVISATION BETWEEN DANCERS AND DRUMMERS IN MARTINICAN BELE.
Many scholars of the arts of Africa and the African diaspora have noted the close connection of dance and music. African and diasporic musicians play music as movement, and dancers feel movement as music. In some cases, the mutuality of dance and music is tightly choreographed; in others, it...