Caribbean libraries in the 21st century; changes, challenges, and choices.
9781573873017 Caribbean libraries in the 21st century; changes, challenges, and choices. Ed. by Cheryl Peltier-Davis and Shamin Renwick. Information Today, Inc. 2007 387 pages $49.50 Hardcover Z753 For information professionals, students,...

The official celebration of Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix's Birthday.
THE people of The Netherlands commemorate today the Queen's birthday or Koninginnedag, a national holiday that is celebrated with street parties and other events. Koninginnedag had been observed during the reigns of Queen Wilhelmina and Queen Juliana on August 31 and April 30, respectively. On the day of her...

Militarizing Latin America Policy.
Deep within the Defense Department's civilian bureaucracy, the Clinton administration made a quiet shift in 1999 that speaks volumes about the current U.S. relationship with Latin America. The Pentagon's office for Inter-American Affairs was transferred from the Bureau for International Security Affairs--where it sat in the organizational chart alongside...

Problems with Current U.S. Policy.
The Pentagon's role in policy design is increasing. Military engagement activities have been growing, while State Department and foreign aid budgets have fallen or stagnated. Although civilian officials and Congress still generally play the greater role in U.S. policymaking toward Latin America, they clearly do not have the greater...

Scoreboard.
Byline: The Register-Guard TELEVISION TENNIS WTA Tour: Pilot Pen, CBS ...10 a.m. ATP Tour: Hamlet Cup, Fox Sports Net ...10 a.m. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Seattle at Cleveland, Fox ...10 a.m. GOLF USGA: U.S....

Music and Urban Geography.
Music and Urban Geography. By Adam Krims. New York: Routledge, 2007. [xli, 203 p. ISBN-10 0415970113; ISBN-13 9780415970112. $95.] Illustrations, music examples, bibliographic references, index. In Music and Urban Geography, Adam Krims explores the many ways that music and cities act upon one another now that the...

Western Australia challenged in Round-the-World Yacht Race.
Western Australia's entry in the Clipper 05-06 Round-the-World Yacht Race held a fractional lead as the fleet began the 4,000 nm Race Eight from Victoria on Vancouver Island to Panama City mid-May. Rivals Durban and Liverpool placed 2-3 on the previous 5,600 Pacific crossing leg from Qingdao, site of...

Dutch Involvement in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage Overseas: Proceedings.
9040725810 Dutch involvement in the conservation of cultural heritage overseas; proceedings. International Symposium on Restoration (2d: 2004: The Netherlands) Ed. by L.G.W. Verhoef and Ron van Oers. Delft University Press 2005 201 pages $40.00 Paperback...

U.S. Drug Policy & Intelligence Operations in the Andes.
The Bush administration recently suspended intelligence flights over Peru and Colombia after a Peruvian air force jet--acting on U.S. intelligence--fired on a civilian aircraft mistakenly suspected of drug trafficking, killing an American missionary and her daughter. The incident raises important questions about U.S. intelligence sharing in the Andean region...

U.S. military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Key Points * The Pentagon has a new infrastructure in Latin America, with four new military bases. * Base closures in Panama gave way to a new array of facilities that surround Colombia. * Base operations and maintenance increasingly are being outsourced to...