National and local identity in St. John: Danish and American perspectives.
ABSTRACT This paper discusses national and local identities in the islands of St. John, now, U.S Virgin Islands. The different notions of nationalism from the times of European intervention to the present, are explored in this work. The impact of top-down nationalism versus personalized nationalism is analyzed...

Puerto Rico's Spanish Virgins.
IT DOESN'T TAKE an Einstein to figure out that the U.S. Virgin Islands are owned by the United States, and that the British Virgin Islands are owned by Great Britain. So who, then, do the Spanish Virgins belong to? Certainly not Spain. The geographical designation--a marketing gimmick...

A 50-Year Span--Not Too Old, Not Too Young!
At the age of 58 and just short of his 59th birthday, Joe Christmas was the oldest competitor at the National Sports Festival for the Disabled. Joe competed in the 2000 Paralympic Trials for track & field. Originally from St. Croix, Virgin Islands, and a former Paralympian, Joe now...

Insular and migrant species, longevity records, and new species records on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands.
Ornithological research conducted in the West Indies has covered an array of topics, including avian species occurrence and distribution, ecology of individual species, effects of hurricanes on island bird populations, migration patterns, and community dynamics (Wiley 2000). In the Virgin Islands region, researchers have addressed avifaunal occurrence and distribution...

Breeding ecology of American and Caribbean coots at Southgate Pond, St. Croix: use of woody vegetation.
The Caribbean Coot (Fulica caribaea) is not globally threatened (Taylor 1996), but the species is listed as locally endangered in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI; Indigenous and Endangered Species Act of 1990) and is considered threatened throughout the West Indies, especially breeding populations (Raffaele et al. 1973, 1998)....

Events calendar.
ASAE Conferences and International Meetings To receive more information about ASAE conferences and meetings, contact ASAE at 800-371-2723 or mcknight@asae.org. For the complete list, see www.asae.org/resource/asaevents.html. 2004 Feb. 8-10 Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC). Hyatt Regency, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. March 21-24...

Introducing Pork-Barrel Homeland Security: A little here, a lot there . . .
Since the attacks of September 11, federal spending on assistance to the states for law enforcement, emergency services, and firefighting has increased by more than 1,000 percent. The total amount spent on beefing up the ability of "first responders" to prevent, guard against, and respond to a terrorist attack...

¡Ojo!
Vírgenes españolas en Puerto Rico No es necesario ser Einstein para darse cuenta de que las islas Vírgenes estadounidenses pertenecen a los Estados Unidos y que las islas Vírgenes británicas pertenecen a Gran Bretaña. Entonces, ¿a quién pertenecen las islas Vírgenes españolas? Con seguridad, no...

Transforming travel.
'Eco-tourism' Is More Than a Buzzword; It's a Seismic Shift in a Trillion-Dollar Industry Vacations were never like this. At the start of another sparkling morning in Maho Bay Camps in the U.S. Virgin Islands, you arise refreshed in your low-Earth-impact "eco-tent," elevated on a boardwalk in the midst...

Taking steps for parks.
Whether they March for a 1,000-year-old tree or mountains that have lasted an eternity, people who participate in NPCA's March for Parks care about the lands in their communities. Fossils, butterflies, live oak trees, Indian burial grounds, rivers, neighborhood playgrounds, and 200-year-old military compounds attracted more than a million...