What does MIM stand for?

Detailed and abundantly illustrated (in color), the presentations address Chinese porcelains in Mexico and Peru, colonial furniture using Asian-inspired techniques, Asian folding screens by Mexican artists, Japanese lacquer traditions in Spanish America, Japanese-inspired elements in shell-inlaid frames made in Mexico, Baroque ivory sculptures, and the impact of Asian trade textiles on clothing.

The editors, also serving as honorary chairs of the event, have presented this volume to expose software engineers to the advances being made in Mexico and other Latin American countries such a tutorials on business optimization, surviving data gluts in cyberphysical systems and the interface between humans and computers.

The Divorce's new disc, "The Gifted Program," is being released this week by Made in Mexico Records, www.

So shoppers who buy blue jeans or T-shirts made in Mexico probably are helping a textile factory somewhere in the Southeastern U.