Editorial.
The special issue MATE-NAS-IJTS collects selected papers from the International Days of Applied Mathematics, Technology and Environment (MATE'07), held in Tangier, Morocco, during May 11 and 12 of 2007. Two other special issues with selected papers from MATE'07 are available: MATE-MDDE-IJMS (see http://www.isder.ceser.res.in/ijms.html) and MATE-CO-IJEES (see http://www.ceser.res.in/ijees.html). Some invited...

Belgium: less than the sum of its parts?
Apart from chocolate and beer, one of the major products exported from Belgium over the last two decades has been its constitutional model. It has not been copied elsewhere, at least not in its entirety ("Thank God," some would say), but it has been studied in nearly every international...

track field.
Byline: The Register-Guard MEN'S 10,000 METERS (9:30 a.m.) Competitors: Reigning 10,000 meters world record-holder Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, 25, is attempting a world record in his first U.S. appearance. His current standard is 26:17.53, set at Brussels, Belgium, three years ago. In addition to his...

Page: From local start to big wheel.
Byline: Jennifer Toland Jonathan Page was born in Tilton, N.H., and lives most of the year now in Belgium, but the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic always feels like home. "It holds a special place on my racing schedule," said Page, the 2005 Fitchburg Longsjo men's pro...

For five generations, St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch has been not only an American success story but a family-run business.
For five generations, St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch has been not only an American success story but a family-run business. So it is a little sad to see Belgium's InBev, brewer of Stella Artois and Beck's, making a serious effort to take over the company. But it is even more sad...

International.
ARGENTINA MANUEL VALLEJOS DANCE JAZZ STUDIO Lavalle 1579 C.P.1048-Buenos Aires Tel/Fax (541) 371-6811 AUSTRIA SALZBURY INTL BALLET ACADEMY (SIBA) Yehuda Maor, Ballet teacher/Master Salzburg Ballet. Phone +43+069911134586 www.siba-austtia.com & yehudamaor@aol.com SALZBURG EXPERIMENTAL ACADEMY OF DANCE (SEAD) Susan Quinn, Artistic Director. Professional...

THIS WEEK AT THE UO.
Byline: The Register-Guard Wednesday, May 28 Speaker - Noon. Sociology graduate student Shannon Bell will discuss "Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed: Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in the Appalachian Coalfields." Room 330, Hendricks Hall. Free. 346-5015. Speaker - 5 p.m....

Werner Wind, 86.
GREENWICH, CT Longtime Greenwich resident, Werner Wind, 86, passed away on June 30th surrounded by his wife and children. Born on January 14, 1922 in Thun, Switzerland, Werner was a son of the late Eduard and Christine Wind. Werner, who earned a business degree in...

PPD Rolls Out Web-based Technology to Analyze Near Real-time Lab Data.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-25 June 2008-PPD Rolls Out Web-based Technology to Analyze Near Real-time Lab Data(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com PPD announced it has launched PPD Clicks, a secure Web site to provide clients with near real-time lab data from its global central lab facilities in Highland...

Divine wine.
Byline: Anthony Manifold In March 1985, a sales tax auditor in the remote Austrian village of Pamhagen stumbled on the first clue to what would become the biggest wine scandal in Europe since Roman times. While examining tax returns, he was mystified by a wine merchant's many...