Two meetings of interest to HEAD members.

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Dear Colleague

We would like to invite you and your students and postdocs to
participate in the next

                       Jerusalem Winter School
       Cosmic Explosions - Gamma Ray Bursts and Related Phenomena                    Jerusalem - Dec 27 2000 to January 5 2001

               The registration deadline is Oct 22 2000

For further information, including the program, registration, and fees,
             please take a look at the school's web page:
            http://www.as.huji.ac.il/html/physics2000.html

The Winter School will explore Gamma Ray Bursts and related high
energy phenomena such as Supernovae, QSOs, Blazars, and
Mini-Quasars. The school will cover both observational and theoretical
topics, and the goal is to seek similarities and to draw parallels
between related phenomena.  The school is designed for advanced
graduate students and postdocs.  More senior scientists are also most
welcome.

Sincerely

Ramesh Narayan and Tsvi Piran
(Organizers)

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Reminder for the 16-18 October Young Supernova Remnants conference.
Note that registration rates increase after 15 September.

            11th Annual October Maryland Astrophysics Conference
                          Young Supernova Remnants
                            16-18 October 2000
                          College Park, Maryland

                    International Advisory Committee:
M. Abramowicz (Goeteborg)  S. Holt (Greenbelt)      J. Silk (Berkeley)
R. Blandford (Pasadena)    R. Kirshner (Cambridge)  D. Spergel (Princeton)
C. Canizares (Cambridge)   R. McCray (Boulder)      R. Sunyaev (Moscow)
A. Dar (Haifa)             J. Peebles (Princeton)   Y. Tanaka (Tokyo)
A. Dressler (Pasadena)     M. Rees (Cambridge, UK)  S. Tremaine (Toronto)
G. Hasinger (Potsdam)      V. Rubin (Washington)    S. White (Garching)

                     Scientific Organizing Committee:
             Arnon Dar         Una Hwang         Rob Petre
             Alex Filippenko   Bob Kirshner      Virginia Trimble
             Steve Holt        Dick McCray

Confirmed invited speakers are:
Arnon Dar, Bill Blair, John Blondin, David Branch, Claude Canizares,
Roger Chevalier, You-Hua Chu, John Danziger, Anne, Decourchelle, Eli Dwek,
Rob Fesen, Alex Filippenko, Bryan Gaensler, Alice Harding, Jeff Hester,
Jack Hughes, Una Hwang, Bob Kirshner, Dick Manchester, Dick McCray,
Chris McKee, Rob Petre, John Raymond, Steve Reynolds, Larry Rudnick,
Virginia Trimble, Kurt Weiler and Lodewijk Woltjer.

ONLINE REGISTRATION AND OTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT:
http://www.astro.umd.edu/october/2000.html
You may also contact the organizers by email or telephone.
                 E-MAIL:           october@astro.umd.edu
                 TELEPHONE:                301-405-1507