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Yokohama JALT (Yokohama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). July 12 (Sun), 10:00-13:00 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Japan. Greg Sholdt.

Kyoto JALT (Kyoto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). July 12 (Sun), 13:30-17:30 in Suita, Osaka Japan. Linda Ohama.

Okayama JALT (Okayama Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). July 12 (Sun), 15:00-17:00 in Okayama Japan. Ian Nakamura.

TUJ (Temple University Japan). July 18 (Sat), 14:00-17:00 in Tokyo Japan. Rose Senior (University of Western Australia).

Nagasaki JALT (Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching). July 25 (Sat), 13:00-15:00 in Nagasaki Japan. Greg Goodmacher and Asako Kajiura.

GOES-O, soared into space today after a successful launch at 6:51 p.m. EDT on a Delta IV rocket.

Hollywood.com has posted an early review of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" after attending an advance screening of the film.

Admirably, they've already posted a translation (speedily done by Martin Chalmers) of Josef Winkler's 24 June Klagenfurt Address on Literature, (see also the ). It includes Bernhardian oratory such as:This city of Klagenfurt which every June, at linden blossom time,

In this week's Small Talk-column at the Financial Times Anna Metcalfe Giles Foden. Among his responses:What book changed your life?Paul Muldoon's book of poems (1987). I was lucky to be taught by him at university. He showed me how to

The Yomiuri Shimbun has a two-part interview -- and -- with about his new (in Japan) novel, 1Q84. As the mentions:The novel had sold a combined 1.45 million copies as of June 19, with the first volume, Book 1, selling

In The Observer Oliver Marre profiles publisher George Weidenfeld, in .

As a few days ago, Jonathan Littell's recently was awarded the Athens Prize for Literature. Littell did not accept the prize in person, but did send an interesting letter 'To the Jury of the Athens Prize for Literature'; Theodoros Grigoriadis

The following students were named to the Honor Roll at Bath High School for the third trimester.

Area school districts are facing a budget crisis which may force the use of short-term stimulus money to stave off long-term problems.

for the 2008-2009 second semester. An asterisk denotes all A's.

for the fourth marking period:

I spent last week visiting with my Mom and Dad. While visiting, my Dad told me some interesting stories about the time he spent coaching my Little League baseball team. It seems, as odd as this may sound, that, on

The brain maintains a physical map of the body, with different areas in charge of different body parts. Researchers have suggested that when we use tools, our brains incorporate them into this map. (New Scientist)

New York has become the first state to allow taxpayer-funded researchers to pay women for giving their eggs for embryonic stem cell research, a move welcomed by many scientists but condemned by critics who fear it will lead to the