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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14pt">CERN and the Hadron
Collider,</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:18pt"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Presented by Harvey Newman.</span></strong>
<i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">History, Why It Was Built, Hoped
Outcomes, Discovery of Boson, What is Next. Harvey Newman, professor at Cal
Tech, will introduce the status and outlook for the LHC, its past, present
and near term outlook, and provide a panorama of the future including some of
the leading programs. (John Rudy)</span></i><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">SPECIAL NOTE - </span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Links to many of our previous sessions are
available online at <a href="http://lctg.toku.us/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">http://lctg.toku.us/</span></a>, thanks to the diligence of
Steve Isenberg. This includes the space-oriented presentations of Mars Landing
from February 24, Venus Temperature from March 17, Apollo Mission from April
14, Space Debris from May 5, Oumuamua from May 19 and Helicopter Flight on Mars
from May 26.<span></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">We, the Lexington
Computer and Technology Group, will meet Wednesday at the usual 10AM Eastern
Time, BUT ONLINE, using the Zoom Video Conferencing Application, facilitated by
Steve Isenberg. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">There is an instruction
page at <a href="https://toku.us/zoomish" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">https://toku.us/zoomish</span></a> but note that the URL and
phone number shown are examples.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
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on Wednesday, choose one of the following options:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<ul style="margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">If you have the Zoom application installed, start it and join
meeting with ID 972 6146 0830</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">From your browser, go to: <a href="https://zoom.us/j/97261460830" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">https://zoom.us/j/97261460830</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">From your smartphone, tap this: +16468769923,,97261460830</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">From a “dumb” telephone, call 1 646 876 9923 and enter
meeting ID: 972 6146 0830 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></li></ul>
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established, you may need to locate and use the on-screen controls that turn on
the sound and the video. You should be able to see and hear others and they
should be able to see and hear you, if you have a camera and microphone (each
of which you can unmute selectively).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
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would like to join the group, or if you have a friend or colleague who might
also be interested in joining, it's easy. Ask them to go to the group's
wiki page at </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://LCTG.toku.us" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:blue">http://LCTG.toku.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:rgb(11,83,148)">and follow the simple
instructions under "Join the Email List". By being a member of
the group you'll get reminders of upcoming meetings and infrequent related
messages. No advertising. The list is tightly managed.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:rgb(11,83,148)">Membership is free and given that all meetings
are using Zoom you only need to be connected to the Internet to join.
It's ok to join from anywhere you can get a decent Internet connection, even if
you're in orbit around Earth or on another planet or a moon (if you're
connecting from somewhere not on Earth, we'd like to chat).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><i><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Below are our plans for Upcoming Meetings. For
more schedule information, please refer to <a href="https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=lctg_speaker_schedule" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=lctg_speaker_schedule</span></a>
We will continue to have an online presentation (almost) every Wednesday until
it is prudent for us to resume meeting in person.<span></span></span></i></b></p>
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4, 2021<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14pt">Exoplanets,</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> presented by
MIT Professor Sara Seager (video presented via Cary Library and hosted by
George Burnell) <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For thousands
of years people have wondered, “Are there planets like Earth?” “Are such
planets common?” “Do any have signs of life?” Today astronomers are poised to
answer these ancient questions, having recently found thousands of planets
that orbit nearby Sun-like stars, called “exoplanets”. M.I.T. Professor Sara
Seager, one of the world’s leading experts on this search for Earth-like
planets, will share the latest advances in this revolutionary field.<span></span></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Professor
Seager works on space missions for planetary discovery and exploration. She
was the Deputy Science Director for the MIT-led NASA mission TESS, the PI for
the on-orbit JPL/MIT CubeSat ASTERIA, and is a lead for Starshade Rendezvous
Mission (a space-based mission concept under technology development for
direct imaging discovery and characterization of Earth analogs). Currently
she leads a mission concept study for the search for signs of life or life
itself in the Venus atmosphere. Among other accolades, Professor Seager is a
member of the National Academy of Sciences and a MacArthur Fellow. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye-UNXeMJC8" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye-UNXeMJC8" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye-UNXeMJC8</span></a>.
(1h5m)</span></i><strong><span style="font-size:14pt"><span></span></span></strong></p>
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2021<span></span></span></b></p>
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on elections,</span></b> <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">presented
by George Burnell<i>. Security, allegations,
concerns, why is it so hard to have a closed and secure system? Securing
mail-in voting; how states got it to happen.</i></span> <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>
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