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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Like Steve, I follow the science and medical advice from my PCP. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As of now, masks are still recommended in any indoors space in the company of people you don't normally share indoors spaces with. That said, I have gone to restaurants with groups since the pandemic began. But only rarely, not once a week. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">At-home pre-meeting testing would also put me a bit more at ease. But I don't think everyone in our group is on board with requiring evidence of a negative test before coming to weekly meetings. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Maybe things will get better sorted out by May, but I am not hopeful of this.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Presenters/speakers and group members still have to make our own decisions based on what we think we are hearing/seeing. Right now, I am seeing at least four diseases being spread at indoor gatherings, only one of which is COVID, and two others of which are killing people. Flu is one of those two. RSV may be another. But in most of our age groups, we can add pneumonia. Then there's that "severe cold" -- no one knows what it is yet. </div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My other group activities mostly take place outdoors, where COVID exposure is no longer a concern. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If we lose some speakers because of ongoing disease prevention protocols that's unfortunate. But getting seriously ill would be for me more unfortunate. And knowing I had played a role in someone else's illness or death would be very unfortunate to me. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">-- Bob Primak</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div>
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On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 10:44:10 AM EST, Steve Isenberg <smisenberg@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv7609173478"><div><div>Larry,</div><div>With all due respect, I will go in person if and only if the situation regarding the exposure risk of COVID and the other viruses improves considerably. That’s my rule. </div><div>But that’s 6 months from now. </div><div>-steve </div><div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv7609173478gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 6:03 AM Larry Wittig <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:9423lew@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:9423lew@gmail.com">9423lew@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;" class="yiv7609173478gmail_default"><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_default">As a rule we should all try to make live in-person presentations.</div><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_default">I have an international expert on Deep Hot Rock research presenting on 24 May and I would like to see at least 20 folks for that.</div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"></div><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv7609173478gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 10:41 PM john rudy <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"><div></div></blockquote></div><div class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv7609173478gmail_quote"><div><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Please tell Charlie if you would come (I know we don’t yet have a date)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">I will<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">781-718-8334 (cell)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);">John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/13+Hawthorne+Lane+Bedford,+MA%C2%A0+01730-1047?entry=gmail&source=g">13 Hawthorne Lane</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/13+Hawthorne+Lane+Bedford,+MA%C2%A0+01730-1047?entry=gmail&source=g">Bedford, MA 01730-1047</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><img border="0" src="cid:5lyDSfC4ShhPWpjxuk5P" yahoo_partid="1.2" style="width:124px;max-width:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Charles Holbrow <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chholbrow@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:chholbrow@gmail.com">chholbrow@gmail.com</a>> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:17 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> john rudy <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>><br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> Lex Computer Group <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Graphene<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal">Dan Kleppner has spoken with Maia Weinstock who is a science writer and Associate Director at MIT News. She is author of a recent biography of Millie Dresselhaus (1930-2017). Its title <i>Carbon Queen </i>recognizes Millie's important work on carbon nanotubes. Ms. Weinstock lives in Belmont and says she's willing to talk to us but wants to speak to a live audience. <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal">Have any of us read her book?<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal">Can we provide a big enough --- say 20 --- live audience so that LCTG is not embarrassed? The current 5 to 7 live audience would be embarrassingly small. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal">Work on layers of graphene two and three sheets thick and rotated small angles with respect to each other has found superconductivity and other surprising electronic effects. The studies of graphene are producing exciting discoveries.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal">--Charlie<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal">On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 1:31 PM john rudy <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><div><div><div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Do we have a metallurgist in the group (or one with a contact) who could give us a talk on graphene?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">John</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">John Rudy</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">781-861-0402</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">781-718-8334 (cell)</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu">John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/13+Hawthorne+Lane+Bedford,+MA%C2%A0+01730-1047?entry=gmail&source=g">13 Hawthorne Lane</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/13+Hawthorne+Lane+Bedford,+MA%C2%A0+01730-1047?entry=gmail&source=g">Bedford, MA 01730-1047</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"><img border="0" src="cid:5lyDSfC4ShhPWpjxuk5P" yahoo_partid="1.2" style="width:124px;max-width:100%;"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="yiv7609173478MsoNormal">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://LCTG.toku.us">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chholbrow@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:chholbrow@gmail.com">chholbrow@gmail.com</a>.<br clear="none">Set your list options: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/chholbrow@gmail.com">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/chholbrow@gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div>===============================================<br clear="none">
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