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Repeated Reminder with revised description for 9/18.)<span></span></span></p>

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will be present in </span><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Room 246</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> at the
Community Center and online via Zoom at 10 AM ET.<span></span></span></p>

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Zoom Meeting ID is 972 6146 0830. Detailed instructions for joining us on Zoom are
at the end of this message.<span></span></span></p>

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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 11,
  2024<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Talks on Quantum
  Computing</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
  (Vladan Vuletic, Dept. of Physics, MIT)<br>
  “The Quantum Age: From Bell Pairs to Quantum Computers” and if time permits
  “Towards Error-Corrected Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms”.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">On
9/25 we'll be scheduling future meetings, if you have a talk you would like to
present or if you know someone who might, please let the planning committee
know at <a href="mailto:LCTG@toku.us" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">LCTG@toku.us</a><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;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">https://wiki.toku.us/doku.php?id=lctg_speaker_schedule</a> <span></span></span></i></b></p>

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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 18,
  2024<span></span></span></b></p>
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  <p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Claude Shannon</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> – Father of
  IT, presented by George Gamota<b><span></span></b></span></p>
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  <p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow">GASP <b>Planning
  Session</b> (Gigantic Allhands Scheduling and Planning) <span></span></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin-left:0.5in;margin-right:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">SPECIAL NOTE -</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;font-weight:normal">Links and supplementary materials for many of our previous sessions are
available online at <a href="http://lctg.toku.us/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://lctg.toku.us/</a>,
thanks to the diligence of Steve Isenberg. This includes our sessions</span></i><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt"><span></span></span></i></span></h3>

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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Covid
Update Fall 2024 9/4/24 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syJvEZDIIo" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syJvEZDIIo</a></span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><span></span></span></u></i></p>

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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Euclid
Space Telescope 8/28/24 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGAS6U5hIg8" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGAS6U5hIg8</a></span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><span></span></span></u></i></p>

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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Old
Technology 7/31/24<span>  </span></span></i><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQb1gN0O45U" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQb1gN0O45U</a></span></i></span><i><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><span></span></span></u></i></p>

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</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Fusion
Update 7/24/24<span>  </span></span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr9isXNqFTA" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr9isXNqFTA</a></span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"> <u><span></span></u></span></i></p>

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7/17/24 </span></i><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://youtu.be/Pdr9zLxsQRA" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://youtu.be/Pdr9zLxsQRA</a><span></span></span></i></span></p>

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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"">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>

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given that all meetings are available on 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.<span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><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 online, using the Zoom Video Conferencing Application, facilitated by
Steve Isenberg. (If noted above, we may also be at the Lexington Community
Center.)<i><span></span></i></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;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">https://toku.us/zoomish</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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choose one of the following options:</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;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:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;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">https://zoom.us/j/97261460830</a></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">From your smartphone,
tap this: +16468769923,,97261460830</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14pt;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:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Once the connection is 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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