Third Thursday Telecons

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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Dear Dusters,

We are on for our Third Thursday Telecon this week (May 21) at 11am Pacific Time with Dr. Westphal. The call-in number remains the same - 1-866-740-1260. When prompted, please enter the passcode 6422969 followed by the # (pound) key. If you need a number from outside the US, please enter 6422969 at https://www.readytalk.com/account-admin ... al-numbers to retrieve the correct phone number to dial. You may also want to double check your corresponding timezone time here.

Thanks - we look forward to speaking with you soon!

Dan
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Hello fellow dusters, I have another obligation on the 21st and will not be able to join the next telecon. Will one of you post a synopsis of the event so we don't miss the important issues discussed? It the subject comes up, I am curious why the particles captured in the foil appear to be different in composition compared to those we've found in aerogel? Seems to me that they should be similar since they were from the "same source." Evelyn, ERSTRS
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Hi Everyone. I've been meaning to post highly edited versions of the recordings of the monthly telecons on the home page, but so far haven't been able to carve out enough time for that. So, in the meantime, feel free to view and listen to these quickly edited, mostly in their entirety versions via the links below. And if you think these are good enough, please let me know. That way I'll know I can get them up much quicker! Dan

May 21, 2015: http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=44b6cf
April 16, 2015: http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=cqr4e6 (presentation by Dr. Zack Gainsforth)
March 20, 2015: http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=bicjoe (audio only)
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Dan, I checked out the latest telecon and it seems just fine, I don't think you need to worry about editing any more than you already did. It's easy for folks to skip ahead over any part not of interest to them. (It seems I'll have to try to speak a bit louder next time, though.) I'll check out the earlier ones later. Thanks for making the effort to post these.
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Yes, this is all right.
Thanks for share information on Telecon
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Good morning, Dr. Westphal, Dr. Zack, and Mike, I finally took time to listen to the May 24 Telecon. Thank you for Posting it live---an excellent idea! I laughed at your comment about my question: I am curious why the particles captured in the foil appear to be different in composition compared to those we've found in aerogel? Seems to me that they should be similar since they were from the "same source." Your answer, "We don't know" --- and "It's an outstanding mystery," is appreciated. You know, way back in 2006 when I joined the Dusting Team, hunting teensy little dust particles from space was my primary interest. Eight years later, I am amazed at how very complicated the Stardust@home experiment has become. As a result, our project is answering some world-wide mysteries---that no one had even thought of before we began! Please continue to post the Third Thursday Telecons, so we can listen at our leisure. I am proud to be a member of the Stardust@home Team. Evelyn, SmithES, ERSTRS
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Dear Dusters,

We are so glad you are finding value in these monthly telecons, even if you cannot join in person but find time to listen to the recordings later. Thus, we'll be on again live this week Thursday June 18th at 11am Pacific Time with Dr. Westphal. The call-in number remains the same - 1-866-740-1260. When prompted, please enter the passcode 6422969 followed by the # (pound) key. If you need a number from outside the US, please enter 6422969 at https://www.readytalk.com/account-admin ... al-numbers to retrieve the correct phone number to dial. You may also want to double check your corresponding timezone time here.

Thanks - we look forward to speaking with you soon!

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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Many thanks to our regular participants Mike and Evelyn for joining us again today! The recording can be found here: http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=8ypezn (audio only). Please note that in the near future these recordings will be moved to and highlighted as a regular feature on the Stardust@home website. Until next month! Dan
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Hi Everyone. The Third Thursday Telecons (Telecoms?) have been moved to our main website at http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/category/desk/ where they'll be posted from now on. Please let me know asap if you encounter any problems with the playback. The previous links/files are no longer available. Otherwise, enjoy! Dan
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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I quick-checked a few of them, Dan, and playback seemed fine. Mike
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July 2015 Third Thursday Telecon

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Greetings Everyone!

I sincerely apologize for the oh so late notice here, but our team is hosting the 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society this month and are going a bit nuts! Nevertheless, we plan to *KEEP* the telecon for this month, which will be held tomorrow (Thursday, July 16, 2015) at the usual 11am Pacific Time, and you can join in the usual way, by dialing 1-866-740-1260. Once you connect, please enter the passcode 6422969 followed by the # (pound) key when prompted. Also, please join online too for visuals by going to http://www.readytalk.com and entering 6422969 where it says "PARTICIPANT, Join a Conference."

Please note, however, that because of our team's extra duties this month, we will have a special guest speaker from the Space Sciences Laboratory. Name and topic will be announced here shortly.

Finally, as always, if you need a number from outside the US, please enter 6422969 here to retrieve the correct phone number to dial. You may also want to double check your corresponding timezone time here.

Thanks - we look forward to speaking with you soon!

Dan
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Our telecon/webinar tomorrow will be with Dr. Claire Poppett who will be discussing the "Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI): Probing dark energy with optical fibers and 5000 robots." For an abstract, please go to http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~newaz/CP.pdf PLEASE NOTE: In addition to calling in, you'll definitely also need to join online for visuals. To do so, please go to http://www.readytalk.com and enter 6422969 where it says "PARTICIPANT, Join a Conference." Until tomorrow! Dan
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Our telecon/webinar this Thursday (20 August 2015) will be with longtime Stardust@home technicians Robert Lettieri and Will Marchant. If you ever wanted to know how it all really works, this is your opportunity to hear it straight from the horses mouth! As usual, please join the call by dialing 1-866-740-1260. Once you connect, please enter the passcode 6422969 followed by the # (pound) key when prompted. Also, please join online too for visuals by going to http://www.readytalk.com and entering 6422969 where it says "PARTICIPANT, Join a Conference." If you need a number from outside the US, please enter 6422969 here to retrieve the correct phone number to dial. You may also want to double check your corresponding timezone time here.

Thanks - we look forward to speaking with you soon!

Dan
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Dear Dusters,

We are on for our Third Thursday Telecon this week (Sep 17) at 11am Pacific Time with Dr. Westphal, who will be giving a general update on Stardust and other topics of interest. The call-in number remains the same - 1-866-740-1260. When prompted, please enter the passcode 6422969 followed by the # (pound) key. If you need a number from outside the US, please enter 6422969 here to retrieve the correct phone number to dial. You may also want to double check your corresponding timezone time here.

Thanks - we look forward to speaking with you soon!

Dan
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Re: Third Thursday Telecons

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Fellow dusters, I just want to encourage you to listen to Dr. Andrew Westphal's brief but very interesting update from the September 17th telecon as soon as it's posted. There's an especially intriguing surprise toward the end. Best regards,
Mike C.
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