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On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Ray F. Cowan wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm at home with some sort of flu & fever this morning, so I'm going to
> need to miss our LQS meeting today.  The new ReadyTalk conference system
> requires that one caller enter the chairperson code before the conference
> will start--anyone can do this.  You'll here a prompt to press "*" if
> no chair code has yet been entered.  Do that, then enter chair code 5639#
> and the conference will start up in "listen only" mode.  Press "*2" and it
> will then start the conference.
> 
> My apologies for missing the meeting, but I really need to recover a bit.
> 
> Thanks very much,
> --Ray
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, Ray F. Cowan wrote:
> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> ** NOTE NEW CALL-IN INFORMATION BELOW **
>> 
>> Our next weekly LQS meeting is at 2 PM Eastern time Thursday, October 21.
>> 
>> We'll discuss the article in Nature Physics 6, 744 (2010) on "Emergent complex 
>> neural dynamics" by Dante Chialvo.  This article discusses some half-dozen 
>> issues at the frontiers of neuroscience studies of the brain.  Emergent 
>> behavior arising from the interactions of the 100 billion neurons and 100 
>> trillion synapses is considered.  The article is attached.  You can also 
>> download it from http://dmtpc.mit.edu/MaKaC/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=445.
>> 
>> Meeting info:
>> 
>> Dial-in: 
>>    SLAC is transitioning to a new conference system.  Dial-in is now toll-free
>>    from both the U.S. and most countries.  Instructions:
>> 
>>    Passcode: 3144955
>>    From the U.S or Canada: toll-free 866-740-1260.
>>    Int'l dial-in (toll-free):  http://www.readytalk.com/support/intl
>> 
>>    The chair code is 5639.
>>    Note that when the chair leaves the conference, the call ends, and 
>>    everyone remaining on the line will be disconnected.
>> 
>> Agenda:
>> 
>> 1) Round-table reports.
>> 2) Discussion of arXiv:1009.4184
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> --Ray
>>