LHC nears restart after repairs

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs. Officials have avoided giving an exact date for sending beams of protons around the 27km (17 mile) circular tunnel which houses the collider. The LHC was first switched on in 2008, but had to be shut down when a faulty electrical connection caused one tonne of helium to leak into the tunnel. The vast machine is located 100m below the French-Swiss border. Operated by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the LHC will recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang. Two beams of protons will be fired around the tunnel. These beams will travel in opposite directions around the main "ring" at close to the speed of light. At allotted points around the tunnel, the proton beams will cross paths, smashing into one another with enormous energy. Scientists hope to see new particles in the debris of these collisions, revealing fundamental new insights into the nature of the cosmos. But the first beams to circulate around the collider will be injected at a low energy of about 450 billion electron volts. For the restart, engineers are determined to take things one step at a time, and officials are not setting hard and fast deadlines. Once the collider is circulating two beams in opposite directions, engineers will attempt low-intensity collisions. This will provide scientists with data they can use for calibration purposes. After this, the beams' energy will be increased so that the first high-energy collisions can take place. These will mark the real beginning of the LHC's research programme.(my view)-on a conspiracy note,this might be the"2012"end of the world cause?

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Thankyou Max for this post :)

Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79

Veteran actor Edward Woodward has died aged 79, his agent has confirmed. The Croydon-born star had been suffering from various illnesses including pneumonia and died in hospital, said Janet Glass. Woodward is most famous for his roles in cult 1973 horror film The Wicker Man, alongside Christopher Lee, and US TV series The Equalizer. He was last seen on screen in BBC One soap EastEnders as Tommy Clifford earlier this year.(my reaction)-HOLY FUCK...me and bullet nipples were watching him in HOT FUZZ last night:( RIP EDDIE

Body parts sold to kebab stand

(Three Russians also suspected of killing man, eating parts themselves)- Russian police have arrested three homeless people suspected of eating a 25-year-old man they had butchered and selling other bits of the corpse to a local kebab house. Suspicions were raised when dismembered parts of a human body were found near a bus stop in the outskirts of the Russian city of Perm, 720 miles east of Moscow. Three homeless men with previous criminal records have been arrested on suspicion of setting upon a foe with knives and a hammer before chopping up his corpse to eat, local investigators said in a statement. "After carrying out the crime, the corpse was divided up: part was eaten and part was also sold to a kiosk selling kebabs and pies," the prosecutor's main investigative unit for the Perm region said. It was not immediately clear from the statement if any of the corpse had been sold to customers.(my view)-Killing ANYTHING is NEVER justified unless in self defence(then its that NOT killing)or culling reproducing all the time animals ie: chickens,fish,cows ect,but eating a corpse is ok-animals do it all the time.....ITS CALLED"THE FOOD CHAIN" PEOPLE

The Guinea Pig Song - Joe Pasquale(An English Comic)