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  1. See today's plan: http://tinyurl.com/5ahgzv
  2. Last night, one beam went around over 300 times: http://tinyurl.com/6mfzv5
  3. Giga-tons of ink on LHC startup! http://ksjtracker.mit.edu/?p=7389
  4. time to have some drinks at CERN's R1!
  5. Now doing more measurements on the beam -- see dispersion here: http://tinyurl.com/6bgyo7
  6. CERN's press release about today: http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2008/PR08.08E.html
  7. Beam 2: All the way around! Control room says: "No beam for 30 minutes... we need a rest."
  8. Peek into the ATLAS Control Room: http://tinyurl.com/5zuo54
  9. Back to Point 1! Watch live (maybe): http://tinyurl.com/69huzh
  10. All the way to Point 2!
  11. Beam 2 to Point 5!
  12. Beam 2 is red: http://tinyurl.com/69huzh
  13. Beam 2 through points 8, 7, 6 !
  14. OK from cryogenics guys to go ahead with Beam 2, according to the electronic logbook: http://tinyurl.com/5c6syd
  15. While we're waiting, here is a good intro to the beam: http://tinyurl.com/7k9ob
  16. Video of the first event projected in the ATLAS control room: http://tinyurl.com/5ukqhv
  17. Ah, cryogenics delay until 1:30, then the plan is to recommence with Beam 2.
  18. starting Beam 2 -- counter-clockwise.
  19. another good place to see what's happening: http://tinyurl.com/5ug2ue
  20. Check out the google logo: http://www.google.com/