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Photography: The Large Hadron Collider/ATLAS at CERN by Image Editor

I haven’t written here for a while, (but I have some plans to do more blogging and get a new blogging setup going, after all blogging is good for you! ) But I found that a topic got started on a forum about a previous experience I had (that I wrote about here)

A comment on that forum thread reminded me about the “Large Hadron Collider” which is a giant experimental physics machine/facilty that basically takes the tiniest particles known to man and makes them collide with each other at near light speed in hopes of discovering even tinier particles. If they find what has been dubbed “The God Particle” then it would be considered a major breakthrough in physics.

On the other hand, there are some concerns that this experiment could create “tiny black holes” or other side effects that could potentially wipe out the entire planet. So, these concerns obviously make this experiment a big event.

From Wikipedia:

Concerns have been raised that performing collisions at previously unexplored energies might unleash new and disastrous phenomena. These include the production of micro black holes, and strangelets, potentially resulting in a doomsday scenario.

What makes this even more interesting is the time that the first collisions are scheduled to take place is around the same date that a crazy (I hope) guy I met last year predicted the end of the world to be - August 2, 2008

Again from Wikipedia:

The first beams are due for injection mid June 2008 with the first collisions planned to take place 2 months later.

I don’t know the exact date of the first collisions but according to this it would be in August 2008.

I’m going to predict that on August 2, 2008 and the preceeding days after we’ll all be living life as usual. (After all what do I have to lose with this prediction, if it’s right, I’ll be hailed as wise, and if it’s wrong, nobody will be around, so it can’t be rubbed in my face lol). I remember we all thought the end was surely going to come when the clock struck midnight of December 31, 1999, but now almost ten years later, the end hasn’t come yet. I do believe that it is near but how near or how far, only God knows. (Matthew 24:36)

The LHC is a very interesting project and I hope that whoever is in charge knows better that to risk earth and humanity, if there truly is a significant risk. I wouldn’t worry too much about it. But I thought it all made for an interesting blog post as I’ve been fascinated by the LHC project since I first heard about it a while back. I certainly hope that it isn’t a doomsday scenario but at least I’ll have a month to play with my new iPhone 3g w/ GPS! (JK)

The End…

UPDATE (6/30/2008): Accorting to Gizmodo there is no need to fear a Report Confirms Large Hadron Collider Will Not Spawn Doomsday Scenario, End World As We Know It . Also the LHC will fire up sooner than August (lhcountdown.com)

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Photography: Sea In my Fingers (thank friends) by valpopando (Yes Photography)

I started reading Bro. Larry Bookers book “Journey Of A Lifetime“. So far it’s a very interesting read, and a very open story of who Bro. Booker once was.

As I’ve said before, I’m trying to get more of my photos on here. I have some nice ones of Bro. Holmes church. I went there last weekend and it was alot of fun. A great church and an amazing church building!

I’ve also been working on a new website “Places-to-go.us“. I’m just working on it at my leisure. It has a long way to go but it is currenly filled with over 60,000 businesses! So it was a fun project and hopefully it will become a useful and valuable website one day.

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Photography: Meta-Emma by doublecappuccino

Today’s word of the day is “Meta”

Taken from Wikipedia, Meta is defined as …

Meta (from Greek: μετά = “after”, “beyond”, “with”), is a prefix used in English in order to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter. The Greek meta is equivalent to the Latin post.

A few interesting examples…

For example, metadata are data about data (who has produced them, when, what format the data are in and so on). Similarly, metamemory in psychology means an individual’s knowledge about whether or not they would remember something if they concentrated on recalling it.

This is a word that has captured my imagination since I learned of it. (And also that’s a great photo above :))

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Photography: Lift Off- Best Viewed Large by aussiegall

This shot is just plain awesome. It somehow seems so sureal but scenes like this take place all over the world every day. I guess it’s sureal to me because we don’t normally see something like this on a bugs scale like here.

Great, great shot! I’m gonna try to get a shot like that sometime

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Photography: broke my glasses by mrjmw

A while ago, my cheap glasses from ZenniOptical.com broke in my pocket.

Photography: fixed my glasses! by mrjmw

They glued together fine (broken pair glued on the right) but fortunately they were so cheap it wasn’t a big deal to order 2 new pairs of the same glasses as well.

I purchased the first pair for about $20 shipped and the extra 2 pairs came out about $30 dollars shipped. Remember these are prescription (you need to get your prescription from your doctor and fill out a form on there site) and they have the anti-glare coating.

Alot of people are amazed when I tell them how much I paid for my glasses online so I thought I’d share it here. I wouldn’t spend much more than that on glasses online since I can’t try them on before I bought them. But this frame style seemed to work out for me. I still want to buy some higher price better quality frames as well. But until then these are working fine for me.

Let me know if you buy a pair! (again thats ZenniOptical.com but there are other stores if you search for cheap glasses )

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I have had it in the back of my mind for a while, that there are not enough pictures of people on my photoblog…
Hence, I randomly present to you… people.

Photography: Omarion by Dunny

Photography: Characters by annuj

Photography: by servo.

Photography: not that reluctant by Rachel-B

Photography: peek a ash by Peta M

Photography: 184: s c a t t e r by beyondthesparkle

Photography: IMG_8118 by 油姬

Photography: * by .tyler. - Claudio Martella

Photography: Eva by Lothian’s Foto’s

Photography: Se me va el color by losing_2007

Photography: Julín. by *mica

Photography: Pizza Cone by Vanderleia Machado

Photography: My sister, il-bocca by katuta

Photography: by Georgina Robinson

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Photography: Extinct by Krowdog

Two weeks ago I saw the “Dinosaurs Alive! 3D” IMAX movie at the California Science Center (I highly recommend you see it if you have the chance). It was amazing to see some dinosaurs recreated using computer technologies and animated, reenacting possible fighting and movements of the creatures. The movie left me hoping that one day, man might be able to somehow clone these dinosaur bones and remains and build a real Jurassic Park.  To see one of these unbelievable creatures alive in the flesh would be truly amazing. After seeing this film, I would jump at the chance to see one alive (and I would probably allow a large dent to be made in my wallet to see one too )

I happened across an article this morning and the headline made me think it may be possible one day. The headline said “Dinosaur Fossil Found With Preserved Soft Tissue” A teenage boy found some dinosaur remains that are more than other bones. It appears that the actual dinosaur flesh and muscle (etc) was preserved as a fossil as well. The findings haven’t been scientifically verified yet but it sounds like this find is very big if the scientific peer-review checks out ok.

It doesn’t sound like cloning would be possible from this find but I’m very anxious to see it anyhow. You might think “yeah yeah, dinosaurs, big deal” but try seeing “Dinosaurs Alive 3D” and see if your interest in dinosaurs is not increased a bit.

It would be incredible to see a real live dinosaur. If you are knowledgeable on the subject, could a Jurassic Park ever be possible? Is there any possibility of finding dinosaurs remains that could be potentially clonable?

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Photography by artsy_T

This photo is really great but this quote by Michelangelo is what really caught my attention… 

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it

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Photography: shark or dolphin by schloppy

Check out this amazing story of a surfer who was attacked by a great white shark and lived with the help of God, friends, dolphins and many more…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21689083/

Truly incredible!

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Photography: Brain tree? by gothandy

I’m very fascinated by life and biology, but the human brain is extra-ordinary even in the extra-ordinary world of biology. It is the organ and system that is surely most responsible for the human experience. I have read casually on the ideas of how the brain works and it never ceases to fascinate me.

I recently came across a site and book dedicated to the idea that the brain really isn’t so impressive. I thought it was odd. The author seemed to know what he was talking about so I considered what he said. But I also found this article 10 Unsolved Mysteries Of The Brain and I have to stick to my position, the brain is one of the most impressive systems known to man.

You may have seen this before circulated around in an email or elsewhere. Can you read it?

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs dgig it or use aentohr srecive wtih the sarhe it btotun bloew!

If you can’t read it, it basically explains that for many people the brain does not read words as letters sequentially from first to last but it takes in all the letter symbols at once. And it seems that as long as the first and last letters are in the right place, it doesn’t matter where the other letters are placed in the word. Your brain will still be able to recognize the word! It works for me as I can read the above and it is fascinating to get this little bit of insight on how the brain works from this demonstration.

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