Hi, all!
It feels like forever since the LHC last delivered proton-proton collisions (… in early November). There was a very productive stretch of heavy-ion collisions followed by the usual winter shutdown, and then a few weeks of machine development that ended… just now.
Yes: The first stable beam p-p collisions of the year are happening at this very moment! As always, you can see the LHC status live: here.
The 2011 dataset promises to be EPIC. Stay tuned — lots of physics to come!
– Burton 
I look at the online displays everyday because I enjoy seeing the incredible LHC up and running. I’m just watching and don’t understand all but a fraction, but I’m enthralled by it. I can’t imagine how exciting it is to be there, working with the LHC (and on it). Gives me chills! Have a good year (it will shut down again after another year’s running, right?) And find lots of “goodies!”
Regards,
A big fan of science,
Bernie Shwayder
Key Largo, FL