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Europe’s Energy Crunch Squeezes World’s Largest Particle Collider​

CERN is drafting plans to idle its particle accelerators, including the Large Hadron Collider, if France runs short of electricity​

PARIS—Europe’s energy crisis is threatening to slow experiments into the fundamental forces of nature.


The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is drafting plans to shut down some of its particle accelerators at , said Serge Claudet, chair of the center’s energy management panel. CERN is also considering , the world’s largest accelerator, if necessary, Mr. Claudet said.

Strangelove said:

Incoming UK PM may be ‘disaster’ for entire country

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When will the comment on Liz Truss aka "the lady who has the Baltics allies across the Black Sea"?

they really need Israel.

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50 Years After Attack at Munich Olympics, a Formal German Apology​

Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in 1972. Decades later Germany asked the victims’ families for forgiveness for not keeping the delegation safe.
On Monday, the airfield just west of Munich was the site of a solemn German apology, the first and most important official acknowledgment of the gross mishandling of a terror attack against Israeli citizens on German soil at the 1972 Olympic Games.

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I don't know if it has been uploaded anywhere in this forum, if so, then please mod to delete it

Singapore former foreign minister George Yeo in an interview on Belt and Road, Sri Lanka, South China Sea.

zbb said:

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In NZ, people are advised (and kids are taught from a young age) to take cover under a desk or table or door frame while an earthquake is happening, then leave the building afterwards.

I'm not sure running around while an earthquake is happening is wise as people can and do get hurt by falling objects even if the building stays intact.

If the footage was recorded after the shaking has stopped, then my comment can be ignored.

jwnz said:

In NZ, people are advised (and kids are taught from a young age) to take cover under a desk or table or door frame while an earthquake is happening, then leave the building afterwards.

I'm not sure running around while an earthquake is happening is wise as people can and do get hurt by falling objects even if the building stays intact.

If the footage was recorded after the shaking has stopped, then my comment can be ignored.

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It really depends on the magnitude of earthquake that can happen in the area. NZ generally have weak earthquakes not likely to collapse buildings, thus the main danger is from falling debris so doorframes and tables are good advice.

However, if you are in an area where there is a real likelihood of earthquakes taking down even modern, anti-earthquake buildings, risking cuts and concussions are acceptable cost to the alternative.

jwnz said:

In NZ, people are advised (and kids are taught from a young age) to take cover under a desk or table or door frame while an earthquake is happening, then leave the building afterwards.

I'm not sure running around while an earthquake is happening is wise as people can and do get hurt by falling objects even if the building stays intact.

If the footage was recorded after the shaking has stopped, then my comment can be ignored.

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whatever the case is, drills or public training for emergencies such as earthquakes and fires should be adopted as a national standard that shall be applied to all public schools including kindergarten, and annual drills shall be monitored by a local government representative on a national scale, at least from my perspective some of the kids of my relative never had such training only verbal education from the class, perhaps in some other region things are better than here, as we haven't had any significant earthquake for decades

plawolf said:

It really depends on the magnitude of earthquake that can happen in the area. NZ generally have weak earthquakes not likely to collapse buildings, thus the main danger is from falling debris so doorframes and tables are good advice.

However, if you are in an area where there is a real likelihood of earthquakes taking down even modern, anti-earthquake buildings, risking cuts and concussions are acceptable cost to the alternative.

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Sorry, I have to disagree. If an earthquake is strong enough to collapse a modern building designed to survive an earthquake, running around during an earthquake isn't going to safe your life, unless you're The Flash and can outrun a collapsing building. Taking cover under a table can improve your chance of surviving the initial collapse as you are less likely to get crushed (granted if a load bearing concrete crossbeam falls directly above your table, then yes you will be crushed for sure and die). Also, most building structure can survive the initial shaking but not interior fittings that can be heavy enough to kill you, so falling objects are a real hazard regardless of the structural strength and magnitude of an earthquake.