Today at 8.54 am was the time of entry of sun rays into the chamber, but there was too much cloudlast years then..newgrange Calibration

Yes today important time to re-calibrate your financial models.

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QuoteOriginally posted by: CollectorYes today important time to re-calibrate your financial models.yes, today is end of year, and start of year!BTW it looks as if Mandelbrot was correct after all..

Hill of Tara - 2007 Newgrange and Some of its ArtMegalithic Art at Loughcrew and Fourknocks(quite a long clip, beautifully illuminated).

Cuchulainn I noticed your icon carved into the wall of the Newgrange structure, was this where you got it from, and what is meaning? (calibration point of some sort?)

QuoteOriginally posted by: CollectorCuchulainn I noticed your icon carved into the wall of the Newgrange structure, was this where you got it from, and what is meaning? (calibration point of some sort?)Yes, that's the origin. There are numerous structures in Co. Meath but they will not be excavated, as was Newgrange. There are many hypotheses. One is from Tony O'Farrell (a pure mathematician who knows lots of maths outside his own area of research) who was the prof of the department where I worked some time ago. He has done some research into the markings QuoteTo take a couple ofsimple examples, the conjecture that the Newgrange stone K1 is a reasonably accurate mapof the Boyne Valley cemetery can be rejected on internal grounds, and the conjecture thatthe Newgrange stones carry blueprints for an iron foundry can be dismissed with reasonablecertainty on external grounds. An example of a conjecture, irrefutable on the basis of theart alone, is that all the symbols are Sun symbols. This, or any other conjecture whichtreats the complexities of the symbolism indifferently, is incapable of internal disproof.Essentially, it is equivalent to saying that there is no message, or at most an extremelysimple message, like the message in English: ‘the Sun’. This is arguably implausible onexternal grounds, but not impossible. An example of a conjecture, irrefutable on anygrounds, is that all the carvings are depictions of scenery on a planet of Arcturus, due to agroup of space–travellers, who came, built and decorated the mound, slew and interred afew locals, and departed whither they came, leaving the awestruck natives with a healthyrespect for the mound and with something to imitate.Among the examples just given, the refutable conjectures are in fact refuted conjectures

I really look forward to longer days.However we are also at the beginning of the cycle where sunspot activity should start to pick up after a boring period with almost no activity, I invested in a solar-scope and love to watch the sun, but it has not been much activity to watch, but yes in the years to come more sunspots and activity. No I do not plan to use it to predict the stock market.However some people hypothesis that Sunspot cycles may help detect pandemic influenza.full paper" On top of virological and epidemiological surveillance, sunspot cycles may be an inexpensive and easy method to detect influenza pandemics. The next high risk period will be around 2008-2013 and it may suggest us to be more alert and be prepared in order to minimize unnecessary deaths as a result of influenza. " Influenza Pandemics and Sunspots - Easing the Controversy The good news:''You can correlate anything with anything you like,'' he said, ''but sooner or later, the correlation will disappear.''

From my home town today, just a small celebration of the winter solstice The tree of life in the middle, with ecliptic magical light circles around......People drinking Gløgg!

QuoteOriginally posted by: CollectorFrom my home town today, just a small celebration of the winter solsticeAre you in the south of Norway?I have just missed it at Skeikampen. The sunset in Norway around December 21 is really good, especially if you are up in the hillls. Like it becomes bright at 10.00 and by 14.00 it's dark again.Skeikampen akkurat nå!

'Are you in the south of Norway?'yes just south of Oslo, I just came from Paris where I was visiting the Foucault pendulum (Panthéon) demonstrating the rotation of the earth (around its own axis)

Very nice images - a little more on the pendulum with equations:Foucault's Pendulum

From Cooley we can see Slieve Gullion (winter solstice tomb) and Proleek Dolmen(summer), below. QuoteMr Murphy and his coauthor, Louth artist Richard Moore, took these striking photos of the dolmen on Summer Solstice weekend 2008. The opening of the portal tomb is roughly aligned towards summer sunset, which he observed directly a few weeks ago. “This tomb seems to open towards Slieve Gullion, which is very interesting because Gullion has two passagetombs on its peak,” Mr Murphy said this week. “And this was a widespread practice in ancient times - to align one monument towards other monuments or significant landscape features in conjunction with astronomical events.” “The tomb is likely to have featured an alignment towards the moon also,” he said. “The moonset at the time of what astronomers call ‘major lunar standstill’ would probably set in line with the opening of the Proleek Dolmen.” BTW if you like golf, there's a course at Proleek.

We are now into the fourth day of Autumn (Sept 21) and the lottery to visit Newgrange in December has closed a few hours ago.Next. Halloween!

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnWe are now into the fourth day of Autumn (Sept 21) and the lottery to visit Newgrange in December has closed a few hours ago.Next. Halloween!Maybe I will sneak in there *this* Halloween! Boo!