Here comes The Sun

Of course, this could all be some kind of elaborate publicity stunt for Russell Crowe's new movie?

Russell doesn't look too happy about the flood either.



Crazy Auroras

Thanks to everyone for their best wishes and thoughts. Luckily, I do now live in a part of Somerset (U.K.) that has been flood-free. Being on the north coast of the county we now have dangerous high-winds but great sea defences keeping things relatively safe.

 

So afar we have avoided the flood damage. But others living only five miles away haven't been so lucky. Heart goes out them.

 

Checking the Spaceweather website, you can see a correlation between the activity on the Sun, and the Earth's crazy weather.

 

Flooded Somerset Levels

More of the same

Saved by the Marines

 

 

Trains cancelled due to water on the line

 

 

 

  

Solar Disc Activity: The circled sunspots, AR1974 - AR1976, have 'beta-gamma' magnetic fields that harbor energy for medium-sized eruptions. And they are growing. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-class flares and a 5% chance of X-flares on Feb. 10th.(SpaceWeather)



 

(Courtesy of SpaceWeather) AR1974 growing rapidly, with an increasing chance of Earth directed flares.

 

Sun's coronal hole in heart strikes the Earth's magnetic field on Valentines. NOAA forcasts 60% chance of M-flares. Brace yourselves for more bad weather and quakes!



Christmas with Venus and Jupiter

The stars are smiling!

Quarks of Nature

I’ve been pondering violence. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a violent person, nor do I advocate violence in any form. Recently I witnessed an act of violence in front of my eyes which had me contemplating many things, including, ‘Does any good come from violence?’

On a late Saturday night I watched from my window as a young guy, about 18 or 19 years old, stood in the road and punched two women in the face, one after the other, with such force that each fell backwards onto the tarmac. Their heads literally bounced up and down like footballs. In triumph, he spinned around on his feet, beat his drunken chest, and shouted, ‘Who’s the man now?’

These two women had just set upon him, slapping him in the face and punching his chest. The three exchanged insulted about some upset from earlier in the evening. They were part of a larger group that had just left the nightclub around the corner, and were heading home on foot through the town centre. Granted, the guy held back for a while before launching his counter offensive against them, but not for very long.

Thankfully, the only time I am exposed to this kind of violence is usually while at the cinema or watching some TV movie.

As all three revellers were drunk, it was obvious none had control of their actions. After the triple punch-up, the guy walked off shouting and swinging his arms in the air, while the two women got up from the road and tottered off in their platform heels, as if barely touched. All this was watched by passersby on the street who did nothing but carry on passing by! There was nothing for me to do but calm myself after watching this shocking reality fade into the day-light like a bad dream.

To answer the question of ‘Does any good come from violence?’ Let’s talk about Theoretical Elemental Particle Physics for a moment.

A strange synchronicity hit me recently when I joined the girls at my local craft meeting and chatted about all sorts of gentler topics. I spent a few minutes choosing my tools and beads. I pondered the attraction that these little baubles have and the strange coincidence of the evening.

Small, shinning, coloured crystals, painted glass, and plastic, polished stones, and shells, perfectly formed spheres of wonder and delight.

As it turns out, the lady of the beads, our mentor in jewellery making and precious stones dealer has a daughter who dabbles in spheres of a different kind. As a particle physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), near Switzerland, she spends her time throwing together exotic beads at the atomic level.

I was prompted to read up on the latest research into the ‘Higgs-Boson’, aka God Particle, which has been in the news lately due to the particle theorist behind it, Peter Higgs, winning the Nobel Prize for physics this year.

The search for the elusive Higgs-Boson (theorised in 1964) is sometimes referred to as the Quest for the Holy Grail of Physics. Coincidently (there’s that word again) the Higgs-Boson and the Grail share more than a label and an idea. They are far more intertwined.

To brush up on my knowledge I also read Giles Morgan’s ‘A Brief History of The Holy Grail’, (A very uncomplicated book about the history, myth, and religion associated with the Grail legend).

I attempted to understand just what the Higgs-Boson is too, and found it surprisingly straight-forward. Please see nifty little diagram below.

All matter is made up of Atoms, tiny basic elements, naked to the human eye. They are made up of three particles: Photons, Neutrons and Electrons. Photons and Neutrons are held in the centre of the Atom, in its core ‘Nucleus’, whilst the lighter Electron hangs out in a sort of cloud space inside the Atom.

Very much like those Russian dolls ‘Matryoshka’ that fit into each other, each particle has been theorised and then discovered within the previous particle. Therefore, within Photons and Neutrons there are three other tiny things called Quarks (among other stuff) and these then make up Hadrons. Within these Hadrons reside Bosons. When particles are violently thrown at each other they smash up and then the Higgs-Boson can be seen within, “Viola!” The tiniest of tiny!

The above explanation is simplistic of course, but I think it’s about right. If someone else can clarify, please let me know. I will review and correct later.

So there is some good coming out of violent acts. They release energy which in turn explains something of the unknown nature of the universe.

Coming up next time, the connection with The Holy Grail revealed.

 

Atomic beads of wonder



Photo-fit Phantom

The Mysterious Case of Madeleine McCann
 
In the UK, Operation Grange is an investigation review which is supposedly looking at the case of the four-year-old girl that disappeared in Portugal in May 2007.

Recently, if you haven't heard, they've released new photo-fits of a man they want to question. The new sketches are based on the 2007 testimony of the Smith family.

"New images show the man an Irish family insist they saw carrying a girl like Madeleine McCann in the resort of Praia da Luz around the time she vanished. The two computer e-fits of the prime suspect were composed from statements and descriptions given by two members of the Smith family.

Martin Smith — holidaying with wife Mary, daughter Aoife, son Peter plus other family members — said the girl was three or four and in a deep sleep. The man was carrying her along the middle of a deserted side street in an uncomfortable position with her head slumped against him.

She had pale “typically British” skin, blonde shoulder-length hair and wore light coloured or pink pyjamas — like those Madeleine was wearing that night. Mr Smith, Aoife and Peter gave descriptions to Portuguese police two days later but no e-fits or sketches were produced."

But what does the official Portuguese Police file on the case actually state? Below is another section of the original witness statement of this sighting:

16-Processos, Volume XVI, pg 4134 to 4139

"In an additional statement from Mr Smith as requested. His wife does not want to make another statement. I showed him the video clip and he stated that it was not the clip that alerted him but the BBC news at 10 PM on 9th September 2007."

Martin Smith:

"I hereby declare that this statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I make it knowing that if it is tendered in evidence I will be liable to prosecution if I state in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true.

I would like to state that the statement I made on 26th May 2007 in Portugal is correct. The description of the individual that I saw on 3rd May 2007 carrying a child is as follows.

He was average build, 5 foot 10” in height, brown hair cut short, aged 40 years approximately. Wearing beige trousers and darkish top maybe a jacket or blazer. He had a full head of hair with a tight cut. This individual was alone.

I saw Gerard McCann (sic) going down the plane stairs carrying one of his children on 9th September 2007 BBC news at 10 PM, I have been shown the video clip by Sergeant Hogan which I recognise. A clip I have seen before on the Internet. In relation to the video clips of Gerard McCann and the person I saw on 3rd May 2007 when I saw the BBC news at 10 PM on 9th September 2007 something struck me that it could have been the same person.

It was the way Gerard McCann turned his head down which was similar to what the individual did on 3rd May 2007 when we met him. It may have been the way he was carrying the child either. I would be 60-80% sure that it was Gerard McCann that I met that night carrying a child. I am basing that on his mannerism in the way he carried the child off the plane.

After seeing the BBC news at 10 PM, footage on the 9th September 2007 I contacted Leicestershire police with this information. During that time I spoke to all my family members who were with me on the night of 3rd May 2007 about this and the only one who felt the same way as me was my wife. She had seen the video clip of Gerard McCann walking down the stairs of the plane earlier that day. We did not discuss this until some days later. This statement has been read over to me and is correct."
Sources:
http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/ 
http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MARTIN_SMITH.htm
 

1st Photo-fit in the case - Egg-man

Latest photo-fit - guess who?

It's Just a Coincidence

Man shows up dressed as Moses outside N.J. school to advocate for special-needs children

What weird and unusual message is coming at us now?

 

Miriam Carey

 

Aaron Alexis

Deja Vu or Just Another Black September?

 Washington Navy Yard East Gate

Nairobi WestgatE Mall

 

Courtesy of The India Times: massacre of Christians in Pakistan. 

It really is shaping up to be Black September, be it authentic or man-made terror. Why is this happening? Who is responsible? How can we stop it?

While we watch Kenyan soldiers running around BBC news crews in Nairobi searching for foreign shoppers and al Shabbabis, there is barely a peep in the media about the massacre of women and children outside a Christian church, after Sunday mass in Peshawar, Pakistan. Over 75 people killed, none of them shopping, all of them Pakistani.

Courtesy of the US/UK black-ops: Westgate Mall victims, camerman in pursuit

Washington, not working for HP



You can have a spooky experience at Washington's Navy Shipyard, if you're that way inclined!

The latest news is rife with synchronicity, for anyone interested that is. The designer of the above poster may well have been clueless and unintentionally gave this image a synchromystic flavour. I especially like the hint of The Philadelphia Experiment to the ghosts.

September has been a black month for me personally since 1994. Historically the month is choc-a-bloc full of horror and murderous acts. The irony of this latest news about a mass casualty shooting in the US has left barely a mark, perhaps just my grimace at the predictability of it all.

Yesterday afternoon I mentioned how the story would probably change very soon into another 'lone gunman' scenario, because 'that's how it always turns out'. The news is like a bad scripted soap opera, the same stories running with different players every season. You just know what's going to happen.

Below are a few mainstream news links, including the 'multiple shooters' reports. Even Jo Biden mentions it, so there is a distinct possibility this was going to be the original story. There is no way of knowing what really happened just by reading the news of course. But mixed into this soup are a few interesting pieces, along with the usual gristle, to chew on...

....The Shooter studied Buddism, he worked in the military with 'secret clearance', he worked for a company called 'The Experts' contracting to HP, he lived and was in the military while in Texas, he was on anti-depressants, he had PTSD, he was in trouble financially, he had a criminal record, he had no fixed abode, he was a waiter, he worked in Japan on a 'military' contract, he was an 'angry black man', he was a good spirited guy and the news of the killings shocked his friends, he played violent video games for hours, he saved lives on 9/11, he wore black clothing, he was awarded medals of honour...

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130916/NEWS/309160018/Reports-Multiple-shooters-involved-Navy-Yard-incident?nclick_check=1

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/biden-us-will-get-bottom-navy-yard-shooting

http://news.sky.com/story/1142827/washington-navy-base-killer-an-armed-buddhist

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/dc-navy-yard-gunshots/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10314585/Aaron-Alexis-Washington-navy-yard-gunman-obsessed-with-violent-video-games.html

GTA 5 perfect launch date Sept. 17

The Black Buddha has many faces

 

Sept 17 raising of the Costa Concordia

The Importance of Syria for Christians

Formerly St Marys Church

From the Christian Gospels, beginning with chapter 8, the Acts of the Apostles tells how the message of Christ’s resurrection spread from Jerusalem to surrounding areas. We see the deacon Philip evangelizing and baptizing in Samaria, where he is joined by the apostles Peter and John. Philip then travels westward, as far as Caesarea, the Roman provincial capital.

In chapter 9 we learn that there are believers in Damascus whom Saul goes to capture. Peter also travels, healing Aeneas in Lydda (Lod) and raising Dorcas in Joppa, both today suburbs of Tel Aviv. He then goes some 75 miles up the coast to Caesarea where he ministers in the house of Cornelius.

As often happens, persecution in one place led to the spread of the Gospel in another, Chapter 11 tells how persecution scattered the disciples even further: “as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch” (Acts 11:19), The Gospel had now gone over 300 miles in its journey around the world.

 Antioch the Great

Called “the Great” to distinguish it from cities in other provinces called Antioch, the city was founded in the 4th century bc by Seleucus I Nicator as a “court city” of his Seleucid Empire. In 64 bc Syria became part of the Roman Empire. Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Middle East and played a particularly strong role in the Roman Empire.

Syria had a sizeable contingent of Jews who had full status as citizens. It is likely that the believers fleeing Jerusalem established themselves in the midst of this prosperous colony. We are told in Acts that these believers preached the Gospel, “only among Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord” (Acts 11:19-21). These first Gentile converts were called “Christians,” probably not a complement at first.

The new community was instructed by Barnabas, himself a Levite, who was one of the first disciples in Jerusalem. He brought Saul – now Paul – with him and they remained there about a year. After that, Barnabas and Paul were sent by the Church of Antioch to spread the Gospel, first in Cyprus, and then in Asia Minor.

Towards the end of the third century Rome created a “super-province” called the “diocese of the East,” with Antioch as its capital. Thus, when the principal local Churches were recognized at the First Council of Nicaea (ad 325), “Antioch and all the East” was placed third in rank, after Rome and Alexandria. (Source: Greek Catholic Church)