Please reply by email to [log in to unmask] I have posted the following message to a number of usenet groups and individuals who I thought would be interested. I am satisfied from the number of replies coming in that it would have sufficient interest to function as an email list. I am seeking someone who will provide a site for the list. The interest is about equally from scientific people (geology, meteorology, climatology) and business (economics, commodities etc). --message as posted -- I am planning to set up a listserv group for discussion on the subject of CYCLES, meaning phenomena in any discipline that are repeated in time or space. The subject areas include, but are not limited to astronomy, biology, climatology, commodities, cosmology, dendrology, economics, extinctions, finances, geology, history, meteorology, mathematics, medicine, music, paleontology, politics, prices, physics, social trends, stocks, weather, wars. Observations of cycles, mathematical analysis methods and theories concerning cycles are to be discussed and information about conferences, lectures, books, software and other related matters. The emphasis is on an interdisciplinary approach. According to Edward Dewey, who formed the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, there is no subject that has been studied which does not show cycles. Other interdisciplinary cycles researchers include Raymond Wheeler, and the famous Russians Kondratieff and Chizhevski. Because education is broken into particular disciplines, the benefits of understanding of the relationships between all things that can be achieved with an interdisciplinary approach are often not achieved and many people must rediscover these connections for themselves. So this is primarily an interdisciplinary group for sharing information, discoveries, ideas and theories on cycles. My name is Ray Tomes and I am a member of the advisory board of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles in the US and a member of CIFA in Europe/Russia and have attended and spoken at many cycles conferences around the world. It is clear that researchers in all areas of study can gain a new perspective by the study of cycles and recognising that there are many relationships between things that we do not fully understand. Some Keywords: cycles, periodicity, frequency, fourier analysis, spectral analysis, spectrum, waves, waveforms, indicators, music, tuning, electromagnetism, sound, brain-waves, rhythm, circadean rhythms, resonance, repetition, modulation, signal, noise, catastrophe. If you are interested in being a member of such a list group (messages are exchanged through email by special servers) then please reply to me by email by keeping the subject field the same as above and replacing the contents of this post by a simple statement of interest. The group will be started if and when there is sufficient interest and those replying will be subscribed. You can unsubscribe at any time that you want to. I will be the list owner and only members of the list will be able to post to the list which will be available in a digest form (so that only one message per day arrives). The policy of the group will be strictly enforced so that all posts are: a. Polite and respectful. b. Related to the subject matter of Cycles in some way. c. Considered and not overly repetitive. If you have any further suggestions on policy or subject matter then please include them with your reply and a statement of policy will be issued when/if the list commences. -- Ray Tomes -- [log in to unmask] -- Harmonics Theory -- http://www.kcbbs.gen.nz/users/rtomes/rt-home.htm