O Oriens...

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O Oriens, 

splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: 

veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.



"The sun of righteousness shall rise." ..."I am the light of the world". ..."Hence it is that He was born on the day which is the shortest in our earthly reckoning and from which subsequent days begin to increase in length. He, therefore, who bent low and lifted us up chose the shortest day, yet the one whence light begins to increase."



Winter Solstice... Saturnalia... Dies Natalis Solis Invicti... Yule... Noel... Father Christmas.



Still waiting but it's all happening! 

O Oriens...

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O Oriens, 
splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae: 
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.

"The sun of righteousness shall rise." ..."I am the light of the world". ..."Hence it is that He was born on the day which is the shortest in our earthly reckoning and from which subsequent days begin to increase in length. He, therefore, who bent low and lifted us up chose the shortest day, yet the one whence light begins to increase."

Winter Solstice... Saturnalia... Dies Natalis Solis Invicti... Yule... Noel... Father Christmas.

Still waiting but it's all happening! 

Overly overcast...

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"Germany Weathers Darkest Winter in 43 Years" from Speigel Online. Is it just me or is the UK going through something similar? "The days may be getting longer, but there’s still not a hint of springtime sunshine in Germany. Weather data shows that this winter has been the gloomiest in 43 years. If the sun doesn't start shining soon, it will be the darkest winter on record". Now, I'm not typically a sad bastard (bitter and twisted yes, sad no) and we know that 'light deprivation can have a serious effect on the human body, leading to what is known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD)' but at the moment it seems overcast all day every day...light grey, not sun, snow or rain...just grey. More from Speigel: "To make matters worse, the weather has become progressively gloomier since winter began. While sunshine levels nationwide were 10 percent below average in December, they dropped to 50 percent in December and are between 60 and 70 percent so far for February." Hat-tip to WUWT.

Overly overcast...

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"Germany Weathers Darkest Winter in 43 Years" from Speigel Online. Is it just me or is the UK going through something similar? "The days may be getting longer, but there’s still not a hint of springtime sunshine in Germany. Weather data shows that this winter has been the gloomiest in 43 years. If the sun doesn't start shining soon, it will be the darkest winter on record". Now, I'm not typically a sad bastard (bitter and twisted yes, sad no) and we know that 'light deprivation can have a serious effect on the human body, leading to what is known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD)' but at the moment it seems overcast all day every day...light grey, not sun, snow or rain...just grey. More from Speigel: "To make matters worse, the weather has become progressively gloomier since winter began. While sunshine levels nationwide were 10 percent below average in December, they dropped to 50 percent in December and are between 60 and 70 percent so far for February." Hat-tip to WUWT.

Open -ology...

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Open Sesame. What David Shukman (BBC Science editor) says - "Inside the world’s most ‘impossible’ science project" isn't that odd to me: I have been to and work with people from many of the nations embroiled in problems and deal with them on a weekly basis and even in amongst the world's most unstable region when science is allowed to transcend politics and religion - where your nationality or sex or religion doesn't matter - there will always be seeds of hope: in this case a Sesame seed.

Open -ology...

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Open Sesame. What David Shukman (BBC Science editor) says - "Inside the world’s most ‘impossible’ science project" isn't that odd to me: I have been to and work with people from many of the nations embroiled in problems and deal with them on a weekly basis and even in amongst the world's most unstable region when science is allowed to transcend politics and religion - where your nationality or sex or religion doesn't matter - there will always be seeds of hope: in this case a Sesame seed.