Saturday, October 31, 2009

History of the Christmas Advent Calendar

clipped from www.guy-sports.com

History of the
Christmas Advent Calendar
History of the Advent Calendar

As a child, Gerhard Lang's mother had made him a basic advent calendar so
that he could count down the days until Christmas. She placed 24 sweets onto
a piece of cardboard and each day the young Gerhard would take and eat a
sweet. When he grew up Gerhard Lang made the first printed advent calendar
in 1908.

Later, in 1946, we see Richard Sellmer producing calendars in
Germany. The US authorities had to grant him a license in the now post war
Germany which led to his advent calendars becoming known and indeed very
popular in the USA.History Advent Calendar

Sellmer's first advent calendar was called 'The Little Town'. The
calendar had pictures of many buildings in the town and you would open the
windows and the doors to find nice things underneath for each day of advent. 
By
the end of the 1950s, chocolate advent calendars had appeared, and by the
following decade they had become widespread.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

12 most unfortunate costumes for a mugshot

clipped from www.oddee.com

12 Most Unfortunate Costumes for a Mugshot

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A ture Karma Builder..... and what an @#$%^&#



A drunk Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift's acceptance speech. Karma Mr. West - Karma!

And way to go for Beyonce!!!!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Remember - Our wowrld is MELTING

Remember Our World Is Melting

Raising awareness on the issue of global warming is not easy this days, but artists come up with all sorts of original ways to make the news.

Take Brazilian artists Nele Azevedo,  who created 2,000 ice-sculptures and placed them on the steps of the Berlin Opera Hall, to melt. That’s a lot of work to watch melt away in one hot afternoon, but at least her message made the newspapers. And if one more person knows about the melting Arctic ice, than her effort was not in vain.

melting ice

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Eupedia - Your Guide to Europe

Visit the Brain Museum

clipped from brainmuseum.org


Wally Welker, John Irwin Johnson,
Adrianne
Noe

This
web site provides browsers with images and information from one
of the world's largest collection of well-preserved, sectioned and
stained brains of mammals. Viewers can see and download photographs
of brains of over 100 different species of mammals (including humans)
representing over 20 Mammalian Orders.

Viewers will learn why these collections are important, why and
how they were assembled, and why it is important to protect, preserve
and maintain them. Moreover, a variety of issues in brain science
are discussed.
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