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History of the Christmas Advent Calendar

2009-10-31T09:16:00.001-07:00

History of the
Christmas 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.

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.

12 most unfortunate costumes for a mugshot

2009-09-24T03:33:00.001-07:00

clipped from www.oddee.com

12 Most Unfortunate Costumes for a Mugshot

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

2009-09-15T19:41:00.000-07:00

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

And way to go for Beyonce!!!!

Remember - Our wowrld is MELTING

2009-09-12T10:06:00.001-07:00

clipped from www.odditycentral.com

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.

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2009-09-12T10:03:00.001-07:00

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Eupedia - Your Guide to Europe

2009-09-09T23:52:00.001-07:00

clipped from www.eupedia.com

New and updated pages (May to August 2009)

How people aren't as similarly related to both parent

ABO blood type and resistance to diseases

France & Benelux DNA ancestry project

Distribution of European Y-DNA haplogroups by country or region

Interesting facts about genetics

Brussels Guide

Toponymy of Belgium

European Haplogroups : origins, geographic spread and relation to ethnic groups

Comparative chronological tree of European Y-DNA and mtDNA haplogroups

Chronological maps of the Neolithic and Bronze Age expansion of haplogroups

History, Culture & Sciences

Travel & Life in Europe

European cultures

Economy & Industry

Politics & Society

Visit the Brain Museum

2009-09-09T23:44:00.001-07:00

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.

Too Cute!

2009-09-09T23:13:00.001-07:00

A close look at smiles

2009-09-06T07:30:00.001-07:00

clipped from thistimethisspace.com

Smile and the whole world smiles with you: frown and you frown alone.

This month the BBC reported a new study suggests people from different cultures read facial expressions differently.

Spot The Fake Smile Test

Each video clip will take approximately 15 seconds to load on a 56k modem and you can only play each smile once — BBC Psychology Test

In her article The Art of Smiling blogger Tina Su provides tips on smiling and one of them is:

I’ve found it useful to be conscious of things that make me smile. You might want to spend a few minutes making a list of things that brings a smile to your face.

Learn how to do Couch Yoga!

2009-09-05T14:40:00.001-07:00

Send some E-Flowers

2009-09-04T08:19:00.000-07:00

flowers2mail.com is a free service with which you can create your own personal flower bouquet with vase while also adding a personal greeting. Now if this doesn't raise your karma, then I don't know what does ;p
Send your bouquet HERE

Videojug - get good at life

2009-09-03T16:01:00.001-07:00

clipped from www.videojug.com

What is Videojug?

1000s of videos, articles, answers & people, here to help you. You can do anything & Videojug will show you how - it's all free, so get involved and get good!

BBQ Recipes
Bicycle Maintenance
Chicken
Chocolate
Creative Crafts
Eyeshadow
General Etiquette
General Nutrition
Getting A Date
Green Living
Guitar
Lipstick & Lips
Makeover: Get The Look
Music
Origami
Parkour
Products & Brushes
Rabbits, Hamsters & More
Small Space Gardening
Starters & Appetizers
The Power Of The Mind
Weight Training
Wilderness Survival
Yoga

1'000000000 Kisses

2009-09-01T03:30:00.001-07:00

clipped from www.foundmagazine.com

1000000000 Kisses

FOUND by Tim
in Paoli Train Station, Paoli, PA

When I was walking to work, I cut through the park. The letter was a little wet.

Take the Test and find out which Tarot Card YOU are

2009-08-31T21:26:00.001-07:00

clipped from www.celticdesires.com

Which Tarot Card Am I?

The Tarot is a system of both divination (foretelling the
future or the circumstances of the present or past) and
philosophy. It is said that after the burning of the great
library at Alexandria, the scholars, mystics and
philosophers created the system of Tarot so that the
ancient wisdom could always be received. Tarot images
represent the great archetypes in a manner that makes
them open to understanding on many levels.

Free E-Books on Tarot, Astrology, Numerology

2009-08-31T21:20:00.001-07:00

clipped from squarejumper.com

Free E-Books

Tarot, Astrology, Numerology

The Symbolism of Tarot (Tarot, Astrology, Numerology/Free E-Books)

Tarot Divination Spreads (Tarot, Astrology, Numerology/Free E-Books)

Tarot Course (Tarot, Astrology, Numerology/Free E-Books)

Astrology: dispelling some common myths (Tarot, Astrology, Numerology/Free E-Books)

The 7 basic chacras (Tarot, Astrology, Numerology/Free E-Books)

Vintage Children's Book Collection Online

2009-08-31T02:53:00.001-07:00

clipped from www.childrensbooksonline.org

Children's Books Online:
the
Rosetta Project

the largest collection of illustrated antique books on line...

Welcome to Children's Books Online

This online library of illustrated books
is a volunteer-driven project. It has grown slowly since 1996 from the work of a single man and a handful of books, to
a vibrant
volunteer-driven organization publishing new books and translations every week.

As you explore our
library, we hope you will find a comfortable niche or two in these tens of thousands of beautifully illustrated pages that our dedicated volunteers have gathered together over the years.

Visit the

Rosetta Museum Store
to purchase our unique e-books and Rosetta designer products.

Your Online Identity as a visual data portrait

2009-08-28T22:24:00.001-07:00

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information aesthetics

Personas: Representing Your Online Identity as Visual Data Portraits

Personas [media.mit.edu] uses sophisticated natural language processing algorithms to create a detailed, visual data portrait of one's aggregated online identity.

Personas explores the web for information and attempts to characterize the person: to fit them to a predetermined set of categories that an algorithmic process created from a massive corpus of data. The computational process is visualized as a DNA-like, colorful strip with each stage of the analysis, finally resulting in the presentation of a seemingly authoritative personal profile.

Be sure to type in your own name in the online interface: is Personas able to analyze and represent your online identity in a sufficient way?

Find your Birthday Star

2009-08-28T22:12:00.000-07:00

All this is calculated with the help of your birthday.

Find your star by clicking HERE

And just to give you more info - here the explanation directly from the website:

Birthday Stars
What's this all about?

Light travelling in empty space is the fastest thing in the universe. It travels at 186,000 miles per second!

The stars are so far away from us that their light still takes a long time to reach Earth. One light year is the distance light travels in a year: 5,878,499,812,499 miles. The closest star apart from the Sun is 4.2 light years away, so its light takes 4.2 years to reach Earth.

Tell the Birthday Stars computer when you were born, and it will look for a star that is your age in light years away from Earth. This means that the light we're seeing from that star today actually left the star around when you were born, and has taken your entire life to reach Earth.

From month to month you may see your birthday star changing. This is because as you get older the light from more and more distant stars has had the time to travel to Earth in during your life.

Time - Out!

2009-08-28T21:52:00.000-07:00

Its time to take time off from your hectic schedule and BREATHE and/or TAKE A WALK

How To Practice Buddhist Walking Meditation on Howcast

Wedding bouquet catching trainer!!!!

2009-08-25T21:36:00.000-07:00

Wedding Bouquets

Click above and start training.... Best of luck!

Can't sleep? Try this!

2009-08-25T21:16:00.001-07:00

This is soo cute and may be just the thing for someone out there :) Have a peek and even get your own Gotosleep screensaver HERE.

Trained Eye Art

2009-08-25T21:13:00.001-07:00

clipped from squarejumper.com

The title of the gallery caught my attention immediately and I am very intrigued by Tim Davis’ art work/photography. Two people may look at the same thing and see completely something different. As in his pictures, the details we pick up shape our view and Tim Davis is skillfully taking us into his world, seeing the details as he does, while learning to also find the beauty in things not necessarily considred art/beautiful/etc. – as for example the side of a rusty old boat…

Click HERE to see more of Tim Davis’ art.

Have you dealt with your shadow?

2009-08-23T11:41:00.001-07:00

Guide to Chocolate by Astrological Sign

2009-08-21T21:50:00.001-07:00

clipped from fun.dotheresearch.com

Guide to Chocolate by Astrological Sign

Aries
Aries eats all of the chocolates in one sitting.

Taurus
Taurus tends to buy two boxes and leave only the orange ones for you.

Gemini
Gemini makes their chocolate choice by sticking their finger in each piece.

Cancer
Cancer draws it out to make even the smallest box last for a month.

Leo
Leo likes to own all the chocolates first.

Virgo
Virgo cuts their chocolates up into small, manageable bites with a knife and fork.

Libra
Libra chooses two boxes of chocolates, white and dark; one for you, one for them.

Scorpio
Scorpio can't resist rubbing them all over their partner and licking it off.

Sagittarius
Sagittarius only orders foreign chocolates.

Capricorn
Capricorn seeks perfection in picking truffles of the best variety.

Aquarius
Aquarius skips chocolates altogether -- they prefer a box of carob, with raisins.

Pisces
Pisces tends to share them all and forgets to leave one for their own consumption.

yes or no oracle

2009-08-21T11:51:00.001-07:00

clipped from predictions.astrology.com

Yes or No?

Do you have a Yes/No question that you have been waiting to ask? See if you get the thumbs up or the thumbs down! Click on the yes/no thumb and your personal fortune-teller browser window will open and ask for your question. Follow the instructions carefully and you will soon receive the thumbs up or thumbs down to your question.