Google doodle today: Happy holidays Google doodle plays jingle bells for Christmas

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 December 2011 09:45 Written by Sandeep Saturday, 24 December 2011 09:43

Google doodle today 24 December, 2011: Happy holidays Google doodle plays jingle bells for Christmas.  It is an interactive doodle on the eve of Christmas, playing the celebration tune of ‘jingle Bells’. Making the ‘Happy Holidays’ Google doodle musical and interactive, Google wishes us Merry Christmas, bringing us in a festive mood.

Google doodle today 24 December, 2011: Happy holidays Google doodle plays jingle bells for Christmas

The happy holidays doodle has six glowing buttons. Each button plays a sound from the musical notes of ‘jingle bells’, when we click on it. Once we click on all the six buttons, it shows a button with a musical note… Continue reading...

Contraception: the pill still leads

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:19 Written by Sandeep Wednesday, 26 October 2011 11:19

The pill remains the contraceptive of choice for French, especially the youngest, followed by the IUD and the condom, according to new figures released on Wednesday by the National Institute for the Prevention and Health Education (INPE).

According to the Health Barometer 2010, INPE, 90.2% “of sexually active women over the last twelve months, non-sterile, with a male partner, not pregnant and not trying to have a child” using a method contraception, 2.1% use an irregularly and 7.7% not using any contraception.

The Institute publishes these figures to the launch of a new communication campaign on contraception, which includes the broadcast of a TV spot from October 28 to November 20, a reminder that if you forget to regularly the pill can be changed contraceptive method.

Among… Continue reading...

Google doodle today: Art Clokey’s 90th Birthday

Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 09:11 Written by Sandeep Wednesday, 12 October 2011 09:11

Google is celeberating 90th birthday of Art Clokey. A set of five Google-coloured clay balls spring to life on Google’s home page as a tribute to Arthur ‘Art’ Clokey, a pioneer in the art of stop motion clay animation.

October 12 is Art Clokey’s 90th birth anniversary. Born on October 12, 1921 Clokey’s birth name was Arthur C Farrington. After his parents divorced and his mother remarried, his step-father sent him to an orphanage. He was later adopted by Joseph W Clokey, a musician who introduced him to the world of arts.

After graduating from University of Southern California, Clokey experimented with short clay animation films including the three minute short Gumbasia (1953), that featured his most famous character Gumby. The interest generated by his… Continue reading...