Walking through the door is like opening the window on an advent calendar: the walls are painted a vivid raspberry, and wintry draughts are kept at bay by thick red curtains across stone doorways.
As viewers got a small taste of what Ceefax had to offer, millions of Britons during the 1980s invested in new teletext-enabled TV sets which gave them access to the full Ceefax service, which by now included recipe details for dishes prepared on BBC cookery shows, share prices, music reviews and an annual advent calendar.
Even the world of physical things will soon become an information technology with the advent of 3D printing (The Economist Magazine recently had a picture of an actual violin that was printed out on a 3D printer).
Another concern many fans have raised is that with the advent of an MMO, Bethesda will stop focusing on its single-player games in the franchise.
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If eggs can be made from the stem cells of men, with the advent of an artificial womb (already in use for sharks, in development with mammals and projected to be in use for humans within 100 years), it will also give them an organ they currently have to pay surrogate mothers for the use of.
Finally, with the advent of Siri, an iPhone-connected nano could bring retrieve bits of helpful info that could be formatted for the nano's 240 X 240 display or, of course, spoken back through the headphones.
Penney to explain his turnaround vision for the department store chain, an admittedly challenging feat given the advent of internet storefronts and the ability for consumers to literally shop around the globe without leaving home, not to mention the somewhat moribund reputation of the J.
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Adopting an indifferent posture as she focuses for a moment on Zaak, she studies his expressions or lack of them, and remarks, with surprise, that he does not appear as if he is expecting an untoward occurrence: the telltale advent on the scene of armed youths intent on launching a virulent mayhem that might end in either of them being shot or killed.
With the advent of cloud computing as an infrastructure choice, the evolution crank is again turning, with companies beginning to investigate the technology options available to them.
But the advent of the chairlift puts an end to a valuable process of natural selection, by which those who reach the hut are sure to find, in its pure state, a small sample of a little-known human subspecies.
"The Camry is one of the world's most popular cars and now, there is an OE-styled aftermarket system from Advent that lets Toyota dealers take advantage of the extra profits that accessory sales provide, " said Tom Malone, President of Audiovox Electronics Corporation.
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In all, it was an excellent first outing for the brand new Advent dish, UKI 1078, in Africa.
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It seems appropriate, therefore, to use an old Tinsel Town marketing line to herald the advent of a portentous strategic development: "They're Baaack!"
The advent of Google Fiber TV for ipads is an interesting development for early Google Fiber users as well.
Cohen believes that with the advent of social networks like Facebook, there is an opportunity to create an academic social network that uses the latest technology to enhance learning.
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Inside their time-warp home, grandma made cookies, an old Hapsburg grandpa played the zither, and Mom lit the advent wreath while teaching her child the significance of each candle.
On the domestic front, analysts foresee a spurt in auto sales with the advent of the festival season, which in India is considered an auspicious time to make purchases.
Their advent is driving a profound debate over the definition of privacy in an era when most people now carry information-transmitting devices with them all the time.
Despite the advent of GPS, radar technology and 3-D computer software, an exquisitely hand-drawn map and carefully collected data often can outdo what a couple of whiz kids can find on a laptop.
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Most importantly, the advent of the blockbuster drugs on which Big Pharma relies also ushered in an era in which the focus shifted to profit-maximisation through heavy marketing, sometimes at the expense of scientific inquiry.
The advent of the global financial crisis in 2007 resulted in unprecedented government intervention in an attempt to stabilize the economy.
With the advent of exchange-traded products (ETPs), adding gold exposure to an investment portfolio is now more convenient and less costly for institutional and retail investors.
But the advent of New Labour transformed Diane Abbott from being a youthful radical in opposition to an often uncomfortable fellow-traveller.
What's happened since then with the advent of digital downloads, the consumer has the choice to purchase any song from an album.
"Apple welcomes an objective examination of the US corporate tax system, which has not kept pace with the advent of the digital age and the rapidly changing global economy, " the company said in testimony released Monday.
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The advent of a range of information, communications, and energy technologies provides us with an opportunity to upgrade the grid in a manner that will enable it to operate more efficiently, more reliably, and to spur innovation.
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However, with the advent of numerous competitors and near-universal availability of GPS devices in phones, Garmin is now facing an extremely rough period.
We believe that the advent of tablets, especially the Apple iPad, could further slow down the PC market growth and forecast an average growth rate of 10% for the global notebooks and netbooks unit sales in future.
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