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Teddy Bear Collecting
This article is dedicated to the Teddy Bear, a great and extremely loyal friend to man. Like man, the teddy bear is a great explorer and a lover of adventures. The teddy bear also, like man, has had his fair share of being in the limelight both on our screens and as a great and unforgettable character in books.
Since 1907, when the Thomas A. Edison Co. made The Teddy Bears, the first moving picture about teddy bears, films and television have been making the teddy bear famous on screen. One of the very first teddy bears to appear on british television was a glove puppet teddy bear called Sooty. In 1948, an amateur magician called Harry Corbett bought a teddy bear glove puppet whilst holidaying in Blackpool, England with his family. The puppet was bought originally just to entertain his children and they named the puppet simply ‘Teddy’, however, Corbett then started to use him as part of his magic act. Whilst appearing on a talent show called Talent Night in 1952, Corbett and his glove puppet were spotted by the producers of the chilren’s series Saturday Special. Teddy prompty received a make-over – his nose and his ears were blackened – and his name was then changed to ‘Sooty’. In 1955, Sooty was given his own show called The Sooty Show. Later on he was joined by his best pal ‘Sweep’ and his girlfriend (who happened to be a Panda) called ‘Soo’. Strangely Sooty and Soo were never allowed to touch on television.
Folllowing the death of Harry Corbett in 1975, his son Matthew took over, but in 1996, Sooty, Sweep and Soo was sold for £1.4 million to the merchant bankers, Guinness Mahon who were intent on increasing Sooty’s audience, so hopefully, fingers crossed, at some time, once again, we may just see a lot more of him.
There was also the lovely little Chiltern Teddy Bear who was propelled into stardom in 1965, his name was Teddy Edward. This gorgeous little teddy bear travelled the world for the BBC’s famous children’s programme, Watch With Mother. Teddy Edward was purposely never dressed, although when he ventured into the mountains of Nepal, he wore a beautiful (and now famous) Napalese coat, which was given to him by his friend Domtuk (who was a Panda), he too wore a coat which was very similar to Teddy Edward’s.
In December 1996, Teddy Edward was sold at the auction house Christie’s in London to a Yoshihiro Sekiguchi, President of the Japanese toy company Sun Arrow. Teddy Edward fetched the staggering sum of £34,500. He is now on display in one of his teddy bear museums in Japan.
Another very famous T.V. bear was Andy Pandy’s friend ‘Teddy’, a very handsome Chad Valley Teddy Bear. Teddy was quiet, charming and was best friend to Andy Pandy and Looby Loo.
Teddy Bears such as Paddington Bear, although famous for television, originally made their names in the literary world. It was Christmas Eve in 1956 when a young cameraman called Michael Bond was doing some last minute christmas shopping. He was desperately looking for a christmas present for his wife when, whilst stopping at a famous London store, noticed a teddy bear looking at him. He was the only teddy bear who hadn’t been sold. Hence, his wife received a teddy bear for Christmas that year. The little bear was named ‘Paddington’ as Michael and his wife were living very close to the famous Paddington Station at the time. Just a few days later, Michael Bond was simply inspired to write a story about this teddy bear and once the book was published, it became an instant success. The book has now been translated into at least thirty different languages and was later followed up by even more novels, short stories and dozens and dozens of picture books, then of course, the television animation. Very soon Paddington Bear became practically a household name, becoming very famous too for wearing wellington boots and a duffle coat. There is loads of childrens clothes and various pieces of merchandise the whole world over with Paddington Bear on. In Paddington Station, London, there is a special Paddington Bear stand, dedicated especially to him.
Then we have the very famous Rupert Bear and also Winnie the Pooh who started their lives in the literary world and went on to become stars of screen and in Winnie’s case, his adventures were transformed into a series of feature length cartoons by Walt Disney Studios from 1966 on.
We have also seen the absolutely adorable Aloysius teddy bear, star of the Brideshead Revisited series and fallen in love with him.
Then we have the famous teddy bears whose claim to fame is accompanying their keepers on dangerous activites and adventures such as Mr Whoppit, the teddy bear who accompanied Donald Campbell (the British car and speedboat enthusiast). Together Campbell and Whoppit broke the water-speed record seven times, reaching 444.7 kph (276.3 mph) in Bluebird on Lake Dumbleyung, Australia in 1964. That very same year they also broke the land-speed record at Lake Eyre Salt flats, Australia with 648.7 kph (403.1mph). Together they survived several major crashes but on the 4 January 1967 Donald Campbell’s luck ran out. On Consiton Water in England’s Lake District, they both tried for a new world record with an outward run of 466.7 kph (290 mph). Tragedy struck when Bluebird’s nose lifted and Campbell and Whoppit were plunged into the depths at 482.8 kph (300 mph). Mr Whoppit survived, he floated to the surface a few minutes after the impact, it is said he became buoyant due to his kapok stuffing. Campbell’s daughter, Gina, carried on with the record breaking attempts and Mr. Whoppit joined her.
However, these are just a handful of famous bears from the past and from the present, although, as all teddy bear lovers know, there are many teddy bears who are heroic and very special in their own right, who no-one has ever heard of and it is to these wonderful old friends that we take our hats off to, and we would just finish this article by saying, Long May They Reign……
About the Author
Gino loves fast cars, especially fast italian cars. Gino also loves anything Italian. Gino also heads an old teddy bear site which is full of adorable old teddy bears and their friends.
Please visit his website at www.ginosbears.co.uk
What are some good tips for learning German?
Ok,so im an American who would like to become fluent “or at least semi-fluent” in the German language.In my spare time ive been learning little by little,but id like to speed up the process.Can anyone recommend a good free online language course?Or in the very least give me advice on the best way,and the quickest way to learn the language?
hang out with german people. i have family and friends that speak german and its great to get the right sound. that and good schooling
can someone help translate this Japanese to English please?
Hello everyone,
I’m an 18 year old student from Los Angeles, California, USA and am working on writing a research paper on the historical ninja for school. I don’t read Japanese, unfortunately, so I was wondering if any of you guys would be able to help translate this short, two page text for me? It’s a modern Japanese transcription of a Koka Ryu ninjutsu densho called Ogiden. I would really appreciate it!
Thank You,
Cameron
text page 1: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=vpayvc&s=7
text page 2: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2zyzec8&s=7
it’s not modern, almost Shakespearean japanese…
briefly, it is saying:
you shouldn’t complain if you have few reward,
you shouldn’t make your heart poor.
don’t take disciples and make ranks or grades in our house.
it is enough to bring up one chosen successor
for our secret technique.
our precious textbook is enshrined.
the five books are not written, they will be inherited by word of master’s mouth
koga family rendered distinguished service in the battle in 940,
so it’s their policy and brief history.
Dual-language (german-english) texts (stories, news, letters,dialogues etc.) online..?
I need dual-language (german-english) texts (stories, news, letters,dialogues etc.) online to improve my elementary german. I’ve found a website (www.a-language-guide.com) but this is not enough. Where can I find more?
Thanks everyone!
You can try Wikipedia.org and change the language to German for almost any article you want.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herz
also try (it has multiple language choices)
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,265,00.html
How To Learn Russian And Not Quit After Day One
For English speakers and for most South American and European countries, learning Latin and Anglo Saxon languages is rather easy. But when faced to learn something that doesn’t share the same grammar rules, alphabet, genders or verb tenses, we’re in a bucket of trouble. That’s why Russian, next to other “different” languages such as Japanese, Chinese or Korean is considered hard and many people don’t even get a “day 2″ in their free online language lesson course for Russian, simply because they give up on something that seems way to hard to understand, not to mention learn to a point where you’re fluent with it. But if you take things slow and don’t let learning Russian overwhelm you with its complexity, you should pull it off.
Step 1 – Mastering the Russian Alphabet and Numerals
First of all, before you can move to anything related to vocabulary or grammar, you need to get acquainted with the Russian alphabet. The Russian alphabet contains 33 letters, of which 21 consonants and 10 vowels, the remaining two letters being without sound. One of the confusing bits about mastering the Russian alphabet is that some letters look like those from the Latin alphabet and have the same pronunciation, whereas others look the same but have different sounds. For example, the letter “M” from the Russian alphabet is pronounced “ehm”, just like in English. On the other hand the letter “X” in Russian is a hard “H” and not the “ecs” sound from English.
Step 2 – Learning the Basic Set of Russian Words
Each language has approximately 1,000 words that form the base language used in daily conversation. This does not include technical or specialization terms. In Russian, 1,000 words form up around 70-75% of the normal language used so you’ll have to learn as much of these possible if you want to progress to more advanced phrases or grammar.
Try learning what you would teach your child to say in your native language first: colors, mammals, fruits, vegetables, greetings, farewells, days of the week, months of the year and so forth. Keep it basic and try to learn every word in a context, not just from a list. If you get hold of some English-Russian translations (or well, mother tongue-Russian translations if you’re not a native English speaker) you can find these words and see the exact context they’re used. This will be a lot helpful later on.
Step 3 – Basic Grammar
Ok, “grammar” is a wide open battlefield and you’ll have to take it down sector by sector. Start out with genders and learn how to spot the gender of a Russian noun. This can be easily done by analyzing the ending consonant(s) of the noun. You should look on the Internet for a list of noun endings for masculine, feminine and neutral and print it out. It takes around 10-15 minutes to get used to determining the gender of a Russian noun, but it will prove to be an important thing to know in the future.
Verb tenses are a different story and it won’t be easy to understand and analyze them like you did with the noun genders. Russian tenses have certain aspects that make it harder for you to spot the exact tense at first. I would suggest you just skim through a set of tense rules and terminations (as long as there are examples for each tense) and try to learn them “naturally” later on, by the ear.
From hereon, you’re on your own. You already know the alphabet, the basic vocabulary and the basic grammar rules, so all you need to do now is practice a lot by reading and listening to Russian. I prefer reading as a starting point, since listening has its flaws, although if you want to start pronouncing words correctly you’ll have to hear them spoken first.
When you reach a stage where you can already read an article or newspaper bit in Russian, that critical moment when you almost quit on your second day will be long behind you. Now all you need to do is increase your vocabulary and if possible, engage in a few Russian conversations as they will prove vital in your quest to achieve fluency in the Russian language.
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Increase your Russian language vocabulary at Russian lessons at Internet Polyglot by playing online games.
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Money Making Ideas – Make Money With Podcasts
If you’re looking for money making ideas that are both fun and easy to do, then here is a great example.
Can you talk? Do you have a computer and an Internet connection?
If you add a free software (Audacity), you have all that is required to enable you to make money.
Listen, I know what I’m talking about, because I told my husband how do it and he was very successful.
After we moved to France, my husband wanted to attract some traffic to the French copy of his original Danish web site. The changes I proposed to him skyrocketed the visitor count, as you’ll learn in a moment.
In the beginning, his site averaged around 25 visitors daily. Then he started doing 3-4 minute long appearances on our local radio station, five days a week. However, many listeners complained about not being able to listen to his segment when they were out of range of the radio signal, or simply forgot to tune in.
I had recently heard about something called “podcasting” which is, in fact, sound files you put online, and that people can easily download with iTunes or a similar program. And I’ve also heard that, by talking to people using this medium, you will become more familiar and trustworthy in their eyes.
So all in all, this podcasting idea seemed like a winner.
My husband went ahead and created his first podcast (actually just a “hello world”) telling people about how they could download the podcast, and also how they could subscribe to it through iTunes.
We saw an immediate spike in the visitor count. It went up from 76 daily visits to over 200, and has only been rising ever since.
Now, visits to a homepage, in itself, will not make you money – so how can you monetize your podcasts?
* Find a sponsor.
* Sell something from your homepage.
* Put ads on your homepage.
* Sell somebody else’s product as an affiliate.
If you acquire a large number of listeners, you can endeavour to obtain a sponsor, and use a few seconds promoting the sponsor in each of your podcasts. Whilst this gives you immediate money, it’s normally not something a beginner could use to advantage. You have to build up your listener count first.
Meanwhile, you could create products and put them up for sale on your homepage. Then talk about them in your podcast, while remembering ALWAYS to offer valuable information at the same time. You could also put ads on your site, and profit from the subsequent clicks when people visit your site.
And/or you could find related products developed by other merchants and promote these, both in your podcasts and on your site. Many products offer affiliate programs which you can join for free.
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learn German online for free?
i really want to learn German, i did very good in it in 8th grade. I’m in 9th now, but i took Spanish this year for some reason, and they said if i do good on the test for German i can skip German one and go right to German 2, but i don’t remember some things from intro German, so is there any online website were i can learn German for free just to help me catch up over the summer. thank you so much!
and also, i tried finding flash cards but, of course everything is just them speaking and no picture, so if you could help me find some images of the word, thanks so much
Check out www.livemocha.com or www.busuu.com. They are kind of like Rosetta Stone but they are free. I like the busuu site a little better (it’s a little younger feeling). You sign up and tell the languages you speak and those you want to learn. There are activities to practice vocabulary, reading, writing and speaking. You get feedback from native speakers and there are opportunities to live chat with native speakers. And you can go at your own pace and it saves your progress. Hoep this helps! Viel Glueck!
where can i learn japanese language that is free but online?
http://www.infocobuild.com/language/japanese/japanese.html
Here you can learn Japanese for free. This site contains many good online resources essential to learn Japanese – Japanese Kanji, grammar, vocabulary, useful expressions as well as JLPT exams. And you can get Japanese video lessons.
Free Online Dating With Oasis Active
If you live in Australia then it seems to be the free dating site of choice. This dating site is a good place to start if you are new to online dating and want to test the waters without hurting the bank account. In some cities there might not be many singles in your area so travelling into your closest big city to meet people is the norm.
Oasis active does seem to have a lot of ads on the site but that’s what keeps the site from being paid and the users understand that intuitively. Oasis active is one of the largest free dating sites in the world behind OkCupid and of course Plentyoffish. This makes it extremely active and full of interesting stories and information.
Dating in the real world is never easy as complicated emotions and personalities are at play, online dating is no different.
Oasis Active attempts to help you in the search for love near you or overseas. They do no help you will relationship problems or emotional insecurities so before you jump to judging their inability to make you happy perhaps you should look internally for validation. Spend some time writing some interesting and insightful information about yourself in your oasis active profile.
Once you find someone you like the look of simply send the a communication request and you will be able to swap phone numbers via email.
Once you have exchanged contact information the internet has done it’s amazing job and now it’s up to you to do the rest. Take your date down to the beach or to a bar/restaurant where you can get to know them and determine if you will get along in the future. Remember the only thing you really know about her is what she put in her profile so it’s pretty much a blind date. Be polite and respectful that she/he to will be nervous.
If things don’t work out for whatever reason simply excuse yourself and continue searching for dates. You might have to go on a few dates before you find someone you really connect with. Remember oasis active is now perfect and certainly has some flaws just like you. It’s biggest would have to be how it handles African and Russian scammers.
It seems to have a lot of profiles that are from Nigeria and other countries. Oasis Active does actively attempt to get rid of these users from the site and has information on what to look out for. Just make sure your first date is somewhere public and you call your date up on the phone before organising anything tangible in the real world.
For more advice on oasis active and how to use free online dating sites visit pullingladies.com
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Learn Japanese Online: The Reason Why You Should Try Learning This Language
The world and the economic system is definitely an ever shifting space. Our culture is among the few in which nearly all its people just understand 1 dialect. This really is amazing, but there’s absolutely no reason it’s to remain like that. Individuals ought to certainly think about understanding an additional dialect to expand their range on the globe. Lots of people select a European dialect for example Spanish or French, however many reasons exist the reason why you may want to Learn Japanese. Among the largest arguments you should look at it’s due to the fact that Japan has got the biggest economic system on the planet these days behind the U.S.
Having a large and expanding economic system like this, you may begin to start placing the pieces together. Key businesses for example Toyota, Honda, and Sony are Japanese businesses. Japanese businesses really are a large section of our economic climate without us actually knowing it. If we wereto learn Japanese, that could allow us to get a lot more business possibilities directly with the professionals from all of these key companies. Numerous U.S. businesses possess divisions within Japan, and you may be the one heading up that new workplace in the event you might just take some time to understand this great dialect.
Lots of people instantly presume that understanding an Asian dialect is simply too difficult to deal with, however that isn’t the truth. Once you understand the fundamental characters which signify sounds, you will discover it’s less complicated in sentence structure compared to European dialects. Individuals who learn Japanese do not need to bother about genders for items, plurals, and you will find just two tenses with regard to verbs. The spelling with the Japanese dialect is rather steady phonetically, that makes it simpler for somebody attempting to study the dialect. Understanding any dialect could be difficult, but this one really should not be more difficult compared to some of the others.
Should you be looking for a thing to set you apart in the commercial world, understanding Japanese will certainly cause you to stick out. Anybody inside a company that views that in your job application will take serious notice. Apart from causing you to stick out, you’ll have a fresh feeling of admiration and awareness for additional nationalities apart from your own. A thing as easy as you attempting to Learn Japanese may open up your eyes to just how amazing this planet is as we all attempt to live and function collectively. Understanding Japanese will simply open up the mind to additional Asian nationalities so you’ll have the ability to better comprehend and talk together in the course of any business plans. Just what better approach to seal a deal than talk with them in their own individual dialect?
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