A post on Inuka involved some searching on the web – throwing a
lot on bears. If you are one of the investors who takes comfort in the fact that the economy is doing
well and the recession is far from imminent, think again. Historically, the
stock market has topped out well before a recession has even begun. That is
what bear market means !!
893.35 quadrillion to one. That’s the likelihood of what’s happened
to 20-year-old Dylan McWilliams. He was bitten by a shark, attacked by a bear,
and bitten by a rattlesnake—all in just over three years. Last
week, McWilliams of Grand Junction in western Colorado was body boarding off
the island of Kauai, Hawaii, when he felt something hit his leg. "I saw
the shark underneath me. I started kicking at it—I know I hit it at least
once—and swam to shore as quickly as I could,” McWilliams told the BBC. The
wound required seven stitches and the teeth marks suggested it was a tiger
shark. Last July, a black bear bit him
on the head while he was sleeping on a camping trip in Colorado. He escaped by
poking the bear in its eye. Park authorities caught the bear, found McWilliams’
blood under the bear's claws, and put the animal down. It took nine staples to
the back of his head to close McWilliams’ wounds.
Remember
seeing Phil Edmonds at Chepauk in that Pongal test in 1985 whence India lost
badly. Phillipe-Henri Edmonds, from
Middlesex played for India fro a while and upon retiring became a successful, albeit controversial,
corporate executive. Edmonds had a
stunning debut in Test cricket. Brought on to bowl in mid-afternoon, he took 5
for 17 in his first 12 overs of Test cricket. He was known to bowl the odd bouncer when
riled. Upon searching understand that – ‘Edmund’ is a masculine given name or surname in the
English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ēad,
meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and mund, meaning
"protector". .. .. .. and
Edmonds are in short ‘Ted’.
One may or may like bears ~ have seen them on roads of
Faridabad, chained and brought along like a dog !! Teddy bear is
a soft toy in the form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by
toymakers Morris Michtomin the U.S. and Richard Steiff in Germany in the early
years of the 20th century,
and named after a famous US President, the teddy bear became an iconic children's
toy, celebrated in story, song, and film. Since the creation of the first teddy bears
which sought to imitate the form of real bear cubs, "teddies" have
greatly varied in form, style, color, and material. They have become
collector's items, with older and rarer "teddies" appearing at public
auctions. Teddy bears are among the most
popular gifts for children and are often given to adults to signify love,
congratulations, or sympathy.
Miles
away, in US - a family who lost a teddy bear belonging to a three-year-old has
offered $500 to anyone who can help them
find the stuffed bear. Amy Early, a speech-language pathologist, on Facebook
said that they lost the bear while for a vacation on April 13 and she was
desperate for its return... .. and did you know that there is a special word
for those who adore ‘teddies’... ...
Arctophile
(noun) means ~ a person who collects
or is very fond of teddy bears. Arctophile, combines the Greek words arctos (bear) and
philos (loving/fond of).
Sept
9th is Teddy Bear Day — the
official day for people to get best stuffed pal and make him feel
special! Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
("Teddy" is a cute nickname for "Theodore"), when he
refused to kill a bear during a hunting trip in Mississippi. People learned
what happened from a cartoon that was in the newspaper. After seeing the
cartoon, a store owner in Brooklyn, New York, made a stuffed toy bear that he
called "Teddy’s Bear" — which became instantly popular.
It
is stated that Teddy bears were actually made in Germany. At about the same
time teddy bears were becoming popular in the United States, a toy maker in
Germany named Margarete Steiff also started making cute stuffed bears. An
American visiting Germany saw the bears and ordered a whole bunch of them to be
sold in the United States. The Steiff Toy Company still makes teddy bears today
— over 100 years later!
Interesting
!
With
regards – S. Sampathkumar
26th
Apr 2018.
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