Vermont Teddy Bear Company The Vermont Teddy Bear Company Story: In 1981‚ John Sortino was playing with his son Graham and his collection of teddy bears‚ each one of those was wearing a tag identifying it‚ as a foreign made. Surprised to see it‚ Sortino was inspired to bring the American tradition to its roots by handcrafting bears right there. His first bears‚ Bearcho‚ Buffy‚ Bearazar‚ and Fuzzy Wuzzy‚ were made in his wife’s sewing room and sold mostly to friends. By 1983‚ Sortino began to
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The Republic Notes Dialogue between Socrates (protagonist) and Glaucon (interlocutor) Stage 1. Bound inside cave * Been there since childhood‚ legs and necks fettered * Fire burning behind and above them * See artifacts carried by people along wall of path * Honours‚ praises‚ prizes for those sharpest at identifying shadows & order of shadows honored and held power; rewards are desired / envied * Truth is nothing other than the shadows of those artifacts Stage 2. Freed of
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Natural‚ Bear State Throughout time‚ places establish their own unique identities and images and become known for what inhabits those parts. Places like Florida and New York earned nicknames such as the Sunshine State and the Empire State due to events or things that people often associated with that area. In the 1830’s and 1840’s‚ Arkansas had succeeded in becoming a state; however‚ when Arkansas was only a territory‚ it had already established an image and a growing nickname: the Bear State. Although
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In America‚ people hunt for bears‚ but in Russia‚ Putin bears hunt you. For two weeks‚ a team of meteorologists found themselves trapped after polar bears had them surrounded. PUTIN’S ARMY OF POLAR BEARS INVADE NORTHERN RUSSIA According to a report from NBC News‚ the five meteorologists were able to leave their remote weather station after two weeks. Allegedly‚ the men chased away the bears. During the two weeks‚ the team shacked up in their facility on the Izvestiy TSIK Islands‚ 2‚800 miles northeast
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Nick Cave: Soundsuit‚ 2012 “Wow! This is beautiful”‚ I thought to myself seeing Nick Cave’s artwork titled Soundsuit. I loved each detail about the artwork at first sight‚ from the different rectangular patterns poised together to the glamorous shine it gives‚ standing at a human like shape. Looking at the Soundsuit gives me a higher level fancy feeling. This artwork reminds me of a cartoon character. This sculpture was precise with details and made me wonder what was the sculptures meaning‚ what
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Smarter than the Average Bear “ Smarter than the average bear”. You might have heard this quote from the movie Yogi Bear. As a little girl I always wanted to be just like Yogi the the bear or Paddington. I would try to come up with these plans just like they did and go on adventures and to do the craziest things but there was always a consequence and I would get hurt. So I stopped doing bear like things and started embracing them and after that it felt like I was a bear but in a spiritual way. I
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in William Faulkner’s short story‚ “The Bear.” Progress will be our downfall‚ Faulkner seems to suggest through this complex tale of a boy’s evolving understanding of nature‚ experienced through the annual ritual of a hunting expedition in pursuit of an imposing and elusive bear‚ Old Ben. As we destroy the wilderness‚ the story tells us‚ we lose ourselves. Heavy on symbolism and characterized by numerous sub-themes that weave throughout the story‚ “The Bear” conveys the central notion of humankind’s
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In his allegory‚ the cave is a representation of the world humans live in and the sun a representation of the true world‚ the world of the forms. Plato‚ through this‚ shows that man will not be able to rush into understanding truth‚ but will first start with what is familiar‚ then move to seeing things in a different way‚ but not an uncomfortable way; then looking at a closer version of the truth‚ and finally having the ability to look directly at the truth and see the beauty in it. Plato claims
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The Allegory of the cave says that there is quite a different between appearances and reality‚ and I think that this statement could not be truer. When I hear this I think of the “perfect” family. A stay at home mom‚ a working dad‚ a daughter on the honor roll‚ and a son on the football team. They all go to church on Sunday morning and are well involved in their community. Their family appears to be so perfect to everyone around them‚ but that’s just because no one knows their realities. See the
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teddy bears. John saw that all of his son’s bears had a foreign tag on it‚ so he wanted to be the first person to create American-made teddy bears. By 1983‚ John began to make bears in his wife’s sewing room and sell them at an open-air market in Burlington‚ Vermont. It took a year for John to sell his first 200 bears. One day‚ John picked up an idea from one of his customers. The customer wanted him to deliver a teddy bear to her home‚ so the idea of a delivery service came to john. The Bear-Gram
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