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A big fish in a little pond

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Bone china is made of 50% bone ash, & 25% each of china clay and china stone. It is combined with water to make a slurry, which is then fashioned into cups, saucers, plates and so on. The pieces must be fired in a kiln at high degrees of heat (1100c to 1250c) for the china to become hard and strong. It is the bone (usually animal bone, cleaned of all meat and glue) that gives the china its transparent whiteness. The ingredients of bone china are china clay, china stone, silica, alumina, alkalies, lime and bone ash. It is fired at high of 2,300 to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. In the best grades of English bone china, 50% or more of the body consists of refined bone ash prepared from specially selected animal bones which are reduced to a fine powder by heat. The bone is mixed with the finest china clays and highest quality Cornish stone. Specially skilled workers are needed in the manufacture of bone china and the best and most highly skilled in the world are found in the pottery district of England.

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red and yellow

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Fine china is made of a white clay made to imitate porcelain. Porcelain is one of the many types of clay used in China. Porcelain is considered valuable because of its white color and translucence.

Porcelain is made of three materials: quartz, feldspar & kaolin (refined white clay) fired at a very high temperature. This was first made in China, creating the category "chinaware" In the 1700's the Europeans tried to copy the formula by trial and error. Meissen succeeded. The raw materials were found in Germany and France (Limoges region) and these countries produced porcelain. In Britain, they substituted bone ash for the quartz and feldspar creating bone china. Fine china is a created category, usually referring to bone china and porcelain as opposed to stoneware, ironstone and earthenware which is fired at a lower temperature and prone to chipping and crazing.

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Odds and Ends

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It's a small world after all

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Sinatra

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The blue bars represent the two branches of the Chicago River, The three white bars represent the three sections of the City: North Side, West Side and South Side. The Stars represent important events in Chicago's history, but I do not know what each of them stands for. My guess is: Ft. Dearborn MASSACRE,THE CHICAGO FIRE 1871,THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1933 AND THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION OF 1943. One star is the Fort Dearborn Massacre, 2nd in the Great Fire of 1871, 3rd. Is the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, 4th is the Century of Progress of 1933.

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http://www.fixtureuniverse.com

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Criminal

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China's flag was adopted following the Communist take-over. The red background represents the Communist spirit. The large star stands for the communist party. The four stars are the peasants, workers, bourgeoisie and patriotic capitalists working together to further the revolution. China by Victoria Macleay- The Book.

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Because there are fifty states in the USA.

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The larger of the stars represents leadership and the four smaller stars represent the four classes of people underneath the leader I.E. the workers, thetherapists, the manny petties , and capitalists sympathetic to the Party.

........ The largest yellow star represents the Communist party and the smaller yellow stars represent the four social classes: peaseants, workers, bourgeoisie, and capitalists.

joe malin is awesome

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one big gold star in the top left corner, with four smaller gold stars curving round it on a red background.

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56 nationalities.

In fact , China is a multinational country,it has 56 nationalities.According to the fifth national census in 2000, 18 ethnic minorities have a population of over one million, namely the Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uygur, Yi, Tujia, Mongolian, Tibetan, Bouyei, Dong, Yao, Korean, Bai, Hani, Li, Kazak and Dai. Of these the Zhuang ethnic group has the biggest population, numbering 16.179 million. There are 17 ethnic groups with a population of between 100,000 and one million, namely the She, Lisu, Gelao, Lahu, Dongxiang, Va, Sui, Naxi, Qiang, Tu, Xibe, Mulam, Kirgiz, Daur, Jingpo, Salar and Maonan. There are 20 ethnic groups with a population of between 10,000 and 100,000, namely, Blang, Tajik, Primi, Achang, Nu, Ewenki, Gin, Jino, Deang, Ozbek, Russian, Bonan, Monba, Oroqen, Derung, Tatar, Hezhen, Gaoshan and Lhoba. The Lhoba ethnic group, at 2,965, has the smallest population.

China has 5 autonomous regions and 32 autonomous prefectures.

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region(广西壮族自治区)

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region(宁夏回族自治区)

Tibet Autonomous Region(西藏自治区)

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region（内蒙古自治区）

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region（新疆维吾尔自治区）

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spiropoulos HE PROCEEDED TO HIGH MOUNTAIN PASSES.THIS PLACE CONTAINED 17 DIFFERENT RACES OF PEOPLE,EACH WITH THEIR OWN LANGUAGES.ALEXANDER SEEING THEIR GREAT NUMBERS,FORCED THEM BACK THROUGH A MOUNTAIN PASS.




THIS THE ONLY ACCESS FOR THEM TO PASS, AND ORDERED A LARGE WALL BUILT (GATE_DOOR).HE COVERED THIS WALL WITH A COVERING THAT COULD NOT BE BURNED OR PEIRCED.HE REALIZED TO FIGHT THESE HORDES,WOULD TIE UP HIS FOUSATTA FOR YEARS,AND HE DID NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.

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Who's in charge

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Potatoes (Pot + 8 O's)

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Feedback

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China and India are separated by the Himalayan Mountains. That's why China and India never had wars or anything, because there are huge mountains, one with a record height, and no one can get across.

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Red in the face

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The Philippines has 2 national costumes.. The barong tagalog for men and baro't saya for women.

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The Chinese Flag is composed of five yellow stars on a red background. The background is red because red is the colour traditionally associated with Communism. The larger star represents the Communist party, the four smaller stars represent the different classes of society; peasants, workers, bourgeoisie, and capitalists who are all united under the Communist Party.

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Clark T. Randt, Jr.,is the ambassador of China

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The Chinese flag is red with one large yellow 5 pointed star in the top left hand corner with a crescent of four smaller 5 pointed stars slightly to the right of the large star. The Australian flag is blue with the Union Jack in the top left hand corner. Below the Union Jack is the white 7 pointed Commonwealth Star, each point representing a state. On the right side of the flag are a group of 5 white 7 pointed stars representing the Southern Cross (constellation). So the Chinese and Australian flags appear to be almost identical.