Claeys: A columnist's guide to living in China Aug 8, 2008
Prevalent in China are "eastern" toilets, basically porcelain holes in the ground that require users to squat above while they conduct their business. Apparently while the Chinese were busy inventing gun power and fireworks, they forgot to focus on plumbing. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Records: Thursday, Aug. 7 Aug 8, 2008
Jewelry, tools and some porcelain dolls were reported missing. Meetings. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Exhibit has something for everyone Aug 8, 2008
" Highlighting the three-month exhibit is the 2008 Expo, which is planned for Sept. 20 as a showcase for the artists to demonstrate how they work. The event is akin to a festival and will involve live demonstrations of quilting, printmaking, porcelain painting, metal smithing, floral design and more. The Lyndon House Arts Foundation also will host a "gypsy market," featuring the sale of work made by new artists including teens. "It will probably have some good quality, some beginning quality. It... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Refocusing design Aug 7, 2008
Patients enter on porcelain tile in a marbleized look of deep sages, grays and golds. Laid in a curvilinear design, the tiles then lead to coordinating carpet installed by Davis Carpet of Borden town. (NJ.com -- Times)
Another fundraiser set for beaten cook Aug 6, 2008
He's back in the hospital today for more work on his jaw and mouth and cheek after receiving porcelain implants to replace his teeth, Jessica Cooper said. "They have to adjust his jaw - rebreak his jaw," she said. (The Trentonian, NJ)
School of Arts ready to go Aug 5, 2008
CHESTER - Corrine Ryan invites all her visitors to enjoy a cup of English tea and biscuits in her office, served hot out of her ornate porcelain china. The principal of the new Chester Upland School of the Arts, Ryan is dedicated to bringing the finer things in life to students in Chester when the school opens its doors in September. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
From Raggedy Ann to American Girl - Barbie's rivals. Aug 3, 2008
Did you know: Cabbage Patch Kids are now available in porcelain. Just what grandma needs - more dolls. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What's Tops in Tile? Organic Influence and Fashion Forward Aug 3, 2008
Available in larger sizes for the grander scale of outdoor spaces, Grespania has created the Escandinavia series -- a porcelain tile inspired by the style of various wood grains ... Showcasing this trend is Inalco's "Lounge," a porcelain tile with the look of fine fabric ... To learn more about tile trends and the hottest designs in ceramic and porcelain, visit www. (Pekin Times, IL)
Escape From Moscow: Side Trips in the City's Suburbs Aug 3, 2008
Some of Russia's most-loved souvenirs -- lacquered boxes, flowered shawls and white and cobalt-blue porcelain -- are produced in historic artisan towns in the Moscow suburbs ... Almost every Russian kitchen has something from Gzhel porcelain works -- or at least in the Gzhel style. (Yahoo News -- Russia)
Warm Weather Decorating in Cool Hues Aug 3, 2008
Thought to enhance healing and create relaxing environments, blue and white flowers became popular patterns incorporated into fabrics, porcelain and rugs ... Set a lovely summer table with classic blue and white porcelain or ceramic dishes on top of white chargers and accented with crisp, white linen napkins. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
From torches to T-shirts Aug 3, 2008
The porcelain and cloth doll, when held upright, is McKinley. When turned upside down, it's an African-American baby, referring to the accusation he fathered an illegitimate black child. (Odessa American, TX)
Wrestling the green giant Aug 3, 2008
I use the toilet and wonder whether to flush and waste water, or leave the urine, but risk staining the white porcelain. Then comes the shower. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Maxim Power Corp.: Share Ownership Notification Aug 1, 2008
View extensive Porcelain Veneer Before and after Smile gallery. www. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Lake-view loft has good karma Aug 1, 2008
The four-piece ensuite bathroom, inspired by the spa at Bali's famed Kupa Kupa Barong luxury resort, has a corner Jacuzzi soaker tub as well as an open-concept, walk-through shower faced with creamy, large-slab porcelain tile. The double vanity features premium black Nero Assoluto granite and custom maple cabinetry. (Globe and Mail)
Comtech Completes Merger with Radyne Aug 1, 2008
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Michael Porcelain, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jerome Kapelus, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development (631) 962-7000 Info@comtechtel. com. (Primezone Releases)
Johannesburg Aug 1, 2008
Sung dynasty porcelain (960-1279 AD) has been found at archaeological digs in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Chinese admiral Zheng He explored Africa's east coast between 1405-1433. (Time.com)
Celebrating Switzerland, California style Jul 31, 2008
Later, alphorn players are joined by three women, each of whom spinning a coin around a porcelain bowl. It is a tradition known as "Taler schwingen" that originates from the Appenzell region in eastern Switzerland. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Visitors flock to antiques show at Fairgrounds Jul 31, 2008
Touted as one of the best displayed antiques shows anywhere, it featured both formal and country furniture, decorative accessories as well as paintings, prints, books, pewter, porcelain, blanket chests, and cabinets for housing even more antique treasures. Visitors from all over the tri-state area feasted their eyes and emptied their pocketbooks on artistically staged displays of folk art, vintage posters, hooked rugs, quilts, vintage clothing and jewelry. (Rhinebeck Gazette Advertiser, NY)
Braves have money to spend, rebuild Jul 31, 2008
What s to stop a Colorado-based media company from looking at next season with a sense of doom and thinking, What a fine time to shift some of those millions to marketing porcelain dolls (or pitchers) on QVC. McGuirk: They don t get involved. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Returning to charred remains Jul 31, 2008
MARIPOSA -- Kelley McClard placed porcelain animals into a blackened pot Wednesday ... ERIC PAUL ZAMORA / THE FRESNO BEE Porcelain doll heads are found at Heather Gann's childhood home. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Crews gaining ground on fire Jul 31, 2008
Kelley McClard placed porcelain animals into a blackened pot. They were about the only undamaged items in the ruins of her home. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Shoppers to face higher prices on holiday goods Jul 31, 2008
Quentin Crenshaw, a spokesman at J.C. Penney, which sources in 17 different countries, said that the department store chain doesn't expect to increase overall prices for the holidays - even for goods that are sourced primarily in China like footwear and porcelain, which are expected to see an increase in costs. Officials at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sears Holding Corp., and Target Corp. declined to comment, but a clearer picture on inflation is expected after they report their second-quarter results... (AZCentral -- News)
Dropped, smashed, shredded Jul 30, 2008
Two years ago, Nick Flynn tripped over his shoelace on the stairs at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, shattering three porcelain vases - one a metre tall, and all of them dating from the from the Qing dynasty of the 17th century. All three were painstakingly repaired and are now back on display, but have lost up to three-quarters of their value. (guardian.co.uk)
Earthenware Victorian Staffordshire... Jul 30, 2008
Staffordshire pottery was a response to the overwhelming popularity of the porcelain figurines created by high end potteries such as Derby ... The large and small potteries of Staffordshire responded by creating inexpensive earthenware versions of popular porcelain figurines by Derby, whose wares were so popular that almost as soon as a new figure was released, Staffordshire potters copied it. (Suite101.com)
The Station Hotel Jul 29, 2008
Four soups follow, each $10, served in classic, thick white porcelain "handled" bowls to retain heat. Both of ours are salty, but the flavours are true and generous. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
This angel survives third trip through hell and back Jul 29, 2008
Tall, beautiful, with porcelain skin, crystal blue eyes and long blonde hair cascading down over her shoulders, the bubbly young woman looks like an artist s rendition of an angel minus the wings. Just looking at her, one would never guess that 30-year-old Keri Kalka continues to battle her own personal hell a third recurrence of cancer after nine years in remission. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
Squeeze play Jul 29, 2008
Single soaps available wrapped in a porcelain "leaf" dish for $10. - Trina Turk is now offering candles, and it's no surprise the glass containers and scents reflect the designer's Palm Beach style. (AZCentral -- Home)
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $7.6 Million of Movement Tracking System Orders Jul 29, 2008
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Michael D. Porcelain, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jerome Kapelus, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development (631) 962-7000 Info@comtechtel. com. (Primezone Releases)
N.C. buys spittoons from Conn. collector Jul 28, 2008
Kinner has glass spittoons, brass spittoons, and porcelain spittoons. He has spittoons that look like fish heads. (Boston Globe)
House of bamboo Jul 28, 2008
Joanne Sullivan, 55, worked as an artist, focusing on porcelain, weaving and Chinese brush paintings. Now, their San Marcos-based company, Totally Bamboo, includes more than 200 products in more than 3,000 stores, Joanne Sullivan said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Oops - drilled Chinese vase 'only' fetches 25,000 at sale Jul 25, 2008
The porcelain, which dates from 1736 to 1796, was sold at a Dorset auctioneers to an anonymous private collector ... Similar Qing Dynasty porcelain vases from the era have sold for up to 50,000. (BBC News -- UK)
What's Hot In Bridal Registries? Jul 25, 2008
On the fine china end (bone or porcelain), patterns continue to be introduced in bolder, more relaxed looks. Some bone china can now be found dishwasher, microwave, oven and freezer safe. (CBS News -- Early Show)
* World News Quick Take Jul 25, 2008
An antique porcelain toilet valued at nearly US$800,000 has been put under police guard by the mayor of a local town, while residents are calling for the pricey potty to be sold. Mayor Carmelo Vidalin took the precaution of round-the-clock toilet protection after the newspaper El Pais reported on Wednesday its estimated value, quoting antique historian Enriqe Costa. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bed and Breakfast in Westford: Pine Needles Jul 25, 2008
In between the chairs is one of Ed s favorite additions, a glass tabletop being held in place by a large porcelain bear. People love the knick-knacks we chose to make this room really unique, said Ed.. (Westford Eagle, MA)
Best way to welcome guests Jul 25, 2008
I like to put a small decorative porcelain container of popourii in the bedroom to eliminate any musty smell. Also, I will leave other needed items on a tray in the guest room. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Alvin A. Shure, 93, singing, golfing, giving dentist Jul 25, 2008
"He had anything you can imagine from porcelain to Wal-Mart," his daughter said. "Whatever he saw that was Christmasy, he'd buy it.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Escape From Moscow: Side Trips in the City's Suburbs Jul 25, 2008
Some of Russia's most-loved souvenirs -- lacquered boxes, flowered shawls and white and cobalt-blue porcelain -- are produced in historic artisan towns in the Moscow suburbs ... Almost every Russian kitchen has something from Gzhel porcelain works -- or at least in the Gzhel style. (Yahoo News -- Russia)
Helen Gardiner's passion helped found museum Jul 25, 2008
A turning point came when they acquired a yellow ground tea and chocolate service manufactured in 1740 by Meissen, the first European hard-paste porcelain factory. The 50-piece service once belonged to the Rothschilds. (Toronto Star)
Across the Pond and Beyond: Get that lead out! Jul 25, 2008
Lead is a common, natural metal found in the air, lead-based paint, contaminated soil, household dust, food, water, and in some porcelain, pottery and pewter. It was once thought that low levels of lead weren t harmful, and were used in any number of products. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
Lucila V. Jensen Jul 24, 2008
During her years in Corvallis, Lucila was a violinist with the OSU Symphony and several chamber groups as well as a member of P.E.O. She was also an award-winning china and porcelain painter whose work was commissioned by many homeowners and public organizations in Corvallis. Along with her husband, she was an avid world traveler. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Garlic grows well in Yuma Jul 24, 2008
As of early June, I was still growing some porcelain and rocambole plants to see if they bulbed before July. The rocamboles hadn't begun, but the porcelains had. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Helen Gardiner, 70 Jul 23, 2008
Having acquired professional expertise her impeccable eye for quality was innate she and her husband amassed a huge and very valuable collection of porcelain and earthenware and together built a museum to house it ... Helen Gardiner, widow of George Gardiner, whose money and collection started the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art poses for a portrait beside of her Yong Cheng Chinese porcelain collection at her home in 2006 ... Mr. Gardiner, an astute and thrifty businessman, read an article in... (Globe and Mail)
Accused was a man of peace, judge hears Jul 22, 2008
But then, the Crown prosecutor Ron Hoenig told the court, Softic called her into the unit's bathroom, grabbed her, and slammed her head three times against the porcelain basin so it cracked. Later he had strangled her on the lounge floor and left her for dead. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Visit to Cambodia is eye-opening for Bismarck pastor Jul 21, 2008
A recently-built thatched "W.C." (water closet, or toilet) with a simple porcelain fixture in the floor with a cistern and ladle next to it for flushing, the only one serving a village of 60 people. A plastic chemical pail filled with stems of lotus buds for sale. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Tile in style Jul 20, 2008
Porcelain tile, crafted to look like stone, is a common substitute and often a less expensive choice. Metal tiles such as bronze, copper and aluminum are used to create a sleek contemporary look or a retro Art Deco style. (Albany Times Union)
For the decorative arts, a 21st-century twist Jul 20, 2008
Ever since 1747, when Elector Max III Joseph of Bavaria turned one of his hunting lodges into a manufactory (that's a posh factory where things are made by hand), Nymphenburg porcelain has been made there in exactly the same way, from the same materials mixed to the same secret recipe ... The mystery ingredients are mixed into a porcelain mass, which is cured for three years in the cellar ... The porcelain is thrown by hand on a turning wheel, and inscribed with the thrower's initials, before... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Any shops in metro Atlanta that polish brass? Jul 19, 2008
Here, you'll find a good selection of shaving mugs made of different materials, including porcelain. Prices range from $8. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Replacing windows; birds in the air conditioner Jul 17, 2008
I then cleaned the whole top with a stainless steel cleaner; the label said it was OK to use on porcelain, which is similar to glass. The scrubbing with Brillo did not scratch the glass. (Boston Globe)
Jury selected for Creve Coeur battery case Jul 17, 2008
While in the bathroom, the victim claims she was then grabbed and pushed into the toilet, striking her right eye against the porcelain bowl. On Tuesday afternoon a 12-person jury was selected to hear how Dabbs allegedly attacked the victim. (Pekin Times, IL)
Top 10 food myths revealed Jul 17, 2008
So no defrosting on the kitchen sink then chucking it back in the freezer or you'll be driving the porcelain bus. And just a warning, thawing and refreezing meat makes it lose its juices and go tough. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
One crappy day: Local man irked by toilet explosion Jul 15, 2008
He woke up, drank a cup of coffee, grabbed a book and relaxed on his porcelain throne -- "The toilet is where a man does his best thinking," O'Brien said. He was shocked by the fountain of water and sewage erupting from his toilet. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Surfacing | Valencia Street, San Francisco: Hipster hunting ground Jul 15, 2008
com), which carries items like coffee holders knitted from yarn ($18), deer heads carved out of wood ($450) and skeleton keys fashioned out of porcelain ($40). Across the street is Paxton Gate (No. (International Herald Tribune)
Cherry Clafouti Dessert Jul 14, 2008
Select a porcelain or other decorative stoneware baking dish to bake the clafouti ... Butter a 10-inch porcelain tart dish, and place the cherries in the bottom of the dish. (Suite101.com)
A Miller's tale Jul 13, 2008
"Last night I had dinner with my publishers. I had a little wine and was up late and I definitely feel it," she says, though her porcelain complexion bears no trace. Money cannot be a problem, so why does she push herself so hard. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
At Quincy's Kam Man Market, a new American melting pot Jul 13, 2008
As Lau sees it, those products include not only the supermarket's fresh foods and baked goods, but items such as the porcelain vases on display this month in Kam Man from the Jindezhen region of Jiangxi province. Jindezhen, China's "porcelain city," has had a reputation for producing China's best decorative ceramics for almost a millennium. (Boston Globe)
Classifieds 7/09/08 Jul 13, 2008
Furniture, baby items, clothes, toys, books, porcelain doll collection, clothes - husky/boys thru 3x men, leather jackets, novelity shirts, jeans (girls thru 3x women) household and more. GARAGE SALES Thursday 9-5, 10 Meadow Lane, Debolt Subd. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Cut up at the Sawmill Festival Jul 13, 2008
Morris said the 20th Century Club is selling chances on decorated school desks this year instead of their traditional porcelain dolls. Also, the National Guard s rock-climbing wall was already booked for the festival dates this year and will not be there. (Calhoun City Monitor Herald, MS)
Owen Lawrence stocks accessories sold only in the South Jul 13, 2008
There are 24 colors of German Arzberg porcelain, starting at $72. 50 for a five-piece place setting. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
Present and correct Jul 8, 2008
She uses porcelain cups, silver teaspoons and ironed serviettes. "It just makes all the difference," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A dramatic, modern loft in a 1930s building Jul 8, 2008
A 10-foot, one-way mirror between the kitchen and master suite provides a dramatic backdrop for a porcelain ball. Providing warmth in the colder months are gas fireplaces with suede mantels in both living room and master suite, as well as a heated hardwood floor on a raised platform for the bed. (Globe and Mail)
Airlines shed weight in move to tackle soaring costs of fuel Jul 7, 2008
Even the porcelain in business class on international flights is 20 percent lighter since tiny bubbles were put inside ... "By introducing lighter porcelain for first and business classes, we have reduced the weight by an average 66kg on one flight," said a spokesperson. (Business Report, South Africa)
* Sodagreen does it again Jul 6, 2008
In an evening that saw the comeback of big-name stars, Jay Chou (PN) triumphed, picking up the Best Composer and Best Song awards for the single Blue and White Porcelain (C), which also won his long-term partner Vincent Fang (s) the title of Best Lyricist. Even Chou's music work for his directorial debut Secret (K) won big in the usually overlooked instrumental music categories, grabbing top honors in Best Composer and Best Album Producer sections. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tanya Scores At Taiwan Grammys Jul 6, 2008
Sunday, July 06, 2008. Singaporean Tanya Chua scoops top honours at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards Posted: 06 July 2008 0008 hrs. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Grills Buying Guide, For Any Budget Jul 5, 2008
Expert From Food And Wine Magazine Leads The Way, Offers Tips, Reviews Several. NEW YORK, July 4, 2008. (CBS News)
Graphic content Jul 5, 2008
Backstage, inside the big tent where the Dior spectacle is about to unfold, frothy romance has given way to stark elegance as arched eyebrows and dark glossy lips are painted on the models' porcelain faces. The photographs of Irving Penn, makeup artist Pat McGrath says, explaining designer John Galliano's latest inspiration. (Globe and Mail)
