Corslet is a sort of arming used to protect soldier's body in ancient battles. It is comprised of lorica and helm. Lorica is a garment made of leather or metal and provides the function of protecting the body, while helm is an armet ...
Togae is the garment worn by officials on official occasions in ancient China. They have strict specifications and can be distinguished from designs, colors and patterns. Togae was a crucial part of ritual system in ancient China. ...
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In a move sure to strengthen its"Lowest Prices,Best Quality"guaranty,The Sportsman's Guide has announced the launch of CASTLECREEK,a new private label product line promising exclusive,affordable home goods made for"The Way You Live." The ...
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US-based food distribution company,Nash Finch,has reported a net loss of$84.97m for Q2 2012,compared to a net profit of$10.05m for the same quarter of fiscal 2011. The company's total revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ...
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A 4,000-year-old Chinese folk art rarely practiced today, dough figurine is also known as mianhua or miansu in Chinese. The man who may have created the craft, Zhuge Liang, was military strategist of the state of Shu in the Three ...
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Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) is offering a free, educational Parylene seminar in Penang, Malaysia on Thursday, December 6, 2012. The free, one-day seminar introduces Parylene coating solutions for the medical device, electronics, ...
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The Insurance Place is offering Safety Responsibility-22 (SR-22) insurance forms for car owners across San Diego, US. Available online, the SR-22 policy documents can be obtained rapidly by the drivers for a lower price after application ...
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Dixi Drama, usually called "sorcerer's dance in a trance ", is a kind of local drama spreading in Anshun City of Guizhou Province, whose birth is closely related to the station troops in Anshun who came from Anhui Province, Jiangsu ...
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The lele cart is a Mongolian-style ox cart also known as "jigger cart", "lolo cart" and "ox wagon". The term "lele" used to be herdsmen's cry when urging a domestic animal on. The lele cart is a vehicle especially designed for the natural ...
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Navistar International has reported a net income of $84m, or $1.22 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2012, compared to $1.4bn, or $18.24 per diluted share, for the same period in 2011. For the third quarter of 2012, the ...
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Men of the Shui ethnic minority mostly wear casual clothes with cloth buttons down the front. They usually wear blue or green clothes, a black or blue turbans and pailform pants. However, nowadays, quite a few men wear Sun Yat-sen ...
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The Knife-ladder-Climbing Festival of Lisu Ethnic Group, which is called "a-tang-de" in Lisu language with the meaning of "a festival of climbing knife-ladders", is a traditional festival of the Lisu people and Yi people in the Lushui ...
Braids, the bob, the "Yamaguchi Momoe" mop, the spiky bomb and the skewed ponytail, have all featured in Chinese hair couture in the 60 years since the founding of New China. Chinese women of today wear their hair in a wild assortment of ...
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In Wenchang County of Hainan Province in southern China, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, there has always been a custom to wear wooden sandals. Although the wooden sandals are in the danger of being gradually eliminated, to be ...
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Oshkosh Defense has signed a contract with the Department of Defense to replace the US military’s aged HMMWVs with a lightweight vehicle through the joint light tactical vehicle (JLTV) programme’s engineering, manufacturing and ...
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