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LeMasurier, Philip Alexander
B: 10 Aug 1866, Clapham, Surrey, England
Chr: 09 Sep1866, Clapham, Surrey, England
D: 07 Aug 1942, St. Vincent, Kittson County, Minnesota
M: 1892, Jennie Unknown
FN: Philip Alexander
MN: Mary Jane Clark
He first married a St. Vincent girl names Katy who died and then he married an indian woman, Jennie, who bore him a son, Philip Albert who died at age 24 from a ruptured appendix.
Philip had a dray business and in the winter he hauled wash ice. Jennie died and then Philip answered an ad in the paper placed by someone in Crookston looking for a husband. He married her and headed back to St. Vincent. She belonged to the Purple Gang in Chicago. They then moved to Pembina, North Dakota and opened a pool hall. They then moved to the state of Washington leaving behind all of their debts. The woman wrote to Philip and Sarah asking them to send for him and they wrote back that "you took him to Washington, you take care of him." She left him and went to Buffalo, New York and divorced him. Philip then remarried another woman and she died. He then returned to St. Vincent and lived for a while with his sister, Louise, which didn't last too long and then he moved in with William. William swears that Philip was courting again when he died. He died 07 Aug 1942 at age 76. He is buried in St. Vincent
Philip, Jennie and Son can be found on the 1880, 1895, 1910 and 1920 census in St. Vincent, MN.


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Toure: Life harder for United after loss
Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has become the first player to stoke the flames ahead of this Saturday's derby by suggesting that Manchester United's first defeat of the season against Wolves could be the sign of a slump to come.
• Tevez declares love for City
• Pallister: City have problems
• Blog: Wolves in sheep's clothing
United were beaten 2-1 at Molineux on Saturday, a result that ended their hopes of going through the entire Premier League season unbeaten, while City's 3-0 victory over West Brom saw Toure and co move to within five points of their Manchester rivals.
City go to Old Trafford this weekend looking to further close the gap at the top and also avenge last season's agonising 4-3 defeat, courtesy of Michael Owen's injury-time winner.
And Toure, who was part of the Arsenal side that went through the 2003-04 campaign without tasting defeat, believes that United now face a stern examination of their credentials after recalling how the Gunners struggled when their run eventually ended with a defeat to Sir Alex Ferguson's men.
"When you're on a good run like that and you lose, everything becomes harder," Toure said. "It shakes your confidence. Maybe that can happen to them. It was difficult to lose that game.
"The circumstances were hard because they got a penalty, which we didn't think was a penalty. For us, it was really difficult to lose to United. I think it's a great chance for me to get my revenge.
"I have spent most of my career in England battling United, first at Arsenal, now at City. They are always at the top. Now we have new players, we are capable of fighting against them and that has been shown with our results against them over the last 18 months.''
And Carlos Tevez, who on Monday reiterated his love for City, has insisted that he is unworried by the prospect of being heavily booed on his third return to Old Trafford since leaving United for their cross-city rivals in 2009.
"I don't care about people booing me at Old Trafford," Tevez told ZOO magazine. "It doesn't worry me and I'm not worried about going there. The booing happened a lot last year, but I understand. As a supporter, you defend your club and I am on the opposing team now.
"Manchester United fans can never say I didn't give my all during the time I was there. Maybe many supporters still don't understand the reason I left. I am a professional footballer and being booed when I am on the field is a price I have to pay sometimes. But it won't affect me at all.
"Derby games are always beautiful. I enjoyed them in Argentina and Brazil but, in England, they are extra-special. Playing against Manchester United is a big incentive but it's not just because of personal issues for me. It's about the importance of three points. We want to go to Old Trafford and win.''
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Ninety-Nine Nights
Review by BLATSPLAT
"Ninety Nine Nights of Annoyances"
I would like to begin by stating this is my first foray into the modern series of beat-em-ups. Having never played a game like Dynasty Warriors, but reflecting back on my days of Final Fight, I sought to rekindle my love for the series. Unfortunately this game did not provide me with the fires of enjoyment much more than those of frustration.
The graphics in this game are quite nice! The textures are rich, and character models are highly detailed! There are periods of extreme slowdown though, whenever there is a large amount of particles. Take for instance if you tear down a guard tower... the dust and debris that falls will bring the frames-per-second down significantly. Heaven help you if you ever do the Secret Character's ultimate attack... that felt like a good 10 seconds of slow animation for what should have only taken 4.
The music is quite nice in this game, especially the intro. There is a remix of a classical song on a couple levels, which is pretty cool. The music helps me keep pace and interest when I'm taking down massive swarms of enemies. The sound effects themselves are clear and crisp, but nothing that really makes me go "Ooh, that's cool!" The voice acting is pretty bad, much like a typical dubbed Japanimation movie... I wish they had given you an option to play with Japanese voices w/subtitles. Seriously, there's one scene where 2 of the characters just keep making odd sexual sounds to each other, when they are supposedly tired from running!
The gameplay is pretty fun. The way you are put against massive amounts of enemies in a large-scale battle makes it feel pretty epic. Characters can be equipped with different weapons and items to manipulate their stats. As you level up your character, you get to use more powerful moves against the droves of enemies before you. The combo system is fun, since I always feel like I need to top myself when I play a level. Finally when you're finished with a level, you're given a Rank, which gives you something to shoot for. I wish that they gave you more definitive guidelines for getting a higher rank though, short of "Get a higher combo, kill count, etc..." Another big negative is that the cutscenes really ruin the rhythm of the game by interrupting you in the middle of a battle, which always messes up your combos you're racking up. You better not use your ultimate attack right before one of these too, because you will lose that completely only to be returned to your player with all of those enemies still standing! Some levels have 6-10 cutscenes it seems, which drives me insane sometimes... especially when you can't skip them! Most can be skipped, but there are certain (long) ones that never can and it just gets frustrating when you're playing a level repeatedly to get a higher grade. The characters move a bit too slow for my taste too, considering how large some levels are.
The story is weak. This is not an RPG though, so if you look back at Final Fight or a game like that, you didn't play it for the story! This is definitely something that can be forgiven.
Overall, this is a decent beat-em-up. There is decent replay value if you want to level up your character, get new items, and get that S Rank... but there's no multiplayer at all to beat up crap with your buddies! If developers don't take notes on this game, I feel that the genre will end up too shallow for even me to try playing another game like it.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.0 - Fair
Originally Posted: 06/27/07
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Arizona hospital admissions for stroke, asthma, heart attacks and angina fell more than 10 percent in the year after a statewide smoking ban took effect, a new study says.
While there have been studies on the economic impact of the ban on smoking in public places, including bars and restaurants, the researchers believe the study on hospital admissions is the first to look at the health ramifications of Arizona's smoking law.
For their report, University of Arizona psychology department researchers Patricia M. Herman and Michele E. Walsh analyzed admission data from Arizona's 87 hospitals between January 2004 and May 2008 for Arizona residents only.
Their findings are published in a peer-reviewed article in this month's issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
The new study shows evidence of a direct relationship between exposure to secondhand smoke and asthma and cardiovascular disease.
Herman and Walsh found that in the 13 months after the law took effect in May 2007, admissions for asthma dropped by 22 percent; heart-attack admissions by 13 percent; admissions for unstable angina by 33 percent and admissions for acute stroke by 14 percent.
For strokes, angina and heart attack, the researchers used data from adult admissions only, but they included babies and children in their analysis of the asthma data, Herman said. The study looked at hospital admissions, not emergency room visits, she stressed.
The cost savings of those reduced hospital admissions was nearly $17 million, the researchers estimate.
"Within the context of the growing body of consistent evidence from studies in other states and regions, the results of this study support the case for substantial health benefits from Arizona's comprehensive statewide smoking ban in areas with no previous bans," the study says. "If one considers the fact that only about 40 percent of the U.S. population is presently covered by a comprehensive smoke-free law, and the need for effective and cost-saving options in health care, comprehensive smoking bans should be considered by any governmental agency, employer or other organization seeking to advocate or implement policies that improve health and reduce health-care costs."
Herman said the Arizona study, which was funded by the Arizona Department of Health Services' Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease, had results similar to health studies conducted in other jurisdictions with smoking bans.
"There's a lot of evidence out there," said Herman, who is also a licensed naturopathic physician. "One of the things I found fascinating, that piqued my interest, was that I think people recognize the long-term effects of smoking, but not the short-term effects. The cardiovascular effects are profound."
As a check on their results, the researchers looked at admission data for four diagnoses that aren't related to secondhand smoke - appendicitis, kidney stones, acute cholecystitis and ulcers. The researchers said they found no statistically significant changes in admissions for those conditions before and after the ban took effect.
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FORMER world motorcycle champion Casey Stoner hasn't yet committed to racing in V8 Supercars, but he soon will.
Following a report on Sunday that Stoner had officially confirmed his switch to car racing, he posted a carefully worded denial on Twitter, claiming he hadn't made up his mind.
''Don't believe everything you read!'' Stoner tweeted. ''Haven't decided what I'm doing yet, of corse @v8supercars is on the cards. Will let you know when I do!''
The twice MotoGP world champion, who retired at the end of last season, is expected to announce his switch to car racing in V8 Supercars' second-tier Dunlop Series by the end of the week.
Fairfax Media understands that although Stoner has agreed to race a Red Bull-backed Holden Commodore run by the V8 championship-winning Triple Eight team in the development series, contract formalities haven't been completed.
''It's going to happen, but the contract hasn't been signed yet,'' confided a source with knowledge of the deal.
Adelaide's Sunday Mail reported that Stoner confirmed he would be racing in V8s in an interview in the yet-to-be published official program of the season-opening March 1-3 Clipsal 500.
Widely repeated by other news media, his purported comments were found to have been old quotes that had been paraphrased to appear current.
''Casey hasn't spoken to anybody about it [his decision to pursue a second racing career in V8 Supercars],'' a source with links to the Triple Eight team said.
Clipsal 500 officials are investigating how a pre-publication copy of the Stoner story found its way to the News Ltd-owned newspaper, a division of which produces the official program.
The race guide is not due to go on sale for another two weeks, raising concerns about commercial confidentiality agreements.
Stoner, 27, from Kurri Kurri in NSW's Hunter Valley, will make his V8 debut in the main supporting races of the Clipsal 500, which features twin 250-kilometre races that kick off the V8 Supercars championship.
As outlined in The Sunday Age on December 30, he will race a Commodore run by the Triple Eight Holden in the seven-event Dunlop Series, which is the training ground for drivers aspiring to the main championship.
If he is successful with the same Triple Eight satellite squad that captured the last two development series titles, Stoner would be looking to graduate to the V8 Supercars championship next year.


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It is due to the nature of the case that there will
be those individuals whom fate has placed in the lowest
level of the social scale, who have been gifted beyond
the common level; who, though not having received
an education, reach heights of knowledge
inaccessible to but a few. John Pasley was such a
person. At the age of four he had been placed in an
orphanage in 1922. There he was taught the three Rs:
reading, 'riting and 'rithmatic as he expressed it
later in life. Two months before his fourteenth
birthday John was sent to a hostel in Isleworth. He
was taken into the office of the person in charge,
and was told: "We've got a job for you in a factory
at twenty-one shillings a week. You will pay nineteen
shillings a week for your board here and, you must be
out of this hostel within two months." Don't get any
idea in your head that John thought he was being hard
dealt with. No, this was heaven for him. And, even if
he hadn't been told to be out of the hostel in any
specific time, he would have been out just as quickly.
Within the two months John was in digs in the poor
district of Hounslow with an aged couple who had no
children. He had also quit his job at the factory, and
had got a job in Hounslow, as an Improver in a
shoe-repair shop at twenty-five shillings a week.
Before he was sixteen John rented a three room flat at
thirty bob a week, and let two of his mates from the
orphanage live with him for fifteen bob a week each.
And that's how it continued 'business-wise', until
John bought his own shoe-repair shop at the age of
twenty-four, in Fulham, London. The business urge in
John had been so strong that it had overridden his
desire to get himself educated. He had reached such a
stage of wisdom that, after he had listened to a
philosophical discussion on the radio, he, due to
not understanding what was said, could say of
himself: "I'm one heck of an ignorant bastard." The
first thing he bought during the first week in the
shop was a second-hand radio. He placed this on a
shelf near his work bench and listened to it while
working. His favourite programs all had to do with
knowledge. He was soon buying up to ten books a week
from the local junk shop at from tuppence to
fourpence each, and he was borrowing books from the
Fulham library by the cart load. Although the
knowledge he acquired at this time was not organized,
it can truly be said that he increased in knowledge. By
the age of twenty eight John was by nature a man of
Irish wit, Scottish dourness and English
phelgmatism - a word made up by himself - and as you
have no doubt already guessed, his philosophy was
eclectic. He owed allegiance to none save the
unknown God he was trying to contact. How could it
be otherwise. He considered it chaotic madness for
people to say the world was a beautiful place, when
all around him nature showed itself to be as pitiless as
a wind in a blizzard. John was also a chap who liked to
solve problems, as a hobby, just for the fun of it.
All sort of problems: mechanical, logical,
mathematical, theological - yes, even problems to do
with God, Whom he held in the highest respect. It
was with no disrespect, or exaggeration, that
John could eventually say that he had solved the
problem of the Trinity in Unity. And yet, John had
acquired such an affinity with the Divine that, though
he had not studied Koine Greek to that degree needed to
actually converse with the Almighty, he understood by
hint and innuendo that it was not he who had solved this
pro- blem, but that the solution had been granted to him
by Revelation. Whenever John was together with any
of his friends they always asked him had he read
any good books lately, or what was the current problem
he was trying to solve. This was usually when they were
in a pub, or in the garage messing about with their
bikes, or in a cafe having a meal. Mind you, these
questions were always intended seriously. John was the
only one among them who had his own business, and
besides, he was the leader of the motor-bike club, and
was known to be able to throw a pretty good Uchimata.
One of John's mates, Derek, who was going to
evening classes, was always giving him puzzles to
solve. Many of the problems put to John by Derek were
of a practical nature, and connected with his
evening-class studies. Derek wanted to get a job in a
Broker's office. One evening in a pub, Derek produced
a piece of paper, and asked John: "D'you think you
could write a program to solve this, Johnny?" handing
the paper to him. John looked at the paper. "Wow!" he
gasped, "what's this?" "It's the Black-Scholes formula
for calculating the Option price of a share," said
Derek, "and I've got a month to write a usable
program as my end-of-term paper." Although John knew
at a glance that his knowledge of mathematics was not up
to the level of the formula, he knew he could solve
this particular problem. There was an area of
knowledge into which John had entered that he never
mentioned to anybody. He had discovered that he was
surrounded by an invisible aura of light which was
completely white. This aura was not invisible to
John. He could see it by simply willing himself to
do so. It was that easy. The fact that this aura was
completely white, and did not have any band of other
colours mixed in with it, was of great
significance - very great significance indeed,
for it was a matter of . . . knowing, but only in
some areas. After the pub kicked out, John went back
to the flat above his shop and started to think
about the formula Derek had given him. He switched
on the Morphy computer and began entering some Pascal
code. Within a couple of hours he believed he was
well on the way to solving the problem. Over the next
month John met Derek to get as much information as
possible from him relating to the subject of
Traded-Options. He bought Chamberlain's book on the
subject, and within one year he had opened a
Traded-Options account with Peppards in London for the
minimum amount permissible, one thousand pounds. He
experimented with the various strategies, never
placing more than five percent of his available cash in
any one deal. From the beginning he had offered Derek
the opportunity to come in with him, which he now and
again accepted. Some years after this, John went on
holiday in September of 1982 to Finarli Ligiura in
Italy. He met a Danish girl, Kristine, who was staying
at the same hotel with her grandmother. She came from
the town of Ribe in Denmark and was working there as a
psychiatric nurse. They were together for a week.
John invited her to England during her winter holiday.
She accepted. He sent her a return air-ticket. She
arrived, and during the week of her stay they
became engaged. She returned to Denmark having made
arrangements for John to come to Denmark the
following February to be married. John went to
Denmark in Febuary, was married, stayed there for
three weeks, and then returned to England with his
bride. They stayed in the flat above the shop for
five years. John then decided, with his wife, to sell
up and move to Ribe, Denmark and open a business
there. They arrived in Denmark in April, 1982.
Within a month they bought a house near Ribe. John
started making arrangements to open some sort of
business using the house as a base. Meanwhile, he got a
job as a teacher, while his wife continued her
career in nursing. About fifty percent of John's
income now came from his investments in Traded
Options, Gearing with Gilts, the return on about 4,000
Premium Bonds and a new investment form just
introduced by the Danish Government:
Gevinstopsparing which was a savings scheme with a
low interest-return, but which included a lottery
ticket for every one hundred kroners worth of savings
that one had. Another area of income for John was the
sale of the software that he had developed since the
time he had been handed the Black-scholes formula by
Derek. During the first year in Denmark John met
about 200 people associated with his wife and her
family. Among these was a young man who was the only
son of a family friend. The young man, Jens, was
twenty three and was studying for his Cand-Merc
degree at Aarhus university. Kristine had a sister
who owned a house in Aarhus, and as she was a close
friend of Jens' family, he stayed there for the three
years he was at the university. John was in Aarhus
now and again, and each time he was there he visited
them. On his first visit to Aarhus he found out that
Jens was taking maths for his Datalogi exam, and, as
at that time John was looking for the formula for the
calculation of the possible return on Premium Bonds,
he arranged to discuss the matter with Jens the next
time he was in Aarhus. About two months later John
had to go to Aarhus for a couple of days. As
usual he stayed with Kristine's sister. While there
he was able to discuss the formula relating to
Premium-Bond return, and other subjects which he found
he had in common with Jens. Jens told John that he had
had a dream the night after they had discussed the
Premium Bond problem. It was so fantastic - and
incorrect in certain details, that John was a little
reluctant to mention it to Kristine when he came home.
But he was curious to know if it was common knowledge
or not that Jens was 'psychic'. "Is Jens known to be
psychic," he asked her after they were finished with
dinner the day he arrived home. "Not that I've
heard of," she answered. "Why do you ask?" "Well,
really, it sounds a little crazy. I asked him
about the formula I want concerning Premium-Bond
return. He said he might have it on his TRS, so we went
to his room where its set up. He uses the Comal-80
programming language, which is much like Pascal, so it
wasn't too difficult to follow his coding. Anyway,
we spent the whole evening on this and other
subjects. The next day when we were alone he suddenly
tells me that he dreamt about me and these premium
bonds." "And what's so crazy about that?" asked
Kristine. "It's the content, not the dream that's
crazy. He said he saw it raining where I live, raining
brown and white envelopes, and that two of these
envelopes went in through the letter box of our house."
"Yes, that is strange," said Kristine. "But that's not
all. He said he saw two white envelopes go through
our letter box." John told Kristine all the other
details of his conversation with Jens concerning
figures, numbers, dates, etc.
John and Derek exchanged four or five letters a year,
and they visited each other occasionally. By 1986 John
had 9,228 Premium Bonds. In July of that year John and
Kristine went on holiday for two weeks to Aabenraa on
the east coast of Jutland. When they arrived home there
were two white envelopes among the mail, and John knew
they were Premium Bond prizes. He didn't pay any
particular attention to these because he had
received dozens in recent years, as many as four in
one month. His only remark was to Kristine: "They're
using white envelopes now, luv," he said, flipping them
to the side, not bothering to open them. As was usual,
Kristine asked would he mind if she opened them. She
opened the first one and said: "It's a fifty . . . and
there's this leaflet," handing it to him. John read it
and said: "They've altered the prize structure. The
lowest prize has been raised from twenty five to
fifty, and the highest is now two hundred and
fifty thousand instead of one hundred thousand. Oh,
and they're raising the rate from 5.9 to 7 percent."
John didn't like that at all. "That's gonna knock my
return down," he said grudgingly. "How's that," said
Kristine, picking up the other white envelope. "They've
increased the interest rate, you said." "Yes, but it's
the number of prizes paid out that's the important
thing in calculating, not only the number of prizes
you can win, but the return you can get and . . . Oh,
never mind, luv." Kirsten opened the second white
envelope. "It's got the same leaflet as the other one,
but the certificate isn't the same," she said. "Fifty,
I suppose," said John, looking at a tax form he'd just
take out of an envelope. "No," said Kristine, "it's two
hundred and fifty. I suppose that's why the certificate
is different." John looked up at the white form
Kristine was holding towards him. He took it from her
and glanced at it. His eyes moved to the figure on the
top line. "You Danes use a comma where we use a
decimal point, luv. It's a quarter of a million," he
said, without apparent emotion. In Denmark 250,000
means 250. The comma is the Danish decimal point.
For it to be the same as the English figure it would
have to be written 250.000. During the evening they
discussed what Jens had said back in the seventies.
In November John received three Premium prizes. Two
for fifty pounds and a prize of one hundred
thousand pounds. As a Christmas present from Derek,
John received a book he had chosen himself. It
included the usual card and a longish letter. In it
Derek mentioned he had gone into partnership in a
car-hire business. He also mentioned that he was going
to pass on to John a problem that was sent to him by
a friend in New Zealand: "I haven't got any
problems of my own to send you, Johnny," he wrote,
"but a mate of mine in New Zealand whose studying
classical literature, ask me could I write a story in
fiction, but produce irrefutable evidence that it was
true, or produce evidence that was hard to refute." The
letter ended with his usual greeting: ta la for now,
Dell. Derek always signed himself Dell. John was so
taken up with other things, mostly investment, that he
had no time or interest in solving a problem that
would clearly involve a fair amount of work, and
which was entirely different to any problem he had
tried to solve before. He considered he did not
have the necessary skills to solve the problem. It
wasn't until the beginning of February that he could
get down to wishing Derek good luck with his new
business venture:
38 Vest Vedsted Bramminge 6760 Ribe
Denmark. Feb 2.1987.
Hello Derek,
Thanks for the parcel with the Xmas presents, cards and
your letter. Kristine was very happy with the book
Gestalt-Therapy and the scarf. I know I will enjoy
the Spanish Instruction book when I can get the time to
study it. We hope to go to Tenerife late in the
summer. If you happen to come across any
reasonably priced Spanish-instruction software I'd
like to have some info - there's nothing this side. We
were pleased to hear of your venture into Car Hire and
we both hope it succeeds for you. As you are no doubt
aware, the problem you have sent will take a great
deal of time, and no doubt a deal ingenuity. To be
honest I doubt whether I'm up to it. I am so busy
at present that I must lay it aside. I know you will
understand. Actually I have been itching to write to
you for some months now regarding an incident which I
know you will find interesting. I have been waiting
for the second part of the incident to occur before I
would mention it in any letter. As you know, part of
my investment strategy involves Premium Bonds, and,
some years ago I wanted to know what was the minimum
number one should buy so as to guarantee a return equal
to the percentage used by the UK government to
calculate the amount they pay out in prizes. They've
been using 5.9% but it's recently been changed to
7%. Some years ago I was up in Aarhus, and I visited a
young friend who was studying maths at the
university there. I put the problem to him. I had a
particular formula with me that I had received from
an engineer in Esbjerg. I showed it to him, and we
came to discuss whether the formula was actually
correct! I disputed that there was no way of knowing
by actual practice whether the power to which X should
be raised ought to be ALL the number of P.Bonds
drawn for a prize, or, X should be raised to the power
of 1 (one) and the result should be multiplied
by the total number of P.Bonds drawn for a prize! X in
the above is the number of P-bonds you actually own.
He was able to show me that according to the
book-theory one should hold at least 4,000 P-Bonds to
guarantee a yearly return of 5.9%. It so happened
that at that time I had 4,028 P-Bonds, but I was not
keeping an exact check on the yearly return - but,
with the exact information I did have, I knew that the
book-theory was giving a result that was lower than
the figures and percentages as they worked out with
reference to the P-Bonds I owned. I decided to
gradually increase my holdings of P-Bonds to over
9,000 so as to achieve a return of over 10% a year.
After my first meeting with Jens I arranged to see
him again the next evening to discuss some matters
relating to para-psychology and the corruption of
computer data, and the Kirlian effect, which, as you
know, I'm interested in. Over a cup of coffee he
said to me: "I had a funny dream about you last night.
It rained in the area where you live - but only on
your house, not anywhere else, but the rain was made
up of envelopes, brown and white envelopes." Although
he had said 'funny dream', he recounted this quite
seriously. "Brown and white envelopes!" I said, "what
does that mean!" He said: "I noticed two of the
envelopes, two white ones, go in through your
letter-box, and on one of the envelopes I saw '3000 PC
ROTTERDAM' to the left of the post-mark which I couldn't
quite make out; but, on the other envelope, inside a
black oblong I saw a very large figure 1 (one) with
'BLACKPOOL' just to the right." As soon as he said
that, I knew that the only envelopes I ever received
which were like that were BROWN envelopes sent from
Lytham St. Annes, Blackpool, the government
Premium-Bond office. None of this had been mentioned to
him by me. "I've got stacks of them," I said, "but
not white, they're all brown." This was true, for I
had won many prizes up to that point. "It's not just
that," he said, seeming to ignore my remark, "no! It's
what I saw inside them - I can see that you are fated
to be very wealthy for I saw the figure 250,000
inside one, and 100,000 inside the other, with the date
1986 - and I don't know if they're Danish Crowns
or English Pund." He meant Danish Kroner because
the Danish word for 'crown' which you put on your
head is 'krone', and the Danish word for 'pound' is
'pund'. "Two-hundred-and-fifty-thousand!" I
said, referring to the first figure, "that can't be.
The highest prize is only one-hundred-thousand!" "Well,"
he said, "isn't there a prize for 25,000 pund and for
10,000 pund, because I think the pund is worth about ten
crowns ... no! no!" he said very quickly, "I saw
Rotterdam and Blackpool spelled the English way, so
everything must be English ... no, it must be pund."
"But there isn't a prize for 250,000 pounds," I said
to him. As time went by I simply forgot all about
this incident, until last August when I received two
prizes both in WHITE envelopes, one for 50 quid and
one for 250,000. Then in Nov I won 100,000. They were
no longer to be sent in Brown envelopes. Included
was a new prize list. The new monthly prize had been
raised from �100,000 to �250,000. The three top
monthly prizes were now �250,000, �100,000 and �50,000.
The notification of these higher prizes from the P-Bond
office must be returned to them with the Bond
containing the winning Bond number. It's a Claim-form
which they send for you to fill in. Clearly there are
very few among the 25 million who have P-Bonds who
will ever see one of these top prizes, so I'm sending
you a photocopy to drool over. Once again, good luck
with the firm.
John and Kristine.
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"Confidence in Dubai is rising. New project pipelines and growing links to new markets are attracting more investors [2] who are leveraging the various business setup and growth options in Dubai," Sami Al-Qamzi, director general of the Department of Economic Development (DED), said in a statement.
According to the Department of Economic Development (DED) [3], they have issued 16,688 business licenses during 2012, which is a 16 percent increase over the 14,430 licenses issued in 2011. The tourism sector, at 56 percent, accounted for the major share of licenses in 2012, followed by the professional (21 percent) commercial (14 percent) and industrial (13 percent) sectors compared to 2011.
Among the 81 licenses issued to foreign investors [4] in 2012, the top 10 nationalities accounted for 54. Kuwaiti nationals topped the list with 11 licenses in 2012, followed by US investors (9), Indians (8) and Saudis (5).
"The business registration and licensing activity in 2012 mirrored an increasingly positive investor sentiment and expectations. While existing businesses in Dubai are venturing further out and spreading their wings, a growing number of investors are also sensing the ideal conditions to step forward," added Mohammed Shaal Al-Saadi, CEO, business registration and licensing (BRL) sector in DED.
The total number of amended licenses in 2012 was 67,056, up 14 percent from 58,881 in 2011 while the total number of renewed licenses grew three percent to 101,766, as against 98,981 during the previous year. The total number of transactions rose 16 percent to 589,721 in 2012, from 506,792 in 2011.
The total number of commercial permits issued in 2012 was 29,266, a 21 percent increase over 2011, while the total number of reserved trade names reached 65,089, a 24 percent increase.
Limited liability companies topped the list of companies at 10,673 and a growth rate of 18 percent o 2011, followed by Sole proprietor-ships (5,048), which grew14 percent compared to 2011. There was also a 100 percent increase in partnership firms, from six companies to 12.
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Other people have credit card debt -- not you. The personal bankruptcy rate is skyrocketing, but as far as you know you've never even met anyone who's filed for it. You cover your monthly bills without a second thought and are confident that you'll be financially ready to retire as scheduled.
If the surveys of those most likely to visit a financial website are accurate, I know a thing or two about you. You're upwardly mobile -- close to or in the highest tax bracket, you actively seek to improve your investments and are perfectly comfortable setting a budget that's to the closest hundredth or even thousandth dollar, not dime. You are above-average looking, have no problem picking out a decent bottle of red wine, and use your turn signal 83.6% of the time. (No, flipping it while making the turn does not count.) I'm just guessing on those last three. However, when it comes to managing day-to-day money decisions, you are a take-control, take-charge, in-front-of-the-eight-ball kind of person.
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- One-third of "millennials" (those born after 1979) do not contribute a single dollar to their work-sponsored retirement savings plan.
- Last year the average household paid $1,000 in interest on the money it borrowed.
- One out of every 73 U.S. households files for bankruptcy.
You and I may be comfortable with our financial situations, but we're in the minority.
I can type about our nation's money maladies until my fingers go numb. I can think of catchy new ways to make the money medicine go down more smoothly (how about the Lazy Girl's Guide to Budgeting?) or riff on a Who song (The Kids Aren't Alright) to get youngsters (or their parents) to click the headline and stop frittering away their greatest asset -- time.
My colleagues have brilliantly whittled down retirement planning to its essence and sounded the alarm about "hot" stock tips that are anything but. We've run the numbers to show how we're a nation living a lifestyle we can't afford on borrowed dollars at insanely high interest rates, and we talk until we're hoarse about how to amass a fortress against financial ruin -- a simple cash cushion.
Sure, preaching to the fiscally converted reinforces lessons that are easily forgotten. We could all use a refresher course on calculating a price-to-earnings ratio and projecting our retirement withdrawal rate. We're like a weekly Weight Watchers meeting: We all know the rules we should follow. But with so many daily temptations, a regular reminder or two helps us stay the path.
Too bad it's not enough.
If that's all we do -- preach to the fiscally converted -- it's pointless. You're already here looking for answers, ideas, support. You already get it. So how about paying it forward?
"Pay it forward" may sound like some pyramid scheme, and in a way, it is. But the rewards for the giver and receiver are far greater than commissions on lotions, potions, soap on a rope, and Swiffer knockoffs. The idea is based on a movie of the same name where a young boy's answer to a lofty social studies assignment -- to better mankind in some way -- is to perform an act of selfless kindness for three people. Instead of returning the favor as is customary, the recipients pay it forward. If his six-degrees-of-Kevin Bacon theory works (where any actor is just six connections away from the Footloose star), then kindness gets paid forward ad infinitum. Simple. And brilliant.
Of course, it's not that simple. In the pay-it-forward movement I propose, writing a check to a charity or letting someone have that primo parking spot for a big shoe sale doesn't count. The "it" must be something that a recipient cannot do for themselves (or thinks he cannot) and something that will truly improve the recipient's life. It's not always a cakewalk for the giver to deliver, either.
So how can you pay it forward? I won't ask you to give away your Jaguar or write a letter of forgiveness to a longtime nemesis. That's between you, your mechanic, and your therapist. But there's a lot you can do to help someone get their financial footing. How about paying forward your financial knowledge by helping a friend plot out a retirement savings plan? Or how about paying forward your time by tutoring junior high school students in basic money math skills?
You don't even have to come up with a way to pay it forward on your own. Ask a worthy recipient what you could do to lessen their financial worries. Again, writing a check is the easy way out for both the giver and receiver. (See also the "teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime" adage.)
- Offer to review a co-worker's 401(k) choices and help select an appropriate place to invest their pre-tax dollars.
- If it's debt that's got someone down, show them the fastest way to pay it off, and offer to lend a sympathetic ear whenever the urge to splurge strikes. Introduce them to the online community of Fools who freely share advice, insights, support, and war stories about paying off mountains of debt and struggling with the plastic demons daily.
- Over takeout dinner, help someone figure out where their money's going and why there are always more days than paychecks at the end of the month.
- Is there a young person in your life headed for college or already on campus? If you haven't already had "the talk," or if their parents feel ill-equipped to do so, show them the money reality they are facing. Email this article to them and say, "It's not because I have all the answers. It's because I already made these bone-headed mistakes and I know you'll be much smarter than I was."
Have that thoughtful and frank conversation with someone you know is struggling with financial issues. Do more listening than talking, and make it clear that you are not judging them. Trot out that list of sad statistics that shows how they are actually doing better than the average American. Simply sharing their struggles will begin to lift those nagging financial burdens. Offer your emotional support when times are tough. (Suggest dinner in, instead of dinner and a movie out, or exchanging chores for the holidays rather than knickknacks.)
If a face-to-face discussion is too daunting or inappropriate, there's a link at the top of this page for you to email it.
Do you know someone who has resigned themselves to always carrying that $5,000 balance on their credit card? Email them.
Is there a family member who isn't sure whether it makes sense to refinance their home? Email them.
Sending this article along is not a judgment or pronouncement to the recipient that you've got all the answers. It simply says that you care. And it asks them to pay it forward, too.
Dayana Yochim owes mankind countless favors based on the generosity of Motley Fool readers who teach her money lessons every day. The Fool's disclosure policy has no pay-it-forward provisions. Yet.


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James Conlon Extends Contract as LA Opera Music Director
Plácido Domingo, LA Opera's Eli and Edythe Broad General Director, announced today that James Conlon, the Company's Richard Seaver Music Director, has extended his contract with LA Opera through the end of the 2017/2018 season. "James has had an incredible impact on the artistic quality of LA Opera performances," said Mr. Domingo. "Since his arrival, he has conducted more than half of our mainstage performances, inspiring performers and audiences alike through his extraordinary talents. His vision for the company's future, like mine, is one of great ambition and optimism. We have so many exciting plans for LA Opera's seasons to come, and I am greatly looking forward to continuing our work together."
The news was made public today by LA Opera's President and CEO Christopher Koelsch at a special event honoring Mr. Conlon, held in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion's Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall.
"I am extremely pleased that I will be able to continue on as Music Director of LA Opera through the 2017-2018 season," said Mr. Conlon. "I am very proud of the Company's artistic accomplishments and of its devotion to maintaining uncompromising artistic standards. On a personal level, I enjoy working and living in Los Angeles on a daily basis in a way I could not have imagined prior to 2006. I am grateful to Plácido Domingo and to Board Chairman Marc Stern for the confidence they have shown in me, to Christopher Koelsch for his exceptional collaboration, and most of all, to the musicians of the orchestra, chorus and music staff for making every intense day so satisfying. Six wonderful years have passed in a flash, and I am so happy to know that five more lie ahead."


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GOP Set To Win House; Paul, Rubio Win In Senate; Voters Cite Disapproval
Update, 10:00 p.m. ET:
As of 10 p.m. ET, here's a list of seats that have changed hands in the House, by the AP. They list the state, the district, and then the winner:
Republican seats won by Democrats:
Delaware 1, John Carney
Democratic seats won by Republicans:
Florida 24, Sandra Adams; Virginia 9, Morgan Griffith; Indiana 8, Larry Bucshon; Virginia 5, Robert Hurt; Florida 8, Daniel Webster; Indiana 9, Todd Young; Virginia 2, Scott Rigell; Tennessee 6, Diane Black; New Hampshire 1, Frank Guinta; Florida 2, Steve Southerland; Texas 17, Bill Flores; Tennessee 4, Scott DesJarlais; Tennessee 8, Stephen Fincher
In the Senate, Republicans John McCain and Charles Grassley have won re-election, along with David Vitter of Louisiana (who won despite phone records that linked him to a Washington prostitution ring in 2007).
This is my penultimate post of the midterm election — or at least, that's the plan. For updates, you should check out the All Politics blog. And for raw data, there's always our election map or the NPR Scorecard.
And here's a link to my "lookahead" to what tomorrow's headlines might be.
Update, 9:30 p.m. ET:
Current projections have the Republican Party gaining control of the House — much the same as early projections.
Over in the Senate, it's more of a tossup.
To help bide the time, here's a list of the country's new senators, as of 9:30 p.m. ET:
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Chris Coons (D-DE)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Dan Coats (R-IN)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- Rob Portman (R-OH)
Update, 9:00 p.m. ET:
Two House Democrats known for speaking their minds will have to find new places to be heard. Rep. Tom Perriello of Virginia and Rep. Alan Grayson have been ousted — by Republicans Robert Hurt and Daniel Webster, respectively.
As noted by NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving, Perriello lost despite help from President Obama.
And now there are reports that Perriello's campaign office might have been broken into.
Update, 8:45 p.m. ET:
The Republican Party needs to win eight more Senate races to gain majority control. The GOP has picked up seats in Arkansas, where Rep. John Boozman defeated incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln.
That may come later tonight. But it'll be harder now, as Democrat Gov. Joe Manchin has won his race in West Virginia, beating Republican rival John Raese.
Here are some of the trends that may have helped shape today's vote — the AP has been studying exit polls. These three issues jumped out at me:
Near universal disapproval of Congress:
73 percent disapprove – majorities of both those voting Democratic and Republican (one of the few areas of consensus)
Both political parties viewed negatively:
53 percent Unfavorable for both Rep Party and Dem Party
Economy overwhelming issue:
- 62 percent say most important facing the country
- 88 percent economy in "not so good" or "poor" shape
- 42 percent say they are "worse off than 2 years ago", just 14 percent better off.
Andy Kohut of the Pew Center says that in Ohio, independents are trending away from Democrats.
Update, 8:30 p.m. ET:
Democratic Rep. Suzanne Kosmas of Florida has lost her re-election bid to state Rep. Sandy Adams, allowing the Republican Party to pick up the seat, according to reports.
In the Florida Senate race, it looks like Marco Rubio will win with 50 percent of the vote. Gov. Charlie Crist, running as an independent, has around 30 percent, while Democratic candidate Rep. Kendrick Meek netted 20 percent of the vote.
With all the results beginning to flood in, you can track them on our map or in our Scorecard.
Update, 8:15 p.m. ET: The Republican Party is gaining seats in the Senate, with Tea Party candidate Marco Rubio winning his race in Florida.
And, the AP reports that Democrat Chris Coons easily won Delaware's Senate race over Republican Christine O'Donnell.
In Maryland, Sen. Barbara Mikulski has been re-elected to a fifth term.
Below you can find an updated list of winners in selected races.
Our original post: Paul, Coats, Portman Win To Give Republicans An Early Edge
In the latest batch of congressional races called by the AP as of 7:30 p.m. ET, 14 Republican candidates had won seats, compared to 2 Democratic victories. The GOP wins include one by Dan Coats, who will occupy the seat left vacant by the retiring Democrat Evan Bayh.
The Republicans picked up another Senate seat when Rob Portman, a former Bush administration trade official, has beaten Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in Ohio.
You can follow all the results — and updates — on NPR's Scorecard. Here's a quick rundown of some of the winners, as projected by the AP:
- Rubio, GOP, elected U.S. Senate, Florida.
- Crenshaw, GOP, elected House, District 4, Florida.
- Stutzman, GOP, elected House, District 3, Indiana.
- Jones, GOP, elected House, District 3, North Carolina.
- Portman, GOP, elected Senate, Ohio.
- Foxx, GOP, elected House, District 5, North Carolina.
- Wittman, GOP, elected House, District 1, Virginia.
- Wolf, GOP, elected House, District 10, Virginia.
- Kingston, GOP, elected House, District 1, Georgia.
- Welch, Dem, elected House, District 1, Vermont.
- Mack, GOP, elected House, District 14, Florida.
- Davis, GOP, elected House, District 4, Kentucky.
- Diaz-Balart, GOP, elected House, District 21, Florida.
- Coats, GOP, elected Senate, Indiana.
- Paul, GOP, elected Senate, Kentucky.
- Rokita, GOP, elected House, District 4, Indiana.
- Guthrie, GOP, elected House, District 2, Kentucky.
- Whitfield, GOP, elected House, District 1, Kentucky.
- DeMint, GOP, elected Senate, South Carolina.
- Leahy, Dem, elected Senate, Vermont.
- Price, GOP, elected House, District 6, Georgia.
- Gingrey, GOP, elected House, District 11, Georgia.
- Graves, GOP, elected House, District 9, Georgia.
- Welch, Dem, elected House, District 1, Vermont.
- Cantor, GOP, elected House, District 7, Virginia
- Forbes, GOP, elected House, District 4, Virginia.
- Goodlatte, GOP, elected House, District 6, Virginia.
- Yarmuth, Dem, elected House, District 3, Kentucky.
- Stearns, GOP, elected House, District 6, Florida.
- Thornberry, GOP, elected U.S. House,District 13, Texas.
- Hall, GOP, elected U.S. House, District4, Texas.
In a press release, Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, welcomed Rand Paul's victory.
"I look forward to welcoming Senator-elect Paul to our nation's capital as we fight to restore much-needed accountability in Washington."


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Mumbai, India, 2011/01/05 - Exide Industries Ltd was honoured with the 2010 Market Leadership Award in the Indian Industrial Battery Segment by Frost & Sullivan, the global consultancy major.
The award was presented to Exide Industries Limited at the glittering 'India Back-up Power Industry Excellence Awards' Ceremony held recently at the Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon.
Exide Industries was awarded for 'demonstrating outstanding achievement in areas such as improving market reach, technological innovations, customer service, strategic product development, and building strategies to sustain growth amidst fierce competition.'
The Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Share Leadership is presented to the company that has demonstrated excellence in capturing the highest market share within its industry. The Award recognizes the company's leadership position within the industry in terms of revenues or units, as specified.
Receiving the award, Mr. Subir Chakraborty, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Sales - Industrial, Exide Industries Limited said, "We are proud that an international company like Frost & Sullivan has recognized Exide's market leadership in Industrial batteries. Indeed this award vindicates Exide Industrial's uncompromising dedication towards highest quality standards and of continuous upgradation in our technology and systems."
Presenting the award, Mr. Y S Shashidhar, Vice President - South Asia and Managing Director - Middle East & North Africa, Frost & Sullivan said, "It is a pleasure to bestow the Frost & Sullivan 2010 Market Leadership Awards for Industrial Batteries to Exide Industries Limited. Exide's sales strategies and innovations in business processes have not only helped it become a market leader, but also maintain that position consistently. Additionally, it has also struck a balance with the quality and timeliness of its after-sales services that have radically enhanced its image as a customer-oriented firm in the market."
The Indian Industrial Battery Market is a highly competitive one with the presence of several organized and unorganized suppliers. This market is currently witnessing high growth. Increase in activities related to infrastructure, construction, as well as investments in the industrial sector, has led to increasing demand for Industrial Batteries. Quality, after-sales service, and availability across the country are the key differentiating factors among market participants.
Exide Industries Limited has a wide range of Industrial Batteries ranging from 7 Ah to 6,000 Ah capacities, covering the spectrum of industrial applications. Its seven international standard factories, spread across the country, turn out the widest range of batteries for storage power from the smallest UPS power packs to giant submarine batteries. This covers all applications in automotive, two-wheelers, inverters, UPS, power, telecom, solar, traction and railways. In the Indian market, the company sells its products mainly under Exide and SF brands; and in the international markets mainly under CEIL, Dynex, and Index brands.
With its continuous thrust on expansion, the company has been devising smart growth strategies and implementing them competently, thereby holding on to its number one position in the market for the past three decades. Exide's foray into almost all segments of storage power applications has helped it create volume growth for the company. Exide Industries is also renowned for high quality, with its R&D Department running a number of test checks on the products. These tests are performed with the aid of advanced equipment such as Image Analyzer Workstation, Porosimeter, Particle Size Analyzer, Universal Testing machine, etc.
Apart from continuous R&D activities that lead to product innovation, Exide has also excelled in closely studying customer buying behavior, which has helped it to strategically place its products in the market.
Over the years, Exide Industries has nurtured its dealers through technical and commercial support. The dealers, at present, have wide sales reach and strong customer connect with important buyers in the regions where they operate. Exide's dedicated dealers help it to further its market penetration and reach.
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I am brand new to this group however, I have been a lifelong fan of TAGS.
There has been little to no mention on TAGS of a Fire Department in Mayberry. So, I have decided to "create" the Mayberry Fire Company via a Facebook Group of the same name (not yet published)
In real life I own a 1967 Ford fire truck (photo attached) that I am in the initial process of having re-lettered for the fictitious Mayberry Fire Company. I know there are dozens of Mayberry Patrol Cars in existence but I have only seen a handful of old fire trucks lettered up as a Mayberry rig.
My plan is to depict the Fire Company as being formed when Mayberry was created and to have fictitious accounts of its history up to 1967. So basically everything about the Fire Company will take place in the year of 1967 and the past.
Just for fun I am asking for any suggestions or input you folks may have to help "organize" the Fire Company. What I am looking for in particular are:
Founding Members: (Jud, Mayor Pike, etc)
Active Members: ( I don' want to use Andy, Barney or Warren as members)
Ladies Auxiliary Members: (Aunt Bee, Helen, etc)
Suggestions for the Fire Company door seal and uniform patch. I was thinking of something similar to the basic emblem on the patrol car.
I want to make this a fun project and include fellow TAGS fans to make it seem like the Mayberry Fire Company could fit right into TAGS.
Thanks for any input, suggestions and support you can offer.
Randy Higgins
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Thanks for the welcome. I've been meaning to join for a number of years and finally made the jump! The MFD most definitely would be a volunteer department.
Here are some starting points for possible insignias: https://www.google.com/search?q=volunteer+fire+department&newwi...
Great idea, Randy. I do think there was at least one reference to the fire department. Seems like they were having a "boiled dinner" or a fish fry or something. Will you be having either of those as an annual event? If so, I'll bring a dish!
Yeah, a boiled dinner down at the fire house. And then there was Case of a punch in the Nose ep when Andy said the records they were going through would be kept in the firehouse basement.
That's a good lookin truck Randy! They could have used it out at Jubil Fosters when his barn burned down.
Good info! Thanks!!!!!
Really? That is a tidbit that I was never aware of. I will definitely incorporate that into the VFD. I'm still in the process of organizing the "history" of the department and selecting the apparatus from the past. Thanks for the info.
I'm guessing the Fire Department was first organized sometime after Ramona's ancestors burned down the town and then opened a charcoal business.
Didn't Gomer (or maybe Goober) say that when they had the house fire their dog moved next door?
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A cast of the original ceramic statuette, known as the Venus of Dolni Vestonice, from the Palaeolithic site of Dolni Vestonice in Moravia, Czech Republic.
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The Venus of Dolni Vestonice is a cast of the original ceramic statuette and it depicts a nude female with an accentuated figure. It was found at the Palaeolithic site of Dolni Vestonice in the Moravian basin south of Brno. This archaeological site was first excavated by Karel Absolon in the Czech Republic and has been worked on since 1924. Many other figures have been discovered that include a bear, lion, mammoth, horse, fox, rhinoceros and owl.
The Venus of Dolni Vestonice dates to between 29 000BP – 25 000BP and it is the oldest known example of ceramic in the world. It was discovered on the 13th of July 1925 in a layer of ash on the floor of a hut. This hut also contained one of the earliest known examples of a kiln and it was surrounded by numerous other figures and fragments of ceramic. The body of the Venus of Dolni Vestonice is made of clay mixed with powdered bone and it was fired at a relatively low temperature of about 700°C.
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