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FRIENDS GAZETTE
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NOVEMBER 2014

ISSN: 2053-4426
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Google in World
Vegan Day snub
INTERNET search giant Google was
keeping tight-lipped this week
about why it snubbed requests to
put up a special "doodle" to mark
world vegan day.
Doodles are the fun, surprising
and
sometimes
spontaneous
changes that are made to the
Google logo to celebrate holidays,
anniversaries and the lives of
famous artists, pioneers and
scientists, the company's website
explains.
But for whatever reason World
Vegan Day (1st November), which
this year marks the 70th
anniversary of the terms 'vegan',
'veganism', and the establishment
of The Vegan Society, just didn't
seem to make the grade.
A request from FG for a comment
has so far gone unanswered.
The snub was slammed by vegan
chef Tony Weston-Bishop as a "blot
on the vegan landscape".
"That would have been the icing
on the egg-free dairy-free cake,"
he said on his blog.
The month-long anniversary
kicked off on 1st November to
celebrate the founding of the
worlds first Vegan Society on that
day in November 1944.

FRENCH BIOS ARE

MUSHROOMING ...
Stores could boost multi-million Euro trade with British products
ORGANIC shops are mushrooming in
France despite the country's distinct
anti-vegetarian psychology.
The shops, often as large as a
medium-sized Sainsbury's or Waitrose,
go under the name of 'bio' and can be
found all over the country from Paris
to Nice; Avignon to Calais.
Between them they tap into a market
worth billions of euros annually and
this is increasing year-on-year.
Backed by European Commission
policy many are looking keenly to
import new products from other Euro
countries including Britain where
vegetarian and vegan diets are
comparatively commonplace.
Pleine Nature have two large stores in
north and south Avignon in Provence

(Cont. on page 2)

both with large, bright restaurants.

The shops boast "professional bio
experts" to advise "from our wide
selection of products which include
tofu and seitan burgers and plenty of
egg- and dairy-free favourites.
At Coherence, a popular bio-shop in
historic
village
Villeneuve-lesAvignon, a worker explained: We are
always looking for new products
especially if we dont stock them. We
would definitely look at UK products.
Tina Chevalier-Popineau self-styled
"plant-based chef" from Los Angeles,
now living in Nice, blogs: "Organic
products are huge in France. There is
a large bio/organic following here.
"Almost 50 per cent of consumers in
the Paris area alone shop bio. (Cont p2)

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FRENCH BIOS ARE MUSHROOMING

cont. from page 1

"Ive personally met people in France that will

only consume products purchased from the bio
stores.
"Only 3% of the land in France is zoned for bio
products, although the government set a target of
6% in 2012."
Many bio shops are part of the 'Biocoop'
network's federation of over 300 independent
consumer co-operatives and shops in France (and
now in Portugal and Spain) who share ideals,
objectives and structures.
They have developed a local to international
supply and distribution infrastructure to ensure
that each shop is able to source as locally and
ethically as is feasible, whilst being able to access
a product range of over 8,000 lines.
Over 90% of the food sold, which also includes
meat products, is organic.
The turnover is 450 million Euros and they
control 13% of the French organic market, with
3000 employees and 300,000 consumers.
In the EU Organic Action Plan 2014, the
Commission acknowledges that organic farming
offers real solutions to realising the EUs Europe
2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive
growth.
And it declares: "[The EU] will continue to
highlight the importance of ensuring that policies
over the next five years are capable of stimulating
sustainable growth and green job creation that
can be delivered by the organic sector."

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GOOGLE SNUBS WORLD VEGAN DAY

Continued from page 1

The word vegan was chosen by founder Donald

Watson and his non-dairy vegetarians to describe
their diet.
Watson took the first and last two letters of
vegetarian to create a new word.
World Vegan Day was established in 1994 by
Louise Wallis, then president and chair of The
Vegan Society UK to mark its 50th anniversary.
Vegans around the world hold street stalls about
veganism, host vegan potluck events, plant
memorial trees for World Vegan Day and give away
animal friendly vegan baking.
Speaking in 2011 Wallis said: We knew the
Society had been founded in November 1944, but
didnt know the exact date, so I decided to go for
the 1st November. Partly because I liked the idea
of this date coinciding with Halloween and the Day
of the Dead [sic] traditional times for feasting and
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COUP DE GRAS

THE
INTERVIEW

The production of foie gras (the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened)
involves the controversial force-feeding of birds with more food than they would eat in the wild,
and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically. The feed, usually corn boiled with fat (to
facilitate ingestion), deposits large amounts of fat in the liver, thereby producing the buttery
consistency sought by some gastronomes. (Wikipedia)

think the idea is, the people

who are organising it, to go on doing
it until he stops selling foie gras.
What Anita Plattner, 78, former dance
teacher and school clinic nurse is
referring to is the stir Jack O'Shea is
causing with the recent opening of his
butcher's shop in Primrose Hill, north
London.
For Jack, described as a 'celebrity
butcher' is selling the French delicacy
foie gras, made from force feeding
ducks and geese until their livers burst
and then eating them [the livers].
His controversial take on satisfying the
human palate, even though he denies
his particular brand involves cruelty,
has been picked up by tv personality
Vanessa Feltz on her tv chat show.
Speaking exclusively to FG Anita, a
vegetarian who has lived in West
Hampstead for 26 years, said: The
point is you shouldn't torture anything
in order to eat it.
Obviously masses of meat is eaten all
over the world but they are killed
humanely with a bullet in their brain.
But geese and ducks are tortured
with pushing implements down their
throats until they just can't carry any
more grain in their throat.
I think its wrong to torture a bird or
to torture anybody.
I'm a member of the medical
foundation for victims of torture.
People who've been tortured abroad
and manage to find their way here and
then they're put in touch with this
organisation which helps them to get
over it.
"Paul who's been organising it. He
phoned me and told me there's going to
be another demonstration.
I think the idea is, the people who
are organising it, to go on doing it until
he stops selling foie gras." (Cont p.4)

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YOUNG vegans and vegetarians are flocking to sign

up for the UK's first summer camp specially for
them, organisers say.
But companies, individuals and any other
organisations who want to help make it happen
need to pitch in, and soon.
Kylie and Laura, two young vegans, have planned
the events in their spare time and promise team
building, crafts, cooking, talks, demos, woodland
walks plus games, movies and quiz nights!
Vegan breakfast, lunch and dinner, a free goodie
bag on arrival and a summer camp T-shirt are also
planned along with five nights accommodation.
"Our camp aims to build skills, knowledge and
confidence," said Kylie.
"We've only launched it at one event so far.
We have already had a good number of people
register their interest! More than the spots we have
available. But we haven't released exact dates or
pricing yet. We hope to really push and promote it
over the next few months and are working on lining
up sponsors."
Go to www.teenvgn.com/camp to register
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COUP DE GRAS

(cont. from page 3)

Recently there have been letters sent in to the

local press which has covered the story
complaining about
'noisy demonstrators'.
Anita has responded:
"My letter says: I was
not at that particular
demonstration.
I sympathise with
residents who live in
the immediate
vicinity of the
butcher's shop but
there comes a time
when one needs to
stand up and say
something is wrong.
"Torturing any live
creatures, human, animal or bird is wrong, which is
no doubt why the British government does not
allow the production of foie gras in this country.
Mr O'Shea is not being asked to close his shop or
not sell meat in general, just this one particular
delicacy.
So there is the answer to the letter writer.
Ask the butcher to stop importing foie gras.
It's difficult to believe if that would make much
difference to his financial turnover but it would
make a lot of difference to the ducks and geese."
Guilt free foie gras see our recipie on p.10.
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A politician, a guru and

a government in trouble
A TOP Indian government minister has
escaped the cut and thrust of political
life and sought the sanctuary of a
strictly vegetarian spiritual centre.
BJPs veteran leader and Indian Vice
Prime Minister, LK Advani (pictured
right) put the heat and dust of power
behind him and paid an unprecedented
visit to Radha Soami Satsang Beas in the
Punjab in north-west India.
As well as enjoying a calm and
spiritual atmosphere Advani, 86, a
senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), was expected to
discuss with RSSB centre head, Gurinder
Dhillon, the deteriorating situation in
the government .
Mr Dillon has established excellent relations
with the Chief Minister in the Punjab Parkash
Singh Badal.
The crisis centres on the fragile pact
between Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP
currently in government.
Both parties are nationalist pro-religious
bodies which, between them, trounced the
secular and leftist Congress Party in the general
election earlier this year.
And vital Punjabi seats in the Lok Sabha have
been won only with the help of the SAD.
But now a battle royal is raging over which
party should hold the reins of power in the
Punjab.
"The interesting fact is that Advani who will
be in Punjab for almost 18 hours, is neither
scheduled nor expected or likely to call on any
SAD leader," the Sikh press reported.
Meanwhile Badal has played down talks of a
rift.
"All is well between both the coalition
partners. The BJP leadership is well aware of
the fact that SAD is their time-tested ally so
there is hardly any question of parting away
from each other.
"BJP leadership will never sever ties with its
oldest ally," he told Indian reporters last month.
The Radha Soami centre in Beas is reputedly
the largest and most powerful branch of the
Radha Soami family which has its roots in
traditional Sikhism.
Gurinder Dhillon has headed up the group
since June 1990 after the death of predecessor
and uncle Charan Singh whose political
sympathies reportedly lay with Congress.
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Im Spartacus,
and Im a
vegetarian
SWORD wielding actors of
the big and small screen
battling in the arenas of
ancient Rome may have to
re-think their parts after
research shows that
gladiators were veggies!
The likes of Russell Crowe
and Liam McIntyre (pictured
right) were often seen
tucking into a plate of almost
raw steak to bulk up for
battle - Maximus in Gladiator
and Spartacus in the
eponymous tv series.
But recent research reveals
that Roman gladiators had a
diet that was mostly

vegetarian according to an
analysis of bones from a
cemetery where the arena
fighters were buried.
The study has been carried
out by academics from the
Medical University of Vienna
in Austria and the University
of Berne in Switzerland.
They found the gladiator diet
was grain-based and mostly
meat-free, a BBC report says.
The examination of gladiator
bones also found evidence
they drank a drink made from
plant ashes.
This ash drink was a form of
health-boosting tonic to help

gladiators recover after

fighting and training.
The bone analysis was
based on excavations of
the graves of 22
gladiators from about
1,800 years ago in the
Roman town of Ephesus,
now in Turkey.
The bones revealed that
the typical food eaten by
gladiators was wheat,
barley and beans - echoing the contemporary
term for gladiators as the
"barley men".
There was little sign of
meat or dairy products in
the diet of almost all of
these professional
fighters, who performed
in front of Roman
audiences.
The researchers say that
gladiators were mainly
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prisoners of war, slaves

and condemned
offenders. But there
were also people who
volunteered to train and
take part in contests.
They estimate that men
taking part in gladiator
contests had a one-innine chance of being
killed, each time they
fought.
But there were bones
from two people that
seemed to have a
different pattern,
revealing a diet much
higher in animal protein
and lower in beans and
pulses.
This could show there
were gladiators originally
from other parts of the
Roman empire who had a
different type of diet.

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NEWS IN BRIEF
My enemys enemy . . .
JEWISH voters who fear the rise of
Islamic anti-semitism are backing the
French Nationalist party led by Marine
Le Pen, a survey has revealed.
Reason being the far right party has
shed it's anti-semitic stance and now
presents itself as a bulwark against
Islamic anti-semitism.
A staggering 13.5% of French Jews
backed Le Pen in the 2012 election
which saw socialist Francois Hollande
become president.
"The increase of FN vote among the
Jewish voters is explained by the
strategy of de-demonisation led by the
party, the absence of bad references to
the Holocaust in Marine Le Pen's
speech and especially the growing
concern in part of the Jewish
community about the rise of 'Islamic
anti-semitism' vis--vis of which the FN
presents itself as a bulwark," Jerome
Fourquet, IFOP director of public
opinion, who conducted the poll of
1,095 respondents over 10 years, told
French reporters recently.

RUMI EXPERT CAN

GET YOU EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANT
CALIFORNIAN seekers were
set to find out how to get
exactly what they wanted
at a seminar held this month
by Rumi expert Shaharam
Shiva.
The author, recording artist
and teacher of advanced
spirituality, has been praised
by none other than celebrity
guru Deepak Chopra, who
says on the Shiva website:
Shahram Shiva will restore
the exultation of spirit in
your being. This passion will
heal you.
The packed-out seminar
entitled The Future of
Spirituality was held in
Westlake, California.
Subjects on the agenda
included: What comes after

Make mine a point father

TWO Catholic priests who won the
coveted Pointless trophy earlier this
year are to host a series of religious
talks - in a pub!
Fathers Marc Lyden-Smith and Dan
Fitzpatrick scooped the prize on the
hugely popular BBC1 show where
contestants have to find the most
obscure answers to a series of questions.
Now the astute duo who host their
own online radio show, are launching
five iThirst faith-based pub talks set to
happen at the Londonderry pub in
Sunderland city centre, between
November 2014 and April 2015.
According to reports the events are
attracting well known public figures,
including Abbot Christopher Jameson
who appeared on the BBC reality shows
'The Monastery' and 'The Big Silence
and physicist Dr David Wilkinson who
will talk on the possible implications
that extraterrestrial life could have on
our worlds religions. Weve had a lot
of interest, so we hope that everyone
can fit in the pub, they told the
Independent Catholic News.

yoga, the next level of

spirituality, consciousness
expansion, vision
manifestation [sic], and
somewhat enticingly, how to
get exactly what you want,
followed by the house special
- [Sufi mystic] Rumis poetry.

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THEY SHOOT HORSES DONT THEY?

THE DEATH of a horse which broke a
leg while racing has been slammed
by an animal aid body.
Fitz Flyer, was involved in a fivehorse melee, in the six-furlong (3/4
mile) sprint at Wolverhampton
racecourse earlier this month.
The steeds clipped heels on the final
bend and ran riderless to the finishing
post. Fitz Flyer was later put down.
Jockeys Richard Kingscote, Paul
Hanagan and Freddie Tylicki were
hurt and taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.
Dene Stansall a horse racing
consultant at Animal Aid said:
"Undoubtedly, the racing industry will
pass Fitz Flyers death off as an
unfortunate accident.
But, across British racecourses,
there are around 200 such fatal
accidents every single year.
At the heart of the problem is a
self-regulating sport, which is handin-hand with the betting industry.The
fact that the rest of the evenings
races went ahead is indicative of how

little racing thinks of its horses or

even its jockeys.
There is precious little information
about horse fatalities in the press or
by the regulator other than on
Animal Aids Deathwatch website.

We will keep speaking up for all

those horses who are victims of the
racing industry."
The British Horseracing Authority
has ordered a report into what
happened.

Carrot power keeps

French village going
A KEY player in organic carrot and vegetable production in
France is producing energy as a by-product of his business.
Farmer Phillippe Larrere, who is the director of SARL
Larrere, has succeeded in supplying carrot-based heating
and lighting to Lipothsay in Acquaitaine.
This has been achieved by converting waste into
biomethane, writes Mireille Joffe.
'Biomethanisation' is a natural process when organic
matter is broken down by micro-organisms without the
presence of oxygen, says M. Larrere.

Eddie Larrere on his dad, Phillippes, organic farm

This can only happen under conditions where acidity

and temperature levels are correctly controlled. The
technology used for the process involves several steps
with three separate reactors.
M. Larrere successfully created this green energy at
the same time as reducing the firm's CO2 emissions and
officially opened his GreenWatt power station in the
Landes department in September 2014.
To find out more check out his website at:
http://www.groupe-larrere.com/actualite-larrere
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PHILANTHROPY
IS GENESIS OF
ARTS IN BRITAIN
THERE is no
question that
philanthropy
is absolutely
key to the
long-term
vigour and
stability of
the arts in the
UK.
But there is
more to philanthropy
than simply donating
money.
The arts are a
living thing they are
about collaboration
and community, which
means that success for
young artists lies not
just in nature and
nurture, but in
networks too."
The words come
from John Studzinski
CBE, founder and
chairman of the
Genesis Foundation,
who received the
Prince of Wales Medal
for Arts Philanthropy
this month.
Studzinski, is a
Knight of St Gregory,
an honour bestowed
by the Pope and is
also well known for his
charitable work for
the homeless and for
human rights.
The Genesis
Foundation is unique
in bringing exceptional
young artists into a

family network of
support that stands to
serve them throughout
their professional
career, banker
Studzinski said.
n For his take on film
industry funding see
FRIENDLY COMMENT
(p.11) where Nigel
Lesmoir-Gordon
sounds off about the
state of the British
film industry today.
Gordon is currently
seeking funding for his
movie Nothing &
Everywhere.
The film's 'teaser' or
fund-raising trailer
stars British actor
Martin Shaw who
trained at the London
Academy for Music
and Dramatic Art
(LAMDA).
Coincidentally
LAMDA was the first
arts organisation that
Studzinski supported
when he came to the
UK from the US 20
years ago.

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CLARIFICATIONS
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ALBUM OF HAPPINESS

GET a sneak preview of the

forthcoming album of
Alexander Bermange's
musical The Route To
Happiness, featuring
international musical theatre
stars Kerry Ellis, Ben Forster
and Louise Dearman, produced by Mike Dixon, one of
the West End's foremost
musical supervisors.
"[This is] a three-person
musical charting the
individual and interweaving
experiences of three presentday Londoners in pursuit of

their respective dreams: love,

money and fame.
"A show with humour and
heart, it promises to amuse
and move, and possibly make
you question your own desires
and goals," said Alexander.
The trailer can be viewed at
http://youtu.be/KIfJbhnLj
mw, and the album is
released early next month as
a deluxe 2 CD set and to
download. Follow
@TRTHTheMusical for regular
updates!
Alexander, an FG reader,
was at the Pheasantry, in
London's Chelsea, recently
with a one-off performance of
his comic songs. With stellar
leading ladies Aimie Atkinson,
Lucy May Barker, Helena
Blackman and Laura Jane
Matthewson he premiered an
array of brand new material
as well as performing some of
his most popular comedic
musical creations.

Festive season
recipe for guilt-free
pate de foie gras
Wouldn't you love to have all the
pleasure of pate without worrying
about the geese? Well now you can!
This recipe is a French vegan
('vegetalian') recipe that uses tofu.
Ingredients:
3 oz onions
3 oz button mushrooms
olive oil
8 oz firm tofu
1 oz natural fast fermenting yeast
(brewer's yeast)
1/2 to 3/4 oz almond paste (this is
like a nut butter made from ground,
roasted almonds; not marzipan)
1/2 tsp salt
ground spices consisting of: 1/2 tsp
pepper, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp
nutmeg
2 x 100ml water
1/10 oz of agar-agar
walnut (or other nut oil) for greasing
the pate dish
Peel the onions, wipe the mushrooms
and chop them both up. Fry the
onions in olive oil in a pan for five
minutes then add the mushrooms and
continue to cook a further five
minutes, stirring frequently. When
cooked, place the cooked onions and
mushrooms in an electric mixer. Add
the tofu, yeast and almond paste, salt
and spices together with half of the
water. Blend until the mix is smooth
and even and leave in the mixer.
Then in a small pan mix the rest of
the water with the agar-agar and heat
to boiling. Continue to boil for one
minute whisking all the time, then
pour the mixture immediately into
the electric mixer and mix well to
ensure all the mixture is evenly
blended. Tip the contents into a welloiled dish and leave to cool. Once
cool, place the dish in the fridge for
at least one hour or until the mixture
has firmly set.
Best used within 48 hours. May be
served with toast or crackers with an
accompaniment of dried cranberries,
walnuts or a sprinkling of fresh
chopped herbs.
FG does not appear in December

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FRIENDLY FEEDBACK
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Tell us about it now! friendsgazette@gmail.com

FRIENDLY
COMMENT

(Annonymous letters not published but contact details can be witheld upon request).

DEAR Mr Ward,
Thanks for the latest issue of
FG. I am glad to see a photo of
a Facebook friend, Rani
Chandy, on page 3 [of your last
issue]. (Death wish cows? Not
on your Nellie - FG Oct.)
I am even more pleased you
have printed my comment by
email! You have bitten it hook,
line and sinker, it seems!
So let me ask you if you know
anything of India's history? How
did Babur manage to build a
masjid (mosque) in place of a
Hindu temple? (Friendly
Feedback - FG October)
Archaeological excavations by
the Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) in 1970, 1992 and
2003 in and around the
disputed site have indicated a
large Hindu complex existed on
the site. How can a masjid be
built without the destruction of
a temple! The stones of the
temple were actually re-used
to build the masjid!
Perhaps you can provide the
Hindus [sic] with 'a time travel
machine' and you can then
have first-hand evidence of this
happening!
In the meantime the report
of the Archaeological Survey of
India, saying the following, is
acceptable to me!

''Stone and decorated bricks

as well as mutilated sculpture
of a divine couple and carved
architectural features,
including foliage patterns,
amalaka, kapotapali, doorjamb
with semi-circular shrine
pilaster, broken octagonal
shaft of black schist pillar,
lotus motif, circular shrine
having pranjala (watershute) in
the north and 50 pillar bases in
association with a huge
structure," [were found].
You are free to side with the
Islamic version of the story!
Have the British ever brought
any artefact from another part
of the world and kept it as
their own?
Thanks for an excellent issue
otherwise!
Naresh Lathia - Googlemail
HI STEPHEN,
In the letters page (FG Oct),
BJP is misspelled as BJB several
times. Also "complementary" is
spelled wrong, not "complimentary". (Comps first to walk
the plank - FG Oct). Many
people make this mistake.
Sharp-eyed reader - Gmail
Thanks!
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Independent film director

and author, Nigel LesmoirGordon, (pictured above) speaks
out this month about the
British film industry.
THE BRITISH Film industry is in the
doldrums.
The big UK multiplexes like Cineworld
and The Vue are dominated by children's
and teenager's animated adventure films
and big star Hollywood studio blockbusters
backed by considerable funds for
marketing and promoting their product.
Big stars cost big bucks, but do they sell
films?
It is very hard for serious British Indie
films to get a look in without the backing
of the funds to engage with promoting this
work.
Cinema chains in the USA are in the grip
of the big studios more or less deciding
which films are shown and which are not favouring US productions.
The chains are actually owned or partly
owned by the studios.
On this basis it is extremely difficult
(but not impossible!) to raise funding for
indie films when no distribution deals can
be secured or promised in the USA.
See Philanthropy is Genesis of arts in
Britain on page 9.

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Heather Stewart is all set for a tasty

vegetarian or vegan feast thanks to
Friends Gazette.
For Heathers name was the first out
the hat for the 10 prize on offer at our
stall at the recent VegFestUK show.
Said Heather: Im delighted even
though Id forgotten all about the prize
draw.
See FGs January edition for more.
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