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The owner of the nightclub where Michael Jackson first performed professionally with the Jackson 5 wants to sell the building to fans of the King of Pop brick by brick.

Andrew Young, a businessman in Gary, Indiana – the Jacksons’ hometown – said he bought the now shuttered “Mr. Lucky’s Lounge” one year ago, with the idea of revitalizing it.

That plan has changed since the international pop icon’s death last week.

“If we have enough interest, we will take it apart by hand, piece by piece, being very careful to preserve every single thing,” Young said on Friday.

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Often than not, people confuse porcelain and china. Porcelain is commonly called china as this is where the material originated.

One type of porcelain is the bone china, which was created and perfected by Englishman Josiah Spode II in 1800. Bone china comes from actual bones of animals, fired at temperatures reaching to 1,000 degrees and then pulverized. The resulting ash is mixed with water and clay additives to come up with a wide range of ceramic wares, furnishings and decor. Materials made of bone ash are highly valued for their intrinsic qualities. Such qualities make the bone china rare and as Filipino entrepreneur Clemente Manrique Jr. and owner of CSM International Corporation, an exporter of decorative porcelain, home furnishings and holiday décor, would ascertain, “bone china commands a very high quality standard and is the most difficult ceramic to work with.”

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Think your home is extra secure because you have a surveillance camera? Think again. A recent study shows that a simple device can tap into your surveillance camera’s signal and let criminals see exactly what’s going on in your home, office, bar, or restaurant.

More consumers need to be aware of this problem. That’s why Posting this excellent video is very timely for us to be more cautious and informed before buying surveillance cameras.