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The Ossuary of Sedlec
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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The Ossuary at Sedlec. One of the highlights of living in Prague, and who better to interpret it than Jan Svankmajer!
Pilgrims of the Wild - Grey Owl
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A light read, but, like the last book by Henry Miller, far too preoccupied with Beaver. Nonetheless an interesting life - although a more succinct and factual account can be found in the Wiki.
Link: Wikipedia on Grey Owl
On the police
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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"Police in the US now rival criminals, and exceed terrorists as the greatest threat to the American public."
And you know, whatever they do in the US, we're never too far behind. Read more here (The New Statesman).
Abe Lincoln Signature
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When Western Illinois University's University Television (UTV) Associate Director Roger Kent looked a bit closer at a picture that had been hanging in his office for a few years, he noticed what looked like a signature belonging to the nation's 16th president. Curiosity got the better of him, so he contacted a Lincoln authority: the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield."
Of course it's real, otherwise I wouldn't be linking to it. Read more at Science Daily. Hidden in plain sight...
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