Paint Chip Exteme Closeup

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This is an extreme closeup scan (2400 dpi) of a paint chip retrieved from the ruins of Belmont Art Park by Amy McKenzie earlier this year. The fragment is about 1cm thick, and appears to consist of about 150-200 layers of paint. (For a sense of scale, note the ridges of my fingerprint in the lower right.) This should give you an idea of the staggering number of pieces painted in this spot over the decades.

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A 60-year-old man came to the hospital to have the Pepsi bottle removed, which he said armed thieves had inserted in his anus before robbing him of two buffalos, Manan said. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer (PAKISTAN)

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Baptist preacher missing since 1980 turns up as mayor – says he was kidnapped and brainwashed

Ken Williams claims he was abducted, forced into the back of a van and brainwashed with an electric machine attached to his forehead, which made him forget his life as a minister and believe he was Bruce Kent Williams.

Williams said Tuesday he only learned who he was after treatment with the truth-serum sodium amytal, which returned parts of his memory.

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