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_-_The_Last_Supper_(1495-1498).jpg) The Last Supper Back on Display after Two-Decade Restoration (1999)By the 1970s, Leonardo da Vinci's 15th-century mural masterpiece, The Last Supper, was badly deteriorated. Italian officials then undertook a major restoration project to permanently stabilize the painting and reverse the damage. The painting's original form was determined using original sketches and scientific tests, including infrared reflectoscopy and microscopic core-samples. The restoration took 21 years, and the painting was put back on display in 1999. Where is it located? More...
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I wonder what percent of the Italian governments budget is appropriated for the arts since they have so much arts and culture to care for. Must be a large proporation. We have our national parks to care for. Off topic, I have a friend from Germany and one time I asked her how old her house in Germany was and her answer was "about 300 years old." Blew my mind.
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More history than can be consumed locally. Actually the percentage is tragically low, which is why so much of it is falling to pieces. Berlusconi's hooker budget is, however, huge.
Speaking of National Parks in the U.S., why do North Americans ( and I include Canada here ) regard nature as something that should be separated from humanity by gates and rangers ? Britain has national parks but you usually don't have to pay to use them. Not trying to provoke, just curious about the difference in attitude.
Sanity is not statistical
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Do you have to pay to use national parks in the us and canada? I am just wondering how that is possibly enforcable, unless there is only one road in! And even then, I doubt you could fence round the whole thing - the mind boggles!!
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Yes, we pay and the fees go up. We are given a free park day here and there but I believe some Corporations may still have "interests" in some of our parks.
Below is a news article from twenty years ago but still applicable because, we as Americans believe in the all mighty buck known as Capatalism. *(Some of us understand that not everything has a price tag.)*
Fighting For Yosemite's Future <<<<< Please thank Time Magazine and CNN for this article.
Unconventional Ads: Barf Bags and Eggshells <<<<<< Yes, we will advertise on anything. 
I remember the discussion of advertising on eggshells from at least ten years ago.
And there are people, capatalist, who believe we should "incorporate everything", air, water, streams, "Mother Nature," so we then can be charged money for "Mother Nature" and they can reap the profits out of something they didn't create. 
I need to go and look for the above information  regarding these above bozos. But it has been documented and was shown either on PBS or 60 minutes.
peace out, >^,,^<
The poor object to being governed badly, whilst the rich object to being governed at all. G.K. Chesterton
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The one area the U.S National Parks Service has been proactive in is selling logging rights.
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