The Etruscans were a charming and mysterious population even for ancient people.
Nowadays, we know that they were a mixture of Central Italians and people coming from Greece and Asia. And the myth of the Etruscan alphabet is totally groundless.
Travelling across this land means understanding ancient civilizations, their mutual relations and their influences which we can still perceive today.
The Etruscans built their villages on top of the hills, exactly as you can see them today. In the valley of the Elsa river there are many Etruscan sites.
Volterra is one of the most important, not just because of the Guarnacci Museum, but also because of its massive walls and big town gate named "La Porta dell'Arco"("The Arch Door").
Small bronze statuettes called "evening shadows" look like cypresses in the sunset, though at the Etruscan time cypresses did not exist in this area. Yet today they are one of the symbols of Tuscany.
Tombs dating back to three thousand years ago are Etruscan heritage the same as some foods and even some people's DNA, particularly in Murlo, a town south of Siena.
The local museum displays an ancient roof and decoration (an incredible "Texan hat" shape) as well as typical Tuscan tiles.


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By Jory John, Lane Smith (Illustrator)
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Have you ever thought: I have so many problems and nobody even cares? Well, penguins have problems too! Discover them in this hilarious collaboration from Jory John (All my friends are dead. and Quit Calling Me a Monster!) and Lane Smith (The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales)!
This penguin has come to tell you that life in Antarctica is no paradise. For starters, it is FREEZING. Also, penguins have a ton of natural predators. Plus, can you imagine trying to find your mom in a big ol' crowd of identical penguins? No, thank you.
Yes, it seems there is no escaping the drudgery of your daily grind, whatever it might be. Or perhaps we've just learned that grumps are everywhere. . . .
This book is sure to tickle kids' funny bones and will elicit appreciative sighs from the adults reading it aloud.
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JORY JOHN is the author of the picture books I Will Chomp You!, Quit Calling Me a Monster!, and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book Goodnight Already!. He is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Terrible Two, and the national bestseller All my friends are dead, among many other books. He is also the editor of Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids' Letters to President Obama. For six years, Jory taught writing at 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and educational center in San Francisco.
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Buying a ticket from travel agencies is not difficult at all – their sites are full of offers. But when it comes to choosing a tour for a trip with a child, the number of options is noticeably reduced. As a rule, ready-made tours are not designed for small travelers at all, especially about the excursion program. To make the rest enjoy the whole family, try to become a tour manager for a while and plan your trip with your child. Our advice will help you with this.
Why work on an individual tour?
First of all, because it gives true independence, you choose the dates and duration of rest, the hotel or apartment, based on what your family needs.
Secondly, the entertainment program that you compiled will allow the child not to hang on to his parents and languish from boredom – the child will be able to visit children's museums of interest to him and receive maximum pleasure from it.
Thirdly, you can devote to the sights you are interested in for as long as you like without falling behind the group, and if you want, you can completely turn off the hiking trails to visit small towns and get acquainted with the local culture. To give yourself such a vacation, you only need access to the Internet to collect the necessary information and an international bank card for "dreaming off." You will spend most of the preparation without leaving your home.
The whole world is open to travelers who choose their own roads, even if it fits on a laptop screen. When choosing a place can be guided by various considerations. Is this your first trip with your baby? Try to choose a resort inland or any other family Travel resort, which can be quickly and easily reached. Would you like to go abroad? As a sample, you can plan a trip to the country with a visa-free entry.
Have an open Schengen visa? Examine airline promotions or look for low-cost flights. The location of famous amusement parks or the presence of interesting excursions for children can influence the choice of a place of rest. Finally, it is important to know when the high tourist season begins in the selected country.
It is necessary to collect primary information about the cost of tickets, suitable hotels at Family Travel Destinations or apartments, per diems for food, travel, and excursions. It is also necessary to take into account expenses for the manufacture of medical insurance and passport for obtaining a visa. Found information and useful links should be saved – they will be useful in the future. When the budget is planned, take care of the purchase of currency. Also, specify what amount it is desirable to have in cash.
Even if you are going to the sea to just soak up the sunshine, it's still worth making a list of nearby attractions. Based on the children traveling with you, we recommend that you look for recreation parks, zoos, aquariums, children's museums.
Tanzania is the biggest nation in East Africa that is followed by Kenya. The language of the nation is Swahili and Arusha is its capital city. It is a peaceful place having a huge population that includes varied tribes. Your tour to Tanzania will surely give you a lifetime experience as you will observe wildlife very closely. Here, you will see the natural beauty of East African country that is so beautiful, which you always want to remember. Tanzania safari is the best way to know what the country is all about and it needs a little bit of planning before going there. First of all, book trip in Tanzania with the help of some agent and take holiday from your day to day work for around 15 to 20 days for seeing the destination thoroughly.


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Q: How do I get a variable input to print? I'm trying to get an input to print for a class assignment.
# Program Name: BadDate.py
# Function:     This program determines if a date entered by the user is valid.
# Input:        Interactive
# Output:       Valid date is printed or user is alerted that an invalid date was entered.

validDate = True
MIN_YEAR = 0
MIN_MONTH = 1
MAX_MONTH = 12
MIN_DAY = 1
MAX_DAY = 31

month = float (input("Enter Month "))
day = float (input("Enter Day "))
year = float (input("Enter Year "))

# Get the month, then the day, then the year
# housekeeping()

# Check to be sure date is valid

if int(year) <= MIN_YEAR: # invalid year
    validDate = False
elif int(month) < MIN_MONTH or int(month) > MAX_MONTH: # invalid month
    validDate = False
elif int(day) < MIN_DAY or int(day) > MAX_DAY: # invalid day
    validDate = False

# Test to see if date is valid and output date and whether it is valid or not
if validDate == True:
    print(str(month)+'/'+str(day)+'/'+str(year) " is a valid date")
else:
    print(str(month)+'/'+str(day)+'/'+str(year) " is an invalid date")

# endOfJob()

It's giving me a syntax error when it gets to the date. I need the statements to print the dates that get entered by the user. Thank you.

A: If you look closely at the error given, you might be able to spot it.
Now, as a new user, it might seem challenging to decode those errors and where they come from. It would've been helpful for you to include the SyntaxError stack trace, so we could help show you where the issue is faster.
Anyways, you were just missing 2 simple concatenation/plus operators (+) in the calls to the print function, so here's the fixed code:
# Program Name: BadDate.py
# Function:     This program determines if a date entered by the user is valid.
# Input:        Interactive
# Output:       Valid date is printed or user is alerted that an invalid date was entered.

validDate = True
MIN_YEAR = 0
MIN_MONTH = 1
MAX_MONTH = 12
MIN_DAY = 1
MAX_DAY = 31

month = float (input("Enter Month "))
day = float (input("Enter Day "))
year = float (input("Enter Year "))

# Get the month, then the day, then the year
# housekeeping()

# Check to be sure date is valid

if int(year) <= MIN_YEAR: # invalid year
    validDate = False
elif int(month) < MIN_MONTH or int(month) > MAX_MONTH: # invalid month
    validDate = False
elif int(day) < MIN_DAY or int(day) > MAX_DAY: # invalid day
    validDate = False

# Test to see if date is valid and output date and whether it is valid or not
if validDate == True:
    print(str(month)+'/'+str(day)+'/'+str(year) + " is a valid date")
else:
    print(str(month)+'/'+str(day)+'/'+str(year) + " is an invalid date")

# endOfJob()

A: You can combine all these into one condition:
month = int(input("Enter Month "))
day = int (input("Enter Day "))
year = int (input("Enter Year "))
if 1<=day<=31 and year>0 and 1<=month<=12:
    print(str(month)+'/'+str(day)+'/'+str(year)+ " is a valid date")
else:
    print(str(month)+'/'+str(day)+'/'+str(year) +" is an invalid date")

Although as given, it means putting something like Feb 30 02 will be considered valid etc

A: Was able to condense a bit. Enjoy!
year = int(input("Enter a year: "))
month = int(input("Enter a month: "))
day = int(input("Enter a day: "))

date = "/".join([str(month),str(day),str(year)])

if validDate == True:
print(date," is a valid date.")
else:
print(date," is an invalid date.")

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One person has died after a cable car became detached and plunged to the ground in the Czech Republic.
The victim in Sunday's incident, on the Jested mountain in the north of the country, is believed to be a guide. He was the only person in the cabin.
Fourteen people who were in a cabin travelling in the opposite direction were rescued by firefighters.
An investigation has been launched into why the cabin came loose at the popular tourist destination.
The cable route to the 1,012-metre (3,320ft) high Jested mountain near the city of Liberec uses two cabins, each operated manually by a member of staff.
Last year, more than 210,000 people used the cable cars, according to the Lidove Noviny newspaper.
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Q: Does every hero have a New Year's Resolution? While I was on playing on Oasis, after the New Year had already passed, Lucio surprised me with a voice line that said something like "My New Year's Resolution? Get new skates to all the kids on the block!".
Since then I haven't been able to trigger other hero's so-called "new year's resolutions". I'm not sure if I have to play specifically on Oasis, or if it triggers on any map, or any game mode.
Do all heroes have new year's resolutions? If so, what are they?

A: Nearly all the characters have indeed a line. Here are most of those:

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*D.Va: "My New Year's resolution? Play all the games I need to catch up on!"

*Zarya: "My new year's resolution? Five one three." (Reference to her previous weight lifting record which was 512kg)

*Zarya: "My new year's resolution? Peace on Earth."

*Pharah: "My new year's resolution? Take some time off."

*Lucio: "My new year's resolution? Hmm. New skates for all the kids in the neighborhood."

*Winston: "My new year's resolutions? Less peanut butter, more... bananas."

*Reaper: "This wasn't a good year for you."

*Genji: "あけましておめでとうございます", that you can read "Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu", that you can translate as "Happy New Year".

*Mei: "My New Year's resolution? Hmm… I could do a better job controlling my temper."

*Widowmaker: "New Year's resolutions?", Laughs, "How precious."

*Soldier 76: "I stopped making New Year's resolutions a long time ago."

*Junkrat: "My New Year's resolution? I think I'd like to travel more."

*Reinhardt: "My New Year's resolution? Same as always! Fighting for justice!"

Possibly Unused

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*Mercy: "Mercy always wanted to take time off work."

*Sombra: "New Year's resolution is 3840 x 2160."


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Article by Rebecka S. Hess
Article by H. Mark Saunders
Article by Thomas J. Van Winkle
Article by Cynthia R. Ward
Concurrent disorders in dogs with diabetes mellitus: 221 cases (1993–1998)
Rebecka S. Hess
Rebecka S. HessDepartment of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010.
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H. Mark Saunders
H. Mark SaundersDepartment of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010.
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Thomas J. Van Winkle
Thomas J. Van WinkleDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010.
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Cynthia R. Ward
Cynthia R. WardDepartment of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010.
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https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.2000.217.1166
Objective—To characterize concurrent disorders in dogs with diabetes mellitus (DM).
Design—Retrospective study.
Animals—221 dogs with DM.
Procedure—Medical records were reviewed, and clinical signs, physical examination findings, and results of clinicopathologic testing, urinalysis, aerobic bacterial culture of urine samples, coagulation testing, endocrine testing, histologic evaluation, diagnostic imaging, and necropsy were recorded.
Results—For most dogs, CBC results were normal. Common serum biochemical abnormalities included hypochloremia (127 dogs, 60%) and high alanine aminotransferase (163, 78%), aspartate aminotransferase (78, 71%), and alkaline phosphatase (188, 90%) activities. Venous pH and serum ionized calcium concentration were measured in 121 and 87 dogs, respectively, and were low in 56 (46%) and 41 (47%) dogs. Lipemia was observed in 92 (42%) dogs. Urine samples from 159 (72%) dogs were submitted for aerobic bacterial culture, and 34 (21%) yielded bacterial growth. Escherichia coli was the most commonly isolated organism. Thirty-six (16%) dogs had dermatitis or otitis. Hyperadrenocorticism was diagnosed in 51 (23%) dogs on the basis of clinical signs and results of a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (41 dogs), an adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test (5), both tests (4), or histologic evaluation of necropsy specimens (1). Acute pancreatitis was diagnosed in 28 (13%) dogs. Eleven (5%) dogs had tumors for which a histologic diagnosis was obtained. Eight (4%) dogs were hypothyroid.
Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results suggest that dogs with diabetes mellitus may have many concurrent disorders. The most commonly identified concurrent disorders included hyperadrenocorticism, urinary tract infection, dermatitis, otitis, acute pancreatitis, neoplasia, and hypothyroidism. (J Am Vet Med Assoc 2000;217:1166–1173)
https://avmajournals.avma.org/abstract/journals/javma/217/8/javma.2000.217.1166.xml


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from training_data_generator.scripts.analyzer import analyze_morph

def tagging(l, r, ne, ylabel):
    for i in range(l, r):
        prefix = 'B' if i == l else 'I'
        ylabel[i] = prefix + '-' + ne

def matching(sentence, ne_list):

    def get_word_pos_list(sentence, ne_list):
        word_pos_list = []
        searched_pos = 0
        for nw, ne in ne_list:
            nw = ''.join(nw.split(' '))
            idx = sentence.index(nw, searched_pos)
            searched_pos = idx + len(nw)
            word_pos_list.append((idx, searched_pos))

        return word_pos_list

    def get_morph_pos_list(wakati, word_pos_list):
        morph_pos_list = []
        for start_pos, end_pos in word_pos_list:
            ch_cnt = 0
            morph_pos = []
            for i, morph in enumerate(wakati):
                if ch_cnt < start_pos:
                    ch_cnt += len(morph)
                elif ch_cnt < end_pos:
                    morph_pos.append(i)
                    ch_cnt += len(morph)
                else:
                    break
            morph_pos_list.append(morph_pos)

        return morph_pos_list

    def tagging(morph_pos_list, ne_list, ylabel):
        for i in range(len(ne_list)):
            nw, ne = ne_list[i]
            morph_pos = morph_pos_list[i]
            for j, k in enumerate(morph_pos):
                prefix = 'B' if j == 0 else 'I'
                ylabel[k] = prefix + '-' + ne

    wakati, features = analyze_morph(sentence)
    sentence = ''.join(sentence.split(' '))
    word_pos_list = get_word_pos_list(sentence, ne_list)
    morph_pos_list = get_morph_pos_list(wakati, word_pos_list)

    ylabel = ['O'] * len(wakati)

    tagging(morph_pos_list, ne_list, ylabel)

    labeled_sent = []
    for i in range(len(wakati)):
        tmp = []
        tmp.append(wakati[i])
        tmp.extend(features[i].split(','))
        tmp.append(ylabel[i])
        labeled_sent.append(tmp)

    # Error
    for word_pos, morph_pos in zip(word_pos_list, morph_pos_list):
        start_pos, end_pos = word_pos
        word1, word2 = sentence[start_pos: end_pos], ''.join([wakati[i] for i in morph_pos])
        if word1 != word2:
            print(word1, word2)

    return labeled_sent

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sent = '中華がいい'
    ne_list = [['中華', 'GENRE']]
    labeled_sent = matching(sent, ne_list)
    for morph in labeled_sent:
        print(','.join(morph))

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" GET ELECTED AND CHANGE IT !!! "
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MR. DESCHAMPS CONDUCT.
LASALLE WEBDIFFUSION DEBATE in 2015, 2016 & 2017.
LaSalle continues to resist democracy.
Mayor Barbe insists on LaSalle being one of the last four boroughs to embrace web diffusion.
15 out of 19 boroughs are currently web diffusing their monthly borough council meetings in Montreal.
This is being done in the best efforts of promoting and practicing participatory democracy.
Are we still playing politics ???
To read the full history of this debate, please scroll down to the archives below.
I am officially launching this page on democratique.ca to voice my total objection to the candidacy of Richard Deschamps for Interim Mayor of Montreal with reason that I will explain in a few brief moments.
As we may all know, Mr. Richard Deschamps is one of six councilors in the LaSalle borough and a Union Montreal member, as well as Vice-President of the Montreal Executive Committee.
What some of us probably don't know is that Mr. Deschamps is a strong voice of opposition to the notion of transparency and the many requests made to Mayor Manon Barbe by citizens, including myself, to allow recordings at the LaSalle borough council meetings during question period.
Only recently has Mr. Deschamps changed his tone on the subject of recording borough council meetings for reasons beyond my knowledge or perhaps due to the upcoming interim mayor election ?
Still to date, Mr Deschamps has no clear vision or solution toward this issue nonetheless.
Furthermore and Still to date, Mayor Manon Barbe of LaSalle has repeatedly rejected ALL REQUESTS stating firmly that it is a LaSalle borough regulation and also stated "as long as her team is in power until November 2013, there will be no recording of council meetings in LaSalle.
Recording LaSalle borough council meetings is clearly the transparent and democratic way to set the record straight and to equally watchdog our council meetings in order to establish accountability.
Mr. Deschamps's lack of transparency is due to the simple fact that LaSalle citizens are currently faced with 7 on 7 Union Montreal representatives that offer no real cooperative solution towards facing this issue of transparency versus the reality of censorship in lasalle borough council meetings.
The most disappointing results coming out of the Charbonneau commission revolve around UNION MONTREAL's lack of transparency. To add insult to injury, Montrealers are now confronted with yet another possible Union Montreal candidate Richard Deschamps to serve as their Interim Mayor in a final attempt to change 4 quarters for a loonie?
Mr. Richard Deschamps has clearly told some citizens including myself who approached him that if they don't agree with the recording restriction by-law, then they should get elected and change it!
GET ELECTED AND CHANGE IT !!!
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN TO A CITIZEN ???
In order to set the record straight I would like to expose this full audio copy which lasts no more than 60 seconds of the conversation which took place between myself and Mr Richard Descham ps.On June 6, 2011, I attended, for the first time, the LaSalle Borough council meeting.
"Sir, get elected and change it"
laughing profusely as he walks away.
How could Mr. Deschamps say this to a citizen the very first time he meets him ???
Does a citizen deserve to be treated in this most unprofessional manner by our elected officials ?
For this reason, It is imperative that our first conversation be exposed at this very moment via broadcast and the press to the citizens of Montreal. This must be done with the intention of voicing the whole truth about Mr Deschamps repeated opposition to the issue of transparency and dissenting voices of opposition.
What is Mr. Richard Deschamps hidden agenda ?
Why does he shy away from transparency?
You be the judge ! After all, we are the citizens !
For the record, This recording of our conversation is in full compliance with the one party consent laws depicted in the Criminal Code of Canada regarding the recording of one's personal conversations. This recording does not infringe for the simple fact that the conversation took place following the adjournment of the council meeting, nullifying any by-law which governs the decorum of lasalle council meetings.
Now We all expect that the Mayor of Montreal's role will now be to put democracy, transparency and the citizens' concerns at the top of his or her political agenda once and for all.
Mr. Deschamps, do you expect to practice clear democracy and transparency at this level in government, when you are known to be against dissenting and opposing voices in the LaSalle borough council meetings?
With all due respect, if you answer yes to this question, you must certainly have a Master's Degree in Hypocrisy.
Mr. Deschamps, with all this said, will you now step down the podium and reconsider your candidacy including a public apology to the people for the sake of being sincere to the citizens of Montreal and yourself. This all after the recording has now been exposed ?
What do you think about Mr Richard Deschamps attiitude towards the public on the subject of transparency and democracy ?
TELL OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHAT YOU THINK !!!
Extraordinary Montreal Council Meeting and Interim Mayor Election.
Present this audio tape and democratique.ca during public question period to Mr Richard Deschamps in hopes that he apologizes to the public for his lack of respect towards the citizens and retracts his candidacy for Mayor.
The council was also voting for interim mayor where Mr. Richard Deschamps was a running candidate versus Mr. Michael Applebaum.
For the record, I was number fourteen (14) out of fifteen (15) registered citizens on the question period list. In order to get a turn at the microphone, you must first win a drawing . Upon arrival at the meeting, each citizen is given a ticket that will be drawn to determine who gets a chance to speak to the council.
Since the question period only lasts one hour, the council has the option to extend the period fifteen minutes providing there is a REASONABLE amount of citizens still waiting to be heard. In my case, we were only two citizens left giving no reason why the council would not allow the extention.
Was it due to the time surpassing the given hour, or is there more to it ?
Would fifteen more minutes have really delayed the meeting when Richard Deschamps was given the time that citizens left out of question period were deprived of ?
Mr Deschamps capitalized on this time with a long and self righteous speech about how he works towards democracy and change, not to mention how open he is to opposition.
DID SOMEONE VISIT DEMOCRATIQUE.CA BEFORE MY TURN AND MAKE CERTAIN THIS PROOF IS NOT EXPOSED RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION ?
PERHAPS MR DESCHAMPS WAS PAINTING A VERY BROAD PICTURE OF HOW DEMOCRATIC HE IS WITH THE CITIZENS DURING THIS MEETING.
ALL THIS WHILE DEMOCRATIQUE.CA WAS WAITING TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS DEMOCRATIC WAYS TOWARDS THE CITIZENS OF LASALLE IN JUST MINUTES AWAY?
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS !!
TO THE CITIZENS OF LASALLE !!!
BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF LASALLE DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH !!!
IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE KEEP POSTED !!!
en ce qui concerne les déraillements possibles et les accidents évitables.
à quelques pas de L'hôtel de ville LaSalle et de nombreuses maisons d'habitation.
préoccupation si un de ces trains devrait dérailler.
liquides / produits chimiques inconnus dans notre quartier.
avec nos services d'urgence locaux.
régulièrement afin d'assurer une protection maximale pour les citoyens.
cette risque insensé à la charge de tout le monde!
Arrêter ces trains de passer à travers notre arrondissement !
pour eviter tout accidents comme tel.
accidents ferroviaires insensées qui ont coûté un trop grand nombre de vies.
Québec a été frappé par un train sans pilote rempli de pétrole brut.
le feu et explosions qui ont rasé le centre-ville et ont fait plus de 40 victimes.
dans le cas qu'un train transportent des liquides deraille dans notre arrondissement.
Cela à été dit moins de 2 mois avant la tragedie survenu à Lac-Mégantic, Québec.
une solution permanente afin d'assurer que l'histoire ne se répète jamais.
événements tragiques à Lac-Mégantic, Québec.
que nos élus travaillent à trouver une solution!
La sécurité de tous en dépend !!!
(6000 habitants) a été le site d'un important déraillement de train.
qui ont ravagé l'ensemble du centre-ville tout en revendiquant plus de 40 vies.
Le train qui a déraillé a été transportant du pétrole brut.
à toutes les victimes, les amis, les collègues et les familles touchées par ces événements tragiques.
En ce moment, nous demandons que tous les citoyens de notre grand pays s'unissent dans la mémoire des victimes, des amis, des collègues, des familles et des citoyens de Lac-Mégantic, Québec dont leurs vies ont changé indefinitivement à cause de ces événements malheureux et évitables.
Nos pensées et nos prières sont toujours avec vous.
Ensemble, nous ferons un diffèrence.
en effet, c'est la seule chose qui ait jamais.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world, Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
MAYOR BARBE, ARE YOU AFRAID OF TRANSPARENCY ???
HAVE YOU NOT COME TO TERMS WITH MODERN DAY POLITICS ???
WHY ALL THE CENSORSHIP AT OUR MEEINGS ???
THE DEBATE WILL GO ON !!!
RECORD LASALLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE NAME OF DISTRIBUTING ITS CONTENTS TO THE PUBLIC ?
DEMOCRATIQUE.CA HAS NOT RECEIVED A FORMAL REPLY FROM MAYOR MANON BARBE OR THE LASALLE BOROUGH LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
DO YOU AGREE WITH RECORDING LASALLE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS ?
In this article, Mr. Pierre Boulanger of Le Messager LaSalle reports the facts surrounding the recording restiction in LaSalle borough council meetings. This article also reports the deposit Joseph Pugliese made with Mayor Manon Barbe requesting that the LaSalle borough council grant DEMOCRATIQUE.CA the right to record our council meetings as per the freedom of the press.
Still to this date, there has been no reply to my December 3 2012 letter requesting permission to record. This letter was deposited with the council and equally mentioned in this article.
Joseph Pugliese's open letter to Mayor Barbe in response to the November 8, 2012 article published in Le Messager LaSalle " Web diffusion des seances de conseil: cest encore NON !". This open letter is also in reaction to allowing recording of LaSalle borough council meetings in order to establish accountability.
The letter DEMOCRATIQUE.CA deposited with the LaSalle borough Council Mayor Manon Barbe during the public question period requesting that the LaSalle borough permit DEMOCRATIQUE,CA to record our monthly borough council meetings in order to distribute the contents of these meetings to the public from this page on our site.
To date, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA is still waiting for a response from Mayor Barbe and the LaSalle borough legal department regarding this request.
Re: Full authorization for DEMOCRATIQUE.CA to begin exclusively AUDIO recording LaSalle borough council meetings effective January 2013.
As a concerned citizen and now registered local investigative journalist, I would like to take this moment to draft this request in hopes that audio recording our monthly LaSalle borough council meetings is permitted to DEMOCRATIQUE.CA (the media) as depicted in the 1993 CBC vs. NOVA SCOTIA case.
As you are already aware, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA was established in October 2011 with the intention of promoting participatory democracy in LaSalle.
Our website is in full operation presently and we are currently working on many other projects that will be presented to the general public in the near future.
Effective immediately, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA has been registered as a legal media entity and therefore falls under the jurisdiction of media regulations and "freedom of the press" in Quebec.
With respect to jurisprudence and our laws in Canada, I would like to once again deposit the 1993 judgment CBC vs. NOVA SCOTIA, (a copy in which I have already provided to you on two separate occasions). In this judgment, The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that all legitimate media outlets be permitted to record public meetings the intention of distributing its contents to the public, providing the procedure of recording does not disturb the decorum of the meetings (ex: bright lights, noise).
Distributing its contents to the public without disturbing the decorum of our monthly LaSalle borough council meetings?
Will the borough of LaSalle equally accord DEMOCRATIQUE.CA the right to audio record all LaSalle borough council meetings with the sole intentions of distributing the un-modified original contents of each meeting to our website, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA for the public's opinion?
Will you equally accord Joseph Pugliese or any other journalist representing DEMOCRATIQUE.CA the same rights to record our meetings as permitted for Le Messager LaSalle reporter Mr. Pierre Boulanger for his notes?
This fact that Mr. Pierre Boulanger is permitted to record our meetings has been confirmed to me in writing by the Trans-Continental Privacy Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner of Quebec and by yourself in past council meetings.
As you have stated on many occasions regarding costs, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA understands that costs may be an issue to the LaSalle borough with regards to recording our council meetings. For this reason, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA would like to offer this service to the citizens of LaSalle and to the LaSalle borough council FREE OF CHARGE until November 30, 2013.
DEMOCRATIQUE.CA is passionate and committed to working with all the citizens and our elected officials equally as this pilot project is our way of giving back to LaSalle.
At DEMOCRATIQUE.CA, our goal is to promote participatory democracy in LaSalle without financial constraints.
This recording concept should equally help the LaSalle borough save costs that cannot otherwise be allocated for recording at the present time as you have stated Mayor Barbe.
Please be advised that effective January 2013, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA will equally be exercising our rights with respect to media functions and the procedures of the press to audio and video interview citizens (outside of the council room) attending these meetings.
With this said, I would like to take this moment to thank you for your consideration with regards to the regulations and procedures of media operations and "freedom of the press" in our borough council meetings.
I am looking forward to working with all the citizens and the borough council equally in the near future.
For the meantime, should you require any further information, please feel free to contact me.
the late Mr Ross Blackhurst on March 12, 2013.
to all the friends,colleagues and loved ones of Mr. Blackhurst during these challenging times.
We equally ask that all citizens dedicate a prayer in memory of Mr Blackhurst and all the hard work and dedication he gave to the citizens of LaSalle during his term as a councilor.
SHOULD LASALLE BOROUGH COUNCIL WEB DIFFUSE OUR MONTHLY COUNCIL MEETINGS ?
"Is the LaSalle borough a democratic government? "
Please read and listen to all the articles and recordings found in both the LaSalle Messenger and at Montreal city council question period by clicking on the links below.
Unfortunately, LaSalle continues to restrict recording of our borough council meetings, making it impossible for Democratique.ca to publicize any recordings from these meetings on this site.
WEB DIFFUSION OF THE MONTREAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS BEGINS TODAY !!
In a landmark decision towards absolute transparency and participatory democracy, Mayor Michael Applebaum and the newly formed coalition government will now be broadcasting all Montreal Executive Committee meetings via web diffusion on the Ville de Montreal website www.ville.montreal.qc.ca for the public's view.
To watch the December 12, 2012 Montreal Executive Committee Meeting via live webcast, click here.
WHATS THE BIG SECRET IN LASALLE ???
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO THE CITIZENS ???
THE CITIZENS REALLY WANT TO KNOW !!!
The December 3, 2012 LaSalle Borough Council Meeting.
In this segment, I will only be reporting the issue of transparency and the request made by DEMOCRATIQUE.CA to begin recording borough council meetings effective January 2013.
In the following months, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA will be interviewing citizens that attend these meetings and publishing both the citizens and the elected official's version of the story. This will be performed in order to provide every aspect surrounding the facts and opinions regarding all the events at LaSalle borough council meetings, without prejudice.
DEMOCRATIQUE.CA is not financially motivated to turn the news in favor of the LaSalle borough council, or the citizens respectively. Rather, we pride ourselves towards covering the truth in its entirety without financial constraints or favoritism, whether it being towards paying clients, or anyone for that matter.
Can we say the same about certain media outlets out there mandate to cover our local news without borders? We will soon find out !
For the meantime, here is what DEMOCRATIQUE.CA has to say and why web diffusion and recording of our meetings will finally establish accountability within the ranks of our elected officials in LaSalle.
On Monday December 3, 2012, the LaSalle borough council meeting started off with the usual prayer and the public question period following shortly after. To start off this question period, Joseph Pugliese introduces his website DEMOCRATIQUE.CA as a new media outlet to LaSalle borough Mayor Manon Barbe.
Under "freedom of the press", Mr. Pugliese deposits a written letter requesting that the LaSalle borough council permit DEMOCRATIQUE.CA to record the borough council meetings, effective January 2013.
Mr. Pugliese also requests that LaSalle borough Mayor Manon Barbe grant DEMOCRATIQUE.CA the same rights to record the meetings as already permitted for Le Messager LaSalle reporter, Mr. Pierre Boulanger.
At the present time, Mr. Boulanger is permitted to record the meetings and keeps these recordings for his own notes.
Mr. Pugliese states that effective January 2013, DEMOCRATIQUE.CA will be interviewing citizens attending these meetings (in the corridor and outside of the council room) as a part of a documentary he is filming with respect to LaSalle municipal government functions.
Mr. Pugliese then proceeds to deposit a jurisprudence regarding the 1993 CBC vs NOVA SCOTIA case in which the Supreme Court of Canada rules that all public meetings facilitate recording for the media. The Supreme Court also states that this must be done with the intention of distributing its contents to the public. Mr. Pugliese also reminds Mayor Barbe that this is in fact the third time he deposits this jurisprudence with her.
In response, Mayor Barbe directs DEMOCRATIQUE.CA's media requests to the LaSalle borough court clerk in order for the borough to make a decision. Mr. Pugliese also suggests that Mayor Barbe think it over during the holiday season with an anticipated reply in early January 2013.
Mr Pugliese's sub question is to Mr Richard Deschamps, LaSalle City Councillor. On June 6, 2011, Mr. Pugliese meets Mr. Deschamps for the first time where Mr. Deschamps clearly tells Mr Pugliese to "get elected and change it" for questioning the democratic process of LaSalle borough council meetings.
This is said once the meeting is adjourned. This recording of the conversation can be heard by visiting www.democratique.ca .
Mr. Pugliese also asks Mr. Deschamps if he believes that his behavior in this recording is proof to LaSalle citizens why more transparency is needed in LaSalle by recording our meetings in order to establish accountability.
Mr. Pugliese equally asks Mr Deschamps why he considered running for interim Mayor last November 16 2012 if he cannot even treat the citizens of LaSalle with respect, not to mention his OBLIGATIONS TO TRANSPARENCY as the newly elected leader of UNION MONTREAL.
Unfortunately, Mayor Manon Barbe of UNION MONTREAL agrees with her new boss.
DEMOCRATIQUE.CA is waiting for a response from Mayor Barbe regarding permission to record these meetings effective January 2013.
Now with democracy and transparency in mind, will this story show up in LaSalle's local newspaper "Le Messager LaSalle" fully un-censored and exactly or in and around the way I explained the facts ?
Will this be done by our local media in the name of telling the whole truth as I have done in this article ?
After all, I was present at the meeting including Mr Pierre Boulanger of Le Messager LaSalle covering the story who was present during my whole intervention.
Read the upcoming versions of Le Messager LaSalle in December 2012 and beyond to know if the Messenger will be reporting the facts about web diffusing or recording LaSalle borough council meetings with the same level of transparency as DEMOCRATIQUE.CA.
Is everyone's side of the story being told without any missing facts ?
Please remain posted for updates regarding this story as the events unfold.
MONTREAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD DESCHAMPS EXPOSED !!!
Joseph Pugliese's open letter to Mayor Manon Barbe in response to the article "Blasphèmes, insultes et expulsions policières", published in the February 2, 2012 issue of the LaSalle Messenger.
My article was written to voice the citizens' side of the story straight about LaSalle borough council meetings. The story is about the dedicated people who attend LaSalle borough council meetings with dissenting voices or opinions. The same citizens who, in our local newspaper, are brandished as a potential risk for daring to ask questions and demand answers?
If you read my article, you will clearly see that LaSalle Mayor, Manon Barbe, referred to the tragic events that unfolded in Vercheres, Quebec to the advantage of "politics". To read the article, click here.
Montreal City Council meeting, public question period.
At this meeting I asked Mayor Manon Barbe to publicly apologize for referring to the Vercheres tragedy and using it to the advantage of politics in her borough's newspaper articles 'Blasphemes, insultes et expulsion policiere' and "Periode de question, la mairesse serre le vis".
My sub question was addressed to Mr Marvin Rothrand of UNION MONTREAL whereby I asked Mr Rotrand to apologize for referring to me as an abusive citizen during the December 20, 2011 Montreal council meeting.
LISTEN TO THE INITIAL REACTION OF SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM WHEN PRESIDENT CHILTILIAN ANNOUNCES MY INTENTION TO SPEAK ABOUT THE VERCHERES COMMENTS STATED BY MAYOR BARBE IN THE LOCAL LASALLE NEWSPAPER.
Periode de question, la mairesse serre la vis.
This article was published in the LaSalle Messenger by Mr. Pierre Boulanger, The article reports that Mayor Barbe issued to me me a formal warning during the public question period. The formal warning was verbally issued following my attempt to speak while the Mayor repeatedly and rudely cut me off in an almost calculated attempt to get a reaction, which she didn't..
As the Newspaper article reports, I did deliver my message, but I received a formal warning as a result!. After all, had I been out of decorum, the LaSalle Messenger would have reported it.
Mayor Barbe was clearly out of decorum.
The Truth About LaSalle Borough Council Meetings And Our Elected Officials.
Joseph Pugliese's open letter to LaSalle Mayor Manon Barbe (THE TRUE STORY) or better known as"The truth about LaSalle borough council meetings and our elected officials", To read this article, click here.
To read LaSalle borough Mayor Manon Barbe's (POLITICALLY CALCULATED STORY) or better known as"Blasphèmes, insultes et expulsions policières", click here. This article was published in the February 2, 2012 issue of the LaSalle Messenger and the website equally.
At this council meeting, I once again asked Mayor Manon Barbe of LaSalle to lift the restriction on recording in LaSalle and deposited the following documents with the council for Mayor Barbe's consideration. The documents are as follows.
The open letter written by Mr. Edward Charters and was published in the LaSalle Messenger on December 15,2012. In this letter, Mr. Charters equally asks the LaSalle borough council to be more open on transparent in our municipal government functions.
This manual was written by Me. Joel Mercier, renowned Quebec attorney that also offers legal consultation to many municipal governments across Quebec. To know more about Le Manuel De L'elu Municipale, 5ieme Edition, please click here.
In this Judgement, the Court also states that recording of these public meetings are permitted for the media providing the recording does not disturb the decorum of the meeting (ex; bright lights, loud noise).
Once again, even with all this said, STILL the whole to no avail as Mayor Manon Barbe continues to resist the recording of our meetings, regardless of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling.
Mayor Croteau with the fact that rosemont web diffuses their monthly borough council meetings, to date, has there been any complaints with regards to web diffusing your council meetings.
My sub-question was to Mr Marvin Rotrand where I ask him to apologize for calling me an abusive citizen during the December 20, 2011 council meeting.
At this meeting, I once again asked LaSalle Mayor Manon Barbe to lift the recording restriction banning the recording of LaSalle borough council meetings.
Mayor Barbe refused to reply and requested that Marvin Rotrand reply on her behalf.
My sub question was addressed to Mayor Gerald Tremblay whereby I asked him to assume his position as leader of our city and act on the illegal restriction imposed in LaSalle with respect to the recording of LaSalle borough council meetings.
Mayor Tremblay also refused to reply and also requested that Marvin Rotrand reply on his behalf.
Unfortunately, the replies are always the same: if you don't like it, run for office !
During this question period, democratique.ca introduces this website concept to the Montreal City council and asks Mayor Manon Barbe if democratique.ca will get the authorization to record the public meetings with the intention of broadcasting the recordings on democratique.ca for the public's record.
To listen to Mayor Barbe's response, click on the player below.
THE WEB DIFFUSION DEBATE in lasalle borough council meetings IS OVER!!!
LASALLE STARTS RECORDING our borough council meetings!!!
It comes with great pleasure to announce that the LaSalle borough council has FINALLY accepted to record and web diffuse our monthly borough council meetings.
Effective January 2018, all LaSalle borough council meetings will be recorded and published on the internet. You may view these council meetings by clicking here.
dedicated citizens in LaSalle, the voices of all citizens who fought teeth and bone to have our borough council meetings recorded, have finally been heard.
the citizens have FINALLY SUCCEEDED!!!
This would have never been made possible without the countless hours of hard work and dedication that each and every citizen fighting for this cause has put in.
in our monthly LaSalle borough council meetings for well over a decade.
United, the citizens managed to convince LaSalle borough mayor, Manon Barbe and the LaSalle borough council respectively.
Web diffusing our monthly meetings is the democratic thing to do.
The borough council was very resistant to recording our meetings for many years.
and for many years to follow.
LaSalle Borough Council for taking a leadership role in this case and listening to the citizen's concerns.
This is a huge leap towards full transparency and censorship free politics in our borough.
We look forward to many great years of democracy, accountability, and honest politics in our beautiful borough of LaSalle.
In the meantime, we encourage all citizens to ask questions and demand answers.


An Anglican priest has criticised the Church of England over a proposed wind farm in the Scottish Borders that he claims will desecrate the landscape.
RES, a renewable energy firm, has struck a deal to build 13 turbines, some as high as 176m, on land owned by the church near Hawick.
More than 100 objections have been lodged with council planners by residents, who fear Highlee Hill wind farm will scar the countryside, damage tourism and disrupt wildlife. The area is home to peregrines, kites, merlins and hen harriers.
An intervention by Andrew Warburton, a retired Anglican priest who lives near Newcastleton, close to the proposed development, is likely to prove embarassing for church officials.
In a letter to Scottish Borders council, Warburton, who served as a priest in Oxfordshire, said he was "ashamed" of his church for refusing to face residents who were likely to be affected by the wind farm.
"I am appalled that the Church Commissioners of England have had the gall to support this development in Scotland," writes Warburton.
Campaigners claim that Highlee Hill is among more than a dozen wind farms proposed within a 20 square-mile radius of the Scottish Borders.
Not all residents oppose the project. Jane Allan, a resident of nearby Wolfehopelee, has backed the wind farm but urged the Forestry Commission to replant the 26 hectares of trees that will be uprooted.
The Church of England commissioners said the Highlee Hill project could provide electricity for up to 30,000 homes and generate £3.6m of investment for the local economy.
"The commissioners continue to monitor and take into account ongoing community consultations and are in regular dialogue with the developer on this project," said a spokesman.


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The 2018 NFL season opens with important questions that may well be overshadowed by the playing of the national anthem. Will players take a knee, demonstrate in some other way or remain off the field during its playing, and will President Trump be tweeting about it?
Although the national debate over demonstrations to raise awareness of social justice and police brutality has devoured headlines the last two NFL seasons, there remains no official policy despite meetings between the NFL and the players' union, and the Philadelphia Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins, the face of the NFL player demonstrations, says, "we're just at the beginning" of a movement toward social activism that he now leads. In the opener Thursday night between the Eagles and Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia's Michael Bennett took a seat near the end of the anthem after pacing in front of the bench for most of it.
Otherwise, the season's first Sunday brings a number of compelling story lines. Here's a look at a half-dozen of the biggest.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck will play in his first regular season game in 616 days. His shoulder, which took a battering behind a porous line in previous years, has been surgically repaired, Luck's deliberate rehab completed. "I feel really good, and I'm really excited," he said. "I feel like I'm in shape, I feel I can make all the throws that I need to. I'd like to think that I can keep improving as a quarterback, that I can keep improving as a football player, keep improving as an athlete — you know, I like to think this team will improve as we go through this season. But very excited." Now, if only the offensive line will do its part to keep him healthy, starting with the 1 p.m. game against the Bengals.
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The Worst Olympic Games Fiasco in History
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Nearly everyone worldwide loves the spectacle of the Olympics, with its incredibly talented athletes showing their prowess in a glittering spectacle but the 1904 Olympics were not a shining moment in worldwide sport, and indeed appear to be one of the worst Olympic Games fiascos in history.
The following story is not often related in the historical footage of past Games that we view every four years as we settle in our living rooms to watch the world's greatest athletes compete for global honors
And truthfully, much about the St. Louis Olympics of 1904 belongs in the dustbin of history.
From the blatant human experimentation that was part of the Marathon in an effort to determine the exact effects of extreme dehydration to the apparent winner being disqualified because he took a car ride for part of the race, the Games had low points that have rarely been equaled since.
Although the large city of Chicago had been awarded the 1904 Olympics, St. Louis, which was celebrating the World's Fair that year, wanted to host the Games alongside that great event, which was in part a celebration of the Centennial of the US' Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
St. Louis got what it wanted, snatching away the Games from the much larger city but circumstances and human nature conspired to make these Olympics without a doubt one of the strangest and most disturbing in history, with possibly the worst Olympic games fiasco ever.
These, the first Games ever to be held in the Americas, were overshadowed from the start as tensions leading up to the Russo-Japanese War caused many athletes to be unable to travel to the States.
In the end there were only 62 sportsmen from just twelve other nations around the world who ended up competing against 589 American and Canadian athletes in the first Games held outside Europe.
The 1904 Olympics signature event, the marathon, was revived in the first modern Olympics in 1894 as a way to honor the classical heritage of Greece and to cement the connection between the ancient and modern worlds.
But the marathon that year unfortunately took more of its tone from the fair that was going on in St. Louis, rather than the lofty ideals of Baron de Coubertin, the originator of the modern Games, almost leading the event to be banned for good.
Although some of the runners were accomplished marathoners who had either won or placed in the Boston Marathon or in previous Olympic marathons, most of the athletes were middle distance runners and other assorted characters who almost did the sport in with their antics.
While respected American marathoners Sam Mellor, A.L. Newton, John Lordon, Michael Spring and Thomas Hicks were among the favorites, individuals such as bricklayer Fred Lorz from Brooklyn were brought in after simply finishing a five mile race to apparently add some flavor of the everyman to the vaunted competition
Ten Greek men were also added to the roster of the 1904 Olympics marathon apparently in a nod to the ancient roots of the race although they admitted they had also never run a marathon.
Two men from the Tsuana tribe of South Africa who had traveled to St. Louis to take part in the South African World's Fair exhibit also agreed to take part as well, but they arrived at the starting line barefoot.
A Cuban whose training had in part consisted of doing rounds as a mailman, named Félix "Andarin" Carbajal, also took part in the marathon. He had raised money to come to the States by demonstrating his athleticism once even traversing the length of the island.
But his Olympic adventure went a little sideways after his arrival in New Orleans, where he immediately lost all his donated funds in a dice game. Carvajal then had to walk and hitchhike just to get to St. Louis.
At only five feet tall, he still presented a natty figure at the starting line, attired in a white, long-sleeved dress shirt, long, dark pants, a jaunty beret and a pair of stout leather boots. A fellow Olympian luckily took pity on him, somehow locating a pair of scissors and cutting Carbajal's trousers off at the knee for greater mobility and a little respite from the scorching heat and humidity
Why the 1904 marathon was the worst Olympic games fiasco
The marathon proceeded, with Carvajal soon out ahead in the race despite stopping to chat amiably with spectators and even snatching some peaches from a spectator's car when he became famished and dehydrated after his initial efforts.
Later on in the grueling event, Carvajal spied an apple tree and stopped to eat some fruit which unfortunately turned out to be rotten, upsetting his stomach. Amazingly, he took some time off during the race to nap after his stomach upset, and even then was able to finish fourth.
But even this character and his exploits weren't the strangest things about the 1904 Olympics.
Unfortunately, the most bizarre aspect of the St. Louis Games was the fact that the men taking part in the Marathon were unwitting subjects in an experiment on the effects of dehydration — and the circumstances of the race were chosen to exacerbate their suffering.
The race was timed to begin in the hottest part of the afternoon, when it was in the 90s and with only two watering stops along the 24.85 mile long course.
Not only that, but the runners were tasked with traversing seven hills, up to 300 feet in elevation, over roads that in places were covered in cracked stone or inches of dust a course one official called "the most difficult a human being was ever asked to run over."
Making the marathon's difficulty almost comical, the athletes were also forced to constantly dodge cross-town St. Louis traffic, including delivery wagons, railroad trains, trolley cars and even people out walking their dogs.
As planned by James Sulllivan, the main organizer of the 1904 Olympics, there were only two spots where athletes could revive themselves with water, from a water tower located at the six mile mark and a roadside well at 12 miles.
Sullivan's experiment called for the minimizing of fluid intake to test the limits and effects of dehydration which admittedly was a burgeoning area of research at that time. There were cars carrying coaches and even physicians which motored alongside the runners, seemingly adding an air of safety and oversight to the race but they were not allowed to refresh the runners with the water that they so desperately needed.
Dust on roads compounded thirst, led to internal bleeding
Not only that, but the vehicles kicked up the inches of dust that coated the roadways, forcing it into the lungs of the runners, even making one have internal bleeding from its effects.
William Garcia, from California, almost became the first fatality during an Olympic marathon after he collapsed on the side of the road and was later hospitalized after hemorrhaging from the dust that had coated his esophagus and even eroded the lining of his stomach.
Officials later charged that if he had gone without help for one more hour longer he might have bled to death. Another marathoner, John Lordon suffered a bout of vomiting due to the intake of dust and he abandoned the race. As if that weren't enough, Len Tau, one of the South African runners, was chased one mile off course by wild dogs who were on his heels all the way.
Lorz, the bricklayer from Brooklyn, was plagued by cramps after enduring the heat and humidity and felt no compunction about hitching a ride in one of the accompanying automobiles for his pains; he was even seen waving at spectators and fellow runners as he passed them on his way toward the finish line.
Drugs entered the Olympic scene at 1904 Games
Hicks, an established marathoner who was one of the American favorites, began begging his support crew for desperately-needed water at the 10-mile mark. However, adhering to Sullivan's rulings as part of the dehydration experiment, they cruelly refused him, instead simply sponging out his mouth with water.
Perhaps in the ugliest moment in perhaps the worst Olympic games' fiasco of all time, with several miles to go in the marathon, Hicks' support team fed him a concoction of egg whites laced with strychnine, in the first recorded instance of drug use in the modern Olympics.
At that time, small doses of strychnine were commonly used a stimulant, and of course back in those days there were no rules whatsoever regarding performance enhancing drugs. Amazingly, Hicks' team also carried a flask of French brandy in case that was deemed to be needed but decided to wait until they thought he really needed a belt of it later in the race.
The marathon to beat all other marathons in weirdness proceeded with a recovered Lorz emerged from his 11mile car ride refreshed and ready to finish the race.
However, one of Hicks' support crew saw what Lorz had done and ordered him off the course. The bricklayer kept running despite this, and he finished with a time of just under three hours
Marathoner's car ride leads to boos, protestations of being a "joke"
Naturally, the assembled crowd was overjoyed to see an American winning the marathon at home, erupting with chants of "An American won!" Alice Roosevelt, the 20-year-old daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, had the honor of placing the laurel wreath upon the winner's head.
She was just about to do so and bestow the gold medal on him when someone in the crowd shouted that he was an impostor and had not indeed completed the entire race on foot.
With the triumphant cheers now turning to boos, the bricklayer took it all in stride, maintaining that he never even imagined he would accept the gold medal and that he finished only for a "joke."
Meanwhile, other racers were still out on the course including the drugged up Hicks, who was himself near death due to the strychnine he had ingested.
His face was seen to have become ashen and slack. However, he got a second wind after he heard that Lorz had been disqualified, and forcing his legs into a trot.
Incredibly, his trainers gave him yet another swig of the disgusting strychnine/egg white concoction; but now they added some brandy to give it more "oomph."
Mercifully, they also soaked his body and head with water, allowing him to revive yet further. After this treatment, he appeared to get a second wind and even quickened his pace.
Marathon winner barely survives 1904 event
"Over the last two miles of the road," according to race official Charles Lucas, "Hicks was running mechanically, like a well-oiled piece of machinery. His eyes were dull, lusterless; the ashen color of his face and skin had deepened; his arms appeared as weights well tied down; he could scarcely lift his legs, while his knees were almost stiff."
The unfortunate marathoner began hallucinating, believing that the finish line was actually 20 miles away. During the last mile he plaintively begged for something to eat, and then to be able to lie down.
Hicks drank a bit more brandy given to him by his team but he refused the tea they subsequently tried to give him. He somehow was able to swallow two more egg whites which at least allowed him some fluids. He could only walk up the first of the last two hills on the course, but was able to jog down the other side
Finally making it into the stadium, Hicks valiantly attempted to run again but was reduced to shuffling prompting his trainers to pick him up and carry him over the finish line, holding him on their shoulders while his feet still moved back and forth.
Race officials mercifully judged that the runner had been through enough, and he was declared the winner in the slowest marathon ever run.
A team of four doctors worked for one solid hour to enable Hicks to revive enough just to be able to leave the finish line area. By that time, official noted that he had lost eight pounds during the race.
Hicks had somehow survived the debacle, saying later "Never in my life have I run such a tough course. The terrific hills simply tear a man to pieces.
Although there were moments of real triumph, befitting the lofty goals of the modern Olympic movement, such as gymnast George Eyser winning six medals, including three gold, despite competing with a wooden leg, the 1904 St. Louis Games have gone down in history as the worst Olympic games' fiascos in the history of the modern era.
And although the current three medal format, awarding gold, silver, and bronze for first, second, and third places, was introduced at these Olympics, with the great athlete Frank Kugler winning four medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war, the St. Louis iteration of the Games has gone down in history as not only one of the most shameful displays of poor sportsmanship, but also one of the worst Olympic games fiascos to ever transpire
Here's hoping that the postponed Tokyo 2020/21 Olympics, already beset with a host of problems stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, will not dethrone 1904 as one of the worst Olympic games fiascos, with the threat of virus spread, but will be able to rise above them and provide the world with a much-needed dose of optimism and escape as we emerge from our own dark times of the recent past.


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Q: Marshalling char* C function to C# I am trying to understand how to marshall the char* type by passing and modifying strings back and forth between managed & unmanaged code. Managed to unmanaged code seems to work fine, but the opposite does not work. Is IntPtr suited for this situation?
C
EXPORT char* CharTest(char* ptchar, unsigned char* ptuchar)
{
    ptchar[0] = 'x';
    ptchar[1] = 'y';
    printf("%s    %s\n", ptchar, ptuchar);
    return(ptchar);
}

C#
[DllImport("Sandbox.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
extern static IntPtr CharTest(string ptchar, string ptuchar);

static void Main()
{
    string ptchar = "ptchar";
    string ptuchar = "ptuchar";

    Console.WriteLine(Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(CharTest(ptchar, ptuchar)));
}

Output
xychar    ptuchar
x?J

Thank you!

A: You could declare the return type of the imported function as string
[DllImport("Sandbox.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
extern static string CharTest(string ptchar, string ptuchar);

But because of the fact that you are actually returning one of the parameters, you would have to rely on the marshaller not freeing the parameter buffer before copying the return buffer.
You have two further options:

*

*Marshal it yourself. Make sure to place it in a try/finally in case of exceptions

[DllImport("Sandbox.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
extern static IntPtr CharTest(IntPtr ptchar, string ptuchar);

static void Main()
{
    string ptchar = "ptchar";
    string ptuchar = "ptuchar";
    IntPtr ptcharPtr = IntPtr.Zero;

    try
    {
        ptcharPtr = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi(ptchar);
        Console.WriteLine(Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(CharTest(ptcharPtr, ptuchar)));
    }
    finally
    {
        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptcharPtr);
    }
}

*

*Declare the parameter as StringBuilder which means it will be copied both ways. In this case you do not need to look at the return value as it will be the same as the parameter.

[DllImport("Sandbox.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
extern static IntPtr CharTest([In, Out] StringBuilder ptchar, string ptuchar);

static void Main()
{
    StringBuilder ptchar = new StringBuilder("ptchar");
    string ptuchar = "ptuchar";

    CharTest(ptchar, ptuchar);
    Console.WriteLine(ptchar);
}


Security metrics is a topic I have been very interested in for a long time: how do we show that what we are doing, works? The answer, naturally, is "it's harder than it looks." Since I started teaching clients about metrics – about 15 years ago – relatively few (practically nobody, really) have been able to do much more than tactical tracking of "speeds and feeds" and a few "gee, wow, numbers." This is a big problem for security because, in order to be taken seriously, we need to show effectiveness – and most of the measures regarding security are bad ones: "credit cards leaked" or "terabytes of secret NSA data stolen." Those don't actually tell us anything useful, either, but they are what the media talk about.
Consequently, most of the figures you'll hear in security ("80% of attacks come from the inside" or "antivirus is 15% effective") are made up. And don't get me started on the various surveys-as-marketing we have to deal with; it's a gigantic pile of self-selected samples and the survey questions are badly designed.
Off to the airport! This is probably the last time I will do a talk on metrics, so I'll give it my best.
Depending on where you land, you might well fly over me.
That topic really sounds interesting and open to all kind of bullshittery.
I hope you've safely arrived by now and are happily partaking of some good German food and a decent beer.
Do you have notes or slides or will a video of the presentation be posted?
There's room for lots of BS in the topic, but it's a serious problem that security practitioners need to understand better. There are constantly people saying "security practitioners need to know how to talk to businesspeople" and being able to do that entails an understanding of the business' problems. Far too often, security people are left saying "the sky is falling!" but we're unable to quantify the impact.
My favourite local prohibited weapon thing is the ban on "long" single edged implements.
Massachusetts used (maybe still does?) to regulate swords under "long" – a reenactor friend of mine wound up with a criminal record for bringing a viking sword into the state and running into the wrong cop.
What gets bizzare is collectible items – for example, cops might be harassing someone for owning a "dagger" but as a collector I appear to be OK owning a katana. Generally, as long as you keep your claymore at home you won't have a problem but if you carry a "hunting knife" you're alright but don't carry a "dagger" or "trench knife"; none of it makes sense to me. Especially given the equally absurd gun laws. If they weren't so damn expensive I'd pack a Stryker bone saw, MBS style.


Do the health benefits of green tea still exist if you are eating foods made with green tea? And if so, how much green tea would you need in the serving to get the same health benefits as a cup of tea?
Hey, the reason why green tea is so potent is because of the antioxidants i.e. these antioxidants are able to neutralize free radicals, before they do any damage to us.
But these antioxidants are very precious. The combine easily with oxygen in the atmosphere, rendering them ineffective after that.
Thus green tea degrade very easily. Green tea bags is never a good idea. Studies have found that matcha tea powder takes 3 months to be degraded in ordinary (non air tight) storage.
So to answer your question, it depends, but for 99% of the cases, green tea flavored food will have very little health benefits. This is because the green tea is exposed and no longer fresh.
To enjoy the health benefits of green tea, you will need to get your green tea buds from a proper vendor.
In Amazing Green Tea, and other similar shops, we keep our 2011 spring harvested tea buds in airtight bags in freezer, before shippping our them to your when your order comes in.


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Q: appharbor force HTTPS for static files I have a requirement to ensure all traffic on my website is redirected to HTTPS if it is requested over HTTP. When we deploy the site to appharbor, we use the custom RequireHttpsAttribute which works well for our MVC controllers.
However we also want to force any request for static files (images, stylesheets, javascript) via HTTP to be sent to HTTPS. Trying it using the web.config rewrite rules ends up in a redirect loop due to the load balancer sending https request to the web server as http.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to achieve this?

A: After receiving a reply from appharbor support, one of their suggestions was to implement code similar to the custom RequireHttpsAttribute for static files as well.
So I created a class called HttpRequestModule, and set it up to run for all requests (runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests set to true) I was able to force any direct requests to HTTP urls to redirect to HTTPS.
class HttpRequestModule : IHttpModule
{
    public void Init(HttpApplication app)
    {
        app.BeginRequest += new EventHandler(CheckHttpRequest);
    }

    private void CheckHttpRequest(object sender, EventArgs a)
    {
        if (app.Context.Request.IsSecureConnection) return;

        if (app.Contact.Request.IsLocal) return;

        if (string.Equals(app.Context.Request.Headers["X-Forwarded-Proto"],
            "https",
            StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
        {
            return;
        }

        var secureUrl = "https://" + app.Context.Request["HTTP_HOST"] + HttpContext.Current.Request.RawUrl;
        app.Context.Response.Redirect(secureUrl);
    }
}


MRhythmizer is a VST host plug-in, unique time manipulation effect that uses an integrated sequencer to control time, volume and filters. From gating to glitching, repeating to scratching, all with stunning audio quality. MRhythmizer brings your music to life, so say goodbye to boring audio performances!.
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Movie Review – Nobody (2021)
April 30, 2021 Rodney Twelftree
Principal Cast : Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, RZA, Aleksei Serebryakov, Christopher Lloyd, Gage Monroe, Paisley Cadorath, Michael Ironside, Billy MacLellan, Colin Salmon, Aleksandr Pal, JP Manoux, ARaya Mengesha.
Synopsis: A bystander who intervenes to help a woman being harassed by a group of men becomes the target of a vengeful drug lord.
Ultra-violent action films have become a resurgent subgenre in the last decade since Liam Neeson tore Paris a new asshole in Taken; since then, the likes of John Wick, Extraction, Peppermint, Atomic Blonde and a raft of knock-offs have progressively mined this typically entertaining style of filmmaking, and Nobody, starring Bob Odenkirk in the lead ass-kicking role, boasts yet more bloody, kinetic style with a rapacious body-count to boot. What it lacks in coherent scripting and well-rounded characters Nobody makes up for in sheer decadent exhilaration, this gun-friendly Wick-clone directed by Hardcore Henry helmer Ilya Naishuller with a strong emphasis on uber-cool savvy dialogue, fist-pumping bad-guy takedowns and a swag of Odenkirk humour.
Ordinary father Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk) lives in suburban unremarkableness with wife Becca (Connie Nielsen – Wonder Woman, Justice League), daughter Sammy (Paisley Cadorath) and teenage son Blake (Gage Munroe). He works a bland, lifeless job at his father-in-law's (Michael Ironside) metal fabrication business while Becca is a prominent local real estate agent. After a botched home invasion sees Hutch cajoled by his friends and family for not doing enough to protect them, it is slowly revealed that the indifferent father is in actuality a former CIA "auditor", a ruthless assassin and killer sent in to clean up impossible missions. When Hutch cripples the idiotic younger brother of a Russian mafioso (Aleksei Serebryakov), he is drawn back into a withering world of violence and revenge, where he must take the fight to the bad guys alongside his elderly father, David (Christopher Lloyd – Back To The Future) and half-brother Harry (US rapper and actor RZA).
There's something inscrutably satisfying about watching an action hero tear the screen to shreds. It's the idealisation of our own frustrations, I think, that makes violent retribution so elemental, so primal, among those of us who find these kinds of movies exciting. That an actor of the calibre of Bob Odenkirk would opt for such a muscular, bloodthirsty opus as this speaks volumes not just to the lure of this kind of film but also the catharsis of performing such a role against type; Odenkirk is better known as a comedian and actor in prestige titles such as Breaking Bad and spin-off show Better Call Saul, as well as Nebraska, Spielberg's The Post, and more recently Greta Gerwig's remake of Little Women. Stepping well outside his wheelhouse in Nobody, Odenkirk demonstrates his ability to growl, sizzle and draw black laughs from an audience as he pummels, blasts and sarcastically outwits his opponents in this violent showstopper. The actor ain't a rippling Schwarzenegger physique, nor is he the classically good-looking style a la Keanu Reeves or Chris Hemsworth, rather he devastates with a nonchalance and surety of purpose in substantial juxtaposition to his look and manner.
Nobody is written by Derek Kolstad, the man credited with creating the John Wick franchise, so it's a no-brainer that this film would stand on the shoulders of that popular property and mine similar ground for entertainment value. Parallel with John Wick's central premise, Hutch Mansell is a retired killer lured back into the fight for one last go-round, up against a militant Euro-trash mobster with near unlimited henchmen and a strained yet understandable relationship with an imbecilic family member. The retired killer has the odds stacked so high against him there's almost no obvious way to win, and yet through great physical torment and pain, plentiful fisticuffs and gunplay, and a spectacular amount of one-liner jabs and japes, the bad guy wins against the badder-guy with grit, grimace and determination. The characters are drawn with a thick-nibbed texta, lacking any sense of depth or nuance – it should be said that the relationship between Hutch and his estranged wife Becca is as close to human emotion as the film ever gets, and even then the motivations for her animosity or ambivalence towards him aren't very clear – but what we want from a film like this is to feel the delicious crunch of henchmen being slaughtered in cool and unique ways as our hero kicks things into high gear.
One of the things I loved about Nobody that wasn't present in any of the John Wick films is a payoff to all the smaller sidebar plot points. Odenkirk's character lives a banal life in a resolutely banal suburb, misses bin day and sleeps with a wall of pillows between he and his wife. It's the interactions between he and his supporting cast of neighbours, work colleagues and various mobster connections that gives Nobody the frenetic energy it does, as Hutch reverts to his true deadpan killer self and upends the lives of all around him. The relationship between Hutch and his son forms quite a nice little subplot as the young lad suddenly realises his father isn't the boring, homogeneous adult he thought he was, and is instead one of the world's deadliest killers. The reaction by Serebryakov's off-kilter psychopathic Russian mob boss when he learns that Hutch is coming for him is worth the price of admission alone, and all who learn of Hutch's true identity suddenly have a unique desire to exist someplace else entirely. The film isn't really a revenge thriller more than it is an orgy of violence masquerading as a family-man drama. Hutch's relationship with his equally deadly father is one of gut-busting hilarity – Christopher Lloyd has some of the film's best moments, and knows it – whilst the constant off-screen verbal badgering by RZA's little seen Harry Mansell is another true delight.
If there's one thing Ilya Naishuller brings to Nobody that he failed to bring with Hardcore Henry (a film I didn't enjoy), it's heart. By giving Hutch a grounded, relatable central character trait – that of wanting desperately to be a family man but sucking at it entirely – it allows the film's more bananas moments to play against him more comedically. Naishuller certainly gave Hardcore Henry a distinct visual tone, and could definitely direct action despite my dislike of the overall movie; here he has the backing of major Hollywood talent and a fairly predictable story to handle and by crikey does he deliver a whacky, fun, mindless action movie for the ages. If you love your action violent and your screen heroes quippy, you cannot go wrong with Nobody, a delightfully obnoxious, not-for-the-squeamish extravaganza of blood, bullets and bad language that continues the modern take on the gritty anti-hero hero subgenre by injecting the most unlikely of actors into the mix.
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Juvenile, Two Adults Injured When UTV Driven By 13-Year-Old Overturns
By Editor | June 9, 2020 | 0
An accident in Ste. Genevieve County last week resulted in moderate injuries for a juvenile from Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and minor injuries for two others, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The accident took place around 6:54 p.m. on June 6 on Lakeview Road east of Ocelot Drive in Goose Creek.
A 2020 Pioneer Polaris was being driven eastbound by a 13-year-old female from Imperial when the driver failed to negotiate a turn to the left and traveled off the right side of the roadway. The driver overcorrected back onto the roadway, where the vehicle overturned onto its right side.
An 8-year-old male suffered moderate injuries and was taken to SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital by Air Evac.
Two other occupants suffered minor injuries.
Aracelis Hutchings, 41, of Pleasant Hill, was transported to Mercy Hospital South by the Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District.
Jennifer L. Bell, 44, of Imperial, also was transported to Mercy Hospital South by the Ste. Genevieve County Ambulance District.
The driver and all occupants were listed as wearing safety devices, according to the report.
— An accident in Cape Girardeau County on May 28 resulted in injuries for two Bloomsdale residents, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The accident took place around 5 p.m. on northbound Interstate 55 one mile south of Oak Ridge.
Gregory S. Bruckner, 60, of Bloomsdale was driving a 2006 Dodge Dakota. The vehicle ran off the right side of the road and overturned.
Alcia L. Politte, 51, of Bloomsdale suffered moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Randi R. Sturm, 25, of Bloomsdale suffered minor injuries and also was taken by ambulance to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
The driver and all occupants were listed as wearing seat belts, according to the report.
(Information from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.)
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There was a meme going around on social media, that millennials are offended today with the slightest of things. Compare that to teenagers and young adults of the era before who faced grave challenges and yet lived through it. It eludes to a wrong parenting approach – that of raising pampered kids and entitled teenagers. Where basic things like even showing up to school on time and participating in events (not winning) is applauded and the children are raised with a heightened (yet shallow) ego's with no real challenges.
The point is… rewarding, applauding, praising – of anything that is not worthy enough, leads to issues. In fact things which are considered as worthy of an award are a barometer of that societies achievement level.
For example, in western or developed countries, when one ensures they throw garbage in the dust bins or follows rules while driving / walking or obey laws without bribing… no one applauds. It is expected as a norm. In fact non-compliance is considered a crime and shamed upon. Contrast that with India – where if one is going by the rule book of basic community hygiene and safety, they are considered a different breed and saintly.
Why I am writing this today; because my wife has been travelling to India for work every month for 2 weeks… and we were joking with each other as to how I was earning a lot of brownie points from other people's wives and she getting the envious looks – how I was the trophy husband of sorts now – something similar to my first attempt at managing kids alone… And we were commenting similarly last week about another man who was fond of cooking and was giving his wife a rest day over the weekend by cooking lunch / dinner… we men were being glorified for sharing responsibilities!
Another thing I really feel strongly about is the definition of what sharing of responsibilities means… someone should do the cooking, than other should do the dishes… putting kids to bed by one, than other has to be checking on school schedules and homework… or take days/weeks in turns to do it… contributing equally to finances… taking equal stress of managing chores at home… What is it?
The society applauds Sir Lancelot's decision giving the women the choice to decide… and also subtly defines the witches decision to be a good looking women through out as the right one… both are wrong… the applaud and the definition!
Something I totally believe in. If we talk bout equality, why applaud? I don't like a separate queue for women, give one for old aged, sick, mothers of infants n pregnant ladies instead. That's humanity.
Thanks for reading and the resonance.
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The University of Life Sciences in Lublin ()  is a multi-profile higher education institution, which integrates a wide range of agricultural, biological, veterinary, technical and socioeconomic sciences in Poland. Although the university was established in 1955, its history stems back to 1944 with the creation of the Agrarian and Veterinary Faculties within the new Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS). In 1955, these two faculties, together with the Faculty of Zootechnics (est. 1953), were spun off to create a new institution, originally called the Lublin Higher School of Agriculture. It was called the Lublin Agricultural Academy from 1972, and took its present name in 2008.

History
The university traditions date back to 1944, when the first four Faculties were created at the recently established Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin: Medical, Life Sciences, Agricultural and Veterinary. Among the sequentially formed faculties, in 1953 the Department of Animal Husbandry began its operations.

In 1955, during a surge of new universities, Professor Bohdan Dobrzański, the Rector of  Maria Curie-Skłodowska University at the time, was appointed  to create an independent scientific – didactic and research unit from the Faculties of  Agriculture, Veterinary and Zootechnics. With the Resolution No. 503 of the Council of Ministers from 6 August 1955, The Higher School of Agriculture was established in Lublin. Professor Bohdan Dobrzański became its first Rector.

The dynamic development of the university and the expansion of its activities led to the establishment of two more Departments in 1970 - Horticulture (renamed Horticulture and Landscape Architecture in 2010) and Agricultural Engineering (renamed Production Engineering in 2003). In accordance with the Council of Ministers Resolution of 23 September 1972, the university was given a new name – since then, for over 35 years, it was known as the Agricultural University in Lublin.

In 1960 the Agrarian Faculty was renamed the Agricultural Faculty and in 2007 its name was changed once again to the Agrobioengineering Faculty. Similarly, in 1995 the Veterinary Faculty was renamed the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and in 1998, the Animal Husbandry Faculty was transformed into the  Faculty of Biology and Animal Breeding. In May 2005, the Senate established the sixth faculty – the Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology and in 2006, it established the seventh one - the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in Zamość (former Institute of Agricultural Sciences), which operated until its closure in 2015.

On 6 March 2008, the Polish government passed a law which changed the names of some agricultural colleges. After the bill was approved by the Senate and validated  by the President of Poland it was published in the Official Gazette and became effective as of 11 April 2008. During the solemn ceremony held on 17 April 2008, the name of the university was changed to the University of Life Sciences in Lublin.

Over the past few years, the university has expanded its research infrastructure. In 2012 the Main Library – the Regional Centre for Agricultural Scientific Information was opened, a year later: the Centre for Investment and Implementation of New Technologies in Agricultural Engineering, and in 2015 – the Innovative Centre for Animal Pathology and Therapy.

Faculties
Agrobioengineering
Veterinary Medicine
Environmental Biology
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Production Engineering
Food Science and Biotechnology
Animal Science and Bioeconomy

Study in English

Long-cycle programme:

 Veterinary Medicine (5,5 years - 11 semesters)

Bachelor's programmes:

 Animal Science and Dairy Production
 Equine Management and Care
 Management and Production Engineering

Master's programmes:

 Agriculture
 Food Technology and Human Nutrition
 Green Urban Planning
 Management and Production Engineering
 Plant Protection and Phytosanitary Control

Education offer
The educational offer includes courses and specializations in full-time and part-time studies of the first and the second- cycle as well as long- cycle Master studies. The third-cycle studies and courses taught in English are also provided. Curriculum requirements are developed within the National Qualifications Framework.

The Historic Manor House in Felin

The heritage listed manorial complex located in Felin has a representative function for University of Life Sciences in Lublin. The completion of the building dates back to the second half of 19th century and the name Felin was given to honor the Tatary heir's wife, Feliksa. In 1913 the owner of that time Erazm Plewiński, who was a well-known social activist, bequeathed the property to Agricultural Society in Lublin so that it could be converted into the School of Agriculture. The manor underwent the most significant changes during World War II when it was used as the headquarters of Colonel Klauss, one of the Nazi officials. After the war, the property was transferred to UMCS, and became the Department of Agriculture. In 1955 when the Agricultural Academy was established, the property was allotted to it to become the headquarters of the Experimental Management Department. After the major repairs, in 1990, the manor was registered as a heritage of culture of Lublin Voivodship.

The manor has a representative hall as well as a well-preserved former floor plan. The elements worth mentioning include a period fireplace in the Hall and stucco on the ceilings.

References

External links

Agricultural universities and colleges in Poland
Universities and colleges in Lublin
Educational institutions established in 1944
1944 establishments in Poland

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Students Will Be Able To (SWBAT) create their own handmade holiday greeting card, which makes communication special.
SWBAT analyze greeting cards to establish a purpose for writing a message.
SWBAT describe qualities of greeting cards they find appealing.
SWBAT learn the importance of writing notes and sending cards.
SWBAT learn how greeting cards can communicate different feelings, information, and events.
SWBAT apply what they have learned to write and illustrate a holiday greeting card.
Design a holiday greeting card. What would it say on the cover? Or inside?
Greeting – A polite word or sign of welcome or recognition.
Greeting Card – A decorative card sent to convey good wishes on some occasion.
Card – A decorated piece of thick paper that contains a greeting or is used to write a message.
Students will express their own thoughts with their holiday greeting cards. Discuss card themes and the history of greeting cards. The class will look at examples of holiday greeting cards.
After discussion, students will design and create a holiday greeting card by stamping Gelli Arts® prints all over their paper.