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Mr. Otis Johnson by Kari Bjorn
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A portrait of Otis Johnson at Exodus Transitional Community, October 2015. Otis served nearly 40 years in 13 NY state prisons for a crime he has never admitted to.
Otis prays at the end of a long day at Exodus in East Harlem, November 2015. His birth certificate was unfound for 6 months when Otis was introduced to Exodus. Associate Director, Diana Ortiz was able to locate it within a week.
Otis' to do list in November 2015. One of Otis' philosophies is that in order for him to be able to help others he must be able to help himself first. He firmly believes in the power of forming, giving, and taking connections with other people and groups.
Otis on the corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, November 2015. The area has one of the highest concentrations of formerly incarcerated people in New York City. About 2,200 return to Upper Manhattan each year. An estimated 4 out of every 10 return to prison.
Otis holds a photograph of his young nieces, sent to him in 1986, while he was incarcerated. The well-worn picture was one of a stack Otis still has from the decades he spent in prison. Picture taken in January, 2016.
A copy of Otis' birth certificate, dated July 17th 1945 in Atlanta, GA. It states that Otis' parents are Leroy Edgar Johnson and Ruby Lee Dooly, both white. Otis believes this is because his real parents, Otis William Johnson and Kattie Johnson had no other way to get proper hospital care than to ask the people she nannied for to sign as his parents.
Otis sits in the waiting room at New York's Department for the Elderly, waiting for a meeting with a counselor regarding part-time work. Otis spent years working in the HIV/AIDS and cancer medical wards while incarcerated and is seeking a similar position. February 2016.
At Exodus Transitional Community's Christmas Party, December 2015. Exodus was founded in 1999 by Julio Medina in order to provide support to those going through re-entry.
The facade of "The Castle", operated by The Fortune Society on 140th Street and Morningside Dr. December 2015. Otis came to "The Castle" in January 2015 and still resides in the same shared room. During this time he has seen many moved to single rooms and better circumstances.
6:22am in Riverbank State Park, opposite 'The Castle', March 2016. Otis warms up before his morning exercise.
Outside apartment 1D at 1975 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd, February 2016. At 11:58am on May 5th, 1975, an anonymous 911 call changed Otis' life forever.
Otis demonstrating the position he was in soon after officer Morgan arrived on 121st Street and Mt. Morris Park West at 12:35pm on May 5th, 1975. Picture taken in February 2016.
Otis at New York City's Penn Station on his way to a meeting with one of his case workers at ASCNYC, December 2015. ASCNYC is currently working with Otis to find him a part-time job and reach out to pro bono lawyers, willing to take on his case.
Otis Johnson's three names: Otis Johnson, Salladeen and James Williams. November 2015.
Written and photographed by - Kari Bjorn
Otis Johnson was born on July 17th, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia. His birth certificate states that his parents are Leroy Edgar Johnson and Ruby Lee Dooly of caucasian skin color — that is not true. His parents, Otis William Johnson and Kattie Johnson had no other resource but to ask the people she nannied to sign as his parents so she could receive proper hospital care.
They moved to New Jersey when Otis was five years old and in his teens he would often get in trouble for standing up to bullies. His father sent him to live with monks in Hong Kong to learn self-discipline and martial arts. He spent the better part of the next 11 years there and those years would shape his personality and attitude towards life for good.
He moved to Harlem, New York, a few years after returning home from Hong Kong. His sister had gotten in trouble with drug dealers and he went to help.
On May 5th, 1975 at 12:35pm Otis was arrested by Detective Moran on the corner of 121st street and Mt. Morris Park West on suspicion of firing a gun. Later, Detective Moran reports that Otis had illegal narcotics in his pocket. He was wearing his martial arts outfit and a tan jacket.
At 11:58am on the corner of 119th and 7th avenue (now Adam Clayton Powell Jr. blvd) an anonymous call is made to 911 reporting a man in the hallway, possibly armed and selling drugs, the anonymous person describes the person as a man in a beige coat. A few minutes later, officers Morgan and Ahrens respond to the call and proceed to arrest an unknown man on the stoop of the building. As they are making the arrest shots are fired in the area, the officers look away and the unknown person uses the opportunity — grabs a gun from his pocket and shoots officer Ahrens and escapes. Records show that this incident is not reported until Otis is handcuffed in Detective Moran´s vehicle.
Detective Moran hears the call that an officer has been shot and reports that he might have the suspect in custody. Officer Morgan identifies Otis through the police car window as the man who shot Officer Ahrens. He is driven to the 28th precinct where more narcotics are reported found in Otis' pockets. Detective Moran obviously hadn´t searched Otis well enough. When asked for his name Otis gives his muslim name; Salladeen to the officers: "He thinks he´s some sort of arab, we´re not going to call him that. Your name is James!" Another officer joins in and says: "yeah, throw William in there too." — "James Williams, yes"
Officer Ahrens survives the shooting but is hospitalized for weeks.
Two days later, the police find a 22 caliber gun in a basement that is reported to have been on the "escape route". The gun does not have any fingerprints on it and Otis is denied a request to have his hands and jacket searched for gun powder residue. According to a ballistics expert the bullet that pierced Officer Ahrens jacket came from a 22 caliber pistol. The police never explained why the basement was of interest to them, no search warrant was issued, according to court documents.
While hospitalized, Officer Ahrens gets a visit from the District Attorney and the Police, they brought nine pictures to identify the shooter. 2 pictures show a man in a beige coat the rest show men wearing something else. One is Otis in a tan leather jacket and the other is wearing one made of cotton. Officer Ahrens identifies the man in the tan leather jacket as the shooter. Otis' lawyer is not present during the photo line up.
During the beginning of the trial, a 14 year old boy named Anthony Gideon reveals he can prove Otis wasn´t the shooter. He doesn´t testify. Otis believes he was pressured by the police, young Anthony tells his mother later on and she makes him testify. During Anthony´s testimony, the judge excuses the witness and asks him to leave the courtroom along with an order to the jury to disregard all of Gideon's testimony.
Otis´ lawyer fails him repeatedly during the trial, he never reaches out to the person who called 911 — he also doesn´t interview 3 other possible witnesses that had stepped forward and the judge had offered to both the prosecutor and defense.
At the end of the trial Otis is sentenced to 25 to life for an attempted murder on a police officer, a crime he did not commit and has never admitted to. He ends up serving 40 years under the name James Williams.
During the 40 years in prison Otis gets 2 college degrees, attends multiple seminars on self help and is able to help multiple inmates. One of these is Gary Ashby, he was his protege when they met in 1979 and are still friends today. In the early 1990´s, Otis used his business education to start a non-profit organization called HEFT. A homeless shelter opens its doors in 1996 under HEFT´s name but due to prison regulations Otis is not allowed to be the sole operator of the organization — he hands he power of attorney to a group of 4 people. They proceed to the sell the house and kick everybody on the street, move the official address of the shelter to one of the groups´ residence and continue for years to make it seem as the organization is still running and collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary and grants. Otis finds this out when he is released in August 2014. He has restarted HEFT since early 2015.
Otis attended 9 parole hearings regarding his release, during many of them the parole board stated that he had been a model prisoner, never been in trouble — all he had to do was to admit to the crime and he would be free. Otis never confessed — The 9th parole hearing was positive.
As he is getting ready to leave Attica Prison in upstate New York he is brought before a judge. After the meeting, two US Marshals escort Otis back to New Jersey where he has to sit in prison for 6 more months, he broke a juvenile parole in 1961. The judge in New Jersey explained to Otis: "Either do the 6 months or stay the maximum 2 years and try to fight it."
6 months later in August 2014 Otis is finally released to New York where his parole is. He is let out on Times Square with his papers and 40 dollars. For the next hour Otis gazes at people walking past with earphones talking, "Everybody looked like a CIA agent to me". The times had certainly changed in the past 40 years.
The first 6 months after being released Otis stays in Bellevue shelter, a place he describes is like a medium security prison. Everybody has to go through a metal detector when entering and leaving and the staff are dressed like correctional officers and sometimes act the ones, according to Otis.
In early 2015 Otis gets a shared room at "The Castle"which is a dual Fortune Society shelter on W 140th street, he still resides there. During the same time he is also introduced to Exodus Transitional Community in East Harlem which helps those formerly incarcerated with job seeking, resume building and offers programs on substance abuse and anger management. Otis speaks to 16-24 year olds there regularly.
Currently, Otis is working on reopening his case, volunteering at numerous organizations, trying to restart his non-profit to open a new shelter in Harlem that will exclusively cater to those in need of single rooms.
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Una montagna è un rilievo della superficie terrestre che si estende sopra il terreno circostante con una certa altezza, prominenza ed isolamento topografico. Esistono varie convenzioni per ciò che riguarda l'altezza al sopra della quale si parla di montagna e non di collina; d'ordinario si definisce montagna un rilievo che supera i 400 - 500 o, secondo altre convenzioni, i 600 -700 metri sul livello del mare (s.l.m.), ma solo quando il suo aspetto è, almeno parzialmente, impervio.

Si deve però tenere presente che la toponomastica non sempre segue le definizioni convenzionali sopra citate: seguendo l'etimo latino mons, la parola "monte" è usata, indipendentemente dalla sua altezza assoluta, quando un rilievo presenta un dislivello notevole dal terreno circostante (prominenza topografica), quando la sua forma evoca la vicinanza al cielo, quando alcuni versanti risultano inaccessibili per la presenza di alte rupi. La legislazione italiana, dopo l'abrogazione della legge del 1952 e di quella del 1971, non definisce l'altezza che distingue colline e montagne; così pure a livello di Unione europea non esiste una definizione convenzionale legale.

Per analogia, si parla di montagna anche riferendosi ai rilievi che si incontrano sugli altri pianeti o sui loro satelliti.

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Definizione

Non esiste una definizione unica di "montagna". Su questo dato sono d'accordo i più illustri studiosi, come Derek Denniston, Lucien Febvre, Raoul Blanhard. A seconda delle varie necessità, si definiscono diverse definizioni per il concetto di montagna: convenzionale, tradizionale (o toponomastica) e statistica.

Definizioni convenzionali
Per ciò che riguarda le definizioni convenzionali si ricorda che i requisiti indicati da esse, ossia una certa altezza (almeno 400 o 500 o 600 metri, secondo le convenzioni) ed un aspetto almeno in parte impervio, devono essere soddisfatti contemporaneamente. Infatti un'area della superficie terrestre posta al di sopra delle altezze suddette, ma priva di asperità del terreno, viene definita altopiano.
Definizione toponomastica o tradizionale

Riguardo alla definizione tradizionale dobbiamo tener presente, nonostante le attuali convenzioni, che fin dalle epoche più antiche la parola "monte" evoca nella mente dell'uomo un insieme di idee che prescinde dalla possibilità pratica di misurare l'altezza dei rilievi. Dunque quando l'uomo ha dato nome alle alture che lo circondavano, ha usato la parola monte in base alle idee che esse gli evocavano, come ad esempio la difficoltà di raggiungere la cima, la vicinanza al cielo, l'inaccessibilità di alcuni versanti.

Nella toponomastica italiana quindi sono detti "monti" alcuni rilievi aspri e dal carattere impervio, anche se non raggiungono l'altezza di 400, 500 o 600 metri; sono inoltre chiamati "colli" anche rilievi superiori a 600 metri, quando questi non hanno pareti rocciose o forme dirupate.

Esempi classici sono il Monte Circeo e il Monte Conero, promontori dall'aspetto aspro e con estese pareti rocciose, considerati perciò monti anche se solo secondo alcune convenzioni essi superano l'altezza prevista per le montagne, mentre per altre mancherebbero alcune decine di metri. Esempio opposto è costituito delle Langhe, che superano i 500 o anche i 600 m s.l.m., ma che non sono particolarmente impervie, né visibilmente sporgenti dal terreno e perciò sono considerate colline.

Definizione statistica - cartografica
Nella cartografia e nella statistica è necessario adottare criteri di semplificazione rispetto sia alla definizione convenzionale, sia alla toponomastica. In relazione alla classica tripartizione del territorio in montagna, collina e pianura, infatti, la legenda delle carte fisiche e gli studi statistici usano il termine montagna intendendo la parte di territorio posta in genere al di sopra dei 500 o 600 m s.l.m., indipendentemente dal carattere impervio e dal nome tradizionale.

Definizione secondo il Programma delle Nazioni Unite per l'ambiente
Tra i vari criteri si riporta infine quello internazionale fornito dal Programma delle Nazioni Unite per l'ambiente, che definisce "montagna" ogni rilievo terrestre con le seguenti caratteristiche:

 altitudine di oltre 2.500 metri, oppure
 altitudine tra i 1.500 e 2.500 metri e pendenza del due per cento, oppure
 altitudine compresa tra 1.000 e 1.500 metri e pendenza del cinque per cento, oppure
 altitudine tra i 300 e i 1.000 metri continua entro sette chilometri.

Terminologia
Un insieme di montagne vicine, collegate tra loro e della stessa origine geologica, prende il nome di catena montuosa; ogni catena, poi, viene suddivisa in gruppi e massicci montuosi, usando vari criteri (storici, geografici, geologici, tradizionali, etnologici). Infine si è soliti distinguere in bassa montagna ed alta montagna, indicando generalmente come quota di suddivisione i 1500 m s.l.m.

Suddivisione
Per descrivere una montagna si ricorre a vari elementi che la possono formare:

 Vetta o cima secondo le definizioni date prima: una montagna può avere più vette o cime distinte.
 Anticime, sottocime, vette secondarie: elevazioni che non hanno la prominenza necessaria per essere chiamate vette.
 Spalla: fianco di una montagna particolarmente pronunciato.
 Cresta: linea sulla sommità di un rilievo montuoso che separa due versanti intersecati a tetto (es. Cresta di Brouillard). Approssimando una montagna ad una piramide la cresta corrisponde allo spigolo della figura geometrica.
 Gendarme: pinnacolo di roccia sul fianco o sulla cresta della montagna.
 Versante: sempre approssimando la montagna ad una piramide i versanti corrispondono alle facce della stessa. Ognuno di essi avrà una diversa esposizione a seconda del proprio orientamento rispetto ai punti cardinali.
 Passo (o valico): il punto più basso tra due montagne che permette di attraversarle.
 Piede: punto più basso di una montagna.
 Spartiacque: linea di separazione che unisce le vette di varie montagne. Ai lati di essa l'acqua fluisce in una diversa direzione, riversandosi e alimentando diversi corsi d'acqua, che possono sfociare anche in diversi bacini marini.

Vetta
La parte più elevata della montagna viene generalmente chiamata vetta o cima. Una montagna può avere una o più vette.

 A tal proposito l'UIAA, utilizzando il concetto di prominenza topografica, ha stabilito un criterio topografico applicando il quale si parla di vette (summits) distinte se la prominenza è almeno uguale a 30 m. Secondo una diffusa definizione internazionale si può invece parlare di montagne (mountains) distinte se la prominenza è almeno uguale a 300 m. Può quindi valere la seguente tabella:

Le eventuali elevazioni secondarie che non raggiungono la prominenza necessaria possono chiamarsi anticime oppure vette secondarie.

Va però osservato che nella lingua italiana l'applicazione di tale definizione può dare a volte risultati piuttosto artificiosi; molti rilievi noti come montagne sia nella cartografia che nel parlare comune risultano infatti ridotti a semplici vette. Per esempio il Monte Saccarello (2201 m), il rilievo più alto della Liguria, avendo una prominenza topografica di soli 165 m rispetto al Passo Basera (2036 m), perderebbe la propria qualifica di montagna.

Altezza

L'altezza o quota altimetrica di una montagna viene definita come la distanza verticale dalla vetta della stessa e fino a raggiungere il livello medio del mare. La più alta montagna della Terra è il Monte Everest, di 8.848,43 m s.l.m. secondo l'ultima misurazione fatta da satellite nel 2005; si trova nella più importante catena montuosa del pianeta, l'Himalaya che separa India, Nepal e Bhutan dalla Cina.

In alternativa alla definizione data si potrebbero utilizzare altre definizioni: partendo dal centro della terra oppure dalla base della montagna stessa. Infatti per via del rigonfiamento equatoriale le montagne che si trovano più vicine all'equatore hanno una maggior distanza dal centro della terra. In questo modo il Monte Chimborazo, in Ecuador, è 2150 m più lontano dell'Everest rispetto al centro della Terra ma con 6272 m non è nemmeno il picco più alto delle Ande.

Inoltre una montagna può ergersi da un fondale oceanico posto sotto il livello del mare, in questo caso il Mauna Loa risulta più alto dell'Everest se lo si misura a partire dalla sua base sul fondale oceanico ma non se si misura la sua vetta a partire dal livello del mare.

Infine parlando delle montagne extraterrestri la più alta montagna del sistema solare è l'Olympus Mons, un vulcano che si trova su Marte, che supera i  di altezza dalla pianura circostante.

Prominenza

Per evidenziare limportanza di una montagna viene anche introdotto il concetto di prominenza topografica. Questa definizione va a dire quanto una montagna sia isolata oppure quanto prevalga su quelle che ha nei suoi dintorni.

 Isolamento topografico
Anche l'isolamento topografico è un elemento che concorre a determinare l'''importanza di una montagna; si tratta in questo caso della minima distanza orizzontale tra la montagna stessa e il più vicino punto di altezza maggiore.

 Caratteristiche

Lo studio delle montagne, assieme a quello degli altri rilievi terrestri, rientra nella branca della geografia fisica nota come orografia.

 Orogenesi

Il processo di formazione di una montagna è detto orogenesi. Una montagna viene usualmente prodotta dal movimento delle placche litosferiche, sia per movimento orogenetico che per movimento epirogenetico. Le forze compressive, il sollevamento isostatico e l'intrusione di materiale igneo, forzano le rocce superficiali verso l'alto, creando una massa più elevata. A seconda dell'altezza si ottiene una collina o, se più alta e ripida, una montagna. L'altezza assoluta di montagne e colline varia a seconda della topografia dell'area.

Le montagne più alte tendono a presentarsi in lunghi archi lineari, indicando attività e confini delle placche tettoniche. La creazione delle montagne tende ad avvenire in periodi di tempo definiti, detti orogenie. Due tipi di montagne vengono formati a seconda di come le rocce reagiscono alle forze tettoniche - per sollevamento o per ripiegamento. Alcune montagne isolate vengono prodotte da vulcani, comprese alcune isole, apparentemente piccole, che raggiungono una notevole altezza rispetto al fondale oceanico (vedi Montagna sottomarina).

Le montagne vengono create per sollevamento quando larghe zone vengono rotte da faglie che creano grandi dislocamenti verticali. I blocchi sollevati costituiscono le montagne. I blocchi che cadono da queste possono essere piccoli o formare estesi sistemi di fosse tettoniche. Questo tipo di paesaggio si può vedere in Africa orientale, sui Vosgi, nella valle del Reno e nella zona del Basin and Range nel Nord America occidentale.

Quando la roccia non si sfaglia si ripiega, simmetricamente o asimmetricamente. Le pieghe possono essere antiformi o sinformi. Nel ripiegamento asimmetrico possono esserci pieghe giacenti o rovesciate. Le montagne del Giura sono un esempio di ripiegamento. Con il passare del tempo, l'erosione può portare a un'inversione del rilievo, le rocce leggere, spinte più in alto vengono trascinate via e l'antiforma diventa più bassa della sinforma, che è composta da rocce più dure.

Lo sviluppo o meno di una montagna in altezza dipende unicamente dal bilancio tra le forze di orogenesi e quelle di erosione da parte degli agenti atmosferici (precipitazioni, vento, gelo): se le prime prevalgono sulle seconde la montagna cresce lentissimamente in altezza, se invece sono le seconde a prevalere la montagna altrettanto lentissimamente diminuisce la sua altezza.
A parità di conformazione geologica montagne vecchie tendono inoltre ad apparire più dolci per effetto dell'erosione stessa, viceversa montagne più giovani tendono ad essere più aspre e aguzze.

 Clima

Caratteristica delle zone montuose è anche il clima tipico con freddo d'inverno e fresco d'estate con presenza di neve e ghiaccio anche perenni al di sopra di determinate quote altimetriche, mentre dal punto di vista geologico durante l'estate i ghiacciai tendono a fondersi erodendo le rocce su cui poggiano.

Il motivo delle basse temperature è la diminuzione della pressione atmosferica con la quota (circa 1° ogni 100 m). Il fatto che in montagna si sia più vicini al Sole è ininfluente sulla temperatura in quanto la differenza di distanza è minima rispetto alla distanza media tra Terra e Sole.

A livello meteorologico altro effetto tipico delle montagne è il cosiddetto sollevamento orografico delle correnti aeree e delle masse d'aria sopravvento che genera nuvolosità e precipitazioni sul versante esposto e tempo secco e più caldo su quello discendente. L'effetto di blocco è tale che i territori posti immediatamente a nord di catene montuose hanno un clima ben più rigido rispetto a territori posti immediatamente a sud di esse.

 Flora e fauna

Flora e fauna delle montagne tendono a cambiare in funzione della latitudine e del clima della montagna.
Alle medie latitudini europee animali tipici sono i camosci, gli stambecchi, le marmotte mentre tra le piante vengono spesso associate all'ambiente montano abeti, faggi, larici, genziane, stelle alpine.

 Importanza idrologica
Spesso le montagne rappresentano delle linee spartiacque da cui si originano bacini idrografici nei quali confluiscono le acque meteoriche che generano ruscelli, torrenti, laghi e fiumi che scorrono poi verso valle fino a sfociare in mare aperto, costituendo importanti risorse idriche per agricoltura, allevamento e attività umane industriali.

 Aspetti economici

 Settore primario

A livello economico la montagna è sfruttata nell'attività di pascolo degli animali domestici di allevamento (ovini, caprini, bovini ed equini) da cui si ricaveranno materie prime da utilizzare nel settore secondario; e per la foraggicoltura. Il legno di boschi e foreste utilizzato in svariati modi rientra nell'economia forestale.

 Attività estrattive
Le montagne, con il loro nucleo roccioso, spesso sono fonti di attività estrattiva di minerali (es. oro, argento) ed elementi e composti chimici (es. rame, ferro, bauxite, nichel, uranio ecc.) con le loro rispettive miniere nell'ambito dell'industria mineraria, in generale utili ai processi produttivi e di trasformazione industriale.

 Attività turistiche e sportive

Alcune montagne sono molto difficili da scalare e offrono viste spettacolari. Per questo alcune persone apprezzano l'attività dell'alpinismo, arrampicata sportiva e escursionismo.

Le montagne sono anche il luogo dove si praticano alcuni sport invernali (sci alpino, sci alpinismo, sci escursionismo, sci nordico ecc.) e meta di vacanze estive e invernali (es. settimana bianca), rivestendo dunque un'importanza non secondaria nel turismo e nelle attività economiche connesse.

 Aspetti sociali

 Aspetti ecologici
Nel 1992 alla Conferenza mondiale per il clima di Rio, viene riconosciuta per la prima volta a livello globale l'importanza delle montagne con il capitolo 13 dell'Agenda 21 - Gestione degli ecosistemi fragili: sviluppo sostenibile delle zone montane.

 Nella cultura
 Simbologia religiosa
La montagna rappresenta il centro del mondo e il veicolo dell'ascensione al cielo o del ritorno al principio, oltre che rappresentare il luogo della manifestazione del sacro (ierofania) e del divino (teofania). Il carattere mistico attribuito alla montagna dipende anche dal fatto che sulla sua cima, spesso coperta di nubi, si consumano le nozze sacre (ierogamia) tra Cielo e Terra.

L'uomo dunque in tutte le sue espressioni religiose e culturali scopre la naturale sacralità dei monti ed in essi si materializza il suo intimo bisogno di trascendenza e di sacro. L'uomo antico si avvicina ai monti dopo riti di purificazione; sui monti celebra culti ed innalza templi; li carica di funzioni sacrali, a volte li identifica con la divinità stessa. Spesso, in tutti i tempi, accanto alla naturale sacralità dei monti, l'uomo aggiunge, con riti propiziatori, una sacralità dedicatoria.

Per gli antichi Greci le cime dei propri monti (Olimpo, Parnaso, Elicona) erano la dimora degli dei o delle Muse. Alle pendici della montagna sono inoltre collocate le porte del Regno dei morti, simbolo del ritorno al principio: il ventre della Grande Madre. Nella tradizione cristiana medievale spesso il Paradiso Terrestre è collocato sulla montagna del Purgatorio, come nella Divina Commedia dantesca.

Il monte Tabor, luogo della sepoltura di Adamo, segna lomphalos'', il centro o ombelico del mondo e sulla sua cima avviene la Trasfigurazione di Cristo; Mosè riceve le Tavole della Legge sul Monte Sinai; il profeta Elia risiede sul Monte Carmelo; Cristo ascende dal monte degli Ulivi e viene crocefisso sul monte Calvario. Anche il cosmo viene spesso rappresentato in figura di un monte a terrazze, come la montagna del monte Meru nella mitologia induista e buddhista, o reso per mezzo di piramidi a gradoni (per es. Borobudur a Giava). Montagne divine trasformate architettonicamente erano le ziqqurat dell'antica Mesopotamia. I pellegrinaggi alle montagne sacre simboleggiavano il graduale distacco dalla quotidianità e l'ascensione spirituale. Nell'iconografia cristiana il Giudice universale della fine dei tempi viene frequentemente raffigurato seduto su una montagna di nuvole. In Europa chiese e cappelle furono spesso costruite sulle cime dei monti per cancellare culti precristiani.

Nell'epoca della Controriforma cattolica nascono i Sacri monti tra Lombardia e Piemonte, esempi di una "nuova Gerusalemme".

Per lo shintoismo il Fuji in Giappone è una montagna sacra.

L'intero santuario dell'Annapurna è ritenuto sacro dai Gurung, uno dei tanti popoli autoctoni che abitano la zona. Essi credevano che fosse il luogo dove i Nāga (uomini-serpente della mitologia vedica e induista) depositavano l'oro e i loro tesori.  A parte questo, il santuario è sempre stato creduto essere la sede di numerose divinità, dell'Induismo e del Buddismo, così come anticamente di divinità animiste. Il Machapuchare era ritenuto essere la casa del dio Shiva, e i pennacchi di neve che ogni giorno si sollevano dalla sua cima, si riteneva fosse il fumo dell'incenso divino. Fino a tempi recenti, i Gurung proibivano a chiunque di portare uova o carne nel Santuario dell'Annapurna, ed alle donne ed agli intoccabili era proibito andarvi.

Nel Novecento si segnala Domenico Rudatis per la rivendicazione della scalata della montagna come esperienza esoterica volta al perfezionamento spirituale e al superamento della materialità dell'esistenza.

Nell'arte
Celebri dipinti della Alpi italiane sono stati eseguiti da noti pittori tra i quali, in particolare, si ricordano Giovanni Segantini, Giovanni Colmo, Cesare Maggi, Cesare Saccaggi.

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Voci correlate
 Gruppo montuoso
 Alta montagna
 Bassa montagna
 Lista di montagne
 Catena montuosa
 Montagna sottomarina
 Montagne su altri corpi del Sistema solare

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Geomorfologia

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someone was stealing wood in the night . first pic was a big ball and everything els was dark and the ball was big . thn i took some othrs andonly one showed up with a bunch of orbs in it what does this mean ?
I used to live in a house that had real ghost in it and some of the pictures are posted on this site, in about 90% of the pictures I took had orbs in them. try this, while lying in bed have the camera with you and take a picture after you slap your blankets. its DUST . little pieces of dust that look like orbs. in one of my pictures I saw through the camera a blue round orb with a black center. I got 2 pictures of it, 1 at the bottom of the stairs and 2 coming up the stairs. when I zoomed in on the 2nd picture the orb turned into a one eye with a lot of sharp teeth in a smile. that's ghost orb.


CBD Oil Review rates Kure CBD with one star because it qualifies for the Mission Badge.
Kure CBD was founded by a vape industry veteran whose personal experience with the healing effects of CBD prompted a segway into the hemp business. Kure CBD promises "world class products created by top notch scientists". But we have to ask, who are these scientists? Kure CBD lacks an appropriate level of transparency by not posting laboratory results online and failing to disclose basic elements of their process. The discovery of undesirable, even toxic, ingredients in their product line makes us reticent to give them the go-ahead.
Founder Ido Lazarovich was desperate for solutions when his father was diagnosed with a serious illness which caused him to suffer from mood swings, insomnia, and chronic pain. Ido introduced CBD into his daily regimen and saw a significant improvement in his symptoms and quality of life. This experience inspired him to parlay his experience in the vape business into creating a CBD company. Kure CBD claims to use only non-GMO, pesticide-free, industrial hemp processed via CO2 extraction in their formulations. While they assert they scientifically test for safety and efficiency, these tests are not readily available online. We are not clear as to where geographically their hemp is sourced, nor their methodologies or processes.
Calling Kure CBD's product line expansive is an understatement; it borders on overwhelming. For starters, there's the vegetarian capsules in both full spectrum and isolate options which we approve of. So far so good. Then there's the skin line, a whopping 14-product category that contains highly questionable and a few downright unsafe ingredients. Nasty artificial colors like yellow #5 and blue #1 are lurking in products like the face cleanser. Canola oil and EDTA in the CBD Decolletage & Neck Cream do nothing to assuage our fears. And the pain relief salve may be the most dangerous of all, containing BHT, a preservative shown to have allergenic effects and even cause tumors in high doses among animals. The salve also includes IPBC, iodopropynyl butylcarbamate, a preservative with an even higher risk that is actively toxic by inhalation. Not cool and certainly not necessary.
The products continue with 14 e-liquids that contain isolate and artificial flavors, a dead giveaway with names like "Sugar Rush" and "Sweet Tooth". Kure CBD additionally offers tinctures with MCT oil, suppositories, oral sprays, and pet products featuring chewy treats made of quality ingredients.
There are two main issues with Kure CBD: a lack of transparency and risky ingredients. Missing test results and details into their processes puts us on edge, and the toxic addition of IPBC in the skincare line upgrades that edge to high alert.
Bottom Line – Kure CBD exudes a familiar essence we've seen before, that of veteran vape business people who cash in on CBD without the real passion or commitment to natural living that should underpin a quality hemp purveyor. We unfortunately cannot recommend these products until we see more transparency from this brand.
Kure CBD was founded based on the personal experience of its founder who sought to share the healing benefits of CBD with the world.


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Here's Where Mississauga Ranks on the List of Canada's Most Dangerous Cities
by Ashley Newport on March 9, 2018
For the past few years, many people have wondered aloud if crime is on the rise in Mississauga and the GTA. This question has likely been spurred not by a significant, bona fide uptick in crime, but by increased around the clock reporting on criminal incidents.
But benefits and detriments of the 24-hour news cycle aside, crime is a concern in urban centres and most residents are anxious to find out where their city or region ranks when it comes to criminal activity in Canada.
Macleans recently released its ranking of Canada's Most Dangerous Places for 2018 and the list indicates that the Region of Peel (which contains Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon) sits at 170 on the list of 229 regions and cities.
So while most people would likely prefer Peel to rank lower, most should take comfort in the fact that it's not even in the top 100 when it comes to Canada's more dangerous cities.
It's also important to note that crime in Canada has generally declined year-over-year.
Macleans points out that, over the past decade, the crime rate in Canada has decreased by a substantial and encouraging 25 per cent.
"Since 1998, the earliest data available, crime has been cut by a third. In 2016 the crime rate across the country sat at 5,904 incidents per 100,000 people—that's the second lowest rate recorded by Statistics Canada," says Macleans writer Mark Brown.
That said, Brown adds that the severity of the crimes committed in Canada is on the rise.
"Although the crime severity index, the measure of all police-reported crime that takes into consideration both the volume and the seriousness of the crime, touched a low of 66 in 2013, it has been creeping higher ever since," he writes.
So, what are the top 10 most dangerous cities in Canada?
Surprisingly, they're not Toronto (124), Montreal (97) or Vancouver (35)—the country's largest and arguably most well-known urban centres.
The 10 most dangerous cities are North Battleford, Sask (1), Thompson, Man. (3), Prince Albert, Sask. (3), Williams Lake, B.C.(4), Red Deer, Alta. (5), Langley City, B.C.(6), Portage la Prairie, Man. (7), Wetaskiwin, Alta. (8), Vernon, B.C.(9) and Selkirk, Man. (10).
Oddly enough, the bottom of the list is dominated by western Canada. Ontario doesn't make an appearance until Temiskaming hits the list at 25 and Quebec is nowhere to be found until Montreal comes in at 97.
As for the crimes themselves, the list looks at such serious crimes as homicide, assault, sexual assault, firearm-related offences, robbery, breaking and entering, fraud and more.
Here's the breakdown for Peel:
According to the data, which is from 2016 (the latest available) and was released in 2017, homicides were down (there were 11 in total in 2016) and assaults were up (2,801 total). In good news, sexual assault and firearm-related offences were down as well—as were impaired driving and illegal drug trafficking incidents.
Robberies, however, appear to have increased—as have crimes committed by youths.
Still, the numbers might come as a relief to those who believe all crimes are rising year-over-year.
Here's where Mississauga ranks on the list of the most dangerous cities in Canada
This is Where Mississauga Ranks on the List of Canada's Most Dangerous Cities
Here's What Canada's Crime Rate Looked Like in 2018
Hate Crimes Are on the Rise in Canada
Some Interesting Facts About Crime in Mississauga
How Dundas & Hurontario Looked Back in the Day
Ontario sees signficiant drop in new COVID-19 cases today, Peel Region numbers remain steady
New pet-friendly hotel now open in Mississauga
Element Toronto Airport
A popular fusion restaurant recently opened up in Mississauga
While COVID-19 has been tough for most businesses, it's nice to still see some new and unique restaurants popping up in the city.


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The THC Drive-In was one of two drive-in cinemas and five single-screen cinemas owned and operated by the Thornton Horn Company, aka the Thornton Horn Theatre Company. The company was incorporated by George Thornton and his wife Ray Quinn Thornton, in partnership with their daughter Glenera Thornton Horn and her husband Raymond J. Horn.
Other properties operated by the Thornton Horn Theatre Company included the Gu-Win Drive-In, the Pastime Theatre in Winfield and the Quintown Theatre in Flat Creek.
Glen and R.J. Horn were the maternal grandparents of Glenny Brock.
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Monday, Will and the crew went to Venice then he was going to another Topanga Earth Day meeting so I stopped by the Staples Center to watch the Clippers v. NJ Nets. I decided to not spend the afternoon screwing around and continued on to the office.
The week before I met a beautiful girl named Kim at the local Subway so I stopped by again hoping to see her but no such luck.
The week was our lowest selling and I had to even use my check to cover all the staffs pay. Moral was low and it was difficult to focus.
I did the usual things like gardening and coaching. About the only exciting thing for the week was Mr. David "Raou Raou" and his acting premier stories and the Sundance film festival. David began filming this week and each night he came home full of exciting reflections. The director had the perfect plot and script for a first time acting musician like David.
The plot is set as a woman wakes up one morning to discover the government and media have forced her to participate in using her home for a filmed reality show. She has to accept David as a roommate and struggling street musician and try to go about her normal life while befriending him. It is perfect for allowing the couple to act natural and go with the flow.
Friday night, Will and Sean were going to setup at a party in Hollywood to sell Shhmokewear but I was burnt out and decided to go to the house and browse internet profiles. Sean crawled in around 6am soaked from working our outdoor booth in the rain.
Saturday I went to hang out at the coffee shops and met some interesting ladies. One was from Lincoln Nebraska so our conversation coninued on while watching most of the sunset.
My usual meditation spot was flooded from all the rain the night before. The pond was 6ft. Above flood stage and all you could see was the top of benches and the playground.
Sunday, we had another friend of Sean's come over to watch the football games. Woo was a minor gambler betting on the Patriots and Niners. The Patriots won by a dropped Raven pass in the end zone and the Niners lost in OT because their kick return man fumbled allowing the Giants an easy field goal.


We are giving you the chance to play live in front of a 20,000 strong crowd on the Splendour Festival main stage this July!
Organised by community project NUSIC, The Future Sound of Nottingham (FSN) will give one lucky act the opportunity to perform the opening slot on the main stage at Splendour Festival on Saturday 18th July. Open to entrants now, the first round of the contest invites local bands and artists to send in tracks for judging by an expert panel, and you can enter today by clicking here.
Last year's Splendour proudly boasted an impressive line-up of home-grown talent including Bramcote born artist Saint Raymond aka Callum Burrows. With a sell-out UK tour already under his belt, he was joined by 2014's FSN winner, Joy Mumford, who has since been writing with respected artists such as Scorzayzee and indie pop band D.I.D, who we have had the pleasure of managing for several years now. We are delighted to reveal that Joy will also be making her second Splendour appearance on the Acoustic Rooms Stage this year for what will be the first time a FSN artist has been asked to return.
Entries for the first round will close on Monday 20th April and finalists will be expected to battle it out on the main stage at DHP Family's Rock City venue on Sunday 14th June where the public and an independent panel of judges will decide the winner.
Splendour 2015 will be headlined by two-tone legends The Specials who will be joined on the bill by James, Jess Glynne, Lawson, Roots Manuva, Amber Run, To Kill A King and the day will be opened by the winner of the Future Sound of Nottingham. Meanwhile, over on theConfetti Stage there will be performances by Bananarama, The Twang, Ferocious Dog, Iris Gold, Keto, The Swiines and Georgie while Joy Mumford, Eyre Llew, Hhymn, Jamie Lawson, Molly and Jack, RJMARKS, Daudi Matsiko and Cedric Peters make up the offer for theAcoustic Rooms Stage.
Cheeky-chappie Brummie Andy Robinson will be hosting some great acts throughout the day on the Funhouse Comedy Stage while there is plenty of entertainment for children including fairground rides, and a free kids area hosted by Big Top Mania, featuring circus skills workshops and shows, crazy inflatable's, giant bubbles and Big Bear's Big Balloon Disco.


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 einen Ortsteil von Elsdorf (Rheinland), siehe Grouven (Elsdorf)

Grouven ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Hubert Grouven (1831–1884), deutscher Agrikulturchemiker
 Karl Grouven (1872–1936), deutscher Dermatologe und Hochschullehrer


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Goalkeeper Paul Wilkerson could have gone beachcombing during the second half of Slough's penultimate match at Morecambe's Christie Park on Saturday when the Rebels secured their Conference status by virtue of their 13th draw of the season.
A familiar tale of Rebels on top but unable to turn the advantage into goals left Wilkerson a virtual spectator after making two good first half saves which virtually killed off the Shrimps' challenge. In an even opening 45 minutes Wilkerson, replacing the injured Ben Miles, tipped one excellent long range shot from Mike Bignall which was curling into the top comer over the bar to safety.
And he came out well when the Rebels were caught square and spreadeagled himself to block Bignall's shot. The best effort of the period for the Rebels came from Gary Blackford who could only find the sidenetting from Ted McMinn's cross from the left.
With Wilkerson just tidying up behind them after the break, the Rebels created enough chances for Morecambe keeper Steve McIlhargey to win his side's man of the match award. Abbott hooked the ball over his shoulder and almost beat McIlhargey with his shot on the turn. But the very best opportunity came after the Shrimps had been reduced to 10 men with the dismissal of Paul Burns for a second bookable offence in the 80th minute.
A run down the right and cross from Gary Smart saw Slough substitute Lloyd Owusu plant a header against the upright with Abbott just unable to tuck away the rebound. The result left the Rebels on 49 points with third from bottom Bath able to match that figure but with a goal difference of 25 separating the two clubs.
Wilkerson's lack on involvement left him time, perhaps, to ponder his own fate after a season in which he became the understudy to first Miles, then the disastrous Noel Imber. At first the 21-year-old took demotion badly, asking for more time to work on his game. But he applied himself and improved in the process and he should take credit for that.
McIlhargey, Burns, Lavelle, McKearney, Hogdson, Drummond, Monk, Healy, Bignall, Norman, Knowles. Subs: McCluskie (63, for Bignall), Williams (63, for Norman), Cain.


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Japanese students visit Blair
March 23, 2013, 2:11 p.m. | By Caroline Gabriel | 6 years, 3 months ago
Students from Fukui, Japan, toured Blair on Monday
On Monday, 25 students from Fujishima High School in Fukui, Japan, visited Blair for the day. For the past three years, Blair has also hosted students from Kichinis, another Japanese school from Tokyo, Japan.
Monday's visit was similar to the cultural exchanges with Kichinis students in the past. Both correspondences were organized through Nippon, a travel agency in Bethesda, Md. "The travel agency in Bethesda got an e-mail from a woman in Japan [asking to] visit American schools," Academies Coordinator and social studies teacher Kevin Moose said.
Japanese students pose with Blair students
Photo: Blair and Fujishima students gather together for a photo.
In the past, when students have come from Tokyo, the Japanese students have shadowed Blair students for the day. Monday's visit was almost exactly the same as previous ones. "Blair kids escort Japanese kids all day. The Japanese [students] visit a class or two, and they go to lunch," Moose said. At the end of the day, there was a closing ceremony in the Student Activity Center (SAC). "Students sing songs, [play] paper sumo wrestling [and put on] random acts," Moose said. In the SAC, Japanese students and Blair students also gave each other gifts and ate different ethnic foods. "Students exchange small presents," Blair Japanese teacher Yoko Zoll said. "Some students will bring food."
Blair students also sang American songs for the Japanese exchange students as part of the closing ceremony. "They will be singing "Help!" "Let it be" and "Waving Flag" in the SAC at 1:30 p.m." Zoll said.
Before the Japanese students were at Blair, they visited touristy areas such as Washington, D.C. and N.Y. "We went site seeing; we saw Metropolitan museums, Smithsonian museums, Columbia College [and] the Japanese embassy in America," Yuki Tanaka, senior Arizona Guzman's exchange student, said.
The one difference with this foreign exchange from previous ones is that, this year, Blair students prepared a video for the Japanese students. "Level two students are making a video about Blair and Silver Spring that will be showed in the SAC," Zoll said. Sabrina Mendoza, a junior studying Japanese at Blair, also noted that conversation with the Japanese students from Fukui was simpler than that with previous exchange students. "It was more easy to communicate with them; they know way more English," she said.
80 Blair students participated, compared to the 25 Japanese exchange students. This meant one Japanese exchange student had to shadow three or four different Blair students. Since there were many more Blair students than exchange students, the lowest level Japanese class did not have exchange students following them around school. "Level one students will be excluded from pairing up," Zoll said.
Moose explained that the exchange program extends classroom teaching. "We like that it gives Blair kids a chance to see what they're learning – to see that what they're studying is relevant," he said. Moose feels that the program is beneficial to both Blair students learning Japanese and Japanese students learning English. "Japanese kids get to practice English, [and] Blair kids get to practice Japanese," he said. Mendoza also enjoys what she gets to share and learn about different cultures through the exchange program. "I like getting to know Japanese culture and Japanese life, and I like introducing Japanese students to American life," she said.
Moose hopes that the exchange with these Japanese schools will keep going in future years. "As long as they have patience, we can continue for years to come," he said. Junior Jeremy Salazar, a Blazer studying Japanese, hopes the program will continue as well. "I hope Blair keeps doing this because it's a very good way to connect with different cultures," he said.
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LEFT OF ORION in the eastern sky on December and January evenings lie the Gemini twins, currently in their horizontal pose.
This annealing process is still being used today for making large mirrors, from Palomar's 200-inch Hale reflector to the 8-meter Gemini twins in Hawaii and Chile.
The Gemini twins were the brothers Castor and Pollux, names that we now apply to the stars of magnitude 1.
5 percent share of the Gemini twins and a 30 percent share of SOAR, a new 4-meter survey telescope in the Andes.
To Procyon's right are the Gemini twins, now standing upright.
M35 is below the bottom-left corner of the photograph above; it's plotted just off the foot of one of the Gemini twins on the map at left.
And nearly overhead stand the Gemini twins, Castor and Pollux, hand in hand as always.
Partway up the eastern sky on our map at right are the Gemini twins, lying sideways and holding hands.


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Chevrolet Camaro was first introduced to the Automotive market September 1966 for the 1967 model year.
Chevrolet Camaro is a Pony car and a Muscle car.
Chevrolet Camaro was Chevys direct answer to the Ford Mustang. The Chevrolet Camaro has had 6 generations of, body and engineering changes in its long history. From 1967 to 2002 when Chevrolet Camaro ended production, but then brought back in 2009 in its 5th generation.
In 2016 has been redesigned for a 6th time to keep up with the high-performance market with all new upgraded technology.
The word Camaro is a derivative formed from a french word "camarade" it means to be a good friend pal or comrade.
This is how Chevrolet Vice president at the time Ed Rollett and merchandising manager Bob Lund coined the name "Camaro".
THE FIRST GENERATION was 1967 to 1969 your choice of Coupe or Convertible with 2+2 four-passenger seating.
Later in the 1967 production run the Z28 was added with super sport and rally editions with stripes on the hood and trunk and a set of rally wheels and a 302 v8.
There were many powerful engines to choose from beginning with a 230 to 250 cubic inch inline 6 cylinder and including 302, 307, 327, 350, 396 and 427 V8 cubic inch engines.
THE SECOND GENERATION began production in 1970 and ended 1981 the second body style was wider and larger than the previous body style had a similar frame.
Road and track chose the 1971 Camero SS350 as one of the top ten Sports cars in the World!
The SS model was dropped in 1972 and then came back in 1996.
In 1980, 81 model had an air intake scoop on the hood that would open up at full throttle to create more horsepower.
THE THIRD GENERATION was produced from 1981 to 1992 featured fuel injection and turbo hydramatic four-speed automatic transmission and 5 speed manual for the racers. 15 or 16-inch wheels 4 cylinder Overhead cam engine and the body came with an available hatchback.
The IROC edition was introduced in 1985 with a 2.5 4 cylinder then dropped in 1986 and then replaced with the 2.8 V6. The IROC then became powered with the 305ci in 1985
1987 L98 came with a 350ci and automatic transmission only!
Then in 1988, the 1LE was introduced and in 1991 the B4C police package with the RS styling.
1992 was the last year for this body style of the Chevrolet Camaro.
THE FOURTH GENERATION started in 1993 and ended 2002 came optional with T-roof or convertible.
From 1993 to 1995 the Camaro came standard with 3.4 and 3.8 V6 was added in 1995. A 350ci was added in 1992 and was also in the Corvette.
The 4L60E Automatic transmission was standard equipment. T56 was the manual transmission for Z28.
1998 included some interior changes and the addition of the LS1 325 horse-power engine also in the Corvette.
The SS version received better exhaust and air intake for better performance along with bigger wheels.
IN 2002, the 35th-anniversary edition was released and the Chevrolet Camaro was discontinued.
THE FIFTH GENERATION and triumphant, return, of CAMARO in 2010 and ended 2015
Assembled in Oshawa Ontario Canada beginning in 2009 for 2010 model year.
LS, LT and SS models are produced with a 3.6 L (220 cu in) V6 producing 312 hp (233 kW) for the 2010 & 2011 model mated to either a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed automatic with manual shift.
The SS is powered by the 6.2 L (376 cu in) LS3 V8 producing 426 hp and is paired with a 6-speed manual. The automatic SS gets the L99 V8 with 400 hp.
The RS appearance package is available on both the LT and SS and features 20-inch wheels with a darker gray tone, halo rings around xenon headlamps, a unique spoiler, and red RS or SS badges.
April 2010 Camaro is named Car of The Year.
2012 was Chevrolet Camaro 45th anniversary.
THE SIXTH GENERATION. 2016 Begins production at Belle Isle park in Detroit, Michigan.
The A platform is currently used by the Cadillac ATS will be shared with Camaro but, The new style will weigh 200# less and 70% of Camero new car will be original and not used by any other Chevrolet in production.
Three engines will be available 2.0, 4 cylinder turbocharged with 275HP, 3.6ltr 335HP V6 and a 6.2 V8 with a 455HP
The ZL1 will have A supercharged 640hp V8 the same as the Cadillac CTS-V.
The 2016 Camaro will come equipped with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Capability features.
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2018 Z/28 Camaro Review
A brand new update for you about the 2018 CAMARO Z/28 a new body style with some borrowed from the 6th generation Camaro.
Starting price around $78,000
This new model will give the Mustang GT350 a run for its money in performance and style.
I got the story from TopSpeed com on my Google Alerts. topspeed.com/cars/chevrolet/2018-chevrolet-camaro-z-28-ar173175.html
Watch The video as I read the article for you.
New 10 Speed Automatic ZL1 Camaro
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I love the vintage designs of these cars in their earlier years. It would be awesome if they keep the design and just put in a new engine. Great article!
JeffWA
Excellent educational lesson that you provided on the history of the Chevy Camaro, which would turn 50 next year.
I vaguely remember in the early 70's a neighbor across the street who owned a 67 or 68 Camaro. I remember that his wife whenever she was allowed to "borrow" her husband's car occasionally had issues getting it started on cold, winter/early spring New England mornings.
Maybe it was not entirely her fault as perhaps he did not get the engine tuned as often as he should have back then.
It's interesting that in America there has always been the group of sports car enthusiasts who loved the Ford Mustang, (loved it when seen as being the late Steve McQueen's character's car in the iconic movie "Bullitt" especially with that great chase scene) versus those people who loved either the Chevy Camaro or Pontiac Trans Am.
Dan Labbe
Thanks for the comment. I was a kid in the 70's and i remember a lot of hot cars from those days


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Death, Anxiety, and Bon Jovi
A realization hits. Hope is considerably smaller than I am. She stands at roughly five foot four (maybe less), blond matted hair drenched in sweat, with heels digging into trampled grass. I'm using all my weight pressing back the wall of concert goers in Pocono Down's Race Track field. All of this effort so she can gain a few inches. I'm losing miserably and giving back precious ground every other push. As another wave of mohawk sporting Unadilla racing look-alikes moves in, I flex my core muscles hoping I'll be able to at least hold my ground. Clad in PA summer attire, i.e. motocross tee's with the arms torn off, stick thin, with pale hallowed faces they push me backward and I think to myself, 'but we've come so far!'
Indeed we had, and the rope tying off the spectator area from the main stage is visible now, only six feet away. Our bodies moved ahead, only moments ago, on our own volition. Furiously, we worked fueled by teenage hormones and a grandiose excitement, weaving through strange bodies edging closer to the man we had listened to on Joey Louvernic's cassette player on the way to 'The Downs'. Me hunched down in the backseat of Joey's red Pontiac. Hope riding shotgun.
The realization of Hope's smallness and my vulnerability to shield us from danger comes as a huge bearded man, not just stubbly, but mountain man bearded (think ZZ Top) leans up against my athletic frame, lights a small hand rolled joint, blows the smoke into my face, and passes it over our diminutive heads. He passes to his buddy crushing down on Hope, who is now split off from me, and on the other side of them. I shout, "Are you okay?" And her blond head bobs up and down with a loud affirmation, "Couldn't be better dude."
I have serious doubts and hear my mother's voice supplanting my own thoughts prepping me for the worst. I hear her wisdom in my head now, as I'm suspended off the ground, a few inches in the air at times, held up by the intense weight of the bodies lifting me up. She shouted her instructions at me as we pulled back out the driveway, "Use the buddy system, stay away from the crowds, and for god sake don't take anything from strangers!" Its the 'crowd' part I find haunting as it pushes my fifteen year old frame up against these intoxicated strangers. The former excitement and anticipation of hearing Livin' on a Prayer quickly disintegrates into anxiety.
The heat is miserable as only the wretched east coast heat can be, which means as I gaze at the backfield behind me, I find a mirage of humidity blasting up from the Down's cement track into the firmament. There's no where to run. Nowhere to hide and you could sear a steak with that blistering track just like this pressure cooker is scorching my body. The bikers marijuana smoke lingers and feels as if it sticks to my sweat-soaked pours. The film of stickiness coupled with a serious susceptibility to heat stroke kicks off a chain reaction inside of me. This is an inevitability that had never occurred to me. In an attempt to trick my mind and body, I put my eyes on the heavens above searching for a feeling of freedom there, escapism. Then, I search Hope's face divining whether she has any remaining hydration on her. I know this last effort is futile. We'd crushed the Gatorade and water already before we'd waded into this monstrosity. A foolish decision to lighten our load as we approach the pit.
I feel unsteady as the bright afternoon light begins to fade. Stomach acids churn in the depths of my belly, bringing up bile and something else occurs to me, besides our physical vulnerability amongst these strangers. Something that will terrify the sardine-packed, mass of Bon Jovi fans weaving beside us, who have already surrendered.
I'm going to throw up.
The white dots tickle on the periphery and my visual field lightens then dims a shade darker as I turn helplessly into ZZ Top's burly chest and say weakly, "I'm gonna be sick." I imagine he turns the slightest shade of pale, since I can't see his face stretching a full head above me , as I fixate on his black biker boots and sway involuntarily. I feel his body seize as he shouts, "She's gonna hurl for god sake back up .... back up!" And amazingly enough, as I begin to pitch, retch, and heave to let the poison out, I'm released from the suffocating pressure. And afforded a small space where I proceed to vomit on the earth beneath my feet. Miraculously, a circle opens up around me. I felt what moments ago I longed for peering into the sky, the feeling of freedom.
I didn't want to be just another cautionary tale. Especially at my first rock concert, so I resisted rescue from the pit with a stubborn sense of what can only be called, PRIDE. When they asked me if I wanted a lift out above the crowd I replied, "No." It was Slippery When Wet for heavens sake! But you hear the news reports. "One hundred die at over-sold concert." "Sixty crushed as wave of concert goers storm stage!" These headlines rumbled through my thoughts unleashing an endorphin rush of panic that Hope and I would most assuredly be crushed to death. What will I tell my mother? After I vomited I watched the small gap, close like a hermetic seal, as the pressure around us mounted and stitched us up again side-by-side into one hard-rockin' blanket. There is nowhere for the panic to be released and I succumb to our fate: we are helpless. I must, Let go.
That was over twenty years ago, and now I laugh at my first concert memory. Yes, the corniness of my musical tastes, but also this wild teenage 'peak experience'. Clearly, Hope and I made the pact to dive into the deadly mass of claustrophobia (my worst fear by the way) together to float like old Jewish woman in the Dead Sea. Then, we courted this same frenetic danger throughout the show, pitching and heaving and in the parlance of the times, 'banging our heads'. Yes dear readers, we were head bangers. It was part of our culture! I was afraid several times, but was also exhilarated. The concert branded a memory inside me that hasn't faded easily because of my ecstatic brush with what I felt was, near death.
Experts say that this is a normal risk-taking side of adolescence that inevitably beckons all teenagers during their youth. I'll take it a step further and quote my favorite existential therapist Irvin Yalom, M.D., "Although the physicality of death destroys man, the idea of death saves him." I believe in his statement because it argues just the right kind of idea of death, or the awareness of it's inevitability forces us to accept it and do something about it. The hope is to live life to the fullest – it even allows us the experience of ecstasy.
Back when I originally wrote this blog post, I had seen another side, a darker shade of youth risk- taking at a local repertory theater company when I lived in Seattle. I found the story incredibly disturbing. Watching 'My Name is Rachael Corrie' brought this phenomenon into a more evolved, yet tragic focus. I remember I read about the production before going to the theater that Friday night because of the media frenzy around Rachel's death. My husband also followed the media coverage closely after Rachel, an Olympia Washington native, was bulldozed while standing in-front of a Palestinian home, trying to protect the women and families who lived there from Israeli soldiers.
Rachel was an idealistic woman who received what she called a 'neo-liberal' education at Evergreen State College. The play dramatized Rachel's life through her formative years; first as a child, always as an activist, and then as an adult woman coming to terms with her fierce independence. Although this production depicted the horrid conditions (and controversial way) in which she died, I found myself shocked by the backlash. The lack of sensitivity and the smear campaign that followed was brutal. The political motivations to thwart a depiction of Rachel's life and her parents and supporters efforts to understand her actions, was heartbreaking rather than liberating.
What strikes me now, ten years later, was Rachel's willingness to stand up for something completely beyond herself. Beyond her world. Beyond her own life. She didn't understand or grasp the depths her impact would make. Through her volunteer work in the middle east, she lived in a daily conflict. In her own words admittedly she, "couldn't comprehend" what was happening. What did Rachel feel besides unflinching courage and conviction in the face of death? I wonder as a parent and former teenager, was it similar to Hope's and my rushing in, trying to get closer to the stage, but not understanding the dreaded situation we were ultimately putting ourselves in? Was it a brave, daring action that resulted in tragedy? Rachel dug her heels in and didn't move as the Caterpillar D9R drove over her. The only thing we know for certain is, it cost her her life. Because she felt she needed to stand up for people who couldn't stand up for themselves.
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