The Flower of Life is a Sacred Geometric shape that has recently gained popularity around the world and is used in numerous ways. What makes it so unique and fascinating is its endless layers of meaning not only as a whole symbol but also when broken down into the various forms and symbols contained within. At first glance, however, it appears to be a collection of many interlocking circles with various shapes and patterns emerging from this.
This symbol is one of the original sacred geometry shapes and dates back to 535 BC. Throughout history it has been found in various locations of significance such as at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the Louvre, the Forbidden City, and in various ancient Chinese temples, to name a few.
Although it has been around for so long, it was given its name only in the 1990s which created a renewed interest in it.
A variation of the Flower of Life symbol---called the Sole delle Alpi (Sun of the Alps)---was adopted by Lega Nord as their party symbol, as well as for the flag of Padania. According to the Fiore a sei Petali Wikipedia page: The six-petalled flower (also called: shepherd's rose, Carolingian rose, Celtic rose, star-flower, rosette star, flower of the Alps, star of the Alps, sun of the Alps), is a geometric figure having hexagonal symmetry. The symbol has long been present in Cisalpine symbolism, heraldry, and architecture. I used to have an image of this symbol looking absolutely perfect at the top of an ancient Roman column, but I lost it during a loss of thousands of images, media, data etc... years ago. Unfortunately, I never could find that image again.
Above: The six-petal flower on some old architecture in Erbanno, Val Camonica, Brescia. Check the "Fiore a sei petali" and "The church of S.Egidio and the Sun of the Alps symbol" links above for a number other examples of the sun of the Alps on old Cisalpine architecture and symbolism. These are centuries old! Just like the term Padane, this symbol is nothing new to the Cisalpine region!
"If indeed this was Messi’s last World Cup. What a way to close this chapter in his life. Absolutely beautiful game. Congratulations Argentina"
-- Sal
"Even if you’re not from Argentina you have to admit this was emotional. God bless you Messi"
-- Juan Escalante
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"Although I'm not Argentinian, I almost cried when I saw they finally won. I love Messi, and have been longing for his World Cup for years. The final tournament is really a good match, the referee is fair to both teams. Congrats, Argentina. Congrats, our King of football - Messi"
-- Wei Sun
"A beautiful ending to Messi’s international story. LETS GO"
Fibonacci (Leonardo Bonacci, Leonardo of Pisa) has been covered here, and the Fibonacci sequence. If you go to the Fibonacci sequence page and examine those calculations; his ability as a mathematician was stunning. Another in a long list of Tuscans who advanced human knowledge in a dramatic way.
November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci day because when the date is written in the mm/dd format (11/23), the digits in the date form a Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3.
November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci day because when the date is written in the mm/dd format (11/23), the digits in the date form a Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3. The Fibonacci sequence begins like this:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144…
The sequence follows a fairly simple pattern: every two numbers, when added together, equal the following number.
While this seems simple, once you begin to see the sequence in things such as the pattern of a pine cone or the petals on a daisy, it starts to seem downright incredible!
Computer data storage and processing uses this number sequence today. The sequence is also useful in the trading of stocks and architecture. Another unexpected place we find the sequence is in nature, for example in hurricanes and DNA patterns. The Fibonacci sequence can be referred to as “nature’s secret code” or “nature’s universal rule.” Here are a few ways to celebrate Fibonacci Day:
1) Plan a Fibonacci feast.
The Fibonacci sequence occurs very frequently in common fruits and vegetables and when prepared together, these foods make for a fun meal! Prepare things like artichokes, pineapple, Romanesco and pomegranate to see how the sequence occurs in nature. 2) Take a Fibonacci-inspired nature walk.
Depending on where you live, you may be able to easily discover Fibonacci sequence in flowers, trees, and much more. Take a nature walk and inspect things like pinecones, ferns, daisies, sunflowers, and snails, since all of these things are made up of Fibonacci numbers.
To the right is literally the instructions just handed out within a couple of days to everyday institutions in Russia (government offices, schools, law enforcement, hospitals, etc.) regarding how to react during a nuclear war. The English translation can be read HERE. If you think that this is perhaps a little bit exaggerated, consider that early this past summer New York City ran a public service message regarding the same thing; what to do in the event of a nuclear war. I have my own ideas about what the bigger picture is, but that doesn't matter now as this would be all about pure survival at that point.
Stanislav Petrov was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, who in 1983 received a false alarm order to launch nuclear missiles at the United States. He actually disobeyed the order. Thirty years later, a film about the incident was released entitled 'The Man Who Saved the World'. Of course, had he obeyed the order as he was sworn to do, it's possible that much of the planet would be uninhabitable today, and obviously the death toll and unfathomable damage that would include. It's even theoretically possible that life on the planet could be eliminated.
Even if it wasn't entirely eliminated, the planet could lose it's atmosphere which would be lights out for any future life. We would be finished for-ever. Our planetary atmosphere has a ceiling of only forty miles. What gets me is someone like Klaus Schwab, who very openly has so much to say--in finite detail--about the miserable conditions humans will live in and be totally controlled in a future technocratic dictatorship.... is totally absent regarding this crisis! All he and his Globalist ilk are interested in talking about is the "Great Reset"... a planet totally devoted to them and their small progeny. So perhaps they know something that we don't know about this crisis.
"We have the money, the technology, the scientific know-how, to create a kind of paradise. But we are led by the least among us, and the least intelligent." -- Terence McKenna
"We've clearly moved from reality into a twilight zone. This is no joke now. No metaphor. We are in Armageddon." -- Father Alexis Bugnolo
New York Nuclear PSA tells citizens what to do in case of an attack
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The Apennine Mountains range in long segments from from Liguria to Calabria, and has been somewhat of a barrier between the Po and Tuscany and the eastern peninsula. The Italian or Apennine wolf enjoys a large range throughout most of the peninsula and a large area in southeastern France. There are several other species of foxes and jackals. The Marsican or Apennine brown bear is extremely endangered, and those few are limited to an isolated pocket of the central Apennines. They're not leaving because of it's isolation, but it's assumed that they could expand without any trouble if their numbers could increase. There are large brown bears in the Italian Alps, but they're not a sub-species, so not considered endangered despite their small numbers.
The Italian wolf is considered the unofficial animal of Italy, partly due to its place in Roman mythology. When looking at some images of Italian wolves, I noticed that there were some which were very large, as we usually think of the wolves in North America, and some were small. I've actually noticed this within the coyotes which I frequently saw in San Mateo County over the years. Most were small and usually a golden-brown color, while once in awhile I observed some which were large and wolf-like... and usually more of a grayish coloring. Also, when looking at a world map of the current wolf range, I see numerous oddities.
First and foremost is that wolves inhabit all of the Arabian peninsula, but inhabit no range in Mexico! How can there not be wolves in Mexico with all of it's diverse terrain, and be commonplace in the largely sandy deserts of Arabia? That really blows me away! I'm sure there are wolves in Mexico, in small wandering bands here and there, but with no actual range. Also, there is a huge range in Canada, but not much in the United States. How can there not be more wolves in the U.S., but they're commonplace in northern Alaska or the entire western half of Greenland? Maybe I could see where there are forests and animals in northern Alaska, and perhaps they can live in dens during the incredibly harsh winters, but what about Greenland? There's nothing but snow and ice!
Felines and canines apparently can adapt to almost any terrain. African lions adapt very easily to the snow, and they grow a thick winter coat and everything. The genetic memory of when they inhabited the tundra is still within them. Also, identical African and Asian leopards can thrive in both blazing hot African savanna or in the winter snows of northern East Asia. Wolves seem to be the same, surviving in mountains, deserts, and ice. When looking at the current worldwide brown bear range, they obviously must have crossed the land bridge from Asia, but are now very uncommon in the United States. They have a large range in the western half of Canada and in all of Alaska.
Although there's something of a reluctance to admit it, expanding Americans simply would not tolerate having such a potentially dangerous animal amidst them. They were once common in California. Also, Europeans and East Asians did the same. I see a couple of odd locations in northern Iraq and northern Japan within that range. The Atlas bear was apparently a brown bear sub-species that inhabited the Atlas Mountain range of northwest Africa, but became extinct due to human activity and hunting. I've read where there were a very small number of scattered Atlas bears and the Barbary lions in northwest Africa a century ago. Oddly, far from being separate, bears and lions have co-existed in many locations throughout history, including Ice Age Eurasia and North America. So at one point not so long ago in the Maghreb, bears, wolves, lions, and leopards actually occupied the same territories.
The surname "Lupo" is fairly common throughout all of the Italian peninsula, particularly in Piedmont and western Lombardy, and in Sicily, Campania, and Salento. However, the surname "Cantalupo" is unique to Campania, and it translates to "Singing wolf."
According to legend, Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus, who were raised by a she-wolf.
The animal features prominently in pre-Roman, Roman, and later Italian cultures. In Roman mythology, the wolf played a role in the founding of Rome by suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. According to Terry Jones, "The Romans did not see [the tale of Romulus, Remus and the she-wolf] as a charming story; they meant to show that they had imbibed wolfish appetites and ferocity with their mother's milk." The wolf was also considered sacred to Mars, and to see a wolf before going into battle was considered a good omen. The origin of the myth can be traced back to a wolf cult among the neighbouring Sabines. The Sabines had two words for wolf: hirpus (used in religious contexts) and lupus, the latter of which was incorporated into Latin.
Although the Romans did not worship wolves, killing them was likely considered taboo; unlike the Etruscans, the Romans very rarely sacrificed wolves in rituals, and no records have been found of wolves being used in the amphitheatres, despite being more numerous and easily accessible compared to other, more exotic animals used. The use of wolves in Roman folk medicine, while attested by Pliny the Elder, was minimal compared to other animals such as snakes or bears and, contrary to popular imagery, Roman standard bearers did not wear wolf skins, with the only units attested to have worn them being the velites, who were the poorest and youngest warriors using the wolf skins to distinguish themselves. Wolves entering cities or temples were usually only killed when the animal had no means of escape, unlike the case with wasps, oxen, and owls, which were quickly eliminated if they entered sacred areas.
Negative attitudes towards wolves in Italy largely began with the invasion of the Lombards, who zoomorphically described their raids and invasions as wolf raids, bringing wolves into disrepute. The belief in werewolves was still widespread in Italy during the early 1920s, and covering their faces when resting outside at night was once traditional among rural people, as sleeping whilst facing the full moon was thought to transform the sleeper into a wolf. The wolf also featured prominently in Italian folk medicine. Baby colic was treated by tying a sack filled with a piece of wolf gut around the child's neck, while miscarriages were prevented by tying a wolf's intestine around the mother's abdomen. Rheumatism and tonsillitis were treated with wolf fat, while a tooth or tuft of fur was worn as a talisman against the evil eye.
The Romans apparently did not consider wolves overly dangerous to people, with the only references to them attacking people being proverbial or mythological. Although Italy has no records of wolf attacks on humans after World War II and the eradication of rabies in the 1960s, historians examining church and administrative records from northern Italy's central Po Valley region (which includes a part of modern-day Switzerland) found 440 cases of wolves attacking people between the 15th and 19th centuries. The 19th-century records show that from 1801 to 1825, 112 attacks occurred, 77 of which resulted in death. Of these cases, only five were attributed to rabid animals.
Clint Eastwood's legendary "Man With No Name" makes his powerful debut in this thrilling, action-packed "new breed of western" (Motion Picture Herald) from the acclaimed director of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and For a Few Dollars More. Exploding with blistering shootouts, dynamic performances and atmospheric cinematography, it's an undisputed classic of the genre. A mysterious gunman (Eastwood) has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim, dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw,"the stranger soon receives offers of employment from each gang. But his loyalty cannot be bought; he accepts both jobs...and sets in motion a plan to destroy both groups of criminals, pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated setups, showdowns and deadly confrontations.
Release date: 1967 Running time: 1:40:05 Audio: English Subtitle: English [CC]
Actors: Clint Eastwood Marianne Koch Gian Maria Volontè Wolfgang Lukschy Mario Brega
Director: Sergio Leone
Producers: Arrigo Colombo Giorgio Papi
Writers: Victor Andres Catena Jaime Comas Sergio Leone
Genres: Western
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"I saw this in 1967 at the age of ten years old. Watched it in the theater and was letting my red licorice hang out of my mouth like a cigar Clint was smoking lol. An Iconic classic. One of my favorite westerns.." -- Eric Walker
"Every western by Clint Eastwood is a much watch for anyone into action movies. I watched this in the early 2000s as a recommendation from my Dad, I still get just as excited as I did as a kid when I watch them. - The Good the Bad and the Ugly - A Fistful of Dollars - For a Few Dollars More - The Outlaw Josey Wales - Pale Rider - High Plains Drifter - Unforgiven - Hang ‘em High Everybody has to watch these at least once." -- Universal Wisdom
"Thumbs up for the musical score by Ennio Morricone. It pulls you into the movie right from the opening credits. And gets even better in the trilogy." -- hackman
"This whole trilogy is one of the finest in any movie genre; from plot to characters to everything else. Can't be duplicated. Someone said this first of the trilogy had only a $200,000 budget. Simply unbelievable." -- Jeffry Hammel
" 'Ya see my mule don't like people laughin. Gets the crazy idea you're laughin at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to. I might convince him you didn't really mean it.' Freakin Gold!!!!!!!!" -- c
"The leading icon of a generation" (Roger Ebert). Academy Award® winner Clint Eastwood (including 1993; Best Director – "Unforgiven" and 2005; Best Director; "Million Dollar Baby") continues his trademark role as the legendary "Man with No Name" in this second installment of the famous Sergio Leone trilogy. Scripted by Luciano Vincenzoni and featuring Ennio Morricone's haunting musical score; "For a Few Dollars More" is a modern classic – one of the greatest westerns ever made. Eastwood is a keen-eyed; quick-witted bounty hunter on the bloody trail of Indio; the territory's most treacherous bandit. But his ruthless rival; Colonel Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef; "High Noon"); is determined to bring Indio in first...dead or alive! Failing to capture their prey – or eliminate each other – the two are left with only one option: team up; or face certain death at the hands of Indio and his band of murderous outlaws!
Release date: 1967 Running time: 1:58:32 Audio: English Subtitle: English [CC]
Actors: Clint Eastwood Lee Van Cleef Gian Maria Volontè Mara Krup Luigi Pistilli Klaus Kinski Josef Egger Panos Papadopoulos Benito Stefanelli Robert Camardiel Aldo Sambrell Luis Rodríguez Tomás Blanco Lorenzo Robledo Sergio Mendizábal Dante Maggio Diana Rabito Giovanni Tarallo Mario Meniconi Mario Brega
"My dad told me he was sixteen years old when he saw this movie. I’m 48 years old and every time they’re on I can’t wait to see them. People forget the symbolism and humanity of the characters that the actors play. It’s just not shoot ‘‘em up bounty killers. Enrico morrone and sergiobleome created masterpieces full of plot lines and vivid imagery. Great dialogue with even better one liners that have stood the test of time." -- Nikolaos Korosiotis
"When my dad got back from Vietnam we watched endless Clint Eastwood movies together. The trilogy was his favorite. My dad is now gone but I'm thankful Clint Eastwood is still here!🙏 " -- MOJAVEDDESERT SONORADESERT
"No western movies can compare to the Trilogies of Clint Eastwood's western classics of "A Fistful of Dollars" "For Few Dollars More" & "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly". Everyone involved just happened to be on earth at the right time to make the movies." -- Peter Xuong
"Worth rewatching every few years. One of many 2 hour Eastwood movies that have given me dozens of hours in entertainment joy. I'm gonna cry like a baby when Clint Eastwood passes." -- Tari Cabot
"My favorite of the trilogy. The ending was one of the best in movie history. No dialogs needed, just a whole lot of silent understandings." -- IPlayAnExpertOnTheInternet
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". Ennio Morricone composed the film's score including its main theme.
In 1862, during the American Civil War, a trio of bounty hunters attempt to kill fugitive Mexican bandit Tuco Ramírez. Tuco shoots the three bounty hunters and escapes on horseback. Elsewhere, a mercenary known as "Angel Eyes" interrogates former Confederate soldier Stevens, whom Angel Eyes is contracted to kill, about Jackson, a fugitive who stole a cache of Confederate gold.....
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I guess you would have to sign in for the two at the top. Of course, go for the big screen..
I could post the links to the many, many videos of people from certain places--legal and illegal--doing certain things in Italy. This site might best be served by not posting them. I will just post one link here in which you may just search out "Italy" or "Italian," and see the many things that these certain groups do over there. All sorts of things such as violent assaults, sex crimes, taking hammers to ancient statues, hijacking school buses and setting them on fire with the students still inside, leaders of these various groups openly stating what their goals are, doing really gross things in supermarkets that I simply can't write here, etc, etc. The one link I'll share is....
The old "right-left paradigm" exists mostly in thought-form today. It wasn't too many years ago that the United States voted in someone as president who ran on a clear anti-war platform, then spent eight years doing little more than serve the same bankers and war profiteers on Wall Street who financed him and made certain that he got good press from the 6-corporation mainstream media that they hold massive stock in! There is really no "Left" anymore; just two opposing forces. The stronger of the two is Globalization, a finite far right politic which was designed to consolidate power in as few hands as possible worldwide, and which uses sideshow-type movements to mask over what they really are: Far Right Technocrats.
The opposition is Nationalism, generally a very watered down version, and is more conservative than actually "right wing." The Globalists have more power, are better organized, have more of an overall objective, more of the choke-points of power through trained agents, more influence through unelected bureaucrats, more transnational corporate power, and certainly much more financial power internationally. They shout out "racism" at ever turn, despite the fact that they've bankrolled horrors around the globe for centuries! By "they," I'm referring to the coalition of the three primary global banking empires who put this whole idea together.
Far more sinister than having a chip - injected technology
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So many brilliant women around the world have answered the call on this one--Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, Dr. Carrie Madej, Dr. Dolores Cahill, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Karen Kingston, Dr. Jane Ruby, etc--and at great personal risk. One could say that a lot of this goes right back to the message put out by Joan Veon, who was of our people, about what these Globalists were up to... and it wasn't heeded. After a very successful career as a financial adviser, Joan was ready to retire early, but had attended some of these Globalist symposiums... which were NOT attended nor covered by the world press, and could see there were some major problems for humanity. She put all of the information, right from their own literature, into a view of the bigger picture that people could understand. These problems should have been taken care of decades ago. Well, now the bill is due! One could stick to the very literature, reports, and words of these people for decades--without speculating one bit--and come to a crystal clear conclusion. However now, it's just right out in the open.
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The World Economic Forum is one of many interfaces between the high-minded "Global Elite" and the world which they seek to subjugate. To the left is Klaus Schwab, who has nothing inherently in his background in particular which stands out, except that he belongs to a German secret society called Fraternitas Saturni. Many of these secret societies change their name and give a different outward look every fifty or one hundred years, but remain a corrosive force in the world. This society was behind the Thule Society, the German General Staff, and a number of other groups which were designed to springboard into National Socialism. That's fact, but I would speculate that this and other movements in history were designed to be altogether temporary arrangements to meet much more long-term goals.
This animal is on record saying to the people of the world for their 2030 goals, "You will own nothing, and be happy." He also openly talks about getting rid of farming, and harvesting insects for people to eat instead. He has taken the basic concepts from what Globalist institutions have been saying for many years, and putting a more extremist spin on them; probably to gauge the world population to see if they resist it or not. As it stands now, as these secret societies massively introduce fetishes from their theology (ex. "the Alchemical Marriage") into every aspect of popular culture... so far people have done little else but embrace them. Subconsciously they seem to absorb what the now corrupted state, media, education, corporatocracy, judicial, entertainment, etc. are advising them to do, and mindlessly doing it... or at least condoning it with their fear and/or silence.
Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli professor with a number of self-styled titles, but really is another Globalist mouth piece, who was put in that position because of his hidden affiliations. He is, or at least pretending to be, a lapdog for Klaus Schwab. He's on record saying "Humans are now hackable animals. The whole idea that humans have this 'soul' or 'spirit', and nobody knows what's happening inside them, and they have free will-that's over." These quotes are right on video, so they're easy to confirm. Just watch them and listen to their own words! Schwab and Harari have never really innovated anything, nor have they likely ever driven in a nail or screw or sawed a piece of wood. They were put in the positions they are through their hidden affiliations, and hold a deep hatred for humanity. The most dangerous people in the world are not Islamic extremists nor Central American drug cartels, but these Anglo, German, and Jewish death cults. The atrocities which they've committed over just the last several centuries is unfathomable in human history. The British Empire invented the "concentration camp," and they used them. Yet, they never stop, they never go away.
It's important to realize that there have been many others like them, but these are just two of the main figures on the scene today. The late Zbigniew Brzezinski, a political handler for the Global Elite, was the same type of agent. The late Maurice Strong was seemingly an ordinary person, but he was a cloak and dagger member, and suddenly became a billionaire banker with all sorts of "plans for the world." He was established as a front man, not on his own. I could think of dozens of more of them in different fields of human endeavor, corrupting everything they touch. Corrupting science itself! There's always a short or long term, self-serving purpose. It's to the point now that nothing is actually real in the minds of most people, unless this coalition gives its consent to its reality... or they can just make up anything!!
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President Harry S. Truman, throughout his life, carried a fragment of his favorite poem--'Locksley Hall' by Alfred Lord Tennyson--in his wallet. The following is that fragment...
'Locksley Hall'
"For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be;
Saw the pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with with shouting, and there rain’d a ghastly dew From the nations’ airy navies grappling in the central blue;
Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, Till the war-drum throbb’d no longer, and the battle-flags were fulr’d In the parliament of man, the federation of the world,
There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law."
Why would any American, especially one who would become an American president, be inspired by a poem about a World Government with a World Law? George H.W. Bush gave a pretty clear answer to that some decades later. One could argue that this is just some poem, and it doesn't really mean anything. I'm not of the belief that members of a cloak and dagger society, and their many aggressions, simply "don't mean anything." However, this curious factoid is just one of hundreds of similar oddities coming from the same basic suspects. A clear pattern of thought and behavior. Then he went on to make the decision to drop atomic bombs on civilian populations in an already defeated country.
"The atom bomb was no 'Great Decision'. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness." --Harry S. Truman
Each agent represents a deep rabbit hole that could fill a long study. For example, nobody would think of Cecil Rhodes (above) as anything more than a footnote in history, yet he was a person who transformed the world. He talked a good talk about how the British Empire was going to recapture the United States, yet after he died, his massive fortune was willed to a foreign bank. This was in contrast to everything he ever publicly stated, or that he wrote in his 'Confession of Faith', which all symbolizes the clear pattern of behavior of these people; similar to the "patriotism" in Harry Truman's wallet.
We review the 2016 Fiat 500 Abarth. After taking a look at the extreme and the mundane side of cars, this Abarth blends a bit of both. There are many options in the sub compact segment like the Mini Copper, Toyota iA and of course larger cars like the Honda Civic, and Mazda3. This Fiat is older choice, the question is after all of these years, does it make sense to own?
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Thanks To: Karen M. Hammershlieffe Jack Bucky Rogers
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Index: 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 3:05 Exterior Impressions 3:05 - 10:50 In the Shoppe with Turbowski 10:50 - 19:10 Driving Impressions 19:10 - 25:32 Interior Impressions 25:32 - 26:13 Final Thoughts 26:30 - Outtakes
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"Okay, I'm seventy one years old. Throughout my twenties until I was married, I drove sports cars. Triumph TR4, MGBGT, the 1st Datsun 240Z in the Buffalo, NY area, a Saab Sonnet. Then I got married and went into business, utility vans & pickup trucks. Recently I decided I no longer needed a pickup. Jay Leno said you can't drive a Fiat 500 Abarth without a smile on your face, and one of friends has a Mini Cooper S. I found the Mini is to low to the ground for an old guy 6' 1" and 250#. I didn't think I'd ever what an automatic in a sports car, but the 6 speed auto is great for an old guy with an arthritic left knee. I absolutely love my Fiat 500 Abarth, with it's real red leather buckets. No fake bonded leather. Everyone comments on how comfortable and roomy it is. At 71 driving is fun again! I'm going on vacation to Maine, I'll take all the back roads. VROOM, VROOM!"
-- Wayne Dorpfeld
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"I had the 1st model year for North America, 2012 and absolutely loved every second of ownership. So much personality in such a small package. I ran Eibach Sportline springs, and along with tinted windows it looked fantastic. Black w/ red stripes and a red leather interior. Never had a single issue with it the 30,000km and 2 years of ownership. I needed a larger vehicle for work, if it weren't for that I would still have her today."
The Abarth 595 range has been revamped and is better than ever
Since 2007, the Abarth version of the Fiat 500 has been one of the most special cars on the market, regardless of price. The small sports car developed by Fiat’s competition branch has grit and personality and is one of those models that has managed to become iconic while still on the market.
For the 2019 model year, Abarth revamped the 595 series, offering four alternatives ranging from the entry-level 145 horsepower to the 595 Pista’s 160 and the 595 Turismo with 165; the latter of which is ideal for fashion-conscious clients who like to go fast.
In the chaos and confusion of borders, battles, peace treaties and personal relationships, Carlo Abarth, born Karl and later naturalized Italian, had an eventful life always connected with the quiet of Meran, city of origin of his father’s family. Entrepreneur and pilot he was born in Vienna on 15th November 1908 and, while his father, officer of the Austro-Hungarian empire, worked for a decaying empire, young Karl already showed an increasing interest in speed and curiosity about mechanics.
In 1919, after World War I that confirmed the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and had as a result the First Austrian Republic, Abarth’s father went back to his origins, in Italy, in Meran, where he took care of old family business and where he chose Italian citizenship, but soon his parents split up and his mother went back to Austria. Meanwhile, young Karl Abarth began to work as mechanic, to race motorbike and to work with Castagna garage in Milan that collaborated with the Mechanical Engineering University of Vienna for precision mechanics, he also worked with Degan that produced motorbike chassis.
Carlo Abarth (15 November 1908 – 24 October 1979), born Karl Albert Abarth, was an Italian automobile designer.
Abarth was born in Austria, but later was naturalized as an Italian citizen; and at this time his first name Karl Albert was changed to its Italian equivalent of Carlo Alberto.
"Just got my '17 500 Abarth a couple weeks ago. The updated Abarth has the TFT tach/speedo screen, which has the looks and functionality. Plus has the touch screen head unit.
"Absolutely love this little thing. Can park in tight spaces, has enough pep to have fun, sounds amazing, and is just the right amount of weird. It's the perfect stablemate to my 987 Boxster S."
From the heart of the beautiful Le Marche region of Italy, the Ramazzotti story began in 1958 when Ramazzotti Wines owner and winemaker Joe (Giuseppe) Ramazzotti immigrated to the Dry Creek Valley with his mother, Yolanda, father, Germano, and two sisters, Maria Lucia and Romana. A few years later they had two more children, Adriano and Linda. They brought with them a deep love of Italian farming, winemaking, traditions and appreciation of life to the Dry Creek Valley. La terra—the earth and its gifts—is a tradition that has passed to our generations and guides everything we do in Sonoma County.
This concern is based on the Wine Country in northern Sonoma County, of which there are more wineries founded by Cisalpine families that I could begin to feature here. I just added one, the Ramazzotti Winery, above. Some of these families go back to the 19th century, however some are much newer, or even relatively recent. This region is large, including the Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, smf Russian River Valley.
This is a large brochure, including a map of this wine country which is actually along California's central coast. Again, numerous old and even new wine families of Cisalpine origin. I just happened to add Sarzotti Winery above, a name of Piemontese origin. The following related link is not associated with the brochure, but a different effort for the same region apparently.
Santa Maria is also along the central coast of California. In north Santa Barbara County. I wasn't aware that it's the largest city in the county. It's known for its wine industry and the Santa Maria–style barbecue.
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Castello di Amorosa
Napa Valley
Tour the authentic, 13th century inspired Tuscan castle-winery where you may taste world-class Napa Valley wines made by a fourth generation winemaking family in tradition of over 130 years.
Dario Sattui, owner of Castello di Amorosa and V.Sattui Winery in St. Helena, California reflects on his inspiration to build the Castello. Speaking from his monastery and estate in Sinalunga, Sattui describes how he studied medieval architecture in Italy and across Europe and how Castello di Amorosa came to fruition.
Dario Sattui introduces his signature wine, Sinalunga, which received 94 points from Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, a leading international wine critic.
Castello di Amorosa is located at 4045 St. Helena Highway in Calistoga, California. We offer a variety of wine tasting and wine education touring options which can be found here: https://castellodiamorosa.com/tour-tasting2/
Please call 707-967-6272 to book your tour of Castello di Amorosa.
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Sterling Vineyards
Napa Valley Elevated
Enjoy sweeping and noteworthy views of the Napa Valley from our one-of-a-kind aerial tram.
There wasn't any name, address, or website in this brochure/map, although I assume that it was from one of several country tourist boards. I thought I would add one more location which I didn't see any brochure for, that being Fort Ross near Healdsburg. Constructed in 1812, it was the southernmost post of Russian colonialism of North America.
This Russian fort has been on old (Alta) California soil since the very early 1800's. At the time, Spain owned this area and named it Alta California. Some years later, it came under the control of Mexico before finally becoming U.S. territory and then a state. The name Fort Ross was 1st documented around 1842 - Ross derives from the Russian word russ (or ros).
The original idea was to establish a Russian settlement in the area, with the Russian-American Company being one of the main forces at the time. In addition to these settlers, other nationalities eventually began living there, along with various Indian tribes in the vicinity.
After the heyday and eventual abandonment of the fort, there has been constant re-modeling, repair done due to the extreme wetness and ocean winds of the area that affected the fort.
Today it is a national monument on the historic registers and also a state park. Many events & pilgrimages are held there annually.
For a change, I was the one doing all of the camcorder monitoring, while Ed was doing the narration you hear (reading from the park brochure about the history of the fort)
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"Fort Ross (originally Fortress Ross ) was the hub of a number of smaller Russian settlements which were located in California, north of the limit of Spanish occupation in San Francisco, from 1812 to 1841 and were spread over an area stretching from Point Arena to Tomales Bay." -- Алексей Мишин
Enjoy the sunny terrace and delicious food at Cioppino's Restaurant on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf . Our specialty is Cioppino; made with a rich broth of tomatoes and fish stock, fresh cracked crab, and the finest fish from the day’s market. Our chefs season it with a special blend of spices and just the right amount of garlic. In addition to our signature dish, Cioppino’s offers a full menu of seafood, pastas and pizzas.
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"Cioppino is a fish stew originating in San Francisco, California. It is considered an Italian-American dish, and is related to various regional fish soups and stews of Italian cuisine.
"Cioppino is traditionally made from the catch of the day, which in San Francisco is typically a combination of Dungeness crab, clams, shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels, and fish all sourced from salt-water ocean; in this case the Pacific. The seafood is then combined with fresh tomatoes in a wine sauce."
I had picked up a stack of tourist/travel brochures from the display at the motel in which I spent much of this year so far at. I just thought I would run through some of them which are applicable. Obviously I'm backdating this from September.
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California Redwoods Information Center
"Avenue of the Giants"
Redcrest California (Humboldt County)
I remember visiting here with my family way back when..
Join Interpretation Manager, Willa Brock (and a surprise guest), on a tour of Filoli's historic House – AKA the Dynasty Mansion!
2021 marks 40 years since Dynasty entered prime time. We celebrate Filoli’s role as a backdrop to a show that helped pioneer compelling narratives around gender inequality and featured prime time’s first openly gay character and first Black female lead.
On your next visit to Filoli, look for the new exhibit to relive all the Dynasty drama!
And Join us for Summer Nights on June 3, when you're invited to dress up and have your own Dynasty Moment. Learn more at https://filoli.org/pride#dynasty
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Traintown
Sonoma Traintown Railroad
Sonoma, CA
I remember visiting here and riding the little train with my mother. If life was fair, mothers would last forever..
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