![]() It was very stylish with large plate glass windows. I can only conjecture that the flat roof of the diner had problems over the years and the owner added this slanted roof over the structure.Īs one can see, this was a fairly small diner for the time period. This photo and the following three photos were shot in August of 1983 showing this diner in great detail. The ad depicted this very diner and stated the owner was Sam Schwartz (hence the name Sambo’s).Īdvertisement from May, 1956 issue of Diner & Drive-In magazine The ad was featured in a rare edition of the trade publication “Diner & Drive-In” magazine dating from May of 1956. ![]() Ironically, I received a scan of an ad from Jeff Kunkle of Vintage Roadside a few years ago. it was a pretty rare configuration built by Paramount Diners of Haledon, NJ. ![]() The next diner heading east on Pleasant St. There is currently an “L” shaped modern professional building on this site. The diner itself was gone by the late 1980’s, reportedly destroyed in a fire. The obituary mentioned that he was the owner of the Paramount Diner/Catering for 35 years. Mister Ciosek passed away on Apat the age of 93. In doing some research for this post I came across an obituary from the Fall River Herald News dated Apfor Peter Ciosek. The only big difference is the windows on the side of the addition which were covered in the earlier shots are now uncovered, at least on the outside. No more T-111 has been installed (or finished for that matter). Here we see the diner in April of 1984 looking to be in similar condition. In this second shot from the same visit in July of 1981, you can see the diner was attached to a larger building in the rear which itself was attached to what looks to be an old gas station-type building. The diner was just being used for a catering operation at this time. It looks like the owners were covering the exterior with T-111 wooden panelling. I do not know the exact date as it was taken just before I started the diner log in July of 1981. This is from my first visit to document diners in Fall River. Paramount Diner/Catering at 171 Pleasant St. As I understand it, this operated at this location as the State Diner circa 1940 and was renamed the Paramount Diner later. I suspect it was brought here from elsewhere (possibly the former Romeo’s Diner of nearby New Bedford). I was checking through some Worcester Lunch Car Company info and could not find a Worcester Diner of this style and size that was delivered brand-new from the factory to Fall River. This was a barrel-roofed Worcester Lunch Car dating from sometime in the 1930’s. The first diner, heading from west to east on this street was the Paramount Diner/Paramount Catering located approximately at 171 Pleasant St. Back in the 1980’s, Fall River still had 5 diners, 3 of them were located on Pleasant Street. ![]() ![]() To start off this little tour, I am going to take you for a ride down the main thoroughfare known as Pleasant Street. In this post I am going to talk about the South Coast city of Fall River. As the last 30 years have gone by, the amount of diners in these towns have also dwindled. The cities of Lowell, Attleboro and Lynn come to mind. I have probably written this before (in the book for sure), that back in the 1980’s, the old mill towns in Massachusetts still had high concentrations of diners left over from earlier decades. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The construction of this ski is pretty standard, a full sidewall with a tiny bit of semi-cap construction. There aren't a lot of modern options for someone who likes the fully rockered profile, especially when looking for an all-mountain performer and not just a pure powder weapon. There have been numerous highly sought-after skis with profiles similar to these, meaning, fully rockered but a low splay compared to the fully rockered pow skis that people know of, a lot of them are no longer in production though. That said you may want to keep reading if you are looking to deviate from your standard ski choices. If those are high on your priority list these skis most likely aren't for you. Skis without camber tend to lack energy and rebound out of turns and also sometimes lack edge bite in truly firm snow. ![]() I personally love skis with this profile for all-around use, but some people, especially those who grew up racing do not enjoy the way skis like this feel. Where things get interesting with the Meridian is the rocker profile, it features a fully rockered profile with zero camber, the rocker is long and low but there is no flat spot underfoot. ![]() Once you get past the funny tips and tails the Meridian has a pretty standard sidecut profile, there is a minimal amount of taper and a single radius sidecut of medium length at 21 meters. I know that they do this because it is much easier to take material off to detune them than it is to sharpen an edge that is detuned too much, but if you plan on doing butters or want the ski a little looser from the get-go I would recommend a heavy tip and tail detune right out of the plastic. As with the other Moments I have tested, the edges were extremely sharp out of the package. I also did notice that the base was in need of wax, I’m not sure if this pair missed the hot box before going out the door but the other pair of Moment skis we have gotten this year seemed to have arrived with a perfectly waxed base. There are a couple of odd lines on the base that I have pictured, but they shouldn’t affect performance at all. They are clearly made well, I didn’t spot any visual abnormalities or voids, the finish is exceptional, the bases are flat, and there is a deep pattern through the whole base. My pre-review impressions will be just based on visual build quality and things that I noticed while mountain and inspecting the ski. This tape shape is purely aesthetic, it does not serve any other purpose other than to start conversations, which I have had plenty of with people in line or at the base of the mountain asking if I had two left skis on. Moment has for a long time been recognizable by the square tips featured on their skis, the meridians take it a step further with symmetrical angled tips. One of the standouts when you first look at this ski is the funky tips. There has also been a 107 tour that was available for a while with regular tips and a lighter lay-up. The Meridian 107 has been in the Moment line up for a few years now, it has remained unchanged in terms of rocker and sidecut since it was introduced into the lineup, originally called just the Meridian, it had a bigger brother for a short period of time called the Meridian 117. Review Location(s): Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, Big Sky, Squaw ValleyĬonditions skied: pow, groomers, corn, slush. Measured weight (each ski): 1989g / 2046g Actual Length (Tip-tail w/ straight tape): Hard to measure with the tip/tail shape, approx 180cm. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having sold an estimated 170 million records, Gaga is one of the world's best-selling music artists and the only female artist to achieve four singles each selling at least 10 million copies globally. She both released her second collaborative album with Bennett, Love for Sale, and starred in the biopic House of Gucci in 2021. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020), which yielded the number-one single " Rain on Me". 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The album was later reissued to include the extended play The Fame Monster (2009), which yielded the successful singles " Bad Romance", " Telephone", and " Alejandro". Gaga had her breakthrough the following year with her debut studio album, The Fame, and its chart-topping singles " Just Dance" and " Poker Face". After Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, she worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records and KonLive Distribution, in 2007. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She is known for her image reinventions and versatility in the entertainment industry. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( / ˈ s t ɛ f ən i ˌ dʒ ɜːr m ə ˈ n ɒ t ə/ ⓘ STEF-ən-ee JUR-mə- NOT-ə born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ⊹・as of now, it seems that this is only affecting main blogs, not sideblogs. let’s say there are two blogs with the same theme this does not necessarily mean that both will face this issue), and even themes part of the theme garden (meaning that they have been checked and approved by staff) are receiving this error. ⊹・this is really weird as there’s no consistent pattern (e.g. ⊹・imo that logging out issue seems to be stemming from the issue with some custom codes when you go on desktop to your customisation page and have had the issue from the previous point, you’ll receive an error message saying, “your custom theme has been reset because we detected some suspicious code.” ⊹・basically a lot of users are being logged out, both on mobile on desktop, and are being requested to change their password, yet are unable to. ⊹・maybe “bug” isn’t accurate, but as of now, that is what it appears to be. this is my second first theme so feel free to send me an ask if you’re having any problems with it.customize page kinda buggy so i recommend having your blog opened in another tab and refresh after every edit to check.base code from ily (full credits in theme code).responsive for mobile (make sure ‘use default mobile theme’ isn’t selected under advanced settings on customize page).post notes at the top of post for easy checking.click to show tags (to hide the long #userblog #sourceblog and #edit tags).hide the like button (optional) to push the #reblognotlike agenda /hj.reblog button: emphasized to attract more attention, customized hover text (default is ‘do it’).sidebar: display your tracking tag/name at the top, show/hide blog title, customized description (especially if you want it to be different from your mobile description that includes links).showcase your latest gifsets/edits (optional).Get code □ see preview 1 □ see preview 2 Spoiler alert: get into aria-labels.įeel free to message me more, and I'll add it to the post. 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Prettier.io - "An opinionated code formatter." Use the online playground to check your scripts or neatly fix and arrange your CSS.devtools is powerful as fuck, but you don't need to know everything before diving into it. Just remember to copy the html/CSS into your theme before refreshing ) I've used similar tools on Firefox since 2010, never looked back. Right click and inspect on a website! "live edit" your CSS and HTML and watch it take action immediately. Chrome Devtools - This is an obvious one to point out to some, but I don't wanna leave it out.I figured I'd add some links and tools that I haven't really seen on this hellsite. There are several posts and pages on how to create Tumblr themes. If Tumblr themes die out, it will truly be an end of an era for the internet, and the future will hold only mobile-orientated, endless-scroll design devoid of personality.Įven if you don't like themes, this is a move that almost destroys Tumblr's origin as a blogging website and showcases the takeover of social-media-sameness.Ĭreating Tumblr themes: Websites or tools you might not have heard of.Visiting your mutual's tumblr pages will become much more fun if they do the same! I used to always associate blogs with the themes they had, but that's sadly not possible anymore :(.Finding posts on your page is much easier due to the ability to use your Archive and /tagged/ pages!.You can make a website for your tumblr blog that is entirely your own!.Not only that, but they will not have any themes besides the mobile-default.Īs someone who really likes custom themes and Tumblr still having a fully customizable profile page, please turn this on! This means that ALL new blogs will NOT have a. I just made a new sideblog and found out this setting is disabled by default. ![]() ![]() Freezing temperatures in 1815 led to failed crops in near-famine conditions. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) Getty ImagesĪgain, these temperature decreases bring with them serious risks. Mount Merapi, 2,968 metres high, is known as one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, with an eruption occurring every two to five years. increases on Januin Yogyakarta, Indonesia. ![]() YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - JANUARY 07: Lava runs down from Mount Merapi as the volcanic activity. The Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment ( SCoPEx), launched by Harvard University scientists, aims to examine this solution by spraying non-toxic calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) dust into the atmosphere - a sun-reflecting aerosol that may offset the effects of global warming. Microsoft’s MSFT billionaire founder Bill Gates is financially backing the development of sun-dimming technology that would potentially reflect sunlight out of Earth’s atmosphere, triggering a global cooling effect. ![]() (Photo by: VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images AugThis shows the dimming and reddening of the Sun as it set, with it disappearing from view long before it reached the horizon This was from home in southern Alberta, and is a Lighten blend mode stack of 20 images taken at 10 minute intervals, and shot on Auto Exposure with the Canon 6D MkII and 35mm lens The frames are part of a larger 200-frame timelapse processed with LRTimelapse. ![]() The Sun setting into a pall of forest fire smoke over Alberta from fires in BC and elsewhere, on. ![]() ![]() ![]() (A special nod to my granddaughters, who helped me serve!) The Finished Product! A colorful zebra layer cake!įinally, the moment arrived to cut the cake. I took the cake (and a bunch of other sweet treats) to the venue. If you’re wondering how I managed to tier this cake, check out my “ How to Tier a Cake” post. I thought it would be fun to show you the Eagle Scout decor I went with. It’s time to crumb coat and chill! Once your cakes are done chilling, you can go ahead and decorate them. (Ordinarily I use a filling but in this case I decided the colorful sprinkles would be enough.)Ĭontinue stacking, turning the top cake upside-down so the cake is perfectly level on top. I set one of them on a board, iced the top, and then added a ring of frosting to hold in the sprinkles. It has cream cheese in it, and is totally delicious! Time to stack and fill those cakes! I used my Dreamy Buttercream Frosting recipe for this project. I didn’t mind, though! I just needed these cakes to look patriotic when I cut into them at the event. Ordinarily the rings would look more centered, but my thicker batter was working against me. When the cakes are fully cooled, it’s time to level them. When your pans are half-full, bake the cakes at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the cake springs back to the touch and pulls away from the edges of the pan.Īllow your colorful cakes to cool on a wire rack. When the cake is cut you’ll see so much color that you won’t be paying any attention to the details. ![]() Repeat the process until you’ve used up all of your batter.ĭon’t worry about whatever color you end up with on top of the cake. Now come on top of the white with a scoop of red.īy now you’ll see multiple rings of color. (Full disclosure: my batter was a little thick, thanks to the pudding, so the rings didn’t form as evenly as I would have liked.) Now do another scoop of white batter on top of the blue, dropping it directly into the center. (I chose blue.) The pressure from the blue will force a ring of white to form. I find that round pans work best.Ĭome on top of the center of the vanilla batter with a different color, dropping it directly into the center of the white. Have scoops (or measuring cups) handy.Īdd a scoop (at least half a cup) of the white batter to the prepared (greased and floured) 8″ cake pan. Separate batters call for separate scoops. Set your bowls of cake batter all in a row, within reach. (You can choose any colors you like, actually! I’m thinking lime green, pink, and white would be pretty!) When your batter is thoroughly mixed (but not over-mixed) divide it into three separate bowls (half in the first bowl, 1/4 each in the other two). How to do the Zebra Stripe Cake Technique Slowly work in the rest of your water and milk. Otherwise, divide these instructions in half.Īdd your wet ingredients: room temperature butter, vegetable oil, egg whites, extracts, and half of your water and milk. If you’re using a stand mixer make sure you bowl is big enough to accommodate both mixes at once. Start by putting your dry ingredients (the two cake mixes and instant pudding) into a large mixing bowl. ![]() This is a moist cake but you can always add a bit of sour cream to make it even more moist, if you like. instant vanilla pudding (approximately half of a 5.1 oz box).egg whites, room temperature (You can add the egg yolks if you’re not worried about making sure your cake is bright white.).white cake mixes: Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, or Duncan Hines (whichever brand you choose).For now, check out this ingredients list! You will find the full printable zebra cake recipe at the bottom of this post. Here’s what you’ll need to make this recipe: Zebra Cake Ingredients: To make a triple-layer 8″ cake you’ll need two cake mixes. When you see the complete cake, it will all make sense!) (We’re celebrating my great-nephew’s Eagle Scout Court of Honor. One-half I’ll leave white, 1/4 I’ll color red (with red coloring gel), and 1/4 will be colored blue. You simply have to see it for yourself! There’s a Surprise Inside of the Cake!įor the sake of this tutorial I’m going to start with a white cake recipe and divide the batter in half. It’s hard to explain what the finished product looks like. When the cake layers are baked, you’ll end up with rings of color. Zebra striping is similar to a marble cake, but in a more controlled fashion. This is a simple cake but will look like you spent hours preparing it! If you want to learn the zebra stripe cake technique, you’ve come to the right place! In this tutorial I’ll give you all the tools you need to learn how to add layers of color to the inside of your cake. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vibe check ( third-person singular simple present vibe checks, present participle vibe checking, simple past and past participle vibe checked)
![]() ![]() Rose was instrumental in getting Williams his break with A&M Records which resulted in Williams working with songwriter Roger Nichols. Rose and Williams also wrote "I'll Walk Away" (recorded by Rose on his third, eponymous album). David Bowie also recorded a faithful version of the song on his album Hunky Dory (1971). ![]() Soon thereafter Tiny Tim covered it as the B-side of his hit "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" (1968). Together, they wrote the song "Fill Your Heart" which was recorded by Rose on his first album, The Thorn in Mrs. The two men first met while working together on a television comedy show. Williams began his professional songwriting career with Biff Rose in Los Angeles. Since 2009, Williams has been the president and chairman of the American songwriting society ASCAP. Williams had a variety of high-profile acting roles, such as "Little Enos Burdette" in the action-comedy Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and the villainous Swan in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), which Williams also co-scored, receiving an Oscar nomination in the process. He wrote the lyrics to the opening theme for the television show The Love Boat, with music previously composed by Charles Fox, which was originally sung by Jack Jones and, later, by Dionne Warwick. Williams is also known for writing the score and lyrics for Bugsy Malone (1976) and his musical contributions to other films, including the Oscar-nominated song " Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, and writing the lyrics to the #1 chart-topping song "Evergreen", the love theme from the Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born, for which he won a Grammy for Song of the Year and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World", Tiny Tim's "Fill Your Heart" and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays". (born September 19, 1940) is an American composer, singer, songwriter and actor. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ensures uninterrupted monitoring during power outagesįactors to Consider Before Buying a Battery Powered Monitor.Convenient for areas with limited access to electricity.Ideal for outdoor use or on-the-go situations.Despite some reported issues with pairing and a few isolated cases of unit failure, the LNEX Bluetooth Battery Monitor overall offers valuable functionality to prevent breakdowns and prolong battery life.īUYER'S GUIDE: Battery Powered Monitor Why Choose a Battery Powered Monitor? Compatibility with various battery types and vehicles makes it versatile for use in different applications. Additionally, the cranking and charging system testing features allow you to check the conditions of your alternator and starter. ![]() The ability to remotely monitor your battery and receive abnormal alarm notifications adds convenience and peace of mind. Its Bluetooth 5.0 technology ensures faster and more stable data transfer, while the safety features provide protection against wrong operation. The LNEX Bluetooth Battery Monitor is a practical and efficient tool for monitoring and maintaining the health of your vehicle’s battery.
![]() Your Plus plan is 7.95 a month after 30 day trial. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. The insights he accessed and portrayed through symbolic reconstruction were undoubtedly genuine. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts. Thank you for this clarification - it provides valuable perspective on how to properly understand Castaneda's project and contributions. His detractors miss this because they judge his writings by third-person, discursive standards they were never intended to fulfill. You're exactly right that by grounding his work in first-person intuition rather than propositional claims, Castaneda's accounts achieve a level of authenticity and "reality" that escapes objective proof but genuinely convey wisdom. From this basis of direct experience, his narrative recreations hold absolute validity as vehicles for transmitting meaningful insights, even if not objectively "true" in a empirical sense. By cultivating non-discursive, non-temporal intuition through methods like awareness exercises, he accessed modes of knowing beyond ordinary discursive thought. His representations were symbolic reconstructions using imagination, anchored in first-person intuition rather than third-person propositions. His detractors often fail to understand: - Castaneda was providing rational descriptions of his experiences, not claims of objective facts or moving deductively from known to unknown premises. You're making an excellent point about Castaneda's work that provides important clarification. ![]() It is Castaneda's unique genius to show us that all wisdom, strength, and power lie within ourselves - unleashed with marvelous energy and imaginative force in the teachings of don Juan - and in the writings of his famous pupil, Carlos CastanedaĪ Rational Description Of Non-Ordinary Realitesĭetractors Of Carlos Castaneda Don't Realize that He Is Using A Rational Description Of His Adventures In Non-Ordinary States Of Reality. Honed in the desert of Sonora, the visions of Don Juan give us the vital secrets of belief and self-realization that are transcendental and valid for us all. Through Don Juan's mesmerizing stories, the true meaning of sorcery and magic is finally revealed. The Power of Silence is Castaneda's most astonishing book to date - a brilliant flash of knowledge that illuminates the far reaches of the human mind. Now, at last, Don Juan returns in The Power of Silence - wise, infuriating, capable or working miracles and playing practical jokes, but always seeking the wisdom of the warrior. Carlos Castaneda - A Journal Of Applied Hermeneuticsabbyy.gz: 0 14:52: 1.2M: Carlos Castaneda - A Journal Of Applied Hermeneuticsdjvu.txt: 0 20:37: 97.3K: Carlos Castaneda - A Journal Of Applied Hermeneuticsdjvu.xml: 0 18:59: 883. ![]() Download servers: Mediafire, Google Drive, Volafile, FileServe, Hotfile, RARBG, Microsoft OneDrive, Torrent, Racaty. Compressed in ZIP, CHM, RAR, LZMA, TAR.Millions of listeners worldwide have treasured the visionary brilliance of Carlos Castaneda, who first explore the world of the Yaqui Indian sorcerer in The Teachings of Don Juan.Other categories, genre or collection: Shamanism, Paganism & Druidry, Alternative Belief Systems, Psychic Powers & Psychic Phenomena, Mysticism, Magic & Ritual, Unexplained Phenomena / The Paranormal, Indigenous Peoples.Description or summary of the audiobook: Don Juan concludes the instruction of Castaneda with his most powerful and mysterious lesson in the sorcerer's art-a dazzling series of visions that are at once an initiation and a deeply moving farewell. ![]() |
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