![]() We had crossed a few streams on the journey so far, but these streams built in intensity as we continued. We felt we were getting closer, but the hardest parts of the hike were still to come. Soon we could hear the gushing of water, and taking a few steps to peer over the side of the trail revealed amazing views of the West Fork Canyon and the San Juan river below. Many plants and shrubs were already waist-height and showed no signs of slowing down. Although this area was so recently burnt, it is amazing to see how fast the forest can regenerate itself. My friend informed us that this area was affected by the West Fork Fire just last summer in 2013. Before we knew it we were walking through a barren-looking land with blackened trees. The scenery soon changed, and we left all signs of civilization behind as we got deeper into the forest. The turnoff for Rainbow Trail reads 4 miles to go, but it feels longer. “Don’t worry, we thought we were lost about here too!” He joked with a grin. “Yeah, just take the turnoff coming up,” the taller man reassured us. “This is still the trail for Rainbow Hot Springs, right?!” my friend anxiously piped. Our minds were put at ease as we saw a couple of other hikers coming back on the trail. This area is littered with “private property” signs, and it’s important to be mindful of these so the locals don’t decide to close access. The first mile of trail winds through summer cabins of Borns Lake. The trail is approximately 10 miles long, so plan 5 or 6 hours for a round trip. The hike to the hot springs gains over 1000 feet in elevation and is not for the weak-hearted. Look for the trail labeled West Fork Trail #561. In about seven miles you will reach the West Fork trailhead parking. To get there, follow US 160 northeast from Pagosa Springs for 16 miles and take the exit for West Fork Campground (CR 648). The hike to Rainbow Hot Springs is challenging, but you will be rewarded with a first-class place to unwind. Hikers are attracted by the isolated hot springs in the heart of the forest. So unknown, in fact, that descriptions of the hike all vary. Rainbow Hot Springs is a relatively unknown area located north of Pagosa Springs in the Colorado Mountains of the central U.S.
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I researched every single bar that was listed in my area and surrounding areas who were supposedly hiring… most of them didn’t even exist anymore or didn’t have the correct contact info/address No short term/one time gigs ever even showed up.ĭon’t waste your money if you’re looking for growth. The database of local bartending gigs is literally a joke. The class I was in by myself, one-on-one with the teacher, was great. The cost to attend ABC Bartending School ranges from 12 to 900 depending on the qualification. ![]() This school offers training in 26 qualifications, with the most reviewed qualifications being Bartender License, Mixology Certification, and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) Certified. 85+ Over 85 academic offerings and over 70 college transfer agreements. ….so, 3 out of the 4 classes were basically exactly the same, going over the same super basic stuff, and I didn’t really get to learn anything. ABC Bartending School is located in Charleston, SC. fourth class was us 2 again, plus another person there for their FIRST DAY OF CLASS. Third class was me +1 other, but it was the other persons first class… so the teacher did the first day lessons with them (which took up most of the class) and had to cram everything she was supposed to go over with me in the last bit. First class was me + 2 others (first class for all of us) My teacher had me practice making layered shots… you can’t layer water with water.? However I WAS able to learn, practice and perfect free-pouring. But if you’re looking to perfect your measurements, practice techniques, and get real hands on practice, you will be disappointed. MATC gives you flexible alternatives to the traditional classroom. Earn a digital badge that you can print or share on. A-List Startenders is a modern bartending school located in Chicago with a mission to. Learn the latest in your chosen industry or subject. So if you’re just trying to remember which liquors are in a simple drink, it could work I guess. Highlight the new, job-relevant skills you’ve gained and supplement existing qualifications with a hard-earned, industry-specific digital certificate. A supplies package can also be purchased for 80. You practice making cocktails with the bottles of colored water and rubber garnishes that look like baby toys. The training fees vary between 50 and 199, depending on the type of class chosen. 700-Level Courses for Adult High School, GED/HSED, College Support and Learning English, pages 328-335. Technical Diploma Programs, pages 118-199. ![]() A bunch of different-sized glass bottles filled with colored water, rubber lemons and cherries, uncomfortable stools… just not what I expected. MATC gives you flexible alternatives to the traditional classroom experience, including more online, in-person and hybrid classes on your schedule. Academic & Career Pathways Lists of Programs, pages 11-20. Taking a bartending certification class in a classroom set up just like a bar, being able to practice making cocktails, and getting access to a regularly updated database of bars hiring in your area…. Former student on SeptemOverpriced and broken promises ( 3)Ĭonsumption of matcha tea ensures that caffeine and L-theanine act in conjunction to maximize the cognitive functioning of the brain to perform tasks with mental alertness, stamina, and enthusiasm. L-theanine acts as a relaxant and boosts alpha brain waves in the brain resulting in lowered anxiety and better focus. The adverse effects of high caffeine are negated through L-theanine. The caffeine in matcha is a stimulant and works to keep the energy levels high throughout the day. This method results in higher chlorophyll and phytochemical concentrations in matcha tea which accounts for peak concentrations of L-theanine and caffeine. Matcha cultivation is unique and follows a shade-grown method during the final weeks before harvest. Among beverages, L-theanine is found only in tea and is available in higher concentrations in matcha than all other teas. Matcha, a green tea, has high concentrations of both caffeine and the amino acid L-theanine. Matcha tea contains more than double the caffeine found in green tea but its caffeine content is still lower than that of coffee. Summary: The concentrations of caffeine in matcha are higher than other tea varieties. ( 1)īut still, matcha caffeine is lower than a cup of brewed coffee which is known to have around 95 mg of caffeine or higher. This is significantly higher than regular green tea which contains around 30 mg of caffeine. Approximately, 1 cup or 8 oz of matcha contains around 70 gm of caffeine. The caffeine content in matcha tea depends upon the grade of matcha. Since the entire leaf is consumed through matcha, caffeine consumption is also higher. Matcha tea is obtained by grinding whole leaves into a fine powder. Caffeine is an important constituent in green tea and matcha holds more caffeine power than any other tea. How Much Caffeine in Matcha Tea?Ĭaffeine is commonly found in many plant-based products including tea, coffee, fruits, and nuts. ![]() Regular green tea and matcha provide similar health benefits but what distinguishes matcha from green tea is the higher nutritional content. Starting from the cultivation of this tea, all the way to the creation of the packaged product and finally preparing the tea and drinking it, everything is unique about matcha. ![]() ![]() Matcha, a type of green tea, is one of the most popular drinks of the Japanese. The Japanese Matcha tea has the highest caffeine content among all the teas. But many types of tea have some amounts of caffeine in them. Caffeine is a term we tend to connect with coffee rather than tea. ![]() But recently, Marukin moved into the city with two spots, and they've been dominating the scene ever since. Portland has many great ramen spots, such as Boke Bowl, Noraneko, and Boxer Ramen. You cannot go wrong with whatever menu item you select here, but the ravioli is our favorite in Portland: large noodles stuffed with beef, taleggio, and crispy leeks, with a light sauce. Nevertheless, it might just be the best Italian in Portland, and one of the best restaurants, period. Named Restaurant of the Year by the Oregonian only six weeks after opening, Renata has faced some difficult hurdles. Be sure not to miss the housemade horseradish vodka while you're here. The farmer's cheese dumplings and sour cherry dumplings are likewise excellent. These dumplings are flavor packed little pockets of beef, pork, veal, and onion, with strong but not overwhelming spices. There are few Russian spots in Portland, and few to none offering Russian style dumplings, but that's not why Kachka's Siberian Pelmeni are on this list it's here because it's one of the best dishes in the city. The Pad Kee Mao is available for lunch and dinner, while the Pad Se Ew is only served at lunch. They may be the most ubiquitous Thai dishes in Portland, with dozens of restaurants and food carts, but PaaDee is the best Thai food in town, so it comes as no surprise that the restaurant manages the best version of these popular dishes. There are more than a few versions of Thai noodles, including the wide, flat variety used in Pad Kee Mao and Pad Se Ew. ![]() Skip the fried rice and dig into a massive plate of noodles with your choice of meat (or tofu). Like other spots on this list, it's a Portland institution, and there's usually a line out the door of this renovated house turned restaurant. ![]() Shandong gets close, but there's something just perfect about Frank's hand-pulled, thick and glutinous Chinese style noodles. With a plate of this and a glass of sangiovese, you'll forget you're not in Rome. At Pizza Italia, it comes the traditional way, with pancetta, onion, pecorino, and a red wine and tomato reduction. Bucatini is a thick noodle, wider than spaghetti, with a hole running through the center. There are many kinds of Italian pasta, but the bucatini noodle deserves its own category. The noodles are made from scratch daily and topped with housemade meatballs and marinara - simple, straightforward, delicious. For this Italian-American dish, head to A Cena, the cozy Sellwood institution. It's a classic for a reason - no list about noodles would be complete without spaghetti, and especially spaghetti with meatballs. You have the option of rice or noodles, and you should definitely go with the latter: vermicelli noodles make the curry even better. Bang Bang offers an array of seasonal Thai curry bowls, full of vegetables and meats, none of which are authentic, but all of which are packed with flavor (the green is our favorite). This last time I ventured to try some other items, and found that they have some tasty vegetarian gumbo and jumbalaya options, and Jon swears by the “mad good” chicken fried steak.It's not exactly traditional, but that doesn't mean it's not delicious. Not only is this mac delicious (my favorite in Portland, now that Velour has closed), but it is also very affordable–around $6-$8. Montage is best known for their out-of-this-world mac and cheese menu–that’s right, not one, but many kinds of mac! Traditional “old” mac and cheese, spicy mac (with a cajun gravy), or “spold” (half traditional, half spicy my favorite option) as well as some more adventurous ones, such as pesto. Although I have been going to Montage since high school, I have a continued appreciation for the tastiness of their food as well as the set-apart atmosphere that they offer. ![]() ![]() The only other hard part was finding the thermal plant, that took me half an hour after reaching that cave. ![]() I explored all the entrances until the great deku tree (however it's named) and put probes in the important passages. I had to watch a video in youtube to see what to do and then I went down there with the seamoth and some probes. The first time I got to the lost river I was lost as hell, I didn't know what to do. I know it's too late, but I recommend you to not use google except when you have already tried something and failed or when you are experiencing important difficulties. Anyway, I think that they put a new patch recently or they were about to do it. Players in xbox should ask for improvements. Yeah, hundreds of hours here, saving just when I am gonna stop playing (except when I am gonna do something really dangerous). It's only that long to save if the game has been played for 20+ hours and you haven't saved in the last half hour. I found them in the caves, because i was scared of the dunes and hate the ampeels in the bulb zone. I should have explored the containment facility, but I'm heavily reliant on google and what I read said Dunes, Bulb Zone and Grassy Plateau caves. At this point this game is more rage inducing than fortnite. I wasn't saving because it takes 5 minutes to save. I was actually having fun.ĮDIT: by the way, I'm on xbox one x. I kept forgetting to save, and I paid for it when I went through the mountain portal to get to the Containment Facility and fell through the ground and started infinitely falling. Luckily I was wrong, but then after going and getting the Hatching Enzyme recipe, I spent the next hour searching for a sea crown seed. I then went to the thermal plant for the first time in the playthrough and almost had a heart attack because I thought I got the glitch where the water disappears after entering the thermal plant, which is what I lost my last game to. After I realized this was the case, I spent the next half of an hour trying to collect the kyanite I had left in various bases before finally upgrading my prawn depth. I was under the impression that I could only switch out the PRAWN upgrades in a moonpool because I was unable to unequip the upgrades due to a bug. The first half of an hour I spent travelling between my moonpool in the seatrader path and my base in the cove tree area. This is my second playthrough, and both playthroughs i've lost to game-breaking glitches. I just spent two hours playing this game, and fell through the world. Expressing another vexed relationship with official knowledge and diplomas, the song on College Dropout features Syleena Johnson singing the taken words. ![]() The price for thinking out loud, should we be surprised her chords and words resonated with Kanye West in 2004 when he took from her? All Falls Down extends Lauryn Hill’s prophecy, an unfinished draft. Lauryn Hill like Wynter understands the citational practice of love and theft called taking from Black women thinkers and artists. Lauryn Hill’s Black diasporic poetic philosophy is an unfinished draft for revolution, a published but unpublished circulating manuscript like philosopher Sylvia Wynter’s Black Metamorphosis. In her frustrated and defiant vulnerability, I hear the future prophesied in Black feminist writings by Audre Lorde. Adjacent to a Caribbean diaspora poetics constantly grappling with what it means to be “the wretched of the earth,” Lauryn Hill embodies the call-and-response of the Black diaspora. She found her voice in the kindred dispossession of how to be Caribbean is to understand intimately the way that refugee gets amputated from its root refuge. ![]() ![]() From the Fugees to the Marleys, Lauryn Hill embraced and was embraced by a radical Afro-Caribbean tradition of the poetics of Blackness. In Lauryn Hill, I hear Revelations and Rastafari. As a professor of Black studies, I have long considered the distance between the mad ravings, conspiracies of the street corner, and the writings of Black academics denied tenure. The line “Mafia with diplomas keeping us in a coma / Trying to own a piece of the American corona” took on a new prophetic power. I heard the prophecy anew in an echo of global chants for Black lives, amidst burning and looting as the coronavirus pandemic raged on. Ever the perfectionist and show woman, Lauryn Hill dutifully performed the songs from over a decade ago that had sustained her and us, her audience.įrom an album that never quite was, The Mystery of Iniquity continued to reverberate for me in subsequent months, the summer protests of 2020 in New York City where I live. With a full band in tow, she finally emerged dressed in all-white. I did not know if she would be on time, but it didn’t matter because I knew she had always been on time. Just before the borders closed, mandated by then President Donald Trump in the United States, the concert was a religious experience for me though I am an atheist, because music is my sacred ritual. Lauryn Hill performed in Old Westbury, New York, on February 15, 2020. ![]() I was reminded of the power of this song at the last concert I attended, and perhaps ever will attend in person, Ms. Lauryn Hills gives us a draft for revolution. Unfinished, the song epitomizes a certain set of struggles against injustice that is best defined as Black politics or the familiar key of Black diasporic life. Hill asks, “What do we expect of the system made for the elect?” The song The Mystery of Iniquity is as contemporary as it is unvarnished. She denounces the commander-in-chief as the “son of perdition.” She deploys a cascade of legal metaphors, rapping her critique of modern-day lynching. She excoriates “Babylon’s benefactors” in what might now be described as a call for abolition, not only of the “criminal justice system,” but of all unholy wars. A perfect second album that never quite was, Hill’s political critique is as prescient as it is poetic. Lauryn Hill’s 1998 live album MTV Unplugged 2.0 is a draft for revolution. Fight scenes are fluid and functional I was never really wowed, but I could always tell what was going on. The animation carries the plot quite well, albeit not perfectly. Critical Role’s heart and good intentions overcame a lot of the initial problems with The Legend of Vox Machina, and by the time the season’s major arc kicked off I was fully invested. It’s weirdly wholesome for a show that starts so strong with the F-bombs and tits, but I love it. Whenever the crew get to decompress together, I get familiar, cozy D&D vibes. There’s a scene where Vex and Percy joke about his “magnificent bitch face,” and it’s not high art, but it’s incredibly comfy. Grog is a comic relief character, but he rounds out the quiet cleric Pike nicely. Keyleth, the nervous druid, is continually checking in for validation with her friends - which only sometimes works. The voice cast, who are of course all very familiar with these characters after their original work developing them, do a lot of work here. ![]() This is the Briarwoods arc from Critical Role, and it’s well paced over the six episodes screened for critics (of a total 12 for the season). While the season starts with a shorter arc about the time-honored tale of killing an evil dragon, episode three kicks off a long-running story about a homecoming and revenge, when Percy runs into a pack of vampires from his past. Even when the members of Vox Machina disagree, you get the sense that everyone generally likes each other there are no dramatic CW-style fallouts that could be solved with a conversation. ![]() If a party member hints at their deep, dark past, you better believe they’re going to confront it and overcome it with the power of friendship. This is a deeply indulgent story, where every character is both likable and also has a secret source of angst. It’s rough, especially because once they finally veer off that course, the show suddenly gets really good. Sure enough, the opening episodes spread shock value on thick. For a bit, I worried I was in for a D&D story where the party roll around as murder hobos, slaughtering and swearing their way across the realm, and the eventual joke would be the idea that anyone actually cared in this setting. Trying this hard, and going this dark, isn’t always a bad thing - but in both tabletop gaming and adult animation, amateurs can veer too hard in that direction in an attempt to differentiate themselves. They say “fuck,” argue amongst themselves, and prefer gold to glory. The first two episodes stumble with this repeatedly the characters aren’t your traditional fantasy cast, the show assures us. ![]() Within the span of a dozen minutes, we get to see our main cast get drunk, puke everywhere, chop off a few limbs, and a gnome seduces an innkeeper’s daughter - bare breasts on display and all. They’re your typical Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party - hot messes with battle axes and magical powers - and their first big fight goes as badly as you’d expect. The adventuring group Vox Machina is made up of half-elven twins Vax and Vex, goliath barbarian Grog, gnomish bard Scanlan and cleric Pike, anxious druid Keyleth, and the traumatized gunslinger Percy. The viewer is introduced to our main cast through the reliable trope of a good old-fashioned bar brawl. They die horribly, shouting cusses the entire way, and this sets the stage for the first two episodes of the show. Just when the big picture has been established, the show throws a curveball at the viewer by instantly and brutally slaughtering a squad of heroic adventurers. The first thing we see is a montage of the world, with legendary heroes and dire threats. The Legend of Vox Machina is an attempt to create an on-ramp to the deep lore of Mercer’s fictional setting, a world called Exandria. once the show gets over its own insecurities. The end result is a solid pulp adventure and a rollicking good time. Critical Role has grown into an absolute behemoth, large enough to raise $11 million through a Kickstarter campaign to distill nearly 400 hours of role-playing down into a season of television with no entry knowledge required. The campaigns are run by Dungeon Master and voice actor Matthew Mercer, with a crew of fellow professionals who show up to improv a grand fantasy tale. Critical Role is a hugely popular actual play phenomenon, drawing in millions of viewers and creating dozens of spin-off projects. ![]() How many PSI in a 1 BAR? There are approximately 14.5038 PSI in one BAR. Therefore, to convert PSI to BAR, you need to divide the PSI value by 14.5038. 1 bar is equal to 100,000 Pascals, which is close approximately to atmospheric pressure, so it is often used to represent atmospheric pressure rather than standard atmosphere (101325 Pascals). It is widely used in the daily life particularly in European countries, though that is a non-SI unit. Psi : Bar : The bar is a unit of measurement for pressure. Example: convert 15 psi to kilonewton/square meter: 15 psi = 15 × 6.8947572932 kilonewton/square meter = 103.4213593977 kilonewton/square meter. ![]() ![]() 1 inAq equals 248.84 Pa.Psi : Bar : The bar is a unit of measurement for pressure. It is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of water of 1 inch in height at defined conditions for example 60 ☏ at the standard acceleration of gravity. Psi : Inch Water (60☏) : Inches of water (also called wc, inch water column (inch WC), inAq, Aq, or inH2O) is a non-SI unit for pressure.
For us that would be stuff like Netflix, our gym membership (1.5 hours of free childcare a day might make this our best purchase ever!), and activities for the kids. ![]() Recreation (5-10%)Īnything you do for fun. But you also need to consider life insurance, disability insurance, etc. Health insurance just keeps getting more and more expensive. Make sure you’re taking care of yourself and your family. It could be routine doctor visits, or multiple trips to the urgent care clinic over Christmas when you are sick and away from home (that was a rough holiday for our family…) At the end of the day, your health is more important than money. While you can’t really plan for health expenses, it’s good to account for them in your budget. If you’re like most of us, this money goes toward your car payment, gas, and insurance. If you’re lucky enough to live in a big city and not need a car, this could be subway tickets or Uber rides. Transportation (10%)Īnything you need to spend money on to get to work, the store, or your other weekly activities. If you can cut your rent from $1200 to $1000 per month, that’s extra savings of almost $2500 per year – enough to fund a nice vacation! Just remember that owning a home comes with hidden costs you have to remember to budget for such as HVAC replacement, emergency plumbing repairs, etc. This is a big chunk of your budget, and a great place to try to find some savings by living a little cheaper. Your rent or mortgage (including property taxes and insurance). While not specifically mentioned by Dave Ramsey, I would put your cell phone here too. This includes electricity, water, natural gas, and trash service. If you need some help, here are 7 ways we save money on groceries without sacrificing quality, and here is a detailed breakdown of how much you should spend on groceries. If you don’t plan ahead, it can be easy to spend a lot of money on convenience foods or grabbing take out on the way home from work. This can be one of the hardest categories to for people to budget for, and I know personally we have to keep an eye on it every month so that it doesn’t get out of control. Food (10-15%)ĭave Ramsey’s food budget recommendations include groceries and eating out. Money set aside for the future, whether building up your emergency fund or saving for retirement in a 401(k) or IRA. I 100% agree on this point, and I believe giving is a big part of changing your mindset about money. The cornerstone of Dave Ramsey’s approach to budgeting starts with giving to your church or other charitable causes you care about. Here’s a little more detailed breakdown with what goes in each category according to Dave Ramsey: Giving (10%) Recommended Household Budget Category Descriptions Here is a simple budget percentage pie chart you can use as a guideline for your ideal household budget ( Pin it here): ![]() These budget percentages are based on your total after-tax income, but before you take out things like health insurance or 401(k) contributions from your paycheck. If you don’t know where to start with budgeting, here are Dave Ramsey’s recommended household budget percentages and categories that he recommends starting with.
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