![]() ![]() ![]() One person who didn't need his fitness advice? Former first lady Michelle Obama. But when you get the president asking you for fitness advice, it's always a thrill to have a conversation about that, knowing that they're into fitness and they see the work you put into it." So I was always the odd ball, which made it a little bit uncomfortable sometimes. "I was always the biggest person in the room. When a White House reporter posted this image, netizens were boggled by his 24-inch biceps. "My interactions with the presidents were always about my physical stature," Rush told Insider. Andre Rush is a White House chef, famous for his bodybuilder image around the world. It wasn't the first time his muscular build attracted attention - the presidents he worked for often took notice, as well. Parameters Andre Rush: weight 130-140 kg, coverage of the biceps - 60 cm With such a huge size Andre claims that never in my life did not use steroids. ![]() Rush's 24-inch biceps went viral in 2018 when he was photographed preparing food for a White House Ramadan event. His memoir, "Call Me Chef, Dammit! A Journey From the Rural South to White House," will be published by HarperCollins this fall. He now uses his platform to advocate for military service members and suicide prevention. But even he was intimidated by first lady Michelle Obama's workout regimen.Ī former Army chef, Rush prepared meals for Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump. Andre Rush, a combat veteran who worked as a White House chef under four administrations, does 2,222 push-ups a day. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Education of Character: Teaching Control with a Cotton Ball.She examined the MindUP curriculum after hearing about it in her local school district. Tina Olesen is a school teacher on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. If it injures the conscience it is criminal.” As a society, we risk injury to our children’s consciences at our own peril. If it injures the character it is vicious. If a system injures the intelligence it is bad. As Swiss philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel once said, “The test of every religious, political or educational system is the man which it forms. This can be a long and arduous process that requires self-sacrifice and much patience on the part of a parent or teacher. As he develops moral character, he becomes increasingly capable of governing himself and applying himself to his studies, and he develops the self-control required for learning. When a child consistently chooses to act in accordance with what is right, he develops moral character. ![]() Directing, warning, correcting and disciplining day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment, the adult encourages the child to do what is right, whether or not it feels good. The way to help the child develop real self-control is tried and true: a caring adult patiently and unflaggingly commits to the moral training of that child. They learn to escape from reality and difficult relationships, rather than working through them. Thus, rather than practicing self-control, children instead practice self-indulgence. The program even encourages a child to do things for others with the motive of getting a pleasurable sensation, a dopamine high, for himself. It shows him how to escape the warnings of his conscience with pleasurable feelings-to make himself feel good even when he has done or experienced something that he ought to feel bad about. While MindUP claims to be teaching non-judgmental awareness of thoughts and feelings, it actually teaches a child to judge any thought or feeling besides optimism and happiness as bad. When he acts in accordance with his sense of what is right, he grows in moral character, and develops greater self-control. A child must make judgements to choose between right and wrong actions. ![]() To teach a child to practice non-judgmental awareness is to risk interfering with the child’s ability to heed his sense of right and wrong. Teachers of MindUP are exposing children to these potential dangers. Many people who practice meditation have encountered unexpected negative side effects such as a sensation of being disconnected from one’s body or from reality, among other frightening reactions. Mindfulness meditation such as this can be a way of bringing the mind into an altered state of consciousness. Teachers are encouraged to use this core practice several times a day. The chime can gradually evoke a conditioned response in the children, as similar tools do in Buddhist monks. They are to direct their attention to the sound of the chime and focus intently on their breathing. In MindUP, the teacher strikes a Zenergy chime, and students are generally asked to sit cross legged, palms up and eyes closed. The “core practice” taught in MindUP is akin to certain forms of Buddhist-style mindfulness meditation including Anapanasati and Samadhi. Rather than help him develop self-control, it trains him to manipulate his mind and manipulate others to get pleasurable feelings for himself. The truth is that MindUP can interfere with a child’s innate self-regulator, the conscience, impeding his moral development and thus his ability to learn. ![]() This is all purported to help them to be better able to learn. Hawn’s curriculum is also supposed to make children feel happier and more optimistic. MindUP is marketed to teachers as a means of helping children to develop self-regulation, which is another way of saying “self-control.” The program’s “core practice” involves teaching children focused breathing techniques while they also practice non-judgmental awareness of their thoughts, which is supposed to help them calm down and be less anxious. “Self-regulation” is the latest buzz word in education, and the MindUP curriculum for schools, conceived by actor Goldie Hawn, capitalizes on it. I hope this debate provides food for thought about how to best encourage healthy social and emotional development in our children. Please also read a response to this critique, posted separately, from MindUP’s Rebecca Calos. Editor’s note: The following is a critique of a social and emotional learning program called MindUP that I have covered in other blogs (see list below) and in a feature in Scientific American Mind (visit “ Schools Add Workouts for Attention, Grit and Emotional Control”). ![]() ![]() ![]() And, while I own that my response to DJ may reflect my own life experiences, I was more bothered that his anger and resentment stalled out the overall story, both his own journey and his relationship with Trisha. Instead I found myself wanting to skip the pages that he narrated. While I expected this to a degree, after all it is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, DJs anger and resentment hovers on every page like a dark cloud, making it almost impossible for me, as a reader, to empathize with him. Its in DJ that the book loses its ability to entertain and instead becomes a harsh lesson on what it means to be brown or black in todays America and a severe scolding of the western world in general. While Trisha wears the role of Darcy in this retelling of Pride and Prejudice (and does so brilliantly), its Chef Darcy DJ Caine that takes on the poorer, looked down upon persona of Elizabeth Bennett. Her passion for medicine and healing pulsates off the page, but its her vulnerability outside of the operating room that really resonated with me. Despite a self-imposed isolation from many family activities after a bad choice on her part years ago that almost destroyed her brothers political career, shes dedicated to her family, loves them unconditionally, appreciates good food, and is loyal to a fault. A brilliant surgeon who may or may not be on the spectrum, shes justifiably arrogant about her abilities and completely insecure in her interactions with anyone who isnt related to her by blood. ![]() Trisha Raje is one of my favorite characters that Ive read in the last few months. Dev brought these people to life and I missed them as soon as I closed the book, especially Trisha. ![]() Meeting the Raje family was a delight and they met every expectation I had, from the stoic and proper father to the loving grandmother who counted the days between visits from her grandchildren. Having never read a book from Sonali Dev before-but knowing her Indian background-I picked up Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors, looking forward to a culturally-rich story that played off one of my favorite novels of all time. Theres a lot to really like about Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors, theres Trisha Raje and her delightful, beautiful family and the wonderful aroma of the foods featured on the pages, but, sadly, for me, so much of the story got bogged down by an exceptionally angry hero. ![]() ![]() We also recommend you stick with high quality brand name 18650s. 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![]() ph: Ronald Martinez/©Bac Films AMERICANO, from left: Salma Hayek, Mathieu Demy, 2011.Mga dapit nga gitawag Fawn Creek sa Tinipong Bansa. ![]() WILD WILD WEST, Will Smith, Salma Hayek, 1999 AMERICANO, from left: Mathieu Demy, Salma Hayek, 2011. ph: Keith Sim/© Momentum Pictures WILD WILD WEST, Will Smith, Salma Hayek, Kevin Kline, 1999, (c) Warner Brothers TIME CODE, Selma Hayek, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Saffron Burrows, Kyle MacLachlan, Stellan Skarsgard, 2000. SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ, adults, from left: Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody, 2015. ph: Greta de Lazzaris/©01 Distribution 54, Salma Hayek, 1998. Once Upon a Time in Mexico Photos FRIDA, right: Salma Hayek (as Frida Kahlo), 2002, ©Miramax Films FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, Salma Hayek, 1996 FRIDA, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, from left: Alfred Molina, Salma Hayek, 2002, ©Miramax Films FRIDA, Alfred Molina, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, Geoffrey Rush, Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, Salma Hayek (as Frida Kahlo), 2002, ©Miramax Films FRIDA, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, Alfred Molina, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax TALE OF TALES, (aka IL RACCONTO DEI RACCONTI), Salma Hayek, 2015. ![]() As her career matured into the 2010s, Hayek worked consistently, moving easily between voice work in animated features, acclaimed indies like "Beatriz at Dinner" (2017), comedies like "Grown Ups" (2010), and popcorn thrillers like "The Hitman's Bodyguard" (2017). However, it was her instincts as producer and director which earned consistent accolades. Hayek valiantly tried to translate both her looks and intelligence into worthy film roles with varying degrees of success. She went on to earn significant respect for executive producing the ABC comedy "Ugly Betty" (2006-10), which she helped adapt from its original format as a daily Columbian soap, and earned a Daytime Emmy for directing the family film "The Maldonado Miracle" (2003) for Showtime. Among her biggest box office hits was a leading role in the Will Smith summer blockbuster "Wild Wild West" (1999), though her most acclaimed performance was her Academy Award-nominated starring role as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in "Frida" (2002), which Hayek, as producer, worked for years to bring to the big screen. Spokesmodel work for cosmetics companies further banked on her hourglass figure and smoldering on-screen charisma, but Hayek proved to have far bigger ambitions than to be another piece of Hollywood eye candy. A favorite of the film's renegade writer-director Robert Rodriguez, the former telenovela star from Mexico gained a foothold in the American movie business in independent film and as a favorite on men's magazines "Sexiest" lists. ![]() Salma Hayek first hit stateside cineplexes as the border town bookseller who romances Antonio Banderas' vengeful "mariachi" in "Desperado" (1995). ![]() ![]() I can see this on and green when it is plugged into the side port, but I know it doesn't work through the back port. It may also be issues with my soundcard? (dunno, trying to improve my tech understanding) I have also wondered if I have the speaker setting incorrectly assigned to ports, I have two bose speakers on my desk plugged into the side panel of the PC. I can make sound work going to the TV, but it will fail on the computer if both are plugged into the splitter. The computer is recognizing the devices, but not giving me an option to turn the sound on through them. 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Summons Arcane orb with laser beam (like the Diablo 3 arcane enchanted affix with a 1.5s delay), frost bomb exploding after a 2.5s delay, small cow pet. Reward :drop a medal with a random prefix giving an augment to any class skill (more likely to be a Diablo class skill) and a suffix converting one type of damage to either chaos or vitality Summon blood magots and Aoe vitality and chaos damage. Reward : drop El’Druin, Sword of Justice focused on healing and a random suffix converting one type of damage to either cold or lightning You need to move away after the first Judgement skill otherwise each AoE will stun you and you will be hit by the next until the end of the skills.This requires having around 45% stun resistance or being out of reach. ![]() Summon El Druin put in the ground, the sword will cast a sphere of Light buff around it giving invulnerability to any other creature in it and doing slow lightning damage and Mana burn.Įither move away from this area or destroy ElDruin to remove the invulnerability buff.Ī special skill where tyrael put his sword in the ground becoming invulnerable during the animation.He will first cast a Judgement skill (AoE damage and stun for 0,7s).Then after a small delay he will cast a series of Judgement skills. Launches El Druin, sword of justice from the Sky in a 4m radius for 5s.Each Sword hitting you will heal Tyrael with 1% Life.There is a delay before the Swords start dropping where you will see rays of lights in the area where the sword will drop, warning you to move away. Summon 4 bolts of magic that explode after 3s dealing cold and lightning damage, freezing and removing any buff in a medium area.They also start dealing lightning damage with tether strike around them while they are alive.You can avoid the explosions. Reward : Drop a Hellfire amulet with a random amulet prefix and a random suffix giving a Diablo 3 skill modifier. ![]() The long starting animation and very slow speed of the bolts allows you to avoid them completely. The Fire and Lightning Breath is replaced by a breath launching very slow moving bolts doing Fire, Chaos, Vitality, Mana burn damage, that also remove any buff on the player, disrupt skills, reduce resistance. The most dangerous skills : Jump in the Air, becoming invulnerable for the duration of the skill.Diablo will launch multiples Meteor dropping from the sky slowly.Each meteor hitting will restores him 5% life.įirebreath is replaced by a Fire and Lightning breath. Summons black corrupted areas on the ground, they have a 2,5s delay after which any character standing on it will be trapped in a bone prison disrupting skills, reducing defenses and offense. Launches a series of two firebolt nova on a 360° radius. The new Boss monsters have a chance to spawn in the Shattered Realm boss room, if your character is above 41(Adria, Cow King) or above leve 61 (Diablo, tyrael). Teleport now uses the new templates.Don’t worry you can still teleport instantly anywhere.Now you just can’t teleport to unreachable areas. New Cosmetic Items (infinite use potion craftable at the blacksmith):Ĭrusader : 23 new 2 handed melee weapons from Forgotten Gods available as 1 handed with 5000 strength requirement.New Barbarian Sets (2,4,5 pieces bonus) :. ![]() Whirlwind, Earthquake, Furious charge, Leap, Call of The Ancients, War Cry, Avalanche, Ignore Pain, Seismic Slam, Ground Stomp, Weapon Throw The Barbarian Mastery use most of the iconic Barbarian skills : First I would like to thank Grimer for this Mod and allowing me to make this update. ![]() ![]() There are far too many people actively working to maintain the status quo and the power structure at this school. Compare Details Newton County Theme School at Ficquett ranks better than 76.5 of elementary schools in Georgia. If you decide to send your kids to this school, get used to stifling your voice and opinions. And then, will have the nerve to send home a letter that says issues shouldn't go beyond the school.As you can see from all the reviewers that attack people who leave negative reviews, there is enormous pressure in this cliquish Theme School environment to comply and conform. The mission of Newton County Theme School is to provide educational excellence for all students by creating a collaborative environment that empowers students, parents, staff, and community members to ignite a lifetime desire and love of learning through project-based learning, rigorous curriculum, and family involvement. She doesn't take personal ownership when issues are presented to her. So, why should they care if a child is failing?If you contact the principal about an issue, she'll call you back saying she needs to follow up with her staff and then you only ever hear from the staff. ![]() Except the Theme School has the ability to dismiss your child for poor performance. This is the way the school district operates as a whole so it's not really a surprise the Theme School follows suit. Compare to Other Schools/Districts: To compare this school with. The attitude here is that if your child is not doing well academically, it's the child's fault. Home Home Newton County Theme School at Ficquett. She's nowhere near as concerned about ensuring the academic needs of students are being met as she is about ensuring 100% compliance of rules that have very little impact on student learning. The policies that she's chosen to make stricter are policies that studies show negatively impact the learning outcomes of primarily working-class and minority students. The principal is on her second year at the school and I've come to believe that she's there to thin the herd, so to speak. If you think it's important that your kids see adults that look like them and understand their culture and history in the classroom, you'll be sorely disappointed at the Theme School. Other than support staff, there's virtually zero diversity among the school administration and faculty. There's absolutely no attempt to engage with parents in a meaningful way so that we can work together to create a school a more positive school environment and relationship. We have zero opportunities for input in anything other than the PTO. Parents are treated like they're students. But when the school district is #92 of school districts in the state, you don't have many other good choices. Nearby schools include reputed schools, reputed school districts, and reputed universities.We've been at this school for several years and we hate it more every year. Many people choose to live near Newton County Theme School at Ficquett because of its good reputation as well as its proximity to several parks, recreational areas and higher institutes of learning. Be sure to check back often for updated listings or feel free to expand your search to include homes in the entire ZIP code or properties near a similar school district. You can filter your results by the price, the number of bedrooms, the type of home, and more to buy the home that suits you. ![]() Above, you will see a list of 38 homes that are currently for sale near Newton County Theme School at Ficquett, including open house listings. Fox News reporter Matt Finn says Olivia Newton-John is a class act and. With such high demand, ® wants to make it easy for you to buy the exact home you want as soon as it hits the market. A 1,000 reward is being offered by San Diego County Crime Stoppers to anyone. ![]() Check our regularly for Volunteer Opportunities. ![]() Click the picture above to link to the school website. 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