Academy 13279

[Janeth Counter]

KieranAllorim" Logue has always competed in the League of Legends Championship Series in unplanned circumstances, but the 2020 LCS Summer Split was the first time the top laner was given the opportunity to solidify his position on a starting roster. Allorim started 14 of the 18 games in the 2020 LCS Summer Split, and while Immortals finished in last place, Allorim's individual performance was solid given the circumstances.

I thought I played alright, and I thought I played better than my previous stints in the LCS, which were only a couple of games at a time. I am a little disappointed that any time I've played in LCS, it has been the result of a sudden decision.

That being said, I think we did alright for a band-aid fix. Immortals was in a really bad place after we had fired our head coach Zaboutine and general manager Keaton. Both Immortals and IMT Academy were left with a single coach per team and no other staff to help us out.

It was a little rough, but I think we showed some promise during our games, especially in our 0-2 week against Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid. In both of those games, we were at our opponent's nexus and about to win, but one mistake ruined it and the enemy Aphelios destroyed our team in both instances.

If those two losses hadn't happened, I'm convinced Immortals would have qualified for the LCS Summer Playoffs and made a bigger showing in North America overall. I wish it had all gone better, but I think there were moments of light within the team that shows we could have done more than what we were able to show.

Yeah, I played 14 of the 18 games in the summer split, and that's the majority of a split so I'm grateful for that. I'm glad, but I just wish we were a little more prepared and had a little bit more help.

In my two previous splits on OpTic Gaming Academy and Immortals Academy, I improved a lot individually. On IMT Academy when Kublai "Kubz" Barlas was our head coach, I improved a lot on my champion pool especially. My last two splits in academy are what made me LCS ready. I was a better laner and I knew more of what to do in the mid game.

In my previous LCS games, I'd be brought onto the roster and just play whatever my best champion was at that time, regardless of what the situation was. After increasing my champion pool in the LCS Academy League, I was able to have a lot more options and I think that helped my confidence. I could now help my team out in the draft while still playing well in the game.

That being said, the consistency in LCS was nice, but what gave me the confidence to do well and why I think I did pretty well was because of what I learned in my previous academy splits and how that helped me.

Following the end of Immortals' 2020 season, you appeared on the LCS broadcast as an analyst. How exactly did that come to pass, and also, was it something you were looking towards in the future of your esports career before making your appearance?

I didn't ask about it. The opportunity came up for me because of interviews. Immortals would have post-game interviews, and usually, I'd be the first one on the team to accept those offers. I guess people liked what I had to say and found me entertaining, so Riot Games started asking me in increasing frequency as time went on to do things for them.

I would rather play on a LCS team than do analysis or anything on the broadcast. It's not that I don't like that kind of work, but my heart is set on competing. The opportunity to be on the broadcast came about because I was good at the skills required, and since I didn't land on a team for 2021, I think it's a good opportunity to take Riot Games' offer and try it out to see how I like it.

I think it will go well, and I hope that people like what I have to bring to the table now that I will be present more often. For now, this is what I will be doing, and I will see if I can get back into the LCS later.

Soon after taking office in 2001, President Bush put forward an agenda "to enlist, equip, enable,empower, and expand the heroic works of faith-based and community groups across American."That agenda included a substantial expansion of tax incentives for charitable giving and an extensionof charitable choice to most of the federal government's social services programs. But the 107thCongress refused to adopt these initiatives. The House adopted a modified version of the President'sinitiative; but H.R. 7 bogged down in the Senate due to concerns about theconstitutionality and desirability of the government funding entities that employ religious faith incarrying out their programs and that discriminate on religious grounds in their employment practices.A bipartisan compromise proposal that included tax incentives for charitable giving and certain otherprovisions paralleling those in H.R. 7 but that excluded most of H.R. 7 'scharitable choice provisions ( S. 1924 ) also failed of adoption.As a consequence, the Bush Administration on December 12, 2002, announced a series ofadministrative initiatives to put in place many of the most salient features of charitable choice whichhad failed of adoption in the 107th Congress. The initiatives included an executive order applyingcharitable choice to most federally funded social services programs, a significant proposed revisionin the rules governing the participation of religious organizations in the federal government'shousing and community development programs, and the issuance for the first time of proposedregulations to implement the four existing charitable choice statutes.Although enacted into law in four previous statutes, charitable choice has been the subject ofpersistent controversy; and President Bush's initiative led the controversy to become highly visible.This report (which will not be updated) provides background and analysis on a number of the salientfactual and legal issues about charitable choice in a question-and-answer format as well as anAppendix comparing the four charitable choice statutes with the House-passed version ofH.R. 7 and Executive Order 13279. The questions addressed are as follows:(1) What is charitable choice?(2) Aren't religious organizations already eligible to receive public funds?(3) What charitable choice proposals have been enacted into law?(4) What is President Bush's faith-based initiative and what steps has the Administrationtaken to implement it?(5) What hearings have been held on charitable choice?(6) What action took place on H.R. 7 and related measures in the 107thCongress?(7) What did the charitable choice title of H.R. 7 provide and how did it differfrom previous charitable choice statutes?(8) What legal framework governs the civil rights concerns that have been raised aboutcharitable choice?(9) Does charitable choice violate the establishment of religion clause?(10) What court suits involving charitable choice or similar programs have been filed ordecided so far?

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