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"Damn everything that is grim, dull, motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won't get in the circle, that won't enjoy, that won't throw its heart into the tension, surprise, fear and delight of the circus, the round world, full of existence...."
-Sr. Helen Kelley, President of Immaculate Heart Community (1993–1996)
Visually incantatory and deeply affecting, Rebel Hearts takes us on a journey through a singularly important moment in modern Catholic history. Using a wide array of sources, including archival television footage and one-on-one interviews, and saturated with the flower-power colors of pop art, including Una Lorenzen's ingenious animation (think Yellow Submarine meets Madeline), the film tells the story of the sisters of the Los Angeles congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), who were responsible for educating thousands of children in the Catholic school system during the city's postwar population boom. The film depicts the sisters laboring under exploitative conditions, eventually clashing with their diocese's unyielding and parsimonious "education Cardinal," James Francis McIntyre, whose ecclesial authority the women, with their smarts and their principles, both overwhelmed and undermined. Led by their astute and courageous mother general, Anita Caspary, during their most tumultuous years (1963–73), the sisters held fast to both their commitment to the role of conscience in religious life and their confidence in the righteousness of their own decision-making. They attracted national attention for how their story played out against the wider cultural clashes of the feminist movement and for helping fuel the renewal associated with the Second Vatican Council. Rebel Hearts provides a slice of the cultural revolution of the '60s and '70s as experienced by an extraordinary group of women nestled in the heart of Hollywood. Without sacrificing the particularities of its tale, the film still conveys the universal power of courage and creativity to ignite and sustain individual lives and communities.
Twenty years in the making, Rebel Hearts was conceived of by producer Shawnee Isaac Smith, who co-wrote the documentary with Erin Barnett. (It is directed by Pedro Kos.) In spite of its long gestation, it never feels stale thanks to the easy unfolding of its narrative arc. This is in part because the film coaxes individual personalities into view via a series of interviews, some conducted by major television network personalities in the 1960s and '70s, when the IHM sisters achieved something like celebrity status, and some conducted more recently by the filmmakers. We thus hear from the sisters at various points in their youth, middle age, and old age, with an intimacy more frequently reserved for family.
We learn from Caspary that she was a student at the sisters' Immaculate Heart College, where her teachers became her models. After graduating in 1936, she joined the congregation and went on to receive her PhD in English from Stanford University. There is a long history of women like Caspary, for whom single-sex religious communities were an alternative marriage and motherhood, offering instead opportunities for education and support for intellectual pursuits. But the fantasy of an expansive life of the mind was compromised for Caspary and many of her sisters: freedom from a controlling male presence remained distant from their day-to-day reality, with the longed-for life of the mind undermined by the relentless tedium of household obligations and the thirst for spiritual investigation dulled by rote learning. Interviewees recount long hours polishing, dusting, and memorizing the Catechism, a sequence of chores each as desiccating as the other. The filmmakers juxtapose black-and-white stills of the sisters in full-length habits, coifs and veils in place, with colorful magazine advertisements of women attired in happy-housewife, bodice-bearing smocks and brandishing feather dusters with aplomb. The film makes its point: the nuns traded one authority for another; women are to serve men, and in the garb of their preference, body-hiding or body-hugging, depending on male proclivities.
Rebel Hearts portrays the community pitted against McIntyre, who was a runner on the New York Stock exchange before he entered the priesthood and brought Wall Street savvy with him to Los Angeles, overseeing unprecedented growth in Catholic parochial and high-school enrollment. The IHMs provided the greater portion of his teachers. A cheap and, McIntyre must have supposed, docile workforce, they frequently taught seventy or eighty children in each classroom. The majority of women had neither training nor experience. Says one sister, all they felt was defeat. "I think Cardinal McIntyre saw women, at least nuns, as coolie labor for his schools," one sister remarks, as a cartoon image of nuns placed on a conveyor belt, like so many mass-produced dolls, takes over the screen. "We realized that our labor problem was at the root of everything else.... I can hear the cardinal telling us you aren't going to tell me how to run my schools," another remembers. The women stood firm for better working conditions, including smaller class sizes and greater institutional support, feeding the anger of their boss.
A different spirit, one of mutual support and open inquiry, reigned at the sisters' Immaculate Heart College, whose all-female professoriate had more degrees than all the priests in the diocese of Los Angeles, and who took up their task as researchers and educators with a confidence and ambition that threatened the clergy. Photographs and film capture classrooms crammed with tools of investigation and creation—scientific apparatuses, books, musical instruments, paintbrushes—conveying the exuberance that accompanies the love of learning, which the sisters cultivated and which fed the community's devotional life. Students and teachers collaborated to replace staid Mary's Day processions with a boisterous paean to her role in recreation. "God Likes Me," a hot-pink lettered sign proclaims. "Peace, Peace, Peace," reads another, as women in full habit and crowned with wreaths of flowers strum guitars alongside their students, dressed in bursting purples, blues, and yellows and waving giant paper sunflowers, all jostling for our attention against a southern California landscape of palms and pines, together proclaiming the grandeur of creation and celebrating human creativity.
"In those days, I was surrounded by some of the best women you could ever meet.... I'm sure if I had been a nice proper housewife I would not have bumped into any of these ideas," says Corita Kent, Caspary's contemporary and the community's most well-known member, who taught her students to scout supermarkets for source material, to mine for meaning in everyday banality, and to wonder at the hidden gems of L.A.'s landscape, littered with gas stations and garages. Although the Los Angeles Times hailed Kent as one of its 1966 "Women of the Year," and Newsweek featured her on its cover—"the nun going modern"—in 1967, she was overshadowed in art by big boys such as Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana. "Mary Mother is the juiciest tomato of all," her take on the Del Monte slogan, is a one-upping of Warhol's Campbell Soup canvasses, a text-heavy offering for ecclesial renewal, a silkscreen in red, yellow, orange, and white. The piece was a breaking point for McIntyre, its mingling of the mundane and the holy an affront to his more tidily organized sensibility. "You will suffer" for this, he promises the congregation, one of the several hold-your-breath moments this film provides.
Energized by a growing attentiveness to the world around them, the sisters took their enthusiasm for engaging with it outside the college. A clip captures them dancing with their students among the stars on Hollywood Boulevard. "Perhaps everything terrible," one of Kent's silkscreens reads, quoting Rilke, "is in its deepest being something that wants help from us." She and her sisters responded to contemporary demands for justice by marching in Selma in 1965, protesting the war in Vietnam, and linking arms with California farmworkers. The "college always provided an alternative education," we hear one sister say, "but it was the years '63 to '70 where everything was popping." Catholics more tightly bound to the trappings of tradition began keeping their daughters away from the college. The film only hints at the larger Los Angeles Catholic context of the sisters' activism and the political engagement the IHMs inspired. A National Catholic Reporter article suggests the power of the sisters' words and example. Sue Welsh, a graduate of the Immaculate Heart College and one of many who decried McIntyre's racist disregard for his Black parishioners, recalls her involvement with Catholics for Racial Equality: "We had marches, sit-ins, and even a torch-light procession in front of the cardinal's home.… After I appeared on the NBC news that night, they sent two priests to my house looking for me. It was crazy. They called us communists and outside agitators from their pulpits. We were just putting into action what we learned from Catholic schools."
The professors' intellectual and artistic pursuits (the sisters acquired federal grants for their scientific research and recorded Schubert's Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Capitol Records, while the 1964–65 World's Fair's Vatican Pavilion featured a 4x40 mural by Kent) generated widespread attention. This, joined to the sisters' political activism, infuriated their increasingly embattled archbishop. Responding to the Vatican's urging of religious orders to examine their way of life, the women engaged in a process of communal discernment, culminating in a vote to make their wearing of the habit optional, reduce class sizes, commit to teacher training, and maintain flexibility in prayer practices. The sisters "drifted away from authority, and that was really the problem," says Msgr. Clement Connolly, a former secretary to McIntyre, and one gets the feeling Connolly enjoys saying of his former boss: "That cardinal was not going to put up with those uppity women."
McIntyre soon called for a Vatican delegation to investigate the congregation. (This may bring to mind for some the Vatican visitation to every house of American nuns in 2013, which sent a chill through many communities.) When the IHMs refused to budge, McIntyre removed them from their teaching positions, a shot aimed at women religious more broadly. His message was clear: do not challenge ecclesial authority. The archbishop had reason to worry, and his assault on the teachers and their students (many of the schools the sisters staffed closed, with the poorest hit hardest) would bear the fruit of discontent and rebellion. The congregation subsequently divided. A minority would remain under the authority of the archdiocese, while more than three hundred IHM sisters requested to be released from their vows. A contingent of more than two hundred former IHM sisters established the Immaculate Heart Community ("the Community"), a lay Christian ecumenical community that celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2020. The Community, which takes Mary as its model in its commitment to the world, remains a vibrant presence in the religious, cultural, and political orbit of Los Angeles.
Even as the film trains its focus on the Community and former sisters, IHMs have continued to make headlines. Just in time for Rebel Hearts's summer release, the Los Angeles City Council designated historic-cultural monument status to the unassuming beige building that was Kent's studio in Hollywood. A more widely covered story was the lawsuit brought by IHM sisters Rita Callahan and Catherine Holzman against Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez in 2015 over the archdiocese's $14.5 million sale of the IHM's 22,000-square-foot convent to pop star Katy Perry. The sisters contended that the property was not the archdiocese's to sell. Holzman died during a court appearance in 2018, and the court ultimately ruled for Gomez.
"There is a sense in which we have always been in trouble," a sixty-something former IHM sister recounts in Rebel Hearts. She is right: decades of obedience provided Callahan and Holzman no protection when they dared to question the archbishop's authority. According to Callahan, Holzman spent her final years squeezed into poverty—the diocese, not Holzman, had control over her bank account, and she lived on borrowed money and relied on charity for food.
But this film is not about Gomez or McIntyre. Rebel Hearts releases its audience sunny-side-up, the documentary bubbling with enthusiasm for the way in which former IHM sisters navigated their lives outside the convent and for their legacy. The filmmakers have given us an invigorating joy-filled ride in their tribute to an often maligned, routinely undervalued population of women.
As the documentary winds down, we meet Rosa Manriquez, a member of the Immaculate Heart Community. Educated as a girl by the IHM sisters and graduating from Immaculate Heart College, Manriquez married and raised a family before being ordained by the Roman Catholic Womenpriests. She is one of more than one hundred women to flout the 2007 decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which pronounced the penalty of excommunication against anyone "who attempts to confer a sacred order on a woman, and the woman who attempts to receive a sacred order." The IHM sisters taught Manriquez to follow her conscience, and this is the lasting message of Rebel Hearts.
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Move over zombies, because the new threat are animal poachers. Warner Bros. is developing two films with big names attached about the illegal poaching and trafficking of endangered animals around the world. Both projects are being produced by Tobey Maguire, Tom Hardy, and Leonardo DiCaprio's studios. I expect big casts out of these films too. Because, once Hollywood gets behind something, they are a force to be reckoned with.
One film is being written by Sheldon Turner, the co-writer of 'Up In The Air', and is on track to star Tom Hardy. This project was the idea of Hardy as well. The film, which doesn't have a title currently, will be set in Africa and will follow Hardy as a former Special Forces soldier who signs up with a friend to work overseas and train rangers to fight of poachers. Well, the two friends end up falling love with the animals and the land, and will stop at nothing to take out all evil poachers.
The other film, which has no writer yet, is being described as being in the same vein as the film 'Traffic', which will cover the industry that smuggles and trafficks illegal animals and their sexual organs to be used as aphrodisiacs. "Boy, that escalated quickly." DiCaprio, Hardy, and Maguire might star in this film as well as produce. This film sounds the crazier of the two, and hope this comes to light.
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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Ceridwen Dovey's Only the Animals. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Only the Animals: Introduction
Only the Animals: Plot Summary
Only the Animals: Detailed Summary & Analysis
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- Full Title: Only the Animals
- When Written: Unknown
- Where Written: Sydney, Australia
- When Published: 2015
- Literary Period: Contemporary
- Genre: Short Story Collection
- Setting: Various warzones around the world
- Antagonist: War, Cruelty, Humans
- Point of View: First Person and Third Person
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Camels. As the narrator of "The Bones" explains, camels were originally imported to Australia so they could help English colonizers move building materials into the continent's interior. This, however, has had an unintended consequence: Australia now has the largest population of feral camels in the world.
Animals in Space. People have been sending animals into the skies as test subjects for centuries, beginning with the first animals to fly in a hot air balloon in 1783—a duck, a sheep, and a rooster. In Only the Animals, the tortious Plautus died during her trip to space, the first tortoises sent to space in 1968 actually survived. They were the first beings from Earth to experience deep space and to orbit the moon.


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Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has proceeded on a three-day visit to the Republic of Korea on Monday aimed to strengthen military ties between both the countries.
General Naravane will be meeting senior military and civilian leadership of the Republic of Korea.
He will lay a wreath at the National Cemetery and War Memorial in Seoul. He is scheduled to call on the Minister of National Defence, South Korea Army Chief, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Minister of Defence Acquisition Planning Administration (DAPA) where he will discuss avenues for enhancing India-ROK defence relations.
The Army Chief will also visit the Korea Combat Training Centre in Inje Country, Gangwon Province and Advance Defence Development (ADD) at Daejeon.
Earlier in the month, General Naravane made an historic visit to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation. It was the first-ever visit by a head of the Indian Army to the two strategically important Gulf countries.
The visit by the Army chief was seen as a reflection of India's growing strategic ties with the two countries and to further open up new avenues for cooperation in the defence and security sphere. ( IANS )


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By Alan Grant, Claude St. Aubin, Lovern Kindzierski, Todd Klein & Mark Zuehlke (Renegade Arts Entertainment)
Win's Christmas Gift Recommendation: Beautiful, Educational and Fun, the perfect gift… 10/10
America's been in lots of wars since it won Independence and has, in fact, started a goodly proportion of those for less than noble reasons. To be fair, Britain's much longer record is no better, but most people here have never even heard of the brutal and frankly stupid conflict now known as The War of 1812.
Two centuries after the fact a small independent creative outfit known as Renegade Arts Entertainment (generally Alexander Finbow, Alan Grant, Doug Bradley, John Finbow, Nick Wilson and Jennifer Taylor: originators of comics and audio books, movies, animation, prose and graphic novels, merchandise and games) put their heads together and commemorated the story of the forgotten clash of political intransigents and empire-building politicians as a pictorial tome for youngsters featuring a multi-generational family caught up in the conflict.
The book won a number of prestigious awards and the narrative was later adapted into an animated motion comic (with the assistance of Arcana Studios and the Department of Canadian Heritage), iPad and digital PDF iterations and numerous other online formats as well as a wealth of educational materials for use in conjunction with the piece.
Author Alan Grant rewrote his comics saga as a prose novel and Oscar-nominated screen writer Tab Murphy remade the original story into both a screenplay and school play performed by students across Canada. There is even an 1812timeline.com you can follow whilst reading the version of your choice…
Hopefully that will be this brand new, fully updated and upgraded second edition, a stunning 175 page full-colour hardback tome which marries the powerful and enthralling graphic narrative with an abundance of fascinating extras.
Packed with additional illustrations, Alexander Finbow's background-packed Foreword and the moving Acknowledgements page whets the appetite for the rollercoaster tale of 'The Loxleys and the War of 1812' by writer Grant, illustrator Claude St. Aubin, colourist Lovern Kindzierski and letterer Todd Klein.
Matriarch Aurora Loxley is justifiably proud of her extended family, three generations living and working together to build a farm and a life in a welcoming land. Originally from Pennsylvania she and her departed husband Abraham migrated to Canada after the War of Independence to the far side of the Niagara River where their burgeoning clan prospered near the Canadian town of York.
Extracts from her journal begin with the harvest of 1811 where well-earned celebrations are only slightly marred by talk amongst the men of war with America. Britain is currently battling Napoleon all over the world and the Royal Navy has been raiding American ships and ports, impressing men they claim are British deserters to serve in their embattled vessels. The practise outrages their southern neighbours the other side of the river, but many leaders in Washington DC act just as badly as the former regal masters they despise. The "War Hawks†in Congress are rapacious expansionists: wanting to wipe out the Indian peoples and believing it is their destiny to rule the entire continent.
As the idle party talk continues frail William takes a moment to capture the entire family (a dozen happy souls and their dog Duke) in a pencil portrait that depicts their last time as a happy, united family…
Everything changes on the night of November 11th when the Loxleys invite a frantic messenger into their home. He brings news that the main settlement of visionary Chief Tecumseh's "nation within a nation†has been destroyed by a force of Americans in a night of massacre.
Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet have worked long to create a federation of disparate tribes as a bulwark against American westward expansion. Now the Yankees have taken the opportunity to move north as well and intend to drive the British out of Canada…
And so begins a deeply moving, informative, even-handed and intensely exciting tale of ordinary people moved to defend themselves against greed and aggression set against the backdrop of possibly the most ineptly handled, poorly executed war in history.
Despite being born of common greed and ruthless ambition by a few and ignorance and intolerance by a multitude, the haphazard, cravenly executed conflict nonetheless bought misery and death to thousands of serving soldiers, sailors and militia volunteers on both sides and domestic atrocity to an uncounted number of innocent civilians over the following two years and eight months.
Even America's greatest victory, one of pitifully few in an overcautious, criminally mismanaged string of campaigns, was a ludicrous farce. Despite being considered a stunning triumph and affirmation at the time, the Battle of New Orleans occurred weeks after the war officially ended and nobody except the dead, maimed and missing really cared…
As the Locksley family splinters, the story powerfully covers the role of militias on both sides – as well as the valiant French-speaking citizens we know as Quebeçois today – and examines the crucial part played by and eventual betrayal of the native peoples.
Also seen through innocent eyes are the machinations of the politicians on both sides and the aftermath of the war…
For old fuddy-duddies like me who like their facts and analysis printed on paper there's historian Mark Zuehlke's epic, fascinating and lavishly illustrated essay 'The War of 1812: Historical Summary' – preceded by a stunning painting of 'The White House in Flames' by John M. Burns – to enjoy before a range of follow-up features offer further information through 'Creator Biographies' and alluring details on the other strands of the project such as 'The Loxleys and the War of 1812 School Play' and 'The Loxleys and the War of 1812 Novel by Alan Grant' both of which include excerpted passages and a piece on the 'The Interactive iPad and Android Tablet app' before everything concludes with a wealth of delightful 'Initial Character Designs by Claude St. Aubin'
Despite the panoply of interactive iterations listed above, this sterling and compulsively readable chronicle ably proves one of my most fervently held beliefs: the comics medium is the perfect means to marry learning with fun and a well made graphic treatise is an unbeatable mode with which to Elucidate, Educate and Enjoy.
So buy this and do so…
The Loxleys and the War of 1812 © 2012 Renegade Arts Entertainment.


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2 Men Indicted in Alleged Bugging of Jackson Plane
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted the owner of a charter jet company and an associate on charges stemming from the alleged bugging of a plane that carried pop singer Michael Jackson from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara in 2003 to surrender on child-molestation charges.
According to the indictment, the Gulfstream jet was outfitted with concealed camcorders and remote microphones purchased from a store that sold "spy" equipment. The men planned to sell footage of the pop star, who was acquitted earlier this year, to a television network, the indictment says.
Charged with conspiracy and attempting to intercept private communications were Jeffrey Borer, owner of Santa Monica-based XtraJet, a charter company, and Arvell J. Reeves, owner of Executive Aviation Logistics in Chino, an aircraft maintenance firm. Reeves is also accused of witness tampering during an FBI investigation.
The surreptitious taping came to light in November 2003, when Fox News disclosed that it had been approached by a private party interested in selling tapes of Jackson aboard the jet.
The network said staffers had viewed the tapes without audio and that they showed the entertainer appearing calm, smiling and laughing during the flight.
Borer subsequently confirmed that his company had contacted several television networks to explore the possibility of selling the Jackson tapes. He said at the time that the tapes were found aboard the aircraft after the flight. He said the company did not know who was responsible for making them.
The indictment accuses the pair of joining in a conspiracy in which Borer was to provide the aircraft to ferry Jackson and Jackson's then-lawyer, Mark Geragos, while Reeves bought and installed the recording equipment.
Afterward, Borer was to take charge of contacting various media outlets to find a buyer, the indictment says. Reeves allegedly installed two color "pinhole" cameras in the aircraft's passenger cabin and placed microphones between the seats.
Once news of the tapes broke, the FBI launched an investigation. As suspicion fell on him in April 2004, Reeves tried to get a subordinate to fabricate a story about the devices, the indictment alleges.
Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Cowan said both men would be summoned to appear for arraignment in the coming weeks. The defendants' attorneys could not be reached for comment.
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The cover of the May 26th Sports Illustrated is just that -- illustrated. The cover story discusses strange happenings in the 2008 baseball season, such as the New York Yankees being in last place in the American League East and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays near the top of the division. SI features a cover drawn by DC Comics artist Mark Bagley. It depicts a musclebound but unnamed Tampa Bay player manhandling Yankee Derek Jeter while Bizarro, one of Superman's strangest villains, looks on with his typically befuddled look.
Bizarro is essentially a stupid opposite copy of Superman. Everything he says and does is the opposite of the rest of us. If Bizarro tells you, in his weird form of speech, "Me am happy," it means "I am sad." You get the picture. Seinfeld did a whole episode on the Bizarro concept. Thus the inspiration for SI. Well, that and corporate synergy -- both SI and DC Comics are owned by Time Warner.
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How mobile gaming has exploded in the US
Mobile gaming has increased in popularity over the course of the last few years and even more in the last year and a half due to the pandemic. Brand new interactive games are being developed on a near daily basis and they're seeing huge surges in popularity in the US. Americans seem to be more than excited to be able to sit down and gamble from the comfort of their own home.
With the internet continuing to improve, grow and expand, every aspect of life is changing as well. While before casinos and physical gambling venues used to be a great form of entertainment, the internet has now made it available for players to have the same experience in the palm of their hand. Users now must rely on their smartphones in order to have a good time and find hobbies or entertainment. In this case, the online gaming sector has gained a lot of attention, and it continues to increase in popularity.
People are fascinated with the idea of having everything conveniently placed in their phones. Whether this is the ability to read a book, buy a plane ticket, shop for groceries, or even play games at any time anywhere. Nowadays, the mobile experience allows people to be movable and to experience things without having to be physically there to live them. Even virtual reality has made games so surreal that users might have the feeling as if they were in an actual casino playing a game.
How has mobile gaming exploded in the US?
Research has shown that there are over 2.6 billion players across the globe playing online continuously, and predictions have shown that in nearly 5 years this number could be multiplied. Online platforms such as Mobileuscasinos.com have given their players the opportunities to find entertainment and fun distraction simply by accessing a page online. The main reason why mobile gaming has exploded in the US is all attributed to convenience. Players enjoy having these games in the palm of their hand, and they are even far more enthusiastic about the idea of being able to play at any time. People can be playing while being in a waiting room at the doctor, on the train ride home, or even having the casino experience without even having to leave the house.
Has COVID increased online gaming?
Absolutely! Numbers have shown that when people were confined at home, they searched for entertainment online and this is mainly when gaming took off and increased dramatically given that everyone was online at all times. While there are numerous ways of entertainment, online gambling can definitively hook people into continuing to play and therefore the pandemic served as an increase for players to join these online platforms.
The online gambling world continues being a growing industry with no end in sight. In only 2019, the online gambling industry in the US recorded $135 billion in annual revenue, and this was even before the pandemic took over and increased the visits and plays in these online gambling sites. This industry has transformed completely the way that games used to work, and now it has made them more interactive and engaging so that players are hooked, and they continue on playing day by day. It is not hard for players to get hooked on this online experience. All the games are improved continuously, and newer and faster versions are developed for the players to never get bored and to continue finding different game options to play. The vast opportunities of online gaming are only increasing, and not only does this make the online gambling market a successful industry, but in the case of gamers, they are being offered top notch technologies with the latest entertainment opportunities out there.


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UMW Debates in D.C.
3 min readBy Kaitlin Mayhew
UMW was one of six college debate teams to gather on the eve of the Presidential Inauguration to debate President Barack Obama's policies in an inaugural debate series.
The debate team argued healthcare policies as a part of a three debate series at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History's Baird Auditorium on Monday.
The debate series was sponsored directly by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, and was an official inauguration event.
Another event sponsor was the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture. The curator, John Davis, was directly involved in planning the debating event along with Timothy O'Donnell, UMW debate coach, and Jeff Poro, author of the story that became the 2007 movie "The Great Debaters" starring Denzel Washington.
Poro was amazed by the successfulness of the event, and proud of its historical significance. He could hardly believe such an event that included so many nationally competitive debate teams had come from an idea that he, O'Donnell and Davis had dreamt up.
"It gives me chills," Poro said. "When I first walked in that door it hit me. This is real."
The three not only planned the event, but founded the Debate Consortium, another sponsor of the debate series that connects schools from all over the country that are interested in debate, and helps historically black colleges and universities restart their debate programs.
"Over the last three decades or more, the number of historically black teams has dwindled to the point where there are none," Davis said.
Fayetville State University and Voorgees College, two historically black universities who have joined the consortium were present at the Inaugural event debating alongside their nationally competitive peers.
Both Fayetville State University and Voorgees College made their first appearances in competitive debate on Monday. They are currently working with other colleges and universities including UMW to create permanent debate programs to benefit their students and curriculums.
"We are very excited," Dr. Janice J. Hayne, vice chancellor for Student Affairs at Fayetville State University, said. "What we hear from employers all the time is that they are looking for students who can articulate well and debate is a great way for students to learn that."
The representative debaters from UMW, sophomore Terrell Taylor, and junior Kevin Kallmyer debated at the University of Southern California in a heated debate over policies on healthcare and the economy. Wake Forest University, the 2008 National Champions and Michigan State University were also present. Other issues discussed included Obama's policies on energy and climate change, and foreign policy.
"I thought the event was great," Kallmyer said. "Terrell and I really enjoyed it."
College debaters like Taylor and Kallmyer have an average of seven days to prepare for debates such as the Inaugural Series, as well as in many cases researching for other upcoming debates at the same time.
"Debate is a research driven activity," Taylor said.
Travel is another aspect that makes debate a particularly challenging activity physically, since many national tournaments are held at universities throughout the U.S.
"I was in California as of last Sunday," Kallmyer said. "It's tough. But it's part of the routine and you get used to it. It's part of the reason debate is challenging but I've come to decide that anything that makes an activity more difficult is probably a good thing."
But the early hours of and long days don't dissuade Taylor or Kallmyer from participating in this age old extracurricular.
"I can't wait to do it again," Taylor said, almost immediately after his debate had finished.
The UMW debate team is currently ranked 12th overall on the national level. The team and their coach are very active in the college debate scene as well as the Debate Consortium. UMW was the host for all the colleges and universities who came into town for the inaugural debate, and held a workshop and reception for all the teams at the "mansion" or the creative writing and debate building on William St.
"We are indebted to [UMW] and the leadership of your coach. Without their help, this would not have happened," Davis said.
For more information on the debate, see "UMW Fosters Debate in Washington" page 7.


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We are specialists in trekking and climbing in Morocco, with over 7 years experience of organizing a wide variety of trips for clients from all over the world.We speak English and French.We offer a wide range of services for those planning a trip to the High Atlas, the Sahara or the Atlantic coast. This may be a one-day guided walk to full package trips, including transport, accommodation, food, guides, mules, tents, cuisine, entertainment and much more. The size of the group is also variable from single travellers to large groups. More details about our offers are in Main Menu.It is very helpful for us to know about your expectations and answer your inquiries. This would help us work out a suitable package for you and see to the possibility of modifications.We look forward too seeing you with us.
Our riding Experience:
Our horseback riding guide have been riding for 7 years through Berber villages and valleys by canter and gallop, our local is and advanced rider who will give you more education about the Berber horse and how to ride him as well how to control here are some information about horseback riding below :
The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine. The canter is a controlled, three-beat gait, while the gallop is a faster, 4 beat variation of the same gait. It is a natural gait possessed by all horses, faster than most horses' trot, or ambling gaits. The gallop is the fastest gait of the horse, averaging about 40 to 48 kilometers per hour (25 to 30 mph). The speed of the canter varies between 16 and 27 kilometers per hour (10 and 17 mph) depending on the length of the horse's stride. A variation of the canter, seen in western riding, is called a lope, and is generally quite slow, no more than 13–19 kilometers per hour (8–12 mph).
Our hiking Experience
Our hiking guides became as guides from a very young age, that's what makes them expert in the Mountains & countrysides we use the local guide with life experience on the terrains which we work in.
All most of them are from the families which living from tourism. More information:
Hiking sometimes involves bushwhacking and is sometimes referred to as such. This specifically refers to difficult walking through dense forest, undergrowth, or bushes, where forward progress requires pushing vegetation aside. In extreme cases of bushwhacking, where the vegetation is so dense that human passage is impeded, a machete is used to clear a pathway. The Australian term bushwalking refers to both on and off-trail hiking.Common terms for hiking used by New Zealanders are tramping (particularly for overnight and longer trips), walking or bushwalking. As well it's called trekking in many different countries.
Our Driving experience:
Our transport Drivers are diffidently different, they became as local transportation drivers for many years before they start with our company, all of them are speaks English, they work with as a family, all of wants to share our culture with you.
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Our drivers are knowledgeable about the routes, region, and sites. However, the Moroccan government's tourism regulations do not allow drivers to accompany clients at national sites or in Medinas. We are also careful to emphasis that the drivers' main responsibility is to ensure your safety while driving often hazardous roads where concentration is paramount – difficult to do if they were to be guided as well. If you would like in-depth knowledge it is best to organist a dedicated, certified, national guide or to hire a certified 'site' guide at the major Moroccan tourist attractions.
Enjoy your trip in Morocco.
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8 Qualities for Successful GST Professional
Goods & Services Tax (GST) launched in 2017, is one of the major economic reforms by the Indian Government to create a single indirect tax regime. It was the much-needed reform, as multiple taxes were hurting the business and customers both. It is a much less complicated system but still a complex process for average people. According to World Bank, the Indian GST system is amongst the most complex tax regime in the world. Given this complexity, the demand for GST practitioners has increased over time. These professionals have eased the pressure on businesses for compliance and helped them in a smoother transition.
Successful GST professionals must have a comprehensive understanding of the indirect tax regime with proper knowledge of compliances. Apart from the subjective knowledge, one must also be aware of the continuous changes and new tax slabs decided by GST Council from time to time. According to The Economic Times, this tax regime has created a new demand for tax consultants as GST Professionals. And to become successful, the professionals need to have a set of qualities as explained in this article.
1. Comprehensive Knowledge of GST Regime
As said earlier, India has one of the most complex indirect tax regimes of the world. Indian GST system has broadly three types of levies: 1. CGST 2. SGST/UTST 3. IGST
Central Goods & Services Tax (CGST) is the tax levied on Intra state trade of both goods and services by the Central Government and is governed under CGST Act. State Goods & Services Tax (SGST) is the tax levied by the State Government and is governed under SGST Act. Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) is a tax levied on all Inter-State supplies of goods and/or services and will be governed by the IGST Act.
You need to be aware of the intrastate and inter-state nature of the business so no overriding taxes are applied.
For example, a manufacturer company A of Punjab sells Rs. 10000 worth of goods to Dealer B in Punjab. Dealer B sells this good to Trader C in Haryana for Rs. 17500. Finally, Trader C sells the item to a customer D in Haryana.
In this case, A is selling to B in Punjab thus it is an intra-state sale, so 9% of CGST and 9% of SGST will be applied. But Dealer B sells to Trader C who is located in another state, Haryana. So this is an inter-state trade thus CGST of 18% will be applied. Again Trader C sells the item to a customer in Haryana, so it becomes an intra-state trade. In this case, again 9% of CGST and 9% of IGST will be applied.
As you can see in the above example, you need to have a thorough understanding of the GST system to sail through the complex sea of IGST, CGST and SGST.
2. Communication
The rapid technological development has streamlined many mundane tasks previously performed by professionals. However, the skill to effectively communicate remains one of the top skills of any professional pursuit. Many a time, you may be required to explain the complex GST levies to non-specialists. It's your responsibility to communicate effectively, so a clear written and verbal communication is an absolute must.
3. Organization Skill
As a GST professional, you need to juggle between various tax slabs, filing taxes before the deadline, keeping an eye on any new notifications, and others. You can now imagine the multiple works require a very different set of skills. You need to have a great set of organization skills including, time management, scheduling, planning and cooperation skills. With proper GST training, it becomes much easier to manage bulk work as it drives your organization skills a notch higher.
4. Time Management
As the saying goes, "Time is more valuable than money", and every business adheres to that. As a professional, you are expected to deliver your task on time. Good time management skills go hand in hand with organization skills. The ability to work within deadlines and to continually re-prioritize your to-do list will take you far. It will also help you to maintain a healthy work/life balance and keep you day-to-day productive.
5. Numeracy Skills
You don't have to be a math genius but good number skills is expected from a good GST professional. In general, GST professionals deal in numbers so becoming good in numbers won't hurt. If you know some statistics techniques along with Microsoft Excel, you can demonstrate business insights from the data and use it for the company's growth.
6. Problem Solving Skills
We often think tax professionals are people who help in filing taxes and compliance. We don't associate creativity with these type of professions. Contrary to this belief, tax professionals are highly creative as they are the ones who find a way to reduce the tax burden. Similarly, GST professionals are expected to have problem-solving skills. And the best way to learn is to start listening. Listen attentively to others, lots of problems can be solved if people start listening to each other.
7. Attention to Detail
In GST tax, the regulations say exactly what they mean – and you need to interpret them exactly that way. That means paying attention to every word. Before sending the details to others, check the document thoroughly for any mistakes. Always check for consistency and inconsistency too. Find out if the inconsistency is supported by any change in the tax regime, if yes then you don't have to worry.
8. Honesty and Accountability
As a GST professional, accountability is important in terms of maintaining both client confidence and business accuracy. Being a successful professional is about striking a balance between accuracy, precision and honesty. This means it's all right to admit when you have made a mistake, as long as you own up to it and work to assure that it does not happen again in the future.
Additional Skills to focus:
- Advanced Excel Skills
- ERP Experience (SAP, Oracle, etc.)
- Visual Basic Capability
GST Practitioner is a proficient professional to represent on behalf of the taxpayer in relation to computation and filing of GST returns and act as an intermediary between the tax department and the taxpayers to carry out the activities, handle procedures and communication for them. It's a job of responsibility which requires a combination of subjective knowledge and soft skills discussed above.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
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The Executive Secretary of Armenian Chess Federation Gaguik Oganessian passed away at the age of 68. His last appearance at the chess scene was in Stavanger, Norway, just a couple of days ago.
Rest in piece Gaguik Oganessian!
Armenian Chess Federation website / Chess in Armenia Magazine
Part of Gaguik Oganessian's remarkable biography and great personality is described below:
– Born on April 21, 1947 in Yerevan, Armenia;
– Graduate from the Journalism Department of the Philological Faculty of Yerevan State University in 1968, Post-graduate course of "Journalism", YSU – in 1971;
– General Secretary of Armenian Chess Federation (since 1970);
– Professor, associate professor of the Journalism Department, YSU since 1971;
– Lecturer at Journalism Faculty of Yerevan State University (since 1971), associate professor;
– Chess commentator on the National Television of Armenia;
– Author and presenter of the weekly chess program "Chess64" (since 1972);
– Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Chess in Armenia Magazine (since 1972);
– President of the European 5th Zone of World Chess Federation (FIDE) (1994-2010);
– Chairman of FIDE Chess Information, Publication and Statistics Committee (CHIPS) (1995-2002, 2007-2009);
– International Chess Organizer (since 1996);
– Chess Oscar Laureate (1996);
– 6th World Chess Amateur Champion (1998-1999);
– FIDE Master (since 1999);
– FIDE Golden Book Laureate (1999);
– FIDE Golden Sign Laureate (2007);
– Knight of Movses Khorenatsi Medal (2007);
– Head of FIDE Mass Media Committee Program (2009-2013);
– Honored Journalist of the Republic of Armenia (2012);
– Honorary Academician of Television and Radio Academy (2012);
– Awarded "Loyal to Profession "Gold Medal by Union of Journalists of Armenia (2012), Yerevan State University Gold Medal (2010), Griboyedov Medal (2010), "Loyalty to Subject" Prize by Yerevan Press Club (2005).
– Member of FIDE Commission of Chess Journalists (since 2013);
– Author of 51 chess books in the Armenian, English and Russian languages.


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Still itching for another type of "Superman" story? Check out the all-new trailer for "Hollywoodland," a film that aims to tell the tragic story of George Reeves, the man who was Super to an entire generation … before he died a rather mysterious death.
"An exploration of fame and identity, inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries. The drama follows a 1950s private detective (Adrien Brody), who, while investigating the mysterious death of "Superman" star George Reeves (Ben Affleck), uncovers unexpected connections to his own life, as the case turns more personal. The torrid affair Reeves had with the wife (Diane Lane) of a studio executive might hold the key to the truth."
Directed by Allen Coulter and written by Paul Bernbaum, "Hollywoodland" hits theaters on September 8th.


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Swahili in Kenya
The number for police and ambulance is 911; however, in a health emergency, the simplest solution is to immediately ask a Kenyan to call an ambulance. Although emergency numbers are readily available in phone booths, there is always the chance the telephone won't work. One can also ask a neighbor or stranger for a ride to the hospital in an emergency. In such a case, one would offer some kind of monetary gift after the ride.
A foreigner should always know about the neighborhood being visited, and use common sense about safety, especially in the cities. As in any crowded area, pickpockets can be a problem. One should be mindful that lively conversation is sometimes a tactic to distract a foreigner.
There are two kinds of health care in Kenya. Health care is predominantly public, whereby the individual pays a certain portion and, consistent with the notion of cost-sharing, the government subsidizes the rest. Private health care is quite costly and only for those able to afford extensive insurance policies.
For non-emergency health care, one can be seen by doctors at the hospital, at many neighborhood clinics, or in clinics at the malls. It takes longer if one is a walk-in, and it is recommended that one call ahead for an appointment. Healthcare in Kenya is both highly efficient and affordable.


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WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? is extremely one-sided and superficial. It leaves out many details that contradict most of the movie's major points. For example, the evidence shows that McCarthy and Cohn were right about there being dozens, if not hundreds, of Soviet communist spies in the federal government. Also, Cohn had many more clients and friends than just mob figures, Republican politicians, homosexuals, and Donald Trump. And, he represented the Catholic Church for free. WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? is just another deceitful piece of leftist propaganda.
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WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? is a documentary about a controversial lawyer and political figure who worked with Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s to expose communists in the federal government and went on to become an extremely successful civil and criminal lawyer in New York in the 1970s and 80s, with clients ranging from mob figures to the Catholic Church to Donald Trump.
The movie gives some biographical information on the background of Roy Cohn, depicting Cohn as a legal prodigy from a Jewish family who became obsessed with getting ahead at any cost. As a young man, Cohn played a prominent role at age 24 in the conviction and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, two Russian spies who stole atomic secrets for the Soviet Union. Three years later, he became the chief lawyer for Senator Joe McCarthy in McCarthy's crusade in his Senate subcommittee against Soviet communist agents in the federal government. This crusade and Cohn suffered a setback when McCarthy and Cohn turned their sights on the United States Army. The U.S. Army, bolstered by the media, fought back, and McCarthy and Cohn ended up being publicly disgraced.
McCarthy didn't escape these attacks and died a broken man, but Cohn went back to New York City and started a lucrative career as a legal advisor and defense lawyer in criminal and civil cases. The documentary details Cohn's combative, intense nature as a lawyer and discusses his controversial social life, which included frequent nights on the town in clubs frequented by homosexual men. Though Cohn never publicly acknowledged being a homosexual, the documentary interviews one of his alleged lovers and shows photos of him with apparent homosexuals at clubs like Studio 54.
Using interviews with former colleagues, the movie also condemns Cohn's style as an aggressive lawyer who defended his clients and himself by always attacking and allegedly lying and manipulating the media, among other things. The movie claims Cohn taught his aggressive style to Donald Trump while defending Trump's real estate company when it was accused of racial discrimination in 1973. The movie notes that Cohn represented several mafia figures charged with various crimes as well as the Catholic archdiocese. It makes a big deal about Cohn's connection to those mafia figures. Cohn was also a strong supporter of Republican presidents like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, the movie reports. Finally, the movie notes that Cohn eventually was disbarred by the New York Supreme Court just before he died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986.
MOVIEGUIDE® certainly isn't in the business of defending everything Roy Cohn said and did. However, documentary filmmaker Matt Turnauer's movie is extremely one-sided and superficial, if not deceitful. WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? leaves out many details that seem to contradict most of the movie's major points.
For example, the movie fails to note that research has revealed that Senator McCarthy was on the right track when he claimed there were at least 57 communist spies from Russia working in the United States government. In fact, as author/historian Ann Coulter notes in her book TREASON, declassified decrypted cables from the Soviet Union "revealed well over three hundred Soviet spies working for the government in the forties and fifties" (Ann Coulter, TREASON [New York: Three Rivers Press/Random House, 2003], page 104). The movie also fails to mention the lie that Democrat Senator Millard Tydings from Maryland used against McCarthy when Tydings said he had a recording of McCarthy that showed McCarthy had lied when he said he had a list of 57 Soviet spies working in the federal government. The fact was that there was no such recording (M. Stanton Evans, BLACKLISTED BY HISTORY: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies [New York: Three Rivers Press/Random House, 2003], pages 243-245). In fact, Tydings' claim was just one of the many lies that McCarthy's opponents leveled against McCarthy, Cohn and the people who worked with them to expose the communist menace.
In discussing Cohn's secret homosexual lifestyle, the movie makes a lot of Cohn's friendship with a volunteer on McCarthy's subcommittee, a young unmarried man from a wealthy family named G. David Schine. In Spring 1953, Cohn and Schine worked together on the subcommittee's investigation of alleged pro-communist books carried by U.S. Information Centers overseas. Cohn and Schine made an April tour of these centers in Europe in April 1953. It struck the members of the subcommittee as odd that these centers contained pro-communist materials when they were meant to provide people overseas with anti-communist books and pamphlets. Contrary to the movie's innuendoes about Cohn's relationship with Schine, though it may be true that Cohn was romantically attracted to Schine, the evidence suggests their relationship was just platonic.
An article by one of Cohn's cousins says Cohn often showed up at family functions with young men (David Lloyd Marcus, "Roy Cohn's Last Days," Vanity Fair, August 1987, http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/vanity%20fair/925E-000-007.html). However, an article by Ken Auletta in Esquire Magazine from December 1978, which includes a lengthy interview with Cohn, shows that Cohn attended many functions, parties and events, including New York City nightspots, with a wide variety of different people (Ken Auletta, "Don't Mess with Roy Cohn," Esquire Magazine, December 1978 [07/13/16], https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a46616/dont-mess-with-roy-cohn/). Auletta's article also shows that, while Cohn tended to support Republican politicians like Nixon and conservative causes, he also worked for Democrat politicians and even helped raise money for Democrats in New York. Thus, Cohn had a lot more clients and friends than just Republicans, mafia figures and homosexuals. Auletta's article also notes that Cohn worked for free for the Catholic archdiocese and often volunteered for charitable causes, details that WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? conveniently leaves out. In light of all this, it's interesting to note that the man credited with bringing down McCarthy and Cohn in 1954, Joseph Welch, the chief lawyer defending for the U.S. Army against charges of Soviet infiltration, when questioning Cohn about Schine after Schine was suspiciously and suddenly drafted by the Army, made a smarmy reference to the rumors about Cohn's homosexuality. Of course, WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? only briefly mentions this incident. Also, it doesn't mention the fact that Schine married in 1957, had six children with his wife and was married with his wife until they both died in 1996.
WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? spends a lot of time characterizing Roy Cohn as a tenacious but shady lawyer who would do almost anything for his clients. Well, duh! Isn't a lawyer supposed to represent his client in the strongest ways possible? As Ken Auletta's 1978 article in Esquire also makes clear, as a lawyer Cohn was tenacious in representing his client's interests. According to an unnamed source in Auletta's article, Cohn "does what he has to, to win." Thus, rather than sit back and be passive, Cohn was always on the attack. Also, he often used publicity about his legal prowess to attract more clients, and he attracted many, many clients. This is not to say that Cohn never stepped over the line. He sometimes and probably often did. As Auletta notes, "In the Sixties, he was indicted four times (the first case ended in a mistrial) and always acquitted." Auletta adds, "He has suffered several judicial reprimands for unethical conduct, had his wrists slapped in civil cases, and been ordered to make restitution." However, in the end, they were only able to disbar Cohn when he was on his deathbed in 1986, when he really couldn't defend himself.
Ultimately, therefore, WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? is just another piece of leftist propaganda. The director is not really interested in presenting a fair and balanced picture of Roy Cohn. In fact, the movie seems to be just another way to smear President Donald Trump because Trump was once a client of Cohn and because Trump's aggressive style of campaigning and promoting his achievements as president reminds the director of Cohn's aggressive style as a lawyer and as a smart, clever and unique legal and political pundit. Thus, the movie director claims Trump uses "scare tactics" and "divisive rhetoric" just like Roy Cohn. Perhaps, however, what leftists like the director of WHERE'S MY ROY COHN? are really upset about is that Cohn and Trump just know how to fight back and, more often than not, win.
For a better understanding of Roy Cohn and the McCarthy era, MOVIEGUIDE® recommends Ken Auletta's 1978 article in Esquire cited above as well as the books TREASON by Ann Coulter and BLACKLISTED BY HISTORY by M. Stanton Evans.
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Dec. 7, 2014
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior defensive tackle Louis Trinca-Pasat and senior offensive lineman Brandon Scherff were named the Roy J. Carver Most Valuable Players as the 2014 Hawkeye football team held its annual awards banquet Sunday.
Four team captains for the 2014 season were announced, with that group including Scherff and senior running back Mark Weisman on offense and Trinca-Pasat and senior linebacker Quinton Alston on defense. The four seniors served as game captains in all 12 games this season.
Scherff and Trinca-Pasat also shared the Hayden Fry "Extra Heartbeat" Award, while Scherff was recognized with the Iron Hawk Award. The "Extra Heartbeat" Award goes to team members who have shown outstanding leadership and dedication throughout the year, along with demonstrating exemplary leadership.
Scherff, a Denison, Iowa, native, started all 12 games at left tackle and has started all 25 games over the past two seasons. He was also named the Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year in the Big Ten and earned first team All-Big Ten honors for the second straight season. Scherff is one-of-three finalists for the Outland Trophy.
Trinca-Pasat, a Chicago native, has started all 37 games over the last three seasons. He also shared the Players Choice Award with Weisman. The Players Choice Award is voted on by all team members and is based on consistent effort, preparation, and attention to detail, sacrifice and readiness. Trinca-Pasat has collected 65 tackles, including 11.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.
Along with being named a permanent captain, Weisman was recognized with the Forest Evashevski Scholastic Achievement Award and the Brett Greenwood Award. The Evashevski Award is presented to a senior student-athlete who has the highest scholastic record. The Greenwood Award is presented to a walk-on student-athlete who embodies the values and behaviors of former Hawkeye walk-on Brett Greenwood, a defensive back from Bettendorf, Iowa, who completed his playing career in 2010.
Established in 2011, the Greenwood Award also honors former Hawkeyes who fits the description, one year at a time, for each season Kirk Ferentz has coached the Hawkeyes. Tight end Dallas Clark and center Bruce Nelson, who each earned All-America honors in Iowa's 2002 championship season, were recognized.
Weisman, a native of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, recently was named a second team Academic All-American and is a candidate to earn Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third straight year. Weisman has led Iowa's rushing attack for three straight seasons. He has over 2,500 career rushing yards and ranks third in career rushing touchdowns (30). Weisman is one-of-three finalists for the Burlsworth Award, an award for the top former walk-on in the nation.
Two Hawkeyes earned the Next Man In Award, including senior center Tommy Gaul (Des Moines, Iowa), on offense and senior end Mike Hardy (Appleton, Wisconsin) on defense. Gaul joined the Hawkeye program as a walk-on and started the final six games of the season at center. Hardy played in all 12 games, recording 17 total tackles and three tackles for loss while playing both end positions.
Coaches Appreciation Award recipients included Scherff and junior quarterback Jake Rudock on offense, senior tackle Carl Davis and senior strong safety John Lowdermilk on defense, and Alston for special teams.
Rudock, a native of Westin, Florida, has thrown for over 2,404 yards, with 16 touchdowns and just five interceptions. He ranks among Iowa's top 10 quarterbacks in career yardage (4,787) and passing touchdowns (34). Davis, a Detroit native, has 34 tackles, including nine tackles for loss. Lowdermilk leads the team in tackles (95) and interceptions (three).
Junior kicker Marshall Koehn (Solon, Iowa) and junior linebacker Travis Perry (Urbandale, Iowa), were recognized with the Reggie Roby Special Teams Award. Koehn was recognized as the specialist, while Perry was recognized for his overall contributions. Koehn led the Big Ten in touchback percentage (66.7%), made 12-of-16 field goals and all 34 of his PAT attempts to rank second on the team with 70 points. Perry has been a contributor on special teams throughout his career. He has recorded 19 tackles in nine games, missing the final three games due to injury.
Team Leader Awards were presented to freshman quarterback Tyler Wiegers (Lake Orion, Michigan) on offense, and freshman defensive back Brandon Snyder (Larchwood, Iowa) for both defense and special teams.
Team Hustle Award recipients included Weisman and junior wide receiver Jake Hillyer (Somerset, Texas), on offense, junior defensive end Drew Ott (Trumbull, Nebraska), and junior free safety Jordan Lomax (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) on defense. Lomax was also recognized for special teams play. Hillyer has 10 receptions for 97 yards and a touchdown. Ott leads Iowa in tackles for loss (12) and sacks (8), and Lomax is second in tackles (85), while leading the team with six pass break-ups.
The Player Appreciation Award was presented to Marilyn and Dale Howard of Iowa Falls. Dale and Marilyn are longtime UI contributors and the Dale and Marilyn Family Pavilion in Carver-Hawkeye Arena is named in their honor. In addition to their generous support of the Iowa Football Legacy Campaign and Carver-Hawkeye Arena Enhancement Campaign, the Howard's have provided courtesy cars for UI athletic staff members through the Dale Howard dealership in Iowa Falls.
The Bump Elliott Appreciation Award went to Mike Hanrahan, who serves a leadership role for Hy-Vee Food Stores in their food service provided for the Hawkeye football program. "Win on the Road" recognition went to Frank Sloan of Hawkeye Wood Shavings.
The Distinguished Service Award was presented to Ron Stewart of Des Moines. Stewart has provided security for the Iowa football program and is serving his last year in that role in 2014.


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Abandon Seacroft Marsh in a Win-Win & Win again
situation for them.
The Trust is to be
a close partner
with East Lindsey District Council
as the wildlife habitats of Seacroft are destroyed and the area returned
to grass covered dunes.
The Wildlife Trust
as it has long fought off any suggestion that they actively manage the SSSI and shortly there will be little of any wildlife value remaining to give them concern. The losers are the residents of Skegness who thought that this site was protected by its SSSI and SAC status. Accepted long term site objectives to keep the Buckthorn habitats have been completely overturned to meet Natural England's self imposed targets and this has been supported by the Trust.
The Wildlife Trust of course
again as most of the displaced wildlife, the mammals, breeding and feeding birds and a multitude of other small creatures will quickly move southwards onto the National Nature Reserve but out of the reach of most of the public. The losers are the local wildlife whose entire ecosystem is being unnecessarily destroyed and those creatures remaining and those visiting for the first time will struggle to survive without this vital habitat away from residential properties.
And the Wildlife Trust also
for a third reason as the whole area becomes their teaching aid for coastal ecology, demonstrating a theoretical range of sand dune succession. It should be explained to students that this is not
a natural succession
as the whole dune landscape will be a manmade sham,
by contractors "Creative Nature" and costing in excess of £40,000 with funds surprisingly provided by DEFRA. The losers are again the general public, many of whom have known this area all their lives and for them the character of the entire site will be changed for the worse and will remain so.
I have lost faith in the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust as the organisation has failed to protect viable natural habitat with thriving and diverse wildlife - this is what I have said to the Chief Executive of the Trust :-
[Oh! and the response
We all have to get used to new conditions when things are changed
Natural change occurs regularly at Seacroft and is easily accepted but total change imposed by Natural England Coastal Ecologists acting to achieve their personal opinions of how the natural world should appear and with an unfathomable degree of arrogance towards the wildlife loving public is too difficult to swallow.]
Paul Learoyd
Chief Executive
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
6 January 2015
Dear Paul
I have been giving careful consideration to our recent conversation regarding the complete removal of Buckthorn from the central and outer dunes at Seacroft and the subsequent spraying of chemicals for a decade. The attached plan clearly sets out the site objectives (5.0) which fully support Buckthorn habitat and (2.4) the need for a balance of Buckthorn on the dunes but after only vague reference to actual conditions the plan moves to complete eradication. This ill-conceived plan with its needless and brutal approach to the natural environment has scant regard for credibility and in declaring LWT to be a close partner, perpetuated through the JAC, will taint the reputation of the Trust for many years to come.
I have enjoyed my nearly 20 years of retirement living on the edge of perhaps the best coastal strip in Lincolnshire observing each day a wide variety of wildlife, often seeing far more activity than I would on a similar walk at Gib. Over these years I have done my best to reduce illegal activity across the site and protect wildlife whenever I could. I do not relish the prospect of spending the rest of my life walking around a vast area of grass covered dunes with virtually nothing of interest to see and this daily reminder that the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust could have done so much more to protect this valuable area for the public and of more importance for wildlife.
It is fanciful in the extreme to regard this new landscape as being in any way natural and I fear that the open dunes, so close to the resort, will attract a much larger share of quad and scramble bikes. After the mechanical digger has finished, it will take a number of years for the dunes to stabilise and from a personal perspective I can no longer envisage sufficient features or remaining wildlife to warrant my continued wardening of the area, this has now ceased.
Despite your assurances that you have not abandoned Seacroft Marsh, in my opinion you have done so and not only from any active management role but from any desire to conserve local wildlife and amenity. Whilst I have been campaigning to save our local wildlife, one of the most frequent questions I have been asked is, what does the Wildlife Trust say and I have been ashamed to say – nothing!
There was a lot of hot air at the last meeting after David quite rightly expressed his concern over too much Buckthorn removal but hot air is all that it was. I can no longer work with an organisation whose officials prefer to play politics with nature conservation rather than protecting viable natural habitat with thriving and diverse wildlife and have decided therefore to resign from the Gibraltar Point Team with immediate effect.
Tom Savage
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Chief Executive Paul Learoyd
watches on as the Trusts' close partners tear up the vital and scarce dune habitats at Seacroft.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Mission Statement
Safeguard wildlife in Lincolnshire and in the neighbouring sea and estuaries by:
protecting existing wild places as reservoirs of biodiversity
and by restoring and creating wildlife habitats to contribute to healthy functioning ecosystems and an environment more resilient to climate change and other challenges;
sharing this vision with others, particularly relevant decision makers;
- encouraging more people to enjoy Lincolnshire's natural environment and
to understand the need to
conserve it;
- and by encouraging research projects which lead to a better understanding of the complexities of the
natural world
You must draw your own conclusions.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire and the
neighbouring sea and estuaries
to be rich in wildlife for
the benefit of everyone.
This dune opposite Drake Road is where
CAZLAC volunteers
spent countless hours over a 3 year period carefully cutting the Buckthorn by hand and physically dragging it away. The delicate underlying flora was preserved and was just beginning to flourish with a wide variety of plants.
However nobody bothered to carry out a detailed environmental assessment and the plans were made, sat at a desk using out of date satellite images. It has, as you can see, been totally trashed and all that manual effort wasted.
Does anyone care that this may damage the enthusiasm of volunteers on future projects – apparently not!
I am
Dave Miller
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust – Coast & Wash Warden
I fully support the complete eradication of Sea Buckthorn from the outer and central dunes, "I think the contractors are doing fantastically".
Mr Miller helped with the plan and gave advice to the District Council, he would welcome any feedback on the
that are being made.
Dave Miller
Coast & Wash Warden
Sykes Farm Nature Reserve Office
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve
Gibraltar Road
Mobile: 07919 326646
Tel/Fax: 01754 898079
E-mail email@example.com
Paul Learoyd
Chief Executive
Lincolnshire Wildlife
"Disturbing the balance of an ecosystem can be disastrous for all the living things relying on it"
Mature dune slack at the northern end of Seacroft Lagoon
On 13 February 2015 the mechanical digger moved into the slack and began digging out the Buckthorn.
Following completion of the work and the insertion of two pipes through the footpath, the top end of the lagoon now floods on high spring tides. Unfortunately as the land to the north of the footpath is lower than that to the south (caused by decades of accretion), sea water does not readily drain as the tide goes out and leaves an isolated saline lagoon.
This extremely aggressive approach has completely destroyed the humid dune slack and set back the maturity of the area by some 40 years.
Ragwort has taken over the dune slack at the northern end of Seacroft lagoon, see below
Fail to live up to their Mission Statement


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Introduction: Switch-Adapt Toys: a WolVol Fire Truck Made Accessible!
Toy adaptation opens up new avenues and customized solutions to allow children with limited motor abilities or developmental disabilities to interact with toys independently. In many cases, the children who require the adapted toys are unable to interact with most toys currently on the market, because they aren't able to effectively push, slide, or press the manufacturer's operating buttons.
This instructable guides you through the process of adapting a WolVol Fire Truck! There is a lot of sensory stimulation in this one! In this instance, we are adapting the toy by adding a mounted female mono jack into which the toy recipient can plug in the switch of their choice (whatever switch they are able to control and operate).
Step 1: Step 1: Wire Preparation and Jack Soldering
There are two types of mono jacks you may choose to add.
In our images here, we are adding a mounted jack, which will be mounted on the toy itself. See our instructable about Preparing a Mounted Mono Jack. You may instead opt for a female mono jack with a lead cable (not shown). See our instructable about Preparing a Mono Jack with a Lead Wire.
IMPORTANT: Make the wire extending from your jack about 7 inches long as it will need to extend about ¾ of the fire truck's length
Solder the wires onto the jack. Make sure the wires are pre-tinned before soldering onto the jack. Trim off excess wiring/solder from the jack.
Step 2: Toy Assessment
Carefully remove the toy from packaging.
Toy Check
Lets first make sure that the toy works. Unscrew the battery compartment and put in 3 AA batteries. Test the toy! Go on and play with it.
Understanding Activation
Look to see how the truck is activated. This particular truck has a single slide switch (on/off) at the bottom of the truck chassis (in the rear) behind the battery compartment.
Single-switch operation makes toy adaptation easy, as it is clear how we can replicate the function exactly with an external switch. The question is whether we would easily be able to solder our jack in parallel with the switch. To answer this question, we must open up the toy.
Step 3: Toy Disassembly
Turn the fire truck upside down, and unscrew the screws that hold the chassis and the top together.
WARNING: There are 6 screws that hold the chassis and the top together on this truck. Two of those are embedded rather deep in the plastic and are not obvious. If you're not careful, you can easily wear down the threading in the plastic of the toy. Please don't try to pry the toy open before you've made sure to unscrew all 6 of the screws (positioned as shown in the picture).
This toy is SENSITIVE. When you separate the bottom chassis from the top, do so slowly.
Step 4: Plan the Wire Exit
We need a plan for where to bring the cable attached to the jack into the toy. Typically we choose an area of the toy that isn't crammed with switches and wires; otherwise, you risk interference with the toy operation.
For this toy, we will make a hole on the top panel near the back of the truck. See the pics.
IMPORTANT: Do not try to drill into the toy. The plastic is brittle and will break.
With a sharp object cut through the plastic, and make a small hole for the cable to pass through. You MUST start small, and incrementally enlarge the hole to make sure that it isn't too big. Check periodically until the cable slides through the hole snugly.
Smoothen the surfaces, and file away any extra plastic hanging out. Insert the cable attached to the jack through the hole made.
Step 5: Wire Soldering
We have two tasks in this step:
- Determine where to solder the jack to the board
- Insulate and ensure proper wiring (making sure not to short the wires as they are close, insert a piece of cardboard for separation)
Look at the truck chassis and identify the backboard of the red switch. You should see three terminals on that board. One is free, and two have red leads soldered to them. Those are the two terminals to which we will connect the leads extending from the female jack. Please see image.
There are two free wires (leads) extending from the free end of female jack cable. The two leads are interchangeable. We will solder one of the wires to one of the terminals where red leads were soldered, and the other wire to the other terminal on the switch. Be sure to follow the safety instructions for soldering. After soldering both the original red wires, and the newly added jack wires are soldered on to the switch board.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT solder both free wires to the same terminal! If it helps, put a piece of cardboard or tape in between the terminals of the switch to avoid accidental soldering of a wire lead to both the terminals.
Carefully solder the leads on to the terminals.
Insulating: Place a piece of cardboard/thick paper between the terminals, as shown by the green paper fold in the above pic.
Test: with a switch plugged into the female jack, test the function of the toy (if you have to reinsert the batteries, please do so). The toy should activate as intended. If not, begin by checking that no wires had accidentally disconnected during the adaptation.
Step 6: Final Test Before Reassembly
Replace the top onto the bottom chassis slowly. Make sure no wires or tubings are pinched (especially the white tubing).
IMPORTANT: Check that there is no interference between wires, parts and anything that may have moved during your toy adaptation BEFORE you replace the screws.
Re-insert the batteries and test the function of your female jack, as well as the function of the toy (as it was before the adaptation).
Step 7: Toy Reassembly
If everything works as expected, screw the toy back together, and perform a final test.
Now, you're free to repackage the toy nicely, and gift it to someone, may it be your loved ones, or someone else.
Happy Adapting!


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