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New freedom camping bylaw in time for Labour Weekend

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A new Freedom Camping bylaw will be in place by Labour Weekend.

Council deliberated on submissions to its draft Freedom Camping Bylaw today, and will look to adopt a revised draft bylaw at its meeting on 22 October.

In the past few months we've had a draft Freedom Bylaw out for public consultation. We had over 120 submissions and submitters were given the opportunity to speak to Council at a hearing last month.

At today's deliberations Council did decide on some changes to the proposed draft bylaw that included:

Removing the proposed restriction that would prohibit freedom camping in restricted areas during summer and holiday weekends.

Extending the proposed departure time from 8am to 9am.

Extending the number of nights freedom campers can stay in a restricted area to 2 consecutive nights.

Having designating areas for freedom camping within all restricted areas.

Some changes to proposed areas where freedom camping is prohibited or restricted Council agreed to keep the proposed district-wide restriction that all freedom campers must be certified self-contained.

To see all the summary of submissions and the decisions that council considered see the deliberations decisions report. Earlier this year we had a judicial review of our current Freedom Camping Bylaw sought by the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZMCA). The High Court decision was released late last month and found that our Bylaw is legal, but two clauses in our Public Places Bylaw and Parking Control Bylaw should be revoked. Council formally revoked these today.

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Remembering Freedom Summer: Building a Better Future

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In Colvard Student Union. MSU's African-American Studies program hosts the event. Includes remarks from Freedom Summer volunteers, students, activists, photographers and scholars. Registration required.

More than 900 brave, determined and resilient volunteers flooded Mississippi in 1964 for the Freedom Summer Project, and Mississippi State University is celebrating that effort's impact on equality and human rights.

The Freedom Summer Project called volunteers, mostly northern white college students, to launch the drive to register blacks to vote in Mississippi, the state with the lowest percentage of black voters at that time. After Freedom Summer activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwermer were murdered in June by the Ku Klux Klan for registering Neshoba County blacks to vote, national outcry led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

"Remembering Freedom Summer: Building a Better Future" will be held at MSU Oct. 19-21 in Colvard Student Union. While the conference is free and open to the public, participants should register in advance at http://www.aas.msstate.edu/fsc/reg.

Numerous Freedom Summer volunteers, students, activists and photographers will speak, as well as recognized scholars from MSU and other universities all over the country.

Plenary sessions include:

--Oct. 20, 8 a.m., "Remembering Freedom Summer." Freedom Summer students and volunteers speaking will be 1961 Freedom Rider and Freedom Summer activist Dave Dennis, Freedom Summer volunteer Chude Allen, Freedom Summer volunteer Mark Levy, Freedom Summer organizer Doris Derby, Colum Law Firm attorney and founder Wilbur Colom, Freedom Summer organizer Hollis Watkins and Freedom Summer activist Anthony Harris, as well as Starkville Vice Mayor Roy A Perkins. Finance and economics professor Meghan J. Millea will chair and College of Arts & Sciences Dean Gregory Dunaway will offer the welcome. Charles E. Cobb Jr., visiting professor of African Studies at Brown University, will moderate.

--Oct. 20, 1 p.m., "Plenary Session B." Featured speakers will be MSU African-American Studies Senior Fellow K.C. Morrison, MSU President Mark E. Keenum, Tougaloo College President Beverly Hogan, former Mississippi Gov. William Winter and Freedom Summer volunteer Chude Allen.

--Oct. 21, 8 a.m., "Freedom Summer: Building a Better Future." Academics and activists in the panel will be The Montgomery Institute President Bill Scaggs, Florida A&M University assistant professor Kristal Moore Clemons, Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater College of Arts and Communication Dean Mark McPhail, Dave Dennis, Wilbur Colom and Mercer University professor Anthony J. Harris. WCBI-TV news anchor and reporter Andrea Self will chair, and MSU Provost and Executive Vice President Jerry Gilbert will offer the welcome. Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman will give remarks, and Cobb will moderate.

Other distinguished speakers will be authors Susan Follett, Francoise Hamlin, Michael Williams and Flonzie Brown Wright, along with additional Freedom Summer students and volunteers Roy DeBerry, Roscoe Jones, Larry Rubin and Gloria Clark. Academic speakers will represent University of Florida, University of Texas, College of Charleston, University of North Carolina, Alcorn State University and Miami University.

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12th Regiment exercises 'freedom of entry' to Hobart CBD

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By Richard Baines October 19, 2014, 2:18 pm

The Royal Tasmanian Regiment has exercised the tradition of freedom of entry to the Hobart CBD, marking the start of Anzac centenary commemorations in the state.

The city was brought to a standstill today as 130 soldiers dressed in full parade uniform with fixed bayonets marched through Hobart.

The battalion was granted Freedom of the City of Hobart just over 100 years ago when it marched from Moonah to the Domain.

Two weeks later the first Tasmanian troops departed on the SS Geelong to serve in WWI.

Premier Will Hodgman said the battalion had a very long and proud history.

"The smallest battalion in the smallest brigade, the 12th/40th has been granted more Battle and Theatre Honours than any other battalion in the Australian Army and continues its proud tradition of service today, contributing to every major ADF operation to date," he said.

Freedom of entry is a medieval military tradition which allowed armed groups who were trusted defenders of a city, right to march through instead of taking a lengthy detour around the city's walls.

In modern times it has become a ceremonial mark of trust and confidence bestowed on a military unit and is seen as the highest accolade a town or city can extend.

Veteran Brian Grundy said freedom of entry is a rare privilege only granted on special occasions.

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True Woman ’14: Blair LinneFreedom, Fullness, and Fruitfulness in Christ – Video

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True Woman #39;14: Blair LinneFreedom, Fullness, and Fruitfulness in Christ
Blair Linne, wife of Shai Linne, did a masterful job summing up the True Woman #39;14 National Women #39;s Conference on October 11, 2014 in this original recitation, "Freedom, Fullness, and Fruitfulness...

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite – Gravios Training School – Long Sword – Video

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Shadow of Mordor – Part 11 – Get You Some Freedom! (Chad & Sam) – Video

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Dogs of Denver book party celebrates funds for Freedom Service Dogs

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Orbit is taught to pull laundry from the dryer at Freedom Service Dogs in Englewood on Friday, March 8, 2013. (Anya Semenoff, Your Hub file)

A fundraising effort to benefit Freedom Service Dogs in Englewood was a success, and Dogs of Denver is hosting a party.

Freedom Service Dogs is a 27-year-old nonprofit that rescues abused or abandoned dogs from shelters and trains them to be helping partners for people with disabilities, including wounded veterans.

Sean McNeil of McNeil Designer Portraits started Dogs of Denver to raise enough money to fund the training of one dog. He put together a coffee table book that features portraits of dogs from around the metro area whose owners paid $250 to have their dog photographed.

The project raised more than $40,00 for Freedom Service Dogs.

"I have a rescue dog of my own, and when I heard about Freedom Service Dogs and what they do, I was sold," McNeil said in a news release. "I knew that I needed to get out into the community and raise enough money to sponsor a dog for their program."

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, McNeil and Dogs of Denver will host a launch party for the book at Lone Tree Brewing Company at 8200 Park Meadows Dr. from 6 to 8 p.m. No RSVP is necessary, and "friends, family and pups" are welcome to attend.

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This Is One of the Most Incredible Animal Rescue Videos EverWatch Now!

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Freeing the most iconic symbol of freedom in U.S. history? That's the most American thing to ever happen!

Except it happened in Canada. Oh, well. It's still a really cool animal video to watch.

Fishermen in Canada came across a bald eagle that was stuck in the lake, though it's unclear how it got stuck in the water and if it was truly in danger. The majestic creature does look like it's too water-logged to fly away, or maybe it's just going for a casual swim after hunting for fish. Regardless, the men on the boat wanted to rescue the mighty bird before something terrible happened.

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After a couple of failed attempts to get the bird out of the water, the eagle is finally taken aboard, where the fisherman puts a towel over its head presumably to calm it down so he can dry it off. Later, he gently spoon-feeds the animal some water and hopefully not beer, which is probably what an American would do in this situation.

And that is when this magical moment happens:

It's like he's using his freedom eyes to gaze directly into our soul! Or he's quietly and intensely plotting the death of the fishermen.

Eventually, the bird is well enough to fly on its own, and the fisherman sets it free.

And thus ends the tale of how our Canadian neighbors protected America's freedomsymbolically, at least.

(H/T Daily Picks and Flicks)

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