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Freedom of Information Act to be extended

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The Freedom of Information Act is to be extended to bodies including An Garda Sochna and Nama.

Members of the public should be able to make an application to the Garda in the new year, but only administrative files can be requested. Sensitive files relating to security or intelligence matters will not be covered.

Information commissioner Peter Tyndall said yesterday the garda are preparing to deal with a applications when the latest changes to the Freedom of Information Act come on stream.

He said restrictions will apply and a lot of information in garda hands will be subject to a court process and will not be available.

Mr Tyndall said he and his staff expect to be busy when Nama is covered by the new legislation. He said there will be areas where information will be regarded as commercially sensitive and not suitable for release but people can lodge an appeal when turned down.

Mr Tyndall welcomed the abolition of fees and said he was delighted at the measure as the number of requests fell when charges were introduced.

There will also be a little bit more Cabinet information available as a certain automatic sign off by a secretary general had previously excluded certain matters and these can now be requested.

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Freedom tops Dieruff, 21-14

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As a senior captain on Freedom's football team, Jake Young was determined not to let a nightmarish 30 minutes on Friday ruin the Patriots' dream season.

So, Young spearheaded a spirited comeback against an upset-minded Dieruff squad.

Freedom scored 21 unanswered points over the final 13-plus minutes and coach Jason Roeder's unbeaten Patriots survived the Huskies, 21-14.

The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium improved Freedom's record to 6-0. Dieruff dropped to 2-4.

For the first time this season, Freedom trailed in the second half of a game and that deficit reached 14-0 when Dieruff's DeVonte Robinson scored his second touchdown of the night with 4:20 left in the third quarter.

The Patriots, though, were up to the challenge.

Sophomore quarterback Joe Young engineered a seven-play, 65-yard touchdown drive for Freedom. He capped the possession with an 8-yard run. On the next play from scrimmage, defensive back Jake Young Joe's older brother intercepted a Dieruff pass and returned it 26 yards for another touchdown.

John Eltringham's extra point with 1:05 left in the third period tied the score at 14.

Freedom, which failed to score for the first 34 minutes, scored 14 points in 15 seconds.

"I was thinking, 'What's going on?' when it was 14-0," said Jake Young, a starter at wideout and cornerback, and a key contributor on special teams. "I was thinking, 'This isn't us.'

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Star Spangled History #3: "Freedom Triumphant" (1793) with Noah Horn, solo – Video

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Star Spangled History #3: "Freedom Triumphant" (1793) with Noah Horn, solo
From the recital "Poets Patriots: The 200th Birthday of #39;The Star-Spangled Banner #39;" on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Jerry Blackstone, director, Mark...

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Break the Cage Now HOA – The Keys to Personal Freedom – "Creating Action Plans" – Video

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Break the Cage Now HOA - The Keys to Personal Freedom - "Creating Action Plans"
What: HOA - Break the Cage NOW! The Keys to Personal Freedom Topic: Creating Action Plans When: Saturday #39;s - 9am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern The Break the Cage (BTC) hangout series on Saturday #39;s...

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Palestinian academic freedom questioned after expulsion of Israeli journalist

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FILE - In this April 1, 1996 file photo, Palestinian protesters march from the Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. The expulsion of an Israeli journalist on Sept. 23, 2014, from an academic conference hosted by a top Palestinian university has unleashed a fierce debate about academic freedom in the West Bank and is shining a spotlight on the apparent radicalization of some young Palestinians who are disillusioned by years of failed peace efforts and have grown up with little contact with Israelis. (AP Photo/Sanad Sahlieh, File)(The Associated Press)

RAMALLAH, West Bank The expulsion of an Israeli journalist from an academic conference hosted by a top Palestinian university has unleashed a fierce debate about academic freedom in the West Bank.

It is also shining a spotlight on the apparent radicalization of some young Palestinians who are disillusioned by years of failed peace efforts and have grown up with little contact with Israelis.

While Bir Zeit University has apologized to journalist Amira Hass, some student activists say they support her expulsion and want the school to rescind its apology. In Israel, officials say such attitudes violate the spirit of academic freedom.

Hass, who writes for the liberal Israeli daily Haaretz, is a popular figure in Ramallah, one of a few dovish Israeli Jews who live in the Palestinian city. In Israel, she is well known and reviled by some for her scathing criticism of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.

But when she attended a conference at Bir Zeit on Sept. 23, she ran into trouble when she listed Haaretz as her professional affiliation.

She said two professors asked her to leave. "They said, 'There is a law in the university that Israelis cannot enter the university,'" she said. One even told her that she should leave for her own safety. Hass, who said she has been to the university dozens of times previously, decided to leave.

"I was at that moment reminded of the image that Israelis commonly have of Palestinians: irrational hotheads," she wrote in Haaretz.

In an interview, Hass said she has received messages of support from many Palestinians. Hundreds signed a petition saying they were shocked by the expulsion, calling her a courageous defender of Palestinian human rights.

Ghassan Zaqatan, a prominent columnist, called the treatment of Hass "shameful."

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Gary Johnson, Pt. 2: Militarization of the Government Damages our Freedom – Video

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Gary Johnson, Pt. 2: Militarization of the Government Damages our Freedom
The BLM #39;s taking our lands, the NSA #39;s spying on us, and there #39;s an all-out militarization of our cops. Check out Part 2 with Libertarian Pres. Candidate Gary Johnson.

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