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Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity – Cash Store Financial Freedom Run to Take Place in Cornwall

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CORNWALL, ON , Sept. 25, 2013 /CNW/ - This Saturday hundreds of runners (and walkers) will participate in the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run for Diabetes Research in Cornwall . The race is one of 27 community runs across the country in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association and will help raise funds and awareness for diabetes.

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"Money raised from the Freedom Runs for Diabetes Research will help support the Canadian Diabetes Association's cutting-edge diabetes research. We thank Cash Store Financial for making the Freedom Runs for Diabetes Research possible and helping to make a difference for Canadians living with diabetes."

- Fred DeFina , Director of Community Giving for the Canadian Diabetes Association

"Cash Store Financial is dedicated to supporting the CDA in raising funds and awareness for diabetes - a disease that is now a global pandemic. Through the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run, we are proud to join the hundreds of walkers and runners, from coast-to-coast, in the fight against diabetes. Each year, the Freedom Run will bring us closer to our goal of raising $7.5 million in support of diabetes research."

- Gordon Reykdal , CEO of Cash Store Financial

To learn more about how you can volunteer or participate in the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run for Diabetes Research, visit http://www.thefreedomrun.ca.

About Cash Store Financial Cash Store Financial is the only lender and broker of shortterm advances and provider of other financial services in Canada that is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CSF.TO). Cash Store Financial also trades on the New York Stock Exchange (CSFS). Cash Store Financial operates 510 branches across Canada under the banners "Cash Store Financial" and "Instaloans". Cash Store Financial also operates 27 branches in the United Kingdom .

About the Canadian Diabetes Association The Canadian Diabetes Association is a registered charitable organization, leading the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while we work to find a cure. Our professional staff and more than 20,000 volunteers provide education and services to help people in their daily fight against the disease, advocate on behalf of people with diabetes for the opportunity to achieve their highest quality of life, and break ground towards a cure. Please visit diabetes.ca, join us on facebook.com/CanadianDiabetesAssociation, follow us on Twitter @DiabetesAssoc, or call 1-800-BANTING (226-8464).

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Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity – Cash Store Financial Freedom Run to Take Place in Hamilton

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HAMILTON, ON , Sept. 25, 2013 /CNW/ - This Saturday hundreds of runners (and walkers) will participate in the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run for Diabetes Research in Hamilton . The race is one of 27 community runs across the country in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association and will help raise funds and awareness for diabetes.

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"Money raised from the Freedom Runs for Diabetes Research will help support the Canadian Diabetes Association's cutting-edge diabetes research. We thank Cash Store Financial for making the Freedom Runs for Diabetes Research possible and helping to make a difference for Canadians living with diabetes."

- Fred DeFina , Director of Community Giving for the Canadian Diabetes Association

"Cash Store Financial is dedicated to supporting the CDA in raising funds and awareness for diabetes - a disease that is now a global pandemic. Through the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run, we are proud to join the hundreds of walkers and runners, from coast-to-coast, in the fight against diabetes. Each year, the Freedom Run will bring us closer to our goal of raising $7.5 million in support of diabetes research."

- Gordon Reykdal , CEO of Cash Store Financial

To learn more about how you can volunteer or participate in the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run for Diabetes Research, visit http://www.thefreedomrun.ca.

About Cash Store Financial Cash Store Financial is the only lender and broker of shortterm advances and provider of other financial services in Canada that is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CSF.TO). Cash Store Financial also trades on the New York Stock Exchange (CSFS). Cash Store Financial operates 510 branches across Canada under the banners "Cash Store Financial" and "Instaloans". Cash Store Financial also operates 27 branches in the United Kingdom .

About the Canadian Diabetes Association The Canadian Diabetes Association is a registered charitable organization, leading the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while we work to find a cure. Our professional staff and more than 20,000 volunteers provide education and services to help people in their daily fight against the disease, advocate on behalf of people with diabetes for the opportunity to achieve their highest quality of life, and break ground towards a cure. Please visit diabetes.ca, join us on facebook.com/CanadianDiabetesAssociation, follow us on Twitter @DiabetesAssoc, or call 1-800-BANTING (226-8464).

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Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity – Cash Store Financial Freedom Run to Take Place in Waterloo

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WATERLOO, ON , Sept. 25, 2013 /CNW/ - This Sunday hundreds of runners (and walkers) will participate in the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run for Diabetes Research in Waterloo . The race is one of 27 community runs across the country in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association and will help raise funds and awareness for diabetes.

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"Money raised from the Freedom Runs for Diabetes Research will help support the Canadian Diabetes Association's cutting-edge diabetes research. We thank Cash Store Financial for making the Freedom Runs for Diabetes Research possible and helping to make a difference for Canadians living with diabetes."

- Fred DeFina , Director of Community Giving for the Canadian Diabetes Association

"Cash Store Financial is dedicated to supporting the CDA in raising funds and awareness for diabetes - a disease that is now a global pandemic. Through the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run, we are proud to join the hundreds of walkers and runners, from coast-to-coast, in the fight against diabetes. Each year, the Freedom Run will bring us closer to our goal of raising $7.5 million in support of diabetes research."

- Gordon Reykdal , CEO of Cash Store Financial

To learn more about how you can volunteer or participate in the Cash Store Financial Freedom Run for Diabetes Research, visit http://www.thefreedomrun.ca.

About Cash Store Financial Cash Store Financial is the only lender and broker of shortterm advances and provider of other financial services in Canada that is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CSF.TO). Cash Store Financial also trades on the New York Stock Exchange (CSFS). Cash Store Financial operates 510 branches across Canada under the banners "Cash Store Financial" and "Instaloans". Cash Store Financial also operates 27 branches in the United Kingdom .

About the Canadian Diabetes Association The Canadian Diabetes Association is a registered charitable organization, leading the fight against diabetes by helping people with diabetes live healthy lives while we work to find a cure. Our professional staff and more than 20,000 volunteers provide education and services to help people in their daily fight against the disease, advocate on behalf of people with diabetes for the opportunity to achieve their highest quality of life, and break ground towards a cure. Please visit diabetes.ca, join us on facebook.com/CanadianDiabetesAssociation, follow us on Twitter @DiabetesAssoc, or call 1-800-BANTING (226-8464).

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Kushala Daora – Let’s Play Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [Gameplay/Commentary] – Ep.40 – Video

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Benny Hinn – Call to Freedom—the Dani and Hans Johnson Interview, Part 5 – Video

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Sarah Palin: Politicians Shouldn’t Ask How ‘To Limit The Freedom Of The People’ – Video

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Freedom from fear and the post-MDG agenda

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Madagascars security forces are struggling to combat bandits known as dahalo

Organized crime groups, often working with the compliance of governments, present a growing threat to citizens in fragile states. While casualties from armed conflict are reaching a historical low of approximately 50,000 a year according to research in 2012, little has been done to effectively combat the threat of organized crime groups around the world.

As the UN looks past the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2015 deadline, many are calling for the inclusion of security and justice targets in the post-2015 agenda and a reframing of the current transnational crime discourse. Human rights organizations argue that freedom from fear and the tackling of organized crime are not just a personal security issue, but a development problem as well.

What is freedom from fear?

Freedom from fear requires a state that has monopoly of legitimate violence, Stephen Ellis, senior researcher at the African Studies Centre, University of Leiden, told IRIN. Its a modern, liberal concept of what a good state really is.

The 1994 Human Development Report broadly defined human security as freedom from fear and freedom from want. Although the phrase has roots going back to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this report instigated serious debate about human security and its connections to human development.

In their think piece for the UN system task team on the post-2015 UN development agenda last year, the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) argued that a new development paradigm is called for, directed to securing freedom from fear and want for all, without discrimination.

Posing questions about what constitutes fear for whom and in what contexts is likely to sharpen our analytical understanding of the conflicts of interest that generate fear in the first place Adam Edwards, director of the Cardiff University Center for Crime, Law and Justice, told IRIN. This can help to then draft policies to combat these fears.

But not everyone believes that the terminology is suited to meaningful action. In the abstract, its impossible not to have fear, Desmond Arias, associate professor at George Mason University, told IRIN. Even in a relatively safe society, you have fear. Its good to have a modest amount of fear.

Im not sure that its a useful concept, Vanda Felbab-Brown, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told IRIN. Freedom from fear is completely unrealistic, but also very absolutist. Therefore, it is impossible to actually achieve. The phrasing I would like to see is enhancing human security and strengthening the bond between citizens and governments, she said.

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Freedom Village residents raise $98,000 toward Windmill Island Future Fund

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The residents at downtown Hollands Freedom Village didnt back down when they were challenged. In fact they stepped up, in a big way, to the tune of $98,000.

The residents at Freedom Village were given a two-to-one challenge by local philanthropist Jim Brooks. Brooks would donate $100,000 to the Windmill Island Gardens Future Fund if the residents of Freedom Village could raise $50,000, said Gordon Van Wylen, a resident at the village who has helped with the fundraising campaign and former president of Hope College, who has also been involved in many community projects.

After a presentation from Brooks and city officials, including Mayor Kurt Dykstra, Van Wylen and an ad hoc advisory committee from freedom Village took on the challenge. Letters were written, donation cards and envelopes printed and sent throughout that little community.

Then a second $100,000 donation came in and doubled the challenge.

We were quite sure we could raise $50,000, Van Wylen said. We knew raising $100,000 would be difficult. But here we are, $2,000 away.

The presentation happened in June, and the those at Freedom Village who wanted to give, gave strong and right away. Being a neighbor to the park, the village has sort of adopted it. Its within walking distance. Its their view. And giving to the proposed pedestrian path that could get them out to the park safer was a great idea, Van Wylen said.

But once the village reached about $65,000 to $70,000, the donations dropped off, he said. So he went out in search of boost and found it with Grand Rapids businessman Richard Postma, who stepped in as chairman of Macatawa Bank during the recession, Van Wylen said. Postma donated $15,000, and the bank, which has a branch in Freedom Village, gave $2,500.

That boost got the ball rolling again at the village, and it is only $2,000 away from making the mark. Envelopes are collected Friday, Van Wylen said. Its possible they will make it.

When there was only $10,000 to go, people gave a smaller second gift, Van Wylen said.

He hopes the way Freedom Village stepped up to the challenge will encourage other people and organizations to do the same to support the restoration of Windmill DeZwaan and the future plans at Windmill Island Gardens.

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Freedom camping eased up

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New rules for freedom campers have been approved by the Dunedin City Council, but without a blunt warning to tourists.

Councillors at Monday's full council meeting opted to approve the council's new ''responsible'' camping policy and bylaw, which eased restrictions across the city introduced before the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

However, Fliss Butcher's push to add a blunt warning about defecating in public to the top of a new freedom camping brochure was defeated, after other councillors turned their nose up at the idea.

Cr Butcher, a member of the hearings subcommittee, told her colleagues some tourists were ''pooing on Otago'' while on their travels.

Submitters had expressed concern, including one Macandrew Bay resident who discovered a tourist defecating in his garden one morning, and Cr Butcher said a blunt message should be sent.

She wanted the words ''Don't poo on Otago'' added to the top of the brochure as a ''radical, in-your-face way of saying 'stop doing it'.''

''This is a real problem. It's not going to go away by just pretending it's not happening. It is happening.''

Other councillors began to chortle as Kate Wilson expressed concern at the wording and declined to be the resolution's seconder.

Mayor Dave Cull couldn't resist: ''You don't want poo in your motion?'' he inquired casually.

As Cr Wilson shook her head, Neil Collins suggested a more diplomatic use of the word ''defecate'' instead, but also got nowhere.

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Fuel Freedom Refuels the Fight Against Poverty

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IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 24, 2013) - The Fuel Freedom Foundation (FFF), in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), sponsored a topic breakfast, entitled "Refueling the Fight Against Poverty," in conjunction with the annual meeting at CGI. The breakfast was held on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013.

The discussion was led by John Podesta, former White House Chief of Staff under Bill Clinton, and current Chair at The Center for American Progress. The panel featured Yossie Hollander, Fuel Freedom Foundation Chairman and co-founder; David R. Lee, Professor at Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Cornell University; and Radha Muthiah, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves.

Fuel Freedom Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that is working to reduce the cost of driving your existing car or truck by opening the market to cheaper fuel choices at the pump. Achieving fuel freedom will mean accelerated economic growth, greater energy security, reduced air pollution, lower greenhouse gas emissions and improved health.

The scarcity of cheap, clean fuels is one of the greatest challenges facing much of the global population, and this especially affects the world's poorest three billion people. The shortage and lack of access to affordable fuels in the developing world negatively impacts food security, health and national security. The breakfast explored how the world can transform the traditional view and understanding of fuels today; and investigated alternatives to fuels commonly used for transportation, cooking, electricity, lighting and fertilizers. Rethinking low-cost and clean fuels will have a global impact in the fight against poverty.

About Fuel Freedom: Fuel Freedom Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to breaking our oil addiction by enabling the transportation fuels market to open so our cars and trucks can run on cheaper, cleaner, healthier American replacement fuels. Consumers could easily convert their cars to run on replacement fuels, but outdated regulations and entrenched commercial interests stand in the way. The Fuel Freedom campaign aims to remove barriers to competition so that natural gas, methanol, ethanol and electricity can compete on equal footing with gasoline at the pump and at the dealership. Achieving Fuel Freedom will lower fuel prices, create jobs, spur economic growth, reduce pollution, and improve national and global security. For more information visit us at http://www.fuelfreedom.org.

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