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Freedom places second at Cedar Run wrestling tourney
The Freedom Eagles wrestled to runner-up honors as the host school in the six-team AAA Cedar Run District wrestling tournament Feb. 2 in South Riding. Battlefield placed seven wrestlers in the finals on their way to the team championship.
The Bobcats totaled 210.5 points in the top spot, followed by Freedom (180), Patriot (175.5), Osbourn (175), Broad Run (168) and Stonewall Jackson (110).
Brendan Kammerdeiner (195 pounds) and Devin Richards (220) each won individual titles for Freedom. The Eagles placed 11 wrestlers in the top four of their weight class, including runner-up efforts by Bradley Nelson (152) and Jack Wrenn (160).
The Eagles also received third-place efforts from Niko Wallize (126), Andy Hinrichs (145) and Caleb Gardner (106), while Garret Moody (138), Jason Cardozo (170), Chris Miller (182) and Austin Kilbride (120) each placed fourth.
Broad Run was led by Tarkan Martin's individual title at 138 pounds. Timmy Brown (106) and Logan Shain (170) both reached the finals in their respective weight classes.
The Spartans advanced to the consolation finals in eight weight classes. Phillip James (220), Connor Bryant (182), Zach Fossett (152) and Ewen Riordan (285) each finished third, and Clayton Shepherd (160), Ben Paul (132), Tyler Corbo (113) and Diego Loya (195) each placed fourth.
Team Standings Battlefield - 210.5 Freedom - 180 Patriot - 175.5 Osbourn - 175 Broad Run - 168 Stonewall Jackson - 110
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Shegerian & Associates Founder Applauds California Workplace Religious Freedom Act
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement commending the California State Government for implementing Assembly Bill 1964, otherwise known as the California Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 (WRFA), amending the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The amendments went into effect on January 1 of this year and they prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion (or religious creed) and require accommodation of employees religious practices and observances.
AB 1964 specifies that, for purposes of employment discrimination law (including accommodation), religious belief or observance now includes religious dress and grooming practices. The Bill also provides that an accommodation for religious practices is not reasonable if it requires segregation of an employee from customers or the general public.
In the last few years there has been a surprising and unfortunate number of high profile cases pertaining to religious discrimination in the workplace, indicating that this form of discrimination remains an all-too-common scenario, said Shegerian. We applaud the State of California for taking this huge step forward. No employees should ever be discriminated against due to their religious beliefs that is a given but that this Bill helps extend the understanding of religious discrimination to include the employees hair and clothing for religious purposes, goes a long way to protect each employees individual rights.
Shegerian warns that the religious freedom of individuals can and should be protected by law, and he warns organizations that any form of discrimination or harassment of these employees can lead to harsh financial consequences or worse.
An experienced trial attorney, Shegerian has tried many jury trials to verdict in both state and federal court, representing individuals that have suffered financial or emotional losses and have been wronged by employers, including major corporations. Shegerian has built a remarkable career on helping those who have been wronged in the workplace. He remains undefeated in federal jury trials and has won over 60 jury trials, including 23 seven figure verdicts representing employees.
Located Santa Monica, Shegerian & Associates is a law firm specializing in protecting the rights of employees who have been wronged by their employers. Richly experienced in labor and employment law and possessing an unparalleled success record as litigators (Carney Shegerian himself has won over 60 jury trials in his career, including 23 seven figure verdicts, and he remains undefeated in federal jury trials), Shegerian & Associates is passionately dedicated to serving the needs of its clients. For more information, visit http://www.ShegerianLaw.com.
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Freedom coach faces assault charge
MORGANTON -- The head football coach at Freedom High School in Burke County has been charged with misdemeanor assault, police in Rutherfordton say.
Mike Helms, who was head coach at West Charlotte High School for one season, was arrested Friday at Rutherfordton-Spindale High School, according to police reports in Rutherford County.
According to several published reports, the victim was Helms son, who is listed as a member of the junior varsity basketball team at Freedom High. Helms was released on bond Friday night and faces a court date Feb. 21 in Rutherfordton.
According to police, Helms is accused of striking the victim in the face. The incident occurred in the hallway of the high school, police say.
Helms wife, Barbara, told the Morganton News-Herald that the altercation occurred after their son, who is 16, had said something to his father. Helms, who is a guidance counselor at Freedom, has been suspended with pay by the Burke County Schools, pending the result of an investigation into the incident.
Helms was head coach at East Burke, Cherryville, West Charlotte and Northwest Cabarrus before getting the job at Freedom before the 2009 season. In 2000, he followed highly successful Tom Knotts as coach at West Charlotte, and the Lions compiled a 6-5 record, missing the state playoffs for the first time in 13 years.
His teams at Freedom have been much more successful in recent years. The 2011 team compiled a 10-1 record, and last falls team finished 12-3, reaching the semifinals of the state 3A playoffs.
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Pop album review: Tim McGraw's brawnier 'Two Lanes of Freedom'
"Two Lanes of Freedom" is Tim McGraw's first album since he announced that he gave up alcohol five years ago. It's also his first record for Big Machine appropriately, also Taylor Swift's home label, given her single "Tim McGraw" and he looks hale and hearty in the album's accompanying videos.
It all signals a major new start for McGraw, one of pop-country's bestselling but critically assailed figures. If only the songs on "Two Lanes" were as honed and wiry as their singer. The album should keep him atop the country commercial firmament, but doesn't really advance him as an artist.
The record is brawnier than most of McGraw's catalog, with lead single "One of Those Nights" built on the rock guitar riffing that McGraw and Co. showcased on a recent stadium tour with Kenny Chesney. But the writing is as modern-country-boilerplate as it comes an ode to drinking away a heartbreak in Mexico ("Mexicoma," a pun that borders on Nashville-factory camp), a paean to hillbilly life ("Truck Yeah") that's flagrant in its attempt to coin a party slogan.
"Highway Don't Care," McGraw's collaboration with Swift and Keith Urban, is a blowout of a send-off ballad, and we're glad McGraw beat his demons and is looking great. But it's a shame he didn't take the musical chances that can also mark a new beginning.
Tim McGraw
"Two Lanes of Freedom"
Big Machine
Two stars (out of four)
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CEA Reinforces Call for Internet Freedom
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The following statement is attributable to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), regarding todays joint U.S. House of Representatives hearing on Internet freedom:
The open and uncensored Internet is a great engine of social and economic progress but it is under threat.Through the United Nations agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a number of countries areattempting to establish greater governmental control of the Internet. Their efforts, if successful, could destroy the open and innovative technology platform that millions around the world need and trust.
As the worlds technology leader, it is essential that the United States persuade other nations of the benefits of an open Internet. We must provide the example. We must continue to walk the walk, not just talk about preserving Internet Freedom.
We commend the Commerce and Foreign Affairs Committees for todays hearing reinforcing Americas commitment to keeping the Internet open and safe from government censorship and interference. We look forward to working with Congress to protect and promote a global Internet free from government control.
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $209 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships.CEA also owns and produces the International CES The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEAs industry services.Find CEA online at http://www.CE.org, http://www.DeclareInnovation.com and through social media: https://www.facebook.com/#!/CEAfeed http://twitter.com/ceafeed http://blog.ce.org/.
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McGraw hits the road with 'Two Lanes of Freedom'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tim McGraw is free.
The country star has moved on from a troubling label, quit drinking and grown up a bit, and all that has given McGraw a new energy he says you can hear on his latest album, "Two Lanes of Freedom."
"I think this record is definitely sort of a flag in the ground for me," McGraw said.
His first release with Big Machine Records has been the talk of Nashville for a year now. Singles have marched up the charts and fans have responded enthusiastically as McGraw debuted music on the road during his stadium tour with Kenny Chesney last year.
For the first time in years, everything is aligned exactly how McGraw wants it. And the 45-year-old singer is fired up like he's playing under Friday night lights.
That energy has translated to the people around him as well.
"I think a real cloud has been lifted," said Coran Capshaw, McGraw's manager since 2009. "He's got a great new partner in Big Machine and can put his music out and be in control of his career. The ability to move forward is here and that's been exciting. And that's where I think that energy comes from."
McGraw's final five years at Curb Records led to some discouraging low-wattage moments in what has otherwise been a mostly perfect two-decade career, and it's still not completely over. While a judge allowed McGraw to move forward with his recording career and sign with Big Machine, the legal fight drags on in court. And Curb continues to sell McGraw records, releasing a duets album just two weeks ago as McGraw was ramping up publicity for the Big Machine release.
The Louisiana native says it was often like that in the final years with Curb out of sync. McGraw remained a star during this period, stretching into acting and selling more records and tickets than most of his peers. But there's no question it was a stagnant period in which a series of best-of releases mixed in with new music led to confusion and frustration for fans.
It was even worse for McGraw, good friend Brad Warren said. To understand how difficult the period was for McGraw, the songwriter said, you have to understand how competitive the singer is.
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Safety as freedom
The Delhi gang-rape of December 2012 brought to the streets the deep and growing concern about violence against women and the demand for women's safety. The movement is the voice of women reclaiming their right to safety and freedom, through resistance to all forms of patriarchal power and celebration of women's peaceful power and energy.
Commodification, appropriation and control over women's bodies and the resources of the earth are one aspect of the threat to safety. Imposition of hazardous technologies that we do not need is another aspect.
Safety has emerged as an overpowering concern - safety of women and children, tribals, farmers and rural communities, safety from nuclear hazard, and environmental as well as health hazards of GMOs. Across India, protests and movements are also growing about the safety of people's resources and wealth - their land, their forests, their rivers, their property - in the context of the violent resource grab that is the basis of the new "growth" economy.
There is a pattern in this continuum of violence and threats to life and safety, just as there is a pattern in the continuum of the struggles for the defence of life, safety and freedom. The exponential rise in concern for safety - reflected in the explosion of people's protests to stop violence against women, tribals, fishermen, peasants, the urban and rural poor and the violence against environment and life on earth - is a direct consequence of the dominant culture of greed and commodification.
Sadly, this culture is shrouded in the garb of neo-liberal paradigms of economics in which there is no life, no values, no ethics, no community, no society, no people, no justice, no place for equality, dignity and people's rights, no place for freedom and democracy, just money and markets.
These values do not stay insulated in a silo called "the economy". Through osmosis they become the dominant values of a society, shaping the culture (or, should we say, anti-culture?).
Nuclear safety
As 2012 came to a close and 2013 dawned, hundreds of people protesting the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam and demanding nuclear safety sang and danced together at the Idinthakarai coast, adjacent to the nuclear plant. The New Year celebrations breathed new life into the anti-nuclear struggle. The beach reverberated with the spirit of resistance, assertion, freedom and democracy.
The movement for nuclear safety is a movement for freedom - we do not need nuclear energy when the sun and wind are so generous; we do not need GMOs when biodiversity and ecological agriculture produces more, safer and better food.
For two years in a row, at his address to the Indian Science Congress, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tried to criminalise the citizen's movements for nuclear safety and biosafety. But his is not a lone voice. He is an echo of the structured money-making system that wants no breaks in its money-making, including the break that is necessary for ensuring safety. That is why he called for a "structured" debate onnuclear energy and GMOs, not a democratic debate.
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Freedom brings new challenges for Myanmar writers
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Poet Saw Wai parked himself on the lawn, unfurled a map of Myanmar with a blob of blood-red paint dripping down from a spot up north and invited people to make poetry with him.
"He's calling for more trouble," said a passerby.
What the message lacked in subtlety it made up for in brazenness. Government forces have been pounding ethnic rebels in Myanmar's northern Kachin state, displacing tens of thousands and testing the country's fast-growing friendship with the West. It's the sort of thing you couldn't really talk about here for 50 years.
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EDITOR'S NOTE This story is the first installment in "Portraits of Change," a yearlong series by The Associated Press examining how the opening of Myanmar after decades of military rule is and is not changing life in the long-isolated Southeast Asian country.
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Nearly two years into reformist President Thein Sein's term, the rush of hope and idealism that greeted many new freedoms most strikingly freedom of speech is turning into a measured assessment of the nation's progress. Long accustomed to writing around censorship, Myanmar's writers are relearning the habits of free thought and testing the boundaries of speech. But change has also brought questions about how licensing requirements and market capitalism will shape public debate and how speech should be regulated in a multiethnic and multireligious nation of Buddhists, Muslims and Christians.
Saw Wai, who served 28 months as a political prisoner, grinned as he handed out photocopies of his latest poems.
"I'm not afraid," he said. "I'm just a guinea pig, testing freedom of expression on behalf of the people."
Myanmar's censorship board, which shut in August, was officially rebranded the Copyrights and Registration Division at the end of January, just in time for Yangon's first international literary festival, where Saw Wai staged his poetry performance. The festival, which ended Sunday, brought together around 80 Myanmar authors including exiles and former political prisoners like opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and international writers, like Jung Chang, whose best-selling "Wild Swans" recently became available in Burmese, though it is still banned in China. Myanmar is also known as Burma.
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The Newshour Debate: Political interests taking over freedom of expression? (Part 3 of 3) – Video
The Newshour Debate: Political interests taking over freedom of expression? (Part 3 of 3)
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW #39;s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya, Artist; Zafaryab Jilani, Convener of Muslim Reservation Movement; Dr. Tasleem Ahmed Rehmani, President, Muslim Political Council of India; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner Counselage; Farrukh Dhondy, Author; Sudhir Tailang, Cartoonist; Tushar Gandhi, Author Social Activist and Prof R Vaidyanathan, Professor, IIM Bangalore -- discuss the issue whether an average citizen #39;s freedom of expression is going to be the biggest casualty in a pre-election year
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The Newshour Debate: Political interests taking over freedom of expression? (Part 2 of 3) – Video
The Newshour Debate: Political interests taking over freedom of expression? (Part 2 of 3)
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW #39;s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya, Artist; Zafaryab Jilani, Convener of Muslim Reservation Movement; Dr. Tasleem Ahmed Rehmani, President, Muslim Political Council of India; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner Counselage; Farrukh Dhondy, Author; Sudhir Tailang, Cartoonist; Tushar Gandhi, Author Social Activist and Prof R Vaidyanathan, Professor, IIM Bangalore -- discuss the issue whether an average citizen #39;s freedom of expression is going to be the biggest casualty in a pre-election year
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The Newshour Debate: Political interests taking over freedom of expression? (Part 2 of 3) - Video
The Newshour Debate: Political interests taking over freedom of expression? (Part 1 of 3) – Video
The Newshour Debate: Political interests taking over freedom of expression? (Part 1 of 3)
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW #39;s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya, Artist; Zafaryab Jilani, Convener of Muslim Reservation Movement; Dr. Tasleem Ahmed Rehmani, President, Muslim Political Council of India; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner Counselage; Farrukh Dhondy, Author; Sudhir Tailang, Cartoonist; Tushar Gandhi, Author Social Activist and Prof R Vaidyanathan, Professor, IIM Bangalore -- discuss the issue whether an average citizen #39;s freedom of expression is going to be the biggest casualty in a pre-election year
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Freedom Credit Union Now Available for Home Loans
Its time to put the home equity that has built up to work and Freedom Credit Union is here to assist.
(PRWEB) January 31, 2013
With the ability to get a home loan in Montgomery County from Freedom Credit Union, Members can help pay for home improvements, assist with the financing of a childs education, help pay off some major expenses, or simply refinance. Along with this comes the ability to take high rate balances from any home equity loan or line, a credit card, or an auto loan and transfer that over into Freedom.
Freedom Credit Union also has the highest performance rating, 5 Stars, from the independent analysts at Bauer Financial. Freedom Credit union currently has $585 million in assets and more than 59,000 Members to date. Being a credit union in Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Philadelphia counties, lets people know that Freedom Credit Union is available for everybody in the area.
Credit unions exist to serve their Members, not to increase the bottom line. As not-for-profit cooperative institutions, Freedom Credit Union return their earnings to Members in the form of higher interest on deposits, lower loan rates, and fewer fees. Regardless of the amount Members have on deposit, they are a Member and an owner, with equal ownership and one vote. Members are never just numbers; their ownership empowers them and provides a voice.
About Freedom Credit Union:
Freedom Credit Union has been a trusted financial partner in the Philadelphia area since 1934. They are a not-for-profit organization offering better rates, lower fees, helpful service accompanied with expert advice. Membership is available for individuals as well as businesses and other organizations looking for a credit union in PA.
For more information regarding Freedom Credit Union visit https://www.freedomcu.org
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Swagerty Family Video: Freedom of Expression! – Video
Swagerty Family Video: Freedom of Expression!
JudahSwagerty.com This is our first time doing a YouTube video as a family. I welcome you to watch as we freely express ourselves to you and the rest of the world. I encourage you to be free where you are and learn to freely express yourself. Allow yourself to be vulnerable in such as way it propels you towards an abundant life. I welcome you to my subscribe to my YouTube channel. Thanks!
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A Child is Born – performed by jKb Freedom Jazz – Video
A Child is Born - performed by jKb Freedom Jazz
jKb performs this standard at The Shrine in Harlem. The band consists of Jason Vitelli (alto sax), Bob Borress (drums), and Michael Feinberg (bass)
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Freedom of BULLSHIT – Video
Freedom of BULLSHIT
AngusDiaries Mr bullshit himself.
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