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Freedom Win 5th Straight, Sweep Joliet
August 23, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Florence, KY-The Florence Freedom(49-38) led from start to finish as they completed a three game sweep of the Joliet Slammers(35-52) with a 5-2 win Thursday night. It was the Freedom's fifth win in a row as they now trail Windy City, Schaumburg and Lake Erie by just .5 game for the final wild card spot with 9 games to play.
Eddie Rodriguez gave the Freedom a 2-0 lead after he belted a two run homer over the left field wall in the 1st inning. It was his 13th of the season and his fifth straight game with a homerun. The Freedom extended their lead in the 2nd inning with two outs. Stephen Cardullo doubled down the right field line. Pierre LePage then reached on a fielding error by third baseman Kyle Zimmerman which allowed Cardullo to score to make it 3-0.
Brad Allen(2-1) who got the spot start for Florence was outstanding in his first professional start. He went 7 innings giving up 8 hits while striking out five in the victory. The only runs he allowed were in the 3rd. Brad Netzel recorded an RBI groundout and Abel Nieves lined an RBI single to left to make it 3-2. The Freedom responded to Joliet's scoring as they posted two runs in their 3rd. A bases loaded walk to Drew Rundle forced home Junior Arrojo to make it 4-2. Jim Jacquot then contributed a SAC Fly for the final run of the game scored by either side.
Besides Allen's strong pitching, he also also got superb defense behind him. In the 4th inning Josh Lyon doubled to right, as Andrew Brauer was attempting to score from first base on the play. Right fielder Peter Fatse threw to the second baseman LePage who threw to the catcher Jacquot who held onto the ball on a straight collision between him and Brauer. In the 7th, LePage made a nice leaping catch to take away a hit from Matt Mirabal and in the same inning center fielder John Malloy made an amazing running sliding catch in right center to take away an extra base hit from Brad Netzel.
Jorge Marban pitched a scoreless 9th, recording his 12th save of the year, and his second in as many nights to preserve the Freedom win.
The Freedom remain in Florence to continue their nine game homestand as they host the Washington Wild Things Friday night. RHP Justin Hall(5-7,4.55) will go for Washington as the Freedom will counter with RHP Brandon Mathes(3-0, 3.34). The game can be heard starting at 6:50 with Steve Jarnicki on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.
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Myanmar press still fighting for true freedom
Although unshackled from decades of direct censorship, journalists in Myanmar still face repressive laws that can land them in prison and say they will not stop fighting for greater freedom.
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Platform includes Internet Freedom, language indicates influence of Rand Paul and libertarian-Republicans
Republicans could soon champion the protection of Internet Freedom as an official party issue, The Daily Caller has learned. Language in the final draft of the Internet freedom proposal was obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller.
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Does democracy always equal freedom?
24 August 2012 Last updated at 13:15 ET
We've come to believe that freedom is the natural human condition, which only tyrants prevent everyone from enjoying - but when a tyrant is toppled, we can't know what will come next, says John Gray.
In February 1917, a young boy was reading a Russian translation of one of the books of Jules Verne in a street in St Petersburg (at the time called Petrograd) where a bookseller had laid out his stock in the snow.
The boy heard a commotion and, looking up from the book, saw a terrified man being frog-marched down the street. The ashen-faced figure was one of the city's policemen, who were among the last functionaries of the Tsarist regime to remain loyal.
Discovered hiding on the roof of a building, he had been brought down to be taken to what he evidently feared would be his end. What happened to the man cannot be known, but his deathly white face as he was marched away made an enduring impression on the boy who witnessed the scene.
Aged seven at the time, the young boy went on to be the philosopher and historian of ideas Isaiah Berlin, who spoke of the episode repeatedly in conversations I had with him towards the end of his life. He often contrasted the mood of optimism that accompanied the February revolution with the darker atmosphere that followed the Bolshevik coup in October of the same year.
Yet the incident occurred during the first of these upheavals, and it was clear that the impact it had on him had nothing to do with any differences between the two revolutions. As noted by his biographer, the episode left Berlin with a dread of violence that stayed with him after he left Russia in 1921 with his mother and father for a life in England and right up to his death in Oxford in November 1997. But I believe there may have been a subtler effect on Berlin's thinking, which has something important to say to us today.
Not long after the start of the 21st Century, we like to tell ourselves an uplifting story in which freedom expands whenever tyranny is overthrown.
We believe that freedom and democracy are inseparable, so that when a dictator is toppled the result is not only a more accountable type of government but also greater liberty throughout society.
This belief forms the justification of the repeated attempts by Western governments to export their own political model to countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. In this simple and seemingly compelling story, freedom and democracy are a package that can be delivered anywhere in the world.
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Reddit's Alexis Ohanian Plans Bus Tour To Make Internet Freedom A 2012 Campaign Issue
In his push for Internet freedom, Reddit co-founder and angel investor Alexis Ohanian has tried a strike, a boycott, and even a bat-signal. But as the 2012 campaign ramps up, he's planning a more traditional political move: a bus tour.
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US urges India to respect freedom of expression
The United States on Thursday urged India to respect freedom of expression after the government threatened to take action against Twitter over content alleged to have inflamed ethnic tensions.
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Hoy to get freedom of Edinburgh
23 August 2012 Last updated at 06:03 ET
Councillors have voted unanimously to award cyclist Sir Chris Hoy the freedom of Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh-born athlete became Britain's most successful Olympian this month when he took his tally of medals to six golds and one silver.
Lord Provost Donald Wilson said it was the most prestigious honour the city could bestow.
The council also has plans to honour the city's other London 2012 competitors with a parade.
Other people who have been given the freedom of the city include: the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Sean Connery, Nelson Mandela and Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi.
The council is also considering plans to celebrate other Olympian and Paralympians with connections to Edinburgh.
The proposal is for a civic reception and an open-top bus parade for local competitors.
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Seneca Valley administrator heads to Freedom Area
The Freedom Area School District will start the new school year with a new superintendent, Jeffrey A. Fuller. He comes to the Beaver County district from the Seneca Valley School District, where he was assistant superintendent for elementary education.
After 19 years in Freedom Area, Ron Sofo resigned as superintendent, a position he filled for nearly 10 years. He is now CEO and principal of City Charter High School in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Other administrative changes are taking place in Freedom Area, which has about 1,500 students from Freedom, Conway and New Sewickley.
Timothy J. Dadich is the new high school principal, replacing Robert "Rusty" Staub, who retired. Mr. Dadich had worked in the Mercer Area School District.
Darlene Corris is now the middle school principal. She had been assistant high school principal.
Richard Edder, who had been middle school principal, is now principal at Big Knob and Conway elementary schools. Deborah Baycura retired as principal at Conway Elementary School and director of elementary education.
Freedom Area will continue to move toward offering more cyber course options to students in grades 7-12, Mr. Fuller said.
At Seneca Valley, more than 1,000 students take some courses online, he said. In Freedom Area, the number has been small but growing.
"We are contracting with Seneca Valley" on cyber courses, he said.
Students can choose to take cyber courses so that they spend less time at the school building, Mr. Fuller said. They could want to do that because of extracurricular activities or because they have jobs.
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Freedom of Edinburgh for Sir Chris
Britain's most successful Olympian Sir Chris Hoy is to be awarded the freedom of his home city.
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Egypt Press Freedom Under Mursi Spotlighted at Editor Trial
By Tarek El-Tablawy - 2012-08-23T13:08:05Z
An Egyptian court ordered the editor-in-chief of an independent newspaper critical of the Muslim Brotherhood to be detained pending trial, in a case seen as a benchmark for press freedom under President Mohamed Mursi.
Egyptian journalists and rights groups have described the prosecution of Al-Dostours Islam Afifi as the latest and most aggressive push by Islamists against what they say is biased media coverage. Afifi was ordered held in custody pending the resumption of his trial on Sept. 16 in Giza, the court said in a faxed statement. The decision prompted protests in the courtroom, the state-run Ahram Gate reported.
Following the appointment of a Brotherhood member as information minister and the prosecution of a television anchor, the case has sparked concern that Mursis administration will replicate curbs on press freedom that were common under ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
The courts decision is a huge surprise, Afifi said in a phone interview from detention. Its unprecedented. I didnt commit any crime and there was no risk of my fleeing. Where was I going to go? Im already barred from traveling.
Im worried about everything now -- my freedom as a journalist and my freedom as a citizen, he said. This is an old scenario that has been rehearsed before many times under Mubarak. Whats happening now is an attempt to silence the voice of freedom again.
Mursi, the Brotherhoods candidate for president, and Information Minister Salah Abdel-Maqsoud have promised to protect media freedom while stressing that journalists must be accurate and unbiased in their reporting.
Afifi was charged with publishing false information deemed insulting to Mursi, an offense that can carry a jail sentence of several years.
This is a troubling and backward step that Egypts newly elected president should not be taking, Robert Mahoney, deputy director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, said in an Aug. 16 statement. We urge President Mursi to reverse this course immediately and demonstrate his commitment to press freedom.
Another journalist, Tawfiq Okasha, who heads the Al-Faraeen satellite channel, faces charges of inciting violence against Mursi, and his station has been pulled from the air. Okasha was seen as close to the military council that ruled Egypt before handing over power to Mursi at the end of June.
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Freedom of Movement in a World of Invisible Borders
Reckoning today from Porto, Portugal...
"Shall we drive up to Braga tomorrow?" asked our wanderlusting travel companion (and fianc), Anya.
Liberty cannot exist unless certain preconditions are present...and others absent. Freedom of movement is a rather obvious one...the opposite of captivity. Freedom demands an absence of bars and jail cells.
Indeed, it would be a strange brand of freedom where one had to ask permission to go (or to "be") here or there. Likewise, it would be a strange prison where inmates were free to "come and go as they please."
Along with freedom of association and freedom of speech, freedom of movement seems rather central to the idea of liberty.
But let's imagine for a second that, instead of driving to Braga, Anya had suggested flying to, say, Beirut...or Bucharest...or even Brasilia? (These are not infrequent suggestions, by the way.)
Your Australian-born editor needs a visa to visit these places...and many, many more locales besides. Our freedom of movement is, therefore, compromised. It is seen by The State as something "to be granted," as opposed to unalienable.
Even for Hong Kong, a destination which makes a habit of ranking among the "freest places on earth" on lists that monitor such things (here's one), individuals who happened to have been born on Terra Australis, through no fault of their own, are required to obtain a visa if they wish to "work, study, get trained, establish or join in any business or to take up residence." So say the agencies that oversee such things.
In fact, your antipodean editor would have considerable difficulty just leaving this tiny country were his papers not "in order." Likewise if he stayed too long. We need a valid passport to sit in a cafe in France or to sip a port in Porto...a permission book to move over imagined lines in the sand.
Odd, isn't it, what passes for freedom these days.
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Egypt must uphold freedom of expression and halt prosecution of journalist
The prosecution of an editor for publishing criticism of Egypts President and the Muslim Brotherhood should be halted and freedom of expression protected, Amnesty International said.
Al-Dostor editor Islam Afifi is set to stand trial on Thursday before the Giza Criminal Court in Cairo, reportedly on charges of publishing false information insulting to Egypts President Morsi.
Both the authorities and the Muslim Brotherhood must accept public criticism of their positions and actions without trying to hide behind Mubarak-era laws criminalizing the exercise of the right to freedom of expression, said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director.
Egypt should uphold its international obligations and ensure people are not subject to criminal prosecution for peaceful criticism, even if what they say is perceived to be offensive.
Al-Dostor, a daily newspaper and website, came under investigation by Egypts Public Prosecution following complaints over its criticism of the Muslim Brotherhood. The paper is known for its editorial stand against the movement, including a June article where al-Dostor claimed the Muslim Brotherhood was preparing a massacre if Mohamed Morsi lost the countrys presidential election.
An issue of al-Dostor published on 11 August was confiscated by the authorities after it claimed the Muslim Brotherhood was trying to establish an Islamic state in Egypt.
President Morsi, who resigned from the Muslim Brotherhood after he won the election, had publicly warned media on 9 August against spreading rumours that would destabilize Egypt.
It is very disappointing that journalists continue to face prosecution in Egypt for their writing in spite of the 25 January Revolution and its hopes for change, said Amnesty International.
Egypt is a state party to the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees the right to freedom of expression.
Amnesty International had called on President Morsi in a June memorandum to review and repeal provisions of Egyptian law which, under the rule of Hosni Mubarak and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (the SCAF), were frequently used to suppress criticism of the authorities and public figures.
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Rodriguez's Two Homers Lead Freedom to Victory
August 22, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Florence, KY-Eddie Rodriguez launched two solo homeruns on Wednesday night leading the Florence Freedom(48-38) past the Joliet Slammers(35-51) 6-4. It was the Freedom's fourth straight win as they trail the wild card race by 1.5 games with ten games to play. Rodriguez led the Freedom going 3-4 with 3 RBI.
The Slammers jumped out quickly on Freedom starter Andy Clark. Patrick Norris drove the first pitch of the game over the right center field wall to give Joliet a 1-0 lead. The Freedom's Rodriguez came back in the 2nd inning and took Joliet starter Jacob Sanchez deep on just one pitch to tie the game. It was his 11th of the season. With the Freedom trailing 2-1 in the 3rd, Pierre LePage led off the inning with a single to right field. Then David Harris doubled to right field. The Slammers right fielder David Christensen was charged with a throwing error on his throw to second base which allowed LePage to score from third and tie the game at 2-2. Junior Arrojo then got down a perfectly executed bunt up the third base line advancing Harris to third. Peter Fatse then hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Harris to put the Freedom ahead 3-2. With Rodriguez at the plate, Arrojo stole his 27th base of the season to get into scoring position. Rodriguez then drove him in on an RBI single to give Florence a 4-2 lead.
The Slammers came back in the 7th. Brennan Flick walked back to back hitters to start the inning. After a double steal by Christensen and Kyle Maunus, Andrew Brauer singled back up the middle against Matt Kline(2-3) scoring both runners and tying the game at 4-4. Kline then retired the next three batters to end the inning.
The Freedom went back to work in their 7th against Ray Cotillla(0-2). There were two outs in the inning when the Freedom started their rally. Stephen Cardullo singled, stole second base, and advanced to third on a wild pitch. LePage then ripped a single into left field to break the tie and give the Freedom a 5-4 lead. The Freedom extended the lead to 6-4 in the 8th on Rodriguez's second homer of the night and his 12th of the season. It was also his 5th homerun over the last four games.
Jorge Marban came on in the 9th and nailed down his 11th save of the season. Kline recorded his second straight win out of the bullpen in as many nights.
The Freedom can sweep Joliet Thursday night as their three game series concludes. Joliet will feature RHP Tommy Mendoza(4-5, 4.40) as the Freedom will counter with RHP Brad Allen(1-1, 1.54). The game can be heard starting at 6:50 with Steve Jarnicki on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.
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Bellarmine, Freedom Hall to host 2013 men's basketball Elite 8
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee announced on Wednesday that Bellarmine University will be the host school for the Elite Eight. The games will be played March 28 and March 30 at Freedom Hall.
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Respect internet freedom, US tells India
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) Voicing its support for full freedom of the internet, US has urged India to maintain respect for fundamental freedoms, while probing rumours that have caused an exodus of northeastern Indians from southern cities.
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Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – shortlist announced
Amnesty International today announced the shortlist for its annual Freedom of Expression Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, now in its ninth year, is presented in association with FEST magazine. This year saw a record number of entries, with 112 productions nominated.
The award, given to an outstanding play carrying a human rights message, will be presented on Thursday 23 August at an afternoon reception (for invitees/media only, details below).
The short listed productions are:
Shabnum Mustapha, Amnesty International's Scotland Director, said:
This has been another record-breaking year for the Freedom of Expression Award and it is extremely heartening to see so many productions tackling so many different human rights themes at the Edinburgh Fringe.
"For the last nine years, the Freedom of Expression Award has recognised productions which are both outstanding in their own right - and have the power to communicate, inform, inspire and challenge our perceptions about human rights. This year is no exception and the fact that we have six productions on the short list acknowledges the incredibly high calibre of performances which we have seen during the judging process."
Neil Cooper, Writer and Critic for The Herald and one of the award's judges, said:
"The fact that there are six so very different works in the short list for this year's Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award speaks volumes about the range of concerns there are among artists taking part in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This isn't tokenism, however. Every production named on the short list isn't there because they tick the right boxes or are saying the right things.
Of course, what these productions are saying is important, but it is how they're doing it that is so vital, and makes for such a rich set of artistic experiences that may change the world yet."
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Myanmar media push for more press freedom
Myanmar journalists are demanding more press freedom despite the end this week of the country's 50-year-long practice of censoring local publications before going to print.
Published: Aug. 21, 2012 at 6:30 AM
YANGON, Myanmar, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Myanmar's journalists are demanding more press freedom despite the end this week of the country's 50-year-long practice of censoring publications before they go to print.
Myanmar's Ministry of Information announced the move to end immediately the need for publishers to get prior approval from the Press Scrutiny and Registration Department.
However, publishers still must submit articles to the PSRD to determine if publishing laws have been broken.
"It's a real improvement, but the 2004 Electronics Act, as well as the draconian 1962 Printers and Publishers Registration Act, should also be abolished in order for the fourth estate to enjoy full press freedom," Zaw Thet Htwe, spokesman of the Committee for Freedom of the Press, told the Irrawaddy news Web site, run by expatriate Myanmar journalists operating in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Zaw Thet Htwe also said the CFP, which was formed last month to call for an end to censorship, planned protests this week to demand more media freedom.
Thiha Saw, the editor of Open News Journal and Myanma Danna magazine, told Irrawaddy that some subjects including corruption -- something of which many of the country's top leaders have been accused -- will remain extremely sensitive for the government. Post-publication scrutiny is the PSRD's way of letting editors know the government is watching them.
Incurring the government's wrath could mean the withdrawal of a publication's license to print, a permit mandated under the Printers and Publishers Registration Act.
There also remains a myriad of regulations, orders and directives that have been imposed over the five decades of military rule, he said.
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Hypocrisy ends hero's freedom to preach
Illustration: John Shakespeare
Julian Assange rose to fame as a principled and plucky champion of freedom of speech. His decision to publish millions of leaked US government documents on WikiLeaks was principled because it was in the cause of freedom of speech and the accountability of the powerful.
It was plucky because of the extraordinary weight of official anger that it was certain to bring down on his head. The US Vice-President, Joe Biden, called him ''a high-tech terrorist'' for the damage he was doing to the US intelligence and diplomatic systems.
Sarah Palin said he should be ''hunted down like bin Laden''.
There were valid complaints that WikiLeaks had not taken the responsible precaution of vetting the names of US agents and informers whose lives and families could be in sudden danger. But Assange's policy of ''publish and be damned'' in the interests of free speech was in the best traditions of brave journalism.
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His principled courage won him millions of admirers around the world. Many signed petitions and donated money.
''If I released the Pentagon Papers today, the same rhetoric and the same calls would be made about me,'' said Daniel Ellsberg, the former US Defence Department official who leaked the secret study of the Vietnam War in 1971. ''I would be called not only a traitor, which I was [called] then, which was false and slanderous, but I would be called a terrorist.'' Ellsberg is now regarded as a hero. This might have been Assange's destiny, too.
The moment Assange decided to seek shelter in Ecuador, however, he betrayed the principles he claimed to represent. He made donkeys of everyone who had defended him.
Why? Because Ecuador, under its President of the last five years, Rafael Correa, has become one of the world's leading oppressors of free speech. Correa has appropriated, closed and intimidated many media outlets critical of his government. He has sued journalists for crippling damages.
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