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U.S. Mississippi
Mississippis Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Thursday that would allow residents to sue over laws they believe impinge on their free exercise of religious beliefs.
Supporters say the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which will become law July 1, will guarantee freedom of religion without government interference, but opponents believe the law will permit discrimination against gays and lesbians. A similar bill that would have allowed Arizona residents to deny service to gays and lesbians on religious grounds was vetoed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer last month.
This is a victory for the First Amendment and the right to live and work according to ones conscience, said Tony Perkins, the president of the conservative Family Research Council and an attendant at the signing ceremony, in a public statement. This commonsense measure was a no-brainer for freedom, and like the federal [Religious Freedom Restoration Act], it simply bars government discrimination against religious exercise. The legislature gave strong approval to a bill that declares that individuals do not have to trade their religious freedom for entrance into public commerce.
Similar bills are pending in Missouri and Oklahoma, according to the Washington Post, and eighteen other states have already enacted religious freedom laws. Civil rights advocates have opposed the bills, including in Mississippi, despite the state government removing some of the strongest original language.
We remain hopeful that courts throughout the state will reject any attempts to use religion to justify discrimination, Morgan Miller, communications director of Mississippis ACLU chapter, said in a public statement. Nobody should be refused service because of who they are.
The bill will also add In God We Trust to the state seal.
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Mississippi Governor Signs Controversial Religious Freedom Bill
JACKSON, Miss., April 4 (UPI) -- Gov. Phil Bryant said the Religious Freedom Restoration Act will protect "Mississippians of all faiths from government interference," as he signed the controversial bill.
Supporters say the measure is similar to a federal law passed in 1993 that requires proof of a "compelling interest" in any government measure that imposes a "substantial burden" on religious practices. Critics say its real aim is to allow discrimination against homosexuals.
The law, which Bryant signed Thursday, also adds "In God We Trust" to the Mississippi state seal. It takes effect in July.
I am proud to sign the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which will protect the individual religious freedom of Mississippians of all faiths from government interference, Bryant said.
The Mississippi law was redrafted twice before being approved this week by the state legislature.
A number of states have religious freedom laws on their books, and others have recently considered them. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer recently vetoed a bill, and the Oklahoma Senate effectively killed one that had already passed the House by a wide margin.
In Arizona, a number of businesses lobbied against the bill and said the state might lose the 2015 Super Bowl. Critics said the law was so broad that cab drivers who believe for religious reasons that women should not travel alone could refuse to serve them.
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Since the council has taken a tougher stance on freedom campers at Macandrew Bay, more campers have been using the Vauxhall Yacht Club's car park. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Vauxhall Yacht Club commodore Peter Sutherland said while freedom campers had used the site ''from time to time'' in the past, he had noticed an increase since the council took a tougher stance on enforcing the rules at Macandrew Bay earlier this year.
Up to five non-self-contained vehicles are allowed to park overnight at designated areas in Macandrew Bay, Ocean View and Warrington.
In response to Macandrew Bay residents' concerns about campers' behaviour, the council erected more signs at Macandrew Bay's site last month and security patrols were visiting four times a week to give campers information brochures and move them if allocated spaces were full.
Mr Sutherland said the moves might have contributed to an increase in campers using the yacht club's car park.
One or two vans did not cause a problem. However, up to six had been staying some nights in the club's car park, which had created parking problems for club members, he said.
The public toilets and rubbish bins seemed to be coping with the increase in campers and there had been no security issues, but he ''wouldn't like to see too many more'' using the car park.
''I wouldn't like to see it as a designated site,'' Mr Sutherland said.
Dunedin city councillor and Vauxhall resident John Bezett said the problem would get worse as Portobello Rd got busier.
''There's 4000-5000 people who use Portobello Rd every day. It's dramatically increased over the past few years ... and the fact is it's going to get worse,'' he said.
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The Holly Holm hype train is back in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday night, with the stakes perhaps higher than ever.
Holm will face Juliana Werner for the Legacy FC bantamweight title just weeks after her management team met with the UFC for the first time last month. According to UFC president Dana White, that meeting didn't go well, and he is no longer interested in her services. However, the general consensus is that the idea will be revisited after Friday night's fight, especially if Holm wins.
Mike Winkeljohn, Holm's trainer of 16 years, said the plan was to have Cris Cyborg, another high-profile free agent, attend Friday night's fight, however, those plans changed following Cyborg's Muay Thai loss last week. He added that there have been preliminary talks to stage a Holm vs. Cyborg pay-per-view fight in the near future, should the UFC deal not come to fruition.
"Why do you think people tune in to boxing?" Winkeljohn said when asked if a Holm vs. Cyborg stand-alone pay-per-view could be successful. "Names. Not because Bob Arum or Don King was throwing a fight, it was all because [Mike] Tyson was fighting."
A source close to Cyborg's camp, for whatever it's worth, denied any talks of a pay-per-view fight against Holm.
Winkeljohn said it was his understanding that the UFC's initial offer was $15,000 to show and $15,000 to win. Team Holm was willing to accept that offer, however, they wanted a raise if she earned a title shot.
"We have no problem with fighting for the money they've offered us for the first couple of fights in the UFC," he said. "We just want good money to fight Ronda [Rousey] or whoever has the title at that point."
Winkeljohn said he expects Holm's manager Lenny Fresquez to engage in talks with the UFC after Friday night's fight with "a different spin."
"I think they don't want to hurt the other girls' feelings and let the world know that money has been negotiated in such a way," Winkeljohn said. "I don't blame them. They are who they are because they make all the right decisions. There are other things we can ask for. She's got such good marketability, I think she would be a good broadcaster. Hey, can you help us get to FOX to be a broadcaster? Can you help us do these things?
"There are other things we can do to make money. There are other sources for her other than a dumb little paycheck. So we might have to look at it that way."
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Coach: Holly Holm vs. Cris Cyborg pay-per-view fight being considered
A huge women's fight is in talks, and it does not involve UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey at all.
According to MMAFighting's Ariel Helwani, a showdown between two feared strikers in Holly Holm and Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos is being discussed by Holm's camp.
Holm's coach, Mike Winklejohn, told MMAfighting that preliminary negotiations have begun for a Holm vs. Cyborg pay-per-view fight if their camp cannot come to terms with the UFC.
Holm's management recently met with UFC President Dana White, and the UFC executive reportedly expressed no interest in signing the standout female fighter. If the two sides cannot negotiate a deal which satisfies both sides, Holm vs. Cyborg may occur outside of the UFC's legendary Octagon.
Winklejohn said that this matchup does not have to take place on the MMA's biggest stage to succeed. The name value alone would plant butts in seats and sell tickets.
"Why do you think people tune in to boxing?" Winklejohn said. "Names. Not because Bob Arum or Don King was throwing a fight; it was all because [Mike] Tyson was fighting."
Winklejohn appears to be dead on in that sentiment, as Holm vs. Cyborg is unquestionably the biggest "striker vs. striker" matchup possible given the current landscape of female fighting.
Cyborg recently lost a professional Muay Thai bout to Jorina Baars at Glory 14, but the Brazilian powerhouse showcased a ton of heart and resolve against a superior opponent, capturing fans' fascination in the process.
Holm, on the other hand, will fightJuliana Werner at Legacy FC 30 April 4 for the promotion's bantamweight title.
Holm is undefeated in professional mixed martial arts action and is an 18-time world champion boxer in three different weight classes, boasting a 33-2-3 overall record inside the ring.
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Crews Hard At Work Preparing L.I. Beaches For Summer Crowds
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Ao Nang - Beaches (Krabi, Thailand - 2014)
Some of the Beaches that are in Ao Nang area. There are so many which to choose from. These were my favorites. There is even some that I did not find ... The...
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The Santa Barbara County Community Services Department has announced that the beaches at Isla Vista will be closed due to the potential for a Floatopia event on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, 2014.
The Santa Barbara County Community Services Department has announced that the beaches at Isla Vista will be closed due to the potential for a Floatopia event on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, 2014. The closure is being declared to prevent a re-occurrence of the conditions that resulted from the 2009 Floatopia. The Santa Barbara County Code (Section 26-11) authorizes the Community Services Department to close any County recreation area includingbeaches.
Following the Floatopia event of 2009, the beaches at Isla Vista were left strewn with trash and debris, including human waste. This large scale event with thousands of participants had no provision for the health and well being of the public, including no facilities for human sanitation or refuse collection. The County of Santa Barbara, therefore took action to close the Isla Vista beaches for a similar event in 2010, 2011, 2012 and2013.
The Floatopia event planned for April 5, 2014 is not a sanctioned event and there are no approved permits issued. As such, the County Community Services Department will declare the Isla Vista beaches closed to public entry to protect public health and safety and to protect the beach from excessive waste and litter. The Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Department will enforce theclosure.
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By Catherine Cooper on April 04th, 2014
By Catharine Cooper.
The effects of rising seawater conjure images of Bangladesh and Greeces Kriti Islands places destined to disappear by the end of the century under encroachment of the sea. But what about here in Laguna? What might a one-foot rise mean for our beaches? A three-foot rise? At what point do preventative mechanisms to protect private property trump the publics right to beach access?
Two current struggles provide a framework for conversation. The first and closest to home is Broad Beach, in Malibu, where as much as 60 of beach had been lost in the past decade. As the sea continued to encroach into the front lawns of the rich and famous, they took matters into their own hands first with a sand berm that caused a huge uproar and finally with a 13 high wall of jetty-like stones.
The net effect has been a temporary solution at best, and one that has rendered what used to be a well-loved beach, unusable. The thin strip of sand in front of the revetment that is exposed during low tide is never dry enough to lay down a towel.
Bill Patzert, a climatologist at NASAs Jet Propulsion Lab, in Pasadena, calls it the Invisible Beach. The protection of a handful of property owners has eliminated access to the public.
On the other side of the country, in Nantucket, homeowners along Baxter Road, which fronts a steep cliff face called Sconset Bluff, are in a face-off that similarly pits the wealthy against the public. A lingering noreaster in March 2013 caused the surf to pound the unprotected bluffs for days. The resulting erosion chewed away at the foot of the slope, and one of the houses on the edge simply fell into the sea.
Remaining homeowners are desperate for a solution and have tried everything from a type of drain pipe buried under the sand to some burrito-shaped barriers of coir and jute.The drain system clogged and was abandoned; the burritos developed into individual islands as the sea simply swept over and around them.
At question are more than just property rights and beach access. The coastal bluff environment is integral to the health of the seas. And while we can slow erosion by extreme measures, it rarely stops it.
Sarah Oktay, vice-chairman of the Nantucket Conservation Commission states, Its a natural process If you take beach bluffs or dunes and you cover them in rocks so it cant go anywhere, then it no longer provides that feeder material to downdrift beaches, so youll lose the beach in front of those rocks and youll lose the beach downdrifts. Its basically telling your neighbors, Well, I want my home more than you want your beach.
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ISLA VISTA, Calif. -
The beaches along the coast of Isla Vista will be closed off to the public this coming weekend during the so-called "Floatopia" or "Deltopia" event.
The Santa Barbara County Community Services Department made the announcement Thursday.
The past beachside bacchanals, known as "Floatopia," attracted thousands of partiers and left a large-scale mess that included mounds of trash and human waste.
University of California police and Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies said the last un-permitted event of 2009 caused public health and safety concerns.
The following year, up to this year, the IV beaches have been closed off during the weekend event. However, partiers moved their location to Del Playa, which led to the name change of "Deltopia."
County officials say this year's event is not a sanctioned event and there are no approved permits issued.
The beaches along Isla Vista will be closed Saturday and Sunday; the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department will enforce the closure.
On the beach today, NewsChannel 3 spoke with some young people who were tanning and drinking.
"We come out here and have a lot of fun," said Peter Sanders from Fullerton. Pointing to a large bottle of Old English 800, a malt liquor he said, "Of course we recycle. We do our part."
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When the heads of states of the European Union and Africa meet in Brussels this week (2-3 April) to work out their future cooperation, they will have input from a series of expert meetings held in the run-up to the main event.
One piece of advice, courtesy of the African European Radio Astronomy Platform (AERAP), is that collaboration on radio astronomy research can bring societal benefits, both directly and through building capacity for other types of research and data handling.
This advice was fleshed out by speakers from science, industry and the EU at an industry and Africa-EU science capacity building round-table seminar organised by AERAP in Brussels yesterday.
Collaboration with Africa is essential from a scientific point of view to obtain a complete picture of the sky, said Ricardo Genova of the Astrophysics Institute of the Canary Islands, Spain. But apart from pushing back the frontiers of science, he explained that planned cross-continent initiatives promise training for South Africa's scientists and engineers.
Ian Jones, of the Goonhilly Earth Station in the United Kingdom, added that the skills needed for radio astronomy research are transferable to a whole range of fields, from processing big data to telemedicine and tele-education projects inspired by the work of AERAP and SKA (Square Kilometre Array), a new radio astronomy project partly based in South Africa.
Better connectivity
The communication networks required to transfer the huge amounts of data that will be generated between observatories in the northern and southern hemispheres offer a key opportunity for developments in several sectors.
"The data needs to be transported out of Africa somehow," said Gerlinde Bedoe, from Coriant, a telecommunications company based in Germany, pointing to high-resolution images collected by radio astronomy dishes in Africa that need to be sent to scientists around the world for analysis.
The recently developed underwater internet cables that relay research information from South Africa to Europe could further improve as demand for bigger data and better connectivity is driven by radio astronomy.
Eventually, this internet infrastructure could be used to provide broadband to the general public, ensuring more peaceful and prosperous societies, the meeting heard.
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HIGH BRIDGE - Borough resident Theresa Moody from the New Jersey Astronomy Center (NJACE) at Raritan Valley Community College has been selected for a special NASA program for educators.
The Astronomy Educator/Program Manager will participate in NASAs Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), which will become a flying classroom for educators in the next few months.
As a SOFIA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador, Moody will join one of 12 two-person teams representing educators from 10 states. Each will be paired with a professional astronomer to observe first-hand how airborne infrared astronomy is conducted. After their flight opportunities, Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors will take what they learn back to their classrooms and into their communities to promote science literacy.
SOFIA is a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner fitted with a 100-inch effective diameter telescope.
The aircraft flies at altitudes between 39,000 and 45,000 feet above the water vapor in the Earths atmosphere, and collects data in the infrared spectrum.
Moody and her teacher partner, Margaret Holzer of Chatham High School, will participate in the SOFIA flight during the week of May 10.
Holzer and Moody will co-design a variety of investigations on Light and the electromagnetic spectrum.
These investigations will be designed to integrate the new Science and engineering practices as described in Next Generation Science Standards and will draw on existing NASA resources and investigations.
Once designed, Holzer will implement these new investigations into her high school classroom and Moody will include them in workshops offered at NJACEs Science Education Institute.
SOFIA offers educator teams unprecedented access to infrared astronomers and the unique capabilities of an airborne observatory, said John Gagosian, SOFIA program executive at NASA Headquarters. Previous Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors teams have witnessed SOFIAs world-class astronomical science and have used this experience in hundreds of science, technology, engineering and math teaching opportunities throughout the United States.
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