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FREEDOM - Last season Freedom returned to the postseason for the first time since 2004 and despite losing in Level 1 to eventual Division 4 state champ Wrightstown, expectations are higher in 2012.

In Week 1 of the football season, the Irish under a new coach, certainly met those expectations as it crushed Berlin, 52-7, in an Eastern Valley Conference game. That performance has made Freedom the FOX 11 Team of the Week.

The 52 points were the most scored by Freedom since the 2010 season finale, when Freedom scored 60 points in a win over Berlin.

Its surprising we put so many points up, but its not in a way, coach Clint Kriewaldt said. The way our kids are working together, they want to learn. They want to soak in knowledge.

Kriewaldt is a big reason for Freedoms optimism. The Shiocton High School graduate was part of the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL team as a linebacker and he also played for the Detroit Lions.

Having a guy like that who knows that much about football, its great to have running back Bo Casper said.

Casper was part of Freedoms onslaught Friday, rushing for 174 yards on six carries and scored three touchdowns. Casper was pleased with the first game.

Youre always coming in not quite sure how that first games going to go, Casper said. Were happy with the outcome of the game.

Added lineman Reed Ambrosis: It was a good game. We were projected to lose by 21 points, but we came out and showed the conference what we were going to do.

Freedom is confident it can compete in the Eastern Valley with usual penthouse teams Xavier and Waupaca. Xavier has won or shared the last three titles.

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Four imprisoned fiends convicted in the 1988 assassination of rookie NYPD cop Edward Byrne are set to appear before their parole boards for the first time this fall to seek their freedom, The Post has learned.

The quartet of craven killers Philip Copeland, Scott Cobb, Todd Scott and David McClary shot Byrne, a 103rd Precinct patrol cop, on Feb. 26, 1988, inside his marked patrol car in Jamaica, Queens.

The thugs shot the 22-year-old Byrne five times in the head in exchange for $8,000 in blood money from their drug boss, who had been busted by officers a day earlier and offered the dough to anyone who killed a cop in retaliation.

Edward Byrne

Byrnes death made national headlines as a stark reminder of the surging tide of urban violence often associated with the distribution of crack cocaine and became a defining moment in the citys war on crime.

The crimes brutality led President Ronald Reagan to call the family to express his condolences and Vice President George H.W. Bush to carry the slain officers NYPD badge with him on the campaign trail.

Edward Byrnes merciless assassins should leave prison only in coffins, Patrolmens Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch told The Post recently, referring to the cons bid at freedom.

Carole Weaver, a spokeswoman for the state Division of Parole, said that beginning in November, each of the convicts will undergo separate interviews with parole-board commissioners at the prisons where they are now inmates.

The Byrne family have been told to show up on the morning of Oct. 5 at the West 40th Street offices of the state Division of Parole to provide victim impact statements about the pending parole bids, sources said.

Lawrence Byrne, a lawyer who is the slain officers brother, did not return calls for comment.

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Internet facilitates freedom, but it also makes violations easier. Fundamentally, it's all about an individual's responsibility towards ensuring one's freedom doesn't interfere with other's freedom

Dr. Bob Hoekstra, former CEO of Philips

Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint and the state of not being subjected to or affected by something undesirable. That is what the Oxford dictionary says.

In simpler words: I am free if I can do and say what I want and others do not impact me with undesirable stuff.

In Internet terms: I can write and read the information I want and get no spam. I am in control.

Internet brings instant communication and multiplication capability of all information from all people, to all people, in all regions, in all languages and with sound and video.

That gives much more freedom to individuals, as the power to express is much enhanced.

Spectacular are the many sites where people share their knowledge freely and usefully. Wikipedia replaced expensive encyclopedia, affordable to a few only, and made one by all, for all of the same quality, free. YouTube made publication of your music and TED presentations much easier and free.

User groups share information on how to best use your apparatus and fix problems. Political sites show the programs of political parties, and compare their promises and performance.

Smartphones with camera and video capability allow every individual to be a reporter.

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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --LifeProof, the award-winning maker of all-protective, everyday cases for smartphones and tablets, today announced the availability of the LifeProof nuud case for iPad. Unleashing new freedom for mobile computing, the LifeProof nuud case for iPad is water, dirt, snow and shock proof, and features a totally naked screen that provides a perfect tactile response and visual clarity. The new LifeProof iPad case protects both iPad 2 and iPad Gen 3 devices.

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The LifeProof iPad nuud case is currently offered exclusively at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores nationwide. It is also available online at LifeProof.com as well as BestBuy.com. LifeProof nuud iPad case is available for $149.99 and the Cover + Stand for LifeProof nuud iPad case for $29.99. A case and cover combo is also available for $159.99.

"Our customers can't get enough of the LifeProof iPhone case and we expect the same will be true for the iPad case," said Scott Moore, vice president for Best Buy's Connectivity Business Group. "We have really focused on bringing ground-breaking accessories to our customers to enhance their experiences with phones and tablets. The LifeProof nuud case for iPad is the latest example of that commitment."

The LifeProof nuud case is designed for students, road warriors, outdoor adventurers, parents, children, emergency services, the military and anyone who wants to confidently take their iPad with them everywhere, everyday, and in any kind of weather. Unlike any other case on the market, LifeProof nuud's naked screen technology places absolutely nothing between the user and the iPad, providing uncompromised visual clarity and the ultimate touch experience.

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Further enhancing the iPad experience, LifeProof accessories let users get the most out of their iPads. The Cover + Stand for LifeProof nuud iPad case protects the iPad when it is not in use or when on the road. It also doubles as a stand for watching movies or angling the iPad for the optimal typing angle. Other accessories soon to be released include a strap pack that contains a hand strap and over-the-shoulder strap.

"The LifeProof nuud case lets you enjoy your iPad as Apple intended it, everywhere. It delivers perfect visual clarity and an uncompromised touch experience, while giving you LifeProof confidence to enjoy your iPad at the beach, use it on construction sites or on rounds in a hospital, at school or simply let the kids be kids," said Gary Rayner, CEO of LifeProof. "LifeProof is deeply committed to the integrity of our vision to create products that excel in every dimension. We are truly excited to partner with Best Buy to launch this highly anticipated product."

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The Republican and Democratic parties in the U.S. should take a stand for Internet "freedom" during their upcoming national conventions, a group of Internet activists urged Monday.

More than 36,000 people have signed a petition, started by 'Net activist group Demand Progress in mid-August, calling on the two major parties to add Internet freedom language to their party platforms. Demand Progress reiterated its call for Internet freedom language in the platforms on Monday, a day before the Republican convention starts in Tampa, Florida. The Democratic convention is next week in Charlotte, North Carolina.

"The next two weeks will determine which party is the party of the 'Net," David Segal, executive director of Demand Progress, said in an email. "Internet start-ups, civil liberties groups, and Internet users generally will be paying close attention to who really represents us."

U.S. residents are becoming more concerned about threats to Internet freedom as their dependence on the Internet grows, Segal added. "It behooves both parties to demonstrate their support for that cause -- in their platforms, and in their legislative undertakings," he said. "If they fail to do so, the swelling number of Internet-savvy voters will start to look elsewhere."

The Internet freedom language proposed by Demand Progress and other groups is fairly general, and doesn't specifically mention net neutrality, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the controversial cybersecurity bills debated in Congress this year. Several of the groups pushing for the Internet freedom language opposed SOPA, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the cybersecurity bills.

"We ... urge political parties to explicitly adopt positions that protect and foster an open Internet that equally respects the rights of ordinary users, as well as the thousands of companies and organizations who rely on this platform everyday," the supporters of the Internet freedom language said in an open letter to the two parties. "We further urge American political parties to clearly reject efforts to censor the Internet and engage in unwarranted surveillance of its users -- and to do so in writing."

Other groups advocating the Internet freedom in the party platforms include the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mozilla, Cheezburger.com and the Free Press Action Fund.

There are some indications that both parties are considering Internet language in their platforms. On Friday, the Daily Caller published what it called a leaked Internet freedom proposal for the Republican platform.

In addition, four Democratic lawmakers, Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Anna Eshoo and Doris Matsui, all from California, and Jared Polis of Colorado, have urged the Democratic Party to include Internet freedom language in their party's platform.

"We strongly recommend ensuring the platform includes this or similar language: 'The Democratic Party stands for global Internet freedom, the free flow of information online, a free and open Internet, and protection from online censorship and privacy violations,'" the four wrote to party leaders last Wednesday.

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