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Joan Barat Mir: Freedom of the Media in a comparative perspective
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Inglot First Impressions - Freedom System Palette
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Appetite for Freedom INTRO - 2013
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Mayor Phillip Campbell #39;s address at the Howell rally for Religious Freedom, 2012
Address of Mayor of Howell Philip Campbell, at the Howell Rally for Religious Freedom.

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The residents of Freedom Village didnt just meet their goal, they exceeded it, by $6,073.

They were challenged by a couple of local philanthropists in the spring. The philanthropists would each put forth $100,000 to the Windmill Island Future Fund if the residents at Freedom Village could collectively put in $100,000 to the fund, totaling $300,000 of the overall $2.1 million goal.

The fundraising program at Freedom Village ended Monday and the final tally was $106,073.

I was sort of overwhelmed with the way it ended, said Gordon Van Wylen, a resident of the community and former president of Hope College who has also been involved in many community projects. There was a sense of excitement, gratitude and satisfaction in the Freedom Village community that we were able to make that kind of contribution to this important project.

When it became evident Windmill DeZwaan needed nearly $800,000 in repairs to remain operational, a committee was formed to look at the future of the citys popular tourist attraction and park. One major goal has been to make the park more accessible to Holland-area residents who have Holland addresses, whether they live in the city or not. A pedestrian pathway from the south and a bridge linking the island to Holland Charter Township have been discussed but will cost a significant amount of money. The fundraising goal was set at $2.1 million.

One of the reasons the Freedom Village residents jumped on board to donate was the prospect of a safe walking path to the park, Van Wylen said in a previous interview. Being the immediate neighbor to the park, many liked the idea of being able to walk there.

At Freedom Village, a total of 104 donations were made. Some people donated twice to reach the goal, Van Wylen said.

DeZwaan is undergoing repairs that should be completed by the end of the year. Donations can be made directly to the city of Holland or its fundraising partner, the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area, cfhz.org.

Van Wylen hopes the fundraising at Freedom Village will be an inspiration to other organizations in the community to help the projects at Windmill Island Gardens move forward.

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Freedom Village residents raise $106K toward Windmill Island Future Fund

By Lisa Respers France, CNN

updated 3:13 PM EDT, Fri October 4, 2013

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(CNN) -- Always outspoken. Always challenging the system. Always a champion for freedom.

Anderson Cooper's conversation with singer, actress and activist Madonna about her "Art for Freedom" movement yielded not only a sense of the passion she has for it, but also revealed a few things about the woman who has both scandalized and intrigued the world with her refusal to be anyone other than herself.

Here are five things we learned from Madonna:

1) This project is the most important thing she's done besides raising her kids

By providing people a vehicle in which to express their thoughts on freedom by sharing their photographs, videos, music or other media, Madonna feels an incredible sense of responsibility. And just as she does not take her role as a mother to her four children lightly, she also feels an incredible sense of responsibility for "Art for Freedom."

Madonna: Through the years

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Internet freedom has declined in the United States over the past year as a result of its surveillance policies, reflecting a trend that appears to have caught on worldwide, according to a recently released study.

The study [PDF], conducted by Freedom House, gauged Internet freedom in 60 countries by tracking obstacles to access information online, limits on content, and violations of user rights. Among the issues cited in the report are government agencies' outright blocking of specific Internet content, surveillance measures, and legal and violent repercussions taken against those who use the Internet to criticize governing or religious bodies.

Iceland was the top-ranking nation on the list, which may not come as a surprise considering its recent role as a safe-haven for controversial Internet whistleblowers. Edward Snowden, for example, has recently expressed a desire for refuge in the country.

Estonia was the second-ranked country on the list, followed by Germany and the U.S., both of which received a score of 17 on Freedom House's scale of 1-to-100, which assigned points for higher rates of violations of Internet freedom. Australia, France, Japan, Hungary, Italy and the UK round out the top 10.

Despite its relatively high ranking, the U.S. showed a significant decline in overall Internet freedom as a result of the revelations of its surveillance capabilities and their impact on the global Internet, Freedom House explained.

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"While there is no evidence that the NSA surveillance programs were abused to suppress political speech, they have drawn strong condemnations at home and abroad for their wide-reaching infringements on privacy," the report says. "Since many large technology companies -- with millions of users around the world -- are based in the United States, the NSA was able to collect information on foreigners without having to go through the legal channels of the countries in which the targeted users were located."

However prevalent this trend may be in the U.S., it is also a sign of a much broader movement among international governments of all kinds. In 35 out of the 60 countries examined, Freedom House marked increases in the sophistication of communications monitoring technology, the scope of the people monitored, and the enactment of laws enabling the government to spy on its citizens.

Russia, for example, has increased its surveillance capabilities significantly since the Arab Spring began in late 2010, going as far as legalizing the government's wiretapping of opposing political parties, the report says.

The report also included the caveat that the problem is likely more common than its research reflects.

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