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Liberty builds an artsy image

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Village group encourages a creative vibe

Metal sculptor and Liberty High School graduate Zac Shavrick stands beside his 10-foot-tall piece, Ed outside his Ferndale workshop. The artwork will be installed in Liberty on Sunday.CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record

Published: 2:00 AM - 09/14/13

LIBERTY Can the Village of Liberty become the new cultural hub of the Catskills?

The former Sullivan County resort mecca may have a few empty storefronts.

But this village flanked by the green Catskill mountains also has a colorful palette of two-story shops offering everything from Mexican, Chinese, Italian and health foods to gourmet coffee and cutting-edge art.

"Why not Liberty?" said Ellie Ohiso, publisher of another thing Liberty has Green Door magazine, which calls itself "A Journal of Comfortable Living."

"Liberty has the potential to be like a Saugerties, with its mom-and-pop shops and art. It can be anything it wants to be," Ohiso said.

Ohiso and a group of business owners calling themselves ArtLib hope this village of some 4,400 residents takes a major step in that direction at 6 p.m. Sunday, when it unveils a giant sculpture that's sure to attract lots of attention.

It's called "Ed" and it's a 10-foot-tall fabricated, welded steel rendition of a big guy with a giant head made of such found objects as an ax and a bicycle tire.

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Liberty Power to Supply Renewable Energy Certificates to United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Event

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FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Liberty Power, the nation's largest independent retail electric supplier, today announced that it has donated renewable energy certificates (RECs) to match 100 percent of the estimated electricity usage at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's (USHCC) Annual Convention.

The USHCC Convention is known as the largest gathering of Hispanic business leaders in America, attracting business associations, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, chamber leaders and members, Hispanic business enterprises (HBEs), and policymakers from across the country. Approximately 7,000 attendees are expected to attend this year's program.

The 2013 USHCC National Convention is scheduled to take place Sunday, September 15 through Tuesday, September 17 in Chicago, Illinois. Liberty Power will supply enough RECs from Illinois wind energy facilities to match the estimated consumption for the event's venue, the Hilton Chicago, for the duration of the three-day convention. The donation of RECs will avoid approximately 608,000 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil-fueled generation facilities, which is equivalent to the CO2 emissions of nearly 34,000 gallons of gasoline consumed.

"We are excited to demonstrate the commitment of the USHCC and Liberty Power to sustainability by purchasing Illinois wind RECs to offset the consumption of the USHCC's Annual Convention in Chicago," said David Hernandez, co-founder & CEOof Liberty Power.

In addition to donating the RECs, Liberty Power will be a Hispanic Business Enterprise (HBE) Platinum co-sponsor for the second consecutive year. Liberty Power is also sponsoring the Energy and Sustainability panel, where Mr. Hernandez will participate as a panelist. The panel will take place on Monday, September 16 at 10:25AM.

"Liberty Power's continued support for the USHCC is commendable, and we are proud to call them a trusted partner and friend. Their leadership in the energy sector is marked by visionary initiatives -- including making our National Convention 'green' for the first time," said USHCC President & CEO Javier Palomarez.

About Liberty Power Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Liberty Power is the largest independent retail electric supplier in the United States based on 2013 KEMA rankings of electric retailers. The company is also the first certified, minority-owned supplier with a national footprint, and the largest Hispanic-owned energy company in the United States according to Hispanic Business. Liberty Power provides large and small businesses, government agencies and residential customers with low-cost electricity and exceptional customer service.

For more information on Liberty Power, please visit http://www.libertypowercorp.com

Liberty Power is a registered trademark of Liberty Power Corp. LLC, whose subsidiaries are certified and licensed to provide retail electric service by the PUC / PSC of CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TX and VA.

About the USHCCFounded in 1979, the USHCC actively promotes the economic growth and development of Hispanic entrepreneurs and represents the interests of over 3 million Hispanic owned businesses across the United States that contribute in excess of $465 billion to the American economy each year. It also serves as the umbrella organization for more than 200 local Hispanic chambers and business associations in the United States and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit http://www.USHCC.com

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The Young Turks Deconstructed – Libertarian Exposes The truth about statist Rhetoric – Video

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Libertarian Republicans and Liberal Democrats: Marriage or 1-Night Stand?

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Despite a sudden and strong alliance over opposition to war in Syria, the two groups have little else in common and no one to bring them together.

The popular uprising against potential military intervention in Syria has scrambled Washingtons typical left-right politics. Just consider some scenes around the capital this week.

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., a cochairman of the Progressive Caucus, walked past an antiwar protest and got heckled for supporting air strikes, while Tea Party Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, R-Mich., earned cheers for his opposition. Christopher Preble of the noninterventionist Cato Institute visited the usually hawkish Heritage Foundation and was shocked to hear his rival think-tankers basically saying exactly what I would have said. And Democratic firebrand Alan Grayson of Florida teamed with House Republican colleagues to organize a guerrilla whipping operation.

I cant remember when MoveOn and FreedomWorks were on the same side of anything, said Stephen Miles of the Win Without War coalition.

Its such a novel moment for Washington that some speculate we may finally be seeing the mythical populist coalition between anti-interventionist libertarians on the right and antiwar civil libertarians on the left that former Rep. Ron Paul and Ralph Nader have dreamed about for years. I think its totally real, said Becky Bond, the political director of Credo Mobile, one of the first liberal voices to oppose intervention in Syria. As someone who was doing this kind of work in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, this feels very different. Its a real left-right coalition.

Indeed, Syria has tilted the political landscape 90 degrees, turning the familiar partisan divide into a vertical split between the leadership in both parties, which favors military intervention, and the parties anti-interventionist grassroots bases. And it comes on the heels of a revival of libertarian populism on the right, alarm over civil liberties on the left, and a general war weariness among Americans of all stripes.

The Tea Party has been nearly unanimous in its opposition to strikes against Syria, and Matt Kibbe, president and CEO of FreedomWorks, a Tea Party group, thinks its more than just knee-jerk opposition to Obama. Its a shift; its a realignment, Kibbe said. On issues such as civil liberties, electronic surveillance, drones, and criminal-justice reform, theres absolutely a convergence. Were building a new coalition.

Youre seeing coming to fruition a lot of the groundwork that was laid over several years, Miles said. It started in Iraq, with antiwar House Republicans such as Paul and North Carolinas Walter Jones, he said, and has materialized more recently in bipartisan legislation to trim defense spending.

One lawmaker who has tapped into that coalition is freshman Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a Republican who has introduced bills with Democrats to legalize industrial hemp production and end mandatory minimum sentences. He toldNational Journalthat the grassroots opposition to Syria was unlike anything hes seen since the populist furor over the bank bailouts in 2009. And it may be just the tip of the iceberg. Its certainly not a one-off, Massie said. I think there are a lot of opportunities going forward.

If you want a glimpse of what this coalition might look like, the July roll-call vote on the amendment to end National Security Agency bulk surveillance sponsored by Reps. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and John Conyers, D-Mich., is a good place to start. The measure earned 111 Democratic and 94 Republicans ayes and split the parties internally between more-hawkish leaders and the privacy-minded rank and file.The Washington Posts Greg Sargent compared the result to a whip count on Syria and found striking overlap.

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