John Stossel - Obama #39;s Reelection: What It Means For Liberty 11/8/2012
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i just got my lib(AKA liberty) today 😀 btw sorry for the buzzing noise! there was a basketball game going on in the gym behind us!! xoxoJenny
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Let #39;s Play: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (1)
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He keeps the flag flying outside the facility all the time, even in bad weather and at night.
"As long as a veteran is in the rain and snow, the flag is in the rain and snow," Evans said. "As long as they're in the dark, my flag is in the dark."
Evans is director of programs at Restoring Lives, a faith-based recovery and treatment organization in west Tulsa. Thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the organization renovated a facility to help veterans recovering from addiction or leaving the prison system.
"Working for three years, doing so much and having the work pay off has been wonderful," Evans said. "It's been a growth."
The Liberty House is the latest tool VA officials have in their goal to end homelessness among the veteran population, a goal the department hopes to achieve this decade.
"They put their money where their mouth is for sure," said Melanie Goldman, coordinator of homeless veterans programs for the VA in Tulsa.
The Liberty House fills an important gap in the process in Tulsa by providing that transition from veterans leaving the prison system, she said.
"Now we're working closely with them to help them transition out into some sort of stable setting so they're not going straight to the street or straight to the shelter," Goldman said.
For Evans, the Liberty House is a big step for Restoring Lives. His family has members who have served in the military for generations, including his brother who is a combat medic preparing for deployment to Afghanistan. Evans said he received a medical discharge after he was hurt in the military.
"This is our passion," Evans said.
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Liberty Ross appears to be getting serious about music executive Jimmy Iovine.
The model-turned-actress has moved on from her cheating husband Rupert Sanders and filed for divorce from the shamed director on January 25.
Rumours about her relationship with Jimmy have been swirling since.
TMZ reports that Liberty was seen leaving a New York City hotel with the producer on Friday morning.
The outing appears to have cemented speculation they are now a couple.
Jimmy carries weight in the music industry. He is the co-founder of Interscope Records and is known for grooming superstars like Eminem and Lady Gaga.
His date with Liberty comes just over six months after it emerged Rupert cheated on his wife with his Snow White and the Huntsman star Kristen Stewart.
Pictures of the pair kissing were published by Us Weekly last July.
The images led to Kristens split from boyfriend Robert Pattinson although the couple are believed to have reconciled.
Rupert and Liberty tried couples therapy but efforts to save their marriage were in vain.
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Thursday night's Class 5A nonleague game between Liberty and Abraham Lincoln didn't draw huge numbers at the gate.
Even the parents were somewhat relatively speaking quiet.
But there were some interested onlookers. Members of the CHSAA seeding committee were conspicuously perched at the top of the stands taking notes, and both head coaches, with their teams needing to make a positive showing, knew it.
"I didn't tell the guys they were going to be here," Liberty coach Ivan Chambers said. "We just came out and played our game."
The visiting Lancers played smart offensive basketball, defended well and continued to improve late in the season, walking away with a 75-62 win over the home- standing Lancers.
"We are finally seeing what we are capable of doing," said Chambers, a former Air Academy girls coach. "We kind of struggled early in the year, but we played a tough schedule ... and those games have paid off for us."
Liberty (10-7) trailed 39-37 midway through the third quarter when it made its run. A 13-0 spurt engineered by bench players Matt Love, Dallin Page and Garet Bohuslavsky put Liberty ahead 50-39 and gave the team's patient offensive set a comfortable lead going to the fourth.
"We didn't want to peak in December or even January," said Chambers, whose bench outscored Lincoln's 40-7. "We wanted to peak in February and we are starting to come out and put a lot of good minutes together."
Lincoln (12-8) clawed to within 67-60 with under three minutes to play, but cold shooting and an 8-0 run at the free-throw line put things out of reach for coach Vince Valdez's team.
"The ball didn't bounce our way because we didn't deserve it," said Valdez, whose team was led by Gabriel Vasquez's 21 points and Jonte Dotson's 15. "This game is so pure, that it seems the fortunate breaks favor the prepared. Liberty was prepared and we weren't."
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Chairman of Liberty Media John Malone attends the Allen & Co Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho in this July 12, 2012 file photo. Malone's Liberty Global Inc struck a deal to buy British cable group Virgin Media, a move that would put the U.S. billionaire up against old rival Rupert Murdoch.
Liberty Globals$16 billion deal to buyBritish cable giant Virgin Media will create one of the largest broadband companies in the world, and sets up Liberty mogul John Malone, the famed U.S. cable financier, in a clash of the media titans against longtime rival Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. conglomerate. The dealis yet another sign that the media and tech mergers and acquisitions market is revving up to levels not seen since the financial crisis. Earlier this week computer giant Dell announced plans to go private in a $24.4 billion deal.
Virgin Media is the second largest pay-TV company in the U.K. behind Europeansatellitegiant BSkyB, which is majority controlled by News Corp., so the merger instantly pits Malone against Murdoch in theEuropeanmedia market. The Financial Times was first to report news of the impending deal, which is worth a total of $23 billion including debt.Virgin Groups Richard Branson, the colorful billionaire impressario, stands to make about $316 million from the Liberty takeover, according to Bloomberg.
Liberty Global already has nearly 20 million customers, making it the second largest U.S. cable company after Comcast. By adding Virgin Medias 4.9 million subscribers, the combined entity would vault ahead of Comcast to become the largestbroadbandcompany in the U.S. and Europe.(BSkyB has 10.7 million customers.)
(MORE:What News Corp.s Breakup and the Demise of The Daily Mean for the Future of Murdochs Media Empire)
Malone has made no secret about Libertys plans to expand in Europe, where it is already a powerful player in over a dozen markets. For example, Liberty recently increased its stake in Belgian operator Telenet to 58%, although it failed in its attempt to take over the company outright. As part of the Virgin deal, Liberty plans to relocate its legal place of business to the U.K., though it intends to keep its Colorado headquarters as well as its presence on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Virgin Media will retain its brand name in the U.K.
Heres how Reuters describes Malone, a legendary figure in U.S. telecom and media markets:
Dubbed everything from the Cable Guy to Cable Cowboy and even Darth Vader by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore because of his perceived ruthless style, Malone made his fortune through a series of deals that transformed, and ultimately consolidated, the U.S. cable industry into one dominated by a few big players.
Liberty Global together with Virgin Media is a powerful combination, Liberty Global President and CEO Michael Fries said Wednesday on a conference call with investors, as cited by the Associated Press. In fact, it hits the mark on just about every strategic and operating criteria we have established for our company and provides significant benefits to Virgin Media subscribers and investors.In a statement, Freis said that80% of Liberty Globals revenue will come from just five attractive and strong countries the U.K., Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
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Arma 2 - Sons of Liberty
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: I DO NOT OWN SONG NOR AM I MAKING ANY MONETARY GAIN BY HAVING THE SONG IN MY VIDEO THAT WILL RAISE PROBABLY 10 VIEWS IF I #39;M LUCKY. SONG: METAL GEAR SOLID: SONS OF LIBERTY Storyline: Revolver Ocelot and his PMC #39;s steal a MOAB and threaten to blow up a city. Status Red Operatives attempt to stop him and return the weapon of mass destruction. Bad guys have ability to administer first aide to each other. Mods: ACE, Blastcore I researched how to change the face and name of AI #39;s. After this I found out how to customize loadouts. It naturally followed, being a Metal Gear Solid fan, that I would attempt to make a character from MGS. Revolver Ocelot was a good fit because the game has a revolver available. Everything here took some work to get just right (getting chinook to hover at a particular height) and setting all the triggers and synching all the modules. **Mission technically ends after we get picked up to head back to the airport (music ends), but feel free to watch the rest.** At the very end when the Chinook is supposed to be hovering so I can remove the sling rope I accidentally hit the wrong radio trigger. It was 2:30 in the morning and didn #39;t want to do another run through of this 30+min mission just so I can hit the right trigger at the very end. Enjoy.
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Liberty Global says the deal creates the "world's leading broadband communications company," covering 47 million homes and 25 million customers across 14 countries.
"Talk is cheap," except when it really isn't.
U.S. media conglomerateLiberty Global announced last night that it would acquire Virgin Media[PDF] for $23.3 billion, a figure that will likely send shivers down the spine of media rival News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch.
The announcement came just hours after Dell, with the help of Silver Lake and Microsoft, paid more than $24 billion to pull out of the stock market.
Following the handshake on the deal, Liberty Global is already touting the deal as the creation of the "world's leading broadband communications company," covering 47 million homes and 25 million customers across 14 countries.
Little will change for end users and customers of Virgin Media, though -- even the company name will remain the same.
But there are finer points to the deal.
Shareholders in the British cable firm will receive cash and Liberty Global shares for an implied priceof $47.87 in cash per Virgin Media share they hold, a premium of 24 percent on Virgin Media's closing price on February 4.
Virgin Media shareholders will own around 36 percent of Liberty Global's outstanding shares, and hold just over one-quarter of the voting rights. The cash element to the closing price totals $5.9 billion and will be financed through debt financing and available liquidity.
The deal will go through by forming a new holding company. Liberty Global will redomicile from the U.S. state of Delaware to the U.K. by becoming a subsidiary of a new publicly limited holding company.
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BOSTON, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Around the country today, Liberty Mutual Insurance and its employees will celebrate the one-year countdown to the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. From Liberty Mutual's headquarters in Boston to its Safeco Insurance company's home in Seattle, employees will experience the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic movements through Team USA-themed games and demonstrations, and appearances by 15 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic legends, heroes and hopefuls. Additional event locations include: Fairfield, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Irving, Texas; Lake Mary, Fla.; and Phoenix, Ariz. Coverage from the Boston event will be available for viewing by all of Liberty Mutual's 50,000 worldwide employees via the company's intranet.
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"Liberty Mutual Insurance and our employees countrywide are delighted to join in the excitement surrounding Team USA and 'One Year Out' from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games," said David H. Long, president and chief executive officer of Liberty Mutual Insurance. "Today's events will not only demonstrate the dynamic nature of the Team USA experience to our employees, but also lay the foundation of support for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls in the communities we serve."
The "One Year Out" festivities are the first major activation of the brand's recently announced four-year sponsorship of Team USA, which designates Liberty Mutual Insurance as the Official Property and Casualty and Life Insurance Partner of the 2014 and 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams that will compete in Sochi, Russia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Athletes who will join Liberty Mutual in the one-year-out celebration are:
In conjunction with today's activities, Liberty Mutual Insurance and the United States Olympic Committee are also unveiling the new partnership logo lock-up, which will be featured prominently on a wide range of Liberty Mutual Insurance corporate collateral materials from employee business cards to brand advertising to online platforms.
"There is much to be excited about as we celebrate the one year out mark to the start of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games," said Scott Blackmun, chief executive officer, USOC. "The Sochi Games will be a great event, and we are very happy to have our partner, Liberty Mutual Insurance, showing their support for U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes while joining fans of the Olympic Movement around the world to honor the one year out milestone."
Liberty Mutual Insurance also supports the development of youth sports through its Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports initiative, which provides resources to volunteer youth sports coaches and parents who help children succeed both on and off the field. Since 2007, the Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports program has supported youth sports organizations across the country through partnerships with Positive Coaching Alliance, Amateur Softball Association of America, American Youth Soccer Organization, USA Hockey, USA Wrestling, US Youth Soccer, USA Volleyball and USA Water Polo.
About Liberty Mutual Insurance"Helping people live safer, more secure lives" since 1912, Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance is a diversified global insurer and the third largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2011 direct premiums written as reported by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Liberty Mutual Insurance also ranks 84th on the Fortune 100 list of largest corporations in the U.S. based on 2011 revenue. As of December 31, 2011, Liberty Mutual Insurance had $117.1 billion in consolidated assets, $99.3 billion in consolidated liabilities, and $34.7 billion in annual consolidated revenue.
Liberty Mutual Insurance offers a wide range of insurance products and services, including personal automobile, homeowners, workers compensation, property, commercial automobile, general liability, global specialty, group disability, reinsurance and surety. Liberty Mutual Insurance (www.libertymutualinsurance.com) employs over 50,000 people in more than 900 offices throughout the world. Liberty Mutual Insurance is the Official Property and Casualty and Life Insurance Partner of the 2014 and 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams. Liberty Seguros (Brazil) is a National Supporter and Official Insurer of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2013 FIFA Confederation Cup, both of which will be held in Brazil.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Celebrates "One Year Out" With Company-Wide Salute To Team USA
By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance is celebrating its four-year sponsorship of Team USA with kick-off ceremonies Thursday that include such famous Olympic athletes as Aly Raisman, Michelle Kwan, and Mike Eruzione.
Kayla Harrison, US Olympic Gold Medalist in Judo, and Paul Alexander of Liberty Mutual. Photo courtesy of Liberty Mutual.
Why the timing? Because exactly one year from today the Winter Olympics are scheduled to start in Sochi, Russia, said Paul Alexander, Liberty Mutuals chief communications officer.
For the record, Liberty Mutual Insurance is an official sponsor of the USOC and of the 2014 US Olympic and Paralympic Teams in as well as a sponsor of those teams in the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro. The sponsorship designates Liberty Mutual Insurance as the official property and casualty and life insurance partner
One reason to sponsor an Olympic team is to boost employee morale. But a more important one is that the sponsorship will enable Liberty Mutual to scale up its brand, Alexander said.
For the last five or so years, Liberty Mutuals marketing mantra has been: Responsibility. Whats your policy?
Were looking to leverage our responsibility positioning, and there are few better ways to do that than to be a sponsor of Team USA and the Olympics, Alexander said.
Being an Olympic sponsor can also raise the companys profile worldwide as it looks to grow overseas. Last year, for example, an acquisition helped Liberty Mutual enter the Russian market.
And one of the companys biggest international markets is Brazil, site of the summer games in 2016.
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Liberty Mutual gears up for the Olympics with its Team USA sponsorship
Frank Werner 60m at Liberty University January 26, 2013
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Muslims 4 Liberty 2012/2013 Update
Alhumdulillah, we have had a lot of success in 2012 and look to have alot more in 2013 iA.
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Grand Theft Auto 4 music video Seryoga - Liberty City Invasion
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West Liberty Street Highway Construction
Construction has begun on an artery to connect this quiet cul-de-sac neighborhood of West Liberty Street with major state highways. Soon the pedestrian bridge will be demolished.
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LONDON John Malones Liberty Global struck a deal on Tuesday to buy British cable group Virgin Media for about $15.75bn in stock and cash, a move that would put the US billionaire up against old rival Rupert Murdoch.
The companies announced the deal in a statement late on Tuesday, after Virgin Media, the second-biggest pay-TV provider in Britain behind Murdochs satellite group BSkyB, confirmed Libertys approach earlier in the day.
Including debt, the deal would be worth more than $23bn and would give Liberty entry to one of Europes biggest and most competitive telecom markets, allowing it to apply lessons learned as a pay-TV and broadband provider in 11 other European countries.
It would also put Mr Malones Liberty in a strong position to challenge Mr Murdoch as cable groups across the region start to assert their authority over traditional telecoms firms with the offer of super-fast broadband and pay-television.
Liberty will pay about $47.02 for each Virgin Media share based on Tuesdays closing prices, using cash and shares of its class A and C stock. Before news of the bid emerged in a Financial Times report on Monday, the bid represented a 24% premium to where Virgins shares had been trading.
Mr Malone, whose group has 19.6-million customers, came up against Murdoch a decade ago when Murdochs News Corp. and Liberty Media vied for control of DirecTV Group, the largest US satellite TV broadcaster.
The stand-off ended when both sides backed down. News Corp. sold its one-third stake in DirecTV to Malones group and Malone sold 16% of News Corp that Liberty had acquired, giving the Murdochs fuller control over their company.
Dubbed everything from the Cable Guy to Cable Cowboy and even Darth Vader by former US vice-president Al Gore because of his perceived ruthless style, Mr Malone made his fortune through a series of deals that transformed, and ultimately consolidated, the US cable industry into one dominated by a few big players.
Mr Murdochs BSkyB leads the British pay-TV market with 10.7-million customers compared to Virgin Medias 4.9-million.
Virgin Media emerged two years ago from years of heavy losses from a costly network expansion. But its cables still only cover half of Britain and analysts see potential for more growth.
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Liberty Property Trust ( LRY ) - a hybrid real estate investment trust (REIT) - reported fourth quarter 2012 FFO (funds from operations) of 63 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate as well as the prior-year quarter. The result was attributable to the strong acquisitions and development activities, slightly impacted by uncertain economic conditions.
For full year 2012, Liberty Property reported FFO of $2.58 per share, well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.52. Yet, it was slightly below the prior-year FFO of $2.61 per share.
Total revenue during the reported quarter came in at $176.2 million, up 4.4% from the prior-year period. Also, it came well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $174 million. For the full year, total revenue increased 3.4% year over year to $685.6 million, but marginally missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $686 million.
Inside the Headlines Numbers
At the end of the quarter, the occupancy at in-service portfolio of Liberty Property - spanning 81.3 million square feet - increased 30 bps (basis point) to 92.1% from 91.8% in the previous quarter. The company witnessed strong leasing activities in the quarter with about 4.9 million square feet of leased space. In the full year, the company leased total 18.5 million square feet of space.
Operating income from same-store properties slipped 0.2% on a cash basis and 0.3% on a straight-line basis from the year-ago quarter. For 2012, it dipped by 0.3% on a cash basis and by 0.8% on a straight-line basis compared with 2011.
Portfolio Restructuring Activity
Liberty Property witnessed continuous demand for premium quality industrial space from large corporate users and build-to-suit opportunities for both industrial and office users. During the reported quarter, the company acquired 22 industrial buildings for $176.3 million. The properties, spanning total 3.5 million square feet of leasable space, were 92.5% occupied.
Also, the company divested two properties, spanning 257,000 square feet of leasable space (61.9% leased at the time of the sale), for $17.7 million.
During the same period, Liberty Property brought 5 development properties worth $44.1 million into operation. The properties, spanning 290,000 square feet of leasable space, were 77.0% occupied and 97.7% leased as of Dec 31, 2012. The properties, generating current yield of 8.5%, is projected to generate stabilized yield of 10.5%.
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FORTUNE -- Liberty Global (LBTYA)today agreed to acquire UK- based cable company Virgin Media (VMED) for $23.3 billion, a move that signals the market is willing to support big, high-price deals and also creates one of the world's largest broadband communications companies.
Liberty's announcement about the acquisition was released just hours after computer maker Dell Inc. (DELL) said it was being taken private by a consortium that includes private equity firm Silver Lake, Microsoft (MSFT), and the company's founder Michael Dell.
Combined, the two deals should boost Wall Street confidence in the strength of the financial markets and the economy.
By buying Virgin Media, Liberty which owns media properties across Europe will become a major player in Europe's telecommunications, broadband and television markets, covering 47 million homes and serving 25 million customers across 14 countries.
As part of the deal, Liberty would would become domiciled in the UK by becoming a subsidiary of a new holding company. It currently is incorporated in Delaware, although its corporate headquarters are in Englewood, Colorado.
"Virgin Media will add significant scale and a first-class management team in Europe's largest and most dynamic media and communications market," Mike Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, said in a statement. After the deal, roughly 80% of Liberty Global's revenue will come from just five countries: UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Liberty executives said the deal will allow the company to do more share buybacks, with an initial target of approximately $3.5 billion over a two-year period after it acquires Virgin Media.
As the Financial Times reports, the deal also creates a strong competitor to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NWS), which owns the largest cable company in the UK, BSkyB.
A dealmaker's coming out
The Liberty-Virgin acquisition also marks a major step forward for Aryeh Bourkoff, the former head of head of investment banking for the Americas at UBS (UBS). Bourkoff's boutique advisory firm LionTree Advisors acted as lead financial advisor to Liberty Global on this massive deal.
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