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Liberty Announces its Rebranding

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Following a year of outstanding innovation, achievement and growth Liberty is proud to announce its rebranding.

Edmonton, AB (PRWEB) April 17, 2013

Libertys launch into the healthcare industry and developments over the past year, lead Liberty to a new mission statement that reflects the companys passion for creating opportunities for everyone connected to Liberty.

Libertys new mission is to create opportunities for its customers, employees, partners and the communities they live in. Liberty achieves this by focusing on the needs of our customers above all else. Through innovation and applying new technology, we strive to simplify and empower the lives of those who are connected to Liberty.

Libertys new look allows the freedom to build on existing health care and commercial accounts, while reflecting the increasing trend towards home automation and energy management for residential customers. Liberty has removed the word security for the familiar Liberty Security in favor of progression towards home automation, integrated systems for commercial and movement into the health care industry.

The new Liberty green represents growth, a fresh perspective and the youthful nature of our company. Libertys slogan remains Simple | Safe | Smart as Liberty is and always will be dedicated to simplified solutions for customers. Nathan Baldry founder and managing partner at Liberty says, the changes weve made to our companys brand may seem subtle on the surface, they represent our overall direction for the future.

For additional information please visit http://www.libertysecurity.ca

Call Liberty at 1.866.926.7233 or email info(at)libertysecurity(dot)ca

Alexa Morency Liberty Security Systems 780.988.7233 Email Information

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Cash-Strapped Greece Sells off Palaces and Islands

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Idyllic islands, spectacular stretches of coastline, marinas and even a London embassy have been put on the market in the latest fire-sale by the bankrupt Greek government.

As the condition of the new 8.8 billion bailout instalment from the Troika of the EU, the IMF and the European Central Bank, 70,000 state-owned assets will have to be sold off as the government struggles to boost revenue.

Among the eye-catching items on the list are large swathes of the island of Rhodes, which has remained one-third state-owned since it was re-integrated into Greece following the Italian occupation of 1912.

One of them is the Mandraki marina, once the site of the famous Colossus of Rhodes, a 98-foot statue that bestrode the harbour entrance and was regarded as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Foreign oligarchs have already been snapping up Aegean islands.

The Emir of Qatar recently bought six islands for 7 million, whilst Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev bought Skorpios, once owned by shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, as a present for his 24-year-old socialite daughter.

Also to go under the hammer is the Royal Palace of Corfu, birthplace of Prince Philip, and numerous other state buildings, including the police headquarters in Athens, the ministry of culture, as well as the buildings that house the ministries of health, education and justice.

The Greek Embassy in Holland Park, London, is also on offer to anyone able to meet the 22m price tag.

Many of the assets have not been publicly priced, with the Greek government saying it is awaiting offers, but expects to generate from 150m-250m for the 150-hectare Afandou estate in Rhodes.

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Norway's Ruling Party Backs Oil Drilling around Arctic Islands

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Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study.

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway took a major step towards opening up an environmentally sensitive Arctic area to oil and gas exploration when the ruling Labour Party gave the go-ahead on Sunday for an impact study.

Exploration in the waters around the Lofoten islands just above the Arctic circle is becoming one of the most contentious issues for parliamentary elections in September.

The picturesque area had been off limits because it is home to the world's richest cod stocks, with environmental groups and the tourism industry opposed to any development.

The Labour party voted for the study, a precursor to any exploration, but also said it would take another vote in 2015, before actual drilling could begin.

Oil is the Norwegian economy's lifeblood - the nation is the world's seventh-biggest oil exporter and western Europe's biggest gas supplier.

Its sprawling offshore energy sector continuously needs new areas to explore to halt the decline in production and energy firms have argued that they should be allowed to investigate the Lofoten islands.

Norway's oil production will fall to a 25-year low this year as North Sea fields mature. Even a series of recent big finds, like the giant Johan Sverdrup field, which could hold over 3 billion barrels of oil, will only arrest the decline.

Waters off Lofoten are estimated to hold 8 percent of Norway's undiscovered oil and gas resources with seismic tests identifying 50 prospects that could hold recoverable reserves or around 1.27 billion barrels of oil equivalent, the petroleum directorate said earlier.

With Labour's support, Norway's top three parties now favor exploration in the area, raising the chance that the next government would begin the process.

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Bill Allows Refusal Of Health Care On Moral Basis

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By David Eggert, Associated Press

LANSING (AP) - For 35 years, Michigan law has protected health care providers who refuse to perform an abortion on moral or religious grounds.

Hospitals and clinics cant be sued. Doctors and nurses cant lose their jobs for objecting to terminating a pregnancy.

Legislation that could be voted on as early as this week in the Republican-led Legislature would extend the same legal protections for any medical service such as providing contraception or medical marijuana, or taking someone off life support. Employers and health insurers not just medical providers also could opt out of paying for services as a matter of conscience.

Supporters say the legislation protects religious freedom and is needed particularly in the wake of the federal health care law mandating employer-provided birth control in their health plans. Opponents counter that the bill is an overreach that wrongly lets health workers and organizations impose their beliefs on patients, putting their treatment at risk.

We feel like its the right balance between patient care and the rights of individuals who work in that field to have a clear conscience, said Sen. John Moolenaar, a Midland Republican and sponsor of the bill pending on the Senate floor.

While he acknowledged the state cannot override the federal health law, Moolenaar said Michigan needs a framework to proactively safeguard health providers from possible mandates from state government or their employers.

The legislation would require health facilities, doctors and pharmacists to adopt a policy for situations in which an employee objects to a service as a matter of conscience. Employers would be prohibited from asking prospective employees about their objection to a health service unless it is a regular or substantial portion of the duties for the job.

To critics, the bill is too broad inviting the potential for abuse and unnecessary.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan said it is on the front lines of protecting peoples right to practice their religion and it gets few complaints from health workers about not being accommodated for their religious views.

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Health care offers remedy to IMF's gloomy diagnosis

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Elsewhere, the growth potential is even greater. Starting from a low base of around $600 per capita in the world outside the US, spending is forecast to grow at rates of up to 15pc a year in the developing world. In many economies, health care spending is growing much faster than the GDP.

There are three drivers of this growth. First, the world is ageing fast which increases the incidence of age-related diseases such as many cancers and Alzheimers disease. Endologix, a heart disease specialist, has been doubling sales for the past five years and, with only 10pc of the US market in its focus area of aortic aneurysms, it has plenty of scope for further expansion.

Second, sedentary lifestyles are causing growth in a range of chronic diseases. Diabetes is an increasing problem as waistlines expand. A major beneficiary is Novo Nordisk, a global leader in insulin production with a 50pc share of the fast-absorbing variety. Third, demand for better health care is growing in emerging markets as incomes increase and life expectancy rises. Chinas pharmaceuticals market, for example, was already the eighth largest in the world in 2006 and is predicted to be the third biggest by the end of this year.

Apollo Hospitals, the worlds largest private hospital operator, has plans to expand the number of its sites in India by more than 50pc in the next five years.

One of the reasons why health care is so interesting to investors, apart from the scale of its growth, is the sectors diversity. That means it can appeal to different styles of investor, with big, cash-rich pharmaceuticals firms offering secure dividends, mid-sized health care companies offering growth prospects and biotech start-ups offering high risk, high return potential and the chance of a takeover.

Big pharmaceutical companies routinely use acquisitions to fill in products or skills where they dont have the right expertise. Many of the sub-sectors within health care march to very different beats, which makes it easier to smooth returns while different parts of the supply chain from manufacturing to marketing, will be in favour at different points in the cycle.

Big companies might fare better in a downturn while small-caps offer growth when markets are rising fast.

There arent many things that are certain in todays world but population growth and ageing are two about which we need have no doubts. The expansion of the emerging worlds middle class looks unstoppable too, and the combination of all three means that increasing demand for health care is as close to a given as investors can hope for however dreary the IMFs outlook.

Tom Stevenson is an investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. The views expressed are his own.

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Health care law creates funding cuts, challenges for Macon hospital

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Central Georgia Health System Inc. in Macon is facing about $200 million in funding cuts over a 10-year period under the new health care law.

It is one of 1,500 hospitals across the country known as safety net providers who care for a large number of uninsured patients.

Even though the hospital system will gain a new source of revenue as more uninsured people gain coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government is cutting payments to Medicare and Medicaid programs.

We are certainly lucky we have a lot of managed care here, but we are the lead tertiary facility for central and south Georgia, and we see a great deal of Medicaid and Medicare business, said Bryan Forlines, assistant vice president of government relations and reimbursement for Central Georgia Health System Inc., the parent company for The Medical Center of Central Georgia, its rehabilitation facility and home health care program.

A tertiary facility is a regional referral center, and the Medical Center gets patients from smaller hospitals in the area.

This is a time of uncertainty for (safety net hospitals), said Stu Guterman, vice president of the Commonwealth Fund. On the one hand, they should be thrilled because a lot of the patients they treat will have payment attached to them. On the other, theyre losing some of the funding they rely on.

Cuts for Central Georgia Health System are expected to be significant.

We are looking at a lot of money over 10 years, Forlines said. This years impact is about $7 million in total cuts, including the sequester, and then it jumps to about $14 million the next year, and it starts going up pretty fast.

The sequester, or sequestration, refers to budget cuts of federal spending that began March 1, affecting nearly all entities receiving federal money.

For the hospital, the sequester has caused a 2-percent reduction in Medicare payments beyond all the other cuts, Forlines said. This cut began April 1.

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