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Translational Regenerative Medicine: Market Prospects 2012-2022

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

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Steven Rose, M.D., Named Dean of Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

Monday, October 01, 2012

ROCHESTER, Minn. Steven Rose, M.D., has been named dean of Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education at Mayo Clinic. He succeeds Mark Warner, M.D., who served as dean from 2006 until his appointment as executive dean for education in July 2012. Dr. Rose's appointment is effective immediately. He will be responsible for graduate medical education activities throughout Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Rose began his career at Mayo as a physician in the Department of Anesthesiology in 1988. He was appointed vice dean of Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in 2007 and became a professor in the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic last year. He has received several awards, including the Resident Education Award, the Distinguished Clinician Award and the Distinguished Service Award in the Department of Anesthesiology.

Dr. Rose is an author, researcher and educator whose interests focus on orthopedic and thoracic anesthesia and medical education. He serves as an editor or reviewer for several journals.

Mayo Clinic educates medical and science professionals through five schools: Mayo Medical School, Mayo Graduate School, Mayo School of Health Sciences, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education and Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development. Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education was established in 1915. About 1,500 residents and fellows are enrolled in more than 250 programs representing virtually every medical specialty.

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Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit worldwide leader in medical care, research and education for people from all walks of life. For more information, visit MayoClinic.com or MayoClinic.org/news.

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ADVANCE Medical Expands Operations Into Mexico and Strengthens Agreement With ZELTIQ(R) Aesthetics

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

PALO ALTO, CA and SAO PAULO, BRAZIL and MEXICO CITY--(Marketwire - Oct 2, 2012) - ADVANCE Medical, a company formed in 2011 by U.S. and Latin American investors with the goal of becoming the Latin American commercial partner-of-choice for innovative medical technology companies, announced today it has expanded its partnership with ZELTIQ Aesthetics ( NASDAQ : ZLTQ ), developer of the CoolSculpting System. Under the terms of the expanded agreement, ADVANCE Medical has increased the exclusivity period of the agreement and added Mexico as an exclusive territory.

ADVANCE Medical also announced the addition of Francisco Demesa as General Manager for Mexico Operations. Francisco comes from AstraZeneca, where he spent 6 years in commercial roles both in the United States as well as in various countries in Latin America. In his most recent role at AstraZeneca, Francisco was Marketing Director for Mexico where he was responsible for all medical brands, including the launches of Nexium pediatric, Onglyza, Brilinta and "Save Women's Heart" initiative. Francisco also headed a number of commercial efforts for AstraZeneca in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Colombia. Prior to AstraZeneca, Francisco spent 10 years in sales and marketing for Unilever, BAT and DuPont. He earned his B.S. in Marketing from Tec de Monterrey and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

"ADVANCE Medical has demonstrated that its model can be quite successful based on the company's performance with CoolSculpting in Brazil," stated Mark Foley, President and Chief Executive Officer of ZELTIQ Aesthetics. "ADVANCE Medical has built in Brazil a large installed base of CoolSculpting Systems and won an award from ZELTIQ at the latest American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting for generating the highest consumable sales per system in the world during 2011. We are pleased to strengthen our relationship as ADVANCE Medical launches CoolSculpting in Mexico."

"The expansion of our collaboration with ZELTIQ is an important step towards our stated strategy of forging closer ties with our partners, and validation that we can enter a highly competitive and relationship-driven market and be quite successful by hiring the best people, building the appropriate infrastructure, and making the right investments," stated Fred Aslan, M.D., founder and Chief Executive Officer of ADVANCE Medical. "With the addition of Francisco Demesa, we are in a strong position to continue our geographical expansion as we strive to become the Latin American partner-of-choice for truly innovative companies."

Formed in 2011, ADVANCE Medical raised a US$6 million Series A financing led by Venrock and Latin American institutional investors and angels to commercialize leading innovative medical technologies in Brazil and other countries in Latin America. The Company specializes in commercializing products that require a more sophisticated sales and marketing approach. ADVANCE Medical employs experienced executives from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries who have experience launching and commercializing products in Latin America. By working closely with the technology originator, ADVANCE Medical is able to gain a more thorough understanding of products and to build a customized commercial strategy and infrastructure on the ground for a launch or further commercial expansion. Brazil and Mexico have the seventh and thirteenth largest nominal GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in the world respectively with a combined population of over 300 million people. Latin America healthcare product imports have been growing at double digit rates, offering attractive markets for companies with innovative products and services.

About ADVANCE Medical

ADVANCE Medical is a commercial-focused company with offices in Palo Alto, Sao Paulo and Mexico City whose mission is to become the partner-of-choice for innovative global medical technology companies looking to commercialize their products in Latin America. The Company specializes in commercializing products that require a more sophisticated sales and marketing approach targeting select physician segments. ADVANCE Medical employs experienced executives from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries who have experience launching and commercializing products in Latin America. The Company's first commercial product is CoolSculpting by ZELTIQ Aesthetics, the first aesthetic medical device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the non-invasive reduction of subcutaneous fat utilizing a clinically-proven technique that employs cold to selectively destroy fat cells.

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Med school funds are up

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

By ASHLEY JACKSON - Bulletin Staff Writer

Since launching the Shackelford Campaign to build a medical school in the area, $104,000 has been collected in donations as of last week, according to Noel Boaz, president of Integrative Centers for Science and Medicine (ICSM) in Martinsville.

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UB Medical School Names New Chair of Microbiology and Immunology

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

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Bangs joins the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- James (Jay) D. Bangs, PhD, professor of medical microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School and an expert in the cell biology of the agent that causes African sleeping sickness, has been appointed the Grant T. Fisher Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

The announcement brings to nine the number of new chairs and chair-level appointees recruited by Michael E. Cain, MD, UB vice president for health sciences and dean of the UB medical school, in the past four years. These national hires, Cain says, are a critical piece of his strategic vision for the medical school's future.

According to Cain, Bangs rapidly emerged as the top candidate following a comprehensive national search, possessing all the skills needed to advance the UB department and expand its basic research programs in service of UB's 2020 strategic goals. Under Bangs, Cain says, the department will enhance the excellence of its research enterprise, undergraduate and graduate student education and mentored research training programs.

Bangs succeeds J. Iain Hay, who has served as chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology for 20 years.

A faculty member and trainer for the microbiological doctoral training program at UW, and a member of its Center for Research and Training in Parasitic Diseases, Bangs will join UB in January 2013.

He conducts research on African trypanosomes, one-celled parasites transmitted by the tsetse fly, which cause African sleeping sickness in humans, a fatal disease that is reemerging throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

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Liberty Bank plans branch office near Southington YMCA

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

SOUTHINGTON A Liberty Bank branch is planned for the empty lot at 30-60 N. Main St. near the YMCA.

Joe Wren, a professional engineer with Indigo Land Designs, said Liberty Bank has plans for a 2,100-square-foot building with a two-lane drive-through. The bank is scheduled to open in late spring.

The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the plans last month.

Commission Chairman Michael DelSanto said hes not concerned about the two-lane drive-through causing traffic problems on North Main Street.

They situated the drive-through canopy in a way that theres not going to be congestion as people leave, DelSanto said. Therere always concerns about traffic.

Drive-through customers will exit onto High Street across from the YMCA, according to DelSanto.

Wren told commission members the new building would leave room for people to see a mural painted on the side of the adjacent building.

Commission Vice Chairman Paul Chaplinsky said he was pleased with Liberty Banks plans. The look of the brick and stone bank will complement the rest of the North Main Street streetscape, he said. Town officials say they are trying to create a unified aesthetic for downtown Southington.

Its a really nice fit, Chaplinsky said.

That area of North Main Street is slated for a number of changes as the YMCA continues with its expansion plans, although uncertainty over the brick Olney house has delayed the building of a parking lot. A court injunction has blocked demolition of the house until January.

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Liberty Silver to Participate in 2012 Toronto Resource Investment Conference

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sep 27, 2012) - Liberty Silver Corp. (LSL.TO)(LBSV) ("Liberty Silver" or the "Company") invites shareholders and interested parties to visit the Company at the 2012 Toronto Resource Investment Conference taking place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto, 123 Queen Street West, on September 27th and September 28th, 2012.

Members of Liberty Silver''s senior management team will be available at Booth 910 to discuss recent activities.

About Liberty Silver Corp.

Liberty Silver Corp. is focused on exploring and developing mineral properties located in North America. The Company is led by a skilled, experienced, management team and board of directors with significant experience managing exploration, development and mining projects. The Company is committed to creating value for its shareholders by advancing its current projects utilizing its mitigated risk approach to production, developing new resources on its current properties, and by acquiring new properties that have the potential to increase their resource base. The Trinity Silver project, located in Pershing County, Nevada is the Company''s flagship project. Liberty Silver has the right to earn a joint venture interest in the 10,476 acre Trinity property from Renaissance Gold Inc. pursuant to the terms of an earn in agreement.

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Nearing 60, Lady Liberty stands where big orange once loomed

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

Sometimes extremely visible parts of our landscape become almost invisible to our eyes, as we drive past them daily. Over many seasons and many years, we tend to take our landmarks for granted.

Orlando's miniature Statue of Liberty offers just one example. Perched on a pedestal across from Lake Ivanhoe, Lady Liberty holds her torch aloft as drivers zoom by her on their way to Interstate 4.

She stands at North Magnolia and North Orange avenues and gets noticed mostly during the pro basketball season, when she's occasionally adorned in an Orlando Magic jersey.

But the statue didn't escape the curiosity of reader Patricia Lockwood of Orlando. It's been there ever since she could remember, Lockwood wrote in a recent email 20 years at least, she thought.

"When was it put there?" Lockwood asked. How did it come about?

Looking good at almost 60

Part of the story appears on a plaque near the statue, and it was fun to find other tidbits in Sentinel files and in Steve Rajtar's "Guide to Historic Orlando" (The History Press, 2006).

Our Lady Liberty, all 8 feet 4 inches of her, has watched over her busy intersection for almost 60 years. She was dedicated Nov. 11, 1953 years before Interstate 4 came through Orlando in the early 1960s.

The statue was one of about 200 such replicas installed across the nation in the 1950s through a Boy Scout program called "Strengthening the Arm of Liberty," Rajtar writes. The program was part of the Scouts' 40th anniversary celebrations.

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Liberty Creek Vineyards and Grammy(R)-Nominated Country Artist David Nail Team up to Support Operation Gratitude

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

MODESTO, Calif., Oct. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Creek Vineyards and GRAMMY(R)-nominated country artist David Nail have partnered with Operation Gratitude to help servicemen and servicewomen this holiday season with "Tunes for Troops," a program that provides music for care packages to U.S. troops serving overseas. The program kicks off in October and will run through the end of the year. To express their gratitude, Liberty Creek Vineyards will:

"Here at Liberty Creek Wines, we want our troops to know that we appreciate the sacrifices they are making each and every day, especially during the holiday season," says Will Purvis, Brand Manager, Liberty Creek Vineyards. "It's our privilege to partner with Operation Gratitude and David Nail, to help provide some holiday cheer during a difficult time to be away from loved ones."

"I'm honored to be a part of Liberty Creek's Operation Gratitude program," said David Nail when asked about his participation in the program. "It is humbling and inspiring that my music can be a part of sending care packages to the troops."

Operation Gratitude sends care packages and letters personally addressed to U.S. Service Members, including those who have been wounded while they are recovering in transition units.

"We are delighted to receive this support from Liberty Creek Wines and David Nail, and we believe the CDs will make our care packages even more meaningful," says Carolyn Blashek, Founder of Operation Gratitude. "Country music speaks to themes that reinforce the simple pleasures in life--home, friends, family and loved ones, which can be comforting to a Service Member who is far from home, especially during the holidays."

For more information about Liberty Creek Wines and their program to support Operation Gratitude, please visit http://www.LibertyCreekWine.com

Media Contact: Mary Healy, Source Marketing, 203.682.0910 or healy@source-marketing.com

About Liberty Creek Wine

The heritage of Liberty Creek Vineyards is rooted in the rich soils of California, where our grapes are carefully selected for their quality and authentic varietal character. Liberty Creek offers eight great-tasting and affordable wines in a vibrant, fruit-forward portfolio: Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, White Zinfandel, Sweet Red, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, and New Chocolate Red Wine. We support those who find value in tradition, yet stay true to themselves!

For more information about Liberty Creek, please visit http://www.libertycreekwine.com

New Liberty Feasibility Study confirms strong financial returns

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

TSX: AUE AIM: AUE

TORONTO , Oct. 1, 2012 /CNW/ - Aureus Mining Inc. ("Aureus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of its NI43-101 compliant Feasibility Study ("FS") for its New Liberty Project in Liberia ("New Liberty" or "the Project"). The FS outlines an economically viable and robust gold project based on an average gold price of US$1,400/oz. New Liberty will be Liberia's first commercial gold mine and Aureus' first mine in its highly prospective 546km2 total licence area.

The main conclusions from the FS demonstrate a pre-tax IRR of 37% at an average gold price of US$1,400/oz, average annual production of 120,000oz per annum over the first four years at 3.7g/t head grade, with initial capital costs of US$140m.

In completing the FS Aureus was assisted by AMC Consultants (UK) Limited ("AMC"), DRA Mineral Projects (Pty) Ltd ("DRA"), MDS Ltd ("MDS"), Golder Associates Ghana Ltd ("Golder") and Digby Wells (Pty) Ltd ("Digby Wells"). The FS has been completed to within a 10% cost accuracy based on firm tenders received from suppliers and contractors.

Key highlights of the FS include:

David Reading , Chief Executive Officer of Aureus, commented:

"We are delighted to be able to announce the results from the New Liberty Feasibility Study, which clearly illustrates the technical and financial robustness of the Project. This is a major milestone for the Company and Liberia , as New Liberty will become the country's first commercial gold mine. This will not only generate wealth for Liberia and Aureus' shareholders, but also provide significant employment and the opportunity for ancillary businesses in Grand Cape Mount County, western Liberia ."

"We believe we are still capable of improving the robust economics of the Project further through a number of initiatives. These opportunities include conversion of Inferred Resources through drilling and optimizing infrastructure, plant layout and conditions for gold recovery. Once this work is complete we intend to move quickly to mine building and production phases."

"Aureus Mining remains on track to fulfil its objectives set out during its listing in April 2011: to bring New Liberty into production quickly, to become the first commercial gold mine in Liberia and invest the consequent cash flow into developing the high potential of the remainder of the licence area, with Aureus growing organically into a west African focussed mid-tier gold producer."

A presentation for investors and analysts will take place at 9:00am BST on Monday 1 October 2012 at the office of Buchanan at 107 Cheapside, London , EC2V 6DN. Participation will also be available by webcast or conference call with the following details:

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Harris Corporation Introduces Liberty-Radio Control Equipment for Air Traffic Control Communications

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

WASHINGTON & GATINEAU, QC, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Harris Corporation (HRS), an international communications and information technology company, is introducing its Liberty-Radio Control Equipment (RCE) a flexible gateway product that provides aviation authorities with the next generation of integrated radio control, network routing, and circuit adaptation solutions. The announcement was made during the 57th Annual Air Traffic Control Association Conference and Exposition being held October 1-3 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in Washington, DC.

Capable of emulating any radio link and broadcasting it over a variety of transmission mediums, the Liberty-RCE will enable communications in harsh conditions and in isolated environments where digital service is typically scarce and reliance on legacy links and older analog technology is still required.

The Liberty-RCE is capable of totally reshaping a network and offers unparalleled flexibility, allowing fluctuations in network traffic and demands on operations to be easily managed. The system allows for the operation and compression of up to six radios per chassis into a single 64 kbps link. The Liberty-RCE supports Split Site Operations as well as Dual Control Site Operations whereby frequencies from two voice communication control system (VCCS) sites (local or remote) can simultaneously access the same radio resources.

A commercial-off-the-shelf device, the Liberty-RCE was specifically engineered to multiplex voice and data signals transmitted between air traffic control (ATC) facilities and deployed radios over satellite, traditional telecommunications links, or newer topologies like Internet Protocol (IP). The Liberty-RCE will facilitate the transmission of data services including digital voice, legacy analog voice, SatCom, datalink, ADS-B, TIS-B, FIS-B, and is interoperable with any brand of VCCS or ATC radio.

The Liberty-RCEs compact 3U chassis offers a sophisticated, fully redundant architecture that ensures system reliability and offers exceptionally high availability to meet any critical communications requirement. The system is also configured with redundant power supplies that can operate in AC or a combination of AC/DC.

Harris Liberty-RCE provides authorities with an opportunity to take advantage of their existing infrastructure by extending investments made and allowing them to ease into new technologies at their own pace and as network standards evolve, said John O'Sullivan, vice president, Mission Critical Networks, Harris Government Communications Systems. Whether deployed in a network operations center or in a remote location, the Liberty-RCE provides aviation authorities with a cost-effective, scalable and highly reliable communications solution.

Recently, the Liberty-RCE was selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an interim solution after they encountered technical issues operating legacy RCE while deploying a remote air/ground communications facility on the oil platform Independence Hub in the Gulf of Mexico.

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 125 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $5.5 billion of annual revenue and about 15,000 employees including 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications products, systems and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at harris.com.

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Liberty Gold Corp. Reports On International Tower Hill's New High-Grade Gold Intercepts On Adjoining Livengood Property

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

PHOENIX, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Gold Corp. (OTCBB: LBGO; "Liberty Gold" and/or "the Company") is pleased to report on International Tower Hill's (ITH) August 21, 2012 announcement of new, high-grade gold intercepts surrounding ITH's main deposit at its Livengood Gold Project in Alaska. ITH's Livengood Property immediately adjoins the western side of Liberty Gold's 4,620-acre McCord Creek Property. The Money Knob deposit on ITH's Livengood Property represents a resource estimate of 16.5 million ounces (Moz) Measured & Indicated at 0.22 grams per tonne cut-off (see ITH website for complete disclosure), making it one of the largest gold deposits discovered in 20 years.

The latest ITH drill results were from a non-exploration directed drill program involving 45 geotechnical and condemnation drill holes in the Livengood project area. According to ITH's August 21, 2012 news release, assay results from four of the holes drilled returned multi-gram gold intersections (intercepts were calculated using a 0.25 g/t gold cutoff and a maximum of 3 meters of internal waste). ITH stressed that, since the new gold intersections are located well outboard of the main deposit, the results indicated the significant exploration potential of the Livengood district scale gold system while highlighting the potential for further bulk tonnage and high-grade discoveries on the property. ITH Interim CEO, Jeff Pontius, commented in the news release: "It is clear that the Livengood gold system is a District scale gold discovery with significant future potential."

ITH's New Selected Drill Intercepts (calculated using a 0.25 g/t gold cutoff and a maximum of 3 meters of internal waste)

HOLE ID

FROM (m)

TO (m)

LENGTH (m)

GOLD (g/t)

MK-12-281

51.66

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Liberty Center One Embarks on Expansion Project

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

ROYAL OAK, Mich., Oct. 1, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Center One, a provider of high availability hosting services announces an expansion of its data center floor capacity. "Customer demand is out-pacing the amount of space we have available today" says President/CEO Rex Smith. "Our expansion plans at our Michigan data center will take advantage of the same core infrastructure which has provided high availability services in a high density environment to our present customers."

Liberty Center One opened its doors in 2008 in an effort to provide enterprise-level colocation services to customers accustomed to a high availability infrastructure and tight security controls.

"We saw a position in the market for data centers that catered to enterprises that had purpose built, captive data rooms in the past," says Tim Mullahy, Managing Director.

Many corporate IT managers would like to take advantage of the affordable cost model provided by colocation facilities, but finding an appropriate site that provides the same level of security, resiliency and availability that would be found in a "captive" facility is not a simple task.

"Many commercial data centers were built at old telco sites or were in multi-tenant spaces that would not be attractive to major financial services, healthcare and manufacturing entities, says Mullahy. "We toured some sites without UPS battery back-up, some with only one carrier and others that were attached to high traffic businesses that could be considered security risks. We built Liberty with features that corporate entities and other organizations with high availability and stringent security requirements would use if they were building their own facilities."

Liberty Center One's new 4,000 square foot floor space will take advantage of the core features of the hosting facility including:

"We continue to invest in our critical infrastructure to support all of our customers," says Rex Smith, President/CEO. "Our affordable business structure allows for small and medium sized businesses to take advantage of our robust, high availability infrastructure. We tell customers that they don't have to have a top ten budget to have top ten data protection."

Liberty's success has been derived from a wide range of customers of all sizes. Besides worldwide manufacturing and financial services customers, the Liberty client roster also includes Michigan-based businesses as well as others from locations as diverse as Georgia, Texas, West Virginia, California and Nuernberg, Germany. Several customers from outside of the region use Liberty as their disaster recovery site due to Michigan's natural disaster-free history.

"The diversity of customer applications we support at Liberty is truly remarkable," says Pat Turner, Liberty's CTO. "We have customers running worldwide Learning Management Systems with streaming video, building management systems, ERP systems for multiple plants in remote locations, healthcare records management and local e-marketing. Each customer's unique needs are important and that's what makes us different. We custom fit our services to each customer's individuality. It's a challenge, but it's important to us for our customers to get what they want."

The projected availability of the new data room is December 1, 2012 and progress can be tracked through Liberty's blog: http://libertycenterone.com/blog.

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Citi analyst boosts Liberty Media rating to "Buy"

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

NEW YORK (AP) A Citi analyst on Tuesday raised his rating for Liberty Media Corp. to "Buy" from "Neutral," predicting that the company will soon take control of Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Jason Bazinet, who also backed his "Buy" rating for Sirius XM, noted that over the past few months Liberty has spent $1.4 billion to boost its stake in the satellite radio broadcaster to from 40 percent to 49.6 percent. He added that he expects the company to cross the 50 percent line later this year.

Once Liberty Media has a 50 percent stake in Sirius, Bazinet said it's likely that Sirius will begin a $3 billion stock buyback program that will allow Liberty to largely recoup its $1.4 billion investment while keeping a 50 percent stake in Sirius.

Meanwhile, Bazinet expects Sirius' stock should rise to $3 per share over the next 12 months, boosting value for Liberty. In light of that, Bazinet boosted Sirius' price target by 50 cents to $3 and Liberty's by $27 to $121.

The Englewood, Colo.-based conglomerate controlled by cable TV magnate John Malone saved Sirius from near-bankruptcy in 2009 by agreeing to lend it up to $530 million in exchange for preferred stock.

This year, Liberty has been steadily increasing its ownership of Sirius as part of its plans to take control of the company.

In premarket trading, Sirius shares rose 7 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $2.63, while Liberty shares were unchanged at $104.77.

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Quick Hits: Muse, Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Outasight, Interpol

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has spoken out against the use of the Brit rockers' songs by right wing politicians and media figures. In a new interview with Britain's Observer On Sunday, the singer/guitarist says, "In the U.S. the conspiracy theory subculture has been hijacked by the right to try to take down people like Obama and put forward rightwing libertarianism." He added that the band's 2009 single "Uprising "was requested by so many politicians in America for use in their rallies and we turned them down on a regular basis." Bellamy adds that "When I dabble in watching the news and reading about current events I tend to get a future negative view and that's something I've dealt with through music. It's quite possible I'm slightly paranoid. But I'd say making music is an expression of feelings of helplessness and lack of control that I think a lot of people can relate to." Muse's new album The 2nd Law is in stores next week.

Christina Aguilera has released the video for "Your Body," the lead single from her upcoming album Lotus, due out November 13. In the clip, Aguilera goes on a rampage, seducing then destroying a series of men. You can see the "Your Body" video below:

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What Is Neoclassical Liberalism?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

Jason Brennan, an outstanding libertarian political philosopher who teaches at Georgetown University, has written Libertarianism as an introductory guide, and much of the material in it will be familiar to readers of the Mises Daily; but it deserves careful study by anyone interested in its subject. Brennan has a talent for explaining libertarian views in striking and effective ways. The book consists of 105 questions about libertarianism and Brennan's responses to them.

In defending libertarianism, Brennan stands resolutely against the consensus position of his fellow political philosophers. Today, books touting the virtues of deliberative democracy are ubiquitous; but Brennan dissents.[1] Libertarians

do not regard democratic participation and deliberation as the highest form of life. Many nonlibertarians have an almost religious reverence for democracy. They love democracy so much that they wish to see democracy in every aspect of life. They want democracy to be a way of living. They want everything open to democratic deliberation and decision making. Libertarians instead want to insulate people from political control. They do not want every decision to be subject to discussion. They believe one of the greatest freedoms of all is not having to justify yourself to others. If your entire life resembles a committee meeting, you are not free. (p. 69)

Brennan's objections would apply even to a democracy of the intelligent and informed; but in practice, democracy turns out to be rule by the incompetent. Brennan in his comments suggests a reborn Mencken:

Voters not only are systematically mistaken about basic economics, but they cannot figure out which candidates know more than they do in democracy incompetent leaders with false beliefs win. Libertarians say: If the candidates seem clueless, it is because the system works. (p. 72)

Brennan displays little respect for the chief icon of the American democratic tradition. He notes that

many Americans would rate Abraham Lincoln as the greatest president. Yet Lincoln fought the civil war not to free slaves, but to force the South to remain part of the United States. In the course of war, Lincoln suppressed habeas corpus, created the first national draft, suppressed free speech, censored and punished newspaper editors who criticized his war efforts, and was at least complicit in waging total war against innocent Southern civilians. By normal standards, this makes him a monster. (If I did these things, you would regard me as a vile and despicable person.)[2] (pp. 623)

If Brennan rejects democracy, what has he to put in its place? It will come as no surprise that his answer is libertarianism, but it is a different sort of libertarianism from that which the term will suggest to many of my readers. Followers of Murray Rothbard regard each person as a self-owner. Self-owners have the right to acquire property; and although the free market that results from implementing libertarian rights leads to greater prosperity than any alternative arrangement, the principal justification for these rights does not lie in their good consequences. To the contrary, they are natural rights.

To Brennan, this is not libertarianism sans phrase, but "hard libertarianism." It is but one of three forms of libertarianism, and not the one he prefers. Indeed, he says that in "some respects, it is an aberration inside classical liberal political thought" (p. 11).

What are the other forms? First is classical liberalism. Supporters of this position, though they favor the free market,

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Myth and Truth About Libertarianism

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

[This essay is based on a paper presented at the April 1979 national meeting of the Philadelphia Society in Chicago. The theme of the meeting was "Conservatism and Libertarianism."]

Libertarianism is the fastest growing political creed in America today. Before judging and evaluating libertarianism, it is vitally important to find out precisely what that doctrine is, and, more particularly, what it is not. It is especially important to clear up a number of misconceptions about libertarianism that are held by most people, and particularly by conservatives. In this essay I shall enumerate and critically analyze the most common myths that are held about libertarianism. When these are cleared away, people will then be able to discuss libertarianism free of egregious myths and misconceptions, and to deal with it as it should be on its very own merits or demerits.

This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal literature, I have not come across a single theorist or writer who holds anything like this position.

The only possible exception is the fanatical Max Stirner, a mid-19th-century German individualist who, however, has had minimal influence upon libertarianism in his time and since. Moreover, Stirner's explicit "might makes right" philosophy and his repudiation of all moral principles including individual rights as "spooks in the head," scarcely qualifies him as a libertarian in any sense. Apart from Stirner, however, there is no body of opinion even remotely resembling this common indictment.

Libertarians are methodological and political individualists, to be sure. They believe that only individuals think, value, act, and choose. They believe that each individual has the right to own his own body, free of coercive interference. But no individualist denies that people are influencing each other all the time in their goals, values, pursuits, and occupations.

As F.A. Hayek pointed out in his notable article, "The Non Sequitur of the 'Dependence Effect,'" John Kenneth Galbraith's assault upon free-market economics in his best-selling The Affluent Society rested on this proposition: economics assumes that every individual arrives at his scale of values totally on his own, without being subject to influence by anyone else. On the contrary, as Hayek replied, everyone knows that most people do not originate their own values, but are influenced to adopt them by other people.[1]

No individualist or libertarian denies that people influence each other all the time, and surely there is nothing wrong with this inevitable process. What libertarians are opposed to is not voluntary persuasion, but the coercive imposition of values by the use of force and police power. Libertarians are in no way opposed to the voluntary cooperation and collaboration between individuals: only to the compulsory pseudo-"cooperation" imposed by the state.

This myth has recently been propounded by Irving Kristol, who identifies the libertarian ethic with the "hedonistic" and asserts that libertarians "worship the Sears Roebuck catalogue and all the 'alternative life styles' that capitalist affluence permits the individual to choose from."[2]

The fact is that libertarianism is not and does not pretend to be a complete moral or aesthetic theory; it is only a political theory, that is, the important subset of moral theory that deals with the proper role of violence in social life.

"What a person does with his or her life is vital and important, but is simply irrelevant to libertarianism."

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Libertarian Candidate Could Be Election Spoiler

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson will be on the ballot in November in at least 47 states. The former Republican governor of New Mexico isn't likely to win any of them. But he just might siphon off enough votes from one of the other candidates to affect the outcome.

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

If you don't think a third party candidate can play a role in a presidential election, just ask George HW Bush about Ross Perot or ask Al Gore about Ralph Nader.

This fall, the Libertarian Party will have a candidate on the ballot in at least 47 states. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson probably won't be invited to the debates and pollsters don't usually even bother asking about him. But he could influence the outcome of a close election, as NPR Joel Rose reports.

JOEL ROSE, BYLINE: Unless you're from New Mexico, where Gary Johnson served two terms as governor, you've probably never heard of him, but Johnson would like to change that.

GARY JOHNSON: I am the only candidate advocating a balanced budget now.

(APPLAUSE)

ROSE: Gary Johnson gave a speech at New York University this month, part of his three-week tour of college campuses. He showed up for the occasion dressed in a blue blazer, faded jeans and T-shirt with a peace symbol on it.

In interview, Johnson laid out all the other ways he is not like the two main candidates for the presidency and there are plenty.

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Libertarian Presidential Candidate Could Influence Election

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

If you don't think a third party candidate can play a role in a presidential election, just ask George HW Bush about Ross Perot or ask Al Gore about Ralph Nader.

JOEL ROSE, BYLINE: Unless you're from New Mexico, where Gary Johnson served two terms as governor, you've probably never heard of him, but Johnson would like to change that.

GARY JOHNSON: I am the only candidate advocating a balanced budget now.

(APPLAUSE)

In interview, Johnson laid out all the other ways he is not like the two main candidates for the presidency and there are plenty.

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Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate John Jay Myers sends letter to FCC protesting debate exclusion

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Danzig

A few weeks back there was a small but spirited protest at our next-door neighbors doorstep: Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate John Jay Myers and his people are ticked that WFAA-Channel 8 didnt invite the Free Man to participate in tomorrow nights Belo Debate. Now, Channel 8 has its reasons, among em whether or not a candidates gotten 15 percent in the polls or received significant news coverage from a wide range of media outlets. And candidates are excluded from debates all the time for those reasons, among others, and some, like Debra Medina, find their way in when they thought theyd be out. But that isnt good enough for Myers, a former candidate for city council who, as Rudy noted back when, put on a good show when running against Carolyn Davis.

Moments ago Myers sent word: Hes filed a protest with the Federal Communications Commission, blasting the subjective, inconsistent, and biased nature of WFAAs candidate selection. Writes Myers:

As Libertarians we believe strongly in freedom of speech and of the press. However, when broadcast television stations arbitrarily choose which candidates the public is shown, and when they choose the same parties that write communications laws, and when no objective standard is applied, we do not believe they can any longer be considered free. WFAA has chosen to serve the two party duopoly rather than the public interest, to anoint its favorite candidates rather that offer alternative viewpoints, and to artificially manufacture news rather than report it.

Messages have been left at the FCC; curious to see what happens next, if anything. This much is certain: You can read his full missive below. And: If Democrat Paul Sadler really wants a third debate, well, hes always got a date.

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