Golden Gate Fields notes: Cost of Freedom reaches million-dollar mark in style

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Cost of Freedom, now 10, won the Grade 1 Ancient Title in 2008.

Trainer Genaro Vallejo may have gone against the grain when he put down $12,500 to claim the 10-year-old Cost of Freedom at Golden Gate Fields on April 6 for Battle Born Racing and Nick Ferrara.

The Cees Tizzy gelding won his second straight race that day but went to the sidelines for 11 weeks before a last-place finish for $16,000 at Pleasanton on June 29. That was followed by a fifth-place finish as the even-money favorite under Russell Baze in an $8,000 turf sprint at Santa Rosa.

Cost of Freedom was less than $800 away from becoming a million-dollar earner before those two races and was $291 away when he took on four rivals in a $10,000 claimer at Golden Gate Fields on Friday.

If he could beat one horse, he would become a millionaire, but he did better than that. He won the race and got to pose in the winners circle as a millionaire.

That was awesome, said Vallejo about reaching the milestone with a victory.

Cost of Freedom won the Grade 1 Ancient Title in 2008, and after his two lackluster tries, some people wondered if maybe he should be retired. But Vallejo figured Cost of Freedom needed a shot on Golden Gates Tapeta surface to regain his form.

Hes a synthetic horse, Vallejo said. In that turf race, he got hit by a rock early, and Russell just kept him safe after that.

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Football: Freedom-Woodbridge works its way toward challenging Battlefield

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Battlefield and Freedom-Woodbridge first opened their doors on the same day in 2004.

But thats where the similarities between the schools end at least where football is concerned.

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When Battlefield (1-1) won the Div. 6 state title in 2010, the Eagles were busy going 1-9. In fact, the team has never won more than four games in a season.

But those were your older brothers Eagles.

Heading into Thursdays matchup with the Bobcats, Freedom is undefeated 2-0 after back-to-back victories over Osbourn Park and Osbourn.

Its definitely not the Freedom team of old, and they deserve a lot of credit for what theyre doing there, Battlefield Coach Mark Cox said.

All that senior running back Mike Gibson has done is shoulder the brunt of Freedoms offense. Gibson rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns in the Eagles season-opener victory at Osbourn Park. He added a workmanlike output of 66 yards on 24 carries against Osbourn Friday.

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FREEDOM ENERGY – Elaborates on the Air Quality Evaluation

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FORT WAYNE, IN, September 11, 2013 (Accesswire) -- Freedom Energy Holdings, Inc. (FDMF) today wanted to elaborate on the earlier announcement that FISHBECK, THOMPSON, CARR & HUBER, INC. (FTCH) completed an air quality evaluation that has been submitted to the Air Quality Division of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

In the previous release it was stated "According to the evaluation, the pilot process is eligible for an exemption from Michigan air permitting requirements pursuant to Michigan's pilot processes exemption (Michigan Air Pollution Control Rule 336.1283(1)(a)). The emissions from the exempt pilot process were also calculated as part of the evaluation and it was determined that none of the exclusions from air permit exemptions listed in Rule 336.1278 apply to the process equipment."

In plain words the "ELAS" project does not have any air quality issues and therefore qualifies under the Michigan environmental regulations for an exemption. Final approval has been requested from the Michigan DEQ and the approval is anticipated any day. Current regulation regarding the processing of asphalt shingles does not cover the new and groundbreaking technology involved with "ELAS". Thus far the only "approved" processing is grinding for use in asphalt road paving. "ELAS" will expand the market for recycled asphalt shingles, therefore eliminating the bottleneck that currently exists.

The process of working with the DEQ has been a very good learning experience. We have found the staff to be very cooperative and thorough. The strict process to gain approval is a result of the early efforts to "recycle" asphalt shingles; only to find the shingles easier to collect than to recycle. The foundational work from this process has set the stage for a more rapid expansion and national rollout once the pilot plant is up and operational. Strategic negotiations are ongoing with interested parties for licensing and expansion plans.

"ELAS" is a patent pending process that utilizes the patent pending technology SR-139. Construction of the first plant has begun and if all goes as planned, we hope to be in production by early fall. The opportunities are great and once we have perfected the mechanical engineering and worked out any bugs in the first plant, we plan to offer the technology and process on a commercialized basis.

I look forward to bringing updates regarding this opportunity in the very near future.

ABOUT FISHBECK, THOMPSON, CARR & HUBER, INC

FISHBECK, THOMPSON, CARR & HUBER, INC. Serving clients since 1956, FTCH is a full service civil engineering, environmental, architectural/engineering and construction management firm with over 330 employees. With offices in Michigan and Ohio, FTCH is one of the Top 500 Design Firms in the U.S. as ranked in Engineering News-Record. More information about FTC&H can be found at http://www.ftch.com

ABOUT FREEDOM ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC:

Freedom Energy Holdings, Inc. (FDMF.PK) is a publicly traded company that specializes in the identification and development of technologies with commercial applications in the energy industry sector. Research has shown a completely new product SR-139 to be effective at breaking down asphalt shingles allowing the extraction and recovery of hydrocarbons. The company's original primary focus was the commercial development of its proprietary, heavy oil technology. KC 9000(R), a breakthrough technology, provides an effective system to enable heavy oil deposits to flow at ambient temperatures.

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'Cyborg Astrobiologist' Helps Rovers Seek Aliens

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Sending an exploratory rover to another planet is riddled with challenges, among them, what to investigate and what to ignore. Take the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars for example. Ground control scientists decide where the rovers should go and what they should investigate but commands sent via radio signals from Earth can take up to 20 minutes to reach Mars, depending on where the rover is relative to Earth.

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Patrick McGuire from the Freie Universitt, Berlin, has a way to speed up extra-planetary exploration. His Cyborg Astrobiologist program teaches robots whats worth looking and what to leave behind. Future rovers and probes could use it to check out otherwise ordinary-looking rocks for signs of life.

The program will be based on a huge database of images of geological features on Earth, the reasoning behind it being that rocks and such out there are similar to those down here. A rover would snap images of its surroundings and then compare those images to the ones in the database. If the computer program found something unusual or something that looked like a living organism on Earth such as lichen the rover would investigate more closely.

McGuire and his colleagues have tested the system in landscapes similar to Martian ones, such as around coalbeds and gypsum cliffs as well on sandstone, limestone and mudstone.

Some of those rocks were partly covered with lichen. Lichens are particularly important when seeking out alien life; its one of the few living things that could conceivably survive in a Martian environment. Anything that lives on marks is likely to look and act like lichens or algae mats.

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Thus far, matching images with similar features in images from the database seems to have worked pretty well. McGuire said in a press release that the computer program agreed with human geologists that it was looking at a lichen nine out of ten times.

McGuire presented his results at the European Planetary Science Congress in London.

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QuarterSpot Deploys Artificial Intelligence in Support of Small Business Lending

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Sep 11, 2013) - Small business lender QuarterSpot revealed that it has funded more than $1M in loans within two months of its launch. Small business owners have responded to QuarterSpot's lower cost loans and more favorable terms as a way to avoid the high cost of capital offered by merchant cash advances and most other online lenders.

Through its use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in underwriting, QuarterSpot can reduce borrowing costs by as much as 85% compared to other well known online lenders. Further, QuarterSpot does not require small business owners to provide personal guarantees.

"QuarterSpot offers a lower-cost loan that is custom designed to meet the needs of small business owners," said QuarterSpot CEO and co-founder Adam Cohen. "By incorporating Artificial Intelligence into our platform, we can constantly evaluate and improve our underwriting to more accurately gauge risk and reduce borrowing costs."

QuarterSpot's innovative AI-driven underwriting platform will incorporate millions of pieces of real time data from business bank accounts, customer reviews, social media, and more to execute a pre-approval decision in milliseconds. This is significantly faster than traditional lenders that can take up to six months to make a decision. The QuarterSpot AI is also able to learn on the fly by monitoring loan repayment and trends to improve its scoring and approval terms in real time.

"The resulting organic data set is much deeper and broader than available commercial credit scores and gives us a more detailed picture of the creditworthiness of a business," continued Cohen.

Through this use of AI-driven underwriting and as one of the only online lenders to amortize interest on loans, QuarterSpot offers a much lower cost of capital for small business owners. Other QuarterSpot loans features include:

For more information about obtaining a loan from QuarterSpot, please visit http://www.quarterspot.com.

About QuarterSpot

QuarterSpot is committed to helping small business owners secure responsible small business loans that are clearly explained and fairly priced. Its innovative small business lending platform enables small business owners in search of capital to obtain loans on more favorable terms. For more information, please visit http://www.quarterspot.com.

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Parker Aerospace and AVIC Hold Ceremony with Local Governments in Support of Joint Ventures in Nanjing and Xi’an

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NANJING, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Parker Aerospace, a business unit of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, and China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) held signing ceremonies to finalize terms and incentive agreements with the local municipal government in support of new joint ventures forming in Nanjing, China, and in Xian, China, in support of the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) C919 program.

These government incentives signing ceremonies are an important step in the process of building permanent facilities in China. The ceremonies follow the recent contract signings between Parker Aerospace and AVIC to form the two joint venture companies, and also with COMAC to supply complete fuel and inerting, hydraulic, and flight control actuation systems on the C919 aircraft.

Parker is honored to be building two facilities in China in support of the COMAC C919, said Parker Aerospace Group Vice President of Business Integration Mark Seidel. We are committed to the Nanjing and Xian communities and to the future business these joint venture companies will provide in the fastest growing aerospace market in the world.

Parker Aerospace and AVIC Jincheng Corporation will form a partnership in development and support of the fuel, inerting, and hydraulic systems on the C919 aircraft. This joint venture will be located in Nanjing and will include a manufacturing facility.

A significant portion of the systems component assembly, test, and manufacture will take place at the new facilities, as well as systems integration test functions.

Parker Aerospace and AVICs Flight Automated Control Research Institute will form a partnership to provide local, in-country support of the joint development of the flight control actuation systems products on the C919. This joint venture will be located in Xian and include a customer service repair center that will be responsible for Parker Aerospace, AVIC, and third-party products.

Parker is pleased to form these joint ventures in support of our four key systems packages on the C919, said Parker Aerospace President Roger Sherrard. Providing local development and support facilities for this new aircraft will allow us to provide the most competitive products in the Asian aerospace industry as it grows at an unprecedented rate.

Financial terms of the agreements have not been disclosed. Aerospace industry analysts estimate that within the next four years, China will be the worlds largest aerospace market.

In 2010, Parker was named the primary fly-by-wire flight control actuation, fuel, inerting, and hydraulic systems provider for the C919 aircraft.

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US role in Syrian civil war divides Arab-Americans

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By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Sawsan Jabri and Osama Siblani represent the advancement of the Arab community in the Detroit area: Jabri is a doctor from Syria who teaches microbiology at several community colleges, and Siblani came from Lebanon to be an engineer and now publishes the influential Arab-American News.

The two share Middle Eastern roots and the American dream. They also represent dissension among Arab-Americans over Syria and underscore a growing rift over ideological, political and regional differences.

Each speaks for opposing camps: Jabri is a spokeswoman for the Syrian Expatriates Organization, a lobbying and fundraising group of doctors and other professionals that staged rallies in support of the U.S. backing rebels in Syria's civil war and ousting President Bashar Assad. Siblani has been a voice opposing U.S. intervention through counter-demonstrations and the opinion pages of his newspaper.

When it comes to Syria, Siblani says, there's little room for agreement.

"I have been in this business for 29 years," he said. "I have never seen the community divided as much as we are divided today. ... It is an elephant in the room all the time."

President Barack Obama has been pushing for U.S. military action and seeks congressional approval, but on Tuesday asked congressional leaders to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force and threw his support behind a diplomatic plan for U.N. Security Council talks aimed at securing Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. Regardless of what the U.S. ultimately decides to do, positions on Syria have unraveled Arab ties to the U.S. that date back more than a century, when immigrants from the Arab world started coming en masse and moved into enclaves dubbed "Little Syria."

They originally came from what today are known as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel or the Palestinian territories but then was Ottoman-controlled Syria. More came later from the region, particularly after immigration restrictions were eased in the 1960s and during the 15-year Lebanese civil war ending in 1990.

The Syrian community in the U.S. is estimated to be about 150,000 people and about 10,000 in Michigan, but the number could be much higher if it reflected all those who trace their roots to early 20th century Greater Syria. The Detroit area alone, which has one of the largest Middle East populations in the U.S., has roughly 150,000 Arabs and Chaldeans, or Iraqi Christians based on the latest available data and scholarly research.

Siblani and Jabri agree that Syria has divided the U.S. Arab community despite a history of coexistence among different religions, Islamic sects, regions or countries.

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What is microbiology and biotechnology? My presentation for junior college students (Part 2) – Video

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What is microbiology and biotechnology? My presentation for junior college students (Part 2)
Part 2 video is out. 7:32 : The fact which I told is wrong, its actually not classified as mushroom, however, there are $1000 mushrooms/pound in the market.

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Montville scholar spend summer exploring the world on microbiology

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During an intensive summer academic program, 84 Governors School in the sciences scholars learned how to plot the positions of the planets and determine the time each planet rises and sets on a given day; they studied the use of herbs and spices as mouthwash; they explored volcanic materials and the secrets of ancient Ecuadorian pottery engineers; and they researched the effect of increased levels of carbon dioxide, temperature, and drought-like conditions on different plant species. They presented their findings at a conference at Drew University on Aug. 2.

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Attending the summer academic program Governors School were: Joseph Lee; Rachel Sandler; Stephen Liang; Allan Wang; John Jensen; Cynthia Lo; Bryan Gerber; Claire Kim, of Montville; Piyush Puri; Gokul Mukunda; Anna Radakrishnan; Sameer Dhavalikar; Chris Choi; and Tyler Dorrity. The students project was Microbiology: The Spices of Life with Advisor Rachel Sandler and Assistant Joseph Lee.

Governors School scholars are high school students entering their senior year who were selected for the program from more than 300 applicants. Among the students who presented research projects at the Drew University campus were Claire Kim, and Kevin He of Montville; Adam Dormier, of Rockaway; and Hyejin Kim, of Lake Hiawatha.

Students worked in small groups during the three-week program.

"The Governors School cultivates interest in the sciences for high-achieving students from diverse backgrounds. Governors School graduates have made important contributions to research that benefit New Jerseys citizens and economy. We are very proud of the research the students presented earlier this month at Drew," said Rochelle Hendricks, New Jerseys secretary of higher education. Her office administers state funding for the Governors School.

Scholars lived on the Drew campus during the summer program. Emphasis was placed on solving complex issues that exist on local, state, national, and international levels. The scholars participated in college-level courses and labs. The scholars engaged in activities such as career day and a college fair that helped them connect with professors, professionals, and peers throughout the state.

This years program was funded by the State of New Jersey, the Charles Edison Foundation, Roche Foundation, Celgene, Novartis, the Independent College Fund of New Jersey, AT&T, Actavis, and contributions from alumni of the Governors School in the Sciences.

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AAG Health Hosts Inaugural 3-Day Training Seminar to Further Educate Fellow Physicians

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Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 10, 2013

Recognized leading authority on integrative wellness and age management medicine, AAG Health & Wellness, recently hosted a 3-day training seminar to further educate fellow physicians on AAGs proactive, preventive integrative medical approach to health and wellness.

Among those who attended the seminar included AAG partner physicians from the groups New York, Miami, Tampa, San Antonio, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland integrative wellness centers. The training seminar proved critical for all the physicians in attendance and centered on several key topics of interest that interfaced with clinical issues based on the latest research and relevant literature in age management medicine.

The underlying theme of the 3-day seminar lied with AAG Healths medical protocols and how they benefit the patient. AAGs approach takes a 180-degree turn from mainstream medicines disease focused, reactive philosophy and uses a combination of proactive, results orientated measures that incorporate diagnostic testing, hormone medications, nutraceuticals, diet, nutrition, activity tracking and wellness coaching, all under direct physician supervision and monitoring.

The seminar was hosted by AAG Health Medical Directors; Derrick De Silva M.D., Victor Shabanah M.D., and George Munoz M.D., who presented evidence-based lectures and critical topics focusing on how age management and anti aging medicine is practiced in the 21st century - From cardiovascular health, lifestyle modification, hormone therapy and emerging sciences, to integrative wellness and age management programs centered on superior patient care.

Additional topics of great interest to the entire group centered on diet, nutrition, principles of wellness coaching, the benefits of testosterone therapy, diagnosing low T, the use of estrogen blockers, sermorelin therapy protocols, along with how to diagnose adult onset growth hormone deficiency and the process behind initiating HGH therapy.

About AAG Health & Wellness

AAG Health & Wellness is the leading nationwide provider of integrative wellness and age management medical services that help patients accomplish more in life. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Miami, FL, AAG Health is a concierge-style medical practice that provides successful men and women cutting-edge treatment plans that deliver peak performance and higher quality of life. AAG Health has a network of health centers throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.aaghealth.com.

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