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Fitch Ratings has published a report on Financial Freedom, a Division of OneWest Bank. The report is available at http://www.fitchratings.com.

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by Michael Dixon Thepress.Net

San Leandro strong safety Finau Mataafa cant snag Freedom wide receiver Devontae Young during his 44-yard catch-and-run. The Falcons defeated the Pirates 43-6 on Sept. 14. Photo by Kyndl Buzas

Senior Darrell Daniels scored three touchdowns, including a 90-yard kickoff return to open the game, and junior running back Joe Mixon added three of his own to spearhead a Falcons 43-6 victory over San Leandro on Sept. 14.

I saw a big hole, Daniels said of the opening kickoff return. Everybody hit their blocks. I just hit the hole and saw daylight. We came to play as a team. Working week-by-week, day by day, were going to put up numbers like that every week.

A 7-0 lead in the games first 15 seconds is an electrifying start, but Freedom head coach Kevin Hartwig was nervous: the Falcons losses to Amador Valley and Franklin were marked by early TDs. Its good, but its hard, Hartwig said. In a way, its a letdown and it got us in two games. Tonight, we didnt do that. Its a learning process.

The Falcons few mistakes Friday didnt hurt them. On a point after touchdown, senior quarterback Dante Mayes muffed a snap but managed to beat the defense to the goal line for a two-point conversion. Later, Freedom jumped offside on the extra-point attempt following San Leandros only touchdown. The penalty gave the Pirates the idea to go for two, but the Falcons stuffed them.

Mixon and Daniels led the Falcons all night. Mixon carried the ball 11 times for 153 yards; Daniels three times for 97 yards to augment three catches for 45 yards plus that 90-yard kickoff return.

While a 2-2 start isnt what the Falcons envisioned before the season started, theyre confident about the rest of their games. I think were going to finish strong and go 8-2, Mixon said. I know for a fact that were going 8-2. We just have to keep going strong week by week.

Next up for Freedom is a trip to Castro Valley to take on the 2-2 Trojans, which downed Liberty 40-14 on Friday and then its on to Bay Valley Athletic League competition.

The night was just as successful for the Freedom JV squad, which beat San Leandro 53-12.

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Freedom runs away from San Leandro

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Networking For Future, Inc. (NFF), the only locally owned and headquartered IT Technology Solutions provider and Cisco Gold Partner in Washington DC, received the Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) certification for Ciscos Identity Services Engine (ISE) solution. ATPs are only granted from Cisco on a by-invitation-only basis and serve as an endorsement of the companys investment in training, demo capabilities, and additional personnel certification prerequisites, which must be met.

Organizations feel the need to support employee bring-your-own-device (BYOD) to work policies and desire more secure access for their data center and virtualized resources. Ciscos Identity Services Engine (ISE) is the solution of choice to support this. With a context-aware and identity-based platform, organizations can reliably enforce compliance, enhance infrastructure security, and streamline service operations.

The Authorized Technology Provider for ISE designation validates NFFs ability to help organizations deploy ISE across an enterprise infrastructure. As of this time, there are only very few Cisco partners (about 85 of almost 1000 Cisco partners in the U.S.) with the ISE ATP designation. We are very proud to be part of this elite group of Cisco partners and NFF is ready to assist our customers with ISE services and implementation, said Glen Carter, NFFs Director of Technology Services.

"Security is the primary consideration to properly supporting any customer's initiative around BYOD. Technology solutions such as ISE provide the control mechanisms necessary to maintain the insight and threat mitigation needed to enable any open endpoint policy, said Glen Carter, Director of Technology Services. "NFF's engineering capabilities and expertise in identity solutions backed by Cisco's Advanced Technology Partner (ATP) accreditation enables our customers to proceed with confidence on BYOD initiatives."

A long-established partner with Cisco, in addition to the ISE, NFF holds two additional ATP designations in Data Center Unified Computing and TelePresence Video Express. Earlier in 2012, the technology integrator NFF received the Cisco Customer Satisfaction Award for the 16th time consecutively.

About NFF

NFF is a Technology Solutions provider, specialized in Secured Network Infrastructure, Data Center Virtualization, and Unified Communications. NFFs industry certifications, proficiency, and experience with Information Security allow its customers to rely on them as a single source for design, deployment and long-term support of their complex IT projects. The NFF team has a long and successful history of providing enterprise security solutions for their Federal, enterprise, and commercial clients. NFF evolved its security solutions to meet the challenges of virtualization, cloud computing, and mobility. From data center to the desktop and into the cloud, NFF provides high performance and cost effective technology solutions, Delivering Net Results. For more information visit http://www.nffinc.com/ISE. Subscribe to NFF on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

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CLARKSTON, Mich., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Clarkston, Mich.-based Freedom One Financial Group, a 401(k) plan recordkeeping and administrative service provider, announced today that Freedom One Investment Advisors, Inc. will provide 401(k) plan advisory services for Sterling Heights, Mich.-based Custom Data Solutions. Freedom One Financial Group Vice President of Strategic Growth & Development Errol Hau made the announcement.

Custom Data Solutions was founded as a software development company specializing in providing high end, innovative solutions in various industries, such as insurance, property management, manufacturing and distribution. Today, they have grown their business to become the premier data collection and processing service in the Vending, Fund Raising, Concession, Specialty, and Foodservice channels. Freedom One Financial Group will work with Custom Data Solutions to handle the company's retirement assets for 25 participants.

In a prepared statement, Michael L. Nudi, president and CEO of Custom Data Solutions, stated "Our process in determining what company would manage our 401(k) plan was very thorough. Knowing the great impact a 401(k) plan has on our employees' lives and plans for the future, we understood the importance of finding a company with a proven track record to ensure our employees achieve the maximum benefit. Additionally, we looked to partner with a company that shares many of the same business philosophies as our own company. Freedom One Financial Group brings all of these things and more to the table and with their prudent investment process, we feel comfortable with their direction."

"We are pleased to add Custom Data Solutions as a client," said Hau. "Freedom One Financial Group continues to grow our client roster based on client referrals, positive feedback on our investment process and our long track record of client loyalty."

About Freedom One Financial Group

With more than 20 years of successful experience, Freedom One Financial Group team members specialize in providing state-of-the-art employee communications and administrative services to more than 1,000 clients across the United States. Freedom One Investment Advisors, Inc. is a trusted 401(k) plan advisor to employees, employers and other fiduciaries who value independent and unbiased advice for their retirement plans. Plan design, implementation, and employee communication services provided by Freedom One Retirement Services. Registered investment advisory services provided by Freedom One Investment Advisors.

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