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WILSON, N.C. ? Two hundred and twenty-five Barton College seniors received diplomas on Sunday, May 23, during the school’s 108th annual commencement exercises.

Participating in the ceremony were students who completed their baccalaureate degree requirements in December 2009 and May 2010, as well as candidates who expect to fulfill requirements over the summer.

Graduates are listed by their hometowns; their names are followed by degrees and majors and, where applicable, honors will appear in parenthesis. Graduates obtaining a grade point average of 3.90 or higher are graduated summa cum laude; 3.60 or higher, magna cum laude; and 3.30 or higher, cum laude.

The Class of 2010 at Barton College includes:

Ashland, Va. ? Stephanie Anne Schraw, B.S. Elementary Education (K-6).

Virginia is a top destination for people who love to make the most out of their vacation. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Virginia is for Lovers and to help travelers get more vacation for their money, Virginia is sharing a list of 40 free things to do on vacation. From free museums to free bike trails and free history tours and concerts, Virginia is an exciting and affordable travel destination.

Here’s a list of 40 free things to see and do while on vacation in Virginia, with more details found on Virginia.org.

The Great Outdoors:

Barton College named 27 students to the President?s List and 222 students to the Dean?s List for spring semester 2010. President?s List students compiled a perfect 4.0 grade point average; Dean?s List students achieved a grade point average of 3.3 or better on a four-point scale.

President?s List recipients, listed by hometown ?

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http://www.nocirc.org


Tel: 415-488-9883 Fax: 415-488-9660

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PO Box 2512, San Anselmo, California 94979

http://www.nocirc.org


Tel: 415-488-9883 Fax: 415-488-9660

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5 June 02

CONTACT:

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VistaPrint Limited (Nasdaq:VPRT), a leading online supplier of high-quality graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers and America?s Second Harvest – The Nation?s Food Bank Network, the largest charitable hunger-relief organization in the country, today announced the availability of America?s Second Harvest holiday cards at http://www.vistaprint.com/ASH. The cards are designed by children who participate in the Kids Cafe

Digital Solutions / Inmate Telephone Inc. and CorEMR (Correctional Electronic Medical Records) today announce an ongoing partnership to assist correctional facilities with their inmate medical management needs. The two companies will be providing a fully integrated system whereby corrections professionals can experience a comprehensive answer to the health maintenance needs of every inmate.

The Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system provided by CorEMR saves medical staff members time by scheduling inmate health care appointments, maintaining medical records, tracking doctors’ and nurses’ orders as well as prescription distribution and inventory levels. The system provides full access to medical histories, current treatments and future needs, as well as additional collaboration with pharmacies and other external services. The ability to seamlessly integrate with the Offender Management System (OMS) provided by Digital Solutions allows facilities to easily track inmate housing locations and current bookings. The system collaboration allows for efficient management of inmate records and real time communication between a facility’s intake and medical staff.

“The integration of CorEMR and DSI is an exciting time for the corrections industry,” says CorEMR President, John Probst. “With this integration, correctional facilities will benefit from lowered medical maintenance costs, increased staff efficiency and optimized care. The CorEMR / DSI partnership will take correctional facilities to the highest level of comprehensive inmate management.”

Digital Solution’s Offender Management System (OMS) is a comprehensive jail management system built on open technology that allows integration with other systems including the electronic medical records system from CorEMR. It provides a single point of entry while allowing individual data ownership. The system was constructed on a web-based platform allowing the user to access the system from any network attached workstation. The system can even be accessed from a home office enabling users to control their facilities remotely. The system records information on all aspects of an inmate’s incarceration including initial intake, charges, sentencing, property, housing, medical, meal planning, scheduling, and temporary release. For increased security, the OMS utilizes digital biometrics to positively identify inmates, increasing accuracy in inmate movement, housing, release, etc.

Digital Solutions / Inmate Telephone Inc. is strategically focused on providing world-class products and services to the corrections marketplace. In doing so, however, the company has realized that many facilities have needs that require additional products and services that DSI does not provide. To meet these ongoing requirements, DSI/ ITI has developed relationships with other partner organizations that can provide specialized products and value-added services to their clients. Through these partnerships, the company is able to augment their already robust product line with full-feature solutions from firms that specialize in areas necessary to increasing efficiency in the corrections industry.

Current customers benefiting from the integration of DSI’s Offender Management System and the CorEMR medical records system include the Weber County Correctional Facility in Ogden, Utah; Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, VA; Adams County Adult Correctional Complex in Gettysburg, PA; Franklin County Prison in Chambersburg, PA; Northampton County Prison and Juvenile Detention Center in Easton, PA and the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center in Winchester, VA. Several other facility contracts are pending.

For those interested in learning more about this collaboration,

please visit Digital Solutions / Inmate Telephone, Inc. at http://207.255.4.8/products/CorEMRElectronicMedicalRecords.shtml, or

contact Mr. Thomas Brence at tbrence @ dsiiti.com or 888.222.3081.

About CorEMR:

Founded in 2004, CorEMR serves over 35 facilities and is the fastest growing Medical Records System on the market today. CorEMR is designed to provide low cost, comprehensive electronic medical records systems specifically developed for corrections facilities. The CorEMR solution is a flexible, easy to use system that adapts to the workflows and procedures of each facility. This click-and-go system is easy to implement and even easier to learn and use. The online format of the system provides for facility wide access, which cuts nursing staffs’ data entry time by half and increases accurate and timely communications throughout the facility. CorEMR also provides for total integration with pharmacies, and outside auxiliary services, creating a comprehensive solution to the health maintenance of each inmate. For more detailed information about the benefits and solutions provided by CorEMR, visit coremr.com.

About Digital Solutions/Inmate Telephone, Inc.:

Established in 1984 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Digital Solutions Incorporated (DSI) is a privately-held technology company that specializes in automating corrections agencies. Its sister company, Inmate Telephone Incorporated (ITI), was founded in 1994 to create and maintain a state of the art inmate phone system. More than twenty years of successful implementations in over four hundred agencies has enabled DSI / ITI to become the leading provider of software solutions to the corrections industry. The company attributes much of their success to the practice of involving users in the design phases of the application development process – input that is critical in enabling the company to continually improve while building a sense of ownership among the communities they serve. For more information, please visit dsiiti.com.

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GamersFirst (http://www.gamersfirst.com), today’s most popular free2play online game destination, has released its 2010 gaming predictions.

?The next year will mark some pretty significant shifts in the gaming industry,? said Joshua Hong, CEO of GamersFirst. ?We see casual players becoming the key to the global video game industry in both PC and Console games. MMO Game development has witnessed a paradigm shift that has begun to address the interests of all cultural and social demographics; exposing the ?gamer? in everyone and highlighting our personal corporate mission, of putting Gamers First!?

The GamersFirst team has developed major gaming trends to watch for; predicting that the online gaming industry will regain some of its pizzazz over the next year and increasing fierce competition between MMO games globally.

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TRZZONLINE?S FAME & FORTUNE TRZZonline?s ?Fame & Fortune? is a social game about acquiring super-stardom, with a tongue-in-cheek twist on the entertainment industry, played on Facebook. Players will assume the role of the ?starving artist? as they move to Hollywood to build a career in the music and film industry(s). From living in their car; to waiting tables in restaurants; to ultimately owning a private island? it?s all here!

This fun journey provides the gamers’ ?pretentious-self? with a false sense of security as they climb the ladder of success. It also gives gamers a few ?reality checks? along the way when their friends from their Facebook friends list join in on the fun and compete. Challenging friends to see who is the most popular, or who has the largest entourage, or who owns the largest mansion is what will keep gamers coming back for more, (not to mention, an in-game music player that contains a GREAT playlist of Top 40 music and indie artists? songs that make users want to just leave the browser open all day). Special rewards and perks are unlocked as users become more and more successful, although, if a user becomes too successful, their friends are able to execute antics like creating ?Bad PR? to knock them down a few notches.

This game taps into the budding star within. Players can acquire fame and fortune the old fashioned way by performing gigs that allow them to level-up and make money, or they can get on the fast track with in-game ?ICE? purchases that allow them to quickly upgrade their lifestyle with items that include fancy cars, clothes, beach houses, airplanes, skateboard ramps, pets, paparazzi, security guards, and anything else that a famous socialite can?t live without.

Connected to the Entertainment Industry… While other social game developers are performing the old ?copy/paste? cloning method of games that are already popular on Facebook, TRZZonline is creating something completely new by essentially turning their real-world experience in the music entertainment industry into a game that crosses all demographics.

TRZZonline?s Fame & Fortune Facebook Game has teamed up with Hip Hop Weekly Magazine in an effort to show how merging ?real world? products with gaming concepts can maximize company exposure through in-game involvement. Hip Hop Weekly Magazine is well known throughout the world for covering ?all things happening in urban entertainment?. Inside of TRZZonline?s Fame & Fortune Facebook Game, Hip Hop Weekly Magazine plays the role of the official news reporter, documenting the user’s success as their popularity grows. In the near future, different brands will be featured throughout the game [i.e. Beverages, Fashion, Mobile, Sports, etc].

TRZZonline already has a huge online following from their previous coverage of music industry events such as: P. Diddy?s Annual All White Party (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh9X0dhKcUs), 50 Cent?s 2009 Vegas New Year?s Bash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgW16OOHf4), and BET?s 2009 Hip Hop Awards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgMiPF30X0E), just to name a few.

?We didn?t want to build another time management game just for the sake of building it. Our team is great at creating games with stellar graphics and amazing game play, but we wanted to do something different?something innovative. We wanted to be one of the first developers to successfully merge online gaming with offline rewards,? said Jon Lam, founder and CEO of TRZZonline/Ph03nix New Media. ?Imagine an online game that gives you a chance to meet one of your favorite rock stars, or attend one of their private events. As users level-up, TRZZonline?s Fame & Fortune rewards them with a variety of real-world elements provided by our friends in the entertainment industry.?

See TRZZonline’s Fame & Fortune Game Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4t0hbB2VaY

Play TRZZonline?s Fame and Fortune on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/trzzonline.

About TRZZonline | Ph03nix New Media

Ph03nix New Media is a game development company focused on creating inspiring and entertainment multi-platform games. Founded in 2003 by entrepreneur, Jon Lam, Ph03nix New Media specializes in designing casual games, and has received widespread recognition for the Curse of the Pharaoh series, which topped the charts on leading casual game portals. Ph03nix New Media is backed by AVAC Ltd. and received $ 1.1 million in investment funding. Additionally, the company acquired Big Stack Studios, http://bigstackstudios.com, a Calgary-based iPhone/iPad game development studio, and formed Triple Hippo Studios, the casual games divisions of Ph03nix New Media. For more information, please visit: http://www.ph03nixnewmedia.com.

Contact

Mr. Potter Esquire

Director, Artist & Brand Relations

TRZZonline | Ph03nix New Media

646-201-6905

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Kappa Delta Sorority® announces the Kids Need to Be Kids campaign. This campaign aims at addressing the emotional needs of young victims. While the American Red Cross is working to meet the basic needs of drinking water, food and temporary housing for victims of Katrina, Kappa Delta wants to provide comfort and support to those children whose lives are in chaos.

Kids Need to Be Kids is leading the nation in gathering toys, games, books and clothing for children who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. “We cannot forget these youngest victims of Katrina,” says Bonnie Purvis Warren, Kappa Delta’s National President and Hattiesburg, Mississippi resident. “Their lives have been turned upside down. Many are displaced and have no homes or possessions left. Some schools are closed for weeks or months. We are doing what we can to make their lives as normal as possible.”

Items will be sent to churches and organizations including the Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts and evacuee centers in the areas most affected by Katrina by mobilizing a broad-based network of Kappa Deltas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

“This is a natural progression of the sorority’s strong commitment to children in need,” says Melanie Schild, Kappa Delta’s executive director. “A toy for a young child or a pair of jeans for a teenager can help to boost the spirits of those who have lost everything. We are hoping to make the lives of children a little brighter while their parents decide what to do next.” Kappa Delta, a long-time supporter of Prevent Child Abuse America, sees this campaign as a way to combat stress and strengthen families. Sarah McElwee, a Kappa Delta in Natchitoches, Louisiana and a social worker in Sabine parish, says, “There are so many refugees and school children that we are doing crisis debriefing with. They are traumatized as are their families.” Kappa Delta encourages you to join in helping make a difference in the life of a child.

Kappa Delta will continue its efforts on behalf of children for the holidays and beyond by collecting Halloween costumes for displaced children and toys and games for Christmas. With the slogan, “Every girl deserves to be a princess. Every boy should feel like a hero,” the sorority will encourage members and other individuals to send princess, Superman and other costumes to make Halloween special for kids in need.

With 15 collegiate chapters, 37 alumnae associations, and over 14,500 members (including Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Tricia Lott, the wife of Senator Trent Lott, and Marsha Barbour, the wife of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour) in the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, Kappa Delta has strong connections in the areas affected by Katrina.

Kappa Delta is encouraging individuals, businesses and organizations to send new and gently used toys, games, books and clothing to its national headquarters at 3205 Players Lane, Memphis, TN 38125. Monetary donations are also being accepted at the address above or by visiting http://www.kidsneedtobekids.org. The Web site has been donated by Big Fish, a web design firm based in Memphis, Tennessee. Others who want to join in the efforts by providing trucking services, warehousing, etcetera should contact Kappa Delta Sorority at 800-536-1897.

Kappa Delta Sorority was founded in 1897 in Farmville, Virginia. It has over 188,000 members, 206 chartered collegiate chapters and 489 chartered alumnae associations nationwide. Kappa Delta is active in a number of philanthropic causes. It has given over $ 8 million to the prevention of child abuse. In 1998 Kappa Delta Sorority entered into a partnership with the Girl Scouts of the US.A to provide mentoring and funding to girls across the country. Kappa Delta has created Stand Up! Stand Out!, a program that helps college women stand up against peer pressure. It also created “Setting the PACE,” which encourages members to become their best selves, and the KD Edge, a personal and career development program. Its national headquarters is in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Witnessing the growing trend of online contests, Heritage Properties at http://www.lorettabarrow.com, has announced a Website Mystery Location contest, which will be posted every week on the Realtor’s website. The winner is awarded a $ 100 gas card. More information on the contest can be obtained by visiting the official website. LorettaBarrow.com (also known as heritageforyou.com) is an online real estate listing venture of Heritage Properties. Residential and commercial listings, thoroughly assessed by experts and reasonably priced, are offered for all North Carolina areas.

The Website Mystery Location contest is aimed at the many regular visitors and customers of Heritage Properties. Owners are looking at it as a way of showing their appreciation to all those who have trusted them with the search for their perfect home. “Customers are very important to us, and we are frequently coming up with ways to make their association with Heritage Properties more enjoyable and profitable. That is the main driving force behind starting the contest”, reveals Loretta Barrow, a real estate veteran with an experience of over 23 years and head of Heritage Properties. “Every time one of our customers wins the $ 100 gas card, we are as happy as the winner! We always attribute our success to customers and with the contest; we aim at sharing our profits with everyone associated with us. We want all our customers to be a part of Heritage Properties!” she insists.

To participate in the Website Mystery Location contest is quiet easy indeed. All one has to do is read the clearly posted hints on the Realtor’s website (at http://www.heritageforyou.com) and guess the property. There can be one or two locations. The addresses are always one of the website’s listings, and in order to win, the participant has to find the listings being mentioned and send the answers to Heritage Properties.

It is not very difficult to find the properties mentioned as each listing on http://www.LorettaBarrow.com is accompanied with detailed descriptions, lifelike images and virtual tours. “Our contest is simple because we want the all our customers to win! Every week, new mystery locations are posted, and whenever someone wins, no one is as happy as us!” says Broker In charge of Snow Hill Office, Stephen M. Barrow. “We would ask each and everyone of you to go ahead and try your hand at our simple contest. After all, there is nothing to lose! Moreover, you can keep trying every single week. There is no limit to the number of times one can enter!” he shares.

“At Heritage Properties, customer satisfaction is our primary aim. Therefore, we are always striving towards making things better and more customer friendly”, says Loretta. “If you have any suggestions on how we can make the Website Mystery Location contest more interesting or about the website in general, please feel free to contact us. Customers always have the best ideas!” she added.

About Heritage Properties:

Heritage Properties, Loretta Barrow & Associates LLC, is one of North Carolina’s most trusted professional Real Estate services. Headed by qualified and well versed professionals like veteran Realtor Loretta Barrow, Heritage Properties offers listings of residential, commercial, developed and undeveloped properties in Greenville, Snow Hill, Kinston, Farmville, and all Eastern North Carolina. Each featured property is thoroughly assessed by professionals and reasonably priced. The firm prides itself on providing information on loans and market status (http://www.lorettabarrow.com/catalog.php?action=110&cat_id=16), a job no other Realtor is currently undertaking.

In 2007, Heritage Properties was named one of the top 10 real estate agencies. The website offers detailed descriptions of all properties. The firm offers free credit consultations, periodical incentives and visual online tours of properties. Until June 30, 2009, Heritage Properties is happy to discuss the $ 7,500 tax credit for first time home buyers.

For more information, contact:

Loretta A. Barrow

Heritage Properties

Greenville, NC.

252-321-9916

http://www.lorettabarrow.com

http://www.heritageforyou.com

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Try Change T-Shirts- Can they be right? That’s the question many are asking as Try Change LLC expands to over 20 stores in three states as well as the District of Columbia! Founders Vince Stubbs & Chrissie Ksanznak believed there was a desire for urban apparel with a positive message and they believe they have been proven correct.

The brand was launched at the Fashion Mechanic retail store last year and has quickly expanded throughout the DC, VA, MD and WV area.

Designed by well known artists at DBA Intermedia and Aravind at Apparel Sourcing USA, Try Change combines urban styles and colors with positive messages that are inscribed on each shirt. “We feel that there is a market out there for a T-Shirt company that not only spreads a message of positive change but also gives back to the community,” says Vince Stubbs.

What attracts people to the Try Change story is its uniqueness. It was started by Vince & Chrissie after of trip to the supermarket were they observed a very offensive T-Shirt with a curse word written on it. They decided (with no retail experience) to start their own T-shirt company concentrating on shirts with positive messages on them. “People are often amazed when we tell them the story. They can’t believe we just took it upon ourselves to start Try Change.”

What makes Try Change different?

*All the T-Shirts has a positive message/quote on them

*Try Change donates 10% of all profits to the Volunteers of America Chesapeake (this money goes to help the homeless in the DC, VA & MD area)

*Try Change adopts a family during the holiday season

*Try Change holds an annual Charity Yard Sales with 100% of the profit donated to VOA Chesapeake

*Try Change donates hundreds of items to the Hilda Barg Shelter in Woodbridge VA

*Try Change writes a weekly blog highlighting organizations and individuals that are making a difference in their communities

*One thing that is unique about the Try Change story is that the company name was implemented before President Obama entered the presidential race.

What are some customers, radio personalities and community leaders are saying:

Guy Lambert, News Director of WPGC — “These shirts are cool! Thank you so much for what you are doing for our community.”

DC Mayor Fenty — “I like that shirt!”

Alex Kumah, Owner of Evado Clothing Store — “Try Change is hot right now.”

Ill Will- On Air Personality at WKYS-FM 93.9 — “These shirts are fly.”

Nancy-Jo Manney, Executive Director of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce — “In a time when change happens very quickly we must be ever vigilant to make it positive, productive change. We are responsible for the future. Thank you, Try Change for your encouraging message for our community.”

Gayle Sanders, Executive Director of the Hilda Barg Homeless Shelter — “I love them, practically like artwork. Some of them you think you could frame.”

David B. Anthony, graphic artist at DBA Intermedia in Georgetown — “We do design and development for companies all over the world. Vince has a good outlook on everything he’s doing. He has a good message.”

Al, Owner of Fashion Mechanics Clothing Store — “Great designs, one of my best sellers.”

Polo, Owner of SWANK Clothing Store — “Try Change is a great fit for our store.”

What does the future hold for Try Change?

“Based on our initial success we will seek out multi chained retail stores that are looking for something different. We feel there is a change taking place in our society and we are currently seeking out retailers that can recognize the shift in urban fashion,” said Vince Stubbs, Founder of Try Change LLC.

You can find our shirts at:

Fashion Mechanics in the Springfield and Manassas Mall

Evado in the Fair Oaks Mall

Shadows in the Forestville Centre

SWANK in the Pentagon City Mall

Millennium in Georgetown

Sport Zone- Selected locations

D-Block-Lakeforest Mall, Gaithersburg MD

First Thangs First- Waldorf MD

Next Level Clothing- Ellicott City MD

Turning Point- Laurel Centre Mall, Laurel MD

New York Fashions- Charlottesville VA

Fashion Kings- Brudgeport WV

Hot Stepper -Martinsburg WV

Urban Flavor- Old Town, Manassas, VA

Heartbeat- Lake Forest Mall, Gaithersburg MD

Fashion World- Hurlock MD

City Wear- Farmville, VA

For more information on Try Change visit http://www.TryChange.org. Try Change LLC President Vincent Stubbs can also be reached at 703-261-7099.

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Can the Wii teach playground rules? Is an e-book the answer to the literacy challenge? What are today?s children learning from playtime and what do toy and game developers need to know to create play experiences that foster 21st century skills? To address these questions and the impact emerging media platforms have on how and with what children play, the MIT Education Arcade will present the 2010 Sandbox Summit

Can the Wii teach playground rules? Is an e-book the answer to the literacy challenge? What are today?s children learning from playtime and what do toy and game developers need to know to create play experiences that foster 21st century skills? To address these questions and the impact emerging media platforms have on how and with what children play, the MIT Education Arcade will present the 2010 Sandbox Summit

According to a new report by The NPD Group, a leading market research company, there is a large and untapped market for devices that offer connected capabilities and the digital content played on those devices. NPD?s ?The Connected Experience: Building a Bridge Between Devices & Content? report reveals how U.S. consumers are adopting connected devices and using digital content, as well as what motivates specific consumer groups to use connected devices and connect to, and purchase, content.

?What we learned in our research is that while some people already experience the world in a connected way, most do not,? said Russ Crupnick, vice president and senior entertainment analyst for NPD. ?For many who are connecting it is not about the flashiest apps, but more about the fundamentals like web browsing and email. The promise of the connected experience is coming, as prospective Blu-ray owners want their players to come with connectivity, and half of game consoles are already connected. The doors are also opening wider for music, video, gaming and other forms of entertainment.?

According to NPD?s report, as the industry grows consumers are beginning to access a broader array of content and services, and they are doing so from more devices. Although 75 percent of U.S. consumers (age 13 and older) did not connect or download content in the previous three months, 15 percent connected and downloaded content via PC or Mac computer; 6 percent connected with a video-game player; 4 percent connected via smartphone; and 2 percent connected via a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player or a digital video player, like Apple TV or Roku.

?The advent of the connected device is the most significant step in the evolution of consumer electronics and content since the digital revolution that began three decades ago,? said Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for NPD. ?Creating new device classes and enabling older ones to connect to external digital services and content affects every aspect of their existence, including their physical form, user interface, core competencies and components needed to create them, and business models that can make or break them.?

With their low prices and rising penetration BD stands to be a prime avenue to deliver broadband content to the consumer?s living room. Connected televisions are also experiencing increasing penetration, particularly among large-screen televisions.

Devices with associated services, like XBox Live and Amazon?s Kindle store, are driving content associated with particular types of devices, but owners are consuming more general content, as well; for example, smartphone platforms are increasingly accessing a range of media services, from games to music to video to productivity apps. ?Discoverability, driven by a rich user experience, is key to content exposure,? according to Anita Frazier, industry analyst for toys and video games for NPD.

?Today?s gamer might be a hard-core teen-ager playing games online with his friends, a 40-something female playing Farmville on Facebook, or everything on either side of that spectrum,? Frazier said. ? We would not have seen this type of audience diversification and expansion if it weren?t for connected Internet, smartphone, and online gaming options.?

Data note: ?The Connected Experience: Building a Bridge Between Devices & Content? report is a compilation of insights from a number of NPD consumer studies conducted over the last two years. All information in this report is sourced from an online segment of consumers, age 13 and older.

About The NPD Group, Inc.

The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,800 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information, contact us or visit http://www.npd.com/ and http://www.npdgroupblog.com . Follow us on Twitter: @npdtech and @npdgroup.

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Just in time to make Cyber Monday and the online holiday shopping season more social and fun, Ifeelgoods, Inc., a new company that helps retailers use virtual goods as incentives, announced today that Shoebuy.com has launched a program using Ifeelgoods? technology to provide Facebook Credits as a reward to shoppers for making purchases on the Shoebuy site. One of the largest retailers of shoes, accessories and related apparel on the Internet, Shoebuy.com is the first retailer to offer Facebook Credits as an incentive on an e-commerce site.

Beginning today, Shoebuy.com will advertise an offer whereby participating shoppers can receive 50 free Facebook Credits with a purchase on Shoebuy.com. Shoppers can also go directly to http://www.shoebuy.com/credits to participate.

A virtual currency, Facebook Credits are the easiest way for people to buy digital goods and services in more than 200 games and apps on Facebook. Each month, more than 290 million people play social games including Farmville, Mafia Wars, Pet Society and Bejeweled. While social games are free, players can elect to purchase items to enhance their experience.

?We?ve noticed that many of our shoppers also love to play social games with their friends on Facebook,? said James Keller, Shoebuy.com Chief Marketing Officer. ?Now our customers can not only get a great pair of shoes at Shoebuy.com, but they can get Facebook Credits to use with their favorite social games, and we make it easy for them to share the news with their Facebook friends to spread the fun.?

?Social gaming is changing marketing and how retailers and brands engage their customers,? said Michael Amar, Co-Founder and CEO of Ifeelgoods, Inc. ?We are excited to partner with Shoebuy.com to help them harness the fun of virtual goods and social gaming as a way to enhance their online shopping experience.?

About Ifeelgoods, Inc.

Ifeelgoods makes online retail promotions more effective and less expensive by using relevant virtual goods and currencies from the most popular social games in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Requiring light integration, Ifeelgoods is a hosted solution that manages retailer virtual goods promotion offers, redemption and customer service. Ifeelgoods is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and has locations in McLean, Virginia, and Paris, France.

About Shoebuy

Shoebuy is one of the largest retailers on the Internet focused on all categories of footwear and related apparel. Shoebuy has partnerships with over 1,000 manufacturers and represents over 1,000,000 products from top brands including adidas, Aerosoles, Allen-Edmonds, Bass, Bostonian, Brooks, Clarks England, Crocs, Dockers, Donald J Pliner, Dr. Martens, Easy Spirit, ECCO, Florsheim, Franco Sarto, Hush Puppies, Johnston & Murphy, Keds, K-Swiss, Mephisto, Merrell, Naturalizer, New Balance, Puma, Reebok, Rockport, Samsonite, Sebago, Skechers, Sperry Top-Sider, Timberland, and many more. Shoebuy is rated in the top 10 in online retail satisfaction for apparel/accessories by Foresee Results, one of the top eTailers in the country for outstanding service by BizRate and ranked one of the Internet’s top 10 most visited apparel and accessory shopping and classified sites by Hitwise. Shoebuy also operates Bagsbuy.com, designer.shoebuy.com, and shoebuy.co.uk.

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The drumbeat of virtual goods marketing in e-commerce continues. Ifeelgoods, Inc., a new company launched in September 2010, which helps retailers use virtual goods as incentives, announced today that Shoebuy.com, which was the first retailer to offer Facebook Credits as an incentive on an e-commerce site, is reporting promising results. The Golf Warehouse, online golf superstore and a premier Redcats sporting goods brand, is the next online retailer to launch a similar program.

In a campaign that began shortly before Thanksgiving, Shoebuy.com advertises an offer whereby participating shoppers can receive 50 free Facebook Credits with a purchase on Shoebuy.com. Shoppers can also go directly to http://www.shoebuy.com/credits to participate.

?Offering Facebook Credits as an incentive has added fun to the shopping experience for our customers and improved our online advertising performance,? said Shoebuy.com Chief Marketing Officer James Keller. ?The Facebook credits incentive has created a lot of great buzz and, in side-by-side tests, the number of people clicking online ads that mention the Facebook Credits incentive is double what we are seeing otherwise. And, nearly half of the customers that have participated in a Facebook Credits promotion have shared their excitement with their friends on Facebook.?

Yesterday, The Golf Warehouse (http://www.tgw.com) began offering Facebook Credits for purchases of gift cards. The offer will continue through the rest of the holiday season and into 2011.

?When our customers participate in the Facebook Credits promotion, they will receive something ?extra? they won?t get anywhere else which makes their gift-giving even more special,? said Brad Wolansky, CEO of The Golf Warehouse. ?It?s just another great reason for customers to shop online at TGW.com ? The Golf Warehouse.?

Benchmark Community Bank announced today that it has partnered with CampusDoor to offer the CB Student HELP Smart Option Student Loan made by Sallie Mae to help their customers meet the rising cost of college while helping them graduate with less debt and pay it off faster after graduation.

?With the recent regulatory changes restricting the ability of banks to make traditional student loans, this product will fill the void for many of the college bound students and their families in Southside Virginia. Benchmark is very pleased to offer this new product,? remarked Benchmark?s Senior Vice President of Retail Operations, Jay Stafford.

Unlike other longer-term private loan alternatives in which no payments are made until after graduation, with the Benchmark Community Bank Smart Option Student Loan, students make payments while in school and graduate with less debt, compared to other longer-term private loan alternatives in which no payments are made until after graduation. With the loan?s shorter repayment period, a customer can pay off the loan five to eight years faster after graduation, compared to a standard 15-year interest deferred private student loan. The customer may select either a fixed monthly in-school payment plan or opt to pay interest-only payments while in school. A typical freshman can save 30 to 50 percent on finance charges over the life of the loan. Designed to supplement a student?s federal student loans and other financial aid, the Benchmark Community Bank Smart Option Student Loan can help students cover up to 100 percent of their education expenses. The Smart Option Student Loan features market-leading interest rates that reward responsible borrowers as they pursue their graduate or undergraduate degrees. Also available are benefits such as an on-time payment reward and interest rate discounts for enrolling to make automatic payments. Benchmark Community Bank recommends private student loans to help bridge the college financing gap after exploring scholarships, grants and federal student loans. By offering the Smart Option Student Loan, Benchmark Community Bank can help its customers pay for necessary college expenses including tuition, room and board, books, and even a computer while building a credit history.

As part of the CB Student HELP program, CampusDoor will assist with the development and implementation of the loan program and provide specialized call center support to Benchmark Community Bank customers. To offer the Smart Option Student Loan to banks nationwide, CampusDoor created the CB Student HELP program and partnered with Sallie Mae, the nation?s leading saving, planning, and paying for college company. Since its founding nearly 40 years ago, Sallie Mae has helped more than 31 million people make the investment in a higher education. ?Sallie Mae is delighted to partner with Benchmark Community Bank and CampusDoor to assist families seeking responsible solutions to make the investment in a college education,? commented Jerry Maher, senior vice president, Sallie Mae.

About Benchmark Community Bank

Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Kenbridge, Benchmark Community Bank is a $ 417 million locally owned and operated full service bank serving Southside Virginia. Branch offices are located in Kenbridge, Victoria, Farmville, South Hill, Crewe, Lawrenceville, Clarksville, Chase City, Blackstone, South Boston, and Halifax. It has been named one of the top 200 community banks in the nation by U.S. Banker magazine for 3 years running. Additional information about Benchmark, including how to access the Smart Option Student Loan application, can be found at http://www.BCBonline.com.

About CampusDoor

CampusDoor provides innovative student loan solutions, systems and processing to lenders enabling them to help their customers pay for college. CampusDoor created CB Student Higher Education Loan Program (CB Student HELP) so that banks can offer private student loans to their customers and help them to achieve their higher education dreams. More information is available online at http://www.campusdoor.com and http://www.cbstudenthelp.com.

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Digital Solutions/Inmate Telephone, Inc., a technology firm focused on improving operational efficiencies within the corrections industry through automation, is pleased to announce the company?s continued growth within the third fiscal quarter of 2008.

Newly Acquired Facilities

DSI/ITI has been very successful over the preceding quarter in expanding their customer base across the country with their three core product lines ? the Offender Communication System (OCS), a trusted inmate phone service, the Offender Management System (OMS), the company?s industry-leading jail management software and their offender case management platform, the Probation and Parole Management System (PPMS). Listed below are the facilities that have signed product and service contracts with the company over the months of July, August and September.

Adams County Jail; Gettysburg, PA

Aroostook County Jail; Houlton, ME

Beaver County Probation Department; Beaver, PA

Belknap County Department of Corrections; Laconia, NH

Clinton County Probation Department; Lock Haven, PA

Coffee County Sheriffs Office; New Brockton, AL

Duchesne County Sheriff?s Department; Duquesne, UT

Fayette County Sheriffs Office; Fayette, AL

Genesee County Jail; Flint, MI

GEO Maverick County Jail; Eagle Pass, TX

La Paz County Jail; Parker, AZ

New York City Department of Corrections; New York City, NY

Peoria County Jail; Peoria, IL

Salt Lake County Sheriff?s Office; Salt Lake City, UT

Tomorrows Hope L.L.C.; Coalport, PA

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Maybe the bad economy has helped online social games like FrontierVille because people need a cheaper form of entertainment. Maybe Starcraft 2 provides the escapist relief in this Great Recession that movies did during The Great Depression. In any event, the extraordinary growth in the global video game software market should remain strong in the coming years with revenues expected to climb from over $ 46 billion in 2009 to over $ 64 billion in 2013. And as these game audiences grow, a separate market for game related items, not affiliated with the game developers, is blossoming for much smaller independent game guide companies featuring things like Frontierville tips and Starcraft 2 strategies among others.These non-affiliated independent products represent a separate but significant industry for game strategy and tips guides.

Zynga, the company which created Farmville, Mafia Wars and the latest hit FrontierVille gives their games away free and makes their money selling add-on products. This business model has made them the one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley. And the overall success of online games and social games has spurred on small companies not affiliated with the game developers selling strategy books and tip guides such as Frontierville Secrets or Starcraft 2 Secrets just to name a few.

Presently, 20% of the US population plays social games such as FrontierVille. These so-called Facebook games keep getting bigger by the day. Zynga?s newest game sensation FrontierVille has already surpassed 30 million regular players and that game has only been out since June 2010. Zynga says 215 million people play its games every month. Zynga?s games include mega hits like Farmville, Mafia Wars, Texas HoldEm Poker and the previously mentioned new hit sensation Frontierville. Yet Zynga is only 3 years old having started in 2007. Zynga games and others have probably helped fuel the incredible growth of Facebook, which now has over 400 million users. According to the company, Developer Analytics, more than 65 million people play Zynga games each day. Zynga’s biggest hit to date is played by an estimated 75 million people each month and Zynga says a total of 215 million people play its games every month. Zynga games are huge on Facebook and Facebook Games are a huge driver of traffic and popularity on Facebook.

Here are some social game industry facts:

Gamers are made up of 53% females and 47% males.
The total US social gaming audience totals 56.8 million people.
In the case of Zynga games, the actual game is often free, but money is spent on in-game items from the company itself and on outside items from non-affiliated companies, such as on the websites FrontierVille-Secrets.com and Starcraft2-Secrets.com
A typical gamer is a 30 to 50 year old mother.
Another big success is the recently released StarCraft II Wings of Liberty by Blizzard Entertainment which was released in late July 2010. Starcraft 2 is a sequel to the original StarCraft from 1998. Starcraft II from Blizzard Entertainment is a confirmed blockbuster. On its first day of release, Starcraft II sold 1 million copies. And that does not include South Korea where Starcraft is huge and is a televised sport. By September 1st sales reached over 3 million games, making it one of the fastest growing games ever.

So, in the 19302s during the Great Depression, people found some escape from the grim realities of the day by going to the movies. Today it looks like internet gaming has replaced movies as the means of escape during this ?recession? (which many observers think could be re-labeled a depression down the road) especially since movies are so expensive these days.

And if you haven’t heard, even Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Enterprises is getting in on the action with plans to launch a line of video games by the end of 2010.

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On Dec. 17, 2005 at 8 a.m., the estates of Pete & Dot Hillsman and W.H. (Bill) King will be placed on the auction block. Well-known throughout the greater central Virginia region, these late long-time Burkeville residents have left behind not only a lasting legacy but also a treasure trove of antique and collectible items. Now, through Carwile Auctions, Inc., their estates are being liquidated just in time for last-minute holiday shopping. Why fight the crowds and hassles of the mall when a one-of-a-kind Christmas present can be had at a friendly country auction? Those who are interested in attending this never-to-be-repeated event can find a full listing of items up for bid as well as directions to the sale online at the ?Upcoming Auctions? link of http://www.carwileauctions.com.

Some of the excellent to brand new condition items that will be put through the ?going, going, gone? warble include Mr. Hillsman?s family home on Agnew Street, antique pine and oak cabinets, a mahogany bedroom suite, pine dining furniture, a cherry desk, an 1850 Melodeon reed organ, four Rolex watches, numerous 14k and 18k gold jewelry pieces and three well maintained vehicles. A hand-painted vanity with mirror, a drop-leaf table with six embroidered chairs and a pecan hutch are just a few of the notable items the King estate will contribute to the combined estate sale.

Research conducted by the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) in 2004 revealed that live auctions account for $ 203.2 billion a year in sales. The association also noted that more than 50 percent of Americans have attended live auctions. The reason most often cited for attending is the bidding frenzy and excitement that is generated. With Virginia state champion auctioneer James (Jimmy) Carwile behind the gavel, Carwile Auctions, Inc. is locally renowned for rousing that energy and excitement.

Carwile Auctions, Inc., however, doesn?t stop with their well-liked auctioneer. They go the extra mile in lending that down-home neighborly appeal to their auctions, and the Hillsman/King event will prove no exception. The home-cooked aroma of tangy stew or roasted chicken is likely to greet attendees? noses. Compliments of the Rice Volunteer Fire Dept., bidders can help out the local community while simultaneously wrapping up their Christmas gift lists. Enclosed heated tents will also be available for guests? comfort in the event of inclement weather. Sated bellies, warm hearts and elated smiles on Christmas morning are sure to result from the Hillsman/King estate auction.

For more information on Carwile Auction, Inc., contact Sandy Henderson at (434) 392-5604. To learn what one-of-a-kind treasures can be had at the Hillsman/King estate auction, visit the company online at http://www.carwileauctions.com and click on the ?Upcoming Auctions? link.

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Farm and equipment auction specialists Carwile Auctions, Inc. has recently been experiencing unparalleled growth and selling success in the real estate auction arena. Still basking in the glory of an $ 870,000 property sale in Dillwyn, Virginia, just last week, the company already has three more prime real estate auctions lined up for the month of December, with several 2006 slots already booked. Greater Virginia real estate investors and buyers can view Carwile Auctions? upcoming real estate auctions online by clicking on the ?Upcoming Auctions? link of the company?s website at http://www.carwileauctions.com.

According to the National Auctioneer Association, in 2004, $ 13.1 billion of residential real estate sold at auction nationwide. That figure represents a 14.1 percent increase over the previous year. But while the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region has greatly benefited from this real estate boom, rural regions of Virginia have gone virtually unnoticed. By venturing into the real estate auction arena, Carwile Auctions is striving to balance out that disparity.

Dubbing rural Virginia ?The New Frontier,? the company is bringing in top dollar for prime Virginian properties that would otherwise stew in the marketplace for months to years on end or be sold below fair market value. In addition to the 13.15-acre Dillwyn parcel that recently sold for $ 870,000, in October, the Jo-Larr Ranch in Hampden Sydney, Virginia, brought in close to a half million dollars. Prior to being put up for auction by Carwile Auctions, this 66-acre horse/cattle ranch failed to sell for a full year and a half through traditional realtor means.

Aside from the higher selling prices and faster turnarounds, real estate auctions pose additional advantages to the seller and buyer alike. By setting both the auction date and the property price, the seller is never caught off guard with a lower-than-expected selling price or with the need to unexpectedly vacate the property come the Sold! declaration. From the buyer?s standpoint, with interested bidders setting the competitive standard, a fair market price is almost guaranteed. What?s more, property closing is swiftly completed, usually within 30 days.

For more information on Carwile Auctions, Inc., contact Sandy Henderson at (434) 392-5604. To learn what prime Virginian real estate the company will soon be auctioning off, visit them online at http://www.carwileauctions.com, where future sales can be viewed through the ?Upcoming Auctions? link.

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With a love for great steaks and quality ingredients, it is no wonder Chef Peter Idsall of the Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel & Conference Center at Grand National was named Alabama’s Chef of the Year.

The Alabama Hospitality Association and the Alabama Restaurant Association presented the eighth annual Hospitality Stars of Alabama awards at a Gala Awards Dinner in Birmingham on Monday, November 5th, 2007 and honored Chef Idsall. These awards recognize outstanding performance, commitment and achievements in the lodging, tourism and restaurant industry.

“The Chef of the Year Award recognizes the culinary professional who exemplifies culinary excellence through a combination of uniqueness and creativity, or one who has earned a reputation for his or her culinary expertise. The award winner has demonstrated the ability to create positive teamwork within the back-of-the-house staff and has been involved in community efforts,” said Layne Lunn of the Alabama Restaurant Association. “And Pete Idsall certainly fits the profile of Chef of the Year, in every way. We are proud as an association and an industry to be associated with Pete Idsall.”

Idsall, a native New Yorker, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a member of the American Culinary Federation. “We have grown to love Alabama and it is quite an honor to be named the state’s Chef of the Year,” said Idsall, executive chef at the Opelika, Alabama hotel. “It was a great surprise to be recognized by my peers.” He describes the hotel’s Lakeview Room restaurant in Auburn, Alabama as an upscale casual steakhouse. “We seldom see diners leave hungry,” he said. The restaurant features exceptional steaks and fresh vegetables.

“Not only is Pete Idsall a skilled chef, but he runs his kitchen in a timely and efficient manner while consistently preparing great meals for our hotel guests and area residents,” said Jay Prater, general manager of the Marriott Opelika Auburn Hotel. “He is a leader to the entire staff and in the community. Idsall spends his time volunteering as Chief Idsall at the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department where his leadership is in high regard.” He also spends time volunteering in area schools demonstrating his skills to the children.

“We are very proud of Chef Pete and he certainly is very deserving of this honor,” said Prater. “He has brought great culinary talents, leadership and wonderful dining memories to our hotel.”

About Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel & Conference Center at Grand National:

Overlooking the award-winning Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, this Auburn Hotel is on par with the nation’s most distinctive facilities. Nestled on 2,000 acres of lakefront countryside, Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel & Conference Center at Grand National is an exceptional golf and business retreat located 10 minutes from Auburn University in the quaint, historic town of Opelika. Situated on the shores of Lake Saugahatchee, this Auburn, AL hotel offers a peaceful and serene atmosphere, as well as 54 challenging holes of championship golf designed by legendary architect, Robert Trent Jones. Escape from ordinary Opelika hotels and indulge in the finest mix of business and pleasure. Enjoy guest rooms designed with the finest attention to detail complete with private balconies providing stunning views of the lush green fairways and sparkling lakes at this incredible Auburn, Alabama hotel. Discover an elegant oasis at the incomparable Auburn Marriott Opelika, AL Hotel. For more information or to make a reservation, call 334-741-9292 or visit http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/csgab-auburn-marriott-opelika-hotel-and-conference-center-at-grand-national/.

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The Masters of Digital Media (MDM) Program together with Zynga, the industry leader in social gaming, has announced the winners of the inaugural Zynga scholarships for the MDM Program at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, B.C. Four students – Su Yon Sohn, Jason Chang, Ryan Nadel and Matthew Schroeter – have earned scholarships totaling $ 21,000.

?Congratulations to Su Yon, Jason, Ryan and Matt on winning Zynga?s first scholarships to the MDM Program,? said Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Executive Director of the MDM Program and CEO of the Centre for Digital Media at Great Northern Way Campus. ?I?d also like to thank Zynga for their support through our Industry Affiliate Program and now through funding these scholarships. To have our students recognized by Zynga, the world?s leader in social gaming, is a testament to the remarkable next-gen talent pool we are developing here at the MDM Program.?

?At Zynga, we?re pleased to offer our support to Su Yon, Jason, Ryan and Matt who will be graduating in 2010,? said Colleen McCreary, Senior VP and Chief People Officer at Zynga. ?Zynga commends these students on their academic excellence and for their experience in and passion for social gaming and we look forward to their contribution to Zynga?s mission of connecting the world through games.

The scholarship winners are:

Cash-strapped students can now sell textbooks without leaving Facebook, thanks to the new app released by textbook buyback company MyBookBuyer designed to allow students to avoid the long lines, limited buyback days and general inconvenience of selling back their textbooks at the end of the term.

?This app offers students a convenient and easy way to sell their used textbooks without ever having to leave Facebook,? says MyBookBuyer spokesperson Amy Finch. The service couldn?t come at a better time for students.

Textbook prices continue to skyrocket, rising faster than inflation and even faster than the cost of tuition, adding to the already heavy financial burden facing college students. For a growing number, recouping some of that money by selling textbooks at the end of the semester or quarter is an important part of how they stay afloat and afford the high cost of education.

For years, MyBookBuyer has provided students an alternative to standing in line for hours at college bookstores or waiting for each book to sell on sites like Amazon and shipping them out one by one. At MyBookBuyer.com, the company provides free quotes to let students instantly find out how much they can get for their used textbooks. Students can then sell all their books at once, and get a free, prepaid shipping label to use to send in their books. Now the company is making textbook buyback even more convenient with their new Facebook app.

For many students, Facebook is as much a part of their routine as class or homework. They already use the site to keep up with friends, share photos and play games. Now between ?liking? their friend?s latest status update and planting new batch of crops in Farmville, students can sell used textbooks without even leaving the social networking site.

?Students need to get back some of the money they spend on textbooks, but they?re also busy,? says MyBookBuyer employee Richard Converse, ?since so many students are already on Facebook, an app just seemed to make sense.?

The application offers all the same functionality of MyBookBuyer.com, letting students look up their textbooks by ISBN number, and letting them print free shipping labels for either UPS or the US Postal Service. Students can even get paid online through PayPal, but they also have the option of getting a real, paper check sent to them through the mail.

MyBookBuyer says the app may revolutionize the way that students sell college textbooks, betting that students would rather not lug their books all the way to their campus bookstore when they can just visit the app located in a tab on the MyBookBuyer Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/mybookbuyer. MyBookBuyer has also used their fan page to organize fundraisers for important causes, raising nearly $ 3,000 for disaster relief in Haiti, the fight against breast cancer, and the Toys for Tots program over the past 6 months. The page is already over 6,500 fans strong.

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American Original founder Jeff Katz announced at Comic-Con over the weekend he was moving the company into the lucrative online gaming business, as American Original will produce an inter-sport fighting game based on the global success of titles like Mafia Wars and Farmville.

“In looking at the landscape it was clear there was demand from the combined fighting and gaming audience for MMA, pro wrestling and boxing games,” Katz stated, “Instead of settling on one fighting form we decided that there was an extraordinary opportunity in front of us to combine the three disciplines and create a radical new game that could serve that entire audience.”

Partnering with Katz is Paul Heyman, whose tenures as owner and Head of Creative at the ECW Extreme Championship Wrestling group and Head Writer for WWE Smackdown under Vince McMahon were met with enormous critical praise. Heyman, who is also co-founder of Looking For Larry Productions in New York (parent to his “Heyman Hustle” http://www.heymanhustle.com pop culture website), sees an opportunity with this venture he has long been seeking. “We’re always looking for new frontiers,” Heyman stated from L4L’s New York office, “this is a social networking APP, a sports game, and fantasy play all rolled into one sexy, enticing package. The proof is not going to be in the pre-hype. When we launch this game in 4th quarter, the proof will be in the game itself, or it simply won’t be. We’ve placed a well-educated bet on the designers and the potential to implement this game on a broad basis.”

Gamers will be able to create their own custom fighters in any of the three disciplines, leading their character from the bottom of the rankings all the way to championship gold. With each victory comes further customization options, moves, attributes and unlockable features. As an added bonus, users will also be able to play mixed matches, pitting wrestlers against MMA stars, MMA stars against boxers and so on. Additionally, downloadable content featuring a host of star performers – past, present and future – from the worlds of wrestling, MMA and boxing will be available for purchase as players fully customize their own roster of fighting athletes and created characters.

The game is scheduled to launch 4th Quarter 2010 exclusively on Katz’s http://www.geekweek.com website, with expansion to social networks and smart phones planned for 2nd quarter 2011. “We aren’t rushing into anything,” Katz said, “we believe there is an audience for this venture and we’re going to bring it into the marketplace in smart, strategic steps.”

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In its first year participating, performance management software vendor Sonar6 has taken the Best Plain English Document (Private Sector) trophy at the WriteMark Plain English Awards.

The Plain English Awards are held annually to celebrate clarity in business writing and raise awareness of the benefits of plain English in communication. Sonar6 won the Plain English Document category for its color paper series; a new take on traditional research whitepapers.

Sonar6 CEO John Holt was on hand to receive the award, and says the recognition reflects feedback from the industry: “Performance management doesn’t need to be made complicated and boring. Our marketing team is fanatical about creating content that’s entertaining, informative and accessible; free from happy talk and marketing speak. We’ve had really positive feedback on our color paper series, and it’s fantastic to have our hard work recognized with the Best Plain English Document award.”

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Ifeelgoods, Inc., a virtual goods incentive company, has been selected for Innovation Alley at ad:tech New York 2010, where it will be featuring its innovative use of Facebook Credits as an incentive in online advertising. Innovation Alley is a dedicated area on the ad:tech exhibit floor showcasing start-up companies with innovative digital marketing products. Ad:tech New York 2010 is scheduled for November 3-4, 2010, at the Javits Convention Center.

Ifeelgoods is the first platform to allow marketers to use Facebook Credits as incentives in their online advertising outside of social games using the Facebook Credits API.

Ifeelgoods? Facebook Credits incentive solution improves online advertising click-through rates, lowers cost per acquisition and makes online advertisements more engaging by using Faceook Credits in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Facebook Credits can be used in a variety of ways for online advertising such as, Start an account and get 25 free Facebook Credits or Apply for our credit card and get 50 free Facebook Credits.

More than 200 million people play games on Facebook each month. Facebook Credits are accepted by many of the leading games on Facebook, including Zynga?s FarmVille and Mafia Wars; CrowdStar?s Happy Aquarium; PopCap Games? Bejeweled Blitz; Playdom?s City of Wonder; and EA SPORTS FIFA Superstars from Playfish.

?Social gaming is the next frontier in online marketing,? said Ifeelgoods co-founder and CEO Michael Amar. ?We are excited to introduce the ad:tech community to an easy way to make their online advertising more effective by tapping into this market.?

To schedule an appointment with Ifeelgoods during ad:tech, please email adtech(at)ifeelgoods(dot)com.

About Ifeelgoods

Ifeelgoods makes online retail promotions more effective and less expensive by using relevant virtual goods and currencies from the most popular social games in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Requiring light integration, Ifeelgoods is a hosted solution that manages retailer virtual goods promotion offers, redemption and customer service. Ifeelgoods is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and has locations in McLean, Virginia, and Paris, France.

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Ifeelgoods, Inc., a virtual goods incentive company, has been selected to participate in the Internet Summit 10 Demo Showcase on Thursday, November 18, 2010. Ifeelgoods makes online promotions more effective and less expensive by using relevant virtual goods and currencies from the most popular social games in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Internet Summit 10 is scheduled for November 17-18 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC.

To an audience of Internet professions and investors, Ifeelgoods will share its innovative use of Facebook Credits as an incentive in online marketing. Ifeelgoods is the first platform to allow marketers to use Facebook Credits as incentives in their online marketing outside of social games

The Demo Showcase highlights most promising Internet-centric companies. Ifeelgoods is one of 15 startups selected from more than 100 applicants. Internet Summit 2010 brings together more than 1,000 Internet Executives, senior marketers, entrepreneurs and investors.

Ifeelgoods? Facebook Credits incentive solution improves online marketing and advertising click-through rates, lowers cost per acquisition and makes online promotions and advertisements more engaging by using Facebook Credits in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Facebook Credits can be used in a variety of ways for online promotions such as, Get 50 Facebook Credits when you spend $ 100 or more, Start an account and get 25 free Facebook Credits or Sign up for our email newsletter and get 5 Facebook Credits.

A virtual currency, Facebook Credits are the easiest way for people to buy digital goods and services in social games and apps. Each month, more than 290 million people play social games including FarmVille, Mafia Wars, Pet Society and Bejeweled.

?Social gaming is a game changer not just for the gaming industry, but also in marketing,? said Ifeelgoods co-founder and VP of Marketing Scott Silverman. ?We are honored to be selected for the Internet Summit Demo Showcase and look forward to introducing our idea to this prestigious audience.?

About Ifeelgoods

Ifeelgoods makes online retail promotions more effective and less expensive by using relevant virtual goods and currencies from the most popular social games in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Requiring light integration, Ifeelgoods is a hosted solution that manages retailer virtual goods promotion offers, redemption and customer service. Ifeelgoods is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and has locations in McLean, Virginia, and Paris, France.

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BRAINZ, the games division of ZIO Studios, one of Latin America?s leading animation and new media companies, launched today the open beta for Social Street Soccer, a 3D synchronous multi-player game for Facebook. The game allows users to become soccer players, create teams with their friends, and play against other teams in three-on-three matches.

Social Street Soccer brings a fresh and innovative approach to social sports gaming, where users are not drawn by the offer to manage a team of famous players but rather are compelled to play in a team by creating their own personalized avatar using tagged Facebook photos. Users can choose facial textures, weight, height, etc., and select from a broad array of virtual features that include urban hair styles and apparel, specific game skills, and even goal celebrations which can be previewed in full 3D.

“We believe that the dominant trend for 2011 will be social games moving away from the typical 2D asynchronous management experience such as Farmville or FIFA superstars?, said Alejandro Gonzalez, Senior Vicepresident and Studio Director at BRAINZ. He emphasized that ?the next generation of social gaming will involve new game mechanics that provide a 3D synchronous core experience within the social ecosystem. This requires a paradigm shift in things like social context and closure”

This first open beta release includes a baseline game experience for early adopters and Beta testers. The full version scheduled for early 2011 release will also have enhanced social elements such as ladder systems, artificial intelligence, achievements, and micro-payments.

The game relies in Unity3D, a web based 3D engine, and Exit Games’ Photon to handle the synchronous multiplayer services.

Social Street Soccer can be accessed at http://apps.facebook.com/socialstreetsoccer

ABOUT BRAINZ

BRAINZ, is a new media lab and gaming studio specializing in the creation of innovative cross-platform applications and experiences. BRAINZ is part of ZIO Studios (formerly Zerofractal Bogota), an award-winning global animation, gaming, and transmedia studio based in Bogota, Colombia, with clients in 10 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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Alejandro Gonz

Following a number of successful campaigns in the United States during the 2010 holiday season, Ifeelgoods, a virtual goods incentive company, announced today that its virtual goods incentive platform is now available in Europe. The number one French online retailer, La Redoute, will be the first e-commerce site in Europe to offer virtual goods incentives through Ifeelgoods. Beginning Friday, January 14, the first 5,000 customers to make a purchase at http://www.laredoute.fr will receive 50 free Facebook Credits.

A virtual currency, Facebook Credits can be used to buy items in more than 200 games and apps on Facebook such as Farmville, CityVille, Pet Society and Bejeweled. They can be purchased in Euros, U.S. Dollars and 9 other currencies.

?Being the most popular ecommerce website in France means that we must always find new ways to bring value to our customers,? said La Redoute Chairman Guillaume Daroussez. ?We?re excited to leverage Ifeelgoods? innovative approach and technology that brings the fun of Facebook Credits and social gaming to our shoppers.?

?Social gaming and virtual goods are global phenomena,? said Ifeelgoods Co-Founder and CEO Michael Amar. ?In less than four months, Ifeelgoods has gone from launch to successful U.S. campaigns to expansion into Europe. This is a strong signal that virtual goods incentives will shape the future of marketing.?

Ifeelgoods is a new company launched in September 2010, which helps retailers use virtual goods as incentives. Facebook Credits incentives implemented with U.S. online retailers using Ifeelgoods technology over the 2010 winter holiday period increased conversion rates by an average of 30 percent. Online advertising featuring Facebook Credits saw click-through rates that were two to three times higher than average. And, more than 70 percent of people earning Facebook Credits from a promotion shared this information with their Facebook friends.

About La Redoute

Specialized in ready-to-wear and home decoration, La Redoute is the fourth largest seller of women?s clothing and second largest seller of home linen in France. Laredoute.fr is the number one clothing and home decoration website in France. With 18 million clients worldwide, La Redoute is present in 22 countries and relies on a multichannel distribution network: catalogues, stores and Internet which represents more than 73% of the company?s turnover in the first half of 2010. La Redoute is a Redcats brand. For more information: http://www.laredoute.fr.

About Ifeelgoods, Inc.

Ifeelgoods makes online retail promotions more effective and less expensive by using relevant virtual goods and currencies from the most popular social games in place of traditional promotions such as discounts, coupon codes or gifts with purchase. Requiring light integration, Ifeelgoods is a hosted solution that manages retailer virtual goods promotion offers, redemption and customer service. Ifeelgoods is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and has locations in McLean, Virginia, and Paris, France.

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Enterprise Learning! Expo and Conference (ELCE), the exclusive learning and workplace technology event, announced its second day Keynote Speakers: Joe DeTuno, CEO, FunnelBrain.com, Ross Mayfield, founder, SocialText and SlideShare, Geoff Graber, CEO, Scout On Demand (formerly of Yahoo! Games) and Chuck Hamilton, Director, IBM?s Center for Advanced Learning. ELCE takes place September 27-29, 2011 at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim, CA.

Ever wonder what would happen if you asked social networking and games executives to re-design enterprise learning? Would hundreds of millions of students and learners flock to learning sites – just like they do to destinations like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, FarmVille, and CityVille? We task this power panel of CEO?s and senior executives from these communities, as well as the world of education to tell us how they would do it.

?Knowing what you?ve learned in your world, how would you re-design enterprise education??

?Step out of your world for just a brief hour to see things from an entirely different perspective,? challenges Joe DiDonato, ELCE Conference Director. ?We want to help you re-imagine learning. We want you to challenge existing paradigms and barriers. And in the end, we want you to tell us how enterprise education will change and evolve,? claims DiDonato.

Join us on this quest, and discover how your own enterprise learning programs can benefit from the attraction and engagement techniques engineered into these social platforms. Topics to be discussed include engagement tips and techniques, dynamics that bring vast numbers of participants to a site, and recommendations about the best techniques and dynamics to employ to increase participation and success with your own programs.

This session will be moderated by Joe DiDonato, ELCE Conference Director and Editor-at-Large, Elearning! Magazine. He will be joined by Chuck Hamilton, the head of IBM?s Center for Advanced Learning; Joe DeTuno, CEO of FunnelBrain, and one of the co-founders of Realtor.com; Geoff Graber, CEO of ScoutOnDemand.com, formerly of Yahoo! Games; and Ross Mayfield, CEO of Socialtext and Slideshare.com.

?ELCE (formerly Elearning! Summit) features our industry?s change agents; Those who are transforming enterprise learning; Technologists who are mapping our workplace future. Attend ELCE to learn how you?ll work in 2020,? reports Catherine Upton, Group Publisher, Elearning! Media Group

Get Empowered. Be Engaged. Evolve Your Business at ELCE

ELCE is hosted at the Anaheim Hilton at the convention center, Anaheim, CA, September 27th ? 29th, 2011. Hear this great panel, and listen to many other speakers that are transforming learning and education, like Sal Khan of Khan Academy, and John Hunter, founder of The World Peace Game and feature of the documentary, ?World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements.?

In its 8th edition, ELCE helps executives get empowered, be engaged and evolve their business. More than 50 educational sessions focus on learning and workplace technology solutions and best practices. Home of the Best of Elearning! Awards, attendees can see, share and compare best-in-class solutions.

C-level executives may register for the Learning Leadership Summit, co-located at ELCE, and features VIP access to keynote speakers and technologists. The two-day summit offers executives candid, thought-provoking yet collaborative problem solving and roundtable discussions in a vendor-neutral environment.

The Learning Leadership Summit and early-bird registration is open now for ELCE and all workshops. Save and register today at http://www.elceshow.com.

About Enterprise Learning! Events

Enterprise Learning! Events are owned by B2B Media Group LLC and a brand of the Elearning! Media Group. The portfolio consists of twelve media products including: Elearning! Magazine, Government Elearning! Magazine, eMagazines, e-mail newsletters, Alerts, web sites, web seminars, the Enterprise Learning! Summit and Enterprise Learning! Conference & Expo. Elearning! Media Group serves the $ 160 billion e-learning market. Suppliers and practitioners can follow us: online at http://www.2elearning.com, http://gov.2elearning.com, on twitter: 2elearning or #ELSummit via facebook: Elearning!-Magazine or LinkedIn: Elearning! Magazine Network or Elearning! Summit.

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According to brand analytics firm, Heardable (http://heardable.com), it pays to be Liked! The company has just released its ranked list of the most popular brands on Facebook based on the total number of “Likes” the brand’s Facebook page has received. The results may surprise you.

Zynga’s Texas Hold Em was named The Most Popular Brand on Facebook. Zynga is a software company that connects the world through gaming applications such as Farmville, Treasure Isle, and Cafe World. Texas Hold Em is the #1 online poker game in the world. The brand’s website address is Zyn.ga (http://www.zyn.ga) and their Facebook page is (http://www.facebook.com/TexasHoldEm).

Corporate brands comprised only 24% of the top 100 list. A whopping 76% of the most popular brands on Facebook are musical artists, sports stars, and television/film personalities or properties.

A few corporate brands that made it into the top 100 list:

DreamBox Learning (http://www.dreambox.com), the leading adaptive learning company, today announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Jessie Woolley-Wilson, will speak at the Arizona State (ASU) Education Innovation Summit about the positive impact of intelligent adaptive technology in the classroom. The panel session — Is Farmville the Future of Learning? Games, Social Platforms, Adaptive Technology ? will be held on Wednesday, April 6 at 1:15 p.m. at SkySong, the ASU Innovation Center in Scottsdale. The full Education Innovation Summit runs from April 5-7.

Eminently suited to offer rhymed musings about daily life, author Brent Shaw has done just that in Distillations Volume One: Brightest Green (paperback, 978-1-60477-129-9; hardcover, 978-1-60477-135-0), a collection of poems about the 53-year-old poet’s many varied experiences. Composed largely with the Christian worldview in mind, this book showcases the unconventional poet’s unique insights and optimistic messages about nature, humanity, family, death, life, the Bible, humor, Christian living, evolution, God, romance and much more.

Says Shaw, “This book of unique and well-crafted poems exposes various aspects of life to the light of inquisitive and honest scrutiny, much as one holds up a large diamond in order to examine its myriad facets in all their individual, breathtaking beauty.”

Involved in creative writing since he was in early grammar school, Shaw has been writing original guitar music and lyrics and poems for decades. He intends to produce future volumes of poetry under the escutcheon “Distillations” and is already hard at work penning Volume Two: Offerings, which will make its debut in the near future. Until then, Shaw has high hopes for his very first publication: “I desire that all who read these poems will benefit not only from their aesthetic qualities, but also from the unique insights and optimistic messages contained within each,” the author says. “It is hoped that readers will return to these works of art again and again.”

A 24-year resident of Farmville, Virginia, Bret Shaw has been diagnosed bipolar and is learning to live with this mental illness through medications, counseling and the love and support of his wife, Jo Leslie, and his family in Christ at Faith Bible Fellowship.

Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world’s largest Christian publisher, with more than 4,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order Distillations Volume One through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors.

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Ralleo, a collective bargaining marketplace that offers free and discounted specials on virtual currencies, successfully launched last week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco March 9 – 12.

U.S. virtual good sales reached $ 1 Billion in 2009 and are estimated to grow to $ 1.6 billion in 2010, according to InsideSocialGames.com. Ralleo is aiding this growth by partnering with game developers and offering a new way to monetize existing users while driving new user acquisition. These limited time deals, or “rallies”, require a minimum number of users to commit to the deal in order to unlock a redemption link for the offer. Ralleo is the first company to bring discounts outside the game and drive large volumes of users to redeem virtual currencies through viral merchandising techniques. Ralleo is the Groupon of virtual currencies, with a social gaming twist!

Ralleo.com, and its facebook application enable users to “rally” with their friends and meet the minimum required to unlock the virtual currency deal. Ralleo allows consumers to earn free and purchase discounted virtual currencies for their favorite Facebook games, online games and virtual worlds. Ralleo creates a game out of buying and earning virtual currencies, making it fun and engaging for the casual gamer.

Ralleo launched its first “rally” at GDC with the “Unlock Ralleo Campaign” whereby 1,000,000 users are encouraged to signup and tell their friends before Ralleo.com is unveiled to the public. Along the way, Ralleo will be offering virtual currency prizes such as free FarmVille Cash, IMVU Credits, Social City Bucks and more to lucky gamers who sign up. For more information and to join the rally, visit http://www.ralleo.com and help spread the word.

Ralleo has set up several strategic partnerships with game developers and publishers and is adding new partners weekly. If you are interested in partnering with Ralleo or receiving more information please visit http://www.ralleo.com/partners or contact partners (at) ralleo (dot) com

More Information: http://www.ralleo.com

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Bored with playing Farmville, Playfish, and other games on Facebook and online outlets? Don’t worry, the developers of a new online, text-based RPG has launched the second server of The OG War.

?This is a role playing mafia game,? said Ernie Magar, a company spokesman for theogwar.com. ?In the game you must choose your path, train your character to be the strongest and highest level you can?

The launching of the game?s second server could prove to have perfect timing.

According to Gamepro, a gaming magazine which tracks the popularity of games and reviews new games entering the market, online gaming via Facebook and other outlets have exploded in the past 24 months with more than 100 million new gamers.

As for The OG War in particular, this is a game that is safe to play from work, Magar said, ?yet easy enough a child over the age of 13 can play.?

He added that purchasing through the game allows users to upgrade their account.

?Upgrades include more bank interest, faster energy regeneration, access to limited parts of the game and special cities to travel to,? said Magar. ?You can also purchase special items to upgrade your account and your bank with giving you the upper hand.?

Those signing up to the second game during the first week will be given an upgrade to their account for 10 days, providing users with a first-hand experience on the benefits of upgrading their account.

Magar stressed that, ?Our staff is almost always online and very friendly to help. We?re always improving the game and making sure it is what our users want. It is a direct clone of the first game but all users will be deleted so everyone is starting fresh and will have an equal opportunity to be in the top ranks.?

Jason Brown, 27, of Houston, who has played games online for years said he likes the new features that will be added to the game.

?It?s always a plus when current games are improved because it gives players like me something to look forward to and get excited about. I?m definitely excited about this game,? Brown said.

For more information about The OG War or to experience the action, visit http://www.theogwar.com.

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The way people play and interact with games on Facebook is changing with the latest implementation of Facebook Credits, says Sony Ericsson, but not all users want to spend money on online games. Free, quick and simple games are still available, like Emusicon internet pinball, for those casual gamers who do not want to invest time and money.

Role-playing games such as Farmville and action games such as Mafia Wars are utilising these credits to enhance players’ experiences. Credits for these games were previously earned by unlocking different levels, but now the developers are monetising the games so users are required to use real cash to buy virtual goods.

There are over 140 games applications within Facebook that accept Facebook Credits. The currency allows players to buy special items that enable them to move ahead within the game more quickly. Facebook Credits also allow users to buy points to play specific games, buy avatars, food, pets and even virtual homes within games.

With over 500 million users on Facebook, half of those users play games on Facebook every month. According to the market research firm NPD Group, 20% of the whole American population has played, or are actively playing social games, within the past 3 months. 35% of those people were first-time gamers. Approximately 10% spend real money to improve their social gaming experience by buying virtual pets or weapons.

However, not everyone is going to want to part with hard earned cash, just to participate in social gaming. There are still games on Facebook that are still free to all users. Free online pinball games, such as Emusicon Pinball is one of many. Sony Ericsson developed this computer pinball game as part of their global page to give fans an additional element of fun when visiting the brand on Facebook.

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Heritage Properties, one of North Carolina’s leading professional real estate services, is offering qualified real estate listings for Eastern North Carolina. Thoroughly assessed by experts, these real estate listings include commercial, residential, developed and undeveloped properties. With a thorough understanding of NC properties and the real estate market, Heritage Properties has hundreds of qualified listings which have been carefully handpicked from Eastern North Carolina and surrounding areas.

Led by Realtors with over 3 decades of experience, Heritage Properties has, over the years, established itself as one of the strongest real estate brokers of the NC area. “The properties we have listed have been thoroughly studied by experts and only included after detailed assessment,” assures Loretta Barrow, a real estate veteran with an experience of over 23 years and head of Heritage Properties. “At Heritage Properties, we are dedicated to turning a house into a home, creating a heritage for you and your family. Heritage Properties is definitely your key to real estate. All our listings have been priced reasonably, considering the market trends and standards. For us, making sales is not as important as helping customers find the home of their dreams,” she adds.

Eastern North Carolina properties listed at Heritage Properties include everything from upscale residential houses to farms and ranches. Listings have been picked up from Pitt, Greene, Lenoir Counties, Greenville, Winterville, Farmville, Simpson, Ayden, Grifton and Goldsboro, among others. “Eastern North Carolina is both upscale and fashionable. It is also being seen as a strong place for investments,” says a Broker in Charge of Greenville Office, Connie Moore Corey. “If you find a property that interests you, all you have to do is contact us. We will get working on making sure you have it, as soon as we get the tip off from you,” she continues.

Heritage Properties offers many customer friendly options including free credit consultations, daily incentive changes for existing home sales and new construction neighborhoods and help with mortgage and credits. Call us today about how you can take advantage of the $ 7,500 tax credit being offered through June 30, 2009.

Each property featured is accompanied by detailed descriptions, lifelike pictures and a price quote. Visual tours of certain listings are also available. “To make things easy for customers, we have provided a small form with each listing. Just fill it out and we will contact you ourselves, as quickly as possible!” says Loretta, who is always encouraging customers to send in their feedback. “We love to hear from you. Tell us how we can serve you better and we will try and incorporate all of your suggestions!”

About Heritage Properties:

One of Eastern North Carolina’s leading professional real estate services, Heritage Properties, is headed by veteran Realtor Loretta Barrow and her skilled staff. Heritage Properties deals in residential and commercial properties in Greenville, Snow Hill, Kinston, Farmville, and all Eastern North Carolina. Heritage Properties has made its mark in the real estate market by providing current and accurate information on listings for sale at all times. The firm prides itself on providing information on loans and market status, a job no other local Realtor can match.

Heritage Properties is run by award winning real estate professionals who hold the distinction of providing customer friendly and most honest analysis and suggestions. In 2007, the firm was named one of the top 10 real estate agencies. The website offers detailed descriptions of all properties. Heritage Properties offers free credit consultations, periodical incentives and visual online tours of properties.

For more information, contact:

Loretta A. Barrow

Heritage Properties

Greenville, NC.

252-321-9916

http://www.heritageforyou.com

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With the advent of large scale data mining and text analytics software, the Internet Time Machine has broken new ground in trend analysis. By monitoring worldwide search volume and keywords on search engines, and then comparing it to supply, or “results” in worldwide search, the Internet Time Machine software is able monitor what people are looking, yet can’t find.

“We are always excited when the software is able to find a strong emerging trend with high search volume from around the world and little or no supply to satisfy that search volume.” says founder Curt Dalton. “The vast trend and analytics intelligence out there only looks at demand, like the “Hot 100″ or something like that, but we study supply as well. We are able to create a supply/demand curve to monitor what people are looking for and what is a new trend, yet also know that supply, or information out there on the subject, is not keeping up with demand.”

The software, which runs on the new search engine, NowRelevant.com, recently showed an emerging trends with huge demand growth and very little supply. “The most recent alert we got centered around Facebook social media games.” says Curt. “As Facebook has grown, so has the competition level to create the next Farmville or Mafia Wars. The real money making niche with little or no competition is creating a game guide, or cheat sheet, for these games. The most popular Farmville cheat sheet course online is making hundreds of thousands of dollars a month, and if you know what are the five fastest growing games on Facebook, you could be the first one to have a guide or course out there on it.” says Curt. “We did a social media niche post and video for people where we showed viewers how we picked up this trend and how we figured out the fastest growing games on Facebook.”

The forum section of the Internet Time Machine’s website has been active with members collaborating on ideas and teaming up on projects to produce guides.

The second alert coming from this niche marketing software centered around the huge growth in demand for online training videos. With the current economic situation forcing so many people back to educational degrees and new training, the demand for certain trainings and information has skyrocketed. “Since we study supply and demand, we are able to find the training people are looking for online but that no one is offering yet.” says Ali Khan, chief technical officer of The Internet Time Machine. “There are over 300,000,000 broad based searches on the term ‘pivotal response training video’ worldwide and no one has a course or ebook out there on it.” says Khan. “Potty training regression videos or courses would do very well online right now as well. Millions of searches worldwide for potty training regression help and not much out there.” The new post and video about the “20 Top Trainings People Are Looking For Online” went live recently and his getting heavy online buzz. “Response has been great since we went live to the public and we continue to grow the software and the new search engine out.”

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Ness Computing is announcing that it raised a $ 5M Series A round of financing in November 2010. The round was led by Vinod Khosla and Ramy Adeeb of Khosla Ventures, with participation from Alsop Louie Partners, TomorrowVentures, Bullpen Capital, a co-founder of Palantir Technologies and several angel investors. This financing is enabling the company?s team of engineers and scientists, with expertise in information retrieval and machine learning, to pursue their vision to change the nature of search by building technology that delivers results and recommendations that are unique to each person using it.

The technology, which the company calls a Likeness Engine, represents a new approach to this complex engineering challenge by fusing a search engine and a recommendation engine, and will power the company?s first product, a mobile service called Ness. The Likeness Engine is different from traditional search engines that are useful for finding fact-based objective information that is the same for everyone, such as weather reports, dictionary terms, and stock prices. Ness Computing?s vision is to answer questions of a more subjective nature by understanding each person?s likes and dislikes, to deliver results that match his or her personal tastes. This can be seen in the difference between a person asking, ?Which concerts are playing in New York City?? and ?Which concerts would I most enjoy in New York City?? Ultimately, Ness aims to help people make decisions about dining, nightlife, entertainment, shopping, music, travel and more, culled expressly for them from the world?s almost limitless options.

?Ness is making search personal,? said Corey Reese, CEO and Co-Founder of Ness. ?Ness helps people make decisions by providing results that are uniquely tailored to their tastes and personality. It learns what people like, and listens to the content their friends share on social networks to allow them to instantly find experiences they will love.?

Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale explained why he invested in the company: ?I’m inspired by Ness because their engineering culture reminds me of Palantir.? He continued, ?They’ve attracted many of the best computer scientists in Silicon Valley to enable powerful data-driven insights, focused on consumers instead of government and enterprise customers.?

Reese was formerly in venture capital at Alsop Louie Partners, where he initiated the firm?s investments in Justin.tv and Gowalla, and ran the firm?s program to identify up and coming technical talent at top universities. Reese founded the company with Nikhil Raghavan, a founding member of Yahoo?s Structured Web Search team, Paul Twohey, a software engineer who worked on geospatial search at Palantir, and Steven Schlansker, a many time hackathon winner and top programmer out of UC Berkeley. The company?s team of three machine learning PhDs is lead by Dr. Jeremy Schiff, who was previously President and Co-Founder of Fotoflexer. Scott Goodson, an original member of and senior engineer on Apple?s iOS team, is the company?s Director of Mobile Engineering. The company has been operating in stealth mode since its founding in October of 2009, when it was seed funded and incubated by Alsop Louie Partners.

About Ness Computing

Ness Computing?s mission is to make search personal. By combining its understanding of human nature with its expertise in search, recommendations and social networking, the company can deliver experiences that are more deeply personal than ever before.

The company?s first offering is Ness, a personal search engine that learns the likes and dislikes of the person using it. Over time, Ness builds a digital likeness that reflects each person?s unique tastes, preferences and personality. Ness is powered by the company?s Likeness Engine, which combines social graph data mining and machine learning to bring personal relevance to the field of search.

Ness Computing?s team has expertise in information retrieval, applied machine learning, natural language processing, collaborative filtering, and user interface engineering, and have built successful products and technologies at Apple, Google, Ning, Oracle, Palantir, and Yahoo. The company is venture-backed by Khosla Ventures, Alsop Louie Partners, TomorrowVentures, Bullpen Capital, and a Palantir co-founder. Advisors include Dr. Sam Gosling, author of Snoop and Professor of Personality and Social Psychology at UT Austin, and the creators of Farmville and Mint. The company is based in Silicon Valley. For more information, and careers at Ness Computing, please visit http://www.likeness.com.

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While many of the arguments among gamers revolve around whether PCs are a better platform for gaming than consoles, SocialGO has created a platform that won?t create so much strife. While many people who think of social media and gaming in one sentence, they tend to think about social games such as Mafia Wars and Farmville which are played on Facebook. Instead SocialGO is providing a social media platform that all gamers, regardless of game or platform preferences, can make use of. They are turning against the trend of bringing gaming into social media by bringing a social website to the gaming community.

The constantly changing nature of games and platforms means that gamers are constantly communicating with each other on the internet. However, due to the sometimes negative light that gamers can be viewed in, existing social media platforms may not provide a completely friendly environment in which they can communicate. So the solution of creating a completely separate social media network just for their clan or group of gamers can facilitate even better communication. This is particularly valuable to large groups who play games together but may not all reside in a close physical location.

Having a devoted forum for their ideas and communication can encourage interaction beyond simply what games they?re playing and what the new releases are going to be. Having a social networking platform that they can create and modify to suit their needs can encourage more personal interaction, allowing clan members to better know the gamers that they play alongside. Having all communication running through a central social media network can help the community help its members when issues occur in games or platforms. A social network that functions well can enhance the gamers experience and help bring online friendships into the real world by encouraging organisation of real world events beyond the social network.

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More Farmville Press Releases

Splashtop Inc., the worldwide leader in cross-device computing, today announced Splashtop XDisplay, an app that turns an iPad into a wireless second display for Windows 7 PCs to enhance productivity.

Using the iPad as a screen extender can serve many purposes. For instance:

Online social gaming continues to be popular, and more people are playing Facebook games. Zynga, a popular social gaming company that created Farmville, Mafia Wars, and Cityville, now releases their latest hit game, Empires & Allies(E&A). They let gamers play E&A for free, then offer them add-on products for a fee. This style of business has made Zynga a hot and profitable company. They currently own 40% of the social gaming market, with revenue of $ 544 million last year according to IHS Screen Digest. Their Facebook games have a huge user base, and are very popular in Facebook.

Empires & Allies is a combat strategy game that is adapted for Facebook. It targets a large global audience, and is available in 12 different languages. Currently, Empires & Allies is played by almost all demographics, with 47% males and 53% females. It goes beyond Farmville and Cityville. It blends gameplay from Cityville like managing resources and buildings, with combat elements.

Millions of players have already started playing this game, and it still continues to grow each day. Lots of these players are looking for the best strategies to dominate the game. Some people also don’t have the time to spend hours playing Empires & Allies, so they are searching on how to level up fast.

“Empires & Allies Secrets Guide”, with more information at http://empiresalliessecretsguide.org, has been released, and it has gotten the attention of Facebook gamers. It is created by T Dub, who is also a top gamer and an E&A geek. He first started by helping people in forums by sharing tips on how to maximize energy and how to earn lots of Empire Cash. Empires & Allies Secrets provides insider strategies and tips for players to dominate the game. T Dub shows step-by-step instructions to master every aspect of the game fast.

This guide will show players :

How to unlock items in E&A like Space Exploration Center and Large Greek Houses
How to get lots of coins
How to get to the level cap fast
Unlock military and industrial buildings

A good thing is that proof is provided that this guide is really genuine. But for sure, the Empires and Allies Secrets guide won’t be for every player, since not all have a great desire to dominate Empires and Allies.

Get more information at http://empiresalliessecretsguide.org.

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Millions of parents must be struck by this irony: their children seem to have an insatiable appetite for growing virtual vegetables on the web-based video game Farmville, and yet cannot be induced to touch the real thing at the family table. Well, when you can?t beat ?em, join ?em. A new iPhone application ?FunFood!? slips kids servings of healthy food knowledge in the guise of an entertaining game. Depending on the foods they pick, game players can make a cartoon avatar?s girth balloon out or slim down.

The ?FunFood!? app is being released at a time of rising concern about the health of the American population. Because childhood obesity affects approximately 12.5 million children ages 2 to 19, or 17 percent of the population, according to the Centers for Disease Control, educating kids about good food choices at an early age is critical.

?We know that children need to be coached to make good food choices,? says Stacy Burstin, co-founder and President of SociaLife, the Valencia, CA, company that developed the ?FunFood!” app. ?We designed the game to help parents team up with their kids to make healthy eating part of a playful activity.?

To help parents engage kids in this process, SociaLife?s iPhone application comes with a helpful free tool, the ?FunFood! Curriculum Companion.? Available to buyers of the app, the companion supplies parents with questions and topics to engage their children about food choices in a fun way.

Because games are a part of children?s every day life, SociaLife embraces games as part of a tool to help parents communicate with their kids. ?Through ?MEDertainment? – a process of building play into health – educating your kids becomes a fun and entertaining process for both of you,? says Burstin.

The iPhone app ?FunFood!? costs $ 0.99 and can be downloaded at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/funfood/id441996352?mt=8

Once consumers buy and download the “FunFood!” app, they can obtain the free “Curriculum Companion” by downloading it to their iPhone or by having it emailed to them. They can also visit SociaLife’s web site for further information.

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Over the past five years, the Internet has become one of the most important recruitment tools for colleges and universities. In fact, a recent report compiled for the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that nearly nine in 10 young people between the ages of 12 and 17 have Internet access, up from about 75 percent just five years ago.

But merely having a Web site with standard information about admission requirements, financial aid and student activities isn’t enough anymore to sustain the attention of Internet-savvy high school students who have come to expect an “experience” from the Web.

With the launch of http://www.WhyLongwood.com today, Longwood University is now part of a growing national trend of colleges across the country – and the first public university in Virginia – to create a separate “microsite” that speaks directly to high school students in a style and language that is less formal and more engaging.

This new site, which has a separate URL from the university’s main site (http://www.Longwood.edu), appeals directly to teenagers considering higher education.

The site has numerous components usually not seen on traditional college Web sites, such as streaming video, an interactive FAQ (frequently asked questions), a one-of-a-kind tuition calculator, a virtual campus tour and “The Longwood Show,” a Webcast news and entertainment program written and produced by Longwood students, which will air three times a semester, with the first episode premiering in mid-October.

“While our Longwood.edu site speaks to many different audiences – current students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public – our WhyLongwood.com site speaks directly to prospective students in a style and manner they feel comfortable with,” said Bob Chonko, dean of enrollment management at Longwood University.

WhyLongwood.com was the brainchild of Dave Hooper, director of Web communications at Longwood. He said the site will eventually include “Longwood REAL Life” – a take on MTV’s “The Real World” – which will chronicle the lives of five Longwood students who will be writing online “episodes” about their college experiences and posting on-the-fly snapshots using pocket-size digital cameras given to them by the university.

“It’s definitely a national trend for schools to look at the versatility of the Internet to really showcase the ‘real’ college experience for prospective students while emphasizing their institution’s unique qualities,” Hooper said. “High school students want to see the campus and hear from current students. The only thing more real is for prospective students to actually come visit the campus, which we hope WhyLongwood.com will entice them to do.”

About Longwood University

Founded in 1839 in Farmville, Virginia, Longwood University is a coeducational, comprehensive state institution offering programs leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in a wide variety of subjects. Longwood has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,300 students, combining the quality of a small, private college with the cost benefits of a public institution. Longwood was cited recently as one of the nation’s best college buys in America’s 100 Best College Buys, a national publication that profiles schools that are the highest rated academically but have the lowest annual costs. For seven consecutive years, Longwood has ranked among the best in higher education in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” annual survey.

Contact:

Dave Hooper

Director of Web Communications

Longwood University

434.395.2099

hooperdv@longwood.edu

http://www.WhyLongwood.com

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The recently released Facebook game ?America 2049? has captured the attention of TIME, Fast Company, Wired.com, CNET, AOL and thousands of Facebook users. However, this game is no light-hearted Farmville, as it requires users to solve complex problems and make decisions about serious real-world issues today.

The groundbreaking game was created by global human rights organization Breakthrough, in collaboration with Inov?t, a small and mighty digital agency, to create America 2049 which unfolds in an immense 12-week episodic progression. While the Facebook App is the core of the game, Inov?t built numerous micro-sites for organizations represented in the game, forums that unlock with each level, and even a search engine that acts like it is from the future. Content for the massive game is managed by the client through a custom game management system built by Inov?t that controls the the 12 levels of the game and over 500 clues, puzzles and bonuses.

America 2049 is the first Facebook game to integrate the social network with such a wide variety of outside sources. The game, featuring popular T.V. series stars Victor Garber (Alias), Cherry Jones (24), Harold Perrineau (Lost), Anthony Rapp (Rent), and Margaret Cho (Notorious C.H.O.), is also the first Facebook game to utilize celebrities in game play. Combining these famous faces with Inov?t?s creative and technical execution, and the popular social network, ?America 2049? hopes to make issues of race and equality widespread among America?s younger generations.

Commenting on his interest in the project, Harold Perrineau stated, ?You know, a lot of groups, they do great work by talking about the issues, or going places and building houses. But this is something completely different, a way to reach out to so many people.?

While many love kicking back and relaxing with a game like Farmville, learning about humanitarian causes and acting on them is more important. Get involved in the world, as even TIME agrees, ?your farm or vendetta can wait.?

To play America 2049, visit america2049.com.

About Inov?t

Inov?t is a small and mighty digital agency based in Elizabethtown, Pa, specializing in digital marketing, web applications and social media initiatives. For more information or to contact Inov?t, visit http://www.inovat.com.

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The Walker Foundation is asking for your help in it’s 2004 capital campaign to help educate our children. The Walker Foundation Inc. is a non-profit organization in Farmville, Virginia dedicated to helping disadvantaged students in Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC, obtain computers and Internet service in their home to better compete in school. Technology and computers have become an indispensable part of the education of our children, but not everyone has eccess to these tools. Particularly left behind are many poor and rural communities, as well as many households headed by single parents.

The Walker Foundation provides a computer with monitor, software and color printer along with one (1) year of Internet service at no cost to qualifying students who otherwise would not have these items. Your tax-deuctible contribution of $ 100, $ 50, or whatever you can afford will assist us in helping our children get a better education and build stronger communities, stronger States and ultimately a stronger Nation. . . one child at a time.

Please make checks (no cash please) payable to The Walker Foundation, Inc and send them to Post Office Box 39, Farmville, Virginia 23901-0039.

If you have questions or comments or need further information contact us by Telephone at (434) 390-6535 or visit us on the web at http://www.walkerfoundation.org.

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FacebookGamesNow.com, a social network gaming review site, officially launched today. The blog offers reviews, information and recommendations for Facebook games and other gaming concepts. In its infancy, FacebookGamesNow.com has reviewed popular Facebook games like FarmVille, Ninja Wars and MyTown.

In addition to Facebook game reviews, the blog offers interesting articles about what goes on behind the scenes of Facebook games. Developers, game enthusiasts and web designers can expect to find technical articles that describe the technical and methodological aspects behind social network games.

Wayne Rothschild, the blogger behind FacebookGamesNow.com, says that many Facebook game enthusiasts are interested in learning more about the games they enjoy. ?When you get into a certain game, whether on Facebook or another platform, you develop a desire to learn more and get deeper into the game,? said Rothschild. ?FacebookGamesNow.com allows Facebook gamers to get closer to the games they love.?

Facebook games continue to be an increasingly used aspect of the social network. With popular games like Mafia Wars, FarmVille and Sorority Life, Facebook users can extend their social interaction with friends and online acquaintances. Many games offer incentives for users to play, creating a type of gaming platform that hasn?t typically been available until now.

?The popularity of Facebook games, in my opinion, is based largely on the idea that you can play directly with people you know,? said Rothschild. ?With other online games, you might be playing someone across the country, or even in a different country. Facebook games create a personalized experience that isn?t available anywhere else.?

To see reviews of Facebook games and learn more about social network games, visit http://www.FacebookGamesNow.com.

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Dubbed the ?Downtown Divas? by a local disc jockey, these women meet weekly to mull over how to improve their stores and the town in general. All six sell top-of-the-line merchandise in quaint Main Street stores, combining small-town friendly service with fifth-avenue quality. Fashion clothes, high-end carpet, home fashions, fine jewelry, formalwear, and handmade cherry and oak furniture, entice upscale shoppers who have discovered a shopping mecca in an unlikely place.

Where do the shoppers come from? From all over the state and even beyond, thanks in large part to Green Front Furniture, Farmville?s claim to fame. Green Front?s 15 buildings (with over 650,000 square feet of showrooms) give strong testament to the transformation of this town, for most are converted from huge tobacco warehouses. But if shoppers come for Green Front, they stay to explore the surprising variety of boutiques, many owned by the Downtown Divas.

?I think a lot of people don?t realize how many unique shops we have in Farmville,? said Rosa Mann, owner of The Ivy Trellis ?We have things you just cannot find at other stores.?

Carol Broadwater, owner of Amish Originals, sells furniture made by her extended family in Holmes County, Ohio. Solid cherry and oak pieces offer lasting beauty, transcending short-lived popular styles. Similarly, Sandy Henderson of Rug Rats makes one-of-a-kind custom rugs that have garnered national attention. Her designs range from Picasso to Matisse, true art for the floor. Rosa Mann offers exclusive interior design through The Ivy Trellis along with gifts for the home.

Christie Bailey, another interior decorator, has ventured into upscale clothing with The Fashion Post, vying with New York City?s best. Caryn Kayton owns one of Virginia?s largest bridal and formalwear salons. Prom goers can select from a huge array, including the gown Julia Roberts wore to the Emmys and the dress from the movie How to Lose a Guy. Margaret Atkins of Atkins Jewelry offers perfect gems and jewelry, especially pearls, her specialty.

Instead of competing for consumer dollars, as perhaps men owners would do, these women compliment each other and work together for their mutual benefit. They?ve connected their stores through common brochures, fliers, internet pages, and even cross merchandising. They believe they have unlimited potential for growth, both by enticing new shoppers to the area and by pushing internet sales, which take their unique offerings to the world. ?The basis of the group is to help each other,? said Margaret Atkins. ?There?s no jealousy going on.?

The same Scandinavian designer makes hand-painted sheets for Rosa Mann?s store and designer rugs for Sandy Henderson?s store. You can get find both items on either web site. Rug Rats also displays braided rugs that you buy at? Amish Originals! And Amish Originals, in turn, borrows linens from The Ivy Trellis to add to furniture displays. ?We set a table with Rosa?s linens and somebody bought the whole thing, the table and the linens,? said Carol Broadwater. Also, Green Front Accessories lends rugs and furniture for display at The Fashion Post.

The Downtown Divas extend the woman?s touch beyond their own stores. They?re working to upscale the entire town. Sandy Henderson helps organize First Fridays, a monthly outdoor concert with attractions for families held by the picturesque Appomattox River, and Margaret Atkins helped initiate a downtown Thanksgiving Parade.

In the fiercely competitive world of retail sales, the Downtown Divas are exploring new ways of doing business, relying on close relationships, mutual encouragement, impeccable taste, and that personal touch that marks a successful boutique. They are adding a whole new dimension to Main Street USA.

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Funium announced today the integration of its forthcoming Facebook game, Family Village, with FamilyLink?s We?re Related on Facebook, a top 300 social application. Still in limited alpha development, Family Village is the first free Facebook-based game to connect and unite real families as players explore their family trees while building an online FarmVille? and CityVille?-like community. FamilyLink?s massive database provides Family Village players with access to billions of online records for a unique family discovery experience of their ancestors and living relatives. These genealogical and family history records contain information such as birth and death dates, birthplaces, and much more, and tie in with game characters providing users with a realistic and deep connection with their relatives.

?Most computer games eventually lose their luster for players who reach some prescribed goal. Even FarmVille average usage is starting to shrink,? stated Jeff Wells, Funium CEO. ?Conversely, Family Village engages players with not only Facebook friends, but living relatives in a quest to discover their ancestors and family history.?

While players have fun building fortune, houses, businesses, immigrating family members, and assigning jobs, Family Village matches inputted data with relevant real-world documents about the users? living and deceased relatives such as census records, newspaper articles, marriage records, and other documents. Players can then examine the records, print them, or store them in their personal game library.

About Family Village

In one of the broadest product promotions in its history, 7-Eleven, Inc. is partnering with Zynga to offer FarmVille-, Mafia Wars- and YoVille-branded items on many of the convenience retailer?s products, including signature Slurpee

Social gaming is an unexpectedly popular phenomenon; more people log into FarmVille every month than there are active Twitter users. In this color paper Sonar6 addresses the popularity of social gaming and how the psychology behind it can be used to increase engagement with mundane work tasks.

The ‘Lessons from Farmville’ color paper presents practical recommendations for improving performance reviews based on psychological concepts including:

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Farmville, VA (PRWEB) November 21, 2007

Rug Rats, a custom carpet and area rug designer and fabricator based in Farmville, Virginia, announces its 20th anniversary. This small town carpet store has embraced countless changes and advances in the past two decades, including expansion to the Internet.

Sandy Henderson, founder of Rug Rats, attributes much of her success to her consistent delivery of high quality products, competitive pricing and personalized service. Being a niche service provider, she’s also found tremendous growth following global business expansion to the Internet. “As more and more people do their shopping over the Internet, I realized, many years ago, the need to be there when the shopper arrived,” Sandy explains.

Launched in 1992 at the start of the Internet era, the carpet store’s http://www.rugratsva.com not only survived the Internet boom and crash, but flourished. “I now have customers across the nation, from interior decorators in California and Texas, to high-end home owners in Connecticut. It’s exciting to open up my store and lend my expertise about custom, designer carpets and area rugs to more people across the country, all through the power on the Internet.” Recent rug orders placed by an L.A. designer include custom runners for a prominent Hollywood couple’s New York City apartment and shag rugs for the Planet Hollywood’s Luxury Suites in Las Vegas. “I would have never gained this type of exposure without the Internet.”

Along with an expanded Internet audience comes global competition. How does Sandy stay one-step ahead? “You can never take for granted that today’s customer can find another site. So great service, follow-up and new products keep them coming back to check the site.”

As part of Sandy’s ongoing commitment to quality and service, Rug Rats has launched three new rug lines drawing on inspiration from Vera Bradley’s elegance and distinction, Dash and Albert’s country cottage and Andy Warhol’s avant-garde appeal.

To learn more about the Rug Rats carpet store and Sandy Henderson’s custom carpet and area rug designs, please visit http://www.rugratsva.com.

About Rug Rats

Founded in 1987, Rug Rats (http://www.rugratsva.com) provides custom carpet and area rug design and fabrication to interior designers, homeowners and businesses across the nation. The small town retailer based in Farmville, Virginia, built its local reputation for exceptional customer service and quality prior to launching its ecommerce services in 1992.

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(PRWEB) July 14, 2010

Anyone with the FarmVille Facebook app looking to quickly and easily become a multi-millionaire farmer now have a new resource full of tips and strategies to do so, with the release of “Millionaire Farmer Guide.” Created by a self-described FarmVille Geek, “Millionaire Farmer Guide” provides all the inside tips and strategies that any player can use to grow their farm and make extraordinary amounts of Farm Cash. “Millionaire Farmer Guide” is currently available for $ 27, a $ 20 discount off its normal price.

“FarmVille isn’t like other games. You can’t sit and play for hours at a time and expect to reach level 70 in a week or two. You have to wait — and boy, do we hate waiting,” says Troy Mitchell, author of “Millionaire Farmer Guide.” “I created this guide to help any player more quickly level through FarmVille and reap the rewards and satisfaction that come from having a highly successful farm.”

With more than 73 million users, FarmVille is the most popular application on Facebook. Players grow and harvest crops, raise animals and more to earn precious Farm Cash and level their farm. The author has reached level 70, the game’s highest level, on multiple FarmVille accounts, and as a result, has found many tricks, tips and strategies to find farming success. Through the many FarmVille accounts that he has played, he’s found that successful farmers are streamlining their farming techniques, something that everyone could do if they just knew where to start.

“Millionaire Farmer Guide” includes many little-known secrets to a successful farm, including step-by-step details on starting a farm in record speed and data on every animal, building, crop, decoration, tree, XP and vehicle in the game, from level 1 to level 70. The guide also highlights the exact crops farmers need to be growing, tips to pick up new neighbors and the scoop on ribbons and why a farmer should aim to get as many as possible.

Other little known FarmVille tips include information on how to get and keep FarmVille coins without throwing them away on needless upgrades and where and how best to spend that precious Farm Cash. Also detailed are tips on how to get a blue ribbon with less than 10,000 coins, resulting in more than 2,000 easy XP and secret strategies on how to speed up everything in the game with one incredibly simple trick. “Millionaire Farmer Guide” also details the author’s favorite leveling tips as well as the fastest and easiest ways to get the fuel, storage upgrades and ribbons needed to level fast.

One of the first FarmVille leveling guides to hit the market, “Millionaire Farmer Guide” is constantly updated to include new strategies that make the leveling process more improved than before.

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