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Contact: Greg Forshey
Tel. (913) 558-3281
Email: info@farigo.com

Unique Project Launched: Online Game Encourages Real Life Accomplishments

Kansas City, KS, October 2, 2008. Farigo club launched an online game that rewards members for real life activities, and encourages people to spend more time away from passive entertainment.

As Internet increases in popularity, many youngsters and adults become absorbed in an online world, devoting less time with families and making fewer real life accomplishments. Technology advancements make video games and virtual life projects an attractive alternative to real life. The increasing number of pathological gamers and Internet-a-holics are becoming a major social concern.

In response to this situation Farigo Club launched an online project encouraging people to expand, find adventures in real life, get appreciation, become stronger, and live life. Farigo members spend little time on the website - just to get rewarded for real life activities and to take on new missions.

Farigo is an open International Club for Adventure and Appreciation, established June 22, 2001, in Central Pennsylvania. The objective of this community is to assist its members in undertaking good-spirited endeavors. On September 29, 2008, Farigo opened its website and launched its online project.

You can find more information about Farigo club here: http://farigo.com/faq.php

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Richard Woods, author of UnLEARN! Because Life Can Make You Stupid! partnered with the folks at Swingfest, the nation’s largest swingers convention, to offer his seminar .

Hollywood, Florida, August 1, 2008: The inaugural Swingfest event on the East Coast of Florida lived up to be a Lifestyler’s institution for years to come. Already the world’s largest swinger’s convention, it boasts a variety of unique features, which includes having been held at the luxurious Westin Diplomat Beachfront Resort and Spa.

Recognizing that the Swingers and other secular lifestylers have many interests, and a general yearning for knowledge, the folks at Swingfest provided (among other things) a variety of seminars for their varied clientele. Their commitment to serving the needs of their patrons may have been their most impressive attribute.

“The crowd was amazing, they were absolutely rocking”, said Woods, “A convention like this is perfect for speakers, because no matter what you’re presenting, there are enough people in attendance who will be interested in your subject and they’ll fill your room. The group who came to see me was by far the most responsive I have had to date.” Competing with perfect weather, and a pool full of enthusiasts, Woods’ seminar titled “UnLEARN Vanilla marriage (for more info go to www.unlearnnow.com) still managed to draw a terrific crowd. “There were a lot of people who were new to the Lifestyle, and some others who came to Swingfest who were merely curious. I couldn’t have asked for a better demographic.”

Unlearn! maintains that if you want to make a real change in your life, you must be honest with yourself., and get off the self-help merry-go-round. People need to unlearn much of the ideology that was ingrained since childhood and reinforced by the self-hurt industry, particularly when it concerns marriage and monogamy.

It was with a heavy heart that Jill Mytton, local Shropshire based entrepreneur returned from a meeting with Ben Way, Internet millionaire and former participant in the channel 4 programme “The Secret Millionaire” in London in January 2007. Ben heads up an innovation venture company called the Rainmakers www.makingrain.com and has extensive experience of developing the software and systems to run profitable web sites. He had told Jill that a minimum of £250,000 was required to develop a fully functional social networking web site, money Jill simply didn’t have but his parting comment was,” You can always purchase some generic software and then customise it for a much lower cost”. Being a techie novice, not ideal for someone who wants to launch an innovative networking web site, she realised that finding the right software, which could then be tailored, to fit would be the only answer.

Jill had set herself the goal of creating an online social networking membership site, free from annoying advertising and aimed specifically at the 30 plus market who although internet users were being left behind by sites aimed at younger markets. The name of the site www.confidentlife.com was a positive choice as Jill, felt so many people in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s hate the stigma of the middle aged, over the hill stereotype and she wanted to create a space that was upbeat, lively and showed that you did not have to be under 30 to have fun! The initial site was a brochure site and the network was run offline by arranging monthly meetings for members, in 2006 an e-commerce section was added to enable members to purchase tickets for events and membership online. However, Jill still had the vision of developing a fully functional social networking site and the launch of MySpace and Facebook showed there was a market for this kind of experience but without the budgets of those companies she was still no nearer her goal.

At the end of 2007 Jill spent several weeks researching the development of social networking software and finally found a software package from the USA that she felt could be used as the base of the new www.confidentlife.com site. With fantastic support from her web developer, Nigel Boulton of Shrewsbury based Pink Digital Limited www.pinkdigital.co.uk they worked together to customise and refine this software into Jill’s original vision for the site. At times, Jill says “It was like wrestling a snake and everything took longer than imagined, but finally the site is up and fully operational.”

The idea is to build a real dynamic community online and also promote events and meetings offline which members can attend. We are not a dating site although since 2005 we have had couples meet through us, but it has happened naturally in the same way you meet people at work or through friends. “We have taken a gamble by having paid membership and not relying on advertising revenue but as we are small we need to build our membership slowly on a local basis and prove the model before we think about promoting the network on a national level. I also feel if you do pay for a service you want the security of not being bombarded with advertising banners and you certainly need the security of knowing your personal details will not be accessed in any way by third parties.”

It is early days but Jill really hopes that people like the concept and will use the site as an opportunity to extend their social circle quickly and easily and in a fun way. Jill remarks, “That is why we came up with the idea of a cartoon to get the message over that networking on the internet can be a great way of making new friends. We want to make people smile and then get them to visit the site.”

For more information visit www.confidentlife.com or telephone the Member Services Team on 0845 838 1014.

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For more information, please contact Jill or Ruth on 0845 838 1014

Issued by Jill Mytton, Confident Life 0845 838 1014.

News Release

May 14th, 2008 1:30pm

AsiaNetwork Asian of the Year Award

The Hon. Sheila Copps, Chair of the Asian of the Year Award Selection Committee, will announce the winners out of eight finalists in recognition of the outstanding contribution to Canada by Canadians of Asian descent. This is the first time in Canadian history with awards designated towards Canadians of specific ethnic groups. The Award Ceremony will be held in the West Block of Parliament, Room 200, on May 21, 2008 starting at 6:00pm.

Eight finalists were selected by the Committee, who will each receive a plague in recognition of their outstanding achievements. They include:

Patrick Chan, aged 17, won the title of 2008 Canadian senior men’s figure
skating champion, the youngest in Canadian men’s figure skating history. In
addition, he won the Grand Prix de France at the age of 16.

Cindy Lee, CEO, T & T Supermarket Inc, Canada’s largest Asian supermarket
Chain employing over 3,000 employees.

Tae E. Lee, Grandmaster, Tae E. Lee Ottawa Taekwondo School of over three
decades, assisting three Canadian prime ministers in developing and
strengthening diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea.

John Chew Mah, Chancellor of St. John Ambulance, one of the world’s oldest
humanitarian organizations offering first aid training, volunteering
opportunities, medical supplies and safety information to communities
across Canada, with 25,000 volunteers.

Anne-Marie Pham, Chair of the Youth Action Committee of the Vietnamese
Canadian Federation and co-founder of Calgary Vietnamese Youth Group. She
stands out as one of the outstanding youth leaders in promoting inter-
generational transmission of cultural heritage, traditional values and work
ethics in the Vietnamese community in Canada.

Sonia Del Rosario, President/Partner, Del Rosario Financial Services Inc.
/ Chair of the Philippine Centre Canada.

Tina Takahashi, the first Canadian woman to achieve a 6th degree black
belt, and be inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame. Won first women’s
national judo championship and several championship titles in
Canada, Japan, China, and Hawaii.

Yuen Pau Woo, President and Co-CEO of Asia Pacific Foundation, Canada’s
think-tank on Asia, providing information, research and analysis on Asia as
well as Canada’s transpacific relations.

Attendance by invitation.

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For further information:

Invitation contact: Tessie M. Morin
Tel. 819.561.2894 or info@asianetwork.ca

Media Contact: Elizabeth Yeh
Tel. 613.864.1996 or Elizabeth@asianetwork.ca

www.AsiaNetwork.ca