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August 3, 2010 

Orem, UT – Metaspace studios today announced the launch of Fleets , a space warfare-themed social strategy game that allows users to Team up with friends and battle for control of the Andromeda galaxy! Establish bases, build massive armadas, and crush your opponents!  Fleets launches on Facebook today at http://apps.facebook.com/playfleets/ 

Fleets introduces a new genre of social games to the Facebook platform. Fleets is a free-to-play, massively- multiplayer, space warfare strategy game where players control vast armadas of warships vying for control of the galaxy. Take systems and plunder their resources to fuel your war machine. Establish outposts and lay down defenses. Build massive battlecruisers and dreadnoughts to overwhelm your opponents with sheer firepower, or amass squadrons of interceptors and frigates to achieve victory through superior numbers. The choice is yours! Play with your friends even if you are online at different times. 

“Fleets has been in development for quite sometime and we are happy to announce the official launch on Facebook and at http://www.PlayFleets.com .” stated Michael Sewel, Metaspace Studios founder. “Initial feedback is overwhelmingly positive and we look forward to expanding Fleets and launching future Strategy games for our large audience of users.” 

About Metaspace Studios 

Metaspace Studios creates online games that are fun and easy to play whether you are a serious or casual gamer. The company was founded by veteran entrepreneurs and gamers. Fleets is the first space warfare strategy game launched by Metaspace Studios with future games in development. Metaspace Studios is privately held and has raised an initial round of angel funding. For more information on Metaspace Studios visit http://metaspacestudios.com/ or http://playfleets.com/ . Please contact press at metaspacestudios.com .

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LiveAddress Instantly validates any US address provided through a web service interface. LiveAddress uses USPS® CASS-certified technology to verify and correct your addresses. LiveAddress guarantees address quality by preventing errors at the source–during data entry. LiveAddress can also be utilized to cleanse your existing lists, schedule periodic scrubbing, or maintain integrity at point of entry such as a shopping cart or during a user sign-up process. LiveAddress ensures efficiency and accuracy when gathering and maintaining address data.

“The LiveAddress platform has been built to scale.”explains Jonathan Oliver, CTO and co-founder of Qualified Address. “Our LiveAddress infrastructure has been specifically designed to handle the dynamic, scale-out needs of our customers. By leveraging asynchronous, message-based patterns internally, the system can automatically adapt when under load to absorb any additional pressure resulting from wild fluctuations and temporary spikes in traffic patterns.”

LiveAddress is available with a FREE 30 day trial at

http://qualifiedaddress.com/Products/LiveAddress-API/ .

About Qualified Address

Qualified Address is a leading provider of On-Demand Address Management Solutions. The mailing list software and services developed by Qualified Address enable customers to effectively manage communication with their contacts without costly investments in IT infrastructure. Qualified Addresses services are flexible and developed so that they can be completely integrated into existing systems.  Qualified Address prides itself in being an industry leader for software as a service (SaaS) mailing list and real-time address verification solutions. More information on Qualified Address is available at www.qualifiedaddress.com .

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We are very pleased with how QA has performed to date as sales have grown by more than 1000% in the last two years.  Later this summer we will release MOVE update porducts and soon after PAVE certified products.

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Exact Wave is honored to be among Utah’s leaders in the fast-paced business world. Exact Wave attributes its success to its key ingredients: Great People, Great Product, Great Company.

All of the selected companies are featured in Utah Business magazine’s September issue and were announced and honored in numerical order at an event on August 27th. in Salt Lake City, Utah.

http://www.utahbusiness.com/parser.php?nav=article&article_id=7386

By the way, We ranked #33.  Not bad.

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So, leading into this year, I’m not sure who the frontrunners are, but I look forward to finding out.  We have some new perks this year.  It appears our winner might have the opportunity to ring the bell at the Nasdaq, and we are working on as new partnership with a VC firm that would bring Seed funding to one of our winners each year.  Talk about excititng news.

Being the entrepreneur that I am, I have several ideas that I want to pass along to students looking to enter the competition and start a company, but do not have ideas.  Feel free to get in touch with me if you are looking for ideas or want to join a team.

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Basically, it is a CEO popularity list in Utah.  At first I was not to keen on the idea, but I attended the luncheon and enjoyed meeting manyof the nominees.

I seem to get so tied up in my businesses that I rarely take time to socialize within the Utah tech community.  The V100 gives me that opportunity. 

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What is PAVE? 

An address list must be sorted by a variety of criteria, depending on the type of mail being sent (e.g., letters or flats), the mail class (First-Class, Standard, Periodicals) and on the location of each address. As one example, the Postal Service uses what is called a Sectional Center Facility (SCF) that serves as a sorting center for groups of ZIP codes. Manual sorting of mail can be complicated, because mail going to ZIP codes serviced by different SCFs must be sorted into separate, unique mail trays. ZIP codes numerically “next to one another” may actually be sent to different USPS sorting centers and should be sorted into separate trays. For instance, you might have a mailpiece with the ZIP code 94299 and one with the ZIP code 94301. If you sorted your address list into ZIP code order, you would put these mailpieces next to each other in the same sorting container. However, these ZIP codes are serviced by different SCFs. The mailpiece going to the 94299 address is sent to the 942 SCF, located in Sacramento, CA. The mailpiece going to the 94301 address is sorted at the 943 SCF, located in San Francisco, CA – seventy miles away. Thus, presort regulations require that those mailpieces be sorted into different containers before being submitted to the USPS.

Because of the complex and labor-intensive nature of manual presorting, many companies offer software that presorts your address list for you, making the mailing more cost-effective. Different software performs different presorts, so it is important that you research to ensure that the software you are purchasing sorts for the type of mailings that you do.

Before you begin a presort mailing, make sure:

• The software sorts for the type of mailing you want to do – First-Class or Standard Mail, postcards, flats, letters, Carrier Route, etc. Each presort class is unique in sort order, price and documentation.
• The software prints the USPS-required forms. There are many different versions of the presort form – which form you need to submit depends on the presort being performed. In general, the software should print the 3600x and 3602x forms. These forms give the USPS a breakdown of the cost for the mailing, as well as mailer information (permit number, mailing address, phone number, etc.). In addition, Form 3553 is required to verify the CASS certification of any automation mailing.
• The software prints the Tray and/or Sack labels (also called Container labels). These tags use a standard Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode and determine the destination of each mail tray or sack. Your post office can provide you with the trays and sacks you will need.

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Gruvie also is a social community platform that is jam packed with photos, friends, groups, videos, chat, games and much more.

What I like most about Gruvie is that you can get your own URL, (mine is james.surfsforlife.com) to promote yourself and your favorite links.  I uploaded links to my favorite websites and when my friends visit me, they can easily navigate to my facebook page or my Yahoo page or my Blog. Gruvie also allows you to make any page your home page.

Check out Gruvie and let me know what URL you choose!

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Side Note:  Exact Wave is really growing very rapidly and we couldn’t be more excited.  The release of Qualifiedaddress.com has made Exact Wave the first address data management and enhancement solutions company with a complete SaaS offering.

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