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For the players of Mafia Wars, Vampires, FarmVille and a handful of other Facebook games, the temptation of earning "virtual currency" by clicking on the various offers that popped up on the page was too much to pass up. Unfortunately, what these gamers didn't realize at the time was that the advancement of their virtual characters came at the expense of their own personal bank accounts.

Now, some are fighting back by filing a lawsuit against Facebook and Zynga, the maker of the games. The suit, which is seeking class action status, claims that some offers in the games prompted a series of unauthorized charges or triggered enrollments in programs without the user's knowledge. More than 100,000 people fell victim to these offers, losing more than $5 million, the lawsuit claims.

Among several other examples, the lawsuit cites an IQ test that requires the user to provide their cell phone number. After doing so, some were billed for a text messaging service. Another example from the lawsuit involved an offer that asked consumers to sign up for a "risk-free" trial subscription to a green tea herbal supplement program. Yet somehow that trial became a difficult-to-cancel subscription that every month delivered tea and pills from China.

The only named plaintiff in the lawsuit, Rebecca Swift of Santa Cruz, Calif., said she was charged more than $165 for two months' worth of pills and tea before she was allowed to cancel. She said she first tried to cancel during the trial period, for which she was supposed to pay $5.95 to cover shipping.
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In a written statement to WalletPop, a Facebook spokeswoman said the company was not involved in the ad placement and didn't profit from it. She also said Facebook has been working to clear its pages of scam ads and the company is committed to fighting the suit.

"The ads in question appeared in third-party applications, were not from Facebook, and provided no benefit to Facebook," she wrote. "However, we are concerned about any potential threat to our users' experience. As a result, we have, and will continue to, take action against both the ad networks and developers who violate our principles or policies. We do not see any merit in this suit and we will fight it vigorously."

Facebook said it is committed to banning ad providers that deliver content in violation of Facebook "principles or policies" and already has cut off four providers.

Zynga, billed as the most popular social gaming company, is in a different situation. Its CEO had the misfortune of being videotaped explaining that his hunger for cash outstripped his interest in keeping his users from being subjected to unsavory offers.

In the video, CEO Mark Pinkus said: "I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this ... toolbar which ...I downloaded it once and couldn't get rid of it. We did anything possible just to get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business."

A Zynga spokesperson said the company would not comment on the lawsuit, but said it will no longer let scam ads appear with its games.

"Our mission is to provide users with the best possible experience. We deeply regret any difficulty this may have caused users and to make sure we continue to offer the best user experience, we took all offers down," a Zynga spokesperson said in an email to WalletPop. "We take our responsibility to our users very seriously and will continue to take steps to ensure they have a fun and positive game play experience."

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I learned a lot about being an alien hybrid in my lifetime on earth.

Being an investigator by trade and profession most of my life is what lead me into becoming a freelance syndicated journalist and investigative reporter.

While I was a CEO of a profit corporation in Hawaii, I also filed a non-profit as Ascension Center Hawaii.

I became more interested in the spiritual pursuits of myself as well as my friends.

We all had corporations or at least had good paying salaries. We met others who went to PSI Seminars and we all learned about leadership, success, and people synergistically involved.

There is no coincidence that people are now feeling more Deja Vu and Serendipity.

Some are feeling the spirit and esprit de corp more than usual.

I was given the Ascension Center logo from who others would call extra terrrestrials. I am an alien extraterrestrial contactee.

Also, some may call my experience with nonbiological extraterrestrials as unique while on earth.

The type of life I have had as an investigator offers me a way to view others as humanoids while I am a part of this entire species on earth.

There are some people who examine people like me and investigate my connections with intelligent robots on spacecraft not of earth origin.

To some that are outside of the government loop this may sound like a fairy tale. But, to others who suspect that Ancient Astronauts exist and are looking for the clues and other’s views of the past history of our species, the stories I share are interesting to say the least.

Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies was brought to my attention recently.

This story was presented to me on Facebook. This is an excerpt and the website of the examiner.com is included.

BAASS and MUFON: a hybrid partnership under review – the thesis
According to one report of the hybrid partnership for UFO and extraterrestrial research between for-profit BAASS and non-profit, volunteer-driven MUFON, “The agreement between Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) and MUFON sets up a “Star Team Impact Project” (SIP), with an initial funding period from five months to a year, with the option to renew for a second year. Investigations will be limited to cases where physical effects of a UFO are reported or where ‘living beings’ are allegedly sighted or where ‘reality transformation’ is said to occur. ‘Lights seen in the sky’ do not qualify for paid investigation, a decision with which [UFO researcher J. Allen] Hynek would have surely agreed. Anyone who is already a MUFON investigator can apply for a position with SIP, although new or inexperienced investigators are expected to demonstrate their skills by performing investigations of routine UFO sightings before moving up to SIP. Additionally, Bigelow is in the process of contracting up to fifty scientists, who are expected to be on the scene within twenty-four hours after significant UFO incidents, to perform state-of-the-art investigations of whatever artifacts or data the SIP investigators may obtain. All of the investigators’ travel expenses will be covered, as well as a paid stipend of $100 per day of investigation. Incentive payments and bonuses are also available for those whose contributions excel.”
Follow the money – the antithesis
Both BAASS’s Dr. Kelleher and MUFON’s Mark Easter stated to this reporter that Star Impact Project operations and communication in this hybrid relationship between BAASS and MUFON under their agreement were good in 2009, and both hope for good relations in 2010.  The BAASS-MUFON hybrid agreement is now under temporary suspension pending after a review.  Both BAASS’s Dr. Kelleher and MUFON’s Mark Easter appear to positive and upbeat about the success of the “Star Team Impact Project” (SIP) model experiment, and to hope that the BAASS-MUFON agreement is renewed at the conclusion of the review.
On examination of confidential BAASS-MUFON documents that were anonymously leaked to this reporter, it is clear that a clash of corporate and non-profit cultures and lack of mutual communication framework between an accounting-oriented corporate contractor and a mission-driven volunteer organization – rather than any wrong action – triggered the temporary suspension and review of the hybrid arrangement that parties in both organizations seem to want to continue.
Neither BAASS’s Dr. Kelleher nor MUFON’s Mark Easter wished to comment on the leaked BAASS-MUFON documents.  On review of these documents, it would seem that specific BAASS and MUFON executives used apocalyptic language when instead third-party foundation counseling sessions for BAASS and MUFON might have avoided an unnecessary suspension. For example, in a January 19, 2010 letter to MUFON, Dr. Kelleher stated, “Due to the evidence of financial mismanagement quoted above, BAASS has lost confidence in the ability of MUFON to continue into the future as well as providing the future deliverables for which BAASS has contracted.”
In an equally apocalyptic response, for example, former MUFON international director James Carrion stated in a January 26, 2010 resignation letter, “BAASS illegally modified their own contract in June 2009, and when I pointed this out to the Board, the Board’s decision was to maintain the relationship with no legally binding contract in place. Since that day, BAASS has dictated its terms to MUFON and you have caved in to their every demand. Despite the fact that Mr. Bigelow agreed that all left over monies belonged to MUFON, the Board decided that it had to be spent as BAASS wanted it to be spent. When I submitted a PR plan for spending the money, BAASS took the strategy of not sending any monthly checks so that all BAASS related expenses over the November 2009 – January 2010 period would deplete the funds left in the BAASS checking account. I predicted this would happen and it has and now MUFON is left with no money in the bank. Is it not obvious to you that BAASS simply does not want MUFON to have either increased infrastructure or long term viability? You have become so enamored of this relationship with BAASS that you have been willing to sacrifice one of your own in the process. That is despicable. My loyalty to MUFON has been unwavering and unimpeachable but this is where it stops. I will no longer be affiliated with what used to be an honorable organization that I once believed in and gave my heart and soul to.”http://www.examiner.com/x-2912-Seattle-Exopolitics-Examiner~y2010m4d7-FAA-removes-Bigelow-UFO-directive-issued-to-air-traffic-controllers-pilots-from-website

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I learned a lot about being an alien hybrid in my lifetime on earth.

Being an investigator by trade and profession most of my life is what lead me into becoming a freelance syndicated journalist and investigative reporter.

While I was a CEO of a profit corporation in Hawaii, I also filed a non-profit as Ascension Center Hawaii.

I became more interested in the spiritual pursuits of myself as well as my friends.

We all had corporations or at least had good paying salaries. We met others who went to PSI Seminars and we all learned about leadership, success, and people synergistically involved.

There is no coincidence that people are now feeling more Deja Vu and Serendipity.

Some are feeling the spirit and esprit de corp more than usual.

I was given the Ascension Center logo from who others would call extra terrrestrials. I am an alien extraterrestrial contactee.

Also, some may call my experience with nonbiological extraterrestrials as unique while on earth.

The type of life I have had as an investigator offers me a way to view others as humanoids while I am a part of this entire species on earth.

There are some people who examine people like me and investigate my connections with intelligent robots on spacecraft not of earth origin.

To some that are outside of the government loop this may sound like a fairy tale. But, to others who suspect that Ancient Astronauts exist and are looking for the clues and other’s views of the past history of our species, the stories I share are interesting to say the least.

Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies was brought to my attention recently.

This story was presented to me on Facebook. This is an excerpt and the website of the examiner.com is included.

BAASS and MUFON: a hybrid partnership under review – the thesis
According to one report of the hybrid partnership for UFO and extraterrestrial research between for-profit BAASS and non-profit, volunteer-driven MUFON, “The agreement between Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) and MUFON sets up a “Star Team Impact Project” (SIP), with an initial funding period from five months to a year, with the option to renew for a second year. Investigations will be limited to cases where physical effects of a UFO are reported or where ‘living beings’ are allegedly sighted or where ‘reality transformation’ is said to occur. ‘Lights seen in the sky’ do not qualify for paid investigation, a decision with which [UFO researcher J. Allen] Hynek would have surely agreed. Anyone who is already a MUFON investigator can apply for a position with SIP, although new or inexperienced investigators are expected to demonstrate their skills by performing investigations of routine UFO sightings before moving up to SIP. Additionally, Bigelow is in the process of contracting up to fifty scientists, who are expected to be on the scene within twenty-four hours after significant UFO incidents, to perform state-of-the-art investigations of whatever artifacts or data the SIP investigators may obtain. All of the investigators’ travel expenses will be covered, as well as a paid stipend of $100 per day of investigation. Incentive payments and bonuses are also available for those whose contributions excel.”
Follow the money – the antithesis
Both BAASS’s Dr. Kelleher and MUFON’s Mark Easter stated to this reporter that Star Impact Project operations and communication in this hybrid relationship between BAASS and MUFON under their agreement were good in 2009, and both hope for good relations in 2010.  The BAASS-MUFON hybrid agreement is now under temporary suspension pending after a review.  Both BAASS’s Dr. Kelleher and MUFON’s Mark Easter appear to positive and upbeat about the success of the “Star Team Impact Project” (SIP) model experiment, and to hope that the BAASS-MUFON agreement is renewed at the conclusion of the review.
On examination of confidential BAASS-MUFON documents that were anonymously leaked to this reporter, it is clear that a clash of corporate and non-profit cultures and lack of mutual communication framework between an accounting-oriented corporate contractor and a mission-driven volunteer organization – rather than any wrong action – triggered the temporary suspension and review of the hybrid arrangement that parties in both organizations seem to want to continue.
Neither BAASS’s Dr. Kelleher nor MUFON’s Mark Easter wished to comment on the leaked BAASS-MUFON documents.  On review of these documents, it would seem that specific BAASS and MUFON executives used apocalyptic language when instead third-party foundation counseling sessions for BAASS and MUFON might have avoided an unnecessary suspension. For example, in a January 19, 2010 letter to MUFON, Dr. Kelleher stated, “Due to the evidence of financial mismanagement quoted above, BAASS has lost confidence in the ability of MUFON to continue into the future as well as providing the future deliverables for which BAASS has contracted.”
In an equally apocalyptic response, for example, former MUFON international director James Carrion stated in a January 26, 2010 resignation letter, “BAASS illegally modified their own contract in June 2009, and when I pointed this out to the Board, the Board’s decision was to maintain the relationship with no legally binding contract in place. Since that day, BAASS has dictated its terms to MUFON and you have caved in to their every demand. Despite the fact that Mr. Bigelow agreed that all left over monies belonged to MUFON, the Board decided that it had to be spent as BAASS wanted it to be spent. When I submitted a PR plan for spending the money, BAASS took the strategy of not sending any monthly checks so that all BAASS related expenses over the November 2009 – January 2010 period would deplete the funds left in the BAASS checking account. I predicted this would happen and it has and now MUFON is left with no money in the bank. Is it not obvious to you that BAASS simply does not want MUFON to have either increased infrastructure or long term viability? You have become so enamored of this relationship with BAASS that you have been willing to sacrifice one of your own in the process. That is despicable. My loyalty to MUFON has been unwavering and unimpeachable but this is where it stops. I will no longer be affiliated with what used to be an honorable organization that I once believed in and gave my heart and soul to.”http://www.examiner.com/x-2912-Seattle-Exopolitics-Examiner~y2010m4d7-FAA-removes-Bigelow-UFO-directive-issued-to-air-traffic-controllers-pilots-from-website

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    Competitive Procurement
    Benefits of Competitive Procurement
    The purpose of competition is to benefit your enterprise, and competition should not be promoted for the sake of competition. Indeed, in some cases, it may cost more to enter into a competitive procurement to do business directly with a supplier because of the unicity of the requested products, theinadequacy of other sources, the immediacy of your needs, or the emergencyor legitimacy of circumstances. In other words, competitive procurement should be promoted pragmatism, with other methods thus becoming exceptions.
    Competitive procurement is the contractual acquisition (purchase or lease) by an organization of any kind of asset, whether material (goods, products, or construction) or immaterial (services) with appropriated funds, enabling all deemed responsible sources to compete in a fair and open environment. Competitive procurement is also known as full and open competition (FOC), orcompetitive solicitation.
    While procurement is supposed to bring fairness, impartiality, transparency, and suitability to corporate practices, a competitive procurement process will ensure the highest level of openness, thus maximizing the suitability of the requested assets or services, and the best return on investment (ROI).

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