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		<title>Slowdown in Social Networking? Facebook™ Use Declines</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/07/16/slowdown-in-social-networking-facebook%e2%84%a2-use-declines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["If the June 2010 statistics are an indicant of a declining trend,  Facebook will need to shake things up..."]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Virtual Environments for Children</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/06/16/access-to-virtual-environments-for-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtual worlds can provide a wealth of knowledge and education enabling the user to learn about different cultures, languages and ideas through immersion and creative expression.   Allowing children to access these experiences from the safety of home can broaden their horizons and ingrain a valuable sense of &#8220;global citizenship&#8221; as well as provide social network opportunities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John &#8220;Pathfinder Linden&#8221; Lester Presents at Harvard</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/06/12/john-pathfinder-linden-lester-presents-at-harvard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Lester (also known as Pathfinder Linden) will be lecturing at the 2010 H+ Summit at Harvard University  in Cambridge Massachusetts from June 12-13th.    The summit is a two day event which &#8220;explores how humanity will be radically changed by technology in the near future&#8230;. [and] to explore the potential of technology to modify your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linden Lab Not Immune To Restructuring</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/06/10/linden-lab-not-immune-to-restructuring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hear about this in the news every day.  Corporate restructuring in the new economic environment of heightened fiscal awareness.  Business observes &#8220;the bottom line&#8221; more acutely these days. Is that a bad thing?  No. In a press release dated June 9th, Mark Kingdon, CEO of Linden Lab (the creator of the virtual world Second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Tourism: The Better Way To Fly</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/06/03/virtual-tourism-the-better-way-to-fly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I have had a cup of tea in London England.  I&#8217;ve have gone treking through the jungle and climbed the stairs of an Aztec temple.  I have gone scuba diving in Australia, chased sheep on the rolling green hills of New Zealand and shopped couture gowns in Paris. I&#8217;ve never left North America. Virtual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International &#8220;Quit Facebook&#8221; Day</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/31/international-quit-facebook-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Facebook© was first introduced  in February of 2004 the social media platform became widely indoctrined by people looking for an easy way to keep in touch with family and friends, share photo&#8217;s and reconnect socially with long lost acquaintances.   One of the things that I recall being an early adopter is the absence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Reality: How Much Is Too Much?</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/19/virtual-reality-how-much-is-too-much-2/</link>
		<comments>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/19/virtual-reality-how-much-is-too-much-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Internet Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Center for Internet Addiction Recovery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The influence of immersion into a virtual world can have a negative impact on certain types of users.  As citizens of virtual worlds we are subjected to the stereotypes of the &#8220;power user&#8221; who allows the interaction to literally hijack their entire life. The media likes to highlight instances where involvement in virtual worlds have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Faces Off Against Aggregate Access</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/09/facebook-faces-off-against-aggregate-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 14:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in an age of rampant digital social networking.  We interact with family and friends while we are at work, in transit via mobile devices and from home on our own personal computers and we are not glued to just one site or two.  Whether you choose Facebook©, LinkedIn, Tagged, Twitter, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MetaMeets 2010 Begins</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/07/meta-meets-2010-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/07/meta-meets-2010-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 13:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Second Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MetaMeets 2010 conference began May 7th hosted by the Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).  The conference will present applications for virtual environments in the areas of communication, creative entertainment, business and social networking, education and information management. Promoted as “Europe’s premiere 3D Internet Developer and Community Conference” the premise is to provide examples of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanford University Offers Virtual World Training</title>
		<link>http://metaversetribune.com/2010/05/04/stanford-university-offers-virtual-world-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 18:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skylar Smythe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you passionate about virtual worlds and immersed virtual reality?  If you answered yes you might be interested in the upcoming Virtual World Training Seminar (VRITS) offered by Stanford University in Palo Alto California. From September 7-17th, 2010 the University&#8217;s Virtual Human Interaction Lab will be hosting the educational study and workshop promising that participants will have [...]]]></description>
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