Reporting from the sidelines of the events concerning Crystal Springs Land (CSL) and Crystal Spring Virtual Capital (CSV) has been interesting to say the least.  CSL & CSV were halted on The Virtual Stock Exchange (VSTEX) as requested by the CEO Skip Oceanlane (aka) Carmen Dubaldi, Jr. of New Windsor, NY. Concern about the situation has been brought to the attention of SLReports.net by numerous individuals. As noted on VSTEX shareholder meetings were scheduled by Skip Oceanlane to address any questions or issues. Those who could attend the meeting were able to voice their opinion. Bogart Beck, a substantial stock owner (16%) in NIC – CapEx Nestler Investment Company, who owns just over 200,000 shares of CSV, was banned from the meeting. Bogart Beck is a respected member of the financial community, but not respected by Skip, nor is one of the companies that Bogart is CEO of – Skip quoted from meeting “For the record, I withdrew my IPO at SLCapex, because that exchange is nothing but a scam”. “Mr. Heart, for the record, Bogart Beck was here, and I banned him from this meeting. He has no place here.” Is this the responsible attitude of a CEO? During the meeting Skip also fended off allegations that scammer Investor Merlin was controlled by him/her.

Tokyo - A paralysed man using only his brain waves has been able to manipulate a virtual Internet character, Japanese researchers said on Monday, calling it a world first.

The 41-year-old patient used his imagination to make his character take a walk and chat to another virtual person on the popular Second Life website.

The patient, who has suffered paralysis for more than 30 years, can barely bend his fingers due to a progressive muscle disease so cannot use a mouse or keyboard in the traditional way.

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 Child Consumer Reports By: Amira Beaumont
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It was a simple mistake,I swear! Ok maybe I’m not that sorry for sinning, buying Linden, and buying...get this....a PLANT. Yup, a plant. I must be on crack, you say? Not at all! This plant, for a lack of sheer joyous words, is "Bril" (Brilliant to all my non-informed lingo-ists). I first heard of PlantPets a few months back when Amira was first born into the virtual world of Second Life, but never really thought much of it. Granted as a child of 6 years I had no real use for a houseplant when I didn’t even HAVE a house....or a non-linden skin. Now that I've become more settled, got myself a family and a job *gasp, child labor!* I decided to get a PlantPets. So I walk home with a gigantic crate containing my new (and some would argue only) friend, plop him..her...it...down on my desk and thus it began.