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		<title>Are you getting LotR on Blu-ray?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lord of the Rings trilogy is releasing on Blu-ray coming April 6th.  A quick round trough the boards and the comments over at the product page at Amazon will have us believe that this release is nothing but another attempt to cash in on the franchise, esp&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/02/are-you-getting-lotr-on-blu-ray/</link>
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		<title>EA Shutting Down LotR:Conquest Servers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After only about 14 months in service, EA is already shutting down the dedicated servers for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Lord of the Rings: Conquest. Conquest is only a small part of the massive list of games whose servers will be shut down in the comi&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/02/ea-shutting-down-lotrconquest-servers/</link>
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		<title>February Contest of the Month Updates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another month has passed and thus another wave of contests has entered the arena. February&#8217;s Contest of the Month is a Caption Contest dealing with any of the Lord of the Ring&#8217;s games or movies.
The Lord of the Rings Caption contest runs throu&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/02/february-contest-of-the-month-updates/</link>
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		<title>CNN Interviews Ian McKellen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ian McKellen is interviewed on CNN in their &#8220;Connect the World&#8221; feature. Ian talks about his 40 years of acting through his numerous films and his years of acting in theater. The entire interview is embedded below. 
&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/01/cnn-interview-ian-mckellen/</link>
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		<title>MERP Beta 0.2.4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The team working on the MERP mod, a total conversion LotR mod for <em>The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion</em>, has just released beta version 0.2.4. The mod recreates the world as Tolkien envisioned it, with special attention given to lore. MERP describes themselves a&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/01/merp-beta-0-2-4/</link>
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		<title>LotRO News Update!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turbine has recently announced their next update, Volume 3 &#8211; Book 1: Oath of the Rangers. Book 1 of the next volume ushers in five new skirmishes, four of which are centered around Dol Guldur and one skirmish for the Rift of Nûrz Ghâshu. In addition pl&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/01/lotro-news-update/</link>
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		<title>Warner Brothers Layoffs Developers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment has laid off an unknown number of jobs at three of its studios, including Snowblind Studios which has been rumored to be working on a Lord of the Rings RPG. It is unknown whether this rumor is true in the first plac&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/01/warner-brothers-layoffs-developers/</link>
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		<title>Spoilers! The Hobbit casting calls and plot details</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SpoilerTV has published a long casting call for the Hobbit, featuring some first insight into the story of the movie and the characters featured in it. Read on for the full details but note there are <b>SPOILERS!</b>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2010/01/the-hobbit-casting-calls-and-plot-details/</link>
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		<title>Contest of the Month Updates!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First Middle Earth Center would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Now moving onto the topic at hand, Middle Earth Center is proud to announce our third Contest of the Month, the Middle Earth Song Contest!
The Middle Earth Song contest runs throughout&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2009/12/contest-of-the-month-updates/</link>
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		<title>Peter Jackson Knighted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After bringing never before seen attention to New Zealand and to the Lord of the Rings franchise, Peter Jackson has been knighted by the Queen of England, New Zealand&#8217;s head of state.
The knighthood was conferred on Jackson for his services to film&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.middleearthcenter.com/2009/12/peter-jackson-knighted/</link>
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