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<title><![CDATA[Significant Elements Of Life In The UK]]></title>
<link>http://dimple22wish.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/significant-elements-of-life-in-the-uk/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The patient may spend a great deal of time coordinating these appointments and driving long distance]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The patient may spend a great deal of time coordinating these appointments and driving long distances to see different doctors. You should not risk your overall health in danger while trying to save money. One-third of these people say that their pain is severe and &#8220;disabling. Many who suffer from hip arthritis are unaware that by making small adjustments to their everyday routine, they can enjoy a relatively pain free lifestyle without the use of narcotics. The body&#8217;s natural endorphins have stopped being produced because of the presence of the opiates in the brain. <a href="http://www.differentstrokes.co.uk/index.php/buytramadolonline">pop over to this web-site</a>  </p>
<p>Prior health conditions can make this medication harmful to use. People that want to take over the counter medication for moderate kidney stone pain should still consult a doctor to find out the correct dosages for mixing the drugs and the prescribed times they should be taken. Magnesium is important in promoting proper muscle contractions and to keep your muscles toned. Regardless of your choice of treatment, you can be certain that your chiropractor will take into account your whole body, and will provide hands-on treatment aimed at the source of your pain, not simply its symptoms. Your Frisco dentist should be able to use computer imaging simulations to give you an idea of how a gum lift will change your smile. </p>
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<p>The unprecedented rise in overdose deaths in the US parallels a 300% increase since 1999 in the sale of these strong painkillers. Primary headaches are not associated with (caused by) other diseases. An affected should observe how fibromyalgia vary from person to person; identify the condition for overlapping characteristics to rule out other causes for the symptoms. Estimates of the cost of pain do not include the nearly 30,000 people that die in North America each year due to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced gastric lesions. Expect to take this medicine after a surgical process or after pain filled dental appointments. </p>
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<p>This is especially true if you take prescription medications on a daily basis. Federal judge grants restraining order of Obamacare for Michigan business. You can also find more information on this trial by Dr. The actual meditative and visualization techniques are actually rather simple and become more effective when used consistently. Propoxyphene is a potent narcotic pain-reliever  and a cough suppressant to boot. </p>
<p>It should be noted that Tramadol, an opioid, seems to be the least addictive of the prescribed pain medications. Advanced ages as well as some medications like antibiotics increase the risk of developing the condition. The possible causes of nerve disorders in the human body number literally hundreds but may be divided roughly into 7 categories as follows:. Ordering Tramadol has never been easier, thanks to this revolutionary, online medical consultation from a board certified U. There are pain relief products that are classified as natural. </p>
<p>Attempting to resume exercise also promptly, pushing all by yourself to get on also a lot of responsibilities, and not resting will significantly harm your system. Some other signs that your pet is experiencing pain include:. It all depends on the person&#8217;s specific body makeup, overall health and even allergies, if they have them. Chemicals from baby soaps, shampoos, wipes and other baby care products can also cause diaper rash.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Change]]></title>
<link>http://theinvisablegirl143.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/change/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 02:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>finderofnemo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[A lot has changed since I last updated. I know I should be more in contact with you lovely people, b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot has changed since I last updated. I know I should be more in contact with you lovely people, but, I&#8217;m not. And I&#8217;m sorry. The thing is, schools almost over. That means, being a student council member is keeping me busier than ever. Not to mention, end of the year tests and field trips. Then comes upward bound. Which I will try my hardest to update you every day on my experience. I hope all goes well.</p>
<p>Boys? Oh, psh those things? Well see, after I broke up with my boyfriend I realized and let my friends know about the feelings I had for a boy at school. (I know I&#8217;m in highschool, and I can honestly say that these crushes are short and ridiculous. I&#8217;m by no means a ho, I just change crushes every once in a while.) Anyways, this boy doesn&#8217;t really have any romantic feelings toward anybody as far as I know, but I still liked him.</p>
<p>Then, his brother just started to flirt. I don&#8217;t know, I feel like I connect more with his brother. I don&#8217;t know if I like him more, or just the same&#8230; I constantly embarrass myself in front of this boy, and yet he still talks to me all the time. I can&#8217;t believe I only have eight days of school left, they&#8217;re going to go by so fast, I&#8217;ll be gone for the summer, and I&#8217;m worried he&#8217;ll forget me xD Hopefully not.</p>
<p>Anyways, Mariah is my ultimate best friend I&#8217;ve figured that out for sure. We have our moments, but she&#8217;s like my sister. Andrea started hanging out with us, and left the group that hates me oh so much. I have no idea what else to say, I think I&#8217;m frozen. There&#8217;s so many websites that I&#8217;m on lately, I don&#8217;t know which one I&#8217;ve updated and which ones I haven&#8217;t. </p>
<p>Well I appreciate your open mind, and hope that all seven of you know I appreciate you xD&#8230; I hope to get more followers over the summer.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[free africa webpages]]></title>
<link>http://afwebs.com/2013/05/21/free-africa-webpages/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>afwebs</dc:creator>
<guid>http://afwebs.com/2013/05/21/free-africa-webpages/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bareina, a small desert village in the south of Mauritania, West Africa. A view of the sky just minu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bareina%2C_Mauritania.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="zemanta-img-inserted" title="English: Bareina, a small desert village in th..." alt="English: Bareina, a small desert village in th..." src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Bareina%2C_Mauritania.jpg/300px-Bareina%2C_Mauritania.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Bareina, a small desert village in the south of Mauritania, West Africa. A view of the sky just minutes before rain started. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)</p></div>
<p>Welcome to our new site!</p>
<p>Please feel free to browse and to request a webpage listing <a title="business" href="http://afwebs.wordpress.com/businesses/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>This site was born of a desire to help small businesses in Africa get more exposure and succeed better.</p>
<p>We started this site whilst watching the TV documentary &#8220;<a href="http://www.halftheskymovement.org/" target="_blank">Half the Sky</a>&#8221; on 20 May 2013 as we were strongly moved by the braveness and tenacity of women worldwide and in Africa in making a way for themselves and their families through hard work, education and business.</p>
<p>May God bless you and help to make your business and your life successful!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Koffi]]></title>
<link>http://citizensbythesea.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/koffi/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jenrichardsoneight</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Got online today to order additional bags of Koffi. I&#8217;ll say right up front that my concern is]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Got online today to order additional bags of Koffi. I&#8217;ll say right up front that my concern is not with the quality of the beans or the roast, but with the policies of their online store. A twelve-ounce bag is $12.50 (same price as purchasing it in the store). They require a minimum purchase of $30.00 on the website. Three bags take me to $37.50 before shipping charges and/or tax is added on to the order.</p>
<p>As much as we like the product, this left a bad taste in my mouth. We won&#8217;t be ordering online. Now I&#8217;m wondering if we&#8217;ll be buying in person the next time we&#8217;re there.</p>
<p>Address: Palm Springs, California</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Expedia]]></title>
<link>http://citizensbythesea.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/expedia/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jenrichardsoneight</dc:creator>
<guid>http://citizensbythesea.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/expedia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In prior years, my experiences with Expedia to reserve hotel rooms and gain information were nothing]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In prior years, my experiences with Expedia to reserve hotel rooms and gain information were nothing short of pleasant and helpful. Granted, it&#8217;s been at least ten years and the Internet has come a long way since then. They&#8217;re not the pinnacle of what they used to be. </p>
<p>Today I accessed the site seeking information on various hotels and motel options for an upcoming summer trip. The reviews portion of the site came up handily and provided enough pertinent information from other travelers that I attempted to make a reservation through the site. Time and again, I was rebuffed in doing so, and the site kept reminding me, &#8220;4 others booked this room in the past day!&#8221; I fail to see how they did so when the site wouldn&#8217;t allow me to do the same. Rather than puzzling about it or calling the 800-number for help, I opted to try the website for the lodging I chose (they&#8217;re my next review), only to find the &#8220;great deal&#8221; offered via Expedia is the place&#8217;s general, every day rate anyway.</p>
<p>Expedia, are you that strapped for customers? </p>
<p>Address: Bellvue, Washington</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Immediate Advice: Top 10 Tools to Create a Website For Your Business]]></title>
<link>http://allthatadvice.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/immediate-advice-top-10-tools-to-create-a-website-for-your-business/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theseimageshauntme</dc:creator>
<guid>http://allthatadvice.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/immediate-advice-top-10-tools-to-create-a-website-for-your-business/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Need a website for your business, and can&#8217;t afford someone to make it for you? Or do you just]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Need a website for your business, and can&#8217;t afford someone to make it for you? Or do you just want a website of your own? Here are the top ten best tools to create a website:</p>
<p>1. <a href="http://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a></p>
<p>Weebly is one of the best places to create a website for your business. Although you can&#8217;t have members for your website, there is a free plan and there are plenty of useful tools. </p>
<p>2. <a href="http://www.webs.com">Webs</a></p>
<p>Webs is also one of the best. You can have members for your website, and it can be used for your business or even as a social network. There is a free plan and it has tons of tools available. Personally, I think it is the best one.</p>
<p>3. <a href="http://www.webstarts.com">Webstarts</a></p>
<p>This tool is also free and is as good as Weebly, with great tools for your business or for yourself. </p>
<p>4. <a href="http://www.squarespace.com">Squarespace</a></p>
<p>Although this tool is not free and only has a 14-day trial, it is a great website that has plenty of amazing tools to help you create &#8220;an exceptional website&#8221;.</p>
<p>5. <a href="http://www.intuit.com">Intuit</a></p>
<p>Intuit is more for businesses rather than personal use, and it is not free. There is a trial, however. There will always be a trial for every non-free website. This is a great tool because your website will look as great as it can get. The templates are flat-out amazing.</p>
<p>6. <a href="http://www.wix.com">Wix</a></p>
<p>Wix is a free website which, I think, is more for personal use than businesses. There are so many social and media tools you can use for your website, it&#8217;s amazing. </p>
<p>7. <a href="http://www.snappages.com">SnapPages</a></p>
<p>I think this tool is by far the easiest one to use. The drag-and-drop tool is definitely a great add-on, and there is a free plan.</p>
<p>8. <a href="http://www.imcreator.com">Imcreator</a></p>
<p>Imcreator is really a simple website builder. I&#8217;ve created a website here within minutes, and believe me, it was a GREAT website, with all the tools I needed. There is also a free plan.</p>
<p>9. <a href="http://www.yola.com">Yola</a></p>
<p>Yola is not my favorite builder, but it&#8217;s like Wix, so it can be considered good. There&#8217;s a free plan to go along with it, too.</p>
<p>10. <a href="http://www.lifeyo.com">Lifeyo</a></p>
<p>Lifeyo is like Imcreator; very simple to use. It has a free plan, and also has a great blog. </p>
<p>I hope you make use of these resources!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Best Thing I've Seen Today: Flickr Redesign]]></title>
<link>http://procrastinationfiles.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/the-best-thing-ive-seen-today-flickr-redesign/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rferron</dc:creator>
<guid>http://procrastinationfiles.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/the-best-thing-ive-seen-today-flickr-redesign/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Holy giant type and beautiful photos, Batman! Color me enamored. (via @beep)]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">Holy giant type and beautiful photos, Batman! Color me enamored. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/beep">@beep</a>)<a href="http://www.flickr.com/new"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1038" alt="Image" src="http://procrastinationfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-7-23-56-pm.png?w=487&#038;h=377" width="487" height="377" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/new"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1041" alt="Image" src="http://procrastinationfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-7-26-59-pm.png?w=487&#038;h=377" width="487" height="377" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/new"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1043" alt="Image" src="http://procrastinationfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-7-27-05-pm.png?w=487&#038;h=377" width="487" height="377" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/new"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1044" alt="Image" src="http://procrastinationfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-7-27-11-pm.png?w=487&#038;h=377" width="487" height="377" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/new"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1046" alt="Image" src="http://procrastinationfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-7-27-18-pm.png?w=487&#038;h=377" width="487" height="377" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidesh0w"><img class="size-full wp-image aligncenter" id="i-1047" alt="Image" src="http://procrastinationfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-7-26-11-pm.png?w=487&#038;h=377" width="487" height="377" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Impact Of Different Media Platforms]]></title>
<link>http://dominicaskewyr1.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/2-the-impact-of-different-media-platforms/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>domaskew</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dominicaskewyr1.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/2-the-impact-of-different-media-platforms/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When starting this TV studio module (161) it quickly became clear that audiences have a number of me]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When starting this TV studio module (161) it quickly became clear that audiences have a number of media platforms to choose from and then view different types of media.  If you look at any show on television, there is an extremely high chance that they have either a Facebook page, Twitter account or website- some will even have all three! It shows the effect the Internet has had on television and the different ways that the audiences view media.</p>
<p>In terms of our show, we would have to do the same, to prevent being left behind by our rivals we must expand to all kinds of media platforms; websites, social media and maybe even live online streaming. </p>
<p>An example of these new(ish) platforms becoming more powerful is seen with Ricky Gervais and the making of ‘Derek’ for another series.  Where Gervais demanded that he was going to create the series, with or without the TV companies go ahead. By saying &#8220;I don&#8217;t need them, I&#8217;ve got four million Twitter users. I can just put it on there.&#8221; This just shows that the power is shifting from the huge TV corporations onto online producers. Musicians such as Ed Sheeran made his name by gaining fans on YouTube, proving that anyone can make an impact on there own.</p>
<p>With NET TV we will be using three different media platforms; web, social media and television.</p>
<p>By creating a website, NET TV is building an online profile for itself, which can allow the audience old or new to view additional media texts in the hope that they keep on returning and watching our show.  Social media is also a platform that NET TV shall be using a great deal by gaining followers on both Facebook and Twitter and publicising the show in the cheapest way possible. </p>
<p>Overall I feel that all these different media platforms have had differing effects on television. It’s certainly made them less powerful and people wont rely on them as much as they used too. Although it has allowed the TV show to promote themselves in the most efficient way possible. It has certainly had a positive effect on the public, who with online platforms such as YouTube has allowed people with or without talent to make a name for themselves. These platforms have defiantly opened the door for Media Producers like myself, as it allows quality pieces of work, that used to never be seen, to potentially going world wide to millions of people.</p>
<p>Sources: <a href="http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/000001032/" rel="nofollow">http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/000001032/</a> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tens of Yahoo! Users Wary of Tumblr Purchase]]></title>
<link>http://thenothingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/tens-of-yahoo-users-wary-of-tumblr-purchase/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jjrobert88</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thenothingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/tens-of-yahoo-users-wary-of-tumblr-purchase/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greg Benshaw recalls his first time going online. &#8220;I was 13 and we had AOL &#8211; you know, w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://aspotofsatire.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/yahoo-tumblr3.jpg"><img class="alignright  wp-image-262" alt="" src="http://aspotofsatire.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/yahoo-tumblr3.jpg?w=330&#038;h=186" width="330" height="186" /></a>Greg Benshaw recalls his first time going online.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was 13 and we had AOL &#8211; you know, with the screeching noises while it connected by phone. After I endured that assault on my ears? Well, I didn&#8217;t know what to do, but I had seen a commercial for Yahoo!, so I went there and searched for websites about dogs.&#8221;</p>
<p>He&#8217;s been a dedicated Yahoo! user ever since.</p>
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<p>In that year, 1998, he no doubt would have been thrust onto a website with a glimmering background, spinning images of dogs&#8217; heads, (possibly with animated tongues panting), and a website title in size 72 comic sans font saying something along the lines of &#8220;DALE LOVES DOGS.&#8221;</p>
<p>Benshaw would have been on Geocities. The conglomerate of personal websites &#8211; sometimes cited as the first instance of a &#8220;social web&#8221; &#8211; was the third-most visited site in 1999. It was purchased the same year for 3.57 billion dollars worth of stock by Yahoo!</p>
<p>Yes, you read that value correctly. $3.57 billion. But by time the dot-com bubble busted, it amounted to nothing more than a 12-pack of Coke and some hamburger buns.</p>
<p>Benshaw, one of the few remaining devoted users of Yahoo! &#8211; he even has the toolbar installed on his Internet Explorer browser &#8211; remembers the days of Geocities fondly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Every site was unique, with their moving backgrounds and hard-to-read text against scattered images. Geocities was ill,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>But Benshaw also remembers the tragic ending of Yahoo!&#8217;s purchase of Geocities.</p>
<p>Within two years, Yahoo! managed to turn Geocities into a skeleton of itself by quickly implementing and then repealing a restrictive ToS, getting rid of the social hubs the website used, and throttling traffic for those who didn&#8217;t pay to use the site. Within ten years, Yahoo! was forced to shut down the website in the United States.</p>
<p>&#8220;But let&#8217;s be honest,&#8221; said Terry Semel, former CEO of Yahoo from 2001-2007 and current Eugene Levy stunt double. &#8220;It was dead by 2001. It took them two years to clean up that alleyway.&#8221;</p>
<p>Semel remains, to this day, proud of his work in making sure the website would never recover. He believes his efforts to destroy amateur use of the internet went a long way towards holding off an apocalypse.</p>
<p>So when it was announced that Yahoo! may be purchasing Tumblr at an estimated value of $1.1 billion dollars (a decade-forecasted value of three Snickers bars), one might expect to find Semel giving a wink-and-nod to current Yahoo! CEO, Marissa Mayer. And, indeed, he is doing just that.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud that Mayer is carrying on Yahoo&#8217;s storied tradition of ruining everything,&#8221; Semel said. &#8220;I think she&#8217;s inspired not only by our gutting of Geocities over a decade ago, but also the way I purchased Flickr in 2005 and let it atrophy into irrelevance.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Besides, look at Tumblr,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s just a bunch of people bullshitting about Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes. We don&#8217;t need that. Or, if we do, let&#8217;s make sure they pay us somehow.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yahoo! users like Benshaw are more cautious about the purchase. Knowing that they are already looked at as the slugs of the internet, all 42 Yahoo! users gathered in Sunnyvale, CA to voice their concern that if Yahoo! ruined Tumblr, they would abandon the site as well.</p>
<p>&#8220;Being a 28-year-old employed person, I hardly know what Tumblr is,&#8221; admitted Benshaw. &#8220;But if it&#8217;s full of  the modern equivalent of all those moving images that defined Geocities, I know I don&#8217;t want Yahoo! to ruin it. My internet reputation is bad enough already &#8211; I get harassed on a daily basis for my Yahoo! email address.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mayers, for her part, swears that Yahoo! is taking aims not to change Tumblr much.</p>
<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to fuck this up, and we won&#8217;t. All you Tumblr-ers have my word,&#8221; she joked. &#8220;We just want to extract a billion dollars from a website that probably only earns about $20 million a year. How could we fuck it up?&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA["2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships": "Final Four" Semifinal Matches Feature #7 Duke Vs Cornell And #1 Syracuse Vs #4 Denver On May 25]]></title>
<link>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-final-four-semifinal-matches-feature-7-duke-vs-cornell-and-1-syracuse-vs-4-denver-on-may-25/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The semifinals air on ESPN2 and WatchESPN with No. 7 seed Duke facing unseeded Cornell at 2:30 p.m.,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_34964" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-final-four.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-34964" alt="2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Final Four" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-final-four.jpg?w=500&#038;h=236" width="500" height="236" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The semifinals air on ESPN2 and WatchESPN with No. 7 seed Duke facing unseeded Cornell at 2:30 p.m., followed by Syracuse against No. 4 seed Denver at 5 p.m.</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA["2013 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships": ESPN Releases Television Schedule For Semifinals On May 24 And National Lacrosse Championship Game On May 26 At Villanova Stadium]]></title>
<link>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/2013-ncaa-womens-lacrosse-championships-espn-releases-television-schedule-for-semifinals-on-may-24-and-national-lacrosse-championship-game-on-may-26-at-villanova-stadium/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laxbuzz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/2013-ncaa-womens-lacrosse-championships-espn-releases-television-schedule-for-semifinals-on-may-24-and-national-lacrosse-championship-game-on-may-26-at-villanova-stadium/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual field has been wh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_32335" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 478px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/espn-lacrosse-e1363124348780.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-32335" alt="ESPN Lacrosse" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/espn-lacrosse-e1363124348780.jpg?w=468&#038;h=176" width="468" height="176" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual field has been whittled down from the original 26 teams with the top four seeds advancing to the semifinals, which will be shown on ESPN3 on Friday, May 24, from Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pa. Winner of the last seven-of-eight national titles, including the last two, No. 2 seed Northwestern will face No. 3 North Carolina at 5 p.m. ET, followed by top-seeded Maryland taking on No. 4 seed Syracuse at 7:30 p.m.<br />The National Championship game will air Sunday, May 26, at 8 p.m. on ESPNU and WatchESPN. SportsCenterU on ESPNU will have coverage of the postgame celebration, trophy presentation and net cutting.</p></div>
<p><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/espn-schedule-for-2013-ncaa-womens-lacrosse-championships-final-four.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-34959" alt="ESPN Schedule For 2013 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships Final Four" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/espn-schedule-for-2013-ncaa-womens-lacrosse-championships-final-four.jpg?w=500&#038;h=279" width="500" height="279" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA["2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships": ESPN Releases Television Schedule For Semifinals On May 25 And National Championship Game On May 27 At Lincoln Financial Field In Philadelphia]]></title>
<link>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-espn-releases-television-schedule-for-semifinals-on-may-25-and-national-championship-game-on-may-27-at-lincoln-financial-field-in-philadelphia/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laxbuzz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-espn-releases-television-schedule-for-semifinals-on-may-25-and-national-championship-game-on-may-27-at-lincoln-financial-field-in-philadelphia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Top-seeded Syracuse leads the field for the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northweste]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_32335" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 478px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/espn-lacrosse-e1363124348780.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-32335" alt="ESPN Lacrosse" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/espn-lacrosse-e1363124348780.jpg?w=468&#038;h=176" width="468" height="176" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Top-seeded Syracuse leads the field for the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual on ESPN networks Saturday, May 25 and Monday, May 27, from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The semifinals air on ESPN2 and WatchESPN with No. 7 seed Duke facing unseeded Cornell at 2:30 p.m., followed by Syracuse against No. 4 seed Denver at 5 p.m. The 2013 season will culminate with the National Championship game Monday at 1 p.m. on ESPN and WatchESPN<br />ESPN has covered 30 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships since 1980 and 2013 marks the 19th consecutive year of televising the championship weekend games.</p></div>
<p><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/espn-2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-schedule-final-four.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-34951" alt="ESPN 2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships Schedule Final Four" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/espn-2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-schedule-final-four.jpg?w=500&#038;h=253" width="500" height="253" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-philadephia.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-34201" alt="2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships Philadephia" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-philadephia.jpg?w=500&#038;h=219" width="500" height="219" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[My ideal running statistics site]]></title>
<link>http://wherearethepancakes.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/my-ideal-running-statistics-site/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>magsol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wherearethepancakes.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/my-ideal-running-statistics-site/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to staying motivated to run (particularly when one is injured), tracking one&#8217;s p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to staying motivated to run (particularly when <a href="http://wherearethepancakes.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/bad-injuries-and-bad-timing/" target="_blank">one is injured</a>), tracking one&#8217;s progress&#8211;miles run, paces held, monthly mileages, averages, calories burned, elevation, etc&#8211;is paramount. At least for me, it gives a big boost to see how far I&#8217;ve come and paint a clearer picture of where I&#8217;d like to go.</p>
<p>The Lady and I both use <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Forerunner-Receiver-Heart-Monitor/dp/B000CSWCQA" target="_blank">Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS watches</a> to record our workouts. They&#8217;re freaking awesome. The question, however, is this: how do we visualize the data?</p>
<p><a href="http://wherearethepancakes.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/51lhg9zcn7l-_sy300_.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-139" alt="51lHg9ZcN7L._SY300_" src="http://wherearethepancakes.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/51lhg9zcn7l-_sy300_.jpg?w=244&#038;h=300" width="244" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve <a href="http://wherearethepancakes.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/a-nerds-way-of-tracking-running-progress/" target="_blank">written a</a> <a href="http://magsol.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/as-i-lay-failing-at-research/" target="_blank">few posts</a> chronicling my own efforts to analyze the trends in my running data. Obviously this is both far more detailed than I necessarily <em>need</em>, and also not very good at giving me a bulleted summary of how things, in general, are going. For these, I rely on a trio of websites. Ideally I&#8217;d love for just one service to incorporate everything I want, but that doesn&#8217;t seem to be the case. In no particular order, here are the things I&#8217;d really like:</p>
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<li><strong>Lots of flexibility to slice and dice my data</strong>: weekly, monthly, yearly summaries; just running, cycling, cross-training, or any combination; view races separately from training.</li>
<li><strong>A way of assessing my progress over time</strong>. This is somewhat related to the previous point, but involves a little more in the way of behind-the-scenes number-crunching, as opposed to simply summing different combinations of numbers.</li>
<li><strong>Social is nice&#8230;to an extent</strong>. Even though running is a very independent sport, there&#8217;s absolutely no substitute for giving and receiving congratulations after solid workouts, encouragement after tough ones, and celebrations after races. But focusing exclusively on the social aspect can be detrimental as well. There&#8217;s a balance to be had.</li>
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<p>That&#8217;s really about it. Granted these are pretty broad, so I&#8217;ll narrow them down a bit by introducing the three services I use to track my progress, and where I think each of these is solid and where they fall short. Keep in mind: these are <em>my</em> personal preferences. You may find everything you need at one of these sites.</p>
<p><strong>Garmin Connect</strong></p>
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<p>This is sort of a prerequisite by virtue of my use of a Garmin watch. But its strength is absolutely in number-crunching: I can slice my data almost any way I want. Further, it has an API (admittedly, not well-documented) that I can access for even higher resolution details of my workouts; it&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve created the various custom analyses. It recently tacked on a social module, but its effect is minimal to the point of almost being entirely invisible. I can&#8217;t really give that a positive or a negative; it&#8217;s just sort of &#8220;there&#8221;.</p>
<p>Its weakness is probably the long-term tracking of progress. Sure, you can view summaries collated by year, but that&#8217;s such a high-level view that you lose sight of all the details. Some combination of the two would be perfect. Its reporting system isn&#8217;t too bad, but I&#8217;d love to see some deeper-level analysis, some higher-order statistics than just averages for certain periods of time. I also wouldn&#8217;t mind if they beefed the social aspect up <em>juuuuust</em> a tad.</p>
<p>All things considered, my personal opinion is that Garmin Connect comes the closest of the three sites I use to my imaginary &#8220;ideal&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>Fitocracy</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wherearethepancakes.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-3-32-23-pm.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-141" alt="Screen Shot 2013-05-20 at 3.32.23 PM" src="http://wherearethepancakes.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/screen-shot-2013-05-20-at-3-32-23-pm.png?w=600&#038;h=482" width="600" height="482" /></a></p>
<p>Fitocracy has the social aspect <em>nailed.</em> It&#8217;s the central theme, but honestly it&#8217;s not overbearing either. It knows it&#8217;s supposed to be a fitness website, so it doesn&#8217;t go overboard beyond basic community, photo, and status support.</p>
<p>Its point system is also a fantastic reward mechanism. Over time, you realize that distance running is pretty much the core ingredient in whatever algorithm it uses to calculate points, and it&#8217;s fun to view weekly/monthly/yearly points for you compared to all your followers. It fosters a healthy sense of competition, motivating you to get out of bed when you <em>reaaaaallly</em> want to stay under the covers.</p>
<p>Where it falls flat is any kind of long-term performance assessment and number crunching. There is absolutely no way to slice up your workouts; viewing your accumulated points over various periods of time is the only indicator you have, and you can&#8217;t even see the points you received from running vs cross-training, etc. For a guy who loves viewing data from as many angles as possible, this is a definite weakness. But the social competitive aspect is solid enough to keep me interested.</p>
<p><strong>DailyMile</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://wherearethepancakes.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dailymile.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-142" alt="dailymile" src="http://wherearethepancakes.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dailymile.jpg?w=600&#038;h=502" width="600" height="502" /></a></p>
<p>Of the three, DailyMile has hands-down the slickest UI. Curved edges, smooth gradients and bevels, simple but informative layouts; it&#8217;s visually enticing.</p>
<p>The social aspect is also a perfect blend: not too much, not too little. There&#8217;s less in terms of social features than Fitocracy, but it&#8217;s still a healthy level of interaction that doesn&#8217;t approach overwhelming. It also provides arguably some of the best (and best-looking) weekly, monthly, and yearly summaries of your workouts. Seriously: how cool is it to be told how many donuts&#8217; worth of calories you&#8217;ve burned?</p>
<p>You can also break things down by activity type, and see how your workouts compare to those of your friends. It even supports plotting out running routes (though I don&#8217;t think it can take elevation into account). Thus far, a pretty solid combination of the strengths of Garmin Connect and Fitocracy.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, where I have problems is that it doesn&#8217;t support nearly the level of detail in terms of workout types as the other two. I love that Garmin Connect lets me specify a training run VS a race VS a recreational run. To DailyMile and Fitocracy, all three would be the same. Furthermore, Fitocracy has a boatload of cross-training activities; for someone who loves cross-training as much as I do, this is a big plus. DailyMile doesn&#8217;t have much beyond running, swimming, cycling, and a few basic cross-training activities. Good luck finding a category for racquetball, or recording exactly how much weight you lifted on bench press.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p>
<p>As of this writing, I haven&#8217;t found a service that&#8217;s perfect. These three seem to collectively cover the spectrum; cutting any one out leaves something to be desired. But it is a bit tedious to keep all three updated, and I do end up repeating myself quite a bit when recording the workouts. DailyMile does provide a handy plugin to Garmin Connect, but that still means a minimum of two distinct data inputs (plus I keep track of how many miles I have on each set of shoes using Garmin Connect, so I&#8217;d need to access that data anyway).</p>
<p>Maybe I should create a new one? <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[A quick look at targeting your Facebook page posts]]></title>
<link>http://weeklyblogclub.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/a-quick-look-at-targeting-your-facebook-page-posts/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kate Bentham</dc:creator>
<guid>http://weeklyblogclub.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/a-quick-look-at-targeting-your-facebook-page-posts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Louise Brown writes a really helpful post for anyone who manages a corporate Facebook page &#8211; a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Louise Brown writes a really helpful post for anyone who manages a corporate Facebook page &#8211; and wants to know more about the Targeting Posts feature. Louise offers a step by step guide to setting up this feature.</p>
<p><a href="http://louisebrown.org.uk/2013/05/10/a-quick-look-at-targeting-your-facebook-page-posts/">A quick look at targeting your Facebook page posts </a>By <a style="font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;" title="Louise Brown on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/LouiseBrown" target="_blank">Louise Brown</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Account list 1.7]]></title>
<link>http://mikaelladominguez.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/account-list-1-7/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mikaelladominguez</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mikaelladominguez.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/account-list-1-7/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[List of websites and applications where I have an account. 1 Gmail outlook amazon 2 Twitter Facebook]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>List of websites and applications where I have an account.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><em></em></strong><strong><em>1</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Gmail</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">outlook</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">amazon</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><em><strong>2</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Twitter</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Facebook</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Drop-box</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">WordPress</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Apple ID</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">b server</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong><em>3</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Instagram</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Scribd</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Tumblr</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Youtube</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Keek</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Kik</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Vine</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Skype</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Weheartit</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fragmentation of TV Audiences and Illegal Downloads]]></title>
<link>http://weeklyblogclub.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/fragmentation-of-tv-audiences-and-illegal-downloads/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kate Bentham</dc:creator>
<guid>http://weeklyblogclub.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/fragmentation-of-tv-audiences-and-illegal-downloads/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An interesting blog from Karl Green this week looking at how TV audiences are becoming more and more]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An interesting blog from Karl Green this week looking at how TV audiences are becoming more and more fragmented as a result of technological developments. Karl also looks at how pay to view channels are causing some audiences to illegally download programmes. A great read.</p>
<p><a href="http://karlsgreen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/fragmentation-of-tv-audiences-and.html">Fragmentation of TV Audiences and Illegal Downloads</a> by <a style="font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;" title="Karl Green on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/KarlSGreen" target="_blank">Karl Green</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Infinity Social]]></title>
<link>http://mingxin111.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/infinity-social/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>coolmango71</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mingxin111.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/infinity-social/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Infinity Social A great website for kids older than 10!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="www.infinitysocialer.com" title="Infinity Social">Infinity Social</a></p>
<p>A great website for kids older than 10!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Inkleaf]]></title>
<link>http://inlovewithjournals.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/inkleaf/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>inlovewithjournals</dc:creator>
<guid>http://inlovewithjournals.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/inkleaf/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m remiss in posting &#8211; I took the weekend off. Beautiful website for leather products.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;">I&#8217;m remiss in posting &#8211; I took the weekend off. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;">Beautiful </span><a style="font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;" href="http://www.inkleafleather.com/" target="_blank">website </a><span style="font-style:inherit;line-height:1.625;">for leather products. Check out the <a href="http://www.inkleafleather.com/category/notebook-covers" target="_blank">notebook covers</a> &#8211; literally to die for. I think my favorite is the large Moleskine notebook cover pictured below.</span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 710px"><img alt="Image of Large Moleskine Cover (Bison)" src="http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/37039284/DSC03360.JPG" width="700" height="933" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Image from <a href="http://www.inkleafleather.com/product/large-moleskine-cover-chocolate" rel="nofollow">http://www.inkleafleather.com/product/large-moleskine-cover-chocolate</a></p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Lacrosse Injuries: "Decompression Nerve Surgery" Is A New Treatment For Severe "Post-Concussion Headaches"; Minimally Invasive Procedure Has Up To 95% Success Rate For Young Athletes ]]></title>
<link>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/lacrosse-injuries-decompression-nerve-surgery-is-a-new-treatment-for-severe-post-concussion-headaches-minimally-invasive-procedure-has-up-to-95-success-rate-for-young-athletes/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>laxbuzz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/lacrosse-injuries-decompression-nerve-surgery-is-a-new-treatment-for-severe-post-concussion-headaches-minimally-invasive-procedure-has-up-to-95-success-rate-for-young-athletes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;Soccer is definitely high, and basketball, lacrosse, football obviously, as well.  And]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>&#8220;&#8230;Soccer is definitely high, and basketball, lacrosse, football obviously, as well.  And believe it or not, even cheerleaders can have that with falls and direct head  injuries&#8230; surgery is an option if the <a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/concussion-legislation.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8968 alignleft" alt="Concussion Legislation" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/concussion-legislation.jpg?w=300&#038;h=202" width="300" height="202" /></a>headaches persist after three months of  traditional treatment and a full neurological evaluation&#8230;the surgery is remarkably effective and has been successful in 95  percent of the kids he has treated&#8230;&#8221;</strong></em></p>
<p>&#8220;What is absolutely astonishing is to take somebody who literally can&#8217;t study,  can&#8217;t work, can&#8217;t function normally, can&#8217;t live without medications, to be able to  have more than 90 percent of success is truly amazing,&#8221; he says.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t the first time Hollie Byer was hit in the head  while playing soccer. But this concussion was very different. The 18-year-old from Olney, Maryland started having terrible headaches that would  not go away. The pain lasted for months &#8212; through doctor visits and traditional  drug therapy.</p>
<p><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/peripheral-nerve-institute.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-34946" alt="Peripheral Nerve Institute" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/peripheral-nerve-institute.jpg?w=300&#038;h=34" width="300" height="34" /></a>Then, her neurologist, Dr. Kevin Crutchfield, started talking about something new.    The Baltimore-based physician sent her to Dr. Ivan Ducic, director of the  Peripheral Nerve Surgery Institute at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.</p>
<p>Ducic is pioneering what some consider a radical idea to treat post-concussion  headaches caused by nerve damage. His approach is a new twist on an existing  procedure used to treat carpal tunnel syndrome.</p>
<p>Using tiny incisions, Ducic moves aside or slightly shaves tissue that is pressing  on the damaged nerve. He says it is like unbuttoning a shirt or tie that is so  tight around the neck, it restricts breathing.</p>
<p>&#8220;The surgery technically undoes the pressure on the nerves so the nerve can  function back again normally,&#8221; he says.</p>
<p>Ducic explains that decompression nerve surgery only takes about 60 to 90 minutes,   is almost always done on an out-patient basis and is considered minimally  invasive, requiring only a few stitches and no hair loss.</p>
<p>After receiving the treatment, Byer was able to return home the same day as the  procedure. She says the headaches went away almost immediately.</p>
<p>For more:  <a href="http://www.wtop.com/267/3329570/Relieving-concussion-related-headaches">http://www.wtop.com/267/3329570/Relieving-concussion-related-headaches</a>-</p>
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<title><![CDATA["2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships": Photos From Cornell Men's Lacrosse 16-6 Quarterfinals Win Over Ohio State On May 18]]></title>
<link>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-photos-from-cornell-mens-lacrosse-16-6-quarterfinals-win-over-ohio-state-on-may-18/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Cornell men&#8217;s lacrosse team dominated in every facet of the game and advanced to the progr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_23172" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/cornell-lacrosse-banner.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-23172" alt="cornell lacrosse banner" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/cornell-lacrosse-banner.jpg?w=500&#038;h=131" width="500" height="131" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Cornell men&#8217;s lacrosse team dominated in every facet of the game and advanced to the program&#8217;s fourth NCAA Final Four in the last seven years with a 16-6 victory over No. 3 Ohio State on Saturday afternoon at Maryland&#8217;s Byrd Stadium. The Big Red improved to 14-3, while OSU&#8217;s season ends at 13-4.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_34938" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-1.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-34938 " alt="Photo by Patrick Shanahan" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-1.jpg?w=500&#038;h=339" width="500" height="339" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Patrick Shanahan</p></div>
<div id="attachment_34939" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-34939" alt="Cornell Men's Lacrosse vs Ohio State 2013 NCAA Lacrosse Championships 2" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-2.jpg?w=500&#038;h=328" width="500" height="328" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Patrick Shanahan</p></div>
<div id="attachment_34940" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-3.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-34940" alt="Cornell Men's Lacrosse vs Ohio State 2013 NCAA Lacrosse Championships 3" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-3.jpg?w=500&#038;h=309" width="500" height="309" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Patrick Shanahan</p></div>
<div id="attachment_34941" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-4.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-34941" alt="Cornell Men's Lacrosse vs Ohio State 2013 NCAA Lacrosse Championships 4" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cornell-mens-lacrosse-vs-ohio-state-2013-ncaa-lacrosse-championships-4.jpg?w=500&#038;h=339" width="500" height="339" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo by Patrick Shanahan</p></div>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.cornellbigred.com/photo_gallery.aspx?gallery=441">http://www.cornellbigred.com/photo_gallery.aspx?gallery=441</a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-philadephia.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-34201" alt="2013 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships Philadephia" src="http://laxbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2013-ncaa-mens-lacrosse-championships-philadephia.jpg?w=500&#038;h=219" width="500" height="219" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[NCAA Lacrosse: Harvard Men's Lacrosse Head Coach Chris Wojcik Discusses 2013 Season (Video)]]></title>
<link>http://laxbuzz.com/2013/05/20/ncaa-lacrosse-harvard-mens-lacrosse-head-coach-chris-wojcik-discusses-2013-season-video/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Chris Wojcik &#8217;96, The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men&#8217;s Lacrosse, sat down wit]]></description>
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<p>Chris Wojcik &#8217;96, The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men&#8217;s Lacrosse, sat down with GoCrimson.com to review the 2013 Harvard men&#8217;s lacrosse season.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[GirlFriendCircles ]]></title>
<link>http://giverofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/girlfriendcircles/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://giverofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/girlfriendcircles/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[About three years ago, I joined a website to make friends. You read that right, to make friends, not]]></description>
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<p>About three years ago, I joined a website to make friends. You read that right, to make friends, not date. GirlFriendCircles is an online friending service. Craft a profile, upload a pic, and start searching in the classifieds for women who could potentially be your new best friend. The site coordinates events and hosts profiles and message boards. Members can also post their own events on the site. The first time I signed up for the service, there just were not many women using the service in my area. The friend who suggested the site after I lamented that after moving home after grad school, I no longer had friends in town had a good experience in her town&#8211;San Francisco. This is my first week on the site, but lack of membership seems to be a problem again. I&#8217;ll keep you posted.</p>
<p>[GirlFriendCircles]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Language Teaching and Learning Resources - The Best of The Web: Italian]]></title>
<link>http://thelanguagefaculty.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/language-teaching-and-learning-resources-the-best-of-the-web-italian/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>The Language Faculty</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thelanguagefaculty.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/language-teaching-and-learning-resources-the-best-of-the-web-italian/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So on we go with our &#8220;Best of The Web&#8221; series. Today: Italian! This is a language that I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So on we go with our &#8220;Best of The Web&#8221; series. Today: Italian! This is a language that I have only relatively recently taken up myself and have completely fallen in love with it! It is not a difficult language to learn, especially for anyone who has any knowledge of any other Western European language, so if you haven&#8217;t already, I urge you to have a go!</p>
<h4>In Italia.</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.initalia.rai.it/" target="_blank">http://www.initalia.rai.it/</a></strong></p>
<p>This is a wonderful online television series for Italian learners produced by RAI, Italy&#8217;s national broadcasting service. We meet a family who have recently moved to Italy and follow them as they learn about the language, the country and its people. Four series have now been made, each building on the last. Each programme is entirely in Italian and accompanied by activities and explanations. There is also a section for teachers.</p>
<h4>Noi Parliamo Italiano</h4>
<p><a href="http://parliamoitaliano.altervista.org/" target="_blank"><strong>http://parliamoitaliano.altervista.org/</strong></a></p>
<p>This site has audio and video, reading, games and grammar activities for students of all levels. It also has a great section on Italian culture, as well as information about other useful sites.</p>
<h4>Langmedia &#8211; Italian in Italy</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/collection/lm_italy/it_index.html" target="_blank">http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/collection/lm_italy/it_index.html</a></strong></p>
<p>Here you can find videos of common scenarios you might encounter when visiting Italy, such as eating out, visiting a library or needing to make a telephone call. The videos are shot in Italy and all dialogues are natural and spoken by native speakers. Because of this, language is often colloquial and there are grammatical errors but comprehension is aided by accompanying transcriptions and English translations. One word of warning, the quality of the audio and video does vary.</p>
<h4>ILUSS</h4>
<p><a href="http://www.iluss.it/schede_gram_free.html" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.iluss.it/schede_gram_free.html</strong></a></p>
<p>ILUSS promotes the Italian language abroad. Whilst some of their materials are only available to subscribers, there are still a wide range or resources for which there is no charge. They cover all skills and levels and in addition there are a number of self-assessment tests which also function well as revision aids.</p>
<h4>ILGUR- Italian Language, Grammar and Usage Resource</h4>
<p><strong><a title="http://ilgur.com/" href="http://ilgur.com/" target="_blank">http://ilgur.com/</a></strong></p>
<p>Currently undergoing a massive redesign, ILGUR has posted over 200 entries on learning Italian. Keep checking back over the coming months as these are updated and reposted.</p>
<h4>La Grammatica Italiana</h4>
<p><a href="http://www.uvm.edu/~cmazzoni/3grammatica/grammatica/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.uvm.edu/~cmazzoni/3grammatica/grammatica/index.html</strong></a></p>
<p>This is an excellent grammar resource from Cristina Mazzoni at the University of Vermont. Each topic area includes a clear explanation, exercises and either a cartoon or proverb or both!</p>
<h4>Italica</h4>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.italica.rai.it/" target="_blank">http://www.italica.rai.it/</a></strong></p>
<p>Another resource from RAI but this time from their international channel. This site includes a great Italian language course and articles on Italian art,  cinema, literature, music and the history of the Italian language. Available in Italian, English and Spanish.</p>
<h4>Italian 100 Web Exercises</h4>
<p><strong><a title="http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/index.htm" href="http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/index.htm" target="_blank">http://web.uvic.ca/hispanital/italian/italian100/index.htm</a></strong></p>
<p>This site from the University of Victoria includes self-checking exercises on both vocabulary and grammar for beginners.</p>
<h4>Guerra Edizioni</h4>
<p><strong><a title="http://www.guerra-edizioni.com" href="http://www.guerra-edizioni.com/" target="_blank">http://www.guerra-edizioni.com/</a></strong></p>
<p>Guerra Edizioni specialises in the publication of materials for learning Italian. Their website contains free pdf versions of chapters from their textbooks with accompanying audio for you to sample and use. They also publish In.IT, a free quaterly publication for teachers of Italian as a foreign language, which can be found in pdf format here: <a title="http://www.initonline.it/" href="http://www.initonline.it/" target="_blank">http://www.initonline.it/</a>.</p>
<h4>Italicissima</h4>
<p><a title="http://italicissima.com/it" href="http://italicissima.com/it" target="_blank"><strong>http://italicissima.com/it</strong></a></p>
<p>As stated by the sites&#8217; authors &#8220;italicissima is dedicated to real Italian language as it appears in contemporary literature. Here you’ll find a monthly post on a novel of literary and linguistic interest and, whenever possible, a language-themed interview with the author.&#8221; A really interesting a useful resource for advanced learners.</p>
<h4>Alla prossima! Ciao!</h4>
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<title><![CDATA[The Carcass Of Megaupload Still Gets Millions of Visitors a Month]]></title>
<link>http://newipadblogs.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/the-carcass-of-megaupload-still-gets-millions-of-visitors-a-month/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been over a year since Megaupload was ripped from the fabric of the Internet, and its suc]]></description>
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<p style="font-size:14px;"> It&#8217;s been over a year since Megaupload was ripped from the fabric of the Internet, and its successor has already risen to fill the hole. But Megaupload was a truly gargantuan site. So much so that it&#8217;s still getting millions of visitors per month, even though there&#8217;s nothing there.</p>
<p style="font-size:14px;">The file-sharing services long cold corpse doesn&#8217;t get the same kind of traffic it used to, obviously, but plenty of unwitting pilgrims still come to visit its grave. Enough that Megaupload.com is still within the top 2,500 sites visited on the whole Internet at an Alexa rank of 2,161. Chances are most of these people are coming from dead links&#8212;of which there must still be many&#8212;with a maybe just a few visitors who were just checking in, in case the site had somehow, inexplicably come back.</p>
<p style="font-size:14px;">While the site used to have a graphic explaining the seizure as its makeshift headstone, the space is now completely empty, and will probably remain that way. Should luck swing Dotcom&#8217;s way, and the seizure warrants be found unlawful, maybe someday the domain could find new life pointing towards the site born to fill its shoes. For the time being though, that is one popular cyber-grave. [TorrentFreak]</p>
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