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Brazil has confirmed that another (the 15th) uncontacted Indian tribe has recently been discovered living in the Amazon near the border of Brazil and Peru. It consists of approximatlely 200 members who live in four thatch roofed buildings and grow corn, bananas and peanuts. This brings the total known uncontacted Amazon Indians to about 2,000. The Brazil National Indian Foundation estimates that there are as many as 68 uncontacted Indian tribes living in the Amazon.
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I wonder this too. My scientist side tends to think all knowledge is good, and that it would be wrong to not let them in on the news that a big world exists beyond theirs. But then I envision potential disaster.
In reality, I suspect the church will figure out a way to get to them. The power of the zombie jesus will compel them.
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How not to be an asshole: a guide for men.
It's so good, I don't even feel the need to rant for ten pages about how sad it is that it is so very damned necessary for a man to say all this, because he might actually be taken seriously.

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Violin Concerto
Humoresques Nos. 3-6 op. 89
Violin Concerto No. 1
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Neeme Järvi
Violin Concerto
Humoresques Nos. 3-6 op. 89
Violin Concerto No. 1
Ilya Gringolts
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Neeme Järvi
Int. Release 03 May. 2004
0289 474 8142 3
Track List
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major, Op. 19
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
6 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Ilya Gringolts, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi
Total Playing Time 1:09:18
With the recent release of his Bach . . . this young Russian prodigy has shown that he can indeed read between the lines and infuse these paramount solo violin works with remarkable verve. His unorthodox approach, often aggressive and sometimes sublimely lyrical, has sent some critics into a spin, especially those expecting a more honeyed interpretation of these polyphonic masterworks.
The music often dances along with an unexpected happiness, Gringolts's tempo allowing us to hear detail in the solo line that usually becomes a brilliant blur as passages hurtle by . . . it is in total one of the most commendable performances in the catalogue.
Ilya Gringolts is a player of formidable technique and considerable musical imagination, and finds congenial partners here in the vastly experienced Neeme Järvi and his Gothenburg orchestra. The Sibelius Concertio is performed with great strength and poetry . . .
Ilya Gringolts is one sensational violinist. From a purely technical point of view, the playing on offer here is nothing short of astounding . . . Well balanced, vivid sound
complements a release that violin fans surely will enjoy, one that confirms Gringolts' growing reputation as a hot virtuoso who's much more than just a hot virtuoso.
Ilya Gringolts has something to offer to listeners in the notes as well as in his performances . . . Gringolts manages to combine Oistrakh's mystical intensity, especially to the outer movements, with Szigeti's caustic asperity . . . He makes bold gestures with plenty of tonal resources to spare, never crossing over into either indulgent warmth or rough edginess. Gringolts speaks of the magical moments a soloist experiences after the sound of the last movement dies away. His own reading of that final page serves as a transcendental explication of his remarks . . . His readings, by turns fey and ardent, make these pieces out to be miniatures collectively of rather more importance than they've generally been taken to be by other performers . . . Ilya Gringolts seems to be one of the handful of violinists of the younger generation who takes risks to personalize what he plays -- and generally succeeds. His musical intelligence makes as strong an impression as does his technical preparedness . . . Strongly recommended.
Die beiden Violinkonzerte gelten unter Fachleuten als virtuos extrem, aber auch als emotional komplex. Im Falle Sibelius wird von manchen eine gewisse Schwüle konstatiert. Dieser aber weiß Ilya Gringolts mit einer geradezu ätherischen Klarheit zu begegnen -- und entledigt so den Finnen von einer überdrüssigen Melancholie.
Gringolts ist mehr als ein Geheimtipp: Der 22-jährige Geiger kann auf seiner Stradivari verrückte Kapriolen schlagen und herrliche Melodien streichen . . . Der Sound ist perfekt ausgeleuchtet: fein aufgefächert die Göteborger, anspringend klar der Solopart . . . schaurig-schön mit Gänsehaut-Faktor.
. . . stringent konzipiert und doch im besten Sinne jung im energischen Impetus. Die Grammophon setzt mithin auf den Riichtigen, wenn sie den Petersburger Individualisten nun zum zweiten Mal eine Konzertaufnahme realisieren lässt. Gringolts hat viel zu erzählen, also hört man mit Spannung zu.
Tadellos . . . Man spürt den musikalischen Erzähler, wie er die herbe, dunkle weitbogige Melodik, die ja voller Schwermut und Melancholie steckt, mit tonlichem Raffinement adelt. Die Göteborger Symphoniker mit Altmeister Neeme Järvi am Pult erweisen sich als reaktionsschnell mitgestaltende Partner.
Hier erweist sich endgültig, was Hilary Hahn mit ihrer Neueinspielung des Elgar-Konzertes gelungen ist: die Rückführung eines in epischer Breite sich verströmenden Konzert Kolosses auf seinen Ausdruckskern. Der besteht nicht darin, die Übergänge von einer Note zur nächsten mit breiten Portamenti zu verschleifen und so die zu immer neuen Bögen gruppierten Phrasen möglichst bruchsicher zu verkleben, er äußert sich vielmehr in dem bei entsprechender Tongebung natürlich sich entfaltenden melodischen Fluss, den es durch Differenzierungen in der Binnengestaltung von Tempoeinheiten zu gliedern gilt. Das flexible Mitgestalten des London Symphony Orchestra ermöglicht diese Haltung, Hilary Hahns derzeit wohl konkurrenzloses Spiel erfüllt sie.
[Gringolts] anime le Concerto en ré majeur de Prokofiev d'un mélange unique de frénésie et de sensualité. Un archet d'une incroyable légčreté, une main gauche d'une agilité féline, des timbres originaux et une farouche spontanéité sont une fois encore le reflet d'une personnalité singuličre . . . Neeme Järvi tire de son orchestre des couleurs raffinées et lui insuffle une pétillante dynamique (Scherzo).
Sa personnalité et son enthousiasme, alliés ŕ une maîtrise instrumentale confondante, nous avaient particuličrement fait trčs bonne impression . . .
Es una lectura deliciosa, muy bella, casi galante, cercana al Prokoflev dieciochesco de la sinfonía n°1. Järvi obedece como un cordero y la orquesta de Göteborg muestra su rostro más dulce. Ese es, diría yo, el talento de un artista verdadero, que te lleva por donde quiere . . . En esta pieza, Grigolts es un gran artista. . . . las casi nunca grabadas Humerseques, op.89 . . . es un regalo valioso para el conocedor.
Gringolts incide en la sensibilidad del segundo tema, por encima de la pasión del primero . . . con la complicidad de Järvi, retarda este movimiento hasta ahondar en su dimensión más "terrorífica" [Sibelius]. . . . el lirismo del final conduce, por lo inesperado, a una atmósfera donde se presiente lo fantástico y en el que la espléndida escritura orquestal es dibujada con mimo por la Sinfónica de Göteborg [Prokofiev].
Ilia Gringolts es una de esas jóvenes promesas que van consolidando su potencial ańo a ańo. ... Su sonido es de una extraordinaria pureza, de líneas claras y sin aditamentos que lo enturbien.
|Born on 2 July in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad)
|Begins violin lessons
|Begins study with Tatiana Liberova
|Enters the St. Petersburg Special Music School
|First competition: 2nd prize in the All-Russia Junior Competition
|Public performance début with orchestra in Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
|First prize in the Youth Assemblies of Art Competition; Moscow Symphony Orchestra début with Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2
|First competition abroad: prizewinner at the Menuhin Competition in England, where he first meets Menuhin; Western European orchestral début with the Lahti Symphony (Finland) performing Bruch's Concerto No. 1
|First prize, Wieniawski Junior Competition in Poland
|Meets and plays for Itzhak Perlman; first prize in the Paganini Competition
|First performs at Verbier Festival in Switzerland; enters Juilliard School of Music where he studies with Dorothy Delay and Itzhak Perlman; North American début in July performing with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman
|Major US orchestral début with the Los Angeles Philharmonic; recitals in the US and Canada; orchestral engagements include the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Atlanta Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra; he is one of twelve young artists selected by the BBC for their New Generation Artists Scheme
|Signs exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon; first recording comprises concertos by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, released in summer 2002 to high critical acclaim; orchestral engagements include the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; European tour with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov; Ravinia Festival recital; recital and concerto tour of Italy, including acclaimed performances with Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists in Florence, Perugia, Siena, and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome; in August 2002 he makes his BBC Proms début, performing Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Vassily Sinaisky
|Engagements this season include concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Barenboim and Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä, as well as with the UBS Verbier Youth Orchestra under Masur and Rostropovich; he gives recitals at the Louvre, Brussels's Palais des Beaux-Arts and, and London's Wigmore Hall, an all-Bach solo recital at the National Galley, Washington, DC, and appears at international festivals such as La Jolla and Verbier, where he collaborates with artists including Bashmet, Levine, Shaham, Kirshbaum, Ax and, and Andsnes; CD release of his first DG recording, concertos by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich (with the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Itzhak Perlman), followed up by a Bach solo sonata and two partitas (released in spring 2003)
|This season includes concerts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Itzhak Perlman and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton; he will also play the Elgar Concerto with William Boughton and the English Symphony Orchestra at the 2004 Birmingham International Elgar Festival; recitals to include St. Petersburg, Karlsruhe (Germany), San Francisco and, and Tacoma (Washington); new CD release: concertos by Sibelius and Prokofiev with Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Ilya Gringolts plays the ex-Kiesewetter Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1723, on extended loan from Clement Arrison through the generosity of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
The Sibelius concerto, composed in 1903, is his only work in this form - though he later contemplated writing a second violin concerto. In its revised version, completed in 1905, the work has taken a secure place among the masterpieces and universally popular mainstays of the violin repertoire. Coming between the Second and Third symphonies, it was written when Sibelius was 38 and had already reached full maturity as a composer but, significantly, before the transitional Fourth Symphony in which he embarked on his individual path as a symphonist.
The violin was Sibelius's first study instrument and in his youth he had nourished ambitions to become a virtuoso - he could manage the first two movements of the Mendelssohn E minor concerto and as late as 1891 auditioned for the Vienna Philharmonic. Hardly surprising, then, that he exploits all the facets of sure-fire Romantic violin technique, with double-stoppings, heroic bravura runs, high-register trills and a sustained lyricism.
As already intimated, Sibelius had some difficulty arriving at the concerto's final form. The premiere in Helsinki in February 1904 had a mixed reception, in part because the soloist Viktor Nováăek was not up to the work's dizzying technical demands. But Sibelius himself was also dissatisfied. His 1905 revision was premiered in Berlin in October that year under the baton of Richard Strauss, with Karel Halí? as soloist. "Unlike some other composers, Sibelius's revisions were usually for the better," says Ilya Gringolts. "There were five minutes more music in the first movement of the original concerto, and there really are some striking differences between the two versions."
The long rhapsodic first movement is one of great originality, casting aside the usual canons of sonata form (though, ironically, emphasizing thematic contrasts - one of the essential elements of that form). Its first theme, an extended and passionate song, is heard immediately in the violin; the more restful second theme follows after an orchestral interlude. The concerto's second movement (an Adagio in B flat major) is an ingratiating poem, one of Sibelius's most overtly sentimental effusions, replete with the lush orchestration and grandiose gestures that mark the last stages of European Romanticism. The finale is a robust rondo made up of two important themes, the first of which was famously characterized by the English musicologist Donald Tovey as "a polonaise for polar bears". Ilya Gringolts sees it differently: "It's not a virtuoso display. It's a tour de force! It's a dance of death, as Sibelius described it. You can understand what he meant just by pulling the tempo down a little bit. Play it a little slower and it becomes really scary!"
After the Violin Concerto, the six Humoresques for violin and orchestra are Sibelius's most important works for soloist and orchestra. Ilya Gringolts plays the four published as op. 89, omitting the two of op. 87 - no. 1 in D minor and no. 2 in D major. The first five were completed in 1917, the last one in 1918. The character of all six is not exactly humorous, markedly less so than Dvo?ák's miniatures of the same name. They are also considerably more demanding technically than Dvo?ák's. Light and shadow, a certain restlessness and some noble, virtuosic writing for the soloist, rivalling that of the concerto, lend immense distinction to these relatively little-known works.
"There is an amazingly bitter-sweet quality about them," Gringolts feels. "Strangely, they sound a little like Prokofiev and unlike anything else Sibelius was writing at the time. I think it had to do with the fact that they needed to be accessible - it was the First World War and he had to make money - and so they couldn't be like his Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, which he completed about the same time. In a way they lead back, perhaps, to the Third Symphony. Playing them with orchestra is quite a daunting task. There is a lot of really staggeringly difficult string playing - a lot of divisi violins and interesting harmonies going on at the same time. I have to tell you, in the recording sessions we spent most of the time on these little pieces, not on the concertos!"
Conceived originally as a one-movement concertino for violin and orchestra, the seeds of Prokofiev's D major Concerto were sown in 1915. Over the next two years, however, the notional one movement grew to three, though the circumstances of its completion were far from ideal. After the horrors of the Revolution, in 1918 Prokofiev left Russia for a tour of the United States and did not return until 1927. It was five years before the score received its first performance, on 18 October 1923 with Marcel Darrieux as soloist and the Paris Opera Orchestra under the baton of Serge Koussevitzky.
"Even though the Sibelius Humoresques and the Prokofiev Concerto were written at about the same time," observes Gringolts, "which was a very tumultuous time for Russia and Finland, the funny thing is that you don't hear any of that in the music. The Prokofiev is very far removed from politics and all that was happening in society. He was working as an outsider, a lonely genius - rather like Mozart, I feel - very unconnected with life. Even when he came back to Russia, he remained uninvolved, a completely different outlook to that of Shostakovich, for instance. When I arrived in the States to study, I discovered that Prokofiev's Second Concerto was popular but the First was overlooked. In Russia it's the other way round. It has to do with the old Soviet prejudice against music that
was written abroad by Russian composers. Such composers were considered to be traitors and their music a kind of criminal activity! So I was always more exposed to the First Concerto of Prokofiev, which was written in Russia (the Second was written in France). It was never overlooked and I knew it very well."
The D major concerto was one of a series of works showing a "softening of temper" (Prokofiev's words) after his days as an enfant terrible. These include his opp. 25-27 - the First ("Classical") Symphony, the Third Piano Concerto and the five songs on poems by Akhmatova - all
of which had been started or even extensively sketched by the time he finished the present concerto. Its three movements project an unusual structure in that the outer two (Andantino and Moderato) are generally more lyrical in character, while the central movement is an energetic scherzo (marked Vivacissimo). Prokofiev introduces a bristling array of expressive effects and technical challenges, from long cantabile lines and pizzicato chords to a ponticello passage (bowing near the bridge of the instrument) in the second movement, sudden shifts from bowed to plucked notes, and floating, high harmonics. But, since the germ of the whole work grew from the meditative theme with which it opens, it is not surprising that the lyrical mood dominates.
"There is some wonderful orchestral writing in this concerto," Gringolts enthuses. "I think orchestras must love playing it because there are so many things to bring out. Also to conduct it must be quite interesting! Looking at the first violins, the string section, the woodwinds, I find the little themes and dabs of colour that he introduces amazing - especially unusual at the time he was writing the work. The third movement is very beautiful, but it's not what you'd normally expect of a "finale", being very slow and lyrical. Then there is the wonderful moment when the theme of the first movement returns unexpectedly and then disappears into a sort of haze. After this there's always a moment of silence. When you just stand there in the silence and breathe in the atmosphere of this music for five or six seconds, it is a magical feeling."
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001. Same old same old. Done pretty much the same as I do every week this week. Work/uni/work/uni. I'm back at work again which takes up so much of my time. Although I've been out alot this week seeing friends and stuff, which has been really nice. Next week is going to be a flurry of activity of the mundane kind. I've got a hand in, as well as working at my old job covering some shifts as well as doing my normal job. I don't know why I put myself through it! My dissertation needs to be handed in the week after too. But luckily that's finished!
002. I've been planning for my 21st, My Mum asked me what I wanted to for it and to be honest I dont know. Most things like jewellery and expensive bags I can probably buy myself so there is no point asking for that kinda stuff. So I posted on Twitter about it and I think most people agreed a holiday would probably be the kind of gift that lasts the longest. I either want to go to Paris or New York. Im lemming towards New York at the moment, but it depends. I hate flying so much.
003. Short again, But I do have posts scheduled for next week so fingers crossed there will be more to see!


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Here's my attempt at the challenge, and also my first MOC. I started work on the tower well before the challenge was announced, and while not strictly a castle, I thought it would be a good opportunity to enter my first 'challenge'. I used up almost all of my bluish grey bricks anyway so I don't think I'd have enough for a proper castle.
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Columbia College is certified to operate in Virginia by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) makes higher education public policy recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly in such areas as capital and operating budget planning, enrollment projections, institutional technology needs, and student financial aid.
SCHEV administers a variety of educational programs that benefit students, faculty, parents, and taxpayers. SCHEV serves as a catalyst to promote greater access, quality, affordability, and accountability throughout the system. SCHEV also helps policymakers, college administrators, and other concerned leaders work cooperatively and constructively to advance educational excellence.


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Lawmakers should downsize the U.S. Federal Communications Commission by taking away its power to review mergers in the telecom industry and most of its power to pass regulations before evidence of a problem, two telecom experts said Tuesday.
It doesn't make sense for the FCC to maintain monopoly-inspired regulations on telecom-based broadband carriers when there's healthy competition from mobile broadband, satellite broadband and other providers, said Robert Litan, director of research at Bloomberg Government and co-author of an upcoming book on broadband policy.
The FCC should focus largely on encouraging competition in the areas of the country that have one broadband provider instead of enforcing old regulations and creating new ones based on a model of telecommunications that no longer exists in the U.S., argued Litan and co-author Hal Singer, managing director and principal of Navigant Economics, during a discussion at the Brookings Institute.
"We believe that public policy should be focused primarily on removing the remaining regulatory barriers that prevent, or that discourage, other broadband providers" from expanding their service, Litan said.
New 4G LTE services far surpass the 4Mbps download speeds defined by the FCC as broadband speed, but the FCC still regulates fixed broadband as if that competition doesn't exist, Litan said. The FCC should focus on eliminating regulations for mobile broadband providers in an effort to prompt them to expand their networks, he said.
The FCC should repeal its net neutrality rules as well as carrier-of-last-resort rules for telecom carriers, Singer said. Under old regulations, traditional telecom carriers are required to maintain their legacy telecom networks as well as new Internet Protocol networks, and repealing regulations would allow them to retire their copper networks in favor of fiber, he said.
Instead of the FCC's current rulemaking procedures, the agency should move to passing rules only after the evidence of a problem in the broadband market, Litan and Singer recommended. The FCC or lawmakers should end the agency's antitrust merger reviews, leaving that function to the U.S. Department of Justice, and take away the agency's ability to set conditions on spectrum auctions, they said.
Under its existing rulemaking procedures, the FCC and its staff have been prone to allow so-called rent seeking, in which regulated companies seek competitive advantages through agency rules, Singer said.
Most of the panelists during a Brookings discussion on the proposals from Litan and Singer, tended to agree with the authors. The two authors are publishing the book, Singer said, to start a discussion about telecom regulations as carriers move to all-IP networks, but the proposals sound similar to FCC downsizing ideas pushed by Verizon Communications and Senator Jim DeMint, a South Carolina Republican, in recent years.
Panelist James Cicconi, AT&T's senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs, targeted the FCC's 2010 net neutrality order as an example of regulation without major evidence of a problem.
"The commission would be wise to focus its regulations going forward on actual problems in the market, rather than hypotheticals," Cicconi said. "They should be hinging their regulations on actual data based on actual problems and not on hypotheticals dreamed up by some advocacy group."
But there's little evidence that the FCC's net neutrality rule has hurt telecom investment, said Blair Levin, a communications and policy fellow at the Aspen Institute and lead author of the FCC's 2010 national broadband plan. Levin questioned whether the proposed policy of the FCC regulating on a case-by-case basis would help investment or lead to more uncertainty among investors.
As telecom carriers move to all-IP networks, the FCC will need to provide a road map for consumers and providers, Levin added. "I hope the commission lays out a clear path, rather than just addressing things when problems arise," he said.
Others questioned proposals to take away power from the FCC. Broadband content and services are changing, but government oversight of telecom and broadband is still needed, said Matt Wood, policy director of Free Press, a digital rights group.
"What hasn't changed is the fact that a few providers still control these networks, with companies like AT&T and Verizon dominating the wireless space and cable controlling most of the high speed connections into people's homes," he said by email. "These giant corporations have the same incentives and the same ability they've always had to freeze out any innovation or competition that might cut into their own profits."
The coming transition to all-IP networks is a good time to review telecom regulation, added John Bergmayer, senior staff attorney for Public Knowledge.
"But there's nothing about IP vs. switched networks, or fiber vs. copper ... that reduces the odds of communications markets becoming monopolistic or oligopolistic, or makes carriers behave in less self-interested ways," he said by email. "Last-mile bottlenecks present similar problems whether they're coaxial, copper telephone wires, or fiber, and small carriers face the same build-out and interconnection challenges regardless of their particular technology."
Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. Follow Grant on Twitter at GrantGross. Grant's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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$ 8 Million NIH Grant Supports Collaborative Study on Outcomes from High Dose Radiation Therapy
December 11, 2012
The NYU College of Dentistry's Bluestone Center for Clinical Research is one of five institutions sharing an $8.15 million grant to examine treatment outcomes in head and neck cancer patients receiving high-dose radiation therapy.
As a site investigator, Bluestone Director Dr. Brian L. Schmidt, DDS, MD, PhD, will manage the enrollment of patients for the study entitled "Clinical Registry of Dental Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients". Michael Brennan, DDS, MHS, Associate Chairman of the Department of Oral Medicine at Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), and Rajesh V. Lalla, DDS, PhD, tenured Associate Professor of Oral Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, are Co-Principal Investigators for the project funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).
The majority of patients with head and neck cancer receive high-dose radiation therapy which can irreversibly damage the oral and maxillofacial tissues. Damage to the salivary glands in particular can lead to a decreased flow of saliva and dry mouth, significantly increasing the risk of dental caries and tooth loss. Radiation also impedes bone healing, putting the patient at risk for osteoradionecrosis (ORN), a condition in which normal cells and blood vessels, in addition to the cancer cells, are destroyed by the radiation therapy. ORN is often induced by dental extraction, placing the at-risk patients in a vicious cycle, as they are more likely to need dental extraction following radiation. While there is some evidence to suggest patients experience significant dental morbidity following radiation therapy, there is no definitive data documenting the extent and severity. Without evidence-based guidelines, current care of these patients is based on individual and expert opinion. Patients enrolled this multi-center longitudinal cohort study will receive a standard dental examination to document any dental or oral conditions prior to starting their radiation therapy. Patients will be recalled every 6 months for up to two years to measure tooth loss and examine the failure rate of commonly used dental restorative materials. Researchers will use this data to identify risk factors for tooth loss and restoration failure and compare the effectiveness of different restoration materials.
"This will be a landmark clinical study as it will be the first study to systematically examine dental outcomes in a large population of over 750 patients receiving head and neck radiation therapy," said Dr. Lalla. "We expect to not only document the substantial dental morbidity in this population but also identify risk factors for adverse outcomes. This valuable information will have a direct impact on the clinical care of thesepatients."
The grant will be administered by Carolinas HealthCare System and patients will be enrolled at five satellite sites, each with a leading investigator: New York University (Dr. Brian L. Schmidt), Carolinas Medical Center (Dr. Michael Brennan), University of Connecticut Health Center (Dr. Lalla), Harvard University/Dana Farber Cancer Center (Dr. Nathaniel Treister), and the University of Pennsylvania (Dr. Thomas Sollecito). Dr. James Hodges from the University of Minnesota will operate the Data Coordinating Center for the study.
Dr. Schmidt looks forward to starting the study and said, "although radiation therapy can improve survival for head and neck cancer patients the negative effects of radiation on the teeth and jaws is life-long and progressive. I have seen in my practice that complications, such as ORN, can have a measurable impact on patients' quality of life. This multi-center study could change that. The results might tip the balance so that while radiation is being used to control the cancer we can see oral health problems early on and keep our patients out of trouble."


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Why? Because metal expands and fatigues under stress and temperature. Imagine a set of rods you never have to replace no matter what you throw at the motor.
There is a limit of course but that limit is very, very high. Extreme Tuners claims their Mitsubishi Evo application can take 3000+ horsepower and over 15,000 rpm:
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i want this in my living room for days like today
Thursday, April 7
162 comments:
- beau&lindee said...
i agree 100%. i love hearing different peoples perspective on things and different "life" tips so to speak! can't wait :)
- April 07, 2011 12:57 PM
- Taylor Marie said...
I really like lifestyle with some clothes. That's what my blog is like and I love it. Obviously our lives don't revolve around the clothes we wear, it's also about the people we love. For me, it also entails the food we eat! So I think whatever makes you the happiest is what you should do, after all, it is your blog! (and a great one at that!)
- April 07, 2011 12:58 PM
- Piril Maria said...
Agree with you as well. =)
♥ Love,
- April 07, 2011 12:58 PM
- Jessica said...
I couldn't agree more with your decision. I loved your blog when I first started following, still do! But sometimes it can feel a lil 'sponsor'-centric and less Sydney-centric. I'll love anything you do with it though, true-blu follower :)
- April 07, 2011 12:59 PM
- Trissta said...
I had some great advice on this subject the other day! Do what you have passion for and the readers will follow. :) Not that I have many of those, but as one of your dedicated readers, I'm in love with more than your clothes! I love your personality and pizazz! Yes, I just used the word pizazz. I will forever be a faithful reader. :)
- April 07, 2011 12:59 PM
- Piril Maria said...
Oh, and good luck on your finals! Do good and be good to yourself.
♥ Love,
- April 07, 2011 12:59 PM
- Kendra said...
I think that's a great idea. Your outfit posts are always amazing and so inspirational so I know that hearing about your interests in all areas of life would be phenomenal as well!
- April 07, 2011 1:01 PM
- Unknown said...
Pretty sure you could type up the phone book and I would still read it.
- April 07, 2011 1:01 PM
- krisandkel said...
Whichever direction you take it in I KNOW we will all still love ya! I'm liking your new idea although I absolutely want to keep seeing your adorable outfits. I'm excited for you Sydney!
<3 kris&kel
- April 07, 2011 1:02 PM
- Tobe | BIA said...
do what you enjoy, miss. it has to be fun or it's just not worth it!
- April 07, 2011 1:03 PM
- Victoria said...
I would love to hear more about you! It wigs me out a little that we live near each other by the way. I feel like we should know each other by now. That's probably creepy. Anyway, thanks for making us Idaho girls look good! I want to know what you do, though, besides dress really well! Can't wait to see! But please don't go to that cupcake shop in rexburg, I'll just get super jealous =)
Good luck on finals and everything!
- April 07, 2011 1:03 PM
- oona said...
Go for it. Even though you have an aaamaaazing style mostly just stalk you cause your funny and interesting.
Yuup. True story.
- April 07, 2011 1:04 PM
- just a girl named ashley said...
Sydney I thought about this for my blog for a long time, what do I want to do with it?
ITS YOUR BLOG and obviously people LOVE IT! they will read even if you listed all the food you ate for every day.. and that was it.
people are drawn to your blog because of you!
- April 07, 2011 1:04 PM
- Shellsea said...
I think you should do whatever makes you happy. Write about what you want to write about.
It is your blog after all...
- April 07, 2011 1:05 PM
- AJD ∞ said...
I love that idea [lifestyle with some clothes on the side]. It will allow you to be MORE creative, I think. Or at least show more sides of your creativity.
And I love that photo... It's giving me decorating ideas...
- April 07, 2011 1:06 PM
- Anna said...
I agree - I always enjoyed reading your blog more when it was filled with crazy Sydney antics and not so much promotion. BUT I think you're great nonetheless and you could blog about government conspiracy theories and I'd still love reading you Haha.
It's YOUR blog. Do what YOU want.
- April 07, 2011 1:09 PM
- jana said...
i think you should do what makes you happy... but that being said, i will miss your daily fashion :(
i'm a fan of it.
- April 07, 2011 1:10 PM
- PS said...
I agree one million per cent! I think that blogs are the most fun & interesting to readers when the writer is stoked on what their writing, so I think that if you want to switch it up a lil bit, do it! You are a funny girl & I love your writing. Thanks for sharing with us :)
- April 07, 2011 1:10 PM
- Unknown said...
Honestly, i probably wouldn't stop by quiiite as much if it didn't have as many outfit pics. i just lovvve those. That's just me. You are super cute, funny, and insightful, so I'm sure whatever you do will still be loved by everyone, including me :) <3 EverRubyGirl.blogspot.com
- April 07, 2011 1:11 PM
- Savanah said...
Lifestyle + Outfits do your thang girl..I love the modest fashion inspiration, but what reels in a long term reader is the lifestyle elements in a blog the "you" that makes it unique. I'm by no means a stylist, but I do love pretty things - I'm a photographer, I appreciate conscious art and conscious minds..so I share it on my blog (Peace-Nopales)with the mix of updates from(Our)life. The more about "US" I throw up the more new readers flock.
change is good!
Savanah xo
- April 07, 2011 1:13 PM
- Unknown said...
i think it's your blog, so whatever you feel you need to do with it will work because you already have all of us hooked on you and your fabulous style/life!! :)
<3 steffy
- April 07, 2011 1:14 PM
- Julia Kennedy said...
if it makes you happy then i completly agree that you should do more lifestyle blogging...
but please don't stop all of your style posts because they are so inspirational and amazing!!!!!
- April 07, 2011 1:14 PM
- Lippylash said...
I love your writing style but love the pics 2 very much even!! So I would love it if you would still to the outfits pretty often but would love the hear other things about you..
- April 07, 2011 1:16 PM
- Candace said...
Outfit posts or not I will still follow your blog! I think it is fabulous! Do what makes you happy:)
- April 07, 2011 1:16 PM
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- April 07, 2011 1:17 PM
- Rebecca said...
To be honest, there are fashion blogs I read that I just skip when they start talking about their lives. That being said (and I was thinking this when you posted the pics of your hubby holding the babe) you are the number one fashion blogger I would love to see more lifestyle posts from. I'm excited for what is to come!
- April 07, 2011 1:19 PM
- Travelbug said...
You make the blog and therefore you can post what you want and your readers will still love you! I for one would love more lifestyle and a little less fashion :)
- April 07, 2011 1:21 PM
- Morgan said...
Obviously clothes are a big part of your life...I mean you wear them everyday :oP But I fully support the switch to a lifestyle blog. I already enjoy the "lifestyle" pieces you post now so more of it would be just fine in my book.
Looking forward to reading :o)
- April 07, 2011 1:21 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for this post Sydney! At the end of the day most are right, this is YOUR blog and you should do what you like best. As for my two cents, I love your outfit posts/hairstyle advice/make up advice. Reading magazines and more conventional fashion media outlets don't cut it because I think they are rarely relatable - most of their fashion suggestions involve $200+ pieces that us girls really can't afford for everyday. The reason why I loved your blog because you inspired your readers to think creatively about our everyday fashion in a way that was achievable for most and fun!
Keep blogging :)
- April 07, 2011 1:21 PM
- Lindy Yam said...
I love fashion the best. Yours is my favourite FASHION blog so I'd love love love you to keep it fashion!!!
- April 07, 2011 1:22 PM
- Ashley said...
While i love fashion...I also prefer lifestyle, a little food, a little home, a little family and friends and ahhh...there you have the perfect blog...as a new follower, i am eager to see what becomes of "the daybook!"
- April 07, 2011 1:23 PM
- Corinne Chidester said...
looking forward to the change.
- April 07, 2011 1:24 PM
- Taylor C said...
I think this is a great idea! You are a hoot and while the clothes and such are nice to see and hear about, I think your stories and your fun outlook are what brings me back each day as well as the rest of your readers.
Do what you love girl! that is all that matters.
- April 07, 2011 1:28 PM
- lori said...
i say lifestyle and some clothes... cut down on the fashion(but not cut it out completely, because you are oh-so stylish!)... and while i understand the purpose of sponsors and such, a little more sydney and a little less sponsors would be good. talk about things that you love and things that inspire you.
please dont lose the a&a thursdays though. you are funny, and thats one thing i love about your blog is the humor... i also love reading the blogs about you and husband. being a newlywed myself, i love to see healthy, happy couples... how about somehow incorporating more of that? date ideas and such? just some thoughts!
- April 07, 2011 1:32 PM
- karajean said...
I agree. I am a fairly recent reader and I enjoy your archives a lot and wish you wrote more like that now.
- April 07, 2011 1:33 PM
- Kori said...
Change is always good..what do you have in mind? I'm so interested in how you got so many followers. Any secrets or tips? Hope you did well on your finals.
I'm hosting a blog hop tomorrow for the 2nd Fashion Friday! I'd love for you to link up with us! Let me know if you have questions. Have a great day honey! Kori xoox
- April 07, 2011 1:34 PM
- Celia said...
Girl, you do what you want to do. You own your blog - not we the readers. You started it to make you happy...the readers showed up of their own accord!
And besides...who says you can't change it again later? :D
- April 07, 2011 1:34 PM
- melissa said...
I am with you on lifestyle with a bit of clothes on the side!!!
I hope you're not too stressed out and hopefully the week ends well for you & you can enjoy the weekend!
I am excited for your upcoming changes! xoxo
- April 07, 2011 1:34 PM
- Curtis & Co. said...
I say you do what makes you happy AND do what you will want to share with your kids and great grand kids down the road! Just my thoughts... ;)
- April 07, 2011 1:37 PM
- jackie said...
i like the lifestyle with some clothes idea. you're cute- we wanna hear more about you! if that includes fancy clothes, cool. if it includes stained yellow sweatshirts, that's cool too.
- April 07, 2011 1:38 PM
- Miss Kindergarten said...
I definitely miss your old blog and tutorials!
- April 07, 2011 1:39 PM
- Erin @ Living In Yellow said...
I read your blog because I love what you have to say. It is funny, real, and relatable. Sure-the pics are adorable, but that is not what keeps me coming back. Write what you want to write about, that's the only way you are going to continue to have a passion for this blog of yours. Love, E.
- April 07, 2011 1:39 PM
- Salvation Army Thrift Stores of Canada said...
I think that is a great idea. I think the 'what I wore' thing is pretty well across the board in the blogging world now, so it doesn't feel as 'special.' Not to mention it is so great to read unique content - it adds value. With that said, I would still love, love to see your outfits and hear about fashion-fun. I also think re-visiting WHY you focus on fashion would be great too. I was a new reader about two months ago, and going back to read about the book that inspired you, and your quest for personal fashion really added context and character.
Just my 2 cents :)
- April 07, 2011 1:40 PM
- Anna K. said...
Good Luck with finals girl! Make sure to drink lots of water with that Ramen to flush all that salt out of your system! I'm sure whatever direction you decide to head with the blog will be fabulous - you have to do what you love!
- April 07, 2011 1:42 PM
- Anna @ IHOD said...
Syd, I think you could show us pictures of you doing taxes and eating ramen and we would still read and love it. Do whatever the heck you have more fun and passion for. That way you won't burn out. Readers can always sense when you love what you do!
Looking forward to being a continued reader no matter what!
- April 07, 2011 1:43 PM
- Dawn said...
iirc i think you did a survey on this towards the end of last year and i voted that i would like more lifestyle posts. a blog i adore adore is naomi at the rockstar diaries. she has killer fashion sense but she never posts about fashion. i can still get inspired by looking at someone and personally i think when people post where to buy stuff it just inspires copycats. look at pics, be inspired to replicate it yourself, not imitate it.
and i love you but i haven't been coming over as much my dear because it has been very sponsor heavy. i get you need to make a living and i think you are trying to learn the balance since you are new to it but we are losing the "real you" on this side.
whatever you decide though, your bloggie, your decision. good luck!
- April 07, 2011 1:43 PM
- Andrea Stevenson said...
Love that photo! I want it too.
Oooo exciting about the changes. I'm all for it. In my experience, change is good. Love today!
- April 07, 2011 1:48 PM
- Erica said...
I love your outfits and get so much inspiration from them, but I also love the personal stuff. Frankly, it's your blog so you get to do what you want with it. My own blog started as personal, went to style and then became more of mixture because that's how I preferred it. So go personal if that's what you want!
North Meets South
- April 07, 2011 1:50 PM
I think you need to do what makes you happy! That's the best thing for a blog in my opinion!
Good luck with all your exams!!
Lidi @ Eclectic Flair
- April 07, 2011 1:51 PM
- Hannah said...
I was seriously just thinking a couple days ago that I missed the old blog...I started reading a lonnggggg time ago and it just became a fun little escape like you and Tyson we my long distance friends:) Personally I miss that!
- April 07, 2011 1:51 PM
- Gertrude said...
I love both outfit and lifestyle posts! Sometimes I look back at your older posts and I really love reading them a lot! Whatever you do I'll still be reading your lovely posts :) xo
- April 07, 2011 1:51 PM
- lolabarri said...
I love your blog Syd but I loved it more in the beginning because I felt YOU loved it more. Over the last few months I have felt as if this thing- the outfit posts- that direction and all has become an obligation more then an enjoyment for you and to be honest I've become less excited to check in so I think you changing thing up is a great idea! Do more of what you want to do! We will still be here :)
The Powder Room
- April 07, 2011 1:53 PM
- lauren said...
Blog about what you love and forget the readers - do it for yourself and your enthusiasm will shine through. At least that's what I believe.
xoxo Lauren
- April 07, 2011 1:58 PM
- Sydney said...
Yeah!!! Love reading your older posts...thats what drew me in!
Pink Chinchilla
- April 07, 2011 2:02 PM
you could do anything and it would be great! love it all
xoxoox em
- April 07, 2011 2:03 PM
I honestly love blogs that focus more on lifestyle vs just fashion because it allows me to get to know the blogger behind the blog/clothes. But regardless what you plan on doing, I'll still continue to read because you're awesome :)
- April 07, 2011 2:03 PM
- Amber Nicole said...
Do what YOU want. It's YOUR blog. I'll still be here either way :)
- April 07, 2011 2:03 PM
- Bridget said...
i'm totally with you. i couldn't commit to doing a fashion blog because i just would get so sick of it - i am impressed by the people who do it for the long term - but i also love those that mix it up! so yes! give us some lifestyle!
- April 07, 2011 2:04 PM
- Job and Rachael said...
Lifestyle with clothes on the side are some of my fave blogs so that sounds like a great way to go :) Yours will still be a fave no matter what though, and you should definitely do what makes YOU happy :)
GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS!!! Phew they are a killer. Don't you worry about us, we'll still be here when you get back ;) Just don't stress about the blog this week :)
- April 07, 2011 2:06 PM
- Urban Nester said...
i completely agree. you're a busy woman and putting outfits together everyday can be quite exhausting.
- April 07, 2011 2:06 PM
- Jenni Austria Germany said...
yuuuuuup, lifestyle, please. i vote that over fashion (although your outfits are always fun to admire).
- April 07, 2011 2:07 PM
- erin m. said...
I would love some more lifestyle as well as keeping some fashion posts in the mix. Hope you can have some restful and peaceful moments among the busyness! I am right there with ya!
- April 07, 2011 2:17 PM
- Laura said...
I totally agree with everyone who says write about what you want because it is your blog. Very true, and those of us who love you for more than your outfits will still be here reading. I admit that I always LOVE stopping by to see what you are wearing but I have stuck around every day, this long because of your "voice" and the way you write your posts. That is what keeps me captivated. Of course, I hope there will still be some inspiring-outfits from time to time, but as long as the Sydney voice doesn't leave, neither will I.
Oh and I REAAAAAAALLY hope awkward and awesome Thursdays doesn't disappear because I LOVE that more than any other blogger feature.
- April 07, 2011 2:19 PM
- Unknown said...
I love your outfits, but I love to read what you write so much more. I am all for your proposed change :)
- April 07, 2011 2:21 PM
- Kelly said...
Do what you love, and we will love it :)
But I do really enjoy your fashion posts... I find them very inspirational because your style is so fun and put together.
But I'll still read no matter what you post.
- April 07, 2011 2:21 PM
- Sarah said...
I most definitely agree! Sounds great! - but I still love seeing your outfits :)
- April 07, 2011 2:23 PM
- Hamreet said...
I'm huge fan on your style choices! and you day to day options
also you should do like your fab 5 or 10 for the season
things you love
- April 07, 2011 2:25 PM
- Leah said...
I love reading your blog --- the style of it, your style, the content, your stories, I could go on! So I think that I would still like reading it if it had more "lifestyle" posts and less "clothes" posts. I just love the easy way that you let your personality out there.
So, however you want your great little blog to be is fine with me!
- April 07, 2011 2:26 PM
- Unknown said...
i LOVE the clothes posts. you have the cutest style with sport the most adorable outfits! i think you should keep it just the way it is. it's fabulous :)
- April 07, 2011 2:27 PM
- Jenni@Story of My Life said...
I have a lifestyle blog and just started incorporating fashion posts as well, but I actually just yesterday wrote a post about why people read blogs and how lifestyle blogs are my favorite. I could never write posts primarily about only one thing.
I adore your blog, your style, and the way you write, and I will read no matther what you dish up. I think it would be great if you head a little more in the direction of a lifestyle blog with fashion on the side. You have a beauitful life, and fabulous style. Win-win. :)
- April 07, 2011 2:28 PM
- Monique said...
Outfit posts are the best! Such inspiration!
Monique xx
- April 07, 2011 2:31 PM
- andrea said...
i think you are adorable, stylish, and have some funny life experiences. pretty sure whatever change you make, i will still be a reader.
pretty sure. :)
good luck with your finals! you will rock them i know! :)
- April 07, 2011 2:35 PM
- Amanda Brown said...
Yes! When I first started reading your blog in January, there were not nearly as many c/o's on all of the outfits etcetera! Recently it has become more of like a daily advertisement for the people who give you free clothes:/
- April 07, 2011 2:48 PM
- Katy {and Kahler} said...
would LOVE more lifestyle!
but, we obviously all read you either way!
good luck w/ finals. ugh. was there for the last time (for now) a year ago...
- April 07, 2011 2:49 PM
- Lindsay said...
LOVE for more lifestyle :) We want to get to know you more :)
- April 07, 2011 2:52 PM
I love seeing your outfit posts! But would also like to know more about your life too!!! :) Maybe 50/50?
- April 07, 2011 2:58 PM
What do I think??? I think ya shoulda taken a picture of that old yellow sweatshirt...;-)
- April 07, 2011 3:21 PM
- Candace Shiflet said...
You should talk about your marriage and cute things you do for each other. I love reading cute couple happenings :)
Come read about my Lovely Little Rants ♥
- April 07, 2011 3:22 PM
- the working panda said...
so basically eeeeeeveryone thinks you're awesome and making a great decision (as do I)!
You are SO SO SO funny and I love your life content-- like to where I get a little bummed if I don't see a post from you for the day.
I guess on the business side of it, I'd say that promos work best when you're simply wearing something, it looks good, and it's a "courtesy of" item. I almost never click if it's a giveaway, though.
- April 07, 2011 3:25 PM
- Emily Marie said...
I recently just started to follow your blog, and I love it! I think that your outfits are amazing, and they are an inspiration to everyone so as long as you keep those cute outfits coming, you will gain more followers willing to see what you will wear next!
I started a blog three days ago because your blog inspired me, and I love it!
- April 07, 2011 3:28 PM
- janis said...
i agree with almost everyone else - do what ya want! but, truthfully, i would love to see your blog go more lifestyle! sweet!
- April 07, 2011 3:41 PM
- Amy @ Amy Day to Day said...
I absolutely LOVE seeing your outfits, but I would also love to see your blog take a more lifestyle approach as well. I think if there's not much about life, we don't feel as connected with the blogs we read. I would love to get to know you better and feel more connected through your clothes and about your life and adventures. Do what you want, but if you're feeling you should change something, then that means you probably should. Everyone will support you. I miss you, feel like you've been a bit "absent" lately!!
amy day to day
- April 07, 2011 3:54 PM
- Kayleigh S said...
Blog for you...not for everyone else :) Less pressure and you end up happier!
- April 07, 2011 3:55 PM
- Jessica Ellertson said...
I love seeing the outfits you put together and hearing about what is going on in your life... I think it has great balance, but I am sure a lot of us readers would love to hear more about what is going on in your life and maybe even some of your photography? But like everyone else said, it's your blog, even you don't love it, then change it!!!
- April 07, 2011 4:07 PM
- Saije Wright said...
I agree with you, I liked it better before too =). Your words are fun to read, I miss them.
But either way, you're adorable!
- April 07, 2011 4:07 PM
- Tara : Damon : Ellis : Hudson said...
i agree along with everyone else, it seems... i loved the blog before, when i could read some real life stuff- cause i'll be honest, there's no way i could dress like you- one, you have a rockin' bod and i have a 6 week old, and 2, i live on med student loans right now, so i get super jealous of all your cute clothes. but your style is inspiring, so i don't want it all gone! love the blog!
- April 07, 2011 4:19 PM
- Sara SHOEmaker said...
DO it! I like the sound of that. :)
- April 07, 2011 4:31 PM
- ♥B said...
Yayy! I was following you back when you had like, 500 followers.. and I loved it! I like hearing about you and hubs and seeing fun regular 'Sydney stuff' that you do. I still love your outfit posts because I think you have awesome style.. but I wouldn't mind it at all if you cut back on them. After all it's YOUR blog. Do what you want. Bring the Syndey back! haha
- April 07, 2011 4:42 PM
- ♥B said...
P.S. are you going to update us on the move to DC? A little bit ago you said it might not be happening anymore..??
- April 07, 2011 4:44 PM
- Ashley said...
I always start reading blogs from past to present, it helps me get a feel for what the blog is all about... and your archives hooked me! The style of your writing is so relatable and the humor is top par. I say go with the lifestyle theme and maybe have a day or two or three of fashion posts?
Those are my $0.02, do what you feel is best!
- April 07, 2011 4:48 PM
I vote lifestyle and some clothing. I do love your style, but I subscribed to you for your "voice" and what you write more so. I can look at clothing on lots of sites, but I think what you write and the personality that comes through is what keeps people coming back.
- April 07, 2011 4:52 PM
- Mish Lovin' Life said...
Agreed. I'm sure there's a lot of pressure to make sure you get shots of you and your outfits on a daily basis, and though great, I can imagine that to be tiresome...eh?
I started reading your blog about a month ago, and even went to the extreme of going to your first post up until present (creepy? nah.). I liked the beginning where it shared a lot about your daily stories...
So, there ya have it. =) Good luck!
- April 07, 2011 4:57 PM
- Amy @ Run Mom Run said...
I love lifestyle with clothes on the side blogs. They always seem more real. But you're adorable either way!
- April 07, 2011 4:57 PM
- The Forsyths said...
Just re-affirming what just about everyone in the world thinks. We love YOU, you offer inspiration in more than just the clothes department. I have loved following your blog!
- April 07, 2011 5:20 PM
- Maren said...
Yeah girl! I would love that, and we'll love you no matter what. Go for it.
- April 07, 2011 5:53 PM
- Jhan said...
Funny you thought that you should make it more of a lifestyle blog, b/c I already saw it as such. I have your blog listed in my "Blogs iLove" list, and it is definitely listed under the "Daily Life/Relatable Blogs" list that I made up. (haha, I guess I couldn't think of the term 'lifestyle' at the time I made up that list) :-)
Grace and peace with you during your finals! <3
- April 07, 2011 5:54 PM
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- April 07, 2011 5:55 PM
- Miss C said...
I think anything that makes you happy with your blog is the way to go. I love your outfit posts because you're so darn cute and I love how you write about your day and your life with your hubby as well. What are you studying? What's going on with school and such? I love to know more about people's lives and I think that's what brought me here, your humorous way of sharing your thoughts.
- April 07, 2011 5:59 PM
- Miss C said...
I think anything that makes you happy with your blog is the way to go. I love your outfit posts because you're so darn cute and I love how you write about your day and your life with your hubby as well. What are you studying? What's going on with school and such? I love to know more about people's lives and I think that's what brought me here, your humorous way of sharing your thoughts.
- April 07, 2011 5:59 PM
- Sydney Adams said...
i adore your amazing life, but please at least just put a picture of your outfit (i need no descriptions or anything) because you're my style inspiration and every time i put on clothes i come back to your blog for help and guidance
love, sydney!
- April 07, 2011 6:05 PM
- Lauren said...
Sometimes I feel like I need this too. Just a little healthy and happy reminder of the "Greats" we have in our life.
- April 07, 2011 6:13 PM
- melissa said...
i check your blog daily for my daily dose of fashion. i'd be lying if i sad i am not a bit sad when there is no daily outfit.
xo, melissa
- April 07, 2011 6:17 PM
- Elizabeth Saucier said...
I loooove your outfits, keep 'em coming! along with your personal posts which are really fun to read.
- April 07, 2011 6:32 PM
- NKriste said...
I would love to see more lifestyle posts!!! I love your outfit posts, but I would also love to hear more about your life. :)
- April 07, 2011 6:39 PM
- Unknown said...
love the idea! you have a great writing style so you could easily take on more life and less clothes :)
- April 07, 2011 6:48 PM
- Darcie said...
I absolutely love your style and your outfit posts, but this is your blog and you've got to do what works for you. I can only imagine the time it takes to capture those outfits and if not doing it so much helps you out more, than by all means, do it!
Good luck with finals!
- April 07, 2011 6:50 PM
- DoublClik said...
I read your blog for the outfits. It's inspired me to revamp my wardrobe and work with what I have.
- April 07, 2011 6:50 PM
- Mrs. C said...
Well I must say I LOVE your blog!! It is always filled with fun outfits and fun energy. I love blogging about all things food, fashion, and marriage and find that it keeps me always thinkings of ideas. Maybe if you cover more things like you said you did in the beginning you won't feel so BLAH!! But thank being said you're doing amazing in my books!! Happy finals week!!! And ramen is the best!!!
- April 07, 2011 7:13 PM
- christine donee said...
I adore your style - but it's always fun to read more about you :) perhaps a balance of both! I'm sure I'll continue loving it no matter what!
- April 07, 2011 7:25 PM
- gudielgirl said...
your fassion is what made me start reading your blog but your life and sense of humor is what made me stay! :) whatever you do don't stop being awesome and please keep the A&A thursdays! :)
- April 07, 2011 7:25 PM
- Katie said...
It sounds perfect! I love your outfits and I think that you have great style... But it seeing pictures of night ice-skating, or getting hot chocolate or just doing whatever is why I read your blog! :)
- April 07, 2011 7:27 PM
Do what makes you happy! Im 100% always going to love your blog! =)
- April 07, 2011 7:28 PM
- Maria said...
Love the idea! Do whatever makes you happy!
- April 07, 2011 7:30 PM
- Justine said...
I love the idea!
Just Better Together
- April 07, 2011 7:47 PM
- Holly said...
i think would be a happy compromise. clearly you love fashion and style, but there is more to life....i think ;)
- April 07, 2011 7:47 PM
- Liz Welker said...
yes! I want more you and less giveaways!!!
- April 07, 2011 8:03 PM
- Amy said...
i totally think you should. i agree with what someone said in the beginning of the comments- it has been feeling a little sponsor-ific. and you are a doll and would love to hear more about you :)
- April 07, 2011 8:18 PM
- the late afternoon said...
as much as i adore your style and outfit posts, my favorites are the ones about your life and the adventures with your husband! can't wait to see what's next =)
- April 07, 2011 8:45 PM
- Brooke T said...
Yes please, I love lifestyle posts with fashion on the side! Can't wait to see changes :)
- April 07, 2011 8:45 PM
- Britni said...
I've asked the same, what am I doing with my blog, question so many times that at this point I've just kind of put it on hold because it started becoming another chore. Figure out what you enjoy the most and do that or at some point it won't be fun anymore.
P.S. When you guys move out to DC (assuming you are), I'd love to meet up with you and the hubby, maybe at the Redd's for a poor party. :)
- April 07, 2011 9:03 PM
- The Howells said...
More you and outfits. Less giveaways. I just started following your blog yesterday and I'm in love with it and your style already. Too soon? Good luck with your decision!
- April 07, 2011 9:19 PM
- Megan said...
I loved it when it was less about giveaways and names and more about sydney and her fabulous style and more than awesome adventurous! A college girl married and doing amazing things.
Agree 100%!
- April 07, 2011 9:52 PM
- Krista said...
This blog should be your creative outlet...do what you want! If you want to throw in some lifestyle then everyone will be on board.
I'm a fashion designer and just started a blog and I thought all those questions before I dove in... which was, like, a month ago. Clothes only? Clothes and more? It started making me feel like I put myself into a "blog-box"...I'm going to patten that term later. I'm just going to do what my little heart feels like it because I want to enjoy wherever it goes.
We're all here for your qwirky personality and witty writing. Not for your looks :) Though they are fabulous!
- April 07, 2011 10:08 PM
- Un peu altruiste said...
Yes lifestyle bits as well as clothes would be great!! But keep the cute quirky outfits coming!
Love the tutorials also
- April 07, 2011 10:10 PM
- Krista said...
Ummm and by patten I mean patent. That's all. I swear I'm smart.
- April 07, 2011 10:11 PM
- Chantelle said...
Yes please! I mean, don't get me wrong, I adore your looks, but... I was missing you. You have such a radiant, loving personality and I haven't found it seeping through your posts from some time now. Come back to us <3
I remember reading your ENTIRE blog in 2 days, because I couldn't get over how mature, adorable, and happy you & tyson were. A lot of your posts helped me calm down, and appreciate life.
- April 07, 2011 10:15 PM
- damicomm said...
I personally like more clothes because I love getting outfit ideas, but I think a blog should fulfill the blogger first and foremost.
- April 07, 2011 10:49 PM
Yes! More lifestyle, less promo (of all those clothes/shoes/jewellery designers + giveaways) :)
- April 07, 2011 11:07 PM
- Madeline said...
You do whatchu you want girl. Live it up...it's your life. Your blog. The more YOU enjoy doing it, the more WE will enjoy reading it.
<3 Madeline
- April 07, 2011 11:16 PM
An equal equivalent of both would be fine and dandy with me. But I really look forward to your fashion posts ;)
- April 07, 2011 11:28 PM
- Heidi said...
i think we should be friends in real life. :)
- April 07, 2011 11:41 PM
- Jennifer Hall'sMark said...
I will admit I have been a bit um, bored, maybe? with some of the latest posts. I don't want to sound like a jerk though! Ooopps too late....I still love you though!
But honestly, when I first found your blog I LOVED it and couldn't get enough. I was thrilled to find another 20 something BYUI blogger with style and sass and creativity! But I agree with a lot of other commenters, lately there has been too much advertisement and not enough you! I think you have such fun, inspiring, and useful things to say, on top of dressing fabulously! Keep some outfit posts because you obviously inspire a lot of us but I miss the "real" Sydney...if I can say that without even knowing you! : )
Seriously, you are fab.
- April 07, 2011 11:48 PM
- eleanor said...
I think you should take this blog in whichever direction you feel most passionate about!
I love your life posts just as much as your outfit posts. If you will be happier taking it back to the lifestyle approach, your readers will absolutely pick up on that and support you in whatever you do! You are so funny, beautiful and inpsiring, Sydney - and if you blog about what you love that is never going to change!
- April 07, 2011 11:54 PM
- Brooke said...
To be honest, I think the new outfit everyday is what keeps people coming back (readers and sponsors). I could see how it gets old though too. Maybe an outfit 3 days a week?
If you change your format and people dont expect to see something new and exciting everyday it might make your readership drop? I'm no expert but just thinking. Then again the rockstar diaries has a huge following and she just blogs about her life.
- April 08, 2011 12:33 AM
- Amanda said...
I love the idea of "lifestyle with some cloths on the side"!
I seriously do love your blog. Like seriously.... But... I haven't been reading as much as I used to because I've started to feel like it seems a little distant and less relateable than it used to be.
I think if you stay true to yourself and what you want from your blog, then readers will stay with you. When you write what you love and what YOU want to write, it's fun to read. Like others said, if you wanted to write the dictionary or phonebook or whatever out... like REALLY that's what YOU wanted to do... you'd make it fabulous.
Do what you feel girl! Change it for the better! I love it! ... and good luck with finals :)
- April 08, 2011 1:59 AM
- ErikaRodica.com said...
I love how you blog about you and your husband's daily life and at the same time I love how you wear wonderful clothes :)
Do what makes you happy ;)
♥ Erika
- April 08, 2011 3:59 AM
- Conny said...
Totally agree with you on this one! I love your blog and i love how fun your posts are! don't let yourself loose track of why you created it in the first place!
- April 08, 2011 7:16 AM
- Piril Maria said...
Express yourself. =)
♥ Love,
- April 08, 2011 8:08 AM
I adore your outfits, but your blog is one of the few dailies that I read every word of every day. So, I'd love to hear more about your interests and life! You go girl, follow your heart!
- April 08, 2011 8:09 AM
- Anastasia said...
I prefer a combination of lifestyle and clothes!!!
You are a great blogger and a wonderful person..
x x x x
- April 08, 2011 8:33 AM
- Nuha said...
I'm sure whatever you do will be incredible. I'm also really happy that you're doing what you want to do, not what others want from you.
- April 08, 2011 8:41 AM
- Erin said...
I have just recently discovered this blog and think that you have a great voice. If it's not fun, why do it? I wish you all the best!
- April 08, 2011 8:58 AM
- Alex Byer said...
Oh yes yes yes! I think that's a fantastic idea :) Or rather, whatever makes you happy! Lifestyle is always great; it lets people get to know you better. And you can control that. It's great.
- April 08, 2011 9:11 AM
- Kelli said...
It's your blog...do whatever makes YOU happy. We'll all still read it and love it :)
Personally, yours is my favorite fashion blog, so I LOVE looking at your outfit pics. But I really love your "lifestyle" posts...some of my favorites have been the date ideas/ways to tell your man you love him ones. So cute!
- April 08, 2011 9:15 AM
- Katie W... said...
I love your writing style and would probably follow you anywhere... Off a building? OK!
But I enjoy your life stories, your couple stories, and your clothes, so I'll be sticking around :)
- April 08, 2011 9:20 AM
I agree with so much of what has already been said; lately, I don't feel as though we've seen the real you (though most of us have never even met you, of course!). I really hope you'll decide to go in the direction with your blog that YOU want to go in...you gained many followers because you were YOU!
If I could make a slight suggestion, I'd really like it if you could maybe cut down a bit on the advertising...I don't know if that's possible though, because after all it does probably give you a nice chunk of change! :)
So, to sum up: Be yourself! :)
- April 08, 2011 9:41 AM
- Jess said...
I loved your site back when it was a little more you with clothes on the side. And while I totally love that you are getting paid for providing us with some funny tidbits from your day, I must say that I liked your outfit posts a little more when you were wearing Gap/ Old Navy type clothes. I felt like it was something I could achieve and so a little more inspirational. While I love the new looks, the pieces are just out of my price range. Glad you are getting sponsors, but miss the cute, inexpensive outfits.
- April 08, 2011 9:48 AM
- Maria Johns said...
such a great reminder to be thankful!!! I love your blog and your outfit posts!! Take the blog where you feel led sydney...we still all be here!!
- April 08, 2011 10:19 AM
- torrie said...
My favorite posts are the ones that are a little more personal, less "business" (sponsors, giveaways).
I love the inexpensive pieces mixed in with some of your newer finds (i.e. you introduced me to YesStyle and I got some great items!).
There's my 2 cents!
- April 08, 2011 10:36 AM
- Jackie L. said...
It's funny you mention this because I'm fairly new to the blogging world and had a tough time deciding what I wanted my style to be... but I think at the end of the day your blog is allowed to evolve and change to fit who you are at the moment and whatever feels right for you. I love your blog now but can't wait to see how it changes! jb.
- April 08, 2011 11:20 AM
- Andrea said...
You should do what makes you happy, girl!
Personally, Awkward&Awesome is my fave part of your blog each week. With your style pics, I tend to say, "Oh, Sydney looks great again," or "Oh that's cute!" which is awesome.. but I honestly just like hearing about the awkward moments in your week so much better! (And I mean that in the nicest way possible...)
- April 08, 2011 11:25 AM
- Marie-Eve said...
That's amazing !
Love the lifestyle and fashion, so both seems even more fun that fashion alone !
- April 08, 2011 12:07 PM
- the Petterson Family said...
Totally. Do what you love.
- April 08, 2011 1:15 PM
- Zara said...
I would like that saying framed and in my office!
- April 08, 2011 1:38 PM
- ♥B said...
PS - I love the Tyson style posts. It's fun when he makes cameos on the blog and when he types. Every few weeks you could photograph him and HE could write the post. It's the T and S daybook afterall haha ;)
But keep the awesomes and semester. You are hilarious! :)
- April 08, 2011 2:04 PM
Life changes, so why shouldn't your blog?? That's how I look at things :)
- April 08, 2011 2:11 PM
- Colleen said...
I liked it back in the day more. so I think lifestyle is good. Also I like life so I want to know about life. I mean I do like clothes and all but I like clothes that are 10 years old and constantly having you post c/o clothes is a ton of what I won't have so not as cool.
- April 09, 2011 6:00 PM
- heidiluxe said...
thanks for the comment on my blog! my brother is my biggest supporter and he encourages everyone he sees to read it. i'm a lucky gal since i'm a lazy commenter.
and i say make your blog exactly what you want. mine is commentary with a side of outfits and that works for me. good luck.
- April 10, 2011 6:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Just discovered your blog via A Cup Of Jo..love it!!
- April 12, 2011 1:39 PM
- Rachel + Mikis said...
I love the personal side of the blog, but also LOVE your outfit posts. You always give me such great ideas on how to pair everyday items to look extra fabulous. I think you should blog about what you truly want, but please add a few outfit posts in :).
- April 17, 2011 12:57 PM
- The Science Fair said...
I say follow your gut! If you've had the urge to make some changes, it's likely for a reason. Whatever you choose to do, I know it will be lovely! I can't wait!
- April 21, 2011 1:31 PM
- Mon said...
I think you blog is A M A Z I N G! the way it is now is the reason i like it and makes it special because they are a lot of fashion blogs but yours has somethig different of all of them and i think i know you by reading you but what you decide will be the best because is your blog! :)
- May 01, 2011 11:17 PM


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A house I should have photographed
For the first eight years or so that we lived out here, we drove by an old log house every time we went to Hopkinsville.
The structure was actually two two-story log houses ("pens") built side by side with one roof over all. The "dogtrot" between the two "pens" was the entrance hall. It had a wide front porch that must have been perfect for watching the sunset and the traffic on the road. The balcony on the second floor was the same size as the front porch. A massive stone chimney stood on each end of the house.
We used the log house as a distinctive landmark when we gave directions to our house. We talked about how interesting it was to have such a unique, historic building in the neighborhood. We even met the family who lived in it.
I don't know why I never took a picture of that exceptionally fine old house, but I didn't.
One day, as I drove home from town, I was shocked to see that house going up in flames. The volunteer fire department had arrived, but they were unable to keep it from burning down. The next day, little remained but smouldering ashes, scorched trees, and the chimneys.
A few months later, the family bought a modular home and put it on the site where the old log house had stood. I still drive by their place every time I go to town, and I often think of the big old log house that once stood there.
The house is still listed as the "McClellan House" in the National Register of Historic Places for Kentucky. I guess they don't realize that it no longer exists. The construction date is estimated as 1800-1824. It would have been one of the first homes in this part of the county.
In the library, I found a book with photographs of all the Christian County sites that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It has two photos of the old log house, so I photocopied that page and brought it home.
It's not the same as having a photograph that I took myself, though.


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I've now used up the last of my pre-cut glass stash, though, and I find cutting glass with a hand tool VERY tricky. I believe I'm in the market for a second-hand glass grinder.
I think it's a total rip that stockings are for kids, so in our house we also do stockings for everyone, and so Matt helped me design a pattern (he drew, I nitpicked) for some stockings to sew out of felted wool. Here are three blocked and drying:
The living room table, so recently moved (by me, with the back injury) to the lovely spot with the natural light by the window, was briefly shoved into a corner (by me, with the back injury) because Matt was being a dick about it, but my ability to throw a really big hissy fit (it's the redneck in me) with little to no warning fortunately trumped Matt's shove-everything-against-the-wall design ethic, and the table was moved back (by me, with the back injury) into the sweet spot a couple of hours later.
I drew a pattern for the perfect pair of T-shirt panties today, only, T-shirt material isn't as stretchy as regular panty material, and you may not realize this when you put your panties on every day, but your panties stretch a LOT to accomodate your body, and all this is a preface to the fact that I need to tell you that the panties I make for myself out of T-shirts are ENORMOUS. Seriously, they're huge. Looking at them, they make you kinda feel like crying, but ooh, they are comfy.
So I cut out a ton for myself, and they are ENORMOUS, and Willow wanted some, too, and she wanted them to be "matches" with Momma, so Matt used his graphic design skills to cut down my pattern to fit her. The style is a little more adult than I'd choose for her--a little hipster, slightly cheeky--but seriously, something about the idea of wearing matching panties with my four-year-old...I could not resist. Here's the stack of Will's all cut out:
So yeah, our Sundays tend to be ridiculous. I'm exhausted, but you know what? Matt cleaned out the refrigerator today, and we totally have an unopened bottle of cheap champagne back in there.
I'm gonna go get it.


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Adding a wiimote in 8.10 is alot easier than the LinuxMCE 7.10 variant.The following link explains...http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=993376You can have three different ways you can use your wiimote....use wiimote as a mouse using acceleration ...use the wiimote as a mouse using an Infra-Red light source...use your wiimote and IR LED pen as a whiteboardThe instructions explain swapping default left and right mouse buttons, using your Wii remote for watching DVDs, Elisa Media Center, Music Players, etc and remapping the buttons / axis on your wiimote / classic controller / nunchuck.I tested "Using your wiimote as a mouse using an Infra-Red light source".It worked just fine, no fuss, no muss, no files to create, minor editing.However, you still get asked to add it as a phone.
Hi,I'm trying to do some Alpha testing.Don't try using the Alpha as an operating system you will be disappointed.I'm just troubleshooting some steps because I've found a problem on the alpha with wiimote.Cheers
This is not needed, as fully integrated wiimote support will be plug and play by the end of the beta in 0810.
Hi Guys,I'm not a developer, but I just want to share my experience.Purps, I setup a Wiimote last night using a bluetooth dongle. I followed this wikihttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Nintendo_WiiMoteIt works, but if I lift or drop the wiimote the cursor doesnt move, but all the buttons work. I think it might be because I dont have the sensorbar and I'm using a usb bluetooth dongle instead.Karel.
You could try putting two candles on your TV about 20 cm (8") apart until you have a proper sensor-bar.
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Trio of Nittany Lions selected to NFF's Hampshire Honor Society
Trio of Nittany Lions selected to NFF's Hampshire Honor Society
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A trio of former Penn State football student-athletes have been selected to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society for the 2012 season.
Seniors Mike Farrell (Pittsburgh), Pete Massaro (Newtown Square) and Matt Stankiewitch (Orwigsburg) were selected for the honor. Penn State's three honorees were tied for second-highest among Big Ten Conference institutions.
In order to be considered for membership in the Hampshire Honor Society, a player must be a starter or significant reserve who maintains a cumulative 3.20 grade point average or higher in their last year of eligibility at an accredited NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III, or an NAIA college or university.
A starter at tackle in every game in 2012 for Coach Bill O'Brien's squad, Farrell earned his degree in secondary education, graduating with a 3.41 grade-point average. A defensive end, Massaro was a 2010 and 2012 first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American. He graduated with a 3.84 GPA, earning degrees in finance (2011) and economics (2012). The Nittany Lions' starting center in all 25 games the past two seasons, Stankiewitch earned his degree in management, graduating with a 3.39 GPA.
In its seventh year, the NFF Hampshire Honor Society capitalizes on the NFF's current National Scholar-Athlete program, greatly expanding the number of scholar-athletes the NFF can recognize each year and further strengthening its leadership role in encouraging academic performance by the student-athletes who play football at the more than 700 college and universities with football programs.
The NFF distributes more than $300,000 a year at the national level through the program to 16 individuals. Each winner of a National Scholar-Athlete Award receives an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship. Additionally, the William V. Campbell Trophy, endowed by HealthSouth, is given to one member of each year's class as the absolute best. The winner of the Campbell receives a total scholarship of $25,000 and a 25-pound bronze trophy. Through, its chapter network, the NFF awards an additional $1 million to local high school student-athletes, bringing the NFF's annual scholarship total to more than $1.3 million.
The Hampshire Honor Society accolade is the latest recognition in a long line of academic achievement for members of the Penn State football program, who consistently are at or near the top nationally in academic success:
- Penn State football broke its program record for the second consecutive year with an NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 91 percent, tied with Rutgers for the No. 7 graduation rate among all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, according to the NCAA in October, 2012. Penn State's GSR was significantly higher than the 68 percent FBS average and was second to Northwestern (97) among Big Ten Conference institutions;
- Penn State football student-athletes that enrolled in the University in the fall of 2005 earned a program record Federal graduation rate of 93 percent. Penn State's 93 percent graduation rate was 33 points higher than the 60 percent FBS average and was second to Northwestern (95) among Big Ten Conference institutions, according to the NCAA data;
- The Nittany Lions' 17 Academic All-Americans® over the past seven years (15 first team selections) leads the nation. Penn State has had a least one first team ESPN Academic All-American® in nine of the past 11 seasons (17 overall selections);
- The Nittany Lions' all-time total of 51 Academic All-America® football honorees ranks third among all FBS institutions.
- A program record 28 Penn State football student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten honors last fall for earning at least a 3.0 grade point average and being a letterwinner. bringing the Nittany Lions' total to 308 honorees since 1993.