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About this Collection
Consists of over 15,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1820 to 1860. This collection complements an earlier American Memory project, Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music 1870-1885 as well as the Band Music from the Civil War Era and Sheet Music from the Civil War Era. Included are popular songs, operatic arias, piano music, sacred and secular vocal music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and some music for band and orchestra. This collection of American and European composers provides an interesting chronicle of the developments in the music publishing business in the nineteenth-century United States. Other notable elements include the burgeoning popularity of the polka, as well as the songs of Stephen Collins Foster (1826-64), who composed such as favorites as "Susanna," "The Old Folks at Home," and "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair." Songs in this collection also reflect the growing fame of performers such as the singing Hutchinson family and the first American tour (arranged by P. T. Barnum) of soprano Jenny Lind, the "Swedish nightingale." This collection reflects the development of popular song in America.
In 1870, the United States Congress designated the Library of Congress the sole agency for copyright registration and deposit. The law required that a complete copy of each copyrighted work be deposited in the U.S. Copyright Office.
Before 1870, most of the Library's music holdings were purchased and printed in Great Britain. The material in the copyright collection was almost exclusively the deposited work of American publishers. Almost overnight acquisition by purchase became insignificant, and the source of most of the Library's music holdings changed from England to the United States. America's legislature finally had a music collection made up largely of the product of its own presses… 1
The new law had an immediate effect on the Library of Congress's acquisition of music materials. For the first time, thousands of music items poured into the U.S. Copyright Office at the Library. Further, eighty years of accumulated records and deposits were transferred to the Library from the U.S. District Courts. Yet despite the Library's substantial music holdings, it was not until 1896 that its "Music Department," as it was then called, was established. By that time, the Library had accumulated some four hundred thousand music items. The Library was still housed in the U.S. Capitol building, but the following year, in 1897, the collections were moved across the street into the Library's magnificent new building. Initially, the building was unfurnished and sheet music was often stacked on the floor.
Over the years, staff in what came to be called the Music Division, selected items deposited for copyright and added them to the Division's classified collections. These items were works by the best-known composers of the day, or were otherwise thought to be interesting or important. Even so, much music material was left in the Copyright Office and was not transferred to the Music Division until some time in the 1950s. It is a portion of those materials (published from 1820-1860), which makes up this online collection. These fifteen thousand pieces are nearly one-quarter of the musical items that were transferred to the Library of Congress from the U.S. Patent Office in 1870. They are vocal and instrumental music bound in three hundred volumes.
In 1978, the Music Division and the Copyright Office undertook a project to microfilm and to create brief catalog records for music materials registered and deposited during the years 1820 to 1860. The microfilm has long been available to the public in the Music Division Reading Room as "Microfilm M 3106". It is also available for sale from the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. The seventy-nine reels of Microfilm M 3106 served as the source from which the digital images presented in this online collection were scanned. The brief catalog records have been upgraded and converted to USMARC-format bibliographic records to make up the database used in the online collection.
Although the Music Division possesses many great musical treasures and rarities, the items deposited for copyright (numbering in the millions) make up the heart of its collections, and are, in the aggregate, perhaps the greatest treasure of all. These copyrighted materials form a unique record of music publishing and popular culture in the United States. The Library is committed to responsible stewardship of this legacy. Part of that stewardship is realized with the current project.
Please send any comments about the project to Performing Arts Reading Room
- Gillian B. Anderson, "Putting the Experience of the World at the Nation's Command: Music at the Library of Congress, 1800-1917," Journal of the American Musicological Society 42, no. 1 (Spring 1989), 108-49. This article provides a more complete account of the history of the Music Division and of music copyright deposits. [Return to text]


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For all the chatter that the winner of the 2012 presidential election will be determined by the economy, you wouldn't know it by looking at the most closely contested states.
The recovery is still tepid in most parts of the country, and there's a sense of trepidation that signs of improvement might not last. Among the swing states, some are doing comparatively well while others are struggling — but the political picture looks roughly the same in all.
The polling picture in Nevada, for instance, which has the worst unemployment rate in the nation at 11.6 percent, isn't looking much different from New Hampshire, where unemployment is just 5 percent. (The national average is 8.2 percent.)
"You would think this would be a terrible state for [President] Obama," says Eric Herzik, chairman of the political science department at the University of Nevada, Reno. "The economy's bad, it remains bad, and there's not a lot of optimism about a quick recovery."
But Nevada is where Obama enjoys one of his largest leads among the swing states, according to polling averages compiled by RealClearPolitics. Conversely, the president isn't opening up anything like a comfortable lead over Republican rival Mitt Romney in battleground states with relatively low unemployment, such as New Hampshire and Iowa.
Obama On Defense
"Even if the state itself seems not so bad as some other states, there's a sense that we're electing a president, we're not electing a governor," says Dennis Goldford, a political scientist at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
The fact that the economy has been stuck in low gear explains why Obama is almost exclusively playing defense against Romney. The question of his re-election turns on his ability to hold onto the bulk of the states he won four years ago.
Indiana and North Carolina appear already out of his reach. And voters in the main battleground states remain uncertain about whether he deserves a second term. Obama maintains a slight polling lead in those states but certainly doesn't command clear majority support, mirroring the national outlook.
That's why the president is out trying to make the case that while things aren't great, they've improved on his watch and would get worse under Romney.
"This is the Democratic strategy, and maybe the only one — to shift blame either on past administrations or Europe," says Sean Snaith, director of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competitiveness. "That has to be what's going on, because certainly the current situation in the economy is not something you'd think someone could get re-elected on."
Other factors are at work, such as ideological and partisan leanings, and voter reactions to such issues as health care and same-sex marriage. Still, the economy remains dominant, and the presidential race remains too close to call with four months to go before Election Day.
Here are snapshots of the economic and political situations in several swing states:
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This course teaches learners (industry professionals and students) the fundamental concepts of Distributed Programming in the context of Java 8. Distributed programming enables developers to use multiple nodes in a data center to increase throughput and/or reduce latency of selected applications. By the end of this course, you will learn how to use popular distributed programming frameworks for Java programs, including Hadoop, Spark, Sockets, Remote Method Invocation (RMI), Multicast Sockets, Kafka, Message Passing Interface (MPI), as well as different approaches to combine distribution with multithreading.
Why take this course?
• All data center servers are organized as collections of distributed servers, and it is important for you to also learn how to use multiple servers for increased bandwidth and reduced latency.
• In addition to learning specific frameworks for distributed programming, this course will teach you how to integrate multicore and distributed parallelism in a unified approach.
• Each of the four modules in the course includes an assigned mini-project that will provide you with the necessary hands-on experience to use the concepts learned in the course on your own, after the course ends.
• During the course, you will have online access to the instructor and the mentors to get individualized answers to your questions posted on forums.
The desired learning outcomes of this course are as follows:
• Distributed map-reduce programming in Java using the Hadoop and Spark frameworks
• Client-server programming using Java's Socket and Remote Method Invocation (RMI) interfaces
• Message-passing programming in Java using the Message Passing Interface (MPI)
• Approaches to combine distribution with multithreading, including processes and threads, distributed actors, and reactive programming
Mastery of these concepts will enable you to immediately apply them in the context of distributed Java programs, and will also provide the foundation for mastering other distributed programming frameworks that you may encounter in the future (e.g., in Scala or C++).


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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thank You
In the past five months, my life has transformed in almost every sense. I've gone back to work at a job that's both fulfilling and provides me with fabric money. (Who could ask for more?) Having the blog as an outlet has made me a better writer, a better thinker, and a better seamstress (if I do say so myself). Since I've quit drinking, I find that hours have opened up to me in each day. I've been asked before how I manage my time, and I seriously think sobriety is the answer, weird as that may sound. And if someone asked me how I manage my sobriety, I would probably say that blogging is the answer. So it all goes hand in hand, you see. I'm lucky to have a life filled with creativity and love.
Side story: As I've mentioned here before, I was once enrolled in a PhD program. It was a bit of a bust and I ended up dropping out after a couple years. When I left that life behind, in some ways I thought I was also leaving behind a life in which people listened to what I had to say. There were no more lectures to give, no more of the "publish or perish" mentality. I felt I was giving up the opportunity to engage in a larger dialogue in a meaningful way, as pompous as that perhaps sounds. Though I know I made the right decision, it was a bit sad for me.
Anyway, it's amazing to me that now I have all of the creative and intellectual interaction that I once longed for, in a forum (and on a topic) I never would have expected. I find myself truly shocked and extremely thankful that so many of you stop by to read what I have to say. I love that you've let me experiment with different topics and that you've opened my mind with your insightful comments. This blog has grown so much from my initial vision of it, thanks to your constant inspiration.
To make a long story short: Thank You.
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I believe that when one gives up something negative in one's life, that space is filled with a positive. I congratulate you on your sobriety. You are a beautiful and intelligent young woman who is using her talents in a manner that is fulfilling to yourself and others. These are wonderful things for which to be thankful. So "Happy Thanksgiving" to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteLove coming onto your blog everyday because in addition to being a constant source of inspiration and fabulous sewing, you are always so thoughtful, gracious and articulate in your topics and concerns. As a freelancer working from home, my visits here have quickly become my equivalent to the office 'tea-break and chat' (only better as it's always about something I'm interested in!). So thank you, Gertie for the past five months, and looking forward to the next five and beyond!
ReplyDelete- elizabetheNovember 26, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Gertie, Thank you for writing such a wonderful blog. I really enjoy seeing what you create and what you write about sewing. You've brought the sewing blog to a whole new level for me. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDelete Congratulations on your sobriety! This is an incredible story, and you are an incredible person who is making a difference in so many lives. What I love about you is that not only are you intelligent and articulate but you are very kind and sweet. You are personable. You don't look down on others. Even though your sewing skills are way above mine, you don't make me feel less than you. I love how you truly want to help others. When I email you, you respond. You are not snobby. You have also been very complimentary to me and made me feel important, too. You have been encouraging to my daughter and I, visiting our blogs and leaving positive comments. You are real. I also love your cute and fun personality. So thank, Gretchen, for being you and allowing us to be a part of your lives. You have enriched my life. I consider you one of my friends. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day. And know that I am thinking of you this day and thanking God for you.
ReplyDeleteFirst, congratulations on your sobriety!
One of the things I like most about your blog is your writing. Your blog is probably almost as important to your readers as it is to you. As one of your readers, I am happy to be a part of the dialogue.
"To make a long story short: Thank You."
You're most certainly welcome!One of the truly interesting things about the Internet is how neighborly it is. We may all be off in our little spots (and as far from the center of the fashion universe as we can be), yearning for style, glamor and elegance, surrounded by people who perhaps do not appreciate the same things and feeling pretty isolated. And all we have to do is do a little search and we find thriving communities of like minded people literally all over the world. And sometimes we even get the chance to physically meet them. I've been a sewer for almost 50 years and my sewing today is 100% better than it was 5 years ago. And five year s ago, it was 100% better than it was before the internet. All because of people like you, Gert. And for THAT, I thank YOU.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your comment, Toby Wollin, there can be a neighbourly feel to the internet that is lovely. What struck me recently is how similar the medium of the blog & comments is to the some of those 'readers' pages of old. This summer, I found a whole stash of early 30s French fashion mags (with sewing/ knitting patterns galore). Past that initial excitement, what surprised me was their readers' pages - full of women getting in touch and communicating with each other, about fashion, sewing, themselves, etc. just like we do now through the internet. I found it funny how we look at this shiny new world thinking we've invented it all, yet generations before us were doing exactly the same thing (albeit more slowly), connecting with people they might never meet in person, yet getting to know them on a certain level and sharing experiences with them.
It's nice that such a tradition is continuing. And thank you again, Gertie, for being such a wonderful read and providing a forum where lots of lovely people get to share their experiences!Isn't this as good, or better than, a PhD program? You get feedback, most of it constructive, on a day-by-day basis from people who like you and who don't necessarily have their own agenda. You get to work in the real world, the world of fabric and doing something. And you've got that cute guy to help you, instead of some ...okay, I have college professor friends. I probably shouldn't go there.
And I agree about this whole network of people that one wouldn't be able to meet, if it weren't for the net.
And I have someplace to hare off to after reading too much political crap. So, yeah, I'm thankful for you, also.- AnonymousNovember 26, 2009 at 11:11 AM
I'm so grateful for this beautiful space that you've created here, Gertie. I know there are things that we don't agree on, but I'm grateful for you asking questions that force me to really solidify what I think. I've learned so much about sewing and I'm encouraged to keep trucking through all of your learning as well. I've made a commitment to sew as many of my own clothes as I can and to make every garment a little better than the last (the new tagline for my blog is "upping my sewing skills one seam at a time"). Without this blog, I don't know that I'd have the courage to do that. I'm kind of shocked how far that simple little goal has taken my skills since I saw that lovely pink checked version of the Parfait dress that you made in the Colette Patterns Flickr pool that brought me to your blog in the first place. I'm so grateful for everyone else's comments too. This is a blog of thinkers, I tell you, and it's really cool. I left my teaching of elementary music when I had my son 7 months ago and I miss the intellectual energy that took, so this has been such a great fill for that void.
Your story is so great too! How amazing it is to turn your addiction into something so life giving and loving. I admire you greatly. - AnonymousNovember 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM
You are a delight, and I'm thankful that I found you.
-Sandra I have to agree with k that this must be better than a PhD program, no snarky politics, heh heh. Your blog has become my favorite sewing blog. It is thoughtful, inspiring, well-written, and beautiful. Thank you for having the courage to be sober and for allowing us to enjoy your projects and goals. Sending over my heartiest best wishes and congratulations!
ReplyDeleteHi Gertie! I like your blog a lot, I have to thank YOU for writing it.
I apreciate how you help us with all your sewing post, I started folling you just few weeks ago and I didn't know you started it five months ago, you must know you do it great, I mean, you have many many followers, this means you are doing excellent!
I would like to see in video if it's possible how you sew your red coat.I am VERY new to blogging and yours is the first of the sewing blogs I found that I really liked and which got me started myself, so a big thank you to you. I can only echo comments of other posters (esp. Nathalie). I think we're all very lucky that the changes you made in your life have led to such a positive impact in all of ours. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I'm waiting for answer on my PhD-application next week... I like to think biochemistry is like sewing: It's all about creativity and the neat details.
As I've said before, I'm quite new to your blog, but I truly see the value of Internet, the 'neighbourhood' it creates and the personality it actually allows. I appreciate how you share your life and thoughts with other people, and all the positive feedback you're getting make me looking forth to get to know your blog better (and hopefully you as well). Thank you!Happy Thanksgiving!!
And, congrats on your ongoing sobriety! Very cool.
With all of my sewing, knitting, and general craft mayhem, people often say things like "I don't have THAT kind of time." Hmm, what about all the hours spent in front of the TV? You substitute one activity for another. And you (and me and your readers) have been lucky enough to have found creativity and each other.Congrats on your ongoing sobriety!
I must say that I love your blog, it is well written, you pick a variety of interesting topics that are all still related to sewing, and it's very enjoyable to read. After my first visit, I added you to my RSS feed, as I knew it was something I wanted to read daily. Please, keep up the good work :-)You know what they say about a door shutting and a window opening elsewhere... Anyway, I'm really pleased for you. Thanks for posting the vintage pattern link. Thanks also for this blog. I love reading it, and now I've read all the older entries, I'm always checking to see if you've updated. Burdastyle used to be my first stop, now I come straight here! You're so inspiring, and have great taste. I also love vintage styles. Its nice that you're not afraid to point out your mistakes (skulls anyone ;p). Every time I read one of your entries I want to pull something out of my stash and try something new. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your sobriety! I had no way of knowing 10 years ago when I got sober how much the world would open for me, how many things I would learn and enjoy now that I had the time and wherewithall to do them. Sewing being one of them. This is a day to be particularly grateful. Thanks for a great blog!
ReplyDeleteThere are blogs and there are blogs and sometimes a person's heart and spirt come through to you. That's what you have done on yours. Wearing your heart on your sleeve is an admirable quality in this cold world. I thank you for the inspiration and the oportunity to get to "hang out' with you for a little while each day.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousNovember 26, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Gertie. Thankyou for making yourself available to us for entertaining, and informational reading about one of our favorite subjects. Ofcourse it wouldn't work if you were a dry witted person, but you are cute and bubbly and funny. You give me inspiration. Your blog is the only sewing blog I read. If there are others out there I have not discovered them yet and I feel quite happy just to read yours. Your blog is right up my alley. You are very brave to jump into projects and that gives me strength to do the same.
So I'm thankful for you on this Thanksgiving Day. Blogging and sewing are more fun than non sobriety, aren't they?! Been there, done that! Hi Gertie
As for many others here, reading your blog has become part of my daily routine; desk, coffee and sewing/culture/intellectual discussion before 9am, every morning. I look forward to it each day and have sent it out to all my friends who also love it.
It has also totally inspired me to start sewing again and I think that has just about saved my life. Because at the moment I am in the last stages of my PhD and I can - without a doubt - say that it is the most difficult time I've ever, ever been through. In fact, most days for most of the time, it feels as if it won't ever end. Thanks to you, each day starts out a little brighter than it has for some time.
We don't do Thanksgiving here in Australia, but I'm thankful that there are inspirational women out there in the world who are talented, smart, gorgeous and generous. You are one of those.
Lexi.- AnonymousNovember 28, 2009 at 9:02 PM
I'm so glad you started this blog, and I have recommended it to my other sewing friends, who have loved it. You are an inspiration not only from the perspective of sewing, but also, from a taking a fresh start standpoint. Bravo to you and all that you have done here!
Thank YOU! :)


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Warmup (5 minutes). Start your physical activity session at a slow to medium pace to give your body a chance to warm up and get ready for more vigorous walking. Gradually increase your pace by the end of the warm-up period.
Slowly increase your physical activity time until you reach your goal of 30 to 60 minutes daily. To condition your heart and lungs, you should engage in your activity in your "target heart rate zone." (See "Tracking Your Target Heart Rate" below). But don't focus on big goals in the beginning. If you haven't been active in a while, you might start with just 5–10 minutes of activity per day—or whatever amount of time you're comfortable with. Build up gradually. Enjoy yourself.
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5207ZZ Nachi 2 Rows Angular Contact Bearing Shielded 35x72x27 Bearings
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Closures: Double Shielded
Dimensions: 35mm x 72mm x 27mm/Metric
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5207ZZ Nachi Double Row Angular Ball Bearing, bearing is Double Shielded, Made in Japan, inner diameter is 35mm, outer diameter is 72mm and width is 27mm.
The construction of this type ball bearing is similar to the adjacent, BACK-TO-BACK mounting of two Single-row Angular Contact ball bearings. Because fewer balls can be inserted per row compared to Single-row Angular Contact ball bearings, a Double-row Angular Contact ball bearing will have less load capacity than an equivalent size/series BACK-TO-BACK set of two Single-row Angular Contact ball bearings. This bearing type can sustain radial, moment and bi-directional axial loads.
i bought this bearing as part of my rebuild of a 1947 Logan lathe. It fit and work well. Very happy


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faithful and friendly with stories to share!
marching along as their song fills the air!
[record screeching to a halt]
When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong.
That is one of the least appetizing cakes I've ever seen.
Well... that's just unfortunate.
Not only the cake, I mean, but that that song will be in my head for the rest of the week now. Thanks Jen...
OK, now I'm song-poisoned for the day. I'll never get that out of my head...
Blech....it reminds me of that sugary candy of long ago - "sugar babies".
Chocolate Gooo.
He will never, never come for you.
He is chocolate, he isn't poo.
He is Chocolate Goo...
I love the Gummy Bears. :D
That poor poor gummy bear got turned to stone! Is there a Medusa cake nearby???
(I suppressed the urge to ask if the gummy was poo flavored...)
It's a Poo Bear! Or something my dog left on the carpet.
*whimpers* Why do that to a poor Gummy Bear? (And yes, gee, thanks SO MUCH, Jen, for getting that song stuck in my head!!!)
Bake sale and this was contributed by child? Made with donut holes and covered in melted icing? Sorry, but I see a brown gopher or even a prairie dog since that is what I hunt regularly in my acreage.
Sharon's Edible Art
When I was a sophomore in high school, my chemistry teacher insisted we sacrifice gummy bears to the lab gods to prevent any of US from being injured.
We should have used that cake. :-P
Are we sure Bill Murray isn't looking for his C-4 gopher? I visualize him biting the head off of that one.
I believe I am glad that's a song/show I've never seen nor heard.
I don't like gummy bears and I don't think I'd want to eat this one either! Plus there's the brown skid mark on the cake board in front of it. Ew.
It reminds me of spam. It's a Spam-cake!
Kyla :)
Who knew poo could be trained to sit up and beg? XP
In the vernacular of the time-period, "Totally gross to the max, dude! Like, gnarly! Gag me with a spoon!"
Carmen, the Un-Stalker
WV: "phorg" - the noise I just made thinking about this cake.
That is just gross! Thanks for sharing it with us all : )
Good grief, what on Earth did they try to charge for that failure?
WV: lunmeg - arm and a leg?
OK I feel old because I had to look this up on Wikipedia. Had no idea there was ever a 'gummi bear' cartoon! But horrific wreck either way!
wv: poupled. This cake looks like a gummi bear poupled on the table
Oh...I recall reading about when the archaeologists found that thing in a cave in France. It's a fertility icon, right?
That cake looks sooo sad, especially since the cakes on either side of it don't look nearly as dismal as that poor bear(?)...
wv: mishan
The frustrated decorator, drunk, took a look at their creation and thought, "Ish shomethin mishan? NAAAH! Looksh fabulush!"
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha i was rolling on the floor at work at 10am. imagine the stares
LOL! That was a HORRIBLE image to put up in the middle of a beloved childhood song!!!!
Um. Ummmm. Uuuummmm. Sorry, I've got nothin'.
My kids picked up this charmer at day care...
(sung to the tune of the ABC song)
Gummy Bears my enemy,
One is red, one is blue,
One is peeing on my shoe,
Now I'm running for my life,
'Cuz the green one's got a knife
Magic and mystery sure are a part of this thing's history.
Sweetlime says: I for one would like to thank you for filling in the rest of the words to the song that I have been singing to my co-workers for weeks now for weeks! It is a thing at my work.
I was getting very chipper dancing in my cubicle about to relive my childhood days when I scrolled down - chirp chirp is right - eek gawds!
It reminds me of an ancient art artifact. I studied several pieces that looked an awful (stress the swful) lot like this.
I was going to refrain myself from commenting-- but the WV is too easy to not pass it up...
WV: undelizz -- this is the most UNdelizz looking cake I've ever seen.
My question is why was it even on display??? Was there not room in the back cooler while they finished decorating it? Or was someone deliberately TRYING to get published on CW?
It looks like a naked mole rat!!
Hurray! I love that song (and the show) I was singing along and then *screeeech* saw the "cake." It's a sad day in Gummi Glen.
What in the heck is that even made of? And now I've got that stuck in my head... cheers!
Um. How does one get "Gummi Bear" from that miserable vomitous mass? All I see is a poo-colore, 3D ink blot.
you always manage to get the most random and irritating ear worms stuck in my head all day long. and that is one of the most wrek-tastic cakes ever!
Well... Magic and mystery is probably part of that thing's history anyway!
Ah - so nice of you to publish a child's art work. They expressed themselves with..... pooh. Ah, no, um. Mud? Hmmm... maybe not. Um, they expressed themselves..... with..... cake? Ah, well, anyway --- they EXPRESSED themselves. That's the important thing. Most eloquently, they created their own version of a ...... bear? Yeah. Ok.
OMG. My husband started sing me this song with weekend, and now it is on Cake Wrecks? What a coincidences.
Uh, yikes? o_O
No, no! It's artistic genius! the lack of color is... is... it represents...
The hollowness of the gummies?
It's a penis cake, obviously, not a Gummi Bear cake. :)
(no, of COURSE it isn't, but it makes about as much sense to me)
When in the history of gummi bears has there been a putty-brown bear? And what is that foul looking smear on the plate BTW?
That is a most unfortunate cake, but I use to love that cartoon.
Gimme a W!
Gimme a T!
Gimme an F!
What does that spell?
Whatever that thing is! Yay!
'Poo Bear' indeed -- this artifact ought to be buried deep in the Hundred-Acre Wood. At midnight.
Jen- Love you so much. I tried to sing that song for my husband the other day, and he had never seen the cartoon, so he looked at me like my brain was made of gummi. Sunni and Grammy and the little one... ahh, childhood memories.
wv: catheek I think that baker tried to serve something the cat heeked up.
I loved that show and its theme song. Yay! (The cake wreck...not so much).
As for the ohrwurm, I give you another: Life is like a hurricane/
Here in Duck - burg/
Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes/
It's a duck - blur!/
Might solve a mystery,/
Or rewrite history!
Ducktales! (a - whooh ooh)
Speaking of which, where ARE the Duck Tales cakes?
Due to my advanced age and lack of cultural exposure, lots of times I don't get your references, so I look them up.
I didn't find your gummy bear song, but I found this one. Check it out!
That's a song that will get stuck in your head, not to mention the cool dancing!
I think it might be the gopher from Caddy Shack
I used to say I liked chocolate in nearly any form... I've stopped now.
It looks like a gummy bear that has been buried in a tomb and has been covered with years and years of spider webs. I think I'll have nightmares about this tonight. Thanks.
Oh, sorry. Grasshopper, you have gone beyond teachings.
Loving the references of various 'what is it' from the comment posters.
*sigh* Not only Gummi Bears, but now Duck Tales floating through my grey matter for the week. Thanks a lot. Yeah. Really.
btw - my favorite gummi bears are the clear ones. No color, no flavor, pure sugar.
Hmmm, I watched Alien again last night, and this cake ( do we HAVE to call it a cake?) reminds me of some evil alien spawn.
Again I have to ask, "WHAT were they thinking" or perhaps, "what WERE they thinking" or even, what were they THINKING"????
Um. Ew?
That said, just what flavor IS a mauve gummi bear? No, wait, maybe I don't want to know.
Jen - I love you for this post. :) The gummi bear theme song definitely brought back fond memories! Thanks!
The full song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJmWyZlW2sE
Even Gummi Berri Juice wouldn't wash that taste out of your mouth...
Poor thing sorta looks like it's undergoing mitosis! ew..
I think I'm the only one that was disappointed to see that they weren't real gummy bears in that cartoon.
I preferred the Wuzzles anyways.
I love gummi bears. A food you can smush with your fingertips and it will slowly go back to its original shape. No other food does that (that I can think of anyway).
LOL I totally see the plastic explosive gopher from Caddyshack! "Great big gobs of greasy grimy gopher guts"
I don't have that song in my head, but I do have Ferris Bueller's Day Off when the girl says to Principal Rooney "Gummi bear? It's been in my pocket; they're real warm and soft." Maybe this was it?
wv: witiv – Witiv we pretend you didn't show us this cake?
Hey, I just heard on the news today that you can now get gummi bears laced with LSD. Scary.
WV: I chaysid my blues away with new LSD gummi bears.
Did that gummi bear fall into a mud pit?
@mimi You know, The Disney Afternoon should be revived so The Adventures of the Chocolate Goo would gross us out!
WV - chesseme
I got cheesed already not only because this year marks the 20th anniversary of The Disney Afternoon, where The Adventures of the (Real) Gummi Bears were featured, even if they were made 5 years before that block we 90's kids remembered watching.
My son just walked by the computer and asked, "what is that? a turd?"
Thought at first it was gonna be "El Paso" by Marty Robbins..which really made me wonder WTF the Wreck was supposed to be...
I second Katja... That really is unfortunate. The poor cake. The poor person who ordered the cake. Oh, the poor world of cakedom.
wv - noutani: "How much of this cake would you like" "Noutani, thank you. It looks like something my dog horked up last night."
Looks like something that, due to some horrible malformation, didn't make it past the fetal stage before it was...um...expelled.
Ok, I already had that song stuck in my head this morning. It's like you're reading my mind! Stop it!
How weird, though, that you blogged about the children's tv theme song that I've been humming this morning.
Looks more like a kitty to me. That cake is truly a Rorschach test!
That one terrible looking cake. I can admit that at least it looks like it might be roughly the right shape and may have been improved if the decorator added icing details.
It is done? It looks like someone should do something to finish it like clothe it or put a face on it. Ugh!
Don't ask me why, but for some reason I read that to the tune of "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things."
Are you sure that thing isn't some horrible flesh eating monster that grew out of the toxic waste stored beneath the floorboards, and it just acidently surface during a bake sale?
HAHA I had this song in my head on Thursday. My student worker wanted gummy bears out of the vending machine, so I found the song on YouTube and made him listen to it.
Ha! I loved the Gummy Bears show!! Children of the 80's.... UNITE!!
The song took me back to joyful days of bounding off the school bus to catch the beginning of Gummy Bears, and wondering just exactly what gummy berry juice tastes like...
and then that cake ripped my heart out through my belly.
Technically, Play-Doh *is* edible. About as appetizing as this..."cake".
It looks more like Silly Putty, though, maybe even plumber's putty.
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To those that are old enough to remember...it looks more like a much used fuzzy wuzzy bathsoap. (He definately was't very fuzzy was he?) karen
looks like stillborn bear or science experiment bear
Must've been a really bad batch of Gummiberry juice!
ROTFLOL - I was totally singing the Gummi Bears song right out loud, cheerfully earning myself a cross look from the hubs, when I scrolled down and . . . well THAT happened. Fortunately I read the comments, so now I have "Ducktales" with which to amuse myself. Yay
Might I recommend a "Gummy Bear Cocktail" to go along with it?
I actually invented this in honour of my father when he died. I am sure he would have appreciated the scientific principal being employed with it and been suitably grossed out but the entire concept... It was perfect. I could imagine him going "bleacccchhhh" but drinking it because I made it.
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4-5 Gummy Bears (more or less, as desired)
1 beer, in a glass (more or less, as desired)
Pour the beer and drop the Gummy Bears in.
Just like the classic "ginger-ale and raisins" science experiment, the bears will rise and fall within the beer as the carbon dioxide bubbles form and break on the surface of the bears.
And it doesn't taste gross because the bears don't actually impart any flavour to the beer.
Umm does that thing look like an alien ate it's face to you? It did to me and boy with the song and that..shudder.. thing staring at me I now will be up for days drinking coffee and wishing I could find the wreckerator lol. Two songs came to mind and My Favorite Things seems to be winning..help me.. lol
You're scaring the children, Jen.
Did you see the Steampunk wedding cake by Christopher Garren's Let Them Eat Cake? It was on "Amazing Wedding Cakes" on WeTV. It was phenomenal... epic, even!! I tried to find a photo, but couldn't. I did find their FB page, though, and they have Steampunk doors for their new addition to their shop. You have to check it out!
I miss watching the Disney channel when Gummi Bears, Duck Tales, and Tale Spin were shown one right after the other. D;
Good grief! Oh Dear! Dear Lordy! That is a coke cummy bear gone bad.
Maybe some Gummy Berry Juice will help this cake?
But now my day will be plagued with the song.
I think the person who suggested the C-4 gopher is absolutely right. It had to have been a special order, and the wreckerator got it just right.
In any other case, the cake matched my WV: glyched.
It looks like some sort of alien egg-sack that's about to burst; and whatever climbs out of it is about to start biting holes in our skulls and sucking out the contents.
OMG, that cake just shouldn't exist, or be out in public for a crowd to see. I haven't heard the theme song for Gummy Bears since I was a kid. I used to watch that cartoon all the time.
@Sam Gamgee
Nice Princess Bride reference... another 80s classic :)
Daaaaaaaang yooooouuuuu!! *hums the song endlessly* What a song to have stuck in my head when I start work in an hour.
.... I remember all the words, too. Kinda scary.
But no, that is not a gummy bear. That is.... I can't even think of anything to describe that.
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Whyyyyy would one do the only thing you could possibly to do to ruin an otherwise nicely-shaped gummi bear, and frost it in the least appetizing colour on the planet??
Re: the "B.A.D. Day" post on Epbot -- this one definitely helped me out today. Thanks. The comic timing was awesome.
...maybe it's a headless Venus of Willendorf?
Yeeeah, I got nothing.
I actually have that cake mold. I, too, made a brown bear, but with the appropriate finishing decorations it can actually look like a teddy bear. I never noticed the gummi bear resemblance until you pointed it out. =)
This was awesome because I got really, really into the song as I was reading it. And when it got to "GUMMY BEARS!" I was totally pumped, and then...just...disappointed. You did a good job here. It made me happy. (Also, I know that song in Swedish. I don't speak a word of Swedish, but I can sing the Gummibears theme in it.)
I guess the brown gummy bear went the way of the tan M&M. They were too poo-rific.
Because of this post, I looked up the song and had it stuck in my head all day... thank you.
OMG is that a giant chocolate covered gummy bear? Because, as disgusting as that looks, chocolate covered gummy bears are seriously one of the yummiest candies on the planet!
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I have a collection of recipes that are used primarily for cooking when we are away from home, but staying in accommodations that have kitchens. I learned a longtime ago that the presence of restaurants guarantees only that one will not starve, certainly not that one will dine or even eat well. It's sometimes really nice to have the option of eating in. From a vacationing cook's perspective, however, this works only when the recipes are quick and easy to make and can be assembled with minimal or substandard equipment. No one, escaping daily tedium, wants to spend hours in the kitchen, so, easy on, easy off food becomes de rigueur. Today's tart is a case in point. It is good enough to serve to guests at home, but a bit of deconstruction makes it possible to have this lovely treat wherever you travel. The crust is as negotiable as your standards. It need not be homemade and a really good commercial crust or puff pastry will work just fine. This tart is really a lemon pie that has lost its meringue. With the meringue gone, the tart can be made in a saucepan with a wooden spoon and simply chilled until it can be cut. Whipped cream or a whipped topping is usually served with this, but, when fresh berries are available I prefer to use them. A quick look at the recipe will convince you how easy this is to do. This, by the way, ia a wonderful recipe for new cooks to try. I can assure you it's delicious. Here's the recipe.
Lemon Sour Cream Tart...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite adapted from Recipezaar
1 9-inch pie or tart crust
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
1/2 cup lemon juice
3 egg yolks, beaten
1 cup milk
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2) Line a tart or pie pan with pastry. Flute edges. Prick bottom of sides with fork. Bake until light golden brown, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool to room temperature.
3) Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon rind, lemon juice and egg yolks and milk in a heavy saucepan. Cook on medium heat until thick, stirring constantly. Add butter and let mixture cool to room temperature. Stir in sour cream and pour filling into tart shell.
4) Refrigerate for at least 4 hours. The pie can be refrigerated for up to 24 hours. Top with dollops of whipped cream just before serving. Yield 8 to 10 servings.
You might also enjoy these recipes:
Lemon and Poppyseed Cake with a Yogurt Glaze - The Kitchen Wench
Meyer Lemon Tart Topped with Lightened Lemon Cream - Food Lover's Oddessy
Lemon Cakes - Pastry Studio
Lightened Up Lemon Bars - Half Baked
Meyer Lemon Bars - Tasty Easy Healthy Green
Strawberry Lemonade Squares - Buttercream Barbie


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Part of the Engineering Project Management Specialization.
Many Project Managers focus only on the scope, schedule and budget. However, a successful project requires that you manage risk, control the quality of the deliverables, engage and manage people and procure goods and services. This course will focus on these key support functions that make the difference between a highly successful project and an average one. During the course, you will prepare a Qualitative Risk Analysis and Evaluate the Cost of Quality for a provided Case Study.
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Identify positive and negative risks
- Develop risk strategies
- Perform a qualitative risk analysis
- Identify cost contingencies and reserves
- Develop a quality plan
- Identify quality standards
- Utilize cause and effect tools
- Create a prioritization matrix
- Develop a team management plan that includes team development, identifying team members and clarifies roles and responsibilities
- Develop a procurement plan that includes contracts and incentives
All of this will position you to understand the more intangible aspects of project management to drive better overall performance.
Rice Center for Engineering Leadership is a Registered Education Provider through the Project Management Institute (PMI)®. Learners who complete this course on the Certificate track will be awarded 12 hours of Profession Development Units. These are recognized by PMI for continuing education or can be applied toward the 35 hours of education required for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.
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Today's cakes were sent in by a mister Seymour B.
(Ok, no they weren't, but that joke makes me snort.)
You know a Wreck is bad when calling it a "butt" is erring on the side of generosity:
No butts here, (except this one ->) but I think someone took "Playboy Bunny" a little too literally:
Right now you're probably wondering if this is a bird or a bunny. In a few more seconds, though, you're going to notice how, er, ballsy the Wreckerator was with the design. Next you'll note the unfortunate placement of all that hair. Then the use of the color blue. And finally, you'll have an uncontrollable urge to e-mail this link to all of your friends and family - except Uncle Fred. (Fred's such a killjoy.)
Then, when I snap my fingers, you'll want to go to the nearest tattoo parlor and get "Cake Wrecks Rocks!" inscribed somewhere really obvious on your body. Ready? Annnnd...[snapping fingers]
Hey Becca, Kelly F., Anna C., & Alison R., ever consider permanent body art? Yes? Excellent.
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Justin Bieber was pulled over last night for a minor infraction while driving his Ferrari in LA. Right before he was stopped by the cops he apparently Instagrammed a photo of the situation, which is exactly what I would do if my girlfriend just broke up with me and I wanted her to see that I didn't miss her.
She doesn't seem like she misses him as much as he misses her. Selena Gomez was in Texas today for the opening of Ryan Seacrest Studios at the Children's Medical Centre of Dallas.
Remember when their breakup was initially reported last week it was said to be over "trust issues"? That Selena left JB because of "trust issues"? We all assumed she was the one trust issuing him. But according to Gossip Cop yesterday, Justin was apparently "very needy" and was always bitching about Selena not being there for him enough. Not surprising, really. This kid hasn't heard "no" in a long, long time. Why should his girl be allowed to have her own life? Maybe the "trust issues" were on his side then. And still people seem convinced there will be at least one more makeup before another breakup. Sounds about right.
Yesterday I wrote that I'm not yet ready to post a Justin/Selena retrospective. Here's my favourite email in response from a Mrs P on why a retrospective is premature:
Do NOT waste your time on a retrospective. They are far from over. My idiot 17 year old daughter has been breaking up with her idiot boyfriend for a year. Save your energy.


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This particular dough is possibly the quickest one to make in the La Brea book. Water, sourdough starter, half of a fresh yeast cake, and bread flour were mixed with a dough hook in a stand mixer and then left to sit for 20 minutes. Then, salt was added and mixed into the dough. Some milk, olive oil, and a little more water were stirred together in a bowl before being slowly added to the dough while the mixer was running on low speed. The dough was very wet and sloshy at this point, and it was necessary to continue mixing slowly until it came together a bit. Finally, it was mixed at higher speed until all the liquid was fully incorporated. At that point, the dough was left in the bowl of the mixer, was covered with plastic wrap, and fermented for two hours. After fermenting, the dough was quickly turned out onto a very well-floured surface, and by quickly turned out, I mean plopped because there really is no shaping to be done with this dough. It just is what it is. I sort of pulled it into a rectangular-ish shape. The dough was sprinkled with more flour, covered with a towel, and was left to proof until it felt 'alive' which was an additional two hours. Some bubbles were forming, and the dough was otherwise smooth and lovely. I chose to brush the top with olive oil and then distribute grated parmesan and poppy seeds. Now, the goal was to cut approximately one-inch wide pieces and then stretch them as they were dropped onto a semolina-dusted, parchment-lined baking sheet. Well, this dough being what it was, I cut more or less around an inch-or-so-wide pieces, tried to pick them up and place them on the sheet without turning them into jump ropes, and then dropped them while attempting to twist the dough a little as it fell. They were rustic but no less delicious for it.
The bread sticks baked at 450 F with some water spritzing of the oven during the first five minutes and were golden and crisp after a total of 25 minutes. Kurt was happy to take these for his potluck lunch, and he was even happier that I set a few aside to keep at home. All of the other breads from this book have been great too, but there's something about this dough that makes it special. I have a feeling I'll eventually memorize this recipe.
I'm submitting this to Yeastspotting where you'll find some seriously well-made bread.


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Health – Blood-Brain-Barrier
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The Blood-Brain-Barrier is an organic barrier between circulating blood and the central nervous system. It regulates, in part actively and in part passively, the exchange of substances between blood and the brain. At the same time it acts as a protective shield by preventing the penetration of harmful substances into the brain fluid. Few pathogens can overcome the blood-brain-barrier. The filter is primarily made up of (see illustration) so-called endothelial cells which surround the blood capillaries and from the ends of astrocytes which have, among others, important structural and metabolic functions
Blood-Brain-Barrier disorders
Disorders of the blood-brain-barrier, i.e. changes to its permeability, can lead to pathogens and toxic substances penetrating into the brain more easily, causing cerebral edema (swelling of the tissues by a collection of fluid) which depending on the size can increase cerebral pressure resulting in circulatory disorders. In medicine one uses the knowledge about the development of barrier disorders to ease the transport of medication from the blood into the brain. Appropriate medication can be tailor-made in order that they can overcome the blood-brain-barrier.
Impact of electromagnetic radiation
The influence of electromagnetic radiation on the function of the blood-brain-barrier has been investigated since the 1970s. In addition tests on animals (so-called in vivo studies) as well as laboratory experiments with cell cultures (so-called in vitro studies) have been carried out. Amongst other things, it could be shown that very strong EMFs (field strength above the applicable limit values) make the blood-brain-barrier more permeable as a result of the thermic effects (warming of the brain tissue) and that they could be problematic from a health perspective. It was also investigated whether weak fields lead to health-relevant blood-brain-barrier disorders. Until now this could not be scientifically proven.
Scientific investigations made until now show no indication of a health-relevant disorder of the blood-brain-barrier attributable to the influence of EMFs permissible within the limit values. Individual studies that came to different results, have in part considerable methodoloigcal deficiencies and/or the results could not be confirmed in confirmatory investigations.
Selected literature (overviews)
Literature List 2019 on RF Exposure and Blood-Brain-Barrier
BioInitiative Working Group (2012). Health effects from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. BioInitiative Report, www.bioinitiative.org. Section 10.
Hossmann, K.-A., Hermann, D.M. (2003). Effects of electromagnetic radiation of mobile phones on the central nervous system. Bioelectromagnetics, 24, 49-62.
Hossmann, K.-A., Stögbauer, F. (2005). Gutachten zur Blut-Hirn-Schranke. In: P.M. Wiedemann, H. Schütz. A. Spangenberg (Hrsg.). Risikobewertung Mobilfunk. Ergebnisse eines wissenschaftlichen Dialogs. Schriften des Forschungszentrum Jülich. Band 54, H1-H15. Jülich: Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (AGNIR) (2012). Health effects from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. U.K. Health Protection Agency, Oxfordshire. Chapter 4.1.4, 130-133.
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection ICNIRP (2009). Exposure to high frequency electromagnetic fields, bilogical effects and health consequences (100 kHz-300 GHz). Chapter II.4.4.2, 182-186.
Perrin, A., Cretallaz. C., Collin, A., Amourette, C., Yardin, C. (2010). Effects of radiofrequency field on the blood-brain barrier: A systematic review from 2005 to 2009. C. R. Physique, 11, 602-612.
SCENIHR (Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks) (2015). Opinion on Potential Health Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF). European Commission, Brussels. Section 188.8.131.52.
Stam, R. (2010). Electromagnetic fields and the blood-brain barrier. Brain Research Reviews, 65, 80-97.
Stögbauer, F. (2003). Beeinflussung der Blut-Hirn-Schranke durch elektromagnetische Felder. Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk e.V. Edition Wissenschaft, 15, 3-15.


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The University's Committee on Freshmen Rush Policy has issued recommendations for administering and enforcing the prohibition on Princeton freshmen from affiliating with a fraternity or sorority during their freshman year, and on students from soliciting the participation of freshmen in a fraternity or sorority. The recommendations have been presented to President Shirley M. Tilghman, who will make a final decision on the recommended policies and practices later this spring.
The committee of students, faculty and staff was appointed in October by Tilghman to help implement the new University policy that will ban freshman affiliation with Greek organizations starting in fall 2012. The group also was asked to suggest penalties to ensure compliance with the policy, and to provide ideas for how to best communicate with students and parents to ensure understanding of the new rules. The committee was asked to complete its report early enough to allow for a period of comment by students and others before the end of the spring semester.
In a report issued March 25, the committee said its primary goal was to provide clear guidance about what activities should be prohibited and what the consequences may be for a student who knowingly engages in such activities. They added that violations of the new policy should be considered as a serious matter.
"The committee consulted with students and other campus community members through discussion groups, stakeholder meetings and an online survey to develop recommendations that address a number of issues associated with the new policy," said committee chair and Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan.
The report includes the following recommendations:
--Freshmen would be prohibited from affiliating with a fraternity or sorority, with affiliation including, but not limited to, such activities as: membership; pledging; participating in formal recruitment known as rush; participating in any activity sponsored by a fraternity or sorority; or contributing funds to a fraternity or sorority. This prohibition would extend from the time of admission through the end of the spring semester of freshman year.
--Students could not solicit the participation of any freshman in a fraternity or sorority, with solicitation including, but not limited to, such activities as: conferring membership on a freshman; inviting a freshman to participate in new member programming; including a freshman in rush; inviting a freshman to attend or participate in any activity sponsored by a fraternity or sorority; and organizing a sponsored event to which freshmen are invited.
--Students who solicit the participation of freshmen in Greek organizations or affiliated activities should expect to be suspended.
--Freshmen who join, pledge or rush a fraternity or sorority should expect to be suspended.
--Freshmen who attend or participate in other Greek-sponsored events or activities may be subject to a lesser penalty (e.g., disciplinary probation).
The committee proposed that indications of "sponsorship" by a fraternity or sorority could include: an invitation on behalf of a fraternity or sorority; the use of fraternity or sorority funds to support an activity; or an announcement or other explicit identification of fraternity or sorority sponsorship of an activity. Activities that occur both on and off campus would be covered by the policy.
The report added that an activity where members of a fraternity or sorority may be present should not, alone, be considered an indication of sponsorship. Similarly, the committee recommended the rules be clear that casual conversations about Greek organizations would be permitted.
Members of the campus community can provide feedback through an online survey available on the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life website through April 6. In addition, an open student forum will be held at 4:30 p.m. April 2 in Frist Campus Center, Room 302, to receive comment on the report and meetings will be scheduled to discuss the report's recommendations with leaders of Greek organizations and several other groups.
The procedures and penalties that are ultimately adopted will be outlined in the University's policy guide, Rights, Rules, Responsibilities.
History of fraternity, sorority committee
The 11-member committee included six undergraduates, half of whom are affiliated with a fraternity or sorority. The undergraduate members were: seniors Adra Bozyigit and Thomas Hellstern, and juniors Jamie Joseph, Shreya Murthy, Jacob Nebel and Kees Thompson. In addition to Deignan, the other committee members were: William Gleason, professor of English; Deborah Prentice, the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Psychology and chair of the Department of Psychology; and Thomas Dunne and Victoria Jueds, associate deans of undergraduate students.
The committee was one of six groups established last fall to help implement the recommendations of two recent student, faculty and staff initiatives: the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life and the Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women's Leadership. Tilghman announced in August 2011 the acceptance of the Working Group's recommendation to prohibit freshman affiliation with fraternities or sororities and participation in rush activities.
In her charge to the committee, Tilghman said the goals of the policy regarding fraternities and sororities are to "reaffirm the centrality of the residential colleges and the eating clubs as the principal elements around which residential and social life at Princeton revolve; to encourage freshmen to take full advantage of the opportunities Princeton offers to explore a variety of interests and develop a diverse set of friendships; and to ensure that students who choose to participate in fraternities and sororities do so only after they have had the benefit of a full year on campus."
The University already has a long-standing policy of not recognizing fraternities and sororities, and discouraging students from participating in such organizations. The current policy explains that Greek organizations are not recognized because "in general they do not add in positive ways to the overall residential experience on campus" and because "they can contribute to a sense of social exclusiveness and often place an excessive emphasis on alcohol."
For most of Princeton's history, membership in fraternities and sororities was prohibited, though the organizations began to re-emerge in the 1980s. Unlike at many other campuses, none of the fraternities or sororities at Princeton has houses. All Princeton freshmen and sophomores live on campus in residential colleges, as do some juniors and seniors, while most juniors and seniors take their meals at off-campus independent eating clubs while continuing to live in University housing.
Other report recommendations
Recognizing these aspects of social and residential life at Princeton, the committee's report further outlined how to define a fraternity and sorority and how the new rules could be applied. The University's Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline would review alleged violations of the policy, as they do with similar student conduct regulations.
In the event that a fraternity or sorority may attempt to avoid the rules by dropping its Greek letters and/or affiliation with a national Greek organization, the committee recommended defining a fraternity or sorority as a student organization that is not recognized by the University and that either has Greek letters in its name and an affiliation with a national organization and/or has a primarily social purpose and an exclusive membership. To avoid possible confusion, the report added that student eating clubs — which have a long historical association with the University — would not be included in the new policies.
In order to ensure that penalties will be applied to behavior that "clearly violates the letter and the spirit of the policy," the committee said students should only be held responsible "for actions which a reasonable person in that student's position would have known were contrary to the policy." The committee also suggested providing extra incentives for students to be candid and straightforward during an inquiry into possible violations, recommending an option of possible leniency for a student who is "extraordinarily forthcoming during an investigation."
On the topic of hazing, the committee noted that existing policies already prohibit hazing across the University and the University would continue to take seriously the dangers of hazing in any form.
Finally, the report recommended strategies for communicating new procedures to the University community. In addition to including policies in Rights, Rules, Responsibilities, the committee recommended detailing new procedures in the annual letter sent to incoming students and their families by the vice president for campus life and dean of undergraduate students, providing additional training about new rules to residential college advisers (RCAs) so they can discuss the policy with freshmen, and inviting student leaders of unrecognized Greek organizations to meet with administrators to address any questions they may have about how the policy will be implemented.


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The Most Controversial Super Bowl Ads of All Time [VIDEOS]
Super Bowl ads tend to have more longevity than traditional commercials thanks to their large budgets, creative freedom and overall goal to keep you glued to the TV between quarters. Some, however, aren't remembered for the joy they brought but rather for the public outcry they produced.
Super Bowl commercials have an unspoken license to go for big reactions, whether it's getting a rise out of the viewer through racy material or outrageous humor. These are the offensive, salacious and downright wrong Super Bowl ads that we're still talking about, for better or worse. Warning: some of these ads are NSFW. Thus the controversy.
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Groupon, 'Tibet'
The discount coupon giant found itself with more money than it knew what to do with in a relatively short amount of time, so buying time during the Super Bowl made perfect sense. What didn't make sense was their choice of a "funny" ad that used the suffering of the Tibetan people as a setup for their daily deal site.
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Focus on the Family, 'Tim Tebow'
This commercial scored a wave of outcry before the first cut even made it to the editing room. That's because the controversial anti-abortion group said it planned to buy airtime during the game featuring Heisman Trophy winner and pro-life hero Tim Tebow. A recent Focus on Family ad that referenced Tebow's "John 3:16″ Bible verse aired during the Broncos-Patriots game.
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Snickers, 'Accidental Kiss'
Snickers has earned a strange reputation for trying to appeal to a manlier audience like it's the candy bar equivalent of beer or those "natural enhancement" pills that advertise on late-night TV. The idea of two macho mechanics having a 'Lady and the Tramp' moment with a Snickers bar and then trying to re-prove their manliness seemed like a harmless way to make fun of the reputation they earned in their ads. Some, however, weren't so amused. The ad was pulled over complaints that it was homophobic. Perhaps Snickers should stick to Betty White cameos.
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HomeAway, 'Smushed Baby'
Normally you don't hear the phrases "smushed baby" and "Super Bowl ad" in the same sentence. However, it crept into the description of HomeAway's Super Bowl spot, which featured a frantic test family accidentally launching their little bundle of rubbery joy into a window. The backlash from child advocacy groups prompted HomeAway to back away from the ad.
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SalesGenie.com, 'Chinese Pandas'
It's hard to know what's more amazing about this infamous Super Bowl ad: the fact that Chinese pandas are speaking in stereotypical "chop-socky" Chinese accents or the fact that no one involved in the creative process thought it might offend anyone. And as if the timing couldn't have been worse, the offensive cartoon aired during a Super Bowl that had the highest viewership in NFL history.
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Mancrunch.com, 'I Wanna Kiss This Guy'
Giving any dating site airtime during the Super Bowl has the potential to be controversial. The folks behind the gay dating site Mancrunch decided to go for broke with its ad featuring two bros expressing their, uh, "bromantic" feelings for each other during the big game. Needless to say, it didn't go over well. A similar problem befell the controversial "married dating site" Ashley Madison last year. (You can check out that NSFW ad here. Just make sure your spouse isn't watching.)
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Apple Computers, 'Lemmings'
Apple may have set the standard for Super Bowl marketing with its famous '1984' commercial that introduced the Macintosh computer, but it also set a new low with the commercial they aired during the following year's big game. 'Lemmings' featured an endless line of blindfolded corporate drones walking off a cliff to advertise their Macintosh Office software in the hopes it would drive rival IBM's profits off a cliff. Unfortunately, The only thing that plummeted hard to the cold Earth was Apple's marketing team. Too bad Apple never bounced back from that one. Whatever happened to that company?
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Just for Feet, 'White Hunters in Kenya'
The shoe retailer may not have tried to go out of their way to make their ad controversial or even slightly amusing, but their casting department certainly hasn't been working in the business for quite some time. The ad featured a group of rough and tough white guys tracking and tagging a Kenyan runner through the African desert with a pair of cross trainers. The ad caused so much controversy for Just for Feet that they tried to take the ad agency responsible for it to court.
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PETA, 'Go Veg' (NSFW)
Just about anytime PETA tries to put a commercial on the air, it's bound to attract attention for all the wrong reasons. A Super Bowl ad with a global audience seemed like throwing gasoline on a raging forest fire and PETA didn't waste this golden opportunity to get publicity by implying that not eating meat makes for a better sex life. Implying is probably not strong enough of a word to describe it. Bludgeoning their audience in the face with a tire iron is more appropriate.
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Just About Every GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad Ever
Ever since the Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime show controversy, GoDaddy has tried to top the infamous moment right up to the legal line that the FCC will allow. And ever since, a group of angry letter writers have been waiting for the big game for a chance to write another complaint about GoDaddy's latest attempt to make them think about naked boobies. Strangely, the one that drew the most complaints was this one featuring racer Danica Patrick talking about a very flamboyant ex-NFL player's dream of founding his own women's clothing line. You do the math.