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Van Halen Brown Sound Introduction Notes
The Van Halen Brown Sound is
one of the most sought after sounds in Rock guitar..
Many have the opinion that we at
have nailed the tone, and we prove that on the countless Van Halen-style
based guitar lesson example tracks that we produce for our Van Halen-style
guitar lessons, in particular our popular "Vh'izing
Cover Songs" & "Vh'izing
Original Songs" online guitar lesson series'.
Jeff Fiorentino's Brown Sound setup - (Amp, Guitar, Effects)
Amplifier setup
MXR Flanger:
The second most important effect for the VH Brown Sound.
Unlike the Phase 90 I DO NOT typically suggest
Plugging the Flanger into your amp's FX Loop. Based on my experience
the Flanger seems to work much better plugged in
on the floor in front of the amp as you would most other effects pedals...
The two main settings are the "Unchained" setting
and the more standard setting used on tracks like "Amsterdam" and "Hear
about it Later"... see settings below. It should
be noted that the Flanger is generally used for specific riffs or tricks and sometimes solos in the VH guitar style.. While it is used
on some main rhythm parts of some songs, its primary use is to create a
large fat flanging effect on specific riffs or song parts.
Early VH tab books show the Flanger on all the time. What happened
was the transcriber got it mixed up with the Phase 90.
The Flanger and Phase 90 can be used at the same time. In fact for "Ain't
talkin' bout love" the main intro muted arpeggio part
has Phase 90 on it, and
then the single note tie in riff uses Flanger.
For the best sound on that as far as sounding like the record
I always leave the Phase 90 on and just kick the
Flanger on for that
little transition riff.. Aside from the stereo sweep which
was added in mix-down on Van Halen 1, it'll sound dead on perfect.
Stereo Chorus:
Though not really a Van Halen
effect as far as one that everyone who's into Van Halen has, I've found
through my own tinkering that the MXR Stereo Chorus is phenomenal for
dialing in an amazing VH tone. It's a great substitute even for the
expensive harmonizer as well. This is the ideal Chorus effect for the Van Hagar
era sound and it doesn't break the bank. As I said it also makes a great substitute for VH-style use of a
Harmonizer. I've found the MXR Stereo Chorus to be fantastic for
getting those big later era Balance and even Human's Being-like VH tones.
For this type of sound omit the MXR Phase 90.
Like the Phase 90 though I also recommend running the stereo Chorus in the
FX Loop of your amp.
But again to each his own, what works for me and my specific guitar and
amp setup may not be ideal
for your setup, so try both ways and figure
out what works best for you.
Either way the settings below
are a great guideline Chorus setting for the Van Halen tone, provided your amp EQ
is set properly and your guitar is setup properly.
Fiorentino Van Halen style tracks
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Fiorentino Van Halen style tracks
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-*-*StArT*-*- What time is it?: 11:00What is the date?: aug. 1, 2003Why are you filling this out?: cuz im bored-*-*YoU yOu YoU*-*- Full name: erin elizabeth fryeDo you like it?: its aight... a couple of guys told me it was purty soo yea i guess thats good!Nicknames: oo lordie theres A LOT-er, erhead, ernie, ern, blondie, big e, big e fries, e, er bear, hoss, dumber, perv, butthead, thongsta, hoe of the u.s., mouth & theres soo many more that i just cant think of right now..If you could change your first name, what would it be?: umm i dont really know...but i really like cassie(same as above) middle name?: lynnAge: 14DOB: jan. 4, 1989Height: 5' 5 1/2"Hair colour: blonde!Eye colour: blueWhere do you live?: g-ville, ncDo you like it there?: its aightWhy/Why not: theres not THAT much to do but it aint terrible or nothinWhere were you born?: greensboroAstrological sign: capricornShoe Size: 8-9Grade: 9thSchool: western high-*-*FaMiLy*-*- Parents names: james & jodyDo you have any siblings?: 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the hot chick haha i dunno but i aint gay so i really dont know..Most likely to be on America's Most Wanted: nickyMost likely to be a stripper: oo lordie i dunnoDoctor: i dont really knowTeacher: amanda cuz shes nice to kidsStay at home mom: uhh i dunnoOne you'd travel across the world for: amandaIf you could take 5 friends to paradise with you to live, who would you take and why would they be the best?: court, manda, nicky, chris & i cant pick a fifth 1 but those 4 are my BEST friendsBiggest wanna-be playa (boy): loganBiggest wanna-be playa (girl): oo lordie..i dunnoBiggest thug: haha johnSmartest: iveyWho would do anything for a thousand dollars?: nickyWho has the nicest parents?: courtneyWho is like your adopted sister/brother?: courtneyWho is the most like you?: courtney-*-*LoVe n ReLaTiOnShIpS*-*- Do you have a bf/gf?: naw..im singleIf so, who?: If not, do you have a crush?: yepIf so, who?: i aint sayin..How long have you liked your bf/gf/crush?: since we went out/broke up & all 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almost home..craig morganWhat time is it?: 12:54Where are your parents?: home-*-*FuTuRe*-*- How old will you be when you graduate high school?: 18Are you going to get married?: yep!Although you cant tell who you'll marry, is there anyone you'd wish it would be?: yepIf so, who?: i aint sayin..Are you going to have children?: yepIf yes, how many?: 2What will you name them?: cassie lynn & hunter johnDo you want to go to college?: yepWhich college: unc chapel hill or ecuWhat kind of car will you want to drive: beamerWhat kind of job will you have: either a plastic surgeon or a psychologistWhats your expectations for when your 25?: be married & have a good job-*-*HaVe YoU eVeR*-*- Drank: yepSmoked: yepSkinny Dipped: naw..want to thoPrank called the police: nawBeen followed, ect by the police: kinda..Been high: i dont really know bout that 1..haha courtDone drugs: nawIf so, what?: Stole: from my friends yeaMet someone off the net: not in personBeen in a fist fight: not fist fight but cat 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Psychiatrist Allison Holt has owned her own practice for nearly 10 years. She specializes in treating patients facing a variety of mental health disorders, including mood, anxiety, and attention disorders. Treatment is always tailored to the individual and may include a mix of therapy and medication, depending on the client. For clients wishing to speak with a therapist, Angie O'Shea is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps clients work through anxiety, mood disorders, grief, and cognitive and behavior disorders.
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No More Saturday Mail? Postal Service Plans Cuts
By PAULINE JELINEK
WASHINGTON (AP) â¿¿ We could soon be seeing the end of Saturday mail delivery.
The Postal Service has announced plans to cut back to five-day-a-week deliveries for everything except packages to stem its financial losses in a world where the Internet has dramatically altered how we communicate and pay our bills.
"Our financial condition is urgent," Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe declared Wednesday.The way the Postal Service describes it, the move allows the service to change with the times in hopes of eventually operating in the black. But efforts by the service to make cutbacks before have been stymied by Congress. Some questions and answers about the Postal Service plan: ___ Q: What is the plan and when would it take effect? A: Beginning in early August, mail would be delivered to homes and businesses only from Monday through Friday but would still be delivered to post office boxes on Saturdays. Post offices now open on Saturdays would remain open and delivery of packages of all sizes would continue six days a week. Packages have been a bright spot for the agency. Package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010, officials said, while the delivery of letters and other mail has plummeted. ___ Q: Why has the Postal Service decided to cut back its delivery schedule? A: Money. The Postal Service suffered a $15.9 billion loss in the past budget year and has forecast more red ink in 2013. It says it expects to save $2 billion annually with the Saturday cutback. The Postal Service, an agency independent of government, does not receive tax money for its operations but is subject to congressional control over major aspects. The majority of the service's red ink comes from a 2006 law forcing it to pay about $5.5 billion a year into future retiree health benefits, something no other agency does. Without that payment â¿¿ $11.1 billion in a two-year installment last year â¿¿ and related labor expenses, the mail agency sustained an operating loss of $2.4 billion for the past fiscal year, lower than the previous year.
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Here is a list of the group's most-needed items, as provided by Barbara Wartman, marketing and public relations manager for the food bank.
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Statement by Representative of Mongolia
On agenda item 104 entitled Implementation of the
Outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women
/Third Committee of the 51st UNGA
New York, 25 October 1996/
A little more than a year has elapsed since the landmark Beijing World Conference on Women brought about a viable strategy for the empowerment of women and for the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into our development policies and programmes. Our first review of the work done so far is based on the report of the Secretary-General contained in document A/51/322. It covers in a succinct manner the process of implementation of the Platform of Action by the organizations of the United Nations system, as well as activities at the national and regional levels and identifies possible means of its implementation. My delegation is grateful to the Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women Ms. Angela E.V.King for her clear-cut and comprehensive introductory statement on the items under consideration.
My delegation notes with a great deal of satisfaction the important work done by the United Nations and the organizations of its system in compliance with the decisions of the Beijing conference. While commending the overall vigorous start launched by the international community to follow-up the goals set at Beijing, I wish to confine my statement to the following points:
1. Mongolia shares the view expressed in the Secretary-General's report that the key aspect of implementing the Beijing Declaration and the Platform of Action is for inter- governmental forums and the secretariats to ensure the inclusion of the concept of mainstreaming a gender perspective into their programmes and policies. In this regard, we welcome the initial steps taken by many organizations of the UN system for this purpose. We support the decision of ECOSOC to select the issue of "mainstreaming of a gender perspective within the United Nations system" as a global cross-cutting theme for the coordination segment of its 1997 substantive session. The mainstreaming of a gender perspective into anti-poverty strategies and programmes at the last sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women and ECOSOC is also commendable.
2. My delegation commends the work being done by the Statistical Commission with a view to developing a minimum national social data set, disaggregated by gender, as a guide to national statistical services in monitoring the implementation of the outcomes of the recent UN conferences. We encourage the Statistical Commission at its 29th session next February to duly consider adopting the minimum national social data set as well as the recommendations for the regional commissions to conduct pilot studies in each region on the availability and quality of the required statistics.
3. As seen from the Secretary-General's report, the regional commissions have organized a wide variety of activities as follow-up to the Beijing conference through, inter alia, elaboration of guidelines for the implementation of the regional platforms for action, holding of series of expert group meetings and seminars on selected critical areas of concern, regional follow-up conferences. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, for one, has convened regional meetings on promoting women's participation in decision-making (Bangkok, Thailand, 18-19 December 1995); protecting women's rights and fighting violence against women (Saitama, Japan, August 1996); and strengthening national machineries for the advancement of women (Seoul, ROK, September 1996), which resulted in the formulation of sound policy recommendations.
4. Mongolia welcomes the appointment of the Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Gender Issues, Ms. Rosario Green, and the setting up of the Inter-Agency Committee on Women and Gender Issues as an important step towards system-wide coordination and mainstreaming. However, my delegation wishes to express its concern over the fact that the current financial crisis of the Organization has led to delays in strengthening the Division for the Advancement of Women with sufficient human and financial resources. We hope that this would not impair the ability of the Division to carry out the tasks set out for it in the Platform of Action.
5. It goes without saying that the successful implementation of the decisions agreed upon in Beijing would to a great extent depend on the availability of sufficient resources. Here, my delegation would like to welcome the specific commitments undertaken by the organizations of the United Nations system contained in ACC (Administrative Committee on Coordination) report on the proposed system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women, 1996-2001 (E/1996/16) to allocate certain part of their resources and funds to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Programme of Action.
General Assembly resolution 50/203 on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women reaffirmed the need for new and additional resources to achieve the goals set at Beijing. In this connection, my delegation welcomes the ECOSOC decision requesting the Secretary- General to prepare a report, in cooperation with UNDP, on all aspects of new and innovative ideas for generating funds for globally agreed commitments and priorities.
My delegation also supports the idea that those countries committed to 20/20 initiative should fully integrate a gender perspective into its implementation.
6. Resolution 50/203 states, inter alia, that the primary responsibility for implementing the Platform for Action lies with national Governments. Like in many other countries, following the Beijing conference a national Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women for the years 1996-2000 has been elaborated and adopted in Mongolia by Government resolution 145 last June.
The draft of the national Plan of Action was extensively discussed at the national Assembly held in March 1996 under the theme "Women in development". The Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia addressed the Assembly. It was also attended by key Cabinet ministers as well as the representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations, private enterprises, both urban and rural grassroot organizations, research and academic circles thus ensuring broad-based discussion of the situation of women in Mongolia and thorough formulation of a future strategy.
The national Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women in compliance with General Assembly resolution 50/203 has set time-bound targets by the year 2000, which, inter alia, include reduction of the number of people living in poverty from the current 26 % to 10% and the poverty rate among women by 50 %; decrease in the maternal mortality rate by 50% as against the 1992 rate, infant and child mortality rates by one third; increase the secondary school enrollment rate up to 98 % as against 88% in 1994 etc.
A Development Fund for Women was created with an initial contribution of $ 800,000 from UNDP to promote employment opportunities and income generation for women living in poverty. The issues of feminization of poverty, especially the critical situation of female single-headed households are to be discussed at the seminar on "Reduction of poverty in Mongolia and social safety policy" to be organized in December this year in collaboration with the World Bank.
The Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women is being implemented in conjunction with the relevant national strategies to follow-up the other major UN conferences on children, population and development, social development as well as the Poverty Alleviation Programme. Furthermore, the objectives of the Plan of Action are being mainstreamed into the national development strategy.


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Humidity : 78 %
Pressure : 1027.6 mb
Small fires at Duofold building
ILION, N.Y. (WKTV)- Fire crews responded to the former Duofold Building in Ilion Monday night.
The call for the fire came in just before 9 p.m. Fire officials said it looks as though several small fires were set inside the building.
Fire fighters were able to contain the fires with no major damage.
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Dr. Anthony Carnevale discusses the common core standards on FOX News
June 4, 2013
Dr. Anthony Carnevale talks at a World Bank session entitled "Tertiary Education at a Crossroads"
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of a successful two-year environmental remediation project that restored the ecosystem of a 24-acre former wood treatment site in Gautier, Miss., CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) and its partners were awarded the annual Phoenix Award for sustainable brownfield redevelopment by the Phoenix Awards Institute.
"The Gautier remediation project embodies our company's deep commitment to environmental stewardship, wildlife management and economic development on our existing and inherited properties," said Skip Elliott, vice president – public safety, health and environment, CSX. "An area that was once abandoned is now a healthy ecosystem and a vibrant community asset that will be enjoyed for years to come."
The Phoenix Awards recognize outstanding revitalization projects in the U.S. that have restored abandoned properties into dynamic mixed-use communities. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Brownfields Conference in Atlanta, award winners shared best practices and techniques for remediation planning to encourage replication across the country.
"We applaud the CSX team for its remarkable dedication to environmental awareness, protection and conservation," said Denise K. Chamberlain, executive chair of the Phoenix Awards Institute. "By adopting a stakeholder-inclusive approach to remediation, CSX successfully engaged regulatory, municipal, and community leaders throughout the process, modeling the type of collaboration and thought that should characterize every remediation project."Located within a coastal community in the Pascagoula River Watershed, the Gautier site had been a brownfield for nearly two decades following the closure of a wood treatment facility that was operated by a predecessor railroad for more than 100 years. Wood treated at the site was used for a variety of purposes, including building of the Panama Canal. Through a combination of unique design and the use of specialized geosynthetic materials, the CSX-led team contained and stabilized the residual wood treating compounds in the ground and sediment, improving the overall health of the watershed and helping to protect the estuary and adjacent uplands from the erosive forces of tropical storms and hurricanes. The site now offers a natural aesthetic surrounding the established neighborhoods, encouraging recreational use of the Pascagoula River and promoting ecotourism in the region.
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Apartment near Puerto Banus Nueva Andalucia
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This is a lovely air-conditioned apartment furnished to a high standard, with 2 large terraces, one overlooking the pool, the second off of the lounge.
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Situated in a privileged position in Nueva Andalucia, within walking distance of the fabulous Puerto Banus, you will be able to enjoy not only the varied entertainment that Puerto Banus and Marbella offers, but also enjoy the tranquillity of this complex even when the Costa is at its busiest.
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This nicely spiced caked, with chunks of apple and a hint of ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg, always wins raves. I like it best served warm with a dollop of whipped topping. It freezes well, too. —Pam Blockey of Bozeman, Montana
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 30 min. YIELD:9 servings
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons molasses
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 cup reduced-fat plain yogurt
- 1-1/2 cups chopped peeled tart apple (about 1 medium)
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons reduced-fat whipped topping
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, applesauce, egg and molasses. Combine the flours, ginger, baking powder, baking soda and spices; add to the molasses mixture alternately with yogurt, beating just until combined. Fold in the apples.
- 2. Pour into an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares; dollop with whipped topping. Yield: 9 servings.
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One serving (1 piece with 2 tablespoons whipped topping) equals 203 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 24 mg cholesterol, 186 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fruit.
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Public safety was not a major concern for Renee and Aaron Spradling when they moved to Gilbert 11 years ago.
Back then, they did not have children old enough to play outside in the neighborhood. But the family has grown, and the Spradlings now have children ages 2, 6 and 13.
Fortunately, they live in one of the safest places in the nation.
A list released Monday of the nation's safest towns and cities puts Gilbert at No. 22 among 371 municipalities.
"It makes me feel like we live in a little pocket where we can have our kids play outside and it's safe for them," said Renee Spradling, who took the family to Freestone Park on Monday.
Scottsdale, Chandler and Peoria also finished in the top half of the list, which was compiled by Morgan Quitno Press, a private research and publishing company specializing in state and city reference books.
The list was based on FBI figures released in June and on other factors.
All other Arizona cities included in the study finished in the bottom half.
Mesa was No. 191, Yuma was No. 215, Tempe was No. 241, Glendale was No. 253 and Tucson was No. 308.
Phoenix finished near the bottom at No. 313.
Gilbert police Sgt. Andrew Duncan said his town fared well despite its struggle to keep up with the booming population.
He said Gilbert, which has grown to nearly 200,000 residents, has one of the lowest ratios in the nation of police officers to civilians for municipalities of that size.
But he said Gilbert takes an aggressive approach to routine crimes such as curfew and alcohol violations.
"We believe that it is due in part to how we concentrate on the small issues that ultimately deal with the larger problems," Duncan said.
He also said the town has mandatory counseling for people convicted of domestic violence or abuse.
Aaron Spradling gave police "two thumbs up" for the work they do.
"It gives you reassurance as a parent," he said.
The rankings include only cities that reported crime rates. For example, New Orleans was not included this year because its police department did not report figures.
The safest city in 2005 was Brick, N.J., population about 78,000, followed by Amherst, N.Y., and Mission Viejo, Calif. The most dangerous city was St. Louis, followed by Detroit, Flint, Mich., and Compton, Calif.
Cities are ranked based on more than just their crime rate, said Scott Morgan, president of Morgan Quitno Press.
Individual crimes such as rape or burglary are measured separately, compared to national averages and then compiled to give a city its ranking. Crimes are weighted based on their danger to people.
Police statistics show Phoenix, which has about 1.5 million residents, is one of the nation's most violent cities for its size. At 244 murders, one murder occurred in Phoenix every 38 hours on average in 2005. The same year, there were 533 rapes, 4,237 robberies, and 5,701 aggravated assaults. Last year in Tucson, which has more than 536,000 residents, police statistics show there were 56 homicides, 378 sexual assaults, 1,685 robberies and 2,930 aggravated assaults.
Statistics from both cities starkly contrast with Gilbert's numbers. The town, which has a population of about 178,000 residents, had one homicide, 27 rapes, 35 robberies and 153 aggravated assaults in 2005.
— The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Cooking With Peeps
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I know how it is. It's early March and you're walking through the store when you come upon a Marshmallow Peeps display. Two shelves, maybe more, stacked high with fluorescent chicks and bunnies. Some of you may turn in disgust, others sneak a box or two into your cart, while others of you will be moved to creatively express fascination.
To the portion of this group whose passion is culinary, I have one piece of advice: unless you're preparing something with chocolate, Marshmallow Peeps have no place in your recipe. Let's learn about cooking with peeps.
To start, this Marshmallow Peeps Cupcake recipe will certainly earn you points for creativity. However, those to whom these cupcakes are served will wonder why the chemical sweetness of the Peeps was not cut by a somewhat bitter chocolate cake base.
Think everyone might be making Marshmallow Peeps Cupcakes this year? For a more elaborate celebration, try your hand at the Easter Turducken. This bad Larry requires you to stuff a Cadbury Creme Egg into the business end of a Peep. This unholy union is then put inside one of those crappy, hollow milk chocolate bunnies. This is really something you should (and easily can) do.
Chocolate covered Peeps are sure to please anyone who likes good stuff, so you might consider giving these a shot. They, obviously, will taste delicious. Tempering chocolate can be a giant pain in the ass, though. If you're not a chocolatier, probably buy these from someone who is.
Now, doesn't chocolate mousse and Peeps sound delightful? This recipe calls for chocolate mousse flavored Peeps, but where is the flavor differentiation in that? I suggest using regularly flavored Peeps, but to add an exciting air of carnage to your dish, cut up a couple of red Peeps and whip them right into your mousse.
These are ways to invite Peeps into your kitchen. A couple things not to try? Peeps and coffee, stir-fried Peeps, and Peeps flavored lip balm (not something you'd make at home, but still an abomination). I would give Peeps and Chili and sweet potato garnished with Peeps one chance, but probably just that.
I'd be remiss if I didn't discuss the possibility of a Peep cocktail. You probably don't want to drink a PeepMopolitan, a Peep-a-tini, or a Peep garnished Blue Hawaiian unless you want to be mocked mercilessly by an internet stranger who likely lives far from your home. On the other hand, you might try a Peep on the top of a bastardized Peppermint Patty (hot chocolate and Peppermint Schnapps).
Lastly, under no circumstances should you try to tempt the Internet Gods by combing bacon and Peeps. Hey Internet, what did I just say? My warning came too late.
Finally, if, after all that, you're still considering cooking with Peeps, I've produced a handy flowchart to help you decide if you should.
Last year, Aaron Cohen conducted extensive research into the online world of Marshmallow Peeps. The result, "Marshmallow Peeps on the Internet - A study," features at least 155 annotated links to Peep related content on the web. He writes Unlikely Words, @eatBoston, 815 Sentences About Lost, and will soon be hosting the first Boston Bacon and Beer Festival. You can reach him here.
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By Sunday
Ewwwww, to every suggestion. Just eat them as they are! Sheesh. Just Born candy factory is in my hometown where I grew up. I can remember taking a tour of the candy factory when I was about 8 yrs old. My absolute FAVORITE section of the factory was where they made the marshmallow peeps. The sweet smell alone of the sticky marshmallow treats was pure heaven!
By Dawn
I agree-Peeps are great on their own-I used to leave them out a few days till the got firmer then eat them. Now I live in a more humid climate and they don't harden as fast. I grew up in Allentown and now live in Mississippi so I get a kick out telling people Peeps are made near my hometown!
By Jerry
Those things are just nasty. Fine if you are 10 years old or very overweight.
By Dee Plotkin
We never have left over peeps
there is not enough peeps in the world for my family
By sunny
Peeps are yummy but one small box is all I can stand.
"Cooking With Peeps"
It's one of those things that probably seemed like a good idea at the time.....but maybe not.
Yuck to all of the above "recipes".
By toni
peeps toasted over a camp fire are awesome!!! the sugar coating forms sort of a crispy crust & the marshmallow insides get all melty & gooy... AWESOME!!!!!
By Sunday
Toni ~ You are so right! I forgot about toasting them over an open fire pit! Soooooo good! :)
By zoodles28
Try a smore with peeps. Even better smore is made with peeps and reece cups. In the winter you can make smores in the microwave....just be careful they don't blow up
By HG in MN
Thank you for telling me how fire-roasting Peeps comes out. I've always wondered. I love roasted marshmallows. However, I'm not a big Peeps fan as an adult since I have an adversion to gritty textures (feels like marshmallow cream rolled in sand. As a kid it didn't bother me.) But your recommendation makes me want to buy a box of them (75% off today!) and give it a try!
By deflaur
As far as the dificulty of tempering chocolate, I use the Bakers brand melting kind in the little tubs to dip pretzels, chips, fruit etc. It is probably a little more expensive but it works really well(it is certainly cheaper than buying them pre-made) I am a terrible cook and I find it to be very easy and I think it would be perfect for dipping peeps.
By Non-Chocolatier
I am by no means a chocolatier and I make chocolate covered items all the time, although I have never done chocolate covered peeps. I have to give those a try. Any of the cradt store chains such as Michael's carries melting chocolate which works fine. I happen to buy my chocolate at a chocolate store that specializes in chocolate candy molds, cake decoratings supplies etc. I never worry about tempering it. I melt it and dip and thngs turn out fine.
By beck
I hate peeps!!
My family loves them though. Even if they didn't I would still buy peeps and put them in the baskets because to me they are like cranberries at Thanksgiving(USA) a gross but traditional must for the holiday. :D
By michelle
ewwwww i have never tried a peep and the stuff up there dont look good at all, although the smores sounds like a good idea and roasting over a fire ,i just dont like any thing marshmallow.i would have tried them on sweetpotatoes ,but they didnt act as if that was a good idea. has anyone tried that?
By Lisa
I love the peeps when you bring them home, take the wrapper off and let them sit for 3-4 days they get a stale coating on the outer side and there not so sweet inside. There perfect anytime and my family loves them this way.
By tree
yes..yes..yes..that is the best way to eat a peep!
By Rose
Is this a late April Fool's joke? How do you keep the mice and roaches away?
By gary
Hey Rose.....not everyone has an insect and rodent issue in their home! Perhaps you should fumigate and move.
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Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRN)
A value-priced retailer of urban fashion apparel and accessories for the entire family.
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I put some real skin in the game today-- even though my CAPS is already up like 6% on this pick. I think it is just way too cheap at less than 3X EV/EBITDA, 35% market cap in net cash, and strong growth prospects. I also like how it has fared very well in the market decline today.. may indicate that most of the selling pressure is done and that this thing has already hit its trough. Many thanks to people such as TMF1000 who helped me find this idea. I thought I'd return the favor to the CAPS/ MF community by posting my own thoughts. Fool on.
While Citi Trends (CTRN) is undeniably subject to the many risks of a rapidly growing fashion retailer, at the current price, investors are more than compensated for these risks. The company is currently selling for book value, which includes 76 mm in cash (35% of market cap). Other metrics also point towards value: TEV/EBITDA: 2.68, TEV/Sales: 0.22, P/E: 10.47. These seem too cheap for a company with an excellent balance sheet, solid management, and strong growth prospects.
Citi Trends operates a chain of more than 450 retail stores selling nationally recognized clothing brands aimed at a young African American customer base. The stores sit in neighborhood shopping centers in both urban and rural settings and include trendy fashion lines such as Roca Wear, Phat Farm, Baby Phat, and Apple Bottoms by Nelly. Citi Trends also carries in-house brands and offers apparel, intimates, footwear, and accessories for men, women, kids, and infants, as well as home decor.
• Strategy: They aim to provide nationally recognized branded merchandise at discounts to department and specialty stores' regular prices of up to 60%.
o Their merchandise offerings are designed to appeal to the preferences of fashion conscious consumers, particularly African-Americans
o Purchasing is controlled by a 25-plus member buying team located at our Savannah, Georgia headquarters and our buying office in New York, New York. We purchase merchandise through planned programs with vendors at reduced prices and opportunistically through close-outs, with the majority of our merchandise purchased for the current season and a limited quantity held for sale in future seasons.
o They have purchased merchandise from approximately 1,000 vendors in the past 12 months.
o Approximately 46% of their net sales are represented by nationally recognized brands. They also offer a wide variety of products from less recognized brands and a lesser amount representing private label products under their proprietary brands such as "Diva Blue," "Red Ape," "Vintage Harlem," and "Lil Ms Hollywood."
Strong Financial Results
• Their niche market has been hit particularly hard the past few years, but they have still been able to grow revenue and net income every single year of their 8-year existence as a public company.
• Their stores have generated rapid payback of investments, typically within 12 to 14 months.
• In 2010, they began to test a new store format with the assistance of a retail design consulting firm. They opened their first new prototype store in Savannah in July 2010 and later opened five more stores with the new prototype design. The stores feature a new color palette and logo, a new layout, new fixturing, dressing room, graphics and lighting, a redesigned checkout area and an expanded footwear department. Based on the reactions from our customers and the results of the new stores, we decided to open all new stores in the new prototype format in 2011.
o From 10-Q: "There were thirteen stores relocated or expanded since last year's first quarter, all of which impacted comparable store sales. Sales in comparable relocated and expanded stores increased 5.4% in the first quarter of 2011, while sales in all other comparable stores decreased 7.5%." I can see why the new stores have done better—they are pretty cool. I think these stores will continue to be successful and help them boost sales.
? http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/CTRN/1281571083x0x405640/1a81fa71-12d7-4765-8391-9ec0b530656c/citiNew_Store_Prototype.pdf
Why the Opportunity Exists
CTRN's stock was hammered on May 17 after it indicated EPS guidance of $1.25-$1.35 for fiscal 2011, much lower than analysts' consensus estimate of $1.54. Also, they said same store sales should be down 1-2%, including a 1-2% increase in the last three quarters of the year. The stock fell from $21 to $17 and has now drifted down to its 52 week low just below $15.
While the guidance was disappointing, I think that the stock market overreacted for three reasons:
1) The first quarter of 2010 made for a tough comparison since same stores sales were up 9.6%
a. Furthermore, the company did say that same store sales should increase 1-2% in the last three quarters of the year
2) The Store Renovations seem to be a big success
b. As mentioned above, sales in comparable relocated and expanded stores increased 5.4% in the first quarter of 2011, while sales in all other comparable stores decreased 7.5%. While the renovations only occurred over 13 of their stores, I think that there is a good chance that the remodeling efforts continue to have this level of success and can be applied to both future store openings and their existing stores.
3) Management seems to be taking the right steps to keep CTRN in the right direction
i. Their CEO, David Alexander, has 30 years of retail experience including ten years with Family Dollar Stores. I think that the decision to test the new store format at the beginning of 2010 will turn out to be a great move. In addition, their brand sales did significantly worse than their non-branded sales or what they call their fashion merchandise. He plans to focus on shifting the brands in his stores, scrapping the worst sellers, and increasing exposure to the best-selling items
In short, I think that the market overreacted to one quarter to lower guidance.
While disappointing, I think it is merely a bump in the long road of growth that Citi Trends still has in front of it.
a. The Company has 473 stores in 27 states, but about 42% of those stores are in only four states. I think that they can approximately double their store count without saturating the market. Just as a reference, there are 890 current TJ Maxx stores.
b. The company is accelerating the rate of store growth from 60 last year to a planned 65-70 this year.
c. It only recently launched a Facebook fan page. After 4 months, it already has over 121,000 fans: https://www.facebook.com/cititrends
• They are currently estimating 2011 earnings per share in a range of approximately $1.25 to $1.35, which includes an assumption that comparable store sales will be up 1% to 2% in the final 3 quarters of the year. Using comp multiples on the low and high end (10-16X ttm earnings), this would result in a fair price in the range of $12.50- $21.60. This equates to $2.33 of downside risk and $6.77 of upside, or a nearly 3:1 risk/reward from the current market price.
The bottom line is that the market hammered Citi Trends (CTRN) after missing guidance, but there are a lot of reasons to think that this was overdone. Ignoring their large capex spend for their new distribution facility (which should last the company for the next five years), the company would have had positive FCF last year. At less than 3X EV/EBITDA, I think a lot of the potential concerns about CTRN's future are already price into the stock, and investors get an opportunity to pick up a fast-growing, differentiated retailer with a large margin of safety.
Citi Trends (CTRN)
Price $15.01
Dow 11,951.91
Oil $99.06 a barrel
Gold 1,530.40
My five year Caps score for CTRN wasn't good. My five years expired, so I closed it at a loss and reupped it. I believe the next five years will be much better for the Company. I own the stock and plan to use the lower prices to add to my position.
Revenues were up 4.3% to $189.168 million from $181.4 million last year. Same stores sales were down 6.9%. Transactions were down 8%; offset some by slightly higher ticket price. The first quarter of 2010 made for a tough comparison since same stores sales were up 9.6%. These numbers were disappointing, but I think the CEO is taking the right steps to boost future sales. He is experimenting with the new Citi Lights format which has done well for them so far, much better than the rest of the chain stores. Their brand sales did significantly worse than their non-branded sales or what they call their fashion merchandise. They plan on changing their brands, increasing better selling ones while reducing exposure to worse selling brands. He plans to shift the brands in his stores, losing worse sellers and increasing those that are selling the best. And their fashion merchandise or non-branded items sold much better and represent a better value.
Gross margins were 39.7% down from 39.9% last year. Core merchandising margins declined by 40 basis points but was offset by a 20 basis point improvement in shrinkage costs. Shrinkage costs were 0.8% of sales down from 1% last year.
Net income was $12.1 million or $0.83 per share down from $12.4 million or $0.86 per share last quarter.
TTM cash flow was negative $14.79 million. Cash flow for the quarter was $14.5 million down from $16.79 million. It is important to note that capital expenditures were $40.7 million in 2010 which was much higher than $22 million spent in 2009. If the capital expenditures were equal to the 2009 spend, the Company would be cash flow positive.
In 2010, they built 60 stores up from 49 stores and they spent about $11.2 million to buy and equip their new distribution center in Roland, Oklahoma. They expect the new facility at Roland will meet their distribution needs for the next five years, so we shouldn't see any more big capital expenditure blips in the near future, so I expect them to be cash flow positive in 2011.
The Company has 473 stores in 27 states. They opened 15 stores, relocated or expanded 5 others and closed 3 stores in the first quarter of 2011. About 42.1% of all stores are located in Georgia, Texas, South Carolina and Florida.
Earnings for 2011 are expected in the range of about $1.25 to $1.35. The guidance is based on same stores sales declines of 1% to 2% for the full year, including a 1% to 2% increase in the last three quarters.
ThompsonFN estimates: June 10, 2011
** Fiscal 2011 $1.29
** Fiscal 2012 $1.46
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Steve and Barry's was a discount apparel store that served low to moderate income customers. They offered a no-frill store that offered jeans and other clothing even cheaper than was being sold at Wal-Mart. They didn't survive the recession.
Stores that sell higher end goods probably aren't exposed to the risk of a weakened economy as much as their value-based peers. Their customers have more money and although they may slow their spending habits, they are still probably going to spend more. Citi Trends offer higher priced items then Steve and Barry's and is priced similarly to TJX. This should give them better margins than Steve and Barry's.
Lower income customers can delay buying new pants and shirts when things are rough. Those with less discretionary income will stick to a tighter budget. Food and home bills are necessities, but clothes can be used longer when the economy is weak and one's job may be at risk. Also Wal-Mart is a good destination for cheap clothes and many apparel stores will have deep discounts on slower moving merchandise. Today, I went to Tuesday Morning and bought several shirts for $2.49 each. They are pretty neat looking, but designed for teens since they featured teen pop culture. But they are perfect for me to garden in and nice enough to wear places, though the pop culture thingy may not be a good fit with my gray hair. Hehehe I still like them and you can't beat the price. Many retailers offer deep discounts during rough times which generates some stiff competition for customers' dollars.
They launched their facebook page during the quarter. They now have about 100,000 fans following them on facebook. They will use it as a tool to understand their customer's needs and preferences.
Their Citi Lights conversions are doing very well. They had positive comps while the chain's comps were negative. In the fourth quarter, they converted 15 stores to the Citi Lights format and had 25 such stores at the end of the fourth quarter. I don't believe they added any more stores in the first quarter. They are waiting to see if the new format stores continue to do well. If they do, they believe they will have the confidence to develop a conversion plan for more stores.
The new stores are really nice. Watch out TJ Maxx! These stores are neat, carpets on the floor with a wide variety of merchandise. I think these stores will be successful and help them boost sales.
Alexander R David Jr is President and CEO of Citi Trends. He previously worked as CEO of Portrait Corporation of America (PCA) which operates photography studios for Wal-Mart stores. He comes with some big-time experience having served ten years with Family Dollar stores. He was their President and CEO between 2003 and 2005. He was Executive Vice President and CEO between 2000 and 2003.
Sales were up on only 4.3% and management believes high unemployment and higher commodity prices are hurting sales. But Citi Trends didn't do too badly during the Great Recession. Like so many other retailers their low point came on November 21, 2008 when their stock price hit $7.01. Their TTM earnings were $1.12, which was solid, for a PE ratio of 6.26. That wasn't too bad considering the times. At the end of fiscal 2006, they made $1.51 which was a pre-recession record. Today TTM earnings are $1.41. This gives them a PE Ratio of 10.65 based on a price of $15.01.
Their balance sheet is excellent. They have $93.22 per share in cash and long-term investments or $6.40 per share and no debt. They are selling for about 2.3 times cash.
In 2010, they paid for a new distribution center when should take care of their distribution needs for the next five years, so cash flow suffered. In 2009, they made $19.2 million in cash flow and I think they can manage that even with normal store growth. If they make $19.2 million in 2011, it would represent about $1.32 per share giving them a yield of 8.78% which I think is very good. In 2009, they made $1.36 per share in earnings on $551 million in revenues. Today they are making $1.41 in TTM earnings on $622.5 million in revenues so cash flow could be higher. Guidance is four about $1.29 for the year, so they expect TTM earnings to fall.
Although, the new Citi Lights format is just beginning, it shows promise and those new conversions, though few in number so far, showed positive comps while the rest of the chain was significantly negative. In time, I think they new format will be adopted by the company and that will lead to stronger sales.
Alexander David has a long history at Family Dollar, a Citi Trend competitor, so I think he has the skills to tweak their branded merchandise which was very weak. Citi Trends fashion merchandise had positive comps and I think the CEO can find easy ways to shift merchandise among their branded merchandise and perhaps push their fashion merchandise since their sales are strong and the prices are cheaper making them a better value.
The Company has 473 stores in 27 states, but about 42% of those stores are in only four states. So they have a lot of room to grow. I think they can and will adapt to harder times. Those hard times may not last so long if oil prices will go down.
May 18, 2011 1Q:2011 earnings' highlights:
** Revenues were $189.168 million up 4.3% from $181.406 million
** TTM revenues $630.29 or $43.47
** Earnings were $0.83 down from $0.86
** TTM earnings were $1.41
** Stores 473
** Diluted share count 14.567 million
** Cash flow was $14.5 million down from $16.79 million
** TTM cash flow was Negative ($14.79 million)
** Cash and long term investments $93.22
** Gross margins were 39.7% down from 39.9% last year
** Trading range between May 18, 2011 and the present June 10, 2011 was $15.90 to 17.06: PE Ratio range was 11.28 to 12.1
Held by insiders 98.2%
Held by institutions 12.1%
Ummm I think that the drop may have been a lilttle bit oveer down. Looking for a bounce and a recovery.
Likely long term value around $17 for this debt free retailer with almost 30% of market cap in cash - potential free takeover "option" given from these levels.
HG with no debt. I will go with it.
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among the overprice retailers, chart appears to be topping
Retail is way overpriced right now. This is one of the areas that is going to get hit the hardest by increasing unemployment. The rate of job losses may have slowed, but employment is still definitely in a negative trend that is unlikely to reverse any time soon. Spending and lifestyle changes still lay in the future for many Americans. Stay away from discretionary retail that can easily be substituted for with something cheaper.
Discount retailer of close-outs and cancellations. IPO less than 2 years ago and topped out around $45 per share. Recent concerns regarding internal theft have adversely impacted the stock price. New store openings remain on track at > 100 per year. Outside consulting has provided guidance that should be reflected no later than the Q3 results.
Shares of Citi Trends Inc. are rising, after the apparel maker said fourth-quarter profit beat expectations and it offered a strong 2008 forecast.
The company forecast a profit of $1.10 to $1.15 per share, while analysts polled by Thomson Financial predict a profit of $1 per share. Citi Trends said fourth-quarter net income fell 19 percent to $8.4 million, or 59 cents per share, as it increased markdowns to clear inventory. Analysts expected a smaller profit of 44 cents per share.
Wachovia Capital Markets analyst Lyn Rhoads Walther said the company has made a number of changes to help profit, including paring down inventory, installing surveillance cameras to reduce theft and more closely aligning payroll hours with sales.
Nice clean balance sheet
Latest Earning Report this past week WAS weak, as is the fashion-mix for this company.
Combine this with the downward trending apparel market this holday season and you have a worsening picture for 1st Quarter '08.
The latest major swing to a loss combined with the company's lowered guidance should raise a big enough red flag.
If you must be in Retail, there are many other more attractive options than CTRN, which will not recover until well into 2008 (if then).
Ok. I'm making this pick minutes before they announce earnings so I'm guessing we're near bottom. They've already lowered guidance, recognized trouble with inventory levels and inside theft. I'm guessing they will make improvements in these areas. Also, p/e is too low to resist, cash flow is not a problem, and southeast region where they operate is probably not the worst place to be now, while other regions offer future growth options.
Bottoming out now. The institutional investors made their money and are dumping the stock. Long-term the story looks good. CTRN is almost totally based in the south now. East Coast penetration no farther than Baltimore. Think of all the untapped ghetto markets. NJ/NY and California are beckoning. I did go to a store to check it out and almost got shot. The things I do to make money....
Trends for the Citi Trends (CTRN) do not seem to follow a healthy trend considering the unsupportive market conditions. Although, revenues in the first quarter of fiscal 2007 which is one of the best selling quarter has spurt by 16.2 percent, the bottom-line suffered, as a result of massive deleveraging in the operating expenses. Easter has been one of the prime selling period of the company however, unseasonably cool weather has curtailed the sales of spring and summer apparel in 2007 thereby truncating the revenue growth immensely.
Lately, SG&A expenses were the main culprits in the reduced net income of the company. These expenses are primarily related to store opening and distribution and corporate costs related to the openings. Management has plans to open 28 to 30 more stores in the remaining period of fiscal 2007. However, the probability of driving sales in the future arouses skepticism as the economic slowdown and rising oil prices would aggravate consumer spending. This could put pressure on the margins considering the expenses incurred to build new stores.
Target market for the company, which is African Americans, looks good considering their wide presence in southeast and the spending levels. However, management expects bleak same-store sales growth for fiscal 2007 based on the poor revenue performance in the best season. As a result, company expects a measly over 8% rise in their EPS, which is much lower than the historical levels. Thus, CTRN looks pretty expensive scrip to buy at the current levels.
A regional to national story. Lots of room for growth
Great growth potential in the african american market.
A regional to national story. Month to month sales increases bode well for this company. Recent spike in price does not make in an ideal time to buy. Suggest waiting for a drop to under 40 and then grabbing a bite.


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A Seaton fashion designer, who has made a name working for George at Asda, says her love of fashion was sparked by her time as a child spent sewing squares together with her mother.
Rachel Penn, 29, of Fernleigh Drive, who now lives in Leicester, credits the hours spent with mum Jean making products as the starting point of her successful career.
Rachel has worked as an international ladies wear designer for George at Asda for two years and currently works on the casual jersey wear team.
She has designed various ranges including formal, work wear and maternity wear and her products have appeared in Look, Grazia and Company magazines.
Rachel said: "My mum taught me to sew from such an early age that we were always making things and being arty and creative.
"Growing up in Cumbria there were so many beautiful places to be inspired by, and if you're a creative person you can adapt things and interpret things into your own style.
"I've been able to travel the world for inspiration with trips to places like India, China, New York, Paris, Rome, all over the UK and I'm going to Bangladesh in the next few weeks, which I'm really excited about.
"I'd never have been able to do this if I wasn't in the job that I'm in now."
Rachel, who studied at Stainburn School and Workington Sixth Form Centre, went on to study for a BA in fashion design at the University of Central Lancashire, graduating in 2006.
She started her career at a supplier company in Leicester, which supplied ranges to New Look, Republic, Fashion Union, Dune stores and Clockhouse.
She still returns to West Cumbria to visit her brother Jonathan, mum Jean and dad Tony.
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- HIV in Europe and nearby countries is on the rise. About 131,000 people were newly infected in 2012 – an 8 per cent year-on-year increase, according to the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
- Today, the 1986 UK campaign is hailed as the most successful ofits kind.
If there was a time that British advertising proved it could be an overwhelming force for good, it was surely during the government's high-impact Aids awareness campaign.
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Kate Losse Accuses Dave Eggers of Cynically Rewriting Her Memoir Before Ever Reading Eggers's Book
I'm taking a quick break from my usual stories about Louisiana, public education, school vouchers, and politics, because I think it's provocative, infuriating, and, hopefully, teachable and because, for many reasons, this story bothered me.
Last year, Kate Losse published a memoir, The Boy Kings, about her work during the first years of Facebook. Losse was the fifty-first employee hired by Facebook, which would certainly provide her with real insight into the company. Notably, Losse's book was published more than two years after The Accidental Billionaires, whose film adaption, The Social Network, was named Best Picture of the Year at the Golden Globes.
Based solely on the reviews she inspired on Amazon.com (because I've never actually read it), I'm led to believe that's a pretty damn good and insightful memoir.
But, to be sure, at least one commenter, who alleges to have worked with Losse at Facebook, suggests that the book takes great liberties with the facts. Quoting:
For the most part, I found that she took extreme latitude in her storytelling with a great deal of embellishments and exaggerations; some events actually never occurred or occurred in a very, very different way. For many of her former coworkers this was really disappointing to see.
I would enjoy a less fictionalized story of the early days at Facebook, preferably without the sophomoric meandering writing style and forced "heady" metaphors. If you want sensationalized fiction of the story, read "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich. If you want non-fiction, "The Facebook Effect" by David Kirkpatrick is good. (Editor's note: "The Facebook Effect is quite good). Unfortunately this book's format sits between in a mess of truths and un-truths that are unfair both to the author and all the characters within.
Others thought that Ms. Losse often came across as insubordinate, condescending, and angry; she was a newly-minted college graduate in English, working for one of the biggest tech companies in the world. But the book's descriptions, Ms. Losse's own subsequent writing, and the reviews allegedly written by at least one of her former colleagues suggest that Ms. Losse believed, mistakenly, she was hamstrung by an institutional culture that reinforced white, male privilege. Indeed, many of the top employees at Facebook are women, most notably Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operations Officer.
Today, the author Dave Eggers is publishing his latest work of fiction titled The Circle. The Circle focuses on the life of a young woman working at a hypothetical social media technology company.
Before Kate Losse had ever read Eggers's novel, she publicly accused him of essentially stealing from her memoir. Eggers, soon thereafter, released a statement claiming that he had never read Losses's book, though I'm sure he will now.
For her part, Losse made a rather pathetic attempt to substantiate her claims: The name of Eggers's main character has the same number of syllables as her character; Losse argues it's the same cadence, but really, it's drivel. She says both stories are about a woman working in customer service departments; both of them exchanged dialogue with a character with a first name beginning in "J."
But the truth is: She's not really accusing Eggers of ripping off her memoir. Again, she's never read his book, and he's never read hers. Instead, a week before his book hits the shelves, she is arguing, very publicly and insistently, that she's the victim of patriarchal white male privilege. Dave Eggers is powerful because he's a white man. Meanwhile, she's a published writer whose, in my opinion, cynical, exploitive, and ignorant grandstanding about feeling victimized (all the while plugging her book) seems nakedly self-aggrandizing.
Consider this:
On the left, the cover of the movie Where the Wild Things Are, a movie adapted for the screen by none other than Dave Eggers. And on the right, three years later, the cover of Ms. Losse's book. Who, exactly, is appropriating from whom? It is also worth pointing out: Ms. Losse's subtitle, "A journey into the heart of the social network," two years after The Social Network became an international smash hit.
Ms. Losse also writes. Quoting:
How could a woman doing anything be important? The assumption the media makes in these instances is that something is not important unless a familiar, male white face does it. So, when Dave Eggers decided to write his story about a young woman working her way up through Facebook, the Wall Street Journal called it a treatment of "the essential issues of the day." From all appearances, it is an unnervingly similar book, and I wrote it first (and I imagine mine is more authentic and better written, because I actually lived and worked in this world and am also a good writer). The difference is that Eggers is a famous man and I am not.
Remember, she imagines her book is better than his because she "lived and worked in this world and am also a good writer," and she thinks the difference, ultimately, is that "Eggers is a famous man." Again, she never even read Eggers's book.
Don't get me wrong: I am a feminist, but Losse's criticism isn't about feminism; it's about professional jealousy, and, at its core, it's informed by an almost absurdly self-aggrandizing belief that her book is "more authentic and better written;" ironically, she attempts to deconstruct the notion of white male privilege in order to argue that her art, her book is better than anything any man could do with a story of a woman working at a large tech company. To me, she reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of the academic discourse on privilege, entitlement, feminism, and racism, which should all be focused on empathy, institutional knowledge, and equality.
Toward the end of her piece, Losse writes:
What's being broken, stolen, and ultimately capitalized upon is the lives and work of the "others", and these others are you, me and everyone we know: everyone but the very powerful. Our lives and content are being used and recycled— whether we have written books that people more powerful than us can rework and redistribute or not.
As a rabid and unrepentant lover of good literature, this struck me as particularly naive and (dare I say?) privileged. I'd be insulted if it weren't so dumb, if it didn't dramatically expose Ms. Losse as someone whose understanding of literature was informed by identity politics instead of an appreciation of art for the sake of art.
Until Ms. Losse's piece, I had never considered Dave Eggers to be necessarily "powerful," but even if he is, it's important to consider, why, exactly, he became known. When he was 21 years old, Eggers lost both of his parents within 38 days of one another; it was obviously devastating, and as a result, he suddenly found himself as the new father figure for his 8-year-old brother. Six years later, Eggers wrote a book about it, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, a book that is still considered one of the greatest and most poignant memoirs in American literary history. He parlayed his success from his first memoir and launched McSweeneys, a monthly "book" that provided a platform for some of America's most talented new fiction writers and poets. Then, he launched The Believer, which is, arguably, the best literary fiction magazine in the country. And then he wrote four or five more books, all of which were nominated for top literary prizes, and for some, like his nonfiction account of Hurricane Katrina, he donated his profits to charity.
If he is in any way powerful, he earned it.
Finally, it is worth noting this about Ms. Losse's conspiracy concerning female writers: The wealthiest living writer in the world is a woman, J.K. Rowling; she is worth more than Stephen King, Tom Clancy, and John Grisham combined. According to surveys, the greatest novel in American history is To Kill a Mockingbird, written by a woman. Agatha Christie sold over 100 million books. Toni Morrison was the last American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Right now, the second bestselling book on Amazon is by a Japanese boy with autism.
A few years ago, a gay man won the Pen/Faulkner and then, after adapting his book for the movies, his film won Best Picture at the Oscars. His book was about the lives of three different women.
Ultimately, readers don't care if you're young or old, black or white, gay or straight; they don't care if you're telling your own story, if you're telling someone else's story, or if you're entirely making it up. Readers care only about one thing: Is it good?
I agree with your basic thesis: that Losse's cynicism gives an air of professional jealousy and a publicity stunt. Two small items that might provide greater context:
1) Decreeing Eggers' accolades as "earned" is an essential part of the issue. 70% of book reviews are of books by male authors. I don't negate that Eggers' work is worthy of acclaim, but he is more likely to receive public praise for his works by virtue of his gender.
(Source: VIDA, much, much more info here: http://www.vidaweb.org/vida-count-2012-mic-check-redux)
2) Interesting note: the #2 book on Amazon got a very big plug from Jon Stewart, who even thanked his audience this week for buying the book.
Thanks for the thoughtful take. I appreciated the read.October 9, 2013
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I read Kate Losse's memoir a few months ago, and just recently finished The Circle. I found this post by googling "Kate Losse the circle" – I searched this term because I was so struck by the similarities between the two stories (at least in the first part). The Medium post is gone, so I wasn't able to read Losse's take on this situation. I think the similarity of the name is a rather silly argument (syllables? come on), but the story of Mae's relationship with Francis in "The Circle" is so entirely like the relationship Losse describes between herself and one of the company's engineers that I immediately recognized Losse's story in Eggers's novel – and I had not heard anything about these plagiarism accusations before I began reading. Once I finished reading, I was very surprised to see that Losse and her book were not in Eggers's acknowledgements, so I wanted to see if anyone else had noticed the similarities. Of course, Eggers did not entirely rip off her story – where Losse got uncomfortable with the Facebook mission and ended up leaving the company, Eggers explored what could happen if the skeptic was converted into a true believer.
As for your assertion that readers don't care about the identity of the author, only whether the story is good – that may be so. But readers (and consumers) do not have time to read every single book that is good. I know I don't. So I read the ones I hear about – the ones I see in bookstores, the ones I see ads and reviews for, the ones whose authors are hailed as geniuses. And I think that publicity is not necessarily distributed in equitable accordance with talent/merit. I think it's very ironic that the two female authors you use to make your case about gender equality in publishing have very androgynous names – or at least names that don't immediately register as female. I think "Harper" could truly go either way, and J.K. Rowling was famously instructed by her agent to use her initials rather than her given name, Joanna. Her agent said that little boys would be less likely to read a book written by a woman. Honestly, I think the more probable scenario is that parents may assume that only a masculine book written by a man would capture their son's attention, and so that's what they buy and give them.
In many, many forms of entertainment (books and movies come to mind) execs assume (and I imagine have some kind of data to back it up) that women will consume media that is aimed at a male audience, but men will not consume media that is aimed at a female audience. (And when I say "aimed at a male audience" I mean it features male protagonists, has likely been written by a man, and falls into genres that are considered "masculine" – such as the raunchy college comedy or the violent superhero flick or the war epic; and the inverse goes for women.) So rather than lose half their audience by investing equally in both types of productions, they spend more money making "masculine" entertainment. This is the actual justification that the execs themselves use when they are called out for doing more to promote and produce media by and "for" men. It's not a conscious conspiracy to keep women down; on their end it just looks like a business decision. But one has to ask, what kinds of things must film/publishing executives, as well as the consuming public, believe in order for this "business decision" to make sense? Perhaps things like – it's degrading and emasculating for men to be exposed to, or be interested in, issues that matter to women; whatever women like and enjoy, men have to find annoying (or like the opposite thing); interests and topics coded as "masculine" are more universally acceptable and popular than interests and topics coded as "feminine." Are these things true? Maybe, maybe not. But we certainly act like we believe them. I guess what I'm trying to say is that there may be no organized "conspiracy" to oppress women (or any other group) but that such oppression may be the natural consequences of all of our collectively transmitted and individually accepted assumptions about gender and identity. One of Eggers's characters in the novel says something to this effect – how the Circlers are, individually, pretty much well-intentioned, but that in the aggregate, their behavior allows some really evil, scary things to happen.April 4, 2014