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Abandoned is this cold, dark house,
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I've admitted to not being much of a jam eater. This can make the process of putting up jars and jars of jam in the summer a bit silly feeling.
That is until these cold crisp sunny wintry mornings when one of those jars gets snapped open.
Or until they are handed out as Christmas or winter birthday presents.
Or until the lid is pried off and you discover a layer of chocolate to crack through like the sugar hat of a creme brulee.
Lets chalk this chocolate jam trick up to one of the many lessons learned from Christine Ferber's Mes Confitures. Stirring in 250g of chocolate to a 1 kg fruit batch of jam is mentioned in several of her chocolate jam recipes. My experiments indicate that doubling this amount of chocolate is all good too, especially as the chocolate seems to visually disappear as it is added to your hot fruit mixture. Additionally, I added a layer of finely grated chocolate to the top of the hot jam after it had been spooned into the jam jar. This helps visually cue the jar opener to the presence of something special in this jam.
Adding chocolate to your jam recipe will not adversely affect the preservation of your jam. As usual in jam making considerations- keep your chocolate clean to prevent mold contamination in your jars. Do this by keeping your chocolate covered, use only clean sterilized tools and wash your hands before touching.
chocolate jam recap
- In a 1 kg of fruit batch of jam, add 250-500 grams of chocolate.
- Chocolate can be dark, milk or white.
- Chocolate is stirred in as the very last step before adding the jam to the jars.
- Additional chocolate can be added as a thin layer to the top of the hot jam just before it is lidded and heat treated.
- As is usual in jam making- keep your tools clean, and in this particular case your chocolate minimally exposed to the air to prevent mold spore contamination.
more uses for jam
- Jam Soda: use jam as the flavor base and sweetener for homemade soda
- Fruit Popsicles: jam adds a nice flavor kiss when used to sweeten popsicles
- Fruit on fruit: double your flavor punch of thawed frozen berries by tossing them with jam to gloss and sweeten
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i love jam. love it. i buy jam on vacation as a souvenir.
this sounds wickedly good!
welcome back to your blog! i've missed you!
chocolate AND jam together??
OMG…where have I been?
I love the idea of a white chocolate apricot. Hmmmm..this definitely gets me thinking!
Love it.
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Welcome home! I've missed your fantastic posts so much. I'll be trying this trick out when jam season comes back.
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Great recipe, from a great book. Christine's book changed my view on flavours in jam, and I love to cook from it. Sadly, the flavours seem to be too exciting and unusual for our village show, been passed over by the judges for 4 years now! Maybe chocolate is the way to go!
I was the lucky recipient of white&dark chocolate raspberry jam this Christmas. Yum, so far I've only tried the white.
What a great idea! I'm already seeing homemade strawberry jam with a thin coating of premium dark chocolate right before sealing the lid. I can taste it now!
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Descriptions of Vanessa Beecroft's installations of scantily clad, airbrushed women often claim that at its most basic level the work aims to address and challenge traditions of portraiture through a shift in media – from the female figure represented in paint on a two-dimensional surface to the female figure as represented by the orchestration of live models. Often in contention, many question the role and/or manipulation of sexuality in the artist's interaction with the women, as well as in the women's interaction with the receiving audience.
According to Dave Hickey (who gives an account as one such audience member), when one receives the work live, interacting with these bodies in relation to one's own body in both space and time, the question of sexuality need not be problematic to the work. In his essay, "Vanessa Beecroft's Painted Ladies," (a title that itself seems to contradict the notion that sexuality is inconsequential), Hickey describes in particular the uncanny experience of the audience member who enters the exhibition space with certain expectations, only to find themselves somewhat disabled when the work does not perform in ways they had expected:
"Beecroft's tableaux, as described and as documented, seem undeniable products of the photographic imagination, confections whipped up out of the iconography of fashion and desire. In person and in situ, however, they are changed utterly. They are at once less erotic and more flagrant, in the manner of Italian painting, which, rather than teasing us with fantasies of the flesh, teases our own shame about the fact of our bodies… Our anxiety, then, does not arise from the fact that naked women are near to us, but from the unabridged, yet ill-defined distance between ourselves and them. It is not the anxiety of desire, but the anxiety of displacement." (VB 08-36 7)
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the installations (most of with last from three to six hours), the experience above is often restricted in its availability, granted to those on what is often a short list of invitees, or, in the case of her Biennale work, to those able to travel in the name of art appreciation (and even then, the connoisseur might find his prey a difficult hunt). What Hickey refers to above, then, her tableaux, "as described and documented," is the way in which most experience the work and currently is the sole manner in which the work is collected. And while the installations themselves may or may not invert the power of the gaze so that the sexual objectification of these women is stripped away, the documentation of the work most certainly does not.
The act of documentation falls on Beecroft herself, at times in collaboration with assistants. The majority of this documentation involves still photography, though video has been employed in some recent work. Often the documentation occurs during what amounts to a dress rehearsal, a performance that occurs before the 'official' installation; there is no outside audience present during this installation, leaving Beecroft free to document the women without interruption and without being actively cast in the 'official' work. As such, the photographic documentation we see resulting from these dress rehearsals is in fact not documentation of the installation to which they are attributed, as the audience, critical to the function of the work, is absent. Instead, Beecroft is the audience, and her gaze functions entirely differently from that of an audience plagued by, "the anxiety of displacement." Beecroft's documentation does not dismantle traditional notions of the gaze and the female body, particularly in regards to sexual objectification, but instead quite exuberantly reinforces it. Beecroft has, through her documentation, created a second body of work that acts to deflate its foil, that elusive work which Hickey describes above.
When asked of her relationship with the women she casts in her installations, Beecroft responds:
"When I direct the girls and give them the rules, it is as if I was the man. I tell them to shut up, not to talk to me, to get naked, to get out there, to stand and wait, taking for granted that they understand what it is about." (Vanessa Beecroft: Photographs, Films, Drawings 146)
In preparation for her work, Beecroft sets up a power relationship in which she casts the "girls" (as she calls them) as Other – mimicking the behavior Simone de Beauvior wrote of in The Second Sex – "She [woman] is defined and differentiated with reference to man, not he with reference to her; she is the incidental, the inessential as opposed to the essential. He is the Subject, he is the Absolute – she is the Other." And indeed if we look to early works of Beecroft's we find the inclusion of diaries and wigs that make distinct reference to her of personal issues of identity.
The documentation we see of Beecroft's installation is entirely involved with spectacle, and reproduces classic cinematic notions of the male gaze. The photographs often fragment the female figure, one such example cropping the image such that we see only the legs, buttocks and lower back of a woman in the background, as the woman placed in the foreground is positioned such that she acts as blurred backdrop for her own legs and shoes, propagation of sexuality and fashion as she looks away from the eye of the camera. (VB36.330.AL From VB36, May 16, 1998, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst Leipzig, Germany)
Equally problematic in the image described, as well as many others, is the perspective of the gaze we are presented with. We are rarely given view from the vantage point of an audience member, but instead look through the eyes of one who inhabits a more powerful position, moving freely between the women, moving above and below and between them, viewing the bodies in space in ways denied both the woman (who are forbidden to make eye-contact with the audience, though in documentation we often see them making eye-contact with their documenter, a gesture that usurps any power these women are seemingly given by consciously enacting a shared awareness of the functionality of the gaze) and the audience itself who, if we are to trust Hickey's description of the phenomenological nature of her work, has their position as authoritative viewer stolen from them. Instead, our documenter acts as omnipotent commander, capturing intimate moments that occur during the performance, sexualizing and objectifying these women as she moves between them, "documenting" them.
In the end what we see is not documentation of the "official" installations (in the sense that it does not adequately reproduce them), but is instead photographic production on behalf of Beecroft, who has admittedly placed herself in the role of the authoritative male. What are we to make, then, of Beecroft's second body of work, the so-called documentation of the first, particularly when these images seem to function, bereft of their (claimed) Renaissance-esque context, as little more than pure fashion production?
Works Cited
Beecroft, Vanessa. Vanessa Beecroft: Photographs, Films, Drawings. Ed. Thomas Kellein. Germany: Hatje Cantze Publishers, 2004.
Beecroft, Vanessa. VB 08-36. Germany: Cantz Editions, 2000.
de Beauvior, Simone. The Second Sex. Trans. H.M. Parshley. New York: Knopf, 1952.


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Dear Husband, did you give me this sore throat? I'm a bit miffed I'm coming down with some cold/bug. I just don't 'do' ill. EDIT woke up this morning to find I'm completely bunged up with that classy seal-bark cough.
Dear Self, do not even consider demolishing all that Boursin in the fridge.
Dear Penpals, I do owe a few letters, I'll admit but I'm owed quite a lot so hopefully I'll have the replies written before any more come in. I've been trying to sit down and get all my thoughts on to paper but time has got the better of me.
Dear Fellow Bloggers, I know I've been pretty dreadful at making it back to your blogs recently and even when I have, failing to leave comments half the time. I'm missing you. I'll be back prowling your posts soon.
Dear Self, maybe we've taken on too much? Maybe not enough? I never know how to get the balance right. I'm certainly failing to keep all the balls in the air at the moment, possibly because I'm being so lazy.
Dear Self, you know what we said last week about stopping all the food and wine greed? You failed. TRY HARDER! We haven't been training our ass off all summer to undo all the good work in one goddamn month.
Dear Everyone, I am so excited about Christmas already. I've sorted of quite a few of the presents already and am more than ready to get my Christmas hat out and deck the halls. We've had a frost – it can't be too early!
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A spare, loftlike restaurant on lower Orchard Street with a beautiful crowd and a menu that is British after a fashion, rustic at that, lighter than its promise, often more flavorful. The dining room is beautiful and airy, a space that might have been a sweatshop once but now belongs to art directors. (Really, it was a sausage factory.) Old plaster and hand-lettered signs are still visible on the bare brick walls, a city's palimpsest. Grüner flows like water, and attractive servers in plaid shirts hustle this way and that, delivering food. It is mostly very good, an oft-changing list of farm-to-tabley salads and lightened-up gastro-pub standards and raw-bar treats.
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Oh, Sam, we regular readers and fans know that you're erudite and that your appetites extend beyond just culinary matters. But sometimes your broad brush comes off annoyingly like cultural strutting. Take today's review of the Fat Radish. Was it necessary to induce whiplash over our morning muffin with arcane references and vocabulary that either confound us or condemn us to googling way too early? If they're food-related, fair enough. Even if we don't know Jamie Oliver or April Bloomfield, we probably should, and most of us who lunge for first access to Wednesday's Dining section will be grateful to you for having expanded our gastronomic universe.
We're foodies. Even those of us on the left coast really do want to know about the offerings and odds of success of this budding eatery. So why so many distracting rabbit-holes? Summertime Montauk shares. Belize and Gstaad. Narrow hips. Mufti and palimpsests. Marketing executives and poetry gabbers. Daniel Radcliffe and Daniel Craig?? Sondheim. And, of course, the dog. By the way, if you must invoke references utterly unrelated to the task at hand, do please be courteous enough to be accurate with them. Robert Haas' name was misspelled, and there is no such thing as a Golden Labrador.
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Market Analysis: USA Q1:2012 by IDC and NPD Group
TWICE has a detailed article talking about Q1 (first quarter of 2012) sales of digital cameras in the USA market, analysis of the segments doing well and not-so-well, and forecast for future quarters. This is actually a very good read, article-length, not a formulaic 7-paragraph blog-post, so do check it out! But if you are absolutely pressed for time, here is a two word summary for the market: make lemonade! The article is based on market research provided by IDC and the NPD Group whose full research reports cost in the thousands.
The article covers a lot of the topics we have been mentioning here for weeks and weeks (superzooms, mirrorless, smartphones, etc). Our research reports cost exactly $0.00, but then again, you get what you pay for ;-)


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Eastern Seaboard: Fishing Along America's Eastern Seaboard
Lidia heads to Providence, Rhode Island to visit Mark Gasbarro, owner of Gasbarro's wines, to learn about his favorite seafood pairings. Lidia goes crabbing in Chesapeake Bay; visits the Italian-American fishing town of Gloucester, Massachusetts; and goes fishing with Esca's Dave Pasternack off New York's coast.
New York: New York Pizza
Lidia shows viewers a typical New York pizza and then pays a visit to Eataly, where Sal at the cheese counter shows viewers how to make fresh mozzarella. Lidia makes traditional Italian Pizza Margherita from scratch, a Sausage and Spinach Calzone, and is joined in the kitchen by Grandma, who performs the official taste test.
USA: Shrimp, Shrimp, and More Shrimp
Lidia takes viewers on a journey to Italy to learn about pepperoncino, a quintessential ingredient in any Fra Diavolo dish. Tanya shows viewers that Italian Americans are internationally recognized for their great cuisine, which can be found everywhere from Sonoma, California to St. Louis, Missouri to Boston's North End. However, Tanya also explains that Italians are also leaders in popular American design, fashion, and sports. Back in New York, Lidia visits the fish counter at Eataly NYC and prepares a veritable showcase of delicious shrimp dishes: Shrimp Parmigiano, Shrimp Scampi, and Shrimp Fra Diavolo.
San Diego: Giant Squid, Milanese Style
Lidia shares her memories of San Diego with viewers and heads out to do some more fishing with Esca's Dave Pasternack. Joined by Del Posto's Mark Ladner, Lidia makes a Giant Squid Milanese, Stuffed Mushrooms, and Spinach Salad.
Italian Style Breakfast for Dinner
Lidia cooks frittatas today; they are delicious for lunch AND dinner and are also a great way to use leftover vegetables and day old bread. Recipes include Ricotta Frittata, Sausage, Eggs & Pepper Frittata and an Asparagus and Onion frittata. She also visits Brooklyn's famous Faicco with dear friend and restaurateur, Angelo Vivolo, to see their Italian American tradition of making sausage.
New York Italian Style
In this episode, Lidia shares three delicious recipes that she picked up on Arthur Avenue and in Little Italy, New York. Zucchini and Eggplant Parmigiana, Roberto's Chicken Piccante and Skillet Cauliflower Torrisi are all the very core of Italian American comfort food. She also visits the Maugeri Farms in southern New Jersey and the Migliorelli food stand in Union Square Market in New York City to see what kind of traditions these Italian American families are passing down to generations to come.
Heartwarming Italian American Classics
Italians are known for their big family meals, and in this episode Lidia celebrates two heart-warming Italian-American classics that are perfect for any Sunday get together - Chicken Trombino and Italian American Meatloaf - two family friendly dishes that will bring your loved ones close to the table.
Sicily In New York City
The Sicilians were a large immigrant community in lower Manhattan and other areas of New York City, and they brought with them several dishes from their homeland. Today, Lidia celebrates the Sicilians with a Stuffed Calamari Dish and a Broccoli with Garlic and Anchovies. She then makes a Cappuccino Cake which she actually discovered in New Orleans - another locale with a very large Sicilian population.
Kansas City Alla Parmigiana
Italian American immigrants headed to the Midwest and created their communities in cities like Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. In this episode, Lidia celebrates some of the Italian American dishes found on many a Kansas City menu including Penne Rigate alla Vodka, Chicken Parmigiana and Tiramisu. We'll even enjoy a moment where Lidia went back to Emilia Romagna to visit with her dear friend, Monica, to see how the chickens there are raised and appreciated.
Yummy Pastas
Everyone loves pasta, and Lidia is known for her hundreds of super easy and really delicious pasta dishes that can be prepared any day of the week. In fact, this episode contains recipes that are perfect for the busiest of days, including Baked Ziti, Fettuccine Alfredo and Spaghetti with Basil Pistachio Pesto.
From Bloomfield to the Strip In Pittsburgh
Lidia opened her own restaurant in the Strip District in Pittsburgh where other Italian-American immigrants also started earlier businesses. But Pittsburgh's other well known "Little Italy" is called Bloomfield. In this episode, Lidia shares recipes from both of these areas, Braised Veal Shank, Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes and Peas with Bacon. She also visits with Maria Merante, a wonderful Italian American woman who left her mark in Pittsburgh.
It's Chicken Time
Everyone loves a great chicken dish and in this episode Lidia demonstrates the Braised Chicken with Smoky Provola and the Chicken Cacciatore Dishes. She also prepares a wonderful summertime salad, Panzanella, made of tomatoes and day old bread.
Italian American Sandwiches
The Italians love their small Panini, but here in the U.S. those traditional sandwiches took on lives of their own. In this episode, Lidia shows the New Orleans Muffaletta sandwich, the Veal Hamburger Parmiciano from St. Louis and Chicago's Italian Beef Sandwich and finds out more about where they came from.
New England's Italy
As the Italian immigrants settled the Northeastern coast of the United States, they did what they knew from their homeland. In many cases, this included fishing for the local catch. In this episode, Lidia makes Calamari Fra Diavolo over Linguine and she also prepares a Salt Cod, Potato & String Bean Salad. For dessert, there is nothing like a super simple and totally delicious "Zuppa Inglese."
Italian American Sandwiches #2
Once again, Lidia looks at the history of some Italian American local sandwich beginnings, starting with Baltimore's Italian American Civic Club Sandwich, a Primanti Sandwich and a Prosciutto, Scallion and Egg Sandwich. She also makes a delicious Celery, Artichoke and Mortadella Salad to accompany the sandwiches.
St. Louis's Little Italy
Everyone loves a warm plate of Spaghetti & Meatballs, and today Lidia teaches the viewer how to take that classic and make it the way she loves to eat it. She also adds a Sicilian specialty - arancini - or Rice Balls to the menu.
For The Love of Vegetables
Italians love their vegetables, and they are known for having some of the simplest, freshest and most delicious vegetable dishes of any country. In this episode, Lidia makes Stuffed Escarole, Stuffed Artichoke and Meat Stuffed Eggplant.
For The Love of Soup
Soup is a great start to any meal and Lidia explores two different types: Minestrone and Artichoke Soup. She travels to Le Marche in Italy to learn about ricotta cheese and finishes off the meal with her favorite Italian Cheesecake recipe.
Philadelphia's Beef Rolls and Boston's North End
Lidia cooks a savory meal of Braised Beef Rolls and Spinach and Bacon. She takes viewers to 9th Street Market in Philadelphia where she heads to DiBruno Bros, a 4th generation owned cheese shop that boasts Italian delicacies.
Lip Smacking Roman Style Saltimbocca
Lidia makes Italian- American favorites: Mozzarella Sticks, Veal Saltimbocca and Zeppole. She heads to Eataly in New York City to learn how mozzarella is made.
Shrimping, Crabbing and Clamming
Lidia goes clamming with Dave Pasternack in Long Island before heading to Tangiers Island near Baltimore to watch the locals do what they do best, crabbing. Her recipes include a large array of seafood. She makes Shrimp Scampi, Crab Cakes, Baked Clams Oreganato, for a feast from the sea.
From Walken's Bakery to Scialo's Bakery
These recipes are a sweet way to end any meal. Lidia makes Boston Cream Cupcakes, Almond Pine Nut Cookies and Lemon Granita. She then heads to Scialo's Bakery, where she was inspired to create her own Boston Cream Cupcake recipe.
New York's Southern Italian
Lidia makes cannelloni, explores pasta making traditions in Italy and makes a Brooklyn discovery in Frankie's Spuntino, two men cooking Italian-American food with a modern twist.
Comfort Foods for Your Table
Lidia makes three different types of pasta: Stuffed Shells, Pasta Alla Primavera and Macaroni and Cheese. In Pennsylvania she takes viewers to The Macaroni Company, a 4th generation Italian supermarket and goes to Eataly to enjoy an Italian-American picnic.
Another Seafood Celebration
Casino Clams, Mussels Triestina and Cioppino are delicious ways to enjoy seafood. Lidia takes viewers to Swann Oyster Depot for King Crab Legs and Eataly to explore the fish counter. Many Italians from the northwestern coastal region of Liguria settled in the San Francisco area, and it's not surprising that they brought their Cioppino with them. At the popular Scoma's restaurant, located right on the water, the Cioppino is a little different than what you would find in Italy but certainly inspired by the original Ligurian version.
Three Favorite Pastas
Lidia cooks Pasta e fagioli, Bucatini Amatriciana and Tagliatelle Bolognese. She heads to Italy to learn how to make pasta from the experts and also visits Seghesio Vineyards in California, to meet one of the most long-standing winemaking families in the Sonoma Valley.
Italian Style Steak
Lidia makes Fettuccine with Malfada Sauce, Steak with Pizzaiola Sauce and Ricotta Cookies. Lidia visits the Immigrant Monument in Woldenburg Park of New Orleans, and Tanya takes viewers to explore the impressive collection at the Nelson-Atkins museum in Kansas City.
Pasta Two Ways
Pasta with Lentils, Spaghetti Aglio e Olio and St. Joseph's Fig Cookies are on Lidia's menu. Lidia takes part in the New Orleans traditional St. Joseph's Day celebration that happens every March 19th, a true Sicilian celebration that made its way to New Orleans along with the large immigration of Sicilians.
St. Louis and Chicago Style Pizza
Lidia enjoys a New York slice of pizza and heads to Caputo's, a family-owned Italian grocery in Chicago. She teaches viewers how to make their own pizzas with her Deep Dish Pizza and St. Louis Pizza recipes.
Three Quick and Easy Italian Dinners
In this episode, Lidia makes three dishes that can be made any day of the week. Cauliflower Soup, Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Capers, Orecchiette with Artichokes & Bacon are the highlights in this episode. Lidia then visits Dino Cortopassi, owner of Corto Olive near Sacramento California to hear his family's colorful culinary history.


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It's Time for Another Cell Giant to Take a Turn in the Barrel
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has seen its shares trade well off of their highs. Now Samsung (NASDAQOTH: SSNLF) shares are falling on weak sales of new phones. In mature markets, market share fights can be ugly and, in the end, can leave everyone hurting.
Complete Misses
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) was probably the first cell phone giant to feel the hit of the smartphone revolution. Only the company's failing wasn't weak sales of a new smartphone, it was pretty much missing the revolution altogether. That's left the company in rough shape and forced it into a partnership with Microsoft because it couldn't build both desirable phones and a desirable smartphone operating system.
Nokia's revenues have been falling since 2007, and it lost money in each of the last two years. To add insult to injury, not only have the shares fallen dramatically, but the company eliminated its dividend to help shore up its finances. Its partnership with Microsoft has resulted in a decent phone, the Lumia, but it hasn't been enough to turn performance around. Investors should continue to avoid the shares.
Research in Motion...or Not
BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) helped to create the smartphone revolution with its email-enabled phones. However, the company insisted on trying to do everything itself and didn't keep up with changing technology. That allowed new entrants to steal its customers. In a little over five years, the shares have cratered from around $140 to about $10 a share.
It's back with a new phone, the BlackBerry 10, but initial sales results aren't living up to analyst expectations. Investors should avoid the company. Over the last two years, BlackBerry's revenues have fallen from nearly $20 billion to $11 billion. It lost almost $1.25 a share last year and posted another share net loss in the first quarter.
Losing Faith
Apple shares have fallen some 40% from their late 2012 high. That's a huge decline that's mostly a result of investors having bid the shares up too far too fast. However, there are legitimate concerns that led to the market's change of heart. For example, with mature markets becoming increasingly competitive, the company will either need to find a large new source of customers or bring out some impressive new technology.
Neither seem to be in the cards right now. So despite the top-line growing from $6 billion to $156 billion over the past ten years, investors are rightly looking to the future with concern. That said, the market tends to overshoot on both the upside and downside. Apple shares now trade with a price to earnings ratio of around 10 and sport a yield of about 2.9% or so.
And, the company remains wildly profitable, posting earnings of over $10 a share in the first quarter. So even if the company's growth slows or stalls, there's still a lot to like here. The yield also provides a floor under the shares. Looking to the future, Apple is working on cracking the Chinese market, looking to introduce cheaper phones to reach less affluent customers, and is still working on new gear.
Growth, income and value investors should consider Apple shares now that they've had their turn in the barrel.
Repeat Performance
Now Samsung is getting its chance to get roughed up in the barrel. According to Bloomberg, the company's market cap fell by an amount equal to the entire market cap of Sony in just one month. While Sony has been struggling to keep up on the consumer electronics front in recent years, that such a comparison can be made suggests that Samsung's share price has gotten ahead of itself.
That's changing fast, however, as Samsung's new phones and tablets are missing analysts' sales expectations. That's a sign that growth is going to be harder to come by in mature markets. Moreover, Apple is staring to look for ways to replace its reliance on Samsung for key cell phone parts. A clear demonstration of the increasing competitiveness of the industry. Although Samsung is a leader in the mobile space, investors have realized that it won't be able to grow to the sky anymore than Apple could.
Although the top-line has more than doubled over the last five years, Samsung is facing headwinds that could curtail that. The shares fell over 12% in June, but there could still be some downside since the decline has really only just begun. Investors should probably avoid the shares for now.
Increasingly Difficult
The cell phone market is getting increasingly competitive, which increases the risks of investing in the space. Samsung is the one taking it on the chin of late, but Nokia, BlackBerry, and Apple have all had their turns. Of this quartet, Apple is the only one that seems like a decent investing option today.
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George Sandeman, seventh generation of the House of Sandeman, knows a thing or two about port. Sandeman has been in the wine business since 1971 when he joined the family business in 1977 and was appointed to General Manager of The House of Sandeman in 1990 before finally becoming Chairman. For some reason he thought it would be a good idea to sit down with a few Maxim editors to discuss the finer points of port, one of the classier spirits. Well, he talked about the finer points, we mostly just talked about drinking.
Sandeman's Founders Reserve
George Sandeman: Intense ruby red in color, the wine is brilliant and clean and embodies the characteristics of young classic Port balanced with the finesse of age. The rich, red fruit aromas with a touch of age create an elegant reflection of powerful flavors, and make a great foil to a number of ingredients for some amazing cocktails.
Maxim Editor Rich: I found the honesty of the packaging quite refreshing. After drinking this delicious bottle I awoke on my front lawn in a Zorro costume.
Maxim Editor Cory: I never knew I could like a sweet after-dinner drink as much as this. I may have to start having two dinners as an excuse to have another glass.
Maxim Editor Jesse: Whoa, this stuff is RED. Like, insanely red. After getting past the novelty of pretending to drink like Dracula, I could appreciate the robust fruit flavor.
Sandeman Ruby Porto
George Sandeman: Brilliant ruby in color, with clean aromas of ripe fruits and strawberries, Sandeman Ruby Porto has full, rich flavors with overt flavors of fresh plums and red fruits.
Maxim Editor Rich: Sandeman says it pairs well with a chocolate dessert. Three Ho-Hos and two Ding Dong desserts later, I'd have to agree.
Maxim Editor Cory: I don't know the difference between "port" and "porto," but right now, I don't really "care-o".
Maxim Editor Jesse: I once worked as an assistant produce manager at Bi-Lo, where the manager forced me to try the plums so I could tell customers how awesome they were. Those scars run deep, but the plum flavor in this port won me over. Sorry, I'm going dark over here.
Sandeman Tawny Porto
George Sandeman: Aged in small oak casks, the original deep ruby colors of the Sandeman Tawny Porto transform to a red amber hue, and the rich fresh fruit matures to a more complex dried fruit-characteristic, with hints of vanilla.
Maxim Editor Rich: This stuff is fruitier than Ru Paul. (In a good way.)
Maxim Editor Cory: I'd say this stuff is fruiter than Maxim Editor Rich (I'm not sure if it's in a good way or not.)
Maxim Editor Jesse: The hints of raisins had me annoying everyone in the office with a stirring rendition of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." (CCR's version.) The only thing that would make this better? Sharing it with another Tawny ... say, a circa-1987 Kitaen.
Sandeman 10 Years Old Porto
George Sandeman: Specially selected Ports are chosen for aging in wooden casks. Gradual exposure to air concentrates the flavors and matures the ruby colors to red amber, creating the elegant and complex bouquet of ripe fruit, jam and nuts with hints of vanilla and raisins.
Maxim Editor Rich: I feel a little uncomfortable saying this, but 10 Year-Old-Tawny tastes fabulous.
Maxim Editor Cory: I would gush about this, but I'm afraid the police will kick in my door if I talk about my love of a 10-year-old.
Maxim Editor Jesse: The hints of raisins had me annoying everyone in the office with a stirring rendition of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." (CCR's version.) The only thing that would make this better? Sharing it with another Tawny ... say, a circa-1987 Kitaen.


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Two top 10 teams were upset this week, and to the surprise of few, they were Southern Cal and Georgia.
Hoover running back Calen Campbell ran for 191 yards and three touchdowns in the Buccaneers' 31-0 victory over Opelika in the Class 6A state championship game Friday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
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Such a cute confectionery place that I came across when going to Bondi Junction Westfield. Their chocolates look absolutely gorgeous, and their lollies and gummies are kept in science apparata! Test tubes, volumetric flask and beakers galore!!! And they have cute milk bottle gummies in milk cartons!!
|Such cute lollipops, or as they call it, happylab pops!
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|Coke gummy lollies - 65% fruit juice (apple juice concentrate), these were in a cute cardboard tube, and were slightly under $5.
|Lovely chocolates, they kinda look like the ones from Sadaharu Aoki - awesome Japanese chocolatier and patissier based in France - check out some of his creations here and here.
|These look so much better than the Max Brenner choc squares
|These are such cute individually packed thin choc squares!!
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|My kind of science lab anyday :)
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Luke Bryan , Jason Aldean , Toby Keith and Dierks Bentley are among the stars singing Merle Haggard classics on the new compilation, Working Man's Poet: A Tribute to Merle Haggard. According to USA Today , the project comes out April 1, just before Merle receives the Crystal Milestone award on the ACM Awards April 6. A multi-artist tribute segment is planned for the broadcast that night on CBS recognizing Merle's 50th anniversary in country music.
Working Man's Poet will be available everywhere digitally, but you can only buy a physical copy of the album at Walmart. The physical version includes Garth Brooks ' version of Merle's "The Bottle Let Me Down," which Garth included on his Blame It All on My Roots box set last year.
Luke and Dierks teamed up to recreate Merle's 1983 hit with Willie Nelson , "Pancho and Lefty." Instead of going with the original "Spanish-Mexican" feel, Dierks and Luke gave their version of "Pancho and Lefty" a Mumford & Sons vibe. Luke describes it as "something with some edge that moves along pretty good. It's an interesting take."
Jake Owen , Randy Houser , Joe Nichols and Thompson Square are also featured on Working Man's Poet . Here's the track listing for Working Man's Poet: A Tribute to Merle Haggard :
"Misery and Gin," Randy Houser
"Footlights," Joe Nichols
"Going Where the Lonely Go," Jason Aldean
"Today I Started Loving You Again," Kristy Lee Cook
"Carolyn," Toby Keith
"Pancho and Lefty," Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley
"Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down," Garth Brooks (Walmart edition only)
"You Take Me for Granted," Thompson Square
"Mama Tried," Ben Haggard
"That's the Way Love Goes," Dustin Lynch
"Make Up and Faded Blue Jeans," Jake Owen
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive," James Wesley
"Workin' Man Blues," Parmalee
"Are the Good Times Really Over," Jason Aldean
"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room," Thompson Square
"I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink," Dustin Lynch
"The Fightin' Side of Me," James Wesley
"My Favorite Memory," Joe Nichols
"Ramblin' Fever," Randy Houser
"Sing Me Back Home," Ben Haggard
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|Raul Ruiz
|U.S. House, California, District 36
|In office
|January 3, 2013-Present
|Term ends
|January 3, 2015
|Years in position
|Janice Hahn (D)
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|Cost per vote
|$17.54 in 2012
|First elected
|November 6, 2012
|Next general
|November 4, 2014
|Campaign $
|Term limits
|August 25, 1972
|Place of birth
|Coachella, California
|Emergency Room Physician
|Net worth
|Seventh-Day Adventist
|Office website
|Campaign website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Career
- 3 Committee assignments
- 4 Issues
- 4.1 Legislative actions
- 4.1.1 113th Congress
- 4.1.2 National security
- 4.1.3 Economy
- 4.1.4 Immigration
- 4.1.5 Healthcare
- 4.1.6 Social issues
- 4.2 Campaign themes
- 4.1 Legislative actions
- 5 Elections
- 6 Campaign donors
- 7 Analysis
- 8 Recent news
- 9 External links
- 10 References
According to a Washington Post article in December 2012, Ruiz is 1 of the 10 most vulnerable incumbents in 2014.[2]
Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, Ruiz is a more moderate left of center Democratic Party vote. As a result, he may break with the Democratic Party line more than his fellow members.
Ruiz graduated magna cum laude from UCLA. He went on to earn three degrees from Harvard University -- a Medical Doctorate, a Masters in Public Policy and a Masters in Public Health.[3]
Below is an abbreviated outline of Ruiz's professional and political career:[4]
- 2011-2012: Associate dean, University of California-Riverside School of Medicine
- 2013-Present: U.S Representative from California
Committee assignments
U.S. House
Ruiz serves on the following committees in the 113th Congress:[5]
- Natural Resources Committee
- Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Subcommittee on Water and Power
- Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
- Subcommittee on Health
Legislative actions
113th Congress
The 113th Congress has had 55 out of 5,401 introduced bills enacted into law (1 percent) as of November 30, 2013. Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 1.14 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the first session.[6] For more information pertaining to Ruiz's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[7]
National security
National Defense Authorization Act
Ruiz voted for HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[8]
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
Ruiz voted for HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 that was largely along party lines.[9]
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
Ruiz voted for HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.[10]
Federal Statutory Pay Adjustment Elimination
Ruiz voted for HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees. The bill passed the House on February 15, 2013, with a vote of 261 - 154. The bill would prevent a 0.5% pay increase for all federal workers from taking effect, saving the federal government $11 billion over 10 years. Ruiz was 1 of 44 Democrats who supported the bill, while 144 voted against it.[11]
Morton Memos Enforcement Prohibition
Ruiz voted against House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States.[12] The vote largely followed party lines.[13]
Health Care Reform Rules
Ruiz voted against House Amendment 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amendment was adopted by the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 227-185. The amendment requires that all changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be approved by Congress before taking effect. The vote was largely along party lines.[14]
Social issues
Ruiz voted against HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196 that largely followed party lines. The purpose of the bill is to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.[15]
Campaign themes
Ruiz's campaign website listed the following issues:[16]
- Jobs and the Economy
- Excerpt: "Reduce the deficit in a way that protects working families, retirees, and people who have lost their homes, jobs, and security during the last few years."
- Breaking Gridlock
- Excerpt: "As an Emergency Room physician, I'm trained to focus on solving problems and getting things done. When a patient is in the emergency room, it doesn't matter whether they're a Democrat or Republican, or who gets credit for solving the problem; all that matters is fixing the problem. That's the approach I'll bring to Congress."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Prepare all our children for success by making college affordable, investing in preschool and vocational training, and fully funding after school programs."
- Medicare and Social Security
- Excerpt: "Always protect Social Security and Medicare from attempts to slash the guaranteed benefits California seniors have paid for and planned on."
According to a Washington Post article in December 2012, Ruiz is 1 of the 10 most vulnerable incumbents in 2014.[17]
Ruiz is a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program. The program is designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading into the 2014 election.[18]
Ruiz won election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 36th District. He and district 45 incumbent Mary Bono Mack (R) advanced past the blanket primary on June 5, 2012. Ruiz then defeated Mack in the general election on November 6, 2012.[19][20]
|U.S. House, California District 36 General Election, 2012
|Vote %
|Raul Ruiz
|Mary Bono Mack Incumbent
|Total Votes
|Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Ruiz is available dating back to 2012. Based on available campaign finance records, Ruiz raised a total of $1,976,758 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 22, 2013.[21]
|Raul Ruiz's Campaign Contribution History
|US House (California, District 36)
|Grand Total Raised
Candidates for Congress are required to file reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Ruiz's reports.[22]
|Raul Ruiz (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
|Date Filed
|Beginning Balance
|Total Contributions
for Reporting Period
|Cash on Hand
|April Quarterly[23]
|April 15, 2013
|July Quarterly[24]
|July 15, 2013
|Running totals
Ruiz won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Ruiz's campaign committee raised a total of $1,976,758 and spent $1,933,069.[25] This is more than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.[26]
Cost per vote
Ruiz spent $17.54 per vote received in 2012.
|U.S. House, California District 36, 2012 - Raul Ruiz Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by Election Runner-up
|Total Spent by Election Runner-up
|Top contributors to Raul Ruiz's campaign committee
|Emergency Medical Physician
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|Border Health
|Harvard University
|Emergency Medicine Physicians
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Health Professionals
|Leadership PACs
|Lawyers/Law Firms
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Ruiz is a "centrist Democratic follower" as of June 4, 2013.[27]
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[28]
Ruiz most often votes with:
Ruiz least often votes with:
Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Ruiz missed 0 of 89 roll call votes from January 2013 to March 2013. This amounts to 0.0%, which is better than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[29]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Ruiz's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$26,987 and $679,998. That averages to $326,505, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874.[30]
Voting with party
The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, Ruiz has voted with the Democratic Party 91.0% of the time. This ranked 170th among the 201 House Democrats as of June 2013.[31]
Recent news
This section displays the most recent stories in a Google news search for the term Raul + Ruiz + California + House
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External links
- Social media:
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Congressional profile at CongressMerge.com
- Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
- Congressional profile at OpenCongress.org
- Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Congressional profile and news at Roll Call
- Profile at Wikipedia
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Legislation at Congress.gov
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Collected news and commentary at The Washington Post
- ↑ Political Insider "Ruiz added to DCCC 'Red to Blue' list," April 24, 2012
- ↑ Washington Post "House Democrats Face Long Odds in 2014," December 7, 2012
- ↑ Raul Ruiz Campaign Website "About Raul," Accessed April 25, 2012
- ↑ Biographical Director of the United States Congress "Raul Ruiz," Accessed June 14, 2013
- ↑ CQ.com - Roll Call, "House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress," accessed January 18, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 112th Congress," accessed September 5, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1960 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 2217 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ The Library of Congress, "H.AMDT.136," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "H Amdt 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Votesmart, "H Amdt 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
- ↑ Washington Post "House Democrats Face Long Odds in 2014," December 7, 2012
- ↑ Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Announces 2013-2014 Frontline Members," March 5, 2013
- ↑ California Secretary of State, Official candidate list
- ↑ Unofficial election results
- ↑ Open Secrets "Career Fundraising for Raul Ruiz," Accessed March 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Raul Ruiz Summary Report," Accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ 'Federal Election Commission "Raul Ruiz April Quarterly," Accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ 'Federal Election Commission "Raul Ruiz July Quarterly," Accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets "Raul Ruiz 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed February 20, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Election 2012: The Big Picture Shows Record Cost of Winning a Seat in Congress," June 19, 2013
- ↑ Gov Track "Raul Ruiz," Accessed June 4, 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Raul Ruiz," Accessed July 31, 2013
- ↑ GovTrack, "Raul Ruiz," Accessed April 2, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Ruiz, (D-Cali), 2011"
- ↑ OpenCongress "Voting With Party," Accessed June 4, 2013
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Finding a book that makes you laugh or inspires you can be a great way to send your depression packing. Getting lost in a book will help you to get away from the stress and anxiety of life, and this will ultimately help with your depression. It can provide your mind with just the release it needs by giving you a moment to not focus on your depression. Keep doing social activities. Depression may cause you to want to avoid these activities. Despite this, you must partake. Do your normal daily routines. If you avoid your daily activities, you will just end up more depressed. Eat healthy and balanced meals to treat depression symptoms. It is vital to eat breakfast because it starts your engine running, keeping you from binging later. Incorporate cold-water fish into your diet and meal preparation. Most such fish contain natural anti-depressants in the form of omega-3 fatty acids.
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A great tip for battling depression is to fix any and all your personal problems. Any problem, no matter how large or small, will exacerbate your condition, if it is not properly addressed. After fixing your problems, you will feel a sense of relief, reducing your anxiety level. When you next feel depressed, read a great book. A book is like taking a vacation with its exciting events and strange characters. Reading is a great way to distract yourself from your depression, giving your mind a rest.
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There are ways that you can beat depression. One of them is developing new interests. The reason many may feel depressed is because there are not enough interests or activities in their life. Finding new interests and helping others not only gives your life new meaning, but helps you experience new things and keep you away from depression.
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