text:
Regarding your article "Cellphone abuse on road out of control," you write that law enforcement should also emphasize avoiding other in-car distractions – eating, applying makeup, fiddling with the radio, focusing on other people or pets in the car, etc.
As far as distractions go, I agree that all of these things can surely serve as a distraction and possibly cause an accident. This brings up the question of why there are consequences for using a cellphone while driving, but not for eating or playing with the radio.
All three circumstances require a motorist to use his or her hands for a purpose other than driving, therefore causing an individual to lose focus.
In other words, eating food or changing a radio station can be just as distracting as using a cellphone, but people still continue to do these things without being aware of the dangers involved.
Your suggestion of law enforcement officials emphasizing the importance of avoiding other distractions is a great way to encourage safety issues.


text:
Toe Shoes
For the modern vamp, this spring is open season—open-toe season, that is. Right now Hollywood style-setters are glamming it up with saucy peep-toe shoes—sexy, feminine and updated with a flattering narrow heel. "The peep-toe is the perfect transitional shoe," says Jorja Fox's stylist Susie Crippen. "It's not completely open, so you can wear it almost year-round—and it looks as good with jeans as it does with a dress." The current crop features bright colors and pretty bows girly enough to induce giddiness. "The design and color of my Marc Jacobs shoes captures the look of spring," sighs a besotted Molly Sims. "I love them!" Something else to rave about: the way those peek-a-boo toes show off the knock-'em-dead pedicure.
behind the seams
Street Chic
En route to an eco-project meeting, Jewel dressed for success by trading her pop-star duds for a Louis Verdad polo dress with ankle-tie sandals: a sleek, sexy upgrade that shows stripes and curves do mix.
DRAGON LORE: "Wishknot" pendants from Cartier's Asia-inspired Kiss of the Dragon collection are celebdom's jewels du jour. Julia Stiles and other stars wore the pendants ($2,900 and up) at a New Yorkers for Children benefit at Cartier on May 6. A ruby-tipped silk cord threaded through the design invokes good luck—and allows the wearer to make one special wish. Perfect for Oscar night, no?...
TRUFFLE TREATMENT: It's no wonder that Jennifer Aniston has luxe locks: Her longtime stylist Chris McMillan anoints her luscious mane with Alterna Private Reserve White Truffle Luxury shampoo ($78 for 10.1 oz.—kaching!) and conditioner ($102 for 10.1 oz.). Why is the exotic potion so pricey? Seems that ounce for ounce, the white-truffle extract from Italy is more expensive than platinum. Of course la bella Jennifer, who loves the stuff, doesn't have to pay: She gets it gratis from Alterna....
CLOSET CASE: A self-described "fashion addict," actress Lisa Rinna launched her fabulous new emporium Belle Gray in Sherman Oaks, Calif., last week, and 300 of her nearest and dearest came to check the goodies How did Rinna know what to put on the shelves? "I walked into my closet and just made a list of all the brands that I absolutely love, like Tracy Reese," confesses the shop-till-you-drop girl. Why play the field if you've found your passion?
Gina, Wilder
At an L.A. TEEN PEOPLE event, Christina Aguilera flaunted her new dark do, channeling '50s-era bombshell Gina Lollobrigida. The "Dirrty" difference: Aguilera's brick-red lips and multiple piercings.
Heads and Tails
The easiest of updos has gone upscale: Whether it's low and chic (Jamie King, Joy Bryant) or high and flirty (Gisele Bündchen, Nicole Kidman), the ponytail is ready for its close-up. Says Harry Josh of the Space Salon (creator of Bündchen's pony): "I was inspired by her new bangs and Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face. It's a modern take on a sexy '60s look that works on any type of hair." Note: Glossy locks and perfect bone structure are helpful. And some major bling—like Nicole's $350,000 earrings—doesn't hurt either.
Ugg for all seasons
Seen on legions of celebrities in cold weather, sheepskin-lined Ugg boots are lending a rugged touch to spring's leggy looks—especially in L.A. Comfort is the selling point—it's hard to leave that coziness in the closet, even though bikinis are around the corner. Could this be the summer of Uggs?
Classic Short Boot in Sand, $110; www.nordstrom.com
Secrets of a Geisha, Revealed?
Celebs are exploring their inner Geishas thanks to Maria McElroy, a painter turned perfumer who studied essential oils in Japan. Fragrances in McElroy's Geisha Premium Collection are said to promote well-being and boost sexual allure. Proof? Stars with mystique to spare (Parker Posey, Patricia Arquette, Ali MacGraw) are trailing clouds of Geisha.
Geisha's Noire, Blanche and Rouge by Aroma M, $50; www.aromam.com
Style Watch
updated 05/19/2003 AT 01:00 AM EDT
•originally published 05/19/2003 AT 01:00 AM EDT

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Dream Foundation Grants Final Wish for Cancer Patient
The Dream Foundation survives off the love and support of the community. With the help of volunteers, and donations, it is able to serve thousands from Ventura to San Luis Obispo County. Their mission is to help adults with life-threatening illnesses get their final wish.
NewsChannel 3 Anchor Shirin Rajaee sat down with one family whose lives were touched by the generosity of the foundation. Richard Tidds, a Santa Barbara native, was diagnosed with cancer and his last wish was to have a vegetable garden. He wanted to pass on a gift to his family that would continue providing, even after he left.
Once Dream Foundation heard about Richard's wish, it was their mission to bring his dream to life. And that's exactly what they did. Richard Tidds died at the age of 77, just one week after he got his beautiful vegetable garden in August 2013.
For more information and to donate visit www.dreamfoundation.org
Copyright © 2013 KEYT - NPG of California, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text: Explore The Côte d'Azur Marseille The calanques La Ciotat Hyères and around The Corniche des Maures The Massif des Maures St-Tropez Ste-Maxime Fréjus and around Cannes and around Antibes and around Above the Baie des Anges Nice The Corniches Monaco Menton Share Packed with vast belle époque piles, many of them former hotels, the northern suburb of Cimiez has always been posh. The heights of Cimiez were the social centre of the local elite some 1700 years ago, when the town was capital of the Roman province of Alpes-Maritimae. Part of a small amphitheatre still stands, and excavations of the Roman baths have revealed enough detail to distinguish the sumptuous and elaborate facilities for the top tax official and his cronies, the plainer public baths and a separate complex for women. The seventeenth-century villa lying between the Roman excavations and the arena is the Musée Matisse. Matisse spent his winters in Nice from 1916 onwards, and then from 1921 to 1938 rented an apartment overlooking place Charles-Félix. It was here that he painted his most sensual, colour-flooded canvases of odalisques posed against exotic draperies. As well as the Mediterranean light, Matisse loved the cosmopolitan aspect of Nice and the presence of fellow artists Renoir, Bonnard and Picasso in neighbouring towns. He died in Cimiez in November 1954, aged 85. The Roman remains and the Musée Matisse back onto an old olive grove, at the eastern end of which are the sixteenth-century buildings and exquisite gardens of the Monastère Notre-Dame de Cimiez. The oratory has brilliant murals illustrating alchemy, while the church houses three masterpieces of medieval painting by Louis and Antoine Bréa. On the north side of the monastery is the Cemetery of Cimiez; the simple tomb of Matisse is signposted on the left-hand side. At the foot of Cimiez hill, just off boulevard Cimiez, Chagall's Biblical Message is housed in a museum built specially for the work and opened by the artist in 1972. The rooms are light, white and cool, with windows allowing you to see the greenery of the garden beyond the indescribable shades between pink and red of the Song of Songs canvases. The seventeen paintings are all based on the Old Testament and complemented with etchings and engravings.


text:
Toni Salter
Activity co-ordinator & Registered Horticulturist
National Councillor, Australian Institute of Horticulture (2011-12)
Founder, Editor in Chief – Cultivating Wellness
Trading as The Veggie Lady, Toni has a passion to see organic principles adopted by everyone, encouraging people everywhere to grow organic produce whether it's in their backyard, hospital rehabilitation centre, day programs for people with disabilities or even mental health and aged care facilities.
Toni has been teaching community education classes both privately, at her home, as well as through various community colleges and local councils around Sydney since 2003. She has also featured as a talk-back guest on ABC Radio helping gardeners solve their gardening problems organically.
Toni also spends her time running therapeutic gardening programs, developing sensory gardens through a number of organisations including AFFORD (Australian Foundation For Disability). She offers training on therapeutic gardening for staff, carers and volunteers working in mental health, disability, rehabilitation or community gardens.
Toni is lives in Sydney, Australia and writes a regular personal blog. She also offers guest contributions for supermodel Miranda Kerr's Kora Organics and Ecomii. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
Tara Graham Cochrane
Principal Landscape Architect / Urban Designer
Registered Landscape Architect (AILA)
Contributions: Landscape
Tara is a Landscape Architect and Urban Designer with over 10 years experience in landscape architecture and urban design within the private and public sectors of Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Canberra.
Tara began the landscape architectural consultancy designwell in 2006 which currently has 6 staff across their Sydney and Adelaide offices. A leading designer and educator on healing and therapeutic landscapes, Tara is highly recommended by many health advisory bodies as a leader in her field of expertise.
Tara currently sits on the Australian Dementia Enabling Environments Panel (DEEP) and is the author of "Gardens That Care: Planning Outdoor Environments for People with Dementia". She is also the President of Horticultural Therapy SA and a board member of the Horticultural Therapy Society of NSW.
Tara has a passion for designing educational, healing and therapeutic landscapes for aged care, healthcare and educational facilities. She also operates an online store called Connection2Nature which sells gardening tools and raised garden beds for people with limited mobility.
Steven Wells
Steven has successfully combined his nursing and horticulture careers, and currently works as a nurse, horticultural therapist and gardens and grounds project officer at a large public hospital in Melbourne.
He is also a garden designer and has created sensory and therapeutic gardens within hospitals. He is a keen gardener and is passionate about sharing the benefits of gardening and horticultural therapy.
Steven was awarded the ABC Gardening Australia's "Gardener of the Year – 2012″ title, for his horticultural therapy work at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, Melbourne.
Colleen Pettiford, Florist
Contributions: Herbs a la Cart, Floristry
Colleen became a trained florist and worked as a business owner/manager in the flower and nursery industries for twenty years. During this time she had the opportunity to work on flower farms and in nurseries learning growing techniques for both glasshouse and outdoor conditions. This brought her the opportunity to create, grow and bring joy and happiness to many.
After leaving floristry, Colleen worked for as a Health Promotion coordinator with NSW Health for the next ten years. She was responsible for running Community Health campaigns, working with health professionals and educating the greater community in better health practices for their families.
She then established a garden design business creating and renovating outdoor spaces. This was the inspiration for her current invention and design of the Herbmobile, a two-tiered garden trolley on wheels, accessible for all.
Colleen's interest in health began as a young person involved in competitive swimming. This was the start of her personal journey into health and wellbeing, which she still maintains today.
You can follow Colleen on Facebook and Twitter or visit her website.
Robyn Merrilees
Robyn is a qualified Psychologist and Natural Health Practitioner with almost 25 years' experience. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Graduate Diploma of Applied Psychology and a Diploma of Herbal Medicine.
When asked the question, Why do you choose to work the way you do healing with Natural methods, diets, and remedies, Robyn replied, "What first got me interested in diet and foods was the weight that I put on in my final years of High School. In order to lose the weight I started looking at diet a lot more closely. This started me on a path of pursuing natural health, natural foods and natural remedies, it influenced my decisions to study Natural Therapies and Psychology to heal myself and others holistically. For those of you who are wondering, yes I have kept the weight off, even 30 years later. I firmly believe in taking the challenges in life and using them to make you stronger and propel you to create a better you, to Cultivate Wellness.
When asked "What is the passion that drives you? Robyn responded
My life's passion is to empower people to reach their full potential to be all they are created to be. I believe in eating only the best fuel available for our bodies to maximize our bodies potential, and that is organic. I eat a completely organic diet my s elf. My favourite quote about food is from Hippocrates, "Let food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food"
I am so excited to be able to contribute to this magazine Cultivating Wellness and look forward to sharing with you
Karen Dempsey
Karen Dempsey is committed to seeing people overcome the obstacles that life puts in their way. As an Occupational Therapist she has helped children and adults adjust to disability and injury and loves nothing more than to see her clients regaining a sense of control over their lives and joy in living.
A fun and practical speaker she has presented at forums and seminars with lots of "How to" advise such as How to … "Help my aging mum stay safe in her own home", "Maintain my Garden with Arthritic Hands" and "Adapt and survive when life been has turned upside down"
Karen has had her own practice in NZ for several years where she also helped establish a local Farmers Market. It was then that she began to meet wonderful crazy people who had a passion for fresh, local produce and gradually started to try her own hand at a vege patch (with varying levels of success.)
Karen can be contacted at email@example.com
Brenda Parent
As a National Consultant on Accessibility for over 20 years, Brenda Parent, an Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Survivor and Master Gardener, is focusing her efforts to improving the accessibility within private and public gardens. Brenda is using her own gardening experience, reflected in her blog, AccesstotheGarden.blogspot.com to share the many issues she endures while working in her garden as a quadriplegic. Gardening is her passion.
Brenda will also reflect on how gardening has been therapeutic for her since her injury 28 years ago. She is sharing her travel experiences, good and bad, to both public and community gardens as well. Brenda's goal is to take accessibility a step further by implementing greater access to gardens and plant materials for people with all types of disabilities.
Brenda has reviewed 100′s of parks for accessibility, and has been instrumental in all areas of public access. Brenda as a certified ADA Coordinator has been familiarized with the needs of people with various disabilities. Brenda's disability also makes her aware of what gardening is really like for any individual with a weak grasp, and with mobility issues. Brenda is also growing older and understands the importance of maintaining independence as long as possible.
Because Brenda loves to get her hands dirty almost daily, Brenda will continue to write and share. "I feel as if I have something very worthwhile to say, and this reflection of my own personal experiences will be both resourceful and inspirational to many people." Initially she thought that her blog would simply appeal to those gardeners with disabilities, or to those who are simply getting older. The reality is that anyone interested in gardening or garden design, no matter what age or with the presence of a disability or not, can learn something.
Brenda lives in South Carolina with her husband Kevin, 2 cats and one year old puppy, Jodie. Brenda is also the very proud mother of a son, Alexander, an officer in the US Navy. Brenda's goal for the next year is to continually expand her knowledge regarding the therapeutic benefits of specific plant materials. "There is always something to learn!"
You can follow Brenda on Facebook or visit her blog.
Jane Grover, Chef
Jane Grover is passionate about food & cooking it well with simple, healthy recipes that use wholefoods, preferably locally grown, in season, organic & biodynamic produce.
Jane is a qualified chef, having trained and worked in many top Sydney restaurants, she then retired from the restaurant kitchen to enjoy being a full time mum to her three children.
Jane began janeCOOKS in May 2009. It is her desire to see people educated and equipped to cook and eat well. Her passion and vision is to teach others, by providing healthy, practical and entertaining Cooking classes, inspiring others to cook from scratch and understand what is in the food you are eating. Jane also runs fun and inspiring Market Tours, introducing people to buying fresh produce and meeting the producers who grow it.
Jane writes a regular post on her Food & Travel blog NAKED FOOD, as well as doing various speaking engagements and expos, including very entertaining LIVE Cooking Shows. She is currently working on her first cookbook,
NAKED FOOD…the way food was meant to be!
Jane lives happily on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, with her husband Paul and their three teenage children.
Christine is the horticultural therapy program manager at the Horticultural Therapy Institute (HTI) in Denver, Colorado. She co-founded the Institute in early 2002 and continues to offer accredited horticultural therapy education to students from across the U.S. and abroad. Previously, she worked as the program coordinator at the Denver Botanic Garden's horticultural therapy program.
She has a BA in journalism from Metropolitan State University in Denver. She has written for numerous publications including: OT Weekly, Mountain Plain and Garden, Green Thumb News, People-Plant Connection, AHTA News, GrowthPoint, The Community Gardener, Health and Gardens, Colorado Gardener and Our Sunday Visitor. She is the editor of the HTI on-line newsletter Making Connections. She was a reporter for the Denver Catholic Register newspaper for many years and has received writing awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Catholic Press Association and the Colorado Press Association.


text:
Purchased from Signor Tombola in 1884 for £1 7s 6d
The Miracle of the Irascible Son
Donatello (1386-1466)
Bronze partly gilt
Part of the High Altar of the Basilica di Sant'Antonio, Padua, Italy
On 23 June, 1447, Donatello contracted for four reliefs depicting Miracles performed by St Anthony of Padua. At this stage three of the reliefs, including the Miracle of the Irascible Son, had already been cast. This relief illustrates the story of a young man who kicked his mother in a fit of temper and was told he deserved to have his leg cut off. In his remorse he did this, but, in response to his mother's prayers, the saint replaced the severed limb, which healed instantly.On 13 April 1446, a donation of 15,000 lire was accepted from a Paduan citizen, Francesco da Tergola, for the construction of the high altar of the Santo. The first payment to Donatello for the new altar occurs in February 1447. Although the altar was temporarily erected for the feast of St Anthony (June 13) 1448, and most of the major figures were cast by 1450, the project was still unfinished when Donatello left Padua in 1454. The altar originally stood at the end of the choir, close to the ambulatory, but was dismembered in 1579, when officials of the Arca decided to replace it with a larger structure, designed by Girolamo Campagna and Cesare Fianco. Although most of Donatello's sculptures were incorporated into the new altar by 1582, it was not until 1895 that all the surviving components were united in the present fanciful reconstruction by Camillo Boito. The original form of the altar remains controversial, due to the loss of almost all the original architectural elements, except for a pair of volutes (item 8 below).
The surviving components of the original altar are:
Preserved on the altar in the Basilica di Sant'Antonio:
1. Seven bronze figures in the round, comprising, the Virgin and Child enthroned, St Francis (V&A cast no. 1899-56), St Anthony of Padua, St Louis of Toulouse, St Daniel, St Justina, St Prosdocimus.
2. Four bronze reliefs depicting miracles performed by St Anthony of Padua (V&A cast nos. 1884-325 to 328).
3. Four bronze reliefs containing Symbols of the Evangelists.
4. Twelve bronze reliefs of angels (V&A cast nos. 1870-18 and 18 A to K).
5. A bronze relief of the Dead Christ Lamented by Two Angels (V&A cast no. 1884-329).
6. A limestone relief depicting the Entombment.
7. A bronze relief of the Dead Christ with seven angels, by an unidentified Venetian sculptor (V&A cast no 1884-330).
In the Museo Antoniano, Padua:
8. A pair of volutes, thought to have come from the canopy which once surmounted the altar.
In the Museo Salvatore, Romano, Florence:
9. Marble reliefs depicting the half-length figures of St Prosdocimus and another saint, possibly two of the four half-length saints seen by Marcantonio Michiel on the back of the altar, in the early 16th century.


text:
1ADHE00285-Exterior Door Handle
hablamos español:
Read More
1993-1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Exterior Door Handle Front Driver Side1ADHE00285-275035
This part replaces:
- Partslink CH1310112
- Dorman 83204
- New
This replacement exterior door handle is just what you need to get your Jeep Grand Cherokee in good working form again!
Door Handle Specifications:
- Driver Side Front door
- Replaces dealer part number: 55075653, 55076093
- Injection molded black plastic
- Durable construction
- Direct replacement for original handle
- Does not fit rear door
This Jeep Grand Cherokee exterior door handle is a direct bolt on and is built to strict quality control standards. It is a great replacement and has substantial cost savings over a dealer unit.
Lifetime Warranty
This item is backed by a Limited Lifetime Warranty. In the event this item should fail due to manufacturing defects during intended use, we will exchange the part free of charge (excludes shipping charges) for the original purchaser. Please keep your invoice for proof of this warranty.
Vehicle Fit
- 1994-1999 Dodge Van Exterior Door Handle Front Driver Side
- 1993-1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Exterior Door Handle Front Driver Side
Part #: 1ADHE00285
Ships Same Day for orders placed by 5 P.M. ET
Free GROUND SHIPPINGCheck Shipping Rates
We're here to help
Call Toll Free
hablamos español:
Customer Feedback
"Thanks for the fast reliable service. Great price, and the headlights were as good as oem or better!!! Keep up the good work..."- Dwuan M.
Read More


text:
Tipicità wish you a Happy 2013!!!
Scooped by
Mariano Pallottini
onto Le Marche another Italy
Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with Twitter
I don't have a Facebook or a Twitter account
Le Marche another Italy
Le Marche encompasses everything one would want from Italy. Incredible countryside from the Sibillini mountains to the glorious coastline, classic landscapes, castellated hilltops towns, culture, art, music, indoor, outdoor and watersports, wonderful wildlife, fun, delicious food and wines, quality fashions and footwear, museums, churches, culture, history – so much to do and see. Experience life to its fullest – experience Le Marche!
Curated by Mariano Pallottini
Speaking Italian isn't all about cramming verbs and vocabulary as Amanda Robinson discovers when she takes a language course with a difference.
Learning Italian in Le Marche
The fragrant aroma of our morning caffè rises up from the iron lattice table, strewn with notebooks and dictionaries as we wrestle with the basics of Italian. A diverse but select group of language enthusiasts, we've gone back to the classroom, but not as you would know it. This tranquil scene in the heart of rural Le Marche is the setting for our week-long course as we embark on learning Italian 'in style'. [...]
The World Association of Ugly People counts more than 30,000 members, whose aim is to fight the cult of beauty in modern society.
Photos from the Festival of Ugly People in Piobbico, Le Marche
Piobbico is a tiny village located in the eastern Italian region Marche, that sits between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. I got there on the first Sunday of September, because that's where this year's Festival of the Ugly took place. Hundreds of people gather in this tiny village annually, in order to elect the next president of the World Association of Ugly People.
Travelers willing to take the road less traveled and head into Italy's Umbrian and Marche hills will be amply rewarded, and Travel Channel's Roam Blog takes you there.
This article invites you to discover Le Marche and Umbria as the neglected Regions by tourists in Italy.
Millo just sent us some images from his latest work which was just completed on the streets of Ascoli Piceno, Italy, for the urban art project Arte Pubblica.
Entitled "Backpack Home", the Italian artist brought to life this signature piece which is perfectly integrating the architecture with his artwork. [...]
Street art in Ascoli Piceno, le Marche: "Backpack Home" by Millo
Osimo rises over a hollow world of mysteries carved in tuff stone. There are over 9 kilometers of galleries and tunnels under the Marche town, connecting numerous caves (approximately 90 have been identified so far).
Discover the underground city of Osimo with us, a maze of tunnels uncovering some spectacular religious and mysterious carvings.
Loreto is an important hill town to the south of Ancona in Le Marche, and home to one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Italy. [...]
Loreto in Le Marche on the online pages of the Italy Magazine
All roads lead to Rome, in our case "wine". Our insatiable quest and love for Italy and all things Italian leads us off the beaten path to the land of Italy's noble native white varietal Verdicchio – Le Marche. Pronounced 'Lay Markay', roughly the size of Delaware, this Italian province aptly translates "the borderlands", hugs the Adriatic Sea to the east with a 111-mile-long coastline and stretches of unspoiled countryside extend into Emilia-Romagna to the north, Tuscany and Umbria to the West, and Abruzzo and Lazio to the south. [...]
Le Marche a real Italy's Mecca for Foodies and Wine Lovers
Many expats are drawn to the idea of retiring in Europe, but can be thrown off by the high prices of its most famous destinations. But while big cities such as Paris and Madrid may hit hard on the wallet, there are still many alternatives for those seeking the romance of Europe, but at an affordable cost. [...]
Ascoli Piceno, at the southern edge of Le Marche, is a gorgeous town of medieval monuments and Renaissance splendor, which is largely overlooked—but it shouldn't be. It offers a high quality of life in its beautiful historic center, where everything you need is at your doorstep, and where events and exhibits regularly liven up the town.
The locals like to point out that Ascoli Piceno is older than Rome. They're rightfully proud of their city and their lifestyle. It is beautiful and relaxed, and there is always something to do: an art exhibit among Roman ruins, cinema under the stars in a 15th-century cloister, concerts in the piazza, and a twice-weekly market that rolls into town. The velvet-clad opera theater is an opulent venue, while homey food festivals provide inexpensive (and delicious) fun.
In addition to the beauty and quality of life, Ascoli Piceno retains its small local shops, where fresh produce, locally raised meat, and regional products can be procured at good prices. Restaurants are plentiful, with excellent fare that won't break the bank either. You can dine out and enjoy a bountiful meal for about $20 per person.
International Living Correspondent Valerie Fortney Schneider says that Ascoli Pisceno "offers the classic Italian lifestyle of good food, great wine, and cultural attractions for around $2,000 a month for a couple, and that's including rent."
Apartments in the historic center can be rented for around $530 a month. If you are looking to buy, you can expect to pay $95,000 and $165,000 for a historic center apartment, while a two-bedroom townhouse will set you back about $184,000.
Learn multimedia storytelling from award winning journalists. Anchored by a striking Renaissance palace, Urbino lies in central Italy's Marche region, nestled between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. Work with top professors and award-winning media professionals, including a Pulitzer prize-winner, to produce content for a website or print-on-demand magazine. [...]
Starting from 2011 students coming from US are willing to spend $4,995 + airfare (Includes: Tuition – 3 credits, accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinners on most days, travel insurance, welcome and farewell dinners, program activities and cultural events) to study Multimedia Journalism in Urbino
Starting from 2011 students coming from US are willing to spend $4,995 + airfare (Includes: Tuition – 3 credits, accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinners on most days, travel insurance, welcome and farewell dinners, program activities and cultural events) to study Multimedia Journalism in Urbino
ACQUASANTA TERME, Italy -- They had been planning the perfect wedding for more than a year. The dress, the suit and the venue were all reserved.
And then four days before the big day, part of the church crumbled in an earthquake.
Still, Ramon and Martina Adazzi tied the knot Sunday in the town of Acquasanta Terme, near the epicenter of a devastating earthquake in central Italy that has killed at least 291 people and flattened entire villages. [...]
Le Marche earthquake: Amid the rubble, a couple says 'I do'
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit central Italy early Wednesday and rescuers are searching for survivors. [...]
Solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in Italy
The QUINTANA is a reenactment of a medieval pageant that the people of Ascoli Piceno have been doing for sixty years. The pageant centers around competitions between the six communities that make up the core of Ascoli Piceno called Sestieri. The Sestieri field teams and individuals to compete in medieval-style events such as choreographed flag tossing Sbandieratori, archery, and the highlight event where mounted horsemen, the Cavalieri or knights, engage a target with a lance in a form of joist or giostra. Each sestieri also fields a musical corp consisting of various drums and straight trumpets or clarions. The Quintana begins in mid July and culminates in the first weekend of August. [...]
Anyone looking to combine an Italian beach vacation with some hiking and cultural activities should head to the Riviera del Conero.
Off-season is the perfect time to discover the Conero. It is undoubtedly the most beautiful place in Le Marche that does not need to be promoted.
One of my most memorable experiences of my trip with arsviva to Le Marche and Umbria was my visit to the National Gallery of Le Marche in Urbino, a medieval town with steep, romantic streets, a stunning cathedral and the intriguing museum at the birthplace of master painter Raphael. The gallery is located in a…
After Italy allowed to take pictures in museums we can notice an enrichment of the travel blog posts. It happens also in Urbino in The National Gallery of Le Marche.
Coastal landscapes have a way of drawing photographers to their shores. Whether it's their crystal white sands, alluring clear waters, rugged rock formations or people watching potential. Beaches can be considered photogenic for a number of reasons, and they're often different for everyone. Some will see a shining gem worth a thousand photos while others …
Katie McKnoulty of The Travelling Light
Vallugola beach is a local's secret in the decidedly un-touristy region of Le Marche. In summer it teems with Italians on their summer holiday or locals escaping the heat with a dip. The beach is covered in big white pebbles and marble rocks line the shore. you can catch local nonnos and nonnas basking in the
sun or cooling off in the clear, blue water. Come during the day with your camera, late afternoon for softer lighting, to capture all the local characters sunbathing under big orange umbrellas and the sail boats floating by. There's two amazing seafood restaurants right on the beach for an afternoon meal or aperol spritz.
Katie McKnoulty of The Travelling Light
Vallugola beach is a local's secret in the decidedly un-touristy region of Le Marche. In summer it teems with Italians on their summer holiday or locals escaping the heat with a dip. The beach is covered in big white pebbles and marble rocks line the shore. you can catch local nonnos and nonnas basking in the
sun or cooling off in the clear, blue water. Come during the day with your camera, late afternoon for softer lighting, to capture all the local characters sunbathing under big orange umbrellas and the sail boats floating by. There's two amazing seafood restaurants right on the beach for an afternoon meal or aperol spritz.
Emperor Augustus boasted that he found a city of brick and left a city of marble, and quite a lot of the marble came from around here; so much of Ascoli's city centre still consists of this luminous, ethereal white stone and at night-time the effect is dramatic. Today Ascoli Piceno is a low-key, provincial town with a fairly small centre, but one that had fascinated this Italoholic for long enough that I was finally roused into making the journey and seeing for myself. I am happy to report that the effort was well rewarded. [...]
In March, someone wrote well about Ascoli Piceno: with 53 specific photos and 3513 words, this blog article, published by JAMIE MANNERS on "The Baedeker Raids", is the longest and richest, recently published, article about the beautiful city of Marche even in comparison with the publications of the local "sedentary" travel bloggers.
9. Piazza del Popolo, Ascoli Piceno
There is nothing quite like the lambent warmth of Travertine under the lights | Photo by Flavia Cenciarini, via Flickr
Ascoli Piceno is a medium-sized town in Le Marche that sits well off most tourist routes but is guarding one of the most elegant and striking piazzas in the county. It's central square, Piazza del Popolo or Square of the People, is well known among Italians for the harmony of its Renaissance design style and the warm beauty of its travertine paving. Travertine is a type of limestone found in the surrounding mountains and used in many other famous architectural works in Italy, most famously the Colosseum. If you visit, keep an eye out for the towers that punctuate the city's skyline. In the middle ages there were an estimated 200 of them. Now there are "only" 50.
Piazza del Popolo, Ascoli Piceno among the best piazzas of Italy by walksofitaly blog:
1. Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia, Trieste
2. Piazza San Marco, Venice
3. Piazza della Signoria, Florence
4. Piazza del Campo, Siena
5. Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa
6. Prato della Valle, Padua
7. Piazza Ducale, Vigevano
8. Piazza Maggiore & Piazza del Nettuno, Bologna
9. Piazza del Popolo, Ascoli Piceno
10. Piazza San Pietro in Vatican City
11. Piazza Navona, Rome
12. Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples
13. Piazza del Duomo, Lecce
14. Piazza Pretoria, Palermo
Gli Uffizi hanno annunciato il prestito della cosiddetta Venere di Urbino, capolavoro di bellezza e sensualità dipinto da Tiziano nel 1538. A distanza di cinque secoli dalla sua commissione, l'opera torna per la prima volta nelle stanze del Palazzo Ducale nella città marchigiana, per cui era stata realizzata.
A 478 anni dalla sua realizzazione, torna nelle Marche la Venere di Urbino di Tiziano
Musical chairs and mountain mishaps in the Apennines
Collamato, near beautiful Fabriano in the Marche, crowns a foothill of the Apennines. We went for my stepson's wedding. In our apartment, attached to the castle walls, a lizard skidded frantically on tiles buckled by the recent earthquake. I helped the old ladies of the village prepare paninis for the reception in the village hall, where the Irish and English taught the Italians to play musical chairs. The language barrier was overcome by smiles and gestures.
We had a week of fun, visiting elegant Urbino one day, the dramatic limestone caves of Sassoferrato another, eating in hilltop restaurants and getting lost in the mountains.
Returning years later to stay with our daughter-in-law's mother, we were welcomed as Padre di Tom and Mama Due, and plied with wine made from his own grapes by Honorio, the shopkeeper. The two breakages during musical chairs game had been forgiven.
Annabel Bailey, Berkshire
Annabel Bailey from Berkshire seems to be enchanted by the warm, authentic Italian atmosphere of the Le Marche villages and towns.
Austin gelato shop Dolce Neve will open in the Heights in 2017.
Successful Marchigiani abroad: Francesca and Marco Ferrarese from Fabriano will open their second shop in Houston after the successful one in Austin
Nearly five centuries after it was painted, Titian's Venus of Urbino (1538), currently housed at Florence's Uffizi Gallery, will temporarily return to its home city in Le Marche. From September 6 to December 8, 2016, the Renaissance masterpiece will be displayed in Urbino's Ducal Palace, the space where it was originally housed.
This work, completed in 1538 for the Duke of Urbino Guidobaldo II Della Rovere as a gift to his young wife Giulia Varano, is very interesting for the allegories:
The painting is a tribute of Tiziano to his friend-master Giorgione, author of the Sleeping Venus.
It is considered the representation of the perfect Renaissance woman who, just like Venus, becomes the symbol of love, beauty and fertility.
Exceptionally in Urbino in Le Marche, you can see the Venus of Urbino by Titian in the Uffizi Gallery the prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in central Florence.
The region of Marche was not one that was ever on our wish list of new regions to visit– Puglia, Piedmont, Liguria and a few others would have definitely come before—but we're so glad we were introduced to it now. Framed by the sea and the Apennines, the region is slightly reminiscent of Tuscany, dotted with hilltop towns and villages, each more beautiful than the last. However, it is much more mountainous than Tuscany and this time of year, more green. It is also exceptionally quiet and surprisingly inexpensive. [...]
Why Le Marche in summer? Ask to "Somewhere Slower".
Together with Greece and Spain, Italy has the most beautiful beaches in Europe. From north to south, our 8000-km coastline is unique and ever-changing, with beautiful golden sand beaches, white sand beaches and pebble beaches. The sea is incomparable, and crystal-clear, especially in the south. Whether untouched or really crowded, it doesn't really matter: the time to hunt for the best beach comes regularly, every year, and we're here to make the job easier for you. Have a look at the gallery, and let these wonderful images rock your heart and take you far, far away! [...]
Chiara Ferragni alias "The Blonde Salad" puts the beach of "Le Due Sorelle" in Le Marche among the 30 best beaches of Italy. Here the other best beaches of Le Marche:
1) Le due sorelle - Sirolo/Numana
2) Sassi Neri - Sirolo (Promontorio del Conero)
3) Portonovo - Ancona
4) Mezzavalle - Ancona
5) San Bartolo - Gabicce mare
6) Senigallia
7) Pesaro - Fano
8) Porto Potenza - Civitanova Marche - Porto Sant.Elpidio - Porto S.Giorgio - Fermo
9) La Riviera delle Palme
Today we will visit three wonderful towns in the province of Ancona: Fabriano, Serra San Quirico and Cupramontana, along an itinerary of about 30 kilometers.
3 Towns in Le Marche to visit once visited the Frasassi Caves: Fabriano, Serra San Quirico and Cupramontana
There was a wine fair in Ascoli Piceno today, and it was for this reason that the B&B found itself full towards the end of May. In addition to the wine journalists, we came to learn, there was one pair of Americans in the region to visit a son and one small family here for unknown reasons (they did not speak English) but possibly still because of the wine.
We had not been given any instructions on what time to come down in the morning, but we knew that breakfast was put on from 8:30 to 10:30. Tommy and I appeared at 8:30, ready to assist with the distribution of juices, jams, and cakes. [...]
Anna is leaving her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, to travel the world with her boyfriend Tommy. After a brief Norwegian layover they are hoping to start in Ireland (Tommy, who's never left the country, thinks he's "Irish") and go east to visit all seven continents before returning home after a whirlwind twenty-four months.[...]
|Follow us
|How it Works


text:
|Library Catalog | Articles & Databases | Journal Titles | Renew Books | Interlibrary Loan | Ask a Librarian!
EndNote Tutorials
EndNote is a software package that will help you manage citations
from journal articles, books, personal notes, etc during the writing process.
The following tutorials will help you learn how to:
Tutorial Contents
If you have any questions or need additional assistance using EndNote, please contact the McFarlin Library Reference Desk. Feel free to stop by, call us at 631-2880, or send us an e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
McFarlin Library


text:
LG teases the G Watch R, and you probably know what the "R" means
46 Comments
1. Duketytz (Posts: 534; Member since: 28 Nov 2013)
Ridiculously beautiful?
9. CyberFalcon (Posts: 223; Member since: 17 Apr 2014)
No Moto 360 is ridiculously beautiful....
21. engineer-1701d (unregistered)
no moto was beautiful and like i said last month they waited to long and now all the round android wear watches capitalizing on the newer tech and the corrections from the first gen they did,
i am sorry to say moto has doomed them selves
29. needa (Posts: 205; Member since: 30 Jun 2014)
i don't know if they waited too long... or if they teased too early. either way... this lg watch looks like crap in comparison.
i would also like to point out that another company is actually referencing moto in their ad. as in they know moto is a threat. that is a pretty big compliment.
37. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
It doesn't look like crap, it looks like a regular watch. Not everyone likes geeky looking watches, and the Moto 360's black bar at the bottom which houses the light sensor looks bad, very bad. This is coming from someone who absolutely detested the first G watch design.
18. engineer-1701d (unregistered)
love it
2. aayupanday (Posts: 574; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
G Watch buyers would be pissed off.
16. Phonedingo (Posts: 392; Member since: 16 Aug 2014)
Why did their watch suddenly stop working?
27. Busyboy (unregistered)
No, but their watches already got replaced by something better in a couple months time.
32. vincelongman (Posts: 4442; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
G Watch owners already knew the much better Moto 360 is being released soon, at least now LG has a decent competitor to the Moto 360
35. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
I'm not surprised one bit. They can't wait a full year to bring something new to the table. You either keep releasing product or get left behind.
And I wouldn't mind buying the first LG watch if it hits below $90.
3. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
Kudos to LG. Looks like a good design -- completely round, button on the side for easy access.
4. AJagtiani (Posts: 466; Member since: 24 Apr 2014)
Samsung knock off LG can't come up with anything original, now copying Motorola.
6. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
Because Motorola is the only company in the world that has the rights to produce and sell a circular smart watch, right?
22. engineer-1701d (unregistered)
well art moto does have the pattern rights to the round display from 2007 i am not sure how far it extends but i think the others will be paying moto. but no one will care about moto it did not come out after the hype.
8. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
" LG can't come up with anything original, now copying Motorola."
Because Motorola invented the round watch? Lol.
Besides, only Apple has enough money to pay the USPTO for the "round smart watch" patent :)
12. nohatenofanboy (banned) (Posts: 515; Member since: 15 Jul 2014)
I really wonder, what will you say after samsung released rounded smartwatch ?
30. banglazbless (Posts: 106; Member since: 05 Feb 2014)
Samsung have a patent for round face back in 2010, I'll advise you to go look that up before you start your "Samsung copy Moto 360" design argument when it arrives. I Don't know when LG decides to make a round watch but it certainly looks like a me too type of thing or better yet do it before Samsung does lol.
5. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)
BTW. These round displays on watches remind me of the Sharp display that can be put to any shape. I thought it's the only display that can be other than square, but I believe that's not the case then? What's the difference in that Sharp display then? Yeah this question might sound stupid but anyways :)
Here's the link:http://www.phonearena.com/news
7. xperian (Posts: 325; Member since: 10 Apr 2014)
looks better than square watches but i like moto360 more
10. fzacek (Posts: 2486; Member since: 26 Jan 2014)
I can already feel that this going to be a fail...
15. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
Said the round pink cat :)
31. fzacek (Posts: 2486; Member since: 26 Jan 2014)
Said the Grumpy Cat :(
33. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
Everyone will remember you are really "Round Pink Cat" :)
11. alrightihatepickingusernames (Posts: 474; Member since: 29 Dec 2013)
I like it but it doesn't look like an LG design... It just looks like a stereotypical watch. The Moto 360 is at least more unique.
13. dil2abu (Posts: 305; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
I still don't understand the needs of a smartwatch.. Smartphone is more than enough for now..
24. engineer-1701d (unregistered)
thats because you dont have one and you cant appreciate the use of the watch v getting the phone out every notification or make text or calls
14. lolatfailphones (Posts: 203; Member since: 08 Apr 2013)
Just like tablets smart watches are sorta useless...
19. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
It's early on with the smart watch technology. Give it 3-5 years and these things will be much cheaper and ubiquitous, just like Casio watches. The batteries will last a lot longer, perhaps even indefinitely, like the Citizen Eco watches.
42. AfterShock (Posts: 3698; Member since: 02 Nov 2012)
My one Eco drive is pushing seven years with same rechargeable battery, little over projected five year life on it
28. rallyguy (Posts: 620; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
The first few generations of most technology is not that great. Once technology is designed more for this purpose the abilities of a smart watch will unfold and possibly even replace the phones of today.
But smart phones will continue to evolve and advance so I think watches will trail for a long time.
17. Phonedingo (Posts: 392; Member since: 16 Aug 2014)
In any event smartwatches are in their infancy stages. Detractors who wonder whether or not they're useful are right in a sense. But as more specialized processors come out, and the convergence of strengths of other platforms/features take place (pebbles battery life, wireless charging, Qualcomm's mirasol display, ir blasters, etc). It'll be fairly compelling imo.
20. BigBoss10 (Posts: 273; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
Smartwatch is for retards :D
23. Phonedingo (Posts: 392; Member since: 16 Aug 2014)
Then you should totally sign up for one ;)
25. engineer-1701d (unregistered)
i was going to say he should get 10
26. 0xFFFF (Posts: 3806; Member since: 16 Apr 2014)
He is waiting for the iWatch :)
46. Carlosfrancoz (Posts: 19; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)
I was thinking the same thing! lol
34. rob5150 (Posts: 161; Member since: 31 Oct 2011)
Do you realize that the Moro 360 does not have a truly round display? The watch is physically round, but the display has a black border on the bottom. Not so beautiful now huh?http://www.phonearena.com/news
36. gigaraga (Posts: 1454; Member since: 29 Mar 2013)
Looks really nice. REALLY NICE.
38. n00b_wolf (Posts: 7; Member since: 24 Aug 2014)
I can't wait to see actual photos and videos of the watch. Hopefully it lives up to its hype
39. Professor (Posts: 212; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
Seems to be as beautiful or probably even more beautiful than the unobtanium moto 360!
40. f_u_006 (Posts: 55; Member since: 19 Mar 2014)
R for rednecks?
41. ddeath (Posts: 168; Member since: 14 Apr 2012)
Looks good! I can't wait! Moto 360 is nice too, but they really took their time to release it. Now they got a direct competitor on their heels. If LG release it to the market before they do, it would be a slap in their face. Then they should probably sack their marketing team.
43. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Looks like my Bulova but with a plastic band. I like the 360 Movado look better but the 360 might be too big and this one not so much. Tough decision....
45. darkvadervip (Posts: 365; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
Guess I'll add my 2cents but correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't samsung knock off HTC sense with developing touch wiz. So people stop saying who is knocking off who. Just like apple ain't the first in making products but they make it from a regular product to a great product.


text:
Spring Cleaning??
Are you doing it? Already have? Starting??
I did some like pull out the fridge and stove and clean etc 2 months ago in March but normally I do it all, the entire house at once over a weekend.
That didn't happen this year and it seems never ending! So 2 months ago we deep cleaned.
Last weekend we did yard work and this weekend I am so tired of this iffy weather I just decided it's half thru May and I am switching out the kids clothes, winter to summer! I cleaned their rooms and switched the clothes and gave away 4 bags!! Toys and clothes. The rest of the house is a mess as DH tried to help and never finishes anything :(
So today I have that to finish, he cleaned out a couple of closets and what isn't going back in, I have a to find a new place for or throw it out.
Making progress!! I can't believe how fast time is flying by! Vacation will be here before we know it!!


text:
We're Open!
April 8, 2011 : Teresa L. Clark - Corporate Communications
Normally, I would never open a text message at work, but a particular text from my sister had the word "tax" in the subject line – so I opened it immediately.
This is what it said, "Should I still file my taxes?"
Uh, what?!
After a few texts went back and forth, I learned that my dear sister had heard that the possible government shutdown might impact tax returns. This is what I told her:
- Even with the federal government shutdown, H&R Block is continuing to assist e-filers who need to submit their tax returns or extensions to file – both of which still are due April 18. (My sister is a client, of course)
- Our 11,000 retail tax offices are open, as are the online and digital solutions we provide for do-it-yourselfers.
H&R Block is an old (well, 56-year-old) pro at handling filing delays and other external operational hiccups like this one in ways that don't pass on more inconveniences to our clients. Two big components of this flexibility is keeping communication lines open with the IRS and having various contingency plans – both of which are being done at this time.
So, yes, my sister filed her taxes just like millions other taxpayers have and should by the 18th.


text:
The Florida Gators picked a terrible time for their worst game of the 2013-14 season, falling 63-53 to the Connecticut Huskies in their national semifinal meeting at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Florida's stalwart defense was the most porous it's been all year, allowing UConn to make 61 percent of its two-point shots. Offensively, the balanced Gator offense produced very little ball movement, recording a Final Four record-low three assists on 19 baskets.
This defeat will leave a sour taste in the mouth of Florida fans, but it's hard to ignore the dominant performance that UF put on for five months. The team climbed into The Associated Press Top 10 in January and never left as it amassed an epic 30-game winning streak.
So, now that the book is closed on UF's campaign, what kind of grades have the Gators earned? We'll break down Florida's performance in conference and nonconference action, consider the bench as a whole and the starters individually.
It's not news that Florida's whole was greater than the sum of its parts, but by how much?
All KenPom.com links should be assumed to require subscription.


text:
Nine Hats Wines
The nine renowned winemakers who make the Long Shadows' signature wines always have a bit of wine left in their barrels after creating their own final blends. Nine winemakers each throw their hat in the mix, so to speak, to create Nine Hats wine. These wines have a complex and distinctive character.
More About Nine Hats Wine
Go to Long Shadows Wines
Wine Clubs | Oregon Wine | Washington Wine
Privacy Policy | View Cart | Customer Service | Contact Us | Sign up For Newsletter
503.206.8589 firstname.lastname@example.com
Avalon Wine Inc. 3115 NE Sandy Blvd. #127 Portland, OR 97232


text:
Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 22.214.171.124
Forum Moderators: phranque
That's normally how I develop sites, then point the client's domain to that when it's launch day.
I could develop on a subdirectory, but it's one more thing to remember to change in web files and db fields when launching.
Any thoughts on this?
It's a virtual private server, if that matters.
[edited by: phranque at 11:06 pm (utc) on Mar. 13, 2008]
[edit reason] examplified ip and unlinked url [/edit]
On our dedicated server, if an IP is dedicated to a site, for example, if the site has a secure cert and requires a dedicated IP, it indeed will serve up the page via ip address. You might see if you can go into your IP pool and at least temporarily dedicate the IP to the site. This, of course, will point any other sites on your VPS to that web site.
Might not even be possible with a VPS, I do not know, so test with caution.


text:
The state transportation bill may result in higher gasoline prices at the pump in return for significant road and bridge improvements in the region. Is that a fair tradeoff.
i would like to know where all the money we already paid into the d/l center went that was for the fixing of the roads
1 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse »
Showing 1 of 1 comments
Post a Comment
You must first login before you can comment.


text:
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run. It happens in good markets and bad, and the benefit of dividends can be quite striking: Dividend payments have made up about 40% of the market's average annual return from 1936 to the present day. But few of us can invest in every single dividend-paying stock on the market, and even if we could, we might find better gains by being selective. That's why we'll be pitting two of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) dividend payers against each other today to find out which Dow stock is the true dividend champion. Let's take a closer look at our two contenders now.
Tale of the tape
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) is a recent addition to the Dow, having only been part of the index for nine years. Hailing from New York City, Pfizer earned its spot by becoming the largest pharmaceutical company in the United States thanks to a multiyear surge in revenue. That isn't to say Pfizer was small before; it has always been on the vanguard of the modern pharmaceutical industry, which it helped to create with drug mass-production techniques and energetic sales operations.
UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH ) is the Dow's most recent addition, and it will celebrate its first anniversary on the index in about two and a half months. Headquartered in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minn., UnitedHealth is also the market leader in its field. It's the largest health insurer in the U.S., serving about 70 million Americans through a network of more than 700,000 physicians and other health care professionals.
Market cap
$197 billion
$65.5 billion
P/E ratio
TTM profit margin
TTM free-cash-flow margin*
Five-year total return
This might be a closer battle than you'd think, given big pharma's tendency toward high margins and high yields. UnitedHealth might not have that edge over Pfizer, but its lower valuations present it as a company with a potentially longer dividend growth runway. Will pills win out over premiums? Let's find out.
Round one: endurance
According to Dividata, Pfizer began paying dividends in 1982 and has been paying ever since. UnitedHealth comes in at an immediate disadvantage, as it was only founded five years before Pfizer started paying out -- and it does indeed come up short, as Dividata shows that UnitedHealth only began paying dividends in 1990, and it only switched from annual payouts to quarterly distributions in 2010.
Winner: Pfizer, 1-0
Round two: stability
Paying dividends is well and good, but how long have our two companies been increasing their dividends? The same dividend payout year after year can quickly fall behind a rising market, and there's no better sign of a company's financial stability than a rising payout in a weak market (so long as it's sustainable, of course). Pfizer slashed its dividend during the financial crisis, so it has only been raising payouts since 2010. UnitedHealth also began increasing its dividend in 2010 after a stretch of flat annual payouts, but the company has never cut its dividend. Because of this, it will earn the victory here.
Winner: UnitedHealth, 1-1
Round three: power
It's not that hard to commit to paying back shareholders, but are these payments enticing or merely token? Let's take a look at how both companies have maintained their dividend yields over time as their businesses and share prices grow:
Winner: Pfizer, 2-1
Round four: strength
A stock's yield can stay high without much effort if its share price doesn't budge, so let's take a look at the growth in payouts over the past few years. If you bought in several years ago and the company has grown its payout substantially, your real yield is likely to look much better than what's shown above.
Winner: UnitedHealth, 2-2
Round five: flexibility
A company needs to manage its cash wisely to ensure that there's enough available for tough times. Paying out too much of free cash flow in dividends could be a warning sign that the dividend is at risk, particularly if business weakens. This next metric analyzes just how much of their free cash flows our two companies have paid out in dividends over the past four quarters:
Winner: UnitedHealth, 3-2
In a surprise win, the low-margin health insurer comes out ahead of the high-yielding pharmaceutical giant. There's no doubt that shareholders have enjoyed great gains from both stocks in recent years, but a higher ceiling on potential dividend increases, combined with a fantastic recent history of such increases, puts UnitedHealth on top today. Would you rather invest in America's top pharmaceutical maker or its top health insurer? With Obamacare on the way to full implementation and a patent cliff on Pfizer's horizon, this could be a more difficult choice than many investors think.
When President Obama was re-elected, shares of UnitedHealth and other health insurers fell immediately. Is Obamacare a death knell for health insurers, or is the market missing out on some of the opportunities the law presents? In this brand-new premium report on UnitedHealth, The Motley Fool takes a long-term view, honing in on the prospects for UnitedHealth in a post-Obamacare world. So don't miss out -- simply click here now to claim your copy today.


text:
- Text Size:
- ASmall Text
- AMedium Text
- ALarge Text
A man was killed in a Berks County crash early Thursday.
State police said a car traveling on East Main Street in Union Township went off the road and struck a mailbox, a fence and a utility pole.
The driver's name is not being released until his family is notified.
The views expressed are not those of this site, this station or its affiliated companies. By posting your comments you agree to accept our terms of use.blog comments powered by Disqus


text:
Welcome the National Guard Association of Utah or NGAUT web page!
NGAUT and NGAUS serve the Soldiers and Airmen of the National Guard in many ways.
The Association is formed as a non-profit corporation for the following purposes:
To promote and ensure adequate national security and to maintain the militia principle as an effective bulwark of constitutional government.
To improve the readiness of the Army and Air National Guard of the several states, commonwealths, territories, and the District of Columbia as components of the armed forces of the United States.
To foster the growth and promotion of the National Guard within the State of Utah.
With the concurrence of the Adjutant General, to sponsor public service programs to further the acceptance of the Utah National Guard as a community partner.
Welcome to the home of the Utah National Guard Association.
The intent of this Web site is to provide useful information for Utah National Guard members and NGAUT Members. Here you will find information about the National Guard Association of Utah and other resources. Please select an option from the menu on the left to begin.
There is a new link for the NGAUS Conference to the left please follow the link to learn more about and to register for the NGAUS Conference.


text:
5 SEO Tips for Small Businesses
The world of SEO is so large that, for small business owners, it can be really confusing when deciding where you should invest your time. Sure, you could send 100,000 emails asking people for links to your website, but is that really the best use of your time? No fret, here are five SEO tips to help you start promoting your business.
Focus on where people search
Yes, everyone uses Google and it's always going to be huge. But that doesn't mean it's the best place to focus. I recently interviewed an owner of a hotel chain and asked him about how reviews effected his business. He seemed confused for a moment and then said, "Oh, you mean TripAdvisor?" I knew TripAdvisor would be important for him but I didn't realize that, for his market, it was actually much more important than Google Maps.
Search engine optimization is about more than Google; it's about showing up better where your customers are searching. If you're in the travel industry, TripAdvisor is probably very important. If you're a restaurant, Yelp is much more important. There are lots of niche directories out there for different kinds of companies. Find one to start with.
Don't build your website from scratch
I was browsing a local business's website the other day, and it was terrible. This is an experience I have all the time. It's one of the reasons I work at OrangeSoda. We make nice websites and I feel it's part of our duty to help people get more customers. Bad websites hurt customers! Lots of business owners want to learn HTML themselves or have their millennial son/daughter throw one together. Spend some time searching for good templates or even services that will do your website for you. You might spend a little more upfront, but you'll save a ton of money over the long run. I always recommend PopSite as a full-service solution. But if you want to spend more time with something you build yourself, check out SquareSpace, they have nice looking templates and they should be fairly SEO friendly out of the box.
Search is all about answering questions
In discussions with your customers, keep track of what questions they ask you. Those are the questions you have to answer on your website. The more specific, the better. Very specific questions are easier to rank for because there's less competition. If you can answer those questions, you'll have great success showing up for terms that will drive more customers to your business.
Organize your website in a way that makes sense
Instead of just looking at your website and thinking about where things should go on the page, try drawing a map of your site organized by url to see if it makes sense. You want to make sure that the URL hierarchy is well organized. Doing this will make your site easier to crawl. Here's an example of how your site structure might look if you were a lawyer focusing on DUI law, estate planning, and family law. Your site structure might look something like this.
Here we see that the site has pages for each focus and each of those page has several child pages that support that main page. This is an important move for your website. Draw out your site structure on paper to make sure it makes sense. Once you've solved that, you can figure out how it should look.
Subscribe to a few great internet marketing blogs
SEO and Internet marketing are always changing. You want to stretch your creative muscles to find better ways to promote your business. To know the right thing to do, you'll need to stay current. Put aside a little time every week to study up and stay current. Checkout our list of the best internet marketing blogs for a good starting point.


text:
merry christmas to all. goodwill to all men and that
If true, an unfolding and interesting story about the consequences of a fake degree:
merry christmas to all. goodwill to all men and that
Some places check. Some don't.
Have the sense to find out in advance is the motto of this story.
Either that, or get a job that doesn't require a degree.
The poster said the powers that be knew the degree was fake but still decided to issue a W/P and T/L? The poster said that the guy was fired from his job for having a moody cert. and now he has to leave Thailand and can't come back for 2 years?
There are holes in that story you could put an aircraft carrier through.......
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no Interior Minister of Thailand's son.
^starting with "the poster said"
A friend of mine who has just been issued a work permit and teacher's licence from MOE, has just been dismissed from their job for having an 'unverifiable' degree. MOE said they knew the degree was fake but still decided to issue the WP and TL. Has until January to leave Thailand and is prohibited from returning for 2 years. Has a family here and has been teaching in Thailand for over 6 years.
I think if Thailand decides to get serious that they will find many many teachers working here are in a similiar boat with regard to 'unverifiable' degrees. Certainly once you get into the bi-lingual and govt schools I think they will be shocked at the amount of Kao Sahn Degree Holders. What proffesional acredited teacher is going to work for what a pimply 15 yr old gets back home working at McDonalds PART-TIME !
I worked at a well paying bi-lingual school - over 50 k, and I recall that at the time over 90 % had 'manufactured' Degrees.
Will Thailand pay what they need to attract qualified profesionals - I suspect not !!!
What is the option for those in a situation like my friend ? - I hope you have some savings ready to try and get visas and airfares for your family at short notice !!"
Just because a lot of people do it, doesn't make it right. I think it's a form of freud. In civilized countries, it takes a lot to become a teacher. In the begining of my degree, I went for an education degree, there were things to do like taking tests, and pass the CLASS exam and getting a degree. I think it's only fair that someone should be qualified before they can teach.
I mean a lot of people are saying that the pay sucks and it's not worthy of a degree. But that's not the point, Thai people don't make that much money. But if you take the law of supply,when there's demand but not enough supply, price will go up.
Getting rid of tons of unqualified teachers, will only mean being a qualified teacher will get more money. They will have to raise the price to get teachers.
not to mention all those disrupted happy families. wonderful sentiment.
Well the old new rules were that the school had to sign off on it and they'd be held just as punishable as the person holding it.
But the MoE don't/won't issue TLs if they know it's a fake....I know a chap that was knocked back before with a dodgy one....nothing happened bit he didn't get the TL that's for sure.
Seems to be bullshit going by the 'story' Trust old SJCG to get sucked in though but misery does love company
Riddle me this brother can you handle it
Your style to my style you can't hold a candle to it
Equinox symmetry and the balance is right
Smokin' and drinkin' on a Tuesday night
It's not how you play the game it's how you win it
I cheat and steal and sin and I'm a cynic
Sorry, I'm rather a simple guy. Is that post in support of his sacked mate and unverifiable degree-holders, or against such scum because they lower the wages of "qualified" teachers?
Hard to tell mate...but then it is a form of Freud don't you know...possibly Emma, she was fit A Fraudian slip methinks!!!
I forgot to mention that I feel really sad for those families whose daddies have to leave the country.
You're a lovely chap...although it might be worth worrying about the tax payers in the countries the dad's are having to return to as they'll be supporting his 'Thai' family soon enough....funny huh???
This fact came from their volunteering the information? Or did you pretend to be their friend, get their confidence, then extract the information?I worked at a well paying bi-lingual school - over 50 k, and I recall that at the time over 90 % had 'manufactured' Degrees.
Originally Posted by kenkannif
SJCG didn't get sucked in, at all.
SJCG deliberately used the word "if" in the formation of a conditional sentence to introduce the topic and thread to this board.
That's what "if" does, Ken.
At the same time, SJCG did manage to get your attention.
So who really got sucked in here, old chap?
The story is true.
And Ken, he really got his TL and WP just 2 or 3 days before.
To the others, I wouldn't describe him as a scumbag, rather as a good teacher who tried hard to get those spoiled brats to learn something.
We're talking here about a nice Christmas present from Christmas school. I can't name it here but it's not the one where the Carr guy got arrested but has otherwise a lot to do with Christmas.


text:
After Sunday's poor showing at Celtic Park which resulted in St.Johnstone not only scoring their first goal of the season but also picking up all three points, fans have once again rounded on the board to put their hands in their pockets dig deep and spend to give Neil Lennon their backing.
With the board's financial astuteness, Celtic's debt was reduced once more to under £1 million, despite little or no European football revenue from the past three seasons.
But after spending a mere £1 million this season, fans are becoming frustrated that the 'auld biscuit tin mentality' has reared its ugly head once more at Celtic Park.
Irish Politics has been ingrained in the Scottish game for half a century if not longer, but with Ireland trying to put the past where it belongs, the glorification of the troubles continues in the West of Scotland. Celtic fans sing ditties celebrating not only the Irish War of Independence, but also the troubles in Northern Ireland. They sing about the hunger strikers, particularly Bobby Sands as well as Aiden McAnespie - an Irish Catholic - killed by a British soldier in 1988. Likewise across the city Rangers fans sing The Billy Boys, Build My Gallows High, the racist Famine Song and a few other ditties with add-ons such as F**k the Pope and the IRA. While both sides have fans who march alongside republican and orange marches up and down Scotland's streets.
But in 21st Century Scotland, what have such things go to do with our society let alone Scottish Football?
Celtic will face FC Sion on Thursday without English striker Gary Hooper as he has been ruled out for several weeks after suffering a sprained ankle during Saturday's 5-1 win over Dundee United and he could miss Sunday's SPL clash with St.Johnstone also.
A statement on the club's official website confirmed: "Following a scan today, the club can confirm that Gary Hooper has a sprained ankle and could potentially be out for a few weeks.
"The striker was injured during Saturday's 5-1 SPL victory over Dundee United at Celtic Park. And he'll miss the Hoops' Europa League play-off against FC Sion this Thursday."
Celtic secured all three points with a 5-1 win over Dundee United to make it three wins out of three. Irishman Anthony Stokes opened the scoring for Celtic on four minutes, before Johnny Russell equalised for Peter Houston's side on the half hour mark. But almost immediately Gary Hooper scored to put Celtic in the lead again. And the points were wrapped up in the second half through goals from Ki Sung Yueng, Joe Ledley and James Forrest.
55,000 fans turned up for what was essentially a testimonial game for former Celtic player John Kennedy whose career was cut short by injury. While most other professional players take the proceeds from such a testimonial, John Kennedy donated all proceeds to Oxfam's East Africa Appeal.
And so Celtic legends played host to Manchester United's, throwing in a few celebrity fans also. The final score will read 5-2 to Celtic, but the real winners were Oxfam as the Celtic family turned up en masse to see the likes of Henrik Larsson, Martin O'Neill, John Hartson, Packie Bonner and Roy Keane return to Celtic Park.
Celtic secured a vital three points and secured two wins out of two in the SPL, but it proved a costly victory as Emilio Izaguirre was stretchered off injured.
Anthony Stokes scored the only goal of the game in the 1-0 win at Pittodrie, in what was a dominant performance from Celtic.
With the closure of the transfer window fast approaching, Celtic are still on the lookout for a goalkeeper. Their main target Jagiellonia Bialystok's keeper Grzegorz Sandomierski is keen on a switch to Parkhead but the clubs are yet to agree a fee.
Meanwhile, as I reported on my own website, Islam Feruz has left Celtic for Chelsea. And Celtic bid adieu for now to Josh Thompson and Darren O'Dea as they head out on loan - but is their time at Celtic Park at an end?
Irish international Darren O'Dea has left Celtic temporarily once again as he signed for Leeds United on a season-long loan deal. It is just another sign that the Irish defender has no future at Celtic Park, after successive loan spells at Reading and Ipswich Town.
He made the move to Simon Grayson's Championship side as he looks forward to helping the Elland Road side back into the Premier League.
RSS feed


text: Marseille Airport is situated 17 miles to the northwest of Marseille and is in the top five major airports of the country. Car hire in Marseille Airport is ideal for travellers staying in the Provence region or even further afield. Marseille is a vibrant city, filled with history, culture and tradition while embracing all that the modern age has to offer. Hiring a car at Marseille Airport gives you the opportunity to delve into the heart of Provence and take in the wonders of Marseille; from Saint-Victor Abbey and the IF Castle to Centre Bourse with its shopping, history museum and garden of ruins.


text:
Gourmet Gift Baskets
Our Gourmet Gift Baskets are filled with carefully selected specialty foods and paired to compliment each other in ways that your taste buds never thought possible. When you need to send something truly special, gourmet gift baskets are your answer; not only do they look great and taste divine, but they also make you look great too.
The Delectable treats found in our gourmet baskets are a great way to treat their taste buds. Gourmet food gift baskets are also a great way to show off your great taste. At Gift Basket Village, we use nothing but the finest gourmet foods and gift items. Our gourmet gift basket are very popular around the holidays for office gifts or gifts of recognition and appreciation.
When you order a Gourmet gift basket from us you can order with confidence knowing that our Gourmet gift baskets are made when we receive your order to ensure only the freshest gourmet foods and visual appeal will arrive at their destination.
A Country Breakfast Gift BasketOur Price: $75.00There's nothing quite like a country cooked breakfast, especially when it's delivered right to your doorstep! Learn More
A Snacker's Delight, Cheese and Sausage BasketOur Price: $52.00This basket filled with savory snacks basket is perfect for anyone who likes to snack. Learn More
A Taste Of Italy, Italian Gift BasketSizes:
Large: $142.00
Medium: $85.00
These GORGEOUS Italian dinner gift baskets are filled with a host of the most delicious Italian specialty gifts. Not to mention a few cool gifts for their kitchen too! They may even invite you over for dinner!! Learn More
A Taste of Tuscany, Italian Gift BasketOur Price: $75.00They will treasure this elegant gift basket filled with tempting Tuscan treats and gifts! Learn More
A Tuscan PicnicOur Price: $175.00Rich with vineyard touches and overflowing with style, this massive gift arrangement features a large picnic basket overflowing with delectable sweets and tasty treats galore! This show-stopper is perfect for almost any occasion and for any person and you can bet their first word after seeing it will be ƒ??WOWƒ?! Learn More
A Tuscan Picnic With Wine Tote/CoolerOur Price: $87.00Our Tuscan Picnic showcases a very handsome wine tote, with an inside cooler, stocked full of a host of delicious indulgences that any wine connoisseur would raise a glass for! Learn More
Aloha! Gift ArrangementOur Price: $55.00This colorful gift arrangement with its tropical flair offers a tasty collection of island fare! Learn More
An Apple A DayOur Price: $75.00This large country basket, filled with a delicious selection of comfort foods, will be a welcome surprise for anyone! Learn More
Board of Directors Cheese and Sausage Gift BasketSizes:
Small: $32.00
Large: $45.00
This collection of cheese and sausage cutting/serving board gifts are great for any occasion! Learn More
Bon Appetit, Gourmet Gift BasketOur Price: $48.00Whatever the occasion this gourmet gift basket will be a welcome surprise and a wonderful treat! Learn More
Born Free, Deluxe Wooden Trunk Set with Gourmet GiftsOur Price: $285.00They will absolutely go wild for this set of beautiful, high-end wooden trunks filled with some of our finest gourmet gifts! It is an amazing gift that is sure to get a trunk load of ohhs and ahhs! Learn More
Breakfast In Bed, Breakfast Gift BasketOur Price: $85.00This unique fabric lined basket with leather side handles arrives filled with a host of scrumptious gourmet breakfast mixes, pure maple syrup, preserves, coffee, tea. cocoa mixes and much more! Learn More
Buon Appetito!: Gourmet Italian DinnerSizes:
Small: $48.00
Large: $68.00
This colorful gift offers a gourmet Italian feast perfect for a couple or even a family of four! Filled with savory sauces, snacks and Italian specialties how can you possible go wrong with this gift?Learn More
Butterflies and Blooms, Gourmet Gift BasketOur Price: $55.00Our ''Butterflies and Blooms'' gift basket offers a charming ceramic planter that is just blooming with delicious sweets, snacks, refreshing drink mixes, spa products and of course butterflies and blooms for them to enjoy! Learn More
Cabin FeverOur Price: $45.00Whether they are down and out, laid up, laid off, sad, mad, or home ill with a chill, this gift basket is the perfect remedy for what ever ails them. It is filled with games, gifts, coffees, treats and sweets! Learn More
Celebration, Gourmet Gift BasketOur Price: $125.00Whatever the reason is to celebrate – a birthday, Christmas, New Year's Eve, an office party, retirement, giving thanks – this gourmet gift basket is a great way to join in, or to create, the celebration! Learn More
Cheese Lover Gift BasketOur Price: $52.00Do you know a cheese lover? This is the cheese sampler gift basket for anyone who loves to spread a tasty cheese on a cracker. Learn More
Cheese, Sausage and More, Gift BasketOur Price: $45.00This classic combination of snack food favorites makes a great gift for any occasion! Learn More
Classic Wine Basket CollectionOur Price: $123.00This gorgeous California wine gift basket makes a great personal or corporate wine gift basket! It's got a little something for everyone. Learn More
Coffee Break, Deluxe Gift BasketOur Price: $90.00They are certain to love a whole latte this robust basket filled to the brim with treats for the coffee lover in your life! Learn More
When you send gourmet gift baskets it's important to keep in mind the tastes, preferences, and/or beliefs of your recipient; you don't want to send a Christmas basket to someone who celebrates Hanukkah. Sometimes you need to order a more politically neutral gourmet basket. We have designed a unique collection of gourmet baskets with flavors from around the world that are coupled together to treat their taste buds to a full blown flavor festival in their mouth.
Our signature gourmet gift baskets are designed by Gift Basket Village and built right here in the Village with only the freshest ingredients. So when you shop with Gift Basket Village you can rest assured that your gourmet gift basket will be received as a sign of your own good taste.
When you shop with Gift Basket Village you can rest assured that your gourmet gift basket will be received in the same condition that it left here as a sign of your own good taste.