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Line 8 1/2x4 1/2-inch loaf pan with plastic wrap, overlapping sides.
For Bean Layer:
Mash beans in large bowl. Add lemon juice, olive oil, oregano and garlic and blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread bean mixture evenly on bottom of prepared pan.
For Red Pepper Layer:
Combine peppers and feta in processor and blend until smooth. Spread pepper mixture evenly over bean layer in prepared dish.
For Pesto Layer:
Mince garlic in processor. Add basil, parsley and pine nuts and mince. With machine running, gradually add oil through feed tube and process until smooth. Mix in ricotta. Spread pesto evenly over red pepper layer. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
To unmold, invert pâté onto serving platter. Peel off plastic wrap from pâté. Garnish with herb sprigs and serve with sourdough bread slices.


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A composite adhesive fastening tape and tape system for interconnecting printed surfaces, which includes a transparent main film portion with an embossed surface defined logo or symbol or the like and coated on one surface with an adhesive, in the tape system is included a target film portion, which target film portion is optionally decorated by colored numbers, letters, patterns, shapes or figures.
1. A transparent embossed fastening tape for use as a closure in an article comprising a backing layer having opposite faces and an adhesive layer on one face thereof, which layers are transparent to form a transparent tape, the backing layer having means defining embossed indicia on at least one face thereof, which means are obscured by surfaces having an L value of at least 50 when the tape is adhered thereto.
2. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 1 wherein the backing layer is a thermoplastic film.
3. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 1 wherein the film is formed by casting.
4. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 1 wherein the indicia defining means comprises at least one from the group comprising numbers, letters, shapes, patterns or figures negatively defined by an embossed background.
5. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 4 wherein the indicia is lightly embossed and appears non-embossed compared to said embossed background.
6. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 1 wherein said indicia defining means comprises positively embossed indicia on the backing layer.
7. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 1 wherein the embossed indicia defining means comprises an embossed matte surface.
8. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 1 wherein the fastening tape further comprises means for attachment to a diaper.
9. The transparent embossed fastening tape of claim 1 wherein the indicia defining means are substantially obscured by an adherent surface having an L value of at least about 75.
10. An adhesive tape fastener for use with a disposable diaper including a liquid impermeable backsheet which backsheet has a front panel portion with printed indicia thereon and a back panel portion, said fastener comprising a substantially transparent adhesive tape fastening means on said back panel portion for interconnecting said back panel portion and said front panel portion, said fastening means having a free end having a region with means defining embossed indicia which are visible on said free end prior to connection to said front panel portion but obscured by said front panel portion while said printed indicia are visible through said free end when said free end is connected to said front panel portion.
11. The fastener of claim 10 wherein said front panel portion comprises a reinforcing tape attached to said liquid impermeable backsheet.
12. The fastener of claim 10 further comprising colored release tape means for releasably attaching to said free end prior to its attachment to the front panel portion which allows display of said embossed indicia defining means.
13. The fastener of claim 10 wherein said back panel portion includes a first corner, said front panel portion includes a second opposing corner and said fastening tape means comprises a first end with means for permanent attachment to said first corner and a second end comprising said free end for attaching to said second opposing corner on said front panel portion having said printed indicia.
14. The fastener of claim 10 wherein the indicia means on said fastener means is obscured by a front panel portion having an L value of at least about 50.
15. The fastener of claim 10 wherein the indicia means on said fastener means is obscured by a front panel portion having an L value of at least about 75.
16. An adhesive closure system for interconnecting indicia surfaces comprising a transparent fastening tape means comprising a transparent film with at least one face with means defining embossed indicia and at least one adherent closure surface having a composite L value of at least about 50, said adherent surface defining a printed indicia surface wherein the embossed indicia defining means on said tape are visible prior to attachment to said closure surface and will display said adherent surface printed indicia therethrough when attached thereto.
17. The adhesive closure system of claim 16 wherein said adherent surface has a composite L value of at least about 75.
The invention concerns an adhesive fastening tape and system and, particularly, an improved embossed fastening tape for use in a diaper having a printed front portion.
Disposable diapers generally comprise an absorbent core layer sandwiched between a liquid permeable user contacting sheet ("topsheet") and a liquid impermeable outer sheet ("backsheet"). The diaper, or other like absorbent articles are flat or folded when sold and typically fitted to the individual user with an adjustable closure system. The most common fastening means used in these closure systems are adhesive tape fasteners (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,778,701, (Pape et al.), 4,227,530 (Schatz) and 4,047,529, (Karami) and U.S. Pat. No. 4,389,212 (Tritsch), who discloses a tape having an elastic portion). These tapes will conventionally be formed of a thermoplastic backing having an adhesive layer on one side. The tapes currently used are generally opaque or translucent and permanently attached at one side of the diaper. A free end will be temporarily attached, ready for user placement. The free end of the tape will typically be temporarily placed on a release tape on the topsheet side of the diaper. The fastening tapes are located on each side of the diaper and when used the free end is attached to a frontal tape or reinforced section on the diaper backsheet side.
The placement of the free ends of fastening tapes on the diaper backsheet defines the shape of the diaper, particularly the waist and leg openings size and shape. The proper placement of the fastening tape free end and its criticality is discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,662,875 (Hirotsu et al). Hirotsu et al. proposed placing indicia on the front of the diaper backsheet. The indicia allegedly could be used by the individual fitting the diaper to properly align and place the free ends of fastening tapes on the diaper backsheet. The use of such indicia has become increasing popular due to both its above functional purpose, and for aesthetic reasons. In order to prevent obfuscation of these indicia (often quite colorful) by the fastening tape itself there has been some use of clear fastening tapes. However, in the past fastening tapes themselves were provided decorative finishes and/or indicia such as logos, although this practice interferes with the objective of preventing obfuscation of indicia on the diaper backsheet.
According to the present invention, a decorative adhesive fastening tape is provided for a diaper or like articles. The novel fastening tape is embossed to create distinct indicia, which are visible at least on the free end when held by the user prior to attachment. However, once applied to the diaper, the embossed created indicia will essentially become imperceivable and allow viewing of any indicia on the landing area where the tape free end is attached. Additionally, the release coated surface, to which the embossed fastening tape free end is adhered prior to use, can also permit display of the embossed indicia on the fastening tape.
FIG. 1 is a side view of a corner of a diaper and its backsheet sections showing a tape landing area with decorative figures thereon and a transparent fastening tape portion with a "3M" logo embossed thereon.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the two sections of FIG. 1 where the fastening tape is adhered to the target area.
As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides a novel diaper fastening tape 2, which is embossed with, for example, logo 3, which is at least visible to the user when the diaper fastening tape free end is removed from the release tape (not shown) until the tape is applied to a landing area 4 on the diaper 1. More specifically, the present invention relates to a novel adhesive tape system for interconnecting diaper surfaces which comprises a transparent fastening tape having at least one portion which has been embossed to provide distinctive indicia, for example, letters and/or numbers and/or shapes and/or patterns and/or figures as shown in FIG. 1. Additionally, the system will comprise a landing area portion 4 which may be a diaper backsheet or a frontal reinforcing tape 5. The backsheet or the frontal tape at the landing area 4 can be decorated by colored numbers, letters or FIGS. 6. These colored numbers, letters, figures and the like 6 remain visible when the transparent embossed fastening tape is applied to the landing area 4 as shown in FIG. 2.
Indicia are used extensively on the diaper frontal or fastening tape landing area, which is the area where the fastening tape free end embossed portion is most likely and desirably attached. These indicia are used for decorative and functional reasons as explained, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,662,875, the substance of which is incorporated herein by reference. Such indicia aid the individual fitting the article to the user in promptly locating a desirable affixation point for the fastening tape free end to provide for a proper fit. The indicia guide the applicators eye so that once one fastening tape free end is applied, the second fastening tape free end can be applied to a corresponding spot on the other side of the diaper. In a desired embodiment, the free end of the adhesive fastening tape would be removable to allow for fitting adjustments and diaper checking. The embossed fastening tape of the invention is ideally suited for use in a diaper as described above as it permits viewing of the indicia under the fastening tape. With conventional opaque fastening tapes, the indicia on the landing area would be obscured by the tape making proper fitting, using these indicia as guides, more difficult as well as obscuring any ornamental effect provided by the indicia on the diaper.
The components of the embossed fastening tape of the invention are generally not material dependent except to the extent that transparency is required. Film used to manufacture the fastening tape backing can be any of the films generally used for tape backings, for example, material which can be cast or extruded such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene copolymers, polypropylene copolymers, polyethylene terephthalate, cellulose acetate and the like. It is highly desirable that the film material be castable or extrudable since the preferred manufacturing methods currently available for producing embossed films are those wherein a molten polymer is cast onto or from a surface having engraved, molded, etched, sand blasted or otherwise relieved with differently surfaced regions for the indicia and the background such as a roll. This surface imparts the desired embossed defined indicium (e.g., a logo) to the film. Alternatively, the embossed defined indicia may be imparted to a film by post-formation heating a cast, or otherwise-formed, film sufficiently to soften it, and contacting the film with a surface as described above to allow embossing, while avoiding overheating which could melt the film.
It is necessary that the embossed films and articles made therefrom be relatively transparent, i.e., enough so that a colored letter, number or figure on the adherent surface can be seen through the finished tape, when said film is the tape backing. In order to obtain sufficient transparency, the films will not contain any substantial amount of the usual opacifying agents, such as titanium dioxide, commonly used in diaper tape film backings. A small amount of a colorant such as a dye or tinting agent may be included in the film if the colorant does not impart noticeable opacity to the film or the tape made therefrom. Generally, an opacity value of less than 0.55 is preferred.
The adhesives used with the transparent films to form the present invention fastening tape may be any of the pressure sensitive adhesives commonly used to provide such adhesive tapes, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,932,328 (Korpman) or U.S. Pat. No. 3,954,692 (Downey). Any such adhesive which provides a relatively transparent layer is acceptable for the purposes of the present invention. The adhesive can be applied to either the embossed or non embossed face of the film, if only one face is embossed. Further, different adhesive can be used on the end of the fastening tape permanently attached to one side of the closure. This adhesive need not be transparent where the embossed indicia is not displayed, or present, for example on the permanent attachment end of the fastening tape.
Other adjuvants typically added to films, adhesives, or to low adhesion backsizes (LAB's) (which are frequently used on the non-adhesive coated side of an adhesive tape) of the fastening tape, are also required to be used in amounts chosen such that the clarity of the films is not significantly affected. The LAB's themselves must also be transparent. Suitable LAB layers include transparent urethanes or polycarbamates, silicone or siloxane based release agents, fluorocarbons, imides, amides, imines, acrylic polymers or the like.
When numbers, letters and/or various figures are embossed on a clear film, there may be tiny edge lines which define these embossed figures. For the purposes of the present invention, it is considered that such lines do not obscure the transparency or clarity of the embossed films to a significant extent.
The embossed indicia can be, e.g., defined figures or patterns. These figures or patterns can be positively formed by an embossed micropattern or matte surface with, preferably, an unembossed background. Alternatively, any visible figures or patterns can be negatively defined by a continuous embossed background of a micropattern or matte surface. Again, in this latter case preferably the pattern or figure itself would be formed by a relatively smooth (non-embossing) surface on the embossing roll. The figure or pattern would be defined by the background, preferably also with edge lines as discussed above.
The embossing methods described above create a surface having a slight full spectrum haze or opacity. This haze is preferably limited to defined areas which create the described indicium, such as a logo, as a positive or negative image. An unembossed, contrasting surface would provide the greatest image definition. However, the contrasting surface could be lightly embossed with the same or a different pattern as long as the indicia image does not become imperceivable.
The haze formed by the above described embossing techniques is generally over the full visible spectrum. This creates a light or white like diffused color or opacity. When the fastening tape is applied to a surface having a whitish or light color, the color formed by the embossing haze is obscured and the, e.g., embossed surface defined indicia formed as described above, become difficult to visually perceive as shown in FIG. 2. Preferably, for the fastening tape system, the tape landing area, such as a target tape or printed backside portion, having colored indicia, will be predominantly lightly colored or white.
The white color component of the adherent surface or landing area, for the fastening tape, can be described in terms of its L value from the LAB color test (e.g., TAPPI test T-524). Generally, the higher the composite L value of a particular adherent surface, the better its obscuring effect with respect to the embossed formed indicia on the fastening tape. Where it is desired to significantly obscure the fastening tape, embossed surface defined, indicia, while displaying the adherent surface indicia, an adherent surface composite L value of greater than about 50 is preferred, with a value of greater than about 75 being more preferred.
The relative gloss of the adherent surface can have a slight influence on its obscuring effect on the fastening tape embossed defined indicia. Generally, higher gloss substrates are observed to have a slightly lower obscuring effect for embossed defined indicia on a fastening tape. As such, slightly higher L values are preferred for relatively glossy adherent surfaces. However, this effect is relatively negligible for high L value adherent surfaces.
When the substrate to which the invention embossed tape is adhered is darkly colored (e.g., a lower L value), the light or white haze on the fastening tape embossing areas, is more visible. When the fastening tape is placed on such a darkly colored substrate, the positively or negatively embossed formed indicia are more visible. Consequently, where it is desirable to display the embossed defined indicia on a substrate that substrate should be more darkly hued or colored. This may be desirable before the fastening tape free end is applied to the landing area. For example, when the free end of the fastening tape is fixed to a release tape. If it is desired to display a, e.g., logo on the fastening tape free end at this location, the release tape could be darkly dyed or colored. For such a release tape an L value of less than about 40 is preferred, with less than about 30 being more preferred. The, e.g., logo on the fastening tape free end could then be seen both prior to use on the release tape and when being applied and then essentially disappear when on the landing area to display the colored indicia thereon. This could also be done with the permanently adhered end of the fastening tape.
The present invention also relates to transparent logo embossed films, to diapers manufactured using transparent logo embossed films, tapes and to methods for manufacturing such films and diapers.
Although the embossed films and adhesive fastening tape systems of the present invention have been developed and designed for diapers, they will also be useful as fastening systems with other disposable items such as various packaging systems, other disposable garments, adult incontinence devices and the like.
The following, non-limiting examples serve to illustrate the invention, however, are not intended to be limiting thereof. In the following examples, all parts and percentages are by weight unless otherwise indicated.
The following tests are used in the examples and comparative examples for closure evaluation.
The shear values are determined using modified PSTC-7 as follows. The test substrate to be used is reinforced by laminating to its non-test surface the adhesive layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having a 0.089 mm thick polypropylene backing (Y-8450 available from 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn.). A fastening tab to be tested is laminated by its adhesive layer to the test surface of the test substrate [1 inch by 1 inch (2.54 by 2.54 cm) test area]. After being allowed to dwell for 15 minutes in an air-circulating oven at 100� F. (38� C.), the bond to the test substrate is tested with a 1000 gram weight attached immediately. The time to fail is recorded, and the test is discontinued if no failure occurs within 1400 minutes. Reported values are averages of multiple tests.
Tape samples were tested in the following manner. Strips 25 mm wide and 100 mm long were cut from the tape samples. The strips were placed on a 35 micron matte finish polypropylene frontal tape such as is found in Huggies brand disposable diapers (manufactured by Kimberly-Clark) and were rolled down using a 2 kg roller and 2 passes. The tape strips were subsequently peeled at 180 degrees at 305 MM/min peel rates using an Instron Model 1122. The test procedure is that called for in the 180 degree peel adhesion test described in Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tape Council, PSTC-1.
A set of diaper tapes was prepared to compare the adhesive properties of tapes of the invention with commercial tapes. Rolls of tapes were prepared using conventional extrusion casting, and coating techniques. Rolls 1 and 2 were embossed with the words "Klean Bebe", rolls 3 and 4 with "3M". The embossing was carried out by casting the extruded polypropylene onto metal rolls which possessed a matte background finish and had further been engraved to give a smooth surface with the desired logo. Each tape was embossed with a selected logo. Each tape was evaluated for 180 degree peel force and shear force as shown in Table II. The following rolls of adhesive diaper tape were prepared:
TABLE I______________________________________ ADHE- LAB SIVEROLL LOGO ROLL SIZE (mg/cm2) (mg/cm2)______________________________________1 Clear "Klean 3" � 140 yd 0.01046* 2.762** Bebe" (7.6 cm � 128 mm)2 White "Klean 3" � 140 yd 0.01046* 2.762** Bebe" (7.6 cm � 128 mm)3 Clear "3M" 3" � 140 yd 0.01046* 2.762** (7.6 cm � 128 mm)4 White "3M" 3" � 140 yd 0.01046* 2.762** (7.6 cm � 18 mm)______________________________________ *.025 grains **6.6 grains
The LAB used was a urethane made by reacting octadecyl isocyanate with a polymer of vinyl alcohol as described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,532,011.
The adhesive used was a tackified styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer based adhesive.
The white backings were made by incorporating 2.5 weight percent of titanium dioxide in the backing.
The adhesive properties of the tapes were measured using the test methods described previously and are shown in Table II.
TABLE II______________________________________Roll Test Method No. of Reps. Average______________________________________1 180� Peel 2 636 g/2.54 cm Shear 4 1400+ minutes2 180� Peel 2 631 g/2.54 cm Shear 4 1400+ minutes3 180� Peel 2 667 g/2.54 cm Shear 4 1400+ minutes4 180� Peel 2 684 g/2.54 cm Shear 4 1400+ minutes______________________________________
The tests demonstrate that the adhesive performance of the tapes of the invention is equivalent to the performance of conventional tapes.
The tape designated roll 1 in Example 1 was tested for its optical performance properties against a number of colored substrates. Each substrate was a colored sheet of paper having the LAB values shown in Table III.
TABLE III______________________________________Substrate L A B Gloss______________________________________1 26.71 0.71 -0.6 1.82 44.6 52.45 14.27 5.33 76.41 -15.9 7.4 7.24 78.20 5.41 -10.41 4.55 90.20 -8.5 34.7 7.26 91.7 0.4 1.4 7.27 91.7 -1.1 2.5 32.1______________________________________
The L value is a measure of whiteness. The higher the L value, the more white the sample. The A value is a measure of green to red, with a negative number indicating green and a positive red. The B value is a measure of blue to yellow, with a negative number indicating blue and a positive number indicating yellow.
The LAB numbers were measured on a Labscan™ Spectro Colorimeter (Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc., Reston, Va.) using the TAPPI T-524 procedure.
The gloss number is a 60� gloss measured using a Gardner Instruments (Bethesda, Md.) 60� gloss tester following the procedure outlined in ASTM D2457-70.
The tape was also measured for LAB values according to the procedure outlined above except that 9 tapes were stacked to help eliminate color effects from the tester surface. The LAB values for the tape were: L=78.0, A=-1.7, and B=0.2. Essentially, the tape only had a white component.
The tape was then placed on each of the seven substrates and placed on a wall in a well lighted corridor. The visibility of the logo was examined at 90� from the substrate at distances of approximately one and three feet. The average results (three testers) are shown in Table IV.
TABLE IV______________________________________ Slightly NotSample ft. Visible Visible Visible______________________________________1 1 x 3 x2 1 x 3 x3 1 x 3 x4 1 x 3 x5 1 x 3 x6 1 x 3 x7 1 x 3 x______________________________________
The tape layer was also measured for opacity. The tapes were placed on a PET liner having an opacity of 0.18. 1 to 9 tapes were placed on the PET liner to give adjusted opacity values of 0.23, 0.35, 0.44, 0.52, 0.44, 0.62 and 0.70, respectively. The absolute opacity values were adjusted by subtracting out the opacity value for the PET liner alone. At approximately 4 or 5 tape layers, the images on an adherent surface became significantly obscured. The opacity was measured with a Labscan™ Spectro Colorimeter (Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc., Reston, Va.) using the TAPPI T-524 procedure.
The various modifications and alterations of this invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention, and this invention should not be restricted to that set forth herein for illustrative purposes.
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Looks like that whole "trade Adrian Gonzalez" thing is never gonna happen
Sep 9, 2010, 2:03 PM EDT
Before the season started, the expectation was that the big name on the market would be Adrian Gonzalez. That changed when the Padres starting winning, of course. Looks like the winning and attendant optimism has gone on so long now that there won't be any trade at all, even next year, reports Jayson Stark:
"Even if they miss the playoffs now, coming off a year this successful,
it would be difficult for them to move him," said one team official.
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did that now."
In my mind it's not just the Padres winning that changes the original calculus. The leak of those small-revenue-team financial documents matters too. Padres fans should not be nearly as credulous of the team crying poor now as they were last winter, and their expectation should be that the Padres can — if they desire to — sign Gonzalez to an extension.
At the very least, Padres fans and the media that covers the team should demand that the Padres lay real numbers on the table before they ship Gonzalez out the door or let him walk as a free agent after next year.
- skipperxc - Sep 9, 2010 at 2:26 PM
At least that will help Milwaukee move Prince Fielder.
- birdmancometh - Sep 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM
I honestly believe Adrian will take considerably less on the market to stay (75% comes to mind), but that still may not be enough. He'd get a 6 year – $120 mil deal somewhere, so the Pads would have to pay at least $15 mil a year…thats a third of the pay roll.
- JimmyY - Sep 9, 2010 at 3:17 PM
One of your previous articles, maybe three weeks ago, gave a link to an interview with Jeff Moorad in the Orange County register and he mentioned the tv contract with Cox. On line chat with a beat writer stated they have the lowest paying contract due to the smallest market base in MLB and it expires 2011. Hopefully they'll renew at a higher price putting a little more in their pockets, more to spend on payroll and find a way to extend AG a few more years, at least.
- GP - Sep 10, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Don't forget that this year's payroll is largely a function of Moores having to sell the team due to his divorce. Let's at least give Moorad a chance to get settled before we condemn him to the ranks of the non-spenders.
They've never owned a team before so we really don't know what they're going to or are willing to do.
- GP - Sep 10, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Hopefully they'll get off that terrible cable deal and get in bed with Fox. I would think that would prove to be more money and I know it would make a TON of dissatisfied local cable subscribers happy. Currently, Padres games are only played on a local cable-only station essentially trapping fans into those services. With all the new options available to consumers in the TV viewing arena (satellite, fiber, etc), being locked in to a cable-only channel just doesn't seem like a good business move on the surface.
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Minutes after the next plane touched down Friday afternoon, airport ambassador Rita Sonia Pardon braced with a smile for another expected rush of people at her booth near baggage claim.
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Contacts make a difference in Italy. A world of difference - and nobody knows that better than our highly qualified guides. The sun-kissed accounts of our returning guests testify to the little personal flourishes that made their Italian holiday truly memorable.
There's A&K's amazingly well-connected Donatella, who introduced guests to Siena's small but perfectly formed delicatessen, al Palazzo della Chigiana, for complementary tasting of cheese, meat and olive oil; a similarly convivial experience with decent wines in a Rome osteria; and another in Florence, where, after an introduction from A&K's guide, local artisans presented our clients' children with beautiful towels embroidered with their names.
And we're just starting. There were gifts of freshly roasted chestnuts in Verona's Piazza Erbe, and a night of free wine and mesmerising views after our guide informed a Positano bar owner that his guests were newlyweds. When you take an Abercrombie & Kent luxury holiday to Italy you'll also be able enjoy the fruits of higher level contacts: a tour of Florence's Vasari Corridor, home of the Medici's private art collection, or a visit to the atelier which makes Venice's elaborate carnival costumes.
As one part of A&K's multi-centre European team that has offered seamless travel across the continent for 25 years, we provide an insider angle on Italy's rich cultural heritage and contemporary life. Along with premium hotels and deluxe villas, we also have our nationwide 'Guardian Angels': super helpful locals who'll iron out any travel wrinkles.
You'll discover a Mediterranean country oozing with history and glorious landscapes: the north's imposing mountains and serene lakes; softly undulating central heartlands drizzled with hilltop villages and cypress trees; and the Neapolitan Riviera's ludicrously romantic resorts, across the sea from Sardinia's powder beaches.
Your A&K tour reveals centuries-old art and architecture, from Venice's palazzo-lined canals and Tuscany's renaissance showstoppers to Rome's honey-stoned grandeur and the South's ancient remains - all with a generous side serving of glorious cuisine.
Small wonder Italy's packed in high season, but, once again, our contacts make a crucial difference. 'Our guide walked us past the long snake of visitors waiting to enter St Mark's in sweltering heat,' wrote James Landsdowne. 'He took us to an innocuous side door, said "Ciao" to the guard, and we were allowed straight in. How wonderful.'
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Christie's Art Journeys: Florence: Art of the Renaissance 2015/16
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Gladiators & Gelati: Family Fun in Italy
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A fun-filled family Italian adventure over 6 nights, learning about gladiators, enjoying a private cooking class and taking a tour of Florence's oldest gelateria.
Christie's Art Journeys: The Palaces of Venice 2015/16
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Join Abercrombie & Kent and Christie's in Venice as we wind through the canals and hidden passages in search of some of the city's most magnificent works of art. Art and architecture are part and parcel of the city's charm, from the Renaissance works found in the grand palazzos to the modern masters such as Picasso and Miró at the Guggenheim.
Connections - Italy: South to North
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Explore some of Italy's greatest sites and learn from inspiring chefs and artisans in Rome, Venice, Naples, Florence, Sorrento and Siena.
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Hotel Eden, Italy
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Verdura Resort, Sicily
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Book a stay at the Verdura Resort and benefit from a 50% saving on a second room for children. Based upon two adults & two children under 18 years in two interconnecting rooms on a B&B basis, with private transfers and return flights.Valid for travel 3rd June - 31st December 2015. Subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.
Hotel Castello di Casole, Italy
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An all-suite private estate hotel bang in the middle of Tuscany with Siena, San Gimignano and Florence all within an hour. From a perfect cappuccino as the Tuscan sun sets, to a romantic picnic lunch in the vineyards and dining alfresco with friends and family, enjoy the best of the regions food and wine on a break in the rolling Italian countryside.
Enjoy three nights for the price two from 19th March - 30th May, 19th - 31st August & 1st October - 9th November 2015. Terms and conditions apply.
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Gran Melia Rome, Villa Aggripina, Italy
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Coastal areas and the islands are great year round, although July and August can be very hot. The arts and opera seasons are generally at their peak outside these months. August is very much a shut down month as Italians take their annual break.
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2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
September 10–12, 2009
Nicholas Able
Senior Development Engineer
Global Product Managment-Technology Development
Ingersoll Rand
Yves Baeyens Baeyens
Technical Manager
Physical Technologies Domain
Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs
Sumit Basu
Microsoft Research
Sandor Becz
Principal Investigator
Thermal and Fluid Sciences
United Technologies Research Center
Elmer Bernstam**
Associate Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
University of Texas, Houston
Dan Belov
Software Engineer
Randall Booker
Senior Engineer
Treatment Process and Planning
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Jason Burdick
Wilf Family Term Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
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Participants NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING 2009 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium September 10–12, 2009 Nicholas Able Elmer Bernstam** Senior Development Engineer Associate Professor Global Product Managment - School of Health Information Sciences Technology Development University of Texas, Houston Ingersoll Rand Dan Belov Yves Baeyens Baeyens Software Engineer Technical Manager Google Physical Technologies Domain Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs Randall Booker Senior Engineer Sumit Basu Treatment Process and Planning Researcher Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. Microsoft Research Jason Burdick Sandor Becz Wilf Family Term Assistant Professor Principal Investigator Department of Bioengineering Thermal and Fluid Sciences University of Pennsylvania United Technologies Research Center *Organizing Committee **Speaker 1
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1 FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING Ali Butt Michael Degner Assistant Professor Technical Leader, Electric Machine Department of Computer Science Drives Virginia Tech Hybrid Electric Vehicle & Fuel Cell Vehicle Propulsion Systems Mark Byrne Ford Motor Company Mary & John H. Sanders Associate Professor Steven Demetropoulos Department of Chemical Engineering Staff Services Traffic Engineer Auburn University Engineering Department - Traffic Engineering Stephanie Chang** Port Authority of New York and New Associate Professor Jersey School of Community and Regional Planning David Dorr** University of British Columbia Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology Thomas Chapman Oregon Health and Science University Development Associate, Materials & Process Riley Duren** Diesel Technologies Development Chief Systems Engineer Corning, Incorporated Earth Science and Technology Directorate Yong Chen Jet Propulsion Laboratory Assistant Professor Epstein Department of Industrial and Dan Ellis Systems Engineering Associate Professor University of Southern California Department of Electrical Engineering Columbia University Tanzeem Choudhury Assistant Professor David Erickson Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Dartmouth College Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Brian Coombe Cornell University Project Manager Bechtel National, Inc. Rene-Jean Essiambre Distinguished Member of Technical Dilma da Silva Staff Research Staff Member Optical Networks Domain Advanced Operating Systems Group Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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1 PARTICIPANTS Eric Furst Stephanie Guerlain* Associate Professor Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Department of Systems and University of Delaware Information Engineering University of Virginia Ariel Fuxman Researcher Seth Guikema* Microsoft Research Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Evgeniy Gabrilovich Environmental Engineering Senior Research Scientist Johns Hopkins University Yahoo! Research Louise Hamlin* Manuel Garcia-Leiner Technical Manager Research Scientist Next-Generation Image Spectrometers Corporate Research NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Arkema, Inc. Jocelyn Hicks-Garner Claire Gmachl** Research Staff Member Associate Professor Energy Technologies Department of Electrical Engineering HRL Laboratories, LLC Princeton University Mark Hilburger Carla Gomes** Research Engineer Associate Professor Research and Technology Directorate Department of Computer Science and NASA Langley Research Center Computing Cornell University Gabriel Hoffmann Member of Research Staff Julia Greer Intelligent Systems Laboratory Assistant Professor Palo Alto Research Center Department of Materials Science and Mechanics Tracy Honeycutt California Institute of Technology Senior Engineer Nuclear Licensing Andrew Guenthner Southern Nuclear Operating Company Head, Polymer Science and Engineering Branch Arpad Horvath** Weapons Division Associate Professor Department of the Navy, Naval Air Department of Civil and Warfare Center Environmental Engineering University of California, Berkeley
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1 FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING Jilei Hou Farinaz koushanfar Senior Staff Engineer/Manager Assistant Professor Corporate R & D Department of Electrical and Qualcomm, Inc. Computer Engineering Rice University Gareth Jolly Director Michael krames** Manufacturing Engineering General Chief Technology Officer Assembly, Global Bill of Process Soraa, Inc. & Bill of Equipment General Motors, North America Ramanan krishnamoorti Professor and Department Chair Ravi kane Department of Chemical and P.k. Lashmet Professor Biomolecular Engineering Department of Chemical and University of Houston Biological Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Terrence Ladau Senior Project Leader Jordan katine Strategic Space Operations Research Staff Member The Aerospace Corporation Nano Processing and Recording Heads San Jose Research Center Jacob Langelaan Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Assistant Professor Department of Aerospace Engineering David kerxhalli Pennsylvania State University Electromechanical Systems Engineer/ System Architect Blake Larson System Engineering & Integration Executive Engineer, High Horsepower Group Engineering Xerox Research Center Engine Business Cummins Inc. Youngmoo kim Assistant Professor Catherine Leatherdale Department of Electrical and Research Manager Computer Engineering Projection Systems Department Drexel University 3M Company Gerhard klimeck Eva Lee* Director and Professor Associate Professor Network for Computational School of Industrial and Systems Nanotechnology Engineering Purdue University Georgia Institute of Technology
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1 PARTICIPANTS Michal Lipson* Vinothan Manoharan** Associate Professor Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Department of Physics Computer Engineering Harvard University Cornell University Sara McComb J. Christopher Love* Associate Professor Texaco-Mangelsdorf Career Department of Industrial and Systems Development Assistant Professor Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Texas A&M University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beverley Mckeon Tonya Love Assistant Professor of Aeronautics Area Manager Engineering and Applied Science Xerox Innovation Group Division Xerox Research Center, Webster California Institute of Technology Hang Lu Genevieve Melton-Meaux** Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Surgery School of Chemical and Biomolecular Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery Engineering University of Minnesota Georgia Institute of Technology Edward Miller, Jr. Helen Lu Vice President of Research and Associate Professor Development Department of Biomedical Applied BioSciences Engineering DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, Columbia University LLC Christian Lutkemeyer Subhasish Mitra Senior Principal Scientist Assistant Professor Office of the CTO / DSP Departments of Electrical Engineering Microelectronics Technology and Computer Science Broadcom Corporation Stanford University SuPing Lyu Jeff Moehlis Principal Scientist Associate Professor Medtronic Strategy and Innovation Department of Mechanical Medtronic Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara
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10 FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING Andreas Molisch Patrick O'Mara* Professor Senior Transportation Engineer Department of Electrical Engineering Transportation & Infrastructure - University of Southern California Planning STV, Inc. William Murphy Assistant Professor Stephen Paglieri Department of Biomedical Technical Staff Member: R&D Engineering Engineer University of Wisconsin, Madison Weapons Engineering Technology Los Alamos National Laboratory Mangapathirao Mynam Research Engineer Oskar Painter** Research & Development Associate Professor Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Department of Applied Physics Inc. California Institute of Technology Vijay Narayanan John Palamara Manager, High-k/Metal Gate Process Senior Principal Process Engineer Development Global Engineering - Energy Materials Science Businesses IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Alshakim Nelson Babak Parviz Research Staff Member Associate Professor Advanced Organic Materials Department of Electrical Engineering IBM Research, Almaden University of Washington ken Nishimura Nishimura Glenn Paskoff R&D Program Manager Biomechanics Engineer Agilent Laboratories Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Agilent Technologies, Inc. Division Department of the Navy, Naval Air Lukas Novotny** Novotny** Systems Command Professor Institute of Optics Naren Ramakrishnan* University of Rochester Professor and Associate Head Department of Computer Science Lucila Ohno-Machado** Virginia Tech Professor and Chief Division of Biomedical Informatics University of California, San Diego
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11 PARTICIPANTS Meredith Reed Jon Schell Electronics Engineer/Researcher Principal Mechanical Design Engineer Sensors and Electron Devices Cardiac Rythm Management Directorate Medtronic U.S. Army Research Laboratory James Schmiedeler William Regli Associate Professor Professor Aerospace and Mechanical Department of Computer Science Engineering Drexel University University of Notre Dame Maureen Reitman Sudipta Seal Principal Professor Mechanics and Materials Practice Advanced Materials Processing Exponent - Failure Analysis Analysis Center, Nanoscience and Associates Technology Center Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Mark Rintoul Engineering Manager University of Central Florida Discrete Math and Complex Systems Sandia National Laboratories William Slye Senior R&D Manager - Primary Nicholas Roy Metals and Metals Fabrication Associate Professor Industrial Applications & Healthcare Department of Aeronautics and R&D Astronautics Praxair, Inc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology kristina Swallow** Samuel Sadoulet Owner Vice President AVP Consulting, Inc. Engineering Edmund Optics, Inc. Nelson Tansu* Associate Professor Marc Schaepkens Department of Electrical and Engineering Manager Computer Engineering Global X-ray Detectors Lehigh University GE Healthcare Mark Tompkins Fred Schauer Senior Engineer Principal Mechanical Engineer Ecosystem Planning and Restoration Propulsion Directorate CH2M HILL Air Force Research Laboratory
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12 FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING Eric Tseng Andrew Weiner * Technical Leader Scifres Family Distinguished Powertrain Controls Research & Professor of Electrical and Advanced Engineering Computer Engineering Ford Motor Company School of Electrical and Computer Engineering kevin Uptain Purdue University Principal Engineer Process Solutions Technology Sean Wiggins** Development Center Project Scientist Cargill, Incorporated Marine Physical Laboratory Scripps Institution of Oceanography krystyn Van Vliet Thomas Lord Associate Professor Eric Wilhelm of Materials Science and CEO Engineering Development Departments of Materials Science Instructables & Engineering and Biological Engineering Ronggui Yang Massachusetts Institute of Technology Assistant Professor and Sanders Faculty Fellow James Walker Department of Mechanical Institute Scientist Engineering Mechanical and Materials Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder Southwest Research Institute Michael Yu Steven Waller Associate Professor Associate Professor Department of Materials Science and Department of Civil, Architectural and Engineering Environmental Engineering Johns Hopkins University University of Texas at Austin Muhammad Zaman Marvin Warner Assistant Professor Senior Research Scientist Department of Biomedical Physical and Chemical Sciences - Engineering Chemical and Biological University of Texas, Austin Signature Sciences Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Huimin Zhao Professor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
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1 PARTICIPANTS Guests Alan Zimmerman Director Randy Avent C4ISR Systems Engineering Chief Scientist Northrop Grumman Electronic System Basic Science Office Department of Defense Dinner Speaker Defense Research and Engineering Bradford W. Parkinson Bill Hayden Edward C. Wells Professor of Vice President Aeronautics and Astronautics, The Grainger Foundation Emeritus Stanford University Lisa McCracken Program Manager, Research The United States-Mexico Industry Relations Foundation for Science Google Fernando Aboites Sohi Rastegar The Center on Advanced Technology Director, Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation Carlos Aquirre e National Science Foundation CICATA LEG.IPN Robin Staffin Antonieta Garcia Director, Basic Science National Polytechnic Institute ODDR&E Research Directorate Hilario Hernandez Phil Szuromi National Polytechnic Institute Senior Editor Science Magazine Jose Jimenez National Polytechnic Institute National Academy of Engineering Javier Sánchez-Mondragón Lance Davis National Institute for Astrophysics, Executive Officer Optics and Electronics Janet Hunziker Senior Program Officer Penny Gibbs Senior Program Associate
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