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Pacific white shrimp with tomato, corn, diced jalapeno, cilantro and cucumber.
Ask your server for this week's selection of 6 deviled eggs.
Farm fresh greens, tomato, red onion, carrots, cucumber, and balsamic dressing.
KnB Grilled Caesar Salad
Grilled romaine hearts, shaved parmesan, caesar dressing, olive crostini.
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Homewood Suites by Hilton - Asheville Hotel Reviews | Expedia
Homewood Suites by Hilton - Asheville Reviews
88 Tunnel Rd, Asheville, NC, 28805
Posted Apr 17, 2017 Nice hotel, good breakfast. Got locked out of room because extra door latch was loose -- a problem that management responded to quickly but also was clearly familiar with, so it should have just been prevented. Was charged $5/day for "premium internet" when I had logged in for free Internet using my Hilton Honors account. Staff person at checkout was not empowered to resolve this when I checked out. Manager called me later after departure and reversed charges -- but again, this should have been easier to resolve or prevent. Overall, a good stay but a couple of wrinkles.
Hard bed, but great otherwise
The bed washed as a rock. Normally Homewood Suites have comfortable beds.
Posted Mar 16, 2017 Great hotel with remodeling/construction. Excellent and friendly staff. Close to shopping and downtown. 5 out of 5
Stay here while in Asheville!
Despite the renovations (only on the first floor), the hotel was very clean, staff was incredibly helpful and friendly, and we utilized the shuttle service for free which was a great help! Great hotel, gorgeous rooms, excellent location, and amazing staff! I look forward to staying there again!
We've stayed at Hilton chain hotels and this one was exceptionally wonderful. The staff is friendly, professional, personable, knowledgable and bent over backwards to accommodate our traveling needs. I'd highly recommend this hotel! Our room was newly remodeled, clean and chic. The free breakfast and happy hour drinks/snacks were nice too. The only thing that wasn't appealing was the view of a run-down hotel down the hill from our hotel room.
Very Poor Management / Experience
Posted Mar 6, 2017 Pros: Room
Extremely disappointing experience with the hotel General Manager. The incident started with our service dog barking a couple of times during a short time span that we went to grab breakfast in the lobby. The manager proceeded to yell across the lobby and chastise my wife for 15min in front of numerous guest. He accused us of lying that our dogs were not service dogs, then he violated ADA rights by questioning the disability and why the service dog was required. We understood that the dog possibly barked and apologized but he kept screaming at them to the point that he made our kids start crying ... All of this while hammering, loud construction noises and our water getting shut off due to the construction during our entire stay. We explained that if the dog barked, it was probably due to the banging during the short time she was in the room alone (10-15min). We've never been treated by anybody like this before and would never recommend staying here with the manager in his position.
Great place to stay Posted Feb 23, 2017 Renovation in progress and we were offered a newly renovated room. Beautiful! Great amenities and convenient to Biltmore, downtown, and shopping.
Very Nice hotel, close to Shopping, Dining and En.
Posted Jan 30, 2017 We had a wonderful time and an amazing experience in this lovely and charming hotel, with a delicious breakfast. We had a fantastic experience.

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Two teenage girls, sisters a year apart, are in a terrible auto accident near where they live, a few miles from the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh. Penny, the older sister, is killed outright. Sandy, the younger, is badly injured and not expected to live.In a coma, Sandy meets people who are oddly dressed and who speak English, but not the English she speaks. Eventually, she comes out of the coma, but continues to see and talk with these people - doctors, nurses, soldiers - on their way to a great battle at Shiloh.As fascinating as these occurrences are, they are associated with Sandy's refusal to accept Penny's death. Only by witnessing the deaths of her Civil War friends is Sandy able to come to terms with the death of her sister and recover her own life.This fine novel offers a compassionate, even hopeful look at death, loss, and grief.

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Blossom Bright Gardening Tote Set- Sienna needs this since she says she is going to do the flower beds this year :)
The plastic tools are just right for little helpers and easy to keep organized in this durable fabric tote with sturdy woven handles. http://giftndesign.com/home/blossom-bright-kids-gardening-tote-set/
Blossom Bright Kids' Gardening Tote Set... could make yourself and add wooden tools or real ones so they can garden with you...
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Simple Fun for Young Green Thumbs: Egg Carton Gardening with Your Kids. Perfect project for barefoot book "What's this"
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Egg Carton Gardening - The kiddos can have their "own" garden!
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egg cartoon gardening .. Nicolas be prepared! :)
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Disasters are inevitable, actions you take now can determine the outcome. Learn how living with your mind body and heart can give you more chioces and make you and yours ready for anything
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Disaster Resilience takes Mind, Body, and Heart 2.
Because we live on earth 3.
We know that disasters are going to happen 4.
Because we live in the Pacific Northwest 5.
We know the ones we can expect 6.
Fires 7.
Severe Storms 8.
Earthquakes 9.
Disasters are inevitable 10.
the outcomes aren’t 11.
Two Options 1. Do Nothing 2. Do Something (doing something is clinically proven to be more effective) 12.
Once you decide to do something, do it with MIND, BODY, and HEART (this doesn’t only apply to building resilience to disasters) Heart 13.
Mind

Things you should you know

Body Things you should do to stay healthy and in one piece 15.
Heart Care Plans Coping Skills 16.
What should you know?

Before

Early warning

During

Staying Safe

After

accessing resources

Mind 17.
Knowledge

Know what risks exist

Fire, earthquake and storms--also landslide, flooding, hazmat, or more 18.
Know what resources exist that will help defuse risks 19.
Know which buildings are better to live and work in 20.
What to know about Fires 21.
In King County we are called to help someone displaced from fire… every 42 hours 22.
What should you know about fire: Early 911 Response Critical! 9-1-1! Working smoke detectors are literally a matter of life or death Get out first, Then call: 23.
What should you know about fire: Unattended cooking, number 1 cause of fires When you take out the pan, take out the lid If the lid is hid, the fire will go higher Walk away, and you may pay 24.
What should you know about fire: 2 EXITS!

Think: 2 clear exits out of every room.

Smoke makes you choke Stay low when you go 25.
What to know about Severe weather 26.
What to know about severe weather: Keep track of the forecast! www.weather.gov forecasts flooding Shows weather warnings, etc. Online weather sites have free downloads that will warn you when there is something important. 27.
What to know about severe weather: Stay ahead of trouble: cell phone notification http:www.RPIN.org 28.
What to know about severe weather: Power Outages can kill! No Power, Extremely Cold is dangerous: = Better: = Better: 29.
What to Know About Earthquakes 30.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Hazard Maps show which ground is worse in quakes Look up what hazards effect your address http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/maps/dpdgis.aspx 31.
What to Know About Earthquakes: King County Do a property Search for your address, then click on “Get Districts Report” http://www5.metrokc.gov/iMAP/viewer.htm?mapset=hazards 32.
What to Know About Earthquakes: FEMA too (actually, I’ve never quite gotten the FEMA one to tell me what I want to Know, good luck, maybe you can) 33.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Liquefaction Maps 34.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Earthquake? Stay Inside! Do not evacuate! Drop, Cover, and Hold. Lock! Cover! Hold On! 35.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Avoid Soft Structures 36.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Here’s Why 37.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Avoid Unreinforced Masonry 38.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Bolt your house to the foundation 39.
What to Know About Earthquakes: Ways to keep your stuff from attacking you 40.
What Should You Know about phones: After Something Big

Local calls may not work but Long distance calls might

Share the number of an

Out of Area Contact

Use this contact to relay information with people in the affected area.

Texting – texting may work with calls don’t.

211 is like a yellow pages for social resources, after a disaster they should have shelter and emergency food information

In the Puget Sound Region: AM 710 AM 1000 TV: 7 Food Shelter Updates 42.
Body

Before

Improve what can be improved

Stay Healthy and Whole

During

Staying Safe

After

Following your plan

Having Back ups of Critical Supplies and information helps Always Squirrel a Bit Away 44.
Increase Your Choices 1 gallon per person per day 45.
mmmmmmmm Best: Non Perishable No need for heating Limited water 46.
What do you need to stay healthy? 47.
Brrrrrr Maintain the right Body temperature 48.
Information Important Documents 49.
Have a way to get through debris 50.
Who Do You Love?

Before

Establish Care Plans

Build up your coping capacity

Heart Care Plans

During

use coping techniques

Know ways to communicate

After

Talk, seek help if you need to

Have a Back Up Care Plan 52.
Not just for people 53.
The challenges of family care givers are often the greatest when disaster strikes. Work now to reach out to friends, families and neighbors to increase the number of hands and minds to help. In King & Kitsap Counties, the Red Cross Can help you conduct a Map Your Neighborhood Session to work with your neighbors to plan ahead 54.
The ability to get information about those essential to your heart and happiness is crucial- This takes pre- planning talking to her out of Area contact 56.
Disaster Preparedness through Mind, Body, Heart

Mind: Risks and responses

Body: Staying healthy and whole

Heart: Caring and Coping

Go Now and Do Something!

Use Your Mind Body and Heart!

Learn what risks you face, what resources you have, and be your own best resource by getting trained and gathering supplies!

Reach out and get others involved!

We want to help you build resilience

If you live in King or Kitsap Counties we have free disaster education classes for home and workplace

We offer a selection of disaster supplies at

We offer training in skills to keep the people you care about safe and well: first aid and CPR wilderness first aid, care giving, swimming and more.

Go to www.seattleredcross.org for more information.

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Previous Next TALE OF MISFORTUNE: Patricia Kluge, left, and husband Bill Moses had become major players in Virginia's wine industry. Plagued with financial woes, however, Kluge's properties, including Albemarle House, top, have been seized by the bank.
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Taiwan demands China disclose whereabouts of missing... | Daily Mail Online
Published: 05:36 EST, 30 August 2019 | Updated: 09:11 EST, 30 August 2019
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Officials in Taiwan demanded Friday that China disclose information about the disappearance of a Taiwanese man who reportedly distributed photos of Chinese troops massing equipment just outside protest-racked Hong Kong.
Friends and family have been unable to reach Lee Meng-chu, a volunteer activity organizer in a small township in southern Taiwan, for 10 days, the Taiwanese government's Mainland Affairs Council said after receiving pleas for help from Lee's family members.
"He was able to be contacted while in Hong Kong and then unreachable once he entered mainland China," council spokesman Chiu Chui-cheng told reporters. "The main thing now is we need to understand his movements and whereabouts, then eventually how to get him safely back to Taiwan."
Lee entered Hong Kong on Aug. 18, Taiwan's government-run Central News Agency reported. He apparently transmitted photos to his brother and to the township chief showing the paramilitary troops massing equipment on the Hong Kong border with mainland China, the agency said.
The drills conducted in Shenzhen city fueled speculation that China might use its People's Armed Police to crush repeated mass pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong.
In this photo taken June 20, 2019, and released by Pingtung County Fangliao Township Office, Lee Meng-chu, right, accepted a certificate for his adviser role from Archer Chen, Chief of Fangliao Township, during a ceremony in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan. Taiwan is seeking information from China about Lee who has gone missing since last week and who had reportedly distributed photos of Chinese troops just outside protest-racked Hong Kong. (Pingtung County Fangliao Township Office via AP)
China is supposed to inform Taiwan when it detains Taiwanese citizens under an agreement reached in 2009. Taiwanese officials said Friday they had received no information on Lee's case.
The township of Fangliao - a fishing community in southern Taiwan - selected Lee in May as a volunteer consultant to help promote its international affairs because he had studied in the United States and worked in a foreign company in Taiwan, said Mayor Archer Chen.
"At first I figured he was out of power or had lost the phone, but after we couldn't reach him for several days I realized things weren't so innocent," Chen said.
In this June 20, 2019, photo released by Pingtung County Fangliao Township Office, Lee Meng-chu accepts a certificate for his adviser role during a ceremony in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan. Taiwan is seeking information from China about Lee who has gone missing since last week and who had reportedly distributed photos of Chinese troops just outside protest-racked Hong Kong. (Pingtung County Fangliao Township Office via AP)
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Face of an angel, body of the Hulk: Meet the fitness champion who's dubbed 'the prettiest bodybuilder'
Mou Cong, 32, has risen to fame for her beautiful face and ripped physique
She won two titles in an international bodybuilding competition this month
She hopes to display Chinese women's 'oriental beauty' through bodybuilding
Published: 11:56 EST, 13 March 2017 | Updated: 17:21 EST, 13 March 2017
Mou, a recent bodybuilding champion, has been dubbed the 'prettiest bodybuilder' by Chinese media because of her pretty looks and impressive muscles.
Mou Cong has surged to fame after her victorious performance in the Arnold Amateur body building competition (pictured). She won two titles during the competition on March 5
The 32-year-old, from Xuzhou, China's Jiangsu Province, is dubbed 'the prettiest bodybuilder'
Mou said: 'When I displayed my muscles, I did it in an exquisite manner - like a posh Chinese lady. However, my physique met the western standard of beauty'
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The doll-faced woman has surged to fame after her victorious performance during the Arnold Amateur, an international bodybuilding and fitness sports festival named after Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In an interview with MailOnline, Mou explained the aesthetic values she hoped to convey: 'My beauty is a combination of the Chinese and western culture.
'When I displayed my muscles, I did it in an exquisite manner - like a posh Chinese lady. However, my physique met the western standard of beauty.'
After taking home two championships from Arnold Amateur, Mou wrote 'never give up chasing your dreams'. She was pictured posing with her trophy after the contests
Born in Xuzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Mou is a bodybuilding fanatic, sports model and a fitness instructor.
She has three years of MMA training under her belt and snapped titles at the 2012 Asian Bodybuilding Championships, according to People's Daily.
The fitness champion said she wants to display Chinese women's 'oriental beauty' on the international bodybuilding stage. She was pictured outside the competition venue (right)
The fitness guru said: 'Asian women don't have any disadvantages in terms of physique. What lag behind are our ideas in bodybuilding and our training methods.'
Mou didn't want to reveal details of her training. She only said it was 'a solo battle' and that it was 'very tough'.
Just as what she wrote on her Weibo account, 'never give up chasing your dreams', Mou said she would persist in her rigorous but rewarding training and pursue her sports career on a higher level.
She said she wants to display Chinese women's 'oriental beauty' on the international bodybuilding stage.
Chinese woman wins female bodybuilding championship - People's Daily Online


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In this chapter we will be studying how to get the schematic into stick diagrams or layouts.
MOS circuits are formed on four basic layers: N-diffusion P-diffusion Polysilicon Metal These layers are isolated by one another by thick or thin silicon dioxide insulating layers. Thin oxide mask region includes n-diffusion / p-diffusion and transistor channel. Stick diagrams: Stick diagrams may be used to convey layer information through the use of a color code. For example: n-diffusion --green poly -- red blue -- metal yellow --implant black --contact areas Encodings for NMOS process:
Figure 1: NMOS encodings
Figure shows the way of representing different layers in stick diagram notation and mask layout using nmos style.
Figure1 shows when a n-transistor is formed: a transistor is formed when a green line (n+ diffusion) crosses a red line (poly) completely. Figure also shows how a depletion mode transistor is represented in the stick format. Encodings for CMOS process:
Figure 2: CMOS encodings
Figure 2 shows when a n-transistor is formed: a transistor is formed when a green line (n+ diffusion) crosses a red line (poly) completely. Figure 2 also shows when a p-transistor is formed: a transistor is formed when a yellow line(p+ diffusion) crosses a red line (poly) completely.
Encoding for BJT and MOSFETs:
Figure 3: Bi CMOS encodings
There are several layers in an nMOS chip: _ a p-type substrate _ paths of n-type diffusion _ a thin layer of silicon dioxide _ paths of polycrystalline silicon _ a thick layer of silicon dioxide _ paths of metal (usually aluminium) _ a further thick layer of silicon dioxide with contact cuts through the silicon dioxide where connections are required. The three layers carrying paths can be considered as independent conductors that only interact where polysilicon crosses diffusion to form a transistor. These tracks can be drawn as stick diagrams with _ diffusion in green _ polysilicon in red _ metal in blue using black to indicate contacts between layers and yellow to mark regions of implant in the channels of depletion mode transistors. With CMOS there are two types of diffusion: n-type is drawn in green and p-type in brown. These are on the same layers in the chip and must not meet. In fact, the method of fabrication required that they be kept relatively far apart. Modern CMOS processes usually support more than one layer of metal. Two are common and three or more are often available.
Actually, these conventions for colors are not universal; in particular, industrial (rather than academic) systems tend to use red for diffusion and green for polysilicon. Moreover, a shortage of colored pens normally means that both types of diffusion in CMOS are colored green and the polarity indicated by drawing a circle round p-type transistors or simply inferred from the context. Colorings for multiple layers of metal are even less standard. There are three ways that an nMOS inverter might be drawn:
Figure 4: nMOS depletion load inverter
Figure4 shows schematic, stick diagram and corresponding layout of nMOS depletion load inverter
Figure 5: CMOS inverter
Figure 5 shows the schematic, stick diagram and corresponding layout of CMOS inverter
Figure 6: nMOS depletion load NAND and NOR stick diagram
Figure6 shows the stick diagrams for nMOS NOR and NAND.
Figure 7: stick diagram of a given function f.
Figure 7 shows the stick diagram nMOS implementation of the function f=[(xy)+z]
Figure 8: stick diagram of CMOS NAND and NOR
Figure 8 shows the stick diagram CMOS NOR and NAND, where we can see that the p diffusion line never touched the n diffusion directly, it is always joined using a blue color metal line. NMOS and CMOS Design style: In the NMOS style of representing the sticks for the circuit, we use only NMOS transistor, in CMOS we need to differentiate n and p transistor, that is usually by the color or in monochrome diagrams we will have a demarcation line. Above the demarcation line are the p transistors and below the demarcation are the n transistors . Following stick shows CMOS circuit example in monochrome where we utilize the demarcation line.
Figure 9: stick diagram of dyanmic shift register in CMOS style
Figure 9 shows the stick diagram of dynamic shift register using CMOS style. Here the output of the TG is connected as the input to the inverter and the same chain continues depending the number of bits. Design Rules: Design rules include width rules and spacing rules. Mead and Conway developed a set of simplified scalable -based design rules, which are valid for a range of fabrication technologies. In these rules, the minimum feature size of a technology is characterized as 2 . All width and spacing rules are specified in terms of the parameter . Suppose we have design rules that call for a minimum width of 2 , and a minimum spacing of 3 . If we select a 2 um technology (i.e., = 1 um), the above rules are translated to a minimum width of 2 um and a minimum spacing of 3 um. On the other hand, if a 1 um technology (i.e., = 0.5 um) is selected, then the same width and spacing rules are now specified as 1 um and 1.5 um, respectively.
Figure 10: Design rules for the diffusion layers and metal lalyers
Figure 10 shows the design rule n diffusion, p diffusion, poly, metal1 and metal 2. The n and p diffusion lines is having a minimum width of 2 and a minimum spacing of 3. Similarly we are showing for other layers.
Figure 11: Design rules for transistors and gate over hang distance
Figure shows the design rule for the transistor, and it also shows that the poly should extend for a minimum of 2 beyond the diffusion boundaries.(gate over hang distance) What is Via? It is used to connect higher level metals from metal1 connection. The cross section and layout view given figure 13 explain via in a better way.
Figure 12: cross section showing the contact cut and via
Figure shows the design rules for contact cuts and Vias. The design rule for contact is minimum 2x2 and same is applicable for a Via.
Figure 13: Design rules for contact cuts and vias
Buried contact: The contact cut is made down each layer to be joined and it is shown in figure 14.
Figure 14: Buried contact
Butting contact: The layers are butted together in such a way the two contact cuts become contiguous. We can better under the butting contact from figure 15.
Figure 15: Butting contact
CMOS LAMBDA BASED DESIGN RULES: Till now we have studied the design rules wrt only NMOS , what are the rules to be followed if we have the both p and n transistor on the same chip will be made clear with the diagram. Figure 16 shows the rules to be followed in CMOS well processes to accommodate both n and p transistors.
Figure 16: CMOS design rules
Orbit 2m CMOS process: In this process all the spacing between each layers and dimensions will be in terms micrometer. The 2m here represents the feature size. All the design rules what ever we have seen will not have lambda instead it will have the actual dimension in micrometer. In one way lambda based design rules are better compared micrometer based design rules, that is lambda based rules are feature size independent. Figure 17 shows the design rule for BiCMOS process using orbit 2um process.
Figure 17: BiCMOS design rules
The following is the example stick and layout for 2way selector with enable(2:1 MUX).
Figure 18: Two way selector stick and layout
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A balmy late afternoon in the height of summer. The children are splashing about in the outdoor pool and you have a glass of wine in your hand, after a day's sightseeing around Tuscany's most beautiful towns. In the distance, you can just see the 13 stunning towers of medieval San Gimignano.
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By choosing to embrace the great Italian 'campeggio' and stay on a campsite - as opposed to staying in San Gimignano or hiring a villa - you will have lots more money to spend on the fantastic wine and food.
There are now more than a hundred campsites in Tuscany - with a variety of accommodation, from the humble tent to the well-equipped chalet.
Here are five of the best family campsites from across Tuscany for the perfect al fresco Italian experience.
Best for the great outdoors Piano Orlando
Tucked high up in the hills of central Tuscany, this wooded campsite lies in the heart of the Cavriglia National Park and is perfect for mountain-bikers and ramblers, bird-watchers and energetic children.
It's on the site of the footpath that runs from Florence to Siena and has a horse-riding school, an open-air swimming pool and a wildlife park inhabited by a variety of animals including brown bears and peacocks.
In spite of its rural location, it is just five miles from Radda in the heart of the Chianti region, so wine-lovers need not feel left out.
It has 70 places for tents and caravans, and ten bungalows each with two double-bedrooms. There is also a nearby lodge - The Refuge - with 31 rooms.
The campsite is open from April until October, The Refuge all year round but advance booking is recommended.
Piano Orlando, Localita Cafaggiolo, Castelnuovo di Sabbioni, Arezzo (00 39 055 967 422; www.parcocavriglia.com). Camping £6 per site, £5 adult, £3 children. The Refuge lodge: £38 per adult per night fullboard. Bungalows cost £311 per week.
Best for Florence - Panoramico Fiesole
The fabulous Renaissance city of Florence is packed with treasures, from Michelangelo's David to Botticelli's Birth of Venus, and that's before you've even started on its churches, designer shops and restaurants.
But there is no better way to lose the crowds and the summer heat than to do what wealthy Florentines have done for centuries, and escape to the hills above the city.
The hill-top town of Fiesole was rural retreat of the Medicis - but you needn't fork out for a historic villa to enjoy the cooling breeze and magnificent views of Florence's cathedral dome.
Camping Panoramico Fiesole is set in 50,000sq metres of terraced hillside among the cypress groves with its own swimming pool. The site is just yards from where Leonardo da Vinci tested out his flying machine. And the town of Fiesole itself boasts Etruscan ruins and fine restaurants of its own. Open all year round.
Panoramico Fiesole, Via Peramonda 1, 50014 Fiesole, Florence (00 39 055 599 069; www.florencecamping.com). Camping £11 per site, £7 adults, £5 children. Bungalows cost £48 for two people per night, £74 for four.
Best for the beach - Pineta del Golfo
Tuscany isn't just all cypress groves and vineyards. The coastline at Grosseto has some gloriously sandy beaches.
The only way to get closer to the beach than staying at Pineta del Golfo is to bury yourself in it - the campsite is in the pine forest which fringes the beach so you can roll out of bed and jump into the sparkling blue sea.
There is a bar and restaurant on site and a choice of restaurants just across the road. The clean resort town of Follonica is about a mile up the road - hire bikes or enjoy an evening stroll to the waterfront cafes.
Open Easter until September. If you arrive on spec and the campsite is full, don't worry - there is another just across the road.
Pineta del Golfo, Via delle Collacchie 2, Follonica, (00 39 056 653 369). Camping £10, adults £7, children £5.
Best for spectacular views - Le Soline Camping
Beautiful views in Tuscany are two-a- euro but the panoramic display of miles and miles of Tuscan countryside rolling away from underneath you when you drive into Le Soline Camping will take your breath away.
The terraced campsite, around 12 miles south of Siena and just a short walk from the village of Casciano di Murlo, is an ideal base from which to explore southern Tuscany. The swimming pool is open until midnight and there is a shop, a restaurant - with a threecourse tourist menu for £10 - and a bar on site.
There is room for 80 caravans and 60 tents - it also has bungalows and mobile homes. Horse-riding available. Open all year round.
Le Soline Camping, Via delle Soline, Casciano di Murlo, Siena (00 39 057 781 7410; www.lesoline.it). Camping £4 per site, £5 adults, £3 children. Bungalows and mobile homes cost £270 per week for four.
Best for history - Boschetto di Piemma
A pristine campsite just over a mile from the historic town of San Gimignano, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a favourite holiday spot of the Blairs.
San Gimignano itself is a beautifully preserved town with its skyline of 13 medieval towers - which is a wonderful view to greet you as you unzip your tent in the morning.
Just short distances away are the exhilaratingly beautiful towns of Siena, Volterra, Greve in Chianti, Montalcino and Montepulciano - and if all that sightseeing gets too much, just picnic in the shade of the wooded site with a bottle of Chianti and some ham and cheese, or sunbathe by its open air swimming pool. Open Easter until November.
Boschetto di Piemma, Localita Santa Lucia 38/c, San Gimignano (00 39 057 794 0352; www.selvadelletorri.com). Camping £5, adults £6, children £3. Bungalows cost £41. Be warned: swimming costs £3 a day.


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In his first prime time news conference in office, President Obama spent most of his time defending the proposed economic stimulus package.Video: Associated PressEditor: Jacqueline Refo/washingtonpost.com
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Today's Column: Obama's Prime Time Talkathon
He was online Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. ET to take your questions and comments about the press and media coverage of the inauguration.
washingtonpost.com: Time has changed for this chat. It is now at 2 p.m. Please join us then. Thank you.
Columbia, Md.: Is The Washington Post ever going to bring on a new Ombudsman? Is the lack of one due to budget cuts or reporters asking the Post not to hire one?
Howard Kurtz: Ever? It's only been a month since Deborah Howell left. In fact, The Post has already hired Andy Alexander, formerly of Cox Newspapers, as the new OMB. He just hasn't started yet.
Clarendon, Va.: Last week, CNN.com listed the items in the the House stimulus package that the GOP considers wasteful and, well, unstimulating.
I added up the cost of the items. It came to just 2 percent of the total value of the package!
Did anyone in the media point out that puny fraction? Not doing so allowed the GOP to label the whole package as pork.
Maybe reporters aren't good at math.
Howard Kurtz: Yes, a number of journalists have pointed out that the biggest "pork" items and silliest-sounding items amount to a tiny fraction of the stimulus package, perhaps as little as 1 percent. But then, the Democrats were courting trouble by including such items that could be easily ridiculed. Politics is about symbolism as well as substance, and if you include treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in a stimulus measure, you've put a big fat bulls eye on the thing.
DeKalb, Ill.: Dear Howard, Was a question about A-Rod really appropriate during the President's press conference last night? Why not also ask about Jessica Simpson's weight gain or the fact I missed House.... I would expect that question from a sport reporter, but I was shocked a "serious" reporter would ask it based on the topic at hand.
Howard Kurtz: You know, there are different views of this, but I didn't have any problem with Michael Fletcher's question. A-Rod is not only the biggest star in baseball, he's a huge celebrity. I mean, he hangs out with Madonna! He had just admitted the past steroid use, which clearly and irreparably tarnishes his record, that day. The story of past baseball cheats -- Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi -- has badly hurt the sport. So it's hardly in the same category as Jessica Simpson (which Obama has already opined on, when asked -- I believe by Matt Lauer -- how he felt about her weight gain, and not him, being on the cover of Us Weekly.)
Pork City, D.C.: Have any of the opponents of the stimulus, the ones who are on TV all the time, come out and said they would not accept the stimulus money?
It seems they may gain credibility if the Congressmen and Governors said "thanks but no thanks."
Howard Kurtz: If anyone has said thanks but no thanks, it has escaped my notice. And anyone -- corporate leader, governor, mayor -- who accepts federal bailout money loses the standing to complain about it, at least in my view.
Fletcher's Question: I actually don't mind Fletcher's question about A-Rod but I think that it should have been more focused and/or have had a point. Major League Baseball has a specific exemption from federal anti-trust legislation, which could have been the point. That MLB was operating under a voluntary enforcement procedure and the voluntariness of the enforcement was a problem. Something other than "Your general reaction to a 6-year-old incident involing a celebrity."
Howard Kurtz: Perhaps the question should have been more pointed. But Obama likely would have given pretty much the same answer. And even if Rodriguez weren't being paid $265 million, I don't think it's a bad thing to have the president on record about his betrayal of the game that has made him wealthy.
New York: Thanks for the chat, Howard. Do you think that Obama's new procedure for press conferences, in which reporters know ahead of time who will question the president, causes them to be better prepared in some way? Because last night's questions, I thought, comprised a nice mix of subjects and degrees of aggressiveness.
Howard Kurtz: You know, I think professional journalists are perfectly capable of coming up with good questions for a president whether they're notified the day before or simply show up with the hope that they might be called upon. I'm not wild about this advance notification system. If I were a reporter for the L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune or Wall Street Journal -- all of whom were not slated to be called on -- I wonder if I would have bothered showing up.
Another observation: More reporters would get questions -- only 13 were called on last night -- if Obama would give answers shorter than some of his marathon responses last night.
Chicago, Ill.: It was so refreshing to watch an actual presidential press conference. I actually heard substantive answers to the questions being asked! I'd forgotten what that was like.
For the most part the press did a good job. But I hope we don't see a new trend of "gotcha" questions based on some obscure comment Joe Biden may have made; there were a couple of those last night and they came across as blatant attempts to manufacture controversy. Thanks.
Howard Kurtz: Some obscure comment? The man is vice president of the United States. I think, over the next four years, you will see some gotcha questions and showoff questions; that is what happens when you have television cameras rolling. But the questions last night were clearly substantive, and their tone, I think, matched the national mood of serious concern for an economy that is in a tailspin. In that sense, I thought the press showed the appropriate degree of skepticism without being prosecutorial.
Washington, D.C.: During Obama's press conference, did you notice the disgusted reaction on the face of NBC's Chuck Todd, who was sitting behind your own Washington Post reporter that asked a A-Rod/Steroids question? Do you think other people in the media have the same reaction to Mr. Fletcher's inane choice of a question?
Howard Kurtz: I did not notice that, and as I've said, I didn't find it inane at all. This wasn't some "how 'bout them Yankees" question; it concerned the use of illegal substances by the biggest and richest star in baseball. And it came at a point when the president had already been asked a slew of economic questions.
Fletcher's Question: The use of steroids is a political issue -- remember Bonds, et. al. up there on Capitol Hill testifying. I remember Bush being asked about Barry's use of steroids.
Howard Kurtz: Precisely.
Brooklyn, N.Y.: Sir -- The press coverage of the building blaze in Beijing has been feeble. Had this occurred in New York, it would have been a 24x7 story. Could it be that the Chinese Government is suppressing the media? I'm shocked! Thank you.
Howard Kurtz: I don't think Chinese authorities are giving out a whole lot of information, and I agree it's a big story. But you can take virtually any development, from a plane crash to a scandal, and say, had this occurred in New York it would have been a 24/7 story. The big media corporations are based in Manhattan. The openly gay mayor of Portland, Ore. has admitted that he lied, and asked an 18-year-old man to lie, about their sexual relationship. Heard much about that? Now imagine that the mayor in question lived in Manhattan.
Kurtz Demands Sound Bite Answers: C'mon, Howard! You're getting on Obama for giving long answers to important and intricate questions that affect our very lives (and the lives of our children)? All so even more of your colleagues can grandstand? I thought his media strategy was brilliant: He kept it up right up to 9 p.m., so much of the media wouldn't have time to put their GOP spin on things afterwards, dontcha think?
Howard Kurtz: I don't know if that was deliberate or not. And I'm not "getting on him" for giving long answers. The question is what is the most effective form of political communication. During the campaign, some of his aides told me they had worked with him on his long-windedness. But it's his first press conference and I'm willing to cut him some slack.
Baltimore, Md.: How many reporters were pre-notified? I'd be really bummed if I were number 14.
Do you think the president spoke until 8:58 or so in order to minimize the commentary? Or, like me, did he just not want to miss the start of Two and a Half Men?
Howard Kurtz: Ha. I assume that he knew he had an hour and wanted to use the time as effectively as he could. And if that meant more airtime for the president and a quick hook for the network pundits, so be it.
The one or two percent stimulus: Howard, Like your show on CNN. I have been puzzled by the news media when they often do not correct clearly misleading items presented by guests on shows. Like the percent of pork in the stimulus bill. Is it considered rude for a particular host or reporter to discount these items, or just allow he narrative to take shape, even if incorrect or frivolous. This seems to happen very often and almost always applies to the political reporting
Howard Kurtz: I certainly think anchors and other journalists should put things in perspective by pointing out the relative level of spending for controversial items in the bill. But that doesn't mean they should be discounted. After all, with a package this size, 1 percent amounts to more than $8 billion, which, even by Washington standards, ain't chicken feed.
Philadelphia, Pa.: For all the talk of McCain's strength with town halls during the campaign season, both during the second debate and now I feel that Obama is actually very good with town halls. What are your thoughts?
Howard Kurtz: Having watched him both in person and on the tube, I think he is pretty good at the format and that it plays to some of his strengths. And a town hall is a valuable tool for presidents because it brings the media focus to ordinary people and their problems, as well as making the commander-in-chief look like he's connecting with voters rather than sitting in the White House bubble. As an added bonus, such sessions get huge local coverage, as I'm sure happened yesterday in Indiana and today in Florida.
More reporters would get questions -- only 13 were called on last night -- if Obama would give answers shorter than some of his marathon responses last night. : Why do longer answers trouble the media so? There was the same sort of complaint about Clinton's State of the Unions. It seems the American people don't have the attention span problems the media has.
Howard Kurtz: I have no problem with longer answers. Obama held my attention, even if Slate likened his performance to that of the constitutional law professor he once was. But I think more questions allows for a greater give and take.
New York, N.Y.: "But then, the Democrats were courting trouble by including such items that could be easily ridiculed." I'm sorry, but this is a cop-out. When the media spends 90 percent of their time talking about 2 percent of the stimulus bill, the media has failed to do its job, regardless of what the Democrats did or didn't do.
Howard Kurtz: To say the media have spent 90 percent of their time talking about 2 percent of the bill is a huge exaggeration. I would say the biggest elements of the coverage have been a) whether it will work, b) the politics of getting it passed, and c) the fate of Obama's effort at bipartisanship, with all House Republicans and all but three Senate Republicans opposing the measure.
Oviedo, Fla.: Why is so little attention being paid to the low number of women at the highest levels of the administration? His cabinet numbers are bested by W. and Clinton. Working photos almost always show him surrounded by men, often white men. I am discouraged by this, and the lack of notation it gets. Did he want the gangplank to power for just him? Not women, as so many feared by his staff's HRC diss?
Howard Kurtz: Maybe because of the symbolism of Hillary's appointment, and because the major women's groups, which support Obama, haven't made a big deal out of this. Plus, you do have important women on the White House staff, such as Carol Browner, and Janet Napolitano as the first woman to head Homeland Security.
Virginia Beach, Va.: Chuck Todd (comment)
Chuck Todd was asked about his expression on "Morning Joe" and said that he couldn't hear the question and he was trying to find out what was being said, not expressing disgust at the question.
Howard Kurtz: Thanks for that, re the A-Rod question.
Hell's Kitchen, NYC: Per your column a few days ago: That the members of the pundit class have secure gigs while actual reporters have their paychecks on the line is a pretty big hint as to why the print media is in trouble. But I warn you: Watch your back. There is no shortage of grumpy guys with opinions about the media. Good, well-written reporting is hard to come by, though. When push comes to shove, isn't that where the investment should go?
What's It Worth To Ya? (Post, Feb. 6)
Howard Kurtz: This is why I concentrate on good, solid reporting as opposed to bloviating.
Media bashing: the chatter wrote -- "When the media spends 90 percent of their time talking about 2 percent of the stimulus bill, the media has failed to do its job, regardless of what the Democrats did or didn't do."
Depends on the media you pay attention to. There are good sources of information out there that don't scream and shout from a television.
Howard Kurtz: That is true. Too many people's comments seem to focus so heavily on cable pundits that they forget there is plenty of substance in newspapers, magazines and some Web sites.
Your take on the media/reality disconnect?: Doesn't the "widespread opposition" to the stimulus bill we keep hearing about on TV exist primarily in the minds of GOP politicians and cable news pundits? It sure isn't borne out by polling. Robert Gibbs recently said, "there's a conventional wisdom to what's going on in America via Washington, and there's the reality of what's happening in America." What's your take on this disconnect?
Howard Kurtz: I think the Washington press corps showed this disconnect by 1) assuming that Daschle would be confirmed and missing the significance of his tax problems, and 2) assuming the stimulus would sail through and missing the fact that it was unpopular not just with Republicans but some members of the public understandably skeptical after the banking bailout didn't accomplish much. As for polling, it has bounced around. I cited one survey the other day that had the stimulus bill down to 37 percent approval. The thing about this bill is that while many people see it as necessary, given our dire economic circumstances, nobody really loves it.
Bipartisanship: What is the operational definition of bipartisanship as it applies to media coverage? If the Democrats conceive a bill, work on it within their party but get Republican votes, is it bipartisan? Alternatively, if Democrats get GOP input, put in GOP-requested provisions, take up their amendments, but the bill passes without a single GOP vote, is the bill bipartisan because of the process or is it partisan because of the vote?
Howard Kurtz: The short answer is that it takes two to tango. I don't think there's any question that Obama has reached out to the Republicans, and they have largely snubbed him on this bill. Their complaints are more focused on congressional Democratic leaders and how they have pushed the legislation -- which is ironic, since if anything, Republicans ran even greater roughshod over the Dems when they controlled the Hill. Bottom line: you can't have bipartisanship if one party refuses to play.
Louisville, Ky.: Hello, Howard. Thanks for taking questions today. I enjoyed reading your analysis of Obama's first press conference. Granted, I'm slightly bitter with the lack of questions that WP reporter Michael Fletcher takes during the political chats, but do you believe that A-Rod is one of the top 13 issues facing this nation? I watched the press conference and thought it was serious and professional. And all of a sudden this question came out of left field.
washingtonpost.com: Obama's Prime Time Talkathon (Post, Feb. 10)
Howard Kurtz: Left field -- an appropriate metaphor. Yes, I could make an argument that instead there should have been a question about health care or immigration or dealing with the Russians. But the Rodriguez fiasco has been a front-page story and there's plenty of public interest in it. So I rule it in bounds.
"good solid reporting": You reported that Tucker Carlson had been "banished" from MSNBC and he showed up on Morning Joe a few days afterward. I don't think "good solid reporting" means what you think it does.
Howard Kurtz: How about some good, solid reporting by questioners? Here's what I actually reported in September after the Democratic convention, as opposed to what you imagined I reported:
"Tucker Carlson, the Weekly Standard alumnus whose show was canceled in March, went to Denver expecting to be on 'Hardball' every night. But only the morning show hosted by former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough would use him."
Rhode Island: Your colleague Robert Barnes, and other sources, have stated that constituent calls to congressional offices are largely against the stimulus.
Has anyone ever investigated how effective this tactic is in truly gauging public opinion? I am reminded of the immigration debate, and the first bank bailout, when congressional phone lines were being flooded with negative reaction. Much of it seemed funneled from Limbaugh and other right-wing talk radio hosts urging listeners to call their congressmen.
It could well be that the majority of their constituents agree with the need for a stimulus, but either don't call or can't be heard through the noise. Do congressmen tend put a lot of stock in phone calls and emails when deciding which way to vote?
Howard Kurtz: I think it's quite clear that a flood of calls to the Hill is hardly a snapshot of public opinion on an issue. Opponents may be ginned up, sometimes spurred by talk radio, while supporters remain silent or aren't passionate enough to call their members of Congress.
Bluffton, S.C.: Howie - what happened to your blog the past two days? I depend on your discerning comments and excerpts from other commentary to get my daily political fix! As regards the press conference last night, how did a radio talk show fellow rate a front row seat?
Howard Kurtz: I've posted my blog the last two days. Just search for my name. Today I led with the story on the presser that I had to crash for the dead-tree edition last night, but included plenty of Web reaction afterward.
GOP Tactics vs. Obama's Strategy: Howie, One thing that I think that has been under-reported is how strategic Obama's plan has been. Polling, even in this short-term, has shown the public like his approach and doesn't like the GOP's approach, despite the GOP winning the talking-heads-battle on cable news. Doesn't this all drive home the ironic and iconic line from the presidential debates about understanding the difference between strategy and tactics?
Howard Kurtz: Maybe. But we're still talking about 800 billion dollars and an ailing economy. A year from now, no one will care if Barack Obama was tactically brilliant in pushing the legislation. The only thing that will matter, as he has acknowledged, is whether the economy is improving and the stimulus is seen as having helped.
I am a big fan of "Reliable Sources" on CNN. However, the podcast no longer downloads (and hasn't since early January). Can you please have someone look into this?
Howard Kurtz: Thanks. We're trying to get it restored.
Falls Church, Va.: "At His First Prime-Time News Conference, Obama Is Serious and Expansive"
Howard, the copy people screwed up the headline for your article today. I assume it was supposed to read, "...Obama Is Seriously Expensive"
Howard Kurtz: Everybody's a comedian!
Actually, both are true.


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Patent US5418046 - Composite articles having multicolored coatings - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsAesthetically pleasing multicolored composite articles comprise a support substrate, e.g., a metal or alloy thereof, coated with a multicolored face surface coating composition including at least one crosslinked hydroxylated polymer, such at least one crosslinked hydroxylated polymer having dispersed...http://www.google.com/patents/US5418046?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5418046 - Composite articles having multicolored coatingsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5418046 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/274,737Publication dateMay 23, 1995Filing dateJul 18, 1994Priority dateAug 3, 1990Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCA2048189A1, CA2048189C, DE69118047D1, DE69118047T2, EP0469961A1, EP0469961B1Publication number08274737, 274737, US 5418046 A, US 5418046A, US-A-5418046, US5418046 A, US5418046AInventorsBruno D'Herbecourt, Gilbert CopinOriginal AssigneeAtochemExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (14), Referenced by (1), Classifications (15), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetComposite articles having multicolored coatings
US 5418046 AAbstract
Aesthetically pleasing multicolored composite articles comprise a support substrate, e.g., a metal or alloy thereof, coated with a multicolored face surface coating composition including at least one crosslinked hydroxylated polymer, such at least one crosslinked hydroxylated polymer having dispersed therein a multicolored powder of at least one solid thermoplastic resin, e.g., a polyamide or polyetheramide, and, optionally, with at least one colored interlayer deposited between the support substrate and such multicolored face surface coating composition.
1. A composite article having a multicolored coating produced by coating a support with (a) at least one multicolored coating composition, said multicolored coating composition comprising (i) at least one hydroxylated polymer and (ii) an effective amount of a crosslinking agent therefor, (iii) at least one organic solvent for said at least one hydroxylated polymer, said at least one organic solvent having a boiling point ranging from 140� to 310� C., and (iv) a multicolored powder of at least one solid thermoplastic resin having a softening point ranging from 110� C. to 230� C. and having a particle size ranging from 0.5 to 200 microns, wherein the coating composition is colorless except for the multicolored powder (iv); and wherein the support, optionally, further contains (b) at least one colored interlayer deposited thereon, between said support substrate and multicolored face surface coating composition, said at least one colored interlayer produced by coating the support with an interlayer composition comprising at least one hydroxylated polymer, a crosslinking agent therefor, and further wherein the interlayer differs in color from at least one color of the multicolored powder.
The present invention relates to multicolored coating films and to composite articles comprising a support substrate coated with such multicolored films.
Briefly, the present invention features a multicolored coating material for a variety of substrates, comprising:
More particularly according to the present invention, in one embodiment thereof, the one or more surface layers comprise a colorless varnish wherein thermoplastic powders having different colors are dispersed.
(A) Preparation of the Coating (Underlayer) And Surface Layer Or Layers:
A composite material was produced according to the procedure of Example 1; it had the following characteristics:
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