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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DryWired, a Los Angeles based technology firm and the leading licensee of a revolutionary European protective nano-coating technology launched this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 in Las Vegas, NV. The innovative nano-coating is non-toxic, invisible, and undetectable to touch and allows virtually any coated surface to be resistant to water, corrosion, and the growth of bacteria.
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The DryWired nano-coating technology is backed by 9 families of international patents issued to their European licensor over the span of two decades. The Award winning protective nano-coating has been developed, refined and successfully tested over a 16-year period on all types of assembled devices and electronic components. The water and oil repellent coating is applied through an environmentally friendly low-pressure vacuum plasma process depositing a layer of water and oil protection that is approximately 1600 times thinner than a human hair. Our range of custom treatment equipment comes in different sizes and is designed to accommodate everyone from the smallest mobile phone retailer to the largest electronics manufacturer. DryWired's protective nano-coating can be applied at any point during the manufacturing process of a consumer electronic device and will not disturb a circuit board's functionality.
"DryWired was created with a simple idea in mind: improve people's lives by protecting the electronic devices that have become so important to them. " says Felipe Pimiento, Chief Operating Officer of DryWired. "We are thrilled to be launching DryWired at CES and we look forward to distributing this exciting, proven, and tested technology in our international markets through our DryWired Coating Centers. Our centers will provide hand-held electronic distributors, manufacturers, and retailers with an opportunity to nano-coat portions of their inventory so that they can offer a more dependable product to their customers. "
DryWired's protective nano-coating technology is licensed in over 50 countries around the world, including Latin America, Middle East, Africa, India, and Russia. DryWired is focused on developing strategic alliances with handheld electronic retailers, distributors and technology manufacturers in its licensed territories.
For further information, please visit www.drywired.com or email [email protected]. For CES 2013 guests, please visit us at booth #25733, LVCC South Hall 2.
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One of the questions was where to create the capital city. The site chosen after some discussion was on the border between Maryland and Virginia, and thus equally accessible from both north and south. But of course it would be decades before it became a city in its own right. (Washington, D.C.) Federalists and Republicans The first twelve years under the new constitution were troubled by the debates, which had not been solved initially. The principal of them was what kind of state the United States should be - a strong nation-state, with complex commercial economy, or a more modest national government and agrarian. George Washington believed in strong national government. He himself did not get involved in congressional debates, but the dominant figure of his administration became Alexander Hamilton. He wanted to create a strong elite, and therefore introduced several reforms, how to get rid of old debts, how to introduce taxes (excise tax on alcohol and import tariff). He also wanted to set up a national bank. His reforms were introduced, and were quite successful. But at the same time his measures, especially the idea of creating a national bank, created opposition, and the farmers complained that they had been taxed excessively. An opposition to the government formed. There were no political parties according to the Constitution. The founders did not want to have parties fearing that the factions might become too strong. But now two groups emerged: the Federalists, led by John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, and the Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The Republicans argued that Hamilton and his followers had become a self-interested faction. They established committees, societies, and caucuses in every state; they corresponded across state lines, and they wanted to influence the election results. So in fact both acted as parties, although they claimed that they acted in the true interests of the nation. The Federalists were most numerous in the commercial centers of the Northeast and southern seaports; the Republicans were most numerous in rural areas. There were two visions of America .The Federalists' vision of America was a nation with a wealthy, enlightened ruling class, a vigorous, independent commercial economy, and a thriving manufacturing section. Republicans promoted a vision of an agrarian republic, in which most citizens would farm their own land. They did not want too much urbanization or commercialization. Washington himself tried not to get involved in party politics. But when he ran for the second term (1792), the Federalists were able to consolidate their positions. They acted effectively in two areas in which the old Confederation had not always been successful: the western territories and diplomacy. Before the Revolution a few thousand white people lived west of the Appalachian divide; by the 1790s their numbers were 120,000. How to include these settlements in the new nation was a question. The Ordinance of 1784 had divided the western territory (north of Ohio River) into ten self-governing districts. In 1787 the ten western districts were united into a single Northwest Territory. This ordinance also specified that a population of 60,000 was required as a minimum of statehood. The same territory was claimed by the Indians of the region. The Congress tried to persuade Indians to cede their land, but the Indians did not want to give them up. Violence broke out between the whites and Indians, which climaxed in the early 1790s. The Indians were defeated in the Battle of the Fallen Timbers in 1794. As a result, they had to cede a considerable portion of their land. The outlying western areas were loosely tied to the national government. In 1794, farmers in western Pennsylvania raised a challenge to federal authority when they refused to pay the new whiskey excise tax. Washington gathered an army of 15,000 men and went to Pennsylvania. At the approach of this army, the rebellion collapsed. The loyalty was not only won by intimidation, but also by allowing the states to join the union. North Carolina and Rhode Island joined the union after the Bill of Rights had been appended to the Constitution. Vermont became the 14th state. Next came Kentucky, in 1792, Tennessee became a state in 1796. As to foreign policy, Great Britain sent a minister to the USA in 1791. But when the war between Britain and France began (1793), Congress took steps to ensure neutrality in the war. This was not easy. British ships seized hundreds of American ships in the French West Indies, and the public was outraged. Hamilton persuaded Washington to send John Jay to Britain for negotiations. Although Jay did not achieve everything that was planned, the war with Britain was avoided. The Republicans were angered, because the treaty oriented American trade and policy toward Britain. After Jay's treaty the relations with Spain were also settled. Washington refused to run for the third term. (This became a precedent for other presidents, and was only broken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.) So his Vice President John Adams received the party's nomination. He won (elections in 1796) and Thomas Jefferson, who was the second, became Vice President. The relations with Britain and Spain had improved, but there was friction with the relationship with the Revolutionary France. The Federalists viewed France as a country that represented the worst in human society, where standards of respect and social hierarchy had been abandoned. There was the continuing French aggression at sea, and clear attempts to subvert American politics through bribery and revolutionary propaganda. Namely, Tayllerand demanded a loan and a bribe before the negotiations could begin. The French agents were named by code letters XYZ, and the XYZ affair (1797) awakened public outrage. An informal war (1798-99) between the USA and France began, which was ended in 1800 when a new French government agreed to a treaty with the USA. The conflict with France helped the Federalists increase their power. With this power they thought of silencing the Republican opposition. In 1798 there was an outbreak of panic over the supposed revolutionary conspirators, organized by the German Illuminati sect. There were fears that they were planning to eliminate religion, family and sexual morality, and the radicals found their leader in Jefferson. The federal government passed two acts: The Alien Act, which made it more difficult for the foreigners to become American citizens, and the Sedition Act, which allowed the government to prosecute those who engaged in "sedition" against the government. President Adams signed them, but was careful in implementing them. Republican leaders began to look for ways of reversing the acts. Jefferson and Madison wrote two Resolutions (passed in Kentucky and Virginia) in which they argued that the federal government had been formed by a contract and thus had only certain delegated powers. Whenever a party involved in the contract decided that the central government had exceeded its powers, it had the right to nullify the laws. The resolutions did not pass, but a national crisis was created. The presidential election of 1800 was shaped by this crisis. The Republicans won, but before resigning President Adams reformed the judiciary and appointed Federalists to newly created federal judgeships. The importance attached to the victory earned the election a nickname the "Revolution of 1800". Jefferson was seen as extreme as the new French emperor Napoleon by the Federalists. On the other hand, the Republicans believed the nation had been saved from tyranny (similar to Britain). The Jeffersonian era Despite the impeachment of some Federalist judges, Jefferson proved far more moderate than feared. When Thomas Jefferson and his followers assumed control of the national government in 1801 they had a distinct vision of America. They favored a society of independent farmers, not industrialism. They proposed a federal government of limited power. But almost nothing worked out according to their vision. The American society became increasingly more complex, and the simple agrarian society was impossible to maintain. American cultural life was dominated by a vigorous and ambitious nationalism; Jefferson sometimes exercised strong authority, and arranged the single greatest increase in the size of the United States. The Second Awakening During revolutionary times the practice of religion had weakened and by the 1790s only a small proportion of white Americans were members of formal churches (perhaps as little as 10 per cent). There were new "rational" religious doctrines, for example Deism. Deists accepted the existence of God, but considered him a remote being who had withdrawn from direct involvement with the human race. Religious skepticism was widespread. Beginning in 1801, traditional religion staged a dramatic comeback in the form of a wave of revivalism known as the Second Great Awakening. The conservative theologians tried to fight the spread of rationalism and church establishments revitalize their organizations. Presbyterians were active on the frontier, the Methodist church, which had come to America in the 1770s, sent itinerant preachers throughout the nation and it became the fastest-growing denomination in America. The Baptists, who were also relatively new, found a strong following in the South. They were all quite successful and in the summer of 1801, a group of evangelical ministers presided over the first camp meeting that lasted several days and was attended by about 25,000 people. The basic message of the Second Great Awakening was that people must admit God into their daily lives and reject the skeptical or rational attitudes. Yet, few denominations pursued with the idea of predestination, and the belief in personal salvation through good works actually increased the number of believers. A striking feature of revivalism was the large number of women, especially young women. In some areas of the country, revival meetings were open to people of all races. Some prominent black preachers emerged who translated the egalitarian message of the Awakening - that salvation was available to all - into a similar message for the blacks. The spirit of revivalism was particularly strong among Native Americans, but it took a form different from that of white or black society. The most important revivalism came from the efforts of an Indian prophet: Handsome Lake, from the tribe of Seneca. Handsome Lake called for a revival of traditional Indian ways. Louisiana Purchase When Jefferson became US President, Napoleon Bonaparte made himself ruler of France. In the year that Jefferson was re-elected, Napoleon named himself emperor. Having failed to seize India from the British, Napoleon wanted to restore French power in the New World. The lands east of the Mississippi, which France had ceded to Britain in 1763, were part of the United States now. But the lands west of the Mississippi belonged to Spain. In 1800, under the secret treaty of San Ildefonso, France regained the title to Louisiana, which included almost the whole of the Mississippi Valley and New Orleans. He hoped that this territory would become the heart of French Empire in America. Jefferson (who was still formally in power) was troubled when he heard of the secret treaty. New Orleans was an outlet for American ships to take American produce to world markets. After the Spanish intendant (still formally in power) had closed New Orleans for American ships, the westerners demanded that the President do something. The President decided to buy Louisiana from the French. In the meantime, Jefferson persuaded Congress to appropriate funds for an expansion of the army and the construction of a river fleet, and he hinted that the United States was ready to attack New Orleans and form an alliance with Britain. Perhaps for this reason and for some others Napoleon decided to sell. Robert Livingston and James Monroe who were in Paris accepted the offer and signed an agreement with Napoleon on April 30, 1803. The price agreed was 80 million francs or 15 million dollars. The French retained exclusive commercial rights and the residents of Louisiana were incorporated into the union with the same rights and privileges as other citizens. The Congress approved of the treaty and Louisiana was organized on the general pattern of the Northwest Territory. Lewis and Clark expedition Meanwhile, a series of explorations were revealing the geography of the far-flung new territory to the white Americans. In 1803, even before the Louisiana Purchase Jefferson planned an expedition to the Pacific Ocean, to gather geographical data and explore the prospects of trade with the Indians. The leader of the expedition was Meriwether Lewis, a veteran of Indian wars, and his companion William Clark, an experienced frontiersman and Indian fighter. In 1803 Lewis started out and was joined a little later by Clark They gathered men and supplies and in the spring of 1804 set out from St. Louis. They reached the Pacific in late autumn 1805 and returned to St. Louis in September 1806. Another explorer sent out by President Jefferson was Zebulon Montgomery Pike, who went up the valley of the Arkansas River and into what later became known as Colorado (the peak in Colorado bears his name). Jefferson's re-election in 1804 suggested that most of the nation approved the new territorial expansion. But some Federalists were opposed to it. The Federalists in New England feared that the expansion of the territory would weaken their power and they concluded that it was time to separate. Alexander Hamilton refused to support them and they chose Vice President Aaron Burr. However, when Burr lost the election in New York, he accused Hamilton and they fought a duel, as a result of which Hamilton died. Burr went west and joined General Wilkinson. There were rumors that they planned the separation of the Southwest from the Union. In 1806 Burr was arrested, but was acquitted at trial. The Burr case showed that while the central government remained weak, ambitious political leaders might, in their search for power, threaten the existence of the United States. The War of 1812, or the Second War of Independence In the last years of Jefferson's presidency two conflicts were taking shape that drew the United States into a difficult war. This was the beginning of Napoleonic wars, and both Britain and France prevented US trade. The other was the conflict between the white settlers and the Indians. The Indian tribes mobilized and forged connections with British forces in Canada and Spanish forces in Florida. Both were the cause of the war of 1812. After the French navy had been defeated in the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), the French barred British ships from entering any of the ports controlled by the French or their allies. The British blockaded the European coast. In the early 19th century the Americans had formed an important merchant marine. As a result of the blockade, the Americans could not trade with their European partners, as they happened to be in between the two warring nations. Moreover, the British stopped the American ships on the high seas to search for sailors who had deserted their ships (impressment). There was one incident with the naval frigate Chesapeake that was attacked by the British. In an attempt to prevent future incidents, which would lead to the war, Jefferson persuaded Congress to pass an Embargo in 1807. This prohibited American ships from leaving the United States for any foreign port. The law hit the merchants and ship owners hard and was unpopular. In 1808 James Madison, Jefferson's secretary and political ally won the presidential election. Before leaving office, Jefferson offered "peaceable coercion" ending his embargo. Congress passed the Non-Intercourse Act, which opened all ports to American ships except those of France and Great Britain. Napoleon announced that France would no longer interfere with American shipping in 1809, but Britain did not. When it did, it was too late. As the American settlers moved westward and expelled Indian tribes from their lands, Indians looked to the British as their protectors remembering the British attempt to limit westward expansion. The British in Canada relied on the Indians as trading partners and military allies. After the Chesapeake incident the British in Canada began to take desperate measures for their own defense. Among those measures they also renewed their ties with the Indians and provided them with increased supplies. The border conflict intensified with the emergence of two remarkable native leaders. One was Tenskwatawa, a charismatic religious leader and orator known as the "Prophet". As he had recovered from alcoholism, 'the white evil', he began to preach native ways and inspired a religious revival that spread through numerous tribes and helped unite them. People came in thousands to him. The Prophet's brother Tecumseh - the "Shooting Star" - chief of the Shawnees rose to be a political leader who understood that only by united action could the advance of white civilization be resisted. Beginning in 1809, he set out to unite all the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he wanted to make the Ohio River a boundary between the United States and the Indian country. He claimed that only Indians had right to their land and none of them could rightfully cede any of it. But while Tecumseh went to visit the tribes in the south, Governor Harrison came and burned down Prophettown, and when Tecumseh returned he found his confederacy in disarray. But there were Indians who were ready to go on fighting and by spring of 1812 there were raids on white settlements. Indians had also got some support from Canada, and a lot of Americans began to think of driving the British out of North America and annexing the province. In the south the people began to think of the acquisition of Spanish Florida (the present-day Florida, southern areas of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana). The slaves escaped across the borders, there were Indian raids, but above all, the ports on the Gulf of Mexico were considered very valuable. In 1810, American settlers in West Florida seized the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge and asked the government to annex Florida. As Spain was Britain's ally, a war with Britain seemed to be the solution. By 1812, war fever was raging on both the northern and southern borders of the United States. A new generation of congressmen emerged who were aggressive and impatient, very many of them from the new states or from the backcountry. Two men, Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, would play a large role in national politics. They were supporters of the war. And although Madison preferred peace, he approved a declaration of war against Britain on June 18, 1812. At first Britain did not even react, but after Napoleon lost most of his army in Russia, Britain turned its attentions to America. Americans entered the war with great enthusiasm. In the summer of 1812, American forces invaded Canada through Detroit. Fort Dearborn (Chicago) fell before an Indian attack. At first, the Americans were victorious on the seas, but by 1813 the British army was counterattacking effectively. The Americans achieved success on the Great Lakes, this permitted them to raid and burn York (now Toronto). They dispersed the British fleet in the battle of Put-in Bay on September 10, 1813. Another was the Battle of the Thames where the Indian chief Tecumseh was killed (Oct. 5, 1813). This weakened the Indian resistance in the North. In the South, Andrew Jackson attacked the Creek Indians and in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend 1814 broke the resistance of the Creeks. The tribe receded further inland. Jackson led the American forces further south. After the surrender of Napoleon in 1814, England prepared to invade the United States. A British armada sailed up to the American coast and landed an army on the outskirts of Washington. The government fled and several buildings (incl. the White House) were in flames. Then they proceeded to Baltimore, but could not conquer it (the birth of "The Star-Spangled Banner", since 1931 the official national anthem). American forces turned back a British naval and land force and secured the northern border of the United States. In south the battles continued. In January 1815, the British forces attacked New Orleans, but were not successful. This battle happened after the peace treaty had already been signed. Most of the battles, however, were failures. As a result, there was popular opposition to the war, and to the Republican government. The Federalists in New England were thinking of seceding from the country where they were in the minority and where slaveholders and backwoodsmen were in power. They gathered at Hartford, Connecticut (Dec. 15, 1814), but as the news of Jackson's victory and the peace treaty reached them, their cause seemed futile, even irrelevant. But as a party their name was tainted. When the American and British delegations met in Ghent, Belgium, both sides made extravagant demands, but the treaty itself ended fighting. The treated was signed in 1814. The British were eager to settle disputes with America, because they were exhausted from the war with Napoleon and had debts. The Americans realized that now that the French danger was gone, the British would no longer interfere with American commerce. Slowly the relations with Britain improved and a commercial treaty of 1815 gave the right to trade freely with England and much of the British Empire. The border disputes were settled and the frontier became the longest unguarded frontier in the world. For the Indians it meant disaster. Their leader was dead and the British did not guard the Northwest any longer. After the war the United States resumed the economic growth and territorial expansion that had characterized the first half of the 19th century. But the war showed some weaknesses: the inadequacy of the existing financial systems and transportation. As the states had their own banks, they continued issuing their own money. The differences between the currencies were difficult to tell, and counterfeiting was easy. Therefore Congress chartered the second Bank of the United States in 1816, much like its predecessor of 1791, but with more capital. The state banks continued, but the power and size of the national bank forced the smaller banks to issue sound notes. In England modern industrialism was emerging. Power-driven machines were replacing the hand-operated tools and manufacturing became more rapid and extensive, which had profound social and economic consequences. This was a revolution comparable to when humans had turned from hunting and gathering to farming. Centuries of tradition, of social patterns, of cultural and religious assumptions were challenged and often shattered. What happened in England did not happen in America, but there were some technological advances, which eventually transformed America. The first modern factory, a textile mill, was built on Rhode Island. Congress also acted to promote manufacturing, and the most dramatic growth was enjoyed by the American textile industry. Francis Cabot Lowell started cloth manufacturing in Massachusetts. An important prerequisite for industrialization is transportation. The United States had no system of efficient movement of raw materials to factories and of finished goods to markets. One means of transportation that developed was steamboat. In early 19th century the first steamboat was launched. As to the roads, the old debate was raised again: whether national money should be used to build roads. When Ohio entered the Union in 1803, part of the public funds was used to build a highway. Steam-powered shipping also expanded the domestic market. And one reason for this was the westward expansion. The westward expansion of the white American population was one of the most important developments of the century. There were several reasons for this expansion. One reason was the population growth, which drove many Americans out of the east. Between 1800 and 1820 the population nearly doubled - from 5.3 million to 9.6 million. Most Americans were still farmers and the agricultural lands of the East were mostly occupied or exhausted. In the South, the plantation system and its slave labor force limited opportunities for new settlers. There was a lot of land in the west, and the federal government pushed the Indians farther west, making the fertile regions beyond Mississippi safer for white settlement. Another common feature was mobility. Individuals and families moved constantly, settling for a few years, then selling their land and resettling somewhere else. In Georgia, Eli Whitney invented a cotton gin (engine), which helped clean cotton. Soon cotton growing spread throughout the South. The slavery, which had decreased with the decrease of tobacco fields, established itself firmly in the South. Whitney also invented machine tools, which produced spare parts, and the uniformity of cotton gins everywhere ensured that spare parts would fit all of them. In the Old Southwest (now known as the Deep South) a new agricultural economy emerged. The market for cotton continued to grow, and the first settlers were soon followed by planters and the small clearings were turned into vast cotton fields. The first log cabins were soon replaced by bigger log dwellings and ultimately by imposing mansions. The rapid growth of the Old Northwest and Southwest resulted in the admission of four new states to the Union: Indiana in 1816, Mississippi in 1817, Illinois in 1818, and Alabama in 1819. There was a setback to the general growth in 1819, when there was an economic crisis. This was the result of high farm prices after the Napoleonic wars, land speculation and loans. Several state banks failed. Another crisis was the debate over the question of slavery. In 1819, there were eleven free states and eleven slave states; the admission of another state, Missouri would upset that balance. At the same time the northern part of Massachusetts wanted to enter the union as a free state of Maine. Finally both were admitted, but this Missouri compromise revealed a rift that would erupt later. The trade grew with the farther regions as well. Mexico that controlled Texas, California, and much of the rest of the far Southwest, won its independence from Spain in 1821. Wanting to revive its economy Mexico opened the regions for trade. The merchants from the United States poured in, and soon replaced the Indian and Mexican traders. Mexico lost its markets in its own colony as a steady traffic of commercial wagon trains began moving back and forth along the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri and New Mexico. The expansion of the economy, the growth of white settlement and trade in the West, the creation of new states reflected the rising spirit of nationalism that permeated the United States in the years following the war of 1812. In 1816 the presidential elections were won by James Monroe of Virginia. He had been a soldier in the Revolution, a diplomat in France and England, and a cabinet officer. Monroe made up his cabinet so that Federalists and Republicans, easterners and westerners, southerners and northerners were included. He also made a tour of good will through the country. In Boston, the Federalist newspaper commented on it as an "era of good feelings". In 1820 Monroe was elected for the next term, and the Federalist Party ceased to exist. For a decade America was virtually a one-party state. Monroe had chosen John Quincy Adams as his Secretary of State. Adams had also been a diplomat and his aim was the promotion of American expansion. The first challenge was Florida. The United States had already annexed West Florida, but that claim was in dispute. Adams began negotiations with the Spanish minister, but before the negotiations ended General Jackson invaded Florida on the excuse of stopping raids on American territory. Adams supported this raid showing to the Spanish that they had power enough to take Florida by force. In 1819 Spain ceded Florida to the United States, who, in return, gave up its claims to Texas. In 1822, President Monroe established diplomatic relations with five nations - La Plata (later Argentina), Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. In 1823, Monroe went further and announced a policy that would ultimately be known as the "Monroe doctrine", although it was mainly the work of John Quincy Adams. "The American continents," Monroe declared, "…are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers." Many Americans feared that France would help Spain in an effort to regain its lost empire. And they were also afraid that Great Britain might want to get control of Cuba. This foreign policy showed the growing spirit of nationalism and established the idea of the United States as the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere.
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Big K.R.I.T. - Dreamin
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Meridian, Mississippi is back in the building as her native son Big K.R.I.T. springs back onto the scene in anticipation of the March 22, release of his Return of 4 Eva free album with a lulling, self-produced track aptly titled Dreamin. After the success he saw in 2010, K.R.I.T. is pausing to reflect upon his roots in his new song; think of it like Dreamin is to K.R.I.T. what Juicy was to Biggie, to a certain extent. K.R.I.T. is still on the come-up, and he's humble enough to look back at how far he's come, from writing rap lyrics on his baseball mitt during his athletic stint in high school to being featured in magazines like Spin and XXL (and, may we add, DJBooth). He's come a long way from Meridian, and the best part is he's still got a long, long way to go – that's our hope anyway. A new website has been launched for the upcoming album: returnof4eva.com. Check it out, make yourself comfortable and of course check back with DJBooth.net for more Big K.R.I.T. as it becomes available
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The time is now to establish a fall-winter outerwear look that defines your personal style. The best thing about this look, is you really only have to have one, your go to coat, scarf, and cap that can take you through the whole season.
A thoughtfully styled wardrobe for men should absolutely include a hat or cap. The trick is finding the hat style that compliments your personal style.
Driver & Ivy Caps – This classic cap style goes by many names: golf cap, ivy cap, Jeff cap, and driver cap, just to name a few. It is a good compliment to your pea coat in the really cold months, or a lighter trench coat in the milder months. This style comes in wool, cotton, and leather in solids, prints, and paneled.
Pick the driver cap for men if: your style is classic.
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'Overnight Parking' = 'Night Halts' = 'Stopovers' = 'Camperstops'. These are terms we prefer to 'Free Camping' or the wildly exaggerated 'Wild Camping'. Most are simply free parking spots, while one or two have a small charge to cover facilities such as electricity.
Here's our own list of Overnight Parking Places round the coast of the Peloponnese, described anti-clockwise from Patras. GPS co-ordinates are given where possible. In general, overnight parking is often available outside closed campgrounds in winter, in car parks at the ends of roads leading down to the sea, outside restaurants (ask permission if they are open), by harbours, and adjacent to some ancient sites/museums. This list is particularly useful when most campsites are closed - usually between the end of September and Easter. All the ones listed below have been safely used in wintertime by us and/or others we know. In the high season they may be more crowded, restricted or forbidden.
1. Patras: In a cul-de-sac leading to a closed campsite a mile or 2 N of the former ferry port along the sea front. (Overnight parking is not allowed at the new ferry port.)
2. Kato Achaia: Colin & Jan reported a quiet night outside the closed Camping Kato Alissos (open 1.4-25.10), on the Old National Road about 12 miles W of Patras. They even found water. N 38.14986 E 21.57740
3. Kalogria Beach: About 20 miles S of Patras, turn right off the New National Road for Kalogria. After the Arachos air force base, 5 miles along, turn left for another couple of miles to Kalogria Beach. Several places to stay in winter, under the pine trees by the shore or on the car parks of empty tavernas and cafes. N 38.15986 E 21.37162
Note: The official Kalogria Camper Stop (10 a night including water, disposal, WC, showers and WiFi, plus 3 for a hookup) is only open from 1.4-31.10. From mid-July to the end of August the price rises by 2. Everything is locked up for the rest of the year.
Warning! In March 2008, Colin & Jan wrote to say that they were disturbed at night by a group of youths on motorbikes throwing rocks at their motorhome at Kalogria Beach. On the other hand, we had a quiet night there in December 2007 and again in March 2011. Viv Luscott warned of flooding there in the storms of December 2011. All was quiet when we returned in November 2014.
4. Killini: Turn right off the New National Road about 35 miles S of Patras, to Killini, the ferry port for Zakinthos and Kefalonia. Well lit parking on the harbour (water and toilets behind the Port Police office), or on the sea front W of the harbour. N 37.93460 E 21.14664
5. Ancient Elis: About 40 miles S of Patras on the New National Road, turn left at the traffic lights (rather than right for Gastouni and Loutra Killinis). Continue 6 miles to the site of Ancient Elis. Level parking area on right opposite the original museum, which has toilets. Entry to site, ancient theatre etc is free. (For the new museum, with small entry fee, continue along road and take next right. This also has a free car park but it's very sloping.)
6. Loutra Killinis: 5 miles S of Killini, accessed via Gastouni. On the sea front at the end of the cul-de-sac, in a turning circle.
7. Thinnon Forest: 3 miles S of Vartholomio (which is between Gastouni and Loutra Killinis). On the beach by the tavernas in a large level car park.
8. Amaliada Beaches: Several lanes lead to quiet seaside parking areas and seasonal campsites SW of Amaliada. For example, turn right at traffic lights on New National Road (rather than left for supermarkets and Amaliada town centre) to Kourouta Beach, 2 miles along. Level well-lit sea-front parking area with Tavernas and cafes nearby. Next to Municipal Camping, so probably unwelcome when it's open in summer, but very quiet in winter. N 37.77052 E 21.29399
9. Katakolo Harbour: Turn right off New National Road before Pirgos and continue 6 miles to Katakolo. Vast free parking area on harbour with water (and electricity, maybe 5 extra if Harbour Master calls). In March 2011 we were the only campers. Busy in season when cruise liners dock for Ancient Olympia. Train runs to Pirgos and Olympia year round.
10. Pirgos: The car park of the AB supermarket on the right of the main road (New National Road), waiting for the store to open!
11. Lake Kaiafas: 5 miles N of Zacharo, level parking area by the warm springs and sulphurous baths at Kaiafa Lake. Approach on minor road leaving main road N of lake. No-one has troubled us during overnight parking in winter, when the spa complex is closed.
12. Kakovatos: By the beach, off E55 just south of Zacharo. Well-lit parking area near a fish taverna and a hotel, both open in December 2014. N 37.45721 E 21.63869
13. Giannitsohori: 10 miles S of Zacharo. One of several cul-de-sacs leading to seafront parking.
14. Kalo Nero: About 5 miles north of Kiparissia, turn right off E55, cross the railway line and continue to the sea front. Turn left and there is a large level parking area by the beach. N 37.29790 E 21.69530
15. Kiparissia: On the sea front off the road leading to the former campsite. N 37.25697 E 21.6712016
16. Marathopoli: 3 miles W of Gargaliani on minor seafront road. By the harbour or on the sea front of this small fishing port.
17. Gialova: 10 miles N of Pylos. Follow tracks leading to headland on N side of Navarino Bay (you will probably have company near one of Greece's best beaches). There may even be flamingos, though when we tried the bird hide they had obeyed and hidden!
18. Pylos: Plenty of space for parking on both sides of the harbour, although Rosemary Newton was moved on by the local police in October 2010. Others have reported being moved from the commercial side of the harbour. We've had no problems during several stays on the other side of the harbour, where the palm trees are, except for disco noise on Saturday nights (especially St Valentine's evening in Feb 2015!) N 36.91633 E 21.69524
19. Methoni: On the extensive harbour car park near the Municipal Camping (campsite closed in winter).
20. Petalidi: Level well-lit parking on the waterfront south of the town centre. All quiet in December 2014. (Beware parking there Thursday night - you will be blocked in next morning by the Friday market!) N 36.95850 E 21.93450
21. Ag Nikolaos: South of Stoupa. Large free car park in the village on the sea front. Water tap. (Further along by the beach there are 'No Camping' signs.) N 36.82314 E 22.28353
22. Nea Itilo: 4 miles N of Areopoli. Turn right off the main road to the N of Nea Itilo to find small parking (signed) by the 'Black Pirate' fish taverna. Alternatively, park on the level well-lit sea front that we always find quiet (most recently in December 2014). The road on through the village is very narrow - leave the way you entered. N 36.69246 E 22.38969
23. Areopoli: Large well-lit free car park between school and bus station. Café and toilets at bus station. A market occupies half the space on Saturday mornings, so best to avoid Friday night. Otherwise, quiet in Dec 2014. Short walk to town centre. N 36.66810 E 22.38289
24. Gerolimenas: Near the foot of the Mani peninsula, west side. Small car park behind the tiny harbour, W of the road, near Hotel Akrogiali. Great place from which to cycle to Cape Matapan. Hotel/restaurant open year-round and wonderfully quiet in December 2014. N 36.48230 E 22.39969
25. Marmari: Near the foot of the Mani, east side. Small parking area before the hotel at the end of the road, signed 'Parking for Car and Mobile Homes'. Even nearer to Cape Matapan.
26. Kotronas: On east side of Mani peninsula. Parking by the harbour, near a taverna. In December 2014 it was too stormy to stay, with no shelter from waves washing over! N 36.61899 E 22.49367
27. Mavrovouni: Turn off at sign to beach, 2 miles S of Gythion. Level parking near a taverna (that was closed in December 2014). N 36.73120 E 22.56095
28. Gythion: On the promenade on the N side of town; or by the beach 5 km towards Skala at N 36.78883 E 22.58225
29. Glikovrisi: 20 miles NE of Gythion. On the beach outside the (now permanently closed) campground.
30. Monemvassia: By the harbour at N 36.68240 E 23.03821 or on the parking area on the causeway to the fortified old town (may be crowded in peak season) at N 36.68875 E 23.05076. Alternatively, south of town, continue past Camping Paradise (closed in winter) for a couple of miles to park on a little cove.
31. Paralia Astros: N of Monemvassia, 18 miles S of Argos. Main road bypasses town. In car park for nature reserve, just N of town of Paralia Astros.
32. Nea Kios: 5 miles S of Argos, 5 miles W of Nafplio. In large car park on seafront road.
33. Nafplio: Plenty of opportunities in large parking areas around commercial harbour and railway station at N 37.76860 22.99850 or on the marina at N 37.56823 22.80170
34. Epidavros: Ancient site and theatre near Asklipio, 20 miles E of Nafplio. In the extensive free car park. (Not to be confused with Palea Epidavros on the coast, where there are seasonal campsites.)
35. Corinth: At Isthmia, the far E end of the Canal. In large car park at the very end of the canal near control station, or just south, on a small seafront road near gardens.
36. Ancient Korinthos, Corinth: Afrodite's Waters (Camperstop): Guarded parking with good facilities (water, dump, WC, shower, hookup) all for 10 per night. Open all year and very convenient for the archaeological site.
37. Rion: 5 miles NE of Patras, for ferry or new bridge to cross the Gulf of Corinth. Lots of space on large waiting areas for ferry (which costs less than the toll bridge).
And finally, one that is not on the coast but in Arcadia, the mountainous interior of the Peloponnese:
38. Dimitsana: Large free well-lit car park at the Open-air Water Power Museum, 2 km S of Dimitsana. An excellent new museum, open all year 10 am-5 pm, except Tuesdays. Free for age 65+ (and well worth the small entry fee if younger!) Café and toilets in museum. A fascinating visit and a quiet night in December 2014. Well signed turn off the main road between Dimitsana and Stemnitsa, then downhill for 1 km. N 37.58485 E 22.04657
Warning! Dimitsana and Stemnitsa are both long mountain villages with a narrow thoroughfare, making access difficult for larger motorhomes and caravans. Not recommended for anything over 7 metres!
In February/March 2011, returning from Turkey across Northern Greece, hardly any campsites were open along our route after Alexandroupolis, apart from Kalambaka (for the Meteora Monasteries). We used many of the following parking places, with no problems at all. Again, in the high season they may be more crowded, restricted or forbidden. SatNav co-ordinates are given. Others were added during our journey from Bulgaria to the Peloponnese in November/December 2014, when all were peaceful in fact, we had no company at all!
Maronia Harbour, Thrace - N40.5234 E25.3036 Parking space at harbour, near ancient site of Maronia. Fish taverna, waste bins, water. Fishermen keen to sell you their catch, dead or alive!
Fanari, Thrace - N40.95497 E25.14750 Beyond the EOT campsite (open mid-June to end September), there is over a mile of parking space along the wide road, between sea and lagoon, with flamingoes and pelicans for company. Very quiet, one restaurant open in winter.
Porto Lagos, Thrace N41.00633 E25.112028 Huge free well-lit parking area at port. Excellent fish taverna open (Dec 2014). Avoid Saturday night as there is a huge market on Sundays, all year round, until late afternoon.
Avdera, Thrace - N40.55596 E24.58191 Parking opposite entrance to Ancient Avdera. Tap at church, opposite. Also parking and water on nearby harbour. Excellent free archaeological museum in Avdera village, 3 miles inland.
Paralia Orfani (Orfani Beach), Near Amfipolis, Macedonia - N40.74988 E23.94127 Free well-lit car park alongside beach opposite cafes. Tap nearby at Lifeguard post, opposite children's fun park (closed). Maybe less welcoming in summer, with a seasonal campsite 2 miles west in the village. Avoid Sunday night, as there is no parking from 4 am to 4 pm on Mondays for the busy market, all year round.
Thessaloniki, Macedonia N40°30'9 E22°58'15 18 km from Thessaloniki, near the airport at Perea. Free 'no obligation' camperstop (with water, WC, dump, hookup and WiFi) at Zampetas motorhome/caravan dealers: www.zampetas.gr. A friendly family firm, with accessory shop and workshops. English and German spoken. Closed Sundays. After our visit in Nov 2014 we left with new air suspension on the rear of our Carado motorhome. Highly recommended if you need servicing or repairs.
Vergina Camperstop, Macedonia - N40.48514 E22.31957 Private guarded car park with hook-up, recycling bins and drinking water. Friendly owner in adjacent house. Short walk from the magnificent Royal Macedonian Tombs. 4 (or 7 including electric) in Nov 2014.
Vergina Parking, Macedonia - N40.48447 E22.32195 Large open parking area, with no facilities except bins and theft warning notices! This one is free.
Thermopiles, Central Greece - N38.79446 E22.53034 At the Thermal Springs there is a vast expanse of rough ground for parking. Signed along a short lane beside the Shell fuel station/cafe, past a police station and a spa hotel (closed). You can bathe al fresco in the sulphurous pool or just join other free campers for the night. Usually busy but only 3 other motorhomes in Feb 2011. In November 2011, Viv Luscott reported the large parking area fenced off, though still possible to stay overnight under the trees by the (closed) hotel.
Episkopi, Lake Kremaston, Central Greece - N38.88534 E21.60224 A well lit parking spot outside an abandoned café, by the bridge across a dammed lake on the mountain road E952, north of Agrinio. No facilities, but taverna open on far side of bridge.
Vonitsa, Epiros - N38.92070 E20.89859 Excellent place to east of town, just off E55, with plenty of parking space along shore. Short walk into centre. Water tap behind shed by footbridge to island.
PEEJAY'S LISTPete Jenkins has spent a lot of time putting together a most thorough set of information about 'Night Halts' throughout Greece and is very kindly sharing it through our website.The information takes the form of a clickable Google map, co-ordinates and a brief description indicating the size and nature of the location and any problems of access. Over 169 sites are included throughout mainland Greece and Crete.
You can move around within the Google map, zoom in and out and switch to 'Satellite' mode to actually see the area.
Find it at: PeeJay's Stopovers Link
A quick cross-check with our own list above, where they overlap, confirms the accuracy of Pete's findings.
Feel free to use Pete's list (but don't share it with too many friends in case the sites get full!)
Peter Highe in his article 'Highe in the Peloponnese' uses some of Pete's places, adds others and gives handy GPS co-ordinates.
Ian and Judit travelling in their Bessacarr E76 have produced a useful list of Night Stops, Campings and Parkings round the Peloponnese. In addition to text describing their experience and local facilities (water, WiFi, cafes, etc), they provide a photograph and co-ordinates. They used Pete's list as a base, but added their own locations.
In January 2010, John Hughes added the following information based on a motorhome tour of Greece earlier in 2009. His experience seems to show a greater use of overnight parking opportunities by motorhomers, more notices 'prohibiting' overnight parking, and some evidence of police activity in at least one location.
Given the extent to which Greeks park their cars, vans and trucks where they will, at any time of the day or night, it seems to us that such notices are not enforceable. It is more likely that nearby campsite owners are using their 'contacts' to erect signs to force or con motorhomers onto their overpriced sites. At the time of writing, Greece is in no position to oppress tourists and new legislation brings in, for the first time, the chance to question the questionable actions of the police. (For an example of oppressive police action against tourists see, for example, our own bad experience in: The Siege of Kalithea)
John Hughes writes:
"Last year (2009) we spent some 8 weeks, in spring, exploring Greece. As this was our first visit to the country using our motorhome, we are indebted to you and all the information on your website. Apart from a rather out of date German publication (Stellplatzen in Griechenland), we relied heavily on the information we had printed from the Magbaz website in order to find suitable places for overnight halts.
Below are a few notes I made which may help you keep your invaluable list up to date:
* Nafplio: We, plus all the other motorhomers there during the day, were warned by a police roving patrol that there was definitely no overnight parking on the large parking lot in the docks. (Late April 2009)
* Mycenae, Messene and Mystra: No Overnight Parking signs were very prominent in the car parks at the ruins.
* Monemavassia: Water tap at harbour parking. This is the large parking lot by the fishing harbour. The parking by the causeway had signs up forbidding overnight parking.
* Parolio Beach: No parking at Parolio Beach but just north of the town we found a large beachside car park at Vernena Beach (not the nature reserve, where the car park was very muddy and totally unsuitable). A tap was available out of season.
Other excellent free stopovers we used (not on the Peloponnese) were:
* Vliho on Lefkada: Harbourside
* Xiliadau: Some 15 km east of the northern end of the Rio bridge. This was a tranquil spot with a tap and a taverna next to the harbour-side parking. We shared the spot with two Dutch motorhomers, who said that it was listed on Dutch websites.
Various Dutch motorhomers whom we met during our stay in Greece recommended the following Dutch and German websites:
www.griekenlandmetdecamper.nl (means 'Greece with the Motorhome'). In Dutch. Many free camping places in Greece, with maps and GPS co-ordinates.
www.campercontact.nl (means 'Motorhome Contact'). In Dutch. 6 free camping places in Greece plus many sites in many other countries.
www.campervriendelijk.nl (means 'Motorhome Friendly'). In Dutch. Look under 'Camper Plaatsen' ('Motorhome Places') then 'Buitenland' ('Abroad' if you are Dutch). Many free and paying camping places in Greece and elsewhere including 1 in Albania.
www.womo.de (means 'Motorhome') In German. Devoted to selling books of free camping places.I am not sure how useful these sites are but both Dutch and German motorhomers seemed to have a wealth of detail of safe places to stay in Greece."
MAPS FOR GREECE (Barry Williamson)
Note that Greece is sometimes not included in SatNav systems: their definition of Europe often ends at Italy and Austria! However, our 'Garmin Nuvi' model (bought in 2013 at Halfords in Arnhem, Holland, when its predecessor let us down) has thorough coverage of Greece.
Most maps made and sold in Greece are simply misleading: they are hard to read, inaccurate and very selective in their content. This is equally true of the atlases that are on sale at inflated prices. If you do buy an atlas, check that all the pages are there, in the right order! (We once returned a faulty one bought in Igoumenitsa, only to find they were all alike!)
The best map of the Peloponnese, made and available in Greece, is number 5 in the 1:250,000 series 'Road Editions' which cover Greece in 5 overlapping maps (Crete is the 6th). There is an index in Greek and English, including separate indices to monasteries and ancient sites, and street maps of key towns. Of all the road maps of Greece, this one does the most to show contours. The Greek Islands are covered separately in 18 maps with scales ranging from 1:20,000 to 1:1,000,000. Another series for walkers covers 8 mountain areas at 1:50,000 (roughly 1 mile = 1 inch).
Available in the UK, but not seen on sale in Greece, is the much cheaper option, the 1:300,000 GeoCentre Euro Map 'Greece and the Islands', published by RV Verlag GmbH in Stuttgart. Available from good bookshops in the UK; we bought ours in Blackpool. Printed on both sides, it covers the whole of Greece on a good scale, clearly and with considerable accuracy. All the islands are included and there is a splendid little map showing the regions. The index is in English only, with a very few street plans.
Stanfords of Covent Garden, the best map and guidebook source in the UK, will post maps and guides to Greece, to a Poste Restante for example, paying by credit card. Their International Mail Order Service Number is +44 (0)207 836 1321. Website: www.stanfords.co.uk
And, of course, there are the Google maps!


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