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FAQ: Which Parts Of The New World Did Each European Country Colonized?
1 Where did the Europeans colonize in the New World?
2 Which European countries colonize the New World?
3 What were the three main European countries colonizing the New World?
4 What continents did Europe colonize?
5 Who first colonized America?
6 What would have happened if the Americas were never colonized?
7 What are 3 reasons for colonization?
8 Which European country was most successful at colonization?
9 What was North America like before European colonization?
10 Why was England most successful in colonizing America?
11 What two European nations were most successful in colonizing the Americas?
12 Did US colonize any country?
13 Which country has been colonized the longest?
14 Which country has never been colonized in Africa?
15 What was the first place to be colonized?
Where did the Europeans colonize in the New World?
It comprised several islands in the West Indies, all of Mexico, most of Central America; most of South America except for Brazil, and what are now Florida, California, and the U.S. Southwest. Spain was the first of the European countries to colonize the New World.
Which European countries colonize the New World?
While the Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, and English were the main players in European colonization of the New World, they were not the only ones. Sweden, Courland, Norway, The Danes, Russia, and Scotland also colonized the New World.
What were the three main European countries colonizing the New World?
Motivations for Colonization Britain, France, Spain, and the Netherlands established colonies in North America. Each country had different motivations for colonization and expectations about the potential benefits.
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What continents did Europe colonize?
There were two great waves of colonialism in recorded history. The first wave began in the 15th century, during Europe's Age of Discovery. During this time, European countries such as Britain, Spain, France, and Portugal colonized lands across North and South America.
Who first colonized America?
The Spanish were among the first Europeans to explore the New World and the first to settle in what is now the United States. By 1650, however, England had established a dominant presence on the Atlantic coast. The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
What would have happened if the Americas were never colonized?
If Europeans never colonized and invaded America, the native nations and tribes would continue to interact in trade. Eventually, trade with East Asia and Europe would introduce new technologies and animals into the continent and tribes would quickly grow into nations.
What are 3 reasons for colonization?
Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Which European country was most successful at colonization?
England had the most success of all the European countries colonizing other lands. King James I colonized Virginia in 1606. While England was also motivated by the route by sea and the riches of the New World, the country had different reasons for colonizing.
What was North America like before European colonization?
Pre -Columbian era Before contact with Europeans, the indigenous peoples of North America were divided into many different polities, from small bands of a few families to large empires. They lived in numerous culture areas, which roughly correspond to geographic and biological zones.
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Why was England most successful in colonizing America?
The English that settled the middle colonies of New York and Pennsylvania found good farmland that was great for growing food that could be sold in Europe. Finally, the English that colonized the southern colonies found that area was good for growing cash crops like tobacco.
What two European nations were most successful in colonizing the Americas?
Colonizing Nations They also won many parts of North America. In the next century, people from many countries of Europe reached the Americas. They settled mostly in North America since the Spanish and Portuguese already had the warm countries. France and England were the most successful in these later colonies.
Did US colonize any country?
Answer and Explanation: In its history, the United States has held a number of overseas territories as colonies or colony-like possessions. Following the Spanish-American War, the Spanish colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were given to the United States in a transfer of colonial authority.
Which country has been colonized the longest?
If you allow "Pre Columbus colonies" these are the longest colonized areas. If you do not, in 1498 Portugal established colonies in Mozambique. Portuguese rule there lasted to 1975 as well, so Mozambique would have the longest stretch as a colony, if we use 1492 as the cutoff date.
Which country has never been colonized in Africa?
Take Ethiopia, the only sub-Saharan African country that was never colonized.
What was the first place to be colonized?
The three main countries in the first wave of European colonialism were Portugal, Spain and the early Ottoman Empire.
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Prepositional phrases are groups of words containing prepositions. In this lesson, we will learn what is a prepositional phrase, a prepositional phrase list and prepositional phrase examples in English.
A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object. Most of the time, it modifies a verb or a noun. These two kinds of prepositional phrases are called adverbial phrases and adjectival phrases, respectively.
It usually includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun and may include an adjective. It does not include the verb.
Every prepositional phrase is a series of words made up of a preposition and its object. The object may be a noun, pronoun, gerund or clause. A prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or adverb.
Here is a useful list of prepositional phrases with AT you should know.
List of some common prepositional phrases with OUT in English.
This is a useful list of prepositional phrases – IN for ESL Learners.
In this garden, there are many strawberries.
There are lots of birds nesting under the eaves.
He's standing behind a tree.
I get to school on my bike.
She talked about the story.
The cat in the middle is the cutest.
I adopted a black cat with white paws.
For one hundred years the chair sat moldering in the attic.
I put the book on the table in the kitchen.
After work, I always go to the gym.
My mother has always wanted to live in a cabin by the lake.
Robin was angry about the comment.
She likes to spend a lot of time with her baby.
She is out of practice so she will not dance well tonight.


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Windy Standard extension given thumbs down by councillors who ask "When is enough, enough?"
Members have lodged an objection to the proposal to add 20 turbines to the Carsphairn Forest development with the Scottish Government taking the final decision
Stuart Gillespie
Councillors have opposed a bid to extend Windy Standard windfarm.
Councillors have given the thumbs down to a bid to extend a windfarm in the Glenkens due to the number of turbines already in the area.
Members of the planning applications committee have lodged an objection to add a further 20 turbines to Windy Standard in Carsphairn Forest and asked: "When is enough, enough?".
Due to the size of the proposal, the Scottish Government will make the final decision on whether to grant planning permission.
The first stage of Windy Standard, which involved Fred Olsen Renewables Ltd, has 36 turbines. The whole project is now under the umbrella of Brockloch Rig Ltd with the second phase adding a further 30.
They have applied to the Scottish Government for planning permission for stage three which would consist of 12 turbines that are 177m tall with another eight 125m tall.
Glenkens residents consider action group to oppose Kendoon to Tongland pylons
At last week's committee meeting, David McKie said: "There's 546 turbines in that area, some are maybe not developed yet. When is enough, enough? There's nobody telling us that. I just don't know how we can keep going at this."
Case officer Robert Duncan said it was an "interesting question" and added that if there were "obvious concerns about the height then I would be concerned but I don't see that".
He said: "Fundamentally I think the landscape character here can accommodate these turbines quite happily."
However, while councillors appreciated the job Mr Duncan was doing they disagreed with his view.
Blackcraig windfarm set to go live in the spring
Council leader Elaine Murray said: "To me it reads that because there's a lot of turbines we can have some more because the landscape's already wrecked."
Archie Dryburgh said the countryside had become an "industrial playfield" and Jane Maitland added: "My worry is if we don't put down a line in the sand at some stage, the assumption will be we will get applications in on a rolling basis for 35 years for 200m because we are unprotected."
Ian Carruthers felt that as the area was already a "sea of windfarms" the latest development was "like throwing a handful of sand at a sandy beach, it makes almost no difference in my view".
Officers had recommended that councillors made no objections to the proposal. However, they voted 12 to six to let the Scottish Government know they were against the plans.
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NY Jets QB Sam Darnold is struggling: Should the team bench him?
There's no doubt now, there's no way to put a positive spin on it. Jets rookie quarterback Sam Darnold is in a slump. A bad one.
NY Jets QB Sam Darnold is struggling: Should the team bench him? There's no doubt now, there's no way to put a positive spin on it. Jets rookie quarterback Sam Darnold is in a slump. A bad one. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/nfl/jets/2018/11/06/should-jets-bench-struggling-qb-sam-darnold/1900529002/
Andy Vasquez, NFL writer Published 8:30 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2018 | Updated 1:38 p.m. ET Nov. 6, 2018
Nov 4, 2018; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) reacts against the Miami Dolphins during the second half at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports(Photo: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports)
There's no doubt now, and there's no way to put a positive spin on it.
Jets rookie quarterback Sam Darnold is in a slump.
A bad one.
This is a huge reason for concern for the Jets, because the most important thing about this season — yes, even more important than making it to the playoffs — is the development of their 21-year-old quarterback.
The Jets need for Darnold to keep growing. They need him to go into his second season as a better player than he was this year. So after three straight bad performances, including the worst of his career — a four-interception 13-6 loss to the Dolphins — is it time to put the rookie on the bench and let him get his mind right?
There's no logical reason to bench Darnold. Especially now.
The Jets are out of serious playoff contention at 3-6, so any snap that 39-year-old Josh McCown takes over Darnold is an opportunity lost. Yes, maybe McCown would give the Jets a better chance to win right now. But coach Todd Bowles made the decision to roll with Darnold for Week 1, and now he has to continue to live with it even though the rookie is struggling.
If Darnold can turn it around over the final seven games and show some progress, the vibe will be completely different going into next year as the Jets should make major upgrades in free agency.
Another reason the Jets should keep Darnold on the field: he doesn't seem to be panicking or overwhelmed. A day after Sunday's ghastly loss, which featured two of the worst throws of Darnold's career, he took full responsibility for what went wrong and was adamant that it was correctable.
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NY Jets: Best photos of the 2018 season
New York Jets safety Jamal Adams (33) celebrates a turnover in the second half. The New York Jets host the Indianapolis Colts in Week 6 on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in East Rutherford. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) throws on the run in the second half. The Jets defeat the Indianapolis Colts 42-34 in Week 6 on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in East Rutherford. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) high-fives a fan after his 42-34 win over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 6 on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in East Rutherford. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
(L-R) New York Jets defensive end Leonard Williams (92), linebacker Avery Williamson (54), and safety Marcus Maye (26) celebrate Williamson stripping the ball in the endzone, denying the Colts a touchdown in the first half. The New York Jets host the Indianapolis Colts in Week 6 on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in East Rutherford. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
Former New York Jets quarterback and Super Bowl III MVP Joe Namath yells the Jets chant during the halftime show honoring the 1968 team. The New York Jets host the Indianapolis Colts in Week 6 on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in East Rutherford. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
The 1968 Jets pass around the Super Bowl trophy during a halftime show honoring the Super Bowl III winning team. The New York Jets host the Indianapolis Colts in Week 6 on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in East Rutherford. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
Sep 20, 2018; Cleveland, OH, USA; New York Jets running back Isaiah Crowell (20) celebrates after his second touchdown of the night during the first half against the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium. Crowell was penalized for the move. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports Ken Blaze, Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold, right, throws a pass against the Cleveland Browns during the first half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane) The Associated Press
Young Jets fans on the sideline before the game. New York Jets face the Miami Dolphins in Week 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
The National Anthem plays ahead of the regular season game between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) throws against the Miami Dolphins in Week 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
Jose Ramirez of Garfield makes bacon and eggs in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium before the New York Jets face the Miami Dolphins in Week 2 on Sunday, September 16, 2018. Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com
Sep 10, 2018; Detroit, MI, USA; New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee (58) celebrates his touchdown during the third quarter against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports Tim Fuller, Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2018; Detroit, MI, USA; New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) drops back to pass during the second quarter against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports Tim Fuller, Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 10, 2018; Detroit, MI, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson (11) celebrates with quarterback Sam Darnold (14) after the two connect for a touchdown during the second quarter against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports Raj Mehta, Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Fans watch the game on large screens during a Jets game viewing party for fans at the FanDuel Sportsbook, located at Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment area in East Rutherford on 09/10/18. Mitsu Yasukawa/Northjersey.com
New York Jets quarterback Christian Hackenberg speaks to the media after the first day of OTA's in Florham Park, NJ on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. This happened to be his last press conference as he was released by the Jets later that afternoon. Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey
Robby Anderson makes a catch during practice, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com
Jonah Trinnaman tries to make a catch during Jets Minicamp in Florham Park. Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com
Jets first-round draft pick Sam Darnold at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on Friday, April 27, 2018. Michael Karas/NorthJersey.com
First round draft pick Sam Darnold makes this completion to running back tryout Vic Enwere. Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com
"For me, it's just not playing to the best of my abilities, and quite frankly, just playing stupid," Darnold said. "I thought I played stupid football [Sunday] and I've just got to be better and I know that, coaches know that, everyone knows it."
That doesn't sound like a player who is lost or making excuses. It sounds like a guy who is putting the responsibility on himself to get better.
Plenty of room for improvement
Through the first six games of the season, Darnold was up-and-down. But at least he was consistently showing flashes of progress and at times, brilliance.
But in his last three games, he has nose-dived, completing 52 of 110 passes (47.3 percent) for two touchdowns and seven interceptions. His 14 interceptions this season are the most in the NFL.
Sunday's performance was particularly poor, especially his first two interceptions. A promising first-quarter drive ended when Darnold forced a ball to Deontay Burnett, who was being covered by four Dolphins players. The error was particularly egregious, because running back Isaiah Crowell was open nearby if Darnold had only seen him.
Then, in the fourth quarter Darnold threw a game-changing pick-6. After handling a bad snap, he stared down the right side of the field and tried to heave a pass over linebacker Jerome Baker. It was the wrong decision and a bad throw. Baker intercepted it and returned it for a touchdown.
Sep 16, 2018; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold (14) talks to New York Jets quarterback Josh McCown (15) after a turnover against the Miami Dolphins during second half at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports (Photo: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports)
"Just not a good day for me out there [Sunday]," Darnold said. "Obviously, watched the tape and I got better in terms of watching it, knowing what to do and what not to do. I thought I definitely grew [watching the tape] but it's definitely tough to watch."
It's not all on Darnold
During his slump, he's played with a patchwork wide receiver corps, and his top two weapons, Quincy Enunwa and Robby Anderson, were clearly not 100 percent as they returned from ankle injuries Sunday. The run game has been dreadful over the last three games, and center Spencer Long is making every single snap an unpredictable adventure.
But with a game against Buffalo on Sunday — playing the Bills can fix a lot of problems — and the bye week to get healthy after that, the Jets shouldn't be thinking of benching Darnold.
They've got to let the rookie play his way out of this slump and prove that these tough times are merely growing pains.
Email: vasqueza@northjersey.com
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"[error] => No password for VM with id '70' found."
I also try to reset the vm password, it goes fine (i got a new password on a dialog box that popped up after the reset password operation successful).
I find it strange, why would reset vm password successfull (and did return a new password), but command "getVmPassword" ended in failure?
Sorry for the late reply. Did you get it solved ?
I am guessing that you do not have a ssh keypair associated with the said VM.
getVMPassword API returns an encrypted password. This only works if you have a keypair associated with the VM (done at the time of VM creation. You may then use the private key to decrypt the encrypted password returned by the above API. There is no other means of retrieving a VMs password.
It's designed this way for security; ideally Cloudstack (orchestration layer) won't want to store access information to a guest VM and it's data.


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Encyclopedia > General Staff
A General Staff is a group of professional military officers who act in a staff or administrative role under the command of a general officer. Any holder of an office or of a post may bear the title officer. ... You may be looking for information on: musical staff employees or volunteers in an organization quarterstaff or staff (stick) staff of office staff (building material) Leopold Staff (1878–1957), a Polish poet Bowstaff There is also the homophone staph, a bacterial infection. ... Organisational use In some organisational analyses, administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of mundane office tasks, usually internally oriented. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ...
The following are designations used in the United States Armed Forces: The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
The G-1 is the compoment Chief of Staff for Personnel.
The G-2 is the component intelligence staff officer.
The G-3 is the component Chief of Staff for Plans, Operations, and Training; sometimes called the Operations Officer.
The G-4 is the component Logistics Officer.
The G-5 is the Civil Affairs or Public Affairs office.
The G-6 is the component command, control, communications, and computer systems staff officer, and is frequently the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the component.
The G-7 is the Joint Operations Staff office. Very few organizations have a G-7 office; most of the offices are J-7, at the Department of Defense level. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
The G-8 is the Resource Management office.
At lower command levels (air group, squadron, regiment, battalion), the G designations are replaced by S designations.
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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Army General Staff Identification Badge (417 words)
The Army Staff Identification Badge is a decoration of the United States Army and is awarded to those personnel who serve for one year as a member of the Army General Staff.
General Douglas MacArthur first proposed an Army General Staff Badge in 1931, but it was not until 1933 that the United States War Department authorized the decoration.
General Franks, after graduation from Armed Forces Staff College, was posted to The Pentagon in 1976 where he served as an Army Inspector General in the Investigations Division.


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AMD Radeon HD 7970/7950 Get XSPC Razor Waterblock
AMD's Radeon HD 7970 and 7950 graphics cards may have their default coolers, but for those who want their hardware chilled with water, XSPC has created the Razor 7970.
The block is made in such a way that, while allowing the card to take up a single expansion slot, it cools all components that generate heat.
That means that not just the GPU, but also the 12 GDDR5 memory chips and the VRM come in contact with the metal.
The VRM cover is made of aluminum, while the rest of the components get copper assistance.
XSPC sells the Razor 7970 waterblock in a bundle with four G1/4″ ports and two G1/4″ plugs. As such, CrossFire multi-card setups can easily be prepared.
Unfortunately, the price might not agree with everyone: £82.67, the equivalent of $131 / 97.73 Euro.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview: New Start Screen, Cloud Integration
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview, made available for download today, arrives with a series of graphical changes when compared to the Developer Preview that was released in September last year.
With the new platform version, Microsoft is offering some more info on the manner in which it has reimagined the Windows experience.
Windows 8 was meant to work on a wider range of devices, including tablet PCs, laptops, desktops and all-in-one PCs. The platform was also intended to deliver fast access to applications, files, information and the like.
Additionally, users will find it easier to move between their Windows 8 PCs to access files and settings from wherever they are.
Not to mention that the operating system arrives with optimizations for both touch and non-touch devices, so that users will be able to enjoy speed when navigating with a mouse and keyboard as well.
In Windows 8 Consumer Preview, users will spot a new Start menu, though it will offer the same features and capabilities as it did before, including the possibility to launch apps, to share content, switch between tasks, and the like.
"If you've seen what we've done with Windows Phone, this might look familiar," Kent Walter, Windows Team, notes in a recent blog post.
"The tiles show real-time updates—news, sports, and what your friends are up to. You can check your schedule or get the latest weather forecast without searching for information—no need to open an app to see your next appointment or find out if you have any new email.
"This design style is great on a phone for getting you to the content you want easily and quickly, and extended to the whole screen of a PC, it's even better."
It allows customizations so that information of interest can be easily accessible from a single place. Users can put favorite applications in front, while also being able to group and keep things organized on the Start screen.
On top of that, people will also find it easier to move between PCs, courtesy of the cloud enhancements that Windows 8 Consumer preview arrives on devices with.
"Your music, photos, files, contacts, and settings aren't stored on one device, they're in one place: the cloud. I like to write, and I'm not always in the same place when I do it. With a Microsoft account, I can start a project on one Windows 8 PC and finish it on another," Kent Walter continues.
All that users will need to do to access people, files, and settings, including themes, language preferences, and browser favorites will be to sign in to a Windows 8 PC using their Microsoft account.
Whether it comes to favorite cloud services, such as Hotmail, SkyDrive, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, they can all be linked to the same Microsoft account.
Not to mention that people will benefit from immediate access to their photos, docs and other types of files that have been saved on SkyDrive, Flickr, or elsewhere.
"When you sign in, even a brand new Windows 8 PC will have access to your files and settings. And if you share your Windows 8 PC, anyone else can have their own personalized, cloud-connected experience by signing in with their Microsoft account," Walter also notes.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Build 8250 is available for download via this link.
MWC 2012: Motorola Gleam+ Hands-On
After a whole bunch of quad-core and dual-core smartphones powered by Android, or the new and appealing Windows Phone devices from Nokia, it's high time we had a look at some more traditional phones present on the floor at MWC 2012, such as the Motorola Gleam+.
Packing a flip form factor, the same as its predecessor, the new device arrives on shelves with a 2.8-inch (240 x 400 pixels) TFT screen, and with an alphanumeric keyboard.
It packs 50 MB of internal memory, along with a microSD memory card slot (with support for up to 16 GB of external memory).
The specs list of this handset also includes Stereo FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth, GPRS, microUSB v2.0, and a 2 MP photo snapper that can also record videos.
It is powered by a Li-Ion 750 mAh (capable of up to 4 h 50 min of talk time or up to 417 h of standby time).
OCZ and Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel Make Top-Tier 1000W Power Supply
OCZ has officially announced the sort of product that only a handful of people in the world will ever want or afford to buy, but that was the whole point.
The company worked together with Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel in the making of the Fatal1ty 1000 Watt power supply unit (PSU).
The beast may not have the absolute highest known power output, but it features 100% Japanese low ESR 105°C capacitors and up to 90% efficiency, earning it 80-Plus Gold certification.
"When looking for the ideal gaming power supply, I look for plenty of power to support multi-GPU configurations, superior reliability, and features like quiet and efficient cooling that allow me to stay focused on the game," said Wendel.
"I also want modular cabling which makes it easy to configure my rig and make it look clean. With the new Fatal1ty 1000W modular PSU, gamers are armed with the perfect solution to power all of their high-end components, enabling them to design the perfect gaming rig. I want gamers to play to their full potential, and with this PSU your gaming rig will have every bit of power it needs to fulfill your hardcore gaming sessions."
The newcomer offers one 20+4-pin ATX connector (for the motherboard), two 4+4-pin ESP/12V CPU plugs, six 6+2-pin PCIe connectors, four 4-pin Peripheral ports and no less than twelve 5-pin SATA connectors.
Active Power Factor Correction (PFC) is present as well, along with heavy-duty protection circuitry and temperature-controlled 140mm double ball-bearing fan with Red LED. The MTBF is 100,000 hours.
Alas, even with the Fatal1ty 1000 Watt PSU product page up, no price has been mentioned.
"We are thrilled to partner up once again with Fatal1ty to build the ultimate PSU designed specifically for hard-core gamers," commented Steve Lee, senior vice president of power management at OCZ Technology.
"The new 1000W Fatal1ty PSU delivers exceptional performance for dual GPU platforms, enhanced reliability with premium components, excellent efficiency and robust features, including a large yet ultra quiet fan and high-end individually sleeved cables. All of these add up to a premium PSU that gamers can be confident in to power through the most intense gaming and enthusiast environments."
Windows 8 Consumer Preview System Requirements
Today, Microsoft has made available for download the latest milestone of Windows 8, namely the Consumer Preview version, which offers a better look at what the final flavor of the platform will be about.
The Redmond-based company has made available for download the ISO images of both x86 and x64 versions of Windows 8, so that users can download and install them on their computers.
For that, they will need to burn the image on a DVD or emulator, or they can use the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Setup tool that Microsoft made available for download.
The utility will check their PCs to see whether they are compatible with the new platform release, and will also check on application compatibility.
If all goes according to plan, the tool will start downloading the new Windows 8 release, so that you can have a taste of it. As long as users will try to install the new OS on the same hardware on which they run Windows 7, all should be good.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview can be installed on computers featuring 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processors, and requires at least 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit).
It will also need 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) of storage space on the hard disk, as well as Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device or higher.
Users will be able to install the new platform release on devices that do not feature touch capabilities, but will also get the chance to install it on devices that support the feature, including tablets or PCs with touch monitors.
"To access Windows Store and to download and run apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 pixels," Microsoft notes. "To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768."
Apparently, the Build tablets that were handed to application builders with Win 8 Developer Preview on them will not receive an automatic update to the new Consumer Preview. People will need to download and install new bits.
Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Nokia Launches Nokia Transport on Windows Phone
Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the availability of a new service and application for devices running under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, namely Nokia Transport.
Through it, users will be able to learn more on the public transportation routes, which they could take advantage of in order to reach their destinations.
"With this unique service on your phone, you will always be prepared for what lies ahead. Just enter your destination for a complete door-to-door route," Nokia explains.
"You'll see integrated data for travel on foot, or by bus, train, tram, or underground. Let's say you are starting a new job across town. Nokia Transport will help you learn the best route for your daily commute, showing your journey on a map or as a list of turn-by-turn directions."
Nokia Transport was designed to put together information from a wide range (700) of leading public transit agencies, including BVG and VBB in Berlin, Rejseplanen in Denmark and DeLijn in Flanders.
Thus, Nokia guarantees that users will benefit from the best-in-industry information on routes, schedules and the like, straight on the smartphone in their hands.
"Check the timetables to see your scheduled departure and arrival times, as well as how long you'll be en route to your destination. You can even keep an eye on transit disruptions and delays (right now in Berlin and Potsdam, with more coverage on the way)," Nokia notes.
Nokia Transport provides info on transportation in no less than, 512 cities in 46 countries. It is available in 24 languages.
It can be accessed through the web via maps.nokia.com, as well as through the mobile web at m.maps.nokia.com. Owners of Nokia Belle devices can enjoy it via the new Nokia Maps Suite. Today, Nokia Lumia users are also able to give it a try, via the new application released for them.
This is available for download in beta today, and can be found on the Windows Phone Marketplace.
The list of cities & regions the app covers includes:
Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Baltimore, Barcelona, Berkshire, Berlin & Brandenburg, Boston, Budapest, Chicago, Dallas, Denmark, Denver, Edmonton, Flanders, Halifax, Helsinki, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, London, Miami-Dade county, Minneapolis & Saint Paul, New York City, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, Toronto, Turin, Wellington and Winnipeg.
Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Today, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft announced the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
The release marks a new step in the evolution of Windows 8, but is still only a preview version of the platform, destined mainly for testing purposes.
The new platform flavor brings along a variety of changes when compared to the Windows 8 Developer Preview that became available for download in September last year.
"With Windows 8, we reimagined the different ways people interact with their PC and how to make everything feel like a natural extension of the device, whether using a Windows 8 tablet, laptop or all-in-one," said Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft.
He also mentions that the new Windows 8 Consumer Preview arrives with a no-compromises approach to using the PC.
Microsoft is making the Windows 8 Consumer Preview available for download all around the world in English, French, German, Japanese and simplified Chinese languages.
Those users who have downloaded and installed the Developer Preview of the platform on their computers will benefit from a long range of changes in the new release.
In addition to various improvements throughout the platform, there will also be access to the Windows Store, as well as seamless integration with content that users access through their devices, including smartphones powered by the Windows Phone platform.
Moreover, Microsoft packed the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 with Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 5, which has been redesigned to deliver a new experience, specifically crafted for the Windows 8 platform.
At the MWC show in Barcelona, Microsoft will demo the new platform on various devices that are based on x86 and ARM chipsets. Developers will have access to hardware for trial and testing purposes.
Key updates in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview include:
Broad range of product changes and improvements. Since the Developer Preview in September, designed to preview the programming platform, Windows 8 has progressed across every dimension. From completing the user experience for touch, keyboard and mouse to refining the development platform, the Consumer Preview improves performance, quality and reliability across all subsystems. With the added features, it represents a more complete view of the capabilities of Windows 8.
Windows Store with new apps. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview marks the beta opening of the Windows Store, which is filled with a variety of new Metro style apps from both third-party developers and Microsoft. During the Consumer Preview, these apps are available to try and experience at no cost to users. The Windows Store will offer personalized recommendations, and Windows 8 gives users the ability to take their apps and settings with them across multiple PCs, making it easy to discover and try new apps while offering developers the greatest opportunity of any platform.
Connecting to the cloud across Windows-based PCs and Windows Phone. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview offers seamless integration with the content people care about across their devices. An optional additional sign-on with a Microsoft account provides access to a host of features, including the ability to roam all settings, use cloud storage, communicate with email, calendar and contacts, and connect to a broad range of services. Your connection to the cloud works across your Windows-based PCs and your Windows Phones.
Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 5. The best way to experience the Web on Windows is with Internet Explorer 10. The browser has been re-imagined to create a new experience designed specifically for Windows 8 devices. It provides an edge-to-edge user interface that is all about less browser and more Web. Fast and fluid, Internet Explorer is hardware-accelerated to enable Web performance.
ADATA Intros Rugged, Waterproof USB 3.0 HDDs
ADATA has officially launched the DashDrive Durable HD710 family of portable and rugged hard disk drives.
Thanks to their unique housing, they are both shockproof and waterproof, even compliant with the IPX7 specification, which means they can survive for 30 minute when submerged underwater at depths of 1 meter or less.
The HDD case is made of a variation of silicon, hence the military-grade toughness.
Additionally, the wraparound exterior slot easily holds onto the USB 3.0 cable when the unit is not in use.
ADATA has three DashDrive Durable HD710 members ready and waiting, with capacities of 500 GB, 750 GB and 1 TB, respectively.
The color options are blue, yellow and black, but we don't have any prices to share, so keep an eye on your local retailer just in case one of these things shows up in your area.
We talked about the Raspberry Pi just about every time there was anything new to say about it and, now, we have something particularly interesting to share.
It isn't just that the credit card-sized PC has started selling, it's that the number of orders people placed within the first few hours (or possibly less) was enough to crash the servers of both retail partners involved in the commercialization.
This happened even though sales are being limited to one per customer.
Premier Farnell or RS Components have been enlisted, but people will have to wait a bit before getting their turn at this point.
"Both websites are currently experiencing heavy load, and international customers may find that Raspberry Pi is not available yet in their territory. Please be patient, and consider checking back in a few hours' time," the foundation says.
"We've temporarily changed to a static site, while we're experiencing a very high level of traffic for the launch of the Raspberry Pi. The full site will return once traffic levels have subsided, hopefully later on today."
Currently, only the $35 / 26 Euro and the $25 / 18.5 Euro models are available, or they will be, as soon as sales resume.
The latter was even reworked to include double the initially intended RAM capacity. It has 256 MB now.
The oddest thing about this small item is that it wasn't even aimed at consumers originally. It started off as a low-cost computer for the educational market. Students were supposed to use it for learning the basics of programming and computer "modding."
Once the media, us included, got wind of it, though, it couldn't stop from keeping an eye on it. After all, it is not every day that someone finds something so small and unassuming that, nonetheless, trounces NVIDIA Tegra 2 and iPhone 4S in terms of graphics. And since it even has HDMI, it can turn any TV into a SmartTV. It is no wonder that demand proved so overwhelming.
Raspberry Pi, a miniature computer with an estimate cost of just $25 (€18.5) and that is capable to run a Linux distro or RISC OS, has been officially put on sale.
Raspberry Pi is being developed in UK and built in China. The mini PC has managed to produce quite a stir at launch, bringing down (temporarily) the websites that were selling it, and the official website.
Raspberry Pi Foundation, the developers of this amazing mini-computer, have funded their work by selling mini-motherboards (ten models). They went on Ebay for ridiculously high prices, some people even paying $5000 (€ 3900) for one item.
Raspberry Pi relies on an ARM processor with a clock speed of 700 MHz, plus 128 MB or 256 MB of RAM, an SD card slot and a 5V Micro USB connector that supplies the power. It also features RCA and HDMI ports.
The Raspberry Pi is available at either Premier Farnell or RS Components. Some people might find that the device is now available in their region, but things might change in the next hours, at least according to the developers.
MWC 2012: Motorola RAZR Hands-On
Motorola did not launch new smartphones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but the company did bring along some of its latest handsets, such as the Motorola RAZR that can be seen in the hands-on photos attached at the bottom of this article.
We took the time to have a closer look at the device, to see whether it is indeed as impressive as Motorola would have us think. And it is. It is both thin and powerful, and it feels great in the hand.
For those out of the loop, we should note that Motorola launched this smartphone with Google's Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system on board, and with a dual-core application processor clocked in at 1.2GHz.
The handset packs a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced touchscreen display that can deliver a 540 x 960 pixels resolution.
Motorola RAZR measures 130.70mm x 68.90mm x 7.1mm and weighs 127 grams. It is powered by a 1780 mAh battery that can deliver up to 12.5 hours of talk time and up to 8.5 days of standby time.
On the back, the new mobile phone features an 8-megapixel photo snapper with LED flash, auto focus and support for HD video recording. It also comes with a 1.3MP photo snapper on the front, great for making video calls.
Motorola packed the handset with 1GB of RAM and with 16GB of ROM. Users can access 11.5GB of internal memory, but will also be able to expand it via a microSD memory card slot by up to 32GB (a 16GB card is included from the start).
The specs list of this mobile phone also shows WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n and Bluetooth connectivity, along with DLNA, HDMI, USB 2.0HS, aGPS (assisted), eCompass, sGPS (simultaneous), GLONASS.
Motorola's smartphone also arrives on shelves with a series of pre-loaded applications, including MotoCast, Google Mobile Services, and Google Talk, while providing users with fast access to the Android Market to download and install more software.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Up for Download
Microsoft has just made the Consumer Preview flavor of Windows 8 available for download on its servers.
The new platform release is available in both x86 and x64 flavors in the form of ISO images.
The OS flavor is only a pre-release software, which means that there might appear a variety of changes in it before the final flavor of the platform is made available.
With these ISO files, users can install Windows 8 on their desktop PCs at home, after burning them to a DVD or loading them on image emulators.
"Note before you download: Windows 8 Consumer Preview is prerelease software that may be substantially modified before it's commercially released," Microsoft explains on its website.
The Redmond-based company is expected to release the final flavor of Windows 8 in fall, while making available the RC version sometime this summer.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available for download via links below
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Build 8250 - 32-bit (ISO)
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Build 8250 - Setup Executable (EXE)
Windows 8 Developer Preview 32-bit (ISO)
Windows 8 Developer Preview With Developer Tools 64-bit (ISO)
MWC 2012: Panasonic ELUGA Hands-On
One of the newly launched mobile phones that we had the chance to play with at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was the Panasonic ELUGA.
The smartphone was unveiled to the world earlier this month and is expected to arrive on shelves in the not too distant future.
The handset packs a dual-core 1 GHz TI OMAP 4430 CPU, along with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory, and a 4.3-inch touchscreen display capable of delivering a 540 x 960 pixels resolution.
The mobile phone arrives on shelves with an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with auto focus, LED flash, and HD video recording.
It will also hit the market with HSDPA, 21 Mbps and HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps connectivity options, as well as with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA, and a microUSB port.
The smartphone was launched with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, but is expected to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich soon.
MWC 2012: Motorola MOTOLUXE Hands-on
Motorola announced all its new products at the International Consumer Electronics Show, last month.
Given the fact that the company's main market is North America, Motorola didn't bring anything new at this year's Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain.
However, we had the chance to try out some of the low to mid-range smartphones that the company is trying to sell in Europe and South America.
Motorola MOTOLUXE is one of the mid-range handsets that will soon be available in more European countries.
The smartphone sports a surprisingly large 4.0-inch capacitive touchscreen display, along with an impressive 8-megapixel rear camera.
Motorola MOTOLUXE is powered by Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread and is only 9.9mm thick.
Check it out in the photo gallery below (licorice styling).
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Bishkek is the capital, the heart of the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek is a young city but it really has an unusual history. 131 years ago it looked like as a flat step without a single tree - and now it is one of the greenest cities in Kyrgyzstan and even in the whole Central Asia! Many people wanted to live here, but Kyrgyz people managed to save it for their next generations. Your guide will tell you its history and you will see the most famous places of our beautiful city!
10.00 a.m. City tour: its begin from the Pobeda Square (Victory Square) and then the tours includes visiting of Opera and Ballet theatre, Art Gallery, Duboviy Park (Oak Park), Old Main Square, the History Museum, Ala Too Square, our "White House", The Palace of Sport, National Philharmonic, Oriental Bazaar, and many others places of interest.


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Alice sings in Young Chorister semi-finals
Norwich Cathedral chorister Alice Platten is among the five young singers that TV viewers will this weekend see compete in the first semi-final of this year's prestigious BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition.
Fourteen-year-old Alice is one of just 10 choristers across the country in the running for the coveted accolade after impressing judges with her audition performances of Ex ore innocentium by John Ireland and The little road to Bethlehem by Michael Head.
The talented Norwich School pupil took part in the competition in September and will appear in the first of the semi-finals which is being broadcast on BBC One on Sunday 22 November at 2.15pm. The second semi-final will be broadcast on Sunday 29 November at 12.20pm and the final will be shown on Sunday 6 December at 1.15pm.
The competition is run jointly by BBC Radio 2 and Songs of Praise.
Alice, who enjoyed a masterclass with singing superstar and former chorister Katherine Jenkins as part of the semi-final, said: "It was such a wonderful experience to be able to take part in the BBC Young Chorister of the Year competition and the coaching session with Katherine Jenkins was amazing. Being able to sing for the judges was quite nerve-wracking but it was a real honour to have their feedback."
Ashley Grote, Norwich Cathedral's Master of Music, said everyone at the Cathedral was incredibly proud of Alice and her tremendous achievement.
Alice, who is the daughter of Norwich Cathedral's Canon Precentor, the Revd Canon Aidan Platten, has been a chorister at Norwich Cathedral for the last three years and previously sang in the choir of St Mark's Hamilton Terrace in London. She also plays the violin and piano and is about to start her GCSE music course. As well as enjoying music, Alice also loves drama, reading and the outdoors.
Five girl choristers and five boy choristers nationwide will be taking part in the BBC Young Chorister of the Year semi-finals. Three girls and three boys will then progress to the final where one young singer will be crowned BBC Young Chorister of the Year and one will be given the Highly Commended accolade. The winner will appear on Songs of Praise and have the chance to take part in BBC Radio recordings.
Picture: BBC Songs of Praise


Home / Business / Whats in a name?
An in-house competition to find a name for the new Pashley mail delivery bike has recently concluded. The top 20 names have gone to the Royal Mail for deliberation. But what would you call it? The Mail Model? Post Haste?
The un-named postal bike is the second generation model from Pashley and is currently bveing tested by the Royal Mail. It will go into service early in 2001.
If you have any smart names for this bike post them on the bulletin board! Remember, its just for fun there are no prizes for the best entry as the real competition was for Pashley staffers only.


Works better than I expected!"
"This is a great product I highly recommend it too everyone for a wifi signal all thorugh the house!"
"Really easy to install and has improved our internet reception as hoped."
Extend your Wi-Fi connection to an area in your house with low signal.
The Tp-Link RE200 is a Wi-Fi extender which picks up an existing wireless signal and repeats it in an area, providing a much stronger signal effectively doubling your network coverage. It features an adapter which you will need to place where you want extended coverage in. The RE200 is also dual band so you can retrieve your existing signal using the slower, higher range 2.4Ghz band, and transmit with the faster, more reliable 5GHz band. Your standard Wi-Fi extenders will only run on a single band, so they have to both transmit and receive using a single band which means half the speed transmitted as the other half will be used to receive. You'll enjoy a maximum of 433Mbps using the 5Ghz band and there is even an ethernet port so you can connect a device which requires cabling. If you are after an all in one solution to extend Wi-Fi coverage in your home and business, the RE200 will be one of the best choices!
Will this be compatible with my ASUS RT-AC58U router?
Will this work with a Vodafone Home Smart Hub?
Hi, I'm hoping to extend/ improve the WiFi signal on myRepublic internet so that i can access it in my sleepout. Currently it's patchy...do you think this would do it?
This is a great product I highly recommend it too everyone for a wifi signal all thorugh the house!This is a great product I highly recommend it too everyone for a wifi signal all thorugh the house!
Really easy to install and has improved our internet reception as hoped.Really easy to install and has improved our internet reception as hoped.
Easy to setup to get much improved wireless connectivity. When your family stops complaining you know you've got it right.Easy to setup to get much improved wireless connectivity. When your family stops complaining you know you've got it right.
Trash. Waste of money.Trash. Waste of money.
I've been looking for a wifi extender as my room is the furthest away from our router and the wifi connection is the weakest. This model is easy to install and the instruction is simple and clear to follow. I got mine set up within 5 minutes.
I have used it for a week now, and since having this product the wifi connection has become much better that the streaming quality remains hd when I watch shows on my android tv. I would recommend this product.I've been looking for a wifi extender as my room is the furthest away from our router and the wifi connection is the weakest. This model is easy to install and the instruction is simple and clear to follow. I got mine set up within 5 minutes.
I have used it for a week now, and since having this product the wifi connection has become much better that the streaming quality remains hd when I watch shows on my android tv. I would recommend this product.
Works well in my fathers home, better than expected and simple to setup!Works well in my fathers home, better than expected and simple to setup!
Very good product with the price for Dual-band.Very good product with the price for Dual-band.
Good product, works like a charm!Good product, works like a charm!
Would be fine in some settings. not strong enough signal in my concrete walled home. Wasn't trying to cover a huge distance or anything. Small 2 bedroom apartment. Probably much better with wooden walls. Exchanged for the RE650 with far better success.Would be fine in some settings. not strong enough signal in my concrete walled home. Wasn't trying to cover a huge distance or anything. Small 2 bedroom apartment. Probably much better with wooden walls. Exchanged for the RE650 with far better success.
Good for a small office.
I've been using the TP-Link RE200 extender now for 3 weeks with mixed results.
The unit worked fine, once I had discarded the paper instructions, gone through the setup a couple times, then found a sweet spot with a power point where I could place the extender without being out of range or getting interference from things like reinforced concrete walls or electrical cabling.
Pros: It takes a bit of fiddling around but once it is setup, it works fine.
View MoreI've been using the TP-Link RE200 extender now for 3 weeks with mixed results.
Cons: Not that easy to setup as the written instructions that come with the unit differ from that of the setup page so allow yourself plenty of time for setting up as it is not for the faint-hearted.
Signal strength is not that great so placing the unit closer to the source will give you a better result but will compromise the extended distance you can achieve.
All up, it would suit a small office area or if you just wanted to extend the WiFi in your home to accommodate an extra room that has a slightly weaker signal than you would like. If you wanted to use it to do a bit of online gaming, then perhaps you would be better off looking at a higher rated unit.
I highly recommend this wifi extender. Great price, super simple to setup and yes, it works. Didn'te look too bad either.I highly recommend this wifi extender. Great price, super simple to setup and yes, it works. Didn'te look too bad either.
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Guatemala Confronts Past Rights Abuses
By Shelley Emling Special to The Christian Science Monitor
CHONTALA, GUATEMALA
A LONG a quarter-mile stretch of barely passable dirt road outside the tiny village of Chontala, Guatemala is coming face to face with its brutal military past.It is here that forensic experts from Argentina have begun to exhume bodies from three mass graves, the first uncovered in Guatemala. Relatives say these graves hold the victims of an early 1980s counterinsurgency campaign by the military against tens of thousands of rebels and leftist sympathizers. "Guatemala still has not gotten to the point where it is investigating abuses of the past," says Anne Manuel, associate director of the rights group Americas Watch. "We want to identify the bodies and work to put those people responsible in jail." Four days prior to the January 1986 inauguration of the first civilian president in more than 30 years, departing dictator Gen. Oscar Mejia Victores granted the Army a blanket amnesty. "Laws can always be repealed in a true democracy," says Clyde Snow, the American leading the international team of forensic experts. Mr. Snow, a consultant to United States law enforcement agencies, helped identify victims of Argentina's "dirty war" of the late 1970s. Already, Snow's team has found 26 bodies in three graves along the road. Rights groups say there could be hundreds of bodies buried in this region of high conflict, about 90 miles northwest of Guatemala City. "It is proof of the violence that has been so prevalent in this country and the impunity that remains," says Andres Giron, head of the Guatamalan Congress's human rights commission. "Constant pressure from the international community might make the military think twice before it does anything like that again." Snow's team was brought to Guatemala by Americas Watch at the request of the country's Justice Department and the National Coordination of Guatemalan Widows of the Violence, an organization representing 50,000 women widowed by Guatemala's guerrilla war. Members of the group, mostly poor Indian women, are being trained by Snow to interview relatives in Quiche province, where Chontala is located, in an effort to identify the bodies. "This is the first time in [Guatemalan] history that they've established the identification of bodies [in mass graves] through scientific methods," says Edmundo Vasquez Martinez, president of Guatemala's Supreme Court. The data will be turned over to a provincial judge in Quiche, who has promised to pursue prosecutions. Although no soldier has ever been prosecuted for rights abuses, President Jorge Serrano Elias says he is "not going to cover up for anybody." Meanwhile, Snow and his team plan to work indefinitely under the watchful eyes of relatives like Tomas Gonzalez, an Indian farmer who waited patiently alongside the road while the bodies of his two young cousins were exhumed. They were killed, he says, by security forces in November 1980. He says he realizes supporting the project, which began in July, is risky. "Last week, the civil patrols gathered up most all the people in Chontala and told us not to say anything to anyone," Mr. Gonzalez says. Civilian patrols are paramilitary groups that act as eyes and ears for the armed forces, and have been linked to abuses. Snow admits the patrols have threatened his team. "I am hoping the threats don't continue.... I can't really think about that," Snow says. "Even if justice is not served ... We are letting the world know through documented evidence that these things actually did happen here."
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Mama – I love you. Mama – my frriiiieeend.
I feel like scouting for gifts for Mother's Day is one of the more pleasant present buying experiences of the year. My Mum is a complete breeze to buy for. A scarf! A plant! A cookbook! Basically anything that I'd like for myself, she'd be pretty chuffed with too. She'd never been too into beauty – I had to march her to the shops to get her first ever foundation for my wedding day last year – but in recent times, she's started sniffing around the world of candles, perfumes, fancy shower gels and bath salts; and has since amassed quite the stash hidden away from Dad, deep in the bathroom cupboards.
Tickets are £15 and redeemable against any purchases you make on the night and you'll also get a free tote bag that we've designed.
If you can't make it down, then no worries – I've also narrowed the L'Occitane value-packed gift selection down to my three favourites that I'm pretty sure your Mum would LOVE. Firstly the Hand Cream Trio – which features three best-selling scents of the legendary hand cream formula that's luxurious feeling but never greasy. I always have one in my handbag (and my Mum does too!). Then there's the Terre de Lumière L'Eau Luxury Collection; which my Mum adores for the soft and subtle fragrance, plus you get everything in there to keep the scent with you from morning shower to bedtime. Finally, one of my personal favourites – the Almond Shower Oil. This might be the 867th time that I've mentioned it on the blog, but there just isn't another shower oil out there quite like it. I have multiple back ups stocked in my cabinets and it's definitely one your Mum is going to want to hide from your Dad. If you pop any of of these in your online basket, you can use the code 'ANNA' to get free delivery on your purchase until the 9th March.
Another option could be to jolly into town and take you Mum for a grand ol' pamper afternoon at the L'Occitane Regent Street Store. I mean, just look at these pictures! The store is HUGE, smells incredible and the complementary treatment menu unmatched. There's a spot for mum and daughter hand and arm massages (enjoy a Pierre Hermé macaron from the on-site stall for the full experience) free of charge. I opted for a glass of champagne during my chill-inducing treatment and it felt like heaven. Plus you can pick between two complementary skincare treatments. Either the Luxury Skin Care Ritual, a 30 minute treatment carried out in a private booth, or the Express Skin Care Ritual for a speedy tailored regime. There's also a counter for engraving and personalisation. I mean the Almond Shower Oil with your initials on!? SOLD. I've really never been to a beauty flagship like it, they really have nailed every single detail.
And finally, Lily and I are over the moon to announce that our L'Occitane Exclusive Beauty Bags are BACK, incase you need some more gift inspiration. Featuring miniatures of the Lavender Foaming Bath, Almond Shower Oil, Almond Hand Cream, Precious Cream, Relaxing Pillow Mist and mini makeup bag; they launch exclusively at L'Occitane today and will then be available to buy at all other stores across the U.K following the event for £25. One for your Mum… one for you – don't worry, we won't tell.
My spring capsule wardrobe purchase that I'm absolutely 100% in love with.


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On Reading Ed Herman's Obituary
By Fred Gardner
Economist Ed Herman, who opposed imperialism in all its aspects, died earlier this month at the age of 92. A professor at the Wharton School of Business, Herman published extensively and was never blacklisted; but as a public intellectual he was marginalized.
This is from the obit by Sam Roberts in the November 21 New York Times:
Dr. Herman was primarily responsible for the manifesto "Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" (1988), which he wrote with Professor Chomsky. It concluded that "market forces, internalized assumptions and self-censorship" motivate newspapers and television networks to stifle dissent…
Dr. Herman's articles, interviews, letters and nearly 20 books defied popular convention and animated public debate on a broad range of issues, including corporate power, human rights and wars waged by the United States in Vietnam and Iraq.
His other books included "The Political Economy of Human Rights" (1979), also written with Professor Chomsky; "Corporate Control, Corporate Power: A Twentieth Century Fund Study" (1981); and "The Global Media" (1997), with Robert McChesney.
Roberts quotes Todd Gitlin, the Official Historian of the 1960s, expressing contempt for Herman (and Chomsky) in words so incredibly asinine I had to re-read them:
"If we consider mainstream media to be nothing but propagandistic," said the author Todd Gitlin, a journalism and sociology professor at Columbia University, "we have no vocabulary left to condemn the likes of Fox News and Breitbart."
Should we chip in and send Professor Gitlin a thesaurus?
Gitlin also complains in the Times that Herman and Chomsky decried the US bombing of Cambodia more bitterly than they decried the Khmer Rouge regime that ensued. He ignores the fact that the authors of "Manufacturing Consent" were US citizens trying to influence their own government, not pontificating pundits. He also ignores the fact that precipitating events, though less dramatic than ensuing tragedies, are more significant tactically if your goal is to prevent the re-occurence of tragedies.
The Times' obit quoted five academics who expresed varying degrees of admiration for Herman, ending with:
Jeff Cohen, an Ithaca College professor and founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, recalled on the group's website last week that in the 1997 film "Good Will Hunting," the title character, played by Matt Damon, heartily recommends Howard Zinn's best-selling "A People's History of the United States" to his therapist, played by Robin Williams. Like Dr. Herman, Professor Zinn was a self-described democratic socialist.
"Better than Chomsky's 'Manufacturing Consent'?" the therapist replies.
When the movie was released, Mr. Cohen wondered whether Dr. Herman was upset at being slighted by the script.
"I asked Ed if he felt left out," Mr. Cohen wrote. "Not at all — the movie 'will bring our book more attention, more readers.' Pure Ed."
By an odd coincidence, a couple of lifetimes ago I was denied credit for something I'd created by this very same Todd Gitlin —and like Pure Ed Herman, I didn't resent it at all. In the early '60s, Gitlin was a honcho in the Harvard peace group, Tocsin. (A tocsin is a bell that tolls a warning; where else but Harvard would they call the peace group by a name most Americans hear as a synonym for poison?) I never joined because I was a reporter on the Crimson, took myself way too seriously, and wished to avoid a formal conflict of interest. But I had friends in Tocsin, shared their goal —nuclear disarmament— and went on their marches.
Over the summer of '61 or '62, I read a book by a sociologist named Seymour Melman, who pointed out that when civilian factory workers produce a guided missile for "national defense," the missile sits on a launch pad and creates no new jobs for civilians. But if that same factory produced a bus for public transportation, the bus would employ drivers and mechanics to do maintenance and make repairs and produce spare parts and so forth. If memory serves, Melman projected that a New York City bus would create 40 jobs over the course of its usable lifetime.
That fall I contacted a friend in Boston, Harvey Gold, who worked for the Teamsters (or was it the ILGWU?) and had connections with the Electrical Workers. Harvey arranged for me and some other antiwar students to speak at union meetings, where we made Melman's case for disarmament and were well received. I wrote a leaflet called "The Issue is Jobs" that we distributed outside the Raytheon plant on Route 128. Tocsin members were involved but Tocsin didn't sponsor the two or three union-meeting gigs we pulled off.
At some point that semester a man named Gar Alperovitz came to speak at Harvard. He was a legislative aide to Rep. Kastenmeier of Wisconsin. Maybe Tocsin had invited him. I didn't meet Alperovitz or hear his talk, but Gitlin subsequently declared that Gar Alperovitz, had devised a novel tactic: Tocsin should carry its message to union members in the Boston area! Gitlin even coined a name for this tactic. He called it "Alperovitzing," —hardly mellifluous, but was certainly flattering to Mr. A. I was glad to see Tocsin pursuing the approach and didn't attach much significance to having thought it up.
By the start of the '70s I had split with the classy left and was writing leaflets exposing the leaders as opportunists. Gitlin never forgave the affront. In 1988, when the Harvard class of '63 held its 25th reunion and Tocsin had its own private get-together, he insisted that I not be invited because —he told friends who remarked my absence— my presence would have inhibited people from sharing their soulful intellectual intimacies.
It wasn't until I was in my seventies and struggling to pay the mortgage that being denied credit for an original idea stirred my resentment. Ed Herman, bless him, was a tenured professor who could afford to be selfless to the end.
How many people read "Corrections?"
The New York Times corrects some whopping mistakes on a daily basis. By listing them along with the minor mis-spellings, their importance is somehow downplayed. The Ed Herman obit was followed by this item November 27:
An earlier version of this obituary referred incorrectly to Dr. Herman and Noam Chomsky's arguments about genocide in Rwanda and, during the Bosnia war, Srebrenica. Those arguments did not appear in their book "Manufacturing Consent," which was published several years before those genocides.
Add Gitlin Puke-inducers
The coffee-table book version of The Vietnam War, "based on the film version of the series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick," includes five essays. The one by Todd Gitlin is called "Vietnam and the Movement." The Sage of the Sixties repeats his thesis that "the Weatherman faction of Students for a Democratic Society destroyed the largest left-wing organization in the country." This line may be superficially true but it's profoundly misleading. The Weathermen could not have taken over SDS if there had been functional chapters doing meaningful political work on the campuses. Tom Hayden and the other national leaders, including Gitlin, failed to build an organization. (That would have involved real work, not just speechifying.) What the Weathercreeps took over was the hollow shell of an organization, a mere brand.
Gitlin's essay concludes:
"The movement receded in memory —more a long moment than a movement. But in the lives of millions, what a moment it was."
Thus the aging professor looks back with fond nostalgia on the years when he was president of SDS and a leader of the so-called left. But for millions of us, US military intervention in Vietnam and the struggle to end it keeps recurring in memory —more a nightmare than a worthy cause. Lost lives lost limbs lost friends lost years lost youth lost pride. Just a fucked-up nightmare.
Blackballed is the Singular of Blacklisted
On camera, Burns and Novick's expert on the civilian anti-war movement was Bill Zimmerman. Like Gitlin in print, Zimmerman exudes a measured self-satisfaction. Like Gitlin's post-movement career, Zimmerman's has been very successful. He moved to Santa Monica with Tom Hayden in the early '70s and slurked into electoral politics. In 1996 Zimmerman was funded by George Soros and other enlightened billionaires to take over the Proposition 215 (medical marijuana) campaign from the grassroots organizers led by Dennis Peron (an Air Force vet, BTW, who lost count of how many body bags he had to load during the Tet offensive).
Here's another coincidence: Like Gitlin, Bill Zimmerman had me blackballed! In December 2011, needing to pay the printer, I asked a wealthy college classmate for a donation to O'Shaughnessy's. He emailed my plea to another wealthy man, a proponent of medical marijuana named Chuck Blitz. Chuck Blitz then consulted with his friends Bill Zimmerman and Rick Doblin (director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)
This is Zimmerman's response (forwarded by my wealthy classmate):
I'm sorry, guys, despite Rick's positive experiences with Fred, I've had only the opposite. I consider him to be one of the most dishonest journalists in the business. He has a narrow and overly ideological approach to everything he does, especially in the medical marijuana arena where he has always been an acolyte of Dennis Peron. His writing has been full of inaccuracies designed solely to push the Peron perspective, and as a result, he has often done damage to the larger cause of medical marijuana. He's bad news, and any support he gets going forward is likely to have more negative impacts, especially with a new medical marijuana initiative possibly heading for the California ballot. Sorry. —Bill Z.
Zimmerman cced Ethan Nadelmann of the Drug Policy Alliance to show that he was on the job
I emailed Zimmerman, asking him to cite any inaccuracies in my reporting (and never heard back, of course). I also wrote him:
As for dishonesty… I can think of one lie of omission involving you, Bill. Circa 2000 when you were promoting an admirable initiative — treatment-not-incarceration, I think— and I was Hallinan's PIO, you came to SFDA to meet with him. (I later helped organize a well-attended forum in support of your campaign.) Before you left the office you asked Terence to sign something, which he did unhesitatingly and with barely a glance. His #2, Darryl Saloman, was appalled and said (as soon as you left), "How can you just sign something so important without reading it?" Terence told him, "Oh I go back a long way with Bill Zimmerman. He was in the DuBois Clubs." Darryl probably didn't know what the DuBois Club were, but I did. And I wondered if Terence had signed the Prop 215 ballot arguments in that the same trusting way. The reason I never wrote about this little episode, besides the fact that my old boss doesn't come off looking good, is the implication that the medical marijuana movement was actually the product of a Communist conspiracy. Which I, an acolyte of Dennis Peron, know to be untrue.
The Prop 215 ballot arguments that Zimmerman drafted and Hallinan signed portrayed Prop 215 as merely an affirmative defense in court —cops could keep arresting and DAs could keep prosecuting people on marijuana charges. Judges would soon cite the ballot arguments in denying medical users' pleas to get charges dropped. Doctors had to appear in court on their patients' behalf. In December '96 Zimmerman told the Sacramento Bee that he preferred California Attorney General Dan Lungren's "narrow interpretation" of the new law to the way Dennis Peron operated the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers' Club.
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Qatar World Cup A "Very Difficult Moral Challenge": Foster
Posted On April 3, 2019 April 5, 2019 By Nick Hughes
A panel including Craig Foster and Hakeem Al-Araibi convened in Melbourne on Tuesday night to discuss the role of football in upholding human rights in the wake of the #SaveHakeem campaign.
Also on the panel were Pascoe Vale Football Club President Lou Tona and Chairman of Professional Footballer's Australia John Didulica.
Hakeem was arrested in Thailand in December 2018 and finally released back to Australia in February 2019, with the very real situation of a person's life at stake.
"If Hakeem had been re-filed to Bahrain, would we ever have heard of Hakeem again? The answer in my head is no," Tona said.
"We had sport to reach out to, and sport came through on the day."
Didulica added "the weight of someone's life was resting on our shoulders" with each passing day during the case.
Al-Araibi himself admitted to relishing a "new life" having been granted Australian citizenship in Canberra last month, fully recognising the place in which he can now say "this is home."
The Bahraini-born footballer was able to communicate with his wife only via email for over 70 days while he was in prison, where he would be shackled at the ankles, ultimately all for speaking out against Sheikh Salman; current AFC President.
"Why are you shackling my legs, I am not an animal," Al-Araibi said.
Foster, a former Socceroos captain and SBS football analyst, believed it to be his duty and responsibility as a former player to stand up and to help return Hakeem to the country.
"If our game doesn't step up, we should be held accountable for that," Foster said.
Foster has been involved in the coverage of the World Cup with SBS since Germany 2006, but the next tournament, to be held in Qatar in 2022, is throwing up some issues.
Aside from corruption claims, poor working conditions for those building stadia and other infrastructure to host the tournament has claimed the lives of hundreds of workers already.
Having worked tireless for human rights over the last few months, Foster admitted that decisions will have to be made with regards to his participation at the Qatar World Cup.
"It's a very difficult moral challenge," Foster said.
Foster also used the example of the 2018 tournament in Russia, an opportunity which he utilised to talk openly about human rights abuses on air, something that he admitted many viewers found confronting.
"However, being a government broadcaster, we have a responsibility and the opportunity to talk about that," Foster said.
"I will have to make the decision – when it comes to Qatar – personally, as to whether I think there is value in doing so or indeed the moral challenge is such that I shouldn't go.
"The value and attraction of hosting one of these tournaments is so vast, that we can actually say there comes with this a responsibility to treat these people in a different manner."
In future, Foster is hopeful that should another serious situation arise, that the learnings this time around will help ensure that it need not take drastic measures again, and that the likes of FIFA President Gianni Infantino "don't need us."
"We need to make sure the next Hakeem doesn't need us," Foster said.
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craft fair dog, originally uploaded by jahansell.
Do you sense a theme here? I have been taking pictures of dogs at the Millerton Farmers Market for years - they just add so much to the ambiance. (As long as they are on leashes.) This one was helping to sell his mistress' wares at the Sharon Arts and Crafts Fair.


I was at the big mall yesterday and scooted into the Restoration Hardware. I don't get into this store very often, and I think they nixed me from their mailing list for the catalog. I guess I never bought anything. I noticed that they had some really nice pink towels on sale. Back at home I went online and saw that they have a large collection of bath towels, rugs and shower curtains. In fact — I really really think there are a lot of shower curtains here to help out retro renovators — at left, are their choices in "blush" — there also are a number of other nice, mid-century appropriate pastels. Restoration Hardware is not cheap, but they have a good selection, nice quality — and right now their bath linens are 20% off. Link to Restoration Hardware here.
I used to get their catalog, too. They do have a nice selection of colors in their towels/rugs.


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Buckingham Palace announce details of King Charles' Coronation weekend
King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort leave Bolton Town Hall during a tour of Greater Manchester on January 20, 2023Getty
Buckingham Palace has revealed details on the ceremonial, celebratory, and community events that will take place over the Coronation Weekend between Saturday 6th and Monday 8th May 2023.
The three-day celebrations will begin with the official coronation of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6. The Service will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort will arrive at Westminster Abbey in procession from Buckingham Palace, known as 'The King's Procession'. .
👑 Communities across the UK will be encouraged to come together to celebrate the Coronation with events including Big Lunches, volunteering days and a concert in the grounds of Windsor Castle which will be open to a public ballot.
After the Service, Their Majesties will return to Buckingham Palace in a larger ceremonial procession, known as 'The Coronation Procession'.
At Buckingham Palace, The King and The Queen Consort, accompanied by Members of the Royal Family, will appear on the balcony to conclude the day's ceremonial events.
Royal birth traditions you've never heard of
On Sunday, 7th May 2023, a special Coronation Concert will be staged and broadcast live at Windsor Castle, with several thousand pairs of tickets to be made available via a public ballot
The centrepiece of the Coronation Concert, 'Lighting up the Nation', will see the country join together in celebration as iconic locations across the United Kingdom are lit up using projections, lasers, drone displays and illuminations.
The Coronation Big Lunch, at which neighbours and communities are invited to share food and fun together, will take place across the country on the same date.
Finally, on Monday, 8th May 2023, members of the public will be invited to take part in The Big Help Out, which will encourage people to try volunteering for themselves and join the work being undertaken to support their local areas.
Everything there is to know about the Royal Guard


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NB. The location of summer rehearsals may vary. Please keep an eye on this site for updates.
Please arrive around 7.45 pm for an 8 o'clock warm up and start. We break around 9 pm for notices and a little socialising, then it is back to the music until 10 pm.


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Q: Capture a image and store it to the SD Card in new folder I am calling the camera and capturing images, I will have to capture 10 images one by one and store them on SD card before I can set them to the Image view. Please check my below code, it does not set to the image view.
How would I store it on the SD card and retrieve it to set to the image view? How would I name the images before storing?
In the first activity I am calling the camera:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
    mContext = this;
    init();
}

private void init() {
    String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
            + "/testing";

    File xmlDirectory = new File(extStorageDirectory);
    if (!xmlDirectory.exists())
        xmlDirectory.mkdirs();

    iv1 = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.iv1);
}

private OnClickListener onBtnClicked = new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        switch (v.getId()) {
            case PHOTO:
                Intent selectImageIntent = new Intent(first.this,
                        second.class);
                startActivityForResult(selectImageIntent, 1);
                break;
        }
    }
};

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == 1) {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            String result = data.getStringExtra("result");

            Log.d("*****************",
                    "inside onactivityresult in main activity=" + result);

            Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(result);
            iv1.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            iv1.setScaleType(ScaleType.FIT_XY);
        }
    }
}

And in my second activity I am capturing the image and passing it to the first activity:
private void init() {
    picturePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/Camera/"
            + "test.jpg";
    System.out.println("thumbnail path~~~~~~" + picturePath);
    File file = new File(picturePath);
    outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(file);
}

public void startCamera() {
    Intent intent = new Intent(
            android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);
    startActivityForResult(intent, IMAGE_CAPTURE);
}

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == IMAGE_CAPTURE) {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            Intent returnIntent = new Intent();
            returnIntent.putExtra("result", picturePath);
            setResult(RESULT_OK, returnIntent);
            finish();
        }
    }
}

A: it is not a good Practice to initialize your object inside Other Method.
remove this line  iv1 = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.iv1); from init() method and Change your  OnCreate() to Below Way.
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);
//Initialize here
    iv1 = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.iv1);

    mContext = this;
    init();

}

hope it will help you.

A: use this code & put your file name & path, camera will capture the image & store it with given name
 Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
           if (!APP_FILE_PATH_Media.exists())
          {
               APP_FILE_PATH_Media.mkdirs();
          }
         uriSavedImage =new File(APP_FILE_PATH_Media+ "/" +
                    "filename"+ ".jpeg");
       cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(uriSavedImage));
       startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, CAMERA_REQUEST);

in onActivityResult() use this code to set imageView
try
                 {
                 BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
                 options.inSampleSize = 1;
                 bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(uriSavedImage.getAbsolutePath(), options);
                 }
                 catch(Exception ee)
                 {

                 }

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Spray paint different sizes of rocks in different colors for an aesthetically-pleasing project.
2 Can You Spray Paint Landscaping Brick?
Outdoor rocks are available in many types and sizes, such as small pebbles or larger landscaping rocks and boulders. Spray-painting bright colors on rocks makes an interesting garden feature. You can mimic colors of a rose garden and place the rocks near the flowerbed, or use the colorful rocks in planters and pots. Outdoor rocks must be clean and dry to spray paint them and sealed afterward to protect your project.
Pour water in a bucket, add a few drops of dish soap and mix it to form a slightly soapy liquid. Dip rocks into the soapy water and brush all surfaces with a toothbrush. Rinse the rocks thoroughly with water and dry them with a towel. Place the rocks outside in direct sunlight and allow them to dry completely. Rocks with pits in them can take 24 hours to dry completely.
Place several layers of newspaper on an outdoor surface, such as a picnic table. Place clean and dry rocks on the newspaper with about 6 inches of space between them. Shake a can of outdoor spray paint with primer for a few minutes to mix it. Depress the nozzle on the can's top and start spraying 6 to 8 inches away from the rocks, and from left to right in quick strokes. Press the nozzle a few inches before it contacts the rock on the left and keep it depressed until a few inches past the rock on the right.
Allow the top side of the rock to dry completely. Turn the rock over and paint the other side in the same manner as the first. Allow the paint to dry completely.
Treat the rocks with acrylic clear coat spray in the same manner as you painted them. This applies a shiny finish and protects the rocks for a long-lasting garden project.
If you are painting very large rocks, clean the top and sides once they are in place. Place newspaper around each large rock and paint them in place to prevent from painting the lawn.
Before applying the clear coat, you can draw shapes, faces or write encouraging words on your rocks with a permanent marker.
Glue painted rocks together with epoxy to creates colorful towers.
Between uses of a spray paint, turn the can upside down and depress the nozzle for a few seconds until only a clear gas exits the nozzle. This process clears the nozzle and prevents it from stopping up, so it can be used again.
Lougee, Mary. "How to Spray Paint Outdoor Rocks." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/spray-paint-outdoor-rocks-90485.html. Accessed 21 April 2019.