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Posted Thu 21 Jun 12 at 21:38 PM
Crawley win at the Broadfield Stadium.
The Cherries slipped to a midweek defeat as Crawley Town took the spoils in a rain-soaked contest in West Sussex.
Goals from Hope Akpan, Joe Walsh and Nicky Adams were enough to give Crawley Town the points at the Broadfield Stadium.
Manager Paul Groves rung the changes, with the most notable being the inclusion of 18-year-old Josh Carmichael in midfield, who replaced the injured Josh McQuoid.
With the heavens having opened in the hours leading up to kick-off, and the news of the postponement of Bury's match v Carlisle filtering through, the Cherries supporters proved that the weather was no obstacle, as the 435 strong crowd started the game in fine voice.
Both sides began the tie attempting to play the ball on the floor, however the weather made it a scrappy encounter with chances few and far between.
The first incident came with seven minutes on the clock as Frank Demouge was stretchered off after suffering an accidental blow to the head.
His replacement, former Crawley man Matt Tubbs, was greeted by rapturous applause from the home fans on his first visit to the Broadfield Stadium since his departure in January.
A free-kick from Richard Hughes in the thirteenth minute was the closest the Cherries came in the opening exchanges. Lee Barnard also tried his luck from outside the box in the eighteenth minute but his effort went wide of Crawley 'keeper Paul Jones's goal.
Eunan O'Kane, who had been beating his man well on the left throughout the first half, had an opportunity for the visitors just two minutes later. His cross-come-shot skimmed off the slippy surface and worried Jones enough to force him to save with his feet.
The home side's first real attempt on goal came in the 23rd minute – a speculative effort caught easily by David James – and was met by jeers from sections of the home fans, illustrating the frustration caused by the Cherries' dominance.
The visitor's possession did not get the goal it warranted though, and in the 31st minute they were punished as the Red Devils took the lead.
Having broken free on the right, Richard Jones burst into the area and forced a save from the onrushing James. The ball went through a melee of players and landed fortuitously at the feet of Hope Apkan, who rifled into an empty net from eighteen-yards.
From the goal, the early Cherries pressure lapsed as Crawley began to get a foothold on the game and with half-time approaching, their lead was doubled.
A foul by Charlie Daniels on former Cherries loanee Nathan Byrne gave Mat Sadler the chance to swing in a deep free-kick from the touchline. The cross fell perfectly 15-yards out, and the clinical Joe Walsh headed home to make it two.
With momentum in the home side's favour, Nicky Ajose nearly made it three soon after, as he waltzed his way through the Cherries defence. However James pulled off a fine save to deny the former Manchester United trainee from putting the game to bed.
In the dying moments of the half, Bournemouth did have a chance to pull a goal back, as Stephane Zubar met a Richard Hughes free kick, but the defender was unable to keep his header down and it went well over Jones' bar.
In an attempt to turn the momentum back in his side's favour, Groves made one change at the break replacing Lorenzo Davids with Joe Partington.
His team soon responded, and Richard Hughes quick thinking saw the Cherries capitalise on some confusion in the Crawley area. The Scotsman found himself in space in the final third and pulled the ball back across the face of goal for Lee Barnard to slot home.
This appeared to inject a burst of confidence into the visitors, however the momentum was short-lived as the Cherries were caught on the counter and Crawley regained their two goal lead ten minutes later.
Following a good contest between Tommy Elphick and Gary Alexander on the touchline, Alexander's resultant cross wrong-footed Zubar in the penalty area. The incoming Nicky Ajose was on hand to tee up Nicky Adams, who coolly slotted the ball home to make it three.
Crawley then looked to increase their lead in the 73rd minute, as following a period of pressure, a cross from Nathan Byrne tested James's reflexes – the former England stopper stretching well to tip the ball over the bar.
With 76 minutes on the clock, Steve Fletcher was introduced for O'Kane, but Bournemouth's remaining chances were limited to two speculative efforts from Lee Barnard.
A foul by Cherries captain Miles Addison on Crawley substitute Sergio Torres on the edge of the area allowed Adams to try his luck from distance. The visiting fans held their breath as his sweetly hit free-kick struck a scrambling James's bar.
Nathan Byrne, who had looked dangerous all evening, also had a chance to add a fourth just two minutes before the end of normal time – but his shot from the edge of the area went narrowly wide of the right hand post.
Referee Andy Davies put an end to a frustrating night for the Cherries, whose attention now switches to Saturday, where a trip to npower League 1 strugglers Coventry and the Ricoh Arena awaits.
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Emily Bell: Although some integrated news rooms and sales forces are effective, progress is often quicker where digital is kept apart
Emily Bell: Debate has focused on the mechanics of the charging scheme rather than whether its $40m cost is really of long-term value
Richard Adams: Christine O'Donnell wins sympathy from all quarters after salacious personal attack appears on Gawker gossip site
Richard Adams: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Obama's critics on the left are 'crazy' - and then tries to apologise
Richard Adams: Helen Thomas, White House correspondent since 1961, to retire after controversial comments on Jews and Palestine
Richard Adams: The decline and fall of Newsweek, now being sold off by its Washington Post owners, was brilliantly deconstructed last year
Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts comic strip family are back under family control. The Schulz family and brand managers Iconix are to pay about $175m to current owners E W Scripps for the licensing rights to the Peanuts characters, plus other cartoon characters such as Dilbert. The family will own 20% of the business which is expected to be worth $75m a year. Charlie Brown creator Charles M Schulz died in 2000. Iconix owns and licenses consumer brands including Joe Boxer underwear.
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The Enquirer exposed Senator John Edwards and ended his career. Can the Pulitzer judges bear to give it the award it deserves?
Peter Preston on press and broadcasting The media's future is written not in gloom and doom, but shades of grey
Television, newspapers and radio can be sure of only one thing in the next decade: their future is far from certain
New owner Bloomberg to cut 25% of magazine's headcount, says report
Data highlights slide in newspaper circulation since 1990. By Dugald Baird
Is it time for all our news to go hyperlocal? Plus, does journalism need a bailout? And 'skanky' bloggers. With Jeff Jarvis, Deb Galant, and Jim Willse
Jeff Jarvis is not ready to surrender the hope that news can be a sustainable business
BBC expenses scandal? It just doesn't add upPeter Preston
Peter Preston: It's ludicrous to turn the BBC's expenses into a foaming cause célèbre
Peter Robins: New masthead means no more product placement benefits from Jean-Luc Godard film À Bout de Souffle
US Marie Claire editor takes centre stage in behind-the-scenes look at the fashion industry. By Leigh Holmwood
Newspaper apologises after withdrawing storyline dealing with the sacking of a journalist. By Oliver Luft
On the press, Peter Wilby: Business-to-business publications will weather this financial storm far better than the mainstream media
Mark Seddon: After previous botched efforts, Israel's media campaign in the current conflict is a much slicker operation
There was optimism amongst the gloom about the future of the US newspaper industry at a conference this week - but if print journalism is to survive, it will likely be with far fewer titles and journalists
The imagery of the new Iraq has been hammered home to us every day for more than three years; sand, soldiers, veils, blood, shell-out buildings and half-exploded cars. Have we become desensitised to that horror and that violence?
Highlights of the US press coverage of Rupert Murdoch's bid for Dow Jones
Google is launching another trial of print ads later this month, placing adverts for more than 100 of its web advertisers in 50 US newspapers including the New York Times, Boston Globe and the Washington Post.
One year after American troops killed Reuters journalist Waleed Khaled in Baghdad, the US military has still not responded to the news organisation's requests for an investigation into his death.
Mixed US reaction to the BBC's typically understated announcement that it was going to offer Americans "responsible, impartial reporting" via its new cable TV service, BBC World News, which launched in New York last week supported by a low profile outdoor ad in Times Square.
Reuters asked the question "Iraq - Is the media telling the real story?" at a debate in New York last night and the resounding answer was "no". But the panel, including journalists from the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal and al-Hayat as well as a US Army communication chief and a blogger, had different views about what has gone wrong.

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"Alright dude, say that you go on an' spend the next four years in school. Get a boring job, have a family and raise some kids. Die. Did you ever wonder how many people wasted their life like that cuz they grew up being told it's responsible and mature an' all these positive things?"
Derek frowned, "Didn't know you thought like that."
Justin smiled, hair completely covering his eyes, "Neither did I."
"What's wrong with making bigger plans though? Make the most of it?"
"Why would I? Having big ideas is a waste of time for something that you're not even guaranteed. Even someone who just got certified to go to space can die a second later falling down some stairs. What'd they do with they're time? Work. It's pointless bro."
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ALEX: where r u? red hummer parked outside gate - find Clair now
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Derek was on his feet, "Gotta go, see you later."
He didn't wait for Justin's response, I need to find her now!
There's only one person who drove a car that obnoxious. He was defiantly not invited.
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Not as fast as his mind however. Walkways are closest but zigzag-too much time. I'll cut under it, between the stilts, to the staircase on the other side.
He flew under the party, sand wet with spilt beer that had dripped through the boards.
He was halfway under when someone stepped out from behind a support column.
Derek broke to a stop, about to shout something over the music but she took grip of his shirt and pushed him back against one of the stilts.
Hot lips pressed against his. Derek barely managed a gasp as Clair surged herself up against him.
He could taste the vodka.
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Nice. Mine are probably my Gigalith or my Volcarona. Not my two favorites, but two of my best.
Probably a stupid question, but I'm guessing you like Mega Absol? XD
I seriously wondered if Acutelatios literally made that Friday Funk like that to get a story out of me. Probably just a big coincidence.
Actually I've been working on that. You see, my two characters, Levi and Ignus (James), are an immortal and a time traveler! What a coincidence... XD
It's no problem man, I've just kinda been really bored lately. No inspiration for writing lately. *sigh* But whatever, have a good time writing that war, I'll enjoy reading the story.
I'll definitely be voting, I wanna see how this goes down. Also, were you planning on just using the Night Creatures in the war? Or would your, allies, (Mercs) Help you out a bit?
By voting, what do you mean? I'm not a member of either clan, so I don't really have a say.
Though, I was thinking that Levi could somehow get involved. He hasn't had any real missions from the Mercs, so maybe he or Leoncio could approach each other looking for a job/helping hand.
Good stuff. Parchment paper sounds ideal, its easy for you to obtain and also somewhat environment friendly. What sort of menu are you hovering on at the moment? Having a lot of items could add variety to your services, but it'll take a lot of time. If you have 3-5 meals then even if you don't have a lot of variety, you could churn them out at a very rapid rate as some kind of specialty food truck. It may be too soon for you to think of an exact menu (or not, I have no idea about your market scenarios) but it might be worth mulling over for a bit.
Yes, which is why you need to make sure that your first step is in the right direction. I'm assuming you're studying similar business models? Like what kind of patterns did other food truck services encounter? How long did it take them to make a profit? What are the ideal areas, and the ideal times? What kind of packaging do they prefer? Some people don't buy food from plastic or Styrofoam bags because of the environment etc.
Yeah dude, the fact that you have lawyer looking over it is a sign that you're absolutely on the right track. Try to keep financing within your family too because a lot of start-up businesses need that trust factor. Running a business ain't easy man, but if you can do what you love and actually be your own boss, there is nothing like it as long as you can make a bit of cash along with it. I guarantee you, as long as my schedule permits, I will be available for you to consult on all matters you see fit. I'm trying to reach out to as many people I know (like you) who basically just need to bounce ideas off someone with experience, when they're starting their own business, or a high profile job, or a higher degree or something. I'm very glad you've taken the step to start this business dude, it sounds exciting as fuck and I think you've got what it takes.
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Over the summer we have been collecting and creating furniture and home accessories that speak to us. The whole process was great fun and also great bonding time between sisters and a daughter/niece. We really didn't have a specific goal at the time. While we create things we love, we really didn't know if others would love them too. Several weeks ago we decided that the Flea Market would be a good place to just get out there and see what happens. Wow, and happen it did. We rolled in Saturday morning and packed our space as tight as we could, with chairs on top of tables, tables on top of tables and everything else tucked in between. By Sunday afternoon, almost every thing was gone.
I tried to get some good pictures, but it was the Flea Market. You'll have to try to look past the chain link fence and cars behind our booth. Oh, and the dirt floor.
This blue dressing table and mirror was the first furniture piece to go. I thought Pam was going to shed a tear or two. This was her labor of love and she had gotten pretty attached to it. But, it went to a good home.
Pam was also pretty attached to this white table. It also went to a good home.
Two of these blue chairs went home with the most adorable couple just beginning to furnish their place.
This blue cabinet was originally hand made as a Barbie wardrobe about 30 years ago. It almost found a home, but in the end lost out to the white dresser with the no. "5".
This is what our booth looked like late Sunday afternoon. The black desk was being held for someone.
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BALTIMORE — Andy Najar was playing in front of several members of his family and not far from the fields in Virginia where he spent many of his childhood years, so naturally, he scored the game-winning goal that pushed Honduras through to the Gold Cup semifinals.
Najar opened his international scoring account for Honduras on Sunday night, perfectly placing a header into the back of the net in the 48th minute of the Catrachos' 1-0 victory over Costa Rica at M&T Bank Stadium. The clutch goal was a reminder and spoke volumes to how Najar has matured and improved as both a player and person since moving from D.C. United to Belgian club RSC Anderlecht this past January.
"Today, playing in Belgium with a youth side, without his family and being alone, it's helped him a lot," said Honduras head coach Luis Fernando Suarez. "That's been obvious, not only in soccer, but in all other situations that present themselves while he is with the group. He is an introverted person but now he talks a lot more with the group and that he's on a path.
"His future, at this moment, it seems he has no limit. This is good for us, this is good for the future of Honduras, as it's what we're looking to do," Suarez said. "Sometimes it's complicated to make people understand that qualification is not only important, but also the nurturing of our future for the days when we are not here."
Najar is firmly entrenched in those plans for the future of Honduras and not just because he scored the winner against Costa Rica in a game played in front of a pro-Honduras crowd of 70,540. The 20-year old provides speed, technical ability and a youthful exuberance. Traits that have made him one of the more exciting young players to keep an eye on in CONCACAF.
All those traits were on display on Sunday, but his well-placed header three minutes after the intermission will be the biggest talking point, and with good reason. Najar made a perfectly-timed run to meet a great cross from fellow youngster Alexander Lopez and then beat a motionless Costa Rica goalkeeper Patrick Pemberton with a header that may be as good as we see in the Gold Cup.
"Thankfully I had the opportunity to score here at home," said Najar. "It's wonderful to come back and score a goal. It had been a while since I had had a chance to score a goal. Now, I need to continue to do things like this."
Najar's goal would have been special enough for him under normal circumstance, but it was made even more special his celebration. After nodding the ball home, Najar picked the ball out of the back of the net and placed it underneath his jersey to honor the upcoming birth of his next child.
"I dedicated the goal to my wife because a second baby is on its way, a boy," said Najar. "It's a beautiful moment and thankfully the coach counted on me today. Little by little, he's brought me along and given me opportunities and today I was right there (to help the team)."
Up next for Najar? A date with the U.S. Men's National Team in the Gold Cup semifinals in Dallas on Wednesday, a match that will not be played anywhere near where he grew up, but one that will still hold a little more significance than most for the blossoming Najar.
"It's wonderful to play against the national team of the country where you developed as a soccer player," said Najar. "Honestly, it's a wonderful opportunity and that makes it very special for me."
"After nodding the ball home, Najar picked the ball out of the back of the net and placed it underneath his jersey to honor the upcoming birth of his NEXT child."
20 years old and two kids? Sheesh. Those footballers start early, don't they? Hope his career pans out.
20 with multiple kids.. choices, my man, choices.
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He is okay funancually with a bright future so I don't think he has anything to worry for having 2 kids.Now if he was splurging in luxury cars and stuff I could understand. But he has done well for himself give the guy the benefit of the doubt.He's playing in Europe and already has what experience in the Olympics?He'll be close to 21 when his second baby is born, not that bad at all.Ask all the young grandparents out there
Agreed Edwin! He is a very mature and bright young man. Those kids are lucky to have him for a father and they will all have a good time when he will still only be in his early thirties when they are teenagers.
This is the same Andy Najar who was red-carded for throwing a ball at the referee last year, right?
I hope he grows up, because he cost DC United their season last year with his nonsense red card when he threw the ball at the ref.
It was a stupid play, but there was little chance we were getting past Houston, especially once the ref missed the obvious red card and PK that Raphael Augusto earned
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Why was my post flat out deleted?
I made a comment about MLS developing talent in this region and we're seeing the fruition of it in this Gold Cup/in World Cup Qualifying and it was deleted?
With the ridiculous moderation filter and the unknown reason my post was deleted, becoming a lot more wary of utilizing any time on this website with each day.
Glad he appreciates what the US did for him so much that he went and represented some foreign country that his family left. Thanks Najar – now go back to Belgium so you can sit on the bench and continue being forgotten.
Once again, you show the left arm isn't the only thing about you that's slow. Najar never really had a shot at representing the USA unless he decided stay in MLS for years while he went through the naturalization process. He's never had US citizenship and wasn't on the path to become a citizen.
Najar came here at about 12 or 13, within the same time frame Rossi left for Italy.
If I recall, he can't even speak English.
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lol yes, he speaks english.
Nate Dollars
red bulls fan
I had no problem with him playing for Honduras because that's where he is from. So what if the US nurtured him as a player. That's one of the problems with having a growing league. You don't see England being upset that they lost out on CR7 considering the EPL took him to the level of greatness. I hope he continues to grow as a player becasue it's good for MLS but i hope he loses on wednesday
Apples and oranges. CR moved to England to play for Man U and he was already 17 or 18. Of course he played for Portugal.
Najar moved here when he was 12 and learned the game here. You would think he'd want to represent the country that gave me these great opportunities. Nah, I guess he'd rather represent the country his family fled. No wonder he's procreating as fast as he is – he's got a lot of time on his hands given that he's played in zero games for Anderlecht since his big move.
Obviously meant "gave him" these opportunities. How about an edit button? Thanks.
An edit button would not really fix what is wrong with your comments.
I hope you're just as "anti-USA" enthusiastic about Jermaine Jones', Timmy Chandler's, and Danny Williams' inclusions in all prior and future USMNT camps. Otherwise, you're a flaming hypocrite. And kind of a Troll.
Najar represented Honduras' youth national teams. He was never on any track to gain US citizenship. He's 100% a Honduran. His parents happened to live in the DC area, and DC United happened to identify him and invite him to their academy. I think the system worked in this case.
Messi moved to Spain as a kid. Messi plays for Argentina. This happens all the time. This is a positive sign that academies are grooming the best available talent.


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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and opener Gautam Gambhir got twin nominations, while Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag were shortlisted for the ODI Player of the Year category of the ICC Annual Awards to be announced on October 1 in Johannesburg.
Gambhir, Dhoni, Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson and Englishman Andrew Strauss have been short-listed for the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for Cricketer of the Year after voting by an independent 25-member academy.
In addition, Gambhir, Johnson and Strauss were also short-listed for the Test Player of the Year alongside Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera.
Test Player of the Year:
G Gambhir, M Johnson, T Samaraweera, A Strauss;
ODI Player of the Year:
S Chanderpaul, MS Dhoni, V Sehwag, Yuvraj;
Emerging Player of the Year:
B Hilfenhaus, G Onions, J Ryder, P Siddle;
T20 Player of the Year:
S Afridi, T Dilshan, C Gayle, U Gul;
Women's Cricketer of the Year:
C Edwards, S Nitschke, C Taylor;
Umpire of the Year:
A Dar, T Hill, A Rauf, S Taufel;
Spirit of Cricket Award:
Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka.
Pacer Zaheer Khan, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, VVS Laxman, Amit Mishra and women team's former captain Mithali Raj, who made the long list of various categories earlier were left out of the final list of nominees.
The T20 International Performance of the year short-list does not feature any Indians. Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi and pacer Umar Gul, who are joined by West Indies' Chris Gayle and Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan. The nominations were made by a five-man selection panel chaired by former West Indies captain and current chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee Clive Lloyd.
The panel also included former players such as Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan, Bob Taylor of England and Kiwi Stephen Fleming.


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Es gibt kaum etwas zu sehen von Planet Coaster ? Das Spiel kannst Du bereits schon länger kaufen und spielen und es ist im Vergleich zu RCTW spielbar. RCTW ist einfach nur ein haufen verbugter Scheiss. Die Bewertungen bei Steam und diverse lets Plays sagen ja alles.
von Marcel Kleffmann,
RollerCoaster Tycoon World - Drittes Early-Access-Update überarbeitet Achterbahn-Physik und mehr
Für die Early-Access-Version von RollerCoaster Tycoon World ist das dritte Update veröffentlicht worden. Die Entwickler wollen das Physik-System (für die Achterbahnen) grundlegend überarbeitet haben. Auch eine "Grease-Option" (weniger Reibung) wurde hinzugefügt. Darüber hinaus können die Achterbahnen farblich angepasst und ein Goldminen-Szenario im Freizeitpark errichtet werden. Wasseroberflächen sollen im Vergleich zur ersten Version nun die Umgebung in Echtzeit reflektieren. Mit dem nächsten Update soll vor allem die Computerintelligenz überarbeitet werden. An den Animationen der Besucher und dem Wegsystem wird ebenso gearbeitet.
The team has been hard at work fixing bugs! Below is a partial list of some of the more notable ones. NOTE - There are additional fixes not included in this list.
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- Coasters: Added an RGB color chooser for tracks! *NOTE – this feature is still in Alpha and will be expanded and improved upon in the future.
- Coasters: Grease your tracks option added to the coaster tool! Want to keep your coaster physics similar to what they were prior to this update? Simply check off the "Grease your Tracks" option in the coaster builder.
- Content: Added spotlights to your Décor scenery. Cool new ways to light up your park and rides at night!
- Content: Added new Western Gold Mine scenery to Centerpieces. This new scenery item is a beautiful big centerpiece that has mineshafts and tunnels through which you can run your coasters and paths!
- Graphics: Added real-time reflections to water. The water now accurately and beautifully reflects the environment and objects around it.
- UGC: Added a button/ranking system to In-Game Hubs. Players can now vote on their favorite UGC items via the in-game hubs. Those rankings will now be displayed in both the Steam Workshop and In-Game.
- AI: Janitors and Mechanics are much more effective reducing overall urine/puke in the park.
- Animations: Improved animation for children peeps on Helter Skelter and Hay Rides.
- Animations: Improved animation for mechanics and medics.
- Animations: Numerous general animation improvements.
- Coasters:
- Physics: Friction on coasters should now be much closer to real world values.
- Note: This means you may need to tweak prior coaster designs to ensure they still run properly. If you want to ease the friction and physics simply check off the "Grease Your Tracks" option in the coaster builder.
- Note 2: We are still working on Coaster Physics and Stats but we wanted to release this incremental update not only to show progress but also to ensure we are headed in the right direction. Please give us feedback!
- Pre-Made Coasters: We have updated many of the pre-made coasters to make them work with the new physics. They now have the new friction system in mind, better stats, and also reflect higher levels of realism. This process however is still on-going.
- Stats: Banking curves now reduces the lateral G's generated further than before.
- Stats: Coaster stats should be easier to keep below 12 intensity – watch your lateral G's though!
- Physics: Friction on coasters should now be much closer to real world values.
- Graphics: We have done our "First" pass on sci-fi textures. We are in the process of revamping all of the sci-fi textures to make them better and more realistic. Let us know what you think!
- UGC: Manual Refresh Button added. We have added a manual refresh button to the in-game UGC tools to allow you to manually refresh your content.
- UGC: Paging System Added. Just like on the Steam Workshop you now have the option to page through content in-game to make it easier to find improving the user experience.
- UX/UI: Park expansion button moved into the main HUD so it's more visible.
The team has been hard at work fixing bugs! Below is a partial list of some of the more notable ones. NOTE - There are additional fixes not included in this list.
- Audio Sound of the game is audible even if the game is minimized by using Alt+Tab.
- Audio Sounds of Peeps needing to go to the bathroom shouldn't be heard in rides
- Buildings Building cannot be rotated while the grid is active
- Buildings Building who cannot be attached to paths
- Buildings Drop Zone - Previous and Next button of ride camera is not working for the ride Drop Zone.
- Buildings Entry path gets detached when placing the restaurant building 'Log Cabin Restaurant' rotating 90 degrees.
- Buildings Flat ride - Incomplete description is given in the preview window of the 'Pendulum' ride.
- Buildings Spacewars flatride goes into ride cam when selecting it to build.
- Buildings Tornado - Ride cars illuminate during day and night if user zooms in and out the camera.
- Coasters A twisted track appears at the end of 'Specialty Pieces'.
- Coasters An incorrect game tip regarding the Queue and Path lines is displayed after placing a coaster into the park.
- Coasters Coaster builder segment mode get locked once you use freeform
- Coasters Mechanism value not rounded when switching between chain lift speed and other mechanisms strength value.
- Coasters Ride Sign' placed over the queue path attached to a completed coaster (Track loop closed) displays 'Testing' on the sign board, even though the coaster is closed.
- Coasters Spinning coaster supports are detached from the coaster track.
- Coasters Test Results & Ride Stats - Speed tab automatically gets selected even if the user has selected any other tab in the Test Results & Ride Stats.
- Coasters The blue coaster node for 'Auto complete?' becomes un-intractable, if user slightly twists the last track node after completing the coaster track.
- Coasters The red color appears on the track of the spinning coaster if user apply the mechanism 'Friction Break' to the tracks.
- Coasters User is unable to close coaster editor toolbar by clicking on the cross button.
- General Save Load not working.
- General Camera stuck outside of the park while building a roller coaster with very low framerate.
- General Campaign - Objective set #6 second objective cannot be completed stuck at 20%
- General Incorrect game tip regarding Medic staff patrol time is observed on loading screen.
- General Loading Screen - Game tips - Incorrect game tip regarding Mechanics petrol time is observed on loading screen.
- General Sandbox flatland open does not work
- General Save System - Terrain does not change from one instance to another
- General Saved Games - Entrance path ghost is broken at first boot
- General Scenario 1 boot at max speed en if the UI shows minimum speed
- General Scenario work flow fix
- Graphics Distant trees outside the park have wrong shader.
- Graphics If the user proceeds into the map for the first time, a white patch appears on the 'Warning' message box near 'Ok' button.
- Peeps Fix the teen peeps skins
- Peeps Medics freeze on large paths.
- Peeps Mechanics flickering at the building entrance
- Peeps One of the female peep dressed in a orange dress appears to be sited on the ground rather on chair.
- Peeps Peep get stuck at ride exits.
- Peeps Peep thoughts are disappearing.
- Peeps Peep will clip through the seat of the 'Wild Tycoon Wings'.
- Peeps Peeps are not visible on flat rides or coasters.
- Peeps Peeps clip with the car of the ride 'Zipper'.
- Peeps Peeps never attempt to grab handles of the harness in 'Pendulum' ride.
- Peeps Sometimes the medic staff gets stuck at one place in a walking animation.
- Peeps Staff - Tool Box of mechanic clips with the body.
- Peeps Staff can be seen sliding on path
- Peeps Staff do not enter their buildings.
- Peeps Stretching peeps can be seen everywhere
- Peeps Texture issue with Peep
- Peeps The way adults sit and children sit is not properly differentiating
- UGC Some users cannot download UGC
- UI/UX Cannot change game speed with mouse left clicking.
- UI/UX Cannot select the park entrance on 2 maps.
- UI/UX Finances - On hovering the cursor over the last tab of the Finances only Loans appears as the tooltip.
- UI/UX Luminous Isle - Modify Terrain - 'Grass texture D' is displayed in the description of the paint theme 'Grass Texture A'.
- UI/UX Objective tab is a bit out of the screen
- UI/UX Objective text does not show up in Scenario 2.
- UI/UX Theme icons for some of the fences overlaps with their preview images.
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ReviewJust purchased Unlimited X, could not be more happy! Don't believe all the cons you hear/read about. No its not like driving a sports car and it shouldn't be. Pick up is more than adequate(unless you need to drive on the autobahn) I have never driven a more "fun" vehicle. Go with the freedom top not the soft. It's a 4 door, 4 wheel drive go anywhere convertible. I cant say enough. I drove a GMC Envoy for the past 6 years, don't have the bells and whistles I had with the Envoy but I don't need them. MPG at this point has been close to 17 both in town and highway. Straight out high way I got almost 21, its only a day old! Don't believe all the negatives you read, test drive one for yourself
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Wiley Rein attorney Brett Shumate recently obtained a successful result in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of a cancer patient seeking asylum in the United States to obtain medical treatment and flee persecution in her home country.
Mr. Shumate represented an individual seeking asylum from El Salvador because she could not obtain life-saving medical treatment for cancer in that country and was persecuted on account of her status as a terminal cancer patient. Mr. Shumate filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of her asylum claim. While the appeal was pending, the U.S. Department of Justice determined that the firm's client was a candidate for the exercise of prosecutorial discretion because of her medical condition. The Justice Department agreed to remand the case to the Board of Immigration Appeals, where her case will be administratively closed. The firm's client will be able to remain in the United States to obtain medical care free from persecution in her home country.


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The Wait Is Over
I didn't care about the yard: I had eyes only for the creature in the stable, lustrous dark eyes fixed on me, ears pricked to me.
It looked, she looked. That was the horse. That was soon to be my horse.
Claire came out in her wheelchair to greet us. I was rude, not really listening to what she said.
After more of a wait, I was astride the hrose. I had never felt safer, more secure.
The horse was called Destiny, which is ironic as that is what I believe she was to me, as well as she was the first creature I truly loved.
She was pure black, not so much as a sock or even a fleck of white hair. She was huge, with slightly shrunken muscles from months of not being ridden. But she was the most beautiful thing you could picture.
My mother set up a few jumps on behalf of Claire, who couldn't come into the arena because of her wheelchair.
(I'm going to continue this in another chapter called The Wait Is Over II because I have to go now and I haven't finished this chapter.)


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Re: Rise of the warrior, TROJANS
VanillaBeast wrote:
Goldhawk1 wrote:
danstheman2k wrote:
Dont give up Trojans it is still close, we can get this one !!!
No real need to try. Of course it's nice to have unlocks but trojans will always lose, it's insanely stacked against trojans...more so than last competition. At least they only had a 5k head start (spartans did) but this competition seemed to have like a 200k head start for spartans from the get go.
Yeah, it's like we were born on the wrong side of the tracks, living with our single mom and no real father figure in our lives to give us guidance. I wanna be born a cool, rich, white kid, like the Spartans.
It's a hardknock life for Trojans.
**bleep**, you like described my life perfectly lol.
But yes, it does suck but idgaf as long as trojans get it somewhat early too.
Re: Rise of the warrior, TROJANS
@goldhawk, you would gain access right away with the access code, the store doesnt need to be updated because it wont be visile to anyone. The code is like the direct link to the download.the single player demo is already available if you buy the total recall blu ray movie. But for those who dont want to pay 30 bucks for a movie/demo, then we have to wait lol. Spartans will always win bcuz i believe we are defiantely out numbered.
Re: Rise of the warrior, TROJANS[ Edited ]
dude....Tank_610 the Demo WE get is not the same as that one sir. it's a totaly different single Player DEMO that nobody has seen before
Re: Rise of the warrior, TROJANS[ Edited ]
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Thank you @metlgearsolid200 for your continuous live ticker. lol But us TROJANS must keep hope (and a large computer glitch in our favor) that we will prevail.
Re: Rise of the warrior, TROJANS
The only thing the Trojans will be winning at is protecting sexually active personal from spreading STDs around with rubber, shield Bag-like things.


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I know, I know, Father's Day was weeks ago. We just got off of Fourth of July, for crying out loud. This post is LONG overdue, but we skipped fireworks this year and didn't take cute pictures of the kids in red, white and blue because we were traveling. Today or yesterday's or Monday's post should have been Fourth of July, but I failed. So, to make up for it, we'll go back in time to the last holiday I blundered: Father's Day.
My husband is a genius who discovered the absolute perfect way to spend Father's Day: Chuck E. Cheese.
"Why the hell would an adult want to go to Chuck E. Cheese on a holiday that's supposed to pamper them? Chuck E. Cheese is so loud and crowded and chaotic. It's like torture to go there!"
That's exactly what I said the first time he suggested it! I thought he was crazy. Who wants to chase the kids around that madness on a day you are supposed to be pampered and having selfish fun?
Well guess what? While Chuck E. Cheese can be torture, on Father's Day it's not! Why is it different on Father's Day? Because every other father in the world is thinking "I don't want to be tortured today. No Chuck E. Cheese!", which means that NO ONE is going to Chuck E. Cheese that day. NO ONE. It is almost completely empty.
The first year my husband wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese on Father's Day, I thought he was insane, but we walked in to an empty restaurant and had the whole place to ourselves. It's even fun for parents when it's empty! As my husband says, Chuck E. Cheese is like Vegas for kids… and he and I have some kid left in us so we have fun playing all the games in there.
This year when we returned for what is now our Father's Day tradition of Chuck E. Cheese and Friday's (we don't eat at Chuck E. Cheese, we only play there), we again found the restaurant empty. Not only that, but the employees were testing out the machines and leaving oodles of tickets hanging out of the machines for whomever played them first to take. This time, we were literally the only people in the restaurant who weren't employees. We practically didn't have to watch the kids! It was fantastic: Not loud, not crowded, unlimited access to games, no crappy pizza. Perfection.
And the kids had fun too.
Of course, now that I've shared this information, it's no longer a secret, but unless this post goes viral it seems unlikely to me that OUR Chuck E. Cheese will be inundated a year from now.


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Yahoo Chairman Terry Semel resigns, Gates looks to solidify his online empire with the acquisition of Yahoo
Only days ago, the news broke that Yahoo was in
troubled waters and sinking fast
. The Internet giant, which ranks number 2 in terms of search engine traffic and number 1 in terms of total traffic to properties, posted a declining net profit for the fourth straight quarter. Worse yet, it announced that it would be cutting 1,000 jobs, or almost 7 percent of its workforce. CEO Jerry Yang stated that the company was facing "strong headwinds" and had to be prepared to
make big changes
Now, an opportunity has come knocking on Yahoo's door, which holds the promise of transforming the online business world. Microsoft Corp. made an unsolicited $44.6 billion
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The move promises a sweet payoff for share holders, who would see their stocks soar 62% from Thursday levels, up to a $31 per share payout.
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was among Microsoft's big guns to be pushing the move. He enthused that the move is the "next major milestone" for Microsoft. He continued, "We are very, very confident this is the right path for Microsoft and for Yahoo."
Ballmer informed the media that Microsoft has been in talks with Yahoo, preparing the offer, for nearly 18 months now. He gave Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang a personal call on Thursday night to announce the bid in person.
A Microsoft-Yahoo team would shake up the online community by creating a legitimate competitor to Google, which current stands
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Microsoft revealed that it had first had broached the possibility to Yahoo executives a year ago, but was rebuffed by Yahoo's board of directors and CEO. With today's resignation of Semel, the balance of Yahoo's board could lead to a different outcome. Semel was strongly opposed to the merger last year.
A year after Microsoft's offering, Yahoo is
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and promises to evaluate Microsoft's proposal "carefully and promptly." As UBS analyst Benjamin Schachte puts it, "Last year, Yahoo told investors it needed more time to get on the right track. But you only get a certain amount of time to turn things around."
Steve Ballmer stated, "We have great respect for Yahoo, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market."
Google spokesman Matt Furman declined to comment, stating, "It would be premature to comment at this point."
However, its safe to say that Google is not blind to the impact a Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo would make on its competitive prospects. It looks like Google may have a
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text: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CREATING A NATION AND A SOCIETY NASH JEFFREY HOWE FREDERICK DAVIS WINKLER MIRES PESTANA 7th Edition Chapter 5: The Strains of Empire Pearson Education, Inc, publishing as Longman © 2006 THE CLIMACTIC SEVEN YEARS' WAR King George's War (1744-1748) Largest and most significant war for empire was Seven Year's War, the French and Indian War, and the Great War for Empire, as it was variously known, which was a showdown for control over interior of North America between Allegheny Mountains and Mississippi River WAR AND THE MANAGEMENT OF EMPIRE 1696: Professional Board of Trade replaced the old Lords of Trade – – Treasury strengthened customs service Parliament created overseas vice-admiralty courts, which functioned without juries to prosecute smugglers Parliament began playing a more active role after the reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714) and did so through reign of George I – Royal governors received more powers, got more detailed instructions and came under more demands from Board of Trade to enforce British policies WAR AND THE MANAGEMENT OF EMPIRE Four times between 1689 and 1763, England fought France in wars that had major consequences for home governments, colonial subjects and Native Americans English Parliament designated a long list of colonial exports that had to pass through English ports before sale – – Parliament curtailed colonial production of articles important to England's economy: woolen cloth (1699), beaver hats (1732) and finished iron products (1750) 1733: Molasses Act attempted to stop New England trading with French West Indies for molasses to make rum by imposing six pence tax per gallon Made many New Englanders into smugglers WAR AND THE MANAGEMENT OF EMPIRE Generation of peace ended in 1739 when England declared war against Spain over the ear of Robert Jenkins, supposedly, though real cause was commercial domination of the Atlantic basin – British captured Porto Bello in Spanish Panama in 1739 but remaining efforts were failures and included 3,500 American colonists, most of whom perished from disease 1744-1748: conflict merged with larger Anglo-French conflict called King George's War in North America and the War of Austrian Succession in Europe – – Highlighted need for increased discipline within empire Led British to ask colonies for help defraying military costs The War of Jenkins' Ear in the Southern Colonies and the Caribbean OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES Population increase increased tension between English and French – – English population increased from 250,000 in 1700 to 1.25 million in 1750 and 1.75 million in next decade Three-quarters of increase came in colonies south of New York, encouraging westward movement Fur traders and land speculators promoted westward rush – – Offered native trappers and hunters better prices and higher quality goods than French In 1740s and 1750s, speculators formed land companies to capitalize on the seaboard population explosion OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES English encroachment into the western territories of the French continued unabated into the 1740s with the establishment of the first English outpost on the Ohio River Resistance by the French was swift – – – – A line of French forts appeared along the river to Lake Erie and southward all the way to New Orleans French worked to win tribes back from new English alliance. By 1753, French were driving English traders out of Ohio valley May 28, 1754: French rebuffed colonial attempt to expel them England's merchants supported move to end French overseas trade – – English sent several thousand troops French dispatched 3000 regulars OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES Colonial governments attempted greater coordination through a meeting at Albany in June 1754 – – Wanted to plan a colonial union and rewin allegiance of Iroquois Iroquois left with gifts but no promises of support and Benjamin Franklin's plan for an intercolonial government to manage Native American affairs, provide for defense and pass laws and levy taxes, succumbed to intercolonial jealousies OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES Confrontation between superior British and American force under General Braddock and French and their Indian allies resulted in victory for latter – – – Two-thirds of British and Americans were wounded or killed, including Braddock. British retreated Almost every tribe north of Ohio River joined French side and spent the summer torching Virginia and Pennsylvania backcountry OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES Anglo-American forces took Fort Beauséjour in Nova Scotia and expelled the French Acadians despite promise to let them practice Catholicism and maintain land as long as remained neutral – 6000 were rounded up and dispersed to other colonies while their land was given to New Englanders – 3000 made their way to French Louisiana 7-10,000 escaped to Canadian mainland French won most of battles in 1756, British declared war on French, and conflict expanded to pit France, Austria and Russia against England and Prussia – 1757 British Prime Minister William Pitt focused warfare in North America, sending 23,000 troops and 14,000 mariners in 1757 and 1758 The Seven Years' War, 1754–1756 TRIBAL STRATEGIES Native tribes, especially the Iroquois, understood that their best chance for survival was to play the European powers against each other Anglo-American leaders knew Iroquois support was crucial and could be secured only through purchase or by a demonstration of power that would convince the tribes that the English would win even without them – – First stratagem failed and Seneca even fought initially with French By 1758, English began to have victories and Iroquois moved away from neutrality, especially after English navy cut them off from French trade goods TRIBAL STRATEGIES 1759: Iroquois pledged 800 warriors for an attack on Fort Niagara 1759-1761: Backcountry skirmishes with the Cherokee from Virginia to South Carolina became a costly war – – – 1760: Cherokee mauled British army of 1300 Following summer, larger military force invaded Cherokee territory burning towns and food supplies With navy cutting off access to French arms and beset by food shortages, lack of ammunition and smallpox, Cherokee sued for peace Victories in 1759, culminating with 1760 capture of Québec, shattered French power in North America though war lasted for three more years in the Caribbean and Europe The Seven Years' War, 1757–1760 CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR 1763: Treaty of Paris – – – Spain got New Orleans, French territory west of the Mississippi and Havana Spain gave Britain control of Florida The Indians got nothing Proclamation of 1763: British attempted to separate colonists and Indians by declaring the crest of the Appalachians to be boundary with everything to the west reserved for the Native Americans while whites who were there were told to withdraw Pontiac's Rebellion (1763-1764) tried, but failed, to drive British from interior North America After 1763 CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR Staggering from wartime debt, Britain could not enforce proclamation line – – Maintained only small army Could not stop land speculators and settlers War convinced colonists of their growing strength but also left them debt-ridden and weakened in manpower Wartime economy spurred economic development and poured British capital into the colonies but left them more subject to cyclic fluctuations in British economy CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR Human cost of the war was high – – Peace brought depression – In New England about half the men of military age (and three-fourths of those between 17 and 24) served in the war. High rate of widowhood feminized poverty Especially hard on laborers after 1760 Legislative Assemblies accelerated their bid for power – – Obtained concessions as the price of raising revenue War trained new group of military and political leaders CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR With French gone, the West appeared open for settlement Colonists felt a new sense of identity – Began reassessing advantages of subordination to England From British perspective: – – – Colonists were unreliable They fought poorly They were an unruly and ungovernable people THE CRISIS WITH ENGLAND At end of Seven Years' War, George Grenville became Prime Minister under George III – National debt had grown from £75 million to £145 million Grenville proposed new taxes in America so that colonists could share the burden – Especially wanted to pay for 10,000 British troops left in colonies to police French-speaking Canada and the Native Americans SUGAR, CURRENCY AND STAMPS Sugar Act of 1764: reduced the tax on imported French molasses but increased the list of items that could only be exported from the colonies via English ports Required American shippers to post bonds guaranteeing observance of trade rules Strengthened ability of vice-admiralty courts to prosecute violators of trade regulations SUGAR, CURRENCY AND STAMPS Currency Act of 1764: Parliament prevented any of the colonies from printing their own currency Stamp Act of 1765: Parliament imposed duties on a wide range of items within the colonies such as playing cards, legal documents, or college degrees Violent protests within the colonies followed STAMP ACT RIOTS Late 1764, Virginia's House of Burgesses objected to stamp tax, citing economic hardship it would cause – – May 1765 debated seven resolutions, adopting the four most moderate Within a month, other colonial newspapers published all the resolutions In Boston, rioters ruined the homes of a stamp collector (causing him to resign) and several British officials – Rioters were expressing unhappiness with tax and with local elite STAMP ACT RIOTS October 1765: Stamp Act Congress met in New York – Violent protests, led by the Sons of Liberty, wracked New York and Newport, Rhode Island. – – Delegates passed 12 resolutions that accepted Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies but denied their right to tax them directly By late 1765, such crowds throughout the colonies were convincing stamp officials to resign Most ports opened on November 1 without using the stamps March 1766: Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but passed the Declaratory Act asserting Parliament's right to enact laws for the colonies GATHERING STORM CLOUDS In England, ministerial instability and strife between Parliament and the king's chief minister, hampered George III's efforts to better control the empire 1767 Pitt-Grafton ministry obtained new laws to reorganize the customs service, establish a secretary of state for American affairs and install three new viceadmiralty courts in the port cities – – Townsend Duties on paper, lead, pigment and tea New York assembly dissolved for defiance of Quartering Act of 1765 mandating colonial support for British garrisons GATHERING STORM CLOUDS While most colonies grumbled over the new duties, Massachusetts and especially Boston protested ever more vigorously – – – Governor suspended legislature Belief grew that English were plotting against American liberties. After Bostonians attacked customs officials, four regiments were sent to Boston in October 1768 Main tactic became economic boycott through nonimportation and nonconsumption agreements – – Because half of English shipping was engaged in colonial commerce and one quarter of English exports were consumed there, seemed likely to bring British merchants to aid of colonies 1768 Southern colonies also adopted nonimportation agreements GATHERING STORM CLOUDS Crowd action was used to enforce the boycott Increasingly clear that British efforts had failed – – – – Using troops to restore order undermined authority Governors and legislatures were increasingly at odds Customs officials met with increasing opposition Townshend duties yielded less than £21,000 by 1770 yet cost £700,000 through nonimportation movement March 5, 1770: Parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the one on tea – Same evening, British troops fired on heckling crowd in Boston, resulting in five deaths: BOSTON MASSACRE GROWING RIFT June 1772: England announced it, not colonial legislatures, would now pay the salaries of colonial governors and superior court judges – – Boston's town meeting created a Committee of Correspondence to gain sympathy from other colonies By 1773, all colonies but three had such committees Samuel Adams became the leader of the Boston radicals, gathering support of working men but also that of the wealthy 1772: In Rhode Island, colonists burned the Gaspee which had run aground while pursing suspected smugglers GROWING RIFT Tea Act 1773 Allowed the practically bankrupt East India Company to ship its tree directly to North America with colonists paying only a small tax Colonists were upset because smuggled Dutch tea would be undersold American merchants claimed it was a monopoly Colonists also saw it as a ploy to gain acceptance of Parliament's taxing power Americans staged mass demonstrations that forced the resignation of East India Company's agents GROWING RIFT Governor Hutchinson of Massachusetts refused popular demands to send the tea back – – After a town meeting on 16 December 1773, a band of Bostonians, dressed as Indians, boarded boats in Boston Harbor and threw the tea overboard—BOSTON TEA PARTY Lord North said this moved the dispute from one about taxes but about British authority in the colonies GROWING RIFT Parliament passed the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) – – – – – Closed the port of Boston until destroyed tea was paid for Barred local courts from trying British soldiers and officials for acts committed while seeking to control civil disturbances Amended Massachusetts charter to make upper legislative chamber appointed by governor and stripped it of veto power over governor's decisions Authorized the governor to prohibit all town meetings. General Thomas Gage, commander of British forces in America, replaced Hutchinson as governor Plan was popular in England BOSTON 1772 THE GROWING RIFT When Acts arrived in May 1774, Boston urged all colonies to ban trade with England – Met with little support Second call for a meeting in Philadelphia resulted in the First Continental Congress: 55 delegates from 12 colonies who met in September 1774 and worked to overcome mutual prejudices – – – Issued Declaration of Rights and Resolves If Intolerable Acts were not repealed by December 1, 1774, all trade with Britain (with exception of certain Southern staples) would cease With Boston's cause now a national cause, Congress agreed to reconvene in May 1775 The Quebec Act of 1774 THE IDEOLOGY OF REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLICANISM Gradually, the colonists built a political worldview constructed from English political thought, the theories of the Enlightenment, and aspects of their own unique experiences as colonists— REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLICANISM A PLOT AGAINST LIBERTY Many colonists agreed with British Whig view that corrupt and power-hungry men were extinguishing liberty in England Saw actions in colonies as an extension of this attempt to extinguish liberty Among many Americans, especially merchants, attacks on their constitutional rights blended with threats to their economic interests REVITALIZING AMERICAN SOCIETY For some, revolutionary mentality was fed by a belief that there was an opportunity to revitalize American society – – – Thought growing commercial connections with decadent and corrupt England had poisoned Americans Worried about luxury and vice Believed resistance to England would return Americans to a state of civic virtue, Spartan living and godly purpose THE TURMOIL OF A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE Flood of new immigrants arrived from Ireland and Germany after the Seven Years' War and pushed westward – – Led to increasing violence with Native American tribes Most colonists turned to cities As agitation increased, more people got involved – Groups emerged whose goals were only loosely related to struggle with England and who scared the elite URBAN PEOPLE Although cities contained only five percent of the total colonial population, they were the core of revolutionary agitation – – Artisans were often the prime movers and increasingly wound up in positions of power Prosperous artisans and merchants were often more conservative. PATRIOT WOMEN Patriot women facilitated meaningful boycotts of English goods – – Success depended on substituting homespun cloth for English textiles After Tea Act, the interjection of politics into the household economy increased as patriotic women boycotted tea Colonial protests and petitions changed women's perception of their role – Language of protest against England reminded many American women of that they too were badly treated PROTESTING FARMERS Anger against England awakened slowly in rural areas – In North Carolina frustrated farmers formed associations called Regulators who forcibly closed courts, attacked the property of their enemies and whipped and publicly humiliated judges and lawyers – Some areas did seethe with rebellion such as three western countries of North Carolina and in the Hudson River valley of New York Governor sent troops against them In New York conditions under which land was held precipitated violence DISCOVERING U.S. HISTORY ONLINE The French and Indian War http://web.syr.edu/~laroux/ A Century of Lawmaking http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784) http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap2/wheatley.html Thomas Paine http://www.thomaspaine.org/ The Freedom Trail http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/index.htm Georgia's Rare Map Collection http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/revamer.html